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Excerpt from ateneum.fi:
The Ateneum is the home of Finnish art and part of the Finnish National Gallery. Our collection includes more than 20,000 national treasures; works of art that we all own together. We have art dating from the 19th century to modern.
The Neo-Renaissance Ateneum building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was completed in 1887. It opened to the public on 13 October 1888. The sculptural decorations on the main facade of the Ateneum building form a visual narrative that is all about equality and harmony between the visual arts and the applied arts. Another key theme is the connection of Finnish art and architecture to the tradition of Western art.
The name Ateneum refers to the Greek goddess, Pallas Athena, who was the goddess of knowledge and wisdom and the protectress of the state. Ateneum means the temple or shrine of Athena.
The Ateneum Art Museum offers access to Finland’s oldest and largest collection of art. The building itself is an experience. The building, designed by the architect Theodor Höijer, was inaugurated in November 1887, but the foundations for the Ateneum art collection and museum activities had been laid decades earlier. The aim of the Finnish Art Society, which was founded in 1846, was to establish the prerequisites for art in Finland: art education and exhibition activities.
The construction project, dubbed as ‘a million-markka palace’, generated interest, but also opposition. The plan was based on the idea of Carl Gustaf Estlander, a professor of aesthetics, for a single house of the arts in which the visual arts and the applied arts would thrive side by side. Indeed, the Ateneum building initially housed the collection and drawing school of the Finnish Art Society, as well as the collection and school of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design.
The art schools were among the most modern in Europe: from the outset, the doors were open to both female and male students. Many of Finland’s prominent artists and designers studied at the Ateneum until the 1980s. Since 1991, the Ateneum has served exclusively as an art museum. The drawing school of the Finnish Art Society is now the Academy of Fine Arts and part of the University of the Arts Helsinki. The museum of the applied arts is now the Design Museum, and the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture offers education in the field.
Today, the Ateneum is an internationally renowned and recognised art museum, and its collections and exhibitions attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. It is part of the Finnish National Gallery, whose art collection is part of our shared national heritage. The Finnish National Gallery comprises the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.
B&w version of a few images. I have resisted making b&w as I like the subtle tones and colours of the stonework. Further, I did not think that there is enough contrast etc. for b&w. And I did not visualise as being b&w when I took them, which is almost a prerequisite !
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Soviet submarine B-515 was a Tango-class submarine of the Soviet and Russian Navies. She remained in active service until 2001. She is currently docked in Hamburg and is open to the public as a museum exhibit. The submarine is sometimes referred to as U-434, which derives from the pennant number painted on the vessel.
This submarine was used for hunting, espionage, and patrol purposes. A 78-man crew operated the boat.
The submarine U-434 came from the Krasnoye Sormovo submarine shipyard in Nizhny Novgorod and was built in 1976 in just eight months. It was placed in the service of the Soviet Northern Fleet and remained in service until April 2002. Because of the long period in which the vessel was inactive and the extensive modifications made when B-515 became a museum ship, all major systems such as engine and hydraulics were deactivated. It has a six-centimeter thick rubber coating, so it was harder to locate using sonar.
After being decommissioned, investors bought it for one million Euros and brought it to Hamburg. The transport of the vessel cast a further million Euros. A prerequisite for the transfer was that the submarine was not allowed to carry out the journey itself, but had to be towed. The Russian Navy detained the submarine before the transfer and removed many technical facilities, mainly weapon systems and control systems, as well as other technical equipment subject to secrecy rules. After arrival in Hamburg, further modifications were made to the submarine. Larger holes were cut in the fuselage at the bow and stern to provide visitors with entry and exit points. Due to these modifications, the submarine is no longer capable of diving or independent operation. Until April 15, 2010, the submarine was in Hamburg's HafenCity. B-515 is now moored at St. Pauli fish market in the immediate vicinity of the jetties and serves as the "Submarine Museum Hamburg".
It is the annual open air Christmas service in Turtle Crossing Park. Pastor Charles Calvin has delivered the opening message* and now there is a time of fellowship.
Abby: Pastor, I have a quick question. I listened to what you said and you spoke about "loving our enemies".** Surely there are times when that is not practical?
Pastor Calvin: Who did God love?
Abby: He... well, I listened and He loved the world***, right?
Pastor Calvin: Just so. The world of sinful people who rebel against their Creator in disobedience. "For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." ****
So, for whom did Christ die? He loved and died for spiritually dead, alienated, sinful enemies. Practical? No. But made possible through love. Part and parcel of salvation is that God shares His love with us so that we can also love our enemies.
As you say, it is hardly practical from a worldly perspective, but completely fulfilling in love.
Abby: So, I... what? Go put my arm around them and tell them I love them?
Pastor Calvin: No, that may not always be productive. But God defines love through sacrificial action on behalf of the other. In the myriad ways people may show enmity towards you, that sacrifice may simply be setting aside your pride and natural impulse to retaliate and, instead, praying for them.
Abby: I see.
Pastor Calvin: The prerequisite for this Godly love is of course to know the God from Whom the love originates. That is to repent and believe upon Christ Jesus. To love Him first and foremost. To follow Him. To serve Him.
Abby: Understood. I'm not a Christian.
Pastor Calvin: I doubt it is mere curiosity about the Christian doctrine of love that caused you to ask. I assume you are desirous to know about true Godly love and so please allow me to present that love we celebrate at Christmas. We celebrate God becoming one of us. Stepping into creation with His conception and birth. The only reason He did that was to die so that all who come to HIm will be saved. None of us deserved it. But He did it.
"so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God." *****
Love for your enemies is a result of God sharing His love with you, but the primary purpose is for you to enjoy this unique love of God yourself. This is what the Lord Jesus says, "Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." ******
Abby: I... thank you, that is helpful for me to think on. If I have further questions...
Pastor Calvin: I am always available and eager to discuss.
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*Seen here:
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** Matthew 5:43-48
*** John 3:16
**** Romans 5:6-10
***** Ephesians 3:17-19
****** John 15:9-11
The Not-so-Free Thinker generally thinks money is the be-all and end-all, usually to the detriment of all around. The Free Thinker is the type of person who makes society move forward, away from barbarism, mythology and general ignorance. The Non-Thinker seems to be missing the prerequisite component of the independent mind.
The Free Thinker is the one who challenges the norms, questions authority and seeks to improve our existence. The other two seemingly prefer to do the opposite. It is a never-ending struggle.
We're Here looks at Free Thinkers today.
Made especially for the Award Tree Challenge # 192 -
"MONITOR MADNESS"
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Seems to be a prerequisite for many meetings nowadays.
"Aged Beauty:" John Burroughs wrote: "How beautifully leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days." My day job for most of my adult career has involved working with the elderly. Working in the field of rehabilitation, I have seen so many drawbacks to the aging process-- the toll it can take on the body, the mind, and the spirit. Yet I find that in each of my clients is often the reflection of this quote, and I feel respect and admiration for the experience, wisdom, and many times the inspiring light and warmth that, despite the adversities, still radiates from within. In a society bombarded with youth being the synonymous prerequisite for beauty, I like that nature reminds us that this is not exclusively true.
Initially three kittens. I had to come closer, but then the older one (I am guessing since it had its eyes open) broke off the group and hid under a vehicle. Awareness is a prerequisite of fear.
A bit of a mare to get this one right ( I'm not suggesting this is right by the way)
A tiny bird amongst square miles of rock face, identified by it's haunting call call long before it's seen!
There are several prerequisites that all need to slot into place simultaneously in order to record a satisfactory image. The bird has a habit of momentarily flicking it's wings open, this lasts for just a few milliseconds and exposes the fabulous cerise colouring in addition to displaying the white spots on the primaries.
if you are fortunate enough to capture and freeze these exquisite field marks you then also need to ensure that the catchlight in the eye and the long decurved bill are in focus.
The image also needs to be exposed accurately when the bird is constantly flitting from dark crevices to brightly lit rock faces. All things considered it's a stern challenge, nonetheless I felt privileged just to witness it!
600mm f4L IS / f4.0 / 1/2500 / ISO 800 / 1D Mark IV
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
The late Tibetan-American lama, H.H. Jigdal Dagchen Rinpoche's hand holds a vajra drawing lines that close the Hevajra Mandala, after the empowerment, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal. 78 years of age (as of 2007) the senior Tibetan Lama Dagchen Rinpoche co-founded The Sakya Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, in Seattle, Washington, the first Tibetan Monastery in the United States in 1976. The original Sakya Monastery was founded by his forebearers more than 900 years ago.
H.H. Dagchen Rinpoche received the Hevajra Anuttarayoga initiation in an unbroken Khon Lineage transmission from the great founder of the Sayka School, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092- 1158), through the last Sakya Throne-holder in Tibet, His Holiness Trichen Ngawang Tutop Wangchuk (1900-1950), Rinpoche’s father.
Hevajra is the most important meditational practice in the Sakya tradition. It matures disciples through planting seeds for the realization of the four bodies of the Buddha, empowers one to practice the Shri Hevarja Sadhana, and is a necessary prerequisite to receiving many other teachings such as the Vajrayogini Initiation.
This is the physical plan for the dieties' palace, just like a blueprint.
Somehow this looks like the world from outer space to me ... where the circles are in the sand mandala - vases of victory have been removed.
The additional light is coming from another person's flash which fired similtaneously; I try to avoid using flash because it is disturbing to the eyes.
Two senior lamas - monks are holding Dachen Rinpoche's hand up above the mandala so that the technical requirements of the closing are upheld.
This is a huge sand mandala, and was actually used for the intiation - those fortunate few who view this image are very blessed. He gave permission for this image to be made public. Anyone who sees this is said to be granted blessings. It was taken just as he began closing the door, so some of the holy vibration is still to be felt.
So congratulations! to you fortunate ones.
'jigs bral ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams
sa skya phun tshogs pho brang bdag chen rdo rje 'chang ngag dbang kun dga' bsod nams
“In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us.”
Virginia Woolf, Moments of Being, 1976
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“For me it was important to be alone; solitude was a prerequisite to being openly and joyfully susceptible and responsive to the world of leaves, light, birdsong, flowers, flowing water."
Mary Oliver, Long Life, 2004
From 1993, the north job leaves Stevens Point with the prerequisite log loads. Scanned from a slide.
© Eric T. Hendrickson 2012 All Rights Reserved
The Incredible Austrian Museum about the Crystal Worlds of Swarovski
• The Swarovski Crystal Worlds is one of the most visited attractions in Austria. It offers a magical experience that has welcomed over 16 million visitors since its opening in 1995.
• The only garden in Europe where Bohemian crystal "plants" "grow."
• Very close to Innsbruck, one of the most visited attractions in all of Austria stands out. Far from the typical idea of a brand-related museum, the Swarovski Crystal Worlds offer an experience full of magic, sparkle, art, fantasy, and many surprises.
• Whether you're a fan of jewelry or simply captivated by shimmering sights, these prerequisites are not necessary to thoroughly enjoy this impressive museum. The Swarovski Crystal Worlds manage to stimulate all the senses in a grand way.
Todos los derechos reservados - All rights reserved - copyright © Pilar Azaña Talán
PROHIBIDO EL USO DE MIS FOTOGRAFIAS - PROHIBITED TO USE MY PHOTOS
Bled es especialmente famosa por su lago glaciar, el cual atrae a numerosos turistas durante todo el año. Las aguas son cristalinas y patos y cisnes se encuentran por doquier. En las barcas tradicionales llamadas "Pletnas", se puede dar un agradable e inolvidable paseo. Los remeros se preparan desde muy temprana edad y se transmite la tradición de padres a hijos; son requisitos indispensables ser hombre y haber nacido en la isla.
La temperatura en verano es cálida (25-30 grados) mientras que en Invierno el frío riguroso hace que el lago esté helado durante más de 4 meses.
Y es en Invierno cuando el espectáculo se hace aún mayor. En las tardes de los días festivos, toda la población de Bled se va al Lago a pasear, patinar o jugar a Hokey.
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Bled is especially famous for its glacier lake, which attracts many tourists throughout the year. The waters are crystal clear and ducks and swans are everywhere. In the traditional boats called "Pletna" you can take a nice and unforgettable ride. The rowers are prepared from an early age and passed the tradition from father to son, are prerequisites to be a man and born on the island.
Summer temperatures are warm (25-30 degrees) while the severe cold in winter makes the lake is frozen for more than four months.
And it is in winter when the show becomes even greater. In the evenings of holidays, the entire population of Lake Bled is going to walk, skate or play Hokey.
Really should be viewed on black, the details are amazing!
We make pictures. At the end of the day, we create something potentially significant that did not exist at the beginning of the day. We go forward, despite the uncertainty. Because this is an act of love and passion, which defies reason and prudence.
- Joe McNally -
Music:
Here are the prerequisite (I hate that word…but I might as well disclose that without them it would be next to impossible) to be able to do this image. You have be able to do HDR and able to use mask feature in Photoshop. Also, have the Photoshop plug-in Fractalius and just an FYI... I am not getting a penny for promoting the fractalius plugin. So the promoting part would not be a prerequisite! LOL!!!
Processing:
1. Usage of 2 HDR sets. One for water and sky & the second one for the building.
2.Blend in building via PS layer mask to get the right textures and to avoid halos
3.Amp up the green lawn in PS via duplicate layer and then in new layer Image/Adjustments/Hue Saturation. Select green and then move slide bar to get the right green. This will increase all green in the image. We do not want that, we only care about the lawn. Create layer mask and draw out the amped up green. This technique is sometimes referenced as Scott Kelby’s “painting with light”. There was no need to monkey around with blue, orange and red. Otherwise it would been done here
4.Run neat image (noise removal)
5.Duplicate the work layer (the one that you working on).
6.Apply Fractalius after your choice
7.Apply the Fractalius selectively through layer mask (fractalius in underneath the layer that you are working on). This technique is done just like Scott Kelby’s “painting with light”. My choice was to apply the Fractalius here where ever the sun struck since the thought behind the project was “electrifying rays”. So… I am going to nickname this simple technique “Jerimias electrifying light rays”. I doubt Scott cares! LOL!!
8.Merge down
9.Apply border and signature
10.Merge down
11.Save the file
This series depicts a portion of the wreckage left by hurricane Katrina on the strip of land spanning Mobile Bay in Mobile, AL.
The 1971 to 1976 Estates were the first Buick station wagons to be built on its largest chassis since the Roadmaster Estates of 1947–53. The Estate shared its 127.0-inch (3,230 mm) C-body wheelbase with the Electra 225, while all 1971–76 GM wagons were B-body-based per model numbers. The 1971–76 GM full-size bodies, at 64.3-inch (1,630 mm) front shoulder room and 63.4-inch (1,610 mm) rear shoulder room set a record for interior width that would not be matched by any car until the full-size GM rear-wheel drive models of the early to mid 1990s. The Estate also shared the Electra 225's interior and exterior styling from 1971 to 1974 (complete with the prerequisite four VentiPorts).
The Estate Wagons also featured a new 'clamshell' tailgate design, marketed as the Glide-away Tailgate, where the rear power-operated glass slid up into the roof as the lower tailgate (manually or with power assist), slid into a recess under the cargo floor. Ultimately, the manual lower tailgate was supplanted by the power tailgate. The tailgate system was operated by switches on the instrument panel or a key switch on the rear quarter panel. Like a top-hinged tailgate, the clamshell design allowed a user to stand directly at the open cargo area without impediment, facilitating loading and unloading in tight spaces.
The Estate used the Buick 455 V8 from 1971 through 1976 found in the Buick GSX. The Stage One high performance version, with high lift camshaft, enlarged ports, enlarged valves, and dual exhaust, was available as an option through 1974.
With Christmas season in full swing and work starting to wind down for the year, my mind is starting to turn to "The North Country" as my wife, my son, and I get ready to visit her family in Potsdam, NY over the holidays. I really enjoy heading up to Potsdam for Christmas. For one, there's a better chance of snow being on the ground for the big day than here at home. Also, our typically lengthier stay often means free babysitting and a date with my wife at one of the restaurants in town, visits to the cozy Jernabi Coffehouse, and maybe catching a movie at the low-key Roxy theater. But, with each visit, there's more and more talk of my wife's parents potentially moving elsewhere once her dad retires, so we never quite know for sure whether our next visit to Potsdam will be our last.
So, just as I've done any time we've visited for an extended period, I plan on getting trackside at least a couple times.
Increasingly, my favorite shortline to visit up there is the Massena Terminal. Though the Massena Terminal doesn't have a lot of mileage, it's unique, especially considering the fact that it's a G&W-owned road whose engines still remain in their pre-G&W paint scheme. Add to that the friendly crews (unlike nearby "Welfare Road"-owned NYOG), and it's just a good, fun, relaxing time. I always find myself the only one trackside when I'm up there, too, which--while never a prerequisite--is certainly better than the mobs on roads like the Batten Kill. It's a throwback to my early years in the hobby, before Facebook revealed to everyone where everything was at any time.
Oddly enough, there wasn't any snow on the ground when I paid a visit to the Massena Terminal on a VERY cold Tuesday, December 29, 2020. However, it was a blue dome, and the cold temperatures led the crew to keep the normally-open radiator shutters on the engine closed, revealing the nice chevron striping on the nose. Here, MP15DC #14 has a healthy cut of covered hoppers in tow as it gives it everything it's got and rounds a curve just outside the Alcoa aluminum plant--the railroad's only customer and sole reason for its existence.
Massena Terminal Railroad
Massena, NY
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
This where I longed to be while in hospital ... sitting in my carport a.k.a. the JOY _____ Social, Meditation, Happiness & Relaxation Centre.
The only prerequisites for entering said outdoor meeting area are a kind heart and a sense of humour.
NEWS FLASH: After 5 months and 3 days (focussed on surgery and rehab) I've finally received permission to walk on my injured foot.
Excuse the pseudo-pun but this is a giant step or leap forward for me. I am proceeding gingerly as I consider cutting back on the help I have coming in each day.
Hurray!
PHOTO CREDIT: Jennifer
"What is more pleasant than the benevolent notice other people take of us, what is more agreeable than their compassionate empathy? What inspires us more than addressing ears flushed with excitement, what captivates us more than exercising our own power of fascination? What is more thrilling than an entire hall of expectant eyes, what more overwhelming than applause surging up to us? What, lastly, equals the enchantment sparked off by the delighted attention we receive from those who profoundly delight ourselves? - Attention by other people is the most irresistible of drugs. To receive it outshines receiving any other kind of income. This is why glory surpasses power and why wealth is overshadowed by prominence."
Caterina Fake, Co-founder of Flickr, 2005.
A couple of years ago I wrote a post called Top 10 Tips for Getting Attention on Flickr that proved fairly popular. A lot has changed at Flickr in the past 2 years though and how imagery is rated and ranked on the site has also changed. That said, I thought I'd write a fresher updated post on the top 10 ways, presently, to get attention on Flickr.
Back in 2006 when I wrote my original article on how to achieve popularity on Flickr my photostream had been viewed almost 400,000 times. According to a Flickr stats page that's been added since that time, the view count for my pages on Flickr now stands at 9,953,328. It should pass 10 million sometime this week. I'm averaging about 14,000 page views a day on Flickr.
Some of how one gets attention on Flickr has remained the same since 2006. Other stuff has changed.
1. Take great pictures. This was my number one way to achieve popularity on Flickr in 2006 and remains the number one way today. Despite all the other things that you might do to promote your photography, none of it will matter if your photos are not interesting. Everyone can be creative. Some are more creative than others. Sometimes your gear and photo processing matters, other times it doesn't. I've seen incredibly beautiful and creative photos taken with a $10 toy camera. And I've seen incredibly beautiful and creative photos taken with a $40,000 digital Hasselblad. I've seen people upload interesting things from a crappy iPhone camera and I've seen people upload interesting things that they spent 8 hours on Photoshop with. But, the better your photos are the more likely that you will get attention. Taking great photos is a prerequisite to everything else in this article.
This said, there are certain types of photos that tend to become more popular on Flickr than others. Provocatively posed female self portraits or photos of attractive women in interesting poses, extremely saturated photos rich with eye candy like color, cityscapes, night photography, photos depicting movement and motion, silhouettes, dramatic architecture, unique portraits, creatively arranged macros and cross processed and some film photography.
2. The order that you post your photos to Flickr counts. The number one way that your photos will likely be seen in Flickr comes from your Flickr contacts looking at their Flickr contact's photos. At present Flickr allows you to set your contacts most recent photos to their last photo, or their last 5 photos. Anything beyond 5 photos in a single batch upload will largely be buried on Flickr. If you are uploading more than 5 photos at once, make sure that you upload your best 5 photos last and what you consider your very best photo last of all. Frequently people will upload a batch of 30 photos from a concert or something with no thought as to which will be the last 5 of the 30 in order.
3. Consider places outside of Flickr to promote your photography. Do you have a blog or a photoblog? If you want more attention on Flickr you should. Flickr makes it very easy to blog your photos, you simply cut and paste the html code above your photo and you are now photoblogging with a direct link back to your photo. My blog, thomashawk.com is my number two external referrer of pageviews to my Flickrstream. Are you on FriendFeed yet? You should be. It's easy to set up and makes sure more people see your photos. Pownce (when it is working) is another place to post interesting photos.
4. Do you have your settings on Flickr configured for maximum exposure? After Flickr itself, Google drives more traffic to my Flickrstream than any other source, even my blog. Yahoo search and both Google and Yahoo image search drive traffic as well. But your photos will be blocked from appearing in search engines unless you authorize Flickr to display your images in search engines. Make sure your photostream is set to not "hide your stuff from public searches," here.
Same goes for the Flickr API. Lots of people are using the Flickr API in interesting ways. I get traffic from places like Flickrleech, Compfight, Technorati and lots of other places that use the Flickr API to extend your photos outside of Flickr. Make sure that you've authorized Flickr to allow API access to your photos here.
5. Explore. Explore still remains the number one way to get photos viewed on Flickr. Explore uses Flickr's "Magic Donkey" algorithm to each day highlight 500 of what Flickr feels are the best photos on Flickr for that day. It's a very popular section of the site despite the fact that everyone seems to constantly hate Explore and decry its mediocrity in selecting exceptional photos. Explore has changed and evolved a lot since it was first introduced at Flickr a few years back. Initially things like *when* you posted your photos mattered.
Whether or not Flickr chooses your photos for Explore is still very much a mystery. But there are some things that we do know. The more faves, comments, tags, etc. your photo gets, the more likely it is that it will appear in Explore. Explore also uses averaging in their algorithm now. This means that if your average photo gets 5 faves, then you'll need to do considerably better than average if you hope to see that photo in Explore.
Photos are also constantly dropping in and out of Explore. I've got 157 photos in Explore at present but I've had 446 that have appeared in Explore at one time or another. You can check out which and how many of your photos that have been showcased by Flickr in Explore here. Just change my Flickr ID at the link above for your own.
6. Groups. Speaking of Explore, if you really want to get a particular photo in Explore consider adding it to a group that encourages tagging, faving and comments of photos. Photo critique groups are good examples of this. Some of the photo critique groups play games where tagging and commenting on a photo are part of the game. Flickr does not distinguish between a photo that has been commented on or tagged organically vs. one that is included in some sort of photo critique game. If you want to boost the likelihood that your photo will be selected for Explore consider putting a strong photo into one of these pools. Photo critique groups on Flickr run the gamut from nice and friendly photo critique groups like TWIP's, to hostile and brutal photo critique groups like DeleteMe Uncensored (note NSFW and maybe not the best group if you are easily offended).
Whatever the case, the key to groups is participation. If you simply dump a bunch of photos blindly into random groups you will likely not get much benefit. In fact, Flickr actually penalizes photo rank if someone posts their photo to too many groups. But posting your photo to selective groups where you participate will encourage activity on your photos and photostream.
7. Tag for Exploration (especially your most popular photos). Why has this photo of mine been viewed over 27,000 times on Flickr? Well in part because it shows up on the first page search results on Flickr for the search term guitar. And why does it show up in searches for the word "guitar?" Because I've got the photo *tagged* guitar. By tagging your photos appropriately you can ensure that more people will see them in search. Think of other ways that you can tag your photos. Are all of your photos taken in San Francisco also tagged "California?" They should be. Are all of your photos tagged "self portrait" also tagged with your name? Again, they should be.
The better you keyword and tag your photos, the more likely they will show up in searches that take place on Flickr. Even if you think that your photos will never be popular enough to rank highly in search, remember that there are other ways that Flickr users can filter search. You can search just by your contacts photos on Flickr for instance. So even if you don't have the most popular sunset photo amongst millions on Flickr, you might have the most popular sunset photo amongst your contacts because you tagged it.
A note that I've seen some people on Flickr abuse tags. They will tag every photo with girl, sunset, cat, etc. Even if these things are not in their photo simply to try and trick people into getting to their photos through search. This sucks. I'm not sure what/if/how Flickr penalizes people who do this, but it's a crappy thing to do and ruins the search experience for everyone. Tag early and often, but only tag your photos with tags that truly are accurate and descriptive.
8. Geotag. One of the more interesting ways to find photos on Flickr is through exploring photos that are geotagged on a map. When I'm going to a new place that I'm not familiar with, frequently Flickr's "Explore the World Map," is one of my first destinations. But of course your photos will not show up here if they are not geotagged. The best way to geotag your photos is actually at the file level before you upload them. I use Geotagger on the Mac which allows you to use Google Earth to geotag your photos. You can also download the free software program from Microsoft Pro Photo Tools to geotag photos on a PC.
Check what Flickr considers your most popular photos and make sure that you geotag (and more descriptively tag) these photos especially -- even if you have to geotag these shots on Flickr using their tools. Geotagging has been documented by Flickr staff as increasing the Flickr "interestingness" rating of a photograph.
9. Consider creating a few "best of" sets and feature them prominently on your Flickrstream. Frequently when people first discover your photostream they don't have time to check out your entire stream. But if you make it easier for them and create a few sets that highlight some of your best work they may stick around longer. I've created two such sets myself. My 10 faves or more set and my 25 faves or more set. These sets highlight what are some of my best work according to the Flickr community and are my two most visited sets on Flickr. As my photos are faved 10 or 25 times I add the tag fav10 or fav25 to these sets and then use SmartSetr to automatically generate these sets.
Make sure also that you change your Flickr page layout from the boring default one to one that highlights your collections and sets better.
10. Tell everyone you know about your Flickrstream. Are you active on other social networks? Is a link to your Flickrstream prominently displayed on your blog? On your Facebook profile page? Be sure to include a link to your Flickrstream in every profile that you are on with other sites. Consider buying Moo cards (even though Moo.com has been lousy for me lately and won't let me buy anymore cards from them) which highlight your photostream that you can give out to people that you run across while out shooting. Tell your friends and family and your offline "real life" contacts about your Flickrstream.
Bonus tip: Reciprocation. Above everything else, perhaps the most important thing about Flickr is that it is a community and a reciprocation based community. If you think that you can just post your photos on the site and they will garner thousands of faves and views simply because, you are wrong. Even the best photos on Flickr will not get very much attention if you simply upload them to the site and never participate.
Flickr has been built to encourage reciprocation. In fact a recent study cited reciprocation as the number one key to popularity on Flickr. Every single time you fave or comment on someone else's photo you are giving them a link back to your own photostream. While you may not have the time to check out *everyone* who faves your photos, spend time each day faving and commenting on other people's photos on Flickr. By sharing with others the fact that you appreciate their photos they will return the favor. Be generous with your faves and comments. Remember, other people like the attention as much as you do.
Update: An interesting link to comments Flickr staff have made about the Explore algorithm here. Thanks, Ole!
Access to the icebergs on the glacier lagoon Jökulsárlón in Iceland requires a multitude of prerequisites to align. A sequence of low pressure systems within the westwind drift over the North Atlantic brought vast amounts of rainfall to southern Iceland. The rain melted the snow cover on the icebergs and polished the surface to a deep blue color. At the same time the lagoon water temperature dropped below the freezing point which is below 0°C (32°F) as the lagoon connects to the open ocean and contains brackish water. The floating icebergs cool the water but the main cooling comes from the katabatic winds of the glacier. This density driven wind is caused by the icy heavy air that rushes down the ice cap at high speeds towards lower elevations. Hence the low air temperature leads to thick ice on the lagoon although the lake level is affected by the tide. The weather changed to a northerly flow with low pressure to the northeast of Iceland. This resulted in persistent gale force winds up to 57 m/s (200 km/h or 200 mph) at -8°C (18°F) that dumped vast amounts of snow in northern Iceland while the South remained free of snow. Instead the wind blew black volcanic ash and sand across the landscape that accentuated the glacier ice surface into an artwork of forms, colors and patterns, enchanted by the purple light of the Earth shade.
January 2011
Canon 5D MkII, Canon L 16-35 mm, f/16, 20 sec, ISO 50, tripod
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The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
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One of my colleagues, SusanNOTSue, taught several different subjects within the Science Department. One of them was a course on Ethics. I gave her this as a possible assignment for her students:
Image you are the older sibling of a sophomore named John. You still remember the time he shot you in the back with his BB gun when you tried to change the channel on TV a few years ago. Now you have found a letter in his room that has come in the mail. Apparently he does not want your father to see it.
The letter reads:
John’s capable of doing adequate work but seldom does. His attitude is much too immature and lackadaisical for a tenth grader. The world is lots of fun and unpleasant facts will go away if you just ignore them. Unfortunately his most unpleasant fact at this stage is 29 required lab exercises of which he has completed 7 fairly adequately, 9 others have been returned to him as unsatisfactory, and the rest have not been written up at all. If these are not completed very shortly they must be listed as failures rather than incompletes. That would make his average somewhere down in the low 50’s at best, and the reports would still have to be done since they are state-required as a prerequisite for the Regents exam. Reminders and requests from the teacher elicit only shrugs or vague promises. I would suggest some firm and continued parental supervision and discipline.
Do you give the letter to your father or not? Explain why or why not.
Photo taken at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
as a prerequisite for learning and studying ...
wohlfühlen, als Voraussetzung für Lernen und Studieren ...
The learning center SQUARE is an extension of the campus of the University of St. Gallen (HSG). The university calls the new building an " experimental field " for new formats of learning and teaching, which, when mature, will be integrated into the " normal " HSG education.
Sou Fujimoto Architects, based in Tokyo and Paris, won the architectural competition with its "Open Grid" project. The jury attested it "an excellent interpretation and implementation of the didactic concept". Thanks to numerous major sponsors and donations from HSG alumni, operations could begin in the spring semester of 2022, as planned in the ambitious timetable, after a short construction period of around two years.
The building consists of several cubes arranged in a grid pattern, which range in height from 3.5 to 18.5 meters. Inside, modular building elements that are acoustically and visually connected to each other allow for adaptation to specific didactic needs such as panel discussions, lectures or exams. The new learning center creates space for 500 to 700 learning and workstations.
Das learning center SQUARE ist eine Erweiterung des Campus der Universität St. Gallen (HSG). Die Universität nennt den Neubau ein « Experimentierfeld » für neue Formate des Lernens und Lehrens, die, wenn sie reif sind, in die « normale » HSG-Ausbildung integriert werden.
Das Büro von Sou FujimotoArchitects mit Sitz in Tokyo and Paris konnte sich mit seinem Projekt «Open Grid» (offenes Raster) im Architekturwettbewerb durchsetzen. Die Jury bescheinigte ihm «eine hervorragende Interpretation und Umsetzung des didaktischen Konzeptes». Dank zahlreichen Grossförderern und Spenden von HSG-Alumni konnte der Betrieb, wie im ehrgeizigen Fahrplan vorgesehen, nach einer kurzen, rund zweijährigen Bauzeit im Frühlingssemester 2022 aufgenommen werden.
Das Gebäude besteht aus mehreren rasterförmig angeordneten Würfeln, welche zwischen 3.5 und 18.5 Meter hoch sind. Im Inneren ermöglichen modulare, miteinander akustisch und visuell verbundene Gebäudeelemente eine Anpassung an die jeweiligen didaktischen Bedürfnisse wie Podiumsdiskussionen, Lehrveranstaltungen oder Prüfungen. Das neue Lernzentrum schafft Raum für 500 bis 700 Lern- und Arbeitsplätze.
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AI - artificial intelligence - keeps coming into my consciousness and has forced me to take a little deeper look. It started coming at me with my love for photography and watching the onslaught of AI produced images that were stunning. I started listening to "The AI Breakdown" podcast written and produced by Nathaniel Whittemore. It was my lazy way of trying to get up to speed on what the heck is going on in this new AI world without injuring my 71 year old brain.
Just when I got kind of a regular rhythm to my AI knowledge acquisition - the craziest stuff went down in the AI world - over the course of a single weekend! On November 17, 2023, the board removed Sam Altman as CEO of OpenAI (arguably the center of the AI development universe). Four days later he returned after negotiations with the board, and most of the board members resigned. WTF was a very popular reaction.
What caused the board to take such dramatic actions is apparently still up for speculation, but many believe it boils down to the two general AI philosophies: "Slow it down folks - this stuff is dangerous and we're going to destroy ourselves" vs. the "Put the pedal to the metal and let's win this race - because if we don't, we're screwed - We'll make the safety decisions about the direction of this technology from the driver's seat more effectively than from holding onto a rope being drug behind the bus".
Anybody that can point me to a good layman's description of this whole thing would be greatly appreciated - vs. trying to learn a whole new language as a prerequisite. For now, these are my pretty uneducated conclusions:
1) The military that becomes the most advanced at AI will be able to wage war with the fraction of the human resources that are presently required. Limited human resources are the main obstacle to the kind of decisive victories envisioned by the decision makers in this realm. AI can presently autonomously win a fighter jet dogfight against a human "Top Gun" pilot, fly a "swarm" of hundreds - probably thousands of autonomous drones, sick a killer robot dog to hunt you down and eliminate you. The promise that the final "kill" command will always be done by an actual human being can be rescinded with a flip of a switch.
2) Garbage in - garbage out. Whoever decides what data is used to "train" the AI systems decides the slant they will output.
3) The decisions AI makes are performed in a "black box" hindering accountability for such decisions.
4) Those who provide funding for this technology (requires huge investments for physical infrastructure and development operating costs) will be able to exert the most influence on its use. And they are notorious for not having the interests of the average person front and center. As George Carlin said: "It's a club... and you ain't in it".
Maybe Nathaniel Whittemore's conclusion that there were no winners in the crazy OpenAI weekend isn't entirely true. Maybe this will be the spark required to ignite a deeper understanding among non-club members of the "ready or not" freight train that is headed our direction.
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For the most casual of purposes such as an acting student enquiring about headshots and looking for more examples of my work, I direct her to an appropriate photoset here on Flickr, most often this collection of what I consider to be my best work.
In more formal situations - a pitch at a design agency, or an official interview - I present a series of images either in the form of a slideshow on my laptop, or prints collected together in a portfolio folder.
Last week I produced a portfolio which, both in content and style, has been much more thoroughly considered and engineered than any I've made before. I sat down at inDesign with my friend Peter - a talented photographer whose formal education comprises graphic design and the compilation and presentation of images - and, to the rousing synth chords of Nils Frahm, we worked through a surprisingly demanding process. We differed on which of my images ought to be included. In spite of much agonising, I was generally obstinate in my decisions, but I deferred to his nous in matters of typeface, positioning, borders and colours.
Looking through the finished portfolio was a hugely affecting experience, remarkable and unexpected. It is vaguely unsettling to see one's life's work stripped down to a single document which can be glanced over in minutes, perused in an hour or two. On the other hand, it is gratifying to see that in these past ten years, despite long spells of sometimes crippling artistic insecurity, I have produced at least a few photographs which I consider to be truly great: photographs of scenes which after having been fed through my brain and camera were not merely approximations or caricatures of the beauty and power I saw with my eyes, but matched or - dare I say - exceeded in them.
That may sound like I'm sitting back and wanking over my own perceived skills, but it doesn't work like that (unfortunately: if I could, I probably would): rather than provide a confidence boost, my portfolio has made the future seem more challenging and more frightening. One encouraging little voice in the mind says "Yes, that is an extraordinary image. You have been great." But what use is that? Because the past is past, and who cares. The other nagging voice, much harder to dismiss, says "You will never produce work as good as this again." This frightening voice and the doubt it engenders can be the cause of what I earlier called crippling insecurity, but the desire to prove its prophecies wrong can be the driving force to produce better work. The day that voice stops talking will be the day complacency has set in, the day I stop improving.
These were the thoughts spiralling round my mind as I looked through my portfolio. I lifted a bottle of beer to my lips, and my ballooning sense of angst and its prerequisite self-importance were pricked by the words on the coaster on Peter's desk, words I'd failed to notice when I sat the beer down:
"I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different." - Kurt Vonnegut
It sounds like something my photographic hero - the legendary cinematographer Chris Doyle - might have said to me when we met this time last year (I suspect he'd have used a different f-word) and I took this: a photograph of something that I never imagined I would see.
Glasgow, 2014.
Some philosophical thoughts
What if all women were bigger and stronger than you? And thought they were smarter? What if women were the ones who started wars? What if too many of your friends had been raped by women wielding giant dildos and no K-Y Jelly?
What if the ability to menstruate was the prerequisite for most high-paying jobs? What if your attractiveness to women depended on the size of your penis? What if every time women saw you they’d hoot and make jerking motions with their hands? What if women were always making jokes about how ugly penises are and how bad sperm tastes?
What if you had to explain what’s wrong with your car to big sweaty women with greasy hands who stared at your crotch in a garage where you are surrounded by posters of naked men with hard-ons?
What if men’s magazines featured cover photos of 14-year-old boys with socks tucked into the front of their jeans and articles like: “How to tell if your wife is unfaithful” or “What your doctor won’t tell you about your prostate” or “The truth about impotence”? What if the doctor who examined your prostate was a woman and called you “Honey”? What if you had to inhale your boss’ stale cigar breath as she insisted that sleeping with her was part of the job?
What if you couldn’t get away because the company dress code required you wear shoes designed to keep you from running?
And what if after all that, women still wanted you to love them?
~Ericka from Washington DC
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9 Jul 13
Un ghepardo seminascosto dalla vegetazione.
i rangers che accompagnano i turisti si scambiano le informazioni via radio.
Giunta l'informazione sulla presenza del ghepardo è iniziato una specie di rally, per giungere in tempo sul posto, tra i fuoristrada presenti nelle vicinanze.
Ho scoperto, successivamente, che far vedere tanti animali è la premessa per una buona mancia finale.
A cheetah half hidden by vegetation.
The rangers accompanying the tourists exchange information by radio.
Once the information on the presence of the cheetah arrived, a kind of rally began, to arrive in time on the spot, among the off-road vehicles in the vicinity.
I later discovered that showing lots of animals is the prerequisite for a good final tip.
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L’École Émile Cohl à Lyon est une école de dessin engagée. Sa création, en 1984, est liée à cet acte militant : lutter contre la disparition progressive, dans l’enseignement artistique, de la représentation du monde par le dessin. Si les nouveaux médias successifs, de la photographie à internet, ont d’abord semblé précipiter la chute du dessin, ils proposent aujourd’hui des supports d’expression innovants qui lui redonnent ses lettres de noblesse.
Il était indispensable de remettre l’enseignement du dessin à l’honneur. Depuis plus de trente ans en France et à Lyon, où elle s’est installée, l’École Émile Cohl fait figure de pionnière dans ce domaine.
Choisir de se former à l’École Émile Cohl, c’est apprendre à maîtriser son regard au cours des trois premières années de la formation initiale, qu’on fera suivre en 4e et 5e année par une spécialisation professionnelle en BD, en illustration, en cinéma d’animation 2D/3D, enjeu vidéo (concept art, character design, etc.), en dessin 3D, en livre numérique ou infographie multimédia.
L’école organise aussi des cours du soir et des stages (bande dessinée, dessin animé, aquarelle, sculpture, carnet de voyage, etc.) pour tous, sans niveau prérequis. Ils s’adressent à toute personne désireuse de s’initier ou de se perfectionner en dessin.
Elle s’adresse également aux professionnels de l’image. Pour eux, nous avons mis au point en 2017 une nouvelle offre de formation continue.
The Émile Cohl School in Lyon is an engaged drawing school. Its creation, in 1984, is linked to this militant act: to fight against the progressive disappearance, in the artistic teaching, of the representation of the world by the drawing. If the new media, Internet photography, at first seemed to precipitate the fall of the drawing, they now offer innovative expression media that restore its credentials.
It was essential to put the teaching of drawing in the spotlight. For more than thirty years in France and Lyon, where she settled, École Émile Cohl is a pioneer in this field.
Choosing to train at Émile Cohl School is to learn how to master one's eyes during the first three years of the initial training, which will be followed in the 4th and 5th year by a professional specialization in comics, illustration, in 2D / 3D animation cinema, video games (concept art, character design, etc.), 3D drawing, digital books or multimedia infographics.
The school also organizes evening classes and workshops (comics, cartoons, watercolors, sculptures, travel diaries, etc.) for all, without any prerequisite level. They are addressed to anyone wishing to learn or improve in drawing.
It is also aimed at image professionals. For them,, we have developed in 2017 a new training offer.
I stopped on the road when i saw one girl. This girl. I started to make pictures, and suddenly, 1,2,3,4, girls appeared around me: they were sleeping under blankets and i did not guess they were there!
The Karrayyu are a pastoralist tribe from Ethiopia living in the Awash Valley, around the volcano of Mount Fentale and the Metehara Plain. They belong to the larger ethnic group of the Oromos, who represent the majority (32%) of the ethiopian population. It is said the Karrayyu arrived in the area 200 hundreds years ago, during the so called « great expansion », of the Oromo, during which Oromo settled in different parts of Ethiopia,. This led to cultural diversification. In spite of local differences between those subgroups, they share the same Cushistic language (Afaan Oromo) religion (Waaqeffata) and governance system (Gada). The Karrayyu are one of the last Oromo ethnic subgroups to follow these rules and to preserve the original Oromo lifestyle and culture, and its pastoralist way of life.
There are only 10 000 to 55 000 Karrayyus (because of their nomadic lifestyle it is difficult to have precise figures) whereas they used to be 200 000 at the beginning of the 20th century. Karrayyu are on the verge of instinction. Such a drop was due to the persecutions the Oromos, including the Karrayyu people had to face during Menelik’s II reign (1889-1913). This emperor, from the Amhara ethnic group led the unification of Ethiopia, and imposed the Amhara rule to the Oromos. Later, during the 20th century, the Karrayyu were deprived of most of their lands because of the establishment of national parks and modern farms. In the last four decades, Karrayyu’s were dispossed from 70 per cent of their land, including their shrines, by the government to make sugar and cotton plantations.
Struggle for grazing lands and water resources is a constant and daily challenge for the Karrayyus. This results in conflicts with neighbouring tribes such as the Afar or the Argoba, but also with some other Oromos ethnic subgroups such as the Arsi Oromo. Clashes between herders from these tribes are pretty common, and sometimes people even get shot. Incidents occur about the possession or when some herders raid the cattle from another tribe. Last years these conflicts have intensified as the number of available grazing lands has cut down. Indeed, overgrazing (involved by the recent of growth of the area’s population) leads to soil erosion. The degradation of the rangelands intensifies the pratice of cattle raiding which is already deeply rooted in the culture of the tribes in this area. Some grazing lands have even been abandoned by the Karrayyus in fear of violent conflicts.
Unfortunately the Karrayyu are also famous for the female genital cutting the women have to face and suffer from. According to the 2005 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey, more than 74 per cent of women between the age of 15 and 49 have undergone some form of genital mutilation and cutting.. Parents believe this practice guarantees their young daughter’s virginity, which is a prerequisite for an honourable marriage.
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“In order to live a fully human life we require not only control of our bodies (though control is a prerequisite); we must touch the unity and resonance of our physicality, our bond with the natural order, the corporeal grounds of our intelligence.”
(Adrienne Rich)
This was shot from a little terrace which is at the corner of Nepali ghat from where several priests do a daily ritual.
This young man is one of them, every evening he fills a big metallic vase with the holy waters of the Ganges and climbs a staircase which leads at the top of the ghat in order to perform a water- pouring ritual in a sacred well surrounded by five temples.
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This is Steve Ballmer of Redmond, WA, USA. You can just ignore this image if it's not to your palate. But I think this guy is cool. He's running a campaign "Free Fake Steve Ballmer". He claims to be a victim of unjustly deleted images by Flickr. I don't care whether it's true or not, I just want to have fun to be with him through the ambiguity of his fighting cause. Hahaha!
He invited me to join his group "Free FSB Group" and his only prerequisite to qualify is to add this logo in the photostream, or even if it's just in the comments somewhere.
I had a good laugh and decided to ride on the wave.
The sparrow project is an attempt to improve my bird story telling along with honing eye hand/AF coordination skills using a common subject readily available. The subjects must be in motion as a prerequisite since shooting ducks in a barrel is just no sport at all.
I was spurred into the project due to my complete dissatisfaction of prior attempts while on a trip to Tanzania. Learning the delicate balance between shutter speed, proper long lens techniques, iso settings and AF modes is a challenge for something just slightly slower than a speeding bullet.
This will be ongoing to support my next African adventure later this year.
See me also at instagram.com/charlesgyoung/
His Holiness Younus AlGohar on MFI's history in Pakistan and the revolutionary message of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi.
- In 1980, Lord Ra Riaz, after vigorous spiritual retreat in Lal Bagh forest, began to raise awareness of spiritual sciences in Pakistan. The young generation in Pakistan embraced Lord Ra Riaz's call and started to practise spirituality.
- Lord Ra Riaz's message is beyond traditional Sufi doctrine. It can be called 'Sufi Plus Doctrine'. In the past, before you were initiated in spirituality, you spent 12 years in hermitage under auspicious supervision of a spiritual master. But making such efforts is impossible for people today. Lord Ra Riaz has exempted people from this process with His new doctrine. He gives people the method to purify the heart and ensures the Ego (Nafs) get purified along with it. The method: www.theawaitedone.com/teaching...
- He did not stop anyone from anything. He had no conditions or prerequisite for seekers of the path. The type of changes in spirituality that Lord Ra Riaz brought about - this spiritual freedom was not even given to any prophet! This proves He is the Awaited One.
- Lord Ra Riaz teaches His followers that God can make anybody from any religion a saint of God. His followers have respect for all. The hearts trained by Lord Ra Riaz can never have intolerance or hatred.
- His door is open to the LGBT community, to those who commit adultery, alcoholics, etc. Faith has to do with the soul, not the body. The message of love is for all regardless of whether or not they follow a religion or believe in God.
- As Lord Ra Riaz's message gained popularity in Pakistan, sectarian elements, especially Salafis and Wahhabis, became dedicated enemies of Lord Ra Riaz and His message. They called for assassination to be carried out if Lord Ra Riaz were to go to Saudi Arabia.
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I've had my fingerprints taken on three separate occasions. Each time was as a prerequisite to sitting for the bar examination in each of the three states in which I'm admitted. It's part of the character & fitness investigation that we lawyers are required to subject ourselves to so that the states can decide whether we are the type of person they want practicing law in their state. Funny how much our fingerprints are used by the government to identify us. And amazing how well it works. How unique each set of fingerprints actually are.
As part of our week one challenge in Project SoulPancake, I spent some time really closely examining and admiring my fingerprints. I've never really done that before. They seem pretty normal to me. Though I did notice that both of my ring fingers have prints that form bullseyes. The rest of my fingers are more swirly, but those ring fingers are perfect little bullseyes. And that kind of made me smile. Little circles of art right on my fingertips that I'd never even noticed.
Have you ever taken the time to look at yours?
Project SoulPancake - Week One: Closely admire your fingerprints.
When it came to hunting for a good fall image capture this year nature has made it easy for me. With so many beautiful nights this season coupled to a perfect color canopy, the prerequisite for a good shot is simply to show up.
I took this image in the John Boyd Thacher State Park. The colors and the sky were majestic this evening as you can see. More photos to come. #Thacher #IloveNY #IHikeNY #nature #upstateny #518 — at John Boyd Thacher State Park.
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Ein rauer, herausfordernd schwieriger Wanderweg entlang einer zerklüfteten Küste. Gute Schuhe, Trittsicherheit und Kondition sind Voraussetzung diesen Pfad zu meistern. Atemberaubende Ausblicke auf den Atlantik auf hoch aufstiebende Wellen, die sich an der Felsenwand brechen und ohne Unterbrechung rauscht und donnert das Meer.
Una ruta de senderismo accidentada y difícil a lo largo de una costa escarpada. Buen calzado, seguridad y buena forma física son requisitos indispensables para dominar este sendero. Impresionantes vistas del océano Atlántico, con las olas rompiendo en lo alto y rompiendo en la pared rocosa y el mar rugiendo y atronando sin interrupción.
A rugged, challengingly difficult hiking trail along a rugged coastline. Good shoes, sure-footedness and fitness are prerequisites for mastering this trail. Breathtaking views of the Atlantic Ocean, with waves crashing high and breaking on the rock face and the sea roaring and thundering without interruption.
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From the archives but with migration amping up ....we hope to see some migrant peepish shorebirds soon
Baird's Sandpiper BASA (Calidris bairdii)
Rotary Field of Dreams,Baseball park
Victoria Airport
YYJ
Sidney BC
(chainlink fence in background:)
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1 of 7 BASA that were there
yes,there were only a few prerequisite Killdeer hanging around - otherwise no other shorebirds present
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posted April 13th 2018
Stockholmers call their city 'beauty on water'. But despite the well-preserved historic core, Stockholm is no museum piece: it's modern, dynamic and ever-evolving.
Stockholm is scandalously rich. Take Gamla Stan. The city's oldest district is the stuff of storybooks. Complete with prerequisite royal palace, gabled buildings and razor-thin cobblestone streets, it's hands down one of Europe’s most enchanting, impeccably preserved historic centres.
Across the city, world-class museums and galleries inform and provoke, harbouring everything from glittering Viking treasures and an ill-fated warship, to Abba props and subversive contemporary art. It's a stimulating, inspiring mix, where the past, present and future constantly merge, converse and engage.
B&w version of a few images. I have resisted making b&w as I like the subtle tones and colours of the stonework. Further, I did not think that there is enough contrast etc. for b&w. And I did not visualise as being b&w when I took them, which is almost a prerequisite !
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Former Belarus Air Force An-26LL 22 Yellow (serial number 1502) was originally an ordinary transport An-26, built in 1972 at the Kiev Aviation Plant. As an An-26LL it is the only one in Belarus and was given the "LL" designation after significant adaptions were made to the aircraft interior. Subsequently it participated in the investigation of the causes of 19 air crashes, 63 accidents, 469 prerequisites for flight accidents as well as 665 studies of the causes of failure of aircraft systems and assemblies . After decommissioning in 2002 the aircraft was installed nearby the cafe at the Borovaya Aerodrome and inside the cabin there was a VIP room for cafe visitors. Since 2009 it has been part of the main museum exhibition.
Control, apparently, is not the answer. People who need certainty in their lives are less likely to make art that is risky, subversive, complicated, iffy, suggestive or spontaneous. What's really needed is nothing more than a broad sense of what you are looking for, some strategy for how to find it, and an overriding willingness to embrace mistakes and surprises along the way. Simply put, making art is chancy - it doesn't mix well with predictability. Uncertainty is the essential, inevitable and all-prevasive companion to your desire to make art. And tolerance for uncertainty is the prerequisite to succeeding.
Another excerpt from Art & Fear. I found it meaningful, hopefully some others out here shall too.
This was an image I made in Vermont, near a small church we had stopped to photographed. The ground was layered in fallen leaves and I was laying in them staring straight up, admiring the blue sky and yellow leaves, the warmth of the sun, and the lazily drifting clouds. This was how it all felt to me.