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The parent organization of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery is the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, founded in 1862. It is one of the oldest public arts institutions in the United States. In 1890, Buffalo entrepreneur and philanthropist, John J. Albright, a wealthy Buffalo industrialist, began the construction of the Albright Art Gallery for the Academy. The building was designed by prominent local architect Edward Brodhead Green. It was originally intended to be used as the Fine Arts Pavilion for the Pan-American Exposition in 1901, but delays in its construction caused it to remain uncompleted until 1905.
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The organization is not quite in place yet, so our new First Cat has not been appointed. Rags is the most experienced, but less ambitious than Caithlin, who might be an upcoming queen. For now however, they seem to share the responsibility in harmony... :)
Dushara Tatters and Rags & Dushara Cathal Caithlin (Somalis), 28.06.2015
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
Clock in the City of London, with North American spelling. No idea who 'organised' the installation.
Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland
"The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks which "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks". The BIS carries out its work through its meetings, programmes and through the Basel Process – hosting international groups pursuing global financial stability and facilitating their interaction. It also provides banking services, but only to central banks and other international organizations."
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Architect: Marin Burckhard. Construction: 1972 to 1977
"The Legion of Doom recruits, trains, and radicalizes young Americans to engage in violence and suppression of political activity, then employs elaborate means and mechanisms to shield the identities of its operatives, conceal its funding sources and operations in an effort to frustrate law enforcement, and recruit additional members." — Some Old Man in a White House, September 22, 2025 (edited)
(Re-edit of IMG_9544.)
Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Media:
* Felix Colgrave: DOUBLE KING
* Sérgio: Khachaturian - Masquerade Suite (1944)
The Organization of Cape Verdean Women (OMCV) in partnership with the Cape Verdean Institute for Gender Equality and Equity (ICIEG) and other partners announced on Sunday, March 7th in the City of Assomada, the main commemorative event of International Women's Day under the motto Djuntu na Paz, nu kombati violênsia na Cabo Verde (Together in Peace, in the fight against violence in Cape Verde).
The opening ceremony was co-chaired by His Excellency the Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves and the UN System Resident Coordinator, Mrs. Petra Lantz and was also attended by the US Ambassador, Government representatives, and representatives of local municipalities, among others.
Celebrating International Women's Day we know that we join thousands of people around the world, to celebrate a date that marked the world 100 years ago. It is celebrated worldwide this year under the motto Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities: Progress for All.
At the same time, the 15th anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action is celebrated. In 1995 during the IV World Conference on Women, world leaders committed themselves to promote equality, development and peace to women around the world.
The Beijing Declaration remains as current as it was 15 years ago: as long as women are not liberated from poverty and injustice all the objectives for which we work – peace, security and sustainable development - will be threatened. There are several examples of progress, although gender stereotyping and discrimination based on gender persist in all cultures and communities.
The International Women's Day is an opportunity to make a critical review of the successes achieved over the past 15 years, which are not few, and to take stock on how to achieve what is missing.
In Cape Verde a lot has been done since the independence in favor of women, allowing to create a favorable environment for increased participation of women, and to contribute to the development of the country. Great results have been achieved with emphasis on education, health, and political participation of women over the last years. Highlighting at the government level, among the ministers, eight are women.
However, it cannot be said that women have achieved the same equality as men, to emphasize the important achievements in favor of women in Cape Verde and thereby stimulate and continue this struggle. Because social ills still persist, such as unemployment, extreme poverty which affects mostly female heads of households, and the violence against women, that are in flagrant contradiction with the promise contained in the Charter of the United Nations "to promote the social progress and better standards of life in a broader concept of freedom".
The consequences of the violence for women and girls as well as to their families, communities and societies are incalculable. Too often the crimes are unpunished and the criminals go free. In this context the States have the responsibility to protect women and punish their aggressors, ensuring a continuing improvement of judicial processes.
With increasing frequency, men manifest themselves against this blot in our society. It is not easy to change mentalities and habits that endure for generations. It is a task for all – individuals, organizations and governments. We should work together to declare, loud and clear at the highest level, that violence against women will not be tolerated, whatever form it takes, the context in which it occurs and the circumstances that surround it.
Recognizing this fact, the African Union at the Conference of 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that was celebrated in March 2010 in New York, launched the African Women's Decade 2010-2020, reaffirming the commitment assumed since the Dakar and Beijing conferences and the resolutions on gender equality and women empowerment taken by the Assembly of the African Union, to accelerate the achievement of results set out in the Millennium Development Goals.
*Ministry of Youth and President of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Work, Family and Social Unity, Ministry of Education and Sports, Ministry of Environment, Rural Development and Marine Resources, Secretary of State Adjunct of Prime Minister.
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
The spotted hyena is the most social of the Carnivora in that it has the largest group sizes and most complex social behaviors. Its social organization is unlike that of any other carnivore, bearing closer resemblance to that of cercopithecine primates (baboons and macaques) with respect to group-size, hierarchical structure, and frequency of social interaction among both kin and unrelated groupmates.
Cubs are born with soft, brownish black hair, and weigh 1.5 kg on average. Unique among carnivorous mammals, spotted hyenas are also born with their eyes open and with 6–7 mm long canine teeth and 4 mm long incisors. Also, cubs will attack each other shortly after birth. This is particularly apparent in same sexed litters and can result in the death of the weaker cub. – Wikipedia
It's funny how, no matter how well you know a person, if you no longer live with them you don't know some of their little habits. Like the way my brother has his shirts color-coordinated to the hangers they are on.
Nearly full, but waning gibbous (99%) moon behind the cross atop Battle Mountain on a hazy night.
Shot on November 13, 2019 with a Canon 6D and Sigma 150-600mm lens at 1/60 sec f/6/3 ISO 800 600mm.
Battle Mountain got its name from a battle that was held at a mountain nearby called Mule Hill in 1846. Mule Hill/Starvation Mountain got its name after the battle when the soldiers ran out of food and had to kill some of the mules in order to eat. In 1966, a group of local churchgoers put the cross on the mountain. In the 80’s the cross fell down and was replaced by a man named Jack Templeton who built it in his backyard. He lived below the trailhead and would frequent the hill regularly. The cross was actually funded by a Jack in the Box nearby.
-- Thanks to Hidden San Diego for the above history lesson.
While the mountain was once private property, the developer of the newer subdivision below the mountain donated the land to the county and it's now a public park. To satisfy the constitutional separation of church and state requirement, the land immediately below the cross belongs to a non-profit organization. The non-profit also maintains the lighting for the cross.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization green on CP 7020 contrasts with the green foliage as it brings up the rear of CP 118 an a cloudy afternoon.
Some may call my OCD a little on the ridiculous side, but lately I have really been trying to clean, organize, and get the house ready for my fiancé to move in. Whether it's in the house, in the workshop, or working the property, I'm striving to get the place in shape from top to bottom.
Theme: …This Land Is My Land…
Year Seventeen Of My 365 Project
The Shiva Vishnu Temple of South Florida is a non-profit religious organization with a mission of operating a traditional Hindu temple based on Vaasthu and Agama Shaastra and imparting religious, educational, and cultural values to our community and future generations. In 1996 we embarked upon building a traditional Dravidian (South Indian) style temple under the guidance of chief architect, Dr. Ganapati Sthapati of Chennai, India, a well-known temple builder of international repute. The construction began in April 1999. Twelve shilpis (sculptors) came from Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu, India in April 2000 and carried out the Indianization of the temple.
The main temple building has two Raja Gopurams (entrance towers) and two Vimana Gopurams (Towers) over each of the main Shiva and Vishnu Garbagrahas (Shrines). The total area of the temple is approximately 6200 sq ft. The temple ornaments and architectural style are of Chola, and Pandya dynasty (10th century) for Shiva and Parivar (associated) shrines, and Vijayanagara dynasty (12th century) for Venkateshwara and Parivar shrines. The Ayyappa shrine is built according to the Kerala style of architecture. The second building is the community hall which opened in April of 2001. It houses educational and cultural activities and is occasionally rented for private ceremonies to Temple members and devotees.
Mahakumbhabhishekam (sacred purification) and Pranaprathishtapana (consecration) of our temple were celebrated from November 23 to 25 of 2001 and the temple has been open to the public since then. We have four well-trained priests from India who perform daily puja services. The temple’s religious rituals strictly follow the Agama Shastras: Shiva agama for Shiva and Parivar devathas, Pancharathra agama for Vishnu and parivara devathas.
The temple organizes a number of religious services and celebrates major Hindu festivals throughout the year, which are open to the general public. Devotees have the pportunity to sponsor any of these religious services. The temple priests can also conduct specific religious services on behalf of devotees either at the temple or in their homes.
The construction of the temple was made possible with generous contributions from the members of our community. The temple is operated by revenues generated from services and donations. Your generous donation is always welcome
and is tax-deductible.
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www.sunny.org/listings/shiva-vishnu-temple-of-south-florida-(hindu)/7579/
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As of July 1999, Carrotwood has been added to the State of Florida List of Noxious Weeds.
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This native of Australia, Irian Jaya (Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea is a fast-growing evergreen tree that grows to a height of about 35 feet.
Carrotwood, a prolific seed producer, became a popular landscape tree throughout southern Florida in the late 1970s and early 1980s. By 1990, wild Carrotwood seedlings began to be seen in the wild in various habitats.
In Florida, flowering occurs in the winter, from January to March. Flowers are unisexual, with each flower cluster containing both male and female flowers. .
The brightly colored fruits are very attractive to birds which disperse it widely. In its native range, Carrotwood is pollinated by bees, which are the likely pollinators in Florida.
No biological control is available at this time. Chemical control is the most common and effective method of control.
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A Carrotwood tree in its peak blooming season.
Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Family Sapindaceae
Educational Concerns for Hunger Organization (E.C.H.O.)
Ft. Myers
Florida
USA.
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Originally built in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club, a luxury men's club for members of the Shrine organization, the club fell victim to the stock-market crash and was forced to close its doors in 1934. InterContinental Hotels bought the property in 1988, and immediately began renovations. A quarter of a billion dollars and 12 years later, this truly magnificent hotel was re-introduced to Chicago.
Restoration work was guided by the original athletic club's 1930
Red Jacket Lodge No. 646
Lockport Masonic Building
1 Cottage St.
Lockport, NY 14094
1-716-433-9700
1st & 3rd Thursdays
Niagara-Orleans District
Fraternal Organizations Freemason
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with representatives of scouting organizations who handed him the Peace Light of Bethlehem. He thanked them and congratulated them on the upcoming Christmas.
Among the attendees were members of the youth organization Plast – National Scout Organization of Ukraine, the nationwide youth NGO National Organization of the Scouts of Ukraine, and the NGO Association of Ukrainian Guides.
The children shared how they support youth in frontline regions and maintain connections with young Ukrainians abroad. The scouting organizations also support our wounded warriors. More than half a thousand members of the Plast – National Scout Organization of Ukraine have joined the Defense Forces.
The Peace Light of Bethlehem will later be delivered to the front lines and handed over to Ukrainian defenders.
On June 10, 1922, the Chicago Tribune hosted an international design competition for its new headquarters, and offered $100,000 in prize money with a $50,000 1st prize for "the most beautiful and distinctive office building in the world". The competition worked brilliantly for months as a publicity stunt, and the resulting entries still reveal a unique turning point in American architectural history. More than 260 entries were received.
Originally built in 1929 as the Medinah Athletic Club, a luxury men's club for members of the Shrine organization, the club fell victim to the stock-market crash and was forced to close its doors in 1934. InterContinental Hotels bought the property in 1988, and immediately began renovations. A quarter of a billion dollars and 12 years later, this truly magnificent hotel was re-introduced to Chicag
Its been a while since I've posted any pictures of my (our) Lego building studio.
Last year, the room was completely renovated. Originally, the room was built as part of a house extension in 1985 to enclose a hot tub and shower. Since owning the house, we used the hot tub only a few years until we shut it down and converted the room into a playroom. The playroom then evolved into a family Lego studio. During this time, we built storage and work spaces around the hot tub. This of course resulted in inefficient use of space and inconvenient accessibility.
Finally, in 2018 we embarked on a much needed renovation. This involved removal of the hot tub and infrastructure, followed by new floor joists and framing. The shower was converted into a storage closet and the entire room received new tiled floor with under floor heating system.
Of the best attributes of this studio is abundant natural light emanating from large floor to ceiling windows and three overhead skylights. For nighttime use, the room is illuminated from ceiling mounted track lighting and a series of adjustable gooseneck LED worklights fitted along the entire length of the work spaces.
Lastly, a custom centre island was constructed from 2x Ikea Kalax storage units. The units were bolted together, a table top surface was installed (with bullnose edges) and heavy duty castor wheels were fitted to the bottom. This centre island not only incorporates integrated storage but serves as an immensely useful worksurface for staging models, sorting parts, or collaboration.
Storage and parts organization is a topic for another day. Suffice to say, we use Ikea Trofast drawers for bulk parts storage of major colours. We use wall mounted Kalax units (not shown) for less used colours, the island Kalax units store monochrome colour detail parts (e.g. slopes, round bricks, etc.), and finally the workspaces are completely surrounded by many 100's of small parts bins organized by part type and also colour if applicable. All storage is labelled using custom python software scripts which generate part thumbnails, part descriptions etc. and automatically lays out label graphics for a variety of Avery brand label sheets of different sizes.
It is a wonderful space to spend time being creative and having fun! Now I just need time to enjoy it!
Cluster is an organization based on the idea that no one should be alone in the depths of space. You may know them for the creation of the massive HIVE life stations or the GridLock defense ships, however today they are bringing you something new! These small one-seater ships are designed to travel outside the reaches of any HIVE and scout for and necessary resources. Be it among the wildlife of a nearby planet or among the wreckage of a dead fleet, these ships can get you the resources that YOU deserve!
Arnold Research Organization (ARO) designed and operated Arnold Center until 1980. My dad began working there in 1953 until he retired in early 90s. He is 98 1/2 and as sharp as ever. Here's a bit of history on AEDC / ARO:
Arnold AFB (Air Force Base) began as Camp Forrest, an Army training camp during WWII. Camp Forrest's training facilities included William Northern Field, used for training Army Air Force pilots. Camp Forrest was secured after the war by the new Air Force as the site for the Air Engineering Development Center in 1949, and named the Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in honor of General Henry "Hap" Arnold, one of the founding fathers of the US Air Force and a five-star general.
AEDC was created to be the primary jet and rocket development for the Air Force, and developed the premier flight, jet, rocket, and simulation testing in the world. The Jet Age of the 1950s and 1960s, and Space Race kept pushing the AEDC to expand their capabilities. [In the early 50s, my mom, dad, and father-in-law began working at the Center - the dads were engineers and my mom was a secretary for the Air Force Generals.] The AEDC was instrumental to the development of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs, including testing space capsules, the Saturn V rocket upper stage engines. The main function of the AEDC was to test military aircraft and missiles. In the 1970s, systems for the Space Shuttle, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon, A-10 Thunderbolt, MX missile, Air-Launched Cruise Missile, and Global Positioning Satellite system were tested by the AEDC. Arnold's testing in more recent years has included systems of the Patriot Air Defense Missile, F-117A Nighthawk, and other vital defense systems. Source: www.arnoldafbhousing.com/history
Convent refectory, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site
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Nikon Nikkor 18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX
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This is a building right next to this one in Barcelona. The building itself is rather plain and ugly, however I found the shutters kind of interesting.
See it Right (flickr's sharpening kinda kills those lines...)
Bamberg, Germany-14 June 2012, 391st celebrates the Army's 237th Birthday. The Army's Birthday is a tradition that is recognized worldwide at all Army post. Photo by SFC Craig Knapp 317th Maintenance Company.
Seen recently (Friday 13th June, 2025) from the shoreline of Ten Mile Point, a rather puzzling encounter. A dozen or more sizeable yachts, mostly ones with black sails, were in a local race struggling to make progress in the almost still air. The biggest one, centre of the photo, dropped the foresail and stopped as a 'Spill Response' boat approached and came alongside it for a few minutes before re-positioning, as shown in the photo, for a few minutes and then headed off. The big yacht then pulled away to join the others. What was that all about?
'Spill Response' (Western Canada Marine Response Organization) is an industry-funded organization with boats stationed in key harbours throughout Canada's west coast, to deal quickly with marine spills and mitigate the impacts on B.C.'s coast.
The European Space Research Organization, which later became the European Space Agency (ESA), agreed in 1973 to develop a manned laboratory as Europe's contribution to the Space Shuttle Program. What became Spacelab was conceived originally at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center as a sortie can, a modular laboratory that could be installed in the space shuttle for week-long science missions. The first Spacelab mission was launched aboard space shuttle Columbia on the STS-9 mission on November 28, 1983.
Image credit: NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center History, Flickr photoset:
www.flickr.com/photos/nasamarshall/sets/72157636868630444/
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A traveling/climbing vine of the Red/Purple variety of,
English: Indian Spinach / Malabar Spinach
Portuguese: Bartelha / Bacela
Spanish: Espinaca bacela
Tagalog: Alugbati
Thai: Phak plang
Bengali (India): Pui Shaak
Malaysia: Remayong
Indonesia: Gendola
Vietnam: Mong to
Malabar Spinach or Indian Spinach, a native of the East Indies is not a true spinach (Spinacia oleracea L., Chenopodiaceae) at all, but the taste is similar. It found its way to the New World from China.
The scientific names are Basella alba for the green variety and Basella rubra for the red.
This highly heat tolerant, fast growing, frost tender tropical vine with large meaty leaves is remarkably spinach-like in flavor. It however, requires a minimum daytime temperature of 59F(15C) to keep growing, though it tolerates occasional night temperatures falling below 50F (10C) and low light levels.
This vine tolerates high rainfall.
Plants do not flower if the length of daylight is more than 13 hours per day. Widely cultivated for its edible stems and leaves in the tropics, there are some named varieties, but they all can be treated in the same way.
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A mature vine with mature seed pods had totally covered a fence.
Basella alba
Family Basellaceae
Educations Concerns for Hunger Organization (E.C.H.O.)
Ft. Myers
Florida
USA.
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