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Just about the last cloud in the otherwise clear sky managed to knock the light for this shot. 3S60 returning from Clacton
Managed to capture this stack between the clouds at the South Pacific Star Party 2014 at Wiruna (Ilford, NSW, Australia).
20 x 2 minute exposures
2000 ISO @ f4
Canon 6D, 24-70 f2.8
Tracked on astrotrac, unguided.
Managed a quick walk after work today, just before the sun went down. The days are getting longer again.
Managed to get this in-flight shot of a southern hawker with my macro lens. The dragonfly was patrolling a small area of a dry pond, and I managed to stand within this area as the dragonfly repeatedly flew past.
Managed to find some cheap Cybermen & Daleks at B&M stores in Dundee so picked up a few reinforcements whilst I had the chance...
Managed to at least get one good shot of the New CNW in the old CNW yard. Was asked nicely to leave so I did. They did not leave so there was no chase, as big or small as it would've been.
Managed to find a Pentax K to Nikon F mount adapter, to see if my old Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG Macro would perform ok on the D800...
Had to add a non-CPU lens data to the the camera, including f/ stop and focal length, after setting the aperture ring on the lens to the desired stop.
Manual focus used to take 23 shots for a bit of practice with Focus Stacking!
Need to have a few more goes at this to perfect the technique.
As Soldier Girl @Cos X/TGX 12. Was there as an event girl of MovieMania which managed Cos X, a cos-play competition @TGX 12. Cos-play with me in my blog: TGX 12/Cos X & M1 4G Launch @Paragon
I managed to bring my lens purchasing programme forward by about six months and this weekend I purchased two new lenses for my Sony A7RMk2. One was the 55mm used for this photograph and the second was the Sony 90mm Macro which is a bit more difficult to use correctly. The FE 55mm F1.8 can also be used on Sony's APS-C E-mount bodies, on which it will behave like a classic short telephoto 'portrait' lens. Later next week I will test to see how well it works with my old NEX-7.
My first sighting of one of NCT’s Yutong E10s came on 9.6.24, with 216 (now renumbered 254) coming up Arkwright Street and passing Bridgford MMC 304 going the other way. It’s a fairly lame start to getting a new vehicle type in Nottingham but it gets better, because I’ve now managed to start making slight inroads into spotting the E10 fleet.
YH24 MFJ
YX69 NRK
Mischief Managed Wizarding Fair
What a difference a week makes! Landed, cammed, shopped and dropped.
Mura has a MyStory Wizarding Feast, Aardvark, Clover and Yokai are helping me keep my SL thumbs GREEN.
Brine - Luna Moth FATPACK Mermaid Tail for Riptide
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[JANGKA] AELDYN Wings SPRING - are on the Secret Sale for this weekend. Static, resize and UIF.
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MIDNIGHT ORDER July 20 - August 20, 2023
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Also notables are:
Level 9 Taniwha Mertail
Aerth Mothcat Furniture
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I adore wearing the Riptide Tail and being able to change the textures and tint with a touch of a button. The Mothcat has the SAME beautiful textures....how can I not add this pet to the family? - Peaches^^
IC photo for SL Mischief Managed
(( Ahreum dropped her camera whilst the train was in motion... though functional, photos taken came out with a lot of noise and scratches. ))
Austria Kunsthistorisches Museum
Federal Museum
Logo KHM
Regulatory authority (ies)/organs to the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture
Founded 17 October 1891
Headquartered Castle Ring (Burgring), Vienna 1, Austria
Management Sabine Haag
www.khm.at website
Main building of the Kunsthistorisches Museum at Maria-Theresa-Square
The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM abbreviated) is an art museum in Vienna. It is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. It was opened in 1891 and 2012 visited of 1.351.940 million people.
The museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is with its opposite sister building, the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum), the most important historicist large buildings of the Ringstrasse time. Together they stand around the Maria Theresa square, on which also the Maria Theresa monument stands. This course spans the former glacis between today's ring road and 2-line, and is forming a historical landmark that also belongs to World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Vienna.
History
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery
The Museum came from the collections of the Habsburgs, especially from the portrait and armor collections of Ferdinand of Tyrol, the collection of Emperor Rudolf II (most of which, however scattered) and the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm into existence. Already In 1833 asked Joseph Arneth, curator (and later director) of the Imperial Coins and Antiquities Cabinet, bringing together all the imperial collections in a single building .
Architectural History
The contract to build the museum in the city had been given in 1858 by Emperor Franz Joseph. Subsequently, many designs were submitted for the ring road zone. Plans by August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Null planned to build two museum buildings in the immediate aftermath of the Imperial Palace on the left and right of the Heroes' Square (Heldenplatz). The architect Ludwig Förster planned museum buildings between the Schwarzenberg Square and the City Park, Martin Ritter von Kink favored buildings at the corner Währingerstraße/ Scots ring (Schottenring), Peter Joseph, the area Bellariastraße, Moritz von Loehr the south side of the opera ring, and Ludwig Zettl the southeast side of the grain market (Getreidemarkt).
From 1867, a competition was announced for the museums, and thereby set their current position - at the request of the Emperor, the museum should not be too close to the Imperial Palace, but arise beyond the ring road. The architect Carl von Hasenauer participated in this competition and was able the at that time in Zürich operating Gottfried Semper to encourage to work together. The two museum buildings should be built here in the sense of the style of the Italian Renaissance. The plans got the benevolence of the imperial family. In April 1869, there was an audience with of Joseph Semper at the Emperor Franz Joseph and an oral contract was concluded, in July 1870 was issued the written order to Semper and Hasenauer.
Crucial for the success of Semper and Hasenauer against the projects of other architects were among others Semper's vision of a large building complex called "Imperial Forum", in which the museums would have been a part of. Not least by the death of Semper in 1879 came the Imperial Forum not as planned for execution, the two museums were built, however.
Construction of the two museums began without ceremony on 27 November 1871 instead. Semper moved to Vienna in the sequence. From the beginning, there were considerable personal differences between him and Hasenauer, who finally in 1877 took over sole construction management. 1874, the scaffolds were placed up to the attic and the first floor completed, built in 1878, the first windows installed in 1879, the Attica and the balustrade from 1880 to 1881 and built the dome and the Tabernacle. The dome is topped with a bronze statue of Pallas Athena by Johannes Benk.
The lighting and air conditioning concept with double glazing of the ceilings made the renunciation of artificial light (especially at that time, as gas light) possible, but this resulted due to seasonal variations depending on daylight to different opening times .
Kuppelhalle
Entrance (by clicking the link at the end of the side you can see all the pictures here indicated!)
Grand staircase
Hall
Empire
The Kunsthistorisches Museum was on 17 October 1891 officially opened by Emperor Franz Joseph I. Since 22 October 1891 , the museum is accessible to the public. Two years earlier, on 3 November 1889, the collection of arms, Arms and Armour today, had their doors open. On 1 January 1890 the library service resumed its operations. The merger and listing of other collections of the Highest Imperial Family from the Upper and Lower Belvedere, the Hofburg Palace and Ambras in Tyrol will need another two years.
189, the farm museum was organized in seven collections with three directorates:
Directorate of coins, medals and antiquities collection
The Egyptian Collection
The Antique Collection
The coins and medals collection
Management of the collection of weapons, art and industrial objects
Weapons collection
Collection of industrial art objects
Directorate of Art Gallery and Restaurieranstalt (Restoration Office)
Collection of watercolors, drawings, sketches, etc.
Restoration Office
Library
Very soon the room the Court Museum (Hofmuseum) for the imperial collections was offering became too narrow. To provide temporary help, an exhibition of ancient artifacts from Ephesus in the Theseus Temple was designed. However, additional space had to be rented in the Lower Belvedere.
1914, after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne, his " Estonian Forensic Collection " passed to the administration of the Court Museum. This collection, which emerged from the art collection of the house of d' Este and world travel collection of Franz Ferdinand, was placed in the New Imperial Palace since 1908. For these stocks, the present collection of old musical instruments and the Museum of Ethnology emerged.
The First World War went by, apart from the oppressive economic situation without loss. The farm museum remained during the five years of war regularly open to the public.
Until 1919 the K.K. Art Historical Court Museum was under the authority of the Oberstkämmereramt (head chamberlain office) and belonged to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. The officials and employees were part of the royal household.
First Republic
The transition from monarchy to republic, in the museum took place in complete tranquility. On 19 November 1918 the two imperial museums on Maria Theresa Square were placed under the state protection of the young Republic of German Austria. Threatening to the stocks of the museum were the claims raised in the following weeks and months of the "successor states" of the monarchy as well as Italy and Belgium on Austrian art collection. In fact, it came on 12th February 1919 to the violent removal of 62 paintings by armed Italian units. This "art theft" left a long time trauma among curators and art historians.
It was not until the Treaty of Saint-Germain of 10 September 1919, providing in Article 195 and 196 the settlement of rights in the cultural field by negotiations. The claims of Belgium, Czechoslovakia, and Italy again could mostly being averted in this way. Only Hungary, which presented the greatest demands by far, was met by more than ten years of negotiation in 147 cases.
On 3 April 1919 was the expropriation of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine by law and the acquisition of its property, including the "Collections of the Imperial House" , by the Republic. Of 18 June 1920 the then provisional administration of the former imperial museums and collections of Este and the secular and clergy treasury passed to the State Office of Internal Affairs and Education, since 10 November 1920, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Education. A few days later it was renamed the Art History Court Museum in the "Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna State", 1921 "Kunsthistorisches Museum" . Of 1st January 1921 the employees of the museum staff passed to the state of the Republic.
Through the acquisition of the former imperial collections owned by the state, the museum found itself in a complete new situation. In order to meet the changed circumstances in the museum area, designed Hans Tietze in 1919 the "Vienna Museum program". It provided a close cooperation between the individual museums to focus at different houses on main collections. So dominated exchange, sales and equalizing the acquisition policy in the interwar period. Thus resulting until today still valid collection trends. Also pointing the way was the relocation of the weapons collection from 1934 in its present premises in the New Castle, where since 1916 the collection of ancient musical instruments was placed.
With the change of the imperial collections in the ownership of the Republic the reorganization of the internal organization went hand in hand, too. Thus the museum was divided in 1919 into the
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection (with the Oriental coins)
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Collection of ancient coins
Collection of modern coins and medals
Weapons collection
Collection of sculptures and crafts with the Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Picture Gallery
The Museum 1938-1945
Count Philipp Ludwig Wenzel Sinzendorf according to Rigaud. Clarisse 1948 by Baroness de Rothschildt "dedicated" to the memory of Baron Alphonse de Rothschildt; restituted to the Rothschilds in 1999, and in 1999 donated by Bettina Looram Rothschild, the last Austrian heiress.
With the "Anschluss" of Austria to the German Reich all Jewish art collections such as the Rothschilds were forcibly "Aryanised". Collections were either "paid" or simply distributed by the Gestapo at the museums. This resulted in a significant increase in stocks. But the KHM was not the only museum that benefited from the linearization. Systematically looted Jewish property was sold to museums, collections or in pawnshops throughout the empire.
After the war, the museum struggled to reimburse the "Aryanised" art to the owners or their heirs. They forced the Rothschild family to leave the most important part of their own collection to the museum and called this "dedications", or "donations". As a reason, was the export law stated, which does not allow owners to perform certain works of art out of the country. Similar methods were used with other former owners. Only on the basis of international diplomatic and media pressure, to a large extent from the United States, the Austrian government decided to make a change in the law (Art Restitution Act of 1998, the so-called Lex Rothschild). The art objects were the Rothschild family refunded only in the 1990s.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum operates on the basis of the federal law on the restitution of art objects from the 4th December 1998 (Federal Law Gazette I, 181 /1998) extensive provenance research. Even before this decree was carried out in-house provenance research at the initiative of the then archive director Herbert Haupt. This was submitted in 1998 by him in collaboration with Lydia Grobl a comprehensive presentation of the facts about the changes in the inventory levels of the Kunsthistorisches Museum during the Nazi era and in the years leading up to the State Treaty of 1955, an important basis for further research provenance.
The two historians Susanne Hehenberger and Monika Löscher are since 1st April 2009 as provenance researchers at the Kunsthistorisches Museum on behalf of the Commission for Provenance Research operating and they deal with the investigation period from 1933 to the recent past.
The museum today
Today the museum is as a federal museum, with 1st January 1999 released to the full legal capacity - it was thus the first of the state museums of Austria, implementing the far-reaching self-financing. It is by far the most visited museum in Austria with 1.3 million visitors (2007).
The Kunsthistorisches Museum is under the name Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum with company number 182081t since 11 June 1999 as a research institution under public law of the Federal virtue of the Federal Museums Act, Federal Law Gazette I/115/1998 and the Museum of Procedure of the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Museum of Ethnology and the Austrian Theatre Museum, 3 January 2001, BGBl II 2/ 2001, in force since 1 January 2001, registered.
In fiscal 2008, the turnover was 37.185 million EUR and total assets amounted to EUR 22.204 million. In 2008 an average of 410 workers were employed.
Management
1919-1923: Gustav Glück as the first chairman of the College of science officials
1924-1933: Hermann Julius Hermann 1924-1925 as the first chairman of the College of the scientific officers in 1925 as first director
1933: Arpad Weixlgärtner first director
1934-1938: Alfred Stix first director
1938-1945: Fritz Dworschak 1938 as acting head, from 1938 as a chief in 1941 as first director
1945-1949: August von Loehr 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of the historical collections of the Federation
1945-1949: Alfred Stix 1945-1948 as executive director of the State Art Collections in 1949 as general director of art historical collections of the Federation
1949-1950: Hans Demel as administrative director
1950: Karl Wisoko-Meytsky as general director of art and historical collections of the Federation
1951-1952: Fritz Eichler as administrative director
1953-1954: Ernst H. Buschbeck as administrative director
1955-1966: Vincent Oberhammer 1955-1959 as administrative director, from 1959 as first director
1967: Edward Holzmair as managing director
1968-1972: Erwin Auer first director
1973-1981: Friderike Klauner first director
1982-1990: Hermann Fillitz first director
1990: George Kugler as interim first director
1990-2008: Wilfried Seipel as general director
Since 2009: Sabine Haag as general director
Collections
To the Kunsthistorisches Museum are also belonging the collections of the New Castle, the Austrian Theatre Museum in Palais Lobkowitz, the Museum of Ethnology and the Wagenburg (wagon fortress) in an outbuilding of Schönbrunn Palace. A branch office is also Ambras in Innsbruck.
Kunsthistorisches Museum (main building)
Picture Gallery
Egyptian and Near Eastern Collection
Collection of Classical Antiquities
Vienna Chamber of Art
Numismatic Collection
Library
New Castle
Ephesus Museum
Collection of Ancient Musical Instruments
Arms and Armour
Archive
Hofburg
The imperial crown in the Treasury
Imperial Treasury of Vienna
Insignia of the Austrian Hereditary Homage
Insignia of imperial Austria
Insignia of the Holy Roman Empire
Burgundian Inheritance and the Order of the Golden Fleece
Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure
Ecclesiastical Treasury
Schönbrunn Palace
Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna
Armory in Ambras Castle
Ambras Castle
Collections of Ambras Castle
Major exhibits
Among the most important exhibits of the Art Gallery rank inter alia:
Jan van Eyck: Cardinal Niccolò Albergati, 1438
Martin Schongauer: Holy Family, 1475-80
Albrecht Dürer : Trinity Altar, 1509-16
Portrait Johann Kleeberger, 1526
Parmigianino: Self Portrait in Convex Mirror, 1523/24
Giuseppe Arcimboldo: Summer 1563
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary 1606/ 07
Caravaggio: Madonna of the Rosary (1606-1607)
Titian: Nymph and Shepherd to 1570-75
Portrait of Jacopo de Strada, 1567/68
Raffaello Santi: Madonna of the Meadow, 1505 /06
Lorenzo Lotto: Portrait of a young man against white curtain, 1508
Peter Paul Rubens: The altar of St. Ildefonso, 1630-32
The Little Fur, about 1638
Jan Vermeer: The Art of Painting, 1665/66
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Fight between Carnival and Lent, 1559
Kids, 1560
Tower of Babel, 1563
Christ Carrying the Cross, 1564
Gloomy Day (Early Spring), 1565
Return of the Herd (Autumn), 1565
Hunters in the Snow (Winter) 1565
Bauer and bird thief, 1568
Peasant Wedding, 1568/69
Peasant Dance, 1568/69
Paul's conversion (Conversion of St Paul), 1567
Cabinet of Curiosities:
Saliera from Benvenuto Cellini 1539-1543
Egyptian-Oriental Collection:
Mastaba of Ka Ni Nisut
Collection of Classical Antiquities:
Gemma Augustea
Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós
Gallery: Major exhibits
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COCA-COLA SIDE OF LIFE ART REMIX
The Coca-Cola iconic artworks serve as a blueprint and inspiration for new design impulses. The creative potential of the Remix project aims to draw out the hidden child in all of us. Elements from early-day-visuals are picked out, cut and pasted into a new visual.
The combination of the iconic footage with the contemporary Photoshop / Illustrator styles gives the opportunity to rediscover these images anew. The visuals are recognizable as vintage Coca-Cola but yet have a fresh feel.
The work of the Remix artists reflects various styles, personalities and cultures and the project shows how vibrantly creative the collaboration of a design network can be.
The diverse backgrounds of the contributing artists have resulted in a multifaceted world of imagery that draws its freshness from the mixture of approaches. Their mission is to spread an optimistic look at the world and help people realize how contagious happiness is. By combining iconic Coca-Cola images with up-to-date illustration techniques and styles, the artists have given rise to a progressive style of visual expression.
THE REMIX ARTISTS
For the Coke Side of Life Remix Art Gallery, “RockAndRoll Agency” creatively managed 15 artists/agencies/collectives from around the world: 013a, Romania, Europe * Adhemas, Brazil, South America * Büro Destruct, Swiss, Europe * CaosCC, Spain, Europe * Creative XL, India, Asia * DJ Spinbalon, Venezuale, South America * Extraverage / Drezign, Hungary, Europe * Fung Wee Lim, Canada, North America * Idokungfoo, Japan, Asia * Imny, USA, North America * Pixecute, Indonesia, Asia * Rex, South Africa, Africa * Serge Mienandi, Senegal, Africa * The Designers Republic, UK, Europe * Vault 49, USA, North America
PROJECT TEAM COCA-COLA
Peter Schelstraete, Global Brand Manager
Craig * Christenson, Senior Brand Manager * Marc Mathieu, Senior Vice-President Global Brand Marketing & Creative Excellence * Special Thanks to Phil Mooney, Ted Ryan & Jamal Booker, Collections Development/Archives Department
PROJECT TEAM ROCKANDROLL AGENCY
Wouter De Coster, Creative Director * Jean-Philippe Noterman, Managing Director * Fred Feyfer, Art Director * Contact: info@rockandrollagency.com
ABOUT ROCKANDROLL AGENCY
RockAndRoll Agency (RRA) is a full-cycle communication agency offering marketing services, strategic development and art direction. RRA was founded in 2003 in Brussels by Jean-Philippe Noterman and Wouter De Coster.
Jean-Philippe studied philosophy/anthropology, Wouter has a background as fashion designer. Before starting RRA, they worked together for 5 years in the publishing and communication business. Their work has earned them a lot of industry recognition.
RockAndRoll Agency has worked for clients as various as The Coca-Cola Group, Procter & Gamble, Motorola, W Hotels, Levi’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Fratini Group, Schott NYC, Pepe Jeans London, Nokia, Colombus Communications…
Blog: www.coca-cola-art.com
Coca-Cola Art Website: www.coke-art.com
YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/cocacola86artgallery
This clever Badger, taken in Scotland, was so strong it managed to turn over these heavy stones to see what goodies lay underneath them.
Quality is poor due to it being taken in the pitch back, except for a dim security light. No flash was used and it was taken handheld.
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde (L) meets with Peru President Ollanta Humala (R), (Interpretor is in middle) at the Presidential Palace December 2, 2014 in Lima, Peru. IMF Staff Photograph/Stephen Jaffe
Finally managed some decent photo's of Hawfinch, from Parkend in the Forest of Dean. Though, I did reap the rewards of ground work done by Gary Chalker, nice to meet another Flickr user.
Managed to get quite close to this Alpaca. Didn't realise they had such unusual shaped eyes till I took this shot. He and his 2 mates graze freely in a field near by.
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I will probably not be able to get back on today to comment as I'm having a "Retinal scan" done later.
Home to England’s highest waterfall, descending a staggering 220 ft, Canonteign Falls is a breathtaking Devon attraction, and a wonderful day out for all the family.
Water rushing over Canonteign falls in Devon
Situated within Dartmoor National Park, in the heart of Devon’s Teign Valley, the waterfalls tumble down ancient rock formations to meet the tranquil lakes below, offering some of the most spectacular waterfall and woodland scenery in Devon.
The lakes and walks, now very well established, provide a combination of traditional English wetland vegetation along with selected exotic water plants.
A haven for wildlife, we are working together with the Devon Wildlife Trust to manage our lakes sustainably. Our Devon Wildlife Trust information boards examine the extraordinary dragonflies and damselflies that have made our lakes in Devon their natural habitat.
In the early 1990s the current Lord Exmouth constructed a further four lakes, and here, particularly in spring and early summer, carpets of yellow buttercups and orchids adorn the grassland. Taking the path alongside Lily lake leading to the wetlands and lower lakes, is one of the most fascinating nature walks in Devon, giving you the opportunity to spot kingfishers, bats, butterflies, wildfowl, dragonflies and otter; and the ancient wetland area close to the Elizabethan walled garden provides a habitat for swathes of yellow flag irises.
There are seven interconnecting lakes. The main Lily Lake has a central island with beautiful purple flowering rhododendrons in spring time and a provides safe cover for the many Mallard ducks and their ducklings in spring. Clearing of trees has been undertaken at the Falls end of the lake and the visitor can now enjoy a much enhanced view whilst walking around the Lake.
The six lower lakes are linked up with grassy walks and bridges. Planting combinations fo dogwood, acers, gunnera and pampas grass provide year round texture and colour.
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva participates in a dinner at Quirinale.
IMF Photo/Giuseppe Nucci
30 October 2021
Rome, Italy
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Managed to finish it before the new year. No major problems with it. Used a bit of pattern repetition to speed things up in the end. This is the second part I have finished so now I have completed the left half of the puzzle.
Place de la Concorde 13/02/2022 15h54
Place de la Concorde with the Hôtel de la Marine at the left. The hôtel de la Marine (also known as the hôtel du Garde-Meuble) is an historic building located east of rue Royale. It was designed and built between 1757 and 1774 by the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel, on the newly created square first called Place Louis XV. The identical building to its west, constructed at the same time, now houses the hôtel de Crillon and the Automobile Club of France.
The Hôtel de la Marine was originally the home of the royal Garde-Mobile, the office managing the furnishing of all royal properties. Following the French Revolution it became the Ministry of the French Navy, which occupied it until 2015. It was entirely renovated between 2015 and 2021. It now displays the restored 18th century apartments of Marc-Antoine Thierry de Ville-d'Avray, the King's Intendant of the Garde-Meuble, as well the salons and chambers later used by the French Navy. A separate part displays the Al Thani Collection presenting international and inter-cultural works of art from the collection of Sheik Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani.
Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concorde is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 8.64 hectares in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city's eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.
The Place was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel in 1755 as a moat-skirted octagon between the Champs-Élysées to the west and the Tuileries Gardens to the east. Decorated with statues and fountains, the area was named Place Louis XV to honor the king at that time. The square showcased an equestrian statue of the king, which had been commissioned in 1748 by the city of Paris, sculpted mostly by Edmé Bouchardon, and completed by Jean-Baptiste Pigalle after the death of Bouchardon. The stone is made of a combination of lime and blue stone. The chemical compounds have let it survive for so long under acid rain.
At the north end, two magnificent identical stone buildings were constructed. Separated by the rue Royale, these structures remain among the best examples of Louis XV style architecture. Initially, the eastern building served as the French Naval Ministry. Shortly after its construction, the western building became the opulent home of the Duc d'Aumont. It was later purchased by the Comte de Crillon, whose family resided there until 1907. The famous luxury Hôtel de Crillon, which currently occupies the building, took its name from its previous owners; it was the headquarters of the German High Command during World War II.
During the French Revolution the statue of Louis XV of France was torn down and the area renamed "Place de la Révolution". The new revolutionary government erected the guillotine in the square, and it was here that King Louis XVI was executed on 21 January 1793. Other important figures guillotined on the site, often in front of cheering crowds, were Queen Marie Antoinette, Princess Élisabeth of France, Charlotte Corday, Madame du Barry, Georges Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Antoine Lavoisier, Maximilien Robespierre, Louis de Saint-Just and Olympe de Gouge.
The guillotine was most active during the "Reign of Terror", in the summer of 1794, when in a single month more than 1,300 people were executed. A year later, when the revolution was taking a more moderate course, the guillotine was removed from the square.
The square was then renamed Place de la Concorde under the Directory as a symbolic gesture of reconciliation after the turmoil of the French Revolution. It underwent a series of name changes in the nineteenth century, but the city eventually settled on Place de la Concorde.
Facts and Figures:
Quartier: La Madeleine
Length: 359 meters
Width: 212 meters
Creation: 1772
[ Source and much more information: Wikipedia - Place de la Concorde ]
Managed to drag myself out of bed pre-sunrise this morning, for some Second Severn Crossing shots at Divers Rock (Sudbrook)
It was a gorgeous morning, finally starting to feel like spring
I managed to catch this Redhead Duck Hen in flight when I visited the Burlington Ship Canal a couple of weeks ago. A male is right behind her.
This is the only flight shot that I have of a female. She flew up at the last moment and I clipped a fraction of the top of her head on the top of the frame. I added some canvas on top, repaired the top of her head and then cropped a bit for composition. I think that the repair turned out OK.
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This is a small spider managing the lines that run to its orb web a little further over to the left. I believe this is a Labyrinth Spider (genus Metepeira, Araneidae) - an orb-weaving spider that makes a proper orb web and then builds a little retreat off to the side, see this photo and this photo and compare the markings. I don't see any retreat in this photo, but I guess it got washed away by the good rain last week. This one is touching the lines that run to its proper web - like using your index finger to sense the line while fishing, ready for a strike. Happy Web Webnesday! (San Marcos Pass, 27 March 2018)
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets Alberto Fernández, the President of Argentina
IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
19 September 2022
New York, New York, United States
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West City / Benton, IL
This mid-century gem could reportedly be managed quite a bit better, but it always looks spiffy from the outside! The restaurant--which travelers tend to praise--has interior details that echo the zigzag roofline.
Memorable excerpts from Google reviews:
"I had Benton water and it does not taste like Benton at all."
"I got ate up by bed bugs left welts in me worse place ever"
"Lobby smelled like old people."
So for the first time in a long time I finally managed to get a BBTB 2013 update uploaded on time. Although I didn't have a team member guess starring in the actual update, I was trying a new system of describing everything thats going on with the entire BBTB exhibit and the team. As for why I couldn't show a closer shot of Yavin this time around, is because Yavin is almost finished. This will probably be one of, if not, the last, preview pic for the Yavin MOC. There a lot of cool, intricate features in the MOC that the team and I would like to keep private until the days of the convention. More photos of the other BBTB MOCs will come out pretty soon replacing the Yavin IV preview pics, so please enjoy while it lasts :).
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Yavin IV MOC Progress: 94.2%
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• Only Two Baseplates Left Before Basic Version Of MOC Is Completed
• Every Team Member Will Put In Work Before MOC Is Completed
• Every Team Member (Except Darren) Has Put In Work On Yavin
• First Full Team Work Day Coming Up
• Official Shield Generator & Power Cells Fully Installed In MOC
• MOC Fig. BL Orders Organization Tabs
• Might Make A Few Other Small Detailing Part BL Orders
• All Droids Currently Back In MOC Setup
• Will Have New Elite Commando Droids & Droidekas (Both Versions)
• Still Need One More Sniper Droideka
• Still Republic Customs Sponsored MOC
• W.I.P Commander Gree & 41st Elite Camo Troopers Coming Later
• CAC Weapons Order for Clones & Droids
• All Weapons Orders To Be Placed In One Order From Minifigs4U
• X-39 Customs Order For Plate-Lockers & CAC Clone Helmets To Be Placed Last
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Battle Of Umbara: March On The Capital MOC Progress: 25%
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• Awaiting Team To Start Build & Plans
• MOC BL Orders Organization Tabs
• New BL Order Payments Will Be Split
• Over Roughly 10-20 BL Order Till Done
• Look @ Clone Garrison For The MOC
• Full Minifigs4U Sponsored MOC
• Going with New 2013 501st Umbara Line for MOC
• New CAC Clone Weapons Order Planned (Weapons Off Minifigs4U Website)
• Planning Out Huge CitizenBrick Order (Tons Of New Products)
• Additional Shock Troopers BL Order To Be Placed Last
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Rishi Canyon Zombie Outbreak Escape MOC Progress: 25%
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• Awaiting Team To Start Build & Plans
• MOC BL Orders Organization Tabs
• New BL Order Payments Will Be Split
• Over Roughly 10-15 BL Order Till Done
• Look @ Clone Garrison For The MOC
• More Than Likely Another RC Customs Sponsored MOC
• Going with Commander Fox for MOC (RC Commission)
• New CAC Clone Weapons Order Planned (Weapons Off RC Website)
• Planning Out Huge CitizenBrick Order (Tons Of New Products)
• Additional Shock Troopers BL Order To Be Placed Last
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Warhammer 40k: Winter Apoc MOC Progress: 10%
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• Entirely Based Off The PC Game
• Post-Apocalyptic Battle Scenery
• Will Have A Lot Of Backup Member help (Knowledge Purposes)
• Battle Will Be Between The White Scar Space Marines vs. Mis. Necrons
• Official White Scar Space j
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Operation: Brick Freedom Collaboration MOC Progress: 3%
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• Collab w/ $DeltaForceGuy$
• Battle Synopsis Planned Out
• Might Use 2-4 Grey Baseplates
• Possibly Using Minifigs4U Desert Soldiers & Brickmania Tank Kits
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Assassin's Creed Trailer MOC Progress: 2%
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• Original U.S. Trailer will be used for any AC Video Games that's out
• Beach / Barren Ground Settings Already Planned Out
• Might Commission X-39 Customs For Connor Kenway Assassin
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Hunger Games MOC Progress: 3%
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• Books & Movies Will Be Main MOC References
• MOC Will Be Primarily Be Based Off Of Second Book & Movie
• Will Be A Non-Baseplate MOC
• Will More Than Likely Use Minifigs4U Katniss, If Not Will Probably Use X-39 Commissions
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TRON: Evolution MOC Progress: 2%
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• Will Be Based Off Of Video Game
• Will Also Be A Non-Baseplate MOC
• Prototype Wheel-bikes Are Currently Underway
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Custom Minifig Display Stand Unknown, Minifigs4U, & Republic Customs) Progress: 58%
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• RC Customs Second Row Now Filled Up
• No New Minifigs4U SCPCs In Yet
• Any New SCPCs Coming Within Next Few Months Will Fill Last Row • Stand Back Still Hasn't Been Extended Yet For Vendor Labels
• Don't Have YouTube & Flickr Labels For Minifigs4U / RC Yet
• No Business Cards of Vendors Yet
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WC Brick Convention Team: 100%
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• Official Team Members:
Jeff W., Darren Q., Ben S., & Justine L.
• Darren Is Currently Unavailable To Work Over Break
• Dakota Left Due To Major Complications In His Schedule
• Down To 4 Possible Backup Members (Including Frosty)
• Possible Additional Family Transportion Help: Uncles EJ (B) & Uncle Michael (Con)
• Still Currently Planning Team Schedule (Schedule Planned Monthly)
• Meeting To Discuss Finances Will Be Taking Place Soon
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Bit of a manky old specimen but this is the edible Penny Bun or Cep (Boletus edulis). I was going to go back the next day to see if I could find some healthier specimens but it rained!
Managed to grab more OIII tonight in order to help bring down the noise a bit more. But im happy with this one now (for the moment!)
Again colourised using the cannistra method, it really makes that OIII shell stand out.
20x900 (Ha + OIII)
130pds, NEQ6, Atik 383L+
Thanks for looking! :)
Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meets the President of Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema
IMF Photo/Kim Haughton
21 September 2022
New York, New York, United States
Photo ref: KEH06136.ARW
I know, but I'm still fairly certain this was intentional, if a little alarming to pass right through the middle of!
Glenvale Travel….A potted history
Seen leaving Liverpool One Bus Station is 15564 (PX59CUX). It’s running for Glenvale Travel, which began life as part of the former Merseyside PTE’s bus operating arm and which Stagecoach acquired in 2005. But how did Stagecoach manage to end up buying part of Merseyside Transport but not own the whole lot? Well it’s a complicated story.
Flash back to just before deregulation in 1986. Merseyside PTE was the dominant operator within Merseyside and out of town services were provided by mainly National Bus Company subsidiaries Ribble Motor Services, - the vast company which stretched from Liverpool all the way to Carlisle - and Crossville, an equally vast company that extended westward into Wales.
To prepare for deregulation, Crossville was split in two, with the Welsh operations set up as Crossville Wales and the remaining English operations as just plain old Crossville. Also, Ribble’s Merseyside operations were hived off to form a separate company, North Western. Merseyside PTE’s operations became known as Merseybus.
North Western initially expanded in Merseyside by taking on most of the original Crossville, which had struggled to adapt to deregulation. North Western itself had by this stage been acquired by fast growing British Bus, one of the super blocs the industry was forming by this stage. British Bus also owned Crossville Wales, reassembling more or less the original Crossville. You have to ask if it was worth while splitting it up to begin with....Anyway, in 1996, British Bus got itself into trouble and was itself taken over by Cowie and the following year the new company was rebranded as Arriva. The Merseyside operations became part of Arriva North West and and were lumped in with some operations in Greater Manchester.
Merseybus meanwhile was privatised in 1992 and was sold to its employees and management and became MTL Holdings. It expanded of a sort with the purchase of London Northern, part of London Buses, when it was being sold off and also won the franchise for Regional Railways North East and rather oddly Merseyrail, which was odd when you saw how the Monopolies and Mergers Commission (MMC) reacted to National Express winning the Scotrail franchise. However, MTL seemed to overstretch itself and it then sold London Northern to Metroline and was then itself taken over in a pre-packaged administration deal by Arriva. This was Arriva’s first rail franchise win.
However, this left Arriva in an unusually strong position in Merseyside owning most of the public transport around Liverpool. So the MMC determined that it should sell one if it’s depots, at Gilmoss. The sale was a very protracted process and initially it looked like Go-Ahead was the front runner, beating off bids from CMT buses, Stagecoach and Metroline. However, the depot was eventually sold to its managers as Glenvale Transport Limited (GTL).
To stop Arriva from using its financial muscle to crush GTL, certain restrictions were placed on Arriva, preventing it from registering services competing with the fledgling company for three years. However there were no such restrictions on GTL competing with Arriva, something it exploited massively. It also retained the MTL red/cream livery, even repainting some buses back into that livery from Arriva colours.
GTL’s fleet consisted mainly of ex-London Leyland Titans and MCW Metrobuses moved to MTL pre-Arriva with a few Dennis Darts representing more ‘modern’ buses. Despite promised investment in brand new buses, none appeared. One feature of the fleet was drivers getting to name their buses after their children - a nice touch.
Expansion took place when CMT Buses was purchased, adding a second depot - at Aintree - to the company. CMT had by that stage a substantially more modern fleet. Following the purchase, the company then began to adopt an allover red livery - similar to the CMT livery although not quite the same.
From late 2003 until spring 2005 approximately 94 Alexander Dash bodied Dennis Darts and Volvo B6s were purchased from Stagecoach, along with smaller batches of Wright Handybus bodied Dennis Darts from Go North East and Northern Counties Paladin bodied Dennis Darts from Metroline, ironically once part of the fleet at MTL London, were purchased. However these vehicles were 9–12 years old and not the new vehicles GTL had promised.
However in Autumn 2004, the restrictions on Arriva ended and it began competing heavily with GTL with new buses and fare offers. GTL had never bought any new vehicles, despite promises on numerous occasions of significant reinvestment. Despite GTL's core routes in Kirkby and North Liverpool being considered as lucrative profitable bus territory, GTL had an annual turnover of approximately £25m. Furthermore, levels of car ownership were relatively low, with significant declines in patronage.
By March 2005, GTL had run up debts of approximately £7m and was rumoured to be struggling to meet its financial commitments. GTL was therefore put on the market and sold to Stagecoach, being named Stagecoach Merseyside.
As part of of a subsequent reorganisation of Stagecoach operating companies in the North West of England, the former Ribble licence was surrendered and what was left of that once great company was split, with the services in the north of Lancashire coming under the Cumberland licence as Stagecoach in Cumbria and North Lancashire with the other depots being added to the Glenvale licience to form Stagecoach South Lancashire and Merseyside.