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Funaokayama Park, Kyoto City
NHK installed to popularize radio broadcast in 1920s and 1930s
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L'autel majeur, en marbre de Sarrancolin, a été mis en place en 1737. Séparé de l'autel par un étroit passage, le retable s'adosse au mausolée de saint Bertrand. De la même époque que les stalles, il a été badigeonné et doré tardivement.
À la prédelle, on découvre vingt-sept petits bas-reliefs qui ne comportent pas moins de 115 personnages de 18 centimètres de hauteur. Deux cycles s'entrecroisent dans un désordre qui n'est qu'apparent :
à la base des colonnes du retable, nous trouvons le cycle de la Vierge Marie et de la Nativité de l'enfant Jésus
dans les renfoncements du retable, le cycle de la Passion du Christ
Le désordre n'est qu'apparent, car l'artiste, ou celui qui l'a inspiré, en mélangeant ces deux cycles, illustre magnifiquement une des grandes intuitions de la théologie chrétienne : la Kénose, l'abaissement du Christ qui culmine au moment de la Passion, commence en fait dès la Nativité. Lui, qui est de condition divine n'a pas considéré comme une proie à saisir d'être l'égal de Dieu. Mais il s'est dépouillé, prenant la condition de serviteur, devenant semblable aux hommes et, par son aspect, il était reconnu comme un homme... écrira saint Paul dans son épître aux Philippiens -Ph. 2/6-7 - .
Cela n'empêche pas l'auteur d'aller chercher une partie de son inspiration du côté des Évangiles Apocryphes popularisés à partir du XIIIe siècle par la très fameuse Légende Dorée du dominicain génois Jacques de Voragine. De nombreux détails des stalles, comme des premiers tableaux de la prédelle consacrés aux parents de la Vierge Marie, Anne et Joachim, proviennent en effet de ce best-seller de la littérature populaire édifiante : vendue par les colporteurs en fascicules lue, relue, lors des veillées campagnardes jusqu’au début du XXe siècle, La Légende dorée n’en a pas moins fournie aux artistes, depuis sa parution, les attributs et symboles qui permettaient d’identifier au premier coup d’oeil les saints, les saintes, et les scènes de l’Ancien ou du Nouveau Testament.
The main altar, in Sarrancolin marble, was installed in 1737. Separated from the altar by a narrow passage, the altarpiece leans against the mausoleum of Saint Bertrand. From the same period as the stalls, it was whitewashed and gilded late.
At the predella, we discover twenty-seven small bas-reliefs which include no less than 115 characters 18 centimeters high. Two cycles intersect in a disorder that is only apparent:
at the base of the columns of the altarpiece we find the cycle of the Virgin Mary and the Nativity of the child Jesus
in the recesses of the altarpiece, the cycle of the Passion of Christ
The disorder is only apparent, because the artist, or the person who inspired him, by mixing these two cycles, magnificently illustrates one of the great intuitions of Christian theology: Kenosis, the abasement of Christ which culminates in moment of the Passion, in fact begins at the Nativity. He, who is of divine condition, did not consider it a prey to be seized to be the equal of God. But he stripped himself, taking on the condition of a servant, becoming like men and, by his appearance, he was recognized as a man... wrote Saint Paul in his epistle to the Philippians -Ph. 2/6-7 - .
This does not prevent the author from seeking some of his inspiration from the Apocryphal Gospels popularized from the 13th century onwards by the very famous Golden Legend by the Genoese Dominican Jacques de Voragine. Many details of the stalls, such as the first paintings in the predella devoted to the parents of the Virgin Mary, Anne and Joachim, come from this bestseller of edifying popular literature: sold by peddlers in booklets read, reread, during From country vigils to the beginning of the 20th century, La Légende Dorée has nonetheless provided artists, since its publication, with the attributes and symbols that made it possible to identify at first glance the saints, the saints, and scenes from the Old or New Testament.
Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers (played by Fonda and Hopper) who travel through the American Southwest and South. The success of Easy Rider helped spark the New Hollywood phase of filmmaking during the early 1970s. The film was added to the Library of Congress National Registry in 1998.
A landmark counterculture film,[2] and a "touchstone for a generation" that "captured the national imagination,"[3] Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement, drug use, and communal lifestyle. In Easy Rider, real drugs were used in scenes showing the use of marijuana and other substances.
Hopper and Fonda's first collaboration was in The Trip (1967), written by Jack Nicholson, which had similar themes and characters as Easy Rider.[5] Peter Fonda had become "an icon of the counterculture in The Wild Angels (1966), where he, "establish[ed] a persona he would develop further in The Trip and Easy Rider.[6] The Trip also popularized LSD, while Easy Rider went on to "celebrate 60s counterculture" but does so "stripped of its innocence.[7] Author Katie Mills wrote that The Trip is a way point along the "metamorphosis of the rebel road story from a Beat relic into its hippie reincarnation as Easy Rider", and connected Peter Fonda's characters in those two films, along with his character in The Wild Angels, deviating from the "formulaic biker" persona and critiquing "commodity-oriented filmmakers appropriating avant-garde film techniques.[5] It was also a step in the transition from independent film into Hollywood's mainstream, and while The Trip was criticized as a faux, popularized underground film made by Hollywood insiders, whereas Easy Rider "interrogates" the attitude that underground film must, "remain strictly segregated from Hollywood."[5] Mills also wrote that the famous acid trip scene in Easy Rider "clearly derives from their first tentative explorations as filmmakers in The Trip.source wikipédia
Jacksonville is a major seaport city and the seat of Duval County, Florida, United States. With an estimated 913,010 residents as of 2017, Jacksonville is the most populous city in both the state of Florida and the southeastern United States. It is estimated to be the 12th most populous city in the United States and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,626,611 and is the 34th largest in the United States and fourth largest in the state of Florida.
The city is situated on the banks of the St. Johns River, in the First Coast region of North Florida, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and 340 miles (550 km) north of Miami.
Prior to European settlement, the Jacksonville area was inhabited by Native American people known as the Timucua. In 1564, the French established the short-lived colony of Fort Caroline at the mouth of the St. Johns River, becoming one of the earliest European settlements in the continental United States. In 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain, the town of Jacksonville was platted along the St. Johns River. Established at a narrow point in the river known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British, the enduring name derives from the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
Jacksonville is the cultural, commercial and financial center of North Florida. A major military and civilian deep-water port, the city's riverine location supports two United States Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. The two US Navy bases, Blount Island Command and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, form the third largest military presence in the United States. Jacksonville serves as headquarters for various banking, insurance, healthcare, logistics, and other institutions. These include CSX Corporation, Fidelity National Financial, FIS, Landstar System, Ameris Bancorp, Atlantic Coast Financial, Black Knight Financial Services, EverBank, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Regency Centers, Stein Mart, Web.com, Fanatics, Gate Petroleum, Haskell Company, Interline Brands, Sally Corporation, and Southeastern Grocers. Jacksonville is also home to several colleges and universities, including University of North Florida, Jacksonville University and Florida State College at Jacksonville.
The architecture of Jacksonville varies in style and is not defined by any one characteristic. Few structures in the city center predate the Great Fire of 1901. The city is home to one of the largest collections of Prairie School style buildings outside of the Midwest. Following the Great Fire of 1901, Henry John Klutho would come to influence generations of local designers with his works by both the Chicago School, championed by Louis Sullivan, and the Prairie School of architecture, popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright. Jacksonville is also home to a notable collection of Mid-Century modern architecture. Local architects Robert C. Broward, Taylor Hardwick, and William Morgan adapted a range design principles, including International style, Brutalism, Futurism and Organicism, all applied with an American interpretation generally referred to today as Mid-century modern design. The architecture firms of Reynolds, Smith & Hills (RS&H) and Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (KBJ) have also contributed a number of important works to the city's modern architectural movement.
Jacksonville's early predominant position as a regional center of business left an indelibly mark on the city's skyline. Many of the earliest skyscrapers in the state were constructed in Jacksonville, dating as far back as 1902. The city last held the state height record from 1974 to 1981. The tallest building in Downtown Jacksonville's skyline is the Bank of America Tower, constructed in 1990 as the Barnett Center. It has a height of 617 ft (188 m) and includes 42 floors. Other notable structures include the 37-story Wells Fargo Center (with its distinctive flared base making it the defining building in the Jacksonville skyline), originally built in 1972-74 by the Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the 28 floor Riverplace Tower which, when completed in 1967, was the tallest precast, post-tensioned concrete structure in the world.
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Fushimi Inari-taisha is the head shrine of the kami Inari, located in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine sits at the base of Inari mountain. The main shrine was built in 1499. The shrine is known for rows of hundreds of torii gates, known as Senbon Torii, along the mountain paths. Popularized from the Edo period (1603 – 1868), the gates result from a custom to donate a torii to have a wish come true or in gratitude for a wish that came true.
Foxes (kitsune), regarded as the messengers, are often found in Inari shrines. Often there is a key (for the rice granary) or jewel in its mouth, like this fox. (Wikipedia)
Sony a6300. Sony E PZ 16-50mm, F3.5-5.6. 33mm, f/5, 1/160 sec, ISO 5000. This light & small "kit" lens is maligned for its lack of sharpness, however note spider under chin! To me, given its size, weight, & price - sharper than expected. Thanks for viewing!
The Jonathan Price Home - 1854 - 7905 Main Street
NRHP added 2002 - Building - #02001103
From the Clinton Historical Society website:
"One of the most ornate houses in Summit County, this home reflects the degree of prosperity that the Ohio & Erie Canal brought to the small community of Clinton."
Affectionately known locally as "The Gingerbread House", it occupies a prominent location on the corner of Main and Fulton Streets.
The Gothic Revival style is a 19th century adaptation of the late Medival forms of architecture. It is credited to Alexander Jackson Davis who popularized Gothic Revival through his Pattern Books, notably, "The Architecture of Cottage Houses" 1850.
Characteristics include steeply sloped gable roof with fish-scale shingles and Board and Batten siding with chamfered edges. A prominent, scrolled verge board skirts the bottom of the projective eave around the core section of the building. The gable apex is marked by a central finial with pyramid shaped top, chamfered edges and a bun pendant. The foundation consists of dressed and cut sandstone which evidence chisel marks. The flat roofed front porch canopy is supported by two Doric columns. The trabeated entryway features a four light transom and three paneled paired sidelights. The "outhouse", which is extant, also has a steeply pitched roof and fish-scale shingles. The total cost of construction, including the lot ($48) was $1,056.
The 1854 Mathews and Tainton Atlas contains a street map of Clinton and references the home owner "John" Price, General Merchandise and Coal Merchant. His office is believed to have been located on Lot 57 on North Street. He also owned a few lots that lined the Canal Basin on Water Street which served as a "parking lot" for Canal Boats.
The house represents the influence of ideas beyond the local area that also arrived via the Canal Boats along with those passengers and goods. It testifies to the owner's status in the community and level of sophistication that Mr. Price expressed through the design and construction."
The Pintado-inspired body “tattoo” look was popularized in recent years by the multi-awarded Basakanon tribe whose choreographer cried foul that they have been imitated by at least 7 contingents this year. Well, imitation is flattery but each presentation was different in its own way. The Tribu Iliganon, for instance, gave a more belligerent scary feel, making people recall of 300 or to a lesser extent, Apocalypto.
the Tribu Iliganon from Iligan (4th Place, Free Interpretation Category), at the Sinulog 2008 grand parade, Cebu City, the Philippines
more photos in Surviving Sinulog 2008 at www.colloidfarl.blogspot.com/
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland: The Home of Rock
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is the international museum and hall of fame dedicated to celebrating the history and cultural influence of rock music, and honoring the key artists and figures who created it.
Location: It is located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland was chosen as the permanent home in 1986 due to its deep connection to the genre: local disc jockey Alan Freed popularized the term "rock and roll" in the early 1950s and hosted the first major rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball in 1952.
Architecture: The building, which opened in 1995, is a striking, modern structure designed by architect I. M. Pei. Its most iconic form is a combination of a tower and a glass pyramid, which has been interpreted as resembling a guitar neck rising from the ground.
Function: The museum houses an extensive collection of artifacts, costumes, and interactive exhibits tracing the origins of rock, while the hall of fame on the top floor honors the inducted artists.
Notre Dame de Paris (French for Our Lady of Paris), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Notre Dame de Paris is widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture in France and in Europe. It was restored and saved from destruction by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, one of France's most famous architects. Notre Dame de Paris was one of the first Gothic cathedrals, and its construction spanned the Gothic period. Its sculptures and stained glass show the heavy influence of naturalism, unlike that of earlier Romanesque architecture.
Notre Dame de Paris was among the first buildings in the world to use the flying buttress (arched exterior supports). The building was not originally designed to include the flying buttresses around the choir and nave. After the construction began and the thinner walls (popularized in the Gothic style) grew ever higher, stress fractures began to occur as the walls pushed outward. In response, the cathedral's architects built supports around the outside walls, and later additions continued the pattern.
The cathedral suffered desecration during the radical phase of the French Revolution in the 1790s, when much of its religious imagery was damaged or destroyed. During the 19th century, an extensive restoration project was completed, returning the cathedral to its previous state.
Not much is known about its history. Locals say, the place was founded by Bhavana Buddho sect and was officially registered in 1985 in documentation. It took only 5 years to build.
Wat Samphran is not just the main pink building as you see, but a complete complex with temples, meditation area, living quarters and food stalls. The temple is a blend of Chinese beliefs that the Mangkorn (Dragon) boldly represents with the Thai culture and beliefs brought in by the local monks.
The temple clergy were found involved in a sexual misconduct scandal in 2004 for which they served long imprisonment. Since then, the place has rather been neglected only popularized by recent international tourists.
Since then, I asked my tour guide about the neglect and the scandal. The tour guide told me that "Punish the monks were punished, do not punish the temple and its people"
Duke Paoa Kahanamoku
"Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer who popularized the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory's admission as a state and became a United States citizen. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, winning medals in 1912, 1920 and 1924"
"Between Olympic competitions, and after retiring from the Olympics, Kahanamoku traveled internationally to give swimming exhibitions. It was during this period that he popularized the sport of surfing, previously known only in Hawaii, by incorporating surfing exhibitions into his touring exhibitions."
"His surfing exhibition at Australia's Freshwater Beach, Sydney, on December 24, 1914, is widely regarded as a seminal event in the development of surfing in Australia. The board that Kahanamoku built from a piece of pine from a local hardware store is retained by the Freshwater Surf Life Saving Club."
An iconic view of downtown Atlanta, from the...
Atlanta (Old Fourth Ward), Georgia, USA.
22 May 2020.
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▶ Looking west toward downtown Atlanta:
☞ The skyscraper at the right (north) is SunTrust Plaza (2nd-tallest in Georgia; 28th-tallest in the world).
☞ To its left is the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (the "Pregnant Building").
☞ In the middle, the column-shaped skyscraper (with an antenna) is the Westin Peachtree Plaza.
☞ The 2nd skyscraper from the left is 191 Peachtree Tower.
☞ The Georgia-Pacific Tower is to the far left (south).
☞ The higways are the Downtown Connector (I-85/75) and the Freedom Parkway.
▶ The Jackson Street Bridge connects two neighborhoods that had been sundered by the construction of Interstate I-85/75 and Freedom Parkway in the 1960s/70s:
☞ The Old Fourth Ward (to the north; right in the photo).
☞ Sweet Auburn (birthplace of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the south; left in the photo).
▶ The cable-television series Walking Dead popularized this vista, if in a digitally altered form.
▶ The pedestrian/bicylist Stone Mountain Trail crosses the highway on the bridge. From here, the 'trail' continues one mile west along sidewalks and city streets to its terminus at Centennial Olympus Park. In the opposite direction, it traverses 18 miles east (along sidewalks, streets, and actual paved trails) to its terminus at Stone Mountain, Georgia. Pix of the trail: here.
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These iconic glass objects are the ubiquitous forms popularized by Chihuly. Massed together in one room, they are quite lovely.
I have entitled this photograph, “Barry’s Bike” after local San Diego photographer, Barry Alman, who popularized this composition of the bike sculpture cruising on the Coronado Bridge. Barry is a fixture on KUSI News and can be seen most days making photographs of the sunset along San Diego’s many beaches.
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This is a concept that I had been meaning to explore more of, if just for the fun “bending reality” aspect of shaped bokeh. This was made with a little contraption I’ll be detailing below, but you can find a longer tutorial in my upcoming book: www.kickstarter.com/projects/donkom/macro-photography
Normally, “bokeh” is the word used to describe the quality of an out of focus background in a photograph – though it can also refer to foregrounds too. This can be an element of control for photographers of every genre, but in macro photography we have a few tricks to make it a stronger element in the image. So, how is it so strong and why is it a bunch of squares?
The strength of the bokeh comes in two parts: the lens you’re using and the qualities of the subject. This image was shot with a vintage optical formula that originally dates back to 1916, but it was popularized by the Meyer Optik Trioplan 100. This was shot with a modern revival of that lens, marketed primarily for its “soap bubble” bokeh. Notice how the outer edge of the shapes in the background is brighter than the inner areas? This helps define the shapes. Meyer Optik went bankrupt but the name and assets went to one of their creditors and apparently the lens is being reborn yet again with a version “II” coming soon, or so says B&H Photo where you can pre-order a copy: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/Trioplan_100/Ntt/Trioplan%2B10...
But really, where do these shapes come from? The key is understanding specular highlights – direct reflections from a light source. In this case, I have a bright LED flashlight placed behind the flower, as well as one in front to fill in the scene. The back flashlight is shining through a bunch of blades of grass that are covered with water droplets a few inches behind the flower. Each of those droplets has a “catch light”, a term normally referring to the sparkle in someone’s eye – which is a type of specular reflection. When those bright points of light become out of focus, they take on the shape of the aperture of the lens. If your lens has a six-blade aperture, you’d see hexagonal bokeh as an example.
So, why square? Simply put, I placed a piece of cardboard with a square cut out of it in front of my lens! With the lens’ “main” aperture set to wide open, I can use a secondary aperture of my own design in front of the objective lens, and whatever shape I choose is the shape it takes on. I’m actively prototyping a more advanced design that will allow you to drop in custom-cut apertures that are printed on sheets of overhead projector material that can be incredibly complex, more than just a cut-out. The total bill of parts will likely be less than $15 or so, and detailed instructions will be in my new book. If you haven’t checked it out, it’ll be “THE” resource for macro photographers: www.kickstarter.com/projects/donkom/macro-photography/
Bonus: bokeh in the foreground will always be different than bokeh in the background. Notice the difference on the front petals vs. the back!
Not much is known about its history. Locals say, the place was founded by Bhavana Buddho sect and was officially registered in 1985 in documentation. It took only 5 years to build.
Wat Samphran is not just the main pink building as you see, but a complete complex with temples, meditation area, living quarters and food stalls. The temple is a blend of Chinese beliefs that the Mangkorn (Dragon) boldly represents with the Thai culture and beliefs brought in by the local monks.
The temple clergy were found involved in a sexual misconduct scandal in 2004 for which they served long imprisonment. Since then, the place has rather been neglected only popularized by recent international tourists.
Since then, I asked my tour guide about the neglect and the scandal. The tour guide told me that "Punish the monks were punished, do not punish the temple and its people"
Excerpt from www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mississauga-cit...:
Mississauga City Hall, designed by Edward Jones and Michael Kirkland (in partnership as Jones & Kirkland), opened in 1987 as the civic centre for the new City of Mississauga, Ont, a merger of the towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville.
Mississauga City Hall, designed by Edward Jones and Michael Kirkland (in partnership as Jones & Kirkland), opened in 1987 as the civic centre for the new City of Mississauga, Ont, a merger of the towns of Mississauga, Port Credit and Streetsville. Instantly acclaimed as a success for the postmodern movement in architecture, the 37 280-square-metre landmark garnered prizes at home and abroad, including a 1990 Governor General's Award of Merit.
Postmodern architects use modern construction techniques but rely on traditional architectural forms and decoration. At Mississauga City Hall, Jones & Kirkland achieved a deft combination of European urban civic design and rural Ontario building types, merging local traditions and the grand symbols of western architectural history. They planned a narrow, 10-metre-wide building to frame a civic square with gardens, amphitheatre and fountains. Inside, the Great Hall connects on one side to the Grand Stair that leads citizens up to city offices, and on the other to the cylindrical, wood-lined council chamber. The project was designed as a "building for two seasons": the Great Hall was to be used in winter for public gatherings, the square in summer. The interiors were finished in marble and granite, while the exteriors were covered in precast concrete (which was less expensive than stone). The design also acknowledged the suburban habits of the new city's inhabitants: the complex rests on a plinth 1.5 metres above street level, on top of a 1000-car parking garage.
Jones & Kirkland won the commission in a national architectural competition held in 1982. With 246 competitors, it was one of the most important architectural events in Canada since the 1958 international competition won by Viljo Revell for TORONTO CITY HALL. The competition received widespread attention from architects worldwide, partly due to the presence of innovative British architect James Stirling on the jury. In turn, the competition's high profile helped bolster the prestige of Canadian jury members, including George BAIRD, architect and professor at the University of Toronto, and Phyllis LAMBERT, founder of the CANADIAN CENTRE FOR ARCHITECTURE.
Mississauga City Hall can also be seen as a composition of geometric shapes laid out like models for a drawing study: cylinder (the council chamber), rectangular prism (office building), obelisk (clock tower) and pyramid (the glass roof of the Great Hall). Indeed, the drawings Jones & Kirkland prepared for the competition were widely published. They made a significant Canadian contribution to an international revival of architectural draughtsmanship. This trend, popularized by postmodern architects such as Michael Graves and Aldo Rossi, focused on the communication of architectural ideas through drawing rather than building.
Not to be confused with Pete's Kitchen or Pete's Satire Lounge (both across the street), Illegal Pete's continues our visual walk down Colorado iconic spots and is NOT owned by the Contos family.
Illegal Pete's is a Colorado-based group of quick-service, fast-casual "Mission Style" burrito restaurants that takes inspiration from burritos popularized in San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s. Think Chipotle, only local and MUCH better. The first location opened in Boulder, in 1995, and has grown to 7 locations around the Denver Metro area.
Three of the locations are pretty equal distance to me, in different directions, but this one is my favorite. And while their food is pretty good, I'm a fan of the "sip and shoot" combo P.S. I Love You — a 16oz draft Pacifico and a shot of Sauza Silver tequila for $7. It doesn't get much better than that.
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Bird Nest
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"Warm Kitty" is a children's song, popularized by the characters Sheldon and Penny in the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory where it is rendered as "Soft Kitty".
We ate dinner and brunch at Duke's in the Outrigger in Waikiki.
This is the legendary Barefoot Bar at Duke's.
www.best-of-oahu.com/dukes-waikiki.html
The Barefoot Bar is one of the most popular bars in Waikiki. Its a friendly spot where you enjoy a tropical drink, hangout with some friends and most likely, meet some new ones. I love that you can walk right off the beach into their surfer, tiki-inspired bar scene. If you can't wait for a table, consider a seat at the bar to enjoy the company of locals and tourists alike.
A trip to Duke's would be incomplete without ordering their world-famous tropical drinks - particularly, the signature Mai Tai. It is an irresistible concoction of local dark and light rum, fresh lime juice, and island fruit juices. It's more than just a drink - it's a refreshing sip of the island's soul -- especially since it is served in a tiki glass that starts to look like an island god smiling at you as you order another one, and another...:-)
Many consider their first taste of Duke's Mai Tai as a rite of passage when setting foot on Oahu's sands. They also serve a Vintage '44 Mai Tai that has a little spin on the original classic drink.
www.to-hawaii.com/oahu/attractions/dukestatue.php
The Duke Kahanamoku Statue in Waikiki honors the legendary Hawaiian surfer, Olympic swimmer, and "Ambassador of Aloha." Standing proudly on Kuhio Beach, this iconic bronze statue welcomes visitors with open arms and is often adorned with fresh flower leis. It's one of the most photographed landmarks in Hawaii, celebrating Duke's legacy as the father of modern surfing.
A popular statue in Waikiki and one of the most photographed spots is the Duke Kahanamoku Statue, which is standing right on Kuhio Beach, a part of Waikiki Beach on Oahu. Duke's bronze statue welcomes you with open arms and on most days, he is adorned with flower leis that people hang over his arms and lay in front of his feet.
The Duke Statue is located right next to the Waikiki Police Station on Kalakaua Avenue, across the street from the Hyatt Regency hotel. To see authentic photos and memorabilia of Duke and the Waikiki Beach Boys, visit the Duke's Canoe Club (also a restaurant) in the Outrigger Waikiki hotel right on Waikiki Beach.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Kahanamoku
Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku (August 24, 1890 – January 22, 1968) was a Hawaiian competition swimmer, lifeguard, and popularizer of the sport of surfing. A Native Hawaiian, he was born three years before the overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. He lived to see the territory's admission as a state and became a United States citizen. He was a five-time Olympic medalist in swimming, winning medals in 1912, 1920 and 1924.[3]
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Catch the rise of the Hunter's Moon on Oct. 20. It gets its name from farmers who turned to hunting after the harvest to stock up on food.
The Full Blood Moon will peak at 10:57 a.m. ET Wednesday, Oct. 20, although the moon will appear full from Monday night through Thursday night.
Coming on the heels of last month’s Harvest Moon, it’s also known as the Hunter’s Moon. That name was used by some Native Americans to note this month’s full moon arrival post-harvest from the fields at a time when game animals like deer are at their peak of fattening up and humans needed to preserve as much food as possible for the approaching winter.
The Full Blood Moon moniker is applied in much the same sentiment, although some speculate that it also refers to the changing color of the leaves.
While Hunter’s Moon was included in the Oxford English Dictionary as early as 1710, the Native American names for the full moons around the year were first popularized by the Maine Farmer’s Almanac in the 1930s.
Other Native American names for the full moon of October include Dying Grass Moon, Sanguine Moon and Travel Moon.
This week’s full moon will suppress the view of all but the brightest meteors in the Orionid Meteor Shower, which will peak on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 21.
The Orionids travel at such speed because the Earth is hitting the stream of Halley’s Comet debris nearly head-on as it passes through it.
— Marcus Schneck of pennlive.com contributed to this report.
Harvest Moon and autumn equinox
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we call the full moon closest to the September equinox by the name Harvest Moon. In 2023, the equinox fell on September 23. The full moon will fall nearly six days later, overnight on September 28-29. So, for the Northern Hemisphere, this full moon – the full moon closest to our autumn equinox – is our Harvest Moon.
Want an exact time? The crest of the September 2023 full moon falls at 9:57 UTC (4:57 a.m. CDT) on September 29, 2023. More details on the September 2023 super Harvest Moon here.
Depending on the year, the full Harvest Moon can occur anywhere from two weeks before the autumn equinox to two weeks after. So it can come in either September or October. The Harvest Moon is either the last full moon of the summer season, or the first full moon in autumn.
This year, the September full moon is the first of the season’s three full moons. That’s the first full moon of autumn for the Northern Hemisphere, and the first spring full moon for the Southern Hemisphere.
What makes the Harvest Moon special?
Harvest Moon is just a name. In some ways, it’s like any other full moon name. But these autumn full moons do have special characteristics related to the time of moonrise. Nature is particularly cooperative in giving us dusk-till-dawn moonlight for several evenings in a row around the time of the Harvest Moon.
All full moons rise around sunset. And, generally speaking, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, as it moves in orbit around Earth. But when a full moon happens close to an autumn equinox, the moon on the following nights rises closer to the time of sunset. For mid-temperate latitudes, the moon rises only about 20 to 25 minutes later daily for several days before and after the full Harvest Moon.
High northern latitudes
For very high northern latitudes, there’s even less time between successive moonrises. The farther north you live, the greater the Harvest Moon effect. For instance, at Anchorage, Alaska (61 degrees north latitude), the moon will rise at nearly the same time for a week!
The difference between 50 minutes and 25 minutes might not seem like much. But it means that, in the nights after a full Harvest Moon, you’ll see the moon ascending in the east relatively soon after sunset. The moon will rise during or near deepening twilight on these nights, presenting dusk-till-dawn moonlight for several nights in a row around the time of the Harvest Moon.
Diagram of horizon with slanted line with several moons along it.
The narrow angle of the ecliptic means the moon rises noticeably farther north on the horizon from one night to the next. So there is no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise. Image via classicalastronomy.com. Used with permission.
In autumn, the ecliptic – marking the moon’s approximate path across our sky – makes a narrow angle with the evening horizon.
Is the Harvest Moon bigger, or brighter or more colorful?
Because the moon’s orbit around Earth isn’t a perfect circle, the Harvest Moon’s distance from Earth – and apparent size in our sky – differs from year to year. In 2019, the Harvest Moon was actually a micro-moon or mini-moon: the most distant and smallest full moon of that year. And – in 2015 – the Harvest Moon was the year’s closest and biggest supermoon of the year.
So, the full Harvest Moon isn’t necessarily closer than any other full moon. But it might be. The moon’s distance at full moon varies from year to year. In 2023, the Harvest Moon is a full supermoon, but not the closest supermoon for the year.
It looks bigger, but isn’t
Still, in any year, you might think the Harvest Moon looks bigger or brighter or more orange. That’s because the Harvest Moon has such a powerful mystique. Many people look for it shortly after sunset around the time of full moon. After sunset around the time of any full moon, the moon will always be near the horizon. It’ll have just risen. It’s the location of the moon near the horizon that causes the Harvest Moon – or any full moon – to look big and orange in color.
A big moon seen near the horizon is undergoing a psychological effect. It’s a trick your eyes are playing – an illusion – called the moon illusion. You can find many lengthy explanations of the moon illusion by doing an online search for those words.
Orange color due to thickness of Earth’s atmosphere near horizon
By the way, the orange color of a moon near the horizon isn’t a psychological effect. It’s a true physical effect, which stems from the fact that – when you look toward a horizon – you’re looking through a greater thickness of Earth’s atmosphere than when you gaze up and overhead.
Southern Hemisphere moons, and Blue Moons
For the Southern Hemisphere, the Harvest Moon always comes in March or early April. It last took place on March 18, 2022, and will next happen March 25, 2024. But, it’s our understanding that the Southern Hemisphere doesn’t name its full moons as we do in the Northern Hemisphere. Do you know? If so, tell us your thoughts on Southern Hemisphere full moon names in the comments below.
Read more: Full moon names by month and season
Most often, a season has three full moons. Having four full moons in one season is quite atypical. Therefore, some people refer to the third of these four full moons as a seasonal Blue Moon. The next seasonal Blue Moon will be August 19, 2024.
Seasonal Blue Moons preceded what’s now a better known definition. By popular acclaim, most regard a Blue Moon as the second of two full moons in one calendar month. In fact, overnight on August 30-31, 2023, we had a full Blue Moon supermoon.
The shorter-than-usual lag time between moonrises around the full Harvest Moon means no long period of darkness between sunset and moonrise for days in succession.
In the days before tractor lights, the lamp of the Harvest Moon helped farmers gather their crops despite the diminishing daylight hours. As the sun’s light faded in the west, the moon would soon rise in the east to illuminate the fields throughout the night.
Who named the Harvest Moon? That name probably sprang to the lips of farmers throughout the Northern Hemisphere, on autumn evenings, as the Harvest Moon aided in bringing in the crops.
The name was popularized in the early 20th century by the song below.
Shine On Harvest Moon
By Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1903)
Shine on, shine on harvest moon
Up in the sky,
I ain’t had no lovin’
Since January, February, June or July
Snow time ain’t no time to stay
Outdoors and spoon,
So shine on, shine on harvest moon,
For me and my gal.
Bottom line: The Northern Hemisphere’s Harvest Moon falls overnight September 28-29, 2023, or almost 6 days after the September equinox. It’s also a supermoon!
More details on the September 2023 super Harvest Moon here.
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Astronomy Essentials
Deborah Byrd
About the Author:
Deborah Byrd created the EarthSky radio series in 1991 and founded EarthSky.org in 1994. Today, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of this website. She has won a galaxy of awards from the broadcasting and science communities, including having an asteroid named 3505 Byrd in her honor. In 2020, she was the Education Prize from the American Astronomical Society, the largest organization of professional astronomers in North America. A science communicator and educator since 1976, Byrd believes in science as a force for good in the world and a vital tool for the 21st century. "Being an EarthSky editor is like hosting a big global party for cool nature-lovers," she says.
Ancient Jewish Cemetery in Ostiano - Italy
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015) first saw what became the famous Vulcan salute, “live long and prosper,” as a child, long before “Star Trek” even existed. The placement of the hands comes from a childhood memory, of an Orthodox Jewish synagogue service in Boston.
The man who would play Spock saw the gesture as part of a blessing, and it never left him. “Something really got hold of me,” Nimoy said in a 2013 interview with the National Yiddish Book Center.
Nimoy spoke about the Jewish roots of the famous gesture for an oral history project documenting the lives of Yiddish speakers, of which Nimoy is one.
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The Vulcan salute is a hand gesture popularized by the 1960s television series Star Trek. It consists of a raised hand with the palm forward and the thumb extended, while the fingers are parted between the middle and ring finger.
The gesture was devised by Leonard Nimoy, who portrayed the half-Vulcan character Mr. Spock.
In his autobiography "I Am Not Spock", Nimoy wrote that he based it on the Priestly Blessing (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. birkat kohanim) performed by Jewish Kohanim with both hands, thumb to thumb in this same position, representing the Hebrew letter Shin (ש), which has three upward strokes similar to the position of the thumb and fingers in the salute. The letter Shin here stands for El Shaddai, meaning "Almighty (God)", as well as for Shekinah and Shalom. Nimoy wrote that when he was a child, his grandfather took him to an Orthodox synagogue, where he saw the blessing performed and was impressed by it.
Be sure to view large to best see the climber repelling down the rock spire near the center of the image.
Harvey Carter was an iconic pioneering climber who recently passed away this month at 81, and I would like to dedicate this image to his memory.
Carter lived in the Colorado Springs area at Manitou and made many of the first ascents up the rock towers at his beloved Garden of the Gods (seen here). He founded Climbing Magazine in 1970 and deserves a lot of credit for popularizing climbing worldwide. Other first ascents Carter made include routes in Glenwood Canyon and Fisher Towers near Moab, along with many other desert towers. Overall, he has more firsts than any other climber, with over 5,000 to his credit. He was also a respected member of the Aspen ski patrol where he saved numerous lives from 1957-1979, including at times his friends. Rest in peace Harvey, you will be missed!
Living in the small pond in the garden, I named him Jeremiah after "Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog", a song popularized by the Three Dog Night.
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Entry Name: Church of Saint Mary
Listing Date: 29 July 1950
Grade: I
Saxon south wall and part of west wall. C13 chancel with C15 windows. C13 and C14 transepts. C15 tower at crossing. C19 north aisle and porch. Nave heightened in C15. Finely carved wall monument of 1730. Brass of 1785 to Peter of Hertswold, with engraved head after Bartolozzie. (Francesco Bartolozzi RA was an 18th Centiry Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London. He is noted for popularizing the "crayon" method of engraving)
Click on image to see this one up close!
This gorgeous male and I were flirting.... he'd turn his head one way and I'd do the same. Then he'd turn his head the other way and I would turn too. And this went on for 5 minutes. Never felt attracted to a Pelican before! What a rush! The peak on the bill is only present during mating season. Then it falls away so we met at the perfect time for this attraction!
One of the largest birds in North America, with a 9-foot wingspan. Similar to the Brown Pelican in shape but much larger, and very different in habits: Occurs far inland, feeds cooperatively in shallow lakes, does not dive from the air for fish. Despite its great size, it's a spectacular flier, with flocks often soaring very high in the air, ponderously wheeling and circling in unison.
Flamingo Gardens, Davie FL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. PELICANS DON'T STORE FOOD IN THE POUCH ON THEIR BILLS.
The large, fibrous skin pouch that dangles from a pelican's bill is called the gular pouch (or, occasionally, the gular sac). Many people mistakenly believe it’s used to store food, like a built-in lunch box. The idea was popularized by a limerick of unknown authorship:
“A wonderful bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak enough food for a week.
But I’ll be damned if I can see how the helican."
While the rhyme is amusing, it isn’t accurate. In reality, pelicans use their gular pouches as a means of capturing food—not as a place to keep it tucked away for extended periods. The highly-flexible sacs can expand or contract, and the lower jaw bones they’re connected to are capable of bowing outwards, which enables the birds to use their sacs as fishing nets. Once a pelican captures its prey, the bird drains any water it may have accidentally captured with it by tilting its head and contracting those pouch muscles. (Fun fact: Some species can hold three gallons’ worth of liquid in their gular sacs.) Usually, the prey is swallowed immediately after the water purge.
2. PELICANS DON’T JUST EAT FISH.
In 2006, Londoners were shocked when a pigeon was swallowed whole by a great white pelican in front of some horrified kids at St. James's Park. Attacks like that aren’t unusual: Although pelicans specialize in eating fish, they also prey on crustaceans, amphibians, turtles, and—yes—other birds. If it can fit down their throats, it’s fair game.
Completed in 1926 by the architecture firm of Rubish and Hunter, the Hollywood Beach Hotel was designed in Mediterranean Revival Style popularized by Adison Mizner and as displayed in his Biltmore and Breakers hotels. The hotel's attractive facade was unfortunately destroyed during the 1950s by Hollywood developers to create a more modern look. Further development has destroyed the panoramic Royal Palm-lined avenue leading over the Intercoastal Waterway, and the hotel is now blocked by a draw bridge. All vestiges of the roaring-20's, art-deco-era interior have been covered up or destroyed. The hotel is now a short-term rental building serviced by Ramada, with efficiency-style rooms. The building was previously converted into a strip mall called Oceanwalk in the 1980s. The venture was not a success, and the lower floors now service a flea market.
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www.emporis.com/buildings/263340/hollywood-beach-hotel-ho...
historichollywoodbeachresort.com/
wikimapia.org/1498619/Hollywood-Beach-Resort
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Roadrunners are ground cuckoos, are any of about 15 species of birds constituting the subfamily Neomorphinae of the Cuckoo Family (Cuculidae), noted for terrestrial habits. There are 11 New World species, 3 of which lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
Other ground cuckoos include the Morococcyx erythropygus, a species widespread in Central America and 5 species of Neomorphus, found from Costa Rica to Bolivia.Three species of the very large Carpococcyx, are found in Southeast Asia and acquire a length of 24 inches.
Comparisons
The two species of Roadrunners include the Lesser Roadrunner (G. velox) a slightly smaller, buffier and less streaky bird, of Mexico and Central America, which grows to a length of 18 inches.
Description
The legendary Roadrunner is famous for its distinctive appearance, its ability to eat rattlesnakes and its preference for scooting across the American deserts, as popularized in Warner Bros. cartoons.
The Roadrunner is a large, black-and-white, mottled ground bird with a distinctive head crest. It has strong feet, a long, white-tipped tail and an oversized bill.
It ranges in length from 20 to 24 inches from the tip of its tail to the end of its beak. It is a member of the Cuckoo Family (Cuculidae), characterized by feet with 2 forward toes and 2 behind.
When the Roadrunner senses danger or is traveling downhill, it flies, revealing short, rounded wings with a white crescent. But it cannot keep its large body airborne for more than a few seconds, and so prefers walking or running (up to 17 miles per hour) usually with a clownish gait.
Vocalization
The Roadrunner makes a series of 6 to 8, low, dovelike coos dropping in pitch, as well as a clattering sound by rolling mandibles together.
Tail
The Roadrunner has a long, graduated tail carried at an upward angle.
Legs
The Roadrunner has long stout legs.
Behavior
The Roadrunner is uniquely suited to a desert environment by a number of physiological and behavioral adaptations
Its carnivorous habits offer it a large supply of very moist food
It reabsorbs water from its feces before excretion
A nasal gland eliminates excess salt, instead of using the urinary tract like most birds
It reduces its activity 50% during the heat of midday
Its extreme quickness allows it to snatch a humming bird or dragonfly from midair.
Habitat
The Roadrunner inhabits open, flat or rolling terrain with scattered cover of dry brush, chaparral or other desert scrub.
Food & Hunting
The Roadrunner feeds almost exclusively on other animals, including insects, scorpions, lizards, snakes, rodents and other birds. Up to 10 % of its winter diet may consist of plant material due to the scarcity of desert animals at that time of the year.
Because of its lightening quickness, the Roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon rattlesnakes. Using its wings like a matador's cape, it snaps up a coiled rattlesnake by the tail, cracks it like a whip and repeatedly slams its head against the ground till dead.
It then swallows its prey whole, but is often unable to swallow the entire length at one time. This does not stop the Roadrunner from its normal routine. It will continue to meander about with the snake dangling from its mouth, consuming another inch or two as the snake slowly digests.
Breeding
When spring arrives, the male Roadrunner, in addition to acquiring food for himself, offers choice morsels to a female as an inducement to mating. He usually dances around her while she begs for food, then gives her the morsel after breeding briefly.
Both parents collect the small sticks used for building a shallow, saucer-like nest, but the female actually constructs it in a bush, cactus or small tree. She then lays from 2 to 12 white eggs over a period of 3 days, which results in staggered hatching. . Incubation is from 18-20 days and is done by either parent, though preferably the male, because the nocturnally incubating males maintain normal body temperature.
The first to hatch often crowd out the late-arriving runts, which are sometimes eaten by the parents. Usually only 3 or 4 young are finally fledged from the nest after about 18 days. These remain near the adults for up to 2 more weeks before dispersing to the surrounding desert.
In the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of California where there is only one rainy season, Roadrunners nest in Spring, the only time there is abundant prey to raise a brood. In the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, they breed again in August or September after summer rains increase their food sources
The Botkin Trail in the Yalta Nature Reserve is one of the most famous hiking trails in the Crimean Mountains. Its length from Kirov Street to the top of Stavri-Kay aMount is 4.5 kilometers.
The Botkin Trail route was created in 1901 for tuberculosis patients. They could take wellness walks here, so it is also called the "Health Trail". In these places, the phytoncides of the coniferous forest are mixed with the sea breeze, which creates a positive effect for the treatment of lung diseases.
Professor Sergey Botkin was one of the most famous physicians in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. He received the title of academician and the position of physician of the royal family. Since 1870, he has been studying the climate of the Southern coast of Crimea and made a huge contribution to the popularization of recreation and the development of sanatoriums in the Crimea. He was the first to note the healing properties of the air on the Southern coast of Crimea for the treatment of lung diseases.
Боткинская тропа проложена по левому берегу реки Учан-Су. Начинаясь у Поляны сказок, она завершается у скалы Ставри-Кая. Правда, завершается условно, поскольку сразу переходит в Штангеевскую тропу, которая заканчивается у водопада Учан-Су. Нередко две тропы объединяют в один маршрут. Это логично, поскольку в противном случае от скалы Ставри-Кая придется возвращаться обратно по уже пройденному пути. Если же идти до водопада, получится круизный маршрут.
Тропу оборудовали в 1901-1902 году силами Крымско-Кавказского горного клуба. В то время активно действовало ее ялтинское отделение. Назвать решили в честь доктора Боткина. Он хоть и жил в Москве, но активно участвовал в исследовании роли Южного берега Крыма как курортологического направления. Получив звание академика, он стал лейб-медиком царской семьи и много времени проводил вместе с ней в Ливадийском дворце.
This is one of these old songs that won't get out of my head...
The Fifth Dimension were best-known during the late 1960s and early 1970s for popularizing the hits "Up, Up and Away" and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."
The five original members were Billy Davis, Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, and Ron Townson. They have recorded for several different labels over their long careers. Their first work appeared on the Soul City label, which was started by Imperial Records/United Artists Records recording artist Johnny Rivers. The group would later record for Bell/Arista Records ABC Records and Motown Records.
According to science, there isn't much to the spread of plants.. however, behind the scenes, a massive transportation advantage has been kept secret by every plant species for decades...
Three builds depicting:
Mushroom Tank - Cruiser: Commonly utilized for the silent fungi takeover of Britain forests during the 1939-1945 moss wars.
Shrubbery Unicycle: A entertaining mode of travel popularized in the 1800s by shorter shrubs, as it allowed for better scenic views while higher up.
Bonsai quadruped - Extreme version: A newer style technology, utilizing 4 extremely mobile legs for speedy mobility. A migration vehicle only brought into use in recent months, and sure to revolution the transportation industry... however the NMM (National Magnoliophyta Military) has recently purchased the design patents . . . is a new plant war on the horizon?
Used as a warning regarding the extreme midday heat in certain places. The expression, believed to be coined by Rudyard Kipling, was popularized as a line in the 1931 song "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" Noel Coward, mocking the behaviour of the English when in hot countries, especially former colonies of the British Empire.
(Seems appropriate this week).
Noel Coward sings:
Fingal's Cave, the sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides. Made famous of course through Mendelssohn's overture which has popularized the cave as a tourist destination.
Antonio Contino's bridge over the Rio di Palazzo was erected in the year 1600 to connect the Doge's prisons, or Prigioni, with the inquisitor's rooms in the main palace. The name "Bridge of Sighs" was invented in the 19th Century, when Lord Byron helped to popularize the belief that the bridge's name was inspired by the sighs of condemned prisoners as they were led through it to the executioner.
I had the great fortune to get to take some pics of this 1980's Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. I decided to get a little creative and do a bokeh pano with the DTLA skyline in the background. Early in the morning, before the sun came up, in downtown Los Angeles we set up and got off a few shots. This is 14 vertical shots, on a tripod, with a wide open aperture and focused on the front tire. When the pano is stitched, the depth of field is exaggerated and adds a certain look the photo. This technique is also called the Brenizer Method after the photographer that popularized it. It had been a while since I had done one of these so I am glad it worked out. We hit up about five different locations, over the course of an hour. Having lived in the area for so long it was pretty easy to get through them all. I have a bunch more from this morning that I will post eventually. I am still working on most of the pics from my trip to Hawaii so my photo time is spread thin. These car shoots have been a lot of fun. I am looking forward to doing a few more.
drumstick dance
"... Little Drummer Boy Lyrics: Come thy told me / Pa rum pum pum-pum / A newborn King to see / Pa rum pum pum-pum / Our finest gifts we bring / Pa rum pum pum-pum / To lay before the king / Pa rum pum ..."
reminds me of:
The Little Drummer Boy | 1968 | HD | 1080p | Full Movie ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMIW7HR2LOo
The Little Drummer Boy is a 1968 film in which an orphan drummer boy finds his life changed forever when he meets three wise men on route to Bethlehem.
"The Little Drummer Boy" (originally known as "Carol of the Drum") is a popular Christmas song written by the American classical music composer and teacher Katherine Kennicott Davis in 1941.[1] First recorded in 1951 by the Trapp Family Singers, the song was further popularized by a 1958 recording by the Harry Simeone Chorale; the Simeone version was re-released successfully for several years and the song has been recorded many times since.[2]
In the lyrics, the singer relates how, as a poor young boy, he was summoned by the Magi to the Nativity of Jesus. Without a gift for the Infant, the little drummer boy played his drum with approval from Jesus' mother, Mary, recalling, "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me".
"smile on saturday" "portray a movie"
Recently I've been running into some really nice cars (figuratively not literally). This vintage red Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole was parked near me in the Office garage. This is mostly parked; it is not a daily driver.
This is a Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini_Countach
The Lamborghini Countach (/ˈkʊŋtɑːtʃ/)[6] is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive sports car produced by the Italian automobile manufacturer Lamborghini from 1974 until 1990. It is one of the many exotic designs developed by Italian design house Bertone, which pioneered and popularized the sharply angled "Italian Wedge" shape.
LP5000 Quattrovalvole
Countach LP5000 QV (rear)
In 1985, the engine design evolved again, as it was bored and stroked to 5,167 cc (5.2 L) and given 4 valves per cylinder—quattro valvole in Italian, hence the model's name, Countach LP5000 Quattrovalvole or 5000 QV in short. The carburetors were moved from the sides to the top of the engine for better cooling—unfortunately this created a hump on the engine cover, reducing the already poor rear visibility to almost zero. Some body panels were also replaced by Kevlar. In later versions of the engine, the carburetors were replaced with Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection system. The Fuel injected engine was rated at 309 kW (420 PS; 414 hp). The European carbureted (also known as "Downdraft" or "DD") versions used six Weber carburetors and were rated at 335 kW (455 PS; 449 hp) at 7,000 rpm and 500 N⋅m (369 lbf⋅ft) of torque at 5,200 rpm. 610 cars were built in this specification, with 66 having the fuel injection system."
www.thedrive.com/article/3576/remembering-morley-safer-vi...
Completed in 1926 by the architecture firm of Rubish and Hunter, the Hollywood Beach Hotel was designed in Mediterranean Revival Style popularized by Adison Mizner and as displayed in his Biltmore and Breakers hotels. The hotel's attractive facade was unfortunately destroyed during the 1950s by Hollywood developers to create a more modern look. Further development has destroyed the panoramic Royal Palm-lined avenue leading over the Intercoastal Waterway, and the hotel is now blocked by a draw bridge. All vestiges of the roaring-20's, art-deco-era interior have been covered up or destroyed. The hotel is now a short-term rental building serviced by Ramada, with efficiency-style rooms. The building was previously converted into a strip mall called Oceanwalk in the 1980s. The venture was not a success, and the lower floors now service a flea market.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.emporis.com/buildings/263340/hollywood-beach-hotel-ho...
historichollywoodbeachresort.com/
wikimapia.org/1498619/Hollywood-Beach-Resort
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Jacksonville is a major seaport city and the seat of Duval County, Florida, United States. With an estimated 913,010 residents as of 2017, Jacksonville is the most populous city in both the state of Florida and the southeastern United States. It is estimated to be the 12th most populous city in the United States and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,626,611 and is the 34th largest in the United States and fourth largest in the state of Florida.
The city is situated on the banks of the St. Johns River, in the First Coast region of North Florida, about 25 miles (40 km) south of the Georgia state line and 340 miles (550 km) north of Miami.
Prior to European settlement, the Jacksonville area was inhabited by Native American people known as the Timucua. In 1564, the French established the short-lived colony of Fort Caroline at the mouth of the St. Johns River, becoming one of the earliest European settlements in the continental United States. In 1822, a year after the United States gained Florida from Spain, the town of Jacksonville was platted along the St. Johns River. Established at a narrow point in the river known as Wacca Pilatka to the Seminole and the Cow Ford to the British, the enduring name derives from the first military governor of the Florida Territory and seventh President of the United States, Andrew Jackson.
Jacksonville is the cultural, commercial and financial center of North Florida. A major military and civilian deep-water port, the city's riverine location supports two United States Navy bases and the Port of Jacksonville, Florida's third largest seaport. The two US Navy bases, Blount Island Command and the nearby Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, form the third largest military presence in the United States. Jacksonville serves as headquarters for various banking, insurance, healthcare, logistics, and other institutions. These include CSX Corporation, Fidelity National Financial, FIS, Landstar System, Ameris Bancorp, Atlantic Coast Financial, Black Knight Financial Services, EverBank, Rayonier Advanced Materials, Regency Centers, Stein Mart, Web.com, Fanatics, Gate Petroleum, Haskell Company, Interline Brands, Sally Corporation, and Southeastern Grocers. Jacksonville is also home to several colleges and universities, including University of North Florida, Jacksonville University and Florida State College at Jacksonville.
The architecture of Jacksonville varies in style and is not defined by any one characteristic. Few structures in the city center predate the Great Fire of 1901. The city is home to one of the largest collections of Prairie School style buildings outside of the Midwest. Following the Great Fire of 1901, Henry John Klutho would come to influence generations of local designers with his works by both the Chicago School, championed by Louis Sullivan, and the Prairie School of architecture, popularized by Frank Lloyd Wright. Jacksonville is also home to a notable collection of Mid-Century modern architecture. Local architects Robert C. Broward, Taylor Hardwick, and William Morgan adapted a range design principles, including International style, Brutalism, Futurism and Organicism, all applied with an American interpretation generally referred to today as Mid-century modern design. The architecture firms of Reynolds, Smith & Hills (RS&H) and Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (KBJ) have also contributed a number of important works to the city's modern architectural movement.
Jacksonville's early predominant position as a regional center of business left an indelibly mark on the city's skyline. Many of the earliest skyscrapers in the state were constructed in Jacksonville, dating as far back as 1902. The city last held the state height record from 1974 to 1981. The tallest building in Downtown Jacksonville's skyline is the Bank of America Tower, constructed in 1990 as the Barnett Center. It has a height of 617 ft (188 m) and includes 42 floors. Other notable structures include the 37-story Wells Fargo Center (with its distinctive flared base making it the defining building in the Jacksonville skyline), originally built in 1972-74 by the Independent Life and Accident Insurance Company, and the 28 floor Riverplace Tower which, when completed in 1967, was the tallest precast, post-tensioned concrete structure in the world.
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This is an antique Christmas postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons around the early 1900s. The card features an illustration of Santa Claus with children in the snow. It includes a printed verse at the bottom. The postcard is a collectible item, often printed using lithograph techniques.
This vintage Christmas postcard, titled "Santa Claus" from Series No. 549, was published by Raphael Tuck & Sons around 1914. The artwork was printed in Saxony using the lithograph technique.
Details:
Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons
Series: Santa Claus Series No. 549
Year: Circa 1914
Location of Manufacture: Printed in Saxony (Germany)
Technique: Lithograph, often with an embossed finish
Poem Text:
MAY THESE MERRY LITTLE PEOPLE IN THIS MERRY LITTLE CREW
BRING MY MERRY LITTLE MESSAGE OF CHRISTMAS JOY TO YOU.
Postcard Details: Illustration: The artwork depicts Santa Claus standing in the snow, with a sack full of presents, surrounded by a ring of dancing children in winter attire.
Era: These types of embossed, lithographed postcards are characteristic of the "Golden Age" of postcards, specifically the 1900s–1920s.
Santa Claus started wearing a wide black belt in illustrations by the American cartoonist Thomas Nast in the 1870s. Nast's work for Harper's Weekly over a period of more than 20 years played a pivotal role in standardizing the modern image of Santa Claus in American culture.
The Evolution of the Santa Suit
Earlier Depictions: Before Nast's illustrations, Santa's attire varied widely, sometimes appearing as a tall, gaunt figure or an elf, and wearing robes or coats in various colors, including tan, blue, and green.
Nast's Influence: Thomas Nast introduced the consistent image of a jolly, portly Santa wearing a red suit and cap, white fur trim, and the buckled black belt. His 1881 image, in particular, became a widely accepted representation.
Standardization: The image was further cemented and popularized in the 1930s through the widely circulated Coca-Cola advertising campaigns illustrated by Haddon Sundblom, who based his depictions on Nast's earlier work.
The postcard image above, dated to around 1914, features this widely adopted look, including the prominent black belt and buckle.
The items visible in Santa's sack on this vintage postcard include a drum, a horn (bugle or trumpet), a doll, and a toy soldier. These were common and classic toy depictions for Christmas postcards from the early 20th century.
Visible Toys:
Drum: A small red drum is visible in the top opening of Santa's sack.
Horn: A trumpet or bugle.
Doll: The top of a doll's head and hat can be seen inside the sack.
Toy Soldier: Two toy soldiers can be seen in Santa's sack.
Other vintage postcards from this era commonly featured similar toys such as toy horses, bears, and dishes.
While the postcard depicts children dancing in a circle around Santa, it is highly likely that this image implies them singing carols as well. The practice of singing carols and other songs with or about Santa Claus was a popular Christmas tradition and a common theme in early 20th-century Christmas cards and illustrations.
Context of the Tradition: Aural and Visual Tradition: Caroling became highly popularized in the Victorian and Edwardian eras (the "Golden Age" of postcards) as a communal activity, and it would be a natural accompaniment to a festive scene of children dancing around Santa.
Musical Imagery: Other vintage postcards from this period explicitly show children with music sheets or in "choir" settings, confirming the strong association of music with Christmas scenes.
The Poem: The text on the postcard, wishing a message of "Christmas joy," complements the joyful, active scene of dance and implied music.
These vintage postcard images depict children singing Christmas carols and dancing around Santa:
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Address:
20 Draper Street (west side, midway between Front Street West and Wellington Street).
Construction Date:
1889
Contractor/Builder:
Charles McClelland
Alterations/Additions:
Window sash replaced.
Original Owner:
John Douglas, barrister
Original Occupant:
John Rigg, engine driver (in 1890)
Building Type: *C: 2½-storey Queen Anne Style House (*Draper Street HCD).
Construction:
The house at 20 Draper Street was constructed in 1889 as part of a 7-unit rowhouse identified as Nos. 20-32 Draper.
Charles McClelland built the houses for John Douglas, a Parkdale barrister.
Design:
The 2½-storey rowhouse displays features identified with the Queen Anne style, popularized at the end of the
19th century. Rising from a sandstone base, the building is covered by a gable roof. The walls are constructed of brick and trimmed with brick and sandstone. On the two-bay facade, a 2½-storey bay window is placed beside a central entrance with a window above. The bay window is covered by a gable roof with decorative woodwork featuring carved brackets and finials. The panelled wood door with its flat transom is protected by an open single-storey porch with a shed roof, turned posts, carved brackets and scrollwork. Segmental-headed window openings have brick voussoirs and sandstone sills. No. 20 shares its height and architectural features with the neighbouring houses at Nos. 22-32 Draper. The row of 2½-storey houses at Nos. 20-32 Draper has its setback and pattern of projecting bay windows in common with the earlier cottages on the street, forming a cohesive group of
late-19th century buildings.
As Robin Wall Kimmerer points out in her meditative book (‘Braiding Sweetgrass’), the Land can be many things. For those who retain ancestral values, the Land gives, heals, and sustains. Therefore, it a sacred obligation that needs protection. For those who know where to look, it can be an expansive grocery store or pharmacy. For those who are lost within, the open land is solace (Gretel Ehrlich, The Solace of Open Spaces). However, for those who ‘own’ land, the Land is a mere commodity to possess, ‘develop’, and/or made profit out of. Depending on what the onlooker is expecting of the land, the land can be pristine or barren. It could thus be revered or desecrated. Respected, reciprocated, and restored, or ransacked.
The other day, we visited a bizarre land in the Death Valley National Park. The outside of the land was eroded by time and hauteur, and the inside was corroded with swirling blues and dark clouds. Quite a resemblance there to myself, I thought. To connect with this land, Rishabh and I left our hurries behind and settled in these yellow hills for the afternoon.
This area has been inhabited for millennia by the Timbisha Shoshone people of Uto-Aztecan origin, who have lived here in harmony with the land. They smudged ochre earth (‘Timbisha’) from these hills to bolster their spirituality. Subsistence living meant communal hunting and harvesting of mesquite beans, piñon nuts, roots, and berries and annual summer migrations to higher elevations to escape deadly temperatures of valley floors. Their deep attachments to the land was highly strained and severed when President Hoover’s executive order established the Death Valley National Monument in 1930s.
Prior to federal protection in 1930s, silver and borax discoveries brought many prospectors to the valley in the 1880s. A big part of the land was then possessed and mined by the ‘Harmony Borax Works’ company, who raked borax off the floor and rolled them out of the valley in double wagons pulled by the famous 20-mule team for 165 miles to Mojave. Why is the 20-mule team famous, you ask? The ‘20 mule-team’ was an advertisement symbol –even a gimmick perhaps– which was devised by Stephen T. Mather, who then worked for the borax company and later established the National Park Services. Mather popularized Death Valley among park goers using the same advertisement slogan that is still around as a photo on boxes of '20-Mule Team Borax’ in your favorite grocery store.
“Are we going to Zabriskie Point for the sunset or stay here?” Rishabh’s question pulled me back to the present moment. I looked at the land in front of me again. The tilting light was illuminating the land’s relief. I could not make up my mind if the land was barren or pristine. The eroded land felt more than a pharmacy, sustainer, or a solace. It felt like a shelter. It felt like home. So, I replied to Rishabh, ‘Here.’
Completed in 1926 by the architecture firm of Rubish and Hunter, the Hollywood Beach Hotel was designed in Mediterranean Revival Style popularized by Adison Mizner and as displayed in his Biltmore and Breakers hotels. The hotel's attractive facade was unfortunately destroyed during the 1950s by Hollywood developers to create a more modern look. Further development has destroyed the panoramic Royal Palm-lined avenue leading over the Intercoastal Waterway, and the hotel is now blocked by a draw bridge. All vestiges of the roaring-20's, art-deco-era interior have been covered up or destroyed. The hotel is now a short-term rental building serviced by Ramada, with efficiency-style rooms. The building was previously converted into a strip mall called Oceanwalk in the 1980s. The venture was not a success, and the lower floors now service a flea market.
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After having posted a previous image of Civita di Bagnoregio on october 2007
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I thought that it could be worth another visit to this marvelous village.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Civita di Bagnoregio is a town of Viterbo province in Central Italy, a frazione of the comune of Bagnoregio, 2 km (about 1 mile) W from it. It is about 145 km (90 mi) north of Rome.
It is located at 42°38′N, 12°06′E.
It was founded by Etruscans over twenty-five hundred years ago, has seen its population dwindle to just fifteen residents over the course of the 20th century, and has only recently been experiencing a tourist revival, due in great measure to the American travel guide Rick Steves who popularized it in the 1990s and calls it his favorite hill town.
The town is noted for its striking position atop a plateau of friable volcanic tuff overlooking the Tiber river valley, in constant danger of destruction as its edges fall off, leaving the buildings built on the plateau to crumble. As of 2004, there are plans to reinforce the plateau with steel rods to prevent further geological damage. The city is also much admired for its architecture, some spanning several thousand years. Civita di Bagnoregio owes much of its unaltered condition to its relative isolation: the town was able to withstand most intrusions of modernity as well as the destruction wrought by two world wars.
St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park's History
Founded in 1893, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm is one of Florida’s oldest zoological attractions. For over a century, it has entertained millions of visitors, lured by the awesome presence of captive reptiles, long regarded in the popular imagination as at once mysterious, dangerous and frightening. A true piece of Floridana, the St. Augustine Alligator Farm has inspired popularization of the alligator in the national consciousness and helped to fashion an image for the state.
Text translation: "Have you all washed your hands?"
No worries, nobility were very unlikely to speak the language, preferring French and German more, as Russian was considered commoner's language. However, Russian literature is beginning to be popularized under Catherine the Great's reign, in part from the Empress' own extensive mastery of Russian and Old Orthodox Church Russian!
But for sake of RP, here are some phrases you could use daily in your conversations to enrich your experience: stpetersburginsl.wixsite.com/rp-guide/russian
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Visit in-world: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Embers/159/124/3313
The name "Piper Cub" is nearly synonymous with lightplane. It was designed as a small, simple, tandem two-seat airplane for flight training. The J-3 model first flew in 1937, but its lineage stretches back to the 1930 Taylor E-2 Cub. After William Piper bought out C. G. Taylor's share of the company, Cub development accelerated. Young chief engineer Walter Jamouneau was charged with updating the E-2, and the J-2 model was born. With rounded wings, revised engine cowling, and wider stance, the J-2 established the classic Cub lines.
In 1937, the newly renamed Piper Aircraft Corporation introduced the improved J-3 Cub Sport model. The J-3 introduced many detail refinements over the J-2, and with its factory yellow finish and fuselage lightning streak, it became the iconic Cub model. It was popular in the pre-war years, but World War II thrust the little plane into a new role. The Army purchased 5,677 J-3 Cubs, called L-4s, for observation and liaison. Cubs, along with similar aircraft produced by Aeronca and Taylorcraft, enabled commanders to move quickly among their troops, spot from the air, and help direct artillery fire. After the war, many Cubs returned to civilian life, where they helped to popularize aviation in the post-war period. Although production of the over 14,000 civil J-3 Cubs ended in 1947, its descendants, most notably the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, were manufactured into the 1990s.
The Museum's Piper Cub is a J3C65 model, manufactured in 1946, and powered by a Continental A-65 engine. It had private owners in Maryland and Tennessee and was later owned and operated by the Dover Air Force Base Aero Club in Delaware and the Travis Air Force Base Aero Club in California. The Museum acquired the aircraft from AiRestore of Battle Ground Washington in 1997.
The famous order "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was popularized in stories about the battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolutionary War. Not always advisable for wildlife photographers, but it worked for me on this shot.
Bull moose photographed in the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming.
Click on image to see this one up close!
This gorgeous male and I were flirting.... he'd turn his head one way and I'd do the same. Then he'd turn his head the other way and I would turn too. And this went on for 5 minutes. Never felt attracted to a Pelican before! What a rush! The peak on the bill is only present during mating season. Then it falls away so we met at the perfect time for this attraction!
One of the largest birds in North America, with a 9-foot wingspan. Similar to the Brown Pelican in shape but much larger, and very different in habits: Occurs far inland, feeds cooperatively in shallow lakes, does not dive from the air for fish. Despite its great size, it's a spectacular flier, with flocks often soaring very high in the air, ponderously wheeling and circling in unison.
Flamingo Gardens, Davie FL
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. PELICANS DON'T STORE FOOD IN THE POUCH ON THEIR BILLS.
The large, fibrous skin pouch that dangles from a pelican's bill is called the gular pouch (or, occasionally, the gular sac). Many people mistakenly believe it’s used to store food, like a built-in lunch box. The idea was popularized by a limerick of unknown authorship:
“A wonderful bird is the pelican.
His beak can hold more than his belly can.
He can hold in his beak enough food for a week.
But I’ll be damned if I can see how the helican."
While the rhyme is amusing, it isn’t accurate. In reality, pelicans use their gular pouches as a means of capturing food—not as a place to keep it tucked away for extended periods. The highly-flexible sacs can expand or contract, and the lower jaw bones they’re connected to are capable of bowing outwards, which enables the birds to use their sacs as fishing nets. Once a pelican captures its prey, the bird drains any water it may have accidentally captured with it by tilting its head and contracting those pouch muscles. (Fun fact: Some species can hold three gallons’ worth of liquid in their gular sacs.) Usually, the prey is swallowed immediately after the water purge.
2. PELICANS DON’T EAT JUST FISH.
In 2006, Londoners were shocked when a pigeon was swallowed whole by a great white pelican in front of some horrified kids at St. James's Park. Attacks like that aren’t unusual: Although pelicans specialize in eating fish, they also prey on crustaceans, amphibians, turtles, and—yes—other birds. If it can fit down their throats, it’s fair game.