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Sailing boat, Marina Cannes, French Riviera, France.
A boat is a sailboat (pieces of fabric), propelled by the wind. Historically, the boat was the first conveyance medium and long distance. Sailboats carrying goods, passengers, mail. They were used for fishing at sea, military and naval battles.
From the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century sailing propulsion gradually disappears for utility transport replaced by steamships and motor boats. Today, utility transport and fishing boats remain only in the less industrially developed countries.
The yachts are used for recreational purposes: competitive sailing and boating.
Soak Testing is a type of performance test that verifies a system's stability and performance characteristics over an extended period of time. It is typical in this type of performance test to maintain a certain level of user concurrency for an extended period of time.
A Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) poses in golden light on a Massachusetts tidal flat. I used the pot-pod technique to take this photo. (I laid down on the ground and propped my lens up with a pot to get a low angle). I recommend doing that. It really helps with stability when photographing shorebirds.
Taken on Cape Cod.
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Steampunk woman created in Stability Ai.
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A bit of flight between planes of existence with some blackbirds:
Christmas is the celebration of community, the celebration of family, the celebration of love. At least it is for me. And even if I don't need a special day of the year for empathy, mindfulness and appreciation, these days still have a special, strengthening effect on me.
It's the time when I reflect on what's really important. A time when the "I" steps back to let the "we" take precedence.
Basically, we all belong together. As different as we may be, we are the same in the same moment. We all (and by that I really mean ALL) strive for the fulfillment of the same basic needs. The realization of our own ideals, the recognition and appreciation of our environment, as well as stability and security. These are the lowest common denominators of all human beings, and are enough to at least understand anyone whose strategies for meeting those needs may differ (sometimes radically) from ours.
Talking to each other, speaking clearly and really listening are the only way in this case.
With this in mind, I wish you all a merry Christmas filled with love and harmony both in your environment and within yourself.
Weihnachten ist das Fest der Gemeinschaft, das Fest der Familie, das Fest der Liebe Zumindest ist es das für mich. Und auch wenn ich für Empathy, Achtsamkeit und Wertschätzung keinen beonderen Tag im Jahr benötige, so haben diese Tage trotzdem nocheinmal ein besondere, verstärkende Wirkung auf mich.
Es ist der Zeitpunkt, wo ich mich besinne, was wirklich wichtig ist. Eine Zeit in der das "Ich" zurück tritt um dem "Wir" den Vorrang zu lassen.
Im Grunde gehören wir doch alle zusammen. So unterschiedlich wir auch sein mögen, so gleich sind wir im selben Moment. Wir alle (und damit meine ich wirklich ALLE) streben nach Erfüllung der selben Grundbedürfnisse. Die Verwirklichung unseres eigenen Ideale, Die Anerkennung und Wertschätzung unseres Umfeldes, sowie Stabilität und Sicherheit. Das sind die kleinsten gemeinsamen Nenner aller Menschen und es sind genug um jeden zumindest zu Verstehen, dessen Strategien zur Erfüllung dieser Bedürfnisse sich möglicherweise von unseren unterscheiden (manchmal auch grundlegend).
Mit einander zu reden sich klar zu äußern und wirklich zuzuhören sind in diesem Fall der einzige Weg.
In diesem Sinne wünsche ich Euch allen ein besinnliches Weihnachtsfest erfüllt von Liebe und Harmonie sowohl in Eurem Umfeld als auch in Euch selbst.
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-Couleurs du Maroc-
Images from my last trip to Morocco, the country I grew up in.
"True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.”
~Tom Robbins~
"The pillars of truth and the pillars of freedom - they are the pillars of society."
~Henrik Ibsen~
The battle of wind with stability, I thought about doing a longish exposure here but no chance of a still camera in those windy conditions.
I then thought how about a panorama, so with Jane hanging onto my belt on the edge I tucked my elbows in and fired off eight images which miraculously all merged together.
A kind neighbor called me over to his home last evening, alerting me to this lovely owl that was peeking out of one of his backyard evergreen trees.
The owl allowed me to spend 15 minutes with it while I fired off many good captures. It never moved and showed no signs of agitation, and I kept a quiet and respectful distance across the yard.
This seems to be an adult brown morph (Northern). There are also grey and red morphs in this species.
Screech owls are very small and their body size range from 6 to 10 inches in length. Proportionally, their heads are quite large and, since they have such short necks, that head size seems even larger :)
The light was poor and quickly fading. Fortunately I had the house to lean against for a bit of stability as I handheld my heavy gear. I captured this image at 1/5 sec. shutter speed, though it took many attempts to pull this off :)
This experience was a real thrill for me since I have never photographed a wild owl in the 12 years that I have been doing nature photography.
Thank you, kind neighbor, for your thoughtful invite into your backyard for this fulfilling experience!
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Woman, Elephant: created in Stability Ai. Texture is my photo.
Filters: PSE21 and Topaz Studio.
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a kind world, a human world. We want to be on good terms with ourselves, and with one another. And whatever new program or governmental system fails to assist these very simple human desires is a ghastly failure, even if it produces more goods, greater wealth, more economic stability and more national power... :-)
Dorothy Thompson, 1938
HBW!! Kindness Matters!
prunus mume, white japanese flowering apricot, 'Big Joe', j c raulston arboretum, ncsu, raleigh, north carolina
By breaking his word, by refusing the diplomatic route, by choosing war, President Putin has not only attacked Ukraine. He has decided to carry out the most serious attack on peace, on stability in our Europe. To this act of war, we will respond without weakness, with composure, determination and unity.
Emmanuel Macron, French President
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A Cypress Swamp in the Mercer Arboretum north of Houston, Texas. Though it may seem otherwise, the water level is lower than usual.
The woody knobs are "cypress knees" -- they provide these tall trees oxygen, nutrients and stability not otherwise available in the primordial ooze. A bald cypress can live up to 600 years, though there are some as old as 1,000.
The deserts of the world are threatened by a combination of human exploitation and climate change that could, within decades, wipe out many unique habitats and rare species, an authoritative study has found.
While climate change is causing many semi-dry regions of the world to become increasingly arid, it is making life more difficult for true deserts that have been in existence for thousands of years.
Deserts account for up to 25 per cent of the Earth's land surface, are home to half a billion people and account for 12 per cent of the biodiversity "hotspots" - the richest areas in terms of rare animals and plants. Yet warmer temperatures and less predicable rainfall caused by climate change threatens to upset the delicate balance of desert life which has been honed by thousands of years of relative climatic stability.
Continuing with my Positive Flags of the Nations
project with a tribute to solidarity.
There is no stability without solidarity and no solidarity without stability.
Jose Manuel Barroso
The first step in the evolution of ethics is a sense of solidarity with other human beings.
Albert Schweitzer
You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.
Boby Seale
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From the meaning of Colours...
Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven. Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect.
A 156 second 10 stop long exposure of Aberdeen beach,
with the solid wooden groyne posts through the centre of the image.
My first attempt in Wombo Ai.
The source was a creation I made in Stability Ai.
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No, this image does not exist in the real world: The Great Wall in China and the Matterhorn in Switzerland are 8000 km apart. In the spirit of open source software, I can only claim copyright on the derivative work, e.g. for this improved HDR version.
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I generated this AI image from text prompt "Great Wall with Matterhorn in the back at sunrise" using Stable Diffusion XL, enlarged it from 1024 pixels to 6144 pixels using Topaz Gigapixel AI, processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from from the resulting image, blended them selectively, and selectively adjusted the color balance and curves. See original AI image in the first comment at bit.ly/3rgumVo
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When a train draws to a halt in a station it gives the photographer a chance to set up the camera set up the tripod and bag the conventional shots we are all familiar with. When that stop is extended and the conventional shots are in the bag it allows the photographers creative eye to wonder and explore other options.
The presence of 66181 at Carlisle whist working the 4M30, 19:07 Grangemouth – Daventry for at least 30 mins gave me the chance to compose this shot.
Well I am under no illusion that most railway photographers will look at this and say " its not my cup of tea" but I kinda like it.
It was a breezy evening and the full moon was in and out of clouds. The long exposure gives the sense of motion in the clouds and the sharpness of the loco gives a sense of scale and stability. The lighting was nice and the full moon was a real bonus and turned out to be the focal point of the shot.
In Flanders Fields by John Mccrea
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for November 9th is “poppies”, in honour of Armistice Day and Veterans Day, both of which are celebrated on the 11th of November every year. This red poppy I actually photographed in the St Kilda Botanical Gardens in Melbourne a year ago, when whilst I visited there, I came across beds full of beautiful poppies in all kinds of colours. I hope you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile, and that it helps you reflect and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our peace, prosperity and stability, and those who fight today to protect us still. Let us also hope that conflicts around the world will come to a swift conclusion, not least of all in Ukraine and in Gaza.
Armistice Day or Remembrance Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. It falls on the 11th of November every year. Remembrance Day is marked at eleven o’clock (the time that the armistice was declared) with a minute’s silence to honour the fallen. Following a tradition inaugurated by King George V in 1919, the day is also marked by war remembrances in many non-Commonwealth countries.
Veterans Day is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November the 11th, for honouring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Improved the stability (you can hold it with one hand, for example) among other things. Made the top more accurate as well. It's composed of two CNG (compressed natural gas) tanks, a window, a grate for maintenance workers to walk on, and an exhaust pipe.
Andrea Bocelli - Cuando Me Enamoro (Live From Lake Las Vegas Resort, USA / 2006)
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#HMMM
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Woman created in Stability Ai.
Wolf: pngwing.com.
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The wood wedding is, like the Silver and Golden Wedding, a jubilee day of the marriage. It is celebrated in the fifth anniversary of the wedding. It’s easy to explain why this day is associated with wood: wood, a natural and robust material, has always stood for stability and happiness. After all, it’s no coincidence that there is a rite of tapping on wood.
(www.bewooden.com/blog/inspiration/wood-wedding-A/)
This is looking back for the Macro Monday theme "Wood". The little wooden hearts were among the presents for my hubby then.
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I have craved stability my whole life - it's been like a child's hat blown off at the beach; you keep chasing, trying to catch it but unseen gusts take it further from your grasp, do you give up, take the loss or strategically pause, observe the patterns and try again ♀️
It seems you just about get one area of your life kinda stable then pooft something happens.
As a young adult I thought I would find stability starting my own family young but nope 😁
Career gets going but then lack of stability with love or maybe money's more stable but then time is not ♀️
So I'm rewriting my stability list,
I'm going to take a bit from the mountains which have always brought me such an all encompassing feel of stability, they are there through times, seasons, weather comes and goes but in a quiet majesty they take it all but remain strong♥
Don't worry a "geriatric disaster" was avoided.
Trouble with balance in older age isn't usually caused by just one thing. Instead, it is typically a "team effort" where several body systems that manage stability begin to decline at the same time.
Here is a brief breakdown of why this happens:
1. The "Sensory Trio" Weakens
Your brain stays balanced by combining signals from three main sources. As we age, all three tend to provide less accurate data:
The Inner Ear (Vestibular System): This is your internal "level." Over time, the tiny hair cells in the ear that detect movement can deteriorate, leading to dizziness or a floating sensation.
Vision: Changes like cataracts or reduced depth perception make it harder to judge the distance of a curb or the unevenness of a rug.
Proprioception: This is your body's "position sense." Sensors in your joints and feet tell your brain where your limbs are. As nerves age (or due to conditions like diabetes), these signals can become duller or slower.
2. Muscle and Joint Changes
Sarcopenia: This is the natural loss of muscle mass that starts as early as your 40s. Without strong leg and core muscles, it is much harder to "catch yourself" if you trip.
Stiff Joints: Arthritis or general stiffness in the hips, knees, and ankles reduces your range of motion, making your gait less flexible and more prone to stumbles.
3. Slower Brain Processing
Maintaining balance requires split-second reactions. As we age, the speed at which the brain processes sensory information and sends a "move your foot" signal to the muscles slows down slightly. That tiny delay can be the difference between a wobble and a fall.
4. External Factors
Medications: Many seniors take multiple prescriptions. Side effects like drowsiness or low blood pressure (especially when standing up too quickly) are very common causes of instability.
Footwear and Environment: Reduced sensation in the feet combined with shoes that don't provide enough grip can make balance feel much more precarious.
(Or he may be a pirate and just had half a bottle of rum for breakfast !)
A friend told me of a relative that was always intoxicated and the family just thought "old uncle George" has a drink problem. When he eventually went into assisted living and was diagnosed with dementia they realised he had a serious memory problem and about ten minutes after having a drink he couldn't remember it . So to him he had had only ever had one drink.
Sidmouth, Devon, UK.