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Sometimes looking for new places
in SL leads to a whole series of pictures.
This time I have explored
together with Mary D.
While we were sitting together,
drinking a glas of wine
(or two .. and she ate all the cheese!)
we both made some pictures
of this beautiful place.
I also wanted to thank Maddy Gynoid,
who presented this sim in his amazing blog.
thank youuuuuuuu ♡♡
Asian rhinos, in contrast to their African counterparts, possess a distinctive and heavily armored appearance, owing to the numerous folds in their skin. These magnificent creatures are herbivores, primarily feeding on a diet consisting of tall grasses, shrubs, leaves, and fruits. As they graze, they play a significant role in shaping and restructuring the landscapes they inhabit. However, the unfortunate truth is that some Asian rhinoceros species are on the brink of extinction.
Vietnam's last Javan rhinos, a critically endangered subspecies, tragically became extinct in 2010. One of the most pressing threats to these remarkable animals is poaching. Rhinoceroses are mercilessly hunted by poachers for their horns, which fetch exorbitant prices on the black market. East Asia, particularly Vietnam, stands out as the largest market for rhino horns.
Rhino horns, despite being composed of keratin, the same protein found in hair and fingernails, are coveted for their supposed therapeutic properties. Some cultures grind these horns into dust and consume it as traditional medicine or use it for ornamental purposes. Astonishingly, the price of rhino horns, when measured by weight, can rival that of gold on the black market.
Among Asian rhino species, both African species and the Sumatran rhinoceros possess two horns, while the Indian and Javan rhinoceros have a single horn. Regrettably, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List categorizes the black rhinoceros, Javan rhinoceros, and Sumatran rhinoceros as critically endangered, highlighting the urgent need for conservation efforts to protect these magnificent creatures from extinction.
Dust whirled in the air, attracted by the sunlight as the dawn closed in. Peaceful silence filled the room, accompanied by the song of pencils scratching over paper. There was no pressure to talk, nor to stay quiet. Just wholesome harmony of connected counterparts, so different, yet so alike. Both amazing in their own way, not to be compared or to compete but in true friendship.
Gently she leans over and smiles. "I admire how you draw hair."
He dips his head. "Thank you." A smile brightens his face as he takes a look at her work in return.
"I admire how you draw skin. This skill is one of a kind.", he replies. "Probably you won't believe me, but I learned a lot from you and you keep motivating me."
Her lips pull into an cheeky smirk. "That's true, I don't believe you."
"Hah, you better.", he says, half-joking. "Just imagine what we could do if we worked together."
"Everything.", she replies.
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After several failed picture-ideas and attempts, I'm happy we finally managed to take this picture together! You've got such a kind heart, smart brain and although sometimes you don't believe in yourself, I do. Without a doubt. I'll always be at your side when you need me. I'm more than grateful to have met you, my counterpart.
Check out • Momo's version • of the picture.
Old Truckee Road, Sierra Valley, CA
This female Southern Red-breasted Sapsucker is building an inter-subspecies family with a male Northern counterpart shown in a separate picture earlier. Their nest is nearby and she is out gathering food for their chicks.
I was reminded that the mirrorless cameras focus better at high apertures than their DSLR counterparts, so I decided to try the 2x extender with it. This spotted towhee shot is not as sharp as without, but certainly pulls the distance in better, and tracked well. Handheld in our yard.
#macromondays
#Candy
#Lensbaby
The Trekkies among you might remember the episode where Cpt. James Tiberius Kirk and his crew involuntarily swap places with their counterparts from an evil parallel universe where chaos, insanity and illogic rule ("Mirror, Mirror", first broadcasted in 1967). So it might not come as a real surprise to you that there are many more "Mirror Universes". Like the one you can see in my image, into which I was sucked after an unusally high intake of sugar during my quest of finding a nice idea for the "Candy" theme. It's the always colourful, cheery Candyverse, a world fuelled by pure sugar. Depicted in my photo is the UCC's (UCC: United Candy Federation) flagship, the majestic UCC Nonpareille, as it takes up full SOL speed (SOL 22), heading to another mission. Candyverse, of course, has its very own counterpart / parallel universe, the slightly bland Healthyverse.
Actually, the UCC Nonpareille's appearance was pure chance. I had bought three packs of different candies for the theme (strawberry/pepper, passion fruit/chili, and "pebble candies", sugar-coated sweet liquorice candies that look like pebbles).
But while (too) delicious, neither the strawberry nor the passion fruit candies were very photogenic, and the "Candyhenge" stone circle I had made with the pebble candies looked a little boring. I then remembered the bottle of nonpareils which I'd once bought for another MM theme. Nonpareils are certainly the tiniest type of candy that exists, so I thought they'd be well suited for MMs. I thought about forming a classical Cretan circular maze with them. To make things a little easier, I wanted to use a bronze pendant (diameter: 3 cm / 1,18 inches) which is made after one of those classical mazes as template. But when I looked at it I knew it would take ages to put the seemingly simple, but actually not so simple maze shape free-handed. And since it was late, and I needed a photo, I decided to make things even more simple by simply arranging the nonpareils right on the pendant by following the debossed lines on it. And although I had actually focused on the maze shape, all of a sudden the USS Enterprise, or rather its Candyverse counterpart was there, as if it had just emerged from a Warp tunnel – bang!
A funny thing with the MM photos is that in most cases it's either the very first or one of the last images I take for a theme that makes it. This is the second to last image, taken last night, handheld and with the Lensbaby SOL 22 which I'd equipped with the 10 mm extension tube. The red light reflections were created by using a translucent, red raspberry lollipop as colour filter (after all, we are in Candyverse). Since the Lensbaby created a kind of motion blur, I thought I'd highlight that effect by adding a texture to it that would look like star trails right in the moment the starship reaches its maximum speed. The "Drizzle left" weather texture in ON1 did the trick :) Other than that I've only done minimal processing steps in DXO (mainly sharpening and denoising) and in Analog Efex.
HMM, Everyone, have a nice week ahead!
P.S. I'm trying to catch up with you tonight!
#macromondays
#Smell
Has Mars rover Perseverance finally found proof that there is life on Mars? In recent audio transmissions there were strange munching sounds to be heard, frequently interrupted by "Mmmmmmmmm" sounds. And they seemed to come from Perseverance itself while it explored a new part of Candor Chasma. Or was it possible that Mars had its very own counterpart in Candyverse and that particular spot Perseverance was examining was a spot where both parallel universes interfered? And Perserverance had taken samples from Candor Chasma's Candyverse counterpart Caramel Chasma? The samples Perseverance would send to Earth later suggested the latter. Because the probe Perseverance had sent contained a jar full of vegan Dulce de leche. When the scientists at the NASA Mars 2020 mission headquarters opened the jar, the most delicious caramel smell filled the room. And the scientists decided to risk a self-experiment...
...which, as I can assure you, turned out all right. Just like my first attempt at cooking Dulce de leche at home ;) At first I thought about doing a caramel nest or another shape, then I thought caramel sauce would be nicer for the theme, because the delightful smell is strongest while the sauce is being cooked. But while I was looking for caramel sauce recipes, I also stumbled upon a few Dulce de leche recipes, and that's something I've wanted to make at home for ages. Since I couldn't decide which recipe I should use, I combined a few and started to improvise. And yes, that smell (and taste!)... yummylicious :) There are things that I like to taste, but not to smell – cheese, for instance. Of which I took a few shots today, because I wasn't sure about my Caramel Chasma image. But in the end I still preferred the image that illustrates the yummy smell.
What you see in the image are the remains of the Dulce de leche inside of the non-stick pot (strongly recommended for a sticky recipe like this) I've cooked it in. All that you see here is either the caramel cream or the pot itself. The image is another stacked one, made of 15 photos and combined in Helicon Focus (method A, radius 6, smoothing 4). Processed in DXO PhotoLab 4, Color Efex (Skylight filter, Color Contrast filter), and Luminar AI (Color Harmony). And, in case you are interested: ingredients used for the Dulce de leche were 200 g coconut sugar, 200 ml soy cream, one package (50 g) creamed coconut, ca. 70 g of vegan butter, bourbon vanilla extract and salt to taste.
HMM, Everyone, and I'll catch up with you a little later!
The counterpart in the New World of the ringed plover (C. hiaticula) in the Old. Breeds in Northern Canada and Alaska. Migrates southwards.
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HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 -NIKON 300 mm f ;4 TC 1.4 NIKOR . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES...( ARGENTINA ) . . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
With a pair of SD40-2s for power, 250 is seen crossing the east outlet of the Kennebec River at Moosehead late in the afternoon. The 250 symbol has since been abolished, replaced with 142 instead, although the counterpart westbound still runs as 251.
There are no other Murphys buried in Saint Johns Cemetery. His folk, after his passing, likely moved on. There are no records of his death or even of his name.
The back of the marker reads: "All Ye who pass this way please say 'Pator Ave' for the soul of me. Requiescat in Pace".
The stone isn't stone, but what is called white bronze, which isn't bronze at all. While each company who made them had their own alloys, they were generally made of cast zinc. They are hollow and assembled in pieces.
Though they were considered very second class, the metal monuments generally outlast their more prestigious stone counterparts.
Zinc, when weathered, develops a blue tinge that makes them stand out among the light green sage and yellow grasses. That blue is a layer of zinc carbonate.
World War I effectively put an end to the white bronze markers.
A church once stood in the southeast corner of the cemetery, and that is clear when you visit. It was taken down, the statues and bell moved to other, more attended, churches.
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Pater Ave
Camera: Chamonix 45F-2
Lens: Steinheil Rapid Antiplanet 6,5; 27cm
Film: Kodak Tri-X; x-09/1981
Exposure: f/12; 1sec
Process: FA-1027; 1+14; 10min
Washington
April 2023
With a pair of painted C40s bracketing a patched C40-8W, POAY is doing every bit of trackspeed as they cruise by the old B&M station at Wells, headlights dimmed for the meet with counterpart AYPO. Sadly Pan Am hasn't repainted any of the widecab C40s, and with CSX looking to purchase the railroad, it doesn't seem likely that any will be painted.
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 LENS NIKKOR AF-S 300/4 D IF ED +TC 1.4, . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES...( ARGENTINA ) . . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 LENS NIKKOR AF-S 300/4 D IF . ED . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES (ARGENTINA ) . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
-Thanks for your visits and comments ...!
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 -MICRO NIKOR 55 MM F :2.8 AIS . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES...( ARGENTINA ) . . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 LENS NIKKOR AF-S 300/4 D IF . ED . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES...( ARGENTINA ) . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
The Central Liverpool Library adjoins the old Picton Library next to the Walker Art Gallery and opposite St George's Hall.In my opinion it is in every way equal architecturally to its much lauded counterpart.
Designed by Austin.Smith Lord
"The Liverpool Central Library and Archive Project is a unique and prestigious scheme within the heart of Liverpool’s World Heritage Site. The project provides a 8000m2 library and specialist archive and restores 4000m2 of Grade II* listed historic buildings on William Brown Street.
HORACIO PATRONE : NIKON D 500 LENS NIKKOR AF-S 300/4 D IF ED +TC 1.4, . fotografia Horacio Patrone.. BUENOS AIRES...( ARGENTINA ) . . -The most striking aspect of the northern barrios (Retiro, Recoleta, Palermo), especially in comparison with their less affluent southern counterpart. .buenosaires.for91days.com/2011/03/10/the-carlos-thays-bot...
-Thanks for your visits and comments ...!
Kals-Matreier-Törl-Haus in front of Venedigergruppe (Rötspitze, Malhamspitze) from Lesach Riegel, East Tyrol, Austria
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Snowy Egret
The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women's hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels. Now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird's population has rebounded.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_egret
Her male counterpart tends to get all the plaudits., all to do with that impressive 'Pirate-like' beard that gives the species its name
But I happen to think the female is a bit of a stunner herself
They belong to a family called Panuridae., and so far no other bird has been identified as belonging to that family which makes the Bearded Tit a unique bird
So you really could say she is Impressively Unique!
Sparrowhawk - Accipiter Nisus
Though it is a predator which specialises in catching woodland birds, the Eurasian sparrowhawk can be found in any habitat and often hunts garden birds in towns and cities. Males tend to take smaller birds, including tits, finches, and sparrows; females catch primarily thrushes and starlings, but are capable of killing birds weighing 500 g (18 oz) or more.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk is found throughout the temperate and subtropical parts of the Old World; while birds from the northern parts of the range migrate south for winter, their southern counterparts remain resident or make dispersive movements. Eurasian sparrowhawks breed in suitable woodland of any type, with the nest, measuring up to 60 cm (2.0 ft) across, built using twigs in a tree. Four or five pale blue, brown-spotted eggs are laid; the success of the breeding attempt is dependent on the female maintaining a high weight while the male brings her food. The chicks hatch after 33 days and fledge after 24 to 28 days.
The probability of a juvenile surviving its first year is 34%, with 69% of adults surviving from one year to the next. Mortality in young males is greater than that of young females and the typical lifespan is four years. This species is now one of the most common birds of prey in Europe, although the population crashed after the Second World War. Organochlorine insecticides used to treat seeds before sowing built up in the bird population, and the concentrations in Eurasian sparrowhawks were enough to kill some outright and incapacitate others; affected birds laid eggs with fragile shells which broke during incubation. However, its population recovered after the chemicals were banned, and it is now relatively common, classified as being of Least Concern by BirdLife International.
The Eurasian sparrowhawk's hunting behaviour has brought it into conflict with humans for hundreds of years, particularly racing pigeon owners and people rearing poultry and gamebirds. It has also been blamed for decreases in passerine populations. The increase in population of the Eurasian Sparrowhawk coincides with the decline in House Sparrows in Britain. Studies of racing pigeon deaths found that Eurasian sparrowhawks were responsible for less than 1%. Falconers have utilised the Eurasian sparrowhawk since at least the 16th century; although the species has a reputation for being difficult to train, it is also praised for its courage. The species features in Teutonic mythology and is mentioned in works by writers including William Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Ted Hughes.
Male Eurasian sparrowhawks regularly kill birds weighing up to 40 g (1.4 oz) and sometimes up to 120 g (4.2 oz); females can tackle prey up to 500 g (18 oz) or more. The weight of food consumed by adult birds daily is estimated to be 40–50 g (1.4–1.8 oz) for males and 50–70 g (1.8–2.5 oz) for females. During one year, a pair of Eurasian sparrowhawks could take 2,200 house sparrows, 600 common blackbirds or 110 wood pigeons. Species that feed in the open, far from cover, or are conspicuous by their behaviour or coloration, are taken more often by Eurasian sparrowhawks. For example, great tits and house sparrows are vulnerable to attack. Eurasian sparrowhawks may account for more than 50% of deaths in certain species, but the extent varies from area to area.
Males tend to take tits, finches, sparrows and buntings; females often take thrushes and starlings. Larger quarry (such as doves and magpies) may not die immediately but succumb during feather plucking and eating. More than 120 bird species have been recorded as prey and individual Eurasian sparrowhawks may specialise in certain prey. The birds taken are usually adults or fledglings, though chicks in the nest and carrion are sometimes eaten. Small mammals, including bats, are sometimes caught but insects are eaten only very rarely.
I spent a few minutes watching two squirrels chasing each other through the trees at the back of the garden earlier today and managed to get close to this one (this shot is uncropped) while they distracted each other. She is poised above the bird peanut feeder but keeping an eye on her counterpart.
The engineer of manifest train Q581 steps off his engine for a few minutes to complete a roll-by inspection of counterpart train Q582, as they prepare to meet in downtown Kennesaw, Georgia.
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
Southwest Florida
USA
Photographed at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary located minutes from my house.
The snowy egret is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas. At one time, the beautiful plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand by market hunters as decorations for women's hats. This reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels. Now protected in the United States by law, under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, this bird's population has rebounded.
For information on Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary visit –
Having just met counterpart train 11R headed west, here is eastbound Pan Am Southern train 16R (East Binghamton, NY to Ayer, MA) accelerating thru CPF 445 at the east end of a short stretch of two main track. They have a dozen cars to set out here at Hoosick Junction for the Vermont Railway before continuing to East Deerfield yard across the famed west end of the old Boston and Maine Railroad.
Hoosick, New York
Friday May 21, 2021
After meeting its counterpart manifest from Denver, Union Pacific's MRONY 21 readies for departure at the east switch Price, Utah on Aug. 21, 2009. Leading the charge are AC6000CW units 7579 and 7578, en route to Burnham shops in Denver where GE will transplant the factory installed 6000 HP prime movers with 4400 HP engines. The two entered service on the Union Pacific in January 2001. They were among the first 25 GE units on the UP with the new nose wing herald.
Train 50 the eastbound Cardinal has taken the siding at Afton to meet counterpart train 51. Spring is springing nicely in this part of Virginia.
Many CN Dash-8s have already gone to the scrapper so news that a pair were leading #148 got me on the highway towards Hamilton to intercept them at Hamilton West coming off the hill into Bayview. Bonus for the 15th anniversary leader.
Earlier in the morning I shot westbound counterpart #149 with a pair of CN's newest GEVOs in the lead, this is a bit of a change.
It's seventeen minutes pass 8 a.m as daily Toronto - Chambord M368 rumbles by the VIA Rail station in Hervey Junction, merging point between the line going to either Senneterre or Jonquière.
Warm temperature over the night, including a rare -for this time of the year- thunderstorm in early morning, made a thick fog appear, as the snow melted under the rain.
M368 will meet its counterpart, M369, at Hegadorn, a 8000 foot remote siding deep in Quebec's wilderness at milepost 77 of the Lac St-Jean subdivision.
But for now, the chase is on for the next 30 miles, where the track will disappear into the forest.
CN M36831-17
2225 2337 8892 4726 DP 8804
Milepost 18.7 Lac St-Jean subdivision
Hervey Jonction,QC
March 18th 2012
Counterparts meet... As I recall, we kept losing pressure on the rear coming into Hannibal. The Mississippi River drawbridge operator told us he could hear a loud hissing noise from one of the trailers. I dropped off underneath the highway bridge to roll the train by to find the culprit. Low and behold, there was a giant hole in the rubber train-line. Tried duct tape, that didn't work. So a runaround hose would solve the problem. After fiddling around with the trailer, and learning how to cut out a RoadRailer truck set, because ya know, they never taught us this stuff in conductor class, we were back on the move.
I always liked having the RoadRailers, though they could be a pain, they were still "decent" and neat pieces of equipment. Never understood why NS would run these with just one unit, when two units could easily maintain track speed of 60 anytime... Oh well, typical NS bullshit.
From the shade of a nearby palm tree a male Eastern Screech Owl peers toward the nest of his lifetime mate. Standing only about 8 to 10 inches in height, he is smaller than his female counterpart. She does not leave the nest and depends upon his hunting skills for survival and the survival of her young. Although these raptors are fairly common wherever there are trees, they are more frequently heard than seen. Their trill-like call has a mysterious haunting quality that echoes through the forest. This was my first encounter with a Screech Owl in the wild and what a thrill to find this male and his mate on a nest at a close encounter. #EasternScreechOwl
CMQ 9011 was a good un-refurbished counterpart to the trio of overhauled CP 9021-23 Red Barns undertaking their pilot runs on revenue freight (seen here) based in Moose Jaw from November 2022 to April 2023 so that Canadian Pacific could assess performance differences across 9011 and 9021-23.
In the last weeks of 2022 through the New Year, the pattern was that the red barns would continue to demonstrate themselves with runs on the Bulyea Sub, since these runs often involved lots of switching, variable speeds, and intense grades sometimes with fully loaded grainers behind them. CMQ 9011 was meanwhile used occaisonally for the Regina turn E44 when it used to originate in Moose Jaw, likely borne out of crew preferences during the harshest winter conditions. Although this day in particular was forgiving temperature-wise, sitting around -17C when E44-06 was on duty, the southwesterly winds were cruising at 25 km/h, bringing the windchill down to a more prairie standard -30C. Having naively parked the car on the opposite side of the tracks and hopping out glove-less, I had my one-and-only frostbite incident whilst trackside thus far. I had also forgotten to bring my charger with me during the break, so despite buying a new battery, this was one of the last images my shutter was able to handle before the battery pack was lost to the cold temperatures and ice crystals formed on my telephoto lens as they departed Regina here.
My winter break back home wasn't long enough to fully captivate the experience of having a quartet of cowls assigned to Moose Jaw, as rumors from crews I've talked to claim that there were in fact a few operations of 4 barns all together when they had to lift a potential 301 originating from terminals on the Bulyea Sub earlier in December, unlike the trio which simply had to spot for customers. 2 days prior to this and 3 days after the infamous new-years run, there was a more credible conjecture that CP 5875 pre-repaint, assigned to the Lanigan Sub as extra power, ran paired with the red barn trio also to lift a grainer as follow-up to the spotter, though I was unable to verify this while catching up with friends and family instead.
A single bathing shoe floats on the surface of a lake. Gentle waves create fine patterns that reflect across the water and onto the plastic of the shoe. Sunlight dances across the ripples, casting shifting reflections in shades of blue and green. As if searching for its missing counterpart, the shoe drifts quietly—an object adrift in open space, inviting questions: How did it get here? What is absent?
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Ein einzelner Badeschuh treibt auf der Oberfläche eines Sees. Sanfte Wellen erzeugen feine Muster, die sich über das Wasser und auf dem Kunststoff des Schuhs widerspiegeln. Das Sonnenlicht tanzt über die Wellen und wirft wechselnde Reflexionen in Blau- und Grüntönen. Als würde er nach seinem verlorenen Gegenstück suchen, treibt der Schuh ruhig dahin – ein Objekt, das im offenen Raum treibt und Fragen aufwirft: Wie ist er hierher gekommen? Was fehlt?
Egretta thula (Snowy egret / Garcita blanca)
The snowy egret (Egretta thula) is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World little egret. At one time, the plumes of the snowy egret were in great demand as decorations for women's hats. They were hunted for these plumes and this reduced the population of the species to dangerously low levels.
The snowy egret is native to North, Central and South America. It is present all year round in South America, ranging as far south as Chile and Argentina. It also occurs throughout the year in the West Indies, Florida and coastal regions of North and Central America.