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1. Ripples, 2. Donut pincushion, 3. Ice crochet, 4. Pancetta, 5. Masterpiece, 6. Anzu, 7. Donut, 8. Ichima,
9. Pancetta, 10. Pancetta, 11. Fanchette and the new Pekoe, 12. Bayadère box, 13. Alice, 14. Saint-Valentin, 15. Pouch, 16. 3filles,
17. Sweet inspiration, 18. Edith Flack Ackley dolls, 19. Masterpiece, 20. Pekoe, 21. Taffy, 22. Fanchette, 23. Cloudberry in blue dress, 24. Fanchette the rabbit,
25. Fanchette the rabbit, 26. Cat hat, 27. Masterpiece, 28. Baha, 29. Pancetta, 30. Eclairs, 31. Hana, 32. Baha,
33. Pamplemousse's ice cream kitchen 8, 34. Cat nap, 35. Miss Loveday Lemon, 36. Baha, 37. Pancetta's Christmas, 38. Fanchette, 39. Cache-coeur, 40. Saint-Valentin,
41. Cardie, 42. Fanchette, 43. Chandrakala, 44. What shall I wear today?, 45. Mandarine, 46. A bee in her bonnet, 47. Baby amigurumi, 48. Girl talk,
49. Pancetta, 50. Bonbon, 51. Biscuit's moos, 52. Eulalie says goodbye, 53. The new Gianduja, 54. Chandrakala, 55. Pancetta's Christmas, 56. What shall I wear today?,
57. Praline's cafe, 58. Pamplemousse, 59. Nid d'ange, 60. Boxes, 61. A bee in her bonnet, 62. Sweet decadence, 63. Octavie with Shirley Temple doll, 64. Eglantine,
65. Eulalie and the bugbear, 66. Pancetta, 67. Fanchette the rabbit, 68. Necklace, 69. Mandarine, 70. Eulalie and Mignonnette, 71. Anzu's dress, 72. Ambroisie and Gianduja
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Day 92:
April Fools' Day.
Sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
New Year's Day Moves
Ancient cultures, including those of the Romans and Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
Problems With This Explanation
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
Constantine and Kugel
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.
"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor."
This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.
Spring Fever
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
Observances Around the World
April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pyrite
A mass of intergrown, striated pyrite crystals
General
Category Sulfide mineral
Chemical formula iron disulfide (FeS2)
Identification
Color Pale brass yellow, dull gold
Crystal habit Cubic, faces may be striated, but also frequently octahedral and pyritohedron. Often inter-grown, massive, radiated, granular, globular and stalactitic.
Crystal system Isometric; bar 3 2/m
Twinning Penetration twinning
Cleavage Poor
Fracture Very uneven, sometimes conchoidal
Mohs Scale hardness 6–6.8
Luster Metallic, glistening
Refractive index Opaque
Streak Greenish-black to brownish-black; smells of sulfur
Specific gravity 4.95–5.10
Fusibility 2.5–3 to a magnetic globule
Solubility insoluble in water
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral's metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool's gold due to its resemblance to gold. Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek πυρίτης (puritēs), “of fire” or "in fire”, from πύρ (pur), “fire”. This name is likely due to the sparks that result when pyrite is struck against steel or flint. This property made pyrite popular for use in early firearms such as the wheellock.
My only way to be on EXPLORE!! APRIL FOOL!!
1. Just around the corner, 2. I'll tell ya 'bout life, 3. Foggy Day in Montalcino, 4. Dirty Gym, 5. Mr. Cab Driver...., 6. R.I.P., 7. Another Foggy Day in Montalcino, 8. Will Be Sunny... soon!,
9. Happy Easter ... Cheers, 10. Learning to fly, 11. The End Of A Sunny Day, 12. Colorfull Old Style Ads, 13. Opposite directions, 14. London Antiques, 15. They were friends..., 16. Friendship..,
17. Stone Cold Temples #5, 18. Red Sunset, 19. A breeze of life, 20. S . O . S . (Save Our Souls), 21. Ventotene - Porto Romano, 22. Castle in a cold winter morning, 23. Eyes_GB, 24. The natural frame...,
25. Waiting in the dark..., 26. Silent Standing...., 27. Eyes_Jo II, 28. Eyes_AB2, 29. The other side of the War, 30. Pieces of me.., 31. London - The White Lion House, 32. Hey guys... I gotta go!!,
33. Tough Life, 34. Old Scuba Equipment, 35. Beyond the boundaries, 36. The Candle Warrior, 37. I see the light, 38. Eyes_AB, 39. Are u ready for the match?, 40. The peace after the Storm,
41. Fireworks in Mosta - Malta #6, 42. Jo - B&W, 43. People.., 44. Tramonto - Sunset, 45. The Inner Difference, 46. Smile..., 47. Distractions.., 48. Jo e i suoi pensieri,
49. The Sunset of a dead tree, 50. Stand by the sea... #3, 51. Life..., 52. Let there be more light!, 53. Clouds..., 54. The Halloween Pumpkin Candle.., 55. Castle in a cold winter morning, 56. Stone Cold Temples #4,
57. Ride Baby Ride, 58. Castello di Monte Grosso - Particolari Cancello, 59. Eyes_BB, 60. Controcorrente - Against the stream, 61. Buffalo, 62. Portrait - Sweet sleeping #9, 63. Path in deep Pine Trees Forest, 64. Pieces of me... (Bricks),
65. Jo - La culla - amaca #4, 66. Something to drink?, 67. Stone Cold Temple #1, 68. Eyes_MC, 69. Stone Cold Temple #2, 70. Portrait - Alessio, 71. Vanishing, 72. Time's Up
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Fool me.
You can't.
You, I can.
You might have the energy.
But I, I have patience.
Believe you me.
I can outlast you.
Any time, anywhere.
Tick tock.
So
Fool me.
"Time is not measured by the passing of the years, but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves."
~ Nehru
1. back lane treasure, 2. a beacon in both worlds, 3. texture of reflection, 4. zig-zag, 5. going back to my roots, 6. i saw loch lomond in a dream, 7. deadly escort, 8. white boys cool,
9. lime tunnel, 10. under the river, 11. tarbert reflections, 12. les chumps photographique, 13. autumn comes to the concrete loch, 14. vacant lomond piers, 15. axe victim on the subway, 16. you only live once,
17. december light, 18. glaswegian eye, 19. school of fruit, 20. spin into christmas, 21. high maintenance, 22. underpass, 23. she does not really see me, 24. metamorphoses,
25. happy new 2008, 26. criminal stripes, 27. arched light, 28. cliff gliding, 29. in the box room of tomorrow, 30. moo collection, 31. winners reprise, 32. welcome to the future where all the colours run,
33. pipe bridge dreams, 34. lo! fat, 35. into the vortex, 36. timewarp to castlemilk, 37. s is for seat, 38. Neil Munro monument, 39. whitby reflected, 40. spilt milk 1,
41. confusing the enemy, 42. todd! in my bathroom!!!, 43. stewart memorial, innis na birlinn, 44. barrowland star, 45. glen etive, 46. nervous system, 47. lomond heartbeat, 48. kelvinbridge graffiti,
49. fish in a cage, 50. spilt milk 3, 51. the dead are watching, 52. zoolook, 53. magnetic fields i, 54. doppelganger, 55. a spoonful of custard and cherry pie, 56. dappled shadows,
57. the neglected child, 58. miller my glasgow, 59. argyll bridge, 60. angel of the north, 61. subway spinning, 62. end of day, 63. heart of the traffic, 64. night moves,
65. lochgilphead lines, 66. ooh, sweet thing, 67. macbeth's last stand, 68. how did you guess my name?, 69. winter kitchen, 70. port glasgow lighthouse, 71. KT Tunstall busks for charity, 72. after the potato harvest
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Man in the back decided to take a running jump into the moving trike... He made it, but at the price of going head first into the side of it.
PCA184 – Low Key
Sunday, November 20 - Sunday, December 4, 2011
Image Tag: pca184
We tried this 96 assignments ago. Let's give it another shot.
The assignment is to photograph any subject using low key lighting style. Low Key photography is dominated by black, and highlights are used to paint in the detail. Its more than just an underexposed photo, and its more than just a black background. Low Key should have some amount of pure white or at least highlights in it, and usually does not have a lot of middle-gray. Some research on the web will quickly show that there is a wider than expected definition to low key so some studying may be in order.
WIT:
A shamelessly sentimental photograph of me fooling around with my wife.
The setup was similar to last week except the light was above us and slightly behind. I was inspired to do this by a film poster that I saw coming out of the cinema tonight. It took me a while to figure out how the light was positioned to light both the actor and actresses faces - Anne pointed out that it must be above and behind them because the actress was looking back and up at the actor.
It is quite tough to get the focus right when you are also in the shot. I used my little 50mm f1.8 prime lens (best value for money ever!) and set the aperture at f7.1 and experimented with exposure till I got the right shot.
I would have liked to have had more light in the eyes but a reflector brought in too much light and spoiled the low key effect for me.
I did some tweaking in photoshop to remove stray hands and trouser legs that seemed to add confusion to the shot - it isn't obvious that I am sitting behind Anne (who is kneeling) so it was a little confusing to see a knee sticking out there.
This is based on the old Rangemaster booster, but it's got three switchable input capacitors. The original used a 5 nF, but I always thought that was a little too thin. This one is switchable between a 10 nF, 22 nF and 47 nF.
These kinds of treble boosters were used to change the frequencies where your amp clipped back when amps like the JTM-45 and AC-30 tended to be a little flabby-sounding, due to their designs being geared around a more full-range style of reproduction. Later Vox would add, "Top Boost" and Marshall would reduce the value of their cathode bypass capacitor to shift the point where the amp clips. So these are designed for that kind of thing, just in case this is unfamiliar territory.
So the 10 nF setting (the, "toppy-est") gets you into that kind of Brian May thing to my ears. Or at least that's what I was shooting for. The 22 nF setting has a nice biting midrange thing going on. Finally, the 47 nF was my attempt at the old Tony Iommi Rangemaster sound. Not a full-range boost, but very close.
The, "Secret Sauce" here is a Tesla NPN germanium transistor. The original used PNP transistors, so it had to run on battery power only or a finicky adapter. This will run on a standard Boss adapter. There's actually no provision for battery power. These transistors break up and add some grit to the signal. Like a light overdrive. It's actually my favorite effect because it voices the guitar/amp and adds a very light and transparent overdrive at the same time.
These particular transistors are very low-noise and have an extremely pleasant tone. They aren't great at reproducing high frequencies, which probably seems a bit anti-intuitive. These transistors were made for AM radios back in the day. The problem with a lot of treble boosters is that they turn the extreme high end into kind of a harsh thing. These transistors boost the upper mids that you want (well, that I want) boosted, but then run out of steam before they get to the extreme upper range that makes your head hurt (well, makes MY head hurt, anyway). They're the perfect treble booster transistor, IMO.
Some people kick these in for a solo boost, which is a good use for 'em. Brian May used to just leave his on all the time. It was a key part of his sound. These also sound great stacked with other fuzz, overdrive and distortion effects. I think they sound amazing into a Fuzz Face, but I've also had really cool experiences using one to drive an Expandora.
There is no provision for battery power. I just want to repeat that to make sure it's clear. These are DC-only operation, but they don't need any kind of finicky power adapters like most germanium pedals. The enclosure has a durable powder coated finish. Hopefully you'll enjoy this design as much as I do.
It's been so hot here the past few days I thought I would put up a few pics from the cool country and try to dream away the reality! Fool Hollow Lake, Show Low Arizona. Press "L" to view large on black.
“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.” - Mark Twain
For Macro Monday: Fools Gold
1. Waimea lifeguard tower, 2. sun lounger seeks sun.., 3. , 4. run, 5. stripey shorts, 6. a moment, 7. no swimming, 8. firework display,
9. ripples, 10. snow heart, 11. divine sunset, 12. crazy shorebreak, 13. mesmerised, 14. , 15. Pipe, 16. last surf of the day,
17. swans, 18. ghost surfers, 19. last look, 20. , 21. beach closed, 22. the edge, 23. , 24. snowy karma kab,
25. carnival, 26. look back, 27. vodka jellies, 28. View from Kate's Run, 29. little fistral, 30. would you go?, 31. , 32. i heart flip flops,
33. candy floss sky, 34. Hanalei, 35. Gemma at Waimea, 36. bodmin moor, 37. hanalei, 38. rainbow wave, 39. haleiwa, 40. lei,
41. the path, 42. , 43. Carl forgot to put up his tent, 44. sell sell sell buy buy buy, 45. Carl, 46. surf diva, 47. lost, 48. Hanoi flower seller,
49. dawn from south fistral, 50. , 51. me and my shadow, 52. , 53. boards in a bush, 54. sennen, 55. , 56. ninh_binh1,
57. Batts Rock, 58. Evening surf, 59. air, 60. , 61. , 62. surf shop, 63. surfers, 64. ,
65. , 66. , 67. the table knows, 68. watergate bay, 69. bodmin moor, 70. lei, 71. tricky load, 72.
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I have no idea why there was a party on the fools day but then dj teemus did manage to set the stage on fire :)
And a very happy weekend to all of you! Party hard.. there need not be a reason :)
update: holydevil who got overlaid in the earlier pic. :)
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