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Cut me down, but it's you who'll have further to fall
Ghost town and haunted love
Raise your voice, sticks and stones may break my bones
I'm talking loud, not saying much
Titanium - David Guetta/Sia
(Adoro a voz dela)
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Só para não abandonar o flickr :)
Hoje não foi um dia muito bom, assim como os últimos.
Em frente.
Lugar+Citadino™
[La ciudad tiene muchos lugares]
Fotografía citadina número
1.155
El elemento citadino
Complejo de oficinas
Parque Titanium
Torres 1 y 2 (habilitadas)
Torre 3 (en construcción)
¿Dónde fue tomada esta foto?
Avenida Costanera Sur S/N
Costado de Embajada de Estados Unidos
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Comuna de Las Condes
Área Metropolitana de Santiago
Región Metropolitana
Chile
Sudamérica
Hola a todos
Especial Parque Titanium
Parte 2 de 2
Tal como había explicado en el posteo anterior, Parque Titanium es un moderno proyecto que cuenta con su haber el tener una certificación LEED que le genera una interesante propuesta diferenciadora en relación a otros proyectos. Optar por contar con una de estas certificaciones no es nada fácil porque exige readecuar gran parte del diseño de los proyectos no sólo en la conceptualización sino en aspectos que a primera vista aparecen como triviales como la elección de los materiales (y por ende los proveedores) como también la economía o mejor dicho la eficiencia energética que debe tener la torre.
En este sentido, y tomando en cuenta la conciencia ecológica que ha imperado en el ambiente empresarial (esperamos que así sea, y no más bien un mero eslogan de marketing), muchas empresas han optado por situar sus operaciones en este proyecto. Se sabe (por medio de la prensa especializada de negocios) que hay dos grandes empresas que ya han decidido instalar sus oficinas en este lugar. Se trata del banco de inversión BTG Pactual (que hace un par de meses ya absorbió por completo la operación de la empresa Chilena Celfin Capital), que es algo así como un Goldman Sachs latinoamericano que ha adquirido varios pisos en la Torre 2, mientras que Entel (una de las empresas de telecomunicaciones más grandes de Chile, después de los ineptos de Movistar Chile) fue más allá y decidió derechamente adquirir la Torre 1 por completo, ya que le permite tener mayores sinergias operacionales en relación a las actuales oficinas que pronto dejará y que están ubicadas a pocas cuadras (también moverá algunas funciones desde Santiago Centro, aunque el edificio de la Torre Entel también reagrupará a todas las oficinas que están esparcidas por gran parte del centro) en la Avenida Andrés Bello.
Comprar de la nada 23 pisos al hilo por varias decenas de millones de dólares no es para nada una novedad en el sector, por cuanto Parque Titanium es un proyecto que ha ido creciendo a una velocidad más intensa que algunos de sus competidores más cercanos (digamos preferencialmente el Costanera Center que otra vez ha retrasado su apertura para el primer semestre del próximo año, obligando incluso a algunos de sus futuros ocupantes –por ejemplo, la multinacional estadounidense Cisco- a re evaluar su permanencia) y cuyo mejor ejemplo es el tiempo record de construcción.
Está bien, la torre del Costanera Center es un gigantesco proyecto, pero de ahí a demorar casi 9 años (sumando el resto, con los sucesivos cambios de proyectos) en levantar y habilitar un rascacielos, versus los 5 años que ha demorado Parque Titanium denota la forma en ver la ciudad de sus desarrolladores, ya había hablado antes por el parque que tiene este proyecto y muchas cosas más que lo hacen amable. No quiere decir que esté en contra de Costanera Center, pero claro está que estos dos planteamientos han asumido diferentes formas de ver la ciudad.
Antes de finalizar, tenemos a las tres torres del proyecto, con dos de ellas finalizadas mientras que la tercera a paso rápido avanza en su fase de construcción.
Bueno, antes de retirarme, espero que esta fotografía sea del gusto de todos los visitanes. Nos vemos en la próxima lectura y qué estén muy bien.
Saludos a todos
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Fotografía y Artículo preparado por
Felipe Burgos Alvarez
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You know how I love new materials to play with. Titanium has such gorgeous industrial rainbow colours, if you see what I mean.
Edificio Titanium
Santiago, Chile 2010
Arquitectura: Abraham Senerman, Andres Weil y Senarq oficina de arquitectura
Foto: www.pabloblanco.cl
3D printing can be used to manufacture customized titanium metal implants for orthopaedic and dental implants. Additional surface treatment induces micro- and nano-roughness, mimicking the natural surface of bone for increased osseointegration. Here, laser confocal microscopy is utilized to assess the surface roughness and topography of a 3D manufactured titanium surface.
J'ai vu mon joli orthopédiste aujourd'jhui. Le verdict : à toutes fins pratiques, c'est guéri bien qu'il reste encore un peu de consolidation osseuse à faire. Par contre, en ce qui concerne l'agonie que je vis depuis un mois, il semblerait que c'est de l'inflammation musculaire causée par les vis et le haut de la tige (non visible sur cette radio). Il a suggéré qu'on enlève la tige car c'est la seule façon de stopper les douleurs (je suis allergique à presque tous les anti-douleurs). Mais il n'en est absolument pas question ! Ma vie commence à peine à faire du sens; il est hors de question que j'arrête tout et que je vive cette merde à nouveau. Donc, au diable les douleurs, je garde la tige !
I saw my hot orthopedist today. The verdict: for all practical purposes, it is healed although there is still a bit of bone consolidation to do. However, regarding the agony that I have been experiencing for the last month, it would appear it is muscle inflammation caused by the screws and the top of the rod (not visible on this x-ray). He suggested we remove the rod because it is the only way to stop the pain (I am allergic to almost all pain killers). But that is absolutely out of the question! My life is finally beginning to make sense; there is no way I am dropping everything and doing this shit again. So, fuck the pain, I am keeping the rod!
I had a patient (let's call her Delilah) who stole another patient's identity (call her Lily). Delilah contacted Lily and got to know her. They became friends. Delilah convinced Lily that I was soon to divorce my wife and marry her, Delilah, since she was pregnant with my child. Furthermore, we were moving to London and setting up a practice there and we had talked and decided that we would like to offer Lily the job of office manager. No need to talk with me since Delilah was handling all the arrangements.
I found out about this when Lily, suitcase and child in hand, called my office from Heathrow Airport asking where the driver was who was to pick her up. She had sold pretty much everything she had and what she hadn't sold, Delilah electronically emptied into her pockets. Delilah was a travel agent and so had gotten all Lily's credit card information in the deal. This is a true story, and not the only story I could tell you about Delilah's wily ways. She has since disappeared having skipped bail.
I have a friend who says that he wears titanium armor most of the time. Very few people get to see what is in his heart--too painful, personal, scary. I relate to that. What is a bit weird about that is that what is in my heart is hardly ever scandalous--it is just full of feelings. Anytime I have honestly shared a feeling with an aware, safe person, it is met with grace.
My thoughts and ideas on the other hand...different world up in my brain. I can generate the most ridiculous fantasies, from murders to menage a trois, within instants, and they pass through the revolving door of my consciousness, often not staying long--sometimes staying long enough to get to be a regular.
I think many people mistake their thoughts for their feelings. We assume that our crazy (read: human) thoughts have to be revealed in order to be honest and knowable. I don't think so. My thoughts wander. A lot. They are in need of good editing and that is as it should be. You have yours, I have mine. We can share them when it feels fun/right/useful. Ultimately though, what you think, even what you think of me, is none of my business. But if I want you to "know" me, that involves opening up the world of my feelings. That is the part of me that needs to be seen in order for you to feel connected to me. That is my heart.
Example: if I come home from work and Rose asks about my day and I tell her that I did two hernias and a gallbladder and the bleeding was minimal and I think the patients will be fine, although the anatomy was a little unusual, that is a story that gets old if repeated--possibly even if told the first time. If I can muster the courage to say that I felt scared when I encountered anatomy I had never seen before during the gallbladder operation, and I had to draw on memories from my training years ago and that I was really relieved when it all worked out, but I was shaken to my core...that story has handles that Rose can latch on to to connect with me, to say she understands that feeling, has been there herself in this or that way. She has a place to then say she can be there for me if I want. You get the idea. The heart is where the handles are for the people we love to hold on to us.
The stories that our minds want to follow can lead us in crazy directions, even to the other side of the world, penniless and duped. Judging a person's character requires the combination of knowing their edited thoughts as well as what they can give you of their heart. Even in business decisions it is possible ( I think necessary) to look for the place of the heart as well as the mind. Both. I have gotten burned the other way as well, just following my desire for a good feeling or being suckered by someone making me feel good and turning my brain off. Balance both.
In my world, it starts with me, honestly opening a little chink in the titanium armor around the real me, the part that feels. Of course, my mind will do its usual cart wheels and you are welcome to join in that fun, but be looking for me to give you the juice. How will you know? I don't know. I guess like Judge Potter Stewart said while sitting on the Supreme Court and trying to define obscenity,
"I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced . . . but I know it when I see it."
photo: Sculpture Garden, New Orleans Museum Modern Art, 2009, Nikon D100, natural light
This video is kinda lame but who cares, I had so much fun with it :) I only made half of it because I didn't have time and I ran out of ideas. The next one will be better!!
Some small titanium gadgets that were sitting in a drawer. From left to right, TAD Ti Spork, Atwood Ti Atwrench, McGizmo Ti Sapphire GS, Atwood Ti Whistle, Munroe Knives Ti MKII Dangler & Cross.
I finally had an occasion where I had all three widths of this ring in stock at one time so I had to take a comparison photo.
The tall one on the right is 1/2" wide with 3/8" panels. The one in back is the standard size version, at 5/16" wide with 1/4" panels. The one at the front right is the narrow 1/4" band and it has 3/16" panels.
All the titanium panels are scored to give them a rough, industrial look. This is the toughest looking ring I make and is the only ring that I sell and also wear. It's a great ring for both men and women and I have sold many to each.