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Isolated and unused on the open prairie, an old barn seems to ponder the setting sun, a closing down of yet another day and also its usefulness. Older people often flounder when they no longer are raising children or working at a job. A new sense of usefulness has to be discovered.
often walking through the Italian streets we stop at the details that seem to be made on purpose but are just random compositions of art
And does anybody want to guess the purpose of that nozzle thing, hanging out the bottom? Maybe it is best we don't know. Seen on a back street in Mulhouse, Alsace FR, a city which is also full of beautiful things of all kinds. In my album: Dan's Windows.
Good Morning, Madrid!
A new week, new purposes, new wishes, new hopes, and the city awakes one more day to witness the evolution of people.
Taken on this Monday´s morning at 07:46 AM, with a temperature of 61F (16ºC), cloudy skies and an humidity of 95%.
What better conditions to begin this new week, the 38th.
Congratulations to the Spanish men´s Basketball team for winning the World Championship in China. The gold medal is here!
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¡Buenos días, Madrid!
Una nueva semana, nuevos propósitos, nuevos deseos, nuevas esperanzas, y la ciudad se despierta para presenciar la evolución de la gente.
Tomada esta mañana de lunes a las 07:46 AM, con una temperatura de 16ºC, cielos nubosos y una humedad del 95%. ¡Qué mejores condiciones para comenzar esta nueva semana, la 38ª.
Felicidades a la Selección Española masculina de baloncesto por ganar el Campeonato del Mundo en China. ¡La medalla de oro está aquí!
Mejor visualizar en grande.
"It is time to put all things
behind. You have been made
to enjoy him forever. You are his
child, you are his masterpiece,
designed for a purpose. Put the
old things behind and move
forward along the marvelous
path GOD has set before you.
He has a good plan for you...
press on!"
Multi purpose chassis for a lot of jobs, here as a tipper. If two axles are lifted it manoeuvres as a small tipper.
Clarification: Effectiveness of procedure for pacification purposes when performed on non-organic subjects can be... questionable at best.
Still crawling to the finish. A rather large machine that has experienced some trauma around the torso. It will probably be fine though.
The fact that I still had Metru Matoran limbs after this baffles and irritates me. I don't even know where I got all of them from at this point. Either way, was just a fun build from early last year that I used to try out some things I hadn't tried before; mostly using limb pieces to create paneling of sorts. Also just a fun idea for me, I don't think I've ever intentionally built an unfinished character before so it was neat.
Prominently featured here is my multi-purpose bird stand doubling as paint can support and, as seen in this image, Coyote Peanut Dispenser. It serves each of these functions equally well with no required scheduled maintenance intervals. Pretty sure that our coyote doesn’t care about any of these features. And just to state the obvious here, these peanuts are not meant for him but really intended for the Blue Jays and Magpies. Crows, as well. I really should put up a sign on the stand so that I don’t have to explain this each and every time.
What is most impressive about this shot is something that can’t be seen but is a prominent part that allowed this shot to be taken. No, it’s not the extremely clean window glass although that is also a part of it. It is the fact that I was able to calm Misha (black dog) down enough to not scare the coyote away - they are extremely skittish even more so than the crows. So, yes, watching countless of the Dog Whisperer shows featuring Cesar Millan finally paid off. Thank you Cesar.
It’s obvious that this is a severe case of peanuts on the brain.
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Drake Ring-necked Duck
If you look closely, you can actually see the maroon "ring" around his neck. This is the first time I was able to get an image of this species and really see the ring.
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge Maryland, USA
Nikon D500 camera with Nikon 500mm f4 G VR lens and 1.4 converter.
1/2500 f5.6 ISO 800
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“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:28-29
I got my new wellies on and gave them a runout. Not sure I am fussed about this shot but... I am not ashamed of it so it passes that test! I write about my footwear so often, I expect this must seem like the secret diary of a rubbery boot. Sorry!
Nothing exceptional or even particularly interesting happened today. Nothing wrong with that I suppose. Too lazy to go anywhere so am leaving it until tomorrow night to drive out to the coast and watch the sun go down.
Just on the way back from here there was someone on the radio banging on about something being 'not fit for purpose'. I am not sure of its global travel, but this is one of the buzz words of the age. Along with everything being a solution. Pens are 'writing solutions'. I've never had any problem picking up the telephone, yet there are people out there trying to provide me communications solutions. Even dissolvable aspirin probably has 'headache solution solutions' on the label.
Anyway, 'fit for purpose' irritates me. I put on twitter when I got back a lame joke I thought up. It went like this: -
'I bought a new coat for my pet aquatic mammal today, but it was the wrong size. Turned out it wasn't fit for porpoise'.
Boom boom. Day 156 down.
The purpose of a photo charter is to capture memorable images of the railroad at work, often with historical equipment that has been lovingly restored. But I find the chance to meet old friends and make new ones just as rewarding as the photography. Here a gentleman from the Netherlands agreed to put down his camera and wave to the passing train as I captured the moment. Photo taken during a Pete Lerro photo charter on the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad starring C&O H-6 2-6-6-2 #1309...and a new friend.
Marchikoma 2019
As a natural consequence of the ever more complex gadgets and services, the need for some kind of software assistant arose. Going by many names and varying in functions and intelligence, Personal AIs are now a natural part of every mans day to day life. Personal AIs takes care of transactions, shopping, booking and household chores. Some people find it amusing to give their AIs personality and treat them as pets, others just use them as tools.
Personal AIs can transfer small parts of their core to machines in order to carry out various tasks. Shells are robotic machines that come in thousands of variants. Most Shells have their own governing AIs but they can also merge with Personal AIs and transfer their subroutines to them. Not many people can afford to choose other than the cheapest versions, but theoretically an AI can inhabit any Shell. Creative ways of using shells can of course be shared and downloaded by the AIs.
The Yogamabara Mechanization M-400 Multi-Purpose Shell is a commonly used type of shell. It’s very fast and agile. It gives the host AI the ability to follow it’s client around any ground based environment and has a full range of standard tools, like laser cutter, hydro spanners and standard data sockets to name a few. It’s animal-like form gives it personality and this has made Yogamabara one of the biggest manufacturers of Personal AI Shells.
Get yours today! Let your personal AI schedule a meeting and a free* testrun!
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Sprocket doesn't seem to have the same fascination with cardboard boxes as she did in her younger years, other than chewing on them (come to think of it, so does sister Shutter). One corrugated-cardboard-box-like item, however, still serves two purposes — as the brand name suggests — quite well for her.
An interesting sunrise from last year. The vapour trails stayed for ages. No idea why.
From the archives....coyote traveling down the Northeast park road, January 2014
Gotta give them credit, they know how to take advantage of opportunities for easier travel. The winter months can be quite harsh and cruel for Yellowstone's wildlife, but somehow they manage to survive. They definitely don't have to contend with all the traffic and tourists that other seasons bring. Don't normally shoot animals in the road but thought this one conveyed a real sense of purpose.
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven...
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Model: Olivia Byers
Unfocused on purpose to get a nice Bokeh. Shot with the Sony ILCE-6300 and the MOG Primoplan 1.9/58mm at F=1.9.
The canal was constructed for trading purpose during 1863–1873 and named in honor to king of Prussia, Wilhelm I. The canal connects Klaipėda port with River Nemunas, avoiding the Curonian Lagoon.
The Old Jewish Cemetery, Prague, Czech Republic. “Old Jewish Cemetery is the largest Jewish cemetery in Europe and one of the most important Jewish historical monuments in Prague. It served its purpose from the first half of 15th century till 1786.” I had wanted to visit this remarkable cemetery for many years because of its incredible history. “During the more than three centuries in which it was in active use, the cemetery continually struggled with the lack of space. Piety and respect for the deceased ancestors does not allow the Jews to abolish old graves. Only occasionally the Jewish Community was allowed to purchase grounds to expand the cemetery and so many times it had to gain space in other ways; if necessary, a new layer of soil was heaped up on the available area. For this reason, there are places where as many as twelve layers now exist. Thanks to this solution the older graves themselves remained intact. However, as new levels were added it was necessary either to lay over the gravestones associated with the older (and lower) graves to protect them, or else to elevate the stones to the new, higher surface. This explains the dense forest of gravestones that one sees today; many of them commemorate an individual who is buried several layers further down.”
Each day during the year, Flickr employs a 'secret' algorithm to select five hundred images for a daily-posted Explore page —all exemplifying some sort of 'interestingness.'
▶ During 2024, Flickr selected seventeen of my images for Explore:
☞ Percussionist in the green was my most viewed, at 10,310 views.
☞ Lanceleaf coreopsis (sepals & petals) was my most 'faved', with 282 'faves.'
☞ Tree falls into winter received the highest position (no. 78 out of 500), selected on 12 December 2024.
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THE FULL LIST
● ROW 1
☞ Tree falls into winter (12 December 2024)
8,534 views; 266 'faves'; 78th/500.
---> This image achieved the highest Explore position of any of my seventeen images selected.
☞ Woodland at Glenn Creek (22 November 2024)
8,766 views; 217 'faves'; 102nd/500.
☞ Purple aster (13 October 2024)
8,992 views; 232 'faves'; 150th/500.
☞ Bird of paradise, against blue wall (13 September 2024)
6,177 views; 188 'faves; 313th/500.
☞ Paddleboard morningtide (28 August 2024)
6,632 views; 128 'faves'; 479th/500.
☞ Strasburg pitches (04) (28 August 2024)
6453; 73 'faves'; 186th/500.
☞ Umbrella in the foliage (12 August 2024)
9,728 views; 171 'faves'; 92nd/500.
☞ Moving Keys (24 July 2024)
7,379 views; 103 'faves'; 351st/500.
*****
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☞ Gnomes' back beat on parade (26 June 2024)
8,358 views; 120 'faves'; 216th/500.
☞ Dancing to the tunes (02) (26 June 2024)
8,514 views; 118 'faves'; 157th/500.
☞ Geese, too? (19 June 2024)
6,882 views; 162 'faves'; 269th/500.
☞ Percussionist in the green (3 June 2024)
10,310 views; 119 'faves'; 85th/500.
---> The most viewed of my 2024 images, 'Explored' or not.
☞ Lanceleaf coreopsis (sepals & petals) (10 May 2024)
9,497 views; 282 'faves'; 98th/500.
---> The most 'faved' of my 2024 images, 'Explored' or not.
☞ Arabia Lake (in early spring) (24 April 2024)
7,658 views; 215 'faves'; 230/500.
☞ Arabia Mountain spring landscape (03) (5 April 2024)
8,822 views; 217 'faves'; 104th/500.
☞ Holy hellebore (5 February 2024)
6,921 views; 207 'faves'; 474th/500.
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☞ Winter beech woodland (12 January 2024)
7,873 views; 210 'faves'; 474th/500.
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"Explore is a Flickr feature with the intent of showing you 'some of the most awesome photos on Flickr.' Photos are automatically selected by computer according to a secret algorithm called Interestingness. The top 500 photos ranked by Interestingness are shown in Explore.
Flickr has stated that many factors go into calculating Interestingness: a photo's tags, how many groups the photo is in, views, favorites, where click-throughs are coming from, who comments on a photo and when, and more. The velocity of any of those components is a key factor. For example, getting 20 comments in an hour counts much higher than getting 20 comments in a week.
Is Explore a showcase for the top Flickr photographers? No. It's for photo viewers, not the photographers. It exists so that, at any moment, anyone who wants to view interesting photos can go to Explore and have a reasonable chance of seeing something interesting.
Does that imply that photographs not in Explore are uninteresting? Of course not. Many wonderful photos are uploaded to Flickr each day not selected for Explore. But, to serve its purpose, Explore only includes a small sampling of all of the photos on Flickr, showing photos from many different people to create a diverse selection."
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The purpose of the Argonaut expedition was to fly to King Pelias of the Golden Fleece from Colchis (AIA), which was in the depths of the Black Sea.
The Golden Fleece was the ram, which went Frixos to escape from his father, the king of Orchomenos Boeotia, and stepmother, who were ready to sacrifice the. Frixos finally arrived at the court of King Aetes, who received him with honors and gave him the daughter of a woman. When Frixos sacrificed the ram to Zeus, gave his skin to Aetes, who hung an oak tree in the grove of Mars and put a dragon to tribes, day and night.
The cause of the Argonaut expedition was as follows: King Pelias of Thessaly in Lokridas had received prophecies that killed by a descendant of Aeolus and stored by a man who will be wearing a sandal. When Pelias saw Jason in front of him, wearing a sandal just in his right leg to him away from him, gave him a mandate to bring back the Golden Fleece.
The campaign took part all the Greek heroes, fifty in number, including Hercules. Among them were the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux, Idas and Lynkeas, Orpheus, Peleus, the Meleager, Tydeus by the Amphiaraos, and Hunter Atalanta, the only woman.
The leader of the campaign was Jason when requested by Hercules, who had only to complete the feat of Erymanthoy boar, to take leadership, not consent.
The ship for the voyage was made by Argos, the son of Phrixus, from which it got its name, Argo. It was made from trees of Mount Pelion, under the guidance of the goddess Athena. Had fifty oars and stern Athena had put a piece of the sacred oak of talking Dodonon.
Pagases sailed from the port of Iolkou. When the ship arrived in Mysia, the Hylas, the companion of Herakles left, and went to bring water and Heracles was left behind to find him, so he took part in another campaign.
The Argonauts, after many adventures reached the mouth of the River Stage in Colchis.
There, the king Aeëtes promised to give the Golden Fleece, if Jason sow first of the remaining teeth of the dragon, which was not used by Cadmus in Thebes and zepsei two steers that were making fire from their nostrils and had steel legs .
Jason with the help of Medea, the daughter of Aetes, which had fallen in love, managed to get the golden skin. Along with Medea, took the way back, but fell into a big storm and found in Italy. Finally after many adventures, arrived back in Iolko.
I want to be able to do this. Just to be able to stop in the middle of something and just take in the moment...
Rocketdyne produced seven serialized high-fidelity F-1 engine mock-ups. Although non-functional, they were used for early engineering purposes. Most are/were? mounted on test (i.e., non-flight) Saturn V first stages.
In this photograph, the second of these, FM-101 (the first being FM-100), was featured in a paper written by D. E. Aldrich & D. J. Sanchini of the Rocketdyne Division of North American Aviation. See:
heroicrelics.org/info/f-1/fm-101/fm-101.jpg
“I don't know exactly when FM-101 (or any of these engine mock-ups) were manufactured, but they certainly reflect an early design:
- There is no provision for thermal insulation.
- There is no interface panel.
- The fuel high-pressure ducts are straight, rather than the "U"-shaped ducts which characterized later production engines.
- The LOX dome has twin-elbow inlets.
F-1 engine mock-up FM-103 is on display in the Kennedy Space Center Rocket Garden (where, oddly enough, it is completely painted silver).”
The direct copy/paste above is in quotations, along with my paraphrasing from Mike Jetzer’s superlative “HEROIC RELICS” website, which he gleaned from Alan Lawrie’s book “Saturn” and a paper, “Saturn V Booster – The F-1 Engine”, by D. E. Aldrich, located in the Saturn V Collection, Dept. of Archives/Special Collections, M. Louis Salmon Library, University of Alabama in Huntsville, at:
heroicrelics.org/info/f-1/fm-101.html
I’m hoping the above is no longer the case, and that FM-103 was moved out of the elements into the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
Or:
evergreene.com/projects/ksc-f-1-engine-prototype/
Credit: EVERGREENE Architectural Arts website
As if the above wasn't enough, see/read also...wow:
heroicrelics.org/info/f-1/f-1-config-changes.html
Also credit: Mike Jetzer/"HEROIC RELICS" website
Wait…one more. Look at the multiple monstrous card catalog cabinets behind the F-1! Commensurate with the size of the the engine.
One of several wildflower plants that I planted at my home, Yakima County, Washington. Several photos for id purposes.
Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplify, simplify, simplify! ... Simplicity of life and elevation of purpose.
~Henry David Thoreau
What does it mean when robins sing?
Its purpose is two-fold: to defend a territory and to attract a mate. Therefore, spring song is far more powerful in males. Robins are adapted to life in poor light and are often active in half-light when few other birds are about.
The robin is one of the few birds in the UK that sing all year round. This is due to the importance of holding winter territories.
Only for a short period in late summer while they are moulting and inconspicuous do robins stop singing. Both sexes sing.
As with the nightingale, the song is usually delivered from a concealed perch within a bush or a tree exposed perches are infrequent. Autumn and spring songs are distinctly different. The autumn song starts after the moult, from late summer onwards. It is more subdued and melancholy in its tone, while the spring song is powerful, confident and upbeat.
The spring song can start as early as mid-December, reaching full force in spring. Its purpose is two-fold: to defend a territory and to attract a mate. Therefore, spring song is far more powerful in males.
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Lens - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f5.6 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
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Alternate plumaged male. Muskegon County, Michigan, USA.
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Guinevere Fouroux's smile deepens when she feels his fingers wrap around hers. It's a small, quiet triumph, a victory, made even sweeter by the ghost of a smile--a real one, however shadowed--quirking his lips.
"I don't suppose I could talk you into dialing down the inspiration, when it comes to keeping you safe, can I?" She sighs, dramatically. "I would guess not, but a girl can dream..."
Eamon Cale's small grin deepens into something genuine. A rare smile, this, one he shows few, but it smooths the harsh lines from his face, and even the bruises and lacerations are softened by it. "Not a chance," he says, and suddenly leans forward, clasping her hand in both of his. His elbows rest on his knees, his back is bowed, but his head is up and his eyes are suddenly alight. "Do ye know what they said to me, in the Leviathan gaol? That Dr. Asbrink, the one who gets his jollies 'experimenting' on the hybrids. He said I'd been put there because I dared to bring hope to Midian. Because I preached freedom." His grin flashes again, boyish and oddly triumphant. "Best fecking compliment I'd ever received."
I picked up a used M9 on ebay for a great price. It's nice to have a Leica again. I had a M7 for a while and really enjoyed shooting with it. I've sold all my cameras besides my 5d Mark II (which I've had for just about 6 years now). The 5D still serves a purpose, I'm waiting to see what Canon does next with the 5D Mark IV ! Lately I've been unmotivated to carry the heavy 5D so hopefully my new purchase can spark some creativity in me, new toys are always fun...
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Pentax 67, SMC 105mm f2.4, Efke IR820, developed in Kodak D76, wet-mounted drumscan.