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Seeking to "norm" problem drinking by making hilarious boasts about it could be indication that someone isn't handling alcohol well.
The roller coaster at the seaside near me was carrying out maintenance on its roller coaster. The entire amusement park is surrounded by a tall wall topped with barbed wire. It always looks incongruous to me... I always see it as an amusement prison. This is, of course, one of the roller coaster cars and the grey strip is the roller coaster track...although it looks rather like a pole!
"Sometimes it takes a painful situation to make us change our ways."
Proverbs 20:30 TEV
GOD USES PROBLEMS AND PERSECUTION TO DIRECT YOU
Here is one of five ways God uses problems and persecution in your life - God uses problems and persecution to DIRECT you.
Idris Nalos was an animist converted to the Christian faith in southern Sudan. Soon after his conversion he became an evangelist. He went out preaching in the remotest places. Within a few years, he had planted three churches. Deemed dangerous because of his activities, he was arrested by the Islamic authorities and put in prison. There he suffered torture to make him deny his Christian faith. Beaten for hours every day, he was also totally deprived of sleep.
About to collapse, Idris prayed, "Lord, prevent me from being like Peter. I am about to give up, help me." God answered by giving Idris a vision where he saw all those to whom he had preached the gospel who, in turn, preached it to others.
"I saw those who were saved," he said. In this vision, he realized that even if his life was taken, others had already taken up the baton. From this moment on, Idris was no longer afraid for his life. Then, after three weeks of ceaseless torment, his torturers released him without explanation.
To avoid another arrest, he immigrated to Khartoum in the north, where he founded three new churches in a fundamentalist Muslim territory. He had learned how to trust and wasn't afraid anymore. God showed him where to go and what to do.
Sometimes God must light a fire under us to get us moving. Problems and pressures often point us in new directions and motivate us to change. Is God trying to get your attention?
RESPONSE
God is at work in my life — even when I do not recognize it or understand it. It is much easier and more profitable when I cooperate with Him. This is the way to victory!
PRAYER
Lord, point me in the direction of Your will. May I not need problems and persecution for You to get my attention.
Standing Strong Through The Storm:
A daily devotional message by SSTS author Paul Estabrooks
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The red and yellow marking on top of the cockpit is consistent with full scale X-wing used on Dagobah but not with the model.... On the other hand, the tan-painted engine intake (which is striped, as the original, but you can barely see it on the photo), was borrowed straight from the studio model - the full scale mockup had... a red stripe on the right engine intake. Go figure.
Uh oh...Executive Ellen can't get to work until she gets her garage door fixed.
This photo is loosely based on our garage door problem from yesterday. I heard a loud, unidentified noise in the morning. We searched the house but didn't find the problem until we were ready to leave in the afternoon. It turns out that the garage door spring had snapped, making it impossible to open the garage door and get our cars out until it had been repaired. You'd be surprised at how expensive it is to replace a garage door spring - yikes! At least no damage was done and our garage door did not fall off like Executive Ellen's did :-)
A big "Thank You" to the repairman who showed up within 20 minutes, on Labor Day, to fix our garage door :-)
When the storms arrive and "For The Problems" they can cause who could be to concerned when they bring such pleasure to hikers, cross country skiers and photographers. The beauty of fresh snow doesn't last to long so make the best of and keeping shooting and sharing.
i've been working on her hair for like 3 weeks now, i think i finally got them right ^^
there is still some minor problems..
HI ALL, To my AMAZEMENT!! I was able to get on the internet right now!! No clue why I haven’t been able to for more then a month. No clue how long I can stay on or if I will be able to get back on anytime soon.
My health is oretty lousy with allergies on top and pretty bad to. No covid I have been tested more then once. The guy in the next apartment seems likely to have covid, but refuses to be tested or mask up or isolate and the building doesn’t seem to be able to do anything. Guy next door says it isn’t his problem if anyone gets it they were ment to get it.
Anyway I have been stuck in my apartment due to health so I haven’t encountered him much so that is a good thing.
How are you all doing?? I hope well!! Enjoying life?? Doing anything fun this summer??
I better send this while I hopefully can.
Please take care and prayers for you all.
I hope you are all well. :)
Charles.
I do force this old body out for walks when i can and of course I need food so to get grocerys a very painful difficult thing to do. Ordering them to be dilivered is not affordable for me and not have internet accesse makes that not possible even if i could. But getting out some is good and thus these two pictures.
Hugs all. No clue when I'll be on again.
Charles.
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Taking pictures a tool (camera), not a photographer.
The choice of tool limits the possibilities.
Experience allows him (instrument) less and less to limit their capabilities.
The ability to see is given only when the observer allows ...
The moment of observation is the real find ...
Training and mastering it defies. Training leads to poor imitations of the original.
Often the result should ripen, like wine. Although time is the understanding of the mind, therefore it is very speculative.
The meaning of all this is the process!
Find someone who inspires shooting the camera!
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Often we are visited by thoughts that may reveal something unknown ... Our mind many times tries to solve a problem with known methods ... This is its main mistake! The path of the heart opens the doors that appear in our path. It is a pity that not everyone has the courage to insert the keys that are always with us ...
(Listenwave- 圣彼得堡). #Lakhta. #Listenvawe #Light. This small village on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, about 15 km north-west of the city, is the birthplace of human settlements on the banks of the Neva. It was in the territory of Lakhta that the remains of a man’s camp of three thousand years ago were found.
In official documents, the settlement named Lakhta has been dating since 1500. The name is derived from the Finnish-language word lahti - "bay". It is one of the few settlements that has not changed its name throughout its 500-year history. It is also known as Lahes, Lahes-by, Lahes and was originally inhabited by Izhora. In the last decades of the 15th century, Lakhta was a village (which indicates a significant number of its population) and was the center of the same name of the Grand-Ducal volost, which was part of the Spassko-Gorodensky pogost of Orekhovsky district of Vodskaya Pyatina. In the village there were 10 yards with 20 people (married men). In Lakhta, on average, there were 2 families each, and the total population of the village probably reached 75 people.
From the marks on the fields of the Swedish scribal book of the Spassky Pogost of 1640, it follows that the lands along the lower reaches of the Neva River and part of the coast of the Gulf of Finland, including Lakhta Karelia, Perekulyu (from the Finnish "back village", probably because of its position relative to Lakhta) and Konduya Lakhtinsky, was granted royal charter on January 15, 1638, to the possession of the Stockholm dignitary, General Rickshulz Bernhard Sten von Stenhausen, of Dutch origin. On October 31, 1648, the Swedish government granted these lands to the city of Nuena (Nyenskansu). With the arrival of the Swedes in the Neva region, Lakhta was settled by the Finns, who until the middle of the 20th century constituted the absolute majority of the villagers.
On December 22, 1766, Catherine 2 granted the Lakhta manor, which at that time belonged to the Office of the Chancellery from the buildings of palaces and gardens, "in which and in her villages with yard people 208 souls" to her favorite, Count Orlov. Not later than 1768 Count J.A. Bruce took possession of the estate. In 1788, the Lakhta manor with its wooden services on dry land (high place) and the villages of Lakhta, Dubki, Lisiy Nos and Konnaya, also on dry land, were listed there, in those villages of male peasants 238 souls. On May 1, 1813, Lakhta was taken over by the landlords of the Yakovlevs. On October 5, 1844, Count A. I. Stenbok-Fermor took possession of the Lakhta estate, in which there were then 255 male souls. This genus was the owner of the estate until 1912, when his last representative got into debt and the nobility was established over the estate. On October 4, 1913, the count, in order to pay off his debts, was forced to go into incorporation, and the Lakhta estate became the property of the Lakht Joint-Stock Company of Stenbock-Fermor and Co.
After the revolution, Lakhta was left to itself for some time; on May 19, 1919, in the former estate of the Stenbock-Fermor estate, the Lakhta sightseeing station was opened, which lasted until 1932. In the early 1920s, sand mining began on the Lakhta beaches, and the abandoned and dilapidated peat-bedding plant of the Lakhta estate in 1922 took the Oblzmotdel department under its jurisdiction and launched it after major repairs. In 1963, the village of Lakhta was included in the Zhdanovsky (Primorsky) district of Leningrad (St. Petersburg).
Having been trying to get my P950 back into how it used to work. Several re-sets & got rid of some of the problems but not all. Dashed out last evening for a couple of garden shots to test. Only problem for me now is the review system seems tyo have changed & i want it back to full frame review.
My white double flowered Hybiscus is doing well. Probably because it is in the dryist sheltered part of the gdn
The problem with memories is that the ones that really hurt you sticks like Tattoos on the wall of your heart.It’s a memory that is stuck in your head. It’s in the past, but it comes back and bites. It’s a tattoo because it’s a memory that hurts, but doesn’t disappear.
Wish we have a choice to delete the ones which you hate haunting you and save just the ones you like to cherish...
"OK little buddy, we have a break in the rain. Go potty and poopie. Come on, please. It's day two and I know you can't hold it any longer. I have a nice chunk of rib eye in my pocket. Fine it's the old cheese we won't eat, but you sometimes do. This isn't going to happen is it? You're going to go on the floor the moment we go back in, aren't you? Well I tried and no, you can't have the stinky cheese that's now stuck to the inside of my pocket."
After leaving the short break near Valence we continued south and encountered near Montelimar a lengthy uphill stretch that caused SMS 352 to overheat.
We were to have a few more such issues but thankfully, for a bus type known for overheating, it was probably due to the constant low temperatures that such instances didn`t occur more often. It would also be fair to say that relentless climbing responsible for an overheat problem would very likely affect more than one bus and there was only so much precautionary water we could carry due to having a limited supply of suitable containers to put it in. The bottles of cola and lemonade that had been provided for us became very useful not just for additional water storage but as a much more accurate means of filling a bus tank as opposed to trying to hold a big drum in position without wasting a precious resource when a means of refilling wasn`t nearby. Such as at the side of the road up a hill in the middle of nowhere!
Looking at this picture, I`m really wondering where the hell I must have been standing as I can`t imagine it was on a bit of level ground!
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A collection of shots from the Old Road between Masboroough Junction and Beighton Junction in an hour this afternoon picking up diverted WCML freights and other engineering trains. I was slightly frustrated arriving nearly two hours later than I had planned which would have coincided with the Coatbridge to Daventry liner and a southbound engineers. The eventual outcome is the Coatbridge was running two hours late coinciding with another southbound engineers.
A disappointing load for GBRF and not too much of a problem for 66309 the 4S57 11:56 Hams Hall GBRF to Mossend Euro terminal heads past the Treeton Loop.
I have tinnitus, it affects me 24 hours a day 365 days a year, sometimes more some times less but it is always there...
What is Tinnitus?
Tinnitus is the name given to the condition of noises 'in the ears' and/or 'in the head' with no external source. Tinnitus noises are described variously as ringing, whistling, buzzing and humming.
The noise/s may be heard in one ear, both ears or in the middle of the head or it may be difficult to pinpoint its exact location. The noise may be low, medium or high-pitched. There may be a single noise or two or more components. The noise may be continuous or it may come and go.
What causes tinnitus?
Tinnitus is not a disease or an illness, it is a symptom generated within a person's own auditory pathways. Although it is often assumed that tinnitus occurs as a result of disease of the ears, this is often not the cause. The precise cause of tinnitus is still not fully understood but is usually associated with some hearing deficits.
Who gets tinnitus?
Experiences of tinnitus are very common in all age groups, especially following exposure to loud noise, however, it is unusual for it to be a major problem. There is a widely held misconception that tinnitus is confined to the elderly, but various studies have shown that it can occur at any age, even quite young children. Mild tinnitus is common - about 10 per cent of the population have it all the time and, in up to one per cent of adults, this may affect the quality of their life.
To find out more plese visit www.tinnitus.org.uk
F-4 Phantom – 5195 units produced, 63 years of production/service, dozens of monographs, modelling plans, etc., what can go wrong? Well, actually quite many things. Still, after a few setbacks, here it is, my latest model
About the jet
The history of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II started back in the mid 50’, with the first flight taking place on 27th May 1958. Initially, the F4H-1 (the initial designation before the tri-service unification) started as an unsolicited proposal from McDonnell Douglas, which actually didn’t get much interest. Only after the problems of other Navy fighters led to the necessity of acquiring a new general-purpose fighter, the Phantom as we know could get its chance. After winning the competition against the Vought’s F8U-3 Crusader III submission, the F4H-1 went to service in 1961, with a new designation of F-4B (starting in 1962). Even though F-4B was a revolutionary design for it time, it still had a number of deficiencies, with the most serious ones being slightly too high approach speed, and its AN-APQ-72 radar lacking the look-down, shoot-down capabilities, performing poorly against the ground clutter. As a consequence, after delivering 649 F-4B, in late 1966 McDonnell introduced a new, improved version – the F-4J. This version featured a revised and strengthened internal structure, more powerful J79-GE-10 engines (the smokeless, 10B version was introduced later in 1978), new, wider tires (resulting in bulges on the top part of the wings), a few aerodynamic improvements for decreasing the approach speed (changes to inboard leading edges and slotted stabilator), and most importantly, new AWG-10 radar, with solid-state elements and prominent look-down, shoot-down capabilities. The F-4J served through the Vietnam war until the late 70’, together with the F-4B, and later F-4N (upgraded F-4B). After that, starting from 1978, the selected 265 F-4J underwent an upgrade to F-4S standard (the initial idea was for 302, but the number was reduced), featuring smokeless J79-GE-10B engines, improved electronics, and leading-edge maneuvering slats, similar to those on USAF’s F-4E. In this variant, Phantoms served until 1987 in USN, and 1992 in USMC. In the meantime, 15 F-4J were also sold to UK, to fill the gap left by FGR. 2 Phantoms (F-4M) deployed to the Falkland Islands. These aircraft, known also as F-4J(UK) Phantom F.3s, served from 1984 to 1991. Interestingly, they were greatly appreciated by the RAF pilots, with most of them considering them superior to British Spey-engined variants, mainly due to the much faster response of the J-79 turbojets, in comparison to Rolls-Royce Spey 203 turbofans.
About the building process
While I’ve always appreciated the F-4, I was never a “Phantom Phanatic”. In fact, the idea for this model came to me by accident – I was a bit stuck with other projects, and thinking about different solutions, the idea that 2x3x1 curved slopes would make for an excellent Phantom fuselage went through my mind. I thought that these easy, boxy shapes of F-4 would make for a nice relax after the complex shapes of my F-14 and MiG-29, and so I started. Unfortunately, I made a huge mistake at the very beginning – I used the blueprints from the book, without validating their correctness first, which later cost me a lot of headaches.
Before going further, I should mention some of the F-4 models by other people, which were a huge inspiration to me. Of course, there is an excellent F-4B by Mad Physicist , a beautiful F-4B by Carl Greatrix , and a whole series of different F-4s by Justin Davies. However, from the viewpoint of my model, three Phantoms were of particular importance for me. The first one is F-4N by Jonah Padberg. Even though I’ve ended with a very different cockpit design, I’ve started with the modification of his 3-stud wide canopy and angled cockpit section. The next model, is a F-4B by Maks, who made an excellent, SNOT version of the Phantom, which to a large degree influenced some of my design choices. Lastly, there is a huge, 1/15 scale F-4J by crash_cramer, which might be my favorite LEGO model ever. Similarly as in the case of my F-14 Tomcat, I tried to emulate some of his techniques in a smaller scale.
The first assumption was to go for the 3-stud wide canopy, similarly as in my MiG-29. Such solution is much more accurate in this scale and makes the model look much more realistic in my opinion. In fact, I’m so pleased with the outcome here that I will likely rebuild my F-14 in near future to similar standard. The construction itself started with the wings. I’ve always came under impression that similarly to F-15, the angle for the leading edge is 45 degrees. Well, not really. Instead, the angle is 51 degrees, which effectively eliminates any plate-based solutions, leaving the brick-built wing as the only valid option. So instead of getting a nice, simple, sturdy 45 degrees wing, I had to go with a brick-built one, which combined with the main landing gear solution and folding mechanism, proved to be a nightmare. After figuring it out, the next challenge was to design the angled cockpit area. Here, the solutions from Jonah’s model were of great help. With those two pieces in place, the rest went relatively smoothly, leading to the stage presented in WiP pictures. And then, having 85% of a model ready, I checked the validity of my blueprints. I was able to get my hands on the original F-4 factory drawing on the Aviation Archives website, and all my drawings turned out to be off by a considerable margin. Fortunately, I’m not the only person dissatisfied by the quality of available blueprints, and I was able to find this awesome website, with a set of 100% accurate drawings, based on the factory ones, including the cross-sections. That was good news, the bad one was that my fuselage was too short, too high, and too wide. So I had to lower the whole fuselage by a plate, elongate it by 2 studs, and modify it from 10-stud wide, to 9-stud wide. Surprisingly, it wasn’t that hard, but after lowering the fuselage, it became evident that the angling of the front section is too steep. This, in turn, required a complete revision of the already most problematic section, consuming an awful lot of time. But after all these problems, I finally got a model, with which I am quite satisfied.
About the model
The model represents a McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II in a 1/33 scale. The camouflage is based on the F-4J from VF-96 squadron, BuNo. 155800, callsign “Showtime100”, deployed on the USS Constellation aircraft carrier in Vietnam, around 1972. This particular aircraft, on the 10th of May 1972, was credited with 3 MiG-17 kills, being flown by pilot Lt Randy Cunningham and RIO Lt(jg) Willy Driscoll. This effectively made them the only Navy aces of the Vietnam war, as they already had 2 kills on their account. You may also note that they flew a “borrowed” plane, as the name on the cockpit is that of Lowell “Gus” Eggert, who later commanded the USS Constellation from 1974 onward. As usual, the model possesses a number of features: openable cockpits, working flaps, foldable wings, working horizontal and vertical tails, retractable landing gear and tailhook. I’m rather pleased with the functionality, as most of the features, especially the landing gear, are much more reliable than in e.g. my MiG-29. The loadout comprises 4 AIM-7E Sparrows, 4 AIM-9G Sidewinders, and a centerline 600 gal. fuel tank. Also, under the wings, there are outboard pylons for two 370 gal. fuel tanks, which are visible on some of the photos. The credit for the stand design goes to Jerac. There is a small discrepancy in the camouflage – in principle nearly all USN phantoms had an all-white underside, with an exception of some late 80s’, extremely dull, low-vis versions. Unfortunately, due to the brick-built nature of the wing, I was unable to make them white on the bottom. For a moment, I contemplated utilizing huge white stickers, but it wouldn’t look all that great, and it would make the wings extremely modification-unfriendly. Still, the final effect is not that bad. So, please enjoy, and let me know what is your opinion on this model.
Made using:
- Nvidia Ansel
- ReShade with my own settings
Mods:
-No Dirty Lens Effect by RumenWest
-High Quality Faces by Holgar96
-Increased LOD by sjbox
-Real Witcher Eyes - Geralt by CurtiSRustY (Real Hunter Eyes)
-The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project by Halk Hogan PL
-Remove Screen Water Droplets Effect by FPSRazR
-Atmospheric Nights by olegkuz1997
We all make mistakes each day. There is no way to get around them or the problems that we face daily. That's why I live by the motto to be nice to everyone cause we're all facing our own battle. That battle could be school, job, family, marriage, any of those; or it could be as small as passing your license test or taking a successful photograph for a magazine. Whether the battle is your win or your lose, it's part of the past. We can't hold on but learn from our past life
Ooh Chloe tagged me, so here is my sixteen things about myself which are random.
1. I GET MY LICENSE TOMORROW IF I PASS. I'm extremely nervous.
2. I feel like I will never be successful in anything because no matter which direction I go, there are plenty of people trying to follow that path as well.
3. I'm still five foot. I wish I was growing ;( wahhhH!!!
4. If I could be any animal, I'd be a bird.
5. xI'm straight edgex.
6. I wish I had some musical talent so I could be in a band. I go to plenty of shows and everyone on stage looks like their having fun [most of the time] and in my opinion, it looks like a group of friends to call a family. TEACH ME :<
7. I feel like I'm annoying 24/7. I hate it.
8. My mum always says "fake it till you make it" - i think she is right
9. Since I'm never really dating anyone ever, I feel like i'm going to be single forever. Especially during this time of the season, I wish I had a boyfraan for once and not someone who's going to fuck me over. WHERE ARE YOU BOY!?
10. When I was younger, I had an OCD with numbers. I used to count everything..my steps, the lines on the ground, syllables, everything. I basically grew out of it a while ago.
11. I really want to move out of Florida. People here think they know me so well when most of them haven't had an actual conversation with me. It is awful. I want a new group of people to make an impression on. I just want to be accepted.
12. Half of the time i'm in the wrong place at the wrong time.
13. I never feel loved.. not even the least bit.
14. I complain too much.
15. I like roadtrips! I'd only go on a roadtrip to see certain bands such as ADTR, FYS, SYG, Brighten, City and Colour, STYG, xLiferuinerx, and some others :)
16. I want to become a better person.
PS. THATS MEGHAN NOT ME :)
To our Transatlantic Cousins - I can't claim this is my own - it cropped up on a web thread discussing the ridiculous toilet debate going on in the States right now
The Florida Scrub Jay is an endangered species. As of the early 1990s, the total population was estimated at about 4,000 pairs, probably a reduction of more than 90% from original numbers. Loss of habitat has been the main problem. Prime Florida oak scrub is maintained by occasional fires, so fire prevention has added to the effect of ongoing development in squeezing out the jay's habitat.
Its name is appropriate, for it lives only in Florida scrub, areas of short scrubby oaks growing on sandy soil. This habitat occurs mostly as isolated pockets, and the jays rarely wander away from their own little patch of scrub, making them extremely sedentary.
This bird is noteworthy on several counts. It lives nowhere in the world except Florida, it has a complicated social system, it has been the subject of very detailed field studies, and it is threatened by loss of habitat. Formerly considered just a race of the scrub-jays found in the west, it is now classified as a full species.