Reasoning photos on Flickr

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I hope everybody found the time yesterday to get out to vote or caucus.

Last night was the first caucus I’ve ever participated in. I have to say I was very satisfied walking out my polling location last night. The experience of discussing and debating real issues with my neighbors in a town hall atmosphere was very exciting. I even took the opportunity to stand up and express my opinion of why I think Barack Obama is the best choice for the Democratic nomination. The issues and reasoning I raised must have resonated with the room because I got an overwhelming positive response and the loudest applause of the evening. Obama went on the win 59% of the vote in my precinct and 66% of the overall Colorado Democratic vote.

“This kind of Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.” - Mark Twain by Tatyana

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UP EGJSLD 18 Good Bye Friends by J Q

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While on vacation enjoying the Glenwood Springs, CO area, I was lucky enough to get a very few amount of trains in 3 days. One of these was a EGJSLD 18 (Grand Junction, CO-St Louis) light engine move consisting of 19 units of which 5 were "good" and the other 14 were retired units heading for an auction in October at MEI (Metro East Industries). UP ES44AC 5290, UP ES44AC 5436, UP ES44AC 7428, UP ES44AC 5479, and UP SD70ACE 8630 are pulling 13 Ex-Missouri Pacific MP15DC's that were originally built in 1982 and a Ex-Milwaukee Road MP15AC that was built in 1976. The MP15DC's were as follows; UPY 1363, 1357, 1365, 1362, 1391, 1377, 1374, 1387, 1392, 1384, 1381, 1369, and 1371. The lone MP15AC is 1425. The train is seen heading westbound at the west end of New Castle, CO on the Union Pacific's Glenwood Springs Sub. The units sadly are a thing of the past and the UP line through here is in the same boat with barely any traffic now due to the "WAR" on coal or whatever reasoning you want to use for the the coal loss.

Buckingham Palace by night by Sumner Buck

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By day there is never a clear shot of Buckingham Palace but at midnight I had the palace all to myself.

I was disappointed at how many post lights were out. I had to use PS to turn on a dozen lights. I wonder at the reasoning behind not replacing broken lights outside this iconic building.

Circular Reasoning? by Gaming Lawyer

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US Supreme Court Staircase

Worker carder bumble bee by Lancashire Photographer

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A worker common carder bumble bee (Bombus pascuorum) forages on a purple clover.

Bees collect a sugary juice called nectar from the blossom by sucking it out with their tongues. They store it in what's called their honey stomach, which is different from their food stomach. When they have a full load, they fly back to the hive.

Carder Bumblebees earn this name from their habit of combing material together (carding) to create a covering for the cells containing the larvae. This species usually creates its nests above ground, often in grass tussocks, in old mouse runs through grass, in tangles of vegetation or just under the surface of the soil.

Honeybees have defensive weapons at both ends of their bodies, Greek and French researchers have found: They can not only sting their enemies, as has long been known, but they can also bite them, injecting a venom that paralyzes invaders.

Do bees have a brain?

The bee brain only contains about a million neurons, while humans have about 100 billion. ... Somehow, bees are capable of complex reasoning and storing memories over miles and miles of flight, and recent research has begun to show that little bee brains might be the key to understanding our own.

Fiat Abarth - Combat Version by 49er Badger

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I don’t think the driver of the car actually arrived here at the site with the machine gun erected as shown. I’m not exactly sure of the reasoning for this. I’m sure it’s all in humor though.

A Bumble on Flick?? by Gangie (pronounced GangGe)

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As "a bumble" questions Gangie's reasoning for wanting his photo, Yukon Cornelius looks on wondering if he has finally lost it because not only is he talking nonsense but doesn't everyone know it 's Flickr not Flick!

The broken mirror by Jaime Poutine

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"It's like reasoning with a screaming child."

"Leave the screaming child to cry it out. Then they calm down, and you can talk to them."

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Common CP Power by Trevor Sokolan

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Like it or not, in 2024 this is the common motive power on CPKC. While most fans would rather shoot the geep than the AC4400, in the right scenery even a beat up Poo Boat can be acceptable. (sometimes!)

While gassing up the truck in Assiniboia, I looked across the street and spotted this scene just as the sun poked out through the clouds. This is the first time I've seen 2 sets of CP power in the yard at Assiniboia, but with no crews on duty the reasoning behind the event was never found.

We all have filthy habbits by Michael

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Let the new years wash them away

I don't smoke, thus the reasoning for the photoshop smoke. I was going to make real smoke, but didn't feel like making a fire.

You guys have a safe and happy new year

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Putting Your Long Hood Forward by Ted Bockley

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New Hampshire Northcoast GP18 1801 leads DOBO passed the Boston & Maine station in Andover, MA. As a throwback to the railroads earlier locomotives, 1801 is running long hood forward. This practice is largely not seen on most road trains. The operating direction of the early GP units was based on the preference of the railroad. Some say it was for crew protection; others say for operational flexibility. Whatever the reasoning may be, it is still a sight to see in person.

Pryce Body Language Challenge: PLEASE READ by Lawrence D.

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Good morning everyone! I want to first express my sincere gratitude to everyone that has shown interest, those that have accepted my invitation and those that have taken a shot on their own. I can not say thank you enough as this challenge is turning out to be one of the best thus far I have hosted. I have been an admirer of many that have said yes, as well as a new fan of many of the photographers in this challenge, whom I've recently had the privilege in following! Second Life is more than a virtual game we've stumbled upon or was recommended by a friend. It has become a place of artistic expression, entrepreneurship for aspiring and successful designers as well as a creative canvas for all our builders! Aye, this is only a few reasons to the meaning of Second Life for all of us.

As this challenge continues through out the month of February, I will continue to send invitations to Flickr artists and seek daily for individuals I do not follow so that they do can be apart of this challenge. Please understand that this challenge is not exclusionary by any means. Yes, in comparison to my other challenges it has been by invitation ONLY, for the purpose of this theme. Does this mean you can't join if not invited? Absolutely not! Does it mean you need to be an expert in photography? Absolutely not! If you haven't been asked and desire to be apart of this challenge please contact me immediately. Flickr is a vast place and I am inviting daily to keep the momentum of this challenge for the month long of February.

So here is my invitation and respectful request. If you are interested in joining or know a friend that loves this style photography, PLEASE, drop me a Facebook message or send me a Flickr email. I would love to have you, as long as you are comfortable with expression imagery, pose manipulation, shadow and light exercises. It would be my honor in speaking with you regarding the details and requirements of this challenge.

However, I respectfully ask, if you have not spoken with me prior to posting your image, please refrain from using the #PryceBodyLanguageChallenge hashtag as well as tagging me in the photo. Each image presented to the photographers whom have completed their challenge has been discussed and agreed upon. So again I extend the invitation to you if you are interested! Please know, I personally may not have invited you but there is no motivation behind my reasoning in not doing so.

Again, I love and support the Second Life photography community and hosting these challenges has been my small contribution in supporting and getting to know each and everyone one of you.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this note and please, I'd love to hear from you. If I currently don't follow you, drop me a line, so I may add you to the growing number of individuals I stalk...aye...follow daily. Much appreciation and I look to hear from you soon.

- Law

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1,000 Views!!! [Sunset..Sunrise] by えりしあん

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I know for a lot of people this won't seem like all that much of an achievement as some people get that much on single pictures, but for me, right now..It really is =)

That my pictures have gotten even the relatively small amount of attention that they do just seems amazing to me & I thank each and every one of you who've viewed my stream, left comments, made notes & fav'd. You. Are. All. AWESOME!!!

Ahem, now to the pic; this was taken waaay back in april when I went with some friend's university basketball team for a tournament in spain. This was the first picture I took when I got there, taken from the balcony of my hotel room...tbh it makes me laugh cos of the irony of taking a picture like this at SalouFest. XD

It's a pretty simple composite piece made from one picture altered into 3 versions...I kinda made the first, then the 2nd..then went ooh what'd it look like in b&w..then the problem of which to put on here came up lol, couple that with me thinking pics with white background look soooo kool on flickr and TA-DAA!!! [Dontcha just love the reasoning]

View LARGE for betterness =)

Shasttered I (Shasttered Set) by Peter Whitfield

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Shasta daisy from my garden.

Way back in June I was mucking about on the iPaddle (as one does) playing with the distortion filters in Affinity. I probably should have been doing something more constructive but, hey-ho, life is too short.

So this is a set based around a flower pic. I chose it as a starting point because it’s a high-contrast image with oodles of radial symmetry, and I thought it would show up the distortion effects. (A slippery deceit of course as I conveniently invented the reasoning for my chaotic creative meandering after the fact - I suggest you never believe the fallacy that I really know what I am doing! :) ).

I’ll cover the processing notes for all the variants and replicate the commentary so you only need read it once (if at all, lol).

I’ll post a link to the in-camera original in the first comment.

Edit 1 - Colour

A plain colour version, then given a harsh gritty feel by duplicating the image and blending back probably with hard light (though I am not entirely sure).

Edit 2 - Plain B&W

The colour version converted to B&W. Bilateral blur (an edge-preserving blur which effectively smoothes out the petals. Glow filter … for a bit of glow (though te be honest I think it’s a bit of a misnomer) :)

Edit 3 - Twirl

Starting with the plain B&W added twirl in the centre and also a radial blur. Blended the original back to the twirly version with Soft Light.

Edit 4 - Shasttered

This used the Diffuse distortion filter (not the Diffuse Light filter) to create the diffusion look. Tweaked that a bit and then took the original B&W version and blended it back with the Subtract mode. This overprinted the diffuse look with an inverted version of the original.

I really like this effect - it reminded me of splatter painting in my young days (back in the caves in France ;) ). Or perhaps printing with a flower using black paper and white ink…

For Sliders Sunday. I’ll also put the three B&W versions into the 100x challenge as I am rather behind (as life around me doesn’t seem to pause for long enough).

Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the images. Happy Sliders Sunday and 100x!

[Handheld in daylight.

Raw development and all the subsequent processing done in Affinity Photo.]

feelings for you is like acne on my nose that didn’t go away for the past 12 months (Love is not a product of reasonings and statistics. It just comes-none knows whence-and cannot explain itself.Mark Twain) by Tatyana

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Я не могу его забыть. Глупо и бесполезно все это. Недели в месяцы и все как один день. Я не могу его забыть.

///REASONING// by Joey Macmoragh /// SCOTCH

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Mail. by Mitsushiro Nakagawa

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Title #

Mail.

( iPhone 13 Pro shot )

Motosuka Beach. Kujukuri Beach. Sanmu City. Chiba Prefecture. Japan. 2024. … 1 / 1

(Photo of the day. Unpublished.)

Images:

The Weeknd … Niagara Fall 【和訳】

youtu.be/hz-GZub_9rw?si=5yimkNvIoidXGPlA

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My new novel

B♭ (B Flat)

Volume 15 😄

The following is still in its draft stage and will be revised further.

Key parts are not disclosed.

The order of the content shown here is mixed.

(Of course, this is not the final version.)

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My new novel

B♭ (B Flat)

The summer light of Manhattan afternoons flared against the glass facades of the high-rises, and each time the heat of the asphalt wavered through the alleys, the massive building of the FBI’s New York Field Office seemed to draw in the clamor of the city, holding a grave and immovable stillness, while within its walls a taut tension and vigilance seeped forth. Beyond the thick iron doors set into its corner, the countless eyes of surveillance cameras interlaced with the motions of guards, proclaiming an order unshaken by the heat waves or the murmur of the crowd outside.

Special Agent Veronica Reeves, carrying the weight of long years of experience yet with a gaze still honed to an unerring edge, sat at the long desk by the window, quietly deciphering the thick bundle of reports spread before her—accounts of what had unfolded thus far. The shafts of heat-laden sunlight pressed through the glass, warping the air, and against that trembling her thoughts held fast, focusing upon the minutiae, drawing out, in three dimensions, the possibilities of the case and the breadth of its consequences.

The figures and map symbols inscribed upon the documents she reassembled in her mind, as though enfolding the arteries of the overheated city itself—the courses of traffic, the currents of people, the compression of the skyline—ordering the incident’s first movements with a hand imbued with a quiet, frigid certainty. The sterile white light of the ceiling LEDs cast swaying shadows upon the papers, and even those faint tremors at the edges of her sight seemed to enter her calculus, like unknown variables absorbed into the mesh of her analysis.

Her fingertip traced a single point upon the map, and in that gesture she drew together the city’s flows, the density of its crowds, the thicket of its structures, conjuring within her mind a three-dimensional rendering of the ground. The clash of red and blue signals at intersections, the exhaust drifting at corners, the tempo of footsteps, the shadows of cars idling at the curb—all converged upon the figures and symbols of the page, lifting before her the living geometry of New York.

Fragments of reports crackled from radios and telephones, slipping into her net of thought and fixed into the coordinates of time and place. At what moment, in what place, had the current of the crowd shifted? Who might have slipped within which building? The jam of traffic, the swell of onlookers, the frameworks of the structures—these she aligned, reducing error to its smallest margin, until the hidden contours of the scene emerged.

Her eyes remained calm, but the faint tightening of the muscles around them betrayed the sense of danger running beneath. With her finger pressing upon a point on the map, she drew upon the memory of old cases, of the city’s blueprints, calculating risk along each imagined path. The city’s shape, the crowd’s density, the placing of exits—all she set upon a grid of logic, hypothesizing every possible turn the future might take.

Her gaze halted upon a photograph in the file, parsing the expressions of the crowd, the disposition of guards, the position of obstacles. Cold though her eyes remained, they missed no dissonance, no trace of the unnatural, intent upon catching every variable within the net of reason, undistracted by the fever of the summer city.

In the office, where the cool of the air conditioning crossed with the heat outside, her thoughts gathered speed—silent, assured, relentless. What would unfold next? Which routes were safe, which led into peril? Each decision, measured in the span of a heartbeat, bore upon the safety of the crowd, upon the life of the candidate. Her logic did not waver, its threads weaving together in her hand like cords unraveling the complexity of the city.

Before her stood not only the files, but also the glow of monitors, the static of radios. Each was but a source of fragments, meaningless until passed through the filter of her thought. To bind data to the streets, images to reality, was the task at hand, advancing cold and quiet even as the heat of summer pressed against the glass.

The sweltering air outside rattled the windows; the distant sirens and the rumble of the city did not shatter her focus, but rather deepened her mental simulation, lending depth to the field she constructed within. Figures on the page fused with the living breath of the streets, reason drawing them together into clarity, and she readied herself to strike upon the next move.

Each sweep of her fingertip across the map made the city’s avenues rise in relief within her mind: the density of buildings, the movement of passersby, the gaze of cameras, the stations of guards. All chained together, cold and inexorable, suggesting the next action. Veronica drew a long breath, and with her exhale, wove the scattered variables into a single fabric, fixing her gaze upon the heart of the incident. In that moment, the distant sirens, the horns, the shuffling of feet at a crosswalk—all dissolved into her reasoning, each sound settling into place like a piece of a puzzle within the flow of logic. The city shimmered in heat, light and shadow in feverish scatter, but her mind cut through the glare, quietly tracing the full outline of the unfolding event.

At last, Veronica lifted the receiver of the internal line, feeling the cold resin beneath her fingers, and summoned Deputy Special Agent Elliot.

“Put me through to Jack Vance, Secret Service.”

“Understood.”

The black Ford SUV cut through the summer heat, racing down the streets. At the wheel, Jack’s profile was set with strain, while in the backseat Ana leaned forward, arms stretched protectively over the children, shouting in desperation.

“Keep your eyes ahead, Jack!”

The children, jolted by the car’s violent tremors, cried out with voices that wavered between cheers and screams, unable to discern the line between fear and thrill. Beside them, Mika bit her lip, struck dumb, staring in mute shock.

Behind them, the pursuing car roared, bullets sparking off the asphalt and leaving the acrid tang of gunpowder in the air. Jack twisted the wheel, his Ford scraping sparks along a wall of concrete, gunfire rattling through the city’s very skin. Ignoring lights and crowds alike, he veered the SUV up onto the sidewalk, plunging forward as screams scattered into the air, driving on as if to outpace the terror that pursued them.

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My new novel:

B♭ (B-flat)

There’s still more to come. 😃

(This is not the final draft.)

Set in New York City.

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Soundtrack.

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Note: I gave a brief explanation of this novel in the following video:

youtu.be/3w65lqUF-YI?si=yG7qy6TPeCL9xRJV

iTunes Playlist Link::

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My new novel:

B♭ (B-flat)

Notes

1. "Bombay Blood Type (hh type)"

•Characteristics: A rare blood type that lacks the usual ABO antigens — cannot be classified as A, B, or O.

•Discovery: First identified in 1952 in Mumbai, India (formerly Bombay).

•Prevalence: Roughly 1 in 10,000 people in India; globally, about 1 in 2.5 million.

•Transfusion Compatibility: Only compatible with blood from other Bombay type donors.

2. 2024 Harvard University Valedictorian Speech – The Power of Not Knowing

youtu.be/SOUH8iVqSOI?si=Ju-Y728irtcWR71K

3. Shots Fired at Trump Rally

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Title.

Mail.

( iPhone 13 pro shot )

本須賀海岸。九十九里浜。山武市。千葉県。日本。2024. … 1 / 1

(今日の写真。それは未発表です。）

Images:

The Weeknd … Niagara Fall 【和訳】

youtu.be/hz-GZub_9rw?si=5yimkNvIoidXGPlA

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僕の新しい小説。

　B♭　（ビーフラット）

第15弾。 😄

以下は、まだ初稿の段階です。まだ推敲します。

重要な部分は公開していません。

公開している内容の順番はバラバラです。

(もちろん最終稿ではありません。)

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僕の新しい小説。

　B♭　（ビーフラット）

　マンハッタンの夏の午後の光が高層ビル群のガラスにぎらつき、アスファルトの熱気が路地を揺らすたびに、FBIニューヨーク支局の巨大な建物は都市の喧騒を吸い込み、どっしりと静けさを保ちながらも、その内部に張り詰めた警戒と緊張をにじませていた。その角に設えられた厚い鉄の扉の向こうでは、監視カメラの無数の視線と警備員の動きが絡み合い、外界の熱波や人々のざわめきにも揺るがぬ秩序を守っていることを告げていた。

　ヴェロニカ・リーヴス特別捜査官は、豊富な経験を背負いながらもなお研ぎ澄まされた眼差しで、窓際の長机に広げられた、これまでに起こった報告がまとめられた資料の束を静かに読み解いていた。差し込んだ外光の熱の束が窓ガラスを透かし、空気を歪ませ、彼女の思考はそれに抗うように細部まで集中され、事件の可能性や影響範囲を論理の中に立体的に描き出していった。

　書類に記された数字や地図の記号を、熱せられた街の動線や人々の流れ、ビルの密集度までを含めるかのように頭の中で再構築し、事件の初動を論理的に整理していく手つきには、冷たくも静かな確信が宿っていた。

　天井のLEDの白い光が、紙面に落ちる影を揺らし、視界の隅で振れるその影さえも、未知の変数として分析に取り込まれているかのようであった。

　ヴェロニカは指先で地図上の一点をなぞり、都市の動線、人の密度、建築の密集度を瞬時に組み合わせ、頭の中で現場の立体的な状況を描き出していた。信号の赤や青が交錯する交差点、街角に漂う排気ガスの匂い、通行人の歩行速度、路上に停められた車の影――それらすべてが、紙面の数字や地図上の印と結びつき、ニューヨークという巨大な都市の立体的な動線を彼女の思考に浮かび上がらせた。

　無線や電話からの断片的な報告も、彼女の分析の網に吸い込まれ、時間と空間に配置される。どの瞬間に、どの場所で、人々の流れが変化したか。誰がどの建物に潜入した可能性があるか。交通の混雑状況と、観衆の動き、建築物の構造を組み合わせ、最小の推測誤差で現場の全貌を描く。

　彼女の瞳は冷静そのもので、しかし微細な筋肉の緊張が、その奥に潜む危機意識を示していた。手元の地図の一点を指でなぞり、過去の事件や都市計画のデータを呼び出しながら、シナリオごとにリスクを計算する。都市の構造、観衆の密度、出口の配置――あらゆる要素を論理のグリッドに沿って並べ、想像されるすべての事態を仮定する。

　ヴェロニカは資料の中の写真に目を留め、観衆の表情や警備員の配置、障害物の位置を詳細に分析した。その視線は冷徹でありながらも、微細な違和感や不自然さを見逃さず、都市の熱気に流されることなく、論理の網の中に全ての変数を捕らえようとしていた。

　冷房の空気と夏の熱気が交錯するオフィス内で、彼女の思考は静かに、しかし確実に速度を上げていく。次に何が起こりうるか、どのルートが安全で、どのルートが危険か。瞬間ごとの判断が、観衆の安全と候補者の命を左右する。論理は揺るぎなく、都市の複雑さを紐解く糸のように彼女の手の中で絡まり合った。

　彼女の前には資料だけでなく、コンピュータの画面や無線のディスプレイも並ぶ。それらは断片的な情報の源にすぎず、ヴェロニカの思考というフィルターを通すことで初めて意味を持つ。データと現実の光景を繋ぎ、事件の全体像を構築する作業は、夏の街の熱気の中でも冷たく静かに進行した。

　外の熱気は窓ガラスを揺らし、街のざわめきや遠くで響くサイレンは、彼女の集中をかき乱すどころか、逆に現場の臨場感を補強し、頭の中のシミュレーションに奥行きを与えた。紙面の数字と街の実像が、冷たい理性の中で重なり合い、彼女は次の一手を論理的に導き出す準備を整えていった。

　彼女の指先が地図をなぞるたび、都市の街路が脳内で立体的に浮かび上がり、建物の密度、通行人の流れ、監視カメラの視野、警備員の位置が、冷徹な論理の中で連鎖し、次の行動を示唆する。ヴェロニカは深く息を吸い、吐き出すと同時に、無言のうちに全ての変数を繋ぎ合わせ、事件の核心へと視線を固定した。その瞬間、遠くの街路から聞こえるサイレンの音や車のクラクション、交差点で立ち止まる人々の足音が、彼女の頭の中ではパズルのピースとなり、論理的な流れの中に溶け込んでいった。都市は暑さに揺れ、光と影が乱反射するが、ヴェロニカの思考は静かに、その熱気を透過して事件の全体像を描き出していった。

　ヴェロニカは、静かに内線電話の受話器を手に取り、その冷たい樹脂の感触を指先で確かめながら、エリオット副特別捜査官を呼び出し、いった。

「シークレットサービスのジャックバンスにつないで」

「了解」

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　黒のSUVフォードは、夏の熱気を押し裂くように街路を駆け抜けた。ハンドルを握るジャックの横顔には焦燥が張りつき、後部座席に身を寄せたアナは、子供たちを庇うように腕を伸ばしながら、それでも必死に声を張り上げた。

「前を見て、ジャック！」

　車体の振動に身を揺らしながら、子供たちは歓声とも悲鳴ともつかぬ声をあげ、恐怖と興奮の境を知らぬままに叫んでいる。その隣でミカは唇を噛み、言葉を失ったまま呆然としている。

　背後では追撃の車が唸りを上げ、硝煙の匂いを残して弾丸がアスファルトを跳ねた。ハンドルを切ったジャックの車体がコンクリート壁面に火花が散らせた。都市の皮膚を削るようにして銃声が響く。ジャックのフォードは信号も人波も無視し、歩道へと飛び込み、群衆の悲鳴を振り払うように疾走した。

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僕の新しい小説。

　B♭　（ビーフラット）

舞台はニューヨークです。

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Soundtrack.

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追記　この小説を多少説明しました。

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「Bombay型（ボンベイ型、hh型）」

•特徴：通常のABO血液型を持たない（A、B、Oに分類されない）特殊な型。

•発見地：1952年、インド・ムンバイ（旧ボンベイ）で初めて確認。

•発生頻度：インドでは1万人に1人程度だが、世界的には約250万人に1人とも。

•輸血制限：同じBombay型しか輸血できない。

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2024年ハーバード大学首席の卒業式スピーチ『知らないことの力』

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Shots fired at Trump rally

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Fish-head (behind bars) by drager meurtant

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From the perspective of water fleas / putting a fish-head behind bars / is perfect reasoning.

Perfectly Lonely by jef cris

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“It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.”

~Albert Einstein

Indeed it’s the same bike from the previous upload. Saw it first few months ago (August if I’m not mistaken) since then I always planned to take a picture of it. But due to a lot of reasoning, I just had a chance yesterday and so, I take full advantage of my few minutes to snap every angle. But actually the original concept is for me to pose beside the bike and do another self-portrait. And because I’m very shy since birth, I hesitated until my chances are gone as the owner takes it back home. Anyways, here are the top two favorites from the set (see another one @ comments). Cheers everyone! Happy photography!

Arctic Tern on ice by Tim Melling

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I photographed this Arctic Tern sitting on a small iceberg just below the Magdalena Glacier on Spitsbergen. One distinguishing feature of Arctic Terns is that their legs are so short they appear almost legless.

Bear with me on this because it is relevant. When birds of paradise were first brought back from Papua New Guinea to Europe they were prepared by the locals in such a way that they were just skin, beak and feathers. So western Zoologists thought that these birds had no legs, bones or entrails, and that they must just float about among the clouds (ie the heavens or paradise), and it was even thought that the female laid her eggs in a special cavity in the male's back. When Linnaeus described the first Greater Bird of Paradise in 1758 he called it Paradisaea apoda which translates as legless bird of paradise because his type specimen was without legs, flesh or skeleton. Just five years later in 1763 Erich Pontoppidan, the Norwegian Bishop, Author, Historian and Cryptozoologist described the Arctic Tern as paradisaea. I have not been able to find out why he named it after paradise but they are so short-legged they appear as almost legless and I wonder if this was his reasoning. Pontoppidan also argued for the existence of Sea Serpents, the Kraken and Mermaids in his 2 volume Natural History of Norway in 1752 and 1753 so he might well have believed these birds had no legs like the birds of paradise. If anyone fancies deciphering Pontoppidan's original eighteenth century Norwegian manuscript it is here: gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN391287532 . But Pontoppidan's description was considered to be indeterminate, so Morten Brünnich published a description ( in Ornithologia Borealis 1764 p46). However, Arctic Tern was not generally recognised as being distinct from Common Tern until 1819 (by Johann Naumann, who called it Sterna macrura which means large tailed tern, because its tail is longer than Common Tern), but this was 56 years after Pontoppidan's original description. The name macrura persisted from 1819 until the middle of the twentieth century when it was decided that Brünnich's description amending Pontoppidan's original was the earliest valid description and name.

Dark Times Application - The Streets Of Mos Eisley by Martin

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The Streets of Mos Eisley - 19 years BBY

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We had just been stationed on Tatooine 3 days ago. It was a regular day patrolling the streets of Mos Eisley. We had been ordered to keep the piece and look out for anyone who insisted on cooperating with the Galactic Empire. Usually, Tatooine was not much of an interest to the Empire, as it didn’t serve being much of a threat, being mostly a place for gambling, smuggling, crimes, and trading.

The Empire's reasoning for placing us here was "that it was needed during these times". I didn't question it, good soldiers follow orders. There had been rumors of some sort of an organization who worked against the empire, although yet very unknown and us clones were not allowed to know much. Me and my troops had never encountered an enemy of the empire before, but I was sure that there had to be some group of people working against us, somewhere in the galaxy. And I knew that these people had to be hunted down and punished for their crimes.

Suddenly I got a hologram message from one of the Grand Admirals:

“There have been numerous reports of a supposed Jedi spotted near the Docking Bay in Mos Eisley. Gather all troops and prepare for execution. Inquisitors have been informed and are on their way. And make no mistakes Commander, Lord Vader will not take kindly to any failure”.

-It will be done, Grand Admiral.

I had never fought against a Jedi before, during the time of Order 66 I was injured and could not fight. This was my chance. My chance to punish the Jedi for what they had done.

"Troopers, a Jedi has been spotted near the Docking Bay, prepare for execution"

As I saw the other men run towards the Docking Bay I took a deep breath, grabbed my pistols and prepared myself, following my squad.

3 A good girl gets dolls for Christmas by Stephanie Stout

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My dilemma was choosing between a rag doll that was adorable but too cheap looking for a girl that deserves the best and a fashionable doll that has been popular for decades but didn't seem sentimental enough. The solution was to get her both of them.

My reasoning was to give my Leslie Anne a little bit of the girlhood she didn't get to have. Whereas I wanted to be a woman from an early age but had no interest in being a little girl, Leslie Anne wanted to be a girl from a tender age. I got to watch my little sister grow up, but my girlfriend had no sister. Whenever she wants to experience a taste of girlhood, she has the dolls to help her do so. My Lady is many kinds of girls: a high society woman, Sweet Sixteen, a hot, sexy girl, and a little girl. To see her own Christmas pix, go to: www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_anne_007/3124776563/in/photo... .

Merry Christmas, my love! The winter solstice celebration of Yule is about the renewal of the seasons. Christmas is a celebration of God's renewal of love for all of us. I share my Christmas joy with my friends on Flickr.

2024-10-234 Lake swimmer, Long Lake by Ben

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Around here, the lake waters are nice and warm in the summer, and are much better for swimming than our chilly seas. This person is doing long distance swimming, judging by the gear. I'm not sure of the reasoning for the float... An emergency G&T supply?

reasoning on life, she turns to show me her house by Maria Yu

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give it a go by just helen2010

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I do so hate getting stuck in a rut and I think that's why I like to play around with different looks.

When I first started out on this journey dressing fully I was given a little bit of advice and that was " You need to get an image both hair and clothes and not change it "

I think the reasoning behind this advice was that on the whole women stick with a look and as we want to be seen as a woman we should follow the same action plan. Have to say I did for a bit but being the rebel I am it didn't last long.

So my advice is. if you fancy trying a look just give it a go you might find it works for you.

I Just didn't want to change out of this last night its sooooo comfortable wear believe it or not.

The Walking Dead Season 1 Fan Poster by Andrew Kolb

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I use the term "fan" loosely as the show is great, but zombies are my greatest fear. There's no reasoning with them. None whatsoever.

Gwen Stefani Dolls Series 2-1 by Batty Collector

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What You Waiting For Gwen (Toys R Us Exclusive),

Orange County Girl Gwen,

ComicCon exclusive Gwen(only 100 sold!),

Wind It Up Gwen,

2007 Tour Exclusive(only 1000 produced)

The ComicCon Exclusive and 2007 Tour Exclusive dolls aren't technically part of the series. They were released beforehand in order to promote the upcoming series of dolls.

The 2007 Tour doll was the first doll to be sold after the first series. She was sold on The Sweet Escape tour. The first shipment of dolls sold out within the first half of the tour so she was gone before the tour reached me. Luckily I was going to 2 shows and the second shipment had been shipped by my second show, in Arizona.

There were 150 of the ComicCon doll produced. 50 were given to Gwen herself and 100 were meant to be sold at ComicCon, however Huckleberry Toys decided to give the fans a chance to grab the doll before ComicCon and sent out an email that the dolls would be on sale THAT DAY! The dolls obviously sold out extremely quickly on a first-call-first-serve basis. Many fans who didn't get the doll were outraged at the low quantity. Huckleberry Toys' reasoning behind the small quantity was that they were going to be sold at ComicCon which would be predominantly male consumers who wouldn't be too interested in buying a Gwen Stefani doll.

Luckily I was first to hear about her. I had been emailing Huckleberry Toys with questions about the dolls and they let me know ahead of time that they would be selling this extremely limited edition doll. If I hadn't been emailing them I wouldn't have her.

grrrrr by Trevor Williams

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I caught this tiger sneaking into my house uninvited. Even after some reasoning he was hesitant to leave....

Strobist:2 SB-25's at 1/8(one on each side) and a diffused 430EX to the front to create the shadow. The room was pitch black.

Medaka Fish on ISS by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

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The medaka fish is studied on the International Space Station to examine the impact of microgravity on its bones. Impacts to the medaka’s bones in microgravity may help scientists determine the reasoning for a decrease in astronaut bone density during spaceflight

Credits: Philipp Keller, Stelzer Group, EMBL

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Snowflake-a-Day #33 by Don Komarechka

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This snowflake has a definitely sense of depth in the center with symmetry only strongly broken on the bottom branch. Curious why? Read on and view large!

Whenever you see one branch smaller than the others on a snowflake so uniformly like this, it’s almost always because of interference caused by another snowflake. Imagine if this crystal locked into another snowflake like cogs in a machine. What if one branch of another crystal overlapped this snowflake and covered up this bottom branch? It would starve it of some building blocks by preventing access to all the available water vapour. This would make the branch smaller, and the growth would always be stunted compared to the other branches.

This is supported by a lack of “impacts” from super cooled water droplets. See the darker dots on the other branches? This snowflake passed through a layer of clouds that didn’t contain pure water vapour but larger droplets of water that freeze on impact with the snowflake. The fact that these droplets are missing from the lower branch would be evidence that it was somehow shielded from these impacts by another crystal. Whether or not that extra snowflake broke away in the air or when the crystal landed is unknown, but it wasn’t there when I discovered and started photographing this little gem.

The center has a brighter hexagon area which is a fun feature, but the details of which are actually on the opposite side of the snowflake. This crystal split in two by a cavity growing so large that it divided the plate into two new planes of growth independent of one another, and in this scenario is very common that one plate grows faster than the other. The smaller plate is behind the larger one, and where the two are both overlapping you see the snowflake as brighter. The crystal is brighter in this area simply because there are more layers of ice to reflect light back to the camera, and that’s also the reason why bubbles in the ice are usually brighter as well.

The physics of these tiny gems is easy to understand from a deductive reasoning standpoint, and it becomes a fun puzzle to put together each time, depending on just a few simple rules of growth. If you’d like to know all of these rules and put the puzzles together yourself, grab a copy of Sky Crystals: www.skycrystals.ca/book/ - which also comprehensively details the photographic equipment, settings, technique and post-processing so you can make similar images yourself!

Left, Right? by Fernando Coelho

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Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2017

Reasoning behind the photo can be found in my blog at www.fernandocoelho.photography/blog

David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 300 Northeast First Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA / Built: 1933 / Architect: Paist & Steward / Floors: 3 / Height: 34.39 ft / Added to NRHP: October 14, 1983 / Architectural Style: Mediterranean Revival by Urban Florida Photographer

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The David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, formerly known simply as the U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, is a historic United States Post Office and federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida located at 300 Northeast 1st Avenue in Miami, Florida. Completed in 1933 of limestone, it is the largest such structure in South Florida.

The building was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983. In 1997, it was renamed to honor David W. Dyer, a former Chief Judge of the Southern District who was appointed to the circuit court in 1966.

In 1926, a devastating hurricane decimated southern Florida, prompting Congress to appropriate more than $2 million for a new courthouse in Miami in 1928. The Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury selected the highly regarded architectural partnership of Phineas Paist and Harold D. Steward. In the 1920s, Paist had been one of the primary architects for developer George E. Merrick, for the Miami suburb of Coral Gables. Designing the building between 1930 and 1931, Paist and Steward blended classically inspired Renaissance Revival forms and design elements with Mediterranean ornamentation.

Paist and Steward developed two sets of plans, each to be built upon a poured concrete and steel structural frame, ensuring the new federal building would resist hurricane-force winds. The first was envisioned using imported marble and bronze, while the second was to use aluminum and local coralline limestone, a lithified coral quarried at Windley Key near Key Largo and called Keystone. The government opted to clad the building in Keystone, reasoning that local materials added to the regional appeal of the building. Construction commenced in 1931 and the opening ceremony was held on July 1, 1933. It remains the most monumental Keystone structure in South Florida.

When it opened, the building housed all Miami-area federal agencies with the exception of the Weather Service. The U.S. Postal Service vacated the building in 1976. It was occupied by federal courts and various federal agencies until 2008. It is contained within Federal Courthouse Square, a two-block area that includes two other courthouses. On May 12, 2016, neighboring Miami Dade College signed a $1 a year, 115-year lease of the building for use as classrooms and lecture halls.

The building is an example of Mediterranean Revival architecture that combines Renaissance Revival elements with regional Florida architectural features. The building, which is faced in Keystone, is three stories in height, with the third story set above a widely projecting entablature on the north, east, and south elevations.

The facade, which has a slightly projecting central bay, faces east onto First Avenue and is dominated by a colonnade composed of regularly spaced engaged Corinthian columns supporting the classical entablature crowning the second story. Cast-aluminum casement window frames have embossed repeating chevron patterns. Spandrel panels depicting scenes from Florida's history are above the second story's arched windows.

The bays adjoining the colonnade feature paired Corinthian pilasters. Bas relief medallions containing classical figures in profile decorate lintels. The central parapet features a carved marble frieze incorporating a large eagle, flanked by a repeating motif of pelicans supporting heraldic shields. The entrances at the ends of the facade have surrounds of carved Floridene buff marble. The north and south elevations feature two-story Corinthian pilasters evoking the facade's colonnade. Ornate mascarons (carved faces) are found on the building's exterior.

The north and south elevations are dominated by central pavilions with bays separated by evenly spaced two-story engaged columns, placed singly and in pairs. An annex is attached to the west elevation. The building's shallow hipped roof is covered with terra-cotta tiles, typical of the Mediterranean Revival style.

Interior spaces are equally elaborate and incorporate eleven different types of marble. Entry vestibules with arched openings lead to the main lobby, where marble covers floors and forms wainscot. Marble pilasters have striking gilt capitals. An inset, multi-colored marble star pattern adorns the center of the floor. Original aluminum and glass chandeliers hang from the painted and gilt wood-and-plaster coffered ceiling. Marble postal tables retain original lamps and inset cast-brass grilles.

The double-height ceremonial District Courtroom is another significant space with well-preserved original details, including the carved wooden judge's bench, jury box, witness stand, and clerk's desk. Decorative details include fluted pilasters, rosettes, and carved plaques with floral rinceaux. At the walls, seven feet of paneled wood wainscot is located beneath scored plaster. Marble Ionic pilasters divide the window openings.

The mural Law Guides Florida Progress completed by artist Denman Fink in 1941 is located above the judge's bench and is flanked by two pairs of Ionic marble pilasters. The mural depicts the positive impact of justice guiding Florida's economic development. Fink included a likeness of himself as a draftsman and a likeness of architect Phineas E. Paist, with whom he worked in Coral Gables, as a chemist. The coffered ceiling features rosettes, stars, and shells.

Other significant artwork in the courthouse includes two striking cast-stone lunettes by Yugoslav-born American artist Alexander Sambugnac. Executed in 1938, the low-relief panels portray two allegorical figures representing themes of the spirit of justice and are placed on the lintels above the leather-covered doors. Love and Hope shows a young woman playing the lyre, while Wisdom and Courage depicts a seated figure gazing at a tablet of the law.

The interior brick courtyard admits light into the building while also providing a beautiful outdoor space commonly found in Florida architecture. A two-story loggia with a vaulted ceiling and columns surrounds the courtyard on three sides.

Keystone pilasters support arched lunette windows above the public lobby's paired French doors. Quoins (corner blocks) and Doric columns add decorative elements to the space. The courtyard's interior walls are unplastered brick, as are the exterior walls that face toward the courtyard from the north, east and south wings. The loggia's plaster walls and ceiling are ornamented with the multi-colored Frescoes in Courtyard, added by artist David Novros in 1984. An original postal marble writing table with an elaborate pedestal occupies the west side of the courtyard,

Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:

www.emporis.com/buildings/332633/dyer-federal-building-an...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Dyer_Federal_Building_and_...

David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 300 Northeast First Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA / Built: 1933 / Architect: Paist & Steward / Floors: 3 / Height: 34.39 ft / Added to NRHP: October 14, 1983 / Architectural Style: Mediterranean Revival by Urban Florida Photographer

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