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Collab with Macca (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macay/) under the Westway in Ladbroke Grove
Pretty pleased with this one as we had no time to prepare or decide what we were going to do... just turned up with our bits and pieces and tried to make it work
Collab with Macca (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macay/) under the Westway in Ladbroke Grove
Pretty pleased with this one as we had no time to prepare or decide what we were going to do... just turned up with our bits and pieces and tried to make it work
Anker Clock
The at the house attached board is informing about the clock
The Anker Clock is a great music box at the house of Helvetia Insurance (formerly Anchor Insurance) at Hoher Markt in the center of Vienna. The Anker Clock is one of the most outstanding works of Art Nouveau and is a popular tourist attraction.
History
The Anker Clock is a bridge-like connection between the two building parts of anchor court (Ankerhof). It was built on 22 August 1914. The "Uhrbrücke (clock bridge)" has a span of ten meters and a height of 7.5 meters. The clock itself has a diameter of four meters. It was built between the years 1911 and 1914 according to the plans of Art Nouveau painter Franz Matsch. It is a tribute to famous personalities of Viennese history. These figures are reproduced as copper and have a Roman numeral for the hour on the head, while the minute indicator also goes through a horizontal scale.
The movement itself was made by the k.u.k. Court and chamber clockmaker Franz Morawetz.
The characters and their music
In twelve hours, all the characters go once through the clock. They are from different eras and have their respective matching piece of music. By 12 clock noon parading all figures with musical accompaniment. Joseph Haydn's character is the last one here originally played as an imperial patriotic conclusion anthem, it was replaced in the Republic for political reasons by another Haydn melody.
Hour figure music
1-2 Marcus Aurelius Siegesode Pythian of Pindar
2-3 Charlemagne Hildebrandslied
3-4 Leopold VI., The Glorious and his wife Theodora, Princess of Byzantium Nibelungenlied
4-5 Walther von der Vogelweide Crusaders song by Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied
5-6 King Rudolf von Habsburg and his wife Anna von Hohenberg of the minstrel song "Undaunted" on King Rudolf of Habsburg
6-7 Meister Hans Puchsbaum There is a castle in Austria
7-8 Emperor Maximilian I, the last knight, Innsbruck, I must leave you
8-9 Mayor Johann Andreas von Liebenberg O du lieber Augustin
9-10 Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg war song
10-11 Prince Eugene of Savoy, Prince Eugene, the noble knight
11-12 Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I of Lorraine Minuet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12-1 Joseph Haydn "The heavens declare the glory of God" from Genesis (formerly Imperial Anthem)
Maintenance
Under the patronage of the Federal Monuments Office in mid-2005, a complete restoration. The clock has been declared a national monument and is now owned by the Helvetia Insurance Company. With the maintenance during the transition to summer time on 31 March 2013 was a problem. From mid-April until 24 May 2013 were the picture figures of the clock, which should all move at 12 clock, silent.
Anker Clock
The at the house attached board is informing about the clock
The Anker Clock is a great music box at the house of Helvetia Insurance (formerly Anchor Insurance) at Hoher Markt in the center of Vienna. The Anker Clock is one of the most outstanding works of Art Nouveau and is a popular tourist attraction.
History
The Anker Clock is a bridge-like connection between the two building parts of anchor court (Ankerhof). It was built on 22 August 1914. The "Uhrbrücke (clock bridge)" has a span of ten meters and a height of 7.5 meters. The clock itself has a diameter of four meters. It was built between the years 1911 and 1914 according to the plans of Art Nouveau painter Franz Matsch. It is a tribute to famous personalities of Viennese history. These figures are reproduced as copper and have a Roman numeral for the hour on the head, while the minute indicator also goes through a horizontal scale.
The movement itself was made by the k.u.k. Court and chamber clockmaker Franz Morawetz.
The characters and their music
In twelve hours, all the characters go once through the clock. They are from different eras and have their respective matching piece of music. By 12 clock noon parading all figures with musical accompaniment. Joseph Haydn's character is the last one here originally played as an imperial patriotic conclusion anthem, it was replaced in the Republic for political reasons by another Haydn melody.
Hour figure music
1-2 Marcus Aurelius Siegesode Pythian of Pindar
2-3 Charlemagne Hildebrandslied
3-4 Leopold VI., The Glorious and his wife Theodora, Princess of Byzantium Nibelungenlied
4-5 Walther von der Vogelweide Crusaders song by Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied
5-6 King Rudolf von Habsburg and his wife Anna von Hohenberg of the minstrel song "Undaunted" on King Rudolf of Habsburg
6-7 Meister Hans Puchsbaum There is a castle in Austria
7-8 Emperor Maximilian I, the last knight, Innsbruck, I must leave you
8-9 Mayor Johann Andreas von Liebenberg O du lieber Augustin
9-10 Count Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg war song
10-11 Prince Eugene of Savoy, Prince Eugene, the noble knight
11-12 Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Emperor Francis I of Lorraine Minuet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
12-1 Joseph Haydn "The heavens declare the glory of God" from Genesis (formerly Imperial Anthem)
Maintenance
Under the patronage of the Federal Monuments Office in mid-2005, a complete restoration. The clock has been declared a national monument and is now owned by the Helvetia Insurance Company. With the maintenance during the transition to summer time on 31 March 2013 was a problem. From mid-April until 24 May 2013 were the picture figures of the clock, which should all move at 12 clock, silent.
I do about half my shifts on the night shift, used to do permanent nights... a friend & former co-worker gave me this pin when I hosted her baby shower at my home this past year. I do enjoy wearing it, night shift is different from the day-shift, or evening shift (for that matter) on wards that do eight hour shifts.
I do work half my weekends too... this can all be so strange for people that only ever have worked days, but, there is many lines of work that require people 24 hours a day, 7 days a week... thank goodness there are some willing to do this! Truthfully, this has become more difficult for those on the recruiting end. In my province the contract for my union was recently settled and now on a night shift we do get an extra $3.50 per hour... we've come a long way since I started... I think it may have been an extra $.50 per hour back then.
Probably the hardest thing about doing nights is staying awake, and getting enough sleep. I have seen this handled in so many ways, there is no one right way to deal with sleep while doing shiftwork, but there are things one learns over the years and sleep is a commodity that I highly value... so going to go get me some of that precious stuff now.
Would you drive an electric virtue-signalling car that says 'Build Your Dreams' on it as the manufacturer's logo ?
Saw one the other day - it doesn't have a BYD logo but instead *full worlds* 'BUILD YOUR DREAMS' right across the back. OMFG! Chinese cringeworthiness overload.
They say that shiftwork shaves about 5 years off your life expectancy. Couple that with the constant lack of sleep and poor diet and it's no wonder I hear all these stories about people who retire from their life with London Underground and then keel over a few years later.
My idle warble about the whole this is here.
In other news: I love these new sheets I bought from John Lewis. I've been wanting some simply striped sheets for ages and I finally managed to fine some. Shame it was so expensive though! (£65 for the duvet cover and £10 for each pillowcase!)
Collab with Macca (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macay/) under the Westway in Ladbroke Grove
Pretty pleased with this one as we had no time to prepare or decide what we were going to do... just turned up with our bits and pieces and tried to make it work
Collab with Macca (http://www.flickr.com/photos/macay/) under the Westway in Ladbroke Grove
Pretty pleased with this one as we had no time to prepare or decide what we were going to do... just turned up with our bits and pieces and tried to make it work