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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.
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.
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
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.
***UPDATE*** 7/2/13 Some things are meant to swim upstream. This is heading exactly that way, where it belongs. Thanks LC.
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.
Fireball observed in the SE sky at 8:02 pm. I happened to be outside looking at Venus to see if the clouds would clear for photography (I am in the lower left near last window light) and saw this fireball also captured as an image. The burn lasted 2-3 seconds and had a bright terminal explosion about 10X Venus in brightness. The visual experience is so much better than the solely photo capture,
Lycian Rock-carved Tombs ------- These are the most numerous of all types of Lycian tombs and some are perhaps the most visually striking - elaborate funeral chambers carved directly into the rock face, usually into a cliff. Most often, the tombs are carved like the facade of timber Lycian houses with protruding beams (house-type tombs), usually with one or two stories, sometimes three. The imitation of wood is sometimes even carried to the copying of pegs to join the different beams and the tombs resemble the frontage of houses built solidly of timber with ceilings of unhewn trunks of trees. There is normally a row of round or square beam ends above the door. Later these developed into a dentil frieze. Sometimes there is a pediment above, in a few cases in the shape of a Gothic (pointed) arch. It is believed that the first house-type rock-cut tombs were carved in the 5th century BC.
The most elaborate rock-cut tombs are those carved in the form of Ionic temples, the largest and most famous at Telmessos (Fethiye) - the ‘Tomb of Amyntas? These rock-cut temple-type tombs usually have two columns (the tomb at Cyanaea only has one), an epistyle and a pediment and usually have elaborate reliefs, such as the ‘Royal Tomb?at Pinara and the ‘Painted Tomb?at Myra. This temple-style of tomb is not specifically Lycian and can also be seen in Caunos (some impressive examples are in the town of Dalyan) and other parts of Anatolia.
All pre-Greek people of Anatolia built beautiful monumental tombs associated with some form of ancestor worship. The Lycians developed this form of art to perfection, no doubt facilitated by the soft limestone of the region. The quality of stonemasonry of the Lycian people is noteworthy and is especially significant in the construction of tombs. Today the entire landscape of Lycia is still dotted with their fascinating funerary monuments. The most recent count has revealed one thousand and eighty-five examples still intact, rock-cut tombs being the most common form. Lycia is famous for the sheer number of tombs and their quality.
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.
Inspired by a visually enchanting jewellery box...
Standing tall on the architectural world stage, The Cube, has transformed Birmingham’s skyline, raised its global profile and signifies a new era in the city’s evolution.
Inspired by the vision of award winning architect, Ken Shuttleworth, this most prestigious landmark building animates the canalside offering cutting edge design and breathtaking views in a designer neighbourhood.
Situated in the thriving Westside district of the city centre neighbouring The Mailbox, the intricate glowing tessellations blanket the exterior façade, to be admired from afar. Inside this fascinating ‘jewellery box’, a rich mix of slick residential apartments, exclusive retail, extensive office space, boutique hotel, private spa, a hi-tech automated car park and the city’s first rooftop restaurant reside.
Paying homage to the city’s jewellery heritage, Ken Shuttleworth and his talented team at Make architects visualised a shimmering structure, hovering above a glazed base with bold, geometric form.
The building twists upwards, creating an asymmetrical lightwell central to the public space. Terracing on the upper levels embraces a gem-like courtyard and internal courtyard spaces are lined with glass.
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.
Comet Lovejoy C/2103 R1 Inside the Coma & Nucleus on 11-13-2013
The Comet is very large & green Color is very noticeable visually through any optical instrument, Comet Lovejoy is now reported as 6th Magnitude
The nucleus is Bright Stellar Point, with a strong Bow shock on the leading edge. Is so bright it actually shows up in my 16" in a 1 second exposure!
The outer coma is ranging from 15 to 18 Arc minutes in diameter, and ION tail is now stretching over 60 arc minutes long. A recently developed faint red broad dust tail is visible extending back ~ 15 arc/minutes in length.
My home built 16” diameter telescope & QHY8 cooled color CCD Camera,
image scale 0.89 Arc Seconds Per pixel,
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Another shot of the Comet’s Nucleus Close-up for an 11 minute exposure I processed it to Show the inner details of the Coma, Concentrated on the Comet's nucleus - The Bow Shock is directly in front of The Star like Nucleus!
Imaged from 08:00 U.T. to 08:14 U.T. or 04:00am to 04:14 am EST. from my observatories at John Bryan State Park in Yellow Springs, Ohio on 11-13-2013.
Photo: POH
Portraits of Hope's massive public art and civic project – involving more than 20,000 kids, adults and volunteers – that visually transformed Manhattan. By recruiting and utilizing more than 5,400 fully operational NYC taxis to participate in the unprecedented 4-month exhibition, the cabs and city streets of New York were transformed into a giant mobile canvas. The unprecedented event integrated two key characteristics that define the City: the saturation of the iconic taxis; and the vertical physicality of Manhattan. www.portraitsofhope.org
Garden in Transit -- A Portraits of Hope Project
Portraits of Hope's NYC Public Art and Civic Project -- NYC Taxis
Conceived and Developed by Ed Massey and Bernie Massey, Founders of Portraits of Hope
5,400+ New York City Taxis
23,000 Children and Adults
200+ Participating Schools, Hospitals, and NYC institutions
700,000 Sq. ft. of paintings
Youth and Program Sessions in NY, CA, NJ, OH, GA, PA
Project-based learning: interdisciplinary contemporary issues and civic education and leadership sessions for schools, grades 2 -12
Creative therapy sessions for hospitalized children and persons with disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, and other serious conditions
10-month program and collaborative phase
4-month New York City public art exhibition
Youth sessions and exhibition in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Portraits of Hope rings NASDAQ opening bell
Special thank you to Helen Bing and Peter Bing, Vornado Realty, Hotel Pennsylvania, MACtac, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Cordelia Corporation, Veriflora, Wooster Paint Company, Jenner & Block, Purdy-Bessemer Holdings, FedEx, Hudson River Park Trust, Susan Kohlmann, Debbie and Hal Jacobs, Nazdar, Abbot & Abbot Box Corp. AAA Flag & Banner, Bruce and Nancy Newberg Family Fund, Pillsbury Sutro Shaw Pittman, Davidow Charitable Fund, Joleen and Mitch Julis, Armstrong Nickoll Family Foundation, Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation, Ore Hill Partners LLC, Time Warner, Building Maintenance Services LLC, PTG Event Services, FedEx, NASDAQ
In the Idea of Japan (1996) Ian Littlewood goes on about how numerous travellers and commentators on Japanese culture have described it as "equisite", "artistic," generally visually beautiful and aesthetic. This is, he claims, a orientalist (Said) myth put about by Westerners who want to see the orient as passive. And indeed it is generally assumed that the autonomy, will, the sorce of action is made of word. Pictures are somethign that we look at. Images do not need to move to be visible, whereas voices need to say something to be heard. But at the same time just because vision can be passive, the object rather that the subject, it does not imply that it is necessarily so, at least not in Japan.
Burks et al. (2010) found that, in answer to a survey prior to an intelligence test, nearly 70 percent of trainee truck drivers believed themselves to be in the two two quintiles of an intelligence test (i.e. the top forty percent) whereas only about 8% believed themselves to be in the bottom 40%. In other words, they have unrealistically big egos. Since Burks could find no real postitive benefits of this sort of overconfidence, he argues that it must be some sort of social signal - peacocking one presumes. But who to? The premise with language is that one can speak to oneself.
Derrida claims that this is impossible. The haunted double decker bus model of linguistic expression in the mind - where the voices in our head express ghostly ideas - is a myth. The truth he claims is much worse. The bus is bound for hell and back: we are having a conversation with dead, simulated, others whom we hide in our minds. We simulate their reaction, and when we say good things (such such as "I am going to do well in the intelligence test") we feel their praise, their comfort. In a sense this self-speech is active in a sense it is passive since we only say that which know our whore is going to enjoy. This, Derridas, reading of the nature of thought is borrowed from Freud who claims that the super ego contains a simulation of the original lost object: Mother.
Japanese people as numerous survey's have shown, including especially truck drivers in my experience, do not brag. If asked how they are going to do in an intelligence test they will say, on average that they will be a bit below average.
But they dress up their trucks like circus is comting to town, with fairy lights, oversived bumpers, andon lanterns proclaiming their desires. The picture above right says "Decorated Trucks are the akward man's way of expressing himself." And express themselves they do. There are books about "Decotora" describing them as the aesthetics of the road. The picture on the right notes how each has a great deal of individuality.
What is going on? Selfing in Japan is done visual. Mummy watches.
This difference results on the one hand on a terrible taboo on sex since that is what is going on in the mind of the self narrator. In Japan however, there was very little taboo on sex but there is a great taboo on mothering. Japanese truck drivers are forever cute, bathing in a sense passively, at the same time actively, but in full light of day, in the appreciative gaze of their internalised others, principally their ancestors, the eyes of the world, and their version of the superego: the Sungoddess who watches but refesues to read sexts.
Books on Decotora in Japanese
www.amazon.co.jp/REAL-%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%8...
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/489815218X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid...
Books on Decorated Trucks which also exist in India!
www.amazon.co.jp/dp/489815218X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid...
Burks, S., Carpenter, J., Goette, L., & Rustichini, A. (2010). Overconfidence is a Social Signal not a Judgment Bias. mimeo.
Derrida, J. (2013). Of grammatology. JHU Press.
Littlewood, I. (1996). The idea of Japan: Western images, western myths. Ivan R. Dee.
Picture by: Aad Born
Camera : Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II
scanned transparency/35mm slide
"Marticia" in IJmuiden locks and positioned with the help of a laserbeam.
Viewed from top of wheelhouse on center line of the vessel.
Right side of picture shows assistant who listened in on the
laser signal, and visually observed the laser light.
He informed pilot etc. about the position of fore- and aft-ship
relative to the laser indicated center line.
ship is now moored port side in the IJmuiden locks,
the laser guiding light, faintly to be seen starboard side of fore mast
just under the blocked spreader in the fore mast .
Laser light indicates ships position to be approx 50cm to port of the centerline.
That's about all the manouvering space she had.
Visually we see only what wants to impose our experiences, memories and our learned us.
So we see at this day on German roads, people with headscarves and assozieren, it must be a Muslim. Here my grandmother has always worn headscarves. Des protection from the cold wind for.
We see only what we want to see. We look at the surface.
We get a first impression. And our thoughts play us tricks. We judge. We judge strangers. We judge people that we do not know.
Will a man leave with you. Whoever does not judge, but only considered.
Whoever does not judge and just observed. Whoever does not judge and allows only the kind thoughts. The lives better. It has a higher quality of life.
every day You live better with kind thoughts.
We affect what we see. We must not judge. We must not let the negative thoughts. Our thoughts are free. Manage them in a positive and beautiful direction.
Do you want to run forever with thoughts about how:
One is that a fat ass. That should not attract but.
The much too small. The is much too large.
Too thick. Too thin. Not my taste.
If you keep thinking about other, so sneak often thought in your head and unsettle you. Such as: When I think about others who then also think about me? Cases also an opinion about me?
It is uncertain, and uncertainty always leads to fears and anxieties lead to negative thoughts, to envy, hatred and in some cases, to violence.
Always remember, you can not know what other think. Stay with yourself. Think positive. Go through your life positively. You will feel that it is better you. A convertible. A great change in which many should take an example.
Excuse my English, it is not perfect. But who is that already. ♥
German:
Optik
Optisch sehen wir nur das, was unsere Erfahrungen, Erinnerungen und unser Gelerntes uns aufzwingen will.
So sehen wir heut zu Tage auf den deutschen Straßen, Menschen mit Kopftüchern und assozieren, es muss ein Muslime sein. Dabei hat meine Oma auch immer Kopftücher getragen. Des Schutzes vor dem kalten Wind wegen.
Wir sehen nur das, was wir sehen wollen. Wir schauen auf die Oberfläche.
Wir verschaffen uns einen ersten Eindruck. Und unsere Gedanken spielen uns Streiche. Wir urteilen. Wir urteilen über fremde Menschen. Wir urteilen über Menschen, die wir nicht kennen.
Bleibt doch bei euch. Wer nicht urteilt, sondern nur betrachtet.
Wer nicht urteilt und nur beobachtet. Wer nicht urteilt und nur die freundlichen Gedanken zulässt. Der lebt besser. Man hat eine höhere Lebensqualität.
Man lebt jeden Tag besser mit freundlichen Gedanken.
Wir beeinflussen was wir sehen. Wir müssen nicht urteilen. Wir müssen nicht die negativen Gedanken zu lassen. Unsere Gedanken sind frei. Steuere sie in eine positive und schöne Richtung.
Möchtest du ewig mit Gedanken umher laufen, wie:
Man ist das ein fetter Arsch. Das sollte sie aber nicht anziehen.
Die ist viel zu klein. Die ist viel zu groß.
Zu dick. Zu dünn. Nicht mein Geschmack.
Wenn du so über andere denkst, so schleichen sich oftmals Gedanken in deinen Kopf und verunsichern dich. Wie zum Beispiel: Wenn ich das über andere denke, denken die dann das auch über mich? Fällen die auch ein Urteil über mich?
Man wird unsicherer und Unsicherheit führt immer zu Ängsten und Ängste führen zu negativen Gedanken, zu Neid, zu Hass und in einigen Fällen zu Gewalt.
Denke immer daran, du kannst nicht wissen, was andere Denken. Bleibe bei dir selber. Denke positiv. Gehe positiv durch dein Leben. Du wirst spüren, dass es dir so besser geht. Ein Wandel. Ein großer Wandel an dem sich viele ein Beispiel nehmen sollten.
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.
Submitted by: Chibuzo Orame
Country: Nigeria
Organisation: Bina Foundation
Category: Professional
Caption: Doctor close eyes examination of visually impaired player during the 2018 men blind/visually impaired summer camp/league tournament in Nigeria.
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Photo uploaded from the #VisionFirst Photo Competition (photocomp.iapb.org) held for World Sight Day 2019
Photo: POH
Portraits of Hope's massive public art and civic project – involving more than 20,000 kids, adults and volunteers – that visually transformed Manhattan. By recruiting and utilizing more than 5,400 fully operational NYC taxis to participate in the unprecedented 4-month exhibition, the cabs and city streets of New York were transformed into a giant mobile canvas. The unprecedented event integrated two key characteristics that define the City: the saturation of the iconic taxis; and the vertical physicality of Manhattan. www.portraitsofhope.org
Garden in Transit -- A Portraits of Hope Project
Portraits of Hope's NYC Public Art and Civic Project -- NYC Taxis
Conceived and Developed by Ed Massey and Bernie Massey, Founders of Portraits of Hope
5,400+ New York City Taxis
23,000 Children and Adults
200+ Participating Schools, Hospitals, and NYC institutions
700,000 Sq. ft. of paintings
Youth and Program Sessions in NY, CA, NJ, OH, GA, PA
Project-based learning: interdisciplinary contemporary issues and civic education and leadership sessions for schools, grades 2 -12
Creative therapy sessions for hospitalized children and persons with disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, and other serious conditions
10-month program and collaborative phase
4-month New York City public art exhibition
Youth sessions and exhibition in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Portraits of Hope rings NASDAQ opening bell
Special thank you to Helen Bing and Peter Bing, Vornado Realty, Hotel Pennsylvania, MACtac, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Cordelia Corporation, Veriflora, Wooster Paint Company, Jenner & Block, Purdy-Bessemer Holdings, FedEx, Hudson River Park Trust, Susan Kohlmann, Debbie and Hal Jacobs, Nazdar, Abbot & Abbot Box Corp. AAA Flag & Banner, Bruce and Nancy Newberg Family Fund, Pillsbury Sutro Shaw Pittman, Davidow Charitable Fund, Joleen and Mitch Julis, Armstrong Nickoll Family Foundation, Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation, Ore Hill Partners LLC, Time Warner, Building Maintenance Services LLC, PTG Event Services, FedEx, NASDAQ
The exterior of this visually striking new building in the centre of the city has been clad in prepatinated copper sheeting making it an impressive sight. Full sound proofing techniques where included during the development phase of the Information Commons building to ensure that nearby outside traffic noise does not disturb users inside. The extensive use of large panes of glass sheeting gives users the advantage of long distance and ever changing external views and lets in lots of natural light making it a pleasant place to work. Existing mature plants surround the building which help to establish the new building into its older surroundings.
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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.
Photo: POH
Portraits of Hope's massive public art and civic project – involving more than 20,000 kids, adults and volunteers – that visually transformed Manhattan. By recruiting and utilizing more than 5,400 fully operational NYC taxis to participate in the unprecedented 4-month exhibition, the cabs and city streets of New York were transformed into a giant mobile canvas. The unprecedented event integrated two key characteristics that define the City: the saturation of the iconic taxis; and the vertical physicality of Manhattan. www.portraitsofhope.org
Garden in Transit -- A Portraits of Hope Project
Portraits of Hope's NYC Public Art and Civic Project -- NYC Taxis
Conceived and Developed by Ed Massey and Bernie Massey, Founders of Portraits of Hope
5,400+ New York City Taxis
23,000 Children and Adults
200+ Participating Schools, Hospitals, and NYC institutions
700,000 Sq. ft. of paintings
Youth and Program Sessions in NY, CA, NJ, OH, GA, PA
Project-based learning: interdisciplinary contemporary issues and civic education and leadership sessions for schools, grades 2 -12
Creative therapy sessions for hospitalized children and persons with disabilities; including cancer, orthopedic ailments, burn trauma, brain and neck injuries, and other serious conditions
10-month program and collaborative phase
4-month New York City public art exhibition
Youth sessions and exhibition in Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island
Portraits of Hope rings NASDAQ opening bell
Special thank you to Helen Bing and Peter Bing, Vornado Realty, Hotel Pennsylvania, MACtac, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Cordelia Corporation, Veriflora, Wooster Paint Company, Jenner & Block, Purdy-Bessemer Holdings, FedEx, Hudson River Park Trust, Susan Kohlmann, Debbie and Hal Jacobs, Nazdar, Abbot & Abbot Box Corp. AAA Flag & Banner, Bruce and Nancy Newberg Family Fund, Pillsbury Sutro Shaw Pittman, Davidow Charitable Fund, Joleen and Mitch Julis, Armstrong Nickoll Family Foundation, Polo Ralph Lauren Foundation, Ore Hill Partners LLC, Time Warner, Building Maintenance Services LLC, PTG Event Services, FedEx, NASDAQ
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.
An interesting lesson about underwater photography that I learned from Brad is that instead of finding the interesting animal to take a picture of, find the visually interesting location where they could be. Nooks and crannies are great for framing the subject. Different textures are also key. Then look for the right lighting conditions and wait for fishes to come through.
Since we don't have high-tech underwater cameras, this method seems to work well. At first, I kept thinking my camera sucked at taking pictures underwater. But all I needed was the right conditions: a depth of 15-20 feet and early mornings or late afternoons. It's not easy, but it was still fun!
Another interesting tip is to look for reds in the coral or the fish. Ensure you are in a good lighted position. The reds will provide great contrast to the blue water.
Dive Site: Windsock
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster by Sindelfingen
$9,905,000 USD | Sold
From Sotheby's:
LONG-TAIL, HIGH-DOOR, COVERED SPARE: THE ULTIMATE 540 K
All Sindelfingen body styles for the Mercedes-Benz 540 K evolved through generations and variations, and the Special Roadster was no exception. Its original low-door style, essentially the same as the previous 500 K, was eventually succeeded by the so-called long-tail, high-door design. This is the car that enthusiasts think of when envisioning the iconic 540 K Special Roadster: great flamboyant sweeps of subtly skirted fenders, their power accentuated by a set-back radiator, and doors that curve back past a concealed top into a flowing upturned tail. It is as visually perfect a design as ever existed in the 1930s.
This is particularly true of the cars produced with a covered rear spare, hidden beneath a flush decklid with a very subtle, chrome-edged dorsal fin—a nod, perhaps, to French coachwork trends. It is the covered-spare, long-tail, high-door design that forms, truly, the ultimate Special Roadster, and the ultimate expression of Sindelfingen’s skill.
Just three original examples of this most sought-after design remain extant, of which that offered here is the only one presently available for sale now out of long-term ownership.
THE KING’S SPECIAL ROADSTER
According to a copy of the original Kommission paper, a copy of which is on file, the car was ordered for the King of Afghanistan in May 1937, and was delivered to him in Kabul in September 1937. The last monarch of his country, Mohammed Zahir Shah had succeeded his assassinated father not even four years earlier, at the age of 19, but for his first three decades left the country in the charge of his uncles. During this time Afghanistan built diplomatic relations with the great powers of the world, organized a national bank and state industries, and saw the construction of modern roads upon which a young King could motor swiftly around a rapidly growing and increasingly modern Kabul.
Later owner Vernon Jarvis noted in an accession form for his collection that “at the outbreak of World War II, [the 540 K] was sent to France and stored at the Afghanistan Embassy in Paris, where it remained until 1948. The King then gave it to his son-in-law...who brought it to England in 1950 and drove it only occasionally in London until 1952. The Prince sold it to Chipstead Motors, Limited in London during the summer of 1953, from whom it was purchased by Mr. A.W. Giles of Old Catton, Norwich, England for Mr. Vernon D. Jarvis, Dec. 22, 1953.” The car was shipped from London to Jacksonville, Florida, via the Ocean Ranger, to begin its new life abroad.
“HISTORY ON WHEELS” AT SILVER SPRINGS
Vernon D. Jarvis was a successful businessman from Illinois and an early American collector of Full Classics, building an enviable stable that included truly outstanding examples of Duesenberg, Delahaye, Isotta Fraschini, Cord, and many other great marques. His exceptional cars, including this 540 K, were exhibited alongside an impressive model circus, period-correct storefronts, and other oddments of the past in the Carriage Cavalcade, later known as the Early American Museum, built by Jarvis at the Florida tourist destination of Silver Springs.
For 30 years, visiting families could take a break from riding in glass-bottom boats or observing the milking of rattlesnakes at Ross Allen’s Reptile Institute, and view not just “History on Wheels,” but truly one of the best collections of prewar automobiles ever assembled in this country—a surreal experience only possible in mid-century America. Photographs on file show the car on exhibit in the spot lit halls of the roadside museum, as well as, in one of its few journeys “out,” at a 1958 car show in Sebring.
In 1986, the 540 K was acquired by Robert Bahre, known for his highly astute and ahead-of-his-time connoisseurship of excellent cars, including several important Mercedes-Benzes. Mr. Bahre was known for his bravado in the pursuit of exactly the right automobile; to acquire its motoring treasures, he quite literally bought the contents of the Early American Museum, en masse and wall-to-wall, right down to Mrs. Jarvis’s doll collection and costumed mannequins. In Mr. Bahre’s ownership, the King’s Special Roadster appeared in Beverly Rae Kimes’ noted book, The Classic Car, in 1990. Not long thereafter, it was sold to the current owners, as Mr. Bahre embarked upon the construction of his masterpiece, the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
CONSERVED
Since its acquisition for the collection, the 540 K has remained tucked away, seldom emerging for public view and, significantly, escaping the restorer’s touch. Indeed, to this day the car is still wearing the two-tone maroon finish and “new” floor mats, top cover, and leather seat upholstery that Vernon Jarvis described applying in December 1953. The Jarvis acquisition document notes that upon the 540 K’s purchase it had recorded 11,700 miles, but the odometer was reset as part of the previous work; today the odometer reflects 883 miles, indicating that this Special Roadster has yet to cover its 13,000th mile.
As one would expect, the car remains, with the exception of the aforementioned cosmetic finishes, a largely untouched and undisturbed. Not only does it retain all of its original mechanical components and the factory Typenshield and Kommission tags, it is rolling on the period Dunlop tires on which it likely emerged from England and even bears the body number stamped in the original floorboards.
One of the few surviving important pre-war cars remaining in such condition, its state of preservation, increasingly appreciated by connoisseurs today, is part and parcel of what makes it so highly significant.
Offered with a small collection of documents and photographs assembled by marque specialist Jonathan Sierakowski, having had only five private owners in seven decades, and kept exactly as road-trippers once ogled it at Silver Springs, the King of Afghanistan Special Roadster is one of the great supercharged Mercedes-Benzes and, in fact, among the ultimate Classics.
There is none other with its patina, its originality, or its past, which combine in an aura all its own.
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Kristina and I headed over to RM Sotheby's at the Monterey Conference Center to view some glorious cars at their auction preview.
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Had a blast with our auto-enthusiast friend and neighbor, Fred, at Monterey Car Week 2022.
On October 15, blind and visually impaired students took to the streets to raise awareness of pedestrian safety.
Dakkhina Bahadur, 30, is physically and visually impaired, who lives with her husband and two children at Baraikhali in Dacope upazila in Khulna. Cyclone Amphan destroyed her stock of “Chaar”, or catching equipment for crabs made from bamboo. Her business of selling Chaar was steady before the Covid-19 pandemic, but that came to a halt soon after. She received cash support from UN Women as a victim of Cyclone Amphan as well as the Covid-19 pandemic, which she used to purchase raw materials for making new batches of Chaar. This helped her to resume selling the item again. Business has not been brisk compared to the pre-pandemic days six months ago, but at least now she has begun again.
Photo: UN Women/Fahad Kaizer
EARLY USES:
The building was enormous, grand, and visually attractive, but was neither convenient nor practical. Corridors were on the sea-facing front of the building, leaving the wards facing the inner courtyard with little light and air. Ventilation in general was poor, with unpleasant smells lingering around the vast building. In 1867, journalist Matthew Wallingford paid a visit to the hospital to write a report for the local parish newsletter:
It was a ghastly display of deception to say the least. To the naked eye it is a triumph of modern architecture, but should you inherit the misfortune to be sectioned there, one would not think of the place as so. It is not so much as the greatest military hospital in the world as much as it is a rather impractical waste of government finance.
Early patients arriving from campaigns taking place all over the world during the expansion of the British Empire had an uncomfortable journey to the hospital, either having to be transferred to a shallow-draft boat if landing at the pier, or transported from Netley station to the hospital if arriving by rail.
The hospital was particularly busy during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) which, when the project was further encouraged by Queen Victoria, provided the impetus for extending the railway line. The extension terminated at a station behind the hospital but was awkward to operate, having gradients which were steep for the locomotives of the time. Some trains needed a locomotive at each end to travel that ¾ of a mile.
The railway and pier were also used for Queen Victoria's frequent visits to the hospital; she often arrived at the pier having been conveyed in the Royal Yacht from her residence on the Isle of Wight, Osborne House. She awarded three Victoria Crosses to patients at the hospital.
From its construction until 1902, Netley Hospital served as the home of the Army Medical School, training civilian doctors for service with the army. In A Study in Scarlet, Dr. Watson recounts his earlier life before meeting Sherlock Holmes; it is established that Watson received his medical degree from the University of London in 1878, and had gone on to train at Netley Hospital as a surgeon in the Army. As many patients were suffering from tropical diseases, the hospital was also used for medical research. The first thing that confronted anyone entering the imposing central tower block was a large museum of natural history and anatomical specimens, reflecting the interests of many of the doctors.
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Visually linking the stylish washbasins, shower trays and bathtubs, WCs, bidets, furniture and accessories is the signature "dOt", a circular hollow or cut-out that decorates practically every object in the series - and is, at the same time, a function detail. ILBAGNOALESSI dOt – a cooperative venture between Alessi, LAUFEN and Oras – is designed by Wiel Arets and Good Design Award 2009 winner.
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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.
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Caption: May you always see the world through the eyes of a child. 285 million people are blind or visually impaired, but 80% don't have to be. Raise awareness, we are #strongertogether
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