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I was carrying two cameras around my neck. This was the other, the 35mm. "He's a photographer", said the girl in the foreground, in a gratifyingly awestruck voice, probably mistaking me, in one of those wild misunderstandings of childhood, for a newspaperman. Yeah right. With my 60 year-old Soviet-era folding camera in its felt-lined leather case, and my ancient Pentax SLR. But how could a child know about these distinctions?
A trained observer, I moved unobtrusively among these ordinary people. Gawping at the gawpers. How could these plain folk ...foreigners at that... be expected to know that Fray Bentos, Flickr's great Jeremiah, moved among them? I did look out to sea but couldn't see anything much. A couple of heads bobbed in the water. It was like one of those live outside broadcasts, where you wait for hours for a ten-second glimpse of some newsworthy personage or other. I took a few snaps and left.
...continued from the last set i uploaded. This was a fun day taking photos of Gig wearing her black ballet slippers outdoors. Hopefully this summer we can do it again.
Continuing to go up this side of the lake.
Some more Life belts with the standard Danger thin ice warning
"Just like the days when the passenger came in." - I recall one crew member saying as they pulled up and spotted the locally dubbed "Superior Flyer" at the depot in Schreiber. This was part of CP's 125th Anniversary of the final Spike.
Railfan Tim Gobeil chats with the engineer as I snapped this shot of the 'Royal Canadian Pacific' train set in Schreiber, Ontario prior to their run to Coldwell on the Heron Bay Sub.
MP 0.0 Heron Bay Sub
July 14, 2009
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who continues to make headlines for his relentless pursuit of the Ukraine Warfare, his declining well being, and his secretive way of life, is as soon as once more in information. This time, for an expensive palatial bungalow which he has reportedly purchased for almost USD 120 million (roughly £100 million) the place he's stated to be secretly residing together with his gymnast girlfriend Alina Kabaeva.
In line with overseas media reviews, the Russian President is secretly residing in an enormous mansion which is positioned northwest of Moscow. In line with a report printed by the Russian investigative information web site ‘The Mission’, Putin purchased this property in Cyprus by a slush fund.
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The development of the 13,000-square-foot mansion started in 2020 and was accomplished in two years, the report stated. It has been constructed totally on the strains of the Russian dacha. In line with The Mission, Putin’s new property is positioned close to Lake Valdai. The nation property has a number of palatial mansions and a playground for his or her kids.
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The Russia President is reported to be residing there together with his 39-year-old girlfriend Alina Kabaeva and his kids. Other than Putin’s kids, some feminine kinfolk of Alina Kabaeva, have additionally been noticed spending time on the luxurious mansion, stated reviews.
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The cold snap continues.
Up at half six for a coffee before going hunting and gathering, and was treated to this stunning dawn, with the garden all crisp and even.
Jools's employer had given everyone working there a Sainsbury's gift card, and we had partly used before Christmas, so in order to use the remainder, instead of Tesco I drove to Deal instead.
It was clear at dawn, but a mist soon rose, giving the whole landscape a winter wonderland effect, with tyre tracks through the frost, even on the Deal Road. At least traffic was light.
Sainsbury's was almost empty. A contrast to before Christmas when it was like the eve before the zombie apocalypse, with empty shelves everywhere.
Much better this time, with all a much less frantic. With the card, and despite buying three bottles of porter, the bill came to eleven quid.
Turning onto The Strand, I stopped to take a shot of the pie and up and down the coast, as a weak sun tried to break through.
I drove back home carefully, making it back by half eight, so we enjoyed a lazy breakfast and a fresh brew.
For the morning, I made a pot of lentil dahl, so the house was soon filled with the fine smells of Middle East spices.
We don't have that for lunch, instead we have a pasty followed by the last of the Christmas Cake. So, the festive season is officially over!
That being said, I have mincemeat so will make mince pies at some point, or like last time, just save it for next Christmas.
It was day 3 of the FA Cup 3rd round weekend, with Norwich playing host to Brighton, and all was going well until they kicked off. Once Brighton scored, Norwich fell to pieces, and so lost 4-0, at least two coming from mistakes.
We finish of the last of the Christmas cheese for supper while we listened to Craig and I watched Citeh thrash Salford 8-0.
Outside, temperatures plunged again, and a thick hoar frost covered all surfaces.
Brrrr.
101019-N-1531D-088 - OREALLA, Guyana - (Oct. 19, 2010) The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is currently anchored off the coast of Guyana to conduct a Continuing Promise 2010 humanitarian civic assistance (HCA) mission. The assigned medical and engineering staff embarked aboard Iwo Jima will work with partner nation teams to provide medical, dental, veterinary and engineering assistance to eight different nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathen E. Davis)
Continuing on with my backlog, we take a quick look at the Tracer Nendoroid, which was purchased for $10 during the EB Game year end clearance event.
I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere after Tracer was released, Nendoroids went to a smaller box, which quite honestly was too bit to begin with. The old boxes are probably about the same depth, but 2 inches smaller in every other direction.
Tracer is a character from the Overwatch game, specializing in speed and general mobility through motion and short distance teleportation - she's also the official mascot of the IP. I picked up the Figma back in November while wandering the mean streets of Vancouver, so it was nice to get the Nendoroid to complement her. Tracer is built on the action figure Nendoroid body, which of course means articulated knees, hips, mid torso, shoulders, elbows with swivel, rotating wrists, and head. In addition to these standard features, Tracer also features articulated ankles to allow for more natural looking jumping and running poses. There is also one point of articulation on ones strand of hair on the front of the head.
Contents of the box include the figure, three total expressions (neutral, happy, sad), her twin pistols, Pulse Bomb, two additional pair of weapon gripping hands, a bent leg (yes.. ONE single bent leg), a teleporting effect, and the standard Nendoroid stand.
Quality of the paint is your typical Good Smile Company output, which of course means very solid effort.. normally. Tracer's paint isn't bad overall, there are definitely areas where some of the weakest paint apps I've ever seen on a Nendoroid. The various metallic colours on her chest and back are OK, but the white paint applications on her back are definitely mess, and seem almost like they were done freehand with no proper masking. Naturally, work on the face and hair are solid, as are the decals on the shoulders. The large expressive eyes, focal point of any Nendoroid, are perfectly implemented. Build quality also follows suit - I have no concerns or issues with regards to joints, limb length, gaps, or quality of the plastic itself.
Kind of a fast look at this figure, partially because Daylight Savings is killing my energy, but mostly because there really isn't much to talk about here. You don't buy Nendoroids to creating screen accurate battle scenes - you buy them because you want something that is cute and visually appealing, but still appreciate quality in your figures as well as articulation. Strangely weak paint applications aside, Tracer meets all those criteria and overall she's a solid entry into the product line.
Space X is using the same launch pad at Cape Canaveral where the Apollo Missions to the moon once lifted off
continuing with figures. Color cast for white balance since my camera does not like white backgrounds.
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Continuing Promise 22 - Patient Intake
10.26.2022
Video by Pvt. Faron High
U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet
PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 26, 2022) Sailors aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) conduct initial patient intake, Oct. 26, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Faron High)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_(season)
Definition
Meteorologists generally define four seasons in many climatic areas, winter, spring, summer and autumn (or fall). These are demarcated by the values of their average temperatures on a monthly basis, with each season lasting three months. The three warmest months are by definition summer, the three coldest months are winter, and the intervening gaps are spring and autumn. Spring, when defined in this manner, can start on different dates in different regions. In most of Northern Hemisphere locations, spring occurs during the months of March, April and May[1]. (Summer is June, July, August; Autumn is September, October, November; Winter is December, January, February.) The vast majority of Southern Hemisphere locations will have opposing seasons with spring in September, October and November.[2]
Astronomically, the vernal equinox (usually 20 March in the Northern Hemisphere, and 22 September in the Southern Hemisphere), should be the middle of spring (based on the angle of the sun and insolation) and the summer solstice (usually 21 June in the Northern Hemisphere and 21 December in the Southern Hemisphere) should be mid-summer (because the sun is at its highest) but daytime temperatures lag behind insolation by several weeks because the earth and sea have thermal latency and take time to warm up.
Some cultures, such as those who devised the Celtic and East Asian calendars, call the spring equinox mid-spring, but others (especially in the USA and sometimes in England) regard it as the "first day of spring". For most temperate regions, signs of spring appear long before the middle of March, but the folklore of 21 March being the "first day of spring" persists, and 21 June as the "first day of summer" is common in the USA. In South Africa, Australia and New Zealand, spring begins on 1 September, and has no relation to the vernal equinox.[3]
In East Asian Solar term, spring begins on 4 February and ends on 5 May. Similarly, according to the Celtic tradition, which is based solely on daylight and the strength of the noon sun, spring begins in early February (near Imbolc or Candlemas) and continues until early May (Beltane).
The phenological definition of spring relates to indicators, the blossoming of a range of plant species, and the activities of animals, or the special smell of soil that has reached the temperature for micro flora to flourish. It therefore varies according to the climate and according to the specific weather of a particular year.
Events
In spring, the axis of the Earth is increasing its tilt toward the Sun and the length of daylight rapidly increases for the relevant hemisphere. The hemisphere begins to warm significantly causing new plant growth to "spring forth," giving the season its name. Snow, if a normal part of winter, begins to melt, and streams swell with runoff. Frosts, if a normal part of winter, become less severe. Temperate climates have no snow and rare frosts, the air and ground temperature increases more rapidly. Many flowering plants bloom this time of year, in a long succession sometimes beginning even if snow is still on the ground, continuing into early summer. In normally snowless areas "spring" may begin as early as February (Northern Hemisphere) heralded by the blooming of deciduous magnolias, cherries, and quince, or August (Southern Hemisphere) in the same way. Subtropical and tropical areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, or monsoonal, or cyclonic. Often the cultures have locally defined names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe. Many temperate areas have a dry spring, and wet autumn (fall), which brings about flowering in this season more consistent with the need for water as well as warmth. Subarctic areas may not experience "spring" at all until May or even June, or December in the outer Antarctic.
While spring is a result of the warmth caused by the turning of the Earth's axis, the weather in many parts of the world is overlain by events which appear very erratic taken on a year-to-year basis. The rainfall in spring (or any season) follows trends more related to longer cycles or events created by ocean currents and ocean temperatures. Good and well-researched examples are the El Niño effect and the Southern Oscillation Index.
Unstable weather may more often occur during spring, when warm air begins on occasions to invade from lower latitudes, while cold air is still pushing on occasions from the Polar regions. Flooding is also most common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year because of snowmelt, accelerated by warm rains. In the United States, Tornado Alley is most active this time of year, especially since the Rocky Mountains prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading eastward and instead force them into direct conflict. Besides tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms can also produce dangerously large hail and very high winds, for which a severe thunderstorm warning or tornado warning is usually issued. Even more so than in winter, the jet streams play an important role in unstable and severe weather in the springtime in the Northern Hemisphere.
In recent decades season creep has been observed, which means that many phenological signs of spring are occurring earlier in many regions by a couple of days per decade.
Spring is seen as a time of growth, renewal, of new life (both plant and animal) being born. The term is also used more generally as a metaphor for the start of better times, as in the Prague Spring. Spring in the Southern Hemisphere is different in several significant ways to that of the Northern Hemisphere. This is because: there is no land bridge between Southern Hemisphere countries and the Antarctic zone capable of bringing in cold air without the temperature-mitigating effects of extensive tracts of water; the vastly greater amount of ocean in the Southern Hemisphere at all latitudes; at this time in Earth's geologic history the Earth has an orbit which brings it in closer to the Southern Hemisphere for its warmer seasons; there is a circumpolar flow of air (the roaring 40s and 50s) uninterrupted by large land masses; no equivalent jet streams; and the peculiarities of the reversing ocean currents in the Pacific.
To continue a tradition Ted and I started of traveling for New Year’s Eve (last year we drove to Toronto and Chicago), we decided to visit our favorite city in the world – and add a new one to our list, Dublin. First was London, where we spent four nights, including New Year’s Eve. Because we’ve both seen so much of the city, we just wandered the streets, took photos and enjoyed delicious food (including the best Thai food I’ve ever had). Check out more photos from London on my website and Ted's, too.
Continues, the new project of Babyland's Dan Gatto, playing live at Festival Kinetik 4.0 in Montreal. Not my kind of music, but he put on a good live show. Very intense.
I'm not quite satisfied with the dress pattern yet, but it's getting there. I got the basic dress pattern from www.puchicollective.com/sewing-patterns/ . It's Blythe's A-line jumper. It printed out smaller than it should have, but that worked to my advantage. I'm making it wider and it works pretty well. Right now, Julie is just wearing a scrap in her hair, but we are planning a bandana. Emily is wearing the pj bottoms. I haven't decided yet about the top for them.
Continuing vagrant! Still present high up in the tall cypress trees along the creek behind the garden club and open air theater. Mead Botanical Gardens, Winter Park, Orange County, Florida, USA. 3 October 2015.
Here's a shot of the B&O canal towpath that wasn't all fenced up.
After getting home from Great Falls I planned lessons some more, and once I got all that settled, I went to Fairfax Station Gold's Gym. I was thinking about shaving off my beard and decided to go ahead and do that at the barber shot and have a haircut too. There's a barber a couple of doors down from the gym. I had them cut it down to number 2. A talkative Vietnamese lady was cutting my hair but I couldn't understand her with the clippers going. I asked her to stop after she was done with my hair so I could check how I looked with the beard and short hair. I decided to go ahead and shave it anyway. It can grow back if I want. My beard was getting "tired", lol.
The operation cost $18, plus I left a tip. The barbers heavily encouraged me to come back. I might.
At gym I tried to do my leg routine but I guess the BGT used up all my stamina. I could do everything, but not as manny reps as usual. My calves started to cramp and decided I needed to let everything rest. Came home listening to Johnny Dollar on the Big Broadcast.
In continuing with taking pictures of some of my favorite figures I have, I present to you my lovely Invisible Woman figure! Paul got her for me for Christmas last year, and I absolutely adore her! She's one of the cutest Bishoujo figures (in my opinion), and my favorite Marvel girl! :D
Delegates continue to register for the AFGE 40th National Convention. The day's events included the exhibit hall, young worker meeting and diversity social.
Construction continues on an American River levee improvement project in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 8, 2011. Under the American River Common Features project, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is installing a slurry wall in the levee to help strengthen it and make it harder for water to leak through. (Photo courtesy of Magnus Pacific Corporation)
Continuing the flower theme. This time a Julia set fractal.
This image was generated with FractalWorks
, a high performance fractal generator for Macintoshes.
Here is the plot data:
Center Point (real, imaginary):-0.1702933228,0.6566760534 i
Plot Width (real):5E-08
Julia origin (real, imaginary):-0.1702933227860637,0.656676053639875 i
Source mandelbrot width:3.5E-11
Color scheme name:Yellow & red flowers
Color scheme last modified:2008-05-26 22:51:06 -0400
Plot uses DE:Yes
Plot uses fractaional iterations:Yes
Plot height:1
Peak steepness:0.7
Plot flipped:Yes
Camera x:0
Camera y:0
Camera z:-0.301
Ambient light:0.53
Directional light:0.72
Specular light:0.1
Surface shininess: 1
Light x direction:1.25
Light Y direction:-1.02
Light z direction:2.84
Background color red:204
Background color green:204
Background color blue:204