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Les armoiries de Genève apparaissent dès le XVe siècle. Leur représentation actuelle a été fixée par le Conseil d'Etat en 1918. Elles représentent la réunion des symboles de l'Empire (l'aigle à tête couronnée), auquel Genève a été rattachée au XIe siècle, et de l'évêque (la clef d'or) dont les citoyens tiennent leurs libertés et franchises depuis 1387.
Le cimier est un soleil apparaissant à demi sur le bord supérieur et portant le trigramme IHS en lettres grecques, reproduction du nom de Jésus sous une forme contractée (IHESUS).
Les anciennes couleurs de Genève étaient le gris et le noir. Au XVIIe siècle, le noir et le violet. Le jaune et le rouge prévalurent au XVIIIe siècle ; le noir fut ajouté durant la période révolutionnaire. Les armoiries de la Ville de Genève sont les mêmes que celles du canton.
La devise de Genève, "Post tenebras lux" (Après les ténèbres la lumière), date du milieu du XVIe siècle. Elle fait référence à la Réforme.
The former London Transport DMS2005 seen after sale and conversion to an exhibition unit for the Post Office.
The small Post Office in Bearcreek Montana is open from 8am to 10 am, five days a week. The city started in 1905 by George Lamport and Robert Leavenslaid ou the town. Bearcreek was the center of an extensive underground coal mining district. At its height during World War 1, Bearcreek boasted a population of nearly 2,000 people. The community was ethnically diverse and included Serbians, Scotsmen, Montenegrans, Germans, Italians and Americans. They were served by seven mercantiles, a bank, two hotels, two billiard halls, a brickyard and numerous saloons. The town also boasted concrete sidewalks and an extensive water system. No church was ever built in Bearcreek. Foundations of many of the towns buildings, in addition to some structures themselves, consisted of sandstone quarried in the nearby hill. The local railway, the Montana Wyoming and Southern carried coal from the mines through Bearcreek where it was shipped to communities across Montana.
The city's life blood was coal. As coal went so did the town. In 1943, Montana's worst coal mining disaster at the nearby Smith mine took the lives of 74 men, many of whom lived in Bearcreek. The tragedy hastened the decline of the town. Many buildings in Bearcreek were moved to other communities or demolished, leaving haunting reminders of their presence along Main street. The railroad tracks were removed in 1953 and the last mine closed in the 1970's. Now there are a few buildings remaining. This HDR image was taken from the cementary east of town.
Much of the ifo in this caption taken from the Historical Marker near the Post office.
With literally thousands of them, you'd think I could resist posting three more Osprey shots, but you'd be wrong. On Armand Bayou near Bay Area Park.
Bricks Cascade 2017 recap time!
First off, the general convention vibe was great. Compared to BrickCon, there was a lot more floor space, and yet the Technic section managed to be one of the most packed themes there. Everyone was quite welcoming, and new friends were made (always a plus)!
As for models, both the Koenigsegg and the Subarute were received very well. My last parts for the Subarute showed up on Saturday at 12:30ish, so I had to frantically build for a few hours to get the model to where it is now. Thankfully, it got done before Sunday's public hours, where it received quite a bit of attention. The Koenigsegg, of course, received it's usual "KOENIGSEGG!!!" and "Is that a Ferrari/Lamborghini/Saleen S5?" comments, and it was great seeing faces light up when I'd open the doors. The One:1 also won the award "Technic-al Achievement", which came with the Cargo Plane set you see in the photo (Convention organizers take note: trophies are better when they come with a set!).
On the topic of sets, I picked up two copies of 42063 while making a LEGO store run, along with the Claas tractor, which I and two other Technic builders drafted out (hence the big ziploc of Technic pieces). Off-screen are also two small boxes of system pieces that I'll need to sort through....
...which brings me to my next point. Everything in the picture (plus the two boxes of system and the Binary Clock model that's collecting dust) needs to be disassembled and sorted before I start my next model. Of course, I'm keeping the trophy intact, and I've got fairly accurate LDD models of both the Koenigsegg and the Subarute in the event that I need to rebuild them. The only thing is, my current LEGO sorting setup is already at the overflow point, and that's without the Koenigsegg and Subaru BrickLink orders (let alone the 3 sets and heaps of bulk). Guess it's time to buy some more storage containers!
Overall, Bricks Cascade was an absolute blast. It's great to finally go to a convention that's 20 minutes from home rather than 3.5 hours away, and the friendly environment made me feel quite at home. Plus, who can say no to free LEGO?
"Border crossing"
"Not for all vehicles except construction machinery"
Chevigny St Sauveur (Bourgogne - Côte d'Or)
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Hasselblad 500C/M
Carl Zeiss Planar 80/2.8
Ilford XP2
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Over the 48 hours we had on the island, we had around 5 minutes of quality light in the sky, and these are the best I managed in a brief & frantic scramble.
The composition isn't great here, and the pose isn't quite ideal, but it's unusual and that has to count for something.
MOC: Post Office. A modern interpretation of the classic set 6689, "Post-Station".
This is a screenshot of the MLCad/LDraw file I made before gathering the bricks to build this in real life. This is how that original file looks in LDView.
I like the way the lichen has grown on this concrete post. One might think that it would be an entirely inhospitable environment - but not so.
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Teaser pic from today's shooting!
Spent an entire day doing at an awesome zombie/post-apocalyptic shoot at an abandoned factory today =]
Rest of the shots will surely be released when the making of Video by Eric Bindman will be released!
Special thanks to all of the assistants that came to help out
Assistant:
Adarna, Julius - www.flickr.com/photos/aditkphotos/
Morel, Anick
Robichaud, Geneviève
Model:
Brice, Kristofferson
Cardinal ✩, Richard - www.facebook.com/#!/pages/THE-Richard/146744976397?ref=ts
Dexter, Jade
Dubé-rousseau, Guillaume
Esteban, Daniel
Jack, Kommandandt - www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=202910614269&ref=ts
Landry, Gen
Lessard, Manuelle
Pelletier, Yves
Plourde, Chantal
Tatarinoff lissouba, Vladimir
Aubertin, Martin - www.facebook.com/#!/martin.aubertin?ref=ts
Guest Photographer:
Gilbert, Robert - www.robert-gilbert.com/
Makeup:
Sauvageau-tremblay, Jacynthe - www.facebook.com/?tid=1497810812871&sk=messages#!/pro...
Dreads provided by:
Ste-marie, Ge - rockngene-creations.webs.com/
Clothing provided by:
Zoluna - www.zoluna.com/
Video:
Bindman, Eric - www.fatherlyfilms.com/blog/
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Strobist Info:
1x X1600 boomed FARRRR overhead camera left
1x Lomopro160 bare camera right hitting the main model
2x SB units in the background filling up the background gel'ed Green
Triggered optically and by Cybersyncs
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