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HAHAHA so I was a day behind in the 366, and I'm dealing with a friend problems, It inspired me to write 'stay strong' on my feet. But me, being the tired person I am, wrote one word on each foot, but it read 'strong stay'. With layer masks I was able to get this, dont judge it too much, did the masks in 5 minutes.
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Gomphidius glutinosus, commonly known as the slimy spike-cap, is a gilled mushroom found in Europe & North America. Although it has gills, it is a member of the order Boletales, along with the boletes. The fruiting bodies sprout in pine, fir and spruce woodland in Europe in autumn. Initially, are completely covered with a slimy veil, breaking through to reveal a greyish or brownish-capped mushroom with decurrent greyish gills which sometimes resembles a child's top. Opinions differ on the suitability of this mushroom for the table, some guides hold it in high regard, while others view it with caution
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-This tale is a fairly reasonably accurate description of a true event that occurred during a Welsh wedding reception some time ago...
-Mention must be made that the expensive looking attire worn by this particular young lady may have helped falsely enhance her jewelry’s appeal as a tempting target.
-Regardless of whether the nicking had been done to tease, or for a hoped for profit !
-Which leads us to the story below: the tone of which is deliberately ambiguous.
It is a retelling: either from the viewpoint of one sibling playing a trick upon another sibling, or the viewpoint of a scoundrel who seeks out profitable opportunities at fancy dress- up affairs.
It is for you, the reader, to guess out....
Title :
Perils of a Living Doll
She was certainly that, a living doll, scurrying about in her fluidly flowing,shiny in the lights, fancy party attire:
An eye catching ensemble made up of a rather glistening emerald green button up back thicke satin blouse with a high ruffled neckline with long sleeves ending in matching ruffles. A long flowing pleated black satin skirt quite nicely completed the darling ensemble.
But very few dolls ever wore jewelry like her’s:
A surprisingly full complement of gleaming white pearls dangle deliciously along her lithe, youthfully curved figure, with her long flowing hair, and a wide eyed doe like curiosity of living life glowing from her pretty face.
Though I had other more pressing business to attend, I kept an eye out on her, relishing each time I caught her in view.
Those baiting pearls kept popping up in my mind when she was out of my sight, making it hard to concentrate fully on anything else!
It was quite in the realm of possibility that those smooth pearls of Her’s were as valuable as they were pretty!
Also knowing the fact that the female in possession of them was quite youthfully gullible, added up to make for an all to tempting target to easily be subtracted from her lustrous possessions !
Being a tad bit assured that somebody else may do the math, and might actually happen to make that subtraction was the reason I waited,with baited breath, to again catch a lingering look to see that she still was in possession of all of them !
Then at the end of another successful work day, as I slipped away, I caught an unexpected final sighting of the girl.
The poor thing had exhausted herself from the busy agendas of her long day looking like a princess,and all that doing so will entail!
Dead Asleep now, peacefully snuggled in on a couch corner, quite isolate, however, not quite alone!
For a girl whom I knew to be her cousin, sat dozing next her.
A girl her age incredibly pretty in a long sleek peach gown, enchantingly wearing what looked like rhinestones, earrings and bracelet, (surprisingly no necklace)! She had now opened her eyes and was looking around incredibly bored.
As I watched she rubbed her eyes, then tugged at the sleeping Lass who did not budge. She rose with a visible sigh and skipping off , her pretty peach colored gown winningly fluttering along her eye catching figure!
Failing to notice me standing nearby in the shadows as she swished past still rubbing her eyes!
Silently I thanked her for being so quite accommodating in leaving her sleeping cousin , and her delectably appealing pearls, quite behind !
It was prime time for that mathematical subtracting I had mentioned earlier!
But then subtracting had always been my best subject, something I was rather keen at doing!
Again on the hunt, I stalked up behind my prey!
I crouched down looked her over from behind.
Her reflection showing up Clearly enough in the polished glass vase on the coffee table in front of her as I silently had treaded in from behind!
Amazingly it appeared, she had made it though the gauntlets of the day with all her pearls in place.
Even when she and her cousin , the girl in peach satin, had startlingly snuck outside to swing on a nearbye schools playground, they had fortunately come back in unscathed!
Untouched by the rather dark lurking elements that sometimes will creep in from societies shadowy outer fringe to feed upon the richly dressed unwary!
Since I won’t deny my desires probably made me a loosely connected part of that rather unconventional brotherhood at times, I still took a personal interest in making sure she came to no distress .
And so I had taken the time to lecture them for taking on such perils , whilst secretly harboring a desire to lift away the very pearls I was scolding her for taking a risk on losing by playing outside!
I now, of course gently sat down on the opposite end of the couch, watching her and the surroundings, planning my strategy.
For this type of subtracting, the distraction for the victim was her sleep.
I only had to make sure my moves along her figure were as nimble as can be and used the lest amount of pressure to work off what I was after!
Also a rule was to keep an eye on any subtle changes in her breathing or movement as I worked!
This would tip me off that it was time to leave with what jewels of hers I had in hand , regrettably leaving the rest perched in place as she was waking!
I saw her cousin quite aways off, she did not appear to be concerned or coming back anytime soon, leaving me a window opened for opportunity!
So I gently, with growing anticipation, slowly inched closer, my earlier desires now sharply reawakening!
Finally Reaching her sleep warmed figure, I ventured in to gently caress her arm, tingling encased in her emerald satin sleeve with its daintily ruffled end.
The young darling did not stir at my cool fingers touch as I eyeballed her wrists bracelet and ringed fingers!
Normally I would have gone for her necklace first, followed by her earrings, since in that order they are usually the most valuable of the jewels a lady would wear!
A procedure I had observed a thief carry out on two different ladies at the same venue! It was watching his moves that had effectively whetted my appetite for this game!
But , in this one’s case, I had an inkling that her bracelets and rings(especially the diamond one on her left pinky) that as a whole, may be the more advantageous route to proceed in case I had to face an early retreat !
I moved my fingers tingling down the sleeve of her right arm that lay upon her lap, carefully peeling back the ruffles to reach the pearled bracelet.
I then moved that bracelet up over her sleeve before lifting it, than delicately slipping it around until the diamond studded clasp was exposed.
Licking my lips I snapped it open, leaving the ends dangle as I moved my hand away and sat looking at her from the corner of my eye!
She kept on breathing heavily with no tell tale signs of waking up soon!
No one was paying our little corner any heed!
I reached over and taking up the bracelets end used the smoothness of her sleeve and her satin skirt between which it was sandwiched, and easily peeled it away !
I Let it lay on her lap, drooling over the pretty thing !
Then I reached down in again, curling my fingers around hers. Ever so delicately, one by one, slowly slipped off her shimmering rings from along each nuckle, feeling my heart beating with exhlileration, until they each were worked free ,laying them one by one on her black pleated satin clad lap till they all lay in a glittery group together!
Her left arm was at her side, and I gingerly grasped it and lifted it limply onto her lap to join her other.
I sat back for a minute, she wasn’t stirring, the cousin was still a distance away.
I went back to work.
Carefully I slipped off her other bracelet, laying it over my growing take. Then I lifted her pinky, where a glittery ring set with 3 dainty diamonds had been sparkling merrily as she had scurried about!
I easily worked it off , having it join in with the collection I had already neatly slipped off from her.
I took a deep exhale of breath of the air I had been holding, then reaching in, scooped them all up from her downy soft lap inside my cupped hand in one fluid motion.
As I pocketed them I watched her necklace do it’s dangly dance.
A fine double strand of glistening perfection laying their ever so elegantly up against the sheer front of her lush emerald green satin blouse.
Both strands dripping down from beneath her blouses’ elegantly ruffled neckline !
The matched strands dangled together just below her heaving chest. Held together by a round diamond set pin about halfway up on the right side.
The rich material of her form fitted blouse pleasurably outlined her petite young curves, with the enticingly baiting pearls adding a very nice accent to the overall picture.
It almost was a shame to relive her neck of the richly gleaming burden.
Almost....
Before making my move I delicately reached over and slipping my fingers underneath the strands, feeling her chest rise up and down in its gently moving heaves, lifted them up for the second time that day , I again drooled over them a bit before making my move...
I slid in daringly closer, placing my arm so it lay on the couch around behind her back.
As I watched around us from the front my fingers worked hidden from behind, locating the jeweled clasp , then prying it open, looking down at her I let the loose ends slither down along her shoulders. The pearls slipped away with an almost silent swish down the front of her slick blouse where they curled up in a dainty nestling pile upon her sleepy shiny lap.
I froze, ready to exit, but she did not stir from her dreams!
Far too exhausted to be awakened by my practiced subtle extraction of her jewelry !
I studied the piled up pearls for a few satisfying seconds,congratulating me on a job well done, well half done actually!
Then I reached in and neatly plucked the gleaming double strand free from where they lay nestled in to finish it!
As I was doing so I now felt something sharply hard inside her skirt against the back of my hand.
I looked it over as I pocketed her pearls and spied a pocket of her own in the side of her skirt, hidden in the pleats .
Wondering what it held, I eagerly pried it open and reached inside and surprisingly came away with a glittery rhinestone necklace !
“Whats this then luv?” I thought silently questioning her as I admire the pretty sparklers.
A necklace as pretty as this belonged around the throat of a girl dressed up fancy, like the one wearing the luxurious peach gown who had been sitting next to her !
Looking up at her angelic face I wondered what games of her own this pretty miss had been up to as I pondered vexingly whether to keep or return her sparkling trophy?
As I made my decision I saw her earrings peeping out .
That was all that was left to take, her pearled earrings with the diamond clasp ! Fortunately her delicate ears were not pierced, which may have been more of a sticky wicket encumbering their removal!
But still this might be tricky enough, her long silky soft hair held them for the most part safely inside.
I looked around then got up and went behind her and put the mirrored vase to use.
Picking up a strand of her hair I watched as I tickled her nose with it. She stirred, and without really waking, pulled her hair back away from her ears Nicely exposing her beautiful twin pearled earrings for an easy lift.
With a touch as delicate as any surgeon’s I reached around and gently pulled as I slipped off each one in turn.
Amazed at how easily they freely slipped off each slightly sweat glistened earlobe!
I cheerfully pocketed them.
Then spent some time watching her figure in my safe haven behind her, making good use of the mirror to assure myself nothing of value had been missed or overlooked !
Her tightly fitting attire still was glistening shiny, but starkly bear naked now that her gleaming jewels had been all been nicked clean away.
This had been almost too easy, not that I was complaining, for it had been a most enjoyably scintillating , guiltily pleasurable, game of it!
I looked around, planning my exit.
Then I spied something glittering in a far corner!
I recognized it as the diamond bracelet being regally worn by her errant cousin! I decided on following in to capture a better last look at the satin peach clad vixen!
Perhaps I may have to ‘bump’ into her and take the ‘opportunity’ to, with feeling, compliment her on her fetchingly pretty attire!
Toodles I endearingly said in silence to the sleeping doll’s shimmery figure still snuggled into the couch,biding her a fond adieu as I walked away, feeling my pockets nicely weighted down with her still warm purloined pearls!
Still finding amazement over the quantity and apparent quality of the jewelry that my victim had been allowed to wear out daringly alone this particular evening !
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Not much later the girl did stir, stretching and yawning. Then laid her hands back onto her Lap, covered as it was in her midnight black pleated satin skirt.
She flexed her fingers along its luxurious length, relishing in the skirts satiny feel.
She looked around. Something was not quite right. Where was her cousin?
As she thought this she reached up to rub her eyes, than gasped...
She was looking at her hands, shocked , her bracelets were gone, and her rings, including her small one set with diamonds!
In her bewilderment she still was feeling cobwebbed from sleep as she, with a puzzled frown, reached up and ran her fingers through her long hair...
Hold on, where are my bloody earrings. Then she felt at her throat! Her necklace of pearls were no longer there, she felt down the front of her shiny blouse to confirm that the strands we’re no longer dangling down!
With a sinking feeling she realized that her pearls, all of them were gone!
And she had a pretty good idea of who had the Gaul to have spirited them away like this
The wanker she hissed under her breath as she mentally pictured her twin brother who liked to play lifting games and picking off items from her, like her jewelry.
He has been up to no good again, even though he had promised he would be in best behaviors after she caught him earlier!
For he had already lifted the rhinestone necklace of thier similarly aged girl cousin wearing a pretty gown of peach satin.
Taking it as he had danced with her!
She had seen him, and demanded he had hand it back to her!
Sulking over being caught and scolded out, he had given it to his twin and tasked her to be the one to somehow sneak it back to their cousin!
Which she had forgotten to do and her hand darted inside her silky skirts pocket to feel for the rhinestone necklace.
Nope it was still there, so she still had that job to do also!!!
She actually did not mind his games , rather the opposite actually! Just had felt a bit jealous he had danced with their cousin over her first !
And now she believed he had lifted her pearls in retaliation for her scolding him!
Of all the bloody Cheek!
That her brother had his eyes her pearls, and the downy softness of her sleekly pretty party outfit was no mystery!
She knew this because he had kept teasingly prodding her, touching at her pearls, on the long drive here as both had been sitting wedged in the back seat of papa’s small sports car.
Though she had also been an antagonist herself, intentionally giving him reasons to grasp her As she squirmed away, knowing full well it was triggering the desires to lift her jewelry that he was trying so hard to suppress with their parents seated up front!
Mum had only to tell them once to settle down, turning around to scold them, the diamonds in her earrings glittering as madly as she was only pretending to be at her children!
Those earrings were very pretty, too pretty to be kept at home. Papa had to go to a bank to get them, along with my pearls!
Thinking the word “bank” made her jump to her feet, as suddenly a cold realization swept over her!
The razor thin feelings that divided between the delicious chills of guilty pleasure that her pearls had been nicked and the cold stark reality of the punishment she would get for losing them if the parents saw her first before she got them back!
No matter how they had been lost!
Now fully wide awake, with a straightening of her glittering long shiny midnight black pleated skirt, she hurried off to call him out !
Or at least that is what she down deep hoped that was all she had to do to get them from him!
For an unsettling inkling was now forming queasily in her gut that it just conceivably may not have been her brother who had lifted her pearls.
For her mum had not really been happy with her insisting to wear them out this evening.
Thinking she may be a bit too young to be wearing them without her parents presence!
For mum and papa were a part of the bridal party and would not be able to keep close eyes themselves on her and her brother!
And it was only with her brothers suspiciously eager promise to keep an eye on her, that she was given permission!
Her mum also had not known about the small diamond ring she had smuggled out of the house to put her on finger once when her parents were finally not around!
She had been lectured to take great care of her fine jewelry, which of course she hadn’t , playing around like she was back at home and not attending a posh reception!
Then she had snuck off to the playground with their cousin, without her brothers knowledge !
And her brother had lectured her when she had admitted to him where she had disappeared off too. Probably mad because he would have like to have been included in!
And then....
Speaking of being scolded...!
She suddenly remember the icy stern lady in a red silk dress , whom she had not recognized, but apparently had seen the girls sneaking off outside to play!
Chillingly she recalled the penetrating look she her and her girl cousin had receive from that strange lady with severe hair and eyes who had caught them sneaking back in after being outside at the playground!
She had admonished them for going off alone dressed like they were!
As she scolded she pawed at the slick fabrics of the girls fancy dress attire caressing them over with clammy fingers, then had lifted my pearl necklace up like she was going to take it for safe keeping.
She doesn’t of course, but it had been a very unsettling experience for both of the startled doe eyed young girls !
But that lady had so unnervingly acted like my pearls belonged with her, she remembered with unsettling clarity!
But of course she was being silly, only men would have a desire to take a girl’s jewels, right!?
That’s the way it appeared on the telle show they had watched once!
But there had been plenty of men there, strangers who had stopped what they were doing and look them over as she and her cousin darted in and out amongst them
In the crowded ballroom.
Most had commented how pretty the pair looked, others just turned away with thoughtful looks on their smug mugs.
Now with a fast growing bit of nagging anxiety , pensively still feeling her still naked ears and the chillingly bare neckline of her ultra-soft satin blouse for still peskily non existent pearls , she urgently sought out her twin brother.
Needing to be assured that he had been indeed up to his tricks and would reunite her with them.
And in doing so, to be relived of her new concerns over the worrisome idea someone else may actually have been responsible for her missing bank vault worthy pearls!
Some unknown individual whose intentional reasons for nimbly lifting them off as she had slept would probably not involve giving them back to her!!
With these uncomfortable swirling thoughts she looked with suspicion through the crowd of handsomely attired guests!
Spotting the peach satin gown her cousin was wearing, she quickly swished to catch up and enlist her help!
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As she did so, the one who had a small cache of guests jewels hidden away in a deep pocket, was watching , with a secret grin, this recent victim’s shiny green and black attired figure’s worried progress from her couch, while standing a reassuringly safe distance away!
Watching with a wicked smirk as she was reaching the equally prettily attired young girl clad so elegantly in peach satin .
The one who had deserted her cousin from the couch leaving her unguarded as she slept.
The one who had turned away blushing,so winningly as the person had so eloquently complimented her while holding her arm to give added meaning to a false sincerity !
The one who in a matter of minutes was probably about to realize that her cousin was not the only one to have had several of her jewels mysteriously taken from her elegantly clad person!
Smirking at these thoughts, with a rather proud cockiness over this evenings accomplishments, shown in a happily haughty demeanor!
The person standing in the shadows slowly moved in , mulling over that in addition to subtracting, there was nothin like a good old fashion game of cat and mouse!
Fini
Now, not everyone likes an open ending to a story...
So If anyone would like to know what the real life solution was to the mystery of who took her jewelry, and whether she got it back , please ask in the comments section and I will privately email the answer
The Ed’s...
Description This astronaut photograph provides a panoramic view of most of the length of the Red Sea. The northernmost end, the Gulf of Suez, is just visible at the top center of the image and is fully 1,900 kilometers (1,200 miles) in ground distance from the International Space Station (ISS). The Nile River snakes its way northward through the Sahara Desert on the left.
Much closer to the camera—but still more than 550 kilometers (340 miles) from the ISS—is a dust plume surging out over the Red Sea and reaching most of the way to Saudi Arabia. The point source of this plume is the delta of the southern Egyptian river Khor Baraka. Astronaut images have shown that this delta is a common source for dust plumes, mainly because it is a relatively large area of exposed, loose sand and clay that can be easily lofted into the air. The river also cuts a narrow valley through a high range of hills that channels the wind, making it blow faster.
This dramatic view of the Red Sea shows the generally parallel margins of the opposing coastlines. The rift, or depression, that now holds the Red Sea has been opening slowly for about 30 million years and is nearly 300 kilometers (200 miles) wide in the region of the dust plume. The depression only began filling with seawater within the past five million years. The satisfyingly good fit between the coastlines allows the viewer to easily visualize how Africa and Arabia were once a single landmass before the Red Sea rift formed.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81566
Credit: NASA
Image Number: ISS036-E-11050
Date: June 22, 2013
Description: This composite image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACSJ0717.5+3745 (MACSJ0717, for short) where four separate galaxy clusters have been involved in a collision --the first time such a phenomenon has been documented. In this composite image, data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory reveal the cluster's hot gas, while an optical image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the individual galaxies in the system. The hot gas in this image is color-coded to show temperature, where the coolest gas is reddish purple, the hottest gas is blue, and the temperatures in between are purple.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2009
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/macs/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gift line: X-ray (NASA/CXC/IfA/C. Ma et al.); Optical (NASA/STScI/IfA/C. Ma et al.)
Accession number: MACSJ0717
CA. SEA LIONS: 2015
Description
California sea lions are known for their intelligence, playfulness, and noisy barking. Their color ranges from chocolate brown in males to a lighter, golden brown in females. Males reach 850 pounds (390 kg) and seven feet (2.1 m) in length. Females grow to 220 pounds (110 kg) and up to six feet (1.8 m) in length. They have a "dog-like" face, and at around five years of age, males develop a bony bump on top of their skull called a sagittal crest. The top of a male's head often gets lighter in color with age. These members of the otariid or walking seal family have external ear flaps and large flippers that they use to "walk" on land. The trained "seals" in zoos and aquariums are usually California sea lions.
Range/Habitat
California sea lions are found from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to the southern tip of Baja California in Mexico. They breed mainly on offshore islands, ranging from southern California's Channel Islands south to Mexico, although a few pups have been born on Año Nuevo and the Farallon Islands in central California. There is a distinct population of California sea lions at the Galapagos Islands. A third population in the Sea of Japan became extinct, probably during World War II.
Mating/Breeding
Most pups are born in June or July and weigh 13 to 20 pounds (6 to 9 kg). They nurse for at least five to six months and sometimes over a year. Mothers recognize pups on crowded rookeries through smell and vocalizations. Pups also learn to recognize the smell and vocalizations of their mothers. Breeding takes place a few weeks after birth. Males patrol territories and bark almost continuously during the breeding season.
Behavior
California sea lions are very social animals, and groups often rest closely packed together at favored haul-out sites on land or float together on the ocean's surface in "rafts." They are sometimes seen "porpoising," or jumping out of the water, presumably to speed up their swimming. Sea lions have also been seen "surfing" breaking waves. California sea lions are opportunistic eaters, feeding on squid, octopus, herring, rockfish, mackerel, and small sharks. In turn, sea lions are preyed upon by Orcas (killer whales) and great white sharks.
Status
Their population is growing steadily, and California sea lions can be seen in many coastal spots such as the Monterey Coast Guard jetty and PIER 39 in San Francisco. The current population is approximately 238,000.
At The Marine Mammal Center
California sea lions are our most common patients at The Marine Mammal Center. In 2009, we admitted over 1700 animals. Nearly 1400 of these were California sea lions. The most common reasons California sea lions are rescued include: malnutrition, domoic acid toxicosis, leptospirosis, cancer, pneumonia, entanglement in debris or fishing gear, gunshots, and other wounds. In 2009, many of the sea lions that stranded were malnourished yearlings. Animals can become severely underweight from maternal separation, disease, lack of food sources, effects of El Niño and other environmental factors. In 1998, the Center diagnosed the first case of domoic acid toxicosis in marine mammals; a condition caused by harmful algal blooms which causes the animals to have seizures. Although the Center has conducted extensive studies to better understand this disease, hundreds of sea lions are affected annually. (Source: Marine Mammal Center 2015: www.marinemammalcenter.org/)
Description: G292.0+1.8 is a young supernova remnant located in our galaxy. This deep Chandra image shows a spectacularly detailed, rapidly expanding shell of gas that is 36 light years across and contains large amounts of oxygen, neon, magnesium, silicon and sulfur. Astronomers believe that this supernova remnant, one of only three in the Milky Way known to be rich in oxygen, was formed by the collapse and explosion of a massive star. Supernovas are of great interest because they are a primary source of the heavy elements believed to be necessary to form planets and life.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2006
Persistent URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/g292/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Collection: X-rays Collection - X-rays are electromagnetic radiations beyond ultra-violet which form a shadow image of the internal structure of the object when passed through a solid object and allowed to act upon a sensitive emulsion.
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/S.Park et al.;
Optical: Pal.Obs. DSS.
Accession number: G292
DESCRIPTION
The main role of the Starwolf Tactical Fighter is 'First Attack Wave Suppression (FAWS)'. An attacking force will typically launch multiple fighters to engage the capital ships offensive and defensive weapon systems. Starwolves are launched to prevent this 'first wave' of attacking fighters to reach the capital ships by greatly reducing their numbers before coming into in range. The remaining enemy fighters are more easily handled by the capital ships defense network.
As a secondary, attack role, the Starwolf can use it's Hedgehog system to overwhelm the shields of enemy capital class ships with a single burst of 16 missiles with a synchronized impact on a specific point. Only when friendly capital ships have trouble engaging enemy capital ships will Starwolves be deployed for this role. The problem with this tactic is that Starwolves will need to be heavily supported by fighters when attacking enemy ships head on.
Starwolves have atmospheric flight capabilities, however this uses considerably more fuel than spaceflight. A Starwolf is incapable of landing on a planet surface.
STANDARD OFFENSIVE WEAPON SYSTEMS LOADOUT
Two 'Muger MK7' 20 mm caliber chain guns
The guns fire a mix of armor piercing incendiary tracers and high explosive rounds at a rate of 2400 rounds per minute with a spool-up time of 0.5 seconds.
Two 'Kurstroski-S30' 30 mm caliber cannons
The cannons fire High Explosive Dual Purpose rounds at a rate of 350 rounds per minute.
Four 'Spagin HE5' High Explosive Missiles
Standard multi purpose fire-and-forget missiles with proximity detection systems.
HAAM16 'Hedgehog' Multimissile System
Multiple 'SPIKE' missiles fired simultaneously at up to 16 targets. The missiles are guided by the Hedgehog radar system. The high maneuverability of the missiles makes them capable of evading most countermeasures while guided by the Hedgehog. The system can also be used to overwhelm the shields of capital-class vessels.
DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS
Electronic warfare pod
The pod integrated in the lower wing is outfitted with many types of electronic warfare capabilities that include field jamming (producing a stealth bubble around the ship), ghosting (projecting false data) and tactical hacking (taking control of enemy ship systems, as well as some reconnaissance abilities.
Starburst
The starburst system ejects multiple decoys in different directions to confuse enemy guided weapon systems.
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NOTES
This was originally planned as a more standard shaped fighter. But once I started work on the engines the ship grew more in width than it did in length. Also, the placeholder dual wings looked kind of cool, so I build on that. The problem was getting it to be stable enough to be handled, and sturdy enough to hold up the cockpit section. I had a blast building it because it turned out so different than I had initially planned. Please check out the other views in the Starwolf set as they explain more than I can tell you (especially the front view).
Google AI description
This poster, created by F. Henry-Karcher in 1926, is an advertisement for the 31st Exhibition of the Société des Amis des Arts d'Angers. It features a striking Art Deco design that blends classical imagery with early 20th-century graphic styles.
The design of this 1926 poster for the Société des Amis des Arts d'Angers is a prime example of the transition between two major artistic movements of the early 20th century.
Dominant Artistic Movements
Art Deco: Emerging in the 1920s, Art Deco is the most prominent influence here. It celebrated modernity and progress through bold geometric shapes, streamlined forms, and a sense of luxury and glamour. This is evident in the structured typography, the sharp outlines of the central figure, and the clean, stylized silhouette of the Angers skyline.
Neoclassicism (Recall to Antiquity): The 1920s also saw a "Return to Order" after World War I, where artists looked back to classical Greek and Roman ideals for stability and beauty. The central figure—a muscular, idealized nude standing on an Ionic column capital—is a direct nod to this movement, using classical motifs to elevate the prestige of the arts.
Key Visual Elements
Central Figure: A golden, muscular male figure stands atop an Ionic column capital. He holds a painter’s palette and brushes in his left hand and a sculptor’s mallet and chisel in his right, representing the various disciplines of fine art.
Background: The figure is set against a dramatic backdrop of swirling white clouds and a pale blue sky. Below the column, a stylized blue silhouette of the Angers skyline, including the spires of the Cathédrale Saint-Maurice, is visible.
Typography: The text is bold and structured, characteristic of the era. It lists the categories of art included in the exhibition: Peinture (Painting), Sculpture, Architecture, Gravure (Engraving), and Arts Appliqués (Applied Arts).
Exhibition Details
Location: The event was held at the Hôtel de Chemellier, a historic mansion in Angers, France.
Dates: The exhibition ran from December 3, 1926, to January 2, 1927.
Symbolism: Two blue medallions at the bottom prominently display the years "1926" and "1927," framing the list of artistic disciplines.
The text on the poster for the Société des Amis des Arts d'Angers translates as follows:
Main Titles
Société des Amis des Arts d'Angers: Society of Friends of the Arts of Angers
31ème Exposition: 31st Exhibition
Artistic Categories
The list in the center highlights the types of work on display:
Peinture: Painting
Sculpture: Sculpture
Architecture: Architecture
Gravure: Engraving
Arts Appliqués: Applied Arts (Decorative arts and design)
Event Logistics
du 3 décembre au 2 janvier: From December 3rd to January 2nd
Hôtel de Chemellier: This is the name of the venue, a historic mansion in Angers.
Imp. Hudon et fils, Angers: Printed by Hudon and Son, Angers (the printing company).
The signature in the upper left corner belongs to the artist, F. Henry-Karcher, and includes the year 1926.
Beskrivelse / Description: Postkort / postcard.
Dato / Date: ca. 1920
Fotograf / Photographer: ukjent / unknown
Utgiver / Publisher: Mittet & Co.
Digital kopi av original / Digital copy of original: postkort farge, trykt
Eier / Owner Institution: Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway
Lenke / Link: www.nb.no
Bildesignatur / Image Number: blds_06414
Description:
I've heard many descriptions of the targets I capture with my telescope over the years. Some people see a ship's anchor where others might see a horse, interpreting the nebulous structures in their own unique ways. These cosmic formations are often called beautiful, breathtaking, surreal or etherea. However, when it comes to this particular target—the Ghost Nebula—there seems to be a common thread in the reactions it elicits. Most people, regardless of their background or perspective, described it to me as terrifying.
This consensus is unlike anything I've encountered with other celestial objects. While many nebulae inspire awe and admiration, the Ghost Nebula stirs something deeper, a sense of trepidation towards acknowledging the beauty of the target. Its shadowy, spectral form and the way it seems to loom out of the darkness of space evoked in me, and others, a sense of unease, as if it is a harbinger of something unknown and unsettling.
As you peer into the depths of the Ghost Nebula, the unsettling feeling intensifies with the emergence of shadowy figures seemingly hidden within its swirling mists. These figures, faint yet unmistakable, appear to raise their hands toward the void, as if reaching out in silent supplication or warning. Their forms are nebulous and indistinct, but the impression they leave is chillingly clear, a gathering of ghostly silhouettes frozen in a moment of eerie, eternal stillness. The way these figures blend into the nebulous clouds gives the impression that they are part of the very fabric of the nebula itself, their raised hands emerging from the darkness as if in a silent plea to the universe. The longer you gaze, the more these phantom shapes seem to take on a life of their own, deepening the sense of unease that the Ghost Nebula, 1200 light years away in the constellation Cepheus, so uniquely provokes.
Acquisition details:
Dates:
Aug. 1, 2024
Aug. 8, 2024
Aug. 10, 2024
Frames:
Lum: 75×300″(6h 15′)
Red: 60×300″(5h)
Green: 48×300″(4h)
Blue : 50×300″(4h 10′)
Tota Integration:
19h 25′
Equipment:
Telescope: Celestron EdgeHD 9.25"
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MM Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ8-R Pro
Filters: Chroma 36 mm LRGB
Accessories: Celestron 0.7X Reducer EdgeHD925
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Description: As the New Horizons spacecraft approached Jupiter en route to Pluto in February 2007, Chandra took exposures of the gas giant. In this composite image, Chandra data from three separate observations were combined, and then superimposed on an optical image of Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope. The purpose of the Chandra observations is to study the powerful X-ray auroras observed near the poles of Jupiter.
Creator/Photographer: Chandra X-ray Observatory
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, which was launched and deployed by Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, is the most sophisticated X-ray observatory built to date. The mirrors on Chandra are the largest, most precisely shaped and aligned, and smoothest mirrors ever constructed. Chandra is helping scientists better understand the hot, turbulent regions of space and answer fundamental questions about origin, evolution, and destiny of the Universe. The images Chandra makes are twenty-five times sharper than the best previous X-ray telescope. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., manages the Chandra program for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory controls Chandra science and flight operations from the Chandra X-ray Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Medium: Chandra telescope x-ray
Date: 2007
Persistent URL: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/jupiter/
Repository: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Gift line: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SwRI/R.Gladstone
Accession number: jupiter
Description from Wikipedia: USS Salem (CA-139) is one of three Des Moines-class heavy cruisers completed for the United States Navy shortly after World War II. Commissioned in 1949, she was the world's last heavy cruiser to enter service and the only one still in existence. She was decommissioned in 1959, after serving in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. She is open to the public as a museum ship in Quincy, Massachusetts (photos taken a few days ago)
Description (1955) The Bell Aircraft Corporation X-1E airplane being loaded under the mothership, Boeing B-29. The X planes had originally been lowered into a loading pit and the launch aircraft towed over the pit, where the rocket plane was hoisted by belly straps into the bomb bay. By the early 1950's a hydraulic lift had been installed on the ramp at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station to elevate the launch aircraft and then lower it over the rocket plane for mating.
There were four versions of the Bell X-1 rocket-powered research aircraft that flew at the NACA High-Speed Flight Research Station, Edwards, California. The bullet-shaped X-1 aircraft were built by Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y. for the U.S. Army Air Forces (after 1947, U.S. Air Force) and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The X-1 Program was originally designated the XS-1 for EXperimental Supersonic. The X-1's mission was to investigate the transonic speed range (speeds from just below to just above the speed of sound) and, if possible, to break the "sound barrier." Three different X-1s were built and designated: X-1-1, X-1-2 (later modified to become the X-1E), and X-1-3. The basic X-1 aircraft were flown by a large number of different pilots from 1946 to 1951. The X-1 Program not only proved that humans could go beyond the speed of sound, it reinforced the understanding that technological barriers could be overcome. The X-1s pioneered many structural and aerodynamic advances including extremely thin, yet extremely strong wing sections; supersonic fuselage configurations; control system requirements; powerplant compatibility; and cockpit environments.
The X-1 aircraft were the first transonic-capable aircraft to use an all-moving stabilizer. The flights of the X-1s opened up a new era in aviation. The first X-1 was air-launched unpowered from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress on January 25, 1946. Powered flights began in December 1946. On October 14, 1947, the X-1-1, piloted by Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager, became the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound, reaching about 700 miles per hour (Mach 1.06) and an altitude of 43,000 feet. The number 2 X-1 was modified and redesignated the X-1E. The modifications included adding a conventional canopy, an ejection seat, a low-pressure fuel system of increased capacity, and a thinner high-speed wing. The X-1E was used to obtain in-flight data at twice the speed of sound, with particular emphasis placed on investigating the improvements achieved with the high-speed wing. These wings, made by Stanley Aircraft, were only 3-3/8-inches thick at the root and had 343 gauges installed in them to measure structural loads and aerodynamic heating. The X-1E used its rocket engine to power it up to a speed of 1,471 miles per hour (Mach 2.24) and to an altitude of 73,000 feet. Like the X-1 it was air-launched. The X-1 aircraft were almost 31 feet long and had a wingspan of 28 feet. The X-1 was built of conventional aluminum
stressed-skin construction to extremely high structural standards. The X-1E was also 31 feet long but had a wingspan of only 22 feet, 10 inches. It was powered by a Reaction Motors, Inc., XLR-8-RM-5, four-chamber rocket engine. As did all X-1 rocket engines, the LR-8-RM-5 engine did not have throttle capability, but instead, depended on ignition of any one chamber or group of chambers to vary speed.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: E55-02072
Date: 1955
Anthony van Dyck - Sketch book from Italy with description of his encounter with the old paintress Sofonisba Anguissola [1624]
London BM; MN 1957,1214.207.110
www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1957-1214-207-110
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Inscribed in pen and brown ink:
"Rittratto della Sigra. Sofonisma pittricia fatto dal vivo in Palermo l'anno 1624 li 12 di Julio: l'età di essa 96 havendo ancora la memoria et il serverllo (cervello) prontissimo, cortesissima, et sebene per la vecciaia la mancava la vista, hebbe con tutto cio gusto de mettere gli quadri avanti ad essa et congran stenta mettendo il naso sopra il quadro, venne a discernere qualche poca et piglio gran piacere ancora in quel modo, facende il ritratto de essa, mi diede diversi advertimenti non devendo pigliar il lume troppo alto, accio che le ombre nelle ruge della vecciaia non diventassero troppo grande, et molti altri buoni discorsi come ancora conto parte della vita di essa per la quale se conobbe che era pittora de natura et miraculaso et la pena magiore che hebbe era per mancamento di vista non poter piu dipingere: la mano era ancora ferma senza tremula nessuna".
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English translation:
"Portrait of the paintress Signora Sofonis(b)a, done from life in Palermo in the year 1624, on 12th of July: her age being 96 years, still with her memory and brain most quick, and most kind, and although she has lost her sight because of her old age, she enjoyed to have paintings put in front of her, and with great effort by placing her nose close to the picture, she could make out a little of it, and still takes great pleasure in that. While I was making her portrait she alerted me to various things: not to hold the light too high, so the shadows aren’t too deep in the lines of an old person’s face, for instance; and she told me many good things about her life, too. It was clear that she was a born painter and a wonderful one, and it pains her greatly not to be able to paint any more because of her vision. Her hand was steady, without the slightest tremor."
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Later, van Dyck claimed that “he had learned more from a sightless old woman than from all the master painters in Italy”.
Description des plantes rares cultivees a Malmaison et a Navarre
Paris :De l'Impr. de P. Didot l'aîné,1813 [i.e., 1812-1817]
Description: Identification on verso (handwritten): Alfred David Lenz: Born - at Fon-du-lac, Wis. Died at Appleton, Wis. He loved cats - on a visit home - sent me this snap.
Lenz, Alfred, 1872-1926
Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer
Medium: Black and white photographic print
Dimensions: 10 cm x 8 cm
Date: c. 1920
Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/alfred-lenz-cat-...
Repository: Archives of American Art
Collection: Sara R. Currie papers about Alfred Lenz, 1899-1926
Accession number: aaa_currsara_6182
Description 📄:
A lot of snow covers the mountains of the Swiss Alps, snow that allows most of the ski resorts to open their lifts. One famous ski resort is Andermatt-Sedrun-Disentis, which attracts skiers from all over the world with its approximately 185 km of ski slopes. The ski area is very large, but all the lifts are interconnected with several slopes of varying difficulty. Only between Sedrun and Dieni are there no slopes connecting the Milez-Flyer ski lifts with the Strem platter or the Cuolm da Vi cable car. The only option for travelling between Dieni and Sedrun is therefore by train, thanks to the R45 Andermatt-Disentis/Mustér line, which, however, can only be taken once an hour. For this reason, the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), which operates the line between Andermatt and Disentis/Mustér, has organised a special shuttle service between Dieni and Sedrun, also known as the ‘Sportzug’ (Sports Train). It operates every half-hour in both directions, and consists of a composition of two carriages plus a Bt-type pilot carriage, all pulled by the Deh 4/4 locomotive number 23. The locomotive is one of four in the MGB fleet, numbers 21 to 24. They were built by the cooperation of SLM (today Stadler) for the bogies, SIG (at the time Schweizerische Waggonfabrik) for the body and SAAS for the electrical equipment. The composition runs on MGB routes more and more rarely, as it is being replaced by the new Orions, which by around 2030 should replace all old compositions that are not yet compliant with European accessibility laws.
Information ℹ️:
Date 📅: 07.01.2025, 11:26
Place 📍: Sedrun
Train 🚄: Deh 4/4 23
Train Company 🏢: MGB
Line 🔢: R46 429 "Sportzug"
Start 🚩: Sedrun
Destination 🏁: Dieni
©️The photo was taken and edited by Nathan Urriani. Use of the image by others is only allowed with my permission.
description not needed (((;
well - maybe yes, for the title after all!
ok- first of all those prawns were out-of-this-world!!! i asked the guys to all 'go for it' for my capture - later when i saw the image it reminded me on a joke - where at a dinner party the lights have gone out and a few seconds later when they came on again there were 5 forks stuck in the food (or a hand) on a serving platter - ..... well something like that ((((;
(Description by Grok AI):
Large-format illustrated promotional poster from Ruby Foo's Montreal, the legendary Chinese-American restaurant known for its glamorous Polynesian/tiki bar vibe. Photographed at the McCord Stewart Museum's fine-dining history exhibit near the Ruby Foo's section. Features a colorful circular wreath arrangement of exotic rum-based cocktails including the house signature Rangoon Ruby, Cocokow (coconut specialty), Zombie, Fog Cutter, Polynesian Flame, Wainini Wench, Pina Paradise, To-Night or Never, Mystery Blossom, and more—with fresh fruit garnishes, mint, flames, and descriptive blurbs. Central blank banner likely for custom text or pricing. Classic 1950s–1960s mid-century ephemera capturing Montreal's retro restaurant and cocktail scene.
From an exhibit on Montreal restaurant history @ McCord-Stewart Museum of Canadian History; Montreal, Quebec.
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Nearly all online descriptions describe this very attractive bronze sculpture as ‘Two Female Nudes Embracing’ but it is in fact L’Ame Sentinelle’ which was created between 1982 and 1984 by Nat Neujean.
There also appears to be some confusion about the artist. Any online description that I have found claims that the artist was Nat Helligan [a number of different spellings] but the artist responsible is Nat Neujean as already mentioned.
Nathanael "Nat" Neujean is a Belgian sculptor from Antwerp. A figurative artist, he mostly worked in plaster and bronze. His works are held in various international collections. He has been honoured as a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.
Neujean was born in Antwerp, 5 January 1923. During the years 1939 to 1941, he was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Among his better known busts are those of Tintin (1954) for the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Hergé (1958), and Robert Schumann (1987), a bronze bust in the Parc du Cinquantenaire of Brussels. He is also noted for his life-sized nude, La Belle Toscane. Another of his sculptures, a figurative bronze titled Lot's Wife (1968), is in the US at the Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden of Dallas, Texas. His mounted bronze of Henry Moore is part of the Collection of Charles Rand Penney, while Tendresse, a bronze, is part of the collection at McNay Art Museum. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1964, and Rolly-Michaux on Madison Avenue in New York City in 1974.
Facing discrimination as a Jew during World War II, he later did much towards Jewish heritage in Belgium; in January 1963 for instance he produced a number of different models related to the Holocaust at the Palais des Beaux-Arts of Brussels. Nat Neujean is a Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold and Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown.
For the past time I've posted photos on Flickr and have gotten a good amount of followers but I realized that since I don't post pictures that often I decided to change that so starting next week I will post 1 picture every week
Subject Description: The front-engined Bristol Lodekka and its rear-engined replacement, the Bristol VR, were amongst the types that CMB considered during its large-scale purchase of second-hand ex-UK buses. The possibility seems to have been thwarted by difficulties in acquired sufficient buses with the preferred power unit. The production VRT models had a vertical rear-engine, transversely mounted and were mostly built to 30-foot length. This is one of the few exceptions, designated VRT-LL (vertical rear transverse engine, long low frame) that were delivered new to the Scottish Bus Group. It is shown adapted for Hong Kong operations with a narrow entrance, wide exit and deep sliding windows. I've previously featured this bus working for China Motor Bus. This image depicts it after the takeover of CMB operations by New World First Bus, still in CMB livery but with NWFB fleet names and advertisements.
AI Notes: This is the one that convinced me that AI is a useful tool if used thoughtfully. The original image of a fictional New World First Bus Bristol VR (top right) was created in Photoshop but lacked a background because I couldn’t match the perspective. I asked Google Gemini to 'place in a Hong Kong Street scene' and this is what it produced. To my surprise, it ditched the original perspective and totally re-constructed the image. The bus is smaller than I would have preferred and the resolution isn't fantastic but I’m simply blown away. To keep track of my AI projects, I’ve created a new album AI-Assisted Images, which I encourage you to visit (22-Jan-26).
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Description: View of Gallipoli from the sea
Location: Gallipoli Peninsula, Ottoman Empire
Date: 1915
Our catalogue reference: WO 317/12a
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A digital image 'dreamed by' Midjourney, an artificial intelligence program that creates images from textual descriptions.
Description: A superb historical archive documenting a critical moment in Middle Eastern diplomacy. This set includes a June 26, 1965, UN 20th Anniversary FDC (San Francisco) hand-signed in black fountain pen by Secretary-General U Thant and US Ambassador Arthur Goldberg.
The Official UN Photo:
Accompanied by an unsigned, handstamped Official UN Press Photograph dated November 21, 1966. The photo documents the Security Council’s 1325th meeting regarding a Jordanian complaint of Israeli aggression following the Samu Incident. The typed information on the back notes the Council heard from Jordan, Uruguay, and Israel, while Ambassador Goldberg (US) spoke under the right of reply. This meeting led directly to Resolution 228, censuring the military action.
Details:
FDC Postmark: 26 June 1965 – San Francisco, CA.
Photo Source: Official UN Photo (Handstamped verso).
Signatories: U Thant & Arthur Goldberg (FDC only).
Historical Significance: The Samu Incident:
The meeting was convened at the urgent request of Jordan following the Samu Incident (Operation Shredder) on November 13, 1966. This was the largest Israeli military operation since the 1956 Suez Crisis, involving a cross-border assault on the West Bank village of Samu.
The Meeting: As noted on the back of the UN photo, the Council heard statements from Jordan, Uruguay, and Israel.
The US Role: Represented by Arthur Goldberg, the US exercised its "right of reply" and was instrumental in the subsequent Resolution 228, which was adopted just days later on November 25 to censure Israel for the military action.
The Outcome: This period is considered a primary contributing factor to the outbreak of the Six-Day War in 1967.
The Architects of 1960s Diplomacy: U Thant and Arthur Goldberg:
This archive brings together two of the most influential peacemakers of the Cold War era. U Thant (1909–1974), the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, was a soft-spoken but firm diplomat from Burma who famously mediated the Cuban Missile Crisis and worked tirelessly to find a negotiated end to the Vietnam War. Serving alongside him during the critical mid-1960s was Arthur Goldberg (1908–1990), a rare American statesman who resigned a lifetime appointment as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN at the height of global tension. Their partnership was essential in navigating the "crises of 1966," ranging from the leadership stability of the UN Secretariat to the volatile border conflicts between Jordan and Israel. Together, they represented the pinnacle of international cooperation during one of the 20th century's most dangerous decades.
LINK to video - U Thant - the third Secretary-General of the United Nations - www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nwvLUSPaU
LINK to video - DiFilm - Speech Arthur Goldberg in United Nations 1967 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k49Rd7x_p0
150 followers! Holy crap! Thanks for everyone that is following me and enjoying the content I push out. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to post this summer as much as I would like, due to the fact that I have little content being made. A lot of the posts I made earlier this year were made earlier and were my collection that was previously made. Anyways, thank you for all the support from all of you amazing creators. Love you all!