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Members of the embarked Air Detachment onboard HMC FREDERICTON prepare the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter to be traversed to the flight deck to conduct maintenance ground run during Operation REASSURANCE on 26 February 2023 in the Mediterranean Sea.
Please credit: Cpl Noé Marchon, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
At 9:02PM on July 3, 2025, the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to the 12900 block of W Corcoran St to find flames showing from three one-story homes. Fireworks were still actively detonating in the area, contributing to the spread of the fire and threatening nearby brush and structures. Crews initiated a defensive operation to ensure firefighter safety while working to contain the fire.
The flames ultimately involved four primary homes, multiple attached and detached ADUs, and a parked vehicle on four total properties. Knockdown was declared at 9:51 PM, approximately 53 minutes after the initial report.
The fire left one person dead and five others injured. An approximately 30-year-old man was found deceased after the fire was extinguished. A 33-year-old woman was critically injured and transported to the hospital. Four others were treated for smoke inhalation at the scene and declined transport to the hospital.
Multiple animals were also injured. California Highway Patrol officers transported at least one injured dog directly to an emergency veterinary hospital, and Los Angeles Animal Services was requested to assist at the scene.
A gas leak was identified at one of the homes, prompting a response from the gas company. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was also called to manage live electrical wires that had fallen behind the initial three properties.
More than 130 firefighters responded, along with specialized units from LAFD Arson, LAFD HazMat, LAPD Bomb Squad, the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety, and the Mayor’s Crisis Response Team. The American Red Cross is working to assist displaced residents.
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LAFD Incident 070325-1584
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These images were made during a journey down Rustic Road 32 in Marinette County on June 24, 2017.
R-32, Wisconsin’s longest rustic road, offers a 37-mile journey through several county parks and the Peshtigo River State Forest. The route features multiple species of hardwoods and conifers, along with numerous granite boulders and outcroppings. R-32 also offers vistas of the Thunder and Peshtigo rivers.
Wisconsin's Rustic Roads system was created to preserve many of the state's scenic, lightly traveled country roads. Features of Rustic Roads include rugged terrain, native vegetation and wildlife, or open areas with agricultural vistas.
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Amanecer en Valparaíso el 21 de mayo de 2007.
Horas después la ciudad se convertiría en el escenario de la represión y de un par de promesas desde el Congreso.
Son los costos de la democracia.
Sample of offerings from the multiple food carts set up during lunchtime in the Dongdaemun market, Seoul.
Class 155. 155342. Diesel Multiple Unit. In Northern Trains livery. Operating the 2R06 0956 Bridlington to York. service. Seen at York Station, Yorkshire.
Taken with a tripod at night with Canon T3i EFS 60mm lens. Photos combined and perspective changed in Gimp. In the middle photo, I caught a reflection from the clouds which made a strange orb in the sky due to the extended exposure time. A really interesting phenomenon.
I took this in my yard, getting good natural light. I like the amount of greenery that takes up the entire space. I like that they are all clovers, you can search through the image. My focal point would be the clover with the hole in the middle. I was able to fill the entire screen with the clovers, not leaving a single empty space.
Khajuraho, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a famous tourist and archaeological site known for its sculptured temples dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, Jain patriarchs, and others. Khajuraho was one of the capitals of the Chandela kings, who from the 9th to the 12th century CE developed a large realm, which at its height included almost all of what is now Madhya Pradesh state. Khajuraho extended over 21 sq. km and contained about 85 temples, built by multiple rulers mostly between 950 to 1050. In the 12th century the Chandelas, in a period of chaos and decline, abandoned Khajuraho and moved to hill forts elsewhere. Khajuraho puttered along until the 14th century (Ibn Batuta was impressed by its temples) but was afterwards largely forgotten and overtaken by jungles, which probably saved it from the desecration that Muslim conquerors sometimes inflicted on Hindu monuments. In 1838 a British army captain, TS Burt, employed by the Asiatic Society in Calcutta, came upon information that led him to the rediscovery of the complex of temples in the jungle in Khajuraho.
Of the 85 original temples—most constructed of sandstone—about 20 are still reasonably well preserved. Both internally and externally the temples are richly carved with excellent sculptures that are frequently sensual and often sexually explicit. The temples are divided into three complexes—the western is the largest and best known, containing the magnificent Shaivite temple Kandariya Mahadev, a 31m high agglomeration of porches and turrets culminating in a spire. Khajuraho's name derives from the prevalence of khajur, or date palms, in the area.
There are many theories explaining the real reason for incorporating erotic art with the temples. One of the most popular theories is that they were meant to provide education about earthly desires. During the medieval era, young boys were sent to hermitage and practice bramhacharya till reaching maturity. The sculptures were meant to educate them about grahasthahram.
Yet another theory states that they were meant to represent kama (desire) as the third purushartha (aim of life). The sculptures are also accredited to the rise of the Tantric cults during that time. However, several experts reject these theories.
However, the most credible explanations for the erotic sculptures at Khajuraho are as follows:
1. Sign of happiness, prosperity and auspiciousness: During the medieval era there was a common belief that having erotic sculptures were considered alankaras or decorative motifs, protective and auspicious. This hypothesis is based on the authoritative religious texts like the Shilpashastras and the Brihat Samhita. According to the Brihat Samhita, mithunas (couples), goblins, creepers and erotic sculptures were meant to be carved on the temple door to bring in good luck and as a sign of auspiciousness.
2. Mock the Ascetics: Yet another theory explaining the old erotic art at Khajuraho states that the coital couples represent ascetics as well as people from the royal class. It is also believed that the sculptures of couples participating in the orgies are scenes imagined by the artists. Also, it is also said that the artists used ascetics in sensuous and passionate moods as a way to mock the extreme Tantric sects that rose during that era.
3. Code Language: According to experts, the erotic figures were used as a code language to convey Tantric doctrines and non-communicable experiences. For e.g. A sculpture wherein a washerwoman clings to an ascetic may look erotic and sensuous for the layman. However, in the Tantric language, the washerwoman represents the Kundalini energy that has ascended up to the chakras i.e. the neck of the ascetic. Thus, the erotic sculptures have a deeper meaning related to the Tantric cult.
4. Conceal the Magico-Propitiory Yantra: According to the architectural text of the Shilpa Prakasha, every temple must have a Kamakala Yantra strategically placed to protect it from evil spirits and natural calamities. However, the Yantra, which is basically a set of lines drawn symmetrically, must not be visible to the lay man. Thus, a few erotic sculptures with the head down posture were made corresponding to the lines of the Yantra and superimposed on it.
5. Non-duality: It is possible that the erotic sculptures symbolically represent the union of two opposing forces or energies like, inhalation and exhalation, in a timeless state of non-duality.
The erotic art at Khajuraho is considered to be the pinnacle of love and passion. However, during the period between 900 – 1300 AD most Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples across western and southern India comprised of erotic art.
However, at other temples, these sculptures were carved at the plinth level, below the eye level and thus did not get noticed. It is only at Khajuraho that these sculptures were so prominently displayed on the main wall of the temples
Isn't this amazing? [This view from between the three offshoot trees.]
It's an ancient horse chestnut tree in Headington Hill Park, Oxford, with unique growth. Top middle is the trunk of the original tree but its top has now gone. Three lower branches (forked in the foreground, a single one top left) dipped down to the ground and a mature tree has formed at the end of each. You can see in the bottom right hand corner where the branch has rooted in the ground. The new tree starts there.
The helpful website Daily Info tells me that "at some point in the distant past it appears to have been struck by lightning. Not to be beaten, it re-rooted three branches which are now tall and sturdy trees in their own right, all still plugged in to the motherlode, as it were." here
The destruction of the mind into 4 spheres of thought.
Related websites:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0LNyXsErb8
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Kodak 35mm 400 Pentax K1000, SMC Pentax FA 320mm Zoom lens
Arista C-41 color process ©2013auxiliofaux
multiple exposures
Kodak 35mm 400 Arista
Pentax K1000, SMC Pentax FA 320mm Zoom lens
C-41 color process ©2013auxiliofaux
Multiple in-situ leaded glass repairs were carried out to this fantastic set of stone tracery windows . They are at the Vajrapani Buddhist Centre in Huddersfield .
Holme Valley Stained Glass is based in Holmfirth , near Huddersfield ,West Yorkshire .