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Stephan Frontenac sitting at his table, he sees Beth come up to his dock in a small motor boat driven by someone else. He sees her wave the boat away and start walking towards his home. He watches her dancers grace, those composed precise and trained movements that made him fall in love with her. He smiles and nods in her direction, waiting for her to come closer before he speaks.
beth Latynina steps carefully onto the dock as dismissing the driver would just take an moment to look around. Slight wrinkle of nose to the smell of the swamp reminding her of years past tredging around in the sewers with Stephan. Still looking as young and beautiful as ever. Would walk over to where she sees her husbamd sitting. Lips drawn into an smile as speaks," so this is where you have been hiding lately?.."
Stephan Frontenac stands up and walks over to beth, taking her hands in his and saying “I thought it was time for me to leave the beaches for a back bayou somewhere.” He looks around finding the smell of decay in the swamp rather pleasant and says with a content smile “With Libby in Midian, this seemed like a logical choice.”
beth Latynina: slender hands curl within your own as just laughs," yes and am surprised you did not do it long ago.." stepping in closer to you bringing with her the coying scent of perfume you love so much. Body shifts as lips part pressing to your in an lingering kiss," Whispering then," well i thought it wise to come and check up on you both..."
[stephan Frontenac looks around and notices his complet lack of a sofa. He shrugs a little to himself and says "I'm happy to see you love, you always make my whole body tingle in happiness when I see you, especially when it's been too long."
[ beth Latynina shifts curling along your side one hand resting to your chest." so tell me what our daughter has been up too? She has yet to return my phone calls.."
[ Stephan Frontenac had been debating which bad news to tell Beth first, about Libby or Ashagi, but thankfully she directed the conversation. He frowns a little at her question and just blurts it out "It's been hard on her, she's had to grow up fast. She was raped a few weeks ago and she's made enemies with the Noble family somehow. I'm not unconvinced the two are unrelated. Cute little Phoebe Noble, Cait's daughter if you remember her, turned into more of a monster then her father."
beth latynina blinks as had been so afraid of that," I was so hoping she would not have to go though that. Physically she is alright? There was no permanate damage?.." frowning when you speak of Cait's daughter." is such an shame. As emember she was always so sweet and shy everytime I met her." sighs," well Libby is smart and strong. You have someone watching her?"
The Scarborough Bluffs, also known as The Bluffs, are an escarpment in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Forming much of the eastern portion of Toronto's waterfront, it is located along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. At its highest point, the escarpment rises 90 metres (300 ft) above the coastline and spans a length of 15 kilometres (9.3 miles). It was first named in 1793.
The Bluffs have been described as a "geological wonder" and a unique feature in North America. It is believed to have resulted from the accumulation of sedimentary deposits over 12,000 years ago. (Sourced from Wikipedia)
This was taken on a windy, overcast morning. For a few moments only the rock faces were receiving morning light. Exposure time was hard to be precise. Erosion has created cathedral spire formations (first group from the right), exposing evidence of five different glacial periods. Here the brightness of the rock faces amongst surrounding Autumn foliage is accentuated by the blue water in the shadow in the foreground.
This is an oldie from '08, so the precise location is lost in the mists of time and my memory. It's probably off of the Scenic Drive, or further south off of the South Pleasant Creek Road. The precise location is perhaps of little significance, as similar views can be had in many spots in this wonderful park and, indeed, in so many other parts of southern Utah that they could be called a commonplace. However, I have found it almost impossible to walk by such views without gazing in mesmerized awe. It may be useful to note that this is not one of my frequent details; what we see here is probably about 70 feet in height, though the actual wall might be two to ten times the width shown here.
The precise date of construction is not known with any certainty, though its architecture indicates the early part of the 13th century. With its five distinctive towers, it stands on a hill above the harbour, making it the town's most imposing landmark.
Normally Lee and I would be shaking hands with Lloyd on arrival, but at that precise moment, all three of us were balancing precariously on dinosaur eggs. Well not really dinosaur eggs, but enormous oval granite boulders, some of which have a habit of wobbling furiously if you're not paying attention. The beach here consists almost entirely of them - apart from the deep band of seaweed that has spread itself evenly across its width towards the cliffs since I was last here. As for the cliffs - standing anywhere near them really isn’t recommended, neither on top nor below. After you've struggled onto the beach, gaze up and you’ll see for yourself how even the smallest straw on the camel’s back of erosion would bring a deadly volume crashing down on top of your head. It’s never been an easy beach to navigate, and it’s gradually getting more challenging.
Lloyd was already here by the time we arrived, sitting behind his tripod in front of a composition he’d been lining up with his phone the previous afternoon. Our visiting friend was staying within walking distance of the celebrated cobbles, and although he told us it was a holiday with his wife rather than one of his regular autumn pilgrimages to Cornwall, he’d brought the camera along to keep himself entertained. He’d arrived in a pair of wellies that were sending me a radioactive shade of green with envy - Vibram soles on wellies for goodness sake! “What else would you ever need?” I hear you ask. Needless to say, by the time we stopped at the pub on the way home I was comparing the options on your favourite shopping app. Ever since that story of the cracked polariser from Vestrahorn, Mr Bezos is always on the phone asking me to promote stuff. Probably.
Porth Nanven is one of those places that I think I go to all the time, but when I looked through my archives, the last visit was eighteen months ago, almost exactly to the day. Just after my granddaughter Sennen was born. That afternoon, I drove off down to Sennen Cove in tribute, bought a rum and raisin flavour ice cream, sat on a rock feeling all misty eyed about becoming a grandad, decided there was nothing doing on the photography front and headed here instead. So my last visit was an afterthought - and guess what? Not one of the forty-five raw files has been anywhere near the editing suite. Forty-four if you discount the one with two of my fingers blighting the frame. Either I was reminding myself I’d just done a twin shot focus stack or I was commenting on what I thought of my own photography that day. Prior to that, I’d been here in the middle of the summer, just a couple of weeks before Lee and I set the compass for Iceland. Only two of those had been dragged through the software, and they were hardly inspiring.
So what is it with Porth Nanven? As locations go, even for Cornwall it’s pretty well unique with its blanket of dinosaur eggs, shaped and smoothed to perfection by countless Atlantic seasons. But perhaps the first paragraph tells the truth in part. Add the fact that the boulders at the water's edge are generally covered in messy tangles of seaweed, the beach is often full of footprints, both human and canine, the movement of the tide changes your carefully thought out compositions every five minutes, and maybe that’s why I don’t come here so often these days. Break an ankle on those cobbles and there’s no phone signal to help you out either. What I have concluded (and I’m not alone in this) is that it’s best to go at low tide, when the shoreline stays roughly in one place for a slightly longer period of time, and if you’re lucky, you might get some untouched sand in front of you. Although you'll probably be picking stray lumps of seaweed out of the way once you’ve set up your shot, whilst trying to keep off the sand. You can always spot the photographers here. We hop from boulder to boulder like oversized penguins, trying desperately to avoid leaving footprints.
And then it’s just a question of trying to maintain balance. Not only on the cobbles in your Vibram soled wellies, but also in your ever changing compositions. In two and a half hours I raced through a number of them, some that I liked, while others looked as if they might topple in either direction when I examined them on the big screen at home.
I came away with some more shots that almost worked - new ideas to return to next time. And it won’t be eighteen months away either.
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Look how carefully this eagle places the branch so that the "Y" in the branch is placed on the tree limb. This stuff just amazes me.
another homeless person
The term unsheltered refers to that segment of a homeless community who do not have ordinary lawful access to buildings in which to sleep. Such persons frequently prefer the term houseless to the term homeless. Others may use the term street people, which does not fully encompass all unsheltered in that many such persons do not spend their time on urban street environments. Many shun such locales and prefer to convert unoccupied or abandoned buildings, or to inhabit mountains or, more often, lowland meadows, and creek banks and beaches Many jurisdictions have developed programs to provide short term emergency shelter (often in churches or other institutional real property, during particularly cold spells). These are referred to as warming centers, and are credited by their advocates as lifesaving.
A portion of the homeless population are generally in transit, but there is no generally accepted terminology to describe them; some nomenclature is frequently associated with derogatory connotations, and thus the professional and vernacular lingo to describe these persons is both evolving and not lacking in controversy. Much of the concern stems from the European situation, where homeless persons of Roma, Sinti and other ethnic descent have rejected the term gypsy. Other terms which some use regarding in-transit persons are: transient, vagabond, tramp or drifter. Occasionally, these terms are interchanged with terms not necessarily implying that the person is a traveler, i.e. hobo. The termbum is used for persons lacking a work ethic. The term transient is frequently used in police reports, without any precise definitions across jurisdictions.
It is complex and difficult to define homelessness. Many different definitions have been made and changes to the concept are constantly being brought to attention. The United States Congress has developed a definition that has gone through multiple changes. First applied in 1987, this general definition was provided and is now called the McKinney-Vento Act. As time went on and homelessness was still apparent in the USA, Congress added a definition for the homeless children and youths that will be using the educational programs; this change accrued in 2002. Congress later, in 2009, enacted the Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition Housing Act, also known as The HEARTH Act. This broadened the general definition of homelessness and gave more consideration to help given to those who are considered homeless. Once again, in 2011, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a final rule to implement changes to the definition of homeless in the HEARTH Act. The implemented rule expands who is eligible for HUD-funded homeless assistance programs.
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It is a Magpie , or to be more precise - H.M.S. Magpie as it makes it's way along the Camel Estuary from Padstow to open water , and here passing Hawker's Cove !!
HMS Magpie is a survey ship of the Royal Navy, intended for use on inshore and coastal survey work. Magpie replaced HMS Gleaner. She was accepted by the RN in May 2018 and commissioned on 28 June 2018.
History
HMS Magpie undergoing sea trials
In August 2017, the replacement for HMS Gleaner, the Royal Navy's existing inshore survey launch, was announced to be one of a total of 38 multi-role workboats of various sizes being constructed to undertake various duties. The main structure of the vessel was constructed by Safehaven Marine, a boatbuilding company based in Cork. In February 2018, it was announced that the ship would be named HMS Magpie. The type selected for the inshore survey vessel was based on Safehaven's Wildcat 60 catamaran design, the largest available at 18m in length, and with a displacement of 37 tonnes. Magpie was built to accommodate a crew of 12 for up to seven days, with the capability of operating in all weathers. Following completion and initials trials by Safehaven Marine, Magpie was subsequently delivered to Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) for installation of its mission equipment. In April 2018, Magpie underwent further trials with its mission equipment installed, before final delivery of the launch to the Royal Navy in May 2018 for commissioning in early summer.
As Magpie is considerably larger than the vessel she replaces, the title of smallest commissioned vessel in the Royal Navy, which had belonged to Gleaner, passed to the two Scimitar-class patrol vessels. Magpie will be a significant improvement over her predecessor, both in terms of equipment – not only will she feature better on-board equipment from Gleaner, but will also have the capability of launching and recovering UUVs – and endurance.
One of Magpie's first major taskings was a continuation of work done by her predecessor Gleaner in surveying Portsmouth Harbour to ensure the stability of the seabed in anticipation of Portsmouth's use by the aircraft carriers Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales.
Radiant by artist Nicky Assmann (1980, lives and works in Rotterdam), in TENT. Radiant is a dynamic ‘mobile’ sculpture in which optical patterns and colour effects appear, due to a precise balance between space, form, movement and light.
The precise origins of the temple are unclear but its importance as a holy site almost certainly dates from prehistoric times. The stone bases of Pura Penataran Agung and several other temples resemble megalithic stepped pyramids, which date back at least 2,000 years. It was certainly used as a Hindu place of worship from 1284 when the first Javanese conquerors settled in Bali. By the 15th century, Besakih had become a state temple of the powerful Gelgel dynasty.
The temple is on the southern slopes of Mount Agung, the principal volcano of Bali.
The complex is made up of twenty-three temples that sit on parallel ridges. It has stepped terraces and flights of stairs which ascend to a number of courtyards and brick gateways that in turn lead up to the main spire or Meru structure, which is called Pura Penataran Agung. All this is aligned along a single axis and designed to lead the spiritual person upward and closer to the mountain which is considered sacred.
I think everyone likes Loggerhead Shrikes because of their reputation and their nickname, "Butcher Bird". I really like this angle because you can see that small hook on its bill. Below is something I just read on "All About Birds" site about this hook that I didn't know which is fascinating:
"The upper cutting edge (tomium) of the Loggerhead Shrike’s hooked bill features a pair of built-in pointy projections, aptly named “tomial teeth.” Like a falcon, the shrike tackles vertebrate prey with a precise attack to the nape, probably using these tomial “teeth” to paralyze the animal with a jab to the spinal cord."
Project 2020/366 - Day 007: Snowburst
DC had a prediction for snow today. It was a fairly precise forecast, calling for a burst of snow in the late afternoon, spreading from the north and west towards the southeast, with dropping temperatures but a gradual changeover to rain as warmer air moved in behind. In response, the federal government sent everyone home at 1 pm so that the roads could be cleared and the no one would be stuck on the streets.
As it turned out, the forecast was right on the money. A snowburst arrived and it came down at a pretty good clip for awhile. That's when I was in the slop, looking for a good subject. Here, a bicycle commuter heads north in the 15th Street Cycletrack carrying an umbrella in left hand and controlling her ride (a bike-share bike) with the right hand. She gave a look of misery when she passed.
DxO cool filter applied to drop the color temp and lend a stronger sense of winter.
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Blue skies over Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales, Wensley Dale to be precise. River Ure looking peaceful and calm.
The River Ure is a river in North Yorkshire, England, approximately 74 miles (119 km) long from its source to the point where it changes name to the River Ouse. It is the principal river of Wensleydale, which is the only one of the major Dales now named after a village rather than its river. The old name for the valley was Yoredale after the river that runs through it.
The Ure is one of many rivers and waterways that drain the Dales into the River Ouse. Tributaries of the Ure include the River Swale and the River Skell.
The magnificent fortress of Le Castella is located on the eastern end of the Gulf of Squillace in the province of Crotone. To be precise, in Isola di Capo Rizzuto looking out over the protected marine reserve of the same name. You don't need much imagination to see the Aragonese soldiers locked in combat with Turkish pirates five centuries ago.Точный век основание Ле Кастелла неизвестен, возможно, ее возвели в период Великой Греции. Впоследствии крепость претерпела целый ряд изменений и модификаций, наибольшие из них произошли в период Арагонского правления.
More than one, to be precise. The leaves are from the neighbour's maple trees and every autumn many of them end up in my garden. I don't mind as the cats love to play with them and for me they offer some nice photo opportunities. There is another capture in the comments.
Linus has an appointment at the vet tomorrow morning for being neutered. His exact age is unknown but he is more than a year old now. I had planned to do thIs earlier but at first the vet and I decided to postpone it because of his extreme panic around people he didn't know. He had just begun to trust me and we didn't want to ruin everything. We then planned the OP for summer but after what had happened to Ramses I just couldn't do it. The fact that Linus is a whole male hasn't caused any problems so far but recently Fynn and Linus have started to fight more. It's usually Fynn who starts the fights and I think that in a way he may feel threatened by Linus. Nobody needs additional stress, especially not Fynn who usually reacts to stress by a flare-up of his chronic cat flu.
My goal was to take a precise photo that showed the scales found on the wings of butterflies and moths. This moth, sleeping during the day on my porch, was not injured in this exercise. Not even awakened.
The scales come in a variety of forms--some look like hairs, some vaguely like ping pong paddles, some like flat scales.
Pigments provide the colors in black, tan and grey scales. Brilliant yellows, blues are reds are produced by structural modifications that refract light.
I attached a Canon 2X extender to my 180 mm macro lens--effectively a 360 mm macro. That sounds good, but it reduces the amount of light coming in, so you need to increase the ISO or provide light. But in addition to increasing light, an extender decreases the depth of field, so although this moth was close to flat, I could not get all of it in focus. So I took 3 photos, each with a different focal plane, and stacked the three frames in photoshop.
If you go to the downward pointing arrow, click on it and select "View all sizes" and choose one of the higher resolutions to view. A click will change to a different resolution. Return by clicking "photo" to the left of the sizes.
This may be a moth in the family Geometridae. It is remarkably cryptic on cement. The yellow dots on the cement are pollen grains. I swept the porch the previous day...I thought I got it clean.
hydroelectric, to be precise
not on a van, but down by the river
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I had a precise idea in mind about photographing from this location (the Ponte Umberto)—hardly original!—but it was a spot from which I had not yet been able to capture a quality long exposure. I worked the scene at various focal lengths (between 70-200mm) for at least an hour. I was lucky that my comrade, Patrick Maslak, was so patient. I had been hoping for a sunset exploding with colors, but the amazing colors never materialized. I'm afraid I had to crank the magentas in post to give the appearance that there was a hint of color in the scene.
I watch him plant some seedlings .
I love how he was precise and gentle while planting.
Japanese Friendship Garden
Car ignition coils arranged neatly at Horopito motors.
Horopito Motors, also known as "Smash Palace". Part working car mechanics, part museum. If you are into rusty and crusty (or want used car parts) it is a great place to spend several hours photographing!
This is a shot of the precise spot where the Byzantine Cathedral of the Taxiarchs (of St. Michael the Archangel) once stood in Ioannina, Greece, within the South-Eastern citadel (aka Iç-Kale) of the Castle. The church was deliberately demolished in c.1430, then on the exactly same spot the ‘FETHİYE Câmii’ (Turkish for ‘mosque of the Conquest’) was erected by the Ottoman Turks.
It was in writing that the latter had promised certain privileges (such as the freedom of worship with no conversion of churches into mosques etc.) to the people living in Ioannina as conditions of the surrender agreement reached (“Sinan Paşa's designation”, ratified by imperial decree of Sultan Murad II).
SN/NC: Morus Nigra, Moraceae Family
Morus nigra, called black mulberry or blackberry (not to be confused with the blackberries which are various species of Rubus), is a species of flowering plant in the family Moraceae, native to southwestern Asia, where it has been cultivated for so long that its precise natural range is unknown. It is known for its large number of chromosomes, 308 (44x ploidy). Other mulberry species are sometimes confused with black mulberry, particularly black-fruited individuals of the white mulberry, but black mulberry can be distinguished by the uniformly hairy lower leaf surface. Morus nigra is a deciduous tree growing to 12 m (39 ft) tall by 15 m (49 ft) broad. The leaves are 10–20 cm (4–8 in) long by 6–10 cm (2–4 in) broad - up to 23 cm (9 in) long on vigorous shoots, downy on the underside, the upper surface rough with very short, stiff hairs. The edible fruit is dark purple, almost black, when ripe, 2–3 centimetres (0.8–1.2 in) long, a compound cluster of several small drupes; it is richly flavoured, similar to the red mulberry (Morus rubra) but unlike the more insipid fruit of the white mulberry (Morus alba). It is very popular in Brazil where its leaves are used to feed the silkworms used to produce silk. (Silkworm moth, (Bombyx mori), lepidopteran whose caterpillar has been used in silk production.
A Amoreira-negra, Amora, Amora-negra, Amora-preta, Amoreira, Amoreira-do-bicho-da-seda, Amoreira-preta são os nomes mais comuns da nossa popular amora e a árvore que a produz, amoreira. Ela é uma árvore decídua, cujo fruto, a amora, é apreciado no mundo todo. Seu porte é médio, alcançando de 4 a 12 metros de altura. As folhas são simples, ovadas a cordiformes, cartáceas, de margens serrilhadas ou dentadas e recobertas por uma pilosidade que as torna ásperas ao toque. As mudas podem apresentar folhas lobadas. As inflorescências surgem no final do inverno e são do tipo espiga, pendentes, onde se reúnem flores brancas minúsculas. Os frutos são pequenos aquênios, carnosos e negros quando maduros, reunidos em infrutêscências. Apesar de ser frutífera, a amoreira não deixa de ser ornamental. Sua copa é ampla, fornecendo sombra fresca no verão e permitindo a passagem de luz no inverno, com a queda das folhas. É perfeita para pequenos pomares domésticos, pois é rústica e não necessita de cuidados especiais para frutificar em abundância. O plantio dessa espécie só não é recomendado para arborização ao longo de ruas e avenidas, assim como estacionamentos, pois a queda do frutos e folhas suja os automóveis e o chão. Por ser facilmente dispersada pelos pássaros, a amoreira-negra pode se tornar invasiva em alguma situações.
Morus nigra, morera negra o moral negro es una especie de árbol perteneciente a la familia de las moráceas, nativa del sudoeste de Asia, siendo cultivada por tan largo periodo que su rango natural preciso es desconocido. Es un árbol pequeño deciduo que alcanza 10-13 m de altura. Hojas de 1-2 dm de longitud y 6-10 cm de ancho (llegando a 23 cm de largo en brotes vigorosos). El fruto comestible es negro púrpura, a veces bien negro, maduro de 2-3 cm de largo, en racimos de varias drupas pequeñas; ricamente saborizado, similar al Morus rubra, y diferente a la más sosa fruta de Morus alba. Ha sido largamente cultivado por su fruta comestible, y plantada y naturalizada en el oeste de Europa, Ucrania, y en China. Posee una ramificación densa, con ramas largas, divergentes y extendidas y ramillas lisas de coloración pardo-castaña. En conjunto constituyen una amplia copa, difusa y redondeada, con frecuencia irregular y de crecimiento rápido.
Le Morus nigra, ou mûrier noir, est originaire du sud-ouest de l'Asie. Son principal signe distinctif est la face inférieure de ses feuilles, uniformément duveteuse. Il est prisé pour ses fruits violet foncé, riches en saveur. Une curiosité botanique : il possède 308 chromosomes (ploïdie 44x). Note : Bien que votre texte mentionne son utilisation pour les vers à soie au Brésil, c'est principalement le Mûrier Blanc (M. alba) qui est utilisé pour cela.
Il Morus nigra, o gelso nero, è originario dell'Asia sudoccidentale. Il suo tratto distintivo principale è la pagina inferiore delle foglie, uniformemente pelosa. È apprezzato per i suoi frutti di colore viola scuro, dal sapore intenso. Una curiosità botanica: possiede 308 cromosomi (ploidia 44x). Nota: Sebbene il vostro testo ne menzioni l'uso in Brasile per i bachi da seta, è principalmente il Gelso Bianco (M. alba) ad essere utilizzato per questo scopo.
Morus nigra, de zwarte moerbei, is inheems in Zuidwest-Azië. Het belangrijkste kenmerk is de uniform behaarde onderkant van de bladeren. Hij wordt gewaardeerd om zijn smaakvolle, donkerpaarse vruchten. Een botanische curiositeit: hij heeft 308 chromosomen (44x ploïdie). Opmerking: Hoewel uw tekst het gebruik in Brazilië voor zijderupsen vermeldt, is het vooral de Witte Moerbei (M. alba) die voor dit doel wordt gebruikt.
Morus nigra, die Schwarze Maulbeere, stammt aus Südwestasien. Ihr Hauptmerkmal ist die gleichmäßig behaarte Blattunterseite. Sie wird für ihre geschmackvollen, dunkelvioletten Früchte geschätzt. Eine botanische Kuriosität: Sie besitzt 308 Chromosomen (44-fache Ploidie). Hinweis: Obwohl Ihr Text ihre Verwendung für Seidenraupen in Brasilien erwähnt, wird hierfür primär die Weiße Maulbeere (M. alba) verwendet.
モルス・ニグラ（黒マルベリー）は、南西アジア原産です。主な識別点は、葉の裏側が均一に毛で覆われていることです。風味豊かな濃紫色の果実が高く評価されています。植物学的好奇心：308本の染色体（44倍体）を持ちます。注：原文ではブラジルでの蚕の餌としての使用に言及していますが、この目的で主に使用されているのは白マルベリー（M. alba）です。
黑桑（Morus nigra） 原产于西南亚。其主要识别特征是叶片下表面 uniformly 覆盖绒毛。其深紫色果实风味浓郁，备受青睐。一个植物学奇闻：它拥有 308 条染色体（44 倍体）。注意：虽然您的文本提到它在巴西用于养蚕，但主要用于此目的的其实是白桑（M. alba）。
موروس نيجرا (التوت الأسود) موطنه الأصلي جنوب غرب آسيا. السمة الرئيسية المميزة له هي الجانب السفلي لأوراقه المُغطى بشكل موحد بالشعيرات. ويُقدر بسبب ثماره بنية اللون الغنية بالنكهة. من الغرائب النباتية: أنه يحتوي على 308 كروموسوم (44x تعدد الصبغيات). ملاحظة: على الرغم من أن نصك ذكر استخدامه في البرازيل لدود القز، إلا أن نوع التوت الأبيض (M. alba) هو primarily المستخدم لهذا الغرض.
Sure, there should be a more precise drawing for the cutting and the cutting should be done with more accuracy. I my case i should have also to be wearing my other glasses, but this was a first try of something that has been apearing and vanishing in my head as a chinese weather balloon... or two... or... whatever.
Of course the dummy book shoul be green paper, the indicidual leaves should be folded and unfolded along the stem so, unfolded the sides will be at an angle from each other. Yes, of course, the whole leaf should be curved to fit... All that will go but i am not going to try it yet: this was only for those modellers wanting to make pals trees who weren't so lucky as i was at finding enough cheap plastic ones more than six or seven years ago as shown in this album:
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One of the most striking objects currently on display in my favorite antique shop in Astoria, Oregon, is this large poster celebrating Sino-Soviet friendship. Even without knowing its precise provenance, it is a fascinating artifact of one of the most consequential—and ultimately short-lived—political alliances of the twentieth century.
The composition is rich in symbolism. At the center stands Moscow's Kremlin Spasskaya Tower, crowned with the familiar red star of the Soviet state. Beside it appears Beijing's Tiananmen Gate, the ceremonial heart of the People's Republic of China. The artist has visually fused these two iconic structures into a single political landscape, suggesting not merely cooperation but ideological unity. Above them hangs a vast red drapery linking the hammer-and-sickle emblem of the Soviet Union with the five-star flag of Communist China. The message is unmistakable: the two revolutionary states are presented as partners in a common socialist project.
White doves fill the sky, invoking peace, international solidarity, and the optimistic language of postwar communist diplomacy. Such imagery was common in socialist propaganda of the 1950s, particularly after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and the signing of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance in 1950. During this period, Soviet advisers, engineers, and planners played a major role in China's industrialization, while Chinese leaders publicly celebrated the Soviet Union as the senior partner and model for socialist development.
The large inscription at the bottom reads:
**中苏友好团结万岁**
*"Long live the friendship and unity of China and the Soviet Union."*
The smaller banners on Tiananmen echo familiar revolutionary slogans. One proclaims:
**中华人民共和国万岁**
*"Long live the People's Republic of China."*
The other reads:
**世界人民大团结万岁**
*"Long live the great unity of the peoples of the world."*
Artistically, the poster belongs to the tradition of socialist realist propaganda that flourished across the communist world after the Second World War. Its bright colors, idealized architecture, optimistic skies, and heroic symbolism are all characteristic of the genre. Unlike the harsher revolutionary imagery of earlier decades, this work emphasizes harmony, prosperity, and international fraternity. The careful architectural rendering and dramatic use of perspective recall Soviet poster design of the late Stalin and early Khrushchev periods, while the inclusion of Tiananmen and traditional Chinese motifs roots the message in a specifically Chinese context.
What makes the poster particularly interesting is the historical irony. The alliance it celebrates proved remarkably fragile. By the late 1950s, ideological and geopolitical disagreements were emerging between Moscow and Beijing. The Sino-Soviet Split became one of the defining events of the Cold War. By the 1960s the two communist giants were openly denouncing one another, and in 1969 their troops even fought deadly border clashes along the Ussuri River. A poster proclaiming eternal friendship thus became, within little more than a decade, a relic of a vanished political moment.
As an object, it also illustrates how propaganda can outlive the political realities it was created to promote. Today, viewers are likely to see it less as a statement of ideology than as a historical document—evidence of a brief period when many believed the future belonged to a unified communist world stretching from Eastern Europe to the Pacific.
By placing the Chinese emblem above the Soviet monument and the Soviet emblem above the Chinese monument, the artist appears to employ a visual metaphor of mutual recognition and reciprocal respect. Rather than depicting two nations standing apart under their own symbols, the composition deliberately interchanges the national emblems to suggest friendship, solidarity, and a shared political destiny.
Unfortunately, I was unable to ascertain the poster's authenticity or determine whether it is an original period printing or a later reproduction. Because it was already framed, examination of the paper stock, printing method, margins, and reverse side—the very features that often provide the strongest clues to age and origin—was not possible. Even so, whether original or later reproduction, it remains a visually compelling piece and an evocative reminder of a moment when the governments of China and the Soviet Union sought to present themselves as inseparable partners leading a worldwide socialist movement.
Ah! Yes! Those hardworking, precise 'guest-worker' gardeners of the KLCC Park are very thorough in maintaining the smooth grass lawns of the park. But here and there on their edges little 'weeds' escape sharp knives!
Much to the desires of a host of insects - and Olymp, too - from relatively large to small. And they delight on tiny flowering weeds such as exquisite Aneilema nudiflorum, Small-leaved Dew Flower.
Here's a Wee Bee, a Meliponini - I think - of some sort, perhaps 3-4 mm, collecting from Doveblue.
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This experience feels like the precise opposite of growth; it is a forced devolution. My accumulated intellectual architecture is being made redundant, supplanted by this instantaneous, unearned 'knowledge.' The deep, satisfying process of intellectual assembly—hypothesis, experimentation, critique, synthesis—is being rendered moot.
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I knew exactly where the full moon would rise and chose this location to capture the precise moment when it would touch the mountain ridge. I wanted to capture this dialogue between earth and sky, this suspended moment where the celestial body seems to rest delicately on the peaks. The choice of twilight was deliberate - I was looking for these purple hues that bring a dreamlike dimension to the scene. The intentionally refined composition, with the dark silhouette of the mountains, highlights the golden light of the moon. I wanted to convey this feeling of peace and contemplation that one experiences in front of this natural spectacle, while playing with contrasts to create an image that oscillates between reality and dream.
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Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae, that inhabit wetlands, forests and plains. Ibises usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. It is widespread across much of Australia. It has a predominantly white plumage with a bare, black head, long down curved bill and black legs. They are monogamous and highly territorial while nesting and feeding. Most nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Due to its increasing presence in the urban environment and its habit of rummaging in garbage, the species has acquired a variety of colloquial names such as tip turkey; and bin chicken, and in recent years has become an icon of popular culture, being regarded with passion, wit, and, in equal measure, affection and disgust.
Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species of flowering trees, shrubs or mallees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalypteae, including Corymbia, they are commonly known as eucalypts. Plants in the genus Eucalyptus have bark that is either smooth, fibrous, hard or stringy, leaves with oil glands, and sepals and petals that are fused to form a cap or operculum over the stamens. The fruit is a woody capsule commonly referred to as a gumnut. Most species of Eucalyptus are native to Australia, and every state and territory has representative species. About three-quarters of Australian forests are eucalypt forests. Wildfire is a feature of the Australian landscape and many eucalypt species are adapted to fire, and resprout after fire or have seeds which survive fire. A few species are native to islands north of Australia and a smaller number are only found outside the continent. Eucalypts have been grown in plantations in many other countries because they are fast growing and have valuable timber, or can be used for pulpwood, for honey production or essential oils. In some countries, however, they have been removed because they are highly flammable. 46136
Ahi weaves precise slashes and pyroclastic strikes to form his unique eruptive fighting style, leaving only ash and obsidian in his wake.
Made some changes to Ahi. The shins have been replaced to be more sleek, and some of the torso colors have been changed to be less messy. Also, the sword blade is the correct color. The leg articulation is a lot better in this version, so he can actually pull off some neat poses.
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I feel upset today...I can't quite figure out the precise cause, but today more than the others I feel upside down.
This photograph was born from a precise choice: not to show the cruise ship as an image of dream or escape, but as a symbol of separation. I wanted to photograph it behind the railing for exactly this reason. That filter is not just a simple element of the port: it is a visual and social boundary. On one side are those who can afford travel, luxury, the freedom to move; on the other are those who watch, those who remain, those who work to make that privilege possible.
In this image, the sea does not appear as a promise of openness, but as distance, hierarchy, division. For some, it is travel, freedom, and luxury; for others, it is limit, enclosure, border. And today this word, sea, can no longer be innocent. It also carries Gaza within it: a place facing the sea, where for Palestinians access to the sea has been prohibited and where killings, bombings, and detentions have continued to be documented along the coast and at sea. According to United Nations humanitarian updates, Palestinian access to the sea in the Gaza Strip remains forbidden, and attacks and civilian casualties caused by military operations from air, land, and sea continue to be reported.
For this reason, here, the sea is not only a space of departure or vacation. For some, it is still the freedom to cross the world; for others, it is a closed threshold, an armed frontier, a form of exclusion, and in far too many cases, death as well. Republishing this image after years means recognizing in it a meaning that at the time had remained almost invisible: not fascination with the ship, but criticism of a world in which freedom of movement does not belong to everyone in the same way.
Well, mermaid tail to be precise. Having a play for Macro Monday with the theme of "fishing".
Not being a huge fan of any sort of hunting for pleasure I have limited fishing paraphenalia around the house, but the craft stash can always be relied upon to provide something interesting!
btw, having an error 70 code come up on the camera when I try to shoot in live mode. I can set up the shot in live but not actually take the photo. Anyone else experienced this?
To borrow a phrase from the Catholic Worker movement, laments aid in “clarification of thought.” Whether traditional or newly composed, prayers of lament articulate in precise ways how things have fallen apart. Brought before God, they enable us to see clearly what is wrong, to specify fractures in systems and relationships that destroy us, and to realize ourselves how our lives are barren.
Laments empower sufferers to speak for themselves. When we tell how desperate we are, we become actors in the world. No longer passive recipients of pain, we become agents who name and interpret reality. Slowly such speaking may alter our relationship to suffering and release energies to act. Naming suffering before God reclaims human dignity and power that has been trampled and violated. Speaking pain, perhaps repeatedly, “like a broken record,” can move sufferers toward healing, because it brings denial to a halt and enables truth to come to the surface.
-Lamentations and the Tears of the World, Kathleen M. O’Connor
"If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take" L.Carroll.
Make sure to have a precise goal to reach in your life!
Whelp, it's that time of year, the end of the year to be precise.
It's been a real shitty year for the World. Terrorism, Police Brutality, The God Awful Election, That stupid dead Gorilla, DC movies were pretty bad, Walking Dead got really boring really fast, and probably a few other things.
One thing 2016 hasn't been bad for was the Lego community, at least I think. I made a good amount of figures this year, beginning with my wave of Dark Knight Returns figures back in January, and then I finished off the year with Maui. Also made some Outlast figures, my entire wave of Batman Villains, started my Spider-Man villains series, and of course the wave of Zootopia figures.
Did a lot of collabs this year, specifically with Jared, but also did some with Jayson, Andy, Jaymes, Yale, and Aaron. Have commissioned a lot of things from people and made figures as payment for a lot of people. Decent amount of figures I made this year were then sent off to other people, like Flash, Darth Maul, and Agent Venom.
This year was my second BrickFair, and hopefully not my last, got to meet the same people again, but also a lot of new people like Roman and Donovan. Seeing Suicide Squad with all of the bois was also really fun.
If had had to choose my 5 favorite things that I made and that only I made this year, they would be DKR Batman, Nick and Judy, Deathstroke, and Arkham Asylum Bane. If I did my 5 favorite collab figs I made, they would be Maui, Mr. Big, Bogo, Doug, and Professor Pyg.
So, in conclusion, I hope you all had a decent year. I guess I've been here 4 years now, although it may be 3. Taylor will have to rain-check me. We both joined around the same time, and he keeps better track of it. Anyways, hope you all have a Happy New Year, and hopefully 2017 will go easy on us.
-Dylan
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NOTE: It is not a "b" in the "2016". The font used makes 6's look like b's. Also thanks to Aaron for adding that and doing some minor touch ups to the pic.
The Anomaly hides in the vastness of deep space
The vastness of deep space hides the Anomaly. It is akin to "finding a needle in an impossibly vast, cosmic haystack" due to its elusive nature and location. The Anomaly, an enigma of immense proportions, is concealed within the unfathomable depths of deep space. Its elusive nature and precise location render it comparable to "finding a needle in an impossibly vast, cosmic haystack." This metaphorical comparison highlights the extreme difficulty, if not the near impossibility, of pinpointing its whereabouts amidst the vast expanse of the cosmos. Pirates, military personnel, and explorers have long grappled with the challenge of deciphering and penetrating this profound mystery, which continues to defy conventional understanding and observation. The very existence of the Anomaly challenges current astrophysical models, suggesting the presence of phenomena or structures that lie far beyond our current comprehension. Its hidden state implies either an intrinsic property of its being, a defence mechanism, or perhaps a natural consequence of its unique composition and interactions with the fabric of spacetime. The desire to enter the Anomaly remains a driving force for interstellar exploration, which promises revelations that could fundamentally alter humanity's perception of the universe.
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transcription - the process in which a cell makes an RNA copy of a strand of DNA - becomes faster with age but less precise and more error-prone;
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Jeffersonians, Hamiltonians, Wilsonians, and Jacksonians:
Wilsonians believe that the United States should promote the establishment of a world order based on human rights, international law, and powerful multinational institutions.
Jeffersonians believe that too much activity overseas will increase the risk of war, promote inequality in the United States, and reduce individual freedom at home.
Jacksonians share Jeffersonian skepticism about Wilsonian interventions to promote human rights and Hamiltonian support of a strong central government and pro-corporate economic policies; but unlike Jeffersonians, they believe that the United States will not be safe unless other countries respect our willingness to use force to defend our honor, our interests, and our allies.
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The precise extent of the once wooded area from which Southwood in the town of Ramsgate takes its name is uncertain. Today, Southwood has much clearer definition in the local inhabitant's mental map as a predominantly residential area and as the home ground of Ramsgate football. It equates with the area of the former Southwood Farm and of Southwood House. Southwood's large, Victorian water tower is also one of Ramsgate's distinctive and prominent landmarks. The Southwood neighbourhood occupies an area of about half a square kilometre, and consists of predominantly late nineteenth and early twentieth century houses. It sits on elevated ground one kilometre to the west of Ramsgate town centre and behind the more prestigious houses, cliff-top promenades, and greens of the West Cliff area.
The Tower was built in 1887 and was made a grade II listed building in 1988, now converted into flats.
Apparently my house was lot 3 when the farm was sold and was used as a brickfield until the row of houses were built in 1902. A brickfield is a common location name in southeast England. Its name derives from a field where the topsoil was removed and the clay beneath was stripped, and mixed with chalk and ash to create bricks, we now have topsoil and chalk so I suppose all the clay was used up!
I can see this building from anywhere in the front of the house. I went to take a pic of the front of the tower but it is packed with cars!
The pov makes it look crooked but it isn't and I think it is called perspective convergence!!
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A roll of knotted check wire that was used on early corn planters to trigger the dropping of kernels of corn at a precise interval so that the field could be cultivated in multiple directions for weed control. It was stretched and staked at opposite ends of the field for the planter to follow, and had to be moved for each pass across the field