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A short and silent from sound reminder to throw away all of those negative thoughts about yourself and remind yourself that you are enough <3
Did you know that seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family members?
And that 62% of all girls feel insecure or not sure of themselves?
[Statistics found in A National Report on the State of Self-Esteem commissioned by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund]
With so many woman struggling with low self-esteem, it can be difficult to point out someone who you could help, that's why I think we should get together and try to help all that we can! Even the littlest things can make someone's whole outlook brighten. Let's get together and spread the love that I know we all have! To ourselves and the girls and women around us! <3
Check out this facebook event "Raise Another womans Self Esteem Day" www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120307661371371
For those who love a little rough and edgy side of intimacy, the hemp bondage rope from DeGiotto Rope offers you everything that you want. Visit us online today.
Those tiaras tell you they're special. They are, from left, Kelly Devine, the 2014 Mary from Dungloe; Brittany Killion, the 2013 Philadelphia Rose of Tralee, and Erin Carroll, the 2014 Miss Mayo.
Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it.- Baltasar Gracian, philosopher and writer (8 Jan 1601-1658)
Greater Manchester remembered those who made the ultimate sacrifice at the Remembrance Sunday parade at the Manchester Cenotaph yesterday,11 November 2018.
A contingent of Greater Manchester Police officers marched along with serving military personnel, reservist, veterans and representatives of other groups.
Chief Constable Ian Hopkins a laid a wreath on behalf of the Force.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit www.gmp.police.uk
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Get those greens in your image...
Just a close-up of a Tiger is boring...given a situation, I always try to include out of focus greens in the image which adds to the colours of the frame.
It is important to keep your eyes glued to the viewfinder as you get just once chance when you have good eye contact with the Tiger. Well, it may happen again, but that particular frame will not repeat.
When there is a Tiger sighing, there's a lot of noise created as everyone wants to get a glimpse of it. But that's natural. I see photographers getting distracted and they keep looking at other vehicles to see what's happening. Avoid that. Always stay focused on your work and you will get your frame.
Wildlife photography is indeed serious work when it comes to making good images.
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Those two sisters are on fire! First, let’s give Myrto Meletiou a warm welcome to the big Apple. Myrto is a singer, song writer and now Zumba Jamer – who performed on stage with Beto Perez (creator of Zumba) and Pitbull at the 2012 Orlando Zumba convention. She will be joining her sister, our own NYC star, Irena Meletiou for a master class on Saturday February 9th.
This is one Master Class that you cannot miss. The sisters have a spark and an infectious energy that will surely leave you drenched and smiling at the same time. They are guaranteed to bring the house down… NYC better watch out, Cyprus is in town and ready to party.
Myrto and Irena are taking over the Zumba world; be part of this experience on Saturday, February 9 from 2:30 – 4:00 pm @Studio TriBeCa on 355 Broadway (bet Franklin St and Leonard St).
I've still got a lot of yarn left over from my granny circle blanket. So starting a small project. I think this is called "cathedral motif". Need 64, made 8.
For all of those who ride a bike in Amsterdam, you know what im talking about:
Searching the endless bike racks
Thousands of bikes, which one is mine?!
I thought I put it here...
Lets be honest, we've all thought our bike was stolen or lost at least once.
What a fantastic thing this is!
OK, it's over a thousand, but it goes like stink for an electric bike and looks like all those concept machines that never get produced. It's absolutely astounding in operation. I recommend anyone to get one of these for urban use.
The drivetrain is enclosed, it's mainly magnesium and glass fibre and is just awe inspiring.
‘the first bicycle in history with a frameset and wheels that are injection metal moulded in magnesium’
* Futuristic design from the monocoque frame to the monoblade fork and single sided rear swingarm.
* It's a very clean design. Perfect for city slickers, the transmission is completely enclosed. The battery that powers the front hub motor lives inside the frame.
* No need to remove battery to recharge the bike. A charging port above the bottom bracket deals with that.
* At first I thought the battery's 35 minute run time might be limiting. Using the power assist intelligently - i.e. only push the (conveniently-located by the LH grip) power-assist button when required - I discovered it was easy to go a 2 hour hilly ride and get home, and still have charge in reserve.
* Confidence inspiring kit - for instance the heavy-duty charger and its stout connections convince you that this is a sound and practical design made to last.
* Excellent kit - for instance the mechanical disc brakes inspire confidence without being 'snatchy'.
* Superb Vedersteins roll fast, cushion nicely and grip well - what more can you ask for in a tyre?
* Subtle 25mm rear suspension.
* Integrated cable lock.
* Overtaking guys half as young and twice as fit as me when I ride up hills where they would normally slay me.
* I can leave work knackered and look forward to the hour+ ride home undaunted by the hills.
* Like any good bike, the GoCycle gets better with practice. It teaches you to modulate your cadence to get the most from the power assist.
* Rides like a good quality regular-sized bike on the flat without power assistance - the 3-speed hub gears help here - so you still feel the freedom and enjoy the aerobic benefits of cycling.
* Quickly collapsible to fit in the back of a wee car.
* My wife loves it and she's someone who previously dismissed cycling as too much like hard work. Do you know anyone like that?
* It turns the puritanical 'no pain no gain' notion on its head. Ride a GoCycle and you'll discover less pain, more gain.
* If you are jaded or blasé about your existing bike, we guarantee that one ride on the GoCycle will have you grinning. It's such a blast to ride.
* XL seatpost enables huge saddle-to-pedal distance (83-108cm) so the GoCycle fits riders from under 5 foot to 6 foot 8 inches.
* 16.5kg / 36.5lb.
This was taken late in the night on the flight from New Delhi to Zurich. From the front of the aisle everyone seem asleep but from the rear it looked like the NASA Control Room. I realised that most people did not know how to make their screens dark as there is no on/off button. They finally end up with a light glowing in their face while they try to sleep in those cramped seats.
I had half the mind of uploading this pic upside down...it looks intriguing that way...but decided to spare the viewers the trouble of craning their necks.
View Large On Black to feel as if you are in the cabin!
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Manufactured in the 1960s by the Traid Corporation of Encino, California. This is a late model Fotron with “Pictures Remaining” slot on top. Vacuum cleaners, World Book®™ Encyclopedias, Fuller brushes and the Fotron—what do they have in common? They were all sold door-to-door. The Fotron’s price was a bit steep, ranging from $150 to $300. The cameras were made to take 10 exposures 1x1 inch on special cartidges containing 828 film. They featured many high-class advancements such as built-in electronic flash with rechargeable batteries (which is why the plastic camera is (a) large and (b) heavy!), electric film advance and pushbutton settings for exposure. At the time, these were expensive features. Still, the Fotron camera campaign is considered by some to be the greatest photographic “rip-off” of the 20th century.
A personal note: This camera came to my collection by way of the George Eastman House collection. They occasionally sell “extras” from their collection to raise funds—watch for them on eBay. Visit their website at: www.eastmanhouse.org
For those interested, this is our rain barrel system. We took video to explain it, haven't gotten around to editing it yet.
We have 7-55 gallon barrels all hooked together. They fill at the same time and drain together. We have one spigot to fill watering cans and a pump with another spigot for use with the hose or sprinkler.
There's an overflow as well, they're all hooked together and overflow into the downspout if they're full. We have a clear tube at the end so we can see how much water we have. The system is also easily expandable if we want to add more barrels, we think we can fit 7-10 more across the back of the garage.
One of the best things about this system is the cost. We only spent about $120 for the entire system (including deck). The deck was built with lumber we removed from the deck on our house, we wanted a smaller sized deck on the house. The barrels are food grade plastic barrels and cost us only $10 each (you want to make sure you don't get barrels that had chemicals in them). We spent about $50 on other materials, posts, PVC (we also had some of that sitting around that we used up).
An advertisement dating back to the time of the rollout of Edwards Motors VistaLiner coach services.
Can recall that for a time that the service even featured an on board hostess service.
One example was Edwards Motors No. 61 with NZMB (Petone) bodywork that was converted to a movan.
No. 61, a 1968 Bedford SB3 bus, photoed on 18 November 2005 in Napier:
www.omnibus.org.nz/buslocation/bedford/edwards.html
Carjam details on No. 61:
Year: 1967
Make: BEDFORD
Model: SB3
Colour: Blue
Second Colour: White
Body Style: Self Propelled Caravan
Plate: GOFREE
Engine No: SB7810835
Chassis: 7810835
Vehicle Type: Motor Caravan
Seats: 2
CC rating: 7,000cc
Fuel Type: Diesel
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: Not known
Gross Vehicle Mass: 9,525kg
Tare Weight: 6,416kg
Axle Type: 2-Axle
Axles: 2
Wheelbase: 5,485
Front Axle Group Rating: 3,719
Rear Axle Group Rating: 7,711
Vehicle Equipment Class: XNB
Industry Class: UNKNOWN
Plates History:
GOFREE - 27 November 1996
EC5438 - 19 November 1968
Edwards Motors No. 61 beside the tracks at Napier...
Modelo: Judith
Idea original: Judith
Vestuario, maquillaje y peluquería: Judith
Fotografía y edición: JM Brea
Model: Judith
Original Idea: Judith
Costumes, makeup and hairdressing: Judith
Photography and editing: JM Brea
All Saints, Hilgay, Norfolk
Hilgay is one of those large, independent south-west Norfolk fen villages that feel as if they really ought to be in Cambridgeshire. The church is set away from the village centre, and you'd be unlikely to find it without a map if it wasn't for the handily named Church Street. All Saints is set about a hundred metres back from the road, and the avenue of limes that lead up to it are undoubtedly the longest in East Anglia. A local once told me it was the longest lime avenue in the world, which may also be true, although I don't suppose there are hundreds of lime avenues in Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia queuing up to compete with it.
The church appears long and apparently low, although this is in fact an illusion caused by the squatness of the tower. It appears very un-East Anglian, the nave and chancel in layered carstone and the tower in white brick. The carstone of the south aisle is not layered but ragged, and this creates a very primitive, rugged effect, like a marbled gingerbread cake. The ramshackle appearance of the tower contributes a bit as well
The large gravestone with an anchor, cross and heart on this side of the graveyard is striking, and you might think at first it is the memorial to Hilgay's most famous son, Captain Thomas Manby. Manby was the inventor of the Manby cradle, a device for rescuing sailors from stranded ships at sea (I hope you're taking notes, there will be a test at the end) but in fact it isn't. His memorial is inside the church. When I came here in 2005, this large memorial, which actually depicts the Christian virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity, still had a heart-shaped lead-plate with the name and details of the grave's inhabitant, but it won't surprise you to learn that this has long since been stripped away. The best memorial on this side of the church is a deeply cut relief of a windmill, the workers busy unloading sacks of grain.
George Street undertook the considerable restoration of All Saints in the 1860s, although the tower predates this by about seventy years, replacing one which collapsed in the 1790s. The interior is wide and open, and at first appears almost entirely 19th century. The aisle is as wide as the nave, and the aisle chapel altar is as grand and dressed as the main altar. It feels a little like two churches side by side. Just inside the door is a very rare beast, a glass-walled funeral bier. The font is a grand Victorian marble job, and matches the not quite so successful pulpit. They do seem a little out of place here, a reminder that Street's urban, sophisiticated style is sometimes a little uncomfortable in East Anglia.
There is a good set of 15th century benches with animals on some of the ends, including a rather disturbing anthropomorphic creature that I suppose must be something from a bestiary. From a century or so later comes the memorial to Henry and Ursula Hawe in the south aisle chapel.
All Saints is at first sight not the most exciting of churches, but it is full of little details and has a lovely harmonious feel, from the stations of the cross to the good late 19th century glass by Ward and Hughes, from the screen brought from the redundant St Mary Beswick in Manchester to the jaunty little gallery shoehorned under the tower which Pevsner, unaccountably, thought dull.
Captain Danby's memorial is in the south aisle chapel, and records that his is a name to be remembered as long as there is a stranded ship. Poignantly, the memorial also remembers four of his eight brothers and sisters who died in infancy. It is a fairly typical sentimental memorial of the mid-19th century, but has a striking addition that you only notice after a moment. In another hand along the bottom, someone has inscribed carefully The public should have paid this tribute. How curious! There must be a story there somewhere.
This church has a long-standing Anglo-catholic tradition, and as part of that it used to be open every day. I am afraid that this is no longer the case, and there is not even a keyholder notice now.
Thank you, in advance, to those of you who take a moment to leave a comment and/or fave my photo. I appreciate it tremendously.
The Blue and Yellow Macaw is one of the most photogenic birds that live in the Peruvian rainforest by merit of their large size and the bright blue upperparts that combine perfectly with rich yellow underparts.
Intelligent and long-lived: As with other large macaw species, many Blue and Yellows are believed to be as smart as a 3-4 year old person and can live to the age of 70 in captivity.
Interesting & amazing Information about the blue & yellow macaw:
• The white face of the bird turns light pink when it gets excited.
• The blue and yellow macaw bird has only one mate, with whom it stays for life.
• These birds can fly at a speed of 35 miles per hour.
• Macaws can live up to 80 years.
• At times they can be stubborn, but they are extremely witty. Their learning capacity is that of 3-4 year old human child.
• Not all fruits or seeds are healthy for the macaws. Cherries and avocados, for example, are toxic for these birds. Oranges, apples, peanuts, grapes, walnuts and sunflower seeds are among safer foods.
• A macaw’s diet needs to be diverse, which means, it cannot survive on seeds only. It needs to have fruits, fresh vegetables and nuts as well.
The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park in Santa Ana, California is a 20-acre zoo focusing on the animals and plants of Central and South America.
It hosts more than 270,000 people annually. The zoo opened in 1952 and is owned and operated by the City of Santa Ana.
Those of us who attended this year's Native Orchid Conference symposium in Canada were excited to visit a local natura area where several species of native orchids are found (in season).
In one location of the Wagner Natural Area near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, there were hundreds of a diminutive orchid (about 4-6 inches tall) called round-leaf orchid because of the single round leaf at the base of the plant. The flowers are generally some shade of white or pink with a lip that is dotted with purple spots. Rarely, the lip will be pure white.
Sometimes, the spots on the lip will merge into a set of two purple lines - one on each side of the lip. This "variety/form" has been given the name, lineata.
I saw one instance of the white-lip one, but I did not see the stripped one... Regardless (as you can see), I spent a lot of time photographing these beautiful orchids.
Shoreditch London Holywell Lane Street Art You Saw It In The Tears Of Those Who Survived Porsche Cayenne Sport utility vehicle LX17NMM
Those Darlins performed at Off Broadway on January 28, 2016. Tristen opened the show.
Photo by Dustin Winter.
Sorry for those looking for smiles. This day needed a few tears.
I find that it's better for me to let these moments come up, wash over me, and let go of them. But I work in a fairly public office, shared by 9 of us, others walking through, and visitors at times as well. As I am first contact on phone and front desk, when I'm at work, the tears need to wait. So for lunch, I went off to the Emeryville Marina, and parked the car in the shade looking out at the water, and let the tears come up.
I'm not altogether sad, as I have lots that I'm grateful for in my life. But there's a convergence of things in my life right now for which the tears need outing, and I really don't want to choke them back. Last weekend's "prom" was a disappointment, but more than that, the planning was fun, exciting, and preoccupying. So now that it is over, and Rachel has come and gone twice in 2 weeks in preparation for her move, I'm experiencing a bit of a void that allows me to check in with where I am, and how I feel.
One big thing is Rachel leaving. Although she went to college nearly 7 years ago, and has mostly (except a couple of summers) been out of my nest since, she has been within an hour+ roadtrip. Now that she's in Portland for a couple of months and then traveling for an indeterminate amount of time, she's beyond my easy reach. After that she may actually come closer and live here in the East Bay with friends. Wouldn't Mama love that? But she might just as well decide to go far away. It's all up in the air. Add to that the recent palpable improvement in our relationship, now that I have the old Rache back in my life again, she's gone. The long and the short of it is, with Sam already in Portland, and Rachel now there as well and her return an unknown, I'm experiencing another phase of "empty nest" syndrome. It surprises even me that I'm still processing letting go as a mother. There are two people I can say I really love in my life, and suddenly they are both too far away for me to easily get to, and finances continue to be an obstacle which keeps me from feeling I could spontaneously visit, or help either of them out if they were in need. So today some sadness is coming up about all of that.
As well, there is a building frustration of feeling alone and lonely, and only glimpsing romantic love in my life, even though for nearly 6 months now I've been actively looking for "prospects". It's become a burning desire to feel someone close to me once again, and while it's pretty easy to find sex, I've been stubbornly unwilling to let myself go there without at least the possibility of a relationship included. That, it turns out, is nowhere to be found. It's a mystery to me exactly what the barrier is, the reason that this eludes me, when it feels like everyone else around me, no matter how problemed or unsuitable for relationship they appear to be to me, seems to be able to find their loved one with ease. Why are the only men around who interest me unavailable? Why are the only ones interested in me unsuitable? I've come to the conclusion that I must not be ready, or it would have happened for me by now. Considering what to do next, is again, back to 0, my new theme song.
Throw in some fluctuating hormones, and boy, aren't we having a grand old time?
So here I sit, like Holly Hunter in "Broadcast News", unplugging the phone and having a cry, letting it all out, just so that I can deal with the day, unfettered by the looming sadness, and getting on with the *business* of living. When I consider that even though I love my job, that work is the primary focus of my life, I hear Ruth Gordon's voice in "Harold and Maude", picnicking and watching a wrecking ball do its thing, asking with a doubting emphasis, "But is it enough?"
I think we all know my answer.