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Mevlânâ (مولانا, "our master”) Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī is one of the most known Sufi mystic. He was born in Balkh city of Khorosan, in present-day Afghanistan, in 1207. He spent most of his life in Konya, Turkey and passed away there, on 17 December 1273. He was also a poet. His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, is one of the most read poems in the world. He founded the Mevlevi Order (Mawlaw’īyya) of Sufism. The Mawlaw'īyya are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirling is part of the formal Sama ceremony and the participants are properly known as semazens. A dhikr ceremony is shown in these videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBqwfBkNa9k.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwlcDu4A3TY
The photograph shows the mausoleum of Mevlânâ Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī.
The shell of the common Garden snail, Cornu aspersum, contains pigment-containing cells known as chromatophores. A physiological colour change can be initiated in these cells to allow the animal to change its colour to match its surroundings and so provide protective camouflage. The mechanism is similar to that found in cephalopods such as cuttlefish and octopus, although the snail is much slower to produce the colour change than these other molluscs.
For Looking Close on Friday theme 'Orange'.
Sorry, I wanted to post this on April 1 but that would have missed the theme.
No snails were harmed in the making of this photograph.
This challenge was initiated by Ivoceno Rossini www.flickr.com/photos/141482711@N03/
#RedoChallenge
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Song Dedicated to My Eve:
After initiating a talons-first attack, Green Heron fails to follow through, instead extending its neck and plucking up its target with head in the water as usual on Horsepen Bayou.
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The book will be available in december. I'm happy to take part in the project. Many thanks to the initiator and curator, Markus Lehr. www.flickr.com/photos/f1dot8.
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"In Shamanic cultures, Synchronizität (Synchronicities) are recognized as signs that you are on the right path"
-Daniel Pinchbeck
[Synchronicities=Coincidences]
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I decided to bring out my inner Shaman after visiting Enchantment's current round. Because I'm awkward I'm wearing Static's Evil Mistress Mantle as part of the headdress for an authentic Shamanistic look. Add to that Neferkalum's Uninvited around the eyes and brows and Spiritus for the neck and shoulders and Contraption's horns I was ready to face whatever the spirits of the dead could throw at me. However, I ended up running into the sea yelling 'woooo!' instead because I'm like, six years old or something...
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NT - Uninvited Tattoo @Enchantment Event
NT - Spiritus RARE 02 - Gaia @Mainstore
::Static:: Evil Mistress Mantle {White} @Enchantment Event
[AD] - Falcon Headdress - Light Brown - Male @Mainstore
[ContraptioN] Jacob Horns *???* @Mainstore
Sintiklia - Hair Shay - Blacks&whites @Mainstore
LeLUTKA.Head Skyler 2.0 @Mainstore
-Belleza- Jake 2.1 Bento @Mainstore
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Shape pose etc by me.
The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the U.S. and internationally.
The museum—formerly known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) and later EMP Museum until November 2016—has initiated many public programs including "Sound Off!", an annual 21-and-under battle-of-the-bands that supports the all-ages scene; and "Pop Conference", an annual gathering of academics, critics, musicians, and music buffs.
MoPOP, in collaboration with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), presents the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival which takes place every winter. Since 2007, the MoPop celebrates recording artists with the Founders Award for their noteworthy contributions.
Frank Gehry:
Frank Owen Gehry, CC, FAIA (/ˈɡɛəri/; né Goldberg; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions.
His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age".[2] He is also the designer of the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.[3]
The church was built in the 12th century, of which only the base of the bell tower remains. In the thirteenth century: construction of the chevet and the nave on the site of a first building erected in 1060. The spire is later, since it dates from the end of the nineteenth century. Two major restoration campaigns were initiated in the 19th century.
Christ initiates his people into his work. The term “liturgy” comes from leitourgia, which meant a work (ergeia) done by a few on behalf of a people (laos). Christ did a work for the reconciliation of mankind, and that work is now shared by his liturgical apprentices. The work done at liturgy by Christ’s holy people is the perpetuation of Christ’s own sacrificial priesthood. His life in the Father is shared with his people, and spiritually active by the power of the third person of the Trinity. This is a people called out—which is the meaning of the Greek word for Church, ekklesia—we are called out by Christ, for Christ, through Christ, around Christ, under Christ, or, best of all, “with Christ.”
-David Fagerberg, The Liturgical Cosmos
The territorial expansion towards Chinchaysuyo (now Ecuador) took place towards the middle of the 15th century and culminated in the first decades of the 16th. It was initiated by the Inca Tupac Yupanqui, son of Pachacuti Inca, the "renovator of the universe" and true builder of the Tahuantinsuyo or Empire of the Incas. The example of the great Tupac Yupanqui was followed by his son Huayna Cápac, until he submitted under his power the entire "universe" then known, with more than 6,000 kilometers of North-South extension and fundamentally affecting the people of the Sierra, since they felt no interest in the low plains of the West Coast and in the endless Amazon rainforests of the East. This empire included on the one hand the widest diversity of peoples, cultures, languages, cults and technologies, and on the other an extraordinary variety of ecological resources; factors with which thanks to an administrative, economic and theocratic system imposed by the Cuzqueños, the largest civilization that has existed in Andean History was structured.
The Incas had no major difficulty in dominating the Cañaris and Puruháes (in Ecuador) with whom they applied a very common strategy in them: the friendly system of reciprocity with the heads of the groups until they achieved their subordination; This method had given them rapid and successful results in Bolivia and Peru; while in the northern villages they had to apply the severe military conquest due to the stubborn resistance they encountered. Testimony of those fierce battles was precisely that of Yahuarcocha (lake of blood) whose waters were dyed red with the blood of the brave Caranquis who succumbed to Huayna Cápac himself.
The invaders captured from the conquered the long tradition and knowledge they had about agriculture, metallurgy, production of luxury products, extraction of the Spondylus shell, salt, coca, etc. Here they found a prodigal nature, with humid rainforest, mangroves and coastline on the coast; wide valleys, grasslands and fertile mountains in the Sierra. This geography counteracted with the ecological systems of the puna, reduced fertile spaces, or the extensive coastal deserts that predominate in the Central and Southern Andes, characteristic of present-day Peru.
Church of St. Kazimierz in Vilnius is the first baroque Catholic church in honor of St. Kazimierz Prince. It was built in 1604–1618 as a votive offering after the canonization of St. Kazimierz Jagiellończyk (1602). The initiator of the construction was King Zygmunt III Waza, and the church belonged to the Jesuits. In the years 1624–1630 preacher and confessor was here St. Andrzej Bobola.
After the destruction in 1655 by the Moscow army, and after the fire of 1706, the church was renovated, and the interior received then a rococo decor.
After the dissolution of the Jesuit order, in 1812 the French army destroyed the interior and turned the church into a grain warehouse and then a prison for Russian prisoners of war. As part of the tsarist repression after the November Uprising, the church was confiscated by Catholics, and after the January Uprising it was rebuilt into an Orthodox church.
After World War II, until 1949 he belonged to the Jesuits, and then was confiscated again, this time by the Soviet authorities. In October 1988 the church was returned to Catholics, in 1990 it was taken over by Jesuits and restored to religious use.
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Kościół św. Kazimierza w Wilnie jest pierwszą barokową świątynią katolicką ku czci św. Kazimierza Królewicza. Został zbudowany w latach 1604–1618 jako wotum po kanonizacji św. Kazimierza Jagiellończyka (1602). Inicjatorem budowy był król Zygmunt III Waza, a kościół należał do Jezuitów. W latach 1624–1630 kaznodzieją i spowiednikiem był tutaj św. Andrzej Bobola.
Po zniszczeniach w 1655 przez wojska moskiewskie, oraz po pożarze 1706 kościół został odnowiony, a wnętrze otrzymało wówczas wystrój rokokowy.
Po kasacie zakonu jezuitów, w 1812 roku armia francuska zniszczyła wnętrze i zamieniła kościół na magazyn zboża, a następnie na więzienie dla jeńców rosyjskich. W ramach represji carskich po powstaniu listopadowym kościół został skonfiskowany katolikom, a po powstaniu styczniowym przebudowano go na cerkiew prawosławną.
Po II wojnie światowej, do 1949 należał do jezuitów, a następnie został ponownie skonfiskowany, tym razem przez władze radzieckie. W październiku 1988 kościół zwrócono katolikom, w 1990 przejęli go jezuici przywracając do użytku sakralnego.
Initiated in 1992 as a project to celebrate Canada’s 125th year, the Trans Canada Trail is one of the world's longest networks of multi-use recreational trails. Once fully connected, it will stretch nearly 24,000 kilometres from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic oceans, through every province and territory.
To date, just over 18,000 kilometres of the Trail are operational which is 80 percent of the proposed route. The goal is to connect the Trail as a continuous route from coast to coast to coast by 2017.
This image shows a section of the Trans Canada Trail in Uxbridge, Ontario.
St. Stephen's Cathedral
St. Stephen's Cathedral (more commonly known by its German title: Stephansdom) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, OP. The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz, was largely initiated by Duke Rudolf IV (1339–1365) and stands on the ruins of two earlier churches, the first a parish church consecrated in 1147. The most important religious building in Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral has borne witness to many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has, with its multi-coloured tile roof, become one of the city's most recognizable symbols.
The main part of the church contains 18 altars, with more in the various chapels. (Wikipedia)
The Museum of Pop Culture or MoPOP is a nonprofit museum in Seattle, Washington, United States, dedicated to contemporary popular culture. It was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2000 as the Experience Music Project. Since then MoPOP has organized dozens of exhibits, 17 of which have toured across the U.S. and internationally.
The museum—formerly known as Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) and later EMP Museum until November 2016—has initiated many public programs including "Sound Off!", an annual 21-and-under battle-of-the-bands that supports the all-ages scene; and "Pop Conference", an annual gathering of academics, critics, musicians, and music buffs.
MoPOP, in collaboration with the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), presents the Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival which takes place every winter. Since 2007, the MoPop celebrates recording artists with the Founders Award for their noteworthy contributions.
Frank Gehry:
Frank Owen Gehry, CC, FAIA (/ˈɡɛəri/; né Goldberg; born February 28, 1929 - December 5, 2025) is a Canadian-born American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become world-renowned attractions.
His works are considered among the most important of contemporary architecture in the 2010 World Architecture Survey, leading Vanity Fair to call him "the most important architect of our age".[2] He is also the designer of the National Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial.[3]
Note: The space needle center in the background.
The Jetavanarama stupa or Jetavanaramaya is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the UNESCO world heritage city of Anuradhapura,Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft), it was the world's tallest stupa, and the third tallest structure in the world when it was built by King Mahasena of Anuradhapura (273–301). He initiated the construction of the stupa following the destruction of the Mahaviharaya of Anuradhapura. His son Maghavanna I completed the construction of the stupa, and it was renovated by Parakramabahu I of Polonnaruwa. A part of a sash or belt tied by the Buddha is believed to be the relic that is enshrined here.
The current Romanesque and Gothic form of the cathedral, seen today in the Stephansplatz, was largely initiated by Duke Rudolf IV (1339–1365) and stands on the ruins of two earlier churches, the first a parish church consecrated in 1147. The most important religious building in Vienna, St. Stephen's Cathedral, has witnessed many important events in Habsburg and Austrian history and has become one of the city's most recognizable symbols with its multi-colored tile roof. It has 256 stairs from the top to the bottom
Red-tailed hawks are quite common in Colorado, in fact they are the most common hawk seen throughout most areas of North America. There are so many varieties though of the red-tail, that it could make your head spin ... or perhaps I'm just talking about myself. LOL. If I'm correct, I believe that this one is a juvenile or 1st year Borealis morph. In south Florida, where I spent most of my life, it was all about the red-shouldered hawk, but not here. It's not uncommon to go out and see 30 or more in a single day. So you can imagine that when photographing them, I look for something a bit different or in this case, an image that shows off their beautiful wings, chest, talons, and wonderful feather details and patterns. Their call is so raspy and shrill that it's many times the call you hear when you see an eagle in a movie. Once you hear it, you'll know of its presence long before you might even see it. I look forward to seeing them through the upcoming winter and spring as they form unions and perform their aerial courtship rituals in the sky.
Happy Friday everyone ... I hope that this image helps you to soar into your weekend. :-)
© Debbie Tubridy Photography
Montana
During the fall rut, females initiate chases with the males to test out their speed and stamina. This female had just spotted a male at the far end of the field and began running towards him. When they met, he ran in a tight circle around her and then the two ran side by side the full length of the field. The interaction probably took less than two minutes from start to finish but was fascinating to witness.
Photo prise par mon petit-fils Damien 9 ans que j'initie depuis trois ans à la photo et il aime ça, je suis fier de lui..
La présentation est de moi mais vous l'avez sûrement deviné.
Bon weekend à toutes et à tous.
Photo taken by my 9-year-old grandson Damien whom I have been initiating to photography for three years and he likes it, I'm proud of him ..
The presentation is mine but you surely guessed it.
Have a good weekend everyone.
"All things come to those who wait." - Violet Fane
"All things come to those who initiate." - Susan RoAne
Happy Fence Friday!
The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a medium-sized woodpecker of the family Picidae. It breeds mainly in the eastern United States, ranging as far south as Florida and as far north as Canada.
The red-bellied earns its name from the pale reddish blush of its lower underside. A Red-bellied Woodpecker can stick out its tongue nearly 2 inches past the end of its beak. The tip is barbed and the bird’s spit is sticky, making it easier to snatch prey from deep crevices. Males have longer, wider-tipped tongues than females, possibly allowing a breeding pair to forage in slightly different places on their territory and maximize their use of available food.
Red-bellied Woodpeckers pair off in late winter and early spring. They are seasonally monogamous, meaning that pairs remain together for one nesting season. The male initiates courtship by drumming to attract the female's attention. If she joins him, they engage in a mutual tapping display before settling down to excavate a nest cavity,
The female lays three to eight white eggs in the nest cavity, which both parents incubate in turns, with the female on the day shift and the male taking over at night. Both parents also feed the young once they hatch. In northern parts of their range, Red-bellied Woodpeckers usually raise a single clutch per season, but in the South, they may raise two or even three clutches per year.
Predators of adult red-bellied woodpeckers include birds of prey such as sharp-shinned hawks and Cooper's hawks, black rat snake and house cats. Known predators of nestlings and eggs include red-headed woodpeckers, owls, pileated woodpeckers, eastern gray squirrels, fox squirrels, gray rat snakes and black rat snakes. When approached by a predator, red-bellied woodpeckers either hide from the predator, or harass it with alarm calls. They defend their nests and young aggressively, and may directly attack predators that come near the nest.
(Wicki, All about birds, American Bird Conservancy)
Nikon D7100
Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED AF-S VR
98mm - f4.5 - 1/500 - ISO 125
Photo showing the circular drive inside the park surrounded by athletic fields on the outer edge. The field on the right was used as a landing strip by small planes in the early years. The US Post Office initiated its very first airmail service from this very spot.
Completed in 1909 Daffin Park was the first green space developed in Savannah since 1858 when Forsyth Park was completed. As such, much attention of paid to the integration of the automobile into the design of the park, as the car was quickly becoming the new mode of personal transportation to a hungry middle class exploring the suburbs..
The park was located past the old grandstands of the Savannah Gran Prix Auto Race on Victory Drive [then Dale Ave.]..
Two tree lined alleys formed a circular drive surrounding a central mall. Entrances & exits to the park were provided at each end at Bee Rd. & Waters Ave.
The park was athletically inspired, having a soccer field, tennis courts, basketball court, a lake for swimming, and a baseball diamond. A municipal stadium was built in 1930 which was enlarged and became Grayson Stadium in 1940. Daffin Park paved the way for a new development of Parkside Place along it southern boundary at Washington Ave.
A powerful rainstorm was just clearing, and a few people were starting to come out to enjoy a walk along the quais. Silt had turned the swift flowing Seine muddy, but the air was fresh and invigorating.
This ancient quay was Paris’ very first. It was built by the Paris merchants on the orders of King Philippe le Bel to prevent continuous flooding that occurred; it was finished in 1389, after the end of King Philippe's reign. He was King of France from 1285 to 1314, and with his nobles, he initiated the transformation of France from a feudal country to a centralized state. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France
Later, the Quai des Grands Augustins was greatly enlarged by Napoleon. It owes its name to the monastery that once stood in this spot since the 14th century. The Augustinians were a medieval order, later reformed by Pope Pius V in the 16th century, their grounds stretched along the Quai to the rue de Nevers, another street that dates back to the 1200’s. The monastery was seized and demolished during the Revolution and today the spot is now occupied by elegant Parisian shops, hotels and apartments.
It is situated between the Pont Saint-Michel and the Pont Neuf.
For those who like history, here is a link in French: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quai_des_Grands-Augustins
In June of 1798, on his way to Egypt, Napoleon conquered the islands of Malta and Gozo, ending the 268-year-long Hospitaller rule in Malta. The French surrendered to the British in 1800, making Malta a protectorate and initiating 164 years of British rule.
En Juin 1798, en route pour l'Egypte Napoléon conquiert les îles de Malte et Gozo, mettant fin à 286 ans de règne des Hospitaliers. Les forces Françaises durent se rendre aux Anglais en 1800, menant à 164 ans d'administration britannique.
www.michel-lafon.fr/livre/2504-Napoleon_-_L_esprit_des_li...
www.amazon.fr/Napol%c3%a9on-lesprit-lieux-Jean-christophe...
The focal point of the LBJ Ranch is the LBJ Ranch House, the home of President Johnson and a center of political activity for more than 20 years. Leaders from around the world visited the Johnsons' here, and during the Johnson Administration it became known as the Texas White House.
The original section of the home (left) was built out of the native limestone fieldstone by a German immigrant, William "Polecat" Meier in 1894. In 1909 the President's aunt and uncle, Frank and Clarence Martin, bought the house and added the main central portion of the home. The Johnson's bought the home from Lyndon's aunt in 1951. The house needed considerable shoring up, and the Johnsons made a number of additions, most notably the master bedrooms and the office wing.
President Johnson was the first President to create a functioning White House away from Washington. In 1972 the Johnsons donated the Texas White House to the National Park Service and the American people. After the President's death in 1973, Mrs. Johnson continued to live at the Ranch part time until her death in 2007.
Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973), also called LBJ, served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963-1969. A moderate Democrat and vigorous majority leader in the United States Senate, Johnson was elected vice president in 1960 and acceded to the presidency in 1963 upon the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. During his administration he signed into law the Civil Rights Act (1964), the most comprehensive civil rights legislation since the Reconstruction era, initiated major social service programs, and bore the brunt of national opposition to his vast expansion of American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Sources:
National Park Service, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Wikipedia
Körperwelten sind seit 1996 bestehende Wanderausstellungen plastinierter, überwiegend menschlicher Körper. Initiator der Ausstellungen ist der Anatom Gunther von Hagens. Die Ausstellungen sind auf Grund der Exponate umstritten.
Verfahren:
Das Verfahren läuft prinzipiell in vier Stufen ab:
Der erste Schritt ist die Fixierung in Formalin oder farberhaltenden Zubereitungen, welche das Gewebe stabilisieren und dadurch die Schrumpfung minimieren. Außerdem verhindert die Fixierung den Zerfall des Gewebes bei einer eventuell erforderlichen Präparation. Diese dient zur Freilegung und damit Darstellung bestimmter Strukturen mit Skalpell und Pinzette. Präparate für die („primäre“) Scheibenplastination werden jetzt auf einer Bandsäge oder mit einer anderen Schneidemaschine zerschnitten.
Bei dem sich anschließenden Gefrieraustausch und der Entfettung wird dem Präparat in einem −25 °C kalten Aceton-Bad das Gewebewasser entzogen. Das Wasser gefriert, das Aceton löst erst das Wasser, dann gegebenenfalls bei Raumtemperatur das Fett heraus. Bei Bedarf wird noch gründlicher mit Dichlormethan entfettet, welches einen höheren Dampfdruck als Aceton hat. Wasser und Fett sind nun durch Aceton ersetzt.
Der dritte Schritt und der eigentliche Kern der Plastination ist die forcierte Imprägnierung. Hierbei wird das Präparat in einer Kunststofflösung unter Vakuum gesetzt. Durch den hohen Dampfdruck beginnt das Aceton zu sieden und „perlt“ aus dem Präparat heraus. Dadurch entsteht ein Volumendefizit, sodass das gleiche Volumen an Kunststoff ins Gewebe hineingesaugt wird. Das Präparat ist danach vollkommen mit Kunststoff durchtränkt und wird eventuell in die anatomisch richtige Stellung gebracht.
Der letzte Schritt ist die Härtung. Die Kunststoffe werden jetzt je nach Kunststoffart durch Wärme, UV-Licht oder gasförmigen Härter auspolymerisiert. Bei der „sekundären Scheibenplastination“ wie auch bei der „Tissue Tracing Technique“ erfolgen entscheidende Bearbeitungsschritte nach Abschluss der Härtung. Komplett plastinierte Körperteile, dicke Scheiben oder Blöcke werden bei der sekundären Scheibenplastination in dünne parallele Scheiben geschnitten oder bei der Tissue Tracing Technique gezielt so geschliffen und zugeschnitten, dass anatomische Strukturen in Scheibenplastinaten verfolgt werden können.
Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exposition of preserved human bodies and body parts. In this exhibit what is enticed to see are real skinned humans and other anatomical structures of the body that have gone through the process of plastination. Plastination is “a process in which unite subtle anatomy and modern polymer chemistry.”Plastination is a process that a German man named Gunther Von Hagens created in the late 70’s in which the body is preserved to keep it from decaying.
Process:
There are four steps in the standard process of plastination: fixation, dehydration, forced impregnation in a vacuum, and hardening. Water and lipid tissues are replaced by curable polymers. Curable polymers used by plastination include silicone, epoxy and polyester-copolymer.
The first step of plastination is fixation. Fixation, frequently utilizing a formaldehyde based solution, serves two functions. Dissecting the specimen to show specific anatomical elements can be time consuming. Formaldehyde or other preserving solutions help prevent decomposition of the tissues. They may also confer a degree of rigidity. This can be beneficial in maintaining the shape or arrangement of a specimen. A stomach might be inflated or a leg bent at the knee for example.
After any necessary dissections have taken place, the specimen is then placed in a bath of acetone. Under freezing conditions, the acetone draws out all the water and replaces it inside the cells.
In the third step, the specimen is then placed in a bath of liquid polymer, such as silicone rubber, polyester or epoxy resin. By creating a vacuum, the acetone is made to boil at a low temperature. As the acetone vaporizes and leaves the cells, it draws the liquid polymer in behind it, leaving a cell filled with liquid plastic.
The plastic must then be cured with gas, heat, or ultraviolet light, in order to harden it.
A specimen can be anything from a full human body to a small piece of an animal organ, and they are known as 'plastinates'.[citation needed] Once plastinated, the specimens and bodies are further manipulated and positioned prior to curing (hardening) of the polymer chains.
The initiator of this meet told me he hadn't slept for several nights to get all these engines at Amersfoort... Well, the result was great. Four engines of the former NS 1600 class came to Amersfoort to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Present were RRF 4401 & 4402 (RRF is a G&W subsidiary), RFO 1829 and TCS 1635. In the background are some other former 1600 class engines, that now run for open access freight operators.
A juvenile Bald Eagle was sitting on a snow covered dirt hill when another one came too close. It appears that the first one stepped on the second one's wing that immediately resulted in confrontation (next shot). Ok, not really stepped on, it is most likely an optical illusion because of limited spatial resolution; however, close enough to initiate the confrontation.
The Esterházy Palace at Fertőd is the greatest Baroque-Rococo monument complex in Hungary. On the site of the Palace, Duke Joseph Esterházy initiated the construction of a hunting lodge with twenty-two rooms in 1720, based on the plans of the Viennese architect, Erhard Martinelli. However, the golden age of the Palace began when Nicholas Esterházy (also known as Miklós ‘the Magnificent’) succeeded to the ducal title.
Utilising the grandeur of 18th century Baroque-Rococo architecture, Duke Nicholas enlarged the palace, and with the help of Nicolaus Jakoby; he created a large garden with several alleys. At the French Garden with an Opera House and a Marionette theatre and employed German theatre companies as well as Italian and French ballet dancers. The orchestra of the Palace led by Joseph Haydn the great musician and composer, the chamber composer and conductor at Eszterháza, was well-known all over Europe.
The second golden period of Eszterháza came about at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The suites of the Palace and the French Garden were restored for Duke Nicholas Esterházy IV. and his wife, Countess Margaret Cziráky. Enchanted by Eszterháza the Countess spent her dowry on the restoration of the palace and the gardens. The modernisation of the park started in 1902. Among the designers of the gardens was Anton Umlauft, one of the best-known gardeners in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
The Miracle Garden is a unique flower garden in the Erasmuspark in West Amsterdam, initiated and designed by the Amsterdam-based visual artist Elspeth Diederix.
Salvation is reserved for those who pass the tests.
If you survive, an elevated existence awaits.
Initiate phase one.
Power up the bass cannon.......................................................................................................
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Inspired by Wimbe.
There are some issues with the feet/coloring, but it'll be fixed before my next scene.
Excerpt from www.thegaragesociety.com/blog/where-find-best-hong-kong-s...:
ARTLANE
Sai Ying Pun represents a unique mix of cultures, of modernity with tradition: century-old buildings standing next to fancy new residential complexes, dried seafood shops, local eateries alongside modern specialty cafes.
Thanks to an exciting urban art project, ARTLANE, initiated by Henderson Land, Sai Ying Pun has also been transformed into a “mural village”, along from Ki Ling Lane, Shek Chan Lane to Chung Ching Street, with more than 10 pieces of artwork on display around the area.
Inspired by street art from New York, London and Seoul, the project brings together nine international and local artists to give the neighborhood a unique artistic face based on the theme of art and music of Soho.
It's super accessible as well! Take the MTR to Sai Ying Pun station and make your way to Exit B3 - you'll immediately be greeted with bright alleyways full of vibrant murals.
This is a pair of Common Blue Damselflies 'in the wheel' forming a heart shape. Damselfly sex is complicated, so pay attention!
The (blue) male initiates the reproductive process by depositing some sperm from his primary genitalia near the tip of his tail onto secondary genitalia under the 2nd segment of his abdomen (just below his 'chest') . Grasping a female by the back of her head or 'prothorax', they fly around in tandem until she is ready to collect the sperm, which she does by looping around so she can collect the sperm with her genitalia located near the tip of her tail - which is what is happening in this picture. They can remain like this for a few seconds or a few minutes, and can even fly around conjoined like this. At some point, she will straighten out, and then they fly in tandem to a nearby stretch of slow flowing water where she will deposit her eggs. I believe that the eggs are not fertilized until they are laid, so it is important the male keeps hold of her until the eggs are deposited to prevent other males from mating with her. The damselflies play no role in caring for their offspring and, in fact, only live a matter of weeks in the winged form. The eggs hatch and develop over a few weeks and the nymphs grow, shedding their skins several times over at least one year, some species multiple years, until, when the time is right, the final 'instar' climbs up a plant stem and sheds its skin to emerge as the final, flying adult form - transitioning from water breathing to air breathing in the process. The adult forms only live for a few weeks, spending that time eating and breeding. Odonata (damselflies and dragonflies) are amongst the most successful animals on earth, surviving virtually unchanged (apart from size) for hundreds of millions of years, being found in fossil records. No species has evolved from them - it seems any mutation makes them less successful.
All these mentions of sex, mating, copulation, sperm and genitals will get lots of hits by people searching for porn on Flickr!
The Esterházy Palace at Fertőd is the greatest Baroque-Rococo monument complex in Hungary. On the site of the Palace, Duke Joseph Esterházy initiated the construction of a hunting lodge with twenty-two rooms in 1720, based on the plans of the Viennese architect, Erhard Martinelli. However, the golden age of the Palace began when Nicholas Esterházy (also known as Miklós ‘the Magnificent’) succeeded to the ducal title.
Utilising the grandeur of 18th century Baroque-Rococo architecture, Duke Nicholas enlarged the palace, and with the help of Nicolaus Jakoby; he created a large garden with several alleys. At the French Garden with an Opera House and a Marionette theatre and employed German theatre companies as well as Italian and French ballet dancers. The orchestra of the Palace led by Joseph Haydn the great musician and composer, the chamber composer and conductor at Eszterháza, was well-known all over Europe.
The second golden period of Eszterháza came about at the turn of the 19th and 20th century. The suites of the Palace and the French Garden were restored for Duke Nicholas Esterházy IV. and his wife, Countess Margaret Cziráky. Enchanted by Eszterháza the Countess spent her dowry on the restoration of the palace and the gardens. The modernisation of the park started in 1902. Among the designers of the gardens was Anton Umlauft, one of the best-known gardeners in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.
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Initiate Vacation Mode. :D This prototype was made from cereal box cardboard, packing tape, an ink marker, and a paper clip. I’m hoping to buy some supplies to improve the design, as I’m away from home (on vacation, natch!), and don’t have access to all of my crafting stuff!
The RADICAL background image came from this Reddit post: www.reddit.com/r/80sdesign/comments/wnylcs/i_digitized_19...
[TOY SUNDAY: Miracle]
Rough-legged hawks are something that I can't recall seeing before I moved to Colorado. From my first encounter with one, I fell in love with them.
We were traveling through Utah, which had just experienced a winter's storm. We spotted a bird of prey perched on top of the bare branches. When we got closer, we realized that it was a rough-legged hawk. Other than the northern harriers (especially the males) I find them the most fascinating. We observed it for quite some time, but then when it launched into the air, it was then that we could truly appreciate its beauty and grace. It was cold out, and it was probably hungry ... it's all about survival in the winter. :-)
I'm sure right about now, many of you are set to "launch" as well ... into the weekend, that is. I hope that everyone has a great one!
Thanks so much for stopping by to view.
© 2018 Debbie Tubridy / TNWA Photography