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Salvador Prieto gets nearly ground level to see how well this micro-sprinkler is working under one of his avocado trees, in Somis, CA, on Nov 15, 2018.
Salvador Prieto grew up watching and helping his father grow corn and beans on a small farm in Mexico. The journey from bean fields to 20-acre orchard owner with his wife Martha Romero was not a straight and narrow path to Somis, Calif. In fact, it was music that brought him to the United States. Today the passion is agriculture.
Similarly, Romero didn’t follow a career in agriculture to her beautiful and healthy avocado and lemon orchard. Romero grew up a city girl in the heart of Los Angeles. Now sharing this farm with her husband and two children, she quickly credits her success to the support and assistance from her family to navigate the learning curve.
Constantly seeking improvement on the family’s orchard, Romero discovered the local Farm Bureau and the Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Land Group (VCAILG) coalition. VCAILG put Romero in touch with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ventura Resource Conservation District, for technical and financial assistance to implement conservation and management practices.
NRCS California District Conservationist Dawn Afman, Soil Conservationist Elizabeth Keith, and Resource Conservationist Brooks Engelhardt, have all provided technical assistance and invested their time and expertise in helping Prieto and Romero incorporate conservation practices in their orchard. Prieto and Romero were immediately intrigued by NRCS’s efforts to improve soil health.
“At first it was overwhelming, but many other farmers I know are members, so it is comforting to know that I am not alone,” said Romero. “We need to make a profit, obviously, but, for me, I want to do it while protecting mother nature and precious resources like water. I am able to do this with NRCS’s help.”
Prieto and Romero learned a lot from trial and error. Romero admits that she even bought her trees before the land was ready. But learning opportunities, like an early community garden project, gave them critical knowledge and experience.
A big first conservation practice they learned was mulching to save water and reduce weeds. NRCS helped Prieto and Romero with this, through an Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contract, to apply mulch to their orchard floor to conserve soil moisture and improve soil health in the Fall of 2018.
“Every time we have a question or need assistance, NRCS has been nothing but helpful,” added Romero. “They let us know about other programs out in the community and invited us to their annual Latino Farmer Conference, where my husband and I learned about other helpful resources.”
Recently, Prieto and Romero entered into a new NRCS contract to implement Irrigation Water Management (IWM) to their orchard. The IWM plan includes installing moisture sensors into the ground, which transmit continuous data to cloud-based storage, and accessed through a smart device app on their phones. The information lets them know when, where and how long to irrigate. This knowledge will help them toward their goal of producing 6,000 pounds of produce per acre.
Looking toward the future, Romero expressed that knowledge is key. “Before we plant further, we need to get educated on how to do it best,” concluded Romero. “From the planting of a seed or planting of a tree, we need the entire process to be profitable. It's not just about planting it. It's about preparing the land and using the resources wisely.”
In the meantime, Romero enjoys the weekends because she does not need to be worried about picking up the kids from school or rushing around. She just wants to be out in the orchard, making it better From mulching to pruning or irrigating and weeding. The family’s goal is to make the farm “better tomorrow than it was today.”
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Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).
NRCS has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for more than 80 years. USDA helps people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.
From weather to pests, and from a lack of time to markets, each American farmer faces a unique set of challenges. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) helps agricultural producers confront those challenges – all while conserving natural resources like soil, water, and air.
This voluntary conservation program helps producers make conservation work for them. Together, NRCS and producers invest in solutions that conserve natural resources for the future while also improving agricultural operations.
Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
USDA
FPAC
www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
NRCS
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
EQIP
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/program...
The Prieto family of Salvador Prieto, wife Martha Romero, daughter Nadya Prieto; and son Salvador Prieto, Jr., attending college and not seen, in their Hass avocado and Meyer lemon orchards, have all been challenged by each of their roles and new learning curves for farming, but each day, they can see the rewards of their work surrounding their home, in Somis, CA, on Nov 15, 2018.
Salvador Prieto grew up watching and helping his father grow corn and beans on a small farm in Mexico. The journey from bean fields to 20-acre orchard owner with his wife Martha Romero was not a straight and narrow path to Somis, Calif. In fact, it was music that brought him to the United States. Today the passion is agriculture.
Similarly, Romero didn’t follow a career in agriculture to her beautiful and healthy avocado and lemon orchard. Romero grew up a city girl in the heart of Los Angeles. Now sharing this farm with her husband and two children, she quickly credits her success to the support and assistance from her family to navigate the learning curve.
Constantly seeking improvement on the family’s orchard, Romero discovered the local Farm Bureau and the Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Land Group (VCAILG) coalition. VCAILG put Romero in touch with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ventura Resource Conservation District, for technical and financial assistance to implement conservation and management practices.
NRCS California District Conservationist Dawn Afman, Soil Conservationist Elizabeth Keith, and Resource Conservationist Brooks Engelhardt, have all provided technical assistance and invested their time and expertise in helping Prieto and Romero incorporate conservation practices in their orchard. Prieto and Romero were immediately intrigued by NRCS’s efforts to improve soil health.
“At first it was overwhelming, but many other farmers I know are members, so it is comforting to know that I am not alone,” said Romero. “We need to make a profit, obviously, but, for me, I want to do it while protecting mother nature and precious resources like water. I am able to do this with NRCS’s help.”
Prieto and Romero learned a lot from trial and error. Romero admits that she even bought her trees before the land was ready. But learning opportunities, like an early community garden project, gave them critical knowledge and experience.
A big first conservation practice they learned was mulching to save water and reduce weeds. NRCS helped Prieto and Romero with this, through an Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contract, to apply mulch to their orchard floor to conserve soil moisture and improve soil health in the Fall of 2018.
“Every time we have a question or need assistance, NRCS has been nothing but helpful,” added Romero. “They let us know about other programs out in the community and invited us to their annual Latino Farmer Conference, where my husband and I learned about other helpful resources.”
Recently, Prieto and Romero entered into a new NRCS contract to implement Irrigation Water Management (IWM) to their orchard. The IWM plan includes installing moisture sensors into the ground, which transmit continuous data to cloud-based storage, and accessed through a smart device app on their phones. The information lets them know when, where and how long to irrigate. This knowledge will help them toward their goal of producing 6,000 pounds of produce per acre.
Looking toward the future, Romero expressed that knowledge is key. “Before we plant further, we need to get educated on how to do it best,” concluded Romero. “From the planting of a seed or planting of a tree, we need the entire process to be profitable. It's not just about planting it. It's about preparing the land and using the resources wisely.”
In the meantime, Romero enjoys the weekends because she does not need to be worried about picking up the kids from school or rushing around. She just wants to be out in the orchard, making it better From mulching to pruning or irrigating and weeding. The family’s goal is to make the farm “better tomorrow than it was today.”
—
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).
NRCS has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for more than 80 years. USDA helps people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.
From weather to pests, and from a lack of time to markets, each American farmer faces a unique set of challenges. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) helps agricultural producers confront those challenges – all while conserving natural resources like soil, water, and air.
This voluntary conservation program helps producers make conservation work for them. Together, NRCS and producers invest in solutions that conserve natural resources for the future while also improving agricultural operations.
Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
USDA
FPAC
www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
NRCS
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
EQIP
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/program...
This strike was less than 1200 feet away. I froze the lightning to show that it was very short lived (only ~1/15th of a second-1 frame) but must have had a lot of energy associated with it. Turn up the volume to appreciate how close it actually was. Quite scary!!!
Upon further investigation, this bolt actually hit close to if not the house itself on the hill. Sound of the thunder indicated that the loudest first boom was from the segment at the cloud base and then the bolt traveled diagonally away from me.
BTW, this was one of only two strikes that occurred as this brief thunderstorm developed and moved through my area (dropping only 0.03" rain.
Low-altitude stratocumulus clouds are backlit by sunset, with the sun just above the horizon. These clouds were just above the Marin Headlands, and perhaps touching the peaks. So the cloud base was around 1000 ft (300 m) and their tops were probably under 2000 ft (600m).
Clouds were present only along the ridges around San Francisco Bay; the rest of the sky was clear. So, at first glance, it looked like it was going to be a boring sunset. But this telephoto lens revealed lots of drama and excitement when pointed at the brightest part, right where the sun setting was behind these clouds.
Seen just a few minutes before sunset at César Chávez Park in Berkeley, CA, which offers excellent views of the Bay, etc.
Still digging into my plethora of Dark Ride shots from my past trip to WDW *smile*. May is here and I am hoping nicer evening light is too. *bigger smile*
BTW, this is from 'The Great Movie' ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios. In real life this scene is almost totally DARK! ;-) Yep, the 'Lord of Darkness' strikes again. (I am referring to my camera with the Lord of Darkness reference *wink*)
**You may wonder about the title to this post...This week Adobe announced that they will no longer sell 'boxed stand alone CS products'. ALL of their CS products will be up on their "CLOUD" and be sold for a monthly subscription.
I don't know about you, but I do not like cloud computing for one major reason...I am TIRED of monthly subscriptions for EVERYTHING!
I am in my late 40's and I think about my future, which means my retirement future. I am hoping that when I decide to leave Dominion that I can turn towards my photography to supplement some income. But even if I don't do that I still plan on having photography as a reason to get up every day, a nice hobby. So I plan on making sure just prior to my retirement time that I upgrade my equipment, including software, one last time while I can afford it. But as of Adobe's announcement, I may be on my last upgrade since I bought a Nikon D800 a couple of months ago and own a Nikon D3S and I am not planning on an upgrade for (hopefully) 5-10 years. I am sure inside of the next 10-14 years there will be some major improvements with digital cameras that will leave me wanting the latest when the time comes, but if I have to "go backwards" with software then would it be wise to buy a newer camera?? So this leaves me wondering who will fill the void left by Adobe if I decide to but "one last camera" and want stand alone software that I don't have to pay for on a monthly basis. Augh! Too much to digest!
One good thing (at least right now) is that Adobe will continue to make Lightroom a stand alone product. So I guess I will be focusing my attention on REALLY learning the Lightroom interface and getting as comfortable with it as I am with ACR/CS5 until they decide to make Lightroom a cloud based product too, in which case I will say good-bye to Adobe.
If you want to read more about the whole Adobe issue I would suggest Thom Hogan
Thanks!
020_GHP_SoireePortraits_2019.jpg -- Greater Houston Partnership “Emerald City” Soiree 2019 with photography sponsored by Conoco Phillips at Hotel ZaZa August 24, 2019. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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336_GHP_AnnualMeet_28Jan22 — Greater Houston Partnership 2022 annual meeting with 2022 Chair Thad Hill outlining the organization's priorities for the year ahead while outgoing Chair Amy Chronis provides a look back at the accomplishments of 2021 at the Hilton Americas January 28, 2022. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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The Immaculate Conception / Purisima Concepcion
Early 17th Century
FILIPINO
Solid ivory
A highly important solid ivory image of the Virgin shown in the avocation of the Immaculate Conception (Purisima Concepcion). The Virgin is depicted covered with a veil which is a very rare imagery in Philippine iconography. The Virgin's wavy, long hair, parted in the middle as is customary in Philippine images of the Purisima, falls in two cascading tresses on the sides of the face terminating at her chest.
The Virgin is shown standing on an ensaimada (brioche) cloud base supported by a single cherubim. Her hands, which would have been folded in an attitude of prayer and pegged-in (you can still see the holes for the pegs), are now missing. The Virgin's robe falls in simple vertical fold allowing the outline of the knees to show and for the Virgin's single foot to peep through. The dress is cinched with a belt tied in a simple bow at the waist. The Virgin's mantle is decoratively folded over both arms of the image. This may have been the original source of the "palikpik" more commonly found on 19th century "over-dressed" type images of the Virgin.
Most interestingly, the Virgin's collar is ornamented with a design of diamond-shaped rhomboid decorative detail. The rhomboid pattern decoration is a feature of Philippine images of the Virgin found only in the earliest examples of the 17th century. A similar decorative detail can be found on an ivory image of the Virgin in the Juan Ignacio Moreno collection in Mexico City (Navarro de Pintado, 1985; pl. 50). The back of the Virgin's robe is tucked into a pursed fold. This "tuck" is callade a suksuk and is found only in 17th and 18th century images of the Virgin.
The most interesting feature of all, however, can be found on top of the Virgin's head. Notice the flat surface rendering of the veil near the Virgin's forehead. This flat surface is known colloquially as the uka. According to Gatbonton (1979, 1982), that "flat surface" recalls -- and in fact maybe a reference to -- the "bump" found on many images of the Buddha called the Usnisha, the symbol of enlightenment. The Usnisha would later evolve into the top knot found on the forehead of images of Christ and other male saints in Philippine iconography.
The condition is fine considering its age. Missing hands and maybe part of the left arm. The image retains a beautiful amber patina. This patina is the effect of oxidation resulting from the fact that the image may have been painted at one time. All traces of polychromy now lost.
High. 21.5 cm or 8.6 in.
Provenance:
Collection of Dr, Porfirio J. and Mrs. Socorro Rodriguez Callo
Purchased from Tajan Auctioneers, Paris
Collection of Madame B
Correctly attributed as Spanish colonial work, may be Philippines, beginning of the 17th century.
References:
Gatbonton, E. B. 1979. A heritage of saints: Colonial santos in the Philippines. Hong Kong: Editorial Associates.
Navarro de Pintado, B. 1985. Marfiles cristianos del Oriente en Mexico [Christian oriental ivories in Mexico]. Mexico City: Fomento Cultural Banamex. pl. 50.
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I like both of red emission nebulae and dark nebulae.
The pages below were helpful to identify the dark clouds on the frame, though I could not be sure if they are right.
Dark Clouds World in Astro Laboratory in Tokyo Gakugei University
darkclouds.u-gakugei.ac.jp/index.html
Dark Clouds and Dense Cores Based on DSS
( We can retrieve list and atlas here.)
darkclouds.u-gakugei.ac.jp/DSS/download.html
Atlas and Catalog of Dark Clouds Based on Digitized Sky Survey I
(Be careful. This is 129.2MB PDF containing the whole catalog and figures)
pasj.asj.or.jp/v57/sp1/pdf/57sp1-2553.pdf
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equipment: Takahashi FSQ-106ED, Reducer QE 0.73x, and Canon EOS 5Dmk2-sp2 by Seo-san at ISO 1,600 on Takahashi EM-200 temma 2Jr, autoguided with hiro-design off-axis guider, StarlightXpress Lodestar autoguider, and PHD Guiding
exposure: 4 times x 30 minutes, 4 x 15 minutes, 4 x 4 min, and 4 x 1 minute
Location: 11,000 feet above sea level near MLO, Mauna Loa Observatory on the shoulder of Mauna Loa in the Big Island, Hawaii
T23-10 '31-30' Airbus A400M Ala30 AME, on approach for runway 05, arriving with groundcrew and armament for the forthcoming EF2000 deployment. Cloud base was around 200 feet so broke through late on approach.
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SCE_0366 Dunnet Head Harbour, north east Scotland.
Visited on a very overcast day as can be seen in the cloud base.
Small harbour off the B855 2.4 miles from Dunnet Head.
More general photographs at www.flickr.com/photos/staneastwood/sets
345_GHP_HypeImpact_8nov18.JPG -- Greater Houston Partnership Young Professionals & Entrepreneurs (HYPE) Impact Awards recognizing and rewarding young professionals and entrepreneurs for their contributions to our community November 8, 2018. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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We had some stunning optical effects visible on our way back from Limoges to Stanstead on 25th September 2017. This was the first time I'd ever seen optics reflected on the cloud base below; that was quite a special experience!
Another view of last Monday week's fabulous sunset and red sky. It had rained most of the day and was completely overcast until the last half hour of the day, when the sun appeared beneath the cloud base in the northwest.
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361_GHP_AnnualMeet_28Jan22 — Greater Houston Partnership 2022 annual meeting with 2022 Chair Thad Hill outlining the organization's priorities for the year ahead while outgoing Chair Amy Chronis provides a look back at the accomplishments of 2021 at the Hilton Americas January 28, 2022. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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Took this photo after dressing up as the cloud based private eye - strange looks all round :-)
Here's my little tribute drawing of the fantastic Mr Jonathan Edwards 'INSPECTOR CUMULUS' - scribbled on paper and coloured in photoshop :-)
01. Who Drew This and Where Can people find you?
My name is [rich] and you can find me at:
and of course
02. What is the name of your drawing?
TIME FOR A MURDER.
03. What is it's story? (no more than 100 words please)
I thought I'd do a little something different for this one - took a couple of photos dressed up as Mr Cumulus drew some details in illustrator and added them up in photoshop :-)
PLAYHOUSE/SWILLBURGER
bar - burger spot - arcade
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a gargantuan wheatpaste mural, "Bollywood Sugar," on The Playhouse/Swillburger building by Amsterdam-based artist Handiedan. The striking digital collage of bold imagery — which includes many flourishes, flowers, and architectural bits surrounding a large central pin-up figure www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/wonder-walls/Con...
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Wonder walls
WALL\THERAPY 2015
By Rebecca Rafferty @rsrafferty
WALL\THERAPY 2015 informally kicked off over the holiday weekend with the installation of a gargantuan wheatpaste mural, "Bollywood Sugar," on The Playhouse/Swillburger building by Amsterdam-based artist Handiedan. The striking digital collage of bold imagery — which includes many flourishes, flowers, and architectural bits surrounding a large central pin-up figure — earned cheers and honks from people crossing the busy intersection at South Clinton and Meigs.
"It was a great warm up to everything, and really set a nice tone for this year," says Erich Lehman, WALL\THERAPY co-curator and lead organizer. "The response has been pretty overwhelmingly positive.
Amsterdam-based artist Handiedan installed a massive wheatpaste mural for WALL\THERAPY over the holiday weekend at 820 South Clinton Avenue. The 2015 mural festival takes place July 17 through 26, with a theme of surrealism and the fantastic.
Handiedan and her partner, who spent four days painstakingly pasting the precisely-cut paper around the windows of the former church, were this year's early birds, as scheduling conflicts prevented them from joining the rest of the artists during the festival proper later this month (July 17 through July 26).
Though any art exposed to the weather is vulnerable, paper is especially so. But this hardy work has been sealed against the elements, and the artist estimates that the mural will last up to two years.
Earlier this year, WALL\THERAPY organizers announced a partnership with URBAN NATION — a Berlin-based organization that supports street art and aims to create the world's first museum dedicated to the form — for the launch of an international exchange program between Rochester and Berlin. Lehman says the group will be doing a WALL\THERAPY-curated show in Berlin in early 2016.
The connection was made last summer when URBAN NATION director Yasha Young visited Rochester to check out Berlin-based artist Addison Karl's in-progress mural at the Fedder Industrial Complex. After learning more about WALL\THERAPY and its sister project, IMPACT! (IMProving Access to Care by Teleradiology), Young extended an invite for collaboration.
IMPACT! seeks to provide easier access to medical care for people in underdeveloped and underserved regions of the world through cloud-based x-ray services and a network of volunteer radiologists. Both WALL\THERAPY and IMPACT! are projects of The Synthesis Collaborative.
The festival theme for this year is surrealism and the fantastic. In addition to Handiedan, Young has invited Stockholm-based artist Andreas Englund, Switzerland-based artists Onur and Wes21, Switzerland-based duo NEVERCREW, New York-based Australian artist Vexta, and Brooklyn-based Canadian artist Li Hill.
The other half of the participating artists are curated by Lehman and WALL\THERAPY founder and co-curator Ian Wilson. They have invited old-school graffiti artist Daze, who is based in New York City and returns to Rochester after participating in the 2013 festival; Jeff Soto and Maxx242, who are both based in California; and Eder Muniz, who is based in Brazil but has painted many vibrant murals in Rochester over the years.
This year's local artist selections include Nate Hodge, Brittany Williams, Matthew Roberts, and Joe Guy Allard. New York City-based painter and illustrator, Tara McPherson, was set to participate as well, but due to unexpected circumstances will not be able to attend this year.
WALL\THERAPY 2015 will kick off on July 17, with an art show titled "IMPACT!" held at 1975 Gallery featuring the work of all participating artists. A percentage of all sales from the exhibition will go directly to support the mural fest's philanthropic sister project.
In addition to the opportunity to watch the progress of the murals, the week will feature a movie night hosted by Brooklyn Street Art founders Jaime Rojo and Steve Harrington, and the annual FLOOR THERAPY dance party, hosted by The Lobby at Bug Jar.
Lehman says this year's murals will be clustered around downtown, returning to past areas, such as the Public Market, and adding some new sites as well. But the exact locations won't be revealed until closer to the start of the festival. "It's not so much a targeted neighborhood this year," Lehman says. "With the topic being 'surrealism and the fantastic,' it's better served spread out, so that it's not a concentration of so much of that kind of work."
This is the fourth WALL\THERAPY festival, but the fifth year since the project's birth. "It's really exciting to see that people's enthusiasm for the event is still strong," Lehman says.
An upgraded, and mobile-friendly WALL\THERAPY website launched this week, featuring up-to-date artist bios and photographs from the past years, and an easier to navigate, searchable map of the murals. A printable PDF guide of this year's mural locations is coming soon.
City Newspaper will post more information as it's released. Follow @WallTherapyNY and @roccitynews on Twitter and Instagram for updates, and visit the online version of this article for links to preview the work of this year's artists.
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169_SoireeWall_11Nov21 - Greater Houston Partnership Soirée annual gala celebrating Houston as a truly global city at Hotel ZaZa chaired by Margaret and Thad Hill November 11, 2021. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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PT 2. This was one of those magic moments right at the end of the day as the sun, sneaked under a low cloud base and lit up the rocks opposite Cathedral Rocks
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These were picked up at Phoenix Comics & Games at Capitol Hill during Free Comic Book Day.
Assassin's Creed
Great cover, this had two short stories that are fun since I haven't played an Assassin’s Creed game in a while and the stories each had different art styles.
Grumpy Cat
Two complete stories which is nice. It has Grumpy cat and a tuxedo cat that looks like Oreo - sold.
One Punch Man
I think One Punch Man is one of the best deconstruction of over-powered characters like Superman and the fighting genre in general, but only half the comic was related to the story. The content is exceeded by a single online update from the author and artist One and is worth getting only for the cover. The animated series covers a small part of the ongoing story and can be viewed directly from distributor Daisuki.
www.daisuki.net/us/en/anime/detail.ONEPUNCHMAN.html
Suicide Squad
A nice short exposition of the squad's first mission puppeteered by Amanda Waller. Great cover and it made me look into the Harley Quinn trades. Seeing Harley arriving at Coney Island sealed the deal for me. Edit: just looked at the issue again and the Amanda Waller redesign is just visually wrong-headed pandering. If that is Amanda Waller.
Aftermath
A bit disappointed that these are actually samplers but the comic book industry's dastardly scheme worked on this 90's refugee. That era had some iffy stuff and was when most people I knew were moving from DC and Marvel to Image and Dark Horse. Since then the only US super hero comic book I bought is Superman: Earth One which as angst-filled as it was is still better than the movie that was based off of it (which wasn't bad but missed what Superman was about).
For those getting back into comics like me it might help to see this as modern Greek mythology where there are different takes of the same characters and different universes. It's easier to concentrate on favorite characters or recommended stories than worry about which version of Earth everything takes place for now.
Links
Comics Explained does what it says. Rob puts up short lectures with lots of comic panels focusing on characters, teams, story arcs, and more that will get anyone up to speed. His channel made me find new characters to read up on and even reconsidered old characters.
www.youtube.com/user/fluidicbeats/videos
Kevin Smith's Fat Man on Batman is always an entertaining profanity-laced discussion about comics, movies, and their respective industry.
www.youtube.com/channel/UCfDoPEgiYTMmraXj8HS7s4g
io9 comics related articles:
Kotaku comics related articles:
I haven't tried ComiXology but it's a cloud-base platform for comic books and manga whose distribution method is similar to other services such as Amazon's Kindle. It also offers a monthly flat fee library access:
Marvel Unlimited uses a Netflix model of a flat monthly rate for library access that I've only used to look at some free issues:
Horses, thunder cloud, Mammatus clouds, Jackson Hole Wyoming. I have only got to see clouds like this a few times, I'm glad I had a camera with me and I'm glad this paint horse was there to add extra elements to the image.
Mammatus clouds are distinct cloud formations hanging down from a cloud base appearing either as smooth or bumpy pouches. The cloud got its name from the Latin word mammatus which means “having breasts” as they bear a resemblance to the breasts of a woman. Mammatus clouds are found in a wide range of cloud genera or types. However, the most striking examples of these clouds occur at the base of anvil clouds that spread on the summit of well-developed cumulonimbus clouds and which extend all over the sky.
This was the last really good shot of the night and it was one of my favorites. This lightning strike was only about 3 miles away and it developed under a new cloud base as the storm pushed south. The only thing that would of made this picture even better is if the right lightning bolt was in the shot...it looked just as great! Picture was taken on August 11, 2011 just before 5am.
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Nstra. Sra. del Carmen in a Virina
19th Century
Ivory, Baticuling Wood, Silver, Gold, Gold Leaf, Human Hair and Glass
with virina: H:29 1/2” x L:10 1/2” x W:10 1/2” (75 cm x 27 cm x 27 cm)
ivory: H:14” x L:5 1/2” (36 cm x 14 cm)
Opening bid: P 200,000
Provenance:
Manila
Lot 128 of the Leon Gallery auction on 10 September 2016. For more information, please see www.leon-gallery.com
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries glass hurricane lamps were used to prevent the light of a candle from being blown off by a passing wind. Tall hurricane lamps open at both ends and made with a bulbous body were used to surround a candle on a candlestick. In the late 19th century, when the practice of encasing santos in glass domes became popular, the lamps were converted to hold santos and were placed on turned and carved wooded bases and the opening at the top was covered by a turned and carved lid with a finial. Because their shape resembles that of the original Coca-Cola bottle, they were called Coca-Cola virinas by collectors today.
This particular virina stands on a beautifully turned and carved base standing on three ball feet. The base has two levels, the first being just a plain ring molding surmounted by a spool and topped by a bead molding with a frieze of upright acanthus leaves to hold the glass in place. The turned cover of the lamp is carved with a fringe of tiny scallops beneath a fine gadroon border. A beaded molding above is topped by a coronet of acanthus leaves with a turned finial at the center. The carvings were originally gilded and painted in polychrome, but only vestiges remain.
The statue inside the virina is that of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. The Virgin has an ivory head and hands, while the head, hands and feet of the Christ Child are of ivory. The body and the cloud base is 18th century in style, but the ivory faces and the painting of the image is of the early 20th century. The crowns of both the Virgin and Child are of gold and are 18th century in inspiration. The doce estrellas or halo with the twelve stars is parcel gilt with the rays alternating in silver and gold. Both images are carrying cloth scapulars edged with a chased gold border and stand on a completely gilded peana or base carved in the shape of a flower.
-Martin I. Tinio, Jr.
Salvador Prieto uses his front loader to pick up a load of mulch for his Hass avocado and Meyer lemon orchards, in Somis, CA, on Nov 15, 2018.
Salvador Prieto grew up watching and helping his father grow corn and beans on a small farm in Mexico. The journey from bean fields to 20-acre orchard owner with his wife Martha Romero was not a straight and narrow path to Somis, Calif. In fact, it was music that brought him to the United States. Today the passion is agriculture.
Similarly, Romero didn’t follow a career in agriculture to her beautiful and healthy avocado and lemon orchard. Romero grew up a city girl in the heart of Los Angeles. Now sharing this farm with her husband and two children, she quickly credits her success to the support and assistance from her family to navigate the learning curve.
Constantly seeking improvement on the family’s orchard, Romero discovered the local Farm Bureau and the Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Land Group (VCAILG) coalition. VCAILG put Romero in touch with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Ventura Resource Conservation District, for technical and financial assistance to implement conservation and management practices.
NRCS California District Conservationist Dawn Afman, Soil Conservationist Elizabeth Keith, and Resource Conservationist Brooks Engelhardt, have all provided technical assistance and invested their time and expertise in helping Prieto and Romero incorporate conservation practices in their orchard. Prieto and Romero were immediately intrigued by NRCS’s efforts to improve soil health.
“At first it was overwhelming, but many other farmers I know are members, so it is comforting to know that I am not alone,” said Romero. “We need to make a profit, obviously, but, for me, I want to do it while protecting mother nature and precious resources like water. I am able to do this with NRCS’s help.”
Prieto and Romero learned a lot from trial and error. Romero admits that she even bought her trees before the land was ready. But learning opportunities, like an early community garden project, gave them critical knowledge and experience.
A big first conservation practice they learned was mulching to save water and reduce weeds. NRCS helped Prieto and Romero with this, through an Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) contract, to apply mulch to their orchard floor to conserve soil moisture and improve soil health in the Fall of 2018.
“Every time we have a question or need assistance, NRCS has been nothing but helpful,” added Romero. “They let us know about other programs out in the community and invited us to their annual Latino Farmer Conference, where my husband and I learned about other helpful resources.”
Recently, Prieto and Romero entered into a new NRCS contract to implement Irrigation Water Management (IWM) to their orchard. The IWM plan includes installing moisture sensors into the ground, which transmit continuous data to cloud-based storage, and accessed through a smart device app on their phones. The information lets them know when, where and how long to irrigate. This knowledge will help them toward their goal of producing 6,000 pounds of produce per acre.
Looking toward the future, Romero expressed that knowledge is key. “Before we plant further, we need to get educated on how to do it best,” concluded Romero. “From the planting of a seed or planting of a tree, we need the entire process to be profitable. It's not just about planting it. It's about preparing the land and using the resources wisely.”
In the meantime, Romero enjoys the weekends because she does not need to be worried about picking up the kids from school or rushing around. She just wants to be out in the orchard, making it better From mulching to pruning or irrigating and weeding. The family’s goal is to make the farm “better tomorrow than it was today.”
Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) is the Department’s focal point for the nation’s farmers and ranchers and other stewards of private agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest lands. FPAC agencies implement programs designed to mitigate the significant risks of farming through crop insurance services, conservation programs, and technical assistance, and commodity, lending, and disaster programs.
The agencies and services supporting FPAC are Farm Service Agency (FSA), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and Risk Management Agency (RMA).
NRCS has a proud history of supporting America’s farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners for more than 80 years. USDA helps people make investments in their operations and local communities to keep working lands working, boost rural economies, increase the competitiveness of American agriculture, and improve the quality of our air, water, soil, and habitat.
From weather to pests, and from a lack of time to markets, each American farmer faces a unique set of challenges. The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) helps agricultural producers confront those challenges – all while conserving natural resources like soil, water, and air.
This voluntary conservation program helps producers make conservation work for them. Together, NRCS and producers invest in solutions that conserve natural resources for the future while also improving agricultural operations.
Through EQIP, NRCS provides agricultural producers with financial resources and one-on-one help to plan and implement improvements, or what NRCS calls conservation practices. Using these practices can lead to cleaner water and air, healthier soil and better wildlife habitat, all while improving agricultural operations. Through EQIP, you can voluntarily implement conservation practices and NRCS co-invests in these practices with you.
USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
For more information, please see:
USDA
FPAC
www.usda.gov/our-agency/about-usda/mission-areas
NRCS
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/site/national/home/
EQIP
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/program...
"Come and see the unseen"
This is a promotional video displaying what is on show @ the "Exploring The Expired" exhibition....
From the 27th of September ( the open day ) to the 30th September, 11.00 am to 5:00pm, over 300 images will be available to view for free, at Poltimore House, near Exeter (EX4 0AU)
For more info please visit the exhibitions page on my website -
or join the official Facebook events page here -
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This time lapse is from my iPhone 7+ in video mode. It shows the developing of what appears to be a meso cyclone. The formation and lowering of the cloud base due to very strong updraft and subsequent downdraft at its fringe is characteristic of a severe supercell thunderstorm.
Picture of the Day
A great walk/climb yesterday on St Sunday Crag where not only was I lucky enough to see a temperature inversion but also a Brocken Spectre. I don't quite understand the physics behind their occurrence but it has something to do with the sun shining ontop the top of the cloud base which was really low yesterday. You can see my legs in the foreground and my head in the middle of the spectre. Quite a surreal experience. The spectre was a first for me yesterday.
197_GHP_EconomicOutlook2018.JPG - Greater Houston Partnership Houston Region Economic Outlook featuring Ellen Zentner, Managing Director and Chief U.S. Economist with Morgan Stanley Research, on the national economy. In addition, the following panel of local experts will share their perspectives on the region's economyDecember 5, 2018. (Photo by Donna Carson)
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Early morning dog walk, nice and chilly with a wonderful hazy, low cloud base, best time of the day.
A photo walk shot - ODC.
3 Bracketed shots, processed in Photomatix Pro.
096_GHP_Airports_5Oct22 - Greater Houston Partnership State of the Airports with Mario C. Diaz, Director of Aviation, Houston Airports held at the Marriott Marquis October 5, 2022. (Photo by Richard Carson)
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