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You wouldbe thinking by now... "Wagner is uploading anything this days..."
But this one was ALMOST the last photo my camera took...I explain:
We were looking the dispaly at the Town Hall, and when we were ready to go, Monica asked for a group photo, to what I said, "Yes ma'm!"
I put the timer, moved behind everyone, and a asian tourist start filming the Town Hall, using her mobile, in front of my camera.
Denise, one of my friends said "Excuse me!", and the lady tourist jumped (I think she didn't noticed us there), said "I sorry!" and moved really quick AROUND the camera. But she was using high heels and lost balance, falling centimeters to my tripod, at the same time the trigger went off. I have to say, my heart skipped a beat on this one.
In the end she was fine, I was fine and the camera was fine, so that's what matters.
the first transcription i ever did in college was botticelli's venetian
prince (and i bet all to hell i didnt spell that right)
anyway. I was 19, and attened a private catholic school (briarcliff university, used to be briarcliff college in sioux city iowa)
i was expecting the original, hanging in the national gallery in washington dc, to be huge, and it wasnt. it was only like a foot wide. the paint wasnt polished and fine like i thought it wouldbe either, it was thick like toothpaste. at the time, the only thing between
me,
all of my sweet innocent curiosity,
and the actual real life right there
in front of me original were these flimsy velvet covered ropes.
sooooo the guards came right away and they searched my backpack, asked me a
lot of questions and warned me. It wasnt until i got upstairs that i did it
again with a Leighton, and was very politely asked to come with them.
they were real nice about it.
said i could maybe come back tomorrow but that i was done today. sooo i sat
out on the capital steps with the henry miller waiting for the boys. when i
told alan he took our picture. (the one next that says "and this is what that looked like"
“DESERT STEVE” OF DESERT CENTER BOOSTS HIGHWAY 60
This newspaper received Its annual | cotrlbution this week from Steven A. Ragsdale, familiarly known as “Desert j Steve,” of Desert Center. The contribution Included a large calendar, with a poem about Highway 60, by “Desert Steve” himself, and a picture of his service station and cafe, under which are the following captions: “Desert Center —Main Street 100 Miles Long. ! Free Board and Room Every Day the : Sun Doesn’t Shine at Desert Center.” The following letter accompanied the calendar: “Well boys. It’s New Year’s Day again—Calendar Day. “1 am sending you, today, under separate cover, our Desert Center calendar. You will find it unique—It's different. “A new deal in calendars and a proven asset in boosting U. S. Highway 60. “At considerable cost, I am boosting U. S. 60 from coast to coast, from Los Angeles to Norfolk, Virginia, and ' find my dollar spent for each calendar, I returns many-fold in good hard cash, lin your till and mine, all along the route. “If you do not care to place and retain the calendar in a conspicuous place where you, your employees and the traveling public can see it and continually be reminded of U. S. 60 the entire year, then please return it to me at my expense. *T have resolved, this year, to send ! this letter to you in prose and not. as per usual, in rhyme. Since you boys are my friends, I hope, and never did me any harm, then why I should I cuss you out in "would be” I rhyme and besides, I wish to talk to i you as man to man. hoping to cause ! you to think a little and work like I for U. S. 60, instead of (perhaps?) ! laughing a little at my foolishness. "Now’, If you boys are just plain lazy, dumb or thin-skinned and want to get sore, just hop to it and see if old Desert Steve gives a . “I am sure you will agree that any j business man who bellyaches about ! hard times, poor business, depression, ! and cusses the giv-er-ment, aught to j starve to death and cause the coyotes j to howl with the belly-ache when try- ] ing to digest his “no good” carcass. | Well, God pity the little wolves if I they had to consume all the no good I boosters, calling themselves business | men who are camping along U. S. 60 I in hotels, garages, camp cabins, serv- ' ice stations and cates, to say nothing !of the thousands of so-called merchants. "At least 90 percent of the business men and their employes on U. S. 60 don’t know- what route they're on. Don’t know that U. S. 60 is the shortest, most scenic and most climatically desirable U. S. highway in America. Don't know that U. S. 60 is the only direct route from the Eastern to the Western coast, under one name and number, and most important of all, don’t know that the traveling public | is anxious to actually spend millions —Yes I said and mean millions of dollars annually, with John Doe, U. S. 60 Business Man. it he wasn't dead from the belly-button both ways and too danged lazy or dumb to wake up and advertise and organize. “Question? Do I hear old Mr. Mossback grumble and ask; ’Does it pay | to advertise and organize?’ “Answer: ’l’ll tell the whole world lit pays—one thousand percent!’ "My proof is that in 1921, I found myself badly in debt with over $lOO,000 worth of Colorado River cotton land, then valueless. By hard work, a little horse sense (in lieu of brains) and unique advertising—in the past thirteen years of depression I have built up a business that I would not trade tor a dozen empty office buildings. I am so sure that it does pay to advertise, that I propose to pass through your town next spring en route from coast to coast over U. S. Highway 60. every mile, with car and truck, advertising U. S. 60 and Desert Center at my own expense, at which time I hope to submit to you personally, a program of advertising U. S. 60 from Los Angeles to the Atlantic coast. “For every one hundred cars traveling U. S. 60 we can add 900 more! “In this way, I am determined to secure as many, at least one or more, delegates from each town en route to attend our national convention for U. S. 60 at Socorro. New Mexico, June 1, 1935. "I am asking you to be prepared to assist me in rounding up Mr. Wouldbe Business Man and Mr. Should-be U. S. 60 Booster, who is dead and don’t know it, who says, ‘W-a-I—you see, times are so hard and I am so busy doin’ nothin’, I sartin can't go to the U. S. 60 convention.’ Well^
you and me’ll put a cactus under his tail, tie him on my old Jack Burro and tow him to Socorro and charge him tow mileage, for which he will ever thank us, for Oh Boy, what a grand and glorious time will be had by all! * “Should you be dead or so sound asleep, that you can’t wake up, please give this letter and calendar to some live wire in your town who will to-, operate. However, if you are among the living, please write me personally i and use all the cuss words you wish, | for I doubt if you can learn me any j new r ones. I"Nuf sed, S. A. RAGSDALE. , , Alias “Desert Steve.”
Thrashers are considered to be members of the mimid (e.g. Mockingbird) family. I never tire of this species which, for me in my home digs of Albuquerque, is a yard bird. It usually nests in cholla cacti on our property, and likely used the same flora here. The cacti spines will certainly discourage many wouldbe predators from attacking its chicks. This is a very young bird. Its bill will grow much longer as it ages. It also needs to put on some weight and fill out more.
IMG_6857; Curved-billed Thrasher
Well actually he does have one. I just thought his look reminded me a little of this funny gif ... this is where ...
Bram Stoker was born or once farted in Whitby or something therefore the town is constantly swarmed with goths and wouldbe vampires and smoking chavs.
This is fairly close up showing where the the beach is.
This image belongs to Google Maps.
Please send me a cease and desist, and I will cease and desist immediately.
Straight up, thumbtacks! No ice, no remorse, no mercy. Dying, or on the way out for the Gashlycrumb Tinies.
My personal take on the gruesome alphabetic demise as written and illustrated by Edward Gorey. Robin... and I are working on completing the whole series, doing one about once a week.
Did you know:
Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000) wrote more than 100 books, often using pseudonyms in the form of anagrams of his own name, such as Ogdred Weary, Dogear Wryde, and Eduard Blutig (a German take on his name).
I had a color version of this shot, someone thought it would be nice in black and white. Cheers to the new Black and White group created by my friends in Oregon
We absolutely adore this cute Tim Burton-inspired bubble dress from Kookanoid!! I want one in every color now! Thanks to Maggi for showing me this dress and telling me it wouldbe perfect for Bettie!
One of only a very few caterpillars seen by me on my trip. There were several of these in the one area. The spines look as though it is quite able to defend itself against many wouldbe predators. It also makes it look quite distinctive to me.
Help with ID would be welcome.
With advertising space on lamposts at a premium at the moment, wouldbe politicial bill posters looking for space are beaten here...................
oh damn, I forgot white can for highlihgts then.. so now this looks just so... with highlights wouldbe kinda better.. that spot btw is dope as hell, angry dudes the owners of those garages who knows what could do for you if would get you busted here.. they just go through the yard with cars to their garages and just not quiet spot though...
We absolutely adore this cute Tim Burton-inspired bubble dress from Kookanoid!! I want one in every color now! Thanks to Maggi for showing me this dress and telling me it wouldbe perfect for Bettie!
It's a native to New Zealand, and looks beautiful against a summer sky. Known best for it's white bib on it's crest, the Tui is also referred to as a 'Parson's Bird'.
The Tui has several calls and is believed to have two vocal cords to aid it's singing prowess.
They are particularly territorial often protecting it's own property (like this one's red sugar water bowl) from other wouldbe Tui.
Thrashers are considered to be members of the mimid (e.g. Mockingbird) family. I never tire of this species which, for me in my home digs of Albuquerque, is a yard bird. It usually nests in cholla cacti on our property, and likely used the same flora here. The cacti spines will certainly discourage many wouldbe predators from attacking its chicks. This is a very young bird. Its bill will grow much longer as it ages. It also needs to put on some weight and fill out more.
IMG_6852; Curved-billed Thrasher
He is actually one of ramen gurus in Japan. He is also the president of ramen bank ( www.ramenbank.com/ ) and his company is one of advocators of this event.
His Official Blog (in Japanese)
Tokyo Ramen Show (11/3-7) Official WEB site (in Japanese)
Venue Map
I'm not sure what the time limit is for sitting in these massage chairs at HammSchlemmie but I think we'd tested it. It's a shame hovercraft never caught on, I remember seeing the Doctor use one and thinking it wouldn't be long before we all had one. I guess the noise problem was a big issue but they would certainly be handy for avoiding bridge tolls. I guess now they're as likely to take off as personalized pedal powered blimps. Then of course they'd have to make hovercraft lanes on the river and all the sludgeboat people would be complaining and there'd be no way to seal off the bridge and tunnelers if one day necesssary. I mean one way to do it quietly wouldbe to wind up the propellors like a spinning top/toy gyroscope just to give them enough 'charge'to make it round the harbor and back onshore for a while.
The finished sculpted boulder seat. You'll notice that the top of the boulder has been left open, this will be filled with sand and capped with moss and lichen, the idea is to encourage solitary bees to use it as a nesting facility, a kind of high rise condominium for our buzzy friends. The bees are completely harmless so there's no danger to wouldbe seat users, they will however be able to get a fantastic view of the bees going about their business.
flights-of-fantasy: wedding workshop - why not have just one massive flower? this wouldbe cute for very small bridesmaids!
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~ An Exposure Trip To Areas of Struggle 21. 4. os .
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Kashlpur, Koraput, Kalohandi: Tales of State Repression, Corporate Plunder .
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Debates· and Starvation in the Midst of Plenty .
De~·elopment Vs Displac-emen! .
"Jfyou areto suffer you shouldsuffer in the inleresr ofthe country. "· Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers who were to be displaced .
by the Hira.k:ud Dam, 1948. \\'bf' .~, s tht r~al costs of'de,·elopment', as defined by those who rule? \\'r, 're these people, who have been expected to uncomplainingly "suffer in the interests ofthe country", to make mega dams, military 'temples ofmodern India' possible?.
installations. mmes and other .
\Vhose h..)mes and lands are drowned out, who suffer the impact ofuranium radiation, who routinely get shot when they raise their voice .
against the snatching away oftheir way of life? .
s tribal people. Though India's tribal people make up roughly 7.5 percent ofthe population, over 50 percentOverwhelmingly, it is lndia'.
ofthose displaced by 'development projects' are from tribal communities. In otherwords, a tiny tribal minority is forced to bear the .
massive burden of'development' -they are sacrificed at the altarofa 'development' that robs them oftheir homes, traditiona,l survival .
mechanisms, ofthe lands. forests, rivers and ecosystems ofwhich they had been the custodians for centuries. .
Those who have, for centuries. learnt to live in forests. arc now forced to survive in the urban jungle ofslums, selling their labour in the .
open market. The Government glibly talks of'rehabilitation'. The Indian State has never even had the will to distribute ceiling-surplus .
land amongst the landless; can we expect it to find to 'rehabilitate' these people? .
lf'sacri.fice' is reaLly essential for progress, why should the weakest and most vulnerable be expected to bear the burden ofsacrifice? .
Surely the rich and powerful can afford it better? In the interests ofdevelopment, why don't huge landowners 'sacrifice' their land in favour ofthose who till the land? Why don't those who own villas and farmhouses in cities surrender their land for some productive use? Friends, Tlustory of'D~opltU!IItforthe Rich and Powerful'and 'Displacement of the Marginal.ised' is onethaJ isplayed outon ~slilg~ alloverthe counJry. These stories wouldbe unknown andforgotten ifit were notfor the brave peoples movements that havefacedimpossible odds. We haveseen thesepopular movements ofvillagers in theNarmada Valley, in Mahesh war. in villages like HarsMd. where Dams are drowning our entire sealements. precious archaeological sites. ancient monuments. complex ecosystems: of fLShworkers in rhe ChUila Latein Orissa, who have been shot deadfor challenging the Govt. which is promoting aquaculture mafias to deslToy the ecosystem ofthe Lake, an.d the livelihood oftraditional ftsherfolk; oftribals in Jaduguda in Jhark.hand, against wan.ivm mining which is poisoning the lives oftribalpopulations; oftribals in Jhark.hand. who roo have been killed bypolice bullets for resisting the Kod-KD.ro DOJtl; oftribals in Kerala, who bravely refused to vacate the M uthangaforest without rehabilitation and .
faced policefving that killed and injured several... .
On behalfofSSS Debates, we invite yo u to engage with and challenge the dominant paradigm ofdevelopment, to take a closer look at development', and see what it has meant for the people ofthe regions thus chosen for 'development', to .
some ofthe 'laboratories' of 'struggles to protect their own lives and livelihood, and also to protect our environment, our narural resources from.
wimess the peoples' .
corporate plunder. .
\Ve have, therefore, planned an e1:posure trip of JNU students to one site of struggle: the Kashipur-Koraput-.
Kalabandi region of Western O rissa. .
Meet some ofthe key characters in the banle that is being played out there: .
~ The Landi~Starving and Struggling Poor: This is the region synonymous with s{¥Vation -hunger that kills. This is where .
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various CMs ofOrissa have tried to prove that the biner. poisonous gruel made from mango kernels is acrually a delicacy preferred by .
the 'ignorant' tribals, not a diet forced on them by desperate hunger. But did you know that in 1996, when over a 100 people died of .
starvation in IUiabandi, rice production in Kalahandi was higher tbao the national average?! Again in 200 I, Kashipur was racked by .
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hunger deaths. Landless tnbals in this region, when they struggle for rights over land, or enough wages to keep starvation at bay, are .
branded as 'extrem.ists' and hunted by the police. .
~ The Corporate Plunderers: In this region, where food is denied to those who produce it, various huge mining corporates came with promises ofjobs, progress. prosperity. What they did was actually to plunder the rich natural resources, destroy the land, evict thousands of villages. as they carved up the region amongst themselves. Some of the key corporate players who mine bauxite in Kashipur, Koraput and Kalahandi are Utkal Alumina International Ltd. (UAIL: a joint venture ofthe Indian company HfNDALCO and .
Canadian company ALCAN (earlier, TATA, HYDRO (Norway) and ALCOA (America) were pan of the venrure, but the people's .
movement forced them to withdraw from the venture). Srerlite. Larson and Toubro. Birla and Vedanta. .
> The Mining Projects: which will affect 22000 people of82 villages. Rs. l,20,000 to I,50,000 is being promised as compensation per .
acre ofland acquired; naturally, those who own no land, and used to depend on forests and rivers, are not eligible for any compensation. .
> TheStateThat Kills Those Who Protest: On 16 December 2000, police fired on oibals protesting against the mining companies, .
killing three and injuring several. In December 2004. when people demonstrated demanding that the companies leave the lad and go .
back. the police openly threatened women with rape. Elderl~ women stripped and shouted, ''Rape us, but we won't vacate the land!· The .
police then brutally lathicharged, tear-gassed, assaulted and jailed the peaceful protestors. Now, lhe tribals are treated as an enemy .
army: huge forces ofCRPF, State Anned Forces, indian Reserve Battalion, etc... have been deployed_ which have ·picked up' activists .
and leaders ofthe movements from their homes, and which routinely patrolthe local haats (weekly markets) to terrorise the local people. .
But the movement goes on..... .
W Invite JNU students to join this exposure-trip, which will visit the Kashlpur-Kalahandl region tliTs summer, between .
2o-30 May, 2005.1nterested students are requested to contact by April29: Ajoy Ashirwad (9811359591) &Harshlta (9810854369) sdl-Harshita Chaudhary, Councillor, SSS-JNUSU.
sdJ-Ajoy Ashirwad, Councillor, SSS-JNUSU .
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The coolest thing about this is the face in the middle which is supposedly where they would be able to dispense the boiling liquid onto wouldbe attackers.
For an interesting debate on what they did or didn't boil to throw on attackers back in the day: www.florilegium.org/files/COMBAT/warfare-msg.html
And for someone who takes his or her castle sieges very seriously: www.juniorgeneral.org/siege/siege.html
As wouldbe bee photographers will know, the keepers are elusive, 239 exposures yielded around a dozen, actually with a bee, in focus, doing something even mildly interesting; and from those just two or three worth a look...
I thought it wouldbe cute to have Oslo sip my icewater or nibble on my straw, so I set up my lamp on a table and layed out the red carpet and a backdrop.
It was super cute and Oslo was nibbling my straw and chewing the cup until...
Yes, the knocked it over. The look on his face was priceless, so I had to take a photo of the mistake.
The Waxwings are one of my favorite birds to photograph due to their beautiful color and markings and since they are usually found in very colorful backgrounds that contrast well with their plumage. They get the name Waxwings from the colorful tips on their wing and tail feathers which ars dense concentrations of pigments from their diet of fruit. They were not as easy to capture yesterday as they have been on past attempts. The group would come into the berry bush quickly grab a berry and then fly off, and with the breeze blowing the bushes they wouldbe in the sun one second and shade the next. This is where the burst mode of the 40D really paid off as I could shoot 5 to 6 frames quickley and catch the constantly changeing light.(Canon EOS 40D canon 100/400L IS 40mm f/5.6 at 1/400sec iso 400)