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THE CHEETAH
The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is an atypical member of the cat family (Felidae) that is unique in its speed, while lacking climbing abilities. As such, it is placed in its own genus, Acinonyx. The word "cheetah" is derived from the Sanskrit word chitrakāyaḥ, meaning "variegated body", via the Hindi चीता cītā.
The fastest land animal, it can accelerate from 0 to 110 km/h in three seconds and reach speeds up to 120 km/h for short bursts covering distances up to 460 m.
Often mistaken for the leopard, the cheetah does have distinguishing features, such as the long "tear-streak" lines that run from the corners of its eyes to its mouth. The body frame of the cheetah is quite different from the leopard, most notably it is thinner and has a longer tail, and unlike the leopard, its spots are not arranged into rosettes.
DESCRIPTION
The cheetah's chest is deep and its waist is narrow. It's coarse, short fur s tan with round black spots measuring from 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.2 in) across, affording it some camouflage while hunting. There are no spots on its white underside, but the tail has spots, which merge to form four to six dark rings at the end. The tail usually ends in a bushy white tuft. The cheetah has a small head with high-set eyes. Black "tear marks" run from the corner of its eyes down the sides of the nose to its mouth to keep sunlight out of its eyes and to aid in hunting and seeing long distances.
The adult cheetah weighs from 40 to 65 kg (88 to 140 lb). Its total body length is from 115 to 135 cm (45 to 53 in), while the tail can measure up to 84 cm (33 in) in length. Males tend to be slightly larger than females and have slightly bigger heads, but there is not a great variation in cheetah sizes and it is difficult to tell males and females apart by appearance alone. Compared to a similarly-sized leopard, the cheetah is generally shorter-bodied, but is longer tailed and taller (it averages about 90 cm (35 in) tall) and so it appears more streamlined.
Some cheetahs also have a rare fur pattern mutation: cheetahs with larger, blotchy, merged spots are known as 'king cheetahs'. It was once thought to be a separate subspecies, but it is merely a mutation of the African cheetah. The 'king cheetah' has only been seen in the wild a handful of times, but it has been bred in captivity.
The cheetah's paws have semi-retractable claws(known only in three other cat species) offering the cat extra grip in its high-speed pursuits. The ligament structure of the cheetah's claws is the same as those of other cats; it simply lacks the sheath of skin and fur present in other varieties, and therefore the claws are always visible, with the exception of the dewclaw. The dewclaw itself is much shorter and straighter than other cats.
Adaptations that enable the cheetah to run as fast as it does include large nostrils that allow for increased oxygen intake, and an enlarged heart and lungs that work together to circulate oxygen efficiently. During a typical chase its respiratory rate increases from 60 to 150 breaths per minute. While running, in addition to having good traction due to its semi-retractable claws, the cheetah uses its tail as a rudder-like means of steering to allow it to make sharp turns.
Unlike "true" big cats, the cheetah can purr as it inhales, but cannot roar. By contrast, the big cats can roar but cannot purr, except while exhaling.
The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the least able to adapt to new environments. It has always proved difficult to breed in captivity, although recently a few zoos have managed to succeed at this. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from the loss of both habitat and prey.
INTER-SPECIFIC PREDATORY RELATIONSHIPS
Cheetahs are outranked by all the other large predators in most of their range. Because they are designed for extreme bursts of short speed at the expense of both power and the ability to climb trees, they cannot defend themselves against most of Africa's other predator species. They avoid fighting typically and will surrender a kill immediately to even a single hyena, rather than risk any injury, as anything that slows them down is essentially life threatening. The cheetah's death rate is very high during the early weeks of its life; up to 90% of cheetah cubs are killed during this time by lions, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, or even by eagles. Cheetah cubs often hide in thick brush for safety. Mother cheetahs will defend their young and are at times successful in driving predators away from their cubs. Coalitions of male cheetahs can also chase away other predators, depending on the coalition size and the size and number of the predator. Because of its speed, a healthy adult cheetah has no predators.
A cheetah has a 50% chance of losing its kills to other predators. Cheetahs avoid competition by hunting at different times of the day and by eating immediately after the kill.
DIET and HUNTING
The cheetah is a carnivore, eating mostly mammals under 40 kg, including the Thomson's Gazelle, the Grant's gazelle, the springbok and the impala. The young of larger mammals such as wildebeests and zebras are taken at times, and adults too, when the cats hunt in groups. Guineafowl and hares are also prey. While the other big cats mainly hunt by night, the cheetah is a diurnal hunter. It hunts usually either early in the morning or later in the evening when it is not so hot, but there is still enough light.
The cheetah hunts by vision rather than by scent. Prey is stalked to within 10–30 m (33–98 ft), then chased. This is usually over in less than a minute, and if the cheetah fails to make a catch quickly, it will give up. The cheetah has an average hunting success rate of around 50% - half of its chases result in failure.
Running at speeds up to 70 miles puts a great deal of strain on the cheetah's body. When sprinting, the cheetah's body temperature becomes so high that it would be deadly to continue - this is why the cheetah is often seen resting after it has caught its prey. If it is a hard chase, it sometimes needs to rest for half an hour or more. The cheetah kills its prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it, for the cheetah is not strong enough to break the necks of the four-legged prey it mainly hunts. The bite may also puncture a vital artery in the neck. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
The diet of a cheetah is dependent upon the area in which it lives. For example, on the East African plains, its preferred prey is the Thomson's Gazelle. This small antelope is shorter than the cheetah (about 58–70 cm (23–28 in) tall and 70–107 cm (28–42 in) long), and also cannot run faster than the cheetah (only up to 80 km/h (50 mph)), which combine to make it an appropriate prey. Cheetahs look for individuals which have strayed some distance from their group, and do not necessarily seek out old or weak ones.
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MALA MALA
MalaMala is the oldest and largest private game reserve in South Africa. One of the first areas of private land to switch from hunting to conservation, it is spread over 70 sq miles of the Mpumalanga Lowveld. The property shares a 12 mile unfenced border with Kruger National Park and contains the longest stretch of the Sand River of any of the Sabi Sand resorts. Its varied habitats - riverine forest, acacia bushveld, and savannah - support a broad selection of wildlife, and provide excellent opportunities for spotting the Big 5 (Buffalo, Elephant, Leopard, Lion & Rhinoceros).
Upon checking in, your game ranger will greet you and accompany you throughout your stay. The rangers, selected for their knowledge of African plant, animal, and bird-life, oversee your personal service. They will be your guide for your twice daily, four-hour game drives, sit with you at meals and impart their knowledge of African wildlife with stories about the individual behavior of animals within the MalaMala reserve.
Game drives are conducted in an open safari vehicle, accompanied by a professional Shangaan tracker. Despite the refined attention to detail, you are immediately aware that you are in Africa and that the unexpected may happen. Breakdowns and stuck vehicles are a hazard of driving through donga and bush, but the staff handles this with aplomb. Radio contact, a large reserve, and excellent guides enhance the probability of seeing the big five. The camp also offers guided bush walks.
This statue is called Unconditional Surrender and it is by Seward Johnson. At the time it was situated outside the USS Midway in San Diego but I believe it may have been on loan. It's based on the famous photo V-J Day in Times Square taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt in 1945 and is 25 feet high
From the Old Gang Smelt Mill its a mile or so of easy walking along the track south-east toward Healaugh and Reeth that the "owd man" trod to work-out his daily diet of subterranean hewing, or amid the grinding sweat and labours of the smelt mill. Today those who pass along their routes are indulging pleasures - the freedom to roam and think of all that went on here before us, or perhaps to shoot grouse, an unimaginable crop of value 150 years ago. I wonder why this bridge, beautifully enhanced by Dave, is so called Surrender? It crops up elswhere, is there not a surrender bridge above Ambleside in the Lakes?
Series of 3 sculptures inspired by veiled marble statues by 18th century artists such as Giuseppe Sanmartino. These mixed media sculptures are being displayed in the Hitogata Ten art exhibition at Marunouchi, Tokyo 12th to 18th of October 2022.
Melancholy - veiled bust, 2022.
Sorrow - veiled figure form curled up on a pedestal, 2022.
Surrender - Standing figure with windswept garments, 2022.
There is a waiting list for the exhibition artworks that might be available for sale after the exhibition. Email me with "waiting list" as topic to get a chance to buy them after 19th.
The art gallery just posted photos from the Hitogata Ten exhibition where my artworks are being displayed at the moment!
See the awesome work of all the artists :
'Sweet Surrender' Opening Reception
Gallery 1988 San Francisco, March 6th 09'
Michelle "Mia" Araujo, Krista Huot, Camilla d'Errico, Jennifer Tong, & Allison Torneros
Fantasy again. I am a fan of fantasy. In this pose...the virgin or young lady is being vanquished in some way by the beast. It denotes a helplessness. It is likened to a rape of sorts. It is the most aggressive of holds...with claws... I like it.
You wander landscapes in your dreams.
How did you get there? Close your eyes and surrender,
and find yourself in the city of God.
---Rumi
Series of 3 sculptures inspired by veiled marble statues by 18th century artists such as Giuseppe Sanmartino. These mixed media sculptures are being displayed in the Hitogata Ten art exhibition at Marunouchi, Tokyo 12th to 18th of October 2022.
Melancholy - veiled bust, 2022.
Sorrow - veiled figure form curled up on a pedestal, 2022.
Surrender - Standing figure with windswept garments, 2022.
There is a waiting list for the exhibition artworks that might be available for sale after the exhibition. Email me with "waiting list" as topic to get a chance to buy them after 19th.
The art gallery just posted photos from the Hitogata Ten exhibition where my artworks are being displayed at the moment!
See the awesome work of all the artists :
Week 14 of Project 52 - Surrender
A shot from my trip to Bangkok, Thailand in December 2010. Taken at the BTS station, a stray that seemed pretty listless and lethargic. It was 10am, the start of a new day, but this poor buddy had risen the white flag.
You can read about project 52 here - rumpledoodles.com/adventures/2010/01/07/project-52-my-pro... , as well as look at the other project 52 photos.
But don't give yourself away, Dairy Queen. This is now the Dairy Dream.
62nd Avenue North near 9th Street North, St. Petersburg.
Rose and Charles Woodard are presented the Bradford Sprout Award for Architectural Preservation at the 2010 Hingham Historical Society Annual Dinner. The Woodards are the 12th generation of Lincoln family descendants to live in the Benjamin Lincoln house on North Street. The house was named for the farmer and brewer who built it in the 1660s, but its most famous occupant was Benjamin Lincoln IV, a Revolutionary War hero appointed by General Washington to receive the British Army’s surrender at Yorktown in 1781.
Stokesay Castle is a fabulous 13th century stone manor house with a stunning yellow and black half-timbered 17th century gatehouse. It was built by a very wealthy wool merchant, Laurence of Ludlow, between 1285 and 1291 after Edward I’s conquest of Wales in 1284. Laurence was wealthy enough to lend money to Edward I, as well as many of the great lords of the Welsh borderlands. He drowned when his ship transporting wool to Flanders sank in a storm in 1294 but his descendants remained lords of the manor at Stokesay until 1498.
The Great Hall is the earliest part of the castle, with its oak roof and staircase dating to its original construction in the 1280s, making it one of the oldest such structures surviving in Britain. The fabulous gatehouse was added in 1640-41 just before the Civil War when it was in the ownership of William Craven, a Royalist. The castle surrendered peacefully in 1645 and was left largely intact except for the curtain wall which was demolished.
William Craven recovered all his estates after Charles II’s restoration in 1660 but he did not return to Stokesay. It was occupied by tenant farmers, the Baldwyn family, who remodelled the Solar (living room) in the 1660s with wood panelling and the elaborately carved wooden fireplace overmantle which was originally brightly painted. The Baldwyns left in the early 18th century and subsequent tenants let the buildings deteriorate, the Solar, for example, being used as a granary. In 1869 John Derby Allcroft, a successful London glove manufacturer, bought the estate, and began an extensive and unusually sympathetic programme of repairs which restored the main structure of the castle to its original state.
J7W after Japanese surrender, with US and Japanese personnel. Other Japanese aircraft and US jeeps in background.
Series of 3 sculptures inspired by veiled marble statues by 18th century artists such as Giuseppe Sanmartino. These mixed media sculptures are being displayed in the Hitogata Ten art exhibition at Marunouchi, Tokyo 12th to 18th of October 2022.
Melancholy - veiled bust, 2022.
Sorrow - veiled figure form curled up on a pedestal, 2022.
Surrender - Standing figure with windswept garments, 2022.
There is a waiting list for the exhibition artworks that might be available for sale after the exhibition. Email me with "waiting list" as topic to get a chance to buy them after 19th.
The art gallery just posted photos from the Hitogata Ten exhibition where my artworks are being displayed at the moment!
See the awesome work of all the artists :
Chartwell is a country house near Westerham, Kent, in South East England. For over forty years it was the home of Sir Winston Churchill. He bought the property in September 1922 and lived there until shortly before his death in January 1965. In the 1930s, when Churchill was out of political office, Chartwell became the centre of his world. At his dining table, he gathered those who could assist his campaign against German re-armament and the British government's response of appeasement; in his study, he composed speeches and wrote books; in his garden, he built walls, constructed lakes and painted. During the Second World War, Chartwell was largely unused, the Churchills returning after he lost the 1945 election. In 1953, when again prime minister, the house became Churchill's refuge when he suffered a debilitating stroke. In October 1964, he left for the last time, dying at his London home, 28 Hyde Park Gate, on 24 January 1965.
The origins of the estate reach back to the 14th century; in 1382, the property then called Well-street was owned by William-at-Well. It passed through various owners and in 1836 was auctioned, as a substantial brick-built manor. In 1848, it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, whose grandson sold it to Churchill. The Campbell Colquhouns greatly enlarged the house and the advertisement for its sale at the time of Churchill's purchase described it as an imposing mansion. Between 1922 and 1924, it was rebuilt and extended by the society architect Philip Tilden. From the garden front, the house has extensive views over the Weald of Kent, "the most beautiful and charming" Churchill had ever seen, and the determining factor in his decision to buy the house.
In 1946, when financial constraints forced Churchill to consider selling Chartwell, it was acquired by the National Trust with funds raised by a consortium of Churchill's friends led by Lord Camrose, on condition that the Churchills retained a life-tenancy. After Churchill's death, Lady Churchill surrendered her rights to the house and it was opened to the public by the Trust in 1966. A Grade I listed building, for its historical significance rather than its architectural merit, Chartwell has become among the Trust's most popular properties; 232,000 people visited the house in 2016, the fiftieth anniversary of its opening.
History
Early history to 1922
The earliest recorded mention of the land dates to 1362 when it was sold by a William At-Well.[1] The origin of the name is the Chart Well, a spring to the north of the current house, Chart being an Old English word for rough ground.[2] The site had been built upon at least as early as the 16th century, when the estate was called Well Street.[3] Henry VIII was reputed to have stayed in the house during his courtship of Anne Boleyn at nearby Hever Castle.[4] Elements of the Tudor house are still visible; the Historic England listing for Chartwell notes that 16th- (or possibly 17th-) century brickwork can be seen in some of the external walls.[5] In the 17th and 18th centuries, the house was used as a farmhouse and its ownership was subject to frequent change.[3] On 22 September 1836, the property was auctioned at Cheapside, advertised as "a suitable abode for a genteel family".[6] In 1848 it was purchased by John Campbell Colquhoun, a former MP; the Campbell Colquhouns were a family of Scottish landowners, lawyers and politicians.[7] The original farmhouse was enlarged and modified during their ownership, including the addition of the stepped gables, a Scottish baronial genuflection to the land of their fathers.[8] By the time of the sale to Churchill, it was, in the words of Oliver Garnett, author of the 2008 guidebook to the house, an example of "Victorian architecture at its least attractive, a ponderous red-brick country mansion of tile-hung gables and poky oriel windows".[3] Tilden, in his "highly unreliable"[9] memoirs, True Remembrances, wrote of "creating Chartwell out of the drabness of Victorian umbrageousness".[10]
Churchill at Chartwell
1922 to 1939
Chartwell – Clementine Churchill's "magnificent aerial bower" to the left
Churchill first saw Chartwell in July 1921, shortly before the house and estate were to be auctioned.[11] He returned the same month with his wife Clementine, who was initially attracted to the property, although her enthusiasm cooled during subsequent visits.[12] In September 1922, when the house had failed to sell at auction, he was offered it for £5,500. He paid £5,000, after his first offer of £4,800, made because "the house will have to be very largely rebuilt, and the presence of dry rot is a very serious adverse factor", was rejected.[13] The seller was Captain Archibald John Campbell Colquhoun, who had inherited the house in June 1922 on the death of his brother.[14] Campbell Colquhoun had been a contemporary of Churchill's at Harrow School in the 1880s. On completion of the sale in September 1922, Churchill wrote to him; "I am very glad indeed to have become the possessor of "Chartwell".[5] I have been searching for two years for a home in the country and the site is the most beautiful and charming I have ever seen".[14] The sale was concluded on 11 November 1922.[15]
The previous 15 months had been personally and professionally calamitous. In June 1921, Churchill's mother had died, followed three months later by his youngest child, Marigold.[15] In late 1922, he fell ill with appendicitis and at the end of the year lost his Scottish parliamentary seat at Dundee.[16]
Philip Tilden, Churchill's architect, began work on the house in 1922 and the Churchills rented a farmhouse near Westerham, Churchill frequently visiting the site to observe progress.[17] The two-year building programme, the ever-rising costs, which escalated from the initial estimate of £7,000 to over £18,000, and a series of construction difficulties, particularly relating to damp, soured relations between architect and client,[18] and by 1924 Churchill and Tilden were barely on speaking terms.[19][a][b] Legal arguments, conducted through their respective lawyers, continued until 1927.[22] Clementine's anxieties about the costs, both of building and subsequently living at Chartwell also continued. In September 1923 Churchill wrote to her, "My beloved, I beg you not to worry about money, or to feel insecure. Chartwell is to be our home (and) we must endeavour to live there for many years."[23] Churchill finally moved into the house in April 1924; a letter dated 17 April to Clementine begins, "This is the first letter I have ever written from this place, and it is right that it should be to you".[24]
In February 1926, Churchill's political colleague Sir Samuel Hoare described a visit in a letter to the press baron Lord Beaverbrook; "I have never seen Winston before in the role of landed proprietor, ... the engineering works on which he is engaged consist of making a series of ponds in a valley and Winston appeared to be a great deal more interested in them than in anything else in the world".[25] As Hoare's presence indicated, Churchill's holidays were very rarely pure vacations. Roy Jenkins, in his study, The Chancellors, contrasted Churchill's approach to holidaying with that of his then boss, Stanley Baldwin. "Churchill went to Chartwell or elsewhere to lengthen the stride of his political work, but not greatly to reduce its quantity; far from shutting himself off, he persuaded as many as possible of his colleagues and henchmen to visit him, to receive his ever-generous hospitality."[26] In January 1928, James Lees-Milne stayed as a guest of Churchill's son Randolph. He described an evening after dinner; "We remained at that round table till after midnight. Mr Churchill spent a blissful two hours demonstrating with decanters and wine glasses how the Battle of Jutland was fought. He got worked up like a schoolboy, making barking noises in imitation of gunfire, and blowing cigar smoke across the battle scene in imitation of gun smoke".[27] On 26 September 1927, Churchill composed the first of his Chartwell Bulletins, which were lengthy letters to Clementine, written to her while she was abroad. In the bulletins, Churchill described in great detail the ongoing works on the house and the gardens, and aspects of his life there. The 26 September letter opens with a report of Churchill's deepening interest in painting; "Sickert arrived on Friday night and we worked very hard at various paintings ... I am really thrilled ... I see my way to paint far better pictures than I ever thought possible before".[28]
Churchill described his life at Chartwell in the later 1930s in the first volume of his history of the Second World War, The Gathering Storm. "I had much to amuse me. I built ... two cottages, ... and walls and made ... a large swimming pool which ... could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine. Thus I ... dwelt at peace within my habitation".[29] Bill Deakin, one of Churchill's research assistants, recalled his working routine. "He would start the day at eight o'clock in bed, reading. Then he started with his mail. His lunchtime conversation was quite magnificent, ...absolutely free for all. After lunch, if he had guests he would take them round the garden. At seven he would bathe and change for dinner. At midnight, when the guests left, then he would start work ... to three or four in the morning. The secret was his phenomenal power to concentrate."[30][c] In his study of Churchill as author, the historian Peter Clarke described Chartwell as "Winston's word factory". Wikipedia
Nemesis Enforcer soars past all others, but once he arrives at the great Throne Room of his Emperor, the beast that fears nothing immediately falls submissively to his knees. With his head hung low, Nemesis Enforcer offers the blue orb to his master, the mighty Golobulus.
Golobulus: 'Rise, Nemesis Enforcer.'
The winged Enforcer does as commanded. It is then that
Golobulus takes the orb from him and smiles, turning his eyes to Pythona at his side.
Appomattox Court House / Formal Surrender Ceremony / Union Line at Court House / Officer Inspects Captured Arms # 3
Series of 3 sculptures inspired by veiled marble statues by 18th century artists such as Giuseppe Sanmartino. These mixed media sculptures are being displayed in the Hitogata Ten art exhibition at Marunouchi, Tokyo 12th to 18th of October 2022.
Melancholy - veiled bust, 2022.
Sorrow - veiled figure form curled up on a pedestal, 2022.
Surrender - Standing figure with windswept garments, 2022.
There is a waiting list for the exhibition artworks that might be available for sale after the exhibition. Email me with "waiting list" as topic to get a chance to buy them after 19th.
The art gallery just posted photos from the Hitogata Ten exhibition where my artworks are being displayed at the moment!
See the awesome work of all the artists :
Photo by Carl Deal III
Unconditional Surrender by Seward Johnson 2007 © The Sculpture Foundation
For more information, visit www.thesculpturefoundation.org.
St John the Baptist, Wistow, Cambridgeshire
South of Ramsey and out of the fen, the lanes begin to wind and undulate. The next stop was another very pretty stone-built village, Wistow, with its church opposite a thatched stone pub, very picturesque. The church was
locked with a keyholder notice. It took the keyholder a while to get to the church, so there was plenty of time to explore the grand, stone exterior with its multitude of very good gargoyles and grotesques. There is a massive rood stair turret on the north side. Not a large church, but very tall, with aisles and clerestories. Inside feels entirely square, with a long chancel heading off of the square to the east. The nave seems immensely tall for such a small church.
Two surviving 15th Century parclose screens in the aisles create a rather cluttered feel - the nave is so short that the west side of the south parclose screen forms a kind of corridor into the nave from the south door. The star of the show here is some very good surviving 15th Century stained glass, rare enough in Cambridgeshire at the best of times, but especially so in puritan Hunts. Mary at the Annunciation surrenders to the dove above her, and the risen Christ steps out of the tomb, much to the surprise of a soldier looking up at him. Exquisite. And some of the surrounding angels look as if they may be medieval too. Apart from this, there's a good carved royal arms, but in general the church felt rather cluttered and unloved, as if it was now beyond the power of its small, elderly congregation to care for it properly, or even keep it going very much longer. It should be left open every day, it deserves to be far better known.
The Sweetest Surrender: Death is inevitable, yet some in their most desperate moments seek it willingly by embracing suicide. This series attempts to perceive this obliteration as salvation instead of destruction, celebrating the end with utmost reverence – the ultimate escape, the "sweetest" surrender.
8x11.5in, acrylic on watercolour paper.
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Showcased at Memento Mori: M.O.D.A. magazine's 1st anniversary party and exhibition.