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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Cloud9 poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team FULL SENSE poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 8: Team LOUD poses for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 8, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 8: Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi of team LOUD poses for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 8, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 06: Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao of Royal Never Give Up poses at the League of Legends World Championship Groups Features Day on October 6, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
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The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
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(Updated April 7B, 2015)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Cloud9's Erick "Xeppaa" Bach poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: Kyrylo "ANGE1" Karasov (L) and Dmitry "SUYGETSU" Ilyushin of Natus Vincere at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 09: Wan "CHICHOO" Shunzhi (L) and Zheng "ZmjjKK" Yongkang of EDward Gaming at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 9, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 29: Team Envy's Pujan "FNS" Mehta poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 29, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
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The Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) of Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York – This unique sea-dwelling rabbit, which is actually a close relative of the sea lion, was officially discovered and investigated by Henry Hudson when he first visited this land to colonize the area by order of the Dutch government. It was named New Amsterdam -- today’s New York City. This island was named after he saw the beach covered with strange swimming wild rabbits. The word “Coney Island” means “wild rabbit island” in Dutch (originally Conyne Eylandt, or Konijneneiland in modern Dutch spelling). Sea rabbits were also referred mermaid rabbit, merrabbit, rabbit fish or seal rabbit in the natural history documents in the 17th century. The current conservation status, or risk of extinction, of the sea rabbit is Extinct in the Wild.
This website features two species of sea rabbits, which have been taken care of by Dr. Takeshi Yamada (山田武司) at the Coney Island Sea Rabbit Repopulation Center, which is a part of the Marine biology department of the Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. They are – Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) called “Seara” and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus) called “Stripes”.
The photographs and videos featured in this website chronicle adventures of the Coney Island sea rabbits and the world as seen by them. This article also documented efforts of Dr. Takeshi Yamada for bringing back the nearly extinct sea rabbits to Coney Island in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada produced a series of public lectures, workshops, original public live interactive fine art performances and fine art exhibitions about sea rabbits at a variety of occasions and institutions in the City of New York and beyond. Dr. Yamada is an internationally active educator, book author, wildlife conservationist and high profile artist, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
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Sea Rabbit
Other Common Names: Coney Island Sea Rabbit, Beach Rabbit, Seal Rabbit, mer-rabbit, merrabbit, Atlantic Sea Rabbit.
Latin Name: Monafluffchus americanus
Origin: Atlantic coast of the United States
Description of the specimen: In the early 17th century’s European fur craze drove the fleet of Dutch ships to the eastern costal area of America. Then Holland was the center of the world just like the Italy was in the previous century. New York City was once called New Amsterdam when Dutch merchants landed and established colonies. Among them, Henry Hudson is probably the most recognized individual in the history of New York City today. “This small island is inhabited by two major creatures which we do not have in our homeland. The one creature is a large arthropod made of three body segments: the frontal segment resembles a horseshoe, the middle segment resembles a spiny crab and its tail resembles a sharp sword. Although they gather beaches here in great numbers, they are not edible due to their extremely offensive odor. Another creature which is abundant here, has the head of wild rabbit. This animal of great swimming ability has frontal legs resemble the webbed feet of a duck. The bottom half of the body resembles that of a seal. This docile rabbit of the sea is easy to catch as it does not fear people. The larger male sea rabbits control harems of 20 to 25 females. The meat of the sea rabbit is very tender and tasty.” This is what Hadson wrote in his personal journal in 1609 about the horseshoe crab and the sea rabbit in today’s Coney Island area of Brooklyn, New York. Sadly, just like the Dodo bird and the Thylacine, the sea rabbit was driven to extinction by the European settlers’ greed. When Dutch merchants and traders arrived here, sea rabbits were one of the first animals they hunted down to bring their furs to homeland to satisfy the fur craze of the time. To increase the shipment volume of furs of sea rabbit and beavers from New Amsterdam, Dutch merchants also started using wampum (beads made of special clam shells) as the first official currency of this country.
At the North Eastern shores of the United States, two species of sea rabbits were commonly found. They are Coney Island Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus americanus) and Coney Island Tiger-striped Sea Rabbit (Monafluffchus konjinicus). Sadly, due to their over harvesting in the previous centuries, their conservation status became “Extinct in the Wild” (ET) in the Red List Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Currently, these sea rabbits are only found at breeding centers at selected zoos and universities such as Coney Island Aquarium and Coney Island University in Brooklyn, New York. The one shown in this photograph was named "Seara" and has been cared by Dr. Takeshi Yamada at Coney Island University.
The sea rabbit is one of the families of the Pinniped order. Pinnipeds (from Latin penna = flat and pes/pedis = foot) are sea-mammals: they are homeothermic (i.e having high and regulated inner temperature), lung-breathing (i.e dependant on atmospheric oxygen) animals having come back to semi aquatic life. As soon as they arrive ashore, females are caught by the nearest adult male. Males can maintain harems of about 20 females on average. Several hours to several days after arriving ashore, pregnant females give birth to eight to ten pups with a dark brown fur. As soon as birth occurs, the mother’s special smell and calls help her pups bond specifically to her. The mother stays ashore with her pup for about one week during which the pup gains weight. During the first week spent with her newborn, the mother becomes receptive. She will be impregnated by the bull, which control the harem. Implantation of the embryo will occur 3 months later, in March-April. During the reproductive period, the best males copulate with several tens females. To do so, males have to stay ashore without feeding in order to keep their territory and their harem. In mid-January, when the last females have been fecundated, males leave at sea to feed. Some of them will come back later in March-April for the moult. The other ones will stay at sea and will come back on Coney Island only in next November. After fecundation, the mother goes at sea for her first meal. At sea, mothers feed on clams, crabs, shrimps, fish (herring, anchovy, Pollock, capelin etc.) and squids. When she is back, the mother recovers her pups at the beach she left them. Suckling occurs after auditive and olfactory recognition had occured. In March-April, the dark brown fur is totally replaced by an adult-like light brownish grey fur during the moult that lasts 1-2 months. This new fur is composed by 2 layers. Externally, the guard fur is composed by flat hairs that recover themselves when wet. By doing so, they make a water-proof barrier for the under fur. The underfur retains air when the seal is dry. Because of isolating properties of the air, the underfur is the insulating system of the fur. In March-April, the fur of adults is partially replaced. First reproduction occurs at 1-yr old in females. Males are physiologically matures at 1 year old but socially matures at +2 years old.
NOTE: The name of Coney Island is commonly thought to be derived from the Dutch Konijn Eylandt or Rabbit Island as apparently the 17th century European settlers noted many rabbits running amuck on the island.
www.takeshiyamada.weebly.com/performances.html
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For any questions, please contact Dr. Takeshi Yamada. His email address is posted in the chapter page (the last page or the first page).
(Updated April 7, 2015)
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 24JAN14 - A woman takes a photo from a poster with a yawning tiger in a shop window during the Annual Meeting 2014 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 24, 2014.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/swiss-image.ch/Photo Christof Sonderegger
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Sangerati presents its finest vehicle ever. The 2013 Sangerati Di Lusso concept will not hit dealerships till sometime around the New Year. But when it does, it's sure to be a hit.
The all new Di Lusso is full of space and can comfortably sit four adults. The original Di Lusso (2001) was one of two fully framed cars in North America (competing with the crown vic.) However the second generation (2010 wagon) took that away. But it's back! The all new Di Lusso features all new framework and is built off Sangerati's new Y platform which replaced the X platform.
The car seen here will run you around 40 thousand USD but there are other options. This is a 5.0 liter v8 with a, get this, 8 speed transmission.
A base model Di Lusso could cost as low as $26,500, lower than the 2nd generation.
This model features a large spacious interior, full size trunk, and even a full size spare tire.
The 2013 Di Lusso was designed by Alex Sangi of Sangerati Motors and will go on sale spring 2012.
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Gambit Esports' Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.
-Roy Bean
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 8: Enzo “Fearoth” Mestari of team Fnatic poses for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 8, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 12: Johan "Meddo" Renbjork Lundborg (L) and Auni "AvovA" Chahade of G2 Esports pose for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 12, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team FURIA Esports' Agustin "nzr" Ibarra poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 09: Goo "Rb" Sang-min of DRX at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 9, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
Installed in 1949, theMrs. A. B. Wright stained glass window is a tribute to the sacrifice, courage and faith of the women who fought in both the Great War (1914 - 1918) and the Second World War (1939 - 1945). The window was designed by Brooks, Robinson and Company Glass Merchants. Looking out onto Barkley Street, the stained glass window features Jesus praying in the garden of Gethsemane, whilst his disciples sleep. On the brow of the hill above the sleeping disciples, soldiers come to lead Jesus away before his crucifixion. Gethsemane is a garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem which is noted in both the Gospel of Matthew and Gospel of Mark. The name Gethsemane derives from Aramiac word for "oil", as is most famous as the place where Jesus prayed and his disciples slept the night before Jesus' crucifixion.. The window features an angel at the bottom of each pane holding a scroll. One says: "Not as I will" whilst the other says: "But as thou wilt" which is taken from the Book of Matthew. The window's octofoil features an angel with a scroll bearing the words: "Unitas Fratrum" which translates from the Latin to mean "united brotherhood", "unity of brothers" or "united brethren". The palate of this window is quite dark, as befits the time before dawn which is depicted. However, dark or not, the colours are are nonetheless still very beautiful, especially the blues that are used which are rich.
Built on the crest of a hill in a prominent position overlooking St Kilda and the bay is the grand St Kilda Presbyterian Church.
The St Kilda Presbyterian Church's interior is cool, spacious and lofty, with high ceilings of tongue and groove boards laid diagonally, and a large apse whose ceiling was once painted with golden star stenciling. The bluestone walls are so thick that the sounds of the busy intersection of Barkley Street and Alma Road barely permeate the church's interior, and it is easy to forget that you are in such a noisy inner Melbourne suburb. The cedar pews of the church are divided by two grand aisles which feature tall cast iron columns with Corinthian capitals. At the rear of the building towards Alma Road there are twin porches and a narthex with a staircase that leads to the rear gallery where the choir sang from. It apparently once housed an organ by William Anderson, but the space today is used as an office and Bible study area. The current impressive Fincham and Hobday organ from 1892 sits in the north-east corner of the church. It cost £1030.00 to acquire and install. The church is flooded with light, even on an overcast day with a powerful thunder storm brewing (as the weather was on my visit). The reason for such light is because of the very large Gothic windows, many of which are filled with quarry glass by Ferguson and Urie featuring geometric tracery with coloured borders. The church also features stained glass windows designed by Ferguson and Urie, British stained glass artist Ernest Richard Suffling, Brooks, Robinson and Company Glass Merchants, Mathieson and Gibson of Melbourne and one by Australian stained glass artist Napier Waller.
Opened in 1886, the St Kilda Presbyterian church was designed by the architects firm of Wilson and Beswicke, a business founded in 1881 by Ralph Wilson and John Beswicke (1847 - 1925) when they became partners for a short period. The church is constructed of bluestone with freestone dressings and designed in typical Victorian Gothic style. The foundation stone, which may be found on the Alma Road facade, was laid by the Governor of Victoria Sir Henry Barkly on 27 January. When it was built, the St Kilda Presbyterian Church was surrounded by large properties with grand mansions built upon them, so the congregation were largely very affluent and wished for a place of worship that reflected its stature not only in location atop a hill, but in size and grandeur.
The exterior facades of the church on Barkley Street and Alma Road are dominated by a magnificent tower topped by an imposing tower. The location of the church and the height of the tower made the spire a landmark for mariners sailing into Melbourne's port. The tower features corner pinnacles and round spaces for the insertion of a clock, which never took place. Common Victorian Gothic architectural features of the St Kilda Presbyterian Church include complex bar tracery over the windows, wall buttresses which identify structural bays, gabled roof vents, parapeted gables and excellent stone masonry across the entire structure.
I am very grateful to the Reverend Paul Lee for allowing me the opportunity to photograph the interior of the St Kilda Presbyterian Church so extensively.
The architects Wilson and Beswicke were also responsible for the Brighton, Dandenong, Essendon, Hawthorn and Malvern Town Halls and the Brisbane Wesleyan Church on the corner of Albert and Ann Streets. They also designed shops in the inner Melbourne suburbs of Auburn and Fitzroy. They also designed several individual houses, including "Tudor House" in Williamstown, "Tudor Lodge" in Hawthorn and "Rotha" in Hawthorn, the latter of which is where John Beswicke lived.
Brooks, Robinson and Company first opened their doors on Elizabeth Street in Melbourne in 1854 as importers of window and table glass and also specialised in interior decorating supplies. Once established the company moved into glazing and were commonly contracted to do shopfronts around inner Melbourne. In the 1880s they commenced producing stained glass on a small scale. Their first big opportunity occurred in the 1890s when they were engaged to install Melbourne's St Paul's Cathedral's stained-glass windows. Their notoriety grew and as a result their stained glass studio flourished, particularly after the closure of their main competitor, Ferguson and Urie. They dominated the stained glass market in Melbourne in the early 20th Century, and many Australian glass artists of worked in their studio. Their work may be found in the Princess Theatre on Melbourne's Spring Street, in St John's Church in Toorak, and throughout churches in Melbourne. Brooks, Robinson and Company was taken over by Email Pty Ltd in 1963, and as a result they closed their stained glass studio.
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 12: (L-R) Auni "AvovA" Chahade, Johan "Meddo" Renbjork Lundborg and Zygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas of G2 Esports pose for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 12, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
T1 during MSI Play-Ins features day in Chengdu, China on April 29, 2024. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: Victor "Victor" Wong of NRG at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: (L-R) Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh, Lee "Carpe" Jae-hyeok and Son "xeta" Seon-ho of T1 at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
Welcome fellow Paddington Bear spotter! My photostream features all 50 Paddingtons. If you would like to shortcut to a specific one, please use the links below
No. 1: Love, Paddington X (Lulu Guinness) |
No. 2: Texting Paddington (Westminster Academy) | No. 3: The Mayor of Paddington (Paddington Waterside and Costain) | No. 4: Bearing Up (Taylor Wimpey) | No. 5: Brick Bear (Robin Partington & Partners) | No. 6: Futuristic Robot Bear (Jonathan Ross) | No. 7: Paddington (Michael Bond) | No. 8: Paddingtonscape (Hannah Warren) | No. 9: The Journey of Marmalade (Hugh Bonneville) | No. 10: Paws Engage (Canterbury of New Zealand) | No. 11: Flutterby (Emma Watson) | No. 12: W2 1RH (Marc Quinn) | No. 13: Paws (Sally Hawkins) |
No. 14: Goldiebear (Kate Moss) | No. 15: Sparkles (Frankie Bridge) | No. 16: Bear Humbug (Ant and Dec) | No. 17: The Spirit of Paddington (Rolls-Royce Motor Cars) | No. 18: Thread Bear (Matthew Williamson) | No. 19: Golden Paws (David Beckham) | No. 20: Parka Paddington (Liam Gallagher) | No. 21: Bearer of Gifts (Hamleys) | No. 22: Little Bear Blue (Intel) | No. 23: Bearodiversity (Peru) | No. 24: Paddington the Explorer (Ripley’s Believe it or Not! London) | No. 25: Andrew Lloyd Webbear (Andrew Lloyd Webber) | No. 26: Blush (Nicole Kidman) | No. 27: The Bear of London (Boris Johnson) | No. 28: Paddington Jack (Davina McCall) | No. 29: Good News Bear (The Telegraph) | No. 30: Paddington is GREAT (Stephen Fry) | No. 31: Special Delivery (Ben Wishaw) | No. 32: Rainbow (Darcey Bussell) | No. 33: Bear Necessities (John Hurt) | No. 34: Sherlock Bear (Benedict Cumberbatch) | No. 35: Bear in the Wood (Rankin) | No. 36: Fragile (Ryan McElhinney) | No. 37: Shakesbear (Michael Sheen) | No. 38: Good Morning, London (Michael Howells) | No. 39: RGB (Zaha Hadid) | No. 40: Taste of Peru (Peru) | No. 41 Wonders of the World (Peru) | No. 42 Paddington Who? (Peter Capaldi) | No. 43 Gravity Bear (Sandra Bullock) | No. 44 Wish You Were Here (Nick Mason) | No. 45 Toggle (Benjamin Shine) | No. 46 Primrose Paddington (Julie Walters) | No. 47 Sticky Wicket (Ian Botham) | No. 48 Chief Scout Bear (Bear Grylls) | No. 49 The Special One (Chelsea FC) | No. 50 Dapper Bear (Guy Ritchie)
Well... After a thinking it over a little, I decided to go ahead and add two additional features to the unit. I have now added an Intervalometer and a Lightning Detector to it's capabilities! :-)
The Intervalometer is a bit more capable than the standard ones out there and certainly the one I have built into my camera. It has the ability to set intervals down to the milliseconds! The ones have used in the past only allowed me to set intervals in seconds and not fractions of a second. I am sure there are other uses for it but I know for sure it would have been handy in doing some time lapses while doing higher speeds in a vehicle. The Lightning detection circuit is about as simple as it can get and will work with any camera having a shutter lag of less than 90 milliseconds (just to be on the safe side).
I also spent a lot of time re-writing the code for the update routines to make it easier to navigate through the system parameters, make changes to them, and then added the ability to save them to non-volatile memory so that the saved parameters will be reloaded on power up of the system. All in all, I think this unit will work very nicely in what I want it to do! :-)
All of this has taken up pretty much every moment of the last two days, but most of that time was spent fighting a bug that I ran across in the Arduino compiler in dealing with complex OR comparisons. That was bit frustrating to figure out, but I finally worked my way around it. :-)
So... now I can get back to work on finishing the tutorial and getting the wiring diagram drawn up!
REYKJAVIK, ICELAND - APRIL 8: Joona "H1ber" Parviainen of team Fnatic poses for the VALORANT Masters Features Day on April 8, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
Welcome to the Masonry Division of Johnson’s Landscaping Service, Inc.!
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Vikings' Gustavo "gtnziN" Moura poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
The Jacob full bed features a timeless look, with beadboard planking on the headboard and footboard and bedposts topped with classic round finials.
Available in Espresso (pictured), Distressed Antique White, Mahogany, Coffee, Natural, and White
Compatible with the twin-size Bellini Trundle and Bellini Storage Drawer (sold in a set of two).
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BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Vikings poses at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: Joseph "ban" Seungmin Oh of T1 at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: Bugra "mojj" Kiraz of FUT Esports at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 30: Team Gambit Esports pose at the VALORANT Champions Features Day on November 30, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)
Earth Designs Garden Design and Build were asked to created a landscape and propose garden design in Greenwich, London*. Here are the details of the project
The Low Maintenance Garden in Greenwich, London SE11
BRIEF:
This client wanted to cram many features into this small space. There was to be a lawn for football kickabouts, an area to place his bbq, ample provision for dining, it needed to be aesthetically pleasing with a clean, uncluttered appearance, and above all it had to be as low maintenance as possible.
SOLUTION:
The main focus of the space is a seating area in the top right corner consisting of an L-shaped fixed bench backed by an L-shaped raised bed, plus a freestanding square table and several cube stools. The bench benefits from armrests at each end and is framed on either side by low planters containing quirky ‘Buxus sempervirens’. Table, seats, planters and raised bed are all constructed from thick railway sleepers. Flooring in this area comprises Chinese natural slate in a formal lay pattern edged with rectangular granite setts laid in a single ‘soldier’ course (i.e. laid side to side rather than end to end.)
Flooring in the remainder of the space is divided between an area of artificial turf with horizontal sunken railway sleeper edging, and ornamental paving directly outside the back door consisting of a series of sunken railway sleepers of decreasing lengths interspersed with a decorative aggregate and occasional granite setts.
Planting in the space consists of subtle ferns and big glossy leaves, with a flush bed running along the back of the house and along the left boundary. The walls of the adjoining houses are adorned with a variety of climbers, whilst succulent ‘Fatsia japonica’ and a variety of ferns, including 'Dicksonia antarctica‘ (tree fern) give the garden a soft jungle feel
TESTIMONIAL:
"Very pleased with the creative use of space and we take every opportunity to use our garden whenever we can."
If you dig this and would like to find out more about this or any of other of our designs, please stop by our web-site and have a look at our work.
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Earth Designs is located in East London, but has built gardens in Essex, Hertfordshire and all over the South East. Earth Designs was formed by Katrina Wells in Spring 2003 and has since gone from strength to strength to develop a considerable portfolio of garden projects. Katrina, who is our Senior Garden Designer, has travelled all over the UK designing gardens. However we can design worldwide either through our postal garden design service or by consultation with our senior garden designer. Recent worldwide projects have included garden designs in Romania. Katrina’s husband. Matt, heads up the build side of the company, creating a unique service for all our clients.
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For budding archeologists, column designs of ancient Egypt.
From, "Discovery Guide to Egypt: by Michael Haag, Haag Publishing, 1990.
South Surrey, BC Canada
There are approximately 43,000 cherry blossom trees in Metro Vancouver. On average, each tree blossoms for about 2 weeks long.There are about 57 different varieties, each with a slightly different peak bloom.Some species and the best time for viewing:
The Whitcomb variety usually starts first between March 8 and March 28.Most early cultivars bloom first in mid to late March, such as the popular light pink Akebono.
The darker pink, Kanzan, blooms a couple weeks later in April.
The latest blooms of Shogetsu bloom between April 23 – May 6 and are rigid white petals.
This well-conditioned Surrey golf course has a good variety of hole designs including tight par 3’s, a double dogleg par 5 and a strong par 4 finishing hole. All of our holes wind through a beautifully treed landscape complemented by water features. Some holes have special picturesque touches, such as our four fountain pond or views of the Nicomekl River and the North shore mountains.
Nico-Wynd offers power carts, pull carts and. Every week, the course welcomes clubs for men, ladies and seniors. All this combined with a friendly atmosphere leads to multiple visits by many of our golf enthusiasts.
Finally, players enjoy unwinding at the clubhouse grill, open during course hours. It features a scenic patio deck that overlooks the course. Here you can take in our beautiful British Columbia afternoons or evenings while enjoying your favorite food and beverages.
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Thank-you for your visit, and please know that any faves or comments are always greatly appreciated!
Sonja
TOKYO, JAPAN - JUNE 08: FUT Esports at VALORANT Masters Tokyo Features Day on June 8, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 28: Kim "MaKo" Myeong-kwan of DRX poses at VALORANT Champions 2022 Istanbul Features Day on August 28, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo by Angel Franco/Riot Games)
Absolutely perfect! A vintage 1970's ivory wedding dress in perfect condition, complete with headpiece and veil!
This stunning gown features re-embroidered Alencon lace on the empire bodice, long snap-up Victorian cuffs and the headpiece. The flounce at the bottom of the skirt and the edging of the veil are gorgeous ivory Venice lace. The dress is a voile over a beautiful heavy taffeta. The seams are not finished, but they are not frayed at all. There are 3 buttons and loops for a bustle after your wedding is over. (Please note that there are hooks that close the collar in back, but we didn't get them done up for photo 4.)
There is no manufacturer's or care tag, but a red, white and blue ILGWU tag and a maker's tag for the order, stating it is a size 14. Remember vintage runs small, so I would guess this would fit a size 12. I can convo tag pics if you want, but I wanted to get as many pics of the dress up as I could.
The headpiece is gorgeous! Its Alencon lace panels are separated by seed pearl roping and it is in perfect condition, as is the tulle veil! The veil is 44 inches (1.13 m) long and 72 inches (1.8 m) wide. The original full size comb is there to hold it in your hair.
The front of the gown is 60 inches (1.52 m) long from the shoulder seam to the hem. The train extends 36 inches (91.5 cm) from where it hits the ground.
The following measurements are taken flat, from side to side, so they need to be doubled for around the body measurements.
It measures
19 inches (48.3 cm) at the bustline,
15 inches (38 cm) at the HIGH waist (above natural waist).
My size 10 model is 5 feet 7 inches (1.71 m) tall.
Her measurements are
bust - 36 inches (91.3 cm),
waist – 29 inches (73.8 cm) and
hips – 39 inches (99 cm).
Some original features have now been returned to DT29. The vehicle now sports an illuminated 'pay on entry' sign on the nearside and some running number holders. When the vehicle is repainted red, the these areas will be made tidy, pictured 31/08/17