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ENUCLEATED MAN ( eyeballs not in the sockets)
Awaiting the exodus of Muslims praying in the largest mosque of INDIA who will hopefully donate rupees to his cause.
He is chanting ALLAH over and over and over and over
incessantly, without catching his breath.
Enucleation is usually performed for several different reasons: to remove a malignant tumor that has developed within the eye; to alleviate intolerable pain in a blind eye affected by a condition such as uncontrollable glaucoma; or to reduce the risk of "sympathetic" inflammation of the remaining eye when one eye has been severely injured and blinded.
Removal of an eye is considered a drastic and traumatic measure to most people. Although many patients who require this surgery have no vision in the affected eye, those who do have vision recognize that enucleation will result in instantaneous, permanent, total blindness of that eye. Furthermore, all patients who undergo this procedure will require an artificial eye (ocular prosthesis) as a cosmetic substitute for the real eye.
NO BEGGAR can afford an ocular prosthesis...
Old Delhi
AMEN
dedicated to the WORLDS BEGGARS
god bless them all
Photography’s new conscience
Do You Need to Stop Doing Ballet if You are Diagnosed with Scoliosis?
Experiencing scoliosis as a ballet dancer can make it challenging to carry out camber or arabesque motions without causing so much pain in the back. Being able to enhance your core with conditioning can easily supply more assistance to the person's spinal column while lowering the pain.
Sadly, it can be hereditary or can take place while children are growing up. If your kid develops it, the best way to handle it is by having their spinal column checked as they grow. Inspecting as early as possible and finding it can likewise make it much easier to reverse.
Regrettably, if it goes unnoticed, an unusual curve in the spine may develop. If it gets uncontrollable, then surgical treatment might be required in order to fuse the spinal column.
Early detection is key when it pertains to prevention and when it is, physiotherapy will then have the ability to help strengthen the back in order to help keep the spinal column healthy.
Is Scoliosis Treatment Necessary for Everyone
As kids grow and the danger of the debilitating disease boosts, every child that is having the tiniest indications of a curve needs to be kept an eye on or have treatment began and maintained until they have actually reached full growth.
Available Scoliosis Treatment Options
To treat it effectively, using certain workouts must be utilized. These exercises consist of SideShift, Schroth, Dobomed, and SEAS and all work great when you combine strategies such as Soft Tissue Release.
Will the Curvature Gradually Become Severe
Many times it may end up being severe gradually as the child grows. If it is presumed, due to the fact that of this it should be monitored. A moderate amount of curvature might also end up being extreme as the person ages, however, normally this is due to the type of active life that is lived. With degenerative conditions occurring, a continuation might happen.
What Should a Parent Do if Curvature is Present in their Child
Every mom and dad fears that their kid might develop a curvature in their spinal column, but if it is inescapable then a check out to a specialist will be essential in order to have your kid diagnosed correctly. Bracing will assist remove the curvature so that the spinal column can grow generally.
Will Ballet Training Be Altered because of It
The dancer's body asymmetry might cause some issues with a training session. Motions may be unequal, making the individual efficient in raising one limb higher than the other. Because of the spine being up to a side, a person might also have difficulty staying set up unlike someone with a healthy posture.
Can Ballet and Scoliosis Continue if a Person Has Been Diagnosed with it?
Ballet and scoliosis dance can still continue no matter if the person has scoliosis or not. When physiotherapy is mixed in, it is able to enhance in multiple ways as stability is being preserved within the person's spine.
Is Curvature able to Affect Different Life Functions?
When scoliosis gets even worse over time, more modifications become visible. Feeling uneasy will likewise take place if back curvature is involved.
Daily life can be impacted in the way an individual exercise, strolls and raises as it might become more restricted. Balance may end up being problematic a lot later as it becomes serious.
Because of the deformity of the spinal column, it is possible that people could start having heart and breathing problems due to ribs poking within the chest. Though these issues are uncommon, they still have the potential to show up.
The workouts that are used by the physiotherapist are intended to construct strength in the back muscles supporting the spinal column, which enables the body to stand erect. This also gets rid of any possible development, lowers pain, and increases the overall look.
If you have Scoliosis, should You Restrict Activity?
When you have the ideal mix of exercises, stability, and tough core, then you are able to perform any type of activity.
Research has shown that some styles of dance might be even worse than others. That does not suggest the dance ought to be prevented or restricted. It is only suggested that while performing the dance, the spine requires to be observed and kept an eye on so that any abnormalities can be noted prior to them getting worse later on and have treatment come in and assist with strengthening the area. The reality of the matter is that developing spinal curvature will take place whether dance is carried out or not.
If finished properly, carrying out any type of dance such as ballet is constantly great for the body and many benefits can be acquired.
Therapies that are created specifically for ballet dancers
There are treatments offered that center around controlling spinal column curvature. The main method utilized was established in Germany and is called the Schroth, which concentrates on the spine's curve, and is able to assist ballet and scoliosis dancers to keep their curvature in check. On the other hand, practicing Iyengar Yoga is able to ease signs that many grownups experience. When using Iyengar, it will focus on aligning the spin as well as incorporating things that will help posture and maintain an asymmetry of the entire body.
Read here to learn more about ballet and scoliosis: balancecore.sg/education/ballet-and-scoliosis/
If you put a quarter in the machine, he laughs uncontrollably. If you don't he just gives you that creepy, uncomfortable stare until you walk away.
www.medilaw.tv - Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. A metal cage filled with bone chips is being used to replace the removed disc and maintain correct alignment. Pedicle screw instrumentation is used to ensure stability while fusion occurs. There are many different techniques to achieve the same end result, a pain-free, stable, anatomically positioned bony fusion. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all posterior lumbar interbody fusions. Also shown is the patient position, skin preparation and incision, the surgical approach, the removal of the pathological intervertebral disc, the metal cage insertion, the pedicle screw fusion instrumentation, x-ray position checks and finally wound closure.
A spinal fusion is done to join two vertebrae together to make one large bone. The surgeon roughens up the external surfaces of the two vertebrae to make the body's natural repair system think that one large bone has broken. The surgeon then adds bone to maintain and fill the gap. The body then joins the mass together, like a normal fracture. While the bone is healing, it is held still by screws and rods. Full fusion takes three months. Bone chips can be taken from your hip at the time of the operation, and then grafted onto your vertebra. Alternatively, bone can be harvested from other patients and stored until needed in a bone bank. Using bone from the bone bank saves you the pain of this surgery, but doesn't produce as high fusion rates as using your own bone. Artificial and natural bone substitutes are also available. New bone from the roughened vertebra migrates along the grafted bone to connect the area to be fused. Bone Morphogenetic Proteins may be used to accelerate the fusion rate.
INDICATIONS
A spinal fusion is performed when the spine is unstable, and can't maintain the functional alignment between all of its important structures, or the abnormal movements cause pain and put adjacent structures at risk of injury.
Causes of spinal instability include degenerative joint disease, spondylolysis, fractures, infections and tumors.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternative treatments to lumbar fusion are
avoiding bending, lifting, twisting and prolonged sitting
weight loss
walking
pain-relieving medication
physical therapy
hydrotherapy.
The surgical alternatives treatments to lumbar fusion are
injections of steroid and local anesthetic around nerves or into the facet joints
lumbar disc replacement in very few cases.
The use of lumbar bracing and acupuncture is controversial.
GOALS
The damaged, painful intervertebral disc is removed and replaced with bone. This eventually fuses the two vertebral bodies together into one solid bone.
TECHNIQUE
You will be placed in a kneeling position. Your skin will be cleaned. An incision will be made in the middle of the back. The overlying muscles will be moved to the sides. Your surgeon will confirm the correct vertebrae for the procedure by using x-ray imaging. Pedicle screws and a rod will be placed above and below the levels to be fused. A bone window will be excised through a facet joint. The disc will be removed, and the intervertebral space prepared for the cages. Bone graft will be added to assist fusion. Then the cages are placed in the space. The remaining pedicle screws and rod are inserted and locked into position. The lateral bone graft is applied. Xrays are used to check the position of the screws, rods and cages. The muscles are replaced, and the wound is closed with sutures. medico-legal presentations
www.medilaw.tv - Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a lumbar disc replacement, also known as a lumbar arthroplasty. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. The damaged disc is replaced with an artificial disc made of various metals and plastics. There are a number of artificial discs, also known as prostheses, on the market. Each one looks different and has different insertion techniques and tools. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all lumbar arthroplasties. Also shown is the removal of the pathological disc, the preparation of the intervertebral space for the artificial disc, the insertion of the artificial disc, x-ray position checks and finally wound closure.
Spinal arthroplasty refers to the replacement of an intervertebral disc with an artificial prosthesis. It is also known as a total disc replacement. The prosthesis allows motion between the vertebrae to be maintained.
The prosthesis is initially held in place by screws, fins or press fitting. Over time, bone will grow into the porous ends of the prosthesis to lock it into position. Sometimes, the prosthesis can not be inserted during the operation, in which case an intervertebral fusion will be done.
When compared with other lumbar disc disease operations, the arthroplasty has the advantages of not requiring painful bone graft harvesting or foreign bone substitutes with infection risks, requires less post-operative immobilization, no risk of post-operative spinal deformity, and less wear on the joints immediately above and below the arthroplasty. However an arthroplasty is no more effective at relieving back pain than a spinal fusion procedure.
INDICATIONS
The indications for arthroplasty are diseased intervertebral discs in the back causing back pain, with normal adjacent facet joints and minimal spondylolisthesis, that has not improved with six months of conservative treatments.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternatives to arthroplasty may be
- activity modification
- weight loss
- aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming
- strength and flexibility exercises
- physical therapy
- hydrotherapy
- heat and cold pads
- acupuncture
- pain-relieving medications such as acetaminophen or paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucosamine, chondroitin
The surgical alternatives to arthroplasty may be
- steroid and local anesthetic injections
- surgical fusion.
GOALS
The goals of an arthroplasty are to provide significant, long-term pain and neurological symptom relief by replacing a degenerate painful disc, by restoring the disc height to protect the spinal nerves and prevent further facet joint degeneration, and by preserving motion to prevent accelerated degeneration of the adjacent healthy discs.
TECHNIQUE
You will be lying on your back. Your abdomen will be cleaned. An incision will be made and the overlying muscles moved to the side. Your surgeon will confirm the correct disc for removal by using x-ray imaging. Any anterior vertebral body bone spurs (lipping, osteophytes) will be trimmed. Pins will be used to open up the collapsed disc space to regain normal spine alignment. The disc will be removed. The vertebral surfaces will be prepared, and the artificial disc inserted. X-rays will be used to check the prosthesis' position. The muscles will be replaced, and the wound closed with sutures. medical legal art
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In some cases a crane with a wrecking ball is used to demolish the structure down to a certain manageable height. At that point undermining takes place as described above. However crane mounted demolition balls are rarely used within demolition due to the uncontrollable nature of the swinging ball and the safety implications associated.
Doing a second set of smoke abstracts on incense sticks instead of the uncontrollable candle smoke from last time. It's actually quite interesting to watch how they flow differently... :)
So I spoke with my Dad today, Man I know everything will go well, and that I will get my car back...See I have a dilemma I bought a one way ticket, but now that I want to leave all these Job opportunities are approaching, and honestly Im going to need that car, but I think I will have time to get my car and drive right back up..ROAD Trip....
My sister asked me to make her Invitations today, and I told her, no..I Know What a Bro huh...I am going to do her invites and I will do her save the date cards I just want to make sure I do them right, and I don't want anything thrown on me last minute like she tried to do today, and that made me say no..because I told my pops Im not doing anything last minute because your invites are a big part of anything that you do...But I will support her just b/c she is my sister, But im not going to allow myself to be played like a yo-yo...I have rules baby..and if we can't agree then oh well..just like she has rules..I do...I don't know where her brains went I have to search for them somewhere..I can't stand seeing her being toyed with..Okay done venting...
**This is really me inside this bag...I was tied up like a pretzel in this thing, I almost broke my bag, I guess you can say Im that flexible...not a good thing...ahhhhhhh**
Strobist:: sb28 to @ left 1/8 power, and vivitar285hv at right high looking down both with brollys...and it didn't go off...ahhhh
::Tiny Words::
I have to admit like most I'm not the biggest fan of this land inside Disney's Animal Kingdom. However, I love Dinosaur the ride (I will always scream uncontrollably on it) and the cute little Dinos that hang out here.
Thanks for looking.
The Tilt a Whirl is my favorite ride. I cannot ride it without uncontrollable laughter. I went to the fair yesterday, on its final night, to try some long exposure ride photography. I lucked out: I went 45 minutes before closing so they weren't collecting for parking any longer, there was free admission on Sundays and the blue hour was in full swing when I setup. I ended up buying only enough tickets to ride this baby once and it was well worth the $3.75!
Fun fact: I used to have a crappy "blog" called Tiltawhirlgirl and it still have one crappy post that's hanging out live :)
One of the most common feature at Dargah are the cases of possession also known as Hazri.. women uncontrollably shaking their heads , swirling their hair ,, screaming shouting abusing too.
Within the Mahim Makhdhoom Shah baba near left entrance are wome with their families waiting to be healed , and it is a sad state , pictures I shoot merely for documentation..
And another place is Sultan Shah Baba Haji Malang .. here the cases are almost horrific in their possession, and they climb the mountains for succor at this Dargah close to Haji Malang on the same route.
I have shot a lot .. the other two important places such terminal cases are Hussain Tekri Jaorah and Meera Datar at Unjha Gujrat.
After confessing to Sassy that Karl the Karaoke crooner is actually her father, Maxine sobs uncontrollably. Hearing Maxine`s sobs, Karl has flashbacks to the day he left Maxine ...
It was a warm, sunny summer day and Maxine had asked Karl to bring her down to the riverside. She had prepared a picnic lunch with all of Karl`s favorites: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Nuttela on 12 grain bread and for dessert -- pecan pie. She so loved Karl, love to please him, loved being with him, loved talking to him. She did so much for Karl, he was practically treated like a king. Maxine was so blinded by love that she failed to notice that with all of Karl`s beautiful words, his actions didn`t back them up, such as taking Maxine home to meet his mother, something Maxine wanted so much. In reality Karl was only in it for himself and only himself. In fact, in Karl`s arrogance he prided himself in extracting such pleasure, such servitude from a lovely young lady as Maxine. He enslaved her heart and subjugated her to his will. He got a thrill from the power he had over her. "Treat a whore like a lady and a lady like a whore," his pappy would always say -- and the way he treated this beautiful young lady was proof Karl hung onto his Pappy`s every word. Little did Karl nor Maxine know that before that warm, sunny, pastoral day ended that both their lives would be terribly altered for life.
Unfortunately Karl never knew love nor understood it and mistook the loving actions of Maxine as being weak and pathetic. In fact he had become cloy with her constant doting and it was making him angry -- she was passionate in the sack and that was the only thing that kept him there. But there was a feeling that Karl had never felt before when Maxine was around, a feeling that Karl was too much of a coward to introspect on. It was the feeling of love, but for a guy like Karl, love can quickly turn to hatred … And an undeserving Maxine was about to become a target for that hatred.
Although Karl`s memory is vague, he can still hear Maxine`s words ring in his ears "Oh, baby, please, please pull out before you do -- we`re not protected."
Next Karl can hear himself thinking in response, "Hell with you b*tch I`m not pulling out now .. Protection`s your problem not mine!!"
Karl is yanked from his orgasmic fog by Maxine`s protest "Karl!!!! I asked you to pull out!! I said we are not protected -- It `s that time of the month! My God, Karl, I can get pregnant!"
Then Maxine sees the true Karl and becomes the object of Karl`s fury, "F^@k you B*tch you forgot to protect yourself but still want too get laid? I figured whores like you had that all figured out. Oh, don`t look so shocked. I can tell you`re a whore by the way you love it so and do it anyway I say. Puuuuuuhlease like I`m going to bring a slut like you home to my mother -- yeah right. In fact I`m surprised you even kiss your father with that mouth considering where it`s been. Puuuuhlease, you weren`t even that good either …. I can do better … I done with you … you`re disgusting … I`m out of here!"
With her heart broken by the vile words of Karl and his contemptuous selfish actions, rage wells up inside Maxine that makes her lash out at Karl by scratching his face and making it bleed and she screams, "KARL YOU BASTARD HOW CRUEL OF YOU!!!!" With that Karl, shocked that this bitch had the nerve to strike him, fills with such rage that his raw juvenile impulses can`t be controlled and in that instant a poor undeserving Maxine is subjected to something that she has never been subjected to before -- a violent closed fist beating. It was so violent that it left bruises on her eyes, a bloody nose and mouth and even broke her good luck horseshoe necklace. Luck for Maxine would not be around that day ...
As Karl leaves Maxine by the riverside taking his haughty strides back to his pickup truck, Maxine`s blames herself for the facial beating she took from Karl and pleads for him not to leave, pleas for explanations and even forgiveness go unnoticed. For Karl, it is only wailing sobs and cries that become his last memory of Maxine.
Karl can still hear Maxine`s pitiful cries of, "Kaaaaarrrrl! Come back! I`m sorry!!!!! Don`t leave meeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!"
Baby sitting for friends on their anniversary, their daughter was inconsolable and sobbed for hours. This might be my first photo of Mandi but certainly not the last.
Leonardo, NJ
Canonet QL17 G-III w/ 40mm f/1.7
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God
When they're starving or freezing or so very poor
No one laughs at God
When the doctor calls after some routine tests
No one's laughing at God
When it's gotten real late and their kid's not back from the party yet
No one laughs at God
When their airplane starts to uncontrollably shake
No one's laughing at God
When they see the one they love hand in hand with someone else
And they hope that they're mistaken
No one laughs at God
When the cops knock on their door
And they say we got some bad news, sir
No one's laughing at God
When there's a famine or fire or flood
But God could be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God themed joke or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke
God could be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one's laughing at God
When they've lost all they've got and they don't know what for
No one laughs at God
On the day they realize that the last sight they'll ever see
Is a pair of hateful eyes
No one's laughing at God
When they're saying their goodbyes
But God could be funny
At a cocktail party when listening to a good God themed joke or
Or when the crazies say He hates us
And they get so red in the head you think they're 'bout to choke
God could be funny
When told he'll give you money if you just pray the right way
And when presented like a genie who does magic like Houdini
Or grants wishes like Jiminy Cricket and Santa Claus
God can be so hilarious
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughs at God in a hospital
No one laughs at God in a war
No one laughing at God in a hospital
No one's laughing at God in a war
No one's laughing at God
When they're starving or freezing or so very poor
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
No one's laughing at God
We're all laughing with God
www.medilaw.tv - malpractice videos, Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a cervical interbody fusion. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. A bone strut is used to replace the excised disc and maintain correct alignment. There are many different techniques to achieve the same end result, a pain-free, stable, anatomically positioned bony fusion. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all cervical interbody fusions.
An Interbody Fusion, also known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, refers to the complete removal of an intervertebral disc, and its replacement with a bone, plastic or metal spacer, and bone graft or bone substitute, to cause fusion of the two adjacent vertebrae into one solid mass. It can be performed at one or more levels. Sometimes an anterior plate or posterior wiring, plates, screws or rods are used to further immobilize the segment while it is fusing.
INDICATIONS
The indications for an interbody fusion are persisting pain, numbness or weakness, that has been shown by physical examination and radiography to be due to a damaged intervertebral disc or to anterior spinal cord compression, and that has not responded to conservative treatment. If there is bowel or bladder dysfunction, severe muscle weakness, or severe pain that is not controlled by strong pain relievers, your clinician may recommend immediate surgery to prevent permanent nerve damage and weakness. Traumatic vertebral fracture or dislocation are other reasons for immediate fusion.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternatives to interbody fusion may be
-- activity modification
-- weight loss
-- aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming
-- strength and flexibility exercises
-- physical therapy
-- hydrotherapy
-- heat and cold pads
-- acupuncture
-- pain-relieving medications such as acetaminophen or paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucosamine, chondroitin
The surgical alternatives to interbody fusion may be
-- steroid and local anesthetic injections
- disc replacement surgery, or arthroplasty.
GOALS
The goals of a cervical fusion are to stabilize the spine and remove compression of the adjacent spinal cord. This should lead to improved function and less pain. The metal or plastic hardware provides immediate stability while the bony fusion occurs over the following three to twelve months.
TECHNIQUE
You will be lying on your back. Your neck will be cleaned. An incision will be made and the overlying muscles moved to the side. Your windpipe (trachea) and gullet (esophagus) will be retracted with the muscles to reveal the front of the spine. Any anterior vertebral body bone spurs (lipping, osteophytes) will be trimmed. Your surgeon will confirm the correct intervertebral disc for removal by using x-ray imaging. Pins will be used to open up the collapsed disc space to regain normal spine alignment. The diseased disc will be removed. Then the metal / plastic cage will be inserted. X-rays will be used to check the cage's position. The muscles will be replaced, and the wound closed with sutures.
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I wasn't really feeling like selfportraits Saturday, but I had this idea and since I couldn't come up with any other ideas that didn't include me in the picture, I decided to go for it.
One of the reasons that I don't feel like selfportraits at the moment is that I went to the dentist three weeks ago, and had an old filling replaced. Since then I've had a toothache.
After two weeks, I'd had enough and went to the dentist again - but was sent home again - apparently, it's normal to feel pain a few weeks - and even up to several months.
So I guess I'll just have to endure the pain :-(
Sadly it seems that the life of my camera is coming to an end, certainly for long exposure type shots. Now getting a lot of uncontrollable noise and strange exposure levels. Ah well, it's been good fun while it lasted but right now I don't wish to invest in a new camera so I guess the days of sunsets are numbered. Thanks to Steve for encouraging me away from other things yesterday!
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He wakes up; before, or maybe after midday. It's time to raise the dusty sipario on the peripheric avenue.
Interior shot: male studio-bedroom; demode' stiled flat, kind of student house (but he doesn't follow any course. He is a natural born talent).
The uncontrollable disorder of the early years, of the first flats, came slowly under control; surprising... only a pizza order left its pencil signs on the desk.
Flashback: VHS monday on the couch; old school trash italian comedy, sounds of sleepy laughters.
There he stays, lethargic.. Apart from his motherland's hicky movida...
He's no more used.. So long, so far away...
By the way, it's difficult to imagine him in the everyday life, like sweeping the pavement, doing the bed...
A star like him... with his incomprensible aesthetic impact...
How did he start to look like that, nobody knows; he just seems a far relative, a very far one. So impassible, like waterproofed...
Maybe because he was so faraway, so long.. That he even forgot the names of the streets...
Now the bizarre visitors don't pass by so often... Just a few friends are allowed to the backstage. No prive' parties anymore...
Zoom on the faded pictures hanging on the bed, sticked at the wall, close to the desk: hundreds of dancing heads in front of a consolle, some girls with fluo eyes and socks, smiling profile of a spotted bull terrier, blurred face of a guy, with confused hairs and a vague expression; some robotic installations in a dept.
But it's a rule: who climbs up success, remains always a bit isolated...
Everyday he watches the common peolple hurring in the supermarket; his fans wolud pay every price for a stolen imitation of his charm... But he just stays cool and indifferent, so escaping while observing, that sometimes you might want to catch him, and stop him, and force him to look a bit more "normal".. for what this could mean..
Who knows if he's aware, about the judgements that gravitate around his head...
he seems not to care that much.. He seems used to something else. Maybe because he has been far away, so much time, he always looks like distract. Who knows, what kind of eclectic thoughts are occupying his VIP mind, while he turns and returns his masterpieces in the hands...
An artist with his numbers, can just surround to the radicality of his inspiration...
He still hesitates, can't define himself as an "artist"... But it's an irreversible process by now...
The happening of representability leads his whole perception, it' s his only interpretation rule.
The common mortals, with the eyes open wide against his creatures, almost fear the sudden revelation of their mutant character.
Videoframe: his half-lenght is very close to the bathroom's mirror; he's inserting a considerable metal ring in the frenulum under his upper lip. Some blood flows on his tooth.
....Because it's so impressive all this art... It' s a complete revolution...
Maybe because he has been living so far away, so long...
Maybe because he chose to follow with his own hand the changing trail of the imagine of the world,
that left a track in each single wonderful creation of those, that takes the breath away...
To tell about the bursting of the art into the quite human existance, that generates this marvellous hybrid genetics, is maybe a delicate process, as we see, even if it happens in the neighbours of Japigia Allee.
2 the guy that left his post on me forever
(2004)
www.medilaw.TV - medico-legal animations, Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a cervical interbody fusion. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. A bone block is used to replace the excised disc and maintain correct alignment. An anterior plate is used to ensure stability while fusion occurs. There are many different techniques to achieve the same end result, a pain-free, stable, anatomically positioned bony fusion. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all cervical interbody fusions. An Interbody Fusion, also known as an anterior cervical discectomy and fusion, refers to the complete removal of an intervertebral disc, and its replacement with a bone, plastic or metal spacer, and bone graft or bone substitute, to cause fusion of the two adjacent vertebrae into one solid mass. It can be performed at one or more levels. Sometimes an anterior plate or posterior wiring, plates, screws or rods are used to further immobilize the segment while it is fusing.
INDICATIONS
The indications for an interbody fusion are persisting pain, numbness or weakness, that has been shown by physical examination and radiography to be due to a damaged intervertebral disc or to anterior spinal cord compression, and that has not responded to conservative treatment. If there is bowel or bladder dysfunction, severe muscle weakness, or severe pain that is not controlled by strong pain relievers, your clinician may recommend immediate surgery to prevent permanent nerve damage and weakness. Traumatic vertebral fracture or dislocation are other reasons for immediate fusion.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternatives to interbody fusion may be
-- activity modification
-- weight loss
-- aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming
-- strength and flexibility exercises
-- physical therapy
-- hydrotherapy
-- heat and cold pads
-- acupuncture
-- pain-relieving medications such as acetaminophen or paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucosamine, chondroitin
The surgical alternatives to interbody fusion may be
-- steroid and local anesthetic injections
- disc replacement surgery, or arthroplasty.
GOALS
The goals of a cervical fusion are to stabilize the spine and remove compression of the adjacent spinal cord. This should lead to improved function and less pain. The metal or plastic hardware provides immediate stability while the bony fusion occurs over the following three to twelve months.
TECHNIQUE
You will be lying on your back. Your neck will be cleaned. An incision will be made and the overlying muscles moved to the side. Your windpipe (trachea) and gullet (esophagus) will be retracted with the muscles to reveal the front of the spine. Any anterior vertebral body bone spurs (lipping, osteophytes) will be trimmed. Your surgeon will confirm the correct intervertebral disc for removal by using x-ray imaging. Pins will be used to open up the collapsed disc space to regain normal spine alignment. The diseased disc will be removed. Then the bone block will be inserted. An anterior plate will be screwed into position to assist immobilization of the spine while the bone fuses. X-rays will be used to check the bone block and plate's position. The muscles will be replaced, and the wound closed with sutures.
Ever heard of the movie, "Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows?" Matt and I tend to live by that line. If it's not my car alarm going off uncontrollably in the BUSY Multnomah Falls parking lot, it's my car on fire. Yes, fire.
We had left to backpack to Marmot Pass in the Olympic National Forest yesterday morning. After a missed sign for 101 North out of Olympia (by 20 miles), and the longest detour through McCleary for the Rainier to Pacific relay race, we FINALLY made it northbound on HWY 101. I estimated we could be at the trainhead by about 1.30pm. As we started up FS27, only a few miles from the trailhead, white smoke comes spewing out behind the car. Could this be dust from the (paved) road? No, says Matt. As soon as I stop, the smoke is billowing from under the hood. Not knowing what could be wrong (but I'm paranoid about keeping my car in working order), Matt calmly reminds to NOT open up the hood with all the smoke!
Then came the flames. I'm pretty panicky at this point and wishing I had a fire extinguisher. (I own one in my car now!) The flames were down under the car near the oil reservoir and axle. I can still clearly see the reflection of the bright orange flames on the black pavement. Packs, cameras, and valuables were evacuated from the car and were safe.
What could be wrong?? Oil level? high. Coolant? full. Tranny fluid? Can't find it! Subaru makes the worst diagrams, because we could not for the life of us figure out where the dipstick was for the tranny fluid!
This is my worst nightmare come to life. Stuck in the mountains with no cell service! By the time the third car stopped and asked if we needed help, we finally gave in and took their help. Enter Crow and Lisa. I tell you, good karma will come there way for this! Crow deduced it was a cracked transmission line that broke, spewed tranny fluid on the super-hot exhaust manifold, which then caused the leaking tranny fluid to ignite.
I dealt with incompetent phone answerers as I called my insurance company's help line and I was finally able to get a tow truck to meet us at the Quilcene ("Q-U-I-L-C-E-N-E") Ranger station ("There's a huge sign, you can't miss it!"). Crow, Lisa, and their two dogs took us back down the 5-7 miles to Quilcene, then they continued back up the hill to start and finish their hike.
The next few hours consisted of rescuing the car, driving to Silverlake, and finding a shop on a late Saturday afternoon that could fix my car. Kevin, the tow truck driver, went above the call of duty in making sure I could get back on the road the same day. And it all worked out...all that was needed was a new transmission line/tube.
Backpacking elsewhere was out of the question given that it was now after 6pm, so I instead put in a call to my friends in Puyallup. We were fed homemade cheese-filled pasta and delicious red wine, and had a few good hours of conversation at my friend's house before we headed back on our way to PDX. Yea for friends who live out of state!
Needless to say, the day's adventure wasn't exactly as we planned, but at least everything worked out in the end. =)
VAZ-2114 (racer from Novosibirsk city)
Drag-racing "Megafon" Cup. Omsk city, Russia. "Fedorovka" abandoned airport. 2012, September 22.
Кубок Мегафона по дрэг-рейсингу. Омск, аэропорт "Фёдоровка", 22 сентября 2012.
Sometimes you get an uncontrollable urge to make photos... What better than mucking around with some strobes at the Massey Memorial on Halloween night? The full moon started coming up over Eastbourne and I remembered that this place was also a crypt. But I wasn't scared. At least not until a vampire showed up shortly later. Luckily, I had my two flashes, which I dialled up to full power and let off right in the face of the vampire. I didn't have the presence of mind to close my eyes first, but by the time I could see again the vampire had turned to ash and blown away.
There is one bright spot in the Canadian economy: exports of Canadian idiotic celebrities' embarrassments are surging.
Idiotic Toronto mayor Rob Ford and badly-spoiled and uncontrollable brat Justin Bieber. Where the f*** are his parents?
My prediction on Justin Bieber? He'd be dead in the next 10 years due to drug overdose.
Even before Pearl Harbor, the US Navy was acutely aware that their carriers lacked an armored flight deck: enemy bombs could penetrate the wood overlay and steel below to detonate in the hangar deck--and if the hangar deck was packed with aircraft being loaded with ordnance, the effects would be devastating. This lesson was brought home during the Battle of Midway, when the Japanese lost four carriers to uncontrollable fires due to bomb hits. The Essex-class carriers were already in production and were direly needed, so the Navy held off on a new design until late 1942, which was named the Midway-class for the recent victory.
The Midways were originally classified as "CVBs"--battlecarriers. This was due to their size, which could accomodate 130 aircraft--50 more than even the long-hull Essex-class--armored flight deck, and planned armament of 8-inch guns. Moreover, the hangar deck was subdivided to avoid fires. The Midway-class was inspired by the British Invincible-class, which were much smaller but used armored flight decks, as the British anticipated using them in the close confines of the Mediterranean. The engineering spaces used the same armored subdivision as the planned Montana-class battleships. To save weight, the 8-inch guns were replaced by single 5-inch mounts. The Midways were certainly impressive, but were so heavy and wide that they rode low in the water and couldn't pass through the Panama Canal; the former made for a "wet" ship that got much more water over the bow in heavy seas.
Had World War II ended with the invasion of Japan, the first of the class--USS Midway (CV-41)--would have seen action. The atomic bombs ended that possibility, and so it was commissioned a week after V-J Day. Two more would be built--USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42) and USS Coral Sea (CV-43)--before production ended in 1946; the other three planned were never built. Though the Midway-class proved to be uncomfortable for the crew, they were the only carriers that could operate nuclear-capable bombers such as the P2V Neptune (which couldn't return once launched) and the AJ-2 Savage, so they were kept out of the Korean War.
In the 1950s, all three were heavily modified with angle decks, Fresnel landing light systems, and steam catapults for better jet operations. The Midways would finally see action during the Vietnam War, where they were heavily utilized. By this time, they were no longer the largest carriers in the Navy: the Forrestal and Kitty Hawk-classes had entered service, as well as the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise (CVN-65). The Midway was subsequently "jumboized" in an effort to improve heavy sea handling, accomodation, and jet operations, but was so expensive that the Navy could've simply built another carrier for the same cost.
By the late 1970s, the Midway-class was showing its age, and though the Midway was kept in service thanks to the expensive refit, the Coral Sea and Franklin D. Roosevelt were getting too old--they could not operate the F-14 Tomcat, for instance. The Roosevelt was retired in 1977 and scrapped, and the Coral Sea was destined for the same fate (though the British briefly considered buying it). The Reagan administration halted the Navy's attempt to retire the Coral Sea, and modernized it instead, though not to the same extent as the Midway. The Midway itself went through yet another modernization, removing its heavy armor belt, but this actually made things worse--now the carrier had a tendency to pitch and roll in heavy seas. The retirement of the F-4 Phantom II proved not to be an issue for the Midways: its place was taken by the F/A-18 Hornet.
After the end of the Cold War, the Coral Sea was retired in 1990; the Midway would see service during the First Gulf War, then was also retired in 1992. While the Coral Sea followed the Franklin D. Roosevelt to the scrapyard, the Midway was saved as a museum ship--the largest in the world--and was moored in San Diego harbor.
I'd always wanted to visit the Midway with my dad, but his passing in 2013 unfortunately ended that hope. I did finally get to go aboard her in May 2021, so at least part of the dream was fulfilled. It's beautifully maintained, and I was stunned at just how big it was--I've been aboard Dad's carrier, the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) in Charleston, South Carolina, but the Midway dwarfs the Yorktown. It's so large that I couldn't get a good shot of the entire ship, so I settled for this picture of the island structure.
Poor little Mishka has been diagnosed with a severe case of Binotitis! It’s a very rare condition that occurs when living in proximity or coming in constant contact with a small thuggish furry orange creature commonly known as a “Gambino”! The symptoms of this terrible disease include paranoia, obsessive-compulsive grooming, and uncontrollable facial expressions such as twisted tongues and bulging “crazy eyes”. There is currently no known cure for this condition!
p.s. A lovely Flickr friend has captured Mishka’s perfect facial expression in a wonderful drawing that can be seen at
As he looked down on the people as they came and went from the station, which he affectionately referred to as 'The Cage', he gave way to uncontrollable laughter...
Lionfish are a non-native predatory fish whose numbers are expanding uncontrollably in the Carribean region and US coast. This voracious species has no natural predator in the West, reduces young fish populations by as much as 79% in a five week period, and bears 20,000 to 30,000 eggs every four days. Left unchecked, lionfish threaten coral reef ecosystems and local economies based on fishing and tourism.
Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok. Children who are given the food stuffs experience incredible growth – and serious illnesses. Over the years, people who have eaten these specially treated foods find themselves unable to fit into a society where ignorance and hypocrisy rule. These "giants," with their extraordinary mental powers, find themselves shut away from an older, more traditional society. Intolerance and hatred increase as the line of distinction between ordinary people and giants is drawn across communities and families.
“The Food of the Gods” has been retold many times in many forms since it was first published in 1904. It is a riveting, newly relevant tale as we consider the ethics involved in genetic engineering.
www.medilaw.tv - Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a cervical corpectomy, also known as a cervical vertebrectomy. This procedure is used to remove one or more vertebral bodies and the adjacent intervertebral discs that are causing uncontrollable pain or are compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve roots. A bony strut is used to replace the excised tissue and maintain correct alignment. An anterior plate is used to ensure stability while fusion occurs. There are many different techniques to achieve the same end result, a pain-free, stable, anatomically positioned bony fusion. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all cervical corpectomies. Also shown are the removal of the pathological vertebral body and discs, the bone strut insertion, the anterior plate fixation, bone graft chip insertion, x-ray position checks and finally wound closure.
Corpectomy, or vertebrectomy, refers to the removal and replacement of a vertebra and the intervertebral discs above and below it. This is usually done because they are compressing the spinal cord in the neck. A length of bone or a synthetic cage containing bone fragments or artificial bone replaces the vertebra and discs to form a strut to maintain the normal height and alignment of the neck. The bone graft will fuse with the vertebra above and below, to form a solid, stable mass. A corpectomy can be used to replace a number of adjacent vertebrae, in which case an additional posterior fusion with metal screws and rods may be required to maintain stability of the graft while it fuses.
INDICATIONS
If a vertebra is damaged and needs replacing, or the front of the spinal cord is being compressed, causing pain, weakness or numbness in the arms or legs, then a corpectomy may be required. The structures that can compress the anterior spinal cord include the vertebral body, the intervertebral disc and the posterior longitudinal ligament. The diseases that can cause this compression include infected, malignant or fractured vertebral bodies, degenerative disc disease, ossified posterior longitudinal ligament and other diseases causing spinal instability.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternatives to corpectomy may be
-- activity modification
-- weight loss
-- aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming
-- strength and flexibility exercises
-- physical therapy
-- hydrotherapy
-- heat and cold pads
-- acupuncture
-- pain-relieving medications such as acetaminophen or paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucosamine, chondroitin
The surgical alternatives to corpectomy may be
-- steroid and local anesthetic injections
-- surgical fusion
-- disc replacement surgery, or arthroplasty.
GOALS
The goals of a corpectomy are to remove any pressure from the adjacent spinal cord, and to stabilize the spine in a pain-free, normal alignment.
TECHNIQUE
You will be lying on your back. Your neck will be cleaned. An incision will be made and the overlying muscles moved to the side. Your windpipe (trachea) and gullet (esophagus) will be retracted with the muscles to reveal the front of the spine. Any anterior vertebral body bone spurs (lipping, osteophytes) will be trimmed. Your surgeon will confirm the correct vertebra for removal by using x-ray imaging. Pins will be used to open up the collapsed disc spaces to regain normal spine alignment. The discs will be removed. Then the vertebral body will be channeled and a bone strut inserted. An anterior plate will be screwed into position to assist immobilization of the spine, and bone chips will be added to assist fusion. X-rays will be used to check the bone strut and plate's position. The muscles will be replaced, and the wound closed with sutures. A drainage tube will be left in the wound. attorney 3D animations
www.medilaw.tv - Illustrates the surgical technique for performing a cervical disc replacement, also known as a cervical arthroplasty or total disc replacement. This procedure is used to remove an intervertebral disc that is causing uncontrollable pain or is compressing the adjacent spinal cord or nerve root. The damaged disc is replaced with an artificial disc made of various metals and plastics. There are a number of artificial discs, also known as prostheses, on the market. Each one looks different and has different insertion techniques and tools. However, the basic procedure illustrated here is common to all cervical arthroplasties. Also shown is the removal of the pathological disc, the preparation of the intervertebral space for the artificial disc, the insertion of the artificial disc, x-ray position checks and finally wound closure.
Spinal arthroplasty refers to the replacement of an intervertebral disc with an artificial prosthesis. It is also known as a total disc replacement. The prosthesis allows motion between the vertebrae to be maintained.
The prosthesis is initially held in place by screws, fins or press fitting. Over time, bone will grow into the porous ends of the prosthesis to lock it into position. Sometimes, the prosthesis can not be inserted during the operation, in which case an intervertebral fusion will be done.
When compared with other cervical disc disease operations, the arthroplasty has the advantages of not requiring painful bone graft harvesting or foreign bone substitutes with infection risks, requires less post-operative immobilization, no risk of post-operative spinal deformity, and less wear on the joints immediately above and below the arthroplasty. However an arthroplasty is no more effective at relieving back pain than a spinal fusion procedure.
INDICATIONS
The indications for arthroplasty are diseased intervertebral discs in the neck causing neck pain, with normal adjacent facet joints, that has not improved with six months of conservative treatments.
ALTERNATIVES
The non-surgical alternatives to arthroplasty may be
-- activity modification
-- weight loss
-- aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming
-- strength and flexibility exercises
-- physical therapy
-- hydrotherapy
-- heat and cold pads
-- acupuncture
pain-relieving medications such as acetaminophen or paracetamol, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucosamine, chondroitin
The surgical alternatives to arthroplasty may be
-- steroid and local anesthetic injections
- surgical fusion.
GOALS
The goals of an arthroplasty are to provide significant, long-term pain and neurological symptom relief by replacing a degenerate painful disc, by restoring the disc height to protect the spinal cord and spinal nerves and prevent further facet joint degeneration, and by preserving motion to prevent accelerated degeneration of the adjacent healthy discs.
TECHNIQUE
You will be lying on your back. Your neck will be cleaned. An incision will be made and the overlying muscles moved to the side. Your windpipe (trachea) and gullet (esophagus) will be retracted with the muscles to reveal the front of the spine. Any anterior vertebral body bone spurs (lipping, osteophytes) will be trimmed. Your surgeon will confirm the correct disc for removal by using x-ray imaging. Pins will be used to open up the collapsed disc space to regain normal spine alignment. The disc will be removed. The vertebral surfaces will be prepared, and the artificial disc inserted. X-rays will be used to check the prosthesis' position. The muscles will be replaced, and the wound closed with sutures. attorney animations
The fie was uncontrollable because of the bursting of gas cylinders.
This is the third major fire in this slum pocket.
But no lessons learnt more illegal shanties keep coming up.
This is a massive vote bank nurtured by all politicians.
I normally don't ever shoot disasters but this was across my house in a lane crawling with illegal slums.
It was when I heard several explosions that I went down to check it out.
Hard time for the people that lost everything ..
A terrible, terrible black cloud has come over my life. A tragedy. An accident. A fault which sits completely on my shoulders, and weighs on me every day.
My lens - my beautiful, original, cooperative, 18-55mm, day-to-day lens is... is... [sobs uncontrollably].
Yes, my friends. Broken.
Tomorrow we shall see how bad the damage is. But I am in the midst of the grieving process, a harsh phase in which I must work through my pain in order to find a replacement (not in my heart, but in my camera bag) for my regular lens.
I don't know how, or if, I will ever be able to forgive myself.
Happy February. And screw stone floors.
Sometimes when we watch TV, Carolyn's true colors come out. She starts laughing uncontrollably at some random thing that might not be as funny as her uncontrollable laughter makes it out to be. It's hard to realize this is happening soon enough to both get the camera, and have enough time of the laughing fit remaining to constitute a substantive video. But it happened yet again tonight :)
Carolyn, Jimmy Pesto Jr, Linda Belcher, Tina Belcher.
TV, imitating, laughing, laying, smiling, trying not to laugh, watching TV, waving.
blanket, couch.
cartoon: Bob's Burgers. movie: The Exorcist. movie: The Grudge.
can't stop laughing. embarrassing. video.
upstairs, Clint and Carolyn's house, Alexandria, Virginia.
April 3, 2017.
A cute little coloring book page seems so innocent for kids to draw. Look how cute they look and boy those feathers are neat. Who knew that the Indian’s were uncontrollable savages who would rape, mame and kill just for fun! What happened, did the pilgrims burn the turkey? The cranberry sauce too punchy and made the Indians pow-wow in their pants? – The real problem that bugs me is how history is being taught in our schools, what I remember learning as I grew up.
Another idea I had was the guy hosting the Indians at thanksgiving was a relative of Gorden Ramsay, I can see that panning out as to why the Indian’s attacked. O wait they are just animals right. It’s not like we invaded their country and started taking it over for resources. (kinda of like Iraq huh?) It’s not like they had lived there for millennia or anything, Pff no way. God told us to take the land and the devil will deal with the Indians. Even giving them a name is a disgrace to our one true God!
Do Indian’s call themselves Indians? - Don’t you see the humor in that statement? What do they call themselves, do we ever ask? In 2014 we can’t say nigger. We can’t say nigga unless it’s in a rap song. O damn I just said the dreaded “n” word!!! Are you asking if I said the word Nazi? That’s a “N” word. If any word should be called the “n” word that would be the clear winner. Its politically correct to say Nazi, a group of people who tried to eliminate a group of people off the planet, but we can’t say nigger cause us white folks feel guilty for having slaves. Or more likely them there blacks can now votes and read damn it!
We can shout, yell and crame down people’s throats the name Jesus like its water. But that’s a fictional character so I suppose its ok. Plus that whole billion dollar industry of power churches – that leads to votes people! I hate to burst people’s bubbles but calling them Native Americans is wrong as well. They are native in the sense they were here before others in recording history but ‘Americans is a word created by us and the Spanish, not them. A never ending debate which is only won by the influences of political corruption not in how people really feel or think.
In 2014 we still have The Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins teams. So why not just bring back the Negro leagues in baseball. Why are we discriminating against discriminating? Do you hear what I am saying – it will ruin holiday shopping sales if the real story is let out. (angry business man here) It’s all a bunch of hog wash, we are all the same race – the Human race! Same species, descendent from the same species, the same place originally. Let’s just get along!
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The ink drawing was nice to color because it had nice thick lines. Years have passed so I’ve forgotten where I got the picture from. Sometimes it’s tricky to fill in pictures with small lines on the computer. If I had a tablet I could draw thicker lines in my drawings, maybe one day. I like the shading on this piece, its quick and simple yet unfinished – just the way I like it - wink,wink.
She was under the diningroom table, naked, giggling uncontrollably. Grandpa was on the roof blowing bubbles. It appeared that the turkey, which was lying uncooked on the bed, had been been through quite an ordeal. When I asked it what had happened, it took a drag off a Camel, exhaled, and said, "Kid, you don't wanna know."
I'm pleased to say that he liked his gift. When we fired it for the first time, he giggled uncontrollably like a little girl.
The consequences of the explosion, arising April 20, 2010 on the platform of drilling Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, will have done 11 death, injured and induced the collapse of the platform (April 22 2010), followed by a rupture of the well of drilling to three levels and of an uncontrollable oil spill for the time being, who mobilize today about 7,000 persons, of which 2,500 volunteers…
Here useful links to understand and to be informed of evolution of the rescuers to attempt to stop this leak and its heavy consequences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/site/2931/
= French version
Les conséquences de l’explosion, survenue le 20 avril 2010 sur la plate-forme de forage Deepwater Horizon dans le Golf du Mexique, aura fait 11 victimes, des blessés et entraîné l’effondrement de la plate-forme (le 22 avril 2010), suivi d’une rupture du puits de forage à trois niveaux et d’une marée noire incontrôlable dans l’immédiat, qui mobilisent aujourd’hui environ 7.000 personnes, dont 2.500 bénévoles…
Voici des liens utiles pour comprendre et être informé de l’évolution des sauveteurs pour tenter de stopper cette fuite et ses lourdes conséquences:
What is the latest news on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill? - from USA.gov
answers.usa.gov/cgi-bin/gsa_ict.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.p...
Oil Leak from Damaged Well in Gulf of Mexico - from Earth Observatory of NASA
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=43768
Salazar Launches Full Review of Offshore Drilling Safety Issues during Visit to Oil Spill Command Centers on Gulf Coast - from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/Salazar-Launches-Full-Revi...
About the Minerals Management Service – from U.S. Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov/aboutmms/ocsdef.htm
U.S. Department of the Interior - Our Mission: Protecting America’s Great Outdoors and Powering Our Future
EPA Establishes Web site on BP Oil Spill / EPA
yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/324e040292e1e51f8525735...
Federal Response to BP Spill in the Gulf of Mexico – from EPA
Oil Spills by Emergency Management – from EPA
Additional information on the broader response from the U.S. Coast Guard
www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com
NOAA’s Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program (DARRP)
As a trustee for coastal resources, NOAA protects and restores habitats injured by hazardous waste sites, oil spills and vessel groundings.
Oil and Chemical Spills by National Ocean Service – from NOAA
oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/oceans/spills/
Oil Spill Preparation and Response – From U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
www.fws.gov/contaminants/Issues/OilSpill.cfm
Préparation et réponse de flaque d'huile - Programme Environnemental de Contaminants par U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
w4.systranlinks.com/trans?lp=en_fr&url=http://www.fws...
Secretary Napolitano and Secretary Salazar Launch Full Investigation of Deepwater Horizon Incident in the Gulf of Mexico
www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1272395702575.shtm
Gulf of Mexico - Deepwater Horizon Incident
The first of the flock, this Rover 800 rolled off the production line as a premier for what could have been the new age of Rover. But no...
This was meant to take on the world this was, but sadly it didn’t get very far! The Rover 800 had so many possibilities, so many variants could have been derived from it, but unfortunately the management was once again very quick to nip this beautiful car in the bud, and the Rover 800 would join that long line of ‘what-could-have-been’ motors that seem to pave British motoring history.
The origin of the Rover 800 goes back to the late 1970’s, when nationalised British car manufacturer and all around general failure British Leyland was absolutely desperate to fix its seemingly endless list of problems. The company had now garnered a reputation for creating some of the worst, most outdated cars of all time, the likes of the Morris Marina, the Austin Allegro and the Triumph TR7 being derided in both critical and customer reviews. A mixture of strike action by uncontrollable Trade Unions led by the infamous Red Robbo had meant that cars were only put together for a few hours per day on a three day week. As such, reliability was atrocious on a biblical scale, be it mechanical, cosmetic or electrical.
As such, in 1979, British Leyland began talks with Japanese car manufacturer Honda to try and help improve the reliability of their machines. The pioneer of this brave new deal was the Triumph Acclaim of 1980, BL’s first reliable car and not a bad little runabout. Basically a rebadged Honda Ballade, the Acclaim wasn’t meant to set the world ablaze, but it certainly helped get the company back onto people’s driveways, selling reasonably well thanks to its reliable mechanics (even if rust was something of an issue). As such, BL decided that from now on it would give its fleet a complete overhaul, basing their new models on Japanese equivalents. From 1984, the Rover 200 arrived on the scene, again, a rebadged Honda Ballade, while the Maestro and the Montego ranges also took on several tips from their Japanese counterparts, though they were primarily based on British underpinnings.
The Rover 800 however spawned quite early on, in 1981 to be exact. Following the catastrophic failure of the Rover SD1 in the American market, which only sold 774 cars before Rover removed itself from the USA altogether, the company was desperate to get another foothold across the pond. As such, the new project, dubbed project XX, would be the icing on the cake in terms of British Leyland’s fleet overhaul, a smooth and sophisticated executive saloon to conquer the world. However, plans were pushed back after the launch of the Montego and the Maestro, and thus project XX wouldn’t see the light of day again until about 1984.
Still in production and suffering from being long-in-the-tooth, the Rover SD1 was now coming up on 10 years old, and though a sublime car in terms of style and performance, it was now struggling in sales. Rover really needed to replace this golden oldie, and thus project XX was back on. In the usual fashion, Honda was consulted, and it was decided that the car would be based on that company’s own executive saloon, the Honda Legend. Jointly developed at Rover’s Cowley plant and Honda’s Tochigi development centre, both cars shared the same core structure and floorplan, but they each had their own unique exterior bodywork and interior. Under the agreement, Honda would supply the V6 petrol engine, both automatic and manual transmissions and the chassis design, whilst BL would provide the 4-cylinder petrol engine and much of the electrical systems. The agreement also included that UK-market Honda Legends would be built at the Cowley Plant, and the presence of the Legend in the UK would be smaller than that of the Rover 800, with profits from the 800 shared between the two companies.
Launched on July 10th, 1986, the Rover 800 was welcomed with warm reviews regarding its style, its performance and its reliability. Though driving performance was pretty much the same as the Honda Legend, what put the Rover above its Japanese counterpart was its sheer internal elegance and beauty, combined with a differing external design that borrowed cues from the outgoing SD1. The 800 also provided the company with some much-needed optimism, especially following the gradual breakup of British Leyland by the Thatcher Government between 1980 and 1986.
Following her election in 1979, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher took a no nonsense attitude to the striking unions, and the best form of defence was attack. To shave millions from the deficit, she reduced government spending on nationalised companies such as British Airways, British Coal Board, British Steel and British Leyland by selling them to private ownership. For British Leyland, the slow breakup of the company started with the sale of Leyland Trucks and Buses to DAF of Holland and Volvo, respectively. 1984 saw Jaguar made independent and later bought by Ford, but when rumours circulated that the remains of British Leyland would be sold to foreign ownership, share prices crashed, and the company was privatised and put into the hands of British Aerospace on the strict understanding that the company could not be sold again for four years. With this move, British Leyland was renamed Rover Group, the Austin badge being dropped, and the only remaining brands left being the eponymous Rover and sporty MG.
In the light of this tumultuous period, many of Rover and MG’s projects had to be scrapped in light of turbulent share prices and income, these projects including the Austin AR16 family car range (based largely off the Rover 800) and the MG EX-E supercar. The Rover 800 however was the first model to be released by the company following privatisation, and doing well initially in terms of sales, hopes were high that the Rover 800 would herald the end of the company’s troubled spell under British Leyland. The Rover 800 was planned to spearhead multiple Rover ventures, including a return to the US-market in the form of the Sterling, and a coupe concept to beat the world, the sublime Rover CCV.
However, British Leyland may have been gone, but their management and its incompetence remained. Rather than taking the formation of Rover Group as a golden opportunity to clean up the company’s act, to the management it was business as usual, and the Rover 800 began to suffer as a consequence. A lack of proper quality control and a cost-cutting attitude meant that despite all the Japanese reliability that had been layered on these machines in the design stage, the cars were still highly unreliable when they left the factory.
Perhaps the biggest sentiment to the 800’s failure was the Sterling in America. The Sterling had been named as such due to Rover’s reputation being tarnished by the failure of the unreliable SD1. Initial sales were very promising with the Sterling, a simple design with oodles of luxury that was price competitive with family sedan’s such as the Ford LTD and the Chevy Caprice. However, once the problems with reliability and quality began to rear their heads, sales plummeted and the Sterling very quickly fell short of its sales quota, only selling 14,000 of the forecast 30,000 cars per annum. Sales dropped year by year until eventually the Sterling brand was axed in 1991.
With the death of the Sterling came the death of the CCV, a luxury motor that had already won over investors in both Europe and the USA. The fantastic design that had wooed the American market and was ready to go on sale across the States was axed unceremoniously in 1987, and with it any attempt to try and capture the American market ever again.
In 1991, Rover Group, seeing their sales were still tumbling, and with unreliable callbacks to British Leyland like the Maestro and Montego still on sale, the company decided to have yet another shakeup to try and refresh its image. The project, dubbed R17, went back to the company’s roots of grand old England, and the Rover 800 was the first to feel its touch. The R17 facelift saw the 800’s angular lines smoothed with revised light-clusters, a low-smooth body, and the addition of a grille, attempting to harp back to the likes of the luxurious Rover P5 of the 1960’s. Engines were also updated, with the previous M16 Honda engine being replaced by a crisp 2.0L T16, which gave the car some good performance. The car was also made available in a set of additional ranges, including a coupe and the sport Vitesse, complete with a higher performance engine.
Early reviews of the R17 800 were favourable, many critics lauding its design changes and luxurious interior, especially given its price competitiveness against comparable machines such as the Vauxhall Omega and the Ford Mondeo. Even Jeremy Clarkson, a man who fervently hated Rover and everything it stood for, couldn’t help but give it a good review on Top Gear. However, motoring critics were quick to point out the fact that by this time Honda was really starting to sell heavily in the UK and Europe, and people now asked themselves why they’d want to buy the Rover 800, a near carbon-copy of the Honda Legend, for twice the price but equal performance. Wood and leather furnishings are very nice, but not all motorists are interested in that, some are just interested in a reliable and practical machine to run around in.
As such, the Rover 800’s sales domestically were very good, it becoming the best-selling car in the UK for 1992, but in Europe not so much. Though Rover 800’s did make it across the Channel, the BMW 5-Series and other contemporary European models had the market sown up clean, and the Rover 800 never truly made an impact internationally. On average, the car sold well in the early 1990’s, but as time went on the car’s place in the market fell to just over 10,000 per year by 1995. Rover needed another shake-up, and the Rover 75 did just that.
In 1994, Rover Group was sold to BMW, and their brave new star to get the company back in the good books of the motoring public was the Rover 75, an executive saloon to beat the world. With this new face in the company’s showrooms, the Rover 800 and its 10 year old design was put out to grass following its launch in 1998. Selling only around 6,500 cars in its final full year of production, the Rover 800 finished sales in 1999 and disappeared, the last relic of the British Leyland/Honda tie up from the 1980’s.
Today the Rover 800 finds itself under a mixed reception. While some argue that it was the last true Rover before the BMW buyout, others will fervently deride it as a Honda with a Rover badge, a humiliation of a Rover, and truly the point where the company lost its identity. I personally believe it to be a magnificent car, a car with purpose, a car with promise, but none of those promises fulfilled. It could have truly been the face of a new Rover in the late 1980’s, and could have returned the company to the front line of the motoring world, at least in Britain. But sadly, management incompetence won again for the British motor industry, and the Rover 800 ended its days a lukewarm reminder that we really didn’t know a good thing until it was gone.
The first noticeable flower I've seen show up outside my house so far this year. I smiled for about 3 seconds until I started sneezing uncontrollably.
You are isolated and small
You are never tall
You struggle just to breathe
Pinch, Pull, Count, Straighten up
Pinch, Pull, Count, Straighten up
Pinch, Pull, Count, Straighten up
Whatever helps.
You are panicking because you are small.
Inhale, exhale.
You can not breathe.
Push and pull
Push and pull
Push and pull
Whatever helps.