“You and only you are responsible for your life choices and decisions.” — Robert T. Kiyosaki

♫ Sara Bareilles - I Choose You (Official Video) ♫

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I Choose You

Let the bough break, let it come down crashing

Let the sun fade out to a dark sky

I can't say I'd even notice it was absent

'Cause I could live by the light in your eyes

I'll unfold it before you

Would have strung together

The very first words

Of a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you...

💋Drumknott

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you...

I choose... you

(Yeah...) oh, oh, oh, oh, oh

There was a time when I would have believed them

If they told me you could not come true

Just love's illusion

But then you found me and everything changed

And I believe in something again

My whole heart

Will be yours forever

This is a beautiful start

To a lifelong love letter

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you

I choose... you

We are not perfect

We'll learn from our mistakes

And as long as it takes

I will prove my love to you

I am not scared of the elements

I am under-prepared, but I am willing

And even better

I get to be the other half of you

Tell the world that we finally got it all right

I choose you...

I will become yours and you will become mine

I choose you

I choose you

I choose you

You

you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it :-)

Ken Keyes, Jr.

HMM!!

hybrid camellia, 'Shibori Egao', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina

make up : Hexed - Nidosaki Make Up (BoM for EvoX)

pose : LAVAROCK POSES - Female Bento Pose -15

мy мυѕιc "The logical song"

"When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful

A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical

And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily

Oh joyfully, playfully watching me

But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible

Logical, oh responsible, practical

And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable

Oh clinical, oh intellectual, cynical!"

The Willemsbrug connects the Rotterdam city centre to Noordereiland. From Noordereiland, you can cross the Koninginnebrug (Queen's bridge) into the Feijenoord area. The Willemsbrug is also a cable-stayed bridge, as is the Erasmusbrug. However, the Willemsbrug doesn't have a drawbridge to allow larger vessels to pass through. It's 318 meters long and 33 meters wide. The Willemsbrug is notable for its striking red colour, which makes it a prominent feature in Rotterdam's skyline. This design choice adds to the city's vibrant architectural landscape.

The Willemsbrug is named after King Willem III. The architect responsible for the Willemsbrug was Cor Veerling (Gemeentewerken). Construction of the bridge began in 1975. The bridge was opened to the public in 1981. Even though the Willemsbrug is not as pretty or as famous as the nearby Erasmusbrug, it is highly recommended to walk across the Willemsbrug at night for a stunning view of the Rotterdam skyline, with the Erasmusbrug included.

Fun fact: The current Willemsbrug is actually the second bridge with this name. The original Willemsbrug, built in 1878, was a swing bridge that had to be replaced because it couldn't handle the increasing traffic.

De Hef - Koningshavenbrug

Few people know this, but the Hef is actually called Koningshavenbrug. It's a decommissioned vertical-lift bridge which used to be part of a railway line connecting the city of Breda to Rotterdam. The Hef has a length of 79 meters and carries 2 railway tracks. This bridge is a significant example of industrial heritage in the Netherlands. It was also the first of its kind in Europe.

The Hef was designed by Dutch engineer Pieter Joosting and was officially opened on the 31st of October 1927. It was the first of its kind in all of Western Europe. The bridge was severely damaged by the Nazi bombardment in 1940, However, due to its significance to the railway system, it was quickly rebuilt. The Hef hasn't been used since 1993 and is listed as a national monument.

De Hef, officially known as Koningshavenbrug, underwent significant renovations between 2014 and 2017. The historic railway bridge, decommissioned in 1993, had its central lift span temporarily removed in 2014 for an extensive refurbishment. This 55-metre-long span was reinstalled in February 2017 after repairs were completed, preserving its status as a national monument and a cherished symbol of Rotterdam's industrial past.

Peace and freedom and justice and the law were broken by the police during the demonstration in Berlin;

the government, which is responsible for it,

now shows its true totalitarian face shamelessly open.

Now everything that was feared for months is coming true -

wake up, people all over the world,

and try to stop this development all together!

[29. August 2020]

remains of the popular crab apple that was home to many squirrel generations and resting place for birds of all kinds from chickadees to yellow bellied sapsuckers.

2 Samuel 18:8 “And the fighting went on over all the face of the country: and the woods were responsible for more deaths than the sword.”

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Hair: Erikah - Homage

Necklace: Forever mine necklace (platinum) - Jewelry Box & Co [Cakeday event - March round]

Jacket/ Belt/ Shorts - Farrah - Rosary [Access event - March round]

Pose - Kris - BERAS

The 'trail,' such as it is, is just a few feet from the ragged edge of the bluffs. Poison oak is thick. Cell service is intermittent to non-existent. Should you be so unwise as to follow in my footsteps, make sure a responsible person knows where you are going. So they can arrange a decent burial for your remains . . .

Kidding. Sort of. You would actually be less than a half-mile from busy CA-1. Best to go in a group. I hate groups . . .

This part of the coast truly is a trip into the past of Old California. The landscape here has changed very little since Europeans arrived. It's an undeveloped State Park, and I fervently hope it remains that way. Not many places like this are left on this busy Coast!

Common Fruit Fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Have a fab FriYay and a super weekend everyone.

Though it sounds a pest fly it is valuable in cancer research as an understanding and cure are sought.

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is used as a model organism to study disciplines ranging from fundamental genetics to the development of tissues and organs. Drosophila genome is 60% homologous to that of humans, less redundant, and about 75% of the genes responsible for human diseases have homologs in flies (Ugur et al., 2016). These features, together with a brief generation time, low maintenance costs, and the availability of powerful genetic tools, allow the fruit fly to be eligible to study complex pathways relevant in biomedical research, including cancer.

Happy Fly Day Friday!

“Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.”

- Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals -

Feat.

Azoury France "Elédone" hat for The Enchantment.

Starting Aug. 14th.

CityCenter (also known as CityCenter Las Vegas) is a 16,797,000-square-foot (1,560,500 m2) mixed-use, urban complex on 76 acres (31 ha) located on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The project was started by MGM Resorts International; Dubai World became a joint partner during the project's construction phase. It is the largest privately funded construction project in the history of the United States.[3] The project is connected by a people mover system to adjacent MGM properties Monte Carlo Las Vegas and Bellagio Las Vegas.[4] As of 2015, the "CityCenter" branding has been largely retired, with the focus instead on the Aria brand of the development's centerpiece property in names such as the "Aria Express" (formerly "CityCenter Tram") and "Aria Art Collection" (formerly "CityCenter Art Collection").

The project straddles Harmon Avenue and is bordered by (listed clockwise, starting on the east side): Las Vegas Boulevard, the Park MGM, I-15, the Bellagio, and The Cosmopolitan Resort & Casino. The site was formerly occupied by the Boardwalk Hotel and Casino, the Bellagio employee parking lot, and several standalone commercial structures.

The conceptual master plan for Project City Center, announced on November 9, 2004, was designed by Ehrenkrantz, Eckstut & Kuhn Architects, laying out the project with approximately 2,400 condominium and condo-hotel units and approximately 4,800 hotel rooms, distributed within several high-rise towers around The Crystals, an ultra high-end retail mall. It is designed to have all commodities for daily life, featuring a 4,000-room hotel and casino (Aria), two 400-room boutique hotels (The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, with 227 residential condo units, and The Harmon Hotel and Spa), a purely residential offering (Veer Towers), a condo-hotel (Vdara Condo-hotel) and a 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) retail and entertainment district which was intended to house the first grocery store directly on the Strip (though as of July 2011, there is no grocery on the property). The multi-use project makes extensive use of green technologies, such as using reclaimed water and an on-site power plant. The Mandarin Oriental, Aria, and Vdara all received LEED certification in November 2009.

With a total cost of approximately $9.2 billion,[5] CityCenter is the largest privately financed development in the United States. The original cost estimate was $4 billion, but it was pushed up by rising construction costs and design changes. CityCenter opened with approximately 12,000 employees across the different projects. Vdara, Aria, Mandarin Oriental, and The Crystals opened in December 2009. The Veer Towers opened in July 2010.

CityCenter features five water and ice features. These were designed by WET Design, the company responsible for the Bellagio fountain and the Mirage volcano. Three of these features are located at Aria Resort & Casino, entitled Lumia (a musical fountain), Focus (a water wall on the exterior), and Latisse (a water wall inside the casino). The remaining two are located in The Crystals: Halo (freestanding columns of water vortices) and Glacia (ice pillars).

Politicians are powerless. All they can do is to "go with the flow ' and apply an ultra - liberal policy, which is fashionable.

Essentially, these people have no program.

Their goal is either to stay in power or their return to it.

And to achieve they are capable of everything.

A male ashy crowned sparrow lark hatching eggs.

We came across this pair, each taking turns to hatch the eggs. However, the interesting part was that the male was just sitting on them providing the warmth, but the female would also rotate them with her legs once in a while.

is a species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The species is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. Threats include loss of habitat, human encroachment, collisions with pylons (at some point in the early 1980s, powerlines were responsible for 80% of deaths among birds in their first year of life) and illegal poisoning.

My deepest condolences to all those affected by this tragedy.

And my thoughts goes to every innocent human being in Paris regardless of nationality, colour, religion and other differences. Please only blame those directly responsible.

You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed.

The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’

One of the Beavers living in the lodge at the south end of Mud Lake looks worn down just after dawn one morning. Because Beavers are nocturnal creatures, last and first light are the best times to find them active. They have a bit more zip in the evening, and morning finds them heading back to the lodge.

This creature had just finished eating, and was very close to the shoreline. I had managed to approach indirectly, so as not to appear threatening, and inadvertently got very close. The Beaver was not fussed, and groomed calmly and ignored me, before sliding into the water and swimming lazily back home.

This is a neat example of the Beaver using its tail to prop itself up.

The Beavers are partly responsible for there being a ‘lake’ in the first place, and they are directly responsible for the water levels. In the northeast corner the Lake is connected to the Ottawa River, and the Beavers maintain a dam there that helps contain the water in the Lake. My only moderately negative interaction with a Beaver came in that area, when I was walking through near the dam at dawn. The water levels had risen after prolonged rain fall and I had not imagined that the dam repair squad would be on the job. One adult swam directly toward me, very quickly, and then slapped its tail and dove underwater. We live and learn.

Andy Scott's beautiful mermaid and guardian overlooking the M80 motorway at Cumbernauld close to Glasgow.

Arria has the form of a female figure, with two large swooping arcs from the upraised palms of her hands to the hem of her dress. The idea of the arcs comes from the Gaelic name for Cumbernauld, “comar nan allt”, which translates as “the meeting of the waters”.

her name comes from the mother, Arria Fadilla, of Roman emperor Antoninus who was responsible for building the nearby Antonine Wall across Scotland so has historical connections with the area.

Andy Scott is a celebrated Scottish artist also known for amazing artworks such as The Kelpies at the Helix, Heavy Horse on the M8 motorway, Rise in Glasgow and Lomondgate Stag.

is a species of eagle native to the Iberian Peninsula. The species is classified as Vulnerable by IUCN. Threats include loss of habitat, human encroachment, collisions with pylons (at some point in the early 1980s, powerlines were responsible for 80% of deaths among birds in their first year of life) and illegal poisoning.

trains

rail fastening

they are responsible for attaching the rail to the base plate so the rail cannot move vertically or horizontally with respect to the base plate

Responsible for memory and hearing functions. These may be the ones i had at one time in my life but can no longer remember. Getting old is so hard :^)

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""Museum MORE is the largest museum for MOdern REalism in Europa, from 20th century masters to contemporary realists and upcoming talent. It has two locations, one of them is in Gorssel, the Netherlands.

The MORE building in Gorssel was designed by the well-known museum architect Hans van Heeswijk. He was also responsible for the renovation and adaptation of the Hermitage Amsterdam, the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the new entrance to the Van Gogh Museum.

The former town hall of Gorssel served as the starting point for Van Heeswijk's design. The monumental part of the building dating from 1914 remained intact. The parts added later have been replaced by new construction. The museum is a two-storey pavilion-like building with strategic views into the park-like environment in which it stands.""

Looking down from the first floor.

""Museum MORE is the largest museum for MOdern REalism in Europa, from 20th century masters to contemporary realists and upcoming talent. It has two locations, one of them is in Gorssel, the Netherlands.

The MORE building in Gorssel was designed by the well-known museum architect Hans van Heeswijk. He was also responsible for the renovation and adaptation of the Hermitage Amsterdam, the Mauritshuis in The Hague and the new entrance to the Van Gogh Museum.

The former town hall of Gorssel served as the starting point for Van Heeswijk's design. The monumental part of the building dating from 1914 remained intact. The parts added later have been replaced by new construction. The museum is a two-storey pavilion-like building with strategic views into the park-like environment in which it stands.''''

I visit this lovely museum in Gorssel recently. The building itself is also impressive. Here you see the main entrance to the exhibitions.

Responsible Underwater Photography Workshop on 7, 8 and 9 March.

Adjusted contrast and brightness only. :D

Non-HDR

Responsible behavior is made up of five essential elements: *Honesty

*Compassion/respect

*Fairness

*Accountability

*Courage

At Ealees, Littlleborough UK (20/03/20)

These gulls appear to have been wearing masks and practicing social distancing over a year ago. What did they know? 😉

Last year, I had the privilege of visiting APCA, an NGO in Canelones, Uruguay, dedicated to cats and farm animals. APCA provides a sanctuary for feral, endangered, and abused cats, as well as farm animals rescued from mistreatment.

Some of the animals have endured cruelty, accidents, paralysis, cancer, and abandonment. When feasible, they are placed for responsible adoption.

The mission is to ensure they live a serene and comfortable life in a large, natural outdoor environment, with appropriate shelters and boundaries to keep them safe.

Giovanni Battista Landolina, marquis de San Alfano, était un aristocrate sicilien de la fin du XVIIe siècle, un intellectuel et un grand propriétaire terrien, qui se révéla un urbaniste exceptionnel, lorsqu'il fut question de reconstruire la ville de Noto, détruite par un tremblement de terre en 1693.

L'influence de Giovanni Battista Landolina fut déterminante lors de la reconstruction de la ville de Noto sur un nouvel emplacement, après la destruction de l'ancien site du mont Alveria par le séisme de 1693. Une place de la ville porte aujourd'hui son nom.

Le pouvoir de décision quant à la reconstruction de la Sicile appartenait alors au vice-roi espagnol, le duc de Camastra. Toutefois Landolina parvint à convaincre ce dernier de reconstruire une nouvelle ville à plus de dix kilomètres de l'ancien site. On lui doit la planification de la future cité avec l'aide de trois architectes locaux.

La vision urbaniste de Landolina s'inspirait fortement du mouvement baroque, en séparant les différents quartiers selon le rang social de chacun et en reléguant les plus pauvres à la périphérie. Plus tard, les architectes Giovanni Battista Vaccarini et Rosario Gagliardi édifièrent un grand nombre de bâtiments à Noto. L'autorité de Landolina fut brisée lorsqu'en 1730, son fils Francesco Landolina, marquis de San Alfano, édifia son propre palais, le Palazzo Landolina, dans le centre-ville et à proximité de la nouvelle cathédrale.

Aujourd'hui, Noto constitue une importante destination touristique grâce à ses nombreux bâtiments typiques du Baroque sicilien, construits du temps de Landolina.

Giovanni Battista Landolina, Marquis of San Alfano, was a Sicilian aristocrat from the end of the 17th century, an intellectual and a great landowner, who turned out to be an exceptional town planner when it came to rebuilding the town of Noto, destroyed by a earthquake in 1693.

The influence of Giovanni Battista Landolina was decisive during the reconstruction of the city of Noto on a new site, after the destruction of the old site of Mount Alveria by the earthquake of 1693. A town square today bears its last name.

The power to decide on the reconstruction of Sicily then belonged to the Spanish viceroy, the Duke of Camastra. However Landolina managed to convince the latter to rebuild a new city more than ten kilometers from the old site. He is responsible for planning the future city with the help of three local architects.

Landolina's urban vision was strongly inspired by the Baroque movement, by separating the different districts according to the social rank of each and by relegating the poorest to the periphery. Later, the architects Giovanni Battista Vaccarini and Rosario Gagliardi built a large number of buildings in Noto. Landolina's authority was shattered when in 1730 his son Francesco Landolina, Marquis of San Alfano, built his own palace, Palazzo Landolina, in the city center and near the new cathedral.

Today, Noto constitutes an important tourist destination thanks to its numerous buildings typical of the Sicilian Baroque, built in the time of Landolina.

Holbrook, AZ

Holga

Self-fulfilling

Textural discourse

Theory abundance

Social distancing for a sunset birthday party. Very responsible in trying to keep the virus in check.

“Resonance” is the single most responsible factor for the high tides in the Bay of Fundy. The depth and shape of the Bay of Fundy, and the moon’s gravity contribute to make the Bay of Fundy have high tides, but the single biggest factor is due to the size of the bay. Here’s why: “the tides are high in the Bay of Fundy because the size of the bay is just right to match the natural gravitational pushing cycle of the Moon that causes the tides.” www.bayfundy.net/science/hightides.html

Here the ocean enters and escapes from the Bay of Fundy, pushing 110 billion tons of water every 12 hours. This is equivalent to the combined total 24 hr flow of all the rivers of the world! www.bayfundy.net/science/hightides.html

The red mud seen in this photo is the bottom of the ocean and it will fill every 6 hours. The rate of tidal flow, or how quickly the change occurs between high and low tides, up to 17.0 m or the same as a 5-story building, in 6 hours, is astounding.

Check out the link for more information on resonance and the Bay of Fundy.

Factory and warehouse. Here, we manufacture, process, and ship steel sheets. Since the steel plate is thin, it has a wound shape like a reel.

I'd say that's a pretty amazing thing to call this a wetlands reserve. This year it's wishful thinking.

Baby bird update: Father is with his three young cardinals and all are doing fine! Amazing the responsible nature of birds. Wouldn't it be great if humans were more like the birds? Still no mother in sight so she's obviously gone.

A very rare and amazing capture that you just might enjoy: www.flickr.com/photos/hgmphotos/3747165363/ I don't recommend that you try this!

When Kaiser Wilhelm I (1797-1888, King of Prussia 1861-1888 and German Emperor 1871-1888) died, numerous cities built monuments to his fame. He represents the Prussian-German nationalism and militarism, which lead to wars.

Let us honor the victims of World War I and World War II.

Let us keep peace !

The core of the Milky Way galaxy hovers over the Indian Peaks, illuminated by the glow of urban lights of the Denver-Boulder megalopolis to the east (left, also responsible for the orange light). The central core of the MW, most visible during the summer, contains a bulge of star clusters and gas clouds that give it a particularly bright appearance. There are around 200+ billion stars and probably more than 100 billion planets in the Milky Way. While this number is mind-bogglingly large, and begs the question of life on other plants, our Sun and Earth ought to be our priority these days, given our ability to influence its environment and harm our own well being (here endeth the sermon).

In addition to the gazillion stars in this image, three prominent planets are also visible, with Mars as the bright blob on the left (a bit distorted by the wide angle lens), Saturn on the left side of the MW about the same height as Mars, and Jupiter is on the right a bit lower than the other two planets.

The mountains make up the core of the Indian Peaks, and include (left to right) Caribou Ridge, South and North Arapaho Peaks (13,500 ft / 4115 m) bridging the Arapaho Glacier, Mount Albion (12,615 ft / 3845 m), Kiowa Peak (13,276 ft/ 4046 m), Navajo Peak (13,409 ft/ 4087 m), and Apache Peak (13441 ft / 4097 m).

This is a repeat of a photo I took a year ago, with the same view, but this year I used a combination of 15 shots for the sky (15 sec, iso 6400) stacked and combined in StarryLandscapeStacker) to reduce noise and sharpen the stars, and a longer exposure for the peaks and foreground (300 sec at iso 800). I’ve also reduced the appearance of the airglow considerably (greenish light near the horizon, the result emission of light by charged particles in the atmosphere).

Photo by the lovely VespertineanTess! twitter.com/Jakuryusei

Available at Mainframe today through August 13th!

Taxi: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Mainframe/128/21/27

G.A.Y.S.E.R.: Gay Antimatter Ytterbium* via Stimulated Emission of Radiation

After years of research and isolation I am excited to announce I have discovered a reliable and affordable method for turning antimatter gay! It is stable enough to withstand firing it even at extremely high velocities. It doesn't really harm anything though**

*= Ytterbium not included

**= Side effects may include immediate and permanent loss of heteronormativity and heterosexuality.

*** = FN not responsible for side effects. FN isn't responsible in general, really.

Includes full perm projectiles and textures!

I'm moving this up in my stream because it's responsible for me winning one of the four slots for the Aperture Nature Photography Workshop in Yellowstone at the end of April (over 1800 photos were submitted to the contest). It's a four-day trip to work with professional photographers, plus some really cool swag (like a new Lensbaby and a killer camera bag). Thanks to Scott, Steve and Martin for the chance to learn and play!

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Goodness! What a perfect evening. Cold fingers and toes never seem to matter at these places--at least until you're done diving into the sunset with your eyes and soul and camera, and start thinking about more corporeal matters.

We arrived to see a large cloud bank shrouding Mt. Washington in a thick mist. Once in awhile, the summit would peek through. Suddenly the clouds all blew off, just in time for the sunset to cover the fresh snow in a rosy glow. The strong purple cast is from the extreme ND filter, and as usual these days, I felt no need to "correct" it.

Thanks to Larry for the inspired idea to visit Mt. Washington, and Victor for the companionship (and trail mix).

140-second exposure - 9-stop ND filter - Hoya Moose polarizer/warming filter

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The lesser yellow-headed vulture is the lightest and smallest of the extant New World vultures despite sometimes measuring at least as long and longer winged than black vultures. It feeds on carrion and locates carcasses by sight and by smell, an ability shared with turkey vultures but which is rare in birds. They locates carrion by detecting the scent of ethyl mercaptan, a gas produced by the beginnings of decay in dead animals. The olfactory lobe of its brain responsible for processing smells is particularly large compared to other animals. This characteristic of New World vultures has been used by humans: ethyl mercaptan is injected into pipelines, and engineers looking for leaks then follow the foraging vultures

It is dependent on larger vultures, such as the king vulture, to open the hides of larger animal carcasses as its bill is not strong enough to do this. Like other New World vultures, the lesser yellow-headed vulture utilizes thermals to stay aloft with minimal effort. It lays its eggs on flat surfaces, such as the floors of caves, or in the hollows of stumps.

From Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_yellow-headed_vulture

Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as a military garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half.

Edinburgh Castle has played a prominent role in Scottish history, and has served variously as a royal residence, an arsenal, a treasury, a national archive, a mint, a prison, a military fortress, and the home of the Honours of Scotland – the Scottish regalia. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, the castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1,100-year history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world". Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of 1573, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh, the Royal Palace, and the early 16th-century Great Hall. The castle is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial and administrative. The castle is the regimental headquarters of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and houses their regimental museums, along with that of the Royal Scots.

The castle, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, is Scotland's most (and the United Kingdom's second most) visited paid tourist attraction, with over 2.2 million visitors in 2019 and over 70 percent of leisure visitors to Edinburgh visiting the castle. As the backdrop to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo during the annual Edinburgh Festival, the castle has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh in particular and of Scotland as a whole.

Pure natural light is the source of inspiration as it also responsible for synchronizing body rhythms. Just think of caricature in which a light bulb suddenly turns on whenever the fair hero got an idea or better to say, inspired. Even in more recent times of cyber world where a light bulb is identified as an emoticon associated with inspiration. However the relationship of light and inspiration isn’t new and it actually goes three thousand years back in time when the Pharaoh Akhenaton the ruler of eighteenth dynasty in ancient Egypt taught his followers to view the sun as the visible source of creation, of life and of growth. For him the sun was a god, the only one god, Aton-Ra. According to the ancient Egyptian glyphs Aton was present as disk of the sun surrounded by rays, and each ray ended in an extending hand. In his poem "Great Hymn to the Aton", Akhenaton praises Aton as the creator, and giver of life. The poem has a striking similarity to Psalm 104 in the Hebrew bible as well to the

Book of Habakkuk (Chapter 3, 4),

His radiance is like the sunlight;

He has rays flashing from His hand,

And there is the hiding of His power

ספר חבקוק פרק ג', פסוק ד

וְנֹגַהּ כָּאוֹר תִּהְיֶה,

קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ;

וְשָׁם, חֶבְיוֹן עֻזֹּה

Observant Jews recite Psalm 104 in its entirety every day during morning services, as well on certain occasions, such as the New Moon, while in the Eastern Orthodox Church the Psalm (or 103 in Greek) is recited in the main liturgical at the beginning of vespers and the all-night-vigils.