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For the Toy Sunday Group - Sky.
So I got a bit tired of the rain and popped up to see what was going on.
Apparently this sort of thing goes on every 25 - 50 years, they are hoping to have everything fixed soon and I put in a good word for people going on holiday, so they said they'd see what they could do...
People routinely walk miles everyday from their residence to the field on which they work.
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I this routine. Turn on the shower, take my clothes of and step into it. Feeling the hot water wash everything away and clear my head. I tend to need moments of clarity just to know that I am in the right place.
My hair is getting damned long when it's not all frizzed up! I am thinking about getting it spiral permed... but haven't made up my mind yet, I want to make a little change. But I also want to colour it properly Burgundy Red again! It looks good that way and I feel myself that way as well!
Alli is coming down south today, it's going to be nice spending some time with him and just have a good laugh. At least he has amazing patience to play with my dog!
Ohh! I got to tell you about this part! I nearly pulled a Mary Poppins today! There is SUCH strong wind outside that when I was walking to the shops I had a hard time walking against the wind and on my way back I nearly took off as it was pushing me so hard! It was clear madness!
I seem to have a bathroom theme going at the moment! I'll try do something different tomorrow! *grins*
U.S. Navy Capt. Wolff performs a routine cleaning on a patient at the Dental Department of Naval Station Everett Health Clinic. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Jacob J. Kirk (RELEASED)
When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed
Our respect run so dry?
Yet there's still this appeal
That we've kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings exposed
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can't function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again
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Joy Division (1979)
If gymnast Brandon Wynn appears like an activity number, it might be since his ring regimen is almost superhuman.
The active ingredients for an effective body were constantly there for Wynn. His mother and father are both “exceptionally solid,” as well as his grandpa was a body...
We often feel like we're stuck in a rut, stagnating, and not moving forward. Our jobs can seem like the same routine, over and over, and the same could be said about school,hobbies, and everything we do on a regular basis.
When I was in my thirties, I really wanted to make one last stab at studying voice and landing a career in opera, although I knew at that point, I would no longer probably be diva material. I still thought I could possibly be hired on as part of the chorus of the Miami opera company, or some other place where I'd be able to do what I felt I was created for. I actually felt thrilled when I considered giving it a go, and expressed my intentions to one of the pastors in the church I was attending. I was not prepared for his response.
The church I went to was part of a network of charismatic, non-denominational churches, and while they were more solid than many charismatic churches of the day, which could really be "out there", they were a bit stunted in their views of how things should be. (Like most of us!) They used contemporary worship music, and had no use for old hymns, or either country or classical music. In fact, they would often make fun of it, considering it to be antiquated and passe. That upset me, because I have always believed that it takes more than one style of music to reach people, and not everyone is the same. By closing yourself off to all but one form of music, you would consequently remove yourself from the people who loved all the other stuff!
The church was also big on its members seeking counsel from leadership when they had life changing decisions to make. While there is some scriptural support for this, since the bible says there is wisdom in many counselors, there was an almost self-imposed restriction we placed on ourselves in response to it, and if that counsel we perceived as being from those who watched over us spiritually was different than what we hoped it would be, many of us wouldn't challenge it, but would accept that perhaps God wanted us to rethink our ideas, or else He would have given the leaders insight and given us the green light. That was what happened when I talked to the pastor about pursuing opera as a career.
I'll never forget the words he chose. "Most people don't like their jobs." He urged me to be practical, and since I knew I usually wasn't, I felt he must have been right, and I walked away discouraged. I dropped the idea, only to wish I hadn't for the rest of my life.
I don't know if most people dislike their jobs or not. I imagine that most have settled for something that pays the bills, when what they might LOVE to do wouldn't. I would also guess, having been a witness to human nature for a long time, that most people learn to be satisfied with their place in life. I, however, see things differently.
For some of us, life has to be full of highs and lows, not even-keeled all the time. Some of us like adventure, or ecstasy, and are miserable settling for the ordinary way of doing things. Some have loftier ideas, and dream just a little bigger than most. For some, that IS normal, and for them, contentment can never replace happiness. If it does, a part of them dies. I am one of those people.
When I look at these art pieces, I am reminded of these things. I can no longer sing opera. Too much time, too much misuse, and too much damage has taken that dream, but I will never want to settle into the rut of satisfaction, when I could pursue fulfillment. I will never want to be stuck in place, missing pieces of myself, when I could go just a little further, or be just a little better.
I've been pondering what the artist meant by these sculptures. Maybe that was the whole point. Being true to your dreams and visions, and pursuing excellence and happiness is the alternative to what's left of you being trapped in a lifeless existence. This particular sculpture looks satisfied, although all the others look somber. She's the one who is okay just being content. Perhaps she tried and this was the best she could do, and she's good with it. The others tell a different story, and that, I think, is why they seem so much more disturbing. Even with the same processing, there is a big difference in the atmosphere and mood of the figures.
Don't settle, Folks. Be satisfied with where you are, but don't stop until you get where you want to be!
illustration friday this week is 'routine'. So why the look out of the window? Why indeed. I had all these ideas as to drawing my daily 'routine', when i realized that was not quite right.
So I drew Tel, or the Tel of 2000, looking out of a window I used to look out of every day. It was a certain look. Add the word 'routine' to this seemingly unassuming picture, and the story starts to unfold itself in greater detail (but you have to write the story). It becomes a game I used to play in interactive theatre.
la "Routine" est une chorégraphie entre danse aérobic et gymnastique où les Miss montre leurs compétences artistiques et acrobatiques.
Such a routine, it has nearly defined who she is. My grandmother, playing the organ in church; just as she has for the last 20 years of Sunday mornings.
I have a suspicion that like myself, many rangefinder-style camera users also harbor an affinity for leather journals and fountain pens.
Every few weeks I treat my A6 Bujo cover and desk pad to a bit of leather TLC.
X-E2s 35mm f2. ISO 2000, f7.1, 1/60. Post: Velvia & Lightroom.
October 14, 2017 | www.breakfastinamerica.me | Copyright © 2017 Gary Allman, all rights reserved
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I spent forever editing this in color, then just ended up going with black and white because nothing looked right. I hate editing indoor shots.
Model: Stuart
LeopardLass performing her Nails routine at Bristol Burlesque Festival 2015 Darkly Dreaming Divas night hosted in the Queen Shilling
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This article is about the conspiracy theory that contrails are deliberate releases of poison. For harmful chemicals emitted by aircraft, see Environmental impact of aviation. For attempts to influence weather with aircraft, see Cloud seeding. For the use of aircraft to apply pesticide and herbicide, see Crop dusting. For the Beck song, see Chemtrails (song).
An Airbus A340's engines leaving a water condensation trail (contrail) – miniature clouds formed by the engine exhaust
The chemtrail conspiracy theory /ˈkɛmtreɪl/ is the erroneous[1] belief that long-lasting condensation trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the general public.[2] Believers in this conspiracy theory say that while normal contrails dissipate relatively quickly, contrails that linger must contain additional substances.[3][4] Those who subscribe to the theory speculate that the purpose of the chemical release may be solar radiation management,[3] weather modification, psychological manipulation, human population control, biological or chemical warfare, or testing of biological or chemical agents on a population, and that the trails are causing respiratory illnesses and other health problems.[2][5]
The claim has been dismissed by the scientific community.[6] There is no evidence that purported chemtrails differ from normal water-based contrails routinely left by high-flying aircraft under certain atmospheric conditions.[7] Proponents have tried to prove that chemical spraying occurs, but their analyses have been flawed or based on misconceptions.[8][9] Because of the conspiracy theory's persistence and questions about government involvement, scientists and government agencies around the world have repeatedly explained that the supposed chemtrails are in fact normal contrails.[3][10][11]
The term 'chemtrail' is a portmanteau of the words 'chemical' and 'trail', just as 'contrail' blends 'condensation' and 'trail'.[12]
History
Multiple concurrent contrails. How long they last depends upon the weather, especially the temperature, humidity, and wind speed.
Chemtrail conspiracy theories began to circulate after the United States Air Force (USAF) published a 1996 report about weather modification.[11] In the late 1990s, the USAF was accused of "spraying the U.S. population with mysterious substances" from aircraft "generating unusual contrail patterns."[7][13] The theories were posted on Internet forums by people including Richard Finke and William Thomas and were among many conspiracy theories popularized by late-night radio host Art Bell, starting in 1999.[14][9] As the chemtrail conspiracy theory spread, federal officials were flooded with angry calls and letters.[11][3]
A multi-agency response attempting to dispel the rumors was published in 2000 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).[15][16] Many chemtrail believers interpreted agency fact sheets as further evidence of the existence of a government cover-up.[3] The EPA refreshed its posting in 2015.[17]
In the early 2000s, the USAF released an undated fact sheet that stated the conspiracy theories were a hoax fueled in part by citations to a 1996 strategy paper drafted within their Air University titled Weather as a Force Multiplier: Owning the Weather in 2025.[18][19] The paper was presented in response to a military directive to outline a future strategic weather modification system for the purpose of maintaining the United States' military dominance in the year 2025, and identified as "fictional representations of future situations/scenarios."[19] The USAF further clarified in 2005 that the paper "does not reflect current military policy, practice, or capability" and that it is "not conducting any weather modification experiments or programs and has no plans to do so in the future."[7][20] Additionally, the USAF states that the "'chemtrail' hoax has been investigated and refuted by many established and accredited universities, scientific organizations, and major media publications."[7]
The conspiracy theories are seldom covered by the mainstream media, and when they are, they are usually cast as an example of anti-government paranoia.[4] For example, in 2013, when it was made public that the CIA, NASA, and NOAA intended to provide funds to the National Academy of Sciences to conduct research into methods to counteract global warming with geoengineering, an article in the International Business Times anticipated that "the idea of any government agency looking at ways to control, or manipulate, the weather will be met with scrutiny and fears of a malign conspiracies" [sic], and mentioned chemtrail conspiracy theories as an example.[21]
Description
Proponents of the chemtrail conspiracy theory find support for their theories in their interpretations of sky phenomena, videos posted to the Internet, and reports about government programs; they also have certain beliefs about the goals of the alleged conspiracy and the effects of its alleged efforts and generally take certain actions based on those beliefs.
Interpretation of evidence
Airbus A380 water-filled tanks simulate passenger weight for different takeoff and landing displacement weights. Similar photographs are sometimes said to show chemtrail planes in action.
Ballast barrels with water in a prototype Boeing 747 flight-test plane
Proponents of the chemtrail conspiracy theory say that chemtrails can be distinguished from contrails by their long duration, asserting that the chemtrails are those trails left by aircraft that persist for as much as a half-day or transform into cirrus-like clouds.[4] The proponents claim that after 1995, contrails had a different chemical composition and lasted a lot longer in the sky; proponents fail to acknowledge evidence of long-lasting contrails shown in World War II–era photographs.[9]
Proponents characterize contrails as streams that persist for hours and that, with their criss-cross, grid-like, or parallel stripe patterns, eventually blend to form large clouds. Proponents view the presence of visible color spectra in the streams, unusual concentrations of sky tracks in a single area, or lingering tracks left by unmarked or military airplanes flying atypical altitudes or locations as markers of chemtrails.[3][5][22][23][24]
Photographs of barrels installed in the passenger space of an aircraft for flight test purposes have been claimed to show aerosol dispersion systems. The barrels' actual purpose is to simulate the weight of passengers or cargo. The barrels are filled with water, and the water can be pumped from barrel to barrel to test different centers of gravity while the aircraft is in flight.[25]
Former CIA employee and whistleblower Edward Snowden, interviewed on The Joe Rogan Experience, said he had searched through all the secret information of the U.S. government for evidence about (aliens and) chemtrails. According to a CNN report[26] about the webcast,[27] he said: "In case you were wondering: ... Chemtrails are not a thing" and "I had ridiculous access to the networks of the NSA, the CIA, the military, all these groups. I couldn't find anything".
Jim Marrs has cited a 2007 Louisiana television station report as evidence for chemtrails. In the report, the air underneath a crosshatch of supposed chemtrails was measured and apparently found to contain unsafe levels of barium: at 6.8 parts per million, three times the nationally recommended limit. But a subsequent analysis of the footage showed that the equipment had been misused and the reading exaggerated by a factor of 100—the true level of barium measured was both usual and safe.[8]
In 2014, a video that went viral showed a commercial passenger airplane landing on a foggy night, which was described as emitting chemtrails.[28] Discovery News pointed out that passengers sitting behind the wings would clearly see anything being sprayed, which would defeat any intent to be secretive, and that the purported chemical emission was normal air disruption caused by the wings, visible due to the fog.[28]
In October 2014, Englishman Chris Bovey filmed a video of a plane jettisoning fuel on a flight from Buenos Aires to London, which had to dump fuel to lighten its load for an emergency landing in São Paulo. The clip went viral on Facebook, with over three million views and more than 52,000 shares, cited as evidence of chemtrails. He later disclosed that the video post was done as a prank.[29][30]
In some accounts, the chemicals are described as barium and aluminum salts, polymer fibers, thorium, or silicon carbide.[31]
Chemtrail believers interpret the existence of cloud seeding programs and research into climate engineering as evidence of the conspiracy.[32]
Beliefs
Various versions of the chemtrail conspiracy theory have been propagated via the Internet and radio programs.[3] There are websites dedicated to the conspiracy theory, and it is particularly favored by far-right groups because it fits well with a deep suspicion of the government.[4]
A 2014 review of 20 chemtrail websites found that believers appeal to science in some of their arguments but do not believe what academic or government-employed scientists say;[31] scientists and federal agencies have consistently denied that chemtrails exist, explaining the sky tracks are simply persistent contrails.[3][13][33] The review also found that believers generally hold that chemtrails are evidence of a global conspiracy; they allege various goals which include profit (for example, manipulating futures prices, or making people sick to benefit drug companies), population control, or weapons testing (use of weather as a weapon, or testing bioweapons).[31][33][2] One of these ideas is that clouds are being seeded with electrically conductive materials as part of a massive electromagnetic superweapons program based around the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP).[34][35] Believers say chemtrails are toxic; the 2014 review found that they generally hold that every person is under attack and often express fear, anxiety, sadness, and anger about this.[31] A 2011 study of people from the US, Canada, and the UK found that 2.6% of the sample believed entirely in the conspiracy theory, and 14% believed it partially.[36][31] An analysis of responses given to the 2016 Cooperative Congressional Election Study[37] showed that 9% of the 36,000 respondents believed it was "completely true" that "the government has a secret program that uses airplanes to put harmful chemicals into the air" while a further 19% believed this was "somewhat true".[38]
Chemtrail conspiracy theorists often describe their experience as being akin to a religious conversion experience. When they "wake up" and become "aware" of chemtrails, the experience motivates them to advocacy of various forms.[31] For example, they often attend events and conferences on geoengineering, and have sent threats to academics working in geoengineering.[31]
Some chemtrail believers adopt the notions of Wilhelm Reich, who devised a "cloudbuster" device from pipework. Reich claimed this device would influence weather and remove harmful energy from the atmosphere. Some chemtrail believers have built cloudbusters filled with crystals and metal filings, which are pointed at the sky in an attempt to clear it of chemtrails.[39]
Chemtrail believers sometimes gather samples and have them tested, rather than rely on reports from government or academic laboratories, but their experiments are usually flawed; for example, collecting samples in jars with metal lids contaminates the sample and is not done in scientific testing.[31][40]
Incidents
In 2001, in response to requests from constituents, U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced (but did not author) H.R. 2977 (107th), the Space Preservation Act of 2001, which would have permanently prohibited basing weapons in space, listing chemtrails as one of a number of "exotic weapons" that would be banned.[41][42] Proponents have interpreted this explicit reference to chemtrails as official government acknowledgment of their existence.[22][43] Skeptics note that the bill in question also mentions "extraterrestrial weapons" and "environmental, climate, or tectonic weapons".[41] The bill received an unfavorable evaluation from the United States Department of Defense and died in committee, with no mention of chemtrails appearing in the text of any of Kucinich's three subsequent failed attempts to enact a Space Preservation Act.
In 2003, in a response to a petition by concerned Canadian citizens that "chemicals used in aerial sprayings are adversely affecting the health of Canadians", the Government House Leader responded: "There is no substantiated evidence, scientific or otherwise, to support the allegation that there is high altitude spraying conducted in Canadian airspace. The term 'chemtrails' is a popularised expression, and there is no scientific evidence to support their existence."[44][45][46][47] The House leader added, "it is our belief that the petitioners are seeing regular airplane condensation trails or contrails."[44]
In 2005 in the United Kingdom, Elliot Morley, a Minister of State for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs[48] was asked by David Drew, the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Stroud, "what research [the] Department has undertaken into the polluting effects of chemtrails for aircraft", and responded that "the Department is not researching into chemtrails from aircraft as they are not scientifically recognised phenomena", and that work was being conducted to understand "how contrails are formed and what effects they have on the atmosphere."[13][49]
During the 2011–2017 California drought, some local politicians in Shasta County reacted credulously to conspiracy theories suggesting that weather-modifying chemtrails had caused the unusual weather conditions.[50]
Contrails
Main article: Contrail
Contrails from propeller-driven aircraft engine exhaust, early 1940s
Contrails, or condensation trails, are "streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes".[7] Fossil fuel combustion (as in piston and jet engines) produces carbon dioxide and water vapor and soot particulates that act as cloud condensation nuclei. At high altitudes, the air is very cold. Hot humid air from the engine exhaust mixes with the colder surrounding air, causing the water vapor to condense into droplets or ice crystals that form visible clouds. The rate at which contrails dissipate is entirely dependent on weather conditions. If the atmosphere is near saturation, the contrail may exist for some time. Conversely, if the atmosphere is dry, the contrail will dissipate quickly.[7]
Exhaust gases and emissions
Wingtip condensation trails
It is well established by atmospheric scientists that contrails can persist for hours, and that it is normal for them to spread out into cirrus sheets. The different-sized ice crystals in contrails descend at different rates, which spreads the contrail vertically. Then the differential in wind speeds between altitudes (wind shear) results in the horizontal spreading of the contrail. This mechanism is similar to the formation of cirrus uncinus clouds. Contrails between 25,000 and 40,000 feet (7,600 and 12,200 m) can often merge into an "almost solid" interlaced sheet.[51] Contrails can have a lateral spread of several kilometers, and given sufficient air traffic, it is possible for contrails to create an entirely overcast sky that increases the ice budget of individual contrails and persists for hours.[52]
Contrail testing being carried out on an Airbus A340 and much older Boeing 707[7]
Experts on atmospheric phenomena say that the characteristics attributed to chemtrails are simply features of contrails responding to diverse conditions in terms of sunlight, temperature, horizontal and vertical wind shear, and humidity levels present at the aircraft's altitude.[3][7][5][22] In the US, the gridlike nature of the National Airspace System's flight lanes tends to cause crosshatched contrails, and in general it is hard to discern from the ground whether overlapping contrails are at similar altitudes or not.[7] The jointly published fact sheet produced by NASA, the EPA, the FAA, and NOAA in 2000 in response to alarms over chemtrails details the science of contrail formation, and outlines both the known and potential impacts of contrails have on temperature and climate.[20] The USAF produced a fact sheet that described these contrail phenomena as observed and analyzed since at least 1953. It also rebutted chemtrail theories more directly by identifying the theories as a hoax and disproving the existence of chemtrails.[7][3]
Patrick Minnis, an atmospheric scientist with NASA's Langley Research Center, has said that logic does not dissuade most chemtrail proponents: "If you try to pin these people down and refute things, it's, 'Well, you're just part of the conspiracy'".[3]
Analysis of the use of commercial aircraft tracks for climate engineering has shown them to be generally unsuitable.[53]
Astronomer Bob Berman has characterized the chemtrail conspiracy theory as a classic example of failure to apply Occam's razor, writing in 2009 that instead of adopting the long-established "simple solution" that the trails consist of frozen water vapor, "the conspiracy web sites think the phenomenon started only a decade ago and involves an evil scheme in which 40,000 commercial pilots and air traffic controllers are in on the plot to poison their own children."[54]
A 2016 survey of 77 atmospheric scientists concluded that "76 out of 77 (98.7%) of scientists that took part in this study said they had not encountered evidence of a [secret large-scale atmospheric program] (SLAP), and that the data cited as evidence could be explained through other factors, such as typical contrail formation and poor data sampling instructions presented on SLAP websites."[6][55]
Maj. Mark Worthington, a member of the New Zealand army, performs a routine dental check up on a boy in Niuatoputapu,Tonga. HMNZS Canterbury is currently operating in Niuatoputapu working on engineering, water conservation, and public relations projects. Cleveland is the flagship for Pacific Partnership 2011, which will visit five island nations this summer: Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New guinea, Timor Leste and the Federated States of Micronesia. Pacific Partnership 2011 is a humanitarian assistance initiative, which promotes cooperation throughout the Pacific. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Christopher Farrington/Released)