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03 October 2017, Manila, Philippines: Glimpse from Regional Knowledge Exchange. #Action2030 Photo: Cheryl Gagalac/UNDP Philippines
HDR exposure, tripod with my 100mm prime lens on a tripod. Just tons of low-lying smoke, dew, and condensation after the rain made this whole thing light up like a chrismas tree.
Tonemapped in Photomatix. Denoised in Noise Ninja.
David Boyle gives a brief tour of the Exhibition of the Universe he set up in Blackpool. There is a huge amount of knowledge to be learnt at the exhibition, and this tour can only offer a brief glimpse of what is there. For more information see www.allthatis.co.uk
Watch this video on Vimeo. Video created by Michael Robey.
this shot was quite easy to take; the man was very detached. the light was by my side; the evening shadows gave a mysterious effect.
The interesting thing about knowledge is that we all have it. It's not something only certain people have. However, what makes knowledge so unique and exciting is when someone has the need to share what they know. David here has that. Not only have I learned so many random things from him, but I've enjoyed it! He tells me things i've never known before and now I find myself sharing that information to others now as well! So, Thank You David!
Sgt. Wayde Phelps is tested on his knowledge of disassembling and reassembling the MK-19. This was the first test administered at the Wyoming Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition held at the Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center in Guernsey, Wyo., April 8, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Kristina Kranz)
At the end of our Forces topic the children wrote everything they remembered on post-it-notes and posted them on the board.
Knowledge is wisdom, the more experiences you've been through and problems you've faced, you grow smarter.
The Four Statues that surround the Dome of the Council House, Nottingham depicting Commerce by Joseph Else, Prosperity by James Woodward, Civic Law by Charles LJ Doman and Knowledge by Ernest Webb. All were associated with the Nottingham School of Art, Joseph Else the Tutor, and the rest Students.
An elderly Tibetan, sitting at a corner in a small monastery, reads a magazine using the light from the adjoining window. Shot on the way to the Kagyu monastery.
Bylekuppe, Karnataka, India
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To understand the different aspects of the income approach, you will know that as technology emerges, your knowledge will be paid. With the help of Spotafile platform knowledge sharing has become easy. If you are a professional and want to profit from your skills, then Spotafile is the best platform.
Last week’s photo shoots were of Tianfu Square (at night) and a day trip to Huanglongxi Ancient Town southeast of Chengdu. This week, I changed it up a little and went to a museum that I’d been wanting to visit for quite some time (but, honestly, was just too lazy to go to until now).
Sanxingdui (literally, “three star mound(s)”) is an archaeological site/museum. To give you perspective, I’ll make a few comparisons. The easiest (and less impressive) comparison is to the Jinsha Archaeological Site within the Chengdu city limits.
Jinsha is a very nice site in its own right, and has a lot of source material that dates from around 2,500-3,000 years ago. The Jinsha site was more recently discovered (2001) than the Sanxingdui site (early 20th century; excavations began in earnest in 1986). At Jinsha, things just feel like “leftovers.” I mean to say…there doesn’t feel like anything that the world at large necessarily needed to know about – though some of the art there, the skeletal remains, etc. are incredibly interesting if you have an interest in human history. However, I digress. The main point I should make regarding Jinsha and Sanxingdui is that it’s believed that the sites are from a related culture, though the timing is off by about 500 years (if I remember right from the signage at Jinsha).
The other comparison I will make is to China’s most famous archaeological site: the Terracotta Warriors in Xi’an. Those are more important from a nationalistic point of view, I suppose, in that they were made (or ordered to be made, to be more precise) by China’s first emperor circa 200 BC. Aside from that, the terracotta army is quite impressive.
I feel Sanxingdui is much more important to human history, though, and I say this for a few reasons. First, it predates China (as a “nation-state”) by about 1,000 years. Almost everything that has been unearthed here is from roughly the 12th or 13th century BC (per carbon dating). Finding this site was (rightfully so) a huge shock in the archaeological record. It wasn’t known that people were in this area, if I’m not mistaken, and that they were as advanced as they were.
As you can see from the collection, this is a people who were highly advanced, had a monetary system (based on the knowledge of cowry shells, etc.), religious practices, and a high technical skill with bronze and other alloys. The masks from Sanxingdui are the most famous part of this collection and are still in such good shape 3,000 years later that they could honestly be placed in any museum in the world. They’re truly quite impressive.
Another reason I say so little is known of the people who lived here is that, while this museum is of exceptional quality – architecturally, in presentation, in every aspect – there is so little background information provided about the people’s origins. We can see how they lived, what was important to them, and other things, but the one thing that is missing is…where they came from. I continually found myself saying, “Wow,” over and again throughout the afternoon here.
Getting here is relatively easy now. A bus goes from Xinnanmen long distance bus station in downtown Chengdu (leaving at 9:30 a.m.) and takes you directly to the Sanxingdui parking lot, about 50 km (at most) towards the northeast on the Mianyang freeway. The closest town is Guanghan, and the cost of the ticket, for a round trip ride, is 50 RMB. (The bus returns at 2:40 p.m., which gives about 4 hours to see the entire museum and grounds.)
Upon getting to the visitor center, you have to pass through security scanners (in each of the three other buildings, too, for that matter). After paying the very reasonable 80 RMB admission, you pass through security yet again and are finally in the museum/site proper. I don’t recall much information available at the visitor center, but I may have just missed it. In retrospect, it would be very nice to have some informational videos – even if they were just to say much isn’t known about the history of the people. It could have given suppositions of life in video format, or even focused on the discovery of the site. (Again, maybe they’re already there, and I missed them…but, I don’t think so.)
Upon leaving the video center, the first of the three buildings you arrive at is the Comprehensive Gallery. This gallery is wonderful in that it has actually been built into one of the three mounds. (I’m not 100% sure that this is one of the three original mounds; perhaps it’s a replica of the mound. Either way, it was a good use of the land.) The comprehensive gallery consists of five areas that, for the most part, focus on earthenware and stone ware artefacts that were unearthed in the pits. The relics are well-presented, well-labeled, and well-maintained. Besides earthenware and stoneware, there are also plenty of artefacts made of jade, some of bronze, some of gold foil, and so on. The comprehensive gallery ends with a display of bronze money trees that were (are?) important in Chinese culture.
After finishing in the Comprehensive Gallery, my second stop was to go to the Cultural Relics & Restoration Gallery. This is the smallest of the three, and most comprehensive (in terms of presenting artwork from all of Chinese history) of the three galleries. There are plenty of pieces here from the Song, Tang, Ming, and Qing Dynasties. I went through here in a bit of a hurry, so am not certain whether or not the relics in this hall are local to the Chengdu plain or not. I think they are.
Hurrying along, I found my way outside and passed the Echo Altar (sacrificial stage) and quickly wandered around the Bronze Hall before going in. I was enjoying the landscape at the site as it’s spring and magnolias are in bloom all around the grounds, along with rapeseed (a little), and a lot of landscaped flowers along the way.
The Bronze Hall is the highlight of the Sanxingdui site. It almost exclusively contains nothing but masks. You would think it gets a little redundant after a while, as most of the masks are similar (exaggerated pupils, though two or three have protruding pupils), mostly of bronze, and all with the sparse signage that they were excavated from either pit #1, #2, or #3 in the 13th-12th century BC. However, like the Comprehensive Gallery, the Bronze Hall is an architecturally pleasing building that presents the masks in six different sections, also ending with a large (3.5 times the original size) replica of a bronze money tree.
Feeling completely satisfied with Sanxingdui, and fresh out of galleries to visit, I left the Bronze Hall and walked the grounds towards the main exit. There is a restaurant and shopping area on the way out (though I didn’t stop to eat or buy anything). I did take a very quick glance into the gift shop, but wasn’t really excited by anything I saw offhand.
After a little more photographing, I made it back to the bus with about 45 minutes to spare. All in all, it was a perfect day out of town at a museum, and I was also thrilled that there weren’t too many people out here. I couldn’t have asked for much more from this experience.
I finished the day off at Tai Koo Li, eating Thai food at Lian (in a very early preparation for an upcoming holiday in May). Before the May holiday, though, the goal of getting out to shoot every weekend continues. Monday (today), March 14th was spent in Pingle, another ancient town, which was completely underwhelming…especially after last week’s shoot at Huanglongxi and yesterday’s shoot at Sanxingdui. Fortunately, there is plenty more to photograph between now and May.
A man reading a book could change the rules
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Part 8 - The Fountain of Knowledge.
So, I placed myself in the position of a time traveler .
Here was a feeling of déjà vu.
I knew I had been here before, but it was never like this.
This was a derelict ruin, where once, as a child I had clambered the walls and run in the dried up beds of the pool, too small to reach up to the statues.
Yet now I was amazed.
The water had returned and a colossal fountain exuded forth.
Here was knowledge in extreme.
This had to result from a Fountain of Knowledge.
But sadly as the day began to end, and it was with a heavy heart that I left Perseus, astride Pegasus, in prosecution of Poseidon’s sea monster, as it pursued Andromeda.
The lattice-enclosed residence, general store and post office was on the corner of Opal and Morilla Streets in Lightning Ridge, across from the Imperial Hotel. It was taken over by the Artie Dawson family in 1960.
This was the main intersection at the beginning of the road south to Walgett and a hive of activity, when the Imperial (later known as the Diggers Rest) was the main watering hole in the Ridge.
Between the store and the hotel, right in the middle of the road, stood the Tree of Knowledge until 1961. It was so-named in the early days since decisions were made near it as this was neutral ground, outside police and pub domains. Many a note was pinned to it and parcels deposited under it as well. The scraggly Tree was pulled down and many still bemoan the fact that another was not planted on the same spot for future generations.
In 1975, the post office was sold and relocated. The postboxes were removed, the store was for sale in 1978 and the house was pulled down in 1981. The store and post office section became a coffee shop, Maude's Cafe. It was an eatery under various titles until 2003 when the building burned to the ground. It is still referred to as Maude's Corner by old-timers.
Then photo 1965 courtesy of Lightning Ridge Historical Society.
The Marriott Library's Knowledge Commons provides access to 250 computer workstations and approximately 350 software applications.
This is one of those "Light Bulb" moments for a baby (now 8 months old!) She recognized herself in the mirror and was having a fun time poking herself =) Luckily I had my camera out since I was at Kiki's dance class so I turned around and snapped off a few while the other parents were wondering what the heck I was doing with such a big camera haha! If I didn't have the 70-200mm f/2.8L IS I probably would not have been able to get this shot without a flash. This was juiced up all the way to ISO 1600 and wide open at f/2.8. Thank god for post processing!
The Book of Knowledge (1959ish, edited by Gordon Stowell, published by Waverley) This is a revision of the Hammerton's edition (it has corrected the error in the section on cats for example).