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Cleo still likes to play but she would NEVER run after a toy. As she is an energy efficient creature she prefers to play while she is comfortably lying on a cushion and only has to lift the paw to catch the toy. Cleo has always tried to avoid any waste of energy, even 16 years ago when she was a kitten....
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Accade al volte di osservare banali "oggetti viventi" e di scoprirne la sovrumana perfezione. Si prenda ad esempio una foglia, una foglia di noce come in questo caso e la si esamini nel particolari. Ci si renderĆ conto che non esiste struttura a pannelli solari creata dall'uomo che possa uguagliarla. E' perfetta, efficiente e persino bella; il tutto quasi a dispetto del primate che si dice cultore e creatore della Bellezza ..... ..
Gli occhi delle libellule sono portentosi. Strumenti sovradimensionati rispetto al corpo dell'organismo ospite, essi consentono alle diverse specie una notevole efficienza predatoria e, al tempo stesso, una elevata capacitĆ di controllo dell'ambiente circostante. Questo presenta anche il vantaggio di potersi sottrarre efficacemente all'attenzione dei predatori, che sono numerosi e sempre in agguato ..... ..
An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty :-)
Eugene McCarthy
Climate Change Matters! Resist!!
fogdrops on prunus mume, white japanese flowering apricot, 'Tojibai', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
For monochrome Monday....
When Mr. Lewis needed a barn for his large livestock herd,he thought "outside the box",and built a more efficient round barn which was on his family farm till the 1990's.At that time,the family decided for it to survive,it needed to be donated to an organization who would maintain it.It ended as a part of the Adams County,IL. fairgrounds along with many other historic subjects-an old one room schoolhouse and an old general store some examples...
The Lewis Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places...
By tradition a modern and efficient hub for container transports into Europe and the whole world, Bremerhaven boasts a strategic geographical location directly on the North Sea and the longest container quayside in Europe. Offering rapid transhipment times for the worldās mega container vessels, the port has a closely meshed network of feeder services and efficient transport connections to the hinterland for onward shipment of goods to the major economic centres of Europe. Daily feeder vessel services link Bremerhaven with Scandinavia, northern and eastern Europe and Russia. The worldās biggest ocean carriers (>20,000 teus) are calling at Bremerhaven on a regular basis.
Ruddy darter - Sympetrum sanguineum
The dragonflies are wonderful. They are very efficient predators, they can intercept prey mid-air, they can move each of their four wings independently from the others, they have near-360-degree vision with their eyes which contain 30,000 facets, each bringing in information about the insect's surroundings. Top of it they're beautiful insects :)
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I do not know the small cruiser or the big schooner that looks like Martha except she is not rigged as a staysail schooner. The other boat with a hard-to-miss shape is a power catamaran called Grasshopper. āIt all started on the back of a napkin, when multihull sailor, designer, and builder Russell Brown had an idea. He had 2 Tornado hulls, a 15hp Honda long shaft, some carbon mast tubing, and an outside-the-box mind for building efficient boats. With these ā essentially recycled parts ā he built āGrasshopperā. He put it together in 2005 as an experiment, and like most things Russell does, it turned out exceptionally well. For years, he used it to commute from Port Townsend to Anacortes and to camp cruise up the Salish Sea to Desolation Sound. Grasshopper has continued to serve as a commuter, cruiser, and workboat, including a week in the San Juans in 2020 and trips all over the Salish Sea to shoot videos for Off Center Harbor. After a year on the hard, Grasshopper now has a revitalized outboard and is having/creating more fun than ever.ā
I took this photo at Port Townsend's 2022 Wooden Boat Festival. woodenboat.org/plan-your-visit/
Ferocious efficient killer., dressed in fine and elegant clothing., If I were a Vole or a mouse this is last thing I would want stalking my field., but next only to the Kite surely the most beautiful large Raptor in the skies of the UK
Learning how to skillfully and efficiently handle an as wide as possible range of photo - processing tools is an additional reason that turned me into a "serious" lover of the art of photography ... All advanced digital photo-processing programs and their related plugins form literally a whole new world ready to help you present effectively and successfully whatever is imprisoned into your Micro SD drive via your camera's sensor ..
I don't like modifying the capture's fundamental traits ... I also strongly dislike removing or even adding elements that weren't there in the first place ... But I very much enjoy creating a low light surrounding ambient atmosphere that exhales tranquillity and helps revealing all the effort hidden behind the scene's capture ... I like stressing out the subtle contrast between the light around the frame's main point of interest and its surrounding environment ...
I enjoy giving special attention to every single detail of any image I find worthy enough to be exhibited in front of your eyes ...
NIKON D90 DSLR with Nikon Nikkor 18 - 55 lens, Manual Mode, shutter speed 1/16 s, ISO 200, f 8, focal length 40 mm, use of HOYA ND X 2 filter, cloudy weather white balance, center weighted average metering mode, HDR processing derived from only one RAW file, no flash, use of tripod ...
Trams in Mallorca are a popular mode of public transportation that run in the city of Soller and its surrounding areas. The tramway in Mallorca offers scenic views as it travels through the picturesque countryside, making it a popular attraction for tourists. The trams are operated by the Soller Railway Company and have been in operation since the early 1900s. The trams are an efficient and convenient way to travel around Soller and are a unique way to experience the beauty of Mallorca's landscape.
Mallorca/Majorca, largest of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea
Efficient groundcover, it has outgrown its allotted space and is a little invasive, but when these lovely little flowers come out in May I'd rather have too much than not enough...
Wisconsin Central SD45 7496 and F45 6650 rolled a northbound through Leithton with intermodal traffic on the headend of a manifest heading to Fond du Lac in 2001.
Part 2 of a 5-part set showing how this Coyote is getting through the lean season...
It happened in a heartbeat. If you saw yesterday's post, you may have noticed the little predator's hind legs curled up underneath him (or her - it's so hard to tell unless they urinate), like a spring-loaded, lethal killing machine. It has just launched; the hind legs haven't touched down yet and its jaws have already found the target.
A hapless, sleepy Black-tailed Prairie Dog had woken from its slumber due to the warming weather, and ventured up to check out the world. It happened to be looking the wrong way, and had no chance to react before the jaws closed around the back of its neck and head. The outcome was determined in an instant.
Prairie Dogs are really cute, so it's hard not to feel a twinge of remorse for this one, but so it goes: this is the fate of a high percentage of the members of each prairie dog colony. They are a keystone species. Many, many other species depend on them.
The next three images will show Coyote enjoying its meal - a substantial caloric reward for its efforts. Coyotes are efficient killers but messy eaters, so I won't post the one truly gory shot. Let us say that not a morsel went to waste.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission Ā©2023 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Quite an efficient hunter he/she has caught a rodent every time we have watched her. Every time she does, she is attacked by a harrier to try to take her meal.
Roseville, CA
The wild dog is South Africaās most endangered carnivore and the second most endangered in Africa after the Ethiopian wolf. The current population of wild dogs in South Africa is estimated at less than 400. This one is a member of a pack seen on the road between Phalaborwa and Mopani Rest camp. The dog's Latin name means "painted wolf", referring to the animal's irregular, mottled coat, which features patches of red, black, brown, white, and yellow fur. Each animal has its own unique coat pattern, and all have big, rounded ears. They are extremely efficient hunters.
Steam Trains fell out of favor due to the greater efficiency of the diesel and electrical engines. Steam engines are only 5-7 % thermally efficient, while diesel engines are 30-40 % efficient.
Silent, efficient and untraceable. For the right price, ofcourse.
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Highly inspired by RB-09D Sila from Earnestcore Craft.
Building a fence across a lake might not be the most efficient way of retaining water, or the smartest use of spare barbed wire and wood... I have to assume the lake wasn't there when the fence went up. Maybe the drainage pattern has changed; maybe there has been more snow and more rainfall in recent years than previously.
That said, I couldn't resist stopping on the way to the bird photo location (same morning as previous shot of road & car). I saw the fence; I braked. There was no traffic. Several ducks swam away. You can see them in this photo, tiny dots with v-shaped wake. Pre-dawn glow began to light up the eastern horizon. The air was cool. I felt unhurried and relaxed; I'm on prairie time now. It differs from regular time - in its timeless quality. I can't explain it any other way.
I've just gotten home and unpacked from another trip to the same location. This time I decided, more or less at the last moment, to take a motel room for the night. That put me within easy reach of my destination, and allowed both an evening and dawn shoot in the same trip. In addition, a grocery run and a slight back strain. Oh, well. We have to accept the consequences of our actions, good and not-so-good. This trip was mostly good. I will catch up with your latest uploads ASAP, but right now a painkiller/muscle relaxant and mid-afternoon nap are calling to me louder than anything else.
Photographed at an unnamed lake south of Cadillac, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission Ā©2020 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
New energy efficient LED lighting illuminates the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge: red, white, and blue for the American arches over the Soo Locks; red and white for the Canadian arch over the Sault Canal. View from Lake Superior State University.
The International Bridge- -a 4.5 kilometer / 2.8 mile long metal Cantilever (suspended deck) Warren Through Truss two lane bridge with a two span arch over the American Soo Locks and a single span arch over the Canadian Sault Canal. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London; the bridge opened October 1962. The bridge spans the St. Marys River and connects Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Joel Mbithi, farm manager of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute's Kiboko Research Station, on an experimental maize plot. He collaborates in producing drought tolerant top-cross hybrids as part of the Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) project. This is run by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) in partnership with Monsanto and CIMMYT, which supplies germplasm and expertise.
Photo credit: Anne Wangalachi/CIMMYT.
Efficient Basing-Grafenwoehr is a U.S. Army Europe initiative consisting of more than 150 projects valued at close to $1 billion designed and built over roughly 10 years. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District managed about $100 million each year since 2001. Projects also included the Nezaberg Housing Area, a shopping center, troop billet buildings, motor pools, physical fitness center, upgraded medical facilities, modern dining facility and new Army lodge, among others. For the Europe District, EB-G was not business as usual. Read about the unique project delivery methods employed by USACE at www.army.mil/-news/2010/05/05/38561-unique-project-delive... (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Rachel Goodspeed)
The efficient bus took me to Monnickendam, 12 km to the north of Amsterdam. Don't let me bore you with my findings about that small medieval city, today a thriving summertime harbor. Instead, allow me to tell you about my pleasant hike south on the Zeedijk which protects Waterland from the sometimes violent waters of what was once the Zuyderzee but now called the Markermeer since the great dike - Afsluitdijk - that closed the 'Zee' off from the North Sea.
That 'Sea Dike' took me along the Gouwzee which separates the island of Marken due east from the mainland. I continued onward to Zuiderwoude and finished my hike at Broek in Waterland, whence a bus carried me back to the City.
Walking on that dike I for the first time actually experienced the fact that much of the land here is below sea level. But the day was pleasant - though blowing a nasty cold wind - and the colors fabulous. Of course I didn't hesitate to take a dip among the other Old Coots - Fulica - which you can see right by my muddied waters. As I lay drying in the Sun, my eyes set on the greens of not yet blossoming Queen Anne's Lace, Anthristicus sylvestris, with its beautiful delicate hairs. And here he was, too, large-eyed Bibio marci, St Mark's Fly (St Mark's feastday is on April 25, in just a few days). He's really beautiful and just about ready, i would think, to find his small-eyed female partner. But I didn't stay to watch...
An hour or so after lifting 10 loaded boxcars from the DCR interchange in Seaford, DE, those same cars are being spotted for unloading at Dart Container in Federalsburg, MD.
MDDE 1203 RS3M (ex-DLW 914, EL 1052 RS3)