Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Delight

Delight
Wheel 
Prov.21:20
"There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up."
 

Ps.1:6
"For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish."

Eccles 10:20  
" Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."

Prov.20:26
"A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them."






View of Vernazza from path
View of Vernazza to the Sea

"Socrates' death is the ultimate proof of his sincerity"~~~Karl Popper


Colossal Statue of King Tut...One of two nearly identical colossal images, this statue was excavated by the Oriental Institute from the ruins of an ancient temple built in western Thebes (modern Luxor). Because two such statues were excavated, the Egyptian government gave one of the pair to the Oriental Institute. The other statue is in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.



Chess:  "Wheel" "Delight"

"ALASKA" "Arabia" "Trust""chapeau" "buffalo wings" "barley" "King crab manitas" "calculus" "only a vague intuitive grasp of the meaning of greatness in literature" [Gilbert Highet ("Pears")] "estante" "repisa" "shelf" "tamiz: zaranda" "rain"

Note: military code and etiquette for wearing hats.

"ferris wheel" The Ferris wheel is named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and he was a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania bridge-builder. He began his career in the railroad industry and then pursued an interest in bridge building. Ferris understood the growing need for structural steel and founded G.W.G. Ferris & Co. in Pittsburgh, a firm that tested and inspected metals for railroads and bridge builders.
Ferris designed and built the first 264 foot (80 meter) wheel for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois in 1893. The wheel was intended as a rival to the Eiffel Tower, the centerpiece of the 1889 Paris exhibition. This first wheel could carry 2,160 persons. The Ferris wheel was the largest attraction at the Columbian Exposition standing over 250' tall and powered by two 1000 HP steam engines. There were 36 cars accommodating 60 people each (40 seated, 20 standing). It took 20 minutes for the wheel to make two revolutions—the first to make six stops to allow passengers to exit and enter; the 2nd a single non-stop revolution—and for that, the ticket holder paid 50 cents. The wheel was moved twice after the 1893 Fair and was eventually destroyed (by controlled demolition) in 1906 after it was used at the St. Louis exposition of that year. At 70 tons, its axle was the largest steel forging of the time. It was 26 stories tall, only a quarter of the Eiffel Tower's height.[1]

Eccles 10:20 " Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter."

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