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A sister is someone who loves you from the heart,
No matter how much you argue you cannot be drawn apart.
She is a joy that cannot be taken away,
Once she enters your life, she is there to stay.
PS waied 7bet elwords ya let tgronha :O
I Love all my sisters in the world :P
59o9an elthna2iii :O Nouf & Njoud :D
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نجـود ونوف
ماشاءالله
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Part of an already-aging monument at one of the sites of the December 2016 Istanbul bombings.
I could have been there. I tried climbing that hill that evening but there was a police check point and they stopped me. Argued with a young cop there for a bit because it didn't make sense to me. It's not uncommon for them to stop traffic there on match days, but why were they not letting pedestrians though? He didn't know. What he did know was that his commanding officer was in a car further up the hill and that I'd be stopped there anyway plus he'd get yelled at for letting me through.
Then some youger guys showed up and started arguing to be allowed through. I noticed that while I was 'sir' and was being addressed in the second person plural, the new interaction was turning into a shouting match between peers. Figured if I visibly complied, it might help defuse that situation. So I loudly said that I understood he couldn't do anything, wished him a good day and took another route home (I could hear them still arguing as I walked down).
Came home, went out to my smoking balcony. As I was watching the sky and reflecting on the unproductive photo-walk I'd just taken, I heard a faint thump and the birds went crazy. I knew then a bomb must have gone off somewhere (if you spent 2016 in Istanbul, you'd know why one would immediately think this). I don't know if the young cop I dealt with survived.
One could argue that Swallow-tailed Kites are the most graceful bird on the planet.
They breed throughout the state of Florida, all along the gulf coast over to Louisiana and up the eastern seaboard to North Carolina.
I first saw them decades ago soaring high in the sky near Charleston SC. Here in Florida, they are a pretty common site each spring thru August or so before heading back to central and south America after breeding.
I've seen them flying over Miami, and are quite common soaring over our home here in Central Florida.
But I've never had a decent photo opportunity until now.
As they get ready to head south again, they gather in numbers to roost. In the morning, once the thermals begin, they start soaring and head off to forage.
If lucky, before heading out for the day, they might take a dip into the lake for a quick drink. That's what this guy here is doing.
Very beautiful birds and the epitome of grace in flight.
For years, I have been wondering what this tower is used for.
I decided to research and discovered as I copied from the discussion board: "The structure sits atop the Windstream building and was originally used for microwave and other wireless technology in the 60s and 70s. Since that technology is no longer in use, the tower now serves only as an observation tower. Over the years, the city has repeatedly asked LT&T/Aliant/Alltel/Windstream to remove it, but they have refused, arguing that if future technology ever required such a tower, it would be nearly impossible to secure zoning and approval to rebuild it."
Now, that eases my curiosity. ;-)
333,365,
It took place between 19 September and 13 December 2021.
Argual, Llanos de Aridane, Los, Canary Islands, Spain
I saw two rubbish cans arguing terribly yesterday. I Should have mediated them... / 我昨天看到兩個垃圾桶在吵架...我應該要勸架的...
This shot was taken a few hours after the blizzard. It was about 15 actual degrees with a wind chill of about 4 degrees.
They were "arguing" over bird seed.
- Baldwin, NY
- January 3, 2014
But is growing a beard obligatory under Islam?
Professor Muhammad Abdel Haleem, of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, says "this is not the only view expressed by Muslim scholars."
Many Muslim scholars now do not see the beard as an obligation and do shave their beards.
Muslims learn about the Prophet's views on facial hair not from the Koran, but through hadith - or sayings - attributed to Muhammad.
One such hadith, in a collection by Muslim scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari centuries ago, stipulates: "Cut the moustaches short and leave the beard."
The Prophet Muhammad is believed to have had a beard and those who insist that devout Muslims grow beards argue that they are doing no more than asking the faithful to emulate the Prophet's actions.
Little argue in the morning
A little fight in the morning
suddenly stop and laugh when see Iceman fight like us
Finally pulled the trigger on a 'blad. I love my Rolleiflex, but the modularity of this thing is hard to argue with.
Hasselblad 500C/M
80mm f/2.8 Planar CF T*
HP5 in ID-11
It's been argued that November/early December, when browns and grays are at their most "vibrant", is the worst time of year for landscape photography...and in large part, I'd agree. However photographic opportunities still exist. With the cold nights and relatively warm days, and the fact that many lakes and rivers haven't frozen over yet, beautiful low-lying fogs and hoarfrost are common this time of year and waiting to be captured.
This shot was taken at a local forest preserve where, shielded from prevailing wind, a low-lying pond's moisture rises up and creates great fogs and paints all the surrounding foliage with beautiful white frosted carpet.
Mornings like this remind me why I love photography.
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eyeshadow . Kei eyemakeup / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
lipstick . Kei Lips / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
collar/pauldrons . Bjorg set / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
top . Sabine top / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
eyes . Blinde Eyes - Chameleon / by Soul
ears . Uni Ears - Blix / by Soul
skin . Betti, tone H1 freckled / by Soul
pose . Who Are You Wearing? / by NANTRA
hair . Grace / by Magika
head . Catya / by Catwa
body . Lara / by Maitreya
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Several authors argue that the first community that populated the valleys of Chile's Norte Chico were the Molle people, which initially combined farming with hunting and gathering to become, over time, full-time farmers along with the development burnished red pottery, and did work with stone and copper. Notable archaeological sites are Alcohuaz and Cochiguaz where soil and water were available for fruitful farming.
They were advanced in their use of technology, as evidence of their knowledge of metallurgy and its practical applications shows. In the first stage of their development they worked copper by smelting and hammering it and later used gold and silver alloys, as well as employing techniques of rolling, drawing, and embossing. Later on around 1000 A.D. the Diaguita people arrived in the same area. They were named by the archeologist Ricardo Latcham for their similarities to the Argentine Diaguita. They made contact with the Molle culture, from whom they learned to work with copper and other metals. Their pottery consisted of asymmetric, wide mouth, containers, with a handles and usually rendered with red, black and white geometrical motifs.
It was late at night, at the end of another Saturday night demonstration in Jerusalem.
The policemen were evacuating the last young and enthusiastic protestors (this time without any violence).
She sat at the main junction were the demonstration took place; probably a bit tired.
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Many argue these demonstrations are 'the best show in town'; I tend to agree. A photographer can return from them with a cam full of photos.
I can't recall any other 'photographic workshop' in Israel, in which I took so many photos :- )
Will the demonstrations have any effect?
This is the million Dollars question, no one knows to answer.
At least they are a great fun :- )
When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say -- and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.
There is no need to argue. Never.
Flamingos at dawn. Aigues Mortes, Camargue, Languedoc, France.
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While arguing over who gets to use the 100-200mm telephoto lens, things get rather tense between Brent and me.
I'm not sure the shot is even worth the drama. Not only does he keep telling 'pork pies' about having a girlfriend but he refuses to get out of my shot once AGAIN.
Despite these unbearable hardships I still somehow manage to capture a handful of banging shots. The scenery is on such an epic scale that I had to ditch the Fuji GFX100s and go back to my Sony A7R4...but will it forgive me for cheating?
After photographing the magic of blue hour at Lake O'Hara, we get up at misery o'clock to hike back up the mountain for our last chance at a spectacular sunrise. The snow and ice are spectacular but will we get the light we hoped for? Things seem to be going well until I lose my breakfast all over the trail and Brent demands that I clean up the mess with my saggy bag of noodles.
Will his claims about having a girlfriend be proven true and will my ultra-wide angle lens be wide enough to capture the majesty of this bucket list location?
There's only one way to find out.
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That's what the tarot said I am
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eyeshadow . Kei eyemakeup / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
lipstick . Kei Lips / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
collar/pauldrons . Bjorg set / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
top . Sabine top / by Zibska @ Clearance sale until the 30th!
eyes . Blinde Eyes - Chameleon / by Soul
ears . Uni Ears - Blix / by Soul
skin . Betti, tone H1 freckled / by Soul
pose . Who Are You Wearing? / by NANTRA
hair . Grace / by Magika
head . Catya / by Catwa
body . Lara / by Maitreya
building . Ghost skybox / by Anxiety
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Excerpt from bangkokforvisitors.com/ratanakosin/grand-palace/palace-bu...:
The modern central court is dominated by the curious Chakri Maha Prasat hall. The hall was built by King Rama V and completed in 1882. Its unusual design is due to some controversy during its construction. The original architect was a Briton working in Singapore named John Clunich. Rama V wanted an entirely western look to his new home, but others in the court argued that the king's residence and throne hall should reflect Siamese motifs. Thus the domed roof was replaced by a Thai styled roof. It should be no surprise that the Thai nickname for the building is the 'westerner with a Thai hat'.
The Chakri Maha Prasat is located on what used to be a garden, and was later the house of King Rama V's mother in which the future king was born and raised. The base of the building houses the royal guards and a collection of ancient weapons is displayed in the arcades along the building's front. This display is open to the public on weekdays only. On Saturday and Sunday, you can see some of the exhibits through the bars, but there's no entry to see things close up.
VIP Visitors enter the building by the grand staircases which flank the central hall and lead up to a large porch. Above the wrought iron and frosted glass doors is the emblem of the Chakri dynasty, a three-bladed sword with the handle passing through the center hole of a discuss (chak) with a sharpened edge. Just inside is the Front Audience Hall, which leads to the Central Throne Hall, containing a small niello throne.
Day 177/365
Flickr Lounge: starts with the letter H (heron chicks)
79/100 action shots; 9/10 birds nesting
When I first started photographing this scene, I thought it was a parent returning to the nest with food. Soon I realized it was a fledgling from another nest, and the pair of juveniles in the nest just below were not happy about the trespass. In months of photographing the heronry, this was my first chance to photograph interactions between juveniles from different nests. It was quite windy and leaves were blowing across the view, but I photographed anytime I saw an opening, and particularly liked the action here.
The lower juvenile is in a nest with one other juvenile, and it can't quite reach the one that has landed on the branch above. I had left my tripod a few yards away, and it was hard to keep the camera on focus here with the narrow gap and the wind, so I went quickly to grab the tripod, and in the less than a minute I was gone, the fledgling at the top disappeared, so it must have flown.
Yes...I know...everyone who visits Grand Teton National Park goes to Mormon Row and shoots these historic barns and buildings. Here's my version...standard, nothing new, but who can argue with such a great backdrop, sky and cottonwood trees changing color?
We came here after we shot sunrise at Oxbow Bend...I'm sure sunrise here was pretty spectacular too. Oh well, you can't be in two places at once!
A pamphlet we picked up says "Mormon Row Historic District...a once vibrant community." This used be the town of Grovont. The settlers were dispersed as the land was acquired to expand Grand Teton National Park.
This paper argues that at least one of the following propositions is true:
(1) the human species is very likely to go extinct before reaching a “posthuman” stage;
(2) any posthuman civilization is extremely unlikely to run a significant number of simulations of their evolutionary history (or variations thereof);
(3) we are almost certainly living in a computer simulation.
It follows that the belief that there is a significant chance that we will one day become posthumans who run ancestor-simulations is false, unless we are currently living in a simulation.
A number of other consequences of this result are also discussed.
It could be argued, a good chunk of current car market is fueled by a demand for vehicles following the form of Estate Wagons like this 1941, Packard 120 Deluxe Station Wagon. The car blends style with a practical side, elegant on the outside and business on the inside.
There were no soccer Mom's in 1941 but it is easy to imagine a Mom picking her daughter up after riding lessons at the local stable. The daughter's muddy boots and riding pants would be no problem for the fairy "plain Jane" interior of the Packard. Same thing when Dad and his buddies decided to go duck hunting. The car was well suited to the mission.
This image marks the first time we have taken the dealership model outside to use in some forced perspective images. It is also you the viewer's first chance to stand on the showroom floor with us and look out the front window. This idea, shooting a forced perspective image from inside a model structure has been on our minds almost since we started this adventure. When construction of the dealership model began, being able to put a camera on the showroom floor to look out at the world became one of the main goals of the design.
The building you see across the street was a Chrysler dealership for about fifty years. It then became the Gart Brothers Sports Castle, a Denver landmark. Sadly, it is due to be scraped.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/24 scale model cars in a 1/24 scale auto dealership interior in front of a real background.
Franklin Mint 1940 Packard Darrin
Automodelo 1941 Packard 120 Deluxe Woody Wagon
Bachmann Streetcar
A behind-the-scenes photo from this photo shoot can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/one24thscale/51224475990
Sunset
Sonnenuntergang
On the right you can see the Maastoren, the second tallest building in the Netherlands (165 metres (541 feet)).
Rechts sieht man den Maastoren, mit 165 Metern das zweithöchste Gebäude in den Niederlanden.
The Maastoren (Dutch for Meuse Tower) is with its height of 165 metres (541 feet) the second tallest building in the Netherlands. The office building is situated on the bank of the Nieuwe Maas, after which the building is named, in the neighborhood Kop van Zuid in the South Holland city of Rotterdam. The Maastoren was built between 2006 and 2009, and had OVG as its developer. The Maastoren has a total of 44 above ground floors and two underground floors.
The Maastoren serves as the headquarters of the Dutch branch of Deloitte, and is used by the company AKD. In 2019, the State of the Netherlands leased an area of 7,000 m2 (75,347 sq ft). Around 1,600 employees of both companies work in the office building. The Maastoren has a total floor area of 69,000 m2 (742,710 sq ft), of which around 36,500 m2 (392,883 sq ft) is rentable office space. Also, the Maastoren features a parking garage with ten floors, which is operated by APCOA.
History
Prior to the construction
When the Dutch branch of Deloitte wanted a new headquarters, it chose for the current location of the Maastoren. Later, AKD stepped into the project as well. Both companies chose OVG as the developer of the new office building. Dam & Partners Architecten designed the Maastoren with Odile Decq Benoit Cornette. Also, engineering firm Zonneveld and the company Techniplan Adviseurs were involved in the developing process. Besix was the main contractor, and received €67 million for building the Maastoren.
The municipality of Rotterdam agreed with the construction of the Maastoren, but in April 2006 the council called for a debate on the subject. At the end of May, alderman Hamit Karakus said to the council that the Maastoren would be built and that the municipality would listen to the objections. The council agreed with the construction in the following month. As a reaction, Vereniging Woon- en Leefklimaat Kop van Zuid/ Noordereiland (Dutch for Association Living Environment Kop van Zuid/Noordereiland) filed a lawsuit against the municipality of Rotterdam. The association aimed at preventing the Maastoren from being constructed, and was previously known as Comité Maastoren Nee! (Dutch for Committee Maastoren No!). 200 objections against a license had been filed, mostly because of the height of the Maastoren and the above ground parking garage. Some nearby residents also argued the office building would cause environmental and traffic problems, and complained about the lack of public eating facilities in the building.
Construction
The process of making the site ready for construction started at the end of July 2006, but the preparations were shut down two weeks later on 3 September. On 21 September, the preparations were continued. The digging of the foundation started the following month. Part of the construction site was kept dry using sheet piles, because that part was situated in the river. In November 2006, all the remaining objections against the Maastoren were rejected by the general committee on objections of Rotterdam. The lawsuit against the construction, however, was still ongoing. On 25 April 2007, the groundbreaking took place. Ivo Opstelten, who was mayor of Rotterdam at that time, hammered the first pile into the ground. Back then, the opening of the Maastoren was planned in 2009. Meanwhile, the judge had given the verdict in the lawsuit of the association against Rotterdam, that was filed to stop the construction. The judge said the license was justified, and thus the municipality had won the lawsuit.
On 27 May 2009, the Maastoren was topped out. At that time, all floors up to the twentieth floor were completely finished. To celebrate this occasion, alderman Hamit Karakus and CEO of OVG Coen van Oostram abseiled down the building to the 31st floor two days later. The construction was completed in November 2009 The developer, OVG, sold the Maastoren to the German company SEB Asset Management for €159.5 million the same year.
Opening and sale
The Maastoren was put into use on 15 March 2010, and was officially opened two months later on 28 May. OVG, the developer, received a plaque from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The plaque states the Maastoren has a height of 164.75 metres (541 feet), and is the tallest building in the Netherlands. The plaque is displayed in the lobby of the Maastoren since the opening. During the opening, Ahmed Aboutaleb, the mayor of Rotterdam, received a copy of the book Maastoren about the building, which was published by the Rotterdam Skyscraper Foundation.
In December 2014, the American real estate company NorthStar bought a portfolio, that consisted of eleven office buildings including the Maastoren, from SEB Asset Management. NorthStar paid €1.1 billion for the entire portfolio.
In 2018, the Maastoren was acquired by an investment consortium led by FOM Real Estate from Heidelberg, Germany.
Architecture
The Maastoren is designed by Dam & Partners Architecten. Also, the architecture firm Odile Decq Benoit Cornette was involved in the designing progress, and architecture firm OTH designed the interior of the office building. The skyscraper consists of two main elements: one has a height of 165 metres (541 feet) and one is slightly turned compared to the first one and is around 105 metres (344 feet) tall. Also, the Maastoren has a glass extension. The strength of the building is provided by a core with two inner walls, by other inner walls perpendicular to the core, and by the exterior that consists of prefab elements. These parts are made out of concrete. The core is occupied by the restrooms and some of the elevators among other things. The area of the core varies depending on the height and its dimensions on average are 13 metres (43 feet) by 10 metres (33 feet). The core was constructed using a climbing formwork.
The base of the Maastoren is situated on a layer of sand, that is situated on layers of clay. Two sides of the base of the building are located in the Nieuwe Maas. The foundation consists of almost 500 piles, on which an almost 2 metres (7 feet) thick foundation plate rests. The underground parking garage starts on top of that foundation plate.
The exterior of the Maastoren is wrapped in panels, that give the building its colors. The windows are located in between those panels. The color of the Maastoren changes gradually as the building rises: the building is colored dark grey at the bottom and silver white at the top. To create these color changes, the panels at the bottom are made of dimension stones and the panels higher in the building are made of 22 shades of aluminium. The aluminium panels cover slightly more than the upper half of the Maastoren, and they become lighter as the building rises. The different colors of the facade were chosen to make the building resemble the horizon. The dark grey dimension stones at the bottom are meant to resemble the basalt wharf. However, the facade near the elevators is in contrary to the rest of the facade entirely made out of glass. The parking garage has grids instead of windows, to reduce nuisance caused by the wind.
The Maastoren is equipped with jetties to prevent collisions with large ships. Also, the building has a dock for water taxis. The interior of the Maastoren is exclusively heated and cooled by the water of the Nieuwe Maas. Water is being brought to storage tanks with diameters of 70 metres (230 feet) by heat exchangers. The heat and cold is being stored using seasonal thermal energy storage. There's one storage tank available for the heat, that is filled during summer, and one for the cold, that is filled during winter. The Maastoren is therefore not connected to district heating. The water from the river is used to supply the fire sprinkler system as well.
Interior
The Maastoren has a parking garage with ten floors, of which two are located underground. Situated above the underground parking garage, the ground floor houses the main entrance, above which a glass canopy is located to decrease the effect of the wind. Also, the ground floor includes a reception, waiting space, meeting space, space for informal meetings, and a bar that bears the name Grand Café. The second floor houses conference rooms and a cafetaria. The parking garage continues on the third floor, and goes on to the 11th floor. This part of the parking garage can be accessed by a ramp, that goes through the lobby. The Maastoren has 634 parking spaces in total. 446 of them are part of a public parking garage, that is operated by Q-Park. Most of the parking garage is above ground because of the small size of the lot and because of the high costs of a deep underground parking garage. There's a gym on the twelfth floor, just above the parking garage.
The office floors of Deloitte and AKD start above the parking garage, and continue to the top of the Maastoren. The top floor is occupied by a conference room with glass walls. These glass walls extend beyond the roof to create the illusion that the Maastoren fades into the air. The building has twelve elevators (including service elevators), of which two glass elevators are situated on the exterior to reach the above ground parking garage. The three fastest elevators, that serve the top floors, can reach a maximum speed of around 22 km/h (14 mph).
Height
The architectural height of the Maastoren is 164.75 metres (541 feet), but there's a mast above that height that isn't included in the architectural height. The total height with the mast included is 177.7 metres (583 feet). The highest occupied floor is located twenty metres under the top at 154.1 metres (506 feet) above the ground.
Maastoren Challenge
The Maastoren Challenge is a sporting event inside the Maastoren, that has been held in 2013 and in 2015, to raise money for charity. The competitors start at the bottom of the office building, and have to reach the top of the Maastoren by using the stairs only. The 2013 edition was held on 23 November and the 2015 edition on 18 April. During the second edition the 335 participants raised €21,635. That money was donated to the foundation Make-A-Wish Nederland.
Awards
The Maastoren has received two awards: De Vernufteling, a yearly engineering award, in 2007 and the FGH Vastgoedprijs, a biennial award, in 2010. De Vernufteling was awarded to Techniplan Adviseurs because of the heating and cooling system of the building, that uses seasonal thermal energy storage. The FGH Vastgoedprijs was awarded to the developer OVG by Aleid Wolfsen, back then mayor of Utrecht, on 8 November 2010. The award comprised a bronze statuette and a plaque. The judge said the Maastoren was a real eye-catcher and a monumental building. Furthermore, the judge called the building way ahead of its time.
(Wikipedia)
Der Maastoren ist ein Wolkenkratzer im Stadtteil Kop van Zuid in der niederländischen Stadt Rotterdam.
Das Gebäude wurde 2006 bis 2010 an der Nieuwe Maas in Rotterdam erbaut und misst 164,8 m Höhe. Inklusive des Mastes auf dem Dach hat es eine Höhe von 177,7 m. Das Design des Maastoren stammt vom Büro Dam & Partners Architecten. Jedoch waren auch die Architekten des Büros von Odile Decq Benoit Cornette am Designprozess beteiligt. Durchgeführt wurde der Bau von OVG Projectontwikkeling. Bis 2021 war das für Bürozwecke genutzte Hochhaus das höchste des Landes. Derzeitige Hauptmieter sind AKD und Deloitte, welche sich die Geschossfläche von 44.809 m² auf den 44 Etagen teilen. Das angrenzende Parkhaus verfügt über 635 Parkplätze.
(Wikipedia)
In this rather 'noisy', grainy offering, an SY loco works deep within the Baotou steel works - a great place to photograph industrial steam.
Sadly, when we returned two years later, we were kicked out after a couple of hours. Security put their own interpretation on the validity of our permits - which had been issued quite correctly by the works office. No point arguing in China - someone had to lose face, and it wasn't going to be them!
Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China.
December 2006 © David Hill
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1928 Packard 443 Roadster
It is a very easy to argue the case that Packard’s glory days were in the late 1920’s and through the 1930’s. During this time, the famed Detroit automaker was building some of the finest automobiles on the market. The over-engineered nature of the chassis earned a reputation of exceptional reliability. Packard also offered a staggering array of body, chassis and engine combinations that could be tailored to suit virtually any client. And for their most discerning clientele, a chassis could be fitted with a bespoke body by any one of twenty custom body builders at their disposal. Packards of this era were grand and imposing and considered by many to be the very finest automobiles of their time.
The model 443 of 1928 was one of the most impressively grand automobiles of its day. It rode on an immense 143” wheelbase regardless of body style, giving it a sense of presence that few could match. Motivation was courtesy of a nearly silent straight-eight that displaced 383 cubic inches, and produced an understressed 109 horsepower and a steady wave of torque. As with other Packards of this period, the 443 was not an intimidating car to drive. Packard transmissions are among the easiest to use, the brakes are powerful, and road manners are excellent. The massive 443 has a tendency to shrink around the driver once out on the road. These truly are spectacular automobiles in every sense.
Source: hymanltd.com/vehicles/5499-1928-packard-443-roadster/
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Louise Brooks (American actress)
Born November 14, 1906 · Cherryvale, Kansas, USA
Died August 8, 1985 · Rochester, New York, USA (heart attack)
Birth name Mary Louise Brooks
Nicknames
Lulu
Brooksie
Scrubbie
Height 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Louise Brooks was one of the most fascinating personalities of Hollywood, always being compared with her most important characterization as protagonist: Lulu in Georg Wilhelm Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929). Along with her beauty and talent she had an independent streak and refused to accept the restrictive role that women had in American society, and pretty much went her own way, which caused quite a bit of controversy. Not everyone found her rebellious nature off-putting, though; in 1926 she was the inspiration for the comic heroine Dixie Dugan and in the zenith of her fame for Valentina of Guido Crepax. She started her career as a dancer in the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway, and Hollywood soon came calling. She didn't care for the Hollywood scene at all, though, and traveled to Europe, where she made her most memorable films. Her dissatisfaction with Hollywood in general led her to quit films altogether in 1938; she was at the peak of her career, but just gave it all up.
She also became an accomplished writer, authoring a number of books, including her autobiography. On August 8, 1985, Louise died of a heart attack in Rochester, New York in 1985. She was 78 years old.
Source - IMDb Mini Biography By: Volker Boehm
* Portrait of Louise Brooks courtesy of Dr. Macro's High Quality Scans
* Car recorded at the Geneva Concours d’Elegance - 2023
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies is a 2014 book by the Swedish philosopher Nick Bostrom from the University of Oxford. It argues that if machine brains surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could replace humans as the dominant lifeform on Earth. Sufficiently intelligent machines could improve their own capabilities faster than human computer scientists, and the outcome could be an existential catastrophe for humans.
Parenting has changed over the years.
When I was a child "parental guidance" often consisted af a slap or as my mom used to say "A clip round the ear".
In many countries the UK included this sort of treatment of children if frowned upon if not outlawed.
It is illegal to smack a child, unless it is considered "reasonable punishment". This defence is available under the Children Act 2004, but it is not defined in the legislation. Physical punishment is considered unreasonable if it leaves a mark, is severe, or is more than an isolated incident. Any form of physical punishment that leaves a mark on a child or young person is considered an assault and is illegal under the Section 58 of the Children Act 2004.
The government has rejected calls to ban physical punishment of children in England, arguing that parents should be trusted to discipline their children. However, there is substantial evidence that corporal punishment can put children at risk for negative outcomes, such as increased aggression, antisocial behaviour, mental health problems, and physical injury.
All things in moderation I suppose.
Sidmouth, Devon, UK.
One cannot argue the outstanding colors of the male wood duck. I had saved photos I made of this one that was looking so proud. But, photos didn't look too good, didn't edit, but just kept them. Now, I am a bit better at using the features of Adobe's Creative Cloud. During our rainy days of last week I was searching through older photos and came up with this one standing in just enough water to cover his webbed feet. White Rock Lake's Sunset Bay, Dallas, TX.
My Friend when I think of you.
I think of all that we've been through.
All the times we argue and fight,
I know deep inside that it isn't right.
I, then feel bad and alot of pain.
It feels like I've fallen from the sky like the rain.
I love you dear friend with all of my heart.
But now that you're gone I've fallen apart.
I'm getting better as the days go by.
I wish sometimes this was all a big lie.
I pray to you every night.
It's like you're my fire, a burning light.
My dear friend, I miss you alot.
I still wonder why you were put in that spot.
I know you're in a place much better than here.
Watching and helping me with all of my fear.
Our friendship my dear friend,
we will have to the end.
Friends til the end is what we will be.
Someday we'll be together,
together you and me.