Category: IMAGE

Raging Fire | 20140915

Raging Fire | 20140915 | 1-memo•com | Heerenlogement building in Leiden, Sept 15, 1976.
In the early hours of Sept 15, 1976 the historic Heerenlogement buidling (1652 – Leiden , Holland) was on fire. I was living nearby then at the bottom of the ‘De Burcht’ (a 11th century shell keep). After midnight I was listening to music via headphones when I noticed the sound of the raging flames. I took my Asahi Pentax SLR camera and tripod and went up the hill of De Burcht to take pictures around 1.30 AM.
Image Michel van der Burg – scan of vintage print on silk-screened – grid – photo paper, making it difficult to scan and a lot of work to restore the image.

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Just before the fire it had been decided to start the restauration of this monument (once a ‘city inn’) as a future location for a new central public library. The attached scaffolding is showing in this picture.
Two weeks later a 17 year-old pyromaniac confessed having set fire to the buiding – he had actually helped that night extinguising the fire and getting coffee for the fire brigade. July 1980 the new public library moved in a the beautifully restaured Heerenlogement building. I – being a ‘poor’ student with a part time evening job – sold some negatives but not the copyright of my images 😉 for 400 dutch guilders (around $200) to the head of that library who planned to have a large print made for the boardroom … and, so I could have a short vacation in Normandie with my future wife and kids 😉 The official opening by queen Beatrix was in 1981.
The image below shows the front page and 1 page inside from the library pamphlet on the opening 11 june 1981.

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Blowing Bubbles | 20140914

Blowing Bubbles | 20140914 | 1-memo•com | I’m forever blowing bubbles, Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams ….

They fade and die.
Fortune’s always hiding,
I’ve looked everywhere,
I’m forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

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Happy Piglets | 20140913

Happy Piglets | 20140913 | 1-memo•com | Look ! lucky , happy – dutch: kijk ! geluk – piglets on farm ‘t Geertje , Zoeterwoude , Hollland . TakeNode ID 7470f533-2348-4ff9-9f89-e10dcc9cd053

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H’appy | 20140912

H’appy | 20140912 | 1-memo•com | Hazerswoude , Holland. Jolie pomme – hors d’oeuvre for cider, calva, and Normandy autumn pictures.

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Out Of Service | 20140911

Out Of Service | 20140911 | 1-memo•com | In the morning of 9/11 2001 logistics forced me to officially announce a temporarily – 1 week – ‘out of service’ of our Leiden islet isolation and transplant center. Our center was started earlier that summer of 2001 at the Leiden University Medical Center. So, I decided to have a short vacation abroad – heaven, after being on call 24/7 almost non stop for years. Later that day at home, I was downstairs watching TV — because upstairs near my workroom the central heating was being replaced – when I saw the CNN breaking news about the plane crashing into the World Trade Center. That day would become a landmark in history and the course of my life.

Background image : Microscopy picture I took of purified human Islets of Langerhans – tiny clumps (size around 1/10 mm or 1/25 inch) of 10s to 1000s of cells that produce hormones like insulin – these cells are just visible when you enlarge this 50x microscopy picture : as tiny translucent ‘balls’ or ‘spheres’. The red color is from a stain that binds to the insulin cells.
Iodixanol-UWS purified human islets, stained with dithizone. Original magnification 50x.

Title: mvdb20041118_114555m0400.tif
Creator: Michael P.M. van der Burg
Caption/Description: Iodixanol-UWS purified human islets, stained with dithizone. Original magnification 50x. Copyright Notice: Copyright © 2004 M.P.M. van der Burg. All rights reserved. Digital Creation Date: 18 Nov 2004

References

Image published in : Transplantatie van eilandjes van Langerhans bij patiënten met diabetes mellitus type 1. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2005 1 januari;149(1) – URL https://www.ntvg.nl/system/files/publications/2005100120001a.pdf

Efficacy of the novel iodixanol-UWS density gradient for human islet purification (Presentation publ. Archive Org – michelvanderburg, 19990125 )
https://archive.org/details/EfficacyOfTheNovelIodixanol-uwsDensityGradientForHumanIslet

25 Years of the Ricordi Automated Method for Islet Isolation. Piemonti L, Pileggi A. in CellR4 2013; 1(1): e128. – URL https://www.cellr4.org/article/128

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Fleurie | 20140910

Fleurie | 20140910 | 1-memo•com | Une vendangeuse ‘anonyme’ I met some 5 min taking pictures Sept. 1993 in Fleurie, Beaujolais , France. Yes, she shows ‘joie de vivre’ ! I was camping there, then. Recently, I read online, people being asked for the ‘vendange’ starting there sept 10th. TakeNode ID d78302d7-1d43-4f29-a19d-94d2e823d2c9

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