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National Naval Aviation Museum
Rolling off the Douglas Aircraft Company assembly line in El Segundo, California, in December 1940, SBD-2 Dauntless (Bureau Number 2106) was delivered to Bombing Squadron (VB) 2 at Naval Air Station (NAS) San Diego, California, on the last day of 1940. For the better part of the following year the aircraft flew with that squadron, logging hours flying from the deck of the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV 2) and participating in large-scale military maneuvers in Louisiana.
During the first week of December 1941, with Lexington earmarked to deliver aircraft of a Marine scout bombing squadron to Midway Atoll, the aircraft was off loaded from the carrier to make room for the additional aircraft and left at Pearl Harbor when "Lady Lex" put to sea. Thus, on the morning of 7 December 1941, it was on Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Put back aboard Lexington when she returned to Pearl, the aircraft embarked in the carrier to the South Pacific. On 10 March 1942, flown by Lieutenant (junior grade) Mark T. Whittier with Aviation Radioman Second Class Forest G. Stanley as his gunner, the aircraft joined 103 other planes from Lexington and Yorktown (CV 5) in a raid against Japanese shipping at Lae and Salamaua in New Guinea. Credited with pressing home his attack against a Japanese ship, Whittier received the Navy Cross.
When Lexington returned to Pearl Harbor following the raid, the museum's SBD-2 was again put ashore and earmarked for transfer to Marine Scout Bombing Squadron (VMSB) 241 on Midway Atoll, arriving there with eighteen other SBD-2s on 26 May 1942, on board the aircraft transport Kitty Hawk (APV 1).
On the morning of 4 June 1942, with 1st Lieutenant Daniel Iverson as pilot and Private First Class Wallace Reid manning the .30-caliber machine gun in the aft cockpit. the museum's aircraft was one of sixteen SBD-2s of VMSB-241 launched to attack Japanese aircraft carriers to the west of Midway. Approaching the enemy carrier Hiryu, the Marine planes came under fire from antiaircraft gunners and fighters of the enemy combat air patrol. Iverson, with two Japanese Zero fighters following him down in his dive, released his bomb at an altitude of 800 feet. During his egress from the target area, the pair of Zeroes on Iverson's tail were joined by two others, which pursued the Dauntless for miles. Enemy fire holed Iverson's plane 219 times, knocking out his hydraulic system and wounding Reid. One bullet came so close that it clipped Iverson's throat microphone chord. Nevertheless, the pilot managed to return to Midway, making a one-wheel landing on the atoll. His was one of only eight SBD-2s of VMSB-241 to return from the attack against the Japanese fleet. For their actions, Iverson received the Navy Cross and Reid was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Returned to the United States, the museum's SBD-2 was repaired and eventually assigned to the Carrier Qualification Training Unit (CQTU) at NAS Glenview, Illinois. On the morning of 11 June 1943, with Marine 2nd Lieutenant Donald A. Douglas, Jr., at the controls, the aircraft ditched in the waters of Lake Michigan during an errant approach to the training carrier Sable (IX 81). Douglas was retrieved from the water by a Coast Guard rescue boat, but his aircraft sank to the bottom of the lake.
Recovered in 1994, the aircraft underwent extensive restoration at the museum before being placed on public display in 2001. Elements of its original paint scheme when delivered to the fleet are still visible on its wings and tail surfaces. A survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack and two combat actions, including the famous Battle of Midway, it is one of the most historic aircraft in existence anywhere in the world.
So I'm out walking through Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Punk Dolphin, Cadesa and Casa de Darnoc when I decide to aim my camera at the little girl pictured in the stripped top on the far right.
"Hey! That's illegal. You can't do that! You can't take my picture!"
Those of you who know me can already guess what's running through my mind...Well we sure the hell will at about 5 point something or another per second sweetheart and let the Internets know about our little encounter too.
"Why are you taking my picture?"
"Because I'm going to put it on the Internet."
She then PUTS HER HAND ON MY CAMERA!
"You can't take people's pictures like that!"
After a few steps I yell back at her, "You ought to move back to that communist country you came from!"
She then mimics the laughter of my friends.
For the Internets to see
Chicago Bears football bedding, comforters and sheets sets
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Our NFL Chicago Bears sports bedding and room decor, featuring authentic Chicago Bears team colors, is great for your child's room and guest rooms. The Chicago Bears throws and blankets are great for warmth on a cold day watching football. If your child is an Chicago Bears fan, they will love having their friends over to play NFL 07 on these great Chicago Bears bean bags. Chicago Bears wall border and rugs will finish off your Chicago Bears bedroom decor. Also to add to your Chicago Bears collection are the Shower Curtains to continue your decor in your bathroom.
Last weekend we went on a day trip from Tempe to Globe and then the Tonto National Monument (forest preserve) where we found gorgeous views of Roosevelt Lake, pictures here. It was a marvelous trip with perfect weather and stunning landscapes.
In this photo of Roosevelt Lake, I used a solarized filter in Photoshop to bring out the contrasts a bit. And yes, the lake is very very blue!
INFORMATION ON ROOSEVELT LAKE:
Theodore Roosevelt Lake was formed by the construction of a masonry dam on the Salt River in 1911, making it the oldest artificial reservoir in Arizona. About 10 miles of the original river are now beneath the waters, and in the other direction one of its major tributaries, Tonto Creek, is flooded for about 8 miles although the lake level and hence the overall length is quite variable. It is a major center for fishing, boating, camping and general vacationing, and despite being quite close to Phoenix, the shortest route is via the unpaved Apache Trail, so the number of visitors is rather less than for some other water-based recreational sites in the Tonto National Forest with easier access such as Lake Pleasant and Saguaro Lake.
Access: The lake is the largest in the state except for those on the Colorado River, and the southwest shoreline is easily reached from AZ 188, which runs close to the lake for most of its 18 mile length, passing various marinas and campsites. Some of these sites used to be free, but a recent change in policy has meant that fees are now charged. There is little access to the northeast side as the terrain here is more mountainous. One track (FR 60, or A Cross Road) winds through the hills from AZ 288 in the south to AZ 188 north of the lake but this runs several miles from the shore and only a few long and very bumpy 4WD trails lead towards the water. One point of interest along the track is Salome Creek, best approached from the north end - this is famous because of a short section of granite narrows ('The Jug') with smooth, sheer, pinkish-white walls, deep pools and waterfalls.
The Water: In common with other lakes in the Phoenix area, summer water temperatures of Theodore Roosevelt Lake can exceed 90 °F, but cooling afternoon thunderstorms are common. The last few years had seen a dramatic reduction in the water level, largely due to the need to maintain supply to the other lakes on the Salt River downstream - in some places the shoreline was half a mile distant from the previous high point. Still, in such conditions many good beaches are exposed which provide excellent camping opportunities, close to the water, although in some places soft mud makes vehicular travel difficult. One good location is Bachelor Cove, along AZ 188 a little north of Theodore Roosevelt Dam. Since 1999, the waters have risen again and for the moment, most of the campsites are flooded. Hotels: The nearest main town with hotels close to Theodore Roosevelt Lake is Payson.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is by far the most common species that breeds in the eastern half of North America, although most states have sporadic Rufous sightings, and Bob and Martha Sargent have banded eight other hummingbird species as winter visitors to five southeastern states. Ruby-throats are intensely inquisitive and thus easily attracted to feeders, where males in particular typically display aggressive territoriality toward rival hummers, other birds, and even insects such as bees, butterflies, and sphinx moths. They quickly become accustomed to human presence, and will swoop down to investigate red articles of clothing, possibly as potential food sources. Feeders hung at windows attract as many visitors as ones farther from structures, and the bird that claims a feeder as its territory may spend much of the day perched nearby, guarding the food source against intruders. Many hummingbird watchers find "Hummer Warz" endlessly entertaining, although the chases are obviously serious business to the hungry birds. For a short period immediately after fledging, a female will tolerate the presence of her own young at the feeder, but they are soon treated the same as other adult birds - as rivals in pursuit of the food necessary to prepare for the fall migration.
Courtship is apparently very brief, if it exists at all, and once mated the female raises the young alone. The walnut-sized nest, built by the female, is constructed on a foundation of bud scales attached to a tree limb with spider silk; lichens camouflage the outside, and the inside is lined with dandelion, cattail, or thistle down. The nest will stretch to contain the growing nestlings, and may sometimes be reused (rebuilt) the following year.
Two white, pea-sized eggs are laid two or three days apart, which the female will incubate from 60 to 80 percent of the day for 12-16 days. Reports of the duration of the nestling phase vary from 14 to 31 days, the wide range possibly varying with the availability of food; 18-23 days is normal. when they leave the nest, the chicks are considerably larger than their mothers: they may weigh 4.5 grams, while poor Mom is down to only 2.5 g after the stress of raising them. Since the mother starts incubating the first egg as soon as it's laid, that chick will hatch and fledge earlier than its sibling; it will remain close to the nest until the other chick is ready to fly. After leaving the nest, fledglings are fed by their mother for about 10 days. It is thought that Ruby-throats live as long as 12 years, but the average is probably 3-5 years.
Physical Description
Average length: 3.5 inches (8.9 cm)
Average weight: 1/8 ounce (3.1 g)
Body temperature: 105°-108°F (40.5°-42.2°C)
Wing beats: 40-80 per second, average about 52
Respiration: 250 per minute
Heart rate: 250 beats/min resting; 1200 beats/min feeding
Flight speed: 30 mph (48 kph) normal; 50 mph (80 kph) escape; 63 mph (101 kph) dive
Plumage
Adult male: Emerald green back, iridescent ruby red gorget (throat) that may appear black under some lighting conditions, gray flanks, forked tail with no white. Smaller than the female.
Adult female: Emerald green back, white breast and throat, rounded tail with white tips. Larger than the male, with longer bill.
Juveniles: Young of both sexes look like the adult female. In August and September, young males may develop some red spots in the gorget.
Molts: One complete molt per year, which may start during the fall migration and continue into March. Young males acquire full ruby gorgets during their first molt.
Gender identification is simple if the light is right: the brilliant red gorget of the male is unmistakable. More commonly, though, the shape and presence of white on the tail is a more reliable field mark.
Distribution and Migration
Ruby-throats breed throughout eastern to midwestern North America, from southern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Most winter in Mexico, Central America, and on Caribbean islands, although a few remain in the Gulf states and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Most researchers accept a remarkable non-stop crossing of the Gulf, taking 18-20 hours. They arrive at the coast in late February or early March, and follow the development of spring flowers northward, reaching my home in Morganfield, Kentucky on April 20 +/- 2 days. Males migrate earlier than females, in both directions; some adult males start south as early as JUly. Our female breeding birds leave here (Morganfield, Kentucky) in September, with the young of the year following; the last juveniles depart abruptly at first frost (mid-October). By mid-November the fall migration is essentially completed throughout North America.
After a fire hydrant burst, because some brilliant human being decided to attach his water hose to it, some dude came out in a speedo, yes a speedo, and started playing in the water. Don't know if he liked the tremendous pressure or he just wanted to put on a show for the growing public, but he was definitely in a world of his own.
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OSTIA ANTICA
is a district in the commune of Rome, Italy, five kilometers away from the coast. It is distinct from Ostia.
For ancient history of the site, see Ostia Antica.
Under the Romans, Ostia Antica reached a peak of some 75,000 inhabitants in the 2nd and 3rd century AD. A slow decline began with the time of Constantine I, and the decaying conditions of the city were mentioned by St. Augustine when he passed through in the late 4th century. His mother, St. Monica, died in an inn here. The poet Rutilius Namatianus also reported the lack of maintenance of the city in 414. Ostia became an episcopal see as early as the 3rd century AD, with the cathedral (titulus) of Santa Aurea erected over the tomb of St. Monica.
As the centuries passed, Ostia fell into ruin but remained an access from the sea for visitors to Rome. Saracen pirates were a frequent concern; the naval Battle of Ostia was fought off the coast in 849. Pope Gregory IV fortified the existing burgh and it was rechristened Gregoriopolis. By this time, the shifting course of the Tiber had landlocked the ancient port, and the town was mainly a shelter for the workers of the nearby salt mills.
In the late 15th century, the bishop Giuliano della Rovere (later Pope Julius II) commissioned the rebuilding of the main church and town walls under the direction of the architect Baccio Pontelli. The Castle of Julius II, also built at this time, remains the most striking feature of modern Ostia. The castle was abandoned after a flood in 1587 flooded its moat and turned the surrounding area into a marsh.
The castle and the town were restored again in the 20th century.
In popular culture
Ostia was featured in the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God, both written by British novelist Robert Graves. The novels include scenes set at Ostia spanning from the reign of Augustus to the reign of Claudius, including the departure of Agrippa to Syria and Claudius's reconstruction of the harbour. In the 1976 television series, Ostia was frequently mentioned but never actually seen.
Ostia appears briefly towards the end of the Roman Empire section of the 1981 comedy film History of the World, Part I, where the main characters board a galleon (bearing the El Al logo) bound for Judaea. In the film, however, Ostia is only ever referred to as simply "the port".
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1. GMC truck, 2. By the time I get to Phoenix..., 3. sign, 4. saturated rainbow, 5. rat stencil, 6. woodland doll's head, 7. knob and letter box, 8. door detail,
9. Squared Circle Mosaics Mosaic, 10. Letter and Digit Mosaics Mosaic, 11. round tower church, 12. one leaf, 13. A-Z Three, 14. angel, 15. teddy bear, 16. squared circle - Covers,
17. owl, 18. squared circle mosaic - Cemetery Symbols, 19. leaf, 20. RED HOT!, 21. A-Z Two, 22. stencil, 23. OINK! OINK!, 24. car park,
25. lever, 26. statue, 27. owl, 28. A-Z One, 29. Property Numbers 1-100 Set Mosaic, 30. 21, 31. Brickmakers pub sign, 32. insect,
33. hover fly and poppy, 34. bell pushes, 35. UK car number plate - FL1 CKR, 36. bricks, 37. garden ornament, 38. new market stalls and City Hall, 39. Swan Vesta Matches, 40. memorial,
41. blue peeling paint, 42. Portrait, 43. glass sculpture detail, 44. &, 45. skull and cross bones, 46. memorial detail - skull, 47. blue door and red door, 48. shop,
49. letter box, 50. Norwich Cathedral, 51. gritter, 52. rusty grill with peeling plastic, 53. window, 54. FLICKRS ROAD - is this the first?, 55. telephone dial, 56. signs - VOTE GREEN PARTY,
57. Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II cutout, 58. Barney - cute shot for today, 59. zest table and chairs, 60. spider's web over hole in brick, 61. vw pink, 62. trivial pursuit - orange cake with wedges, 63. Chatting with D - cutout, 64. closeup on urban decay,
65. abandoned guitar, 66. Womble W, 67. sign, 68. Bill Posters will be prosecuted, 69. Red liquorice allsorts, 70. Owl, 71. Up close with toothpaste, 72. Ringo Starr badge
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Ok.....some pics have a story and this one does.....I told my friend that I went out and shot a few pics last weekend and told him of the Texas Longhorns.....he simply asked, " does the females have longhorns too"? I said sure they do.....lol....if you enlarge there is proof in the udder......:) ...buy the way this was extremely long shot of 200mm and cropped...
I had a little setback ( trying to do more than I should) but paid for it so having to take baby steps. Hard to explain after not shooting and processing how difficult it is to not want it all at once but learned quickly.........I do want to thank all of those for the find words and support, it has made life much easier, and recovery better..........take care and have a great week........
~ Alexander Pope ~
Looks better on black, if you ask me.
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byoo-kah-NAN-ee-uh -- named for Francis Buchanan, Supt. of Botanical Gardens, Calcutta ... Dave's Botanary
LAN-zan -- from Burmese name of this plant, launzan ... Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: almondette, Calumpong nut, cheronjee, chironji tree, Cuddapah almond, Hamilton mombin • Arabic: حب السمنه habulsamnah • Assamese: পিয়াল piyal • Bengali: চার char, চিরৌঞ্জী chironji, পিয়াল piyal • Gujarati: ચારોળી charoli • Hindi: चार char, चिरोंजी chironji, धनुष् dhanush, मल्लतरु mallataru, नखमुच nakhamucha, निंबबीज nimbabija, पियाल piyal, पियार piyar, प्रसवक pra-savak, प्रियाल priyal, राजवल्लभ rajavallabha • Kannada: ಚಾರ char, ಚಾರೋಳೆ charole, ಧನುಃಪಟ dhanuh-pata, ಕೊಳೆಗೇರು kole geru, ಕೊಳೆಮಾವು kole maavu, ಮರ್ಕಲಿ markali, ಮೊಱಲೆ morale, ಮೊಱಪ್ಪಿ morappi, ಮೊಱಟೆ morate, ಮೊಱವೆ morave, ನುರ್ಕಲ ಮರ nurakala mara, ಪಿಯಾಲ piyala, ಪ್ರಿಯಾಲ priyala, ರಾಜಾದನ rajadana, ಸನ್ನಕದ್ರು sannakadru • Kol: तरुम tarum • Konkani: चार char, चारोळी charoli • Malayalam: മൂങ്ങാപ്പേഴ് moongaappezh, മുരള് mural, നുറമരം nuramaram • Marathi: चार char, चारोळी charoli, पियाल piyal • Nepali: चिरौँजी chiruanjee, प्यार pyaar • Odia: ଅଖଟ୍ଟ akhatta, ଅସନ asana, ବର bara, ବୀଜକ bijaka, ଚାର କୋଳି chara koḻi, ଚିରୋଞ୍ଜି chironji, ଖରସ୍କନ୍ଧ kharaskandha, ପଟ pata, ପିୟାଳ piyala, ପ୍ରସବକ prasabaka, ପ୍ରିୟାଳ priyala, ରାଜ ବୃକ୍ଷ raja bruksha, ରାଜଭୋଗ୍ୟ rajabhogya, ରାଜାଦନ rajadana, ସାର sara, ସ୍ନେହ ବୀଜ sneha bija, ତାପସପ୍ରିୟ tapasa priya • Pali: पियाल piyala, राजायतन rajayatana, सन्नकद्दु sannakaddu • Persian: چرونجی chironji, نَقْلِ خواجَہ naql-i-khwaja • Punjabi: ਚਿਰੌਂਜੀ chiraunji, ਨਕਲ ਖ਼੍ਵਾਜਾ nakal khwajah • Rajasthani: अचार achar, चिरोंजी chironji • Sanskrit: अखट्ट akhatta, बहुकल्क bahukalka, बहुवल्क bahuvalka, भक्ष्यबिज bhakshyabija, धनु dhanu, धनुस् dhanus, धनुष्पट dhanushpata, द्रुसल्लक drusallaka, खरस्कन्ध kharaskandha, ललन lalana, मक्षवीर्य makshavirya, पट pata, पियाल piyala, प्रसवक prasavaka, प्रियाल priyala, राजभोग्य rajabhogya, राजादन rajadana, सन्न sanna, सन्नकद्रु sannakadru, सन्नकद्रुम sannakadruma, स्नेहबीज snehabija, उपवट upavata, वैरादन vairadana, वृक्षादन vrkshadana • Santali: ᱛᱟᱨᱚᱯ tarop • Sindhi: چِرَوْنجيِ chiraunji • Tamil: சாரம் charam, காட்டுமா kattuma • Telugu: చార char, చారుమామిడి charumamidi, చిన్న మొరలి chinna moralli, జరుగు jarugu, జారు మామిడి jaru mamidi, ప్రియాళువు priyaluvu, రాజాదనము raj-adanamu, సారపప్పు saarapappu • Tibetan: པི་ཡ་ལ pi ya la • Tulu: ಎರಪ್ಪೆ erappe • Urdu: چار char, چرونجي chironji, دهنش dhanush, پيال piyal, پرسوك pra-savak, پريال priyal
botanical names: Buchanania lanzan Spreng. ... heterotypic synonyms: Buchanania latifolia Roxb. • Lanzana solitaria Stokes • Spondias elliptica Rottb. ex Hook.f. ... and more at POWO, retrieved 21 December 2025
~~~~~ KNOWN DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
almost throughout the drier parts of the country
~~~~~ THE TAXONOMIC CONFUSION ~~~~~
Buchanania lanzan Spreng. and Buchanania cochinchinensis (Lour.) Almeida are found linked because many botanical databases and local floras (especially in India) continue to use Buchanania cochinchinensis as the "accepted" name for the chironji tree (Buchanania lanzan). However, modern global authorities like Plants of the World Online (POWO) treat Buchanania cochinchinensis strictly as a synonym of the Rutaceae tree Glycosmis cochinchinensis, leaving Buchanania lanzan Spreng. as the correct name for the chironji tree.
Names compiled / updated at Names of Plants in India.
Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !
Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Astasia es un flagelado y es la prima ciega y pálida de Euglena, pero no por ello hay que compadecerse, vive perfectamente y posiblemente ella lo ha elegido así y es seguro que desde hace millones y millones de años su vida transcurra como la de hoy y que en un acuerdo con la Naturaleza haya encontrado su hueco para su existencia por siempre en las lagunas.
Es pálida porque no necesita la luz del sol para vivir, por ello se zambulle y nada alegre desde los fondos de las charcas hasta la superficie y en este bucear, arrastrada por su flagelo, va envolviendo en remolinos a pequeñas partículas, materia orgánica y bacterias que constituyen su alimento.
Aunque el cuerpo de Astasia es un portento de flexibilidad y en ocasiones en él se producen ondas como en un ritual de danza de vientre, la de hoy, más discreta, tímida o austera apenas se deforma y navega con determinación cruzando el océano de esta gota de agua.
La camisa de Astasia como la de Euglena es transparente y aparece adornada con finísimas estrías, aquí invisibles para nosotros, su cuerpo alargado y su fina cola redondeada nos hacen suponer que se trata de Astasia kathemerios o una forma similar y con esa alegría ciega y pálida, va palpando y surcando el agua mientras su flagelo dibuja letras cuyo significado no alcanzamos a comprender…un bonito misterio que quedará así, como misterio por resolver.
Astasia kathemerios es un flagelado que habita principalmente en zonas de aguas estancadas ricas en materia orgánica. La de hoy procede de la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, en las inmediaciones de la población zamorana de Vigo de Sanabria y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: DATING AT CINEMA (2 of 5): The movie /
CITA EN EL CINE (2 de 5): La Peli
(Read in this order) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Cíen: You got it
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Cíen: Como quieras.
COLLABORATION:
- Dom y Akari en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
- Cinema's diorama by Minao. Sweets shop's diorama by Sheryl and Minao Collaboration.
- Little interpretation of Mad_Pullip's Emily as a MUSE fan.
SHERYL LINKS:
- Pullip .es: Las Fotohistorias de Sheryl
- Sheryl's Flickr: Photostories 2011 - Sketches 2011 / Photostories 2012 - Sketches 2012
Conception François Schuiten www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee.php?P=194
On Explore interestingness du 19.06.2010 - merci à vous tous !
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BELIO:031: Distopía. Libro.
Tamaño 220 x 220 mm.
216 paginas a todo color.
Cubierta plastificado mate.
Textos en castellano e ingles.
Contenido: Diseño gráfico, ilustración, fotografía, arte urbano, arte contemporáneo.
ISBN: 978-84-613-9158-5
Este nuevo Belio presenta toda una colección de increíbles artistas cuya obra representa de alguna forma la Distopía que vivimos a diario. Una visión artística de temas tan actuales como el abandono, la manipulación mediática, los problemas sociales, los desastres ecológicos, la crisis económica, etc. En él podréis encontrar artículos de Kenji Yanobe, Valerie Hegarty, Jean-Pierre Roy, Jonathan Schipper, Twin Cities Brightets, Jeff Bark y Miguel Brieva. En la sección INKjection tenéis los dossiers de los artistas Midnight Digital, IEMZA, Werke y Floro.
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BELIO:031: Dystopia. Book.
Size 220 x 220 mm.
216 pages printed in full color.
Glossy coated double cover.
English and Spanish texts.
Content: Graphic design, illustration, photography, street art, contemporary art.
ISBN: 978-84-613-9158-5
The new Belio presents a collection of incredible artists whose work represent the Dystopia that somehow we live daily. An artistic view of current issues such as abandonment (special photo section dedicated to "Urban Exploration"), media manipulation, social problems, environmental disasters, economic crisis, etc. In it you can find articles about Kenji Yanobe, Valerie Hegarty, Jean-Pierre Roy, Jonathan Schipper, Twin Cities Brightets, Jeff Bark and Miguel Brieva. At INKjection section you have the dossiers of the artists Midnight Digital, IEMZA, Werke and Floro.
"..Μία από τίς μεγαλύτερες λαχτάρες της ζωής μου θα είναι πάντα το ταξίδι'να δώ,ν'αγγίξω άγνωρα χώματα,να μπώ να κολυμπήσω σε άγνωρες θάλασσες,να γυρίσω τη γής,να βλέπω,να βλέπω και να μή χορταίνω καινούριες στεριές και θάλασσες κι ανθρώπους κι ιδέες και να τα βλέπω όλα για πρώτη φορά,να τα βλέπω όλα για τελευταία φορά,με μακρόσερτη ματιά,κι έπειτα να σφαλνώ τα μάτια και να νιώθω τα πλούτη να κατασταλάζουν μέσα μου ήσυχα,τρικυμιστά,όπως θέλουν,ωσότου να τα περάσει από την ψιλή κρησάρα ο καιρός,να κατασταλάξει απ'όλες τις χαρές και τις πίκρες το ξαθέρι-τούτη η αλχημεία της καρδιάς είναι,θαρρώ,μια μεγάλη,αντάξια του ανθρώπου ηδονή..."
Ν..Καζαντζάκης
Much better large
I've been trying to follow the Haiti earthquake closely, as they are very close to us here in the Caribbean, but the truth is that this is heartbreaking stuff, and very hard to watch. Before uploading this, I read that they are talking about the possibility of 200,000 dead! The 2004 Tsunami ended up around 230,000, but that was spread in beteween 10-12 nations. This is 200,000 on a single country....and the poorest country in the western hemisphere at that.
With that said, I started thinking, what would happen if I were to die tomorrow and how I would feel about it. I've never really thought about this before. I've had a good life so far, no complaints on my part. I've traveled, seen the world, graduated from college, I've been fairly successful, have my own house, married to a great woman, etc.
On the professional side, I still have a lot more to accomplish. I've had a dream for quite a few years and I believe that the dream will become a reality this year. It certainly is the perfect moment for it, I just have to get things together and do this. I have always been my toughest critic and I put a lot of pressure on myself, but that's just me.
On the personal side, I wish I was able to leave a deeper mark on others. I do not have a ton of friends, but rather a good group of intensely loyal friends that matter much more. Those are the ones that I know they have my back no matter what. To those few loyal friends, I'll be forever greatful.
To my lovely wife, I got so lucky marrying this amazing woman, that I almost still don't believe it, and it has already been 8 years. She is amazing and I can't ask for anything better. I really can't see myself without her.....it would suck big time not being around her.
Iker....I would watch over him, no matter where I would go. That little guys has changed my life so quickly and in so many ways. Between him and Anabel, I have all the reasons in the world to look for a new day, everyday. It's not that I am afraid of death, but rather, I have a LOT TO LIVE FOR.
Disclaimer: I am not depressed, suicidal, or something similar. I am OK, it's just random thoughts.
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Podría parecer una isla imaginaria de un mapa de ficción, con sus valles y montañas, sus cráteres y su costa recortada, pero sus dimensiones son minúsculas y en un territorio tan pequeño se supone que ni siquiera, por muy imaginaria que fuera esta isla, nadie podría habitarla ¿nadie?...
En acción, la imaginación nos hace volver a la realidad, esta isla se mueve extendiéndose y abriendo sus brazos planos, va atropellándose a sí misma a medida que avanza ▷. Es una ameba en realidad, y se llama Mayorella ameba acuática y desnuda que, como todas, cambia de forma en cada instante y que nunca es igual que como fue.
Es una ameba inofensiva, como la mayoría de las amebas, aunque es verdad que algunas de ellas son microorganismos que pueden causar enfermedades, como casi siempre en la vida, las que hacen daño son las más ruidosas, a las que más se oye, sin embargo la mayoría son silenciosas, inofensivas y necesarias, descomponen la materia orgánica para que la vida se recicle y en esta labor crean suelo fértil y depuran el agua, silenciosamente, billones de billones de estos seres trabajando para la vida, trabajando para el Planeta.
La ameba de hoy no sólo no es verdugo, a veces se convierte en víctima de la implacable ley de la Naturaleza, Mayorella penardi es una minúscula isla, pero a pesar de su tamaño es habitable, algo deben tener sus tierras que tanto gustan. En ocasiones la ameba Mayorella penardi se ve visitada por seres que la invaden completamente, como en una gran superpoblación, la avalancha de turistas puede llegar a la isla en forma de Amoebophilus simplex un hongo en cuyo nombre está escrito que ama a las amebas…las debe amar mucho, les va robando la vida literalmente…y de una forma tan simple que las terminará asfixiando. Afortunadamente nuestro islote de hoy permanece virgen y a salvo de los incómodos visitantes.
Mayorella penardi es una ameba que se encuentra distribuida por el hemisferio norte, habita tanto en el agua como en los suelos húmedos, se alimenta de restos orgánicos y de algas, su cuerpo aplanado se extiende en pseudópodos amplios que terminan en un pequeño apéndice, la de hoy ha venido de Samir, un pequeño pueblecito de las tierras de Aliste de Zamora. La fotografía se ha realizado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz
Debido a las críticas y recomendaciones decidí editarla y subirla de nuevo. Es la versión 2.0 de Seagulls' Sunset
Espero que les guste.
Due to the critics and recomendations I decided to edit and upload it again. This is the 2.0 version of Seagulls' Sunset
I hope you like it.
1975 Nikon Nikkormat FT2.
Non-ai prime Nikkors -
UD 20mm f/3.5
28mm f/2.8
50mm f/2
£1 Kodak "Mexican Fandango" 200 asa colour print film.
Nikon Nikkormat FT2.
Non-ai prime Nikkors -
UD 20mm f/3.5
28mm f/2.8
50mm f/2
£1 Kodak "Mexican Fandango" 200 asa colour print film.
Church of St Brynach , Llanfrynach
Llanfrynach Church is in the Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, in the community of Llanfrynach in the county of Powys. It is located at Ordnance Survey national grid reference SO0752325791.
The church is recorded in the CPAT Historic Environment Record as number 16859 and this number should be quoted in all correspondence.
Summary
St Brynach's church is situated in the centre of Llanfrynach village some 4km from Brecon. It is a Victorian structure attached to a medieval tower and contains only a few items of interest, namely the only survivor of three early medieval stones found during the rebuilding of 1885 and a medieval font. The churchyard is large for a village church and may once have been more curvilinear than it now appears.
Tower is attributed to 14thC, though it is as likely to be 15thC, but rest of the building dates from 1885.
Parts of the following description are quoted from the 1979 publication The Buildings of Wales: Powys by Richard Haslam
History
An early medieval foundation here seems likely, though the dedication and the three reputedly sculptured stones apart there is no evidence to collaborate such a view.
The 1291 Taxatio records 'Ecclesia de Lambernach' at the unexceptional value of œ4 6s 8d.
The nave and chancel were replaced by a local builder, William Jones, in the Decorated style in 1885. The rood loft which functioned as a gallery according to Theophilus Jones was removed a this time and of three early medieval stones found at the time only one can now be located.
In 1864 the tower wall was broken through to create space for a set of pews for the de Winton family. A west window was created at the same time. The vestry was added in 1892, the tower was re-roofed in 1905, and internally the font was re-dressed in 1892.
Architecture
Llanfrynach comprises a nave with a slightly narrower chancel, a west tower of the same width as the nave, a north vestry with a boiler room underneath, and a south porch towards the south-west corner of the nave. It is aligned north-east/south-west but 'ecclesiastical east' is adopted here for descriptive purposes.
Fabrics: 'A' consists of greyish red sandstone, though with some variations in colour, in both blocks and slabs, irregularly coursed and with ashlar quoins. 'B' is of more regular blocks and slabs, less weathered, and randomly coursed. All this stone looks new and there are buff-yellow sandstone dressings.
Roof: reconstituted clay tiles. Cross finials on chancel and porch.
Drainage: there are no obvious signs other than downpipes into raised drain holes against the walls. It is possible that any trench around the wall has now grassed over.
Exterior
Tower. General. Fabric A. Wall faces are heavily pointed, obscuring the masonry. Certain features are consistent to all faces: there is a chamfered plinth at a height of 1m, a string-course in rounded section at 1.5m, a string-course defines the top of the second stage about two-thirds of the way up the tower, and a third with hollow moulding at the top of the belfry stage; above this is a battlemented parapet, which Griffiths of RCAHMW thought was modern. The whole tower is usually attributed to the 14thC.
North wall: at base of second stage is a trefoil-headed lancet of buff sandstone with a relieving arch over, completely Victorian, inserted. This stage also shows some possible plaster remnants. Belfry is lit by a four-centred arched window, the two lights having cusped tracery and louvre boards; some of the dressings renewed.
East wall: nave apex reaches to just below the second stage string-course. Third stage has standard belfry window but not possible to determine whether any of the dressings renewed. Two waterspouts on the string-course above.
South wall: second stage has an inserted Victorian window as in north wall. At the top of this stage there is also a slit window with unchamfered jambs and a lintel that is splayed on the underside. This slit is blocked up as is part of the standard belfry window in the third stage.
West wall: the second stage carries a large two-light window of Victorian date, and above it is a slit window with undercut lintel as on the south side. The standard belfry window has some renewed tracery, and there are two waterspouts on the string-course above.
Nave. General. Fabric 'B'. Plinth with chamfer at height of between 0.3m-0.6m. Windows of regular form and all have relieving arches in 'B'.
North wall: two two-light windows. Buttress overlies junction of nave and tower.
South wall: three two-light windows, having quatrefoils above, hoodmouldings with ballflower stops; two buttresses, one at south-east angle, the other overlapping tower wall as on the north.
Chancel. General. Similar to nave in terms of fabric, plinth, windows etc. The roof is lower by almost one metre.
North wall: almost completely disguised by vestry.
East wall: three-light window with cusped tracery, hoodmoulding with weathered human-headed stops, relieving arch; two diagonal buttresses at corners.
South wall: one two-light window with trefoiled heads, hoodmoulding with ballflower stops, relieving arch.
Vestry. General. Boiler house beneath with flight of steps leading down to it. Door plus windows are square-headed and the latter have lights with mock Caernarvon arches. Blocked window in east wall.
Porch. General. Fabric 'B'.
East wall: one trefoiled window with a 'decorative' relieving arch; buttress at south-east angle.
South wall: high-pitched gable end. Two-centred arched doorway with complex mouldings and a hoodmoulding with ballflower stops. Old gravestones leant against wall.
West wall: as east wall.
Interior
Porch. General. Stone flags for floor, plastered walls; roof of rafters with collars.
North wall: Gothic arched doorway with complex moulding and ballflower stops to the hoodmoulding. Plain wooden door.
East wall: small splayed window with stone bench beneath.
West wall: as east wall.
Tower. General. Floor is reached by two steps up from nave. Wooden floor with pews set on it. Plastered walls.
North wall: nothing significant.
East wall: high two-centred arch, chamfered on both faces but only above springing points. Early medieval stone (see below) attached to northern reveal.
South and west walls: nothing of significance.
Nave. General. Tiles, some decorated, and raised wooden floors under seats; no grilles or obvious heating ducts. Walls plastered and whitewashed. Roof of spaced scissor-trusses with collars.
North wall: splayed windows, two-centred arched doorway of Victorian form to vestry. Three mural tablets, one of 1763/1785, the other two 19thC.
East wall: high two-centred arch with stops and responds. Galvanised steel plaques bear Lord's Prayer and Ten Commandments.
South wall: splayed windows. Two mural tablets of 19thC and 20thC.
Chancel. General. One step up to chancel and two to altar. Tiled floor with carpets over. Roof as nave but no scissor trusses.
North wall: has organ against it and two 19thC mural tablets.
East wall: galvanised reredos painted with 'Art Noveau' angels on either side of altar.
South wall: 20thC mural tablet.
Churchyard
Llanfrynach churchyard is exceptionally large and flat. Its present shape is sub-square and there is no evidence to indicate an earlier fossilised boundary.
It is overgrown on the east and north sides where there are fewer burial, but the areas of more recent burials are better maintained.
Boundary: the perimeter is defined by a stone wall, replaced by breeze block walling at the north-west angle.
Monuments: their spread is irregular. The area north-west of the church is currently in use, there is a single row east of the chancel, 19thC groups to the south of the church, and further graveslabs have been cleared and are now set against the east and much of the north wall of the churchyard.
Furniture: a churchyard cross, but of the 20thC, having been copied from one at Merthyr Mawr, Glamorgan, in 1910.
Earthworks: church is set on a slight platform, visible at the eastern end and around part of the north side. The earlier bank of the churchyard can be seen running about 2m outside the present eastern perimeter wall.
Ancillary features: small, double iron gates at the western corner, similar gates with the addition of a kissing gate on the south, both served by tarmac paths. On the south-east opposite the pub is a stone stile and on the north-east access from Ty-mawr was provided by a mock crenellated gateway; both of these served by grass paths. The rectory was linked to the church by a vertical stone stile in the north wall.
Vegetation: there are a number of large pines and deciduous trees on the north side of the churchyard and yews form both sides of an avenue running from the porch to the south gate with a few more by the grass path leading eastwards.
www.darckr.com/username.php?username=9099757@N05 --- Turkey, Antalya, Amarok Adventure World, Safari Tour ---- www.vianobilis.com/amarok-adventure-world-7e5 ---- Amarok Adventure World ---- Selge (griechisch Σέλγη) war eine antike Stadt in der kleinasiatischen Landschaft Pisidien beim heutigen Altınkayaköy (früher Zerk) (Türkei). Er lag 56 km nordwestlich von Side auf ca. 1000 m. ü. M. im oberen Tal des Eurymedon (heute: Köprüçay) am westlichen Ende des Taurusgebirges.Der Überlieferung nach soll Selge nach dem Krieg um Troja durch den Seher Kalchas gegründet und durch Griechen aus Sparta besiedelt worden sein. Auf Münzen ist der Ort seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. nachweisbar. Wirtschaftliche Grundlage war der Anbau von Wein und Oliven auf der umgebenden fruchtbaren Hochebene. Politisch bestanden zu Aspendos gute Beziehungen, ansonsten war die Stadt kriegerisch gegen ihre Nachbarn ausgerichtet. Als Alexander der Große durch Kleinasien zog, verbündete sich die Stadt mit ihm, um, allerdings erfolglos, die nahe Stadt Termessos zu belagern. Polybios beschreibt einen Krieg zwischen Selge und Pednelissos 220 v. Chr., in dem Pednellissos Achaios, den Statthalter von Side, zu Hilfe rief. 25 v. Chr. verlor Selge die Selbstständigkeit und wurde in die römische Provinz Galatien eingegliedert. Laut Strabon soll die Stadt zu dieser Zeit etwa 20.000 Einwohner gehabt haben. Seine größte Blüte erreichte Selge zur Zeit des römischen Kaiserreiches. Im Jahr 339 kam es zu einer erfolglosen Belagerung durch die Goten. In byzantinischer Zeit war Selge Bischofssitz. Die Stadt wurde später in seldschukischer Zeit aufgegeben.Es sind die Reste der Stadtmauer, eines Theaters, eines Stadions, der Agora mit Säulenhallen, eines Gymnasions und einer Basilika erhalten. Das Theater wurde im 3. Jahrhundert n. Chr. neu gebaut. Außerhalb der Stadtmauer lagen ein Aquädukt und einige Kammergräber. ---- Selge (in Greek Σελγη) was an important city in Pisidia, on the southern slope of Mount Taurus, modern Antalya Province, Turkey, at the part where the river Eurymedon River (Turkish: Köprüçay)forces its way through the mountains towards the south.
The town was believed to be a Greek colony, for Strabo[1] states that it was founded by Spartans, but adds the somewhat unintelligible remark that previously it had been founded by Calchas. The acropolis of Selge bore the name of Kesbedion.[2] The district in which the town was situated was extremely fertile, producing abundance of oil and wine, but the town itself was difficult of access, being surrounded by precipices and beds of torrents flowing towards the Eurymedon and Cestrus (today Aksu), and requiring bridges to make them passable. In consequence of its excellent laws and political constitution, Selge rose to the rank of the most powerful and populous city of Pisidia, and at one time was able to send an army of 20,000 men into the field. Owing to these circumstances, and the valour of its inhabitants, for which they were regarded as worthy kinsmen of the Spartans, the Selgians were never subject to any foreign power, but remained in the enjoyment of their own freedom and independence. When Alexander the Great passed through Pisidia (333 BC), Selge sent an embassy to him and gained his favour and friendship.[3] At that time they were at war with Termessos.
At the period when Achaeus had made himself master of Western Asia, Selge were at war with Pednelissus, which was besieged by them; and Achaeus, on the invitation of Pednelissus, sent a large force against Selge (218 BC). After a long and vigorous siege, the Selgians, being betrayed and despairing of resisting Achaeus any longer, sent deputies to sue for peace, which was granted to them on the following terms: they agreed to pay immediately 400 talents, to restore the prisoners of Pednelissus, and after a time to pay 300 talents in addition.[4] We now have for a long time no particulars about the history of Selge; in the 5th century AD Zosimus[5] calls it indeed a little town, but it was still strong enough to repel a body of Goths. It is strange that Pliny does not notice Selge, for we know from its coins that it was still a flourishing town in the time of Hadrian; and it is also mentioned in Ptolemy[6] and Hierocles. Independently of wine and oil, the country about Selge was rich in timber, and a variety of trees, among which the storax was much valued from its yielding a strong perfume. Selge was also celebrated for an ointment prepared from the iris root.[7]
The remains of the city consist mainly of parts of the encircling wall and of the acropolis. A few traces have survived of the gymnasium, the stoa, the stadium and the basilica. There are also the outlines of two temples, but the best conserved monument is the theater, restored in the 3rd century AD.
Halfway on the road to Selge from the Pamphylian coastal plain, a well-preserved Roman Bridge crosses the deep Eurymedon valley
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Alone at bay as I await for my love,
like the moon chasing for the sun
and as the stars dance with the wind,
I wait for you.
How I just wish that whereever you are,
you could hear my voice-pearcing through the air
As I wait for you my love,
and stand here-waiting for thy love to come home
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among all my shots. I think this would be the best. a thousand words. a thousand thoughts. a never-ending cycle of emotions. It feels good to finally see myself getting good at this (photography). On how much our passion made us change through time. I really enjoy looking at people's old photostream and look at their oldest pictures and see how they're style and shots are evolving-it's just absolutely marvelous!
tihs shot, is dedicated to no one else but to the boy i'm talking to right now. I know that you don't trust me THAT much yet and I understand. I just hope, in the long run-it'll all work out between us. You were my inspiration today,thank you.
p.s. I didn't know that there was a dog on the boat until I decided to open it in Lightroom. it was a fine touch to make this shot perfect :)
This is another image from my archives, taken in 1982 at the Gordon Bennett Balloon Race southeast of Palm Springs at the El Dorado Equestrian Grounds in the Indio/La Quinta area of the Coachella Valley. This was a self-assigned project with several of the images taken subsequently sold as stock through my agent. The original is a Kodachrome 64 slide taken with a Nikon F3 camera and a 50mm 1.2 Nikkor lens. I scanned the image using an Epson Perfection V500 Photoscanner. This image has been handled a great deal. The cleaning and color matching was a lengthy and intensive process for which I used Photoshop CS5. To remove as many dust particles and small pieces of hair as possible (not uncommon when a slide has been handled and viewed as much as this one) I enlarged the image to 150 percent.
The Gordon Bennett Race is one of the, oldest, largest and most prestigeous balloon races in the World. Most of the time it is held in European Venues in Switzerland. These balloons are not the typical hot air balloons that are so popular with tourists. These are helium filled and made to be used for long distance racing.. The subject is one of the crew members of the "Rosie O'Grady" team, an American Entry which won this race in 1982. The winner is determined by the length of the trip flown. Balloons like thes have been used since the late 17th Century, yet ballooning and balloon racing are still considered risky and a potentially dangerous activity. Outcomes are so dependent on wind and other weather conditions. Some balloons fly only a few miles while others may travel hundreds. On the slim chance that two balloons were to fly the same distance, time of arrival is the determining factor. This crew member is using a roller to apply an adhesive material that will make the seams of the fabric leak proof.
© Lawrence Goldman 2011, All Rights Reserved
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History of the Bellevue Kentucky Fire Department
The Bellevue Fire Department is a product of three volunteer fire companies organized in the mid 1800's to protect a developing riverfront community and its nearly 400 residents. This community known as "Bellevue" had been incorporated as a City on March 15, 1870.
The original fire company of 35 men called themselves the "Peerless" and arranged for the purchase of Bellevue's first fire equipment, a man-powered hose and reel. Other companies soon were put into operation and were called the "Summit" and the "Centers". With each company manned by over 30 members the rivalry was fierce. Contest and competitions were held regularly and increased the antagonism of the companies. Eventually all companies responded with man-powered hose reels. Stations were located behind the school at Center and Lafayette Avenues, the Balke Opera House at Berry & Fairfield and on the west side of O'Fallon Avenue just south of Fairfield Avenue.
The department progressed from its man-powered hose reel days in the year 1900 with the procurement of its first horse drawn equipment. The Bellevue City Council decided to purchase a hose and ladder wagon for the volunteers but the appropriation lacked one thing: money for a horse to pull the wagon. As firefighters have done throughout their history, Bellevue's Bravest improvised. When an alarm sounded, the firefighters would commandeer the first horse in sight and unhitch the animal from the wagon he was pulling and harness him to the fire wagon. Some horse owners were said to give battle during this practice in fear of harm to the animal. More often, the horse would object by rearing, kicking, and snorting.
Plan 2 came about in the early 1900's when Bellevue had one garbage collection wagon and a horse to pull it named "Dobbin". Ole Dobbin was assigned double duty. When a fire alarm came in, the horse would be intercepted on his aromic rounds, unhooked and galloped to the fire station to be hitched to the fire wagon. At night the horse was stalled in the fire station.
In 1918 motor power became a reality in Bellevue with the purchase of an Ahrens Fox 500 gallon per minute pumper and in 1920 when a second 500gpm pumper was bought. The city arranged to pay a fire chief and two full time firemen. With the paid fireman handling most alarms and duties, many volunteers began drifting away from the department. A policy was later developed that when the fire alarm bell sounded, the chief asked bystanders to help fight the fire. Each person rendering assistance was paid $ 2.00 by the city, for their efforts.
This system was used until 1934 when the need for more adequate fire protection was recognized. The Bellevue Volunteer Fire Department was reorganized. Two dozen badges were purchased from the American LaFrance Company for seventy five cents each and the Constitution and By Laws were initiated for adoption. The men took upon themselves the duties of emergency response and fundraising. The volunteer organization operates basically the same to this day. The first money raised by the volunteers was through a monthly lotto.
In 1936, the volunteers purchased a used fire truck from the Cheviot, Ohio department for $175.00. This apparatus proved valuable the next year as the 1937 flood cut the City of Bellevue into two parts. Most members voluntarily worked 24 hour duty shifts during the flood, which was followed with many days and nights of pumping water from flooded basements while the floodwaters receded. By 1939, the benefit of a first class volunteer fire department was obvious and the department flourished with over 60 active members.
In 1940, through several years of fundraisers including street fairs, the volunteers made the down payment on a new 750 gpm Ahrens Fox pumper. The fire truck purchased in 1936 was later sold to Crescent Springs. In short order the entire $8,900.00 cost of the new "Fox" truck was paid off. The Ahrens Fox pumper was considered one of the finest in the state for a city of its size.
In Loving Memory of Ryan "Loke" Bell
My old friend/ex boyfriend that I first met when I was in 6th grade, Ryan, has a birthday today. . . Ryan killed himself 2 years ago. He was an outgoing, fun, party guy. Most of his pictures he has headphone and a beer in his hand. He had a tattoo or 2 of a clover. He was always making jokes and the life of the party. I had a huge crush on him for YEARS until he finally asked me out. He was about 4 years older then me. All his friends and family are going to his grave today to celebrate. I can't make it all the way to Provo, UT. But I'm there in spirit. I miss and love you Ryan! Happy Birthday, RIP
PS- The title is the quote from his tombstone. And this is a facebook page for him. Go check it out if you want. :D www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109616519069658&ref=ts
HDR from 6 exposures. MUST View Large On Black
If you have 2 minutes spare , do have a look at some other Night Shots that I made
It was a gut feeling to use an additional 6th shot. Actually when I started, I took 17 shots. Cars and buses kept annoying me (yes I was on road with tripod) and having got home I realized that only 7 frames matched. I used 6 of them. Another annoying thing is that car that came right in the middle of my shoot.
Curves and enhancements in Photoshop CS2. Color correction and Cooling Filter (the lamps here dominate yellow shades and destroy the the color profile of pics). Would like to dedicate to Vikrant Gupta (yet to start an account) as he really waited for me to complete the shot. When at ease, do take out some time to take a Slide Tour of HDRs that I made.
© 2007 Ayush Bhandari
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Several small groves of tall eucalyptus trees, originally imported to California from Australia, shade the picnic area adjacent to William Randolph Hearst State Beach and the San Simeon Fishing Pier.
Eucalyptus was first introduced from Australia to the rest of the world by Sir Joseph Banks, botanist, on the Cook expedition in 1770. It was subsequently introduced to many parts of the world, notably California, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Ethiopia, Morocco, Portugal, South Africa, Uganda, Israel, Galicia and Chile. In Portugal and also Spain, eucalypts have been planted in pulpwood plantations. Eucalyptus are the basis for several industries, such as sawmilling, pulp, charcoal and others. Several species have become invasive and are causing major problems for local ecosystems, mainly due to the absence of wildlife corridors and rotations management. Eucalyptus has many uses which has made it an economically important tree. They provide many desirable characteristics for use as ornament, timber, firewood and pulpwood. It is also used in a number of industries, from fence posts and charcoal to cellulose extraction for biofuels. Fast growth also makes eucalypts suitable as windbreaks and to reduce erosion.
Eucalyptus trees draw a tremendous amount of water from the soil through the process of transpiration. They have been planted (or re-planted) in some places to lower the water table and reduce soil salination. Eucalypts have also been used as a way of reducing malaria by draining the soil in Algeria, Lebanon, Sicily, elsewhere in Europe and in California. Drainage removes swamps which provide a habitat for mosquito larvae, but can also destroy ecologically productive areas. This drainage is not limited to the soil surface, because the eucalyptus roots are up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length.
The eucalyptus has many commercial uses. It is the most common short fiber source for pulpwood to make pulp. Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus grandis are the most used varieties in papermaking. The fiber length of Eucalyptus is relatively short and uniform with low coarseness compared with other hardwoods commonly used as pulpwood. The fibres are slender, yet relatively thick walled. This gives uniform paper formation and high opacity that are important for all types of fine papers. The low coarseness is important for high quality coated papers. Eucalyptus is suitable for many tissue papers as the short and slender fibres gives a high number of fibers per gram and low coarseness contributes to softness.
Eucalyptus oil is readily steam distilled from the leaves and can be used for cleaning and as an industrial solvent, as an antiseptic, for deodorising, and in very small quantities in food supplements, especially sweets, cough drops, toothpaste and decongestants. It has insect repellent properties, and is an active ingredient in some commercial mosquito repellents. Eucalyptus globulus is the principal source of Eucalyptus oil worldwide.
The nectar of some eucalypts produces high-quality monofloral honey.
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By December 1863, much of Louisiana was occupied by the Union army. Ninety-five schools serving over 9,500 students--including almost half of the black children in Louisiana--were running under its auspices. But keeping these schools up and running would require ongoing financial support.
Toward this end, the National Freedman's Association, in collaboration with the American Missionary Association and interested officers of the Union Army, launched a new propaganda campaign.
Five children and three adults, all former slaves from New Orleans, were sent to the North on a publicity tour. A drawing of them was printed in the 30 January 1864 issue of the popular Harper's Weekly, bearing the intriguing caption: "EMANCIPATED SLAVES, WHITE AND COLORED." The authors of this campaign were pursuing a surprising, and quite effective, strategy for arousing sympathy for blacks--they portrayed them as white.
Of the eight slaves sent north from New Orleans, four children--Charley, Augusta, Rebecca, and Rosina (Rosa)--looked white. As the article accompanying the group portrait in Harper's Weekly affirmed, they were "perfectly white;" "very fair;" "of unmixed white race". Their light complexions contrasted sharply with those of the three adults, Wilson, Mary, and Robert; and that of the fifth child, Isaac--"a black boy of eight years; but none the less intelligent than his whiter companions".
Accompanied on their tour by Col. George Hanks of the Corps d'Afrique (the 18th Infantry, a corps of colored soldiers), the group posed for photographs in New York and Philadelphia.
The portraits were produced in the format of cartes de visite (CDVs), albumen prints the size of a calling card, and sold for 25 cents each. The proceeds of the sale were directed to Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks in Louisiana, where the money would be "devoted to the education of colored people," as the verso of each photograph explains.
Of the "Emancipated Slaves from New Orleans" series, at least 22 different prints remain in existence today. The bulk were produced by New York photographers Charles Paxson, and Myron H. Kimball, who took the initial group portrait later reproduced as a woodcut in Harper's Weekly.
In "Visualizing the Color Line," Carol Goodman notes that much of the power of the photographs stemmed from allusions to physical abuse. When paired with a related article in the same issue of Harper's Weekly, the allusions in the portrait of white slaves to the white masters' sexual exploitation of their female slaves is clear. The most grievous sin of slavery, the editor of Harper's Weekly contends, is that it permits slaveholding "'gentlemen' [to] seduce the most friendless and defenseless of women". Moreover, two of the four black slaves included in the publicity tour bear the marks of abuse on their skin--Wilson has a brand upon his forehead; Mary, as she is described in Harper's Weekly, has more than 50 rawhide-scars on her arm and back.
Ver grande sobre fondo negro I View large on black
Cubiertas de la Revista Oficial de Semana Santa para el año 2011, con una tirada de 6.000 ejemplares, y editado por el Excmo. Aymto. de Valladolid y la Junta de Cofradías de Semana Santa de Valladolid.
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As of October, 2011, we have received the U.S. Navy's final approval to move IOWA to the Port of Los Angeles. The 2 BEST sources for updates are: www.pacificbattleship.com/blog/ - www.facebook.com/pacificbattleship
UPDATE Oct. 27, 2010: The NEWS IS GOOD! The IOWA has gained incredible support, and the LA Harbor Commission meeting Nov. 4, 2010 will hopefully announce that a berthing location has been approved for the San Pedro area of LA Harbor! IMPORTANT LINKS, TO CHECK OFTEN... www.pacificbattleship.com/ AND www.pacificbattleship.com/blog/presentations/
UPDATE Feb. 28, 2010: The Port of Los Angeles has rejected a 16-page proposal by the Pacific Battleship Group to move IOWA to San Pedro, CA. The nearby city of Vallejo, CA has been seeking donations to move her to Mare Island for years.
It is a very dark time for this proud warrior, which represents so much of this country's history.
Battleship IOWA (BB-61) ~ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Iowa_(BB-61) In the National Defense Service Fleet (aka the Mothball Fleet) at Suisun Bay, near Benicia, CA. Her forward 16-inch (rifles) guns are visible in this view. Mount Diablo's foothills rise in the background. From land, one of the closest viewing spots is from Industrial Way in Benicia. This photo was taken at the extreme range of my 40x telephoto. There is also the Levee Trail off Bayshore (it begins beneath the most easterly span of the Benicia-Martinez Bridge (there is free parking - look for the public access sign at the entrance of the giant 'new cars' import storage yard). About a 20 minute walk to the trail's end: Don't try walking in the marsh... it's very wet and muddy.
Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: LIVING ROOM (2 of 7): Toilet /
LA SALA DE ESTAR (2 de 7): El Baño
(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 24 of 106) PAG: 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106.
FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español
Lenn: Ò___Ó
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Lenn: Ò___Ó
LINKS:
- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es
'My creation' On Black and Large.
Photos I chose for Charlie's WebSite. www.charliebrown8989.net/Algo
1. The avenue in mist and sun, 2. Cathedral in the Forest, 3. Autumn Chiltern view, 4. Holding on, 5. refraction of clouds over my garden, 6. Sunday morning mist, 7. dawn and dandy, 8. love you, 9. seeding the sunset, 10. cloud dancer ~ light prancer, 11. morning mist, 12. 100 year hand
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
Choose twelve, Charlie instructed. I had no idea how difficult that would be. Anyway, it's stung me into wanting to do better in the future.
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Today I finished the first phase of the PHP code I have been writing for the past week or so, to integrate with MS SQL on our server at work. It integrates with a well known rental management software package which we'll be using at Chequer Mead as an inventory manager. The script I've written allows us to add items and record PAT tests much quicker and will little fuss, compared to the integrated software technique. Let's hope there aren’t too many bugs! :-/
Depuis le 3 Octobre, plus de 200 familles dorment dans la rue de la Banque pour protester contre l'absence de logements décents. Français ou immigrés en situation régulière, tous travaillent mais vivent dans des conditions déplorables: le plus souvent à l'hôtel, ou dans des appartements minuscules, parfois menacés d'expulsion.
Ici, une femme enveloppe son enfant dans des couvertures de survie, distribuées par le SAMU Social, pour se protéger du froid et du vent.
Merci de lire les explications en début d'album / Please read the explanations at the beginning of the set
Well it's been forever since my last post. I haven't traveled anywhere new for landscapes and haven't felt very inspired for much else. Kids and school seem to make life feel very chaotic during the spring and I tend to retreat to my garden. Digging, weeding, watering, and watching the dirt for new life to sprout where I planted it seems to put things back in order.
Now that most of the hard work of the season is finished, my neglected camera called me to document a few of the fruits of my labor.
Over the past few weeks I have planted:
Veggies/Melons:
Amaranth (Similar to spinach)
Zucchini (Gold Rush and Black Beauty)
Yellow Squash (Straight and Crook necks)
Butternut Squash
Asparagus Beans (aka Yardlong Beans)
Snap Beans (green and yellow mix)
Lemon Cucumber
Bell Peppers (red and yellow)
Habanero Peppers
Serrano Peppers
Hungarian Yellow Wax Peppers
Moon and Stars Watermelon
Crimson Red Watermelon
Sugar Baby Watermelon
Crenshaw Melon
Canary Melon
Pumpkin (Sugar Pie)
Pumpkin (Big Max)
Eggplant (Japanese)
Eggplant (Striped Calliope)
Tomatillo
Supersweet 100 Tomato
Herbs:
Sage
Sweet Basil
Lavender
Mint
Flowers:
Allium (Nodding Onion)
Sunflowers (Mammoth and Evening Red)
Cosmos
Gaillardia (Goblin)
Strawflowers
Four O'Clocks
Phew. That was a lot. Now if you'll excuse me, I must get back to staring at the dirt and waiting for little sprouts to pop out of the ground...
View On Black , it's much better !!!
Et bien... il a plu.
Il a même plu énormément...
Des pluies diluviennes, qui nous ont quand même valu quelques frayeurs, entre autres, celle de passer en voiture sur des routes transformées en véritables lacs, avec de l'eau jusqu'aux rétros, celle de rester embourbés, ensablés, et que sais-je encore, celle de rester coincés dans entre 2 oueds déchainés, et ne plus pouvoir ni avancer ni reculer, celle de se réfugier en plein nuit dans un abri de fortune, abandonnant sa voiture aux flots (j'exagère à peine, lol) , celle de rater son vol retour parce que bien sûr, personne ne pouvait plus circuler..... mais quel bonheur, finalement, de rencontrer des gens formidables dans des situations telles que celles ci, qui t'aident sans te connaître et sans rien demander en échange... de vraies rencontres, un vrai bonheur ...
But it rained...
It rained a lot... Diluvian scary rains..
Roads transformed into real lakes, with some water up to rearview mirrors in the car, water, water, everywhere, falling for almost 48 hours, non stop... and us, stucked at night in the car, with no possibility to move on nor to move back, then to put ourselves in a shelter for the night leaving the car to mother Nature, lol... and me, missing my flight back to Paris because no one could drive away from the city we were in... But, what a huge pleasure, to meet nice and adorable people, who helped us, showed us somewhere we could sleep to be safe, shared their food with us, without knowing us at all,... People in Marocco are so kind...
Вид с крыши строящегося ЖК "Капитан Немо" на восток - на Васильевский остров.
Панорама собрана из снимков Галоперидол'а.
Использовано на странице:
«Морской Фасад» | намывается
Explore # 223
HDR-Panorama from overall 6 shots , post processing in PS CS3 (LucisArt, Nik Color Efex Pro: Bleach bypass, Alien Sin Exposure 2: Digital Cross Filter, adding some textures). It's an old paper factory in Halle, Saale, Germany.
Info:
Exposures: 1 Sec.; 1/4 Sec.; 4 Sec.; -- 0,3 Sec.; 1/13 Sec.; 1,3 Sec.;
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO-Speed: 100
Focal Length: 18mm
Lens: CANON 18-55mm 3.5-5.6
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Going through some older shots to contribute to the "Winter Boycott" that Brian started! lol
Here's a little something to take the chill off...although I hear we are getting 6" of snow starting tomorrow afternoon. I've got plenty more to brighten the cold days...
From the Water Lily, and Lotus Pond at NY Botanical Gardens (2008)
Be well all, and continue to dream...
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I will catch up with everyone soon...just got back from another trip and am beat!
Night all..
Nasty evil stuff, but really cool looking with some great light. Look, photograph, but me no touch.
From Wikipedia:
The plant is covered with brittle yellow spines that break off easily if the plants are handled or disturbed, and the entire plant has been described as having a "primordial" appearance. Devil's Club is very sensitive to human impact and does not reproduce quickly. The plants are slow growing and take many years to reach seed bearing maturity, and predominately exist in dense, moist, old growth conifer forests in the Pacific Northwest.
This species usually grows in moist, dense forest habitats, and is most abundant in old growth conifer forests. It is found from south-central Alaska to western Oregon and eastward to western Alberta and Montana. Disjunct native populations also occur over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) away in Lake Superior on Isle Royale and Passage Island, Michigan and Porphyry Island and Slate Island, Ontario.
Native Americans used the plant both as food and medicine. The plant was traditionally used by Native Americans to treat adult-onset diabetes and a variety of tumors. Traditionally, it was and is still used to make paints. In vitro studies showed that extracts of Devil's Club inhibit tuberculosis microbes.[3]
Because Devil's club is related to American Ginseng, some think that the plant is an adaptogen ("mind enhancer"). The plant has been harvested for this purpose and marketed widely as "Alaskan ginseng", which may damage populations of Devil's Club and its habitat.
i'll explain the quote first. why is it that, every once in a while, all the guys from my past pop up at the same time? it's not a scattered random thing, it's like they all get together and mark it off on their calendars. RIDICULOUS. And they always say things that are supposed to impress me. Things like "I'm starting three companies soon," or "hobbies? well, i like to save lives and help people." or "i saved my puppy from a fire when i was seventeen." or they'll talk about their extensive jean collections. or they're obsessed with their cars. THESE ARE ALL REAL THINGS. uggggggghhhhh i don't CARE. if you want to impress me, talk to me about the political agenda behind the "go green" campaign. talk to me about the social influence of volcanic eruptions. Talk to me about the origin of the high heel. ANYTHING. I don't care. But I get annoyed when people say things that don't fit into a conversation just to be impressive. *sigh*
anyway! had work today. it was actually a lot of fun. I like earning money, not going to lie. But I like talking with patients, knowing what they're feeling, helping out.
After work, i went through holiday hell, which is the mall closest to my house. looking for dad's birthday present, which ended up a bust. Then i spent several hours making cookies for tonight. They ended up DELICIOUS.
after some more shopping with my family, i got dressed up for the christmas party. WHICH was fun and eventful. I actually talked to boyfriends friends more than i usually do. It was nice, finding a little bit of a place for myself in their RIDICULOUSLY tight knit group. even the girlfriends are close to everyone. My disadvantage? I don't live here. Oh yeah and i don't work with all of them. *sigh* but i'm making my way, and i believe i earned brownie points for sticking around through all the drama of last year.
i'm exhausted, though, after spending time with all of those people. so now? bed. oh yes. it's glorious.
christmas eve tomorrow!
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La figura verde de Closterium siempre marca su sonrisa en el agua, sonrisa flotante y abierta la de este grupo de algas de simetría perfecta que son los désmidos y que arropa tanto el brillo de la luna como los colores de las estrellas.
Hay casi tantas especies de Closterium -casi doscientas- como clases de sonrisa y todas ellas con infinitos matices, sonrisas nerviosas, sonrisas amplias, sonrisas rebosantes de franqueza, sonrisas de amor, sonrisas contagiosas, sonrisas de ternura…todo sonrisas.
La sonrisa de Closterium intermedium es una sonrisa equilibrada, ni apagada ni excesiva, se insinúa en un arco suave que remata en dos hoyuelos y está pintada del frescor verde de la vida.
Closterium striolatum es una especie de mediano tamaño, de curvatura suave, con pared celular marcadamente estriada y bordes truncados de manera abrupta. En cada una de las dos mitades y a ambos lados del núcleo se disponen los cloroplastos formados por cerca de una docena de laminillas repartidas radialmente a partir del eje longitudinal. De extremo a extremo unos oscuros lunares de pirenoides -sustancias de reserva- salpican su interior.
Los hoyuelos pálidos de los extremos de Closterium guardan dentro, como en muchos otros désmidos, minúsculos cristales de sulfato cálcico o de bario que brillan agitados en un baile sin fin ¿harán cosquillas a Closterium para que se curve en una sonrisa?
Closterium striolatum es uno de los désmidos más frecuentes en las aguas ácidas, con facilidad puede ser confundido con Closterium inetermedium no tan curvado ni hinchado en la porción central y de dorso algo cóncavo. El de hoy procede de también de un arroyo de aguas limpias y frescas situado en las inmediaciones de Mahíde en las estribaciones de la zamorana Sierra de la Culebra y ha sido fotografiada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia.
Gracias a Santiago Ortiz por incorporar nuestro proyecto a su magnífico Bestiario.
Con nuestra gratitud para Pilar Gil por la publicación en Qúo, a Antonio Martínez Ron ...y también Paul/
Puedes tener otra infomación en la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA
Y en este catálogo
También en la galería de Fotolog
Y nuestro granito de arena por la Paz