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Well .. it is time to sleep but I decided before I just go to bed, I will upload another photo of Amelie ! =)
I know I take lots of photos but I rarely upload more than 1 of each photo shooting session.
I need to empty my storage cards soon so expect to be spammed with lots of cutie photos :)
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Night night
Ps. For my lovely dearest friends who wished me to have a fast speedy recovery & all those gorgeous people who suggested to me ways and remedies <3.. I do appreciate it a lot!
I am way way way better ! <3
Thank you : I tried some of them and your tricks worked !
I am 60% better and I can function! <3
Thank youuuuuu xxxx
Reflection is a flower of the mind, giving out wholesome fragrance; but revelry is the same flower, when rank and running to seed.
By: Desiderius Erasmus
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Thanks in advance for visits, favs and/or comments.. Have a great day all of you. :)
This is Ralphie (formerly Daffodil). We had a blizzard and he didn't know where to walk without getting his feet cold and wet. He is trying to get on the porch. I renamed him Ralphie because I just didn't think Daffodil suited him at all! He likes his new name!!
This photo made Explore #385. Thank you friends!!
Finally here is the shot of the whole Viper. I hope you guys like the Viper because I will post some other shots of some Vipers.
I thought red is a really great color for it. But now I think that green looks much better! It really shows that the car is a Beast!
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This is Zaanse Schans. I visited this area (about 15 minutes north of Amsterdam) on the last night of my trip. It was one of the main things that I absolutely needed to see before I went home. The moment I arrived, I knew I had made a good decision. :)
This was the last photo I took at Zaanse Schans. Had to get one from this point of view one more time before I left.
Explored. :)
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I took this photo in Braives, Belgium. It was a magic day. The colors
of the field, grass, sky and trees were just in perfect harmony.
These 2 trees remind me of immortal lovers...
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Love is Colorful
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
Love is colorful
In its true simplicity
With its inside pull
Always more to be
Like a cloudless sky
In the never ending
Reaching high near by
With its color blending
Love is for all
Always true and new
Summer’s winter fall
As they both come thru
Every freshly take
That never stays for long
In its happy wake
Of a summer song
Love is all of this
Never ending glow
Mystic light in bliss
In its evening flow
Rising skies dawn
With their moments give
Where feelings are drawn
And in heart shall live
The southern royal albatross or toroa (Diomedea epomophora) is a large seabird from the albatross family. With an average wingspan of above 3 m (9.8 ft), it is one of the two largest species of albatross, together with the wandering albatross.
The southern royal albatross has a length of 112 to 123 cm (44–48 in)[ and a mean weight of 8.5 kg (19 lb). At Campbell Island, 11 males were found to have a mean mass of 10.3 kg (23 lb) and 7 females were found to have a mean mass of 7.7 kg (17 lb), thus may be heavier on average than most colonies of wandering albatross.
Males are about 2 to 3 kg (4.4 to 6.6 lb) heavier than females. Average wingspan has been reported from 2.9 to 3.28 m (9.5 to 10.8 ft), with an upper limit of about 3.50 m (11.5 ft). The wandering albatross can exceed this species in maximum size and averages slightly larger in linear dimensions if not bulk, but the two species are close enough in dimensions that size cannot be used to distinguish between them.
The juvenile has a white head, neck, upper mantle, rump, and underparts. There are black speckles on the mantle, and dark brown or black wings with white flecks on coverts. The tail is white except for the black tip as is the under-wing. Young birds soon lose the black on their tail and backs. White appears on the upperwing gradually, as speckles starting from the leading edge.
All ages have a pink bill with black on the cutting edge on the upper mandible, and the legs are flesh-coloured. Young birds with all-dark upperwings can be hard to differentiate from the northern royal albatross. There are clear but subtle differences from the wandering albatross, with the southern royal having a clean black and white appearance, lacking the peach neck spot often found on the wandering albatross.
Most wandering albatrosses have dark feathers in the tail and crown and the white in this species expands from the middle of the wing, in larger blotches. The bill is also slightly paler, as well as the dark cutting edge along the middle. The average lifespan is 58 years.
This image was taken in the South Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Argentina.
This is the completed California Dreamin quilt top :o) To compliment (I hope) the off center Barn Raising layout I pieced a diamond border to only run along the two sides. Now to begin the quilt back :o)
It is with great sadness that I pass on the news of the sudden and unexpected death of Adrian on Saturday - July 11th 2009
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The African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large sub-Saharan African bovine. There are five subspecies that are recognized as valid by most authorities:
Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the nominotypical subspecies, as well as the largest, found in Southern and East Africa.
S. c. nanus, the forest buffalo, is the smallest subspecies, common in forest areas of Central and West Africa
S. c. brachyceros, the Sudan buffalo, a smaller version of the Cape buffalo, found in the drier, northern areas of Central and West Africa.
S. c. aequinoctialis, the Nile Buffalo, sometimes considered identical to the Sudan buffalo, found in the drier, northern areas of East and Central Africa.
S. c. mathewsi, the mountain buffalo, a disputed subspecies from the Virunga Mountains in Central Africa.
The adult African buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature: they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head, referred to as a boss.
The African buffalo is more closely related to other buffalo species than it is to other bovids such as American bison or domestic cattle, with its closest living relative being the Asian water buffalo. Its unpredictable temperament may be part of the reason that the African buffalo has never been domesticated, which would also explain why the African buffalo has no domesticated descendants, unlike the wild yak and wild water buffalo which are the ancestors of the domestic yak and water buffalo. Natural predators of adult African buffaloes include lions, African wild dogs, spotted hyenas, and Nile crocodiles. As one of the Big Five game animals, the Cape buffalo is a sought-after trophy in hunting.
The African buffalo is a very robust species. Its shoulder height can range from 1.0 to 1.7 m (3.3 to 5.6 ft) and its head-and-body length can range from 1.7 to 3.4 m (5.6 to 11.2 ft). The tail can range from 70 to 110 cm (28 to 43 in) long. Compared with other large bovids, it has a long but stocky body (the body length can exceed the wild water buffalo, which is heavier and taller) and short but thickset legs, resulting in a relatively short standing height. Cape buffaloes weigh 425 to 870 kg (937 to 1,918 lb) (males weigh about 100 kg (220 lb) more than females). In comparison, African forest buffaloes, at 250 to 450 kg (600 to 1,000 lb), are only half that size. Its head is carried low; its top is located below the backline. The front hooves of the buffalo are wider than the rear, which is associated with the need to support the weight of the front part of the body, which is heavier and more powerful than the back.
Other than humans, African buffaloes have few predators and are capable of defending themselves against (and killing) lions. Lions kill and eat buffaloes regularly, and in some regions, the buffaloes are the lions' primary prey. It often takes several lions to bring down a single adult buffalo, and the entire pride may join in the hunt. R_48461
5/5 Columbine is a common name for the genus Aquilegia both in English and French (spelled colombine), so I thought I'd find out why. Apparently, the flower of the columbine, specifically the top, has been interpreted as a group of birds (often doves) sitting, facing each other. In fact other common names, for example in a number of German language dialects, also refer to that image. Correspondingly, the name Columbine is thought to come from the Latin word 'columbīna' signifying a relationship with a pigeon or dove (Latin columba), or more specifically of the same colour as a dove.
Fittingly in scientific classification, there is an order of doves and pigeons (Columbiformes) which contains a Family (Columbidae) and Subfamily (Columbinae), which in turn contain the genus (Columbina). Columbina is a genus of nice species of small doves that can be found from the Southern United States through Central and most of Southern America.
Like the other pictures in this little series (see here flic.kr/s/aHBqjBskvZ), I took this one in a friend's garden. For information on the common columbine, see flic.kr/p/2pS4jd2 and flic.kr/p/2pSsA6x
one of valentine gifts from Myy, Newspaper Clutch by Sretsis!
that was great concept design from THE SPY WHO KISSED ME collection.
Today is a special day for me :) & nope :P.. its not the day or anniversary when i've lost my virginity (as some of you have been pretty curious) LOL! nor neither am i going to :'( (damn! that's pretty sad case!) I don't think i'll even jot that down in my diary just in case my mom happen to find that out haha! either way its super embarrassing! :P) Nonetheless its a happy saturday today, so i thought i will upload a vertorama shot which i personally like a lot to share with everyone here. Please enjoy this with me (even if you have to force yourself haha!) & I wish you all a wonderful weekend ahead!
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The Lovely Sunset & Sky at the Golden Glenelg Beach
The Shot
3 set of standard 3 exposure shot (+2..0..-2 EV) with tripod using Sigma Lens 10-20mm lens (Total 9 shots)
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option (batch processing)
Photoshop
- Manual blending of 3 HDR shots to create the vertorama effect
- Added 1 layer effects of 'curves' to increase the contrast
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'level' to bring the shininess & sparkles on the sand from the reflection of the sun
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to slightly tone up the gold on the foreshore
- Digital blending of a lower exposure single tonemapped hdr to soften the overpowering sunset
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (blue) to enhance the top part of the sky
- Used 'unsharp mask' (as always) on the background layer
You
All comments, criticism and tips for improvements are (as always) welcome.
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The Hunza is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated north/west of the Hunza River, at an elevation of around 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). The territory of Hunza is about 7,900 square kilometres (3,100 sq mi). Aliabad is the main town while Baltit is a popular tourist destination because of the spectacular scenery of the surrounding mountains like Ultar Sar, Rakaposhi, Bojahagur Duanasir II, Ghenta Peak, Hunza Peak, Passu.
this is the frame designed by Lu Sim, I'm going to try building a reFrame, I always wanted one, there are 2 things that I'm not sure I did ok/didn't have the piece so I had to improvise, I didn't have the knee piece so I just used an alternative, and the chest area is not clear on how to conect it to the ball joint for the torso. but I think I managed, so next step, the armor!
btw go buy his lug's mech wars book, it is amazing and offers great insights on mech building
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This is Grandvaux from above. My house is dead center in this shot, taken from a small private plane on the flight back from the Matterhorn in Oct. 2014.
Don't look now, there's something behind you
(Don't look now...)
Don't look now, you're flirting with danger
Need I remind you?
(Don't look now...)
Don't look now, but ill winds are blowin'
Everything's growin' stranger and stranger
Don't look now, this place is haunted
Don't look now, I'll give you a warning
Don't look now, just get out while you can
(Don't look now!)
Don't look now, but evil is lurkin'
(Don't look now...)
Don't look now, they're daring to get you
Goblins are smirking
(Don't look now...)
(ooh...)
Find the door, you've got the key in your hand
(ooh...)
Girl, you better get wise, get out while you can
Don't look now, this place is haunted
Don't look now, I'll give you a warning
Don't look now, just get out while you can
(Don't look now!)
This place is HAUNTED!
The Misfits by Integrity Toys
Fashions by Mattel
This is from the archives. For some reason I was thinking about it as I drove to work today. I was remembering that day and how we went to the park for our lunch hour on a sunny day. We lay in the grass at my favorite park and he made me laugh so hard I cried. He took this picture. Only I can’t remember what he said to make me laugh. I only know he does this often and it’s only one of the reasons I’m so in love with him. He just makes things better.
Taken at the bottom of the stairwell in the Museum of Modern Art in Lisbon looking up through the skylight
More exactly: my neighbourhood in Favorten is burning. I had spent ten days in my home town Augsburg, but had read the news about what was going on in my neighbourhood in Favoriten, the 10th district of Vienna.
On Wednesday there was a demonstration of Kurdish women and supporters against feminicides in Turkey and Austria. It was attacked by a Grey-Wolves-lead Erdogan-supporting mob.
On Thursday and this Friday, when I came back from Germany, there were demonstrations against this fascist violence with lots of police, some of them with wicked dogs, preventing the Erdogan mob from attacking the demonstrators. This is a picture of this demonstration.
www.diepresse.com/5831567/wieder-unruhen-bei-demo-in-wien...
They say the weather is very changeable in Scotland , which I've always found to be true, today being no exception, the day started off in a full on blizzard in Glencoe and I didn't even get the camera out at sunrise as you couldn't see a thing, driving was hazardous to say the least as well as just narrowly missed an oncoming lorry on the A82 which had swerved onto my side of the road to avoid a large ice deposit off a previous lorry right into my path, luckily it missed me.
Headed out again after breakfast through it once again and decided to head South towards Taynuilt and Oban, once out of the snow it just didn't stop raining, all day apart from a few moments at Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe where I managed a few shots. After spending the afternoon in Oban I decided to scout out the best vantage point for Castle Stalker for a better day as the advertised viewpoint is really poor in my view, once I found my spot the rain was easing off but the weather was still pretty poor with low cloud, and hardly any light apart from a promising tiny patch
over towards Mull, with nothing spoiling I decided to just wait here on the offchance of a break.
about 40 minutes it really picked up and I was rewarded with what turned out to be a phenomenal sunset, this image was just the start of it before the sun had fully dropped under the large bank of cloud at the top of the frame, the light was just sublime, there is no way you could have envisaged this sunset at the start of the day or even an hour before, just goes to show you really cannot predict the changes in the weather up here off sight alone, I'll post a few more of these images in the coming weeks as they are quite different, the afterglow after sundow was a stunner as well with some great pinks and purples kicking off over the loch. Spent about 2.5 hours here and loved every minute of it, only realised how cold I was once I'd got back to the car!
Life is sweet, especially if you're a Monarch Butterfly enjoying the sweet nectar that comes from these flowers. The Lantana is known to attract butterflies of all kinds, due to it's sweet smelling flowers and nectar.
Tarn Hows is an area of the Lake District National Park, containing a picturesque tarn, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Coniston and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Hawkshead. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the area with over half a million visitors per year in the 1970s and is managed by the National Trust.
Tarn Hows is fed at its northern end by a series of valley and basin mires and is drained by Tom Gill which cascades down over several small waterfalls to Glen Mary bridge: named by John Ruskin who felt that Tom Gill required a more picturesque name and so gave the area the title 'Glen Mary'.
The Neckarfront is probably the most photographed town in Tuebingen. The ensemble of multi-storey, gabled houses stretching from the Eberhardsbrücke neckar upwards until characteristic Hölderlinturm with the landing of the punts. With this, the southern side of the houses sit on the still existing in parts of the city wall.
The overall picture is one of the Neckarfront superior tower of the collegiate church.
Die Neckarfront ist wohl der meistfotografierte Ort Tübingens. Das Ensemble aus mehrstöckigen, giebelständigen Wohnhäusern zieht sich von der Eberhardsbrücke neckaraufwärts bis zum charakteristischen Hölderlinturm mit der Anlegestelle der Stocherkähne. Mit dieser, der südlichen Seite sitzen die Häuser auf der noch in Teilen vorhandenen Stadtmauer. Zum Gesamtbild gehört der die Neckarfront überragende Turm der Stiftskirche.
Hair - Argrace, Azami
Lingerie - BlackLace, Tender caress
Wrap - Mon Cheri, Eclipse Bikini Vest (part of Eclipse bikini set)
Stockings - Bebe, Stay-Ups Type 3 Black 40 denier
Watch - Madala, Kotowari
Earrings - MG, Beatrice
Nails - Jamman
Lipstick - 'Style & Me', Cameron Glossy Lipstick Bright 3
Eye makeup - MONS
Picture by Sally Furyo
Plockton on Scotland's West coast and Loch Carron. The land of Hamish Macbeth and his wee dog "Jock".
This is a great place to go Sea Kayaking with a kayaking school based locally.
History
Most of the houses date from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It was established as a planned fishing village on the northern edge of the Lochalsh, built ‘when introducing sheep farming in 1814-20 and removing the population from their old hamlets in Glen Garron, founded the villages of Jeantown and Plockton on Loch Carronside’
Some maritime charts including MacKenzie (1776) and Heather (1804) mark the peninsula where the village sits as ‘Plack’, however it generally considered that the village was built on the ‘Ploc’ of Lochalsh, with ‘Ploc’ being understood in Gaelic as pimple or bump (of Lochalsh) sharing this with other places such as the Plock of Kyle and Plocrapool on the Isle of Harris. Its name in current form is based on the Gaelic name referring to the promontory, with the ‘-ton’ (from 'town') added to designate it as such in the English language, following the construction of the planned village around 1800. Over time the name of village changed to its current contracted form ‘Plockton’.
Geography
Situated on a sheltered inlet of Loch Carron, and due to the series of New Zealand cabbage palm trees which have dominated Harbour Street since the 1960s, Plockton has a distinctive ‘sub-tropical appearance’
The Church of Scotland house of worship in the village (also used by the Free Church of Scotland) was designed by Thomas Telford.
Tourism
The village is a tourist resort. The television series Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle, was filmed there, substituting for the fictional Lochdubh.
Plockton was also used for various scenes in the film The Wicker Man and the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries television series furthering its reputation.
The mild climate permits cultivation of palm-like cabbage trees
The village has a small general store with a café; a takeaway; a restaurant; newsagent and craft shop; three hotels with pubs; numerous B&Bs; library with free internet access and a village hall, which holds community events and art exhibitions. It is served by Plockton railway station, on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the short Plockton Airfield for light aircraft and microlights.
Nearby is Duncraig Castle, a nineteenth-century stately home built by the Matheson family. The castle was derelict for many years, having had a variety of commercial uses.
Plockton has been a popular location for many artists including those from The Edinburgh School (Adam Bruce Thomson, David Macbeth Sutherland) and continues to attract artists.
Trees on Hampstead Heath on a rather miserable day in late autumn, with some City office blocks faintly visible in the distance.
Lots of fun taking landscape shots with a 100mm macro!
This is the river coch in the middle of Llanberis village and comes down near Manllwyd mountain above the village of Llanberis and makes it way towards padarn lake.
Taizō-in (退蔵院?) is the oldest sub-temple (tatchū (塔頭?)) of the Myōshin-ji Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple, situated in the northwest of Kyoto, Japan. It was founded by Zen priest Muinsoin in 1404. The original temple buildings were burned during the Ōnin War (1467-1477), and were later rebuilt.
Taizō-in is well known for its two gardens. The main garden, Motonobu-no-niwa, is a traditional Japanese dry landscape garden (karesansui), containing several angular rocks suggesting the cliffs of the island of Hōrai, with smaller stones suggesting a stream. The planting is mostly evergreen, including camellia, pine, and Japanese umbrella pine. It covers 50 tsubo (170 m²) and was designed to integrate a borrowing of scenery ("shakkei") of a view of Narabigaoka Hill in the distance. It is thought to be the final work of Muromachi painter Kanō Motonobu (狩野 元信), reproducing one of his paintings in three dimensions.
A new pond garden, or yoko-en, was designed by Kinsaku Nakane in 1963-1966. The new garden is large enough for visitors to walk in, and contains azaleas and a stream that cascades along the main axis, directly toward the main viewing position. The stream flows around rocks, gradually widening until it empties into a pool in front of the viewer. (Wikipedia)
is a large diving duck of northern regions, breeding across the Arctic and sub-Arctic zones of North America, Europe, and Asia. During the breeding season it inhabits tundra wetlands, freshwater lakes, and coastal pools. In winter, however, it becomes strongly associated with coastal waters, favouring sheltered bays, estuaries, lagoons, and large inland reservoirs where it dives for molluscs, crustaceans, aquatic insects, and other aquatic prey. Flocks often gather in open water close to rich feeding grounds, and the species is particularly adapted to deep-water foraging compared with many dabbling ducks.
In Britain, the Greater Scaup is best known as a winter visitor rather than a breeding bird. Most birds arrive from northern breeding grounds in Iceland, Scandinavia, and Arctic Russia, with numbers peaking between November and March. The species is locally distributed around the British coastline, with important wintering concentrations found in northern and eastern Scotland, the Moray Firth, the Firth of Forth, and parts of northern England, as well as major estuaries and large reservoirs elsewhere. Although never especially common, Britain supports internationally significant wintering populations in some years. Males are striking birds with a rounded dark head showing a subtle green gloss, pale grey finely vermiculated back, and bright white flanks, while females are brown with a distinctive white patch around the base of the bill. The species can often be seen mixed with other diving ducks such as Tufted Duck and Common Pochard
There is no texture used in this shot. But if you look, you can see how heavy the rain was coming down yesterday.
It's easier to see the heavy rain this way
The image below in large on black to see how soaked the kayaker is
Rudbeckia is a plant genus in the Asteraceae or composite family. Rudbeckia flowers feature a prominent, raised central disc in black, brown shades of green, and in-between tones, giving rise to their familiar common names of coneflowers and black-eyed-susans. Wikipedia
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Rudbeckia
Rank: Genus
Higher classification: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Rudbeckiinae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Information, Credits and additional pictures are on the blog post... rissasecondlife.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-heat-is-on.html
Temps de Flors 2017, Girona.
Girona, Temps de Flors es una exposición de flores que se celebra en la ciudad de Girona desde 1954. Su creador fue María Cobarsí y fue en ese año que, junto con algunas mujeres de la Sección Femenina de la Falange, crearon la primera exposición Desde 1956, cada mes de mayo, se celebra este festival de primavera que atrae a personas de todo el mundo.
Girona, Temps de Flors is an exhibition of flowers that has been held in the city of Girona since 1954. Its creator was Maria Cobarsí and it was in that year that, together with some women from the Feminine Section of the Phalange, they set up the First exposure Since 1956, every month of May, this spring festival is celebrated that attracts people from all over the world.
This is the oldest Wesleyan Chapel that has been in continuous use since being built. Wesley preached here and it is a remarkable example of Non conformist architecture. He recommended the octagonal shape to avoid conflict with the established church. The chapel was later expanded so becoming an elongated octagon. On the right is the Church Hall built about 100 years after the Chapel.
Fort Lauderdale is a city in the U.S. state of Florida, 25 miles (40 km) north of Miami. It is the county seat of Broward County. As of the 2019 census, the city has an estimated population of 182,437. Fort Lauderdale is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to an estimated 6,198,782 people in 2018.
The city is a popular tourist destination, with an average year-round temperature of 75.5 °F (24.2 °C) and 3,000 hours of sunshine per year. Greater Fort Lauderdale which takes in all of Broward County hosted 12 million visitors in 2012, including 2.8 million international visitors. The city and county in 2012 collected $43.9 million from the 5% hotel tax it charges, after hotels in the area recorded an occupancy rate for the year of 72.7 percent and an average daily rate of $114.48. The district has 561 hotels and motels comprising nearly 35,000 rooms. Forty six cruise ships sailed from Port Everglades in 2012. Greater Fort Lauderdale has over 4,000 restaurants, 63 golf courses, 12 shopping malls, 16 museums, 132 nightclubs, 278 parkland campsites, and 100 marinas housing 45,000 resident yachts.
Fort Lauderdale is named after a series of forts built by the United States during the Second Seminole War. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale (1782–1838), younger brother of Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale. William Lauderdale was the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort. However, development of the city did not begin until 50 years after the forts were abandoned at the end of the conflict. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed; the first was at the fork of the New River, the second at Tarpon Bend on the New River between the Colee Hammock and Rio Vista neighborhoods, and the third near the site of the Bahia Mar Marina.
The area in which the city of Fort Lauderdale would later be founded was inhabited for more than two thousand years by the Tequesta Indians. Contact with Spanish explorers in the 16th century proved disastrous for the Tequesta, as the Europeans unwittingly brought with them diseases, such as smallpox, to which the native populations possessed no resistance. For the Tequesta, disease, coupled with continuing conflict with their Calusa neighbors, contributed greatly to their decline over the next two centuries. By 1763, there were only a few Tequesta left in Florida, and most of them were evacuated to Cuba when the Spanish ceded Florida to the British in 1763, under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763), which ended the Seven Years' War. Although control of the area changed between Spain, United Kingdom, the United States, and the Confederate States of America, it remained largely undeveloped until the 20th century.
The Fort Lauderdale area was known as the "New River Settlement" before the 20th century. In the 1830s there were approximately 70 settlers living along the New River. William Cooley, the local Justice of the Peace, was a farmer and wrecker, who traded with the Seminole Indians. On January 6, 1836, while Cooley was leading an attempt to salvage a wrecked ship, a band of Seminoles attacked his farm, killing his wife and children, and the children's tutor. The other farms in the settlement were not attacked, but all the white residents in the area abandoned the settlement, fleeing first to the Cape Florida Lighthouse on Key Biscayne, and then to Key West.
The first United States stockade named Fort Lauderdale was built in 1838, and subsequently was a site of fighting during the Second Seminole War. The fort was abandoned in 1842, after the end of the war, and the area remained virtually unpopulated until the 1890s. It was not until Frank Stranahan arrived in the area in 1893 to operate a ferry across the New River, and the Florida East Coast Railroad's completion of a route through the area in 1896, that any organized development began. The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s. The 1926 Miami Hurricane and the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a great deal of economic dislocation. In July 1935, an African-American man named Rubin Stacy was accused of robbing a white woman at knife point. He was arrested and being transported to a Miami jail when police were run off the road by a mob. A group of 100 white men proceeded to hang Stacy from a tree near the scene of his alleged robbery. His body was riddled with some twenty bullets. The murder was subsequently used by the press in Nazi Germany to discredit US critiques of its own persecution of Jews, Communists, and Catholics.
When World War II began, Fort Lauderdale became a major US base, with a Naval Air Station to train pilots, radar operators, and fire control, operators. A Coast Guard base at Port Everglades was also established.
On July 4, 1961, African Americans started a series of protests, wade-ins, at beaches that were off-limits to them, to protest "the failure of the county to build a road to the Negro beach". On July 11, 1962, a verdict by Ted Cabot went against the city's policy of racial segregation of public beaches.
Today, Fort Lauderdale is a major yachting center, one of the nation's largest tourist destinations, and the center of a metropolitan division with 1.8 million people.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida
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