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The 133rd Airlift Wing’s human resource advisor and Wing Culture Council, held a special brown bag lunch and guest speaker in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 23, 2014. Airmen from the Wing gathered after to converse and laugh with the speaker, Andre Koen, about his informative and interactive discussion on developing cultural competencies. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Kari Giles/Released)
Last year at Soundcamp, I was doing a cyanotype workshop as well as making odd pinhole shots of some of the visitors and developing them outside in dev tubes, talk about working blind. These are some of the shots I made between doing those activities, it was a gorgeous day on the peninsula at Rotherhithe near Stave Hill. The ecology park is very beautiful and you wouldn't think you were a stones throw from the city of London.
Wista Zone VI, 90mm Nikkor, Fuji Acros 100, Stand Developed Rodinal 1:100 55 minutes.
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Although these birds are of a different feather and look like they're about to kiss, they were actually far apart from each other. I just had a few seconds to switch to the longest lens I had brought and get this shot of forced perspective.
Camera: Carena DF-300 (Minolta X-300/X-370 clone)
Lens: Minolta MD Zoom 70-210mm, f/4, @210mm
Film: Foma Fomapan Classic 100 B&W
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/60
Date: February 22nd, 2019, 3.04 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.
Developing Chemicals at 68 degrees
Water pre-soak: 5 minutes
Caffenol CM-RS: 11 minutes
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Ilfostop stopbath: 1 minute
Water rinse: 1 minute
Ilford Hypam fixer: 9 minutes
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute
Carena DF-300 Foma 100 Feb 2019 21gf
Saw an article on Petapixel about Super 8 Gose from Dogfish Head, a beer you can develop film in. Why not, right?
The results weren't fantastic by any stretch. The negatives were incredibly thin. I might try it again with a longer development time at some point. But all in all I did come away with some photos I liked. And it was kind of a fun experiment, something different.
Tri-X 400 shot at box speed developed in Dogfish Head Super 8 Gose for 15 minutes.
The Skatalites
Carroponte - Sesto S.G. - Milano
31 Luglio 2013
Original 1960's Lineup:
Tommy McCook - tenor saxophone, flute
Roland Alphonso - tenor saxophone
Lester Sterling - alto saxophone
Don Drummond - trombone
Johnny "Dizzy" Moore - trumpet
Lloyd Brevett - upright bass
Lloyd Knibbs - drums
Jerome "Jah Jerry" Haynes - guitar
Jackie Mittoo - piano
Current Members:
Lester Sterling - alto saxophone
Doreen Shaffer - vocals
Azemobo "Zem" Audu - tenor saxophone
Andrae Murchison - trombone
Kevin Batchelor - trumpet
Val Douglas - bass guitar
Natty Frenchy - guitar
Cameron Greenlee - keyboards
Trevor "Sparrow" Thompson - drums
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The Skatalites began performing in Jamaica in May 1964. The group was so hot that their first rehearsal became a show. So many people had lined up outside the venue, they decided to just charge admission and let everybody in! They were the top musicians on the island at the time, having come together after playing in different bands and on various recording sessions. These records were made to be played at the many competing sound systems around the island. The band became legendary, backing all the developing artists of the day, such as Toots and The Maytals, Prince Buster and "The Wailing Wailers" featuring Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. These groups were all recording on the new beat called ska, which had an infectious rhythm that was catching on like wildfire. Eventually, the beat slowed down into rocksteady, and then reggae. This wildfire spread unstoppably around the world, developing into a huge musical tree with many stylistic branches, including lovers rock, dub, dancehall/raggae, ska-punk, and others. Hugely popular groups like The Police, The Clash, The Specials, The English Beat, Sublime, and No Doubt all have their roots firmly planted in the music of The Skatalites.
Since reforming after an almost 20 year hiatus in 1983, and beginning regular touring as a unit in 1989, they have not stopped thrilling audiences in every corner of the globe. Even after 48 years, and various lineup changes as members leave one stage for another, the band continues to perform and record new music in the inimitable Jamaican style, like only they can. The road has been long and hard, and sadly, seen most of the original members pass on. Often asked "When will you stop?" and "How do you keep doing it after all these years?", the answer is simple: Never. It's the love of the music and the way our fans respond that keep us going forward!
Featuring original alto sax man Lester "Ska" Sterling and vocalist Doreen Shaffer, along with the current lineup of outstanding musicians they have chosen to accompany them, the band proudly presents live the music of Jamaican Ska.
Forever indebted to the inspiration and talent of Roland Alphonso, Lloyd Brevett, Don Drummond, Jerome “jah jerry” Haynes, Lloyd Knibb, Tommy McCook, Donat “Jackie” Mittoo, John “Dizzy Johnny”Moore, and Lester Sterling, collectively known as The Skatalites.
We are the originators of ska, rocksteady, and reggae, and the only band to still play this type of music is its true form. The Skatalites Band received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Prime Minister of Jamaica. Our 50th anniversary is May 2014!
Canon EOS3000V
Agfaphoto Vista 200
Developed with a Digibase C41 home kit in an Agfa Rondinax 35U daylight tank.
negatives developed Pyro cat HD 2:2:100
60 seconds initial agitation
10 gentle inversions @30 mins.
1 hour total development time.
(NOTE: My A and B solutions have been in clear glass mason jars in a refrigerator for nearly 2 years and still work great!)
September 25, 2016 - The following text comes from Galapagos Conservation Trust website: "The Galapagos flightless cormorant is an endemic species to Galapagos and is not only the heaviest cormorant species, but also the one which cannot fly out of 29 species. As the name suggests, they cannot fly away and are therefore confined to the lava shoreline and beaches of Isabela and Fernandina. The adults are black on top and dark brown underneath with bright turquoise eyes. They have stunted wings that are one third the size of the wingspan they would require to fly. They have four webbed toes (like all members of the cormorant family) and the females tend to be smaller than the males. Natural selection led to the species no longer having functional wings as they had very few land predators, and individuals that were better suited to swimming were more successful in passing on their genes.
Currently there are around 1,000 breeding pairs of flightless cormorants on Isabela and Fernandina. Although their wings are stunted, they are used for balance when the cormorant jumps from rock to rock along the coast. As their wings don’t produce very much oil, they have lost some of their waterproofing so after a dive they can be seen to hold their wings out in order for them to dry.
Their diet consists mainly of eels and octopus, which they reach by diving deep to the ocean floor. Unlike penguins, they do not ‘fly’ underwater, but tuck in their wings and kick with their powerful hind legs, using their flexible necks to spear octopus and fish from inside small refuges in the reefs and rocks. On the surface they sit very low in the water, with only their necks visible from a distance.
Couples perform a strange and unique courtship dance that involves them intertwining their necks whilst twirling in a tight circle. The mated pair then makes a nest a few metres from the sea out of seaweed, flotsam and jetsam.
Most eggs are laid between May and October, which are the coldest months, resulting in an abundance of marine food and less heat stress on the hatchlings. The eggs are incubated for 35 days until they hatch, after which the parents take turns to feed the chicks. Eventually the male is left to care for the chick and the female starts a new breeding cycle, which can happen up to three times in one season. When the chicks become adults, they develop the trademark blue eyes"
- See more at: galapagosconservation.org.uk/wildlife/flightless-cormoran...
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Church of St Bartholomew, Coffinswell Devon
The village seems to have developed as a settlement beside the springs (one perhaps a sacred well) where the lands of 2 agricultural Manors of that time met. - Tavistock Manor to the north east owned from Saxon times by the Abbey of Tavistock who leased the land to a succession of tenant gentry. The other on the north and west known as the Lay Manor as it never belonged to the Church. In 1086 Lay Manor was held by Radulph Paganel and the Exeter doomsday survey of this year places both Manors in "Willa / Wille".
c1155 with the advent of the third manor of Daccombe to the south east, a site for a church was chosen where all 3 manorial boundaries came together and in 1191 the name of the area is givenas Wille et Daccumbe. (Later Church records of 1193 name it Willa et Daggecumba and a deed of 1225 mentions de Welle de Dacum).
c 1230 the Coffyn family acquired Lay Manor and by 1282 the Manor was called Welle Coffyn.
A visitation of 1301 reported that the chapel had a good missal with musical notes, an old gradale, a good troparium and ordinale, a legenda and psalter, an old monastic antiphonale, a manuale and hymnale. A fairly good chalice, gilt inside. Two complete sets of vestments and two alb, nine altar cloths. a thurible, wooden chrismatory and a wooden pyx for the eucharist without a lock. Also 2 surplices and a rochet, a lenten veil. a processional cross, two cruets & 2 bells for the dead..
By 1326 it was clearly differentiated from the Tavistock Manor by is name of Coffinswille, and consisted of the village of Coffinswell and the hamlet of Daccombe.
The Norman font www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7iNSyHF4ZM survives from the original building of c 1159 which was an oblong thatched structure of stone or cob with a small south chapel to the east, with narrow unglazed Norman windows .
It now consists of a continuous nave & chancel (the waggon roof extending from the east end to the west), a north aisle divided from the nave by 4 arches supported on columns with carved capitals, a small transept, north porch, and west tower
The earliest part now is the 70ft red sandstone two stage tower, now dark roughcast, dating to c1220, its walls 2.0 metres thick and not quite square with the nave It has 6 bells; (two being of pre-Reformation date (Henry Vll) inscribed in Old English lettering:" Protege Virgo Pia quos Sancta Maria" (Protect us, Virgin Pious, Holy Mary;) ; two date from 1626 and 1637, and have the inscription: "Soli Deo detur gloria" (Glory is given to God alone;) ; the latter was recast in 1894 when a fifth bell was added with the inscription: Sit Deo gloria" (To God be the glory) .; the sixth bell was added in 1904.
Glass windows in the decorated style were inserted mid-14c when a small south transept was built . A three-light granite window in the south-west corner near the tower was added in the 15c
The north aisle erected late 15c with 14c style windows was also thatched and a broad trench around it caught the rain dropping off the thatch. The most westerly column dividing it from the nave has several coats of arms which refer to the Holbeame family and their connections (Scobahull, Leyton, and Gambon). This suggests that the aisle was erected by John Holbeame, a local gentleman who died in 1473.
The chancel altar was at St Mary church before 1855, one of the several copies made in wood of the high altar in Cologne cathedral. An older oak table altar with carved sides stood in the vestry but was removed in 1925 to the chapel of the retreat house at West Ogwell. The altar rails of oak are carved in the Gothic style. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9t90prBH82
The vestry was built in 1820, blocking the west window of the north aisle. inside are preserved the old stocks, remarkable for the fact that the board with the holes for the feet is flat instead of upright, so that the prisoners would either have to stand in them, or sit in a very cramped position. The old parish chest with slits for coins and two iron clasps for double locking. is also kept here, and some pieces of lead with foot and hand marks on them. ( It is said at one time visitors to the roof used to amuse themselves by tracing the shape of their hands and feet on the lead covering, and when the rood was re-leaded these shapes were preserved). devonhistoricgraffiti.org.uk/coffinswell-st-bartholomew/
The vestry has recently been refurbished with the facilities of kitchenette and WC, allowing for concerts and communal events to take place here
A fine granite cross in the churchyard was found supporting a cattle shed in the village. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7Upg0S0o53
The registers date: baptisms, 1560; marriages, 1560; burials, 1561.
Near the church is Court Barton, a manor house of partly 16c date; the southern part of which was used as a court house by Torre Abbey. There are many traditional cob and thatch cottages of which 29 are listed.
Picture with thanks - copyright Legsie www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2543383/st-bartholomew%27s-ch...
Rolleiflex 2.8F
Fujifilm Neopan 100 Acros developed in Xtol (1:1)
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Ryan LeCluyse's REBU!LD project on the 900 block of Madeira Street in east Baltimore.
Red milkweed beetle playing dead. I walked past this same spot about two minutes later and this individual was walking on the leaf.
Lens was a Tokina 100mm macro on a 2x teleconverter.
A wall cloud develops underneath the mesocyclone produced by a supercell thunderstorm southwest of Crowell, Texas on March 18, 2012.
With many navies developing more and more powerful and capable armored cruisers around the world, the Vinnish navy sought to make sure their next cruiser would be able to compete. At first, the Sumpflands were to have a conventional layout, with just two main gun turrets. Then, that changed to three, then four. The problem with this then was the question, how much value do more guns have when they can't all train on the same target? An ingenious, albeit controversial and mechanically and practically questionable solution was engineered to solve this problem.
The turrets would be able to physically traverse across the deck to the opposite side to attain an optimal firing position. This was achieved via rails laid into grooves across the deck. The turret would unlatch from its barbette, slide across the deck, and anchor itself to a port on the opposite side. After firing, the recoil would assist in throwing the turret back along the track to its barbette, where it would lock back in place to reload and prepare to travel again. Although somewhat simple on paper, in practice this system proved to be complex, maintenance intensive, and vulnerable to catastrophic failure in battle. A well-placed hit could blow a turret right off of its barbette, or jam it into place and prevent it from traversing or traveling. However, despite these complications, the idea was actually implemented on the lead ship of the class. It remains to be seen whether this unique innovation will be of benefit or detriment to the Vinnish navy in combat.
This photograph shows what a full port broadside would look like, with the starboard side turret "slid" into position.
PERKS & QUIRKS:
Guns: 9" (+1)
Armor: 7in (+2)
Speed: 18kn (-1)
Range: 9000km (-1)
Torpedo Tubes: 2 (-1)
Cliffe's Sliding Gun Turret: +3
Mechanically Complex: -1
Very High Maintenance: -2
Stairs in the Art Gallery of Ontario that lead up to the exhibit of Lawren Harris' paintings.
Lawren Harris was a member of the Group of Seven, early 20th-century Canadian artists who shared the belief that a distinct Canadian art could be developed through direct contact with nature.
Canon EOS300X
Cinestill 800T film developed by machine C41 process by snapsphotoservices.com/
This is the first time I have chosen to use my Canon EOS300X with Cinestill film, previous efforts have been with my manual cameras - Minolta 300S and Olympus Trip35.
Developing this film I also chose to have it developed by my local specialist developer, Snaps in Bournemouth where as before I have attempted this at home with a C41 three stage kit, however my last attempt wasn't very good!
Overall I am pleased with the results however somewhat at first disappointed with the lack of saturation. I do think my subject matter however doesn't ooze colour brightness and it's perhaps a tribute to the film in retaining a lifelike reproduction.
All shots were handheld ranging from 1/30th to 1/60th of a second f3.5 to f5.6 on Canon 20-35mm lens.
In the UK you can buy Cinestill film from Firstcall Photographic in Taunton www.firstcall-photographic.co.uk/
Fort Smith National Historic Site is a National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, along the Arkansas River. The first fort at this site was established by the United States in 1817, before this area was established as part of Indian Territory. It was later replaced and the second fort was operated by the US until 1871. This site was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
The fort was the first site of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over western Arkansas and all of Indian Territory. It began operations in 1875 with the appointment of Isaac C. Parker as the first federal district judge here. The town of Fort Smith, Arkansas developed around the fort.
The site includes the second historic fort constructed at this place. In addition, located on the grounds are the foundation remains of the first Fort Smith (1817–1824), the commissary building (c. 1838) and a reconstruction of the gallows used by the federal court. A walking trail along the Arkansas River includes wayside exhibits on the Trail of Tears.
Congress authorized acquisition of land on the Oklahoma bank of the Arkansas River to be included in the National Historic Site, in order to preserve a historic viewshed, but it has not been acquired.
The park visitor center is now located in the old Barracks/Courthouse/Jail building. Exhibits in the visitor center focus on Fort Smith's military history from 1817 to 1871, its role in the western expansion of the United States, Federal District Judge Isaac Parker and the federal court's effects on justice in Indian Territory, the U.S. Deputy Marshals and outlaws, Federal Indian policy, and Indian Removal, including the Cherokee Trail of Tears.
The site was established in 1961 in order to protect the remains of two 19th-century U.S. military forts, including a building that once housed the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which had jurisdiction over federal cases in Indian Territory. Fort Smith was also notable as a major stop for the Choctaw and Cherokee people along the "Trail of Tears." during the period of Indian Removal from the Southeast. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
The original fort was established on December 25, 1817, by Major William Bradford in order to maintain harmony between the local Osage Indians, who had long been dominant in this territory, and a band of Cherokee who had migrated west, under pressure from European Americans, from their traditional territory in the Southeast. This time would later be historically referenced as the "First Fort." It ended in 1824 when the U.S. Army abandoned Fort Smith after constructing Fort Gibson further west.
As a result of the increased tensions Indians following the Indian Removal Act of 1830, and local white settlers who encroached on their territory, the U.S. Army created a second Fort Smith in 1838 near the original's ruins. This is the beginning of the historical "Second Fort" period. During General Zachary Taylor's command of the fort in the 1840s, it became a supply depot for other forts within the Indian Territory. It was captured during the Civil War from Confederate forces in 1863 by Union troops. The majority of the Cherokee and other Five Civilized Tribes had initially allied with the Confederacy, and supplied warriors to its forces. The fort continued in use as a supply depot to other forts in the region until it was no longer occupied in an official capacity by 1871; historically the end of the "Second Fort" era.
As often happened, a small town developed around the fort, with people attracted for business. In addition, court operations continued at a courthouse built in town for the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, which presided over the western half of Arkansas and all of Indian Territory. It was first held at the fort, as noted above. The first federal district judge here was Isaac C. Parker, who presided over the court from 1875 to 1896.
Arkansas is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, Texas to the southwest, and Oklahoma to the west. Its name derives from the Osage language, and refers to their relatives, the Quapaw people. The state's diverse geography ranges from the mountainous regions of the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, which make up the U.S. Interior Highlands, to the densely forested land in the south known as the Arkansas Timberlands, to the eastern lowlands along the Mississippi River and the Arkansas Delta.
Arkansas is the 29th largest by area and the 34th most populous state, with a population of just over three million at the 2020 census. The capital and most populous city is Little Rock, in the central part of the state, a hub for transportation, business, culture, and government. The northwestern corner of the state, including the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers Metropolitan Area and Fort Smith metropolitan area, is a population, education, and economic center. The largest city in the state's eastern part is Jonesboro. The largest city in the state's southeastern part is Pine Bluff.
Previously part of French Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase, the Territory of Arkansas was admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Much of the Delta had been developed for cotton plantations, and landowners there largely depended on enslaved African Americans' labor. In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the United States and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. On returning to the Union in 1868, Arkansas continued to suffer economically, due to its overreliance on the large-scale plantation economy. Cotton remained the leading commodity crop, and the cotton market declined. Because farmers and businessmen did not diversify and there was little industrial investment, the state fell behind in economic opportunity. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African-American population. White interests dominated Arkansas's politics, with disenfranchisement of African Americans and refusal to reapportion the legislature; only after the federal legislation passed were more African Americans able to vote. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas and particularly Little Rock were major battlegrounds for efforts to integrate schools.
Following World War II in the 1940s, Arkansas began to diversify its economy and see prosperity. During the 1960s, the state became the base of the Walmart corporation, the world's largest company by revenue, headquartered in Bentonville. In the 21st century, Arkansas's economy is based on service industries, aircraft, poultry, steel, and tourism, along with important commodity crops of cotton, soybeans and rice.
Arkansas's culture is observable in museums, theaters, novels, television shows, restaurants, and athletic venues across the state. Notable people from the state include politician and educational advocate William Fulbright; former president Bill Clinton, who also served as the 40th and 42nd governor of Arkansas; general Wesley Clark, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander; Walmart founder and magnate Sam Walton; singer-songwriters Johnny Cash, Charlie Rich, Jimmy Driftwood, and Glen Campbell; actor-filmmaker Billy Bob Thornton; poet C. D. Wright; physicist William L. McMillan, a pioneer in superconductor research; poet laureate Maya Angelou; Douglas MacArthur; musician Al Green; actor Alan Ladd; basketball player Scottie Pippen; singer Ne-Yo; Chelsea Clinton; actress Sheryl Underwood; and author John Grisham.
The history of Arkansas began millennia ago when humans first crossed into North America. Many tribes used Arkansas as their hunting lands but the main tribe was the Quapaw, who settled in the Arkansas River delta upon moving south from Illinois. Early French explorers gave the territory its name, a corruption of Akansea, which is a phonetic spelling from the Illinois language word for the Quapaw.[1] This phonetic heritage explains why "Arkansas" is pronounced so differently than the U.S. state of "Kansas" even though they share the same spelling.
What began as a rough wilderness inhabited by trappers and hunters became incorporated into the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and later became the Arkansas Territory from 1819 to 1836. Upon gaining statehood on June 15, 1836, Arkansas had begun to prosper under a plantation economy that was heavily reliant on slave labor. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), Arkansas was a poor rural state, whose main economic base revolved around agriculture based chiefly on cotton production. In the late 19th century, the state instituted various Jim Crow laws to disenfranchise and segregate the African American population. This would last until federal legislation was passed in the 1960s. During the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, Arkansas and particularly Little Rock, were major battlegrounds for efforts to integrate schools.
The state started to see some economic prosperity during and after World War II in the 1940s. Arkansas became the base for retail corporation Walmart during the 1960s, which is headquartered in Bentonville. Walmart would later become the world's largest company by revenue. During the 20th century, different Arkansas political leaders would become nationally prominent, including the 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton, who was Governor of Arkansas, 1979–1981 and 1983–1992.
Beginning around 11,700 B.C.E., the first indigenous people inhabited the area now known as Arkansas after crossing today's Bering Strait, formerly Beringia. The first people in modern-day Arkansas likely hunted woolly mammoths by running them off cliffs or using Clovis points, and began to fish as major rivers began to thaw towards the end of the last great ice age. Around 9500 BCE, forests also started to expand, enabling local peoples to engage in greater gathering. Crude containers became a necessity for storing gathered items. Since mammoths had become extinct, hunting bison and deer became more common. These early peoples of Arkansas likely lived in base camps and departed on hunting trips for months at a time.
Further warming led to the beginnings of agriculture in Arkansas around 650 BCE. Fields consisted of clearings, and Native Americans would begin to form villages around the plot of trees they had cleared. Shelters became more permanent and pottery became more complex. Burial mounds, surviving today in places such as Parkin Archeological State Park and Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park, became common in northeast Arkansas. This reliance on agriculture marks an entrance into Mississippian culture around 950 CE. Wars began occurring between chieftains over land disputes. Platform mounds gain popularity in some cultures.
The Native American nations that lived in Arkansas prior to the westward movement of peoples from the East were the Quapaw, Caddo, and Osage Nations. While moving westward, the Five Civilized Tribes inhabited Arkansas during its territorial period.
The first European contact with Arkansas was the Spanish expedition led by Hernando de Soto in 1541. De Soto wandered among settlements, inquiring about gold and other valuable natural resources. He encountered the Casqui in northeast Arkansas, who sent him north around Devil's Elbow to the Pacaha, the traditional enemies of the Casqui. Upon arrival in the Pacaha village, the Casqui who had followed behind de Soto attacked and raided the village. De Soto ultimately engaged the two tribes' chiefs in a peace treaty before continuing on across central Arkansas and into the Ozark Mountains in his search for riches. After finding nothing he considered of value and encountering native resistance the entire way; he and his soldiers returned to the Mississippi River where de Soto fell ill. He died the following day in what is believed to be the vicinity of modern-day McArthur in May 1542. Soto's body was weighted down with sand and he was consigned to a watery grave in the Mississippi River under cover of darkness.
De Soto had attempted to deceive the native population into thinking he was an immortal deity, sun of the sun, in order to forestall attack by outraged Native Americans on his by then weakened and bedraggled army. In order to keep the ruse up, his men informed the locals that de Soto had ascended into the sky. His will at the time of his death listed: "four Indian slaves, three horses and 700 hogs" which were auctioned off to his men. His starving men, who had been living off maize stolen from Native Americans and who had not been allowed to eat the enormous herd of hogs but had had to care for them, immediately started to butcher them. Later on his remaining men, now commanded by his aide de camp Moscoso, attempted an overland return to Mexico. They made it as far as Texas before running into territory too dry for maize farming and too thinly populated to sustain themselves by stealing food from the locals. The expedition promptly backtracked to Arkansas. After building a small fleet of boats they then headed down the Mississippi River and eventually on to Mexico by water.
In 1673, French explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet reached the Arkansas River on an expedition to map the Mississippi River. After a calumet with friendly Quapaw, the group suspected the Spanish to be nearby and returned north.
Robert La Salle entered Arkansas in 1681 as part of his quest to find the mouth of the Mississippi River, and thus claim the entire river for New France. La Salle and his partner, Henri de Tonti, succeeded in this venture, claiming the river in April 1682. La Salle would return to France while dispatching de Tonti to wait for him and hold Fort St. Louis. On the king's orders, La Salle returned to colonize the Gulf of Mexico for the French, but ran aground in Matagorda Bay. La Salle led three expeditions on foot searching for the Mississippi River, but his third party mutinied near Navasota, Texas, in 1687. de Tonti learned of La Salle's Texas expeditions and traveled south in an effort to locate him along the Mississippi River. Along with this journey south, de Tonti founded Arkansas Post as a waypoint for his searches in 1686. La Salle's party, now led by his brother, stumbled upon the Post and were greeted kindly by Quapaw with fond memories of La Salle. The troupe thought it best to lie and say La Salle remained at his new coastal colony.
The French colonization of the Mississippi Valley would end with the later destruction of Fort St. Louis were it not for de Tonti establishing the small trading stop, Arkansas Post. The party originally led by La Salle would depart the Post and continue north to Montreal, where interest was spurred in explorers who had the knowledge that the French had a holding in the region.
The first successful European settlement, "Poste de Arkansea", was established by Henri de Tonti in 1686 on the Arkansas River. The post disbanded for unknown reasons in 1699 but was reestablished in 1721 in the same location. Sited slightly upriver from the confluence of the Arkansas River and Mississippi River, the remote post was a center of trade and home base for fur trappers in the region to trade their wares. The French settlers mingled and in some cases even intermarried with Quapaw natives, sharing a dislike of English and Chickasaw, who were allies at the time. A moratorium on furs imposed by Canada severely affected the post's economy, and many settlers began to move out of the Mississippi River Valley. Scottish banker John Law saw the struggling post and attempted to entice settlers to emigrate from Germany to start an agriculture settlement at Arkansas Post, but his efforts failed when Law-created Mississippi Bubble burst in 1720.
The French maintained the post throughout this time mostly due to its strategic significance along the Mississippi River. The post was moved back further from the Mississippi River in 1749 after the English with their Chickasaw allies attacked, it was moved downriver in 1756 to be closer to a Qua-paw defensive line that had been established, and to serve, as an repent, or trading post, during the Seven Years' War and prevent attacks from the Spanish along the Mississippi.
In 1762, the secret treaty of Fontainebleau transferred control of colonial Louisiana (including present-day Arkansas), to Spain in exchange for Florida. The Spanish showed little interest in Arkansas except for the land grants meant to inspire settlement around the post. Afterward, the post was again moved upriver out of the floodplain in 1779. Its position 4 miles (6.4 km) up the Arkansas River made it a hub for trappers to start their journeys, although it also served as a diplomatic center for relations between the Spanish and Quapaw. Many that stopped at Arkansas Post were simply passing through on their way up or down river and needed supplies or rest. Habitants included approximately ten merchants, some domestic slaves, and the wives and children of voyageurs. A small detachment of the Fixed Infantry Regiment of Louisiana lived inside the fort, tasked with protecting the village of Arkansas Post nearby. On April 17, 1783, present-day Arkansas experienced its only battle of the American Revolutionary War when Captain James Colbert of the 16th Regiment of Foot led a force of British partisans and Chickasaws against the Spanish village and fort.
Although the United States of America had gained separation from the British as a result of the Revolutionary War, Arkansas remained in Spanish hands after the conflict. Americans began moving west to Kentucky and Tennessee, and the United States wanted to guarantee these people that the Spanish possession of the Mississippi River would not disrupt commerce. Napoleon Bonaparte's conquest of Spain shortly after the American Revolution forced the Spanish to cede Louisiana, including Arkansas, to the French via the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800. England declared war on France in 1803, and Napoleon sold his land in the new world to the United States, today known as the Louisiana Purchase. The size of the country doubled with the purchase, and a stream of new White settlers led to a changed dynamic between Native Americans and Arkansans. Prior to the Louisiana Purchase, the relationship between the two groups was a "middle ground" of give and take. These relationships would deteriorate all across the frontier, including in Arkansas.
Thomas Jefferson initiated the Lewis and Clark Expedition to find the nation's new northern boundary, and the Dunbar Hunter Expedition, led by William Dunbar, was sent to establish the new southern boundary. The group was intended to explore the Red River, but due to Spanish hostility settled on a tour up the Ouachita River to explore the hot springs in central Arkansas. Leaving in October 1804 and parting company at Fort Miro on January 16, 1805, their reports included detailed accounts of give and take between Native Americans and trappers, detailed flora and fauna descriptions, and a chemical analysis of the "healing waters" of the hot springs. Useful information for settlers to navigate the area and descriptions of the people inhabiting south Arkansas was also included.
The settler-Native American relationship deteriorated further following the 1812 New Madrid earthquake, viewed by some as punishment for accepting and assimilating into White culture. Many Cherokee left their farms and moved shortly after a speech in June 1812 by a tribal chief admonishing the tribe for departing from tradition.
A small segment of the Territory of Missouri applied for statehood on March 2, 1819. The application included a provision that would bring Missouri into the Union as a slave state, which would upset the delicate balance of slave and free states. This application also defined all land in the Missouri Territory south of the parallel 36°30' north, except the Missouri Bootheel between the Mississippi River and the Saint Francis River north of the 36th parallel north, as the new Territory of Arkansaw. When the Missouri Enabling Act was taken up in the United States House of Representatives, James Tallmadge denounced slavery and succeeded in passing the Tallmadge Amendment in the House, an act that would have extinguished slavery in Missouri in a generation. The act was the first attempt to curb the rapid expansion of slavery along the country's expanding western frontier and caught many southern Democrats by surprise. The following day, John Taylor proposed identical restrictions on slavery before authorizing the Arkansaw Enabling Act. The banning of new slaves amendment was soundly defeated, but the gradual emancipation measure was tied until Speaker of the House Henry Clay cast the deciding no vote killing the Amendment and allowing Arkansas to organize as a slave territory. The Missouri Compromise was later struck allowing Maine to enter as a free state, thus allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state to keeping the balance of free/slave states at 12 each.
The uncertainty surrounding Missouri's status as a slave state caused a rapid out-migration of slaveholders into Arkansas. Slavery also became a divisive issue within Arkansas. The wealthy planters of southeast Arkansas strongly supported slavery since manual labor was the only method of harvesting cotton at the time. The northwest parts of the state did not have cotton plantations, and as little as 2% of the black population in northwest Arkansas was enslaved during the territorial era. However, northwest Arkansas backed slavery in support of the southeastern Arkansas planters.
Different aspects of frontier life are preserved today in three state parks. Historic Washington State Park in southwest Arkansas is a restored town that was formerly a bustling stop on the Southwest Trail. Davidsonville Historic State Park preserves one of early Arkansas's most important communities, including Arkansas's first post office and courthouse. Powhatan Historic State Park on the Black River allows visitors to relive a former riverport town during its heyday.
The new Arkansas Territory held its territorial government at the territorial capital, Arkansas Post, and included all of present-day Arkansas and Oklahoma except the Oklahoma panhandle. These lands became Indian Territory by 1828, leaving the modern day outline of Arkansas. Upon creation of the territory, President James Monroe appointed James Miller of New Hampshire, the hero of Lundy's Lane, as territorial governor, and young Robert Crittenden as secretary of the territory. Miller had little interest in governing the territory, and spent most of his time outside its boundaries. This left an opportunist Crittenden in charge of Arkansas, and he quickly assembled three judges together to form Arkansas's first legislature. Crittenden also held an election that selected James Woodson Bates as Arkansas's territorial delegate to Congress in addition to forming and filling the two branches of the General Assembly of Arkansas Territory. This election became contested when Miller returned and decided Arkansas would follow an 1812 law that all territorial legislative positions were to be filled by appointment, nullifying Crittenden's election. Congress later affirmed the election, but the situation formed a divide between Miller's followers and the Crittenden faction.
Miller and Crittenden were again divided over the relocation of the territorial capitol from the unsuitable backwater at Arkansas Post. The legislature discussed the issue of relocating the capitol in 1820, but could not decide between Little Rock and Cadron before the session ended. After the session ended, William Russell, owner of hundreds of lots around Little Rock, began selling them to legislators and influential men like Crittenden, Robert Oden, William A. Trimble, and Andrew Scott. Upon returning, the legislature passed a bill to move the capitol to Little Rock by three votes, increasing the value of many legislators' Little Rock lots significantly. In protest, Miller moved to a new house at Crystal Hill near Cadron before being reassigned to Salem, Massachusetts. During the move to Little Rock, Crittenden formed the Rose Law Firm with Chester Ashley, forming a powerful political alliance between The Family and Crittenden's supporters. Arkansas's second territorial governor was George Izard, a wealthy planter who moved to the territory from South Carolina. Izard succeeded in changing divorce law and briefly stopping the Quapaw removal in Arkansas. He also organized a militia and managed to quiet Crittenden, who remained as secretary of the territory. Izard died in 1828 and was replaced by John Pope, who was appointed by Andrew Jackson.
In an effort to prevent white settlers taking over their territory, the Quapaw signed an 1818 treaty relinquishing all their hunting lands in exchange for keeping 32,000,000 acres (13,000,000 ha) of land along the Arkansas River in south Arkansas in their possession. This treaty was later reneged upon the following year, with whites taking all but 1,000,000 acres (400,000 ha) back for settlement. At this time, Cherokee from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina were being forced into Arkansas onto Caddo hunting lands west of Little Rock. The Caddo did not welcome the invasion of the Cherokee, who had thought they were moving to uninhabited land. The Caddo viewed the Cherokee as "domesticated" by the white man for signing treaties with the United States government and the tribes went to war. Cephas Washburn established Dwight Mission near Russellville as a school for Cherokee youth at the tribe's request in 1822. This school was later moved to Sallisaw, Oklahoma. The Osage signed a treaty to leave Arkansas in 1825 and moved to Kansas briefly before buying their own reservation in Osage County, Oklahoma. The United States established Fort Smith and Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, to keep the peace and trade with the Native Americans.
During the Industrial Revolution, cotton prices boomed and white settlers clamored for the fertile lands around the Arkansas River inhabited by the Quapaw. Eventually the government forced the Quapaw to a reservation in Louisiana with the Caddo. Antoine Barraqué led the Quapaw south in the winter of 1825–26. They found the Caddo inhospitable because the Quapaw were viewed as invaders and when the Quapaw's crop washed away twice due to flooding of the Red River, conditions got even worse. Combined with the overcrowding and lack of annuities promised to both tribes, the Quapaw were unhappy and followed chief Saracen back to their homeland along the Arkansas River. By 1830, the entire tribe had returned to Arkansas, and despite Governor Pope and Indian agent Richard Hannon, the Quapaw were removed to a separate reservation in northeast Oklahoma in 1833. Secretary Robert Crittenden was instrumental in acquiring the final removal.
Jason Hallett, Professor of Sustainable Chemical Technology, Imperial College London, United Kingdom., speaking during the Session "Developing a Vaccine Revolution with Imperial College London" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2019. Congress Centre - IdeasLab
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The central focus of FDR’s second term was developing and executing the New Deal to bring the country out of economic turmoil. In this room, there are three scenes depicting the state of American citizens in the United States during the Great Depression. In front of you, a bread line is shown, representing the poverty and desperation of the working class during the Great Depression. Inscribed above the sculptures is the following quote from FDR’s second inaugural address: “I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.”
The urban companions to the rural couple are represented by a five-man portion of an urban breadline shuffling its way alongside a brick building. These lines, which formed outside food kitchens offering bread, soup, or groceries, often extended for many city blocks.
George Segal
George Segal was born in the Bronx, New York City, in 1924. His parents had immigrated from eastern Europe. George exhibited an interest in art early and won honors for his work while still in high school. George was raised in New Jersey, where his family settled, and he helped his parents with their chicken-raising business throughout his teens. Later, he took over the farm and still lives there with his wife Helen. Today, the old chicken coops house his art studio.
Everyday life and everyday happenings form the basis of George Segal’s sculptures. His pieces are cast directly from live models, mostly friends and relatives. George’s method of sculpting is unique. It depends heavily on real-life events and people said within environments which he constructs from real elements and furnishings. Segal’s work is therefore figurative but it does not romanticize or idealize the people whom he casts.
As the critic Phyllis Tuckman explains in the book, George Segal: Recent Painted Sculpture, “Segal’s figures radiate an aura of the familiar. They look like the kind of people with whom you come in daily contact…. These slices of life’s scenarios belie or masked other aspects of this haunting art.” Segal’s environments express more than what is visible on the surface. They dig deeply and say much about the universal elements of life through their focus on simple tasks.
It was for these reasons that George Segal was chosen to work within the themes of the Memorial. George has strong feelings and deep empathy for the Roosevelt era. He quickly selected three everyday images that were descriptive of the essence of the Depression years in our country, which had such a deep influence on the character and quality of our culture. Within these depictions the message is one of inherent individual dignity in the face of overwhelming odds.
George Segal developed his very personal casting technique in the early 1960s. He starts by dipping cloth bandages in wet plaster and then applying them directly to a body or to an object. He spends time working with his models before casting, describing the gestures he is trying to achieve and choreographing the positioning of their bodies in space within the constructed environment. Artist and model work together to finalize the pose before wrapping begins. Once the format has been fixed, the bandages are fitted around the various parts of the body. Hardening takes only minutes and then the bandages are removed by splitting them into sections. Later, they are reassembled to form the final figures or, as was the case for figures in the Memorial, they become molds for the final bronze sculptures.
Uh oh, it's happening again - I see a theme developing. This week it appears to be selective colour, which people seem to either love or hate in equal measure. I like it but will be the first to admit it's easy to get carried away. Which I usually do.
There's nothing premeditated about having two colour popped shots in a row, it's just where my gut feeling has taken me that last couple of days when I'm processing my 365s.
You've probably guessed by now that the weather today . . . it's not the best. In fact it's been pissing it down for most of the morning. Not that this has stopped me and Joe having a blast, we've been on the sofa (again!) watching Transformers - the original series I might add, not the new movie, which I'm undecided on as to whether it's good or a disgrace to my favourite childhood toys.
The shot itself is taken through our kitchen window, with me outside getting wet :-). The letters are real, they belong to the boys. They stick to surfaces like glass when they're wet so I stuck 'em on the inside of the window to make the picture more interesting.
I took this photo quite early this morning, and it's been nice the last couple of days to get my shot and upload it earlier than usual so I've got my evenings free. Last night I got to cosy up on the sofa with Lydia and watch Dude, Where's My Car? - not the most highbrow of viewing matter but quite funny in places. Reminded me in equal parts of Bill & Ted's, American Pie and Wayne's World. But not as good as any of those.
The point is, it was great to be able to mong out on the sofa with my missus. And I have a real treat lined up for tonight - Rambo 4! Oh yes, I cannot wait to sit down and watch some old-school, back to the 1980s, the way it should be done proper gratuitous violence! The missus might not be quite so keen to cosy up for this flick . . .
Certificates distribution ceremony held of Developing Critical Mass
for Educational Reform in Chitral
CHITRAL: Since its inception in 2003, the Aga Khan University’s
Professional Development Centre in Chitral (AKU-PDCC) has been
offering a variety of high quality innovative programs for building
the capacity of schools and key stakeholders in Chitral, other parts
of Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Over 2600 teachers, head teachers, and
education managers have thus far attended various Certificate and
short courses offered by this institution. PDCC. has also developed a
number of schools as model in multi-grade teaching and ECED. Its
faculty have engaged in research and published a number of articles
and book chapters in various national and international journals and
books. PDCC has recently won a very competitive research grant award
from Higher Education of Pakistan to study the role of civil society
institutions in promoting cultural diversity and pluralism in Chitral.
A colorful ceremony was organized at PDCC to celebrate the successful
completion of two Certificate Courses in ‘Educational Leadership and
management’ and ‘Primary Education’. A total of 39 head teachers and
teachers graduated from these two courses. 22 out of 39 were from
government schools. Executive District Officer primary and elementary
schools Muhammad Siraj was chief guest on the occasion while there
ceremony was presided over by Sultan Mehmood Regional Program
Manager Hashoo Foundation. The ceremony was attended by
educationists, leaders of the civil society institutions, and teachers
community.
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Mir Afzal Tajik, Head Outreach AKU-IED
and Head PDCC highlighted key issues and hurdles in the way of
improving the quality of education in the district. He also
highlighted how these courses have helped the graduates to address
these issues and thus bring about positive changes in their schools.
He urged that bringing about positive changes in schools is possible
but the head teachers and teachers have to initiate the change. The
purpose of these courses was to develop the ‘change agents’ needed to
initiate and lead the change.
Siraj Muhammad, EDO Education Chitral, thanked AKU-PDCC for its
continuous efforts to enhance the capacity of schools and to develop
leadership and change agents for schools in Chitral. He urged the
graduates to implement what they have learnt in the courses and
assured them of his full support. He particularly thanked PDCC
leadership for their cooperation with the government education. He
also advised the graduates that they should work with full enthusiasm
and diligence.
Sultan Mehmood and others also lauded AKU-PDCC for its valuable
contributions to capacity building of key stakeholders in Chitral.
Mrs. Commandant Chitral Scouts while talking on the occasion expressed
her great sorrow on trend of cheating. She said that mostly graduate
and post graduates students could not speak transparently and they are
very poor in general knowledge. Although they have degrees but no
knowledge it means that they use unfair-means in examinations or warm
palm of Board and university staff. She said that during recruitment
of Chitral scouts some 31 candidates were pulled out from test hall
because of involving in cheating. She said that our head teaches and
teachers can bring positive changes. She appreciated decision of
provincial government to bound government schools teaches to enroll
their children in Govt. schools not in private one so as to couscous
about the future of their own children and they will teach honestly to
their students. At last Certificates were distributed amongst the
graduates.
G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No
0943-320737, 0943-316052, 0943-414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572,
03159698446, 03469002167
email: gulhamad@gmail.com
Jeffrey M. Drazen, Editor-in-Chief, New England Journal of Medicine, USA, speaking during the Session "Developing a Vaccine Revolution with Imperial College London" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2019. Congress Centre - IdeasLab
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Alice Gast, President, Imperial College London, United Kingdom, speaking during the Session "Developing a Vaccine Revolution with Imperial College London" at the Annual Meeting 2019 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2019. Congress Centre - IdeasLab
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Mattias Nutt
Center Gallery
111 Ellis
Wichita, KS
Exhibition: Final Friday, March 26
2010 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION - "DEVELOPED WORK"
Visiting Juror: Natasha Egan, Associate Director, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Illinois
Opening Reception: Final Friday, March 26, 7 - 10 p.m.
Exhibition Dates: March 26 - April 23, 2010
Gallery Hours: Friday 12 - 6 p.m. & Saturday 12 - 2 p.m.
$ 500 Fellowship recipient: Larry Robinson, Iowa City, IA.
Exhibiting Artists: Zach Abubeker, Chicago, IL; Roger Boulay. Albuquerque, NM; Jennifer Colten, St. Louis, MO; Mary Farmilant, Chicago, IL; Pete Herzfeld, Washington, DC and Eric White, New York, NY.
Work featured on the Center Gallery website, Honorable Mentions: Ray Klimick, Athens, OH; Brook Reynolds, Charlotte, NC; Rylan Steele, Columbus, GA and Amanda Pfister, St. Louis, MO.
Juror Statement: It’s always a pleasure to serve as a juror for such national exhibitions like the Center Galley’s Developed Work exhibition for the 2010 National Photography Fellowship Competition. The process of looking at each submission opens my eyes to a variety of exciting trends developing in the field of photography. The photographic styles ranged from portraiture to landscape, abstract to sculptural, and conceptual to dreamlike. Overall the dominant theme was a introspect view of the United States’ social political landscape. The seven artists I chose to include in this exhibition reveal the diversity in photographic theme and style seen throughout all the entries.
Larry Robinson’s work cleverly stood out in the submissions with its wit, absurdity and pop culture references. The juxtaposition between the projected images of food in the installations with their contrasting domestic or natural environments speaks humorously to America’s infatuation with food. Roger Boulay’s photographs of sculptural stacks of magazines speak beautifully to America’s consumption of media. Jennifer Colten’s eerie surveillance-like video stills of uninhabited places tap into the more anxiety prone culture Americans have developed since the September 11th attacks. Eric White’s examines the border between Mexico and the United States with particular focus on the security fences, surveillance stations and checkpoints. Through portraiture, still-life and landscape, Zach Abubecker observes Ethiopian immigration in the United States raising issues of assimilation and cultural identity. Mary Farmilant’s striking interiors of abandoned hospital spaces perhaps act as a depiction of the current demise of the heath care system. And lastly, Pete White conflates death notice photographs with weather reports in an attempt to illustrate the social political tension generated by death.
The caliber of the work submitted was stellar and I would like to recognize the following artists that I was unable to include in this exhibition: Brook Reynolds for her pictures of closed gas stations; Rylan Steele for his interior office pictures, and Amanda Pfister for her typography of closed car dealership throughout the United States.
Natasha Egan
Associate Director and Curator
Museum of Contemporary Photography
Columbia College Chicago
For more information regarding Center Gallery and the 2010 National Photography Fellowship Competition - "Developed Work" exhibition, please contact: www.centergalleryonline.com
A storm develops in Montgomery County Missouri as it moves into Warren County. A bit more about how this photograph was captured.
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In early spring small maple flowers are transformed in a matter of days into winged seeds. I caught this maple tree in the action as its tiny red ovaries began to enlarge into seeds.
Maple flowers lack petals but they provide wonderful color when they are massed on the tree, reminiscent of the color maples provide in the winter.
Please join me in my blog “Botany Without Borders: Where Design Meets Science”
Assassin's Creed Origins is an action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the tenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2015's Assassin's Creed Syndicate. It was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 27, 2017. The game is set in Ancient Egypt during the Ptolemaic period and recounts the secret fictional history of real-world events. The story explores the origins of the centuries-long conflict between the Brotherhood of Assassins, who fight for peace by promoting liberty and The Order of the Ancients—forerunners to the Templar Order—who desire peace through the forceful imposition of order. Origins received positive reviews from critics, who praised the story, voice acting, immersive world of Egypt and visuals, while criticizing some of the pacing and technical issues. Despite this, some critics called it the best installment of the series since 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
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Location: Taken somewhere in New Mexico
Date Taken: Spring 2012.
Camera: Rolleiflex 3.5F
Film: Ilford HP5 (shot at speed)
Format: 120 (medium format)
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Development: Self developed in Kodak D76 1:1 for 13mins.
Scanning: Scanned via betterscanning holders using an Epson v500 and Epson scan software.
Editing: Curves, levels, spot healing dust, and other minor adjustments were made in Lightroom.