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Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) is located in Chicago, Illinois in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood adjacent to Lake Michigan. It is housed in the former Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Initially endowed by Sears, Roebuck and Company president and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald, it first opened in 1933 during the Century of Progress Exposition.
Among its diverse and expansive exhibits, the Museum features a working coal mine, a German submarine (U-505) captured during World War II, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad, the first diesel-powered streamlined stainless-steel passenger train (Pioneer Zephyr), and a NASA space capsule used on the Apollo 8 mission.
Pella Tulip Collection
1. Pella Tulip, 2. Tulip, 3. Tulip time, 4. Colours, 5. All Alone ..., 6. Angel's smile, 7. Little master, 8. Kids in action, 9. Vermeer Mill, 10. Pella Architecture, 11. Dutch Architecture, 12. Yellow Tulip, 13. Tulip Time Tower, 14. IMG_8496, 15. Tulip, 16. Fountain, 17. White Tulip, 18. Tulip.., 19. Parade, 20. Sweet child o mine...
Most Viewed Set
1. It's Green, 2. Together forever, 3. Flamingo, 4. Chicago Skyline 002, 5. By the Green River, 6. When the sun goes down.., 7. All Alone ..., 8. Bahai temple, 9. Lakeshore, 10. Walk along the shore.., 11. Bird's eye view, 12. Chicago Skyline 005, 13. Chicago Skyline 004, 14. Chicago Skyline 001, 15. Bahai temple, 16. Chicago Skyline, 17. Blue Sky, 18. Dream on dreamer !!, 19. Father & Son, 20. Hope, joy and faith.., 21. Bahai temple, 22. Bahai temple, 23. On the way.., 24. light my fire, 25. Bahai temple, 26. Bahai temple, 27. Bahai temple, 28. Destination Nowhere, 29. Light my fire ..., 30. Bahai temple, 31. Bahai temple, 32. Patna College, 33. Sky is the limit !!, 34. Bahai temple, 35. Navy Pier, 36. Sears tower
The Crown Fountain
Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and inspired by the people of Chicago, The Crown Fountain is a major addition to the city's world-renowned public art collection. The fountain consists of two 50-foot glass block towers at each end of a shallow reflecting pool.
The towers project video images from a broad social spectrum of Chicago citizens, a reference to the traditional use of gargoyles in fountains, where faces of mythological beings were sculpted with open mouths to allow water, a symbol of life, to flow out. Plensa adapted this practice by having faces of Chicago citizens projected on LED screens and having water flow through a water outlet in the screen to give the illusion of water spouting from their mouths. The collection of faces, Plensa's tribute to Chicagoans, was taken from a cross-section of 1,000 residents.
By the Green River
54th edition of the downtown St. Patrick's Day @ Chicago. Every year on St. Patrick's Day, the river is dyed green.
Bill King, the administrator of Chicago's St. Patrick's Day committee, stated that "the idea of dyeing the Chicago River green originally came about by accident when a group of plumbers were using fluorescein dye to trace illegal substances that were polluting the river".
The secret ingredients used to dye the river green today are claimed to be safe and not harmful to the thousands of living organisms that find a habitat in the Chicago river.
Lost in wilderness...
I often have wandered in deep contemplationIt seems that the mind runs wild when youre all aloneThe way that it could beThe way that it should beThings I'd do differently if I could do them again
Ive always loved spring time, the passing of winterThe green of the new leaves and life goin onThe promise of morningThe long days of summerWarm nights of loving her beneath the bright starsJ Denver
Colors changing huemorning fields of amber grainweathered faces lined in painare soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
Evening Silhouette
As I walk alone
Through each troubled day
I hope the lord above will help guide my way
As I walk alone
Through the valleys ,I will roam
Searching for the rivers leading to my home
To my home , As I walk alone
Listening to the wise men from the years of old
Trying to remember the words the Bible told
As I walk alone
Towards heaven I will fly
If the devil calls me I'll pass him by Pass him by
As I walk alone
Light my fire ...
The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby, light my fire....
Flames ...
Blew for a little life, and made a flame
Which was a mockery; then they lifted up
Their eyes as it grew lighter, and
Each other's aspects. saw, and shriek'd, and died, beheld
By Lord Byron
Hope, joy and Faith...
I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci
My roots...
Many shops in India follow this age old practise of hanging Lime and Green Chilli at the entrance.Its considered auspicious and protects the business and prosperity of the shop. Nimbu Mirchi : Buri Nazar wale ......
Lost in his deep thoughts
Thela wala busy mixing his Tobacco special(khaani) after a hard day at work
Dream On Dreamer !!
I stand amid the roar, Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand, Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep,Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep! O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp? O God! can I not save One from the pitiless wave? I
s all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream?
Edgar Allan Poe
Temple of Faith
Designed by Canadian Louis Bourgeois, the building was dedicated on May 1, 1953, over thirty years after the cornerstone was laid by Abdu’l Baha, son of Bahá’u’lláh (the prophet-founder of the faith). Today, the temple is undergoing various seen and unseen renovations as part of the Baha’i-funded Kingdom Project.
There are currently seven Baha'i Houses of Worship in the world. Each temple has its own distinctive design, and yet conforms to a set of architectural requirements that give a unifying theme. All Baha'i Houses of Worship must have nine sides and a central dome.Construction of the Baha'i House of Worship for the North American Continent in Wilmette, Ill. was completed in 1953. On the lower level of the House of Worship is Foundation Hall (the oldest part of the temple) and the Cornerstone Room, which contains the cornerstone laid by Abdu'l-Baha in 1912. The auditorium features walls of lace-like ornamentation and a dome rising 135 feet above the main floor.
Baha'is believe:•the purpose of life is to know and worship God, to acquire virtues, to promote the oneness of humankind and to carry forward an ever-advancing civilization •all humanity was created by one God and is part of one human race •work performed in the spirit of service is a form of worship •the soul, created at the moment of conception, is destined by God to reach the afterlife, where it will continue to progress until it attains the presence of God .
Baha'is practice:•daily prayer and communion with God •high moral principles, including trustworthiness, chastity and honesty •independent investigation of truth •a life dedicated to the service of humanity •fellowship with the followers of all religions •avoidance of excessive materialism, partisan politics, backbiting, alcohol, drugs and gambling
Baha’i Houses of Worship feature no depictions of figures of the faith, both because Baha’is avoid portraying the founders in art forms and as a sign of respect for other faiths. Baha’i temples are meant to serve as places of interfaith activity, where all people of faiths can worship God.
Arabic phrase in the center of the dome (a Baha'i symbol known as the Greatest Name that reads "O Glory of the Most Glorious!"); a few lines from the writings of Bahá’u’lláh bordering the tops of the building’s interior walls; and nine-pointed stars, a symbol commonly used by Baha’is to represent their faith.
On the road...
When I look down that road,
I see the world inside this town.
I weave the threads of my life
That lead me to where I stand now.
Melissa Manchester
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