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To write a letter - once a vibrating pain in the tissues was enough and a stock of words no greater than an animal's scream.
Nowadays, one needs an outline and an argument, and comparative explorations into the depth of dictionaries.
There are surgical interventions around words, there are word-hybrids, half-words, quarter-words, and there is an ambiguity of letters swollen with wisdom.
And my thirst - a fledgling nightingale is silenced by all these scores and instruments. And when you ask me for meaning, I feel how the branch that supports the frail nest snaps under the crushing load of a grand piano.
By HP (again...)
its function is to make the worse appear better ;-)
George Santayan
HFF! Words Matter!
cosmos, sarah p duke gardens, duke university, durham, north carolina
Living close to the Pennine Moors I get many photo-opportunities with Red Grouse but close flight shots are still not easy. It was an argument over which was Europe’s fastest game bird that led to the production of the Guinness Book of Records. On 10th November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (Managing Director of Guinness Breweries) was with a shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland. Some Golden Plovers were shot at, and missed, which prompted a discussion as to whether they were Europe’s fastest game bird. Consulting reference books did not solve the issue, and it occurred to Sir Hugh that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in the 81,400 pubs in Britain and Ireland, but there was no book with which to settle arguments about records. He discussed the matter with Ross and Norris McWhirter to see if their fact and figure agency could help. The result was the first Guinness Book of Records being published in time for Christmas 1955.
Bizarrely the question that was the reason for the creation of the Guinness Book of Records was not answered until the 36th edition in 1989: "Britain's fastest game bird is the Red Grouse (Lagopus l. scoticus) which, in still air, has recorded burst speeds up to 92.8-100.8 km/h 58-63 mph over very short distances. Air speeds up to 112 km/h 70 mph have been claimed for the Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) when flushed, but it is extremely doubtful whether this rapid-flying bird can exceed 80-88 km/h 50-55 mph - even in an emergency".
The water surface mirrors the world below, with constellations of bubbles bluring the line of reflection - each spherical envelope integrating a local horizon with assimilated blurred and groundless views of both sides of the argument.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with this girl's hair, but today she made the smallest argument toward no bangs.
Doll: Sensuous Affair Giselle (on a Poppy Parker body)
Dress: dollfashionbymissyao
Earrings: The Happening PP
Necklace: handmade by my sister
My stay in Gdynia for the winter break turned out to be very eventful. Let's start it all one by one with this picture!
SM42-2500 (what a nice number!) is seen shunting around the liquids transloading terminal in the harbour of Gdynia (the sea starts roughly 250m behind the locomotive). The locomotive belongs to the leasing company DLA and is currently in use by CTL, which does most of the shunting operations in the area.
During my many stays up north, I never managed to see any traffic on this part of the network of the harbour tracks. And thus, I got very excited when I saw that this train is going to be headed right here. After cycling to the railway crossin, from which the picture is taken, I first had to wait roughly 20 minutes before the locomotive finally sorted all the wagons into the destined areas of the terminal, I then entered the crossing and pulled out my camera to snap some pictures.
Shortly after that, I heard a loud "Hey!" from behind my back. It turned out that some police officers, which were stuck in a traffic jam caused by the Stonka's shunting operations didn't really like me taking pictures here. After a not very pleasant conversation, which lasted around 10 minutes, the police finally let go and I could freely roam around the harbour for the hours to come. Here are some of the arguments I used , for when you find yourselves in a simmilar situation ;) (mainly adressed to foreigners):
-The law allows me to photograph anything as long as I am on public ground
-The recently passed laws currently have no power because the minister of national defence didn't publish the exact description of the 'No photo' sign
-I have been roaming around here for the entire day and countless police patrolls and security men passed me without even bothering to ask anything.
Photo by Piotrek/Toprus
These are some of my friends. I bet they were having one of those endless Nikon/Canon discussions. While an obviously brave, fantastic, tremendously good and amazig Olympus was watching them... :-))
One of my photo friends described cars as a continuation of a person's emotional territory. Therefore, a bit of TLC applied to the car is registered as love experienced by the person. The car can of course also be a fetish, but the real power of car ownership is this emotional connection, often invested with feelings of freedom and independence. So, I don't think the car is on the way out, whatever the ecological rational may be. In fact, the electrification of the car is rather an argument for the continuation of private car ownership. I am all for public transport, but it is not easy when you live outside the big cities. We are not ready to give up our car. One day, we know we have to. And will we feel that our independence has been compromised? You bet. Sony A7iii plus a 2x teleconverter plus Helios 44M-7.
Wadi Rum es un famoso desierto con formaciones rocosas de arenitos y local de muchas filmaciones de películas, siendo la más famosa Lawerence de Arabia.
Wadi Rum, Jordania, e seu deserto com imensas formações rochosas de arenito que foram usadas para muitos filmes, sendo o mais famosos deles o ganhador de muitos Oscars, Lawrence da Arabia, longa metragem. O argumento do filme baseia-se na biografia de T.E. Lawrence (1888–1935) descrita no seu livro Sete Pilares da Sabedoria. O filme explora a excentricidade e a personalidade enigmática de Lawrence.
It's nice to have some sunshine for bird photography.
Explore #47. Many thanks for all of your comments and favourites.
Screenshot: Quelle ProSieben
Der mit der großen Koalition stetig foranschreitende soziale Abbau, Armut, Arbeitslosigkeit und Beschränkung der Freiheitsrechte scheint bei den TV-Total-Zuschauern am Abend des 26.09.2009 endlich angekommen zu sein.
Zwar erschreckend, wie viele immer noch nichts verstanden haben und weiterhin die Zensoren und Armutsförderer-Partei CDU wählen, dennoch endlich ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung.
Die beiden Moderatoren Stefan Raab und vorallem Peter Limbourg, der wie ich schon aus einigen Blog- und Twitter-einträgen heute Morgen gelesen habe wohl ganze Scharen an asympathisanten, wie auch vor einigen Wochen der als "Hassmartin" bekannt gewordene bei 'Schlag den Raab', auf sich gezogen haben muss, waren sichtlich erschüttert und sehr verstört als die ersten Hochrechnungen im Studio eintrafen.
Eigentlich ein Armutszeugnis wie parteiisch TV Total da berichtet hat. Nachdem die Piratenpartei aber gar nicht erst eingeladen wurde, war das auch nicht anders zu erwarten.
Nur noch der Hinweis: Ich stimme Herrn Lafontaine zwar bei den meisten seiner Argumente zu, bin dennoch nicht linksgesinnt. Eigentlich sogar parteilos.
the meeting room was cold. he stood, the argument unfolding. the gesture repeated itself, a rhythm of concentration. skin touched glass, searching for the precise word. the point of contact was the point of decision.
Duisburg-Bruckhausen, 30. April 2024: Stahlarbeiterinnen und -arbeiter von thyssenKruppSteel in Duisburg kämpfen um ihre Arbeitsplätze. ThyssenKrupp sieht keine Chance mehr, in der Stahlproduktion eine Weltmarkt beherrschende Stellung zu erreichen. Bis zu 50 Prozent der Anteile werden an einen tschechischen "Finanzinvestor" verkauft. Das würde die Vernichtung tausender Arbeitsplätze in der Region bedeuten. In den Belegschaften entbrennt die Auseinandersetzung, was zu tun ist: erstmal abwarten? Auf Verständnis hoffen? Einen Streik um jeden Arbeitstag- und Ausbildungsplatz vorbereiten? Es kommen spannende Wochen.
Duisburg-Bruckhausen, April 30, 2024: Steel workers at ThyssenKruppSteel in Duisburg are fighting for their jobs. ThyssenKrupp no longer sees any chance of achieving a dominant position on the world market in steel production. Up to 50 percent of the shares will be sold to a Czech “financial investor”. That would mean the destruction of thousands of jobs in the region. The argument breaks out among the workforce as to what should be done: wait and see first? Hoping for understanding? Prepare a strike for every work and training place? There are exciting weeks ahead.
It was an argument over which was Europe’s fastest game bird that led to the production of the Guinness Book of Records. On 10th November 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver (Managing Director of Guinness Breweries) was with a shooting party in County Wexford, Ireland. Some Golden Plovers were shot at, and missed, which prompted a discussion as to whether they were Europe’s fastest game bird. Consulting reference books did not solve the issue, and it occurred to Sir Hugh that there must be numerous other questions debated nightly in the 81,400 pubs in Britain and Ireland, but there was no book with which to settle arguments about records. He discussed the matter with Ross and Norris McWhirter to see if their fact and figure agency could help. The result was the first Guinness Book of Records being published in time for Christmas 1955.
Bizarrely the question that was the reason for the creation of the Guinness Book of Records was not answered until the 36th edition in 1989: "Britain's fastest game bird is the Red Grouse (Lagopus l. scoticus) which, in still air, has recorded burst speeds up to 92.8-100.8 km/h 58-63 mph over very short distances. Air speeds up to 112 km/h 70 mph have been claimed for the Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) when flushed, but it is extremely doubtful whether this rapid-flying bird can exceed 80-88 km/h 50-55 mph - even in an emergency".
I used a shutter speed of 1/2000 to freeze the wings on this Red Grouse flying full pelt over the Peak District Moors.
Number: CT-1807
Rank: ARC Lieutenant Grade I
Nickname: Scout
3rd Regiment of the 253rd Legion
///Log Entry\\\
" Shortly after we left the war torn planet of Atraken and returned to the Republic cruiser Endurance, I received my platoon's... or rather my next assignment. My orders were to select three troopers from my platoon and then report to the Internal Security Bureau on Coruscant. There we would be briefed on an under cover mission with the objective of infiltrating the bounty hunter guild which appeared to be thriving within Coruscant's lower levels. This mission would be dangerous probably the most dangerous one the Republic has thrown at the 253rd, we weren't going up against battle droids this time instead we would be going up against ruthless and trained killers. Originally I planned on going solo on this one, but I eventually agreeded to let Lucky tag along. After a quick visit to the Endurance's armory Lucky and I no longer looked like the disciplined faceless soldiers we were meant to be. Instead of our standard shiny white armor we wore a mix of cloth and steel.
It was here in the armory where an angry Rook confronted me about me decision to bench the rest of the platoon. Though no matter how compelling his argument was my decision stayed the same. We had just barley made it off Atraken without a signal casualtie and there was no way in hell that I was going to risk loosing anyone on the Republic's homeworld..."
inspired by Ordo
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A story by Carl Sagan, that is demonstrating the same argumentation as "the flying spaghettimonster" and Russell`s "celestial teapot" is demonstrating:
"The Dragon in My Garage" (youtube 04:04) (see also "argumentum ad ignorantiam")
The Oufs: "The Spaghetti Monster Song" (youtube 2:10)
"The Spaghetti Monster versus the Invisible Pink Unicorn" (youtube 3:11)
Like the Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU), also the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is a parody religion following the principles of Russell`s Celestial Teapot.
It is putting into practice what Russell did write about. But useing the flying spaghetti monster instead of a teapot.
If you don`t know this religion,please ask wikipedia, or ask google (keywords: "spaghetti monster" "pastafarian") and you will find informations in your language.
Nicht zu vergessen: Niko Alm wurde wegen seiner Mitgliedschaft beim Fliegenden Spaghettimonster (siehe auch Nudelsieb auf Führerscheinfoto) als Religionssprecher der Neos abgesetzt (nach ÖVP Kritik)
Gründonnerstag Blaudonnerstag (Biervulkan) Karfreitag Garfreitag
Pessach Passahfest Pastafest
Part of the sets: "Lotti - Lottchen" Kooperation collaboration / "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" Kreativität ist keine Phase // Frühlingsfest bemalte Eier, Osterratschen, Hasen, Schokolade, Marzipan, Lebkuchen, Bisquit, Pinze, Colomba Pasquale, die italienische Ostertaube, Osterschinken im Brotteig...
13.4.2017 photo editing triptych 18.4.2017 lotti lottchen easter ostern trinity trinität karfreitag karsamstag gründonnerstag ostersonntag ostermontag nudeln pasta pessach passah noodles ramen spaghettimonster finger hand gesicht face portrait porträt egg ei straußenei zeichnung drawing osterei afrika perlen papierperlen handwerk spielen play table tisch glas glass sessel chair anrichte holz wood painting picture gemälde ölgemälde red rot braun brown blue blau black schwarz weiß white tischtuch tischdecke teller plate pferd horse flower blume bunt farbenfroh green grün maigrün maske gesichterschneiden fratze mask girl mädchen frau woman kid kind kleinkind schulkind blume flower blüte blühen verblühen trockenblume vase keramik schale dekor decoration aktion aktionismus spiegel mirror reflection
Día 6 de Abril de 2013... Dos años ya!!!
Y de nuevo parece ser que esta primavera, la floración de los cerezos en el Valle del Jerte está siendo una explosión blanca, pacífica y de una sobrenatural belleza.
Y de nuevo me la estoy perdiendo... De nuevo.
Por razonables que sean los motivos, por serios que sean los imponderables, por evidentes que sean los argumentos...
Qué mal se tolera perder cosas!!!
Música recomendada: "Éblouie par la nuit". Zaz.
Some people have a scientific mindset. Many more have made science their religion. Usually the same kind to whom you have to be either or - scientific or religious.
Religion is not the same as the belief in a form of higher power, e.g. God, not the same as being spiritual. These things can be a religion, but so can many other things - pretty much anything, really. The word religion has the same root as ligature or ligament, it's something that connects, something intended to keep you stable and upright and strong. That can just as well be a sports, a specific sports team, a hobby, a political view, or indeed science, or a particular view within the vast umbrella term of "science". It's not that there is consensus among every last scientist after all, but neither is there among all the various denominations of the faiths, of course. Props to scientists for not going at each other's throats over this at least.
My point is, I don't know if God exists in any way shape or form. I have my views and beliefs, but no way to prove any of them. That's why they are "beliefs". However, the same applies to most higher scientific concepts. I, as an ordinary person, can prove them neither true nor false. I don't have a space station at my disposal, nor a hadron collider, nor an electron microscope. I've never seen an atom or a DNA helix, I've never witnessed a photon transition from wave into particle state. Those animations you can see in every other documentary of how celestial bodies exert gravity in accordance with their mass, by warping the space time continuum - for all I know they might as well be a video game. Movie magic. All I'm left to do is choose to believe or not to believe what people who claim to know better tell me they've found out. Same with the words of preachers and whatever scripture someone might come up with.
Something else I noticed a few times: The harshest critics and most hardcore followers of (for example) the Bible, both tend to look at it the same way: They take it strictly literally. I once posted that point on Reddit, and sure enough some smartass came up, saying like "according to book and chapter so and so, Jesus did this and that (I've forgot what it was, let's say walk over water), which you hopefully agree is nonsense." Yes. It is nonsense, we were in perfect agreement there. Only, his statement was meant to prove wrong my point about people taking it literally.
And don't even get me started about Dunning Kruger. It's true more likely than not, and it's absolutely fabulous. I noticed that a lot when talking to head-heavy people about astrology. Always triggers them. "Star signs? Yeah of course, because there are only precisely twelve types of people and personalities. Don't be ridiculous!" No. The first rule about astrology, without which nothing else works: The whole chart matters. Every human being has every star sign (or archetype, technically) in some place of their horoscope, interacting with the others in several different ways, through planets, houses, the four corners of the chart, aspects, nodes, what there all is. There aren't just twelve horoscopes. There are, at this point in time, about 8 billion, and hardly two of them are exactly the same.
None of that is to say that astrology is above all criticism or leaves no questions unanswered. Or that Darwin, Lesch and Hawking are out of the window. But that right there, is how Dunning Kruger is so fabulous: When two sides of an argument disagree, it must invariably be the other who has fallen victim to oversimplification. It can't possibly be your own. Even if the discussion is about a topic you never looked into for even a few minutes.
But at least you've found an academic sounding way to call someone an idiot, so I guess there's that.
Self-portrait - Best Seen LARGE
Day 95... count down to 100 starts now!
This was a drawing K and I did years ago when we were reconnecting and coming close again after an argument. Edit done today for fuggers GayFabulous challenge!!
FGR - Rainbows can be straight! + Dorks Unite
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATEY-MIGHTY-MAITE!!!
21 questions to answer:
1.) Why is sex so sexy? everything is sexy, so why not sex, too?
2.) What kind of animal are you? cat - preferably big black kind like a panther (hey a dork can dream)
3.) What's grosser than gross? the smell of bacon on the grill - especially if I have got a migraine. Gross!
4.) How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? 54
5.) What was the best thing before sliced bread? a bread knife
6.) Do you poop in the woods? nah!!!! need a clean toilet everytime (I can pee in the woods though, given enough urgency)
7.) What's your favorite sammich? hummous and grilled veg
8.) What's your worst habit? apart from picking my nose?! umm... watching inane TV
9.) If a #2 Pencil is so popular then why is it still #2? middle child has got to get a look in
10.) What is your shoe size? 39, 6.5 or 8 depending on country
11.) When cheese gets it's picture taken, what does it say? ..........................
12.) What kind of shape are you? (duh like a square or like a circle) oval, most definitely oval
13.) What's yer sign baby? two
14.) What's yer job? hmm... charity fundraising, with a side-line in natural meds
15.) Big Bewbies or Small Bewbies? tiny titties
16.) Where are you from? planet earth (told you I was a dork!)
17.) Do you hang the tp ova or unda? heh? had to look that up. Over, definitely OVER!
18.) What's your phobia? heights, especially cliffs... but have recently discovered I can get a real high from confronting this fear - tis better than drugs (dork!!!)
19.) What do you wash first in the shower? whatever is to hand
20.) Have you ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? umm no...? (is this back to fingers again?)
21.) What do chickens think we taste like? snake
This is also week 7 of 52 weekly self-portraits
The style of the Gemarah is argumentative, yet joy is often derived from its study.
How can argument be a pleasure? When we approach it as a vehicle transporting us towards oneness. This vehicle fueled by most refined love is otherwise horribly derailed.
Currently we're at a standstill. The honking is both symphony and cacophony.
-Ourit