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Riverwalk - a network of walkways along the banks of the San Antonio River, one story beneath the streets of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. Lined by bars, shops and restaurants, the River Walk is an important part of the city's urban fabric and a tourist attraction in its own right. This man made channel bypass a prominent bend of the river in the Downtown area, has 17,000 feet (5,2 KM) of walkways, about 20 bridges, and extensive plantings including some of the bald cypress (others are several hundred years old) whose branches stretch up to ten stories and are visible from street level.
The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced [mɛˈtɛoɾɐ], lit. "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" — etymologically related to meteorology) is one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos.[1] The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria[2]I, II, IV, V and VII
The Theopetra caves 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Meteora had inhabitants fifty millennia ago.[4] The oldest known example of a man-made structure was found within a prehistoric cave in central Greece, according to the Greek culture ministry. The structure is a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra cave near Kalambaka on the north edge of the Thessalian plain. It was constructed 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier to cold winds. “An optical dating test, known as Optically Stimulated Luminescence, was applied on quartz grains nested within the stones. We dated four different samples from the sediment and soil materials, and all provided identical dates,” Nikolaos Zacharias, director of the laboratory of archaeometry at the University of Peloponnese, told Discovery News. According to a statement by the ministry of culture, “the dating matches the coldest period of the most recent ice age, indicating that the cavern’s inhabitants built the stone wall to protect themselves from the cold.” Excavated since 1987, the Theopetra cave is well known to palaeontologists as it was used and inhabited continuously from the Palaeolithic period onwards (50,000 to 5,000 years ago).[5]
In the 9th century, an ascetic group of hermit monks moved up to the ancient pinnacles.
They were the first people to inhabit Metéora. They lived in hollows and fissures in the rock towers, some of which reach 1800 ft (550m) above the plain. This great height, combined with the sheerness of the cliff walls, kept away all but the most determined visitors. Initially the hermits led a life of solitude, meeting only on Sundays and special days to worship and pray in a chapel built at the foot of a rock known as Dhoupiani. As early as the 11th century AD hermit monks were believed to be living among the caves and cutouts in the rocks.[1]
The exact date of the establishment of the monasteries is unknown. By the late 11th and early 12th centuries, a rudimentary monastic state had formed called the Skete of Stagoiand was centered around the still-standing church of Theotokos (mother of God).[1] By the end of the 12th century, an ascetic community had flocked to Metéora.
In 1344, Athanasios Koinovitis from Mount Athos brought a group of followers to Metéora. From 1356 to 1372, he founded the great Meteoron monastery on Broad Rock, which were perfect for the monks; they were safe from political upheaval and had complete control of the entry to the monastery. The only means of reaching it was by climbing a long ladder, which was drawn up whenever the monks felt threatened.
At the end of the 14th century, the Byzantine Empire's 800-year reign over northern Greecewas being increasingly threatened by Turkish raiders who wanted control over the fertile plain of Thessaly. The hermit monks, seeking a retreat from the expanding Turkish occupation, found the inaccessible rock pillars of Meteora to be an ideal refuge. More than 20 monasteries were built, beginning in the 14th century.[1] Six remain today.
In 1517, Nectarios and Theophanes built the monastery of Varlaám, which was reputed to house the finger of St John and the shoulder blade of St Andrew.
Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. This required quite a leap of faith – the ropes were replaced, so the story goes, only "when the Lord let them break".[6] In the words of UNESCO, "The net in which intrepid pilgrims were hoisted up vertically alongside the 373 metres (1,224 ft) cliff where the Varlaam monastery dominates the valley symbolizes the fragility of a traditional way of life that is threatened with extinction."[7]
In 1921, Queen Marie of Romania visited Meteora, becoming the first woman ever allowed to enter the Great Meteoron monastery.[8] In the 1920s there was an improvement in the arrangements. Steps were cut into the rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed.[citation needed] Many art treasures were stolen.[citation needed]
Until the 17th century, the primary means of conveying goods and people from these eyries was by means of baskets and ropes.[9]
Six of the monasteries remain today.[7] Of these six, four were inhabited by men, and two by women. Each monastery has fewer than 10 inhabitants. The monasteries are now tourist attractions.
Using my continuous light and a black fleece blanket I just bought, I'm trying to get better at portrait photography. The only model I have available right now is myself, but I will soon practise on my mother and some friends.
Weymouth originated as a settlement on a constricted site to the south and west of Weymouth Harbour, an outlying part of Wyke Regis. The town developed from the mid 12th century onwards, but was not noted until the 13th century. By 1252 it was established as a seaport and became a chartered borough. Melcombe Regis developed separately on the peninsula to the north of the harbour; it was mentioned as a licensed wool port in 1310. French raiders found the port so accessible that in 1433 the staple was transferred to Poole. Melcombe Regis is thought to be the first port at which the Black Death came into England in June 1348, possibly either aboard a spice ship or an army ship. In their early history Weymouth and Melcombe Regis were rivals for trade and industry, but the towns were united in an Act of Parliament in 1571 to form a double borough. Both towns have become known as Weymouth, despite Melcombe Regis being the main centre. The villages of Upwey, Broadwey, Preston, Wyke Regis, Chickerell, Southill, Radipole and Littlemoor have become part of the built-up area.
King Henry VIII had two Device Forts built to protect the south Dorset coast from invasion in the 1530's: Sandsfoot Castle in Wyke Regis and Portland Castle in Castletown. Parts of Sandsfoot have fallen into the sea due to coastal erosion. During the English Civil War, around 250 people were killed in the local Crabchurch Conspiracy in February 1645. In 1635, on board the ship Charity, around 100 emigrants from the town crossed the Atlantic Ocean and settled in Weymouth, Massachusetts. More townspeople emigrated to the Americas to bolster the population of Weymouth, Nova Scotia and Salem, Massachusetts; then called Naumking. There are memorials to this on the side of Weymouth Harbour and near Weymouth Pavilion and Weymouth Sea Life Tower. The architect Sir Christopher Wren was the Member of Parliament for Weymouth in 1702, and controlled nearby Portland's quarries from 1675 to 1717. When he designed St Paul's Cathedral, Wren had it built out of Portland Stone, the famous stone of Portland's quarries. Sir James Thornhill was born in the White Hart public house in Melcombe Regis and became the town's MP in 1722. Thornhill became an artist, and coincidentally decorated the interior of St Paul's Cathedral.
The resort is between the first modern tourist destinations, after King George III's, brother the Duke of Gloucester built a grand residence there, Gloucester Lodge, and passed the mild winter there in 1780; the King made Weymouth his summer holiday residence on fourteen occasions between 1789 and 1805, even venturing into the sea in a bathing machine. A painted statue of the King stands on the seafront, called the King's Statue, which was renovated in 2007/8 by stripping 20 layers of paintwork, replacing it with new paints and gold leaf, and replacing the iron framework with a stainless steel one. A mounted white horse representing the King is carved into the chalk hills of Osmington. Weymouth's esplanade is comprised of Georgian terraces, which have been converted into apartments, shops, hotels and guest houses. The buildings were constructed in the Georgian and Regency periods between 1770 and 1855, designed by architects such as James Hamilton, and were commissioned by wealthy businesspeople, including those that were involved in the growth of Bath. These terraces form a long, continuous arc of buildings which face Weymouth Bay along the esplanade, which also features the multi-coloured Jubilee Clock, erected in 1887 to mark the 50th year of Queen Victoria's reign. Statues of Victoria, George III and Sir Henry Edwards, Member of Parliament for the borough from 1867 to 1885, and two war memorials stand along the Esplanade.
In the centre of the town lies Weymouth Harbour; although it was the reason for the town's foundation, the harbour separates the two areas of Melcombe Regis ( the main town centre ) and Weymouth ( the southern harbour side ) from each other. Since the 18th century they have been linked by successive bridges over the narrowest part of the harbour. The present Town Bridge, built in 1930, is a lifting bascule bridge allowing boats to reach the inner harbour. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution stationed a lifeboat at Weymouth for the first time on 26 January 1869. A boathouse was built with a slipway by the harbour and is still in use, although the lifeboat is now moored at a pontoon.
I visited this Fort on the 4th August 2017 and was surprised by the layout and the interesting exhibits found here at this unusual and well maintained Fort. Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England. The fort is situated at the end of the Nothe Peninsula, which juts eastwards from the town of Weymouth, and Weymouth Harbour, into the sea to the north of ex-military Portland Harbour. The fort is located next to Nothe Gardens. The coastal defence was built between 1860 and 1872 by 26 Company of the Royal Engineers to protect Portland's harbour, which was then becoming an important Royal Navy base. Shaped like the letter D, the fort's guns covered the approaches to both Portland and Weymouth harbours. The design included bomb-proof casemates for cannons arranged around the circular sides, and deep magazines beneath the straight, landward side. The fort played an important role in World War II, when the harbour was used as base by the British and American navies.
In 1956 the fort was abandoned, and in 1961 the local council purchased it. It is now a museum. The fort remains one of the best-preserved forts of its kind in the country, and the fort and its outer gateway has been a Grade II listed building since June 1974. Its fusee steps have been Grade II listed since November 2000. These are located within Nothe Gardens, linking the car park area down to the Nothe Parade – the quay of Weymouth's Harbour. The inclined tramway and steps were built circa 1860. The three flights of steps include a low flanking wall of rendered brick, on which are placed wrought-iron plate rails, forming an inclined tramway for trolleys with double-flange wheels. It was constructed for hauling trolleys transporting ammunition, spares and stores from the quay to Nothe Fort. In October 1978, the Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe, also became scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as they appeared to the Secretary of State to be of national importance.
Mid City West, Baldwin Hills, Century City, Culver City, Westwood, Westside, Mar Vista, Venice, Santa Monica, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Palisades, West Los Angeles, Century City, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood and Hollywood skyscraper skyline view where 10k runners running throughout the whole route in Solano Canyon and Elysian Park areas of Los Angeles, California 90026.
There has been continuous collaboration between Norway and ILO within the field of ACTRAV since 1990. This collaboration changed from project to programme approach with the signing in 2003 of the Framework Agreement on Programme Cooperation in the Field of Development Cooperation between the government of Norway and the ILO. As part of the framework agreement, 2 phases of the program were designed. This photo is representative of some of the activities undertaken during the first phase of the programme- ”Workers Education Programme on Social Dialogue.”
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Participants attend the poster session on day four of the Computing in High Energy & Nuclear Physics (CHEP) conference held at the Marriott in downtown Norfolk, Va., on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Aileen Devlin | Jefferson Lab)
This is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It stands over the place where Alban, the first martyr, was buried after giving his life for his faith over 1700 years ago - more than 200 years before St Augustine arrived in Canterbury.
The building's amazing mixture of architectural styles bears witness to the many centuries of its life, first as a monastic Abbey and now as a Cathedral. Down all those centuries countless pilgrims have come to honour the saint's sacrifice and offer their prayers at his shrine - and they still come in their thousands today.
Original Norman church of 1077-1088 of which remains North wall of nave, transepts and crossing tower, although end windows of transepts were altered by Lord Grimthorpe in 1890's. Walls are of flint and Roman brick, the tower almost entirely of Roman brick. There is C12 intersecting blank arcading and a door in the slype. Early English the 3 West bays of North side of nave. Tripartite shafts show that vaulting was planned, but actual vaulting is C19. Later C13 chancel arcade and blank arcading of walls, also retrochoir. Decorated Lady Chapel with C19 vault. South side of nave rebuilt after 1323, and aisle vaulted. Some doorways and windows of later C14. Much alteration, including complete rebuilding of West end and many windows by Lord Grimthorpe in 1890's. Much plastering remains inside from Norman church, with wall paintings both decorative and figurative. Shrine of St Alban (1320, reconstructed) and C14 late guard box the most notable of many monuments inside. RCHM, VCH, NMR.
Continuous-length extension springs insulated with a transparent heat-shrink jacket. These springs are used in place of traditional throttle conduit (cable housing) for carrying wire rope in cable-driven mechanisms. The biggest advantage over standard throttle conduit is a huge increase in flexibility for use-cases like flexible tentacle animatronics.
McMaster-Carr: www.mcmaster.com/#continuous-length-extension-springs/=13...
(0.125-in OD extension spring)
The Bodleian Library, in its current incarnation, has a continuous history dating back to 1602.
The late sixteenth century saw the library go through a period of decline (to the extent that the library’s furniture was sold, and only three of the original books belonging to Duke Humfrey remained in the collection). It was not until 1598 that the library began to thrive once more, when Thomas Bodley (a former fellow of Merton College) wrote to the Vice Chancellor of the University offering to support the development of the library: "where there hath bin hertofore a publike library in Oxford: which you know is apparent by the rome it self remayning, and by your statute records I will take the charge and cost upon me, to reduce it again to his former use. Duke Humfrey’s Library was refitted, and Bodley donated a number of his own books to furnish it. The library was formally re-opened on 8 November 1602 under the name “Bodleian Library” (officially Bodley's Library).
By the time of Bodley’s death in 1612, further expansion to the library was being planned. The Schools Quadrangle (sometimes referred to as the "Old Schools Quadrangle", or the "Old Library") was built between 1613 and 1619. Its tower forms the main entrance to the library, and is known as the Tower of the Five Orders. The Tower is so named because it is ornamented, in ascending order, with the columns of each of the five orders of classical architecture: Doric, Tuscan, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.
The astronomer Thomas Hornsby observed the transit of Venus from this tower in 1769.
The rooms on the ground and upper floor of the quadrangle (excluding Duke Humfrey’s library, above the Divinity School) were originally used as lecture space. Their function is still indicated by the inscriptions over the doors. As the library’s collections expanded, these rooms were gradually taken over. One of the schools is now used to host exhibitions of the library’s treasures, whilst the others are used as offices and meeting rooms for the library administrators.
Oxford, Great Britain
1991
BIG 5. Buffalo. Madikwe Game Reserve. South Africa. Nov/2020
Buffalo
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature; they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss". They are widely regarded as very dangerous animals, as according to some estimates they gore and kill over 200 people every year.
The African buffalo is not an ancestor of domestic cattle and is only distantly related to other larger bovines. Owing to its unpredictable nature, which makes it highly dangerous to humans, the African buffalo has never been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the water buffalo. Other than humans, African Cape buffaloes have few predators aside from lions and large crocodiles, and are capable of defending themselves. Being a member of the big five game, the Cape buffalo is a sought-after trophy in hunting.
Source: Wikipedia
Búfalo
O búfalo-africano (Syncerus caffer), também conhecido como búfalo-cafre, búfalo-do-cabo, búfalo-negro-africano ou ainda búfalo-da-cafraria, é um mamífero bovino nativo da África. O búfalo-africano, é encontrado normalmente na savana em países por toda a África sub-saariana, embora geralmente confinado em áreas protegidas. É um herbívoro de grandes dimensões. A fêmea adulta chega a 1,60 metros de altura e cerca de 500 kg a 600 kg de peso. O macho adulto é ainda maior, chegando a cerca de 1,80 metros de altura (medidas tomadas desde o chão até a altura máxima da espádua) e 900 kg de peso.
O búfalo-africano embora fisicamente semelhante ao búfalo comum encontrado na pecuária do norte do Brasil, é um animal de maior porte e selvagem. O búfalo adulto é muito forte, impondo respeito mesmo a um grupo de leões que possa cruzar o seu caminho.
Atualmente é considerado um animal fora do risco de extinção devido a proteção em parques nacionais e reservas privadas nas regiões da savana africana, entretanto o seu habitat é diminuído em área a cada ano.
Fonte: Wikipedia
Madikwe Game Reserve
The Madikwe Game Reserve is a protected area in South Africa, part of the latest park developments in the country. Named after the Madikwe or Marico River, on whose basin it is located, it was opened in 1991 and comprises 750 km2 of bushland north of the small town Groot-Marico up to the Botswana border.
Madikwe Game Reserve lies 90 km north of Zeerust on what used to be farm land, but owing to the poor soil type, farming was not that successful. After extensive research, the South African Government found that this land would best be utilised as a provincial park, to economically uplift this otherwise rather poor area.
The process reintroducing wildlife to the area began in 1992 under the codename Operation Phoenix which relocated entire breeding herds of elephants, Cape buffaloes, south-central black rhinos and southern white rhinos along with various species of antelopes. Following Operation Phoenix, Madikwe has also successfully reintroduce rarer predatory species such as lions, cheetahs, spotted hyenas and Cape wild dogs bringing the total large mammal population of the reserve to over 10 000. There are currently more than 60 species of mammal in the park.
Source: Wikipedia
Reserva do Madikwe
A Madikwe Game Reserve é uma área protegida na África do Sul, parte dos mais recentes desenvolvimentos de parques no país. Batizado em homenagem ao rio Madikwe ou Marico, em cuja bacia está localizado, foi inaugurado em 1991 e compreende 750 km2 de mata nativa ao norte da pequena cidade de Groot-Marico até a fronteira com o Botswana.
A Madikwe Game Reserve fica 90 km ao norte de Zeerust, no que costumava ser terras agrícolas, mas devido ao tipo de solo pobre, a agricultura não teve tanto sucesso. Após uma extensa pesquisa, o governo sul-africano descobriu que esta terra seria melhor utilizada como um parque provincial, para elevar economicamente esta área bastante pobre.
O processo de reintrodução da vida selvagem na área começou em 1992 sob o codinome Operação Fênix, que realocou rebanhos inteiros de elefantes, búfalos do Cabo, rinocerontes-negros do centro-sul e rinocerontes brancos do sul junto com várias espécies de antílopes. Após a Operação Phoenix, Madikwe também reintroduziu com sucesso espécies predatórias mais raras, como leões, chitas, hienas-pintadas e cahorros do mato, elevando a população total de grandes mamíferos da reserva para mais de 10.000. Atualmente, existem mais de 60 espécies de mamíferos no parque
Fonte: Wikipedia (traduçao livre)
Impodimo Game Lodge
Impodimo Game Lodge is set on a rocky ridge overlooking the vistas within the magnificent malaria-free Madikwe Game Reserve of the North West Province of South Africa. The air-conditioned suites at Impodimo Game Lodge are decorated in neutral tones and offer a fireplace and private bathroom with additional outdoor shower.
Our passion has always been to bring the most amazing experiences to our guests and with that in mind the Elephant Hide was born. Merging ultra luxury with incredible game viewing right on your doorstep.
Our guests get to enjoy a fully stocked bar, Italian coffee and air-conditioned comfort whilst they soak up the wildlife just meters away. It is the perfect spot to watch wildlife, big and small, up close with minimum disturbance to their natural behaviour. The hide is a photographers dream, offering an excellent vantage point in complete comfort and safety to get that award-winning shot or just to marvel at the unfolding drama of the waterhole
Source: Impodimo Game Lodge website
Impodimo Game Lodge
O Impodimo Game Lodge está situado em uma crista rochosa com vista para a magnífica Reserva Madikwe, livre de malária, na Província Noroeste da África do Sul. As suítes com ar-condicionado do Impodimo Game Lodge são decoradas em tons neutros e oferecem lareira e banheiro privativo com chuveiro adicional ao ar livre.
Nossa paixão sempre foi levar as experiências mais incríveis aos nossos hóspedes e foi pensando nisso que nasceu o Esconderijo de Elefante. Combinando ultra luxo com incrível visualização de animais bem na sua porta.
Nossos hóspedes podem desfrutar de um bar totalmente abastecido, café italiano e conforto do ar-condicionado, enquanto absorvem a vida selvagem a poucos metros de distância. É o local perfeito para observar animais selvagens, grandes e pequenos, de perto com o mínimo de perturbação ao seu comportamento natural. O hide é o sonho dos fotógrafos, oferecendo um excelente ponto de vista com total conforto e segurança para obter aquela foto premiada ou simplesmente para se maravilhar com o drama que se desenrola no poço
Source: Impodimo Game Lodge website (tradução livre)
Kilkea Castle was built in 1426 and is a claimant of the oldest continuously inhabited castle in Ireland (as does Malahide Castle.) Originally a motte and bailey was built here by Sir Walter de Riddlesford in 1181. His granddaughter married Maurice Fitzgerald, and so the Manor of Kilkea then came into the possession of the powerful Fitzgerald family. It remained in their possession for over 700 years until the 19th Earl of Kildare decided to make Carton House the family seat early in the 18th century. A famous story of the castle tells of the ‘The Wizard Earl’ who lived here in the 16th century. He was a colourful character who was fond of dabbling in magic tried. He tried to convince his wife of his powers and said he could turn her into a bird. He said if she got startled he would disappear for ever. As promised, The Earl turned into a bird and his wife showed indifference, until a cat wandered in and sprang for the bird. The wife screamed and The Wizard Earl disappeared forever but it is said that he returns a ghost to the same room every seven years on a white horse! The castle and estate was finally sold by the Fitzgerald family in the early 1960s but is now run as a golf course and hotel.
Photos from the London Continuous Integration Group's Continuous Integration Lightning Talks, which took place at Skills Matter eXchange.
This represents 'continuous' on two literal levels - the continuous double yellow lines, and the 'ring road' sign painted on the road.
This section now forms a continuous promenade. Previously, there was a steep, unused, cobbled slipway. A new slipway has been incorporated at the western end off Granny’s Bay, adjacent to the Fairhaven Lake car park entrance.
G80 with 12-60mm kit lens
P1020264_stitchv3ed
~6 X 8 inches
Pen on paper.
Right/dominant hand
1 continuous contour line
A personal favorite in the series.
Maureen's great artwork: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/
Photos and portraits of Maureen: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762428692...
The photo I was working from for all of these: www.flickr.com/photos/maureennathan/9731687245/
I wanted to work with another subject the way I work with my own image - not worrying about likeness, having fun with process, indulging in whatever artistic impulse strikes me in the time I have each night. Maureen was kind enough to agree to let me have at her 'no holds barred'. I also like to work in series so I chose to make 50 portraits over 25 days, all from the same photo. The images range from likeness to insane, from detailed to quite rough, some interesting and some that I wouldn't ordinarily display, except I'm posting the whole series.
These were all done in a lined spiral notebook with fairly thin paper that I received last year at a computer conference. I had used the first 50 pages for a series of ink self-portraits, and now I turned it over and starting from the back, filled it with these 50 portraits of Maureen. It is now completely filled.
These are, of course, portraits for Julia Kay's Portrait Party (JKPP). If you're an artist and you'd like to join an international community of artists who make portraits of each other, please consider applying to join us at the Portrait Party on flickr. First read the group guidelines here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/rules/ Then click join here: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
Why wear a continuous glucose monitor?
Too much glucose in your bloodstream is toxic, too little is fatal. Our bodies prioritize by keeping us sick and alive (with obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes) in the former condition, and manufacturing glucose in the latter. Because of this, too much blood glucose is common, too little blood glucose is rare.
A continuous glucose monitor is another - provides minute by minute information about how the body handles this tightly controlled metabolite. Currently, these are used for people with diabetes (unfortunately a greater % of the population), eventually, as is being discussed, this technology may be embedded in the Apple Watch.
In terms of the product, I am fascinated by the color combinations chosen - the blue and yellow are clearly a complementary pair, making the device itself a color harmony.
The purpose of running Roplant is to contribute to the development of water treating technology by accumulating exchanging educating technical data such as Sea Water Desalination, Membrane Filtration. It also promotes friendship among the engineers in various fields.
Reverse Osmosis System' and 'Water Treatment Plant' make up a compound word, Roplant. This word implies water treating technologies such as Sea Water Desalination, Membrane Filtration and so forth.
'Roplant was started in year 2002 as an official home page of Membrane Filtration & Desalination Research Center, a non profit organization.
We promise you that Roplant will constantly be updated to provide you with numerous benefits, and we hope for your continuous support and encouragement. Thank you.
West Los Angeles, Santa Monica and Pacific Ocean skyscraper skyline view where 10k runners running throughout the whole route in Solano Canyon and Elysian Park areas of Los Angeles, California 90026.
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How many days have the sprinklers at I25 and 144th been running? I have no idea but I wish I'd known about it yesterday - or this morning, I bet it was spectacular. If they're going to waste untold gallons of potable water I might as well get a shot of it.
Continuous motion, visible from sequentially viewing one photo/frame to the next.
Continuous motion photographed like a flipbook (frame by frame.)
...Meditation.
After four days of continuous kiirtan - the singing of a spiritual mantra.
This is Didi Anandaraganuga, a yogic nun who teaches meditation and runs an holistic school in the Netherlands.
At the DMS conference, Madhu Karuna, Germany.
Multimedia Files
AUDIO
• 'The Final Kiirtan' (21 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'Trumpet Kiirtan' (8 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'Divine Love' (7 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'Determination' (2 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'Circular Kiirtan' (4 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'Sway' (5 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
• 'The Mystical Tour' (3 mins): MP3 Audio (media page)
Photos from the London Continuous Integration Group's Continuous Integration Lightning Talks, which took place at Skills Matter eXchange.
When I went to the seaside yesterday, I was planning to get a long-exposure picture of the sea being all calm and silky. I tried different shots of sea with a few pieces of wood, a boat, a pier, etc, but prefer this 3-second exposure for the rhythm created by the birds.
The structure on the horizon is Southend Pier (wikipedia), the longest pleasure pier (you've got to be British to understand it!) in the world. It extends 1.3 miles into the Thames Estuary beyond the gaudy sea-side town with its amusement arcades, casinos, fish-and-chip shops, fun-fair and whatever else the English need to entice them to go to see the sea.
I wanted to capture the water as a smooth surface for an assignment, so I stopped the lens down all the way to f/22, set the camera to its lowest ISO setting and added 3 ND filters for a 6-stop darkening.
I was quite surprised when the camera still was able to auto focus through the filters (supposedly the camera needs f/5.6 or better to auto focus, and with the 6 stops in front of a f/2.8 lens, it was getting as little light as f/22 even wide open).
The straight horizontal line formed by the pier makes the image somewhat static, but I like that in this instance, as I think it matches the calm of the water.
Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarkand is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements Kimyogarlar, Farhod and Khishrav. With 551,700 inhabitants (2021)] it is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan.
There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city dating from the late Paleolithic Era. Though there is no direct evidence of when Samarkand was founded, several theories propose that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China, Persia and Europe, at times Samarkand was one of the largest cities in Central Asia, and was an important city of the empires of Greater Iran. By the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, it was the capital of the Sogdian satrapy. The city was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, when it was known as Markanda, which was rendered in Greek as Μαράκανδα. The city was ruled by a succession of Iranian and Turkic rulers until it was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan in 1220.
The city is noted as a centre of Islamic scholarly study and the birthplace of the Timurid Renaissance. In the 14th century, Timur made it the capital of his empire and the site of his mausoleum, the Gur-e Amir. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque, rebuilt during the Soviet era, remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. Samarkand's Registan square was the city's ancient centre and is bounded by three monumental religious buildings. The city has carefully preserved the traditions of ancient crafts: embroidery, goldwork, silk weaving, copper engraving, ceramics, wood carving, and wood painting. In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures.
Modern Samarkand is divided into two parts: the old city, which includes historical monuments, shops, and old private houses; and the new city, which was developed during the days of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and includes administrative buildings along with cultural centres and educational institutions. On 15 and 16 September 2022, the city hosted the 2022 SCO summit.
Samarkand has a multicultural and plurilingual history that was significantly modified by the process of national delimitation in Central Asia. Many inhabitants of the city are native or bilingual speakers of the Tajik language, whereas Uzbek is the official language and Russian is also widely used in the public sphere, as per Uzbekistan's language policy.
Continuous Learning Improvement Cycle - Similar to the ADDIE model for instructional design, this model covers the entire range of strategic planning for deploying learning technology into an organization. This model can be freely distributed under creative commons and even adapted for use by you or your organization. It may not be adapted for resell or commercial purposes without written consent from the author. Contact bryan@chapmanalliance.com for more information.
Yashica J
Year 1961
135 film Rangefinder
Yashinon 45mm f/2.8
f/2.8 - f/16 (continuous aperture ring, no click-stop)
1/25 - 1/300 + B (leaf type, continuous shutter speed ring, no click-stop)
X Sync flash all the way up to 1/300
No built-in metering. I use a separate Gossen Digiflash for metering when I use this camera.
This is one fine sample of this camera. It's almost like new. The only thing that's showing it's age is the VF/RF which is not 100% clean and clear. That being said, it's still much cleaner than any RF of this age. Just not as clean as a freshly cleaned RF but no less very pleasing to use.
The shutter range is it's major limitation. To hand-hold it, 1/25 is fine. But 1/300 is a bit limiting in bright sunlight. Using ISO100 or lower film with an ND or gradient filter would help when your picture includes the sunny sky.
f/2.8 + ISO400 film could handle indoor pretty well, but impossible for most night street handheld snaps.
Why wear a continuous glucose monitor?
Too much glucose in your bloodstream is toxic, too little is fatal. Our bodies prioritize by keeping us sick and alive (with obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes) in the former condition, and manufacturing glucose in the latter. Because of this, too much blood glucose is common, too little blood glucose is rare.
A continuous glucose monitor is another - provides minute by minute information about how the body handles this tightly controlled metabolite. Currently, these are used for people with diabetes (unfortunately a greater % of the population), eventually, as is being discussed, this technology may be embedded in the Apple Watch.
In terms of the product, I am fascinated by the color combinations chosen - the blue and yellow are clearly a complementary pair, making the device itself a color harmony.
A test of CameraPro N8's continuous autofocus video-recording, starring our guinea pigs Sunny and Harry (exploring the untrimmed edge of our garden). The 720p HD clip is presented here in its raw unedited form, to avoid too much quality loss - I think the video closeup option alone makes CameraPro N8 worth its asking price from the Ovi Store.
Samarkand is a city in southeastern Uzbekistan and among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Central Asia. Samarkand is the capital of the Samarkand Region and a district-level city, that includes the urban-type settlements Kimyogarlar, Farhod and Khishrav. With 551,700 inhabitants (2021)] it is the third-largest city in Uzbekistan.
There is evidence of human activity in the area of the city dating from the late Paleolithic Era. Though there is no direct evidence of when Samarkand was founded, several theories propose that it was founded between the 8th and 7th centuries BC. Prospering from its location on the Silk Road between China, Persia and Europe, at times Samarkand was one of the largest cities in Central Asia, and was an important city of the empires of Greater Iran. By the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, it was the capital of the Sogdian satrapy. The city was conquered by Alexander the Great in 329 BC, when it was known as Markanda, which was rendered in Greek as Μαράκανδα. The city was ruled by a succession of Iranian and Turkic rulers until it was conquered by the Mongols under Genghis Khan in 1220.
The city is noted as a centre of Islamic scholarly study and the birthplace of the Timurid Renaissance. In the 14th century, Timur made it the capital of his empire and the site of his mausoleum, the Gur-e Amir. The Bibi-Khanym Mosque, rebuilt during the Soviet era, remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. Samarkand's Registan square was the city's ancient centre and is bounded by three monumental religious buildings. The city has carefully preserved the traditions of ancient crafts: embroidery, goldwork, silk weaving, copper engraving, ceramics, wood carving, and wood painting. In 2001, UNESCO added the city to its World Heritage List as Samarkand – Crossroads of Cultures.
Modern Samarkand is divided into two parts: the old city, which includes historical monuments, shops, and old private houses; and the new city, which was developed during the days of the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and includes administrative buildings along with cultural centres and educational institutions. On 15 and 16 September 2022, the city hosted the 2022 SCO summit.
Samarkand has a multicultural and plurilingual history that was significantly modified by the process of national delimitation in Central Asia. Many inhabitants of the city are native or bilingual speakers of the Tajik language, whereas Uzbek is the official language and Russian is also widely used in the public sphere, as per Uzbekistan's language policy.
Brushes App on my iPod Touch.
Freehand from a photo.
15-20 minutes.
Left-handed continuous red contour line, right-handed additional color.
March-April 2010, I intend to draw a different contemporary artist every day.
Today's artist is American watercolorist Anne Watkins. The thing that strikes me most in all of her work is her incredibly good use of white space, and how she is able to handle her watercolors to yield clean edges between color and background. When she paints portraits, she manages to find a sweet side in everybody, no matter how much they were frowning or furrowing their brows when staring in the camera or sitting for her.
You can see Anne's artwork on her flickr imagestream:
www.flickr.com/photos/annewatkins/
And on her website:
Photos of Anne and other artists' portraits of her can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/discuss/7215762361887...
If you're an artist who'd like to draw/paint other flickr artists, please join the Portrait Party at: www.flickr.com/groups/portraitparty/
YEA 'Perch' continuously welded rail carrying wagon 979017 is seen passing Clapham Junction in the consist of 6Y42 from Hoo Junction to Eastleigh, 7th October 2011.
As you know all too well, the only thing I love more than the casting of aluminum is the continuous casting of aluminum. I just wish I'd brought a floral wreath to lay at this site.
The achievement of Crown Hall is to make a single, huge, almost completely continuous space, glazed on all sides. The only shortcoming in this department are a couple of pylons that hold HVAC (it's my understanding that they do no structural work in terms of holding up the roof) and the dividers necessary to make workable studio and gallery space. As it is, the classrooms and offices and things like that are all shunted into the basement (Doug: "It's like Metropolis, alpha people above, slave world below"), but ...
Well, here's another Doug quote. "By the time Mies gets to IIT, he couldn't care less about function....he almost couldn't care less about architecture... but you have to admit, Crown Hall is pret-ty fabulous." Indeed. Everything I said about the Robie House's feeling of airy lightness transfers here; if Mies's space is considerably less dynamic (see Rowe's essay on classicism in modern architecture), it manages to multiply the air-and-light effect tenfold. So you're in an extremely stable, static space, but it's charged with this strange thrill that I can't connect with anything but a sort of indoor agoraphobia. I've been in much, much bigger spaces that made far, far less impact.