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Hello, Chicago.
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states.
We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this date in this election at this defining moment change has come to America.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen.
McCain.
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader.
I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.
Sasha and Malia I love you both more than you can imagine. And you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the new White House.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best -- the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.
To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.
To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
This is your victory.
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.
You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime -- two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there.
I promise you, we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem.
But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years -- block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night.
This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were.
It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.
Those are values that we all share. And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress.
As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
To those -- to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons -- because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America -- the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination.
And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change.
Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves -- if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment.
This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America.
- Barack Obama - President Elect
Sen. Barack Obama spoke at a rally in Grant Park in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the race for the White House Tuesday night. The following is an exact transcript of his speech. (Source CNN)
Hey Flickr friends,
My DH and myself seem to have a difference in opinions. I was wondering if you would be able to help me out?? See I spend HOURS on my babies (cakes) and love to take pictures of them. I'm proud of my talents and love to display them. My DH thinks that I should only post one picture, or two at the most of my cakes and the details I add. I, on the other hand love to show all the little details and showing them up close so you all may enjoy and appreciate them. But I wonder if it detours others from browsing my photo stream?? My DH says that viewers may get board and move on quickly. So what I'm asking is please give me your honest opinion. What do you think is the appropriate amount of pictures I should upload for each cake...lol ; )
Thanks friends!!
-Andrea
The question was where to stop to take in the aspen trees. I decided on pretty much whenever I had the chance! Here I decided for a wide angle shot, looking to the skies to capture the breath of the view.
I Decided to do one of these OC questionnaires for Micah :3 Here are the first 10 questions 💚
1. Are they happy with their body?
Yes, Micah’s very happy with his body, but he still doesn’t like to show it off much.
2. Do they collect anything?
Micah collects film memorabilia; he has an entire room in his mansion dedicated to this collection.
3. What is their favorite music genre?
Rock.
4. What is their phone background/lock screen?
A black and white photo of an Ace of Diamonds card is his lockscreen, and his homescreen is a photo of his favorite gun, Black Jack.
5. How do they decorate their living space?
Micah’s mansion is decorated with his sketches, architectural models, modern/minimalist furniture, guns, sculptures and portraits of himself, striped banners, fish tanks, decorative spikes and chains, fountains, punk memorabilia, and a few jackal statues.
6. Are they messy, or do they clean up?
Micah’s a very destructive and often-careless-person, but he always keeps his space clean.
7. What’s their preferred sleeping position?
Micah likes to sleep on his stomach, mostly, though he does tend to toss and turn a lot.
8. Did they have a favorite comfort item as a child?
Micah didn’t have any comfort items as a child, because he tended to break things often. However; now, he always carries his special lighter with him to calm himself down.
9. Can they cook? What’s their favorite thing to make?
Micah’s a very skilled grill-cook, and loves making grilled Bruschetta chicken and grilled brie with wine.
10. What was their worst injury?
Micah’s been shot many times, but has fortunately never been fatally injured; still, he has some bad scars due to these injuries.
RD16835. Question: When is a Kerr Stuart 'Brazil Class' 0-4-2ST not a Kerr Stuart 'Brazil Class'?
Answer: When it's a Hunslet 'Brazil Class' 0-4-2ST!
Kerr Stuart were declared bankrupt in 1930, and the Hunslet Engine Company bought the goodwill, designs, spare parts etc. so when Brazil Class TRANGKIL No. 4 was built in 1971 for the Trangkil Sugar Mill in Java, it was built by Hunslets in Leeds, not Kerr Stuart in Stoke-on-Trent. Interestingly, it was also the last steam locomotive to be built by Hunslets at works in Jack lane, Leeds.
Originally built to the 750mm gauge, it was converted to 2ft gauge by the present owners the Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire when they returned it to the U.K. in 2004.
Over the weekend 22nd - 24th June, 2018 however, TRANGKIL No.4 had a trip to the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales which held a gala to celebrate the 125th birthday of the 1893 built 2-4-0 ST/T Hunslets LINDA and BLANCHE. Lots of other 2ft gauge engines built by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds came to the party, so 'TRANGKIL' was in good company.
In this shot it is seen departing from Porthmadog harbour Station on Friday, 22nd June, 2018. It is going for a trip to Hafod y Llyn and back on the Welsh Highland Railway double heading with replica Manning Wardle 2-6-2T LYD; the pair are crossing Pont Britannia (Britannia Bridge).
Copyright © Ron Fisher.
i have to question who i am.
and just how EASY is it to be somebody else?
ive put on a disguise.
im two people in one.
DU POP-CORN POUR LEGAULT - Rassemblement Diomède
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Il n'est plus question de la pandémie, il n'est plus seulement question des arts vivants : c'est une manière de vivre et d'exister qui est remise en cause.
En visant d'abord la fermeture des théâtres, des salles de spectacle, des bibliothèques, des universités, des centres communautaires, des librairies, des centres sportifs, des bars et des cafés, des musées, tous ces lieux de création, de rassemblement, ces lieux de discussions éminemment politiques, le gouvernement a fait un choix partisan et s'est attaché a fermer ces lieux du commun.
Nous, artistes des arts vivants, touchés complètement et durablement par les mesures sanitaires du gouvernement, lançons un appel à tous ceux et celles qui se sentent concernées par cette destruction des lieux de société et par cette négation de toute politique.
La pandémie nous a éloignés les un.e.s des autres et les autorités nous ont fait croire qu'une vie pouvait se limiter à des besoins strictement « nécessaires » de travail et de consommation.
Nous disons ici que nous sommes des êtres qui avons un besoin métaphysique d'éprouver le monde, et que cette nécessité ne peut nous être discutée par le pouvoir en place.
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« Mais nous pouvons aussi tenter de nous unir, avec quelques autres, pour constituer des réseaux de résistance capables de réinventer la mobilisation, la grève et le sabotage, en même temps que le forum, l’amphithéâtre et l’agora. En s’y mettant à plusieurs, ici et maintenant, en ouvrant en grand nos institutions à tous les citoyens qui, comme nous, sont convaincus que le savoir ne se capitalise pas, mais qu’il s’élabore ensemble et dans la confrontation conflictuelle des points de vue, nous pourrions peut-être contribuer à faire de cette « pandémie », mais aussi de la santé et de l’avenir de la vie, non pas ce qui suspend, mais ce qui appelle la démocratie. »
(Barbara Stiegler, De la démocratie en Pandémie. Santé, recherche, éducation, coll. Tracts, n° 23, Paris, Gallimard, 2021)
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"Qual é o lugar mais importante da sua casa?
Eu acho que essa é uma boa pergunta
para início de uma sessão de psicanálise.
Porque quando a gente revela
qual é o lugar mais importante da casa,
a gente revela também o lugar preferido da alma."
Rubem Alves
"What is the most important place in your home?
I think this is a good question
Login to psychoanalysis.
Because when we show
what is the most important place in the house,
we also shows the preferred place of the soul. "
Rubem Alves
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66/100 Possibilities~ 100 Possibilities Project set
There is something wrong with the questions that are supposed to be disposed of by answers. . . . People think that when you have answers you no longer have questions. And they want the greatest possible number of answers, the smallest number of questions. The ideal is to have no more questions. Then when you have no questions, you have “peace”.
~ Thomas Merton
What we already know is in the past. What we have yet to discover is the future. Always make your questions bigger than your answers, and you'll keep drawing yourself into a bigger future with new possibilities.
~ Gary Ryan Blair
Gratitude (76) I am grateful for questions, even when they don't seem to have immediate or definite answers . . .
nessuno nasce con le spalle forti...e nemmeno vive senza far errori..di valutazione
poi te le fai...a volte da sola altre ti aiutano.poi impari dai tuoi stessi sbagli..che per gli altri a volte hanno peso diverso
e poi sei pronta
FORSE per reggere il mondo
IL TUO MONDO....
che a volte infastidisce che altre viene amato...che talvolta gira intorno all'uomo che ami...
cmq come dicevo..allenamento....POI SEI PRONTA..spero.
04/08/1976..
fate un po' i conti voi
una stretta...
How methane is created and destroyed on Mars is an important question in understanding the various detections and non-detections of methane at Mars, with differences in both time and location. Although making up a very small amount of the overall atmospheric inventory, methane in particular holds key clues to the planet’s current state of activity.
This graphic depicts some of the possible ways methane might be added or removed from the atmosphere.
One exciting possibility is that methane is generated by microbes. If buried underground, this gas could be stored in lattice-structured ice formations known as clathrates, and released to the atmosphere at a much later time.
Methane can also be generated by reactions between carbon dioxide and hydrogen (which, in turn, can be produced by reaction of water and olivine-rich rocks), by deep magmatic degassing or by thermal degradation of ancient organic matter. Again, this could be stored underground and outgassed through cracks in the surface. Methane can also become trapped in pockets of shallow ice, such as seasonal permafrost.
Ultraviolet radiation can both generate methane – through reactions with other molecules or organic material already on the surface, such as comet dust falling onto Mars – and break it down. Ultraviolet reactions in the upper atmosphere (above 60 km) and oxidation reactions in the lower atmosphere (below 60 km) acts to transform methane into carbon dioxide, hydrogen and water vapour, and leads to a lifetime of the molecule of about 300 years.
Methane can also be quickly distributed around the planet by atmospheric circulation, diluting its signal and making it challenging to identify individual sources. Because of the lifetime of the molecule when considering atmospheric processes, any detections today imply it has been released relatively recently.
But other generation and destruction methods have been proposed which explain more localized detections and also allow a faster removal of methane from the atmosphere, closer to the surface of the planet. Dust is abundant in the lower atmosphere below 10 km and may play a role, along with interactions directly with the surface. For example, one idea is that methane diffuses or ‘seeps’ through the surface in localized regions, and is adsorbed back into the surface regolith. Another idea is that strong winds eroding the planet’s surface allows methane to react quickly with dust grains, removing the signature of methane. Seasonal dust storms and dust devils could also accelerate this process.
Continued exploration at Mars – from orbit and the surface alike – along with laboratory experiments and simulations, will help scientists to better understand the different processes involved in generating and destroying methane.
Credits: ESA
So I have a question for my friends here that work for CSXT and run across the Berkshire and Boston Subs? Does the Castleton Bridge have a special instruction restriction limiting it to only one train at a time despite being double tracked?
The last few times I've personally observed meets here they've happened like this in the photo. CSXT train I019 (Worcester to Bedford Park, IL intermodal) is crossing the Hudson River on Main 4 of CSXT's Castleton Sub while at the far west end of the bridge holding at the signal at MP QG9.1 on Main 3 is train M426 (Selkirk to Rigby manifest).
So why didn't or couldn't they have pulled east to CP SM at MP QG9.5 to wait for I019 to clear the single track at the end of the Berkshire Sub instead of holding back off the structure until they'd cleared?
The massive double tracked Alfred H. Smith Bridge is in total 5255 ft long and 139 feet above the Hudson River below. In 1921 a contract for the main grading and drainage work and for all the actual bridge construction except its steel superstructure was awarded to Walsh Construction Company, a well-established Iowa-based railroad builder that would later go on (in 22 joint venture with others) to build the Grand Coulee Dam and, still later, to achieve national prominence as a builder of urban skyscrapers. The 23,000 tons of structural steel required for the bridge would be fabricated in Pittsburgh and erected by Bethlehem Steel's McClintic Marshall subsid- iary under a direct contract with the railroad. Physical work began in early 1922 and two years later on November 20, 1924 the first train crossed the bridge. It was named in honor of Alfred Holland Smith, the president of the New York Central Railroad who authorized the construction of this bridge as part of an extensive project known as the Castleton Cut-Off. He died in a horse-riding accident in Central Park in 1924, only a few months before completion of the bridge. He is sometimes confused with Alfred E. Smith, New York's governor at the time who was aboard that first train and christened the structure in honor of the other fallen Mr. Smith.
This bridge is now the southernmost place a freight train can cross the Hudson River (excepting NYNJ's barge service) and is used by all CSXT traffic heading into New England via the old B&A as well as any traffic direct to New York City via the historic NYC Main, now Amtrak and Metro North's Hudson Line and on a typical day 18 to 20 trains will cross. The parallel structure beyond is Castleton-on-Hudson bridge opened in 1959 to carry the New York State Thruway's Berkshire extension connection to the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Schodack, New York
Saturday October 26, 2024
la scala questa volta l'ho salita e ho fatto un giro sulla parte più alta della cava rispetto ai livelli di estrazione più bassi, quasi 100 m. in verticale e liberi.
La vista da lassù è mozzafiato, la recinzione è simbolica anche la garitta è contro-ventata da 4 cavi per non essere spazzata via dal vento.
Viene naturale pensare ogni movimento prima, da fermo.
What brings you more agony??? Doing something you know you shouldn’t do but have no regrets about it? Or.... not doing it and being in agony over wondering what would have happened had you done it?
New Instagram! instagram.com/45surf
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown / Black Hair!
And here're a couple of HD video movies I shot of the goddess with the 4K Sony:
Enjoy! Be sure to watch in the full 1080P HD!
The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
Check out my greatest hits compilation, and let me know what you think:
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Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Odyssey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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Pretty Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! :)
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Nikon D300 Photos of Beautfiul Sexy Hot Brunette!
She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entanglement.
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown Black Hair!
All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Dynamic Dimensions Theory's First Law and equation: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c: dx4/dt=ic.
Wanderling Acoe. Wanderling - That's what the size will be called I think. Has anyone used that?
Acoe is the molds name. Like Chloe only with an A and without the L XD
I hope to focus on odd worldly faces that don't seem to have a place, but you feel like they belong somewhere. For example, is Acoe from asia, maybe somewhere in africa? Northern europe? I like faces like that. I like it when people can't just say "You're white, you're black, you're asian" etc. It's a big change the world is going through, and I don't think some people like it when they can't put people into corners based on race or nationality. Suck it, right? XD
Copy paste from Tumblr:
Her head is almost done. Just got to work on the body now. She’s going to be somewhere between 35-40cm tall, but yosd sized torso with longer legs and arms. She’ll have two sets of feet - one pair will be yosd sized, and the other will be momoko/pullip sized, so there’d be a nice selection of shoes. I’m hoping that she’ll fit yosd clothes, they’ll just be super short. So like, dresses will be fine, and shorts/bloomers/shirts, but things like jeans and such will have to be made specifically for her. She would also come with a sleeping face, and I plan on doing an elf head and a sleeping elf head, though the open eyed will still have a different shape to her eyes than the non-elf. Eventually I hope to have her professionally cast but the first few will be cast by me.
Her ears have also been moved after this and her eyes are a different shape. I’LL SHOW YOU SOON. Thoughts? Would you buy a doll like this for $350-$400?
I’m also thinking of casting her in porcelain but I’m not sure about selling her in that medium, would anyone be interested in a spring-‘strung’ porcelain version?
Do you think my faceups would be good enough to offer as default faceups?
I know it’s hard to gauge but I’m doing so much thinking now and I thought I may as well ask. I know I consider buying dolls based purely on progress shots sO I figure I can’t be the only one.
ANYWAY. I hope you like her! ^^
New Instagram! instagram.com/45surf
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown / Black Hair!
And here're a couple of HD video movies I shot of the goddess with the 4K Sony:
Enjoy! Be sure to watch in the full 1080P HD!
The epic goddess was tall, thin, fit, tan, and in wonderful shape (as you can see).
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Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entanglement.
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown Black Hair!
All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Dynamic Dimensions Theory's First Law and equation: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c: dx4/dt=ic.
I cannot tell who's being interviewed in this particular threesome, but the two younger folks were definitely paying attention.
Memorial Day 2019: For all those who have worn the uniform, thank you for your service!
While at the Wall this weekend, I took notice of this child reviewing the names on the Wall, the mementos and the artifacts. He then turned and was lost in thought. Perhaps he was contemplating some very deep questions?
Any Questions ; Ask
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Saumacus asked for big cows in Germany: www.flickr.com/photos/rschuetz/4114809100/in/photostream/...
Now - here we have a REAL big cow ;-)
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Je ne suis pas croyant... mais je respect humblement et pleinement la croyance des autres... Il m'arrive cependant de parcourir les écritures! Une parabole ne cesse de me questionner; celle des talents, une lecture hâtive pourrait faire passer Dieu pour un fieffé capitaliste, en fait elle est très dure et semble ramener sur scène le Dieu Jaloux et possessif de l'ancien testament. Mais à la lumière de notre époque je pense qui faut prendre le terme talent dans le sens de capacité à utiliser ce que la vie nous a confiée... Mon interprétation (toute personnelle) est, que Jésus, tente de nous faire comprendre que la vie attend que nous nous réalisions, que nous sortions de notre vie douillette, que nous prenions le risque de la vie en cherchant à faire fructifier notre nature personnelle pour être ce que nous sommes destinée à être... ; des femmes et des hommes debout conscient du sens de leur vie en l'assumant pleinement... Autrement nous ne sommes que des personnes vides et sans valeur... aucunes! Avec pour seul bagage les regrets et les larmes...
Pour mémoire voici cette parabole...
« C'est comme un homme qui, partant en voyage, appela ses serviteurs et leur remit sa fortune.
15 A l'un il donna cinq talents, deux à un autre, un seul à un troisième, à chacun selon ses capacités, et puis il partit. Aussitôt
16 celui qui avait reçu les cinq talents alla les faire produire et en gagna cinq autres.
17 De même celui qui en avait reçu deux en gagna deux autres.
18 Mais celui qui n'en avait reçu qu'un s'en alla faire un trou en terre et enfouit l'argent de son maître.
19 Après un long temps, le maître de ces serviteurs arrive et il règle ses comptes avec eux.
20 Celui qui avait reçu les cinq talents s'avança et présenta cinq autres talents : «Seigneur, dit-il, tu m'a remis cinq talents : voici cinq autres talents que j'ai gagnés. » -
21 «C'est bien, serviteur bon et fidèle, lui dit son maître, en peu de choses tu as été fidèle, sur beaucoup je t'établirai ; entre dans la joie de ton seigneur».
22 Vint ensuite celui qui avait reçu deux talents : «Seigneur, dit-il, tu m'as remis deux talents : voici deux autres talents que j'ai gagnés. » -
23 «C'est bien, serviteur bon et fidèle, lui dit son maître, en peu de choses tu as été fidèle, sur beaucoup je t'établirai ; entre dans la joie de ton seigneur».
24 Vint enfin celui qui détenait un seul talent : «Seigneur, dit-il, j'ai appris à te connaître pour un homme âpre au gain : tu moissonnes où tu n'as point semé, et tu ramasses où tu n'as rien répandu.
25 Aussi, pris de peur, je suis allé enfouir ton talent dans la terre : le voici, tu as ton bien. »
26 Mais son maître lui répondit : «Serviteur mauvais et paresseux ! tu savais que je moissonne où je n'ai pas semé, et que je ramasse où je n'ai rien répandu ?
27 Eh bien ! tu aurais dû placer mon argent chez les banquiers, et à mon retour j'aurais recouvré mon bien avec un intérêt.
28 Enlevez-lui donc son talent et donnez-le à celui qui a les dix talents.
29 Car à tout homme qui a, l'on donnera et il aura du surplus ; mais à celui qui n'a pas, on enlèvera ce qu'il a.
30 Et ce propre à rien de serviteur, jetez-le dehors, dans les ténèbres : là seront les pleurs et les grincements de dents. »
Mt 25, 14-30 (Bible de Jérusalem (1973))
La première grande rétrospective après la mort de l'artiste Jörg Immendorff, décédé en 2007, s'est déroulée jusqu'au 27 janvier à la Haus der Kunst de Munich. L'œuvre centrale de cette exposition à succès était la sculpture monumentale « Près de la porte de Brandebourg – Question mondiale », prêtée par le Ludwig Forum for International Art. Aujourd'hui, l'œuvre de 4,5 tonnes est revenue « à la maison » et est désormais exposée en permanence dans le hall du Ludwig Forum. Depuis l'ouverture du Ludwig Forum for International Art Aix-la-Chapelle, la grande sculpture en bronze de Jörg Immendorff représente la compréhension de l'art du nouveau musée : l'œuvre « Près de la porte de Brandebourg - Question du monde » a été exposée à la documenta 7 en 1982 et a ensuite été achetée du couple de collectionneurs d'Aix-la-Chapelle Peter et Irene Ludwig
L'œuvre monumentale de Jörg Immendorff « Près de la porte de Brandebourg - Question mondiale » a trois niveaux de signification : il s'agit d'une interface symboliquement visualisée de blocs de pouvoir politiques mondiaux, d'un mémorial historique et d'une expression de l'histoire personnelle de l'artiste.
The first major retrospective after the death of the artist Jörg Immendorff, who died in 2007, ran until January 27 at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The central work of this successful exhibition was the monumental sculpture “Near the Brandenburg Gate – World Question”, on loan from the Ludwig Forum for International Art. Today, the 4.5 ton work has come “home” and is now on permanent display in the lobby of the Ludwig Forum. Since the opening of the Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen, the large bronze sculpture by Jörg Immendorff has represented the new museum's understanding of art: the work “Near the Brandenburg Gate - Question of the World” was exhibited at documenta 7 in 1982 and was later purchased from the Aachen collector couple Peter and Irene Ludwig
Jörg Immendorff's monumental work “Near the Brandenburg Gate - World Question” has three levels of meaning: it is a symbolically visualized interface of global political power blocs, a historical memorial and a expression of the artist's personal history.
I got questioned by the local police while taking this shot. Someone had passed by and thought I might be a jumper...
I like this shot a lot because the outline of Mount Diablo can be seen, just barely... I really like how it overlooks the passage of people coming and going along their many journeys under it's shadow.
45 second exposure
Nikon D90
We were with my daughter Margarita in a bar, for an afternoon snack. At one point her face lit up with a glow. A sunlight carom. "What a beautiful light!", I said. As I reached for the camera in my bag, the 12-year-old photography lover asked me, "When you say 'what a beautiful light', how do you realize it? What do you see?"
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Shot with my very first camera and lens, from the 1990s:
Canon EOS 5 + Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II + Kodak Vision 3 500T.
A Question Mark feeding on decaying fruit in my backyard feeder log. Our beautiful world, pass it on.
A full interview with the Israeli painter Raphael Perez (in Hebrew Rafi Peretz) about the ideas behind the naive painting, resume, personal biography and CV
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about your work process as a naive painter?
Answer: I choose the most iconic and famous buildings in every city and town that are architecturally interesting and have a special shape and place the iconic buildings on boulevards full of trees, bushes, vegetation, flowers.
Question: How do you give depth in your naive paintings?
Answer: To give depth to the painting, I build the painting with layers of vegetation, after those low famous buildings, followed by a tall avenue of trees, and behind them towers and skyscrapers, in the sky I sometimes put innocent signs of balloons, kites.
A recurring motif in some of my paintings is the figure of the painter who is in the center of the boulevard and paints the entire scene unfolding in front of him, also there are two kindergarten teachers who are walking with the kindergarten children with the state flags that I paint, and loving couples hugging and kissing and family paintings of mother, father and child walking in harmony on the boulevard.
Question: Raphael Perez What characterizes your naive painting?
Answer: Most naive paintings have the same characteristics
(Definition as it appears in Wikipedia)
• Tells a simple story to absorb from everyday life, usually with humans.
• The representation of the painter's idealization to reality - the mapping of reality.
• Failure to maintain perspective - especially details even in distant details.
• Extensive use of repeating patterns - many details.
• Warm and bright colors.
• Sometimes the emphasis is on outlines.
• Most of the characters are flat, lack volume
• No interest in texture, expression, correct proportions
• No interest in anatomy.
• There is not much use of light and shadow, the colors create a three-dimensional effect.
I find these definitions to be valid for all my naive paintings
Question: Raphael Perez Why do you mainly choose the city of Tel Aviv?
Answer: I was born in Jerusalem, the capital city which I love very much and also paint,
I love the special Bauhaus buildings in Tel Aviv, the ornamental buildings that were built a century ago in the 1920s and 1930s, the beautiful boulevards, towers and modern skyscrapers give you the feeling of the hustle and bustle of a large metropolis and there are quite a few low and tall buildings that are architecturally fascinating in their form the special one
Also, the move to Tel Aviv, which is the capital of culture, freedom, and secularism, allowed me to live my life as I chose, to live in a relationship with a man, Jerusalem, which is a traditional city, it is more complicated to live a homosexual life, also, the art world takes place mainly in the city of Tel Aviv, and it is possible that from a professional point of view, this allows I can support myself better in Tel Aviv than in any other city in Israel.
Question: raphael perez are the paintings of the city of Tel Aviv different from the paintings of the city of Jerusalem
Answer: Most of the paintings of Jerusalem have an emphasis on the color yellow, gold, the color of the old city walls, the subjects I painted in Jerusalem are mainly a type of idealization of a peaceful life between Jews and Arabs and paintings that deal with the Jewish religious world, a number of paintings depict all shades of the currents of Judaism of today
In contrast, the Tel Aviv paintings are more colorful, with skyscrapers, the sea, balloons and more secular motifs
Question: Raphael Perez Tell us about which buildings and their architects you usually choose in your city paintings
Answer: My favorite buildings are those that have a special shape that anyone can recognize and are the symbols of the city and you will give several examples:
In the city of Tel Aviv, my favorite buildings are: the opera building with its unusual geometric shape, the Yisrotel tower with its special head, the Hail Bo Shalom tower that for years was the symbol of the tallest building in Tel Aviv, the Levin house that looks like a Japanese pagoda, the burgundy-colored Nordeau hotel with the special dome at the end of the building, A pair of Alon towers with the special structure of the sea, Bauhaus buildings typical of Tel Aviv with the special balconies and the special staircase, the Yaakov Agam fountain in Dizengoff square appears in a large part of the paintings, many towers that are in the stock exchange complex, the Aviv towers and other tall buildings on Ayalon, in some of the paintings I took plans An outline of future buildings that need to be built in the city and I drew them even before they were built in reality,
In the paintings of Jerusalem, I mainly chose the area of the Old City and East Jerusalem, a painting of the walls of the Old City, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the El Akchea Mosque, the Tower of David, most of the famous churches in the city, the right hand of Moses, in most of the paintings the Jew is wearing a blue shirt with a red male cord I was in the youth movement and the Arab with a galabia, and in the paintings of the religious public then, Jews with black suits and white shirts, tallitas, kippahs, special hats, synagogues and more
I also created three paintings of the city of Haifa and one painting of Safed
In the Haifa paintings I drew the university, the Technion, the famous Egged Tower, the Sail Tower, well-known hotels, of course the Baha'i Gardens and the Baha'i Temple, Haifa Port and the boats and other famous buildings in the city
Question: Have you created series of other cities from around the world?
Answer: I created series of New York City with all the iconic and famous buildings such as: the Guggenheim Museum, the famous skyscrapers - the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, Lincoln Center, the famous synagogue in the city, the Statue of Liberty, the flags of the United States and other famous buildings
Two paintings of London and all its famous sites, Big Ben, famous monuments, the Ferris wheel, Queen Elizabeth and her family, the double bus, the famous public telephone, palaces, famous churches, well-known monuments
I created 4 naive paintings of cities in China, a painting of Shanghai, two paintings of the city of Suzhou and a painting of the World Park in the city of Beijing... I chose the famous skyline of Shanghai with all the famous towers, the famous promenade, temples and old buildings, two Paintings of the city of Suzhou with the famous canals, bridges, special gardens, towers and skyscrapers of the city
Katya:
Hmm... There´s so many flower prints this season in fashions..
Olga:
There sure is! I am not sure about that... In a way I do like them but... I dunno..
But I´ve been wondering, which flower or a plant I´d be?!
Katya:
Which flower you´d be...
Olga:
Yeah!
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Epic Goddess Straight Out of Hero's Odyssey Mythology! Pretty Model! :) Tall, thin, fit and beautiful!
Welcome to your epic hero's odyssey! The beautiful 45surf goddess sisters hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Odyssey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
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Follow me on facebook! facebook.com/elliot.mcgucken
Nikon D300 Photos of Beautfiul Sexy Hot Brunette!
She was a beauty--a gold 45 goddess for sure! A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
ALL THE BEST on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
May the 45surf goddesses inspire you along am artistic journey of your own making!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Truth, Beauty, and the Light of Physicist Dr. E's Moving Dimensions Theory's dx4/dt=ic . The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c. Ergo relativity, time, entropy, and entanglement.
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
New blog celebrating my philosophy of photography with tips, insights, and tutorials!
Ask me any questions! :)
Sony A7R RAW Photos of Pretty Brunette Bikini Swimsuit Model Goddess! Carl Zeiss Sony FE 55mm F1.8 ZA Sonnar T* Lens! Lightroom 5.3 ! Pretty Hazel Eyes & Silky Brown Black Hair!
All the best on your Epic, Homeric, Heroic Odyssey into the Art of Photography from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
All 45surf Hero's Odyssey Mythology Photography is shot in the honor of Dynamic Dimensions Theory's First Law and equation: The fourth dimension is expanding relative to the three spatial dimensions at the rate of c: dx4/dt=ic.
The hangings are like a missed light on Lucifer's forehead, it's probably a pending question for a gargoyle game.... What is the deep understanding of the creature suspended on Freiburg Cathedral in Breisgau? Much rain fell and the question remained suspended to the scepticism of official historians? while a Green Serpent read JW Goethe and fed on the heart of this stone suspended above our consciences limited by many proud clouds. The gargoyles are used to evacuate the flow of three-dimensional logic. The layer of paint forgotten by the architects of the Spirit limited by the green moss that invades their sectarian thoughts.
Just after the Flood, at the dawn of the current cycle, an era that the Egyptians called ZEP TEPI, "The First Times", a mysterious group of "gods", appeared to introduce the survivors to the rudiments of civilization. From Thoth and Osiris in Egypt to Quetzacoatal and Viracocha in the Americas, traditions around the world are bringing the origins of contemporary civilization into this sophisticated group. The creatures hanging on the top are suffering a flood, they have been vomiting since the dawn of time, but unfortunately we have lost their flood of messages. The East has nourished this Rhine land for centuries, today we are in ethnocentric explanations.....
Despite the misleading popularity of Von Danikan journalism, evidence from around the world, indicates these people were the hi-tech survivors of the previous civilisation. Like the nuclear survival bunkers and secret research facilities of our civilisation, there were those who arose from the underground "cities of the Gods", after the dust settled. They were the "prediluvian patriarchs", like Enoch and Methuselah, the "giants and heroes of old", mentioned in Genesis.
The enigmatic gods ancient Summer, Egypt and India, all hail from the fabulous times before the Flood. Since the declassification of the new ground-penetrating radar 2 years ago, the most staggering data has emerged of complex and labyrinthine underground systems in various parts of the world. At places like Guatemala in the South Americas, tunnels have been mapped under the Mayan pyramid complex at Tikal, which extend a full 800 kilometres to the opposite side of the country. Investigators remarked, it was possible to understand how half a million Mayan Indians escaped the decimation of their culture.
In similar fashion, the SIRA radar was deployed in Egypt as early as 1978, mapping an extraordinary subterranean complex beneath the Egyptian pyramids. Arrangements made with President Sadat of Egypt, resulted in three decades of top secret excavations to penetrate the system. At a recent meeting in Australia, one of the key scientists on the Giza project, Dr. Jim Hurtak, showed film footage of work in progress called, CHAMBERS OF THE DEEP, due to be released at the end of the century. The film reveals the discovery of a vast megalithic metropolis, 15,000 years old, reaching several levels below the Giza plateau.
While the rest of the Nu-Age speculates about a hidden chamber under the left paw of the Sphinx, the legendary "City Of The Gods", lays sprawled beneath. Complete with hydraulic underground waterways, the film shows massive chambers, the proportions of our largest cathedrals, with enormous statues, the size of the Valley of the Nile, carved in-situ. Researchers, risking their lives with lights and cameras, carefully negotiated rubber dinghies across subterranean rivers and kilometer-wide lakes, to penetrate sealed chambers beyond. Already, remarkable caches of records and artifacts have been found. It is the legacy of a civilisation and a technology way beyond our own. A technology capable of creating a vast underground city, of which the sphinx and pyramids are merely the surface markers. The project scientist, Dr. Hurtak, likens it to the impact of contact with an advanced extraterrestrial culture. He described it as the discovery of the Fourth Root culture, the so-called Atlantean civilisation, destroyed by the last earth tumble. It presents unequivocal evidence that all languages, cultures and religions trace back to a single common source, which Dr. Hurtak refers to as the "Parent Civilisation".
The technology unearthed is way beyond machine technology, as we know it. As Arthur C. Clark once joked, "any technology beyond our own would seem like magic to us." According to Dr. Hurtak, this was a culture who cracked the genetic code and possessed the keys of the physical spectrum, the "Higher Light Physics" of the ancients... everything old Gilgamesh went searching for in his famous trek to the lost "City of the Gods" to search the tunnels beneath "Mt. Mashu" in the desert lands.
Hurtak refers to a "language of light" and a great priest-scientist of the previous time cycle, named ENOCH, who is associated with the building of the Great Pyramid complex. Hurtak alludes to a grand spiritual science, a science which describes a genetic stairway to the stars. The priest-scientist ENOCH, is a prediluvian patriarch, one of the most famous and seminal characters of the previous time cycle. Father of Methuselah and great grandfather of Noah, Enoch is credited in the Bible as architect of the original Zion, the legendary "City of Yahweh", as well as inventor of the alphabet and calendar. Enoch is also history's first astronaut, who "is taken aloft by the Lord" and shown "the secrets of earth and heaven". He returns to earth with the "weights and measures" for all humankind.
Known to the Egyptians as THOTH, the "Lord of Magic and Time" and to theGreeks as HERMES, "messenger of the gods", he is even remembered in the Celtic tradition as the enigmatic wizard Merlin, who disappears up an apple tree to mythic Avalon, seeking the secret of immortality and vowing to return. As one who attained immortality, the secret of how we "might become as gods", Thoth/Enoch promises to return at the end of time "with the keys to the gates of the sacred land."
In the controversial Dead Sea Scrolls, revealing the lost Books Of Enoch removed from the Bible by early religious leaders, Enoch describes a wondrous civilisation in the past, who misused the keys of higher knowledge and were unable to save themselves from the last cataclysm. Both literally and figuratively they lost the "keys", they lost all higher knowledge.Yet, Enoch, along with many traditions, even the Mayan legend of Quetzacoatal, promises a return of this knowledge at "The end of time", the end of the present time cycle.
Biblical Revelations promise "all will be revealed" at the end of the present world. The extraordinary discoveries in Egypt and other parts of the world, describe not just an advanced technology but, evolutionary path beyond our present state. Careful scientific examination of the world's key pyramid sites, reveal them to be sophisticated harmonic structures, not only mirroring positions of the planets and stellar systems but, designed to mimic the chakras and harmonic cavities of the human body. Even each stone within the Great Pyramid is harmonically tuned to a specific frequency or musical tone. The sarcophagus in the centre of the Great Pyramid is tuned to the frequency of the human heart beat. Astonishing experiments, conducted by Dr. Hurtak and colleagues at the Great Pyramid and other sites in the South Americas, demonstrate the pyramids to be voice-activated "geophysical computers."
Intoning specific ancient sounds, the scientific team produced visible standing waves of light, above and within the pyramids and were even able to penetrate, hitherto, inaccessible chambers. Subsequent discoveries indicate the ancient priest-scientists employed some sort of harmonic sound technology within the temple structures. The lost Enochian knowledge reveals the mother tongue as a "language of Light". Known to the ancients as HIBURU, it is the primal seed language, introduced at the beginning of this time cycle.
Modern research confirms, the most ancient form Hebrew to be a natural language, the alphabetic forms emerging from the phosphene flare patterns of the brain. The same shapes, in fact, born of a spinning vortex. It is a true language of light, coursing through our very nervous system. Encoding the natural waveform geometries of the physical world, Hiburu is a harmonic language, mimicking the waveform properties of light.
The "keys" Enoch speaks of, turn out to be sound keys, keys to be vibratory matrix of reality itself, the mythic "Power of the World". The Enochian knowledge describes sonic equations, encoded within the ancient mantras and god names, capable of directly affect the nervous system and producing profound effect of healing and higher consciousness states. As the ancient texts declare, "If you would speak with the gods you must first learn the language of the gods."
DNA, the ancient cabalistic "Tree Of Life" portrayed in the Biblical Torah, is now coming to be viewed as a live vibrating structure, rather than a fixed tape recording. Many modern scientists, regard DNA as a shimmering, waveform configuration, able to be modified by light, radiation, magnetic fields or sonic pulses. The legacy of Thoth/Enoch suggests this "language of Light", the harmonic science of the ancients, could actually affect DNA. The evidence in Egypt, indicates this was the grand 6,000 year genetic experiment attempted by the Egyptians, the quest for immortality and the stars, a quest described by the great ones of old, a quest initiated by Gilgamesh so very long ago.
The Egyptians were not fixated on the afterlife, as thought by early Christian translators but, focussed on creating a higher type of human. Along with many ancient cultures, they believed DNA came from the stars and was destined to return.The knowledge of Thoth/Enoch implies humans are meant to evolve beyond our present terrestrial form, as the Bible tells us, "we may become greater than angels".The Egyptians record stories of the "Star Walkers", occasional individuals who, like Enoch, travelled "beyond the Great Eye of Orion" and returned, to walk like gods amongst men.
Despite the bleaching of semi-divine beings from modern consciousness, could it be possible, as the ancient texts insist, we are destined to "become as gods"? are the Mayan "Lords of Light" and the Egyptian/Tibetan "Shining Ones" really a higher form of human? According to many earth legends, such beings are supposed to return regularly, at the beginning and end of each time cycle, the 13,000 year half-point of our solar system's 26,000 year zodiacal orbit around galaxy centre. Because of conditions on our galactic orbit, these 13,000 year intervals or "worlds", seem to be separated by cataclysmic upheaval. According to the "calendar in stone" of the Great Pyramid, which describes the so-called "Phoenix Cycle" of our galactic orbit, the present time period ends (converted to our present calendar) in the year 2012 AD.
The Greek word PHOENIX, derived from the Egyptian word, PA-HANOK, actually means, "The House of Enoch". The Enochian knowledge suggests, these regular cataclysmic changes act as an evolutionary agent provocateur, to quicken the resident life forms to the next evolutionary phase, prior to exodus from the womb planet. Human evolution may proceed more rapidly than previously thought. The evidence now appearing, records civilisations before us, who mastered the physical continuum and progressed beyond this world. There were also those who failed.
We, too, have equal opportunity to make it or break it.The discoveries emerging from Egypt, describe the existence of a world wide pyramid temple system in prehistory, mounted like antennae on the key energy meridians, which were employed by ancient priest-scientists as a musical system to stabilize the tectonic plates of the planet... cataclysmic geology at it's finest.
>From the mother tongue word JEDAIAH, meaning "the way of the Word" or "the power of the Word", the ancient JEDAI priests used the language of Light to tune the planet like a giant harmonic bell. Much is being rediscovered in the last days of this time cycle. In the words of Dr. Jay Franz, of the Omega Foundation, "even if we don't dare to name it, there is a universal feeling of something impending on the world stage
Well, there you have it: the JJ brothers in real life! Sunglasses for ultimate awesomeness, and photo filter 'cuz it's cool. Anyways, time for the obligatory facts:
1) We are fraternal twin brothers born and raised in San Diego, CA.
2) LEGO has been our primary hobby for as long as we can remember (we started at age 3).
3) We are now both 15 years old as of April 22nd.
4) Justin is much taller than Jordan. This picture illustrates that quite nicely.
5) As builders, we like to build, and have built, in a very wide variety of themes and styles. Some days we'll feel like building one theme, and then a couple minutes later, have a great idea for some other theme. We've really tried to go in as many different themes and styles as we can, and that's what's so great about LEGO!
6) We've been to BrickFair Virginia twice, and BrickCon once. BrickCon was our first convention, and unfortunately, we probably won't be able to go to that one again for a while. We will, however, be going to BrickFair Virginia pretty much every year. Speaking of which, we hope to meet a lot of you guys there :D
7) We've won quite a few contests, and entered quite a few more. Contests are great because they push you out of your comfort zone, and make you try new things that you wouldn't have under other circumstances.
8) Some of our favorite musical artists include Coldplay, Train, and many others. Some of our favorite composers include John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore, and many others as well.
9) We are both in our school's band program. Justin plays the clarinet, and Jordan plays the bass clarinet. In addition to band, we also play on our school's volleyball and soccer teams.
10) We are Freshmen in high school.
11) We have two cats named Nittany and Paws. Nittany is very obese, but Paws remains in respectable shape. This is probably due to the fact that Nittany sits by his food bowl all day long, and doesn't do any exercise.
12) Some of our friends that go to school with us share our passion for Lego, but don't have flickr accounts.
13) We love our Canon EOS REBEL T3i! We're thinking about getting an expensive macro lens for it soon.
14) Jordan takes all of the pictures. Justin watches Jordan take all of the pictures.
15) The only bad part about having cats is the hair. It gets everywhere (especially on the LEGO).
16) Our hobby is becoming more and more expensive every year.
17) Our collab for BFVA (Homefront) will pretty much take up all of our most useful pieces.
18) We appreciate comments more than favorites on flickr. Our reasoning: it takes one second to click the little star above the picture, but it takes much longer to give a nice, thoughtful comment that lets us know that we did a good job.
19) Number 20 is next. What a shocker
20) Justin's favorite color is green, while Jordan's is red. Hehe Christmas
The End.
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Added are our closest flickr friends and main inspirations. Obviously we can't tag everyone, so don't be offended if you aren't.
Anyways, on to the question: what do you guys think of us trying a different theme every week this summer? It might be kinda fun. We'll think about it.
Thanks for reading, guys!