The vegetation is becoming problematic at Burton Salmon forcing a more head on shot. 50008 'Thunderer' heads south on the 5Z51 East Bolden-Gascoigne Wood stock move, 7.3.23.

Well, spring has sprung, and I am expecting the waterfall mania to start, for me anyway. When I was in Europe I was traveling in hostels (a goooood number of years ago) and I would chat with many backpackers. They all continuously brought up a desire NOT to see any more cathedrals. In fact, they had a term for it, they called it NAFC, "not another f#$&ing cathedral." I suppose I am guilty of doing the same with waterfalls. My cute sister even begs me to shoot anything else. Sorry Sis.

I almost hate to tell you anything about this one, because its hard as hell to find, and a large part of wants to keep it that way. Its no real secret, but I will tell you, it is hands down my favorite falls so far here in the Pacific Northwest. Hard to find, and hard to shoot, but beautiful. I had never even seen images of the falls before, never knew about it at all. But a total dud of a trip to Newberry Volcanic Monument found my family driving home disappointed (another story), and seeking at least one cool thing to see on the trip. My wife starts combing the web on her phone and finds that we are passing this gem. Wow, the minute I saw the falls I knew we had to stop. My wife, knowing how pissed I was at Newberry said, lets do it. Besides, the harder it is to get to, the more my wife likes it.

The turn off the road is very, very easy to miss. Once we found the turn off, the road was blocked by a tree just 100 feet in. Seems this fall did not want to be seen. I got out of the car and looked up the rest of the road. They call that a road? It was overgrown. Badly overgrown. But I think the new Subaru (whom the kids now call, The Professor because its plum colored) can make it. Still seething with anger at Newberry I pull out a shovel with a serrated saw edge and start sawing the tree. I was not going to get beat again, but I am not sure I would have won against this tree either! My 10 year old son, the wiz that he is, starts looking around and points out that tire tracks go around the tree. Hum. So I muster the anger and channel it into super human strength and pull the tree aside just enough for the wife to drive around. Take that Newberry. We are in.

We scrape past the overgrown landscape, and it turns out I was wrong. The Professor has paid the cost of my blind ambition (or my lust) and it now features mean scratches down both sides. Ops. Well, stuff is for the using I guess, so my wife reminds me (a phrase I use a lot, and she is right). We drive as far as we can, basically where two downed trees totally block the road. On foot now. Using a bad set of directions we found on the net, we stumble, in the rain and snow, with two kids through the thicket.

The directions proved almost useless, but our ears did not. after about a mile we could hear the water. The roar. The call. The rain is letting up. My tripod is cold, I can hardly hold anymore. A stack of stones helps assure that we are on the right path. There really is no trail but the sound is helping guide us. My wife has the kids between us on the trail because she thinks there could be bears here.

We get to a waterfall, but is that it? A bit lackluster, not sure its the one in the image, so we press on. Through the trees we finally see her. Wow. Now, it had been raining quite a bit, in fact there was snow 5 miles up the road. Still some here and there on the trail too. Point is, the falls were in full glory because there was so much water around, and so were the dozens of other smaller falls that flanked the giant. She was not so giant in terms of height, but in terms of volume. There was a LOT of water moving over the falls. In fact the mist was everywhere. Problematically so. I set up far back to avoid the mist, set up the freezing tripod, reach into the camera bag and... You know, many say the most important tool in the bag is a rag, or a bubble level, or a flashlight. I beg to differ. The most important thing in the bag is the camera. Want to guess whats not in my bag? Yep. I had it in the front seat of the car and all the tree moving, and tree scraping, I had forgot where the Canon was. So beat again. Whats that I hear, is that Newberry laughing at me? Oh no, this was not going to happen.

The tired family was not at all upset. They were happy to formulate a plan to have me go back while they sat in the majesty of this fall. My wife rocks. So my daughter (the peanut) and I trek back for the car. Naturally, as I was heading back to the car the sun broke. Damn you Newberry, I still hear you laughing. We get the Canon, get back to the falls, over the fallen trees, past the stacked stones, soaked from the plants that block the path. The sun did come out for a bit, there were even some rainbows (not in this image). The mist was the real challenge. Shoot, wipe, repeat. Shoot, wipe repeat. One of those situations where you keep the rag over the camera between shoots. All in all, I need to go back under better lighting someday, but I got good enough images to get back at Newberry. And I am planning a revenge trip back to that Volcanic evil as well.

Let me know what you think. Its been a while since I posted.

Although in basic Brussels Airlines colours this Sukhoi belongs to Cityjet Ireland and is in storage in Shannon awaiting a new operator. The type has proved problematic for Citjet as it was unable to gain approval for operation at their key airport at London City (LCY) and was subsequently troubled with unreliability issues when chartered to Brussels Airlines.

Yellow sweetclover is not a native plant to this country but was imported from Europe and Asia. It is used as food livestock and as hay when it is young. After the plant flowers, it becomes stemmy, which makes it problematic as hay. An even more serious problem with sweetclover is the fact that it contains the toxin coumarin. This gives the legume a bitter taste. Yellow sweetclover becomes more toxic when heated or spoiled. If eaten in this stage, it reduces an animal’s blood-clotting ability and can be lethal. That’s why controlling yellow sweetclover is important.

Read more at Gardening Know How: Yellow Sweetclover Management – Controlling Yellow Sweetclover Plants www.gardeningknowhow.com/plant-problems/weeds/controlling...

The Susquehanna put the railroading world on notice in mid-1985 when it teamed up with Sea-Land and connecting carriers to operate double stack container trains across the Southern Tier, in direct competition with Conrail. Utilizing its haulage rights over CR's ex-Erie mainline, the trains were routed from Little Ferry NJ to Binghamton NY and on up to Buffalo and western connections. The original NYSW line over Sparta Mountain was upgraded to avoid the problematic commuter corridor south of Suffern (and to a lesser extent, to Port Jervis), along with acquisition of the former L&HR mainline through Warwick. Construction of a connecting track at Campbell Hall eliminated a time-consuming runaround move to Maybrook. A similar connector was built at Sparta Jct.

NYSW's Alco fleet stood up to the task at first, but relief power was obviously needed, and in 1986 a great deal on used Burlington Northern power brought a fleet of SD45 and F45 diesels onto the scene. In short order Cascade Green EMDs dominated the roster.

Westbound train NTV-9 is seen at Five Mile Point outside of Binghamton on 16 May 1987 with SD45 trio 6542-6361-6525 for power. The lead and trailing units are not yet renumbered. Middle unit 6361 curiously broke the NYSW tradition of even numbered units.

Kevin Richardson is wordly famous as The Lion Whisperer!!!

“ Kevin Richardson owns and operates the Kevin Richardson Wildlife Sanctuary, located an hour northeast of Johannesburg, South Africa. Richardson is a firm opponent of "canned hunting", which is the hunting of lions locked within an enclosed location, making them easier to hunt and kill. To help combat this problematic epidemic, he has a strict no breeding policy at his sanctuary to reduce the likelihood of his lions being bought and sold for that very purpose.

One of the most intriguing aspects of Richardson's sanctuary is his relationship with his lions, which include popular characters such as Meg, Amy and Bobcat. Kevin is known for interacting with them within the confines of his sanctuary, and on long enrichment walks throughout the game reserve. Unlike other game reserves and sanctuaries, Richardson does not allow his guests to go on these lion walks with him, as he knows that while his lions are well behaved for him, they are still dangerous animals, and the wild nature within will always be there. “

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Well, my old dream came true that Sunday of last November, when I finally experienced the closeness of some of Kevin’s lions!!! Unfortunately, Kevin did not appear personally during our very short tour, because it was a Sunday! But a really helpful and gentle young man replaced him perfectly!

It was a very warm day, and most of the lions were resting under the trees’ shadows or in their shelter, which gave our group of 4 tourists the opportunity to approach them serenely, and take pictures of them.

❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdtJkZx8MJY ❤️(!!!!!!)

This is Ronni, my senior citizen fur-child and a source of eternal joy. We’ve been together for ten years now and I can’t imagine life without her. We met when I was living in Edmonton and she was a skinny malnourished stray who wandered into my back yard. We bonded immediately and have since lived in various Canadian cities together before settling into life in Ottawa.

Fun facts about Ronni: I am “her person” and she is reluctant to share me with anyone else. She is passionately jealous of Peter and makes her feelings about him clear - although, happily she seems to be mellowing a little bit in her old age. I don’t know how old she is, she could be as ‘young’ as 12, or as old as 17 (I hope the former!). She is incredibly lazy and prefers to be carried over being walked. As she only weighs 7lbs, this is not too much of a problem! Lastly, she prefers to adopt an offensive posture when meeting new dogs, this can be problematic when meeting big dogs - and let’s face it, most dogs are bigger than a 7lb chihuahua!

Playing with a new (well.. second hand) 8-15mm zoom fisheye lens in the waves at Windang as part of a Intro To Shooting Waves workshop. Taken with my back to the wave with it breaking over my head.

Back button focus was problematic for me. First time trying it. Autofocus in the future!

Il viaggio sconosciuto

Project: Story of my days

BETTER VIEW IN LARGE

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Nella nostra vita l'unica certezza che abbiamo è il viaggio. Quando inizia non sappiamo dove ci porterà, chi incontreremo, quale sarà la destinazione, chi ci accompagnerà, quali ostacoli lo renderanno difficile, problematico o angoscioso. Sappiamo solo che dobbiamo viaggiare e sperare, credere che sarà comunque un bel viaggio e che valeva la pena di farlo.

In our life the only certainty that we have is the travel. When it begins we don't know where it will bring us, who will meet, what the destination will be, who will accompany us, what obstacles will make it difficult, problematic or distressing. We know only that we must travel and to hope, to believe, that it will be a beautiful travel however, what it will be a travel that will deserve to be done.

This set of 8 taken in a street called 'Undershaft'. I found that editing was problematic in trying to find a satisfactory composition . Tried some in B&W, but thought not work as not enough contrast, shapes etc.

Anyhow, these are the results, .

The #MacroMondays theme for 9/2 is collections. We appear to have an assortment of collections, which may make choosing one to post a tad problematical, eh? This is only part of the collection of buttons!….. (I’ll put an establishing picture of more of them in the first comment box, when I can get to my laptop.)

Dactylorhiza fuchsii, the common spotted orchid, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae.

Dactylorhiza fuchsii is one of Europe's commonest wild orchids. It is widespread across much of Europe, with the range extending eastward into Siberia, Mongolia and Xinjiang. The species is also reportedly naturalised in the Canadian Province of Ontario.

Dactylorhiza fuchsii is a herbaceous perennial plant ranging from 10 to 60 centimetres (5 to 25 in) in height. The inflorescence is a dense-flowered spike, produced in June–August, that is at first conical then cylindrical. The flower colour can vary from white to pale purple with purple spots, a symmetrical pattern of dark purple loops or dots and dashes. The lip has three lobes. The bracts are usually shorter than the flower. The lip is smaller than that of the very similar Dactylorhiza maculata and has three deeper cuts. The middle lobe is more than half as large as a lateral lobe. Some colonies are highly perfumed, attractive to day-flying moths. The leaves are narrow lanceolate, keeled and often dark-spotted.

The orchids that are most similar belong to the Dactylorhiza maculata group. D. maculata ssp. maculata is distinguished by having the lip less deeply trilobed, while D. maculata subsp. saccifera has one spur large and saccular (sac-shaped) and the bracts of the inflorescence as long as or longer than the flowers. Outside of the "maculata group", D. majalis is very similar to D. fuchsii, but is distinguished by the following characters: the spots of the leaves are less elongated, the bracts of the inflorescence are longer and the lower transcend the inflorescence itself; it tends to be less cylindrical (a little more 'globular'), the stem is hollow (not solid) and the leaves are slightly larger. Other similar orchids are D. incarnata and D. lapponica but these species have hollow stems and different habitat (fens and bogs).

Typical habitats are, variously across the range, conifer, beech and chestnut forests, moderately wet meadows, bogs and margins of streams. The preferred substrate is supposedly calcareous although it seems not to be particularly linked to this type of substrate. In mountain, subalpine and alpine ecosystems D. fuchsii is found from 900 to 2300 m above sea level. Elsewhere it is found from sea level.

Dactylorhiza is Ancient Greek for finger root, referring to the shape of the plant's roots. The species name fuchsii honours the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs. The English name 'common spotted' refers to the species' abundance and the spots on its leaves. The French and German common names also honour Leonhart Fuchs.

This plant belongs to a problematic group of orchids. D. fuchsii is very variable in flower colour and flower morphology, plant height and the scent of flowers. This is due to the ease of introgression (the transfer of genetic material from one sympatric species to another, only partially isolated from the first, through interspecific hybridization and repeated backcrossing to a parental species), the ability of these plants to adapt quickly and easily to habitat and different substrates and possibly other causes. As a result, a multitude of forms have been defined for this plant. The World Checklist of Kew Gardens lists over 25 varieties, of which 7 are recognized as valid.

Despite being an adult male, this shrike is proving problematical to identify. There seem to be three possibilities; Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus), Turkestan (Isabelline) Shrike (Lanius (isabellinus) phoenicuroides), or a hybrid between the two. Though very few hybrids involving Brown Shrike are known. When I started birdwatching these were all treated as races of Red-backed Shrike. But now there are four recognised races of Brown Shrike and four of Isabelline, and two of these are often treated as full species.

Now for the difficult bit. Brown Shrike should ideally be uniform warm brown from the head to the rump, but this bird has a distinctly "colder" back colour contrasting with the warmer head and rump, more like Turkestan Shrike. Though Brown Shrikes often have a gingery rump like this bird. But an adult male Turkestan Shrike should show a white patch in the wing at the base of the primaries. But this bird has plain wings. Turkestan Shrike should have a very orange tail, appearing orange from above and below. But this bird had only a slight warmth in its tail, and does not look orange from below. I have photographs taken in dull light where the tail just looks brown. Brown Shrike has narrower tail feathers compared with Isabelline ( 6.5-9.5mm versus 9-11mm), and I thought the tail on this bird looked very narrow. On balance, I think this is a Brown Shrike, but it does show a couple of conflicting features.

This bird has been present since Sunday at Johnny Brown's Common near South Elmsall in West Yorkshire.

I saw this old man pushing a trolley full of used boxes in the streets of Macau. The old man had a problematic back and he couldn't really look up to see the road in front of him. What does it lead to?

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I am terribly occupied by work and seminar this week. I will visit your streams whenever I can.

Please View On Black

A white and brown eating from the frozen grass, this doesn't seem to be problematic for her!

Blue California Mosaic Darner in Flight. Nine years ago, I had quite a bit of luck (mixed with hard work) in getting a dragonfly in flight. Today it was a different story (I'll post the result tomorrow). This dragonfly is about three inches long with a 2.5 inch wing span. It's ancestor 330 million years ago had a wingspan of three feet. Aren't you glad you weren't around?

Remember that Dragonflies and Damselflies require clean fresh water. If the die off of damsels and dragons increases because of water pollution AND wasting water, you'll be up to your eyebrows in mosquitoes and gnats. A dragonfly can eat over 150 mosquitoes a day. Lose the dragons and damsels and there will be very little to control the scourge of mosquitoes.

This was taken with the first generation PowerShots. Focal length was short which may have been an advantage but with six MP, it could be problematic. Still, if a Dragonfly was made for the SX10 it's this one, one that hovers if only for a second. It's not easy focusing at the sky and hoping a Mosaic hovers in front of your lens.

A problematic project because how does one choose?

I adore all the regions of these Fairelands and will post about 5-6 photos in the next day (before the Fairelands fade back) to showcase those worlds that spoke so very clearly to me for various reasons. My clear favorite will close out this series.

Thank you, amazing Worldbuilders, thank you.

Shown here: The Golden Hour, Worldbuilder Elizabeth Tinsley. All parts of this region are lovely. I am especially drawn to the crystal cave, and the gem-stoned beach where the Memorials were held.

The minute the leaves come out photographing woodland birds becomes more and more problematic.

getting her in front of a camera can be problematic and getting a smile is even harder so i was pleased to get this one of her...

Perhaps greater photo rewards at the Oskova Plant are found in the afternoon, later on when the whole hillside is lit.

The coal-drop process for washing often appears problematical where loco 83-159 is seen standing unrushed upon a short rake.

17th March 2014

NIRC 1 and company sit above Harlem Avenue as the crew tries to restart the SW1 for a second time. After 3 problematic units on one train, must've been a hell of a night for the crew...

This set of 8 taken in a street called 'Undershaft'. I found that editing was problematic in trying to find a satisfactory composition . Tried some in B&W, but thought not work as not enough contrast, shapes etc.

Anyhow, these are the results, .

Flynn LOVES playing with toys but he's never been brilliant at the fetching part. He likes to place it at a distance from me & then run off in a circle & do his herd-y routine. This is fine if I'm already walking & the grass is super short - but becomes problematic in longer grass - or if I'm lazy & don't want to trail around picking up abandoned toys, just to throw them again. Over the years, I've tried to encourage better fetching skills but not had much luck!

We've had more success at home - not with toys, but with clothing. Mostly socks. Flynn used to be a naughty thief - he liked socks in particular. He'd either shred them, or worse, swallow them (resulting in a major surgery!). He also has a history of resource guarding - so simply grabbing contraband off Flynn is not an option. I therefore spent a lot of time teaching him swapping games & the result is, if Flynn gets a sock, or a t-shirt, then he knows he'll get lots of tasty food for bringing it back to me. I even deliberately drop socks, so we can practice & we've not had a sock-swallowing incident for years! Anyway, just the other week, it occurred to me maybe Flynn would bring me a sock *outside* too.

So, when we were in a quiet field (ha, I didn't want to explain to strangers why I was tossing clothing around!) I chucked a sock on the grass & asked Flynn to bring it to me - just like at home. He looked bemused but carefully went & got me my sock. We practised sock-fetching a bit, then I threw his favourite soft toy instead: Llama. Gave the same verbal cue... & success!! A proper retrieve! Flynn brought me Llama & put it in my hand. He's not 100% but has definitely got the idea. However, I am worrying I may accidentally be creating a monster. It now seems to have occurred to Flynn that perhaps he can just present me with any old thing he finds on the floor & get a treat in return for it. When we're walking home (& Flynn's hungry & wanting treats), he's eyeing up bits of litter. A few times, I've been very politely & enthusiastically offered stuff that I'd rather Flynn didn't pick up in the 1st place & which I'd rather not have to take off him (I guess at least we're cleaning up the streets?)!

11R, GV Cabin, CPF480, Glenville. November 15, 2015

The ditch lights were problematic in lensing this unit.

Hoje é o dia do meu Taeyang hide, que escolhi comprar por ter achado o rosto dele tão lindo quanto sério, e era exatamente o que eu buscava para o irmão da Nana (e o pai do Louis, meu isul duke).

Yuudai é um cara bem problemático, além de ter tido um passado na yakuza quando ainda morava no Japão, era um junkie. E ainda hoje tem problemas com depressão. Mas sua vida melhorou MUITO quando encontrou a irmã e passou a viver com ela, quando descobriu que existe muito mais do que os olhos podem ver, e passou a ter contato com criaturas que jamais imaginou existirem.

Ele tem um relacionamento romântico (?) com o dragão Kratos.

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Today is the day of my Taeyang hide, that I bought because of his face - as beautiful as serious! He was exactly what I was looking for to be Nana's brother (and Louis', my isul duke, father).

Yuudai is problematic guy, he had a past in yakuza while he lived in Japan, and he was a junkie. Today he still has to deal with depression sometimes. But his life got SO MUCH BETTER when he found his sister and started living with her, when he found out that there is much more than our eyes can see, and started to get in touch with creatures he never thought were real.

He has a romantic (?) relationship with the dragon Kratos.

Harlequin Ladybird, Harmonia axyridis.

Size ranges from 5.5mm to 8.5mm.

Widespread in England and Wales and spreading into Scotland.

The Harlequin Ladybird can be difficult to identify because of its variations in colour, spot size, and spot count. The easiest way to identify is to look at the pronotum and see whether the black markings look like a W or M. and the head has an obvious white triangle in the centre. It is a typical Ladybird beetle in shape and structure, being domed and having a smooth transition between its wing coverings, pronotum and head. The common colour form is orange or red with 0–22 black spots of variable size. The other usual forms are uniformly black with two or four red markings. The underside is dark with a wide reddish-brown border. However, numerous other forms have also been recorded. Extreme forms may be entirely black, or feature complex patterns of black, orange and red.

When identification is difficult, the underside pattern usually enables a reliable conclusion. Identification is most simple for the common forms, while less common varieties may take longer to identify. They always have reddish-brown legs and are obviously brown on the underside of the abdomen.

Originally from Asia, this species is widely considered to be one of the world’s most invasive insects. In Europe it is currently increasing to the detriment of indigenous species, its voracious appetite enabling it to outcompete and even consume other ladybirds. The harlequin ladybird is also highly resistant to diseases that affect other ladybird species, and carries a microsporidian, single-celled fungi, parasite, to which it is immune, but that can infect and kill other species. Native ladybird species have experienced dramatic declines in abundance in areas invaded by the Harlequin. In 2015, it was declared the fastest invading species in the UK, spreading throughout the country after the first sighting was confirmed in 2004. It can have multiple broods throughout the spring, summer and autumn, which also gives it a competitive edge.

They often congregate in sunlit areas because of the heat available, so even on fairly cold winter days some of the hibernating beetles will "wake up" because of solar heating. Large populations can be problematic because they can form swarms and linger in an area for a long time.

This species became established in North America as the result of introductions into the United States in an attempt to control the spread of aphids, but he Harlequin itself has also been reported to be a minor agricultural pest that is inadvertently harvested with crops. This can cause visible and sensory contamination and contamination of grapes by this beetle has been found to alter the taste of wine.

Three southbound trains are lined up at the NS West Brownsville Yard. N72 is coming from Newell with 4 CSXT GEs as power heading for Bailey mine for loading, a crewless N22 sits and waits with an ACE leading, and a problematic N42 with sand for Waynesburg with a colorful lashup of KCS, BNSF, and NS

I went out today looking specifically for a Black Saddlebags Dragonfly in flight. Saw not a one. But there must be 50,000 Blue Dashers and Darners at the lake. Identification was still problematic but ... this is Fred.

Back-lighting was sort of problematic in this instance, the result was overall sufficient

Well here it is. Slightly late but it's here nonetheless.

Now before you say anything, I know it's rather large. As I've previsouly stated, I had issues with the scale because I have a nasty habit with trying to perfect details, which in this case proved to be problematic.

The scope is, it itself quite sturdy, but once it's on the weapon, it's a little too heavy.

Meh, I'm tempted to scrap it and start again... :P

Oh, and this was an absolute pain to Photoshop as it was too big for my white sheets, meaning I had to Photoshop out all of the mess in my room :P

It’s problematic in the schoolyard, office, and on the world stage.

I returned to Oysterville, Washington, after an absence of many weeks. The most exuberant garden in town was still spectacular, but the composition was completely different.

These flowers adorn the brick path to the front door. I knew the pink flowers in Palo Alto by a name that's problematic today. They're also known as belladonna lilies or amaryllis belladonna.

Chrysobalanus icaco, the cocoplum, paradise plum, abajeru or icaco, is found near sea beaches and inland throughout tropical Africa, tropical Americas and the Caribbean, and in southern Florida and the Bahamas. It is also found as an exotic species on other tropical islands, where it has become a problematic invasive. Although taxonomists disagree on whether Chrysobalanus icaco has multiple subspecies or varieties, it is recognized as having two ecotypes, 1- inland which is less salt-tolerant and more upright and 2-coastal. Both the ripe fruit and the seed are considered edible.

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One of 14 number at Holkham Gap, Beach, Norfolk, UK on what was supposed to be a lovely sunny day :-( It however remained very cold, windy, dull and dreary all morning which made photographing these little characters at distance very problematic.

David Fathi

« The last road of the immortal woman »

Born in Paris, France

Interested in science and epistemology. Searching for ways to test and visualize the limits of human knowledge, physics, psychology, history, politics, etc.

On October 4th, 1951, Henrietta Lacks passes away from a very aggressive form of cancer. Then starts her last journey, from the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to the family cemetery in Virginia. Nobody knew at the time that another journey started for her, more precisely for her cells. A small sample of her tumor was taken without her knowledge by Dr. George Gey. He was amazed to observe that these cells behaved in a way never seen before: they kept growing and multiplying, again and again, infinitely.

Henrietta could not know, but she had become immortal. This case is one of the most famous, and problematic, stories in modern medicine. The last road of the immortal woman is a liminal space. Between mortality and immortality, scientific and emotional, political and personal, metaphysical and empirical, exploitation and recognition. It’s the space separating what a human life is, and can be.

Her family was an underprivileged African-American family, who had no idea that their mother/wife/cousin's cellular material was used all over the world by researchers in thousands of experiments, vaccine development, virus investigation, beauty product trials. Her cells were even exposed to nuclear bombs, and sent all the way up to space.

The last road of the immortal woman is a liminal space. Between mortality and immortality, scientifical and emotional, political and personal, metaphysical and empirical, exploitation & recognition.

Through the metaphor of this last road, along landscapes, microscopic photography, data and texts, the spectator is invited to follow a path and explore the intertwined stories of segregation, mutation, contamination, appropriation & space-time.

A funeral march for Henrietta lacks, but a new beginning for her cells.

Redpolls must be among the most taxonomically problematic species in Europe. When I first learned its scientific name it was Acanthis flammae, but its family name changed to Carduelis, the same as Goldfinch, and that genus also included Linnet and Twite. But recently the genus has been split again, with Linnet and Twite now in Linaria, and oddly, Redpolls are back in Acanthis where they were 40 years ago. But further molecular studies have shown that Crossbills are the closest relatives of Redpolls, Siskins, Goldfinch etc, even though they look nothing like each other. The relationship is apparently so close that it could be justified placing Crossbills and Redpolls in the same genus, which would be Loxia as that was named first. Aviculturalists have interbred various of these species and here's a hybrid Goldfinch x Crossbill www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZTnkI4sEnk . Also in America a wild hybrid Crossbill with Pine Siskin was seen. But placing all of these finches in the same genus Loxia would be terribly confusing and counterintuitive, so Acanthis has been reinstated for the Redpolls.

Some books and websites call this species Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) but there is no genetic difference between these and Common Redpolls (A. flammae). And from 1 January 2018 BOU officially dropped this species to become a subspecies of Common Redpoll when they adopted the IOC species guidelines (see here www.birdguides.com/news/bou-to-adopt-ioc-world-bird-list/ ). So this is now Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammae subsp cabaret). But oddly Lesser Redpoll is still on the BOU Official List nearly three years later www.bou.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/British-List-20... . Lesser Redpoll's status as a species was only short-lived as BOU only accepted it as a species in 2001 on the basis of a small population in Norway in 1994 that held 6 pairs of cabaret and 5 pairs of flammae, with no evidence of mixed pairs.

The name Redpoll refers to the red on the head, as poll originally meant head. The red on the forehead is just visible here, as is the distinctive black moustache. The meaning of poll as a vote came about, as a poll was originally a head count. It now rarely survives in its original meaning although the bit between the ears on a horse or cow is called a poll, and a poll axe wasn't used for chopping trees.

I photographed this Redpoll in the Crowden Valley in the Peak District. They are tiny birds, for comparison a House Sparrow weighs 34g whereas this chap weighs just 11g.

Official No: 0812656

Place Built: Vancouver, BC

Builder: Vancouver Shipyards

Year Built: 1991

Date Commissioned: June 21, 1991

Vehicles: 85

Passengers: 458

Crew: 10-14

Length: 96.0 m

Breadth: 21.18 m

Gross Tons: 2,856

Service Speed: 14 knots

Horsepower: 7,305

An Intermediate-class ferry, the Queen of Capilano operates on the busy commuter and tourist route between Horseshoe Bay (West Vancouver) and Snug Cove (Bowen Island). Despite being built 16 years ago (in 1991), she is still one of the youngest ferries in the fleet.

And despite being a relatively new ferry, the Queen of Capilano is surprisingly prone to mechanical problems; partly due to her problematic unique Right Angle Drive (RAD) propulsion. The Queen of Cumberland which operates from Victoria to the Southern Gulf Islands, is the only sister ship to the Capilano in the fleet. Interestingly, the design of the new Intermediate Class ferry currently (2007) being built in North Vancouver is largely based on that of the Queen of Capilano.

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Sonja

This used to be one of Sunderland's most photographed viewpoints and in terms of popularity, I reckon it was only pipped by our stunning seafront.

I recall that if I turned up at Noble's Quay, near the bottom end of High Street East, there would invariably be at least one other photographer lining up a shot.

Unfortunately, that all stopped when a steel mesh fence was put up after the historic quayside was deemed unsafe.

With no cash to splash out on repairs, the fence has remained, so unless you have some step-ladders with you or a camera with a flip-screen viewer, getting a decent shot is problematic.

I hardly ever use my camera's rear screen for composing photographs, but it came in handy this afternoon!

Crail... is a former royal burgh, parish and community council area (Royal Burgh of Crail and District) in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. The civil parish has a population of 1,812 (in 2011). The name Crail was recorded in 1148 as Cherel and in 1153 as Karel. The first element is the Pictish *cair (c.f. Welsh caer) meaning "fort", though this word seems to have been borrowed into Gaelic. The second element may be either Gaelic ail, "rocks", or more problematically Pictish *al; no certain instance of this word exists in P-Celtic. However, if the generic element were Pictish, then this is likely of the specific. Quoted from Wikipedia

Martha Fleming, Toronto b.1958 and Lyne Lapointe, Montreal b.1957

Continuing Fleming and Lapointe’s investigations into the representation of women, “Oriental bearded Ladies” (scorpion) references the exploitation of so-called “bearded ladies” and other exoticized bodies in Victorian circus sideshows. Popular throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, such problematic images of “oriental” women proliferated as curiosities within popular visual culture. Heightening the sense of danger in this image, the artists equip their subject with her own form of defence against peering eyes: a real scorpion specimen, poised to strike.

. . . the very weak glow of a long-departed sun still managing to exert a delicate influence.

Shots like this are problematic for me: I could well understand why someone unfamiliar with the Scottish Highlands might fail to see any merit in this image; those of us who call Scotland's highest a long-standing friend, however, will hopefully recognise the remarkable & potent presence it emits here, in the gentle light of the 'gloaming'.

A very pointy Càrn Mòr Dearg (my highest ever bivouac some years ago) & an oddly small looking Stob Bàn add to the interest.

Emirates 412 to Christchurch (CHC/NZCH) getting up and away 34L Sydney Airport (SYD/YSSY) - smoke and heat were a little problematic given the bushfires about the place.

Tokyo Tower is a communications and observation tower located in the Shiba-koen district of Minato, Tokyo, Japan. At 332.9 metres (1,092 ft), it is the second-tallest structure in Japan. The structure is an Eiffel Tower-inspired lattice tower that is painted white and international orange to comply with air safety regulations.

Built in 1958, the tower's main sources of revenue are tourism and antenna leasing. Over 150 million people have visited the tower since its opening. FootTown, a four-story building located directly under the tower, houses museums, restaurants and shops. Departing from there, guests can visit two observation decks. The two-story Main Observatory is located at 150 metres (490 ft), while the smaller Special Observatory reaches a height of 249.6 metres (819 ft).

The tower acts as a support structure for an antenna. Originally intended for television broadcasting, radio antennas were installed in 1961, but the tower is now used to broadcast signals for Japanese media outlets such as NHK, TBS and Fuji TV. Japan's planned digital television transition by July 2011 was problematic, however; Tokyo Tower's height, 332.9 m (1,092 ft) was not high enough to adequately support complete terrestrial digital broadcasting to the area. A taller digital broadcasting tower, known as Tokyo Skytree, was completed on February 29, 2012.

I decided to go the fireworks display as part of the British Bon Fire Night celebrations yesterday. This was problematic for as I really don’t do well in large crowds. But, it was somewhat successful. I decided to get there early to be able to get a choice of locations and set up, settling for this location with the lighthouse off to the left. The image was taken after the first failed attempt at starting the fire.

Rescued and converted to mono from a very problematic slide from the early 1970s.

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DRS Class 37 No 37401 'Mary Queen of Scots' passes Eaton Lane working the 09.35 Norwich Crown Point - Neville Hill Greater Anglia stock move.

A bit over processed, but the light was a touch problematic.

After much umming and ahhing I decided to brave the crowds and the rain and take the children into town to see some of the installations. Kings Cross seemed to have some interesting things and I thought it might be less busy than the west end.

We arrived at 5.30, minutes after the installations were lit up and it was already very busy. It was a nice enough crowd though with lots of families. By the time we made our way through Granary Square the crowds behind us were really backing up and not long after I decided that managing the children in thenarrow spacing of Kings Cross could be problematic, so we headed back down to the tube where we had to queue to get through the barriers.

I'm glad we made the trip, and this photo was surprisngly completely unstaged - they both just happened to find a space and look up at just the right moment :)

Copenhagen Opera House

When I first saw the Copenhagen Opera House from the other side of the harbour I was transfixed. It was our first day in Copenhagen and I had no idea what I was looking at, only that I wanted to know more about it.

After that first day I returned several times, at both sunrise and in the dark. While I love how the Opera House looks in the dark - especially when filled with people, I also love its clean lines, and stark, almost austere, appearance when viewed on a grey and overcast day. For that reason, I’ve decided to post images of the Opera House during both periods, the early morning, and during an evening performance.

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“The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen på Holmen i København) is the national opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built with construction costs well over US$500 million. It is located on the island of Holmen in central Copenhagen.

The building was designed by architect Henning Larsen in close and often problematic collaboration with Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. Mærsk wanted the building to have several features in its design: it would not become obsolete in function and appearance due to any fiscal compromise. He personally tested seats and materials, he visited many places in the world to see how opera buildings were constructed and how the building materials were looking after having been exposed over time to weather. Henning Larsen, on the other hand, was trying to make sure that the original architectural ideas were carried through the construction process, especially concerning the large glass surface front, which became a matter of great controversy and subsequent compromise.

The building exterior is faced with Jura Gelb, a beige limestone quarried in Germany. It is situated on ground that is surrounded by canals that are designed to give the impression the structure is on an island. The bridges constructed to access the building were made from oak trees originally planted in the 19th century for use in replacing the national fleet that was lost with the bombardment of Copenhagen in September 1807. The front of the building was originally designed with large glazing panels in order to see the shell of the auditorium from the harbor side. However, Mærsk emphasized that glass does not age well, so the façade was changed to a metal grid.

Construction began in June 2001 and was completed on October 1, 2004. It opened on January 15, 2005, in the presence of shipping magnate Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Queen Margrethe II. The tenor Plácido Domingo made a gala guest appearance as Sigmund in Wagner's Die Walküre on April 7, 2006, in a production by Kasper Bech Holten) and attended by The Queen.”

Source: Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_Opera_House

North Antrim - December 2022. Sea Buckthorn is ecologically problematic here, but makes an amazing backdrop for some winter colour.

Puzzle Piece It was designed by Gerald Gasson, a board member of the UK's National Autistic Society in 1963. Just as a puzzle piece is unique and fits into a larger picture, this symbol is meant to represent how each individual with autism contributes their own unique qualities to society.

How ever There are claims of the puzzle piece symbol being harmful and offensive to people with autism – and because of that, the use of the puzzle piece has caused a lot of backlash.

According to many people with autism, the whole ‘missing piece’ idea is problematic. It implies that there is something about the person that is incomplete and that they need fixing. Autistic people don’t need to be fixed, they need to be celebrated.

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Autism is a spectrum condition and affects people in different ways. Like all people, autistic people have their own strengths and weaknesses.

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lets not ostracize folks because they have different ways of communicating or different behaviour patterns. Lets support them learn from them and love them.

My grandson is autistic and he is the brightest flame in my life and the happiest little lad I have ever known xxx

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