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Union Pacific’s Hinkle, Oregon - Yermo, California manifest freight pulls 69 cars along a new 8.2 mile line change near Garfield, Utah the evening of July 12, 1997. The old alignment was moved northward to the shoulder of I-80 to allow for the expansion of Kennecott Copper’s Magna tailings pond. Construction began late in the summer of 1995 and was completed when Main No. 2 was cut over on June 26, 1997. Historical info from UtahRails.net.
Now this was a staggering find. I have met with Jan König at the Kurfürstendamm to shoot some nice cars. We really saw some great stuff. More supercars than I have seen in the last 2 month I guess ^^. But this Stirling Moss totally stands out. Not only because of the design, they had also just made 75 units of this car!
The owner of the car was so nice. It was just awesome when we talked about his car and he told us that he is the one that drives his SM the most. In the end he allowed me to sit behind the steering wheel. It wasn't easy to get behind it cause I'm pretty tall but my god, what a feeling ^^.
I'm pretty sure Jan also made some sweet shots of it ;) www.flickr.com/photos/myjan001/
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Thanks again to the very friendly owner for this amazing experience :)
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Still standing, two pairs of US&S H2's act as intermediates at Mile 44.7 of Canadian National's Halton Sub. The R plate beside the single aspect upgrades the stop and proceed indication to a restricting to allow trains to pass the signal without stopping when following other trains.
The leaf spring allows a relatively simple and reasonable wheel suspension in spite of a large ratio of sprung to non-sprung masses.
Die Blattfeder soll bei Fahrzeugen mit u.U. großem Verhältnis von gefederten zu ungefederten Massen eine von der Konstruktion her einfache und kostengünstige Radaufhängung ermöglichen.
Photography by: Marie Whitfield
The opening scene in "The shape of Water" got my attention for the lightweightlessness of the objects that floated in the water and also for the serenity of the actress, deeply asleep in her sofa. This way I got inspiration to create some sort of aquatic sleeping beauty, dressed in garments of the epoch of the movie. And to complete my composition I added some details from the fashion world and a diva pose that allowed me show this stunning dress by Virtual Diva.
Built strategically in order to allow soldiers to control the large stretch of sea on which the city of Trapani flows, it is now possible to reach the Tramontana Walls.
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Tübingen / Baden-Württemberg / Germany
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Yeh! My A/C is fixed and at least we're more comfortable in our house. It's 93 degrees out this evening and so humid. My dogs are much more comfortable and so are we. The service people didn't think they would be able to make it here today but because I mentioned that my bulldogs were having a hard time dealing with the heat they made an exception and fitted us in. My heroes! Hope everyone is doing well and have a great weekend.
Botlek, Rotterdam industrial area, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands
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Barlia robertiana (Orchidaceae) 061 23
Barlia robertiana is a very robust plant with broad and bright yellow-green leaves and an impressive spike allowing an easy identification.
Flowers are large and fragrant with a large hanging lip that is purple, tinged with green at the edge.
Hypochrome specimens can be found with a very beautiful silvery sheen.
Generally it is the first orchid flower appearing so it is often honoured to announce the start of the "new orchid season"!
A lovely day out, with a visit to the Salt Mill and a walking tour.
Saltaire is a Victorian model village in Shipley, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the River Aire, the railway, and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Salt's Mill and the houses were built by Titus Salt between 1851 and 1871 to allow his workers to live in better conditions than the slums of Bradford.
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Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Let your heart be light
From now on
Our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas
Make the Yule-tide gay
From now on
Our troubles will be miles away
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years we all will be together
If the fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now
Here we are as in olden days
Happy golden days of yore
Faithful friends who are dear to us
Gather near to us once more
Through the years
We all will be together
If the fates allow
So hang a shining star upon the highest bough
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
Looking S at the Otter Crest Marine Reserve and a portion of Cape Foulweather.
"In 1928, Wilbur S. and Florence Badley gave the land on Cape Foulweather to the state of Oregon with provisions that the state not allow concessions on the property, the sale of merchandise or the erection of buildings on the land. The state was to maintain the viewpoint for the public."
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"Cape Foulweather was discovered by Captain James Cook, the English explorer on March 7, 1778. The weather was particularly stormy on the day of his discovery (winds of 100 mph at the cape are not unusual). Captain Cook named the location Cape Foulweather, the first geographic location named on this voyage to the north Pacific coast."
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It's just after sunset, the prime time for a crop sensor and kit lens as the crew has it wide open on the throttle to heave an extra Kipp to Alyth manifest up the hill into DeWinton. The original plan was to get this in actual light near Aldersyde, but my incompetence allowed me to drive right past it on the QE2. Unfortunately, I could not make a U-turn immediately, so I had to settle with this shot at DeWinton. It could've been worse; I still think this frame is composed well enough.
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Brown Falcon
Falco berigora
Description: Brown Falcons are small to medium-sized raptors (birds of prey). The female is larger than the male. The Brown Falcon has a range of plumage colours, from very dark brown to light brown above and off-white below. Generally, the upperparts are dark brown and the underparts are pale buff or cream. The sides of the head are brown with a characteristic tear-stripe below the eye. Birds from the tropical north are very dark, with a paler face and undertail, while those from central Australia are paler all over. Younger birds resemble dark adults, but have less obvious barring on the tail, and a buff-yellow colour on the face, throat and nape of the neck.
Similar species: Paler birds may often be confused with a related raptor (bird of prey), the Nankeen Kestrel, F. cenchroides, which is quite a bit smaller and has a more rufous crown. Dark Brown Falcons may be mistaken for slightly larger Black Falcon, F. subniger. The Black Falcon has longer legs and lacks barring on the tail. The Black Falcon also appears sleeker in shape and movements.
Distribution: The Brown Falcon ranges throughout Australia, and north to New Guinea.
Habitat: The Brown Falcon is found in all but the densest forests and is locally common throughout its range. The preferred habitat is open grassland and agricultural areas, with scattered trees or structures such as telegraph poles which it uses for perching. Around outback towns, the birds become quite tame and will allow quite close approach. Birds may stay within the same areas throughout the year or may move around locally in response to changes in conditions. Paler birds are usually associated with inland areas, but all the colour varieties are fairly scattered throughout the range.
Feeding: Brown Falcons are usually seen alone, searching for food from an exposed perch. When prey is sighted, the bird swoops down and grasps it in its claws (talons), killing the prey with a bite to the spine. The powerful bill has specialised 'tomial' teeth and matching notches for this purpose. Less often the species will hunt by hovering or gliding over the ground, often at great heights. Brown Falcons feed on small mammals, insects, reptiles and, less often, small birds.
Breeding: The nest used by the Brown Falcon is normally an old nest from another hawk species, but the species may build its own stick nest in a tree. Occasionally birds nest in open tree hollows. Both sexes share the incubation of the eggs, and both care for the young, although the female performs the bulk of these duties, while the male supplies most of the food.
Calls: Normally silent at rest, but gives some cackling and screeching notes when in flight.
Minimum Size: 41cm
Maximum Size: 51cm
Average size: 46cm
Average weight: 530g
Breeding season: June to November in the south; November to April in the north.
Clutch Size: 2 to 6 (usually 3)
Incubation: 30 days
Nestling Period: 45 days
(Source: www.birdsinbackyards.net; and Pizzey & Night, The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia)
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Feel sorry for the youth of today. When I was young this place would be packed with people swimming and water skiing. The result of living in a society that does not take responsibility for their own actions. Something happens because you did something sue the city or town. This is what happens.
Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park. The fairly rare water on the salt flats ended up being the biggest attraction on this trip, and with mild temperatures and little wind, it stuck around for over a week. the salt polygon patterns are caused via thermal expansion cracks in the rock salt, which allow salty water from the shallow water table below to seep up via capillary action. As it dries, it leaves raised polygons of salt. They can be an inch or two high, or sometimes 8-10" high!
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Een schitterend park op de rand van de Internationale Zone, ingang Scheveningseweg.
Je moet hier wel een wandelkaart voor hebben. Te koop het bij VVV kantoor aan het Spui (bibliotheek)
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A view towards the castle headland across the East Harbour on a Foggy April afternoon.There was very little wind ad so the East Harbour was mill pond calm and allowed for the reflection of the yachts moored in the harbour.
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The tradition of “Peixe Seco”, drying fish excessively, is very old in Nazaré.
According to what they say, it arose from the need to preserve fish for as long as possible, to guarantee the livelihood of families when it was scarce. Although this way of treating the fish also allowed them to preserve it and then sell it in the markets of the region, something that continues to happen today.
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Selma, AL | March 04, 2007
"Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I'm going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every day, not just in Capitol Hill but also back here in the district. Please give a warm round of applause for your Congressman Artur Davis.
It is a great honor to be here. Reverend Jackson, thank you so much. To the family of Brown A.M.E, to the good Bishop Kirkland, thank you for your wonderful message and your leadership.
I want to acknowledge one of the great heroes of American history and American life, somebody who captures the essence of decency and courage, somebody who I have admired all my life and were it not for him, I'm not sure I'd be here today, Congressman John Lewis.
I'm thankful to him. To all the distinguished guests and clergy, I'm not sure I'm going to thank Reverend Lowery because he stole the show. I was mentioning earlier, I know we've got C.T. Vivian in the audience, and when you have to speak in front of somebody who Martin Luther King said was the greatest preacher he ever heard, then you've got some problems.
And I'm a little nervous about following so many great preachers. But I'm hoping that the spirit moves me and to all my colleagues who have given me such a warm welcome, thank you very much for allowing me to speak to you here today.
You know, several weeks ago, after I had announced that I was running for the Presidency of the United States, I stood in front of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois; where Abraham Lincoln delivered his speech declaring, drawing in scripture, that a house divided against itself could not stand.
And I stood and I announced that I was running for the presidency. And there were a lot of commentators, as they are prone to do, who questioned the audacity of a young man like myself, haven't been in Washington too long.
And I acknowledge that there is a certain presumptuousness about this.
But I got a letter from a friend of some of yours named Reverend Otis Moss Jr. in Cleveland, and his son, Otis Moss III is the Pastor at my church and I must send greetings from Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. but I got a letter giving me encouragement and saying how proud he was that I had announced and encouraging me to stay true to my ideals and my values and not to be fearful.
And he said, if there's some folks out there who are questioning whether or not you should run, just tell them to look at the story of Joshua because you're part of the Joshua generation.
So I just want to talk a little about Moses and Aaron and Joshua, because we are in the presence today of a lot of Moseses. We're in the presence today of giants whose shoulders we stand on, people who battled, not just on behalf of African Americans but on behalf of all of America; that battled for America's soul, that shed blood , that endured taunts and formant and in some cases gave -- torment and in some cases gave the full measure of their devotion.
Like Moses, they challenged Pharaoh, the princes, powers who said that some are atop and others are at the bottom, and that's how it's always going to be.
There were people like Anna Cooper and Marie Foster and Jimmy Lee Jackson and Maurice Olette, C.T. Vivian, Reverend Lowery, John Lewis, who said we can imagine something different and we know there is something out there for us, too.
Thank God, He's made us in His image and we reject the notion that we will for the rest of our lives be confined to a station of inferiority, that we can't aspire to the highest of heights, that our talents can't be expressed to their fullest. And so because of what they endured, because of what they marched; they led a people out of bondage.
They took them across the sea that folks thought could not be parted. They wandered through a desert but always knowing that God was with them and that, if they maintained that trust in God, that they would be all right. And it's because they marched that the next generation hasn't been bloodied so much.
It's because they marched that we elected councilmen, congressmen. It is because they marched that we have Artur Davis and Keith Ellison. It is because they marched that I got the kind of education I got, a law degree, a seat in the Illinois senate and ultimately in the United States senate.
It is because they marched that I stand before you here today. I was mentioning at the Unity Breakfast this morning, my -- at the Unity Breakfast this morning that my debt is even greater than that because not only is my career the result of the work of the men and women who we honor here today. My very existence might not have been possible had it not been for some of the folks here today. I mentioned at the Unity Breakfast that a lot of people been asking, well, you know, your father was from Africa, your mother, she's a white woman from Kansas. I'm not sure that you have the same experience.
And I tried to explain, you don't understand. You see, my Grandfather was a cook to the British in Kenya. Grew up in a small village and all his life, that's all he was -- a cook and a house boy. And that's what they called him, even when he was 60 years old. They called him a house boy. They wouldn't call him by his last name.
Sound familiar?
He had to carry a passbook around because Africans in their own land, in their own country, at that time, because it was a British colony, could not move about freely. They could only go where they were told to go. They could only work where they were told to work.
Yet something happened back here in Selma, Alabama. Something happened in Birmingham that sent out what Bobby Kennedy called, 'Ripples of hope all around the world.' Something happened when a bunch of women decided they were going to walk instead of ride the bus after a long day of doing somebody else's laundry, looking after somebody else's children. When men who had PhD's decided that's enough and we're going to stand up for our dignity.
That sent a shout across oceans so that my grandfather began to imagine something different for his son. His son, who grew up herding goats in a small village in Africa could suddenly set his sights a little higher and believe that maybe a black man in this world had a chance.
What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation. It worried folks in the White House who said, “You know, we're battling Communism. How are we going to win hearts and minds all across the world? If right here in our own country, John, we're not observing the ideals set fort in our Constitution, we might be accused of being hypocrites. So the Kennedy's decided we're going to do an air lift. We're going to go to Africa and start bringing young Africans over to this country and give them scholarships to study so they can learn what a wonderful country America is.
This young man named Barack Obama got one of those tickets and came over to this country. He met this woman whose great great-great-great-grandfather had owned slaves; but she had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided that we know that the world as it has been it might not be possible for us to get together and have a child. There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born. So don't tell me I don't have a claim on Selma, Alabama. Don't tell me I'm not coming home to Selma, Alabama.
I'm here because somebody marched. I'm here because you all sacrificed for me. I stand on the shoulders of giants. I thank the Moses generation; but we've got to remember, now, that Joshua still had a job to do. As great as Moses was, despite all that he did, leading a people out of bondage, he didn't cross over the river to see the Promised Land. God told him your job is done. You'll see it. You'll be at the mountain top and you can see what I've promised. What I've promised to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob. You will see that I've fulfilled that promise but you won't go there.
We're going to leave it to the Joshua generation to make sure it happens. There are still battles that need to be fought; some rivers that need to be crossed. Like Moses, the task was passed on to those who might not have been as deserving, might not have been as courageous, find themselves in front of the risks that their parents and grandparents and great grandparents had taken. That doesn't mean that they don't still have a burden to shoulder, that they don't have some responsibilities. The previous generation, the Moses generation, pointed the way. They took us 90% of the way there. We still got that 10% in order to cross over to the other side. So the question, I guess, that I have today is what's called of us in this Joshua generation? What do we do in order to fulfill that legacy; to fulfill the obligations and the debt that we owe to those who allowed us to be here today?
Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back; but, there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year, we occasionally celebrate the various events of the civil rights movement, we celebrate Dr. Kings birthday but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means is an everyday activity.
Now, I don't think we could ever fully repay that debt. I think that we're always going to be looking back, but there are at least a few suggestions that I would have in terms of how we might fulfill that enormous legacy. The first is to recognize our history. John Lewis talked about why we're here today. But I worry sometimes -- we've got black history month, we come down and march every year, once a year. We occasionally celebrate the various events of the Civil Rights Movement, we celebrate Dr. King's birthday, but it strikes me that understanding our history and knowing what it means, is an everyday activity.
Moses told the Joshua generation; don't forget where you came from. I worry sometimes, that the Joshua generation in its success forgets where it came from. Thinks it doesn't have to make as many sacrifices. Thinks that the very height of ambition is to make as much money as you can, to drive the biggest car and have the biggest house and wear a Rolex watch and get your own private jet, get some of that Oprah money. And I think that's a good thing. There's nothing wrong with making money, but if you know your history, then you know that there is a certain poverty of ambition involved in simply striving just for money. Materialism alone will not fulfill the possibilities of your existence. You have to fill that with something else. You have to fill it with the golden rule. You've got to fill it with thinking about others. And if we know our history, then we will understand that that is the highest mark of service.
Second thing that the Joshua generation needs to understand is that the principles of equality that were set fort and were battled for have to be fought each and every day. It is not a one-time thing. I was remarking at the unity breakfast on the fact that the single most significant concern that this justice department under this administration has had with respect to discrimination has to do with affirmative action. That they have basically spent all their time worrying about colleges and universities around the country that are given a little break to young African Americans and Hispanics to make sure that they can go to college, too.
I had a school in southern Illinois that set up a program for PhD's in math and science for African Americans. And the reason they had set it up is because we only had less than 1% of the PhD's in science and math go to African Americans. At a time when we are competing in a global economy, when we're not competing just against folks in North Carolina or Florida or California, we're competing against folks in China and India and we need math and science majors, this university thought this might be a nice thing to do. And the justice department wrote them a letter saying we are going to threaten to sue you for reverse discrimination unless you cease this program.
And it reminds us that we still got a lot of work to do, and that the basic enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, the injustice that still exists within our criminal justice system, the disparity in terms of how people are treated in this country continues. It has gotten better. And we should never deny that it's gotten better. But we shouldn't forget that better is not good enough. That until we have absolute equality in this country in terms of people being treated on the basis of their color or their gender, that that is something that we've got to continue to work on and the Joshua generation has a significant task in making that happen.
Third thing -- we've got to recognize that we fought for civil rights, but we've still got a lot of economic rights that have to be dealt with. We've got 46 million people uninsured in this country despite spending more money on health care than any nation on earth. It makes no sense. As a consequence, we've got what's known as a health care disparity in this nation because many of the uninsured are African American or Latino. Life expectancy is lower. Almost every disease is higher within minority communities. The health care gap.
Blacks are less likely in their schools to have adequate funding. We have less-qualified teachers in those schools. We have fewer textbooks in those schools. We got in some schools rats outnumbering computers. That's called the achievement gap. You've got a health care gap and you've got an achievement gap. You've got Katrina still undone. I went down to New Orleans three weeks ago. It still looks bombed out. Still not rebuilt. When 9/11 happened, the federal government had a special program of grants to help rebuild. They waived any requirement that Manhattan would have to pay 10% of the cost of rebuilding. When Hurricane Andrew happened in Florida, 10% requirement, they waived it because they understood that some disasters are so devastating that we can't expect a community to rebuild. New Orleans -- the largest national catastrophe in our history, the federal government says where's your 10%?
There is an empathy gap. There is a gap in terms of sympathizing for the folks in New Orleans. It's not a gap that the American people felt because we saw how they responded. But somehow our government didn't respond with that same sense of compassion, with that same sense of kindness. And here is the worst part, the tragedy in New Orleans happened well before the hurricane struck because many of those communities, there were so many young men in prison, so many kids dropping out, so little hope.
A hope gap. A hope gap that still pervades too many communities all across the country and right here in Alabama. So the question is, then, what are we, the Joshua generation, doing to close those gaps? Are we doing every single thing that we can do in Congress in order to make sure that early education is adequately funded and making sure that we are raising the minimum wage so people can have dignity and respect?
Are we ensuring that, if somebody loses a job, that they're getting retrained? And that, if they've lost their health care and pension, somebody is there to help them get back on their feet? Are we making sure we're giving a second chance to those who have strayed and gone to prison but want to start a new life? Government alone can't solve all those problems, but government can help. It's the responsibility of the Joshua generation to make sure that we have a government that is as responsive as the need that exists all across America. That brings me to one other point, about the Joshua generation, and that is this -- that it's not enough just to ask what the government can do for us-- it's important for us to ask what we can do for ourselves.
One of the signature aspects of the civil rights movement was the degree of discipline and fortitude that was instilled in all the people who participated. Imagine young people, 16, 17, 20, 21, backs straight, eyes clear, suit and tie, sitting down at a lunch counter knowing somebody is going to spill milk on you but you have the discipline to understand that you are not going to retaliate because in showing the world how disciplined we were as a people, we were able to win over the conscience of the nation. I can't say for certain that we have instilled that same sense of moral clarity and purpose in this generation. Bishop, sometimes I feel like we've lost it a little bit.
I'm fighting to make sure that our schools are adequately funded all across the country. With the inequities of relying on property taxes and people who are born in wealthy districts getting better schools than folks born in poor districts and that's now how it's supposed to be. That's not the American way. but I'll tell you what -- even as I fight on behalf of more education funding, more equity, I have to also say that , if parents don't turn off the television set when the child comes home from school and make sure they sit down and do their homework and go talk to the teachers and find out how they're doing, and if we don't start instilling a sense in our young children that there is nothing to be ashamed about in educational achievement, I don't know who taught them that reading and writing and conjugating your verbs was something white.
We've got to get over that mentality. That is part of what the Moses generation teaches us, not saying to ourselves we can't do something, but telling ourselves that we can achieve. We can do that. We got power in our hands. Folks are complaining about the quality of our government, I understand there's something to be complaining about. I'm in Washington. I see what's going on. I see those powers and principalities have snuck back in there, that they're writing the energy bills and the drug laws.
We understand that, but I'll tell you what. I also know that, if cousin Pookie would vote, get off the couch and register some folks and go to the polls, we might have a different kind of politics. That's what the Moses generation teaches us. Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Go do some politics. Change this country! That's what we need. We have too many children in poverty in this country and everybody should be ashamed, but don't tell me it doesn't have a little to do with the fact that we got too many daddies not acting like daddies. Don't think that fatherhood ends at conception. I know something about that because my father wasn't around when I was young and I struggled.
Those of you who read my book know. I went through some difficult times. I know what it means when you don't have a strong male figure in the house, which is why the hardest thing about me being in politics sometimes is not being home as much as I'd like and I'm just blessed that I've got such a wonderful wife at home to hold things together. Don't tell me that we can't do better by our children, that we can't take more responsibility for making sure we're instilling in them the values and the ideals that the Moses generation taught us about sacrifice and dignity and honesty and hard work and discipline and self-sacrifice. That comes from us. We've got to transmit that to the next generation and I guess the point that I'm making is that the civil rights movement wasn't just a fight against the oppressor; it was also a fight against the oppressor in each of us.
Sometimes it's easy to just point at somebody else and say it's their fault, but oppression has a way of creeping into it. Reverend, it has a way of stunting yourself. You start telling yourself, Bishop, I can't do something. I can't read. I can't go to college. I can't start a business. I can't run for Congress. I can't run for the presidency. People start telling you-- you can't do something, after a while, you start believing it and part of what the civil rights movement was about was recognizing that we have to transform ourselves in order to transform the world. Mahatma Gandhi, great hero of Dr. King and the person who helped create the nonviolent movement around the world; he once said that you can't change the world if you haven't changed.
If you want to change the world, the change has to happen with you first and that is something that the greatest and most honorable of generations has taught us, but the final thing that I think the Moses generation teaches us is to remind ourselves that we do what we do because God is with us. You know, when Moses was first called to lead people out of the Promised Land, he said I don't think I can do it, Lord. I don't speak like Reverend Lowery. I don't feel brave and courageous and the Lord said I will be with you. Throw down that rod. Pick it back up. I'll show you what to do. The same thing happened with the Joshua generation.
Joshua said, you know, I'm scared. I'm not sure that I am up to the challenge, the Lord said to him, every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon, I have given you. Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. Be strong and have courage. It's a prayer for a journey. A prayer that kept a woman in her seat when the bus driver told her to get up, a prayer that led nine children through the doors of the little rock school, a prayer that carried our brothers and sisters over a bridge right here in Selma, Alabama. Be strong and have courage.
When you see row and row of state trooper facing you, the horses and the tear gas, how else can you walk? Towards them, unarmed, unafraid. When they come start beating your friends and neighbors, how else can you simply kneel down, bow your head and ask the Lord for salvation? When you see heads gashed open and eyes burning and children lying hurt on the side of the road, when you are John Lewis and you've been beaten within an inch of your life on Sunday, how do you wake up Monday and keep on marching?
Be strong and have courage, for I am with you wherever you go. We've come a long way in this journey, but we still have a long way to travel. We traveled because God was with us. It's not how far we've come. That bridge outside was crossed by blacks and whites, northerners and southerners, teenagers and children, the beloved community of God's children, they wanted to take those steps together, but it was left to the Joshua's to finish the journey Moses had begun and today we're called to be the Joshua's of our time, to be the generation that finds our way across this river.
There will be days when the water seems wide and the journey too far, but in those moments, we must remember that throughout our history, there has been a running thread of ideals that have guided our travels and pushed us forward, even when they're just beyond our reach, liberty in the face of tyranny, opportunity where there was none and hope over the most crushing despair. Those ideals and values beckon us still and when we have our doubts and our fears, just like Joshua did, when the road looks too long and it seems like we may lose our way, remember what these people did on that bridge.
Keep in your heart the prayer of that journey, the prayer that God gave to Joshua. Be strong and have courage in the face of injustice. Be strong and have courage in the face of prejudice and hatred, in the face of joblessness and helplessness and hopelessness. Be strong and have courage, brothers and sisters, those who are gathered here today, in the face of our doubts and fears, in the face of skepticism, in the face of cynicism, in the face of a mighty river.
Be strong and have courage and let us cross over that Promised Land together. Thank you so much everybody.
God bless you."
This is an axis "deer," not native to Central Texas. They are pushing out the native White Tail deer. The Axis were brought into Texas in the 1920s for hunting. Since then, they have grown to the point where year round hunting with no limits is allowed. They continue to grow in numbers and spread. They are beautiful aminals, very stunning to see. This photo was taken in the late evening, and hand held, so it is a little fuzzy. To help it out, I use a Topaz texture.
This beautiful evening she was entertaining us near Kaunas sea. She was searching for food on the sea shore quite a long time, allowing to take a few photos of her.
My interview on Google Local Guide Connect
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American Kestrel
The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America, measuring 8.7-12.2 inches in length with a wingspan of 20-24 inches. It is widely distributed over varied habitats and is commonly found in the country. Common nicknames for this raptor include "sparrow hawk," "grasshopper hawk," and "killy hawk". American Kestrels often hunt as a family group, allowing young birds to practice their hunting skills with their parents
Image taken: 01-10-2022
Camera: Nikon D850
Lens: Nikon 500mm f4 w1.4tx
ISO 640
1/3200 sec f8
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I'd like to think that these two are friends, sitting in the sun, just sharing a moment. The pansy was leaned way out from its dirt home, resting on the concrete edge. The acorn cap, one can only wonder where he came from. Delivered by a squirrel perhaps? ♥
A look inside the window of a scanning tunnelling microscope - a scientific instrument which allows for atomic-scale imaging and electronic characterisation of materials. The inventors of this microscope, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer, won a Nobel Prize for their work in 1986. Today, it is widely used in research labs all over the world.
The image shows a stainless steel ultra-high vacuum chamber which is cooled by cryogenic liquids - allowing for a highly controlled environment for measurements. The long rod in the lower part of the image is used to move samples within the vacuum chamber. Through the main window a small cylindrical probe which raster scans across the surface to produce images can be seen pointing upwards, while a sample of interest mounted on a rectangular plate points downwards. The view into the microscope capable of precise imaging offers a "window to the nanoscale."
Ruta por la costa del Algarve. Acantilados y cuevas de Benagil
Y pensar que ahora mismo este paisaje kárstico está cambiando ante nuestra mirada. Inmóvil, estático en apariencia, esta siendo acariciado por el viento, traspasado por la lluvia, golpeado por el mar…Millones de años han sido necesarios para esculpir estos arcos y grutas, estas imponentes chimeneas, estos pozos naturales,…los acantilados de Benagil, en el Algarve del sur de Portugal.
La ruta de senderismo de los siete valles, con 5,7 kilómetros de recorrido, a partir de la playa de Benagil y llegar hasta la playa de A Marinha.
Subimos poco a poco a la cima del acantilado y alcanzamos altura casi sin darnos cuenta. De pronto ya vemos un precipicio al fondo del cual está la playa de Benagil y el pueblo al fondo, y en seguida puede verse un enorme hueco rodeado por una valla de madera: se trata de la Cueva de Benagil. Nos asomamos y ahí está, enorme, debajo de la cual se forma una pequeña cala. Parece ser que cuando la marea está baja, puede verse la bonita playa de la Cueva de Benagil, y los barcos turísticos entran dentro de ella. Ahora las rocas toman el lugar y la ruta es una sucesión de grutas, subidas y bajadas escarpadas, carteles con todas las especies de fauna y flora que podemos encontrarnos en el lugar, y algunos tomamos un camino, los demás otro, y de repente tenemos ante nosotros un laberinto de karst en el que perderse es toda una aventura. Los gritos del mar enfurecido suben por las cavernas y su furor aumenta nuestra emoción. Ahora soy yo la que quiero perderme y subo y bajo entusiasmada por sendas abruptas, tomo atajos difíciles y de pronto veo un mirador al tiempo que descubro a mis compañeros de viaje tomando un camino con aspa. Corro al mirador y me paro en seco, las vistas panorámicas me dejan sin aliento…Parecía que los acantilados de Benagil no podían ser más bellos, pero cambio de opinión después de ver el doble arco en una inmensa roca, apéndice de la sima mayor, y diminuto, el más loco de los viajeros, encima de esta maravilla geológica.
Decido reunirme con él en la punta de ese iceberg kárstico, yendo por el camino prohibido, sé que no debería, pero el camino es ancho y no hay peligro, y mi emoción aumenta a medida que me aproximo. Sé que estoy llegando a uno de los lugares más bellos de la costa del Algarve, el lugar desde el que las fotografías no pueden igualar a la realidad. Allí está, mi intrépido viajero de naranja, casi al borde del precipicio…y la belleza no tiene nombre. La sucesión de acantilados, la playa de A Marinha por fin, y el litoral recortado, con playas blancas que se pierden en el infinito.
With both of the blue Horizon motors on the point, the Rocky Mountaineer heads west at the west switch of the siding at Crescent. The result of a meet with a freight train longer than the siding, both the Mountaineer and the Zephyr would line up right behind each other to allow the freight train to pull around. Once in the clear, both passenger trains would depart the siding back to back to continue west.