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A drawing I did for Underground Art School Magazine.
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Explore: Sep 29, 2008 #395
Short Twenty Second Video of some Wild Red Deer Stags...With my Dear asking the stupid questions !
Richmond Park. Greater London. UK.
There's no question that the great customizers in this community put out lots of awesome Lego Superheroes, but there are always those characters that no-one seems to have interest in making, despite their popularity. Now, of course, there are certain customizers who do produce these characters, but they are significantly below par when it comes to quality (not pad printed or high-quality digital). These are the top 9 DC Comics characters that I think all the brilliant customizers out there (you know who you are) should really consider making. I tried to limit my picks to characters that wouldn't require custom-molded pieces to produce.
Note that I also tried to avoid Batman characters as the official Lego market is already overflowed with Batman stuff.
1) Alan Scott: Next to Kyle Rayner, Scott is probably my favorite Green Lantern and he is in all likelihood the most unique. Mostly because his powers don't come from the same place as the other GL's. He's got the most unique costume and is the original Green Lantern. He really needs some love!
2) Hawk & Dove: Yeah, I kind of cheated with this one being two characters but you can't have one without the other! Hawk and Dove are easily the best duo in DC comics and, though their team composition has changed (Brothers, Sisters, Boy and Girl) this one - Hank and Dawn - is easily the most iconic.
3) Booster Gold: Booster is a very, very popular character and for good reason. He's a badass dude with a really cool power set and a long history in comics. He's been a fan favorite for years and I think this makes him a good choice to be made as a for-sale custom.
4) Captain Atom: Captain Atom is one of those characters that I hesitated putting on this list. Obviously, the best thing to do would be to sell a chrome minifig, but I think he would work in light blue-grey as well. Regardless, hes a very cool character with a very unique look.
5) Black Canary: So many Green Arrows out there, but so little Black Canary. That is, in all honesty, a tragedy. She really is one of the premiere women in the DCU and is in desperate need of a custom. Double sided head: one smirking, one screaming.
6) Deadshot: Classic Deadshot is one of the coolest and most iconic sharpshooters in all of comics, so it's really surprising how under-represented he is. I eagerly await someone to produce him so I can snatch him up.
7) Deadman: Going into the mystical realm of DC comics, Deadman is a really cool character with a great, unique look. The ghostly acrobat would make a great addition to anyone's custom collection.
8) Lobo: How has no-one made Lobo yet? Seriously! I know his hair is hard to pinpoint with the official line of Lego, but there are a few pieces that would work pretty well. Lobo is an incredible badass that is in desperate need of a custom.
9) The Spectre: I may be a bit biased in saying this but The Spectre is one of my favorite comic characters of all time, ever since I read the 90's run when I was a little kid. DC's spirit of vengeance is a force to be reckoned with and would be an easy-to-make and awesome custom minifig.
Here's nine honorable mentions:
- Amazo
- Raven
- Starfire
- Mr. Miracle
- Guy Gardner
- Ozymandias (Watchmen)
- The Question
- Power Girl
- Mirror Master
*Note that these are customs I'd like to see printed and sold, rather than personal customs.*
...that is the question. ;)
Nikon D70 modded, 55-200 Nikkor at 185mm (cropped), f6.3, 800iso, Baader Neodymium filter.
12 x 3 min, unguided EQ5
Darks, flats and bias
Stacked and processed in DSS and CS5, with a little help from Noel's tools.
In the normal run of things I would not have shared this rather grainy and mundane snap of a Robin Hood bodied Iveco of Greater Manchester Buses. However I have learned that lurking in the background on the right is a Wardle Solar, a streetlamp of significance to those in the know, and Lady Wulfrun has kindly asked me to post the image.
The scene is The Strand, Kirkholt, Rochdale, in 1987. The bus is heading down Daventry Road towards Kingsway. The mini on the left and the vehicles on the parking bay on the right are all parked on The Strand. The large satellite dish belongs to the bookies in the row of shops opposite the parking bay. Do bookies still need humungus dishes these days? Betting is an area of human activity which has never interested me, so it is only en passant that I realise I don't know the answer to such questions.
The shops also included a laundrette, a post office, a chippy, and a GPs surgery which at the time was run by a colleague of mine, Dr. Gowri Swami, whom I first met when we were training together in psychiatry in Birch Hill Hospital, and who I am pleased to see is still in practice on The Strand, according to NHS Choices. The pratice has, since this photograph was taken, moved to larger, purpose-built premises a little further along the road.
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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.
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Modeling the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue swimsuit. :)
A laid-back,classic, socal lifestyle shoot!
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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.
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Gotham (based off of th_squirrel): captain America head, Jurassic world torso, power miners waist
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What Google Gemini says about the Carbon footprint of a wind farm...
My question.....
What is the overall carbon footprint of a wind farm?
The overall carbon footprint of a wind farm, calculated through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), is very low compared to fossil fuel-based electricity generation. Wind power is a low-carbon energy source, as it produces no direct greenhouse gas emissions during operation.
The emissions that do occur are primarily "embodied carbon" from the stages before and after operation:
Manufacturing (The "Hot Spot"): This stage contributes the vast majority (often 90% or more) of the total life cycle emissions. It includes:
Sourcing and processing raw materials like steel, concrete, and composites for the tower, foundation, and blades.
The energy used in the factories to manufacture the components. The energy mix of the manufacturing location significantly affects the final footprint.
Transportation and Installation: Emissions from shipping components globally, transporting them to the site, and the use of heavy machinery (cranes, vessels for offshore wind) for construction. Offshore wind often has a higher footprint here due to more robust foundations and specialized installation.
Operation and Maintenance: This is a minor contribution, mainly from transport for service personnel, and the manufacture of replacement parts and lubricants.
Decommissioning and Recycling: Emissions from dismantling the farm and transporting materials for disposal or recycling. Recycling materials like steel can actually provide an "avoided emissions credit," reducing the overall footprint.
⚡ Key Carbon Intensity Figures
The carbon footprint is typically measured in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent per unit of electricity generated (gCO
2
eq/kWh).
Energy SourceTypical Life Cycle Emissions (gCO
2
eq/kWh)
Onshore Wind10 - 20
Offshore Wind15 - 25
Solar PV40 - 85
Natural Gas (CCGT)400 - 500
Coal900 - 1,100
One of my New York City photos displayed at the event.
When I travel, I have staples that I take with me on long-haul flights and one of those staples is Wired Magazine. Always. So, when I was asked by Sony a few months back if I would want my New York photography book to be a part of a Wired Magazine pop-up store private event along with a gallery display of my photography, it was hard to contain my excitement.
In terms of things I never thought I would do six years ago when I started taking photos seriously, signing copies of my books at Wired's offices ranks up there as something I wouldn't have even believed I would be doing back then.
The Design Your World event took place at Wired's NYC pop-up store in the meatpacking district on December 16th. The event was open to private guests of Wired Magazine and each of the 250 guests received a copy of my book: NY Through The Lens. There was also a gallery sponsored by Sony featuring 10 large screens displaying my black and white photos (all of which are in the book, of course).
Despite the majority of the books having been pre-signed by me, I think I ended up personally signing around 200 books at the event itself! It was so nice to connect with so many people. Seeing their reaction to the book and to the gallery of my photography is something I will never ever forget. What a beautiful experience.
To all of the wonderful people who I spoke to, hugged, took photos with, bonded with, opined about New York city in the snow with, and whose books I personally signed on the spot - you made my year. Thank you.
Thank you to Sony and Wired for this incredible opportunity.
And most of all, thank you to absolutely everyone online and offline who has been so wildly supportive and encouraging when it comes to the book and to my photography. It's been quite a journey so far and I sincerely enjoy taking you with me every step of the way.
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To see all of the photos that were on display and to see these photos in a photo-essay, feel free to check out my blog post about the event:
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Curious about the book? Tons of information about my New York City photography book with sample pages (including where to order and what stores are carrying it):
NY Through The Lens: A New York Coffee Table Book
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View my New York City photography at my website NY Through The Lens.
View my Travel photography at my travel blog: Traveling Lens.
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To use any of my photos commercially, feel free to contact me via email at photos@nythroughthelens.com
To delay or block (a request, process, or person) by refusing to answer questions or by giving evasive replies, especially in politics. Example: The stonewalling by American politicians concerning reform of firearm laws, in spite of overwhelming public support for such action.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a Kowa 1:3.5/55mm lens and Zenza Bronica 67mm SY48•2C(Y2) filter using Fuji Neopan Acros 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
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究竟~!
是象鼻蟲長得像花生,
還是花生長得像象鼻蟲...?
#讓我們繼續拍下去...😂
#六月份好像有三堂以上的微距外拍要帶...😂
#培養收假情緒...😂
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus 60mm F2.8 Macro
Godox TT350O
#每日一微 #微距 #Olympus #PENF #PENFlens #6028Macro #Godox #TT350O #microfourthirdsgallery #olympustwshare #Macro #マクロ #象鼻蟲 #花生
Members of the press ask questions during a joint press availability with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Under Secretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez following the U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 11, 2023. [State Department photo by Freddie Everett/ Public Domain]
So, the question has to be, is this the beginning of this photo set and the point at which it began...
..or
is this just the beginning of the end..!!???💥😘💋
i won't be the last
i won't be the first
find a way to where the sky meets the earth
it's all right and all wrong
for me it begins at the end of the road
we come and go...
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
Marche du 1er juin pour la fondation SEVE Canada, dans le parc nature de la Pointe-aux-Prairies, Montréal, Québec
The new bulletin cover for our series "Hard Questions Jesus Asked" at Four Corners Church.
Ever wonder how much easier it would be to follow Jesus if all of your questions could be answered? Ironically, when Jesus walked the earth he did not spend a lot of time giving answers -- instead he asked a lot of questions.
Over the next few Sundays, we're looking at some of the HARD QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED that still impact our lives today:
• Why is fear such a big part of your life?
• Where is God when you really need him?
• Is there more to knowing Jesus than
going to church, praying and reading your Bible?
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue.
Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything.
Live the questions now.
Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, and live along some distant day into the answer.
(From " Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke)
This is a view of Scindia ghat shot from Anand's boat at dusk along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
The Eternal city allows anyone to to live one's way into the answer...
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Invercargill and the province of Southland.
The question that has always puzzled me is why does a city of 50,000 people exist on the southernmost tip of NZ which has the bleakest climate? Invercargill is the coolest, most bleak and cloudiest city in NZ. It averages just 1,600 hours of sunshine a year compared with 1,500 for London, 2,050 in Christchurch, 2,800 in Adelaide and 3,200 in Perth WA. It has around 200 mm of rain every month of the year and it is a very windy city. It is in fact one of the largest southern cities in the world only surpassed by Ushuaia and Punta Arenas in Argentina and Chile respectively. But because of its latitude it has long summer days. Even in mid-October when we visit the length of day will be around 13.5 hours with the sun setting around 8:20 pm. In high summer twilight ends around 10:30 pm with a 16 hour long day like in Scotland. At this time of the year one can often see the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights an atmospheric phenomena of subarctic regions. Like Dunedin Invercargill was settled by the Scots. Many of its streets and families have Scottish names. It developed as an offshoot of Scottish Otago. The Surveyor General of Otago selected the site for a new town in 1856 and laid out the streets in a grid pattern on this very flat city. The first land was sold in 1858 and by 1861 Invercargill was a very small but flourishing town. Why? Because it had three main riches, apart from some gold found in the hinterland in 1860: it had the largest most fertile plains of NZ; it had a coastline rich with oysters, lobsters, cod fish and abalone( paua); and it had heavily forested mountains with hardwoods which were in great demand throughout the world- rimu, totara, silver beech etc. These basic factors meant that the province of Southland when it separated from Otago in 1861 had a bright future. The land, rainfall, soils and seas would provide for the people as it had done for the Maoris before the whites arrived. Southland consequently has had a rich and varied agricultural past ranging from sheep pastoralism, grain growing especially oats for porridge and barley for illicit whisky making (how could the Scots survive in this cold climate without whisky?) ,linen flax growing and milling, dairying and milk processing, fish and seafood canning, timber cutting and timber mills, and meat freezing and butchering works. These rural industries necessitated railways and like Dunedin Invercargill become a major rail head with lines going north to Lumsden, Kingston and Queenstown in the Alps, across to Gore, and west towards Fjordland and the richly forested valleys adjacent to it. Timber in particular needed the railways. Invercargill established railway workshops and the manufacturing steam engines for the railways of NZ. Its first railway line was built in 1867 to the Bluff, the port for Southland. It was connected to Christchurch by 1878.
In the 20th century Southland has developed hydroelectricity which in turn has attracted industry to the region. Possums introduced from across the Tasman in 1858 have become a major pest but they have also spawned a new industry- possum textiles and woollens; red deer were introduced from Europe in 1901 to Fjordland and now with the advent of helicopters and helicopter farming they are “farmed” for venison and processed near Invercargill. The story of Southland and Invercargill is one generally of success and success based on the climate and the resources of the land. For example, dairying has been strong since the early 1880s and continues today with Fonterra Milk processing mainly for export to Asia; linen flax milling continued until 1956; flourmills have processed wheat and the oat mill in Gore produced porridge oats; and Chewings Fescue was found to thrive in Southland and has become a major industry producing lawns for houses around NZ. Southland introduced prohibition in 1905 which lasted until 1945 and the illegal moonshine or whisky making in the hills east of Invercargill near Gore continued whilst that was in place. But the really big success has been hydroelectricity which began with Lake Monowai Power station in 1925. It still powers Invercargill and feeds into the national power grid. More recently the enormous Manapouri Power Station 200 metres below the water level of Lake Manapouri near Te Anau in Fjordland was completed in 1971 after work commenced in 1964. It is the largest hydroelectric station in NZ and the second largest power station in NZ. It was developed for Comalco to erect an aluminium smelter and refinery at the Bluff near Invercargill which is now run by Rio Tinto and employs nearly 3,000 people from Invercargill but its financial viability is shaky and the plant has been threatened with closure. Another major industry of Invercargill is fertiliser production.
•Invercargill is a Scottish settlement. 40% of Invercargill’s suburbs and nearby towns have Scottish names and the first Presbyterian Church was the leading church of the province. The current church replaced an earlier 1863 church in 1915 when it was completed. It is built of brick with a domed roof, a 100 foot high tower and it is in the Italian Romanesque style. It is on the highway from Dunedin at 151 Tay St. Next on the right we will see St Johns Anglican Church( 108 Tay St) in red brick built in 1887; almost next door is the impressive Town Hall and Theatre ( 88 Tay St) built 1906 in classical style; next is the YMCA building of 1910 at 77 Tay St; at the roundabout (the location of the Boer War Memorial) at the end of the street is the old Bank of NSW built in 1904 on the right whilst on the left is the former Cornerstone Bank of NZ building from 1879 ; as we turn right into Dee St. you will see a plethora of brightly painted heritage buildings all in good repair – partly because the city’s young mayor from Auckland has supported and encouraged this to revitalise the city. At 136 Dee St is the Blackman building with the large black swan on the roof line and further along (178 Dee St.) is the Gothic St Pauls Presbyterian Church built in 1876 and added to in 1881. Next we turn right into Victoria Ave to visit the Information Centre, the Southland Museum and Queens Park with its rhododendron dell. After our visit here we will pass the City water Tower (a flat city needed a tower for water pressure) built in 1888 with 300,000 red, yellow and black bricks. 101 Doon St.
Other heritage buildings include:
•Anderson House built in 1828 in neo-Georgian style for a wealthy businessman Sir Robert Anderson who had links with forestry, timber selling and the Southland Building society. His estate with 30 acres and his art collection was bequeathed to the city and the house became the city art gallery. It was closed in 2013 because it did not meet earthquake building regulations.
•The three story WEA building built in 1912 as a Coffee and Spice mill at 100 Esk St which is also the main shopping street. The spice firm was established in 1872 and some parts of this remain behind the 1912 building. It is now the Southland Education Centre for adults. The beautiful Southland Times newspaper office (1908) is also in this street at number 67.
•The Catholic St Mary’s Basilica built in 1905 in neo-classical style a bit like St Peter’s in Rome but tiny. On corner of Tyne & Ninth Streets. Near there at 80 Forth St is the 1926 classical style Masonic Centre.
•The decorative and fanciful Railway Hotel built in 1886 with classical features and a few Australian Federation era features. It is at 3 Leven Street behind the City library at the end of Esk St.
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An important thing to remember is that even though pixel sizes keep getting smaller and smaller, the technology is advancing, so the smaller pixels are more efficient at collecting light. For instance, the Sony A7rII is back-illuminated which allows more photons to hit the sensor. Semiconductor technology is always advancing, so the brilliant engineers are always improving the signal/noise ratio. Far higher pixel counts, as well as better dynamic ranger, are thus not only possible, but the future!
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And all the best on Your Epic Hero's Odyssey!
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Beautiful magnificent clouds!
View your artistic mission into photography as an epic odyssey of heroic poetry! Take it from Homer in Homer's Odyssey: "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them. " --Samuel Butler Translation of Homer's Odyssey
All the best on your Epic Hero's Odyssey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
Made a trip down to Pheasant Branch at lunchtime yesterday to try to capture a yellow-rumped warbler. To say these little guys move fast may be an understatement. This is 1/1000s shutter speed and the wings still blurred this much!
A question did come up about the wing blur versus the shadow created, and I was curious about that as well. After reviewing the image a bit more, I think the vertical trajectory of the wings, relative to the location of the sun, kept the wings in roughly the same position when viewed horizontally. So the shadow looks "fixed" in the horizontal mode while the wings are blurred when viewed vertically. (It's the engineer in me coming out... lol)
RD16729. 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 approaching Porthmadog harbour Station on Friday, 22nd June, 2018. It had been for a trip to Pont Croesor and back on the Welsh Highland Railway.
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1. How are you? Fabulous as always.
2. What are you up to or what are your plans? I plan to twerk.
3. What are you wearing? Clothes.
4. When's your birthday? August 12th bitchess.
5. What do you want for Christmas or for your birthday? I want money and dolls.
6. What kind of music do you listen to? All kinds.
7. If someone budged you while walking, what would you do? Say, "Excuse you hoe".
8. What's your favorite food? BACON!!!!
9. Are you against racism? Yes
10. Are you gay or straight? Bi.
Gender question.
11. For boys: What do you like in a girl? Uhm, nice and funny, and attractive.
For girls: What do you like in a boy? I'm not a girl, but I'mma answer. I like sweet guys, funny, and attractive.
12. Do you have a phone? If yes, than what one? If no, what kind of phone do wish to have or do you even want one? I have one, but I want an iPhone.
13. If you are under 18 like me, do you wish to have tattoos? If you're over 18, then do you have any tattoos? I want like 5 tattoos.
14. Where are you from? California, born and raised homie G.
15. Ever heard of Vine? Yomp.
16. Do you have a fav TV show? Probably Catfish, or RuPaul's Drag Race, or liek Adventure Time, and probably Honey Boo Boo.
15. Favorite song atm? Voodoo Pussy - Miss Prada
16. Do you have a pop icon or a fav artist? Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, Kerli, and Nicki Minaj.
17. Have you heard of the duo called Disclosure? Nope. Soz.
18. Do you have any parents that know how to use technology properly? My mom uses her computer, but I teach her how to use Facebook n shit.
19. What got you into photography? My mom took photos all my life, so I wanted to do it too. And I started Flickr, because of one of my friends 40LIBS, who is still absolutely fab.
20. And finally, I would LOVE to meet you. Do you feel the same? Hells yeah. I'd meet anyone on Flickr that I consider a friend c:
A collection of photos from our trip to Barcelona, Spain in March 2025. Alongside exploring the city’s vibrant streets and iconic landmarks, we also took day trips to Girona, Besalú, Castellfollit, and the stunning Montserrat.
Without question, it’s a destination full of beauty and inspiration—well worth the journey!
Yank magazine wrote "Frank Kviatek could shoot the enemy through his iron cross at 500 yards"
When Frank was captured by the Germans in the battle of the bulge he was taken to a German bunker and questioned - They found Yank Magazine in Franks pack - A picture in it showing Frank with his 1903A4 sniper rifle and an article. Luckily for Frank none of the Germans there could read English so he was let off the hook. The article stated Franks feats of killing over 50 enemy soldiers and his hate of the Nazi system.
Recolored using Photoshop CS4
Sarah Bernhardt dans le rôle de Cléopâtre
Œuvre de Georges-Antoine Rochegrosse (Versailles, 1859 - El Biar, 1938)
Après 1890
Pièce de Victorien Sardou, créé le 23 octobre 1890 au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin, Paris
Huile sur toile
Strasbourg, collection particulière
Rochegrosse peint l'actrice en habit de scène d'après un cliché de Napoléon Sarony. En 1890, elle fit l'unanimité : « ce n'est pas Sarah Bernhardt qui ressemble à Cléopâtre, mais au contraire, Cléopâtre qui ressemblait à Sarah Bernhardt » (Le Figaro). Sans perruque noire, en dépit des traditions, seule la rousseur de sa coiffure fit question.
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Exposition "Le mystère Cléopâtre"
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Des grandes figures féminines que compte l’histoire, Cléopâtre, la dernière souveraine d'Égypte, est la plus populaire. Autour de son personnage se sont forgées une légende noire puis une figure universelle, associant passion et mort, volupté et cruauté, richesse et guerre, politique et féminisme. (Extrait du site de l'exposition)
www.imarabe.org/fr/agenda/expositions-musee/mystere-cleop...
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
Why rare bees are attracted to me? A question that doesn't really keep me up at night, but...here consider this Dieunomia nevadensis. (Nice orange legs there, lady Di). This bee is known from one site in Maryland. So it is rare. It also has not been found in the surrounding states...so this population would appear to be very special. You have to go to North Carolina to find a record. Interesting in a Bermuda Triangle sort of way is the fact that this site is only a couple of miles from my house. How cool is that? This particular specimen collected by Tim McMahon, but the very first one (and there was only one) I found at a sand mine at the same spot. This has happened repeatedly, I am seemingly surrounded by rare bees that are attracted from long distances away to be near me. Or, perhaps it is not so much my beeaura but the fact that there are so few people really looking for bees? How are bees really doing then? Don't ask me I have beeaura issues. Photo by Brooke Goggins.
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All photographs are public domain, feel free to download and use as you wish.
Photography Information:
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
plus.google.com/events/c5569losvskrv2nu606ltof8odo
or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
sdroege@usgs.gov
301 497 5840