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District 18 was one of the most dangerous places in the New Federation of States. Governor Roberts with his policy of increasing security introduced numerous police units mounted on Speeder Bikes NP-1000 that have at least equalized the tables. The increased mobility of security forces makes criminals think twice before acting.
Designed for the 2018 "Battle for District 18" Speeder Bike Building Contest (ENFORCE category).
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El Distrito 18 era uno de los lugares más peligrosos de la Nueva Federación de Estados. El gobernador Roberts con su política de aumentar la seguridad introdujo numerosas unidades de policías montados sobre Speeder Bikes NP-1000 que han conseguido al menos igualar las tornas. El aumento de la movilidad de las fuerzas de seguridad ha hecho que los delincuentes se lo tengan que pensar dos veces antes de actuar.
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LOVE is the great equalizer and the transcendent essence of our Creator....
LOVE is like a blooming lotus flower within the centre of our hearts.
LOVE is the highest expression and the eternal force that give our lives meaning.
Complete text : www.themindfulword.org/2022/poems-cosmic-fractals/
A curious quiz about Cosmic Patterns : themindsjournal.com/sacred-geometry-test-choose-a-pattern/ (i choose n°3)
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This piece of American history, "the Equalizer," is a Colt model 1873, Single Action Army (SAA) revolver, the gun that you see in all the old western movies, and the gun that, along with the Winchester '73 repeating rifle, is generally referred to as one of the guns that won the west. You saw it in "Showdown at the O.K. Coral," and in real life, it was adopted as the standard U.S. military service revolver in 1892 and was favored by lawmen, cowboys and desperadoes alike. Often one would be armed with a Colt SAA and a Winchester '73, both chambered for the .44-40, a pretty meek cartridge by today's standards, but it got the job done and had the very real advantage of providing one round that fit both the rifle and the revolver.
I bought this one, chambered for the .44 special, 25 years ago, and had I really wanted to maximize the "Classic" value of it, I would probably have been better off buying one in the more traditional .45 Colt chambering; but this has the advantage that I can use the same dies for reloading the .44 special as I can for my .44 magnum, and with the cost of ammunition being what it is today, loading your own ammunition is a must, unless you're a lot wealthier than I am (I've been hand loading all my ammunition since I was 17}. I haven't shot it all that much (haven't done any shooting in the past couple of years), and when I have shot it, I've tended to baby it, using only light loads and staying far away from the near .44 magnum loads loads that Elmer Keith favored before he and Smith & Wesson developed the real .44 magnum by stretching the .44 special cartridge case a small fraction of an inch. It's a crying shame to leave it locked away in a dark closet, and I've really gotta take it to the range, which is only three miles from my house, and give it some exercise.
ODT, "Blast from the Past," "Arms," "Classic," "Historic."
Yesterday I attended TIFF to see the Premier of The Equalizer, starring Denzel Washington. During the show, the fire alarm went off and we all had to evacuate the building. Luckily the fire dept. gave us clearance to re-enter and see the end of the show. It was a violent, but very good show.
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New Haven Railroad heavyweight Pullman parlor car Warwick Light, plan 3916 B, is seen in a yard, ca 1940's. This car has an air conditioning duct mounted on the roof. This car most likely has an electro-mechanical air conditioning system, since no ice storage bunkers are seen on either side of the under-body. The trucks used on this car are an older style six wheel bolt on pedestal style drop equalized truck.
The name of the photographer that captured this image on film is unknown. This is a modified, enhanced and cropped photo scan that is from a B&W image that was on the Internet.
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While prowling Hamilton, Ontario North End streets and alleys looking for street art and graffiti with a friend, we found ourselves on Hughson Street behind the long-closed Tivoli Theatre (108 James St N) and decided to enter the alley and explore the graffiti/wall art on the many surfaces there. This section decorates the back/East wall of the building that houses the offices of the CBC on James St N. A bit of colour following too many dull, dark days. - JW
Date Taken: 2023-01-06
Date PP: 2026-03-16
(c) Copyright 2026 JW Vraets
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Taken using a hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm VR 1:4.0 lense set to 92mm, ISO220 (Auto ISO), Daylight WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority Mode, f/4.0, 1/160 sec with an EV-0.67 exposure bias. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to 9000px, level image, apply Tone Mapping at default levels, use the Tone Equalizer tool to slightly brighten the ‘Blacks’, very slightly boos the overall Contrast as well as Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, very slightly boost Vibrance, apply a small amount of Haze Removal, sharpen, save. PP in free Open Source GIMP from SOOC JPEG source file: use the Curves tool to pull down/, sharpen slightly, save, scale image to 6000 px wide, sharpen very slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3200 px wide for posting online.
A 1990 expired piece of 64 ASA Svema film performed much less than expected in my FT2 panorama camera. Hardly anything to be seen on the negative. But my scanner found this anyway, and photoshop did the rest with a simple equalize command.
I think this was on the Acropolis.
Rodinal special 1:50 for 8 minutes.
My entry for Light Painting Competitions and Themes- December 2011 - Household Objects
Quite a frustrating shoot, first the switch on my digital light wand falls to bits and then my el wire breaks. Grrrrr. It could also really do with a slight exposure, contrast and white balance tweak, but the competition has a SOOC rule (although not everyone seems to obey it!)
Title and idea inspired by a comment made by Sprogz
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New Haven Railroad Pullman heavyweight parlor car Noank, Pullman plan 3917, is seen in a yard, ca 1940's. This car is has an ice activated air conditioning system, with three ice storage bunkers mounted to the under-body. The trucks used on this car are of the more modern design six wheel straight equalized integral cast design with the pedestals included.
The name of the photographer that captured this image on film is unknown. This is a modified, enhanced and cropped photo scan that is from a B&W image that was on the Internet.
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CLAHE stands for Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization, implemented as plugin module for ImageJ.
Suggested by Bushman.K it was found to be not quite compatible with the solar images, but works well on the Moon :)
The lunar image of 04.07.2015, around 23:30 MSK, taken with TIS DMK23 via 2x Barlow on Meade series 6000 80 mm f/6 triplet refractor.
Panoramic image of six panels, 20% of 1000 (ok, 200) frames stacked, stitched in MS ICE, deconvolved (AstraImage Richardson-Lucy, Cauchy, 0,3-9), wavelet-sharpened (1-10-15-5-1), CLAHEd in ImageJ (127-255-2), wavelet again (1-5-10-5-1) and some contrast added in PS.
Note: the white square is the histogram trap for deconvolution to correctly normalise the processed image. I was finally able to save Aristarchus from becoming saturated.
A Model 2 coilgun, heavily customized by an unknown interplanetary gang. Has a cut-down stock, a different, much more compact barrel assembly made from an ''Ultracompact'' kit. Has a customized Mk.3 bayonet found on an M2c MIR, but it can come without it as well. The gun itself is fairly rare, as the gang didn't last long before disappearing.
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I got bored and did this. Hope you like it I guess.
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Credit goes to caiobrazil (a fella from dA), for the inspiration.
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Le Mans 2008
With the transition from first-generation LMP spec to the new cars complete, the grid has filled with many new teams and many new cars all chasing the two big-league diesels.
French team Charouz bring an interesting new sound to Le Mans in their new Lola coupe, the shriek of an Aston Martin V12.
New Swiss team Sebah Speedy Racing runs another new Lola coupe in a sharp-looking Rebellion Timepieces livery.
Pescarolo's cars are run by three teams. Despite rule changes to give petrol cars a performance boost, all were quick but well off the big diesel pace.
Oreca bought Courage last year and have continued to develop the LC70, running a Mondrian-esque multi-color Matmut livery and a driver lineup which will become familiar names, Duval, Fassler.
Dome rolls out their new sleek and very fast s102 in plain white (practically begging for some sponsorship)
Two teams bring an Evo version of Porsche's RS Spyder from ALMS, redesigned by former Audi designer Michael Pfadenhauer and wins both LMP2 class Pole as well as the class victory.
Peugeot has worked through the first-year problems on the 908 and is in fierce competition with Audi, and just slightly faster. The Le Mans week got off to a rough start, though, with one of the 908's launching itself backwards through the air and destroying itself on the wall. A new car had to be built from spares and a tub rushed from Peugeot’s shop.
Audi stay with their still-very-competitive diesel V12-powered R10 and run just about the same pace as the Peugeots.
The race is run nearly flat out, Peugeot stretching away from Audi with frenetic pace. Rain in the latter half of the race was an equalizer and the differences in wet stability, fuel efficiency, and tire strategies enabled Audi to catch and eventually pass Peugeot for the win. With some help from Capello and McNish, Tom Kristensen extends his Le Mans record to 8 wins.
Follow along as I retrace the important and interesting prototypes of the Le Mans "LMP" era and the story of Audi's legacy. #legolemans
May Day Eve - Sony A77 II with Hoya Cross Screen Filter on Sony DT 18-70 mm 1:3.5-5.6 Zoom - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
A "tea equalizer" at the Chá Porto Formoso museum factory. Founded in the 1920, the factory operated until the 1980s, serving both the national market and exporting internationally. The operations ceased due to the small production, limited by Sao Miguel's characteristics, and in 1998 the facilities were restored to operate at small volumes, compensated for by the side operation as a museum. It is very interesting to go through the factory and see each stage of the tea production process. Porto Formoso, together with the nearby Gorreana Tea Factory, are the only facilities in Europe to process the leaves of "Camellia sinensis" for tea production. Some scholars argue that this plant, the source of green tea and black tea, was introduced in the Azores in 1750 by the ships returning from the East.
Le Mans 2008
With the transition from first-generation spec to the new cars complete, the grid has filled with many new teams and many new cars all chasing the two big-league diesels.
Two teams bring an Evo version of Porsche's RS Spyder from ALMS, redesigned by former Audi designer Michael Pfadenhauer and wins both LMP2 class Pole as well as the class victory.
Peugeot has worked through the first-year problems on the 908 and is in fierce competition with Audi, and just slightly faster. The Le Mans week got off to a rough start, though, with one of the 908's launching itself backwards through the air and destroying itself on the wall. A new car had to be built from spares and a tub rushed from Peugeot’s shop.
Audi stay with their still-very-competitive diesel V12-powered R10 and run just about the same pace as the Peugeots.
Pescarolo's cars are run by three teams. Despite rule changes to give petrol cars a performance boost, all were quick but well off the big diesel pace.
Oreca bought Courage last year and have continued to develop the LC70, running a Mondrian-esque multi-color Matmut livery and a driver lineup which will become familiar names, Duval, Fassler.
French team Charouz bring an interesting new sound to Le Mans in a new Lola coupe, the shriek of an Aston Martin V12.
New Swiss team Sebah Speedy Racing runs another new Lola coupe in a sharp-looking Rebellion Timepieces livery.
Dome rolls out their new sleek and very fast s102 in plain white (practically begging for some sponsorship)
The race is run nearly flat out, Peugeot stretching away from Audi with frenetic pace. Rain in the latter half of the race was an equalizer and the differences in wet stability, fuel efficiency, and tire strategies enabled Audi to catch and eventually pass Peugeot for the win. With some help from Capello and McNish, Tom Kristensen extends his Le Mans record to 8 wins.
Follow along as I retrace the important and interesting prototypes of the Le Mans "LMP" era and the story of Audi's legacy. #legolemans
The Equalizer / El protector
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--"What do you see when you look at me?"-- "What do you see when you look at me?"...
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the great equalizer.
Water is in short supply in the deserts of Namibia. All kinds of animals gather in these small collections of water called waterholes. They drink together peacefully till some of the big cats show up.
Jupiter has its "Great Red Spot"...our sky the other night had a yellow one.
Equalized clouds are pretty darn cool!
A little girl splashing her mother with brightly colored powder celebrates the Indian Hindu festival of Holi in Foster City, California. The look of joy on her face is worth a million dollars. The ancient tradition "Holi", also known as the "Festival of Colors" dates back to as early as the fourth century and commemorates the beginning of spring, the harvest and the triumph of good versus evil. Rooted in Indian mythology, the festival also celebrates equality. The colors that people throw at each other during the festival serve as a symbolic equalizer in the contest of India's caste system (it means that the caste doesn't matter anymore).