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Make It Rain
Ed Sheeran
When the sins of my father
Weigh down in my soul
And the pain of my mother
Will not let me go
Well I know there can come fire from the sky
To refine the purest of kings
And even though
I know this fire brings me pain
Even so
And just the same
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Make it rain
The seed needs the water
Before it grows out of the ground
But it just keeps on getting hard
And the hunger more profound
Well I know there can come tears from the eye
But they may as well be in vain
Even though
I know these tears come with pain
Even so
And just the same
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Just make it rain
Make it rain
And the seas are full of water
That stops by the shore
Just like the riches of grandeur, oh no no
Never reach the port
And let the clouds fill with thunderous applause
And let lightning be the veins
That fill the sky
With all that they can drop
When it's time to make a change
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain down low
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Make it rain
Oh make it rain
Songwriters: Foy Vance
Make It Rain lyrics © BMG Rights Management
This SAS Diada Tan Outfit features a timeless, minimalist outerwear trench coat that instantly refines your look. Its relaxed straight draped fit has a very polished appearance. It's the cat's meow!
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I had no idea what I was taking picture of, but the building looked interesting. The sign was a bit of a clue and it turns out, that Vancouver is only 4 years older than this refinery. It looked abandoned, but still produces 10% of Canadian sugar. Rogers Sugar was founded in 1890 by Benjamin Tingley Rogers. If I have a son, I would name him Tingley, for sure. Tingley may had some problems in school with that name, but he became one of the wealthiest men in Canada.
942. Vancouver 18. 2017-Jul 11; P1310340. Upload 2022-Feb 05. Lmx -ZS25
What Does Amae Wear?
Victoria Gown @ Purplemoon
Hatsuyume @ {anc}
Leia Tattoo @ This is Wrong
Oro Earrings @ RAWR!
Linda Hair @ Monso
Standard on Amae:
Milan @ LeLutka
Ellie Skin @ Amara Beauty
Lara Body @ Maitreya
Clarice Tattoo @ Dappa
Fedra Arm Tattoo @ Carol G
Thomas Konverter - Veredelung von Roheisen
(1954-1964 im Einsatz)
Phoenix Lake in Dortmund
Thomas Converter - Refining of pig iron
(in use from 1954 to 1964)
"In life's confines, I try to let my soul refine...."
We loved. We evolved. We peeled away the layers. And we evolved again.
Pictured, my beloved and I.
----♥----
4:39am
A pileated woodpecker twisting his head to the left and downward to reach something within his excavation.
A tank car from the defunct Kanotex Refining Company, now on display at the Galveston Railroad Museum, Texas.
The Path defines the Flow. The Flow refines the Path. Each one effecting each other, each one affecting me.
Let's get together around Tateishi and Ueno on Saturday, November 21. (tomorrow)
1.To amuse one another
2.To refine the taste
3.To increase camera knowledge of the participant through conversation
Meeting location: Keisei Ueno Station@13:00
本日、土曜日（21日）に懇親会を企画しております。
私とxperianeさん、1800mlphさんの予定としては
1. 13時に京成上野駅のヨドバシの真向かいの入り口に集合。
2. 京成乗って立石へ。廃墟、猫撮り。
3. 再び上野（御徒町あたりになるかも）戻って懇親会（20~22時くらいに解散？）
時間的な縛りは全くないです。いつ抜けても、いつ参加してもOK。
懇親会はできるだけ安いとこ考えております。吉池のセルフとかかっぱ、鳥貴族（株キチとしてリサーチしたい、個人的希望ｗ）とか。
アルコール多く飲むひとがより多く払うような感じで。
現時点での参加予定者は
1.私
2.xperianeさん 幹事
4.myztamさん
5.六さん （夕方から）
もし、ご興味ありましたら、このコメに書き込むなり、メールなり、xperianeさんに連絡なりしていただければ幸いです。
P.S.
xperianeさんがページ作られたので、そちらでも結構です。
flickrのアカウントでも入れます。
さらにP.S.
予定ない、急に用事がなくなって、暇だとかあれば、どなたでも。
参加者の年齢層やや高めですが、お気軽に。
午前中11時くらいまでは受け付けております：）
tateishi,katsushika,tokyo
This week's theme for Mosaic Montage Monday was Refine. What inspired me was something I read about the trend towards people refining their craft, becoming masters of their craft.
Excellence in photography has always interested me and I continually try to advance towards achieving it. I enjoy seeing photography from people who treat photography as an art.
I am so happy to finally have a great camera and I am learning all the things it can do that my old camera couldn't. Photography is more than the camera, though. The environment you create when your spirit is into it is something special. For me, I am always fine-tuning that part of it...
A farmer unloads raw salt at salt field yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This photo is taken in the destination of Banshkhali Upazila in the division of Chittagong in the country of Bangladesh.
The salt industry being one of the largest labor intensive cottage industries of Bangladesh absorbs largely around 5 million people directly or indirectly. The total value chain of the salt industry in Bangladesh involves largely two sub-sectoral activities namely-- the refining process which is operated by salt mills and the crude salt production process that involves a significant chunk of marginal farmers of coastal Bangladesh.
Among the farmers, farmers some are cultivating salt on their own lands while the other farmers are cultivating salt after taking the land as lease either directly from owners of the lands or through middle men. Local administration sources said a huge quantity of lands are being used for salt cultivation in Banshkhali this year.
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বাঁশখালীর উপকূল জুড়ে চলছে লবণ উৎপাদন। এখানকার বিভিন্ন ইউনিয়নে ৫০ হাজার লবণচাষি ১৫ হাজার হেক্টর জমিতে লবণ চাষ করছেন। অনেকে জমি মালিকের সঙ্গে চুক্তিতে চাষ করেন। উপজেলার কাথরিয়া, বাহারছড়া, সরল, গন্ডামারা, পুইছড়ি, শেখেরখীল, ছনুয়া ও খানখানাবাদ উপকূলীয় এলাকায় ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন তারা।
লবণ চাষিরা জানান, কাঠের রোলার দিয়ে মাঠ সমতল করার পর চারপাশে মাটির আইল দিয়ে ছোট ছোট প্লট তৈরি করা হয়। এরপর ছোট প্লটগুলো রোদে শুকিয়ে কালো বা নীল রঙের পলিথিন বিছিয়ে দেওয়া হয়।
জোয়ার এলে মাঠের মাঝখানে তৈরি করা নালা দিয়ে জমির প্লটে জমানো হয় সাগরের লবণাক্ত পানি। অনেকে ইঞ্জিনচালিত শ্যালো মেশিনও ব্যবহার করেন। এভাবে পানি সংগ্রহ করার পর ৪ থেকে ৫ দিন রোদে রাখা হয়।
কড়া রোদে পানি বাষ্পীভূত হয়ে চলে যায় আর লবণ পড়ে থাকে পলিথিনের ওপর। লবণ চাষ মূলত আবহাওয়ার ওপর নির্ভরশীল। একটু ঝড় বৃষ্টি হলেই উৎপাদন বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। কুয়াশাও লবণের জন্য ক্ষতিকর।
উৎপাদিত লবণ থেকে পানি সরে গেলে ব্যাপারীদের হাতে তুলে দেওয়া হয়। এই লবণ কিনে নিয়ে কারখানায় রিফাইনারি মেশিনের মাধ্যমে পরিশোধন শেষে বস্তা বা প্যাকেট ভর্তি করা হয়। পরে সেই লবণ চলে যায় বিভিন্ন স্থানে।
Slovnaft is an oil refining company in Slovakia.
Slovnaft's factory near Bratislava is a significant polluter of groundwater. To protect the waters of Žitný Ostrov, a hydraulic wall of wells has been built east of the Slovnaft site, the polluted water of which is constantly being cleaned
Another refining old photo.
This is my favorite swan picture out of my collections, even though it was sort of out-of-focus. I regret that I only took one shot, without having any alternative position or exposure.
A farmer unloads raw salt at salt field yard in Chittagong, Bangladesh. This photo is taken in the destination of Banshkhali Upazila in the division of Chittagong in the country of Bangladesh.
The salt industry being one of the largest labor intensive cottage industries of Bangladesh absorbs largely around 5 million people directly or indirectly. The total value chain of the salt industry in Bangladesh involves largely two sub-sectoral activities namely-- the refining process which is operated by salt mills and the crude salt production process that involves a significant chunk of marginal farmers of coastal Bangladesh.
Among the farmers, farmers some are cultivating salt on their own lands while the other farmers are cultivating salt after taking the land as lease either directly from owners of the lands or through middle men. Local administration sources said a huge quantity of lands are being used for salt cultivation in Banshkhali this year.
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বাঁশখালীর উপকূল জুড়ে চলছে লবণ উৎপাদন। এখানকার বিভিন্ন ইউনিয়নে ৫০ হাজার লবণচাষি ১৫ হাজার হেক্টর জমিতে লবণ চাষ করছেন। অনেকে জমি মালিকের সঙ্গে চুক্তিতে চাষ করেন। উপজেলার কাথরিয়া, বাহারছড়া, সরল, গন্ডামারা, পুইছড়ি, শেখেরখীল, ছনুয়া ও খানখানাবাদ উপকূলীয় এলাকায় ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন তারা।
লবণ চাষিরা জানান, কাঠের রোলার দিয়ে মাঠ সমতল করার পর চারপাশে মাটির আইল দিয়ে ছোট ছোট প্লট তৈরি করা হয়। এরপর ছোট প্লটগুলো রোদে শুকিয়ে কালো বা নীল রঙের পলিথিন বিছিয়ে দেওয়া হয়।
জোয়ার এলে মাঠের মাঝখানে তৈরি করা নালা দিয়ে জমির প্লটে জমানো হয় সাগরের লবণাক্ত পানি। অনেকে ইঞ্জিনচালিত শ্যালো মেশিনও ব্যবহার করেন। এভাবে পানি সংগ্রহ করার পর ৪ থেকে ৫ দিন রোদে রাখা হয়।
কড়া রোদে পানি বাষ্পীভূত হয়ে চলে যায় আর লবণ পড়ে থাকে পলিথিনের ওপর। লবণ চাষ মূলত আবহাওয়ার ওপর নির্ভরশীল। একটু ঝড় বৃষ্টি হলেই উৎপাদন বন্ধ হয়ে যায়। কুয়াশাও লবণের জন্য ক্ষতিকর।
উৎপাদিত লবণ থেকে পানি সরে গেলে ব্যাপারীদের হাতে তুলে দেওয়া হয়। এই লবণ কিনে নিয়ে কারখানায় রিফাইনারি মেশিনের মাধ্যমে পরিশোধন শেষে বস্তা বা প্যাকেট ভর্তি করা হয়। পরে সেই লবণ চলে যায় বিভিন্ন স্থানে।
The company was founded as Kristiansands Nikkelraffineringsverk A / S in 1910 by, among others, Samuel Eyde, Anton Grønningsæter, Jacob Børresen and Victor Hybinette. Hybinette had invented and patented a process for refining nickel by electrolysis: the Hybinette process.
The Hybinette process was in use until 1975, when it was replaced by the so-called KL process, which is still in use in a modified version (the KLA process).
The raw materials for the plant initially came from Flåt mines near Evje, about 70 km north of Kristiansand, where nickel ore was mined from 1872 to 1946.
Already in the time after the First World War, however, it was clear that the mines could not deliver as much as the nickel plant needed.
The plant also experienced a major fire, and struggled with low nickel prices on the world market and generally difficult economic times. In 1929, the owners therefore accepted an acquisition offer from Canadian Falconbridge Nickel Mines, and the plant was named Falconbridge Nikkelverk AS. Falconbridge had discovered large deposits of nickel-containing ore in Sudbury, Canada, which could be sent to Kristiansand for refining.
As early as 1966, the plant installed computerized process control, allegedly as the first company in Norway.
With further streamlining, staffing has decreased from around 1,600 people in 1974 to around 500 in 2008, at the same time as production has become three times as large, emissions to air and water have almost disappeared, and electricity consumption has been reduced by 60%.
In October 2006, Falconbridge Ltd was acquired by Xstrata. 7 years later, in 2013, Xstrata merged with Glencore. Glencore employs close to 190,000 and has businesses in a wide range of industries, - minerals and mines, oil, grain, production of metals etc. Today the company markets itself as Glencore Nikkelverk AS. wikipedia
Hair - D!va, Samantha
Bikini - :zk:, Sunny
Skirt, Drape & Belt - Baiastice, Marea @FaMESHed
Picture by Lilias Ianlanthas
Die Ästhetik veredelt die rohe Sinnenlust zum wahrhaft menschlichen Genusse!
Karl von Rotteck
(1775 - 1840) deutscher Historiker und Politiker
Inside the lens, there were some small dusty crumbs or condensed moisture, it's a pity, because now, the clear blue sky has some "mistakes".
The raindrops glittering in the sun refine this already beautiful dahlia blossom and create a masterpiece of shape and color. I think that it should do without big words and work on its own.
For this reason, I'll leave it at that and wish you all a bright start to the week.
Die in der Sonne glitzernden Regentropfen veredeln diese auch so schon schöne Dahlienblüte und schaffen ein Meisterwerk aus Form und Farbe.Ich denke, das sollte auch ohne große Worte auskommen und für sich alleine Wirken.
Aus diesem Grund belasse ich es dabei und wünsche Euch alle eine strahlenden Wochenstart.
more of this on my website at: www.shoot-to-catch.de
The modern history of petroleum began in the 19th century with the refining of paraffin from crude oil. The Scottish chemist James Young in 1847 noticed a natural petroleum seepage in the Riddings colliery at Alfreton, Derbyshire from which he distilled a light thin oil suitable for use as lamp oil, at the same time obtaining a thicker oil suitable for lubricating machinery. In 1846, Baku (settlement Bibi-Heybat) the first ever well drilled with percussion tools to a depth of 21 meters for oil exploration, based on data of Nicolay Voskoboynikov; it was 13 years before the Drake's well was drilled in Pennsylvania. The new oils were successful, but the supply of oil from the coal mine soon began to fail (eventually being exhausted in 1851). Young, noticing that the oil was dripping from the sandstone roof of the coal mine, theorized that it somehow originated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artificially.
Information by Wikipedia.
Texture's & Effect's by William Walton & Topaz.
Refining my comet shooting technique after the dramas of last time. I used a Nikon D810A with a Sigma Art 135mm lens at f/2, ISO200, 27 x 30 second shots during and beyond astro twilight. The camera was on a ZWO AM5, I used the ZWO ASIAIR Mini to polar align, then get my framing where I was happy with it, and ran the autofocus routine with a ZWO EAF connected to the lens. Once that was done I ran unguided in continuous exposure mode with a wired shutter release that locks on, while I shot landscape astro comet shots with the other camera. For processing I used APP, I didn't do any comet alignment. I removed much of the astro twilight colour from the sky and with more subs the satellites are almost gone. The artifact on the bottom right is from the ground getting in the frame! Final processing in Photoshop.
Singapore, 2025
Last year, my photography journey was far from fulfilling, leaving me with a sense of dissatisfaction. Despite my efforts, my creative growth appeared to have reached a standstill, as I repeatedly found myself reverting to familiar approaches. While there were moments where I saw potential in some photos, I overall felt that they didn’t meet the vision I had in mind. It became evident that I didn’t give myself the necessary space to evolve.
Moreover, the increasing demands of my work had a significant impact on my eyesight. The discomfort from two instances of eye infection added to my frustration, which was a real bummer, and I found myself feeling drained more often.
The overall experience left me yearning for more time to rest, refine my photography approach, and hone my craft, thereby pushing my boundaries.
Time has a way of refining perspective. I've been thinking about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles Eaton Canyon/Alta Dena, Palisades, Hughes. I don't know yet how to photograph them. But I did photograph some wildfire areas back in 2021, walking burns and mudslides up the south central coast that happened in 2018.
In that year, the Woolsey fire burned much of the same area as the recent Palisades fire, burning through the Malibu hills and up the coast into Ventura. Many homes were burned. Even after 3 years, you could still see bleached driveways, foundations, and patios where homes were. Like bones in the sun. And in the hills, trees, palms, and patches of soil were black. There was a stillness.
It is here, in the Malibu hills, where I shot this photo.
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Built in 1912, Hudswell Clarke design, delivered to Colonial Sugar Refining's Lautoka Mill in Fiji in 1912, repatriated 2011.
Fairbanks Alaska. ca. 1985.
The United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company. Illinois Street supply yard.
The USSRM provided equipment to the Fairbanks Exploration Company (F.E. Co) in support of gold mining operations outside of Fairbanks in the middle part of the last century.
www.asme.org/about-asme/engineering-history/landmarks/113...
Friday Flashback.
Tri-X 400, Minolta SRT.
twice a day on Monday-Saturday Hector Rail runs a timber train over the freight-only diesel line Elverum - Kongsvinger that continue with electric loco to Skoghall in Sweden. As Hector Rail has not enough diesel locos of its own, some are rented from i.a. Nordic ReFinance. The MZ 1454 (built by NoHAB, classic GM/EMD-sound) hauling loaded timber train 41666 to Sweden just before arrival at Kongsvinger, is Nordic ReFinance owned. Its first owner was DSB. The locomotive is still waearing the colour scheme of Baneservice AS.
These are the big vats that they used for refining sugar from molasses when this mill was in operation. All that remains of the original structure is the walls and these kettles and other machinery. The roof is now replaces by a huge, steel structure, and walkways have been built inside it so people can get closer to the equipment.
When I first started coming to Sugar Mill Gardens back in January of 2008, the walls had no protection around them and the whole ruin was encircled by a chain link fence to keep people out. I think the decision to reinforce the structure with the steel roof was done to preserve what's left of the walls and the kettles. Parts of the wall came down even during the time between when I started visiting, and when they built the enclosure. It is rather monolithic and ugly, but the good thing is that we can now go inside and see things closer up than before. Future generations stand a better chance of seeing this old mill's ruins now.
It was raining outside so I set the tripod up in the passenger seat, rolled down the window and took the photo. I took a few test shots and wondered why everything was blurry. Then I realized I should probably turn the car off to reduce the vibration during a long'ish exposure.
Shell Puget Sound Refinery / Anacortes, WA
"where am i?"
"last thing i remember....hey wait, i dont remember anything...oh shit !"
"why are my house keys always in the last place i look?"
"is this all there is ?"
"i bet i got swine flu from that #%^*&! dragonfly."
"is this a good time to refinance?"
"nature.....or nurture?"
"is there intelligent life in the universe?"
"if i land on that ladys head, will she scream?..hehehe"
"hope that ^*%##@**!%> bats not out tonight."
"is it possible to have peace in the middle east?"
"does this color make me look fat ?"
"oh well.....wonder whos on letterman tonight?"
*** please feel free to contribute your own musings, so our friend polyphemus (or, polly as i call her...him...whatever) doesnt feel so alone***
on black, unless youre too chicken !!! :