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Rusted and Secure - Another view of the back of apartments in an alley of the Roosevelt Row Arts District. Early morning sun is bright and intense in the July heat. Great pattern, texture and shadow play here.
The urban bicycle secured and fastened to the chain link fence at the centre of Kuala Lumpur. The seasoned bike used by workman at the construction site, left unattended for the day.
An outing with Zyker and Faizaljoy a few weeks back.
Leica M3 Wetzlar DS, Leica Ernst Wetzlat 5cmm F1.5 Summarit, Fujifilm Provia 100F, Bulk loaded, 100 feet reel, Wide Open
A nesting pair come every year. This year they are building a nest in an Alberta Spruce near my porch, so they haven't learned from last year when the same tree was raided by a raccoon when the babies were only a week old,,,,:-( They did go on to make another nest in a more secure place and did finally raise a family....
WEEK 50 – Flashback 2016: Hernando Walmart (III)
As you may have deduced from the previous pic, I’m taking a shortcut through an aisle to get over to the main grocery actionway. While we’re doing so, I had another aisle shot I wanted to share. (Never mind that it’s technically not from the same aisle, lol) Anyway: I’m glad Walmart has a plan of action in place to catch all of those sneaky apple pie spice thieves!!
(c) 2016 Retail Retell
These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)
I don't remember where I shot this one recently, but I do remember that my intent was to capture the textures in b&w.
French postcard by Editions Chantal, Paris, no. 4. Photo: Warner Bros.
Energetic, wise-cracking James Cagney (1899-1986) was an American film actor, famous for his gangster roles in the 1930s and 1940s. One of the brightest stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Cagney was not only a multifaceted tough guy but also an accomplished dancer and he easily played light comedy.
James Francis 'Jimmy' Cagney was born in 1899 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. His parents were Carolyn (Nelson) and James Francis Cagney, Sr., who was a bartender and amateur boxer. Jimmy had one sister, the actress Jeanne Cagney, and three brothers, including the actor and film producer William Cagney who was also his manager. In his first professional acting performance in 1919, Cagney was costumed as a woman when he danced in the chorus line of the revue 'Every Sailor'. In 1920, Cagney was a member of the chorus for the show 'Pitter Patter,' where he met Frances Willard "Billie" Vernon. They married the following year. Cagney spent several years in vaudeville as a dancer and comedian, until he got his first major acting part in 1925. He played a young tough guy in the three-act play 'Outside Looking In' by Maxwell Anderson. He secured several other roles, receiving good notices, before landing the lead in the 1929 play 'Penny Arcade'. When Warner Bros. Pictures bought the film rights to the play, they took Cagney and his colleague Joan Blondell from the theatre to the big-screen version, retitled Sinner's Holiday (John G. Adolfi, 1930). Cagney received a full seven-year contract at $400 a week. His role as the sympathetic "bad" guy was to become a recurring character type for Cagney throughout his career. Cagney's fifth film, The Public Enemy (William A. Wellman, 1931) with Jean Harlow, became one of the most influential gangster movies of the period. Notable for a famous scene in which Cagney pushes a grapefruit against Mae Clarke's face, the film thrust him into the spotlight. Cagney starred in many films after that and was nicknamed the tough guy by a series of crime films such as Blonde Crazy (Roy Del Ruth, 1931) with Joan Blondell, and Hard to Handle (Mervyn LeRoy, 1933) with Mary Brian. Sandra Brennan at AllMovie: "Cagney was a small, rather plain-looking man, and had few of the external qualities usually associated with the traditional Hollywood leading man during the '30s. Yet, inside, he was a dynamo, able to project contentious and arrogant confidence that made him the ideal Hollywood tough guy." However, Cagney was not content to simply play one type of role.
From 1935 on, James Cagney was cast more frequently in non-gangster roles. He played a lawyer who joins the FBI in G-Men (William Keighley, 1935) with Ann Dvorak. That year, he also took on his first, and only, Shakespearean role, as top-billed Nick Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Max Reinhardt, 1935) alongside Joe E. Brown as Flute and Mickey Rooney as Puck. In 1938 he received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his subtle portrayal of the tough guy/man-child Rocky Sullivan in Angels with Dirty Faces (Michael Curtiz, 1938) with Pat O'Brien. In 1942 Cagney won the Oscar for his energetic portrayal of George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy (Michael Curtiz, 1942). Later memorable films were White Heat (Raoul Walsh, 1949) with the quote "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!", and Mister Roberts (John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, 1955) opposite Henry Fonda. He was one of the founders of the Screen Actors Guild and was its president from 1942-1944. The satire One, Two, Three (Billy Wilder, 1961) was the end of a career that spanned more than 70 films. During the next decades, Cagney turned down all roles in order to spend time learning to paint (at which he became very good) and maintaining his farm in Stanfordville, New York. In 1974, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute. After 1979, his health declined rapidly and he suffered from diabetes. Then he returned to the cinema for a small but crucial role in Ragtime (Milos Forman, 1981), the screen adaptation of E.L. Doctorow's novel. In this film, he was reunited with his frequent co-star of the 1930s, Pat O'Brien. In 1984 he also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from his friend Ronald Reagan. Cagney's final performance came in the title role of the made-for-TV movie Terrible Joe Moran (Joseph Sargent, 1984), in which he played as a grumpy ex-prizefighter opposite Art Carney. In 1986, he died of a heart attack in Stanfordville (New York), at the age of 86. He is buried in Hawthorne in New York. Cagney and his wife, Frances Wilhard "Billie" Vernon (1899-1994), were together for 64 years. They adopted a son, James Cagney Jr., and a daughter, Cathleen "Casey" Cagney. James Cagney's electric acting style was a huge influence on future generations of actors. According to IMDb, actors as diverse as Clint Eastwood and Malcolm McDowell point to him as their number one influence to become actors.
Sources: Sandra Brennan (AllMovie), Bill Takacs (IMDb), Wikipedia (Dutch and English), and IMDb.
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Bright orange inflatable boat is secured and prepared for a day of exploration on tranquil water. Clear skies and inviting weather create an ideal setting for outdoor activities.
Well.......I know that this photo is not a nicely focused one........but what could have I done........I actually took the shot without even seeing it.........
But I loved the shot.....even though it wasn't focused......and my good friend Shamir insisted that I upload this one.........
so, that's the story behind this photo being here....
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In an effort to secure the famous Blue Chair of Grimsby, Ontario, against the criminal acts of malicious vandals and, heaven forbid, thieves, it was decided by local council to install a guard duck of the species Anas Sapone Omnìum Largitorem as a key element of the new permanent security systems. Given the importance of such an installation, a suitable ceremony was necessary. A formal request was made to the Governor General to have a member of Her Majesty’s Scottish Bagpipe Ducks Regiment (all members of HMSBDR are required to be of the species Flexilis anatis bagpiper) attend the ceremony. The highlight of the event, seen here, the formal piping in of the first guard duck will go down in the history of this key town of Canada. - JW
Date Taken: 2018-12-28
Tech Details:
Taken using tripod-mounted Nikon D7100 fitted with an AF-P DX Nikkor 70-300mm 1:4.5-6.3 lense set to 120mm, ISO195, Aperture priority mode f/7.1, 1/40 sec with an EV+0.33 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 9000x6000px, apply tone mapping at default level, enable Shadows/Highlights and recover highlights, reduce Lightness (very slightly) and increase contrast as well as Chromaticity a little, slightly boost Vibrance, apply Noise Reduction, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the Tone Curve tool to slightly brighten the upper 1/3 of the curve while holding the lower part of the curve at default level, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000px wide, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 2048 wide for posting online, sharpen slightly, save.
A look at how secure the passwords of the different types of people are.
Article link : www.cxo.eu.com/news/password-protected/
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To a kid,
The most Safe & Secured place of the World is Mom's Lap.
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Photo info:
Location: Shuvalang Bazar, Rangamati, Bangladesh
Equipment: Nikon D40
P.S. This is my first upload of 2010.
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The Poor Cathedral is in a bad way...so sad! ..the pigeon's are loving their new home!
We took a drive into the city and walked around the newly opened up Red Zone area, New Regent Street, April 24, 2013, Christchurch New Zealand.
The Anglican cathedral of ChristChurch in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was built in the second half of the 19th century. It is located in the centre of the city, surrounded by Cathedral Square. It is the cathedral seat of the Bishop of Christchurch in the New Zealand tikanga of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake destroyed the spire and part of the tower – and severely damaged the structure of the remaining building. The cathedral had been damaged previously by earthquakes in 1881, 1888, 1901, 1922 and 2010.
In late March 2012 work began demolishing the building. A temporary replacement cathedral is being built.
It was announced on 28 October 2011 that the damaged structure would be deconsecrated and at least partially demolished, although it was not clear whether any parts of the damaged building would be retained and included in a future building; this would depend on the state of the fabric as determined during the work. ChristChurch Cathedral was deconsecrated on 9 November 2011.
On 2 March 2012, Bishop Victoria Matthews announced that the building would be demolished. She questioned the safety of the building and stated that rebuilding the cathedral could cost NZD $50 million more than insurance could afford and, therefore, that a new cathedral would be built in its place.
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (CERA) backed the demolition due to safety concerns. The decision was also supported by 70 local Christchurch churches and Christian groups.
In September 2012, Bishop Matthews suggested sharing a new church with the city's Roman Catholic community, as their place of worship was also damaged in the quakes. The Roman Catholic diocese was not receptive to the idea, however.
There has been opposition to the demolition of the building, with heritage groups including the UNESCO World Heritage Centre opposing the action. Local character the Wizard of Christchurch also made protests calling for the cathedral to be saved.
Kit Miyamoto, an American-based structural engineer and expert in earthquake rebuilding, had previously inspected the cathedral after the September 2010 quake. He cited his experience in stating that restoring and strengthening of the building was both "feasible and affordable".
In April 2012, a group of engineers from the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering launched a petition seeking support of 100 colleagues to stop the demolition. They claim that legal action is also a possibility. In the same month the Restore Christchurch Cathedral Group was formed and is seeking signatures for a petition to save the cathedral.
In late March 2012 work began demolishing the cathedral. The initial work involves removing the cathedral's windows and tower.
By 23 April 2012, nine windows had their stained glass removed and work had begun to slowly pull down masonry from the cathedral tower.
Construction of a temporary cathedral started on 24 July 2012. The site on the corner of Hereford and Madras Streets, several blocks from the permanent location, was blessed in April 2012. Designed by architect Shigeru Ban and seating around 700 people, the transitional cathedral was expected to be completed by Christmas 2012, but the completion date was put back to April 2013. The materials used in its construction include cardboard tubes, timber and steel.
In November 2012 the church began fund-raising to pay for the NZ$5 million project, following a High Court judge indicating it may not be legal for the church to build a temporary cathedral using its insurance payout.
For More Info on Christchurch Cathedral: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChristChurch_Cathedral,_Christchurch
A clone captain communicating with command while his squad begins to prepare the perimeter.
This build started out as an empty frame to give myself an “empty canvas”. I like that approach a lot and I think it’s fun to see what you can squeeze into a small space to tell a story. Then I built the terrain and experimented for a few days on where to go from there. I decided on the water way eventually and it all snowballed from there.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Keith Williams from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing assembles a GBU-12 Paveway II mounted on an F-16C Fighting Falcon during day one of the annual load crew competition on Jan. 9 at Atlantic City Air National Guard Base, N.J. Williams is an aircraft armament systems specialist assigned to the 177th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht/Released)
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[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris minuta | [UK] Little Stint | [FR] Bécasseau minute | [DE] Zwergstrandläufer | [ES] Correlimos Menudo | [IT] Gambecchio comune | [NL] Kleine Strandloper | [IRL] Gobadáinín beag
spanwidth min.: 27 cm
spanwidth max.: 30 cm
size min.: 14 cm
size max.: 15 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 20 days
incubation max.: 21 days
fledging min.: 0 days
fledging max.: 0 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 4
Little Sandpiper
Status: Scarce passage migrant - occurs while on passage from northern Scandinavia and Russia between August & October.
Conservation Concern: Green-listed in Ireland. The European population has been evaluated as Secure.
Identification: The smallest regularly occurring wader in Ireland, mostly seen on passage from August to October. It is roughly two-thirds the size of a Dunlin, with which it often associates. Its small size, rufous tones on the upperparts contrasting with a white underparts and agitated rapid feeding action all help to identify it. It has black legs and a small pointed bill. Most of the birds occurring here are juveniles, which show a distinctive white "V" on the back - visible as the bird bends to feed. Usually seen singly or in groups of less than five.
Similar Species: Dunlin
Call: Sharp, short, high-pitched 'stit' in flight. Song is a weak and repeated 'swee', with the occasional 'svirr-r-r'.
Diet: Feeds on invertebrates found on mudflats.
Breeding: Does not breed in Ireland. Passage birds seen in Ireland breed on the tundra of northern Siberia.
Wintering: Little Stints winter on the Mediterranean coast, as well as tropical Africa.
Where to see: Mid-Clare Coast (Mal Bay-Doonbeg Bay) in County Clare, Ballycotton and Shanagarry in County Cork, as well as Tacumshin in County Wexford are reliable sites. Very few records from November to July.
Physical characteristics
Tiny, stint with short bill, feathers of upperparts have dark brown cintres and pale rufous fringes or tips. Mantle with yellowish edges forming distinct "V". Head, neck and breast rufous buff with brown streaks, rest of underparts, throat and chin white. Female averages larger. Non-breeding adult has brownish grey upperparts mottled dark and fringed pale, crown gey, streaked dark, eyestripe and sides of breast dull grey, rest of face and underparts white.
Habitat
Tundra, chiefly on dry ground, often among dwarf willows, near swampy areas or salt marshes. On migration found at small inland waters and riverbanks, or coastal, on mudflats and seashore. In winter quarters mainly coastal, at estuarine mudflats, enclosed lagoons, tidal creeks, also at inland fresh waters.
Other details
Calidris minuta breeds in the arctic north of Norway and Russia, with Europe accounting for less than half of its global breeding range. Although estimates of its European breeding population vary widely, it is probably relatively large (as many as 460,000 pairs), and was stable between 1970-1990. Although there were fluctuations in Norway during 1990-2000, the stronghold population in Russia was stable, and the species probably remained stable overall.
Feeding
Feeds by rapid pecking actions, sometimes probes. Detects prey by sight. Gregarious, in small to large flocks, sometimes up to several thousand birds, and sometimes defends feeding territory.
Breeding
Bredding in June-July. Monogamous, polygynous or polyandrous. Little or no fidelity to breeding site. Nest on ground, exposed, but sometimes covered by vegetation, and lined with leaves and pieces of grass. 4 eggs, incubation 21 days, by both parents, but in cases of polygamy by male or female only. Polyandrous females may incubate a second clutch. Chick orange to tawny, mottled above with black bands and dense rows of white or pale down tips, white underparts. Chic care by one parent.
Migration
Migratory; in broad front across much of W Palearctic; movements S-SW in Jul-Nov, birds returning mid-May to early Jun. Juveniles probably migrate farther W than adults, due to weather displacement. Finnish and Swedish population crosses C Europe, Italy, Mediterranean, France and Tunisia; also major routes between C Mediterranean and Black Sea, and via Caspian Sea and Kazakhstan lakes to and from E & S Africa, apparently following route via Rift Valley lakes; W & C Siberian breeders presumably winter in India, passing through Kazakhstan and also N through Mongolia and Tuva. In Britain, commoner in autumn than in spring, with few birds passing winter. Small numbers may migrate along E Asian coasts, including Hong Kong and Philippines. Many immatures remain S all year. Typical migrating flocks comprise 20-30 birds.