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Organic + aged 12 months | Available soon at ohladycakes.bigcartel.com/product/organic-vanilla-extract
Persistent URL: digital.lib.muohio.edu/u?/tradecards,1010
Subject (TGM): Animals; Animals in human situations; Animal behavior; Pets; Dogs; Ratcatchers; Ratcatching; Rats; Beds; Sick persons; Patent medicines; Then & now comparisons;
Taken with a Smena 1 camera in week 357 of my 52 film cameras in 52 weeks project:
www.flickr.com/photos/tony_kemplen/collections/72157623113584240
Orwo NP55 film from Six Gates Films of Milan, developed in Rodinal 1:50 15 mins at 21 degrees.
Wendy and I have been enjoying a new to us natural stimulant. It is a stacked smart drug mix of 450mg of artichoke extract and 125mg (20% pure) forskolin. We both felt several hours of focus without the usual thought distractions. It does not feel at all like caffeine in terms of being speedy or making us more alert. It provides a clarity that seems to turn down the volume on the usual distracting thoughts that I normally have. You find lots of discussions on-line and pickup both bottles for less than $20 combined. Timothy Ferriss recently popularized this mix by mentioning it in several interviews.
Shotdate: Aug. 10 2008
Camera: Nikon D300
Optics: Nikkor 60mm f4.0 Micro
ISO: 800
Mount: AstroTrac
Older version: www.flickr.com/photos/14721988@N02/3914645359/in/photostr...
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Postprocessing in PixInsight:
I worked a bit with this:
www.stelleelettroniche.it/en/2013/01/astrophoto/sword-orion/
And I took these steps (it's a bit of a read):
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Extract from Brisbane from the Air courtesy of State Library of Queensland.
"In this picture the main feature is the northern part of Ascot Racecourse with the stables in the near corner. The railway line and Doomben Station are also visible in the front section of the picture. The line crosses the Nudgee Road, and runs past the stables. The clear space in the top right hand corner is a portion of Doomben, where aerial experiments have been carried out.
In the foreground is the suburb of Whinstanes, and the Nudgee Road runs through the centre of the view, and is conspicuous by its straight formation. The stands at the Ascot are outside the left margin, part of the lawn being just visible. The first road running off Nudgee Road to the left is Lancaster Road. The first running to the right is Jackson Street, with Lamington Avenue on the other side of the railway line. Running parallel with the Nudgee Road at the front of the picture is Winchester Road, Oxford Street, and Windsor Street, which is in the bottom right hand corner. On the other side of the railway line are Brassey Street and Hopetown Street, with Hampton Street bounding them in the middle distance. Running along the top is Manson Road, and Kitchener Road is seen running across the top left hand corner.
Queensland State Archives Item ID 435739, Photographic material
London Fire Service Mercedes rescue unit AE07HXS (FRU23) attending a road accident in the Embankment underpass at the north end of Blackfriars Bridge. The crew were trying to extract the driver of a small car that had gone into the back of a taxi.
10th day Lake Nasser - Total 1014km
Trip Date: Jan 21 '08
Extract from Blog on this Day :-
We left camp this morning heading for the Port to catch the weekly Ferry along the length of Lake Nasser to the Sudanese Port of Wadi Halfa. We travieled in convoy and under police escort through the town of Aswan, and across the sensitive area of the Aswan Dam. After a short ride we regrouped at the dam, spot on 1000km from Cairo. Lots of security and guns, strict instructions not to take any photos. The level of how sensitive the area is can be reflected in the story, that during Egypt's 6 day war with Israel, the Israelis "bombed" the dam with paint as a threat, and knowing the damage and loss of life that would result if it was done for real, the Egyptians ceased fighting pretty dam (!) quickly.The traffic was stooped and we set of across the dam, my first thought as i looked from the huge body of water on my left to the drained channel on my right , was "its not very wide, for such an important dam", as it was only just wide enough for two cars, but i felt that i had to be suitably impressed, so i was.Off the dam, we swung to the left and up a hill, and continued, still in convoy for about another 6km, where we stooped at a checkpoint, and waited as our escort spoke with the guards on the barriers. An hour later we were still waiting, not knowing what was going on, munching through our supply of power bars, and waving at the folk in the passing coaches. As time went on a stream of cars started to arrive, each one seeming to contain an officer with more and more gold on his lapels, and finally one turned up with the correct box of red tape, and everyone was happy, and with lots of shouting and waving we were off again, wondering what all the fuss was about. ....We soon found out, as we crossed another dam, this one was so wide it even had a central reservation of grass and trees growing on it. Turns out that the first dam was the one built by the british at the end of the 19th century and even though it was once the largest in the world, it was this second dam (the High Dam) that was built in the 1960s that was the generator of Lake Nasser, ...i couldn't see any paint, but i was suitably impressed!We reached the docks, and started to prepare to load the bikes, and permanent bags for the 4pm sailing, the trucks had left us the night before to make their own way across, with out our drivers, who were now barred from traveling with them since some woman fell overboard last year. As we were to find out, space on the weekly ferry was limited, and we had pre-booked every cabin for this crossing, even so there would not be enough to go around, and Duncan had said that they would be issued in "order of Age", i was offered one, but realising that there must have been a mistake, turned it down, in favour of sleeping on deck with the (other) youngsters. We had to manhandle each bike across two barges onto the ferry, along a walkway covered with diesel and up two flights of stairs, also covered in slippery diesel, to the top deck, where we quickly started to fill the whole of one side of the railings. we did this between lorries turning up loaded with carpets, Hi Fis, and fridges, all of which were also being loaded by hand by a small army of dock workers along the same stairs and passages. When all of our bikes were parked and chained on deck(all removable items....removed), and all the permanent bags stuffed into every cabin below, I along with a travel companion had to mount the first of a constant hourly watch on the cabins down two corridors to stop any thieving, and (most importantly) stop the locals from using our toilets. With my duty done, i could start to really take in the scene of (dis)organised mayhem around me.For a boat that was due to sail at 4, there still seemed rather a lot of trucks lining up to off load, for a while the number seemed to by fixed at around twenty, as each one that was emptied was replaced by yet another. But of all these trucks the ones that stood out were the ones loaded with twinkies, and i mean really loaded, loaded up to 10 meters high, to the point the they must topple over. For those of us that don't know, a twinkie is a sponge finger supposedly filled with a vanilla cream, and they brought back happy memories to the members of our group that had grown up in the US, Australia, or just about any where other than Uk it seemed to me. As each twinkie lorry pulled up the driver would climb to the top of the pile and with lots of helpful shouting to the guys on the ground proceed to drop his load box by box into the waiting arms below, the only thing was some times the arms were already full of twinkies, and some times there were no arms there at all! And all the time carpets, boxes of toms, tvs, tables, fridges, and people still kept turning up and had to go some where.If you are like me, when i start to pack a suitcase it all starts fine with everything going in in an orderly way, then as space becomes a bit tight , things start to get crammed in not quite an exact way, until with the taxi waiting at the door, and the case bulging you are jumping up and down on the case. ....Well imagine this ship was that suitcase.....things and people were being stuffed into every nook and cranny, with boxes splitting open and spilling their contents onto the diesel soaked floor, i along with a few others had moved to a corner near the bridge in order to watch and to be out of the way, but as the army of ant like workers carried off their loads of twinkies, and space elsewhere ran out, we started to see a snake of brown boxes heading through the crowd towards us, to be loaded around and in front of the bridge. In order to do this each box had to be passed over our heads because by now their was simply nowhere to move to get out of the way, so fell into a kind of rhythm with the three workers that were loading our corner, having a kind of disjointed conversation with them each time they appeared with fresh boxes, and finely out of boredom started to help pass the boxes along, much to the amusement of the guys, it was fun and in our own little way thought we were helping to get the boat on its journey. As the last box of twinkies was wedged into place we quickly received our "wages" of handfuls of ......Twinkies, and with the surprisingly disappointing taste of twinkie on my lips i watched the still loaded lorries with desperate, disappointed looking drivers, on the dock fade into the night as we finally slipped away at 8pm , only 4 hours late!
The Numbers:-
Distance - 17km
Time Start to Finish - 1hr 12mins
Average Speed - 14.4kph
Max Speed - 28.7kph
Twinkies: about 10
Creator: British American Brewing Co., Windsor, Ont. (Barclay & Clark Co. Litho. Toronto)
Title: Malt Extract
Date: 1885-1916
Extent: 1 label: printed ; (5.5x7cm)
Notes: From a collection of beer labels, stationery and Canadian breweriana donated by Lawrence C. Sherk.
Format: Label
Rights Info: No known restrictions on access
Repository: Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, M5S 1A5, library.utoronto.ca/fisher
Thank you Kathryn for getting me on to this. A few weeks ago I saw a gorgeous gift pack that Kathryn had put together for her sister in law. In it was a bottle of home made vanilla extract. I had to find out about it and Kathryn was kind enough to share her secrets.
After some searching, i found a supplier and got me and Fran some vanilla beans. Fran got the booze and off we went.
I just started mine today. The one on the right is only 3 hours older than th eone on the left. Pretty amazing eh??
The one on the left has *just* been mixed.
In four weeks (22nd of November) hmmmmm vanilla extract!!!
Can't wait!!!
yahoooooooo!!!
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Gracias a Kathryn. Fue por ella que empecé este proyecto. Hace unas semanas vi en el “Photosteam” de ella un regalo magnífico que Kathryn había echo para su cuñada. En el iba una botella de extracto de vainilla casero. Tuve que saber mas de ello y Kathryn fue muy amable en compartir sus secretos.
Después de que una peque búsqueda encontré donde comprar la vainilla. Fran consiguió la bebida alcohólica para hacer el extracto y ahí estábamos listas.
Acabo de comenzar el mío hoy. El de la derecha es sólo 3 horas más viejo que el de la izquierda. ¿asombroso no?
El de la izquierda recién fue mezclado.
The photoshop extract filter allows you to select an object with some wispy edges on it like hair. Use a smaller brush for straighter areas and a larger brush for wispy areas.
EXTRACTING FROM AN AGAVE
wax figure
I have not been able to find out much on this artist, Andrés García, his amazing work, or how it came to Madrid. The museum has 108 of these figurines, obviously anly a fraction are on view at any given time. You can look them all up here at the catalogo: ceres.mcu.es/pages/Main
Museo de América, Madrid
Culture: Mexico (Presumably independent)
dated to: 19th Century
Modern nation of origin: MEXICO
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4 pounds of activated carbon per layer. But here we discovered a minor design flaw where we made the trays match the filter size, but didn't account for the extra 3/8" from the stapled & taped mesh on the edges. Had to do some tricky carpentry to make the front face fit!
This is a 4" deep 3M filter. We left enough space that we could make an "inverted-V" tent from two of them together to increase the surface area. Tests showed there was little difference, so we've stayed with the single filter.
Layering filters - 4 layers of activated carbon, and NO, none of it gets sucked up into the fan itself...much...rarely...
Copa de Oro (Cup of Gold)
California Indians cherished the poppy as both a source of food and for oil extracted from the plant. Its botanical name, Eschsholtzia californica, was given by Adelbert Von Chamisso, a naturalist and member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, who dropped anchor in San Francisco in 1816 in a bay surrounded by hills of the golden flowers. Also sometimes known as the flame flower, la amapola, and copa de oro (cup of gold), the poppy grows wild throughout California. It became the state flower in 1903. Every year April 6 is California Poppy Day, and Governor Wilson proclaimed May 13-18, 1996, Poppy Week.
Sleeping Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) after the night rains. The species of chameleon found on the Maltese Islands is also found in Greece, Cyprus, southern Portugal and southern Spain on the north of the Mediterranean basin. A small population is reported to be present in Apulia in south-western Italy. To the south, it is found in a very extensive range throughout North Africa and Saudi Arabia, as well as Iraq and Iran. In Malta, the chameleon was introduced from North Africa in the 1850s by Protestant missionaries. It was set free in what is now the Jesuit College of St. Ignatius in St. Julian’s and has since spread with human assistance all over Malta, Gozo and Comino. Extract courtesy of Malta Independent. Photo by Nick Dobbs 20-08-18
This fume extractor is made of:
- polystyrene sheet;
- two 80 mm coolers from dead ATX PSUs;
- aquarium filter sheets;
- rocker switch;
- barrel jack receptacle;
- some wires and foam insulation strips.
All parts were hot-glued, bottom lid mounted on double-sided adhesive tape. Device is powered from 12V/1A wall PSU.
I had my widsom teeth extracted over 20 years ago (the dentist said I only had 3) but I still have them
Regrettably the reflection on the laminated finish on the document makes it difficult to read, so here's the interesting story -
"Tram Model for a Practical Purpose.
Extract from Aberdeen Newspaper in 1938.
Difficulties that frequently arise in the courts in understanding the mechanism and construction of vehicles involved in street accidents will be removed so far as Aberdeen trams and buses are concerned by the ingenuity and skill of hand of Mr Allan S Kennedy, the Aberdeen Transport Department’s works superintendent.
He has completed the model of a tram, and is now at work on miniature double-deck bus. A single-deck bus which has already been fashioned will be replaced by another model.
When necessary, they will be produced in court during the hearing of evidence in the street accidents to help the inexpert in the understanding of things mechanical. The tram is very fine piece of handiwork, faithful in the smallest detail to the vehicles in service in the city streets. The only thing it lacks is the electric power motor, but the wheels will go round if it is pushed. Although its practical use for demonstration purposes in court inspired its making it was a labour of love for Mr Kennedy. Modelling is his hobby.
TO SCALE
Mr Kennedy started on the tram model in February and completed it quite recently. Now he is hard at work on the double-deck bus. The tram is built to a scale of one inch to a foot. It is thirty inches long and thirteen and half an inch high. Spare bits of wood at the works for the bodywork, celluloid for the windows, brass for the rails were used. The only expense incurred in the work was the purchase of fret saws, screws and bolts. The backs of the seats on the upper deck swing backward and forward, sliding and hinged windows are fitted, the boxes for uncollected fares and used tickets, and even the electric lights – all are there to the scale of an inch to a foot.
COW-CATCHER
The trip gear. complete with the cradle, or, as it is more commonly known, the cow-catcher, can be operated in the same way as on the tram. The sand pedal can also be worked, and the driver’s warning gong hasnot been forgotten. It can be sounded. The truck with it’s wheels, springs, brakes and other parts of the upper-carriage is complete in every detail. The wheels were cast, and worked out with fret saws. In-the painting of the tram the same care in faithful reproduction has been taken
BRIDGES CAR
In his model Mr Kennedy copied one of the vehicles on the Bridges route and all the distinguishing destination marks and figures are there. Mr Kennedy is also making the double deck bus to a scale of an inch to a foot. A box is being made to hold the tram model. In it it will stand on rails, and the sides of the box are being made in such a way that they will drop to allow the model to be demonstrated in court running on rails.
Mr Allan S. Kennedy Born 7th August 1887 worked in Aberdeen Corporation Transport from 21st February 1918, until he died on 30th June 1944 aged 56."
20130630 ACT tram 13 article ae cpy
This fume extractor is made of:
- 3 mm polystyrene sheet;
- two 80 mm coolers from dead ATX PSUs;
- aquarium activated carbon filter sheets from eBay;
- rocker switch;
- barrel jack receptacle;
- some wires and foam insulation strips.
All parts were hot-glued, bottom lid mounted on double-sided adhesive tape. Device is powered from 12V/1A wall PSU.
Pilot's flying log book
This is the log book of British air ace Lieutenant Alexander George Vlasto, 31 August 1917-11 July 1918. Log books were used to record individual flights made by servicemen. They recorded observations such as weather and events which occurred whilst in flight.
Paleontology GIP Greg Bongey extracting microvertebrate fossils from screenwashed sediment from the Straight Cliffs Formation (Cretaceous), Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah. (NPS Photo by Gregory Bongey, GIP)
Essentially, Garcinia Cambogia Extract only made the folks active in the reports slim down while doing nothing.
Source : thegarciniacambogiaextract.org/
Photographed at Wellington zoo, New Zealand.
A bear found primarily in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.
The Sun Bear stands approximately 1.2 m (4 ft)or maybe larger in length, making it the smallest member in the bear (Ursidae) family. Males tend to be 10-45% larger than females; the former normally weigh between 30 and 60 kg (66-132 lb), and the latter between 20 and 40 kg (44-88 lb). The Sun Bear possesses sickle-shaped claws that are relatively light in weight. It has large paws with naked soles, probably to assist in climbing. Its inward-turned feet make the bear's walk pigeon toed, but it is an excellent climber. It has small, round ears and a stout snout. The tail is 1.2-2.8 inches (3-7 cm) long. Despite its small size, the Sun Bear possesses a very long, slender tongue, ranging from 8 to 10 inches (20-25 cm) in length. The bear uses it to extract honey from beehives. They also do not cry.
Unlike other bears, the Sun Bear's fur is short and sleek. This adaptation is probably due to the lowland climates it inhabits. Dark black or brown-black fur covers its body, except on the chest, where there is a pale orange-yellow marking in the shape of a horseshoe. Similar colored fur can be found around the muzzle and the eyes. These distinctive markings give the Sun Bear its name.
The diet of the Sun Bear varies widely and includes small vertebrates, such as lizards, birds, and other mammals, in addition to fruits, eggs, termites, the young tips of palm trees, nests of bees, berries, sprouts, insects, roots, cocoa, and coconuts. Its powerful jaws can crack open nuts. Much of the Sun Bear's food must be detected using its keen sense of smell, as its sight is poor.
The Sun Bear does not hibernate, and, as a result, it can reproduce year-round. The offspring reach sexual maturity after 3-4 years and may live up to 30 years in captivity. A female Sun Bear can produce 1 to 2 cubs per year. Sun Bears undergo a roughly 96 day gestation period after which the 300 to 400g cub is born blind and hairless. The cub is initially totally dependent on its mother and suckling can continue for about 18 months. After 1 to 3 months, the young cub can run, play and forage near its mother. Females are observed to mate at about 3 years. During time of mating, the Sun Bear will show behavior like hugging, mock fighting and head bobbing with its mate.
Being a primarily nocturnal creature, the Sun Bear tends to rest during the day on lower limbs not far above the ground. Adult Sun Bears have almost no predators except humans, due to their fierce reputation and formidable teeth. Occasionally, they may be overwhelmed by tigers, or large reticulated pythons. Other possible predators include the leopard, the clouded leopard, and the Sun Bear's larger sympatric relative, the Asiatic Black Bear. The bear's loose skin on its neck allows it to wriggle its body inside its skin far enough to turn around and bite its attacker when grabbed.
The recent decline in the Sun Bear population can be largely attributed to the hunting of "nuisance bears" that destroy crops and widespread poaching driven by the market for their fur and for their bile, which is used in Chinese medicine.
A researcher goes through the gills of a red snapper to remove an otolith. Otoliths are eastones that are found near the brains of bony fish, and are used to estimate the age and growth rates of fish. The extraction of the otolith does not ruin the filet, so no need to worry anglers! The researcher in the white shirt is speaking with anglers about the otolith extraction process, and also speaking about other areas of the sampling process.