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Freezing rain is a type of precipitation associated with a temperature inversion airmass in cold climates. It is described as precipitation that begins as snow at higher altitude, falling from a cloud towards earth, melts completely on its way down while passing through a layer of air above freezing temperature, and then encounters a layer below freezing at a lower level to become supercooled. This water will then freeze upon impact with any object it encounters.[1] The ice can accumulate to a thickness of several centimetres, called glaze ice. The METAR code for freezing rain is FZRA. Freezing rain is notorious for causing travel problems on roadways, breaking tree limbs, and downing power lines. It is also known for being extremely dangerous to aircraft since the ice can effectually 'remold' the shape of the airfoil.
Usually freezing rain is associated with the approach of a warm front when cold air, at or below freezing temperature, is trapped in the lower levels of the atmosphere as warmth streams in aloft.[3] This happens, for instance, when a low pressure system moves from the Mississippi River Valley toward the Appalachian Mountains and the Saint Lawrence River Valley of North America, in the cold season, and there is a strong high pressure system sitting further East. The warm air from the Gulf of Mexico is often the fuel for freezing precipitation.
Freezing rain develops as falling snow encounters a layer of warm air usually around 800 mbar (800 hPa)level, then the snow completely melts and becomes rain. As the rain continues to fall, it passes through a thin layer of cold air just above the surface and cools to a temperature below freezing (0 °C). However, the drops themselves do not freeze, a phenomenon called supercooling (or forming "supercooled drops"). When the supercooled drops strike ground below 0 °C or anything else below 0 °C (power lines, tree branches, air craft), they instantly freeze, forming a thin film of ice, hence freezing rain.
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Photo from Sweden.
This is a collection of images of Homemade tractors, American Doodlebugs, and Swedeish A- and Epa-traktorer.
Many of the images here I have found all over the internet!
If anyone find their own image here and disapprove of me showing it here, just send me a message and I will remove it/them images!
-source(s): extreme-style.ru/forum/read.php?1,3874
in The Walking DVD, Eagle-eyed viewers caught a glimpse of the Governor's daughter Penny in a photo he keeps above the mantel, but we got a full view of his spawn this week. She is, in fact, a zombie. The Governor has been using Milton to uncover the secrets behind the walkers could he be doing it to find a cure for his daughter.But when the black woman find penny is a walker,she kills her which become a pain for Philip.
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Please forgive me for the following tantrum and indulge me just this once. It's not often I have a rant on flickr.
I get sick and tired of "proper" wildlife photographers having a go at those of us who choose to photograph in a zoo. To suggest that all the animals pose nicely and make photographing them a doddle, with no challenge or skill involved whatsoever, is misleading, ignorant and unfair. There is always skill involved in capturing any animal, whatever its surroundings may be, and other zoo photographers will vouch for the fact that there are certain challenges that a wild environment does not present, such as reflection, glare, and enclosure design.
If a photo is nice, and you get something out of it, does it matter what the story behind it is? Sure, a tale about being charged by a silverback or nearly stampeded to death by a herd of pissed off elephants is maybe a tad more exciting than "I waited for over an hour just to get this shot" (see above) but the bottom line is a good photo is a good photo is a good photo. I suspect that much of the disdain directed at zoo photographers is driven by a disapproval of zoos in general, which has nothing whatsoever to do with photography now does it?
Just for the record, I highly, highly respect those who are lucky enough to photograph animals in their natural envornment. I'm deeply envious of their skill and their opportunity. But why must certain elitists take the pleasure out of this hobby for those of us without the same privilege as them? Please don't tell me that I've got it easy or that there is no skill involved when I'm damn proud of the images I produce and the time and effort I put into them. Your superior and dismissive attitude really is unwelcome and ugly.
Sekolah Tinggi Perikanan Jl. AUP Pasar Minggu Jakarta Selatan 12520
(dulu DIKLAT AUP)
Atraksi Seni dan Budaya "Taruna-Taruni" STP dalam acara :
WISUDA ANGKATAN 42 – TAHUN 2010
Pada hari Sabtu, 07 Agustus 2010, Sekolah Tinggi Perikanan melantik 327 wisudawan dari enam program studi, yakni Teknologi Penangkapan Ikan, Permesinan Perikanan, Teknologi Pengolahan Hasil Perikanan, Akuakultur, Teknologi Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Perairan, dan Penyuluhan Perikanan.
Ketua STP, Dr. Aef Permadi, S.Pi, M.Si menyebutkan bahwa hingga sekarang STP telah menghasilkan 7749 lulusan yang bekerja di dalam maupun luar negeri. Di antara Sarjana Sains Terapan Perikanan yang diwisuda rencananya akan direkrut oleh perusahaan-perusahaan perikanan, seperti PT Ocean Mitramas dan PT Marindo. Saat ini STP membuka enam program studi yaitu Teknologi Penangkapan Ikan (TPI), Permesinan Perikanan (MP), Teknologi Pengolahan Hasil Perikanan (TPH), Teknologi Akuakultur (TAK), Teknologi Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Perairan (TPS), dan Penyuluhan Perikanan (PP) bagi para taruna yang berasal dari lulusan Sekolah Lanjutan Tingkat Atas baik umum maupun kejuruan, termasuk yang telah menjadi Pegawai Negeri Sipil. Biaya selama pendidikan, seperti asrama, konsumsi, perkuliahan, dan praktikum, sebagian besar ditanggung oleh Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan.
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Not enough time to do much picture taking today, this is a quick snap of one of my cut flowers, a back view of a stem of purple orchids...
Not so sure about the black frame, looking rather morbid, but I've got no more time before midnight :-(
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After three weeks of freezing conditions across Ireland, Sunday and Monday saw temperatures begin to rise and the big 'thaw' commenced. Yesterday we believed we'd seen the last of the snow, then pretty much out of the blue, it returned. Last night coming home from work, Boyle was being draped in a dense, white shroud. In Cornameeltha, as I drove down the lane towards home, the snow was several inches deep. Although we are without the dreaded frost, dangerous road conditions are with us again for a while. At the moment it’s receding, helped by a foggy mizzle which desaturates colours and dulls light, in fact, it's a dark and dreary day. In anticipation of the snows rapid demise, I took a few snaps this morning even though the light was poor.
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Marilyn Burns falleció ayer martes 5 de agosto a los 65 años de edad. Por el momento, se desconocen los motivos de su muerte, ya que fue encontrada sin vida en su casa de Houston por un miembro de su familia.
Burns debutó en el mundo del cine dando vida a la protagonista femenina de la esencial ‘La matanza de Texas‘ (‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, Tobe Hooper, 1974), lo cual le permitió alcanzar el estatus de reina del grito. Tras participar en la televisiva ‘Manson: Retrato de un asesino‘ (‘Helter Skelter’, Tom Gries, 1976) volvió a colaborar con Tobe Hooper en ‘Trampa mortal‘ (‘Eaten Alive’, 1977).
En los años 80 únicamente rodó dos largometrajes, la poco conocida ‘Kiss Daddy Goodbye‘ (Patrick Regan, 1981) y ‘Asesinos del futuro‘ (‘Future-Kill’, 1985). Tras esta última se pasó casi dos décadas alejadas del mundo del cine, siendo su cameo en ‘La matanza de Texas: La nueva generación‘ (‘The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, Kim Henkel, 1994) la única excepción.
Su carrera se había reactivado durante los últimos años al participar en títulos como ‘Butcher Boys‘ (Duane Graves y Justin Meeks, 2012), ‘La matanza de Texas 3D’ o ‘Sacrament‘ (Shawn Ewert, 2014), habiendo finalizado recientemente el rodaje de ‘In a Madman’s World‘ (Josh Vargas, 2014), la que será finalmente su última película.
Descanse en paz.
Vía | Hollywood Reporter
– La noticia Marilyn Burns ha fallecido fue publicada originalmente en Blogdecine por Mikel Zorrilla.
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#espectaculos
Manchester Cathedral, Diocese of Manchester ALM ceremony. Picture by Paul Heyes, Sunday September 26, 2021.
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Listen!
Do you want to know a secret?
Do you promise not to tell? Wo-oh-oh
Closer!
Let me whisper in your ear...
— Do You Want to Know a Secret, by The Beatles
TOP — Hmmm? Should I tell them? I don't know. :/ This could be really embarrassing. ~blush!~
MIDDLE — Ah, what the hell. Shhhh! Listen! Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Closer! Let me whisper in your ear....
BOTTOM — I totally suck at putting on nail polish! (Yes, it's black. Yes, I still have it on. :P And, yes, I put it on ALL of my nails. :P No, I didn't do my toenails. And one or two of my friends are really going to wonder about me now. Whatever.)
(NOTE: I originally wanted to post lyrics and a link to a video of the song "Secret" by The Young Gods, an industrial rock group I like from Geneva, Switzerland, but I'll be damned if I can find either. I found the lyrics in English, but what I want are the lyrics in French, because the song is sung in French.
(Also, I would've uploaded this image last night, except my Internet connection crapped out on me. So, I watched a video on learning new skills in Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop Elements instead. This is a DVD of instructional videos that came with a British magazine, Digital Camera, that I purchased during my last visit to Portugal last March/April. At one point I stopped the video I was watching and stared in complete shock at the monitor and said out loud, "What the hell did he just do?" Because... 1) I learned that Photoshop Elements *does* have a layer mask tool, although you'd be hard pressed to find that in Adobe's manual, and 2) I saw the instructor do something I've been wanting to do for a very long time and he made it look freakin' easy.)
Per-Nils Paivio est un saame chez qui nous avons passé d’agréables moments dans sa ferme du village d’Övre Soppero – une localité située dans la municipalité de Kiruna, comté de Norrbotten, qui comptait 201 habitants en 2010.
Son histoire et ses coordonnées
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Suède
Au pays des Sami, Min Eallin
Laponie, Nord de la Suède, près de Kiruna
par Britt Marie Labba, Niklas Labba - publié le 2007, mis à jour le 1er décembre 2008
Per Nils et Brit Marie Päiviö habitent au nord de la Suède, en Laponie, en territoire Sami. Övre Soppero, leur village, est le seul en Suède où plus de 90 % de la population est tournée vers l’élevage de rennes. Per Nils et Brit Marie vivaient essentiellement de cet élevage. Mais des pluies givrantes en début d’automne emprisonnant les lichens ont décimé les troupeaux durant la dernière décennie. Le couple s’est alors tourné vers l’accueil de visiteurs pour faire découvrir et apprécier leur culture.
La première tentative a consisté à reconstruire une hutte lapone, ou kota, maison ronde en armature de bois de bouleau, recouverte de tourbe ou de mottes d’herbes. Equipée d’un poêle, de lits superposés et d’une table centrale, la hutte peut accueillir une famille de six. Alentour, balades à ski ou à pied sont possibles sur une étendue de plus de 100 kilomètres de forêt, de tourbières et de toundra. Les repas sont à base de produits issus d’élevage : viande de renne séchée, fumée, accompagnée de gelée de baies arctiques et de pain lapon.
Après la kota, Per Nils s’est lancé dans la reconversion d’un ancien corps de ferme en un musée lapon (vêtements, ustensiles, tentes). Il aime parler du métier d’éleveur de rennes ou organiser une expédition en barque à la pêche au saumon. Selon les saisons, il montre comment capturer les rennes au lasso, marquer les jeunes, dépecer la viande, la fumer dans la kota ou la sécher au grenier. Brit Marie enseigne la fabrication du pain lapon ou fait admirer le travail du cuir ou de la corne de rennes que les artisans locaux utilisent pour fabriquer les magnifiques couteaux lapons que l’on accroche à la ceinture. Elle parle également de la vie que sa mère a connue sous la tente, été comme hiver, élevant toute une famille en itinérance totale sur les traces des troupeaux.
Britt Marie et Per Nils ont conçu un trek inédit, sur le chemin de migration des rennes en pays Sami. Le point de départ de cette randonnée se situe au camp d’été de Gaiccacaccá où, chaque année vers la mi-juillet, la communauté Sami procède au marquage des jeunes rennes. Le camp d’hiver de Järamä, à 50 km du village de Övre Soppero, est le terme de la randonnée. Gaiccacaccá est situé à 900 m d’altitude, en bordure du Parc National norvégien de Övre Dividal. Cette randonnée parcourt une des plus vastes régions sans aucune route en Europe sur plus de 100 km depuis la toundra arctique du Finmark norvégien jusqu’aux forêts boréales de bouleaux au cœur de la Laponie suédoise. L’itinéraire de la migration séculaire et traditionnelle des rennes par les Sami de Saarevuopmi est réellement le fil d’Ariane de cette randonnée. La région tout entière est elle-même connue comme étant la zone de migration des rennes autour du pôle en Fennoscandie. Les participants à cette randonnée vont partager l’expérience et la vie quotidienne des familles Sami, au contact des rennes comme elle était pratiquée autrefois tout au long de l’année. La richesse de la biodiversité, liée à l’ouverture des milieux naturels par les rennes, est un des aspects excitants de cette découverte. Les nuits se passent sous les tentes traditionnelles Sami ("lavvu") ou dans les cabanes construites pendant l’hiver. Nos hôtes et guides Sami nous apprendront à lire dans le paysage la signature des anciens camps, nous verrons bien sûr quelques petites bandes de rennes, et avec un peu de chance, leur immense cousin l’élan. Au cœur des territoires des Ours bruns et des Gloutons, farouches et peu faciles à observer directement, nous chercherons la compagnie des oiseaux prestigieux du grand nord comme le Cygne chanteur, le Lagopède et la somptueuse Chouette harfang, ainsi que celles du Pluvier doré, de l’Aigle royal et du Pluvier guignard. En début d’été, de nombreuses fleurs apparaissent alors qu’en fin de saison, on commence à goûter aux airelles et myrtilles. Nous cuirons notre pain sur le feu dans la tradition Sami et mangerons le Char arctique pêché dans les lacs d’altitude norvégiens, la Truite, l’Ombre et même, plus bas, le saumon. Le groupe du début juillet aura peut-être même la chance d’assister au marquage des rennes guidés et rassemblés au coral. Au départ et à l’arrivée de la randonnée, nous serons invités à profiter du confort des torvkåta (huttes lapones traditionnelles) et de la ferme au village d’Övre Söppero, où Britt Marie nous introduira à la culture Sami, nous préparera à la randonnée. Un repas à base de viande de renne suivra une séance de sauna au bord de la rivière Laino.
Localisation
Nord de la Suède, a 140 km à l’est de Kiruna, la capitale de la Laponie suédoise, près de la frontière finlandaise. On y arrive en avion jusqu’à Kiruna ou bien en train de Stockholm après une nuit très agréable en couchette.
Contact
Per Nils Päiviö et Britt Marie Labba
Min Eallin Box 115
S-980 14 Övre Soppero
Tel. : 46 (0) 981-300 58
Mobile : 070-3625566, 070-5977765
E-Mail : info@mineallin.com
Internet : www.mineallin.com/
Pour la réservation des séjours organisés contacter
Saïga en France
4 rue Fleuriau BP 1291 17086 La Rochelle cedex 2 –
Tel. : 33 5 46 41 34 42 Fax : 33 5 46 41 34 92-
E-mail : mainate@saiga-voyage-nature.fr
Website : www.saiga-voyage-nature.fr
PolarQuest en Suède
P.O. Box 180
SE-401 23 Göteborg
Tél. :+46 31 333 17 30, Fax : +46 31 333 17 31
Courriel :info@polar-quest.com
Internet : www.polar-quest.com
Informations culturelles
Britt Marie et Per Nils sont d’abord et avant tout des éleveurs de rennes. Ils continuent à s’occuper de leurs troupeaux et chaque membre de la famille est attributaire d’un certain nombre de têtes. En été, ils se rassemblent tous dans le camp d’été sur les hauts plateaux norvégiens pour marquer les jeunes rennes de l’année. Nous accueillir procède de leur désir de partager leur style de vie et de faire comprendre les difficultés auxquelles ils sont confrontés pour continuer à exercer cette activité. Britt Marie et Per Nils partagent avec nous les activités de l’éleveur de rennes d’hier, au travers notamment de nombreux objets de la vie courante liée à une vie de transhumance, et d’aujourdhui. Ils font office de pionniers et leurs essais de diversification sont observés attentivement par l’ensemble de la communauté. Ils ont pour l’instant fait preuve de beaucoup d’ingéniosité et de prudence. Les programmes qu’ils nous proposent, en exclusivité pour la France, sont certifiés “Tour Quality » : une reconnaissance de leur savoir-faire issu de cette activité d’éleveur qui consiste à migrer avec les rennes en limitant les impacts sur les ressources naturelles et les paysages.
Les langues parlées sont le Sami, le Suédois, le Finnois.
L’avenir des migrations traditionnelles de rennes dépend aujourd’hui de la reconduction du traité entre la Norvège et la Suède, dont l’issue est attendu en 2006. De la révision de cette convention dépend également l’avenir du peuple Sami, dont la culture est liée à l’élevage des rennes et à ces migrations traditionnelles. En vous proposant cette randonnée, Per Nils et Britt Marie espèrent mettre un coup de projecteur sur la légitimité des revendications Sami et attirer ainsi l’attention à un niveau international.
L’activité touristique date des années 1995. Per Nils et Britt Marie sont les seuls au village à fournir des services d’accueil. Des artisans vendent des objets d’art, gobelets en bois de bouleau, couteaux ornés de bois de rennes travaillés. Leurs partenaires commerciaux sont l’Hôtel de glace à Kiruna, et les tour opérateur suédois et français Polarquest et Saïga.
Un séjour recommandé
Titre : Territoires Sami, « Route de migration des rennes et culture Sami"
Consulter la fiche technique : www.saiga-voyage-nature.fr/fichtech.php3?voyage=127
Durée : 12 jours Kiruna / Kiruna
Type d’activités : randonnée à pied avec sac à dos léger portant les effets personnels
Dates de départ ; dimanche 10 juillet au jeudi 21 juillet 2005, dimanche 24 juillet au jeudi 4 août 2005, dimanche 7 août au jeudi 18 août 2005
Saisons : été uniquement
Prix : 2 290 euros par personne sur une base de 8 personnes avec une couronne calculée à 0,11 euro
Inclus dans le prix : La présence d’un guide naturaliste SAÏGA, l’hébergement en pension complète, du déjeuner du jour 1 au petit-déjeuner du jour 12 (cuisine traditionnelle présentée sous forme de repas chauds ou de pique-niques) sous tente traditionnelle Sami ou « cabane » d’hiver des gardes aménagées pour quatre personnes (ou plus selon la répartition du groupe), tous les transferts terrestres en minibus ou en voiture, toutes les activités, visites et entrées mentionnées dans le programme, le “carnet de voyage et d’observation”, toutes les taxes et services, les assurances* assistance - rapatriement - frais médicaux (souscrites pour votre sécurité)
Le prix ne comprend pas : Le voyage depuis votre lieu de résidence jusqu’à Kiruna et retour, les frais de formalités et documents personnels, la mise à disposition du matériel nécessaire pour le couchage (sac de couchage…), les boissons et dépenses personnelles, le supplément « chambre individuelle », les assurances* annulation-bagages et autres.
Hébergement : en lavvu (tente traditionelle laponne), cabines en bois utilisées pour la surveillance hivernale, en Köta (hutte en tourbe et dans une ferme restaurée tout confort)
La réservation ; via Saïga pour la France
L’accès : Aéroport de Kiruna ou de Stockholm suivi d’une nuit en train
La taille des groupes : 12 au maximum
Conditions requises : Tout public et âge, pour le trek bonne expérience de la randonnée.
FÉLIX RESURRECCIÓN HIDALGO (1855 - 1913)
Tempestad Nocturna
Estimate: PHP 4,300,000 - 4,500,000
Signed (lower left with inscription, 'A mi querido amigo Rosendo') and undated (c. 1900)
Oil on canvas
40 x 74 cm (16 x 29 in)
Provenance:
Durán Arte y Subastas, 'Arte, joyas, libros,' 30 May 2019, Lot 125
Considered one of the greatest Filipino painters of the 19th century, Félix Resurrección Hidalgo was deeply influenced by Impressionism during the period he spent studying in Europe. Hidalgo enjoyed depicting scenes from daily life by using a combination of loose brushwork and close pigment application to capture the fleeting effect of natural light.
Tempestad Nocturna is a beautiful example of Hidalgo's ability to capture the raw power of nature in his paintings. Through his use of color, light, and brushwork, he creates a vivid and evocative scene that captures the movement of turbulent waves against a blustery sky. In many ways, this masterpiece can be seen as part of a chronology of events, perhaps the precedent to the placid seascape Marina, which he completed in 1900.
Lot 30 of the Salcedo Auctions auction on 18 March 2023. Please see www.salcedoauctions.com for more information.
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The Arc de Triomf (English: Triumphal Arch) is an archway structure in Barcelona, Spain. It was built for the 1888 Universal exhibition, as its main access gate by architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas.
The arch is built in reddish brickwork in the Moorish Revival style. The front frieze contains the stone sculpture "Barcelona rep les nacions" (Catalan for "Barcelona welcomes the nations") by Josep Reynés. The opposite frieze contains a stone carving named "Recompense", a work from the earliest period of Josep Llimona.
The top of the arch is decorated with the Barcelona coat of arms as well as a representation of all 49 other Spanish provinces, work of Torquat Tassó and Antoni Vilanova.
The arch is located between Passeig de Lluís Companys and Passeig de Sant Joan, at the end of a wide promenade connecting with the Park of the Ciutadella.
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Try this on a black background. It much better on black.
And the mummy bear turned to the daddy bear and said: "Has that bloody Tracey Emin been sleeping in our bed again!"
Some months ago I started taking pictures of the impressions left by people's bodies in sofa's, chairs etc and started calling these sofa dunes.
Not long after I started doing this I started experimenting with other impressions left by people; especially those in beds. I called these bed dunes. Over the last few months I have amassed a small collection - most of which I am not very satisfied with.
For want of a better term I started referring to these collectively as body dunes. I'm sure that someone else is already doing this and producing much much better results - so if there is a generic adopted term for these impressions please let me know. I did search for relevant Flickr groups but didn't find any; but I'm probably searching for the wrong thing; even though I did try quite a few varied searches. Please let me know ... else I'll have to start one.
The image above is the state of the my own bed linen - illuminated by the light from a bedside table. Have to do something while I'm sick :-)
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Here is the detailed explanatory statement about the secret of hollow earth, the deceptive (antichrist), the masonic, gog and magog, and about the barrier of Dhul Qarnain and its place, also the planet of chastisement and the secret of haroot and maroot also what is called the space creatures (Aliens) and the fact of Al-Dabba with companions of the cave and Al-Raqeem, and the secret of Allah’s name the Greatest, also the alphabetical letters at the beginning of some chapters in addition to many secrets of the holy Quran – a detailed comprehensive explanatory-statements for these grand secrets in the link bellow (We hope to ponder and reflect for the importance and not rush in judgement).
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Secret of Planet x and return of the Messiah
About NIBIRU PLANET X :
www.nibiru-planetx10.blogspot.com
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ونرجو ونطلب من كل من يصِلُه هذا الخبر والنبأ العظيم أن لا يتسرع في الحكم قبل التبين والتدبر والقراءة والبحث بعد الإنابة إلى الله وصدق التوكل عليه وإستخارته في هذا الأمر العظيم وإليكم الخبر بشكل مختصر: إخوتي وأحبابي في الله نُبشركم جميعا ببعث المهدي المنتظر الحق الذي بشركم النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام ببعثه في أمة آخر الزمان عندما تمتلئ الأرض ظلما وجورًا.. من الطبيعي أن هذا قد لا تستوعبه عقولكم ولكن بالله عليكم لا تكذبوا ولا تعرضوا عن الأمر قبل التبين والقراءة والتعمق والبحث بهذا الخصوص، فوالله رب العرش العظيم إن هذا خبر يقين ونبأ عظيم، فالمهدي المنتظر الحق الآن بينكم حيّ يرزق يعيش في (اليمن) عاصمة الخلافة الاسلامية العالمية القادمة، وهو الآن في عصر الحوار من قبل الظهور والتمكين، أي أنه يدعو أولا علماء وشيوخ الأمة الإسلامية بكافة طوائفهم وفرقهم وأحزابهم إلى الحوار والاحتكام إلى كتاب الله ليحكم بينهم بحكم الله الحق في كل المسائل وجميع الأمور التي اختلفوا فيها، ليُنفي االإختلاف والتعددية المذهبية والحزبية والطائفية التي أدت إلى تفرق المسلمين إلى أكثر من سبعين طائفة، فالمهدي المنتظر الحق لن يكون من أي هذه الفِرق فيزيد المسلمين فرقة وطائفية وتحزبا وشَتاتا بل سيبعثه الله (حنيفا مسلما) لله رب العالمين على مِلة كافة الأنبياء والمرسلين، فيوحد صفوف الأمة الإسلامية ويُجبر كسرها ويَلُمّ تفرقها ويقيم خلافة إسلامية على منهاج النبوة الأولى، فينصُر الله ويظهر به دينه ويتم نوره ولو كره الكافرون، فيدحض بالبرهان من محكم القرآن كثيرا من الروايات المفتراة على الله ورسوله وصحابته من طرف المنافقين اليهود الذين يبطنون الكفر ويظهرون الإيمان للصّد عن الحق، والمهدي المنتظر الحق ناصر محمد اليماني زاده الله بسطة في العلم على كافة علماء الأمة وأتاه الله علم الكتاب الشامل وعلّمه بيانه الحق وأحاطه الله بكافة أسراره وأيده الله ببرهان الخلافة والإمامة، وقد كشف في كثير من بياناته عن أسرار عظيمة وخطيرة ولأول مرة وبالدلائل والبراهين حصريا من القرآن العظيم: مثل حقيقة وسِرّ إسم الله الأعظم وسرّ الأحرف المقطّعة في أوائل السّور وحقيقة كوكب العذاب من مُحكم الكتاب الطارق النجم الثاقب ذو الذّنب أو ما يسميه الغرب بالكوكب العاشر (نيبيرو nibiru planet x) وفصل عن أصحاب الكهف والرقيم المضاف إليهم الذي يوجد داخل تابوت السكينة فبيّن قصتهم وعددهم وأسمائهم ومكانهم والحكمة من بعثهم في عصر المهدي المنتظر وفصّل أيضا عن أسرار المسيح الدجال ويأجوج وماجوج ومن هُم وأين يوجدون وموعد ومكان خروجهم وكذلك حقيقة جنة بابل بالأرض المجوفة وسِر الأطباق الطائرة وما يسمى بالمخلوقات الفضائية وعلاقتهم بالماسونية والمسيح الدجال.. وكثيرا من أسرار وعلوم القرآن لكن للآسف أعرض كثير من علماء الأمة وخطباء المنابر ومفتي الديار عن الدعوة للاحتكام الى كتاب الله والمناظرة بسلطان وبرهان العلم، وان إستمر الإعراض والتكذيب فإن الله تعالى سيُظهره وينصُره بعذاب وبأس شديد بآية من السماء تظل أعناق المكذبين من هَولها خاضعين لخليفة الله وعبده المهدي المنتظر الحق إنها نار الله الموقدة التي سَيعرضها الله للكافرين عَرضا أحد أشراط الساعة الكبرى النجم ذو الذنب الطارق النجم الثاقب كوكب العذاب سقر اللواحة للبشر والتي ستمُرّ قريبا من أرضكم ويمطر الله بها حجارة من سِجّيل، وتتسبب في طلوع الشمس من مغربها بسبب تأثيرها وجاذبيتها القوية، أما الآن وقبل وصولها فيزداد التناوش مع الأرض وينتج عن ذلك كثيرا من الزلازل والعواصف والبراكين والفيضانات والحرائق والعواصف الشمسية وكثيرا من التقلبات المناخية العظيمة وما يسميه الغرب والملحدين بالكوارث الطبيعية، وما ذلك إلا من العذاب الأدنى دون العذاب الأكبر لعلهم يرجعون ويصدقون بالحق من ربهم … هذه مُجرد خلاصة وموجز قصير و روؤس أقلام لا تغنيكم عن التدبر والبحث أكثر بهذا الخصوص والتعمق في البيانات وما يقوله الإمام ناصر محمد اليماني، فنستحلفكم بالله يا إخوتي الأحبة أن تتدبروا وتتبينوا ولا تتسرعوا في الحكم قبل أن تطلعوا على بياناته وحوراته ومناظراته مع بعض علماء الأمة ممن حاوروه باسماء مستعارة في موقعه وأقام عليهمن الحجة بالحق في مسائل كثيرة مثل (عقيدة عذاب القبر ونعيمه وعقيدة رؤية الله جهرة وحد الرجم للزاني والناسخ والمنسوخ والشفاعة والوسيلة وقتل المرتد واسم الله الأعظم والمسيح الدجال وياجوج وماجوج واصحاب الكهف والرقيم وعودة المسيح عيسى وكثير من المسائل والعقائد الإسلامية..) جعلنا الله وإياكم من عباده أولي الالباب الذين يستمعون القول فيتبعون أحسنه ونسأل الله تعالى أن يهدي كافة عباده أجمعين إلى طريقه المستقيم طريق الحق المبين ويجعلنا أمة واحدة نعبده ولا نشرك به شيأ وإليكم أسفله بعض الروابط الهامة لمزيد من البيانات المختارة وفي أول رابط تجدون الفهرسة الموضوعية للبيانات حسب الأبواب والأقسام لتسهيل البحث عليكم
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?7415
بُرهان الخلافة والإمامة وكيف تعرفون المهدي المنتظر الحق من محكم القرآن الكريم
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?306-
البيان المُفصل عن سِرّ إسم الله الأعظم وحقيقة الشفاعة والوسيلة الدرجة العالية الرفيعة
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?2144
بيانات هامة عن حقيقة وسرّ الأحرف المقطعة في أوائل سور القرآن الكريم
www.awaited-mahdi.com/showthread.php?22175-
البيان المفصل عن إسم المهدي المنتظر الحق الذي بشرنا ببعثه النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?4526
سـرُّ الأرض المجوفة والمسيح الدجال وياجوج وماجوج والماسونية وعن من يكون ذي القرنين وما إسمه وقصته المفصلة ومكان تواجد السّد الذي بناه ومن هما هاروت وماروت وكشف ما يسمى بالمخلوقات الفضائية والأطباق الطائرة ومصدرهم وعلاقتهم بالمسيح الدجال
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?20333-
مدونة للبيانات بخصوص كوكب نيبرو الكوكب العاشر سقر اللواحة للبشر
وإليكم هذا البيان المُفصل عن عن الكوكب العاشر ( نيبرو) من محكم القرآن
البيانات المفصلة عن أصحاب الكهف والرقيم وتابوت السكينة ومكانهم وقِصتهم
www.the-greatnews.com/showthread.php?8916
بعض الصفحات للبيان الحق للقرآن الكريم على الفايسبوك
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Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
whitebanded crab spider
FAMILY: THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Misumenoides F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1900
Species: Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
Common Names
Family Common Name: crab spiders
Genus Common Name: none
Species Common Name: whitebanded crab spider
Feeding Guild:† ambushers
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer, 1837)
whitebanded crab spider is found from California to Florida and northward to the Great Lakes. Females and males of M. formospides have a characteristic v-shaped marking on the dorsal surface of their abdomens (see below) and also have a white ridge on the front of the carapace, whereas M. vatia do not.
Where info was gleaned:
Winter Song
sung by: Sarah Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson
This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon,
it rolls in from the sea
My voice; a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light,
to carry you to me.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love
They say that things just cannot grow
beneath the winter snow,
or so I have been told.
They say we're buried far,
just like a distant star
I simply cannot hold.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
cause you're not where you belong;
inside my arms.
bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
bum bum bum bum bum bum
bum bum bum bum bum bum
I still believe in summer days.
The seasons always change
and life will find a way.
I'll be your harvester of light
and send it out tonight
so we can start again.
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
Is love alive?
This is my winter song.
December never felt so wrong,
cause you're not where you belong;
inside my arms.
This is my winter song to you.
The storm is coming soon
it rolls in from the sea.
My love a beacon in the night.
My words will be your light
to carry you to me.
Is love alive?
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The influenza virus has spikes like the union flower...,
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Regular Flu Has Killed Thousands Since January
By Doug Gross
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
There had been no confirmed deaths in the United States related to swine flu as of Tuesday afternoon. But another virus had killed thousands of people since January and is expected to keep killing hundreds of people every week for the rest of the year.
That one? The regular flu.
An outbreak of swine flu that is suspected in more than 150 deaths in Mexico and has sickened dozens of people in the United States and elsewhere has grabbed the attention of a nervous public and of medical officials worried the strain will continue to mutate and spread.
Experts are nervous that, as a new strain, the swine flu will be harder to stop because there aren't any vaccines to fight it.
But even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico — and medical experts say there very well may be — the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.
"That happens on an annual basis," Dr. Brian Currie said Tuesday. Currie is vice president and medical director at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.
Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.
No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.
The report looks at deaths in the 122 largest cities in the United States.
Worldwide, the annual death toll from the flu is estimated to be between 250,000 and 500,000.
About 9 out of 10 of those deaths are among people older than 65, Currie said. Most times, they already have health problems that the flu makes worse, he said.
"Regular influenza can be taxing," he said. "It causes their underlying disease to decompensate and then they don't have the reserves to get through it.
"While it may not be the direct cause listed on the death certificate, it certainly contributed."
One of the reasons medical experts are nervous about the swine flu outbreak is that many of the people who have died in Mexico have been young and otherwise healthy. The strains found in the United States have so far been weaker.
But even the regular flu is sometimes fatal for younger victims.
"It's not unheard of. It happens, either directly from influenza or they get a bacterial superinfection" like staph, said Currie.
While researchers haven't developed a vaccine to fight the new swine flu, it can be treated with antiviral drugs Tamiflu and Relenza, the same drugs used on the regular flu.
Many times, seasonal flu itself is tough to prevent because it has mutated to a form different than it was when the vaccine was made.
Seeking to put the swine flu outbreak in perspective Tuesday, Los Angeles County public health officer Dr. Jonathan Fielding echoed other public officials calling it "cause for concern, but not for alarm."
"Given the size of L.A. County, given the traffic between here and Mexico, it would be very surprising if we didn't have any cases," Fielding said.
He said the county, where the CDC had confirmed 10 cases of swine flu by Tuesday, sees more than 1,000 flu-related deaths every year.
"So it would also not be surprising if there were deaths with swine flu — even if it had the pattern of seasonal flu," he said. "Thus far, the pattern we see in the United States is very similar to that of seasonal flu — relatively mild to moderate cases."
Gross, Doug. "Regular Flu Has Killed Thousands Since January." CNN. 28 Apr. 2009.
I pass this spot every day on my way to Boyle. For me it's one of those spots I use as a backdrop to assess and measure light and note the passing of the seasons. It's situated at the bottom of the Curlews which are just visible at the top of the frame. It was unusual to see the cattle in this field, it was under a foot of water a few weeks earlier, I just had to stop to record them. The light was very poor, nothing new about that this Summer, so I struggled a bit with camera settings. Obviously, I wanted the foreground subject to be sharp but I felt the background, on the top thirds line, also deserved to be relatively sharp. I figured a small aperture of f/11 would be appropriate but this would not give me a shutter speed fast enough to hold the 200mm lens steady while I balanced myself in the middle of the ditch! I had to open the aperture to f/7 and be satisfied with a speed of 1/100. I also had to bring the ISO up to 320. The cattle were very cooperative and stayed fairly still, a tripod would have given me the shot I wanted but I had to settle for this.
In the end, the background is softer that I'd hoped for but I felt the pleasing composition of the foreground group compensated for that.
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We've been without air conditioning in half the house for the last two weeks (one problem after another!) Then yesterday a transformer blew on our street about 5:00 p.m. and we had no power at all until around midnight - on one of the hottest days of the year!
Such different sounds around the neighborhood without the hum of all those air units, power tools, tvs and boom boxes. For a long while I could hear the lucky folks with pools splashing in them, kids running through sprinklers with shrieks and giggles. We stayed outside, turned our own sprinklers on and moved our chairs so as to catch the most of the breeze cooled through the sprinkler mist and watched Krypto wear himself out chasing, killing and eating water. ;-)
After a bit, the happy sounds around us began to take on a more frazzled sound ... tempers were getting shorter ... more sweaty neighbors stalking around the street looking for signs of a TXU work crew. I started having flashbacks to scenes from the Spike Lee movie Son of Sam and the heat wave power outage in NYC ... ;-)
When the mosquito mob turned nasty we left for our own dinner ... burgers in the coldest joint nearby - and we made them last a long, long time. ;-)
Thaipusam actually celebrates the birthday of the Hindu deity Subramaniam. On this occasion, Hindus show the sincerity of their faith. It is a time for making and fulfilling vows. Devotees pray for divine help and make vows. When their prayers are answered, they fulfil their vows.
To do this, a devotee would pierce his cheeks, tongue, face or other suitable body parts with sharp objects. Next his friends or relatives load a *kavadi on his shoulder. Finally, in a trance-like manner, he goes on a 4km journey of faith.
Others, including young children, might join the procession carrying only milk pots. The Thaipusam Singapore procession starts at the Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple on Serangoon Road and ends at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple on Tank Road.
At first look, one might think that the festival starts at one temple and ends at another. Not so. Many of the devotees start fasting a month before the Thaipusam Singapore festivities. Others fast a week. Yet others three days.
A Hindu friend said this to me, "If you are going to put a 12-inch skewer through your cheeks and a hundred spikes in your chest, you'd better take your fast seriously!"
* A kavadi is a cage-like structure carried by devotees during the Thaipusam Festival.
It is traditionally decorated with peacock feathers and aluminium plates which show images of Hindu deities. Sharp spikes criss-cross its lower section.
An elaborate kavadi might weigh up to 15kg! It is quite something just to lift it. But these chaps I saw actually walked with them for 4km - kavadis, skewers, hooks, spikes and all!
Some of them even skipped and danced with their kavadis. Either they have great endurance or they have some supernatural help.
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa Bay, Florida.
Pour mon amie Liliane et le Baron de la Patoune Croisée (Lély).
- "Tu sais quoi?"
- "Non, mais tu vas me dire hein?"
- "J'ai vu un chat volant l'autre jour"
- "Mais tu es tombé sur la tete? Ca ne se peut pas."
- "Je te jure que j'ai vu un chat volant."
- "Arrete de faire l'imbecile, ca ne se peut pas. Les chats n'ont pas d'ailes"
- "Oui, oui. Il etait sur un tapis volant. Ca fait deja quelques mois de cela."
- "Ah bon, fallait le dire. C'etait mon ami Lély qui voyageait sur son tapis volant. Il parait qu'il a fait le tour du monde."
- "Alors tu vois, je ne mentais pas."
Merci pour vos commentaires.
Thanks for your comments
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Los primeros exploradores noruegos
La costa noruega es larga y accidentada, y los fiordos se adentran mucho en el interior del país. Desde épocas lejanas, las vistas y el sonido del mar han atraído a sus habitantes. Sin embargo, el aprovechamiento de la tierra fue siempre muy escaso para ellos. Cuando labraban sus pequeñas tierras, los más jóvenes se maravillaban al alzar la vista hacia el horizonte, hacia el mar que no sólo les podría abastecer con más comida sino que también les podría llevar a tierras más ricas y a climas más cálidos.
Noruega ha tenido arriesgados exploradores en tiempos prehistóricos, pero sus historias nunca se han contado. Hasta que aparecieron las primeras historias, no hay ningún relato de sus primeros descubrimientos, e incluso después de que la gente comenzara a dejar constancia de sus viajes, hay pocas menciones de sus primeras aventuras en tierras desconocidas.
Durante la Edad Media, la Iglesia (el único poder unificador en Europa después de la caída del Imperio Romano) hizo poco para estimular el espíritu aventurero e investigador. El concepto geográfico del mundo se basaba estrictamente en la Biblia. La Iglesia desaprobaba descubrimientos que pudieran poner en tela de juicio sus creencias, o inspirar a la gente para que cuestionara antiguos dogmas. Pero en la Noruega no cristiana, la gente estaba ansiosa de descubrir nuevas tierras. Había poco que cultivar entre las montañas escarpadas y la gran cantidad de lagos y fiordos. Aunque el tráfico costero era común para ese pueblo de marineros, no fueron capaces de explorar nuevas tierras hasta que sus embarcaciones consiguieran adecuarse al mar abierto. Este problema se solventó con el desarrollo de los barcos vikingos. Estas embarcaciones con proa alta, veloces y elegantes podían navegar con remos o con velas. Además, la construcción ancha y plana del casco permitía a las tripulaciones arrastrar los barcos para desembarcar tanto en las orillas de los ríos como en la costa, haciendo posible adentrarse en el interior. Así, hacia el 800 d.C., los Vikingos se encaminaron desde sus fiordos en busca de tierras y botines y, sin duda también, de aventuras y fama. Fueron de los pocos pueblos que en el mundo medieval se aventuró fuera de su territorio.
Abandoned Tennessee State Prison - Nashville, TN. Best viewed enlarged.
I have waited for nearly half a year to get this shot! Today, the clouds parted and it rained candy and smiles upon my life!
The old Tennessee State Prison in the Bordeaux section of Nashville is abandoned and has been since 1992. It has been in a state of increasing decay ever since. Of course, the place is a dream for that hearty brand of folk known as "urban explorers" or those interested in abandoned buildings. A group of Nashville photographers did get to tour part of the facility but they had to endure two years of red beaurocratic tape to get that opportunity. ONe of the lucky few to get inside was a flickr user by the username of Crashmattb and he does have a set available. I like this photo he took.
www.flickr.com/photos/crashmattb/2503461049/
This old Gothic styled building was designed by architect Samual McClung Patton and the building opened in 1898. I recently found the grave of Patton on a visit to Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga.
www.flickr.com/photos/fallingwater123/4127609763/in/set-7...
It really never mattered to me whether or not I ever saw the inside of this place. I just wanted a photograph from the outside. That's all, just one teeny weenie little photo taken from the outside. Well, there is an entrance with a guard station and my first trip there I did not see anyone in the guard station so I drove on through the gate. Well, security was on me like a pig on a corn cob and the guy had a really nasty disposition. I was immediately escorted off the grounds.
My second trip I thought perhaps I could get a shot at the gate but when I returned there was not a good shot to be had because the building was obscured by trees. I knew I would have to wait until Winter and hope those trees were deciduous.
My photo trip for the day was to a Church building in downtown Nashville - er, set coming soon. I left the church and said, "The time has come for me to venture back to the old State Prison." I arrived at the gate and there were no guards at the guard station! It was my big chance and standing at the gate I used my zoom lens to get this shot. I can now die in peace.
The old prison has been used in several big screen movies such as The Green Mile and The Last Castle. The trailer for The Last Castle has a couple of pretty good shots of the prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=atQbmaEALSg
Pillar's "Bring Me Down" video was filmed there although it doesn't show much of the prison.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZiiW2tLxEU
VH1's Celebrity Paranormal Project (Episode - The Warden) was also filmed there.
One brave Flickr user named Exothermic breeched security to take photos and also made a little video. The prison is a complex of buildings (what you see in my photo is the Administration building) and I think he broke into a building in the rear of the complex.
He didn't seem to find the old electric chair (nicknamed "Sparky" no doubt) which is still in there.
This is not the ideal photograph but it is one I will take and cherish. Incidentally, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation occupies a building next to the Administration building so just because there is no one at the gate does not mean there is no one present.
Testing a four-third Sigma 50mm f1.4 lens...
I wanted to try the four-third Leica 25mm f1.4 but it's apparently discontinued.. : (
What gives!?
I would have like to post some tremendous studio shots of pretty ladies for my first try with this lens but the truth is that my first subject was this cute little kitty!!
But hey that's a very pretty little kitty!! :P
Tests d'une Sigma 50mm f1.4..
À défaut de pouvoir faire mes tests sur de superbes modèles en studio j'ai dû me rabattre sur un petit minou!! Mais c'est tout un petit minou!! :P
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Ted DeGrazia, one of Tucson's most famous and eccentric artists, made news in 1976 when he burned 100 paintings in protest of inheritance taxes.
However, only after rumors that he had also hidden original artworks in the Superstition Mountains did he become part of local folklore.
I never got to meet the man, but he traveled in many varied circles in Tucson and southern Arizona.
Our paths crossed often, yet never at the same time.
I have been fortunate, though, to befriend someone who has been unsung in traditional DeGrazia history but was a significant witness.
He doesn't like attention, so I'll address him as "Two Guns," as DeGrazia did.
Two Guns was hired by DeGrazia to simply be around, simply because DeGrazia loved having him around.
In return, Two Guns loved DeGrazia fiercely and protected the man and his art.
They traveled together often, especially into the Superstition Mountains on horseback or donkeys to explore, prospect - or maybe even hide some paintings.
Two Guns is a character, a grizzled old prospector who could have just walked out of the pages of a book about the Gold Rush.
He has the stereotypical miner's accent, high-pitched voice, shuffling walk and mannerisms.
Two Guns had a favorite outfit he still wears today - a red sombrero with shiny gold trim and large feather, a poncho and, yes, two guns.
Or rather, it had two guns. They're long gone now but supposedly have been replaced with a trusty machete.
Often people think he's an actor in character, but that's just how he is 100 percent of the time.
Two Guns can't read or write, but he is quite a storyteller with anecdotes so outlandish, you never quite know if he's being entirely factual or if he's leading you on with a tall tale.
Either way, it's a nice ride, and the little old man is still quite the charmer.
There is a book about DeGrazia that mentions Two Guns.
It says he was often the brunt of jokes and sometimes made fun of by others because of his childlike ways.
But DeGrazia never poked fun at him. He always treated him with respect.
Supposedly, when the paintings were hidden, they were left for Two Guns.
But out of love for the artist, Two Guns will never retrieve them.
"Them's mine," he says. He does not want them fought over or taken by people who want only to profit off them. If they really exist, they could be worth millions.
Tall tale? Who knows? But I can see why DeGrazia might do it.
Today Two Guns has a simple life, is often lonely and gets by with meager funds.
He can be seen all over town in his wheelchair, maybe collecting a food box, maybe buying some food for his dogs or someone else while he goes without.
He is often disregarded or made fun of by those who have no idea of the life he has led.
So the next time you are tooling around Tucson and come across a little, unassuming, eccentric, white-haired old man, be nice to him.
Who knows? You might be looking at Two Guns himself.
Elizabeth "Bjay" Woolley, a Tucson native whose family has been in southern Arizona for generations, is a mother, freelance Web designer and editor of an online magazine for moms with diabetes. E-mail: bjay100@gmail.com.
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.
Le 14 Décembre, le campement de la rue de la Banque a pris fin: un accord a été signé avec le Ministère pour reloger, sous différentes modalités et délais, l'ensemble des familles. Après l'annonce officielle par Jean-Baptiste Eyraud, président du DAL, une fête a été organisée rue de la Banque, en présence de Emmanuelle Béart, Josiane Balasko, Guy Bedos et le maire du 2e. Vers 20h, l'ensemble du campement (bâches, matels, etc.) a été démonté, dans la joie et le soulagement des familles, et aussi un peu de tristesse à se séparer.
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1.summer time- fresh fruits and veggies!
2. coffee. and pink
3. outside games
4. puppies-baby animals- have seen lots of news about baby animals making their first zoo appearances!
5. music is the sound of the summer!! :)
6. art
7. playgrounds and polka dots
8. so ready for cheering and football season!
9. lots of pink for me this week- pretty rings
10. terry's beautiful shots. def check him out!!
11. skyyy
12. getting letters
13. sunlight.
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Aún no he tenido ocasión de probar ‘Gods Will Be Watching’, lo nuevo de del estudio español Deconstructeam, pero si me guío por las palabras de mi compañero Gallego, sé que me gustará. Y también que lo sufriré. Porque entre sus contras está esa “necesaria y alta tolerancia a la frustración”.
Y si ni con ésas alguno se anima a catar este ‘Gods Will Be Watching’, al menos le alegrará saber que ya está su “actualización piadosa”, un parche que viene con nuevos ajustes de desafío para la dificultad general y la opción para eliminar el elemento del azar de las decisiones tomadas”.
En palabras de Jordi de Paco, diseñador de Deconstructeam:
“El equipo está muy contento con el lanzamiento de Gods will be watching y la recepción del intenso reto que nos propusimos entregar, pero también hemos estado escuchando con atención todos los comentarios y queremos que el juego sea accesible a cada tipo de jugador. ‘Mercy Update’ es el resultado de las discusiones de nuestro equipo con los fans y los críticos, el perfeccionamiento del juego y la creación de nuevos ajustes con los que más jugadores puedan experimentar Gods will be watching a un nivel de desafío más cómodo.”
Pero ojo, que nadie se espere que con esto ‘Gods Will Be Watching’ sea ahora un juego de niños.
En VidaExtra | Gods Will Be Watching: análisis
– La noticia Gods Will Be Watching se apiada de nuestra alma con la Mercy Update fue publicada originalmente en Vidaextra por Jarkendia.
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Receiving a few messages from home and feeling rough, home is the only place where Josh wants to be.
It worries me sometimes that the public don't think we're real people with real lives, doing things every other Tom, Dick and Harry does for themselves or their families. Nobody shakes a stick at footballers who earn millions, and even the bankers and government get away with blaming us and other people when really they're the real scumbags, toying with money that isn't theirs. The papers might say otherwise, but it's true what I say: You don't know how the Underground really works unless you've lived it. Annie Mole can tell you all she wants, and yes I wont doubt the fact she knows a lot about the Underground, but there's something she can't seem to capture about (after all, she just blogs about the Underground; she doesn't work for the Underground) – the real essence of the lives of those who work to keep this tinpot railway going – real life on the job as we say. I want to try and capture it, or the stories at least, and perhaps the ones you don't really care about because because you're too busy listening to what the Evening Standard is telling you about us.
We always tell each other to enjoy the days off and the annual leave when we do get it, because we spend our hours at work willing the time away to the ends of our shifts. Before you know it, that time has been and gone Underground. All the old-timers always tell me that if the shift work doesn't get around to killing you, something else will. There are endless stories of people finally managing to retire, but then keeling over days later. Or getting cancer (as we breathe in a lot of crap doing all that time Underground – and half the stuff we come into contact with is carcinogenic, not counting the cigarettes people smoke).
In my second year on the job, I worked a lot with a bloke called Roger, but then he passed away. I'd worked with him on a Sunday afternoon. He kept telling me now and again that this job would be the death of him. He passed away early on the Tuesday morning. It was weird. Everybody turned up at his funeral in full-and-formal uniform. There was even an Underground roundel made from flowers. Lewisham Crematorium was packed out with about 50 members of staff that day.
It's horrible not knowing what day it is because you've been working all night or because you've set the alarm for 02:30 for the dead earlies. Everything's a blur. People come and people go. We see thousands of faces everyday. Some are kind and some are not, but sometimes they're all a blur too. Things change, but some things stay the same. The stories, the traditions, the practises and the heritage. All in a fraction of a second. All forgotten by the next day.
Time might seem slow for you when you're stuck on a train for whatever reason, but for us, it flies by. I was 18 when I started and I remember my first day out on the gateline like it was yesterday, but when I think about the fact I'll be turning 22 towards the end of this year, I find it so hard to make sense of it all.
Ecocentro Danaus (<-- video) is located a couple miles east of La Fortuna Costa Rica. It's a fairly small reserve, 600 meters of walking trails, but boy, do they pack a LOT in such a small area. Danaus was created about 13 years ago when some forward thinking people decided it might be better to grow life than cut it down. Danaus is like a mini oasis since it's completely surrounded by pasture and cattle land. Here's what Ecocentro Danaus says about itself: 'Ecocentro Danaus is an ecological reserve that preserves a natural regenerating secondary forest. Many different biological processes take place here and there is a great biodiversity of flora and fauna in its natural state.'Danaus is worth a look if your in the La Fortuna area and you need something to do for a couple hours.
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The Yo-Yo
"cost": 30-50 tickets (waaaaay to much)
Ok first off, i know, yo-yo's are fun. They're a great toy and have been around for ages, and if you can do any of the "trick" that a yo-yo is capable of; you're a God among men.
thats with a real yo-yo. Duncan, Butterflys, etc. made of wood, with a good thick string.
this is not one of those.
first off i should point out i DID NOT cut the string short on this. thats exactly how it came. i did some research and apparently a yo-yo's string length are supposed to be the "distance from your bellybutton to the ground"
im 6"3 and this aint cuttin it, i cant even imagine anyone ever having fun with this.
you're not gonna do the Eiffel Tower, attempting the loop-to-loop is clearly a joke, and you damn sure can forget walking the dog.
yes, yo-yos are great.
Arcade Prize yo-yos are a no-no.
Fun Rating: 1.5 out of 5 tickets (due to string length and weight of the cheap plastic)
My dad moved with his mom and new stepfather to Santa Fe in 1933, when he was nine. Eventually they moved into this house, on Don Gaspar, about a mile south of the Capital. At the time, it was the southernmost house in Santa Fe. According to him, he could see all the way to Albuquerque.
My dad was lucky~
My grandfather didn't believe in owning things, especially real estate. So he never bought this house, and, eventually the Reeds didn't live there, anymore.
The house is still there. The last time I drove by, about four years ago, it was the least fixed-up house in what is probably a multi-million dollar neighborhood. I always wanted to get it back, but not so much, anymore. Still, something in me really loves this house. It's a beautiful house.
Scanned from one of many old tiny but exquisite black and white photos that somebody in my family took. I'm slowly contemplating the idea of rescanning this photo at a higher resolution and digitally editing it very carefully, something I didn't do when I did these the first time.
Today (Monday, November 30, 2009), is the second anniversay of my dad's passing. I decided to honor him a litte bit over the next few months by fixing up and sharing some photos of his extremely interesting life.
In memorium
Jack W. Reed
1923-2007