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Sea water has a specific gravety of 1.025 and is denser than fresh water. The dial measures the depth of the submarine. The maximum number on the scale shows that the old World War II boats could not go very deep compared to modern submarines.
I don't have a specific style, my style is beauty, my style is elegance, my style is "to marry" styles and make ONE. For these villas I wanted a modern, elegant decor with touches that would remind you in which country you were but still made you feel "at home".
Lionel Messi is no stranger to decorating his body with body art such as tattoos. He loves his tattoos and says that every one has specific meaning to him.
Many of the rescued bears in the bear rescue centre at Kuang Si near LP have specific ids. Here is another sign, giving details of another of the animals. You saw a sign earlier in this album about another bear in this facility.(Luang Prabang, Laos/ Lao PDR, April 2014)
Chiharu Shiota, site specific installation
Exhibition view "Francis Bacon and Existential Condition in Contemporary Art", CCC Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
© photo Martino Margheri
Visions of America: Amériques
Audio/Visual Performance conducted by Esa-pekka Salonen, performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic
6th of November, 2014
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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'The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s multimedia presentation of Edgard Varèse’s Amériques launched the new in/SIGHT series at Walt Disney Concert Hall,The presentation of Amériques is accompanied by the new Anadol site-specific architectural video installation, which was developed to illuminate and enhance the Varèse's composition and to activate the architecture of Walt Disney Concert Hall. The dynamic visual program created by Anadol uses custom-built algorithmic sound analysis to listen and respond to the music in real time, using architecture as a canvas and light as a material. Additionally, the movements of Salonen, as he conducts, will be captured by next generation Microsoft Kinect hardware and 3-D depth camera analysis to inform the visuals displayed. The result was a powerful and immersive experience for the audience that engaged their visual and auditory senses.'
Launching in/SIGHT – the LA Phil's groundbreaking series of concerts with video – this program embodies the vision of the New World as a place of unlimited artistic freedom. Amériques was the first musical piece that Varèse composed upon coming to New York and this project is fittingly the first site-specific audio-visual performance that I produce in the U.S. I approached this collaboration from the standpoint of a non-linear and ephemeral interaction between Salonen, Varèse, and me, and hope that I will be able to transform Varèse’s timeless musical fiction into an immersive visual medium through which a new kind of storytelling will occur. Rather than approaching this medium as a means of escape into some disembodied techno-utopian fantasy, this project sees itself as a means of return. It aims to facilitate a temporary release from our habitual
perceptions and culturally biased assumptions about being in the world, and to enable us, however momentarily, to perceive our own stories and the stories around us freshly.
In a recent interview with the Huffington Post, Anadol stated regarding this work, “Instead of creating a media screen, there will be a story inside the space. What happens if you add a video layer that speaks to the audience in a whole new experience? We're exploring the boundaries of what is real, what is physical, what is virtual…”
I would like to sincerely thank everyone who made this project possible. This project would never have been possible without the tremendous and generous support of Los Angeles Philharmonic, President and CEO Deborah Borda; Vice President of Artistic Planning Chad Smith; Artistic Administrator Meghan Martineau and Concert Operations Manager Taylor Saleeby. I would also like to thank for their open-handed support the University California, Los Angeles, Department of Media Arts’ faculty members, Microsoft Research, and Lili Cheng, Finally and specially I would like to thank Frank Gehry for his dreamful canvas and Esa-Pekka Salonen for his open-minded collaboration with me to discover “New Worlds.”
CREDITS
Video Artist: Refik Anadol
Artistic Management: Dave Hunt
Executive Producer: Efsun Erkilic
Senior Generative Designers: Sebastian Neitsch & Woeishi Lean
Senior 3D Designer: Raman K. Mustafa
Senior Animator: Simon Russell
Junior Animators: Bahadir Dagdelen, Michael Hsiu, Kian Khiaban, Toby Heinemann,
Laurence Menor.
Research Assistant: Jarad Solomon
The manufacturing and printing of textiles formed the basis of the industrial revolution in Catalunya. Beyond the actual fabric, it is the machinery of its production and the people who operated it—especially women—that underpins Regina Giménez’s presentation of her graphic works as part of the Compositions programme. Taking place in one of the buildings that comprises Can Trinxet, a former textile factory complex that once employed the largest workforce in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Giménez’s intervention comprises painted compositions that are derived from schematic representations of machines and their components. Her abstractions have been applied on transparent panels that lean against a scarred factory wall, becoming devices that reanimate the marks and memories embedded in the building. An accompanying poster evokes the clamour that once would have filled the workshop in typographic form. Giménez has titled her project “La Constancia” (2016) in tribute to the labor union that called a general strike in 1913 to protest the conditions of the female and child workers who undertook the textile industry’s most monotonous and arduous tasks. – Latitudes
Regina Giménez (Barcelona, 1966) has exhibited individually at: ‘Architecture d’aujourd’hui’, The Green Parrot, Barcelona (2015); ‘Art de foc art de badoc’, Nadala 2015 Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2015); ‘Simbols Convencionals’, Museu d’Art Modern de Tarragona (2012). She has recently participated in the following group shows: Biennal de Valls, Tarragona (2015); ‘Modernitat Amagada’, Casa Capell, Mataró (2013); ‘La casa de la playa’ para ‘Cas de estudi’, Can Felipa, Barcelona (2013).
Giménez is represented by Ana Mas Projects, L’Hospitalet/San Juan (Puerto Rico) and by Galería Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona.
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“La Constancia” (2016) was commissioned for the second edition of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend (29 September–2 October 2016) as part of the “Composiciones” programme.
Curated by Latitudes for the second time (see 2015 edition), the project further explores Barcelona as a rich fabric of the historic and the contemporary, the unfamiliar and the conspicuous. Resisting an overall theme, and instead developing from the artists’ responses to the specificity of each context—people as well as places—the five art projects form a temporary thread that links evocative locations and public space, running parallel to the Weekend’s exhibitions in galleries and museums.
In its second edition, "Composiciones" presents interventions by Lúa Coderch (Club Billar Barcelona); Regina Giménez (Antigua Fábrica de Can Trinxet, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat); Lola Lasurt (Biblioteca Pública Arús); Robert Llimós (connecting all the participating galleries) and Wilfredo Prieto (Unitat Muntada de la Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona). Their projects offer moments of intermission, intimacy and bewilderment throughout the weekend, highlighting some lesser-known aspects of the city’s cultural heritage and municipal life.
Conceived and curated by Latitudes | www.lttds.org
Photo: Roberto Ruiz / Courtesy: Barcelona Gallery Weekend.
Info: www.lttds.org/projects/composiciones2016/
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Southwest Region (68A-15.061): Green Swamp, Green Swamp West, Hickory Hammock, Upper Hillsborough
North Central Region (68A-15.062): Big Bend Jena Unit, Big Bend Snipe Island Unit, Big Bend Tide Swamp Unit; (68A-17.005): Lafayette Forest
Northwest Region (68A-15.063): Blackwater Carr Unit, Box-R
South Region (68A-15.064): Dinner Island Ranch, Fisheating Creek, J.W. Corbett, Okaloacoochee Slough, Picayune Strand, Spirit-of-the-Wild; (68A-17.005): John G. and Susan H. Dupuis, CREW, John C. and Marianna Jones/Hungryland
Northeast Region (68A-15.065): Lake George Dexter/Mary Farms Unit, Lake George, Seminole Forest, Seminole Forest Lake Tracy Unit, Seminole Ranch, Tiger Bay, Triple N, Upper St. Johns River Marsh
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Southwest Region (68A-15.061): Green Swamp West
North Central Region (68A-15.062): Gulf Hammock
Northwest Region (68A-15.063): Apalachicola Bradwell Unit; (68A-17.005): L. Kirk Edwards
Northeast Region (68A-15.065): Fort Drum, Lake Panasoffkee, Richloam
Bukit Kuang, Kedah, Malaysia.
"Tunggul cantum getah berakar bogel"
Freshly pulled bare-root budded stumps from Hevea rubber ground nursery ready for planting in earth-filled poly-bags. After a bit of trimming to the excessive secondary roots and the long tap roots the stumps are promptly planted to avoid dessication.
Note: The greenish portion at the stumps with the polythene tape removed are the successful bud patches with the specific rubber clone.
Sanctuary Park Cemetery Toronto Ontario Canada
If anyone can pass along the names of their lodge(s) I will add that data.
Members of the Order are aged 18 and older; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons. Originally, a woman would have to be the daughter, widow, wife, sister, or mother of a master Mason, but the Order now allows other relatives[2] as well as allowing Job's Daughters, Rainbow Girls, Members of the Organization of Triangles (NY only) and members of the Constellation of Junior Stars (NY only) to become members when of age.
The Order was created by Rob Morris in 1850 when he was teaching at the Eureka Masonic College in Richland, Mississippi. While confined by illness, he set down the principles of the order in his Rosary of the Eastern Star. By 1855, he had organized a "Supreme Constellation" in New York, which chartered chapters throughout the United States.
In 1866, Dr. Morris started working with Robert Macoy, and handed the Order over to him while Morris was traveling in the Holy Land. Macoy organized the current system of Chapters, and modified Dr. Morris' Rosary into a Ritual.
On December 1, 1874, Queen Esther Chapter No. 1 became the first Prince Hall Affiliatechapter of the Order of the Eastern Star when it was established in Washington, D.C. by Thornton Andrew Jackson.[3]
The "General Grand Chapter" was formed in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 6, 1876. Committees formed at that time created the Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star in more or less its current form.[4]
The emblem of the Order is a five-pointed star with the white ray of the star pointing downwards towards the manger. In the Chapter room, the downward-pointing white ray points to the West. The character-building lessons taught in the Order are stories inspired by Biblical figures:
Adah (Jephthah's daughter, from the Book of Judges)
Ruth, the widow from the Book of Ruth
Esther, the wife from the Book of Esther
Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus, from the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John
Electa (the "elect lady" from II John), the mother
Order of the Eastern Star:
General Grand Chapter logo:
The Order of the Eastern Star is a Freemasonicappendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason. The order is based on teachings from the Bible,[1] but is open to people of all religious beliefs. It has approximately 10,000 chapters in twenty countries and approximately 500,000 members under its General Grand Chapter.
Members of the Order are aged 18 and older; men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons. Originally, a woman would have to be the daughter, widow, wife, sister, or mother of a master Mason, but the Order now allows other relatives[2] as well as allowing Job's Daughters, Rainbow Girls, Members of the Organization of Triangles (NY only) and members of the Constellation of Junior Stars (NY only) to become members when of age.
History:
The Order was created by Rob Morris in 1850 when he was teaching at the Eureka Masonic College in Richland, Mississippi. While confined by illness, he set down the principles of the order in his Rosary of the Eastern Star. By 1855, he had organized a "Supreme Constellation" in New York, which chartered chapters throughout the United States.
In 1866, Dr. Morris started working with Robert Macoy, and handed the Order over to him while Morris was traveling in the Holy Land. Macoy organized the current system of Chapters, and modified Dr. Morris' Rosary into a Ritual.
On December 1, 1874, Queen Esther Chapter No. 1 became the first Prince Hall Affiliatechapter of the Order of the Eastern Star when it was established in Washington, D.C. by Thornton Andrew Jackson.[3]
The "General Grand Chapter" was formed in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 6, 1876. Committees formed at that time created the Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star in more or less its current form.[4]
Emblem and heroines:
The emblem of the Order is a five-pointed star with the white ray of the star pointing downwards towards the manger. In the Chapter room, the downward-pointing white ray points to the West. The character-building lessons taught in the Order are stories inspired by Biblical figures:
Adah (Jephthah's daughter, from the Book of Judges)
Ruth, the widow from the Book of Ruth
Esther, the wife from the Book of Esther
Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus, from the Gospel of Luke and the Gospel of John
Electa (the "elect lady" from II John), the mother
Officers
Officers representing the heroines of the order sit around the altar in the center of the chapter room.
Eastern Star meeting room:
There are 18 main officers in a full chapter:
Worthy Matron – presiding officer
Worthy Patron – a Master Mason who provides general supervision
Associate Matron – assumes the duties of the Worthy Matron in the absence of that officer
Associate Patron – assumes the duties of the Worthy Patron in the absence of that officer
Secretary – takes care of all correspondence and minutes
Treasurer – takes care of monies of the Chapter
Conductress – Leads visitors and initiations.
Associate Conductress – Prepares candidates for initiation, assists the conductress with introductions and handles the ballot box.
Chaplain – leads the Chapter in prayer
Marshal – presents the Flag and leads in all ceremonies
Organist – provides music for the meetings
Adah – Shares the lesson of Duty of Obedience to the will of God
Ruth – Shares the lesson of Honor and Justice
Esther – Shares the lesson of Loyalty to Family and Friends
Martha – Shares the lesson of Faith and Trust in God and Everlasting Life
Electa – Shares the lesson of Charity and Hospitality
Warder – Sits next to the door inside the meeting room, to make sure those that enter the chapter room are members of the Order.
Sentinel – Sits next to the door outside the chapter room, to make sure those that wish to enter are members of the Order.
Traditionally, a woman who is elected Associate Conductress will be elected to Conductress the following year, then the next year Associate Matron, and then next year as Worthy Matron. A man elected Associate Patron will usually be elected Worthy Patron the following year. Usually the woman who is elected to become Associate Matron will let it be known who she wishes to be her Associate Patron, so the next year they will both go to the East together as Worthy Matron and Worthy Patron. There is no male counterpart to the Conductress and Associate Conductress. Only women are allowed to be Matrons, Conductresses, and the Star Points (Adah, Ruth, etc.) and only men can be Patrons.
Once a member has served a term as Worthy Matron or Worthy Patron, they may use the post-nominal letters, PM or PP respectively.
Headquarters:
The International Temple in Washington, D.C.
Main article: International Temple
The General Grand Chapter headquarters, the International Temple, is located in the Dupont Circleneighborhood of Washington, D.C., in the former Perry Belmont Mansion. The mansion was built in 1909 for the purpose of entertaining the guests of Perry Belmont. This included Britain's Prince of Wales in 1919. General Grand Chapter purchased the building in 1935. The secretary of General Grand Chapter lives there while serving his or her term of office. The mansion features works of art from around the world, most of which were given as gifts from various international Eastern Star chapters.
Charities:
The Order has a charitable foundation[5] and from 1986-2001 contributed $513,147 to Alzheimer's disease research, juvenile diabetes research, and juvenile asthma research. It also provides bursaries to students of theology and religious music, as well as other scholarships that differ by jurisdiction. In 2000 over $83,000 was donated. Many jurisdictions support a Masonic and/or Eastern Star retirement center or nursing home for older members; some homes are also open to the public. The Elizabeth Bentley OES Scholarship Fund was started in 1947.[6][7]
Eureka Masonic College, also known as The Little Red Schoolhouse, birthplace of the Order of the Eastern Star
Signage at the Order of the Eastern Star birthplace, the Little Red Schoolhouse
Notable members
Clara Barton[8]
J. Howell Flournoy[9]
Eva McGown[10]
James Peyton Smith[11]
Lee Emmett Thomas[12]
Laura Ingalls Wilder[13]
H. L. Willis[14]
See also:
Achoth
Omega Epsilon Sigma
References:
^ "Installation Ceremony". Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star. Washington, DC: General Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star. 1995 [1889]. pp. 120–121.
^ "Eastern Star Membership". General Grand Chapter. Retrieved 2010-06-03. These affiliations include: * Affiliated Master Masons in good standing, * the wives * daughters * legally adopted daughters * mothers * widows * sisters * half sisters * granddaughters * stepmothers * stepdaughters * stepsisters * daughters-in-law * grandmothers * great granddaughters * nieces * great nieces * mothers-in-law * sisters-in-law and daughters of sisters or brothers of affiliated Master Masons in good standing, or if deceased were in good standing at the time of their death
^ Ayers, Jessie Mae (1992). "Origin and History of the Adoptive Rite Among Black Women". Prince Hall Masonic Directory. Conference of Grand Masters, Prince Hall Masons. Retrieved 2007-10-25.
^ "Rob Morris". Grand Chapter of California. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-10-01.
^ "OES Charities". Retrieved 2016-04-15.
^ "Elizabeth Bentley Order Of The Eastern Star Scholarship Award". Yukon, Canada. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
^ "Eastern Star has enjoyed long history". Black Press. Retrieved 2009-11-05. The Eastern Star Bursary, later named the Elizabeth Bentley OES Scholarship Fund, was started in 1947.[dead link]
^ Clara Barton, U.S. Nurse Masonic First Day Cover
^ "Sheriff 26 Years – J. H. Flournoy Dies," Shreveport Journal, December 14, 1966, p. 1
^ by Helen L. Atkinson at ALASKA INTERNET PUBLISHERS, INC
^ "James P. Smith". The Bernice Banner, Bernice, Louisiana. Retrieved September 13,2013.
^ "Thomas, Lee Emmett". Louisiana Historical Association, A Directory of Louisiana Biography (lahistory.org). Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ Big Muddy online publications
^ "Horace Luther Willis". The Alexandria Daily Town Talk on findagrave.com. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
Official website:
Eastern Star Organizations at DMOZ
Pride of the North Chapter Number 61, Order of the Eastern Star Archival Collection, located at Shorefront Legacy Center, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
A lovely Deep South Svastra, S. petulca to be specific. A nice pollen shot. You can see the huge bushy pollen carrying hairs on its hind legs, designed to carry dry pollen unlike Honey Bees and Bumble Bees which mix their pollen with nectar. I am guessing it is some sort of composite given it is blow out orange and that Svastras are known to favor that family of plants. Collected by Mimi Jenkins near Charleston, SC and Anders Croft's first bee photographs (Excellent work Anders, remind me to double your pay).
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The evolution of civilization in different cultures and parts of the world indicates a strong connection between in-depth knowledge in biology and the specific culture's potential for development. Without a doubt, a healthy relationship is seen with this rule, even in other sciences, but it is particularly evident in biology, as this is so close to human health and well-being.
This focus on Entoto Natural Park with the orientation of native trees and plants reflects the intentions of this context and helps most appropriately both nature and man to develop together in a mutually reinforced relationship that resembles a type of symbiosis.
In cases where this symbiosis is successful, there is a strong connection between knowledge and respect for nature values. However, it is the man who makes the most significant profit of elevated living standards and economics, while nature follows a subordinate role that is only favoured in a longer perspective of the implications of human knowledge.
It is, therefore, the hope that Entoto Natural Park will benefit the will of education and the desire of a future in prosperity, while nature automatically receives the development of civilization by contributing to improved climate and a remarkably increased yield of crops as well as greatly enhanced freshwater reservoirs.
www.thereporterethiopia.com/article/saving-natural-mainst...
The Eucalyptus Problem
On the Entoto mountain and many other places around Addis Ababa, the existing vegetation is Eucalyptus globulus This is an Australian tree brought to Ethiopia some 100 years ago. At that time most of the area around the town had been deforested due to the need for wood construction and fuel.
The introduction of the new species was very successful, as its speed of growing surpassed the indigenous trees. Some of the eucalyptus on Entoto have their origin in that first phase of reforestation, but plantations have been added now and then through this century.
At present, the bulk of the park area is covered by eucalyptus plantations. The new species is an important part of the Ethiopian history, but at the same time, it is a tree that not belongs to the Ethiopian flora.
Biodiversity: Foreign trees often have difficulties in adjusting to its new environment. The Eucalyptus is growing apparently without trouble, but it is not capable of sexually reproducing itself, i.e. the seeds do not germinate in the Ethiopian soils. Therefore the standard procedure of introduction is the planting of seedlings.
The young trees soon start to compete very efficiently with other vegetation. It is a fast grower, easily reaching above other trees and suppressing them. At the same time, a chemical component in the leaves and roots prevents the growth of both other trees and herbs.
This leads to a monoculture with eucalyptus as the only tree species and eventually no ground cover at all.
The eucalyptus demands large quantities of water. Areas which earlier were periodically wet and with a flora adjusted to such conditions, get drained by planted eucalyptus. Because of the poor flora and the lack of plants needed by specialised insect and birds, the biodiversity of a eucalyptus plantation is extremely low.
Also, when timber is continuously being taken out of the area without no input of fertilizer, the soil quality gradually decreases, reducing the possibilities of the reintroduction of indigenous species.
Erosion: Because there is no ground cover, the only thing to hold the soil is the web of roots of the trees. The soil-holding capacity of eucalyptus is very moderate compared with the trees initially covering the slopes of Entoto.
This causes severe erosion, easily observed in the water running through Addis in connection with the rainy seasons. For every rain period, the layer of fertile soil gets thinner. If nothing is done now, in a couple of years, there will be nothing left for new vegetation, and the erosion will be irreversible.
Flooding: On Entoto, every leaf and every branch have fallen to the ground is collected by people, whereas in a natural forest, organic material from leaves, wood, roots etc. is left to be decomposed in the soil. The organic matter improves the soil structure, leading to a higher infiltration rate and a much better water-storage capacity.
Even if the eucalyptus is a tree with a very high water consumption, the total amount of water taken up by the vegetation is probably higher in a juniper forest, as the total biomass is more significant abundant. The entire surface of leaves, needles, branches etc. should also be much larger, thus increasing the amount of precipitation returned to the atmosphere by evaporation.
As the water catchment of the eucalyptus plantation is very low, it cannot counterbalance the uneven distribution of rain. The result is flooding in the downslope areas, in this case, the northern district of Addis. In August 1994, three people were drowned because of such flooding.
Land Use: The bulk of the area is used as a plantation. Eucalyptus has been grown for a long time, mainly for the production of construction wood. Fallen branches for fuelwood are collected by people living in the area, as well as outsiders.
Some females are actually sweeping the ground for some single twigs Lately, the illegal cutting of trees has accelerated, large amounts of timber being brought out.
The normal land use on this kind of soil would be cattle raising and mixed farming (Foth 1984), and this can still be seen to some extent. One part in the upper eastern part and another in the western is used for crops and cattle breeding.
Where the eucalyptus has not yet ruined the ground vegetation cover, sheep are brought for grazing. There are fenced pastures for the animals, but instead, they are guarded by shepherds. Inside the proposed park area there are about 60 households.
Already today, visitors come to Entoto for recreation purposes, as it is the only forest-like area in the vicinity of the city, and because of the beautiful views from the mountain.
Indigenous species
There is also an area in southeast containing junipers, but these are facing a significant threat from fuelwood collectors. On the steep hillsides and in the gorges and gullies in the lower part, there still remain trees of indigenous species like Juniperus procera, Podocarpus gracilior, Dovyalis abyssinica, Olea europea var,Africana, and Ficus sp
A few solitary indigenous trees stand in open areas, e.g. Hagenia abssinica and Hypericum sp. In the upper eastern part, there are beautiful meadows with a high diversity of herbs, and several species can also be found along the brooks ( Håkan Blanck and Pia Englund, Entoto Natural Park 1995).
Although the eucalyptus is a tree with very high water consumption, the total amount of water taken is used within its own biomass and not effectively distributing it to the environment and the natural groundwater reservoirs. This is very scientifically evident and contrary to the distinctly higher level of absorbed and distributed water of the native Juniper forest with its healthy undergrowth.
Specific date: 11/07/1936
Artist: Fielding, V.H. Ink drawing on ruled paper. LN: 36.17" x HT: 23.13"
Europa: Pasajes de Invierno, una instalación site specific de Florentino Díaz comisariada por Carlota Álvarez Basso para el programa de intervenciones Abierto x Obras, en la antigua cámara frigorífica de lo que fue el matadero municipal. La pieza se inscribe además en la programación de PhotoEspaña 2015.
La pieza conformada a partir de materiales de derribo, representa un barracón sobre el que no cesa de caer la lluvia. En su interior, pantallas de video nos muestran las imágenes de vidas anónimas del siglo XX, recogidas de álbumes encontrados en mercadillos, con el Winterreise (Viaje de invierno) de Schubert sonando de fondo. Según la comisaria Carlota Álvarez Basso, son “historias que hablan de los momentos de felicidad ajena que han caído en el olvido, de la fragilidad de nuestra existencia y de la inconsistencia de la memoria, tanto de la individual como de la colectiva”.
“El espectador debe recorrer estos pasajes de invierno a través de estos videos en los que, paradójicamente, no cabe imaginar el trágico destino que aguarda a sus protagonistas, y que nos hacen pensar en el incierto destino que nos espera” señala Florentino Díaz. Respecto al título, Díaz se inspira en El Libro de los Pasajes, el gran proyecto inacabado de Walter Benjamin, fallecido en 1940, que “cuestiona el desarrollo de una historia que hasta ese momento no había cumplido las expectativas de liberación humana, y que en sus ruinas mostraba la imposibilidad de alcanzar sus metas últimas”, explica el artista.
Las obras de Florentino Díaz (Cáceres - 1954) se caracterizan, desde los años 1990, por el uso de materiales e imágenes recuperadas, elementos aparentemente sencillos pero cargados de sentido y de connotación emocional. Desde hace muchos años Florentino Díaz ha ido guardando pequeños tesoros encontrados en el Rastro de Madrid o de las ciudades que visitaba en sus viajes. Objetos, libros, fotografías que a veces nos desvelan y otras se guardan los secretos de vidas e historias de otro tiempo. El artista es además un referente cuyo trabajo ha girado siempre en torno al concepto de lo doméstico, de la casa, concebida como un espacio cada vez más difícil de habitar. Sus instalaciones se han expuesto en centros nacionales e internacionales, como el CAB DE Burgos, MEIAC de Badajoz, Museo Barjola de Gijón, Casal Solleriç Espai 4 de Mallorca, Museo de Cáceres, Salón de los 16, Kunstamt Kreuzberg-Bethanien de Berlín, y en ferias como Art Cologne, MACO-MEXICO, Liste The Young Art Fair de Basel, Art Chicago, Busan Bienal de Corea. Y forma parte de colecciones privadas, museos e instituciones como CGAC de A Coruña, Colección La Caixa, Fundación Coca-Cola España, Colección Banco de España, Museo de Cáceres, entre otras.
Abierto x Obras
Abierto x Obras, en Matadero Madrid, es un programa de intervenciones site specific que incentiva el carácter experimental de la creación contemporánea a través de planteamientos que exploran la relación entre el arte y el lugar que lo acoge, la antigua cámara frigorífica del Matadero. Desde 2007 Abierto x Obras ha acogido las intervenciones de artistas como Daniel Canogar, Jannis Kounnellis, Román Signer, Carlos Garaicoa, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Jordi Colomer, Los Carpinteros, Cristina Lucas, o Eugenio Ampudia, entre otros. Próximamente se podrá disfrutar del trabajo del artista británico Haroon Mirza.
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Visions of America: Amériques
Audio/Visual Performance conducted by Esa-pekka Salonen, performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic
6th of November, 2014
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles
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'The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s multimedia presentation of Edgard Varèse’s Amériques launched the new in/SIGHT series at Walt Disney Concert Hall,The presentation of Amériques is accompanied by the new Anadol site-specific architectural video installation, which was developed to illuminate and enhance the Varèse's composition and to activate the architecture of Walt Disney Concert Hall. The dynamic visual program created by Anadol uses custom-built algorithmic sound analysis to listen and respond to the music in real time, using architecture as a canvas and light as a material. Additionally, the movements of Salonen, as he conducts, will be captured by next generation Microsoft Kinect hardware and 3-D depth camera analysis to inform the visuals displayed. The result was a powerful and immersive experience for the audience that engaged their visual and auditory senses.'
Launching in/SIGHT – the LA Phil's groundbreaking series of concerts with video – this program embodies the vision of the New World as a place of unlimited artistic freedom. Amériques was the first musical piece that Varèse composed upon coming to New York and this project is fittingly the first site-specific audio-visual performance that I produce in the U.S. I approached this collaboration from the standpoint of a non-linear and ephemeral interaction between Salonen, Varèse, and me, and hope that I will be able to transform Varèse’s timeless musical fiction into an immersive visual medium through which a new kind of storytelling will occur. Rather than approaching this medium as a means of escape into some disembodied techno-utopian fantasy, this project sees itself as a means of return. It aims to facilitate a temporary release from our habitual
perceptions and culturally biased assumptions about being in the world, and to enable us, however momentarily, to perceive our own stories and the stories around us freshly.
In a recent interview with the Huffington Post, Anadol stated regarding this work, “Instead of creating a media screen, there will be a story inside the space. What happens if you add a video layer that speaks to the audience in a whole new experience? We're exploring the boundaries of what is real, what is physical, what is virtual…”
I would like to sincerely thank everyone who made this project possible. This project would never have been possible without the tremendous and generous support of Los Angeles Philharmonic, President and CEO Deborah Borda; Vice President of Artistic Planning Chad Smith; Artistic Administrator Meghan Martineau and Concert Operations Manager Taylor Saleeby. I would also like to thank for their open-handed support the University California, Los Angeles, Department of Media Arts’ faculty members, Microsoft Research, and Lili Cheng, Finally and specially I would like to thank Frank Gehry for his dreamful canvas and Esa-Pekka Salonen for his open-minded collaboration with me to discover “New Worlds.”
CREDITS
Video Artist: Refik Anadol
Artistic Management: Dave Hunt
Executive Producer: Efsun Erkilic
Senior Generative Designers: Sebastian Neitsch & Woeishi Lean
Senior 3D Designer: Raman K. Mustafa
Senior Animator: Simon Russell
Junior Animators: Bahadir Dagdelen, Michael Hsiu, Kian Khiaban, Toby Heinemann,
Laurence Menor.
Research Assistant: Jarad Solomon
Kristen wore a black blazer (still searching for the specific one)... her new favs NOBODY Australia Premium Denim "Cult Skinny Code" Jeans, a Led Zeppelin vintage t-shirt, and the silver studded “Rollerbille” black suede slippers by Christian Louboutin.
Obviously, she also wore her Vintage Cartier pendant necklace, her leather bangles, also from Cartier, and her classic rings: Little Red Riding Hood Silver Spoon Ring, Two tone Gold and Silver Clover ring and her wedding band.
PS: Her NOBODY jeans are pretty similar and recently confused with her favs 7FAM's skinny jeans, but this are high rise and made in Melbourne :B
Site-specific installation: Philips Hue light bulbs, Philips Hue wireless bridge, ethernet bridge, router, Raspberry Pi, open-source and custom software.
A former hairdressers on Arachovis Street forms the context for an installation of “smart” lights programmed according to statutory international working hours. Operating at fixed hours, they take into account the limits to weekly working hours, periods of rest and holiday. James Bridle employs the increasingly widespread technology of the “internet of things” to make visible the EU Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC) which was created to protect workers’ rights. When activated, the light bulbs shine continuously during working hours, go dim and change colour during overtime and non-working hours. In addition, the lights change periodically to visualise the different actual working hours around the globe.
Cheaper by the Dozen continues James Bridle’s interest in algorithmic law, the processes of automation, and the political implications of the "internet of things". By addressing the guidelines to working hours in the context of a deactivated hairdressers shop, the artist draws upon the sensitivities and prejudices inherent to national working rhythms and the gross domestic product. More specifically, Bridle took inspiration from Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, pioneers of scientific management and the study of time and motion, who measured and assessed workers’ productivity through the technique of light painting. Their theoretical heritage was fundamental to the deployment of labour practices in the 20th century, just as the implementation of often opaque political intent in software is fundamental to those of the 21st century. By inserting other social values into the software layer of contemporary labour practices, the work seeks to challenge the logic of technodeterminism and alienation deployed by late capitalism.
Photographs by Paris Tavitian.
As I was strolling around with my camera, without any specific purpose really, I was attracted by two colourful chairs placed over some snow. There was not any snow anywhere around, so naturally, I become curious.
As it happened, the chairs were part of an exhibition in Gallery Kalleria in Kallio /Berghäll, a suburb of Helsinki.
Through the display window, I saw paintings on the floor, and except for a young man sitting at a dest and a dog underneath, there was no one else inside, so I decided to walk in.
Lucas, the young man, and his one year old dog, Dalí, greeted me welcome. I asked for permission to make pictures and we started talking. We conversed first in Finnish but switched almost immediately into Swedish as soon as we understood that we both were more fluent in the latter language.
Lucas Vogt, 34y/o, is an artist, exhibiting currently with his friend Walter Götsch who wasn't present at the moment.
Their paintings were bright and very colourful. I got the feelings that those two were playful and enjoying to create their cheerful art.
I had to watch my steps in that tiny gallery, as I've mentioned, all the painting were scattered on the floor, but Lucas was friendly and made me feel comfortable, so we had a long conversation.
When I asked him to think about an advice he might want to give to his younger self, he thought for a moment and then said: "I think I would rather ask my younger self to give me an advice."
That was something really new to hear; I can't recall a single similar answer in all my years of interviewing strangers.
"I've lived through many different phases, and there are definitely some that were unnecessarily weighed down by fears. To the 10 year younger me I wouldn't say much. That Lucas had lots of vitality and curious defiance, which my current self could do good to be reminded of."
"What does life mean to you, Lucas?"
"As far as the meaning of life goes I quite like the Kafka quote, "The meaning of life is that it stops". Or, ends, rather. To me the realization that something is transient can be intimidating at first, but ultimately it is what helps me appreciate the rareness and uniqueness about being alive."
"What inspires you in life? What do you love about yourself?"
"The complexity and nuances the world is full of. Perhaps it astonishes more than inspires, but the astonishment is inspiring. I like it when people are active together and collaborate. I love when I manage to facilitate such group ventures and chain reactions."
"What would you say to the world if you could send a message out there?"
"Prioritize playfulness! Fit as much of it into your daily tasks and routines as you can!"
"What do you like to do in your spare time / hobbies?"
"I like running, laughing with friends, and sleeping with my arms and legs completely spread out."
# 19 Under the table
52 in 2021 Challenge
Arcangelo Sassolino, site specific installation
Exhibition view "Francis Bacon and Existential Condition in Contemporary Art", CCC Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
© photo Martino Margheri
In her intervention, Lola Lasurt has collaborated with the Biblioteca Pública Arús, a study centre founded in 1895 with outstanding collections related to the labour movement, anarchism, Freemasonry and Sherlock Holmes. The project centres on a series of grisaille paintings forming a pictorial frieze that hangs from the balcony above a presentation of books in the Arús’s display cases. Under the title “Donació” (Donation), 2016, Lasurt departs from 135 publications that once formed the personal library of Assumpta Corbera Santanach that were gifted in 2010 to the Arús after her death. Corbera Santanach identified as a feminist and a Freemason; she was not a public figure. Yet the impulse of Lasurt’s project is not primarily biographic or historiographic, but bibliographic and pictorial. Accordingly, “Donació” attempts to narrate changes in social and cultural attitudes through the selection and redrafting of images that appear on the pages of the bibliographic bequest. Treating the publications as an intimate accumulation of ‘alternative’ knowledge and a representation of a self-education, Lasurt is interested in the portrayal of a private political imagination in the midst of what is now a public collection. – Latitudes
Lola Lasurt (Barcelona, 1983) studied Fine Arts (2005) at the Universitat de Barcelona and obtained a postgraduate in Aesthetics and Contemporary Art Theory, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona (2007) and an MA in Artistic Production and Research (2009). She has been resident at HISK, Ghent; La Ene, Buenos Aires and at the Greatmore Art Studios, Cape Town. She has exhibited individually at ‘Promenade’, 105 Besme, Brussels (2015); ‘Exercici de ritme’, Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona (2015); ‘Doble autorización‘, as part of the exhibition cycle ‘Arqueología preventiva’, Espai 13, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (2014); ‘Amnèsies’, Espai2, Terrassa (2012), ‘El Gegant Menhir’, Museu Joan Abelló, Mollet del Vallès (2011). Amongst her group shows are ‘Young Belgian Art Prize 2015’, Bozar, Brussels (2015); ‘Write of Spring’, Het Paviljoen, Ghent (2014); ‘Narrativas domésticas: más allá del álbum familiar’, Visiona, Huesca (2013); ‘Los inmutables’, DAFO, Lleida (2012); ‘La gran aventura’, Can Felipa, Barcelona (2012); ‘Learn and Teach’, Greatmore Art Studios, South Africa (2012).
Lasurt is represented by Galeria Joan Prats, Barcelona.
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“Donació” (2016) was commissioned for the second edition of the Barcelona Gallery Weekend (29 September–2 October 2016) as part of the “Composiciones” programme.
Curated by Latitudes for the second time (see 2015 edition), the project further explores Barcelona as a rich fabric of the historic and the contemporary, the unfamiliar and the conspicuous. Resisting an overall theme, and instead developing from the artists’ responses to the specificity of each context—people as well as places—the five art projects form a temporary thread that links evocative locations and public space, running parallel to the Weekend’s exhibitions in galleries and museums.
In its second edition, "Composiciones" presents interventions by Lúa Coderch (Club Billar Barcelona); Regina Giménez (Antigua Fábrica de Can Trinxet, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat); Lola Lasurt (Biblioteca Pública Arús); Robert Llimós (connecting all the participating galleries) and Wilfredo Prieto (Unitat Muntada de la Guàrdia Urbana de Barcelona). Their projects offer moments of intermission, intimacy and bewilderment throughout the weekend, highlighting some lesser-known aspects of the city’s cultural heritage and municipal life.
Conceived and curated by Latitudes | www.lttds.org
Photo: Roberto Ruiz / Courtesy: Barcelona Gallery Weekend.
Info: www.lttds.org/projects/composiciones2016/
Social media documentation: storify.com/lttds/composiciones-five-commissions-curated-...
Matadero Madrid presenta, el viernes 5 de febrero, a las 19 h., (SELFI), un proyecto específico creado por Darya von Berner y comisariado por Carlota Álvarez Basso para la antigua cámara frigorífica del que fuera el matadero de Madrid, como parte de su programa Abierto x Obras. Se trata de una instalación que versa sobre la percepción, la atención, la ecología y el selfi.
La cámara digital ha sido una revolución técnica que, además de contribuir a la secularización, la democratización y la banalización de la fotografía, ha provocado un cambio radical en nuestra manera de expresarnos, de convivir y de comunicarnos con los demás. Plataformas como Instagram, Flickr, Photobucket, Tumblr o Picasa han modificado definitivamente la forma de escribir nuestras biografías y han decretado la muerte de los tradicionales álbumes de fotos familiares. La reciente aparición del selfi, además de visibilizar el narcisismo de nuestra sociedad, ha forjado un nuevo género fotográfico a caballo entre el autorretrato y la fotografía “conversacional”: ahora las imágenes actúan como mensajes fotográficos o como relatos visuales.
En (SELFI) hay dos auténticos protagonistas: la propia sala de Abierto x Obras y el visitante activo. Gracias a la creativa iluminación orgánica de la sala, ésta se expone por primera vez ante el público en su integridad. También se duplica el espacio arquitectónico sugiriendo que la nave se hace un selfi, un imaginario y grandioso autorretrato. Sólo la percepción atenta de la obra por parte del visitante permitirá que una nueva imagen de sí mismo le sea revelada al observarse y ser observado por los demás.
DARYA VON BERNER nació en México y creció en Madrid. Estudió en la School of Visual Arts de Nueva York, completando su formación con artistas como Antonio López, Tony Crag y Jannis Kounellis. Actualmente es artista residente en Luxemburgo en el proyecto BeHave/Public Art Experience. En 2015 ha realizado instalaciones en Amsterdam Light Festival, Tschumipavijlion Groningen (Holanda) y Paisagem de luz (Bahía, Brasil).
Antes, sus intervenciones de arte público, han tenido lugar en Dessau (Triennale der Moderne Bauhaus), Berlín, Colonia, Frankfurt (Ernst May Haus) y Göttingen (Kunstverein). En Italia (Flash Art Museum, Museo Perugia). En Holanda (Peace Palace, Den Haag; WWVF Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam). En Bruselas (Nuit Blanche) y en Suiza (Art Basel). En España: Donostia (Arteleku), Córdoba (Fundación Capital Cultural), Murcia (Sala Verónicas), Madrid (CentroCentro, Tabacalera, Noche en Blanco, PhotoEspaña, Doméstico). En EEUU (Emory Museum, Nexus Art Center), Tokio (Mori Art Museum) y en Turquía (III Bienal Estambul).
Abierto x Obras, en Matadero Madrid, es un programa de intervenciones site specific que incentiva el carácter experimental de la creación contemporánea a través de planteamientos que exploran la relación entre el arte y el lugar que lo acoge, la antigua cámara frigorífica del Matadero. Desde 2007 Abierto x Obras ha acogido las intervenciones de artistas como Daniel Canogar, Jannis Kounnellis, Román Signer, Carlos Garaicoa, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Jordi Colomer, Los Carpinteros, Cristina Lucas, o Eugenio Ampudia, entre otros.
Abierto x Obras / Matadero Madrid
Del 5 de febrero al 31 de julio. Martes a viernes, de 16 a 21 h. Sábados, domingos y festivos de 11 a 21 h.
Imagen: Paco Gómez / Matadero Madrid
Arcangelo Sassolino, site specific installation
Exhibition view "Francis Bacon and Existential Condition in Contemporary Art", CCC Strozzina, Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze
© photo Martino Margheri
After identifying the specific nature of your physical challenges, you will be assigned specific stretches, movements, and exercises to optimally insure proper recovery and to restore your health and fitness. This occurs in a phased approach:
Phase I involves range of motion enhancement patterns and stretches designed to restore joint function.
Phase II involves core stability exercises designed to increase a joint’s weight-bearing ability while at the same time increasing pain-free range of motion.
Phase III involves specific strength and conditioning exercises designed to enable you to perform desired activities of daily living at least as well as, if not better than, you did before you were injured.
This specific aircraft is often highlighted for its MT-7 seven-blade composite propellers. These propellers are designed to improve climb rates, fuel efficiency, and reduce cabin noise.
North Las Vegas Airport KVGT
Photo: TDelCoro
February 27, 2026
A site specific work by Patrick Dougherty. Built of locally collected red maple and sweet gum saplings the whimsical installation was built on site in a two story gallery space overlooking the garden of the Gibbs Museum in Charleston, South Carolina. The spire look forms were inspired by the distinctive church spires of Charleston.
Site-specific functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes by Focused Ion Beam
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been considered as one of the building blocks in nanodevices. Functionalization of the CNTs can alter the electronic, mechanic and even magnetic properties of the CNTs, allowing access to advanced nanoarchitectures. Although advanced achievements on functionalization of CNTs using both physical and chemical methods have been reported, controlled functionalization on CNTs at specific site in sub-micrometer or even nanometer scale remains a major challenge. The Focused Ion Beam (FIB) irradiation offers a high-quality solution for site-specific functionalization of CNTs. The use of low keV ions (5keV and 10keV) creates active sites for further functionalization along predefined regions of the CNT surface while the core-shell structures can be preserved. The present work studies the effect of the ion dose and energy in the CNTs’ electronic and structural properties. As-irradiated CNTs are studied by high resolution transmission electron microscopy and scanning transmission X-ray microscopy to investigate the effect of the irradiation using different parameters. Further study of evaporated metal nanoparticles on FIB-irradiated CNTs will confirm the successful site-specific functionalization of CNTs.
Having played handball competitively for 39 years and a practicing orthopaedic surgeon for 26 years, Robert Snyder, MD has treated a number of handball players for hip and knee ailments. It was inevitable that he would need treatment on his knee for DJD.
After three arthroscopic procedures on his right knee, including a meniscal allograft, Dr. Snyders lateral knee compartment continued to degenerate. For two years, despite playing in an un-loading brace, he was unable to make the handball movements required at his competitive level. Dr. Snyder found himself competing in the consolation brackets of tournaments.
In late 2009, Dr. Snyder began investigating available treatment options. Based on his experience and
desire to return to activity, he was particularly interested in the ligament preserving and minimally traumatic solution offered by unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Dr. Snyder researched available options and was intrigued by the ConforMIS iUni. After observing an iUni procedure performed by Wolfgang Fitz, MD, he decided that the iUni was the right solution for him. Dr. Snyder received his own right lateral iUni in November of 2009.
At 2 weeks post-op, Dr. Snyder returned to a full surgical schedule. At 6 weeks post-op he returned to the courts and was free of pain. Today, he is eager to enter the 2010 tournament season.
To be specific, this trig point: www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=331506&y=224137&z=1...
Looking to the East. A lovely view in spite of the dull weather and some windy conditions.
A very specific brief from Fletcher this year ..... he wanted Dusty from Disney's "Planes 2 .... Fire and Rescue" and Dusty with pontoons. He also especially wanted his candles to be on Dusty's wings !!!
( I had to put one candle on the body though because with an odd number of candles I didn't want the symmetry upset !! LOL )
For those not familiar with the film (!), Dusty puts out a fire in a National Park, hence the side decorations.
Chocolate cake covered with fondant. I tried making Dusty in RKT and sugar but the wings would not hold up, so he was made in polymer clay in the end. At least Fletcher can keep him now !
[ I think Dusty looks a touch like a candelabra with the candles but that's what Fletcher wanted and the customer always gets what they want, as you all know !!! ;o)) ]
Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT). Colombia's outgoing president Alvaro Uribe meets the public during a visit to the Agro Del Pacífico 2010 agricultural fair in Cali on Friday (July 30). President Uribe also met CIAT's Andy Jarvis, who attended the event to promote an ambitious new Site-Specific Agriculture based on Farmers' Experiences (SSAFE) project. Please credit accordingly and let us know when you use a CIAT pic. Contact n.palmer@cgiar.org.
Nate Yeomans enjoying the Indo Board surfing specific exercises at the 2011 Nike US Open of Surfing.
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+ Unless you have specific business on the Flight Deck, stay off the Flight Deck and the adjacent catwalks during flight quarters.
+ Wear protective equipment (proper jersey, cranial impact helmet, steel-toed shoes, goggles, sound attenuators, flotation gear).
+ Keep your head on a swivel. It’s what you can’t see that will hurt you.
+ Become familiar with the physical layout of the Flight Deck (i.e., elevators, fire stations, foul deck line, spotting plan, etc).
+ Be alert for aircraft and weapons elevators that are not in the full-up position.
+ Watch when crossing catapult tracks -- step over them, not on them.
+ Be alert for the raising/lowering of jet blast deflectors (JBDs) and elevators.
+ Stay clear of catapult and aircraft landing areas unless participating in those operations.
+ Always assume an aircraft has its engine turning if you see a man in the cockpit.
+ Avoid movable surfaces of an aircraft while the engines are turning.
+ Be alert for unexpected ship movements.
+ Be alert for deck areas that are slick (fuel, oil, hydraulic fluid spills).
+ Minimize the items that you carry in your pockets and keep loose gear secure.
+ Do not wear jewelry such as neck chains or bracelets while on the Flight Deck.
+ Know your fatigue limit, it can kill.
+ Never come up on the Flight Deck via the bow catwalks during launch
operations and never come up on the Flight Deck via the port catwalks during
recovery operations.
+ Never block entrances to the Island structure or exits leading off the catwalks.
+ Never walk in front of an aircraft during arming or de-arming of forward firing ordinance.
+ Avoid propeller arcs and jet intakes/exhausts.
+ Stay as least 25 feet away from all intakes and propellers.
+ Avoid jet exhaust by at least 150 feet when possible.
+ Never place yourself to the outboard side of the aircraft being taxied or towed.
+ Remain clear of helicopter rotor arcs (tip path plane) when they are engaging or disengaging rotors.
+ Never cross the deck in front of a taxiing aircraft. Don't turn your back on recovering aircraft, taxiing aircraft or rolling stock that is not tied down.
Aboard the U.S.S. Midway (CV-41). U.S.S. Midway Museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, San Diego County, California. June 19, 2018 at 12:09 PM PDT.
The USS Midway is the lead ship of her class and preceding the Essex class. Built for World War Two, however, the Midway was commissioned ten days after the end of World War Two, on September 10, 1945. At the time of her commissioning, the Midway held the record as the largest ship in the world, she held that record until 1955. The Midway served the U.S. Navy for 47 years, seeing action in the Vietnam War, and in Operation Desert Storm. She was decommissioned on April 11, 1992. The Midway was opened to the public as a museum ship on June 7, 2004. The Midway is the only carrier museum in the United States from WWII that is not of the Essex Class.
Aaron Buchan – Level 3 Senior Trainer
FF Trainer of the Year – 2011
Creator/Manager of Cross Training Systems
Since becoming a Personal Trainer, I have always had a passion towards helping people achieve their goals. I have often wondered what would be the best way to achieve the best results in the fastest possible way? That’s what prompted me to start developing Cross Training Systems – easy to follow structured programs suited to every individual’s needs.Aaron profile pic new
QUALIFICATIONS
C.H.E.K Exercise Coach
C.H.E.K Holistic Life Coach Level 1
Advanced Back Care Specialist
SA Fitness First “Personal Trainer of the Year” 2011
Pre/Post Natal Pregnancy
Registered Advanced Punchfit
SPECIALTIES
Advanced long term weight loss
Strength and conditioning
Female specific conditioning
Back and shoulder rehabilitation
Motocross/kite surfing specific training
Core conditioning/Muay Thai KIckboxing
aaroncrosstraining@gmail.com
Tel 0403 534 611
Riff, PD#18245, a land art monument celebrating 100 years of the Zuiderzee Act
A collaboration of artist Bob Gramsma and engineer WaltGalmarini AG
Riff, PD#18245 is a site-specific work, a Land Art monument. The tectonic work looks like it is emerging from the natural-cultural landscape and, at the same time, helps to frame it. A mound of soil was heaped up on a foundation of slanted pillars. Large cavities were dug into the mound and then cast in concrete, thus creating an inverted sculptural reproduction of the void in the mound. Afterwards, the mound was removed, and the concrete sculpture cleaned of loose soil and sand. The result is a large-scale work, supported by three stalactite-shaped concrete volumes and the pillars of the foundation, which are partially visible. The monument is in context with the horizon, the landscape and the sunset. A stairway leads up to the top of the structure, inviting visitors to overview its surface.
The process of digging uses the labour of construction to create traces of landscape – space without architecture. The sculpture re-interprets the material and historical conditions of the site. The slightly slanted volume echoes characteristics of the Polder, like dikes, ditches, canals, plots, embankment, drainage, extraction, renaturation and depilution (vertical segregation). At the same time, Riff, PD#18245 also appears foreign in this environment – a hull resting on slanted pillars, aligned with the dikes. It is reminiscent of other interventions in this particular landscape: water management, flood protections, the signs of the transition from fishing to agriculture, and the renaturation of the landscape. It literally emerges from, and melds into, the artificial topography, the geology, the IJsselmeer polder and the Zuiderzee bed.
At the same time, Riff, PD#18245 is a trace of the artistic and the production process, outlining an interstice between the present and the past. The trace as an index of the working process creates a nexus between time and spatiality. The monumental blueprint of an excavation, which has long since disappeared, turns into a poetic sculpture, a hollow resonant body with a natural patina growing over time. Riff, PD#18245 looks southwest westward across the renatured land in the direction of the sunset and the amusement parks, providing a visual link to the Veluwemeer and the Flevopolder, the largest man-made island and its physical vastness.
Riff, PD#18245 becomes a space for the audience to project, or to reanimate, their understanding of the site, its history and its present. The sculpture is at once a tool to reflect on history and an incitement for the viewer to dream those stories. It is a way of visualizing both absence and presence, a sculpted ghost, or spirit, that opens up a new space for rethinking the relationship between material and memory. It is a residue of memory, honouring the past, while serving the present. By means of the elemental exposure of the earth, the missing cast, and the past that it encapsulates, we are reminded that earth and its history — as well as the cosmic forces or energies shaping it — are beyond human intelligibility. But we can try to understand, or appreciate, their unfathomable presence in time as we access this exhumed vestige.
Production
After creating a foundation by driving piles deep into the ground, a huge mound (70 x 40 x 7 m, 15.000 m3) was heaped up on top of it, consisting of sand and clay from the agricultural land and from the bottom of the Zuiderzee on the site. A wide sinkhole, reaching 2 m under sea level, and two narrow deep pits, reaching down to the level of the pillars, were dug into the mound. Reinforcement structures were built, and concrete poured and pneumatically projected into the cavities to produce an inverted sculptural reproduction of the empty space. After the concrete had dried, the heaped-up soil was bulldozed away and returned to build the new environment for the New Nature Programme. An immersive sculpture, whose platform hovers above the ground, is revealed. A small staircase cuts into the platform. The piece is approx. 37,5 m long, 13 m wide and 7 m high.
Using the local soil as false work, as well as formwork, and reusing it after the production for the new reserve is a very ecological, as well as economical, casting technique. It allows to produce an intricate seamless hollow concrete cast in one piece. After the structure was cleaned, it is ready for the public and the winds to take over. Within time, an ecosystem will evolve on the inside of the hollow body, and the surface will be partly covered with moss, chalk, and salt efflorescence. Little gaps in the shell enable insects and animals to build viable habitats inside the hollow body. The whole production process was open to the public to provide an in-depth vision and understanding in the making of Riff, PD#18245. The sculpture itself thus starts to generate memories in the minds of the audience – a process that will continue well into the future as weather and nature gradually take over the sculpture, altering its shape and functions over time, while the wind is playing on its resonant body.
Text: Martin Jaeggi
Haleakala Crater hike on Haleakala Crater Hike on 7/9/2019
I caught the first Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui from Oahu which left at 5:05 am, arrival at 5:44 am.
I took a carry-on duffel bag and a photo backpack ( no checked bags )
Picked up my rental car from Alamo and first stopped at 7-Eleven for water, food and snacks.
Maui Airport has changed. All the car rental companies moved to one central location reachable by tram. Additionally a specific Airport Access road was constructed and in use by this trip.
7:40 am left 7-Eleven for Haleakala.
7:30 am arrived at park entrance. $25 entrance fee by credit card only.
8:00 am arrived at Halemau'u trail head parking lot. Filled my CamelBak bladder with 3L of water, redistributed my equipment and used the bathroom to add a thermal underwear layer for the cold.
8:40 am left the parking lot and went to the Hitchhiking spot to wait for a ride. I was picked up by the 3rd car to come along. A single young male on vacation by himself. As I was grabbing my things to get into his car a mother and young son came up and asked to share the ride. I only waited maybe 5 minutes to catch a ride.
9:00 am arrived at the Summit Visitor Center parking lot. The driver had never been up to Haleakala even after visiting Maui a couple of times before, and he was considering doing a short hike while up there. I would be passed by him and the other hitch hiker about a mile down the trail later.
9:15 am after a short look around at the lookout and tightening up my boot laces, I started on Keonehe'ehe'e ( Sliding Sands Trail )
11:51 am I would get to the bottom of the crater and the trail for Holua cabins or Kapaloa, Paliku cabins. Ate lunch of one Spam musube.
12:06 pm I would start on the trial to Holua Cabin
12:59 pm top of the ascent to "Ka Moa o Pele"
1:24 pm trail juncture on the left of "Halali'i"
2:14 pm Silver Sword loop begin ( did not take the loop )
2:22 pm Silver Sword loop end
3:05 pm Holua Cabin - rested
3:32 pm left Holua Cabin and headed out on Halemau'u trail and the crater rim.
4:13 pm arrived at base of crater rim and the start of the switchbacks up the crater wall. rested and stretched.
4:27 pm started up the crater rim switch backs.
6:56 pm I would reach the flat narrow spot I consider the end of the switchbacks.
7:00 pm the temperature would be 56 degrees and dropping down to 52 degrees ( not including windchill )
7:10 pm Sunset, and I was hiking in dark shadow. Too dark to take meaningful pictures or pics of my watch.
8:00 pm I would reach the Halemau'u parking lot and my car.
8:30 pm I would finish unloading and repacking bags for going to my hotel and possibly doing some astro-photography.
8:45 pm arrive at Kalahaku overlook to check out the possibility of astro-photography. The 50% moon washed out the Milky way too much, stars were visible and I was starting to yawn. So I didn't, and I left at 9:05 pm for Kahului and a shower.
I used up all my water, when I got to my hotel and check, the hydration bladder was flat. Possibly one or two sips left in the tube. This was the 2nd time hiking this trail. Both times I brought a collapsible water bag w/filter to refill water at Holua and did not. If I do this again I really, REALLY need to refill water at Holua cabin.
The weather reports for the previous week were about the possibility of hurricane Barbara hitting the islands the day before my trip. Fortunately Barbara down graded and by the time of my trip and predictions for the summit were somewhat cloudy with occasional showers. While hiking I only encountered a few light drizzle/drops from the clouds that didn't require me to break out any of the rain gear I brought or to stow my cameras from rain.
The weather at the summit was cloudy and approximately 65 degrees with windchill. Along the hike until the ascent up the crater rim at the end, the temperature would not seem as cold as I expected or remember from my previous hike a couple of years ago. Possibly due to my wearing thermal underwear, hiking pants, a medium thick long sleeve athletic shirt beneath a button long sleeve hiking shirt and my broad brimmed hat of course. While moving I felt cool and relatively comfortable temperature wise, while raising a slight glistening sweat. At least it wasn't dripping into my eyes.
Keeping to my expected and normal average hiking pace of around 1 mph or less going down hill and across the flats, I would take pictures about every 1-2 hundred feet of the trail. Boring, but I like to document the trail condition. In addition to any interesting views, scenery or recording the weather.
I kept one of my watches attached to my sleeve so it would not be in skin contact and would mostly dangle in my body shade. This would give me a way of tracking my elevation and mostly the temperature.
There were many more day hikers actually crossing the crater along the same route I was going. Most notable was the mother and son that caught a ride with me. They met up with her husband and other son who caught another ride a bit later.
Probably all the hikers that were crossing the crater caught up to me and passed me, and they all started later than I did. The only people who caught up but didn't pass me were 3 female park rangers on their way to Holua Cabin and pretty much started doing their park ranger stuff in the area where they caught up to me and didn't catch up again.
I was constantly annoyed by the hikers I would see taking short cuts along the trail. I had to remind myself to not get pissy with them. I'm tempted to think the only other hikers on the trail that did not take short cuts were the park rangers I met.
Personally, I started the hike with a kinda sharp lower back pain, which had been ongoing since the previous week. But since this hike was already book and paid for I wasn't going to cancel. All thru the hike my back would be in constant pain and I would continually think I might have to give up hiking if my back doesn't get better. It was most painful going down hill, while the flats and going up weren't as bad.
I was hoping the strain and constant back movement would loosen up my lower back and aleviate my pain. Surprisingly, while getting on my stomach with all my gear still on me, when I got up my lower back was better. The pain would come and go, but could now be aleviated for short periods of time by taking off all my gear and bending over to stretch my back. When I would get home, my lower back pain issues would return to "normal"
Evidently, the dry cold air and constant breeze caused my face and lips to chap, which showed up a day after I got home.
Once again I brought chapstic but didn't use it.
-----------------------------------
CamelBak Octane 16X Hydration Pack (3L Hydration bladder)
3 liters of water = 6.6 pounds
1x Nikon D700 w/battery grip - Nikon 28-300mm
1x Nikon D700 w/out grip - Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8
Camera & lens weight = 12 pounds
I brought both cameras to reduce the amount of time spent changing lenses and the possibility of getting grit on the camera sensors. Turns out I never changed to the 16-28 so never removed any lens. Yay, no spots in my pictures, Bo, lugged another heavy lens around for nothing. At least I left the 100mm macro in the car already.
Tune into radio station 106.9 when in the vicinity.
RENEE PETROPOULOS
“PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE”
Curated by Susan Horowitz- Independent Curator for Phantom Galleries LA
PERSHING SQUARE/ TITLE GUARANTEE BUILDING LOFTS
1929-31 JOHN & DONALD PARKINSON ARCHITECTS
CITY OF LA HISTORIC-CULTURAL MONUMENT- DESIGNATED 1984
411 West 5th Street Los Angeles, 90013
car radio (106.9 fm) when traveling in the vicinity
Exhibit runs: April 22- June 30, 2008.
Pedestrian viewing 24/7
PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE is a site-specific visual and sound installation by artist Renee Petropoulos. This project continues Renee Petropoulos' exploration of the relationship between the architectural and social culture of LA. The starting point for this project is the original function of the building which housed the Title Guarantee and Trust Co., a business comprised of holding the deeds to LA properties. The work consists of a series of audio commentaries by various voices (people) revealing their points of view on different LA locations. Both amateur and authoritative voices are included and the often poetic, emotional nature of the language of these perceptions reveals unexpected passions for the historic and the current elements of the city. Descriptions of hospital rooms, immigration offices, cinema locations and palatial pink factories serve to illuminate our cumulative and collective response to LA. The fusion of the public and private perceptions of the city furthers ideas about architecture, ownership and individual interior reflection.
The project will be in constant evolution reflecting a changing situation through both audio and visual encounters. The audio component of the interviews will be broadcast from the building being available at street level, and through your car radio (106.9fm) when traveling in the vicinity and via the PhantomGalleriesLA.com website, excerpts made of vinyl lettering, culled from the interviews will be added one sentence at a time on a weekly basis to the Title Guarantee Building Art Space Windows.
“PERSHING SQUARE/TITLE” at the Art Deco/ Zigzag Moderne LA Historic-Cultural Monument on Pershing Square, presents a compelling urban street experience of encountering diverse perspectives of LA. The Pershing Square area is central to Downtown LA’s extraordinary urban transformation as a vital place to work, live and visit. It is a resonant place to consider the issues raised by this public art work.
Media contact Phantom Galleries LA:
Liza Simone
213.626.2854
Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com
Upcoming Title Guarantee Building Art Space Exhibits:
July curated by Dangerous Curve DangerousCurve.org
August curated by LACDA lacda.com
September curated by Edgar Varela Fine Art EdgarVarelaFineArts.com
LA artist Renee Petropoulos has produced permanent public art here including her mural in the rotunda of the LA Central Library, installations in Culver City and the Metro Green Line in El Segundo. She has exhibited her work extensively and produced temporary and permanent installations internationally. Her recent 2007 exhibition, Social Arrangements, featured five related ongoing projects encompassing painting, sculpture and audio. She is represented here by the Rosamund Felsen Gallery (rosamundfelsen.com/petropoulos/index.php). and is currently a professor in the graduate division of the Otis College of Art and Design.
Susan Horowitz is an independent curator and artist. She is working with Phantom Galleries LA to curate exhibits that illuminate contemporary urban issues. Her photo/text art work focuses on an exploration of the complex relationship between the individual, nature, and architecture of the urban West. Her current exhibition LA CONTINUUM, a collaboration with Carol Bishop, is a collection of glimpses of the flux of urban land, development and architecture. Hennessey and Ingalls Art and Architecture Books in Santa Monica (hennesseyingalls.com).
WEBSITE - susanhorowitz-laprojects.com
Phantom Galleries LA is a Los Angeles County based organization that transforms properties in transition into 24/7 public art galleries. Each installation is a unique relationship between the participating Artist, Curator, and Property Owner. Exhibits are curated by local Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists. The project gives local artists an opportunity to exhibit their work, while fostering economic development by drawing attention to available retail space. PGLA promotes the creative communities of Los Angeles to a broader audience and encourages the appreciation and participation in the arts among community members and organizations creating a win/ win situation that benefits the entire community as a whole. Art is a necessary part of everyday life.
Title Guarantee Building Lofts
While the exterior architecture has qualified the building for inclusion on the Nation Historic Register, the completely reconstructed interiors are perfect for today’s modern living. Experience the excitement of the new Downtown Los Angeles and live in a landmark. For further information about The Title Guarantee Building Lofts contact 213. 627.3939 or titleguaranteebuilding.com
For further information about this exhibit contact - susanhorowitzproject@mac.com
For further information about Phantom Galleries LA contact Liza@PhantomGalleriesLA.com www.PHANTOMGALLERIESLA.COM
INSTALLATION IMAGES + STREAMING AUDIO ON PHANTOMGALLERIESLA.com
Phantom Galleries LA is proud to announce their invitation to curate and oversee exhibits showcasing the Art and Culture of Downtown Los Angeles at the new Title Guarantee Building Public Art Window Space. Exhibits are curated by Downtown LA Arts Organizations, Galleries, Independent Curators, and Artists and/or focus on topics about Downtown Los Angeles.
SPECIFIC's pilot production plant is unique in the world.
It is a vital stepping-stone in the development of novel coatings, as they mature from lab samples into real products, and it is also a proving ground for the new industry and the manufacturing systems that will drive their commercial success.
With academics and product development specialists working closely together, on one site, ideas can move quickly between the lab and factory floor.
In addition to the pilot manufacturing facilities, labs and engineering workshops support product integration and system development and allow us to build demonstrators and bespoke equipment in-house.
#21CSteel
Listen, I know a specific BRAND of treadmill can't be awarded some grandiose title like "The Treadmill That Is The Entire Reason Why I Can Run" because people have been running on treadmills long before Peloton existed and running in general for our entire existence as a species.
I've done the Couch25K, I've used the Hal Higdon method, I've had marathoner/ultra marathoner friends aide me, and I've utilized trainers. The things is I KNEW what to do, but there was something about two very specific trainers on Peloton (Adrian Williams: www.onepeloton.com/instructors/nooneissafe and Hannah Frankson: www.onepeloton.com/instructors/ImFranktheTank ) and the way they trained beginner running that clicked in my brain.
It set my soul on fire. Pairing them on the tread with two specific Peloton Bike trainers (Christine D'Ercole: www.onepeloton.com/instructors/IAMICANIWILLIDO and Tunde Oyenyin: www.onepeloton.com/instructors/nyhustle) had me in so locked in back in 2023. Our garage wasn't aesthetically pleasing for that social media "Keeping up with the digital influencer" vibes, but I don't know that I had ever been happier.
On punishingly hot days I'd open that garage door and run between 5-10k and then cycle. I felt great.
2024 had me running more miles that I had ever in my life, even after getting Covid for the first time.
2025 was the ebb to my previous flow. I know what I have to do.
While I gave away that Peloton Tread because I couldn't afford another moving truck to put it in (it is HUGE and does not fold up easily and small) and had no where in this house to put it, we're working to build a home gym again here in this new place. I am ready to flow again.
Site-specific construction set / sculpture
Made in Nikola-Lenivets.
Location: Udarnik, Kandinsky Prize Nomination
Width×Length×Height (meters): 6×8×4,5
Materials: Wood, stud fastening, sheets of reflective stainless steel.
Photo by Ilya Ivanov
In a site-specific installation, Artistic Bokeh presents a collaboration with Georgios Papadopoulos (GR) and Société Réaliste (FR) thematizing the symbolic value of artistic production and its subordination by the valuation of markets.
"There is never enough money, especially for cultural production; but also too much since money and market tend to impose their interpretation of artistic and cultural value. The system of prices organizes an order of meaning, where taste, subjectivity and community are reconfigured according to the mandates and the geopolitics of the market. In this hostile environment, the artist needs to create new possibilities of independence at the same time as she has to survive and thrive, despite the exploitative conditions of employment that more often than not define artistic work. Too Much Money is not the solution. but a tiny a reminder of the poverty of the artist in a system that celebrates (and profits from) the value of art."
(Text: G.Papadopoulos)
A lecture-performance of C.Lisecki / G.Papadopoulos will mark the opening on Thursday, February 27, accompanied by the film screening of "Art Accounts Deutsche Bank (2013)" by Carsten Lisecki.
Aaron Buchan – Level 3 Senior Trainer
FF Trainer of the Year – 2011
Creator/Manager of Cross Training Systems
Since becoming a Personal Trainer, I have always had a passion towards helping people achieve their goals. I have often wondered what would be the best way to achieve the best results in the fastest possible way? That’s what prompted me to start developing Cross Training Systems – easy to follow structured programs suited to every individual’s needs.Aaron profile pic new
QUALIFICATIONS
C.H.E.K Exercise Coach
C.H.E.K Holistic Life Coach Level 1
Advanced Back Care Specialist
SA Fitness First “Personal Trainer of the Year” 2011
Pre/Post Natal Pregnancy
Registered Advanced Punchfit
SPECIALTIES
Advanced long term weight loss
Strength and conditioning
Female specific conditioning
Back and shoulder rehabilitation
Motocross/kite surfing specific training
Core conditioning/Muay Thai KIckboxing
aaroncrosstraining@gmail.com
Tel 0403 534 611
Haleakala Crater hike on Haleakala Crater Hike on 7/9/2019
I caught the first Hawaiian Airlines flight to Maui from Oahu which left at 5:05 am, arrival at 5:44 am.
I took a carry-on duffel bag and a photo backpack ( no checked bags )
Picked up my rental car from Alamo and first stopped at 7-Eleven for water, food and snacks.
Maui Airport has changed. All the car rental companies moved to one central location reachable by tram. Additionally a specific Airport Access road was constructed and in use by this trip.
7:40 am left 7-Eleven for Haleakala.
7:30 am arrived at park entrance. $25 entrance fee by credit card only.
8:00 am arrived at Halemau'u trail head parking lot. Filled my CamelBak bladder with 3L of water, redistributed my equipment and used the bathroom to add a thermal underwear layer for the cold.
8:40 am left the parking lot and went to the Hitchhiking spot to wait for a ride. I was picked up by the 3rd car to come along. A single young male on vacation by himself. As I was grabbing my things to get into his car a mother and young son came up and asked to share the ride. I only waited maybe 5 minutes to catch a ride.
9:00 am arrived at the Summit Visitor Center parking lot. The driver had never been up to Haleakala even after visiting Maui a couple of times before, and he was considering doing a short hike while up there. I would be passed by him and the other hitch hiker about a mile down the trail later.
9:15 am after a short look around at the lookout and tightening up my boot laces, I started on Keonehe'ehe'e ( Sliding Sands Trail )
11:51 am I would get to the bottom of the crater and the trail for Holua cabins or Kapaloa, Paliku cabins. Ate lunch of one Spam musube.
12:06 pm I would start on the trial to Holua Cabin
12:59 pm top of the ascent to "Ka Moa o Pele"
1:24 pm trail juncture on the left of "Halali'i"
2:14 pm Silver Sword loop begin ( did not take the loop )
2:22 pm Silver Sword loop end
3:05 pm Holua Cabin - rested
3:32 pm left Holua Cabin and headed out on Halemau'u trail and the crater rim.
4:13 pm arrived at base of crater rim and the start of the switchbacks up the crater wall. rested and stretched.
4:27 pm started up the crater rim switch backs.
6:56 pm I would reach the flat narrow spot I consider the end of the switchbacks.
7:00 pm the temperature would be 56 degrees and dropping down to 52 degrees ( not including windchill )
7:10 pm Sunset, and I was hiking in dark shadow. Too dark to take meaningful pictures or pics of my watch.
8:00 pm I would reach the Halemau'u parking lot and my car.
8:30 pm I would finish unloading and repacking bags for going to my hotel and possibly doing some astro-photography.
8:45 pm arrive at Kalahaku overlook to check out the possibility of astro-photography. The 50% moon washed out the Milky way too much, stars were visible and I was starting to yawn. So I didn't, and I left at 9:05 pm for Kahului and a shower.
I used up all my water, when I got to my hotel and check, the hydration bladder was flat. Possibly one or two sips left in the tube. This was the 2nd time hiking this trail. Both times I brought a collapsible water bag w/filter to refill water at Holua and did not. If I do this again I really, REALLY need to refill water at Holua cabin.
The weather reports for the previous week were about the possibility of hurricane Barbara hitting the islands the day before my trip. Fortunately Barbara down graded and by the time of my trip and predictions for the summit were somewhat cloudy with occasional showers. While hiking I only encountered a few light drizzle/drops from the clouds that didn't require me to break out any of the rain gear I brought or to stow my cameras from rain.
The weather at the summit was cloudy and approximately 65 degrees with windchill. Along the hike until the ascent up the crater rim at the end, the temperature would not seem as cold as I expected or remember from my previous hike a couple of years ago. Possibly due to my wearing thermal underwear, hiking pants, a medium thick long sleeve athletic shirt beneath a button long sleeve hiking shirt and my broad brimmed hat of course. While moving I felt cool and relatively comfortable temperature wise, while raising a slight glistening sweat. At least it wasn't dripping into my eyes.
Keeping to my expected and normal average hiking pace of around 1 mph or less going down hill and across the flats, I would take pictures about every 1-2 hundred feet of the trail. Boring, but I like to document the trail condition. In addition to any interesting views, scenery or recording the weather.
I kept one of my watches attached to my sleeve so it would not be in skin contact and would mostly dangle in my body shade. This would give me a way of tracking my elevation and mostly the temperature.
There were many more day hikers actually crossing the crater along the same route I was going. Most notable was the mother and son that caught a ride with me. They met up with her husband and other son who caught another ride a bit later.
Probably all the hikers that were crossing the crater caught up to me and passed me, and they all started later than I did. The only people who caught up but didn't pass me were 3 female park rangers on their way to Holua Cabin and pretty much started doing their park ranger stuff in the area where they caught up to me and didn't catch up again.
I was constantly annoyed by the hikers I would see taking short cuts along the trail. I had to remind myself to not get pissy with them. I'm tempted to think the only other hikers on the trail that did not take short cuts were the park rangers I met.
Personally, I started the hike with a kinda sharp lower back pain, which had been ongoing since the previous week. But since this hike was already book and paid for I wasn't going to cancel. All thru the hike my back would be in constant pain and I would continually think I might have to give up hiking if my back doesn't get better. It was most painful going down hill, while the flats and going up weren't as bad.
I was hoping the strain and constant back movement would loosen up my lower back and aleviate my pain. Surprisingly, while getting on my stomach with all my gear still on me, when I got up my lower back was better. The pain would come and go, but could now be aleviated for short periods of time by taking off all my gear and bending over to stretch my back. When I would get home, my lower back pain issues would return to "normal"
Evidently, the dry cold air and constant breeze caused my face and lips to chap, which showed up a day after I got home.
Once again I brought chapstic but didn't use it.
-----------------------------------
CamelBak Octane 16X Hydration Pack (3L Hydration bladder)
3 liters of water = 6.6 pounds
1x Nikon D700 w/battery grip - Nikon 28-300mm
1x Nikon D700 w/out grip - Rokinon 12mm f2.8 fisheye
Tokina 16-28mm f2.8
Camera & lens weight = 12 pounds
I brought both cameras to reduce the amount of time spent changing lenses and the possibility of getting grit on the camera sensors. Turns out I never changed to the 16-28 so never removed any lens. Yay, no spots in my pictures, Bo, lugged another heavy lens around for nothing. At least I left the 100mm macro in the car already.