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Als Gast in der Glashütte Eisch arbeitete Mare Saare im Rahmen des „Artist in Residence“-Programms vier Wochen in Frauenau. Während dieser Zeit konnte sie alle Möglichkeiten der Hütte für die Herstellung ihrer Kunstwerke nutzen. Hier entstanden Objekte, die, neben aktuellen Werken aus Ihrem Atelier in Tallinn, vom 19. August bis 7. November 2009 in der Galerie am Museum in Frauenau gezeigt werden.

Als „Tor zwischen Ost und West“ wurde die Estin Mare Saare von ihrer belgischen Kollegin Sandra De Clerck auf der Vernissage zur aktuellen Frauenauer Ausstellung vorgestellt; und tatsächlich ist der Name der vielgereisten und vielseitigen Glasprofessorin von der Kunstakademie in Tallinn fest verknüpft mit dem Ankommen der facettenreichen estländischen und baltischen Glaskunst in der Internationalen Studiobewegung.

 

Mare Saares Arbeiten öffnen dabei nicht nur den Blick auf eine fern gerückte Glas- und Kunstszene, sondern vor allem auf den flüchtigen Zauber der Ostseelandschaft, und auf eine Persönlichkeit, in der Vitalität und Verwundbarkeit zusammen wirken.

 

Das Glas, seine Fragilität und seine Herkunft aus körnigem, leicht verwehtem Sand benutzt sie mit genialer Virtuosität: Ein vielfarbiger, schwingender Kelch entspringt einem noch zerbrechlicher wirkenden Grund aus körnig verschmolzenem Glas, er nährt sich von ihm, bis dieser gleichsam bröckelt und schließlich inexistent, zu Sand wird.

Die in Frauenau ausgestellten, blumenartigen Objekte der Serie „Fragile Circuit“, gearbeitet in pâte de verre-Technik, stehen für einen zerbrechlichen Kreislauf, der gleichwohl ewig ist wie Ebbe und Flut. Sand ist bei Mare Saare nicht nur ein künstlerisches Bild für Erneuerung und Wiederkehr, sondern dient – neben gemahlenem und gekröseltem Glas – tatsächlich auch als technisches Ausgangsmaterial und als immer wieder verwendbare Auflage im Formprozess der zarten Objekte.

Ihr individuelles Herstellungsverfahren für diese Objekte verwendet Sand als technische Hilfe, als Form und Auflage im Schmelzprozess. Sand ist unendlich wiederverwendbar und steht auch dadurch für die Idee der Erneuerung und Ewigkeit. Der Boden der Arbeiten wird in Glas gegossen, der Blütenkelch ist aus verschmolzenen Glaskröseln in pâte de verre-Technik hergestellt.

 

Die Künstlerin selbst beschreibt Ihre Werke so:

„Meine Arbeiten sind oft extrem zerbrechliche, offene Tellerformen. Ich arbeite gerne mit Farben, selten aber mit völliger Transparenz. Ich versuche das Zerbrechliche, Zarte, das Verletzliche und das Flüchtige im Glas zu vereinigen, indem ich farbige Glaspulver in Formen aus Sand fuse.“

 

www.eisch.de/de/website/news/mare_saare/index.php

Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday July 02, 2017.

   

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This building is now in its 8th year of re-de-generation...Its gone from Bossuns , renkowned for their Pottery and Decorative Plaques, to a reasonable state and partially used as a gymn to boarded up, to covered in palstic sheeting, to surrounded by scaffolding and now to this! Makes you proud to live in the town. This building is many many times bigger than the Congleton Museum, library, theatre and youth centres combined...and a better building with excellent parking and location....so...if the loft dwellers dont want it anymore...why not put it to a proper use?

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Minchinbury takes its name from the property named by Capt. William Minchin who was granted 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) here in 1819. William Minchin was the Principal Superintendent of Police and Treasurer of the Police Fund in the colony. After the death of William in 1821, the property passed to his only daughter Maria Matilda. In 1838, Maria Matilda and her family were lost at sea, leaving no descendants of William Minchin alive.

 

Dr. Charles McKay purchased the property in 1859 and developed it into vineyards and cellars. Over the next 2 decades, Dr. McKay bought many neighbouring properties and in 1881, he put all of his land up for auction. At this time, the land did not sell and it wasn't until 1895 that James Angus bought all of McKay's properties.

 

Penfolds Pty. Ltd. purchased the winery and vineyards in 1912. Most of the existing buildings at the winery were probably added while under the ownership of Penfolds. In 1898, during Angus' winemaking years, the vineyards suffered a viral disease that destroyed the vines. New vines were planted and grew until 1962 when soil erosion made them useless. New vineyards were established on other properties around the area to supply the fruit for the winery. Minchinbury Winery became famous for its champagne. Penfolds stopped operations at the winery in 1978

 

Ordination service for new priests at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday June 22, 2019.

   

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Type:Tug

Flag: Germany

Port of Registry: Cuxhaven

Owner: Otto Wulf Seatowage,Cuxhaven

Built: 1993 Mützelfeldt Werft Cuxhaven

Length: 23,80 m

Beam: 8,40 m

Draught: 4,10 max.

Tonnage: 170,05 Grt

Main Engines: 2 x Deutz SBV 6 M 536 each 800 hp

Auxiliaries: 1 diesel generator set 75 kW, 85 kVA, 380/220 V

1 diesel generator set 25 kW, 30 kVA, 380/220 V, 1 generator 24 V

Propulsion: 2 Voith-Schneider size 24/150

Bunker: 42530 litre diesel

Bollard pull: 20 tons

Call Sign: DDTC

IMO No. 5419244

 

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This is for Dennis, a collector of lighthouses, who is about to undergo a long and difficult operation this morning.

 

This one on Coquet Island off the coast of Northumberland was built in 1841 at a cost of £3268 to the design of James Walker. The first keeper appointed to Coquet lighthouse was William Darling, elder brother of local heroine Grace Darling. He was in fact the second of her brothers to become a keeper in the Trinity House Service, as was her father. It has been said that it was probably a boat trip to see her brother at Coquet Island in the summer of 1842 that led to a chill which eventually proved fatal to her. In fact Grace Darling died from tuberculosis ("consumption") in 1842 at the age of 27.

 

Almost the silhouette of a nuclear submarine, this island also serves as a protected bird sanctuary.

 

Height Of Tower: 22 Metres

Height Of Light Above Mean High Water: 25 Metres

Automated: 1990

Electrified: 1976

Optic: AGA PRB 21

Lamp: 12 X 200 WATT Sealed Beam Lamp Units

Optic: 1st Order Catadioptric Fixed Lens

Character: White And Red Flashing 3 Times Every 30 Seconds

Intensity: White 155,000 Candela, Red 21,830 Candela

Range Of Light: White 21 nautical miles; red 16 nautical miles

Fog Signal Character: One 3 Second Blast Every 30 Seconds

Fog Signal Range: 2 nautical miles

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Lest We Forget

 

World War I, a.k.a. First World War -

 

The Great War

 

"The War to End All Wars"

 

It was a total war which left millions dead and helped to shape the modern world.

 

At 11:00am on November 11, 1918 —

 

eleventh hour

eleventh day

eleventh month —

 

A ceasefire came into effect and the opposing armies on the Western Front began to withdraw from their positions.

 

In Flanders Fields

 

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

 

We are the dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

 

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

 

— Lt.-Col. John McCrae

  

The poem "In Flanders Fields" by the Canadian army physician John McCrae remains to this day one of the most memorable war poems ever written. It is a lasting legacy of the terrible battle in the Ypres salient in the spring of 1915.

 

"This poem was literally born of fire and blood during the hottest phase of the second battle of Ypres. My headquarters were in a trench on the top of the bank of the Ypres Canal, and John had his dressing station in a hole dug in the foot of the bank. During periods in the battle men who were shot actually rolled down the bank into his dressing station.

Along from us a few hundred yards was the headquarters of a regiment, and many times during the sixteen days of battle, he and I watched them burying their dead whenever there was a lull. Thus the crosses, row on row, grew into a good-sized cemetery.

Just as he describes, we often heard in the mornings the larks singing high in the air, between the crash of the shell and the reports of the guns in the battery just beside us.

I have a letter from him in which he mentions having written the poem to pass away the time between the arrival of batches of wounded, and partly as an experiment with several varieties of poetic metre." Lieutenant Colonel Edward Morrison

 

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In de straten van Brussel - centrum.

Het "levende standbeeld" van de schilder Vincent Van Gogh.

 

Vincent Willem van Gogh (Zundert, 30 maart 1853 – Auvers-sur-Oise, 29 juli 1890) was een Nederlands kunstschilder. Zijn werk valt onder het postimpressionisme, een kunststroming die het negentiende-eeuwse impressionisme opvolgde. Van Goghs invloed op het expressionisme, het fauvisme en de vroege abstractie was enorm en kan worden gezien in vele andere aspecten van de twintigste-eeuwse kunst. Het Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is gewijd aan het werk van Van Gogh en zijn tijdgenoten.

Van Gogh wordt tegenwoordig gezien als één van de grote schilders van de 19de eeuw. Deze erkenning kwam echter pas laat. Tijdens zijn leven werd maar één schilderij verkocht: De rode wijngaard (Poesjkinmuseum in Moskou). Anna Boch, een Belgische kunstenares en zus van zijn vriend Eugène Boch kocht het voor 400 toenmalige frank op de expositie van de Brusselse Les XX in 1890, een paar maanden voor Van Goghs dood.

Er verliepen maar drie jaar tussen zijn zwaarmoedige De Aardappeleters (1885) en de kleurenexplosie in het zuidelijke Arles (1888). Van Gogh produceerde al zijn werk in slechts tien jaar, voordat hij begon te lijden aan een zenuwziekte en zelfmoord pleegde. Zijn roem groeide na zijn dood snel.

 

uit:

 

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

 

and:

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

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Usually when I visit the zoo, the baboons are frolicking up the back of their sizeable enclosure, too far away for my 200mm to reach. This time, I arrived at the viewing window to find a huge crowd of people gathered. I waited patiently for a couple of minutes then pushed to the front to be greeted with this lovely sight. Two of the zoo's newest babies right down the front. I'm going to guess that the wee one with the grass in his mouth is Chandu. He was more confident than the other one. Within minutes the youngsters were scooped up and carried away so I got there just at the right time.

 

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About the Baboon Babies

Edinburgh Zoo has welcomed the first of its spring arrivals in the form of three baby gelada baboons. The new additions, which are the first gelada babies to be born at the Zoo, have been named Chandu, Chibale and Chiku. Chandu, who was the first to arrive on 10 February, is the only one to be sexed so far and is a boy. Chibale, whose name means kinship, followed on 6 March and Chiku, whose name means chatter, finally arrived on 10 March. The names for the three baboons have been chosen by their keepers to reflect the Ethiopian origin of this species.

 

Gelada baboons have only been part of the animal collection since 2007 when a group of seven arrived from Rheine Zoo in Germany. In 2008 the Zoo received a male called Malachi from Colchester Zoo who is father to all three babies.

 

Gelada baboons live in the Ethiopian Highlands. They live in large troops, led by one dominant male, with younger males, females and infants of all ages making up the rest of the group. They are currently in danger of extinction due to the expansion of the local human population. Not only do they have to compete for land but they are also targeted by farmers who suspect them of crop-raiding.

 

Georgina Cook, one of the Primate Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo, said:

 

“We’re really happy that our gelada group have bred successfully as it means that they have settled in really well. The youngsters have already started exploring the enclosure on their own and we’re sure they will prove to be very popular with visitors.”

 

- Official Site

 

Also of interest: Primates | Edinburgh Zoo | Animal Babies

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:

THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /

EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 84 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.

 

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Akari: Y-yes... Who are you? do I know you?

Take: (She didn't evenrealize I live in the same house... T_T)

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Akari: S-si... y tu quien eres? Te conozco?

Take: (Ni se ha fijado que vivo en la misma casa... T_T)

 

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

 

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

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An imposing twelve-sided table

 

Estimate: PHP 1,200,000 - 1,400,000

 

First quarter, 20th century

Laguna

Narra and kamagong, kamagong inlays

83 x 224 x 224 cm (32 1/2 x 88 x 88 in)

 

Provenance:

Formerly from the family of Candelaria Moldes Santos, wife of Col. Leopoldo Santos, Philippine army and guerilla fighter during the Japanese occupation

 

Made in the Bilibid Prison which, from the early American colonial period until the end of the first half of the 20th century, manufactured high quality household and office furniture as part of its program to rehabilitate prisoners in preparation for their reintegration into mainstream society. Their outputs were arguably unrivaled in terms of craftsmanship, design and prolificity.

 

A rare 12-sided top, made of solid one-piece narra wood, framed by precious kamagong wood carved around the edges with acanthus gadrooning. To harvest wood with a girth this size - over 7 feet across when finished - the felled giant tree must be well over a hundred years old. Each conforming side of the frieze is carved with foliated scrolls centering an anthemion flower inscribed with C-volute. The heavy base is made of two crossed curule seat-shaped legs carved with foliated scrolls bordered by broad kamagong inlays, and undulate with winged rosettes, connected to a huge, turned central cylinder with flutings surmounted by scrolled arches and a finial. The lion’s paws with winged extensions embody immense strength and power.

 

Overall, the workmanship is quite remarkable, displaying great detailed carvings and decorations alluding to the Italian Neoclassical style that was popular in the early 19th century. A classic, timeless statement piece that will surely draw exclamations of surprise and admiration. Found in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

 

Lot 189 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 March 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.

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ISSUES USING NIKON F TO M42 MOUNT ADAPTORS

 

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On a Canon 300D DSLR

 

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SOME PICTURES OF THE LENS

  

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CAME OUT FOR THIS CAMERA - I actually got it with a Meyer Orestor 50 mm F1.8 & LLC Body from the Car Boot Sale

 

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PENTACON SIX MEDIUM FORMAT FILM CAMERA

 

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PRAKTICA / PENTACON CATALOGUE FROM 1970's

  

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Pictures taken with Pentacon MC 200 F4 on a film camera by a fellow Flickr Member

 

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Hi !

I post some pics taken with Pentacon 4/200. Sharpest at f/8 and f/11, not so well at f4( vigniette), not even at f/16. At 1/250 sec. It's good indeed in a sunny days, morning and late afternoon, not in the evening, nor in winter time.Pentacon 2.8/135 it's much better than P 200.

 

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On a Panasonic G1 Digital

 

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Emblematics saddle is one floral piece which aims to sensitize the general public about their actions in society through captured with flowers messages related to religious, political, environmental, social, educational, everyday life and other subjects issues that persuades issuers or public about their actions with issues of utmost importance in our context.

 

The iconic saddle has two styles of development:

 

1 flat emblematic silleta

2 emblematic saddle embossed or third dimension

 

Emblematic Silleta High Relief

 

It enables to capture three-dimensional figures with flowers, marking the figures enhancement and providing more realism to the saddle.

 

Silleta Plana

 

It is one that has a handmade on sheets of cardboard or Styrofoam and whose flowers are placed on a completely flat drawing.

 

Note: Emblematic saddle allows creativity as silletero, the mix between flat and embossed figures, although there are some that are only made flat, no exception to this, that the message is not shocking.

 

Message: The title of the work or subject that has letters (must be clear that the saddles are not synonymous with advertising pieces) Emblematics saddle is free to display their message according to the working philosophy of silletero

 

Emblem: The issue of silleta allusive to the above aspects. The emblem is the way how the saddle teaches, composes the work according to the inspiration of silletero on a particular topic, this should be illustrated with images and other creative aspects that reflects the silletero, in this varied shapes, textures and styles application of the figures in the saddle.

www.vipp.com/press/press_releases/index.php?nid=84

 

Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR). The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. The auction will feature Vipp pedal bins re-imagined by 35 leading creative personalities.

 

Public viewing and bidding from October 15 - 28 at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am-7pm). Gala auction to be held October 28.

  

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VIPP 70TH ANNIVERSARY AUCTION

Vipp is celebrating its 70th anniversary by hosting a charity auction in New York City in collaboration with design retailer Design Within Reach (DWR).

 

The auction will benefit DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Thirty-five leading figures in the worlds of architecture, art, design, fashion and entertainment have put their signature touch on the iconic Vipp bin for the occasion, including Yoko Ono, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren & David Stark.

 

From October 15 – 28, the 35 customized Vipp bins will be on display for public viewing and bidding at DWR: Tools for Living located at 142 Wooster Street, New York City, during regular store hours (11am–7pm). Those who place bids on one or more of the customized Vipp bins, will be invited to a special gala auction on Wednesday, October 28, hosted by Veronica Webb, Vipp, DWR and DIFFA.

 

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For further information, please write to tsp@vipp.com or call DIFFA @ 212-727-3100

  

Participating designers:

Ami James, Avi Adler, Calvin Klein, Camilla StÊrk, Cole and Garrett, David Rockwell, David Stark, Evette Rios, Helena Christensen, Izhar Patkin, James Charles, Jes Gordon, John Baldessari, Jonas Hecksher/E-types, Lady Bunny, Lady Pink, Magnus Berger, Michael Aram, Mike Perry, Nigel Barker, Olaf Breuning, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, Kiril Kirov/Razortooth, Richard Colman, Rikke Korff/The Furies, Robert Geller, Robert Verdi, Shelly Sabel, Sune Rose Wagner/The Raveonettes, Swathi Ghanta/Kidrobot, The Selby, Veronica Webb, Yoko Ono, Yves BÈhar/Fuseproject.

   

DESIGN WITHIN REACH: TOOLS FOR LIVING

 

142 Wooster Street

New York, NY 10012

Phone: 212.471.0280

 

Hours:

Monday-Saturday 11am-7pm

Sunday noon-6pm

 

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The Church of the Ascension Lower Broughton, Manchester. Rededication of the church service and induction of the rev Canon Falak Sher as Rector. The celebrant for the serice was the Right Rev Philip North, Bishop of Burnley. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday November 19, 2022.

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Taken at the semi abandoned Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Center at Diamond Head.

 

This is the same "thing" as seen in my Bunker Hilltop Sunset Photo, just seen from a different angle. I'm still not sure what this is. I think it's a siren or some kind of alarm.

 

I know the whole name thing is a bit overdone but I'm just trying some new things. Oh and this is a 3 exp hdr in photomatix. Then in photoshop I used a bit of digital blending on the sky to get rid of some 'Halo'ing around the siren and clouds.

A splendid Ah Tay bed with Dayap fruit motif

 

Estimate: PHP 800,000 - 850,000

 

Last Quarter, 19th century

Binondo, Manila

Narra, cane / solihiya

247 x 143 x 220 cm

(97 x 56 x 86 1/2 in)

 

Lot 451 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 21 September 2019. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more details.

 

Famous Chinese furniture maker, Ah Tay, and his iconic calabasa bed has remained one of the most coveted pieces of furniture in our history. Though instantly recognizable because of the obvious typical design elements, the scramble for genuine examples from the scores of reproductions continue to grow due to increasing demand from serious collectors. Calabasa bed – aptly named for the heavily gadrooned halved squash shape used for bed posts – is a juxtaposition of varied styles prevalent in Europe from the 1840s to 1880s: Gothic Revival, Rococo Revival and Renaissance Revival. This bed, in particular, has all the quintessential Ah Tay traits, crafted at the highest level – something that latter pieces will never be able to duplicate – that only the master himself can accomplish. Interestingly, there is age-appropriate numbering in Chinese characters on each calabasa support that matches with the corresponding post, thereby avoid mismatching the parts during assembly – a solid proof of Chinese hands in the making this bed. The lustrous patina and the unfeignable signs of usage accumulated over a long time are tactile testaments to its authenticity.

Ah Tay loved to incorporate tropical fruits in his beds. In this example, dayap fruits in varying degree of maturity are carved as decorative motif. Dayap (citrus aurantifolia) is a small tree native to Southeast Asia. Its most popular use in the Philippines is its rind added to leche flan or creme caramel for a distinct, sharp citrusy flavor. This is no coincidence as the original owners of the bed had a dayap farm in Pulupandan town in Negros, thus the sentimental association. They can be seen in the headboard bottom support, inside lyre posts, and from the canopy’s vaulted crests dangling gracefully. In a very good and sturdy condition. Found in a house in Mandaluyong.

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Thousands demonstrated on Friday in Tahrir Square, demanding public trial of Mubarak, his interior ministry Habib el-Adly, and other regime figures.

 

The square and the surrounding streets since early morning have been emptied from all police and military presence. Most of the established political forces, most notably the Muslim Brothers, did not take part in the demonstrations.

 

The families of the martyrs were present, and demanded speedy trials of the police murderers, as it's becoming clear day by day that they will get away with what they did. More shockingly, most police officers who are currently undergoing trial still hold their positions (or have been promoted)! Demonstrators also denounced the brutal police crackdown on the protests in the square on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

 

Protesters marched, in solidarity with the detainees, by 4pm on the ministerial cabinet headquarters and the interior ministry. Policemen from inside the interior ministry's compound threw rocks and were making provocative gestures with their hands. Protesters responded by rocks and a shower of insults and chants against both the military and the police.

 

I've heard very strong chants, demanding the execution of Mubarak, Adly and Field Marshal Tantawi. While some are staging a sit in at the moment, others will resume protesting on Saturday, in the run up to the mass protests planned next Friday 8 July.

Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Priests service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Saturday June 24, 2017.

   

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Oberammergau ligt in Zuid-Duitsland, in de deelstaat Beieren. De hoofdstad is Munchen.

Dit dorpje is beroemd om het " Passiespel" dat sinds 1634 elke 10 jaar wordt opgevoerd met uitsluitend inwoners van Oberammergau. De Lijdensweg van Christus wordt uitgebeeld tot de kruisiging.

Het volgende passiespel gaat door in 2010.

 

Zie:

nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberammergau

 

and:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberammergau

Oberammergau is a municipality in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in Bavaria, Germany. The town is famous for its production of a Passion Play and the NATO School.

 

The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plague then sweeping the region they would perform a passion play every ten years. The play is now performed in years ending with a zero, except 1984 which was the 350th anniversary, and involves over 2000 actors, singers, instrumentalists and technicians, all residents of the village.

The village is also known as the home of a long tradition of woodcarving. The streets of central Oberammergau are home to dozens of woodcarver shops, with pieces ranging from religious subjects, to toys, to humoristic portraits.

Oberammergau is also famous for its "Lüftlmalerei," or frescoes, of traditional Bavarian themes, fairy tales, or religious scenes found on many homes and buildings. Lüftlmalerei is common Upper Bavaria and its name may be derived from an Oberammergau house called Zum Lüftl, which was the home of facade painter Franz Seraph Zwinck (1748–1792).

    

Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es:

THE PARK(3 of 3): Akari's suitors /

EL PARQUE (3 de 3): Los pretendientes de Akari

 

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 47 of 95) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.

 

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Cíen: … Better to play a 21, if we play one on one I'll beat you to too easy, and I don't want to humiliate you XD

Take: (O_O It's her!)

/

Cíen: … Mejor nos echamos un 21, que si hacemos un uno contra uno te machaco demasiado humillantemente y no es plan XD

Take: (O_O Es ella!)

 

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

 

- Minao's Akari Collaboration

English: Athel Tamarisk, Desert Tamarisk

Scientific: Tamarix aphylla L.

Arabic: الأثل، الأثل العربي، الأثل اللا ورقي

Dhofari Jibbali: عرعير

 

Taken on 12-Nov-2010 in Sadah, Dhofar Governorate, Sultanate of Oman, Arabian Peninsula, Asia. (For more information, check it out on the map)

 

This photo belongs to DHOFAR ظفار group.

 

shanfari.net

dhofarx.com

 

*Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35

*Edited by ACDSee Pro 3.0

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

 

For more "Tour de Konkan" Photos visit my Facebook Page

 

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A stately four-poster canopy bed

 

Estimate: PHP 180,000 - 200,000

Last Quarter, 19th century

San Isidro, Nueva Ecija

Red narra, cane / solihiya

260 x 215 x 134 cm

(102 x 84 x 92 in)

 

Lot 450 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 21 September 2019. Please see salcedoauctions.com for more details.

 

A well-conceived bed with elaborate and very finely carved details, designed to impress. It may appear as a gallimaufry of Rococo and Renaissance Revival styles, but the impression is nothing short of stately and elegant. The imposing rectangular headboard, canopy and bed frame brackets are pierce-carved with acanthus leaves, scrolls, flowers, fruits (duhat or Java plum and chesa or canistel), and foliage. The crests rise and fall gracefully along the perimeters of the canopy like cascading waves. The legs and post supports have turned rings, spools, balls and vases; and the barley-twist posts are deeply carved. The bed frame, carved with long lunettes on the sides, is tenoned through the post supports carved with round cabochons. Such exquisite work! The superb craftsmanship and very good condition justifiably make this one of the best provincial beds we have handled.

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Diocese of Manchester Ordination of Deacons service at Manchester Cathedral. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday July 02, 2017.

   

View On Black Just playing with my strobe at a Skate Park using Rear Curtain Sync. My first attempt at shooting motion, and "No Worries" the cyclist landed the jump even after I blinded him. Oops!!!

 

Strobist Info:

SB-900 TTL +1.0 E/V 1/4 CTO Gel, Camera left, 45 degrees from Jump Ramp pointing up - No other modifiers.

Triggered via Nikon CLS

D700 - Commander Mode and -0.7 E/V to get more of the ambient light to tone down.

 

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Shot this scene in my backyard in Virginia a few days after a snowfall. I love this tree and can't wait for spring to see the change. I took a break from shoveling snow and grabbed the camera...just had too ! The low sky added a nice gray backdrop to the trees and the curve of the fence line across the top of the hill just adds to the shot.

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Dedicated to the memory of our dear friend, John Fawcett, Head of Collection Development, Buswell Library, Wheaton College, Illinois. A man of great soul, mighty laughter, profound depth of faith, a counselor of others, a musician, and, in his long battle with cancer, an inspiration and amazement to us all. For Margie, Charlotte, and Josiah, may you find yourselves wrapped in the tender love of family and friends, as you suffer this great loss.

 

For my double portrait of John & Margie, and tribute to them both, see also:

www.flickr.com/photos/walford/2363827457/

 

While the doctors thought John would die the night before this poem was written, in his great fortitude, he pressed on until the end of May, defying all possible expectations, and inspired many in the intervening months. Such was John!

 

John Fawcett's funeral was a three-hour epic of music and celebration for a life richly lived and devoted to the worship and service of the God he loved. It was masterfully crafted and composed--in all its parts--around a dazzlingly rich array of musical sound and acclaimed Word of God--that took all present through a full gamut of emotions, from the grieving of our loss, to the joyful celebration of the resurrection, the latter aspect of which included all the many children dancing in the aisles--something I have never seen at a funeral. It was a fitting culmination to his long recent months (and years) of battle with cancer, and the tone of the service was triumphal, while not escapist, nor pretending that death is not anything but our last and worst enemy. I have never experienced anything like it, and I presume that John himself orchestrated the entire musical production, which included a piece composed and performed especially for the event, by his friend, professional pianist, Danial Paul Horn, also of Wheaton College.

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NIKON D1x : 125th @ F9 : 125 ASA : Sigma Aspherical AF - D 18 - 35 mm F3.5 - 4.5 Zoom 18 mm DX - 27 mm FX / 35mm Equivalent : + 1/3 EV : Centre Weighted Metering :

 

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Alien Skin Exposure 3 : Digital Ilford Delta 100 :

 

Extrapolated 4016 X 2616 NEF Raw File converted to JPEG : photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00KO1h

 

>Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my permission. Thanks.My apologies for image quality - the old Sigma 18 - 35mm always flares if the sun isn't behind you - Hope I've got the vibe of it ?

 

TRAIN CROSSING STRAND ROAD www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVDJSJdJpdA

 

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WEEKDAY BITUMEN TRAIN www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?loc=Preston%20(Ribble%20B...

 

. Basically it was a grab shot which I'd sort of planned ....the idea was to do the Deltic just behind the traffic sign front on then swing the camera out & use the curve ...came out better than I thought it would .

 

PRESERVATION LINKS

 

www.royalscotsgrey.com

www.thedps.co.uk/ ( The Deltic Preservation Society )

www.napier-chronicles.co.uk

www.delticfollower.co.uk

www.gordonhighlander.co.uk/ ( DRS now own D9016 / 55016 " Gordon Highlander "

www.55002koyli.com/ ( NRM fund to restore D9002 / 55002 " Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to working order )

www.nrm.co.uk ( National Railway Museum )

 

www.beaversports.co.uk ( Martin Walker's family business - RSG's Napier Engines are being rebuilt in Huddersfield )

www.spitfirerailtours.co.uk/

A visit to the Museo Etrusco on the Via Don Giovanni Minzoni in Volterra. Was a lot of Etruscan and Roman artifacts here. Also a back garden.

  

The Guarnacci museum is one of oldest public museums of Europe: it began in 1761 when the noble abbot Mario Guarnacci (Volterra 1701-1785) gave its enormous archaeological heritage, collected over years of research and purchases, to the "public of the city of Volterra".

 

The current disposition and location of materials demonstrate Maffei’s positivistic impact, with items separated by classes and the urns distinguished according to the theme of the bas-relief on the case. While respecting the historic memory of this arrangement, an attempt was made, in recent times, to associate it with another, more didactic, chronological tour inside the exhibition itself, able to conduct the visitor through the long history of the Etruscan Velathri.

  

Museo etrusco Guarnacci

 

The Guarnacci Etruscan Museum is located in via Don Minzoni in Volterra , and contains one of the most beautiful collections of Etruscan art.

 

In 1776 the canon of the cathedral of Volterra Pietro Franceschini found near the Etruscan necropolis of the Portone a hypogeum of considerable size dating back to the Hellenistic period, containing forty Etruscan urns, which in 1777 donated to the town of Volterra . This donation was the first nucleus of the Civic Museum which soon collected many other works found in the surroundings of Volterra and which until then had been kept in private collections of noblemen from Volterra.

 

Among the various donations, the most important and most important was that of Monsignor Mario Guarnacci ( 1701 - 1785 ), a wealthy priest who promoted numerous archaeological excavation campaigns, which on 15 September 1761 donated his entire collection to the newborn museum. He was named after the museum that in over two centuries of history has increased its heritage thanks to numerous excavation campaigns promoted by the Superintendency of Antiquities of Etruria.

 

The first seat of the museum was Palazzo Ruggeri, home of Guarnacci, later it was transferred first to some halls of the town hall and then from 1877 in the Desideri-Tangassi palace, the current headquarters.

 

The first Prefect and Librarian of the Guarnacci Museum is the Roman abbot Francesco Ballani , well-known librettist of his time, who was succeeded by Giuseppe Cailli in 1805 until his death in 1810 . Francesco Inghirami ( 1772 - 1846 ) occupied this position from 1810 until 1815 .

  

I didn't take much inside of the museum, only what took my interest at the time. Was mostly all the same kind of things from the Etruscan period.

  

On the floor in the middle of the building I didn't get more than these two sculptures. There was rooms with Roman tiles on the floors under raised walkways, and more sarcophagus!

  

L'Ombra della Sera - apparently somebody used to used this as a back scratcher until they realised how old it was!

  

The Shadow of the Evening

  

The bronze comes from the antiques market and was part of the collection at least since 1737 by Filippo Buonarroti in Florence. Since the work certainly comes from Volterra. Mario Guarnacci, the founder of the homonymous Museum where it is now preserved, acquired by exchange or purchase, around 1750.

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