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Saturday, May 22, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Three News Articles + Text MashUp
Angela Merkel
Nefertiti Gets a New Palace
Revamped Neues Museum Finally Opens in Berlin
For seven decades Berlin's Neues Museum was a derelict, bomb-scarred shell -- but finally it is back, boasting a star-studded cast including the 3,400-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially opens the restored museum on Friday.
It's a day that took decades to arrive. One of the jewels of Berlin's Museum Island complex will reopen its doors. The Neues Museum reopens on Friday, meaning that the entire ensemble of Berlin's neoclassical galleries will be open for the first time since World War II.
"It is a special day ... 70 years after it was closed, this building can be handed over to the public again," Hermann Parzinger, the head of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin's museums, told journalists ahead of the opening of the galleries, which will hold the city's Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Pre- and Early History. "It is, in a way, the end of the postwar era for the Museum Island."
The star of the show will be the limestone-and-stucco bust of Nefertiti, which has been in Germany since 1913. Reflecting her status in the world of art history, the beautiful object will reside alone in a dome-ceilinged room which overlooks the length of the museum.
The museum has been closed since the beginning of the war in 1939, when its artifacts were taken into storage. Situated in the former East Germany, it was left in its war-torn state due to lack of funds. Nefertiti and thousands of other items have now been returned to their former home for the first time.
Alongside the historic artifacts, the space also houses a stretch of barbed wire from the Berlin Wall, a timely addition given next month's 20-year anniversary of the fall of the east-west divide.
And the neoclassical architecture, recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site, has been lent a modernist touch by British architect David Chipperfield. His painstaking €233-million ($347 million) revamp has sparked controversy by leaving some of the historic decay untouched. White modern stairways sweep past old bricks pocked by bullets in World War II, original columns still have fire damage and neo-classical mosaics and pseudo-Egyptian murals still seem to flake away on ceilings and walls.
The high-profile opening has also reignited an ongoing row about the museum's centerpiece, with Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass telling a number of German newspapers that Nefertiti belongs to his country. Speaking to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Hawass said an official investigation had been launched into how Nefertiti came to Germany. "If she left Egypt illegally, which I am convinced she did, then I will officially demand it back from Germany," he told the daily.
At the press conference ahead of the opening, Parzinger said any relevant documents would be given to the Egyptian authorities. He stressed he was "confident" Nefertiti's place in Berlin was secure.
This weekend Nefertiti's steely gaze will be the major draw for Berliners who are expected to flock to the public opening. The Neues Museum will be free for visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers are braced for a mass turnout, providing hot drinks for the thousands expected to stand in line, despite the forecast of rain.
jas -- with wire reports
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655577,00.html
08/05/2010
Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr was born on February 20, 1983 in Sydney, Australia. She is an Australian fashion model.
Biography and Career :
She was raised in a small town Gunnedah and moved to Brisbane after a short period of time. Her heritage is Turkish, Serbian and Filipino.
In 1997 at the age of 13 she won the Dolly/Impulse Modeling Competition and entered the press attention because of her small age.
Some said about her she looks like Audrey Hepburn, Gemma Ward andLily Cole. Her success was amazing and she received jobs in many campaigns and fashion shows. She also participated in fashion shoots, television commercials and magazine covers.
She has modeled for Maybeline, Levis, Portmans, Jets, Blumarine Swimwear, John Richmond, Lisa Ho, Veet, Bonds and Peter Alexander, Elle, Ha
rpers Bazar, Italian Glamour, Oyster, Squint and Australian Vogue as well as walked for important fashion designers such as Anna Mollinari, Just Cavalli, Blumarine, Baby Phat, Enrico Coveri, Amuleti J, Cia Maritima, Betsey Johnson and John Richmond.
Miranda appeared in Pharrell and Kanye West music video "Number 1" and was the first Australian model who modeled for Victoria's Secret
Why is Miranda Kerr famous?
Miranda Kerr is famous because she is a talented and beautiful model. Miranda Kerr is a sexy woman who is admired an appreciated by many important people from world of modeling and in the same time by her fans. Miranda Kerr is famous because she knows how to be liked by the people.
Why do we like Miranda Kerr?
We like Miranda Kerr because she is a beautiful woman loved and desired by many men. She is one of the best models from the entire world and is very famous because of her career and because she is the lover of the famous actor Orlando Bloom.
http://people.famouswhy.com/miranda_kerr/
08/05/2010
Helen Keller
Mission and History
En Français
Our Mission
Our mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.
Our Vision
We envision a world where…
• No one suffers from preventable or treatable blindness or low vision;
• No one suffers from under-nutrition; and
• Fewer people suffer loss of their productive years due to disability and premature death.
To accomplish this, HKI builds the capacity of local governmental, civil society and private sector systems and infrastructure, and promotes the development of sustained, large scale programs that deliver effective preventative and curative eye health and nutrition services. These services are integrated into ongoing programs and initiatives, and are delivered in cost-effective and practical ways that take into account actual community health needs and local realities. Their design is firmly rooted in scientific evidence.
Our History
Founded in 1915 by Helen Keller and George Kessler, Helen Keller International (HKI) is among the oldest international nonprofit organizations devoted to preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition. Headquartered in New York City, HKI works in 22 countries: 13 in Africa, 8 in Asia-Pacific, and the United States.
HKI builds local capacity to combat blindness and malnutrition by establishing low-cost, sustainable programs. We also provide scientific and technical assistance, as well as invaluable research and data, to governments and international, regional, national and local organizations around the world to help expand current approaches and develop effective new approaches.
Some of the highlights in our journey toward a century of service include:
1915-1920
HKI traces its history to the life’s work of two extraordinary individuals, Helen Keller and George Kessler. Kessler was a wealthy New York merchant who survived the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. While recovering in London, he resolved to devote his remaining years to helping soldiers blinded in combat.
In November 1915, George and his wife Cora Parsons Kessler formally organize the British, French, and Belgian Permanent Blind Relief War Fund in Paris; George Raverat is head of European operations. The Kesslers ask Helen Keller, then 35 years old, for her support. She enthusiastically agrees, and the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for Soldiers & Sailors of the Allies is incorporated in New York State in 1919. The Fund opens a school and workshop for the blind in Belgium; schools in France teach blind veterans how to make chairs and brushes, and how to knit.
1920-1930
Kessler dies in 1920 and New York lawyer William Nelson Cromwell succeeds him. Under his leadership, the organization develops a press that prints books and music in Braille. In 1925, the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund expands its focus to serve blind civilians as well as veterans, and changes its name to the American Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind. The press publishes books with a total of five million pages of Braille writing, five periodicals and various pieces of music. The output is distributed to libraries in France, England, the United States, Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and Yugoslavia.
1930-1940
The Press issues the first “talking book” in 1937, and makes plans to aid soldiers who would inevitably be blinded in World War II.
1940-1950
During the German occupation of France, the Press’ building is requisitioned by the German Admiralty and eventually by the Gestapo. After World War II, the Press affiliates with the American Foundation for the Blind. To reflect that close association, it changes its name to the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind (AFOB) and adds rehabilitation to its mission. In 1949, spearheaded by AFOB, an International Conference of Workers for the Blind, attended by representatives of the United Nations and UNESCO is held; landmark resolutions are passed that stress the need to give blind people the physical, psychological and technical means to take their place in society, with a particular emphasis on education.
1950-1960
AFOB continues to expand and starts programs in China, Iran, Israel and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
1960-1970
In 1966, at the First African Conference on Work for the Blind, discussions are held about taking steps to prevent blindness while continuing to help those already afflicted. Research intensifies in four primary causes of blindness: trachoma, onchocerciasis, cataract and nutritional blindness. AFOB begins to shift its efforts toward blindness prevention and treatment, and starts distributing vitamin A capsules in Asia-Pacific and Central America to combat blindness caused by malnutrition.
1970-1980
Dr. Alfred Sommer of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducts groundbreaking studies in collaboration with AFOB on vitamin A deficiency (VAD), proving for the first time that VAD not only causes blindness, but also decreases the risk of childhood mortality by 23-34%. Realizing that small expenditures can bring life-altering results, AFOB begins distributing vitamin A capsules on a massive scale to combat nutritional blindness. Onchocerciasis control programs begin in Africa. In 1977, the organization adopts the name of Helen Keller International to recognize the contributions of Helen Keller in helping not only the blind, but also those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged.
1980-1990
Tens of millions of children worldwide receive vitamin A capsules through HKI’s efforts, and the rate of childhood blindness around the world begins to fall dramatically. HKI and partners help develop the SAFE strategy for trachoma control. A new drug Mectizan® (ivermectin), developed by Merck & Co., Inc., proves effective for onchocerciasis prevention and control; HKI launches programs to distribute the drug to vulnerable communities in Africa and Asia-Pacific.
1990 – 2000
Cataract treatment programs are established in 13 countries. Homestead Food Production begins in Bangladesh. HKI begins promoting orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes to enrich diets in Niger. ChildSight®, HKI’s first domestic programs, is inaugurated in the U.S. “to bring education into focusTM” for underserved school children. HKI joins VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020.
2000-Today
HKI’s offices in New York City are destroyed during 9.11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; no employees were injured, although Helen Keller’s archives are lost. HKI begins its leadership role in West Africa to promote food fortification. After the 2004 tsunami, HKI helps distribute multi-micronutrient Sprinkles® as part of the large-scale relief efforts. HKI creates programs that address the nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. The 250 millionth dose of Mectizan® (ivermectin) is distributed in Tanzania, while ChildSight® provides its one millionth vision screening in the U.S. HKI is awarded the 2009 Champalimaud Award for its blindness prevention work in developing countries.
© 2010 Helen Keller International. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.hki.org/about-us/mission-and-history/
08/05/2010
Text MashUP relating to power.
* This is not the belief of the blogger nor the belief of the sites the texts derived from.
Nefertiti Gets a New Palace
Revamped Neues Museum Finally Opens in Berlin
For seven decades Berlin's Neues Museum was a derelict, bomb-scarred shell -- but finally it is back, boasting a star-studded cast including the 3,400-year-old bust of the Egyptian queen Nefertiti. German Chancellor Angela Merkel officially opens the restored museum on Friday.
It's a day that took decades to arrive. One of the jewels of Berlin's Museum Island complex will reopen its doors. The Neues Museum reopens on Friday, meaning that the entire ensemble of Berlin's neoclassical galleries will be open for the first time since World War II.
"It is a special day ... 70 years after it was closed, this building can be handed over to the public again," Hermann Parzinger, the head of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, which oversees Berlin's museums, told journalists ahead of the opening of the galleries, which will hold the city's Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Pre- and Early History. "It is, in a way, the end of the postwar era for the Museum Island."
The star of the show will be the limestone-and-stucco bust of Nefertiti, which has been in Germany since 1913. Reflecting her status in the world of art history, the beautiful object will reside alone in a dome-ceilinged room which overlooks the length of the museum.
The museum has been closed since the beginning of the war in 1939, when its artifacts were taken into storage. Situated in the former East Germany, it was left in its war-torn state due to lack of funds. Nefertiti and thousands of other items have now been returned to their former home for the first time.
Alongside the historic artifacts, the space also houses a stretch of barbed wire from the Berlin Wall, a timely addition given next month's 20-year anniversary of the fall of the east-west divide.
And the neoclassical architecture, recognized as a UNESCO world heritage site, has been lent a modernist touch by British architect David Chipperfield. His painstaking €233-million ($347 million) revamp has sparked controversy by leaving some of the historic decay untouched. White modern stairways sweep past old bricks pocked by bullets in World War II, original columns still have fire damage and neo-classical mosaics and pseudo-Egyptian murals still seem to flake away on ceilings and walls.
The high-profile opening has also reignited an ongoing row about the museum's centerpiece, with Egyptian antiquities chief Zahi Hawass telling a number of German newspapers that Nefertiti belongs to his country. Speaking to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Hawass said an official investigation had been launched into how Nefertiti came to Germany. "If she left Egypt illegally, which I am convinced she did, then I will officially demand it back from Germany," he told the daily.
At the press conference ahead of the opening, Parzinger said any relevant documents would be given to the Egyptian authorities. He stressed he was "confident" Nefertiti's place in Berlin was secure.
This weekend Nefertiti's steely gaze will be the major draw for Berliners who are expected to flock to the public opening. The Neues Museum will be free for visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Organizers are braced for a mass turnout, providing hot drinks for the thousands expected to stand in line, despite the forecast of rain.
jas -- with wire reports
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,655577,00.html
08/05/2010
Miranda Kerr
Miranda Kerr was born on February 20, 1983 in Sydney, Australia. She is an Australian fashion model.
Biography and Career :
She was raised in a small town Gunnedah and moved to Brisbane after a short period of time. Her heritage is Turkish, Serbian and Filipino.
In 1997 at the age of 13 she won the Dolly/Impulse Modeling Competition and entered the press attention because of her small age.
Some said about her she looks like Audrey Hepburn, Gemma Ward andLily Cole. Her success was amazing and she received jobs in many campaigns and fashion shows. She also participated in fashion shoots, television commercials and magazine covers.
She has modeled for Maybeline, Levis, Portmans, Jets, Blumarine Swimwear, John Richmond, Lisa Ho, Veet, Bonds and Peter Alexander, Elle, Ha
rpers Bazar, Italian Glamour, Oyster, Squint and Australian Vogue as well as walked for important fashion designers such as Anna Mollinari, Just Cavalli, Blumarine, Baby Phat, Enrico Coveri, Amuleti J, Cia Maritima, Betsey Johnson and John Richmond.
Miranda appeared in Pharrell and Kanye West music video "Number 1" and was the first Australian model who modeled for Victoria's Secret
Why is Miranda Kerr famous?
Miranda Kerr is famous because she is a talented and beautiful model. Miranda Kerr is a sexy woman who is admired an appreciated by many important people from world of modeling and in the same time by her fans. Miranda Kerr is famous because she knows how to be liked by the people.
Why do we like Miranda Kerr?
We like Miranda Kerr because she is a beautiful woman loved and desired by many men. She is one of the best models from the entire world and is very famous because of her career and because she is the lover of the famous actor Orlando Bloom.
http://people.famouswhy.com/miranda_kerr/
08/05/2010
Helen Keller
Mission and History
En Français
Our Mission
Our mission is to save the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. We combat the causes and consequences of blindness and malnutrition by establishing programs based on evidence and research in vision, health and nutrition.
Our Vision
We envision a world where…
• No one suffers from preventable or treatable blindness or low vision;
• No one suffers from under-nutrition; and
• Fewer people suffer loss of their productive years due to disability and premature death.
To accomplish this, HKI builds the capacity of local governmental, civil society and private sector systems and infrastructure, and promotes the development of sustained, large scale programs that deliver effective preventative and curative eye health and nutrition services. These services are integrated into ongoing programs and initiatives, and are delivered in cost-effective and practical ways that take into account actual community health needs and local realities. Their design is firmly rooted in scientific evidence.
Our History
Founded in 1915 by Helen Keller and George Kessler, Helen Keller International (HKI) is among the oldest international nonprofit organizations devoted to preventing blindness and reducing malnutrition. Headquartered in New York City, HKI works in 22 countries: 13 in Africa, 8 in Asia-Pacific, and the United States.
HKI builds local capacity to combat blindness and malnutrition by establishing low-cost, sustainable programs. We also provide scientific and technical assistance, as well as invaluable research and data, to governments and international, regional, national and local organizations around the world to help expand current approaches and develop effective new approaches.
Some of the highlights in our journey toward a century of service include:
1915-1920
HKI traces its history to the life’s work of two extraordinary individuals, Helen Keller and George Kessler. Kessler was a wealthy New York merchant who survived the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915. While recovering in London, he resolved to devote his remaining years to helping soldiers blinded in combat.
In November 1915, George and his wife Cora Parsons Kessler formally organize the British, French, and Belgian Permanent Blind Relief War Fund in Paris; George Raverat is head of European operations. The Kesslers ask Helen Keller, then 35 years old, for her support. She enthusiastically agrees, and the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund for Soldiers & Sailors of the Allies is incorporated in New York State in 1919. The Fund opens a school and workshop for the blind in Belgium; schools in France teach blind veterans how to make chairs and brushes, and how to knit.
1920-1930
Kessler dies in 1920 and New York lawyer William Nelson Cromwell succeeds him. Under his leadership, the organization develops a press that prints books and music in Braille. In 1925, the Permanent Blind Relief War Fund expands its focus to serve blind civilians as well as veterans, and changes its name to the American Braille Press for War and Civilian Blind. The press publishes books with a total of five million pages of Braille writing, five periodicals and various pieces of music. The output is distributed to libraries in France, England, the United States, Belgium, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa and Yugoslavia.
1930-1940
The Press issues the first “talking book” in 1937, and makes plans to aid soldiers who would inevitably be blinded in World War II.
1940-1950
During the German occupation of France, the Press’ building is requisitioned by the German Admiralty and eventually by the Gestapo. After World War II, the Press affiliates with the American Foundation for the Blind. To reflect that close association, it changes its name to the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind (AFOB) and adds rehabilitation to its mission. In 1949, spearheaded by AFOB, an International Conference of Workers for the Blind, attended by representatives of the United Nations and UNESCO is held; landmark resolutions are passed that stress the need to give blind people the physical, psychological and technical means to take their place in society, with a particular emphasis on education.
1950-1960
AFOB continues to expand and starts programs in China, Iran, Israel and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
1960-1970
In 1966, at the First African Conference on Work for the Blind, discussions are held about taking steps to prevent blindness while continuing to help those already afflicted. Research intensifies in four primary causes of blindness: trachoma, onchocerciasis, cataract and nutritional blindness. AFOB begins to shift its efforts toward blindness prevention and treatment, and starts distributing vitamin A capsules in Asia-Pacific and Central America to combat blindness caused by malnutrition.
1970-1980
Dr. Alfred Sommer of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health conducts groundbreaking studies in collaboration with AFOB on vitamin A deficiency (VAD), proving for the first time that VAD not only causes blindness, but also decreases the risk of childhood mortality by 23-34%. Realizing that small expenditures can bring life-altering results, AFOB begins distributing vitamin A capsules on a massive scale to combat nutritional blindness. Onchocerciasis control programs begin in Africa. In 1977, the organization adopts the name of Helen Keller International to recognize the contributions of Helen Keller in helping not only the blind, but also those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged.
1980-1990
Tens of millions of children worldwide receive vitamin A capsules through HKI’s efforts, and the rate of childhood blindness around the world begins to fall dramatically. HKI and partners help develop the SAFE strategy for trachoma control. A new drug Mectizan® (ivermectin), developed by Merck & Co., Inc., proves effective for onchocerciasis prevention and control; HKI launches programs to distribute the drug to vulnerable communities in Africa and Asia-Pacific.
1990 – 2000
Cataract treatment programs are established in 13 countries. Homestead Food Production begins in Bangladesh. HKI begins promoting orange-fleshed sweetpotatoes to enrich diets in Niger. ChildSight®, HKI’s first domestic programs, is inaugurated in the U.S. “to bring education into focusTM” for underserved school children. HKI joins VISION 2020: The Right to Sight, a global initiative to eliminate avoidable blindness by 2020.
2000-Today
HKI’s offices in New York City are destroyed during 9.11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center; no employees were injured, although Helen Keller’s archives are lost. HKI begins its leadership role in West Africa to promote food fortification. After the 2004 tsunami, HKI helps distribute multi-micronutrient Sprinkles® as part of the large-scale relief efforts. HKI creates programs that address the nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS. The 250 millionth dose of Mectizan® (ivermectin) is distributed in Tanzania, while ChildSight® provides its one millionth vision screening in the U.S. HKI is awarded the 2009 Champalimaud Award for its blindness prevention work in developing countries.
© 2010 Helen Keller International. All Rights Reserved.
http://www.hki.org/about-us/mission-and-history/
08/05/2010
Text MashUP relating to power.
"War is beautiful because it creates new architecture."Marinetti *
* This is not the belief of the blogger nor the belief of the sites the texts derived from.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Crysis Images Update (Better Images and Self Critiqued)
Daytime Image of the Building.
Con: How to turn off the Lights Automatically in the daytime?
Night Time Image of the Buildings.
Pro; The Lighting effects from the Light up Textures, Dark Texture resembles stars at night.
Con; Lights Not reflecting in Water.
Day Time Image of the Meeting Area with a Blow Hole in the middle of the Garden.
Pro; Terrain Textures , Trees placement and the shadows cast from the trees onto the Terrain.
Con; Voxel's cause 'ripping' of the Terrain, Blow Hole not automated
Night Time Image of Charles Darwin's Area.
Pro; Lighting and Shadows cast from lights from Textures.
Con; The process to attain the textures cast on the ground from the Lights is not Refined enough to limit the use of Game Engine Resources.
View of Meeting Area from Hawking's Tower showing erupting Blow Hole
Pro; Voxel created cave.
Con; Blow Hole is dark from this distance where as it works best up close.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SketchUp Link
My SketchUp Model can be found in the Google 3D Warehouse Here
Texturees used in the Sketchup Model
Texture 1. Light
Texturees used in the Sketchup Model
Texture 1. Light
Texture 2. Dark
Texture 3. Light & Shadow
Texture 4. Light & Dark Contrast (Two Textures Tiled)
Crysis Environment Link
The Crysis Environment created for Experiment Two: The Space Between can be found Here
5 Images of Crysis Environment & Architecture
The view of the combined rectangular forms in the Crysis environment from the Meeting Area. Stephen Hawking has the area on the right for it is higher can closer to space which S. Hawking often talks about. Charles Darwin has the lower area which starts in the ocean.
The interconnected prisms and the landscape light up with lights at night.
The view of the Meeting Area from the top of Hawking's contemplation area.
The Meeting Area is a garden for a relaxed informal gathering which is accessed from both ends of the building by a road.
Charles Darwin's Area where he can observe the native wild life walk out of the ocean and start it's life cycle depicted in this image by a turtle.
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