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Died of terrible injuries received when attempting in her inflammable dress to extinguish the flames which had enveloped her companion.

January 24 1863

According to Wikipedia:

Postman's Park is a small green memorial garden in the City of London. It is located between King Edward Street, Little Britain and Angel Street. It was created in 1880 from the churchyards of St Leonard, Foster Lane and St Botolph-without-Aldersgate together with the graveyard of Christ Church Greyfriars. St Leonard's had been a ruin since the Great Fire and was probably demolished at the time of the creation of the park. St Botolph's is still open and stands at the north east corner of the park. Christ Church was detached from its graveyard and is now a ruin on the other side of King Edward Street.

The park was the idea of the painter George Frederick Watts who wanted to celebrate people who may otherwise have been forgotten. Its name celebrates the postmen who work in the principal London post office and the former sorting office in King Edward Street.

A wall in the park has 34 hand-painted tiles paying tribute to everyday people who sacrificed their lives helping others. The hand-lettered tiles were made by Royal Doulton.

The park features in the film Closer - Natalie Portman's character takes her pseudonym 'Alice Ayres' from one of the painted tiles, as Jude Law's character discovers at the end of the film.

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The bow of HMS Implacable, on display at the National Maritime Museum, London.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Eric Chevallier said France had complained to Israel about its refusal to let in the equipment (a water purification station) and had still not received a satisfactory explanation. "...for reasons which we have difficulty to explain, the water purification could not enter..."

Implacable adjective ruthless, cruel, relentless, uncompromising, intractable, inflexible, unrelenting, merciless, unforgiving, inexorable, unyielding, remorseless, pitiless...

400,000 people in Gaza are without running water.

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The pool looked so wonderful that the second Nalu entered the pool deck she dove in. It's a common, almost daily occurrence so I just let her play awhile. It was my chance to introduce her to her new water toy, Mr. Flappy. She absolutely loves him. We may just have to use him when the new Southeast FL Dock Dogs club has its Grand Opening June 19th in Dania beach. Nalu is excited over the news of a club forming only an hour away! Before the nearest clubs were 2 1/2 & 4 hours away.

In this picture you can see something she loves to do. When I get her out I always go straight for her toy, put it away and take her to the dog tub outside for a quick bath to get the chlorine out. Well when she suspects I'm getting ready to kick her out she'll start playing on the steps. She pushes the toy down with her feet until she has it pinned on the second step, she then dunks her head under to retrieve it. She also likes to take the toy to the jet right by the steps and lets the jet take the toy under and past her. She quickly turn pushes off the wall and dunks under to get it. Another of her quarks is if I leave her by herself while I'm cleaning the kitchen or working by the sliding glass door leading out to the pool deck (so I can see her) she'll actually throws the toy in herself and launches into the pool to retrieve it. I don't think I've ever seen a dog who loves the pool more, she would live in there if I let her. She may be 7 but I think she needs a turn in the field, moms fault of course!

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In My Craft or Sullen Art

In my craft or sullen art

Exercised in the still night

When only the moon rages

And the lovers lie abed

With all their griefs in their arms,

I labor by singing light

Not for ambition or bread

Or the strut and trade of charms

On the ivory stages

But for the common wages

Of their most secret heart.

Not for the proud man apart

From the raging moon I write

On these spindrift pages

Nor for the towering dead

With their nightingales and psalms

But for the lovers, their arms

Round the griefs of the ages,

Who pay no praise or wages

Nor heed my craft or art.

Dylan Thomas.

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pedo guy

An abbreviation of the word torpedo, pedo is a term of endearment often used by business magnates, investors and engineers, for a fast and excellent swimmer or diver. Sometimes, divers in Thailand who rescue young soccer teams from caves believe it means pedophile, but that's not the case.

PERSON 1: “Sorry pedo guy, you really did ask for it.”

PERSON 2: "Did you just call me a pedophile?"

PERSON 1: No, it's short for torpedo. You swim really fast."

PERSON 2: "Oh my bad. And thank you. You are a true gentleman."

PERSON 1: "And you, sir, are a true pedo."

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Common insult used in South Africa in 1970s and 1980s. It is synonymous with “creepy old man” and is used to insult a person’s appearance and demeanor. Usually used in a very aristocratic way. As of lately, however, has become rare in spoken English due to increased avareness of term “pedophilia” among younger generation and millennials.

Other popular examples of psychological disorders being used as an insult include words “idiot”, “downs” and others.

Aunt Beryl clutching at her pearls hearing that her Johnny was called a pedo guy.

In totally not a pedo guys!

#pedo guy

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Someone who hurt your pride by telling you that your invention is useless and tell you to stick it up your ass.

A: I just saved all the boys from the cave by diving. It proves that your submarine is useless. Stick it up your ass.

B: You are a pedo guy.

#pedo guy

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(noun) - Traditional South African insult, circa 1930's, originally aimed at people too poor to own a motor vehicle, and so were forced to remain as pedestrians.

More modern usage is by middle-class westerners who are so entrenched in their usage of vehicles with internal combustion engines, that they shun or eschew the development of electric vehicles (see also icing). i.e. they would rather choose to walk, than to drive an electric vehicle, even if it gives the appearance that they could be too poor to own a motor vehicle.

e.g. "I'd rather be a pedo guy than to buy a Nissan Leaf!"

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About a week ago I made some cherry buttermilk ice cream but I wasn't all that satisfied with the final texture. Yesterday I picked up a few peaches at the farmers market and figured what better to do with them then to cook them down and add them to some ice cream so I went for attempt #2 on the buttermilk. All it took was about twice the number of egg yolks and now I have a beautifully textured peach and vanilla buttermilk ice cream.

I was hoping it would last for a while in my freezer but I ended up eating about half of it while shooting this photo. Speaking of shooting this photo, I started out with one light and shooting against a black posterboard background but wasn't too happy with the results, it just sort of snowballed from there.

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Way too much strobist info: SB900 @ 1/2 @ 200mm into DIY beauty dish high camera left | 580EXII @ 1/4 @ 24mm into 28" softbox camera right | SB900 @ 1/8 @ 35mm top of frame behind ice cream aimed down | White plate just below spoon to highlight bottom of spoon and catch melting ice cream | Silver reflectors just out of bottom of frames right and left to highlight the lower front portion of the ice cream | Fired via PocketWizard MultiMax Transceivers

Camera info: Nikon D700 | Lester Dine Kiron 105mm f/2.8 | 105mm | 1/50s | f16 | ISO100

Independence Day celebrations held in Christchurch, July 4 2011.

From DipNote:

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A Christchurch Fourth

U.S. Embassy Wellington celebrated a special Fourth of July in Christchurch, where Ambassador David Huebner honored seven New Zealanders for the courage and commitment they had shown helping evacuate a large American delegation in the immediate aftermath of the devastating February 22 earthquake.

About 150 guests attended the ceremony, designed to show solidarity with the struggling city and to signal that Christchurch is open for business. Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson thanked Ambassador Huebner for hosting the event and giving Cantabrians a semblance of normality by having something to celebrate. The event was hosted in the northwest of the city in one of the few locations still able to cater to a larger party.

A large delegation of U.S. government leaders, businesspeople, and academics was in Christchurch for the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership Forum on February 22, 2011. The delegation was spread throughout the city when the earthquake struck. In the chaotic aftermath it became imperative to locate, gather, and evacuate the delegation -- something that would have been simply impossible without the dedicated courage of many, many people.

"The stoic professionalism of so many in the face of so much ensured that our American visitors were superbly looked after that day," Ambassador Huebner said.

"It was for that reason, and to acknowledge that Christchurch is still functional and open for business, that we decided to hold an Independence Day ceremony in Christchurch," Ambassador Huebner said. "We wanted not only to thank everyone involved that day, but to underscore the long and deep friendship between the United States and the people of New Zealand in general and Christchurch in particular."

Canterbury has suffered thousands of aftershocks in recent months and two large ones in mid-June that further rattled the nerves of its citizens and damaged many more buildings.

Honored by the Ambassador were bus drivers who stuck with their vehicles and transported Americans back to safety at the U.S. Antarctic Center, members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who assisted with the evacuations, and a local senior constable from the New Zealand Police who remained with U.S. Embassy staff who performed American Citizen services in the week after the earthquake.

The Very Rev. Peter Beck, dean of the now-crumbled Christ Church Cathedral, thanked Ambassador Huebner for what he described as a "very moving" event. He pointed out that the last formal service at the Cathedral, the iconic heart of the city, had been on the evening before the opening of the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership, which many members of both delegations attended.

Cited for their "unwavering courage and commitment" with the American Ambassador's Exemplary Service award were: Simon McKenzie, driver, Leopard Coach; John Goldie, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Heather Caspersen, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Flight Lieutenant Vaughn Jones, RNZAF; Warrant Officer Warren Tyndall, RNZAF; Squadron Leader Andy Scott, RNZAF; and Senior Constable Thomas "Blue" Young, New Zealand Police.

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1. Tratti di Provenza - Immersa in un lago di grano, 2. relax, 3. perfect sunset, 4. mollette - fuori dall'ordinario, 5. Tratti di Provenza - Papaveri, 6. Tratti di provenza - The lake in sky, 7. Terra di Normandia - notte sulla riva, 8. Tratti di Provenza - Campo di lavanda,

9. Inciampato?, 10. Terra di Normandia - Il faro di Fecamp, 11. Tratti di Provenza - Nuvole vanitose, 12. protezione (protection), 13. Terra di Normandia - Messaggi di sabbia, 14. ho trovato una conchiglia, 15. Tratti di Provenza - Grifone in volo, 16. Ne più ne meno di un fiore,

17. Tratti di Provenza - Pure Gold, 18. Terra di Normandia - Robert L. Millhollin - Oregon, 19. over the clouds, 20. Villa Pallavicini, 21. rice, 22. Two Brothers, 23. Marocco d'Africa - Sospiro, 24. Villa Pallavicini,

25. Il Piccolo Mostro (ruffiano), 26. Stintino Sunset, Sardegna, 27. gull on fly, 28. What news has he received?, 29. Marocco d'Africa - Bar Sport, 30. rosso di sera..., 31. playing hands, 32. bug,

33. pprrrrrrrrr..., 34. di notte, 35. tramonto sardo..., 36. Uno dei baci più belli che abbia visto, 37. Il Milione, 38. Villa Pallavicini, 39. Tratti di Provenza - allo specchio, 40. Villa Pallavicini,

41. Marocaine Gull - in fondo anche i gabbiani si meritano un ritratto, 42. Marocco d'Africa - la donna invisibile, 43. Marocco d'Africa - ll padrone del vicolo, 44. Partenza all'alba - Sunrise, 45. Terra di Normandia - Ein Deutscher Soldat, 46. Villa Pallavicini - Recinto, 47. prateria normanna, 48. punti di vista,

49. Marocco d'Africa - Meditation, 50. luna diurna, 51. Olanda - cercando gli zoccoli, 52. Marocco d'Africa - Il venditore di ciliege, 53. vivaio industriale, 54. Space Invaders, 55. Marocco d'Africa - miserabile allegria, 56. Touching the soul, not only the skin...,

57. bokeh floreale, 58. Tratti di Provenza, 59. two sisters, 60. Terra di Normandia - Mont Saint Michelle, Brittany, France, 61. Bambi, 62. volo, 63. Annnnd ACTION!, 64. l'area del Porto Antico,

65. il piccolo mostro, 66. Terra di Normandia - guardare i fedeli, 67. Terra di Normandia - Mont Saint Michelle, 68. Terra di Normandia - Cannonball, 69. Tratti di Provenza, 70. Già finito?!, 71. Nave Italia, 72. the end of the world

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Quoting the web site of WXRV-FM "The River":

Boston’s independent and solar-powered radio station is gearing up for a free lunch time concert in honor of the 40th anniversary of Earth Day from noon-3pm. The concert will take place on the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, a new model of dynamic outdoor space that brings Bostonians together to enjoy everything that’s great about the city. The Greenway will be transformed into a fun outdoor atmosphere that includes free music, arts and crafts and other activities.

Combining a knack for infectious melodies with a quirky, bizarre sense of humor and a vaguely avant-garde aesthetic borrowed from the New York post-punk underground, They Might Be Giants became one of the most unlikely alternative success stories of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Musically, the duo of John Flansburgh and John Linnell borrowed from everywhere, but their freewheeling eclecticism was enhanced by their arcane, geeky sense of humor. They would reference everything from British Invasion to Tin Pan Alley, while making allusions to pulp fiction and President Polk. Through their string of indie releases and constant touring as a duo, They Might Be Giants built up a huge following on college campuses during the late ’80s, switching to a major label in the early ’90s…The 2000’s saw them re-emerge as one of America’s most beloved family bands, and saw their songwriting embraced by Dunkin’ Donuts, Malcom in the Middle, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

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I just love our sunsets lately, The sky is so filled with color. Nature is amazing!

We are just starting out for our evening walks when the sun begins to go down now with the shorter days, So I am lucky enough to see this beauty every day! A bit of camera feedback on this but I don't mind lens flare on sunset shots :)

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Seattle Sunrise & Sunset times for November 2008 (47.60342,-122.32971)

Sunrise @ 7:00 am Sunset @ 4:45 pm Waxing crescent

Date Sunrise Sunset ~ Date Sunrise Sunset

Nov 5, 2008 7:00 am 4:45 pm ~ Nov 6, 2008 7:01 am 4:44 pm

Nov 7, 2008 7:03 am 4:42 pm ~ Nov 8, 2008 7:04 am 4:41 pm

Nov 9, 2008 7:06 am 4:40 pm ~ Nov 10, 2008 7:07 am 4:38 pm

Nov 11, 2008 7:09 am 4:37 pm ~ Nov 12, 2008 7:10 am 4:36 pm

Nov 13, 2008 7:12 am 4:35 pm ~ Nov 14, 2008 7:13 am 4:34 pm

Nov 15, 2008 7:15 am 4:33 pm ~ Nov 16, 2008 7:16 am 4:32 pm

Nov 17, 2008 7:18 am 4:31 pm ~ Nov 18, 2008 7:19 am 4:30 pm

Nov 19, 2008 7:21 am 4:29 pm ~ Nov 20, 2008 7:22 am 4:28 pm

Nov 21, 2008 7:23 am 4:27 pm ~ Nov 22, 2008 7:25 am 4:26 pm

Nov 23, 2008 7:26 am 4:25 pm ~ Nov 24, 2008 7:27 am 4:24 pm

Nov 25, 2008 7:29 am 4:24 pm ~ Nov 26, 2008 7:30 am 4:23 pm

Nov 27, 2008 7:31 am 4:23 pm ~ Nov 28, 2008 7:33 am 4:22 pm

Nov 29, 2008 7:34 am 4:21 pm ~ Nov 30, 2008 7:35 am 4:21 pm

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Alright, it's a new year and I thought about restarting a 365 but then I went back and looked through all that I've already done and written about and I couldn't just abandon it for a new one. So instead of starting fresh, I'm giving it a second chance and picking up with the # that January 1st is supposed to be, even though I last left off at 86. I'll catch up when I have time. Also, a new stipulation is the shot has to be taken each day. Something pertinent about each day. Anyways, the point is....the holiday madness is over, the month of December is over, and now life can get leveled.

For me, December held frigid weather, work, good friends, heartbreak, apartment hunting, lease signing, going broke, and moving. It also held guilt for letting my photography... my one and only outlet... fall by the wayside. But no more. Thank god it was only a month, or else I would feel worse and it would be even harder to pick it back up. December was emotionally exhausting, which is saying a lot since the month before it was just as, if not more, emotionally exhausting.

But I've made some personal decisions. I am going to avoid further emotional exhaustion and focus on simplicity, inner peace, and loving myself. I will surround myself with creative people with good hearts and goals. I will be honest with myself and those I am close to. Most of all, I will forgive myself.

Easy enough right? And I will think positive thoughts before fall asleep.

I think I made my feet look sufficiently horror-movie gritty. Anyone care to fund a pedicure? I've never had one and I guess it's supposed to be nice.

Happy new year, Flickrs.

Montgomery, AL

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History: The prototype of the Skyraider was first flown on 18 March 1945. Designed as a robust, multi-role attack aircraft for the US Navy, the carrier-based Skyraider was able to carry a wide variety of weapons on its numerous wing hard points. The Skyraider first saw combat in the Korean War, where its long loiter time and heavy load-hauling capability gave it a distinct utility advantage over the jet aircraft of the time.

Various versions were developed over the years; the most numerous types being: AD-1 (Initial production version with 2500hp R-3350 engine); AD-2 (Improved AD-1 with wheel-well covers and increased fuel load, etc.); AD-3 (Redesigned canopy, improved propeller, etc.); AD-4 (2700hp R-3350 engine, further canopy improvements, etc.); AD-4W (3-seat Early Warning version); AD-5 (4-seat multi-role version. Many variants of the AD-5 were capable of carrying up to 12 passengers in the rear fuselage); AD-6 (Single-seat attack version).

During the 1960s, the AD-x designations were changed to A-1D through A-1J. The A-1 series was operated with enormous success during the Vietnam War, where it was used in the Ground Attack, Forward Air Control, and Search and Rescue roles. The AD-6 and AD-7 were used by the French Armee de l'Air in Algeria.

Nicknames: Able Dog; Sandy; Spad; Hobo; Firefly; Zorro; The Big Gun; Old Faithful; Old Miscellaneous; Fat Face (AD-5 version); Guppy (AD-5W version); Q-Bird (AD-1Q/AD-5Q versions); Flying Dumptruck (A-1E); Crazy Water Buffalo (South Vietnamese nickname).

Specifications (AD-7 / A-1J):

Engine: 2800hp Wright R-3350-26B radial piston engine

Weight: Empty 10,550 lbs., Max Takeoff 25,000 lbs.

Wing Span: 50ft. 9in.

Length: 38ft. 10in.

Height: 15ft. 8.25in.

Performance:

Maximum Speed at 18,000ft: 320mph

Cruising Speed at 6,000ft: 190mph

Ceiling: 25,500ft

Range: 900 miles

Armament:

Four 20mm cannon

8,000lbs of hardpoint-mounted freefall and/or forward-firing weapons

Number Built: 3,180

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Ash Wednesday bokeh - HBW!

Suur lumi Austrias - The great snow in Austria ("Die Presse" Galerie)

See oli karneval - The carnival in Venedig ("Die Presse" Galerie)

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shout it out

i can't hold back no more

i let it out

all these feelings that were

trapped inside

i was frozen evertime

i looked in your eyes

clear my head

from all the cluttered things

i should've said

that wasn't me

no i can't live like that

I'm waking up and there is no

looking back

(chorus)

Every little tear

i was scared to cry

everyting i feared

but i kept inside

i don't wanna hold

it back one more day

oh wash it away

every tiny thought clouding

up my head

every single word that

i never said

i refuse to feel ashamed

let it rain

let it rain

clear the sky

i start to breathe again

no-thing to hide

let you through to who

i am inside

every layer

'til you get underneath my skin

let you in, let you in

(chorus)

every little tear

i was scared to cry

everything i feard

but i kept inside

i dont wanna hold it back

one more day

oh was it away

every tiny thought

clouding up my head

every single word that

i never said

i refuse to feel ashamed

let it rain

let it rain

Blue Devils:

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Though in the 1930s Paramin Blue Devils are reported to have used instruments carved from bamboo, known as tamboo bamboo, for their percussive accompaniment, they now ordinarily move to rhythms established by beating biscuit tins, which have sometimes been given a higher pitch by tempering them with fire. According to Ashton Fournillier, a Paramin King Devil, you identify the Blue Devil by the colored paint, generally blue; the pitchfork; and the blood and guts on the tongue. There is a dance that involves hooking the foot to walk together with movements of the head and shoulders simultaneously while thrusting the pitchfork forward and screaming to the beat of the biscuit tin. Blue devils also sometimes carry painted replicas of cutlasses (machetes). Whereas once they dressed only in cutoff shorts without masks, they now often sport wings, sometimes decorated with swastikas, wear other kinds of clothes, increasingly use animal masks, and until they were recently outlawed at times carried snakes. They sometimes uproot small trees, have been seen to eat small raw sharks snatched from fish vendors, or dismember live chickens. Like some other aggressive traditional characters, they scamper up hills, climb poles and occasionally buildings. In addition to the popular blue, they sometimes paint themselves red, green, black, or white. The staccato beat of their biscuit tins, their glistening body colors, combined with their traditional dance step and skillful maneuvers identify them at once. You distinctly hear them comin' down de road. One of their most popular antics is to blow large gusts of fire, either on the ground or in the air, by spitting kerosene into the flames of their flambeaux (torches made out of bottles of kerosene).

Among the devils there is a King Devil, who leads the sometimes aggressively threatening demands for "titi"; (Trinidad dollars). The King Devil is usually on a leash controlled by another jab, sometimes called an imp, who restrains the King, whether as an emblem of enslavement or a figure of authoritative restraint in the festive context. Though the role of King Devil is an honorific that is usually held for some time by one band member, and then sometimes passed to his son, other devils can exchange roles. The usual move is from percussion to performance, so that a person that this year provides the all-important percussive rhythm, next year might become a bulging eyed, drooling monster who moves and writhes with dexterity as he pleads for and plays with the dollars thrown or dangled in front of him. Despite the fact that for the most part they keep within their own boundaries, the ferocity of their demeanor and their elemental, transgressive threats are often frightening.

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『玩美是人生追求完美境界的過程，完美是生活過程中的成果，攝影人在乎過程中的進行。因此，玩美幾乎是攝影人所追求的程序，意即尚在進行中，永無止息，故取名之。』

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Hilo de la Fotohistoria en Pullip .es: Miyavi and Natalia / Miyavi y Natalia

(Read in order, this is: SHOT/FOTO 20 of 28) 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.

FOTOSTORY: In English / En Español

Miyavi: You mean here?

Natalia: No-ho... XD I mean “a little bit lower”

Miyavi: If I get down a little bit more we'll have a problem... XD

Natalia: (fuckyeah)

/

Miyavi: Aquí?

Natalia: No-ho... XD “Un poco más abajo”

Miyavi: Si bajo más tendremos problemas... XD

Natalia: (fuckyeah)

LINKS:

- Las FOTOHISTORIAS de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

- Sheryl Photostories at Flickr

- Mad_Pullips' Miyavi Collaboration

- Hilo de las Fotohistorias de Miyavi y las Pullips de Sheryl en el Foro de Pullips: Pullip .es

Independence Day celebrations held in Christchurch, July 4 2011.

From DipNote:

blogs.state.gov/index.php/site/entry/a_christchurch_fourth

A Christchurch Fourth

U.S. Embassy Wellington celebrated a special Fourth of July in Christchurch, where Ambassador David Huebner honored seven New Zealanders for the courage and commitment they had shown helping evacuate a large American delegation in the immediate aftermath of the devastating February 22 earthquake.

About 150 guests attended the ceremony, designed to show solidarity with the struggling city and to signal that Christchurch is open for business. Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson thanked Ambassador Huebner for hosting the event and giving Cantabrians a semblance of normality by having something to celebrate. The event was hosted in the northwest of the city in one of the few locations still able to cater to a larger party.

A large delegation of U.S. government leaders, businesspeople, and academics was in Christchurch for the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership Forum on February 22, 2011. The delegation was spread throughout the city when the earthquake struck. In the chaotic aftermath it became imperative to locate, gather, and evacuate the delegation -- something that would have been simply impossible without the dedicated courage of many, many people.

"The stoic professionalism of so many in the face of so much ensured that our American visitors were superbly looked after that day," Ambassador Huebner said.

"It was for that reason, and to acknowledge that Christchurch is still functional and open for business, that we decided to hold an Independence Day ceremony in Christchurch," Ambassador Huebner said. "We wanted not only to thank everyone involved that day, but to underscore the long and deep friendship between the United States and the people of New Zealand in general and Christchurch in particular."

Canterbury has suffered thousands of aftershocks in recent months and two large ones in mid-June that further rattled the nerves of its citizens and damaged many more buildings.

Honored by the Ambassador were bus drivers who stuck with their vehicles and transported Americans back to safety at the U.S. Antarctic Center, members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force who assisted with the evacuations, and a local senior constable from the New Zealand Police who remained with U.S. Embassy staff who performed American Citizen services in the week after the earthquake.

The Very Rev. Peter Beck, dean of the now-crumbled Christ Church Cathedral, thanked Ambassador Huebner for what he described as a "very moving" event. He pointed out that the last formal service at the Cathedral, the iconic heart of the city, had been on the evening before the opening of the U.S.-New Zealand Partnership, which many members of both delegations attended.

Cited for their "unwavering courage and commitment" with the American Ambassador's Exemplary Service award were: Simon McKenzie, driver, Leopard Coach; John Goldie, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Heather Caspersen, driver, VIP Transport, Visits and Ceremonial Office; Flight Lieutenant Vaughn Jones, RNZAF; Warrant Officer Warren Tyndall, RNZAF; Squadron Leader Andy Scott, RNZAF; and Senior Constable Thomas "Blue" Young, New Zealand Police.

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Un toit à tout prix Documentaire. Réalisé par Jacques Cotta et Pascal Martin. Produit par France 2.

26e numéro de la série "Dans le secret de..."

Wladimir et Isabelle travaillent tous deux aux Archives nationales. La venue d'un deuxième enfant les conduit à s'interroger sur les possibilités de trouver un logement légèrement plus grand.

Pour cela, il faudra explorer toutes les pistes...

Première étape, les agences immobilières. Du centre de Paris aux arrondissements périphériques, à quelle superficie prétendre lorsqu'on jouit d'un peu plus de 3000 euros de revenu mensuel ? Visites, rencontres, discussions, négociations... Brice, responsable immobilier dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris "joue la vérité des prix". Alors que d'autres laissent miroiter comme possible ce qui se révèle illusoire aux yeux de notre jeune couple, celui-ci ne cache pas qu'aujourd'hui Paris est devenue, comme la plupart des grandes villes de France, une cité interdite pour les travailleurs qui n'ont pour vivre que le produit de leur travail, souvent réduit à un salaire qui n'a pas suivi le coût de la vie, notamment de la spéculation qui a frappé l'immobilier...

Et le logement social ? Dans la file d'attente d'une mairie d'arrondissement à Paris, confrontation entre Wladimir et quelques demandeurs de logement dont la fiche technique laisse perplexe. Rencontre avec un public concerné, "jeunes ou vieux, français ou étrangers, travailleurs ou retraités". Révélations de la responsable du logement. Les ventes à la découpe allongent les listes. Des dizaines de milliers de familles confrontées à ce phénomène à Paris, comme dans les autres grandes villes, se tournent aussi vers des services sociaux surchargés.

Et les petites annonces ? Que reste-t-il pour ces millions qui, contrairement à notre couple, n'ont pas un tel salaire ou pas de garantie de l'emploi ? Voyage des tentes de "médecins du monde" aux campings qui en périphérie sont parfois le lieu de résurgence des bidonvilles d'antan, peuplés par des salariés qui n'ont d'autre choix pour vivre.

Du maire de la Ferté Alais à Wlad et Isabelle, en passant par Brice, le responsable immobilier ; Greg, le manager d'agence ou Stéphane, le négociateur de logements, l'histoire de Wlad et Isabelle nous fait découvrir des situations plus surprenantes les unes que les autres. Un constat stupéfiant et affolant !

www.halemfrance.org - Association des HAbitants de logements éphémères ou mobiles

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Exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA; en la UNED de Barbastro

Hoy con nuestro agradecimiento a Bárbara Barrera por su precioso artículo sobre diatomeas en la revista Vidriooh!

Artículo LA BIODIVERSIDAD OCULTA

Peranema cuneatum tiene una forma de navegar elegante y marcha ligero bajo la superficie del agua, con su cuerpo esbelto rematado en punta, extendiendo su recto flagelo del que apenas mueve su extremo final, como indiferente a todo lo que sucede a su alrededor.

En poco se parece su actitud a la de su hermano Peranema trichophorum tan común en las aguas contaminadas y que a cada trecho se detiene para arrugarse, ensancharse y transformarse por unos momentos, para seguir después navegando como si nada hubiese pasado.

Peranema cuneatum no parece deformarse en su travesía acuática y a medida que avanza va recogiendo diminutas algas, bacterias y otros pequeños protozoos que atrapa en pequeños remolinos a pequeños bocados con esa boca casi invisible situada en la base de su flagelo.

Peranema es un primo pálido de Euglena , no depende como ella de la luz del sol para vivir, sino de todo lo que captura y palpa con su larga mano de hilo al caminar. Su elegante camisa transparente está adornada con unas finísimas estrías imperceptibles, como las que Euglena también suele vestir, pero Peranema no está relleno del fresco verde de la clorofila viva ni muestra la mancha roja de rubí con la que ella sigue al sol.

Peranema ha preferido buscar otro modo de vida y limpia el agua de los restos que otros van dejando devolviendo poco a poco su pureza.

La fotografía de hoy tomada a 400 aumentos con la técnica de contraste de interferencia procede de una muestra recogida por Raquel Posada en una balsa naturalizada en el concejo de Gozón (Asturias) próxima a los majestuosos acantilados del Cabo de Peñas

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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.

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Descripción de una mujer

Una mujer exquisita no es aquella que más hombres tiene a sus pies,

sino aquella que tiene uno solo que la hace realmente feliz.

Una mujer hermosa no es la más joven, ni la más flaca, ni la que tiene el cutis más terso o el cabello más llamativo, es aquella que con tan

solo una sonrisa y un buen consejo puede alegrarte la vida.

Una mujer valiosa no es aquella que tiene más títulos, ni más cargos

académicos es aquella que sacrifica su sueño por hacer felices a los

demás.

Una mujer exquisita no es la más ardiente, sino la que vibra al hacer

el amor solamente con el hombre que ama.

Una mujer interesante no es aquella que se siente halagada por ser

admirada por su belleza y elegancia, es aquella mujer firme de

carácter que puede decir NO.

Y un hombre, un hombre exquisito es aquel que valora una mujer así.

Gabriel García Márquez

El humo ciega tus ojos

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Efesto, figlio di Zeus ed Hera, era il dio del fuoco, della tecnologia, dei fabbri, degli artigiani, degli operai, degli scultori, dei metalli e della metallurgia.

Particolarmente adorato ad Atene e nella Magna Grecia, la sua fucina si pensava fosse collocata sotto il cono vulcanico dell'isola di Vulcano, o sotto l'Etna.

Aveva ben poco dell'aspetto divino dei suoi parenti Olimpi, dato che passava gran parte del suo tempo nella fumosa fucina da fabbro, aiutato dai giganti, tuttavia era sposato ad Afrodite, la più bella tra le belle.

Era zoppo a causa di una caduta dall'Olimpo, scagliato dall'alto dei cieli da Hera, scandalizzata nell'aver dato alla luce un bambino dall'aspetto non divino. Egli precipitò per giorni e giorni, precipitando poi nell'Oceano, dove venne allevato da Teti.

Le sue vendette erano tremende: per vendicarsi della madre la imprigionò per mesi a tradimento in un trono d'oro dopo avergliene fatto gentile dono. Una volta, stufo dei continui tradimenti della moglie, la imprigionò nel letto con il suo amante Ares e chiamò tutti gli dei a riderne.

E' tuttavia un dio molto richiesto dagli altri dei per la sua bravura nel fabbricare gioielli ed armi.

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Happy

by Leona Lewis

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSTYgeor9k8

Someone once told me that you have to choose

What you win or lose

You can’t have everything

Don’t you take chances

You might feel the pain

Don’t you love in vain

’cause love won’t set you free

I can’t stand by the side

And watch this life pass me by

So unhappy

But safe as could be

So what if it hurts me?

So what it I break down?

So what if this world just throws me off the edge,

My feet run out of ground

I gotta find my place

I wanna hear my sound

Don’t care about all the pain in front of me

I'm just trying to be happy

I just wanna be happy, yeah

Holding on tightly

just can’t let it go

just trying to play my role

slowly disappear

But all these days

They feel like they’re the same

Just different faces

different place

Get me out of here

I can’t stand by the side

Ooh, no

And watch this life pass me by

Pass me by

So what if it hurts me?

So what if i break down?

So what if this world just throws me off the edge?

my feet run out of ground

I gotta find my place

I wanna hear my sound

don’t care about all the pain in front of me

I’m just trying to be happy

Oh, happy

Oh

So many times i can't see

Like I'm a stranger on this road

But don't say victim

Don’t say anything

So what if it hurts me?

So what if I break down?

So what if this world just throws me off the edge?

My feet run out of ground

I gotta find my place

I wanna hear my sound

Don’t care about all the pain in front of me

I just wanna be happy

Happy

I just wanna be

Oh

I just wanna be

Happy

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Sorry for the poor quality low resolution uploads as you may have gathered this is my first commission for a book on the mining disaster.

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Tragedy at Six Bells

By David John Withers, Brynmawr

My father worked in the colliery all his life and I sort of followed him into the pit. I went to work in Six Bells Colliery at 17 years of age.

When I first went on the 0.18 coal face as a collier's helper I was introduced to my 'batty' Reggie Poe who showed me the tools we were using and two chalk marks 15 yards apart on the coal face. This was our working place, 15 yards long by 4-foot-6 deep by 5 feet high. I thought 'bloody hell' - it seemed a huge amount of coal to shift.

Although the other coal faces in our district were more modern with hydraulic roof supports, we were still using the older friction posts and linked bars. I've still got the scars where one of the bars came down on me!

We had quite a few problems with gas on the 0.18 coal face and the dust was killing. At times the conveyor would start up and you couldn't see each other until the dust settled down.

As boys we often refused to go onto the face because of the amounts of dust there - being youngsters we stuck together even when the officials threatened to send us home. It wasn't much of a threat as I was only earning about £6 odd!

I had been working about two years when the explosion happened. I was working on the 0.18 face at Six Bells on the 'turning shift' and arrived at the colliery on the bus to see the place in turmoil and heard that an explosion had happened. As the explosion had occurred at our place of work, we offered to go down and help as we knew the place, but the Rescue Brigade had it under control and wouldn't let us go down.

It's hard to say my feelings about it all. We knew there was gas there and they said a spark had set it off. I had mostly enjoyed the colliery up to then. I remember four of the men who died - I used to give them snuff with powdered bark mixed in as a joke - there was a good spirit amongst the men at the pit.

Once the explosion had happened it put me off. I finished and I put my notice in soon after. I was too young to lose my life in the colliery. If I had been working the day shift that week it would have been me. The explosion opened my eyes to the dangers and I went into the construction industry instead - I was always good with my hands. The pit made me grow up.

The deaths of 45 men killed 50 years ago in a colliery explosion have been remembered with a service at the site.

A gas explosion ripped through the Six Bells colliery near Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent at 10.45am on 28 June 1960.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, led a service of remembrance at the site.

He also unveiled a memorial to the tragedy, a 20m high sculpture of a miner by Sebastian Boyesen.

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took several shots from the sidewalk. there was a crowd of indian people chatting to the right of me. so i got this view - sewer on my shot.. wasn't trying to be prejudice by saying "indian people". i could tell they were - maybe pakistani - who knows. women wore their nice dresses or wrap. they were just loud! and i didn't understand what they were speaking....

"look at this idiot here trying to take a pic of the sewer!. ha - hah...." (translated in english) - one indian or pakistani man probably said to his friends and family....

lol.... who knows what they said about me..

my family were taking a walk & when they say me they thought i was part of them... they were laughing. "we can't tell if that was you. lol", they said.... (it's my dark skin) it was funny...

but i wish i was on the other side though after looking @ my pics....... it's crappy..

bad or good - all comments are welcome.....

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Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.

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Caenomorpha medusula atraviesa el agua a la velocidad del rayo, como un meteorito indeciso que duda donde caer y en su caída gira, se desploma y vuelve a subir para intentarlo de nuevo. Con su cuerpo de medusa y su cola de cometa es también un ciliado tan extraño como difícil de fotografiar, no se detiene a descansar, infatigable y rápido este minúsculo ser parece tener en su interior la energía de los astros.

La parte anterior de Caenomorpha se despliega como el sombrero de una medusa rematada en varios penachos de cilios, unos lo rodean y otros lo recorren en su longitud formando una cresta de hilo. Bajo este sobrero de copa redonda, el cuerpo de Caenomorpha se estrecha y estrecha hasta formar una larga cola y desaparecer, gracias a ella, los movimientos no son tan erráticos y sostienen al ciliado en su carrera loca por el agua, como la cola de una cometa en el cielo.

La boca de Caenomorpha no se abre en su extremo sino bajo el sobrero, queda así - aunque no tiene dientes- protegida de los golpes que pudiera darse en su alocada carrera. En su interior dos macronúcleos y un micronúcleo se encargan de pilotar esta descontrolada nave y de intervenir en los procesos de reproducción. A su lado, un hueco esférico no es más que una vacuola contráctil que a ritmo de corazón bombea el exceso de agua que puede haber quedado atrapada en su interior.

Caenomorpha medusula vive en las aguas sobrecargadas de materia orgánica y en las que falta el oxígeno, aún así, Caenomorpha parece respirar y muy bien, porque nunca se fatiga, a nosotros nos ha dejado con la lengua fuera después de una loca carrera de persecución y ahora necesitamos descansar.

Nuestro ciliado de hoy, Caenomorpha medusula, procede de unas muestras recogidas hace cinco días días en la Laguna de las Sanguijuelas, junto a Vigo de Sanabria y en el incomparable marco del zamorano Lago de Sanabria y ha sido fotografiado a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia .

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The Monkey Puzzle, Rathinda amor (Fabricius) was found at our Kerala home's backyard. This is a small lycaenid or blue butterfly found mainly in south Asia.

Sexes alike. Wingspan - 26 to 28 mm. Upperside - The butterfly is dark brown. It has a white-spot end cell. Has narrow white spots on a short band on the forewing. On the UPH it has two black tornal spots and narrow dark reddish spot above them. Underside - is white to dark yellowish brown. Forewing has irregular dark basal markings with a curved white discal line. The apical two-fifths are a rich dark brown colour. The hindwing has a silvery margin with many irregular black lines and spots within. Has three tails, of 2 mm, 6 mm and 2.5 mm in length respectively.

Is found in jungle areas of moderate to heavy rainfall - both, in heavy forest and scrub. Butterfly occurs below 900 meters or so. Keeps to undergrowth and can be seen along forest paths and in clearings.

Has a weak flight, it stays low and does not fly for long without alighting. Its method of alighting is interesting - as soon as it lands, it turns around and waggles its tail filaments, it also sidesteps for a while - all this is apparently to confuse a predator as to which side is the head. This is a likely reason that the first naturalists may have named the species the Monkey Puzzle.

Scientific classification :

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Superfamily: Papilionoidea

Family: Lycaenidae

Subfamily: Theclinae

Genus: Rathinda

Species: R. amor

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Taken on a chilly autumn evening at Campus de Beaulieu - Université de Rennes 1, Rennes, France. (I am not studying there!!) | View Large On Black

Université de Rennes 1 has been in existence since 1969, but its heritage stems back to the days of the Breton university founded in 1461. In Rennes, the University is split into three major campuses with all facilities. It also has several departments outside of Rennes, in Brittany.

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Exploring Further : Please take a Slide Tour of other interesting images from France that I made (mostly HDRs) ! It'll be worth your time and efforts!

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I loooooove ferns! They are wonderful photo subjects. And finding such a large patch like this in full autumn suit made me all giddy! ;-) Taken about an hour later than me previous upload.

Sadly, I've missed most of the good autumn colours due to work. I've been more or less all over Europe these last few weeks, and this weekend our company had it's 25th anniversary as a company...as all 25th birthdays, it was one HELL of a party! ;-) This weekend will go to birthday celebrations as well, for myself, my mother and my girlfriends step-grandmother (who insisted we came for dinner). So it does not look like I'll be getting any shooting done this weekend either. Contemplating a week of vacation next week...

Anyways, here are the specs:

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Heliopan Polarizer

Hope you like it, I sure do! ;-D

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Sepik art - Papua New Guinea

Kanganaman's old Haus Tambaran was one of the most elaborately carved on the Sepik. Even in ruin, it was impressive. The village is located a short walk off the river. The carvers make elegant, sinuous figures including many suspension hooks (samban in Iatmul) with ancestor and crocodile figures. These carvings are expensive, even in the village, and so not many are bought for resale. They are usually finished with dark, soot-based paint.

uit:

www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/sepikmid/...

The people in the villages along the Sepik River and its tributaries are the most active carvers in New Guinea. Each village has its distinctive styles.

uit:

www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/sepikriv/sepikmrv.htm

Few masks are worn directly over the face, which explains the lack of holes for eyes. Some are fastened onto a large cone-shaped wicker framework for a dance costume called a tumbuan. Raffia is knotted into the bottom hoop for skirting and flowers, fruit and leaves added on for color and power at the time of the ceremony. Other masks are made only for display, most often in the men's Haus, to attract powerful and useful spirits.

The individual elements of the masks are complex, beyond the scope of this article. They often refer directly or indirectly to ancestor or clan spirits and totems such as pig, cassowary (muruk), crocodile (pukpuk), eagle (taragau), or a water and bush bird (saun). There are many different types of masks for different purposes.

uit:

www.art-pacific.com/artifacts/nuguinea/maskspko.htm

Very interesting to read:

www.janesoceania.com/png_art/index1.htm

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Recently returned from two days spent at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and this is one of many photos I took while there. We stayed at the historic El Tovar Hotel, situated just along the rim - what a great location! I hadn't been to the Grand Canyon in 15 years and thoroughly enjoyed seeing the breath-taking landscapes once again.

INFORMATION ON THE GRAND CANYON:

The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the United States in the state of Arizona. It is largely contained within the Grand Canyon National Park — one of the first national parks in the United States. President Theodore Roosevelt was a major proponent of preservation of the Grand Canyon area, and visited it on numerous occasions to hunt and enjoy the scenery.

Longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a six million year period. The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of over a mile (1.83 km) (6000 feet). Nearly two billion years of the Earth's geological history have been exposed as the Colorado River and its tributaries cut their channels through layer after layer of rock while the Colorado Plateau was uplifted. The canyon began in the west, followed by another that formed in the east. Eventually, the two broke through and met as a single majestic rent in the earth some six million years ago. The merger apparently occurred where the river today bends to the west, in the area known as the Kaibab Arch.

Before European immigration, the area was inhabited by Native Americans who built settlements within the canyon and its many caves. The Pueblo people considered the Grand Canyon ("Ongtupqa" in Hopi language) a holy site and made pilgrimages to it. The first European known to have viewed the Grand Canyon was García López de Cárdenas from Spain, who arrived in 1540.

The Grand Canyon is a massive rift in the Colorado Plateau that exposes uplifted Proterozoic and Paleozoic strata, and is also one of the six distinct physiographic sections of the Colorado Plateau province. The Grand Canyon is unmatched throughout the world for the vistas it offers to visitors on the rim. It is not the deepest canyon in the world — Cotahuasi Canyon (11598 feet or 3535 m) and Colca Canyon (10499 feet or 3200 m), both in Arequipa, Peru, and Hells Canyon (7,993 feet or 2436 m) on the Oregon-Idaho border, are all deeper — but Grand Canyon is known for its overwhelming size and its intricate and colorful landscape. Geologically it is significant because of the thick sequence of ancient rocks that are beautifully preserved and exposed in the walls of the canyon. These rock layers record much of the early geologic history of the North American continent.

About 600 deaths have occurred in the Grand Canyon since the 1870s. Some of these deaths occurred as the result of overly zealous photographic endeavors, some were the result of airplane collisions within the canyon, and some visitors drowned in the Colorado River. Many hikers overestimate their fitness level, become dehydrated and confused, and must be rescued. The Park Service now posts a picture of an attractive and fit young man at several trailheads with the caption "Every year we rescue hundreds of people from the Canyon. Most of them look like him", in an attempt to discourage hikers from feats which are beyond their abilities.

According to Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon, 50 fatalities have resulted from falls; 65 deaths were attributable to environmental causes, including heat stroke, cardiac arrest, dehydration, and hypothermia; 7 were caught in flash floods; 79 were drowned in the Colorado River; 242 perished in airplane and helicopter crashes (128 of them in the 1956 disaster mentioned below); 25 died in freak errors and accidents, including lightning strikes and rock falls; 47 committed suicide; and 23 were the victims of homicides.

Source: Wikipedia

More Human outlines shots here

LARGER Better

I have had kind of this shot in my head for a while, but in mono. This was the original idea today as well, but the striking blue color at dusk was to good to throw away.

Believe it or not, this is straight out of the raw file. No color boosting. Should really be viewed large on black

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Taken for my Project 365. Your comments are appreciated, it gives me the motivation to continue.

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YA RABBİ

Seni tarif etmektedir bütün güzel isimler

Sen güzel isimlerini aşikar etmezsen ruhum karanlıkta kalır

Esmaül Hüsna’na şahit yaz beni...

Ya Rabbi

Sana söyleyeceklerim

Senin kudretin için Yeterli gelmez biliyorum

Ancak gözüme görünen

Gönlüme değdirdiğin güzellikler kadar

Cümle kurabilirim

Sen'den başkasına boyun eğdirme bizi...

Benim kendi varlığım hakkındaki hesabım eksik çıkar.

Yokluğumu hesap edip bana yeten Sensin.

Benim kendi ihtiyaçlarıma dair hesaplarım yanlış çıkar.

İhtiyaçlarımın hesabını bilip kafi eyleyen Sensin.

Emellerim hesaba gelmez, arzularım sayıya dökülmez.

Defterimden yanlışlarımı çıkar ki, hesabım kolay olsun.

İhtiyaçlarımın en küçüğüne, hayallerimin hiçbirine elim yetişmez.

Kalbimin sızılarını topla ki, hesaba gelir duam olsun...

EL-HASÎB C.C.

Kullarına yeten, Hesap Görücü, her şeyi saymışcasına bilen,

onları hesaba çeken...

Cenab-ı Hak buyuruyor:

"...Hesap görücü olarak ALLAH yeter." (Nisa, 6)

Her insan kendisini ağır hesaptan kurtarmak için çalışmalı, ALLAH'ın belirlediği sınırlara dikkat etmeli, ahiretteki hesabının hafif olması için daha bu dünyada iken kendisini hesaba çekip yanlışlarını düzeltmelidir.

Cumanız mübarek olsun;

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See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...

Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!

by Michael Mahler

On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.

Parade

About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.

Parade units included

Lake Erie Belly Dance

Doctor Who contingent

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

Erie Gay News

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Latonia Theatre

PFLAG Butler

Erie Sisters

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie

Community United Church

OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)

There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.

Rally

The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.

Speakers and performers included:

Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large

Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011

Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church

Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011

Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA

Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV

Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation

Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone

Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.

Diva D’Vyne

Games

The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition

Donors

Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included

AdultMart

Allegheny College Bookstore

BeautiControl

Blue Heron Inn

Body Language

Chicory Hill Herbs

Coca-Cola/Erie

Country Fair

Craze Night Club

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Douglas Kolcun

Drenched Fur

Earthshine Company

Eerie Horror Film Festival

emma's revolution

Erie Book Store

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Department of Health

Erie Playhouse

Erie Seawolves

Erie Sisters

Erie Spine and Wellness

Family United Counseling

Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach

Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road

Glass Growers

Good Health Rejuvenation

Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.

Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group

Hollywood Stories

Horomanski's DJ'ing Services

JR's Last Laugh

Kensington Books

La bella

Larese Floral Design

LBT Women

Lion's Den Adult Super Store

MLR Books

Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness

Pie in the Sky Cafe

Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse

Sam's Club

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Silk Screen Unlimited

Smith's Hot Dogs

State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock

Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio

The Ringbearer

Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St

Wegman's- Peach St

Wendy's of Erie

Zone Dance Club

Committee Members & Volunteers

Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included

Season

Chris

Preston

Mark H

Erin Moll

Amy

Sue McCabe

Alex

Jeff H

John Daly King

Kerry

In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:

Kevin Schultz

Dok

Johauna

Wanda

Bob H

Eric Rogers

Maria S.

Deb Spilko

Brian

Info Tables & Vendors

Info tables included:

Adagio Health

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter

Community United Church

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Equality Pennsylvania

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Human Relations Commission

Erie Gay News

Erie Sisters

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

SafeNet Center

United Way of Erie County

Voices for Independence

Vendors included

BeautiControl

Book Merchant

Christopher's Novelty Gifts

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Collecting Food

We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.

See the article at www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201110pride...

Erie Pride Parade & Rally a Great Time!

by Michael Mahler

On Saturday, August 27, about 230 people participated in the Erie Pride Parade & Rally. This year’s Pride events were organized by the Pride Planning committee, which is an informal coalition of groups and individuals.

Parade

About 100 people marched in the parade from the Zone Dance Club to Perry Square. John Daly King was the Grand Marshal for the parade, in a convertible driven by Caitlyn. Also in the parade were beloved local gay icons Jesse and Ricardo, who rode their tandem bike.

Parade units included

Lake Erie Belly Dance

Doctor Who contingent

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

Erie Gay News

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Latonia Theatre

PFLAG Butler

Erie Sisters

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Erie

Community United Church

OUT (Pittsburgh newspaper)

There were also many people marching as individuals, as well as a float carrying current and former Miss Eries.

Rally

The rally in Perry Square begins at 2 PM and will include speakers and performers. Please check in at the registration table when you arrive in Perry Square. The rally will include a variety of vendors and information booths.

Speakers and performers included:

Greg Rabb, Openly gay Jamestown City Council President and Councilman at Large

Misty Kall, Miss Erie 2011

Rich McCarty of Equality PA, Greater Erie Alliance for Equality and Community United Church

Chris Wolfe, Erie Idol finalist 2011

Tammie Johnson, 2 term President of ACLU-NWPA

Brian T, singer, also with Pittsburgh Out TV

Jason Landau Goodman, founding Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition. The first and only youth-led statewide LGBTQ organization in the nation

Michelle Michaels, Former Miss Erie and Coordinator for FACE Show at Zone

Fiona Hensley, Chair of the Student Network Across Pennsylvania, SNAP, Regional Chair of the Erie-West region for SNAP and President of Queers and Allies at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA.

Diva D’Vyne

Games

The Dunk a Drag Queen game was very popular! We look forward to making this an annual tradition

Donors

Many businesses and organizations gave generously to help support Pride this year. These included

AdultMart

Allegheny College Bookstore

BeautiControl

Blue Heron Inn

Body Language

Chicory Hill Herbs

Coca-Cola/Erie

Country Fair

Craze Night Club

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Douglas Kolcun

Drenched Fur

Earthshine Company

Eerie Horror Film Festival

emma's revolution

Erie Book Store

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Department of Health

Erie Playhouse

Erie Seawolves

Erie Sisters

Erie Spine and Wellness

Family United Counseling

Gaudenzia / SHOUT Outreach

Giant Eagle - Buffalo Road

Glass Growers

Good Health Rejuvenation

Greater Erie Alliance for Equality, Inc.

Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group

Hollywood Stories

Horomanski's DJ'ing Services

JR's Last Laugh

Kensington Books

La bella

Larese Floral Design

LBT Women

Lion's Den Adult Super Store

MLR Books

Pennsylvania Coaltion to End Homelessness

Pie in the Sky Cafe

Presque Isle Gallery Coffeehouse

Sam's Club

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Silk Screen Unlimited

Smith's Hot Dogs

State Farm Insurance Agent Natalie Braddock

Tanglez Hair and Nail Studio

The Ringbearer

Tops Friendly Markets - W 38th St

Wegman's- Peach St

Wendy's of Erie

Zone Dance Club

Committee Members & Volunteers

Many people from the committee worked hard to make the day enjoyable for everyone! Committee members included

Season

Chris

Preston

Mark H

Erin Moll

Amy

Sue McCabe

Alex

Jeff H

John Daly King

Kerry

In addition to the committee members, volunteers included:

Kevin Schultz

Dok

Johauna

Wanda

Bob H

Eric Rogers

Maria S.

Deb Spilko

Brian

Info Tables & Vendors

Info tables included:

Adagio Health

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), NWPA Chapter

Community United Church

Crime Victim Center of Erie County

Equality Pennsylvania

Erie County Democratic Party

Erie County Human Relations Commission

Erie Gay News

Erie Sisters

Lake Erie Derby Dames

LBT Women

Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition

PFLAG Erie/Crawford County

SafeNet Center

United Way of Erie County

Voices for Independence

Vendors included

BeautiControl

Book Merchant

Christopher's Novelty Gifts

Shakira Nakelle's Mementos, Gifts & More

Collecting Food

We collected 23 pounds of food for the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA.

www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/republican-...

While Florida targets Black history, Texas Republicans plan to make life miserable for Asian Americans

Lillian Sing, Julie Tang

Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 9:17 a.m.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/09/lawmakers-b...

Spy fears spark flurry of proposed laws aiming to ban Chinese land ownership

Critics say the proposals hark back to racist laws from the early 1900s preventing Asian Americans from becoming property owners.

www.cnn.com/2023/02/18/politics/chinese-land-law-texas-vi...

History repeats itself with anti-China land ownership proposals

February 18, 2023

(CNN) New efforts to bar Chinese citizens and others from owning property in Texas and other states echo the treatment of Asian people in the US more than 100 years ago, when Congress barred them from obtaining citizenship and multiple state laws restricted land ownership.

▫️ In Virginia, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign legislation to bar citizens of countries the State Department has designated as "foreign adversaries" from owning agricultural land. Companies with deep ties to those countries would also be affected. Those countries currently include China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. There are similar proposals in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota. Foreign owners control a fraction of US farmland, according to the Congressional Research Service.

▫️ In Texas, a much broader proposal names those countries and bans citizens of them from owning any land whatsoever. The ban would presumably extend to legal immigrants living in the US. That bill is still working its way through the legislature but has the support of Gov. Greg Abbott.

The Texas proposal in particular specifically recalls a despicable chapter in US history, when so-called Alien Land Laws were passed in numerous states between the 1880s and 1920s to specifically bar Asian people from owning land. The California Alien Land Law was eventually overturned by the Supreme Court in 1952 for violating the 14th Amendment.

Chinese people were explicitly barred from immigration to the US for generations -- from the 1880s, when Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, until that law's repeal during World War II.

A ban on people 'ineligible for citizenship' owning property

So few Chinese people were allowed to immigrate for another generation after that until 1965 -- 105 per year -- that it amounted to a de facto ban.

As a result, the anti-Asian property laws mostly affected Japanese Americans.

While the laws did not specifically single out Asians, they were applied to people "ineligible for citizenship."

That made the laws specifically apply to Asians since Congress, at the time, allowed citizenship only for immigrants coming from Europe or Africa.

The most notorious example of Alien Land Laws was in California, which passed multiple versions of these laws over the years, and where Asian immigrants were concentrated.

One celebrated and yearslong court battle pitted a Japanese immigrant, Jukichi Harada, who found a way around the law by having his children own the house where his family lived in Riverside, California. They were ultimately able to keep the house when a judge ruled in their favor in 1918, but they were later moved to internment camps during World War II because of their Japanese ancestry.

Today, the Harada House is a National Historic Landmark and a museum.

Reinvoking the 'Yellow Peril'

I called Madeline Hsu, a history professor and expert in Asian American studies at the University of Texas at Austin, to ask if these new proposals are an example of history repeating itself.

"It's definitely sort of reinvocation of kind of what people in Asian American studies would refer to as 'Yellow Peril' fearmongering," she said.

"There are ways in which it resonates with what happened to Japanese Americans during World War II, where regardless of citizenship, regardless of nativity, they were racially categorized as enemy aliens."

Alien Land Laws in Texas

Hsu pointed me to an article in the Journal of Southern History by the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor Brent Campney that documents fears of a Japanese "invasion" in the Rio Grande Valley more than 100 years ago.

'Exacerbating tensions'

Campney's larger argument in studying the treatment of Asian Americans, in this case people of Japanese descent, is that the local discrimination in Texas and also California reverberated back into the growing animosity between Japan and the US leading up to World War II.

Decades before the US government robbed Japanese Americans of their rights and held them in camps, Campney writes, "white Americans appealed to the same stereotypes and exclusionary impulses used against the Japanese during the internment, exacerbating tensions between Japan and the United States."

That's a historical lesson everyone has an interest in learning as tensions between the US and China grow today. The US military is maneuvering with allies to control China in the Pacific. The US government is focused on making the economy more independent from Chinese manufacturing. There is even talk of banning TikTok, the app popular with young people in the US and owned by a private Chinese company.

The problem of targeting people by nationality

These efforts against a government seep into more problematic territory when they seem to target the many Chinese and ethnic Chinese people who live in the US.

"Targeting people by nationality is also problematic," Hsu said. "That's not a good way of identifying people who are national security risks or who are acting on behalf of a foreign government."

She drew a correlation between these new state proposals and former President Donald Trump's promise to enforce a ban on Muslims traveling to the US. In order to get a plan through the Supreme Court, he instead banned, for a time, travel from certain countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America.

The Texas bill similarly targets specific countries by name and generalizes that all citizens of those countries could be a threat.

"The only thing it does is it expresses these kinds of gut suspicions and hostility to these countries," Hsu said.

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Las mecánicas de la representación teatral y los desafíos que encaran actores y directores son los temas que toca "Estado de ira", la obra de Ciro Zorzoli que se presentará desde el 20 de agosto en el teatro Sarmiento.

La trama del espectáculo transcurre en una supuesta dependencia pública en las afueras de la ciudad, donde un grupo de empleados se dedican a instruir a actores y actrices de reemplazo para las obras que están en cartel en los teatros del centro.

En la noche que transcurre la pieza deberán preparar a una actriz para que cubra el rol de Hedda Gabler, de la obra homónima de Henrik Ibsen, de acuerdo a las normas vigentes.

Paola Barrientos, Diego Velázquez, María Inés Sancerni, Carlos Defeo, Diego Rosental, Vanesa Maja, Gabriel Urbani, Dalila Romero, Cecilia Meijide, Marina Fantini y Pablo Castronovo integrarán el elenco de la obra, que tendrá iluminación de Eli Sirlin y escenografia y vestuario de Oria Puppo.

"Estado de ira" se presentará de jueves a domigos a las 21 en la sala de Avenida Sarmiento 2715.

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“Y estos derechos... a respetarlos, ¿eh? ¡No vaya a pasar como con los diez mandamientos!” (Mafalda)

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I’ve lost them.

I was away for 3 weeks and returned to a shell that left nary a sign of its past existence.

Only 3 weeks ago, I was standing in the living/bedroom with an old woman while she watched television from her couch. I had walked up to the second floor with a low attic where the son slept, that had a narrow window looking out to towering corporate buildings.

I planned to return with photos for them and inquire more about their new home that supposedly had new toilets and better electricity fixtures.

But I took for granted that they would be there when I returned. After all, they did say that they were holding out to the end when the place would be flattened in December.

Part of Shanghai Stories: The Lives Within series. The Turquoise House (1)

The house before it was demolished. [2] [3] [4]

Update: Adam over at Shanghai Scrap has been writing lot on the accelerating demolition of historic architecture in Hongkou District, the latest of which looked at East Seward Road (now known as Dong Changzhi Lu). He links to Paul French who has also written extensively about the now flattened East Seward Road and Hongkou here and here.

Discovery SSTO V8.2 - Single Stage to Orbit Heavy Lift, Hypersonic Aircraft - 70 TON Payload - IO Aircraft

IO Aircraft: www.ioaircraft.com/hypersonic/discovery-218.php

Discovery SSTO V8.2 Specs

Length: 218FT/ Span: 102.58FT / Palyload Bay: 60' L X 16' 7" W X 16' 7" H / Span: 70 Ton (140,000 LBS)

Engines: U-TBCC (Unified Turbined Based Combined Cycle) Inc/Zero Atmosphere

Inlets: Adaptive REST, Originally Hapb/Larc NASA

Fuel: 140,000 Gallons 12,000+ PSI H2 / 90,000 Gallons 12,000+ PSI O2

Fuel Weight: Apx 72,000 LBS Total / *If liquid, would be 1.4 Million LBS

Weight: Apx 250,000 LBS EOW/Dry Weight / Apx 510,000 T/O Weight, Max Payload

Airframe: 75+% Proprietary Advanced Composites, 400,000 PSI Tensile Strength Airframe / *NO Ceramic Tiles

Thermals: 6,000F Thermal Resistance

Estimated Cost: $1.2 Billion Each (Fly Away Price) or $900 million in batches of 5

Estimated Launch Cost: Apx $30 Million at 140,000 LBS, Including Maintenance Costs / Under $250 per pound at Maximum Paylaod Wieght *Could Drop to Below $50 per LBS

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Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle. Current technologies and what Lockheed is trying to force on the Dept of Defense, for that low speed Mach 5 plane DOD gave them $1 billion to build and would disintegrate above Mach 5, is TBCC. 2 separate propulsion systems in the same airframe, which requires TWICE the airframe space to use.

Unified Turbine Based Combined Cycle is 1 propulsion system cutting that airframe deficit in half, and also able to operate above Mach 10 up to Mach 15 in atmosphere, and a simple nozzle modification allows for outside atmosphere rocket mode, ie orbital capable.

Additionally, Reaction Engines maximum air breather mode is Mach 4.5, above that it will explode in flight from internal pressures are too high to operate. Thus, must switch to non air breather rocket mode to operate in atmosphere in hypersonic velocities. Which as a result, makes it not feasible for anything practical. It also takes an immense amount of fuel to function.

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"La solitude est une condition nécessaire de la liberté" 2005.

Exposition "Portrait au Palazzo Madama" de Turin, une série de portraits, de portraits vidéo que l'on sent palpiter sous notre regard, portraits disséminés au milieu des tableaux et des oeuvres permanentes du musée. Une découverte amusante et parfois impressionnante comme la succession de plusieurs expressions dont j'ai fait un collage... plus ou moins réussi... Trois expressions de Gao Xingjian, prix Nobel de la littérature en 2000 pour son oeuvre fascinante, oeuvre d'un peintre, d'un poète et d'un philosophe. En particulier "La Montagne de l'âme", roman complet de la "sinitude" retrouvée, tour à tour autobiographique, récit picaresque ou burlesque, introspection, reflet critique de la réalité, poème lyrique..., la Montagne de l'âme est le grand roman asiatique de la fin du XXème siècle.

J'ai eu l'occasion de le rencontrer lors du festival de littérature (Letteraltura) qui a lieu tous les ans, fin juin, à Verbania. J'ai surtout pu échanger avec lui une conversation, et conserver ainsi la beauté et la force intérieures de cet homme que j'ai trouvé Grandissime malgré sa petite taille... Un moment inoubliable.

(L'auteur de ces portraits vidéo est Robert Wilson, qui a défini ses portraits comme des "fenêtres ouvertes sur un autre monde", résultat d'une perfection technologique, mélange de lumières et de couleurs, de respirations que l'on perçoit, tout comme des battements de cils ou de paupières qui s'entrouvrent, etc).

"They just stay the same way

This weather's like a sailor, love is not a flavor

And flight is just a concept that we live inside

And if you can't agree with me and Mr.twain

In matters of opinion lovers are insane

Gets her karma with a catch

Forget superstition by wearing it backwards

Lives under ladders and sleeps with black cats

Some people never change, they just stay the same way."

"Change" by Young Veins (The new band formed by Ryan Ross)

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