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Her beauty—lyrical, luminous—always brings to mind a woman from another decade, another century: Whether cast for the fashion cameras as a WWII land girl or as a pre-Raphaelite take on a medieval damsel, she evokes poignant romance. Filmy, diaphanous dresses become her. Ralph Lauren Blue Label garden-rose-print silk-chiffon dress. On White: Worth & Worth top hat.
The Vogue interview and story by Jonathan Van Meter here
Today is the Teacher's Day in India. To all my friends who are connected with teaching, I send my best wishes.
MIND THE GAP.
An interactive data game that lets you explore the progress and pitfalls of girls’ and women’s education around the world. “learn more”.
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The new Indian census(2011), which put the population at 1.2 billion, has revealed an alarming trend. Rising incomes only seem to accelerate gendercide – the evocative term for the selective abortion of girl foetuses. There were 945 girls per 1,000 boys in the 1991 census, 927 in 2001 and now 914. It's now a crisis and we need to move beyond just acknowledging the issue.The PC & PNDT Act 1994 prohibits any form of sex-determination practise and sex-selective abortion.
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) of India; 89,546 cases of cruelty by husband and relatives; 21,397 cases of rape; 11,009 cases of sexual harassment and 5,650 cases of dowry harassment were reported in India during the year 2009.
Source: National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, 2009
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Add your name to become part of the global Say NO–UNiTE Network: “here”.
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Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz
... very, very slowly!
The typical mollusc, viz, a snail consists of a prominent muscular portion... the head-foot... a visceral mass and a shell which is secreted by the free edge of the mantle.
That's right, I'm talking about mollusc, not bacon.
Please watch Monty Python if you haven't a clue what I'm talking about! ;)
... function best when open.
- Max Gropius
I found this young man ( or a part of ;-) crossing the street on a rainy day, heading to a coffee shop in Savannah, GA.
Coachwork by Zagato
Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 500.000 - 700.000
Amended
Zoute Grand Prix 2021
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2021
Introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1957 as the replacement for the Aurelia, the Flaminia incorporated many features from the earlier car including the aluminium V6 engine and the rear mounted transaxle with inboard brakes, but the traditional sliding pillar front suspension, mounted in all Lancias since the Lambda, was replaced by double wishbones and coil springs and four wheel servo assisted disc brakes replaced the drum brakes fitted for the first year of production. In general, the Aurelia's specification was gone over in great detail and wherever possible strengthened for increased reliability and longevity.
In 1959, the Flaminia Saloon and Pininfarina Coupe were joined by sporting two door models from Touring of Milan and Zagato, both on a shorter 2520mm wheelbase. Reduced weight and the shorter wheelbase made these new models much more attractive to the keen driver than the saloon. The Zagato Coupe with its faired in covered headlights and trademark " double bubble " roof, designed by a youthful Ercole Spada (who designed the Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato at about the same time) was one of the best looking and most striking Italian GT cars of the day.
On request, Zagato would supply the early cars in competition trim, with the newly developed 140 bhp triple Weber carburettor engine. Zagato Flaminias were built in three series with first 2.5, then 2.8 litre engines and detail changes to the front and rear of the car, including ,sadly, after the first ninety nine cars, modification of the covered headlights which became illegal in Italy. The final Zagato version, the Supersport, produced 150 bhp, running on three bigger 40mm Webers, and was capable of over 210 kph.
Chassis # 1011 is a very special car. Delivered new to Italy, it was one of the first Pre - Series ninety nine Zagatos but fitted at the customer's request with a competition tune 2500cc 3C engine with three special Webers, perspex side and rear windows and competition seats. On acquisition of the car in 2010, Anthony decided to make significant improvements to the performance using only period Flaminia parts and technology. He bought from his friends of many years at Omicron Engineering a complete 2.8 litre Flaminia Supersport engine with the large 40mm carburettors and a Supersport transaxle with the later close ratios and tall final drive. After running the car for a while in this configuration, Anthony had the engine further improved by highly respected Jim Stokes Engineering in England who had rebuilt the Lancia D50 Grand Prix cars for Anthony and Guido Rosani. The result was most impressive - 180bhp and 191 lbs/foot torque with an almost flat torque curve from 2,500 to 5,000 rpm - the dyno print outs are available. In his 1961 road test of a Lancia factory experimental 3C 2500cc Flaminia Zagato, Bernard Cahier found that its acceleration times were nearly equal with those of an Aston Martin DB4 and Ferrari 250 GT up to 100 mph and that "......the Lancia's outstanding road handling, plus terrific torque down low, would make these cars work very hard indeed to keep up with it. " And with the bigger and improved 2.8 litre engine and much more power and torque, the performance is even more impressive than it was on the factory experimental car which Bernard Cahier tested. The complete original 2500cc 3C engine and transaxle are included in the sale.
With long distance rallies in mind, an extra 15 litre fuel tank and twin Facit electric fuel pumps have been fitted. In the last 10 years, Anthony and his wife, Anna, have used and enjoyed the car on rallies in Chile and Argentina, Scotland, Italy, France and Switzerland. It has been completely reliable and docile and well mannered to drive. It is the ultimate Flaminia for ordinary road or competition use, capable of remarkable performances.
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Subject:
first layer - A London underground sign
second layer - A kid standing on a Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square
Shotdate: November 2007
Location: Trafalgar Square (London)
Soundtrack : Calexico - Mind the Gap
This great blue heron was in San Diego Zoo, but not a zoo resident. He/she was grooming on a street lamp. At the water bird section of the Zoo (which is open to the space outside), I often spot non-residents sneaking in, enjoying free meals. And it is easy to distinguish them as they still exhibit strong hunting behavior while others just lazily standing around.
Die Schachtschleuse Minden wurde von 1911 bis 1914 im Rahmen des Baus des Mittellandkanals am Wasserstraßenkreuz Minden als Nordabstieg zur Weser gebaut und stellt damit die kürzeste Verbindung zwischen Mittellandkanal und Weser her.
Sie hat eine nutzbare Kammerlänge von 85 m Länge und 10 m Breite. Durch die seitlich angeordneten, in die Konstruktion integrierten, Sparbecken mit einem Füllungsvermögen von 7300 m³ (nur 4000 m³ werden in die Weser abgelassen) ist sie im Gegensatz zum Südabstieg über Ober- und Unterschleuse wassersparend und damit betriebswirtschaftlich zu der Bauzeit auf dem neusten Stand der Technik.
Im Rahmen des Ausbaus der Mittelweser und des Mittellandkanals auf die neue Größenklasse Großmotorgüterschiff wird sie ab 2012 durch den Neubau Weserschleuse Minden ergänzt. Das Bauwerk gilt als technische Attraktion in Minden.
Die Schachtschleuse steht neben der Kanalbrücke und dem Hauptpumpwerk seit 1987 unter Denkmalschutz. Die drei Gebäude sind in die Denkmalliste der Stadt Minden eingetragen.
b Frühjahr 2009 begannen im Umfeld der Schachtschleuse die Vorarbeiten für den Neubau der Weserschleuse. So wurden am Unterhafen Bäume gefällt und der Minigolfplatz für eine Lagerfläche freigeräumt. Am Parkplatz wurden das Restaurant und einige Verkaufspavillons abgerissen. Baubeginn für die neue Schleuse war im August 2010.
Quelle: Wikipedia
crunch!
"AAHH!!!"
His fear came true. He fell. Dustin's mind was screaming, 'Get up! Get up!' His body was demanding oxygen. He gritted his teeth and began to push himself off the soft forest floor.
HRRMMM...
"NO! NO!"
This was it! The creature* was on him! Why die like this!?
HELLO... SMALL ONE...
"Uhh??"
The voice was different.
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End of Chapter 29!
Next: Chapter 30 and, finally, the appearance in Paprihaven of.... here's a clue... 'Large James'!
Stranger Things
Dustin Henderson
2017, McFarlane
The Lord of the Rings
The Two Towers
Treebeard
2002, ToyBiz
* The creature first seen in Paprihaven 1630!
Never mind Ebola WTF is this on London's streets?
Alternate title: A year on a Ducati has aged Cal Crutchlow
LP album cover done for the experimental music group "Able Minds"
Exposure length: 3,481
single exposure
cropped
Lincoln, England. This lady is oblivious to a wardrobe malfunction - but Minnie Mouse sees everything . . .
"Losing Your Mind for the Sake of Your Heart"
Feist lyrics from Let It Die. She is one of my favorite voices of all time. So unique and fragile and yet so powerful. And she writes some of the greatest lyrics. I just got her new album, time to give it a listen.
Go lose your mind.
Not technically origami, sorry!
Used my origami skill to help with a friend's project. The project was a Girl Scout Cookie Box Creation Contest. Our theme was Radios throughout Time.
www.surveymonkey.com/r/CBCPeopleschoice2017
If you have a spare second, please click on this link and vote for us! We are number 5 The Radio. Voting is unlimited so you can vote as much as you like.
Thank you!
PS - comment if you vote (and you don't mind commenting) - I'd like to see how effective this is. Thank you all!