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"What the blazes do you mean Zona, explain yourself!" Jake responded, somewhat miffed.
"Well, according to our intel from K-Troop, it is strongly believed that Dr. Diablos has a base of operations in South America. I suspect that they think you were trying to use the name of the Royal Kadath Society as a guise to sneak in and capture Diablos!" explained Zona.
"That's insane! then again, knowing those relic hunters, your probably correct. If only Professor Champion had been with us, he could have argued our case". complained Jake.
"I'm sure in time, they will come to see your logic Commander.., and one day allow you to pursue the Atlantis theory with the Society's blessings". injected Lucy somewhat hopefully to try and cheer up the Commander.
To further explain the international content.
Nancy Is *Canadian*. I am *British* but have lived in Canada for a very long time and Beverly is from Iowa *USA*.
Ever heard the expression **All dressed up and nowhere to go?
Well that didn't happen here because we always find somewhere to go when we feel like a nice dressy night out and in this case it was The Bahama Breeze Restaurant.
Not the ritziest spot you can imagine for yourself whilst dressing up a bit higher than the norm but the food is always nicely prepared and a decent price too and the kicker is... When you are wearing a long dark blue lace evening dress, not to mention some great underwear then everywhere you go feels like you were in Monte Carlo.
Ha!
robert explains geometry.
he pauses for a sip of tea.
an irate frenchman arrives,
"when you decide to know who
you are," he shouts, "let us know!"
my mother storms in and
throws a book of poems at
me,
"such lovely poems," she says,
"but all about death, all about
death."
i turn to robert and say:
"ya know, we was taught to be
more dispassionate!".
"yes we "was", he winks, "we're
jewish, right?"
i wink back, "that's what they say!
... more tea?"
he nods and we exchange cups.
Rob Goldstein 2014
I thought I knew the meaning of "lowdown" but this takes it to a whole new level. Don't get me wrong, I have an 18 yr old son who seems quite comfortable dressing a lesser version of this, but really!!!!!!......or have I missed something the last few years...:-)))
Candid scene from Canal and Broadway, NYC.
Kimmy explained it to me, that the restriction of a corset is not, in small doses, an entirely displeasurable experience. That the constriction of the waist, the difficulty in being able to breathe, is not so different from other...activities in which breathing is restricted.
That, and it looks hot.
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Alright I'll explain ---
This is Cruz a young puppy living
with Chrome up on Vancouver Island.
Need more explaining ? OK I will.
In fact we need to turn back the way-back machine.
For a few years I've been following a guy who makes
his base camp on Vancouver Island, B.C. Canada.
A place where I've spent a lot of time and lived
off and on before moving to the jungles
in Thailand. I know it sounds weird.
Anyway Chrome has a youtube channel where he has
customized his van and lives in it full time while traveling
around filming his life's adventures. Cruz came on board
about 3+ years ago and is a real funny guy, loves to travel
and live in the van. What caught my attention about this guy
is of course Cruz, I know the area he's in and the fact that I too
built my 1st camper van way back in the 60's making me a nomad.
So I'm sitting here watching one of his early clips as
he drove 1/2 way across Canada to pick up this cute
puppy when I stopped the video. Why you ask ?
Because this was just to cute to pass up.
Actually I also had a camera in my hand being cleaned
so at this very moment I simply took a photo of this
video on pause. Now please don't panic cuz I
also watch a bunch of other youtube
stuff about building fast cars
and houses off grid.
Guy Stuff ;-)-
Here's a short clip of Cruz on his
1st birthday and when he was
first brought on board.
No# 1 and I were going someplace for V-Day but
early this morning we both decided to stay home.
I'm still using a snake stick to assist me while walking.
No# 1 said she is feeling way to old today so it was a
unanimous decision to spend V-Day at home and just
enjoy what we have here with each other & the dogs.
Happy Valentines Day and
we'll catch y'all on the rebound.
Jon&Crew ;-)-
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La belleza es aún más difícil de explicar que la felicidad.
Simone de Beauvoir
The beauty is even more difficult to explain than happiness.
Simone de Beauvoir
Another very quick (and very simple!) post and run again this week, I'm truly sorry everyone! Reason is explained in last week's photo... now not only do my tests (which I've been trying to pass for the past three years) start this Sunday, but now I have a cold, and taking tests with a cold is never fun!
Skye on the other hand is her smiley self as usual, she's just a huge lovebug!
After my exams are over I'll be able to spend more time with little Skye, take better pictures and be more active in the group! Hope everyone has had a fantastic week! :)
"Explain your actions!...My actions? - For ordering your troops against one another!"
--Captain Rex to Krell
Carried by a bus,
that has multiple stops,
Living in the fuss,
and hitting many nobs,
always getting monitored,
by one of the cops.
As it was explained to me this was a ceremony to help keep severe winters at bay, and I believe it was around Thanksgiving Time when we were there.
Being Grateful
Peter Prehn
Thanks for eyes,
Taking in the splendid tapestry,
Of our visual world.
For ears which resonate,
The endless reverie of sounds.
Thanks for earth, air, fire and water:
Their harmonizing, intermingling,
Sculpting, washing, blowing, burning.
Weaving our ever regenerating, living geode.
Thanks for the spirit of sacredness,
For entering my heart,
That I may behold life as a mystery,
I wish to enjoin.
Thanks for life itself,
Fragile, powerful surge of energy,
Material made spirit born to consciousness,
Brief soul light burning a maker's candles, organizing chaos.
Thanks for the feeling of Gratitude,
Reflection focused on the span
between suffering and joy,
Tribute to our vitality.
Thanks for listening ears,
Receptive to words of comfort and encouragement.
Thanks for the hugs of friends,
Who hold me close,
When feelings overwhelm me.
Thanks for the calmness in some people's hearts
even as we contemplate our vulnerability
on the brink of oblivion.
Thanks for the courage of some people,
Not to lose hope,
when reason is abandoned
in the world of nations.
Thanks for the feeling of hope.
November 21, 1983
The halberd is my favorite ancient weapon. A halberd is a two-handed pole weapon that came to prominent use during the 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries. The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on a long shaft.
Wikipedia link with more info.
In everyday terms: it is a polearm that has a stabby bit on the top for the stabby-stabby-stabbing, an axe on one side for the choppy-choppy-chopping, and a hook on the other side so when the enemy tries to crawl away, you can hook them and drag them back for more of the stabby-stab and choppy-chop. (in reality, the hook was used for unhorsing the enemy). Basically, this is a can opener for someone in armor.
In We're Here!, we're sharing history that is all around us. And currently, this halberd is next to my desk, directly to my left. I hope this is acceptable for the theme because we've had two days of snow and I'd rather not get out in all that today.
MOC: The Hoonicorn.
For the complete backstory, click the picture below - trust me, it'll explain a lot :)
And no, this is probably not for the purists. Move on, nothing to see here...!
This is my take on The Hoonicorn, Ken Block's rather heavily modified 1965 Ford Mustang used in his Gymkhana Seven driving video. Which has 41 million views on YouTube.
If you clicked the top link in this text, you'll see that the car is now painted in different colours than the ones I've chosen to build it in - I chose black because that was the original colour... and because it's much easier to make the LEGO version look right in that colour :)
This is not a perfect copy, I'll be the first to admit - but that's partly because I didn't want it to be. Mainly, the proportions are off - it's slightly too long compared to its width (which is particularly obvious when viewed straight from the side), and too tall compared to a minifigure. But I wanted to make it roughly the same scale as the LEGO Speed Champions sets currently on offer, and it looks quite nice next to those.
Neat details include the rear diffuser, gearshift and upright parking brake lever (I'll reluctantly go with the US terms as this is clearly a very American car) - and, of course, the fact that it seats Minifig Ken, which was important to me.
The stickers are from various sources, like LEGO and eBay, but the most important ones come from the online Hoonigan store - but some I just couldn't get in the right size, so the '43' stickers on both sides of the car are hand-cut from clean white LEGO sticker residue. And because I needed the wheels in this specific colour, I asked Auri of Chrome Block City to make me some. Being the great guy he is, he agreed. The exhaust pipe surrounds, headrests/rollcage, and rear badge are from the same store, in custom metallic silver.
This reenactor explains to the small crowd in words close to what the city website says about the skirmish. This is what the website says:
"On September 27, 1862, Colonel Basil Duke led seven companies of Confederate soldiers to Cemetery Hill, above the small town of Augusta. With two pieces of artillery and 350 of [Confederate general John Hunt Morgan] Morgan's finest Raiders, Duke hoped to disperse the Union militia of 125 men stationed there (led by Colonel Joshua T. Bradford and known as the "Home Guard") before crossing the Ohio River and moving on Cincinnati.
…Duke's horsemen rode into town, expecting a quick surrender. Instead, the residents of Augusta met the Rebs with a hail of gunfire, mounting a stiff defense that ultimately resulted in hand-to-hand fighting. Duke later reported, 'The hand-to-hand fighting in the houses...was the fiercest and hottest I ever saw. I witnessed in some of them the floors piled with corpses and blood trickling down the stairways.'
About fifteen Union soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle. Duke's losses were considerably more severe, with seventy-five to one hundred of his soldiers wounded or killed. Although the Confederates eventually forced the militia to surrender, the battle caused Duke to abandon his plans of taking the war onto Northern soil."
A compact experiment aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for future space missions is operational in Europe’s Columbus module of the International Space Station, running in part on a Raspberry Pi Zero computer costing just a few euros.
“Our CryptIC experiment is testing technological solutions to make encryption-based secure communication feasible for even the smallest of space missions,” explains ESA software product assurance engineer Emmanuel Lesser. “This is commonplace on Earth, using for example symmetric encryption where both sides of the communication link share the same encryption key.
“In orbit the problem has been that space radiation effects can compromise the key within computer memory causing ‘bit-flips’. This disrupts the communication, as the key on ground and the one in space no longer match. Up to now this had been a problem that requires dedicated – and expensive – rad-hardened devices to overcome.”
Satellites in Earth orbit might be physically remote, but still potentially vulnerable to hacking. Up until recently most satellite signals went unencrypted, and this remains true for many of the smallest, cheapest mission types, such as miniature CubeSats
But as services delivered by satellites of all sizes form an increasing element of everyday life, interest in assured satellite cybersecurity is growing, and a focus of ESA’s new Technology Strategy for this November’s Space19+ Ministerial Council
.
CryptIC, or Cryptography ICE Cube, - the beige box towards the top of the image, has been a low-cost development, developed in-house by ESA’s Software Product Assurance section and flown on the ISS as part of the International Commercial Experiments service – ICE Cubes for short. ICE Cubes offer fast, simple and affordable access for research and technology experiments in microgravity using compact cubes. CryptIC measures just 10x10x10 cm.
“A major part of the experiment relies on a standard Raspberry Pi Zero computer,” adds Emmanuel. “This cheap hardware is more or less flying exactly as we bought it; the only difference is it has had to be covered with a plastic ‘conformal’ coating, to fulfil standard ISS safety requirements.”
The orbital experiment is operated simply via a laptop at ESA’s ESTEC
technical centre in the Netherlands, routed via the ICE Cubes operator, Space Applications Services in Brussels.
“We’re testing two related approaches to the encryption problem for non rad-hardened systems,” explains ESA Young Graduate Trainee Lukas Armborst. “The first is a method of re-exchanging the encryption key if it gets corrupted. This needs to be done in a secure and reliable way, to restore the secure link very quickly. This relies on a secondary fall-back base key, which is wired into the hardware so it cannot be compromised. However, this hardware solution can only be done for a limited number of keys, reducing flexibility.
“The second is an experimental hardware reconfiguration approach which can recover rapidly if the encryption key is compromised by radiation-triggered memory ‘bit flips’. A number of microprocessor cores are inside CryptIC as customisable, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), rather than fixed computer chips. These cores are redundant copies of the same functionality. Accordingly, if one core fails then another can step in, while the faulty core reloads its configuration, thereby repairing itself.”
In addition the payload carries a compact ‘floating gate’ dosimeter to measure radiation levels co-developed by CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, as part of a broader cooperation agreement
.
And as a guest payload, a number of computer flash memories are being evaluated for their orbital performance, a follow-on version of ESA’s ‘Chimera’ experiment which flew on last year’s GomX-4B CubeSat
.
The experiment had its ISS-mandated electromagnetic compatibility testing carried out in ESTEC’s EMC Laboratory
.
“CryptIC has now completed commissioning and is already returning radiation data, being shared with our CERN colleagues,” adds Emmanuel. “Our encryption testing is set to begin in a few weeks, once we’ve automated the operating process, and is expected to run continuously for at least a year.”
Credits: ESA; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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"Nature is my God, my guide and correction," BOINE explains.
"Nature is the mirror of what is inside all of us. Without the connection to nature I would be lost."
♫ Mari Boine Persen & Liu Sola - Maze! ♫
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∎ Joik
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The track "Maze" is taken from the sampler album "A Week or Two in the Real World" (2007). With the voices of Mari Boine Persen and Liu Sola. Listen & Enjoy it.
"Nature is my God, my guide and correction," BOINE explains. "Nature is the mirror of what is inside all of us. Without the connection to nature I would be lost."
Listening to her music is very much like listening to nature itself, something we'd be well advised to do more of.
BOINE was born in Karasjohka, a small town in the Arctic regions of Norway that are also part of what is known as Samiland, named after the indigenous people whose blood she shares. The Samis were colonised by Christians, and their culture slowly eroded until it was dismissed as worthless, so BOINE became acutely aware of notions of conformity early on. Her music has always been fiercely proud of her heritage, seeking to celebrate Sami culture while bringing it to a wider audience, fired initially by her anger at the contemporary treatment of their traditions.
But though she has not mellowed in her beliefs, convictions so strong that she refused to perform at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics in 1994 on the grounds that she did not want to be used as "an exotic decoration", she has always sought new ways to integrate her ideology into her work. Her blend of Sami folk traditions -- in particular the yoik -- with contemporary rock, jazz, electronica and other musical forms sourced from around the planet has made her a revered figure at home and abroad. From the release of her second album, Gula Gula (from 1989), on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, to 2007's collection of remixes by such acclaimed artists as Mental Overdrive and The Knife, her international status has been unquestionable.
Her songs are strongly rooted in her experience of being in a despised minority. Most of her songs are sung in Sami, speaks directly of 'discrimination and hate'. Her other songs are more positive, singing of the beauty and wildness of Sapmi (Lapland).
She sings in a traditional folk style, using the yodelling 'yoik' voice, with a range of accompanying instruments and percussion.
BOINE continue to push back boundaries, challenging listeners with bold musical initiatives and a rejection of expectations, all the time enchanting and invigorating her audience with her unearthly, haunting voice. And while the fact that she trades in a sound inspired by her cultural roots, sung largely in the language of her ancestors -- a language being slowly eroded by Western influences -- has led to her being classified as a 'world music' artist, her horizons are much greater and her appeal more far reaching than this might suggest. It is, as she herself suggests, "global music from the universal heart."
In a world that seems to spin increasingly fast, where shrinking borders are leading to the mass homogenisation of culture instead of enriching it, BOINE'S voice -- pure, worldly-wise and yet otherworldly -- is more vital than ever. Listening to her music is very much like listening to nature itself, something we'd be well advised to do more of.
Biography:
Mari Boine was born on November 8th 1956 in Gámehisnjárga by Karasjok. Educated teacher from the Regional College in Alta. Full-time musician since 1985. Her debut album Jaskatvuoda manna came in 1985, her breakthrough came in 1989 with Gula Gula .
Music can touch on strings you might not know you had. It can provide meaning, but it can also create moments which can't be defined. Moments which go to your core, that touch some sort of primal instinct, and that put you in a trancelike condition. Music can confuse you. But it can also make you feel happy, uplifted or enriched. And maybe even more whole.
Mari Boines music has this effect. You can't leave a meeting with Mari and her music untouched. That is, if you dare to let her get close. Her music is actually simple. It is in the meeting between the songs, her voice and the musicians in the band that it gains strength. And in the interaction with the listener, because you must meet Maris music with an open mind. If you dont give of yourself, you might not discover the wealth she has to offer.
Because Mari is exceptional. She is an artist who is difficult to categorize. Perhaps she's a Sámi artist, perhaps she's a practitioner of world music. Perhaps she makes music in the borderline between Sámi, other folk music, jazz and rock. Perhaps she's the sum of all this. Or perhaps she's just herself. A musician, singer and artist who's making her own mark. Who has gone down a road where she hasn't always seen the destination. And who is still travelling.
This may not explain everything, but it certainly explains a lot. Here, the famed future flickr user, raconteur, and all around wit shouts down a pony for not properly using its bowl. This stood her in good stead for proper hygiene, especially of her friends who seem to have similar troubles in the WCs and on the street curbs of her hometown.
Rothstein, Arthur,, 1915-1985,, photographer.
Instructor explaining the operation of a parachute to student pilots, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.
1942 Jan.
1 slide : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
Flight training
Parachuting
United States--Texas--Fort Worth
Format: Slides--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-20 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
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Elsie is explaining to me why it is I am not a good pupil in her school (never mind that I'm the only one who is not either an animal or doll). This was taken not long before my camera was confiscated!
Can you explain the rain ?
Can you explain the light ?
Can you explain the color ?
Can you explain yourself ?
So like last time, I will do a explanation of what happens in the story. Also if you want to check out the previous story in this universe, (Batman: Reflection) the is an album that you can check out. Anyways, here we go.
1: Unhinged
So this photo shows what Batman has been doing after the events of Reflection, he goes on a murderous rampage and kills all of his enemies.
2: Memories
Again like the last one, this is just to clarify that batman is going insane and killing everybody. Also the grin adds to the madness that he is into.
3: Decision
So when Batman is done killing everyone, he moves onto the people that care about him most. Gordon is on the GCPD building and Batman swings down and aims his gun at him. He is torn between killing him or not. I really didn't show the result of this, but I came up with the conclusion that Gordon was shot and killed.
4: Alone
So after Batman kills Gordon, he reflects on his past and who he has killed and if killing is the right thing. But his madness still is growing rapidly and he snaps out and heads to Wayne Manor
5: Home
So I'd say that Batman has been away from Wayne Manor and the Batcave for about 4 months. So Alfred is shocked to see Bruce with a gun that is aimed at him, Batman walks down the stairs to the Batcave...
6: Confrontation
So after killing Alfred, Bruce brings the limp body into the batcave and sees Robin standing by the Jason memorial. Robin turns to see Batman, and they fight. After a while, Robin grabs the gun and points it at Bruce's head. Robin sees a man of craziness and madness in the suit; Joker. Robin is dealt with the same decision that Bruce was with Gordon; To kill him or not. Robin grip tightens...
7: Silence
Robin shoots Batman and crys over his dead body, losing a mentor and friend. In the reflection of the Jason memorial, Joker is seen gazing down onto Robin...his next victim.
So I hope you guys enjoyed this mini series and like this abstract story style. I think I'm not going to continue it because of how this ended, but time will tell.
Thanks guys for support,
-LegoBatbrick
P.S This explanation isn't edited since I'm in a rush, so sorry for misspelling errors and incorrect grammar
Exception to my reluctancy to explain : I shot these in woods planted in the thirties last century as provision of work during the crisis, for future citizens to enjoy. The background is a map of the land that had to be expropriated before the tree planting.
The Wevershuis was built between 1722 and 1730 at Dorpsstraat 861-863 in Assendelft and served as a home weaving mill until the beginning of the twentieth century. In collaboration with the Zaanse Schans Foundation, Stadsherstel saved the house from demolition in 2011. Reconstruction started in 2015. The Zaans Museum will demonstrate home weaving from March 24, 2016. There is plenty to discover about the Old Dutch craft of sail and mill cloth weaving.
There is an old, wooden house on the hill over Töölö Bay in Helsinki. It's really huge, 1200 sq. meters, three floors, attic, basement, and innumerable large rooms. I had been strolling past it for more than a decade, but had never walked in. Until today.
Each room in the house is filled with lots and lots of furnitures, books on top of each other, old dolls, flower vases, radios, music instruments, clothes, costumes, toys etc. etc. etc...
The first floor of the house has been converted into a flea market. Endless piles with different objects have been accumulated there, covered with layers of dust and time.
The other floors are incredibly beautiful with old antiques, stuff that has surely seen better days way long into the past. And yet, its beauty remains still alive in Aulis' old house.
I have to thank the gorgeous Scilla siberica on the hill which had paved my way into Aulis'.
The blue flowers spread all the way down and so I climbed up the hill to photograph them. And then, I found myself in front of a door. It said OPEN, so I walked in.
An older man was standing there, looking busy sorting different things. It was Aulis, 80 y/o.
"Hello, may I come in ? Is this yours?"
He answered positively to both questions and I walked straight into the flea market.
A few minutes later I decided it was enough and made my way out.
Aulis was still busy by the door. I thanked him and said that he had got lots of stuff in there.
"Indeed," he said, "it's a lifetime collection."
Something in the way he said it made me ask to make a photo of him.
"Sure, go ahead, you won't be the first. Lots of people have been here taking pictures of me... Wait a minute, I'll go downstairs and bring some photos to show you."
I was quite surprised at his enthusiasm and waited. A minute later Aulis came up with a magazine and a colour print.
"Awesome photos," I said. "Where were they taken?"
"Here, downstairs," he said. "Would you like to have a look?"
I surely would. And that's when Aulis opened up his home for me. Not only his home, but his incredible life stories came up, rushing out of his memory in a speedy rhythm.
I followed him down the stairs and was amazed by what my eyes suddenly saw. I felt as if I had just stepped into a time machine. I found myself standing a century, maybe two centuries ago.
Dusky light came through the windows giving the room a, somewhat, spooky atmosphere.
There were green plants and orchids everywhere on pot poles and plenty of books on the shelves.
The floor was covered with thick carpets.
In the middle of the room, amidst the plants, there was an old armchair covered with an animal fur and I asked Aulis to sit down so I could make a portrait of him.
He mentioned that it was actually on this very armchair that the photo, he had shown me a bit earlier, was taken.
He then turned on two small lamps and started to play a well-known Finnish melody on the piano.
The first piano was from the 1920s and the second was two hundreds years old, he explained.
"Do you intend to sell them," I wondered loudly and Aulis said that the right price hadn't been offered yet, although somebody from Russia had shown interest in buying the older piano.
However, I felt that Aulis didn't really care for selling and that the issue of the price was only an excuse to hold on to his cherished collections.
A few stories later, we walked up the stairs and Aulis opened the gate to the upper floors for me.
"This part of the house is not for everybody," he pointed out, "but you may go up and feel free to look around for as long as you wish. I will be here down doing some work in the meanwhile."
An hour or so later I came down, although I could definitely have stayed there for a whole day.
The two upper floors were packed with ancient treasures, visual gems of all kinds which totally inspired the photographer in me. It was truly amazing. I had no idea that such a place existed within the old house on the hill.
"You have to convert your home into a museum," I said.
"Well, I am a museum item myself," he laughed.
Aulis has been collecting furnitures for the past five decades. People knew about him and were used to call him to come over and empty their attics. He would bring the content of many attics into his home--where he lived with his family, a wife and two sons--and completely furnished the big residence with these collections.
I asked Aulis whether I could come back and bring along my husband.
"You are welcome," he said, "anytime!"
Burning down our own green lung - on purpose. How would we explain that to an interplanetary visitor?
Brandrodungen unserer grünen Lunge. Wie würden wir das wohl einem außerirdischen Besucher erklären?
Credits: ESA/NASA
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Before you ask dear reader......Let me explain....This photo is a picture of the bedroom window in our touring caravan....And to be sure....My conversation with Halo and Jazz (With Misty and Molly looking on)..... Is not going well.....For I am trying to get them to have a early night....But as you can see, they are in quite a cheeky fun mood tonight......To bring you up to speed as to what has been going on so far....Halo and the Gang have been watching a couple of the popular TV drama series Poldark episodes tonight on DVD....And as we are in the county of Cornwall at the moment where it was all based.....Di and I have promised to take them to some of the filming locations tomorrow......Of course Halo and Jazz ( Jazz has a soft spot for the actor Aidan Turner me thinks) are both convinced that Ross and Demelza that would have a couple of companions Shelties helping them out when needed....And it goes without saying that they would also have had a Captain hat just like the one Ross Poldark wears ....But as you can see, both Misty and Molly remain sceptical on that one......But back to the present.....As I want you all to do as you told, and get to bed please, as we have a early start tomorrow.....What do mean, that 'not gonna to happen until I have read you a story......And just what do I get out of the deal I ask......Oh....a ice cold beer from the fridge you say.....Ummmmmmmmm........Once upon a time in the enchanted forest zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
As I was about to write the description for this photo explaining that this area along the Mississippi River located directly across from Jackson Square is known as the "Moonwalk", it occurred to me that I really didn't know why it was called that. It's amazing the things you take for granted about your home. I'd never given it much thought, but from the name and the location, I just assumed that it was supposed to be a nice area to stroll along the levee and gaze at the moon over the river. (I'd be mildly embarrassed about that if I thought I was the only native that made that assumption.)
My curiosity got the better of me and with the help of the internet, I learned the truth after some 30 odd years, so you get the facts here courtesy of www.frenchquarter.com/sightseeing/riverfront.php: the area is named after former New Orleans mayor Maurice "Moon" Landrieu. Now as for how he got the nickname...well, that'll require more research.
As for the image, it's a bit cliche, but it's my version of the cliche, and cliche's aren't all that bad.
The telescoping conveyor works as a system of pulleys.
Each boom section has a pulley at the front and the back, so as the front is brought further out, the rear is brought closer by the same amount.
This means that no matter how far the boom is extended, the chain always remains the same length.
This also allows it to be extended or retracted while the chain is being driven by the motor.