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Wasn't expecting to come across this one on one of my last days- really like these, although not quite as much as the Cortina. This one looked in fantastic condition, as most survivors do these days, and I think the black vinyl roof looks great. I believe the GXL was a high trim level?
"A monastery? You expect me to learn to fight in a place of peace?"
"Not fight - train."
The Monastery of Spinjitzu is arguably the most iconic location in all of Ninjago, so I knew I'd have to dedicate a large slice of the collab for it! This was the last section I finished, and that hexagonal shape was definitely not easy! Yes, the mountain's only about a fourth of the height it should be... but there's only so much rock a body can possibly have, haha! This contends with Four Weapons for my favorite section I built for the collab, and weighs a good 9 pounds - I have no idea how many bricks went into it, but I sure didn't have too many left after the whole collab was all done! Some more action shots to come soon, enjoy!
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[A few minutes after finishing the table the doorbell rings. As expected it's Pocahontas's father and Leila. Pocahontas can't help but feel a little annoyed at this mysterious woman. Vincent senses it and breaks the ice.]
V: Hey there, Chief! I haven't seen you in awhile! Welcome to our home.
C: Thank you. It's a lovely home, but not as lovely as my daughter.
P: Hi, Daddy. I've missed you.
C: I've missed you too. I want you to meet my fiance Leila.
[Leila walks from behind Chief and smiles at Pocahontas. She opens up her arms for a hug, but Pocahontas instead shakes her hand and backs away.]
P: Nice to meet you. I'm sure you're both starving. The restroom is to the left if you want to clean yourselves up.
[Pocahontas quickly walks into the kitchen to grab the food. She's serving steak and salad with a few different sides. When she finished putting the last dish on the table Vincent and the others entered the dining room.]
P: I hope you both like steak.
C: Oh...um...
P: What's wrong, dad?
C: Leila is a vegetarian...I'm sorry I should have called ahead and told you.
L: No, no, don't make a fuss over me! That salad looks wonderful I'll just eat that and the sides.
[Everyone sits down at the table and grace is said before anyone eats. The two couples chat and make conversation. Pocahontas is still feeling some kind of way and barley contributes to the table talk leaving Vincent to do the bulk of it. Soon the chatting dies down into an awkward silence until Leila speaks up.]
L: Pocahontas you seem a little quiet. Do you have any questions you want to ask me? Or how I met your father?
P: I didn't really think it mattered since today is the first time I found out about you.
L: Oh, well your father and I met in a grocery store. And wel--
P: When are you getting married?
L: Huh... oh...well...um
C: This weekend.
P: [she stands up fully enraged] WHAT!?
C: Calm down, please. Let me explain.
P: You're telling me you haven't see me in over five years, and the first time I see you not only do you have a finance, but your marrying her this weekend!? Why bother coming?
C: We were passing through the state and...
P: "Passing through"! I don't even get a personal visit? Just a passing through!?
L: We have a wedding and honeymoon paid for in Vegas.
P: Well isn't that fantastic!
V: 'Tas, try and relax...
P: I most certainly will not! My father didn't come to see us, the kids, the new house, not even to show us Leila, but just passing by on his way to get married! How would you feel if your mother treated you with that much lack of respect?
V:....
L: Honey, please just---
P: Don't "honey" me! Don't "sweetie", "darling", "dear", or anything me! I--
[She hears the twins crying. Her yelling must have woken them up.]
P: I want you both gone by the time I come back downstairs.
C: Pocahontas!
P: Thanks for the visit, dad.
[Pocahontas goes upstairs to tend to the babies. Vincent is struck with silence and feels as if he has been glued to his chair. Chief and Leila both look hurt. They quietly get up and leave. Vincent hears the door shut softly and deeply exhales. He slowly gets out of his chair and begins to clear the table.]
Photo of Mount Sefrit, elevation 7,191 feet above sea-level, captured near the Mount Baker White Salmon Lodge and alongside State Route 542, the Mount Baker Highway, via Minolta MD Tele Rokkor-X 135mm F/2.8 Lens. Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. North Cascades Region of the Cascades Range. Whatcom County, Washington. Late October 2016.
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This series, which I expect to continue for a while, is taken at Jordan Lake. It is a man made "Recreational" area that was created in the late 60's or early 70's. Although it is located just about 20 miles from my home in North Carolina, I have never explored it in the 6 years I have lived here. In fact, I have avoided it like the plague because, from early spring until late fall it is packed with people like so ; www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/jord/main.php Not my kind of place at all!
But, recently I visited it on a cold and cloudy winter day and it was deserted; another place entirely.. I saw some possibilities for photographs. It's a rather large lake with lots of places to explore so I will...until the crowds return.
Not one I expected to see at the NEC, but great to see some being preserved in such nice condition as I understand that these sold quite poorly! Coming back as imported in 1990 and has been registered in the UK its entire life! One owner up until 2022 incredibly, where it was sold to the current owner! Flawless MOT history for many years, no advisories have ever been recorded and it has had only one fail which was for the tires being cut, also has had no major breaks from the road either. Currently on SORN but with a valid MOT until the 29th of June 2023.
Taken in July at Sheringham in Norfolk. Looks like this gathering were expecting aried conditions... tee shirts, coats, swimsuits, wet suits and umbrella (or sunshade presumably). Best to be prepared!
Expect a nuanced performance from new actor Lancelot Throckmorton as he juggles his first starring role in Footloose: Defeat of the Feet, a noir tragic-comedic musical.
Gotta gotta cut loose...footloose!
We're Here dances to Fun Feet today.
I expected a diesel to be marshalled in the consist, but not at the front. DB Cargo operated, ex-EWS liveried 66172 leads BR Green A4 60009 'Union of South Aftrica' through Euxton on 11/08/18, working from Crewe HS to Preston as the 5Z60/0650 departure. The steamer and shed would take over from 67002 on a railtour, the skip having hauled the tour north from Bristol Temple Meads.
I finally talked someone into doing this!! hehehehe.
Call it cheesy, but I'm a cheeseball, and I love it. I think I'm going to do a series of these!
(She is wearing three tutus and 2 pairs of wings!)
I do not have to go anywhere, just step outside, to be greeted by beauty every day. That in itself keeps me going.
:-)Thanks for your supportive comments. I did not expect this image to be viewed by so many.
Expect to see pine warblers (Setophaga pinus) in their namesake trees, especially in spring. Photo by Mellissa McMasters.
While I wasn't expecting to see this 21-year old Preston Bus Olympian appear at Runshaw, I could never have imagined that later in the year it would receive a repaint into the new fleet colours, and carry on in service for another 5 years, but it did. And it probably had far more life left in it than any Dennis Trident from the same fleet that was 10 years newer ....
CN L516 rolls through Griffith, Indiana with a surprise lash up of classic EMD power, with an ex-MoPac SD40-2 in charge.
The "golden" mountain of Drápuhlíð in Snæfellsnes is covered with ice but rain is coming from the south and the clouds are piling up on the Snæfellsnes ridge
Never expected the LDD model, imagine my surprise when he actually built it with real parts! And let's not even talke when he improved the model! Javier Soravilla is probably Eruei's biggest fan and was sure to demonstrate it. <3
Check more pictures of Requia's rival here!
Naicatchewenin First Nation, Barwick, Ontario.
I didn't expect to find much of interest in Barwick...which, after all, is little more than a speck on the map on the Ontario-Minnesota border. Intrigued by the blue school sign, I ventured on, sensing that there might be other holdovers and artifacts to be found. And then..."Holy shit, is that a Superior?" Two Superiors, in fact, both of them in original condition!
This particular bus was the newer one of the pair, denoted by the silver emblem with no Sheller-Globe references (post-1979?) and the square emergency door hinges (post-1981). Production was consolidated in Morris, Manitoba by this point, and ended in 1984.
I wasn't expecting it to have rained overnight but as it hadn't done for quite a while I knew the mixture of warmth, humid air and rain would send my garden into overdrive and mother nature too.
Went thorn hunting in the park again and already it was full up with dog walkers, push chairs and expectant wedding guests at the Ashton memorial.
Whilst heading towards the giant chamelia we found a couple more laurel bushes so I took a twig in case I decided to repeat the theme of yesterday, in anticipation of that company I mentioned yesterday wanting some images.
While we were there two boys came over to us, they were probably 8 or so, and said "there's a dead bird over there."
They looked worried.
"Is it a blackbird?" I said.
"It's black and white" they replied.
I wandered over to have a look at it was a juvenile magpie and it had probably been there a while. I told them that and then said that a fox will probably scavenge it and they shouldn't worry.
"A fox in here?" one of the exclaimed.
"There's only one thing for it" he shouted "run!"
And off they went making a very loud aeroplane noises.
I felt as excitable as they did as the maples had started to reveal new leaves and soon the pallete available to me would be huge.
We went back home and then onto the University campus as I wanted a good stretch of water to experiment with reflections.
Down by the lake a lot of work had been done: the lake had been extended, a station for barbecues replete with hobs, taps and bins has been set up, it looked an effort to reduce the burnt patches on the grass, the scattered beer cans, disposable barbecues and general waste. This intention had only been partially successful and the rubbish was now festooned around the barbecue station. overflowing out of the bins, in the lake and all around that area. The amount of rubbish in and around the lake was a real shocker and I tempted to go down there and clean it up myself but I am sure 20,000 students should be able to organise something! Or perhaps not.
Two groups of ducklings were present, one lot older and twice the size of the other. The youngest group numbered fifteen ducklings and they were the cutest of the cute. Like little motorboats zooming over the water and everytime they went on a excursion the big daddy goose ensured they were protected which was quite interesting to see. Obviously he was not their father but he guarded them wherever they went.
Later a white duck was desperately trying to get its end away with the mallard mother of the older ducklings. He was extremely rampant in his advances and the poor female was extremely distressed. Soon 10 or so mallard males joined in and tried to attack the white male, whilst the ducklings scattered. I could see why the big daddy goose wanted to protect them, they are some unruly characters amongst the coots, chickens, geese and ducks that live on that pond.
Three young lads were checking out the bird life and the eldest threw stones at the ducklings and got a ticking off from me. So he then started throwing them at the three territorial geese that had chased and hissed at me when I arrived (to everyone's amusement), so I thought twice before ticking him off again but of course I did anyway!
They came over to me and asked what I was doing, "making a sculpture" I said.
"What's a sculpture?"
"It is art made out of something like wood or stone or plasticine"
This piece of information was met with more aeroplane noises and running away. I have that effect on most people.
After we had been there a while several more barbecues had been lit, not one of them at the barbecue station and all around the field smoke billowed and individual piles of rubbish grew. But of course as we all know fairies/goblins/imaginary friends etc pick up litter so it is fine to chuck whatever you have wherever you want.
No-one except the aeroplane boys came to see what we were doing, the only visitors were an endless supply of pond scum, lily pads, weed and catkins all of which I didn't want in my shot. Each time I waded back into the water I sunk a little lower into the mud and the water nearly reached the top of my wellies.
But the more I do this, make sculptures and photograph them somewhere especially in public, the more I don't care what people think. That oft quoted Andy Goldsworthy line (that he said when handling ice in sub zero temps) "good art keeps you warm" isn't apt on a warm spring day. I prefer "my art means I don't care whether you think I am a weirdo."
This attitude comes in very handy standing in ponds, retrieving thorns from the middle of bushes and going everywhere with a plastic bag of leaves.
What won't be evident to you in these pictures is what I experienced with reflections. Through photography you pick out a moment in time, captured in an image. That snapshot can be a millisecond or several minutes. The ripples and reflections of the water left me mesmerised, each moment captured within my camera. I've decided to purchase a pair of waders and I think I will spend a lot more time standing in water, fighting off geese and being mesmerised by the water's surface all around me. Now is that weird?!
It wasn't over yet, there was more thing thign of weirdness to encounter. 'The tale of the bumless chicken.'
Whether he had had an accident or was born like I don't know but despite my amusement he wasn't so amused at my attempts to get a blurry shot of his missing bottom! It isn't nice to mock (or photograph) the afflicted! So I left him alone and went home.
In the hour before sunset Sri Lankan beaches get alive in a wonderful way. People, young and elder, are active and friendly. It's a lovely experience.
Merry Christmas to you all that I met at Negombo beach, as well as other beaches and places around the island!
Wasn't expecting to see this in Dover Today! and thankfully by this time the heavy rain had stopped, but I bet you probably still think I'm crazy for being out in the rain don't you?
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
I bet eDDie was not expecting the truly curious along the old Wild Basin cut off loop. Wild Basin is now one of the more serene spots in the Rockies and there we found old logging equipment and this freakish specimen. It might have been the best old Wild Basin Inn's tourist draw when all traffic had to drive past Jasper's den across from the inn. It is a bit overgrown now. It has accumulated a lot of moss over the years, but then, so did Jasper!
On that day, we back tracked around the loop past the new Wild Basin Inn that is now primarily a wedding and event destination. As a sprat, I could access the Park with a quick walk from my grannies cabin and the old Matlack cabin, just east of the inn. Jim Coolihan built the original Wild Basin Inn on the north side of the road, across from the new Lodge. The big old lodge was often called a "buffalo barn." Jim also moved and built onto the old Copeland Lake ice house, turning it into my grannies cabin. It had no insulation on the roof of the main room and summer showers were always great to hear on the roof.
I knew Jim Coolihan; a true mountain man and builder, constructed St.Catherine's and the original Wild Basin Lodge, now gone to a probable insurance fire. It is claimed Jim had a still up behind the original lodge, hic. I hope the Catholics had a barrel of holy water to bless St.Catherine's; I am sure a lot would have boiled off. I'll bet the Catholics beat a wide berth around Jim and his mouth. I did too! He was an original mountain man and jack-off-all-trades. He had a walk like the Doh Dah man and a hell of a stride per step. I always got a kick from watching my cousins striding around behind him like goose and gooselings.
One of the curiosities of the old Wild Basin Inn was the early 50s bear den constructed across the road, here by the saw and that was another curiosity for eDDie who said there were a lot of bones inside. I said that considering the diet of the black bear cub, they were probably all chicken bones. I bet his diet was atrocious with folks stuffing anything through the chain link fence. They say the bear came over the mountain to see what he could see but I think I will fix the door on my camper before a bear chews on my feets. Could be the ghost of Jasper the cub.
When you have to be somewhere in a matter of minutes, there's no time for setbacks. There's no time to fire up the ol' forklift and load the barricades into the box truck. So, save your self in the long run, and do it now. Saves time, and maybe even lives...
NASA image acquired November 7, 2011 18:00 UTC
On November 7, 2011 The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) flew over the Bahamas and captured the formation of Tropical Storm Sean (19L) midway between Bermuda and the Bahamas.
At 18:00 UTC, the time this image was captured, 19L was still a non-tropical low and was producing gale-force winds. Clouds can be seen building over the Atlantic Ocean, and loosely forming the apostrophe-shape typical of a tropical storm. The Bahamas are located in the lower left of the image and Bermuda lies to the northeast of the storm, hidden under clouds.
The storm continued to strengthen, and by 9:00 UTC on November 8, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued the first advisory on Subtropical Storm Sean. At that time, the storm was stationary about 445 miles (720 kilometers) southwest of Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h). Shortly afterwards, a Tropical Storm Watch was issued for Bermuda, and by that evening, Sean had officially reached Tropical Storm status, with maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph (80 km/h).
On November 9 at 3:00 UTC the National Weather service reported that the storm had changed little, and was crawling westward at 3 mph. Sean is expected to strengthen slightly by November 10, then will move into cooler waters should cause the storm to weakening, then to dissipate within the next 36 hours.
Satellite: MODIS/Aqua
Credit: NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team
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IF, THEN, AND THE ATHEIST DILEMMA.
All scientific theories are based on ‘if’ and ‘then’. The proposition being; IF such a thing is so, THEN we can expect certain effects to be evident.
For example: there are only two competing alternatives for the origin/first cause of everything.
A natural, first cause, OR a supernatural, first cause.
Atheists believe in a natural, first cause.
Theists believe in a supernatural, first cause.
IF the first cause is natural, THEN progressive evolution of the universe (cosmos) and life are deemed to be expected, even essential.
Conversely, IF the first cause is supernatural, THEN an evolutionary scenario of the cosmos and/or life is not required, not probable, but not impossible.
In other words, while evolution, and an enormous, time frame are perceived as absolutely essential for atheist naturalism, theism could (perhaps reluctantly) accept evolution and/or a long, time frame as possible in a creation scenario.
Crucially, if the evidence doesn’t stack up for cosmic evolution, biological evolution, and a long evolutionary time frame, atheist naturalism is perceived to fail.
For atheism, evolution is an Achilles heel. Atheists have an ideological commitment to a natural origin of everything from nothing - which, if it were possible, would essentially require both cosmic and biological evolution and a vast timescale.
Consequently, atheist scientists can never be genuinely objective in assessing evidence. Only theist scientists can be truly objective.
However, the primary Achilles heel for atheist naturalism is its starting proposition.
Because the ‘IF’ proposal of a natural, first cause, is fatally flawed, the subsequent ‘THEN’ is a non sequitur.
The atheist ‘IF’ (a natural, first cause) is logically impossible according to the laws of nature, because all natural entities are contingent, temporal and temporary.
In other words:
All natural entities depend on an adequate cause.
All natural entities have a beginning.
And all natural entities are subject to entropy.
Whereas a first cause MUST be non-contingent, infinite and eternal.
But, just suppose we ignore this insurmountable obstacle and, for the sake of argument, assume that the ‘THEN’ which follows from the atheist ‘IF’ proposition of a natural, first cause is worth considering.
We realise that both cosmic and biological evolution are still not possible as NATURAL occurrences.
The law of cause and effect tells us that whatever caused the universe (whether it evolved or not) could not be inferior, in any way, to the sum total of the universe.
An effect cannot be greater than its cause.
So, we know that cosmic evolution from nothing could not happen naturally.
That traps atheists in an impossible, catch 22 situation, by supporting cosmic evolution, they are supporting something which could not happen naturally, according to natural laws.
It doesn’t get any better with biological evolution, in fact it gets worse. The Law of Biogenesis (which has never been falsified) rules out the spontaneous generation of life from sterile matter. Atheists choose to ignore this firmly established law and have, perversely, invented their own law (abiogenesis), which says the exact opposite. However, their cynical disregard for laws of nature, ironically, fails to solve their problem.
Crucially ...
An origin of life, arising of its own volition from sterile matter, conditions permitting (abiogenesis), would require an inherent predisposition/potential of matter to automatically develop life.
The atheist dilemma here is; where does such an inherent predisposition to automatically produce life come from? In a purposeless universe, which arose from nothing, how could matter have acquired such a potential or property?
A predisposed potential for spontaneous generation of life would require a purposeful creation (some sort of blueprint/plan for life intrinsic to matter). So, by advocating abiogenesis, atheists are unintentionally supporting a purposeful creation.
Following on from that, we also realise that abiogenesis requires an initial input of constructive, genetic information. Information Theory tells us; there is no NATURAL means by which such information can arise of its own accord in matter.
Then there is the problem of the law of entropy (which derives from the Second Law of Thermodynamics). How can abiogenesis defy that law? The only way that order can increase is by an input of guided energy. Raw energy has the opposite effect. What could possibly direct or guide the energy to counter the natural effects of entropy?
Dr James Tour - 'The Origin of Life'
Suppose we are stupid enough to ignore all this and we carry on speculating further by proposing a progressive, microbes-to-human evolution (Darwinism).
Starting with the limited, genetic information in the first cell (which originated how, and from where? nobody knows). The only method of increasing that original information is through a long, incremental series of beneficial mutations (genetic, copying MISTAKES). Natural selection cannot produce new information, it simply selects from existing information.
Proposing mistakes as a mechanism for improvement is not sensible. In fact, it is completely bonkers. Billions of such beneficial mutations would be required to transform microbes into humans and every other living thing.
Once again, it would need help from a purposeful creator.
So, we can conclude that the atheist ‘IF’, of a natural, first cause, is not only a non-starter, but also every ‘THEN’, which would essentially arise from that proposal, ironically supports the theist ‘IF’.
Consequently ...
If you don't believe in cosmic evolution you (obviously) support a creator.
If you do believe in cosmic evolution you (perhaps unintentionally) also support a creator.
And...
If you don’t believe in abiogenesis and biological evolution, you (obviously) support a creator.
If you do believe in abiogenesis and biological evolution you (perhaps unintentionally) also support a creator.
Conclusion:
The inevitable and amazing conclusion is that everyone (intentionally or unintentionally) supports the existence of a creator, whatever scenario they propose for the origin of the universe.
No one can devise an origin scenario for the universe that doesn’t require a Creator. That is a fact, whether you like it or not!
The Bible correctly declares:
Only the fool in his heart says there is no God.
Theists have no ideological need to be dogmatic. Unlike atheists, they can assess all the available scientific evidence objectively. Because a long timescale, and even an evolutionary scenario, in no way disproves a creator. In fact, as I have already explained, a creator would still be essential to enable: cosmic evolution, the origin of life, and microbes-to-human evolution. Whereas, both a long timescale and biological evolution are deemed essential to (but are no evidence for) the beliefs of atheist naturalism.
Atheist scientists are hamstrung by their own preconceptions.
It is impossible for atheists to be objective regarding any evidence. They are forced by their own ideological commitment to make dogmatic assumptions. It is unthinkable that atheists would even consider any interpretation of the evidence, other than that which they perceive (albeit erroneously) to support naturalism. They force science into a straitjacket of their own making.
All scientific hypotheses/theories about past events, that no one witnessed, rely on assumptions. None can be claimed as FACT.
The biggest assumption of all, and one that is logically and scientifically unsustainable, is the idea of a natural, first cause. If this is your starting assumption, then everything that follows is flawed.
The new atheist nonsense, is simply the old, pagan nonsense of naturalism in a new guise.
Dr James Tour - 'The Origin of Life' - Abiogenesis decisively refuted.
youtu.be/B1E4QMn2mxk
The poison in our midst - progressive politics.
Looking like it would be more at home in Malta, we stumbled upon this Leyland Comet with LAD cab whilst scouring Anglesey for interesting buses. The lorry was seen here outside a small garage in the back streets of Beaumaris, next to it is a period petrol pump bearing the legend 'Not for re-sale'. Did the lorry ever get preserved?