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Dear dolly friends, please help me identify these clothes. NOT the doll, but the dress. I got the Barbie (?) wearing this costume when I was around 11, she was my first fashion doll. Unfortunately she was eaten by my mom's dog, so now I don't have her. But I soooo want to find her. So please, help me if you know that doll who wore it. She also had long red boots, not these sandals. Thank you! (she was blonde and had bendable knees if it helps...)
The #MacroMondays #Anachronism theme
A traditional police whistle, still issued to police officers today, although only usually carried when in ceremonial uniform. An officer in trouble at night was advised to blow the whistle and flash his torch in the direction from where he expected help to come. How to achieve that feat that while simultaneously battling with a ne’er do well was never satisfactorily explained.
Police issued torches were pretty useless anyway. PC-turned-author Harry Cole described how, unless meticulously dried after duty, they would rapidly corrode and the batteries would leak. The result was that many an officer returned from leave and opened their locker to discover that their torch had adopted the form of a cauliflower. Most officers ended up buying their own superior models, even though Police Regulations prohibited the on-duty carrying of any equipment not issued by Their Police Force, itself an anachronistic term. The preferred description these days is 'police service.'
I digress! This whistle is laid upon a police tunic, again issued but not generally used other than for ceremony or the other-worldly (and at times almost theatrical) crown court where the judge is dressed in wig and traditional robes, and the barristers in their formal black gowns over sober suits, and wearing horsehair wigs.
The photo was taken window lit with a foil reflector and my bike light used to reduce foreground shadow. Saturation was reduced, a low opacity sepia layer, some grain and a gentle vignette added.
HMM all.
The Friday prior I was chasing FL9s on Cape Cod and a week later I'm in the Wasatch Mountains on my beloved Grande. It just didn't seem real....and looking back it still doesn't.
This day seemed as if it might have been 1996 all over again! There were 10 trains in daylight and we shot 7 of them on the old Rio Grande including four on the lightly used mainline across the desert between Helper and Grand Junction on UP's Green River Sub.
Anyway, here is just one from earlier this amazing morning. After meeting a coal empty headed down the Pleasant Valley Branch to Skyline Mine the "Helper Helpers" backed through the crossovers and flew west around a disabled MofW vehicle. They were headed down the hill to help a loaded GREX slot train up the mountain. We'd see that much later, but after this shot we had to head east for a date with another once a week train on a certain branchline on an obscure corner of the old Rio Grande.
I hope you enjoy this shot of what may be the last regular manned Helper job on the entire Union Pacific.
Colton, Utah
Friday May 10, 2019
How To Create Images Like This
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I do love confusing people with photos, its fun xD
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If anyones at all interested, heres my lovely image analysis for my A-levels, describing how I did it in detail and shizz
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For this image, my main aim was to create the strongest lead through line effect as possible, something which Peter Keetman (the artist Im studying) continuously did throughout his images.
To make the image ‘my own’ I wanted to create a large sense of surrealism and almost disorientation.
To create this image, to start off with I set my lens to 18mm to exaggerate the perspective of the building as much as possible, helping make things in the distance look further away, and placing the end of the line of shops right in the middle of the image, helping out with the lead through line.
I also opted to use a very deep depth of field in order to not lose any detail in any of the shops.
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Then in Photoshop:
-Using a mixture of the tools in Camera RAW and gradient maps, I adjusted the colours to suit my preferences, upping the vibrancy and turning down the saturation helped bring out the greens in the image, I also upped the exposure and gave the blacks/contrast a boost.
-I also saw the image as too ‘cold,’ so I turned up the white balance, giving a much more warm feeling.
-To sharpen the image without creating colour artefacts, I changed the image mode to lab colour, as opposed to RBG, then turned off the A+B channels, and applied a small radius, large amount, unsharp mask.
-I then selectively dodged and burned areas of the image to bring out the details I wanted, and lose the ones I didn't.
-I then applied a very small noise reduction just to remove any unwanted grain.
-Using the patch, clone, heal and content aware fill tools I selectively removed every person out of the image as I saw them as unwanted distractions from the subject and patterns.
-To create the whole pattern itself, first I cropped the top and bottom third of the image off.
-I then selected the right half of the photograph, duplicated it into a new layer and flipped it horizontally and placed it at the left hand side and flattened the layers.
-Then I selected the top half of the image, duplicated it, flipped it vertically and placed it at the bottom of the image.
-To blend both the horizontal and vertical ‘reflections’ I used a mask and filled it with a short black to white gradient, fading the line between the layers.
-To finalise the image, creating as much disorientation as I could, I rotated it 90 degrees, making the sides of the building appear to be the path.
Personally I believe this photo tuned out exactly how I wanted it, it is full of patterns, has a multitude of lead in lines, and appears to very disorientating.
Taken in the Queens Arcade, Leeds.
While one set of helpers shoves a loaded oil train up and over Bozeman Pass, another helper set waits in the siding at Muir, having just shoved a grain train over the hill. The helpers would follow each other back east to Livingston.
BNSF U FYNPTL0 38T (Unit Train- Fryburg, ND to Portland, OR)
BNSF Dash 9-44CW #4148
BNSF SD70ACe #9172
(DPU) BNSF Dash 9-44CW #5465
(Helper) MRL SD70ACe #4405
(Helper) MRL SD40-2XR #265
(Helper) MRL SD70ACe #4400
MRL Livingston/Bozeman Helpers
MRL SD70ACe #4402
MRL SDP40-2XR #290
MRL SD70ACe #4403
Muir, MT
August 28th, 2021
Hello everyone,
I need your help! This darwing above took me more or less 5,5 hours to draw (not sure if that’s slow or not). This is a free commission for my friend. I’m thinking about taking paid commissions but I still can’t figure out prices. So here is my question to you. How much would you be willing to pay for a sketch like this? This is just an example.
Thanks in advance!
Ronald Wycherley (17 April 1940 – 28 January 1983), better known by his stage name Billy Fury, was an English singer from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death. An early British rock and roll (and film) star, he equalled the Beatles' record of 24 hits in the 1960s, and spent 332 weeks on the UK chart, without a chart-topping single or album.
Allmusic journalist, Bruce Eder, stated, "His mix of rough-hewn good looks and unassuming masculinity, coupled with an underlying vulnerability, all presented with a good voice and some serious musical talent, helped turn Fury into a major rock and roll star in short order". Wikipaedia.
White Bus
Optare Solo
68 - YJ55YHP (now KFK941)
Seen on Crouch Lane, Winkfield.
Seen shortly after this bus joined the White Bus fleet from being Fernhill no.9.
Help!!! The kimberley.
Please read on.
This is shot 2 of my save the kimberley awareness campaign.
A good result on the previous photo thanks to your comments and favs we got it to explore and 300+ views to date and at least 2 people that were previously unaware have joined in and helped the cause.
Thank you
Walter B Click to view photo stream
Views of the worldClick to view photo stream
As far as I can tell from their profiles they are not from Australia.
Im not suggesting that none of my Australian contacts did anything upon reading my plea.
Please tell me that is not the case.
With these kind of environmental issues it follows similar procedure a lot of the time.
-The government approves the development
- Then the future of the development going ahead in these environmentally sensitive areas is largely dependant on how loud and how many people make noise.
what difference can one voice or one signature make by its self it is only small. however when combined with many others it can be very powerful.
How can we help?
awareness is a powerful tool.
Take 10min out of your day, it might just make the difference.
-post a link on your photo uploads and spread the word.
- post a link on any other social media you use.
-has several address's of influential people to send old fashioned letters to.
www.facebook.com/pages/Save-The-Kimberley/146254135411987
- Like the Facebook page
- pass the link onto friends
Recommended listening
John Bultler "Kimberley"
A very powerful song. well worth taking a moment.
- post a link on your facebook.
I was holding back several of my best shots for a future exhibition, Instead Im going to post them over the next week or so to try and raise as much awareness as I can.
Hope you enjoy,
Cape Leveque, Kimberley WA.
Thanks Again
Do either of these girls have Saran? I couldn't tell by sticking my fingers in the back of the box, LOL. So I ended up picking them both up and if one or both of them don't have saran, I send 'em back. :)
Helped by some encouragement from another Flickr member -thank you once more Martin- , I redesigned the small capstan at the front. It now stands on the deck and is a bit lower.
I also heightened that deck a bit by one extra layer of tan bricks (there was a reason, but I have forgotten why I needed it higher).
Also in this picture; my small callibre swivel guns... Stud-shooters with a round 1x1 brick in stead of a stud.
If closed stud 1x1 round bricks are used, it can even shoot those bricks.
Do you think he is angry with me?
Thank you all very much! This picture made it to Explore # 97 on dec.14 2006
Can anyone help with the ID of this one - After spending to long trying to ID it time to ask the experts.
My first thought was that it was a Ford GT Mk.2, track day version of the 2nd generation GT, but there are aerodynamic differances, the 0404 registration would alo hint at being the $ 1.7 dollar GT Mk.IV version of the same, but that looks way to different.
So if anyone can put this to rest, i would appreciate it. Shot 05.06.2021 at the June Bicester Scramble
Diolch am 82,106,519 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 82,106,519 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 05.06.2021. at Bicester Heritage Centre, Bicester, Oxon. 146-238
Easily a 18 inches tall. Was seen at Kitpopeke on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. It was 20 feet from the waters edge hunting ghost crabs.
UP 8939 is getting ready to pull forward onto the main line and have the two manned helpers attach to the rear for the climb up the Cascades.
Something a little different from Me. This is one of my helpers in "scrub"control at my local reserve that I check. He is around 20yrs old and has been working everyday without "complaining" .We couldn't do without him.
Neonic pesticide corporations are putting their profits ahead of these industrious little pollinators who guarantee our future food supplies.
"The European Commission is poised to propose a game-changing law to protect bees and other pollinators. The new ban on bee-killing pesticides would go far beyond current protections, banning three deadly neonics from fields all across Europe. ...
"It’s time we put some real pressure on world governments to follow suit and keep our bees, our food -- and our bodies safe.
"There’s no time to waste: we know that neonic use is a key driver of bee colony collapse, and bird and butterfly numbers are plummeting too. For too long corporate giants like Bayer and Syngenta have pressured governments to allow pesticide use to push bee populations to the brink. But their narrative is crumbling under consumer pressure and scientific research. Together we can deal a final blow to their bee-killing agenda.
"But these crucial bee-protecting laws aren’t guaranteed to become reality. A small group of politicians is trying to block them before EU member states even get to vote on the regulations.
"Meanwhile, a scathing new UN report called the idea that we need neonics to feed ourselves a “myth” perpetuated by “unethical” corporations like Bayer and Syngenta that have millions in profits riding on continued reliance on bee-killing pesticides."
Please sign the petition to help save the bees whose hard work ensures your food supply!
actions.sumofus.org/a/it-s-high-time-for-a-global-ban-on-...
Need help with identifying this bird. I want to say it is a lesser yellowlegs since there were both species present this morning. The bill is throwing me off, i have never seen a lesser yellowlegs with a bill like that. If anyone knows, i would appreciate it if you would let me know, Thanks!
Baby boy tries with all his might to crawl to Mama but she pushed him away twice! She wouldn’t let him give up! 💙
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My London set
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London is the largest urban area and the capital of England and the United Kingdom. An important settlement for two millennia, London's history goes back to its founding by the Romans. Since its settlement, London has been part of many important movements and phenomena throughout history, such as the English Renaissance, the Industrial Revolution, and the Gothic Revival. The city's core, the ancient City of London, still retains its limited medieval boundaries; but since at least the 19th century the name "London" has also referred to the whole metropolis which has developed around it. Today the bulk of this conurbation forms the London region of England and the Greater London administrative area, with its own elected mayor and assembly.
London is one of the world's leading business, financial, and cultural centres, and its influence in politics, education, entertainment, media, fashion and the arts all contribute to its status as a major global city. London boasts four World Heritage Sites: The Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church; the Tower of London; the historic settlement of Greenwich; and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The city is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, and its popularity has increased over the years due to economic growth.
London's diverse population draws from a wide range of peoples, cultures, and religions, and over 300 languages are spoken within the city. As of 2006, it has an official population of 7,512,400 within the boundaries of Greater London and is the most populous municipality in the European Union. As of 2001, the Greater London Urban Area has a population of 8,278,251 and the metropolitan area is estimated to have a total population of between 12 and 14 million.
The 2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012, followed by the 2012 Paralympic Games from 29 August to 9 September. I hope this aerial photos of London will help you during your stay in this beautiful metropolis!
Gullfoss ("Golden Falls"; About this sound Icelandic pronunciation (help·info) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland.
Gullfoss is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The wide Hvítá rushes southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step "staircase" and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 metres or 36 feet, and 21 metres or 69 feet) into a crevice 32 metres (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 metres (66 ft) wide and 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 140 cubic metres (4,900 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 cubic metres (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter. The highest flood measured was 2,000 cubic metres (71,000 cu ft) per second.
As one first approaches the falls, the edge is obscured from view, so that it appears that the river simply vanishes into the earth.
During the first half of the 20th century and some years into the late 20th century, there was much speculation about using Gullfoss to generate electricity. During this period, the waterfall was rented indirectly by its owners, Tómas Tómasson and Halldór Halldórsson, to foreign investors. However, the investors' attempts were unsuccessful, partly due to lack of money. The waterfall was later sold to the state of Iceland, and is now protected.
Sigríður Tómasdóttir, the daughter of Tómas Tómasson, was determined to preserve the waterfall's condition and even threatened to throw herself down. Although it is widely believed, the very popular story that Sigríður saved the waterfall from exploitation is untrue. A stone memorial to Sigriður, located above the falls, depicts her profile.
In March 1943, about 1,000 international people living in Shanghai were interned in Chapei Civil Assembly Centre by the Japanese. As the war progressed, food rations became smaller and less varied. Many people living in the camp were helped by people living in Shanghai from countries which were neutral during WWII, like Sweden. Also Chinese employees from foreign companies sent their former colleagues food.
This photo shows a label of such a food aid package, sent by the Swedish family Asker, to the Dutch family Hennus. Mr. C.G.C. Asker worked for the Maritime Customs Service of China (as per Records of the Maritime Customs Service of China 1854 –1949 Part Three: Semi-Official Correspondence from Selected Ports by Professor Robert Bickers, University of Bristol).
The text reads:
"DONOR: Mr C G C Asker, Swedish ...
1300 Rue Lafayette
CONTENTS:
Milk powder, 12 ozs
Jam, 1 tin 12 ozs
Sugar, 2 lbs
Margarine 1 lb
Peanuts 2 lbs
Tomato sauce, 1 bot
Cocao cubes 1 pkt
Fruit drops, 3 pkt
BENEFICIARY:
Master M F Hennus, Netherlands, C.829
CHAPEI CIVIL ASSEMBLY CENTRE
4th Febr. 1944"
Chapei Civil Assembly Centre was liberated on 15 August 1945, 76 years ago today.
California Digital Newspaper Collection, Vestkusten, Number 39, 28 September 1944:
"SWEDEN PRAISED FOR ASSISTANCE IN BRINGING AID TO WAR PRISONERS. By Dr. I). A. Davis, Associate Executive Director, Y. M. C. A. Worlds Committee,
Sweden and Switzerland, spared the horrors of warfare, are doing their share to lighten the burden of war victims. These two neutral countries are cooperating with the War Prisoners Aid of the Y. M. C. A., with headquarters in Geneva and New York, in sending material aid to war prisoners and civilian internees in Europe and the Far East. The rights and privileges of more than 6,000,000 prisoners of war confined behind barbed wire throughout the world are protected by the treaty called “The Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War,” signed by 47 nations on July 27, 1920. Among other things the Geneva Convention specifies that various welfare organizations may have access to war prison camps to render certain services to prisoners; thus War Prisoners Aid, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. World’s Committee carries on its stimulating programs of educational, recreational and religious activities among war prisoners, regardless of race, creed or nationality. The role that Sweden plays in this important services are manifold, for giving financial support as well as supplying materials for leisure-time activities. They provide also a large percentage of the personell necessary. From Sweden comes books, writing materials, lumber and other materials hardly found now in other european countries and piany of the neutral secretaries are permitted to visit war prison and internment camps. “We sail never forget what your Swedish colleague, Hoffman, did for us in England,” said a German prisoner of war to Gunnar Celander, Swedish representative of War Prisoners Aid, during a recent prisoner of war exchange between Germany and England, through Sweden. Boatloads of German prisoners from Canada, U. S. and .England, and British prisoners from Germany, docked at Trelleborg and Goteborg, while they transferred to boats waiting to take them home.
The Swedish Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross Lottas, Swedish rail roads and welfare organizations assumed a large portion of the responsibility of looking after these men— most of whom were invalided and blind during their short stay in the country. Food, travel facilities, reading matter, games, gramophones supplied with records of German and British music were made available to make the men comfortable. Crown princess Louise visited the prisoners, with representatives of the Swedish government, who officially welcomed them. Mr. Celander reported “We Swedes are happy that it was the privilege of our country to arrange this exchange of prisoners in the spirit of conciliation and kindness in the midst of the fire of conflict. I longed to share with the entire Y. M. C. A. and its secretaries the memory of the happy faces these homeward-bound prisoners and their many proofs of gratitude. All these men can testify that we were able to serve them in of their liberation. That is the highest reward and greatest encouragement for our work.” In Stockholm a War Prisoners Aid office is under the able leader their capacity as well as in' these days ship of Hugo Cedergren, Associate Director of Y. M. C. A., and National Secretary of the Swedish Y. M. C. A. Mr. Cedergren, who has visited prisoners in Europe, U. S. and Canada, said recently in America: “The spirit of prisoners is excellent. I can say that honestly from my own experience. The treatment they are receiving is correct and good.” Mrs Ceder gren is the daughter of Prince Oscar Bernadotte, brother of King Gustaf. He is honorary president of the Swedish Y. M. C. A. Pastor Carl-Erik Wenngren of the Stockholm Diocese, Associated National .Secretary of the Swedish Y. M. C. A., is now in U. S. as a neutral representative of the Ecumenical Commission for Chaplaincy Service to prisoners of war, of the World Council of Churches, and as a representative of War Prisoners Aid of the Y. M. C. A. He is visiting camps throughout America carrying the message of the church, especially to German prisoners, conducting services and other functions of a minister. Gunnar Celander, Henry Soderberg, Gunnar Janssen, O, M. Carlman and Erik Berg have been recruited from Sweden to visit war prison camps in Germany, while Bengt Hoffman carries War Prisoners Aid service to allied fliers detained in Sweden in compliance with neutrality laws. Civilan internment camps in France ares visited by mr. and Mrs. Hemming Andermo. The Swedish representative in India is Fredrik Franklin. (In the Philippine Islands, aid to prisoners of war and civilian internees is carried on under a neutral committee of Swiss, Irish, Danish, French, Belgian and Norwegian citizens, headed by Swedish Ex-Consul Helge A. Jansson, in Manila, and appointed by W. J. K. Bagge, Swedish Minister to Japan, since July 1942, chairman of neutral citizens, responsible for Y. M. C. A. services to prisoners and internees in Japan and Japanese-controlled areas. All contact between War Prisoners Aid and Japanese government are made through Stockholm. Through Minister Bagge, War Prisoners’ Aid received the first complete information about aid work in the Philippines. Final permission was given by the Japanese for the YMCA to purchase monthly in the Philippines sorely needed relief supplies for shipment to camps there in which Allied prisoners are interned. War Prisoners’ Aid service to allied war prisoners and civilian internees in Japan and Japan-held territory other than the Philippines is headed by I. P. Troedsson, Swedish Consul to Japan, assisted by N. E. Ericson of the Swedish Legation in Tokyo, under supervision of Minister Bagge. Swedish representatives of War Prisoners’ Aid make regular visits to camps in Japan are B. Gawell, John Anderson, A. Swensson and O. Pettersson, C. G. C. Asker works in Shanghai, and in Thailand, War Prisoners’ Aid service is carried to prisoners of war by F. Ehnstedt, Swedish Consul there. N. Arne Bendtz, with headquarters in Chungking, is in charge of War Prisoners Aid Services in Free China. He was responsible for taking aid not long ago to the more than two hundred German and Italian Catholic Fathers who had been interned for more than a year in the Honan Province. Traveling hundreds of miles over famine-stricken war-ridden country by car, rickshaw and on foot, climbing bleak, rugged hills, fording gushing streams, enduring scorching heat, mud and a plague of locusts, Bendtz finally reached his destination and found that the missionaries were living in dilapidated buildings, lacked essential food and clothing and faced grave financial difficulties. “For about three weeks I lived among these Catholic missionaries sharing their daily life, which I shall never forget,” wrote Bendtz in his report to Geneva. “They had suffered a lot during the past year and we came, as one said, “like an angel from Heaven, to soothe and comfort their sorrowful hearts.” “They had not met another foreigner since internment, and the concerts and speeches made in honor of the War Prisoners’ Aid representative were visible tokens of their gratitude.” Solutions to many problems facing War Prisofters’ Aid of the YMCA, a participating agency of the National War Fund, in its service to prisoners and civilian internees in Europe and the Far East, are greatly facilitated by the cooperation of Sweden.
Swedish representative of Y. M. C. A. War Prisoners’ Aid, Henry Soderberg (center), talks with prisoner and German camp official in war prison camp somewhere in Germany."
Courtesy Hennus family archives
I have been going through my Nashville photos again this week, the flooding of that area a month after our visit there was just devastating. Not a lot of media coverage on this catastrophe since the oil spill and the unsuccessful car bomb in Times Square were more prominent on the news stations.
I can't find my Flower!
For my friends with the White stuff, or gray stuff,
or anything that does not resemble Spring ...
This little pocket of Sunshine is for You.
Happy Vernal Equinox, ya'll.
Dear friends and supermodels,
Sorry to inform you that i may not be online as frequent as before, sadly i
have found the lumps inside my right breast and micro-calcification on left one.
through my first annual mammogram check. Idont know that it can happens to 20s and 30s of age.It was supposed to be an normal annual body check. No pain at the moment and it is so tiny that i can't even feel it.
the Mammogram result shows the early stage of the breast cancer cells, and need
to be removed as soon as possible.
thank you for your warm regards and support, i will be strong and fight the cancer and luckily i found it at early stage and it is not fatal. However, with the unexpected shock at young age, i have the financial burden on the surgery cost, {{BSD Design studio}} is Now at 50% sale and hopefully can help abit on the surgery fee in near future. Please please please check breast on daily basis, i dont'know that the lumps can be developed at 20s and 30s of age. and after finding the hard lump on my right breast, i went to see the dr with mammogram scanned and found this shocking news. luckily it can be cured at early stage and one moment i found the death is being so close. the steoreostatic core needle biopsy showned abnormal cells developed in the breast structure and if i found it at later stage while it can developed to big tumor size and the % of survival rate will be greatly reduced. IT is not painful and NO syndrom if you dont' check it carefully,at the moment, it is NOT painful and the size of the lump is so tiny that i can't even feel it! I was just doing my annual body check when the nurse told me the shocking news which i need to see the dr urgently. stay away from high pressure environment, work load, stay away from unhealthy food such as chicken wings, which has alot of bad hormornes in it, stay away from chips and coke ... .and those can cause cancer too, must work out daily , at least 4 hours a week. Stay away from BBQ food and red meat, those toxics inside can cause your life. Brocolli, eat alot of vegetables, and red plants, fruits ,berries can help!
God bless me and god bless you !
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My two cents to the B.M. (The Big Mess).
Yahoo´s behavior on important issues such as the free speech debate in China and what´s happening here in Flickr right now are very sad stories.
I´m not sure if Yahoo and Flickr are really blocking content due to local legal restrictions (nude content is not forbidden in Germany, for instance) or if they are just taking [bad] management decisions.
Filtering mature content is a parenthood and family issue. The existing filters are already useful for this kind of situation.
Blocking content is not a serious solution. Which is the next country?
Mathieu Struck
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Flickr sperrt uns aus! Und auch dich!
Seit gestern werden für deutsche Nutzer keine Bilder mehr angezeigt, die als 'moderate' oder 'restricted' markiert sind! Es gibt keine Moeglichkeit das umzustellen - das ist eine grobe Unverschämtheit und Frechheit von flickr!
We are the users - don't forget that flickr!
Deswegen treten wir gemeinsam in Aktion und zeigen allen, das uns das nicht gefällt was flickr mit uns macht! Füge das Bild zu deinen Favoriten hinzu und poste es!
In English:
If your Yahoo! ID is based in Singapore, Germany, Hong Kong or Korea, you will only be able to view safe content based on your local Terms of Service, and therefore won’t be able to turn off SafeSearch.
In other words, german users can't access photos on flickr that are not flaged "safe" ... only flowers and landscapes for the germans ...
We won't let this happen! Copy and upload this picture to your account - show flickr who we are.
Espanol:
No sé cuando, pero muy recientemente a las cuentas de Alemania, Hong Kong, Corea y Singapur les han prohibido ver las fotos que están en el Safe Search, las mismas en las que a nosotros nos dan la opcíón de ver o no ver. A ellos simplemente se lo prohiben. Chale no?
Francais:
Si votre compte Yahoo! est basé à Singapour, à Hong Kong, en Corée ou en Allemagne, vous ne pourrez voir que les photos qui n'ont pas été marquées comme ayant un contenu qui peut choquer. Toutes les autres ne vous seront pas accessibles. Vous serez donc condamnés à ne voir que des paysages et des fleurs. Il ne faut pas laisser faire ça. Envoyez cette photo sur votre compte pour montrer à Flickr que nous savons nous mobiliser contre la censure !
繁體中文
如果妳/你的Yahoo!個人帳號隸屬於新加坡 德國 香港 或是韓國, 那麼依據各自所屬的當地使用者條款限制下, 妳/你將只能在瀏覽觀看Flickr網站上標示有安全註記的照片與內容. 所以也無法將安全搜尋的功能關閉. 換句話說, 德國的使用者除了花卉與風景外, 是完全無法在Flickr網站上觀看未被標示安全的相關內容.
我們不期望註冊使用者的權益有任何不平等待遇, 歡迎自行複製文宣圖片轉貼聲援.
Spread the image!
Lade dieses Bild runter und poste es in deinem Account! Lass uns das Bild überall auf flickr verteilen und es in 'Interestingness' heben!! So geht es nicht!
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- www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/91085
- English Version of heise article: www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/91160
- We made the frontpage of explore with this image! Yarr!
- We made the Fontblog!
- www.infoweek.ch/news/NW_single.cfm?news_ID=16033&sid=0
- If you wanna pack your bags and leave: flickr Down - Download ALL your photos with ease
- www.computerwoche.de/nachrichten/594399/
- www.focus.de/digital/internet/flickr_aid_63330.html
- www.pc-magazin.de/common/nws/einemeldung.php?id=52687
- neuerdings.com/2007/06/13/flickr-mag-keine-deutschen/
- www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,488542,00.html
- donoevil.netscape.com/story/2007/06/14/flickr-censors-ger...
- www.generatorx.no/20070610/found-on-flickr-1/
- www.golem.de/0706/52871.html
- www.mela.de/archives/725-Flickr-zensiert-...-und-schweigt...
- We even made the news in Chile!
- www.flickr.com/groups/_flickr-fotografen-_deutschland_/di...
- www.spreeblick.com/2007/06/14/filtr/
- www.fontblog.de/flickr-user-gehen-auf-die-barrikaden
- www.boingboing.net/2007/06/14/flickr_users_in_germ.html
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For MacroMondays theme “Generosity”
This is a quite direct approach for this weeks theme, but unfortunately money is needed in order to help people whose lives have been devastated by natural disasters, wars and poverty. One doesn't have to give huge sums of money, even pennies or cents help.
Happy MM everyone!