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Arctic Frontiers 2020, Side event, A source for Arctic optimism: The Blue Bioeconomy
BryndÃs Björnsdóttir Head of Industry Solutions, Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D Dr., Matis, Iceland
Photo:Terje Mortensen/Arctic Frontiers 2020
Rose against adversity
The yellow rose can indicate strength and are encouraging for someone going through a difficult time such as when healing from illness or surgery. I see this one as hope against adversity. The strength and optimism of the yellow/orange rose fighting its way forward and not giving up.
I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best. I know I drive some people crazy with what seems to be ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked out for me - Jim Henson
Oh... allowance for inserting bills of 10, 20, and 50 denomination. Even I don't need that much junk food.
Seen in town today, a 1.8 Vauxhall Meriva with an Irmscher badge added underneath.
Definition of optimism right there. :-)
Cold and windy everyday.... More snow on the way.... I refuse to post any more "cold" shots so I'm digging into the archives for warmth.....
46/365
Trying to think positive thoughts... I have some follow-up medical tests on Friday that I'm a bit anxious about.
(I'm really wishing I could get the real version of PS working... I'm getting tired of just using Adobe PhotoDeluxe to edit because of the limitations. We have PS, but our main computer needs some serious upgrades/replacement before we can get it working, and Bob, my laptop, is also in need of some serious rehab.)
I wrote this for my wife. I'm lucky to have someone to lean on. To all those people that are also struggling with #Cancer hopefully you do as well. Don't give up, never give up. You can survive it. We can overcome it.
A captured male Timber Wolf cautiously approaches through the fresh powder of an overnight snow on a frigid winter's morning at the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Sanctuary - Divide, CO
At a time when so much had been lost, optimism for the future was so needed. This tree seemed to embody it, new growth emerging toward the dark clouds despite severe surgery.
Llanfairfechan, Conwy, N. Wales
Highlighted New Listing – June 25, 2010
Other name: Niagara Mohawk Building
Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY
The Niagara Hudson Building in Syracuse is an outstanding example of Art Deco architecture and a symbol of the Age of Electricity. Completed in 1932, the building became the headquarters for the nation’s largest electric utility company and expressed the technology of electricity through its modernistic design, material, and extraordinary program of exterior lighting. The design elements applied by architects Melvin L. King and Bley & Lyman transformed a corporate office tower into a widely admired beacon of light and belief in the future. With its central tower and figurative winged sculpture personifying electric lighting, the powerfully sculpted and decorated building offered a symbol of optimism and progress in the context of the Great Depression.
For Art Journal Caravan w/Tangie Baxter: Itinerary #09 {Port of Call: Japan}
Made with Tangie's March {13} Collection
412 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC.
Description of Historic Place:
The Second Rogers Block is an asymmetrical three-storey masonry building with an elaborate rough-dressed sandstone front facade trimmed with metal cornices. It is located mid-block on West Hastings Street between Homer and Richards Streets within the context of other commercial buildings of a similar age and scale.
Heritage Value:
The Second Rogers Block is valued for its association with a pioneer Vancouver developer and for its links to the Klondike gold rush building boom. The initial outfitting of the Klondikers occurred on Cordova Street, but as money and investment poured into the city, West Hastings Street was transformed into one of the most prominent retail and commercial streets in early Vancouver. Located in close proximity to regional transportation facilities and the booming commerce of Gastown, this structure was constructed hastily in 1898-99.
This building is significant for its associations with Jonathan Rogers (1865-1945), an early Vancouver developer, contractor and financier. He had arrived on the first passenger train to Vancouver in 1887, and attended the first sale of Canadian Pacific Railway lots. Despite the severe economic slump of the mid-1890s, he demonstrated his faith in the new city in 1894 by announcing his intentions to stay and invest in its future. His optimism was justified just a few years later, when prospectors poured into the city to outfit themselves for the trip north, allowing him to start this building in 1898 and several other projects in the area. He continued to ride the crest of the great western boom, culminating in his construction of a third Rogers Building on Granville Street, 1911-13. Highly respected in the community, Rogers was chair of the Vancouver Parks Board for nine years, an early promoter of comprehensive town planning and one of the founders of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
The urgency of the times is illustrated by the construction history of this building. It was started in October 1898, when building operations were usually suspended for the winter. For the first time in Vancouver an immense umbrella was erected over the workmen to protect them from the wet weather. Rogers was determined to push on with this project with the greatest speed and have it completed by the spring.
Additionally, this building is of heritage value for its commercial architecture, which exhibits the late persistence of the influence of the Romanesque Revival style. The front facade features rough-dressed sandstone cladding, opus quadratum work, smooth dressed granite window surrounds and elaborate sheet metal cornices and brackets. The eclectic nature and picturesque appearance of the design demonstrate the sensibilities of the Late Victorian era, at a time of transition towards the influence of the Classical Revival styles. The robust expression of the front facade conveyed an image of strength and security through contrasting textures and a unity of materials. This building also displays the emerging impact of technology on commercial buildings. As construction techniques improved, window sizes were increased to take advantage of available light. The Second Rogers Block was designed with a notably large amount of glazing on its front facade.
Source: City of Vancouver Heritage Conservation Program
Character-Defining Elements:
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Second Rogers Block include its:
- location in an area of historic commercial buildings on Hastings Street
- contribution to the streetscape as part of an unbroken streetwall with continuous retail storefronts
- siting on the front and side property lines, with loading dock at rear
- form, scale and massing, as expressed by its asymmetrical three-storey height, flat roof and rectangular plan
- masonry construction, as expressed by granite foundations, rough-dressed sandstone front facade, smooth-dressed granite window surrounds and sills, common red brick rear and side walls, sandstone window sills on rear facade and brick internal chimney
- Romanesque Revival design influence, as expressed by rough-dressed sandstone front facade with opus quadratum courses above and below the smooth-dressed window surrounds, deeply recessed windows divided by stone piers, and stone lintels, sills and surrounds
- exterior features, such as the sheet metal cornices, with elaborate brackets, at the parapet level and above the storefront, and the iron I-beam storefront header with rosettes
- fenestration: large rectangular storefront display windows, regular punched window openings on the front facade, and segmental arch window openings on the rear facade
First I crocheted the design in red, then I went back and outlined the flowers in black using single crochet.
The unpaid fares collection box at Chorleywood statioin, Hertfordshire - rusty, vandalized and abandoned. 22nd April 2010.
Jenny Scott - Optimism
I kind of confused Optimism with Positivism, two different things, but to me they have the same ring to it. I was in doubt how to put this into a photo. A glass half full came to mind but when I saw this man writing down his poem on the Dublin streets, I knew this was my shot.
This photo is part of my project called Words. Check out my set Photo Project - Words to see all photos of this project.