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Cattleya intermedia (50%) X Laelia milleri (25%), Laelia tenebrosa, Cattleya gigas, rex, dowiana, labiata, bicolor e aclandiae.
TEO: IL MIO NOME SIGNIFICA“DONO DI DIO”; DICONO CHE SONO LO “YIN E LO YANG”
DEI CANI ED ASPETTO UN “ANGELO CUSTODE” PER ILLUMINARE IL CAMMINO DELLA MIA
NUOVA VITA: VOLI A PRENDERMI?
TEO, Pointer puro, 5 anni, 20 Kg, taglia grande. TEO: segni particolari:
Speciale! Lo vedi e la prima cosa che esclami è: “Mazza che bello!”. Lo
torni a guardare meglio ed esclami. “Mazza che occhioni dolci e che sguardo
languido!”. Lo riguardi ancora e….ma dov’è finito? Ah, sì, là in fondo, in
cima alla collina: sì, perché Teo è bello, è dolce, ha uno sguardo
languido, irresistibile ed è un concentrato di energia alla stato puro,
puro come lui, pointer di razza. Come tutti i pointer è un cane
dall’aspetto forte, fiero, elegante, agile ed allo stesso tempo con
quell’aria un po’ sorniona! Mettersi in fila per chi è stato colto dal
desiderio di riempirlo di coccole! Teo ti attira a lui come un frigorifero
attira una calamita o la sottoscritta…soprattutto di sera…quando tutto tace
e tutti dormono…io, il frigo ed il mio barattolo di nutella e…gli occhi
addosso del mio peloso che, come se fosse dotato del teletrasporto di Star
Trek, si materializza dal divano, dove fino a un nano-secondo prima stava
ronfando come un mantice rotto, a dietro la porta del frigo (non resta che
corromperlo con qualche fetta di salame!). Sì, il nostro Teo è come una
calamita ma non fatevi ingannare da quell’aria da timidone un po’
imbranato: è tutta una finta: come per tutti i pointer, dietro a quella si
cela un cervello dall’intelligenza sopraffine che studia la situazione e
poi decide il da farsi (e difficilmente la decisione è quella sbagliata). E
credetemi se dico che la sua intelligenza è niente se paragonata al suo
cuore: Teo è un cane dolcissimo e dalla capacità di innamorarsi anche
follemente del suo umano. Lui va d’accordo con tutti gli animali: bipedi e
quadrupedi. E’ molto paziente con i bambini ed essendo un cane solare e
giocherellone diventerebbe il compagno ideale per ognuno di loro. E’ un
cane attivo quando è fuori casa quanto calmo e pantofolaio quando è dentro
le mura domestiche. Amerà cuscini, poltrone e divani tanto da farvi
interrogare su come possa poi amare così tanto correre quando è all’aria
aperta; amerà bighellonare in cucina mentre preparate da mangiare ma senza
mai dare fastidio perché Teo, come tutti i pointer, è un cane con un certo
contegno, da vero English. E’ un cane con un grande capacità di
adattamento, sa andare al guinzaglio, è pulito, con un manto vellutato per
niente impegnativo. Me lo immagino già contendervi il divano o spalmarsi
sopra di voi con una qualche slurpata al seguito. Se poi il divano non è
proprio una piazza d’armi, pensate all’aspetto positivo: d’inverno potrete
evitare l’uso del plaid e d’estate…beh, sul pavimento starete più
freschi…insomma, tutto questo per dire che con un pointer potete mettere in
conto che amerà le comodità di famiglia ma soprattutto la famiglia che
quelle comodità gli offrirà. In Teo vedo lo Yin e lo Yang dei cani: è
bianco e nero; è cervello e cuore; è determinato quanto dolce, è energia ma
anche calma; ha l’aria sorniona ma è altrettanto scaltro, ama gli spazi
aperti ma anche le mura di casa; porta allegria anche se ha conosciuto la
tristezza. Infatti devi sapere che Teo, sin da cucciolo, è stato l’amico
inseparabile di un ragazzo: lui era la sua compagnia, il suo amico
giocherellone, quello che gli riempiva le giornate di simpatia e di
energia. Purtroppo, dopo i primi (troppo pochi) anni passati insieme, una
serie di sfortunate vicissitudini famigliari hanno segnato il futuro di
questa famiglia e quello di Teo. Il suo amico umano si è ammalato e la
sorella, rimasta sola ad occuparsi di lui, non aveva modo di seguire anche
il suo fedele amico e così Teo è finito in una pensione le cui condizioni
purtroppo erano molto lontane dalla decenza: ma la famiglia non poteva
permettersi di più. Questo per tre lunghi anni. Una volontaria che
conosceva il padrone di Teo, quando ha saputo come fossero precipitate le
cose, ha chiesto il nostro aiuto per aiutare Teo ed allo stesso tempo
cercare di alleviare il peso sull’anima della sorella che, pur non avendo
mai abbandonato quello che era stato l’inseparabile amico di suo fratello,
ha sempre sperato in cuor suo in qualcosa di meglio di una squallida
pensione. Così Teo è stato da poco accolto dalla nostra Fondazione: qui da
noi è trattato con tutti gli onori che merita e si sta riaprendo alla vita
ma sappiamo già che senza il suo umano non potrebbero bastargli tutte le
passeggiate, i divani e le comodità del mondo. Non possiamo sapere che
ricordo abbia del suo amico d’infanzia ma sappiamo che ha bisogno, come un
cellulare del suo caricabatteria, di qualcuno che lo faccia sentire come si
sentiva quando erano insieme: amato e pieno di amore per lui. Anche se Teo,
per sua stessa indole, ha una grande capacità di adattamento, per lui
cerchiamo una famiglia speciale come lui è, una famiglia che capisca il suo
vissuto e quanto merita di essere di nuovo felice: cerchiamo una famiglia
che abbia un giardino dove lui possa correre e che possa dedicargli un po’
di tempo magari per fare insieme delle belle passeggiate in mezzo alla
natura ma che gli dia accesso anche agli spazi di casa perché Teo è un vero
cane da compagnia. Lui, il cui nome significa “Divinità” o “dono di Dio”, è
stato l’angelo custode di un ragazzo, illuminandogli le giornate: ora è lui
ad aver bisogno di un angelo custode che lo porti via di qua e lo aiuti ad
illuminare le sue. Sappiamo che esiste…sappiamo che esisti: vola a
chiamarci. Teo è paziente… ma anche impaziente di ricominciare a vivere e
solo incontrandoti per lui sarà di nuovo vita…
Teo è in perfetta salute, si affida spulciato, sverminato, vaccinato,
sterilizzato, con test leishmania negativo e microchippato, pertanto con
regolare iscrizione all'anagrafe canina e con tutti i documenti in regola.
Si trova a Roma ma è adottabile in tutto il centro e nord Italia, saremo
direttamente noi, tramite nostro mezzo privato, a condurlo da chi vorrà
adottarlo e lo faremo con tempistiche molto brevi.
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Stagecoach Cumberland Alexander Dennis Dart III SLF-Alexander Dennis Pointer II low floor bus turning off Castle Villas onto the Market Place in Egremont town centre with a 32 Egremont to Whitehaven Service. This vehicle was new to Stagecoach Cumberland in June 2005 and was originally route branded green for the 67/68 Belle Vue to Upperby 'Carlisle:citi' service along with 34702 to 34710.
In a bid to make further inroads into its ageing stock of Darts, First Cymru received a dozen with Alexander Dennis Pointer bodies in late Spring 2018 from the West of England fleet, which were numbered 42905-7/15/6/47/55/6/59/62/3/7.
Curiously, 42955 & 42956 moved on to First Eastern Counties after only six months.
The batch saw service at a number of depots including Haverfordwest, where they rubbed shoulders with the survivors of the batch that had been transferred from the Glasgow fleet (42877-84) when only a few years old.
Representing the West Country batch is Haverfordwest's 42959 as she swings from Cartlett Road into the town's Bus Station in this shot from January 2020.
She was sold for scrap in early 2022.
This is my favorite pic of Trek & I. It is not digital and the scanner doesn't do it justice, oh well. I adopted him at 8 months. He was supposed to stay that small. Look at those paws, I should have known better!! 45 lbs later, I wouldn't change a thing :0)
If you fire a laser pointer (held in my hand in the foreground) at a steel ruler, at a very low angle, then the laser will 'see' the tiny grooves in the ruler as a very fine grating and you'll get diffraction.
Athens, GA (Clarke County) Copyright 2008 D. Nelson
On our way to her new playmate, 2-year-old pointer Stella, we stopped at a field for an emergency potty break and, well, just to take a look at an exceptionally huge field. Then back in the cruel crate for safe travelling. I don't know why she looks so sad when she's in it. By now she should know: car + crate = off to a great adventure!
After we arrived at our destination, Stella and Tessa went crazy for about an hour. I seriously don't know how people handle two, or more, of these dogs - N.U.T.S.! They don't wear out - ever! It was nice to see that although they were both chasing after a ball like the devil, Stella, whenever she arrived first, would take a step back and would let the pup get the ball. No photos yet of the two, it was too dark and they were moving way too fast.
PS: I remembered to use fill-in flash, so Dietmar and Martina, we have a face!
Exeter Park & Ride Plaxton Pointer bodied Dennis Dart P758FOD in September 2007 of Stagecoach Devon.
The two stars that form the end of the Big Dipper are often called the pointers as they point towards the Pole Star. This sign points to the Big Dipper.
Was fully expecting a Pegasus, as they seem to be allocated to the 690/39A/39B/39C/40 duty now, but no - it was Pointer 8445 (KM02 HFU)!
Being a Monday, today's between 690 school trips work involved the 39A, and it's seen here loading for Chobham on the route.
Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey.
New to Metrobus, Orpington is Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF W798VMV, now in the fleet of Arthur, Coatbridge.
From 2 November 1998, Rossendale Transport Limited placed a batch of ten new 11.3 metre Dennis/Plaxton Super Pointer Dart 40 seaters, numbered 114-123, into service on route 464 linking Accrington with Rochdale. These new buses were fitted with Hanover route number and destination equipment and were painted in the same EASYRIDE livery as Dennis Dart SLFs 106-113. They also carried route branding for "MAINLINE 464" showing the places served along the route. This £1 million investment by Rossendale Transport was part of a quality initiative including improved customer care.
The Rossendale Free Press published on Friday 30 October 1998 carried a full page feature on these new buses which proclaimed "A new era in bus transport is dawning...." and invited people to "Leave the car at home and join the ultimate travel experience".
The ten Super Pointer Darts were soon given names by Rossendale Transport staff and on Friday 11 December 1998 the Rossendale Free Press launched a competition for readers to win Rossendale Rover tickets by matching the bus names with their registration numbers.
120 (S120KRN) was photographed at Rawtenstall on 14 November 1998. It was later named "Valley Rover".
The Pointer Sisters performing at the North Jersey Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's 10th Annual Pink Tie Ball fundraiser event on Nov. 4, 2006 in Morristown, NJ.
A look back at the Showbus Rally held at Duxford in September 1994. Entries included Hedingham Omnibuses Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer L210 M210VEV.
Pointers were bred to work with hunters. In the past they were sometimes used in combination with a retriever, to point out the game for the hunter. Pointers were also used as falconer's dogs. As early as the 17th century, sportsmen used Pointers to locate hares and then Greyhounds to chase them.
The history of the Pointer, like many breeds, is a reasonably debatable topic. There are records of Pointers in England as far back as 1650. According to one source, the pointer came to be in the sixteenth and seventeenth century when pointing breeds including the Spanish pointer were brought from the European mainland to England.
When stitching panoramas, large, blank walls are problematical - the software can't generate control points. In the past I've used post-it notes (stick 'em on the wall) - but some walls are too big, out of reach, or I can't put a post-it note there. So I decided to make this. I looked online first, and they sell for $70 on up!
This costs under $15. I made it from stuff I had on-hand, so out of pocket was $0.
Parts:
Clamp from hardware store - $1.00.
Plastic clip - $1.50 for six (used to affix cables to flat surface - should be 3/4" or so - they are adjustable)
Mini rotating head - $8.00 (It's off a mini-tripod - any will work)
Epoxy glue $2.00
Take the head of the tripod - make sure it attaches with a screw – it can’t be a cheap clip on.
Drill a hole in one side of the clamp to fit the screw - I needed a couple of washers to snug it.
Where the camera mounts to the tripod head, remove any padding (rubber or cork) and cut off the exposed camera-mounting threads (I used a Dremil). This gives you a shallow cup. Next take the plastic clip and trim the base to fit in the cup. Remove any glue or adhesive tape from the clip first.
Attach the head to the clamp. Clamp it to something so the cup is up. That, or grow a third hand.
Dry fit the clip into the cup. The clip base is square - the place you have to stick it is round. Side cutters work since it’s plastic. Once it's snug, remove.
Mix some Epoxy and fill the cup about 1/2 fill. Press the clip into the Epoxy – smash it in there - and fill in any gaps (I used a small popsicle / mixing stick), and form a lip of Epoxy on the clip. You can’t use too much. Just don’t get sloppy or it looks bad.
Takes about 15 minutes to make. OK, so how do you turn on the laser? Slide the pointer until the push-button is under the clip - that presses it down and on.
This photo shows it on. You can see the push-button is just under the clip. OK, so why red and not green or blue, etc.? You can't see the light trail - only the dot. I tried a green. The photograph looked like I had a green glowing string tacked to the wall, leading back to the camera.
For the first time (I've noticed), Suretime, Surrey CC's real time bus information system, was working on the 73 yesterday.
Countryliner's vehicles were never fitted with Suretime equipment (except the route 479 buses). Perhaps SCC didn't trust them! But the Abellio fleet does seem to be - even though it's only the Pegasus Darts that have the interior passenger displays - and so the 73 is now showing on the Suretime displays.
However, the system is so bad that most buses (of all operators) never seem to show up on it. The regular 73 vehicle, 8047, never does (perhaps it is not fitted with the equipment).
But with 8095 (KV03 ZFY) on the route, it was all working, and I have to say it was working well!
Strictly speaking, it's not true to say the 73 has never featured on Suretime, as the Arriva route 73 evening journeys starting from September 2009 (1932, 2032, 2132 and 2232 from Woking) were on the system. In fact, they still are, and regularly show up on the displays, despite the fact they were re-numbered to 28 over two years ago in August 2010 and withdrawn completely in 2011!!
8064 was on the 81 yesterday too, vice 8042.
Cawsey Way, Woking, Surrey.
The William and Mary men’s basketball team led from start to finish and pushed its home-court winning streak to 14 games with a 77-58 victory over Elon on Wednesday night at Kaplan Arena. W&M shot 49 percent from the floor, knocked down ten 3-pointers and connected on 17-of-20 from the free throw line in outdistancing Elon. W&M remained in first place in the CAA at 10-3 in league and 16-8 overall, while Elon dropped to 11-15 on the year and 3-10 in CAA play.
Omar Prewitt led the Tribe, scoring 18 of his game-high 19 points in the first half to go with seven rebounds, four assists and two blocked shots. Sean Sheldon picked up his first career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Marcus Thornton finished with 17 points and three assists.
The Tribe jumped out to an early advantage thanks in large part to the play of Prewitt and Sheldon. They combined for 24 of the Tribe’s opening 28 points as the Green and Gold opened up a double-digit advantage. W&M scored 11 of game’s first 13 points as four straight from Sheldon, including a pair of free throws, gave W&M the nine-point cushion.
Five straight from Elon closed the gap to 11-7 at the 13:51 mark, but W&M responded with and 8-2 run, including six from Prewitt. His 3-pointer from the left side extended the Tribe lead to 19-9. The Tribe lead remained in double digits, jumping to 30-15 on a Thornton setback jumper with four and a half minutes left in the half. The margin was 11 points following an Elijah Bryant jumper at the 3:20 mark, before the home team ripped off a 12-2 run to push its advantage over 20.
Connor Burchfield provided W&M with a huge lift off the bench, hitting back-to-back 3-pointers. A steal and fast break bucket from Thornton gave W&M a 17-point advantage and forced an Elon timeout. The Green and Gold run continued on a tough finish inside from Sheldon and a pair of Prewitt free throws, extending the lead to 42-21 with a minute left in the first half. W&M led by 19 at the intermission after shooting 51.7 percent (15-of-29), while limiting Elon to 36 percent (9-of-25) in the opening 20 minutes.
The visiting Phoenix scored eight of first 11 in the second half to draw within 14 points. Hamilton scored six straight points for Elon, including a steal and fast break lay-up to close the visitors to within 45-31 with 16:45 left.
After failing to hit a 3-pointer in the opening 20 minutes, Thornton knocked down back-to-back triples, including one of the step-back variety, to push the lead back to 18, 51-33, and the Phoenix never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way. His fast break lay-up off a Sheldon defensive rebound and look-ahead pass gave W&M a 60-40 lead with just under eight minutes remaining.
The cushion reached as many as 23 on a pair of occasions, including on Thornton’s third 3-pointer of the second half with 2:50 to play. From there, both teams emptied the bench and W&M picked up a 77-58 win, its 16th of the season. The 16 wins rank 10th in program history.
In a stark contrast from the earlier meeting this season, W&M limited Elon to just 3-of-22 (13.6 percent) from 3-point range, including only 1-of-14 from its top two scorers in Bryant and Tanner Samson. The Phoenix duo was 12-of-22 from long range and combined for 45 points in their home win over the Tribe in January. Elon finished the game shooting 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the floor. Bryant led Elon with 15 points and 10 rebounds, but was just 5-of-15 from the field and 1-of-4 from 3-point range. Samson, who had 20 in the first meeting, finished with just two points and was 0-of-10 from 3-point range. Hamilton added 13 points, while Christian Hairston tallied 10 off the bench.
Playing without the services of guard Daniel Dixon, who was out due to injury, the Tribe received a number of contributions, especially from its freshman class. Rookie Oliver Tot garnered his first career start, finishing with three rebounds and two assists in a strong floor game. Greg Malinowski added six points, knocking down a pair of 3-pointers, to go along with two assists and fellow classmate Burchfield poured in six points on two 3-pointers. Tom Schalk added six points, four rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots off the bench.
W&M shot 49 percent (25-of-51) on the night, including a 10-of-24 (41.7 percent) effort from 3-point range. The Green and Gold continued its strong free throw shooting, connecting on 85 percent (17-of-20) from the charity stripe. The Tribe out rebounded Elon, 36-30, and dished out 14 assists on its 25 made field goals.
Red Weasel Media was sitting on the baseline to capture all of the high flying action.
Capturing Fast Action with the new A7RIII
The A7RIII is no slouch when it comes to capturing 42 megapixel Action.
The A7RIII, however, feels more like the A6500 than an A9 when tracking action in that there is blackout when using the Hi in Continuous Shooting mode. The 'Hi' option allows live view panning at 8 frames per second. If you are not panning you can switch to 'Hi+' and enjoy 10 frames per second while recording 14 Bit full-frame Raw with 15 stops of dynamic range