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Aquesta encara és més curiosa, el nostre home amb bata blanca de metge junt a altres homes... i dones i tot!
Aquestes fotografies formen part d'un album de records d'un soldat alemany de la Segona Guerra Mundial. Aparentment, formava part d'una unitat sanitaria de la Wehrmacht, la Sänitatskompanie 263, part de la 263 Infanterie Division.
Aquest album mostra fotografies sense textos però que segueixen al seu autor (amb moltes fotos d'ell) des de Alemania cap a la costa francesa el 1940-41, i d'allà cap al front del est entre Minsk i Moscou des del 1941 fins probablement el 1943.
Per més informació sobre aquestes unitats:
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivis...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/263rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivis...
www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/53989-standor...
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This one is even more remarcable. The author of the album in medical white clothes, along with other men... and women! Maybe some military medical training
These photographs are part of a photo album of a German World War II soldier. Apparently, he was part of a medical unit of the Wehrmacht, the Sänitatskompanie 263, part of the 263rd Infantry Division.
This album shows photographs without text but following the author (with many photos of him) from Germany to the French coast in 1940-41, and from there to the eastern front between Minsk and Moscow from 1941 to probably in 1943.
For more information on these units:
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivis...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/263rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht)
www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Infanteriedivis...
www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/53989-standor...
12/04/2014
The Wife's latest celebrity heartthrob that she is drooling over is Thor (aka Chris something-or-other).
Could have done with him popping over to help smash up some old concrete for the new patio base - feel like I've been doing hard labour today, all I needed was a prison outfit and some shackles ;-)
My sister and I were on a mission to get my dad a longhair Dachshund for Christmas. He had been bringing it up--very strange for him to do because the way he was going about it was totally weird--and I knew without a doubt that he really DID want one.
Well, after a minor setback when he thought we were getting him one (haha!) and him freaking out about it (but even then his excuse was "don't waste your money on it") we were like, whatever. We're DOING IT.
So I got up this morning, got a call from the breeder that we could meet up. Rachel and I left the house after I did the dishes, vacuumed and tidied up, and of course my mom was suspicious when they got home from church :)
We bought two toys, a collar and leash in festive red, and we went home to surprise him.
My sister was the one to talk, I held him the whole time.
"Hey dad, you know those puppies in the paper that Rebekah said were gone? Well, they weren't."
"Okay. Yeah?"
I turned around with the puppy and showed it to him--fully expecting a meltdown. Three years ago on this date I brought Judah home and he pretty much threw a huge fit--he was totally pissed off.
And now three years later a smile broke out on his face, not a trace of feigned anger, nothing. He held out his arms instantly to hold him and cuddled him close like in this picture, and we heard him say something under his breath while he smiled all the way to his eyes. (If you only knew my dad you'd know why this is such a huge deal.)
Rachel asked, "Did you just say thank you?"
"Yes...thank you," he repeated.
I leaned down and kissed his cheek.
My dad has his Dachshund!!!!!
Happy Christmas!
Lumbo Himal 6250m, Ganesh II 7118m, Ganesh IV 7104m, Ganesh III 7043m, Ganesh I 7422m, Ganesh V 6770 m, Ganesh VI 6640m
by Mischa Badasyan
"I exist in the relations. Others create me and I am a reflection of others. I wanna be part of you - your body, your moment, your story, and your life. Once I met him. This encounter is still a memorable moment of something that moves me forward, let me dance and spin around. His body stucked to mine and we were breathing together. I have been embraced from inside, I became part of him. We were together, once and for ever."
I asked him, "Why must this be, Aziru, and why do you bear so great a hatred toward Egyptians?"
He stroked his curly beard with a sly smile and said, "Who says I hate them, Sinuhe? I do not hate you. I grew up in Pharaoh's golden house, like my father before me and all other Egyptian princes. I learned there that in the eyes of the educated all peoples are much of a muchness. No nation is either braver or more chickenhearted, crueler or more compassionate, wickeder or more virtuous than another. Among all races there are heroes and cowards, straight men and crooked—and this is true also of Syria and Egypt. Rulers therefore hate no one and acknowledge no difference between nations—but hatred is a great force in the ruler's hand! It is more potent than many weapons, for without hatred no arm is strong enough to wield a weapon. Therefore I am doing what I can to kindle hatred between Syria and Egypt, and I shall blow on the flame until it blazes up into a fire to consume Egyptian sovereignty in Syria. All the cities, all the races of Syria shall learn that Egyptians are more despicable and cowardly and cruel, more corrupt, greedy, and thankless than Syrians. They shall learn to spit when they hear them mentioned and regard them as usurpers, oppressors, bloodsuckers, torturers, and defilers of children until their hatred can move mountains."
"But none of this is true, as you said yourself."
Throwing ouit his hands with a shrug he said, "What is truth, SInuhe? When their blood has soaked up enough of the truth I offer them, they will swear by all their gods that it is the only truth and will believe no one who affirms the contrary. They will be persuaded that they are stronger, braver, and more righteous than any other people in the world. They will fancy that they love freedom more than they fear death and starvation and hardship."
Mika Waltari, The Egyptian. Chicago Review Press edition, page 235.
Life has been crazy, trying my best to take what the world gives me. I wore these fishnets for Halloween..promised myself I'd try to make a photo with them, trying not to look trashy as possible.
Him of Powerpuff Girls cosplayer at the 2016 Phoenix Comicon Fan Fest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
Daryn is a 10-month-old energetic and playful cat. He likes human company. While he will snuggle a bit, he prefers to be the one to choose it, and isn't currently a slut for pets. Mostly, he isn't yet comfortable with fast hand movements towards him, from someone he just met, at least, from me who met him today. He gets along fine with at least one other cat. He was adopted quickly on Jan 29, the adoption done from the shelter, although the cat in the Petco. Wonder if the adopters liked his on line photos :-)
SIr David Salomons
Born in London on 22 November 1797. He attended Tottenham School , but as a Jew he did not have opportunities for further education open to him at that time. He followed his father and grandfather into the City, and became an underwriter at Lloyds in 1834.
Marrying Jeanette Cohen brought him into contact with many Jewish leaders of the day. A friend of the Cohen family remarked “Anglo-Jewish history was being made by a small group of earnest men and women, the majority of whom were kinsmen of the Cohens”.
David Salomons had great success in the City. He was one of the founders of the London and Westminster Bank (now the Nat West), a member of the Stock Exchange and a pioneer of the Joint-Stock Banking system. Previously in England there were large numbers of small local banks, usually owned by only a few wealthy partners. These could crash spectacularly, and many small banks disappeared in the early nineteenth century. A change in the law and the development of the joint-stock banking system allowed the risk to be spread amongst a bigger number of proprietors and led to the formation of large national banks.
Salomons was elected a Sheriff of the City of London in 1835 and an alderman in 1847. In 1855 he became the first Jewish Lord Mayor of London . While he was Lord Mayor he had the inscription on the Monument commemorating the Great Fire of London changed, removing the line saying that the fire had been caused by the hatred and vindictiveness of Roman Catholics. During his mayoral year he received Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, the Sultan of Turkey and Napoleon III during state visits and took a particular interest in the City of London School, where he endowed a scholarship, and other educational charities.
David Salomons was also the first Jewish magistrate, and he undertook legal training, enabling him to be called to the Bar in 1849, though he did not practise as a barrister. In 1839 he was appointed High Sheriff of Kent (his brother Philip was Sheriff of Sussex in 1852), and he was also a Deputy Lieutenant for Kent and Middlesex. He became the M.P. for Greenwich in 1859.
Salomons was associated with several synagogues in his lifetime; he was a member of the New Synagogue throughout his life and was at one time Warden and representative on the Jewish Board of Deputies for this congregation. He was also a member of the Central Synagogue and the Western Synagogue and was the first Ashkenazi President of the Board of Deputies.
When they first got married, David and Jeanette lived at 26 Great Cumberland Place , London . Four years later they bought Broomhill, a small villa near Tunbridge Wells in Kent , not far from his father's property at Frant.
David Salomons was made a baronet in 1869, two years after his first wife had died. As they had had no children, the title and the estate passed to his brother Philip's son, David Lionel, after his death in 1873 – only a year after he had married his second wife, Cecilia. He is buried in the Jewish Cemetery at West Ham.
Text of Republican John McCain's concession speech Tuesday in Phoenix, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.
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MCCAIN: Thank you. Thank you, my friends. Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
My friends, we have — we have come to the end of a long journey. The American people have spoken, and they have spoken clearly.
A little while ago, I had the honor of calling Senator Barack Obama to congratulate him.
(BOOING)
Please.
To congratulate him on being elected the next president of the country that we both love.
In a contest as long and difficult as this campaign has been, his success alone commands my respect for his ability and perseverance. But that he managed to do so by inspiring the hopes of so many millions of Americans who had once wrongly believed that they had little at stake or little influence in the election of an American president is something I deeply admire and commend him for achieving.
This is an historic election, and I recognize the special significance it has for African-Americans and for the special pride that must be theirs tonight.
I've always believed that America offers opportunities to all who have the industry and will to seize it. Senator Obama believes that, too.
But we both recognize that, though we have come a long way from the old injustices that once stained our nation's reputation and denied some Americans the full blessings of American citizenship, the memory of them still had the power to wound.
A century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation of Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House was taken as an outrage in many quarters.
America today is a world away from the cruel and frightful bigotry of that time. There is no better evidence of this than the election of an African-American to the presidency of the United States.
Let there be no reason now ... Let there be no reason now for any American to fail to cherish their citizenship in this, the greatest nation on Earth.
Senator Obama has achieved a great thing for himself and for his country. I applaud him for it, and offer him my sincere sympathy that his beloved grandmother did not live to see this day. Though our faith assures us she is at rest in the presence of her creator and so very proud of the good man she helped raise.
Senator Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain.
These are difficult times for our country. And I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.
I urge all Americans ... I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him, but offering our next president our good will and earnest effort to find ways to come together to find the necessary compromises to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited.
Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.
It is natural. It's natural, tonight, to feel some disappointment. But tomorrow, we must move beyond it and work together to get our country moving again.
We fought — we fought as hard as we could. And though we feel short, the failure is mine, not yours.
AUDIENCE: No!
MCCAIN: I am so...
AUDIENCE: (CHANTING)
MCCAIN: I am so deeply grateful to all of you for the great honor of your support and for all you have done for me. I wish the outcome had been different, my friends.
AUDIENCE MEMBER: We do, too (OFF-MIKE)
MCCAIN: The road was a difficult one from the outset, but your support and friendship never wavered. I cannot adequately express how deeply indebted I am to you.
I'm especially grateful to my wife, Cindy, my children, my dear mother ... my dear mother and all my family, and to the many old and dear friends who have stood by my side through the many ups and downs of this long campaign.
I have always been a fortunate man, and never more so for the love and encouragement you have given me.
You know, campaigns are often harder on a candidate's family than on the candidate, and that's been true in this campaign.
All I can offer in compensation is my love and gratitude and the promise of more peaceful years ahead.
I am also — I am also, of course, very thankful to Governor Sarah Palin, one of the best campaigners I've ever seen ... one of the best campaigners I have ever seen, and an impressive new voice in our party for reform and the principles that have always been our greatest strength ... her husband Todd and their five beautiful children ... for their tireless dedication to our cause, and the courage and grace they showed in the rough and tumble of a presidential campaign.
We can all look forward with great interest to her future service to Alaska, the Republican Party and our country.
To all my campaign comrades, from Rick Davis and Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter, to every last volunteer who fought so hard and valiantly, month after month, in what at times seemed to be the most challenged campaign in modern times, thank you so much. A lost election will never mean more to me than the privilege of your faith and friendship.
I don't know — I don't know what more we could have done to try to win this election. I'll leave that to others to determine. Every candidate makes mistakes, and I'm sure I made my share of them. But I won't spend a moment of the future regretting what might have been.
This campaign was and will remain the great honor of my life, and my heart is filled with nothing but gratitude for the experience and to the American people for giving me a fair hearing before deciding that Senator Obama and my old friend Senator Joe Biden should have the honor of leading us for the next four years.
(BOOING)
Please. Please.
I would not — I would not be an American worthy of the name should I regret a fate that has allowed me the extraordinary privilege of serving this country for a half a century.
Today, I was a candidate for the highest office in the country I love so much. And tonight, I remain her servant. That is blessing enough for anyone, and I thank the people of Arizona for it.
AUDIENCE: USA. USA. USA. USA.
MCCAIN: Tonight — tonight, more than any night, I hold in my heart nothing but love for this country and for all its citizens, whether they supported me or Senator Obama — whether they supported me or Senator Obama.
I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president. And I call on all Americans, as I have often in this campaign, to not despair of our present difficulties, but to believe, always, in the promise and greatness of America, because nothing is inevitable here.
Americans never quit. We never surrender.
We never hide from history. We make history.
Thank you, and God bless you, and God bless America. Thank you all very much.
copyright © 2010 sean dreilinger
view mom carries the candy for him - MG 0964 JPG on a black background.
“[1664, October] 5.—Wednesday. I went to my Brothers was all night his wife was brought to bed so I was ingaged to go with him to Prescott upon lords day after...”
[From “Diary of Roger Lowe of Ashton-in-Makerfield”, Wigan Archives ref. D/DZ A58]
This entry records the birth at Windle of a son to the diarist's brother, William, and his unnamed wife.
In an age when between 12 and 13% of babies died before their first birthday it was considered prudent to keep the interval between childbirth and baptism or “christening” to a minimum. The Lowes would doubtless have inclined toward the view expressed by the Puritan writer William Gouge (1578-1653) “that it is not meet for Christians to defer the baptizing of their children beyond eight dayes”-
“The most seasonable time I take to be the day whereon Gods people use in the place where the childe is borne, publikely to assemble together to worship God next after the birth of the child, if at least it fall not out within two or three dayes after, which is somewhat with the soonest both for mother and childe.
Whether we respect the honour of God (the riches of whose mercy is lively set forth in the sacrament of baptisme) or the good of our childe (which in that sacrament receiveth a pledge and seale of that rich mercy of God) Baptisme is of great consequence: and therefore the first season of performing it to be taken. For parents by their diligence and due speed therein, give evidence both of their zeale to Gods glory, and also of their earnest desire of the childs spirituall good”.*
Windle is now within the Church of England parish of St Andrew, part of St Helens Deanery, but in 1664 it was at the north-eastern extremity of what was then the much larger parish of Prescot. Dedicated to St Mary The Virgin, the Grade I-listed parish church at Prescot dates mainly from a re-building in 1610. The vestry adjoining the north-side of the chancel (believed to have been, originally, a chantry chapel) is 14th century whilst the present tower and aisles are, respectively, 18th and 19th century in origin. My photograph shows the church from the south-east on 15 September 2021.
*Gouge takes as his starting point the direction as to male circumcision in Leviticus 12:3. From “Of Domesticall Duties” (1622); full text at name.umdl.umich.edu/A68107.0001.001.
1971-72 - Operation Ord Noah - Dave Oldmeadow with decomposing carcase of bull which gored him 1
Henry Hall - Operation Ord Noah Album Print Collection
Kununurra Historical Society
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Here's a sign to make many of us smile, a plaque honouring the great Stan Laurel. Years before he would so famously team up with Oliver Hardy to conquer the cinematic world (hard for us to realise today just how huge L&H were, huge crowds mobbed them on visits to various cities).
And here, for Stan, is where it started when in 1906 he persuaded the manager of the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall to let him try his act out on stage - his very first professional performances... It delights me to think of Stan Laurel starting out here; I watched all of Stan & Ollie's films as a kid and in recent years dad and I have rewatched them through a massive DVD box set. Stan can still crack me up into hysterics just with an expression, to this day. So much laughter that went round the world with those films, and here is where it started for him...
Well, I'm finally getting back to my 100 Strangers photo project. This is Robbie. I approached him tonight at Starbucks and asked him if I could take his picture.
As I introduced myself, he told me that he has the Nikon D60. That definitely made it a bit easier to ask him for his picture.
Robbie said he wasn't sure how he should pose, so I told him he could do whatever he wanted, even make a funny face if he felt like it. He decided to hold up the "Thank You" card that I give to all of the stranfers I approach. Thanks, Robbie, that was a great idea!
Robbie was kind enough to give me some interesting facts about himself. He told me that he dropped out of college at 19 to pursue his own Nutrition Business and has done a lot of travelling. He's been to South America and India to name a few of the places he has been.
Although he has been all around the globe, he currently resides in Mason, Ohio and LOVES Ultimate Frisbee!
Thanks for being so kind and willing to allow me to get to "know" you, Robbie. I appreciate it. Blessings.
Jaisalmer Fort is one of the largest fortifications in the world. It is situated in the city of Jaisalmer, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is a World Heritage Site. It was built in 1156 AD by the Rajput ruler Rawal Jaisal, from whom it derives its name. (Rawal Jaisal's son was Shalivahan II; Manj and Bhati Rajputs are descended from him.) The fort stands amidst the sandy expanse of the great Thar Desert, on Trikuta Hill, and has been the scene of many battles. Its massive yellow sandstone walls are a tawny lion colour during the day, fading to honey-gold as the sun sets, thereby camouflaging the fort in the yellow desert. For this reason, it is also known as the Sonar Quila or Golden Fort. The fort is located in the very heart of the city, and is one of the most notable monuments in the locality.
In 2013, at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Jaisalmer Fort, along with 5 other forts of Rajasthan, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the group Hill Forts of Rajasthan.
HISTORY
The fort was built by Rawal Jaiswal in 1156 CE. Jaisal conspired with the Sultan of Gaur to dispose his nephew Bhojdev from his territory. The other important event of the fort was during 1276 when King Jetsi strengthened the fort against the invading Sultan of Delhi. the 56 bastions were manned by 3,700 soldiers. After eight years of invasion, the Sultan's army destroyed the castle. Bhatis took control of the fort, but had no means to strengthen it. In 1306, Dodoo was elected the Rawal for his bravery for ejecting the Rathors. He subsequently started building the fort. The Rawals could not stand the invasion of Mughal emperor Babur and subsequently seeded to Akbar in 1570 and also got his daughter married to him.
During medieval times, the city played a major role in trade with Persia, Arabia, Egypt and Africa. The fort contains 3 layers of walls. The outer or the lower layer is made out of solid stone blocks and it reinforces the loose rubble of Trikuta Hill. The second, or middle, wall snakes around the fort. From the innermost, or third, wall, the Rajput warriors once hurled boiling oil and water as well as massive blocks of rock at their enemies, who would become entrapped between the second and third walls. This defences of the fort include 99 bastions, of which 92 were built between the period of 1633-47.
Ala-ud-din Khilji attacked and captured the fort in the 13th century and managed to hold it for 9 years. During the siege of the fort the Rajput women committed Jauhar. The second battle at the fort happened in 1541, when Mughal emperor Humayun attacked the fort city.
The fort was under the control of Mughals until 1762 when Maharawal Mulraj took control of the fort. Due to its isolated location, the fort escaped the ravages of the Marathas. The treaty between the East India Company and Mulraj in 12 December 1818 allowed the king to have succession of the fort and provided protection from invasion. After the death of Mulraj in 1820, his grandson Gaj Singh took reigns of the fort.
With the advent of British rule, the emergence of maritime trade and the growth of the port of Bombay led to the gradual economic decline of Jaisalmer. After independence and the Partition of India, the ancient trade route was totally closed, thus sealing the fate of the city. Nonetheless, the continued strategic importance of Jaisalmer was demonstrated during the 1965 and 1971 wars between India and Pakistan Although at one point the entire population of Jaisalmer lived within the fort, it today has a resident population of about 4,000 people who are largely from the Brahmin and Daroga communities. They are mostly descendants of the workforce of the Bhati rulers of Jaisalmer which was permitted to reside within the fort's premises. With an increase in population, people gradually relocated to the foot of the Trikuta Hill and the town of Jaisalmer spread out from the fort.
ARCHITECTURE
The fort is 460 m long and 230 m wide and is built on a hill that raises above a height of 76 m above the surrounding country side. The basement of the fort has a 4.6 m tall wall forming a double line of defence. The bastions of the fort forms a chain about 9.1 m. The fort has four entrances to the townside, one of which used to be guarded by cannon.
- Raj Mahal (Royal palace)
- Laxminath temple
- 4 massive gateways
- Merchant Havelis. These are large houses often built by wealthy merchants in Rajasthani towns and cities in North India, with ornate sandstone carvings. Some havelis are many hundreds of years old. In Jaisalmer there are many elaborate havelis carved from yellow sandstone. Some of these have many floors and countless rooms, with decorated windows, archways, doors and balconies. Some havelis are today museums but most in Jaisalmer are still lived in by the families that built them. Among these is the Vyas haveli which was built in the 15th century, which is still occupied by the descendants of the original builders. Another example is the Shree Nath Palace which was once inhabited by the prime minister of Jaisalmer. Some of the doors and ceilings are notable examples of old carved wood from many hundreds of years ago.
The fort has an ingenious drainage system called the ghut nali which allows for the easy drainage of rainwater away from the fort in all four directions of the fort. Over the years, haphazard construction activities and building of new roads has greatly reduced its effectiveness.
CULTURE
The fort has numerous eateries, including Italian, French and native cuisines. The famous Indian film director Satyajit Ray wrote the Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress), a detective novel, based on the fort and he later filmed it here. The film became a classic and a large number of tourists from Bengal and around the world visit the fort annually to experience for themselves the world that Ray portrayed in the movie. Six forts of Rajasthan, namely, Amber Fort, Chittorgarh Fort, Gagron Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Kumbhalgarh and Ranthambore Fort were included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list during the 37th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh during June 2013. They were recognized as a serial cultural property and examples of Rajput military hill architecture.
RESTAURATION
The Jaisalmer Fort today faces manifold threats that are a result of the increasing population pressure on it. Water seepage, inadequate civic amenities, derelict houses and seismic activity around the Trikuta Hill are some of the major concerns impacting the Fort. Unlike most other forts, the Jaisalmer Fort has been built over a weak sedimentary rock foothill which makes its foundations especially vulnerable to seepage. Over the years this has led to the collapse of significant portions of the Fort such as the Queen’s Palace or Rani Ka Mahal and parts of the outer boundary wall and the lower pitching walls.
The World Monuments Fund included the Fort in its 1996 World Monuments Watch and again in the 1998 and 2000 reports due to the threats posed to it by an increase in its resident population and the increasing numbers of tourists who visit it every year. The Fort is one of Rajasthan's most popular tourist attractions with as many as five to six hundred thousand tourists visiting it annually. As a result, it is abuzz with commercial activities and has seen a phenomenal growth in both human and vehicular traffic.
Major restoration work has been undertaken by the World Monuments Fund and UK based charity Jaisalmer in Jeopardy. According to former INTACH chairman S.K. Misra, American Express has provided more than $1 million for the conservation of Jaisalmer Fort. The absence of coordinated action among the various government departments responsible for civic amenities, the local municipality and the Archaeological Survey that is responsible for the upkeep of the fort is a major impediment in its maintenance and restoration.
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Heartagram design from the band HIM's CD case. It's believed by some people that Ville Vallo actually designed the heartagram but it was actually designed in ancient greece and stands for wisdom :]
You learn somethin new every day right?
Immerse me in Him
like a rose in a jug,
to the eyes
to the forehead,
after a sheaf of fair hair -
let it flow around me
let it run through me
like kissing water
of the Great Ocean.
Let the night die, the morning,
the glow of the moon or sun,
but let it penetrate me
like violin music -
when it reaches my heart
I'll be the sweetest
Him. –
aka Mr. Mighty Mouth-pouch Monster!
my very first "for sale" knitting pattern...
with thanks to Nadine for inspiring him, and Miki for test knitting! xo!
VILLE VALO from HIM
Custom Taeyang by Sheryl Designs
MODIFICATIONS:
Remake Lips
Replaced acrylic eyes
©2007-2010 Sheryl Designs Eyemech Modification
In 1898 a Spanish artillery captain, Emilio de la Cuadra, started electric automobile production in Barcelona under the name of La Cuadra. In Paris, De la Cuadra met the talented Swiss engineer Marc Birkigt (lived 1878–1953) and hired him to work for the company in Spain. La Cuadra built their first gas-powered engines from Birkigt designs. At some point in 1902, the ownership changed hands to J. Castro and became Fábrica Hispano-Suiza de Automóviles (Spanish-Swiss Car Factory) but this company went bankrupt in December 1903.
Yet another restructuring took place in 1904, creating La Hispano-Suiza Fábrica de Automóviles also under Castro' s direction. Four new engines were introduced in the next year and a half. 3.8 litre and 7.4 litre four-cylinder and a pair of big six-cylinder engines were produced. This company managed to avoid bankruptcy and in Spain remained in operation, as a car, truck and aviation engine producer, with its main plant located in Barcelona, until 1946. They mass-produced cars, trucks and buses and a number of hand-built racing and luxury cars, some owned by King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
By this time in the early twentieth France was proving to be a much larger market for their luxury cars than Spain. In 1911 a new factory, known as Hispano France, was set up in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret. In 1914, they moved to larger factories at Bois-Colombes and took the name Hispano-Suiza.
At the first motor show after the end of the First World War, the 1919 Paris Auto Salon, Marc Birkigt launched a new luxury model, the H6. For many years the six cylinder Hispano Suiza's refinement and built quality remained unmatched.In the War, Hispano Suiza had supplied over 50,000 V12 fighter plane engines. For his new top of the line model, Birkigt first intended to use a version of the well proven V12. After some tests he concluded that one bank of a V12 would be more than sufficient to propel the new car. The 'six' displaced just over 6.5 litres and featured a single overhead camshaft. Each 35 lb crankshaft was machined from a 600 lb billet, resulting in a very rigid crankshaft. This was typical for Birkigt's 'no cost spared' perfectionism. After World War I Hispano-Suiza returned to automobile engine design and, in 1919, introduced the H6, earning them a reputation even greater than that of Rolls-Royce in England. Indeed, Rolls-Royce featured many Hispano-Suiza patented features, under licence. Most notably, Rolls-Royce used for many years the famed Hispano-Suiza power brakes, reputedly the best in the world, which used the torque generated by a drum brake mounted on the transmission shaft to power those on the wheels.
For the block and head aluminium was used, to keep the weight of the engine down. In the block a six separate steel sleeves formed the cylinders. Ignition was through two coils, with two plugs per cylinder, one on each side of the engine. The overhead camshaft was shaft driven and operated the valves, which were set vertical in the block. This was unconventional setup, which could result in tremendous damage, if a valve dropped in the cylinder. Birkigt was confident in using it, as the valves had never failed on the V12 airplane engines.Finished in black enamel and polished aluminium, the engine was mounted in a conventional ladder frame. It was suspended by a live axle and semi-elliptic leaf springs all-round. The four drum brakes were power assisted by a patented 'servobrake' system. The ingenious system used the car's momentum to slow it down. The brake assistance system took the power from the gearbox, which drove a shaft at 1/64 the speed of the engine. If all else failed, the rear brakes could be activated using a hand lever.Built in Paris and later in the Czech Republic as well, the H6 offered luxury, speed and refinement. Many of Hispano Suiza's European competitors like Rolls Royce, Bentley and Isotta Fraschini offered one or two of these ingredients, but not until the late 1920s did another manufacturer come up to par with the H6. This complete package did not come cheaply and for a while the H6 was the most expensive European car available. In 1922 the slightly more powerful H6B replaced the H6 and in 1924 the 8-litre H6C was added to the line-up.Hispano Suiza delivered the H6 as a rolling chassis for coach builders to body. To match the car's remarkable abilities, only the finest coach builders were commissioned to design and fit bodies on the H6 chassis. A vast majority of the chassis were fitted luxurious coachwork. The featured example is one of the most famous exceptions. Built to the order of one of of Hispano Suiza's biggest clients, Andre Dubonnet, the unique coachwork was built by Nieuport, a French aviation company.Dubonnet, the heir to an aperitif and cognac fortune, was an accomplished pilot and racing driver and needed a new car for the 1924 edition of the Targa Florio. He understood that weight and wind resistance were his biggest adversaries, which is why he turned to Nieuport. They crafted and exceptionally light tulip wood body, which was riveted together by thousands of brass rivets. Despite its huge size, the body weighed a mere 160 pounds. It was fitted on a special H6C chassis, which used a lower than standard radiator and sported a 46 gallon gas tank. There were only two examples fitted with this 'competition' radiator.