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Global warming - Rising global temperatures will speed the melting of glaciers and ice caps, the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas will affect the drinking supplies of the millions of people who rely on meltwater rivers and Lakes.
Debring - Jammu & Kashmir
Universities are very inspirational places, I particularly like the modern buildings at the Glasgow Caledonian University. The following is from UNESCO:
The four pillars of learning
The four pillars of learning are fundamental principles for reshaping education:
Learning to know: to provide the cognitive tools required to better comprehend the world and its complexities, and to provide an appropriate and adequate foundation for future learning.
Learning to do: to provide the skills that would enable individuals to effectively participate in the global economy and society.
Learning to be: to provide self analytical and social skills to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential psycho-socially, affectively as well as physically, for a all-round ‘complete person.
Learning to live together: to expose individuals to the values implicit within human rights, democratic principles, intercultural understanding and respect and peace at all levels of society and human relationships to enable individuals and societies to live in peace and harmony.
Zeiss Ikonta 524 C (6x9) 105mm f 3.5 Opton Tessar Ilford FP4 Plus Developed Rodinal 1:50 14 mins
This is a local spot I've used before and likely will again...light is always different as is the water's affect what with timed exposure, this one longer than the last one I posted.
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I love coming down to my "woman cave" first thing in the morning and opening my draperies to see what the day has in store!
No need to check the forecast or the temperature!
It's all here, behind my sliding glass doors!
Air conditioning will prevail today
as I go up to my sewing room in a few minutes!
A wonderful, summery day to all my friends in this particular climate!
found this interesting quotation:
"Know how weather, especially humidity,
can affect the movement of doors and windows."
~ Marilyn vos Savant ~
note: interesting interview with MARILYN
Affectation peu mise en valeur et circulant une seule fois par semaine, le QG 857 effectue la desserte des deux derniers clients de la ville de Saint-Jérôme. Ici, la cheffe de train F.D. est descendue de la QGRY 3538 pour changer la position de l’aiguille. Le train pourra donc quitter la subdivision Lachute et s’engager sur l'embranchement Montfort. Une cinquantaine d’années auparavant, cette jonction était utilisée par le CNR et permettait d’atteindre le Lac-Rémi (vers l’Ouest) ou Montréal en passant par la défunte ligne Deux-Montagnes. Le signal en bas à droite est l’un des seuls vestiges de cette activité ferroviaire d’un autre temps.
A little-valued assignment and running only once a week, QG train 857 serves the last two customers in the town of Saint-Jérôme. Here, trainmaster F.D. came down from QGRY 3538 to change the position of the switch. The train will now be able to leave the Lachute subdivision and enter the Montfort spur. Around fifty years ago, this junction was used by the CNR and made it possible to reach Lac-Rémi (towards the West) or Montreal via the defunct Deux-Montagnes line. The signal at the bottom right is one of the only vestiges of this railway activity from another time.
"At the heart of his Sea Pines Resort development, Fraser envisioned an “intimate harbor village with low-country ambience seasoned by the influence of the small distinctive ports along the coast of southern France and Italy.” To achieve this affect, Fraser flew his design team over dozens of small Mediterranean harbors so they could capture the unique coastal charm of places like Portofino, Italy. The result is Harbour Town with its marina, shops, restaurants, and striped lighthouse." (lighthousefriends)
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Avant d'être affectés au musée, les bâtiments étaient une maison de l'ordre des Ermites de saint Augustin. Dans son emplacement actuel, à l'intérieur des murs de la cité, le couvent des Augustins de Toulouse fut construit à partir de 1310 après l'autorisation du pape Clément V donnée par un rescrit daté du 28 janvier 1310.
Le couvent des Augustins devient bien national par décret le 2 novembre 1789. Il est désaffecté puis démembré en 1790 lors de la suppression des ordres monastiques. Il fut transformé en musée après la suppression des ordres religieux à la Révolution française.
La saisie des œuvres les plus utiles pour la création d'un « Muséum du Midi de la République » est décidée par le Conseil du département de Haute-Garonne le 12 décembre 1793. Il s'installe aux Augustins et ouvre solennellement ses portes le 27 août 1795, ce qui en fait l'un des plus anciens musées de France, très peu de temps après le Louvre.
Fermé à partir du 31 mai 2019 pour réfection des verrières, le musée devait rouvrir début 2020 mais les travaux sont prolongés jusqu'à début 2025.
Of the Crystal Protectors*, as powerful as the common Sprites** are, none can match the Warrior Sprite.
Sprite culture is a generally happy affair with children being taught the traditional "Leightzoar", or "Sprite games" from their start. The "Leightzoar", while quite enjoyable to the Sprites, and quite a spectacle to those outsiders who are privileged to witness them, are also intricate and nuanced aptitude tests.
As throngs of Sprites cheer the youngsters in the demonstrations of skill and the competitive individual and team events, Sprite Elders watch for particular attributes. All Sprite youth can enjoy the benefits of exceling in a particular challenge or sport, but much of their drive comes from the desire to be chosen and elevated to a "Thurnveis" or Warrior Sprite.
The desired aptitudes are generally identified by the elders by the age of 7, with few Sprites being chosen older than 10, and never older than 13. The young Sprite is then separated from society for the 17 year training known as the "Thurnselke" or Warrior's Way. Overall, less than 1% of Sprites qualify.
A fully trained Warrior Sprite is a force to be reckoned with. Their natural Sprite abilities are greatly magnified in both power and range. They learn the art of "twisting" multiple strike forms together and, most devastatingly, the wide ranged wave attacks.
A Warrior Sprite can send forth a pulse of negative energy that can instantaneously stop all life in a quarter mile diameter, or even shape the field to affect certain types of energy.
In the tavern halls, one of the most told events of fantasy warfare is the turning point of the Battle of Lily Down where a rare full battalion of Nightfiends*** were laying waste to the last defenses there. The folks of Lily Down had intentionally established their community as close to a Sprite convene as they could and, as the Battle of Lily Down turned, sought the aid of their neighbors.
A lone Warrior Sprite came in the darkest of that terrible night. Seconds later all the Nightfiends were evaporated. Seconds after that, all of the mighty Troll Brawlers**** lay lifeless. The remaining enemies tried to flee but when the dawn broke, the fair fields of Lily Down were littered with bodies. No enemy escaped.
👾 Happy 🏰 Heroclix 🏯 Friday! 🐉
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
* As seen in BP 2021 Day 36:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50911279338/
** As seen in BP 2021 Day 43:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50937170357/
*** As seen in BP 2020 Day 304:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/50547322378/
**** As seen in BP 2020 Day 331:
Project XII didn't achieve the desired affect. What was meant to be a brain-power enhancer turned out to be quite the opposite; reducing the 'subjects' intelligence to that of an infant and greatly damaging cells, particularly the skin cells giving them an 'off' colour, Project XII proved to be a failure, just like its predecessors.
Unfortunately, Project XII never reached the the secure laboratory that was issued to file the chemical away never to be seen again. Instead another smaller laboratory gain possession of Project XII and underestimated its capabilities.
The pandemic costed millions of lives, with small pockets of survivors gradually emerging. The source of Project XII must be destroyed. Man must eliminate Project XII before Project XII eliminates man...
Made for the Zombie Apocalypse Contest over at the LCN. Whether it's prize-winning material I doubt it, but I was pleased with it and it was nice to build something that isn't war-orientated for a change :)
The Canary Islands experienced the most tragic weekend in terms of drowning in the last fifteen years, with four deaths, one minor in critical condition and three injured in the last 48 hours in accidents that occurred on five islands. In most cases, according to 112, these accidents are to foreigners and occur mostly in natural pools where they assume they will be safe despite the weather alerts.
During a weather alert for high seas in the Canaries:
- Do not stand at the end of piers or jetties, or risk taking photos or videos near where the waves break
- Avoid fishing in risk areas
- Never bathe in secluded beaches or beaches that you do not know enough about
- Avoid bathing on beaches with a red flag, in areas where there are strong waves and undertows or that lack surveillance and rescue services.
- Think of others not only you are at risk but also the life of those who try to rescue you.
- If you need to be rescued while there is a weather warning in place YOU WILL BE CHARGED, if still alive.
The storm should affect the Canary Islands, at least today and Tuesday, with rain that will be persistent in the north of the islands and will be accompanied by strong or very strong north winds and rough seas.
Our lives affect to other people's life like a cogwheel turns the other cog. Some of us might be coloured differently than others. Some of us might seem small and almost invisible to others. Some of us are prominent whom everybody recognise.
No matter what kind of cogwheels we are, we all "move" other people emotionally, spiritually or physically towards good or bad. We can make her happy with our kind words and our smile or press down by cruel ones.
And as prominent ones often move many other cogs, sometimes only one tiny cog is needed to make a difference and move the prominent ones.
Let's begin to make at least one person happy everyday and so turn humanity to happy clockwork!
Screen is a lighting affect from an LED.
Designed by GlenBricker with some adjustments by me. Decal art created by me. Created and customized by me.
I have been commissioned by Brick Fiesta: www.brickfiesta.com/ to make the figures and some cabinets from Ready Player One. For those who don't know, RPO is written by Ernie Cline: www.ernestcline.com/ He has also written Fan Boys and his most recent is a book called Armada.
From Wiki:
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction and dystopian novel by Ernest Cline. In 2012, the book received an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association division of the American Library Association[1] and won the 2012 Prometheus Award.[2]
Can't say much else without giving away a plot twist!
I enjoyed the book and really got pulled in. By the way, the audio book is read by Wil Wheaton, does a great job. Not sure I will get to reveal everything here, but I will be writing a BrickJournal article about them and hopefully everything will be at Brick Fiesta this weekend in Austin. If in the area, come check them all out, it will be worth it.
The affect of storm Eowyn in the South West was a tree blocking the line near Slades viaduct, Ivybridge. The down Midnight was 174 late and is seen approaching St Austell, a novlty in January photographing this service in daylight!
World Working Children's Day, 12-6
🔴On this day every year, some of the working children are happy for a moment with colorful words and then fall back into the terrible world that will affect them forever and suffer from it, instead of going to school and enjoy Take it from their childhood and be safe.
Kurdistan Region and Iraq in general are not excluded from the ranking and a large number of children working in the streets, factories and markets, and I can say more than the case.
La vieille église de Saint-Lunaire est un édifice affecté au culte catholique situé à Saint-Lunaire, en Franc. Parfaitement orienté, le bâtiment est dédié à saint Lunaire, lequel a fini par donner son nom à la paroisse longtemps appelée Pontual (pont de Tugdual, du nom du frère même de Saint-Lunaire, fondateur du monastère-évêché de Tréguier. Désaffectée lors de la bénédiction de la nouvelle le 14 septembre 1884, elle a été rendue au culte le 18 juillet 1954 après sa restauration par Raymond Cornon, architecte des Monuments historiques
L'église est située dans le département français d'Ille-et-Vilaine, au cœur du chef-lieu de la commune de Saint-Lunaire, place du Pilori. Classé le 18 mars 1913, l'édifice se dresse dans un enclos qui fut autrefois le cimetière de la paroisse. Des échaliers subsistent, de même qu'une croix des XIVe et XVIe siècles, inscrite à l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques le 22 mars 1930
"La campagne, cet éternel remède des affections auxquelles la médecine ne connaît rien." Balzac
La texture est de King.
I think I have SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) in the Summer....lol
I'm loosing the motivation to go shooting at the moment as it seems to be raining most of the time.
Another from a while back of Edinburgh after sunset. Much of the glow in the skies came from the city lights. When you get this sort of cloud it can get lit up by the city lights as there was limited sunset, but some glow later on that I captured.
Update on the HiTech Pro Ten Stop is that I sent it back as it had a mark within the resin. I was going to get a replacement, but after trying out before I sent it back it gave a wierd colour cast that I couldn't seem to get rid of post processing. When combined with a Lee Grad it became even worse to remove.
I was going to do a proper write up but only snapped a few shots before I sent it back and was expecting to get another which I would test properly, but its away now.
The cast was somewhere between the warm B&W ten stop and the bluer Lee Big Stopper so initially I thought this was great, but I just couldn't make the colour look natural when processing. In additon it leaked light even though I had got the correct size foam for the HiTech filter holder. The filter is very light weight and and bends slightly in the holder so that didn't help.
I'm not sure if it just me as I have seen a good write up fro them. The Canons don't seem to be as good with colour casts as Nikons though as maybe they have a better IR built in filter?
I'll just join the queue for the Big Stopper but seen that the production issues should be resolved by Autumn
If only excellence would be freed from the clutches of mediocrity in the UK.
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If anyone wonders what my choice is- no “male” wears pink fuzzy slippers around the house in her underwear. I’m very happy looking this “fulsome”, and the responses give me encouragement others find it attractive as well.
ZAKER : PILLS CHAIR for The Grand Event! The chair comes in 12 colors PG and Adult compatible with It's Not All Mine and Physics Cock.
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Avant d'être affectés au musée, les bâtiments étaient une maison de l'ordre des Ermites de saint Augustin. Dans son emplacement actuel, à l'intérieur des murs de la cité, le couvent des Augustins de Toulouse fut construit à partir de 1310 après l'autorisation du pape Clément V donnée par un rescrit daté du 28 janvier 1310.
Le couvent des Augustins devient bien national par décret le 2 novembre 1789. Il est désaffecté puis démembré en 1790 lors de la suppression des ordres monastiques. Il fut transformé en musée après la suppression des ordres religieux à la Révolution française.
La saisie des œuvres les plus utiles pour la création d'un « Muséum du Midi de la République » est décidée par le Conseil du département de Haute-Garonne le 12 décembre 1793. Il s'installe aux Augustins et ouvre solennellement ses portes le 27 août 1795, ce qui en fait l'un des plus anciens musées de France, très peu de temps après le Louvre.
Fermé à partir du 31 mai 2019 pour réfection des verrières, le musée devait rouvrir début 2020 mais les travaux sont prolongés jusqu'à début 2025.
I hope you'll enjoy the my images as much as I enjoyed taking them.
The Caucasian squirrel lives in the hollows of centuries-old olive trees. The number of Caucasian squirrels in the North Aegean region is decreasing every year, noticeably.
Like most red squirrels, spotting a Caucasian Squirrel is definitely becoming a rare sight. Climate change affects nature differently in every corner of the world.
The Caucasian squirrel - Sciurus anomalus ; The Caucasian squirrel or Persian squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus found in temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in south-western Asia.
The species is usually said to have first been described in 1778 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in the 13th edition of Systema Naturae,and named Sciurus anomalus. However, some authors argue that this work was actually published in 1788, and that the true first description was made by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1785.
Description -
Caucasian squirrels are small tree squirrels, with a total length of 32 to 36 cm (13 to 14 in), including the 13 to 18 cm (5.1 to 7.1 in) tail, and weighing 250 to 410 g (8.8 to 14.5 oz). The color of the upper body fur ranges from greyish brown to pale grey, depending on the subspecies, while that of the underparts is rusty brown to yellowish, and that of the tail, yellow brown to deep red. The claws are relatively short, compared with those of other tree squirrels, and females have either eight or ten teats.
Samuel Griswold Goodrich described the Caucasian squirrel in 1885 as "Its color is grayish-brown above, and yellowish-brown below".
Physical Description -
Caucasian squirrels have a dental formula of incisors 1/1, canines 0/0, premolars 1/1, and molars 3/3, totaling 20. They have four fingered fore feet and five fingered hind feet. Sex differences in body length or mass are not evident.
Distribution and habitat -
Caucasian squirrels are native to south-western Asia, where they are found from Turkey, and the islands of Gökçeada and Lesbos in the west, Iran in the southeast, and as far as Israel and Jordan in the south.It is one of only two species of the genus Sciurus to be found on Mediterranean islands,and, although Eurasian red squirrels have been recently introduced to some areas, is the only species of Sciurus native to the wider region.
The species mainly lives in forested areas dominated by oak, pine, and pistachio, up to altitudes of 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).
Biology and behavior -
The squirrels are diurnal, and solitary, although temporary groups may forage where food is plentiful. Their diet includes nuts, seeds, tree shoots, and buds,with the seeds of oak and pine being particularly favored. Like many other squirrels, they cache their food within tree cavities or loose soil, with some larders containing up to 6 kg (13 lb) of seeds. They live in trees, where they make their dens, but frequently forage on the ground, and are considered less arboreal than Eurasian red squirrels. They commonly nest in tree hollows lined with moss and leaves, and located 5 to 14 m (16 to 46 ft) above the ground, but nests are also sometimes found under rocks or tree roots. Their alarm call is high-pitched, and said to resemble the call of the European green woodpecker, and they mark their territories with urine and dung.
Breeding occurs throughout the year, but is more common in spring or autumn. Litters range from two to seven, with three or four being typical, and the young are fully mature by five or six months of age.
Conservation -
A survey in 2008 found that the species remained abundant within Turkey, however declines are noted in population within the Levant region. The guides for a survey in 1993 in Israel stated that they considered the species to be nearly extinct within the area studied. Whilst the Caucasian squirrel is threatened by poaching and deforestation, the declines recorded are not sufficient to qualify them as anything other than "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.[1] Hunting of the species is banned by the Central Hunting Commission, and the Caucasian squirrel is protected by the Bern Convention and the EU Habitats Directive.
This information is sourced from "Wikipedia".
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Lens - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f5.6 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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The sun in the December sky, Kraków. It's rather hard to beat the winter blues under such White Dwarf!
Ok, let's cheer up with some lively, merry music: Winter Solstice by Forest Stream :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=57udxAK9Vg0
No need for Brown-headed Cowbirds to build their own nest...the female lays her eggs in other bird species' nests while the unsuspecting female victim is away...and if the victim detects the ruse and kicks out the Cow Bird eggs, the Cow Bird mother may come back and destroy the victim's eggs! This Cow Bird scam can affect over 140 victimized species!
Something green today?
During the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, scientist Robert Bruce Banner saves teenager Rick Jones who has driven onto the testing field; Banner pushes Jones into a trench to save him, but is hit with the blast, absorbing massive amounts of gamma radiation.
He awakens later seemingly unscathed, but that night transforms into a lumbering grey form. A pursuing soldier dubs the creature a "hulk". Originally, it was believed that Banner's transformations into the Hulk were caused by sunset and undone at sunrise, but later, after Rick witnessed Banner turn into Hulk at daytime following a failed attempt by Ross' men to shoot the Hulk into space, it was discovered to be caused by anger. Banner was cured, but chose to restore Hulk's powers with Banner's intelligence.
The gamma-ray machine needed to affect the transformation-induced side effects that made Banner temporarily sick and weak when returned to his normal state.
In September 1963, the Hulk became a founding member of the the Avengers, who would go on to become the premiere superhero team in the Marvel universe.
Soon, however, overuse of the gamma-ray machine rendered the Hulk as an uncontrollable, rampaging monster, subject to spontaneous changing.
In September 1964 the Hulk appeared as an antagonist for Giant-Man. It was established that stress was the trigger for Banner turning into the Hulk and vice versa.
It was during this time that the Hulk developed a more savage and childlike identity, shifting away from his original portrayal as a brutish but not entirely unintelligent figure.
Also, his memory, both long-term and short-term, would now become markedly impaired in his Hulk state. Tales to Astonish #64 (February 1965) was the last Hulk story to feature him speaking in complete sentences. In Tales to Astonish #77 (March 1966), Banner's and the Hulk's dual identity became publicly known when Rick Jones, mistakenly convinced that Banner was dead (when he actually had been catapulted into the future), told Major Glenn Talbot, a rival to Banner for the affections of Betsy Ross, the truth.
Consequently, Glenn informed his superiors and that turned Banner into a wanted fugitive upon returning to the present.
The 1970s saw Banner and Betty nearly marry in The Incredible Hulk #124 (February 1970). Betty ultimately married Talbot in issue #158 (Dec. 1972). The Hulk also traveled to other dimensions, one of which had him meet empress Jarella, who used magic to bring Banner's intelligence to the Hulk, and came to love him. The Hulk helped to form the Defenders.
In the 1980s, Banner once again gained control over the Hulk, and gained amnesty for his past rampages; however, due to the manipulations of supernatural character Nightmare, Banner eventually lost control over the Hulk.
It was also established that Banner had serious mental problems even before he became the Hulk, having suffered childhood traumas that engendered Bruce's repressed rage.
Banner comes to terms with his issues for a time, and the Hulk and Banner were physically separated by Doc Samson.
Banner is recruited by the U.S. government to create the Hulkbusters, a government team dedicated to catching the Hulk. Banner finally married Betty in The Incredible Hulk #319 (May 1986) following Talbot's death in 1981.
Banner and the Hulk were reunited in The Incredible Hulk #323 (Sep. 1986) and with issue #324, returned the Hulk to his grey coloration, with his transformations once again occurring at night, regardless of Banner's emotional state.
In issue #347 the grey Hulk persona "Joe Fixit" was introduced, a morally ambiguous Las Vegas enforcer and tough guy. Banner remained repressed in the Hulk's mind for months, but slowly began to reappear.
The 1990s saw the Green Hulk return. In issue #377 (Jan. 1991), the Hulk was revamped in a storyline that saw the various dissociative identities of Banner, Fixit, and Savage confront Banner's past abuse at the hands of his father Brian and a new "Guilt" identity.
Overcoming the trauma, the intelligent Banner, cunning Fixit, and powerful Savage identities merge into a new single entity possessing the traits of all three.
The Hulk also joined the Pantheon, a secretive organization of superpowered individuals. His tenure with the organization brought the Hulk into conflict with a tyrannical alternate future version of himself called the Maestro in the 1993 Future Imperfect miniseries, who rules over a world where many heroes are dead.
In 2000, Banner and the three Hulks (Savage, Fixit, and the "Merged Hulk", now considered a separate identity and referred to as the Professor) become able to mentally interact with one another, each identity taking over the shared body as Banner began to weaken due to his suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
During this, the four identities (including Banner) confronted yet another submerged identity, a sadistic "Devil" intent on attacking the world and attempting to break out of Banner's fracturing psyche, but the Devil was eventually locked away again when the Leader was able to devise a cure for the disease using genes taken from the corpse of Brian Banner.
In 2005, it is revealed that the Nightmare has manipulated the Hulk for years, and it is implied that some or all of the Hulk's adventures written by Bruce Jones may have been just an illusion.
In 2006, the Illuminati decide the Hulk is too dangerous to remain on Earth and send him away by rocket ship which crashes on Planet Sakaar ushering in the "Planet Hulk" storyline that saw the Hulk find allies in the Warbound, and marry alien queen Caiera, a relationship that was later revealed to have born him two sons: Skaar and Hiro-Kala.
After the Illuminati's ship explodes and kills Caiera, the Hulk returns to Earth with his superhero group Warbound and declares war on the planet in World War Hulk (2007).
However, after learning that Miek, one of the Warbound, had actually been responsible for the destruction, the Hulk allows himself to be defeated, with Banner subsequently redeeming himself as a hero as he works with and against the new Red Hulk to defeat the new supervillain team the Intelligencia.
In the 2010s, Hiro-Kala traveled to Earth to destroy the OldStrong Power wielded by Skaar, forcing Skaar and the Hulk to defeat and imprison him within his home planet.
During the 2011 Fear Itself storyline, the Hulk finds one of the Serpent's magical hammers associated with the Worthy and becomes Nul: Breaker of Worlds. As he starts to transform, the Hulk tells the Red She-Hulk to run far away from him.
Rampaging through South and Central America, Nul was eventually transported to New York City where he began battling Thor, with aid of the Thing, who was transformed into Angrir: Breaker of Souls.
After defeating the Thing, Thor stated that he never could beat the Hulk, and instead removed him from the battle by launching him into Earth orbit, after which Thor collapsed from exhaustion.
Landing in Romania, Nul immediately began heading for the base of the vampire-king Dracula. Opposed by Dracula's forces, including a legion of monsters, Nul was seemingly unstoppable.
Only after the intervention of Raizo Kodo's Forgiven was Nul briefly slowed. Ultimately, Nul makes his way to Dracula's castle where the timely arrival of Kodo and Forgiven member Inka, disguised as Betty Ross, is able to throw off the effects of the Nul possession. Throwing aside the hammer, the Hulk regains control, and promptly leaves upon realizing "Betty's" true nature.
With the crisis concluded, the Hulk contacted Doctor Doom for help separating him and Banner for good in return for an unspecified favor. Doom proceeded to perform brain surgery on the Hulk, extracting the uniquely Banner elements from the Hulk's brain and cloning a new body for Banner.
When Doctor Doom demands to keep Banner for his own purposes, the Hulk reneges on the deal and flees with Banner's body, leaving his alter ego in the desert where he was created to ensure that Doctor Doom cannot use Banner's intellect.
When Banner goes insane due to his separation from the Hulk, irradiating an entire tropical island trying to recreate his transformation- something he cannot do as the cloned body lacks the genetic elements of Banner that allowed him to process the gamma radiation- the Hulk is forced to destroy his other side by letting him be disintegrated by a gamma bomb, prompting the Hulk to accuse Doom of tampering with Banner's mind, only for Doom to observe that what was witnessed was simply Banner without the Hulk to use as a scapegoat for his problems.
Initially assuming that Banner is dead, the Hulk soon realizes that Banner was somehow "re-combined" with him when the gamma bomb disintegrated Banner's body, resulting in the Hulk finding himself waking up in various strange locations, including helping the Punisher confront a drug cartel run by a mutated dog, hunting sasquatches with Kraven the Hunter, and being forced to face Wolverine and the Thing in an old SHIELD base.
Banner eventually leaves a video message for the Hulk in which he apologizes for his actions while they were separate, having come to recognize that he is a better person with the Hulk than without, the two joining forces to thwart the Doombots' attempt to use the animals on Banner's irradiated island as the basis for a new gamma army using a one-of-a-kind gamma cure Banner had created to turn all the animals back to normal.
Following this, Bruce willingly joined the spy organization S.H.I.E.L.D., allowing them to use the Hulk as a weapon in exchange for providing him with the means and funding to create a lasting legacy for himself.
After the Hulk had suffered brain damage upon being shot in the head by the Order of the Shield- the assassin having been carefully trained to target Bruce at just the right part of the brain to incapacitate him without triggering a transformation- Iron Man used the Extremis to cure the Hulk.
This procedure also increased Banner's mental capacity, which gave him the intelligence to tweak the Extremis virus within him and unleash a new persona for the Hulk: the super-intelligent Doc Green.
During the 2014 "Original Sin" storyline, Bruce Banner confronted by the eye of the murdered Uatu the Watcher. Bruce temporarily experienced some of Tony Stark's memories of their first meeting before either of them became the Hulk or Iron Man. During this vision, Bruce witnessed Tony modifying the gamma bomb to be more effective prompting Bruce to realize that Tony was essentially responsible for him becoming the Hulk in the first place.
Subsequent research reveals that Tony's tampering had actually refined the bomb's explosive potential so that it would not disintegrate everyone within the blast radius, with the result that Tony's actions had actually saved Bruce's life.
In the 2014 "AXIS" storyline, when a mistake made by the Scarlet Witch causes various heroes and villains to experience a moral inversion, Bruce Banner attended a meeting between Nick Fury Jr. and Maria Hill of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers who refused to turn over Red Skull.
Later when he sided with Edwin Jarvis and tried to prevent his teammates from executing the Red Skull, the Hulk was thrown aside by Luke Cage.
The Hulk's sorrow at his friends' betrayal awakened a new persona known as the bloodthirsty Kluh (described as the Hulk's Hulk, being the ruthless part of himself that even the Hulk repressed) with this new version easily defeating the Avengers, sneering that the Hulk they knew was nothing more than a "sad piece of 'Doc Green's' ID." Kluh then leaves to wreak havoc, with Nova attempting to stop him after witnessing his rampage with the remaining good heroes.
As with the other inverted Avengers and X-Men, Kluh was restored to Hulk when Brother Voodoo was summoned back to life by Doctor Doom so that Daniel Drumm's ghost can possess the Scarlet Witch and undo the inversion.
With his newfound intellect, Doc Green came to the conclusion that the world was in danger by Gamma Mutates and thus needed to be depowered. He developed a serum made from Adamantium nanobites that absorbed gamma energy.
He used these to depower Red Leader, Red She-Hulk, Red Hulk, Skaar, Gamma Corps, and A-Bomb, but decided to 'spare' She-Hulk as he concluded that she was the one gamma mutation whose life had been legitimately improved by her mutation. At the close of the storyline, Doc Green discovered that he was beginning to disappear as the result of the Extremis serum wearing off. He ultimately allowed himself to fade away, returning to his normal Hulk form, as he feared that remaining at his current intellectual level would lead to him becoming the Maestro.
During the 2015 "Secret Wars" storyline, the Hulk took part in the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. The Hulk used the "Fastball Special" with Colossus to destroy the Triskelion.
As part of the 2015–2018 All-New, All-Different Marvel branding, Amadeus Cho becomes the new Hulk. Flashbacks reveal that the Hulk had absorbed a dangerous new type of radiation while helping Iron Man and the Black Panther deal with a massive accident on Kiber Island. Fearing the Hulk's meltdown would kill countless innocents, Cho was able to use special nanites to absorb the Hulk from Banner and take it into himself to become his own version of the Hulk, leaving Banner normal and free from the Hulk.
He is then rescued from a bar fight by Amadeus, who tells him that he is cured. Having confirmed that he can no longer transform or sense the Hulk, Bruce spends some time traveling across America taking various risks such as driving at high speeds, running away from a bear, or gambling in Las Vegas, until he is confronted by Tony Stark out of concern that Bruce has a death wish. Bruce instead acknowledges that he still harbors guilt and rage over how so many of the Hulk's rampages were provoked by various agencies refusing to leave him alone.
During the 2016 "Civil War II" storyline, the vision of the Inhuman Ulysses shows a rampaging Hulk standing over the corpses of the superheroes. Meanwhile, Bruce Banner is shown to have set up a laboratory in Alpine, Utah, where he is approached by Captain Marvel, followed by Tony Stark, the rest of the Avengers, the X-Men, and the Inhumans.
The confrontation leads to the Beast hacking into Banner's work servers and the revelation that he had been injecting himself with dead gamma-irradiated cells. S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Maria Hill places him under arrest. Banner gets infuriated at all these events, when suddenly, Hawkeye shoots Banner with an arrow to the head and then to the heart, apparently killing him, much to the dismay and horror of the superheroes, especially Tony Stark.
At an Avengers-presided tribunal, Hawkeye states that Bruce Banner had approached him and ordered him to kill him if he ever showed signs of turning into the Hulk again. At the funeral, Korg of the Warbound stated how Hulk wanted to be left alone and how his allies that he made along the way have become his family. In his video will, Bruce leaves various items to other heroes and his allies including leaving Doctor Strange his notes on the Hulk's ability to perceive ghosts and an egg-timer for the various former/current other Hulks (based on one of Bruce's more successful attempts to control himself as he would sit down for three minutes doing nothing before making a particularly big decision and then decide if he still wanted to do it).
Following the funeral of Bruce Banner, the Hand in allegiance with Daniel Drumm's ghost steal Bruce Banner's body in order to use the dead to bolster their ranks. When the reassembled Uncanny Avengers went to Japan and attempted to enlist Elektra for help in stopping the Hand, the ritual that the Hand performed has been completed as the Uncanny Avengers are attacked by a revived Hulk who is wearing samurai armor.
The Uncanny Avengers were able to contain Hulk's rampage and sever his mystical link to the Beast of the Hand. Afterward, Hulk regressed back to Bruce Banner and returned to the dead.[93]
During the 2017 "Secret Empire" storyline, Arnim Zola used an unknown method to temporarily revive Bruce Banner, and the Hydra Supreme version of Captain America persuades his Hulk side to attack the Underground's hideout called the Vault. He fought Thing and Giant-Man's A.I.Vengers until the temporary revival started to wear off and caused Hulk to die again.
During the "No Surrender" arc, the exiled Elder of the Universe Challenger revives Hulk to be his ace in the hole during a contest between his Black Order and Grandmaster's Lethal Legion.
Hulk participated since he knew that Earth will be destroyed either way while his Bruce Banner suspects that Hulk's revivals were a manifestation of Hulk's immortality. While defeating Cannonball and Living Lightning, breaking Vision, and draining the gamma energy out of Robert Maverick's Hulk Plug-In, Wonder Man successfully reasoned with him as Hulk destroyed the Pyarmoid in Voyager's possession. After feeling remorse for what happened, Bruce Banner became Hulk and faced off against Challenger. After Challenger sent Hulk into Earth's orbit, Hulk was pleased that he managed to hurt Challenger.
While maintaining a low profile, Bruce Banner was shot by Tommy Hill of the Dogs of Hell biker gang during a robbery that also claimed the lives of Sandy Brockhurst and Josh Alfaro. He came back to life and turned into Hulk where he badly beat up Tommy Hill. The witnesses in the Dogs of Hell told Detective Gloria Mayes of the attacker as she and reporter Jackie McGee have a suspicion that it was Hulk even though Banner is believed to be dead.
During the events of "Absolute Carnage," the Venom Symbiote takes Bruce as its host to fight Carnage. Inside of Bruce's mind, Bruce converses with the Venom Symbiote as the other Hulk identities such as Joe Fixit and Savage add their opinions about their current situation.
Devil (in his more traditional-looking reptilian form) is against the symbiote's presence in Bruce and says it should be removed immediately, saying they have more important matters to deal with. In the end, Bruce, Fixit, and Savage agree to collaborate with the Venom Symbiote and Devil storms off, saying they are making a mistake. As Bruce states that the vote is three to one with two abstentions, he welcomes the Venom symbiote to the family.
Powers and abilities
Bruce Banner
Considered to be one of the greatest scientific minds on Earth, Banner possesses "a mind so brilliant it cannot be measured on any known intelligence test."
Norman Osborn estimates that he is the fourth most-intelligent person on Earth. Banner holds expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering, medicine, physiology, and nuclear physics.
Using this knowledge, he creates advanced technology dubbed "Bannertech", which is on par with technological development from Tony Stark or Doctor Doom. Some of these technologies include a force field that can protect him from the attacks of Hulk-level entities, and a teleporter.
After becoming a fugitive from the law, Banner is forced to go on the run and over the years learns various skills in order to both survive and remain under radar of those who are hunting him.
Banner’s most frequent method of travel includes hitchhiking, train hopping or simply just walking as he is unable to travel legally via planes, passenger ships or buses due to being in several travel watchlists.
Banner is generally on the move and rarely ever stays in one place for very long and only does so if there’s a possibility of curing himself. He will only ever stay in one place for an extended period of time if it provides him with complete solitude and privacy where the Hulk can do little to no harm.
To avoid being tracked, Banner does not use cell phones, debit or credit cards and will only use payphone’s or cash. He will often use fake identities when staying at motels or working jobs that require identification.
Having been on the run for years, Banner can normally tell when he is being followed and will generally make a run for it when he is discovered. Having traveled across the globe, Banner is able to sneak over borders without being detected and can get by, by either knowing or learning the local language. Often traveling light, Banner has little to no possessions that he carries in either a satchel or backpack.
Often losing everything he owns after transforming into the Hulk, Banner avoids keeping anything of personal value to him so that he can easily replace the items and clothes that were lost or destroyed.
To support himself financially, Banner will work quick part time jobs and will only accept payments in cash. These jobs have varied from simply working in low pay diners to working as local doctor.
Banner’s work ethic as well as his vast knowledge and skillset in science, medicine and engineering often help him get hired rather quickly. Unless desperate, Banner will generally avoid jobs that are high stress due to the potential danger of transforming into the Hulk.
During his travels, Banner has developed several different techniques to help suppress or control his transformations when he becomes a little angry or upset.
Among the techniques he’s learned over the years include meditation and hypnotherapy. While they have helped him to better understand and suppress his transformations, none of techniques Banner has learned have helped him to gain full control over the Hulk.
The Hulk possesses the potential for seemingly limitless physical strength that is influenced by his emotional state, particularly his anger.
This has been reflected in the repeated comment "The madder Hulk gets, the stronger Hulk gets." The cosmically powerful entity known as the Beyonder once analyzed the Hulk's physiology, and claimed that the Hulk's potential strength had "no finite element inside."
Hulk's strength has been depicted as sometimes limited by Banner's subconscious influence; when Jean Grey psionically "shut Banner off", Hulk became strong enough to overpower and destroy the physical form of the villain Onslaught.
Writer Greg Pak described the Worldbreaker Hulk shown during World War Hulk as having a level of physical power where "Hulk was stronger than any mortal—and most immortals—who ever walked the Earth" and depicted the character as powerful enough to completely destroy entire planets.
His strength allows him to leap into lower Earth orbit or across continents, and he has displayed superhuman speed.
Exposure to radiation has also been shown to make the Hulk stronger. It is unknown how he gains biomass during transformation but it may be linked to subatomic black matter.
His durability, regeneration, and endurance also increase in proportion to his temper. Hulk is resistant to injury or damage, though the degree to which varies between interpretations, but he has withstood the equivalent of solar temperatures, nuclear explosions, and planet-shattering impacts.
Despite his remarkable resiliency, continuous barrages of high-caliber gunfire can hinder his movement to some degree while he can be temporarily subdued by intense attacks with chemical weapons such as anesthetic gases, although any interruption of such dosages will allow him to quickly recover.
He has been shown to have both regenerative and adaptive healing abilities, including growing tissues to allow him to breathe underwater, surviving unprotected in space for extended periods, and when injured, healing from most wounds within seconds, including, on one occasion, the complete destruction of most of his body mass.
His future self, the "Maestro", was even eventually able to recover from being blown to pieces. As an effect, he has an extremely prolonged lifespan.
He also possesses less commonly described powers, including abilities allowing him to "home in" to his place of origin in New Mexico; resist psychic control, or unwilling transformation; grow stronger from radiation or dark magic; punch his way between separate temporal or spatial dimensions; and to see and interact with astral forms.
Some of these abilities were in later years explained as being related; his ability to home in on the New Mexico bomb site was due to his latent ability to sense astral forms and spirits, since the bomb site was also the place where the Maestro's skeleton was and the Maestro's spirit was calling out to him in order to absorb his radiation.
He is also shown to have a separate memory to Bruce Banner - when Spider-Man has the knowledge of his secret identity erased during Spider-Man: One More Day, the Hulk later asks how Peter is doing, not Spider-Man; upon questioning, he enigmatically states "Banner forgot. But I don't forget."
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Robert Bruce Banner
Publisher: Marvel
First appearance: The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962)
Created by: Stan Lee (Writer)
Jack Kirby (Artist)
Affecté à un Ter Lyon Clermont Ferrand,le seul AGC B82500 pelliculé "Sillon Alpin Sud"et un de ses cousins dans la tranchée de Billezois.
Colour vibrancy and saturation is a contentious issue amongst photographers and it’s my observation that there are two distinct groups, projecting scorn from different sides of the fence. But why?
Photographer verses viewer
In flickr land over the last few years, I’ve observed that the desaturated images that I’ve posted, have been more successful with the, let’s call them, ‘advanced photographers’. The people that I have growing respect for their skills, vision, composition and generally their intelligent approach to photography. Coincidently the more vibrant images that I’ve posted, (many naturally so) have been dismissed by the very same group, as unreal, (even thought they are not, but I’ll get to that soon).
Now unusually in a direct countering to this view, the vibrant images I’ve posted have been very well received by the wider flickr community and comparatively received substantially more traffic. This disparity between in-depth respected attention, verses overwhelming faves and view counts is intriguing, as to how it affects my photographic development. It seems as though I have a choice as to whether I let myself be influenced by this observation and if a clear evaluation is formulated then how do I steer a course within these mixed messages. On one side, if the views and comment counts are to be valued, then the richer images are what I should be producing, as they get by far the biggest attention, but what of the desaturated images? I greatly appreciate the critical affirmation I receive from such skilled mentors and deeply respect the personal development that is catalysed. Hmm I want my cake and the ability to eat it. I want quality and quantity, the grass is always greener!! Any more clichéd analogies anyone? There then seems to be distinct camps, common / elite, commercial/ quality, in your face/ subtle, male/ female. Hmmm!
Now this difference in photographic tastes is only a problem, if, I want recognition from either group (which clearly I do), and again problematic, if, I let market forces dictate my future. Man my ego really wants this, but I’m not sure I should let it. Now not wishing to conclude this text too hastily, and definitely not too simplistic, but, in the end my personal vision has to be put firmly before these differing values, trends and fashions. I have to follow my own path; I have to decide my own direction. Let me focus this text, as usual it’s in danger of spiralling out of control, or should I say ‘word count’ if I let my disorganised mind float off. So let’s look at some reasons for the current trend to desaturate.
Trends
At the moment in popular culture there is a retro revival, (it occurs to me that this is cyclic and no real surprise to the older members amongst us. In fact one of my favourite quote of all time comes from Nick Cave, “every 10 years or so I become fashionable again”. what a genius (sorry for my sycophantic hero worshiping...) anyway at the moment there are many adverts on TV and in the press that attempt to offer us a retro feel and one way of subtly doing this, is to try to emulate old film stock, (ironically artificially for the realists amongst us). Anyway generally the way this is implemented, is a slight de-saturation and colour toning that gives it a different feel, paradoxically initiating deeper textural depth. Part of the reason for doing this is to create visuals that are out of the ordinary, that stand out against the rest. To say, hey look at me aren’t I different and creatively unique. Well not really for many reason that fall outside this text. Anyway as members of this contemporary culture the consumers of art, in whatever form, are then influenced sometimes subconsciously, into emulating other mediums. We do not live in a cultural bubble and I would argue that it’s near impossible to be unaffected by the power from other disciplines when producing your own work. Hence borrowing the de-saturation look from other artistic disciplines is inevitable, postmodernism springs to mind.
Simplification
Removing or desaturating colour from the image simplifies the viewing experience, enabling the viewer to streamline their thoughts and focus deeper attention on other elements such as composition, subject, texture and form. Ironically less is often more in this regard, as the ability of the photographer to influence the viewer is greater with fewer distracting elements. Simplification as a photographic tool is then a conscious distillation of key elements, seeking to edit the weaker distractions in the pursuit of viewing power. Ironically the colour image has greater potential for significant depth in texture and form, but at the expense of unambiguous visual communication.
Reality
Reality is a matter of perception. The myth that there is one common reality in my belief is born out of the scientific community influence upon the wider society reliance, on imperially centred evidenced based thinking. Sciences rejection of the slightest assumptions, only giving credence to factual law based evaluations, has influenced the wider communities thinking to reject ides outside its magnifying glass. This doesn’t mean that because we haven’t yet the tools to see and therefore measure, that infinite discoveries don’t exist outside our current enquiry.
I believe that the idea that reality is in some way is the same for everyone is an assumption further added to by our psychological need to be part of a likeminded community. Does it really matter if we see the very same world slightly differently? Well to me it offers greater opportunities to be surprised creatively when I see through somebody else’s vision, gain differing insights to the world outside my own perception. But sadly some people subconsciously reject others visions, only make sense of the world from their own set of limiting rules dictating what makes an ‘accurate’ or acceptable photograph based on reality .
We all experience the world differently based on our unique prior experience and subsequently the way we observe images is no different. Can you remember when you first snapped a photograph? I bet since that early image your observational skills are now much more developed than the first time you glanced over the results...subsequently the greater you look, really look, the more depth and colour you bring to your conscious. You actually see more, appreciate more; your reality with the very same images develops over time and changes. This is no different when looking at colour, you actually see more colour the more experienced you become (unless your heavily influenced by simplification to the point of BW) and this very fact has been used to justify the criticism of the perceived over vibrant image as fraud. Take this image as an example. I received criticism that I oversaturated the rainbow when in fact I didn’t. What I find interesting here is the viewers need to desaturate the view to fit in order to fit with their own perception on an assumption based reality. The fact that they needed to see the image as too saturated over my own view is interesting. I would also argue that that kind of viewer would need to choose subjects that were consistently desaturated and images such as the one I’ve posted with this text would be outside their personal photographic vision.
On a final point about reality I also find it intriguing that people champion film photography as being real over digital, but ironically the choice of many landscape photographers is the vibrant Velva.
Traffic
There is no doubt that more vibrancy within an image helps it stand out amongst our thumbnail social networking culture. Not surprisingly these images can sometimes gain more traffic and subsequently attention, from the inevitable wider target audiences. Yes it’s true that colour is very good at initiating a mood in people and without consciousness of this power, can be a good emotion catalyser. But what is often overlooked when negative criticism, based on colour saturation sometimes materialises, is the oversight within the choice of subject, being naturally vibrant. The twilight ‘golden hour’ is an obvious example of this subject selection and often dismiss as clichéd, amateurish choice of subject, something that only a new conceptually inexperienced photographer would tackle. I would surmise this as narrow minded and tackled by a skilled conceptualiser can pay hansom dividends.
No moving on and turning this clichéd to an example, this shot was a result of being lost in the valley of desolation last week, three miles from my destination and without a compass. As I ran along the sometimes shin deep mud tracks trying to make sense of the map, trying to find my way out of the forest, to the valley bottom, in order to gain my bearings and not end up with a broken ankle, frozen and dead , I happened across this truly amazing sight. I was totally in awe to the conditions, but was massively at odds as to my personal safety. My point being, this photograph offered me, very personal and dramatic set of circumstances that at least for me have very special emotions. But the mix of colours from deep oranges to dark greens shouldn’t have worked, but did in a naturally vibrant way. The subject offered me a mix of deep dark forest, juxtaposed against the creeping in life giving light. What I see when looking at this image, apart from the adrenalin charged experience I managed to live through, is the deep cold mossy forest, that light doesn’t often get into, with dead fallen unattended lost trees, a wonderfully wild but paradoxically scary place, when the sun is just about to go down. I feel lost and safe, as the edge of the forest is penetrated by the setting sun. Now many of you will think I’ve lost the plot, (and please feel free to let me know with well crafted jokes), but for me this image is special. Both as a visual record, but more importantly as a conceptual and emotion catalyst.
My views
If you have made it this far, then I thank you for giving me enough respect to stick at it and apologise at the same time, for the subtle lack of organised thought with regard some of my ideas here. This text is already way too long, but I didn’t want it to be extended too much longer, so have decided to post it and then if I gain further incite, I will then revisit. (Something I’m sure to do as I plan on making a book out of my rambles, if I ever make time to). Anyway just for the record I’m writing this text in order to reflect on this subject in order to disentangle my own thoughts from the powerful influences out there. I partly conclude that I must follow my own creative path and not let the trends to de-saturation sway me, but I feel by exploring my own personal reality through photography, will result in the ability to present creative congruence, whatever that might be.
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