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Fools Gold stars Matthew McConaughey as Ben Finn Finnegan, a good-natured, surf bum-turned-treasure hunter who is obsessed with finding the legendary 18th century Queens Dowry -- 40 chests of exotic treasure that was lost at sea in 1715. In his quest, Finn has sunk everything he has, including his marriage to Tess Finnegan (Kate Hudson) and his more-rusty-than-trusty salvage boat, Booty Calls. Just as Tess has begun to rebuild her life, working aboard a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Nigel Honeycutt (Donald Sutherland), Finn discovers a vital clue to the treasures whereabouts. Certain that his luck will change with the newfound information, Finn maneuvers himself aboard Nigels yacht and, using his good-natured charm, convinces the tycoon and his Blackberry-wielding, celebutante daughter, Gemma (Alexis Dziena), to join him in the pursuit of the Spanish treasure. Against Tess better judgment, the search rekindles her loveof discovery. But they are not the only ones after the treasure. Finns mentor-turned-nemesis Moe Fitch (Ray Winstone) has also set out to claim the prize.
Facebook App
If you’re a Facebook addict and biting people doesn’t quite cut it anymore, you’ve got to try a new application called “Steal My Booty.” It’s a dog-eat-dog treasure hunting game, where players steal treasure from their friends, and have treasure stolen from them when they are not looking.
www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=15250095692
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FOOL Schattenspiel Tarot © Linda Dawn Hammond / IndyFoto.com 1996/ 2014
Schattenspiel Tarot Series
Digital illustration based on original photography.
0 THE FOOL/ Schattenspiel Tarot
Meanings and Details
0 THE FOOL
The Fool is an unnumbered card, but it is assigned the symbolic mathematical equation 0, or, "Zero is one plus minus one." This releases him to travel all over the deck, and The Fool has been known to occupy both the first and last place in the order of the cards. In playing cards, The Fool is also known as the "Wild Card".
Another name for the Fool is the Innocent. He may represent naïveté and the spirit of the pure unconscious, but this should not be mistaken for ignorance. I chose to photograph the Fool as a young child to convey ideas of innocence and beginnings, for he is embarking upon the journey of life. He is carrying a sack which contains his few belongings; it is often assumed that these are the Tarot's four symbols-- the cup, the sword, the pentacle, and the wand. The stick supporting the sack could however symbolize the wand. The Fool is using another stick as a support. Later, the magician will hold it aloft as a sceptre and the Hermit once again return it to its initial usage as a support. The sword, coins and cup appear muted in the border as he is still in the land of the unconscious. They reappear fully visible for the Magician.
I created a sack out of a cloth covered in skeletons, as endings are inherent in beginnings, and it is wiser to embrace the notion of Death than to live in denial of it. Although the Fool appears as yet oblivious to it, the anticipation of Death is nonetheless part of the burden we carry through life and it often remains an unresolved issue. We also carry within us the seeds of our innocence which as we travel through subsequent roles in life can help sustain us. Through the more difficult dilemmas, it may be important to recall the wonder of this initial engagement with life. Otherwise, Death may take on the appearance of a solution rather than a conclusion.
Engaged in an exploration of the world he is newly encountering, the Fool is oblivious to the dangers around him. The steep cliff is a representation of this. The dog who accompanies him is trying to warn him that danger is immanent, for in his raptures he is oblivious to his mortality. The dog, his animal guide, helps protect him. A budding tree reveals that it is springtime to further emphasize the notion of beginnings and reminding us of the cyclical nature of life. The roots reveal the interwoven foundation which provides us with support. As this is a Celtic influenced deck, it is also a reference to Celtic Knot Design and the pre-Christian worship of trees ,in particular, the Oak, in the British Isles.
On a personal note, this card represents my youth, which was spent travelling with a backpack through an endless stream of adventures and dangers. Somehow I managed to blunder my way through them all without literally falling off the cliff. I chose my son to portray the Fool, as it is now his turn to embark upon the wheel.
The dog's name is Ogre. He once consumed my favourite leather face mask. We had to fill my son's moccasin with cat food in order to to attract Ogre's interest!
Text and photography: Linda Dawn Hammond
EXHIBITIONS
Nov- Dec 97
Galerie Mistral, Montreal
Group exhibit entitled, Univers singuliers/ Small Worlds
2 borderless images derived from the Schattenspiel series, (dim.5" by 7")
Jan- Dec 97
Downtown Management Centre, Toronto
Group exhibit entitled, Artbox 19975 images from the Schattenspiel Series (dim.5" by 7")
May 96
IDA gallery, York U., Toronto
Thesis exhibit entitled,"Imaginary Homelands"
(Work in progress, re-titled Schattenspiel)
Installation integrating digital photography (15 images), sampled sounds, projections, found objects, text
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Matrix (Montreal), Schattenspiel, Issue #53,1999. Review, interview, portfolio of 8 digital illustrations
Happy April Fools day everyone!
I am sorry to say that this may be my last photo, as I may delete my Flickr account.* D':
*JK! Happy April Fools Day!
This map (provided by the United States Geological Survey) shows the location of a powerful, magnitude 7.1 offshore earthquake (= the left red dot) that hit the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The quake occurred at 12:41 PM, local time, on 24 April 2023. The epicenter was about 66 kilometers east-northeast of Macauley Island (Kermadec Islands). The hypocenter was almost 50 kilometers deep. Shaking resulted from thrust faulting along a ~north-south striking fault zone. The quake was initially rated as a magnitude 7.3 event. This is the ninth magnitude 7+ earthquake of 2023.
The right red dot is a false earthquake, information about which was generated by automated computer analysis. Not long after the big quake hit, the 2nd red dot appeared on the map, indicating that two magnitude 7.3 quakes occurred, nine seconds apart. After a short while, the 2nd red dot disappeared from the map. Computers are often fooled into designating a false, second earthquake after a powerful event - this is caused by strong reflected seismic waves. Some powerful quakes do trigger a second, similarly-strong, real-life event.
The real event was a subduction zone earthquake. Subduction zones involve one tectonic plate composed of oceanic lithosphere diving underneath another tectonic plate. In this case, the Pacific Plate is subducting ~westward beneath the Australian Plate. The surface expression of the subduction zone is a deep seafloor trough called the Kermadec Trench.
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Info. about false earthquakes from the United States Geological Survey:
The United States Geological Survey and networks contributing to the Advanced National Seismic System ("ANSS") take great effort to provide accurate and timely earthquake information. Occasionally, our systems produce erroneous information that is released to the public via our web pages or Earthquake Notification System ("ENS"). These mistakes are generally promptly identified by seismologists, removed from our web pages, and “delete” e-mails are sent through ENS. The event webpage will have a note on it indicating that the event was deleted and in some cases the reason for the erroneous event and subsequent removal.
In the interest of rapidly providing earthquake information to the public, most of the information about earthquakes that occur in the United States of America is automatically posted to the web and "ENS" if it meets quality standards. There is a trade off between the speed of our earthquake notifications and number of false alarms in the same way that any kind of "breaking news" story may have substantial changes or corrections as more information is received. The faster we release earthquake locations and magnitudes, the more likely it is that the information may be erroneous. Experience demonstrates that imposing more restrictive quality standards prevents the release of legitimate earthquake information.
There are multiple causes of false earthquake reports. Automatic systems are particularly prone to errors following large earthquake when earthquake location algorithms misidentify reflected and refracted seismic waves created by a single earthquake. In this case, one earthquake can turn into "events" located in areas far from the earthquake. In other cases, noise in "legacy" analog telephone circuits that bring the data from seismometers to computers can be misidentified as earthquakes. Software optimized to locate local earthquakes by ANSS regional seismic networks in the United States of America occasionally may mislocate a large earthquake occurring on the other side of the Earth (for example, China) deeply beneath the seismic network. Adding to this complexity, there are multiple seismic monitoring networks that contribute their earthquake locations and magnitudes to the ANSS system. These networks use different data and algorithms to locate the earthquakes, and sometimes the spatial separation of the contributed locations is so large that our systems interpret the independent solutions as distinct earthquakes of similar magnitude and location. In this situation, a delete message will be sent for one of the earthquake solutions but an earthquake did occur.
We are continuously improving our automatic systems and manual procedures to reduce the number of false earthquake reports. However, with the advent of rapid distribution methods like "Really Simple Syndication" ("RSS") and "Atom" feeds and the re-distribution of our alerts through "social media" sites, our errors are more widely seen and more difficult to retract completely. For these reasons, it is very important to remember that this data is preliminary and users should check our web site for the most recent updates.
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Info. at:
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000k6mg/exec...
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An earthquake is a natural shaking or vibrating of the Earth caused by sudden fault movement and a rapid release of energy. Earthquake activity is called "seismicity". The study of earthquakes is called "seismology". The actual underground location of an earthquake is the hypocenter, or focus. The site at the Earth's surface, directly above the hypocenter, is the epicenter. Minor earthquakes may occur before a major event - such small quakes are called foreshocks. Minor to major quakes after a major event are aftershocks.
Most earthquakes occur at or near tectonic plate boundaries, such as subduction zones, mid-ocean ridges, collision zones, and transform plate boundaries. They also occur at hotspots - large subsurface mantle plumes (Examples: Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, Afar).
Earthquakes generate four types of shock waves: P-waves, S-waves, Love waves, and Rayleigh waves. P-waves and S-waves are body waves - they travel through solid rocks. Love waves and Rayleigh waves travel only at the surface - they are surface waves. P-waves are push-pull waves that travel quickly and cause little damage. S-waves are up-and-down waves (like flicking a rope) that travel slowly and cause significant damage. Love waves are side-to-side surface waves, like a slithering snake. Rayleigh waves are rotational surface waves, somewhat like ripples from tossing a pebble into a pond.
Earthquakes are associated with many specific hazards, such as ground shaking, ground rupturing, subsidence (sinking), uplift (rising), tsunamis, landslides, fires, and liquefaction.
Some famous major earthquakes in history include: Shensi, China in 1556; Lisbon, Portugal in 1755; New Madrid, Missouri in 1811-1812; San Francisco, California in 1906; Anchorage, Alaska in 1964; and Loma Prieta, California in 1989.
(c) michael fellner 2010 all rights reserved
tunes: supertramp . fool's overture www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq1JcCenXWE
She's the one that stumbles when she talks about it
So maybe we shouldn't talk about
Such a fortunate fool
She's just too good to be true
She's such a fortunate fool
~A song by Jack Johnson
Seven fooling around men (one, me, taking pictures, and another one lost somewhere in the picture) on the road to their hotel after a conference informal faraway in Wien. November, late after midnight, an impossible 16° Celsius heat, why not stopping o take a look to the last coiffure proposal in video along the road? Just to stay laughing and commenting for almost one hour. :-)
Original shots taken with a Sony DSC-H9, 8Mp Digital Camera, Nightshot mode, some post processing.
Tell me, which figure is the tallest - and after you´ve guessed, tell me, if you still believe everything your eyes catching up?
Dedicated to the fool on the hill on fools day.
Whilst the adults were getting serous I went off again to fool around with the kids and practice my miserable Swahili.
The artist formerly known as Flagrant Disregard is at it again for April Fool's Day. Check your own stats in Scout to see what you come up with...
1. Brad 'n' Greg, 2. SuperJen, 3. Red Rock, 4. Patrick, 5. Utter Frustration, 6. Anton 2, 7. Last Light, 8. 1 Corinthians 13:12,
9. Antoine for "The Smoking Room", 10. Love, 11. Wadu/Absolution, 12. Patrick, 13. See No Evil, 14. Guiding Forces, 15. Jay, 16. Erotic Brotha Issue #1,
17. Thrall, 18. Bus Trip #2, 19. Billy, 20. Brent Dorian Carpenter, 21. Dappled Prince, 22. Fi-Ya 11, 23. Elliot Anthony, 24. Bus Trip #1,
25. 365 Days - 076/365: Topsy-Turvy, 26. Donovan 5, 27. Patrick, 28. Piercing, 29. 365 Days - Day1: This is Me, 30. Bobby in Red, 31. 365 Days - 069/365: One-Shot The Sixth, 32. 365 Days - 003/365: Turbulence,
33. 365 Days - 010/365: I'm not sending my representative, 34. 365 Days - 006/365: Looking to the Light, 35. Daymon 2: American Terror, 36. 365 Days - Day 13 Reject, 37. 365 Days - 032/365: Reflection 4, 38. Daymon 1, 39. 365 Days - 014/365: I'm not in it for the sex..., 40. Brent Dorian Carpenter,
41. 365 Days - 060/365: Afro Halo, 42. Perspective, 43. Cast thine eyes ..., 44. Tony Bell 201, 45. Donovan 2, 46. Symmetry, 47. 365 Days - 005/365: Crossroads, 48. Bradley Candie,
49. What Greg Said 1, 50. Personal History in Print, 51. Before-n-After, 52. Original Sin, 53. 365 Days - 007/365: The Glow of Love, 54. 365 Days - 004/365: The Other Side of Morning, 55. Accidental Magic, 56. Blaze of Glory,
57. 365 Days - 066/365: One-Shot The Third, 58. 365 Days - 057/365: The Light of History, 59. What Greg Said 2, 60. Suited Down, 61. Michael: Strong and Assured, 62. Concepting - Narcissus2f, 63. Brad in My Lapa, 64. 365 Days - 027/365: In Memoriam,
65. 365 Days - 038/365: Student Show Time!, 66. Brad Serving Face, 67. Street Smart, 68. 365 Days - 023/365: Come out, come out..., 69. Michael 221, 70. Fi-Ya 7, 71. Jim Crow, 72. Donovan 6
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Leica M9
28 Summicron ASPH
Backstage @
Sasquatch Music Festival
The Gorge Ampitheater
George, WA
© Jesse Lirola Photography, www.JesseLirola.com
Gino my eldest son sent us a email that came from his children’s school this morning, informing the parents of year 1 and reception that it has come to their attention that they have forgotten important English lessons last term so they are cancelling the Easter holidays and they need to return to school today. The email is waiting for the children at breakfast with their school uniforms neatly stacked. The funniest thing is his wife Siobhan has just told him that Hamish is in year 2 :-)
Here’s a photo from my New Years eve trip to the woods where I caught one of my only glimpses of winter, is the weather going to fool us all and bring winter back this weekend?
Poster for my upcoming brickfilm.
Check out my Facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/WinterSock/
Trying out a stamp on a piece of scrap wood that I've used to test stains in the past. Seeing if a stamp will apply the logo well enough. Both of these were over-inked and neither of them had enough ink/paint to make a logo on wood that wasn't transparent. The method of leaving an image for a stamp is to apply pressure directly on the ink/paint and in the case of wood it just squishes the paint out of the way and leaves it thin. Too thin.
Failure is good, though. I never move forward without multiple failures along the way. Just another lesson learned. And this will make a groovy stamp for correspondence and packages.
I had originally planned to use a custom branding iron, but the price on top of all the guitars I've ordered is just more than I can front right now. We'll see.
1. Ripples, 2. Donut pincushion, 3. Ice crochet, 4. Pancetta, 5. Masterpiece, 6. Anzu, 7. Donut, 8. Ichima,
9. Pancetta, 10. Pancetta, 11. Fanchette and the new Pekoe, 12. Bayadère box, 13. Alice, 14. Saint-Valentin, 15. Pouch, 16. 3filles,
17. Sweet inspiration, 18. Edith Flack Ackley dolls, 19. Masterpiece, 20. Pekoe, 21. Taffy, 22. Fanchette, 23. Cloudberry in blue dress, 24. Fanchette the rabbit,
25. Fanchette the rabbit, 26. Cat hat, 27. Masterpiece, 28. Baha, 29. Pancetta, 30. Eclairs, 31. Hana, 32. Baha,
33. Pamplemousse's ice cream kitchen 8, 34. Cat nap, 35. Miss Loveday Lemon, 36. Baha, 37. Pancetta's Christmas, 38. Fanchette, 39. Cache-coeur, 40. Saint-Valentin,
41. Cardie, 42. Fanchette, 43. Chandrakala, 44. What shall I wear today?, 45. Mandarine, 46. A bee in her bonnet, 47. Baby amigurumi, 48. Girl talk,
49. Pancetta, 50. Bonbon, 51. Biscuit's moos, 52. Eulalie says goodbye, 53. The new Gianduja, 54. Chandrakala, 55. Pancetta's Christmas, 56. What shall I wear today?,
57. Praline's cafe, 58. Pamplemousse, 59. Nid d'ange, 60. Boxes, 61. A bee in her bonnet, 62. Sweet decadence, 63. Octavie with Shirley Temple doll, 64. Eglantine,
65. Eulalie and the bugbear, 66. Pancetta, 67. Fanchette the rabbit, 68. Necklace, 69. Mandarine, 70. Eulalie and Mignonnette, 71. Anzu's dress, 72. Ambroisie and Gianduja
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A result of the Second City Directing Program, Fool for Thought’s Silent but Deadly emulates past sketch comedy groups, Bald Faced Lie and Bri-ko, in delivering a “dialogue-less” show. Watch as we listen to your guilty pleasure, sock puppets recreate famous movie scenes, and armless lovers enjoy a picnic. Plus, we have hot women in our cast.
Sunday, January 10th @ 5:30PM - North Theatre
Day 92:
April Fools' Day.
Sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year. Its origins are uncertain. Some see it as a celebration related to the turn of the seasons, while others believe it stems from the adoption of a new calendar.
New Year's Day Moves
Ancient cultures, including those of the Romans and Hindus, celebrated New Year's Day on or around April 1. It closely follows the vernal equinox (March 20th or March 21st.) In medieval times, much of Europe celebrated March 25, the Feast of Annunciation, as the beginning of the new year.
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII ordered a new calendar (the Gregorian Calendar) to replace the old Julian Calendar. The new calendar called for New Year's Day to be celebrated Jan. 1. That year, France adopted the reformed calendar and shifted New Year's day to Jan. 1. According to a popular explanation, many people either refused to accept the new date, or did not learn about it, and continued to celebrate New Year's Day on April 1. Other people began to make fun of these traditionalists, sending them on "fool's errands" or trying to trick them into believing something false. Eventually, the practice spread throughout Europe.
Problems With This Explanation
There are at least two difficulties with this explanation. The first is that it doesn't fully account for the spread of April Fools' Day to other European countries. The Gregorian calendar was not adopted by England until 1752, for example, but April Fools' Day was already well established there by that point. The second is that we have no direct historical evidence for this explanation, only conjecture, and that conjecture appears to have been made more recently.
Constantine and Kugel
Another explanation of the origins of April Fools' Day was provided by Joseph Boskin, a professor of history at Boston University. He explained that the practice began during the reign of Constantine, when a group of court jesters and fools told the Roman emperor that they could do a better job of running the empire. Constantine, amused, allowed a jester named Kugel to be king for one day. Kugel passed an edict calling for absurdity on that day, and the custom became an annual event.
"In a way," explained Prof. Boskin, "it was a very serious day. In those times fools were really wise men. It was the role of jesters to put things in perspective with humor."
This explanation was brought to the public's attention in an Associated Press article printed by many newspapers in 1983. There was only one catch: Boskin made the whole thing up. It took a couple of weeks for the AP to realize that they'd been victims of an April Fools' joke themselves.
Spring Fever
It is worth noting that many different cultures have had days of foolishness around the start of April, give or take a couple of weeks. The Romans had a festival named Hilaria on March 25, rejoicing in the resurrection of Attis. The Hindu calendar has Holi, and the Jewish calendar has Purim. Perhaps there's something about the time of year, with its turn from winter to spring, that lends itself to lighthearted celebrations.
Observances Around the World
April Fools' Day is observed throughout the Western world. Practices include sending someone on a "fool's errand," looking for things that don't exist; playing pranks; and trying to get people to believe ridiculous things.
The French call April 1 Poisson d'Avril, or "April Fish." French children sometimes tape a picture of a fish on the back of their schoolmates, crying "Poisson d'Avril" when the prank is discovered.
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