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I haven't identified this shield bug yet, but I just love these strange little creatures. I saw several on holiday in Dorset recently.
The first data file in what will hopefully be many!
You can check out the complete database over at the MBU wiki: marvelbrickfilmuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D./Data_...
Thanks to my good friend Galactic Bricks for letting me use his data file template: www.flickr.com/photos/100439334@N06/
So at last I can reveal the shield generator! However I have a confession: It's only half a shield generator. And at that, the two rings I have built are only finished on one side. It will take many more Bricklink orders to complete. I added some flames to suggest the empire at in the middle of destroying it! I hope you enjoy what I've done so far. I'll be displaying it at a show in Ireland next weekend.
Procamera, Snapseed, Stackables App, Afterlight
There are times when I just shut out lots of things. Especially when I am unwell. I don't have physical activity to turn to and I'm too tired to "fake it" with the outside world. Then it's just me, music and all the various muses in my head.
Sometimes, just sometimes "I wake up, it's a bad dream, no one on my side; I was fighting but I just feel too tired to be fighting ..." When that happens, I put up the shield. If there is nothing positive, then I shut out the negative. I know the people who care are my silent pillars of strength. They are there. Just knowing that is enough. The Darkness is not overwhelming; I can still breathe ... Sort of. But it's lurking. Just the awareness that The Black Dog Bitch is still hanging around is enough. I've learnt that I can never out-run her - she can run anybody down.
Awareness alone is like a huge weapon.
aka a 'Stink Bug'
I mostly see green ones in my garden, BUT this is the first one of this type that I have seen.
According to my RSPB 'Wildlife' book, it is deffo a Shield/Stink bug, and it looks most like a PENTATOMA RUFIES, the 'Forest Bug', but it might be something else?
Update - Confirmed as a 'Forest Bug' on 'SEEK' - my new app on my phone, except that the Latin name is given as Pentatoma RUFIPES, which is slightly different to the RSPB book. However, I will be happy with 'Shield Bug'!!!
The Herd Groyne lighthouse at the mouth of the River Tyne.
In the background is Tynemouth; the setting for many scenes in the Vera TV series. If you believed what you saw on TV, you'd think Tynemouth was a hotbed of crime. Obviously, I couldn't possibly comment.
Image best viewed by pressing 'L' and closing your eyes. Very tightly. 😁
"Strobilanthes dyeriana (Persian shield) is a tropical plant native to Myanmar. It is grown for its dark green foliage with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein. In proper conditions, it will also produce pale purple flowers. Persian Shield grows best outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10, although it can survive in other zones as a houseplant given sufficient temperature, soil moisture and humidity. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit."
Taken on new equipment www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/4939950680/ Aprox 7 x magnification 48 frame focus stack using Zerene stacker, MP-E65 at 5x lens plus extension tubes and 40 micron step intervals using StackShot www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/4279012996/
Seen at Finca Las Piedras, the Alliance for a Sustainable Amazon's research and education center in Madre de Dios, Peru
See this creature in real life, and many, many more! www.sustainableamazon.org/finca-las-piedras
飛行航母已經完成兩週年了，算是玩樂高創作以來非建物類最大型作品，長度140公分，寬度80公分，重量應該超過20公斤，零件數超過15000片，這個規模應該是很難超越的。
This SHIELD Helicarrier had been built for two years! It is one of the largest creation I ever built. It is 140-cm long, 80-cm wide, more than 20kg weight, and piece count over 15 thousand! This record is really difficult to break for me, but still hope I could make another record in the future.
剛好在最近幫航母搬家，正好拿去專業攝影棚拍照，之前都沒有辦法好好拍照做紀錄，趁這次就把所有角度都好好拍起來!
Before moving the Helicarrier to the new place for display, I took it to professional studio shooting. When I finished it two years ago, it is in a hurry to not take a good shot with this Helicarrier. Really sad at that time, but I'm glad I can do it this time!
回想當初只花了一個半月的時間建造完成，那時幾乎每天熬夜做。雖然最終把它完成，有些部分的小細節可能還有些缺陷沒處理完，但就像考試一樣，時間期限到了就算是結束了。
At that time, I spent one and a half month to build it, and burned the midnight oil almost every day! Although when I finished it, there are still some small faults to be taken care. However, it is like an exam with a time limit, done is done.
回顧完成這件作品的過程，裡面很多新嘗試的堆砌方式，像是飛行甲板的紋路是用積木堆砌出來，而非印刷；整艘航母的結構也是創舉，使用科技零件當作骨架，再用薄片零件全部包覆起來，更值得一提的是只用兩支科技件構成的柱子支撐起整件作品；最後一個特色是整艘航母是以點點人的比例去製作，包含航母上的昆式戰機也是，所以航母上面還可以看到復仇者聯盟的角色集合在甲板上。
Review the progress of this creation, I had used several new building methods(to me) on it, like the decks of the carrier, I use the SNOT method to build the pattern of fighter guide mark, which build parts laterally; The structure of the hull is made by technic parts to provide light and strong support to whole creation, and then use a lot amount of plate parts to create the curve shape of shell of carrier. What's a worth to be mentioned, the carrier is only supported by two thin yellow column also made by technic parts; The last feature is to build this creation in dot figures scale, which figure is made by two round plates, also including the Quinjets on the deck. Moreover, checking the deck, you can find out there are Avengers over there!
最後還是要感謝為這件作品提供幫助的朋友，必買的虎哥 Sheng-Fong Chiang 支持這件創作的完成； 謝政宏 在創作過程中的大力協助； Hsinwei Chi 幫忙這次作品的專業攝影照片!
Finally, acknowledge the assistance of my friends in this project: Sheng-Fong Chiang who supported this project, 謝政宏 who helped me build it during progress, and Hsinwei Chi who helped me to make these great shots!
South Shields, Tyne and Wear, North East England, UK . . . South Shields to North Shields ferry crossing over the river Tyne.
Australian Naval support vessel Ocean Shield is currently (12 April 2014) heading the search for MH370.
Captain America's shield is physically indestructible under normal conditions; while cosmic and godly opponents have broken his shield, the shield proves strong enough to absorb Hulk's strength, and repel an attack from Thor's mystical hammer Mjölnir without any visible damage, and in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the shield is also shown to be able to cushion falls from great heights. Cap's Shield is also able to absorb all kinetic energy and transfers very little energy from each impact, meaning Captain America does not feel recoil or transferred impact forces from blocking attacks. These physical properties also means the shield can bounce off of most smooth surfaces, ricocheting multiple times with minimal loss in aerodynamic stability or velocity.
You can see Captain America, and his shield, at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York's Times Square. It's a great place to visit for locals and tourists alike!
A new Brooke by Noel Cruz redone in February of 2023.
See Noel's site for more of his work at www.ncruz.com.
Brooke is wearing a dress by Elena Peredreeva on line at www.elenpriv.com. On Flickr
www.flickr.com/photos/elenpriv and you can shop her clothing on eBay www.ebay.com/str/elenpriv and ETSY at www.etsy.com/shop/elenpriv.
You can also shop and display Noel Cruz repaints via RedBubble here: www.redbubble.com/people/stevemckinnis/shop under the collection NOEL CRUZ!
Photos by Steve McKinnis of stevemckinnis.com
The Golden Shield lichen, Xanthoria parietina!
Rather than a single organism, this lichen is a close partnership between a fungus and a green alga. They grow together, so they look like one individual.
This species is yellow because of a pigment called parietin, which protects the lichen from harmful UV light rays.
Specimens growing in the shade can be much less bright - almost green - because the lichen only produces enough parietin to protect itself from too much light entering its inner layers.