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I surrender... last one from Ultimate... the rest shall reside in the archive hard drive :)
They (the blue team) won btw... I believe it was something like 11-8?
A completely different lighting and set up, I wanted more drama, hence the direction of the light.
This is a small series.
These two are supertoned performers.
I salute them. M, (*_*)
On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee (right) surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant (left), effectively ending the American Civil War. This tableau at the National Presidential Wax Museum in Keystone, South Dakota depicts the event, which took place at a courthouse at Appomattox, Virginia.
Sculpted by the Katherine Stubergh-Keller studio.
"The war is over ... the Rebels are our countrymen again." -- General Ulysses S. Grant
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John Tweel and Timothy King in "Chupy & The Science Twins," one of the Hope Operas. Comedy Spot, Ballston Mall, 4238 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA.
Representing hope and freedom, a 25 foot, 6,000 pound statue named, UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, by world-renowned artist, J. Seward Johnson, is a three-dimensional interpretation of a photo taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt of a Sailor, Carl Muscarello, kissing a nurse, Edith Shain, in Times Square, New York City on Aug. 14, 1945, following the announcement of V-J Day.
Edith Shain, the nurse memorialized in Eisenstaedt’s photo, states, "There is so much romance in the statue; it gives such a feeling of hope to all who look at it."
“This statue brings back so many memories of peace, love and happiness. During the moment of the kiss I don’t remember much, it happened so fast and it happened at the perfect time. I didn’t even look at the Sailor who was kissing me,” Shain continued. “I closed my eyes and enjoyed the moment like any woman would have done.”
For the next year, the sculpture will stand next to the USS Midway Museum on the San Diego Bay. It was previously displayed in New York City in 2005 and Sarasota, Florida in 2006.
NY Times - Edith Shain, Who Said Famous Kiss Came Her Way, Dies at 91
LA Times - Edith Shain dies at 91; WWII nurse in iconic Times Square kissing photo
"(Cosmic) Surrender" by David Goodrich
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Reenactors of the NWW2A during a 1940s wartime weekend at Fort Paull on Bank Holiday Monday
5 May 2013
Image © Paul David Drabble
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//fifty-two weeks of design
This week's design is inspired by a message I heard from mister Cole NeSmith. The guy's a beast. There's no doubt God's doing crazy awesome things through him. Check out his wonderful thoughts.
On Sunday, he shared with us a few thoughts about conforming Jesus to my selfish image, versus conforming myself to the image of Jesus. I distinctly remember, though, him speaking about surrender — how things don't start working until I let go of my desires and the things I do for my gain.
Now, this surrender isn't the giving up type of surrender. It's not the failure type of surrender that means you've lost it all, either. No, this surrender goes beyond that; it's when you begin to let go of the things you have for something, or someone, that's bigger than what your thoughts could ever conceive. Because it is when we don't surrender, we truly fail, because the burdens of this Earth are too heavy for our shoulders to bare.
Sometimes we try, and try to do something our way, and as much as we can try, as small as the task may be, it doesn't always work out. And we get frustrated when that happens. But I think it all begins with surrender, because it's when you surrender these things that God's massive plan starts making sense in our lives.
(Thank you Wendy and Chris for licensing these photographs under Creative Commons)
I surrender, I surrender
I'm giving up the role of pretender
I remember, I remember
Can't you feel the love that I send ya
I surrender.
- Russ Ballard
No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. - Confucius
Divorce.
His throat closed up even thinking the word. He was twenty-eight years old and had conquered the universe or thought he had.
No! He had.
Then his picture perfect world had shattered with one single word.
Divorce.
He’d been respectable, always treating women with admiration. He hadn’t jumped into marriage at twenty-one, but dated the same woman for three years, cherished her, gave her everything. He thought he’d found perfection, but he was disillusioned.
Raffaello Palazzo sat straight up, his eyes narrowed.
No! He wasn’t this man.
He wouldn’t grovel.
“Goodbye.”
He barely glanced up as Sharron walked past, her five-thousand dollar purse slung over her shoulder, flaunting the smirk on her face as she slammed the door in all its finality.
A few of herplaints against him were that he worked too much and didn’t give her the attention she thought she deserved. With the simple slamming of a door, she was gone.
He was grateful she was. When he’d walked in the week before, carrying roses, attempting to give her more attention, he’d seen that she wasn’t choosy about where her attention came from. She’d been in bed with his business partner.
Rafe’s eyes closed as he momentarily pictured that moment;
“Are you cutting out on us?”
“It’s my anniversary. My wife’s favorite flower is the Hawaiian Flora. I had them express delivered to the floral shop and I’m picking up her bouquet, then taking her on a surprise trip to Paris where we celebrated our honeymoon.”
“You’re the most whipped man I know, Rafe,” his assistant, Mario, said with a smile.
“I’m half Italian. My father taught...
Modelo: Letícia Lima
Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
Over the weekend of 2nd-4th June 2012, the East Lancs Railway hosted the latest in their annual War Weekends. Many people attend in 1940s clothing, there are several battle re-enactments, steam trains running, vintage goods stalls, 1940s-themed catering, war era vehicles and much more. Do please feel free to view any other pictures in the set. These are the photos of the people, stations and mainly the battle at Rawtenstall/Regensburg (!) that I've had a little play round with in post processing to try to get different effects. Some I like, some, I'm not sure about, butu I enjoyed having a go.
56 of 365.
For Hereios and flags of any kind
The white flag. The international sign of surrender.
Strobist : PZ42X : 1/8th@70mm to right of subject low
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all. - Stanley Horowitz
I really did feel my hair stand on end when I saw this. It was unexpected, and unassuming in a simple display case next to exhibits on the firebombing of Tokyo.
The text reads as follows:
We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan, the
Japanese Government and the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters,
hereby accept the provisions set forth in the declaration issued by the heads
of the Governments of the United States, China and Great Britain on 26
July 1945, at Polsdam, and subsequently adhered to by the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics, which four powers are hereafter referred to as the Allied
Powers.
We hereby proclaim the unconditional surrender to the Allied
Powers of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters and of all
Japanese armed forces and all armed forces under Japanese control
wherever situated.
We hereby command all Japanese forces, wherever situated and
the Japanese people to cease hostilities forthwith, to preserve and save
from damage all ships, aircraft, and military and civil property and to
comply with all requirements which may be imposed by the Supreme
Commander for the Allied Powers or by agencies of the Japanese
Government at his direction.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters
to issue at once orders to the Commanders of all Japanese forces
and all forces under Japanese control wherever situated to surrender
unconditionally themselves and all forces under their control.
We hereby command all civil, military and naval officials to
obey and enforce all proclamations, orders and directives deemed
by the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers to be proper to
effectutate this surrender and issued by him or under his authority
and we direct all such official to remain at their posts and to
continue to perform their non-combatant duties unless specifically
relieved by him or under his authority.
We hereby undertake for the Emperor, the Japanese
Government and their successors to carry out the provisions of the
Potsdam Declaration in good faith, and to issue whatever orders
and take whatever action may be required by the Supreme Commander
for the Allied Powers for the purpose of giving effect to that Declaration.
We hereby command the Japanese Imperial Government and
the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters at once to liberate all
allied prisoners of war and civilian internees now under Japanese
control and to provide for their protections, care, maintenance and
immediate transportation to places as directed.
The authority of the Emperor and the Japanese Government to
rule the state shall be subject to the Supreme Commander for the
Allied Powers who will take such steps and he deems proper to
effectuate these terms of surrender.
Signed at Tokyo Bay, Japan at 0904 on the Second day of September, 1945.
The document is housed at Edo-Tokyo Museum which is well worth a visit.
The highlights of the museum for me were the recreation of Hokusai's studio and the ingenious way in which water was transported around Edo. The life-size reconstruction of buildings were also fascinating. Seeing the document above was chilling, but also gave me a weird feeling of a connection with that moment. Just as I felt seeing Lincoln's death mask in Washington. Reading about history is one thing, standing there looking at it is something else entirely.
The unspoiled snow
Those solitary footprints
I am almost alien to all of these
The sun shining through a thin veil of cloud
Dwarfing me
Powerless
Like thrown into an intrepid exploration
Not knowing the outcome
and I surrender
Words of Dimitri, December 2018
This marks the end of Gramma Elm , the stately old landmark that had Dutch Elm disease and was removed by the city. Reports indicated that it was between 150-200 years old(my eyes aren't good enough to count the rings). The next photo shows what a great tree it was even in the winter.
This program is available at fire stations, police stations and hospitals in California. Any mother, or father, can drop of their newborn baby, if they can not handle the baby, for whatever reason, in the first 72 hours, NO QUESTIONS ASKED!! It is rarely used. Too many newborn babies are found in plastic bags, killed and abandoned by their teenage mother's, for the most part. It breaks my heart. There are little graveyards in many California counties now for these babies. Please, if you know anyone in danger, tell them about this program. SAFE SURRENDER.
Yes, I know sometimes I can get a little political. We are all entitled to our points of view. You do not have to share mine. It's OK. You can chose to read, or not. Comment, or not.
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Happy Friday! Here’s another one from San Diego. The statue by Seward Johnson is apparently one of a series of three (I think this is the largest, though) and is based on the iconic photo (or photos depending on who you ask) taken back in 1945.
This time the South prevailed. Chances are that the upcoming battle later that afternoon between the same troops might have a different choreographed ending.
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