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A detail of the new Richard III memorial windows by Thomas Denny, installed last week at Leicester Cathedral (I was lucky enough to be drafted in for some finishing touches at the very end and thus was able to photograph the windows from the scaffold).
For more on the complex imagery in these superb windows see the artist's statement below:-
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Between Thursday, 8.12. and Tuesday, 13.12., the paradise-on-earth Portuguese island transformed into a hotbed of digital art and culture once more.
MADEIRADiG Festival 2022: www.madeiradig.com
All pictures by Roland Owsnitzki
Between Thursday, 8.12. and Tuesday, 13.12., the paradise-on-earth Portuguese island transformed into a hotbed of digital art and culture once more.
MADEIRADiG Festival 2022: www.madeiradig.com
All pictures by Roland Owsnitzki
2022 Armed Forces Men’s Soccer Championship hosted by MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida from March 6-12. The best players from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force (with Space Force players) compete for gold. (Photo by Ms. Arianna Dinote; Department of Defense Photo - Released)
Plant of the Week 2-3-12
The beautiful cape hyacinth is an easy-to-grow bulb making its way into the garden plant trade. (Photo courtesy Gerald Klingaman)
i'm going to tell you 14 things about me :)
1. i want to marry Chris Brown
2. my favorite color is yellow
3. im very indecisive
4. my iPod is constantly on my stereo when im home
5. i miss Kristin times 693,000
6. i hate school this year more than ever
7. i love obama, but i dont like change
8. my favorite show is Lost
9. im starting to like dressing up :)
10. i want to model
11. im going to be a firefighter when i grow up
12. the way a guy think amazes me; not in a good way
13. i love laughing and making others laugh
14. i love late nights<3
today was the best day ive had in a very long time. dont ask why because i couldnt tell you. i just feel happy. its like if every part of my body could smile, it would. :D
p.s- im not naked. lol
Rolled out of the Eirtech hangar at Shannon 10/3/12 the former Koral Blue aircraft will shortly be heading for Poland.
For CXWorx our presenters were:
Kimberly Ames
Corey Baird
Peg Cleland
Sandy Gribbon
Maureen Hagen
Josef Matthews
Sheldon McBee
Susan Renata
Taken with my iPhone
Jeff Short scored a game-high 25 points to help Norfolk State University overcome a sluggish start and defeat South Carolina State, 68-54 in the quarterfinals of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament at the Norfolk Scope.
The Spartans (20-12), the Number 2 seed, advance to the semifinal round against the winner of the Maryland Eastern Shore-Hampton game on Friday at 2:30 pm.
The Bulldogs (11-22), the Number 7 seed, jumped out to an early lead and built it to 29-14 at the 6:07 mark. Edward Stephens (12 points), who was a perfect 4 for 4 from three-point range and Jalen White (nine points), combined to lead the Bulldogs to the early advantage.
But from there, the Spartans would close out the half with a 16-2 run that cut the deficit to 31-30 at intermission. Short, a first team All-MEAC selection spearheaded the rally by scoring 13 points over the last four minutes.
Norfolk State switched defenses and it changed the complexion of the game. Employing full-court pressure and man-to-man in the half-court, the Spartans stymied the Bulldogs, limiting them to one shot. On the offensive end, Short continued his array of shots, connecting on six of nine while D’Shon Taylor contributed 14 of his 16 in the second stanza. The Spartans opened the second half where they left off, outscoring the Bulldogs, 13-4.
“We started out in a 3-2 zone and was not working,” said Norfolk State head coach Robert Jones. “We went man-to-man and then to a 2-3 zone to get out on the wings. That was the difference.”
It must be noted that Norfolk State played without the services of their second leading scorer and leading rebounder, Rashid Gaston, who went down with an injury and played only 13 minutes.
Despite getting dominated in the paint (36-18) and giving up 19 points off turnovers, South Carolina State still had a chance when Gerdarius Troutman tallied all nine of his points during a short span to reduce the deficit to 49-44 at the 8:46 mark.
But the Spartans snuffed out any comeback attempts as Short closed out the game.
Red Weasel Media (RWM) was there to capture the jaw dropping action.
Avebury (/ˈeɪvbri/) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in southwest England. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest stone circle in Europe. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary Pagans.
Constructed around 2600 BCE, during the Neolithic, or 'New Stone Age', the monument comprises a large henge (a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument was a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill.
By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman occupation. During the Early Middle Ages, a village first began to be built around the monument, which eventually extended into it. In the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods, locals destroyed many of the standing stones around the henge, both for religious and practical reasons. The antiquarians John Aubrey and William Stukeley however took an interest in Avebury during the 17th century, and recorded much of the site before its destruction. Archaeological investigation followed in the 20th century, led primarily by Alexander Keiller, who oversaw a project of reconstructing much of the monument.
Avebury is owned and managed by the National Trust, a charitable organisation who keep it open to the public. It has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument, as well as a World Heritage Site, in the latter capacity being seen as a part of the wider prehistoric landscape of Wiltshire known as Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites.
At grid reference SU10266996,[5] Avebury is respectively about 6 and 7 miles (10 and 11 km) from the modern towns of Marlborough and Calne. Avebury lies in an area of chalkland in the Upper Kennet Valley which forms the catchment for the River Kennet and supports local springs and seasonal watercourses. The monument stands slightly above the local landscape, sitting on a low chalk ridge 160 m (520 ft) above sea level; to the east are the Marlborough Downs, an area of lowland hills. The site lies at the centre of a collection of Neolithic and early Bronze Age monuments and was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in a co-listing with the monuments at Stonehenge, 17 miles (27 km) to the south, in 1986. It is now listed as part of the Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites World Heritage Site.[2] The monuments are preserved as part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age landscape for the information they provide regarding prehistoric people's relationship with the landscape.[6]
Radiocarbon dating and analysis of pollen in buried soils have shown that the environment of lowland Britain changed around 4,250–4,000 BCE. The change to a grassland environment from damp, heavy soils and expanses of dense forest was mostly brought about by farmers, probably through the use of slash and burn techniques. Environmental factors may also have made a contribution. Pollen is poorly preserved in the chalky soils found around Avebury, so the best evidence for the state of local environment at any time in the past comes from the study of the deposition of snail shells. Different species of snail live in specific habitats, so the presence of a certain species indicates what the area was like at a particular point in time.[7] The available evidence suggests that in the early Neolithic, Avebury and the surrounding hills were covered in dense oak woodland, and as the Neolithic progressed, the woodland around Avebury and the nearby monuments receded and was replaced by grassland.
Background
The history of the site before the construction of the henge is uncertain, because little datable evidence has emerged from modern archaeological excavations.[9] Evidence of activity in the region before the 4th millennium BCE is limited, suggesting that there was little human occupation.
Mesolithic
What is now termed the Mesolithic period in Britain lasted from circa 11,600 to 7800 BP, at a time when the island was heavily forested and when there was still a land mass, called Doggerland, which connected Britain to continental Europe.[10] During this era, those humans living in Britain were hunter-gatherers, often moving around the landscape in small familial or tribal groups in search of food and other resources. Archaeologists have unearthed evidence that there were some of these hunter-gatherers active in the vicinity of Avebury during the Late Mesolithic, with stray finds of flint tools, dated between 7,000 and 4,000 BCE, having been found in the area.[11] The most notable of these discoveries is a densely scattered collection of worked flints found 300 m (980 ft) to the west of Avebury, which has led archaeologists to believe that that particular spot was a flint working site occupied over a period of several weeks by a group of nomadic hunter-gatherers who had set up camp there.[12]
The archaeologists Mark Gillings and Joshua Pollard suggested the possibility that Avebury first gained some sort of ceremonial significance during the Late Mesolithic period. As evidence, they highlighted the existence of a posthole near to the monument's southern entrance that would have once supported a large wooden post. Although this posthole was never dated when it was excavated in the early 20th century, and so cannot definitely be ascribed to the Mesolithic, Gillings and Pollard noted that its positioning had no relation to the rest of the henge, and that it may therefore have been erected centuries or even millennia before the henge was actually built.[13] They compared this with similar wooden posts that had been erected in southern Britain during the Mesolithic at Stonehenge and Hambledon Hill, both of which were sites that like Avebury saw the construction of large monuments in the Neolithic.[14]
Early Neolithic
The two monuments of West Kennet Long Barrow and Silbury Hill were constructed in the nearby vicinity of Avebury several centuries before the henge was built.
In the 4th millennium BCE, around the start of the Neolithic period in Britain, British society underwent radical changes. These coincided with the introduction to the island of domesticated species of animals and plants, as well as a changing material culture that included pottery. These developments allowed hunter-gatherers to settle down and produce their own food. As agriculture spread, people cleared land. At the same time, they also erected the first monuments to be seen in the local landscape, an activity interpreted as evidence of a change in the way people viewed their place in the world.[13]
Based on anthropological studies of recent and contemporary societies, Gillings and Pollard suggest that forests, clearings, and stones were important in Neolithic culture, not only as resources but as symbols; the site of Avebury occupied a convergence of these three elements.[15] Neolithic activity at Avebury is evidenced by flint, animal bones, and pottery such as Peterborough ware dating from the early 4th and 3rd millennia BCE. Five distinct areas of Neolithic activity have been identified within 500 m (1,600 ft) of Avebury; they include a scatter of flints along the line of the West Kennet Avenue – an avenue that connects Avebury with the Neolithic site of The Sanctuary. Pollard suggests that areas of activity in the Neolithic became important markers in the landscape.[16]
Late Neolithic
During the Late Neolithic, British society underwent another series of major changes. Between 3500 and 3300 BCE, these prehistoric Britons ceased their continual expansion and cultivation of wilderness and instead focused on settling and farming the most agriculturally productive areas of the island: Orkney, eastern Scotland, Anglesey, the upper Thames, Wessex, Essex, Yorkshire and the river valleys of the Wash.[18]
Late Neolithic Britons also appeared to have changed their religious beliefs, ceasing to construct the large chambered tombs that are widely thought by archaeologists to have been connected with ancestor veneration. Instead, they began the construction of large wooden or stone circles, with many hundreds being built across Britain and Ireland over a period of a thousand years.[19]
05/09/12 -
The most photogenic of buses pictured on just one of the many attractive sections of the Rode Heath to Congleton run.
Elsewhere on the route there's the occasional obstacle of thoughtless car parking, and congestion and roadworks have at times taken their toll. Throughout we passengers have been in kind, considerate and skilful hands enjoying as comfy a ride as the current market has to offer.
The endeavours of cleaners, mechanics, management and drivers - who said they're all the same person? - are much appreciated. Thanks - and best wishes - all round.
Stanways - DX07 WFA -
Optare Solo M780SL -
Optare B23F -
new 8/07 -
to D&G Bus (28 / 128) 9/12 -
Come on D&G - keep up the good work!
The Fairway, Alsager
Romans 6:10-12
The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires.
Delaveaga's hole 12 is affectionately known as the "Refrigerator Hole" because of the refrigerator that was dumped here prior to the installation of the course.
Excerpt nr 12 from ‘A special night.’, a story that I wrote about a night that Paul and I did a reportage on SHRIMPING.
...Danny and Sylvain were still hard at work.
Sylvain rinsed containers, hosed the deck, kept an eye on the stove, boiling with their last catch of shrimps.
I found Danny, next to the wheel house, sifting through the cooling shrimps. I went up and asked if I could join him.
Sifting was done in a wooden tray with a mesh bottom, strapped in, so that it could gently rock back and forth, getting rid of tiny shells, fish and crabs. The rest was hand picked by us. He taught me a bit more about sea-life and told some stories.
Gradually the air warmed up, the light becoming brighter.
The end of a hard night, the start of a glorious day.
Here you have an overview, I thought it would be interesting to show the different stages!
On Belgian boats the shrimps are boiled on board in between each trek. Most of those boats don't have refrigeration, but raw shrimps must never be put onto melting ice anyway, so they'd have to be packed instantly. These fishermen prefer the old method.
Thanx and have a great day, Magda (*_*)
The HSBC Building is a six-floor neo-classical building in the Bund area of Shanghai, China. It was the headquarters of the Shanghai branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation from 1923 to 1955. The building is situated at number 12, the Bund. It is also known as the Municipal Government Building. Currently it houses the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. Construction began on 5 May 1921, and completed in 23 June 1923. This building was built in the style of neo-classicism in China. It was designed by the British architecture firm, Palmer & Turner Architects and Surveyors.
The Customs House (Chinese: 江海关) is an eight storey building on the Bund, Shanghai. Built in 1927, the building remains a customs house today. Together with the neighbouring HSBC Building, the Customs House is seen as one of the symbols of the Bund and Shanghai.
trip to belgium #12 - the white windmill of Ostiches, on a walk in the countryside near Ath.
more trees? check out esther's version!
een paar daagjes belgië #12 - de witte molen van Ostiches, tijdens een wandeling in de velden rondom Ath.
meer bomen? kijk eens naar esther's versie!
Yet another sleeping dog photo ... but this is what Layla has been doing most of her days this month. Supposedly it has been the hottest August on record for something like 100 years, most consecutive 90+ degree days, yadda yadda yadda. We've been taking our walks after sunset -- even dusk has been too warm -- so we haven't had many good photo opportunities while we've been out and about. When we're home, Layla spends most of her time sleeping on the tile in the front entryway. I find it hard to believe it would feel very good to her almost 11-year old bones, but she seems to like how it keeps her cool. I am looking forward to cooler autumn weather, though right now it doesn't look like it will be coming any time soon.
I loved these silent ghostly images that appeared on several of the walls in the excellent Roman Baths in the city of Bath. For more about this just see my blog
ATLANTA, GA - April 20, 2012
The Pretty Reckless perform at The Masquerade
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Lester Holt prepares to anchor NBC Nightly News live from the flight deck of USS Portland (LPD 27) at Naval Base San Diego on Oct. 12. The broadcast from the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship capped off Holt's Across America tour where he visited five cities in five days including Houston; Montgomery, Alabama; Tampa, Florida; and Kansas City, Missouri. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Woody S. Paschall)
Needle felted chimpanzee, photographed, blurred in photoshop
(fashioned after the J. Vermeer painting, Girl with a pearl Earring)
26" tall
blinking doll eyes
posable mouth
see tutorial at www.lauraleeburch.com/blog/2011/12/the-art-of-needle-felt...
"Others' Truths" a new zine by Know Hope
Release date: 13.9.12
The zine will be released in a special event that will take place on Thursday, September 13th at 20:00
(the exhibition will remain open Friday, September 15th, 12:00-16:00)
at "Studio", 2 Harakevet St., Tel Aviv
"Others' Truths", Know Hopes tenth and newest zine is comprised of a series of drawings, texts and observations collected during the past year.
While working on the zine, Know Hope focused on the idea of 'truisms', which are often adopted without questioning; by the use of the image of the flag in his work, Know Hope attempts to research the concepts of patriotism and nationalism, not necessarily from a directly political stance, but from a viewing point of the personal or private human condition in relation to the more general and collective.
"Others' Truths" is in a way a continuation of Know Hopes research, attempting to understand the current situation that we find ourselves in, being born into a charged reality structured on the foundations of past and outdated morals and values.
The original drawings that were used as pages in the zine will be exhibited during the event. The drawings are composed of Know Hopes repetitive iconography, that are an insight to the human condition, as well as the motif of 'the flag' and the relationship between the two.
The zine will be available during the event, and at www.thisislimbo.bigcartel.com and selected stores from Friday, September 14th.
"Others' Truths" is independently published in an edition of 1000. The zines are soft cover and have 64 b/w pages.
In addition to the zines, sticker packs created specially for the event will be available.
Drinks courtesy of Maccabi Beer will be served at the event.
Greenville PD's Police Athletic League (PAL) Program, Boy Scouts East Carolina Council, Safe Kids Pitt County, and Vidant Health hosted a bicycle rodeo on Saturday, September 12. The rodeo provided helmet fitting, bicycle safety checks and adjustments, hand signal basics, and an obstacle course to help young riders put their skills to the test!
OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. – Airman First Class James Rees, assigned to the 55th Security Forces Squadron, dribbles past AFWA contractor Tom Deppe while playing a league game at the Offutt Field House, January 12. The indoor soccer league is in full swing for the 2011 season.
U.S. Air Force Photo by Josh Plueger
(Released)
Grafenwoehr, Germany (September 19, 2016) – A motivated Air Assault student shouts out “Air Assault” after completing the Low Belly Over obstacle at the obstacle course here Sept. 12. The Low Belly Over was one of the nine obstacles that the students needed to attempt to complete prior to moving to the next obstacle. The Mobile Training Team has been scheduled to conduct the Air Assault School here from Sept. 12 to 23.
PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California -- POM's Child, Youth and School Services (CYSS) hosted a Winter Wonderland event at the General Stilwell Community Center, Dec. 12. The Christmas-themed event included the distribution of more than 1500 toys to military families courtesy of Operation Home Front Holiday Toy Drive, which collected toy donations at local Dollar Tree stores.
Official Presidio of Monterey Web site
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PHOTO by Steven L. Shepard, Presidio of Monterey Public Affairs.
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A custom rebuild upgrading many parts on the Accucraft Cab Forward AC-12. The major areas were: cylinders, cross porting, combination levers, steam pipes, oilers, heater line, suspension, boiler/shell securing bolts, pilot tracking, burners, steam fitting to rear engine, pivot point, bears, rods and quartering on wheels.
North American P-51D Mustang #12 "The Rebel" piloted by Doug Mathews in the Unlimited Silver Heat 1 at the 50th National Championship Air Races held at Stead Field, Reno, NV, September 10-14, 2013.
This is the box that the Disabled Guy built for my friends who play various historical sea captains at the renaissance faire.
Now, part of the discussion with me on what it had to look like (and I showed him photos of the previous box- which looked like a little coffin), he asked: "What if I made it look like a treasure chest?"
Well, here we are. This treasure chest is very light (I can lift it easily and today, I'm in flareup mode), and as solid as a brick. The handles are garage door lift handles (we discussed strength/comfort with someone who builds garage doors), the hinges aren't as decorative as he wanted (those were too big to fit on the box). The latch was pure luck (we spotted it as we were walking away from the hinge section at Home Depot). All the hardware is from The Home Depot and not a craft store, so it is solid and as well as decorative.
A blog post about the box- Conversations with the Disabled Guy: DG just prefers a handshake.
The blog post about the box- The Treasure Chest.
"Built by the Crusaders to defend the town's main harbour soon after they'd recaptured Sidon from the Ayyubids in 1228, it was largely dismantled by the Mamluks when they expelled the Crusaders for the last time in 1291 [to prevent them reestablishing footholds on the coast] and later rebuilt, with successive local rulers adding further embellishments. Its present, much reduced state is largely a result of the bombardment of 1840." (Lebanon handbook)
- "The island appears to have been the site of an earlier temple, likely built originally by the Phoenicians and dedicated to Melkart, and adapted by the Greeks and Romans who identified Melkart with Herakles and Hercules respectively." (LH)
- See the round bases of Roman columns in the walls. Those columns (taken from the earlier temple) were laid horizontally for reinforcement, typical of crusader architecture where such materials were available.
Exactly one week after a powerful earthquake struck Sichuan Province, China began a three-day national mourning for the tens of thousands of people killed on May 12. The national flag was flown at half mast across the country including Tian'anmen Square in downtown Beijing. All public amusements including movie theatres, nightclubs, and other such activities were suspended for three days from Monday. The Government ordered a nationwide display of respect for the dead.
The public stood in silence for three minutes at 2:28 pm on Monday 19 May, a week after the time the deadly quake hit, while air-raid sirens were sounded. And on Sunday, China Seismological Bureau Sunday revised the magnitude of the earthquake from 7.8 to 8.0 on the Richter scale.
The confirmed death toll from the disaster has risen to 40,075 and the toll would possibly rise to more than 50,000 as many, still buried in rubble, are feared dead. A further 247,645 were injured. A total of 60,026 have been rescued from earthquake debris and close to 4.85 million people relocated. During the days of mourning, the torch relay for the Beijing Olympic Games will be suspended to mourn the quake victims.
In Sichuan, the death toll in Deyang and Mianyang cities of Sichuan province hit 10,341 and 11,874 respectively. A further 4,156 in Chengdu, 2,586 in Guangyuan, 2,871 in Aba and 23 in Ya'an died. Outside Sichuan, the death toll was 364 in Gansu Province, 113 in Shaanxi Province, 16 in Chongqing Municipality, two in Henan Province, one in Yunnan Province, one in Hubei Province, and one in Hunan Province.
So far, 13.9 billion yuan (US$2.0 billion) has been received from donors at home and abroad for those affected by the earthquake. These include 12.5 billion yuan in cash and 1.4 billion yuan worth of relief materials. The Ministry of Civil Affairs, armed forces and Red Cross China had dispatched 278,462 tents, 783,984 quilts and 1.78 million cotton-padded clothes as well as food and drinking water. Those interested in donating money can check out the Red Cross Society of China.
In Nanning city, where I live, thousands of people gathered on Monday evening to light candles in Minzu (Nationality) Square. People also waved flags, sang the national anthem and chanted, “Go China Go!” and “Rebuild Sichuan!” as an encouragement to those affected by the earthquake.
The Strange Spheres of Light on Mars - Nasa Has Not Explained These Phenomena
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06/13/12
@ The Blue Moose Tap House
Iowa City, IA
[please DO NOT use this photo without my permission]
District celebrates future leaders
By Daniel J. Calderón
USACE Los Angeles District
LOS ANGELES – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District celebrated a successful completion to another year of Leadership Development Program classes during a ceremony held at the District headquarters Sept. 12.
The ceremony was the culmination of LDP Level I and LDP Level II, both of which are meant to develop future leaders for the District.
“I think this went extremely well,” said David M. Boals, a District management analyst and the District’s Leadership Development Program Coordinator. “I was very pleased with the entire process.”
During the graduation event, LDP participants gave presentations for Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District Commander, and other senior leaders. Presentations ranged from proposed sponsorship packages so new employees would feel more welcomed into the District to a totally new way of distributing employees across the District to maximize productivity and increase quality of life.
“This is the most important thing I have to do all day today,” Toy said as he welcomed the graduates and assembled senior leaders. “I’m glad to see so many branch chiefs and division chiefs here. I know they realize the importance of this program and of your accomplishments.”
Students worked for the past nine months to reach the graduation. Each level of LDP covered leadership principles. The goal of LDP is to develop leaders at all levels, across all functional areas and career programs. Students begin at Tier I and can progress through each of higher levels. The program is also designed to meet the needs of prospective and current leaders at various stages of development. Leaders within the District and from around the Corps of Engineers come in to speak with students about various topics. Students also have the opportunity to learn about their strengths and how to apply those strengths in their regular work environment.
The Leadership Development Program is open to employees across the District. In Tier I, the ideal number of students is 10-12 and in Tier II, eight is the magic number. Each level does require some travel and a commitment of time outside regular work hours to ensure assignments are met. Tier III involves students in Division-level leadership and requires more of a time commitment from students and from their leadership. Boals said his only concern about the program is continued funding from across work groups.
Boals said the program has been in the District for six years. He credits former District commander, Col. Thomas Magness with revitalizing it. Boals said there were trends senior leaders in the District could see that warranted a return of the program. Trends included an increase in retirements and a loss of “corporate knowledge” and pass down from one generation of workers to another. With six years invested in future leaders, Boals said the program is paying off.
“When I see the people come out of the program, I don’t worry about our future,” he said. “I can see how strong our leaders will be in the future when I see the graduates we have in this program.”
Allison Lind, an LDP Tier I graduate, said she enjoyed her time in the program. As a relatively new member of the District, with less than five years with the Corps of Engineers, Lind said the program will help her focus her efforts to become a future leader in the Corps.
“I felt I needed to find my stride in becoming a leader here,” she said. “I feel the program helped me become more self aware of my strengths and leadership potential. I’m also more aware of the management and work styles of people around me. In the long run, that’s going to help me and I’m going to be able to help the Corps.”
The future leaders already have their near futures planned for them. Toy said the graduates’ first assignment is to attend the upcoming Senior Leadership Conference in November. There, Toy said the LDP graduates will help shape the policy for the District and work on ways to ensure they match up with the overall USACE and South Pacific Division goals.
“This year will be a celebration of senior leadership” Toy said as he discussed the speakers lined up for the three-day event. “You’re not just going to be attendees. You will all be developing the future of the District. Based on what I’ve seen today, I’m really excited about what you will be showing us at the conference.”
District employees interested in the program can look up requirements on the District Intranet site.
U.S. 5th FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY - Sailors aboard the USS Makin Island conduct simulate medical procedures during a mass casualty drill Sept. 12. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S 5th fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/ RELEASED)
We couldn't go five feet without my friend being stopped for photos. Eventually I began to amuse myself by taking a series of the photographers as they photographed her.
The original images in this series had a blue color cast because I set the white balance to be bluish with an idea to match the oceanic theme of the day.
But I've since learned different methods to manipulate color and tone in photoshop so I'm going over these again with my new skill set.
This image has had color cast adjustment, highlight detail retrieval, dodging and burning with masks and semi transparent brushes, selective color adjustment, noise reduction, selective blur, removing some ugly shadows, and selective sharpening.