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To the right on the horizon was a flash of cloud lightning. The thunder was obscured by the boom of the fireworks. Under normal circumstances, we would have left immediately as there is a real danger being out on the water in a canoe during a thunder storm. Motor boats can get out much more quickly. In a canoe the only option is to paddle to the closest shore and wait it out. Previous paddles to this location have taken us about one hour to paddle back to our put-in. Fortunately we had friends that just bought a riverside property 10 minutes away.
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Explore @ 142 July 4, 2017.
Photo taken just prior to driving down the switchbacks of the Moki Dugway. It was kind of tense at times around the narrow bends, but well worth drive for the scenery. - Mexican Hat, Utah
Allways a nice sight when a nuthatch is hanging on a tree. In this situation he was hanging on our willow-tree.
Moments before the sun had been brightly shining. By the time the train arrived the clouds had set in but I am still happy with the results. The Whittier freight approaching the mainline at Portage.
While I was in Kauai I made two trips to Kilauea Lighthouse. First trip was to get a feel for the spot and determine where to set up because I knew I didn't get that action shot I wanted, plus the light was very harsh. Second visit had nice overcast light and the action was non stop with Red Footed Boobies diving in like Kamikazes gathering sticks adjacent to the path to the lighthouse. I wish I had a 24mm at times because they would take off towards your head with that massive wingspan. They definitely kept your head on a swivel and you had to just focus on one. This was a great time to see them carry away the sticks back to their nest. Click for large view.
TRRA 101 heads north to the NS on the Missouri side of the river with a pair of GP38-3’s and several cars worth of GM auto frames.
Art Fry invented the Post-It® note, but it was actually the result of a failed formula. Read more here: www.master-builders.com/when-to-stick-out-failure/
Just another scene from my house...edited on PS then Picmonkey.
I normally use LumiPro on all my pictures, also here.
There's a world where I can go
And tell my secrets to
In my room
In my room
(from lyrics In my room - Beach Boys)
"Jill at Femniste has found herself in a situation where some no doubt Nice Guys have lifted her Flickr photos-----despite her repeated objections----and used them to mock her and enable stalking. *IF somebody says, "That's what you get for putting pictures online" you'll be banned. Here's a hint: You're not on the right side, there.
The guys doing this are running what they call a beauty contest but they're doing it to women without their consent. They're also encouraging other men to stalk and photograph the 'contestants.' Evidently they've driven one woman from her campus. They're using real names, phone numbers, and addresses. They're trying to find out information about these women. They're urging one another to share what they'd do to these women. When you google the womens' names, this hideous board comes up.
When these guys inadvertantly printed a guy's name, they immediately removed it, because you know, a guy's privacy is important---so he can presumably anonymously harass women. What do you bet these guys are the ones who are so freaked out by the thought of gay guys in the shower? What do you think would happen if a bunch of feminists urged gay guys to follow these guys, printed their real names, took cell phone pictures of them in the gym and in the shower, fantasized in print about what they'd like to do to them?
Telling Jill she shouldn't have photos online is bullshit. Those photos didn't throw themselves off the site and attack these scumbags----lawyers, by the way. I'm sure there are many ehtical lawyers----I know a couple myself. However, if you've ever wondered how a defense lawyer can attack rape victims so viciously, here's your answer: these guys hate women.
By living in public, by sharing her photos of ordinary pursuits like anybody, Jill is not just standing up for herself, she's holding the line for other women, too. We all have to fight back against guys lke this, with their attitudes, because they want us to wear burkas and get out of their way. We're all in this together, or we'll all fail separately."
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Hans Christian Andersen:
les habits neufs de l'empereur
the emperor's new clothes
des kaisers neue kleider
Typical red cabin situated along the shores of a stunningly beautiful fjord in the Lofoten, Norway. In such a setting and these circumstances, who would't want to live there....?
Durango, CO - Engine 476 was built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1923 for Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW). It spent its days moving people and went into retirement in 1999.
For a while, it was a museum piece resting its wheels and took frequent naps. This all changed when in 2018, Engine 478 was pulled from retirement and placed back in service. Since then it rides with purpose, the engine continues to roar with pride through the mountains of Colorado.
Beijing to force out foreign students
OLYMPIC LEAVE: After incurring the ire of the business community with tighter visa rules, Beijing now plans to have all foreign students gone for July and August
DPA, BEIJING, WITH STAFF WRITER
Friday, Apr 18, 2008, Page 1
China plans to order most foreign students to leave Beijing before the Olympic Games in August, strictly regulate the issuing of business and tourist visas, and deport refugees, sources said yesterday.
“Even if you have to continue your studies in September, you need to leave Beijing in July and August,” a spokeswoman for Beijing University said.
The university is one of China’s most prestigious colleges and enrolls hundreds of foreign students annually on Chinese-language and other courses.
The spokeswoman from Beijing University’s international cooperation department said the two-month gap applies to all universities in Beijing and was ordered by “higher authorities” because of the Olympics.
She said all short-term summer courses for foreigners had been canceled this year.
One Western education official estimated that at least 10,000 students could be affected by the order if it applied to the whole country, though some universities outside Beijing said they were unaware of the rule.
The head of the German academic exchange, the DAAD, said a ban on foreign students during the Olympics was not mentioned in recent meetings with officials.
An administrator of dormitories for foreigners at Tongji University in Shanghai said her department had received no notice banning students during the Olympics.
But a woman who assists foreign students in China said at least two universities outside Beijing, Anhui Normal University and Heilongjiang University, had stopped recruiting foreign students for courses running beyond July.
She said she believed any students with visas until the end of this year would be allowed to stay in Beijing, but she added that most student visas would expire in June before the universities’ normal summer vacation.
A foreign ministry official said he was unaware of any ban on students but the normal education of foreign students “will be guaranteed.”
The official China Daily said about 190,000 foreign students from 188 nations attended courses in China last year.
Asked for comment last night, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Liu Teh-hsun (劉德勳) said he was unaware of the developments, but that the council would monitor the situation.
China has already severely restricted the issuing of short-term and multi-entry business visas, prompting complaints from business groups and diplomats.
Some Beijing-based businesses said they may be unable to fill vacancies until after the Olympics because of the new restrictions.
“You can be sure that all countries affected will raise the issue with the Chinese side very intensively,” one informed source said of the restrictions on business visas.
“It clearly has to do with the Olympics,” the source said.
China appears to have acted partly in response to recent reports that police uncovered at least two terrorist plots targeting the Olympics, the source said, adding that other nations had taken similar security measures in the past.
China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday defended the move and said visas were issued “according to law.”
“I believe it will have no influence on normal business activities in China,” ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu (姜瑜) said.
But Joerg Wuttke, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, yesterday criticized China for limiting business visas issued in Hong Kong.
Wuttke called the restrictions “truly annoying” and charged that the new visa rules were unclear and had never been published.
The new measures, which an informed source said were temporary, require non-permanent Hong Kong residents to apply for visas in their home countries.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also said it was concerned about the deportation of vulnerable refugees from China before the Olympics.
In a statement posted on its Web site, UNHCR highlighted the case of a 17-year-old unaccompanied refugee who was returned to his country of origin after being taken from his home in Beijing on April 3.
UNHCR spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis said that some of the deportations among the 180 refugees recorded by UNHCR in China “may well constitute a violation” of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
This is blurred so much because I screwed up and moved the camera during the 1/30 second the lens was open. The reason I used a 1/30 sec is that I wanted to record some ambient light, and not have a black background. The flash at 1/4 power only had a duration of about 1/4000 second. What I should have done is use an iso of 400 and a shutter speed of 1/125. Oh well. However, it does add a certain sense of motion to the image so I don't hate it. These birds move so fast.
Lighting stuff: Lit with three Yongnuo strobes on stands positioned on either side and in front of the feeder. The strobes, all set to 1/4 power were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I used a camera setting that recorded some ambient light, because I didn't want a black background.
I've taken quite a few pictures of hummers over the years and put them an album creatively called Hummingbirds.
What's a little bit of snow on your face and whiskers when you're having lunch ? It didn't seem to bother this squirrel too much, he happily ate his peanut butter chunk then scampered off.
Skill Requirement: You got to be kidding me.
Qualification: Should have Foreign Bank Accounts
Experience: 10-12 Years of Corruption experience (will Prefer Local)
Salary : Solely depends how much candidate can earn.
My suitcase is packed...
I do hope that the situation in the airspace will normalize.
(3 of my previous shots combined to 1)