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These are Olive's olives. Recipe by Todd English. They cost about $1/ounce to make. And I must add...wicked fattening. YUM.
The lively entertainment area of Dotonbori is Osaka’s most famous tourist destination and renowned for its gaudy neon lights, extravagant signage, and the enormous variety of restaurants and bars.
The name “Dotonbori” generally refers both to the Dotonbori Canal and to Dotonbori Street which runs parallel to the canal’s southern bank. It is one of the most colorful areas in Osaka and an absolute must-visit location when traveling through Kansai region.
Dotonbori Area: The Bright Heart of Osaka
The lively entertainment area of Dotonbori is Osaka’s most famous tourist destination and renowned for its gaudy neon lights, extravagant signage, and the enormous variety of restaurants and bars.
The name “Dotonbori” generally refers both to the Dotonbori Canal and to Dotonbori Street which runs parallel to the canal’s southern bank. It is one of the most colorful areas in Osaka and an absolute must-visit location when traveling through Kansai region.
The history of this area goes back to 1612 when a merchant by the name of Yasui Doton invested all of his personal capital in an ambitious local development project. Doton’s plan was to divert and expand the Umezu River into a new waterway that would link the local canal network with the Kizugawa River. Unfortunately, Doton’s project was interrupted by war and he himself was killed during the Siege of Osaka in 1615. Later that same year, Doton’s cousins completed his work and in his memory the new canal was named Dotonbori or “Doton Canal”.
The new canal brought with it a flood of trade and from 1626 the area began to flourish as an entertainment district too after theater companies and playhouses began to move into the area on the canal’s southern bank. At the same time the north bank of the canal began to prosper with restaurants and teahouses that supplied food, drink and entertainment to theater goers after they left the theaters.
Trump attends another extravagant party at Mar-a-Lago as thousands hit food banks amid shutdown | The Independent
President Donald Trump has attended his second extravagant party at Mar-a-Lago in a week as tens of thousands of federal employees go without pay, leaving some of them, and many more Americans, to turn to food banks amid the longest government shutdown in history.
Images of the president were shared by guests on social media Friday at the lavish event which featured a three-course menu of beef filet, truffle dauphinoise, pan-seared scallops and a trio of desserts including “Trump chocolate cake.”
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This large expanse of space captured with the Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy SDSSJ225506.80+005839.9. Unlike many other extravagant galaxies and stunning nebulae imaged by Hubble, this galaxy does not have a short popular name, and is only known by its long SDSS name, which refers to its coordinates in the sky. This galaxy - visible in the center right portion of the image - and its many wondrous neighbouring galaxies lie in the constellation of Pisces (The Fish). This is a post-starburst galaxy, which is a product of galaxies that have merged within the past billion years. This merger event drove gas to the galaxy's center and created an abundance of new stars, of which the brightest are visible in the remnant galaxy's core. The visible shells and tails surrounding the galaxies are also a result of this merger event. Residing far beyond our own Milky Way, it is almost impossible to glimpse this galaxy without the assistance of Hubble, and, like thousands of similar faint and very distant galaxies, it was only discovered and catalogued in recent years. Many millions of galaxies still await our discovery as we build a wondrous picture of our night sky.
This large expanse of space captured with the Hubble Space Telescope features the galaxy SDSSJ225506.80+005839.9. Unlike many other extravagant galaxies and stunning nebulae imaged by Hubble, this galaxy does not have a short popular name, and is only known by its long SDSS name, which refers to its coordinates in the sky. This galaxy - visible in the center right portion of the image - and its many wondrous neighbouring galaxies lie in the constellation of Pisces (The Fish).
This is a post-starburst galaxy, which is a product of galaxies that have merged within the past billion years. This merger event drove gas to the galaxy's center and created an abundance of new stars, of which the brightest are visible in the remnant galaxy's core. The visible shells and tails surrounding the galaxies are also a result of this merger event.
Residing far beyond our own Milky Way, it is almost impossible to glimpse this galaxy without the assistance of Hubble, and, like thousands of similar faint and very distant galaxies, it was only discovered and catalogued in recent years. Many millions of galaxies still await our discovery as we build a wondrous picture of our night sky.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Zabludoff; CC BY 4.0
...giving or designed to give pleasure through beauty.
They are extravagantly elegant and seductive.
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A contemporary entryway with classically extravagant features. The Liza collection offers neutral and bold colours with metallic accents.
The Liza entryway collection totals 18 land impact as displayed and each piece is copy and modifiable.
For this second Photo Challenge, MISS SL ♛ Italy, it was inspired by the Daruma dolls and the bright colors and neon signs of the Japanese cities.
This outfit is extravagant, colorful and contrasts with different items of clothing.
The rigorous and significant Kimono (by Tomoto), meets a decidedly casual latex mini skirt (by Rowne).
The important, extravagant and impressive hairstyle (by BooN), welcomes and supports a colorful Neko mask and a very traditional headpiece (by Modern Couture). The hairstyle is embellished with flowers (by Mandala) and Sticks (by Mandala).
The earrings (by Mandala) recall the red tassels present on the Neko Mask and the colors of the entire outfit.
The legs are wrapped in a harness of red latex (by Shi), which recalls the Latex mini Skirt.
The very extravagant shoes (by Konpeitou) are in the shape of Daruma and fully represent the entire outfit, being decorated with Neon finishes and representing the theme chosen for this challenge.
The Cloud Halo place behind the back is of Mary Kado.
A beautiful and inevitable gold Katana (by Mandala) goes to close the whole outfit.
Neo Japan, for Miss SL Italy, should meet the tradition, the contemporaneity and the globalization of the fashion world. Be influenced by different styles and combine (contrast) completely different items of clothing.
A style, bizarre, with a background story, which is not in bad taste and never vulgar.
Never neglect the customs and traditions of your country ... reinvent and bring to new light for create a unique style.
Headpiece | Arirang by Modern Couture
Hair | RHN435 by BooN
Flowers | Corsage by Mandala
Sticks | Sakura Dynasty by Mandala
Mask | Neko by Tomoto
Earrings | Ougi by Mandala
Kimono Jacket | Fuwari by Tomoto
Skirt | Brandi PVC by Rowne
Leg Harness | by S H I
Shoes | Neon Daruma by Konpeitou
Cloud Halo | by Maru Kado
Katana | Sakura Dynasty by Mandala
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Le contexte de la construction est la victoire du duc de Lorraine et de Bar René II sur le duc de Bourgogne Charles le Téméraire. Charles malgré sa témérité n'a pas réussit à reconstituer la Lotharingie carolingienne. Ayant des possessions en Flandre et en Bourgogne, il souhaitait simplement coller tout l'ensemble et créer un nouveau Royaume au cœur de l'Europe occidentale. Malheureusement, après de mauvais décisions et d'aides, son rêve fut un échec et il mourus durant le siège de la ville de Nancy. Mais bref, je m'égare.
René et un bon nombre d'autres donateurs financèrent donc la construction à partir de 1481 dans un style de gothique flamboyant comme dit précédemment et dans des dimensions plus que correcte, un peu de plus de 70m de long, un peu plus de 30m de large, des tours à presque 90m. Nous ne sommes clairement pas dans un petit village et son église paroissiale. Admirez donc ces piliers aux couronnes, ces vitraux aux finitions originales, cette hauteur de plafond, etc. Ce qui ne se voit pas trop sur ma prise par contre, c'est la légère déviation de la nef de quelques degrés (on a beau être "tout puissant" à cet époque, si le voisin voulait pas vendre, il fallait s'adapter).
Sources : Wikipédia ville (Multi) && Wikipédia basilique (Multi) && Wikipédia pèlerinage (Multi) && Wikipédia Charles (FR)
“Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Merganser/id
Medinilla (Medinilla magnifica) ist eine extravagante Zimmerpflanze, die hohe Ansprüche an ihren Halter stellt, sich aber auch mit einmaliger Blütenpracht und langer Blütezeit zu revanchieren weiß. Die auch Medinille genannte tropische Pflanze zählt zur Familie der Schwarzmundgewächse (Melastomataceae) und ist auf den Philippinen beheimatet. Anders als die meisten anderen Vertreter der Gattung wächst sie nicht als Epiphyt auf Bäumen, sondern als über drei Meter hoher Strauch am Boden.
Medinilla (Medinilla magnifica) ist eine extravagante Zimmerpflanze, die hohe Ansprüche an ihren Halter stellt, sich aber auch mit einmaliger Blütenpracht und langer Blütezeit zu revanchieren weiß. Die auch Medinille genannte tropische Pflanze zählt zur Familie der Schwarzmundgewächse (Melastomataceae) und ist auf den Philippinen beheimatet. Anders als die meisten anderen Vertreter der Gattung wächst sie nicht als Epiphyt auf Bäumen, sondern als über drei Meter hoher Strauch am Boden.
so go! love intentionally, extravagantly, unconditionally!
the broken world waits for the Light that is You
l.r. knost
you were aimed from birth, you are not alone
the whole wide world pours down!
william stafford
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🔅happy new Light, dearest heart tribe! 🔅
(this is 'solstice', the fourth of the five Spirit birditas ≈ manu-o-kū ≈ fairy terns born in the beloved Tree here :)
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“Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. Females get their own distinctive elegance from their cinnamon crest. Hooded Mergansers are fairly common on small ponds and rivers, where they dive for fish, crayfish, and other food, seizing it in their thin, serrated bills. They nest in tree cavities; the ducklings depart with a bold leap to the forest floor when only one day old.
Extravagant, elegant, over-the-top, but every woman dreams of being able to wear one of the iconic Ascot Hats. A timeless must-have. Here is my 4th collection - imgur.com/5Proap5
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Its Melbourne cup day in Australia.
The ladies are all out dressed in their most extravagant clothes to take part in what they see as the event of the season.
Its a big money day for the punters and a day that divides the population with thoughts of animal cruelty.
Racing exposes horses to significant risk of injury and sometimes death through euthanasia when an injury is catastrophic.
Just like humans, they can feel a fly land on their skin, so you can imagine their pain when they're repeatedly whipped.
Horses used for racing in Australia can be legally whipped 18 times per race.
When I was a child horse racing was a large part of my life.
I didn't know any better.
It was a family tradition.
Today, as an informed and participating animal activist I denounce the horse racing industry.
I stand against this form of cruelty.
www.peta.org/issues/animals-in-entertainment/horse-racing-2/
Love our animals as they love us unconditionally.
They put their trust in us to look after them.
The extravagant Austin A90 Atlantic made its debut at the 1948 Earls Court Motor Show in London. The first sketches are said to be made by the chairman of Austin Leonard Lord. But its more likely that the A90 Atlantic was styled by Dick Burzi.
About half of the production was exported. Sales in the US were not as expected. The A40 Atlantic had to compete with the new Jaguar XK120, which was also presented at the 1948 London car show. Besides its modest performance could not be compared with the American V8 engines.
The 2-door A90 Atlantic Sports Saloon would follow in 1950.
Seen at the viewing days of the Palmen Barnfind Collection Auction initiated by Gallery Aaldering, Brummen and provided by Classic Car Auctions, location Dordrecht.
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2660 cc L4 engine.
Ca. 1360 kg.
Production Austin A90 Atlantic Series: 1949-Sept. 1952.
Production Austin A90 Atlantic 2-Door Coupé: 1950-Sept. 1952.
Original first reg. number: June 30, 1952.
New Dutch reg. number: March 8, 1982 (not valid anymore, June 2023).
Private import from the UK.
For sale since May 24, 2023.
Dordrecht, Einsteinstraat, May 29, 2023.
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The Tatra streamlined cars are one of the most extravagant cars I know. These futuristic vehicles were its time far ahead.
The T87 was based on the T77 which was first presented in 1934.
In the early 1930s the concept of fast and economical built streamlined cars became very popular. Not only in the US but mainly in Germany and Middle-European countries avant-garde ideas were put into practice.
The Tatra T77 was developed by designer and engineer Paul Jaray (Hungary, 1889-1974) and Hans Ledwinka (Austria, 1878-1967, also designer and engineer). Cooperator was engineer Erich Übelacker (Czech, 1899-1977).
Jaray was an early pioneer in streamlined airplanes and car bodies. Ledwinka invented the so called backbone chassis: a frameless central tubular chassis with swing axles and with independent suspension. He had a preference for rear-mounted air-cooled engines, which were applied in all streamlined Tatras. The revolutionary ideas of these automotive inventors resulted in one of the greatest cars ever, at least to my opinion.
The T87 underwent a restyle by František Kardaus in 1948. It received a new dashboard, the central third headlamp was removed and the other two lamps were integrated into the front fenders, like the 1946-52 T600 Tatraplan already had.
Ledwinka had with Tatra a great influence in modernizing car design. The T87 is a real automotive icon.
Above this all seeing such an old original T87 with original 1950s Dutch plates is beyond expectation.
This Tatra was delivered new to the Romanian ambassador in the Netherlands in 1948. It was in service till the mid 1960s. It was still in use in Den Haag when Mr. Ad Palmen bought this Tatra around 1975.
Seen at the viewing days of the Palmen Barnfind Collection Auction initiated by Gallery Aaldering, Brummen and provided by Classic Car Auctions, location Dordrecht.
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2968 cc air-cooled V8 rear-engine.
Ca. 1480 kg.
Production T87: 1937-1950 (although there was no production in 1943-44).
Original first reg. number: June 30, 1948.
New old type Dutch reg. number: June 21, 1954 (not valid anymore, June 2023).
For sale since May 24, 2023.
Dordrecht, Einsteinstraat, May 29, 2023.
© 2023 Sander Toonen Halfweg | All Rights Reserved
" A miser grows rich by seeming poor;
an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. "
..........William Shenstone ... ( 1714 - 1763 ).
.....English poet.
“Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Adult males are a sight to behold, with sharp black-and-white patterns set off by chestnut flanks. Females get their own distinctive elegance from their cinnamon crest.
Imagine adding an extravagant outer layer of secondary feathery lacy petals to your outfit. Well this beautiful plant, the Verticordia did. It is spectacular in the early summer months. They bundle together on woody stems and show themselves to the world in December and January. I love them deeply and have spent hours at Kings Park pondering their beauty.
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Lillian Russell
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For the biographical film, see Lillian Russell (film).
Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell, 1897
BornHelen Louise Leonard
December 4, 1861
Clinton, Iowa, U.S.
DiedJune 6, 1922 (aged 60)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OccupationActress/Singer
Years active1879–1919
Lillian Russell (December 4, 1861 – June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
Russell was born in Iowa but raised in Chicago. Her parents separated when she was eighteen, and she moved to New York with her mother. She quickly began to perform professionally, singing for Tony Pastor and playing roles in comic opera, including Gilbert and Sullivan works. She married composer Edward Solomon in 1884 and created roles in several of his operas in London, but in 1886 he was arrested for bigamy. Russell was married four times, but her longest relationship was with Diamond Jim Brady, who supported her extravagant lifestyle for four decades.
In 1885, Russell returned to New York and continued to star in operetta and musical theatre. For many years, she was the foremost singer of operettas in America, performing continuously through the end of the nineteenth century. In 1899, she joined the Weber and Fields's Music Hall, where she starred for five years. After 1904, she began to have vocal difficulties and switched to dramatic roles. She later returned to musical roles in vaudeville, however, finally retiring from performing around 1919. In later years, Russell wrote a newspaper column, advocated women's suffrage and was a popular lecturer.
Contents [hide]
1 Life and career
1.1 Early career
1.2 Later years
2 Legacy
3 See also
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Life and career
Russell was born Helen Louise Leonard in Clinton, Iowa. Her father was newspaper publisher Charles E. Leonard, and her mother was the feminist Cynthia Leonard, the first woman to run for mayor of New York City. Her family moved to Chicago by 1865, where she attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart (from age 7 to 15) and the Park Institute. Her father became a partner in the printing firm of Knight & Leonard, and her mother became active in the women's rights movement. Russell, called "Nellie" as a child, excelled at school theatricals. In her teens, she studied music privately and sang in choirs. In December 1877, she performed in an amateur production of Time Tries All at Chickering Hall in Chicago.[1]
[edit]Early career
When Russell was eighteen, her parents separated, and she and her mother moved to New York City. She soon became engaged to Walter Sinn, but broke off the engagement when she immediately found some success in the chorus of the Brooklyn Park Theatre.[1] She studied singing under Leopold Damrosch. In November 1879, she made her first appearance on Broadway at Tony Pastor's Casino Theater, billed as "an English Ballad Singer." Pastor, known as the father of vaudeville, was responsible for introducing many well-known performers.[2]
in Patience, 1882
She joined the chorus of a touring production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore in 1879 and two weeks later married the orchestra leader Harry Braham after she found she was pregnant. She gave birth to a son, also named Harry, but the baby died after being stuck with a diaper pin by his nanny; the pin penetrated his stomach.[3] In 1881, she played the leading soprano role of Mabel in a burlesque of The Pirates of Penzance at Pastor's theatre. She next played at the Bijou Theatre on Broadway as Djenna in The Great Mogul and with the McCaull Opera Company played Bathilda in Olivette.[1] She also played the title role in Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience and Aline in The Sorcerer. Returning to Pastor's Casino Theatre in 1883, she played Phoebe in Billee Taylor, composed by Edward Solomon, who was serving as music director for Pastor.
Russell married Solomon in 1884, a year after their daughter, Dorothy Lillian Russell,[4] was born and travelled with him to England. There, she first played Virginia at the Gaiety Theatre in Solomon and Stephens's Paul and Virginia, followed by the title characters in Solomon's Polly and Grundy and Solomon's Pocahontas. While in London, she was engaged to create the title role of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida, but she clashed with W. S. Gilbert and was dismissed during rehearsals.[5] She then returned to America, touring for Pastor in Solomon's comic operas and playing in New York theatres or on tour in Gilbert and Sullivan and in operettas.[1] In 1886, Solomon was arrested for bigamy, since his previous marriage had not been dissolved. Russell obtained a divorce from Solomon in 1893.[6]
During these years, Russell continued to star in comic operas and other musical theatre. In 1887, she starred as Carlotta in Gasparone by Karl Millöcker in New York City at the Standard Theatre, together with Eugene Oudin and J. H. Ryley."[7] Later the same year, she was back at the Casino Theatre in the title role of Dorothy and over the next several years, she continued to star in operettas and musical theatre in Broadway theatres. At this time, she appeared in the title role in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, as Fiorella in The Brigands (in a translation by W. S. Gilbert), as Teresa in The Mountebanks, as Marion in La Cigale and as Rosa in Princess Nicotine, among others.[1]
Russell in Lady Teazle (1904)
For many years, Russell was the foremost singer of operettas in America. Her voice, stage presence and beauty were the subject of a great deal of fanfare in the news media, and she was extremely popular with audiences. Actress Marie Dressler observed, "I can still recall the rush of pure awe that marked her entrance on the stage. And then the thunderous applause that swept from orchestra to gallery, to the very roof." When Alexander Graham Bell introduced long distance telephone service on May 8, 1890, Russell's voice was the first carried over the line. From New York City, Russell sang "Sabre Song" to audiences in Boston and Washington, D.C..
Russell filed for divorce from Solomon in 1893 and joined the J. C. Duff Opera Company, with which she toured. She married tenor John Haley Augustin Chatterton (known professionally as Signor Giovanni Perugini) in 1894, but they soon separated and were divorced in 1898. In the spring of 1894, she returned to London to play Betta in The Queen of Brilliants by Jacques Offenbach and then played the same role in the New York production at Abbey's Theatre. She remained at Abbey's, playing several roles, but when that theatre shut down in 1896, she played in other Broadway houses in more operettas by Offenbach (such as The Princess of Trebizonde and many others), Victor Herbert and others, such as the Erminie (at the Casino Theatre) in 1899.[1]
For forty years, Russell was also the companion of businessman "Diamond Jim" Brady, who showered her with extravagant gifts of diamonds and gemstones and supported her extravagant lifestyle.
[edit]Later years
In 1899, Russell joined the Weber and Fields's Music Hall, where she starred in their burlesques and other entertainments until 1904. Her first production there was Fiddle-dee-dee in 1899 which also featured De Wolf Hopper, Fay Templeton and David Warfield. Other favorites were Whoop-de-doo and The Big Little Princess. Before the 1902 production of Twirly-Whirly, John Stromberg, who had composed several hit songs for her, delayed giving Lillian Russell her solo for several days, saying that it was not ready. When he committed suicide a few days before the first rehearsal, sheet music for "Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" was discovered in his coat pocket. It became Russell's signature song and is the only one she is known to have recorded.[8]
Come Down Ma Evenin' Star
Lillian Russell's only known recording, from 1912
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Leaving Weber and Fields, she next played the title role of Lady Teazle in 1904 at the Casino Theatre and then began to play in vaudeville. After 1904, Russell began to have vocal difficulties, but she did not retire from the stage. Instead, she switched to non-musical comedies, touring under the management of James Brooks. In 1906, she played the title role in Barbara's Millions, and in 1908 she was Henrietta Barrington in Wildfire. The next year she was Laura Curtis in The Widow's Might. In 1911, she toured in In Search of a Sinner. Russell then returned to singing, appearing in burlesque, variety and other entertainments.[1]
In 1912, she married her fourth husband, Alexander Pollock Moore, owner of the Pittsburgh Leader, and mostly retired from the stage. The wedding was held in Pittsburgh at the grand Schenley Hotel, which is, today, a national historic landmark and the University of Pittsburgh's student union building. Russell lived, for a time, in suite 437 of the hotel, now located in the offices of the student newspaper, The Pitt News.[9] The same year, she made her last appearance on Broadway in Weber & Fields' Hokey Pokey. In 1915, Russell appeared with Lionel Barrymore in the motion picture Wildfire, which was based on the 1908 play of the same name in which she appeared. This was one of her few motion picture appearances. She sang in vaudeville until 1919, when ill health forced her to retire from the stage after a four-decade long career.
In later years, Russell wrote a newspaper column, advocated women's suffrage (as her mother had), and was a popular lecturer, advocating an optimistic philosophy of self-help and drawing large crowds. During World War I, she recruited for the U.S. Marine Corps and raised money for the war effort. Russell became a wealthy woman, and during the Actors' Equity strike of 1919, she made a major donation of money to sponsor the formation of the Chorus Equity Association by the chorus girls at the Ziegfeld Follies. According to the March 17, 1922 edition of The New York Times, Russell traveled aboard the R.M.S. Aquitania from Southampton, England, to the Port of New York on the March 11 to March 17 crossing. "[She] established a precedent by acting as Chairman of the ship's concert, the first woman, so far as the records show, to preside at an entertainment on shipboard."
Russell died at her home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 6, 1922, shortly after a completing a fact-finding mission to Europe on behalf of President Warren Harding. The mission was to investigate the increase in immigration. She recommended a five-year moratorium on immigration, and her findings were instrumental in a 1924 immigration reform law.[3] She suffered apparently minor injuries on the return trip, which led to complications, and she died after ten days of illness.[1] She was buried with full military honors. She is interred in a private mausoleum in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
[edit]Legacy
A full-length portrait of Russell was painted in 1902 by the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Müller-Ury (1862–1947) who also painted another oval half-length, but both portraits are missing.
A 1940 film was made about Russell, although it presents a sanitized version of her life. It was directed by Irving Cummings who, as a teenager starting his career, had acted with Russell in the play Wildfire in 1908. It stars Alice Faye, Henry Fonda, Don Ameche and Edward Arnold.
The Lillian Russell Theatre aboard the City of Clinton Showboat is a summer stock theater named after Russell in her hometown of Clinton, Iowa.[10] The University of Pittsburgh's student activities building, the William Pitt Union, has a Lillian Russell Room on its fourth floor, in the offices of The Pitt News, in the same location where Russell lived when the building was the Schenley Hotel. The room contains a portrait of Russell.[9][1
ODC - Shelves or Drawers
I'm sure many people would consider it extravagant to have a space dedicated to my photo props, but it's the only way I can keep track of them, lol! ;D
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#42 - Extravagant
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FAN-DANGO, a bit of a wordplay...
As a result of the extravagant features of the dance, the word fandango is used as a synonym for 'a quarrel', 'a big fuss' or 'a brilliant exploit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOcR-8M45s
A photographer friend asked an interesting question, why do YOU take photographs?
One answer for me is I love the challenge, and it still and always is!
Now it is with lighting, different objects and making it all work together the way I want it, and still be surprised, ALWAYS thrilled.
This is NOT a crop, but comp in camera!
Another prop of Summer, these things bring back memories from deep within... your childhood...
How can I resist, such superb colours, another photo begging to be taken. Paper fans
Being creative is not a choice... it is an urge in me.
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Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
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Why not view the set as a slide-show?
Also I often upload more than one image at the same time, I see a tendency to only view the last uploaded...
Canna (or canna lily, although not a true lily) is a genus of 10 species[2] of flowering plants.[3][4][5] The closest living relations to cannas are the other plant families of the order Zingiberales, that is the Zingiberaceae (gingers), Musaceae (bananas), Marantaceae, Heliconiaceae, Strelitziaceae, etc.[6]
Canna is the only genus in the family Cannaceae. The APG II system of 2003 also recognizes the family, and assigns it to the order Zingiberales in the clade commelinids, in the monocots.
The species have large, attractive foliage, and horticulturists have turned it into a large-flowered and bright garden plant. In addition, it is one of the world's richest starch sources, and is an agricultural plant.[6]
Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they receive at least 6–8 hours average sunlight during the summer, and are moved to a warm location for the winter. See the Canna cultivar gallery for photographs of Canna cultivars.
The name Canna originates from the Latin word for a cane or reed.[7]
The plants are large tropical and subtropical perennial herbs with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves that are such a feature of this plant, grow out of a stem in a long, narrow roll and then unfurl. The leaves are typically solid green, but some cultivars have glaucose, brownish, maroon, or even variegated leaves.[6]
The flowers are composed of three sepals and three petals that are seldom noticed by people, they are small and hidden under extravagant stamens. What appear to be petals are the highly modified stamens or staminodes. The staminodes number (1–) 3 (–4) (with at least one staminodal member called the labellum, always being present. A specialized staminode, the stamen, bears pollen from a half-anther. A somewhat narrower 'petal' is the pistil which is connected down to a three-chambered ovary.[6]
The flowers are typically red, orange, or yellow or any combination of those colours, and are aggregated in inflorescences that are spikes or panicles (thyrses). Although gardeners enjoy these odd flowers, nature really intended them to attract pollinators collecting nectar and pollen, such as bees, hummingbirds, sunbirds, and bats. The pollination mechanism is conspicuously specialized. Pollen is shed on the style while still in the bud, and in the species and early hybrids some is also found on the stigma because of the high position of the anther, which means that they are self-pollinating. Later cultivars have a lower anther, and rely on pollinators alighting on the labellum and touching first the terminal stigma, and then the pollen.[6]
The wild species often grow to at least 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) in height, but there is a wide variation in size among cultivated plants; numerous cultivars have been selected
Cannas grow from swollen underground stems, correctly known as rhizomes, which store starch, and this is the main attraction of the plant to agriculture, having the largest starch particles of all plant life.[6], Thanks to those who view, comment and save my photo. It will be highly appreciated. I will not comment or save a photo, made by a cell phone, ipads or similar devices.
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One feathered hat is enough two would just be extravagant.
Liverpool Crosby 2012 01 088 Another Place HDR
Oleanders at dawn preen extravagant whorls
as I read in leaves' Sanskrit brief moments remaining
till sunset implodes, till the moon strands grey pearls ...
Sonnet "Oleanders"
by Michael R. Burch
Giardini Lorenz
Peafowl are best known for the male's extravagant tail, which it displays as part of courtship. The male is called a peacock, and the female a peahen. The female peafowl is brown or toned grey and brown.
The male (peacock) Indian Peafowl has iridescent blue-green or green colored plumage. The peacock tail ("train") is not the tail quill feathers but the highly elongated upper tail coverts. The "eyes" are best seen when the peacock fans its tail. Both species have a crest atop the head. The female (peahen) Indian Peafowl has a mixture of dull green, brown, and grey in her plumage. She lacks the long upper tail coverts of the male but has a crest. The female can also display her plumage to ward off female competition or signal danger to her young.
The Green Peafowl appears different from the Indian Peafowl. The male has green and gold plumage and has an erect crest. The wings are black with a sheen of blue. Unlike the Indian Peafowl, the Green Peahen is similar to the male, only having shorter upper tail coverts and less iridescence. It is hard to tell a juvenile male from an adult female.
As with many birds, vibrant plumage colours are not primarily pigments, but optical interference Bragg reflections, based on regular, periodic nanostructures of the barbules (fiber-like components) of the feathers. Slight changes to the spacing result in different colours. Brown feathers are a mixture of red and blue: one colour is created by the periodic structure, and the other is a created by a Fabry–Pérot interference peak from reflections from the outer and inner boundaries. Such interference-based structural colour is important for the peacock's iridescent hues that change and shimmer with viewing angle, since unlike pigments, interference effects depend on light angle.
Colour mutations exist through selective breeding, such as the leucistic White Peafowl and the Black-Shouldered Peafowl.
The Tatra streamlined cars are one of the most extravagant cars I know. These futuristic vehicles were its time far ahead.
The T87 was based on the T77 which was first presented in 1934.
In the early 1930s the concept of fast and economical built streamlined cars became very popular. Not only in the US but mainly in Germany and Middle-European countries avant-garde ideas were put into practice.
The Tatra T77 was developed by designer and engineer Paul Jaray (Hungary, 1889-1974) and Hans Ledwinka (Austria, 1878-1967, also designer and engineer). Cooperator was engineer Erich Übelacker (Czech, 1899-1977).
Jaray was an early pioneer in streamlined airplanes and car bodies. Ledwinka invented the so called backbone chassis: a frameless central tubular chassis with swing axles and with independent suspension. He had a preference for rear-mounted air-cooled engines, which were applied in all streamlined Tatras. The revolutionary ideas of these automotive inventors resulted in one of the greatest cars ever, at least to my opinion.
The T87 underwent a restyle by František Kardaus in 1948. It received a new dashboard, the central third headlamp was removed and the other two lamps were integrated into the front fenders, like the 1946-52 T600 Tatraplan already had.
Ledwinka had with Tatra a great influence in modernizing car design. The T87 is a real automotive icon.
Above this all seeing such an old original T87 with original 1950s Dutch plates is beyond expectation.
This Tatra was delivered new to the Romanian ambassador in the Netherlands in 1948. It was in service till the mid 1960s. It was still in use in Den Haag when Mr. Ad Palmen bought this Tatra around 1975.
Seen at the viewing days of the Palmen Barnfind Collection Auction initiated by Gallery Aaldering, Brummen and provided by Classic Car Auctions, location Dordrecht.
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2968 cc air-cooled V8 rear-engine.
Ca. 1480 kg.
Production T87: 1937-1950 (although there was no production in 1943-44).
Original first reg. number: June 30, 1948.
New old type Dutch reg. number: June 21, 1954 (not valid anymore, June 2023).
For sale since May 24, 2023.
Dordrecht, Einsteinstraat, May 29, 2023.
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Park Lane Villa was originally built in 1923 as a luxurious hotel. An extravagant display of wealth and high society during the "Roaring 20s," the hotel hosted celebrities, businessmen, politicians and the well to do. Located in the cultural mecca of University Circle, the palace of prestige catered to the riches of the avant-garde in art, music, science and education. Through the years the building has taken on a variety of faces, including a concert venue, which featured such musical legends as Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie. After restoring the entire building, the ballroom, the foyer and courtyards for $28.5 million, Park Lane Villa now stands as a column of affluence and a pillar of magnificent influx in Cleveland. www.parklanevilla.com/aboutHistory.asp
"Hooded” is something of an understatement for this extravagantly crested little duck. Hooded Merganser ducklings leave their nest cavity within 24 hours of hatching. First, their mother checks the area around the nest and calls to the nestlings from ground level. From inside the nest, the little fluffballs scramble up to the entrance hole and then flutter to the ground, which may be 50 feet or more below them. In some cases they have to walk half a mile or more with their mother to the nearest body of water. ( Cornell Lab of Ornithology).
Spotted this fellow in the still, tidal waters of the Courtenay River estuary.