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Seemingly spontaneous aerobics astounded lunch-goers across the state today when flash mobs broke out at 12:10 p.m. on the streets of Denver, Greeley and Grand Junction. More than 100 flash mobbers exercised their enthusiasm for healthy eating and active living in each city when they suddenly disrobed to display retro, 1980’s-inspired workout gear and performed a coordinated aerobics routine.
LiveWell Colorado (http://www.livewellcolorado.org), a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity by inspiring healthy eating and active living, coordinated the flash mobs to ignite enthusiasm for the launch of its statewide “Challenge,” campaign which encourages Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well.
Picture Credit: Erik Keith Photography
For Zahrah Alghamdi, material and memory are inextricably intertwined. Many of her works involve large accumulations of material that seemingly layer the histories and cultures of the places from which they come. When Alghamdi, who grew up in the southwestern region of Saudi Arabia, visited Palm Springs, she was struck by the connection between the desert landscapes and architectures. For Desert X, she has created a sculpture that echoes and synthesizes the traditionally built forms from her country with the architectural organization she found in the Coachella Valley. The result takes the form of a monolithic wall comprised of stacked forms impregnated with cements, soils, and dyes specific to each region. It expresses a highly individualized language corresponding to feelings, emotions, and memories associated with place and time.
Zahrah Alghamdi (Al Bahah, Saudi Arabia, 1977) explores memory and history through traditional architecture in both medium and assemblage. Her laborious and meticulous process involves assembling particles of earth, clay, rocks, leather, and water. Her medium and process draw on the notion of “embodied memory” to translate and delineate themes of cultural identity, memory, and loss. Alghamdi represented Saudi Arabia in the 2019 Venice Biennale and participated in Desert X AlUla 2020.
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Para Zahrah Alghamdi, el material y la memoria están estrechamente entrelazados. Muchas de sus obras condensan grandes cúmulos de material cual si fuesen estratos superpuestos de historias y culturas de los sitios de donde provienen. Alghamdi creció en Al Bahah, en la región suroeste de Arabia Saudita, y cuando visitó Palm Springs quedó impresionada por la conexión entre los paisajes y las arquitecturas del desierto. Para Desert X, creó una escultura que sintetiza y hace eco a las formas de construcción tradicionales de su país con la organización arquitectónica que encontró en el Valle de Coachella. El resultado toma la forma de un muro monolítico compuesto por elementos apilados, impregnados de cemento, tierra y tinturas específicas de los procesos de edificación de cada región; expresando un lenguaje sumamente personal que atañe a sentimientos, emociones y recuerdos asociados a un lugar y a un tiempo.
Zahrah Alghamdi explora memoria e historia a través de la arquitectura tradicional como medio y montaje. Su trabajo y meticulosos procesos comprenden el ensamblaje de partículas de tierra, arcilla, rocas, cuero y agua. La noción de “memoria encarnada” sirve como base de producción y prácticas para traducir y delinear temas de identidad cultural, memoria y pérdida. Alghamdi representó a Arabia Saudita en la Bienal de Venecia 2019 y participó en Desert X AlUla 2020.
What Lies Behind the Walls
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Pierson Boulevard between Foxdale Drive and Miracle Hill Road, Desert Hot Springs
On view from sunrise to sunset
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A frog, seemingly lost in thought, in our pond from several weekends ago.
Shot with the Nikon D7000 and Sigma 50-500mm lens @ 500mm. Manual exposure mode, F9, 1/200th second shutter speed, ISO 320, spot metering. Camera was tripod mounted. Processed in Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom 4.
You could say Zhao Rui, a young Shaolin monk from China, is rather thick-skulled. In a shocking video doing the rounds online, he can be seen holding a powerful electric drill to his head, without even breaking his skin, let alone fracturing his skull. The 24-year-old Kung-Fu master can also bend an iron bar against […]
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Seemingly unaffected by whatever problems there may have been in Carlisle, an unidentified TransPennine Express "Nova 2" set is on time as it passes Barrow Mill with the 10.12 Edinburgh - Manchester Airport.
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Majorette have seemingly left no stone unturned with their interesting Dacia 1300 casting giving it an array of very different recolours, most of which have been designed for their "Dacia 1300" sub series. I was delighted to discover the full assortment had begun to appear at TK Maxx stores in single format though unfortunately I was unable to locate them all. Salvation has come with the same retailer now getting in the new Dacia 1300 five vehicle set which of course includes all the single releases I couldn't obtain.
Ironically I already have this glossy red version which was its debut colour but who can refuse such a charming model!
Mint and boxed.
Seemingly still on a sugar-high, Jessica insisted that she tackle every single station on Muscle Beach.
Seemingly spontaneous aerobics astounded lunch-goers across the state today when flash mobs broke out at 12:10 p.m. on the streets of Denver, Greeley and Grand Junction. More than 100 flash mobbers exercised their enthusiasm for healthy eating and active living in each city when they suddenly disrobed to display retro, 1980’s-inspired workout gear and performed a coordinated aerobics routine.
LiveWell Colorado (http://www.livewellcolorado.org), a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity by inspiring healthy eating and active living, coordinated the flash mobs to ignite enthusiasm for the launch of its statewide “Challenge,” campaign which encourages Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well.
Picture Credit: Erik Keith Photography
Come On Aussie
Shannon Noll (seemingly)
Its been a long time commin'
To silence all that drummin'
To show them that it wasn't just a dream
They've beaten all the rest you know
And proven they're the best you know
The greatest team to wear the baggy green
Pigeon's pounding down like a machine
Dizzy's scarin' batsmen - lookin' mean
Gilly's gettin' wickets
Punter's clearin' pickets
And Warney's just the best we've ever seen
Come on Aussie, come on, come on
Come on Aussie, come on
Night or day, they're out to make us proud
To keep our flags a-wavin' in the crowd
Even gettin' zeroes
They'll always be our heroes
And keep us singin' come on just as loud
Come on Aussie, come on, come on
Come on Aussie, come on, come on
Come on Aussie, come on, come on
Come on Aussie, come on
A bit of fun for the Ashes Series...We need all the support we can muster. Come On Aussie!!!!!!!
The text reads:
The incredibly boring, but seemingly endless, adventures of that champion of the stupid and the mediocre... The (Incredibly) Mindless Rod, Boy Graduate Student.
A typical day.. Rod is hard at work... (Thinking) Gee I wonder what dumb thing I can do today?
This is the first page of a comic book drawn in my honor by friend and graduate student Steve (The Zombie) while we were attending the University of Notre Dame as Physics graduate students. Steve's talent as a comic artist are well displayed in this series of pencil drawings on the back of 19 inch computer line-printer paper. Steve reproduced the room contents and my desk in the Nieuwland Science Hall, room 102B, which we lovingly referred to as "The Zoo". My desk seen here is exactly as one would have seen it on the day this frame was drawn; mouse over the notes on the photo to experience the detail that was included in this sketch. Steve's attention to detail was so precise that in one panel he reproduced exactly what was on the blackboard in the room, which included his sketch of Skylab falling to earth and potentially hitting the golden dome at Notre Dame.
I am not depicted in the greatest light in the frames that follow, which makes me out as a clumsy, air headed oaf. OK, that's pretty close. However, I was still pretty amused that Steve would spend so much effort on this project, even if the result wasn't too flattering.
Since these frames were created on large paper, and some span multiple pages, it is doubtful that I will scan in the rest of the pages of this tome. Probably just as well...
Oh, and if you question the accuracy of the scene depicted here, check out this photo:
www.flickr.com/photos/grogley/7453646048/in/set-721576301...
Willets Point, aka The Iron Triangle, is a shadow-neighborhood, seemingly on the fringes of the city, and even civilization. Bound by railroads, freeways, and the Flushing River and Bay, it is a hard place to get to. There is a strange world here- entirely dedicated to auto work and scrap metal. There are no sidewalks here, the streets are barely paved, huge puddles abound, and no normal rule of traffic apply. No one has a home here, and there are no stores or any kind. Mechanical work is happening everywhere- in the garages and even in the streets themselves.
Cars come to Willets Point to be resurrected- like the pristine BMW's and Mercedes being driven back out to more genteel surroundings. Or- cars come to Willets Point to die, as seen by the overturned chassis strewn about, and the massive mound of scrap metal.
This is the ash heap of The Great Gatsby, traversed by Nick Carraway on his trips from West Egg to Manhattan....
What is most amazing about Willets Point is its location right next to Citi Field and a stone's throw away from the U.S. Tennis Open. Being such a wasteland in such close proximity to places with such national and international profile puts the neighborhood in constant peril- had NYC won the 2012 Olympic bid (thank goodness it didn't, for many reasons) this area would have been razed for an Olympic venue.
10 mile expedition to Old Vlissingen- from Forest Hills through Corona, Willets Point, colonial sights of Flushing, the World's Fair ruins, and back.
December 2, 2010
Seemingly abandoned, although still in good order, Swinford station probably dated from 1895 and lost passenger services in 1963.
The building looked to be in private hands when Joe Bloggs visited in August 2009: www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bloggs_railway_photos/572625417...
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Seemingly into their last couple of weeks in service, 455802 & 455804 drop into Victoria with 2B71, 1409 from Epsom Downs.
This seemingly innocent red T-shirt has quite a following! A special set for the "red shirt" fans! These screencaps are from Season One of The Tudors, in which Henry plays Charles Brandon--his breakout role!
A special set of screencaps created by tkm for the Henry Cavill Fanpage. Interview and video are copyright Showtime. No misuse is intended.
We are Henry Cavill Fans on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube!
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This seemingly innocent red T-shirt has quite a following! A special set for the "red shirt" fans! These screencaps are from Season One of The Tudors, in which Henry plays Charles Brandon--his breakout role!
A special set of screencaps created by tkm for the Henry Cavill Fanpage. Interview and video are copyright Showtime. No misuse is intended.
We are Henry Cavill Fans on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube!
www.facebook.com/henrycavillfans
www.twitter.com/HenryCavill_Fb
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Seemingly the last unmodernised house in the Siedlung. Ihope it isn't ruined by tasteless upgrades. Deserted building, Hohen Neuendorf
Independence Hall (Beit Haatzmaut, בית העצמאות), Tel Aviv, Israel
"Independence Hall or known as Beit Haatzmaut is housed in one of Tel-Aviv’s first buildings, on the plot of land on which the drawing of lots took place (April, 1909).
This specific plot of land was drawn by the city’s first mayor, Meir Dizengoff. In 1930, after the death of his wife Zina, Dizengoff founded an art museum in his home in her memory and opened it to the public in 1932. Four years later he initiated a wide-ranging renovation of the building, orchestrated by architect Carl Rubin. The building served as the Tel-Aviv Museum until 1971, when it moved to its new premises. location.
On the 5th day of Iyar 5708, May 14th 1948, the day before the British Mandate in Palestine was to expire; members of the Provisional State Council assembled in the museum and declared the establishment of the State of Israel." (source)
A seemingly unlikely reveller at Salsa on St Clair.
Last of the shots of Salsa on St Clair
Latino-themed Street Festival
Toronto, July 7, 2012
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Among Chiang Mai's seemingly endless array of richly adorned temples, Wat Chedi Luang is one of the most unmissable, consisting of various intricate temple buildings arranged around the massive ruined chedi that gives the complex it's name, a huge brick-built stupa that has remained in it's dramatic earthquake-shattered state since medieval times.
The huge chedi was begun in 1391 and wasn't completed until 1475, at which point it's spire rose to nearly 300ft. The huge stupa only remained complete until 1545 when an earthquake brought most of the upper part crashing down, never to be rebuilt. There was some limited reconstruction in the early 1990s, restoring the form of the tower part of the structure to something like it's original state.
Some of the sculpted decoration has been restored too; originally there was a terrace of lifesize elephants halfway up the base (very little remains of the originals, though those at the south west corner have been reconstructed. The staircases on each side are guarded by the largest, most fearsome nagas we saw, more monstrous than the usual elegant serpents.
The main wihan (prayer hall) only dates from the 1920s but is a particularly beautiful building with facades covered in gilded foliate ornament, and striking Buddha sculptures within.
Among Chiang Mai's seemingly endless array of richly adorned temples, Wat Chedi Luang is one of the most unmissable, consisting of various intricate temple buildings arranged around the massive ruined chedi that gives the complex it's name, a huge brick-built stupa that has remained in it's dramatic earthquake-shattered state since medieval times.
The huge chedi was begun in 1391 and wasn't completed until 1475, at which point it's spire rose to nearly 300ft. The huge stupa only remained complete until 1545 when an earthquake brought most of the upper part crashing down, never to be rebuilt. There was some limited reconstruction in the early 1990s, restoring the form of the tower part of the structure to something like it's original state.
Some of the sculpted decoration has been restored too; originally there was a terrace of lifesize elephants halfway up the base (very little remains of the originals, though those at the south west corner have been reconstructed. The staircases on each side are guarded by the largest, most fearsome nagas we saw, more monstrous than the usual elegant serpents.
The main wihan (prayer hall) only dates from the 1920s but is a particularly beautiful building with facades covered in gilded foliate ornament, and striking Buddha sculptures within.
Seemingly coming down piece by piece, the metal roof shingles are removed at Zion Lutheran Church on Linden.
This seemingly innocent red T-shirt has quite a following! A special set for the "red shirt" fans! These screencaps are from Season One of The Tudors, in which Henry plays Charles Brandon--his breakout role!
A special set of screencaps created by tkm for the Henry Cavill Fanpage. Interview and video are copyright Showtime. No misuse is intended.
We are Henry Cavill Fans on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and YouTube!
www.facebook.com/henrycavillfans
www.twitter.com/HenryCavill_Fb
www.henry-cavill-verse.com/ www.youtube.com/user/HenryCavillFb
3137. LARGE SIZE HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGE. The first of two photos shown from seemingly mundane angle, they improve markedly when viewed large, as the resolution is so good.
They should perhaps have been placed with the midships detail image shown at pic NO. 3055 , but were discovered later in a separate portfolio. This is image 3055:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/5033186280/
AN ACCIDENT. Here is another stellar moment in the RAN's rather long history of unfortunate accidents. On October 20, 1947, off Shanghai, RAN Flagship HMAS AUSTRALIA held a fireworks display to celebrate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Ediburgh. Sadly, an explosion took place which ignited all the standby rockets. LCDR F.D. Shaw and Commissioned Gunnery Officer Mr A.A. Andrews were both badly burned, while P.O. Joe Felton and several sailor received minor burns. From M.A. Payne's HMAS AUSTRALIA 1928-1955 [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p174.
A MISFORTUNE: QUARANTINED. On November 29, 1949, after exercises along the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] arrived in Port Moresby with a number of mumps, measles and rubella patients on board, and as a result was quarantined when she arrived, for a period of 12 days after the diagnosis of the last case, a great disappointment to the young ratings and national servicemen aboard. Port authorities were most kind, however, and made Manubada Island nearby a temporary quarantine station, and erected a native shelter for crew members taking receation there - from M.A. Payne's 'HMAS Australia, 1928-1955' [Naval Historical Society of Australia] p179.
Photo: Archives Office of Tasmania, Teaching Aids Centre Collection, State Library of Tasmania [W.L. Crowther Library. Image ID: AB713-1-3173. Released image.
A three-part COMPENDIUM of links to more than 200 HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] images on this Photostream begins at Pic Entry NO 5412, here:
www.flickr.com/photos/41311545@N05/6627997309/in/photostream
Seemingly derelict house (note Building Permit) near Ossington and Queen.
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they were rather lame fireworks... which in my opinion was the real reason that halfway through the show, the grandstands and some 5000 spectators sitting in them were attacked by a swarm of angry yellow jackets. the area was evacuated by police, after which responding paramedics treated at least 70 people who been stung multiple times. fortunately no one needed hospitalization. alameda county fair - pleasanton, california
Seemingly spontaneous aerobics astounded lunch-goers across the state today when flash mobs broke out at 12:10 p.m. on the streets of Denver, Greeley and Grand Junction. More than 100 flash mobbers exercised their enthusiasm for healthy eating and active living in each city when they suddenly disrobed to display retro, 1980’s-inspired workout gear and performed a coordinated aerobics routine.
LiveWell Colorado (http://www.livewellcolorado.org), a non-profit organization committed to reducing obesity by inspiring healthy eating and active living, coordinated the flash mobs to ignite enthusiasm for the launch of its statewide “Challenge,” campaign which encourages Coloradoans to challenge each other and their communities to live well.
Picture Credit: Erik Keith Photography
The big question here is, why is there just one headstone for three, seemingly unrelated, soldiers? They died at three separate times, came from three different places, were in three different regiments.
CWGC graves are scattered around this cemetery, and wherever one grave was located close to another one, there was always a separate headstone, except in this case.
25.11.16 Cheltenham
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regt
12.11.15 Cheltenham
3rd/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regt
Pte 202638 Albert Victor Morton
30.06.17 Cheltenham
4th Reserve Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
There's no personal family inscription beneath each man's name and only the somewhat intriguing inscription, 'FIRM', at the top of the headstone. There's also just a single grave reference (A1.948) which seems to suggest that all three men were buried in the same grave.
It seems possible then that this was actually a ‘public’ grave, the burials taking place in a grave owned by the local authority, because their next-of-kin, if the deceased soldier still had any, might not have been able to afford the cost of the burial. Such a grave can then contain one or more coffins of unrelated individuals, since it is the local authority that decides how the plot can be used.
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Not far away from the headstone in this photo are two standard CWGC headstones which stand so close to each other that they touch. The circumstances seem to be very similar.
Same grave reference (A1.801), the men appear to be unrelated, and come from regiments which originate from opposite ends of the country. The difference is that one of the headstones has a personal inscription at its foot. Was that enough to require the separate CWGC headstones?
15.10.15 Cheltenham
'C' Company, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
"Lest we forget"
Pte 343 William E(rnest) Brothers Ernest not yet confirmed
29.07.15 Cheltenham
4th Battalion, Middlesex Regt (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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It raises questions about how people were charged for the funeral of their loved ones who died in the Great War. If someone was killed overseas, the funeral must have been carried out near the place of death, and the family of the deceased would, I assume, have had no financial cost to bear.
However, if the person was first hospitalised after suffering serious wounds or sickness, it would appear that the financial burden of any subsequent funeral fell on the next-of kin. I wonder how widespread was the requirement for a 'public' burial, where the charge fell on the local authority.
I would like to find out more about the support that was offered to the families of soldiers, sailors and airmen who were hospitalized in this country. Were parent/wife given help to visit them? Were they kept informed as to their progress while being treated? Were they assisted when it came to attendance at any funeral?
And what forms of financial assistance were given to next of kin, once the war was over, and a wounded serviceman or woman returned home to the care of their family?
More Work Reguired.
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I found this paragraph in the rules and regulations of one large UK city. I'm guessing but I would imagine this applies in most local authority cemeteries.
"Memorials are not permitted on public graves but may be erected on private graves providing they comply with these Regulations. Notice must be given before removing a memorial or carrying out any work in connection therewith. The Council may remove memorials from private graves when the period of right of burial has expired following consultation with the bereaved."
I imagine that the rules and regs for CWGC headstones are different and will override the above.
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One of the first men of Gloucestershire to die in the Great War ...
10.09.14 Cheltenham (he died at Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot)
16 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
He received a shrapnel wound to the head while fighting at Mons.
His funeral took place on Wednesday 16th September.
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Among Chiang Mai's seemingly endless array of richly adorned temples, Wat Chedi Luang is one of the most unmissable, consisting of various intricate temple buildings arranged around the massive ruined chedi that gives the complex it's name, a huge brick-built stupa that has remained in it's dramatic earthquake-shattered state since medieval times.
The huge chedi was begun in 1391 and wasn't completed until 1475, at which point it's spire rose to nearly 300ft. The huge stupa only remained complete until 1545 when an earthquake brought most of the upper part crashing down, never to be rebuilt. There was some limited reconstruction in the early 1990s, restoring the form of the tower part of the structure to something like it's original state.
Some of the sculpted decoration has been restored too; originally there was a terrace of lifesize elephants halfway up the base (very little remains of the originals, though those at the south west corner have been reconstructed. The staircases on each side are guarded by the largest, most fearsome nagas we saw, more monstrous than the usual elegant serpents.
The main wihan (prayer hall) only dates from the 1920s but is a particularly beautiful building with facades covered in gilded foliate ornament, and striking Buddha sculptures within.
After seemingly been held with engines running for a very, very long time for an unknown reason, the two F-15s escorting the A-10s from Fairfords to Lakenheath eventually taxied for departure after about two hours. One of the Eagles, 86-0172 is seen shortly after getting under way.
Translation:
Boyd's Be There In A Minute Delivery Service
Shipping:
Industrial Automaton
Description of Goods:
Astromech Droid
Reciever: [sic]
178963214632145625
876231789556232156
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.25 Units
Freight Weight: 2.5 Units
Total Weight: 4.75 Units
Heavy and seemingly lifeless, the lamp hangs limply from the wall under the influence of gravity and its own weight like a drop of water frozen in mid-plunge.
But as soon as this designer piece is switched on, it comes to life as if a vital spark had been ignited. Comparable to an organic corkscrew, it curls up crazily and maintains its shape until the lamp is switched off again.
This technology is based on shape memory wire, so-called artificial muscles. It consists of an alloy that “remembers” its shape and reassumes it as soon as it’s heated up by electrical current. Among the many uses of such alloys are in the fields of medicine and space travel.
"Animated Lamp V/a. g. r. a." is a work by Romolo Stanco (IT)
Finding this seemingly motionless dragonfly on my neighbour's step, I was hoping he'd fly away at some point. However, out of concern for him being so motionless for so long, I got online and began researching on how to help a dragonfly. It said if their blood gets too cold they can't fly and eventually die. Upon reading this, I took a small stick and moved him into the sunlight. This is after he was recoiling in the shade for over an hour seemingly almost dead!
As soon as he got into the sunlight it was like an instant amazing elixir- he actually started totally buzzing his wings, spazzing out flipping around for a few moments, and then suddenly flew away!! He buzzed my flower before flying over my gate, gone forever! Amazing little moment and one can't help wonder about the symbolism in nature!
Here's the lovely little blog post I found: theyogalunchbox.co.nz/how-to-bring-a-dragonfly-b…/…/… The Yoga Lunchbox
"The dragonfly, in almost every part of the world symbolizes change and change in the perspective of self realization; and the kind of change that has its source in mental and emotional maturity and the understanding of the deeper meaning of life."