In Jakarta, however, his passion for construction could only get him so far. All the Sisyphean dredging, the endless concrete inches slathered on sea walls, the duct tape solutions could not raise Jakarta above the sea’s reach. And so Mr. Joko has turned to a different solution: If Jakarta cannot be saved, he will start over.
Henry Moore
Moon Head, conceived in 1964, this cast was executed in 1971
porcelain, on a wooden base
28.6 cm high, excluding base
Private collection
is a publication describing the positions of a selection of
celestial bodies for the purpose of enabling navigators to use
celestial navigation to determine the position of their ship while at sea. The Almanac specifies for each whole hour of the year the position on the Earth's surface (in
declination and
Greenwich hour angle) at which the
sun,
moon,
planets and
first point of Aries is directly overhead. The positions of 57 selected
stars are specified relative to the
first point of Aries.
- 音節dec • li • na • tion
- 発音dèklənéiʃən
- 1傾斜，下降；堕落；衰微
- 2（標準からの）逸脱
- 3丁寧な断り；（公職への任命に対する）正式の辞退
- 4《天文》赤緯；《物理学》（地磁気の）偏角
nautical
[形]海員の；船舶の；海上の, 航海［海事］の
nautical terminology
海事［航海］用語.
NORTH AMERICAN
make a new beginning.
"could you face going back to school and starting over?"
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