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I regained consciousness several hours later. I was stiff, and sore all over. I probably wouldn't survive another 'interrogation'. I quickly dug myself out, and looked around the room. everything was as it had been left, with the exception of a bowl of gruel, with a metal spoon laying in the sand beside it. Small pits in the sand stood testament to the brief but intense action that had gone on. Never being one to be absentminded, I quickly investigated the curious object the chieftain had dropped. I brushed the sand away, revealing s small metal rectangle with a holoprojector screen on one side. I thumbed the activation button, and a holographic map of the ship appeared a few inches above the metal. This was a valuable asset, indeed! Now, to escape. I cracked open the back of my recorder, and pulled out the 'fine' tools inside. Among them were a few bent wires, and a small abrasive pad. I took the pad, and placed the wires in my pocket.
Now, Urag energy bar technology works in two phases; a powerful, searing setting that only comes on if the doorway motion sensors are tripped, and a low-power setting which would only kill given prolonged exposure. Knowing this, I set to work. Using the spoon, I scooped up decent amount of sand. Now, for the dangerous part. I placed the bowl of the spoon on one of the laser emitters, and waited. After several seconds, the sand began to glow a dull red, and then begin to melt. Using the wires, I carefully dragged the spoon off of the emitter, and let it cool for several minutes. I then repeated the process four more times, once for each bar. I then set to work with the abrasive. Several more hours later, I was rewarded with four crude lenses. I then placed one each on the emitters, dispersing the beams enough for me to escape.
Following the map, I made my way to the armory. Inside, I headed to the rack reserved for the Urag special forces.I donned the armor of a sniper, pausing only to observe the fully enclosed helmet. Satisfied that my disguise would be complete, I fit the telescoping mask over my head. While I was there, I found a real prize; an Urag Pulse sniper. These were some of the most lethal weapons I had encountered. With the Urag pulse technology, these snipers had nearly limitless range when compared to the human counterpart. Coupled with the rechargable energy drum, this rifle could fire thousands of rounds without reloading. Upon closer inspection, I learned that this really was a deluxe weapon; the drum, instead of a standard capacitor, was an experimental unit which dynamically charged from oxygen, with a process similar to photosynthesis. /Very/ nice. I had never had a chance to fire one, as they were equipped with a dead man switch which made them self-destruct when the user was killed. I picked it up, and began to head to the command center. As I left the armory, alarm klaxons began to ring. Maybe I would get a chance to fire the pulse rifle sooner rather than later...
and when the paparazzi finds out that you're awake, alert, and orientated and wants to interview you (without food in your mouth).
(according to the world of Cupcake)
Consciousness, Attitude. Engagement.....all this on behalf of the environmental preservation that makes us alive. Cambára do Sul, RS, Brazil
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Few things fascinate me more than consciousness. But what exactly is this subjective state of self-awareness that we call consciousness? Is the deepest part of what makes you You simply a product of matter? Is the material brain responsible for creating consciousness? Is there something immaterial, a soul, for example, that fundamentally makes us who we really are? Does consciousness tap into higher realities? What makes you You, and why?
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People are unique. and each new person in front of you can be like a passage into the unknown. In druvnosti many people believed that the tunnels and gates is something like portals. You enter from one world to another and leave. somehow they're right. but it's just in our minds
consciousness of the loop.
inspired by the words we've exchange with my friend karim.
P E A C E
Remed
Being a photographer comes first from your state of mind and perceiving the world around you with a high level of consciousness. The world is our canvas. :)
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! Last weekend before Christmas...get that shopping done! :)
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Public Media has covered the global consciousnes like a fog that covers a city...only few neighborhoods which are located in higher elevations of intelligence, have clear image of what is going on...Others...even don't feel the fog anymore..because it is a repeated event...every morning,,,they are getting used to it...mind,,unfortunately,,,confirms habits as realities...which is why...evening news has no difference than a morning fog...only...those who live in higher elevations can observe..how the globe is covered under the white blindness....heh...and still we believe....white is pure.
I finished this top right before the quilt guild meeting, and ran outside to take a picture during sunset, so it's not the greatest picture.
I'll probably write a blog post when this is totally done explaining the process (which involved drafting and printing a very large paper-pieced pattern and a whole heck of a lot of cursing).
The idea behind it was based on the Madrona Road fabric line being about telling a story. When we tell stories, the listeners picture things in their heads based on the words, and I wanted to capture that in a quilt. The idea is that the words from the background are describing and bringing the other prints into being.
Excerpt from evergreen.ca:
Watersheds are areas where all waters drain to a common body of water. “Where is your watershed address?” is the question this installation asks, as it depicts the rivers that flow through city and raises awareness about our extensive ravine system.
Toronto’s largest living map; Watershed Consciousness is a living work that looks and behaves differently in each season and responds to the changing conditions of its environment.
Stream of consciousness from 7 years ago. Seemed appropriately about glass
(September 7, 2016)
The glass was all I saw, all I ever wanted, in that twisted way how you need invisible things, a god of air and inspiration, brittle and all too easily broken and dashed upon the shore, smoothed and sanded finally, like a million marbles rolling in on one single crystalline wave that hints of shredding your soul into shards so sharp it almost cuts the desire for glass in half but instead there is the smooth roundness that is the lie of glass in this different form, the ghost shape, the absence of color, as heady as absinth, as different from sand as blood is from bone.
"Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all." - Ray Bradbury
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A had a panning shot of a cyclist on a busy street in Manila, Roxas Blvd. After a bit of cropping and masking parts of the background, I applied a motion blur on both sides of the rider in separate layers, then used a filter over the entire image masking out some if its effects, and finally did a bit of color and clarity work using Topaz Adjust.
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More thanks to Mathilde Le Lapin for her fantastic Self portrait.She has such beautiful classical features,I couldn't help myself to do a second edit...
However quick I was doing the first one,this one took me 4 hours before I thought it looked OK.
Texture kind thanks to: www.flickr.com/photos/67218381@N00/4185266318/in/set-7215...
Today, November 20, Brazil celebrates National Black Consciousness Day.
The day, which was chosen to coincide with the death of Zumbi dos Palmares in 1695, is dedicated to reflection on the inclusion of blacks in Brazilian society and the memory of black resistance to slavery in general, from the first transport Africans to Brazil in 1594.
VIVA ZUMBI
Hoje, dia 20 de novembro, o Brasil comemora O Dia Nacional da Consciência Negra.
O dia, que foi escolhido por coincidir com o da morte de Zumbi dos Palmares em 1695, é dedicado à reflexão sobre a inserção do negro na sociedade brasileira e à lembrança da resistência do negro à escravidão de forma geral, desde o primeiro transporte de africanos para o Brasil em 1594.
A história de Zumbi
Zumbi nasceu livre em Palmares, Alagoas, em 1655, mas aos seis anos de idade foi capturado e entregue a um missionário português. Batizado 'Francisco', Zumbi recebeu os sacramentos, aprendeu português e latim, e ajudava diariamente na celebração da missa. Em 1670 Zumbi escapou e retornou ao Quilombo de Palmares.
Em 1678, o governador da Capitania de Pernambuco propôs a Ganga Zumba, o líder do Quilombo de Palmares, a liberdade para os escravos fugidos que se submetessem à Coroa Portuguesa. A proposta foi aceita, mas rejeitada por Zumbi que desafiou Ganga Zumba e, prometendo continuar a resistência contra a opressão portuguesa, tornou-se o novo líder de Palmares.
Quinze anos depois, o bandeirante paulista Domingos Jorge Velho foi chamado para organizar a invasão do quilombo. Em 6 de fevereiro de 1694 a capital de Palmares foi destruída e Zumbi ferido. Apesar de ter sobrevivido, foi traído por Antonio Soares, e surpreendido pelo capitão Furtado de Mendonça em seu reduto na Serra Dois Irmãos. Apunhalado, resiste, mas é morto em 20 de novembro de 1695.
Zumbi teve a cabeça cortada, salgada e levada para Recife, onde foi exposta em praça pública, para desmentir a crença da população na imortalidade do líder negro.
The passage of time is most likely an illusion even though our senses tell us that time flows.
Consciousness may involve thermodynamic or quantum processes that lend the impression of living moment by moment. According to a certain physicist, time is not real and what we regard as the time is no more than changes that lead to the illusion of time.
8s exposure, liked this angle with the water falling on the moss covered rocks like white silk and the warm light streaming in from the right.
In a rather strange move, Nikon just released a rebranded 1st Gen Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens in Z mount at $1,199.95, the lens diagrams for the mirrorless Z and E mount versions are identical with identical MTF and minimum focus distance.
Like some Matrix “black cat” deja vu, Olympus (after being spun off from the Olympus Parent Co) did the same thing previously with the remounted 100-400mm f5-6.3 IS which was derived from Sigma’s older DSLR version of the same lens rather than the newer mirrorless 100-400mm DN version while asking for a price way in excess of the original Sigma DSLR lens!
The newer Sony E mount Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 G2 is currently available for $899 and the superseded version (now rebranded Z version) was released back in 2018 at $800. This makes the rebranded Z mount version 50% (+$400!) more expensive than the 2018 E mount version! Heck, the rebranded Z version is even ⅓ more expensive than the newest 2021 Tamron G2 version! Adding insult to injury, the remounted Z lens won’t get Tamron’s much longer 5 years warranty.
More choice is great but it’s not good to fleece one’s loyal customers so blatantly. The issue is not about who actually made the lens but rather Nikon charging 50% more for a lens that has already been replaced by a newer G2 version which is way, way too much just for native AF compatibility!!
As expected, the usual Nikon Z-ealot fanbois shills are out in full force with hyperbolic rationalization and attempts to warp space-time by suggesting that the Z mount version has some magical secret Nikon sauce for better performance, steering discussions well away from the ridiculous 50% premium for a superseded model! Ludicrous mental gymnastics such as outright denial that it’s the same lens, hallucinating possible addition of Nikon lens coatings or AF motors or that Leica does the same with rebranding Sigma lenses hence this is kosher…..
Nikon Z-ealots were already trying to spin that the Z 24-120mm f4 S is optically superior just because the VR mechanism was omitted! Tamron typically leaves out VR in their mirrorless lenses, perhaps the new Z 24-120mm f4.0 S was also designed by Tamron since this was also announced at the same time as the rebranded Z 28-75mm f2.8!?
Really odd behaviour that we seldom see in folks using other brands, perhaps Z-ealot shills live in the Matrix and hence lost all capacity to discern reality from fiction!
When the equivalent Z lens is markedly larger than other brands’ versions, Z-ealots will tell you that Nikon optimized performance over size! Nikon’s largest Z mount diameter supposedly allows for more efficient lens designs but yet they end up with larger, heavier and more expensive lenses, why?
The likely reason is all about financials. Nikon’s market share has been shrinking for years, their mirrorless market share is even smaller and continues to shrink in a shrinking market. In order to generate enough revenue to offset their higher fixed costs (esp R&D) over diminishing unit sales, they have to charge ever higher margins. As such even if the bigger mount diameter hypothetically does allow for more efficient lens designs, whatever design benefits derived must 1st go towards bolstering the Nikon imaging division’s bottomline hence their Z mount lenses ended up bigger, heavier and more expensive at the expense of the consumer! The Z system does not offer value to the consumer; www.flickr.com/photos/86145600@N07/51134617306/in/datepos...
Nikon has always been behind in releasing and updating lenses as well. This is also a direct consequence of a smaller market share even during the DSLR era. Canon will have version III lenses out when Nikon in many cases never even manage to update to version II.
In the UWA category, Canon had EF 16-35mm f2.8L III while Nikon was stuck with their 1st version at f4 from 2010! Fixed aperture standard zoom Canon EF 24-105mm f4 got version II updates vs Nikon’s single generation AF-S 24-120mm f4. Same for Prime lenses, Canon EF 35mm f1.4II while Nikon never went beyond AF-S 35mm f1.4G from 2010. Canon’s superb variable aperture EF 100-400mm II while Nikon never got beyond their disappointing 1st version 80-400mm zoom from 1996. Even with supertele exotics, Canon EF 400mm f2.8, 500mm f4 and 600mm f4 all reached 3rd generation updates while Nikon only managed 2 generations. Now in the mirrorless age, Nikon’s market share is even smaller, very small in fact. No wonder the Nikon shills have been so frantically spewing misinformation in the gear forums!
The Z 800mm f6.3 PF VR announcement is however much more exciting! This is the area where Nikon appears to have real competitive advantage over others.