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In a demonstration of ironclad U.S. commitment to our allies, a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, is joined by Republic of Korea air force F-15s during a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, into Japanese airspace and over the Korean Peninsula, July 30, 2017. The B-1s first made contact with Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2 fighter jets in Japanese airspace, then proceeded over the Korean Peninsula and were joined by South Korean F-15 fighter jets. This mission is in direct response to North Korea’s escalatory launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles on July 3 and 28.
Once a squirrel locates something to eat, it really shows commitment to get it. This is Hazel doing some stretching :) I squeezed a walnut in this crotch. Not very hard - she was able to get it within seconds (Squirrels-2019-6391.jpg)
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Soldiers from the Washington Army National Guard’s Special Operations Detachment – Pacific and rangers from the Royal Thai Army work together to load a Skedco litter into a 16th Combat Aviation Brigade UH-60L Black Hawk during air medical evacuation training Aug. 24 in Thailand’s Lopburi province during Hanuman Guardian 2018. The training was part of a four-day tactical combat casualty care class between the Washington Army National Guard’s Special Operations Detachment – Pacific Soldiers and Royal Army Thai rangers. More than 500 U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Royal Thai Army Soldiers are participating in the 11-day bilateral exercise that demonstrates the U.S. and Kingdom of Thailand’s commitment to its longstanding alliance while also strengthening the capabilities of both forces. www.dividshub.net
Mt Somers vs Methven Senior B Rugby.
Methven won 27-7?
My daughter Sara and friend Justine took the photos using my camera as I don't like the cold
Before anything can get done in regards to this camera, I first need to get things out of the way, the big one being grad school apps.
That's UP's scanning electron microscope, for failure analysis and metalography research. It also has a Polaroid 545 attachment, which makes it super cool.
Polaroid TLR, FP 100C, f/3.5, 1/30s
GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS Commitment March Rally at Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool North Pathway, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS Commitment March Rally at Lincoln Memorial Lower Steps in Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
Continuing my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024 with a visit to Bisbee Arizona. This is stage 6 of 9.
This is a modern copper sculpture outside of the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum. It struck me as a Rock Star raising both arms while his/her guitar hung slung by his/her waist. Bisbee has a strong commitment to art in public places. Reminds of a Robert Wick sculpture at Desert Botanical Garden. Especially since Robert Wick lives in Bisbee and features this on his Facebook
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You Haven’t Seen Bisbee Until You’ve Seen the Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum
With a history deserving of National Landmark status, it’s only fitting that Bisbee’s past be captured and reflected in a museum like no other. The Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum takes you and your family back in time to the days of the Arizona Territory, telling the story of a copper-mining town’s role in the industrialization of America, a history of your grandparents’ generation. An Affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum offers an interactive trip back in time for the whole family. The American Industrial revolution not fun to learn about? Think again! Why copper? Find out! The Museum offers the stories of how people reacted to family and social issues through the last 125 years and how their responses helped shape the city, the state, and the nation.
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This museum, one of the Smithsonian Institution's only rural branches, documents the history of Bisbee's mining days as well as the town's contribution to the country's industrialization. Located in the town's main plaza, Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum is a must-visit for anyone interested in mining and minerals. It features a remarkable mineral display as well as photographic exhibits, and you can also peruse riveting sections that illuminate the nuances of daily life in the copper mines.
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A small, but informative and interesting museum that is a local affiliate of the Smithsonian. Lots of information about Bisbee during its copper mining heyday. DON'T SKIP THE 2nd FLOOR! it's a beautiful mineralogical display of the variety of ores from the mines around Bisbee. - Jake S. Alexandria, VA.
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Bisbee is a city[5] in and the county seat of Cochise County[6] in southeastern Arizona, United States. It is 92 miles (148 km) southeast of Tucson and 11 miles (18 km) north of the Mexican border.
Bisbee was founded as a copper, gold, and silver mining town in 1880, and named in honor of Judge DeWitt Bisbee, one of the financial backers of the adjacent Copper Queen Mine.
Today, the historic city of Bisbee is known as "Old Bisbee" and is home to a thriving downtown cultural scene. This area is noted for its architecture, including Victorian-style houses and an elegant Art Deco county courthouse. Because its plan was laid out to a pedestrian scale before the automobile, Old Bisbee is compact and walkable. The town's hilly terrain is exemplified by the old four-story high school; each floor has a ground-level entrance.
Natural vegetation around Bisbee has a semi-desert appearance with shrubby acacia, oak and the like, along with cacti, grass, ocotillo and yucca. The town itself is much more luxuriant with large trees such as native cypress, sycamore and cottonwood plus the introduced ailanthus and Old World cypresses, cedars and pines. Palms are capable of growing tall, but are not reliably hardy. At least one mature blue spruce may be seen.
Haiku thoughts:
Dusty streets wind tight,
Colors spill from old brick walls,
Echoes of the past.
Southern Arizona Adventure 2024
Entrance Walk to GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS Commitment March Rally at Constitution Gardens along Lincoln Memorial North Elm Walkway, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
This is inside a very old church in Fremont , Mission San Jose Church. I really love the flow of bokeh on the left ( the alter)
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White poppies for Remembrance Day? Why? Remembering the Causes and Costs of War - Back in 1933, the Women's co-operative Guild in England chose to wear white poppies to symbolize their commitment to work for peace and to end their complicity with militarism. The tradition is being adopted in many other communities now too. Many people are choosing to wear red poppies to remember veterans and white poppies to renew their commitment to work for peace and to remember the true costs and causes of war:
Digital image taken with a Lumix GX7 fronted with an Olympus M. Zuiko 25mm f/1.8 lens
Editing done via Photoshop Elements 12 with Topaz Labs plug ins
Found and admired during the All Corvette Car Show at Calvary Church in St. Peters, Missouri, USA
These are my summer commitments. 9 Sketchbooks to fill end to end.
The top four moleskines are already started and just need finishing.
The botttom five, thinner Moleskines on the left and Japanese accordions to the right are still blank.
Yesterday I had a front row seat. No, I wasn’t watching Hamilton but witnessing something just as compelling. I was invited to hear Governor Andrew Cuomo deliver the State of the State address for the Mid-Hudson region. It was both exciting and humbling. I have enjoyed listening to these reports on our state’s economic, social and cultural progress for many years with a myriad of perspectives – back row, middle aisle, standing on the stairs after getting stuck in traffic. My admiration has grown for the impressive, hardworking network of officials, educators, legislators, citizens and more who welcome me at these gatherings – friendly faces like Linda Cooper, Regional Director for the NYS OPRHP Taconic Region, Chuck Lesnick, Deputy Counsel at New York State Homes and Community Renewal or Betsy Robertson Director of Government Relations and: Strategic Projects at our host site SUNY Purchase.
Yesterday was no different – I saw Rose Harvey, Commissioner of NY State Parks, Catherine Parker our Westchester County Legislator, Jason Klein, Superintendent of Sal Prezioso Mountain Lakes Park. I especially loved meeting a group of students and teachers from Alexander Hamilton High School in Elmsford and introducing them over Twitter to our fave Hamilton scholar, Joanne Freeman (who coincidentally was featured in an excellent article in the NYT Up From the Family Basement, a Little-Seen Hamilton Trove) . But this was my first time sitting up front. Seated with me, with our knees inches from the stage were peers, accomplished colleagues and dedicated friends. Many have contributed to our success in restoring John Jay’s home in Rye as a public park filled with innovative and inclusive educational programs. I decided to relax and take it all in.
I looked left and right. I immediately recognized leaders of the Business Council of Westchester like Dr. Marsha Gordon, President/CEO and Wiley Harrison, Vice President of Small Business Development – they have been invaluable liaisons with the corporate community for non-profits like ours. On my left was Maria Imperial, Director of the YWCA White Plains. JHC and the YWCA have co-sponsored electric gatherings that candidly examine our system of social justice; together we have assembled crowds of 150 or more to openly discuss and confront issues like racism, women’s rights and raising the age of incarceration for young offenders.
Also in our front row was Elizabeth Waldstein-Hart, Executive Director of the Walkway Over the Hudson. Both of our sites have applied for and been awarded pivotal grants by the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC). Both our organizations, composed largely of volunteers, have worked hard to match those dollars with private investment to forge dynamic private-public partnerships. I’ll never forget the year that our two sites were both designated members of the prestigious Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area (HRVNHA) for our commitment to Environmental Stewardship. In 2009, the Jay Heritage Center had installed and unveiled a new geothermal heating and cooling system – this made the 1838 Greek Revival Jay Mansion the first National Historic Landmark (NHL) structure in Westchester County to choose geothermal and the oldest NHL in all of New York State with such a system. We deliberately selected this technology because of our desire to reduce our carbon footprint, especially given our park’s proximity to a nature preserve and the magnificent Long Island Sound. Similarly, in its goal to creatively and adaptively reuse an old train track suspended over the equally revered Hudson River, the Walkway totally redefined and re-imagined what constitutes a park. The principles they have applied to revitalize a bridge and create a span for recreation and tourism have become replicable tenets of sustainability for other rails–to-trails endeavors. Buttressed by tireless bipartisan governmental support, REDC grants have helped move both the Walkway and Jay Estate projects onward. In addition to physically creating more open outdoor space, these strategic plans have also benefited the surrounding schools, neighborhoods and businesses.
Predictably for Elizabeth and myself and fellow parks and trails lovers everywhere, Governor Cuomo’s announcement about the creation of a 750 mile Empire State Trail connecting the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and the Erie Canalway upstate had us simply bowled over. “The Empire State Trail, once completed, will be the nation’s largest state multi-use trail network, providing residents and visitors alike unprecedented access to New York’s outdoor treasures, driving tourism and economic activity to communities across the state and helping to protect our environmental resources for generations to come.” This initiative is sure to expand interest in and accessibility to both our scenic sites. We are eager to work in concert together and with other destinations in proximity of the trail.
The Governor’s presentation was engaging, motivational and provocative. He challenged the audience to reflect and strive to do better through self-examination and collaboration. While not every point of his speech appealed to every person there, Governor Cuomo’s closing anthem to New York State’s diversity resonated throughout the crowd from front row to the balcony filled with press and photographers. Our history as a state has always been about promise and infinite potential. Our goals have been selected and realized thanks to a continued influx of individuals of every heritage and capability. Governor Cuomo correctly identified our strength – we are “a laboratory of diversity,” which is why it was so perfect that he signed off his historic address with the directive of “Excelsior.” “Excelsior” means “Onward,” or more colloquially, onward and upward. In 2017 we will be celebrating the 240th anniversary of New York’s constitution – an instrument that together with the constitution of Massachusetts is widely considered to have been the foundation for the US Constitution. We will also mark the anniversary of our adoption of this maxim for our great seal and arms. Originally devised in part by another notable New York State Governor, John Jay, our state’s motto has stood the test of time with good reason. A 19th century commission emphatically pushed aside any recommendation to change the motto explaining perfectly “It impresses upon the mind the sentiment of a State of abundant resources, progressive enterprise and noble aspirations.”
As we move onward in 2017, the Jay Heritage Center is grateful for the many past and current collaborations that have put our park and its abundant natural and historic resources up front and center every day, not just at these gatherings. We look forward to building even more new relationships through the Empire State Trail and as for me, I can’t wait to see who’s in the front row next! Excelsior!
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We have a small suburban back yard, but it still takes somewhat of a commitment to maintain it as a pleasant place to spend time. I have 8 rose bushes, a small lemon tree, vines, succulents, azaleas, camellias, lavender, lilies, hanging flower bowls, asparagus ferns, bower vines, star jasmine, 3 planter boxes with vegetables and herbs, one very tall pittosporum tree, one bird feeder and 2 hummingbird feeders. And thank goodness no lawn !
Entrance Walk to GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS Commitment March Rally at Constitution Gardens on Lawn between Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and North Elm Walkway, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
I have made a point of automatically introducing myself to seat-mates at classes, lectures, etc. as part of my commitment to being more outgoing and at-ease with strangers. It has worked well and today it opened up a friendly conversation with this man who was sitting beside me in my lifelong learning class: The History of the English Language. Meet Terry.
Terry had a friendly manner and cautioned me against spilling my coffee while I was settling in and shedding my parka. A natural conversational gambit in my lifelong learning classes is “Are you taking other courses?” Terry told me he’s taking a class on drawing in addition to this course and he’s enjoying it. As we prepared for the lecture to begin, I started realizing that Terry’s carefully put-together dressy-casual appearance, warm open face, and friendly manner might make him an ideal subject for my Human Family project. When he reached for a scarf to wrap around his neck during the lecture I made up my mind. I knew he would be a great subject.
When break time arrived, I took a chance and told him about my photography project which has been such a source of pleasure and inspiration for me since I retired and told him I thought he would make an excellent subject and I’d like to photograph him in the back of the room near some windows which provided natural light. He was interested in the project and, of course, a bit surprised. I told him I realized it was an unexpected request, but such is the project that I’m usually taking people by surprise but it has been a lot of fun and I’ve been surprised that so many people are happy to participate when the see my contact card and hear what I’m doing. He smiled and joked that so many people have such poor judgment to agree. “Yes” I said. “Amazing.” “Sure” he said. “I guess I’ll do it.”
I told Terry I’d taken the liberty of doing a selfie in the back of the room near a window prior to class and was pleased with the results and announced my plan to lead him to that spot and do a few quick photos during the stretch break. Once there, I explained the concept and Terry positioned himself where I requested and we did a few photos with and without his glasses. I hated to ask him to remove his glasses because they had such a stylish look but I was concerned about reflections. I wanted his necktie to show in at least one photo and took the liberty of adjusting his scarf to let it show. I joked “I’m impressed that you still wear a tie, even in retirement. It’s a nice touch and not many people would do that.” We were briefly interrupted when a friend of my wife’s from many years ago came up to say hi and said she had just seen my name on the attendance list. We had a quick hug and agreed to meet after class to catch up on the news of the last ten years.
Returning to our seats, I learned that Terry is 71, a retired Family Doctor whose practice had been here in his home town of Toronto. There wasn’t much time to learn more about him because class resumed at that point but I experienced him as a particularly “grounded” person who had a warm, friendly manner which I am sure made him very good at his profession of caring for his patients. My thoughts drifted to imagining the things he has seen and experienced in his career. Medical doctors occupy a special place in society and are given the role of bearing witness to life’s joys and tragedies. They see lives brought into the world and they see lives leaving the world. They cure the sick and they comfort those for whom there is no cure. His must have been a stressful career, and yet I could sense that he was at ease with himself and some conversation later confirmed my impression that he feels great satisfaction in a work life well-spent.
Our conversation touched on politics and the adult learning course we are taking. I asked how his transition to retirement had gone (a frequent topic of conversation among classmates) and he said he’s enjoying it fully. “I could have continued longer and was still enjoying my work, but my plan had been to retire sometime around 69 or 70 and I was fortunate enough to be able to afford to do so. I wanted to have some time to enjoy other interests and that’s what I’m doing.” When I asked what type of interests he’s pursuing he said “Nothing too dramatic. Reading, music, travel, these courses... and family.” How nice that he, like I, can now indulge some of these interests - many of which probably had to sit on the back-burner during a busy career.
Thank you Terry, for being such a pleasant seat-mate today and for agreeing to join my photography project: The Human Family on Flickr.
This is my 168th submission to The Human Family Group on Flickr.
You can view more street portraits and stories by visiting The Human Family.
While moving from Chicago to Jacksonville, I spared some time for a “Traincation” out west with some must-have shots in mind. Watching Amtrak’s southbound Coast Starlight surf the Pacific from Jalama Beach could not have been left out. Even devoting nearly a full day of precious vacation time for the shot was well worth it.
March 6, 2022
Lompoc, California
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"Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions. And the actions which speak louder than the words. It is making the time when there is none. Coming through time after time after time, year after year after year. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism. "
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Ciudad Rodrigo, Semana Santa 2011. Pulsad [L], por favor.
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Ciudad Rodrigo, Easter 2011. Please, press [L].
GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS Commitment March Rally at Lincoln Memorial Lower Steps in Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
For those that know my artworks well and my style, you would know my emotional works tend to be internally focused. The emotion I often try to capture is that of the emotions one faces him/her self. What he/she is dealing with in his/her own mind.
Being that, for me this artwork actually captures what I often feel like as I go through most days as a result of my own personal dealings with what I believe to be ADD.
I am an energizer bunny on 5 cans of red bull. My mind never shuts up and is always coming up with ideas in countless directions. The problem is I also often never say NO to running with these ideas - I simply take on another challenge and another opportunity and another business and another creative learning experiment. Many of them lead to commitments and deadlines that others expect of me when I took it on.
Its like a Juggler that has 10 balls in the air and agrees to add another. As long as they all come down at different times, I am OK. But often many come at the same time. Also, even when they come down at a good pace, they never stop coming so I struggle to just for my mind to rest.
So this artwork shows a person like me that struggles to keep his commitments from crushing him. The clouds are the opportunities that have also become commitments and stresses and obligations. I constantly need the incredible strength to keep them from falling to the ground - which to me is a failure.
HE holds up his growing burden of commitments - using all his strength to ensure then don't fall and crush him in the process.
CREDITS & RESOURCES USED:
The subject is from a SecondLife photo I took in 2012 at the Fantasy Faire exhibits. I then used my own personal clouds and blending textures to complete the art.
210219-N-CP159-0950: The Secretary of the Navy Heritage Desk and the USS Constitution Desk on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy prior to delivery to the Secretary's Pentagon office and the Vice President's White House Office. The Naval History and Heritage Command undertook the project to create a heritage desk for both the Vice President of the United States and the Secretary of the Navy as physical reminders of the more than 200 years of Sailor honor, courage, and commitment embodied in USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat and America’s ship of state. The desks also serve as reminders that our Navy operates in the face of determined rivals and that, to preserve freedom of the seas, today’s Sailors must deliver the naval power America needs, just as their shipmates have since 1775. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Taylor/Released).
To me its all about compromise, Commitment binds a marriage,But really its compromise that makes it work.
Worked on a few ideas iv'e had bouncing around in my head for a while yesterday, funnily enough this wasn't one of them. It is however a template for a future shoot.
Yolanda, I love you.
Walk to GET YOUR KNEE OFF OUR NECKS COMMITMENT MARCH RALLY along 17th at F Street, NW, Washington DC on Friday morning, 28 August 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography
Visit Commitment March website at nationalactionnetwork.net/commitment-march-on-washington-dc/
Elvert Barnes 57th Anniversary of 1963 March on Washington COMMITMENT MARCH docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/57MOW2020
I was really excited when I saw the short review of this in the camera. The continuous af was being a little skeptical so I decided to try to get the shot with manual focus. I'm not sure if I'd call it luck or skill. Maybe a little bit of both, because man was he flying! Either way I was ecstatic to see the focus was where I wanted it. My hat also goes off to Dane for clearing that monster of a gap. Obviously you can't see the gap because it was behind where I was standing but trust me when I say it was big.