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***UPDATE*** 7/2/13 Some things are meant to swim upstream. This is heading exactly that way, where it belongs. Thanks LC.
Its the most impressive Windsor style chair on the planet, like a Windsor chair taking human growth hormones and deer antler spray.
A monument in the courtyard at the provincial legislature of Alberta in Edmonton. Approximately life-sized saintly figure holding an interesting stained glass structure.
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Prominent footballers, coaches, international experts and representatives from sport organisations and clubs came together for the launch of ‘A Ball for All’ – a project to promote access to the practice of football for blind and visually impaired people.
The launch event, which was organised by Save the Dream, took place at Aspire Zone on the occasion of National Sport Day.
Run in collaboration with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), Sasol, under its Definitely Able initiative, Qatar Social & Cultural Centre for the Blind (QSCCB) and Aspire Zone Foundation (AZF), the event featured French ambassador to Qatar Eric Chevallier, Qatar Sports Club and former Inter Milan player Luis Jimenez and legendary international coach Bora Milutinovic.
A visually impaired class member prepares her soap dish for decoration during a pottery lesson held at Croydon Visual (the working name of Croydon Voluntary Association for the Blind). Photo description: Gittè Araki is a change maker and pottery teacher. She leads a weekly class for the visually impaired at the CVAB community centre, a social hub for the blind people of Croydon. The class focuses on giving members a creative and tactile experience, whatever their level of sight or skill. Gittè inspires class members with her irrepressible enthusiasm, encouragement and individual attention. In this picture, Jean is preparing to decorate a soap dish made from rolled clay. Using limited vision, she is masking off some areas with newspaper, before applying a coloured slip glaze in order to create a striped pattern. Croydon Visual provides a wide range of services for the visually impaired community. Activities include art, yoga, skittles and dancing, in addition to practical help with independent living skills. The organisation and those who run it, touch the lives of a vast number of people. Gittè is one of many change makers who work and volunteer at CVAB.
Wheels Up Private Jets opb Mountain Aviation opf Ryan Air Cessna Citation X N938TX cn 750-0183 IAD - Flight WUP938 fly by number two to visually verify that the nose gear did not retract - About 30 minutes later this aircraft landed on runway 1C scrapping some paint on the nose
A visually lively leaflet, with an area diagram on the reverse, issued by the Western Region of British Railways for the new diesel multiple units that were being introduced on Cardiff and Valley area services with the promise of improved services. The introduction of the DMUs was part of the vast British Transport Commission's Modernisation Programme that sadly, in some ways and areas, was to prove a somewhat misguided affair and, in some ways, loaded the organisation with debt that added to the call for the later reorganisation that included the 'Beeching Axe' in an effort to stem the railways losses.
In many ways the new DMU services were a vast improvement - in terms of passenger comfort - and attempts were made to re-organise services, timetables and fares. In some areas this was successful but in others the impact was still seen as being insufficient to save stations and lines in later culls. The South Wales and Valley services seen here saw much retrenchment in the 1960s closures - much was lost and many stations closed. However, from the 1980s onwards much work has been undertaken to re-open various branch lines and stations to passenger service and, currently, many of the lines are seeing a real renaissance as Transport for Wales are investing heavily to bring new standards of service to the area as part of their Metro system.
The front of the leaflet has quite a variety of typefaces to 'catch' the eye and uses decal based on a scraperboard or Windsor Board illustration of a speeding DMU; this is possibly by A.N. Wolstenholme who did much such work for BR.
Schoolhouse Quilters' Guild of Cumberland Maryland
Name of Panel" Reaching for the Stars"
Dream Theme: Science
Did you enjoy this project? "We all enjoyed this project. We had Dan Oates, coordinator of SCIVIS (Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students) to speak to the group.
What could the next IFC project be? "How about a "garden" theme where everyone would send in fabric/fiber representations of plants - they could be arranged in a 'botanical fiber garden'! You could assign each participant a plant to represent - each plant could have a little tag telling about it and giving it's name."
Techniques & Materials Used: Machine Applique and Machine Quilting
Whats the story behind your panel? "When we were thinking about participating in the Dream Rocket project, one of our members told us that the students from the School for the Blind in Rommey, WV (a town in our reagon) had been participating in SCIVIS (Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students) for the twenty years it's been in existance. SCIVIS began when a blind adult was turned away from Space Camp in Huntsville because of her blindness. Now for one week each year, Space Camp is transformed into a place where blind and visually impaired kids can come together and participate in a mock space mission. They come from all over the world and all over the US. They form life long friendships as they interact toward the common goal of the mission with other children who have similiar challenges in their lives. Our panel celebrates SCIVIS and it's positive effect on blind and visually impaired students."
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★What IS THE INTERNATIONAL FIBER COLLABORATIVE?
As the leading voice for collaborative public art projects around the world, the International Fiber Collaborative is dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of contemporary art & craft through educational experiences. We are committed to developing vital education programs that elevate, expand, modernize and enhance the image of collaboration and education today.
★WHAT IS THE DREAM ROCKET PROJECT?
The Dream Rocket Team is collecting nearly 8,000 artworks from participants around the globe. The artwork will be assembled together to create a massive cover in which will wrap a 37 story Saturn V Moon Rocket at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. We will also be displaying submitted artwork in dozens of national venues prior to the wrapping of the Saturn V. Additionally, we are posting images of submitted artwork & their stories on our Website, Flickr, and Facebook.The Dream Rocket project uses the Saturn V Moon Rocket as a symbolism of universal values of the human spirit. Optimism, hope,
caring for our natural resources, scientific exploration, and harnessing technological advancements for a better quality of life while safeguarding our communities, are all common desires across national and international boundaries. Participants are able to express and learn about these values through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, participants are asked to write an essay explaining their artwork, and the dream theme in which they chose.
★How can I Participate & Have my Artwork Displayed?
The Dream Rocket project would like to challenge you to ‘Dare to Dream’. To dream about your future and the future of our world through dream themes such as health, community, conservation, science, technology, space, peace, and so on. We would like you to use your selected Dream Theme to express, explore, and create your vision on your section of the wrap. We hope that you are able to express and learn through this creative collaboration. With the completion of each artwork, you are asked to write a brief essay explaining your artwork, and the dream theme in which you chose.
“The Saturn V is the ideal icon to represent a big dream. This rocket was designed and built as a collaboration of nearly half-a-million people and allowed our human species to venture beyond our world and stand on ANOTHER - SURELY one of the biggest dreams of all time. ENABLING THE DREAMS of young people to touch this mighty rocket sends a powerful message in conjunction with creating an educational curriculum to engage students to embrace the power of learning through many important subjects”
-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium, New York
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Ewald Hering Effekt Zoellner Zöllner optische Täuschung visuelle Illusion Illusionen Täuschungen Münsterberg
Gregory geometrische optical visual visually perception cognitive trick effect
visually, it doesn't look like much more than a brass bowl... but as soon as the wooden pedstal is put in use... a soft, resonating tone starts building
India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Dilip Sinha (front left) presented WIPO Director General Francis Gurry (front right) on June 30, 2014 with his country's instrument of ratification to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. India is the first nation to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty, which comes into force after 20 ratifications or accessions.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
CHELTENHAM ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM COMPETITION REPORT September 07
Invitation: An inviting, open, accessible and visually engaging intervention in the streetscape
Journey: Creating a clear, logical and inspiring circulation route
Flexibility: Clear organisational strategy allowing for the flexible use of the building
Urban Strategy/Architectural form/ Invitation:
The new extension respects the general scale of Clarence Street and at the same time gives an expression of the functions contained at the various levels of the building.
The facade is open at the base to draw passers by into the folds of the building and experience glimpses of the exhibition objects signifying the nature of the building. The public facilities including the café and shop are also at this level. The café can spill out onto the street and to the covered loggia. The loggia is contained by the activity of the education suite on the ground floor and the more protected archive and study area on the first floor. These activities benefit from protected glazed walls looking onto the street.
A double height cut into the new facade, in conjunction with a projecting glass display, signifies the location of the main entrance. This entrance route connects through the building from Clarence Street to Chester Walk creating an important link though the site to the centre of town, extending the public domain.
The façade at the second floor level is generally solid as this contains the main exhibition galleries. The façade steps up above the entrance to reflect the location of a double height gallery space.
Roof terraces at the third floor level allow staff and visitors to the meeting room/hospitality area, a view over the city. This articulation of the façade allows for controlled daylighting into the upper level of the gallery.
Journey:
The secondary space of circulation is the event of the building, as important to the overall experience of the building as the primary gallery spaces. This journey gives a sense of the unfolding experience and order of the building. The journey starts on Clarence Street with the signal and invitation proffered by the projecting glass display and continues through to the main reception in the full height foyer.
To aid orientation the vertical circulation revolves around this foyer with an open stair running parallel to the through route and a series of bridge crossings into the small galleries behind no. 51. The visual invitation to these various levels of gallery space is received in the entrance foyer.
Organisation/flexibility:
The activity of the education suite, located on the ground floor, is visible from the protected loggia. This function can be relocated to allow for public access to the ground floor of the existing library when this becomes available in the future.
The publicly accessible archive and storage area is located on the first floor. Further storage is located on the ground floor and in a basement area.
The temporary gallery, including the existing Arts and Crafts Gallery, occupies the whole of the second floor of both the new extension and the existing and revamped 1989 building. This allows for maximum flexibility in the use of the gallery and facilitates a natural connection in to the existing galleries in the library building.
Whilst not part of the competition site, the ground floor of No. 51 is ideal for use as the café and this has been included in the proposals. It is noted that No. 51 is to be used for artist’s studios. In this context it has been considered a possibility, while providing a new staircase for the new gallery that this could also double up as the stair for the artist’s studios. This would allow for the removal of the rather haphazard existing stair to create more useful studio space. This is, of course, subject to listed building approval.
Materials/services/sustainability:
It is important that the whole design contributes to the sustainable agenda. This includes:
street spaces (loggia) to encourage a range of informal activities
an efficient building form to reduce the amount of heat loss from the envelope
controlled daylighting to appropriate areas to reduce energy requirements
solar shading to south facing glazing
use of natural and renewable materials
habitable roof and rainwater harvesting
The façade is to be constructed of Bath stone laid in random ashlar courses. This stone façade turns into the building and forms one wall of the main public staircase culminating in the lift tower. This together with the stone flooring gives the appropriate signals to the public route through the building and up into the gallery. The internal walls will be a natural lime render in the circulation routes. Painted timber panels will be utilised in the exhibition spaces to allow for flexibility of hanging artworks.
To achieve a sustainable design to meet BREEAM excellent rating, it is proposed to use both natural and renewable materials. Prefabricated, cross laminated timber panels are proposed for floors walls and roof structure. These are from a renewable resource, eliminate site wastage and allow for ease of fixing for art works.
An accessible green roof is proposed for part of the new roofscape in conjunction with rainwater harvesting.
Due to the deep plan and the nature of the exhibits, the gallery will require constant artificial illumination. It is proposed to use a combined heat and power plant to replace the existing gas boilers in the roof space of the 1989 building. This will supply the electricity for the lighting system and the waste heat will be used for warm air space heating.
Accommodation:
From our interpretation of the brief and the answers to questions the following accommodation has been provided:
Gallery space (ground, 1st and 2nd floor)
Picture gallery (1st floor)100 m2
Arts and crafts Gallery200 m2
Temporary gallery300 m2
display (ground and 1st) 30 m2
display existing building (gf)35 m2
Education (ground floor)
Education suite69 m2
Education store50 m2
Museum take-away collection45 m2
Education toilets
Open archive/study (1st floor)150 m2
Storage
Basement240 m2
1st floor160 m2
Temporary exhibition store (gf)40 m2
Offices/workshops
Workshop/office (ground floor)50 m2
Conservation workshop(1st floor) 30 m2
Additional offices (3rd floor)2 x 25 m2
Reception (ground floor)
Café (ground floor no 51)70 m2
Shop (ground floor)46 m2
Toilets (ground floor)
Meeting room (3rd or 4th floor)60 m2
Corporate hospitality (3rd or 4th floor)60 m2
State government of Andhra Pradesh does not have any special privilege to students who are visually challenged. Although they do have text books in braille when it comes to taking public common test they are at par with normal kids (no braille). Although they are exempt from certain exercises like diagrams and map pointing they have to answer all other question like anyone else.
The school takes the help of volunteers ( scribe) for the students to appear for the exam.
Story 1/5 Scribing in progress. www.flickr.com/groups/hpc/discuss/72157615184431603/
A visually striking plate, and Duffy’s third dish which paired a 118°poached-then-chilled-then-carmelized only on one side sea scallop with variations of tapioca (puffed and dusted with hibiscus salt, hibiscus-soaked tapioca chip and licorice-y Sambuca soaked tapioca balls), hibiscus (salt and beet-red hibiscus syrup) with toasted goats milk puree and licorice-flavoured elements (shaved fennel bulb, stalk, fronds and hoja santa leaves). Duffy explained that his use of the chewy tapioca balls (the type found in bubble tea) was not just for texture, but utilizing the unique component as a carrier of licorice-y Sambuca in a chilled scallop plate.
Primary School: Sahdulahpur Chandni Panchayat- Karanpura, Block- Hajipur, Bihat, India:
6 years old Annu ( Visually impaired) studies in her first standard class in government primary school Sahdulapur Chandini, May 16, 2013. As part of the School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) programme being implemented in partnership with Department of Education, Government of Bihar, UNICEF Bihar is supporting the construction of inclusive, child-friendly water and sanitation facilities in schools, with a focus on addressing needs of ‘differently abled children’. UNICEF India/2013/Prashanth Vishwanathan.
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Visually impaired athlete and her guide. The guide from these olympics onwards will also receive a medal, a guide must not pass the finish line before the athlete. Womens T12 200 metre final. Runner: EL HANNOUNI Assia of France, her guide is SIMOUNET Gautier. The time 24.46 seconds a new WORLD RECORD!
The Olympic Stadium in Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England was the centrepiece of the 2012 London Olympics, the last stop in the 2012 Olympics torch relay, and the venue of the athletic events as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. It was the central venue of the 2012 London Paralympics.
It is located at Marshgate Lane in London's Stratford district in the Lower Lea Valley. The stadium has a capacity of 80,000, making it the third-largest stadium in England behind Wembley Stadium and Twickenham Stadium.
The stadium's track and field arena is excavated out of the soft clay found on the site, around which is permanent seating for 25,000, built using concrete "rakers". The natural slope of the land is incorporated into the design, with warm-up and changing areas dug into a semi-basement position at the lower end. Spectators enter the stadium via a podium level, which is level with the top of the permanent seating bowl. A demountable lightweight steel and concrete upper tier is built up from this "bowl" to accommodate a further 55,000 spectators.
The stadium is made up of different tiers; during the games the stadium was able to hold 80,000 spectators. The base tier, which will be permanent and allow for 25,000 seats, is a sunken elliptical bowl that is made up of low-carbon-dioxide concrete; this contains 40 percent less embodied carbon than conventional concrete. The foundation of the base level is 5,000 piles reaching up to 20 metres deep. From there, there is a mixture of driven cast in situ piles, continuous flight auger piles, and vibro concrete columns. The second tier, which holds 55,000 seats, is 315 metres long, 256 metres wide, and 60 metres high. The stadium is built using nearly four times less steel, approximately 10,700 tons, in the structure than that of the Olympic Stadium in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics. In addition to the minimal use of steel, which makes it 75 percent lighter, the stadium also uses high-yield large diameter pipes which were surplus on completion of North Sea Gas pipeline projects, recycled granite, and many of the building products were transported using trains and barges rather than by lorry.
A group of five performers from Brazil, Tribo de Jah - a reggae band formed at the Maranhão School for the blind - performed on June 18, 2013 at the end of the first day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, held from June 17 to 28, 2013. The diplomatic conference aims to conclude a new international treaty to improve access to books for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled people by establishing an enabling legal framework to facilitate the production of accessible formats and their exchange across borders.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
What is an outliner?
An outliner is simply a hierarchical editor that allows logical organisation of information visually showing a heirarchy of parent, child relationships. Outliners work because it is thought the heirarchy storage is somegthing that humans grok. [0]
Why do I need one?
The reason I need the outliner is simple. I need to be able to link blocks of information, links, text entries, images all in some form of hierarchy. I simply can't do this with the current set of blocks I have and hence the post, "Playing with blocks on the floor" [1].
For any particular post I need some way of having say a text entry with the Entry block. Then at some time in the future I may add say 3 more comments related to that entry, a photo and several link blocks. All this can be acheived if I create an outlining block that acts as a skeleton that I can add extra blocks to.
In essence the Outliner block is really just a connector that points to a parent and/or a child block. At the same time have a one to one relationship with an Entry, Link, Image block.
Above picture
The above picture shows that I can add various blocks together. The key bit is with a Outline block it holds together this structure. Think of the Outline block as just a connector on a block allowing them to be connected. The Outliner allows you to connect blocks together.
Just what I want.
More about Outliners?
Outliners are the child idea of Doug Englebart [2] and has been continued extensivly by Dave Winer [3]. During the course of this write up I was listening to Dave on Outliners [3] and reading various references to Outliners [4], Dave Winer explaining outlining & programming [5], Doug Englebart [6] and Dave Winer meeting Doug Englebart in 2000 [7].
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References
[0] As heard in Dave Winers Interview on ITConversations, "Behind the Mic" with Doug Kaye, 1:09:05, 31.6 mb, recorded in 27/OCT/2004.
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail260.html
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[1] Bootload image on flickr, 2007MAR231514, "Playing with blocks on the floor"http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/431100768/
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[2] Wikipedia, Doug Englebart, "Wikipedia entry on Doug Englebart"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Engelbart
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[3] ITConversations, Dave Winer, "Behind the Mic with Doug Kaye, 1:09:05, 31.6 mb, recorded in 27/OCT/2004"
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail260.html
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[4] Google search, "dave winer & outliner"
http://www.google.com/search?q=dave+winer+outliners
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[5] Dave Winer, Outliners & Programmers, "Dave explains a bit of his history with outliners"
http://davewiner.userland.com/outlinersProgramming
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[6] Doug Englebart, "Dougs website, Bootstrap Institute"
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
[7] Dave Winer meeting Doug Englebart, "Dinner with Doug Engelbart Friday, October 6, 2000"
http://davenet.smallpicture.com/2000/10/06/dinnerWithDougEngelbart.html
[Accessed Friday, March 30 2007]
The National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament is the brainchild of several employees of the Iowa City VA Medical Center, along with two visually impaired Iowa Veterans. These visionaries created the TEE Tournament, an acronym standing for TRAINING, EXPOSURE and EXPERIENCE. In 2008, it became one of six VA national rehabilitation programs for Veterans. The event expanded to include not only blind Veterans, but amputees, wheelchairbound Veterans, and those with other life changing disabilities. It takes place each year in Iowa City.
The National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament is the brainchild of several employees of the Iowa City VA Medical Center, along with two visually impaired Iowa Veterans. These visionaries created the TEE Tournament, an acronym standing for TRAINING, EXPOSURE and EXPERIENCE. In 2008, it became one of six VA national rehabilitation programs for Veterans. The event expanded to include not only blind Veterans, but amputees, wheelchairbound Veterans, and those with other life changing disabilities. It takes place each year in Iowa City.
Illustration: Teresa Robertson (www.teresa-robertson.co.uk). Acknowledgement: Royal National Institute for the Blind UK for permission to adapt original illustration.
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Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 26 No. 81 2013 www.cehjournal.org
Community Eye Health Journal Vol. 16 No. 45 2003 www.cehjournal.org
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry (center), Turkey's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Selim Kulneralp (right), who presided over a key negotiating committee at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh, and WIPO Assistant Director General Trevor Clarke applaud adoption by the committee of the substantive provisions of the treaty late in the evening of June 25, 2013. This paves the way for adoption of the treaty on access to published works by the blind, visually impaired and print disabled in plenary session on June 27, 2013 and signing on June 28, 2013.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
A group of visually impaired people assist each other as they use their canes as they cross the road, October 11th, 2007, amidst heavey traffic in down-town Nairobi, Kenya. Most of the road-users in the City are either too busy or careless to respect the Zebra-crossing and other road-signs without giving attention to people with special needs who use the roads as well. PHOTO/STEPHEN MUDIARI
Marilyn Rushton, a well-known Burnaby citizen, is awarded with the province’s newest honour, the Medal of Good Citizenship.
Rushton is honoured for her for inspirational life of service to the visually impaired community, her contributions to families with blind and visually impaired children, and her energetic support for the musical community.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2016IGR0025-001407
Senegalese performer Pape Niang performed on June 18, 2013 at the end of the first day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, held from June 17 to 28, 2013. The diplomatic conference aims to conclude a new international treaty to improve access to books for blind, visually impaired, and other print disabled people by establishing an enabling legal framework to facilitate the production of accessible formats and their exchange across borders.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
The original tactile paving was developed by Seiichi Miyake in 1965. The paving was first introduced in a street in Okayama city, Japan, in 1967. Its use gradually spread in Japan and then around the world.
Tactile paving (also called truncated domes, detectable warnings, Tactile Ground Surface Indicators) is a system of textured ground surface indicators found on many footpaths and train station platforms to assist blind and vision impaired pedestrians.
Tactile warnings provide a distinctive surface pattern of "truncated domes" or cones (which are small domes or cones that have had their tops cut off, or truncated) detectable by long cane or underfoot which are used to alert people with vision impairments of their approach to streets and hazardous drop-offs. People who are blind or visually impaired are alerted of impending danger from vehicle impact or a grade change.
The above text is from Wikipedia
But for everything that you wanted to know about tactile paving but were afraid to ask, look at this Australian site
22-year-old Azer Ćatović was born in Mostar, and has been living here for 14 years. Azer grew up with a sight defect, but by secondary school, he had become fully independent thanks to his education.
As he awaits the start of the second academic year, he spends his summer break doing running training sessions, reading, and taking walks. He does most of his running sessions on a treadmill in the fitness hall of the Center for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youth.
The centre was recently renovated by UNDP and offers full time support in learning and other skills like mobility, self-care, and sight exercises for the visually impaired, use of teaching aids, playing games, going out to town and attending events.
Read more: bit.ly/35fhLVw
Photos: Sulejman Omerbašić/ UNDP Bosnia and Herzegovina
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry (center) congratulates Turkey's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Selim Kulneralp (right), who presided over a key negotiating committee at the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Marrakesh, on adoption by the committee of the substantive provisions of the treaty. This paves the way for adoption of the treaty on access to published works by the blind, visually impaired and print disabled in plenary session on June 27, 2013 and signing on June 28, 2013.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
One of the more.. visually interesting (and meme filled) anime series that I can think of is none other than Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, which if I'm being completely honest I still don't actually know anything relevant about. I was first introduced to the series when the fighting game came out in the arcade and on the original Playstation. From what I can gather, the series revolves around the fight between the generations of the Joestar family who battle against their immortal supernatural foe, Dio Brando and his forces of darkness using various weapons, Stand abilities (symbiotically bonded magical beings) and of course, EPIC POSING. In fact, the only thing I'm 100 percent certain about in this blurb I just wrote is that there is EPIC POSING.
Well, just after my return to Ontario, I was able to purchase one of these for $20 CAD - presenting the Medicos Super Action Statue JoJo's Bizzare Adventures: Battle Tendency Joseph Joestar figure. Purchased for the purposes of epic posing.
The Jojo series is set in multiple time periods, with the prequel (Battle Tendancy) featuring a Joseph Joestar, the second Jojo and grandfather to the current Jojo (Jotaro), in his prime. Not that I would have minded a middle aged version with a beard and Hermit Purple effects, but this is what I happened upon. What's more interesting is that this my first Medicos product, who make the Super Action Statue series of figures. Unshockingly, the only time I've ever heard their name come up is when Jojo figures are being sold.. but what IS shocking is that apparently they make more than just Jojo figures. Joseph has a MSRP of 6,800 yen, and was popular enough to warrant three releases (2013, 2015, and 2019), along with a repaint with a different head in 2015.
The set comes with the figure, two headsculpts (neutral expression, angry expression with headband), crossbow with drawstring pulled/unpulled effects, a loose bolo, sledgehammer, a variety of posing/weapon holding hands, and a dynamic stand.
The Medicos body (or at least Joseph) seems to be more in line with a true 1/12 scale as compared to Figuarts.... or Joseph is like 7 ft. tall. Either or, I'm OK with it. I'm not sure if there is a base Medicos body, but if there is a one, the Jojo line doed a pretty damn good job at hiding it. Of course, the character designs in the series are so outlandish that there should be no surprise that finding common parts is difficult, though what is easy to see is that the characters all share the same workout regime. Sculptors definitely captured the distinct look of Joseph, down to the eyes and lips that are very much the signature look of the designs. Fabric detailing is pretty much all I could ask for, and the detailing on the muscles is great only to be surpassed by the excellent work done on the hair. Not a dull spot on either sculpt hair wise no matter where you look on that manly mullet of his.
Of course, articulation is the name of the game, and Joseph isn't a slouch either. He features toe, full ankle, double jointed knees, thigh swivel, hips, waist, mid torso, shoulder pivot and rotate with independent joint for shoulder collapse/chest expand, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, wrist, neck, and head. After some fiddling around with the figure, the only real thing on my wish list was that the hips would allow for further range of motion in the hips, particularly movement of knee towards the body. Neck/head articulation is limited due to the luscious head of hair Joseph has. Otherwise, between the various hands he's got and the ability to move, well, Joseph has all your Voguing needs covered.
Paint is kind of where things fall somewhat apart here.. sort of. For the most part the paint is pretty good. Quality is solid throughout most of the base body, with in my opinion missing paint on the blue part where the knee connecs to the lower leg. Flesh tones are a bit muddy when it comes to texture, most likey the result of a high number of coats needed. Work on the face and hair is surprisingly sharp given the small size, especially the highlights of the eyes. The finer details, however, go a bit into poor quality, most evident with the masking and paint of the fingers and the smaller accents such as the gold on the knuckles, belt buckles, and so on. Bad as it is, however, it thankfully never reaches early 2000s Playarts level of bad, as you can still make out the well detailed fingers and other fine areas, whereas Play Arts would have just dumped a blob of paint on and hoped for the best. Decal work is also pretty good overall, with no real complaints from me.
The overall build is quite good. No issues with warped parts, misaligned joints or limb length, joint strength. Maybe it's just my eyes, but to me it seems like Joseph is made from the same stuff they make NECA, McFarlane, and other North American figures from, just with much, much better QC. I mention this because the plastic seems softer compared to the stuff on my Figuarts, and would be unable to support the finer details use as the meshwork on Endgame Widow's suit. I suspect that material choices might play into the overall price point as well, because sad as it is 6,900 yen is relatively cheap for something like this. Furthermore, while the crossbow and sledgehammer and functional and generally good to look at, upon closer inspection you'll notice some warping and general softness of details.
So overall, a pretty good figure that isn't as crisp looking as Figma or Figuarts, but is able to hold its own due to the very good articulation. The Jojo universe is filled with all sorts of very visually striking characters, and despite my general unfamiliarity of with the property, even I have my favourites. It'll be interesting to see if I run into any of these in the future at a price point that makes me warm and fuzzy, because I really don't see them available for sale that often.
But you can bet if it's on my way somewhere, I'll be there to buy it.
It's difficult to visually describe the state of meditation. It's also difficult to verbally articulate it because by definition, non empirical states of consciousness cannot be quantified by any material criteria. Thus the role of poetry and art. These things are meant to reach toward showing our inner consciousness through some media which is reachable to others.
To reach beyond the mental platform and the bodily conception of life requires meditation. The Vedic aphorism is "aham brahmasmi" - I am pure spirit. Our normal consciousness is aham mameti,. "I am this material body.." To maintain a bodily conception of life is to be on a lower level of spiritual development.
Shot is on the Strand in Townsville, Northern Queensland, the Townsville Pier
Day 2. Angkor Wat is visually, architecturally and artistically breathtaking. It is a massive three-tiered pyramid crowned by five lotus-like towers rising 65 meters from ground level. Angkor Wat is the centerpiece of any visit to the temples of Angkor.
At the apex of Khmer political and military dominance in the region, Suryavarman II constructed Angkor Wat in the form of a massive 'temple-mountain' dedicated to the Hindu god, Vishnu. It served as his state temple, though the temple’s uncommon westward orientation has led some to suggest that it was constructed as Suryavarman II’s funerary temple. Other temples of the same style and period include Thommanon, Banteay Samre, Wat Atwea and Beng Melea, which may have served as a prototype to Angkor Wat.
Angkor Wat is surrounded by a moat and an exterior wall measuring 1300 meters x 1500 meters. The temple itself is 1 km square and consists of three levels surmounted by a central tower. The walls of the temple are covered inside and out with bas-reliefs and carvings. Nearly 2000 distinctively rendered apsara carvings adorn the walls throughout the temple and represent some of the finest examples of apsara carvings in Angkorian era art. But it is the exterior walls of the lower level that display the most extraordinary bas-reliefs, depicting stories and characters from Hindu mythology and the historical wars of Suryavarman II. It is in the viewing of the bas-reliefs that a tour guide can be very helpful.
The northern reflecting pool in front is the most popular sunrise location. For sunrise, arrive very early, well before sunrise begins. The sun will rise behind Angkor Wat providing a silhouette of Angkor’s distinctively shaped towers against a colored sunrise sky. Some of the best colors appear just before the sun breaks over the horizon.
The visual impact of Angkor Wat, particularly on one's first visit, is awesome. As you pass through the outer gate and get your first glimpse, its size and architecture make it appear two dimensional, like a giant postcard photo against the sky. After you cross through the gate and approach the temple along the walkway it slowly gains depth and complexity. To maximize this effect you should make your first visit in optimal lighting conditions, i.e. after 2:00PM. Do not make your first visit to Angkor Wat in the morning when the backlighting obscures the view.
The first level of is the most artistically interesting. Most visitors begin their exploration with the bas-reliefs that cover the exterior wall of the first level, following the bas-reliefs counterclockwise around the temple. Bas-relief highlights include the mythological Battle of Kuru on the west wall; the historical march of the army of Suryavarman II, builder of Angkor Wat, against the Cham, followed by scenes from Heaven and Hell on the south wall; and the classic ‘Churning of the Ocean Milk’ on the east wall.
The temple interior is not as densely carved as the first level exterior, but still sports hundreds of fine carvings of apsaras and scenes from Hindu mythology. A guide can be quite helpful in explaining the stories of the various chambers, statues and architectural forms to be found in the interior. At the upper-most of your tour of the temple, the central tower on the third level houses four Buddha images, each facing a different cardinal point, highlighting the fact that though Angkor Wat was constructed as a Hindu temple, it has served as a Buddhist temple since Buddhism became Cambodia’s dominant religion in the 14th century. Some say that it is good luck to pay homage to all four Buddha images before departing Angkor.
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Interaction of a special kind. The guy is focus is Rajashekar he is visually impaired. Yet in a week he will be appearing for his high school diploma test conducted by the Ap State Government. He cannot take this test in Braille. The volunteer next to him is reading his questions from the test paper from him. Rajashekar has to be very attentive. He needs to understand the question, formulate the answer and reply it back to his scribe so that the volunteer can write it down for him.
Today he is taking the Math paper.
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The National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament is the brainchild of several employees of the Iowa City VA Medical Center, along with two visually impaired Iowa Veterans. These visionaries created the TEE Tournament, an acronym standing for TRAINING, EXPOSURE and EXPERIENCE. In 2008, it became one of six VA national rehabilitation programs for Veterans. The event expanded to include not only blind Veterans, but amputees, wheelchairbound Veterans, and those with other life changing disabilities. It takes place each year in Iowa City.
Visually the cupcakes are quite stunning, and look incredible. Tastewise they leave something to be desired. Some were bland, and didn't leave much of an impression on me, except for the one in the center which was supposed to be a chocolate mint, that one I remember cause it tasted like toothpaste.
All photos in this set taken by JEX, all text written by me, unless otherwise noted.
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The National Disabled Veterans TEE Tournament is the brainchild of several employees of the Iowa City VA Medical Center, along with two visually impaired Iowa Veterans. These visionaries created the TEE Tournament, an acronym standing for TRAINING, EXPOSURE and EXPERIENCE. In 2008, it became one of six VA national rehabilitation programs for Veterans. The event expanded to include not only blind Veterans, but amputees, wheelchairbound Veterans, and those with other life changing disabilities. It takes place each year in Iowa City.
Visually the cupcakes are quite stunning, and look incredible. Tastewise they leave something to be desired. Some were bland, and didn't leave much of an impression on me, except for the one in the center which was supposed to be a chocolate mint, that one I remember cause it tasted like toothpaste.
All photos in this set taken by JEX, all text written by me, unless otherwise noted.
The visually stunning soft-shell crab was delightfully crispy, while still moist inside. Still, we thought that the Chinese-style salt and chilli soft-shell crab was tastier, possibly because Kura's version lacked MSG! :)
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Kura Japanese Dining & Take Away
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3/76 Ultimo Rd
Haymarket New South Wales 2000, Australia
(02) 9212 5661
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- Kura, Haymarket - grabyourfork.blogspot.com/ - Monday, October 31, 2005