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All the stores in Manhattan are decorated for the holiday season, the Christmas tree In Rockefeller Center will be shinning bright tomorrow night, a fine snow is beginning to cover the grounds and trees in Central Park, and in a few day I'm heading south...... LOL!!
Holiday lights in the Time Warner Center reflecting out over Columbus Circle in Manhattan.
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From the archives.
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The year ahead is like a circus performance in a world devoid of gravity. The show begins with the illusion of control – a ringmaster in a tall hat calls the audience to attention, his voice trembling with uncertainty while straining to sound authoritative. The curtain rises, but instead of solid ground beneath their feet, everything is consumed by an endless weightlessness.
The clowns float aimlessly, their painted smiles stretched in desperation as they try to catch props that constantly slip from their grasp. The audience watches, but it’s unclear whether they are mere spectators or part of the performance – their faces flicker like holograms, always on the verge of disappearing.
In the centre ring, the trapeze artists launch themselves, but there is no safety net to catch them. Their flight seems infinite, directionless. They drift apart, their hands reaching for something invisible – a dream or a reality they can no longer grasp. The acrobats stretch the laws of physics to their breaking point, but their movements feel more like desperate attempts to cling to their own essence than to impress the crowd.
And then, there’s the hall of mirrors – a strange sideshow tent in the circus. Here, every projection is cast back at us – our hopes, our fears, our masked faces. But the mirrors are shattered, and each fragment reflects a different version of the year, a different story. Which one is real? Who can say?
The music is chaotic – a cacophony of pompous trumpets and distorted violins that cuts to the soul. It has no rhythm, no beginning, no end, only a constant sensation of something suspended in the air – a decision, a conclusion, an escape.
The circus goes on, floating in a vacuum between the real and the artificial. The performance never ends, for there is no “next act” – only an eternal, weightless dance towards something indefinable. The audience does not applaud. They cannot decide whether the show is beautiful or tragic. Perhaps it is both. Perhaps it is neither.
Poem:
The ringmaster calls with a tremor concealed,
In a voice that wavers, its authority steeled.
The curtain lifts; the ground is lost,
In a realm where gravity pays the cost.
The clowns float by with painted grins,
Hiding despair as the show begins.
Their juggling acts, a futile fight,
To hold the pieces in the weightless night.
Above, trapeze artists leap and soar,
Reaching for dreams they can’t restore.
No net below, no tethered line,
They drift apart in endless time.
The mirrored tent reflects our fears,
A kaleidoscope of fractured years.
Each shard a tale, a fleeting face,
Reality scattered in time’s embrace.
The music wails, a discordant plea,
A symphony born of entropy.
No rhythm to guide, no end in sight,
Only the weightless, eternal flight.
And still the circus spins its tale,
A cosmic jest, a fragile frail.
No applause, no final bow,
Just weightless dancers lost in the now.
Haikus:
Endless trapeze arcs,
No ground beneath, only air,
Dreams dissolve mid-flight.
Mirrors fracture truth,
Faces flicker, fade, and blur,
What’s real disappears.
Painted smiles drift on,
Clowns juggle what they can’t hold,
Laughter turns to dust.
Gravity undone,
The circus spins in the void,
Time is the tightrope.
Los Angeles Firefighters transported four persons, including a School Police Officer in critical condition, to the hospital following a traffic collision in El Sereno on April 16, 2010. © Photo by Mike Meadows
In glorious Mayo weather on the 24/04/2014 work began on assembling the 2nd shelter in the Wild Nephin project.Eleven Mountain Meitheal volunteers spent two days erecting both the shelter and a toilet. The grid ref is F946123. Pre-fabricated in Avondale Co. Wicklow, disassembled and transported to Mayo, the shelter was reassembled and completed without a hitch but what happened to the six inch nails??
Photo by Betsey Merkel.
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Rod Zollinger and myself at the end of the road on the north shore of Kauai, at Ke'e beach, at the begining of the Kalalau trail along the NaPali coast.
Viet Fashion Week 2015
The Red Carpet
The evening will begin with a 1 hour red carpet event for our VIP guests to pose for photos with the press.This exclusive hour allows our VIP guests time to arrive early; have photo opportunities with the press; network with other VIPs; take a sneak peek behind-the-curtains and meet the designers, models, and stylists; enjoy some complimentary hors d’oeuvres; and get situated before the arrival of the general audience.
Fashion Show
The Rose Center in Westminster, CA will be transformed into a model’s dream runway showcasing almost 200 of the latest looks from 8 Vietnamese designers over a 2 day period. Vocal artists Andy Quach and Helena Ngoc Hong will be performing their latest hits.
After Party
Guests are invited to Bleu Lounge for the after party celebrating Viet Fashion Week’s kick-off. Guests will have the opportunity to take photos with the designers and models. Opportunity for networking and socializing to connect designers with buyers, editors, and others in the fashion industry.
International Exposure
Viet Fashion Week will be aired on Vietface TV – Direct TV channel 2076 nationwide and Vietface TV – OC channel 57.2 for Orange County in a series of episodes airing each week. The weekly series will showcase each designer and will include clips of the behind-the-scenes leading up to the main event, highlighting the models’ auditions, designer fittings, stylist consultations, dress rehearsal, VIP guests arriving on the red carpet, backstage preparations, post-mixer, and exclusive interviews with designers, models and sponsors.
DAY 1
Sri Swami Vishwananda begins to recount the Bhagavatam, beginning with creation and the many forms the Lord assumed. Narada Muni advised Veda Vyasa to write about the leelas of Sri Krishna, as only this would truly fulfill his heart's desires!
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13th St beyond Pine, through downtown Boulder, is one-way for cars and two ways for bikes; hence, the contraflow bike lane that's striped through the intersection. Note the signage.
Our Daily Challenge: Begins with “C"
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the other ends?
A great curve, a heart-warming sight to see. Father and daughter off to go tubing, Boulder, Colorado.
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We begin with what appears to be issue number 5, dated February 12th, 1988. Here we learn of a botched Michael Bolton interview compelling the song god to visit Premiere for a redo. (It worked. He had some massive hits. You're welcome, Michael.)
This would also have been the day Michael introduced me to the woman upstairs who I could hear relentlessly pounding out future hits on her keyboard above the din of a squawking parrot. We came highly recommended to each other by Mr. Bolton who said, "This is Diane Warren. You two are both nuts. You should be friends."
Also mentioned in this edition of PN&WR is Paul Paradiso's gift to me of a Pee Wee Herman doll which still holds an honored spot on my memorabilia laden shelving.
Today My Life Begins
I've been working hard so long
Seems like pain has been my only friend
My fragile heart's been done so wrong
I wondered if I'd ever heal again
Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me I can feel a change (ohh)
I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins
Yesterday has come and gone
And I've learn how to leave it where it is
And I see that I was wrong
For ever doubting I could win
Ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same
All around me i can feel a change (ohh)
I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins
Life's to short to have regrets
So I'm learning now to leave it in the past and try to forget
We only have one life to live
So you better make the best of it
I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins
I will break these chains that bind me, happiness will find me
leave the past behind me, today my life begins
A whole new world is waiting, it's mine for the taking
I know I can make it, today my life begins...
Link:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQaM5KhndhI
It was a spectacular Sunset on Ice at Chatfield Lake, Littleton, Colorado, Sunday, December 12, 2010.
This shot is looking to the Northwest, away from the setting Sun.
I live about 12 miles away from Manchester. On the evening of the attack, I was in the city centre, about a mile away from the Arena, about 2 hours before it happened. This event has shaken me, but I have been so heartened by the coming together, compassion and support that has happened as a result. And so, I want to be able to give something back to the people affected by that attack, and I will post pictures of the wee creature who has told me would like to be made for this important work.
At the end of the evening, I will start a charity raffle for this wee creature, with all proceeds being donated to the Manchester Emergency Fund. I'll post full details of how the raffle will run once the wee creature has appeared.
So, this is what's on my work bench just now - can you guess which wee creature wants to be made?!
Met Life Clock Tower Batman Begins Movie Film Billboard Poster being painted on a building wall above Park Avenue and 23rd Street in New York City NYC 2005 unfinished work working worker paint painting advertisement DC comic comics hero superhero Dark Knight bat adventure
Today will be the first of several gatherings with various family groups over the next few days. My assignment for this event was to bring:
-salad (yes, there is some lettuce under there - topped with salami, mozzarella balls, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, and olives - yum!)
-chips and dip (the note is a reminder to get the dip out of the fridge and pack it!).
The basket, of course, is packed with little gifts for everyone.
Now I'm off to pack up the car and get going!
NP Christmas Picture a Day Challenge - Day 6 (12/22/12)
ODT - Getting Ready
The very beginning unfurling of a bud of Dahlia 'Ms. Kennedy'. In full bloom, this flower forms a perfect, miniature ball of red-orange.
This shot was taken in my living room with sunlight from the left and reflected sunlight from the right. The background was shaded from the sun and ended up near-black.
Workers begin the loading process for moving RH TRU drums from behind the shielded wall in the 331 Yard, to the RLC containers, in preparation for shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for disposal.
The Next-Phase Transuranic Waste Project is squarely focused on reducing the quantity of transuranic waste currently housed at Argonne. Removal of this material supports Argonne’s overall goal of reducing its nuclear footprint. The project accelerates work that has already begun by providing additional resources to drive projects across the site. Acceleration of these tasks will reduce future surveillance and maintenance costs associated with these facilities and support the goal of future decommissioning of these facilities. Reducing the life-cycle costs of these areas will allow for more effective delivery of resources to support research and development work at the laboratory.
More information about Argonne's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds can be found here.
Photo by George Joch/courtesy Argonne National Laboratory.
The Morrisville Alternate Truck Route (ATR) begins south of the Village and goes off on a new alignment until it
intersects with a new roundabout at VT 15. The principal benefit of the overall project is to provide for the expeditious movement of traffic on Vermont Route 100, and relieve commercial and residential sections of Morrisville Village from the dangers and inconvenience of through traffic. This is being accomplished by providing a limited access alternate route to carry through traffic, particularly trucks, around the Village.