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Japan Day 2 (1 May)
This young woman was having difficulty attracting custom for the Maid Café where she worked.
Is the glass half empty or half full? It depends on my mood and I have this large print hanging in my studio to remind me that there are many ways to look at the same thing. I used high speed film to give me the grain pattern I was looking for and used a Nikon with a 55 macro lens.
Interesting news for people buying investment properties. The May data for the Case-Shiller Home Price Index was released July 26 and shows reason for cautious optimism that prices are at, or close to, the bottom in most markets. May was the second month in a row with price increases on both the 10 and 20 city Case-Shiller composite indexes.
Read more at www.rewealthcoach.com/2011/08/04/buying-investment-proper...
Before the sun sets in this year,
before the memories fade,
before the net works get jammed
Wish u and ur family Happy Sparkling New Year 2012
Remember The Laughter,
The Joy,
The Hard Work,
And The Tears.
And As You Reflect On The Past Year, Also Be Thinking Of The New One To Come.
Because Most Importantly,
This Is A Time Of New Beginnings
And The Celebration Of Life."
A NEW YEAR …
A New Challenge…
A New Goal ….
A New Optimism ….
A New Aproach …
A New Mission …
A New Resolution…. A Dream come true for Telangana in 2012
Wishng U a very …
"Happy New year"…
She's bright and always eager to see something through to the end. Zeri (on the right), isn't always quite as cheery.
The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's havoc in Houston, Texas has brought many people together and has shown that compassion and optimism are the beginning stages of recovery.
The George R. Brown Convention Center has shown dedication and organization with an outstanding amount of support from volunteers. In fact, volunteers were being turned away due to the overflow of contributions and the same was said about donations.
Evacuees were able to get medication from various pharmacy stations, emergency medical attention, a cot, blankets, food and toys for children. Barbers and hairstylists offered haircuts for all ages and cosplay actors came to entertain children. Ultimately, the optimism and smiling faces overshadowed the instances of sadness and helped the downtrodden lift their spirits.
However, I noticed that the experience on the inside was much friendlier than what was outside. Numerous homeless individuals were in serious condition due to the ingestion of synthetic marijuana and other drugs. People were conning each other and the behavior was a stark contrast from indoors.
Nevertheless, police officers did a good job in keeping things under control and tending to those that needed the necessary medical attention. A man asked me why I would take photos or video of those reacting to the synthetic marijuana claiming it to be "fu**ed" up." I replied, "that's exactly why it needs to be shown. People should be exposed to these consequences and my hope is that it would discourage someone from using it. Furthermore, I'm also showing that these police and first responders are attending to them in a humane manner." Ultimately, it's upon the individual to be responsible with what they put in your body.
-August 30, 2017
A children's play park on the inside of the remaining Ghetto Wall on the outskirts of Krakow, Poland.
“We see the brightness of a new page where everything yet can happen.”
- ranier marie rilke
for PROJECTINSIGHT
Louisiana is reported to be losing 25 to 35 square miles of coastal wetlands each year – one football field of land per hour. The causes of the land loss are from natural causes and human interference, and include reduced sediment flow from the Mississippi River and its tributaries, land subsidence, and sea-level rise. To combat the diminishing and degrading coastal habitats, Jefferson Parish instituted a program that found a role for discarded Christmas trees to lessen wave energy and to combat erosion. Wooden cribs are constructed parallel to the shoreline to hold the trees. Volunteers, the Louisiana Air National Guard, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and others have coordinated the collection and placement of trees in these pens to lessen the impact of waves and storms. The calm water between the cribs and coast traps sediment and allows for plants and aquatic life to establish. Jefferson Parish has been tracking the impact of this Christmas tree recycling project. Between 1998 and 2015, an unprotected area of shoreline lost over 23 acres of habitat, while a section protected by trees only lost 3 acres. The Christmas tree recycling program not only assists coastal habitats but generates awareness among Louisiana residents and provides an opportunity for participation in making a difference for the coast.
The quilt is to be viewed from the top to the bottom, representing a relative sequence over time as viewed at one location. No quantitative data is implied in terms of spatial or temporal patterns sewn. Each horizontal gray strip of fabric represents breaks in time. At the top of the quilt, one sees a wide strip of “plant” fabric representing a marsh coastline, and a smaller piece of “water” fabric representing the coastal water. As one moves down to the next row of plant/water fabric, there is less of the land fabric and more of the water fabric. This is to represent erosion occurring along the Louisiana coast, where marsh habitat is being lost from wave energy, subsidence, seal-level rise, etc. As one moves down the next several rows, there is a continued loss of the coast with an increasing encroachment of water. In the middle of the quilt, a Christmas tree crib appears. The successive rows show a reduction in loss of the marsh over time, reflecting the results shared by Jefferson Parish (still marsh loss but less volume when the Christmas trees were put in place).
This is my story of coastal optimism – a story of habitat loss and degradation that is slowed by the placement of discarded Christmas trees.