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Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
T.S.Eliot
Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself.
W. Whitman
Jupiter, Mars and Venus were aligned for this photograph taken in Sea Isle City, NJ during the Leonid meteor shower.
By correctly fitting this lens hood, as shown here... one can clearly see what a great job it's doing, in shielding the front element of the lens.
Alinhamento Planetário em conjugação com a lua. Vénus, lua, Marte, Júpiter e Saturno
Pentax k-1 Mark II + Irix 21mm f1:1.4
Leica MP
Leica Elmarit 28mm f/2.8 III
Ferrania P30
Adox Silvermax Developer (1+29)
11 min 20°C
Scan from negative film
Tuesday usually is the end to the Mike / Jess separation. UGH! Tonight means it's almost hump day which means almost halfway-ish through the breakweek.....to totally contradict myself most usually, please go slow, time!
(sidenote - watching The Departed, missing Bean Town!)
Aurizon's three newest locos, GWB105,GWB106,GWB104 are in the process of loading thier grain consist at Wolseley on 8-4-23.
The old alignment to Mt Gambier can be seen curving off in the background having closed in 1995, coming up to nearly 30 years now.
In some ways this is almost the exact opposite of the previous image in my stream. The fortunate zig-zag alignment of the clouds and reflections and their bright colours combine to create a "shouting image", as opposed to the more gentle tones of Caister Shoreline.
Dinamarca - Copenhague - Ópera
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ENGLISH:
The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen, literally The opera) is the national opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever built with construction costs well over US$500 million. It is located on the island of Holmen in central Copenhagen.
The Opera is located in Copenhagen just opposite the main castle Amalienborg at the shore of the harbour. The opera house is built in alignment with Amalienborg and The Marble Church, so that if one stands in the main entrance of the Opera, one can see the Marble Church over the water along the road through Amalienborg.
The specific part of the island where the Opera was built is named Dokøen, which means the Dock Island. Just a few meters west of the opera, one can still see an old dock and a pumping station.
The A.P. Møller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller Foundation donated the Opera House to the Danish state in August 2000 (A.P. Møller was a co-founder of the company now known as Mærsk). Some politicians were offended by the private donation, in part because the full cost of the project would be tax deductible, thus virtually forcing the government to buy the building; but the Folketing and the government accepted it in the autumn of 2000. Architect Henning Larsen and engineers Ramboll and Buro Happold and Theatre Consultant Theatreplan designed the facility. The acoustics were designed by Arup Acoustics and Speirs and Major Associates designed the architectural lighting. A.P. Møller had the final say in the design of the building, however, adding steel to the glass front, among other things. Construction began in June 2001 and was completed on October 1, 2004. It opened on January 15, 2005, in the presence of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Queen Margrethe II.
The tenor Plácido Domingo made a gala guest appearance as Sigmund in Wagner's Die Walküre on April 7, 2006, in a production by Kasper Bech Holten) and attended by The Queen.
The house is administered by the Royal Danish Theatre and is one of the best-equipped in the world. It has a main stage with five other stages directly connected, where large setups can be moved easily in and out.
The theatre can seat between 1492 and 1703, depending on the size of the orchestra. The 1492 seats are all individually angled in order to provide the best experience.
The orchestra pit is one of the largest in any opera house, with room for 110 musicians; the structure provides excellent sound quality for the orchestra. If the pit is filled, some musicians are located just below the front of the stage, which has become controversial among some members of the orchestra (according to tour guides in 2005), because this increases the sound levels, beyond those acceptable in Denmark. However, the overhang is very slight and the authorities have permitted this to happen.
During construction of the theatre, some acoustic tests were carried out with the fire curtain in place while technical work was carried out on stage, but great consideration was given to balance between pit and stage. If the orchestra is small or absent, the pit can be covered and additional seats can be added to the auditorium.
Just like the old Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, The Queen has her own box on the left side of the auditorium, closest to the stage. According to the tour guide, she decided that she preferred this arrangement rather than the more conventional central placement because she loves to be close to the stage to see the artists preparing in the wings before entering the stage.
The foyer has been designed for comfort, based on behavioural research on operagoers maximizing the wall area for standing against, while still providing views across the entire foyer and one of the best views on Copenhagen.
Guided tours cover most of the building, including both the auditorium and backstage areas.
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ESPAÑOL:
La Ópera de Copenhague (en danés, Operahus København) (Ópera Real u Kongelige Teater) es el teatro nacional de ópera de Dinamarca, considerado uno de los teatros más modernos del mundo. Se encuentra también entre las óperas más costosas del planeta con un precio de construcción superior a los 500 millones de dólares. Cuenta con dos sedes, el moderno edificio inaugurado en 2005 y el Old Stage; antiguo teatro que ha quedado reservado para obras del barroco y conciertos.
La Fundación A.P. Møller y Chastine Mc-Kinney Møller donó el Teatro de la Ópera al Estado danés en agosto de 2000 (A.P. Møller fue cofundador de la compañía multinacional danesa Mærsk). En algunos sectores se sintieron ofendidos por la donación privada, en parte porque el costo total del proyecto sería deducible de los impuestos, obligando al gobierno a comprar el edificio. Pero el parlamento (Folketing) y el gobierno danés lo aceptaron en el otoño de 2000.
El arquitecto Henning Larsen y los ingenieros Ramboll y Buro Happold y el consultor teatral Theatreplan diseñaron la instalación. La acústica fue diseñada por Arup Acoustics y Speirs y Major Associates diseñaron la iluminación arquitectónica. A.P. Møller tuvo la última palabra en el diseño del edificio, sin embargo, añadiendo acero al frente de vidrio, entre otras cosas. La construcción comenzó en junio de 2001 y se completó el 1 de octubre de 2004.
Se inauguró el 15 de enero de 2005, en presencia de Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, el primer ministro danés Anders Fogh Rasmussen y la reina Margrethe II. El tenor Plácido Domingo hizo una presentación de gala como Sigmund en la ópera La valquiria de Wagner el 7 de abril de 2006, en una producción de Kasper Bech Holten y a la que asistió la reina.
El nuevo edificio diseñado por Henning Larsen a un coste de 340.000.000 de euros, es la sede principal de la Ópera Real Danesa, y se encuentra ubicado en una isla del puerto de la capital danesa, frente a la bahía de la ciudad justo frente al Palacio de Amalienborg (residencia de la familia real).
Consta de dos salas, la principal para 1500 espectadores y la de cámara para 200. El telón fue diseñado por Per Arnoldi y Per Kirkeby, mientras que las cuatro esculturas de bronce del vestíbulo adornadas con otras tres esculturas de luz son obra del artista danés-islandés Olafur Eliasson.
El mejor método de acceso es por ferry desde el puerto.
Polar Alignment
A V24 this is NOT! Same tool tool I have been experimenting with but with a different rod! ;-) One thing I have not mentioned about this newest tool is that it will have at least three, if not four, different acrylic rods available for it! ;-) I still have to do a bit of testing on the fourth to see if it will be offered as well.
Any others want to throw a name suggestion in the ring to name this new Light Painting tool?
Features:
- Microcontrolled with 12 standard patterns
(Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, White, "V24 mimic mode", Full Color Fade Mode - Slow, Full Color Fade Mode - Fast, Quick Color Change Mode (no fade), Color Blink Mode (one second on, one second off).
- Special Light Rod that is easily changed to different light rods.
- Easy grip Handle
- Rocker switch with momentary on / Off / constant on positions
- Rotary switch to select each mode
- Switches are positioned for easy control in the dark
- Powered by 3 AAA batteries!
- A Deluxe Model will also be offered with at least 24 modes but more than likely it will be 36 modes!!!
Light Painting - Single Exposure
I've never had the sun set behind that tree before, like a furnace with its door open, after a glorious summer's day. The pinprick of light in the middle distance is a signal.
A Turbo is passing by on the run between Marylebone and Birmingham. Taken eight minutes after the previous shot. Best seen really large!
© Copyright Steve Banks, no unauthorised use.
Looks normal, right? Look at your own keyboard... notice anything different? Okay, maybe you don't. But try actually typing on this and it all becomes far too apparent. The whole of the bottom row of letters (Z, X, C...) is one too far to the right. The Z should be below and between A and S, not S and D.
You're looking at a brand new Dell Vostro 1310, ordered the day after its released, and delivered on 30th April 2008 in the UK.
They keys are all there. Shift, \|, Z, X... its just that the left shift is too big, forcing everything over too far. The Z has to be between the A and S... look on ANY other keyboard and that's where it sits. This is not a US/UK layout issue, just a general monumental flaw.
UPDATE 1st May 2008 5pm: I phoned Dell for 20 minutes and they have confirmed that this affects all new Vostro 1310s in the UK. Oh dear!! They're hoping they can just replace the keyboards, though the guy on the phone said it was a 'motherboard' problem... I can't imagine that though.
UPDATE: 2nd May 2008 1:30pm - Kerry from Dell has informed me that Dell are working on a resolution for the issue. The official statement is as follows:
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A limited number of Vostro 1310 and
1510 in Europe have been sent out with the wrong keyboard
layout. We are working diligently to offer a solution to
impacted customers and correct the error. Once a solution
is in place, we will be contacting impacted customers
directly to both apologise and instruct them on next steps.
We are still investigating this issue and will come back
with more detailed information as soon as possible. We have
made a mistake here and will be acting as quickly as
possible to find a satisfactory solution for our customers.
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UPDATE 8th May: direct2dell.com/smallbusiness/archive/2008/05/08/europe-v...
UPDATE 9th May:
Okay, so they're sending out new keyboards. But it seems to me like a quick fix which is imperfect rather than applying the correct fix. Here's what I just posted to their blog:
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[Y]ou've gone and kept the large left shift key and moved the \| key
to the right of the row, rather than making the left shift key
smaller... why?
You mention it appearing on more systems here... I will have to take
your word for that, but all 6 keyboards I can see in front of me right
now have a small left shift key and the \| key to the left of the z.
Why reinvent the wheel? If there's a good ergonomic reason for this
choice then that's great, but I can just sense that I'm going to fit
this new keyboard into my laptop and be (a lot less, but still a
little) frustrated with it.
Here's the logic for why the |\ should be on the left not the right:
* Look at where a touch typists fingers little fingers sit
* Note the distance the little fingers have to travel to reach a shift key
* when we have a small left shift, the 'A' is only half a regular
sized key away from the shift key. A nice small distance to travel
* again with the small left left key, the big left shift key is
only half a regular sized key from the colon/semi-colon on which the
right little finger sits.
* however, if you apply the layout you suggest, the left shift key
is under half the right shift key
* ... but the left shift key is now one and a half keys away from
the semi-colon. The right little finger has a long distance to travel,
making reaching for it take longer and be more of a pain.
So there's a very convincing argument to go for the standard UK layout
with small left shift and \| on the left. What's the convincing
counter argument that lead you to your chosen design?
I'm presuming that what you've applied here is the cost-effective
quick-fix and that there is no other argument for your choice. I can
completely understand this choice given the circumstances, but I don't
think its going to work for me I'm afraid.
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['Ottovelo' commented I should just buy a Mac. I have removed his stupid Apple fanboy remark. Seriously... why not say but an Acer, Asus, Lenovo,, Samsung... and whilst we're on that, where's the delete key on a Mac? And why are " and @ in the wrong places on UK mac keyboards? Not as bad a design flaw as this, but utterly frustrating none the less.]
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DEAR murilo A, dgua, korobeiniki, jorgepinto, cliph, mentor972, ramobjesus, raphy, zolinovat and every other MAC FANBOY out there,
Thank you sooooo much for your kind advice in telling me to 'get a mac'. Its so awfully sweet of you to be so kind and helpful.
Yes, I have considered buying a mac before. My wife has a mac which I bought her, my dad also has a mac which I bought him.
I hate my wife's mac. It has a backspace button but no delete button. It has one mouse button and forces me to press a key with the button rather than having a right mouse button. The @ and " are in the wrong places for UK users. You can't make windows fullscreen. Its slow. It crashes when playing DVDs. We have to cover it up at night as its glow 'throbs' and doesn't let me get any sleep.
Also, this laptop cost me £650. A similarly spec'd mac would have cost £949 (and that's still not as good spec as this).
Lots of love,
Jake
PS: I've deleted a lot of your helpful 'buy a mac' comments from this page. If you want to advertise, go do it in your own space, not mine
PPS: If you fancy trying to convert me you can of course send me a Mac for free. Just don't be surprised if a video of me smashing it to bits appears on the Internet soon after.
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UPDATE 2nd May 11pm: For abyobe who's hacibg diffixulty ib ubderstabdibg just how ruvvish this laptop is with this dunv arse keyvoardm nayve tryibg to read this will help, I'n tryibg to spell this xorrextly ib that I'n puttibg ny fibgers where they bornally gom vut its hard for ne to realise whether or bot I'ce hit the xorrext keys as I xab varely read abythibg as I type it,
I'ce rexeiced ab enail fron Kelly at Dell to say she is sorry abd that its veibg dealt with etxm vut to ve hobest I'n bot too vothered right bow as I spebt all yesterday ibstallibg ZP ob it abyway as Cista xane preloaded, I wabted ZP origibally vut wheb selextibg that ob Dell's wevsite it said 'bot xonpativle with the ibtegrated wevxan' or sonethibg alobg those libes, Utter ruvvish - it ism works fibe ib ZP,
So tonorrow this laptop gets xobbexted up to ny three sxreeb setup abd ezterbal keyvoard abd nouse, Bo nore worries avout the keyvoard thebm abd I sinply await a replaxenebt or whatecer I guess,
Abywaym its veeb quite a fub day to hae ny 15 nibutes of fane, ny abger towards Dell has suvsidedm replaxed with ibxredulity that sone pepole really are stupid,,, too xlasses of people here:
- QA at Dell,,, why would you ecer release a keyvoard without typibg ob it first>
- Apple fabvoys,,, seriouslym ebgage your vraib vefore you speak
If abyobe's axtually read this whole thibg a nassice xobgratulatiobs to you!
Jake,
Two die-hard fans of AC Milan-loving striped bugs (Graphosoma italicum) in the process of securing the next generation.
This species needs quite a lot of sunshine and higher temperatures and if everything goes according to plan, they reach their adult form in early August. With poor weather, the development is slowed down and any specimens which haven't reached adult form when it is time to hibernate will die as it needs to be in the final form to be able to survive the winter.
The previous photo(s) digitally mirrored.
I've been fascinated with pyramids ever since I first discovered them when I was young. (No I wasn't the guy that found the pyramids, I discovered them through photos in a books)
Maybe that's why I love doing these mirrored time stacks of sun/moon sets like this.
THought i'd post this, despite the obvious symmetrical alignment issues - which is actually more to do with the architecture due to the angles of its structure. Love the subtle colouring due to this side being in the shade.
Well, this is not my best work. It was handheld, 05:38, in the morning, grabbed before the clouds rolled it.
As seen from Tasmania, approximately 42.3°S/147.0°E
Lower Right to Upper Left:
Jupiter Venus, Mars, Saturn
A gentle reminder about copyright and intellectual property-
Ⓒ Cassidy Photography (All images in this Flickr portfolio)
The overnight passenger train from Narvik heads east at Søsterbekk Station off the realignment that bypassed the tunnel on the right and an older trestle on the far left corner of the photo. See the next photo for more info on the trestle.
Apparently 7 planets were supposed to be visible in a line today. I missed the best time to view and with light pollution and not having the right kit I couldn't get a photo of them.
Mal wieder in Berlin mit Gonzuuh unterwegs. Das tolle 14-24 ist eine Prachtlinse!!
M. - 2011 © scribART.de
Most people probably don't know this but it's something I learned in college. If you get on the center railing of the steps to the Central Library and look south you will see that everthing from that center railing to the Chase Tower and everyting in between are perfectly aligned.
I wonder if you guys have ever heard of this fighter plane project.
This is one of the many variants of the IAR-95 Spey, a Romanian fighter/Ground Attack Aircraft project developed during the 80s.
During the Cold War, Romania followed a Strategy of non-alignment, receiving weapons, funds and technology from both the Western and Eastern Blocks. To equip their Air Force, they started the development of this aircraft. A number of configurations were experimented, some with two engines and dual fins, some with a design more focused for Aerial Superiority than Multi-role/Ground Attack.
Eventually, with the end of the Cold War, funds to develop this aircraft vanished and the Aircraft was never built. Today, the Romanian Air Force operates a Squadron of ex-Portuguese F-16s and some Mig-21s.
About the model:
The aircraft features retractable landing gear, 9 external supports for bombs and missiles, access to the cockpit and many other details.
On the leading edge of the wings, I had the option of putting some green tiles but this gave a “dented” look that I didn´t like and I´m happy with how it looks (more streamlined). I also had to compromise a little due to the small quantity of Medium Dark Flesh parts that I have.
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Eínon
The apparent alignment of layers of ochre and the Milky Way at the Ochre Cliffs north of Lyndhurst, South Australia. Lit by moonlight. Processed with a daylight white balance for star colours in Lightroom, Tamron lens.
The SS Badger sails into Ludington Michigan with the setting sun in the background. This juxaposition occurred because of the sun's position in early October and the fact that the Badger was 25 minutes late into port.
The Badger was built in 1953 and is the last large coal burning steamship in the US. The Badger shuttles both cars and passengers between Michigan and Wisconsin and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 2013 season will end on October 13.
Maine.
This was taken the same day as the previous amazing clouds photo, but a couple hours earlier before the clouds arrived. Larger.
