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There was a steepness in the darkness
I wanted to cut it like a comet crash
Hit the city, where you had echoed from a flash
Made it all seem not so bad
'Cause we were parallel lines running through the whole sky
And even in the low light, we were aligned
'Cause we were parallel lines, separate the whole time
But even in the divide, you and I
Don't dare repeat this
But when I lay alone that night
I let the city see me cry
And in my weakness
I wish you hadn't closed your eyes
Crossed the city, open mine
'Cause we were parallel lines, running through the whole sky
And even in the low light, we were aligned
'Cause we were parallel lines, separate the whole time
But even in the divide, you and I
I watched you comb your hands through the light
Every detail spilled from your outline
All at once you filled my eyes
And I could see it all for the first time
'Cause we were parallel lines running through the whole sky
(The whole sky)
And even in the low light, we were aligned
(We were aligned)
'Cause we were parallel lines, separate the whole time
(Whole time)
And even in the divide, you and I
Attlass
high altitude ice clouds,beautiful large white whispy cover sky,same weather conditions that cause severe long term drought also cause these clouds,we had them all summer in Texas,the hottest dryest year on record,six months later nothing has changed,weather modelers predict no rain for the entire year,water supplies are critically low,some small communities are already out of water,those people have to move,but to where?,when the big cities run out we will have a crisis of epic porportions,the government is still lying to us saying "we've" got plenty of water,even as people watch our lakes reveal their bottoms,a warning would help people prepare,millions will have to leave the state which will be dangerous if large numbers try to leave at once,danger of people dying in their cars as the journey to water is 800-1000 miles
In 1954, a young Princeton University doctoral candidate named Hugh Everett III came up with a radical idea: That there exist parallel universes, exactly like our -universe. These universes are all related to ours; indeed, they branch off from ours, and our universe is branched off of others. Within these parallel universes, our wars have had different outcomes than the ones we know. Species that are extinct in our universe have evolved and adapted in others. In other universes, we humans may have become extinct.
This thought boggles the mind and yet, it is still comprehensible. Notions of parallel universes or dimensions that resemble our own have appeared in works of science fiction and have been used as explanations for metaphysics. But why would a young up-and-coming physicist possibly risk his future career by posing a theory about parallel universes?
With his Many-Worlds theory, Everett was attempting to answer a rather sticky question related to quantum physics: Why does quantum matter behave erratically? The quantum level is the smallest one science has detected so far. The study of quantum physics began in 1900, when the physicist Max Planck first introduced the concept to the scientific world. Planck's study of radiation yielded some unusual findings that contradicted classical physical laws. These findings suggested that there are other laws at work in the universe, operating on a deeper level than the one we know.
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Osprey Dad washes his talons after bringing a fish to the nest for his mate and kid(s).
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Belle Haven Marina, Alexandria, Virginia
3526 approaches Metford Station with a Hunter Valley Steamfest Shuttle paralleled by a Hunter Car set for photographers. A coal train bound for Newcastle disappears in the distance.
This week's brief was good for me as I was just experimenting with Intentional Camera Movement.... so I thought I would go out and try it on some groups of people. The images (there were a few but I have only posted 2 on my Flickr page) are a SINGLE EXPOSURE and NOT changed in the digital darkroom, other than some added contrast and saturation.... I am happy with them, as they are not just blurs but rather a series of 'parallel images' captured as I panned across the group. The images capture one of my ideas about photography which is that our lives are a sort of ongoing 'movie' within which the photographer has to choose the best still frame at a specific moment. These images encompass a few of those moments... if you look carefully you will see some people moving positions.
The track in the background is the headshunt from Kingmoor Yard towards Stainton. The nearer, lower, track is a run round loop which appears to be less frequently used and is on the original Waverley Route level and alignment. It is not normally possible to access the land alongside the railway at this location, situated in the wedge between the Waverley Route and the West Coast Main Line at the south end of Kingmoor Yard. Fortuitously, on the day of my visit the gates were open for a car boot sale which was being held in this area. Worth the admission money to the car boot sale to get a view from this location. The lower (foreground) track is on the level and the alignment of the original Waverley route.
The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
The Kerala Backwaters are a network of interconnected canals, rivers, lakes and inlets, a labyrinthine system formed by more than 900 km of waterways, and sometimes compared to the American Bayou. In the midst of this landscape there are a number of towns and cities, which serve as the starting and end points of backwater cruises. National Waterway No. 3 from Kollam to Kottapuram, covers a distance of 205 km and runs almost parallel to the coast line of southern Kerala facilitating both cargo movement and backwater tourism.
The backwaters have a unique ecosystem - freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea. In certain areas, such as the Vembanad Kayal, where a barrage has been built near Kumarakom, salt water from the sea is prevented from entering the deep inside, keeping the fresh water intact. Such fresh water is extensively used for irrigation purposes.
Many unique species of aquatic life including crabs, frogs and mudskippers, water birds such as terns, kingfishers, darters and cormorants, and animals such as otters and turtles live in and alongside the backwaters. Palm trees, pandanus shrubs, various leafy plants and bushes grow alongside the backwaters, providing a green hue to the surrounding landscape.
Vembanad Kayal is the largest of the lakes, covering an area of 200 km², and bordered by Alappuzha (Alleppey), Kottayam, and Ernakulam districts. The port of Kochi (Cochin) is located at the lake's outlet to the Arabian Sea. Alleppey, "Venice of the East", has a large network of canals that meander through the town. Vembanad is India’s longest lake.
HOUSE BOATS
The kettuvallams (Kerala houseboats) in the backwaters are one of the prominent tourist attractions in Kerala. More than 2000 kettuvallams ply the backwaters, 120 of them in Alappuzha. Kerala government has classified the tourist houseboats as Platinum, Gold and silver.
The kettuvallams were traditionally used as grain barges, to transport the rice harvested in the fertile fields alongside the backwaters. Thatched roof covers over wooden hulls, 30 m in length, provided protection from the elements. At some point in time the boats were used as living quarters by the royalty. Converted to accommodate tourists, the houseboats have become floating cottages having a sleeping area, with western-style toilets, a dining area and a sit out on the deck. Most tourists spend the night on a house boat. Food is cooked on board by the accompanying staff – mostly having a flavour of Kerala. The houseboats are of various patterns and can be hired as per the size of the family or visiting group. The living-dining room is usually open on at least three sides providing a grand view of the surroundings, including other boats, throughout the day when it is on the move. It is brought to a standstill at times of taking food and at night. After sunset, the boat crew provide burning coils to drive away mosquitoes. Ketuvallams are motorised but generally proceed at a slow speed for smooth travel. All ketuvallams have a generator and most bedrooms are air-conditioned. At times, as per demand of customers, electricity is switched off and lanterns are provided to create a rural setting.
While many ketuvalloms take tourists from a particular point and bring them back to around the same point next morning there are some specific cruises mostly in the Alappuzha area, such as the one night cruise from Alappuzha to Thotapally via Punnamada Lake two nights cruise from Alappuzha to Alumkavadi,[8] one night cruise from Alappuzha to Kidangara, and one night cruise from Alappuzha to Mankotta. There are numerous such cruises.
Beypore, located 10 km south of Kozhikode at the mouth of the Chaliyar River, is a famous fishing harbour, port and boat building centre. Beypore has a 1,500 year-tradition of boatbuilding. The skill of the local shipwrights and boat builders are widely sought after. There is a houseboat-building yard at Alumkadavu, in Ashtamudi Kayal near Kollam.
FERRY SERVICES
Regular ferry services connect most locations on both banks of the backwaters. The Kerala State Water Transport Department operates ferries for passengers as well as tourists. It is the cheapest mode of transport through the backwaters.
ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE
Connected by artificial canals, the backwaters form an economical means of transport, and a large local trade is carried on by inland navigation. Fishing, along with fish curing is an important industry.
Kerala backwaters have been used for centuries by the local people for transportation, fishing and agriculture. It has supported the efforts of the local people to earn a livelihood. In more recent times, agricultural efforts have been strengthened with reclamation of some backwater lands for rice growing, particularly in the Kuttanad area. Boat making has been a traditional craft, so has been the coir industry.
Kuttanad is crisscrossed with waterways that run alongside extensive paddy fields, as well as fields of cassava, banana and yam. A unique feature of Kuttanad is that many of these fields are below sea level and are surrounded by earthen embankments. The crops are grown on the low-lying ground and irrigated with fresh water from canal and waterways connected to Vembanad lake. The area is similar to the dikes of the Netherlands where land has been reclaimed from the sea and crops are grown.
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Artist: Antony Gormley
Title: Parallel Field
Materials: castings in iron
Sculpture in the City 2013
30 St Mary Axe
London, England, UK
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,731,571 in 2016, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) proper had a 2016 population of 6,417,516. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.
Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 43 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.
The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, aerospace, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.
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Graffiti Alley in The Fashion District runs south of Queen Street West from Spadina Avenue to Portland Street beginning at 1 rush lane, Toronto, Ontario Canada . It is one of the best known location to see Toronto Graffiti.
There is about a kilometer's worth of wall space of varying quality.
A graffiti event called Style in Progress has taken over graffiti alley for a 24-hour period of legal painting, during the 2000s. Nowadays the alley is still frequently painted, but the artist should ask the permission to the building or shop owner.
The Alley was also home to the Secret Swing.
CBC Comedian Rick Mercer often films his famous weekly TV on air Commentary while walking through Graffiti Alley using the Murals as his backdrop. Result being, many Canadians may not know the name of this alley nor the exact location, but they can recognize it once they see it while walking through here in person.
Source: www.atlasobscura.com/places/graffiti-alley-rush-lane
LOCATED WITHIN TORONTO’S FASHION District, Graffiti Alley runs parallel to the trendy stretch of Queen Street West. It encompasses three city blocks and includes the contiguous alleyway of Rush Lane. It’s a popular spot to view some of the best examples of Toronto’s vibrant street art and mural culture.
Previously a hotspot for unsanctioned graffiti art, Graffiti Alley sparked a fight for legalization by the Queen Street West Business Improvement Association. In 2011, it was designated as an area of municipal significance, and StreetARToronto, or StART, a program that provides funding and approval for public murals and graffiti art, was born from the struggle.
Today, Graffiti Alley is a popular backdrop for photoshoots, as well as a place to see works by iconic artists like Duro the Third, uber5000, and ELICSER. It has served as the venue for small street festivals, a set for music videos, and for a time, had a restaurant named after it.
“Parallel lines have a lot in common but they never meet.
Ever.
You might think that’s sad.
But every other pair of lines meets once and then drifts apart forever.
Which is pretty sad too.”
This is a photograph from a set of photographs taken at the St. Coca's AC 5KM Road Race 2022 which was held in Kilcock, Co. Kildare, Ireland at 20:00 on Friday 25th June 2022. The photograph was taken at around the 200m to go mark.
This long established road race is widely regarded as one of the fastest and best organised road races of its kind in Leinster. The race follows a left handed course around a well known local walking route around Laragh and in the closing kilometer runs parallel to the Royal Canal into the finish at the railway station in the town having started at the primary school close to the St. Coca's running track. In fact for several hundred meters after the 4KM marker towards the finish the course runs parallel with the railway, canal and the R148 between Kilcock and Maynooth. Over the last 10 to 15 years Kilcock has undergone very extensive and development particularly in housing. While these changes have taken place the race route has almost remained untouched by this. There were around 500 finishers of the race. The race was organised last year (2021) within the permitted public health guidelines of the COVID-19 pandemic response. This seen a maximum entry of 200 runners. It is a great relief to all involved that this road race has returned to the normality of the past.
The members of St. Coca's AC and the many volunteers from the local community must be given great praise for organising another fantastic night of racing for runners, joggers, and walkers. The 5KM course is very flat with the exception of short incline up a motorway overpass and makes its way along narrow country lanes sheltered on either side by hedgerows. These roads offer a great contrast from the urban population of Kilcock which has grown as a satellite town of the greater Dublin area.
The warm summer evening made for an enjoyable night for everyone with a large crowd gathering at the finish to cheer on participants. Refreshments and prize awards were held in the Gaelscoil near to both the race start and close to the St. Coca's running track. Running clubs and groups from all over Leinster and beyond were represented in the race tonight.
Electronic Chip Timing and Event Management was provided by MyRunResults.
The full set of photographs from 2022 are available on our Flickr Photostream at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72177720300072355 The photographs from the 2019 event are at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157709291701642
This is for requirement #2 No vertical vanishing point. I used these settings: f22 1/15 ISO100. I used the aperture f22 because I wanted everything to be sharp. I used the shutter speed 1/15 in order to properly expose the photo. I didn't need to do much in Photoshop but I did want to lighten the shadows and brighten the highlights so I adjusted the curves, exposure, and brought out the highlights.
While in the Kaiser Permanente waiting room I noticed the parallel lines of the table and chairs.
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A short geography lesson.
The 42nd parallel passes through Essex County, Ontario, Canada as well as northern California, the French Riviera and Rome.
The county is flat as a pancake.
These Fallow bucks aren't browsing, they're engaged in a stereotyped behaviour (involving neck-straining and head turning) that preceded parallel walking and ultimately clashing.
This was by far the most fun I have ever had taking pictures at a wedding. I have known the groom and his best man for about 7 years. The girl on the far left plays 7 sports and it shows, the little guy did pretty good too.
De modernistische tuinwijk Klein Rusland in Zelzate ontstond tussen 1921 en 1928 uit een samenwerking tussen architect Huib Hoste en urbanist Louis Van der Swaelmen. Zij zagen Klein Rusland als een eerste fase van een industriële 'lijnstad' langs het kanaal Gent-Terneuzen en parallel met de industriezone te Zelzate. Om economische redenen werden slechts 168 sociale woningen, een watertoren met pompstation (nu afgebroken) en een vrijgezellentehuis gebouwd. Er werden twee types woningen gebouwd, afhankelijk van het gebruikte bouwmateriaal: baksteen of asbeton. Door het gebruik van houten luiken, blokramen met asymmetrische kleinhouten, houten luifels en dakoversteken in het ontwerp van zowel de bakstenen als de asbetonnen woningen, creëerde Hoste toch een eenheidsstijl in zijn architectuur. Ook het kleurgebruik had een unificerende werking. Niet alleen het asbeton, maar ook alle houten elementen werden voorzien van kleuren.
In de jaren 1950 werden alle woningen voorzien van een bakstenen schil. Ondertussen werden ook niet-systematische ingrepen doorgevoerd: de ramen en deuren werden geleidelijk aan vervangen, de houten luifels, luiken en dakoversteken verwijderd. Hierdoor veranderde de eens zo kleurrijke wijk in een monotoon bakstenen geheel waarvan men algauw de erfgoedwaarde niet meer inzag. In 2009 werden vier asbetonnen woningen aan het Kardinaal Mercierplein beschermd als monument. Deze woningen werden vanaf 2010 als testcase gebruikt om na te gaan hoe men de doelstellingen van sociale huisvesting en duurzaamheid kan verzoenen met deze van onroerend erfgoed.
Foto: Tijl Vereenooghe
Had my camera hanging from the neckstrap secured by a fanny pack in front of me while riding my bike. I was watching this egret, and took a photo from a distance, then biked past it... it decided it had enough, and started to take off, I managed to get some snapshots. Mr. Bird wasn't really in focus, but the ripples were, and looked like a good fit for the "Parallel Lines" weekly assignment, so here it is :D
Post-processing: Cropped to square. Kept the vignetting on the left, which came from edge of the UV filter on the lens... it becomes more apparent past 150mm, and I had this at 170mm. I kinda like the effect.
I was once like you.
In the Early Buddhist Texts, the term "Middle Path" (Majjhimāpaṭipadā) was used in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11, and its numerous parallel texts), which the Buddhist tradition regards to be the first teaching that the Buddha delivered after his awakening. In this sutta, the Buddha describes the Noble Eightfold Path as the Middle Way which steers clear of the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification
Pharmacology does not always take over.
د وتلو لاره موندل
“Choose Life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family. Choose a fucking big television, choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol, and dental insurance. Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisurewear and matching luggage. Choose a three-piece suit on hire purchase in a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who the fuck you are on Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit-crushing game shows, stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pissing your last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, fucked up brats you spawned to replace yourselves. Choose your future. Choose life…
But why would I want to do a thing like that?
I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else.
And the reasons? There are no reasons.
Who needs reasons when you’ve got heroin ?”
― Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting
#423 – Explore on 02-06-2006
(es) Teca
Elegante terraza veraniega :)
(en) Teak
Smart summer terrace :)
(fr) Teck
Élégante terrace d'été :)
Playing with hipstamatic while in Manchester for the International Festival. Taken for the Leeds Flickr Group Theme of the Week - Parallel.
In the U.S. state of Utah, U.S. Route 89 (US-89) is a long north–south state highway spanning more than 502 miles (807.891 km) through the central part of the state. Between Provo and Brigham City, US-89 serves as a local road, paralleling (and occasionally concurring with) Interstate 15, but the portions from Arizona north to Provo and Brigham City northeast to Wyoming serve separate corridors. The former provides access to several national parks and Arizona, and the latter connects I-15 with Logan, the state's only Metropolitan Statistical Area not on the Interstate.
When US-89 was established in the state in 1926, the road initially extended north to US-91 in Spanish Fork. Following the extension of the former to the Canadian border, Interstate 15 was constructed roughly paralleling US-89 to the west and replacing US-91 south of Brigham City. During this process, US-89 was rerouted in southern Utah and northern Arizona with the old roadway becoming US-89A.
US-89 enters Utah from the south inside the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, about 7 miles (11 km) north of the Glen Canyon Dam, where it crosses the Colorado River near Page, Arizona. After leaving the recreation area and passing the small town of Big Water, the highway curves west through the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. US-89 stays near the monument's southern boundary, crossing the East Clark Bench and The Cockscomb and passing south of the Vermilion Cliffs of the Grand Staircase. At the city of Kanab, US-89 meets the north end of US-89A, an alternate route south into Arizona, and abruptly turns north and begins climbing the staircase. Here the Mount Carmel Scenic Byway begins; one of the Utah Scenic Byways, it stretches north to SR-12 at Bryce Canyon Junction. The Vermilion Cliffs are ascended via the canyon carved by Kanab Creek. Near the White Cliffs, US-89 meets SR-9 at Mt. Carmel Junction, where travelers can turn to reach Zion National Park. The final "step" is the Pink Cliffs, where the highway follows alongside the Virgin River to the highest point on US-89 in southern Utah and the east end of SR-14, a summit at Long Valley Junction (elevation 7450 feet/2300 m).
North from Long Valley Junction, US-89 descends through the valley of the Sevier River, meeting SR-12, a scenic highway that leads to Bryce Canyon National Park, at Bryce Canyon Junction, SR-143 in Panguitch, and SR-20 at Bear Valley Junction. As the highway continues north, the valley narrows significantly into the Circleville Canyon before opening out near the town of Circleville. In this part of the valley, the Sevier River is dammed to create the Piute Reservoir, and US-89 meets SR-62 near Kingston. North of Marysvale, the valley again narrows into the Sevier Canyon, which carries the river to its confluence with Clear Creek and US-89 to its overlap with Interstate 70, beginning at Sevier.
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