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no matter how many holes you dig,
or fill in
or make
or take
or break.
some days, you're just left
without a single
purpose
unless you decide
to be
boundless
Petra, Jordan
HOW TO LIVE BEAUTIFUL LIFE
You can do it easily with these 5 daily questions.
Make a habit to wake up daily and write down the answers to these five questions.
Keep your daily journal with answers – and you’ll be amazed how different your life is.
You are going to see something that has been LOST ON PURPOSE.
1. How would I live this day if I knew it is my last day?
2. What should I be thankful for in my life?
3. What I can do today to make my life more meaningful?
4. What can I do today to add some joy to my life?
5. How can I help somebody today?
Be compassionate!
Serve other people faithfully.
Only when you give something to others you can be truly happy man.
Start this easy practice today, do this daily, and create your new, positive and beautiful life!
Special thanks to Tania, for your great inspiration.
Thanks Isna for your quick comment
in a vacant lot on the main street of little Medina, TX, are many stick crosses in the ground. The significance is unknown to me. Sony A6000 and Sigma 19/2.8.
Special purpose carriage So 51 87 80-70 322-0 of SNCF for pilgrim trains to Lourdes
Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer
31-07-2009
T200907-0139
BC Place is a multi-purpose stadium located at the north side of False Creek, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned and operated by the BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo), a crown corporation of the province. It is currently the home of the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Vancouver Whitecaps FC of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the annual Canada Sevens (part of the World Rugby Sevens Series) as well as the BC Sports Hall of Fame. The stadium also served as the main stadium for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Paralympics which Vancouver hosted, the 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as well as a venue for multiple matches including the championship match for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The stadium will also host several matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
The stadium opened on June 19, 1983, and was built as an indoor structure with an air-supported roof, the largest of its kind in the world upon its opening. Following the 2010 Winter Olympics, BC Place was closed for 16 months as part of an extensive revitalization, the centrepiece of which was replacing the inflatable roof with a retractable roof supported by cables. Once construction was completed, the stadium's new roof was also the largest of its type. BC Place Stadium
A purpose built 'super carrier' (houses two mobile frame squads) designed for the Terran Expeditionary Marines of the Solar Union. Diplomacy class ships are intended as the flag ship at the heart of an offensive task force, launching its frames deep into the heart of enemy formations from the forward mounted catapults, or directly from the side mounted hangar bays. An extensive network of comms arrays, radars, and antenna allows for the Diplomacy Class to carefully monitor the battlespace and coordinate allied actions for maximum effectiveness.
The Diplomacy class is designed to inspire cooler heads to prevail when it transits in-system, and more than one unruly colony has laid down its arms at the sight of 16 of the most advanced mobile frames, with the Solar Union's most veteran pilots in the cockpits, dropping down the gravity well to politely but firmly inquire why the colony is behind on its tithes.
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The above image is a scan from an original Kodachrome™ slide. The default size is 2000 x 1250 pixels, so clicking on the photo will enlarge it for better viewing.
The original image comes from my slide collection, amassed over the past 40+ years. They are a combination of my own photographs and ones acquired over those years.
I created this Photostream in 2017 for the purpose of holding my slide collection as an archive, as otherwise they would just remain in binders and boxes, not being enjoyed by anyone, myself included.
Comments are welcome.
Aircraft MSN: 18998
Type & Series: Boeing 727-21
Registration: N111JL
Operator: James P. Lenane
Location (when available): Frankfurt FRA
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Impressionen der zweiten Woche in unserem Sommer-FerienCamp 2016
Ferienlager-Angebot auf dem Erlebnisbauernhof: In den Sommerferien 2016 veranstaltete die DAO KungFu Kindergruppe das traditionelle Sommer-FerienCamp für abenteuerlustige Jungen und Mädchen bereits zum siebten Mal in Folge. In der zweiten und dritten Sommerferien-Woche ging es wieder auf den Ferlhof, einen idyllischen Kunst- und Erlebnis-Bauernhof nördlich von München. Dort verbrachten wir mit den Kindern eine spannende Zeit, umgeben von viel Natur und den Tieren des Bauernhofs. Auf der Web-Site www.camp.daokungfu.de findet Ihr alles Wissenswerte rund um unsere Ferienfahrt.
Mit diesem Fotostream möchten wir den Teilnehmern, deren Eltern und Freunden sowie allen Interessierten einen Einblick in unsere Aktivitäten geben.
Einige der Fotos wurden von den Kindern selbst gemacht.
Wir bitten nachdrücklich darum, das geltende Urheberrecht zu beachten und die Fotos nur für private Zwecke zu verwenden.
Viel Spaß beim Stöbern!
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This photostream is intended to revive our participants' memories and share them with their parents and friends. Also, we thus can show our activities in the camp and with the kids to everyone interested.
Some of the photos were taken by the children themselves.
The images here are publicly viewable. Therefore, we strongly request that you comply with the copyright restrictions, use the photos only for private purposes and prevent any abuse.
Just look around - and have fun!
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son taking me for a ride in a Polish made Koliber low wing, four seater;
here landing on the grass runway at Rzeszow Jasionka Airport (with a little bit of help from the kid in the right seat)
This photo was rather hard to take as the fig just kept falling down as it has barely has any support. The best part is probalby the background as I used my lcd display for that purpose.
Tank is a USST-built T-45 Kogot.
Sorry my knowledge is very limited on ID.
I love the Flickr automatic tags. they have tagged this as food. I may go back and have it on my toast. Wonder if I will have a bad belly afterwards?
That said, I may get a Flickr viewer saying it is edible. Egg on my face then. Sorry about the pun.
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"We all have something that we are meant to do.
Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose and then direct all your energies towards it."
(From "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" by Robin Sharma)
This man was sitting at Sheetla Ghat along the Ganges in Varanasi (Benaras).
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Rumbling steadily over the tram tracks at Beamish Museum is the magnificently turned-out Foster general purpose engine 14410 "Sprig" The engine was built in 1920 and is registered UP 6481.
The engine was at Beamish for the Transport Gala event of September 2022.
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Nikon D5, 24-70mm f/2.8, ISO 6400, f/2.8, 30sec, RRS-34L BH-40
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For lots of reasons I revisit shooting locations a lot. For example, I've probably been to Monument Valley 25 times over the last 20 years. Sometimes I revisit places because I happen to be driving through on the way to other places--"...why not stop there." Other times, I have inspiration and I actually plan something to create something unique. This image is combination of both of these.
I'm still relatively new to landscape astro-photography. The cool thing about shooting at night is everything old is now new. While I might have a zillion sunrises and sunsets in Monument Valley, but how many images do I have of Orion rising over the Mittens? One, the image you're seeing here.
I stopped for a couple of days in Monument Valley during my X-mas break in 2017. The real purpose was a very unique composition in Arches National Park in Utah--that's another story. Since I was traveling through the area, I decided to spend a couple of nights here without much of a plan.
When I finally arrived, I figured out through the magic of apps on my phone, Orion would rise right over the mittens conveniently after dinner. What could be better. Not only that, the moon was well below the horizon making night photography a breeze. What could be better?
This image is a relatively simple composition of four images shot vertically across the scene. The files were merged in PTGui to make the pano with the final adjustments made in Photoshop. This is just a straight single exposure. Overall, post processing was relatively easy.
Cheers
Tom
Rainbow Bridge, Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan.
Rainbow Bridge connects Odaiba, a large artificial island, and Central Tokyo across Tokyo Bay. It is a large multi-purpose suspension bridge. It uses solar powered modern lighting techniques to colorfully light the bridge. Depending on the mood, season, and holidays the lighting display scheme changes. Otherwise, the bridge is white in color to match the Central Tokyo skyline and to reflect the modernity of its design. To our disappointment, on the day we visited the island, the bridge lighting was rather bland. This was shot taken during the blue hour. Tokyo was hot and humid that day, and along with mild pollution, the sky was rather murky and hazy. It did not take me long to push the post processing slightly to get the surreal sunset colors of this beautiful Tokyo scene.
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The Pfirnhof, a historic former Bavarian farm near the bank of the Tegernsee (in English: "Lake Tegernsee"), Bad Wiessee, Bavaria, Germany
Some background information:
The Pfirnhof is a historic estate in the community of Bad Wiessee near the waterfront of the Tegernsee. Historically, it is a traditional Bavarian farm, likely founded in the Middle Ages, and hence, one of the oldest farms in the region. The Pfirnhof used to serve agricultural purposes for centuries. Today, it mainly serves as a holiday accommodation, like many old farms in the region that have been re-purposed due to the growing tourism.
Particular attention is given to the architecture of the Pfirnhof. It is built in the typical Upper Bavarian style, characterized by wooden construction, wide eaves, and intricately carved balconies. The farm is a so-called Eindachhof (in English: "Single roof farm"), which is the most common type of farms in this area. It is characterized by providing space for the peasant family, the farm servants and the livestock under one and the same roof.
With its less than 5,200 residents, Bad Wiessee is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian district of Miesbach, located on the western shore of the Tegernsee. Since 1922, the commune is officially recognized as a spa town. It owes its status as a health resort to the two strongest iodine-sulfur healing springs in Germany, which were discovered during oil drilling in 1909. Since 1957, the Bavarian State Lottery also operates a casino in Bad Wiessee, which serves as an additional magnet for visitors.
In 1017, the settlement was first mentioned as "Wesses" in the registry of Tegernsee Abbey. The hamlet‘s name just meant that it was located west of the lake. According to legend, in 1441, a monk on the eastern shore of Lake Tegernsee discovered a golden-yellow streak in the lake, which came from a spot on the western shore, where there was a natural oil spring. In fact, the now long-dried-up spring, whose location is still marked today by a chapel, had likely existed for ages. According to a commemorative plaque inside the chapel, the spring was first tapped in 1430.
In 1471, the monks of Tegernsee Abbey on the opposite shore created three fish ponds in the area of Bad Wiessee and in 1480, the hamlet was first mentioned as a village. At that time, three farms were documented, along with several smaller houses. Until the end of the 19th century, the village gradually developed around its centre. Back then, the stone oil from Tegernsee was already attributed with therapeutic properties (e.g., for rubbing on the body), and it gained even more popularity with pillgrims as St. Quirin Oil.
Stimulated by the already widespread technical use of petroleum, a Dutch company attempted in 1904 to discover rich oil deposits at greater depths, which were encountered at about 500 meters. This led to the execution of eleven more oil drilling operations in Bad Wiessee. However, by 1912, the production had declined so much that oil extraction was stopped. But three years before, a rich source of thermal water at borehole III at a depth of 692 meters had been encountered during drilling operations. Later chemical analyses revealed that it was the strongest iodine-sulfur thermal spring in allo of Germany.
In 1912, the first bathhouse was built with twelve cabins. The spring was named after King Ludwig III in 1914, and the petroleum company changed its name to Jod-Schwefelbad Wiessee GmbH (in English: "Iodine-sulfur Spa Wiessee Company"). This laid the foundation for the rise to a health resort. In 1922, Wiessee was awarded the title "Bad,". In 1930, another borehole was drilled to develop the Königin Wilhelmina Spring, and in 1978, the third spring, the Adrianus Spring was drilled and developed.
During the Nazi era, the SA leadership gathered in Bad Wiessee on Hitler's telephoned orders. In the Hanselbauer guesthouse, Ernst Röhm and his SA leaders were arrested by the SS in Hitler's presence, and some were shot later that same day. These events were called the Röhm Putsch, although there’s was no proof that Röhm really planned to take power by a revolt of his SA. Shortly afterwards, Heinrich Himmer, the leader of the SS, transferred his place of residence to Bad Wiessee. Furthermore, Bad Wiessee was also the retirement home of Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg, who had been one of the architects of the German Wehrmacht.
Today, Tourism is one of the main sources of income for the population of Bad Wiessee. Although spa tourism has declined in the last decades, Bad Wiessee is still very popular for its casino and with wealthy people, many of them buying a second home or condo to spend their holidays or retirement there. As a residential area, the beautiful nature around Bad Wiessee and its good reachability from the city of Munich have attracted more and more millionaires as well as multimillionaires.
The demand for housing at Lake Tegernsee remains high, resulting in astronomically high real estate prices. Prices for vacation homes are even the highest in the German Alpine region and just the premises for single-family homes in the first row by the lake are offered for up to 10 million euros by local real estate agencies. Hence, the dream of a house at Lake Tegernsee will always be unrealisable for most Germans. However, traditional B&B and reasonable priced accommodations for tourists are still available all year round.
The Tegernsee is a so-called tongue-basin lake in the Bavarian Alps in southern Germany. The lake is the centre of a popular recreation area 50 kilometres (31 miles) south-east of Munich. Communities on the lake include the eponymous Tegernsee, as well as Bad Wiessee, Kreuth, Gmund, and Rottach-Egern.
The lake is some 6.5 kilometres (4.0 miles) in length, 1.4 kilometres (0.87 miles) across at its widest, and spans an area of 8.934 square kilometres (3.449 square miles). It reaches a maximum depth of 72.6 metres (238 feet), with an average depth of 36.3 metres (119 feet). Its normal water level is 725.5 metres (2,380 feet) above sea level. The lake flows into the River Mangfall, a tributary of the River Inn and thence the River Danube.
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From Spring 2009.
Nikon D700 + Sigma 50mm F1.4 EX DG HSM
After several fires the building has become structurally unsound. There's no money for demolition so I expect the council is hoping for the building to collapse.
1st place: Flora
Taken in Parkville
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Good morning and Happy Dragonfly Thursday. Today's featured dragonfly is the female Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis), along with the male of which I included a photo in the comment section with another female for comparison purposes.
The female (and immature males) are mostly brown in color, with a double row of yellowish lines down the dorsal surface of the abdomen. There are also yellowish markings down each side of the abdomen as viewed laterally. Eyes of the females are green to brown, and as with the males, the face is white.
I hope you enjoy this short series on this very common North American dragonfly and find the commentary in the comment section informative.
Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you have a truly great day.
Lacey
ISO200, aperture f/81, exposure .011 seconds (1/90) focal length 300mm
Seaforth Dock is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool. As part of the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport
LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I Do Not Condone Any Acts Of Vandalism Nor Do I Participate In Such Criminal Activity. I Am Simply An Observant and Take Photos Of This Graffiti You Have Come Across. ALSO I Will Not Condone Any Usage Of My Photos To Support Any Legal Matter Involving These Acts Of Vandalism Therefore YOU ARE NOT WELCOME TO VIEW OR TAKE THIS MATERIAL For ANY Purpose...
The Origins and Purpose of Street Art and Graffiti — A Historical Essay.
Prehistoric and Ancient Beginnings (40,000 BCE – 500 CE)
Graffiti’s origins stretch back to humanity’s earliest visual culture. Prehistoric cave paintings — including hand stencils created by blowing pigment through tubes — functioned as some of the earliest “tags,” marking presence and identity. These date from 40,000–10,000 years ago.
By the classical era, graffiti was widespread across Ancient Greece and Rome, where people scratched messages, jokes, political commentary, and personal boasts into walls. The oldest known written graffito dates to around 500 BCE.
In Pompeii, graffiti served as advertising, satire, political slogans, and everyday communication, revealing the lives of ordinary people rather than elites.
Purpose in this era:
1. Marking presence (“I was here”)
2. Social commentary
3. Recording daily life
4. Religious or political expression
5. Communication by non‑elites otherwise absent from written history
Medieval to Early Modern Graffiti (500–1800 CE)
Graffiti continued through the medieval period, especially in religious and rural landscapes. In the Middle East, the Safaitic inscriptions — scratched onto rocks across Syria, Jordan, and Arabia — are the only surviving record of an ancient Arabic dialect.
In Europe, travellers, workers, and even antiquarians carved names and messages into castles, churches, and monuments. At Stonehenge, 18th‑century visitors left carved signatures, showing graffiti as a record of presence and identity.
Purpose in this era:
1. Recording travel or pilgrimage
2. Personal memorialisation
3. Folk expression by ordinary people
4. Documentation of labourers and craftsmen
The Birth of Modern Graffiti (1950s–1970s)
Modern graffiti culture emerged in Philadelphia in the 1950s, led by figures like Cornbread, who pioneered tagging as a form of self‑promotion and identity.
By the late 1960s and early 1970s, graffiti exploded in New York City, especially on subway trains. Writers such as TAKI 183 and others transformed tagging into a competitive, stylised art form.
This era marks the shift from simple inscriptions to complex lettering, murals, and large-scale public visibility.
Purpose in this era:
1. Personal identity and fame (“getting up”)
2. Reclaiming public space
3. Youth expression in marginalised communities
4. Resistance to social and economic exclusion
The Rise of Street Art (1980s–2000s)
Street art evolved from graffiti but expanded into stencils, wheat‑paste posters, stickers, installations, and murals. Artists like Keith Haring, Jean‑Michel Basquiat, and later Banksy brought street art into global consciousness.
Street art differed from graffiti by focusing less on lettering and more on imagery, political messages, and public commentary.
According to The Art Story, street art grew from the belief that art should be:
1. Accessible to everyone
2. Outside traditional institutions
3. Democratic and empowering
4. A counter‑attack against advertising and corporate messaging
5. Purpose in this era:
6. Political protest
7. Social commentary
8. Challenging authority and capitalism
9. Beautification and community identity
Artistic experimentation outside galleries
Contemporary Street Art and Graffiti (2000s–Present)
Today, graffiti and street art occupy a complex space between vandalism, public art, activism, and cultural heritage.
Graffiti remains illegal in many contexts, yet it is also recognised as a vital form of urban storytelling, especially for marginalised voices.
Street art, meanwhile, is often commissioned by cities, festivals, and cultural institutions, blurring the line between rebellion and acceptance.
Current purposes:
1. Urban regeneration
2. Tourism and cultural branding
3. Community identity
4. Political resistance
5. Artistic innovation
Street art and graffiti are not modern inventions — they are part of a 40,000‑year human tradition of marking presence, expressing identity, and challenging power. From Roman jokes to New York subway tags to global street murals, they remain one of the most democratic and immediate forms of public expression.
A purpose built ship of war, this frigate is designed completely around the reactor and particle cannon at its heart. Fast but lightly armored, it traditionally lurks around the flanks of hardier allies, waiting for the opportune moment to dive in and strike. It also benefits immensely from picket scouts reporting enemy positions in order to situate itself for maximum effect.
The purpose of the prominent blue veins is to direct insect pollinators to where the pollen and nectar are. You may have noticed that many flowers have such veins, usually in blue, purple, or red, to reflect the ultraviolet light that insects evolved to see.
We have a lot of these on our two acre property. Coincidentally, a man stopped by this morning and offered to get rid of them and all of our wildflowers with toxic chemicals.
A shop on Charles Street, Beacon Hill, Boston, MA.
KWANZAA'S SEVEN PRINCIPLES
12/26 Umoja - Unity
12/27 Kujichagulia - Self Determination
12/28 Ujima - Collective Responsibility
12/29 Ujamaa - Wise Use of Resources
12/30 Nia - Purpose
12/31. Kuumba - Beauty (Inner and Outer)
1/1/25 Imani - Belief in the Vision
May the Light of the Season shine within you, all those you love, and all of us.
'The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.' - Pablo Picasso
Given that I was spending most of my stay on the French Riviera with a friend, I decided to splurge a little and spend a few days on my own beforehand, in a beautiful waterfront hotel, the Hotel Napoleon, Menton.
The hotel was filled with all sorts of beautiful artworks and photography too, but one of the things I loved, along with the vibrant coloured feature walls, was this perhaps Picasso inspired bed head, which just happened to adorn my incredibly comfy and luxurious king size bed. (It was heavenly and conducive to an unrivalled three nights, of totally restful and peaceful sleep).
Call us indulgent soles (pun intended), but the red stilettos and I quickly found ourselves feeling right at home and very at ease here. Our visit, without a doubt, a very memorable and very inspiring one, especially with the red stilettos gaining quite a following here too.
After spending time here myself, it's not difficult to see why artists like Matisse, Picasso, and Chagall all spent here long periods of time in this region. They quite literally 'saw the light' and were drawn here by the luminosity.
Said Henri Matisse after arriving here in 1917 (for health reasons) - 'When I realised each morning I would see this light again, I could not believe my luck.' He decided to stay and fill his paintings with the generous Riviera sun. I now understand, first hand, why.
I also read somewhere that - 'The South of France is a vision as much as it is a place' . . . I couldn't agree more, as I felt mesmerised the whole time I was here, constantly having to pinch myself to believe it was real . . . it's a creative's paradise and one is easily inspired here.
As I continue to daydream about my days spent on the French Riviera and dreams of perhaps living there one day, I leave you with an additional quote from Picasso - 'When I haven't any blue I use red'.
You can see all of the red stiletto adventures so far here @ 100 x Red Stilettos: The 2014 Edition
Interestingness 242: 2-3-2009
Let's talk about Mr. Brown Pelican's whinges. Let's talk about them in a very specific and personal way. First off, Mr. Pelican claims to be supportive of my plan to fight him hammer and tong. Don't trust him, though; he's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Before you know it, he'll restructure the social, political, and economic relationships that exist throughout our entire society. If that's the case, I recommend that we improve the physical and spiritual quality of life for the population at present and for those yet to come.
Mr. Pelican believes, in his elitist delirium, that he acts in the public interest. I won't dwell on that except to direct your attention to the impulsive manner in which Mr. Pelican has been trying to engage in the trafficking of human beings. You may make the comment, "What does this have to do with pernicious personæ non gratæ?" Well, once you begin to see the light you'll realize that I find it necessary, if I am to meet my reader on something like a common ground of understanding, to point out that he keeps trying to deceive us into thinking that the purpose of life is self-gratification. The purpose of this deception may be to help faddism-prone fugitives evade capture by the authorities. Or maybe the purpose is to replace the search for truth with a situationist relativism based on catty oligarchism. Oh what a tangled web Mr. Pelican weaves when first he practices to deceive.
With War Monger version 3.1 (New feet and hands) - view from behind. MPPS has her thumb up.
Album link for close-ups and other poses:
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One foggy morning, three men meet under the famed Warrick oak tree. Their purpose, to decided what to do about the death of the king. "With the success of the assignation of the king, we have a problem. Who should be the new king?" one says. "I am not sure replies another, although my spy's do report that there appears to be a alliance between the late king and the earl of the neighbouring province. His name I believe is Fitz-Bourne." The ring leader replied. "Isn't he a foreigner?" the first speaker asks. "That is correct" The third person speaks for the first time. "But the question still remains, should we accept him or not?" the leader asks the other two. "I guess we will have to just wait and see what happens." The third speaks.
Hi everybody! So this is part of a new series me and Matt Hew are doing. We really enjoyed the Medieval Industry Collab in the Summer Joust this year and decided to keep up the storyline. We haven't decided what to name it yet so here it is.
The High Line has become a very popular destination on the West Side of Manhattan. This major construction project, "Hudson Yards" , is at the northern end of the HIgh Line. Scheduled for completion in 2018, Hudson Yards will be a major redevelopment, including 16 new skyscrapers. It is proposed to include a 5000 residences, a 750-seat school, a major retail center, and massive office space.
The High Line is a unique elevated public park on a re-purposed railroad line. We arrived early at this end of the High Line and enjoyed the gardens and public art along the walk. On the return walk we encountered huge crowds as several tour buses discharged loads of tourists. When the Hudson Yards project is completed, the High Line will probably be a lot more crowded : (
A purpose built 'Gentlemen's yacht, now called 'Chico', lying off Largs esplanade last night, with one of the Clyde tugs returning from Hunterston.
Ice cold water flows differently in the light. Captured this on a winter day in my back yard. yes, that is a piano (real one) DIY re-purposed into a waterfall feature.
Lanz D 7.506 All-purpose tractor
A farm tractor and traction engine used by motorized armyband engineering units, It burns diesel fuel, paraffin oil, brown-coal tar oil, shale oil and kerosine.
Vessel Details:- Karel Doorman Class Multi-Purpose Frigate.
Vessel Name:- HNLMS VAN AMSTEL F831.
IMO:-
MMSI:- 245965000.
Call Sign:- PAME.
Length:- 122m.
Beam:- 14.4m.
Draught:- 6.2m.
Builder:- Built in1993 by Koninklijke Schelde Groep, Vlissingen The Netherlands.
Power Plant:- 2 x Rolls Royce Spey 1A Gas Turbines & 2 x Stork-Wartsila 12SW280 Diesel Engines.
Propulsion:- 2 x controllable pitch propellers.
Gross Tonnage:- 3300t.
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Did you ever stop to think what controls the universe? Did you know there is more water on earth than land? How is the ocean able to stay in its rightful place without flooding the earth? How was water created and from what source? What would be its purpose? We know the moon's gravity controls the tides of the ocean but what force causes the moon to gravitate and control the tides of the ocean and why? For what purpose? Just because? By chance? Why would chance care? How did it come to exist? Who or what was the earth and heavens made for and why?
What controls the laws of gravity? The scientists say some technical theories of this and that and its cause by some physical source and number or chance but how did it come to exist and where? why? Can scientists explain that? When you look at earth and all its creatures, how were they able to come into existence and why? Why are they there? Why are there so many different species? Why are we here? Are we here just by chance or are we here for a reason to be in a relationship with an all powerful highly intelligent spiritual being who created all things for him and by him for his pleasure and glory and which longs to have an intimate and personal relationship with his children.
How were the planets, stars and galaxies in the heavens formed? How did the heavens come to exist? Did something by chance just happen and it came to be? But why? From what matter did it come to exist? What was its purpose to come into existence? Can people see that things like this just don't happen by chance? Why can't people believe that there is a living and powerful spiritual God and that He is the beginning and the end, and a loving, forgiving and longing to have a personal relationship with his children whom he created.
What controls the movement and orbit of the earth and the heavens? Why does the sun rise and set on earth and what would be its purpose? Why is there light? Why is there oxygen? What would be its purpose? What would be the purpose of light? Did light come to be by chance? Did chance create human beings? And if so, why? Does chance see, feel, hear, create, love? How did chance come to exist and why would it care?
When you see the earth God created and its beauty of colors, trees, sky, vegetation, mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, his creatures, and people, isn't that enough to see that it was put there for a reason? That there is a God who created all things by his Word and hand. A God who wants us to enjoy the beauty of his creations whom he loves. If all this was by chance then why? How did chance come to exist? Why would it care? What would be the purpose of chance?
Why do we have emotion? How is it that we are able to feel, think, love and reproduce? Does chance care? Why would it? What would be its purpose of life? Do you think we actually come from monkeys? And if we did, why did we evolve to human beings? Do you think life started by chance by evolving from cells, fish, monkeys, etc. How did life come to exist and why? That is a question scientists cannot answer because they don't know the answer and would rather choose to make up their own ideas and theories of how life and creation came into existence denying there is an all powerful God who created all things in the heavens and the earth and that he is sitting on his throne above watching us and heartbroken that some of his children choose to deny who he really truly is.
How great is God---beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.
Job 36:26
He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven and sends it to the ends of the earth.
After that comes the sound of his roar; he thunders with his majestic voice. When his voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding.
He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.'
So that all men he has made may know his work, he stops every man from his labor...
The breath of God produces ice, and broad waters become frozen.
He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through them.
At his direction they swirl around over the face of the whole earth to do whatever he commands them.
He brings the clouds to punish men, or to water his earth and show his love.
Job 37:3-13
"Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand.
Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?
On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone---while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?
Who shut up the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, when I made the clouds its garment and wrapped it in thick darkness, when I fixed limits for it and set its doors and bars in place, when I said, "This is far you may come and no farther; here is where you proud waves halt'?
Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?...
Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?
Tell me, if you know all this.
"What is the way to the abode of light? And where does darkness reside? Can you take them to their places? Do you know the paths to their dwellings?...
What is the way to the place where the lighting is dispersed, or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?
Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, to water a land where no man lives, a desert with no one it it, to satisfy a desolate wasteland and make it sprout with grass?
Does the rain have a father? Who fathers the drops of dew?
From whose womb comes the ice? Who give birth to the frost from the heavens when the waters become hard as stone, when the surface of the deeps is frozen?...
Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set up God's dominion over the earth?
"Can you raise your voice to the clouds and cover yourself with a flood of water?
Do you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, 'Here we are'?
Who endowed the heart with wisdom or gave understanding to the mind?
Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens when the dust becomes hard and the clods of earth stick together?....
Job 38:4-38
For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods.
In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him.
The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land...Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts...
Psalm 95:3,4,5,8
Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day...For all the gods of the nations are all idols, but the Lord made the heavens.
Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and glory are in his sanctuary.
Psalm 96:1-6
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Suffolk Constabulary Honda CR-V Response Car and Vauxhall Corsa General Purpose Car, photographed outside the combined Woodbridge Police and Fire Station, Suffolk.
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[3:55pm]
Well... Again with the almost crotch shot. I swear I'm not doing these things on purpose, in fact I wasn't even looking when I took this picture, but its funny that I've gotten almost 700 views on the picture of Sam after less than 24 hours of it being on Flickr.
People on Flickr are just plain dirty.
Anyway today was actually alot of fun. I almost fell asleep during first period but I managed to wake up for all of the excitement during break and third period.
During second period Mr. Edwards went over the intercom and said that all Highschool boys needed to be in Mrs. Paiges room during break so after class ended we went in there to find out that sombody had found some sort of aparatus for smoking pot down at the gym. Mr. Edwards went on to say that they police had found 7 fingerprints on the pipe and that those who partook in the festivities, when caught, were going to be kicked out of the school.
The meeting ended and Noah and I laughed about it and speculated who the notorius 7 were. I'm not going to name names because really the last thing I need is another person pissed at me about what I've written on flickr. But after discussing some things with Ciera and Hannah I found out something even more intresting.
Andrew, our least favorite person in probably the whole school, had gotten a little spooked by the crack down on drugs that happened today so he decides that in order to avoid being caught with his pot, he's going to give it to Ciera to hang on too. Now personally I can't decide who the bigger idiot is, Ciera for actually accepting to hang on to it, or Andrew for actually asking somebody else to hold it.
But anyway, it all ended up that we had to talk Ciera into turning Andrew in. She did, and that ended the fun at break. During 3rd period though, Ciera wasn't there, she was up at the office talking to Mr. Edwards and the rest of them. Andrew kept asking to leave and thankfully Mrs. Faulk kepts saying no, because chances are he would have run.
About half way through the class, Jamie Henson came in and "collected" Andrew, and then a few minutes later he returned to get his things. We never saw him again.
So over all it was a pretty intresting day. We've never really had much of a drug problem at WA except for a few people smoking cigarrets, but now they've upgraded to Pot. Not a good thing at all.
Anyway after school I just walked around a little and took some pictures of the Cheerleaders practice and the game. The middle school girls really killed Cape Fear Academy 41-4. Whatever the coaches are doing their doing it very very well.
But anyway then I went home after talking to Jonathan for a while and did nothing but Eat, Talk to Sarah and Noah and watch the view count on the last two pictures slowly climb higher and higher.
Ugh. Flickr. Bunch of Dirty Buggers if you ask me.