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I declare I love hand quilting!
Not all the lines are perfectly straight, but I'm really, really happy with the way it looks. The french general solids softened so beautifully with all the handling. Binding on tonight and finishing tomorrow am, yay!
From a few days ago. I was going through my hardships and trying hard to stay positive, when I got this in a fortune cookie.
I'm not gonna get preachy, you already know what you believe. And I know this worked.
I made rent, paid my newly instated renters insurance (-_-) like it was nothing, and have no troubles. Everything is perfect, and always was. I just needed to remember that, and this picture will always remind me ;)
Again, thank you to everyone who brought the good vibes :)
March 26
I now declare the INSECT IN FLIGHT SEASON 2016 open:
Muscina prolapsa (Diptera, Muscidae)
Muscid Fly
Fliege
Flue
Exposure time (= flash duration): 50 µs = 1/20.000 s
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If you like my pictures of insects in flight, you should visit my special website on insect flight:
Wenn Ihnen meine Bilder fliegender Insekten gefallen, besuchen Sie bitte meine Homepage speziell zu diesem Thema:
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PLEASE, NO AWARDS, no Copy and Paste Comments and no group icons like "your wonderful photo was seen in group xyz". They will all be deleted sooner or later.
BITTE KEINE AWARDS, kopierte Kommentare oder diese Gruppen-Icons wie "Ich habe Dein wunderbares Bild in Gruppe xyz gesehen". Die lösche ich früher oder später.
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Smyth County, Virginia was formed on February 23, 1832, from Washington and Wythe counties. The county is named after Alexander Smyth, a general during the War of 1812 who was elected to the state Senate, House of Delegates, and as a Representative to the United States Congress.
The county courthouse in Marion, Virginia was built in 1905 with the Beaux Arts style of design being done by Architect Frank Milburn. This courthouse is part of the Marion Historic District was listed in the National Register in 1992.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
Do you have a bucket list? My friend Yucheng Bai does. High up on it was his desire to see the Milky Way, “was” being the operative word. My wife and I had three Chinese students in tow for several days wandering around the mountains of North Carolina in some of my favorite haunts. We had some good hikes Saturday and that night was looking good for open dark skies. After an excellent homecooked Chinese feast at the house we had rented, we cleaned up the dishes and headed to Wiseman’s View in Linville Gorge. It was still twilight when we got there, so we waited out the darkness… and the sky did not disappoint!
That’s Yucheng in the lower left in the image, with Hawksbill and Sitting Bear Mountains in relief, doing his best to burn the Milky Way into his mind. Both he and Jesse are doctoral students in theology at Duke University… likely for the first time in their lives, what King David wrote in Psalm 19:1 finally made sense, “The heavens declare the glory of the Lord; and the firmament shows His handiwork.” Even the lights from distant West Lenoir had to give in to its magnificence. I pointed out not just the Milky Way, but also constellations, individual stars, Saturn, Jupiter, satellites… and most everyone saw meteors. There is a small meteor streak evident just below the brightest part of the Milky Way in this shot.
We ended the evening around a roaring fire taking lessons from Joyce on how to prepare S’mores. We talked the night away while continuing to watch the stars wheel away from the limited space under trees back at the house. Jesse’s wife, Shengjie (aka Sophia), asked me what the best thing I had seen over our time there was. Easy answer: “The best thing I’ve seen is the wonder on my friends’ faces as God’s glory in creation unfolded before them at every turn.” I have loved these folks for quite a while, yet, somehow this weekend, I came away loving them more as my brothers and sister in Christ. So how was your weekend?
A poem by Robin Sharma: "Today, I declare I am strong and brave, not timid nor weak.
Today, I declare that my past will no longer limit my future and just because I couldn’t achieve something yesterday doesn’t mean I won’t do it this day.
Today, I declare that I’ll honor my talents, express my gifts and reveal my creativity to everyone around me.
Today, I declare I’ll be loyal to my values, respectful of my mission and fiercely focused on my dreams.
Today, I declare that I am a maker versus a consumer, a giver versus a taker and a visionary versus a victim. Today, I declare that I will always be part of the solution and never part of the problem.
Today, I declare that when I fall, I will certainly rise and when I’m in doubt, I will persist. Today, I declare that I will cherish my health, feed my mind and nourish my soul.
Today, I declare that I am surrounding myself with people who are smarter, faster, stronger and better than me so I am uplifted by their models and inspired by their examples.
Today, I declare that I set the standard in my work, am becoming the icon of my industry and a legend at my craft.
Today, I declare that I adore my family, am grateful for my friends and am an encourager to all those who are blessed to cross my path.
Today, I declare that this New Year is MY year. My time to grow, excel, laugh, love, win, believe, persevere and serve, knowing that I am truly the leader of my fate, the owner of my results and the hero of my destiny.
With best wishes and tons of gratitude, Robin Sharma".
Canon 6D, ISO 100, F10, 17 mm, 1/13 yachts & 0.8 multiple rocks in foreground
I declare February LOVE, romance and beauty month.
Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. – By Author Unknown
You found it, the road to my heart. With your kindness and your patience, a road that twists and turns but always ends, with love straight into my heart.
For Valentine, everything is wrapped with shiny red ribbon. Red, the colour of passion, red the colour most commonly associated with love, followed at a great distance by pink.
It the symbolic colour of the heart and the red rose, is closely associated with romantic love or courtly love and Saint Valentine's Day.
Lead and enjoy a good life, do and say things that enrich... and do not forget to tell the people close to you, how much you love them!
Thank you, M, (*_*)
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"We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful."
—Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, December 8, 1854
St. Martin of Tours Parish
Diocesan Shrine of Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa
December 2011
Photo Credits --- Noy Viudez
“Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see - Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.”
The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
Psalm 19 : 1 - 4
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Christian videos :
* Earthquakes in diverse place as Jesus said ....
* The Great & Terrible Day of the LORD; Ushering in the New World Order
* LINDSEY WILLIAMS - Are You Prepared? Timeline to Americas Total Destruction & SHTF (alex jones)
From the Paul Begley prophecy :
Barcode everyone at birth !!!!
RFID Micro-Chip Video Leads Man To Christ...
I normally double check news from Paul Begley .This is twisted ,but I am neither surprised things like this is underway upon us under the creeping tentacles of the NWO including microchipping everyone .This isn't anymore of just a conspiracy . Just wait when things get so bad beyond return, this will come mandatory outside the shores of America .You think it's wierd and scare mongering ? But it is good to warn everyone of what is coming ahead of time so you'll not c**p your pants when it is right in your face and I can only hope you'll make the wise choice of which path too take .
God warned us of so many things just as he warned people during the times of Noah ,a warning lasting over a hundred years,when people just laugh and mock of Noah .When the flood came ,they all were swept away . Jesus said it His coming will be just like the days of Noah.We see now so many signs, just don't rely on your mainstrean news full of propaganda and don't share significant news worth telling .
The restrainer ,the Holy Spirit is on hold of all things and peace ,when the Holy Spirit is taken away as the Bible stated ,this will be when hell breaks loose globally .I do believe in Biblical prophecies .Events are happening and accelerated only in our times, you believe it or not ,it's up to you .
The birth of Israel do signify the starting point of the countdown either 1948 or after 1967 arab war.it doesn't matter .Like other christians watching prophetic events , I am also convinced God is speak to each one of us ,if we only listen of the warnings .The group of nations with different ancient names told in the prophecy are of the same group of nations in our present time forming an alliance against Israel ,awesome prophecy .Confessions of Iran's Amadenijad to annihalate Israel in the face of the earth is right in Psalm 83, prophecy fuifilled and massive war will break out sooner or later which will affect you and me - take this as warning or not .You can read prophecies of Ezekeil 37 ,38 ,39 ,book of Daniel etc all in our time today .
Be aware there are so enthusiastic trying to dig up Mayan 2012 prophecies or what Nostradamus said for the future ,whilst ignoring the Bible . But why be more convince of the lying wonders of the occult . Take a looks at their history ,the Mayans were worshippers of lesser gods /fallen angels manifesting as angel of light . Satan has his own counterfeit prophecies trying to match up with " 2012 end of the world scare . Looking at the Bible there are events that hasn't happened yet , but possibly will happen soon as part of the countdown to the final hour - we are living in very interesting times . If you aren't saved , find Jesus soon before it#s too late .
God is speaking to people these days .I should share my personal testimonies ,but that has to wait another time .God is at work and doing things for good of those who seek Him and delight on Him truly through Jesus Christ . God is so good !!!
God just want many to repent and seek Him close to their hearts through Christ.because there's no other name given under heaven whereby humanity is save . The Bible says whoever denies Christ Jesus has the spirit of the antichrist and people of other religions that confused /blur the doctrine of salvation through Christ alone should wake up now , search the truth .
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A man holds up a sign declaring "ERASED" referring to the many LGBT individuals persecuted in the Commonwealth and who's lives do not appear to matter. The woman next to him carries a sign reading "HOMOPHOBIA IS NEO-COLONIALISM. STOP IT." Many people do not realise that most of the repressive laws across Africa and the Commonwealth which criminalize gay rights were put in place by authoritarian British colonial administrations during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Another shocking and possibly surprising fact, according to human rights activist Peter Tatchell, is that half of all the countries in the world which outlaw sex and/or relationships between individuals of the same gender are members of the Commonwealth.
The protest took place on 19 April 2018 as the Commonwealth Conference opened in London. Demonstrators were angry that over many years the Conference had refused even to discuss LGBT rights.
Find out more about the struggle at
The African Equality Foundation on Twitter - (
twitter.com/africanequalit1?lang=en-gb )
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I declare my Cosplay Project finished. Erm almost, have to make a couple of adjustments. There's so much wrong with it I don't know where to start, but its certainly been a (very long) learning experience,
So declares the Barnacle Goose, an accidental visitor and rare bird for this part of the world. The debate is still on-going about whether it is an escapee or a wild vagrant who ended up here due to recent inclement weather in the east coast. The December issue of Ontario Birds, a journal of Ontario Field Ornithologists has an article by Mike Burrell where he gave very good reasoning of accepting these kind of vagrants as legitimate wild bird. For now I'll add it to my life list. Canada Goose on the left is there for comparison. Schomberg Sewage Lagoons, Ontario.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
--Psalm 19:1
taken last Jan 23, with some DPSC peeps...playing with the sun...puro ganyan lng kuha ko kse...yan kng nmn nandun eh...
This brave woman was one of several people arrested in Trafalgar Square for daring to peacefully resist the government's inaction on the climate and cost of living crisis. She had been participating in a "Just Stop Oil" demo, by sitting on the road, on the south side of the square and had been holding a placard declaring "We will not pay for greed."
Another activist explained his own interpretation of the placard - "We refuse to go hungry to feed your profits, we refuse to sacrifice our planet on the altar of greed."
This and other similar protests occur as a tiny corporate minority are profiteering from the surge in the oil price, inflicting misery on working families, and while also benefiting the government's backing for new oil fields.
The UK's mainstream TV network Sky News network reported in August 2022 that "the country has seen a huge spike in the number of people becoming billionaires." - Yes, that's right, a "huge spike" in the middle of the UK's longest decline in working families' living standards in 200 years.
news.sky.com/story/sunday-times-rich-list-2022-uk-has-a-r...
The UK government claims that it doesn't have enough funds to support the NHS, the disabled, the homeless or working families who can't afford to heat their homes. It also explains its inability to take any of the steps desperately needed to avert catastrophic climate change, due to the supposed cost.
All the while it allows UK oil companies to profit from the Ukraine War by setting the maximum possible market price thereby plunging ordinary families into poverty. It also continues to allow individuals and corporations to hide their wealth in tax havens, hands out billions by propping up, via the Bank of England's open market operations, the assets of wealthy bond holders and it still privileges multinationals with the lowest corporation tax, by a significant margin, in the G7, and also in the G20.
According to the Just Stop Oil website, just a few days prior to when this photo was taken, a spokesperson for the activist group set out their demands -
“Rishi Sunak is about to U-turn on attending COP27. We demand that he also U-turn on new oil and gas. This genocidal policy will kill millions of people, while failing to address the worst cost of living crisis this country has ever seen.
“Its time for a serious windfall tax on big oil, without the get-out-of-jail-free tax credits that will encourage more oil and gas that we cannot afford. Vulnerable people will be freezing to death in their homes this winter, unable to afford a can of soup, while his government refuses to tax the rich and the big energy companies that are profiting from our misery.
“We owe it to our young people to stop fossil fuels, we owe it to our workers to create a just transition to a zero-carbon economy, we owe it to our old people to enable them to live with dignity. We are not prepared to stand by and watch while everything we love is destroyed."
juststopoil.org/2022/11/01/day-32-just-stop-oil-target-do...
I hereby declare myself winner of the A-Wing Evolution Contest, a contest on FBTB that never happened (but should have).
Seriously, why no love for the A-Wing? It's sleeker, faster, and has crazy awesome maneuverability.
This one has more of everything we love! Bigger engines, more gunz, more armor and shields. Still no astromech, though. Who needs an R2 unit slowing you down with their constant bleeping and blooping?
Would you take your mother-in-law into battle with you? I didn't think so.
Built off of the Pequod frame.
Brickshelf here when moderated.
*NOTE: Thank you so much to those of you who follow my posts. I wanted to let you know that I have not renewed my pro account, but I have started a second Flickr account instead. My original account, Humble Christ Follower 1, is now only going to focus on photos taken throughout North and Central Florida. Humble Christ Follower 2 (www.flickr.com/photos/198359916@N03/albums), my new account, is where I will now post photos taken outside of Florida, primarily focusing on Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
BIBLICAL CONTEXT: Proverbs 16:1-33 NIV
(from biblegateway.com)
1 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
2 All a person’s ways seem pure to them,
but motives are weighed by the Lord.
3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and he will establish your plans.
4 The Lord works out everything to its proper end—
even the wicked for a day of disaster.
5 The Lord detests all the proud of heart.
Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.
6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.
7 When the Lord takes pleasure in anyone’s way,
he causes their enemies to make peace with them.
8 Better a little with righteousness
than much gain with injustice.
9 In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps.
10 The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and his mouth does not betray justice.
11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.
12 Kings detest wrongdoing,
for a throne is established through righteousness.
13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.
14 A king’s wrath is a messenger of death,
but the wise will appease it.
15 When a king’s face brightens, it means life;
his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
16 How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver!
17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
those who guard their ways preserve their lives.
18 Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.
19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.
21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
and gracious words promote instruction.
22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,
but folly brings punishment to fools.
23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,
and their lips promote instruction.
24 Gracious words are a honeycomb,
sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
25 There is a way that appears to be right,
but in the end it leads to death.
26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
their hunger drives them on.
27 A scoundrel plots evil,
and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.
29 A violent person entices their neighbor
and leads them down a path that is not good.
30 Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity;
whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.
31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor;
it is attained in the way of righteousness.
32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
one with self-control than one who takes a city.
33 The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.
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5 MORE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
I declare February LOVE, romance and beauty month.
‘I’m single for a reason waiting on the right one to come along.’ said this Rose.
The rose is the most popular flower of all.
No other plant has had such a rich and romantic heritage as the rose, and no other flower has been interpreted in nearly as many ways as the rose.
The most common emotion associated with the rose is affection and love.
Even the single rose has various layers of meaning.
Although roses are sometimes presented in dozens, a single rose is the same effective in expressing deep feelings.
Hope you have a day full of love and thanx for visiting and commenting, Magda, (*_*)
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Millions of years of weather eroded the canyon walls. Water froze in cracks and crevices, splitting the rock. Before construction could begin on the dam, this loose rock had to be removed. Special men were required for the job, men called "high-scalers."
Their job was to climb down the canyon walls on ropes. Here they worked with jackhammers and dynamite to strip away the loose rock. The men who chose to do this work came from many backgrounds. Some were former sailors, some circus acrobats, some were American Indians. All of them were agile men, unafraid to swing out over empty space on slender ropes.
It was hard and dangerous work, perhaps the most physically demanding work on the entire project. Laden with tools and water bags, the men would descend the canyon walls. Jackhammer drills were lowered to them, and powder holes were drilled into the rock. The jackhammers weighed 44 lbs. and had to be maneuvered into position by hand Once the holes had been drilled into the rock, they were loaded with dynamite. After the shot, broken rocks sometimes had to be levered free using crowbars.
Moving about on the cliffs was difficult and dangerous. Live air hoses, electrical lines, bundles of drill steel festooned the cliffs. The scalers had to carefully pick their way through the resulting maze. The danger from falling rocks and dropped tools was extreme. The most common cause of death during the building of the dam was being hit by falling objects. The men began making improvised hard hats for themselves by coating cloth hats with coal tar. These "hard-boiled hats" were extremely effective. Several men were hit by falling rocks so hard that their jaws were broken by the impact, yet they did not receive skull fractures. Because of these "hard-boiled hats," men survived accidents which would otherwise have killed them. The Six Companies contracted for commercially made hard hats and issued them to every man on the project. The use of hard hats was encouraged, and deaths from falling objects were reduced.
The risk and high visibility of the job lent it a certain status which appealed to some types of men. When the foremen weren't looking, they would swing out from the cliffs and perform stunts for the workers below. Contests were held to see who could swing out the farthest, the highest, or who could perform the best stunts.
It wasn't all done for fun and games, though. For several weeks, scaler Louis "The Human Pendulum" Fagan transported a crew of shifters around a projecting boulder on the Arizona side. The man to be transferred would wrap his legs around Fagan's waist, grasp the rope, and with a mighty leap, they would sail out into the air and swing around the boulder. Fagan then returned for the next man in the crew. This acrobatic commute was accomplished twice a day until the job was finished.
Perhaps the most famous feat any of the high scalers ever performed was a daring midair rescue. Burl R. Rutledge, a Bureau of Reclamation engineer, fell from the canyon rim. Twenty-five feet below, high scaler Oliver Cowan heard Rutledge slip. Without a moment's hesitation, he swung himself out and seized Rutledge's leg. A few seconds later, high scaler Arnold Parks swung over and pinned Rutledge's body to the canyon wall. The scalers held Rutledge until a line was dropped and secured around him and the shaken engineer was pulled, unharmed, to safety.
Information taken from the Bureau of Reclamation website page about the "High Scalers"...
www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/history/essays/hscaler.html
The bronze figure seen here was created in the 1990s by sculptor Steven Liguori, in conjunction with a group of concessionaires who operate the businesses on government property around the landmark. The statue was based on a photo of one of the last of the high scalers then alive -- Joe Kine. The statue was installed in 1998, and hangs against a dramatic cliff face, a spidery metal tower in the background (a conveyor that ferries dam workers and their equipment to otherwise inaccessible spots).
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
"We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed by God and therefore to be believed firmly and constantly by all the faithful."
– Pope Bl. Pius IX, in his decree 'Ineffabilis Deus'.
Painting by Pedro Ramírez in the Cathedral in Guatemala City.
mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
The ancient Hebrew king and poet wrote, "The heavens declare the glory of God...". He must of been one to enjoy the beauties of creation. That creation was probably the same as on this day when the Master Artist selected His canvas and began to show his masterful skills of creating beauty for us to enjoy. I stood in awe!
Marriages made for Photography.
A marriage in Delhi done in the Maharashtrian way with tenets of a vedic ceremony. The groom makes the crimson declaration with a ring in his hand. Married women wear a vermilion powder on their head, preferably in the single hair parting to declare that they are married. Much like the marriage ring worn elsewhere.
Here the bride sits on the lap of the groom's mother while all three look into a mirror. I miss the symbolism here and the antecedents of the ceremony.
Please englihten
Sumit Gurjar and Esha Marwah, Delhi
Dates
Taken on May 18, 2011 at 1.10pm IST (edit)
Posted to Flickr December 21, 2011 at 10.42PM IST (edit)
Exif data
Camera Nikon D70
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/4.5
Focal Length 60 mm
ISO Speed 500
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Auto, Fired, Return detected
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USA Declares Trade War on Canada: Day III - 16 images - Canon EOS 40D with Canon EF 28-135mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS USM (EOS mount) & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
CNN declares nerds to be the next big thing. A month ago, so did Peaches Geldof in NYLON.
If nerds are cool, then why am I at home sitting in front of my laptop, uninvited to parties, eating a bag of Lays, stalking communities in Livejournal, listening to Cut Copy, etc. etc.
"We declare, pronounce and define that the doctrine which holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary, at the first instant of her conception, by a singular privilege and grace of the Omnipotent God, in virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour of mankind, was preserved immaculate from all stain of original sin, has been revealed by God, and therefore should firmly and constantly be believed by all the faithful."
—Pope Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, December 8, 1854
St. Martin of Tours Parish
Diocesan Shrine of Mahal na Poon ng Krus sa Wawa
December 2011
Photo Credits --- Noy Viudez
The We're Here! gang is visiting the "I Declare" group today, where we describe our qualifications for joining the 2020 presidential run (or any other run to office).
As you may remember, Dr. Helga is running (see comments), and here's the stump we're preparing for her speech.
Answers to the group's questions:
What's your platform?
A big ol' sequoia tree.
What office(s) are you running for?
POTUS, PM of Canada, Chancellor of Germany, Queen of England, and Czar.
Why are you qualified to run?
Because, like all evil dictators...I mean benevolent leaders...I have wacky hair.
Who's your running mate?
A hedgehog named Norman.
Do you have any skeletons in the closet?
Yes, they are underneath the skulls.
Story of this wonderful sequoia and why they had to cut it down here: www.vancouverisawesome.com/2018/09/04/sequoia-tree-kerris...
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Photographer: BeaR
MD: 黃梨子 （LiMin Huang）梨
Makeup: 徐妍蓁
Stylist: 徐妍蓁
GROUP: W.H.
Retouch: LR+PS
Special Thanks: 張弘達 Yikai Peng
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Dear friend, here are 5 things you should know:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Sincerely,
Someone who cares about you
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A reflection on Sacred Scripture for Monday, March 24, 2008
Acts 2:14, 22-33
Psalm 16:1-2, 5, 7-11
Matthew 28:8-15
You have made known to me the paths of life. (Acts 2:28)
Today's first reading brings to mind Christ's dying words, "It is finished." He was not declaring the end of His life, but the completion of His mission.
Jesus, having put our sins to death in His human flesh and subsequently rising to new life, opened to us the portals of heaven, offered us eternal life with Him. Physical death is actually the release of the human soul and spirit. The faithful will then be joyfully united with God, whereas the unfaithful, having closed their hearts to God, will remain in the "outer darkness."
If Christ's death for man's sin and His rising to new life for us were not true, we would be the most miserable of all creatures. Our existence would be purposeless and our end the grave. Disbelief and separation from God reduce us to being loveless savage animals engaged in perpetual conflicts to assure our survival and gain supremacy.
Our present world situation is enacting this vicious scenario, oblivious to Christ having offered us the greatest of all treasures, the ability to be united in love with one another as peaceful, gentle, merciful, forgiving, generous and truthful people.
Those addicted to selfishness and self-righteousness reject this offer; those who sincerely accept it soon discover that it is God Himself who provides them the grace, the desire, guidance and strength needed to achieve it. Despite this disparity in people, God continually pours out His saving love upon everyone in hopes that all may seek living on His paths of life.
O Blessed Lord, we raise our hearts to You in boundless thanksgiving for banishing the darkness of death and providing us the light to reach our eternal home. Amen
- Marie Bocko, OCDS | email: mlbocko@twcny.rr.com
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Aide: God Works Through His Saints
Father Lombardi Comments on Recent Deaths of Church Figures
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 23, 2008 (Zenit.org).- God enters our lives in the company of the saints, the director of the Holy See’s press office said in commenting on the recent deaths of the archbishop of Mosul and Chiara Lubich.
Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of Mosul of the Chaldeans, Iraq died sometime after being kidnapped on Feb. 29 by terrorists. Lubich, 88, died March 14 in her home near Rome. She was the founder of the Focolare Movement.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi commented on the deaths of the two Christian figures on the last episode of the weekly Vatican Television program “Octava Dies.”
“Jesus, the Son of God died for us and with us. But then he rises. Those who die in union with him, having made love of others and service the meaning of their lives, also die to enter into a fuller life,” Father Lombardi explained.
“The Pope,” he then added, “recalled Archbishop Rahho’s love of the poor and the handicapped, he recalled Chiara’s dedication to the unity of Christians and fraternity among peoples.”
Father Lombardi continued: “Benedict XVI loves to repeat that God does not come into our lives by himself, but in the company of his saints. This is how it is. And perhaps we can add that the risen Jesus returns to us also accompanied in particular by those who accompanied him in his life and death.
“[This is] because Jesus journeys through his life to the cross in a singular way, but not alone; and those who have the grace to be able to know how to consciously unite, in faith, their life, their passion and death to Christ’s, also become a great sign of hope for many people: They do a great service for their community and people.”
“Because witnesses,” he concluded, “help us to understand that that which was realized in them in a more luminous and eminent way is really a path open to all who are loved by God, who walks with them and dies for them and with them. That is, absolutely for all.”
EXPLORE # 450 & 458 on Monday, March 24, 2008; # 453 on 03-25-2008
Valerie Solanas est l’auteure du SCUM Manifesto, un pamphlet féministe radical qui déclare la toute-puissance des femmes. La première "pute intellectuelle d’Amérique" rentre avec fracas dans l’histoire du féminisme. Elle donne une voix rare à la rage des femmes et imagine un avenir politique par la marge.
L’histoire des femmes se devine souvent dans l’ombre de celles des hommes. C’est à travers la vie d’Andy Warhol qu’apparaît le nom de Valerie Solanas. En 1968, le célèbre artiste pop, inventeur du concept de Superstar, est l’épicentre de la vie artistique newyorkaise. Andy Warhol incarne le pouvoir, la réussite et l’argent. C’est en 1967 qu’une auteure du nom de Valerie Solanas se rend dans son atelier de la Factory pour lui confier le manuscrit de sa pièce de théâtre, Up your ass.
Des chambres du Chelsea Hotel aux trottoirs newyorkais, Valerie Solanas clame son ambition : elle est une grande auteure et sera reconnue comme telle. Elle a fui le New Jersey et une vie de violence, marquée par la prostitution et la précarité. Son histoire a abîmé son corps et son esprit. Chacun voit dans Valérie une femme intranquille et inquiétante."Une femme qui semblait avoir marché à travers une larme", dira la galeriste Margo Feiden.
Le maître de la Factory trouve la pièce choquante et reste silencieux face aux demandes de Solanas. Avec sa drôle de dégaine, Valerie ne rentre pas dans le cadre huppé et glamour des Marilyn warholienne. Elle essaye en vain de récupérer le seul exemplaire de son manuscrit qu’il avouera avoir perdu. Pour la dédommager, il lui propose non sans provocation de l’engager dans son prochain film érotique, I, a man qui narre les tentatives de séduction et d’assaut sexuel d’un homme sur huit femmes. L’une d’elle est interprétée par Valerie Solanas.
A la même époque, elle finit la rédaction de son SCUM Manifesto, un texte littéraire et politique violent qui s’ouvre sur ce programme : "Rien dans cette société ne concerne les femmes. Alors, à toutes celles qui ont un brin de civisme, le sens des responsabilités et celui de la rigolade, il ne reste qu’à renverser le gouvernement et supprimer le sexe masculin". Elle propose à son éditeur Maurice Girodias de le publier, sans succès.
Par une très chaude journée de juin 1968, Valerie Solanas arrive au 33 West Union Square en manteau d’hiver et col roulé. Elle pénètre dans l’atelier et tire trois fois, au troisième coup, elle finit par atteindre Andy Warhol. Déclaré cliniquement mort, Warhol survivra miraculeusement mais restera changé à jamais, comme le suggère son torse lacéré de cicatrices dans la série de portraits réalisée par Richard Avedon en 1969. Valérie Solanas est internée pendant trois ans en hôpital psychiatrique. Si cette tentative d’assassinat la fait sortir brièvement de l’anonymat, elle enferme son œuvre dans une interprétation simpliste qui relie l’acte meurtrier au manifeste.
Valerie Solanas is the author of the SCUM Manifesto, a radical feminist pamphlet that declares the omnipotence of women. America's first "intellectual whore" makes a big splash in the history of feminism. She gives a rare voice to the rage of women and imagines a political future from the margins.
The history of women can often be seen in the shadow of those of men. It is through the life of Andy Warhol that the name Valerie Solanas appears. In 1968, the famous pop artist, inventor of the concept of Superstar, was the epicenter of New York artistic life. Andy Warhol embodies power, achievement and money. It was in 1967 that an author by the name of Valerie Solanas went to her studio in the Factory to entrust her with the manuscript of her play, Up your ass.
From the rooms of the Chelsea Hotel to the New York sidewalks, Valerie Solanas proclaims her ambition: she is a great author and will be recognized as such. She fled New Jersey and a life of violence, marked by prostitution and precariousness. Her story damaged her body and her mind. Everyone sees Valérie as a disquieting and disturbing woman. "A woman who seemed to have walked through a tear", said gallery owner Margo Feiden.
The Factory master finds the room shocking and remains silent in the face of Solanas' requests. With her funny look, Valerie does not fit into the posh and glamorous setting of the Marilyn Warholienne. She tries in vain to recover the only copy of his manuscript that he will confess to having lost. To compensate her, he provocatively offers her to hire her in his next erotic film, I, a man, which narrates the attempts to seduce and sexually assault one man out of eight women. One of it is performed by Valerie Solanas.
At the same time, she finished writing her SCUM Manifesto, a violent literary and political text that opens with this program: "Nothing in this society concerns women. So, to all those who have a bit of civility, the sense of responsibility and the sense of fun, all that remains is to overthrow the government and suppress the male sex ". She proposed to her publisher Maurice Girodias to publish it, without success.
On a very hot day in June 1968, Valerie Solanas arrived at 33 West Union Square in a winter coat and turtleneck. She enters the workshop and shoots three times, on the third shot she ends up hitting Andy Warhol. Declared clinically dead, Warhol will miraculously survive but will remain changed forever, as suggested by his scarred chest in the series of portraits produced by Richard Avedon in 1969. Valérie Solanas was interned for three years in a psychiatric hospital. If this assassination attempt briefly breaks her anonymity, it encloses her work in a simplistic interpretation that links the murderous act to the manifesto.
'The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for the sun. It is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, like a champion rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.
The Bible Psalm 19 : 1-6
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"Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, und die Feste verkündigt seiner Hände Werk.
Ein Tag sagt's dem andern, und eine Nacht tut's kund der andern, ohne Sprache und ohne Worte; unhörbar ist ihre Stimme. Ihr Schall geht aus in alle Lande und ihr Reden bis an die Enden der Welt. Er hat der Sonne ein Zelt am Himmel gemacht; sie geht heraus wie ein Bräutigam aus seiner Kammer und freut sich wie ein Held, zu laufen ihre Bahn. Sie geht auf an einem Ende des Himmels und läuft um bis wieder an sein Ende, und nichts bleibt vor ihrer Glut verborgen."
Die Bibel Psalm 19, 2-7
“Do not forget this! Keep it in mind!
Remember this, you guilty ones.
Remember the things I have done in the past.
For I alone am God!
I am God, and there is none like me.
Only I can tell you the future
before it even happens.
Everything I plan will come to pass,
for I do whatever I wish.
[Isaiah 46:8-10 NLT]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
[Isaiah 46:8-11 NIV]
5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW:
1. Like it or not, we are ALL sinners: As the Scriptures say, “No one is righteous—not even one. No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God. All have turned away; all have become useless. No one does good, not a single one.” (Romans 3:10-12 NLT)
2. The punishment for sin is death: When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. (Romans 5:12 NLT)
3. Jesus is our only hope: But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. (Romans 5:8 NLT) For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23 NLT)
4. SALVATION is by GRACE through FAITH in JESUS: God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. (Ephesians 2:8-10 NLT)
5. Accept Jesus and receive eternal life: If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9 NLT) But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:12 NLT) And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. (1 John 5:11-12 NLT)
Read the Bible for yourself. Allow the Lord to speak to you through his Word. YOUR ETERNITY IS AT STAKE!
Title: Glass.
B♭ (B Flat)
A Novel by Mitsushiro Nakagawa
日本語のあらすじ等は下の方にあります😃
“Synopsis”
A Palestinian group from Gaza hacks into North Korea’s cryptocurrency system, stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. Their true goal is not money—but to recreate the lost homeland of Gaza on American soil.
Amid the backdrop of hardline Republican immigration policies and a growing wave of xenophobia, a quiet plan begins to take shape: the gradual collapse of America from within.
During a speech at Madison Square Garden, Republican presidential candidate Justin Bradford is shot. Almost simultaneously in Los Angeles, former president Owen Reed is attacked at a rally for Democratic hopeful Ryan Bennett.
Two assassinations—mirroring one another—ignite a nation’s deepest divide. Yet, against all odds, Justin survives. His blood type is one in 2.5 million: the Bombay Blood Group.
The only person who can donate such blood is Anaya Patel, a community art facilitator working in Brooklyn. Her blood, stored in the Bellevue Hospital Blood Bank, is used for an emergency transfusion that saves the candidate’s life.
Jack Vance, an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, suspects a Gaza-based network behind the attacks. Together with Cameron Bartlett, the FBI Director of the Los Angeles Field Office, and Veronica Reeves, a senior investigator from New York, he begins to uncover a vast conspiracy.
Their investigation leads them to Rafi Gannam, a former architecture student at the Islamic University of Gaza, who has infiltrated redevelopment sites across Los Angeles and New York—embedding C4 explosives deep within beams and structural cores.
His targets: new residential districts where agents of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and ERO (Enforcement and Removal Operations) live—symbols of “the order America built.”
Veronica urges the President to pursue dialogue to prevent further destruction, but President Grant M. Ranford refuses to listen.
Meanwhile, the recovering Justin and his Democratic rival Ryan appear on national television, calling for unity beyond political divisions.
Their words of reason, however, are drowned out when Grant takes the stage in Iowa, defiantly declaring: “We will never bow to terror.”
Among the crowd, Rafi’s operatives have already taken their positions.
As chaos erupts and the stage collapses, Amir Nasser—once Rafi’s comrade, haunted by the memory of his sister’s death in Gaza—tries desperately to halt the chain of destruction.
But Rafi’s conviction remains unshaken.
Under the twilight beneath the Williamsburg Bridge, amid the city’s fading noise, the two men part ways.
It is the boundary between prayer and vengeance, between hope and nothingness.
“Characters”
Anaya Patel – 25, Community Art Facilitator
Arjun Singh – 26, Anaya’s boyfriend, Luminatech Innovations
Mika Sato – 25, Anaya’s friend, Community Art Facilitator
Justin Bradford – 27, Republican Presidential Candidate
Eleanor Blake – 26, Justin’s fiancée
President Grant M. Langford – 61, Incumbent Republican President
Vice President Charles “Chuck” Baines – 64, Incumbent Republican Vice President
Ryan Bennett – 30, Democratic Presidential Candidate
Sophia Bennett – 30, Ryan’s wife
Owen Reed – 65, Former Democratic President
Jack Vance – 45, Secret Service, Former FBI Los Angeles Field Office
Ben Holloway – 30, Jack’s colleague
Darryl Ross – 29, Jack’s colleague
Elijah Kane – 28, Jack’s colleague
Marcus Dane – 45, FBI Los Angeles Field Office
Cameron Bartlett – 55, FBI Los Angeles Field Office, Field Office Director
Tom Caldwell – 38, FBI Technical Unit, Marcus’s subordinate
Veronica Reeves – 41, FBI Special Agent
Alexander Harris – 52, FBI New York Field Office, Field Office Director
Elliot Chen – 36, Technology Unit Chief
Alicia Monroe – 58, FBI Director
Zakaria Haddad – 51, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Former Islamic University Engineering Professor, New York Team
Amir Nasser – 23, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Former Islamic University Electronics Engineering, New York Team
Rafi Gannam – 32, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Islamic University, Architecture, New York Team
Rohan Shah – 29, Gaza Strip, Palestine; Islamic University, Architecture, New York Team
Majid Hamza – 47, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Information Technology, Los Angeles Team
Samira Hammad – 28, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Engineering, Los Angeles Team
Saeed Kabari – 35, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Business Administration, Los Angeles Team
Reem Nasser – 30, Gaza Strip, Palestine; University of Palestine, Media Studies, Los Angeles Team
Noah Levi – 55, Israel, residing in Tel Aviv, Jewish
B♭ will be released worldwide on February 29, 2026.
Recently, director Ridley Scott remarked that streaming films and series have become dull.
I agree.
If you have two hours to spare for such stories, I ask for only two minutes of your time.
Two minutes with my novel will outlast those two hours.
I am confident of that.
Stay tuned.
Mitsushiro
October 9th, 2025
P.S.
Micchan — the man who challenges Netflix. 😃
(Nikon Coolpix 8700 shot)
Manhattan, New York, U.S.A. 2017 … 12 / 16
(Today’s photo. It has not been published before, but I’ve recently re-edited it from the original.)
Images.
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English lyrics and Japanese translation
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My new novel
B♭ (B Flat)
Volume 19😄
The following is still in its draft stage and will be revised further.
Key parts are not disclosed.
The order of the content shown here is mixed.
(Of course, this is not the final version.)
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My new novel
B♭ (B Flat)
English translation by GPT-5, in collaboration with Mitsushiro Nakagawa
Twilight sank over the harbor town, dimming the air as the rusted girders along the pier turned a burnished red.
The park in Red Hook was nearly empty; the chains of the swings stirred in the wind, clinking faintly.
Children’s laughter drifted from afar, only deepening the stillness that hung over the place.
Amir stood outside the wire fence, gazing at the scene, and something half-forgotten stirred within him.
There had been evenings, too, in the rubble of Gaza.
Out from the ruins of broken houses, his mother would appear—
breathless, dust clinging to her clothes, coming to find him, to hold him close.
He could still recall the scent of her hair, the warmth of her arms.
“Let’s go home,” she had said.
Even if “home” was nothing more than a collapsing shell of stone and dust, her voice alone had led him back.
A mattress laid atop debris.
A room with no walls, only wind.
Yet each time his mother’s hand brushed his forehead, that place became, undeniably, home.
Amir’s gaze returned to the New York children swaying on the swings.
The innocent rhythm between mothers and sons was repeating itself again, bathed in the soft light of dusk.
It was a world untouched by weapons or blood.
“Rafi,” he murmured, barely louder than the wind,
“maybe… we don’t have to go on.”
Rafi didn’t look away.
His eyes were clouded with the sediment of Gaza—blood and dust, the memory of ruin.
His father’s body fallen in shadow.
Walls blackened with fire.
Dreams torn apart.
What filled him was not tenderness, but a cold and merciless anger.
“Don’t forget, Amir,” he said, his voice hard as stone.
“In the same place where your mother held you, our fathers were slaughtered.
Those ruins are not just ruins.”
Amir fell silent.
The river’s surface rippled red in the twilight; across the East River, the towers of Manhattan shimmered faintly, blurred at the edges.
Peace and destruction, memory and hatred—
they mingled together in the same wind.
Behind the wire fence, children’s laughter still rang out.
But to the two men, it sounded only like an echo from another world.
The setting sun sank quietly, staining the bridge’s iron joints red as the heat beneath it trembled in the air.
Rainwater pooled in the cracks of the concrete, reflecting a thin sheet of gold.
A faint steam rose from the damp air, and the salt from the harbor clung to Amir’s nose.
The boarded door of an abandoned factory hung loose,
the wind pushing in old newspapers and leaves, swirling them into tiny spirals.
From afar came the cry of cicadas, and a city bus exhaled a sigh through its brakes.
Beneath the bridge stood Amir, Rafi, and several others scattered in silence.
Some wiped sweat from their brows, eyes lowered to the ground;
others rested hands upon the girders, gazing out toward the distant light.
At intervals, the shadow of a parent waiting for a child passed by,
a white-roofed van gliding through the heat.
Amir rubbed his back, the sweat clinging to his shirt, and sat down in the shadow of the bridge pier.
Rafi stood a short distance away.
Their shadows stretched long, wavering under the harsh westering sun.
No one among their comrades moved; their stillness was a kind of breathless waiting.
“Can’t we stop here?” Amir’s voice wavered into the humid air.
In his mind, he saw again his mother’s hand reaching through a crack in the stone wall—
that small, dirt-stained hand that once touched his cheek.
The desire to return to that warmth still flickered faintly in his chest, like an ember refusing to die.
Rafi clenched his jaw, and spoke through his teeth, his words as brief and cold as a stone cast into the sea.
“Don’t forget, Amir.
If you forget that night, we’ll betray the dead.”
His voice merged with the creak of metal underfoot, irreconcilable with the laughter of children or the cry of cicadas drifting in the distance.
Amir narrowed his eyes, watching the flow of light beyond the railing.
Across the river, windows shimmered in layers—
places where life went on, where dinners were being served,
where children’s laughter and footsteps would echo softly through the gardens.
A deep shadow cut across Rafi’s face.
His fists were clenched, the veins on his hands taut and bright.
“That wish of yours,” he said quietly,
“do you know it might become someone’s gravestone?”
Amir’s gaze fell to a small white rabbit doll at his feet.
It was caked with dust, one eye missing.
Perhaps it belonged to a child who once played beneath this bridge—
or perhaps it had simply wandered here by chance.
Either way, to Amir, that single missing eye seemed like a fleeting glimpse of a world quietly disappearing.
Silence spread between them.
The wind hummed low through the iron beams.
Around them, the world went on moving.
A van door shut.
A parent touched a child’s shoulder.
A bus turned the corner.
Their comrades drew shallow breaths, eyes fixed on the ground or the far horizon.
Without looking back, Amir began walking toward the city beyond the bridge’s shadow.
Behind him came a single breath from Rafi—
a sound that carried the stillness of a corpse.
The summer dusk slowly swallowed the bridge.
The men beneath it remained as faint silhouettes,
poised between the red of sunset and the cold gleam of steel.
Rafi quietly unzipped his bag and drew out a tablet.
His fingers trembled slightly,
but he took a slow breath to steady himself,
and aimed the camera at the mark of “B♭” at the bottom of mellow-echo.net.
A dark screen flickered to life, revealing a deep-layer QR code.
Without hesitation, his finger slid along the words:
“C4-ID: Vanta+Core / Ready.”
That movement sent a faint tremor through the tension of the men beneath the bridge,
blending with the dry scent of rust and the damp summer air.
From the far side of the East River, under another bridge,
sparks began to rise—one, then another—
tiny flashes glowing red in the dark.
The light quivered across the shadows,
and the sound of metal striking metal echoed low.
Rafi’s eyes followed the fading silhouette of Amir’s back.
The others stepped silently away,
drawing a little farther from the bridge.
Moist air clung to Rafi’s skin,
and the mingled red of dusk and chill of steel filled the space around him.
In the hush beneath the bridge,
each flash and creak formed a strange rhythm in his chest.
A cicada cried once in the distance.
The city’s murmur faded to a far-off haze.
Pressed beneath that wave of tension,
the men held their breath,
confirming each other’s presence only through glances and the rhythm of their breathing.
The summer dusk slowly—yet surely—
swallowed the bridge, the city,
and the shadows that remained.
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My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
There’s still more to come. 😃
(This is not the final draft.)
Set in New York City.
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Soundtrack.
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
For japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
Note: I gave a brief explanation of this novel in the following video:
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
iTunes Playlist Link::
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b/pl.u-47DJGhopxMD
For japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
My new novel:
B♭ (B-flat)
Notes
1. "Bombay Blood Type (hh type)"
•Characteristics: A rare blood type that lacks the usual ABO antigens — cannot be classified as A, B, or O.
•Discovery: First identified in 1952 in Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay).
•Prevalence: Roughly 1 in 10,000 people in India; globally, about 1 in 2.5 million.
•Transfusion Compatibility: Only compatible with blood from other Bombay type donors.
2. 2024 Harvard University Valedictorian Speech – The Power of Not Knowing
youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K
3. Shots Fired at Trump Rally
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Title.
ガラス。
僕の新しい小説
B♭ （ビーフラット） ……. Mitsushiro Nakagawa
“あらすじ”
北朝鮮の仮想通貨システムをハッキングし、数億ドルを奪取したガザ出身のパレスチナ人グループが、アメリカ合衆国へ密かに潜入する。
彼らの目的は、失われた祖国ガザを、アメリカの地に「復元」することだった。
共和党による強硬な移民政策と、国内にくすぶる排外感情を利用し、アメリカ社会を内側から崩壊させる計画が静かに進行していく。
共和党大統領候補ジャスティン・ブラッドフォードがマディソン・スクエア・ガーデンで演説中に狙撃され、ほぼ同時刻、ロサンゼルスでは前大統領オーウェン・リードもまた、民主党候補ライアン・ベネットの集会で撃たれる。
国家を二分する双方向の暗殺。だが、ジャスティンは奇跡的に生還する。
彼の血液型は、世界でわずか250万人に一人といわれる「ボンベイブラッド」。
その希少な血を提供できたのは、ブルックリンで活動するコミュニティアート・ファシリテーター、アナヤ・パテルだった。
彼女の血液はベルビュー病院の血液バンクに保存されており、緊急輸血によって、候補者の命はかろうじて繋がれた。
シークレットサービスのジャック・バンスは、テロの背後にガザ出身の組織が関与していることを察知し、FBIロサンゼルス支局長官キャメロン・バートレット、ニューヨーク支局の特別捜査官ヴェロニカ・リーブスと共に捜査を進める。
やがて彼らは、イスラム大学で建築学を学んだラフィ・ガンナムが、ロサンゼルスやニューヨークの再開発現場に潜入し、梁や構造体の中枢にC4爆薬を仕込んでいた事実に辿り着く。
標的は、ICE（移民・関税執行局）やERO（執行・送還作戦部門）の職員が暮らす新興住宅街——すなわち、「アメリカが築いた秩序」そのものだった。
ヴェロニカは、これ以上の破壊を防ぐため、大統領への対話を進言するが、現職のグラント・ランフォード大統領は耳を貸さない。
一方、命を取り留めたジャスティンと民主党候補ライアンは、テレビを通じて国民に訴えかけ、分断を乗り越えようとする。
だが、その理性の声を嘲笑うかのように、グラントはアイオワ州での演説を強行し、「テロには屈しない」と宣言する。
その会場には、すでにラフィの仲間が率いる工作チームが潜入していた。
崩壊する会場の惨状を前に、仲間の一人アミール・ナッセルは、かつてガザで妹を失った記憶に引き裂かれ、破壊の連鎖を止めようとする。
だが、ラフィの信念は揺るがない。
ウィリアムズバーグ橋の下、夕暮れの喧騒のなか、二人は決別する。
それは、祈りと報復、希望と虚無の境界線だった——。
“登場人物”
アナヤ・パテル ２５歳 コミュニティアート・ファシリテーター
アルジュン・シン ２６歳 アナヤの恋人・ルミナテック・イノベーションズ社
佐藤 ミカ ２５歳 アナの友人・コミュニティアート・ファシリテーター
ジャスティン・ブラッドフォード ２７歳 共和党大統領候補
エリノア・ブレイク ２６歳 ジャスティンの婚約者
グラント・M・ランフォード大統領 ６１歳 共和党大統領現職
チャールズ・ベインズ副大統領 ６４歳 共和党副大統領現職
ライアン・ベネット ３０歳 民主党大統領候補
ソフィア・ベネット ３０歳 ライアンの妻
オーウェン・リード ６５歳 民主党前大統領
ジャック・バンス ４５歳 シークレットサービス 元FBIロサンゼルス支局
ベン・ホロウェイ ３０歳 ジャックの同僚
ダリル・ロス ２９歳 ジャックの同僚
イライジャ・ケイン ２８歳 ジャックの同僚
マーカス・デイン ４５歳 FBI ロサンゼルス支局
キャメロン・バートレット ５５歳 FBI ロサンゼルス支局 支局長
トム・コールドウェル ３８歳 FBI技術班 マーカスの部下
ヴェロニカ・リーヴス ４１歳 FBI特別捜査官
アレクサンダー・ハリス ５２歳 FBI ニューヨーク支局 支局長
エリオット・チェン ３６歳 テクノロジー班主任
アリシア・モンロー ５８歳 FBI長官
ザカリア・ハッダード ５１歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 元イスラム大学 工学部教授 ニューヨークチーム
アミール・ナッセル ２３歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 元イスラム大学 電子工学部 ニューヨークチーム
ラフィ・ガンナム ３２歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 イスラム大学 建築学部 ニューヨークチーム
ロハン・シャー ２９歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 イスラム大学 建築学部 ニューヨークチーム
マジード・ハムザ ４７歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 情報技術学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
サミラ・ハンマド ２８歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 工学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
サイード・カバリ ３５歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 経営学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
リーム・ナセル ３０歳 パレスチナ・ガザ地区 パレスチナ大学 メディア学部 ロサンゼルスチーム
ノア・レヴィ 55歳 イスラエル テルアビブ在住 ユダヤ人
僕のこの小説は、来年、２０２６年２月末日に公開します。
先日、リドリースコット監督がサブスクの映画やドラマ群がつまらないと話していたようだけど、同感です。
僕も非常に退屈です。
それらに2時間を要するなら、僕の小説を２分間だけ読んで欲しい。
その2分間は、２時間を越えるでしょう。
僕は自信があります。
ぜひ、期待してお待ちください。
Mitsushiro Nakagawa
09th. Oct . 2025.
追伸
ネトフリに挑戦する男、みっちゃん。😃
( Nikon coolpix 8700 shot )
マンハッタン。ニューヨーク。アメリカ。2017. … 12 / 16
(今日の写真。それは未発表済みです。しかし最近、オリジナルから再編集しています。）
Images.
ONE OK ROCK - We are [ LIVE ]
youtu.be/uyaKoj7wABY?si=l5TIci49GRdoYQDD
英詞と和訳
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
第19弾。 😄
以下は、まだ初稿の段階です。まだ推敲します。
重要な部分は公開していません。
公開している内容の順番はバラバラです。
(もちろん最終稿ではありません。)
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
English translation by GPT-5, in collaboration with Mitsushiro Nakagawa
夕暮れは港町の空気を沈ませながら、埠頭に錆びついた鉄骨を赤銅色に染めていた。
レッドフックの公園は人影もまばらで、遊具の鎖が風に揺れ、かすかな音を立てていた。子どもたちの笑い声が遠くにひびき、かえって静けさを際立たせているようだった。
アミールは金網の外からその光景を見つめ、胸の奥に忘れかけていた感覚を呼び戻していた。
かつてガザの瓦礫の町にも夕暮れはあった。
破壊された家々のあいだから、母の姿が現れた。息を切らし、砂埃をまといながらも、彼を探して抱きしめに来る母の匂いを、アミールは今も覚えていた。
「家に帰ろう」と母は言った。
家とは呼べないほど崩れかけた場所であっても、その声だけが彼を導いた。瓦礫の上に置かれた布団、壁もない部屋に流れ込む風、それでも母の手が彼の額を撫でるたび、そこは確かに家だった。
アミールの視線は、ブランコに揺れるニューヨークの子どもたちへと戻った。母と子の無邪気な時間が、夕暮れの柔らかな光のなかで繰り返されている。
その光景は、武器や血とは無縁の世界だった。
「ラフィ……俺たちは、もうやめてもいいんじゃないか」
低く呟いた声は、風に溶けるほど弱かった。
ラフィは目を逸らさなかった。その瞳には、ガザの砂塵に埋もれた血の記憶がよどんでいた。
倒れ伏した父の影、焼け焦げた壁、裂けた夢。彼の胸に満ちているのは、優しさではなく、冷たい怒りだった。
「忘れるな、アミール」
声は硬い石のように響いた。
「母の腕に抱かれた記憶と同じ場所で、父たちは殺されたんだ。あの瓦礫はただの瓦礫じゃない」
アミールは唇を閉ざした。
夕暮れの川面が赤く揺らぎ、イーストリバー越しのマンハッタンの高層ビルの影がかすかに滲んでいた。
平和と破壊、記憶と憎しみが、同じ風の中で混じり合っていた。
金網の内では、子どもの笑い声がまだ響いていた。
しかし、ふたりの耳にはそれが遠い世界の残響にしか思えなかった。
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夕陽は鉄の骨の継ぎ目を赤く染めながら、橋の下の熱気に揺れつつ静かに沈み込んだ。
コンクリートの裂け目に溜まった水が、夕陽を映して薄い金色に光っている。湿った空気にわずかな湯気が立ち、港から流れる潮の匂いがアミールの鼻腔に絡んだ。
廃工場の戸板は半ば外れ、風が古い新聞紙や枯れ葉を押し込み、小さな渦をつくっていた。蝉の声が遠くから響き、路線バスのブレーキ音が一度、吐息のように洩れた。
橋の下には、アミールとラフィのほかに、数名の仲間たちが散らばって立っている。肩をすくめ、汗を拭いながら地面に視線を落とす者もいれば、鉄梁に手をかけ、遠くの光景をじっと見つめる者もいた。
時折、子どもを待つ親の影と、白い屋根の送迎車が通り過ぎる。
アミールは汗で張り付いたシャツの背中をさすり、橋げたの影に腰を下ろした。
ラフィは少し離れて立った。影は長く伸び、照りつける西日に揺れていた。仲間たちは微動だにせず、息を殺すようにその場にいる。
「ここでやめられないのか」
アミールの声は、蒸し暑い夕暮れの空気に溶けかけた。脳裏には、母が崩れた石壁の隙間から差し出した小さな手が浮かんでいた。母の手はいつも、汚れた掌で彼の頬を撫でてくれた。そこに帰りたいという欲が、胸の奥でまだ微かに温かく息をしている。
ラフィは奥歯を噛みしめ、舌先だけで言った。簡潔で、海に投げる石のように冷たい。
「忘れるな、アミール。あの夜のことを忘れたら、俺たちは死んだ者たちを裏切る」
その声は、波打つ鉄板の軋みと混じり、遠くの子どもたちの笑い声や蝉の声とは相容れなかった。
アミールは目を細め、橋の欄干越しに流れてゆく光を見た。向こう岸に、きらめく窓が幾重にも並んでいる。そこには暮らしがあり、夕飯の匂いが立ち、子どもたちの笑い声や庭先で遊ぶ足音が、柔らかく響いているはずだ。
ラフィの頬に深い影が刺さり、拳を握りしめている。手の甲の血管が鋭く浮いた。
「お前のその願いが、誰かの墓標になることを、お前は知っているのか」
アミールの視線は、足元に落ちた小さな白いうさぎのぬいぐるみに止まった。埃にまみれ、ひとつの目が欠けていた。
そのぬいぐるみは、橋の下で遊んだ遠い誰かのものかもしれない。あるいは単に迷い込んだだけかもしれない。どちらにせよ、アミールにはその欠けた目が、消えていく日常の一瞥に思えた。
沈黙がふたりを隔てた。風が、橋げたの鉄梁を低く鳴らした。
周囲の世界は動き続ける。送迎車の戸が閉まり、親が子の肩を叩く。バスが一台、角を曲がる。仲間たちは微かに息を整え、視線を地面や遠方に巡らせたままだ。
アミールは振り返らず、橋の影から街のほうへ歩き出した。
後ろでラフィの吐息が一つだけ聞こえた。それは骸のような静けさを残し、夏の夕闇が緩やかに橋を飲み込んでゆく。橋下の仲間たちは、かすかな影のまま残り、夕陽の赤と鉄の冷たさの間に佇んでいた。
ラフィは静かにバッグを開き、タブレットを取り出した。指先に、微かに震えはあったが、心を鎮めるように深く息を吸い、mellow-echo.netの最下部にあるB“♭（フラット）”に、ミュートリーダーのカメラをかざした。暗い画面にディープレイヤーQRコードが浮かび上がると、指先はためらうことなく、“C4-ID:Vanta+Core/Ready.”の文字に沿って滑った。その手の動きは、橋下に残った仲間たちの緊張を微かに揺らし、乾いた鉄の匂いと湿った夏の風に溶けた。
イーストリバーを挟んだ対岸の橋下から、火花が一点、また一点と立ち上り、暗がりに赤く瞬いた。小さな光は、橋下の影を揺らし、鉄梁にぶつかる音が低く響く。ラフィの視線はアミールの背に残る影を追い、仲間たちは無言で後退りし、橋下から少しずつ距離を取った。
湿気を帯びた空気がラフィの肌をまとい、夕陽の赤と鉄の冷たさが入り混じる。橋下の静寂の中、火花の閃光と小さな軋みが、ラフィの胸の奥に奇妙な律動を生んだ。遠くで蝉が一声鳴き、街のざわめきは遙か彼方に霞んでゆく。
その緊張の波に押されるように、橋下の仲間たちは息をひそめ、視線と呼吸だけで互いの存在を確かめあった。
夏の夕闇は、まるで橋を、街を、そして残された影を静かに、しかし確かに飲み込んでいった。
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僕の新しい小説。
B♭ （ビーフラット）
舞台はニューヨークです。
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Soundtrack.
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack/pl.u-47...
For japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
iTunes Playlist Link::
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b/pl.u-47DJGhopxMD
For japanese
music.apple.com/jp/playlist/b-my-novel-soundtrack-for-jap...
追記 この小説を多少説明しました。
youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV
メモ
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「Bombay型（ボンベイ型、hh型）」
•特徴：通常のABO血液型を持たない（A、B、Oに分類されない）特殊な型。
•発見地：1952年、インド・ムンバイ（旧ボンベイ）で初めて確認。
•発生頻度：インドでは1万人に1人程度だが、世界的には約250万人に1人とも。
•輸血制限：同じBombay型しか輸血できない。
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2024年ハーバード大学首席の卒業式スピーチ『知らないことの力』
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Shots fired at Trump rally
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declaring a state of emergency or perhaps another protest at the Kentucky Fried Chicken one block away
After declaring the Blackpool Swift a finished job yesterday, today it was the turn of this ex Royal Blue Bristol RELH to be deemed ready to head home.
LDV 847F is seen here back under cover with some of its owners other toys in a nice dry shed about 15 miles from RBW.
The ECW bodied coach has a 5 speed semi-auto gearbox and in this case leaf springs, unlike the air bags of the Crosville example which came our way recently.
Considering that the US Air Force did not declare a basic operational capability for the F-35A until August 2016, and the F-35B and F-35C have yet to be declared operational, it seems odd that the above airframe was on display as a museum exhibit in early 2012!
However, this aircraft is the first X-35 ever built. It was originally the X-35A and was modified to include the lift-fan engine for testing of the STOVL concept. Among its many test records, this aircraft was the first in history to achieve a short take-off, level supersonic dash, and vertical landing in a single flight. It is also the first aircraft to fly using a shaft-driven lift-fan propulsion system.
The X-35B is the technology demonstrator for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a stealthy, supersonic, multi-role fighter. After meeting the goals for the conventional take-off version, the X-35A was modified into the X-35B for testing the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) features.
Three operational F-35 versions are planned. The conventional variant (F-35A), designed for the US Air Force, will be built in the largest quantities. The US Navy's carrier variant (F-35C) features larger wing and control surfaces, additional wingtip ailerons, and a strengthened internal structure to absorb the punishment of catapult launches and arrested landings. The wings also fold for better storage aboard carriers. The short takeoff/vertical landing variant (F-35B) will be used by the US Marine Corps, Britain's Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, and the Italian Air Force and Navy. Budget constraints continue to impact the future of the F-35 and the final production run has not yet been determined.
The STOVL version (F-35B) is equipped with a shaft-driven lift-fan propulsion system, which enables the aircraft to take off from a short runway or small aircraft carrier and to land vertically. The F-35, as the production version is designated, was conceived as the replacement for many aging fighters, such as the F-16, A-10, F/A-18 and AV-8B Harrier. Given the rapid development of unmanned aircraft, the F-35 may also be the last piloted fighter produced in large numbers.
The Pratt & Whitney JSF 119-PW-611 turbofan engine (seen beyond the airframe) deflects thrust downward for short takeoff/vertical landing capability. The Air Force and Navy versions use a thrust-vectoring exhaust nozzle. The Marine Corps and RAF/RN version has a swivel-duct nozzle; an engine-driven fan behind the cockpit and air-reaction control valves in the wings to provide stability at low speeds. This unique propulsion system won the prestigious Collier Trophy in 2001.