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It's always quite obvious when the children's parents have come to the school from th elong line of mopeds that lines the inner walkway of the school.
Parking lots for cars are almost nonexistent in Changzhou, so many people choose to ride mopeds because there are many places to park them.
It would seem that any family that has a car also has at least one moped.
During mating season, male topi antelope trick females with false alarms of nearby danger to boost chances for sex, a new study says. If a female starts wandering out of a male's territory, the male will begin snorting and staring, ears pricked, at nonexistent predators."The female will be walking away, and the male runs in front, looks not at the female but where she's going, makes this snort, and she typically stops.
this was one of those bright ideas that i have from time to time. we came off the bus in shrewsbury, and found that our guidebook map for the town was - either inadequate to find our hotel or totally nonexistent, i forget which. so, after a few seconds of standing here trying to memorize it, i just snapped a picture of the bus station map, intending to navigate off the camera display. ultimately this wasn't useful, not so much because the concept failed as because this was also a bad map. i chose to be quietly pleased by my own ingenuity anyway.
oh - turns out 'shrewsbury' isn't pronounced 'town of the rodents'. shrOWS-bree.
1993 Suède Sweden Svezia
Où est le sentier ?
Where is the path ?
Dove si trova il sentiero ?
Escapade en train à Blåhammaren, dans le nord de la Suède, près de la frontier norvégienne.
Il est conseillé de savoir lire une carte et utiliser la boussole, car les sentiers ne sont pas bien marqués et on ne rencontre quasi personne ... le temps peut aussi changer brusquement : en qq minutes on passé de l'été à l'hiver avec de la neige (meme en plein mois de juillet).
Week-end close to the Norwegian border, in the north of Sweden, at Blåhammaren.
It is recommended to be able to read a map and use a compass because the paths are almost nonexistent ... the weather can also change within minutes going from Summer into Winter (with snow mid of July).
Camminata vicina al confine con la Norvegia, a Blåhammaren (2 giorni).
Saper leggere una mappa e utilizzare una bussola è d'obbligo perché i sentieri non si vedono bene. E non c'è molta gente da incontrare ! Subito il meteo può anche cambiare da estate a inverno con neve a metà luglio !
Kevin Lynch describes that the cities are a never ending piece of art. Modification is ongoing and completion is nonexistent. The gridlines represent the common layout found in many cities, and the incomplete image conveys the unfinished infrastructure of said cities.
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 =)
1993 Suède Sweden Svezia
Escapade en train à Blåhammaren, dans le nord de la Suède, près de la frontier norvégienne.
Il est conseillé de savoir lire une carte et utiliser la boussole, car les sentiers ne sont pas bien marqués et on ne rencontre quasi personne ... le temps peut aussi changer brusquement : en qq minutes on passé de l'été à l'hiver avec de la neige (meme en plein mois de juillet).
Week-end close to the Norwegian border, in the north of Sweden, at Blåhammaren.
It is recommended to be able to read a map and use a compass because the paths are almost nonexistent ... the weather can also change within minutes going from Summer into Winter (with snow mid of July).
Camminata vicina al confine con la Norvegia, a Blåhammaren (2 giorni).
Saper leggere una mappa e utilizzare una bussola è d'obbligo perché i sentieri non si vedono bene. E non c'è molta gente da incontrare ! Subito il meteo può anche cambiare da estate a inverno con neve a metà luglio !
I went down to Old Saybrook to try to get some pre-hurricane photos. Unfortunately, I did not plan my trip well: sky was gray, tide was low and waves were nonexistent. Oh well! This shot shows fog hanging over the water at South Cove.
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When it comes to crucial indicators like education and health, Gujarat has witnessed a DECLINE in ranking to 9th and.
10th positions respectively in a group of 19 major states..
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Gujarat's ranking in terms of literacy rate deteriorated from the 5th to the 7th (for both 6 years and above, and 6-14.
years age group) among 15 major States between 2000 and 2008. In terms of proportion of the people who are.
currently attending any educational institution, Gujarat's rank has deteriorated from the 21st to the 26th (6th to 10th.
among major 15 States) for the age group of 6-14 years during this period. Gujarat can also `boast' of having a higher.
gender gap in literacy levels (20 per cent) and those currently attending school (13.3 per cent) in the age group of 11 to.
14, when compared with other States..
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In health, Gujarat ranks 10th in the rate of decline in infant mortality. Moreover it is significantly higher among girls than.
boys. Gujarat doesn't do too well in terms of Life Expectancy : with the average longevity being 62.15 years it is in eighth.
place, below even Bihar's 62.85 years..
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Incidence of under-nutrition in Gujarat for the year 1998-99 was lower than the national average across all social groups..
Disturbingly, in 2005-2006, under-nutrition in Gujarat worsened in comparison with the national average. The.
level of under-nutrition for the SCs in Gujarat is close to the national average and, for the STs, it is higher than the.
national average. Malnutrition is severe among children (47%) and women; higher than the all-India average..
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80% of children below 4 years and 60% of pregnant women are anemic..
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45% of urban children and 60% of rural children are not immunized..
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In rural areas, 60% of child deliveries do not happen in institutional conditions..
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Rural poverty in Gujarat declined only by 2.5% in the last five years: better than the national average but slower than.
Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu..
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Sex ratio in Gujarat is declining, and Gujarat has joined the states of Haryana and Punjab in this dubious `distinction'!.
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In Global Hunger index, Gujarat is part of the bottom 5 states in India..
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In Gujarat, labour rights are virtually nonexistent!.
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In social sector spending as a proportion of public expenditure, Gujarat ranks a lowly 19 among India's 21 major.
states..
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5 million livelihoods have been lost in Gujarat owing to development projects: accounting for 10% of the population..
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What of Modi's So-called `Corruption-free Good Governance'??.
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Modi tried his level best to block the appointment of a Lokayukta in Gujarat for a very long time. Why? Because he was facing.
allegations of massive corruption and irregularities in at least 17 scams! For instance:.
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Let's look at the material reasons for Ratan Tata's love for Narendra Modi. The Gujarat government allotted 1100 acres.
of land to Tata Motors Ltd to set up the Nano plant near Sanand at Rs 900 per square metre while its market rate was.
around Rs 10,000 per square metre. Further, Modi gave Ratan Tata a soft loan of Rs 9,570 crore at a negligible.
interest of 0.1 per cent to shift the Nano project to Gujarat. Repayment of this `loan' was deferred for 20 years. In all,.
the Modi Government has offered over Rs 30,000 crore in sops to Tata Motors. In other words, for an investment of.
Rs.220 billion by the Tatas, the Gujarat government gives sops worth Rs.300 billion. No wonder, Ratan Tata says,.
"You are stupid if you are not in Gujarat!!!".
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Land was allotted to Adani Group for the Mundra Port & Mundra Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Re1 per square metre..
Similarly land has been handed over to real estate developers like Raheja at dirt cheap rates, whereas the public sector.
Indian Airforce was asked to pay a MUCH higher price for land!.
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In Gujarat, there have been several cases of violation of Coastal Regulation Zones (CRZ) as well as forest conservation.
laws, in order to benefit corporate houses..
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These official facts and figures paint the true picture of Modi's famed `development' model: exclusive, benefitting a.
select few and deeply discriminatory. As per official records, 1180 people were murdered, 2548 injured, 919 women.
widowed, 606 children orphaned, nearly 1,50,000 people forced into relief camps, 270 mosques and dargahs razed, and.
hundreds of houses burnt down in the Gujarat genocide of 2002. And we are now being told by the corporate-communal.
brigade to forget these figures, and start praising a FALSE model of so-called `development' which has been carefully.
scripted through propagating lies and half-truths..
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What we are seeing is a essentially an attempt to sanitize Modi's communal-corporate model in the name of `pro-people.
good governance'! It is upto the progressive, democratic and secular people of this country to take the challenge to expose.
this attempt at sanitizing, to expose the real exclusionary, communal politics of Narendra Modi and the Sangh brigade..
Towards this end, AISA has organized a Public Meeting tonight (10 February 2013) at Kaveri mess from 9.30 pm onwards.
to discuss the `Hype vs. and Reality of Gujarat's Development'. This meeting will be addressed by Dr. Atul Sood (CSRD),.
Shabnam Hashmi and Harsh Mander. We appeal to the student community to participate in large numbers in this meeting..
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Ashutosh Kumar, Vice-President, AISA, JNU Sarfaraz, Jt. Secy, AISA, JNU.
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A headlining performance by Looming at Black Sheep Cafe in Springfield, IL on January 17, 2014. Openers included Meredosia, Bad Catman, Bookmobile, and The Flips.
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 =)
You do sometimes find these rather strange stiles crossing nonexistent fences here and there. I suppose they do serve the useful purpose of helping to see where the public footpath goes.
The SS Chesapeake an Offshore Petroleum Discharge System tanker sits anchored on the Pacific coast at Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Joint Logistics Over The Shore 2008. The Chesapeake can pump fuel from the ocean to the shore where it links in with an Army Inland Petroleum Discharge System to provide a continuos energy for the vehicles on shore. JLOTS is an annual exercise that increases the Army's and Navy's ability to build improvised ports for transporting equipment from ship to shore when a harbor or pier has been damaged or is nonexistent. Nearly 1,500 pieces of rolling equipment and shipping containers will be moved from ships with a series of lighterage systems (floating roadways) and smaller boats to improvised piers on the shore. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephen Proctor, JLOTS Public Affairs)
Del Martin, one of the pioneers of the modern Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Movement, passed away today at the age of 87.
She ws surrounded by friends, family, and leaves a legacy of unity and peace and greater freedom and safety for the LGBT community and world.
I had the pleasure of speaking to both Del and Phyllis, and had the opportunity to thank them for the simple courage of being. By the simplest act of being an out and proud partner in one of the longest lasting same-sex unions in our nation and at a time when our rights were nonexistent, they were able to enable all of us to be safer, and express our sexuality with less fear of ostracism, loss of livelihood, and even loss of our lives.
I encourage you all to take a moment to remember this woman. Without her, and others who have gone forth ahead, the rights of individual citizens would have taken longer to arrive. It took nearly a lifetime, but I am so gratified that at the time of her passing, she was unified with her partner.
(Photo Credit: AP News)
Subway patrons were forced to stand curbside at Lankershim and wait for nonexistent buses Wednesday evening when a power outage shut down the Red Line at North Hollywood. The MTA's charm offensive knows no bounds.
A Japanese rock garden (枯山水, karesansui?), sometimes called a Zen garden, is an enclosed shallow sandpit containing sand, gravel, rocks, and occasionally grass and/or other natural elements. The main elements of karesansui are rocks and sand, with the sea symbolized not by water but by sand raked in patterns that suggest rippling water. Plants are much less important (and sometimes nonexistent) in many karesansui gardens. Karesansui gardens are often, but not always, meant to be viewed from a single, seated position. Some Westerners believe that karesansui gardens can be used to calm human minds, but they were not intended for such in their native Japanese settings.
(from wiki)
I visited a relatively unknown area on Lake Superior in Marquette, Michigan a few during mid-September. I came at sunrise to photography this small pool of water that collects in a nook off of the great lake. The water is often very still even with wind, but the wind this day was nonexistent, so the water looked more like glass, reflecting everything, I hope you enjoy!
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
1993 Suède Sweden Svezia
Escapade en train à Blåhammaren, dans le nord de la Suède, près de la frontier norvégienne.
Il est conseillé de savoir lire une carte et utiliser la boussole, car les sentiers ne sont pas bien marqués et on ne rencontre quasi personne ... le temps peut aussi changer brusquement : en qq minutes on passé de l'été à l'hiver avec de la neige (meme en plein mois de juillet).
Week-end close to the Norwegian border, in the north of Sweden, at Blåhammaren.
It is recommended to be able to read a map and use a compass because the paths are almost nonexistent ... the weather can also change within minutes going from Summer into Winter (with snow mid of July).
Camminata vicina al confine con la Norvegia, a Blåhammaren (2 giorni).
Saper leggere una mappa e utilizzare una bussola è d'obbligo perché i sentieri non si vedono bene. E non c'è molta gente da incontrare ! Subito il meteo può anche cambiare da estate a inverno con neve a metà luglio !
Emma lounging. Leaf color has been a little uneven this year - great in spots, nonexistent elsewhere and generally quick to fall, it seems.
Atlanta Braves baseball from 20 September 2019 (the night they clinched the division crown). The new park (opened in 2018) gets panned a little because it's usually pretty hot in Georgia and a heck of a lot of seats are in direct sun.
It's a relatively generic stadium (in the new mold of generic stadiums), but it's nice. The area outside the stadium (bars/restaurants) is actually a bit more interesting/unique than the stadium itself.
The biggest drawback is that the Atlanta Braves no longer play in Atlanta. (That and parking is almost nonexistent up there in Marietta near the stadium. We were scratching our heads looking for the actual parking lots.)
As for the game...it was a great game. First time in my life I actually got to see a division-clinching game. (They'd clinched a playoff spot a few days before.)
Atlanta Braves baseball from 20 September 2019 (the night they clinched the division crown). The new park (opened in 2018) gets panned a little because it's usually pretty hot in Georgia and a heck of a lot of seats are in direct sun.
It's a relatively generic stadium (in the new mold of generic stadiums), but it's nice. The area outside the stadium (bars/restaurants) is actually a bit more interesting/unique than the stadium itself.
The biggest drawback is that the Atlanta Braves no longer play in Atlanta. (That and parking is almost nonexistent up there in Marietta near the stadium. We were scratching our heads looking for the actual parking lots.)
As for the game...it was a great game. First time in my life I actually got to see a division-clinching game. (They'd clinched a playoff spot a few days before.)
A (successful) early attempt at finding the limits of my fancy new camera's autofocus. The line that autofocus cannot cross is successfully taking a picture of something so blurry as to border on nonexistent, through a plastic box that gives your reflection.
Discarded on 21st at Guerrero. On our way back from Evan's nonexistent party (it was the day before - thanks, Chad :-)
Lensbaby boredom @ work in the bathroom mirror. I was about to leave for the day, and went to the restroom. Figured I'd take a pic or four. Using a Lensbaby without the viewfinder is serious trial and error, since the lens tilts for selective focus, and the depth of field is almost nonexistent.
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Zero, Athena, B-26, R00T27O2
exceprt:
"Okay. So the Athena that you honor on your medallion isn't a supernatural being--"
"--who lives on a mountain in Greece, et cetera, but rather whatever entity, pattern, trend, or what-have-you that, when perceived by ancient Greek people, and filtered through their perceptual machinery and their pagan worldview, produced the internal mental representation that they dubbed Athena. The distinction being quite important because Athena the supernatural-chick-with-the-helmet is of course nonexistent, but 'Athena' the external-generator-of-the-internal-representation dubbed-Athena-by-theancient-Greeks must have existed back then, or else the internal representation never would have been generated, and if she existed back then, the chances are excellent that she exists now, and if all that is the case, then whatever ideas the ancient Greeks (who, though utter shitheads in many ways, were terrifyingly intelligent people) had about her are probably still quite valid."
By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.
~Franz Kafka
1993 Suède Sweden Svezia
Escapade en train à Blåhammaren, dans le nord de la Suède, près de la frontier norvégienne.
Il est conseillé de savoir lire une carte et utiliser la boussole, car les sentiers ne sont pas bien marqués et on ne rencontre quasi personne ... le temps peut aussi changer brusquement : en qq minutes on passé de l'été à l'hiver avec de la neige (meme en plein mois de juillet).
Week-end close to the Norwegian border, in the north of Sweden, at Blåhammaren.
It is recommended to be able to read a map and use a compass because the paths are almost nonexistent ... the weather can also change within minutes going from Summer into Winter (with snow mid of July).
Camminata vicina al confine con la Norvegia, a Blåhammaren (2 giorni).
Saper leggere una mappa e utilizzare una bussola è d'obbligo perché i sentieri non si vedono bene. E non c'è molta gente da incontrare ! Subito il meteo può anche cambiare da estate a inverno con neve a metà luglio !
The Harbortown Car Show has become the new Manitowoc County event happening on Labor Day weekend alongside Kites Over Lake Michigan in Two Rivers and many other events. This is the fourth annual car show and here’s what caught our attention.
1. ONE STRONG AUSTRIAN: A Steyr Puch Pinzgauer military vehicle appeared at the Harbortown Car Show…but however this is not the first time I have seen the Pinzgauer in Manitowoc…in 2020, I have seen a “civilian version” of the vehicle in 2020 and even the year before that. I wrote about the Pinzgauer and Steyr Puch back then and well….here’s some facts I just read on the sign on the window, there are several imported Pinzgauers in Wisconsin including the two vehicles that were included in the editions of “Tramwood”. Most British stored surplus Pinzgauers had been used as ambulances for the Russian/Ukraine war. In fact there was one unusual item in a vehicle which was a homemade cupholder.
2. FINE PRESENATION FOR ONE UNLOVED CHRYSLER CONVERTIBLE OF ALL TIME: “Unloved” is kind of a word that describes the Chrysler TC by Maserati. Despite the good looks…the car never seemed to gain the sales charts like say, the Chrysler LeBaron. I spotted a pristine late model car complete with a driver’s side airbag (Chrysler featured airbags in their vehicles in the 1990s that started with cars and minivans from 1987 to 1991 and then Jeep SUVs, Mitsubishi-based imports and Dodge trucks in 1994 to 1997) and I spotted a hat on the passenger seat of the car. What a nice display of a Chrysler that many people sometimes forget. (Although Maserati would now be under the same umbrella as Chrysler under Stellantis!)
3. SHUT ‘EM DOWN: A green Shelby Cobra wowed the public despite the fact the top was up. I’ve seen many Cobras at car shows even the replicas…of course I don’t recall seeing one with the top up. That has to be extra work to get the top up and down I’ve heard.
4. BUILT TO SERVE: I spotted this vintage fire fighter support vehicle at the car show and it was a classic Dodge Pickup. This vehicle was from the 1970s and Dodge didn’t use the “Ram” name until 1981. Ram became a standalone brand in 2010. This truck looks pretty sharp and looks like it’s ready to take on the toughest emergency.
5. “THAT’S A HUMMER?!”: Before the Hummer was used for hyper macho SUVs that spawned from the AM General HUMVEE. Harley Davidson produced a motorcycle called the Hummer from 1955 to 1958 that featured a single cylinder two stroke engine. I spotted this nicely restored motorcycle complete with advertisements of the bike.
6. WHEELS ON FIRE…ROLLIN’ DOWN THE ROOOOOOAD: That song I’m referring to is the song by Siouxie and The Banshees as I showcase this very wild paint job on a Harley I spotted at the Harbortown Car Show.
7. HARBORTOWN OR PROWLERTOWN?: This is not the first time that a Plymouth Prowler appeared at the Harbortown Car Show…and this red vehicle won’t be the last. The Prowler was the most memorable sports car sold alongside the Dodge Viper…but however it had been tarnished with a power plant from the Chrysler LH sedans rather than anything mightier from Chrysler’s power train arsenal and a trunk space that is hilariously nonexistent other than a manually operated top.
8. STRAIGHT FROM A DAVID LYNCH FILM: This Oldsmobile 88 had a pretty wicked looking interior that seem like it could be perfect for a David Lynch film or even a music video for Nine Inch Nails or any other gothic/industrial rock band.
9. HOT ROD CAMARO: As I was at the car show…we saw the vehicles roll into the car show…I spotted this nice looking third generation Camaro rolling into the car show. There was a black gold paint scheme, custom wheels and blacked out turn signals to make the vehicle look like Chevy’s audition to play the role as K.I.T.T from “Knight Rider”.
10. FROM KENTUCKY TO LEMANS TO WISCONSIN: The new version of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 has become a massive hit for Chevrolet and it even snagged the 2023 “Motor Trend” Performance Car of the Year award. But however the Z06 was eclipsed by the new high-tech Corvette eRay…an All Wheel Drive hybrid-powered vehicle which is a first glimpse of the Corvette’s electric future.
11. MAKE IT HAPPEN NEXT YEAR: I spotted two vehicles parked at the Fox Communities Credit Union parking lot which is the custom version of the Jeep Gladiator and Porsche Boxster. Didn’t look like they were going to be at the show…possibly they might find their way to next year’s car show.
12. “YOU GUYS HAVING YOUR OWN CAR SHOW?!: Oh…I spotted this at the same parking lot…car enthusiasts with their Mustangs, Camaros, Corvettes and BMWs gathering around the parking lot like they are creating their own car show!
I took this shot with the now-nonexistent Alaska Way Viaduct behind me, with the idea of posting about how cold it tends to be on sunny days in the fall. But, I never did post this to social media.
Atlanta Braves baseball from 20 September 2019 (the night they clinched the division crown). The new park (opened in 2018) gets panned a little because it's usually pretty hot in Georgia and a heck of a lot of seats are in direct sun.
It's a relatively generic stadium (in the new mold of generic stadiums), but it's nice. The area outside the stadium (bars/restaurants) is actually a bit more interesting/unique than the stadium itself.
The biggest drawback is that the Atlanta Braves no longer play in Atlanta. (That and parking is almost nonexistent up there in Marietta near the stadium. We were scratching our heads looking for the actual parking lots.)
As for the game...it was a great game. First time in my life I actually got to see a division-clinching game. (They'd clinched a playoff spot a few days before.)
1993 Suède Sweden Svezia
Escapade en train à Blåhammaren, dans le nord de la Suède, près de la frontier norvégienne.
Il est conseillé de savoir lire une carte et utiliser la boussole, car les sentiers ne sont pas bien marqués et on ne rencontre quasi personne ... le temps peut aussi changer brusquement : en qq minutes on passé de l'été à l'hiver avec de la neige (meme en plein mois de juillet).
Week-end close to the Norwegian border, in the north of Sweden, at Blåhammaren.
It is recommended to be able to read a map and use a compass because the paths are almost nonexistent ... the weather can also change within minutes going from Summer into Winter (with snow mid of July).
Camminata vicina al confine con la Norvegia, a Blåhammaren (2 giorni).
Saper leggere una mappa e utilizzare una bussola è d'obbligo perché i sentieri non si vedono bene. E non c'è molta gente da incontrare ! Subito il meteo può anche cambiare da estate a inverno con neve a metà luglio !
Though personalized art appeared during World War I, and occasionally grew to incorporate the entire aircraft, most pilots carried a saying or a slogan, or a family crest, or squadron symbol. Some were named, but nose art was not common. During World War II, nose art not only saw its true beginnings, but its heyday.
No one knows exactly who started nose art first--it appeared with both the British and the Germans around the first time, with RAF pilots painting Hitler being kicked or skulls and crossbones on their aircraft, while German nose art was usually a personal symbol, named for a girlfriend or adopting a mascot (such as Adolf Galland using Mickey Mouse, something Walt Disney likely didn't approve of). It would be with the Americans, and a lesser extent the Canadians, that nose art truly became common--and started including its most famous forms, which was usually half-naked or completely naked women. This was not always true, but it often was.
The quality of nose art depended on the squadron or wing artist. Some of it was rather crude, while others were equal to the finest pinup artists in the United States, such as Alberto Vargas. For men thousands of miles away from home and lonely, a curvaceous blonde on a B-17 or a P-51 made that loneliness a bit easier. Others thought naked women were a little crude, and just limited themselves to names, or depicted animals, cartoon characters, or patriotic emblems, or caricatures of the Axis dictators they were fighting.
Generally speaking, there was little censorship, with squadron and group commanders rarely intervening on names or pictures; the pilots themselves practiced self-censorship, with profanity almost unknown, and full-frontal nudity nearly nonexistent. After the loss of a B-17 named "Murder Inc.," which the Germans captured and used to make propaganda, the 8th Air Force, at least, set up a nose art committee that reviewed the nose art of aircraft--but even it rarely wielded its veto. For the most part, nose art was limited only by the crew's imagination and the artist's ability. The British tended to stay away from the lurid nudes of the Americans, though the Canadians adopted them as well. (The Axis also did not use nose art in this fashion, and neither did the Soviets, who usually confined themselves to patriotic slogans on their aircraft, such as "For Stalin!" or "In the Spirit of the Motherland!")
When World War II ended, so did nose art, for the most part. In the peacetime, postwar armed forces, the idea of having naked women were wives and children could see it was not something the postwar USAF or Navy wanted, and when it wasn't scrapped, it was painted over. A few units (especially those away from home and family) still allowed it, but it would take Korea to begin a renaissance of nose art.
Formerly 44-35601 of the USAAF, this A-26C became "Miss Murphy" in 1981; since 1998, it's been part of the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing at Mesa. "Miss Murphy's" nose art shows a cute blonde with ballerina slippers, a top hat, and a see-through dress riding a bomb, next to the 9th Air Force patch. The aircraft is in the colors of the 397th Bomb Group at RAF Gosfield, UK. Though I photographed "Miss Murphy" back in 2019, I went back to get the nose art in 2025.
A Photo A Day For A Year
Day 05
I'm not exactly happy with this photo, but it's the best I could do on a night when inspiration was just nonexistent for me. This was a thirty second exposure in the large cornfield that is my back yard. Normally, I'd have stayed out longer to achieve a better shot, but to be honest, I'm just drained and it was so ridiculously cold outside.
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
The online info for these peaks was nonexistent and the few photos looked like some dude's scans from Kodachrome taken in 1980, so I'm hoping my maps and photos definitely change that.
The south La Sal peaks consist of mostly talus with a few areas of scree. So there is an advantage to snow climbing them, where the season looks to be best mid-April through mid-May. The A and B routes must be climbed earlier in the season. The P couloir is more robust. By Memorial day, even the C and T couloirs are starting to become melted. The peaks can be climbed in the summer (via routes S or T), but the scramble up rock at 25-30 degrees probably would make the average hiker a little nervous. It can be done though; i's easiest if you step on the bigger flakes, which benefit from neighboring rock. These mostly held in place for me, particularly the flakes that were oriented vertically. The routes are certainly no steeper than 40 degrees with only a few small ice patches at the edges, so leave your ice tools at home.
There are numerous opinions to pass the Razor Fang. Early season, one might easily traverse the snow field on the south face. Some prefer to stick to the ridge itself (following maybe 10 feet below on the south side). The exposed ridge here is not for beginners. We traversed lower, following around at about the same height from the west side. That requires stepping up scree and loose dirt on near the east end. The rock at the Razor Fang is particularly rotted. Rock climbers would do much better on the slickrock around Moab, which would actually be able to hold an anchor (there's really nothing to rock climb here).
In early season even the La Sal Pass road is likely to be snowed in, so bring snowshoes or skis just in case.
Heidi face - good.
Flowers behind bunny - bad.
White part of Bunny left ear nonexistent - bad. PROP GUY needed.
The abundance and diversity of succulent species in the sagebrush steppe (e.g,. Cactaceae, Crassulaceae, Portulaceae, etc.) is indicative of low levels of disturbance. Sedum lanceolatum is distinguished by its lanceolate leaves with papillose surfaces and a lack of evident venation. Axillary shoots are also nonexistent to poorly developed in this species.