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A bit late XD But let's just pretend that you all read this before any of the other Nendo-comics, eh?
Billy Collins
Introduction To Poetry
I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide
or press an ear against its hive.
I say drop a mouse into a poem
and watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem's room
and feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
As computers and game consoles become more potent at providing an immersive audio-visual experience with shocking verisimilitude, video games gain the ability to not only feature representations of real-world action, but also to represent, or remediate older forms of media in the gameplay. Among those media forms that are remediated by video games is a fairly versatile one: television. In this album, I handpicked three games that I had experience with, and use them to illustrate the relationship between games as a new media form and TV as an old one.
Jamie" "I think we should call him, 'Buster'."
Buster: Why do I have the feeling I should have taken that gig in Detroit?
Students and faculty gather to test the limits of their Stirling engines -- a closed-cycle regenerative heat engine with a gaseous working fluid -- for ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics class.
Photo by Kathryn LoConte
Billy and the crew during the opening scene in the heart of New York City’s harbor on Ellis Island. (NPS Photo)
Goddess of Spring Barbie from the Classic Goddess Collection 2000. This was a great line and was the first introduction of the much beloved goddess sculpt. There were three dolls; Goddess of Spring, Goddess of Wisdom and Goddess of Beauty. They are kind of rare these days which was why I was so happy to get her from another awesome collector Kelly (Twisty). Thank you!
Look how different she looks from her first promo picture: www.barbiecollector.com/shop/doll/goddess-spring-barbie-d...
A bit late XD But let's just pretend that you all read this before any of the other Nendo-comics, eh?
Brian Orosco introduces himself to the spectators and other competitors after the Parkour Invitational Obstacle Challenge at Gasworks Park, Seattle.
This was part of the Parkour Summit, hosted by Parkour Visions. The weekend included obstacle course challenges, open jams and workshops in area parks, and seminars.
July 22, 2011
Life Magazine 17 april 1964
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Production of the 1965 Ford Mustang (VIN coded by Ford and titled as 1965 models) began in Dearborn, Michigan on March 9. It was the car which was affordable for everyone. Ford developed this car for the young couples even if they had no kids or with young kids. This is the reason that the car had two doors and four seats.
The Mustang was first shown on 17th of April 1964 on the World’s Fair in New York City. It was possible to design your own car by ordering multiple options. The car was available as a convertible and as an coupe and started at the cost of approximately $ 2.300. The public was outrageous and enthusiastic and the car dealers were not available to provide the demand.
On the 17th of April, the first day that the Mustang was available for sale to the public there were more then 22.000 cars sold at the price of the catalogue and some went for even more then this price. Ford hoped to sell 100.000 cars in the first year but this amount was already sold in four months. Eventually Ford sold 681.000 mustangs the first year. An absolute record!
In 2003, this picture was taken when Sally was introduced to Sophie, our older Basset Hound. A lot has changed since Sally was a puppy, but Sally still gets excited about making new friends.
Groningen Student-Introduction,.,..Kei-week Groninger Studenten,op de Ossenmarkt ....hdr from a single raw
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I'm starting a new project this year with the title: Concepts of Life. I was given a list of topics that might have been a photo challenge earlier so I decided to complete it during this year. I'd like to shoot 2 photos each week to complete the set by the end of the year. I guess it will be fun :)
This is the first photo and as the topic is "Introduction", I decided to shoot a self portrait. It wasn't easy after spending the whole of 2012 with selfies - I thought I completely ran out of ideas..
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Hoysaleswara temple (Kannada: ಹೊಯ್ಸಳೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ) (also spelt "Hoysaleshwara" or Hoysaleshvara") is a temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. It was built in Halebidu (in modern Karnataka state, India) during the rule of King Vishnuvardhana of the Hoysala Empire in the 12th century. The construction was started around 1120 CE and completed in 1150 CE. During the early 14th century, Halebidu was sacked and looted by Muslim invaders from northern India and the temple fell into a state of ruin and neglect. Previously known as Dorasamudra or Dwarasamudra, Halebidu is 16 km from Belur, 31 km from Hassan and 149 km from Mysore, in the state of Karnataka, India.
HISTORY
According to art critic and historian S. Settar, from contemporary inscriptions it is known that the temple derives its name from the Hoysala ruler at that time, King Vishnuvardhana Hoysaleswara, though interestingly, the construction of the temple was initiated and financed by wealthy Shaiva (a Hindu sect) citizens of the city, prominent among who were Ketamala and Kesarasetti. The temple building activity was taken up in competition to the construction of the Chennakesava Temple at Belur, a Vaishnava (a Hindu sect) temple. Surrounded by numerous tanks, ponds and mantapas, the temple is built in the vicinity of the large Dorasamudhra lake. The tank preceded the temple by nearly 75 years. It is one of the largest temples dedicated to the god Shiva in South India.
TEMPLE PLAN
The temple is a simple dvikuta vimana (plan with two shrines and two superstructures), one for "Hoysaleswara" (the king) and the other for "Shantaleswara" (named after Shantala Devi, queen of King Vishnuvardhana) and is built with chloritic chist (more commonly known as Soapstone or potstone). The temple complex as a whole is elevated on a jagati (platform), which according to historian Kamath, is a feature that became popular in contemporary Hoysala constructions. According to art historian Foekema, the two shrines which are adjoining, face east and each have a mantapa (hall) in front. The two mantapas are connected giving a large and imposing view of the hall. Individually, each shrine is smaller than the one at the Chennakesava Temple at Belur and contains a simple linga, the universal symbol of the god Shiva. The plan of the inside of the temple is simple but the exterior looks different because of the introduction of many projections and recesses in the walls. The towers of the shrines that are missing must have followed the star shape of the shrine, just as in many existing well-preserved towers in other Hoysala temples. The superstructure over the vestibule which connects the shrine to the mantapa, called sukanasi (a low tower that looks like an extension of the main tower), and the row of decorated miniature roofs above the eaves of the hall are all missing. The temple was built at a height that provided the architects sufficient horizontal and vertical space to depict large and small sculptures. According to the art critic James Fergusson, the overall effect of the vertical and horizontal lines, the play of the outline, the effect of light and shade and the plan of the projections and recesses all amounts to a "marvellous exhibition of human labor to be found even in the patient east and surpasses anything in Gothic art". The outer walls of these temples contain an intricate array of stone sculptures. The temple of Halebidu, has been described by art critics James Fergusson and Percy Brown as an "outstanding example of Hindu architecture" and as the "supreme climax of Indian architecture".
The temple has four porches for entry and the one normally used by visitors as main entry is actually a lateral entrance (north). There is one entry on the south side and two on the east side, facing two large detached open pavilions whose ceiling is supported by lathe turned pillars. All entry porches have miniature shrines as flanking. In addition there is a sanctuary for the Sun god Surya, whose image stands 2.1 m tall. The pavilions enshrine large images of Nandi, the bull, an attendant of Shiva. The pavilions share the same jagati as the main temple. As in the Chennakesava temple, this temple originally had an open mantapa to which outer walls with pierced window screens made with the same material were erected, making the mantapa a closed one. The window screens are devoid of any art work. The interior of the temple is quite plain except for the lathe turned pillars that run in rows between the north and south entrances. According to Settar, the four pillars in front of each shrine are the most ornate and the only ones that have the madanika (chaste maidens) sculptures in their pillar brackets. There are no other madanikas in the temple.
SCULPTURES
The Hoysaleswara temple is most well known for its sculptures that run all along the outer wall, starting with an dancing image of the god Ganesha on the left side of the south entrance and ending with another image of Ganesha on the right hand side of the north entrance. In all there are two hundred and forty such images. According to the art critic Gerard Foekema, perhaps no other Hoysala temple is as articulate in sculpture as this is and these sculptures are "second to none in all of India". The most intricate of all sculptures are found in the lintels over two of the doorways, one on the south side doorway and the other on one of the eastern doorways.
HORIZONTAL TREATMENT
In this temple the Hoysala architects have broken from the tradition of using five moldings with friezes (which is the "old stlye") at the base of the temple, below the large wall sculptures and the window screens. The outer walls have two eaves that run around the temple. The top eaves is at the roof of the temple where the superstructure meets the wall, and the second eaves is about a meter below. In between there are decorated miniature towers (aedicule). Below the lower eaves are the wall sculptures and below them, the eight moldings. Historian Kamath calls this type of relief work "horizontal treatment". Each of the eight friezes carries an array of decoration. Going from the bottom where the temple wall meets the platform, the lowest frieze depicts charging elephants which symbolize strength and stability, above which, in order, are friezes with lions which symbolize courage, floral scrolls as decoration, horses symbolizing speed, another band of floral scrolls, depictions from the Hindu epics, mythical beasts called makara and finally a frieze with hansas (swans). According to Foekema, no two animals are alike in a total frieze span of over 200 m. In the epic frieze, the epics are not continuous as they are mixed with other depictions. After the construction of this temple, Hoysala architects used this new kind of horizontal treatment only fifty years later, making it a standard style, though they reduced it to six molding friezes.
GARUDA PILLAR
Another interesting object in the temple complex is the rare Garuda Sthamba (Garuda pillar). According to Settar, these are different from virgals (Hero stone). Garudas were elite bodyguards of the kings and queens. They moved and lived with the royal family and their only purpose was to protect their master. Upon the death of their master, they committed suicide. The rare pillar on the south side depicts heroes brandishing knives and cutting their own heads. The inscription honors Kuruva Lakshma, a bodyguard of Veera Ballala II. A devoted officer, he took his life and that of his wife and other bodyguards after the death of his master. This event is narrated in an old Kannada inscription on the pillar. A 2.4 m tall sculpture of Ganesha including the platform rests at the South entrance
WIKIPEDIA
Fue Fukuro (flute owl)
FUEFUKURO is a Japanese 'SHINOBUE' bamboo flute ensemble.
It was formed by AYAKO FUJII and HITOMI VALENTINO July 2008 in Melbourne.
AYAKO SATO joined in July 2009
FUE means flute and FUKURO means an owl.
FUKU means to blow ; it also means happiness and fortune.
RO means cheerful.
SHINOBUE is a traditional Japanese bamboo flute.
SHINOBUE is made of a specific type of bamboo called SHINOTAKE.
Japanese Summer Festival at the Docklands
Waterfront City Piazza Docklands (Melway:2E 4D)
Enjoy Japanese Summer Festival (夏祭り) at the Docklands!
Ramsley Moor is a good spot for Witches' Broom or Birch Besom, which is often assumed by field mycologists to be a gall induced by Taphrina betulina. Sorby Fungus Group has 30 Taphrina records on Birch, three of which are named as Taphrina betulae (which seems to be a leaf spot rather than a Witches' Broom).
However, I haven’t ever confirmed the fungus microscopically so I don’t record it any more as according to the two entries below there can be many causes of this deformity – not just the fungus.
From Wikipedia - Witch's broom can be caused by cytokinin, a phytohormone, interfering with an auxin-regulated bud. Usually auxin would keep the secondary, tertiary, and so on apexes from growing too much, but cytokinin releases them from this control, causing these apexes to grow into witch's brooms.
Witch's broom may be caused by many different types of organisms, including fungi, oomycetes, insects, mistletoe, dwarf mistletoes, mites, nematodes, phytoplasmas orviruses.[4] The broom growths may last for many years, typically for the life of the host plant. Human activity is sometimes behind the introduction of these organisms; for example by failing to observe hygienic practice and thereby infecting the tree with the causative organism, or by pruning a tree improperly, and thereby weakening it
From Encyclopaedia Britannica - witches’-broom, symptom of plant disease that occurs as an abnormal brushlike cluster of dwarfed weak shoots arising at or near the same point; twigs and branches of woody plants may die back. There are numerous causes, including rust (Gymnosporangium and Pucciniastrum); Apiosporina, Exobasidium, and Taphrina fungi; mites; insects; viruses; mycoplasmas; bacteria; and mistletoes. Susceptible plants include alder, alfalfa, Amelanchier, birch, California buckeye, Chamaecyparis, cherry, cherry laurel, elm, eucalyptus, fir, hackberry, Holodiscus (ocean spray), honey locust, juniper and red cedar, manzanita, mountain heath, mulberry, oak, potato, rhododendron, rose, sophora, spruce, and strawberry.
My character introduction for Lands of Rowia
Malachi is the eldest son of a blacksmith and armorer who lives who lives in Northern Lenfald, just outside of Stoneborough. He has been trained by his father in both unarmed combat and swordsmanship in preparation for the day when he might becoming a knight. He prefers to fight and hunt with hand-to-hand weapons, especially his sword and glaive, though he dislikes killing man or beast unless it is absolutely necessary. He is an amateur naturalist and enjoys exploring the wilderness and studying Lenfald’s beautiful flora and fauna. He is skilled in tracking, orienteering, and wilderness survival.
Lands of Rowia is a LEGO castle group in which members create a character and then use Lego builds to tell the story of that character in a shared LEGO castle world.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has a large and very successful giraffe herd and offers a feeding experience.
While we were visiting my nephew's familry in Colorado Springs they took us to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, "America's Only Mountaintop Zoo."
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