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scene from a late night conversation...
Him: Do you think that's a process that ends?
Me: Figuring out who you are?
Him: mmmhmm
Me: No - because there is always another part of you. And new parts. And old parts that change/evolve. And some might not change - the core. I think it's a matter of getting a really good idea of who you are and being comfortable with the fact that there is always part of you that remains an as yet unsolved mystery. Not that comfort = complacency. You can always strive to learn more about yourself. But you should never feel uncomfortable with not knowing.
I saw some major banding in this on my laptop screen when I uploaded to Flickr, but I'm not seeing it on my work monitor. It's not in the original, though, so I won't worry too much about it.
© Stella Luna Photography
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Ansui's seemingly endless supply of riches has been debated by experts many times over, perhaps it's numerous accounts of large-scale corporate espionage or the lucrative business of trafficking both black market goods and humans alike, however although originating through a number of means, their connection to various organised crime groups such as the Italian mafia appear to be the most likely income route. One such (unsuccessful) deal has recently occurred between a key mafia head and Ansui's suspiciously persuasive negotiators. Whereby a list containing all undercover law enforcement officers within the mafia organisation was expected to be exchanged for an undisclosed sum of money. A minor inconvenience in the midst of all other active financial exchanges however with Mafia officials threatening to expose Ansui's involvement in a number of unsolved murders of high government officials only one route of action could be deemed appropriate. Cutting off loose ends.
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2200hours: Florence, Tuscany Italy
ALPHA SIERRA Hitsquad 099 has been dispatched to the mafia vineyard of which the day before was the grounds for the unsuccessful deal.
"3 tangos neutralised outside preparing to breach"
"Drone's picking up multiple thermal sigs on the 2nd floor"
"Understood preparing to engage"
This a view of stones from around Coldingham Priory now within the bounds of the parish church of Coldingham which is part of the Church of Scotland. The stones gathered with the 2009 date stone are a marvellous collection of head scratchers and bright lighting up solved and dark dismal unsolved moments with consideration of curious potential galore. Such odd stones are quite often reused in secondary service and then further reused over and again with adjustments to fit their next desired placement. Here the stones are fantastically arranged into a fully fabulous collection. Details of the Priory are linked below. It is just in land from Coldingham Sands and St Abbs. As Above is the darkening sky and So Bellow is the shadow darkened hollow of a suitable looking sounding stone.
These ruins are next to New Asgard from Marvel films including Thor enjoying a new place by the sea.
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Coldingham Priory, claustral remains SM383
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Coldingham Priory Church including former hearse house and store, graveyard, boundary walls, gatepiers and gates and excluding scheduled monument SM383, Coldingham LB4059
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Coldingham Priory plan Canmore
canmore.org.uk/collection/1532083
COLDINGHAM PRIORY TIMELINE 1098 -2015
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The John Gray Centre brings together East Lothian Council’s Archaeology, Museum, Archive and Local History Services, alongside Haddington’s branch library.
Dig Timeline Daily updates and up-to-the minute action from Coldingham
"The first red-whiskered bulbuls became established in Southern California around 1968 in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and the Huntington Gardens. They were probably escapees — the birds are sought-after in the Asian cage-bird trade. Back in the ‘60s, they were considered non-native pests, a threat to agricultural produce like berries as well as other passerine birds and indigenous arthropods.”...
baynature.org
The article in baynature ended with this quote
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke
Something to ponder.
Two versions of Medusa were created by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – one in 1596 and the other in 1597 – depicting the exact moment she was executed by Perseus. He plays with the concept by replacing Medusa's face with his own, as an indication of his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Due to its bizarre and intricate design, the painting is said to complement Caravaggio's unique fascination with violence and realism. It was commissioned by Italian diplomat Francesco Maria del Monte as a means of giving it to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and is now located in the Uffizi Museum in Florence without signature.
In the 1590s Caravaggio had just started becoming a successful and wealthy artist in Rome. However, the time in which he painted the two versions of the Medusa were characterized by several run-ins with the law. In July 1597, Caravaggio and his partner Prospero Orsi became involved as witnesses in a crime that occurred near San Luigi de' Francesi. In one instance, a barber named Luca gave a testimony about Caravaggio where he provided a description regarding his mysterious attire:
"This painter is a stocky young man…with a thin black beard, thick eyebrows and black eyes, who goes dressed all in black, in a rather disorderly fashion, wearing black hose that is a little bit threadbare, and who has a thick head of hair, long over his forehead."
At the time, there was an unsolved case in which two items were reported as being missing – a dark cloak and a small dagger. As a result of his mysterious behavior and also due to his affiliation with cloaks, Caravaggio was arrested several times in which he indicated that he favored dressing in dark attire to avoid being seen by the public, which is also why he preferred to make late night trips to evade excessive or unnecessary attention. On May 4, 1598, he was arrested again for possessing a sword in public, in which he asserted:
“I was arrested last night…because I was carrying a sword. I carry the sword by right because I am Painter to Cardinal del Monte. I am in his service and live in his house. I am entered on his household payroll.”
Caravaggio's paintings were never in tune with the idealized themes that were prevalent during the time period. Instead, he became more intrigued with the idea of realism and incorporated it into his paintings such as Boy with a Basket of Fruit, The Fortune Teller, The Cardsharps, Bacchus, and even The Musicians, which were all painted within the same time period. When he painted Medusa, Caravaggio hit a great milestone in his life - he was given a chance to decorate the Contarelli Chapel, in which he created realistic images regarding the life of St. Matthew himself. Some of these paintings include Saint Matthew and the Angel, The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew, and The Calling of Saint Matthew. This opportunity to paint the chapel gave him great advantage and a sense of motivation to incorporate more realism in his artworks.
The first version of the painting created in 1596 is known as Murtula, named after poet Gaspare Murtola, who wrote "flee, for if your eyes are petrified in amazement, she will turn you to stone." It measures 48 by 55 cm in length and is signed Michel A F, indicating "Michel Angelo made [this]", with Michelangelo being Caravaggio's first name after all. This work is privately owned.
The second version of the painting created in 1597 is known as Medusa (Italian: Testa di Medusa). It is slightly bigger than the first, measuring 60×55 cm in length and although it's not signed, it is often dated with the year 1597. This work is held in the Uffizi Museum located in Florence.
For its subject matter, Caravaggio drew on the myth of Medusa. The painting depicts the severed head of Medusa, a monster described as a woman with bronze hands and golden wings who had countless venomous snakes on her head in place of her own hair. Anyone who even so much as glanced at her would be turned to stone. Medusa, along with her two sisters Stheno and Euryale, was known as a Gorgon, a powerful mythical creature in ancient Greek mythology. She was cursed by the Roman goddess Minerva (or the Greek goddess Athena), who turned her into the venomous monster she was. Perseus, son of Greek god Zeus and princess Danae, decapitated Medusa using a shield given by Athena.
In his painting, Caravaggio depicts a self-portrait of his own face in the place of Medusa's, as a way of indicating his immunity to her dreadful gaze. Though the head is decapitated, it still appears conscious as the painting captures its final moments in silence before being atrociously defeated. Blood pours down in many streaks, while the mouth hangs wide open baring teeth. With brows creased and eyes amplified, an appalling expression is portrayed.
The painting was commissioned as a commemoration shield by Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte, who wanted to give it to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I de' Medici, for his courage, and have it placed in the Medici collection
“Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.”
― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Alina Garcia’s burned remains were found along I-15 on July 10, 2004 at the Hodge Road exit by a group of off-roaders who were riding their quads in an area near the exit.
Garcia was 25 when she died of blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds and is believed to have been in the company of Christopher “Ghost” Chavez and Carlos Aguilar.
The case remains unsolved.
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views from the Yak...
I-75 Northbound... Lake Panasoffkee, Florida
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G-YQA_bsOU (Bridge over Troubled Waters... Simon and Garfunkel)
Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee's case...
Main article: Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee
Two hitchhikers from Illinois discovered the partially decomposed body of an unidentified woman between the ages of 17 and 24 years old under the northbound lane of Lake Panasoffkee's Interstate 75 overpass on February 19, 1971. She was found with a man's belt around her neck.
In the early 1990s, the American television series Unsolved Mysteries featured the case in an episode...and as of 2021 (50 years) ... the case is still unsolved. The body was dressed in a green shirt, green plaid pants, and a green floral poncho. Also found were a white gold watch and a gold necklace. On her ring finger there was a gold ring with a transparent stone, indicating that she may have been married. Wikipedia
(the kayaker above (GulfCoast346 on YouTube) was just my unknowing photo subject...)
- Come si dice "benvenuti" nella lingua dei nani?
- "Benvenuti"!
- Ah, bene: benvenuti, allora!
This also reminds me of The Byrds "I Come and Stand at Every Door"
These doors always puzzled me:
in the park of the Cascine there are a lot of them, they all look the same and are evidently the entrance to something underground, but you can't figure out what is underground. Still an unsolved mistery...
My contribution to Photo Friday "Worn"
"Bloody" Mary O'Connell. Serving time for aggravated assault and home invasion. Transferred to Mid-State Correctional Facility on January 10. Escaped January 31. Last known whereabouts: outside the Pine Barrens, New Jersey. She was never found. The case remains unsolved.
But the Pine Barrens is vast. Some believe she's hiding, lying low. Others believe she's dead.
And some believe that though many criminals are cold and hard, there are things colder and harder still in the forgotten places of Earth...
Thank you Wren Carling for your class on photo storytelling at Focus Fair 2022. Lessons learned and applied!
Featuring Jinxie, the cute yet scary robo-vampire.
Letea forest is a natural reservation, covering an area of approximately 2,825 ha (6,980 acres). It is the oldest protected area in Romania. It was established in 1930, and not by accident: it is the northernmost subtropical forest in the world, and only of its kind in Europe, home of about 3,500 species of plants and animals.
It has a rich flora and fauna, described incompletly, but it is sure that rare and endangered species including endemic species (found only here) find their home here, such as Centaurea pontica. Visiting the forest is a unique experience as in a continental climate you will find a subtropical deciduous forest, interwoven with lianas. We can admire 4-700 years old oaks, poplars, elms, alders or lindens, but going in forest we can see sand dunes too. The sand dunes are home to many rare and endangered flora species as well.
The fauna of Letea forest is also rich, about 70% of the Danube Delta fauna can be found here: is the nesting site of over 150 species of birds such as the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), tawny eagle (Aquila rapax), black kite (Milvus migrans), herpetological rarities such as the steppe racer (Eremias arguta), or meadow viper (Vipera renardi).
The forest is famous for its “wild horses” that are actually released by locals and become broncos (semi-feral horses). Approximately 2,000 broncos are found in the forest, unfortunately causing serious damage to the local biosphere. The capture and transportation of these horses is an unsolved problem.You can find a detailed descriptions of the species from Danube Delta here.
Access: we arrive to Letea from Tulcea by navigating on the Sulina branch, then the Magearu canal. Transport through the forest can be done with dray. Locals make available tractors for transportation, but keep in mind that tractors disturb the flora and fauna of the forest. Even outside the forest, we are passing by many canals and we can see nesting birds!
Den of thieves
Shoot , she muttered, dead end.
Sure is creepy enough here, but that man at the service station had said that cutting through this east end alley would be the quickest way on foot….
It was a good thing that he noticed my engine leaking some fluid when I pulled up for gas..
He had offered to fix it for free while I was at the show…
Such a nice young man, even though I did not care much about all his tattoos….
Well I do not want to be late, should probably cut down this alleyway here.
Looks like people milling about, so it should be safe enough innit?
Safety in numbers, that’s what me Grams’ always sayin..
Perhaps one of em could show me the way? She thought cheerfully to erself as she turned and swished her way down the dimly lit alleyway with its shadowy figures inhabitants…
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An English oak stands sentinel atop Meon Hill, a couple of hundred feet above the Cotswolds village of Mickleton, Gloucestershire.
According to literary legend, this hill - formerly the site of a Neolithic fort - provided the inspiration for Tolkien's 'Weathertop' from The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is also surrounded by many strange and spooky tales - it was supposedly created by the devil, attempting to destroy a nearby abbey, and is also reputedly haunted by the phantom hounds of the Celtic King Arawyn at night. Over the years, there have been several sightings of mysterious large black dogs in the area. However, its most notorious claim to fame is that it was the scene for a murder that took place on Valentine's Day in 1945, when a local farm worker was killed in a manner that suggested witchcraft was involved. Local police, baffled, brought in the famous Inspector Fabian of the Yard (yes, he was a real person!), but the case remained unsolved, thanks in part to reticence to talk about the events by the local populace. However, just before leaving to return to Scotland Yard in London, Fabian apparently glimpsed a large black dog at the murder site...
Still, nice place for a picnic...although possibly not in the dark!
For a winter shot of this view, see: www.flickr.com/photos/36576534@N00/2164361048/
Taken on March 19, 2007.
Letea forest in the Danube Delta, Romania
Letea forest is a natural reservation, covering an area of approximately 2,825 ha (6,980 acres). It is the oldest protected area in Romania. It was established in 1930, and not by accident: it is the northernmost subtropical forest in the world, and only of its kind in Europe, home of about 3,500 species of plants and animals.
It has a rich flora and fauna, described incompletly, but it is sure that rare and endangered species including endemic species (found only here) find their home here, such as Centaurea pontica. Visiting the forest is a unique experience as in a continental climate you will find a subtropical deciduous forest, interwoven with lianas. We can admire 4-700 years old oaks, poplars, elms, alders or lindens, but going in forest we can see sand dunes too. The sand dunes are home to many rare and endangered flora species as well.
The fauna of Letea forest is also rich, about 70% of the Danube Delta fauna can be found here: is the nesting site of over 150 species of birds such as the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), tawny eagle (Aquila rapax), black kite (Milvus migrans), herpetological rarities such as the steppe racer (Eremias arguta), or meadow viper (Vipera renardi).
The forest is famous for its “wild horses” that are actually released by locals and become broncos (semi-feral horses). Approximately 2,000 broncos are found in the forest, unfortunately causing serious damage to the local biosphere. The capture and transportation of these horses is an unsolved problem.You can find a detailed descriptions of the species from Danube Delta here.
Access: we arrive to Letea from Tulcea by navigating on the Sulina branch, then the Magearu canal. Transport through the forest can be done with dray. Locals make available tractors for transportation, but keep in mind that tractors disturb the flora and fauna of the forest. Even outside the forest, we are passing by many canals and we can see nesting birds!
News headlines: Aliens have invaded our planet! They have abducted hundreds of millions of people around the world. They all disappeared at once, in a split second, causing chaos and confusion. The Air Force shot down several UFOs (hobbyist balloons). They even shot down a Chinese spy balloon. Don’t worry: these Chinese spy balloons were also flying over America during Trump’s presidency, but the NWO Deep State never informed him. Quick, rollout Project Blue Beam 2.0 (false flag alien invasion psyops)! We must cover up these strange disappearances. “Welcome to the age of the polycrisis.” “Never waste a good crisis.”
The Jerusalem Post: “Former Israeli space security chief says aliens exist, humanity not ready”.
“’If I had come up with what I’m saying today five years ago, I would have been hospitalized,’ he explained to Yediot.”
www.jpost.com/omg/former-israeli-space-security-chief-say...
“’It’s Logical That Aliens Are Using Black Holes As Computers,’ Scientists Say”.
Harvard: PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS ON UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA (Draft under review)
“Nevertheless, the coincidences between some orbital parameters of ‘Oumuamua and IM2 inspires us to consider the possibility that an artificial interstellar object could potentially be a parent craft that releases many small probes during its close passage to Earth, an operational construct not too dissimilar from NASA missions. These “dandelion seeds” could be separated from the parent craft by the tidal gravitational force of the Sun or by a maneuvering capability. A small ejection speed far away could lead to a large deviation from the trajectory of the parent craft near the Sun. The changes would manifest both in arrival time and distance of closest approach to Earth. With proper design, these tiny probes would reach the Earth or other Solar system planets for exploration, as the parent craft passes by within a fraction of the Earth-Sun separation - just like ‘Oumuamua did.”
“Equipped with a large surface-to-mass ratio of a parachute, technological “dandelion seeds” could slow down in the Earth’s atmosphere to avoid burnup and then pursue their objectives wherever they land.”
“Within a close range to a star, extraterrestrial technological probes could use starlight to charge their batteries and liquid water as their fuel.”
“What would be the overarching purpose of the journey? In analogy with actual dandelion seeds, the probes could propagate the blueprint of their senders. As with biological seeds, the raw materials on the planet’s surface could also be used by them as nutrients for self-replication or simply scientific exploration. It is important to note, that given the time scales associated with the propulsion scheme discussed here, it is unreasonable to assert that the intention of any such probe launched in the far distant past, has anything to do with the human species. More likely, and similar to NASA’s missions – the goal would be scientific and exploratory in nature.”
“Are there any functioning extraterrestrial probes near Earth? We do not know.”
“Consequently, the mothership/probe scenario is more energetically viable.”
“In principle, a multitude of tiny devices can be released from a mothership that passes near Earth.”
“The considerations in this paper imply a useful limit on observations of UAP which bound the hypothetical explanations and can support limitations on interpretations of data.”
lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/LK1.pdf
Rapture:
“Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.”
“First, the dead who believed in Christ will come back to life. Then, together with them, we who are still alive will be taken in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. In this way we will always be with the Lord.”
Legend of Ruth Colbath is a NH legend based on New Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway in Carroll County NH.
Living along what is now called the Kancamagus Scenic Byway (Kancamagus Highway) in New Hampshire were the Colbath's. One night in 1891, Ruth Colbath's husband Thomas left the family farm to run errands. Thomas Colbath never returned that night. For 39 years, Ruth Colbath waited for her beloved husband. She missed him so much that she kept an oil lamp burning in the window, hoping for his return.
Ruth Colbath died in 1930, at the age of 80. Three years after Ruth died, Thomas returned. Thomas offered no explanation for where he had been for the past 39 years. Thomas Colbath claimed he wandered away and was too embarrassed to return and admit he was lost.
It is now thought by some that Thomas Colbath may have suffered from what we now know as Alzheimers.
Today, the Russell-Colbath House is a registered historic site and owned by the US Forestry Service. It is open to the public, tours are given daily in season by volunteers.
The Old Paulding County Jail is located at 112 S. Williams St. Paulding, Ohio, 45879. It was contracted to be built in 1874. There was no railroad passing through the town at that time, the cost of getting the stone and others materials was pretty great and more difficult and work had progressed rather slowly. The building was not completed until 1876 at a cost of $25,000.
The basement is cut of limestone, above which are two stories of brick and stone trimmings. It was constructed on the most modern and improved plans, and it was regarded as one of the most securest jails and most convenient sheriff's residences in northwestern Ohio.
The sheriff and their families lived at the jail until 1977 after which no other sheriff lived at the jail.
The jail operated and served the Village of Paulding until 2006 after which was used as County storage until 2013.
In 2013 the jail was set for demolition which caused public outcry within the residents causing the County to offer the jail up for sale. The Jail was then purchased by Jeff and Cassie Hollis of All Trades Historical Restorations LLC. They began the restoration process of the building. During their work they discovered an area that had been bricked over in the basement and they started to remove this wall and found walkways and hidden cells. They uncovered what was thought to be lost evidence of the old unsolved murder case of Nancy Eagleson who was murdered over 50 years ago. Their company being based in the state of Florida made it difficult to continue maintaining and restoring the property, so Jeff and Cassie offered the jail up for sale in March 2015. After viewing the jail with my group members and family, I (Shelly)purchased the jail in April 2015. It is our plan to restore the jail and give back to the community in way of having the jail serve as a museum featuring historical information about the jail, past sheriffs and cases with part of the jail serving as a paranormal research center as we have found this jail to be very paranormally active
I love you, Russia,
Our dear Rus',
Unspent strength,
Unsolved sadness.
You are boundless in scope,
There is no end to you in anything,
You have been incomprehensible for centuries
To foreign sages.
Many times you have been tortured,
To be or not to be Russia,
Many times they have tried
To kill the Russian soul in you.
But I know you cannot be
Broken or intimidated,
You are dear to me, my native Motherland,
Dear by your free will.
You are kind and affectionate,
You are strong in your soul,
An untold fairy tale,
Blue-eyed country.
I would dress the white world in birch calico,
I will be proud of you all my life,
Without you I have no happiness.
Touted as " America's most haunted homes", the plantation is supposedly the home of at least 12 ghosts. It is often reported that 10 murders occurred in the house. In 2002, Unsolved Mysteries filmed a segment about the alleged hauntings at the plantation. According to host Robert Stack, the production crew experienced technical difficulties during the production of the segment. The Myrtles was also featured on a 2005 episode of Ghost Hunters
Looking toward Brick Lane. In the far distance, there is a building with a triangular red sign. This is the former Frying Pan Pub where Mary Ann Nichols was drinking her doss money away hours before becoming a victim of Jack the Ripper on the 31st of August 1888.
It was also along this street where Emma Smith was heading trying to get away from a gang of youths that were following her from St. Mary's Church. They caught up with her around the corner of Osborn Street & Wentworth Street & viciously attacked her. She managed to make it back to her lodging house where she was then taken to the London Hospital on Whitechapel Road. She gave a description of her attackers before slipping into a coma & passing away due to her injuries. She was attacked in the early hours of the 3rd of April 1888, & died on the 4th. She is highly likely not a victim of Jack the Ripper, but is the first victim in the police files of unsolved murders in the East End collectively known as the "Whitechapel Murders."
I also wanted to take a shot of this street because the Bob sign made me think of Twin Peaks. I usually stay at the Arbor City Hotel when I am in London which is also on the right.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. CineStill 50 35mm C41 film.
15/52
So the past few photos ive posted here are a bit hard to explain but they do have a strong connection to me that have to do with a specific unsolved problem I have in my life that will, hopefully, be solved this year! Also I am glad to announce that I finally have free time to work on film and photography, and am going to try to do a bunch more stuff to catch up on my 52 week project!
Step past the tape, Detective, and find out what luck really ran out.🎲 Luck has left the building. 🍀This stylishly detailed Lucky 777 Casino Building by Vizarte sets the perfect stage for secrets, scandals, and unsolved crimes.🎰 Whether you're investigating or redecorating your own mystery scene, this location brings all the drama. Something went down here, and luck had nothing to do with it.
️There are still ranks to climb, keep hunting Detective.
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This is one of dozens of red dresses that were hung in a Vancouver park as a memorial to the many murdered and missing aboriginal women in Canada. This is an ongoing problem going back decades, that is only recently beginning to receive the attention it deserves from law enforcement and governments. There are many hundreds of unsolved cases. Métis artist Jamie Black originated the Red Dress Project.
Korsika - Cap Corse
Cap Corse (Corsican: Capicorsu; Italian: Capo Corso), a geographical area of Corsica, is a 40 kilometres (25 mi) long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté de communes comprising 18 communes.
Numerous historians have termed Cap Corse "the Sacred Promontory" and have gone so far as to suppose the name came from a high concentration of early Christian settlements. This is a folk-etymology.
The term comes from the geographer Ptolemy, who called his first and northernmost location on Corsica the hieron achron in ancient Greek, transliterated by the Romans to sacrum promontorium. This is not the only point of land to be so-called; there were many others in the classical world, none of them Christian. The meaning is somewhat ambiguous, whether it was called that because of a temple placed there or whether as the end of the land it was sacred to the god of the sea. If the date of the Geography is taken arbitrarily to be 100 AD, and Ptolemy was working from earlier sources, a Christian association is highly unlikely. There is no evidence that Corsica was converted earlier than the 6th century AD, no evidence of any Christian communities in the area in Ptolemy's time, and the concentration of later Christian edifices is no greater than they are in any populated region of Corsica.
Ptolemy's interpretation of promontory also is not clear. It has been taken to mean the entire Cap Corse, the Pointe du Cap Corse, or some one of the small promontories on it. Sometimes it is associated with Macinaggio, but the problem remains unsolved.
There is some geographic justification for associating Ptolemy's entire tribe, the Vanacini, which are described as "more to the north", with Cap Corse, as it is a distinct geophysical environment. The Vanacini appear in a bronze tablet found in northern Corsica repeating a letter from the emperor Vespasian to "the magistrates and senators of the Vanacini" written about 72 AD, in Ptolemy's time. The Vanacini had bought some land from Colonia Mariana, a Roman colony in the vicinity of Bastia, and complained about the borders fixed by the procurator from whom they had bought it. The emperor on receiving the complaint appointed another procurator to arbitrate and wrote informing the complainants. The inscription is documentary evidence of the historicity of the Vanacini.
(Wikipedia)
Le Cap Corse est une péninsule d'environ 400 km2 de superficie, au nord-est de l'île de Corse. Élancée au nord vers la Ligurie, elle se rencontre à 33 km de la Capraia, à 83 km de Piombino, à 96 km de Livourne, à 160 km de Gênes et à moins de 175 km de la côte française. La pointe Nord du Cap (42° 50’ 2.34‘’ N) est située en deçà d’une ligne Est-Ouest qui passe par Toulon (43° 7’ 19.92’’ N) et même légèrement plus au Sud que l’île de Porquerolles (43° 0’ 2‘’ N), ce qui place le nord de la Corse à la même latitude que la partie la plus au sud de la France continentale (Pyrénées-Orientales, sud de Perpignan).
Dans l'Antiquité, le pays est dénommé Sacrum promuntorium. Il devient, au Moyen Âge, un territoire de seigneuries (San Colombano, Avogari, etc.). Il est partagé en cantons durant la Révolution.
« Le pays appelé le Cap-Corse a un circuit de quarante-huit à cinquante milles. Il est partagé en deux dans le sens de sa longueur par une montagne qui se prolonge du nord au midi. Les gens du pays l'appellent la Serra. C'est comme une chaîne dont la cime partage les eaux, qui vont se jeter dans la mer, les unes à l'est, les autres à l'ouest. »
— Agostino Giustiniani in Dialogo, traduction de Lucien Auguste Letteron in Histoire de la Corse - Description de la Corse – Tome I p. 7 - 1888.
Il est formé par une arête relativement élevée qui envoie en avant, à l'est et à l'ouest, des éperons et des contreforts qui délimitent des vallées parallèles où se sont installés les villages et les cultures.
« Dans le Cap-Corse, l'air est partout sain, l'eau bonne ; le vin est abondant, excellent et généralement blanc. Les vins de la côte extérieure sont plus renommés comme vins moûts ; ceux de la côte intérieure, lorsqu'ils sont clairs. La quantité de vin que l'on récolte dans le Cap-Corse est considérable ; on y récolte encore un peu d'huile, des figues et quelques autres fruits. Le sol est rebelle aux autres cultures, surtout à celle du blé. Les habitants sont bien habillés et plus polis que les autres Corses, grâce à leurs relations commerciales et au voisinage du continent. Il y a chez eux beaucoup de simplicité et de bonne foi. Leur unique commerce est celui des vins qu'ils vont vendre en terre ferme »
— Mgr Agostino Giustiniani in Dialogo, traduction de Lucien Auguste Letteron in Histoire de la Corse - Description de la Corse, Bulletin de la Société des sciences historiques & naturelles de la Corse – Tome I p. 8
Le Cap Corse est une péninsule schisteuse qui s'étend au nord d'une ligne Bastia - Saint-Florent, sur près de 40 km de long dans le sens nord-sud, et 10 à 15 km de large. La région est composée de schistes lustrés, dans lesquels dominent les schistes et quartzites amphiboliques ou pyroxéniques, avec, par places, des calcschistes micacés et des cipolins durs.
Quelques exceptions importantes apparaissent dans ce relief. Au nord du Cap, les schistes sont pénétrés par une masse de gabbros et de péridotites, d'où provient la pierre verte bien connue sous le nom de serpentine. Cette pierre d'une grande dureté forme les bosses du paysage, telles que les sommets comme l'Alticcione 1 139 mètres, les promontoires comme le Corno di Becco ou la pointe d'Agnello. De part et d'autre de cette nappe de roches vertes se trouvent deux accidents géologiques curieux. À l'ouest, presque tout le territoire de la commune d'Ersa est constitué par une couche de gneiss amphibolique, granitisé, sur lequel on retrouve les schistes lustrés ; tandis qu'à l'est, au nord et au sud de Macinaggio, le long de la côte, à Tamarone, comme à Finocchiarola, s'étalent les grès siliceux et à poudingues de l'époque Éocène, avec un lambeau triasique de cargneules et de calcaires.
La géologie très particulière du Cap Corse a donné lieu à une rareté géologique : l'amiante amphibiolique, une roche fibreuse susceptible d'être filée et tissée. Avec la première révolution industrielle, celle de la machine à vapeur, la demande d'amiante (matériau isolant et incombustible) est montée en flèche. L'amiante a été exploité industriellement à Canari dans une impressionnante carrière en gradins à ciel ouvert, de 1935 à 1965. Le site était à la fois une mine et une usine produisant un produit fini et mis en sacs. Fermée depuis 1966, la friche industrielle est diversement considérée : verrue industrielle au passé sinistre (le mésothéliome ou cancer de l'amiante sévissait parmi les ouvriers) pour les uns, c'est un lieu de visite (illégale) apprécié par d'autres, avec la mode de l'exploration urbaine.
L'orographie de la région s'explique ainsi : les schistes luisants et tendres donnent un relief doux, des versants lentement inclinés, des mamelons et des chaînes continus, telle que la crête de séparation entre Rogliano et Luri. Les bancs de cipolins dessinent des ruptures de pente et des plateaux abrupts, comme le Piano de Santarello. Les schistes amphiboliques en revanche ont des crêtes aiguës et dentelées, mais ce sont surtout les gabbros et les péridotites qui forment les plus fortes saillies, les dômes, les massifs compacts isolés au milieu des roches plus tendres.
Coucher sur le Monte Stello.
Une chaîne montagneuse, la Serra, s'étend tout le long du cap, depuis la Serra di Pignu (altitude 960 m) au sud, jusqu'au Monte di u Castellu (altitude 540 m) au nord. La Cima di e Follicie, haute de 1 324 mètres, en est le point culminant ; mais le Cap compte plus de dix autres sommets dépassant les 1 000 mètres d'altitude, dont le Monte Stello. Cette chaîne surgit des flots souvent tumultueux du Capo Bianco et de la Punta di Corno di Becco, par une levée de 333 m à la Punta de Pietra Campana et 359 m au Monte Maggiore. Elle se dirige en direction du sud-est vers la pointe de Torricella (562 m), traverser toute la péninsule et finir à la cime du Zuccarello 955 m et le défilé du Lancone.
La Serra est la ligne de partage des eaux. À l'est, la côte intérieure est baignée par la mer Tyrrhénienne et le littoral offre des paysages au relief collinaire contrastant avec les paysages aigus et abrupts de la côte extérieure baignée par la mer Méditerranée. Au nord, la côte est baignée par la mer Ligure.
Le littoral capcorsin, déchiqueté et accidenté, comprend peu de plages que l'on trouve uniquement au fond de ses anses. Le relief descend le plus souvent de façon abrupte dans la mer, et la route D80, qui fait le tour du Cap sur 110 km, de Bastia à Saint-Florent, offre un panorama de corniche. Un tiers des tours génoises, destinées à protéger la Corse d'attaques navales des Barbaresques, a été construit autour du cap.
(Wikipedia)
Cap Corse (korsisch Capicorsu, italienisch Capo Corso) ist eine Halbinsel im Norden Korsikas. Sie befindet sich im Département Haute-Corse.
Die Halbinsel hat eine Länge von ca. 40 km und eine Breite von ca. 10 km. An ihrem südöstlichen Ende befindet sich die Stadt Bastia. Die höchsten Erhebungen sind Monte Alticcione (1138 m), Monte Stello (1306 m) und Cima di e Follicie (1324 m) (mit der Höhle Grotta a l'Albucciu). Nördlich des Cap Corse liegt die kleine zur Gemeinde Ersa gehörende Insel Giraglia.
Das Cap Corse ist verhältnismäßig wenig touristisch erschlossen. Es ist eine bekannte Weinregion, das Cap gibt dem Wein Muscat du Cap Corse seinen Namen.
Die korsische Schutzpatronin Julia von Korsika lebte zeitweilig in der Gegend.
(Wikipedia)
Staghurst Noir
Acte 3 : Arrogance
Inside the backseat of the speeding Rolls, Edmund resumes the conversation that his wife had cut off back at their sitting room ( see Acte 2). His wife again stops him, sure we can’t be heard she demands. Edmund points to the glass barrier behind the front seat. Reginal cannot hear a thing, unless the speaking vent is opened. Which it is , The Mistress jabs a ringed finger, close it up you fool.
Edmund reaches over and flicks the off switch on the speaking tube, he then turns to his wife, the papers committing My Auntie to the asylum, they are finished then? Yes Edmund, The Mistress sighs, like a parent reproving a young child.
Jolly good, Edmund commended; of course the old Dowager is off her rocker, trying to leaving her fortune to Err.. My Nephew I mean, Edmund stops himself before making the mistake of mentioning the name of Errol out loud again.
Those papers have to be filed tonight, The Mistress snaps, the Dowager plans on signing her will giving that bastard nephew of yours everything tomorrow morning. I don’t understand what possesses her to make her will out to him, after everything I have done for the old broad! Really Edmund, Errol’s father, how could you have a brother like that who would invests all his money into a bogus company that goes belly up? It was probably a good thing for him that they both died in that yachting accident before realizing their son and heir was going to be left penniless. Then Errol has the audacity to marry.. to marry a a Servant, The Mistress spits out the words like a piece of turned meat! The Mistress had now worked herself up into such a tizzy that she never noticed she was calling Edmund’s Nephew by name.
The Lordship nodded in agreement, not bothering to state the fact ( well known to them both) that it had been him, Edmund , advising his brother on the investment! One that Edmund knew was as crooked as a bolt of lightning, and he had also neglected to tell his brother that he ( Edmund) was not investing single red pence of his money, all the while encouraging his gullible elder brother to invest all of his share of their Father’s inheritance! Bloody shame that the rudder of their yacht would mysteriously break off during the storm, Edmund comments, with a tone of voice that almost comes across as conspiratorial, In the front seat, Reginald’s heard seems to turn back, almost as if he is listening in. Yes Edmund, The Mistress says as a malevolent grin spreads across her severe face, such a shame!
The Mistress carries on; it’s a good thing we share the same solicitor as the Dowager, and a better thing that he sees things the way we do!.
Do we have his money dear, Edmund asks sharply?
You Know I have it, The Mistress answers, but don’t be daft man, its safe and sound under my pillow she says with an evil gleam in her eyes, , I do not trust solicitors, or anyone of that ilk any farther than I can kick them! The solicitor will not see a bit of it until after the Dowagers will is in our name, and the Dowager is safely put away from any more harm she can possibly do us. It’s the last of our savings (meaning the last of Edmunds inheritance, for the Mistress brought only an old family name to the relationship, all her family money had gone to her (estranged) brothers).
Her Ladyship continues on, building up to one of her infamous tirades. That magistrate cost us a pretty pound to sign the papers committing the old broad to the asylum, we had just enough left to pay off the solicitor! We have nothing left, if we don’t stay in the Dowagers will as her only beneficiary, we will lose the estate, and be out on the street in a fortnight, and then what? I’ll tell you what she spit out her words, that Nephew of yours, and that hideous creature he calls a wife, will have the run of the place, infesting it like the vermin they both are! The Rolls makes a violent swerve, and the couple in the back are slammed against one another. The Mistress just glares at the backside of Reginald, itching to admonish him, but she did not want him to slow down for any reason.
Now, Reginald, unbeknownst to his employers, with help from a grateful garage owner, had the sound proof glass partition that was behind the Rolls front seat, modified, and is able to hear every word said from the backseat of the Rolls, but he always played dumb about it. One never knows what benefits may come out of being able to overhear conversations going on in the backseat, especially with the like of those two. And tonight he was receiving an earful.
As Reginald drives expertly through the weaving narrow streets of the city. His lordship and ladyship are scheming in the back about what they will do once Edmunds dowager aunt has been stopped from foolishly giving away her fortune to a worthless nephew.
Among their plans are to remodel the sitting room and her ladyships bedroom suite. As he listens, Reginald notes there are no plans to fix the leaky kitchen roofs, or cracked window s that let in the cold in the servant’s quarters. The greedy self-absorbed pair were not even going to put any money in the rundown stables, where the hounds, horses and the stable boys are always dodging pieces of crumbling walls. As Reginald’s thoughts simmer in anger, a light ahead starts to change from green and he slows down, purposefully jerking the luxury car in the process, as he approached the intersection.. Her ladyship, switching on the speaker, screams from the back for him to run it, you damn idiot!
Shouldn’t ma’am Reginald coolly says, this area of the city carries a bad reputation, there are always coppers about. If a street bobby sees me running it, he will have me stopped, and that will lose your ladyship and lordship a great deal more time than a minute at a light.
As this conversation goes on, the Rolls Royce has come to a complete stop, from the shadows of an alleyway creeps out a wizen old man, clutching a small glass bottle and some rags. He approaches and starts to wash off the dust from the rolls windshield. Don’t make eye contact her ladyship shrilly cries from the back as the old man approaches with a hand out for some reward for his feeble efforts. Not a tuppence do you give em, yells the Master, and as the light turns green, they both shout for Reginald to get a move on.
Giving the big car gas, Reginald tears off in a squeal of tyres, knocking the old man to the ground, causing him to drop his glass bottle of water, shattering it. The wizened old man watches them leave, his mouth moving under his breath as he utters some ancient Romanian curse to the speeding vehicle and its occupants.
At that moment, the dark clouds that had been slowly gathering in the sky, Part a little, and through a small hole, the light of the Evening Star struggles to show through.
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Stoat - British Wildlife Centre, Surrey, England - Sunday August 17th 2008.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ~ The Ermine (Mustela erminea) is a small mammal of the family Mustelidae. It is also known as the stoat and the short-tailed weasel.
Natural history ~ The Ermine can be found almost everywhere throughout the northern temperate, subarctic and Arctic regions, of Europe, Asia, and North America. In an unsuccessful attempt to control the rabbit population, it was introduced into New Zealand. Ermines are largely nocturnal or crepuscular but will sometimes come out during the day.
Physical description ~ The Ermine is a member of the family Mustelidae, which also includes other weasels, mink, otters, ferret, badgers, polecats, the wolverine, martens, the tayra, the fisher and in some taxonomical classifications skunks. This is one of the most species-rich families in order Carnivora. The Ermine moves in a sinuous manner when pursuing its prey extremely quick over the ground considering its small size, and is also a strong swimmer that is able to colonize offshore islands. Although it inhabits northern latitudes, the Ermine is built long and thin, leading to an increased surface area-to-volume ratio and increased dissipation of heat from its body. The advantage of this shape is that it is one of the few species able to follow burrowing animals into their own homes. It partly compensates for this shape by having short legs, small ears, a fast metabolism and, in winter, thick fur. Ermines may grow up to 30 cm long, with males much larger than the females. In most areas it coexists with the weasel (Mustela nivalis, also known as the Least Weasel), the smallest member of order Carnivora. Where the weasel is absent the Ermine is smaller (~70 g).
The Ermine's coat is a rich medium brown with an off-white belly. In winter, the coat is thicker and in regions that experience an inch or more of snow for at least forty days of the year (such as in Armenia[1]), the color changes to clean white. This white fur is known as "ermine", a term originating either from the Latin phrase "Armenius mūs" ("Armenian rat") or from a word common to the Germanic and Baltic languages, hence the scientific name. At this stage, where the animal is known as a "stoat", it may be referred to as ermine, or as being "in ermine". The winter Ermine has been used in art as a symbol of purity or virginity. The white fur was highly prized, and used in the robes of the Lord Chief Justice of England. Both the animal and the heraldic tincture are symbols of Brittany. The furs would be sewn together making a pattern of black dots. A version of this pattern is used in heraldry as ermine tincture.
In all seasons the Ermine has a black tip to its tail. The black tip probably serves as a decoy to predators, which would include almost any carnivore large enough to eat a Ermine (e.g. wolves, foxes, wolverines, and some birds of prey). This kind of coat is very similar to the coat of the long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata), a related animal of about the same size which also moults into white in the northern part of its range, and it is easy to confuse these kinds of weasels. The North American name for the Ermine, the "Short-tailed weasel" arose because its tail length distinguishes it from the long-tailed weasel. In general it is found farther north. Both species can be distinguished from the weasel because the weasel lacks a black tip on its tail.
Geographical range ~ The Ermine is native to the area between the 40th parallel (north) and the beginning of the Arctic Circle, which encompasses most of northern Eurasia and North America.
They have been introduced to New Zealand and Australia to control a rabbit overpopulation but found an alternative source of food easier to catch thus leaving the rabbit problem unsolved. They were also brought to Terschelling Island to control water voles (Arvicola terrestris). Ermines can swim up to 1.5 kilometers across seawater and have already reached several New Zealand offshore islands unaided. Maud Island which is 900 meters offshore has been colonised multiple times in the past 20 years.
Diet ~ The Ermine is a carnivore. It eats insects, rabbits; rodents such as the mouse, vole and rat; other small mammals; birds and their eggs and young; and sometimes fish, reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates. It is a very skillful tree climber and can descend a trunk headfirst, like a squirrel. The Ermine is capable of killing animals much larger than itself. When it is able to obtain more meat than it can eat it will engage in "surplus killing" and often stores the extra food for later. When this is the case, it will often kill by breaking the prey's neck without marking the body, presumably so its cache does not spoil easily.
There are several recorded instances of Ermines 'transfixing' rabbits by exhibiting a tumbling routine akin to a dance. Rabbits appear hypnotised by this activity and fail to notice the Ermine approach within striking distance. Once close enough, the rabbit falls easy prey to the Ermine.
Like other mustelids it typically dispatches its prey by biting into the base of the skull to get at the centers of the brain responsible for such important biological functions as breathing. Sometimes it will also make preliminary bites to other areas of the body. In most areas in which Ermines and least weasels co-exist, the weasel generally takes smaller prey and the Ermine slightly larger prey. The larger male Ermines generally take larger prey than females. Commonly, the Ermine falls prey to animals such as the wolf, fox, cat or badger.
Reproduction ~ Young Mustela ermineaThe Ermine is territorial and intolerant of others in its range, especially others of the same sex. Within its range, it typically uses several dens, often taken from prey species. It usually travels alone, except when it is mating or is a mother with older offspring. It breeds once a year, producing several young kits (or kittens) per litter, and its mating system is promiscuous. Copulation occurs during the mating season with multiple partners and is often forced by the male, who does not help raise the offspring. Sometimes it occurs when the female is so young she has not even left the den. In spite of being such a small animal, the Ermine's gestation is among the longest reported for mammals (11 months) because of the adaptation of delayed implantation, or embryonic diapause, in which a fertilized egg is not implanted in the uterus until months later. The animal's "real" gestation is much shorter. This is presumably an adaptation to the highly seasonal environment in which the Ermine lives.
Senses and behavior ~ Communication (and also location of prey) occurs largely by scent, since the Ermine as typical of mammals has a sensitive olfactory system. As a result much of this communication is missed by human observers. However, Ermines are believed to identify females in estrus by scent, and also the sex, health and age of prey. Some kinds of rodents such as voles have counter-adapted by being able to shut down reproduction (which makes females slower and easier to catch) if they smell the odor of mustelids. The Ermine's visual resolution is lower than that of humans and color vision is poor, although night vision is superior. Like most other non-primate mammals they have dichromatic colour vision (they can distinguish long from short wavelengths of light, but cannot make distinctions of hue within those bands). Tactile information is conferred by the vibrissae, or whiskers. When alarmed, a Ermine can release a powerful musky smell from glands near its anus.
I caught a sight of an Orange Aircraft on the port-side of my flight. Interestingly a very busy flight paths, often seeing some planes actually coming in the opposite direction and even across-beneath my plane. Felt nervous at times. My prayers too for those that mysteriously vanished in the unsolved case of Flight MH370.
Dragon Priest : "Where are we heading, ma'am?"
Anna : "..."
Dragon Priest : "..."
Anna : "You're the time traveller. You can tell me about it."
Dragon Priest : "Indeed, I can see all of the past and the future holds. But, there are 2 souls that I couldn't see. One of them is yours, madam Valeriya."
Anna : "...Mindi Badweyn."
This story which I have researched for 10 years, about the unsolved murder of Dr Helen Davidson in Buckinghamshire woodland in 1966, is to be featured on 'This Morning' on ITV on Friday 2 July
Come take this hand at twilight's door
I'll meet you there we'll share the moonlit floor
Through the driving rain, colours run in veins
Ozone fills the air, two figures disappear
Come let's take flight, let's quit this scene tonight
Whilst they sleep on endless, in their wrecked designs
Sleep on endless in your wrecked designs
Moths touched by flame repeat their fatal game
Forever and eternally, the cliffs around the crashing sea
Unsolved and endless, wait for me
Undulating far below, where lucid waters flow
Their faces seem to know
Where the land falls to an end
This hidden tale begins
Take a walk with me, down by the sea
Take a walk with me
Down by the sea
Lands End
- Siouxsie and the Banshees-
SOUTHERN CROSS # 12
END OF STORY ARC “ROMULUS,” Part Six. Hazel learns the hard way that some mysteries should be left unsolved. The search for the Southern Cross is over, but with its return comes a horror no one could have imagined.
MOTOR GIRL # 6
If there is one person on Earth that visiting aliens trust, it's Samantha Locklear. Now Sam is fighting to save the desert junkyard that has become a UFO safehaven from an industrial tycoon determined to seize the land and in-stall an anti-UFO weapon. Fortunately, Sam has a secret weapon of her own, her imaginary gorilla friend Mike! Don't miss the fun in this new action packed issue of Motor Girl!
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS 2017 ANNUAL # 1
The future of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers starts here as Tommy makes a choice that will have huge consequences for the team; Black Power Rangers from across parallel dimensions meet to face off against a deadly foe; and all-new secret origins revealed!
Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language.
Do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them.
It is a question of experiencing everything. At present you need to live the question.
Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day.
~Rainer Maria Rilke
HBW!