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Why am I posting this image of a sleeveless top, you might ask? Allow me to share a story with you. I was recently browsing through racks of women's clothing in a store, intent on purchasing something, and as I held this top up to check out the sequins pattern, a woman came up right behind me and softly said, "that color would look good on you!"
It wasn't all that long ago that I would be terribly nervous browsing through women's garments--the thought of being "caught" was an almost paralyzing fear. Over time this paranoia of being a guy in the women's clothing aisles has dissipated to the point that it really doesn't matter anymore. But for someone to call me out like that? In the past I would have been horrified--stammering out some likely story about shopping for me wife. This time, however, instead of being embarrassed and telling the woman the top wasn't for me, I simply smiled and responded with a genuine "Thank you!"
I have no idea if the woman knew I was looking for myself or if she was just being cheeky, but either way, she made my day. I wasn't sure I was going to buy the top before she commented, but after that nice observation, how could I not? Days later and I'm still smiling about it. :-)
Surprise Stories by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, copyright 1923 by Albert Whitman and Co., 6th printing 1931. Illustrator Marjorie Howe Dixon with many others.
The story book cake has been a Rosebud Classic for 25 years. It's still going strong and ,we are sure, will be loved by this weeks birthday girl. The cake is the book & castle. The background is foamcore decorated with buttercream. For the magical Princess. Elin
Taken a few years back and enjoy frequent stops.
" If you have the time, you may find the info below rather interesting."
A quaint village founded in 1851, nestled in the hills of southern Indiana,
a place known for its weather-beaten barns, clapboard churches, covered
bridges and splendid fall foliage.
A gourmet restaurant, a/k/a "Story Inn," formerly a turn-of-the-century general store, open year-round for breakfast, lunch, dinner or Sunday brunch,
offering an exquisite selection of domestic and imported spirits, wines and
beers (reservations required for dinner).
The Midwest’s premier country inn, offering comfortable and beautifully renovated
historic rooms or cottages, many with hot tubs.
Is Story Haunted?
Statement from the Owner:
I am a skeptic. As a person trained in the scientific method, I cannot take seriously
any assertion that cannot be proved right or wrong. By the same token, I cannot dismiss any phenomenon or subject as being unworthy of scientific study. That is why I am in a quandary about the legend of the Story ghost.
When I first purchased the Story Inn in early 1999, I personally examined the old guest
books which were kept in the various rooms. I was flabbergasted to find numerous handwritten stories of ghost sightings, particularly in the rooms above the restaurant. These accounts were signed and dated by Inn guests over the years.
Most remarkably, I found consistent reports of ghost sightings from one guest book to the next. When the books fill up, the Inn retires them to the attic, to join a veritable treasure trove of very dusty Brown County memorabilia. Obviously, the guests writing in subsequent books could not have been influenced by the written accounts of the apparition recorded in earlier books (that is, unless our guests have been habitually skulking through our attic in the dead of night to retrieve, read and replace the old guest books, and then returning to their rooms to plagiarize an account of this strange phenomenon).
I have no reason to doubt the credibility of these persons, and would observe that they had no ulterior motive at work. I have provided just a few excerpts from these guest books below, all of them written before this website came into existence, and before we started supplying our overnight guests with a complementary bottle of wine.
Many eyewitnesses believe that the ghost, known locally as the “Blue Lady” because she can supposedly be summoned by turning on a blue light in one of the rooms above the restaurant, is one of the wives of Dr. George Story. I found a peculiar number of reports about her written in the guest books of what was then called the “Garden Room”. This room’s history is so remarkable that we renamed it after the “Blue Lady” in 2001.
Many of the Story Inn’s employees have also had their own encounters, and believe in the ghost. Much to my chagrin, I now find myself nodding in agreement with them, and referring to the “ghost” as if she really exists.
I guess that once you’ve seen a ghost, you’re not to be persuaded that they do not exist.
Personally, I still do not believe in the Blue Lady (though I may change my mind if she someday appears to me, and submits to a deposition and blood draw). I will report that in 2006, when we renovated the bathroom of the “Blue Lady” room, we found water inexplicably running as we opened the building on three consecutive days.
I was the last one to leave each of the previous evenings, and I am certain that the one valve in question had been turned off each time I locked the building behind me.
We continue the tradition of supplying guest books in each of the rooms, and I am happy to make them available to anyone who wishes to see them. I will observe that the new accounts (there are hundreds) are somewhat less credible than the old, due to the chatter on the Internet.
Richard R. Hofstetter
First time to visit my archive ! found some interesting portraits there and I hit this one which I remember back in the days thats it's not a great capture or great focus and know everything is different when I looked at it today !
Hope you like it, enjoy :)
There's this one person in my life that makes me feel like I'm living a love story - all I need is to see his smile and my day is complete.
<3
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy-comedy adventure film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures . Directed by John Lasseter , Toy Story was the first feature-length computer-animated film and the first theatrical film produced by Pixar . Toy Story follows a group of anthropomorphic toys who pretend to be lifeless whenever humans are present , and focuses on the relationship between Woody , a pullstring cowboy doll ( voiced by Tom Hanks ) , and Buzz Lightyear , an astronaut action figure ( voiced by Tim Allen ) .
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there are thousands panels like this in borobudur temple ..every layer with different story
built in 8th century.
Tamar Otter and Wildlife - Mum and Dad playing pass the parcel with this new-born incredible to watch one taking the baby out and the other immediately picking it up and taking it back to the holt, captured the moment the rest of the pack gathered round to inspect the youngster. Photo copyright Pat Adams
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The Parder was a successor of the Tiger I & II tanks, combining the latter's thick armor with the armor sloping used on the Panther medium tank (which was, in fact, inspired by Soviet designs, most of all by the T-34). While several Entwicklungspanzer designs were under development, the Parder was a short-term attempt to overcome the Tiger II's main shortcoming: its weight of almost seventy metric tons (it was protected by up to 180 mm/7.1" of front armor!), the resulting lack of mobility and an overburdened drivetrain originally intended for a lighter vehicle. Leaking seals and gaskets also took their toll on reliability.
In order to keep the development phase short the Parder used basically the same chassis as the Tiger II, as well as the engine, transmission and the long barreled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun. But it reveiced a new hull with optimized armor and many detail modifications that reduced the overall weight by more than ten tons, getting overall weight back to the level of the Tiger I
The SdKfz. 190 used a conventional hull design with sloped armor from all sides, resembling the layout of the T-34 a lot. Its was so effective that the front armor could be reduced to 120 mm (4.7 in) with only little loss in protection. The crew was reduced to four, only the driver remained in the hull and the front machine gun was omitted, too.
The 'Parder' (archaic German term for leopard), how the vehicle was semi-officially christened by the Entwicklungskommission Panzer, had a rear mounted engine and used nine steel-tired overlapping road wheels per side with internal springing, mounted on transverse torsion bars.
The turret had been designed by Krupp and featured a rounded front and steeply sloped sides, with a difficult-to-manufacture curved bulge on the turret's left side to accommodate the commander's cupola (often related to as the "Porsche" turret). The powerful 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 gun was combined with the Turmzielfernrohr 9d (German "turret telescopic sight") monocular sight by Leitz - a very accurate and deadly weapon.
During practice, the estimated probability of a first round hit on a 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) wide target only dropped below 100 percent at ranges beyond 1,000 m (0.62 mi), to 95–97 percent at 1,500 metres (0.93 mi) and 85–87 percent at 2,000 m (1.2 mi), depending on ammunition type. Recorded combat performance was lower, but still over 80 percent at 1,000 m, in the 60s at 1,500 m and the 40s at 2,000 m.
Penetration of armored plate inclined at 30 degrees was 202 and 132 mm (8.0 and 5.2 in) at 100 m (110 yd) and 2,000 m (1.2 mi) respectively for the Panzergranate 39/43 projectile (PzGr—armor-piercing shell), and 238 and 153 mm (9.4 and 6.0 in) for the PzGr. 40/43 projectile between the same ranges. The Sprenggranate 43 (SpGr) high-explosive round was available for soft targets, or the Hohlgranate or Hohlgeschoss 39 (HlGr—HEAT or High explosive anti-tank warhead) round, which had 90 mm (3.5 in) penetration at any range, could be used as a dual-purpose munition against soft or armored targets.
Like all German tanks, the Parder had a gasoline engine; in this case the same 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW) V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 which powered the Panther, Tiger I and Tiger II tanks. The Tiger II was under-powered with it, though, and consumed a lot of fuel, which was in short supply for the Germans, but in the Parder it proved to be adequate, even though performance was not oustanding. The transmission was the Maybach OLVAR EG 40 12 16 Model B, giving eight forward gears and four reverse, which drove the steering gear.
In order to distribute the tank's weight an extra wide track was used, but this meant that each tank was issued with two sets of tracks: a normal "battle track" and a narrower "transport" version used during rail movement. The transport tracks reduced the overall width of the load and could be used to drive the tank short distances on firm ground.
The Parder was, like many German late war designs, rushed into combat, but thanks to its Tiger I & II heritage many mechanical teething problems had already been corrected. Reliability was considerably improved compared to the much heavier Tiger II, and the Parder did prove to be a very effective fighting vehicle, especially in a defensive role. However, some design flaws, such as its weak final drive units, were never corrected due to raw material shortages, and more tanks were given up by the crews than actually destroyed in combat.
The Parder was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army (Schwere Heerespanzerabteilung – abbreviated s.H.Pz.Abt) where it replaced the Tiger I & II.
Specifications:
Crew Four (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Weight 54 tonnes (60 short tons)
Length 7.02 metres (23 ft in) (hull only)
10.64 metres (34 ft 10 1/3 in) with gun forward
Width 3.88 metres (12 ft 9 in)
4.14 metres (13 ft 6 3/4 in) with optional Thoma shields
Height 2.84 metres (9 ft 4 in) w/o AA machine gun
Suspension torsion-bar
Ground clearance: 495 to 510 mm (1 ft 7.5 in to 1 ft 8.1 in)
Fuel capacity: 820 l (180 imp gal; 220 US gal)
Armor:
30–120 mm (1.2 – 4.7 in)
Performance:
Speed
- Maximum, road: 41.5 km/h (25.8 mph)
- Sustained, road: 38 km/h (24 mph)
- Cross country: 15 to 20 km/h (9.3 to 12.4 mph)
Operational range: 240 km (150 mi)
Power/weight: 12,96 PS/tonne (11,5 hp/ton)
Engine:
V-12 Maybach HL 230 P30 gasoline with 700 PS (690 hp, 515 kW)
Transmission:
Maybach OLVAR EG 40 12 16 B (8 forward and 4 reverse)
Armament:
1× 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 with 80 rounds
1× co-axial 7.92 mm Maschinengewehr 34 with 3.000 rounds
The kit and its assembly:
Something different… a whif tank! This was spawned from curiosity and the “wish” to build a German vehicle that would fit right into the E-25… E-100 range of experimental tanks.
It was to become a battle tank, and while browsing options and donation kits, I settled upon a replacement for the formidable but heavy and cumbersome Tiger B, also known as Tiger II, Königstiger or (wrongfully translated) King Tiger.
Anyway, creating a tank that would look (late war) German and still be whiffy was trickier than expected, and finally easier than expected, too. My solution would be a kit bashing: using many Tiger B parts (including the stylish Porsche tower and the running gear) and combining it with a hull that would offer better armor angles and look less “boxy”.
I effectively bashed two kits: one is the excellent 1:72 early Tiger B from Dragon, the other is Roden’s Soviet IS-3 tank – also very nice, even though the styrene is somewhat brittle.
My biggest fear was the running gear – combining the IS-3 hull with the Tiger B’s totally different legs scared me a lot – until I found that the parts from both kits (the Tiger B’s lower hull with all the suspension and the IS-3’s upper hull) could be combined rather easily combined. Just some cuts and improvised intersections, and the “new” tank hull was done!
As a side effect, the huge turret moved forward, and this considerably changes the silhouette. The IS-3’s opening had only to be widened slightly in order to accept the Porsche turret. Things matched up pretty well, also concerning size and proportions.
Otherwise, not much was changed. All wheels and tracks come from the Trumpeter Tiger B, the turret was also borrowed wholesale. I just changed some details (e. g. moving the spare track elements to the hull front), added some handles and also a heavy AA machine gun on the commander’s cupola, which is OOB, too.
Too simple? Well, for me it was not enough. For a more personal edge to the kit I decided to add Thoma skirts! Not the massive 5mm plates you frequently see on late Panzer IV tanks and its derivatives, rather the mesh type – lighter, less material-consuming, and a very special detail.
These were scratched. There are PE sets available, but that was too expensive and I was not certain if such items would fit in shape and size? So I made a cardboard template for the flanks and built a pair of skirts from styrene strips and a fine PET mesh that I had salvaged from a wallet long time ago.
The stuff is hard to glue onto something, so the styrene frame had to carry the mesh parts – and it works! The attachments to the hull were also scratched from styrene.
The Thoma shields add more width to the flat tank, but I think that they set the kit even more apart than just the borrowed IS-3 hull?
Painting and markings:
Hmmm, not totally happy with the finish. This was supposed to become a simple Hinterhalt (Ambush) paint scheme in Dark Yellow, Olive Green and Red Brown, but I did so much weathering that not much from the scheme can be recognized…
Painting was straightforward, though – I used Humbrol 94 and 173 as well as Modelmaster’s RAL 6003 as basic colors. The scheme’s benchmark is the official Tiger B scheme.
The basic colors received mottles in green on the yellow and yellow on the green and brown, and then the thing was thoroughly weathered with a black ink wash, dry-brushing, some aquarelle paint to simulate dust, and finally some pigments that simulate mud.
The tracks are made from soft vinyl, and also received a paint treatment in order to get rid of that shiny vinyl look: at first, with a mix of black and silver, which was immediately wiped off again, and later with a second, similar turn with silver and dark brown.
The mud was added just before the whole running gear was mounted as one of the final assembly stages, and final retouches were made with acrylic umbra paint.
Alas, I think I overdid it – much of the formidable and very attractive paint scheme was lost, even though the yucky, brownish finish now also works fine and looks like rough duty?
So, an experiment with good and bad results. Certainly not the last whif tank (at least one more on the agenda), and after so many aircraft a new kind of challenge. ^^
八取物語 - 竹雕浮世繪 / 藝術在你家的客廳 - 道理在你家的走道上
The story of the Eight Take - Carving on bamboo ukiyoe / Art in your family's living room - Truth on your family's aisle
八取の物語 - 竹の彫刻の浮世絵 / 芸術のあるあなたの家の客間 - 道理はあなたの家の歩道の上にあります
La historia de la toma ocho - Tallado en ukiyoe de bambú / Arte en la sala de su familia - la Verdad en el pasillo de su familia
Die Geschichte des Nehmens acht - Carven auf Bambus ukiyoe / Kunst in Ihrer Familie Wohnzimmer - Wahrheit über Ihre Familie Gang
L'histoire de la prise huit - Sculpture sur ukiyoe bambou / Art dans le salon de votre famille - Vérité sur allée de votre famille
Anping Tainan Taiwan / Anping Tainan Taiwán / 台灣台南安平
三國演義開卷詩 / 臨江仙詞
Romance of the Three Kingdoms open-book poem / The immortal of near river words
{ The immortal of near river / Pays in the joke talks }
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{My Blog/The Japanese times of the Tainan city-Swing Girl}
{Mi blog/los tiempos japoneses de la ciudad de Tainan - haga pivotar a la muchacha}
{My Blog/台南府城日本の時代-Swing Girl}
{Mein Blog/die japanischen Zeiten der Tainan-Stadt - schwingen Sie Mädchen}
{Mon blog/temps japonais de la ville de Tainan - Fille d'oscillation}
三國演義開卷詩 / 臨江仙詞
Romance of the Three Kingdoms open-book poem / The immortal of near river words
明朝狀元:楊慎
Poem Author:
Ming Dynasty foremost person in the field : Yang Shen
滾滾長江東逝水,浪花滔盡英雄,
East billowing Yangtze River passes the water, the spray inundates the completely heros,
是非成敗轉頭空,青山依舊在,幾度夕陽紅。
The right and wrong success or failure turns the head was nothing, the green hill, several days setting sun was as before red.
白髮漁樵江渚上,貫看秋月春風,
The white hair fishers and woodcutters on the river islet, Looks at the Autumn's moon and spring's winds every seasons,
一壺濁酒喜相逢,古今多少事,都付笑談中。
A pot muddy liquor happy chance meeting, ancient and modern how many matters, pays in the joke talks.
There it stands, so naturally, like a tree in a hill side, like we were born together, is it really a part of me ?
Inspired by the true story of Mosha, the artist based his design on his original sketches, completed over many years for his son and to share his love for families. His work expresses his support for saving endangered animals and an appeal to humans not to hurt other species and protect the only planet we have.
Elephant Parade® is a social enterprise and runs the world’s largest art exhibition of decorated elephant statues. Created by artists and celebrities, each Elephant Parade statue is a unique art piece. The life-size, baby elephant statues are exhibited in international cities and raise awareness for the need of elephant conservation.
Joel: Nunca, nunca me había sentido así... siempre era... no sé
Tessy: "Siempre"? Con cuantas chicas has salido, golfo mío ?
Joel: A-algunas... y tú?
Tessy: Con ninguna
Some days when I'm not sure where to go or what to do with myself, I just end up house watching. Eyes out the window at whatever passes by, feeling like a kid again. Houses are people too, carrying off the same range of personality as their owners, giving hints of who's been calling them home. Little signs you might catch in a couple seconds, pulled up at the stop sign. Ceramic pig in the front yard, down with the matted grass. Satellite dish pointed southward, yellow vinyl siding that'll outlive us all. She's the sort of structure most folks wouldn't say much to see her, but I'm a man who's often felt the same. We all live mainly invisible lives, unless you're somehow obsessed with attention. I still can't decide if I want more or less than I'm getting. Sometimes I think it'd be less anxious being someone no one knows. Just passing time, like two stories looking low under tall trees spreading, and however many tales walls they've gathered in a lifetime standing. Don't forget to be forgotten now and then.
March 8, 2022
Lakeville, Nova Scotia
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"Hood Story" graffiti in Tokyo. Also can see Utah & Ether plus some other tags & stickers. Please tag the photo if you recognize artists. Thanks.
Pat Metheny / Secret Story
Trackliste:
- "Above the Treetops" - 2:43
- "Facing West" - 6:05
- "Cathedral in a Suitcase" - 4:52
- "Finding and Believing" -10:00
- "The Longest Summer"- 6:34
- "Sunlight" - 3:53
- "Rain River" - 7:09
- "Always and Forever" - 5:26
- "See the World" - 4:48
- "As a Flower Blossoms (I Am Running to You)" - 1:53
- "Antonia" - 6:11
- "The Truth Will Always Be" - 9:15
- "Tell Her You Saw Me" - 5:11
- "Not to Be Forgotten (Our Final Hour)" - 2:22
Pat Metheny – guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
Armando Marçal – percussion (tracks 1–7, 9, and 12)
Steve Rodby – double bass, bass guitar (tracks 4-7, 9, and 11)
Paul Wertico – drums (tracks 4–5, 7–9, and 11)
Naná Vasconcelos – percussion (tracks 1, 4–5, and 10–12)
Steve Ferrone – drums (tracks 3–5, and 12)
Will Lee – bass guitar (tracks 4, 6, and 12)
Gil Goldstein – accordion (tracks 4, 7, and 9)
Lyle Mays – piano, keyboard (tracks 2 and 6)
Toots Thielemans – harmonica (tracks 8 and 11)
Charlie Haden – double bass (tracks 1 and 8)
Danny Gottlieb – cymbal roll, percussion (tracks 3 and 11)
Mark Ledford – vocals (tracks 3 and 4)
Ryan Kisor – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Mike Metheny – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Michael Mossman – trumpet, flugelhorn (track 9)
Dave Bargeron – trombone, tuba (track 9)
Tom Malone – trombone (track 9)
Dave Taylor – bass trombone (track 9)
John Clark – French horn (track 9)
Andy Findon – flute (track 7)
Skaila Kanga – harp (track 13)
Anthony Jackson – contrabass guitar (track 9)
Sammy Merendino – drums (track 6)
Akiko Yano – vocals (track 10)
Recorded at Studio The Power Station, New York City
Cover: kevin Reagan, Richard Litt
Label: Geffen 1992
ex CD-Collection MTP
A story in the works. I don't want the backside/Westside of the Shed to be unattractive for my neighbor. Flowers for color, and a grove of transplanted Rose Of Sharons, behind me, will be beautiful.
It was a weekend, and I had nothing special to do, and I don’t prefer to go anywhere because I have no one in my life. That’s something really bad about my life. But it normally happened surely to my bad social life. But now my relation are very good with my dad, and we are now very close to each other. My real name is Kyler and ill share our gay incest stories with dad.