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We're road tripping down south later this week and Mav can't wait! He insisted on wearing a scarf today to practise for the snow and there was simply no reasoning with him.
Tourist (fillet brazing) not a Super Tourist (lugged). The seat tube extension is interesting. Wonder if there's a reasoning behind it?
BOX DATE: 2004
MANUFACTURER: Mattel
PERSONAL FUN FACT: I vividly recall the first time I saw the New York Minute dolls and this playset at Toys 'R' Us. It was sometime in the later half of 2004. By that point I wasn't regularly buying dollies in store anymore. I was still actively playing with them, but was starting to feel self conscious. There was a display cap in the doll section that featured all the newly released Mary-Kate and Ashley merchandise. I was enticed, but quickly talked myself out of getting them. I really don't know the reasoning for that...maybe I was embarrassed? It was a decision I would quickly come to regret. Mary-Kate and Ashley were the last fashion dolls I continued to collect as a kid. The only other dolls I still maintained an interest in were American Girls. So I was dismayed as an adult collector that I had passed up on the chance to get this playset. I had taken great care of all my childhood Mary-Kate and Ashley items. For the most part, other than my most used pieces, they had fared well over the years. I realized how expensive it was to buy the New York Minute dolls on eBay very early on into 2011. As for Big Shirl's House of Bling? I couldn't even find pictures of it right away! Eventually a few did find their way to eBay, but for exorbitant prices. Well over $100 for a simple playset. Having grown up in the time frame that the set was made, I knew quality wise it wouldn't be worth that much. I never forgot that I wanted this set, but I honestly didn't think it was something I'd ever be lucky enough to own.
In 2024 I was browsing eBay one afternoon. I usually have a rotation of things I check for that aren't "high risk" for me to purchase. Around that time I was looking into American Girl shoe lots for some extra "meet" footwear we needed for our girls. Whenever I'm on eBay or Mercari, I usually take a peek at Mary-Kate and Ashley dolls. I wasn't missing much for my collection at that point, so it seemed very unlikely I'd find a treasure. As I scrolled down I saw a "Buy It Now" option for Big Shirl's House of Bling. It was owned by a collector and had been deboxed, but was PERFECT. I did the mental math of how much it would cost with tax and shipping. All told it would be $77...more than I'd ever paid for a playset before (the most is usually $50, and that's only occurred a handful of times). I knew this might be my only shot to get the playset, and Mary-Kate/Ashley dolls are so precious to me. I just couldn't resist, especially since I had gotten the New York Minute dolls three years before. I knew how much fun my sister and I would have using this salon for videos and photos. Plus, Colleen's favorite scene from the movie (which neither of us admittedly care for) is when Ashley says to the stylist, "I'd like a more corporate bling." So we mutually decided to pounce on this opportunity. Everything arrived a few days later well packaged and protected. All the original components were intact, including part of the box itself (that had no real value or use to me). It's better quality than I expected in parts. The vanity is super heavy weight. But the stools have very flimsy bases, and most of the set is cardboard. I am SO unbelievably grateful to finally own this amazing piece of Mary-Kate and Ashley history. I know younger me would be proud...I always wanted to play with this set!
Just another weirdo in Boulder Colorado. He was more than happy to have his picture taken, while I stopped traffic behind me. Not sure what the guy's reasoning is, and I'm not going to ask.
ODC2...Object Describing Your Personality...Wrench! I don't think that the people who really know me would argue the point. Mechanical reasoning is my claim to fame; my intelligence. I may teach reading and writing, but I love to work with my hands and especially fix things that are broken. I have wrenches just about everywhere, three #17 to adjust the drip in the bilge, #14 is what I need for the bolts on the boat motor, I have a pair of #10s in my car for disconnecting the car battery (which I just had to do the other day because the horn decided to start blaring for no reason). I have a special wrench at school to tighten the legs on the little benches that those wiggly 4-yr-old bottoms sit on everyday. I even got a torque wrench for a birthday present last year. We have wrenches at home and wrenches on vacation. We label our tools with electrical tape: blue for Brittany (water), red for St. Ger. home (stop); white for the boat, and ground wire tape yellow/green for those tools that aren't yet duplicated and they travel back and forth with us. Beside the mechanical aspect of wrenches, there is also the heart-wrenching and gut-wrenching occurances that bring me easily to tears (I am a very sensitive person). Then there is my rather obstinate side and that (drum roll) is when I 'throw a wrench into the works' and make life difficult for me and everybody else. (I've really got to get over that one.)
After a long time of reasoning (...and saving up money) I finally bought this swiss made USM Haller sideboard in light grey.
If I had been trained myself in logic,
I could have acquired good knowledge of reasoning, But it would have brought little benefit.
Venturing outside.
Hah. I look about fourteen here.
Also, have uploaded about a million photographs today. My reasoning for this, it was Sunday. What else is there to do?
Discussing the importance of symmetry as part of spatial reasoning with @Tegu blocks in our STEAM Makerspace group.
I came across this the other day and well, I must say, I share the sentiment. If for no other reason then my bank of ten years denied me a loan recently. Their reasoning behind it was I needed to be employed for at least 9 months to qualify. I told the loan officer that if I was WORKING, I wouldn't need the loan!!! Hello! McFly!
I needed it to pay RENT.
He had ZERO empathy...I even started crying, begging, asking him if there was anything they could do for a loyal customer of 10 years. He didn't even apologize when I started crying and I was bawling...
so yeah, "FUCK THE BANKERS"
My beautiful griffin made by Creatures of Nat!!
This version of Hyperion is basically a Christmas gift to myself! I can't wait to have this majestic boy home with me!
To those curious about my griffin I made myself, I gave him to one of my greatest local friends, he will be super-loved there! My reasoning for rehoming him was because I had made him TOO big! If any of you remember, he was roughly the size of one of my Corgis! I had no where to display/store him just because of his size.
These photos belong to Natalie as he will be shipped later this week! Can't wait to have this boy home!
Rapid strata formation (field evidence).
Photo of strata formation on a beach, created by tidal action of the sea.
Formed in a single, high tidal event. Stunning evidence which displays multiple strata/layers.
Why this is so important ....
It has long been assumed, ever since the 17th century, that layers/strata observed in sedimentary rocks were built up gradually, layer upon layer, over many years. It certainly seemed logical at the time, from just looking at rocks, that lower layers would always be older than the layers above them, i.e. that lower layers were always laid down first followed, in time, by successive layers on top.
This was assumed to be true and became known as the superposition principle.
It was also assumed that a layer comprising a different material from a previous layer, represented a change in environmental conditions/factors.
These changes in composition of layers or strata were considered to represent different, geological eras on a global scale, spanning millions of years. This formed the basis for the Geologic Column, which is used to date rocks and also fossils. The evolutionary, 'fossil record' was based on the vast ages and assumed geological eras of the Geologic Column.
There was also circular reasoning applied with the assumed age of 'index' fossils (based on evolutionary beliefs & preconceptions) used to date strata in the Geologic Column. Dating strata from the assumed age of (index) fossils is known as Biostratigraphy.
We now know that, although these assumptions seemed logical, they are not supported by the evidence.
At the time, the mechanics of stratification were not properly known or studied.
An additional factor was that this assumed superposition and uniformitarian model became essential, with the wide acceptance of Darwinism, for the long ages required for progressive microbes-to-human evolution. There was no incentive to question or challenge the superposition, uniformitarian model, because the presumed, fossil 'record' had become dependant on it, and any change in the accepted model would present devastating implications for Darwinism.
This had the unfortunate effect of linking the study of geology so closely to Darwinism, that any study independent of Darwinian considerations was effectively stymied. This link of geology with Darwinian preconceptions is known as biostratigraphy.
Some other field evidence, in various situations, can be observed here: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
and also in the links to stunning, experimental evidence, carried out by sedimentologists, given later.
_______________________________________________
GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES (established by Nicholas Steno in the 17th Century):
What Nicolas Steno believed about strata formation is the basis of the principle of Superposition and the principle of Original Horizontality.
dictionary.sensagent.com/Law_of_superposition/en-en/
“Assuming that all rocks and minerals had once been fluid, Nicolas Steno reasoned that rock strata were formed when particles in a fluid such as water fell to the bottom. This process would leave horizontal layers. Thus Steno's principle of original horizontality states that rock layers form in the horizontal position, and any deviations from this horizontal position are due to the rocks being disturbed later.”)
BEDDING PLANES.
'Bedding plane' describes the surface in between each stratum which are formed during sediment deposition.
science.jrank.org/pages/6533/Strata.html
“Strata form during sediment deposition, that is, the laying down of sediment. Meanwhile, if a change in current speed or sediment grain size occurs or perhaps the sediment supply is cut off, a bedding plane forms. Bedding planes are surfaces that separate one stratum from another. Bedding planes can also form when the upper part of a sediment layer is eroded away before the next episode of deposition. Strata separated by a bedding plane may have different grain sizes, grain compositions, or colours. Sometimes these other traits are better indicators of stratification as bedding planes may be very subtle.”
______________________________________________
Several catastrophic events, flash floods, volcanic eruptions etc. have forced Darwinian, influenced geologists to admit to rapid stratification in some instances. However they claim it is a rare phenomenon, which they have known about for many years, and which does nothing to invalidate the Geologic Column, the fossil record, evolutionary timescale, or any of the old assumptions regarding strata formation, sedimentation and the superposition principle. They fail to face up to the fact that rapid stratification is not an extraordinary phenonemon, but rather the prevailing and normal mechanism of sedimentary deposition whenever and wherever there is moving, sediment-laden water. The experimental evidence demonstrates the mechanism and a mass of field evidence in normal (non-catastrophic) conditions shows it is a normal everyday occurrence.
It is clear from the experimental evidence that the usual process of stratification is - that strata are not formed by horizontal layers being laid on top of each other in succession, as was assumed. But by sediment being sorted in the flowing water and laid down diagonally in the direction of flow. See diagram:
www.flickr.com/photos/truth-in-science/39821536092/in/dat...
The field evidence (in the image) presented here - of rapid, simultaneous stratification refutes the Superposition Principle and the Principle of Lateral Continuity.
We now know, the Superposition Principle only applies on a rare occasion where sedimentary deposits are laid down in still water.
Superposition is required for the long evolutionary timescale, but the evidence shows it is not the general rule, as was once believed. Most sediment is laid down in moving water, where particle segregation is the general rule, resulting in the simultaneous deposition of strata/layers as shown in the photo.
See many other examples of rapid stratification (with geological features): www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Rapid, simultaneous formation of layers/strata, through particle segregation in moving water, is so easily created it has even been described by sedimentologists (working on flume experiments) as a law ...
"Upon filling the tank with water and pouring in sediments, we immediately saw what was to become the rule: The sediments sorted themselves out in very clear layers. This became so common that by the end of two weeks, we jokingly referred to Andrew's law as "It's difficult not to make layers," and Clark's law as "It's easy to make layers." Later on, I proposed the "law" that liquefaction destroys layers, as much to my surprise as that was." Ian Juby, www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/
The field example in the photo is the result of normal, everyday tidal action formed in a single incident,
Where the water current or movement is more turbulent, violent, or catastrophic, great depths (many metres) of stratified sediment can be laid down in a short time. Certainly not the many millions of years assumed by evolutionists.
The composition of strata formed in any deposition event. is related to whatever materials are in the sediment mix, not to any particular timescale. Whatever is in the mix will be automatically sorted into strata/layers. It could be sand, or other material added from mud slides, erosion of chalk deposits, coastal erosion, volcanic ash etc. Any organic material (potential fossils), alive or dead, engulfed by, or swept into, a turbulent sediment mix, will also be sorted and buried within the rapidly, forming layers.
See many other examples of rapid stratification with geological features: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Stratified, soft sand deposit. demonstrates the rapid, stratification principle.
Important, field evidence which supports the work of the eminent, sedimentologist Dr Guy Berthault MIAS - Member of the International Association of Sedimentologists.
(Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/)
And also the experimental work of Dr M.E. Clark (Professor Emeritus, U of Illinois @ Urbana), Andrew Rodenbeck and Dr. Henry Voss, (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/)
Location: Yaverland, Isle of Wight. photographed 04/06/2018, formed several months earlier and in the early stages of consolidation.
This field evidence demonstrates that multiple strata in sedimentary deposits do not need millions of years to form and can be formed rapidly. This natural example confirms the principle demonstrated by the sedimentation experiments carried out by Dr Guy Berthault and other sedimentologists. It calls into question the standard, multi-million year dating of sedimentary rocks, and the dating of fossils by depth of burial or position in the strata.
Mulltiple strata/layers are evident in this example.
Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/) and other experiments (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/) and field studies of floods and volcanic action show that, rather than being formed by gradual, slow deposition of sucessive layers superimposed upon previous layers, with the strata or layers representing a particular timescale, particle segregation in moving water or airborne particles can form strata or layers very quickly, frequently, in a single event.
And, most importantly, lower strata are not older than upper strata, they are the same age, having been created in the same sedimentary episode.
Such field studies confirm experiments which have shown that there is no longer any reason to conclude that strata/layers in sedimentary rocks relate to different geological eras and/or a multi-million year timescale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PVnBaqqQw8&feature=share&.... they also show that the relative position of fossils in rocks is not indicative of an order of evolutionary succession. Obviously, the uniformitarian principle, on which the geologic column is based, can no longer be considered valid. And the multi-million, year dating of sedimentary rocks and fossils needs to be reassessed. Rapid deposition of stratified sediments also explains the enigma of polystrate fossils, i.e. large fossils that intersect several strata. In some cases, tree trunk fossils are found which intersect the strata of sedimentary rock up to forty feet in depth. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lycopsi... They must have been buried in stratified sediment in a short time (certainly not millions, thousands, or even hundreds of years), or they would have rotted away. youtu.be/vnzHU9VsliQ
In fact, the vast majority of fossils are found in good, intact condition, which is testament to their rapid burial. You don't get good fossils from gradual burial, because they would be damaged or destroyed by decay, predation or erosion. The existence of so many fossils in sedimentary rock on a global scale is stunning evidence for the rapid depostion of sedimentary rock as the general rule. It is obvious that all rock containing good intact fossils was formed from sediment laid down in a very short time, not millions, or even thousands of years.
See set of photos of other examples of rapid stratification: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Carbon dating of coal should not be possible if it is millions of years old, yet significant amounts of Carbon 14 have been detected in coal and other fossil material, which indicates that it is less than 50,000 years old. www.ldolphin.org/sewell/c14dating.html
www.grisda.org/origins/51006.htm
Evolutionists confidently cite multi-million year ages for rocks and fossils, but what most people don't realise is that no one actually knows the age of sedimentary rocks or the fossils found within them. So how are evolutionists so sure of the ages they so confidently quote? The astonishing thing is they aren't. Sedimentary rocks cannot be dated by radiometric methods*, and fossils can only be dated to less than 50,000 years with Carbon 14 dating. The method evolutionists use is based entirely on assumptions. Unbelievably, fossils are dated by the assumed age of rocks, and rocks are dated by the assumed age of fossils, that's right ... it is known as circular reasoning.
* Regarding the radiometric dating of igneous rocks, which is claimed to be relevant to the dating of sedimentary rocks, in an occasional instance there is an igneous intrusion associated with a sedimentary deposit -
Prof. Aubouin says in his Précis de Géologie: "Each radioactive element disintegrates in a characteristic and constant manner, which depends neither on the physical state (no variation with pressure or temperature or any other external constraint) nor on the chemical state (identical for an oxide or a phosphate)."
"Rocks form when magma crystallizes. Crystallisation depends on pressure and temperature, from which radioactivity is independent. So, there is no relationship between radioactivity and crystallisation.
Consequently, radioactivity doesn't date the formation of rocks. Moreover, daughter elements contained in rocks result mainly from radioactivity in magma where gravity separates the heavier parent element, from the lighter daughter element. Thus radiometric dating has no chronological signification." Dr. Guy Berthault www.sciencevsevolution.org/Berthault.htm
"A team of Russian sedimentologists directed by Alexander Lalomov (Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Ore Deposits) applied paleohydraulic analyses to geological formations in Russia. One example is the publication of a report in 2007 by the Lithology and Mineral Resources journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It concerns the Crimean Peninsular. It shows that the time of sedimentation of the sequence studied corresponds to a virtually instantaneous episode whilst according to stratigraphy it took several millions of years. Moreover, a recent report concerning the North-West Russian plateau in the St. Petersburg region shows that the time of sedimentation was much shorter than that attributed to it by the stratigraphic time-scale: 0.05% of the time."
www.sciencevsevolution.org/Berthault.htm
Rapid strata formation and rapid erosion at Mount St Helens.
slideplayer.com/slide/5703217/18/images/28/Rapid+Strata+F...
Visit the fossil museum:
www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157641367196613/
Just how good are peer reviews of scientific papers?
www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full
www.examiner.com/article/want-to-publish-science-paper-ju...
The neo-Darwinian idea that the human genome consists entirely of an accumulation of billions of mutations is, quite obviously, completely bonkers. Nevertheless, it is compulsorily taught in schools and universities as 'science'.
The Biltmore House is a French Renaissance-inspired chateau near Asheville, North Carolina built during the Gilded Age by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1888 and 1895. It is the largest privately-owned home in the US, at 175,000 square feet with over 250 rooms. Behind some walls are secret passageways to various rooms. Their reasoning is unclear, but it is apparent that they were used.
The idea behind the estates creation was Vanderbilt's desire to replicate the working estates of Europe. He commissioned Richard Morris Hunt to design the house in imitation of several Loire Valley chateaux, including the Chateau de Blois. Vanderbilt definitely wanted grander, thus employed Fredrick Law Olmsted to design the grounds, including the deliberately rustic three-mile Approach Road, and Gifford Pinchot to manage the forests. Vanderbilt was a conservationist and believed in building a residence that could be self-supported. Vanderbilt established scientific forestry programs, poultry farms, cattle farms, hog farms and a dairy. During the years that the residence was occupied by the Vanderbilts, family members and friends from all over the US and from around the world came to experience the luxurious estate with it’s sweet-smelling gardens, rich foods at the 64-seat banquet table, and the stunning beauty of Vanderbilt's mountainous grounds.
Unfortunately much of Vanderbilt’s wealth was depleted due to poor investments, over zealous spending, and poor business skills. The mere construction and upkeep of the estate became too exhausting financially for him to maintain. After Vanderbilt died of complications from an emergency appendectomy in 1914, his widow finalized the sale of most of the original 125,000 acres. What remains today is an estate that covers approximately 8,000 acres. The estate is still owned by the Biltmore Company, which is controlled by Vanderbilt’s great-grandson, William A.V. Cecil II. Because of his shrewed marketing initiatives and immersed attention to customer service, he has turned a potentially large debt left by his great grandfather into a profitable museum that sells more ticket annually than Colonial Williamsburg.
Readers of the book, Lady on the Hill: How Biltmore Became an American Icon, will be amazed at how much detail was put into the estate’s construction.
1. Rickman, Ellen Erwin. Image of America: Biltmore Estate. South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2005.
The first Boolean logical computer
Jevons was a firm believer that sound logical reasoning was central to good decision making in politics and economics. To assist with teaching his students how to reason logically, Jevons designed various tools to help them develop the deductive reasoning approach.
Among these was a logical abacus (a simple collection of wooden sticks, each with a variable assignment written on them) and his logical machine, known as the Logical Piano. The Logical Piano was built in 1869 by a Salford watchmaker and, simply put, was constructed from Jevons' logical abacus connected to a keyboard by sophisticated mechanisms. A user would enter various premises and the machine would return all logical consequences of these premises.
Jevons' Logical Piano can be considered the first working mechanical computer. While Charles Babbage designed his Difference Engine for arithmetic and his Analytical Engine for general-purpose computation, Jevons' Logical Piano was designed and constructed to solve problems in logic.
"It is highly remarkable that when we turn to the kindred science of logic we meet with no real mechanical aids or devices" --WS Jevons
The Logical Piano can be seen as the first automated theorem prover and an initial step towards automated reasoning, which is now an established research area with applications in hardware and software verification, knowledge representation and robotics.
"Mind thus seems able to impress some of its highest attributes upon matter, and to create its own rival in the wheels and levers of an insensible machine" --WS Jevons
Electronic logical computers
Jevons' approach inspired US art historian Allan Marquand to build and electrically powered logical machine in 1885. Later, in the wake of World War II, surplus components became available that were used to build a number of eletronic logical machines.
in 1949 the philosopher Wolfe Mays of the University of Manchester and Dietrich Prinz of Ferranti designed an electronic implementation of Jevons' Logical Piano using relays. As with Jevons, their aim was to facilitate the teaching of logical reasoning.
In the last two weeks of October 1952, Mays and Desmond Paul Henry - a fellow Manchester philosopher - held an exhibition at the University's Christie Library called 'Jevonsonia'. Jevons' Logical Piano was proudly displayed alongside Mays' and Prinz's Logical Computer.
As Mays, Prinz and others were realising the practical electronic implementations of Jevons' machine, others found different uses for the surplus components of war.
In June 1948, The Baby - a machine built by Tom Kilburn and Sir Frederick (Freddie) Williams - ran its first stored program at Manchester. This form of digital computer rapidly proved to be more flexible than its logical counterpart.
Automated reasoning has since been developed entirely on general-purpose digital computers, rather than dedicated logical computers like Jevons', and Manchester has a strong track record in this field.
William Stanley Jevons was a remarkable philosopher, economist and pioneer of computer logic. He believed that good decision making required good logical reasoning, and devised algorithms and machines to automate and teach this reasoning:
"There was a consciousness on my my mind that I was the discoverer of the true logic of the future I felt a delight such as one can seldom hope to feel. I remembered only too son though how unworthy and weak an instrument I was for accomplishing so great a work" (an extract from Jevons' diary in 1860)
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Stanley_Jevons and
Tezcuco Plantation burnt down on 5/12/2002. I can't seem to find the reasoning for the fire but the tour guide at San Francisco stated it was faulty wiring. At the time it was used as a bed and breakfast. Nothing is planned to be done with the home or the buildings on site.
I don't belive that the site is really open to the public but no one stopped us... *cough* There are still a few small outbuildings on site that appear to be a part of the original plantation.
For more pictures, go here.
For before and immediately after the fire shots, go here.
Rapid strata formation in soft sand (field evidence).
Photo of strata formation in soft sand on a beach, created by tidal action of the sea.
Formed in a single, high tidal event. Stunning evidence which displays multiple strata/layers.
Why this is so important ....
It has long been assumed, ever since the 17th century, that layers/strata observed in sedimentary rocks were built up gradually, layer upon layer, over many years. It certainly seemed logical at the time, from just looking at rocks, that lower layers would always be older than the layers above them, i.e. that lower layers were always laid down first followed, in time, by successive layers on top.
This was assumed to be true and became known as the superposition principle.
It was also assumed that a layer comprising a different material from a previous layer, represented a change in environmental conditions/factors.
These changes in composition of layers or strata were considered to represent different, geological eras on a global scale, spanning millions of years. This formed the basis for the Geologic Column, which is used to date rocks and also fossils. The evolutionary, 'fossil record' was based on the vast ages and assumed geological eras of the Geologic Column.
There was also circular reasoning applied with the assumed age of 'index' fossils (based on evolutionary beliefs & preconceptions) used to date strata in the Geologic Column. Dating strata from the assumed age of (index) fossils is known as Biostratigraphy.
We now know that, although these assumptions seemed logical, they are not supported by the evidence.
At the time, the mechanics of stratification were not properly known or studied.
An additional factor was that this assumed superposition and uniformitarian model became essential, with the wide acceptance of Darwinism, for the long ages required for progressive microbes-to-human evolution. There was no incentive to question or challenge the superposition, uniformitarian model, because the presumed, fossil 'record' had become dependant on it, and any change in the accepted model would present devastating implications for Darwinism.
This had the unfortunate effect of linking the study of geology so closely to Darwinism, that any study independent of Darwinian considerations was effectively stymied. This link of geology with Darwinian preconceptions is known as biostratigraphy.
Some other field evidence, in various situations, can be observed here: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
and also in the links to stunning, experimental evidence, carried out by sedimentologists, given later.
_______________________________________________
GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES (established by Nicholas Steno in the 17th Century):
What Nicolas Steno believed about strata formation is the basis of the principle of Superposition and the principle of Original Horizontality.
dictionary.sensagent.com/Law_of_superposition/en-en/
“Assuming that all rocks and minerals had once been fluid, Nicolas Steno reasoned that rock strata were formed when particles in a fluid such as water fell to the bottom. This process would leave horizontal layers. Thus Steno's principle of original horizontality states that rock layers form in the horizontal position, and any deviations from this horizontal position are due to the rocks being disturbed later.”)
BEDDING PLANES.
'Bedding plane' describes the surface in between each stratum which are formed during sediment deposition.
science.jrank.org/pages/6533/Strata.html
“Strata form during sediment deposition, that is, the laying down of sediment. Meanwhile, if a change in current speed or sediment grain size occurs or perhaps the sediment supply is cut off, a bedding plane forms. Bedding planes are surfaces that separate one stratum from another. Bedding planes can also form when the upper part of a sediment layer is eroded away before the next episode of deposition. Strata separated by a bedding plane may have different grain sizes, grain compositions, or colours. Sometimes these other traits are better indicators of stratification as bedding planes may be very subtle.”
______________________________________________
Several catastrophic events, flash floods, volcanic eruptions etc. have forced Darwinian, influenced geologists to admit to rapid stratification in some instances. However they claim it is a rare phenomenon, which they have known about for many years, and which does nothing to invalidate the Geologic Column, the fossil record, evolutionary timescale, or any of the old assumptions regarding strata formation, sedimentation and the superposition principle. They fail to face up to the fact that rapid stratification is not an extraordinary phenonemon, but rather the prevailing and normal mechanism of sedimentary deposition whenever and wherever there is moving, sediment-laden water. The experimental evidence demonstrates the mechanism and a mass of field evidence in normal (non-catastrophic) conditions shows it is a normal everyday occurrence.
It is clear from the experimental evidence that the usual process of stratification is - that strata are not formed by horizontal layers being laid on top of each other in succession, as was assumed. But by sediment being sorted in the flowing water and laid down diagonally in the direction of flow. See diagram:
www.flickr.com/photos/truth-in-science/39821536092/in/dat...
The field evidence (in the image) presented here - of rapid, simultaneous stratification refutes the Superposition Principle and the Principle of Lateral Continuity.
We now know, the Superposition Principle only applies on a rare occasion where sedimentary deposits are laid down in still water.
Superposition is required for the long evolutionary timescale, but the evidence shows it is not the general rule, as was once believed. Most sediment is laid down in moving water, where particle segregation is the general rule, resulting in the simultaneous deposition of strata/layers as shown in the photo.
See many other examples of rapid stratification (with geological features): www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Rapid, simultaneous formation of layers/strata, through particle segregation in moving water, is so easily created it has even been described by sedimentologists (working on flume experiments) as a law ...
"Upon filling the tank with water and pouring in sediments, we immediately saw what was to become the rule: The sediments sorted themselves out in very clear layers. This became so common that by the end of two weeks, we jokingly referred to Andrew's law as "It's difficult not to make layers," and Clark's law as "It's easy to make layers." Later on, I proposed the "law" that liquefaction destroys layers, as much to my surprise as that was." Ian Juby, www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/
The field example in the photo is the result of normal, everyday tidal action formed in a single incident,
Where the water current or movement is more turbulent, violent, or catastrophic, great depths (many metres) of stratified sediment can be laid down in a short time. Certainly not the many millions of years assumed by evolutionists.
The composition of strata formed in any deposition event. is related to whatever materials are in the sediment mix, not to any particular timescale. Whatever is in the mix will be automatically sorted into strata/layers. It could be sand, or other material added from mud slides, erosion of chalk deposits, coastal erosion, volcanic ash etc. Any organic material (potential fossils), alive or dead, engulfed by, or swept into, a turbulent sediment mix, will also be sorted and buried within the rapidly, forming layers.
See many other examples of rapid stratification with geological features: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Stratified, soft sand deposit. demonstrates the rapid, stratification principle.
Important, field evidence which supports the work of the eminent, sedimentologist Dr Guy Berthault MIAS - Member of the International Association of Sedimentologists.
(Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/)
And also the experimental work of Dr M.E. Clark (Professor Emeritus, U of Illinois @ Urbana), Andrew Rodenbeck and Dr. Henry Voss, (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/)
Location: Yaverland, Isle of Wight. photographed 25/04/2018, formed several months earlier and in the early stages of consolidation.
This field evidence demonstrates that multiple strata in sedimentary deposits do not need millions of years to form and can be formed rapidly. This natural example confirms the principle demonstrated by the sedimentation experiments carried out by Dr Guy Berthault and other sedimentologists. It calls into question the standard, multi-million year dating of sedimentary rocks, and the dating of fossils by depth of burial or position in the strata.
Mulltiple strata/layers are evident in this example.
Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/) and other experiments (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/) and field studies of floods and volcanic action show that, rather than being formed by gradual, slow deposition of sucessive layers superimposed upon previous layers, with the strata or layers representing a particular timescale, particle segregation in moving water or airborne particles can form strata or layers very quickly, frequently, in a single event.
And, most importantly, lower strata are not older than upper strata, they are the same age, having been created in the same sedimentary episode.
Such field studies confirm experiments which have shown that there is no longer any reason to conclude that strata/layers in sedimentary rocks relate to different geological eras and/or a multi-million year timescale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PVnBaqqQw8&feature=share&.... they also show that the relative position of fossils in rocks is not indicative of an order of evolutionary succession. Obviously, the uniformitarian principle, on which the geologic column is based, can no longer be considered valid. And the multi-million, year dating of sedimentary rocks and fossils needs to be reassessed. Rapid deposition of stratified sediments also explains the enigma of polystrate fossils, i.e. large fossils that intersect several strata. In some cases, tree trunk fossils are found which intersect the strata of sedimentary rock up to forty feet in depth. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lycopsi... They must have been buried in stratified sediment in a short time (certainly not millions, thousands, or even hundreds of years), or they would have rotted away. youtu.be/vnzHU9VsliQ
In fact, the vast majority of fossils are found in good, intact condition, which is testament to their rapid burial. You don't get good fossils from gradual burial, because they would be damaged or destroyed by decay, predation or erosion. The existence of so many fossils in sedimentary rock on a global scale is stunning evidence for the rapid depostion of sedimentary rock as the general rule. It is obvious that all rock containing good intact fossils was formed from sediment laid down in a very short time, not millions, or even thousands of years.
See set of photos of other examples of rapid stratification: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Carbon dating of coal should not be possible if it is millions of years old, yet significant amounts of Carbon 14 have been detected in coal and other fossil material, which indicates that it is less than 50,000 years old. www.ldolphin.org/sewell/c14dating.html
www.grisda.org/origins/51006.htm
Evolutionists confidently cite multi-million year ages for rocks and fossils, but what most people don't realise is that no one actually knows the age of sedimentary rocks or the fossils found within them. So how are evolutionists so sure of the ages they so confidently quote? The astonishing thing is they aren't. Sedimentary rocks cannot be dated by radiometric methods*, and fossils can only be dated to less than 50,000 years with Carbon 14 dating. The method evolutionists use is based entirely on assumptions. Unbelievably, fossils are dated by the assumed age of rocks, and rocks are dated by the assumed age of fossils, that's right ... it is known as circular reasoning.
* Regarding the radiometric dating of igneous rocks, which is claimed to be relevant to the dating of sedimentary rocks, in an occasional instance there is an igneous intrusion associated with a sedimentary deposit -
Prof. Aubouin says in his Précis de Géologie: "Each radioactive element disintegrates in a characteristic and constant manner, which depends neither on the physical state (no variation with pressure or temperature or any other external constraint) nor on the chemical state (identical for an oxide or a phosphate)."
"Rocks form when magma crystallizes. Crystallisation depends on pressure and temperature, from which radioactivity is independent. So, there is no relationship between radioactivity and crystallisation.
Consequently, radioactivity doesn't date the formation of rocks. Moreover, daughter elements contained in rocks result mainly from radioactivity in magma where gravity separates the heavier parent element, from the lighter daughter element. Thus radiometric dating has no chronological signification." Dr. Guy Berthault www.sciencevsevolution.org/Berthault.htm
"A team of Russian sedimentologists directed by Alexander Lalomov (Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Ore Deposits) applied paleohydraulic analyses to geological formations in Russia. One example is the publication of a report in 2007 by the Lithology and Mineral Resources journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It concerns the Crimean Peninsular. It shows that the time of sedimentation of the sequence studied corresponds to a virtually instantaneous episode whilst according to stratigraphy it took several millions of years. Moreover, a recent report concerning the North-West Russian plateau in the St. Petersburg region shows that the time of sedimentation was much shorter than that attributed to it by the stratigraphic time-scale: 0.05% of the time."
www.sciencevsevolution.org/Berthault.htm
Rapid strata formation and rapid erosion at Mount St Helens.
slideplayer.com/slide/5703217/18/images/28/Rapid+Strata+F...
Visit the fossil museum:
www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157641367196613/
Just how good are peer reviews of scientific papers?
www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full
www.examiner.com/article/want-to-publish-science-paper-ju...
The neo-Darwinian idea that the human genome consists entirely of an accumulation of billions of mutations is, quite obviously, completely bonkers. Nevertheless, it is compulsorily taught in schools and universities as 'science'.
Rapid strata formation in soft sand (field evidence).
Photo of strata formation in soft sand on a beach, created by tidal action of the sea.
Formed in a single, high tidal event. Stunning evidence which displays multiple strata/layers.
Why this is so important ....
It has long been assumed, ever since the 17th century, that layers/strata observed in sedimentary rocks were built up gradually, layer upon layer, over many years. It certainly seemed logical at the time, from just looking at rocks, that lower layers would always be older than the layers above them, i.e. that lower layers were always laid down first followed, in time, by successive layers on top.
This was assumed to be true and became known as the superposition principle.
It was also assumed that a layer comprising a different material from a previous layer, represented a change in environmental conditions/factors.
These changes in composition of layers or strata were considered to represent different, geological eras on a global scale, spanning millions of years. This formed the basis for the Geologic Column, which is used to date rocks and also fossils. The evolutionary, 'fossil record' was based on the vast ages and assumed geological eras of the Geologic Column.
There was also circular reasoning applied with the assumed age of 'index' fossils (based on evolutionary beliefs & preconceptions) used to date strata in the Geologic Column. Dating strata from the assumed age of (index) fossils is known as Biostratigraphy.
We now know that, although these assumptions seemed logical, they are not supported by the evidence.
At the time, the mechanics of stratification were not properly known or studied.
An additional factor was that this assumed superposition and uniformitarian model became essential, with the wide acceptance of Darwinism, for the long ages required for progressive microbes-to-human evolution. There was no incentive to question or challenge the superposition, uniformitarian model, because the presumed, fossil 'record' had become dependant on it, and any change in the accepted model would present devastating implications for Darwinism.
This had the unfortunate effect of linking the study of geology so closely to Darwinism, that any study independent of Darwinian considerations was effectively stymied. This link of geology with Darwinian preconceptions is known as biostratigraphy.
Some other field evidence, in various situations, can be observed here: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
and also in the links to stunning, experimental evidence, carried out by sedimentologists, given later.
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GEOLOGIC PRINCIPLES (established by Nicholas Steno in the 17th Century):
What Nicolas Steno believed about strata formation is the basis of the principle of Superposition and the principle of Original Horizontality.
dictionary.sensagent.com/Law_of_superposition/en-en/
“Assuming that all rocks and minerals had once been fluid, Nicolas Steno reasoned that rock strata were formed when particles in a fluid such as water fell to the bottom. This process would leave horizontal layers. Thus Steno's principle of original horizontality states that rock layers form in the horizontal position, and any deviations from this horizontal position are due to the rocks being disturbed later.”)
BEDDING PLANES.
'Bedding plane' describes the surface in between each stratum which are formed during sediment deposition.
science.jrank.org/pages/6533/Strata.html
“Strata form during sediment deposition, that is, the laying down of sediment. Meanwhile, if a change in current speed or sediment grain size occurs or perhaps the sediment supply is cut off, a bedding plane forms. Bedding planes are surfaces that separate one stratum from another. Bedding planes can also form when the upper part of a sediment layer is eroded away before the next episode of deposition. Strata separated by a bedding plane may have different grain sizes, grain compositions, or colours. Sometimes these other traits are better indicators of stratification as bedding planes may be very subtle.”
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Several catastrophic events, flash floods, volcanic eruptions etc. have forced Darwinian, influenced geologists to admit to rapid stratification in some instances. However they claim it is a rare phenomenon, which they have known about for many years, and which does nothing to invalidate the Geologic Column, the fossil record, evolutionary timescale, or any of the old assumptions regarding strata formation, sedimentation and the superposition principle. They fail to face up to the fact that rapid stratification is not an extraordinary phenonemon, but rather the prevailing and normal mechanism of sedimentary deposition whenever and wherever there is moving, sediment-laden water. The experimental evidence demonstrates the mechanism and a mass of field evidence in normal (non-catastrophic) conditions shows it is a normal everyday occurrence.
It is clear from the experimental evidence that the usual process of stratification is - that strata are not formed by horizontal layers being laid on top of each other in succession, as was assumed. But by sediment being sorted in the flowing water and laid down diagonally in the direction of flow. See diagram:
www.flickr.com/photos/truth-in-science/39821536092/in/dat...
The field evidence (in the image) presented here - of rapid, simultaneous stratification refutes the Superposition Principle and the Principle of Lateral Continuity.
We now know, the Superposition Principle only applies on a rare occasion where sedimentary deposits are laid down in still water.
Superposition is required for the long evolutionary timescale, but the evidence shows it is not the general rule, as was once believed. Most sediment is laid down in moving water, where particle segregation is the general rule, resulting in the simultaneous deposition of strata/layers as shown in the photo.
See many other examples of rapid stratification (with geological features): www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Rapid, simultaneous formation of layers/strata, through particle segregation in moving water, is so easily created it has even been described by sedimentologists (working on flume experiments) as a law ...
"Upon filling the tank with water and pouring in sediments, we immediately saw what was to become the rule: The sediments sorted themselves out in very clear layers. This became so common that by the end of two weeks, we jokingly referred to Andrew's law as "It's difficult not to make layers," and Clark's law as "It's easy to make layers." Later on, I proposed the "law" that liquefaction destroys layers, as much to my surprise as that was." Ian Juby, www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/
The example in the photo is the result of normal, everyday tidal action in a single incident. Where the water current or movement is more turbulent, violent, or catastrophic, great depths (many metres) of stratified sediment can be laid down in a short time. Certainly not the many millions of years assumed by evolutionists.
The composition of strata formed in any deposition event. is related to whatever materials are in the sediment mix, not to any particular timescale. Whatever is in the mix will be automatically sorted into strata/layers. It could be sand, or other material added from mud slides, erosion of chalk deposits, coastal erosion, volcanic ash etc. Any organic material (potential fossils), alive or dead, engulfed by, or swept into, a turbulent sediment mix, will also be sorted and buried within the rapidly, forming layers.
See many other examples of rapid stratification with geological features: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Stratified, soft sand deposit. demonstrates the rapid, stratification principle.
Important, field evidence which supports the work of the eminent, sedimentologist Dr Guy Berthault MIAS - Member of the International Association of Sedimentologists.
(Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/)
And also the experimental work of Dr M.E. Clark (Professor Emeritus, U of Illinois @ Urbana), Andrew Rodenbeck and Dr. Henry Voss, (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/)
Location: Sandown, Isle of Wight. Formed 06/02/2018 This field evidence demonstrates that multiple strata in sedimentary deposits do not need millions of years to form and can be formed rapidly. This natural example confirms the principle demonstrated by the sedimentation experiments carried out by Dr Guy Berthault and other sedimentologists. It calls into question the standard, multi-million year dating of sedimentary rocks, and the dating of fossils by depth of burial or position in the strata.
Mulltiple strata/layers are evident in this example.
Dr Berthault's experiments (www.sedimentology.fr/) and other experiments (www.ianjuby.org/sedimentation/) and field studies of floods and volcanic action show that, rather than being formed by gradual, slow deposition of sucessive layers superimposed upon previous layers, with the strata or layers representing a particular timescale, particle segregation in moving water or airborne particles can form strata or layers very quickly, frequently, in a single event.
And, most importantly, lower strata are not older than upper strata, they are the same age, having been created in the same sedimentary episode.
Such field studies confirm experiments which have shown that there is no longer any reason to conclude that strata/layers in sedimentary rocks relate to different geological eras and/or a multi-million year timescale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PVnBaqqQw8&feature=share&.... they also show that the relative position of fossils in rocks is not indicative of an order of evolutionary succession. Obviously, the uniformitarian principle, on which the geologic column is based, can no longer be considered valid. And the multi-million, year dating of sedimentary rocks and fossils needs to be reassessed. Rapid deposition of stratified sediments also explains the enigma of polystrate fossils, i.e. large fossils that intersect several strata. In some cases, tree trunk fossils are found which intersect the strata of sedimentary rock up to forty feet in depth. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Lycopsi... They must have been buried in stratified sediment in a short time (certainly not millions, thousands, or even hundreds of years), or they would have rotted away. youtu.be/vnzHU9VsliQ
In fact, the vast majority of fossils are found in good, intact condition, which is testament to their rapid burial. You don't get good fossils from gradual burial, because they would be damaged or destroyed by decay, predation or erosion. The existence of so many fossils in sedimentary rock on a global scale is stunning evidence for the rapid depostion of sedimentary rock as the general rule. It is obvious that all rock containing good intact fossils was formed from sediment laid down in a very short time, not millions, or even thousands of years.
See set of photos of other examples of rapid stratification: www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157635944904973/
Carbon dating of coal should not be possible if it is millions of years old, yet significant amounts of Carbon 14 have been detected in coal and other fossil material, which indicates that it is less than 50,000 years old. www.ldolphin.org/sewell/c14dating.html
www.grisda.org/origins/51006.htm
Evolutionists confidently cite multi-million year ages for rocks and fossils, but what most people don't realise is that no one actually knows the age of sedimentary rocks or the fossils found within them. So how are evolutionists so sure of the ages they so confidently quote? The astonishing thing is they aren't. Sedimentary rocks cannot be dated by radiometric methods*, and fossils can only be dated to less than 50,000 years with Carbon 14 dating. The method evolutionists use is based entirely on assumptions. Unbelievably, fossils are dated by the assumed age of rocks, and rocks are dated by the assumed age of fossils, that's right ... it is known as circular reasoning.
* Regarding the radiometric dating of igneous rocks, which is claimed to be relevant to the dating of sedimentary rocks, in an occasional instance there is an igneous intrusion associated with a sedimentary deposit -
Prof. Aubouin says in his Précis de Géologie: "Each radioactive element disintegrates in a characteristic and constant manner, which depends neither on the physical state (no variation with pressure or temperature or any other external constraint) nor on the chemical state (identical for an oxide or a phosphate)."
"Rocks form when magma crystallizes. Crystallisation depends on pressure and temperature, from which radioactivity is independent. So, there is no relationship between radioactivity and crystallisation.
Consequently, radioactivity doesn't date the formation of rocks. Moreover, daughter elements contained in rocks result mainly from radioactivity in magma where gravity separates the heavier parent element, from the lighter daughter element. Thus radiometric dating has no chronological signification." Dr. Guy Berthault www.sciencevsevolution.org/Berthault.htm
Visit the fossil museum:
www.flickr.com/photos/101536517@N06/sets/72157641367196613/
Just how good are peer reviews of scientific papers?
www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/60.full
www.examiner.com/article/want-to-publish-science-paper-ju...
The neo-Darwinian idea that the human genome consists entirely of an accumulation of billions of mutations is, quite obviously, completely bonkers. Nevertheless, it is compulsorily taught in schools and universities as 'science'.
every being capable of causal reasoning nurses a native instinct of revenge. but no amount of violence or destruction can ever right a wrong, real or imaginary. violence begets violence and destruction begets further destruction. what separate human from beast is our capacity for reason and compassion. reason that power man to the moon and back. reason that produce medicine that save us from the scourge of diseases. reason for music, arts and poetries. reason for compassion to all of god’s creation including those who may have wronged us. faith is not measured by the distance of a stone throw or the temperature of a fire. faith is the silent resolution to practice god’s ways, not in a mob, but in the privacy of one’s soul. revenge is the victory of destructive violence over constructive reasoning, the descend to beasthood, the path to satan, the god of destruction and chaos. should god fancy violence he would have given us fangs, claws and horns. instead god gives us brains the gift of reasoning so we can be constructive and follow his ways. our religious leaders like to play up our differences and avoid the inconvenient but irrefutable truth that all muslims, jews and christians pray to the same god. our difference is only in the tradition of our practices not our faith. it’s time for all faithful to look past our superficial differences. god willing, we can yet build a better future for all mankind. one that honours god and all his creations
Final image from the series "More Than Skin Deep" for the Body Altar Show.
More Than Skin Deep is a series I did about the people behind the tattoos, and more specifically, why they each decided to carry a permanent mark on their precious canvas. The title of each piece recalls my discussions with them regarding their vast reasoning. Shot with a Polaroid EE100 Special on Fuji pack film, the emulsion was boiled off the backing and applied to the canvas to give each piece more of a living feel. Shooting in an environment without Command +Z, and hand creating one of a kind pieces without the convenience of negatives to duplicate endlessly, allows the medium to replicate the subject matter.
These were shot on a Polaroid EE Special camera with Fuji pack film. The images were then boiled off the paper backing and glued via a mixture of tacky glue and water to 5x7 pre stretched canvases. I toyed with affixing the photo both after it had dried and still wet and found the dried version worked a bit better while the wet was more prone to air bubbles. Once dry, the photographs were rubbed with different colors of acrylic paint, especially visible were the glue residue picked it up. Once that was dry, I used duct tape and newspaper to protect the fronts and spray painted the sidesusing complimentary colors to what was found in the picture.
Here is info on the show they will be in (and for sale at $80 each):
Flesh: The Body Altar
Friday, January 7, 2011 at 8:00pm - Saturday, January 8, 2011 at 2:00am
Taste (at Edgewater in College Park)
717 W Smith St
Orlando, FL
Friday Ferox presents an art event focusing on all forms of art on the human body... BODY ART, TATTOOS, PIERCING, MODIFICATION...
Sponsored by Ascension Tattoos (www.ascensiontattoo.com) & Draco Felis.
Art by Earl Funk, Ant Iannucci, Vinny Burkhart, Jim Carchidi, Nik Nelson, Justin Lynn...
Music by Ring Of Scars and DJ Robb Blak.
Performances by Florida Tribal Dance.
Honey Malone on Silks.
Live Body Art.
Tattoo Fashion Show.
Henna by The Henna Goddess.
Vendors.
$5 cover (free raffle ticket for door prize & $5 Taste coupon given with paid admission)
18+ Suggested
Contact: anna@dracofelis.com, 407.252.4913, facebook.com/bluemaiya
¿ nee-KOH-tay-bah ? -- anagram of the epithet betonica; could not find reasoning
bet-OH-nee-kuh -- variant of vettonica, a Spanish native plant ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: leafy bract justicia, paper plume, rose-spotted white-flowered Justice wort, squirrel's tail, white shrimp plant • Bengali: পাটল বাসক patela basak • Gujarati: ગુલાબી અરડુસી gulabi aradusi • Hindi: हाड़पात hadpat, मोकंदर mokander, प्रमेहःहराती pramehaharati • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಕನಕಾಂಬರ kaadu kanakaambara, ಸಣ್ಣ ಅಡುಸೋಗೆ sanna adusoge • Konkani: धवो पोक्षो dhavo pokso • Malayalam: വെള്ളക്കുറിഞ്ഞി vellakurunji • Marathi: गुलाबी अडुलसा gulabi adulasa • Odia: ମାଟି ଶାଗ mati saga • Rajasthani: गुलाबी अडूसा gulabi adusa • Sanskrit: श्वेत सहचरः sveta-sahacarah • Santali: ᱛᱟᱭᱟᱨ tayar • Tamil: வேலிமூங்கில் veli-munkil • Telugu: తెల్ల రంతు tellarantu
botanical names: Nicoteba betonica (L.) Lindau ... homotypic synonyms: Adhatoda betonica (L.) Nees • Ecbolium betonica (L.) Kuntze • Justicia betonica L. ... heterotypic synonyms: Gendarussa betonica Nees ex Steud., not validly publ. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 27 June 2025
I don't attempt to explain the reasoning behind being asked to make this other than sheer frugality...
"Just chop up the leftover chicken fingers with butter and Miracle Whip and make the sandwiches with that".
Me: 0_o
Culinary gods, forgive me.
As much as I enjoy adults as friends, animals and kids give me the most happiness beyond reasoning... no offense. :)
"Slinky Dog's Zigzag Spin" ride in the Toy Story Playland section of Disneyland Paris.
The ride is bright and cheery to look at, but pretty much identical to the old "caterpillar" ride at your home town amusement park. In fact, it's missing the coolest part of those rides, when the caterpillar's "skin" wraps around the riders...
1. CAMBODIA-Siem Reap, 2. Untitled, 3. Mazda 323f in Stegeborg, 4. Not Yet, 5. "He that loves reading has everything within his reach.", 6. Where is home?, 7. lodz, there is always an exception that confirms the rule, 8. Self portrait, retro look II, 9. misty forest, 10. Jacek, 11. www.flickr.com/photos/ilgastronomade/2106368706/, 12. Things I Can't Do - #6: Physics
1. What was your favorite summertime activity as a kid?
2. What was your first pet's name?
3. What model car did you learn to drive on?
4. What's your proudest moment as an adult?
5. What are your top 3 hobbies (other than photography)?
6. Where do you call home?
7. Where did you call home at the age of 9?
8. What word do you love to say?
9. Where do you go to relax?
10. Who was your first kiss?
11. Least favorite food?
12. Least favorite subject in school?
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Since 1960, high school students all across the nation have been taking the ACT test. This assessment measures a student’s general education knowledge and is an indicator of college-readiness. There are four subject areas (Math, English, Reading and Science reasoning. In 2005, an optional writing test was added. Last school year, more than one and a half million students took the ACT test. Around one quarter of them meet the benchmarks in all subject areas. The national average score last year was 21.1. In Utah, the average score was a little higher, at 21.8. A very small percentage of ACT-tested students across the United States achieved a perfect score of 36. Sixteen of those exceptional students go to school in Utah. We’re here today to recognize the outstanding achievement of those students. Not all of them were able to be here today, but we’d like to commend them for an extraordinary achievement.
Natalie Adair -- Woods Cross High School
Nicholas Baker -- Timpanogos High School
Gabriel Bradford -- Timpview High School
Jacob Brown -- Hillcrest High School
Chris Carey -- Woods Cross High School
Jason Chen -- West High School
David Elliott -- West High School
Samuel Garrard -- Riverton High School
Jenica Jessen -- Riverton High School
Micah Johnston -- Hillcrest High School
Madeline Knowlton -- Davis High School
Clement Lee -- West High School
Abraham Moffat -- Skyline High School
Peter Rosen -- Murray High School
Rajdeep Trilokekar -- Skyline High School
Peter Young -- Timpview High School
The only reasoning behind it all is that you change.
Model/Dancer: Finn von Claret
Hair, Make-Up, and Photography: Libby Bulloff
Costume Design and Production: Monica Mendenhall
Assistants: Chance Koehnen and Nathaniel Johnstone
Shot at Starfish Studios, Seattle, WA, April 2010.
Not sure of the exact reasoning behind this polka-dot paint job, but I thought it worthy of a photo. Carina E's are very popular around here, I could photo at least one different one per day it seems. I don't ever recall seeing this one before though.
As for the couple walking by, I knew I was being watched by someone, as there were people everywhere, hence the slightly rushed shot.
.... cloud up my reasoning
(lyrics of the matchbox20 song "argue")
modell : [em-si]
painting: done by myself
technical info
watering pot illuminated with sb600 (triggered remotely by integrated d200 flash)
painting: done with a little flashlight
postprocessing: capture nx
this pic is also part of projekt52 this weeks topic was "wahnsinn"
Mark playing with the telescope from the $0.25 "grab bag for boys" that Clint bought at a yardsale. His reasoning for buying extra bags was to "invent" the concept of the double-blind birthday present: We gave Greg Z one of these bags for his birthday, without knowing what was in it. It was a success. I also got one for myself, which included this telescope.
I think it kicks ass how Milkdrop's blue seems to be coming out of Mark's head. As if the inputs provided by the telescope create outputs from his forehead.
Mark.
looking.
Milkdrop, telescope.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
September 26, 2009.
Pic by Chris Z.
... Read my blog at ClintJCL.wordpress.com
... Read Carolyn's blog at CarolynCASL.wordpress.com
BACKSTORY: Camping was canceled, so we had a get-together with some of the people who were going to go camping.