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the hospital is like no other environment. it is not an office building, it is not the woods, it is not a movie theater, it is not a studio. beyond the bland exterior and people shuffling about in funny clothes everything is happening simultaneously within, at the same time, layered in so complex a fashion--the people opening and closing other people, the babies being ultrasounded, the old people on breathing machines, the people cleaning up someone else's smell, doctors joking (sarcastically) about people they've "killed", the amount of information and experience that has been accumulated and passed on through history that is being implemented, all at the same time every hour of every day. it is a wild place. lately it has been confusing trying to figure out exactly where medicine lies in a larger spectrum. lincoln kirstein, a man of notable artistic taste, contends that certain life experience with qualities of rawness, such as experience in war, etc., can stand as a worthy substitute for literature, as such experiences are in fact the source of the arts and philosophy, and are fundamentally positive things. this is an interesting idea. images like these, then, or the intimate knowledge of such an act perfomed on someone elses body, and the knowledge of what has happened to that body, and why, might be a significant portion of the intimate fund of the great knowledge and the reason for great works--religious writings, philosophy, etc.--for what are they really addressing? then again, it could be a new york post found on the subway seat next to you, as it might be too much to take in seriously and serve as nothing more than a quick thrill and glimpse to a fickle observer. medicine is confusing to the onlooker and the practitioner because the images of that world, and more so the world itself, are naturally difficult and sonorous, and if taken out of context potentially nothing more than shocking and unsettling. it is so confusing because everything that is done to people is performed with a strongly positive intent to preserve life or health or comfort, and this drive is profound, yet the act of performing these measures, or even viewing them, potentially has the ability to unsettle and detract from reverie. residency is a whore because the balance is skewed, but the thought remains, even if it comes at an insane pace.
Bright Brussels 2018
Bright Brussels is a light festival, a fascinating route through the city consisting of a dozen light installations that are artistic, interactive, playful,... and simply captivating. Bright Brussels is a free event that is open to all from 18:30 to 23:00, for four nights from 22 to 25 February.
For this edition, a massive, must-see installation is hanging in the extraordinary setting that is the Citroen garage on place de l'Yser/IJzerplein. The route then stretches over the historical heart of the city through the Beguinage - Dixmude and Dansaert neighbourhoods, from Sainctelette to Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne. Come and (re-)discover these neighbourhoods' rich architectural heritage thanks to the magic of light!
TETRO (FR) + Whitevoid (DE) - Stalactite
At the heart of the majestic structure of the Citroen building, with its clean lines, is an enormous suspended structure, floating above the visitors. It generates light motifs and complex shapes to the rhythm of the electronic music of Boris Divider. This artistic light display by Christopher Bauder is called Stalactite. It offers an immersive experience of the madness of the 21st century.
Venue: Former Citroen garage
OCUBO and Telmo Ribeiro (PT) - Underlight
'Underlight' is a simulation of the aurora borealis. It combines coloured lasers, smoke machines and the wind to create lighting effects. These form a coloured curtain with the accompaniment of haunting music to plunge the audience into a splendid sound and light show.
Venue: Quai du Commerce and Parc du Quai a la Houille
Aerosculpture (FR) - Lumiere d'eau (Light in water)
What becomes of the basins of our fountains when winter robs them of their water? Are they filled to the brim with other, highly illuminated wavelengths, in the hope that a school of flying fishes will be attracted by the light and come to take possession of their banks? This is the story told by the installation 'Lumiere d'eau' with its moving, glittering lights spread over the surface of the basin and about a hundred lighter-than-air fish, caught by invisible hooks, that are lit by the colours of this imaginary water to offer us a thousand reflections moving and swirling in the wind.
Venue: Vismet, Fontaine Anspach
Estudio Sergio Ramos (ES) - Triple jet
This installation reminds us of the need to recover the identity of our cities by valuing their diversity and plurality. 'Triple jet' uses a strong symbol with an internationally recognised graphic identity, the Mannekenn Pis, who has landed in a public place as the main protagonist of a new urban landscape.
Venue: Institut Pacheco
OCUBO (PT) - Flower Power
'Flower Power' is an experimental immersive video mapping show. It is based on experimentation with the physical forces of water and gravity. It explores the aesthetic of one of the most beautiful and colourful phenomena in nature, flowers. Inspired by the colour, movement and fusion of these phenomena, the project transforms the everyday image of a flower into something magical and poetical.
Venue: Place du Beguinage
Tetro and Trafik (FR) - 160
'160' is an interactive sound and light installation that offers an intuitive instrument for exploring representation, projection and the relationship in space of shapes, colours and sound. It consists of 20 square arches, each containing eight lit segments. 160 light strips are deployed over the 60 m of the structure.
Venue: Vismet
Mathilde Lemesle (FR) - Aux fenetres de Bruxelles - Appel d'air (At the windows of Brussels - Drawing in air)
'At the windows of Brussels - Drawing in air' is a light installation created for the 2018 Bright Brussels Festival. This exterior video mapping show is located on the facade of a house and plays with the features of that setting. Lighting effects are a way for visitors to rediscover the many sides of places.
Venue: Rue du Nom de Jesus
Dolus and Dolus (FR): Stratum
'Stratum' is an interactive installation that uses gesture to influence a 'lit area'. Running one's hand over a capture interface reproduces it in space using layers of light. This reaction generates a visible and tangible reflection of the gesture, like an ephemeral geology of movement.
Venue: Rue du Marche aux Porcs
Collectif Coin (FR) - Child Hood
'Child Hood' is a cloud. Comprising a multitude of luminous balloons, it hovers between numerical minimalism and a monumental kinetic installation. It invades space. The wind rushes in between the balloons. Like the ultimate interpreter, it injects a note of chaos into a finely measured sound and light composition.
Venue: Place du Nouveau Marche aux Grains
THEORIZ (FR) - Crystallized
'CRYSTALLIZED' is an immersive sculpture composed of steel, sounds and holographic images. Inspired by Bismuth crystal and built according to the laws of light propagation, CRYSTALLIZED is a mysterious, ever-changing sculpture that goes from atoms to liquid-crystal. The audience is drawn to appreciate the infinite, hypnotising lighting effects of the work from its different perspectives.
Venue: Former Atelier Coppens
CSIS is pleased to host Secretary Sally Jewell for a public address on the Department of the Interior's energy priorities for the next two years. The Department serves as a significant steward of the nation's public lands, managing one-fifth of the landmass and 1.7 billion acres of the Outer Continental Shelf.
Featuring:
Secretary Sally Jewell
U.S. Department of the Interior
Introduction by:
Charles B. Curtis
Senior Adviser, Energy and National Security Program, CSIS
Former Deputy Secretary of Energy
Moderated by:
Frank Verrastro
Senior Vice President and James R. Scheslinger Chair for Energy and Geopolitics, CSIS
Secretary Jewell was sworn in on April 12, 2013 as the 51st Secretary of the Interior. She is trained as a petroleum engineer with experience in the oil industry, finance sector, and most recently as CEO of the outdoor retailer REI.
This is a picture of a branchlet from a dawn redwood tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) on the snow. The dawn redwood is one of three different types of redwood trees. Unlike the other two, the sequoia and costal redwood, it is able to grow in colder areas and its needles turn red and are shed every fall unlike other conifers (pines, spruces, etc.). It is smaller than the other redwoods (which can grow well over 300ft), but is still much taller than most trees, often grown over 150ft. However, the dawn redwood is not native to Illinois. Its seeds were brought over from China in the mid 1900s and now grows in many parts of the United States. I see it often around here, mostly in the Morton Arboretum. This tree can grow up to 5ft per year. One I planted a few years ago is close to 9ft. This makes me wonder if this species might be a threat to the local ecosystem. I have not heard of this plant causing any problems, but since it is non-native and grows very quickly, it must have some effect on the local plant or animal life that might be seen at some point in the future.
"I think if there is a good picture out of the fifty or so from Saturday, it is not the one you're thinking. It is not the perfectly composed photo that I am after with my black and whites, but it is the shot that 'captures some universal truth about the subject'; I think I may have made one.
Find the photo of the kid, running against the side of the house, in swimming trunks. The horizon is somewhat askew, and the house is awkwardly placed and cut off. The sky is completely blown out, but there he is, captured and immortalized in an instant of time and light. He is running, the snapshot getting him in mid-air, while talking on the phone in this burst and frenzy of energy; he is running to meet a guest.
Imagine this guy. Here he is, an intellectual person, a graduate scientist, a person of great warmth and charisma, a lover of life, a vessel of intense and focused energy that comes in unannounced expulsions. But this is compensated by some form of absent-mindedness, fundamental negligence, maybe even deficiency of spiritual being... a Don Quixote-like reckless quality that one person described as "cavalier" ... imagine, there he is, at dusk, skipping from rock to jagged rock, each step taking the chance of near-fatal injury, narrowly avoiding the slip and the fall, figuring: hey, what should I care? Should I begin a fall, there will be the hands of all the people in the world ready to break it.
Along with resigned accepting girlfriend, childishly, unable to rise early in the morning to fulfill basic obligations, but at the same time never being negative, never negating, never saying no. 'I can't think of a way to say this that will satisfy you...' he says instead.
The house besieged by narrow veins of disorder: there are more important things; the fruit basket full, for this is the purpose of a fruit basket, but the fruit no longer fit for consumption: someone else will take out the trash, the only projects worth undertaking are grandiose. The refrigerator is a storage space: stuffed with unused items. No deadlines, they are extended around him like light traces.
A person with a ton of friends and acquaintances, house open to all, jumping from group to group. 'Here, hold this phone, I am going for a swim. If it rings, answer it.' Splash. No napkins at the barbecue... someone will do it, won't they? And then, those bursts of energy... the fantastic project of replanting the entire lawn of the backyard, rooting out the stale grass, tilling, fertilizing, spreading the coffee grids, planting, seeding, clumping, separating, setting up a watering process on a timer, with precise amounts, customizations, a contraption to better spread the flow, a way to collect the leak.
And then that final burst... that one moment where he drops everything he is doing to focus, like a lens, every ounce of available energy such that the least important person in the world is taken care of, such that they know the directions to the tea party and they are greeted at the gate and escorted... now, now, now, now...
...that's that photograph."
This is my local Starbucks, only a two minute walk from where I live and where I'm treated like Her Majesty, The Queen of Customers. I asked the Manager here about the lights and the rules of photo taking and was told that the logo, the lights and people are all okay but the machines, the display board and the merchandise shelves are off limits. That makes more sense.
Oh, and this is a "Wind" store. Apparently in honor of Hsinchu, also known as the windy city.
Blanche is a quiet little girl with soft green eyes. She likes drinking hot milk with some rosehip preserve, and above all she loves her cows. She is singing an ancient call for them, every evening when night falls, to bring them back home.
Blanche is a 42cm (16inch) natural fiber art doll for sale (www.etsy.com/fr/shop/MonOphelie). She has a movable head and knees that allows to be gently bent. Her wrists also allow some movements so she can climb up in trees to look after her herd. She has beautiful long locks made of Leicester wool that she keeps tight with some jewelry that I made for her. Her pale green eyes are made of swiss silk, dyed by hand with vegetal dye.
She comes with her full outfit and underwear.
Is that a rare long-haired polar bear? No it's Balfour the GRRREAT Pyrenees. Nikki drove over to meet up with Melissa and us in Minnesota at a dog park with her friend. I was happy to see them and appreciated that they took the trip on over. Sorry it didn't last long and you ended up losing your wallet, but I hope you at least had fun! (; THANKS AGAIN NIKKI! You're awesome.
Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor that was the United States' busiest immigrant inspection station. From 1892 to 1954, approximately 12 million immigrants arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed there under federal law. Today, it is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, accessible to the public only by ferry. The north side of the island is the site of the main building, now a national museum of immigration. The south side of the island, including the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, is only open to the public through guided tours.
In the 19th century, Ellis Island was the site of Fort Gibson and later became a naval magazine. The first inspection station opened in 1892 and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The second station opened in 1900 and housed facilities for medical quarantines as well as processing immigrants. After 1924, Ellis Island was used primarily as a detention center. During both World War I and World War II its facilities were also used by the United States military to detain prisoners of war. Following the immigration station's closure, the buildings languished for several years until they partially reopened in 1976. The main building and adjacent structures were completely renovated in 1990.
The 27.5-acre (11.1 ha) island was greatly expanded by land reclamation between the late 1890s and the 1930s. Jurisdictional disputes between New Jersey and New York persisted until the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in New Jersey v. New York.
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Pictured in Torquay is OU19 XXC, a Neoplan N2216SHD Tourliner coach in the fleet of CJJ Coaches, Bracknell, Berkshire. It was new to Tours Designed, Ossett, West Yorkshire in April 2019 and following the collapse of the operator in 2020 was acquired by MJ Executive, Hayes, Greater London in June 2021, arriving with CJJ Coaches in March 2023.
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“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
~Ashley Smith
This is Ayrton Christian, my baby nephew. This picture was taken a day after he was born, unfortunately I wasn't there, my brother took this photo of this peaceful angel. I long to see him soon, he lives in England, and being at uni on the other side of the globe and studying a demanding course, its hard to get away. He turns 4 months today :) Much love to my little star.
Life has a funny way of throwing at you some of the hardest decisions and obstacles, but then you see this new person, who was just born, so pure and so full of hope, in return it gives me hope and strength to reach higher like never before. At a time when I was about to give up, I can some what say seeing this little boy, gave me the hope to continue and achieve my dreams. I have him to thank for.
I will be away from Flickr for a few weeks, its that dreadful time of the semester- exams! Wish me luck!
The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium-sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. Their closest relative is the similar Barrow's Goldeneye.
Adult males ranges from 45–52 cm (18–21 inches) and from 888 to 1400 grams (1.9 to 3.1 lbs), while females range from 40–50 cm (16–20 inches) and from 500 to 1182 grams (1.1 to 2.6 lbs). The species is aptly named for its golden-yellow eye. Adult males have a dark head with a greenish gloss and a circular white patch below the eye, a dark back and a white neck and belly. Adult females have a brown head and a mostly grey body. Their legs and feet are orange-yellow.
Their breeding habitat is the taiga. They are found in the lakes and rivers of boreal forests across Canada and the northern United States, Scandinavia and northern Russia. They are migratory and most winter in protected coastal waters or open inland waters at more temperate latitudes. Naturally, they nest in cavities in large trees. They will readily use nestboxes, and this has enabled a healthy breeding population to establish in Scotland where they are increasing and slowly spreading with the help of nestboxes. They are usually quite common in winter around lakes of Britain and some are being encouraged to nest in nestboxes which are put up to try to have them there all year round. Occasionally recorded as a vagrant in various parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
Often the natural tree cavities are made by broken limbs, unless they are made by Pileated Woodpeckers or Black Woodpeckers, the only tree-cavity-making animals who make a cavity large enough to normally accommodate a goldeneye. Average egg size is a breadth of 43.3 mm (1.7 inches), a length of 59.3 mm (2.3 inches) and a weight of 64 grams (2.3 oz). The incubation period ranges from 28 to 32 days. The female does all the incubating and is abandoned by the male about 1 to 2 weeks into incubation. The young remain in the nest for about 24–36 hours. Brood parasitism is quite common both with other Common Goldeneyes as well as other duck species and even Tree Swallow and European Starling eggs have been found mixed with goldeneye eggs! The broods commonly start to mix with other females' broods as they become more independent. Goldeneye young have been known to be competitively killed by other goldeneye mothers, Common Loons and Red-necked Grebes. The young are capable of flight at 55–65 days of age.
These diving birds forage underwater. Year-round, about 32% of their prey is crustaceans, 28% is aquatic insects and 10% is molluscs. Insects are the predominant prey while nesting and crustaceans are the predominant prey during migration and winter. Locally, fish eggs and aquatic plants can be important foods. They themselves may fall prey to various hawks, owls and eagles, while females and their broods have been preyed upon by bears (Ursus spp.), various weasels (Mustela spp.), mink (Mustela vison), raccoons (Procyon lotor) and even Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) and red squirrels (Tamiasciurus husonicus).
The Common Goldeneye is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
Approximately 188 300 Common Goldeneyes were killed by duck hunters in North America during the 1970s, representing about 4% of the total number of ducks killed in the region during that period[citation needed]. The rate is probably similar today. Both the breeding and winter habitat of these birds has been degraded by clearance and pollution. However, this is the only duck in North America known to derive short-term benefits from lake acidification
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Here is an example of what happens when you photograph a painting with an on-camera flash. The light reflects straight back at the camera, making the painting seem “washed out,” especially toward the middle. Using a light on each side of the painting creates shadows on each side, but, the contrast and evenness of the lighting make it much more flattering. Having lights to the side also help show the texture and brushstrokes better… this picture is too small to see that though.
You could, of course, shoot the picture with the on-camera flash, as long as you shoot it from an angle. The painting would be skewed a little bit though, and, the lighting wouldn’t be nearly as even.
The image on the left was shot with a light on each side of the camera, each light being at about 30° from the painting. The picture on the right was shot with an on-camera flash.
The image on the left was shot with a light on each side of the camera, each light being at about 30° from the painting. The picture on the right was shot with an on-camera flash. Oddly, the shadow under her jaw is completely messed up in the on-camera flash picture... The artist must have used a less reflective paint in that area.
You Have To See This Remarkable New Home Listing: Here is what Trulia.com has to say about the area: La Quinta Market Stats: There are 259 four bedroom properties available with an average listing price of $1,505,124. Overall the average listing price in La Quinta is $904,102. Property Details For: 60209 Honeysuckle St La Quinta, CA 92253Type: SFRPrice: $344,000Bedrooms: 2Baths: 2.0See full detail for Listing: 07F62FF7-BABAddress: 60209 Honeysuckle St La Quinta Ca 92253 Here is some additional information about 60209 Honeysuckle St La Quinta Ca 92253: 2 Bedroom +Den This Home Features The Versatile Monterey Plan Which Includes 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, An Open Floor Plan With A Large Center Island In The Kitchen And A Separate Room That Can Be Used For A Den, Dining Room Or Home Office. Private Backyard With Covered Patio And Low Maintenance Landscaping Offers Ease Of Use. Oversized Master Suite Includes His And Her Vanities And Walk-In Closet. Trilogy Is One Of The Premier Active Adult Golf Communities In La Quinta. Located Two Hours From Los Angeles Or San Diego And 25 Miles From The Palm Springs International Airport, The Resort Style Community Of Trilogy Is Situated At The Base Of The Coral Mountains And Offers An 18-Hole Championship Golf Course, On-Site Restaurant, Fitness Center, Cafe, Spa And Clubhouse. Team Michael Keller Williams Realty (760)770-1555Calbre#01417409
This is the first batch of photos from the second Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. This group is from the Udvar-Hazy Center which is part of the Smithsonian but not located in downtown D.C. This place is a couple miles from Dulles Airport. It is comprised of three huge hangers filled with over 140 air planes and space craft. It is also where a scene from Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen was filmed including the Blackbird Jet that comes to life in the museum.
Navajo County, AZ—JUL 3, 2013
Cattle guard, McClaws Rd
As soon as I saw this cattle guard (and a fine specimen it is) I was reminded of a story that was circulating on the internet a year or two ago. This photo is dedicated to the POTUS and VPOTUS.
"President Obama was reading a report that there were over 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado. Ranchers had protested his proposed changes in grazing policies so he ordered the Secretary of the Interior to fire half the cattle guards immediately. Before the Secretary could respond and straighten the president out on the matter Vice-President Joe Biden intervened and requested that the cattle guards be retrained as Arizona border guards, saying that it's only fair to the cattle guards and their families."
here is a selection of demos for the new Lelutka head "Lilly". I visited the skin stores I know and got the demos that match Lelutka. I show the best ones for this shape here.
Please note: Whether the skins look good depends a lot on the shape and the eyebrow shaper used. Due to the large amount of demos I could only use 2 different shapes, which only differed in the shape of the mouth and eyes. So there will be some pictures where the skin doesn't match the shape well. This can be completely different if you use the skin with your own skin.
I used 2 different eye colors. These mesh eyes are my own creation.
Here are the landmarks to the different stores.
7 Deadly Skins - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Shadow%20Crest/113/32/42
Alaskametro - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imogen/208/66/22
Amara beauty - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Hell%20Fire/162/207/24
Egozy - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Legenda/221/21/4002
Esode - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Atlantis%20Universe/32/140...
Eudora beauty (e.beauty) - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/AM%20corporate/133/76/2003
Glam Affairs - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Beauty%20Avatar%20couture/...
ItGirls - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Cedar%20Springs/49/43/2003
Lara Hurley - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Magic%20Valley/198/199/24
League - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/League/154/129/37
Lefort by Revoul - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Revoul/122/80/1309
Leronso - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Town%20Blue%20Port/93/183/...
Mila - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Peace%20Oasis/160/138/29
Nuve - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Menora/150/187/24
Pumec - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rave/124/130/23
Raonhausen - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Discovery%20Shores/177/187...
Skinnery - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fruitatious/159/196/23
The Face - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/FOXCITY/188/163/23
Tres Beau - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Petit%20Coeur/131/87/544
Wow - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Longwood/31/133/23
YS&YS - maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Feel%20Beautiful/141/146/504
Cleo is a small German Shepherd mix (a bit on the small size), 2 yrs old, female, 40 lbs., will be fixed soon, VERY housebroken, crate trained, loves other dogs, might chase a running cat and enjoys small children.
She is such a sweet girl-hard to imagine all the pain she has endured. She is very passive in her approach. She will sit by your side all day and would follow you anywhere. very good with strangers.
One of our Hoarder dog girls who in in the process of healing physically. Through it all, she has handled herself with grace under fire.
She had a nasty bite on her back by her tail which is healing and another on her ear.
This is our Boston Knucklehead stacked hooded sweatshirt. Our traditional stacked logo with Boston skyline is perfect for the fall or even a cold summer night in Boston.
Grand Prix Kaczmarek Electric MTB - Trzebania (21/08/2022)
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Ph. Federico Fernández
Idea: Nicole Dana
Estilismo: Nicole Dana y Federico Fernández
Modelo: Carla Bozic
Make up: Andrea Fernández
The cheetah is a large feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of Iran. The cheetah is a unique felid, with its closest living relatives being the puma and jaguarondi.
The cheetah is still considered by some to be the smallest of the big cats. It is often mistaken for the leopard, but the cheetah has distinguishing features, such as the tear-streak lines that run from its eyes to its mouth, and the thinner body frame of the cheetah is also very different from that of the leopard.
This cat is notable for being only one of three felids with only semi-retractable claws, offering extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. Cheetahs are the fastest of land mammals, are peaceable except at breeding time. They hunt alone and don’t have any of the group behaviors that lions do.
A cheetah cannot roar, it uses a high-pitched barking called chirping. Growling is often accompanied by hissing and spitting and is exhibited if the cheetah is annoyed, or when faced with danger. Purring as with most cats, is when the cheetah is content, usually between cubs and their mothers.
Cheetahs are included on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) list of vulnerable species (African subspecies threatened, Asiatic subspecies in critical situation) as well as on the US Endangered Species Act: threatened species
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Taken @ SanDiegoZoo/Safari Park, Escondido, CA
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Attnang-Puchheim station is on the main line between Vienna and Salzburg. Secondary lines run north and south from there, so many trains can be seen there.
ÖBB has a large fleet of Taurus locomotives in a variety of versions. 1116.146 is hauling the daily through train from Vienna to Bad Ischl. As can be seen from the livery, most of the coaches are ex Deutsche Bahn.
Weatherford is honored to support the American Red Cross www.redcross.org/ Holiday Mail for Heroes program www.redcross.org/holidaymail. By hosting a holiday card signing, we were able to contribute to the distribution of an estimated 1 million holiday wishes to our service members far away from home, their families and veterans in local communities.
This is a flooded limestone quarry, there is also quite a few caves in and around the quarry, unfortunately according to a survey I have of the area it would appear that they have now flooded and the others have been covered up by the local farm.
Bit about the caves
The Badger Caves - Under the church cliff in the rock fissures there was once a thriving
badger colony, said to have been one of the largest in Wales. The caves were also home
to a succession of tramps who took advantage of the heat from the lime kilns to keep
them warm during cold weather. One in particular is supposed to have furnished his
abode quite well but no comments were made as to
how he fared with his neighbours!
Úlfljótsvatn is approx. 65 km to east from the capital city of Iceland, Reykjavík. The land is originally a farmland and a property of The City of Reykjavik. The scouts in Iceland rent a piece of the land and have been doing that for over 60 years. Úlfljótsvatn has been for decades the center for outdoors activities, leader training and summer camp for scouts and guides in Iceland.
Úlfljótsvatn er um 7-8 km langt og um 1 km á breidd. Það er í 81 m hæð yfir sjó, dýpi víðast undir 10 m en talið dýpst um 60 m í norðurhluta vatnsins. Mikill straumur er í vatninu, þar sem Sogið fellur um það á 19 km leið sinni frá Þingvallavatni til Hvítár. Silungsveiði er í vatninu og mikið fuglalíf á og kringum vatnið.
This is an odds-and-ends sort of lunch. But, oh my goodness! SO good. The chicken stroganoff was a crockpot recipe - I added mushrooms and onions to it for some extra oomph. There was some of that great Jello and some frozen Trader Joe's vegetables (I totally wouldn't have added the veg was it not for the photo). As of 1 p.m., I am not super hungry because I had a fairly big breakfast. But it is a good moment in my workday to do it, I'm definitely excited to eat - this meal was really tasty! Lunching at my desk while working. :-)
This is a kitbash base on G1 Galvatron concept .I try my best to retain its G1 essence .Have alot of fun building it .I focus too much on its cannon mode and neglect its back kibbles.Will try to attempt another version which I will focus more on its robot mode .It will be in masterpiece size .
This is Merry. She loves her home in the depths of the sea but every now and then likes to see if passengers on a passing cruise ship will sell her some hard to find items, like German chocolate and Canadian maple syrup. So up she goes to the surface to sit on a rock in the mists and wait. She has 3 clams to spend, wonder how much that will buy?
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This is one of the many tugboats in service at the canal.
The Pacific Ocean is on the west side, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east side of the Americas. However, Panama, located in the Central America isthmus, is a long and narrow country with its long axis running from west to east. Our transit of the Panama Canal is from the Pacific Ocean in the south, and goes northwest to the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) in the north.
France began work on the canal in 1881, but had to stop because of engineering problems and high mortality due to disease. The United States took over the project in 1904, and took a decade to complete the canal, which was officially opened on August 15, 1914. The Panama Canal greatly reduced the time for ships to travel between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, enabling them to avoid the lengthy, hazardous Cape Horn route around the southernmost tip of South America via the Drake Passage or Strait of Magellan.
The US continued to control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until the 1977 Torrijos–Carter Treaties provided for handover to Panama. After a period of joint American–Panamanian control, the canal was taken over by the Panamanian government in 1999, and is now managed and operated by the Panama Canal Authority, a Panamanian government agency.
"Founded in 1885, the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts (Czech: Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze or UPM) is housed in a Neo-Renaissance edifice built from 1897 to 1899 after the designs of architect Josef Schulz. It opened in 1900 with exhibitions on the first floor. The Museum's rich collections include decorative and applied arts and design work ranging from Late Antiquity to the present day with focus on European objects, particularly arts and crafts created in the Bohemian lands. The impressive interior of the permanent exhibition, “Stories of Materials,” offers visitors an excursion into the history and development of decorative arts in the disciplines of glass, ceramics, graphic art, design, metal, wood and other materials, as well as objects such as jewellery, clocks and watches, textiles, fashion, toys and furniture.
In the years 1897–1900, a Neo-Renaissance museum building was built according to the design of the architect Josef Schulz on the plot of land between the old Jewish cemetery and Sanytrová street on the outskirts of Josefov.
The Old Town of Prague (Czech: Staré Město pražské, German: Prager Altstadt) is a medieval settlement of Prague, Czech Republic. It was separated from the outside by a semi-circular moat and wall, connected to the Vltava river at both of its ends. The moat is now covered up by the streets (from north to south-west) Revoluční, Na Příkopě, and Národní—which remain the official boundary of the cadastral community of Old Town. It is now part of Prague 1.
Notable places in the Old Town include Old Town Square and Astronomical Clock. The Old Town is surrounded by the New Town of Prague. Across the river Vltava connected by the Charles Bridge is the Lesser Town of Prague (Czech: Malá Strana). The former Jewish Town (Josefov) is located in the northwest corner of Old Town heading towards the Vltava.
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa]; German: Prag [pʁaːk]; Latin: Praga) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611).
It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The city has more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits. An extensive modern public transportation system connects the city. It is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in Central Europe.
Prague is classified as a "Alpha-" global city according to GaWC studies. In 2019, the city was ranked as 69th most livable city in the world by Mercer. In the same year, the PICSA Index ranked the city as 13th most livable city in the world. Its rich history makes it a popular tourist destination and as of 2017, the city receives more than 8.5 million international visitors annually. In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.