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Example results of Finite Element Analysis computational simulation of a generic superelastic nitinol stent. Open Stent Design, developed by Confluent Medical Technologies (formerly Nitinol Devices and Components, NDC). Analysis by Karthikeyan Senthilnathan, Abaqus Standard from DS Simulia. OSS-Crimp-FEA-03
Established in 1886, Trial Bay Gaol is the only example of a state prison specifically built to carry out public works. The intention was for prisoners to construct a breakwater in Trial Bay and create a safe harbour between Sydney and Brisbane.
The gaol and the breakwater were built using locally quarried pink granite, which is exceptionally hard and caused many problems throughout construction. The plans to build the breakwater were abandoned after 17 years, as the rough surf continued to wash away what progress was made.
After the failure of the breakwater scheme in 1903, the gaol closed for several years, as the prisoners were no longer needed there. However, in 1915, during the First World War, Trial Bay Gaol re-opened and was used as an internment camp for citizens of German descent until 1918.
Today, the gaol stands quietly on Laggers Point, creating a dramatic backdrop to the lovely beaches of South West rocks. The gaol’s mystery intrigues many people, attracting visitors to this historic site all year round.
Trial Bay Gaol was established as a public works prison in the 1870s. It was built to house prison labourers, brought here to build a breakwater designed to make Trial Bay a safe harbour between Sydney and Brisbane.
Regrettably the scheme was a failure. The breakwater was difficult to maintain and was repeatedly washed away, and what remained of the stone wall acted on the ocean currents to produce a build-up of sand along Trial Bay. As a result, the former 19th-century shoreline is now located where the historic Arakoon House stands today.
During World War I, the gaol was used as a camp for people of German descent, interned by the government as possible 'enemy' sympathisers. For more information, please see the information from the Migration Heritage Centre.external link
Today, the gaol is a solitary picturesque ruin with an atmosphere of timelessness and mystery.
Graves and a granite memorial overlooking the gaol remind visitors of the internees who died during their confinement. In the gaol museum you can see an extensive photographic record of the area's use as an internment camp - a unique insight into this period of Australia's history.
It is not often that I walk into a church and say “Wow!” especially if that church is an example of extravagant ‘over-the-top’ Victorian High Gothic. Booton Church in Norfolk had just such an effect upon me. It is one of those buildings which has had a lot of money thrown at it - clearly the designer did not believe that ‘less is more’. This architect believed that ‘more is more’ and then some.
My first belief was that I had walked into something by Pugin so it came as a great surprise to discover that the amateur architect was the church’s own rector who had clearly strip-mined Victorian good taste (or is that bad taste?) with such gay abandon that one cannot but admire the man’s bravado. The architect Edwin Lutyens was moved to say that Booton is: “Very naughty but built in the right spirit”.
I was also left wondering where the rector had got the money from. Some came from a wealthy patron at a rate of £1,500 per year.
The exterior of St Michael the Archangel’s at Booton is a riot of towers, pinnacles and finials that would not look out of place in a production design for Hogwart’s. Inside the ‘Hogwart’s’ feel continues with a lofty hammer beam ceiling supported by huge carved angels. Historic England’s website calls it “eccentric French Gothic” but also calls the church “St Michael and All Angels” which is not the title the Churches Conservation Trust uses.
The architect and designer of the whole building was Rev. Whitwell Elwin who was rector from 1849 to 1900. He claimed descent from Pocahontas. From 1853 to 1860 he was also editor of the Quarterly Review. He was NOT a trained architect and based his designs on other buildings. Some might call this plagiarism but I think the French call it l’homage. According to the CCT the design of the west doorway was inspired by Glastonbury Abbey, the triangular opening above the chancel arch came from Lichfield Cathedral, the stained glass from St Mary’s at Temple Balsall, Warks and the west window from the Palace of Westminster Chapel. It was only towards the end of the project that Elwin brought in a trained draughtsman but the CCT guide does say he had a large library of architectural books and had once toured the West Country with the (later) city architect of Bath.
The imposing grandeur of the building is at odds with its remote position, one and a half miles from the village of Booton, and has led to its nickname of “Cathedral of the Fields”. It is also odd that such a wonderful building has been redundant since 1987 and in the care of the CCT which meant it had a very short working life. It had been built on the site of a 14th century church but very little of that earlier building remains. This is not just a heavy-handed Victorian restoration, this is an almost complete rebuild and consequential eradication of the earlier historic building.
In addition to the church, Elwin added a vestry and a baptistry. The whole building is Grade II* listed. Also listed is the church wall which includes a horse trough and a three-door structure in the churchyard which is described as a sexton’s store. The middle door is solid and clearly a store, but the outer two doors are gated and one still contains a coffin-shaped wooden bier. I am tempted to think that the outer two may be mortuary chapels where bodies might have been kept for a few days due to the Victorian horror of premature burial. Pop the body into one of the gated rooms and wait for nature to take its course - people merely in comas rarely start to decompose.
Overall the building, its stained glass and its furnishings - all designed by Elwin - create a strong impression. It may not have won much praise but he left behind a building which certainly sticks in the memory.
Examples were selected taken from the files of women personnel, from different religious, ethnic and social backgrounds, who worked at the Ottoman Bank 1911-1934.
SALT Research, Ottoman Bank Archive
1911-1934 yıllarında Osmanlı Bankası’nda görev yapmış olan; farklı din, etnik köken ve toplumsal kesimlerden kadın çalışanların personel dosyalarından örnekler
SALT Araştırma, Osmanlı Bankası Arşivi
Repository: SALT Research
Rights Info: This material can be used under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.
This is an example of a custom sand blasted sign, just before the final design and paint stage - free Use:
Polarizing filter makes the skies deeper blue and makes the clouds appear more clearly. The tree looks a bit unreal, even.
"Contro le infamie della vita le armi migliori sono il coraggio, l'ostinazione e la pazienza. Il coraggio fortifica, l'ostinazione diverte e la pazienza dà pace."
(Hermann Hesse)
« Since the earliest days of aerial combat, air power has been a key contributor to success on the ground and at sea. The Battle of Britan was a powerful example of that principle.
By July 1940, Hitler had begun to mass invasion craft on the European coast of the English Channel in preparation for Operation Sea Lion – the invasion of the United Kingdom.
Nazi fighter aircraft flew across the Channel daily in an attempt to destroy the British air defences and establish control over the Channel. They did not succeed.
Valiant Royal Air Force pilots, supported by their dedicated and tireless ground crews, rose to the skies to meet the Nazi aggressors. By October 1940, Hitler knew he would not be able to establish air superiority over the Channel and abandoned his plans to invade England. He would never consider it again.
Air power had changed the course of the war.
Amongst the British, Commonwealth and Europeans flyers who daily pushed back the Nazi attacks were one hundred Canadians, twenty-three of whom lost their lives. Their courage, their heroism, their dedication and their sacrifices are examples to us all.
Today we commemorate the Battle of Britain, I salute the veterans of that crucial Battle, as well as the veterans of peace and conflicts throughout our aviation history. That proud history and tradition is carried with our men and women today. I salute those who today continue to serve their country with pride and professionalism, wearing Air Force blue.”
Excerpts from the message from the Lieutenant-General André Deschamps, Commander, Royal Canadian Air Force on Sunday September 18, 2011, at the Battle of Britain ceremony held at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Rockcliffe airport, CYRO, Ottawa.
« Depuis l’avènement des combats aériens, la puissance aérienne a été un atout important qui a contribué au succès au sol et en mer. La bataille d’Angleterre est un exemple solide de ce principe.
En juillet 1940, Hitler avait commencé à envahir massivement les côtes européennes de la Manche en préparation pour l’Opération Sea Lion, soit l’invasion du Royaume-Uni.
Les chasseurs nazis effectuaient quotidiennement des vols au-dessus de la Manche en vue de détruire les défenses aériennes britanniques et de prendre le contrôle de la Manche. Ils n’ont pas réussi.
De vaillants pilotes de la Royal Air Force, soutenus par leurs membres d’équipage dévoués et infatigables, ont pris les airs pour affronter leurs agresseurs nazis, Dès octobre 1940, Hitler savait qu’il ne pourrait établir sa supériorité aérienne au-dessus de la Manche et il a abandonné ses plans d’invasion de l’Angleterre. Invasion qu’il n’envisagerait jamais plus.
La puissance aérienne avait changé le cours de la guerre.
Parmi les aviateurs britanniques, européens et du Commonwealth qui repoussaient quotidiennement les attaques nazies, on comptait une centaine de Canadiens dont vingt-trois ont perdu la vie. Leur courage, leur héroïsme, leur dévouement et leur sacrifice sont des sources d’inspiration pour chacun d’entre nous.
Aujourd’hui, alors que nous commémorons la bataille d’Angleterre, je rends hommage aux participants de cette bataille décisive ainsi qu’aux anciens combattants des opérations de paix et de conflit dans toute l’histoire de l’aviation canadienne. Cette fière histoire et tradition se perpétuent avec nos hommes et femmes d’aujourd’hui. Je salue ceux et celles qui, de nos jours, continuent de servir le pays avec fierté et professionnalisme, vêtus de l’uniforme bleu de la Force aérienne. »
Extrait du message du Lieutenant –général André Deschamps, Commandant, Aviation royale du Canada le dimanche 18 septembre, lors de la cérémonie de la bataille d’Angleterre, au Musée de l’aviation et de l’espace du, aéroport de Rockcliffe, CYRO, Ottawa.
Spotmatic II | SMC Takumar 28mm | Arista Premium 400
Running off the lead frames, blind and from-the-hip "screw focus, get the shot" Leica-brandishing street style. OK, it wasn't that deliberate.
Roll #48.
This is The Plantation Garden in Norwich. It is a fine example of a surviving Victorian Town Garden.
The gardens are next to the Cathedral Church of St John the Baptist, accessed via a gate on Earlham Road.
There was no staff there, but you have to pay £2 into an honesty box (an old Victorian letter box).
The garden was set up in the late 19th century by Trevor Page.
Going up the steps at the back of the garden
The Plantation Garden, Norwich - Norfolk HER - Heritage Gateway
The Plantation Garden is a grade II listed English Heritage registered garden. It was created by Henry Trevor between 1856 and 1897. The garden fell into disrepair by 1980. The Plantation Garden Preservation Trust was formed to save and restore the garden.
I think that this is the Italianate terrace.
The carbon footprint weight at the California Academy of Sciences says my family is a "Stellar Example" with a light carbon footprint, at least compared to the average American family.
Example of the structures at Aztec Ruins National Park in Aztec, New Mexico. Photo taken with a Nikon D70s DSLR camera using a Nikon AF-S Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G lens.
Nice example of a 70s sports car with some new features of those days: turned down headlights and soft plastic (rubberlike) bumpers.
Produced between 1979 and 1981, derived from the TR7 sports coupe (1975-1981).
Designed by Harris Mann.
1998cc,
1025 kg.
Imported from the US in Spring 1992.
Note the huge mass of bicycles behind the car, a typical image of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam-C., Planciusstraat, July 21, 2012.
Example handaxes made by John Handley using Norfolk Flint. (One penny coin for scale). Please see my website www.handaxe.co.uk for further thoughts on handaxe use and manufacture
Green plants appear much more vivid in the polarized photo on the left. The effect is not always this strong, but this is a good example of what you can get.
Pastures here holding green into early July. Changing fast now, though!
This photo is an example of the many "almost" pictures I'm always taking. I'd been shooting an editorial assignment. You often have to do those when you can, not when you have the best light. As I was bumbling along I noticed these horses moving down the pasture and I snapped a few of what you see. I would have preferred more extreme side-lighting. I would have preferred less clutter like the fence panels randomly tossed in the foreground. I'd liked to have had a longer focal length lens on.
As it stands, it's still a pleasing enough picture. The crop rows (tobacco) and the other lines like the wood fence add some graphic intrigue. And the framing. If ever there was a photo-saving graphic technique it's framing. More than once I've advised others that if you're stuck out there in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the day look around for a tree or something to create a frame.
This was the big ballot example card in my voting booth.
You complete the broken arrow to cast your vote.
So how's this work? Hmmmm...
Vote for the old white guy and not the soulful black one?
WTF again? Maybe I'm picking nits, but
if I didn't live in a way Blue State, I'd be wondering who's idea of subliminal steering this was.
As it is, I intend to forward this to the Chicago papers for fun.
Had this been up to me, btw, I would have used Julio Iglesias and Engelbert Humperdinck.
Just sayin'...
:)
Rockaway Valley Garden Club
Boonton Township, New Jersey
Garden Club of New Jersey
District III
Wildflower Trail at Tourne Park
Early in 1961, the Rockaway Valley Garden Club decided it was important to identify the abundant variety of native wildflowers growing in The Tourne, a county park in Boonton Township. Under the direction of club member and botanist Emilie K. Hammond, members began work to establish a wildflower trail, paths were made, and plants labeled. In 1972, the Trail was dedicated by the Morris County Park Commission and named after its founder Emilie K. Hammond.
Over the years, Club members and other volunteers, as well as member of the Garden Club of Mountain Lakes, have worked to map the trail, to keep the trail free of invasive species, to label and protect the plants, to replenish the trail with nursery propagated native plants, conduct tours, and to do the necessary upkeep in the early spring. In 1973, when it became obvious that the future of the Trail was threatened by plans for a massive reservoir near the Trail, members joined a coalition which was successful in having the proposal rejected. Many years later, another threat appeared in the form of herds of deer which enjoyed feeding on the tender woodland plants. In 1998, when the level of deer browse became unacceptable, members gained help from the Park Commission and the Friends of the Frelinghuysen Arboretum to enclose the Wildflower Trail with fencing and two pedestrian gates. Since then, weekly fence inspections are conducted by Club members who will alert the Park staff to fallen trees that jeopardize the enclosure.
A kiosk-type bulletin board at the entrance, maintained by the Club, welcomes visitors with information on seasonal displays and information about plants in bloom. Trail guides designed by members are available at the kiosk. For members an important and enjoyable aspect of work on the Trail is the appreciation we receive from visitors, as well as from the children and adults in our tour groups.
In recognition of the educational benefits of the Trail, the Club has received awards from both the Garden Club of New Jersey and the National Garden Clubs. Recently, we were pleased to present a check, representing our latest award, to the Park Commission to help insure the future maintenance of the Trail’s deer fence.
To document changing seasons at the Trail, a Club member has placed on YouTube a short video of Summertime at the Trail. It can be viewed at this unlisted link: youtu.be/anx91zGGbE0
This book is handmade and constructed, instead of with blank paper, with twelve vintage envelopes. That might not sound like a lot, but you need to remember you'll be filling it up with stuff. Its cover is decorated with Italian pressed paper. The inner paper is a deconstructed envelope.
This book is perfect for organizing monthly receipts, check stubs, coupons, extra money and basically any other flat objects you might want to file in an attractive manner. The inside of the back cover has a library card for personalization.