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On January 27, 1967, Apollo 1's crew--Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Edward H. White II and Roger B. Chaffee--was killed when a fire erupted in their capsule during testing. Apollo 1 was originally designated AS-204 but following the fire, the astronauts' widows requested that the mission be remembered as Apollo 1 and following missions would be numbered subsequent to the flight that never made it into space.
Image credit: NASA
"As long as there's one person on earth who remembers you, it isn't over."
-Oscar Hammerstein from the Musical Carousel
... to celebrate the vernal equinox!!
Also this is a 'test' shot with a 40€ (brand new!) camera...
I remember honoring my uncle Richard in my younger days, he was killed on Thanksgiving Day in Viet Nam the same year I was born. I remember honoring all those who passed before in the the Korean, WWII, WWI and the Civil War.
As I grew older, we started to honor the Peace Officers, Firefighters and relatives and friends, too. But, I have to say, even after honoring those in the first Gulf War, the one event that changed the way I realize the true significance of what Memorial Day is all about would have to be the one- seemingly, normal day of 9/11/2011. But, normal it would never be again. Since 9/11, the sacrifice of those lost in that day of National Tragedy, and the thousands lost since then in Afghanistan and Iraq really have given my heart and soul a sense what the day is all about. This photo is my expression of my feelings of my observance to all those lost, those who served and those who do still stand that post. God Bless America and Amen.
2 oz rye whiskey (Old Overholt)
3/4 oz sweet vermouth (Martini & Rossi)
1/4 oz cherry brandy (Cherry Heering)
1/2 tsp absinthe (Absente)
Stir well with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lemon twist.
This is a fantastic cocktail, perhaps my new favorite drink (or my new favorite drink for this week, anyway). It's basically another variation on the Manhattan, similar to the Kentucky Royale that I posted a few weeks ago. While sipping this I came to realize that the garnish here is more than simply window dressing; it actually adds something to the drink. Some recipes I've seen use a cherry, but the drink is sweet enough as is, and the subtle lemon aroma helps to brighten it up a bit. I'm not sure that Absente qualifies as absinthe, but it's similarly potent and has a very strong anise kick, so it makes for an able substitute. (I hesitate to spend >$50 on an ingredient that I'm only likely to use on rare occasions by the half-teaspoonful, so a 50ml bottle of Absente works just fine.)
Source: See both Paul Clarke (Serious Eats) and Jay Hepburn (Oh Gosh!). See also Eric Alperin, of Los Angeles bar The Varnish, who gives this the Sazerac treatment (spraying the glass with absinthe rather than mixing it directly into the drink).
In the grounds of St Peters Church Cradley, an avenue of trees were planted by the schools of Cradley in 1922, and the memorial was errected.
A 250-mile running challenge ‘Run to Remember’ ended on at Manchester’s Sportcity on Friday 4th of April.
Police officers and staff from across the country raised an estimated £100,000 for charity running in the memory of Greater Manchester Police officer Nicola Hughes.
The challenge saw 1,800 officers from run two miles-a-day for 125 days.
Nicola and her colleague PC Fiona Bone were killed while investigating a suspected burglary in Hattersley, Tameside in 2012.
Friday saw hundreds of officers and staff running the final two-mile leg around the Manchester Regional Arena.
Nicola's father Bryn, who organized the challenge said: “It has been fantastic, the turnout and determination has been amazing.
“It has been so overwhelming – at times you cannot describe it. The amount of support we have had has just been overwhelming,
"I wanted to do something positive to remember Nicola by. The biggest motivation is making sure people remember Nicola and remember what sort of person she was."
The money raised will go to the charities Care of Police Survivors, the North West Police Benevolent Fund and Victim Support.
Bryn added: “I want to do something that Nicola would have been proud of me for and I also want to raise money for the three charities that have helped us so much during this time and will probably continue to help us for a great deal longer,"
Bryn’s next challenge is to run a marathon at the North Pole.
www.pchughesnorthpolerun.co.uk
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Hitman 2 if I'm remembering right was a game I was made curious by due to it's timing, plus review scores.
One of my best friends back in High School was off on holiday to USA, and because I had a US Gamecube I figured I'd give him some cash (which was an exchange rate win too) and get him to bring me a game back whilst over there.
...Hitman 2 happened to be the chosen one.
In fact it was that same friend who brought it home to me with whom I sank the most hours into this game with, and this isn't even a multi-player game!
We literally spent hours and hours during weekends or week nights just messing around with guards and having fun with the game.
Hitman is a series that is focused on stealth gameplay, in which you must kill your target(s) without giving yourself away. Ideally making it look like the death was at the result of an accident or suicide, and sure... We'd play the game the "correct" way to unlock the next levels, and try to unlock the full extent of available weapons in the game but that wasn't were we had our fun.
Oh no...
The fun was in stocking up our Agent 47 with the weapons that had the power to lift people off the ground, or better yet, juggle their ragdoll like bodies through the air.
To hell with mission plans, and to hell with stealth... The game became a work of art to us, we'd be constantly looking for new ways in which to have the most hilarious unrealistic fun in killing people.
Shooting bank guards and staff down a laundry chute type thing (and then going down to the basement to see the carnage).
Dragging bodies into 69 positions for other guards to see (even though there artificial intelligence had no idea what a '69' was).
Shooting people off roof's and trying to see who could air juggle them as far as possible.
I'd probably need to consult my friends to help remind me of more of the immature things we had fun with in the game, but rest assured there was a LOT.
(I included a screenshot of an example of the immature fun in the photo. Those guards and Pizza Boys didn't get half naked on there own, and nor did those legs poke up like that either)
It didn't end at immaturity though. Due to the vast amount of free roaming some levels offered, as well as a good number of characters wandering around within these levels opened doors for us to set all sorts of random restrictions or weird tasks on each other to fulfill whilst completing levels in order to further stretch out the game.
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Childish/ Playful times aside though. Hitman 2 was a solid game for it's core gameplay aspects, which is why it got a lot of praise.
Each level required a good amount of investigation, a bit of curious 'trial and error' experimenting, and many of the levels (when played properly) had me to the point were I was on the edge of my seat hoping to full extent that I don't get caught. I was totally immersed within the games world, and had a sense of nervousness and fear, as if the situations my character (Agent 47) was in were actually affecting me personally, and it's moments like those that highlight why video games are such a great entertainment form, one that can rival movies in terms of making you 'feel'. At least that's my view anyway.
Overall the Hitman series has been one I've followed with a lot of admiration. I actually got to speak to one of the people that worked on the game briefly a few years ago as he was contacting an old workplace about Motorcycle parts, and his e-mail address was at IO-Interactive (makers of the Hitman games), so I asked him about it and he was open to speaking about it all, which was cool of him.
He gave me a heads up on "Mini Ninja's" (another game they did) about a day or 2 before they did there press release too. My first exclusive! Hehe.
...I wish I was still in contact with him today though, so I could grill him about when we're finally going to get another sequel!!
Cedric Brumley, another member of the CPD wheelchair auxilliary, followed in my footsteps by also suffering a torn Aorta during a squad car crash, and also became a paraplegic as a result.
We both try to attend events such as this to remember our fellow officers who lost their lives in the line of duty.
A mother tells the story of how her son, aged eight on September 11, 2001, vowed to join the US military, and has now enrolled at the US military academy at West Point, to graduate in 2015.
This is another multiple plate linocut.... as you can see I am experimenting with all kinds of backgrounds, and of course, spending so much time in Asia , it shows doesn't it? Elephants is of course my longest running love affair... think I was one... at least felt like one this Sunday when I scraped my knee something fierce chasing my dog in the park! Anyway... the elephant is the same plate all through the 4 images.... I really am happy with it in black and white too.
Anyway... please visit www.mleeprints.blogspot.com for a look at Marissa's work, talk about mastering this technique! Thank you Marissa for being such an inspiration!
"When you're down, remember your triumphs."
Ellyn Bache, The Art of Saying Goodbye
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I remember this shot because of all of the lightning bugs. It took me nearly three days of post editing to remove them before I could reveal this interesting star trail. Many thanks goes out to Dorthy who was kind enough to allow this shoot. What a wonderful place she has!
"Remembering Barbara Bush" at Engage at the Bush Center, presented by Highland Capital Management, was held on September 24, 2018. The two-part event celebrated the life and legacy of Mrs. Bush. Moderated by Cokie Roberts, the panels included Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush Hager, Pierce Bush, Jeb Bush, Jr., Ellie LeBlond Sosa, Andy Card, Susan Baker, and Susan Page.
Photos by Grant Miller for the George W. Bush Presidential Center
The then-lingering semaphore signals at Romney continued to bring me back to this damned Monon line time after time. I thought these things were going away in 2008...(But I continued to trek down there to shoot these blades until the bitter end...)
CSX finally killed off the Romney blades a few weeks after this shot of a southbound led by a former Conrail SD60M was nabbed in March of 2009. Romney will never again host dozens of foamers each time a train comes through-I guess the crews that are camera-shy are happy now.
"Remember... November 14 is World Diabetes Day!"
~ a friend
source:
www.worlddiabetesday.org/en/the-campaign/diabetes-educati...
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All kaleidoscopes and mosaics were created using my photo of a Great White Egret.
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The meaning and reason why I chose the Great White Egret for this slide show is... "They symbolize; purity and peace."
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Okay, I am incredibly irritated with my laptop. Everytime I try & transfer photos onto my laptop it just freezes & then crashes. So I've given up. My new laptop should arrive next week, so I'll have a mammoth catch up then. Oh & my brother's going into hospital next week & I've booked some time off next week so I'm only working 2 days, & I was planning to experience some of this sunshine everyone's been raving about, & it turns out it's going to be rainy. I've had one freaking day of sunshine!!
Okay. The movie Remember Me. Don't read if you haven't seen it & plan on it.
Some of the critics weren't that nice about it because of the ending, which I think is a little silly. It illustrated perfectly how lives were interrupted. I actually read one review which said the movie should just get on with the love story? That wasn't the point! Do you think that people who died that day weren't involved in their own love stories? Didn't the movie just highlight how you suddenly everything can end? & that you should appreciate life - & yet in most circumstances don't? It was beautiful really. I don't understand how critics can say it was disrespectful. I'm not American, but we had a similar terrorist attack with the bus & tube attacks, & if the film had been set in England instead & he'd died because of the tube attacks I wouldn't think it was any less good.
Oh & they also said they didn't understand why Tyler was so angry. Obviously they seem to have forgotten their teenage years & anything horrific that they went through. I could totally relate, & I bet tons of others could too.
People put way too much store in critics opinion. Someone on IMdB was going nuts about how people must listen to critics. Weirdo.
I cried at the end of the film. Hugh said he considered it put told himself to stop being a wuss. My Mom said she can't cry in public. Whereas I definitely don't have that problem.
& I'm determined not to be political on here, but:
1) Of course Clegg came out well during the debate - nobody knew anything about him. & hearing people on the radio saying he was impressive? Did you not hear how often he repeated Cameron? & just stood there saying the other 2 parties had messed up the country over the last few decades - well that's easy to say when your party is a joke! Grr.
2) This is going to sound awful. But the next person who tells me Brown has suffered more than Cameron because he lost a child AND an eye I will have to hit. Cameron's child was 6 years old when he died. The Browns had a stillbirth. Both awful, but different. & the eye thing does not freaking count.
3) I want to strangle Eddie Izzard.
But anyway, that's just some of my opinions on things.
Remember when we had that December exhibition for Santa Fe modernist Alfred Morang? You can see another work by Morang in our SPRING OF MODERNISM show. Check it out: thematthewsgallery.com/Artwork-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=251&a...
Remember those who have gone before us... for Tommy, O.E., Grandma and Grandpa, All My beloved firends and family and yours, Our Soldiers and our firefighters, our Police Officers and all who donate thier time to charity....those less fortuane And Remember Jesus' birthday and for whom we celebrate this holy time we call Christmas!
Remember Santa, We are all Santa's and all in the likeness of Christ. Cher
Remember this,
Santa lives at the North Pole...
JESUS is everywhere.
Santa rides in a sleigh...
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.
Santa comes but once a year...
JESUS is an ever present help.
Santa fills your stockings with goodies...
JESUS supplies all your needs.
Santa comes down your chimney uninvited...
JESUS stands at your door and knocks, and then enters your heart when invited.
You have to wait in line to see Santa...
JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.
Santa lets you sit on his lap...
JESUS lets you rest in His arms.
Santa doesn't know your name, all he can say is "Hi little boy or girl, what's your name?"...
JESUS knew our name before we were born. Not only does He know our name, He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.
Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly...
JESUS has a heart full of love
All Santa can offer is HO HO HO...
JESUS offers health, help and hope.
Santa says "You better not cry"...
JESUS says "Cast all your cares on me for I care for you."
Santa's little helpers make toys...
JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions.
Santa may make you chuckle but...
JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.
While Santa puts gifts under your tree...
JESUS became our gift and died on a tree...the cross.
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