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A selection of japanese maples in my garden.
Most are planted this year. From my garden in Trondheim, Norway.
From left:
Oridono Nishiki (pink). From Haukebø, Molde
Katsura (grenn, yellow), planted last year. From Hammer, Stjørdal
Atropurpureum (red), planted two years ago
Cornus controversa Variegata (almost white leaves, tall), Ødegaard, Isviken/Haugesund
Beni Shidare (green, dissectum), Ødegaard, Isviken/Haugesund
Sode Nishiki (behind, yellowish green), Ødegaard, Isviken/Haugesund
Acer Japonicum (green, autumn colors), Nypan hageland, Trondheim
Some minor species:
Acer palmatum "Little princess"
Cytisus purgans (gullgyvel)
Acer palmatum "Beni komachi"
Acer palmatum "Phoenix"
One of several cigarette cases at the Houston Museum of Natural Science's Faberge exhibit.
The HMNS invited the Houston Strobist group and others from Flickr for an after-hours chance to photograph these items. The was lit by a 580EX II flash in a 30x30 softbox, through another layer of diffusion (from Westcott) on one sode of the display. On the other side, a white reflector was put in place for fill and additional hilights (ala Light, Science and Magic). In some shots, a folded black sheet was placed behind the exhibit as background.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
Attempt 1 at post processing this photo with the gimp. Let me know which one you like better!
*Gaussian blur of background only
*Custom curves and levels
*Cropped
I like the radiant colors in this version but there are a few mistakes. The layer mask for the background blur wasn't perfect and you can see that around the bottom of the bridge (especially at sizes large and above). I also lost a lot of detail in the red of the kimono while working on the skin tone.
Check out the next photo for my second attempt.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
Incredible exhibition of the Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Samurai Armor collection at the Quai Branly Museum, Paris www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/expositions/a-l-affich...
Taken with camphone
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
A nimai-do gusoku [armour] with a rare kazaori eboshi kabuto [helmet in the form of a wind-swept court cap]
Edo period, 17th century
the fine kazaori eboshi kabuto with a chink to the bowl naturalistically rendered, decorated overall in gold lacquer, the small fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with applied mon [crests], the shikoro [neck guard] of four tiers with kebiki odoshi [close-spaced lacing] in light green braid, the russet iron mempo with facial features hammered and chased, detachable nose plate, the mouth agape with broad yak bristle moustache, gilded teeth, three-tier yodaregake [throat protector], the iron do [cuirass] in honkozane [true lamellae], with six-tier honkozane sode [shoulder guards], loosely spaced chainmail kote [sleeves], the tekko [gauntlets] applied with copper-gilt chrysanthemum over swirling waters, seven tassets of five-tiered kusazuri [skirt], the lining of the underskirt decorated in red, purple, white and gold brocade with stylised flowerheads geometrically arranged, shino suneate [shin guards], with an armour storage box
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
www.figure.fm/post/en/6401/Otacool2+Cosplay+Submission+So...
* Name: Nicole "Sode no Shirayuki"
* Age: 22
* Country of residence: Brazil
* Years of cosplay: 5
* Favorite cosplay character: Kuchiki Rukia (Bleach), Nami (One Piece) & Sailor Star Fighter (Sailor Moon)
* Your website/twitter or facebook link: sodenoshirayuki.deviantart.com
* Brief statement: It's amazing to become for one day (or two, heehee) like a character you love so much, isn't it? It's a wonderful experience!
The original article for this image lives at www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25383/Otacool+Worldwide+Cosplay...
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
Iron, mail, silk, gilt copper.
Late edo period, early to mid 19th century.
이 19세기에 만들어진 갑옷은 서양 문화가 일본에 미친 영향의 여러 조류를 보여 준다. 우선 투구의 경우 16세기 말 네덜란드식 cabasset 투구의 모습을 하고 있다(단, 만들기는 당대의 갑옷 장인 Saotome Iyetada가 제작했다. 투구 안쪽에 그의 이름에 새겨져 있다.). 동의 경우 아예 19세기 초 유럽에서 만들어진 것으로 보인다. 이 오래된 요소들에 좀 더 새로운 요소들을 가미하려 조립된 이 갑옷에는 부처나 문학적 인물들이 새겨져 있지만, 그 기법은 서양의 에칭 기법이다.
투구에 새겨진 문양은 Kurume의 영주였던 Arima 집안의 것이다.
PC case under my desk. Side is off to allow better airflow and venting. Notice the fan 'floating' in the middle of the opening? It's strapped by 5 thin wires (stripped from a CAD5 network cable) which are twist-tied to the 4 corners of the case. The 5th wire (horizontally strung) puts extra tension on the fan and keeps it from wobbling around like crazy. It's a mess, but it gets the job done!
The River, sculpture simulation of a river of words by Charles Sandison.
16.597 words of all the people and places inclued in the museum.
Incredible exhibition of the Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Samurai Armor collection at the Quai Branly Museum, Paris www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/expositions/a-l-affich...
Taken with camphone
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
Huaqing Hot Springs
Situated at the northern foot of Mt. Lishan in Lintong County, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) from Xian City, Huaqing Hot Spring is famed for both its dainty spring scenery and the romantic love story of Emperor Xuanzong (685-762) and his concubine Yang Guifei in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Its long history and location among the wonderful landscapes of Xian should entice any visitor to visit and bathe in this hot spring.
It is said that King You built a palace here during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). Additions were subsequently made by the First Emperor Qing (259 BC-210BC) and Emperor Wu during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-24). During his reign, the Emperor Xuanzong spent dizzying amounts of his funds to build a luxurious palace, changing its name to Huaqing Hot Spring or Huaqing Palace. Over the course of 41 years in his days, he visited the palace as many as 36 times. The palace thus has a history of 3,000 years and the hotspring a history of 6,000 years! Ranked among the Hundred Famous Gardens in China, it also has the status as a National Cultural Relic Protection Unit and a National Key Scenic Area.
www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shaanxi/xian/huaqing.htm
This came up on ebay today and as soon as I saw it I knew it looked familiar.
You've probably seen a photo of this before and I've also uploaded it for reference sake.
The colours are very different in each photo and I know from personal experience that products from Ryu general vary in colour from the photo to the actual thing.
Length: 193cm
Sode:91cm
Wrist-to-wrist: 134cm
"Appoquinimink High Students Among Thousands of Delawareans Standing Up to Challenge"
posted Wed, Mar 5, 2014 by Jon Buzby via Special Olympics Delaware (www.sode.org/news/detail/appoquinimink-high-students-step...)
MIDDLETOWN, DE — At first sight, it appeared to be just another school day on Wednesday at Appoquinimink High School as hundreds of students shuffled through the hallways traveling from their regularly scheduled classes to the auditorium for an assembly.
The students, representing all four grade levels, quickly filed to their chairs in an orderly fashion. Once seated, they soon realized that this was not going to be just another “regular” presentation as their peer, Julia Hensley, stood up to the dais and introduced Lt. Governor Matt Denn.
“It’s not complicated,” Denn immediately told the audience. “I think we are beyond using the R-word. And I hope and expect it’s just not acceptable around here.”
The assembly was one of several held throughout the state as part of the annual Spread the Word to End the Word campaign. In its sixth year in Delaware, the day is an opportunity for students and staff in schools at all levels to encourage others to stop using the word “retard” and all forms of it.
“When you use it, it’s like calling someone stupid,” Ryan Taylor, whose sister has Down syndrome, explained to students. “Just last summer, my sister was called the R-word at the pool by some 40-year-old man who didn’t even know her. He judged her based solely on her appearance.”
The crowd sat mesmerized as Ryan, with his sister, Jordan, standing alongside him, talked about her having a job working with legislators in Dover, reinforcing the importance of not judging people on looks alone, but instead treating everyone with respect and dignity.
More than 80 public and private schools statewide, from preschools to universities, joined schools in every state across the nation in a global movement of mutual respect and human dignity. Every school participated in a banner-signing event during lunch periods or at some point in the day, while others supplemented the banner activity with other school-wide initiatives, including hosting assemblies like the one held at Appoquinimink High.
“I think this is very important,” said Melinda Tartaglione, a teacher whose son has an intellectual disability and attends Middletown High. “Even though it’s just one little word, society doesn’t always think about how hurtful it can be. This was a very positive message.”
Students enjoyed watching a short, entertaining video that reinforced an earlier message about how it’s not always the leader that impacts a movement the most, but rather the first person willing to follow the lead.
“I certainly won’t ever use the word,” junior Julia Barba said after seeing the clip. “I never did before but certainly never would now.”
“Today’s presentations just made it clear that all of us are really the same,” junior Maddie Reynolds pointed out. “And that everybody deserves the same amount of respect.”
The final speaker ended her presentation with a question: “Are you brave enough to stand up for change?”
She then followed that up with a challenge: “Stand up, be brave, and join the movement.”
And when the applause died down marking the end of the assembly, hundreds of Jaguar students stood to do exactly that.
Incredible exhibition of the Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Samurai Armor collection at the Quai Branly Museum, Paris www.quaibranly.fr/fr/programmation/expositions/a-l-affich...
Taken with camphone