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Earth Hour
At 8pm on March 29, 2008, cities across the world will turn off their
lights for just one hour – Earth Hour™ – to show that it’s possible to
take action on global warming. Switching off is a simple action that
can make a difference and it sends a powerful message that the
people of the world care about the future of the planet.
We need you to help us make it happen.
What can you do?
1. Sign up to Earth Hour by visiting www.earthhour.org and commit
to turning off your lights on March 29 from 8pm to 9pm.
We will send you all the information you need to make Earth Hour
happen at home and at work (and to cut your energy bills in the
long term). It’s free to take part.
2. Take appliances off standby; unplug any appliances – mobile
phone charger, TV, microwave, MP3 player, computer monitor,
printer – that are not being used and are on standby.
Appliances left on standby account for up to 10% of the average
household’s electricity use.
3. Spread the word about Earth Hour and involve your friends,
family and workmates. Get them to make the commitment at
www.earthhour.org to turn off their lights at 8pm Saturday March 29, 2008.
4. Switch to Green Power Contact your power company today
and ask them about their Green Power products or go to
the WWF website in your country for more information.
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While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Rolleiflex 2.8FX
T-Max 400
D76 1:1
©2018 Joseph Brunjes
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Cute blonde woman tourist wearing a straw hat and stylish jumpsuit on the trail to Blakiston Falls in Waterton Lakes National Park, holding a cell phone
While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Rolleiflex 2.8FX
T-Max 1
00
D76 1:1
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Oh the First World War, boys
It closed out its fate
The reason for fighting
I never got straight
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
Bob Dylan, 1963
(Holga 120)
Things are quiet here today. After being glued to our television and social media streams last night and this morning, our little household has taken the afternoon to rest. I'm grateful that I'm connected to the world at all times, during both peace and strife, but also for the ability to unplug and recharge. The more I run myself into the ground with stress, anxiety & worry, my body reminds me that I'm of no use to anyone if I don't take care of it, so today I'm sending the world my love through self-care, so that tomorrow my one little light may shine more brightly.
1584 good mornings | from where i stand
New singing Rapunzel doll has been fully deboxed. She is standing, supported by a doll stand borrowed from one of my Disney Store Limited Edition 17 inch dolls. She is also holding the light up lantern in her right hand, with her arm outstretched to her side. Here she is singing, with the lantern and flowers in her hair lit up.
She is identical to last year's Singing Rapunzel, except that she sings 'I See the Light' instead of 'Healing Incantation', and the packaging is different. The Try Me feature is activated by opening the lid, and she sings 10 seconds of the song. To debox her, you have to open the bottom first, so you can unplug the Try Me wire from the front lid. Then you can lift the inner box (to which the doll is attached) from the outer box. She is attached to the inner box and plastic supports by wires, tiny T-tabs and rubber bands.
After the Try Me wire is unplugged from the back of the doll, she can now sing the 45 seconds of 'I See the Light' by sliding the lantern on her right hand. The lantern and plastic flowers in her hair light up while she sings.
I got the singing Rapunzel doll last Friday (July 22, 2016) from the Disney Store, that I ordered during the Friends and Family sale. I have yet to see her in stores (as of July 31, 2016).
Even though I'm not thrilled with the look of the new Rapunzel's box, the Try Me mechanism is rather neat. You first enable the Try Me switch by pulling a long plastic tab in the back. Then there is a switch attached to the hinge of the front cover, which is activated when you close then open the lid far enough. It will cause Rapunzel to sing about 10 seconds of I See the Light, and light up the lantern she is holding and flowers in her hair. I will post more detailed photos of Rapunzel when I debox her. I still have not seen her in stores yet. And the new singing Belle doll is nowhere to be found, either in stores or online.
Now I have singing rapunzel dolls with three different songs. ''When Will My Life Begin'' (2011 - 2014), ''Healing Incantation'' (2015) and now ''I See the Light'' (2016). I wish that other of the Disney singing dolls would have such a variation in their songs.
The fact that all sides are covered by cardboard (except for the oval plastic window in front), makes the box very sturdy. In particular, all the edges and corners are really stiff, so resist damage during shipping. My doll's box came in perfect shape, which I can't say for most of the doll boxes I order from the Disney Store. The box wasn't packed any better than usual (a few airbags on the bottom of the shipping carton), but the sturdiness of the doll's box made the difference. Also this box is much thicker (deeper) than previous singing doll boxes, and even LE doll boxes, so leaves lots of room to position the doll nicely. The new construction also means the boxed doll is bulkier and heavier than previous singing dolls, so may be more costly to ship.
Rapunzel Deluxe Feature Doll - 16''
$49.95
Item No. 6002040901406P
US Disney Store
Released online 2016-07-04
Ordered online 2016-07-14
Received 2016-07-22
I am using an electric drill with a 1/2 inch (12.7 mm) expansion bit to bore some mouseholes in the frame of four of my layout sections. I had to spend an hour or more to clear off all the trains, buildings, and track from the top of each section, unplug and remove the wiring, and unbolt the sections from their neighbors before I could cut the holes for the wiring of future track expansions. Then after a few minutes of drilling and cleaning up sawdust, it took another hour setting each of them back up. Above me you can see the horizontal L girder that this layout section will rest upon.
The brand new scoreboard at American Family Field was not working for Friday night's game between the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. At over 12,000 square feet, it is one of the biggest in all of Major League Baseball. That is, when it is on. I wonder if an IT tech asked them to unplug it, and plug it back in. That usually fixes any technical probelm.
That being said, it felt like how baseball used to be, with the fans watching the game, and not the giant TV in center field. It also temporarily created the league's largest hitter's black, which is the dark area above every center field wall, allowing hitters to see a white ball a lot easier when it is pitched.
The Brewers won the game, 8-3, and maintained their 7-game lead in the National League Central Division.
American Family Field
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Rolleiflex 2.8FX
Ilford XP2 400
©2018 Joseph Brunjes
All Rights Reserved.
Do not use without permission.
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Spent a long, leisurely weekend in the mountains. Everything works better when you unplug it for a while - even you!
New singing Rapunzel doll has been fully deboxed. She is standing, supported by a doll stand borrowed from one of my Disney Store Limited Edition 17 inch dolls. She is also holding the light up lantern in her right hand, with her arm outstretched to her side. Here she is singing, with the lantern and flowers in her hair lit up.
She is identical to last year's Singing Rapunzel, except that she sings 'I See the Light' instead of 'Healing Incantation', and the packaging is different. The Try Me feature is activated by opening the lid, and she sings 10 seconds of the song. To debox her, you have to open the bottom first, so you can unplug the Try Me wire from the front lid. Then you can lift the inner box (to which the doll is attached) from the outer box. She is attached to the inner box and plastic supports by wires, tiny T-tabs and rubber bands.
After the Try Me wire is unplugged from the back of the doll, she can now sing the 45 seconds of 'I See the Light' by sliding the lantern on her right hand. The lantern and plastic flowers in her hair light up while she sings.
I got the singing Rapunzel doll last Friday (July 22, 2016) from the Disney Store, that I ordered during the Friends and Family sale. I have yet to see her in stores (as of July 31, 2016).
Even though I'm not thrilled with the look of the new Rapunzel's box, the Try Me mechanism is rather neat. You first enable the Try Me switch by pulling a long plastic tab in the back. Then there is a switch attached to the hinge of the front cover, which is activated when you close then open the lid far enough. It will cause Rapunzel to sing about 10 seconds of I See the Light, and light up the lantern she is holding and flowers in her hair. I will post more detailed photos of Rapunzel when I debox her. I still have not seen her in stores yet. And the new singing Belle doll is nowhere to be found, either in stores or online.
Now I have singing rapunzel dolls with three different songs. ''When Will My Life Begin'' (2011 - 2014), ''Healing Incantation'' (2015) and now ''I See the Light'' (2016). I wish that other of the Disney singing dolls would have such a variation in their songs.
The fact that all sides are covered by cardboard (except for the oval plastic window in front), makes the box very sturdy. In particular, all the edges and corners are really stiff, so resist damage during shipping. My doll's box came in perfect shape, which I can't say for most of the doll boxes I order from the Disney Store. The box wasn't packed any better than usual (a few airbags on the bottom of the shipping carton), but the sturdiness of the doll's box made the difference. Also this box is much thicker (deeper) than previous singing doll boxes, and even LE doll boxes, so leaves lots of room to position the doll nicely. The new construction also means the boxed doll is bulkier and heavier than previous singing dolls, so may be more costly to ship.
Rapunzel Deluxe Feature Doll - 16''
$49.95
Item No. 6002040901406P
US Disney Store
Released online 2016-07-04
Ordered online 2016-07-14
Received 2016-07-22
"unplug the jukebox..."
This is Ghostschool's Moleskine.
Check out the Flickr group Moleskine Exchange
While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Rolleiflex 2.8FX
T-Max 400
Xtol 1:1
©2018 Joseph Brunjes
All Rights Reserved.
Do not use without permission.
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Wildlife Photography Asia.
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Nikkor 70-300 VR Lens.
OK, Flickr has returned my home page back to normal from the unusable nightmare they had turned it into.
A few days ago I and many other guinea pigs had our home page disrupted without warning or any option to get out of their test. Took some time but I found a site set up for feed back on their test.
"Flickr Bucket Testing - Bugs and Feedback "
To put it lightly the feed back was nothing short of an all out mutiny !!!
It was very clear the plan had absolutely no planning involved before it was implemented.
Without going into detail their plan was totally unacceptable !!!
So now lets get back to what has been going on around here while flickr played their game.
Hard storms have made my trips out to the monkey temple challenging but still all the dogs got fed and taken care of.
Couple of mishaps have left me with some new dings due to large trucks using the shoulder of the road for their own use.Trouble is that's the only safe part of the road for me to travel.
No Big Deal I'll heal up soon enough but my trusty old bike has taken a serious beating.
It's 30 miles round trip to the temple so walking is out of the question but at the moment it maybe my only option.
So whats going on around the house ?
Today is Sunday and in the last 3 days I have taken out 2 more Cobras. One Siam Cobra and one King Cobra with another lurking around the property someplace.
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Why are the snakes showing up you ask ?
Easy, rain brings out the Frogs, and Cobras love to eat frogs, simple as that..
Big thunder and lightning storm is heading in once again so I'll post this then unplug the computer till the storm passes..................... Thank you for stopping by ..........;-)
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This Biophone-inspired* ham radio "go box" was a long-planned and often-delayed project. The box contains a small two-way radio and a battery, and by flipping a couple of switches, attaching a quick-connect antenna, and releasing a velcro strap on the microphone, I can be on the air in seconds.
It first saw service during the 2018 Honolulu Marathon, operating for 13 hours at Net Control. I had it hooked up to an external battery and antenna. It worked very well.
The box is a Nanuk 905. The radio is a Luiton LT-898UV 10 watt dual-band mobile. Internal power is from a 3.4 AH sealed lead-acid battery. A speaker with a cut-off switch and a headphone jack with volume control lets me use either or both without having to readjust the radio volume or unplug the headphone. It's roughly 10" x 12" x 6", and weighs about 9½ lbs.
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*Biocom's Biophone 3502 was a paramedic telemetry radio made famous by the 1970s NBC TV series Emergency!, which portrayed the Los Angeles County Fire Department's paramedic program. Paramedics used the Biophone to communicate with and send EKGs to the supervising doctor at the hospital emergency department.
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I went back to the sleep clinic overnight for a follow up session where they monitor you to see how you have improved. Ironically it ended up being the worst sleep I've had in a long time. Weird dreams all night. She told me you have a mic taped to your neck if you need anything just say something. Well after saying about 6 times I need to get up to use the washroom I finally just got up and tried to open the door and not unplug any of the whack of wires hanging off me. She came running over and says oh why didn't you say anything? I think she was having a better sleep than me behind her desk....lol
On a positive note she said my mask is sealing well so I finally got a winner!! I don't go back until April to get the official report form the doctor.
Shot with my daughters Kodak EasyShare M531 point and shoot . Cartooned and edited in Photoshop
While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Rolleiflex 2.8FX
Ilford Delta 400
©2018 Joseph Brunjes
All Rights Reserved.
Do not use without permission.
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Unplug antenna from PC board ...unsolder ONLY the red lead from BNC ...remove BNC and install it in SideKix panel
I almost took this shot with my phone but then thought "Wait, my Barbie film camera makes more sense." :)
I hope everyone gets to unplug for a bit this weekend and get out into the fresh air and find something pictureful to enjoy! ox
"...You kind of forget how deeply you get embedded in it."
-- Will Wright
Focus 52 | Week Two | Connect | Oh, yes - that's right - it's my FIFTY TWO BLOG! Check it out!!! =)
It's been a while since I took a recent "feet picture!" As you all know, I enjoy them immensely. =) Have a fabulous weekend - oh, and don't forget to unplug for a while. I serisouly recommend it.
Love is noise. The noise of pleasure and wounded flesh, the sounds of the impacient belly where your head rests, and the murmur of bus conversations over a long distance call. The hammering of blood in your brain trying to scream ‘always’ and ‘never’ at the same time.
And if love is noise, the opposite to love has to be silence. Maybe that is why, since Hector gave me that last kiss on the forehead, like a child who deserves no explanations, I hadn’t been able to unplug my earphones.
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EL AMOR ES RUIDO
El amor es ruido. Sonidos de placer y de carne rasgada, el ruido del estómago impaciente sobre el que reposa tu cabeza, y el de las conversaciones distantes de una llamada de teléfono en un autobús. El de la sangre amartillando tu cerebro, intentando gritar siempre y nunca con una sola palabra.
Y si el amor es ruido, lo contrario del amor debe ser el silencio. Quizás por eso, desde que Héctor me habÃa dado aquel último beso en la frente, como a un niño que no merece entender nada, no habÃa podido despegar de mis oÃdos los auriculares de mi reproductor de música. Antes de eso, nunca habÃa encontrado demasiado placer en escuchar música, y habÃa defendido con la convicción de un iluminado que mi cerebro funcionaba mejor sin distracciones, como si mis flujos habituales de pensamiento merecieran algo más que un nivel básico de consciencia.
My evening scan of images has me a bit in a reflective state. I guess the usual punch of color and screaming detail I usually present via HDR can take a back seat for a night or 2.
Iceland, wow...
I was chatting a bit with a long time client and friend today about our awesome opportunity to make it over there last year. For me, anytime I get a chance to actually leave the country is in essence, a license to unplug from any real responsibility. I guess I have a bit of a split personality. Although I am an entrepreneur and need to be running my own ship for most of the time, it sure is nice to jump of the gang plank and abandon ship. I can remember bumbling about Europe a few years ago during one of my first trips over there. Just before leaving, I let Carl (the guy I left in charge) know that I would check in often. Well, 3 weeks later, I finally got around to checking in. I kinda miss those days without internet and cel phone. Kinda hard to REALLY escape these days. There's must be some place thats virtually unreachable on this planet. Guess I gotta do a little more work finding that place perhaps....LOL!
Ah yes, the feeling of wanderlust....
The images below were from just one of those kinda trips. Unplugged, exploring, and loving it in Iceland!
For more from MDSimages, please check out the links below....and thanks for stopping by!
This is what today looked like. At least the parts when Lily and Anya weren't taking off in different directions to explore the sitting room, poke the television, or perhaps climb the stairs. Or clamber over family members, unplug the laptop, or dance to music. It's been a busy day!
Sharpness are off on some of these; this is me practising getting very close - not the easiet on a desserted, cold winter's sunday.
Well I tried to post this first thing this morning but we've been plagued by gnarly non stop storms here for days,REALLY starting to get on a plugged-in-the-wall comp users last nerve. Log on,type 2 sentences,thunder starts,unplug comp for 6 hours. Repeat. Guess I need a cordless laptop if I'm gonna live in Tornado Alley!
Here's the first item in my crazy good birthday MAD PAK,and yeah,I freaked! The fact that it included Roosevelt Franklin and The Count,as well as BOTH Bert & Ernie,was a huge joy. Thanks Michele!
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normally i dislike having my photo taken, specifically by anyone other than myself (i don't mind taking photos of myself that much, honestly, but sharing them with other people is another matter)...
the reasons for which are many and would require an essay length explanation, but it is an openly primary reason i prefer to project my feelings or creativity and ideas on to other things besides my own body, for example such as dolls and figures, or game avatars and so on.
lately i was looking through a lot of flickr self-portrait groups though and really enjoying many of the pictures i was seeing, so maybe it triggered a desire to do something different...
also i was overly-hyperactive and energetic this morning and in the early afternoon, and all that energy and happiness is mostly dissipated now, so it seems appropriate to commemorate something transient like that.
these were taken around 1:45pm today. it was very hot and humid and sunny so i just ran around my backyard for a while because i didn't have much time to take many pictures at all due to having 1~2 hours doctors' appointment coming up in the rest of the afternoon.
of course, when i got home from the city, there was immediately a massive thunderstorm that lasted at least 2 more hours and i always unplug my PC during storms in case the house gets hit by lightning. so i didn't even get to look at the pictures i took until about an hour ago.
well, i'm not sure how comfortable i am with taking these kinds of photos, but perhaps someone somewhere will enjoy them... pushing one's self out of your own comfort zone is an important thing to do in life anyway.
While hiking, I have been seeing a growing number of people taking only a brief view of the surroundings and then burying themselves in their electronic devices. This ongoing project highlights the need to re-examine our need to unplug and just enjoy the beauty of this world.
Fujifilm GF670
Fuji Acros
©2018 Joseph Brunjes
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