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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
-- George Washington Carver
EXPLORED #478, February 25, 2009
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Son insectos pequeños, con un tamaño reducido que va de 5 a 8 milimetros. De forma redondeada u oval, brillantes, suelen ser de vivos colores, con manchas negras sobre un fondo naranja, amarillo o rojo, en forma de puntos o rayas (no es un caparazón sino gruesas alas transformadas, llamadas élitros, que protegen las alas funcionales para el vuelo, el segundo par). Algunas especies son peludas. Su cabeza, antenas y patas son negros. Las extremidades cortas. Dado que son útiles, coloridos e inofensivos para los humanos, son insectos vistos tradicionalmente con simpatía e incluso se les considera en algunos lugares signo de buena suerte.
They are small insects, with a reduced size from 5-8 millimeters. Rounded or oval, glossy, often brightly colored, with black spots on a orange background, yellow or red, in the form of spots or stripes (not a carapace but thick transformed wings, he called elytra that protect functional wings for flight, the second pair). Some species are hairy. His head, antennae and legs are black. The short limbs. Since they are useful, colorful and harmless to humans, insects are traditionally viewed sympathetically and are even found in some places good luck sign
Fly agaric
The classic fairy tale toadstool, this red and white fungus is often found beneath birch trees in autumn.
Scientific name
Amanita muscaria
When to see
August to November
Species information
Category
Fungi
Statistics
Cap diameter: 8-20cm
Stem height: 8-18cm
Conservation status
Common
Habitats
Heathland and moorland
Woodland
Towns and gardens
About
Fly agaric is probably our most recognisable species of fungus, with the mushroom's distinctive red cap and white stalk featuring in countless stories, television shows and even video games! Fly agaric is found in woodlands, parks and heaths with scattered trees, typically growing beneath birch trees or pines and spruces. The colourful fruiting bodies can usually be seen between late summer and early winter.
Like most fungi, the parts we see are just the fruiting bodies, or mushrooms. These grow up from an unseen network of tiny filaments called hyphae, which together form a structure known as the mycelium. The fruiting bodies produce spores for reproduction, although fungi can also reproduce asexually by fragmentation. The mycelium of fly agaric often forms a symbiotic relationship with the trees around it, wrapping around the roots and supplying them with nutrients taken from the soil. In exchange, the fungus receives sugars produced by the trees.
Fly agarics are poisonous and should not be eaten. Reports of deaths are rare, but ingestion often causes stomach cramps and hallucinations.
How to identify
The distinctive mushrooms have a red cap, either flat or rounded, often with a scattering of white spots or warts, and a white stem. The gills, beneath the cap, are free of the stem.
Distribution
Widespread
Did you know?
Despite it being toxic to us, there are some animals that do eat fly agaric. These include red squirrels and slugs, as well as specialists such as fungus gnats - these flies lay eggs on the fungus, and when they hatch the larvae feed on the fruiting body.
How people can help
Fungi play an important role within our ecosystems, helping to recycle nutrients from dead or decaying organic matter, and providing food and shelter for different animals. The Wildlife Trusts manage many nature reserves sympathetically for the benefit of all kinds of wildlife, including fungi: you can help by supporting your local trust and becoming a member. Our gardens are also a vital resource for wildlife, providing corridors of green space between open countryside. Try leaving log piles and dead wood to help fungi and the wildlife that depends on it.
I know I've uploaded photos of this ship before but I couldn't resist this...
Hanson Thames is the biggest dredger I've seen; there are a number of dredgers I see regularly on the river which are smaller, but share a particular appearance - they look worn and roughened, probably because of what they do; collect and deliver abrasive aggregates, usually in salty water. Hanson Thames, as time passes, is taking on the same appearance. And, as the various fleets seem to paint the strange and other worldly machinery the ships carry and deploy in the same sympathetic colour, I can't help but romanticize the process of dredgers coming of age; you're not a proper dredger until you look a bit worn and used...a bit rough and rusted, scratched and scraped. Et cetera.
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In this gripping portrait, the artist brings us nose-to-nose with the painter Louis Muhlstock, a fellow Montrealer Known for his depictions of the street life of the city and the plight of the working class during the great Depression. Here, Torrance Newton has taken in her subject with a steady, sympathetic gaze that matches the sitter’s own thoughtful intensity.
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Many are aware that First Nations peoples were present when European settlers arrived, but few recognize the important role that they played in the forging of the nation we now know as Canada. The relationships amongst these groups were often fractious and unfair, but First Nations still made enormous sacrifices alongside the British and their allies, successfully defending our collective borders at huge cost. These battles, often fought in allegiance with First Nations warriors, produced enormous benefits for settlers sympathetic to the Crown.
Though these important partnerships were initially recognized in the form of covenants and treaties, the spirit of these agreements was not always respected in the long term, and the pivotal roles of First Nations in the building of Canada were diminished in our collective conscience. Written narratives and built monuments of the settlers supplanted the oral histories and nature-based symbolism of the native peoples. Economic and political marginalization and misguided attempts at cultural assimilation further diminished our understanding of the enormous contributions that First Nations peoples made to the founding of Canada.
Canadians are starting to realize the vital importance of recognizing, acknowledging, and honouring the contributions of First Nations, and of the critical importance of reconciliation with First Nations communities.
To help accomplish these goals, this project integrates a physical monument encompassing traditional aboriginal motifs and modern architectural symbolism, First Nations oral and visual storytelling traditions, and a state of the art digital interpretive experience within a historically important and beautiful landscape setting.
The small but highly symbolic limestone monument will amplify upon a well-known Canadian story to generate a deeper understanding of the important role First Nations played in the building of Canada.
The monument will stand in DeCew House Heritage Park in Thorold, Ontario, close to the site Canadian heroine Laura Secord first encountered First Nations warriors in DeCew’s Field late in her fateful journey. They escorted her the final kilometer of her courageous trek to DeCew House to warn the British forces of an impending American invasion. Following her warning, British and First Nations forces were able to mount an offensive that resulted in a definitive defeat of the American invaders in the Battle of Beaverdams, arguably changing the course of Canadian history.
But instead of merely re-telling the familiar but very incomplete Eurocentric narrative of Laura Secord’s famous trek, this monument helps reveal the central role of the Haudenosaunee and other allies in the pivotal Battle of Beaverdams. The battle was fought almost entirely by First Nations forces from Kahnawà:ke and the Grand River who took on the numerically dominant and better-armed American opponents in defence of Canadian territory. These intertwined narratives dramatically illustrate how the often uneasy relationship between First Nations peoples and European settlers could be galvanized, under common threat, into a powerful and genuine allegiance to defend their collective national boundaries.
Douglas Cardinal (Siksika [Blackfoot]), is celebrated for his signature architectural style comprised of curvaceous lines, organic forms, and nature-inspired aesthetics. He has generously donated his detailed design concept to this project, and will oversee the development of the monument to completion.
Cardinal’s design is a distinctive and highly symbolic circular monument made of solid limestone. The circle is a powerful symbol of welcoming, inclusion, and protection in many Native cultures. The protective curved walls are abstract symbols of Haudenosaunee longhouses that open to the East and West, with a central hearth. The fire, a translucent sphere, also represents the sun. The glowing orb that symbolizes the fire will emit rays of light in all directions reminiscent of the campfires of the Haudenosaunee and First Nations allies and the energy of the sun.
Embedded within the walls of the monument will be two graphic wampum belt symbols - the Hiawatha Wampum Belt, which expresses the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace, and the William Claus Pledge of the Crown Wampum Belt which symbolizes the restoration of peace and relations among Native allies and the British following the War of 1812.
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GUNWHARF QUAYS
Gunwharf Quays is an area of Portsmouth, Hampshire, now home to a large shopping centre.
The centre opened on 28 February 2001 and is located on the site of the former Royal Navy shore establishment HMS Vernon, renamed HMS Nelson (Vernon Site) on March 31, 1986. In 1987, the establishment was renamed HMS Nelson (Gunwharf) although locally it continued to be known as HMS Vernon. The concept for the redevelopment was by local architects HGP. Its very successful exploitation of its harbourside situation (cf. Baltimore, USA) and the sympathetic integration of old and new architecture makes an interesting contrast with past redevelopments such as the Tricorn.
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Like the Turkey Vulture, the Marabou Stork defecates upon its legs and feet. It is known that the Turkey Vulture has strong antiseptic properties in their whitewash and indeed this is also the case with the Marabou stork, however their reasons for carrying out this act are different. Quite simply, it helps assist in regulating body temperature, and also gives the false appearance that the birds have lovely white legs.
They mainly feed on carrion and scraps. Although it doesn't seem to be very sympathetic in human eyes, this behavior is of great importance to the ecosystem they inhabit; by removing carcasses and rotting material, Marabous help avoiding the spreading of pathogens. They are scavengers, they eat anything from termites, flamingos and small birds and mammals to human refuse and dead elephants. They also feed on carcasses with vultures and hyenas.
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Oh, I forgot to mention, they have hollow leg and toe bones to enable them to take off easier due to loss in weight.
Horseshoes nailed to the Door of the Church of Saint Martin of Vilallonga in square of Països Catalans, Vilallonga de Ter, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
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(Com sóc un martinenc nascut al barceloní barri de Sant Martí de Provençals, tinc una certa feblesa per allò esotèric relacional amb la bona sort que dóna tenir una o més ferradures a la porta de casa, que és resultat del costum dels cavallers de clavar a manera d'exvot les ferradures dels seus cavalls a la portes de les església dedicades a Sant Martí, per tant aquí poso un text de l’erudit Joan Amades).
[...] La virtut que posseeix sant Martí per a esquivar el diable es va estendre a les ferradures del bestiar que ell protegia. D'ací que hom pengi ferradures al darrera de les portes, per tal d'esquivar el diable i els endimoniaments. Aquest costum i la creença que comporta són universals dins del món cristià. Cal dir, tanmateix, que la valor màgica i protectora que hom atribueix a la ferradura és antiguíssima, indubtablement molt anterior al cristianisme. Respon a un acte de selenolatria, puix que el poble estableix una influència lunar damunt de la ferradura per raó de la semblança d'aquest ferro amb la mitja lluna. Es tracta, doncs, d'un cas de màgia imitativa o simpàtica de tipus corrent. Sant Martí havia estat el patró de la cavalleria catalana abans d'ésser-ho sant Jordi. També era patró del bestiar de ferradura. Els genets antics havien reclamat el favor d'aquest sant perquè els protegís i els salvés les cavalcadures quan estaven malaltes, i li oferien les ferradures a tall d'ex-vot o de presentada. Les esglésies antigues dedicades a sant Martí solien tenir la porta adornada amb ferradures rebudes com a presentades. Nosaltres, de nois, encara n’ havíem vist de clavades a la porta de l'església de Sant Martí de Provençals, avui ja dins la ciutat de Barcelona. Antigament, el patronatge de sant Martí damunt del bestiar de peu rodó havia estat comú a tots els pobles cristians. Fa de mal determinar si el patronatge del sant va passar dels cavallers a llurs cavalleries o si, al contrari, d'advocat del bestiar el seu tutelatge es va estendre fins als genets. […]
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(As I am a native of Martinenc born in the Barcelona district of Sant Martí de Provençals, I have a certain weakness for the esoteric relationship with the good luck of having one or more horseshoes on the door, which is the result of the custom of knights to nail way of votive offering the horseshoes of his horses at the doors of the church dedicated to St. Martin, so here I put a scholarly text written by Joan Amades).
[...] The virtue possessed by St. Martin to dodge the devil spread to the horseshoes of the cattle he protected. Hence one hangs horseshoes behind the doors, in order to dodge the devil and demons. This custom and the belief it entails are universal within the Christian world. It must be said, however, that the magical and protective value attributed to the horseshoe is very old, undoubtedly much earlier than Christianity. It responds to an act of selenolatry, since the town establishes a lunar influence on the horseshoe due to the similarity of this iron with the crescent. It is, therefore, a case of imitative or sympathetic magic of the current type. Sant Martí had been the patron saint of Catalan cavalry before Sant Jordi. He was also a pattern of horseshoe cattle. The ancient riders had demanded the favor of this saint to protect them and save their horses when they were sick, and offered him horseshoes as an ex-vow or as a presentation. The old churches dedicated to St. Martin used to have the door adorned with horseshoes received as presented. We, as boys, had still seen them nailed to the door of the church of Sant Martí de Provençals, today in the city of Barcelona. In the past, the patronage of St. Martin on round-footed cattle had been common to all Christian peoples. It is difficult to determine whether the patronage of the saint passed from the knights to their cavalries or whether, on the contrary, from the lawyer of the cattle his tutelage extended to the horsemen. […]
A lovely Cornish fishing village, however you have to park outside of the village (which is understandable due to the narrow streets) and the parking fees are extortionate!
The village claims to be self sufficient and whilst there are lots of hardworking local people one can't feel too sympathetic towards the poor millionaires that inhabit the hillside views.
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Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
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The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
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Victorian splendour - The magnificent Grade II listed canopy at Hellifield station looking spectacular and showing off its classical wrought iron work under night time illumination.
This rural, but impressive, former main line station in North Yorkshire was built in 1880 by the Midland Railway and having survived the threat of demolition and closure over the years was sympathetically restored by Network Rail in 2013.
After what can again only be considered a highly successful "protest" in the classical sense of the word, we return to the task of attempting to endure this rather remarkable and altogether ridiculous winter. Bright blue skies disguise the fact that it is presently -29F (-34C), sadly not unusual since the Arctic descended seeking and finding a new home in early December. It is the cold presenting a problem here as opposed to the snow, an annual expectation with which most are prepared to deal. There is no way of dealing with the temps at a level where just a few minutes exposure can result in frostbite, and the functionality of camera batteries is of about the same duration should one is tempted to go out and try a few clicks. And there apparently is no end in sight. Please share a sympathetic sigh...
Once again, congratulations to those showing "love for Flickr" yesterday. It was gratifying to see such involvement and concern with some excellent creations. And surprisingly, a few even made Explore ...including my own cat...proof positive of the eccentrically random nature of that mechanism.
Views from Portmeirion of Talsarnau & Ynys over the estuary.
In 1925, Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis acquired the site which was to become Portmeirion. He had been searching for a suitable site for his proposed ideal village for several years and when he heard that the Aber Iâ estate near Penrhyndeudraeth was for sale, he did not hesitate to make an offer.
He wanted to show how a naturally beautiful location could be developed without spoiling it, and that one could actually enhance the natural background through sympathetic development. The Aber Iâ estate had everything he had hoped for as a site for his architectural experiment: steep cliffs overlooking a wide sandy estuary, woods, streams and a nucleus of old buildings.
But the history of Portmeirion started long before 1925. The construction of Castell Deudraeth was recorded in 1188 by Gerald of Wales, who wrote: "We crossed the Traeth mawr and the Traeth Bychan. These are two arms of the sea, one large and one small. Two stone castles have been built there recently. The one called Castell Deudraeth belongs to the sons of Cynan and is situated in the Eifionydd area, facing the northern Mountains."
Castell Deudraeth was referenced again by the 17th century philologist, geologist, natural historian and keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Edward Lhuyd in 1700. Lhuyd recorded the name as Aber Iâ, stating " The Castle of Aber Iâ yet stood in ruined form overlooking the south western extremity of the peninsula".
In 1861, Richard Richards wrote a description: "Neither man nor woman was there, only a number of foreign water-fowl on a tiny pond, and two monkeys, which by their cries evidently regarded me as an unwelcome intruder. The garden itself was a very fine one, the walls of which were netted all over with fruit trees...Aber Iâ, then, gentle reader, is a beautiful mansion on the shore of Traeth Bach, in Merionethshire."
When Williams-Ellis acquired the land in 1925 he wrote, "a neglected wilderness - long abandoned by those romantics who had realised the unique appeal and possibilities of this favoured promontory but who had been carried away by their grandiose landscaping...into sorrowful bankruptcy." Clough immediately changed the name from Aber Iâ (Glacial Estuary) to Portmeirion; Port because of the coastal location and Meirion as this is Welsh for Merioneth, the county in which it lay.
His first job was to extend and convert the old house on the shore into a grand hotel. The concept of a tightly grouped coastal village had already formed in Clough's mind some years before he found the perfect site and he had quite a well-defined vision for the village from the outset.
Portmeirion was built in two stages: from 1925 to 1939 the site was 'pegged-out' and its most distinctive buildings were erected. From 1954-76 he filled in the details. The second period was typically classical or Palladian in style in contrast to the Arts and Crafts style of his earlier work. Several buildings were salvaged from demolition sites, giving rise to Clough's description of the place as "a home for fallen buildings".
"An architect has strange pleasures," Clough wrote in 1924. "He will lie awake listening to the storm in the night and think how the rain is beating on his roofs, he will see the sun return and will think that it was for just such sunshine that his shadow-throwing mouldings were made."
The first article about Portmeirion appeared in The Architects' Journal (January 6 1926) with photographs of scale models and preliminary designs prepared by Clough to impress potential investors. In this article, John Rothenstein writes: "On the sea-coast of North Wales, quite near his own old home, Plas Brondanw, he has acquired what he believes to be an ideal site, and he is engaged upon plans and models for the laying out of an entire small township. The results of his scheme will be significant and should do much to shake the current notion that although houses must be designed with due care, towns may grow up by chance."
The Hotel Portmeirion officially opened for the Easter Weekend, on 2nd April 1926. The last building, the Tollgate, was built in Clough's 93rd year.
Nelson is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The community is in the Pacific Standard Time zone. The location of Nelson is in El Dorado Canyon, Eldorado Mountains. The town is in the southeast region of the Eldorado Valley. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 37. Nelson is located along Nevada State Route 165, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of its junction with U.S. Route 95. Route 165 continues east 5 miles (8 km) to a dead end at Nelsons Landing on the Colorado River, 18 miles (29 km) by water north of Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mojave. Nelson is about 25 miles (40 km) from Boulder City by road. The area known as Nelson was originally called Eldorado in 1775, by the Spaniards who made the original discoveries of gold in the area that is now Eldorado Canyon. The town was the site of one of the first major gold strikes in Nevada and one of the biggest mining booms in state history. Gold and silver were discovered here around 1859. The rush to the canyon began in 1861, several mining camps were established in the canyon, and a steamboat landing at the mouth of the canyon on the Colorado River, called Colorado City. In its heyday, the area established a reputation for being rough and lawless. During the American Civil War, deserters from both the Union and Confederate armies would wander there, hoping that such an isolated location would be the last place military authorities would look for them. Among the early mines established was the notorious Techatticup Mine in the middle of the canyon. Disagreements over ownership, management and labor disputes resulted in wanton killings so frequent as to be routine and ordinary. Despite the sinister reputation of the mine, it along with others in the town produced several million dollars in gold, silver, copper and lead. The mines in the canyon were active from about 1858 until 1945. The community called Nelson was named for Charles Nelson, a camp leader who was slain in his home, along with four other people, in 1897 by the renegade Indian, Avote. Between, 1901 and 1905 the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was built across southern Nevada, through Las Vegas, to Daggett, California where it connected to the AT&SF, and the complete Salt Lake–Los Angeles line was opened on May 1, 1905. This nearby railhead ended the need for steamboats at Eldorado Canyon, the landing and the mill there were abandoned. The town of Nelson was born near the head of the canyon nearest the road to the railroad, the post office of Eldorado was closed on August 31, 1907 and moved to Nelson. The mines and the landing are accessible through the town of Nelson off US 95 about 25 miles southwest of Las Vegas. Much of Nelson, which was not impacted by the 1974 flood, remains today and is located near the top of the wash, away from the flood channels. The sparsely populated community consists mainly of privately owned ranch houses, and a river and mining tour business housed in a former Texaco gas station, north of the road from the Techatticup Mine, that has been used as a filming location for several feature films, including 3000 Miles to Graceland. The fate of Nelson's Landing is a warning to visitors to this region who should watch for conditions leading to flash flooding. They should also be cautious of open mines and ventilation shafts.
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El Dorado Canyon is a canyon in southern Clark County, Nevada famed for its rich silver and gold mines. The canyon was named in 1857 by steamboat entrepreneur Captain George Alonzo Johnson when gold and silver was discovered here. It drains into the Colorado River at the former site of Nelson's Landing. The town of Nelson lies in the upper reach of the canyon. Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours operates mid way in the canyon at the Techatticup Mine one of the oldest and most productive mines in the canyon. Prospecting and mining in the El Dorado Canyon had been going on from at least 1857 if not earlier. But in April 1861, as the American Civil War began, word got out that silver and some gold and copper lodes had been discovered by John Moss and others in what became known as El Dorado Canyon, in New Mexico Territory, now Nevada. The canyon was on the west side of the river sixty five miles above Fort Mohave at what was then considered the limit of navigation of the river. George A. Johnson came up river and made a deal to supply the mines with his steamboats at a lower price than that provided overland across the Mohave Desert from Los Angeles. That fall news of the strikes in the Colorado Mining District, (by 1864 also called the Eldorado Canyon District), brought a flood of miners to the canyon. Several mining camps were founded in the canyon over the years. At the beginning San Juan, or Upper Camp were at the top of the canyon miles from the river near the modern town of Nelson. Midway down the canyon near the Techatticup Mine were Alturas and Louisville. At the mouth of the canyon was the boat landing of Colorado City. During the time of the American Civil War, three new mining camps developed in the middle canyon. In 1862, Lucky Jim Camp was formed along Eldorado Canyon above January Wash, south of the Techatticup Mine. Lucky Jim Camp was the home of miners sympathetic to the Confederate cause. A mile up the canyon was a camp with Union sympathies called Buster Falls. In late 1863, Col. John R. Vineyard, at the time a California State Senator for Los Angeles, completed a ten stamp mill the first in the canyon, on its north side just below Lucky Jim Camp, at what soon became El Dorado City. Vineyard's mill, assembled from mill parts salvaged from abandoned works in the Mother Lode country of California, processed the ore of its mines and cut out the cost of shipping the ore out to San Francisco for such processing, cutting costs in half. George Alonzo Johnson's steamboat company losing this downstream ore trade and making fewer trips up to the Canyon responded by raising its freight rates. From 1865 to 1867 as part of Mohave County, Arizona Territory, El Dorado Canyon had its own post office. In 1867, to secure the riverboat traffic and protect miners in the canyon from Paiute attacks the U.S. Army established Camp El Dorado, an outpost at the mouth of El Dorado Canyon that remained until it was abandoned in 1869. From 1870 the mines again were active to the point where from 1879 to 1907 El Dorado Canyon again had a post office, now in Clark County, Nevada. The mines continued to produce ore until World War II.
The last 30 years of Middleton Hall’s history have been arguably the most dramatic. The Hall and grounds have been transformed from an unloved ruin to historic gem by the team of volunteers at the Middleton Hall Trust.
•The restoration has been carried out by volunteer labour over the last 35 years.
•English Heritage granted the Trust special dispensation to restore the buildings to the state of their original construction.
•Our next big project is the ‘Tudor Barn’ which is part of The Courtyard.
Having been a beloved family home for the Willoughby family for 500 years Middleton Hall was sold in 1925, and then sold on again in the 1966 to Amey Roadstone and became prey to the effects of the gravel extraction that dominated the stretch of the Tame before it enters Tamworth.
For the latter half of the twentieth century Middleton Hall was allowed to fall into serious decay. When, in the late 1970s, a group of ramblers came across its crumbling shell. The hall had stood abandoned for less than 20 years and yet in that time it was thought that irreparable damage had been done, by the elements and by vandals. The Grounds had become overgrown and wild and the buildings were barely standing. By the time Middleton Hall was given Grade II listed status, its grand stained glass windows had been smashed, its woodwork was rotting away and some roofs and floors were missing.
There is however a happy end to this story as for the past 30 years, Middleton Hall has been lovingly transformed thanks to the skill and devotion of a large team of volunteers. Since the Middleton Hall Restoration Trust, a registered charity, was set up in 1980, volunteers have put in hundreds of thousands of hours of work to rebuild, renovate and restore the site. And there is still a huge amount of work to be done and the Trust always welcomes new volunteers to continue its valuable historic and conservation work.
During the early days of the Trust volunteers had to become history detectives. They set about researching the history of Middleton Hall and developing an archive of drawings and photographs which were to become the blue prints on which the restoration plans were drawn up, for both the Hall, the walled gardens and the grounds of the estate. The Hall’s Georgian facia was stripped back to reveal disintegrating evidence of a once striking example of Tudor architecture. The buildings, which span 700 years of English domestic architecture, were sympathetically and painstakingly reconstructed using traditional techniques of the periods and where possible returned to the form of their original construction. The 42 acres, which include two walled gardens, a moat, evidence of the Hall’s industrial and agricultural past and the earliest man-made lake in Warwickshire has been carefully nurtured by the Trust volunteers. The grounds are noted for the variety of wild flowers and the wildlife they attract from bats, moths and a wide variety of breeding birds.
Sacré-Cœur Basilica is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. Sacré-Cœur is a double monument, political and cultural, both a national penance for the defeat of France in the 1871 Franco-Prussian War and the socialist Paris Commune of 1871 crowning its most rebellious neighborhood, and an embodiment of conservative moral order, publicly dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was an increasingly popular vision of a loving and sympathetic Christ.
The Sacré-Cœur Basilica was designed by Paul Abadie. Construction began in 1875 and was finished in 1914. It was consecrated after the end of World War I in 1919.
A still life set up of a most beautiful flower, carefully shot with very sympathetic diffused light.
Personality: Selfless, Captivating, Extraordinary, Forgiving, Gracious, Sympathetic, Emotional, Timid, Agonizing and Lost.
Likes: Animals, stars, light, crystals and Bea(mnf woosoo).
Dislikes: Fire, Dark magic, hurting other creatures, being alone and darkness.
Background: Phoenix exits beyond the veil..
In parallel world to ours in which only otherworldly, unearthly creatures exist. They are called spirits or shadows but they aren't connected to humans at all...
Phoenix was made by a very powerful witch.
She was a victim, an experiment and a mistake.
A human child forced to merge with an animal spirit should never exist, even by magic.
This act of magic was forbidden and dangerous, her maker almost died so she decided to burn her creation.
Phoenix perished but she was reborn from her ashes.
She tries everyday to find her path and survive in this alien world.
She doesn't want revenge, she is only sad because she was rejected by her maker...
I am a Pisces
People born under the astrological signs of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces being one of the two drawn elements meaning it is part of two of the classical elements are thought to have dominant water personalities. Water personalities tend to be emotional, deep, nurturing, sympathetic, empathetic, imaginative and intuitive; however, they can also be sentimental, over-sensitive, escapistic and irrational.
Celina is the naturally born model; lovable, nice, creative, expressive, confident in posing and so sympathetic. A wonderful young woman.
We were very productive that afternoon / evening. Thank you, dear Celina!
Tirando la serie de la fotografía anterior me encontré con este simpático y trabajador abejorro al que le pude sacar esta sugerente instantánea. La verdad es que esa una de las muchas cosas que nos ha transmitido Louis Clair en este curso y que tiene aplicación para todo en esta vida, trabajar insaciablemente y si es con simpatía, mejor.
When I was doing the previous picture I came across this nice and worker bee that I could take this suggestive instant. This is one of the many things that Louis Clair has given us in this way and that applies to everything in life, work insatiably and if sympathetically, better.
Quando stavo facendo la foto precedente ho guardato questa vivace e lavoratora vespa, che ho potuto cogliere l'istante suggestiva. La verità è che questa è una delle tante cose che Louis Clair ci ha dato in questo modo e che si applica a tutto nella vita, di lavorare insaziabilmente e se con simpatia, meglio è.
Excerpt from stcatharines.ca:
Built in 1905 by the Cataract Power Company, numbers 3, 5, 11, and 15 Power Glen are wood frame workers’ cottages. The one and a half storey Carpenter Gothic homes retain much of their original character including: Greek revival pitched 6/9 roof; modern siding, which simulates the original clapboard finish; pattern of window and door openings (although the sashes have been changed), which reflect the homes’ traditional appearance; Greek revival front verandah with columns, baluster, rail and sweeping cornice (not applicable to number 15 Power Glen, which now contains a partially enclosed veranda); and a vent in the gable.
The addition of roof dormers and a west wing on number 3 Power Glen ring true to the home’s architectural character. Similarly, the addition of a west wing and garage (east side) at number 11 Power Glen, an east and west additions to number 15 Power Glen, are sympathetic to these homes. In addition, there have also been stylistic changes to number 11, including window shutters, a fish scale gable and drip mouldings over the windows and door.
The ancient Greeks were naked or rode on horseback, nor, even approximately, looked like an idealized images. Judging by the average Greek osteoarheološkom material was a stocky, robust, relatively short legs.
How, then, the Greek art defines a man? Aristophanes legendary winners of the marathon describes: smooth chest, bright skin, big shoulders, a short tongue, a big butt and a small penis (Clouds, 1011-13). The man was naked, a woman, until the beginning of Hellenism Praksitela and mostly dressed. Only with a few exceptions, all the Greek artists, and all the ancient authors who wrote about nijma men. Greek world, as we know it today, is a male world, and the state, the polis, the patriarchal concept of involving only adult congenital men. Publicly displayed works of art, especially sculpture and architecture are much more addressing the man, but a woman. All of this points to one, relationship between the audience and watched in Greek art becomes the relationship between Erastus and eromena, beloved and lover, in which the sculpture (or pictures) eromen, junior partner in a homosexual relationship, which is passive, perhaps, accentuated reduced penis . Does this mean that Partenonski frieze procession desirable homosexual partners? Worth it just for the tens of thousands of kouros, a sculpture of naked boys who are like tombstones stood all over the Greek world? It is obvious that we can not Greek construction of corporeality and sexuality measure today's standards, but the affinity that our culture is shown to the classics (Twentieth Century, however, follows the trend of abandonment of traditional forms) are not missed. Later, we see that there, although there is a huge gap of misunderstanding, many points of contact between modern and Greek civil taste.
When we talk about the relationship of the human body, with all their needs, and cultural norms, are talking also about how integration in society. The basic form of the Greek society is distinct homosocijalnost, and for the Greek polis, we can rightly say that the men's club, while all other social groups condemned the segregation (women, foreigners), or completely off (the slaves). Unlike the Eastern civilizations, where distant and invisible to authorities govern the lives of its subjects, the polis, which is completely independent and self-sufficient entity, a man (man) becomes visible, palpable agent in the creation of the state. However, this task is not easy. Greek soldier, farmer or tradesman, a voter, a full-fledged citizen, all in one. Tensions emerged that many contradictory roles that the Greeks had to exercise can be felt in the description of the Athenian demos from around 400 BC AD: capricious, choleric, unjust, inconstant, but also accommodating, compassionate, sympathetic, boastful, conceited, humble, gentle and wild, all in one. (Gas NH 35th 69) Not surprisingly, therefore, that neither Plato nor Aristotle placed him in a democracy are not desirable and equitable social order.
The woman was in the polis became the antithesis of a positive, active, male principle. At the Parthenon on the two places could see the struggle of the Greeks against the dangerous female troupe, the Amazons (the metopes and the Athena's shield), while in the temple, on the podium Athens Partenos there view of creating the first woman, Pandora, which, as we have learned from Hesiod, gods created as an evil for men. The final showdown with the role and position of women in Athenian society has been registered on the mythological level, the story about the trial of Orestes, murderer of the mother. The lawsuit was Apollos' argument prevailed, thanks to Athena's casting vote, that the woman just groove in which a man throws seed, and that she does not play a role in inheritance and does not determine the future no man. Orestes is, therefore, solely responsible father as a single parent. However, when you mention all the art and mythology of all, we know that these are fields in which most reflects the state ideology. The role of women in Greek society was hidden, but very important, as today in some areas of the Mediterranean. But what we are currently most interested in is to be very long portrayed women as revised (incomplete) man, and that odjevenost its natural state. It seems that the show (and show), femininity was particularly limited, and that is seen as subversive in a strictly male polis.
The fundamental tension that permeates the polis and who is much involved in the construction of Greek mythology, literature and culture in general, the conflict of the individual and authority, and desire and the law. Characteristically, the civil society of equal to the materialism and competitiveness rises ambitious and egotistical individual who lust for the material is transformed into the desire for all the pleasures available to him. Greeks see such a symposium, spree that has become a central ritual of civic life, where the drinking and the competition in elegance and wisdom of engaging in all possible sexual pleasures. Quite different is the Greek who walks under the heavy weapons as part of a faceless phalanx. Pressed and pushed the bodies completely lost personality, and the only thing left is his awareness of obedience to the strict requirements of the battleship row, which only he can ensure survival. His body, which plays a central role in his worldview, it is now part of a large body of the polis, and above it no longer has any power. When Plato says: What in fact what most people call it peace (...) is just empty words, and things are by nature all of the state (polis) in nenaviještenom constant war with all countries. (Laws 626-a), does this mean that peace is an unnatural, perhaps even more dangerous state of war? It is obvious that the constant uncertainty of war has a strong role in the cohesion policy. Uniformed and hardly moving phalanx carries a clear message to the necessity of unity and submission to the community.
This was taken on the north side of 50th Street, between 7th Ave and 6th Avenue, when I was walking from the subway stop over to the Berlitz language center where I had decided to take a week of intensive German classes before heading off to Berlin ...
Note: I chose this as my "photo of the day" for Oct 4, 2015.
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008 (which you can see in this Flickr set), and continued throughout 2009-2014 (as shown in this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set, this Flickr set)), this Flickr set)), and this Flickr set)): a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. These are the people in my neighborhood, aka "peeps in the 'hood."
As I indicated when I first started this project six years ago, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a zoom telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me. Sometimes I find an empty bench on a busy street corner, and just sit quietly for an hour, watching people hustling past on the other side of the street; they're almost always so busy listening to their iPod, or talking on their cellphone, or daydreaming about something, that they never look up and see me aiming my camera in their direction.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep my camera switched on, and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject. Indeed, some of my most interesting photos have been so-called "hip shots," where I don't even bother to raise the camera up to my eye; I just keep the zoom lens set to the maximum wide-angle aperture, point in the general direction of the subject, and take several shots. As long as I can keep the shutter speed fairly high (which sometimes requires a fairly high ISO setting), I can usually get some fairly crisp shots -- even if the subject is walking in one direction, and I'm walking in the other direction, while I'm snapping the photos.
With only a few exceptions, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are plenty of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. There have been a few opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. This is one example, and here is another example.
The other thing I've noticed, while carrying on this project for the past six years, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... unfortunately, there was just nothing memorable about them. They're all part of this big, crowded city; but for better or worse, there are an awful lot that you won't see in these Flickr sets of mine...
It was hard to resist taking several pictures of this young woman: she seemed so clean-cut, attractive, and well dressed as she stood in the square while chatting on her cell phone.
She then marched back and forth several paces, then went into the entrance to the 72nd Street subway station, came back out again, marched around, continued chattering on her cell phone, and occasionally glanced at me with a puzzled look as I snapped several pictures. A good ten minutes went by until she finally disappeared for good into the subway station, still chattering away on her cell phone...
Note: this photo was published in a Jul 9, 2009 photo titled "How to Ease Your Transition to Google Voice." It was also published in an Aug 1, 2009 XYHDTV blog titled "How Do I Know if She Likes Me?" It was also published in a Jun 11, 2010 Online Dating Finder blog, with the same title as the caption that I used on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Jul 21, 2010 blog titled "En busca del look perfecto para ir de rebajas." It was also published in an undated (mid-Oct 2010) "Second Store on the Web" blog titled "A Grеаt Option – Digital TV οח Yουr PC." And it was published in a Nov 1, 2010 blog titled "Get it for free! Put away your credit card – Tips on free online dating." It was also published in a Dec 3, 2010 First Date Conversation blog , with the same title and detailed notes as what I had written here on this Flickr page. And it was published in a Dec 18, 2010 blog titled "Single? Try Online Dating, It Works!"
Moving into 2011, the photo was published in a Jan 3, 2011 PC and Parts blog titled "Q&A: Is there a store online where I can get a powerbutton switch for a gateway essential 500 (pentium 3 500mhz)?" And it was published in a Jan 25, 2010 blog titled "The Best Things in Life are Usually Free – Online Dating and Singles Tips." It was also published in a Jan 27, 2011 blog titled "Help me please where can i work online from my laptop?" And it was published in a Jul 21, 2011 blog titled "Judging Female Sexual Attractiveness Based On The Clothes They Wear."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in an Apr 9, 2012 www.my-essential.de/2012/04/09/dude-theres-some-guy-takin..., with the same caption and detailed notes I had written on this Flickr page. It was also published in a Jun 21, 2012 blog titled "6 Little-Known Facts that Could Affect Your Air Miles." And it was published in an undated (early Dec 2012) blog titled "4 Good Reasons to Dress Up Well All The Time."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in a Mar 20, 2013 blog titled "WHAT DO YOU SAY TO SOMEONE WHO SAID NO TO BEING A BRIDESMAID."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, drunks, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
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As I shot this, I had to think about this song:
And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Wo wo wo
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home
And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Wo wo wo
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
Hide it in a hiding place where no one ever goes
Put it in your pantry with your cupcakes
It's a little secret, just the Robinsons' affair
Most of all, you've got to hide it from the kids
Coo coo ca-choo, Mrs. Robinson
Jesus loves you more than you will know
Wo wo wo
God bless you, please, Mrs. Robinson
Heaven holds a place for those who pray
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon
Going to the candidates' debate
Laugh about it, shout about it, when you've got to choose
Every way you look at it, you lose
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Ooo ooo ooo
What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson?
Joltin' Joe has left and gone away
Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
Manual setup, manual focus, available light, handheld. Hope, you enjoy!
It was my first photoshoot after the first covid19-shotdown in 2020. Celina is the naturally born model; lovable, nice, creative, expressive, confident in posing and so sympathetic. A wonderful young woman.
We were very productive that afternoon / evening. So look forward to some really exceptionally beautiful photos.
Horseshoe nailed to the Door of the Church of Saint Martin of Vilallonga in square of Països Catalans, Vilallonga de Ter, Ripollès, Girona, Catalonia.
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(Com sóc un martinenc nascut al barceloní barri de Sant Martí de Provençals, tinc una certa feblesa per allò esotèric relacional amb la bona sort que dóna tenir una o més ferradures a la porta de casa, que és resultat del costum dels cavallers de clavar a manera d'exvot les ferradures dels seus cavalls a la portes de les església dedicades a Sant Martí, per tant aquí poso un text de l’erudit Joan Amades).
[...] La virtut que posseeix sant Martí per a esquivar el diable es va estendre a les ferradures del bestiar que ell protegia. D'ací que hom pengi ferradures al darrera de les portes, per tal d'esquivar el diable i els endimoniaments. Aquest costum i la creença que comporta són universals dins del món cristià. Cal dir, tanmateix, que la valor màgica i protectora que hom atribueix a la ferradura és antiguíssima, indubtablement molt anterior al cristianisme. Respon a un acte de selenolatria, puix que el poble estableix una influència lunar damunt de la ferradura per raó de la semblança d'aquest ferro amb la mitja lluna. Es tracta, doncs, d'un cas de màgia imitativa o simpàtica de tipus corrent. Sant Martí havia estat el patró de la cavalleria catalana abans d'ésser-ho sant Jordi. També era patró del bestiar de ferradura. Els genets antics havien reclamat el favor d'aquest sant perquè els protegís i els salvés les cavalcadures quan estaven malaltes, i li oferien les ferradures a tall d'ex-vot o de presentada. Les esglésies antigues dedicades a sant Martí solien tenir la porta adornada amb ferradures rebudes com a presentades. Nosaltres, de nois, encara n’ havíem vist de clavades a la porta de l'església de Sant Martí de Provençals, avui ja dins la ciutat de Barcelona. Antigament, el patronatge de sant Martí damunt del bestiar de peu rodó havia estat comú a tots els pobles cristians. Fa de mal determinar si el patronatge del sant va passar dels cavallers a llurs cavalleries o si, al contrari, d'advocat del bestiar el seu tutelatge es va estendre fins als genets. […]
ENGLISH
(As I am a native of Martinenc born in the Barcelona district of Sant Martí de Provençals, I have a certain weakness for the esoteric relationship with the good luck of having one or more horseshoes on the door, which is the result of the custom of knights to nail way of votive offering the horseshoes of his horses at the doors of the church dedicated to St. Martin, so here I put a scholarly text written by Joan Amades).
[...] The virtue possessed by St. Martin to dodge the devil spread to the horseshoes of the cattle he protected. Hence one hangs horseshoes behind the doors, in order to dodge the devil and demons. This custom and the belief it entails are universal within the Christian world. It must be said, however, that the magical and protective value attributed to the horseshoe is very old, undoubtedly much earlier than Christianity. It responds to an act of selenolatry, since the town establishes a lunar influence on the horseshoe due to the similarity of this iron with the crescent. It is, therefore, a case of imitative or sympathetic magic of the current type. Sant Martí had been the patron saint of Catalan cavalry before Sant Jordi. He was also a pattern of horseshoe cattle. The ancient riders had demanded the favor of this saint to protect them and save their horses when they were sick, and offered him horseshoes as an ex-vow or as a presentation. The old churches dedicated to St. Martin used to have the door adorned with horseshoes received as presented. We, as boys, had still seen them nailed to the door of the church of Sant Martí de Provençals, today in the city of Barcelona. In the past, the patronage of St. Martin on round-footed cattle had been common to all Christian peoples. It is difficult to determine whether the patronage of the saint passed from the knights to their cavalries or whether, on the contrary, from the lawyer of the cattle his tutelage extended to the horsemen. […]
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these. ~ George Washington Carver
Explore - March 4, 2009
gandalfsgallery.blogspot.com/2011/02/henri-de-toulouse-la...Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Moulin Rouge provides us with a personal and sympathetic insight into Parisian nightlife. This painting is an intriguing depiction of late nineteenth-century Parisian history, a period when cafe nightlife was alive with intrigue, vitality, and colour. The composition of this painting is quite striking also. In the right foreground, the singer and dancer May Milton seems to be plunging out of the painting, yet in the left foreground, the viewer is blocked by a railing from entering the scene. A group of five people are crowded in the centre. Toulouse-Lautrec places himself almost on the same plane with the seated group. As your eye travels to the foreground, the space becomes less defined and seems to open up.
[Oil on canvas, 123 x 141 cm]
Mother and daughter, on the northeast corner of Broadway & 87th St. The building behind them is actually the "Montana" apartment building, where I lived from 1998 to 2006.
Note: this photo was published in a Dec 10, 2009 blog titled "You Sound Just Like Your Mom (Really)." It was also published in an Apr 15, 2010 blog titled "Parents Working At Home Hurts Kids." And it was published in an Apr 20, 2010 blog titled "Is Working at Home Bad Parenting?" It was also published in a Nov 21, 2010 blog titled "Work At Home Moms."
Moving into 2012, the photo was published in a Jan 2, 2012 "Mag for Women" blog titled "Women Are Better At Multitasking. Find Out Why?" It was also published in a Feb 10, 2012 blog titled "Four Apps That a Mom Can’t Live Without." And it was published in an Aug 3, 2012 blog titled "Mama Drama: Interventions for Interrupters," as well as an Aug 8,2012 blog titled "RUn Your Household Like a CEO."
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This is part of an evolving photo-project, which will probably continue throughout the summer of 2008, and perhaps beyond: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
For the most part, I've deliberately avoided photographing bums, drunks, homeless people, and crazy people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, *far* more people who are *not* so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
In the Boathouse at Winkworth Arboretum, Godalming, Surrey, UK (National Trust)
Not as sharp as I normally like, so recommend you don't look too close :-) (ok, i get that a comment like that would normally prompt me to do exactly that but, really, don't... Trying to focus manually was tricky, coupled with dark conditions and lots of people wandering around...not a good combination. One day I'll actually take a tripod with me when I go somewhere :-( )
Fairly sympathetic edits - a little CEFex, a smidgen of SEfex, but mainly just tightening in affinity.
This fellow can often be found, sitting quietly, hour after hour, on Broadway between 79th and 80th Street.
Note: this photo was published in a Sep 4, 2009 Change.org blog titled "5 Things You Absolutely Must Know About Homelessness." It was also published in a Mar 31, 2010 Washington Area Women's Foundation blog, titled "Giving Back to the Homeless." And it was published in a Sep 21, 2011 Huffington Post blog titled "Hunger In Chicago: Study Shows 1 In 5 Chicagoans Aren't Sure Where They'll Find Their Next Meal." It was also published in a Nov 18, 2011 blog titled "Thanksgiving: Food for Thought . . . ’cause that’s all some folks have [35 PICS]."
Moving into 2013, the photo was published in an Oct 17, 2013 blog titled "Helping the Homeless."
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This is the continuation of a photo-project that I began in the summer of 2008: a random collection of "interesting" people in a broad stretch of the Upper West Side of Manhattan -- between 72nd Street and 104th Street, especially along Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue.
As I indicated when I started this project in 2008, I don't like to intrude on people's privacy, so I normally use a telephoto lens in order to photograph them while they're still 50-100 feet away from me; but that means I have to continue focusing my attention on the people and activities half a block away, rather than on what's right in front of me.
I've also learned that, in many cases, the opportunities for an interesting picture are very fleeting -- literally a matter of a couple of seconds, before the person(s) in question move on, turn away, or stop doing whatever was interesting. So I've learned to keep the camera switched on (which contradicts my traditional urge to conserve battery power), and not worry so much about zooming in for a perfectly-framed picture ... after all, once the digital image is uploaded to my computer, it's pretty trivial to crop out the parts unrelated to the main subject.
Thus far, I've generally avoided photographing bums, drunks, crazies, and homeless people. There are a few of them around, and they would certainly create some dramatic pictures; but they generally don't want to be photographed, and I don't want to feel like I'm taking advantage of them. I'm still looking for opportunities to take some "sympathetic" pictures of such people, which might inspire others to reach out and help them. We'll see how it goes ...
The only other thing I've noticed, thus far, is that while there are lots of interesting people to photograph, there are far, far, far more people who are not so interesting. They're probably fine people, and they might even be more interesting than the ones I've photographed ... but there was just nothing memorable about them.
Gracie passed away peacefully on Friday, October 11, 2024.
She’s had Cushings Disease and Diabetes for that past 4 years, and lived to be 14.She was very active until the last 2 weeks or so, when she slowed down, and ate less until she would not eat at all her last 2 days. The veterinarian was very sympathetic and made her passage as gentle as possible.
Those who have followed me on Flickr know that we had 3 dogs for several years, and Dylan passed way in February 2023. Toby and Gracie were together in the yard Friday morning until we took Gracie to the vet. I can see that Toby misses Gracie, as we all do.
Explore # 2 ...... many thanks to everyone.
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these ~ George Washington Carver.
The Former Brockville Post Office is a late-19th-century, two-and-a-half-storey, stone building. It is prominently situated in the core of Brockville within a group of 19th-century public buildings. The formal recognition consists of the post office building on the legal property on which it sat at the time of recognition.
HERITAGE VALUE
The Former Brockville Post Office was designated a national historic site in 1983 because: it is representative of small urban post offices designed by Thomas Fuller; it possesses architectural merit, this is to say it has not undergone major exterior alteration; it possesses integrity, that is to say that its siting is sympathetic.
The Brockville Post Office is a good example of the post offices erected by the Department of Public Works in smaller urban centres during Thomas Fuller's term as Chief Architect (1881-1886).
Sources: Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Minute, June 1983; Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, Plaque Text, June 1986.
With most Eurasian forces defeated, after the success of Operation Cetshwayo, the UFA thought that they would have almost no problems clearing out the remaining pockets of resistance. They were wrong, the African states that still had large Eurasian presences, were able to equip resistance members, and soon more conflicts would appear in Africa. After the breakout of fighting at Kinshasa’s Chinatown, the Congo became a hostile place, with the new forces of Eurasian fighters battling the local forces.
The UFA particularly targeted slums towns and other poor areas, where Eurasian loyalists usually gathered, using the broken down buildings to stage weapons, and plan attacks. The slums around Kinshasa’s Chinatown were a popular place for sympathetics to the Eurasian cause. This caused many UFA soldiers to be sent there. Within weeks, parts of the slums had become ridden with bullet holes, and dead bodies from all sides, even the occasional citizen who was caught in the crossfire. On one such skirmish, a group of well equipped Eurasians had been seen near one of the murky green, polluted swaps near a vast section of ruined buildings. One of the local UFA commanding officers sent a small group consisting of 4 men, to investigate.
It was after dusk, when the first gunshot rang out. One of the less armored UFA reconnaissance officers, screamed out in pain, and slumped down, almost dead. From behind a curve in the path, the three Eurasian soldiers approached, with the one who had undoubtedly killed the reconnaissance officer, leading the other two. He was the first to die. The other Eurasians crept back a bit, while the other two UFA troopers came up behind the one who had just shot the lead Eurasian dead. While only outnumbered by one, and with superior gear, the Eurasians now crept forward, aiming their guns….
I finally build a scene for World in Darkness, so enjoy!
And yes the title is a Metallica reference
So, the book's plot summary, lazily copied from wikipedia:
"Driven to mental anguish as the result of total isolation by the National Socialists, Dr. B, a monarchist hiding valuable assets of the nobility from the new regime, maintains his sanity only through the theft of a book of past masters' chess games which he plays endlessly, voraciously learning each one until they overwhelm his imagination to such an extent that he becomes consumed by chess.
After absorbing every single move of any variation in the book, and having nothing more to explore, Dr. B begins to play the game against himself, developing the ability to separate his psyche into two personas: I (White) and I (Black). This psychological conflict causes him to ultimately suffer a breakdown, after which he eventually awakens in a sanatorium. Being saved by a sympathetic physician, who attests his insanity to keep him from being imprisoned again by the Nazis, he is finally set free.
After happening to be on the same cruise liner as a group of chess enthusiasts and the world chess champion Czentovic, he incidentally stumbles across their game against the champion. Mirko Czentovic was a peasant prodigy possessing no obvious redeeming qualities besides his gift for chess. Dr. B helps the chess enthusiasts in managing to draw their game in an almost hopeless position. After this effort, they persuade him to play alone against Czentovic. In a stunning demonstration of his imaginative and combinational powers, Dr. B sensationally beats the world champion.
Czentovic immediately demands a return game to restore his honour. But this time, having sensed that Dr. B played quite fast and hardly took time to think, he tries to irritate his opponent by taking a lot of time before making a move, thereby putting psychological pressure on Dr. B, who gets more and more impatient as the game proceeds. His greatest power turns out to be his greatest weakness: he reenacts the match in his mind repeatedly with all imaginable possibilities so rapidly that Czentovic's deliberation and placidness drive him to distraction and ultimately insanity, culminating in an incorrect move after which Dr. B awakens from his frenzy.
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Model: Gustavo Neves
Vest: Jhonny Braz
Assistants: Guilherme Costa & Fernando Barreto
An increasingly sensitive vein of interiority has been throbbing in the cosmos from the start, but conventional science is not wired to take its pulse…
… It would be enough for scientists to admit that their method of objectifying and measuring aspects of the natural world simply leaves out the deeper dimension of subjectivity and the inside story of cosmic awakening...
… The inside story also includes human intellectual, moral, and aesthetic awareness, and it covers our species’ religious longing for deliverance from suffering, death, and meaninglessness. Over the course of cosmic history, the “thickness” of subjectivity has widened and its temperature has been elevated…
… The trail of artifacts visible in the outside story can serve as a “text” that allows us to read what is going on inside…
… The religious subjectivity of humans is made concrete in works of art, written texts, and liturgical performances whose inner meaning can be grasped only by human subjects who have undergone personal transformations that allow for a sympathetic entry into the mysterious world of religious awakening…
… No matter where or when it began, however, the story of religious awakening on earth is just as much part of the cosmic story as the formation of galaxies and the forging of carbon atoms essential to the existence of living subjects.
-THE COSMIC VISION OF
TEILHARD DE CHARDIN John F. Haught
© 2014 Alan Mackenzie.
www.alanmackenziephotography.com
The Sussex countryside is exceptionally green during June. The uniformity is relieved somewhat in early July, when yellows and reds are introduced. Waterpit Hill, to the north of Falmer, is rich in wildlife and scenery. The farmland is managed sympathetically to bird, animal and insect life, which is why I think it is the best part of Brighton for nature lovers.
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Lower Slaughter is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, located in the Cotswold district, 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of the town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The village is built on both banks of the River Eye, which also flows through Upper Slaughter. At the west end of the village there is a 19th-century water mill with an undershot waterwheel and a chimney for additional steam power. There is a ford where the river widens in the village and several small stone footbridges join the two sides of the community. While the mill is built of red brick most of the 16th and 17th century homes in the village use Cotswold sandstone and are adorned with mullioned windows and often with other embellishments such as projecting gables. Records exist showing that Lower Slaughter has been inhabited for over 1000 years. The Domesday Book entry has the village name as “Sclostre”. It further notes that in 1066 and 1086 that the manor was in the sheriff's hands. Lower Slaughter Manor, a Grade-II listed 17th-century house, was granted to Sir George Whitmore in 1611 and remained in his family until 1964. The 13th century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Mary the Virgin. Much of the current structure was built in 1866; however, the spire and peal of six bells was recently restored. In May 2013 it was reported in the national news that the Parish Council were fiercely opposed to the presence of an icebox tricycle selling ice creams for seven days a week, six months of the year, citing that the trading times were excessive, increased footfall would prevent the grass from growing and that children could climb on the trike and fall into the nearby river.
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The Slaughters Country Inn is privately owned and offers a relaxed ambience, a style that is sympathetically balanced between the original features of a 17th Century building and contemporary design. The blend of old and new creates the perfect retreat in a beautiful country location
Nelson is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The community is in the Pacific Standard Time zone. The location of Nelson is in El Dorado Canyon, Eldorado Mountains. The town is in the southeast region of the Eldorado Valley. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 37. Nelson is located along Nevada State Route 165, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of its junction with U.S. Route 95. Route 165 continues east 5 miles (8 km) to a dead end at Nelsons Landing on the Colorado River, 18 miles (29 km) by water north of Cottonwood Cove on Lake Mojave. Nelson is about 25 miles (40 km) from Boulder City by road. The area known as Nelson was originally called Eldorado in 1775, by the Spaniards who made the original discoveries of gold in the area that is now Eldorado Canyon. The town was the site of one of the first major gold strikes in Nevada and one of the biggest mining booms in state history. Gold and silver were discovered here around 1859. The rush to the canyon began in 1861, several mining camps were established in the canyon, and a steamboat landing at the mouth of the canyon on the Colorado River, called Colorado City. In its heyday, the area established a reputation for being rough and lawless. During the American Civil War, deserters from both the Union and Confederate armies would wander there, hoping that such an isolated location would be the last place military authorities would look for them. Among the early mines established was the notorious Techatticup Mine in the middle of the canyon. Disagreements over ownership, management and labor disputes resulted in wanton killings so frequent as to be routine and ordinary. Despite the sinister reputation of the mine, it along with others in the town produced several million dollars in gold, silver, copper and lead. The mines in the canyon were active from about 1858 until 1945. The community called Nelson was named for Charles Nelson, a camp leader who was slain in his home, along with four other people, in 1897 by the renegade Indian, Avote. Between, 1901 and 1905 the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad was built across southern Nevada, through Las Vegas, to Daggett, California where it connected to the AT&SF, and the complete Salt Lake–Los Angeles line was opened on May 1, 1905. This nearby railhead ended the need for steamboats at Eldorado Canyon, the landing and the mill there were abandoned. The town of Nelson was born near the head of the canyon nearest the road to the railroad, the post office of Eldorado was closed on August 31, 1907 and moved to Nelson. The mines and the landing are accessible through the town of Nelson off US 95 about 25 miles southwest of Las Vegas. Much of Nelson, which was not impacted by the 1974 flood, remains today and is located near the top of the wash, away from the flood channels. The sparsely populated community consists mainly of privately owned ranch houses, and a river and mining tour business housed in a former Texaco gas station, north of the road from the Techatticup Mine, that has been used as a filming location for several feature films, including 3000 Miles to Graceland. The fate of Nelson's Landing is a warning to visitors to this region who should watch for conditions leading to flash flooding. They should also be cautious of open mines and ventilation shafts.
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El Dorado Canyon is a canyon in southern Clark County, Nevada famed for its rich silver and gold mines. The canyon was named in 1857 by steamboat entrepreneur Captain George Alonzo Johnson when gold and silver was discovered here. It drains into the Colorado River at the former site of Nelson's Landing. The town of Nelson lies in the upper reach of the canyon. Eldorado Canyon Mine Tours operates mid way in the canyon at the Techatticup Mine one of the oldest and most productive mines in the canyon. Prospecting and mining in the El Dorado Canyon had been going on from at least 1857 if not earlier. But in April 1861, as the American Civil War began, word got out that silver and some gold and copper lodes had been discovered by John Moss and others in what became known as El Dorado Canyon, in New Mexico Territory, now Nevada. The canyon was on the west side of the river sixty five miles above Fort Mohave at what was then considered the limit of navigation of the river. George A. Johnson came up river and made a deal to supply the mines with his steamboats at a lower price than that provided overland across the Mohave Desert from Los Angeles. That fall news of the strikes in the Colorado Mining District, (by 1864 also called the Eldorado Canyon District), brought a flood of miners to the canyon. Several mining camps were founded in the canyon over the years. At the beginning San Juan, or Upper Camp were at the top of the canyon miles from the river near the modern town of Nelson. Midway down the canyon near the Techatticup Mine were Alturas and Louisville. At the mouth of the canyon was the boat landing of Colorado City. During the time of the American Civil War, three new mining camps developed in the middle canyon. In 1862, Lucky Jim Camp was formed along Eldorado Canyon above January Wash, south of the Techatticup Mine. Lucky Jim Camp was the home of miners sympathetic to the Confederate cause. A mile up the canyon was a camp with Union sympathies called Buster Falls. In late 1863, Col. John R. Vineyard, at the time a California State Senator for Los Angeles, completed a ten stamp mill the first in the canyon, on its north side just below Lucky Jim Camp, at what soon became El Dorado City. Vineyard's mill, assembled from mill parts salvaged from abandoned works in the Mother Lode country of California, processed the ore of its mines and cut out the cost of shipping the ore out to San Francisco for such processing, cutting costs in half. George Alonzo Johnson's steamboat company losing this downstream ore trade and making fewer trips up to the Canyon responded by raising its freight rates. From 1865 to 1867 as part of Mohave County, Arizona Territory, El Dorado Canyon had its own post office. In 1867, to secure the riverboat traffic and protect miners in the canyon from Paiute attacks the U.S. Army established Camp El Dorado, an outpost at the mouth of El Dorado Canyon that remained until it was abandoned in 1869. From 1870 the mines again were active to the point where from 1879 to 1907 El Dorado Canyon again had a post office, now in Clark County, Nevada. The mines continued to produce ore until World War II.