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With Passion and Purpose
Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
June 7 - October 5, 2025
Locations East Building, Mezzanine — Gallery 214
See standout works by Black artists from the past century, newly gifted to the Nation.
For over four decades, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson have championed the work of Black artists. They have supported exhibitions and scholarship as they built a remarkable collection that spans 100 years of Black creativity in America.
This exhibition celebrates the recent and promised gifts of 175 works from the Thompsons to the National Gallery—the largest group of objects by Black artists to enter our collection at one time. Explore more than 60 paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints organized in sections around themes of music and abstraction, figuration and portraiture, civil rights and social politics, as well as landscape and transcultural connections and influences.
Works range from a captivating portrait by Beauford Delaney and lyrical abstractions by Mildred Thompson to a towering allegorical woodcut by Alison Saar and an intricate sculpture of found objects by vanessa german. Enjoy works by renowned artists—Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, and Kara Walker—and discover artists you may not yet know, such as Camille Billops, Vivian Browne, Moe Brooker, and Alonzo Davis.
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"In April of this year, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC announced that it received a substantial gift of more than one hundred seventy artworks by Black American artists from art collectors Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson. “The breadth of artistic achievement across media and styles in this transformative gift enriches the story of American art that we can share with our visitors,” Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art, stated in the press release. The National Gallery of Art collection includes one hundred sixty thousand artworks that span the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary moment, but although the collection covers a huge period of time, its holdings are not as diverse as the people who live and work in the Western world. The Thompsons’ gift is the largest gift of Black art the museum has ever received, and because Western art is so heavily Eurocentric, the Thompsons’ gift is, indeed, “transformative”—and vital.
The exhibition With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, on view at the museum until October 5, features sixty paintings and sculptures from the collection. The donation spans one hundred years and features works by well-known artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker, and more obscure artists like Moe Booker and Alonzo Davis. The collection is diverse in style, subject matter, and genre, featuring representational portraits to abstract paintings.
The four galleries that make up With Passion and Purpose are curated by Kanitra Fletcher, associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art; Shelley Langdale, curator and head of the department of modern prints and drawings; Claudia Watts, research assistant; and Emily Wehby, curatorial assistant, all of the National Gallery of Art. Vibrant abstract works greet the viewer upon arrival, setting up for a dynamic exhibition of varied artistic styles and subjects. While many artworks express narratives about Black America, not all of them take on such an arduous task; others celebrate beauty and joy. Artworks like Mento, 1968 by Mavis Pusey and Untitled, 1971 by Daniel LaRue Johnson exude the transformative nature of the post-civil rights moment they were created in. Other artworks like Sweeping Beauty, 1997 by Alison Saar and New York Rail, 1993 by Radcliffe Bailey illustrate Black life by expressing narratives that speak to harsh historical realities.
Sweeping Beauty, a woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper, depicts the figure of a pregnant nude woman positioned upside down, rendered in yellow pigment against a red and black background. The play on the classic children’s story Sleeping Beauty is evident, but Saar subverts the stereotypical female figure who is required to be chaste and dainty. The bold colors defy misogynist desires for women to be demure. For Black women, being modest was not always a choice, as from the time African women stepped onto American soil in the 1600s, they were relegated to chattel, and poked, prodded, and examined as such. Saar’s artwork of the nude figure might be also reckoning with the reality that Black women for so long were domestics made to clean and sweep. In these roles, Black women were not respected for their full humanity, and they were often forced to succumb to unwanted advances from their enslavers and bosses. Saar’s artwork is layered: her depiction of a fertility goddess highlights the notion that Black women birthed a workforce, and the figure’s hair sweeping the floor alludes to domestic servitude.
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Alison Saar
Sweeping Beauty,1997
3-color woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper
overall: 193.04 × 83.82 cm (76 × 33 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Promised Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
© Alison Saar. Courtesy of L.A. Louver, Venice, CA
In April of this year, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC announced that it received a substantial gift of more than one hundred seventy artworks by Black American artists from art collectors Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson. “The breadth of artistic achievement across media and styles in this transformative gift enriches the story of American art that we can share with our visitors,” Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art, stated in the press release. The National Gallery of Art collection includes one hundred sixty thousand artworks that span the history of Western art from the Middle Ages to the contemporary moment, but although the collection covers a huge period of time, its holdings are not as diverse as the people who live and work in the Western world. The Thompsons’ gift is the largest gift of Black art the museum has ever received, and because Western art is so heavily Eurocentric, the Thompsons’ gift is, indeed, “transformative”—and vital.
The exhibition With Passion and Purpose: Gifts from the Collection of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson, on view at the museum until October 5, features sixty paintings and sculptures from the collection. The donation spans one hundred years and features works by well-known artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Kara Walker, and more obscure artists like Moe Booker and Alonzo Davis. The collection is diverse in style, subject matter, and genre, featuring representational portraits to abstract paintings.
The four galleries that make up With Passion and Purpose are curated by Kanitra Fletcher, associate curator of African American and Afro-Diasporic Art; Shelley Langdale, curator and head of the department of modern prints and drawings; Claudia Watts, research assistant; and Emily Wehby, curatorial assistant, all of the National Gallery of Art. Vibrant abstract works greet the viewer upon arrival, setting up for a dynamic exhibition of varied artistic styles and subjects. While many artworks express narratives about Black America, not all of them take on such an arduous task; others celebrate beauty and joy. Artworks like Mento, 1968 by Mavis Pusey and Untitled, 1971 by Daniel LaRue Johnson exude the transformative nature of the post-civil rights moment they were created in. Other artworks like Sweeping Beauty, 1997 by Alison Saar and New York Rail, 1993 by Radcliffe Bailey illustrate Black life by expressing narratives that speak to harsh historical realities.
Sweeping Beauty, a woodcut on Okawara Natural Paper, depicts the figure of a pregnant nude woman positioned upside down, rendered in yellow pigment against a red and black background. The play on the classic children’s story Sleeping Beauty is evident, but Saar subverts the stereotypical female figure who is required to be chaste and dainty. The bold colors defy misogynist desires for women to be demure. For Black women, being modest was not always a choice, as from the time African women stepped onto American soil in the 1600s, they were relegated to chattel, and poked, prodded, and examined as such. Saar’s artwork of the nude figure might be also reckoning with the reality that Black women for so long were domestics made to clean and sweep. In these roles, Black women were not respected for their full humanity, and they were often forced to succumb to unwanted advances from their enslavers and bosses. Saar’s artwork is layered: her depiction of a fertility goddess highlights the notion that Black women birthed a workforce, and the figure’s hair sweeping the floor alludes to domestic servitude.
Radcliffe Bailey
NY Rail (Transportation), 1993
cut-and-pasted offset printed paper and painted paper, acrylic paint, and blue crayon on wove paper
sheet: 45.8 x 58.9 cm (18 1/16 x 23 3/16 in.)
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson
2023.145.14
Radcliffe Bailey, who passed away in 2023 and is known for telling Black American narratives through his artwork, is represented here by the six separate paintings that make up his NY Rail. Like Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series, this artwork depicts the migration of Black people from the south and the Caribbean to parts of the United States. For NY Rail (Transportation), Bailey uses an archival photograph of Black people boarding a train, overlayed with a grid of colorful acrylic paint and a depiction of tree limbs with leaves. In NY Rail (Boats Arriving), he paints three and a half row boats, with the word “Mississippi,” “Jamaica,” and “Cuba” written on the sides of them, telling where and how Black people migrated. The background is in coordination with the other paintings in the series, as they incorporate the orange, blue, yellow, and green painted horizontal stripes depicting water and the landscape. In other artworks, NY Rail (Bird of Death) and NY Rail (Death of Infant), the artist illustrates the unfortunate trials faced during the migration. Though optimism drove the migrants, they still faced challenges that led to death in Northern cities, from mob violence to unhealthy environments in ghettos.
Without the stewardship of Black art collectors from the beginning of the early twentieth century when Black art burgeoned due to the New Negro Movement, commonly known as the Harlem Renaissance, the preservation of Black art would not have happened, and the art would be lost. During the early twentieth century, instead of exhibiting in downtown New York museums and galleries, Black artists exhibited their work in libraries, churches, and private homes. In 1921, the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library in Harlem held its first exhibition by African American artists. The library became a focal point for the Harlem Renaissance. Today, the library is known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, after Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, who was fundamental to the movement and in 1926 contributed his collection of more than four thousand books to the library for $10,000 furnished by the Carnegie Corporation. Black American artists were excluded from the art establishment largely until the mid to late twentieth century when postmodern conceptual art started to become popular. Because of this exclusion, museum collections around the country lack art that represents historical Black narratives. But today, museums are beginning to acquire art that fills the historical gaps in their collections through the generosity of collectors like the Thompsons, University of Georgia emeritus trustees, who have been collecting art since 1980. In 2011, they donated one hundred artworks to the Georgia Museum of Art, and in 2008, they gifted thirty nine artworks to the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park. Collectors Walter O. and Linda Evans, who hold one of the largest collections of Black art, gifted the Telfair Museums thirty artworks; Seteria and Najee Dorsey, founders of Black Art in America, gifted the Columbus Museum fifteen artworks; and Constance E. Clayton, an educator and civic leader who collected Black art over fifty years, gifted the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art more than seventy artworks.
Without Black art collectors, so much of the artwork by Black artists would be forgotten. With the loss of the physical art, the impalpable sensibilities of Black life throughout varied stages of history would not be preserved. Black collectors have cared for their collections and also contributed to the dissemination of the art and ideas through gifts to institutions that benefit from the inclusion of Black history. These Black collectors who steward Black art are making judgments on what should be preserved in a field that is dominated by western culture’s Eurocentric gaze. And though Black collectors have gifted historically Black institutions, including Clark Atlanta University, Hampton Unviersity, and Howard University, with artworks throughout African American art’s history, it is notable that the Thompsons are Black collectors making a profound contribution to one of the most highly regarded collections in the United States—the National Gallery of Art.
Shantay Robinson, educator and art writer, lives in Northern Virginia. Her work has appeared regularly in ARTnews, Smithsonian Magazine, Black Art in America, and other notable publications where she primarily writes about Black Art. She holds a PhD in Writing and Rhetoric from George Mason University."
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Cleveland’s Encore Volunteer Engagement Event hosted by BVU at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Visit www.i-open.org/research
Stephanie Sheldon, Founder, The Cleveland Flea and Indie Foundry, is a business leader, entrepreneur and energetic creative visionary embracing, connecting and developing a creative network of enterprising entrepreneurial owners of micro, small, and larger businesses advancing prosperity and change in greater Cleveland, Ohio and the world.
Stephanie contributed the interview, Stephanie Sheldon and Cleveland Creatives, Tuesday, November 4, 2014 from Cleveland, Ohio to the I-Open library.
Interview Segments:
1.Introduction
2.Backstory
3.Passion
4.Builds Cities
5.Purpose
6.Try, Fail, Succeed
7.The Path Ahead
8.Reach A World Economy
9.Visual Brands Accelerate Growth
10.A Hope For Cities
11.Focus On Connectivity
12.Government And Micro Businesses
13.Form Your Creative Cabinet
14.Branding Stories
15.Dialogue And Inclusion
16.Research
17.Niche Market Data
18.Human Network Ambiance
19.Networks Of Understanding
20.Contemplation And Creative Energy
21.The Creative Collective Voice
22.Execute Ideas Quickly
23.Small Moments Manifest Inspiration
24.City Office Of Happiness
25.Mutual Collaboration
26.Altruistic Benefits
27.Aims, Purpose, Growth
28.Helping People Live Better Lives
Resource Links:
I-Open Blog goo.gl/W59e6y
Scribd goo.gl/wKMyIB
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Vimeo vimeo.com/113065162
YouTube youtu.be/jzTxZ12418s
Flickr Photo Collection goo.gl/u89yJs
Learn more about Stephanie Sheldon and Cleveland Creatives:
Indie Foundry www.indiefoundry.com
The Cleveland Flea www.theclevelandflea.com
The Cleveland Flea's Holiday Kick Off Market 2014 Video youtu.be/fHr308G7K0I
Freshwater Cleveland, Stephanie Sheldon, Indie Foundry Founder’s Page goo.gl/F4pxBA
Cleveland Magazine’s Most Interesting People 2014: Stephanie Sheldon goo.gl/6uNtWp
Crain's Cleveland Business: There's a market for everything goo.gl/R6MuLx
Fortune CEO Initiative 2017
September 25, 2017. NY, NY. USA
OPENING SESSIONS: Leading with Purpose
There is growing agreement that injecting social benefit into the core of your business strategy is a key success factor for modern companies. It’s critical to a company’s ability to attract and motivate the best talent, it deepens bonds with consumers, and it serves as a steadying keel for corporate reputation in an era when the winds of social media can change at a moment’s notice. Moreover, it’s increasingly clear that governments alone are incapable of solving the most intractable challenges, making the role of the private sector more important than ever.
What’s less obvious—and the area to which The CEO Initiative is most directly dedicated—is how to undertake this task most effectively. These opening sessions will identify some of the best practices for engaging your workforce, your customers, and the community.
Welcome Remarks:
Alan Murray, President, Fortune; and Chief Content Officer, Time Inc.
Photograph by Rebecca Greenfield/Fortune CEO Initiative
Nearly 700 gather for the Power and Purpose Conference held June 10-13, 2016, at Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
Drunk Lovers, Sinners and Saints with support from Captain Horizon, Latina Heat and Dancing With Purpose, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham 18/03/10
© 2010 Tony Gaskin - Stagedive Photography
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Cleveland’s Encore Volunteer Engagement Event hosted by BVU at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Images from the 2010 Purpose Prize Summit at The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, P.A. on November 13, 2010.
2010 $100,000 Purpose Prize winner Judy Van Ginkel receives her award.
The purpose of the Book Week Celebration is to encourage students to become readers through fun and engaging activities that motivates students to appreciate the different kinds of literature the world has to offer - from epic novels to simple newspaper comics. A child who reads will become an creative adult who thinks.
To kick off the opening of the SFAMSC Book Week is a mini parade where the preschool, grade school, and some intermediate and high school student wear their costumes of their favourite literary and comic characters.
Cleveland’s Encore Volunteer Engagement Event hosted by BVU at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Reserve Soldiers from the greater Chicago area drive M1165A1 High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) on an off-road driving course to gain practice on the HMMWV in various rough terrain conditions at the Joliet Training Area, Ill., May 14. The course was taught by driving instructors from the 416th Theater Engineer Command, headquartered in Darien, Ill. Approximately 30 Soldiers participated in the driver training, which spans across a five-day training schedule.
(U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michel Sauret)
The purpose of the Book Week Celebration is to encourage students to become readers through fun and engaging activities that motivates students to appreciate the different kinds of literature the world has to offer - from epic novels to simple newspaper comics. A child who reads will become an creative adult who thinks.
To kick off the opening of the SFAMSC Book Week is a mini parade where the preschool, grade school, and some intermediate and high school student wear their costumes of their favourite literary and comic characters. The kids are given a treat as they accompanied by the much beloved children’s book character Geronimo Stilton at the end of the parade! Also, the students with the most memorable and interesting costumes are given awards for the costumes cleverness and creativity.
After the parade, the students are directed to assigned classrooms where they will have their big book story telling (high school students tell stories to the preschool and grade school kids), film watching, and slogan and poster making activities.
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The 26th Installation Ceremony of the Interact Club of Girls' High School Kandy was held on 9th of September 2017 from 3.30pm onwards at The Constance Mallet Hall of Girls' High School, Kandy.
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Whether or not your life has a meaningful meaning is a question that many people ask. It is often thought that life is futile, and that there is no meaning to be had. However, this is not necessarily the case. Throughout history, there are examples of people who have pursued knowledge, and who have found that what they learned provided some kind of meaning. In order to have a meaningful life, there are several elements that need to be considered. The elements are purpose, comprehension, mattering, and the beatific vision.
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Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sales volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
The U.S. Military Academy Orienteering Club hosted a sanctioned USA Orienteering National Ranking Event (NRE) at Camp Shea on April 13 and Lake Frederick and Bull Pond Recreation Area on April 14.
The purpose of the event, in its 44th year, is to increase cadet competency in orienteering and land navigation, develop USMA Orienteering team cadet members through planning, coordination and execution of multifaceted events, and to improve civil-military relations by hosting a world-class orienteering event at West Point.
Overall, more than 300 competitors competed over the two days with 230 competing on Saturday and 240 on Sunday, and 55 cadets from the Corps came out to train on the course on Sunday.
Orienteering USA (OUSA), the national orienteering organization, officially approved this event. This allows results from the courses to be included in official national competitor rankings. To meet sanctioning requirements, events must meet strict technical criteria, including map and course standardization. Every point is meticulously chosen, marked and checked to meet these criteria.
Twenty-six members of the USMA Orienteering Club had a role in making the NRE run smoothly through the weekend. The entire event is cadet-led, with several key members leading the planning and preparation to conquer the major tasks of land surveying, course development, obtaining supplies, planning logistics, registration and complying with official OUSA standards.
“This event is the culmination of four months of work both out in the woods, behind the desk and meeting as a group to figure out how to best put the event on,” said Class of 2026 Cadet Hugh Baldwin, the USMA Orienteering Club PAO. “After months of planning it is extremely exciting to see it all come together and provide a world class event for the orienteering community.”
This event was led by Class of 2025 Cadet Justin McLemore as event director. McLemore thanked Class of 2024 Cadet Greg Kies, the team captain, and the officers in charge, Maj. Andrew Eck, Col. Mark Read, Col. Heidi Demarest, Lt. Col. Peter Nelson and Dr. Matt O’Bannion for their support. Class of 2025 Cadet Shawn Mather and Class of 2024 Cadet Paul Bruce designed the courses for Day 1 and 2, respectively.
(Photo by Eric S. Bartelt/USMA PAO)
Cleveland’s Encore Volunteer Engagement Event hosted by BVU at the Western Reserve Historical Society.
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Hong Kong Transport - Trucks
The Hong Kong Truck Culture
The number of Trucks, Vans* and Special Purpose Vehicles (Light, Medium & Heavy) registered + licenced in Hong Kong seems to fluctuate between 120,000 - 125,000 vehicles and presumably new trucks registered are offset by old trucks being retired or sold over the border in China.
*Vans are classified as Light Goods Vehicles and are not shown in this album
In Hong Kong Trucks are classified as GOODS VEHICLES By the Transport Department - see below
☛Light Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight not exceeding 5.5 tonnes.
☛Medium Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 5.5 tonnes but not exceeding 24 tonnes.
☛Heavy Goods Vehicles - Goods vehicles of permitted gross vehicle weight exceeding 24 tonnes but not exceeding 38 tonnes.
The major truck types you tend to see in urban areas are trucks carrying construction materials or waste, dump trucks, concrete mixers and all sizes of delivery trucks... outside of the urban areas it is container trucks and large trucks carrying construction materials.
The following brands of Trucks can be seen on the streets of Hong Kong and include:-
Beiben ✚ Bell ✚ CAMC ✚ CNHTC ✚ DAF ✚ Dennis ✚ Dong Feng ✚ FAW ✚ Fuso ✚ Foton ✚ Ford ✚ Hino ✚ Howo ✚ Hyundai ✚ Isuzu ✚ Iveco ✚ JAC ✚ Kato ✚ KIA ✚ Liebherr ✚ MAN ✚ Mercedes Benz ✚ Mitsubishi ✚ Nissan ✚ Renault ✚ Scania ✚ Shacman ✚ Sinotruk ✚ Suzuki ✚ Toyota ✚ UD ✚ Volvo ✚ Zoomlion
Hong Kong is a brand conscious place even for trucks (!) hence the popularity of the European brands, Scania and Man are very popular and even the older trucks look the business and they are utterly reliable.
Isuzu is the market leader in terms of sale volume for all types of trucks.
(Source - The Transport Department, Hong Kong Government)
☛.... and if you want to read about my views on Hong Kong, then go to my blog, link below
✚ www.j3consultantshongkong.com/j3c-blog
☛ Photography is simply a hobby for me, I do NOT sell my images and all of my images can be FREELY downloaded from this site in the original upload image size or 5 other sizes, please note that you DO NOT have to ask for permission to download and use any of my images!
The purpose of the Book Week Celebration is to encourage students to become readers through fun and engaging activities that motivates students to appreciate the different kinds of literature the world has to offer - from epic novels to simple newspaper comics. A child who reads will become an creative adult who thinks.
To kick off the opening of the SFAMSC Book Week is a mini parade where the preschool, grade school, and some intermediate and high school student wear their costumes of their favourite literary and comic characters. The kids are given a treat as they accompanied by the much beloved children’s book character Geronimo Stilton at the end of the parade! Also, the students with the most memorable and interesting costumes are given awards for the costumes cleverness and creativity.
After the parade, the students are directed to assigned classrooms where they will have their big book story telling (high school students tell stories to the preschool and grade school kids), film watching, and slogan and poster making activities.
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Black and White Faith Series.
Nick. Purpose.
"For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
Philippians 1:21
Photo by Chris Poldervaart
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Every room in a home serves a purpose. The kitchen is where you prepare and cook food, the living room is for entertainment or relaxation, and the bathroom is to bathe and handle the businesses of one and two (and sometimes to escape children). The one part of a house that people rarely use is the attic. To be fair, the attic is used on a daily basis for most people, but not in the conventional sense of gathering and enjoying the space for what it is.
Attics are typically used for storage. So, that artificial Christmas tree you bring out every year, your summer and winter clothes, and family antiques are usually stored there. Most people only go in their attics a few times a year, and that’s it. However, the moment a squirrel or family of squirrels gain access to your attic, that particular space of your home is not only top of mind but it makes your home become somewhere you don’t want to be!
While you’re looking at how cute the squirrels are moving about in your front yard, you’re forgetting the fact that they’re also more dangerous than you think or than they look. Once squirrels gain access to your home, they put you, your family, and your pets at risk of ticks, which can carry Lyme disease. Additionally, squirrels are potential carriers of the following diseases:
Leptospirosis
Tularemia
Rabies
Salmonellosis
All squirrels aren’t infected with these diseases, but you don’t want to find out for yourself either. The only way to prevent putting your household at risk of squirrels and the potential diseases they carry is to keep them out of your home. In this article, we’re going to take a look at the most effective ways to keep squirrels out of your home.
Seal Points of Entry
The fact that squirrels aren’t massive animals means that they can fit in some of the smallest spaces to gain entry inside your home. Do a thorough walkthrough of the exterior of your home and check for small gaps, holes, or openings. Your foundation, roof, eaves, and overhangs are all areas that if there are openings there, a squirrel will use those areas to invade your home. Consider sealing, caulking, or using wire mesh to block those entry points.
Trim Back Trees or Hanging Branches
When you see squirrels, they're either scurrying about in your yard or climbing up and down the trees in your yard, right? Seeing this alone lets you know they’re impeccable climbers. However, once they use their skills against you, it becomes a serious problem. If you have trees that are close to your home, trim the branches back so that squirrels don’t jump from the branch to your roof.
Place Mothballs in the Attic
Simply put, squirrels hate the scent of mothballs. Once a squirrel finds an entry point of your home, the moment they enter and get a whiff of the mothball scent, it will immediately go the opposite direction. The best part is that the scent of mothballs also repels other rodents and pests.
At the end of the day, the preventive measures you can take to prevent squirrels from entering your home are indeed the most effective ways. However, if you already have squirrels in your attic, implementing some of the preventive measures will only trap them inside. In order for these measures to work best, you’ll first need to contact the Animal Removal Company for safe and effective Squirrel Removal. This prevents you from direct contact with the squirrels, which, in turn, lowers your risk of contracting a disease a squirrel may carry. Contact one of their rodent professionals today.
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