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SRAM Canadian Open Challenger Enduro presented by CamelBak
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APPROXIMATE RELEASE DATE: 2014-present
BODY TYPE: No date; plastic torso & limbs
HEAD MOLD: No date
PERSONAL FUN FACT:This Beforever Kit doll is just so darn charming! I fell in love with her when the Beforever line launched in 2014. As the mini dolls are quite pricey in my opinion, I only ever buy them secondhand or on sales. Naturally I was excited during the fall of 2019, when Colleen and I spotted a boxed Beforever Kit mini doll at the local flea market. The same seller we bought McKenna from that year had two AG minis, still sealed in their boxes with the books. She wanted only $10 for each, which was a decent deal considering their $20 plus original price tag. I was thinking of buying Kit when we found Melody's mini doll at another booth. Since my Kit already had two mini dolls, the original Kit and Ruthie, I decided I would snag the Beforever lady on another weekend. But by the next flea market trip, the mini Kit was gone. A little less than a year later, this wonderful Kit joined my collection. Colleen had gotten home from her summer school job and we were eating lunch, when the mail truck honked in our driveway. I wasn't expecting any packages in the mail. My Bratz Collector Jade was not in the state last I checked, and she was the only thing we'd ordered. It turns out that someone sent us a gift! When I opened the box curiously, I spotted mini Kit on the top of the tissue paper. Beneath her was Lanie, Girl of the Year 2010. Two of our Youtube viewers had found the dolls at Goodwill and decided to send us them as a surprise. We were both overwhelmed by their generosity, and of course the fact that we had just gotten more American Girl stuff! I'm so glad I finally got this wonderful Beforever Kit, and I love her all that much more since she has such an awesome backstory!
YBP
The left hand 'Y' comes from the hip of the bas relief 'Vénus de Laussel' which is dated at 25,000 ybp. This 'Y' sign looks to have come from a decision to make a mark, and may register a small tatoo or assign a meaning to the overall image of a naked woman who is seen holding a graduated horn towards her face.
The central 'b' is a claviform sign - of a style seen in the caves of Niaux and Pindal. Most claviforms are closer to 'p's or 'D's and appear as two lines. This massive version also resembles slightly a 'femme bison' schematic. Claviforms take their name from an allusion to the image of a 'club' and are some of the very first images ever made by man, with dates from as early as 34,000 ybp (Altamira). Claviforms are widely known in Spain and France and obviously had a meaning that was easy for people to commit to and understand.
The right hand 'P' is a schematic drawing of a dolmen by the 'Centre de recherche archéologique du Haut-Languedoc'. The drawing is of a dolmen 'à plan 'P'' and contrasts with 'plan en 'q'' and 'couloir central'; 'couloir coudé' and so on. Whilst there were megaliths prior to 7,000 ybp, and a continuation of themes and use after 5,000 ybp, it can be said that the age of dolmens was roughly between 7,000 ybp and 5,000 ybp.
YBP is the acronyme of 'years before present'.
'Present ' is defined as 1950 making 1951 the future in ybp.
The abbreviation of YBP is BP - which can be confused for a petroleum giant.
Alternatives to YBP include BC. As prehistory runs rings around the world, BC can seem to carry too much historical and local weight, thus ybp.
CE is another alternative to YBP. It uses the same date as BC and AD, only now, with the same letters as both the logo for 'Conformité Europééne" and "China export".
Ybp starts to get big with mybp (million years before present): by which point the dates have long since disappeared from man's prehistoric diaspora.
None of the 'letters' saw the alphabet coming.
AJM 28.06.17
Pórtico de la iglesia de Santa María de los Reyes de Laguardia (Álava). Su construcción, en piedra tallada, corresponde a fines del siglo XIV, aunque su policromía es del siglo XVII.
Realizado en piedra, está formado por un arco gótico muy apuntado que forma cinco arquivoltas, todas ellas ricamente decoradas.
En esta decoración alternan las figuras humanas (vírgenes, profetas, mártires, reyes y ángeles) con motivos vegetales. La primera arquivolta está decorada con ángeles que tañen instrumentos musicales a modo de acompañamiento de las escenas que componen el tímpano, principalmente la última escena, justamente debajo de la clave del arco. La siguiente esta compuesta por motivos vegetales que se entrelazan entre ellos y da paso a la tercera compuesta por vírgenes y santos. La cuarta es también de caracter vegetal y la que cierra el abocinamiento de la portada está compuesta por profetas y reyes.
Todas las figuras se encuentran de pie y cubiertas por un bello doselete que a su vez sirve de apoyo a la figura que se encuentra encima de ella. Los doseletes están decorados con finos gabletes y decoración calada.
Las jambas que caen en derrama y forman el abocinamiento están ocupadas por seis apóstoles cuyas imágenes algo mayores que el tamaño natural, son de una talla muy delicada y perfecta como si de una estilización espiritual se tratase.
La postura que presentan es frontal aunque algunos ladean ligeramente la cabeza en afán de adquirir posiciones más naturales. Las túnicas que cubren los cuerpos tienen unos plegados muy naturales y esta naturalidad se acrecienta por los rasgos físicos de sus rostros, barbados casi todos ellos de una forma real, mientras que los peinados se adaptan prefectamente.
Llevan todos en sus manos un libro y objeto que es propio y los distingue de los demás (San Pedro con las llaves, Santiago con el bordón y la venera, etc.).
Todas las imagenes se encuentran de pie sobre un pedestal poligonal ricamente decorado con gabletes floreados y tallas de animales, monstruos, etc. La parte superior está cubierta con un doselete de tamaño bastante grande y rícamente decorado a imagen y semejanza de las que tienen las figuras descritas en las arquivoltas.
Presidiendo los doce apóstoles y situado en el parteluz de la doble portada que da acceso al templo, se encuentra la imágen de la Virgen de los Reyes. Es una escultura que se sitúa sobre un elevado pedestal desde donde puede presidir toda la escena de la portada.
La imagen de fina talla y muy bien ejecutada de pie, sosteniendo en su brazo izquierdo la figura del Niño y moviéndo ligeramente la cabeza hacia él, en un amago de crear una escena maternal, en la cual Madre e Hijo están conversando normalmente. La figura de la Virgen crea una pequeña contorsión, encima de la cintura con el fin de poder contrarrestar el peso del Niño y de esta forma la figura aparece equilibrada y compensada.
A sus lados se abre una doble puerta cerrada con arcos trilobulados escarzanos, decorados en la enjutas y calados entre los lóbulos. Estos arcos sirven de base al tímpano que cierra la portada y completa el conjunto.
El remate final lo compone la Coronación de la Virgen, escena única que compone la faja superior del tímpano.
Hay que destacar la policromía que cubre las imágenes de la portada y que se encuentra en estado óptimo de conservación, debido a que ha estado protegida de las inclemencias del tiempo. La policromía fue aplicada con posterioridad a la realización de la portada, siendo ésta realizada entre 1696 y 1700.
Laguardia (Álava) 5/10/2014
The Architecture in More London is great but what is most amazing is the blend of times , the old and the modern , the past and the future
standing side by side and adding to each others beauty.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Seeking a domestic aircraft manufacturer, the Brazilian government made several investments in this area during the 1940s and '50s, but it was not until 1969 that Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (EMBRAER) was created as a government-owned corporation. Born from a Brazilian government plan and having been state-run from the beginning, EMBRAER began a privatization process alongside many other state-controlled companies during the government of Fernando Henrique Cardoso. This privatization effort saw EMBRAER sold on December 7, 1994, and helped it avoid a looming bankruptcy.
The company's first product was a turboprop transport, the EMBRAER EMB 110 Bandeirante. In the course of years, both civil and military aircraft were developed, the focus shifted more and more to airliners, but the military work was never abandoned. The company continued to win government contracts, which included the EMB 314/T-27 Tucano trainer or the EMB 324/A-29 ground attack aircraft.
The EMB 320 was a bigger aircraft, though, and conceived in the early 2000s, when, with renewed economic stability, the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB) underwent an extensive renewal of its inventory through several acquisition programs. The most ambitious of which was the acquisition of 36 new front-line interceptor aircraft to replace its aging Mirage III, known as the “F-X Project”.
In parallel, a supplement to the relatively new AMX fighter bomber (designated A-1 in Brazil) was needed, too, and this program ran under the handle “A-X Project”. While the F-X program was postponed several times until 2005, the A-X program made, thanks to its smaller budget needs, quick progress and resulted in the EMB 320 'Libélula' (Hornet), a dedicated ground attack, COIN and observation/FAC aircraft which would fill the gap between the AMX jets and various helicopters, e. g. the Mi-35M4 attack helicopter.
The EMB 320 was a straightforward design: a mid-wing two-turboprop-engined all-metal monoplane with retractable landing gear. Conceptually it was very similar to the Argentinian FMA IA-58 Pucara, but more sophisticated and with more compact dimensions. The aircraft was designed to operate from forward bases, in high temperature and humidity conditions in extremely rugged terrain. Repairs could be made with ordinary tools, and no ground equipment was required to start the engines.
The EMB 320 had a tandem cockpit arrangement; the crew of two were seated under an extensively glazed canopy on Martin-Baker Mk 6AP6A zero/zero ejection seats and were provided with dual controls. The pilot sat in front, while the rear seat would, if the mission called for it, be occupied by an observer, WSO or a flight teacher for training purposes. Armor plating was fitted to protect the crew and engines from hostile ground fire.
The retractable tricycle landing gear, with a double nose wheel and twin main wheels retracting into the engine nacelles, was fitted with low pressure tires to suit operations on rough ground and unprepared air strips, while the undercarriage legs were tall to give good clearance for underslung weapon loads. The undercarriage, flaps and brakes are operated hydraulically, with no pneumatic systems.
Through powerful high lift devices the EMB 320 could perform short takeoffs and landings, even on aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious assault ships without using catapults or arresting wires. Additionally, three JATO rockets could be fitted under the fuselage to allow extra-short take-off.
The aircraft was powered by a pair of Garrett T76-G turboprops, 1,040 hp (775.5 kW) each, driving sets of contra-rotating, three-bladed Hamilton-Standard propellers which were also capable of being used as air brakes. The engines were modified for operating on soy-derived bio-jet fuel. Alternatively the engines would operate on high-octane automobile fuel with only a slight loss of power, too.
Fuel was fed from two fuselage tanks of combined capacity of 800 l (180 imp gal; 210 US gal) and two self-sealing tanks of 460 l (100 imp gal; 120 US gal) in the wings.
The “Libélula”, quickly christened this way due to its slender fuselage, straight wings and the large cockpit glazing, was highly maneuverable at low altitude, had a low heat signature and incorporated 4th generation avionics and weapons system to deliver precision guided munitions at all weather conditions, day and night.
Armament consisted of two fixed 30 mm (1.181 in) Bernardini Mk-164 cannons in the wing roots and a total of nine external weapon hardpoints; these included a pair of launch rails at the wingtips for AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs (or ECM pods), four underwing pylons outside of the propeller radius and three underfuselage hardpoints. Chaff/flare dispensers in the tail section provided passive safety. The EMB 320 could carry more than 3.5 tons of external munitions, and loiter for three or more hours.
Avionics included:
● MIL-STD-1553 standards
● NVG ANVIS-9 (Night Vision)
● CCIP / CCRP / CCIL / DTOS / LCOS / SSLC (Computerized Attack Modes)
● R&S{RT} M3AR VHF/UHF airborne transceiver (two-way encrypted Data Link provision)
● HUD / HOTAS
● HMD with UFCP(Up Front Control Panel)
● Laser INS with GPS Navigational System
● CMFD (Colored Multi-Function Display) liquid crystal active matrix
● Integrated Radio Communication and Navigation
● Video Camera/Recorder
● Automatic Pilot with embedded mission planning capability
● Stormscope WX-1000E (Airborne weather mapping system)
● Laser Range Finder
● WiPak Support – (Wi-Fi integration for Paveway bombs)
● Training and Operation Support System (TOSS)
The prototype made its maiden flight on 2nd of April 2000. In August 2001, the Brazilian Air Force awarded EMBRAER a contract for 52 A-27 Libélula aircraft with options for a further 23, acquired from a contract estimated to be worth around $320 USD millions. The first aircraft was delivered in December 2003. By September 2007, 50 aircraft had entered service. The 75th, and last, aircraft was delivered to the FAB in June 2012.
While the Libélula has not been used in foreign conflicts the aircraft already fired in anger: One of the main missions of the aircraft was and is border patrol under the SIVAM program, and this resulted in several incidents in which weapons were fired.
On 3 June 2009, two BAF A-27A Libélulas, guided by an EMBRAER E-99, intercepted a Cessna U206G engaged in drug trafficking activities. Inbound from Bolivia, the Cessna was intercepted in the region of Alta Floresta d'Oeste and, after exhausting all procedures, one of the Moscarsos fired a warning shot from its 30mm cannons, after which the aircraft followed the Libélulas to Cacoal airport.
This incident was the first use of powers granted under the Shoot-Down Act, which was enacted in October 2004 in order to legislate for the downing of illegal flights. A total of 176 kg of pure cocaine base paste, enough to produce almost a ton of cocaine, was discovered on board the Cessna; the aircraft's two occupants attempted a ground escape before being arrested by Federal Police in Pimenta Bueno.
On 5 August 2011, Brazil started “Operation Ágata”, part of a major "Frontiers Strategic Plan" launched by President Dilma Rousseff in June, with almost 30 continuous days of rigorous military activity in the region of Brazil’s border with Colombia. It mobilized 35 aircraft and more than 3,000 military personnel of the Brazilian Army, Brazilian Navy and Brazilian Air Force surveillance against drug trafficking, illegal mining and logging, and trafficking of wild animals.
A-29s of 1°/3º Aviation Group (GAv), Squadron Scorpion, as well as six A-27A’s from 4°/3° GAv launched a strike upon an illicit airstrip, deploying eight 230 kg (500 lb) computer-guided Mk 82 bombs to render the airstrip unusable.
Multiple EMB 320 were assigned for night operations, locating remote jungle airstrips used by drug smuggling gangs along the border, and were typically guarded by several E-99 aircraft. The Libélulas also located targets for the A-29 Super Tucanos, allowing them to bomb the airstrips with an extremely high level of accuracy, making use of night-vision systems and computer systems calculating the impact points of munitions.
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length (w/o pitot): 41 ft 10 in (12.76 m)
Wingspan: 40 ft 9 1/2 in (12.45 m)
Height: 13 ft 6 2/3 in (4.14 m)
Wing area: 203.4 ft² (18.9 m²)
Empty weight: 8.920 lb (4.050 kg)
Max. take-off weight: 16.630 lb (7.550 kg)
Powerplant:
2× Garrett T76-G410/411 turboprops, 1,040 hp (775.5 kW) each
Performance:
Maximum speed: 307 mph (267 kn, 495 km/h)
Range: 1.860 mi (1.620 nmi, 3.000 km)
Service ceiling: 30.160 ft (9.150 m)
Rate of climb: 2.966 ft/min (15 m/s)
Armament:
2× fixed 30 mm (1.181 in) Bernardini Mk-164 cannons in the wing roots with 200 RPG
9× external hardpoints for an ordnance load of 8.000 lb (3.630 kg), including smart weapons (e. g. Paveway GBUs, AGM-65B,C or D Maverick, AGM-114 Hellfire), iron bombs, cluster bombs, napalm tanks, unguided rocket pods and AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs as well as drop tanks.
The kit and its assembly:
This whif model is a remake of an idea I had/did many years ago from the remains of an Airfix OV-10D Bronco: converting it into a "normal" aircraft. While one could argue that this is not really exciting, I found this project pretty challenging as I wanted to make the result as plausible as possible, not just glue some leftover parts together (what I did years ago). And doing so turned a simple idea into major surgery and sculpting – or, how flickr fellow user Franclab called it, “it makes the Bronco look like the whif and the Libélula the real aircraft”.
The basis was a NiB OV-10A Bronco from Academy, a very good kit with a nice cockpit and lots or ordnance. Great value for the money. Design benchmark for what I had in mind was the FMA IA-58 Pucara, as it was designed for the exact same job as my EMB 320 - but details would differ.
The rear of the Bronco's central cabin was cut off and mated with the rear fuselage of a Matchbox Bf 110, which has a similar diameter - but the intersection between the square front of the Bronco and the oval Bf 110 fuselage was tricky (= requiring lots of putty work).
When these basic elements were fitted together, I finally decided to raise the spine. The mated fuselage parts would have had worked, but since the original high wings were missing, the EMB 320 would have had a distinctive and pointless hunchback - actually, with a rotor added, it could have become a helicopter, too!
Well, I went for the big solution, also in order to make the fuselage seam less obvious, and the whole upper rear fuselage was sculpted from 2C and NC putty. In the same process the tail was integrated into the fuselage. As a drawback, this shifted the kit's CG so far back that the lead load in the nose could not keep the front wheel down. Well, it's the price to pay for a better overall look.
The twin fins come from a 1:100 A-10, leftover from a Revell SnapFit kit, while the horizontal stabilizers were taken from the OV-10A, but had to be re-engraved in order to make the flap geometry plausible.
The wings were taken OOB and, relative to the Bronco, placed in a lower position, their original attachment point on top of the fuselage was faired over. The original plan had been to place them completely low, right where the OV-10's wing stubs would be located. But due to the engine nacelles under the wings I finally set them at mid height - otherwise, ground clearance and/or landing gear length had become a big issue - and the thing still looks stalky!
Moving the nacelles into a different (higher) wing position would have been an option, too, but that was IMHO too complicated. Since the EMD 320 would not have storage space behind the cockpit, a wing spar right through the fuselage would not be implausible. As a side effect I had to close the complete belly gap under the Bronco fuselage, again with 2C putty.
The Bronco’s tail booms were cut off and pointed end covers added, so that classic engine nacelles which also carry the main landing gear were created. The engine exhausts were relocated towards the nacelle’s end, and the propeller attachment modified, so that the propeller could turn freely on a metal axis and the overall look would be changed.
The cockpit tub was taken OOB, but armored seats from an Italeri AH-1 were used (with added headrests), as well as two crew figures, which come IIRC from a Hasegawa RA-5C Vigilante.
A new nose section with a sensor turret was built from scratch. It consists of parts from an AH-64 attack helicopter, mated with some styrene sheets for appropriate length. The shape was sculpted from massive material, and the result looks mean and menacing. The pitots were made from scratch, as well as the radar warning sensors on the hull.
The landing gear was improvised. The front strut actually belongs to a 1:200 Concorde(!) from Revell, the respective front wheels belong to an ESCI Ka-34 helicopter. For the main landing gear I used the struts from the Bronco kit, but the twin wheels are donations from the scrap box: these come from two Italeri Hawker Hawk kits.
The ordnance was puzzled together from the scrap box, too, as well as from Hasegawa Weapon sets. As the aircraft was supposed to have taken part in the real world “Operation Ágata”, I decided to add four light Paveway gliding bombs. Two Sidewinders and a pair of M260 rocket launchers (for seven 2.75"/70mm target marking missiles with phosphorous warheads) complete the full load.
The wing pylons come from two Italeri Tornados, those under the fuselage belong to a Matchbox Viggen and an Italeri Kfir.
As a final note: originally I wanted to call the aircraft “Moscardo” (= Hornet), but when it took shape its overall lines and potential agility made the dragonfly (Libélula in Portuguese) a much more appropriate namesake. So it goes... ^^
Painting and markings:
The reason why this turned out to be a Brazilian aircraft is the fact that I have been wanting to use the current FAB paint scheme for some time - it's basically made up from only two colors, FS 34092 (Dark Green) and FS 36176 (“F-15 Gray”, used on USAF F-15Es), paired with low-viz markings. Looks strange at first glance, like a poor man's Europe One/Lizard scheme, but over a typical rain forest scenery, low altitude and with hazy clouds around it is VERY effective, check the beauty pics which are based on BAF press releases. And it simply looks cool.
The pattern is based on current BAF F-5E fighters, the markings come from an FCM decal sheet and actually belong to a BAF Mirage 2000. 4º/3º GAv of the Brazilian Air Force is fictional, though, and some warning stencils were taken from the Academy kit.
The cockpit interior was painted in Dark Gull Gray (Humbrol 140), the landing gear wells in a yellow zinc chromate primer (Humbrol 225, Mid Stone) while the landing gear struts remained blank Aluminum, The outer wheel disks are white, while the inside is red - a detail I incorporated from some USN aircraft.
Painting was not spectacular - since the cockpit has a lot of glass to offer, I painted the windscreen with translucent light blue, and the observer on the rear seat received a similar sun blocker in deep blue. Translucent paint (yellow and black) was also used on the optical sensors at the nose turret as well as for position lights, all on a silver base.
The model was only slightly weathered thorough a black ink wash and some dry-brushing with Humbrol 140 and Testors 2076 (RLM 62) in order to emphasize panels - some panel lines were also painted onto the fuselage with thinned black ink, as the "new" rear body is devoid of any detail and difficult to engrave.
La vela que tengo aun lado, esculpe mi figura con su luz de color mandarina, y los brillos se hacen presentes.En ese momento, pienso que todos los hombres tienen su parte femenino y las mujeres su parte masculina, estan dentro de sus blindajes de seguridad ante el medio que los rodea.
Translated from the Japanese language, "nyotaimori" means the presentation or demonstration of the female body. This is a very ancient way of feeding sushi and sashimi on the body bare girl, and in rare instances, men.
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Dao nay` minh de flick moc' meo wa :( . Ko co time de up hinh`. Nhung thu 4 ngay 11/5 la BDay roi` :) Gan 18 oi do' nha . Cai nay la wa bday cua me tang :) . Bua nao ranh se up hinh cho may tinh `yeu^ coi sau nha :*
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Join us today for an amazing Fleetwood Mac Tribute Show by the excellent Star Tribute 23 Group @12PM SLT, bringing to us all a show full of music and with the greatest hits of this legendary band. And of course, we got DJ Del right before the show to warm things up with his energetic set with his always lovely Hostess Sen. So come on over and join us for another great time!
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DJ Del/Hostess Sen: 10AM-12PM SLT
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Margaret C is present, eyes closed, mouth relaxed and emotionally undeterred. Washington DC, 1 October 2017.
The present choir screen is the result of two main phases of work, the first in the early 18th century when a much plainer screen was erected by Nicholas Hawksmoor and adorned with the two monuments (both designed by William Kent and sculpted by Michael Rysbrack) to Isaac Newton and Earl Stanhope (an unusual arrangement that speaks of the abbey's shortage of space!). The much richer Neo-Gothic front was added in the 1830s by Edward Blore with the colouring and gilded added in the 1950s by Stephen Dykes Bower.
Westminster Abbey is perhaps the most significant church in English History, site of the coronation of monarchs since it was founded by Edward the Confessor, and burial place of the majority of them, along with many other historical figures of note. It is first and foremost a superlative work of medieval architecture, from its soaring 13th-14th century nave, transepts and choir (all in a curiously French inspired version of Decorated Gothic) to the masterpiece of English Perpendicular, the incredibly lacy fan-vaulted Henry VII's chapel at the east end.
The Abbey is also a treasure house of ecclesiastical art, most of it monumental sculpture on the numerous tombs and effigies of almost every date ranging from the entire medieval period through to the 20th century; a somewhat cluttered interior, crammed full of interest, there is simply nothing else quite like it, no other church contains so many monuments.
The Abbey's monastic ranges partially survive, most notably the cloisters and superb chapter house; a short summary of the Abbey's riches is simply impossible. The monastery itself was shut down during the Dissolution, after which the Abbey briefly became a cathedral until its diocesan rank was revoked merely a decade later. Today it is designated a 'Royal Peculiar' owing to its unique status.
The Abbey is a textbook in stone of British history, and thus a hugely popular tourist attraction. It currently has more limited opening hours in the post-Covid recovery period and entry is not cheap, but happily after decades of a strict prohibition against photographers the rules have now been relaxed at last and visitors are now welcome to fully enjoy this marvellous building with their cameras!
For further details (and restrictions) see below:-
I've been away for quite a while so I figure a really nice post is in order ! The Street Classics cruise night continued this summer and attracts some fantastic machines. This hot rod is one of them.
Esse é o motivo da minha felicidade que falei outro dia!! Viu Lais?
Foi o dia que o boleto foi pago! hahaha
Ganhei da mamãe as coleções novas da L'Apogée: Fantastic Glitters e Encontros Mil (ou não sei se é tudo uma coleção só) e alguns outros que eu ainda não tinha. Tem todos na Bela Belleza meninas!
Acho que dá pra ver quase todos os nomes na foto. Não dava pra tirar foto de frente porque o claro da janela não deixava ver nada.
Os glitters são lindíssimos ao vivo! Tem swatches no blog da Lu aqui e aqui. Os cremosos vão ser uma surpresa. Até agora os meus favoritos são o Mar Azul, Canga, Copacabana, Areia, Biquini e acho que o Água de Coco. O funk eu já detesto só pelo tema mais esse rosa neon.
Eles chegaram hoje logo depois que eu tinha feito a unha =/
Tô morrendo de vontade de ver como são! Se a Lu não fizer os swatches antes, vou experimentar todos amanhã e posto foto nos comentários pra vocês terem uma idéia.
Beijos!!
Equator Club Philadelphia Martin Luther King Tribute Second Annual Cultural Extravaganza Fashion Show Presented by Essence E&E Productions Evening Wear Miss Haiti See thru Dress Jan 16 1994
At last have started AWAKE feeling more confident having re-done Photoshop Artistry. This is my first assignment
Past Present Future
Based on the Urban Rain Tutorial.
My photo, scribbles and elements. Frame from Designer Digitals Flower Foxey Squirrel Archaic and other course content.
The left portion represents the past with a connection to the present which is the central portion. This in turn drifts into the future on the right
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
Some will see the obvious similarities with the first movie from Flibble: www.flickr.com/photos/flibble/4700866449/in/set-721576241...
A neat little coffee shop built into a slightly overpriced shop for men's clothing. Excellent flat white action, made by one or more of the Swedish and the World Barista Champion.
Blog update: The International Photo Prints For Coffee Beans Swap
Presenting the Schweickart Prize to the first Lunar Module Pilot and B612 co-founder on Asteroid Day. Future Ventures is proud to be a sponsor of the new annual prize for asteroid defense, named after Rusty Schweickart, and the inaugural recipient for 2023. On top is a reminder, a meteor from Meteor Crater, where Rusty trained for Apollo, and we hiked to the bottom together many moons ago. Today’s News
One of my (slightly late) birthday presents from my boyfriend arrived today and was a lovely surprise when i got home from work as i wasn't quite expecting her yet :) She's a Victorique called Elodie ♥
I like to do a 'before' picture of my girls so i can see how much their character changes their look... so here she is. The picture was taken almost in the dark, but i just couldn't wait until tomorrow!
I'm most impressed by the quality of her stock wig, it's gorgeous! But she will be getting new hair and eyes when they arrive. I have to wait until she's 'finished' before she'll show her character, i have no idea right now :)
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Pullip Victorique
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Max and Jane gave Peter this great umbrella. No hands needed and he is camouflaged from above, also an accessory of much merriment!
Juillet 2005 - Mao a deux mois, Athos est avec nous depuis 1 an. La rencontre se passe bien...
Mais pendant plusieurs mois, Athos montrera sa jalousie quand Corine câlinera Mao!
Originally composed in 932 AH / 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman I ("The Magnificent"), this great work by Piri Reis (d. 962 AH / 1555 CE) on navigation was later revised and expanded. The present manuscript, made mostly in the late 11th AH / 17th CE century, is based on the later expanded version with some 240 exquisitely executed maps and portolan charts. They include a world map (fol.41a) with the outline of the Americas, as well as coastlines (bays, capes, peninsulas), islands, mountains and cities of the Mediterranean basin and the Black Sea. The work starts with the description of the coastline of Anatolia and the islands of the Aegean Sea, the Peloponnese peninsula and eastern and western coasts of the Adriatic Sea. It then proceeds to describe the western shores of Italy, southern France, Spain, North Africa, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, western Anatolia, various islands north of Crete, Sea of Marmara, Bosporus and the Black Sea. It ends with a map of the shores of the the Caspian Sea (fol.374a).
See this manuscript page by page at the Walters Art Museum website:
TETRA - Delicate Top (Onyx) (legacy)
[LEGACY] -KC- AUDREY HEELS / PAIR
Group Gift:
TETRA - Anniversary skirt - Legacy
We found that somehow even the cows made it inside the house a few times. There is a huge piece of cow poop laying in the dining area, beautifully presented by the full moon shining through the window.
You don't want to see that big... Or do you?
Full moon, blue gelled strobe.
I hadn't taken any photos in quite awhile and really needed to get out and do something fun so I went with some friends to Arlington National Cemetery to look around. I was able to get some really neat shots, especially when we got to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the Changing of the Guard.
.....enters Toronto's Dundas Square outdoor performance stage last night & offers the enthusiastic crowd her famous smile. She performed, non-stop, for close to 2 hours. A huge contingent of the First Nations community was present.