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I started to whittle alone one fall day when my sweetheart was far away, and the kids were all out of the house. I shaved deep gouges into a little branch, feeling through the knots, finding memories like splinters.
Named for its splintered legs and lack of feet. This Assault Cores (A.C.) preferential mode of transit and combat is in the skies due to an increase of mobility; however, the Splinter Z02 is also a capable ground assault unit. His equipment consists of a wrist mounted laser, which doubles as a laser sword in close combat and a high impact deflector shield on the opposite wrist. Splinter Z02 isn’t the toughest or the most lethal A.C., but he’s probably the quickest and most agile making him an ideal matche against heavier armored A.C.’s. He can fly circles around them and before they’ve even managed a lock-on, he’ll have come in for a surgical strike to the power relays, rendering them defenseless.
This is another shot of that little beast that I showed you yesterday. This one, honestly, isn't quite as good as the last one, but this slightly out of focus shot is one of the clearest shots I have of the full length of the spider. I really wanted to show off this spider's markings but it was quite the difficult task. You see, the spider kept flying away using its web-sail. Don't forget, this one was really tiny. You'll have a sense of scale in later shots.
Me, my camera, and everything else are sticky with Sprite and smell like coffee beans, and something made my hand itchy, but I have absolutely nothing to complain about. It's just all part of being a photographer. :]
Oh, I think I got a sliver too. :p
El Maestro Astilla o Master Splinter (en inglés), es un personaje de ficción procedente de los Comics y la serie de animación estadounidense Tortugas Ninja Hizo su primera aparición en Eastman & Laird: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles No 1 (Mayo de 1984).
Homato Yoshi era el más grande maestro del ninjitsu no solo de su clan (conocido como The Foot) sino de todo el Japón, junto al vivía una pequeña y joven rata llamada Splinter el cual era la mascota de Yoshi. Desde su jaula, Splinter observaba los movimientos de su "maestro" y los imitaba a la perfección.
El constante acoso que sufría Yoshi por parte del líder del clan, Oroku Naga, lo obligo a huir a Estados Unidos (luego de haber matado a Naga) junto a su esposa Tang Shen, otro de los motivos de la rivalidad Yoshi/Naga.
Ya en Estados Unidos Yoshi vuelve de una larga rutina de trabajo solo para encontrar a su esposa muerta, asesinada por la katana del hermano de un hombre que mato años atrás; Oroku Saki (el hombre que a la larga seria conocido en Occidente como Shredder), hermano de Oroku Naga ahora era el líder del clan y estaba enfundado en una armadura samurái; asesina a Yoshi y Splinter huye de Shredder refugiándose en el alcantarillado de Nueva York, subsistiendo de lo que pudiera encontrar para comer.
Pero el destino le sonreiría nuevamente, en un día normal, un invidente trata de cruzar la calle y casi es atropellado por un camión que contenía un recipiente con material radioactivo, a su ves un niño pierde una pecera con cuatro bebes tortugas que cae a la alcantarilla y son bañadas con el liquido radioactivo que también cae al alcantarillado.
Splinter encuentra a las tortugas y las reúne en una lata vieja de café y las pone junto a él en su madriguera. Es a la mañana siguiente que se encuentra con que el liquido que les cayo encima acelero su actividad evolutiva por lo que Splinter ve que las tortugas duplicaron su tamaño original y ,además, el mutageno también le afectó volviéndose más grande y más inteligente.
El tiempo transcurría y las tortugas empezaron a articular sus primeras palabras (la primera en hablar fue Migelangel que dijo su nombre), Splinter se dio cuenta que el mundo jamas los comprendería al ser para ellos diferentes pero a su ves ve el enorme potencial que poseen las tortugas, por lo que decide enseñarles el arte del ninjitsu aprendido de su maestro, dándoles nombres que saco de un libro del renacimiento.
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I have decided now, its time i spend some more time working on my photography.
At the beginning i had spent a lot of time on composition, and technique and developing which i have improved greatly but still need a lot of work.
I now want to concentrate on shooting in the right conditions, utilizing light and different weather conditions. Also trying to add different styles of photography to my stream as appose to only normally shooting wide open landscape shots.
I really want to look into textures, minimalism. b/w. shapes and forms as well as light and atmosphere. Just really begin to mix things up and give myself much more opportunity when out taking photographs.
This was a last minute run into the middle of now where to find a tree i shot years back and turns out that no longer exists. I came across this splintered stump of a tree and the light was reveling a lot of great tones throughout the grass tree and sky.
Sarah Splinter.
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Toronto, Canada ~ April 19, 2017.
.. Just a Thought ::
" The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." ~ William James
I got a splinter in my finger and it went septic so I dug it out with a needle which I first sterilised with a match.
Sarah Splinter.
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Toronto, Canada ~ April 19, 2017.
I've been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.
All the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
Too sharp to put back together.
Too small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.
Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.
Lie to me,
Convince me that I've been sick forever.
And all of this,
Will make sense when I get better.
But I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love.
So I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no...
Bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe,
I breathe-
I breathe no more.
Caption Reads: Splinters, the all-male concert party formed after the First World War. Hal Jones as Splinter sits on the knee of leading lady Reg Stone, Jimmy Slater kneeling on their left.
schrijver, zijn nieuwste boek "als de Hemel genoeg ruimte heeft" is verschenen
programmamaker en tv-presentator
Splinter is een van de zonen van de Schrijver Bart Chabot en zijn vrouw arts Yolanda
tekstbron wikipedia.
kleding ontwerp
Peter George D'Angelino Tap
met dank aan Jose
An interpretive sign discussing King Kamehameha I's struggle for power.
Kamehameha I (c. 1758–May 8, 1819), also known as Kamehameha the Great, conquered the Hawaiian Islands and formally established the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi in 1810. By developing alliances with the major Pacific colonial powers, Kamehameha preserved Hawaiʻi's independence under his rule. Kamehameha is remembered for the Kanawai Mamalahoe, the "Law of the Splintered Paddle", which protects human rights of non-combatants in times of battle. Kamehameha's full Hawaiian name is Kalani Paiʻea Wohi o Kaleikini Kealiʻikui Kamehameha o ʻIolani i Kaiwikapu kaui Ka Liholiho Kūnuiākea.
Although there is some debate as to the precise year of his birth, Hawaiian legends claimed that a great king would one day unite the islands, and that the sign of his birth would be a comet. Halley's comet was visible from Hawaiʻi in 1758 and it is likely Kamehameha was born shortly after its appearance. Other accounts state that he was born in November 1737. The 1758 date is most likely, since his eldest son was born in 1797.
He was known as Paiea, which means "hard-shelled crab". His father by blood was Chief Keōua Nui. His mother was Chiefess Kekuʻiapoiwa of the Kohala district on the island of Hawaiʻi. In ancient Hawaiian culture it was common for royalty to mentor or "adopt" other children, so they can have another honorary parent. The ruler of the adjacent island of Maui, Kahekili II took Kamehameha into his court.
His father Keōua was the grandson of Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku, who had once ruled a large portion of the island of Hawaiʻi. When Keaweikekahialiʻiokamoku died, war broke out over succession between his sons, Kalani Kama Keʻeaumoku Nui and Kalaninuiʻamamao, and a rival chief, Alapaʻinuiakauaua. Alapaʻi emerged victorious over the two brothers, and their orphan sons (including Kamehameha's father) were absorbed into his clan. He may also be the son of the chief of Maui named Kahikili.
When Kamehameha (Paiea) was born, Alapaʻi ordered the child killed. One of his priests (kahuna) had warned him that a fiery light in the sky would signal the birth of a "killer of chiefs". Alapaʻi, nervous at the thought of this child eventually usurping his rule, decided to take no chances. Paiʻea's parents, however, had anticipated this. As soon as he was born, he was given into the care of Naeʻole, another noble from Kohala, and disappeared from sight. Naeʻole raised Paiʻea for the first few years of his life. Five years after his birth, Alapaʻi, perhaps remorseful of his actions, invited the child back to live with his family. There under the guidance of his kahu (teacher), Kekuhaupiʻo, he learned the ways of court diplomacy and war. Kekuhaupiʻo remained a faithful and trusted advisor to Paiʻea until the accidental death of the loyal kahu during a sham battle.
Another story says the name Paiʻea was given to Kamehameha after he first distinguished himself as a warrior in a battles between Maui and Hawaiʻi island in 1775–1779.
Paiʻea is said to have had a dour disposition, and acquired the name he is best known for today: Ka mehameha, from the Hawaiian language for "the lonely one"
When Alapaʻi died, his position was succeeded by his son Keaweaʻopala. Kalaniʻōpuʻu, Alapaʻi's great-nephew, challenged his rule, and was backed by his nephew Kamehameha. In fierce fighting at Kealakekua Bay, Keaweaʻopala was slain and Kalaniʻōpuʻu claimed victory. For his loyal service to his uncle, Kamehameha was made Kalaniʻōpuʻu's aide.
In 1779, Kamehameha again traveled with Kalaniʻōpuʻu to Kealakekua Bay. This time he, among other young chiefs accompanying their senior chief, met with Captain James Cook. Cook was perhaps mistaken by some Native Hawaiians to be Lono, the Hawaiian god of fertility. Cook's ship was the HMS Discovery; Kamehameha may have stayed on board at least one night. It was Kamehameha's first contact with non-Hawaiians.
Raised in the royal court of his uncle Kalaniʻōpuʻ, Kamehameha achieved prominence in 1782, upon Kalaniʻōpuʻu's death. While the kingship was inherited by Kalaniʻōpuʻu's son Kiwalaʻo, Kamehameha was given a prominent religious position, guardianship of the Hawaiian god of war, Kūkaʻilimoku, as well as the district of Waipiʻo valley. There was already bad blood between the two cousins, caused when Kamehameha presented a slain aliʻi's body to the gods instead of to Kiwalaʻo. When a group of chiefs from the Kona district offered to back Kamehameha against of Kiwalaʻo, he accepted eagerly. The five Kona chiefs supporting Kamehameha were: Keʻeaumoku Pāpaʻiahiahi (Kamehameha's father-in-law), Keaweaheulu Kaluaʻapana (Kamehameha's uncle), Kekūhaupiʻo (Kamehameha's warrior teacher), Kameʻeiamoku and Kamanawa (twin uncles of Kamehameha). Kiwalaʻo was soon defeated in the battle of Mokuʻohai, and Kamehameha took control of the districts of Kohala, Kona, and Hamakua on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Kamehameha then moved against the district of Puna in 1790 deposing Chief Keawemaʻuhili. Keōua Kuahuʻula, exiled to his home in Kaʻū, took advantage of Kamehameha's absence and led an uprising. When Kamehameha returned with his army to put down the rebellion, Keōua fled past the Kilauea volcano, which erupted and killed nearly a third of his warriors from poisonous gas.[5]
Questioning a kahuna on how best to go about securing the rest of the island, Kamehameha resolved to construct a temple (heiau) to Kūkaʻilimoku, as well as lay an aliʻi's body on it.
When the Puʻukoholā Heiau was completed in 1791, Kamehameha invited Keōua to meet with him. Keōua may have been dispirited by his recent losses. He may have mutilated himself before landing so as to make himself an imperfect sacrificial victim. As he stepped on shore, one of Kamehameha's chiefs threw a spear at him. By some accounts he dodged it, but was then cut down by musket fire. Caught by surprise, Keōua's bodyguards were killed. With Keōua dead, and his supporters captured or slain, Kamehameha became King of all Hawaiʻi island.
Kamehameha lifted the Naha Stone at age 14, and was the only person to ever lift it. The legend that goes with this particular stone is that the man who lifted it was the legendary warrior who would unite all of the islands. The prophecy was meant to be with Kamehameha. The Naha Stone now rests in front of the Hilo Public Library on the island of Hawaiʻi.
Kamehameha's dreams included far more than the island of Hawaiʻi; with the council of his favorite wife Kaʻahumanu, who became one of Hawaiʻi's most powerful figures, he set about planning to conquer the rest of the Hawaiian Islands. Help came from British and American traders, who sold guns and ammunition to Kamehameha. Two westerners who lived on Hawaiʻi island, Isaac Davis and John Young, became advisors of Kamehameha and trained his troops in the use of firearms.
With his new weapons, Kamehameha felt confident enough to move on the neighboring islands of Maui and Oʻahu, already weakened by a war of succession that had broken out between King Kahekili II's son and brother. Kamehameha may or may not have known that his rival, King Kalanikupule, also possessed firearms, and was planning a move against him when the aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi invaded those islands.
In 1795, Kamehameha set sail with an armada of 1,200 war canoes and 10,000 soldiers. He quickly secured the lightly defended islands of Maui and Molokaʻi at the Battle of Kawela. The army moved on the island of Oʻahu, landing his troops at Waiʻalae and Waikīkī. What Kamehameha did not know was that one of his commanders, a high-ranking aliʻi named Kaʻiana, had defected to Kalanikupule. Kaʻiana assisted in the cutting of notches into the Nuʻuanu Pali mountain ridge; these notches, like those on a castle turret, would serve as gunports for Kalanikupule's cannon.
In a series of skirmishes, Kamehameha's forces were able to push back Kalanikupule's until he was cornered on the Pali Lookout. While Kamehameha moved on the Pali, his troops took heavy fire from the cannon. In desperation, he assigned two divisions of his best warriors to climb to the Pali to attack the cannons from behind; they surprised Kalanikupule's gunners and took control of the weapons. With the loss of their guns, Kalanikupule's troops fell into disarray and were cornered by Kamehameha's still organized troops. A fierce battle ensued, with Kamehameha's forces forming an enclosing wall and by using their traditional Hawaiʻian spears, muskets and cannon, were able to kill Kalanikupule's forces to the man. Over 400 men were forced off the Pali's cliff, a drop of 1,000 feet. Kaʻiana was killed during the action; Kalanikupule was captured some time later and sacrificed to Kūkaʻilimoku.
Kamehameha was now ruler of all of all islands from Oʻahu to the east, but the western islands of Kauaʻi and Niʻihau continued to elude him. Using Honolulu as a base, he had a forty-ton ship built. When he attempted to invade the western islands in 1796, Kaʻiana's brother Namakeha led a rebellion on Hawaiʻi island against his rule, and Kamehameha was forced to return and put down the insurrection.
In 1803 he tried again, but this time, disease broke out among his warriors; Kamehameha himself fell ill, though he later recovered. During this time, Kamehameha was amassing the largest armada Hawaiʻi had ever seen - foreign-built schooners and massive war canoes, armed with cannon and carrying his vast army. Kaumualiʻi, aliʻi nui of Kauaʻi, watched as Kamehameha built up his invading force and decided he would have a better chance in negotiation than battle. He may also have been influenced by foreign merchants, who saw the continuing feud between Kamehameha and Kaumualiʻi as bad for the sandalwood trade.
In 1810, Kaumualiʻi became a vassal of Kamehameha, who therefore emerged as the sole sovereign of the unified Hawaiian islands.
As king, Kamehameha took several steps to ensure that the islands remained a united realm even after his death. He unified the legal system and he used the products he collected in taxes to promote trade with Europe and the United States. Kamehameha did not allow non-Hawaiians to own land; they would not be able to until the Great Mahele of 1848. This edict ensured the islands' independence even while many of the other islands of the Pacific succumbed to the colonial powers.
In fact, the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi that Kamehameha established retained its independence, except for a five-month British occupation in 1843, until it was annexed by the United States in 1898. It was this legacy that earned Kamehameha the epithet "Napoleon of the Pacific.".
Kamehameha also instituted the Mamalahoe Kanawai, the Law of the Splintered Paddle. Its origins derived from before the unification of the Island of Hawaiʻi, in 1782, when Kamehameha, during a raid, caught his foot in a rock. Two local fisherman, fearful of the great warrior, hit Kamehameha hard on the head with a large paddle, which actually broke the paddle. Kamehameha was stunned and left for dead, allowing the fisherman and his companion to escape. Twelve years later, the same fisherman was brought before Kamehameha for punishment. King Kamehameha instead blamed himself for attacking innocent people, gave the fisherman gifts of land and set them free. He declared the new law, "Let every elderly person, woman and child lie by the roadside in safety". This law, which provided for the safety of noncombatants in wartime, is estimated to have saved thousands of lives during Kamehameha's campaigns. It became the first written law of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, was included in the state constitution, and has influenced many subsequent humanitarian laws of war.
Although he ended human sacrifice, Kamehameha was to the last a follower of the Hawaiian religion and Hawaiian traditions (such as Lua). He believed so strongly in his religion and culture that he would execute his subjects for breaches of the strict rules called kapu. Although he entertained Christians, he did not appear to take them seriously.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty three metres, at 11:50am on Monday September 2nd 2012 off Promenade A592 towards the Bowness on Windermere ferry terminal in Bowness Bay on Lake Windermere.
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England, part of the Lake District in Cumbria, England and fed by the River Brathay, River Rothay, Cunsey Beck, and Trout Beck. It is a ribbon lake formed in a glacial trough after the retreat of ice at the start of the current interglacial. .
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Nikon D7000 20mm 1/800s f/5.6 iso200 RAW (14Bit) Handheld. Manual focus. Manual exposure.Matrix metering. Auto white balance.
Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5-5.6 DX EC HSM. Jessops 72mm UV filter. Nikon MB-D11 battery grip. Hoodman H-EYEN22S Hood eye eye cup. My memory 32GB class 10 20MB/s SDHC. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit
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LATITUDE: N 54d 21m 48.70s
LONGITUDE: W 3d 3m 59.03s
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