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A man steps into the light of a street lamp. A car zooms past him and splashes a puddle of the freshly fallen rain up to him. The water hits him in the face. He raises his middle finger up to the car driver. Moments pass and the man still stands under the lamp. The light of the lamp flickers and suddenly a shadow shows itself next to the mans. The man doesn't look behind him as he's been expecting the newly arrived shadow. No words are said as none have to be. The first man pulls a pack of cigarettes from his trench coat pocket. He then pulls out a lighter and flicks it on, causing the end of the cigarette to light up with a bright orange light. The man pulls the cigarette from his mouth and lets out the smoke from his lungs.

"I'd offer you one, but I know you don't smoke."

No answer was made. Instead the shadow on the ground disappeared. The man in the coat turns to where the shadow was. No man was seen walking away. This would be a strange sight to any ordinary man, but the man who stood under the lamp was anything but ordinary. Instead the man let out another puff of smoke and cracked a small smile. Moments later a scream was heard just a block away from the man. The scream was loud but died down as quickly as it started. The man's smile faded as he sighed and turned to where the scream came from.

"Fantastic."

The man did not say this in a sarcastic tone. In fact, he enjoyed the sound of the scream. He knew that the shadow that was just next to him was the cause of such a scream. Not for who was casting it, but the fact that no one cast it. The shadow was not of a living man, but that of a dead man. The man in the trench coat began to run to where the scream sounded.

As he arrived he saw a sight that would make any man lose his lunch. The man in the trench coat, however, was used to the sight and smell of such a scene. Instead of hurling, the man took in another breath of smoke and releasing it seconds later. The man flipped the butt of the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it. He walked closer to the fresh corpse. He took out a small magnifying glass from his pocket and inspected the wounds the woman had. The wounds were cleanly made. Much cleaner than even a surgical knife. The man knew that no weapon on earth could make clean punctures like this. The man looks around to see the cops pulling up at the scene. A police man demands the man to step away. The man raises his hands in the air and walks silently away. A second police man stops him and asks him if he saw anything. The man shook his head and began walking away. The police tried to stop him, but the man kept walking.

"Be on the look out, though."

"Of what?"

"The rogue shadow of the Moon Man."

The police man turns to his partner who abruptly shrugged his shoulders. After this strange encounter, the police man made his way to his car and grabbed the radio.

"Be on the lookout. Suspect is wearing a long tan trench coat."

"Really? It's the middle of December. There are going to be thousands of men in trench coats. Did anyone get a good look at his face?"

The policeman who issued the report looked to his partner who again shrugged his shoulders. The policeman with the radio sighed and lifted the radio back to his mouth.

"No..."

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Heyo, this is my new Constantine App for the DCSG. I know that holding 4 roles at one time is absolutely crazy, but there is one thing about this role. If I get it, fingers crossed, this role will be one that won't be uploaded as frequently as my other three roles. Given the way I want to take this, I will be taking my time planning out arcs. (But aren't you doing that already?) Yes I am, but for Constantine I want this to be extremely awesome.

That being said, I've had the idea for this story for months just sitting around, so this one will come out more frequent than the future volumes. (That is, if I actually get the role).

April 3, 2011.

I realised the reason why I love Photoshop so much is because things are erasable. If I didn't like the colour of something? Change it to something I did like. Mess with the reality of appearances. Create things that don't exist. Eradicate mistakes cleanly, without leaving their evidence behind. Probe into imagination once again without worrying about what will happen because I know there's always a back up. Always.

It's like a second life; a dream that doesn't exist but has objects from reality. It's an escape route.

The object of the game is to advance the ball towards the line defended by the opposition and place the ball cleanly on the ground. Once in possession each team is able to use the ball up to six times to make their attempt. Each of these six plays comes to an end when a tackle is made and the ball can not be released to a teammate. In this instance with at least three opponents clinging on Tongan forward Fui Fui Moi Moi is well and truly tackled. This action comes from the very first game that Toronto Wolfpack played in last years challenge cup against a strong amateur side Siddal.

Probably one of the most unusual imports I've seen whilst abroad, and the first time I have ever seen a Stealth in the wild. Very cleanly shaped, and very reminiscent of the Corvette. Based on the Mitsubishi GTO.

I suspect ZA plates are reserved for re-regs and imports.

Opening doors, still fits minifigs and you can see how the turret rotates cleanly over the roof.

Time to reboot my earlier 356 build. I took the original apart almost immediately as the front proportions never sat right with me. So here's take 2, I still wish there was an elegant solution for some hint at a front bumper, but nothing has quite worked cleanly yet.

I'm pretty happy with the overall result - hope you like it too. Follow me on Instagram and my website

The steam crews on Connecticut's Valley Railroad strive to fire their locomotives as cleanly as possible. After all, they have lots of sensitive neighbors all along the line, including private residences, and marinas, where expensive yacht owners don't want their white sails stained by soot and cinders. The railroad provides very detailed instruction to their fireman as to where they can fire and where they absolutely must be clean stack. They also have experimented with a variety of coal types, including mixes of both bituminous (soft) and anthracite (hard) coal. In this scene, Consolidation #97, a 1926-vintage Alco product, takes a short excursion consist through the meadow in Centerbrook, just north of the Essex Station at roughly Milepost 4.4, en route to Deep River on a late October afternoon. This train was performing for a 2024 Dak Dillon Photography charter, and the crew was actually trying to make some smoke for us, albeit unsuccessfully.

The neatly arranged rows of rounds on the left are the new Mortar Round prototype that Will just cut. It is grippable both in the middle and at the tip of the warhead.

As a neat little bit of history and direct comparison, on the right is a sprue of the old mortar round (and an early version of the TPDW that shared the same mold). Will sometimes lets me rummage through bins of scrap and that's where this came from--the halves of the mold weren't quite flush with each other when this was injected, which allowed some material to leak out of the seam and create the flash you see along the edges and in the trigger guard.

You can see that I've done a little bit of cleanup to try to salvage them, but now that Will has designed the new version I think this sprue is getting set aside as a historical artifact. :)

You might also notice some imperfections in the new rounds. These surface defects happen sometimes with prototypes when there is an impurity in the ABS (often residue of a second color that doesn't blend cleanly) or for a variety of other reasons. They're not a flaw in the design itself.

Please do not play with the tactical log.

This is the latest version of my quest to create a better T-72. The glacis is now only four studs long, the wheels are smaller, the fenders more gently sloped and longer, the fuel tanks on the back mounted more cleanly, there's a tactical log, oh yeah, an an entirely new more accurately shaped turret. Sadly ERA for the turret is impossible at this scale. At least it's impossible without a total turret rebuild. Rip.

So with the new Jason Bourne film out now and since I have recently rewatched the original 3 films and also the trailers for the new film I decided to make these figures real quick for the release of the new film. So from left to right there is the "one punch" Bourne (that is just what I'm calling him) as seen in the first promotional teasers and trailers. I wanted to find a head with a little stubble on it since in that scene he isn't cleanly shaved and I think the Starlord head works well. The light bley hands are to represent the wrappings on his hands and the Dino hunter legs work well I think for the figure as a whole. The other figure is how he appears throughout most of the film with the jacket and the flaming bottle that he has in the trailers for a few shots and a "space gun" which is a placeholder till I get a BrickWarriors handgun. Let me know your thoughts on these figures and if you have seen the film but, please avoid any spoilers because I have not yet seen the film.

Formulas:

Desert Bourne: dark brown slicked back hair, "Chris Pratt" head, Prince of Persia Dastan torso Sith light bley hands, series 12 Dino hunter cmf legs

Jacket Bourne: dark brown slicked back hair, male angry head that has been in many of the new Star Wars sets, Indiana Jones Mutt Williams torso, and plain black legs

Bronze statue of footballer Barrie Robran in a classic "overhead mark" pose, outside the new Adelaide Oval.

WIKIPEDIA

A mark is a skill in Australian rules football where a player cleanly catches (is deemed to have controlled the ball for sufficient time) a kicked ball that has travelled more than 15 metres without anyone else touching it or the ball hitting the ground.

The former Aberdeen & Rockfish Mikado #40 takes a short, branch-line freight north out of Old Saybrook, CT on the former New York, New Haven & Hartford Connecticut Valley Line, which is operated today by the Valley Railroad Co. of Essex, CT. The train pictured here was operating for an October 2024 photo shoot organized by Dak Dillon Photography and was probably the first steam photo freight that has been operated by the railroad since 2012. The cab crew this afternoon included Ken Blandina on the throttle and Casey Jane Palumbo firing. These folks did an amazing job making some smoke for us on the run-bys here, as the coal used on this line is a grade purchased specifically because it burns cleanly, almost like anthracite.

This location, which is a nice, uphill grade, is referred to as "The Ladder", near Milepost 1.7, about half a mile north of what the railroad calls the "Museum Siding." Historically, this spot was just a dense tree-tunnel, but some serious, recent tree-cutting has opened it up nicely, making it perhaps the largest, most open spot on the entire railroad. Fortunately, on this particular day, mother nature cooperated with some nice afternoon sun to produce some of the best-lit shots I've ever captured on this line.

Half inch of water boiling covered for 6.5 minutes.

Notice how cleanly the Rosle egg topper removed the top of the egg. The other round white thing is a salt shaker.

Hot PopTart Natalia.

I have Resurgence Natalia Taste on a PopTart Budget.

I’ve got Resurgence Natalia on the brain and “Natalia” in the eBay search box just waiting for her to come out (at a reasonable price!!)

Constantly refreshing eBay I found a “project” Hot Property Natalia for a great price. Her lipstick had been removed. She has some scratches on and around her lips so a repaint will never sit cleanly, but that’s okay!! I think she looks absolutely beautiful “natural!” Of course I had the perfect pun PopTart “dress” waiting in the project pile, it’s an unfinished cat toy.

(The toy toaster is from my childhood, my mom has had it stashed in her linen closet for years!)

Natalia needs a new body, so what do I do?! I can displace my redhead Tilda Brisby and put Natalia on a Color Infusion body that is a perfect match TODAY. Or I could gamble on the newest NuFace Latino bodies being a match and spend money I don’t have on a brand new body. (Speaking of money I don’t have: what about the W Club?! Join twice, buy Every doll, sell half or more of the dolls to pay for the dolls I keep? I like the look of Lukas even if his zip-off jorts are the stupidest thing. Joining seems like the only reasonable way to get him; if I want him?)

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Zen Mind

If you can't touch it, show it, taste it, does it have any reality?

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Vauxhall VX 4/90 FB Deluxe (1961-63) Engine 1508 cc S4 OHV

Registration Number 325 GOH (Birmingham)

VAUXHALL SET

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The more cleanly styled FB announced 14 September 1960, with much improved rust protection, the body styling was more conservatitive. The standard Victor was introduced with a 1508cc engine driving through a three speed column change transmission as standard with an option of a four speedbox with floor mounted change. In September 1963 the engine was enlarged to 1594cc and identified as the FB30 1963 was also the year when front disc brakes with larger 14 in (360 mm) wheels became an option.

The VX4-90 announced in September 1961 was the sporty derivative It was fitted with a twin-carburettor, a taller alloy head, high-compression expansion controlled pistons, and a nitrided EN19B steel crankshaft engine of 71bhp. Externally the car was distinguished from the standard car by a coloured stripe down the side, revised grille and larger tail-light clusters. The VX4/90 was available only in saloon form with 4-speed (GM Opel) all-synchro gearbox, Lockheed front disc brakes, 14 inch wheels, front individual / bucket seats, full instrumentation including mechanically driven (from the distributor) tachometer and heater The VX4/90 FBX engine also was upgraded to the 31FB, the larger bore size giving 1595 cc and had a top speed in excess of 90mph

Thanks for a stunning 59,393,363 views

Diolch am 59,393,363 gwych, golygfeydd, mwy na phoblogaeth y Lloegr honno yn y Gorllewin

Pencampwyr y Chwe Gwlad Cymru 2021

Shot 21.05.2017 at Chiltern Hills Classic Sar Show, Weedon Hill, Aylesbury REF 126-282

In love with this cleanly modified 964!

Vauxhall VX 4/90 FB Deluxe (1961-63) Engine 1508 cc S4 OHV

Registration Number YFF 957 (Bangor for Merrionethshire)

VAUXHALL SET

www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623863172810...

The more cleanly styled FB announced 14 September 1960, with much improved rust protection, the body styling was more conservatitive. The standard Victor was introduced with a 1508cc engine driving through a three speed column change transmission as standard with an option of a four speedbox with floor mounted change. In September 1963 the engine was enlarged to 1594cc and identified as the FB30 1963 was also the year when front disc brakes with larger 14 in (360 mm) wheels became an option.

The VX4-90 announced in September 1961 was the sporty derivative It was fitted with a twin-carburettor, a taller alloy head, high-compression expansion controlled pistons, and a nitrided EN19B steel crankshaft engine of 71bhp. Externally the car was distinguished from the standard car by a coloured stripe down the side, revised grille and larger tail-light clusters. The VX4/90 was available only in saloon form with 4-speed (GM Opel) all-synchro gearbox, Lockheed front disc brakes, 14 inch wheels, front individual / bucket seats, full instrumentation including mechanically driven (from the distributor) tachometer and heater The VX4/90 FBX engine also was upgraded in 1963 to the 31FB, the larger bore size giving 1595 cc and had a top speed in excess of 90mph

Diolch yn fawr am 72,820,669 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mwynhewch ac arhoswch yn ddiogel

Thank you 72,820,669 amazing views, enjoy and stay safe

Shot 05.05.2019 at Catton Park Classic Car Show Ref 141-190

Shade prefers to use his blaster shouldered to his left as opposed to most of his brethren; because of this, he believes strongly in the differentiation between clones. Donning armor with intricate designs, Shade proves to be Shadow Squad's most outgoing member - the demolitions expert.

Just another addition to Shadow Squad ~ Personally, my favorite parts about this custom are the helmet and backpack. I was able to get the decals to apply to the small surfaces so cleanly! This figure, like Etch, has been made for a while now, and the arm size is not yet updated. I'll be posting my customs that I've made but not released as content for you guys while I work on bigger projects. As always, comments speak louder than faves, so let me know what you think!

ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away. As if they're alive, everything in the world is sealed up inside, clear and distinct. Ice can preserve all kinds of things that way - cleanly, clearly. That's the essence of ice, the role it plays.

Here's a tutorial for developing colour film (C41) in your own kitchen, for those who are interested. It may not be the way that everyone else does it, but it works for me...

The guide below is based on the 1litre Tetenal Kit.

The great thing about the C41 process (compared to black and white) is that it's universal - whichever film you use, the developing time and method stays the same - 3:15 mins at 100 degrees (F). Most guides say that you need to keep the temperature to within +/- 0.5 degrees of this to avoid colour shifts, and this is what puts a lot of people off (including me for a long time). But there's no need to worry. Anyway, here we go:

You will need:

Water

Kitchen sink or washing-up bowl

Kettle

C41 chemicals - developer, bleach/fix (blix) and stabiliser

3 bottles for storing the chemicals (ideally the accordion type)

a jug/jugs for pouring the chemicals cleanly

a developing tank and reel(s)

a thermometer

a timer / phone with a stopwatch

Mixing the chemicals: You only need to do this once, when you fist get the kit. Presumably to increase shelf life, the C41 chemicals come packed into component parts (e.g. the developer comes in 3 different bottles, in the case of Tetenal). The first step is to mix these components together, with water, to make the 'working solution'. This is very straightforward - takes about 5 mins. After this you will have the working solutions of the developer, the blix, and the stabiliser ready to go in the accordion bottles.

Developing (overview):

Basically, processing C41 film consists of the following steps:

1) Load the film

2) Heat the chemicals and the developing tank to the right temperature

3) DEVELOPER - 3:15mins, then pour back into the accordion

4) BLIX - 4mins, then pour back

5) Rinse (i'll describe the method below)

6) STABILISER

7) Hang, dry, cut and scan!

Developing (method)

1) Load the film: If you're anything like me, this will be the most difficult part of the whole process. I use a Patterson tank which has the capacity to fit two 35mm reels or one 120 reel.

2) Heating the chemicals: This is the part that I was most worried about. I thought that, to maintain a highish temperature for the whole of the developing time, to a precise degree, would be too tricky to achieve without expensive thermostats and rotary developers. In actual fact, during the 3:15 of developing time, the temperature will hardly change at all - water is very good at storing heat.

Here's the method I use:

a) Fill a kettle and put it on the boil.

b) put the developer and blix accordions in the washing-up bowl / sink, along with the developing tank.

c) once the kettle has boiled, pour into the bowl/sink, so that the chemical bottles are sitting in a pool of hot water.

d) open the lid of the developer, stick in the thermometer, and wait until the temperature reads about 101 - 102 degrees F - this will take a few mins, depending on how much hot water it is paddling in. While this is happening, hold the developing tank down in the sink (it will want to float as it's currently full of air)

3) Developer (3:15) : Once the temperature hits 101 - 102, take the developer, the developing tank, and the Blix out of the sink / bowl (don't worry about the blix cooling too much - the temperature doesn't need to be as precise for this step) Pour the required amount of developer (enough to cover the film in the tank) into the jug, and then into the tank, as you start the timer. AGITATION: for me, I use the same agitation method as for black and white: 4 inversions followed by a couple of taps, every 30 seconds. After 3:15 pour the developer back into the jug, then back into it's accordion, and seal it up.

4) Blix (4:00) : Blix looks like blackcurrant juice, but please don't drink it. Rinse out the jug, pour in the blix, then pour into the tank as you start the timer for 4mins. Agitate as above. When the time runs out, pour back into the jug, and then back into the accordion, and seal.

5) Rinsing: You can use whichever method you are used to from BW developing to rinse. As usual, everyone has an opinion as to the best method. Here's mine: Remember the paddling pool of hot water that you poured into the sink, to heat up the chemicals? Return to this and add lots of cold water. You want this pool to drop to minimum of 86 degrees F (you don't need to be precise - anywhere from 86 - 104 degrees will be fine). This is your rinsing 'reservoir'. Using a clean jug, fill up the developing tank, and do 5 inversions, then pour the contents away (not back into the reservoir). Fill up again, and do 10 inversions, then pour away. Repeat for 15 and then 20 inversions. Rinsed.

6) Stabiliser (1:00) : As far as I know, stabiliser helps to prevent any further changes to the film after developing, and is also mixed with a washing-up liquid type substance which helps the water run off, minimising any stains on the film after drying. Simply pour enough stabiliser into the developing tank to cover the film, agitate as in step (3), and after 1 minute, pour the stabiliser (using a jug) back into it's accordion and seal it. You're all done.

7) The moment you've been waiting for (or dreading?): crack open the developing tank and admire your handywork. Hopefully you will have some nice negatives staring back at you. Unwind from the reel, remove any excess liquid with a squeegee, then hang up (preferably in a dust free area) to dry. I use weighted film clips to make sure the film dries straight. If, like me, you are very inpatient, you can use a hair dryer on a low setting to speed up the drying time. If you are doing this, remember to dry both sides of the film, to prevent it from curling up, which makes it tricky to scan. Once dry, cut up and scan.

Sorry I realise this is quite a long post! It looks long winded when written out like this, but I can say that it really is very straightforward when you try it yourself. I hope this is useful in some way, and please let me know what you think. I'd also like to know about the methods you use, or any tips or tricks you've picked up.

Oh, here's the details for the image above:

Minolta SRT - 101

Rokkor 50 / 1.7

Fuji Superia 200

Developed in Tetenal (3:15 @ 100 F)

Architecturally, New Orleans is not just famous for its wrought iron balconies in the French Quarter.

It's also famous for its shotgun houses. The house has its rooms arranged one behind the other.

The term 'shotgun' is a reference to the idea that if all the doors are opened, a shotgun blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back.

I'm fascinated with shotgun houses; however, I can't imagine living in something so narrow.

Two story shotgun houses appear to be quite rare.

When I first visited this place 2 years ago my photoshop skills weren't good enough to cleanly remove Neil's tag. Those days are over Neil, who ever you are. It's those bloody doors again

folded from cp, 27 cm sheet. Not fully satisfied with this fold, some parts can be more cleanly folded. The white parts were painted after folding (messed up in some areas around the legs rofl) . I will refold it from some brown and white paper in the future

The northbound Hoosier State crosses Route 30 as it heads into Dyer for its last station stop before Chicago. What's a little rare about this scene is that both engines are coupled together and not on either end of the train, allowing us to see the last car cleanly.

Ingredients:

350g self-raising flour, plus more for dusting

¼ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

85g butter, cut into cubes

3 tbsp caster sugar

175ml milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

squeeze of lemon juice

100g sultanas

beaten egg to glaze

Method:

STEP 1

Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the flour into a large bowl with the salt and baking powder, then mix. Add the butter, then rub in with your fingers until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Stir in the sugar.

STEP 2

Put the milk into a jug and heat in the microwave for about 30 secs until warm, but not hot. Add the vanilla and lemon juice, then set aside for a moment. Put a baking sheet in the oven.

STEP 3

Make a well in the dry mix, then add the liquid and sultanas and combine it quickly with a cutlery knife – it will seem pretty wet at first. Scatter some flour onto the work surface and tip the dough out. Dredge the dough and your hands with a little more flour, then fold the dough over 2-3 times until it’s a little smoother. Pat into a round about 4cm deep.

STEP 4

Take a 5cm cutter (smooth-edged cutters tend to cut more cleanly, giving a better rise) and dip it into some flour. Plunge into the dough, then repeat until you have four scones. You may need to press what’s left of the dough back into a round to cut out another four.

STEP 5

Brush the tops with beaten egg, then carefully place onto the hot baking tray.

STEP 6

Bake for 10 mins until risen and golden on the top. Eat just warm or cold on the day of baking.

commonly known.. called SADHU.. in south India

one fine sunday morning i just riding my bike (thunder bird) towards mahabalipuram.. this SADHU appears in front of me near the historical temple. just he had a bath near the pond and dressed cleanly .. sitting under a tree.. a nice light and shade... i clicked a shot.

canon 400d with kit lens 18-55mm.

i still consider this one of the best shot in 18-55 ordinary lens...!!!

I get the feeling this isn't being especially looked after these days, what with those pavement ramps leaning on it, and being uncovered on near enough a building site outside a house. Looks like it was a nice example when roadworthy, these earlier Manta B models are very cleanly styled before all the 80s excess set in on the design.

"We're pros, Sarge. We know how to do this."

The third addition to the Republic Commando-style Delta Squad, Boss! I completed this just before we moved on Tuesday, and wanted to post it today to follow a weekly upload schedule.

This custom came out quite cleanly, but there's really not much detail to go into, aside from poseable arms. I suppose since I didn't upload my original CW Boss, there is no comparison to base this off of; I'll upload a comparison pic later on. Thanks to CAC for the blaster, helmet, and backpack!

As for additional news, I've officially moved back to my old house, but it's been really hectic unpacking the items. I'll be getting a new desk and bed (my parents own a furniture store), so until then, I can't unpack any of my Lego sets or work on customs till that's come in. I'm hoping to upload Scorch next weekend, so stay tuned ~ As always, comments speak louder than faves!

-Andrew

A very compact and cleanly designed camera. Unfortunately the shutter on this one doesn't work.

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Can you help me by identifying acorn that I found today in Saint Louis area? The length of nut shell (as shown in middle row) is aproximately 7/8". I don't have any information about the cap. My best guess is that it from yellow chestnut oak tree (quercus muehlenbergii/chinquapin/chinkapin). As the photo shows, the shell cracks cleanly and the meat comes out easily with no/little damage.

Designed and folded June 2012. Folded from an octagon cut from a 30cm x 30cm sheet of Nicolas Terry's tissue foil.

This is the top view of this model here.

For the past few weeks I have been experimenting with various new fractal designs. Originally I was actually going to post a picture of this design, but while trying to reproduce it for the picture, I came up with a completely different idea altogether-- and this is the result!

I am really satisfied with the result of this model. As the title indicates, the concentric star design can be repeated forever (or at least until the paper becomes too small to work with). What I like most about this design is how efficiently the paper is used for each stage of stars. Even with a 30cm x 30cm square, I was able to cleanly fold 5 stages. I also find it interesting how the layers separate naturally to make the model 3-dimensional.

If there is enough interest in this design, I would certainly consider releasing the CP. For anyone interested who is also attending the upcoming OrigamiUSA Convention, I would be more than happy to teach you how to fold this in person. Please let me know what you think! All comments are greatly appreciated!

Been here before! Not a problem to be here again of course but we were expecting to be on Standard 2 78018 but it had failed with a hot tender box on Saturday. Instead we relieved Martyn and Tony on Ivatt 2MT 2-6-0 46521 at the north end of the Down Loop at Loughborough.

She had 155psi on and half a glass on handover with 15 minutes to go before our departure at 12.40 although both my and Les's watches were running 5 minutes slow as compared to GCR time! We only realised this when the platform clock was showing 12.38. The fire was built and the boiler filled but I was waiting for the pressure to come round which made the last few minutes a bit fraught. We left with 195psi on the boiler so all was well. In fact just past the Section signal we blew briefly when I couldn't get the injector to pick up cleanly!

Firing a quite terrifying .51 caliber bullet this carbine is perfect for an officer who want's to use the weapon he progressed with minus the humility of using a traditional rifle.

This rather brisk firearm uses a falling block mechanism and features gold engraving and proof stamps by both our monarch and Westinghouse to make the user feel the authenticity of this firearm and know that the weapon will kill and function to a Westinghouse standard.

The weapons range is also quite good as the hand rifled barrel is tuned to have optimum range and velocity as well as being accurate, making that .51 caliber round meeting it's target in a manner similar to a barbers razor cleanly and with as little struggle as possible.

Only a Westinghouse weapon makes it's mark in such fashion and certainly is a sight on any battlefield.

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We were on a nearby island the other weekend where I found this wonderful hairy coconut. A great subject when on the beach where there is no other foreground subject.

The coconut (Cocos nucifera) is not really a nut and is the primary member of the family Arecaceae (palm family). It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaves 4–6 m long, and pinnae 60–90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly, leaving the trunk smooth. The term coconut refers to the seed of the coconut palm. The spelling coconut is an old-fashioned form of the word.

The coconut palm is grown throughout the tropics for decoration, as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses; virtually every part of the coconut palm has some human uses. In cooler climates , a similar palm, the queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) is used in landscaping. Its fruit are very similar to the coconut but much smaller. It was originally classified in Cocos genus along with the coconut, but was later moved to Syagrus. A recently discovered palm, Beccariophoenix alfredii from Madagascar is nearly identical to the coconut, more so than the queen palm. It is cold-hardy and makes a coconut-lookalike for cooler areas.

The coconut has spread across much of the tropics, probably aided in many cases by seafaring people. Coconut fruit in the wild is light, buoyant and highly water resistant, and evolved to disperse significant distances via marine currents. Fruit collected from the sea as far north as Norway are viable. In the Hawaiian Islands, the coconut is regarded as a Polynesian introduction, first brought to the islands by early Polynesian voyagers from their homelands in Oceania. They are now almost ubiquitous between 26°N and 26°S except for the interiors of Africa and South America.

The flowers of the coconut palm are polygamomonoecious, with both male and female flowers in the same inflorescence. Flowering occurs continuously. Coconut palms are believed to be largely cross-pollinated, although some dwarf varieties are self-pollinating. The nut of the coconut is the edible endosperm, located on the inner surface of the shell. Inside the endosperm layer, coconuts contain an coconut juice that is sweet or salty or both sweet and salty.

Coconuts received the name from Portuguese explorers, the sailors of Vasco da Gama in India, who first brought them to Europe. The brown and hairy surface of coconuts reminded them of a ghost or witch called Coco. Before it was called nux indica, name given by Marco Polo in 1280 while in Sumatra, name taken from the Arabs who called it jauz-al-Hindi. When coconuts arrived in England, they retained the coco name and nut was added.

Small snowflakes always contain interesting features, and even the simpler shapes are able to help identify the physics at work. Not to mention the beauty found in simple angles, lines and shapes! View large!

The center of the snowflake shows some interesting almost-symmetrical features radiating outward, until a pivotal change took place. The very center tells me that this snowflake originated as a column that grew plate-like crystals out of either end. These two plates would compete with one another for water vapour as they grow, and even a slight advantage would lead to instant victory, overtaking the other plate. This often happens as six separate battles at once – for each of the corners. Once a plate extends beyond the edge of its competitor, it now gathers the majority of the water vapour, accelerating its own growth and stunting the development of the other plate. Because the corners stick out more, these tend to be the most important “staging areas” for these competitions.

In this case, the top plate won the right half, and the bottom plate won the left half. These two plates began to grow outward, with the initial signs of branches beginning to form. Had this snowflake grown into a full “dendrite” type crystal, you’d see a fairly balanced structure… but the entire thing would still be held together by a tiny center column. These columns can snap, cleanly splitting a snowflake into two halves with something as gentle as its own impact with the ground.

If you look very closely, you might also notice a few scraps and scratches in the surface of the snowflake. I’m not entirely sure what the cause would be – collisions with other snowflakes, points where the crystal has begun to melt from the mitten fibers it’s resting on, or possibly just random growth anomalies… but the detail is endless. Another great example that no two snowflakes could ever be the same – even identical twins have different fingerprints.

Curious to know how I make these images, and how I can figure out this cool science? You need to check out Sky Crystals: www.skycrystals.ca/ - it’ll make winter a little more tolerable once you can appreciate the crazy details falling from the sky all around you. :)

The Eisbach (German for "ice brook") is a small man-made river, 2 kilometres long, in Munich. It flows through the park known as the Englischer Garten and is a side arm of the Isar River. A manmade wave has been created on one section.

Swimming in the Eisbach is not allowed, but the rule is not enforced, and swimmers can be seen especially on warm summer days. At least two people have drowned in the lower part of the Eisbach, a swimmer in 2003 and a non-swimmer, who may have slipped or fallen asleep near the river, in February 2007.

Just past a bridge near the Haus der Kunst art museum, the river forms a standing wave about 1 metre high, which is a popular river surfing spot. The water is cold and shallow (sometimes only 40 cm deep), making it suitable only for experienced surfers and playboaters (whitewater kayakers). The wave is predominantly used by surfers, and animosities of surfers towards kayakers have occasionally been reported.

The wave has been surfed by river surfers since 1972, and surfing competitions have even been held. Due to the more recent development of playboating, kayakers have only more recently and so far not in great numbers started to surf the wave.

Surfing is now (2010) officially allowed. A new sign next to the wave warns that "Due to the forceful current, the wave is suitable for skilled and experienced surfers only". In previous years there have been issues between the authorities, who threatened to demolish the wave, and a group of wave supporters who organized activities and a website to save the wave, including an online petition to leave the wave intact.

Being a standing wave it can be surfed for as long as one's balance holds, and in busy times a queue of surfers forms on the bank. In the past surfers tied a leash to the bridge to hold onto, but a sign announces that this is both dangerous and forbidden.

The local surfers have forced the wave to break more cleanly, with increased height, by attaching ropes to the bridge which trail submerged planks, creating two large "U"-shapes. Such a shape makes the wave easier to surf for river surfers (playboating makes fewer demands of the wave shape).

A better wave for beginners is in Floßlände near the Thalkirchen U-Bahn station. It has also been surfed since 1972, and it is wide enough to take a few surfers at a time. A third standing wave in Munich forms on the Isar itself near the bridge Wittelsbacherbrücke, but only at flood levels of the river. Due to the dirt, manure and objects like tree branches drifting in the flood in the first days, this wave is usually surfed only a few days after the water level has risen.

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I left New Orleans this morning on my way to DC. I will see you all soon.

The shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than 12 feet (3.5 m) wide, with doors at each end. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States from the end of the American Civil War (1861–65), through to the 1920s. Alternate names include shotgun shack, shotgun hut, and shotgun cottage. A railroad apartment is somewhat similar, but has a side hallway from which rooms are entered (by analogy to compartments in passenger rail cars).

The style was developed in New Orleans, but the houses can be found as far away as Chicago, Illinois; Key West, Florida; and California. Shotgun houses can still be found in many small southern towns. Though initially as popular with the middle class as with the poor, the shotgun house became a symbol of poverty in the mid-20th century. Opinion is now mixed: some houses are bulldozed due to urban renewal, while others are beneficiaries of historic preservation and gentrification.

Shotgun houses consist of three to five rooms in a row with no hallways. The term "shotgun house," which was in use by 1903 but became more common after about 1940, is often said to come from the saying that one could fire a shotgun through the front door and the pellets would fly cleanly through the house and out the back door (since all the doors are on the same side of the house).

New Orleans, Louisiana.

See where this picture was taken. [?]

This is of coz not the best angle to take an interior shot of a cathedral :) However I really want to show everyone how amazing & unique this cathedral truly is. I have been to many cathedrals in my life & so far I have never seen one that has been done up like this. This cathedral wowed me right away with its amazing fusion of ancient & modern architect! Hope this is something different for you too on this lovely Sunday :)

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St Mary's Cathedral, Perth, Western Australia

The Shot

Standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken handheld

Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II

Lens :: Canon 15mm F/2.8 Fisheye

Photomatix

- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option

Photoshop

- Added 3 layer mask effect of 'curves' for selective contrast

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (cyans & blues) to tone down the sky

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (greens) to slightly enhance the wall

- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds & yellows) to tone down the cathedral

- Used slight 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer

- Used 'free transform' (warp) to correct & straighten most fisheye distortion (this one is a pain!)

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The evil witch is always in the need for young blood for her magic. Therefor it is always for her a joyous occasion when her troll servants arrive with a new delivery.

My submission to a "Scary castles" competition over at Swebrick.

Floating at surface in intertidal zone at minus tide,

Cayucos, California

One of the red algae. Apparently there are several very similar species.

This view doesn't show it looking as cleanly delicately laced as adjacent photo because of the presence of reproductive structures.

How to perform a correct Face Down Tuesday

www.flickr.com/groups/fdt/

1. Make sure it's Tuesday

2. Stand loosely

3. Let yourself fall backwards

4. Roll off cleanly

5. Lie on your stomach until…

6. …someone comes and tells you to stand up

(To get up, the process is reversed.)

I don't have a 9/11 story. I watched everything happen on television, from the safety of my home in suburban Virginia. When people were running for their lives as the buildings came down or running desperately to save the lives of complete strangers, I was eating a bowl of cereal.

What I can say about 9/11 is that it marked the transition from childhood to adulthood in my life. I'm 32 now, and I had just turned 21 when the attacks happened. My life is cleanly split into pre-9/11 childhood and post-9/11 adulthood. I've often wondered what the long term effect will be of a generation of people who equate changing from adolescence into an adult with fear.

Original photo taken from the Brooklyn Promenade, courtesy of Michael Foran, who very graciously allowed me to use a number of his images for this project. Please check out the rest of his 9/11 set.

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I don't know how Welsh Mountain Sheep always look so cleanly white. Maybe it's frequent rain showers, or just contrast against their surroundings. This ewe has the patchy tan face of a South Wales Mountain Sheep, though crossbreeds with the more local sheep are common.

Those surroundings are stunning. Llyn Ogwen occupies the valley floor, with Pen yr Ole Wen (978 m, off the edge of the image) to its left and Cwm Idwal off the right of the foreground. The foot of Tryfan (which reaches 917 m, off the right) is at the far end of the lake. The Telford-planned A5 road, once the primary route from London to Holyhead and hence Dublin, also passes the right shore of the lake on its way to Capel Curig. The three visible car parks are free.

Llyn Ogwen is a natural, glacial ribbon lake which was dammed in the early 20th Century to raise its level and ensure a water supply to Penrhyn Quarry, the then- world's largest slate quarry, at the foot of Nant Ffrancon; though 32 ha in surface area, the lake is still only 3 m at its deepest point.

Ogwen Cottage is just visible 1&frac34 km away at the near end of the lake. That's at the head of Nant Ffrancon, with a small, non-free car park and a visitors' centre at the start of the popular path to Llyn Idwal, off the right of the foreground in Cwm Idwal.

The shadowed background is defined by some of Eryri (Snowdonia)'s less famous peaks: Pen yr Helgi Du (833 m, 7 km away), Pen Llithrig y Wrach (799 m), Creigiau Gleision (634 m at its northern (left) summit, 678 m at the southern (right) end), Craiglwyn (623 m) and Craig Wen (548 m).

I presume the undulating horizon is the Clwydian Hills, pretty much on the other side of Wales. I think I see Moel Famau (554 m), 53 km away.

Our dear little tuxedo kitty went to the vets yesterday bc she was limping. She’s a mighty adventuresome kitty and had climbed on top of one of the tall bookcases and hurt herself jumping down…. The doctor took X-rays and one of her forelimb bones is broken- cleanly. She’s on meds and has a crate to sleep in. Her mom, my DD, is keeping a very close eye on her. Meanwhile she has put down mats all around the house for her to rest on, too.

The Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows, and 36 to 80 in (0.91 to 2.03 m) tip to tip for bulls. Similar cattle were imported by Spanish colonists into other parts of North America, including California and Florida. Horns can have a slight upward turn at their tips or even triple twist. Texas Longhorns are known for their diverse coloring. A longhorn can be any color or mix of colors but dark red and white color mixes are the most dominant. Texas Longhorns with elite genetics can often fetch $40,000 or more at auction with the record of $170,000 in recent history for a cow.[2] Due to their innate gentle disposition and intelligence, Texas Longhorns are increasingly being trained as riding steers.

Genetic analyses show the Longhorn originated from an Iberian hybrid of two ancient cattle lineages: "taurine" descending from the domestication of the wild aurochs in the Middle East, and "indicine", descending from the domestication of the aurochs in India, 85% and 15% respectively by proportion.[4] The Texas Longhorns are direct descendants of the first cattle in the New World. The ancestral cattle were first brought over by Christopher Columbus in 1493 to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. Between 1493 and 1512, Spanish colonists brought additional cattle in subsequent expeditions.[5] The cattle consisted of three different breeds; Barrenda, Retinto and Grande Pieto.[6] Over the next two centuries the Spanish moved the cattle north, arriving in the area that would become Texas near the end of the 17th century. The cattle escaped or were turned loose on the open range, where they remained mostly feral for the next two centuries. Over several generations, descendants of these cattle evolved the high feed- and drought-stress tolerance and other "hardy" characteristics that Longhorns have become known for.[7][8]

Early US settlers in Texas obtained feral Mexican cattle from the borderland between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande and mixed them with their own eastern cattle. The result was a tough, rangy animal with long legs and long horns extending up to seven feet. Although this interbreeding was of little consequence to the makeup of a Longhorn, it did alter color. The varieties of color ranged from bluish-grey, and various yellowish hues, to browns, black, ruddy and white, both cleanly bright and dirty-speckled.[9] Portuguese cattle breeds, such as Alentejana and Mertolenga, are the closest relatives of Texas Longhorns.[10][11]

As Texas became more heavily settled following annexation by the US, the frontier gave way to established farms and ranch lands. The leaner longhorn beef was not as attractive in an era where tallow was highly prized, and the longhorn's ability to survive on the poor vegetation of the open range was no longer as much of an issue. Other breeds demonstrated traits more highly valued by the modern rancher, such as the ability to gain weight quickly. The Texas Longhorn stock slowly dwindled, until in 1927 the breed was saved from near extinction by enthusiasts from the United States Forest Service, who collected a small herd of stock to breed on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Lawton, Oklahoma.[12] A few years later, J. Frank Dobie and others gathered small herds to keep in Texas state parks. They were cared for largely as curiosities, but the stock's longevity, resistance to disease and ability to thrive on marginal pastures quickly revived the breed as beef stock. Today, the breed is used as a beef stock, though many Texas ranchers keep herds due to their link to Texas history.

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Grimm had surgery this past week to remove a couple of mammary lumps and a spay. Her vet has already contacted us to let us know that the masses were benign. Everything appears to be healing well, but we're still trying to "keep calm" for another week, or so to give everything a chance to heal cleanly.

View On Black

The following description came from National Geographic.

www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations/Taos/Taos_Drive.html

The highway between Tres Piedras and Tierra Amarilla is one of New Mexico’s most scenic, threading the Brazos Mountains, where grassland basins and forests of evergreen and aspen at 10,000 feet [3,048 meters] are so cleanly delineated they look like landscaping. The Brazos Cliffs, composed of 1.7- to 1.8-billion-year-old Precambrian quartzite (the cliffs contain the oldest known rock in New Mexico), plunge 2,000 feet [609.6 meters] to the Rio Chama Valley.

So I finally got around to finishing the WIP. Its been over a year since I've really been around, meaning there are more unfamiliar names than there are familiar ones, and some of you newer guys probably don't know me or my work. But hey, I guess I'm back, when I find the time and inspiration.

Also, sorry for the resolution, still working out a way to get it captured cleanly