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Out today with Pauls Pix 53 for a nice gentle wander around the Robertsbridge countryside.
As we entered the Elderberry Farm we spotted this, and other, bird scarers.
This can also be for the 365 treasure hunt, number 17 Bizarre, as it does look rather strange.
Thank you for posing
"Je suis Charlie" (both "I am Charlie" and "I follow Charlie") is a statement used by supporters of free speech against the 7 January 2015 massacre in which 12 people were killed at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The statement identifies the speaker with those who were killed at the Charlie Hebdo shooting, and by extension for freedom of speech and resistance to armed threats. Some journalists embraced the expression as a rallying cry for the freedom of self-expression.
This is one of my first shots from the fireworks display night. I was afraid the strong wind would make the pictures blurry, but they turned out well.
Here's to a happy new year for all!
More photos of fireworks are in my set
More photos like this one are in my set
"Not Afraid" the new single from EMINEM, this song is his first release from his upcoming album "Recovery". EMINEM has truly matured with his music, his fans will love this new album. EMINEM has an amazing set of songs coming out in midyear 2010, stay tuned EMINEM has recovered.
Single Album cover courtesy of TDJUNKIE.
Why am I so afraid to crash down and lose my heart again? I don't know, I can't see, what's come over me
I decided to try something a little different in my editing style to make my photos a little more dark and mysterious. This one is just practice but I love the result! :)
Elephant was modeled in Sculptris, the dungeon modeled in Hexagon3D ver 2.5. Both models were textured in 3DCoat ver 3. The scene was then rendered in Vue Studio 8.5. The image was further detailed in ArtRage with some color correction in Photoshop.
My inspiration for this image was one of my favorite fantasy stories, Robert E. Howard's "Tower of the Elephant" in his Conan series...
sometimes it´s hard to take steps ..especially when you don´t know where they might lead to..
a woman once taught me..if you know you have to do something and you are afraid to do it.. "do it afraid"..it´s better to embrace the victory then never experiencing it..fear must not control us..we must master it..
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Are you afraid of heights ? Mt. Whistler Blackomb's peak to peak gondola, Vancouver, Canada
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Taken during my recent trip to beautiful Vancouver. On left the BC place stadium.
This was one of daring journies, I must say , riding over the worlds highest gondola.
About Mt. Whistler’s gondola :
If you're afraid of heights, forget about riding the new Peak to Peak Gondola at British Columbia's Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Passenger cabins hang as high as 1427 ft. (higher than four-and-a-half Statues of Liberty) and travel nearly 2 miles without passing a single support tower. It's the longest unsupported span of any lift of its type. Construction of the $52 million gondola began in 2007 with its steel towers. This year, five monstrous spools of cable were shipped from a Swiss factory, through the Panama Canal, and up to Washington state. A train then took them to Whistler, where they were loaded onto a 48-wheel trailer that was pushed and pulled by haul trucks up a winding gravel road at an average speed of 1 mph. It took three months, and the help of helicopters, to string the cables across the valley. The gondola, which opens in December, will allow visitors to the largest ski resort in North America to move quickly between Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, and ski both, without having to descend to the base area. The Peak to Peak should get plenty of use: The resort will host the alpine skiing events at the 2010 Winter Olympics, which will be based in nearby Vancouver.
1. Drive System
A 2400-hp drive terminal on Whistler Mountain powers the gondola. Under normal operations, it runs at about 900 hp--the extra capacity is required for startup. The drive's two AC motors spin a 15-ft. bull wheel, which serves to move the haul rope--the cable that pulls the passenger cabins along stationary track ropes. A hydraulic-mounted bull wheel at the return station on Blackcomb keeps proper tension on the haul rope.
2. Towers
The cables are sup-ported by four galvanized steel towers (two on each mountain) that were raised in sections by a boom crane and bolted together by a team of Swiss climbers. The highest tower tops out at 213 ft. Combined, they weigh 441 tons and sit atop 141,000 cu. ft. of concrete poured into foundations.
3. Sky Cabins
The gondola's 28 sky cabins travel at 17 mph, clearing the 2.7-mile gap in 11 minutes. Each holds 28 passengers, allowing the system to carry 4100 people per hour. Two cabins have glass floors, giving thrill seekers a view of the valley below. When a cabin reaches a station, it detaches from the haul rope and slows as spinning pneumatic tires carry it through the terminal on a guide rail, allowing passengers to exit and board. It then accelerates to the speed of the haul rope, at which point it reconnects and whisks off over the void.
4. Rescue Vehicles
In the event of a power failure, a 270-hp diesel-powered backup drive can send four rescue vehicles out on the track ropes to retrieve stranded cabins. "If all else fails, we can get people out of that big span," says Warren Sparks, the general manager of Doppelmayr CTEC Ltd., the lift's manufacturer. Each rescue vehicle has an arm that can latch onto a cabin and pull it back to a tower, where passengers are lowered by rope and harness from heights that can surpass 200 ft.
5. Early-Warning System
To avoid catastrophes (such as when a jet severed a gondola cable in Italy in 1998), the Peak to Peak has an early-warning system known as OCAS, or Obstacle Collision Avoidance System. OCAS uses radar to track nearby aircraft. If it detects a threat, flashing lights are activated on the towers and an audible warning is broadcast on all aircraft radio frequencies. "The typical red balls you see on electrical wires are less effective for high-speed airplanes," Sparks says.
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The shot
Camera Canon 5D mark III, hand held
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afraid the poor girl in this one's been mirrored & encapsulated in a glass bubble.....mind you the pay's good
Shift ends soon...said she's going to watch a new film later with a workmate....she's been twisted up all day...still the pays good
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Afraid it is yet another picture of the Harris Hawk from our Fowey holiday, the 5D3 was tracking well on this day. This surprised me as I don't usually find it to be as quick as the 1D4 with this lens
she"s the one When i first saw you.. i was afraid to meet you.. When i first met you.. i was afraid to kiss you.. When i first kissed you.. i was afraid to love you.. But now i love you.. I'm afraid to lose you..xxx
There are a lot of things in life that can land you squarely in the closet, or finding yourself afraid to share at least a part, if not all, of yourself. And in the closet is where I now find myself. Aside from the gay kind of “in the closet,” “Fertility” is the other real biggie. Fertility issues (the inability to conceive, the need for IUIs, IVF, recurrent miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, MFI, “women troubles,” hormonal problems, physical problems, etc, etc, etc) are some of the hardest to talk about. Partly because no one really wants to hear about that (just because I haven’t had a friend that didn’t over-share in the sex department doesn’t mean I really want to hear all about the wedge pillow you just got), and partly because everyone has an opinion on the subject. No one wants to hear crap like “it wasn’t meant to be” or “at least you know you can get pregnant!” after a miscarriage or an ectopic. No one wants to have anything to do with infertility – I can’t even imagine what it’s like to try for years on end (though the next doc I hear say “at least you know you can get pregnant” gets an ultrasound wand up HIS vajayjay) (yep, I said vajayjay).
I am now, after a “chemical pregnancy” (shitty euphemism for an early miscarriage) and an ectopic pregnancy in the space of 3 months (4 if you count to the end of treatment for the ectopic) on top of a lot of wackadoodle cycles after stopping the pill when we weren’t yet “trying,” officially in the Fertility Closet. Aside from our families (by that I mean parents and Chris’ sister), I’ve told one friend of ours that we’re actively trying, and that it hasn’t been all that much fun. That was when I thought this last one was just another chemical, boy did I underestimate that one (and HOW).
It’s not that I’m ashamed. Even though it means I get to greet every future positive pregnancy test as something that could kill me (no more peeing on a stick, then running into the other room yelling “we’re gonna have a baby!” for us – side note, I fucking HATE that commercial), I actually felt relieved that the last one was an ectopic – at the very least it cut out some of the guilt because there was nothing I could have done to prevent it. Doesn’t take care of the sadness, or sense of loss and being downright cheated, but it does cut out a good chunk of the guilt. Not all the hopes and prayers and “please be a baby and in the right place”s could have prevented it. Really, I just don’t like sharing things about myself, I don’t like being the center of attention, and I don’t like people trying to talk to me about my problems or make me feel better.
And besides, no one seems to think my sense of humor is… acceptable in this case. Things like “Next time, I need to tell them that any change they find up there is mine” about the ultrasounds falls on deaf ears. Chris won’t even let me tell them that I’m letting him take the next ultrasound for me (I get the feeling the reaction would be priceless). And that’s the tamest thing I’ve thought in quite a while.
So anyway. Here I am. Gently coaxing myself out of the closet with a picture on a photo site. This may take a while.
Azelen, Goolwa Beach
I am not afraid to live each moment fully with everything I have to give
I am not afraid to do everything it takes to truly live
I am not afraid to be honest and be vulnerable
I am not afraid to be seen and heard yet remain humble
- Amisha Ghadiali
I'm afraid this load contains photos not well-composed or taken. I'm not skillful in taking indoors, low-light photos. Plus we were also seated and could not freely walk around for most of the time inside this Grand Hall here, as our wonderful tour guide was explaining to us the symbols and interesting facts of this massive meeting hall.
The Freemasonry is full of sometimes mysterious symbols of Medieval, Middle-Eastern, Roman, Greek, Christian, Jewish, Royal, mythical, astronomical, astrological and geometrical origins.
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The Freemasons believe in higher power and the importance of morality but Freemasonry is not a religion by itself, but members are expected to have a religious or spiritual belief. As such, a Mason (as Freemasons are often known as) may be a Protestant, Catholic, Muslim, Buddhist, Jew or any other religion. The Masons perform ceremonies and rituals and take solemn oaths concerning their behaviour both in the Lodge and in society. Members also promise to keep confidential the way they recognise each other when visiting another Lodge. Because of that, the Masons over the centuries have always had a reputation for being a secret society. Freemasonry has been concerned with the care of the less fortunate and help for those in need.
As it happens, 2017 will mark the 300th anniversary of the United Grand Lodge of England, and no doubt there would be special events. The Hall is open for free/ pay-what-you-can guided tours everyday except for Sundays. For more info, visit their web site: