"A bodhisattva is a being on the threshold of attaining enlightenment (bodhi) who chooses to delay becoming a Buddha in order to help others on the path to enlightenment. Maitreya, depicted here, is the Buddha of the future. It is believed that he currently resides in Tushita, the fourth heaven where bodhisattvas spend their penultimate lives. When the Buddha's teachings have been forgotten, Maitreya will come to earth and teach them anew. Bodhisattvas are often depicted wearing royal clothing, in contrast to Buddha's simple robes. Maitreya is traditionaly shown carrying a water-pot in his left hand, missing here. The development of the doctrine of the bodhisattvas marks the beginning of the Mahayana school of Buddhism." Stone sculpture about 150-350 AD from one of the stupa courtyards at Jamalgarhi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 1880.72. B. British Museum.

I'm making Arsenal. Should I make the base regular red or dark red? If I use regular red, everything with be accurate, but it will be a bit vibrant. If I use dark red, the darker colors will be altered, but the it will also have a dark theme that might look better. I could also make both versions and just scrap the one that I like less, but that's a bit of work. Help...

"Help, I'm surrounded by huge commercial buildings!"

A heavy eastbound SP manifest tackles the Tehachapi grade at Bealville, CA with four mid-train helpers consisting of an SD45R, two SD45T-2's and an SD50. The SD50 is a former DRGW unit recently painted in scarlet and grey, but you wouldn't know given how filthy it is. December 21, 1995.

If you have someone in your life who loves you and you love them, then cherish every moment!

This has been my song to George ever since it came out!

CHIRISH THE LOVE by KOOL & THE GANG

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjDmZ-7UAn8

MY HELP

I will lift up mine eyes unto the sky

I will call upon the maker of heaven and earth

Is He not the creator?

Does He not know me?

Does He promise and then not do?

Yes and amen, is that true?

Is He a man of his word or no?

I ask you, can He stop this storm?

Can He stop the wind from blowing?

Can He quiet the thundering and the lightening?

Can He let the sun shine and quiet my black river of fear?

My answer is yes, He can deliver me!

I MUST PRAY

I promise

I will praise you in this storm my Father

Even though

The wind whips around me

Tearing pieces from my arms and legs

My heart is broken into total shreds of despair

My mind is running over mountains and valleys

I cannot slow down or get weary

I must run and run fast

Calling loudly to love

I LOVE YOU MY LOVE, I LOVE YOU MY LOVE

L ET me hold you in my arms and kiss away the hurt

I need to call back time

Like the go back on my PC

I need to go back

I need to let the calm of all my yester-years

Invade the ache in my heart

And rescue me from this thing called Dementia

I love you my sweetheart

And no disease can cure that love

For it is written in the stars

Signed in blood

Printed into everlasting life

Nether pain nor death nor disease

Nor anything man-made can separate us

From the LOVE of GOD

That is God's promise and our inheritance

That inheritance is from The Lord

For a home in heaven is our reward!

I WILL MEET YOU THERE MY DARLING

I LOVE YOU!

The left (right) hand of the electron

Taylor Davis

Help for Heroes fundraising event, Tesco Extra, Foxhole Road.

These two World War II army vehicles were on display on the store car park today.

The Jeep is of 1943 vintage and the GMC truck is from 1945.

Help for Heroes was established on 1st October 2007.

The charity was set up to help men and women from the armed forces who have been injured in the line of duty.

Thanks to all our service personnel who are doing a great job.

Please spare a thought for all those who lost their lives 14 years ago today in the terrible events of 9/11. Also for the families of those who perished and the survivors.

Brief: Large scale campaign to convince people to support the castration of paedophiles.

I am cheating, these were from last week, I just couldn't help myself. She is just way too cute in this outfit and helmet!

Sorry, just had to share one more from this photo shoot. Have I told you how incredible Lynne's helmets are? They are awesome!

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First taste on TLR. FujiFilm Acro 100. Develop 4 mins at 25C.

I need a sick back pack who has one?! NMP

Series graphic for our Help Wanted series focusing on the Holy Spirit. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

I'm looking for a shop of this shoe.

Please help me!

Help!

Baby gorilla at Howlett's Zoo

God of War

Playstation 4 Pro, in-game photomode.

All my God of War shots (and all my photos / other shots) are available at www.fransbouma.com.

HELP:

no address of this location and there are no other pictures taken of these trees from any other angles. This is due to the fact that the picture is actually an oil based painting on canvas painted by Dr. Sayed Al-Khudari from Egypt[1]. Pay attention to the top right corner where you can even see the wrinkles of the canvas since it is not stretched properly.

Thanks for stopping by and viewing this photo. The reason for posting this photo on Flickr is to learn so if you have constructive feedback regarding what I could do better and / or what should I try, drop me a note I would love to hear your input.

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-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.

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Self portrait being grabbed from behind by a Skeleton in the Dark!

And now for the news: We just started a non-profit animal rescue organization called "Hope for Paws" and have created a coffee table book entitled, "Our Lives Have Gone to the Dogs" containing six years worth of photos and heart warming stories of the rescued animals that will make you laugh and cry. The book will make a very special gift for the holidays that will help us save more animals.

Please visit our website and help us by purchasing a book: www.hopeforpaws.org/

Thank you so much,

Eldad

Another one from this evening in June, shameless anthropomorphising but I've never seen an animal look so sad, that look is almost accusatory as well; gives me goosebumps.

With one week left of slaughtering badgers there's an urgent need for people to join the friendly camps and patrols in Gloucestershire and especially Somerset. The Gloucestershire cull has been a complete farce because of all the brave souls stopping the killers, things in Somerset though haven't gone as well for our beautiful badgers. There's every chance the killing will be extended into November, just donating a pound towards petrol money helps to protect our blameless badgers : )

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www.badger-killers.com/

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East London.

As an Christmas gift for you guys, for the nex three Days you can get e a full Week Test Access to my OF ... but you have to hurry! 😘

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Governor Markell told the 11th annual Delaware Healthy Mothers and Infants Consortium Summit on April 13 at the Chase Center that health equity and comprehensive access to contraception will help to reduce the state’s infant mortality rate and “change the trajectory” of lives. “So many of these babies, they get off to a rough start in life,” the Governor told the more than 400 attendees, “and it’s hard for them to catch up.”

Delaware’s infant mortality has declined more than 17% from 2005 to 7.7 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2013. DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf said, “While any loss of life is too great – especially for Delaware’s families who must endure that unspeakable pain – it is clear that by working together we have made progress and we are trending in the right direction.” Secretary Landgraf called on members of the consortium to further embrace the fact that housing, education transportation, environment and economic policies are all, indeed, health policies. “That is practicing true population health for all.”

Gov. Markell said it’s important to health care providers to ask women of a child-bearing age: “Do you intend to have a baby in the next year?” If the answer is no, he said, women might not know all of the contraception methods available to them, including new IUDs “that are incredibly effective and completely reversible.” In Delaware, 57% of all pregnancies are unplanned, a rate that is higher than the U.S. average. The Governor said enabling women to become pregnant only when they want to enhances opportunity “and changes the trajectory of their lives.” The Division of Public Health has formed a public-private partnership with Upstream USA to provide training and advice to health centers to improve reproductive health in the state and access to contraception.

Attendees also heard from Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay; Dr. David Paul, Chair of the Delaware Health Mothers and Infants Consortium; and keynote speakers, Dr. Michael Lu, associate administrator of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; and Dr. Sarah Verbiest from the Center for Maternal and Infant Health at the University of North Carolina.

Dr. Lu said in 2013, 40% of babies were born to unmarried mothers. He said researchers believe that the chronic stress that many women live under today is passed along to their babies. “You’ve got to start taking care of women before they get pregnant,” he said. He said actions include: Improve women’s health across the life course; strengthen families and communities; and address social and economic inequities.

Dr. Verbiest echoed those sentiments and said one of the challenges for the health care system is how to manage pre-conception health. She said one strategy is to engage communities in the conversation. “As a society, how do we care about our moms and babies?” she asked in pointing to the fact that 30% of low-income moms can’t afford diapers.

Proudly displaying the Union Jack in honor of British Soldiers injured whilst serving on the front line & collecting money for charity during USC 2013 at Santa Pod Raceway.

Images taken on Saturday 3rd August 2013.

A little help from my Robot

Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Helper station, operating its California Zephyr daily in both directions between Chicago and Emeryville, California, across the bay from San Francisco. The now defunct Rio Grande Zephyr also stopped at Helper. It also lies along U.S. Route 6/191, which split just north of the city - U.S. 191 heads northeast to Duchesne, while U.S. 6 heads northwest to Spanish Fork. Both continue together southeast to I-70 just west of Green River.

We think this is a picture of May Bourne (or possibly her daughter), a relative of Stewart's. We think it was taken in Kenya where the family worked for - again, we think - Brooke Bond, or one of the big plantation owners. Whether the licence plate is English and exported or Kenyan, don't know, but have just discovered that the first Kenyan reg was 1938. Any info gratefully received...we don't know for sure who, where, even what car! If the licence plate tells you anything, we would be pleased to know...

Thanks for all the information - see the trail below!

To help Ed recover from his recent gum grafting, I made the triple layered devil's food cake cover recipe from The Simple Art of Perfect Baking by Flo Braker.

Minus the fact that the chocolate frosting didn't set right away (and hence I have a little leftover in my fridge), everything else looked nice and stayed moist for a few days afterwards.

Seen on: www.chocolatechipped.com/2008/11/taking-a-breather.html

UPDATE: Please donate to help Marcia Huhta walk (and dance!) again: www.youcaring.com/marcia-huhta-654257

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Today we celebrate Matti and Marcia on the 50th anniversary of their wedding day.

But we're also celebrating Thanksgiving. And we can't imagine a nicer,

more attractive,

smarter,

more lovely,

and more awesome group than you to celebrate it with.

So thank you for joining us today.

We're two of Matti and Marcia's children and we're so thankful that they are our parents.

And we want to share with you why.

You see, growing up a Huhta meant that you were brave.

You had to be - because we were always bickering with each other.

But it also meant that you knew how to endure and stick together.

Because if someone from the outside picked on one of us, we ganged up on them and beat down their asses.

Growing up a Huhta meant that there was always more room at the table.

And look at all the tables in this room!

Mom and Dad taught us how to love unconditionally, without barriers or boundaries.

Growing up a Huhta meant that you were a hard-core camper.

Mom and Dad were always dragging us outdoors.

Whether we liked it or not.

Growing up a Huhta meant watching Mom and Dad dance.

Boy do they dance a lot.

To polkas. And in squares.

To waltzes, to foxtrots,

To Lindy Hop, to Charlestons...

Really, you just saw them dancing!

They're like this all the time.

Growing up a Huhta meant that you knew how to laugh.

Out loud. Even if it was at yourself.

Thanks, Mom.

Growing up a Huhta meant that you were always proud of who you are.

That comes from Dad's Finnish "Sisu".

Thanks, Dad.

So please join us in raising a glass,

Raising your hearts,

Raising your voices,

to Marcia and Matti Huhta.

Because it's the 50th aniversary of their wedding day.

Because it's Thanksgiving Day.

Becuase they mean so much to us

And we're so thankful to have them in our lives.

Update: Video of Marci and Matti Huhta dancing!