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New frets installed with hot hide glue, under clamps and curing.
I've done some of my best fretwork to date using a full length aluminum sanding block to hold the the frets in while the glue dries.
The Pentax Optio S5z brotherhood! Kevin has a S3i, the old model (the one that still fits in an Altoids tin - grrr).
I was invited to talk in UNRI Pekan Baru, Sumatera on 20 August 2008 on "Solving the Identity of Illusive Flowering Plant Endoparasites: Are We Sharing the Same Species?". If you happen to be somewhere near UNRI, please join us.
A parasitic plant is simply one that derives some or all of its sustenance from host plant. More than 4000 parasitic plants in 19 families are documented in the world. They are either food-making facultative photosynthatic hemiparasites (need the host to obtain water and mineral nutrients) or obligate holoparasites that cannot complete its life cycle without a host. Unlike facultative parasites which are mostly opportunistic plants, holoparasites are also known as host specific endoparasites since they are survived inside stem or/and root of the selected host vines or trees. There are also special group of about 400 species of flowering plants and one gymnosperm which are parasitic on mycorrhizal fungi and known as myco-heterotrophs, and generally not included in parasitic plants proper.
Holoparasitic plants is so illusive and difficult to study but continue to be high in priority among botanists because they are very interesting in evolution and phytogeography. Most endoparasites are generally host specific, and they tend to be restricted in distribution and highly endemics to certain area. They are endangered because they are biologically disadvantaged and sensitive to disturbance.
Most of these endoparasites were once grouped within Rafflesiaceae s.l. and Balanophoraceae but the family have been scrutinized lately and split into various families. Genera which are once in Rafflesiaceae s.l. such as Mitrastema, Apodanthus and Cytinus are now classified into their own families viz. Mitrastemonaceae, Apodanthaceae and Cytinaceae respectively. Currently Rafflesiaceae are confined to celebrated rare Southeast Asian endemic species within Rafflesia, Rhizanthes and Sapria. and together with Balanophoraceae, these taxa becomes celebrity in their own right. Less known Balanophoraceae is more widespread with about 100 species in 17 genera and Balanophora, Helosis,and Rhopalocnemis are the three genera that are known to occur here in SEA. Ongoing taxonomic and systematics study on species of Rafflesiaceae in Sumatera, Peninsular Malaysia, and Borneo curently indicates that no species of these taxa are being shared between these phytogeographic regions. Field analysis, molecular study and morphological re-evaluation Rafflesia hasseltii, Rafflesia cantleyi and Rafflesia arnoldii complexs seems to indicate that no species are being shared between Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo and they are all restricted hyper-endemics to small confined area. Similar studies on Balanophoraceae probably would find the similar trend. Our previous knowledge are confined to scanty, limited and confusing herbarium materials and more field studies would yield new species and reinterpretation os species.
This discussion is targeted to awake more local botanists in Indonesia and Malaysia to carry out detail investigation in the field for these families.
Wabi Sabi vase #1,
in olive green going into a white fade on the bottom half.
The following 3 images are of this same piece from different angles.
Dimensions: inches & centimeters
4.5 x 4.5in (width) 7.5in (height), lip opening: 0.75 x 0.5in
11.3 X11.3cm (width) 19cm (height), lip opening: 1.8 x 1.5cm
Price: $85 each, postage included
Description:
I made this series of vessels in 2011. It was a time when I was questioning and examining form and the techniques required in the making of simple shapes. As a craftsman and in particular a glassmaker, I am always working to improve my abilities and techniques. However, during that period in 2011, I kept questioning myself: Why was I trying so hard to create perfectly symmetrical and balanced shapes? Why was I continually focusing on technique to make tight and controlled forms?
I decided to slow down and take a different approach at how I was going to touch or tool the glass. By paying close attention to subtle nuances that were manifesting throughout the hot-making process, I let the material guide me, allowing these forms to take shape. Looking back, I feel that the beauty of these pieces are in their details. The subtle refinement and attention paid to details can elevate a piece making it more successful and complete.
Visually, these pieces can appear rough to the eyes but the surfaces are very soft and glassy to the touch. During the hot making process the molten glass bubble is dunked or submerged into a bucket of water with a baking-soda mixture. This process cracks the surface of the glass and squeezes the bubble creating random patterns. Sometimes the surface will split open a little, forming a gouge or indent on the surface. I find these random occurrences very beautiful. Having this loose quality within the making process really allows each piece to have its own character, its own patina and story.
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Same flower shown in previous photos but this one was shot after overnighting in a glass of water. The next day there was a noticeable increase of pollen at the tips of the stamens.
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when i was in elementary school, my teacher always testing me wit the same picture, it was look the same but not the same, it was similar but not similar,,,,my teacher said it trained ur left brain to think,,,,,is it???
forgot to upload this one....we decided to fast for the week when sameer was here, but ended up calling it short. this was him doing his break-fast, on a piece of chocolate. he ate it very very slowly, it was just hilarious ;)
same old same old :P
Not the most interesting shot i know..i'll come up with something a little more clever or atleast creative in my upcoming uploads
I made it through the first 2 weeks of my 365 project :D
Dorudon atrox ("Spear-Tooth") skeleton in the Sant Hall of Oceans in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. (The lower jawbone of a modern right whale can be seen just behind it.)
Dorudon was an ancestor of the modern whale that lived 41 to 33 million years ago. Its much larger cousin, the Basilosaurus, lived at about the same time. Both were the first animals to qualify as whales, as they both lived completely in the ocean. Dorudons grew to be about 16 feet (5 m) long, and fed on fish and mollusks. The muscles which closed the jaw (and allowed it to "crunch") were very large, so it's also possible that Dorudon fed on small marine mammals as well. Dorudon teeth are heterodont, which means that teeth in different parts of the mouth look different. Modern toothed whales have homodont teeth (all teeth in the mouth are similar in shape). The largest tooth in a Dorudon's jaw are triangular and blade-like and toward the back of the jaw. The crowns are serrated (which make for easy slicing and cutting), and have two roots. Modern whale teeth have just one rounded slicing edge, and just one root.
Dorudons had small brains, and were probably solitary creatures. They had a big hole in the lower jaw (like modern whales), which meant they could hear underwater. The jaw near this hole is very thin, just like in modern whales, too. Most likely sound waves would pass through the jaw and into a big pad of fat. This fat pad would then communicate the sound to the inner ear. But Dorudons lacked the "melon ball" inside the skull that modern whales have, so they could not echolocate.
Dorudons had a very powerful spine, to which were attached very powerful muscles. They had a fluke, and probably swam like modern whales -- by using "caudal oscillations" (or side-to-side motions of the tail).
Dorudon retained both its fore and rear limbs. The rear limbs were very small. The pelvis was not attached to the spine, and this means that Dorudon could not haul itself out on land like modern seals or walruses. (This leads scientists to the conclusion that it was fully a marine animal, and thus a true whale.)
The forelimb is not so atrophied. The bones of the forearm are not as short as in modern whales, and Dorudon could still flex its elbow. (Modern whales have a fused elbow, and a stiff flipper.) The fingers, too, could also be flexed and were still mobile.
Dorudons lived in warm seas all over the world. Fossils have been found in North America, Egypt, and Pakistan. There is possibly another species, "Dorudon serratus," found in South Carolina. But it is a juvenile and only partly complete and there is little scientific evidence that it is a separate species. Without further evidence, though, scientists have yet to collapse the two into a single species.
The same place, the same old kitchentable in my mothers kitchen.
First 1961 i'm paintig. Second, 1992 my son David is reading. The same table once without a table-cover. In 2010, after 50 years, my mother left this flat for a nursing home, in the age of 88. I have a lot of fotos and videos of this place from 1960 to the end 2010.Mannheim Meerfeldstrasse 52, Germany.It's all over.
I was 14 then in early 61 and David was 12 in late 92.
Trying out color balance + channel mixer in GIMP; Strobist Info: 285HV shot from camera left through home-made softbox
Same size and design as the mahoghany sideboard but this one is made from cherry with bookmatched aspen panels.
Arthur Grau from the Social Innovations lab also visited CDTech Digital Connectors, and went through the same process as he did with Belmont HS, in Los Angeles. The idea is that instructors or Digital Connectors could take this template and do application workshops just like the one at CD-Tech, for community service or education outreach. They've published a copy of the template and of the pdf worksheets at applicationsforgood.org/app-workshop-template/. Mobile internet access is still access, especially if you're using the tools to make great change in your life, like some of the examples they looked at.
Crimespotting
My Gov
My Tax Back, Android, Iphone, Facebook
Job Rooster
Zamzee
This group was full of ideas, including an app that would help you style your hair, by testing out new styles on an actual picture of yourself. Another group came up with a transportation app that not only tracked the buses, but tracked your use over time and had a payment option. There was a health app and a scholarship tracker!
We will be posting many ideas to the Social Innovation Lab at applicationsforgood.org/
Dreams of Planet B - How will a parallel quantum physical world look on Planet B - like the landscapes of Southern France - will the sun be the same, will the wind be the same - can life unfold in the parallel quantum world?
'The Mozart Works' - Sames' Piano Factory in Woodfield Road. The firm was founded in 1855 in central Birmingham but in 1889 expanded to cheaper building land in Woodfield Road, constructing a vast three-storey factory. Sparks from the nearby railway caused fires in 1913 and 1923, the latter destroying both the roof and the business.
This is a replacement unit. I had the same one but the wheel broke, so I returned it and got a new one. By then the hot summer days were over and I didn't use this one at all. This is nice to cool down one room during those really hot summer days, about 3 weeks per summer!
Must be picked up in Heidelberg Altstadt (easy parking and loading, trust me).
Jagadish Samal, Nepali Singer, singing during Dashain / Tihar Event celebration 2013 in Des Moines Iowa
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