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Nikon D800E photography of Pretty Blond Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess @ the 45SURF Summer Beach House! Gorgeous Green Eyes! Modeling a pink bikini and black gold 45 revolver bikini! I'm thiking about adding a deck and a pool to the beach house / surf shack! You'll have to visit!
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Classic California--an athletic model goddess modeling Gold 45 Revolver bikini with the Moving Dimensions Theory Equation on it: dx4/dt=ic! Tall, thin, fit and very, very pretty!
Be sure to enjoy the epic videos in full screen HD! :)
Photos shot with the AMAZING Nikon D800 E and Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II AF-S Nikkor Zoom Lens and the B W 77mm XS-Pro Kaesemann Circular Polarizer with Multi-Resistant Nano Coating. Classic California Brunette Beach Babe! Beautiful Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes and wavy sandy-brown hair!
Shot in both RAW & JPEG, but all these photos are RAWs finished in Lightroom 5 ! :)
Modeling the classic 45surf t-shirts and the Gold 45 Revolver Gold'N'Virtue Bikini on a sunny Malibu summer afternoon--my favorite for shooting on the beautiful socal beach!
Modeling the black & gold "Gold 45 Revolver" Gold'N'Virtue swimsuits with the main equation to Moving Dimensions Theory on the swimsuits: dx4/dt=ic. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. She was thin, tall, fit, tan, and sexy! Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
May the Hero's Journey Mythology Goddess inspire you (as they have inspired me!) along your own artistic journey! Love, love, love the 70-200mm F/2.8 Lens! :)
All the Best on Your Epic Hero's Journey from Johnny Ranger McCoy!
May the classic California HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!
A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
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Windows of Sagrada Família, Barcelona, autonomous community Catalonia, Spain.
Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família (Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family), commonly called Sagrada Família (Holy Family), is an unfinished Roman Catholic basilica in Barcelona. It was designed by the famous Catalan modernisme architect Antoni Gaudí. Construction works started in 1882 and are estimated to be finished until the 100th anniversary of Gaudí's death in 2026 - provided that there'll be enough money, as the construction of Sagrada Família is funded solely by private donations and the entrance fees.
Sagrada Família has a nave with 5 aisles and a transept with 3 aisles. It is surrounded by a cloister. The whole church is adorned with complex ornaments and decorative elements. The columns carrying the hyperboloid vaults are designed to resemble trees and branch out at the top.
According to Gaudí's drafts, the church will have three grand facades and eighteen spires:
Nativity facade and Passion facade are already completed, Glory facade is under construction now.
Twelve of the spires (four of them above each facade, eight of them already completed) will be for the Twelve Apostles, four spires for the four Evangelists, and one spire each for the Virgin Mary and for Jesus Christ. With a height of 170 m it will be the tallest church building in the world.
Together with six other buildings, Gaudí’s work on the Nativity facade and the Crypt of Sagrada Família is inscribed in the World Heritage List of the UNESCO as Works of Antoni Gaudí.
---quotation from en.wikipedia.org about Antoni Gaudí:---
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (...25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.
Much of Gaudí's work was marked by his big passions in life: architecture, nature, religion. Gaudí studied every detail of his creations, integrating into his architecture a series of crafts in which he was skilled: ceramics, stained glass, wrought ironwork forging and carpentry. He introduced new techniques in the treatment of materials, such as trencadís, made of waste ceramic pieces.
After a few years under the influence of neo-Gothic art and Oriental techniques, Gaudí became part of the Catalan Modernista movement which was reaching its peak in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work transcended mainstream Modernisme, culminating in an organic style inspired by nature. Gaudí rarely drew detailed plans of his works, instead preferring to create them as three-dimensional scale models and molding the details as he was conceiving them.
Gaudí’s work enjoys widespread international appeal and many studies are devoted to understanding his architecture. Today, his work finds admirers among architects and the general public alike. His masterpiece, the still-uncompleted Sagrada Família, is one of the most visited monuments in Spain. Between 1984 and 2005, seven of his works were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
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Barcelona (...) is the capital of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, after Madrid, with a population of 1,620,943 within its administrative limits on a land area of 101.4 km² (39 sq mi). The urban area of Barcelona extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of around 4.5 million within an area of 803 km² (310 sq mi), being the sixth-most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, the Ruhr, Madrid and Milan. About five million people live in the Barcelona metropolitan area. It is also the largest metropolis on the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the Mediterranean coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs and is bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola ridge (512 metres (1,680 ft)).
Founded as a Roman city, Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona became the most important city of the Crown of Aragon. Besieged several times during its history, Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean is located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments.
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Costa Brava holiday April 2009.
Cfr. note¹ over the above image².
[Ommastrephes D'Orbigny 1835: 4 (IT: 1) spp]
Oegopsida are the only — possibly the oldest — invertebrates capable of controlled powered flight excluding insects.
O. cylindraceus (ὄμμαστρεφής = ‘qui tourne les yeux’) occurs @-1.49E3≤G≤0 in diverse marine habitats, occasionally travelling within schools of Dosidicus gigas and Sthenoteuthis spp.
NOTES
2. A. Pierce 2009: O. cylindraceus @N-35E-12G1 (original image).
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D.J. Shulman 2023: Cephalopoda natural history.
F.Á. Fernández-Álvarez & al. 2020: Ommastrephes biodiversity.
A.J.C. Tiongson 2021: Sterna hirundo capturing airborne squid.
T.G. Hou & al. 2020: Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis water-air motion.
W.F. Ponder & al. 2020: Mollusca biology & evolution.
T. Hou & al. 2019: Squid-like aquatic-aerial vehicle.
R.T. Hanlon & J.B. Messenger 2018: Cephalopoda behaviour.
R.T. Hanlon & al. 2018: Cephalopoda, p. 125.
J.J. Socha & al. 2015: How animals glide.
K. Muramatsu & al. 2013: Ommastrephidæ active flight.
R.K. O'Dor 2013: How squid swim & fly.
R.K. O' Dor 2012: Flying squid.
R.K. O' Dor & al. 2012: Squid rocket science.
I.K. Bartol & al. 2008: Squid hydrodynamics throughout ontogeny.
E.J. Anderson & M.A. Grosenbaugh 2005: Doryteuthis pealei jet.
S. Maciá & al. 2004: Squid flight review.
J.T. Gosline & M.E. DeMont 1985: Squid jet-propelled swimming.
A.C.V.M.D. D'Orbigny 1835: Ommastrephes cylindraceus g.&sp.n.
R.P. Lesson 1830: Voyage autour du monde, vol.2, pp.240-241, f2.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascoutah,_Illinois
Mascoutah is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, named for the Mascoutens, a tribe of the Michigan Indians. The population was 7,483 at the 2010 census. According to the US Census Bureau, the population was estimated at 7,994 in 2019.
Source: www.mascoutah.org/about-mascoutah
Mascoutah offers small town feel with modern amenities. Located just off Interstate 64, Mascoutah is in close proximity to St. Louis, Missouri. Mascoutah is easily accessible to St. Louis and Lambert Airport by Metrolink with stations minutes away from town. Mascoutah is home to Mid America Airport which currently flies to Daytona Beach, FL; St. Pete/Clearwater/Tampa Bay, FL; and Las Vegas, NV.
Mascoutah has some of the first rate public and private schools in the area. The Mascoutah School District has more than 4,100 students. There are three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. Mascoutah is 15 minutes away from McKendree College and Southwestern Illinois College, and thirty minutes away from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, St. Louis University, and Washington University.
Mascoutah is a growing community and is well positioned for growth. There have been numerous construction projects in the past year that have provided many new homes and businesses in the community.
There are three parks in town that offer a wide array of activities. Scheve Park has two swimming pools, baseball diamonds, two lighted tennis courts, a lighted sand volleyball court, lighted horseshoe pits, two soccer fields, skate park, ten pavilions varying in size, and several playground areas. Scheve Park also has a restored train caboose that visitors can tour. Maple Park is equipped with outdoor basketball facilities, a ball playing area, playground equipment, and a family sized pavilion. Prairie Park has two fishing lakes, a fountain, and a pavilion.
Mascoutah has 21 organizations in town, men and women’s sports teams, festivals, parades, and lots of other events year-round! Come see us in Mascoutah
27 June 2014
Imago Anatopism
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Second Life
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Mimesis Monday
(Heidi Dahlsveen)
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Alpha Auer
(Elif Ayiter)
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From the notecards:
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About Imago Anatopism:
The project tells the tale of Volund, a nordic, elf, a symbol following Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces." Volund undergoes many persona changes during his travels in which he encounters several others that shape and transform him.
Stage 1: At the start of the tale Volund, a Norsk elf who is probably born on the edge of the world between Midgaard – the home of humans, and Utgaard – the home home of giants, is still a young boy who is taken by his father to a mountian where a tribe of dwarfs are to teach him the craft of blacksmithing.
At this early stage all Volund gets are the basics: Skin, shape, eyes and a pair of shoes.
Stage 2: This is the stage in which Volund is refuses the call to the adventure. He is still a timid boy who does not hear, or misinterprets the call or may even misuse the call since he is not yet mature enough to make his own decisions and only follows the decisions of others. All this leads to the murder of his father which makes Volund realise life's dangers and the magnitude of his task.
Symbolizing this blindness, at stage 2 Volund only gets a mask as an attachment.
Stage 3: Setting out on his adventure, Volund goes back to the mountain in order to learn further secrets of forging and the creation of magic tools from the dwarf. Such supernatural aids are both good and bad and once Volund puts on his magic belt and helmet he realizes that it is the dwarfs that killed his father. This makes them his enemy and he has a narrow escape as he leaves the mountain.
Thus, at stage 3 Volund gets a magic belt and helmet as two new attachments.
Stage 4: The idea of the entering another world is often symbolized by the belly of the whale. Volund is no different in this regard, and he throws himself into the ocean to float away to the unknown.
Thus, at stage 4 Volund gets a harpoon as a new attachment.
Stage 5: It is at this stage that Volund starts discovering his strength and power. He now has the ability to forge magic objects, such as life-like statues and wonderful weapons. It is at this stage that Volund meets a valkyrie (in this instance, a symbol for the concept of "goddess"), whom he first sees as a swan who is taking off her feathers in order to bathe in lake. Volund hides her feathers and makes her his first wife. However she leaves him at the end of 7 years when she finally finds her feathers and flees away.
"She is the mother, sister, mistress, bride," Campbell writes of the goddess. But she is also the death of of everything that dies. Campbell continues: "Woman, in the picture language of mythology, represents the totality of what can be known. The hero is the one who comes to know."
At stage 5 Volund gets a big present that he gives to the goddess as an offering as a new attachment.
Stage 6: Volund gets 9 rings from the valkyrie, which is a symbol of union. However these ring are also things that he can measure his own forging up against.
Stage 7: Volund is now supposed to start his journey back home, with newly gained wisdom. However, he faces yet another obstacle through the king who tries to hinder Volund from leaving by crippling him.
Thus, unsurprisingly, at this stage Volund gets a cane. There are several versions of this with different poses.
Stage 8: Volund gets his revenge upon the king by raping his daughter.
To quote Campbell again: "And always, after the first thrills of getting under way, the adventure develops into a journey of darkness, horror, disgust and phantasmagoric fears."
And so, at this stage Volund gets a caged bird with which he can seduce the king's daughter.
Stage 9: Volund has now made the king's daughter pregnant. However, in order to ensure that his own son inherits the throne, Volund also takes the precaution of killing the king's two sons.
Thus, at this stage the new attachment that Volund gets is a sword.
Stage 10: We are now nearing the end of the story and Volund sits bird-like on a roof, and tells the king what has happend and what the future will be.
Stage 11: While Volund started his journey in the ocean his return home is through the sky. He forges himself a huge pair of wings with which he flies back home.
Stage 12: We have come to the end of the tale and Volund has finally returned home as a wiser, older man who now deserves to put on the shiled and mantle of the hero.
Campbell writes: ”The hero is the champion of things becoming, not of things become, because he is.” And later ”Having died to his personal ego, he arose again established in the Self”.
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Der Sankt-Georg-Ritterorden (ung. Szent György Lovagrend) wurde 1326 von Karl I. Robert in Visegrád gegründet und Georg der Drachentöter zum Schutzpatron erkoren. Der Orden entstand nach der Zeit der Kreuzzüge und ist höfischen, nicht kirchlichen Ursprungs.
Er war der erste königliche Ritterorden der Welt , noch vor dem 1348 gestifteten englischen Hosenbandorden.
Der Orden diente vorrangig dem Schutze des Monarchen, aber auch der Abwehr der türkischen Bedrohung.
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Gründer:
Sigismund von Luxemburg
KG (* 15. Februar 1368 in Nürnberg; † 9. Dezember 1437 in Znaim, Mähren), auch Siegmund (tschechisch Zikmund Lucemburský, kroatisch Žigmund Luksemburški, ungarisch Luxemburgi Zsigmond), stammte aus dem Hause der Luxemburger.
Er war Kurfürst von Brandenburg von 1378 bis 1388
und von 1411 bis 1415,
König von Ungarn und Kroatien seit 1387 (siehe dazu Kroatien in Personalunion mit Ungarn), römisch-deutscher König seit 1411, König von Böhmen seit 1419 und römisch-deutscher Kaiser von 1433 bis zu seinem Tode.
Er galt als hochgebildet, sprach mehrere Sprachen (darunter Deutsch, Latein, Italienisch und Französisch) .
1388 verpfändete Sigismund die Mark Brandenburg, um seine Militärausgaben in Ungarn zu decken, und gab sie 1417 den Hohenzollern als Lehen.
Sigismund verpfändete am 30. April 1415 die Mark Brandenburg an Burggraf Friedrich für 400 000 Gulden.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orden_de_San_Jorge_</a
La Orden del Dragón (en latín, Societas Draconistrarum; en húngaro, Sárkány lovagrend; en alemán, Der Drachenorden;
en croata, Zmajev red; en rumano, Ordinul Dragonului; en serbio, Ред Змаја; en búlgaro, Орденът на дракона) fue una orden militar católico romana de caballeros, generalmente integrada por nobles y príncipes, que surgió en la unión de Hungría y Croacia a finales de la Edad Media.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
www.markcarmodyphotography.com
The Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis), sometimes referred to as Western Yellow-legged Gull (to distinguish it from eastern populations of yellow-legged large white-headed gulls), is a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of either the Caspian Gull L. cachinnans, or more broadly as a subspecies of the Herring Gull L. argentatus. It is named after the German zoologist Karl Michahelles.
It is now generally accepted that the Yellow-legged Gull is a full species. The breeding range is centred around the Mediterranean Sea. In North Africa it is common in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and increasing in places. Recent breeding has occurred in Libya and Egypt. In the Middle East a few breed in Israel and Syria with larger numbers in Cyprus and Turkey. In Europe there are colonies all along the Mediterranean coast, and also on the Atlantic islands and coasts north to Brittany and west to the Azores. It also breeds on the west side of the Black Sea; here it overlaps with the Caspian Gull but there is a difference in habitat, with the Yellow-legged Gull preferring sea cliffs and Caspian Gull on flatter shores. In recent decades birds have spread north into central and western Europe. One to four pairs have attempted to breed in southern England since 1995 (sometimes hybrid pairs with Lesser Black-backed Gulls), though colonisation has been very slow.
Many birds remain in the same area all year round but others migrate to spend the winter in mild areas of western Europe or head south as far as Senegal, the Gambia and the Red Sea. (wikipedia)
The species is quite common along the Portuguese coast. There was a big evening roost of YLGs on the local beach near where we were staying this summer. A handful of Audouin's Gulls were also in amongst them.
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I've been feeling uninspired lately and I went into the woods today with no concept in mind and after two hours of hiking small and narrow trails I took this. I feel like my last couple photos are too similar looking. I definitely need a change of scenery.
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I know. This is old. But i just came across it again for probably like the 50th time, and i just love it so it will live here FOREVER on lockedcog.com
[Unidentified young soldier in Union shell jacket and kepi with musket]
[between 1861 and 1865]
1 photograph : quarter-plate tintype, hand-colored ; 12.5 x 10.3 cm (case)
Notes:
Title devised by Library staff.
Case: Berg, no. 1-35.
Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105).
Subjects:
United States.--Army--People--1860-1870.
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870.
Military uniforms--Union--1860-1870.
Rifles--1860-1870.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel--Union.
Format: Portrait photographs--1860-1870.
Tintypes--Hand-colored--1860-1870.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Ambrotype/Tintype filing series (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650518
Liljenquist Family collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2010650519
More information about this collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.27200
Call Number: AMB/TIN no. 2347
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I especially enjoy looking at themes: like many faces, and parts of bodies like EYES. And yes, a large prevalence of Second Life avatars, tres kewl! 7,314 total, because I don't want to eat your time counting.
Got the idea from MiaSnow, thanx!
Check it out: www.flickr.com/fun/buddies.gne
www.decorobra.com/decoracion-de-casas-de-campo.html
Si usted está pensando en relajarse y descansar, lejos de la cuidad y de las rutinas diarias, no hay nada mejor que retirarse a una casa de campo, alejada de las grandes urbes. A la hora de ambientar o decorar nuestra casa de campo, debemos tener en cuenta no complicarnos demasiado con lo que vamos a poner en los ambientes, sean los muebles, el tipo de pintura, adornos, etc.
El aspecto fresco y relajante de la decoración con estilo rural, se ha hecho muy popular en los últimos años, y un montón de gente elige decorar sus casas en este estilo.
Para una casa de campo, lo más recomendable siempre, es colocar muebles robustos de mimbre, ratán, madera, cuero o hierro forjado, o una combinación de éstas opciones. Debemos evitar los muebles frágiles, finos y de colores muy claros. Los muebles de mimbre van bien con el estilo, pero no es necesariamente la única opción. Si usted prefiere muebles tapizados también pueden ser una opción agradable. Se pueden escoger muebles con fundas o telas que ayuden a hacer más fácil la limpieza de los mismos. Igualmente, las cortinas pueden ser de material rústico y simple, que es lo que prevalece en las casas de campo.
En cuanto a la iluminación, una araña de generosas dimensiones brinda cierta majestuosidad al ambiente. Para el jardín, lo más apropiado es la utilización de los clásicos faroles para iluminar y también decorar los exteriores. Se debe mantener las ventanas relativamente sencillas y los ambientes bien ventilados para permitir que el sol natural de calor en su habitación. Complementar esta iluminación natural con ramos de flores en floreros.
En las casas de campo, la decoración original se centra en los espacios de relajación y diversión, que son fáciles de mantener y disfrutar.
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Outfit: CChantal RetroRockabilly - includes top, jeans and heels
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Necklace & Earrings: EarthStones Flight of Fancy
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Bracelet & Earrings: EarthStones Monarch Fantasy Bracelet
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The showcase continues to be an amazing success and we're aiming to make next year's Showcase even better! The 2009 Showcase will take place over TWO NIGHTS in the HISTORIC KIMO THEATER in downtown Albuquerque. The 2009 show will continue to feature an art show in the adjoining Kimo Theater gallery space.
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Fishing thru ice
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.10041
Call Number: LC-B2- 2346-7
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Life Magazine Cover (8 Dec 1910)
James Montgomery Flagg (1877 - 1960)
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American artist, comics artist and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his political posters, particularly his 1917 poster of Uncle Sam created for United States Army recruitment during World War I.
The London Eye (Millenium Wheel) at a height of 135 metres (443 ft), is the biggest Ferris wheel in Europe, and has become the most popular paid tourist attraction in the United Kingdom, visited by over 3 million people a year.
At the time it was erected it was the tallest Ferris wheel in the world, however, it is still described by its operators as "the world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel" (because the entire structure is supported by an A-frame on one side only).
The London Eye is located at the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in London, United Kingdom, between Westminster Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.
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Rundl power plant (Click here to see all the shots of Kraftwerk Rundl)
In 1900 it was decided to build the first power plant of the region to supply the city of Brixen with electric current: an isolated plot of land near the town of Schabs, down in the canyon of Rienz river, was chosen as the site for hydroelectric power station "Rundl". A couple of years later, on December 18th 1903, electric lights illuminated the city centre for the first time. Unfortunately in the 1940s the newly built dams rendered this power plant useless: turbines and other machinery were removed and the buildings were soon abandoned. As of today, Kraftwerk Rundl is still at its place, looking like a fairytale castle and standing in the middle of overgrown trees. The roar of the the river flowing violently and the loneliness of the site make this a spooky - but fascinating - location.
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Centrale elettrica Rundl (Clicca qui per vedere tutte le foto della Kraftwerk Rundl)
Intorno all'anno 1900 si prese la decisione di costruire la prima centrale elettrica della zona, allo scopo di alimentare la città di Bressanone: come sito venne scelto un terreno isolato poco lontano dal paese di Sciaves, in fondo alla gola del fiume Rienza. Un paio di anni più tardi, il 18 dicembre 1903, le luci elettriche illuminarono per la prima volta il centro cittadino grazie all'energia prodotta dalla centrale idroelettrica "Rundl". Sfortunatamente già negli anni '40 la costruzione delle nuove dighe rese superfluo l'impianto: turbine e macchinare furono presto rimossi e gli edifici vennero abbandonati. Oggi la centrale elettrica Rundl è ancora al suo posto, seppur immersa nella fitta vegetazione: nonostante ciò mantiene inalterato il suggestivo aspetto da "castello delle fiabe". Il rombo del fiume che scorre impetuoso a fianco della centrale e il luogo isolato in cui si trova la rendono un posto senz'altro spaventoso, ma anche affascinante...
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The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, or less formally, La Madeleine), is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royale, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present day Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work was halted due to the French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte had it redesigned in the neoclassical style to become a monument to the glory of his armies. After his downfall in 1814, construction as a church resumed, but it was not completed until 1842. The building is surrounded on all four sides by Corinthian columns. The interior is noted for its frescoes on the domed ceiling, and monumental sculptures by François Rude, Carlo Marochetti and other prominent 19th-century French artists. The exterior and interior of the church are undergoing a major project of cleaning and restoration, which began in 2020 and is scheduled for completion in 2024. As of this writing, it is continuing with many months of work remaining.
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Beti Utsav is a community celebration which takes place every three months in several areas in New Delhi. It is a festive gathering of community members who come together to celebrate the birth of girls in their neighbourhood.
In India boys are valued far higher than girls, so much so that many women face pressure to have an illegal sex determination test, and if they are having a girl, also face pressure to abort the foetus. The latest census showed that there were only 914 girls to every 1,000 boys across India.
On a Beti Utsav celebration, ActionAid’s partner Action India, goes into the community to sing songs, give out sweets and visit the homes of families of girls who are less than three months old. Ladoos (an Indian sweet) are usually distributed when a boy is born in the family, so these are given out on Beti Utsav celebrations too, and tin plates (thali) are drummed to make noise.
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20th of March marks Nowruz, the Persian new year. Nowruz (New Day) is the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, commencing the start of the spring. It is the start of the Iranian New Year according to the Persian/Jalali calendar, and has been celebrated among Iranians and ethno-linguistic groups worldwide for over 3,000 years.
Families get together around a table (Haft Seen) that's set and decorated with 7 main elements, all organic, edible, and starting with "s" in Persian counting down to the vernal equinox moment.
This year is 1395, and the vernal equinox was at 08:00:12 GMT +3:30 Tehran time.
In Iran, the Nowruz holidays last thirteen days. On the thirteenth day of the New Year, people leave their houses to join nature and picnic outdoors, as part of the 'Sizdah Be-dar' ceremony.
On the day of Sizdah Be-dar, the Greenery (Sabze) grown for the Haft Seen setting is thrown away, particularly into a running water. It is also customary for young single people to tie the leaves of the greenery before discarding it, expressing a wish to find a partner.
Another custom associated with the day of Sizdah Be-dar (April 1) is called Lie of the Thirteen, which is the process of lying to someone and making them believe it. It has been directly borrowed from the prank-playing April Fools' Day, and has become in vogue in Iran due to its coincidence with the day of the celebration of Sizdah Be-dar.
The seven elements of Haft Seen include:
1. Sabzeh (Sprout wheat or barley), symbolizing rebirth
2. Seeb (apple), symbolizing beauty
3. Senjed (oleaster/wild olive fruit), symbolizing love
4. Seer (garlic), symbolizing medicine and health
5. Somaq (sumac), symbolizing (the color of) sunrise.
6. Samanu (an organic pudding made from wheat germ), symbolizing affluence
7. Serkeh (vinegar), symbolizing old age and patience
Other elements such as gold fish, hyacinth and tulips, colored eggs, Divan-e Hafez (poetry), etc. is also usually added to the table.
P.S. The zodiac signs are based on Persian calendar months.
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This is a really common sight in the forests around Fairbanks, Alaska when spruce, birch, and aspen trees are all slowly tipping from vertical. Permafrost keeps many of these trees from developing deep root systems as they grow and in areas where the permafrost or ice wedges melts the loose soil no longer supports the tree. These areas have appropriately earned the name "drunken forests".