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I'm not a big fan of AI. It's fun and interesting, but I know at worse it will probably kill us all. ( I just read that two AI models have already started creating their own language that we (humans) don't understand so the genie is really out of the bottle.) At best, it will certainly cause much disruption in all facets of society. That's a foregone conclusion. My kids are already adjusting their career aspirations to do work that AI can't yet do. That's pretty fucked.
It will absolutely end photography. Photography as I know it. Knew it.
Anyway I've been dabbling in various large language AI models, working through some ideas with images. Just to see what it can do, what it won't do, and what can be made with the introduction of post production via Adobe Pshop. It's really improved. At first it failed at hands. Those days are gone. It's imagery output is now quite astounding. Why? Because it's fed on the photography of the last one hundred years, and all associated commentary about those images. It's probably fed on yours.
And to answer the original question: yes. Grandpa said that's a Nazi.
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HEY - I'm not pushing this image into groups or accepting group invitations. This is a manufactured AI image. Slightly human altered. It was a freaking test.
Christ's College, Canterbury is an independent Anglican secondary day and boarding school for boys, located in the city centre of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Founded in 1850 by Reverend Henry Jacobs in Lyttelton as a school for early settlers, college is the oldest independent school in the country. The college currently caters for approximately 647 students from Year 9 to Year 13.
Christ's College is an International Member of The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) represents the Heads of the leading independent schools in Ireland and the United Kingdom and International schools mainly from the Commonwealth. Christ's College is one of only three member schools in New Zealand.
Christ's College (formerly Christ's College Grammar School) was established in 1850 and directly modelled on the pedagogic vernacular of English public schools, such as Eton College and Radley College. The school was most likely named Christ's College by James FitzGerald, Canterbury's first Superintendent, after his old College at Cambridge (Christ's College, Cambridge). At its foundation, the school was run from two rooms at the immigration barracks at Lyttelton, and the emphasis was on a classical education, including Greek and Latin, Modern languages, Mathematics, English, History and Geography. Students were also expected to conduct scientific experiments, to draw and sing. It used to be closely associated with the Lyttelton Collegiate Grammar School which was also located in the Lyttelton Immigration Barracks.
The school left Lyttelton in 1852 and moved over the hill to the St Michael's parsonage in Oxford Terrace with 16 students. Henry Jacobs, the first headmaster, ensured that his school enabled both boarders and day boys to attend.
Christ's College moved to its present site in 1856, with 35 pupils and a staff of three. This location, adjacent to the Government Domain (now Hagley Park), provided the college with room to expand, and the school gradually began to acquire additional buildings. The first of these building were wooden, providing homes for the staff and their families and an increasing number of boarders. By 1863, Big School, the first of the stone buildings, had been built on the west side of the quadrangle in which all classes were taught (in present-day it is the school's library with additions by Sir Miles Warren and currently the oldest educational building still in use in New Zealand), followed in 1867 by the Chapel. The school developed slowly around this central quadrangle, and today the 'quad' is treated with reverence, and therefore students are not permitted to walk on it, only staff members and permitted visitors. The Cathedral Grammar School used to be the Lower School of Christ's College when it struggled financially from 1895 to 1922.
In its early days, the college taught boys as young as six, with each boy arriving with a different level of education. Subsequently, there was a wide age range in many classes and, until the number of classrooms increased, they were all taught together.
The school motto, Bene Tradita, Bene Servanda in Latin translates to "good traditions, well maintained".
Jen finally agreed to a new photo. She's a little self conscious these days. She was an avid distance runner before her health concerns, and was, as you can see from our other photos, very fit.
Thanks to everyone for your support over the past five years. That support has been most helpful in her long recovery.
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I'm loving how my first sunflower seems to be changing before my eyes! Just since yesterday it has a whole new look!
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Abused & Abandoned Jungle Dogs.
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cross currents by airlight
airlight - when the lighting comes only from the blue sky
this was taken a little after dawn
I just found out that flickr has a sort of status check page. All lights are green today - and uploading was fast.
Religious Seminar in Australia: Focusing on the Current Situation of Religious Persecution in China
www.holyspiritspeaks.org/news/religious-seminar-in-austra...
On April 4, 2018, a seminar was held at the Chapel of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture in Canberra at 3 p.m. local time, the topic of which is Religion and the State in the People’s Republic of China. During the seminar, the current difficulties faced by China’s religious beliefs under the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) dictatorial rule were discussed. Many renowned professors and scholars from the UK, the US and Italy were invited and attended this seminar, and some of them delivered speeches, in which they talked about the current situation of religious persecution in China. Some scholars and professors revealed the facts of the CCP’s brutal persecution of The Church of Almighty God (CAG), and appealed to people to focus on the problems encountered by CAG Christians when they apply for asylum.
I'm currently knee deep in art tests for a new job. My industry is very liberal, I'm sure they wouldn't mind a modern girl like me joining their staff. If anything, it might give them something to talk about. Which reminds me, I really need to do one of my photos as a digital painting.
Currently sat here in a mix of his and hers (nice warm and ever so long skirt on). My usual look these days seems to be mixed clothing. Most of my boy clothes are now women's wear (trousers, jeans, tops etc.). Sometimes I look down, and find I'm head to toe in female garb, not necessarily feminine, but female none the less.
The Current River as seen from the Hwy 106 bridge near Eminence in Shannon County Missouri by Notley Hawkins Photography. Taken with a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera with a Sony FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS lens at ƒ/8.0 with a 1/60 second exposure at ISO 100. Processed with Adobe Lightroom CC.
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For about 2 weeks following the Summer solstice there is minimal noticeable change in the length of days, but one month or so on, and now it is really starting to accelerate. Currently the days are getting shorter by about 3 minutes per day! It'll soon be C.........s!! (No, why the groan? I meant the wheat will soon be Cereals, or Cakes, or Cookies!) LOL! :-D
Some time around the longest day the sun was rising just to the left of the tree [when viewed from this same position of course!! :-) ] so it has already moved quite a few degrees.
España - Ciudad Real - Viso del Marqués - Palacio del Marqués de Santa Cruz
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It was built at the end of the 16th century by Álvaro de Bazán, first Marquis of Santa Cruz. It is currently the headquarters of the General Archive of the Navy.
It is one of the two palaces built by this sailor, knight of the Order of Santiago, captain of the Ocean Sea and admiral of the Spanish Navy. It is located next to the church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, and since 1948 it has been rented by its owners, the Marquises of Santa Cruz, to the Spanish Navy, who first used it as a Museum of the Spanish Navy and later expanded its functions by also establishing the General Archive of the Navy.
The building was frequented by the first marquis thanks to its location, halfway between Madrid, where the Court was, and Seville, whose port he often went to as the Spanish Navy was anchored there, of which he was admiral during the reign of Philip II.
The palace was nearly destroyed by the Austrian troops of Edward Hamilton during the War of the Spanish Succession at the beginning of the 18th century, but was saved by the actions of the Marquis's chaplain, the poet Carlos de Praves, thanks to whom we can admire it today. It suffered some damage due to the Lisbon earthquake in 1755, which collapsed the ceiling of the hall of honour, where the great fresco depicting the Battle of Lepanto had been painted, and toppled the four corner towers, which the chronicles of Philip II described as magnificent.
In it we can find maritime objects from the period. A figurehead belonging to a ship commanded by the Marquis is noteworthy. During the War of Independence, the French razed it, and by the time the Civil War came it had served as a granary, school, stable, prison and hospital, until in 1948 and at the request of Julio Guillén Tato, director of the Naval Museum, Mrs. Casilda de Silva Fdez. de Henestrosa, descendant of Álvaro de Bazán, rented it to the Navy for 90 years as a museum-archive, which is its current function. Also, in the adjoining parish church there is a 4m long stuffed crocodile attached to one of the vaults, which was offered by the Marquis as a votive offering upon his return from one of his voyages.
Between March and April 1823, King Ferdinand VII spent the night there, after leaving Madrid for Seville, before the entry of the French contingent called the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, about whose stay Ferdinand VII did not write a word in his travel diary. The palace was declared a National Monument in 1931 and was restored from 1948 by the Navy under the direction of Admiral Guillén.
The palace was built between 1564 and 1586 with subsequent modifications. It is a square-shaped building in the Renaissance style, built around a Renaissance atrium with a recumbent tomb. The walls and ceilings are covered with frescoes with two themes: mythological scenes on the one hand and naval battles and Italian cities related to the military career of the Marquis and his family on the other. The frescoes are by Italian Mannerist painters, the Péroli family. Upon seeing them, Philip II commissioned them to do work for El Escorial and the Alcázar of Toledo.
For its construction, the Marquis hired a team of architects, painters and decorators who worked on the building from 1564 to 1586. For some, the design of the building was due to the Italian Giovanni Battista Castello, known as the Bergamasco, who later worked in El Escorial; for others, it was designed, at least in its original plan, by Enrique Egas el Mozo.
The architecture is perceived as typically Spanish, without Italian arches, with smooth walls and square towers at the corners, influenced by the austerity of El Escorial and the Alcázar of Toledo, within the harmonious relationships characteristic of the Renaissance. The central space is occupied by a porticoed courtyard that, together with the staircase, forms a typically mannerist ensemble understood as an elegant and courtly style that goes beyond the merely architectural framework.
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Fue construido a finales del siglo XVI por Álvaro de Bazán, primer marqués de Santa Cruz. Actualmente es la sede del Archivo General de la Marina.
Se trata de uno de los dos palacios construidos este marino, caballero de la Orden de Santiago, capitán del Mar Océano y almirante de la Marina española. Está situado al lado de la iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, y desde el año 1948 es alquilado por parte de sus propietarios, los marqueses de Santa Cruz, a la Armada Española, quien primero lo destinó a Museo de la Marina Española y más tarde amplió sus funciones estableciendo también el Archivo General de la Marina.
El edificio era frecuentado por el primer marqués gracias a su ubicación, a medio camino entre Madrid, donde estaba la Corte, y Sevilla, a cuyo puerto acudía a menudo al mantener allí anclada la Armada Española, de la cual fue almirante durante el reinado de Felipe II.
El palacio estuvo a punto de ser destruido por las tropas austracistas de Edward Hamilton durante la Guerra de Sucesión Española a principios del siglo XVIII, salvándose por la actuación del capellán del marqués, el poeta Carlos de Praves, gracias a lo cual hoy podemos admirarlo. Sufrió algunos daños a causa del terremoto de Lisboa en 1755: el cual hundió el techo del salón de honor, donde se había pintado el gran fresco que representaba la batalla de Lepanto, y desmochó las cuatro torres de las esquinas, que las crónicas de Felipe II describían como magníficas.
En él podemos encontrar objetos marineros de la época. Llama la atención un mascarón de proa perteneciente a una nave que dirigió el marqués. Durante la Guerra de la Independencia, los franceses lo arrasaron, y para cuando llegó la Guerra Civil había servido de granero, colegio, establo, cárcel y hospital, hasta que en 1948 y a instancias de Julio Guillén Tato, director del Museo Naval, doña Casilda de Silva Fdez. de Henestrosa, descendiente de Álvaro de Bazán se lo rentó a la Armada por 90 años como museo-archivo, que es en la actualidad su función. Asimismo, en la iglesia parroquial aledaña hay un cocodrilo disecado de 4m de largo adosado a una de las bóvedas, que fue ofrecido por el marqués como exvoto al regreso de uno de sus viajes.
Entre marzo y abril de 1823, el rey Fernando VII pernoctó allí, tras abandonar Madrid rumbo a Sevilla, ante la entrada del contingente francés llamado los Cien Mil Hijos de San Luis, de cuya estancia Fernando VII no escribió ni una palabra en su diario del viaje. El palacio fue declarado Monumento Nacional en 1931 siendo restaurado a partir de 1948 por la Armada bajo la dirección del Almirante Guillén.
El palacio fue construido entre 1564 y 1586 con modificaciones posteriores, y se trata de un edificio de planta cuadrada y estilo renacentista articulado en torno a un atrio renacentista con una tumba yacente. Los muros y techos se hallan cubiertos de frescos de doble temática: por un lado, escenas mitológicas y, por otro, batallas navales y ciudades italianas relacionadas con la trayectoria militar del marqués y de sus familiares. Los frescos se deben a unos pintores manieristas italianos, los Péroli. Al verlos, Felipe II les encargaría trabajos para El Escorial y el Alcázar de Toledo.
Para su construcción, el marqués contrató a un equipo de arquitectos, pintores y decoradores que trabajaron en la obra desde 1564 hasta 1586. Para algunos, el diseño del edificio se debió al italiano Giovanni Battista Castello, conocido como el Bergamasco, que más tarde trabajó en El Escorial; para otros lo trazó, al menos en su plan original, Enrique Egas el Mozo.
La arquitectura se percibe como típica española, sin las arquerías italianas, con paramentos lisos y torres cuadradas en las esquinas, influidos por la austeridad de El Escorial y el Alcázar de Toledo, dentro de las relaciones armónicas características del Renacimiento. El espacio central está ocupado por un patio porticado que junto con la escalera forma un conjunto típicamente manierista entendido como estilo elegante y cortesano que desborda el marco meramente arquitectónico.
Most Americans have stood with Ukraine for many years, including the last three years, since the Russian invasion. This is a simple message, but it means a lot to the Ukrainian people.
Current owner unknown, ex Bus Eireann Volvo Wright Renown 00-C-27973 is seen parked in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Bedford, 11th May
Currently being refurbished. It use to be a single axel with a very slim tailgate. Shes almost ready to head out.
BLS currently runs the so-called Ambrogio Shuttle between Muizen and Gallarate on the entire stretch between Belgium and Italy. During the first weekend of march 2023 the normal route via Montzen and Aachen-West was blocked due to engineering works. So quite a bit of traffic was diverted. Among those trains was the BLS Ambrogio Shuttle. The afternoon was nearing an end when the BLS Cargo 475 418 entered the woods near Venlo, heading for the nearby border with Germany.
Top row: Ninja Cavey, Unicorn Cavey*, Plain Pink Cavey, Hello Kitty Cavey*, Super Duper Caped Cavey*, Panda Cavey*
Bottom row: Pink Panda Cavey*, Denim Cavey, Pink Strawberry Cavey*, Floral Cavey, Pegasus Cavey, Red Strawberry Cavey
This is my current Cavey family! I'm so proud of it. I also have four new Caveys on the way. I was going to wait until they arrived to take this group photo, but I kept putting off the project because a new Cavey was always on the way... I'll just retake the photo when the new Caveys arrive. ^___^
Cavey is my my number one hobby right now (as you can tell). I just love all my cuties! I share the hobby with my mom so some of these belong to her. The Caveys with the * by them are mine. ^^
(I've never introduced Pegasus Cavey, which is a special creation from Holly. He was a gift to my mom from her! The main differences between Pegasus Cavey and Unicorn Cavey are that he has wings, a gigantic horn with extra sparkles and light green eyes instead of dark green.)
The beauty of the pussy willow seems to stand out best when is fluffy but only that much I can do when it biting by the ice.
Handheld and away from my camera distant. Well, I can't blame the camera or the weather..I am not good enough yet.
I wish I have Marco zoom with me on my run.
These are our current prototypes obtained from Will, Badger, John_0515, Various trades, and contest wins (plus a few small purchases from this past BF). At the moment, we're going to say that these are NOT for trade, but if you have something that interests us, we MIGHT consider an offer. So at the moment, please only make an offer if you are 100% serious, and only offer through FM (please don't spam our photo with trade requests.)
Also, please do not favorite this photo. Those that do will prove that they do not like to read descriptions.
ONLY OFFER IF YOU ARE ATTENDING BRICKFAIR VA 2013 AND WOULD LIKE TO TRADE AT THE EVENT. Unfortunately shipping stuff is a little complicated for us right now, so no trades will happen until BrickFair, at BrickFair.
When we were kids, traveling across the plains of Kansas in the days before the Interstate was finished, we passed through many a small town where Dad pointed out an interesting fact. The town Undertaker always had the biggest house in town because, eventually, he got everyone’s business.
Now imagine you are the Undertaker running Forrest Lawn Cemetery in the LA area.
Doctor Hubert Eaton, the guy who ran the place in 1938 had some spare change lying around when he ordered a custom, streamlined REO tractor to pull a Curtiss Aerocar trailer. For the first quarter of a million miles, it was powered by a White Flat-12 bus engine. In 1953 it got a Cummins diesel. The trailer had a small four cylinder to power a generator for electrical needs. There was space to sleep 6 people, a kitchen, bath and communication with the driver. His quarters and that of a butler/cook were in the cab of the REO.
The Aerocar was a product of aviation pioneer, Glenn Curtiss. You know, that other bicycle guy who, like the Wright Brothers started tinkering with airplanes. Curtiss and the Wrights would start as rivals but join forces to become Curtiss-Wright later on.
He started building luxury travel trailers in 1929 and continued until 1942. The camper is currently on display at The Murphy Auto Museum in Oxnard, California. It is on loan from LA’s Petersen Museum.
This is a forced perspective photograph of 1/43 scale die-cast models in front of a real background.
REO-Curtiss Aerocar is by Autocult
Bridge is by Lionel with help from some LGP upgrades.
Feed and Grain store is by Woodland Scenics from their Landmark structures series.