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Symbolizing the "Look East" policy for Malaysia, The Dayabumi Building was finished in a mere 26 months.In 1981, the newly-installed Mahathir government of Malaysia implemented its "Look East" policy to convey its desire to learn from Japan and Korea and join the ranks of the advanced countries of Asia. One of the most notable legacies of this policy was the Dayabumi Urban Development Project.
The jewel of this plan was the Dayabumi Building, which was constructed during Stage III. The original plan had called for reinforced concrete and a construction period of 44 months. It would have been nearly impossible to complete the task in only half that time! Therefore, Takenaka proposed a steel-frame structure, which would allow the edifice to be finished in 26 months.
This concludes my Flag Ponds series.
- Whoops, I was mistaken! I have a couple more I forgot about - :-P
Today is Flag Day in the US.
No one made much of a deal about Flag Day in NYC, where I grew up. I actually didn't realize it was a holiday people celebrated until I moved up to the country. I've been here nearly 10 years now, and this weekend was the first time I crossed paths with a celebration. We ended up in Hudson at the very end of their parade, but just in time to see that it's a BIG DEAL. Bands playing, street food, people and cars all dressed up, even a small carnival. Next year we will make a point of going for the actual parade.
This automobile was parked at the end of the parade, and looked more like a carriage -- a horseless carriage, I guess. It was manufactured by the E-M-F Company which, according to Wikipedia, only exhisted between 1909 and 1912, and distributed its cars through Studebaker wagon dealerships.
Does one say "Happy Flag Day!"? If so, happy Flag Day!"
I think it says, "Sothport Dragon Boat Racing 2013"
If anyone does know what it says, please let me know!
Southport Dragon Boat Racing -- 14 04 2013
Remembrance Sunday. A simple, poignant memorial to a young life lost in the wastelands of Afghanistan.
Photographed at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, England.
“When you go home
Tell them of us and say
‘For your tomorrow
We gave our today’.”
For more about the National Memorial Arboretum, see here.
Grunge texture flag of Finland on vintage paper
EDIT 4/22/2013: This grunge flag is now released under a standard Creative Commons License - Attribution 3.0 Unported. It gives you a lot of freedom to use my work commercially as long as you credit and link back to the same free image from my website, www.freestock.ca
Shot of a Dutch flag in Amsterdam. Taken with a Sony HX200V.
Tomorrow we'll celebrate the last Queensday ever! Our Queen Beatrix is handing over the royal responsibilities to her son Willem-Alexander and the lovely Maxima, that means that from next year on we'll celebrate Kingsday, and I'm pretty sure we'll get just as drunk and have as much orange fun as we've had on QD each year, lol :D
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american flags displayed outside in sandy utah. each flag represents one person killed in september 11 attacks as well as some of our fallen soldiers
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01.07.2013
My grandson built a castle on Mounda Beach, Kefalonia. He found a stick and took off his T-shirt to use as a flag, before smashing the castle down.
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I think that the U.S. flag is just gorgeous. I love it. I think all flags of the world are wonderful. We should all be proud of our flag and country.