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First, my apologies for bringing up a political subject in a forum that some feel should be devoid of political opinion.
I spent today reflecting on the merits of public lands in the U.S., and the potential outcome of turning over Federal lands to the states, and subsequent sales of those lands to private individuals and companies. The possibility of this transfer is more realistic today with the recent bill passed by the House, making it easier to transfer Federal land to the states, and the inauguration of Donald Trump.
The view in this photo is on Federal land, but is within 1/4 mile of evaporite ponds that cover a significant area near Moab Utah (earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=83905&eocn...). The ponds are used to concentrate potash, a potassium bearing mineral used largely in fertilizer. (BTW my father was one of the chemical engineers who consulted in the construction of this plant in the early 1960's, so my early well being is tied in small part to its existence)
Clearly the current use of this land has merits in enhancing food supply for humans. However this area is also heavily used for recreation. It is conceivable that this area would be used to enhance the production of the potash mine, and become one of the next evaporite ponds., which are already quite visible from Dead Horse Point, the high point on the mesa in the center of the skyline. Access to this scenic area and the White Rim road may also cease. It would enhance the profits of the company that operates this mine, and may increase the supply of potash, of which the U.S. produces about 2% of the world's production. It would also seriously compromise the aesthetic value of the area. Is the loss of public access to this land, and the loss of tourist money worth the benefits to greater potash production? This is only a hypothetical possibility- as far as I know there is no plan for increased use of the area for evaporite ponds, but it provides a reasonable scenario, given the sentiment in the Utah state government.
My hope is that those in power will properly weigh the pros and cons of use of Federal lands, and the potential for transferring those lands to the states. Let's keep public lands public. Let's also remember people need to make a living. The two are not antithetical.
Photographic note: this is a 3 photo stack to enhance the sharpness throughout.
Si vous vous aventurez du côté de Remagen, au sud de Bonn, vous tomberez sur une somptueuse gare néo-classique (toujours en fonctionnement) datant du milieu du 19ème siècle, offrant un magnifique panorama sur le Rhin. C’est la gare de Rolandseck, un lieu de rendez-vous des artistes et intellectuels au 19ème siècle ainsi que dans la deuxième moitié du 20ème siècle, transformée, depuis 2007, en musée grâce à l’ajout d’un deuxième bâtiment ultra moderne, perché au dessus sur la falaise.
La gare de Rolandseck, œuvre de l’architecte et ingénieur Emil Hermann Hartwich, a été inaugurée en 1858, à l’âge d’or du chemin de fer. De nombreuses personnalités du monde politique, artistique et culturel s’y retrouvaient. Guillaume Apollinaire a même écrit quelques poèmes, composés à Rolandseck, lors de son séjour en Allemagne entre 1901 et 1902.
Épargnée par les bombardements de la seconde guerre mondiale et tombée en désuétude, la gare devient, en 1964, grâce à un galeriste de Bonn du nom de Johannes Wasmuth, un centre artistique où sont exposées, entre autres, les œuvres de Hans Arp et de son épouse Sophie Taeuber Arp.
Au cours des années 90, Wasmuth convainc le land Rheinland-Pfalz et l’achitecte renommé Richard Meier de transformer le site en musée pour exposer une partie des oeuvres des deux artistes, œuvres léguées par la deuxième épouse de Hans Arp, Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach. C’est ainsi qu’en 2007 est inauguré le Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck.
Avant même d’entrer, on ne se lasse pas d’admirer le bel ensemble qu’offre la façade, ses balcons en fer forgé et sa verrière. Les étages supérieurs comprennant l’ancien hall de gare et les salles d’attente, servent de halls d’exposition et de restaurant.
If you venture to Remagen, south of Bonn, you'll come across a sumptuous neoclassical train station (still in operation) dating from the mid-19th century, offering a magnificent panorama of the Rhine. This is Rolandseck station, a meeting place for artists and intellectuals in the 19th and second half of the 20th centuries. Since 2007, it has been transformed into a museum thanks to the addition of a second, ultra-modern building perched above on the cliff.
Rolandseck station, the work of architect and engineer Emil Hermann Hartwich, was inaugurated in 1858, during the golden age of the railway. Many prominent figures from the worlds of politics, art, and culture used to gather there. Guillaume Apollinaire even wrote a few poems, composed in Rolandseck, during his stay in Germany between 1901 and 1902.
Spared from the bombings of the Second World War and having fallen into disuse, the station became, in 1964, thanks to a Bonn gallery owner named Johannes Wasmuth, an art center where, among other things, the works of Hans Arp and his wife Sophie Taeuber Arp were exhibited.
During the 1990s, Wasmuth convinced the state of Rheinland-Pfalz and the renowned architect Richard Meier to transform the site into a museum to exhibit some of the works of the two artists, works bequeathed by Hans Arp's second wife, Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach. Thus, in 2007, the Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck was inaugurated. Even before entering, one never tires of admiring the beautiful ensemble offered by the façade, its wrought iron balconies and its glass roof. The upper floors, including the former station hall and waiting rooms, serve as exhibition halls and a restaurant.
Masking and social distancing in front of Federal Hall, NYC. George Washington took the Presidential oath of office at this site on April 30, 1789.
Approximately 200 members of the Maryland Military Department, consisting of members of the Maryland Army and Air National Guard as well as the Maryland Emergency Management Agency and the Maryland Defense Force, participated in Governor Martin O’Malley’s second inauguration at the State House in Annapolis, Md. Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011. The Department’s roles included manning a joint operations center and escorting key personnel to the pre-inaugural ceremony, the Senate chamber ceremony and the ceremony on the West Portico. The 229th Army Band provided music, and the 104th Fighter Squadron of the Maryland Air National Guard performed a flyover with four A-10C Thunderbolts.
People in a bar near Trafalgar Square in 2009, watching Obama’s inauguration on big screens. A different world.
Army National Guardsman taking a smoke break off the south side of the Mall.
Washington, DC / January 20, 2009
finally got this picture scanned. it's from when i went to DC for the re-inauguration of Barack Obama with a Hasselblad XPAN in hand.
Chiranjiv Singh inaugurates the Attendance Award 24 ceremony at Alliance Francaise, Bengaluru.
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Sri Chiranjiv Singh, former Ambassador of India to
UNESCO in Paris, joined the Indian Administrative
Service in 1969. He retired in 2005 as Development
Commissioner of Karnataka and Additional Chief
Secretary to Govt. of Karnataka."
Thanks to the following for elements of this image:
www.flickr.com/photos/96234093@N08/9027065613/in/faves-63...
www.flickr.com/photos/kentwang/6610828273
www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/30698871881/in/album-7215...
All dressed up and ready for the Coronation of King Donald?
Commander and Chief of Tweets. Putin's Puppet. Supreme Narcissist. The Emperor without clothes.
Old grab 'em by the pussy.
It's gonna be quite an interesting four years.
A fable: The Scorpion and the Frog
A scorpion and a frog meet on the bank of a stream and the scorpion asks the frog to carry him across on its back. The frog asks, “How do I know you won’t sting me?” The scorpion says, “Because if I do, I will die too.”
The frog is satisfied, and they set out. But in midstream, the scorpion stings the frog. The frog feels the onset of paralysis and starts to sink, knowing they both will drown, but has just enough time to gasp “Why?”
Replies the scorpion: “It’s my nature…”
Many of the frogs who gave King Donald a ride will soon regret it.
I'm pleased to announce that this shot was 'Highly Commended' by the judges of the Take a View - Landscape Photographer of the Year 2012 competition in the Urban Category. Hugely chuffed about this. It's going to be on display as a printed copy at the National Theatre in London from the 12th November until the 12th January 2013. The shot also appeared in yesterdays Sunday Times - which is just fabulous - over the moon.
Apparently the book is out already - I haven't seen a copy - but judging from the shots in the Times yesterday its going to be fabulous - some really amazing shots - very much looking forward to seeing them.
As for the shot - well this was pretty much the last shot before my ill fated trip to the bottom of the Thames on the Shard's Inauguration night, so its the last shot I have with my D300 - which was smashed up in the fall. It was taken from across the river - slightly elevated along with hundreds of other photographers - I was surprised at just how many had turned out - it seems such a long time ago now.
Technical Details
Nikon D300
Nikon 50mm @ f2.8
1.6 seconds
ISO 200
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It’s finally here, the 20th January, 2021 and the Inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President (of the often Dis-United States of America!)
Political cartoon by Dave Brown for the Independent Newspaper in the United Kingdom (although we are a little Dis-United at times as well!)
These are some of the fireworks that happened today on Inauguration Day for Joe Bidden and Kamala Harris.
inaugurate verb: to put something into use
Turn up on election day in Australia and I'll bet London to a brick on you'll be offered a democracy sausage. There'll be equal odds that it will be cooked on a flat barbecue plate by someone from a local service club or school auxiliary, slapped diagonally on a piece of square, fluffy, characterless, sliced white bread, buried beneath undercooked onions if you're there early, or cremated ones if you're there late, and garnished with dead horse.
celebrate verb: to honour or praise
The sausage is a wondrous thing; a mystery bag of bits and pieces — whether it's upper class or as down-to-earth as a Scottish haggis. It is never celebrated more democratically than when it's laid down in the embrace of a bun, dressed here in a simplified form that you might encounter in København; a world away from the queue to vote.
This wiener is a pale simulacrum of the frankfurter it could be. Stuffed with ground bits rejected then selected for their inferiority, and wrapped in a dyed orange/brown skin, it'll have to do for this inauguration. Dressing this dog is the first, the inaugural task of a new batch of red kraut — fermented in the Danish-style with fennel seeds. The mustard is sweet, in the Swedish-style, and the onions are just a few metres from where they grew in this green land.
commemorate verb: to mark or celebrate
Here's to the not so humble hotdog! It commemorates its disparate parts, its humble origins in Germany, its adoption and adaptation around the World, symbol of getting together, getting along and the whole made better than the sum of its parts.
Post-inauguration, we decided it was easier to walk back to Virginia rather than try to fight for a spot on the shuttle bus or metro train. They had mostly blocked off the 14th Street bridge for pedestrians to do just that. I think we had about a mile left to go at this point.
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Inauguration of Asian Jewellery Fair 2018 by Harshika Poonacha, Actress Kannada Film Industry in Bengaluru.