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Brown pelicans, found on the western coast of the U.S., are the smallest type of pelican; the Peruvian pelican is often considered a subgroup of the brown pelican. Brown pelicans flock together to hunt and have a remarkable ability to spot fish from as high as 60 feet in the air. Females generally lay three eggs, but both adults share in the incubation responsibilities. The brown pelican's beak can hold up to two gallons of water, and this species can live for up to 40 years. Oceanside, CA, Public Pier. January - 2014. IMG_7901

Porto Palma - National Park of the Archipelago of La Maddalena

City of Waukesha Fire Department Special Services Team Truck 7 is seen parked behind CWFD Station 5 during Fire Prevention Week.

View of the over 3000 years old holy city from the Austrian Hospice.

You can see the "ship" near the beginning of the new "Peopling of America" exhibit at Ellis Island.

Emerald City Roller Girls

The Church of Sk8in

Pudding Wrestling

Audience Poll to fill out Round 2

June 20th 2008

Taboo

Eugene Oregon

The Quilts of Gee's Bend

London Convention Centre

London, ON

August 9, 2010

Taken on November 23, 2013 at World of Color in Paradise Pier at Disney California Adventure (Disneyland Resort, Anaheim, CA)

Photo by Kate Szrom/Courtesy of Portland Center Stage at The Armory.

 

Based on the book by Cheryl Strayed

Adapted by Nia Vardalos

Co-conceived by Marshall Heyman,

Thomas Kail and Nia Vardalos

Directed by Rose Riordan

Scenic Designer Megan Wilkerson

Costume Designer Jacqueline Firkins

Sound Designer Casi Pacilio

Lighting Designer Kristeen Crosser

Stage Manager Janine Vanderhoff

Production Assistant Sarah Stark

 

February 23 — March 31, 2019

On the U.S. Bank Main Stage

Previews Feb. 23–28 | Opening night Mar. 1

 

A celebration of the simple beauty of being human, this funny and deeply touching exploration of resilience is based on Cheryl Strayed’s (Wild) journey as the beloved anonymous advice columnist for “Dear Sugar.” Over the years, thousands of people turned to Sugar for words of wisdom, compassion and hope. At first unsure of herself, Sugar found a way to weave her own life experiences together with the deep yearning and heartrending questions from her readers. Brilliantly adapted for the stage by Nia Vardalos, the Academy Award-nominated writer of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

 

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22 people were arrested at the Bank of America building

 

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350.org

 

beyondtalk.net

 

Protest at Chevron HQ in San Ramon on Dec 7, 2009

 

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Copenhagen Cafe is a place to gather Dec 7 - 18 during the climate conference for live coverage and workshops.

 

Ground level Crocker Galleria, 50 Post St More info & schedule at

 

carboncollaborative.org/?q=copenhagen-cafe

 

350 weekend of action Dec 11-13 at the mid-point of Coppenhagen. See www.350.org/map for more Bay Area events

 

Friday December 11

 

Meet in front of Senator Feinstein's office on the corner of Post & Montgomery at 4 pm

 

What: First, we'll deliver 350 photos from Oct. 24th and letters from participating groups to Senator Feinstein office (a delivery to Senator Boxer's office will happen earlier in the day). Then we'll have a candlelight vigil and march from Senator Feinstein's office to the Civic Center. At the Civic Center there will be speakers and we will also spell out 350 with our candles for a photo.

 

The vigil is 5:30 - 7 pm, San Francisco City Hall

  

Saturday December 12th

  

The World wants a real deal Santas, elves, & reindeer will also gather to collect signatures on giant holiday cards asking for a real climate deal in Copenhagen.

 

Noon - 5 pm, Union Square steps corner of Stockton & Geary sfoxfamactioncorps.org

 

Wednesday, December 16th

 

Rebecca & David Solnit discuss their book The Battle of the Story of the Battle of Seattle and Rebecca’s A Paradise Built in Hell

 

7 pm Modern Times, 888 Valencia St mtbs.com

Tokyo Institute of Technology Centennial Hall

Educational & Research Facility

www.cent.titech.ac.jp

Ohokayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo

Oct, 28, 2013

Oct. 30, 2013

 

Architect : Kazuo Shinohara

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Professor Ron Bolster, Director of Franciscan University of Steubenville's Catechetics Program, and Fr. Pierre de Cointet, Rector of the Seminary of the Studium of Notre-Dame de Vie in Venasque, France, distribute copies of The Pedagogy of God, the proceedings from the last Amicitia conference in Rome.

Santa Clara University's Department of Theatre & Dance performs Images 2015 during a dress rehearsal at Santa Clara University's Louis B. Mayer Theatre in Santa Clara, California, on February 4, 2015. (Stan Olszewski/SOSKIphoto)

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The American Museum of Natural History (abbreviated as AMNH), located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world.

Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in a Department of the Army Retirement Ceremony, on Summerall Field, Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Va., September 29, 2015. 34 Soldiers ranking from Colonel to Staff Sergeant officially retired in the ceremony hosted by Maj. General Bradley A. Becker, Commanding General, United States Army Military District of Washington. The Soldiers retiring were honored for their many years of distinguished service to the United States Army. (U.S. Army Photos by Spc. Brandon C. Dyer)

Pride Of Longbridge, 18th April 2015

Northwest Battle of the Beasts brought to you by Crossfit Finish First, Aug 2 & 3, North Thurston High School

Col. John M. Scott, Commander, U.S. Army Garrison Red Cloud and Area I signs a proclamation to recognize April as the Month of the Military Child and Child Abuse Prevention Month at the U.S. Army Child, Youth and School Services at Camp Casey April 1. Scott gave a short speech recognizing the military child and the sacrifices they make and emphasized the goal of abolishing child abuse in the military and society.

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Cape of Good Hope Cape Point Cape Peninsula National Park Atlantic Ocean and False Bay South Africa 5 January 1999

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

Specimens from the Singapore Botanic Gardens.

City of Rocks State Park

Grant County, New Mexico

 

The bedrock forming City of Rocks was created 34.9 million years ago by a volcanic eruption. Then over millions of years, erosion sculpted the rock formations seen today.

The eruption was from the Emory Caldera, centered near Hillsboro Peak at the southern end of the Black Range. The eruption was estimated to be a VEI 8 eruption, and it emplaced the Kneeling Nun Tuff, a tuff bed covering an area of 314-square-mile (810 km2), which makes up the bedrock of the park.

The rocks formed were shaped by the weathering of ash-flow tuff, through a combination of freeze-thaw cycles and plant growth. Water enters the crevices, expands when freezing, which widens the cracks. Plant growth in the cracks also contribute to the expansion of the cracks.

Much of Salford's Sacred Trinity church dates from 1752, and this grand old building stands defiantly whilst modern city construction work seems to be happening all around.

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Al Forum, il ritorno della storica band di "Like Clockwork".

 

I Queens of the Stone Age (o anche QOTSA) sono una band alternative metal statunitense, nata nel 1996 in seguito allo scioglimento dei Kyuss, band cardine e vero fulcro attorno a cui è nato e si è sviluppato il cosiddetto stoner rock.

 

I Queens of the Stone Age erano stati originariamente formati con il nome Gamma Ray dal chitarrista Josh Homme, assieme al batterista Alfredo Hernandez. Lo stesso Homme ha descritto lo stile della band come robot rock, nome che vuole dare l'idea della continua ripetizione di riff che lo caratterizzano.

 

Josh Homme - voce, chitarra, basso

Jon Theodore - batteria

Troy Van Leeuwen - chitarra, basso, cori

Michael Shuman - basso, cori, sintetizzatore

Dean Fertita - tastiere, cori

South face of Frontline Church Downtown, Robinson Ave., Oklahoma City, April 2014: built 1911 as First Christian Church; on National Register of Historic Places

Exhibition of historical maps on at the National Library of Australia, Canberra.

 

U.S. Vice President Michael R. Pence, Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., honor the fallen men and women of the U.S. military, at the 151st Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., May 27, 2019. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Santa Maria Church) is an 18th century Baroque church in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. This is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. June 1, 2018.

From the top: The 'Cap of Maintenance' in the little box looks like a Robin Hood Cap but is meant to be red velvet, fur (ermine) trimmed and denotes the status of the family (Earls - but Viscounts when this wing was built). The ostrich feathers stuck into it were awards as recognition of support for Royalty - hence the phrase 'putting a feather in your cap'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_of_Maintenance

The helmet with bars over the visor again signifies the Earl's rank. It is poised, victorious above the 'defeated' helmet of its 'enemy'. The Three Lions of England are shown on the shield below. All the paraphenalia of war surrounds - banners, cannons, muskets, cannon balls, halberds, drums, armour and coiled fuses.

Below the plaque is the Molyneux family crest, the 'Cross Moline' - a cross with 'split ends' - possibly referring to a french windmill - from their Norman origins. Another more grisly theory is that it depicts a Caltrop en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop. It is supported by two lions, standing on the family motto 'Vivere Sat Vincere' which can be translated as "To Conquer is to Live Enough".

Below (in another box) is a monogram of William Molyneux's initials with a little coronet above. This is showing a Viscount's coronet, distinguished by the number of little balls shown on the 'rays' of the coronet. More peacock feathers surround it and underneath is the date of this wing of Croxteth Hall - 1702.

Come to the hall and have a look for yourself!

 

A group of kids enjoy having their picture taken. Most are in the same family.

Yard, (NW Arizona)these two have been seen together for the past couple of days. Likely a Gilded and a Northern (Red-shafted)

Photo: Bishops of Michigan and Ohio process in for Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. Pictured are: (front row, left to right) Bishop Walkowiak of Grand Rapids, Bishop Thomas of Toledo; (second row, left to right) Bishop Hurley, bishop emeritus of Grand Rapids, Bishop Binzer, auxiliary bishop of Cincinnati. Photo by Daniel Ibáñez-CNA-EWTN News.

 

Every seven or eight years, the bishops of each diocese in the United States travel to Rome to meet with the pope and the various offices of the Roman Curia to provide an account of the state of their dioceses. The ad limina visit for Bishop Walkowiak and other Region VI bishops of Michigan and Ohio is Dec. 9-13, 2019. These were the first ad limina visits for Pope Francis as well as Bishop Walkowiak’s first ad limina pilgrimage. The previous visit in 2012 was made by Bishop Walter Hurley, who also traveled to Rome in December.

 

Another essential part of the pilgrimage is the celebration of Masses at the Rome basilicas of St. Peter, St. Paul Outside the Walls, St. John Lateran and St. Mary Major.

 

Read more on our website: grdiocese.org/ad-limina/

Beautifully designed handmade earrings incorporating sterling silver fittings with Swarovski Rose crystals, clear AB Czech glass and soft pink Mother of Pearl discs.

 

Handmade by Cool Crystal Jewellery

Ref: ER 2150MOP-P

 

Available for purchase at:

www.coolcrystaljewellery.com

(Port of Spain, Trinidad) 03/01/14 A young masquerader poses as if a drunken sailor while partaking in Trinidad and Tobago's annual Kiddies Carnival in downtown Port of Spain on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Photo by Amanda Sabga.

  

The four-lighted windows on each side, are filled with faintly tinted cathedral glass, in effective patterns, worked by Mr. Atkinson, of Newcastle, under the direction of the architects. The one next to the Sanctuary, on the south side, is the only one as yet filled with stained glass. It is one of a series in which it is intended to represent the principal saints of the North of England, and contains four full-length figures of Archbishops of York all Metropolitans of the old Sees of Hexham and Lindisfarne, namely, St. Chad, St. Wilfrid, St. John, and St. William, with an incident from the lives of these saints under each figure. They are boldly drawn, and well coloured, standing on gresil grounds, effectively surrounded with clear and silvery glass. The monograms of the saints and the arms of York are introduced into the tracery. In the first light is St. Chad, A.D. 673, with York Cathedral in the background. He is in the act of retiring and willingly surrendering his See, at the command of Pope Agatho, to St. Wilfrid. In the subject below, he is praying in his oratory, and receiving from an angel the announcement of of his approaching dissolution. A monk named Owini, chopping wood close by, is a witness of the

vision. [Ven. Bede]. In the second light, St. Wilfrid, A.D. 709, holding in his hand the Psalterium Romanum, advances from the Cathedral of St. Peter, at Ripon, which he founded, to take possession of the See of York. Below, he is represented holding a Synod at the Monastery of St. Hilda, at Steaneshalch [Whitby], before the kings Oswin and Alcfrid. Colman, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and the Scottish clergy are present, wearing the tonsure from ear to ear, with a semi-circle in front. Agelbert, Bishop of Dorchester, and Wilfrid as a Monk, with other monks wearing the circular tonsure on the crown of the head, are debating with them. Standing by Wilfrid s side, is a Monk, holding a book inscribed De observantia temporis Paschalis. St. Wilfrid s great work all his life was the introduction of Roman discipline in the North. In the third light, St. John of Beverley, A.D. 721, bearing in his hand his tomb, is retiring to the Monastery of Beverley, in the background, where he died. He is represented below, restoring to health a dying man called Addi, by making over him the sign of the cross. [Ven. Bede]. In the fourth light is St. William, A.D. 1154, laying aside his coronet, with the Monastic Church of Winchester in the background. He was the son of Emma, sister of King Stephen, and was exiled from the See of York for seven years, which he spent in the Monastery at Winchester. The subject below represents the Saint rescuing the people from drowning by his prayers. They had crowded on to the wooden bridge over the river at York, to welcome him as Bishop, and it had broken down under their weight. [Ven. Bede].; A sum of 200 was paid for this window. It is a fine work, and well represents the advance of modern art, without losing the spirit and feeling of the old work. The artist, on whom it reflects great credit, is Mr. Frampton, of London, working in conjunction with the architects.

I finally arrived at swift current lake-- such a prize for photo ups-And a bat of Glacier-yup

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Exhibition of Isabelle De Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper

 

Artist-Naples (Home of the Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic).

During a spring trip to Naples, Florida, my husband & I decided to make several visits to The Hayes Hall Galleries on the grounds of the Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson Cultural Campus.

 

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COLOSSUS OF ROADS

"Twilight Two"

 

Benched at a Hidden Location, California

Donut Man - Glendora California. Tim Horton would hang his head in shame if he could taste that peach donut.

Russ Mitchell collecting hemlock looper larvae, post-spray. Controlled field test of stabilized pyrethrins against the western hemlock looper. Mt. Baker National Forest, near Marblemount, Washington.

 

Photo by: Robert J. DeWitz

Date: July 10, 1969

 

Credit: USDA Forest Service, Region 6, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection.

Source: Division of Timber Management, Insect and Disease Control print collection; Regional Office, Portland, Oregon.

 

For more, see:

Mason, Richard R. 1970. Controlled field test of stabilized pyrethrins against the western hemlock looper.

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Abstract: A new stabilized formulation of pyrethrins was field tested against larvae of the western hemlock looper by spraying from a helicopter. A selected number of larvae were placed in foliage on platforms were they were fully exposed to the spray and on small trees where they were partially screened from direct spray contact. Ninety-nine percent and 94 percent of the larvae on the platforms and on the trees, respectively, were paralyzed or killed by the insecticide. Most of the larvae fully exposed on the platforms were knocked down within a few minutes after spraying, whereas knockdown of larvae in the trees occurred over a considerably longer period of time. Recovery rate of paralyzed larvae was higher for those that were slow to be knocked down than for larvae knocked down quickly.

 

For additional historical forest entomology photos, stories, and resources see the Western Forest Insect Work Conference site: wfiwc.org/content/history-and-resources

 

Image provided by USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, State and Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection: www.fs.usda.gov/main/r6/forest-grasslandhealth

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