Curbs are often 8 to 12 inches high. Accessibility for wheelchairs is basically nonexistent. Here, a fence in the median blocks what looks like a crosswalk.

Inside the St. Regis Paper Company mill in Deferiet, NY. Circa 1910. Workers often went barefoot, and safety standards were nonexistent in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the Town of Champion archives, caption info from Lynn Thornton and Janet Zando.

That Somaliland has built a functioning state while the former Somali state remains nonexistent 20 years after its collapse gives Somaliland a legitimate claim to sovereignty. Its government has domestic authority and control, and it provides public services. Somaliland meets the Montevideo Convention’s criteria for statehood: a permanent population, a defined territory, government, and the capacity to enter into relations with the other states.

Hallmark Gold Crown (6,600 square feet)

120 Arthur Way, Victory Center, Newport News, VA

Opened August 2nd, 1996

Standalone Hallmark stores are basically nonexistent, except for this random one in the Kiln Creek area of Newport News. I'm honestly not sure how this store hangs on, since I've seen several of their regular mall and shopping center locations shutter within the past few years, yet somehow they can survive here in a whole separate building! Plus the store is right across from the shopping center's vacant Farm Fresh anchor and is a little hidden away from the highway so the foot traffic here can't be anything special. Beyond the store's location it's a typical Hallmark, with tan/light brown shelving and walls and carpeting throughout the entire salesfloor.

First day on the cruise and the Aquaduck had a full line. High capacity is virtually nonexistent to be found on this slide.

27 Feb 2015: Between Swains Lock and Pennyfield Lock, ice in the canal was thick where there wasn't much current. Where the current was strong, ice was thin or nonexistent.

Mendon Ponds Park is owned and very poorly maintained by the County of Monroe, NY.

Unfortunately, this extraordinary property is rapidly deteriorating due to an egregious lack of care. Trails are not cleared of debris... signs are useless. Park maintenance is essentially nonexistent. They do have a marketing department. Seriously, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of a county parks marketing department.

Email Mendon Ponds Park complaints to: countyexecutive@monroecounty.gov

Named for the (likely nonexistent) Monoclonius, this dinosaur-type Digimon also happens to be monochrome!

This series of photos shows our cruise ship's journey along the Fiordland coast between Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, and then our looping route in one entrance to this enormous fiord and out another. The reaction of my fellow passengers to this magnificent New Zealand scenery was, in itself, wonderful to observe.

•Doubtful Sound is a very large and naturally imposing fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. Doubtful Sound was named 'Doubtful Harbour' in 1770 by Captain Cook, who did not enter the inlet as he was uncertain whether it was navigable under sail. It was later renamed Doubtful Sound by whalers and sealers. There are three distinct arms to the sound, which is the site of several large waterfalls, notably Helena Falls at Deep Cove, and the Browne Falls which have a fall of over 600 metres. The steep hills are known for their hundreds of waterfalls during the rainy season. Access to the sound is either by sea, or by the Wilmot Pass road from the Manapouri Power Station. Most areas of the sound itself are only accessible by sea however, as the road network in this area of New Zealand is sparse or nonexistent, as is the human population. Doubtful Sound is unusual in that it contains two distinct layers of water that scarcely mix. The top few meters is fresh water, fed from the high inflows from the surrounding mountains, and stained brown with tannins from the forest. Below this is a layer of cold, heavy, saline water from the sea. The dark tannins in the fresh water layer makes it difficult for light to penetrate. Thus, many deep-sea species will grow in the comparatively shallow depths of the Sound.

Asperula purpurea (L.) Ehrend, syn.: Galium purpureum L.

Purple Woodruff, DE: Purpur Meier, Purpur Meister

Slo.: škrlatna perla, škrlatna lakota

Dat.: July 30. 2016

Lat.: 46.35803Long.: 13.70286

Code: Bot_993/2016_DSC4167

Habitat: an opening in mixed Fagus sylvatica and Picea abies wood; clear cut under (local) power lines, almost flat terrain; calcareous, skeletal, colluvial ground; full sun, warm and dry place; elevation 545 m (1.790 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.

Substratum: soil.

Place: Lower Trenta valley, between villages Soča and Trenta, right bank of river Soča; near Matevž farmhouse, above regional road Bovec Vršič, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC

Comment: Few plants known to me are more difficult to be photographed in the field as Asperula purpurea. It is small, very tender and its flowers have not much more than 1 mm in diameter. Its leaves can be less than 1 cm long and only a fraction of mm wide. Apparently, when it grows on sunny places it is specially small and tender. So, it shakes restlessly even if there is no observable wind. At the same time only macro photography can show its details. Since it is widely branched in all directions one would need considerable depth of field for sharp pictures. This is of cause nonexistent with macro work. Also focus stacking technique cannot be used, because the plant is in motion all the time.

This South European plant growing also on Balkan Peninsula, Carpathians and Apennines originally belonged to Galium genus, but was later repositioned to Asperula genus. All Asperula species growing in Slovenia are beautiful; however this beauty requires to be admired with a hand lens.

Ref.:

(1) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 2., Haupt (2004), p 348.

(2) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 762.

(3) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 702.

(4) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 521.

It's a girl. This cavalryman is a girl. In the Civil War women were not officially allowed to serve as soldiers for either side but some did nonetheless. They simply enlisted disguised as men. During the civil war physical exams were casual or nonexistent, unlike today. Also hygiene standards were also different than today. It was not unusual for soldiers to dress in private, bathe with their underwear on and seldom change that underwear. Numerous underage boys in both militaries made it possible for women to hide among the youthful soldiers with their lack of facial hair and boyish voices. Most of the women who enlisted were not discovered until they fell ill or were wounded or killed. Several such women have been documented. Confederate Lieutenant Harry Buford was actually Loreta Velazquez. She was one of the few female soldiers who left a written record of their experience. (Info from www.CivilWarAcademy.com)

There are many varieties of Alpaca. These animals are capable of spitting but not always do so. Also hygienic in keeping their grazing area, for grazing only.

Alpaca is not a Llama.

Pumapungo Inca ruins, Cuenca, Ecuador

Alpaca (Vicugna pacos) is a domesticated species of South American camelid. It resembles a small llama in superficial appearance.

Alpacas are kept in herds that graze on the level heights of the Andes of Ecuador, southern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Chile at an altitude of 3,500 m (11,000 ft) to 5,000 m (16,000 ft) above sea-level, throughout the year. Alpacas are considerably smaller than llamas, and unlike llamas, alpacas were not bred to be beasts of burden but were bred specifically for their fiber. Alpaca fiber is used for making knitted and woven items, much as wool is. The fiber comes in more than 52 natural colors as classified in Peru.

About Alpaca Fleece

Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca. It is light weight or heavy weight, depending on how it is spun. It is soft, durable, luxurious and silky natural fiber. While similar to sheep’s wool, it is warmer, not prickly, and has no lanolin which makes it hypoallergenic. Alpaca is naturally water-repellent. Huacaya, an alpaca that grows soft spongy fiber has natural crimp, thus making a naturally elastic yarn, perfect for knits. Suri has far less crimp and thus is best suited for woven goods, but is wonderfully luxurious as well.

In physical structure, alpaca fiber is somewhat akin to hair, being very glossy. Alpaca fiber is similar to that of merino wool fiber, and alpaca yarns tend to be stronger than wool yarns. The heel hole that appears in wool socks or in elbows of wool sweaters is nonexistent in similar alpaca garments. In processing, slivers lack fiber cohesion and single alpaca rovings lack strength. Blend these together and the durability is increased several times over. More twisting is necessary, especially in Suri, and this can reduce a yarn's softness.

The alpaca has a very fine and light fleece. It does not retain water, is thermal even when wet and can resist the solar radiation effectively. These characteristics guarantee the animals a permanent and appropriate coat to fight against the extreme changes of temperature. This fiber offers the same protection to humans. Alpaca is sustainable as a fiber, and is naturally organic. Alpacas as animals are soft on the environment, making alpaca a truly green textile.

Info re Wiki and Encyclo Brit

Mendon Ponds Park is owned and very poorly maintained by the County of Monroe, NY.

Unfortunately, this extraordinary property is rapidly deteriorating due to an egregious lack of care. Trails are not cleared of debris... signs are useless. Park maintenance is essentially nonexistent. They do have a marketing department. Seriously, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of a county parks marketing department.

Email Mendon Ponds Park complaints to: countyexecutive@monroecounty.gov

Leeville, Louisiana

on Bayou LaFourche

LaFourche Parish

Some of the greatest fishing is right here.

Leeville was settled by flood victims. On October 1, 1893, a hurricane wiped out the area's main settlement, Caminadaville, which sat on a spit of land bordered on three sides by the Gulf and on the fourth by swamp. Nearly half of Caminadaville's inhabitants perished in the storm, most by drowning, some when the buildings they had taken refuge in collapsed.

Survivors sailed up the bayou in their damaged canots and began buying land from an orange-grower named Peter Lee, who was selling plots for $12.50 each. For sixteen years, they fished, planted rice, and held fais do-do dancing parties in homes with covered verandas.

Then, in 1909, the Leeville Hurricane struck. (A contemporary newspaper account described survivors of that storm subsisting on drowned rabbit.) Six years later, a third hurricane forced residents to flee north once more. According to local legend, the storm surge carried one house from Leeville nine miles inland. The owner simply bought the plot underneath it and moved back in.

In the nineteen-thirties, Leeville rebounded briefly. Oil was discovered in the area, and by the end of the decade there were ninety-eight producing wells in town. The pay was good and regulation nonexistent. Blowouts routinely rained sulfur and brine onto the houses, into the cisterns, over the trees. Tin roofs corroded and vegetable gardens shrivelled up. When the wells ran dry, oil production moved offshore and Leeville was again deserted.

There were no more jobs, and the town itself had begun to wash away. Where once men in straw hats picked oranges and harvested rice, today there is mostly open water.

from: www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15339115_ITM

ucmmuseum.com/leesville.htm

SONY DSC, Original architectural drawings for renovations to the second floor of the Morgan house. Mistakenly titled as belonging to the nonexistent Alpha Chi Delta sorority. It is unclear if Julia Morgan or Thaddeus Joy drew the plans.

These drenched days have a way of bleeding together, touching shoulders through the mist and rattling raindrops. The wind has been almost nonexistent, which makes my life under an umbrella easier, everything tumbling straight down. Some of the old shingles escape being soaked, their bare wood spared in the relative stillness. These strong walls are the story of a long journey down. Like most barns of a certain age, they were made to be ignored for a while, then slapped back together when things got a little ragged. Eventually, almost all will start to ask what's next – if nostalgia can match the purpose of centuries past. There has to be both ends and means. Me, I feel inclined to justify existence alone. Not that I could afford it, but there are those who can. The past is a portal that opens to itself alone.

March 28, 2024

Waterford, Nova Scotia

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Harm House's Record of the Night for January 17, 2014!

Words cannot describe how good it felt to be shooting another show at Black Sheep after so long. It doesn't have the greatest lighting and the photo pit is nonexistent, but I just feel so at home there because that community of people is just incredible. They all support each other so much and it's amazing to be a part of that and to get to photograph it every so often. And then getting to be the guest photographer for Harm House's "Record of the Night" was absolutely awesome. Honestly, when I look back, I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am to the Black Sheep venue and community for everything they've done for me. This was my training ground when I was really getting started, and these are the people who took me in and accepted me without question and without reservation. That, and they put on some kick-ass shows =)

I found out today that I'm going to get a job! A cool one!

My current work is cool - I work as sort of a research assistant (RA) to a professor up at the University of Utah. I'm not exactly a RA, because I think you have to be a student to be called that - maybe I can be called a RA-without-portfolio. The professor is a great guy and the work is interesting, not to mention closely related to my graduate school work, so my chasing the M.S. degree turned out to be very useful.

In any case, I've been working as a contractor, which is nice because I get to work at home, so my commute consists of walking down a flight of stairs. The downsides are that contracting doesn't get you benefits and that being at home so much is making me go a bit funny, in the agoraphobic / social-phobic sense. That happens to me during times of unemployment or home-employment, both of which are occupational hazards of a programming career, where contracting is always a possibility and job security is largely nonexistent.

Anyway: The professor I've been working for has, for the last several months, been agitating for his department to hire me on as staff - and today I found out that they're actually going to! Teh yhey!

It will do me some good to get out of the house and work in an office again, and be around people (other than Mrs. W., of course, without whom I would be far, far loopier than I am now).

I'm not sure exactly when I start, but it will be within the next month. They're sorting out administrative details. In the meantime, I still have the contract work and a light at the end of that tunnel.

A visit to the Whitehall Mall, 6/18/15

Stairway to the offices, and a blocked off section which I assume would've lead to the now nonexistent Sears wing.

House of the Golden Well, sometimes called At the Red Chair, the house no. 175 in the Old Town of Prague on the corner of Seminary (no. 2) and Charles (no. 3), near Clementinum.

On the site today of Baroque building with Classicist elements became Romanesque building, whose walls are preserved vaulted cellar at the Seminary Street following the house čp.177 / I. The first written record of this house but it is up to the year 1354 when it cutler Vaclav Muldorfer bought from Nicholas Znojmo. The house was at the time and edited Gothic square around it was called cutlery commons (Latin Plateau cultellatorum). Also in the 15th century there were several cutlers and two Mecir. The house had already been a corner and stood against the church garden. Clement, which was about to southwest facade still nonexistent Klementinum. Its central location expressing house sign midst of the wheel.

In the early 17th century, the house was probably likely to radically rebuilt in the late Renaissance style (as evidenced by a few preserved Gothic elements). In the early 18th century, the house was connected (still recognizably) with the neighboring small Gothic house (in the 17th century, rebuilt in Baroque style) in the Seminary Street and after 1769, was rebuilt on the 3rd floor. In the 80s of the 20th century, the house was significantly modified from the original structure remained only part of the perimeter walls and interiors to the level of the first floor. In basements, ground floor and first floor are barrel vaults.

The facade is decorated with stucco reliefs Johann Ulrich Mayer from 1713. They are located in three levels. Amid under the associated window on the second floor, is in gilded medallion Palladium of Czech, ie. semifigures Stará Boleslav Virgin Mary with Jesus on the octagonal star-founded Circle. Above the star pair of angels bears the crown, under the star is on the sides of a pair of crowned Czech lion. Left stands St. Wenceslas, right there nesvatořečený John of Nepomuk. Around the windows on the first floor is dvojicemorových patrons (left St. Sebastian, right St. Roch) and the third floor of the Jesuit patrons (left about St. Ignatius and right St. Francis Xavier and Francis Borgia). Above the window on the third floor is a relief lying plague patron Saint Rosalia.

Today the building houses a hotel Aurus (www.aurushotel.cz).

cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%AFm_U_Zlat%C3%A9_studn%C4%9B_(Karlova)

Boone, NC gets it. They are getting less and less snowfall, making the outdoor winter sports season nearly nonexistent. With one ski resort recently closed, they are gathering in solidarity with skis on grass.

Photo credit: Crystal Simmons

Full Tour:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrH4AOjN23Y&t=28s

PDF Instructions: www.luxurybrickstore.com/

This is the ultimate home on wheels for your minifigure family. Not only are there two levels on this motorhome, but four separate slide outs that allow for maximum floor space possible. There’s even room for atvs, motorcycles, bicycles, and the family car in the enclosed stacker trailer to bring along as well. The original inspiration for this build was a prototype design I randomly came across on the internet. Double decker motorhomes with slide outs are pretty much nonexistent, but I figured why not put one together with Lego.

bmw isetta startnummer 304. kernen-rommelshausen. autoshow 12.09.2004. stettener strasse.

wikipedia:

The Isetta was one of the most successful microcars produced in the post-WWII years—a time when cheap, short distance transportation was most needed. Although the design originated in Italy, it was built in a number of different countries, including Spain, Belgium, France, Brazil, Germany and Britain. Because of its egg shape and bubble-like windows, it became known as a bubble car—a name later given to other similar vehicles. Other countries had other nicknames: In Germany it was das rollende Ei (the rolling egg) or the Sargwagen (literally "coffin on wheels"; the name apparently came from the small (or rather nonexistent) distance between the passengers and oncoming traffic). In France it was the yogurt pot. In Brazil it was the bola de futebol de fenemê (football (soccer) ball of a truck), and in Chile it is still called the "huevito" (little egg).

With education almost nonexistent in the refugee settlements, children are left vulnerable to child labour and trafficking, especially young girls. (Christian Ender/JRS)

Mendon Ponds Park is owned and very poorly maintained by the County of Monroe, NY.

Unfortunately, this extraordinary property is rapidly deteriorating due to an egregious lack of care. Trails are not cleared of debris... signs are useless. Park maintenance is essentially nonexistent. They do have a marketing department. Seriously, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of a county parks marketing department.

Email Mendon Ponds Park complaints to: countyexecutive@monroecounty.gov

Manufacturer: Yamato Motor Corporation

Nationality: Japan

First assembled: December 8th, 2044

Birthplace: Tochigi, Japan

Engine: 2.4 L Turbocharged Three-Rotor/ Dual AC Synchronous E-Motors

HP: 820

0-60: 2.4 seconds

Top speed: 225.00 MPH

Despite accounting for such a large piece of the global automotive industry, genuine supercars out of Japan are a rarity. Not nonexistent by any means, but for a part of the world that is so instrumental to car culture across the globe you'd expect more. Of course alot of the greatest sportscars ever created hail from the Land of the Rising Sun, but very few fit the traditional definition of a supercar despite some reaching supercar-levels of performance. For the few bona-fide Japanese supercars out there however, they're considered some of the greatest cars to not only come out of the eastern hemisphere, but some of the greatest the world has ever seen. Yamato Motor Corporation, probably the biggest name in the Japanese automotive industry, predictably gave the world one of these few Japanese supercars. What they gave is one of the most revered driver's cars ever conceived and something that influenced their performance and motorsports programs decades after it first appeared.

The story of Yamato's supercar begins in the mid-1980s within the depths of Yamato's R&D division. Engineers were experimenting with different engine and chassis layouts to test their viability for future products, and one project was a hacked-up economy car with its engine placed behind the driver and powering the rear wheels. Data from this project would go on to influence some rallycar projects, but engineers had so much fun working with this frankenstein platform that higher-ups in the company were convinced to develop a pure sportscar. A couple concept cars and some consultation from race car drivers working under Yamato at the time, and the XSP (eXperimental Sportscar Prototype) project began in earnest. With a robust and highly-decorated motorsports team alongside some of the greatest engineers in the business backed by one of the largest R&D departments in the industry, Yamato had about the best development resources available to them and used them liberally. The fruits of their labors would hit the public eye in the 1989 Tokyo Motor Show, creating quite the splash with the automotive press. The Yamato Raijin had made its grand debut, and it stole the show wherever it went. Yamato went with the name "Raijin" after the Shinto god of lightning, not just to hint at the car's lightning-quick performance, but to compliment the "lower-tier" Fujin sportscar Yamato was producing at the time. In Shinto faith, Raijin and Fujin are depicted as brothers, so it only made sense for Yamato to reflect this with their two dedicated performance cars. And what a performer the Raijin was. Yamato outright targeted Italian supercar maker Scaletti when developing the Raijin, intending to provide on-par or greater performance figures while offering something more usable, reliable, and affordable. When the Raijin reached production a year later in 1990, reception was near-universal where it was more or less agreed that it crushed the goals Yamato was aiming for. Special mention was given to the Raijin's frame, which was meticulously fine-tuned to be as lightweight as possible while providing laser-precise handling. The punchy, high-revving flat-6 engine was also unlike anything else on the road with plenty of innovative firsts at the time such as titanium connecting rods and forged pistons. Despite this motorsports-born performance credentials, the Raijin was also a practical and reliable daily driver, notably with a fighter jet-inspired canopy that offered great visibility for a supercar in that era. As it was developed by Yamato's motorsports division, predictably it would end up going racing where it would gain even more race victories for the company. Overall the Raijin would turn out to be a fantastic success for Yamato that would greatly influence their future performance cars and even other marques across the globe. While the first-gen Raijin would cease production in the early-2000s, the nameplate's popularity would never really fall, and Yamato certainly wasn't foolish enough to forget it.

The Raijin would return in the late 2010s as a more tech-focused hybrid-powered supercar, offering a glimpse of 7-figure technology for a 6-figure price. It was a great car by all regards, but with the bar the original Raijin set there was no way this new generation was going to have the same universal acclaim. After a few years the second-gen Raijin would cease production, and it would be decades before Yamato would try their hand at a supercar again. Their motorsports and R&D division wouldn't slow down, however, and would expand their knowledge and resources all the way up until the 2040s. International automotive press would be set off when something was spotted at Twin Ring Montegi in Togichi, Yamato's test track of choice for their racing projects. An obviously mid-engined supercar in heavy prototype camo was frequently spotted doing test laps around the circuit. The spotters noted a distinctly high-pitched engine note that was unlike the boxer-style engines Yamato commonly used for their high-performance models. They also noted that sometimes while it was driving, it made no sound at all outside of tire noise. The prototype camo was very effective at hiding the car's design, but even then many enthusiasts noted from the spy shots that it seemed to carry some design cues from older Raijin generations. This in turn would spark common speculation that this strange new car was Yamato resurrecting the legendary nameplate for a 3rd time. Speculation was all anybody had until the 2044 Tokyo Motor Show came up. To nobody's surprise but to everyone's excitement, the speculation was true. Flanked on both sides of the stage by prior Raijin generations, Yamato revealed the 3rd-generation Raijin supercar to the world. While this new generation visually respected its past, it was clearly looking towards the future. Yamato stated that while the Raijin name was a historically-significant one to not just themselves but the Japanese auto industry as a whole, this latest-and-greatest Raijin was the result of them throwing all their most advanced research and technology into one platform, taking it from a supercar to nearly reaching into hypercar territory.

The amount of advanced tech that went into developing the latest Raijin is outright daunting to get into, so its best to cover the highlights. The greatest is the new powertrain by far. Like the previous generation the new Raijin is a hybrid, utilizing internal combustion and electrification together. The electric component is a pair of motors powering both the front and rear wheels, making the Raijin AWD. The Raijin is of course capable of electric-only mode, that thanks to a high-capacity solid-state battery pack located directly behind the cabin, gives it a range of 400 miles per charge. What makes the powertrain of the new Raijin so noteworthy is the internal combustion component. Previous generations used some iteration of Yamato's long-running flat-6 platform. The latest Raijin has broken this norm by dumping pistons entirely in place of utilizing a new rotary engine, specifically a 2.4 liter 3-rotor inspired by some of Yamato's historic LM Prototypes. Yamato went with a rotary engine for a few reasons. The compact size and light weight was optimal for the packaging of the Raijin while also helping mitigate the weight gain of the hybrid platform. Rotaries are also high-revving and produce the most power per displacement, which doesn't need much explaining why that's good to have in a supercar. To give it even more power Yamato grafted a single turbo to this new powertrain, which they even prominently display in the back, exposed just behind the rear wing with the car's muffler attached to its other end. The most unique thing about the Raijin's rotary engine has to be its construction. Each one of these engines is assembled by hand by master craftsmen called a "Takumi". The assembly doesn't take place in a typical manufacturing line, but in a special "clean room" that is temperature controlled down to the thousandth of a degree, and so sanitized even a brain surgeon would find it a bit overkill. Sanitation is taken so seriously that there's an outright "airlock" engineers have to go through to enter the room. All this is to minimize parts expanding or retracting during assembly, and to avoid molecular imperfections. After roughly 20 hours of assembly, including about 2 towards post-assembly inspection and testing, what you get is an engine making 700 HP on the nose. Combined with the electric component's 120 HP, the latest Raijin is good for a formidable 820 HP. What's really impressive is the Raijin's advance computers governing this power, and how it determines how much power should be going to each wheel under hard driving, with millions of subtle alterations being made in a second to provide optimal performance. Very much supercar stuff, but power isn't solely where Yamato's technological might went when making the new Raijin.

The new Raijin's frame is built from nanocomposites on aluminum subframes, with the body also being made entirely from nanocomposites. Nanocomposites aren't new for high-performance vehicles, but its how these composites are constructed that makes the difference. Said nanocomposites consist of carbon and titanium that offer excellent strength and weight advantages. Yamato utilizes a 3D loom to weave these materials together, which helps further increase the strength of the assembled parts while significantly cutting down on the volume of materials needed to make the parts in the first place. 3D looms are also not new tech, but the one Yamato utilizes is working with nanocomposites. Threads of carbon and titanium so thin one can hardly see with the naked eye, yet Yamato's loom is able to weave them with surgical precision to create lightweight high-performance parts. This weight shedding is needed as outside of the hybrid powertrain adding some weight, other components like the suspension system also give the Raijin a bit of heft. Yamato has taken a heavily-modified variant of the "Sleipnir" electromagnetic suspension from the ultra-luxury Millennium sedan and gave it to the Raijin. While in the Millennium this system was meant to make the ride as sublime as possible, in the Raijin it makes real-time split-second adjustments during hard driving to determine the optimal setup. This is helped by the same computers that control where the Raijin's power goes. Each individual shock will never have the exact same stiffness or softness in a turn while the system is set in sport mode or above. Of course since this system first saw use in a luxury cruiser, a highway setting is available to give the Raijin Grand Tourer-levels of road comfort. Another thing that helps with both performance and ride comfort is the wheels. Each rim on a Raijin is forged from a single piece of Magnesium. Yamato chose Magnesium instead of a lighter nanocomposite for a few reasons. Magnesium is simply more affordable by every regard, able to be more easily repaired or refurbished. Magnesium also has better vibration dampening, providing better ride quality and handling. And finally, magnesium is great for heat transfer, able to take heat from the brakes during hard driving and move it to the tires to keep them warm and grippy. Various active aero elements throughout the Raijin also help to direct airflow to precise areas to either give the Raijin optimal performance in either straight-line speed or under more track-focused conditions. The body and aero of the Raijin was primarily designed by Yamato's in-house design A.I in wind tunnel testing to both offer the best aerodynamics while offering a design with the great cabin visibility the Raijin was famous for. Again, this aero is controlled by the Raijin's advanced computers, which speaking of, is a quantum-based CPU developed in-house by Yamato's electronics division. Considering all the ultra-precise tasks it has to manage, Yamato going big on the CPU was outright necessary. Especially to give the driver a proper readout of the Raijin's speed. With how high the rotary engine revs and how quickly it can get to said revs, a regular rev counter wouldn't cut it. And with the electric components to the powertrain giving the Raijin incredible acceleration, a normal speedometer wasn't going to cut it. 0-60 in the latest Raijin is in the lower 2 seconds, and 0-120 in just over 6. Overall it'll hit its electronically-limited top speed of 225 MPH in little over 20 seconds. With numbers like that, its safe to say the latest Raijin more than deserves to share a name with a god of lightning.

When the latest Raijin was released, it was met with mixed reception. Obviously the overall performance was lauded, with many reviewers making note of its unorthodox powertrain, impressive acceleration and refined handling characteristics. Many also appreciated the advanced technology that went into its design and production. Others weren't so receptive to Raijin's reliance on tech, saying that all the driver aids and electrification to the powertrain diluted the driving feel. The Raijin was also scrutinized for its pricetag, which at $350,000 per unit was considerably more than previous generations and even comparable sportscars on the market. Many fans of the Raijin nameplate went as far as to say the new model didn't deserve to carry the name. However, some looked at the price and pointed out that the latest Raijin was offering 7-figure tech at a 6-figure price bracket not unlike the generation it succeeded, which was hard to argue with considering everything it provided. With its hybrid setup and well-designed interior, many also noted how comfortable of a daily driver it was. Again, much like prior generations of the Raijin. Whatever anyone thought of the latest Raijin, it was still a success in Yamato's eyes. It was an exciting demonstration of their technological ability, making it the perfect "halo model", and it sold well enough, too. Yamato would make 500 Raijins annually, with large quantities of them selling quickly.

Mendon Ponds Park is owned and very poorly maintained by the County of Monroe, NY.

Unfortunately, this extraordinary property is rapidly deteriorating due to an egregious lack of care. Trails are not cleared of debris... signs are useless. Park maintenance is essentially nonexistent. They do have a marketing department. Seriously, the taxpayers are paying the salaries of a county parks marketing department.

Email Mendon Ponds Park complaints to: countyexecutive@monroecounty.gov

This series of photos shows our cruise ship's journey along the Fiordland coast between Milford Sound and Doubtful Sound, and then our looping route in one entrance to this enormous fiord and out another. The reaction of my fellow passengers to this magnificent New Zealand scenery was, in itself, wonderful to observe.

•Doubtful Sound is a very large and naturally imposing fiord in Fiordland, in the far south west of New Zealand. Doubtful Sound was named 'Doubtful Harbour' in 1770 by Captain Cook, who did not enter the inlet as he was uncertain whether it was navigable under sail. It was later renamed Doubtful Sound by whalers and sealers. There are three distinct arms to the sound, which is the site of several large waterfalls, notably Helena Falls at Deep Cove, and the Browne Falls which have a fall of over 600 metres. The steep hills are known for their hundreds of waterfalls during the rainy season. Access to the sound is either by sea, or by the Wilmot Pass road from the Manapouri Power Station. Most areas of the sound itself are only accessible by sea however, as the road network in this area of New Zealand is sparse or nonexistent, as is the human population. Doubtful Sound is unusual in that it contains two distinct layers of water that scarcely mix. The top few meters is fresh water, fed from the high inflows from the surrounding mountains, and stained brown with tannins from the forest. Below this is a layer of cold, heavy, saline water from the sea. The dark tannins in the fresh water layer makes it difficult for light to penetrate. Thus, many deep-sea species will grow in the comparatively shallow depths of the Sound.

He partido de una fijación por los gabinetes de curiosidades. Lo seductor en cada uno de ellos es que revelan una necesidad inherente por preservar, clasificar y aprisionar lo incomprensible y lo foráneo. Me dispongo a encasillar los monstruos que son, quizá, las criaturas más incomprensibles que haya podido encontrar.

Todo surge del amor, o al menos de una particular y única forma de amar; la única que tantos libros me dieron a conocer. Por largo tiempo discurrí en el intento de hallar un hilo conductor a mis planes y propuestas por un romance perfecto. Quizá tuve una idea falsa de la verdad, pero pienso que en algún momento estuve cerca de ser justamente quien quise ser. He terminado por renunciar al propósito y ahora puedo examinar los hechos serenamente.

Desde mis libros nacieron relaciones de a mentiras y estos son Jose María, Andrés y Juan: mis posibles amores, mis finales inciertos, mis amantes y amores inconclusos. Todos, finalmente inexistentes.

This project arose from a personal fixation on the cabinets of curiosities which came about during the 16th century explorations. What is appealing about each of these is that they unveil an inherent need for preservation, classification, and confinement of the rare and incomprehensible. As such, I have set out to assort and confine the creatures who appear to be the most incomprehensible beings I could have ever found.

Everything arises from love, or at least a particular and unique way of loving: the way which books have revealed to me. For a long time, I tried to plan a perfect romance. Maybe I had a misleading idea of the truth, but, just for a moment, I was close to being everything I wanted to be. I have come to renounce my failed intent; and now, I am able to examine the facts serenely.

My books gave rise to my fictitious relationships. These are Jose María, Andrés, and Juan. My possible lovers, my uncertain endings, and my unfinished loves. Each of them, alas, nonexistent.

Auf die Idee für dieses Projekt kam ich durch die „Wunderkammern“, die während der Entdeckungreisen des 16. Jahrhunderts entstanden. Mich faszinierte das Verlangen nach Bewahrung, Einteilung und Gefangenhalten des Seltenen und Unverständlichen, das sie aufzeigten. Jetzt fange ich die Monster, die unverständlichsten Geschöpfe, die ich jemals finden konnte, für mich ein.

Alles entsteht aus Liebe, oder immerhin aus einer einzigartigen und einmaligen Weise der Liebe: die einzige Art und Weise, die mich viele Bücher lehrten. Lange Zeit versuchte ich, perfekte Romanzen zu planen. Vielleicht hatte ich eine irreführende Vorstellung der Wahrheit; nur für einen Moment, war ich Allem nah, was ich mir vorstellte. Ich habe mein verfehltes Ziel aufgegeben, und kann nun die Gegebenheiten klar betrachten.

Aus diesen Büchern entstanden meine erdichteten Beziehungen. Jose María, Andrés, und Juan: meine eventuellen Geliebten, mein ungewisses Ende, meine unvollständigen Lieben und Geliebten. Jede letztendes, nicht existierend.

its function was likely "to shelter the bark of Isis at the eastern banks" of Philae island.

One of the main sites visited by almost every tour to Egypt is what is billed as Philae, but Philae is actually a nonexistent island now buried beneath Lake Nasser. The island was sometimes visible and sometimes not after the Old Aswan Dam was built, but was permanently submerged by the High Dam. Read more at www.touregypt.net/featurestories/Philae.htm

I'm down to my last strip of wool so I thought I'd take an in-progress pic! Nerd Girl Yarns Combed Top, 100% Colonial wool, 4 oz of custom colorway Purple Love. It has yet to be completed, re-skeined, and finished, so pardon the slightly messy ball, but it's still good. I also can't stop flashing around my drop spindle because it's just so pretty. I turned the fluff into the yarn via that and my hands! Nothing else! MAGIC!

Also - return of the book! This one is Zombie Blondes by Brian James. I found it...well, conflicting. I loved the concept, but the plot was kind of nonexistent. It mainly consisted of "are they actually zombies or aren't they" and as the title tells you right up front, yes yes they are actually zombies. The End. Worth a single read if you watch thriller movies for the suspense even when you can see the end coming from a mile away.

My wicked awesome core class. God, I love these kids so much.

I can't really tell you all of the kids in this picture, because the rows are nonexistent.

But I love these kids. I'm going to miss them to death over the Summer.

Flower Mound TX. (Photo rotated to horizontal for better viewing) Many weeks later we found our little friend in much better shape and with a longer tail, although as you can see the new tail is inferior with its coloring and distorted shape. Fortunately, we have many places for such critters to hide. I had to stand on my tip toe with my point and shoot and could not get very close because it kept running away. Note how parts of his body blends in with the screen. The Greater Roadrunners keep our toads, frogs and lizards almost nonexistent. I have noticed a change in coloring of these lizards over the years, as they are becoming paler and more yellowish. I found a sick one the other day that was really yellow, perhaps from liver problems. We do not use pesticide except for the fire ants that are taking over.

House of the Golden Well, sometimes called At the Red Chair, the house no. 175 in the Old Town of Prague on the corner of Seminary (no. 2) and Charles (no. 3), near Clementinum.

On the site today of Baroque building with Classicist elements became Romanesque building, whose walls are preserved vaulted cellar at the Seminary Street following the house čp.177 / I. The first written record of this house but it is up to the year 1354 when it cutler Vaclav Muldorfer bought from Nicholas Znojmo. The house was at the time and edited Gothic square around it was called cutlery commons (Latin Plateau cultellatorum). Also in the 15th century there were several cutlers and two Mecir. The house had already been a corner and stood against the church garden. Clement, which was about to southwest facade still nonexistent Klementinum. Its central location expressing house sign midst of the wheel.

In the early 17th century, the house was probably likely to radically rebuilt in the late Renaissance style (as evidenced by a few preserved Gothic elements). In the early 18th century, the house was connected (still recognizably) with the neighboring small Gothic house (in the 17th century, rebuilt in Baroque style) in the Seminary Street and after 1769, was rebuilt on the 3rd floor. In the 80s of the 20th century, the house was significantly modified from the original structure remained only part of the perimeter walls and interiors to the level of the first floor. In basements, ground floor and first floor are barrel vaults.

The facade is decorated with stucco reliefs Johann Ulrich Mayer from 1713. They are located in three levels. Amid under the associated window on the second floor, is in gilded medallion Palladium of Czech, ie. semifigures Stará Boleslav Virgin Mary with Jesus on the octagonal star-founded Circle. Above the star pair of angels bears the crown, under the star is on the sides of a pair of crowned Czech lion. Left stands St. Wenceslas, right there nesvatořečený John of Nepomuk. Around the windows on the first floor is dvojicemorových patrons (left St. Sebastian, right St. Roch) and the third floor of the Jesuit patrons (left about St. Ignatius and right St. Francis Xavier and Francis Borgia). Above the window on the third floor is a relief lying plague patron Saint Rosalia.

Today the building houses a hotel Aurus (www.aurushotel.cz).

cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%AFm_U_Zlat%C3%A9_studn%C4%9B_(Karlova)

Vice Principal Rattray at the Christiana High School takes great pride in his school and his students - making the most of virtually nonexistent resources to educate the next generation of Jamaicans.

Taken with the new, super-fast (f1.8) Sigma 18-35mm lens. There is some minor image ghosting on extraordinarily bright objects like the nearest streetlamp, but that's from a poor or nonexistent AR coating on a filter.

The Flips supporting Meredosia, Bad Catman, Bookmobile, and Looming at Black Sheep Cafe in Springfield, IL on January 17, 2014.

Words cannot describe how good it felt to be shooting another show at Black Sheep after so long. It doesn't have the greatest lighting and the photo pit is nonexistent, but I just feel so at home there because that community of people is just incredible. They all support each other so much and it's amazing to be a part of that and to get to photograph it every so often. And then getting to be the guest photographer for Harm House's "Record of the Night" was absolutely awesome. Honestly, when I look back, I can't even begin to describe how thankful I am to the Black Sheep venue and community for everything they've done for me. This was my training ground when I was really getting started, and these are the people who took me in and accepted me without question and without reservation. That, and they put on some kick-ass shows =)

Whereby the kachina becomes the consort bell to the dorje, peeling life through the morning sky, manifesting as lightning and giving animation to the soil.

An Authentic Portrait of the Middle Way

(A Vajra Song of the Lord of Yogis, Milarepa)

From the standpoint of the truth that’s genuine,

There are no ghosts, there are not even buddhas,

No meditator and no meditated,

No paths and levels traveled and no signs,

And no fruition bodies and no wisdoms,

And therefore there is no nirvana there,

Just designations using names and statements.

All animate, inanimate – the three realms,

Unborn and nonexistent from the outset,

No base to rest on, do not co-emerge.

There is no karmic act, no maturation,

So even the name "samsara" does not exist.

That’s the way these are in the final picture,

But oh, if sentient beings did not exist,

What would the buddhas of three times all come from?

Since fruition with no cause – impossible!

So the stand point of the truth that’s superficial,

Is samsara’s wheel, nirvana past all grief,

It all exists, that is the Sage’s teaching,

Then what exists appearing to be things,

And their non-existence, reality that’s empty,

Are essentially inseparable, one-taste;

And therefore there is neither self-awareness,

Nor awareness of what’s other anywhere.

All of this a union vast and spacious,

And all those skilled in realizing this,

Do not see consciousness, they see pure wisdom,

Do not see sentient beings, they see buddhas,

Don’t see phenomena, they see their essence,

And out of this compassion just emerges,

Retention, powers, fearlessness and all?

The qualities embodied by a Buddha

Just come as if you had a wishing jewel,

This is what I, the yogi, have realized....

For Lauren, Bert.

One of 2 of my design that's video game based! I found a simple image on Google search and simplified it quite a bit more, in this one's case. It's more of an outline than anything - I couldn't seem to get the interior cuts to work very well, so his face/helmet differentiation is almost nonexistent. :\

artefacts from the Spanish presence in the Philippines (the Spanish East Indies) and engagement in trade with China.

Spanish interest in the (Spanish East Indies) region was primarily focused on its use as a base for trade with East Asia, and large parts of the territory were under loose or nonexistent Spanish control.

Museo Naval, Madrid

29 November 2012

camera Panasonic DMC ZS8

P1140792

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Fortune Global Forum 2018

October 16th, 2018

Toronto, Canada

3:30 PM

THE NEW GLOBAL CONSUMER: DOING BUSINESS IN A DIGITAL ECONOMY

The digital economy is no longer part of the economy. It is the economy. How can traditional brick-and-mortar firms reinvent themselves, their supply chains, and their marketplaces to avoid the fate of brands once thought of as everlasting but which are now nonexistent? And how are new platforms – from e-commerce to shared services – rewriting the rules of the game? A conversation on how businesses can manage expectations for digitally empowered customers, and how technology is being used to enhance the customer experience.

Alain Bejjani, Chief Executive Officer, Majid al Futtaim

Andrea Stairs, General Manager, Canada and Latin America, eBay

Ning Tang, Founder and CEO, CreditEase

Moderator: Phil Wahba, Senior Writer, Fortune

Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune

Size 56. As this is an exhibition jersey, the wear is almost nonexistent. Includes an LOA and hologram from Hockeytown Authentics (run by the Red Wings).

Full Tour:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrH4AOjN23Y&t=28s

PDF Instructions: www.luxurybrickstore.com/

This is the ultimate home on wheels for your minifigure family. Not only are there two levels on this motorhome, but four separate slide outs that allow for maximum floor space possible. There’s even room for atvs, motorcycles, bicycles, and the family car in the enclosed stacker trailer to bring along as well. The original inspiration for this build was a prototype design I randomly came across on the internet. Double decker motorhomes with slide outs are pretty much nonexistent, but I figured why not put one together with Lego.

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Fortune Global Forum 2018

October 16th, 2018

Toronto, Canada

3:30 PM

THE NEW GLOBAL CONSUMER: DOING BUSINESS IN A DIGITAL ECONOMY

The digital economy is no longer part of the economy. It is the economy. How can traditional brick-and-mortar firms reinvent themselves, their supply chains, and their marketplaces to avoid the fate of brands once thought of as everlasting but which are now nonexistent? And how are new platforms – from e-commerce to shared services – rewriting the rules of the game? A conversation on how businesses can manage expectations for digitally empowered customers, and how technology is being used to enhance the customer experience.

Alain Bejjani, Chief Executive Officer, Majid al Futtaim

Andrea Stairs, General Manager, Canada and Latin America, eBay

Ning Tang, Founder and CEO, CreditEase

Moderator: Phil Wahba, Senior Writer, Fortune

Photograph by Stuart Isett/Fortune