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The board game PARKS features cards depicting each of the national parks. While exploring Big Bend NP, we brought along the corresponding card--and found the site that inspired the card illustration!
.. are you the keymaster?
Okay I know that is Ghostbusters and has nothing to do with Chinese history :) Anyway, welcome to the Forbidden City.
Photo of artwork on the buildings in the comments.
Whoops.. a bit of a slant in my crop.. apologies!
Burma has the highest death rate from snakebites in the world.
It is 'reported' around a 1,000 people a year are killed by Russell's Vipers in Burma, These Russell's vipers account for approximately 70% of the snakebite deaths in Burma. These are just the 'reported' figures - the overall death toll is reckoned to be far higher.
There are known to be at least 36 other deadly snakes species in Burma. The most highly infested areas are the Dry Zone (snakes live in many of Pagan’s (Bagan's) ruined temples).
Joe Slowinski, a herpetologist from the USA , who's primary area of research was venomous snakes had been conducting a comprehensive survey of the herpetofauna of Burma over ten expeditions between 1997 & 2001. Whilst on a field trip in Burma at around 7 a.m. on September 11, 2001 he was bitten by a multi-banded Krait, just over 29 hours later he was dead at the age of 38.
So whilst the world was watching the events of 9/11 unfold this was happening in a remote site in northern Burma. His colleague Mark Moffett described what happened.
“I was standing beside him when he casually picked up a pencil thin, foot-long snake -- which he did believing it was a nontoxic mimic Lycodon, an assumption based on the fact that the snake had reportedly already bitten the Burmese assistant who caught it the day before. Joe immediately recognized his mistake, but could detect no abrasions on his finger. He sat down to breakfast, lay down for a nap by 7:30, noticed a tingling in his muscles by 8 am. At 8:15, two assistants were sent to run to the nearest town with a radio, 8 miles distant. Joe calmly outlined what might happen to him and what we should do. Through the morning his voice was reduced to a slur, and in time he could only write us messages. By 1:00-1:30 he could no longer breath on his own, and we began mouth-to-mouth procedures. These stretched on continuously for nearly 26 sandfly-infested hours. At 3 pm our runners returned to us with a request from the military for updated information before a helicopter could be sent. Fresh runners were sent back, again urgently requesting a helicopter. By evening the weather turned too bad for a rescue flight, and the rains continued through the next day. By 4 am Joe could no longer signal us with his big toe. By 12:25 pm Joe's heart had stopped and we began 3 hours of CPR in anticipation of a rescue helicopter that never was able to land.
Official time of death is 12:25 pm on the 12th. Airlift was only possible the following afternoon.
Read the full account here.
I never really wanted to think much about the dangers until........
On our second trip to Burma, in Pagan (Bagan), my wife encountered a large (2m / 6' 6") browny green snake in the grounds of Sinmyarshin (Bagan Monument Number 1478).
Inadvertently she got rather close to it, but thankfully the snake was not interested in her and slithered off. She got this hurried and blurry shot of it as it disappeared over the perimeter wall.
After that we both became a little more edgy about snakes.
I thought the location of our snake sighting was appropriate for an evil serpent, because General Than Shwe was the donor who had paid for the restoration of Sinmyarshin following the earthquake damage of 1975 and that he continues to pay homage at Sinmyarshin whenever he visits Bagan.
Later on we met the keymaster of Sinmyarshin and he said there were many snakes. He then offered to open up the locked stair gate and we were soon rewarded with another wonderful panorama from the roof and soothed our nerves atop this rarely accessible temple.
Relating the story to locals they weren't surprised by the snake, but they were surprised that we had been granted access to the roof of Sinmyarshin, even for a little tea money.
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Sinmyarshin (Bagan Monument Number 1478)
Pagan, Burma
(Bagan, Myanmar)
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(are you the keymaster?)
Model: Ellie Anderson
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Monster in my Pocket's 2006 revival Ogre looks suspiciously like a Harry Potter troll. I'm not gonna point any fingers or anything, but... I totally will.
Call me crazy, but I think Sigourney Weaver had much better onscreen chemistry with Rick Moranis than she did with Bill Murray in "Ghostbusters". And who better to play Jack Kirby's ultimate "power couple"?
They got the height thing right: just don't lose the glasses, Rick (but forget wearing a toque; it works against the high collar). And they would have to keep Barda's battle helmet, which looks like it could pick up Direct TV with those yellow "tuning fork sticker-outer thingies" on the sides. I'm guessing she bought it at "Galactus's House of Style".
On the other hand, some cynics may feel Rick might be better as their manager/sidekick Oberon, but I digress.
Come to think of it, they never really explained who the father of her baby in "Ghostbusters 2" was.
"I am the Keymaster", indeed...
My new Egon action figure squares off against the Stay Puft action figure! Pity he has nobody to cross the streams with!
Something occurred to me today. Since Ghostbusters was established in 1984 and patent protection only lasts 20 years - that means that all kinds of paranormal investigation and elimination services could be up and running with proton packs and ghost traps of their own designs.
Sometimes I think about this too hard.
Lock Series. Orton.
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Dhammayangyi (L) & Shwesandaw (R) seen from the very rarely accessible roof top of Sinmyarshin.
Pagan (Bagan), Burma (Myanmar).
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Dhammayangyi (Bagan Monument Number 771)
The most massive structure in Bagan. It has a similar architectural plan to Ananda Temple. It was built by King Narathu (1167-70), who was also known as Kalagya Min.
Shwesandaw (Bagan Monument number 1568)
King Anawrahta built Shwesandaw Pagoda after his conquest of Thaton in 1057. This graceful pagoda was constructed at the centre of his newly empowered kingdom. The pagoda was also known as Ganesh or Mahapeine after the elephant-headed Hindu god whose images once stood at the corners of the five successive terraces.
The pagoda's bell rises from two octagonal bases which top the five square terraces. This was the first monument in Bagan to feature stairways leading from the square bottom terraces to the round base of the pagoda itself. This pagoda supposedly enshrines a Buddha hair relic brought back from Thaton.
Sinmyarshin (Bagan Monument Number 1478)
Built in the late 12th Century, Sinmyarshin Temple is a two-storey building consisting of an entrance hall and the main hall on the lower level. The main hall has two Buddha images, each facing east and west.
On the upper level are four sitting Buddha images facing North, East, South and West. There are beautiful stuccos carvings of lotus which can be rarely seen in the Bagan. On the inner walls of the hall are mural paintings.
Snakes?
I never really wanted to think about the dangers until........
On our second trip to Burma, in Pagan (Bagan), my wife encountered a large (2m) green snake in the grounds of Sinmyarshin (Bagan Monument Number 1478).
Inadvertently she got rather close to it, but thankfully the snake was not interested in her and slithered off. She got a blurry shot of it as it disappeared over the perimeter wall. After that we both became a little more edgy about snakes.
I thought the location of our snake sighting was appropriate for an evil serpent, because General Than Shwe was the donor who had paid for the restoration of Sinmyarshin following the earthquake damage of 1975 and that he continues to pay homage at Sinmyarshin whenever he visits Bagan.
Later on we met the keymaster of Sinmyarshin and he said there were many snakes. He then offered to open up the locked stair gate and we were soon rewarded with another wonderful panorama from the roof and soothed our nerves atop this rarely accessible temple.
Relating the story to locals they weren't surprised by the snake, but they were surprised that we had been granted access to the roof of Sinmyarshin, even for a little tea money.
Can a pick-up actually be a beater? They are, almost by definition, to be beaten on. Anyways, for your approval I submit this nicely broken in 1988 Jeep Comanche finished in a lovely shade of anti-theft grey fade-o-matic paint. I’m the second keymaster of this one-family-owned beast.
The superstructure of these babies is odd, as the Comanches were basically unibodies carved up from the Cherokee. Why, it’s almost Camino-esque in that regard! Ergonomics are non-existent and the cabin so cramped and uncomfortable that even my Redbone Hound hates riding in the thing! Imagine: a pick-up truck hating Hound Dog…
The truck is great fun to drive, even though no one, and I mean NO ONE, will cut you a break in traffic. It might have something to do with the oil leaking onto the exhaust manifold and subsequent smoke. This 2wd-er has the wonderfully flog-able 4 litre straight 6 under the hood. I’m sorry that Jeep has retired this semi-torque-y motor, despite being the Earth’s last living dinosaur. After 175k miles, it still runs quite well without any major repairs outside of the usual. Lately the cooling system has been giving me fits, it being this crazy closed system imported from France-- a leftover from the days of the unholy Jeep/AMC/Renault Triad (I love showing off the American Motors keys on my fob!). Wiring the auxiliary fan for full time duty has dimmed the ‘Engine Hot’ idiot light for the time being. It’s just a temporary fix and as soon as the sun is warm and my driveway dry, proper repairs will be made.
Custom touches include Batman sticker and steering wheel cover. The one blue door was necessitated after an unprovoked tree attack. Dent in blue door applied by drunken bonehead (not me). I made a surrey style top and astro-turf floor for the bed (not pictured, obviously) for festival duty at the annual Drive-Invasion (car show, ‘b’ movies, bands, and beer!) that takes place at the Starlight Drive-in here in Atlanta. Tunes are delivered via a Jensen, nee Audiovox, 160 watt lo-fi stereo-like unit. Sweet!
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