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ANTICA GRECIA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA. "England Über Alles" - Parthenon marbles: British Museum to send more Elgin Marbles abroad despite Greek anger, THE TELEGRAPH, U.K., & ARTNET NEWS (06-09|12|2014).
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s.v., The Parthenon Gallery | THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, ATHENS, GEECE [12|2014].
In the centre of the Parthenon Gallery on the 3rd floor, the visitor can observe a video presentation about the Parthenon and the sculptural decoration of the monument. In the same area are presented ancient marble inscriptions recording detailed cost records of the construction of the Parthenon and the statue of Athena Parthenos. As a result, visitors are informed on how democratic bodies functioned in the 5th century BC.
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-- THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, ATHENS, GEECE [12|2014].
www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/content/parthenon-gallery
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NOTE: The British Museum also states that ‘no talks' [= THE GUARDIAN U.K., 4 December 2014] had ever been held with the Greek government about a loan of part of the Parthenon marbles. “To date they have always made it clear that they would not return them. That rather puts the conversation on pause,” ‘This last statement is clearly untrue, as there are letters on file relating to loan requests dating to 2002, between Sir John Boyd (then chair of the British Museum trustees) and Evangelos Venizelos (the Greek Minister of Culture). The Director of the British Museum was then, as it is now, Neil MacGregor.
s.v.,
-- Greece’s Parthenon Marbles loan request that was rejected - Elginism (5 December 2014).
www.elginism.com/elgin-marbles/greeces-parthenon-marbles-...
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-- ENGLAND, Parthenon marbles: British Museum to send more Elgin Marbles abroad despite Greek anger, THE TELEGRAPH, U.K. (06|12|2014).
The director of the British Museum has said it is already in talks to loan more Elgin Marbles to foreign museums.
Neil MacGregor told The Telegraph that the negotiations would continue despite the angry reaction from the government of Greece this week when it emerged that the museum was lending one of the Marbles – a headless statue of the river god, Ilissos – to the State Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia.
"A number of other people, other institutions abroad have suggested that they are very interested [in borrowing Marbles]," said Mr MacGregor. "A couple of other conversations are in train."
Mr MacGregor said the talks had been under way for "a year or so" and would continue in spite of Greece's opposition to the loan of the Ilissos sculpture, which was unveiled in the Roman Courtyard of the Hermitage on Friday afternoon. He declined to give details of the timing or of which museums would receive the masterpieces.
Greece has long insisted the Marbles – collected by Thomas Bruce, the 7th Earl of Elgin, in the early 19th century and later passed to the British Museum – should be returned to Athens, where they once adorned the Parthenon.
Fresh loans to other countries are likely to infuriate the Greek government. On Friday, Antonis Samaras, the prime minister of Greece, said the British Museum's transfer of the 2,500- year-old Ilissos statue to St Petersburg until January 18 was "an affront to the Greek people".
"The British argument held until recently – that the Parthenon Marbles cannot be moved – is no longer valid; just as the existence of the new Acropolis Museum invalidated the other British argument that there was no appropriate space for exhibiting the sculptures," he said.
"We Greeks are one with our history and civilisation, which cannot be broken up, loaned out, or conceded."
The British Museum argues the sculptures were legally acquired and that it is up to the trustees to decide what to do with them. "This is a totally normal thing for the British Museum to do, to lend great objects to great museums," said Mr MacGregor. However, the Ilissos statue is the first piece of the artwork ever to be loaned abroad since the Marbles were acquired.
Asked if Elgin works could be loaned to Athens, Mr MacGregor said: "To date, the Greeks have always refused to borrow [the Marbles] because they would not borrow what belongs to them. But were they to make a request, it would be reviewed in exactly the same terms as any other."
Members of the British and Russian art establishments mingled in St Petersburg on Saturday at the opening of an exhibition of Francis Bacon paintings on the eve of the Hermitage's 250th birthday.
The event was attended by David Sainsbury, the philanthropist and supermarket heir, and the Marquess of Cholmondeley, who lives at Houghton Hall in North Norfolk, which hosted a show of masterpieces from the Hermitage last year.
The Kremlin was represented at the event by Mikhail Shvydkoy, special representative on international cultural cooperation to Vladimir Putin, Russia's president.
Mr Shvydkoy said UK-Russia cultural ties were "taking on a special significance in the current climate", in a reference to tensions between Moscow and the West over the Ukraine crisis.
"Culture is becoming an instrument to preserves some kind of contacts, some kind of atmosphere that might help revive a feeling of trust," he told The Telegraph. "That is the main political problem, the absence of trust [between Russia and the West]. It's not that we don't understand each other: we don't even hear each other."
Mr Shvydkoy dismissed suggestions by some in Britain that the Ilissos marble should not have been sent to Russia because of the Kremlin's support for separatist rebels in Ukraine.
"What if I were to say as the president's representative that our relations with Britain are difficult, so let's stop reading Shakespeare or Bernard Shaw?" he said. "I don't think that would be right." Meanwhile on Saturday, a steady stream of visitors passed the Ilissos sculpture in the Hermitage.
Igor Koryabin, an opera critic, 46, said he had come after the museum announced a mysterious "masterpiece from the British Museum" would go on display.
"It's a surprise that it's here despite the political undercurrents, of course," he said. "But I don't think there's any risk we won't give it back to Britain. There are agreements, guarantees. And I think it belongs in the British Museum now – the Elgin Marbles are symbol of it, they're in its blood." Elena Khodza, head of the museum's section on Greek and Roman Art, said: "When a masterpiece like this is shown in a fresh setting it gains a new life, a new aura. The fact it is here is a great and significant thing."
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THE TELEGRAPH, U.K. (06|12|2014).
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11277535...
-- ANTICA GRECIA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA: Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, Fight Breaks Out Over Loan of Elgin Marbles to Russia, ARTNET NEWS (09|12|2014).
The British Museum's controversial decision to loan a sculpture from the Elgin Marbles to Russia's State Hermitage Museum (see “Elgin Marble Loaned to Russia, While Greece Keeps Getting Snubbed") has created heated debate among politicians and members of the museum community.
Greece, which has long lobbied for the marbles' return, struck the first blow. According to the Guardian, Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, called the loan a provocation, upon finding out about it last Friday. He declared: “The Parthenon and its sculptures were pillaged. We Greeks identify with our history and culture. They cannot be torn apart, loaned, and ceded."
Samaras also declared that the loan effectively defeated the British Museum's own argument against the repatriation: that the marbles were “immovable."
The Greek government found a prompt ally in Turkey, whose Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu declared last Saturday, while on a trip to Athens: “We support Greece in its efforts to return the god Ilissos to the Acropolis museum. The return of works of a nation's cultural heritage is very important." Davutoglu refers specifically to the sculpture of Ilissos, which is the Elgin Marble currently on view at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
Turkey's support of Greece in the Elgin ordeal comes as the two countries begin to strengthen their bilateral ties after years of conflict over Cyprus, where half of the territory is under a Greek-Cypriot government and the other half under a Turkish-Cypriot government. Negotiations regarding the reunification of Cyprus are currently stalled but both sides are making strides to resume them "as soon as possible," according to the Hurriyet, an effort which even small gestures such as Davutoğlu's support of the Elgin Marbles' return to Greece could help foster.
Meanwhile, the director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, threw more wood on the fire, declaring that the institution is considering loaning more Elgin Marbles to foreign museums. "A number of other people, other institutions abroad have suggested that they are very interested [in borrowing Marbles]," MacGregor told the Telegraph. "A couple of other conversations are in train."
And yet, despite the general outcry, MacGregor's actions have also generated a number of supportive responses. On Sunday, for example, the Guardian published an article by BBC arts journalist John Wilson, praising MacGregor's sustained efforts in the field of cultural diplomacy, even if the museum director is actually, in Wilson's words, “cautious of being seen as a commissar of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's cultural wing."
Wilson claims to have witnessed first-hand how MacGregor “negotiated the biggest foreign loan of the terracotta warriors" and traveled to Iran twice “at a time when diplomatic relations were not simply chilly but nonexistent." Yet, Wilson reveals that the true reason for the Hermitage loan, far from being any sort of diplomatic coup, is the strong professional bond that MacGregor has developed with his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Piotrovsky. MacGregor has, in fact, spoken of the Hermitage Museum as a “twin" of the British Museum, both being the "first great museums of the Enlightenment."
J. Paul Getty Trust president, James Cuno, also recently spoke out in favor of increasing the amount of art that goes on loan from encyclopedic institutions such as the British museum as an alternative to repatriation (see “The Getty's James Cuno Speaks Out Against Repatriation"). He argues that, among other things, many repatriation cases are spurred by ideological motivations and impulses to increase nationalism, using "ancient cultural objects to affirm continuity with a glorious and powerful past as a way of burnishing their modern political image."
Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, the reputed international human rights lawyer signed by the Greek government to assist in the repatriation efforts (see “Can George Clooney's Wife Rescue the Elgin Marbles?"), has not made any public comments thus far.
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-- ARTNET NEWS (09|12|2014).
news.artnet.com/art-world/fight-breaks-out-over-loan-of-e...
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-- ANTICA GRECIA ARCHEOLOGICA & RESTAURO ARCHITETTURA. Parthenon marbles: Greece furious over British loan to Russia, THE GUARDIAN (05-07|12|2014).
Parthenon marbles: Greece furious over British loan to Russia – Greek prime minister says loan of statue from pillaged frieze puts end to British Museum argument that disputed antiquities are immovable, Greece has reacted with outrage to the British Museum’s surprise move to loan one of the disputed Parthenon marbles to Russia. THE GUARDIAN (05|12|2014).
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Some background:
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang was an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on 9 September 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on 26 October.
The Mustang was originally designed to use the Allison V-1710 engine, which, in its earlier variants, had limited high-altitude performance. It was first flown operationally by the RAF as a tactical-reconnaissance aircraft and fighter-bomber (Mustang Mk I). Production of the P-51B/C began at North American's Inglewood California plant in June 1943 and P-51s started to become available to the 8th and 9th Air Forces in the winter of 1943–1944. The addition of the Rolls-Royce Merlin to the P-51B/C model transformed the Mustang's performance at altitudes above 15,000 ft, allowing the aircraft to compete with the Luftwaffe's fighters. Among the almost 4.000 Mustangs of this variant built a quarter was supplied under Lend-Lease to the RAF as the Mustang Mk III. The definitive version, the P-51D, was powered by the Packard V-1650-7, a license-built version of the two-speed, two-stage-supercharged Merlin 66, and was armed with six .50 caliber (12.7 mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns.
The P-51 offered an excellent performance, but North American kept trying to improve, and developed a number of lightweight versions. The lightweight Mustangs had a new wing design and airfoils designed to give less drag than the previous NAA/NACA 45-100. In addition, the planform was a simple trapezoid, with no leading-edge extension at the root.
In 1943, North American submitted a proposal to redesign the P-51D as model NA-104, from an enquiry by the USAAF as to why British aircraft were lighter than American ones. NAA engineers had examined the various components and equipment fitted to Spitfires, and through thorough inspection of airframes and construction plans NAA found that British load factors were less than American ones, and working to the lower load factors helped the design team reduce structural weight wherever possible. Exploiting the structural potential and lightening or reducing other equipment, the NA-104’s revised design was in total some 1,600 lb (730 kg) lighter than the P-51D. Modifications to save weight and improve performance included a thinner laminar flow wing, streamlining changes to the cowling, a simplified undercarriage with smaller wheels and disc brakes (necessitated by the thinner wings), a different canopy, and an armament of only four 0.5” Brownings, even though the ammunition supply was changed to 400 rounds per gun.
The lightweight NA-104 was powered by the new V-1650-9 engine, a redesigned "slimline" version of the Merlin 100-series. The engine’s design was modified to decrease frontal area to a minimum and was the first Merlin series to use down-draught induction systems. The coolant pump was moved from the bottom of the engine to the starboard side, and the engine featured a two-speed, two-stage supercharger and an S.U. injection carburetor. The V-1650-9 not only delivered an increased constant output of 1,380 hp (1,030 kW), it also featured a water-methanol injection that could temporarily boost the engine’s emergency power to 2,218 hp (1.655 kW). The exhaust arrangement was revised, too, exploiting the engine’s residual thrust to gain even more speed. An “uncuffed” three-blade Aeroproducts propeller unit with deeper blades was fitted, to better cope with the higher power output and the higher blade speeds
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Unlike later lightweight Mustang versions/prototypes the NA-104‘s ventral radiator fairing remained the same shape and size, just as the main landing gear and its covers, both were, despite improved designs on the prototyoe workbench, retained to promote a quick production introduction. The former V-1650-7’s carburetor chin intake was relocated into the right wing’s root, and the cowling was modified and streamlined. The modified nose section was slightly longer than on previous Mustang versions, and to compensate for a resulting slight center of gravity shift forward the rear fuselage was slightly extended with a plug in the rear fuselage, just front of the tail surfaces, what increased the NA-104’s overall length by ~10 inch. As a side effect the longitudinal stability improved, so that the NA-104 did not require the stabilizing fin fillet that had been introduced on the P-51D and some late production P-51B/Cs, too.
In test flights, the NA-104, with optimized fuel load and a highly polished finish, achieved 491 mph (790 km/h) at 21,000 ft (6,400 m). In September 1944 the NA-104 was accepted by the USAAF as a high-performance interceptor under the designation P-51E. 500 aircraft were ordered, primarily for operations in Europe, specifically for the 8th and 9th Air Force, to protect the Allied airfields in Great Britain and as long-range escort fighters for Allied bomber raids against Germany. An option for 1.000 more was signed, too, to be delivered from August 1945.
The first P-51Es arrived in Great Britain in January 1945. However, large-scale combat between 8th Fighter Command and the Luftwaffe interceptor force had become virtually nonexistent after 28 May 1944 but, in August, contact had been made for the first time with both rocket-propelled and jet-propelled interceptors. While themselves a harbinger of a tactical change by the Luftwaffe, the contacts also indicated that the Germans were husbanding their fighter aircraft for sporadic reaction against Allied bomber attacks.
Operational tasks for the USAAFs P-51Es included the support of bomber attacks against German ground transportation during the Allied counter-offensive in the Ardennes in early 1945, strafing ground targets daily. However, on 14 January, strategic bombing resumed with attacks on oil installations near Berlin, and Mustangs were frequently tasked with protecting B-17s, employing a variation of the escort tactic called the "Zemke Fan", designed to lure in interceptors.
The Luftwaffe’s Jagdverbände, severely depleted, turned to jet interceptions beginning 9 February 1945 in an attempt to stop the onslaught of Allied heavy bombers. The Allies countered by flying combat air patrol missions over German airfields, intercepting Me 262s and Ar 234s as they took off and landed, the moment when these fast aircraft were most vulnerable. The tactic resulted in increasing numbers of jets shot down and controlled the dangerous situation, particularly as the amount of German-controlled territory shrank daily.
Another threat was the V-1 flying bomb attacks that had begun in mid-June 1944. The only aircraft with the low-altitude speed to be effective against it was the Hawker Tempest, but by that time fewer than 30 Tempests were available, assigned to No. 150 Wing RAF. Early attempts to intercept and destroy V-1s often failed, but improved techniques soon emerged. These included using the airflow over an interceptor's wing to raise one wing of the V-1, by sliding the wingtip to within 6 in (15 cm) of the lower surface of the V-1's wing. If properly executed, this maneuver would tip the V-1's wing up, over-riding the gyro and sending the V-1 into an out-of-control dive. At least sixteen V-1s were destroyed this way, the first by a P-51 piloted by Major R. E. Turner of 356th Fighter Squadron on 18 June 1944. Once available, the USAAF’s P-51Es were frequently assigned to V-1 interception duties over the Channel and the southern coast of England, alleviating RAF units.
However, with the end of hostilities in Europe in May 1945 the P-51E contract was cancelled, as well as the option for more aircraft. Altogether only 363 lightweight P-51Es were completed and reached frontline units, exclusively operating with the 8th and 9th Fighter Command.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 33 ft 3 in (10,15 m)
Wingspan: 37 ft 0 in (11,28 m)
Height: 13 ft 4½ in (4,08 m)
Wing area: 234 sq ft (21,81 m²)
Airfoil: NACA 66(2)-215
Empty weight: 5,792 lb (2.630 kg)
Loaded weight: 7,268 lb (3.300 kg)
Max. take-off weight: 9,559 lb (4.340 kg)
Maximum fuel capacity: 419 US gal (349 imp gal; 1,590 l)
Powerplant:
1× Packard V-1650-9 liquid-cooled V-12 with 2-stage intercooled supercharger,
delivering 1,380 hp (1,030 kW), 2,218 hp (1,655 kW) WEP with Water methanol injection,
driving a Hamilton Standard constant-speed, variable-pitch three blade propeller with
a 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) diameter
Performance:
Maximum speed: 472 mph (760 km/h; 410 kn) at 21,200 ft (6,500 m)
Cruise speed: 362 mph (315 kn, 580 km/h)
Stall speed: 100 mph (87 kn, 160 km/h)
Range: 1,650 mi (1,434 nmi, 2,755 km) with external tanks
Service ceiling: 41,900 ft (12,800 m)
Rate of climb: 3,200 ft/min (16.3 m/s)
Wing loading: 39 lb/sqft (192 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (300 W/kg)
Lift-to-drag ratio: 14.6
Recommended Mach limit 0.8
Armament:
4× 0.50 caliber (12.7mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns with 400 RPG
A pair of underwing hardpoints for a pair of drop tanks
or bombs of 100 lb (45 kg), 250 lb (113 kg) or 500 lb (226 kg) caliber
The kit and its assembly:
A project that was more complex than obvious at first glance. The plan was to create a “missing link” between the WWII P-51D and its lightweight sibling P-51H, which came too late in WWII to take seriously part in any combat. There actually were some “interim” designs, which paved the way (the F, G and J models), with lightweight hulls or different engines. My plan was to adopt some details of these aircraft to create the fictional P-51E.
For a look that subtly differs from the well-known P-51D I decided light-headedly to bash two Academy models together: a P-51D hull, mixed with the wings and tail from a P-51B/C kit, plus some inter-kit and external donors. What sounds simple turned out to be a major surgery task, though, because both kits are totally different, produced with individual moulds and few interchangeable parts! Even details which you’d expect to me identical (e. g. wing tip and tail shape) differ markedly.
For the P-51E kitbash the fuselage with cockpit, engine and radiator bath was taken from the P-51D, while the tail and the wings were taken from the P-51B/C, because they were slightly bigger, “edgier”, lacked the fin fillet and featured only four machine guns in the wings. Mating these parts called for many adaptations and massive PSR, though. To change the look further I removed the small wing leading edge extensions, for a completely straight edge, and the cowling was changed to look like a mix of the P-51F and J prototypes. The carburetor intake disappeared and a part of the P-51D spinner was used to extend the fuselage a little. A completely new three-blade propeller was scratched, using a Yokosuka D4Y spinner, a piece from an ESCI Ka-34 Hokum main rotor, and clipped blades from a Hasegawa F5U. A styrene tube was added to hold the propeller’s new metal axis. To compensate for the longer nose the rear fuselage a 2mm section of the P-51D hull was retained in front of the transplanted P-51B/C tail (which is a separate hull section, the -D has an integral tail).
The original exhausts were replaced with resin aftermarket pieces for P-400 Airacobra from Quickboost - for which the nose extension paid out, because the V-1710 exhaust arrangement is longer than the Merlin's.
Painting and markings:
I wanted a typical, potentially colorful USAAF livery from early 1945 for this what-if aircraft model. This meant that the aircraft would have a NMF livery, and Invasion Stripes or other ID markings were already removed or not applied to new aircraft anymore. Camouflage had been omitted from 1945, too. As squadron markings I went for the 357th FG red-and-yellow nose markings; these came with Academy’s P-51B/C kit, but I replaced them with decals from a Mistercraft/Intech kit from The Stash™ because their shape was simpler and would (probably) better match the modified lower nose. Searching for later P-51Ds of this group revealed that the aircraft hardly carried any other colorful marking, though – just the tactical code, and maybe some personal markings.
To keep in style I adapted this basis, using a tone called “White Aluminum (RAL 9006)” from a Duplicolor rattle can as an overall basis, but added a thin red edge to the olive drab (Revell 46) anti-glare panel, created with generic decal stripes. The rudder as well as the wing tips were painted in red, an official 363rd FS ID marking, as a counterbalance to the prominent nose, too.
The propeller spinner was painted free-handedly, in an attempt to match the checker decal's colors. Some hull panels were painted in a darker shade of aluminum to make the model look mo0re lively, and some post-shading with Humbrol Matt Aluminum Metallizer was done to improve that effect, too. Cockpit and landing gear wells were painted in a bright green zinc chromate primer tone.
Decals and markings were puzzled together from various sources. Finding a suitable 'B6' code fpr the 363rd FS was tough, but I was eventually able to scratch it from 'P9' codes from two Academy P-47D kits/sheets! BTW, the horizontal bar above the aircraft's individual letter was a real world marking for a second aircraft that bore this tactical code within the unit. The nose art/tag was also donated from an Academy P-47, the yellow font matches the rest of the unit colors well.
The anti glare panel and the propeller blades received a matt varnish coat, while the rest of the hull was covered with a mix of matt and a little semi-gloss varnish - contemporary Mustang photos from 1945 suggest that, despite being bare metal, the aircraft were not polished or shiny at all, yet the aluminum would have some reflections. I think that the final overall finish looks quite good. As a final step I added some light soot stains behind the exhausts and the machine gun orifices, and dry-brushed some silver on edges/areas where paint could have flaked in real life. Not much, but it adds to the overall impression of a used aircraft.
A more demanding project than meets the eye. Bashing the two Mustang kits for a fictional new one might have been a smart idea, but it turned out to be a nightmare because the two 1:72 Mustand Academy kits are totally incompatible. Additionally, the mods I made are VERY subtle, it takes a keen eye to recognize the lengthened hull, the modfied cowling and the cleaner tail. The three-blade prop is the most obvious thing, and with it, from certain angles, the P-51E reminds somewhat of a Yak-9? Probably due to the intake-less cowling and the (for a Mustang) unusual prop? The livery looks plausible and colorful, though. :D
dans le nid d'ange - rue Jules Machard à Dole - Jura - France - Photo argentique
Les bâtiments étaient en préfabriqués : donc isolation inexistante.
Ma mère a une photo ou je suis à côté du poêle à charbon. Elle m'a dit qu'il y avait 0° à côté du poêle ! Le nid d'ange était vraiment au top pour cela !
C'était l'hiver 1956. Température extérieure : dans les - 20°
google translate :
in bunting bag - street Jules Machard - Dole - Jura - France - Photo film
The buildings were prefabricated : so insulation nonexistent.
My mother has a picture where I am next to the coal stove. She said there was 0 ° to the stove! The bunting was really on top of it!
It was winter 1956. Outdoor temperature: in - 20 °
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vague_de_froid_de_l'hiver_1956_en_E...
6171. We're not entirely sure if this an Allan Green image of HMVS CERBERUS, or one he has collected from elsewhere, as we think it was taken around the time Green and his brothers had gone to remote Day Dawn, on the goldfields of Western Australia. We date it aroound 1901 mainly because of the new Australian flag at her jack staff on the bow.
In any event here is the latest news on the long and searing struggle to save the remains of this now unique maritime relic, a disintegrating breakwater at Half Moon Bay at Black Rock Victoria, since 1926.
With a tipping point now approaching in and hope of saving here, it's good to see that the threat to the CERBERUS is again getting some serious attentyion. This well-researched and balanced article by Jan Fisher in the Melbourne Weekly's Bayside edition has been passed on by John Rogers of the Save the CERBERUS organisation. The article invites comment at the end of this link:
www.melbourneweeklybayside.com.au/news/local/news/general...
Before going to the Fisher article, a COMPENDIUM of links to 35+ HMVS CERBERUS images on the Photostream can be found under entry NO. 5848, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/7253528494/in/photostream
Now here's the Jan Fisher piece in print-out version :
CERBERUS getting that sinking feeling
BY JAN FISHER
02 Aug, 2012 10:18 AM
To most bayside residents, the CERBERUS is just the rusting hulk that sits off shore at Black Rock. But to some it represents more than a century of Australian and maritime history.
Bayside council recently asked Heritage Victoria to change its mind about using a $500,000 federal grant – earmarked for preservation works – to establish an onshore display and a corrosion control system.
Heritage Victoria’s decision raised the ire of Friends of the CERBERUS, which described it as a ‘‘death warrant’’ for the ship.
But why should we care what happens to the CERBERUS? Friends of the CERBERUS president Peter Tully says preserving the world’s only surviving monitor warship represents a unique opportunity.
“There is nothing like her left in the world,’’ he says. ‘‘Her design was cutting-edge technology when launched in the United Kingdom in 1868 and was the forerunner of all other seagoing battleship designs that followed. She was very powerfully armed and served her entire career of more than 50 years within Port Phillip Bay – defending Melbourne.”
We can thank paranoia about Russia invading Melbourne for the CERBERUS. If that seems ludicrous now, in the late 1800s Victoria was awash with money from the gold rush and wool industry. The young Australian colonies still felt closely bound to Europe, which had recently felt the sting of the Russian military might in the Crimean War. It didn’t help when, in the 1860s, two Russian warships sailed into Port Phillip Bay unannounced. Turns out they were on a supply stop, but the good citizens of Melbourne were spooked.
All this happened before Australian Federation, when the only significant naval power was based in Sydney and had no intention of coming to Melbourne’s aid in the event of an invasion.
Melbourne needed protection, so in 1866 a delegation was sent to England to buy two ships. The first was the HMS NELSON, which was provided on permanent loan, and the second was to be the CERBERUS.
Launched in 1868 and completed in 1870, the CERBERUS was a landmark naval design. It was the first British warship to dispense with sail power, the first to be built with iron-plating protection (previously plating had been retro-fitted to existing ships) and the first to have gun turrets above deck both fore and aft. It also sat low in the water, which meant it was less of a target, and came equipped with tanks that could be flooded in order to lower the boat still further.
As a warship, its lack of sails and low freeboard – the distance between deck and waterline – made it almost useless for open water warfare, but perfect for protecting a sheltered harbour.
HMVS CERBERUS arrived in Melbourne in April 1871 to much fanfare, although not everyone was enamoured. The Australian Illustrated News described it as “an elongated gasometer”.
Despite its impressive military pedigree, the CERBERUS never fired a shell in anger, but perhaps it served its purpose, because the Russians never did get around to invading.
CERBERUS was decommissioned in 1911 but when World War I broke out it was used as a port guard ship and storage space for ammunitions and explosives.
After the war CERBERUS was renamed PLATYPUS II and towed into Corio Bay, where it was used as a supply ship for submarines. In 1924 it was sold for scrap and, after anything of value was removed, sold again to the Black Rock Sailing Club, which scuttled it in 1926 to serve as a breakwater in Half Moon Bay.
It wasn’t until the 1960s that any sort of campaign to save the CERBERUS took off. In 1969 the National Trust investigated the possibility of refloating the ship, and since then three other major campaigns to save her have come and gone. Although many people have lobbied for its preservation, progress has been minimal and funding is now almost nonexistent.
Bayside council’s latest request to have the $500,000 federal grant redirected to preserving the wreck, including bracing works, may be a last-ditch attempt. The underside of the hull collapsed twice in the mid-1990s during rough seas and the Heritage Victoria maritime unit has claimed that at its current rate of deterioration, the ship may have only five to 10 years left.
Peter Tully believes the CERBERUS deserves better. ‘‘She served for 50 years, an incredible record for any vessel,” he says. “No other ship has such a unique link to the development of Melbourne, Victoria and ultimately Australia. She deserves a far better fate than rusting away at Black Rock.’’
Photo: Green Collection, State Library of Victoria [La Trobe Library] accession NO.108/2125, publicly released.
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This dilapidated skeleton of a barn sits by a sad little creek in an almost nonexistent town.
Taken by Cory Funk.
On the railing of a bridge passing over a now-nonexistent railroad track at 1st Street and 3rd Avenue, downtown Minneapolis, graffiti advocating the election of Donald Trump.
This series of photos shows our cruise ship's journey along the Fiordland coast between Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, and then our looping route in one entrance to this enormous fiord and out another. The reaction of my fellow passengers to this magnificent New Zealand scenery was, in itself, wonderful to observe.
•Doubtful Sound is a very large and naturally imposing fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. Doubtful Sound was named 'Doubtful Harbour' in 1770 by Captain Cook, who did not enter the inlet as he was uncertain whether it was navigable under sail. It was later renamed Doubtful Sound by whalers and sealers. There are three distinct arms to the sound, which is the site of several large waterfalls, notably Helena Falls at Deep Cove, and the Browne Falls which have a fall of over 600 metres. The steep hills are known for their hundreds of waterfalls during the rainy season. Access to the sound is either by sea, or by the Wilmot Pass road from the Manapouri Power Station. Most areas of the sound itself are only accessible by sea however, as the road network in this area of New Zealand is sparse or nonexistent, as is the human population. Doubtful Sound is unusual in that it contains two distinct layers of water that scarcely mix. The top few meters is fresh water, fed from the high inflows from the surrounding mountains, and stained brown with tannins from the forest. Below this is a layer of cold, heavy, saline water from the sea. The dark tannins in the fresh water layer makes it difficult for light to penetrate. Thus, many deep-sea species will grow in the comparatively shallow depths of the Sound.
A male swimmer pretends to eat another male swimmer's nonexistent big toe, undated, between 1961 and 2007.
With a minus tide, the bird watching is almost nonexistent. Plenty of ducks and shorebirds are present, but they are way way way far from shore. Sea lions and a cormorant are closer to the camera, but still a way way far away.
No complaints from me this time, because it was a rare and special winter day with not a cloud in sight, calm wind, and 64F/18C. I was very happy to be out enjoying the day.
The Snowden Bridge near Nohly, Montana was built in the early 1900’s and spans the Missouri River. The bridge not only served the railroad, but planking was added so cars could also cross the river. Huge concrete counterweights allowed the lift system to raise the bridge in around 30 minutes. The bridge was almost obsolete when it was completed as river traffic was almost nonexistent at that time. A new bridge was built nearby toward Fairview, Montana halting traffic on this bridge.
Psychosis is portrayed by an impeded association with reality. Furthermore, it is a side effect of genuine mental issue. Individuals who are insane may have either mind flights or dreams.
Fantasies are tangible encounters that happen inside the nonattendance of a real jolt. For instance, a man having a sound-related mind flight may hear their mom shouting at them when their mom isn't around. On the other hand somebody having a visual mind flight may see something, similar to a man before them, who isn't really there.
The individual encountering psychosis may likewise have considerations that are in opposition to real proof. These considerations are known as hallucinations. A few people with psychosis may likewise encounter loss of inspiration and social withdrawal.
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These encounters can unnerve. They may likewise bring about individuals who are encountering psychosis to hurt themselves or others. It is essential to see a specialist immediately on the off chance that you or somebody you know is encountering indications of psychosis.
Section 2 of 10: Symptoms
Perceiving the manifestations of psychosis
Promotion
Manifestations
Manifestations of psychosis include:
trouble concentrating
discouraged mind-set
resting an excessive amount of or insufficient
nervousness
suspiciousness
withdrawal from family and companions
hallucinations
mental trips
complicated discourse, for example, exchanging themes inconsistently
wretchedness
nervousness
self-destructive musings or activities
Section 3 of 10: False substances
What are dreams and mind flights?
Daydreams and mental trips are two altogether different manifestations that are both regularly experienced by individuals with psychosis. Fancies and mind flights appear to be genuine to the individual who is encountering them.
Fancies
A fancy is a false conviction or impression that is solidly held despite the fact that it is repudiated by reality and what is ordinarily viewed as genuine. There are hallucinations of neurosis, vainglorious fancies, and substantial dreams.
Individuals who are encountering a hallucination of suspicion may believe that they are being taken after when they are not, or that mystery messages are being sent to them. Somebody with a pompous dream will have a misrepresented feeling of significance. Substantial fancy is the point at which a man trusts they have a terminal sickness when as a general rule they are sound.
Fantasies
A fantasy is a tactile discernment without outside jolts. That implies seeing, hearing, feeling, or noticing something that isn't available. A man who is fantasizing may see things that don't exist or hear individuals talking when they are separated from everyone else.
Section 4 of 10: Causes
Causes
Every instance of psychosis is distinctive, and the correct cause is not generally clear. There are, in any case, certain sicknesses that cause psychosis. There are likewise triggers like medication utilize, absence of rest, and other ecological elements. What's more, certain circumstances can prompt to particular sorts of psychosis to create.
Sicknesses
Sicknesses that can bring about psychosis include:
cerebrum maladies, for example, Parkinson's ailment, Huntington's infection, and some chromosomal issue
cerebrum tumors or blisters
Likewise a few sorts of dementia may bring about psychosis, for example,
Alzheimer's illness
HIV, syphilis, and different diseases that assault the mind
a few sorts of epilepsy
stroke
Section 5 of 10: Risk elements
Hazard components for creating psychosis
Chance Factors
It's not as of now conceivable to definitely distinguish who is probably going to create psychosis. Notwithstanding, explore has demonstrated that hereditary qualities may assume a part.
Individuals will probably build up an insane issue in the event that they have a nearby relative, for example, a parent or kin who has a maniacal issue.
Youngsters conceived with the hereditary transformation known as 22q11.2 erasure disorder are at hazard for building up an insane issue, particularly schizophrenia.
Section 6 of 10: Types
Sort 1
A few sorts of psychosis are brought on by particular conditions or conditions that incorporate the accompanying:
Brief maniacal issue
Brief maniacal issue, infrequently called brief responsive psychosis, can happen amid times of extraordinary individual anxiety like the demise of a relative. Somebody encountering brief responsive psychosis will for the most part recoup in a couple days to half a month, contingent upon the wellspring of the anxiety.
Medication or liquor related psychosis
Psychosis can be activated by the utilization of liquor and unlawful medications, including stimulants, for example, methamphetamine and cocaine. Psychedelic medications like LSD frequently make clients see things that are not by any stretch of the imagination there, however this impact is brief. Some physician endorsed drugs like steroids and stimulants can likewise bring about side effects of psychosis
Individuals who are dependent on liquor and certain medications can encounter crazy side effects in the event that they abruptly quit drinking or taking the medication to which they are dependent.
Natural psychosis
A head harm or a disease or contamination that influences the cerebrum can bring about side effects of psychosis.
Section 7 of 10: Psychotic issue
Insane disarranges
Crazy issue can be activated by stress, medication or liquor utilize, damage, or disease. They can likewise show up all alone. The accompanying sorts of disarranges may have insane side effects:
Bipolar turmoil
When somebody has bipolar confusion, their temperaments swing from high to low. At the point when their state of mind is high and positive, they may have manifestations of psychosis. They may feel greatly great and trust they have extraordinary forces.
At the point when their state of mind is discouraged, the individual may have insane manifestations that make them feel irate, dismal, or startled. These side effects incorporate supposing somebody is attempting to mischief them.
Capricious confusion
A man encountering fanciful confusion firmly puts stock in things that are not genuine.
Maniacal gloom
This is significant gloom with insane indications.
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a long lasting malady that is for the most part joined by insane manifestations.
Section 8 of 10: Diagnosis
Conclusion
Psychosis is analyzed through a psychiatric assessment. That implies a specialist will watch the individual's conduct and make inquiries about what they are encountering. Therapeutic tests and X-beams might be utilized to figure out if there is a basic ailment creating the side effects.
Diagnosing psychosis in youngsters and adolescents
A large portion of the manifestations of psychosis in grown-ups are not indications of psychosis in youngsters. For instance, little youngsters frequently have nonexistent companions with whom they talk. This equitable speaks to creative play, which is totally typical for kids.
Be that as it may, on the off chance that you are stressed over psychosis in a kid or pre-adult, depict their conduct to a specialist.
Section 9 of 10: Treatment
Treatment of psychosis
Treatment
Treating psychosis may include a mix of solutions and treatment. The vast majority will encounter a change in their side effects with treatment.
Fast sedation
Now and then individuals encountering psychosis can get to be distinctly upset and be at danger of harming themselves or others. In these cases, it might be important to quiet them down rapidly. This strategy is called fast sedation. A specialist or crisis reaction faculty will direct a quick acting shot or fluid medication to rapidly unwind the patient.
Medications and pharmaceutical
Side effects of psychosis can be controlled with prescriptions called antipsychotics. These prescriptions lessen mental trips and daydreams and help individuals think all the more unmistakably. The kind of prescription that is recommended will rely on upon the side effects.
Much of the time, individuals just need to set aside antipsychotics for a short opportunity to get their indications under control. Individuals with schizophrenia may need to remain on drugs forever.
Intellectual behavioral treatment
Intellectual behavioral treatment implies meeting consistently to chat with an emotional wellness advisor with the objective of changing deduction and practices. This approach has been appeared to be powerful in peopling roll out perpetual improvements and all the more adequately deal with their disease. It is regularly most accommodating for insane indications that don't totally resolve with drugs.
Section 10 of 10: Outlook
Entanglements and standpoint of psychosis
Recuperation
Psychosis does not have numerous restorative difficulties. Nonetheless, if left untreated, it can challenge for individuals encountering psychosis to take great care of themselves. That could bring about different sicknesses to go untreated.
The vast majority who encounter psychosis will recoup with legitimate treatment. Indeed, even in serious cases, medicine and treatment can offer assistance.
Mendon Ponds Park is owned and very poorly maintained by the County of Monroe, NY.
Unfortunately, this extraordinary property is rapidly deteriorating due to an egregious lack of care. Trails are not cleared of debris... signs are useless. Park maintenance is essentially nonexistent. They do have a marketing department. Seriously, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of a county parks marketing department.
Email Mendon Ponds Park complaints to: countyexecutive@monroecounty.gov
First shots with Sony DSC-HX200V.
Telephoto of deer (131mm).
This ship is my favorite out of my physical collection. Its just the rights size for play while still having enough detail for display and has an interior. Said interior is based of the cross section book for the force awakens. There is a single bed and nothing else. I wish that the bed could be moved over though, as it is taking up quite a bit a space.
Problems:
the rear door is invisible
the rear wings are not all the way at the end of the ship
there are no front wings
the cockpit is nonexistent
The C-208 is loaded with double 8" LF/MF and a single high energy 2" HF driver. Each enclosure is constructed of high grade birch ply-wood and is custom fitted with steel fly hardware that has been test rated for a 7:1 static load, hanging up to 16 enclosures in a single array. Our user friendly hardware allows for hanging and ground stacking applications, permitting the user to stack up to six enclosures.
All C-208 enclosures are hand wired using premium 14 gauge wire and Neutrik brand NL8 connectors. All drivers are built with cast fame baskets for strength and longevity. Our compression drivers have replaceable titanium diaphragms for superb sound quality, performance and durability. We use a standard phase plug design to control the isophasic wave form as well as a wave guide system for smooth coverage and coupling. Our components are designed and built to a commercial standard and have a proven track record on tours ranging from stadiums to festivals of up to 30 shows per month with practically a nonexistent failure rate.
All C-208 enclosures are equipped with a removable back panel that can be disconnected and replaced by an internal TVi multi channel "Class D" power amplifier module. Each power amplifier has a built in multi-channel processor that has been chamber tuned for the C-208 to achieve a flat response curve with pre set limiters, DSP and crossover points. One amplified C-208 enclosure will also power one additional non-powered C-208 enclosure in tri amp mode by daisy chaining an NL8 cable.
NOT a bullseye mark, just an identification mark for RAF planes. Note that it is an earlier style with each ring of the same width. Later versions would make the white and yellow smaller (or nonexistent) to be harder to see at a distance. In the Pacific theater, the red was sometimes left off to prevent ground forces mistaking a plane for Japanese (the US Navy removed their pre-war red tail stripes because ground forces would shoot at anything with red on it).
Opteka 0.2x conversion lens on Vivitar/Cosina 18mm f/3.5.
I was walking back to my vehicle after my first Christmas themed night shoot and passed a gentleman directing traffic over this bridge, I thought for a minute and turned around to take a night shot with my cross cut filter. I ended up talking to this guy for about 30 minutes.
During the drive home I thought about this young man, his story and a project that I saw here on flicker called 100 faces. I am now kicking myself for not getting a portrait of this young man. But I would still like to share his story with you. His story for Joining Teen Challenge, living in Missouri he got into drugs at an early age as his parents were nonexistent and with nothing to do, the recourse was illegal activities. The Teen Challenge is not yet in his home town where his son is living, he aspires to rise through the ranks and one day brings a Teen Challenge Center back home. Along with is son back home, here in California, he has a daughter.
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On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Jeffrey Warren
wrote:
iOS screenshot pls!!
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Stewart Long
wrote:
> Very exciting updates. The archive page looks great in iOS. It is
> excellent to see the global map of maps as well!
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Jeffrey Warren > wrote:
>
>> Also, a revision to the archive front page:
>> alpha.publiclaboratory.org/archive
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Jeffrey Warren > jeff@publiclaboratory.org> wrote:
>>
>>> I made the search look through note/wiki body, not just titles, and the
>>> search seems much more robust. I'd start using it instead of the regular
>>> site now!
>>>
>>> Also unlike before if you search for a term, or look for a tag, where
>>> that term or tag does not exist, it now tells you so nicely and suggests
>>> how you should search for it.
>>>
>>> Thirdly, it now prompts you to create a wiki page if you go to a page
>>> which doesn't exist yet. Although of course for now you cannot actually
>>> create one, it's a dummy page.
>>>
>>> I've been working a little on getting the actual login system working so
>>> we could start creating real content on the new site... ! But its going to
>>> be a busy month so it may go slowly. We'd probably start with tagging and
>>> commenting.
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>>
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This ship is my favorite out of my physical collection. Its just the rights size for play while still having enough detail for display and has an interior. Said interior is based of the cross section book for the force awakens. There is a single bed and nothing else. I wish that the bed could be moved over though, as it is taking up quite a bit a space.
Problems:
the rear door is invisible
the rear wings are not all the way at the end of the ship
there are no front wings
the cockpit is nonexistent
A lone police officer directs nonexistent traffic coming and going from the parking lot late one night, with the lights of the midway in the background - Ohio State Fair 2014
The C-208 is loaded with double 8" LF/MF and a single high energy 2" HF driver. Each enclosure is constructed of high grade birch ply-wood and is custom fitted with steel fly hardware that has been test rated for a 7:1 static load, hanging up to 16 enclosures in a single array. Our user friendly hardware allows for hanging and ground stacking applications, permitting the user to stack up to six enclosures.
All C-208 enclosures are hand wired using premium 14 gauge wire and Neutrik brand NL8 connectors. All drivers are built with cast fame baskets for strength and longevity. Our compression drivers have replaceable titanium diaphragms for superb sound quality, performance and durability. We use a standard phase plug design to control the isophasic wave form as well as a wave guide system for smooth coverage and coupling. Our components are designed and built to a commercial standard and have a proven track record on tours ranging from stadiums to festivals of up to 30 shows per month with practically a nonexistent failure rate.
All C-208 enclosures are equipped with a removable back panel that can be disconnected and replaced by an internal TVi multi channel "Class D" power amplifier module. Each power amplifier has a built in multi-channel processor that has been chamber tuned for the C-208 to achieve a flat response curve with pre set limiters, DSP and crossover points. One amplified C-208 enclosure will also power one additional non-powered C-208 enclosure in tri amp mode by daisy chaining an NL8 cable.
The structure is similar in texture to the United States pavilion from Expo 67 in Montreal, but unlike that structure, Spaceship Earth is a complete sphere, supported on legs.
Geometrically, Spaceship Earth is a derivative of a pentakis dodecahedron, with each of the 60 isosceles triangle faces divided into 16 smaller equilateral triangles (with a bit of fudging to make it rounder). Each of those 960 flat panels is sub-divided into four triangles, each of which is divided into three isosceles triangles to form each point. In theory, there are 11,520 total isosceles triangles forming 3840 points. In reality, some of those triangles are partially or fully nonexistent due to supports and doors; there are actually only 11,324 silvered facets, with 954 partial or full flat triangular panels.
The appearance of being a monolithic sphere is an architectural goal that was achieved through a structural trick. Spaceship Earth's is in fact two structural domes. Six legs are supported on pile groups that are driven up to 160 feet into Central Florida's soft earth. Those legs support a steel box-shaped ring at the sphere's perimeter, at about 30 degrees south latitude in earth-terms.[6] The upper structural dome sits on this ring. A grid of trusses inside the ring supports the two helical structures of the ride and show system. Below the ring, a second dome is hung from the bottom, completing the spherical shape. The ring and trusses form a table-like structure which separates the upper dome from the lower. Supported by and about three feet off of the structural domes is a cladding sphere to which the shiny Alucobond panels and drainage system are mounted.
The cladding was designed so that when it rains, no water pours off the sides onto the ground. (All water is "absorbed" through one inch gaps in the facets and is collected in a gutter system - and finally channeled into the World Showcase Lagoon.)
Spaceship Earth
Future World
Walt Disney World EPCOT Orlando Fl.
This is an interesting little guy that I haven't seen sold before. The leaves vary from grey-green/purple to bright red on the smaller plants. On top is a bright, tiny, pinkish-red pineapple. Probably in preparation for Valentine's day, it is sold in a pink pot, though that now sits in my the storage closet waiting for a better companion. I chose a larger plant with a small to nonexistent fruits, but several babies already well on their way. As with most bromeliads, this plant will die within a year or so of flowering...essentially feeding itself to the offshoots growing around it. Here in the photo, you can see it newly nestled in a hanging basket that positions it as close as possible to the winter grow light.
Minnesota Winters can be brutal. Below zero temps. and windchills of -35 are all too common. I'm personally sick and tired of freezing my balls off............. Literally.
So, I decided to invent heated boxers. How are they heated, you ask? Good question. The fabric is double-layered. There is a series of small tubes running between the two fabrics. Heated water flows through the tubes.
How is the water heated you ask? Good question. One that I can't answer though because the process is highly confidential.I can however tell you the name of the water heating process. It's called; Molecular Distillation Destabilization.
(First video of a series)
The found footage is a word that depicts the creation of audiovisual pieces using other pieces originally designed for absolutely different aims.
It can be recontextualized from a subsequent edition that, among other things might be live, In which case we should start from material gathered from old cans of film showing Argentine family moments and fragments of super 8 mm film of the Home Movie day calling, section Argentina.
Please refer to:
homemovieday.com/
homemoviedayargentina.blogspot.com/.
This work is based on the generation of a piece based on material that was originally designed at least 30 years ago, when current technologies, poetics and resources were nonexistent or barely explored.
A reflection on audiovisual communication and presentation ways throughout the time is set out. At the same time, a public authorized sight and value is expressed by means of the film familar album on super 8 mm.
Two Things, or What I Said to the Bank One Day
1. So you are coming for me now? There is no shapeshifting from you and really it's just business anyway. I, tethered to a mirage, floating on some American dream of itself. The promise of plenty is based on the always inward, always selfish, always nonexistent myth. At least own that you manufacture that. You don't make anything I can hold, but you do make up stories, right? I bought my slice of the pie and now you are tying me to this log of a lie while the mirage of happiness floats to light. The real thing was never a part of this. I missed that. My bad.
2. What you see floating is the shapeshifting me simply leaving this story behind. I am not abdicating anything, not running, not not doing something. What is happening here is that the Me you seek is not the person I am. I am not inhabiting the space that you take up with paperwork and deadlines and threats, which are really all just business, and I know you love your work. My lack of experience and specialized knowledge led to predictable, unworthy alliances. Come for me and find what you came for but it won't be me. I will still be here, right in front of you, having just left on the next floating thing out of here.
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Fred Weick had been the assistant chief of aeronautics design at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in the early 1930s, and as such had participated in testing a spin-resistant aircraft, dubbed the W-1. The one-off W-1 prototype had been built by NACA engineers in their spare time and at their own expense, and showed superb handling characteristics. Weick liked the design so much that he decided to go into business for himself; in 1936, he resigned from NACA and joined the Engineering and Research Corporation (ERCO) at College Park, Maryland.
Drawing on his experience with the W-1, Weick designed the ERCO 310 Ercoupe in 1937. The driving force behind the Ercoupe was a cheap aircraft--something necessary in the cash-strapped Depression years--but one that was also very safe and easy to fly. The endplate tail and low wing was a little unusual in a time dominated by single tail, high wing civil aircraft, but what made the Ercoupe truly unique was its lack of rudder pedals: the aircraft was flown entirely by the control wheel. This made the Ercoupe very easy to fly, and its design, with some basis in the W-1, was nearly impossible to spin. Finally, because the Ercoupe was made of aluminum, it was tougher than its fabric-covered competition.
The Ercoupe showed a lot of promise, but before it could become popular, the United States entered World War II. All aluminum was diverted to wartime production, and Ercoupes were instead built with wood. This made them remarkably quiet, and though production was almost nonexistent due to the war, a few ERCO 310s were used by the Civil Air Patrol to patrol the US East Coast for German U-boats--wooden 310s were so quiet, U-boat crews on the surface could not hear them until they were on top of the submarine. Unfortunately, the diminutive Ercoupe could not carry depth charges, so this early stealth ability was of limited use.
Once the war ended, ERCO swung back into production, and the Ercoupe proved the company's faith in the aircraft. At one point, the company was averaging 3500 aircraft a year, marketing them in mail-order catalogs and flying them to airshows, and the Ercoupe was one of the cheapest aircraft available. Unfortunately for ERCO, the market was also glutted postwar, and the Ercoupe could not compete against much larger companies, such as Cessna and Piper. ERCO went bankrupt in late 1946, and was bought out by Aeronca.
The Ercoupe was not gone, however. Over the next 30 years, seven companies would own the patent for it, and produce aircraft, ending with Mooney rolling out the last in 1970. Even today, spare parts remain plentiful.
As a rule, I usually don't photograph general aviation aircraft, but I have a friend who loves the Ercoupe, so I got this picture for him. This is a postwar ERCO 415C with an uprated engine; it was donated to Pima in 1990, but not placed on display until 2004.
Taken while walking through Barrio Viejo in Tucson, realizing that all the previous shots I've taken here are (at least currently) nonexistent.
Sorry for being a slacker visiting photostreams. Have been lazy and trying to be inspired again. It's tough, though, with work and the hard drive crash and all....
About 20 peace activists vigiled at the Aberdeen City Hall to oppose the shipment of weapons of death to Iraq.
The vigil was under intense scrutiny by the police. An unmarked squad car observed the whole event from across the street.
I think that the heavy police presence was an intimidation tactic. On the bright side, I felt safe from attack by the pro-war crowd (which was virtually nonexistent - except for a brief shower of curse words and insults from Shelley Webber about 15 minutes into the vigil as she thundered off in her giant pickup truck)!
Washington State License plate LEW 0710 (does the "LEW" stand for Lewis county?)
VE30DETT is nonexistent engine.
日産のV型6気筒エンジンには、マイナーですがVE型がありまして、
VE30DEというのがマキシマに搭載されていました。
VG30DEエンジンをタイミングチェーン化したもので、
後のVQ30DEエンジンに繋がるものですね。
ただ、このVE30DEエンジンはNAしか存在しないので、
タイトルのようなVE30DETT、つまりツインターボ（TT）モデルは存在しません。
My impression of a nonexistent Ford...
an Anglia 2+2 Coupe, which in this case has been Rodder!
I created this using ArtRage & my trusty Wacom tablet.
Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.
But above the grey land and the spasms of bleak dust which drift endlessly over it, you perceive, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are blue and gigantic--their retinas are one yard high. They look out of no face but, instead, from a pair of enormous yellow spectacles which pass over a nonexistent nose. Evidently some wild wag of an oculist set them there to
fatten his practice in the borough of Queens, and then sank down himself into eternal blindness or forgot them and moved away. But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground.
The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour. There is always a halt there of at least a minute and it was because of this that I first met Tom Buchanan's mistress.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (1925)
Alternate title: Love & Marriage
So I set out to get a shot of my wedding ring because lately, i've been thinking about how lucky I am to be married to such an amazing guy.
However, I got this shot (first try) & was so amazed at what the "magic light" did to my nonexistent bust size that I got thoroughly side-tracked!
The light should ALWAYS be this good EVERYWHERE!
The line-up at stop lights before and after work is reminiscent of a race. As you can see, helmets are practically nonexistent. We saw two crashes: one ended with a guy hopping around, holding a bloody foot; the other with two people thrown across the intersection, but picking themselves up without apparent injury. In both cases, persistent honking invited the laggards to get the f*** out of the way.
This is what is in the box. These are all wetland obligate or facultative wetland plants that are under-represented or nonexistent in North Beach Park.
Somewhere out there in my neighborhood tonight, a bunch of baby foxes are waiting for their Momma, but she's not coming home... (I base this assumption on the fact that this fox was obviously breastfeeding)
There are plenty of Red Foxes in this area, and there might be more than this badly fragmented habitat could support, if it weren't for the "apex predator" of our time, the automobile.
This fox was on a narrow/nonexistent shoulder beneath a steep drop off from a thin wooded margin along a very busy road. I dragged it back about 10 feet before photographing it, because otherwise I would have been in the path of oncoming traffic myself.
This might be my favorite local mammal. Such a beautiful intelligent creature. I have watched a few generations of foxes grow up in Columbia Gardens Cemetery. This was only a few blocks from there, so I am guessing she was somehow related to that family, but I'm not sure how.
What looks like wear to the tip of the tooth is actually fresh damage from the auto impact. This appears to be a fairly young fox, perhaps she was born in the cemetery maybe two years ago and dispersed in an attempt to find her own territory. This might have been her first litter. I can't imagine it is the old cemetery matriarch, unless this was a new old cemetery matriarch (foxes don't live forever, even if they manage to avoid being struck by cars) Now I have to resist the urge to try and find the starving kits, who are clearly better off not being bottle-fed by sentimental humans.