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looks like a big fly (15 x 15 cm)
material: brass
made to be an ashtray for cigars, therefore you can lift up the 'wings'
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I finally fulfilled another one of my "bucket list" endeavors . . . along with another recent "accomplishment" - playing a round of golf - it's been something I always dreamed about. Finding the perfect suit was just the beginning ... and I have newfound appreciation for just how difficult it is for women to find that suit that fits, flatters and flaunts their assets! Ensuring everything stayed in place involved more careful preparation than usual .. the beach wasn't terribly crowded, but there were enough people passing by as I sunbathed and frolicked in the surf, and I didn't want any accidents!
My dear friend Melissa was my patient photographer, and she captured many stills and a few videos of my special morning. The joy and absolute sense of freedom that I felt during this outing is hard to put into words.
I can only say that it brought about a happiness that I hadn't felt in a long time.
To download this video or to watch it in full go to: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/goto?3827
This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through Decmeber 2007.
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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[File Photo: Saturn's orange moon Titan peeks from behind two of Saturn's rings. Small, battered Epimetheus, another of Saturn's 62 moons, appears just above the rings.]
Story details: NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected propylene, a chemical used to make food-storage containers, car bumpers and other consumer products, on Saturn's moon Titan.
This is the first definitive detection of the plastic ingredient on any moon or planet, other than Earth.
A small amount of propylene was identified in Titan's lower atmosphere by Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer (CIRS). This instrument measures the infrared light, or heat radiation, emitted from Saturn and its moons in much the same way our hands feel the warmth of a fire.
Propylene is the first molecule to be discovered on Titan using CIRS. By isolating the same signal at various altitudes within the lower atmosphere, researchers identified the chemical with a high degree of confidence. Details are presented in a paper in the Sept. 30 edition of the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
"This chemical is all around us in everyday life, strung together in long chains to form a plastic called polypropylene," said Conor Nixon, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and lead author of the paper. "That plastic container at the grocery store with the recycling code 5 on the bottom -- that's polypropylene."
Read more: 1.usa.gov/17MrtXs
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Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
When A Legend Calls, You Answer (And Say Yes)
Rolling Stone Culture Council, an invitation-only collection of thought leaders and business innovators from a variety of industries that shape culture and society, has accepted Mark Paulda to its unique community.
Mark was specifically selected as one of Rolling Stone Culture Council’s newest members because of contributions to the photography and arts industry. Mark joins senior leaders in various industries that influence how global culture is shaped, including: art, cannabis, entertainment, fashion, film, food and beverage, gaming, hospitality, media, music, sports, technology, television, and theater.
The Culture Council is an invitation-only community whose members and business accomplishments are reviewed and vetted for inclusion based on industry and thought leadership, contributions to their industry and society, and a willingness to help lead what’s next for music, arts, and related industries
The sharp eye of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the tiny moon Phobos during its orbital trek around Mars. Because the moon is so small, it appears star-like in the Hubble pictures.
Over the course of 22 minutes, Hubble took 13 separate exposures, allowing astronomers to create a time-lapse video showing the diminutive moon's orbital path. The Hubble observations were intended to photograph Mars, and the moon's cameo appearance was a bonus.
More here: go.nasa.gov/2uDchSn
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This picture is #19 in the 100 Strangers Project - Round 3
Was visiting family in Mumbai, India for a short vacation last month. The incessant but necessary rains really dampened a lot of plans making general travel within the city challenging - especially with the traffic. But still had the odd opportunity to walk around seeking strangers for the project. The next few encounters are, in no particular order, from my Mumbai days.
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Meet Khushi.
I was actually lucky to run into Khushi, as I was hanging out at a Starbucks in Bandra, a posh and happening hub of the city. For some reason when I saw her I kind of had a feeling that she was a creative/performing artist - almost certain that she was an actress. Turns out am right quite right, Khushi, is professional singer and but actually already quite a star on the ascent. In fact she was at Starbucks in connection with discussing a upcoming project.
It would be quite safe to say that Khushi is an versatile artist with various creative accomplishments already under her belt. As a performer, she has rocked numerous high profile stage shows with the biggest names in the Bollywood industry. In fact recently she opened shows for Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s Da-bangg tour with her terrific singing performances. Undoubtedly the young lady is extremely beautiful - but viewing her performances online one can safely conclude she has been blessed with abundant talent as well. A wonderful voice, and a great performer Khushi can definitely hold the stage and make it fun. It also helps that she is an amazing dancer, having been a part of the renowned Shiamak Davar’s group. What is more – she has formally learned theatre in Los Angeles, where she shuttles to back and forth from Mumbai. As a actor, she has already performed in a Telugu (regional Indian language) movie and numerous commercials/ad films as the opportunity arises. She greatly respects good work and is willing to venture without saying no to work. Khushi actually is a shortened form of "Khushnum" which translates to happiness and undoubtedly matches her ability to spread joy through her talent.
Besides her love for singing and also dancing, Khushi loves sports including swimming, badminton and especially "box cricket" - a form of cricket pretty much in a smaller playing arena called the "box". Her fondest memories revolved around all the times she spent with her parents - sadly both her parents died when she was very young so treasures those memories. When I asked about her favorite quality she matter of fact stated it was her simplicity. She opined that people are needlessly pretentious and always obsessed with outwardly appearances. In fact it was really refreshing to see her humility - doing these pics with a aspiring photographer on a street, taking instructions, and infusing her own ideas to contribute to a better result (seeing her pictures online she clearly knows how to model).
As we stepped out for a few clicks, she was initially a little unsure given the many staring eyes on the street. But in a few minutes she completely took it in her stride, just amp-ed up the attitude and pretty much rocked the session. In hindsight, I feel maybe I could have done even more to do her justice, but I guess each time its a learning experience.
Thank you Khushi for all your time and trust doing these pictures despite being in a rush and being such a great sport in this random set-up. It was great making your acquaintance and I consider myself lucky to have the opportunity to photograph a star like you. as much as I would love to do this in a more planned manner in the future - it definitely seems unlikely since I am sure with your talent you will only go from strength to strength.
Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
For my other pictures on this project: 100 Strangers - Round 2.
There was a time when the Northwest Passage was a sort of maritime Holy Grail, a route so desired and sought after, but so elusive. For most of the recorded history of North America, the Passage has been nearly impassable and often deadly. But with the modernization of ships and the warming of the Earth, cruising and sailing through the Canadian Archipelago from Baffin Bay to the Beaufort Sea has grown more common and easier. But it’s not necessarily easy.
The top image above shows the Northwest Passage as it appeared on August 31, 2015, to the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi-NPP satellite.
Read more: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86589
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense.
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Yesterday's accomplishment! I can see some improvement, but I can also see that I have more to learn.
And I might have to go and buy a couple of new erasers! I'm still OK on pencils... just using the HB, no special ones.
Hurricane Florence
iss056e162175 (Sept. 12, 2018) --- Cameras outside the International Space Station captured a stark and sobering view of Hurricane Florence the morning of Sept. 12 as it churned across the Atlantic in a west-northwesterly direction with winds of 130 miles an hour. The National Hurricane Center forecasts additional strengthening for Florence before it reaches the coastline of North Carolina and South Carolina early Friday, Sept. 14.
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. --Jim Rohn
captured in Door County
Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
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Nature in Focus, 217 awards thus far, 021422
The greatest accomplishment in life is not in never falling,
but in rising again after you fall.
~Vince Lombardi (1913-1970)
American Football Coach
This is a visualizations of ozone concentrations over the southern hemisphere.
Minimum concentration of ozone in the southern hemisphere for each year from 1979-2013 (there is no data from 1995). Each image is the day of the year with the lowest concentration of ozone. A graph of the lowest ozone amount for each year is shown.
Read more/download file: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a011600/a011648/
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Oppenheim explores labour issues particular to the production of vintage lace in this meticulously detailed photogram. Once a highly prized luxury item lace was traditionally made by aristocratic women – for whom it was a refined accomplishment and a leisurely pursuit - or by nuns and domestic craftswomen, who were paid poorly for their piecework. When lace became mass-produced in the mid-19th century, it lost quality, value and prestige. The market that then emerged for handcrafted vintage lace encouraged the assemblage of large synthetic composites form Fragments of several rare designs, as seen in Oppenheimer’s print.
I arrived here at the Haywood-Jackson Overlook (elevation 6020' at Milepost 431.0) on the Blue Ridge Parkway early in the morning and full of hope. I wasn't disappointed... the Sun stretched and yawned its way into a colorful morning. It's still quite wondrous to me to see the world go from a dark and quiet shapeless form to one of brilliant light, sparkling dew, and birds singing of the newness of it all. In moments like this, my hopefulness changes to gratitude, and my gratitude to joy. They seem to go hand-in-hand.
It's Thanksgiving Day here in the States. It's a particular holiday that I appreciate, though I try to maintain an attitude of gratitude year round, as there is much to be thankful for always... especially if you have any understanding of what it means to be a Christian. There are reasons why I know this to be true, as I've written here every Thanksgiving. This year, however, take a look from Chuck Swindoll's insight from his devotion, An Attitude of Genuine Thanksgiving:
"Paul had an attitude of genuine thanksgiving: "Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak" (Colossians 4:2-4).
Here's a man in his sixties who has been preaching for years asking for prayers for a clearer delivery. There was no pretense with Paul. No degree of success or number of years in the ministry gave him a false sense of ultimate accomplishment. He knew he had not yet arrived. He was convinced his preaching could be improved. And so with a genuinely thankful heart, he entreated his fellow believers for their prayers. Can you see the power of that kind of attitude? Very refreshing.
No wonder the man had such lasting impact for Christ. His secret bled through every one of his letters. He had learned to be content in all things. But we can't leave the ink of these truths to simply sit and dry on the page. We must embrace the same secret for ourselves if we are to have the same lasting impact. Some personal reflection is in order.
Let's turn the spotlight away from the man housed in Rome back then and focus it on you and your life, wherever you find yourself right now. Are you making a difference in the lives of those closest to you by the way you respond to your circumstances? Are others inspired by your faith, or are they discouraged by your fears? Are the attitudes of unselfish humility, joyful acceptance, strong determination, and genuine thanksgiving evident in the way you respond to circumstances? Maybe it's time to make some changes. Let's see if I can help.
Start by refusing to let your situation determine your attitude. When your attitude overshadows your situation, transformation really begins. As we saw in Paul, the power to transform stubborn attitudes of fear and bitterness, anger and defeat, comes from Christ. The Lord our God stands ready to pour His strength in you. He alone has the power to deliver you from those relentless foes and send you soaring.
Keep an attitude of genuine thanksgiving."
I'm thankful for all of you, too! And please remember those who serve in the military who can't be home this Thanksgiving, as well as the police, firefighters, EMS and those manning the posts at the hospitals... I'm thankful for them all!
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
2017 was quite a busy year for me, with several notable accomplishments. I started the year competing in The Tourney, which is a rounds-based castle contest. I only made it to round 2, but it was still really fun and allowed me to experiment with some new building styles. Next, I worked on a few builds for Bricks Cascade, a convention in Portland. I rebuilt part of my Helm's Deep MOC from last year, built an epic Laketown diorama with Cole Blood, and built a couple small castle islands for the huge Time Isles collaboration, which somehow won best in show! I also got to meet and hang out with a ton of amazing builders, and had a great time at the convention. Soon after Bricks Cascade, I posted my updated Helm's Deep and got blogged for the first time by The Brothers Brick and Bricknerd! In May, I entered the 2017 MELO (Middle Earth Lego Olympics) on MOCPages, which is another rounds-based contest. This time I was much more successful and managed to win first place, which was a huge and unexpected accomplishment. I also entered a couple additional builds into the Summer Joust contest on Flickr, and got a couple of honorable mentions. By the time MELO was over, I had to work on a few builds for BrickCon in Seattle. The main build was a huge collaboration called The Village of Avalon, which I built with Jake Hansen, Cole Blood, and Micah Schmidt. The final build together looked amazing, though we had to do a lot of building at the convention to finish in time. I also built a big Renaissance island for the Time Isles collaboration, that we expanded for BrickCon. The build later got blogged by TBB. In addition to the awesome collaborations, I also brought my MELO R6 build, which won Best Fortification! After a very fun and successful BrickCon, I finished up the year with several CCC entries.
I can't wait for next year, though I will probably be posting a bit less often because of school. Happy New Year everyone!
As a man..
Photographer, Ebrahim almehry
This one says a lot about me, im am really determinant to show that a woman is nothing less than a man when it comes to education, responsibility and accomplishments. This is not the year 1500 something, we are not the neglected forgotten half, we are not the slaves or the maids for you men. Open your eyes wide, and watch your backs, cause we are more than just a backup, we are the BASE.
I was inspired by a photo from this nice lady's flickr, many thanx to her
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the new bookshelves are finally painted and ready for action (once the last coat of green finished drying)
Located on State Route 266 in Morgan County, Stockport's population is 540 persons.
The historic Stockport Mill is the last remaining mill on the Muskingum River. And now it's a one-of-a-kind inn and restaurant.
A mill has operated on this site since 1842. Construction began on the current structure in 1906. Its milling equipment was operated by electricity generated by turbines harnessing the power of the Muskingum River.
Milling operations ceased in 1997. But the doors re-opened in May, 2000 as the Stockport Mill Inn and Restaurant on the Dam. Great care has been taken in preserving the original architecture and building materials. Each of the 14 guest rooms is distinctive, and all offer private balconies overlooking the beautiful Muskingum River. A dining terrace wraps around the Mill's first floor restaurant and antiques are on exhibit throughout the historic structure.
The Muskingum River (Shawnee: Wakatamothiipi ) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 111 miles (179 km) long, in southeastern Ohio in the United States. An important commercial route in the 19th century, it flows generally southward through the eastern hill country of Ohio. Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The river is navigable for much of its length through a series of locks and dams.
The Muskingum is formed at Coshocton in east-central Ohio by the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers. It flows in a meandering course southward past Conesville and Dresden to Zanesville, and then southeastward past South Zanesville, Philo, Gaysport, Malta, McConnelsville, Beverly, Lowell, Stockport and Devola. It joins the Ohio at Marietta.
Along its course the Muskingum collects Wills Creek near Conesville; Wakatomika Creek at Dresden; the Licking River at Zanesville; Moxahala Creek at South Zanesville; and Wolf Creek near Beverly.
The Muskingum River Parkway and its 160-year-old navigation system were designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in July 2001. Along with such majestic institutions as Hoover Dam, The Empire State Building and the Golden Gate Bridge, the Muskingum River’s 10 hand-operated locks are now recognized as one of America’s great engineering accomplishments.
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus resupply spacecraft aboard, launches from Pad-0A, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Northrop Grumman's 15th contracted cargo resupply mission for NASA to the International Space Station will deliver about 8,000 pounds of science and research, crew supplies, and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory and its crew.
Photo Credit: NASA Wallops/Allison Stancil
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This computer animation illustrates how Pluto's moon Nix changes its spin unpredictably as it orbits the "double planet" Pluto-Charon. The view is from the surface of Pluto as the moon circles the Pluto-Charon system. This is a time-lapse view of the moon, compressing four years of motion into two minutes, with one complete orbit of Pluto-Charon every two seconds. (The apparent star movement rate is greatly slowed down for illustration purposes.) The animation is based on dynamical models of spinning bodies in complex gravitational fields — like the field produced by Pluto and Charon's motion about each other. Astronomers used this simulation to try to understand the unpredictable changes in reflected light from Nix as it orbits Pluto-Charon. They also found that Pluto's moon Hydra also undergoes chaotic spin. The football shape of both moons contributes to their wild motion. The consequences are that if you lived on either moon, you could not predict the time or direction the sun would rise the next morning.
(The moon is too small for Hubble to resolve surface features, and so the surface textures used here are purely for illustration purposes.)
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Showalter (SETI Institute), and G. Bacon (STScI)
Read more: www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-hubble-finds-pluto-s-mo...
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of NASA's first space servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, we are sharing this gallery of images from all five of the Hubble servicing missions.
Astronauts serviced Hubble for the first time in December 1993. Including that trip, there have been five astronaut servicing missions to Hubble between 1993 and 2009.
How did astronauts repair and service the Hubble Space Telescope more than 300 miles above the surface of the Earth? Watch Hubble astronauts as they discuss servicing from the innovative Robotics Operations Center: bit.ly/2EiiNTP
Caption:
During her first extravehicular activity (EVA) session, Kathryn C. Thornton was photographed by one of her crewmates in the shirtsleeve environment inside the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Thomas D. Akers (seen in the background at the lower right) were performing servicing tasks on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in December 1993. This EVA was the second of five performed during the eleven-day STS-61 mission.
Credit: NASA
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"Incredible work. With the deluge of news and info we need more focused reportage. This is a whole new way to do it." -Steven Heller substack.com/profile/6260833-steve-brodner
NASA image relase December 13, 2011
Gamma-rays detected by Fermi's LAT show that the remnant of Tycho's supernova shines in the highest-energy form of light. This portrait of the shattered star includes gamma rays (magenta), X-rays (yellow, green, and blue), infrared (red) and optical data.
Credit: Gamma ray, NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration; X-ray, NASA/CXC/SAO; Infrared, NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical, MPIA, Calar Alto, O. Krause et al. and DSS
To read more go to: www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GLAST/news/tycho-star.html
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Excerpt from historicplaces.ca:
The Georgetown Historic Inn is an example of the Classical Revival style of architecture in PEI. The two and one half storey building is located on a tree lined street in Georgetown, the capital of Kings County, PEI. The registration includes the footprint of the building.
Heritage Value
The Georgetown Historic Inn is valued for its Classical Revival style; its association with the Hon. Joseph Wightman; and its contribution to the streetscape of Georgetown.
Built in 1840 as a residence by local shipbuilder, Joseph Wightman, the building is significant because it dates back to the earliest days of Georgetown's history when it flourished during the heyday of the PEI shipbuilding boom. Wightman had extensive businesses as early as 1823 when he first moved to the community. In later years, the building served variously as a bank, tearoom, post office, Masonic hall, and hardware store. Most recently, it has been remodelled into a 4 star bed and breakfast, the Georgetown Historic Inn.
Joseph Wightman (1806-1887) had been born and formally educated in Dumfries, Scotland. His parents moved the family to PEI in 1823, settling on St. Andrew Point (now Wightman's Point). Their land (179 acres) was leased from Sir James Montgomery, one of the Island's major absentee proprietory land owners. By 1857, the Wightmans' had purchased the property outright.
Wightman advanced the agricultural potential of his land considerably, successfully producing varieties of seed grain, cheese, and butter. Much of this was exported, especially his black oats which were sent to England during the Crimean War. He also successfully exploited the fishing and shipbuilding potential of his property and operated general stores at his homestead, in Georgetown, and in the developing community of Montague Bridge - now known as the Town of Montague.
It was only natural that a man of such business acumen would venture into the realm of politics. He would serve as a member of the legislature for several Kings County ridings throughout the latter half of the 19th Century representing the Liberal Party. One of his political issues was his work to settle the vexatious Land Question. Like his own family was able to do, he wanted all Islanders to have the opportunity to own their own land or become freeholders.
Wightman served as Speaker of the Legislature on several occasions and was part of the committee struck to establish the Prince of Wales College in Charlottetown. He was not a sitting member from 1862-1866, due to the fact, it is speculated, that he lost two sons during that period who were involved in the American Civil War.
The Georgetown Historic Inn is a tangible reminder of the accomplishment and sacrifice of one of the community's earliest founders and it remains a landmark in the Town of Georgetown today.
Character-Defining Elements
The following elements embody the heritage value and Classical Revival style of the building:
- the two and one half storey design with pitched roof
- the simple mouldings on some of the original windows
- the use of corner pilasters
- the front verandah
- the eave returns
- the decorative frieze design in the moulding above and below the second storey on the gable ends
From Top Left Clockwise:
The Georgetown Historic Inn
The Sunflower Room
The Fish Cakes
Digby Scallops Salad
Top down look at Florence from the International Space Station.
Credit: NASA
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Big accomplishment! Got 70 dresses up so far...need to make MORE hangers and put the other rod up under the shelf to the right. I think in the end I will end up making a third rod and put it up on the shelf to the left too. It would be nice to be able to hang up jackets/sweaters as well. We will see...
The descent beckons
as the ascent beckoned
Memory is a kind
of accomplishment
a sort of renewal
even
an initiation, since the spaces it opens are new places
inhabited by hordes
heretofore unrealized
of new kinds—
since their movements
are toward new objectives
(even though formerly they were abandoned) - William Carlos Williams
I am so in love with that place & even memory of being there that ♥️
Really can’t wait for the moment when I’ll be able to go there again & run upstairs! Poetry Room in that store is timeless magic.
In 2021 will be 20 years since my first visit & I really really hope to return ♥️♥️
I am still quite new to Flickr and photography - so any tips/advice/friendly criticism would be highly appreciated!
Description: Although Thomas Smillie, the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, used images to catalog much of the institution's physical object collection, he also extensively photographed pages of books on topics of personal interest to him as a way of copying the material for future use. Smillie also photographed letters and documents as a method of preserving the Smithsonian's records.
Creator/Photographer: Thomas Smillie
Birth Date: 1843
Death Date: 1917
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.
Medium: Cyanotype
Culture: American
Date: 1890
Collection: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession number: RU95_Box77_0028
today we congratulate and celebrate Eileen's 20 years of service in my office. while Eileen has served many roles during this time frame, her most notable accomplishment certainly has been putting up with yours truly...
Eileen's favorite flower, gardenia, 'Crown Jewel', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, Raleigh, north carolina
The Prayer of the 5 Widows
In Memory of Elizabeth Eliot
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The Prayer of the Five Widows
An account after the Auca ambush in Ecuador, from CT's seventh issue.
Elisabeth Elliot/ JUNE 15, 2015
This article originally appeared in the January 7, 1957, issue of Christianity Today—less than three months after the magazine's launch. It was posted June 15, 2015, to commemorate the death of Elisabeth Elliot.
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon a year ago, five young women were asking God for two things regarding their husbands: that they might be permitted to contact the Auca Indians again, and that they might be protected. As we sat in our jungle homes here in Ecuador, two in Arajuno, one in Shandia and two in Shell Mera, we little dreamed of the answer God was then giving. He answered both of those prayers, but, as is often the case with him whose thoughts are as far above ours as the heavens are high above the earth, his answer far transcended what we had in mind.
Silence on a Sand Strip
The second contact was given. Probably at about two-thirty in the afternoon at least ten Aucas arrived at the strip of sand where the men had set up their little camp. Having seen them some time earlier from the airplane, approaching the beach, the pilot had reported to his wife the anticipated contact. We can imagine the five, then, as the forest rang with their praises. They sang hymns together, committed themselves to the Lord once more and eagerly prepared for their longed for visitors. It was not long before savage yells, instead of hymns of praise, echoed through the forest, polished wooden spears slashed through the air and five young men lay dead on the Rio Curaray. Silence closed once more over the stand strip, and those beloved Indians returned nonchalantly to their thatched homes, to recount another killing to their waiting families.
The asked-for contact had been given. But what about the protection?
Protection from Disobedience
When the Lord Jesus prayed to His Father, as recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John, he asked, too, for protection for those whom the Father had given him. For what purpose? “. . . that they may be one, as we are.” Protection from what? “. . . that thou shouldst keep them from the evil one.” Each one of our five men, years before, had asked for the whole accomplishment of Gods will in him at any cost, to the end that Christ be glorified. The Evil One is determined, however, that Christ shall not be glorified. But, in making them obedient men, God had answered the prayer of his Son, the prayer of the men themselves and the prayer of their wives. The adversary did not succeed in turning them aside from Gods highest purpose. They were protected from that most fearful of all dangers, disobedience. They loved God above all else. “Herein is the love of God, that ye keep his commandments.”
The prayer of our hearts today, of the widows who remain, is the same, that Christ may be glorified.
Christ’s Glory in Some Aucas
First of all, we continue asking for that which motivated the men from the beginning of the project—that Christ may be glorified in some Aucas. The contact God gave to the five was only one step in the opening of the fast-closed doors to that tribe.
Nor was it the first step. Others had thought and prayed for years about them, asking for an entrance, flying over the territory in search of their whereabouts, seeking a way to carry to them the Word of Life.
Some of the five men had long borne them before the Lord, asking for their salvation and committing themselves to God for them.
Now, thousands of Christians in all parts of the world have learned of them and are praying.
For us who have been most closely touched by the death of the five, there could be no greater joy than to know at last that the blood of our husbands has been the seed of the Auca church. Our hearts go out to the very ones whose strong brown arms sent flying the lances that killed our loved ones, for we know that they walk in darkness, knowing not even the name of Him who is more than life to us. And how shall they hear without a preacher?
So we ask for those whom God has prepared to be sent to the Aucas and only those. A well-meaning but misguided effort could ruin further opportunities to enter the tribe. But because God has done a tremendous thing in taking five of His choicest servants in this incipient stage, we are bold to expect tremendous answers to prayer in the future. We believe He will send the Light to the Aucas and have given ourselves anew for that, if He should care to choose any one of us to go. We were wholly at one with our husbands in their desire to reach the Aucas and had it been possible, would gladly have accompanied them. The last thing on earth we would have wanted would have been to hinder them in obeying the command of Christ, which was as clear to us as it was to them. He was directingthe only issue at stake was obedience. Jesus made the conditions of discipleship unequivocal—“Forsake . . . Deny . . . Follow.” This is the price we are asked to pay.
Many speak of the five men as having made the “supreme sacrifice.” We do not think of it in that way. They would not have called it that. One of them wrote in his diary years ago, “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Jesus promised that whoever loses his life preserves it. Can we call this sacrifice? When we make a purchase, we pay the price, of course, but no one thinks of this as a sacrifice. How much less, then, when our lives, already paid for by Christ at tremendous sacrifice on his part, are offered to him? We lose nothing. We gain everything. Hence, we ask that God may choose those whom He wishes to carry the gospel to the Aucas, that they may be prepared by his Spirit, that they may not count their lives dear unto themselves, and that thereby the Aucas may be brought out of their bondage to know Jesus Christ, that he may be glorified in them.
Christ’s Glory in Us
We ask, further, that Christ may be glorified in us. “For we know that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” Our hearts are filled with gratitude for the privilege He gave us in being the wives of men who were chosen to be slain for His sake. None of us is worthy. It is all of His grace, but we know that the Lamb is worthy, a thousand times, the lives of our husbands and of us. He chose to glorify himself in their death—may He now glorify Himself in our lives.
During those harrowing days when the rescue party was on its way to the beach, when we did not know what the next radio report would bring, we were conscious that whatever the outcome, God was determined to bring us to himself. He had promised, “When thou passest though the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee, for I am the Lord thy God. . . . Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honorable, and I have loved thee.” How could we have proved the truth of that promise if there had been no waters? And what rivers could overflow but deep ones? And so, to show us that he meant what he said, to prove to us his love, this was what he sent, this thing which each of us had been sure she could never endure, the loss of the one who was as her own soul.
Purpose in the Stab of Pain
And how, then, can Christ be glorified in us through this experience? By our responding with thanksgiving to his dealings with us, by our declaration of our love to him in utter obedience, by our believing that his judgments are right, that he in faithfulness has afflicted us. We ask that we may go on in peace, as he has mercifully permitted us to do thus far. In talking together, we have often said that we did not want to miss one lesson which our loving Father would teach us by this thing. To us, the loss of our husbands is not a tragedy in itself—it is one more of our Father’s right judgments. But it would indeed be a tragedy if, in our failure to respond to him with love, trust, and praise, we should miss what he intended for us through it. We ask that we may know him, and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. If, through the loss of our husbands, we may cause Christ to rejoice, to see in us the travail of his soul and be satisfied, we shall never call it sacrifice. Each day, when little things remind us, with a new stab of pain, that our husbands are gone, we turn these things into prayer—“Lord, by this, too, glorify thyself. For this, too, I thank thee and trust thee, knowing that there shall be glory, as thou has promised, through this suffering.”
Christ and the Little Ones
Not only do we ask that Christ be glorified in the Aucas and in us, but also in our children. Most of them will have no recollection of their fine fathers. But our Lord gave his word, “All thy children shall be taught of the Lord, and great shall be the peace of thy children.” We ask for his wisdom in training them, for his Spirit in us, that they may be as obedient as their fathers. How wonderful it would be if he should prepare one or more of them to go to the Aucas! We would give them to him for his use, asking that they come to know him as Savior and Lord at an early age. Far be it from us to withhold from the Lord the lives of these little ones, children of the men who did not withhold their own lives. May they sing from true hearts,
Faith of our Fathers, Holy Faith,
We would be true to Thee till death.
Wherever the Spirit Speaks
Finally, we ask that Christ be glorified in the lives of those to whom the Spirit of God has spoken because of the death of the five men. We have received letters from all over the world, telling of the impact of the event on one and another. But we have heard of few who have actually done anything about it, who have been changed by it. We pray earnestly that those who have heard the voice of the Lord may be obedient. We pray that young men who have been attracted by the “opportunities to use their talents for the Lord in the United States” may abandon themselves, with their talents, to Christ, for his use wherever he wants them. We pray that if any young wife is hesitating to commit her husband and family to God, through fear of loss, she may believe the words of our Lord Jesus, “Truly I say to you, there is no man who hath forsaken . . . who will not receive.” We have proved beyond any doubt that he means what he says—his grace is sufficient, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ We pray that if any, anywhere, are fearing that the cost of discipleship is too great, that they may be given to glimpse that treasure in heaven promised to all who forsake.
And all our supplication is “with thanksgiving”— for his great love, for the high privilege of serving him with all of our hearts, for having given us as husbands men who were true soldiers of Jesus Christ, men to whom we could look up in every respect, men who set for us a great example of faith that acts on what it believes. We look forward with joy to that day when God will reveal to us his complete plan, knowing that we shall see clearly that every step of the way was ordained to the end that Christ might be glorified. Our husbands already walk with him, their joy complete. We, too, shall see him face to face, and be satisfied.
This hath He done, and shall we not adore Him?
This shall He do and can we still despair?
Come let us quickly fling ourselves before Him,
Cast at His feet the burden of our care,
Flash from our eyes the glow of our thanksgiving,
Glad and regretful, confident and calm,
Then through all life, and what is after living,
Thrill to the tireless music of a psalm,
Yea, through life, death, through sorrow and
through sinning,
He shall suffice me, for He hath sufficed:
Christ is the end, for Christ was the beginning,
Christ the beginning, for the end is Christ.
(From St. Paul, F. W. H. Myans)
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the pimp chronicles
Pub: XI
8/3/10
Of all the accomplishments I have achieved in my life to date, you are staring at the one I am most proud of. It trumps anything including my bachelor’s degree, my job, anything I materially own, any person’s life I have changed, any photo I have taken or even getting on flickr front page!
My accomplishment (in the making) of raising this tiny person by myself and watching her one day (hopefully) turn out to be just as kickass of a woman as she is my child cannot be described in words. That is my proudest moment as a human being.
Mostly because I’ve done it almost exclusively on my own. I really don’t talk about that too much because who wants a fucking sob story? Here at casa la pimp we don’t produce sob stories!
But alas I’ll mention it here just this once. Daddy has been doing the single daddy dance alone with the babe since I left her mother when Chloe was 2. Mommy hasn’t been around in years. My entire family that I knew growing up live on the other side of my country. Due to circumstance, it’s essentially just the babe and I out here. Yes, I love Gia too, but am not responsible for raising her like I am with Chloe.
Our little Daddy/Daughter tandem kind of rules. Even seeing her here in this picture taken about 1 ½ years ago I can see the growth.
And can I just say it? I am so glad I have daughters! Not only does it work out perfect for any potential girlfriends with the whole girl connection. But simply stated: I am a man that was put on this Earth be a father to girls, not boys. Boys are rough and they smell like poop.
I’d rather have my babes.
So, do you have anything in your life you can point at and go: that’s my
proudest accomplishment?