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On May 12, it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day and also a celebration of Florence Nightingale's birthday, statistician and founder of modern nursing.
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BLUE FOR YOU-ME 2023
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
This delicate and fragile egg has been painted completely by hand in a beautiful Art Nouveau style, known as Arts and Crafts Movement or “Style Liberty” in the United Kingdom. The egg has a background of vibrant aqua blue which is decorated with a mixture of stylised blue flowers and foliage in a William Morris style and then overlaid with tiny silver white flecks. The egg is then covered in a varnish to protect the fragile hand painted surface.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 6th of May “Blue for You – ME 2023” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
As the theme for “Smile on Saturday” this week was open to subject but required a lot of blue, I thought I would submit another of my ornamental eggs, all of which just happen to be blue! This egg, perched atop a small porcelain rest, has a small puncture at both the top and the bottom, indicating that it was “blown”, a tradition where one blows the white and yolk of the egg through the hole in the bottom by way of exhaling into the hole at the top. A time consuming method, egg blowing must be done gently so as not to break the fragile egg shell by applying too much pressure. It can take well over an hour to blow a single egg. The paper I have chosen for the background, which also just happens to be blue, is William Morris’ 1875 “Marigold” pattern which I thought suited this Style Liberty Easter egg as well as the blue theme. I hope you like my choice of the theme this week, and that it makes you smile.
For Smile on Saturday - Blue for you - ME 2023
May 12 is ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
We spent a couple of days in Norfolk this week. I took the opportunity to do some ICM photography while walking along the beach at East Runton. HSoS
"On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Therefore we will have (for the seventh time already) a theme with 'blue as the main colour' on Saturday May 10.
I've called this theme "BLUE FOR YOU - 2025".
An absolutely gorgeous morning on Nudgee Beach as the sparkling blue water ripples all the way back to the blue sky on the horizon.
I hope this photo brings you some peace and strength as it did for me when I took it.
Flickr Lounge - Weekly Theme #19|
Smile on Saturday - Blue for you - ME 2020
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
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"Smile on Saturday" theme: Blue for you - 2025 (Blue as the main colour)
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day. May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.- like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life. (Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Thank you for your visit! 💙
Blue waves with a touch of a rainbow for some hope for the future.
"On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life."
Ice chunks lit from below with blue light.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day. May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
Many of my our friends here at Flickr suffer with this and other chronic afflictions . For the fifth year in a row the Smile on Saturday challenge has been "BLUE FOR YOU - ME 2023". The challenge is sending positive vibes to not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally. Please know we are thinking of you!
Happy Saturday!
For Maria Godfrida, who is the administrator of the group "Smile on Saturday".
More information:
""On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.""
Maria is a victim of that illness herself, together with many others.
Therefore there is (for the sixth time already) a theme with 'blue as the main colour' on Saturday May 11.
She has called this theme "BLUE FOR YOU - ME 2024".
With this topic she would like to encourage not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally.
I do hope that someday there will be treatment for this illness!
You see the same origami dragon (different photo though), that I uploaded yesterday (see first comment box).
Model: origami Plumpy Dragon
Design: Gen Hagiwara
Diagrams in the book 'Origami Dragons Premium' by Makoto Yamaguchi
Paper: I used a sheet of duo-colored Kraft paper (gold/purple) 35x35cm
Final size: length 10cm, height 10,5 cm, width 13cm (wings open)
Smile on Saturday theme: Blue for you 2025
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Thank you everyone for your kind comments and favs. All are greatly appreciated. HSoS
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Because of the illness of Maria this saturday the theme will be Blue to give some happiness in blue.
Thanks for taking time to comment, fave and look at my work. I really appreciate.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 10th of May is “Blue for You – ME 2025” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life. I have friends who suffer with ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia, so this theme has a personal connection for me, even if I do not have it myself.
As the subject for “Smile on Saturday” this week was open to personal choice but required a lot of blue, although I usually create a blue themed Playmobil tableau, I have broken with tradition this year, as I recently was given a rather lovely blue hand painted resin Nostalgia Shoe which I felt was perfect to feature in a photograph. I have paired my slipper which features red and gold accents with a blue Art Deco “Charme Caressant” Rachel powder box from my powder box collection which features stylised red and pink flowers on it. I have photographed them on a piece of hand made and printed paper featuring a William Morris pattern in blue. I hope that you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!
"Charme Caressant" is the name of a vintage Dalon face powder, produced in both Paris and Sydney from 1924 into the 1930s. It was a popular French beauty product known for its Art Deco style and various colour shades.
This theme is for ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day - May 12th. Every year at the Smile On Saturday Flickr Group, photos are posted that are dominant in the color BLUE on the Saturday closest to May 12. BLUE is the color for Fibromyalgia: not "the Blues" but the beautiful color BLUE. The photos posted here will attest to the beauty of BLUE. All who suffer from this constantly painful affliction need our interest in this condition. Provide support everyday to people who are hurting, not only Fibromyalgia suffers. but to all who are hurting in various ways. We can provide moments of hope, beauty, fun and abiding love.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War. M.E./CFS & Fibromyalgia conditions often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
About my photo:
Having photo fun with a blue frog figurine in a blue cup full of water and special effects. The frog is completely underwater!
Theme: "Blue For You - 2025"
Thank you for taking the time to view my photo. Your faves and comments are greatly appreciated!
The Blue welcomes beautiful Princess Bluebell to her castle by the shimmering blue sea. Princess Bluebell is to marry the Prince of the Peacocks, and as a wedding gift for the couple, the Blue Faerie is bestowing some Water of Happiness from her pale blue pitcher. As she pours it into Princess Bluebells’ dark blue pitcher, she tells Princess Bluebell that she and her husband-to-be must drink it on their wedding night. It will give them sweet dreams for the rest of their lives and allow them to live happily ever after.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 11th of May is “Blue for You – ME 2024” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
As the subject for “Smile on Saturday” this week was open to personal choice but required a lot of blue, I thought I would stick with tradition and submit a Playmobil tableau as I have for the theme since the year 2020. One of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil is their vibrant colour. I hope you like my choice of subject for the theme, and that it makes you smile.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
"On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life."
May your pain and distress float away like bubbles that burst in the blue sky.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
For encouraging people suffering from this illness, big hugs !
(Smile on Saturday)
(The little orchid is a wild one, accidentally broken by me when I went to photograph little spring flowers in the meadows near by my town, it's name is Anacamptis Morio)
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Hello my amazing Flickr friends !!
Today we have a very special theme at Smile on Saturday. Indeed, today’s theme is BLUE FOR YOU - ME 2024. It is my third time participating and I find it very important.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
So my today’s picture is for all the people suffering from this disease but also for anyone who is in any kind of pain or mental distress. I hope you will be able to smile despite all the pain and difficulties.
Mucho, mucho amor for you !!
Thank you so much for all your lovely comments / favs/ general support / happy thoughts!! Stay safe and well!! And see you soon on Flickr !
FYI: I’m very busy at work and at home so I will not be able to answer your comments… So comment at your own risks ! However, I will read everything for sure !
For the Smile on Saturday challenge: "Blue for You - ME 2024"
Tomorrow is ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
"May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life."
Being a sufferer from M.E. myself, I always support any attempt to raise the awareness of this. I've written about it on my blog:
Summertime Blues: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9x0wbKHos0
HCS and HSoS 😊
Cliche and Smile on Saturday: Here
The colour Blue: Here
Crystal ball, prisms and marbles: Here
My Bokeh set: Here
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
With this topic we would like to encourage not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally.
Happy Smile on Saturday
Thank you for your views, faves and or comments, they are greatly appreciated !!!
Don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission !!!
© all rights reserved Lily aenee
My attempt at the "Smile on Saturday" theme "Blue for You - 2025"
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Shot with an Enna "Correlar 80 mm F 2.9" lens on a Canon EOS R5.
My attempt at the "Smile on Saturday" theme "Blue for You - ME 2024"
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
Shot with a Fuji "Fujinon-EFC 108 mm F 5.6" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
An Samstagen verkehrt ein PbZ 2475 von Frankfurt am Main über Nürnberg nach München Pasing. Am 25. April 2020 überführte 120 159 dabei neun Loks der Baureihe 101 und eine weitere 120. Den längsten Lokzug, der mir jemals vor die Linse fuhr, konnte ich bei Vierkirchen im Dachauer Hinterland fotografieren. Für Statistiker noch die Information, um welche Maschinen es sich handelte: 101 092, 090, 083, 045, 004, 070, 085, 016 und 120 sowie die 120 119.
On Saturdays a PbZ 2475 runs from Frankfurt am Main via Nuremberg to Munich Pasing. On April 25, 2020, 120 159 transferred nine class 101 locomotives and another 120 159. I took this picture of the longest locomotive train that ever drove in front of my lens near Vierkirchen. For statisticians, here is the information about which locomotives were involved: 101 092, 090, 083, 045, 004, 070, 085, 016 and 120 as well as the 120 119.
Best viewed Large HFF! I can't find out any information on this boat moored in Kilmore Quay harbour online (get redirected to a Scilly Isles company in the UK). Anyway I love all the blues so uploading for Smile on Saturday theme "Blue for you - ME 2020" more information below.
"May 12 was chosen as ME/CFS & Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the ME-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life"
Photo 09/100x this year my 100 photos will be of maritime subjects. Our Covid 19 restrictions are easing so after initially losing interest I have decided I will persevere with my 100x
Den Titel der meist von mir fotografierten Werbelok hält die 193 555 von Alpha Trains inne. Der für TXLogistik fahrende Vectron in seinem roten Camouflage-Design gefällt mir außerordentlich gut und fährt mir - nach anfänglichen Anlaufschwierigkeiten - auch außerordentlich oft vor die Linse. Hier gibt es noch weitere Kandidaten, wie die "Oma Liesel" und neuerdings der "Wald", die mir gefühlt bei jeder Tour begegnen, während andere Werbeloks anscheinend einen großen Bogen um mich machen. Statistiker und Berechner von Wahrscheinlichkeiten hätten bei Betrachtung der Thematik vermutlich große Freude. Gefreut habe ich mich jedenfalls auch am 01. März 2022, als die 193 555 mit dem komplett beladenen DGS 43155 nach Verona Q.E. aus dem Waldstück zwischen Reischenhardt und Brannenburg gefahren kam und von mir fotografisch umgesetzt werden konnte.
The 193 555 from Alpha Trains holds the title of the most photographed advertising locomotive. The Vectron in its red camouflage design, which runs for TXLogistik, appeals to me extraordinarily well and - after initial difficulties - is also in front of my lens extraordinarily often. There are other candidates here, such as "Oma Liesel" and, more recently, the "Wald", which I seem to encounter on every tour, while other advertising locomotives seem to give me a wide berth. Statisticians and calculators of probabilities would probably have a lot of fun looking at this topic. In any case, I was also pleased on 01 March 2022, when the 193 555 came out of the woods between Reischenhardt and Brannenburg with the fully loaded DGS 43155 to Verona Q.E. and could be photographed by me.
Smile on Saturday ~ Blue for You - 2025 (2025/05/10)
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
Water ice backlit with blue light for the Smile on Saturday challenge: "Blue for You 2025"
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
This topic is intended to encourage not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally.
Smile on Saturday, May 11/24 HSoS!
Here's a blue mug of your favourite beverage presented by a blue-eyed, blue-haired troll, who is also a Blue Jays fan.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
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I think I may have found the original 3 doors from Monty Hall's "Let's Make a Deal". The NBC television show premiered in December 1963.
Choosing the right door with the car has come to be called the Monte Hall problem.
It’s a famous paradox that has a solution that is so absurd, most people refuse to believe it’s true.
Suppose you’re on Monte’s game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats.
You pick a door, say No. 1, and Monte, who knows what’s behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, “Do you want to pick door No. 2?”
Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
Believe it or not, it’s actually to your benefit to switch:
If you switch, you have roughly a 2/3 chance of winning the car.
If you stick to your original choice you have roughly a 1/3 chance of winning the car.
The answer sounds unlikely.
After door 3 is opened, you would think you then have two doors to choose from…both with the same odds. However, you are actually much more likely to win if you switch.
Those who switched doors won about 2/3 of the time.
Those who didn’t switch won about 1/3 of the time.
This fact has been proven over and over again with a plethora of mathematical simulations.
If you’re stumped and still don’t believe it — don’t worry, even mathematicians scratch their head on this one. One genius mathematician, Paul Erdős didn’t believe the answer was right until he was shown simulations of the winning, “switch”, strategy.
A lot of people have trouble with the better odds of switching doors, myself included, until I realized a fact: the odds are better if you switch because Monty curates the remaining choices.
Let’s say you played the game where Monty doesn’t know the location of the car. It wouldn’t make any difference if you switch or not (your odds would be 50% no matter what).
But this isn’t what happens. The Monty Hall problem has a very specific clause: Monty knows where the car is. He never chooses the door with the car. And by curating the remaining doors for you, he raises the odds that switching is always a good bet.
Steve Selvin:
The origins of the problem. The Monty Hall problem, also known as the as the Monty Hall paradox, the three doors problem, the quizmaster problem, and the problem of the car and the goats, was formalized by biostatistician Steve Selvin (1975) in a letter to the journal The American Statistician.
Monty Hall:
Monty Hall (Monte Halparin) was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1921 and died in 2017 at 96 of a heart attack in his Los Angeles home.
Tears Roll Up
Pushing the sound away, to hear clearer
is that what it takes to turn life around
awaiting the voice of some divined one
as all that's been lost is still no nearer
yesterday's damn and blast hardly helps today
it's legacy roams my thoughts like a devilish fox
my hope is but a stretcher bearer
seeking another way out of this hellish foray
dust to dust has turned quickly to mud
entrenched in the bitterness of struggle
like nothing else on Earth before it
there is not a single thing of compare to spilled blood
it's eternal mind is my mortal body
irretrievable upon notice of life's final demand
oh the anguish! oh the tumultuous torrent of torment,
trying to stay afloat, isn't this all that survival must embody?
still...no voice, no signifying choice
hands so adept at escape become landlocked and inept
society is occupationally haphazard
for the craft of etching the right tone of voice
the night has passed like a crucifer
what did this silence spell I'm left to wonder
that slight form illuminated by a sickly tuna-hued moon
now lacquered by the cold light of a day it will outsuffer
so to this moment, this respite, this lacuna
unseen by the meanest energumen attacks
pitted against the wits of the minutes accounted
the darkness prevails for now the hours turn to Fortuna
my God, my humbling, my second coming
it was said so nobody can deny
only a mere myth can act like a fly -
upon the pulse of a giant taking note and succumbing
to the throng and buzz of flight's insight
through the eyes an untold mystery speaks it's mind
heard afar is it's cry of silent running
outdone by the victorious gain of countenancing foresight
isn't that the way to go...a meson lesson of the bigger picture
recounting the unseen, unheard, unmentioned 'mere' rumour
we let run amok without authentication from our space
then, without further ado, rasp and undo with unremorseful stricture
who are we trying to fool in this be-jungled techophobic sleaze palace?
the mire is nigh but it's heavily peopled with followers
of it's fashion conscious, spellbinding edicts
this is one time to step out of line without malice
be and see yourself afresh without permissions
no governmental guidelines or life-serving suggestions
we can do without, thank you, now let life resume
for every heart, we will always refreshingly outnumber the statisticians.
by anglia24
10h00: 16/05/2008
©2008anglia24
.... Not exactly the full group, but a representative sample. (Should have been a statistician). In front of Chennai House near Rajah Annamalai Mandram.
As the first snows of winter fall, the doves and bluebirds come to bid the Winter Faeries goodbye. The doves will fly up into their palatial dovecote in the palace gardens, whilst the bluebirds will fly south for the winter where warmer climes await them. Although busy decorating the flowers with lacy frost, the Winter Faeries can pause long enough to wish their friends a safe journey and a cosy winter.
The theme for Smile on Saturday for the 8th of May “Blue for You – ME 2021” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
As the theme for Smile on Saturday this week was open to subject but required a lot of blue, I thought I would submit a Playmobil tableau as I did for the theme last year. One of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil is their vibrant colour range, which includes blue.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
Same bridge as yesterday but another point of view. This time I went closer to the bridge to get the lantern out of sight. This makes it necessary to take two separate shots which I have combined later on. With my 17-50 mm lens to my Crop-DSLR it was not possible to get everything on the picture with one shot. Afterwards I adjusted a little bit the tonal and dark contrasts and eliminated the tree on the left side. For all statisticians of you…The bridge is hanging freely between two ramps over the water in abt. 10 meter heights. The distance between both ramps is 106 meter. Including the way upwards to the ramps "Slinky" has a total length of 460 meters.
Heute gibt´s die gleiche Brücke wie gestern, jedoch von einem leicht geänderten Standpunkt aus. Diesmal habe ich einen etwas näheren Standpunkt gewählt, um die Laterne aus dem Bild zu bekommen. Dies machte es jedoch erforderlich, dass ich zwei separate Aufnahmen im Nachhinein zu Einer zusammensetzen musste. Mit meinem 17-50 mm Objektiv an der Crop-Kamera reichte der Blickwinkel nicht aus, um alles mit einer Aufnahme auf´s Bild zu bekommen. Für alle Statistiker unter euch…Die Brücke hängt frei schwebend zwischen zwei Rampen in ca. 10 Meter Höhe über dem Wasser. Alleine diese Spannweite beträgt schon 106 Meter. Inklusive den Wegen rauf auf die Brücke beträgt die Gesamtlänge von "Slinky" immerhin 460 Meter.
"Schwebende Viktorien" im Burggarten des Schweriner Schlosses nach Modellen (1838/40) von Christian Daniel Rauch, um 1857. Seit 2001 sind die Friedensengel allerdings als Kopien im Burggarten.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
(Wikipedia: International ME/CFS Awareness Day)
The theme is called "BLUE FOR YOU - 2025". With this topic not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally are encourage. The subject of your image is not important; as long as there is A LOT OF BLUE in the picture it's OK.
The Blue King and Queen are hosting a ball for their daughter, the Princess Bluebell. They are hoping that their beautiful daughter will catch the eye and the heart of their guest of honour, the Prince of the Peacocks, with her natural charm and beauty. However just to be sure, the Blue Queen is giving her daughter some last minute instructions in her blue boudoir whilst her lady in waiting helps dress Princess Bluebell in her pale blue ballgown.
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 7th of May is “Blue for You – ME 2022” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
As the subject for “Smile on Saturday” this week was open to personal choice but required a lot of blue, I thought I would stick with tradition and submit a Playmobil tableau as I did for the theme last year and the year before. One of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil is their vibrant colour. I hope you like my choice of subject for the theme, and that it makes you smile.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
On May 12 it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
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The Blue King and Queen are celebrating the birth of a beautiful baby boy. As with any royal birth, a grand christening has been arranged and the three Blue Faeries of the land have been invited to bless the new Prince with magical gifts before the whole blue court in the blue palace. I wonder what gifts they will bestow on him?
The theme for Smile on Saturday for the 9th of May “Blue for You – ME 2020” which is in honour of ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day which happens to fall on May 12th. May the 12th was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
One of the wonderful things that attract people, young and old alike, to Playmobil is their vibrant colour.
Playmobil is a line of toys produced by the Brandstätter Group, headquartered in Zirndorf, Germany. Production began in 1974. Playmobil began to be sold worldwide in 1975, and by 2009, approximately 2.2 billion Playmobil figures had been sold. The signature Playmobil toy is a 7.5 cm tall human figure with a particular smiling face. A wide range of accessories, buildings and vehicles, as well as many sorts of animals, are also part of the Playmobil line. Playmobil toys are produced in themed series of sets as well as individual special figures and playsets. New products and product lines developed by a 50-strong development team are introduced frequently, and older sets are discontinued. Promotional and one-off products are sometimes produced in very limited quantities. These practices have helped give rise to a sizeable community of collectors.
c'è stato un periodo di tempo in passato in cui i negozi avevano pubblicità sulla loro facciata. Il negozio in Leidsestraat 88 ha ancora un tableau di piastrelle rimanenti. Questo è un pannello di piastrelle con l'immagine di Christiaan Huygens che guarda un pendolo, orologi a pendolo appesi dietro di lui. Era matematica, fisica, astronomo e inventore. Fu uno dei primi statistici ed è considerato l'inventore dell'orologio a pendolo. Peccato che ci siano delle piastrelle mancanti e non sia stato ancora riparato.
there was a periode of time in the past that shops had advertisement on their shop facade. The shop on Leidsestraat 88 still has one remaining tile tableau. This is a tile panel with image of Christiaan Huygens looking at a pendulum, pendulum clocks hang behind him. He was maths, physics, astronomer and inventor. He was one of the first statisticians and is considered the inventor of the pendulum clock. What a shame there are some missing tiles and it was not repaired yet.
14 November 2020: Update on The Corona Pandemic – The number of new hospital admissions, as well as the total number of patients admitted, continues to decrease slightly, however, the number of Covid-19 patients in intensive care has been on a plateau since last week.Therefore, the Belgian government decided yesterday that, despite the slight improvements, the current lockdown measures will stay in place for at least two more weeks. According to Belgian scientists about 10% to 20% of the Belgian population will have antibodies against the coronavirus after this second wave of infections. That is still very far from the 60% to 70% immunity rate we would like to reach to ensure sufficient immunity in the country. Hence, the pursuit of herd immunity through natural infections, i.e. without a vaccine, seems to be a wrong idea. For a deadly virus in a country as Belgium, where almost a third of the population belongs to a risk group, it is a strategy that is way too dangerous. It would take an inhuman toll on human lives. Statisticians estimated that the death toll it would take to achieve sufficient immunity is 60,000 or more. Hence, the only option we have left is to limit our contacts, and to follow the measures until we can create sufficient immunity with the help of a vaccine. Healthcare professionals are warning that any major relaxation prior to the holidays could be disastrous for the health sector and may result in a Christmas rush into the ICU. It looks like I’m going to have to continue my search for interesting and/or beautiful scenes in my hometown for a while. On display today is another picture of the Belfry Tower – Ghent, Belgium.
There have been mixed reactions to yesterday’s announcements by the government of the changes to the coronavirus regulation which consisted generally of a lifting of restrictions. Whilst the hospitality and travel industry welcomed the decisions, healthcare professionals expressed concerns that too many measures are relaxed at the same time and that there is a chance that the relaxations are going too fast compared to the number of vaccinations. Their main concern is a potential surge of the Delta variant, formerly known as the India variant. They are basically okay with the things that are allowed in open air but are finding indoor activities too risky and are hoping that people will remain careful. Otherwise, they are afraid we will see an increase again from the end of June, which is predicted by the statisticians. Meanwhile, the number of people with the virus that are being hospitalised continues to fall. There are currently 1,007 COVID-19 patients being cared for in Belgian hospitals; of those hospitalised 341 are on intensive care wards. During the week from 27 to 2 June an average of 1,578 people in Belgium tested positive for the coronavirus. This is 15% down on the figures for the previous week. The positivity rate remains at 0.44 and the reproductive rate is slightly up to 0.87. On Thursday 3 June (the latest date for which figures are available) 4,882,939 had been given their first dose of coronavirus vaccine. This is 53% of the adult population. Of these 2,351,884 are fully immunised. On display today is another mural from Dok Noord – Ghent, Belgium.
Over the weekend I visited two 'Little Gems'. This is the first of them: Inverforth House, Hampstead Heath, LONDON
The original house on this site was built in 1807 and one of the notable families that lived there was the Fisher family. Mr & Mrs George Fisher and their 5 children, they occupied the house from 1896-1904. Fisher was in joint partnership with a Mr. Robinson, auctioneers and dealers in fine art. Unfortunately following the death of his wife, Fisher lost his fortune and was forced to sell and leave. It was purchased by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme in that same year, 1904 and that family lived there until 1925.
The house was renovated and almost completely rebuilt. It was Grayson and Ould, a Liverpool architectural company who did the work. They rebuilt the Central Block, plus the northern and southern wings. They also undertook a terrace and a verandah which was added to the terrace was designed by Thomas Mawson. The gardens were also designed by Thomas Mawson in 1906, who also remodelled the south wing of the house.
The greater part of the gardens are now owned by the City of London Corporation and open to the public but the house is definitely private.
The house was to become a hospital after Lord Leverhulme’s death in 1956. The Orthopaedic Society Hospital occupied the house from 1956 well into the 1980’s. Sometime during the late 1990’s the house was converted into two houses and seven apartments.
There are two blue plaques, 1: To Viscount Leverholme and 2: Ronald Fisher, son of George Fisher. Ronald Fisher was a famous geneticist and statistician.
When I ran across this scene in Brisbane's King George Square, with our impressive City Hall and the Lord Mayor's office virtually overlooking it, I wondered how in a reasonably affluent society like Australia*, despite everything COVID has thrown at us could we have allowed this sort of scene to become commonplace in our community?
The man has his dog, in the midst of crisis still being his best friend. Not sure about anyone else.
* Statisticians tell us that Australians are the richest people on earth measured by net individual wealth from all sources.
au.finance.yahoo.com/news/australians-are-now-the-richest...
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Don't let his modest outlook fool you, he's one of the most gifted statisticians I've had the pleasure of meeting till date. And not only that, he's also one of the nicest people to work with (the fact that we speak the same language since he's from the West Bengal also helped ;) ). During my time in Delhi, we spent many hours after work unwinding and chatting about things in a small tea shop. I wanted to catch him in his element, when he's the most relaxed and chatty, so hopefully this picture does him some justice. Atanu da, if you see this picture, hope you like it :)
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My Debt °°°°°
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Like all
who believe in the senses,
I was an accountant,
copyist,
statistician.
Not registrar,
witness.
Permitted to touch
the leaf of a thistle,
the trembling
work of a spider.
To ponder the Hubble’s recordings.
It did not matter
if I believed in
the party of particle or of wave,
as I carried no weapon.
It did not matter if I believed.
I weighed ashes,
actions,
cities that glittered like rubies,
on the scales I was given,
calibrated
in units of fear and amazement.
I wrote the word it, the word is.
I entered the debt that is owed to the real.
Forgive,
spine-covered leaf, soft-bodied spider,
octopus lifting
one curious tentacle back toward the hand of the diver
that in such black ink
I set down your flammable colors.
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I told a friend I’d written a poem I was afraid of, and she asked to see it. As soon as I sent it, I was gripped with remorse: How could I let such darkness enter her psyche? She is a person who brings immense good into this world. And in that moment of regret, I suddenly realized something else: that to despair completely is, quite simply, rude to the beauty of the living world still all around us. Awe is still possible, crickets sing in the dark, there are still pelicans, manatees, diatoms, donkeys, the Tiburon lily that grows only on one hilltop not far from my home. I then wrote what became the final poem in the book, “My Debt,” as acknowledgment and praise of all that still lives, and to offer explicit apology for the descriptions in so many of the poems that precede it: “Forgive … that in such black ink I set down your flammable colors.”
Jane Hirshfield, Ledger (2020)
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"And yet, even as she asks forgiveness of the “spine-covered leaf” and the “soft-bodied spider”, the fact she “set[s] down” their colours in the octopus’ own “black ink” suggests a will to speak not just for them but through them."
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दिल एक मंदिर है,
दिल एक मंदिर है
प्यार की जिस्मे होती है पूजा
यह प्रीतम का घर है
The Machins - Eine lokale Band spielt in
Cala Sant Vicenç
On May 12, 2024, it's ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day.
May 12 was chosen as it coincided with the birth date of Florence Nightingale, the celebrated English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale became chronically ill in her mid-thirties after returning from the Crimean War; the M.E.-like illness often left her bedridden during the last 50 years of her life.
I (Maria Godfrida) am a victim of that illness myself, and so are many others here at Flickr.
Therefore we will have (for the sixth time already) a theme with 'blue as the main colour' on Saturday May 11.
I've called this theme "BLUE FOR YOU - ME 2024".
With this topic I would like to encourage not only the people here at Flickr who suffer from that disease, but anyone who is in pain, physically or mentally.
The subject of your image is not important; as long as there is A LOT OF BLUE in the picture it's OK.
So... do your very best and I am sure that you can show us a brilliant, breathtaking, blissful, beautiful, bejewelled, bright... and most of all BLUE image to make us smile... on Saturday! ;-)
Providing alms to the poor is a very common phenomenon in Bangladesh.
There is a deep-rooted belief supported by religious sentiments
and
humanitarian sympathy that giving alms is a virtue.
Poor people are taking advantage of this opportunity.
There are many statisticians who claim there are close to
one million beggars in DHAKA
Dhaka
Photography’s new conscience
I've been playing around with an artificial intelligence image generator. Using this programme I have drummed up loads of images. Most of them are totally unusable (eg bizarre animals with 6 legs and flowers growing out of their ears), some of them are incredibly cloying and cliched and very occasionally, one of them come out looking perfect. I don't want to post those here either - as their brilliance has had nothing to do with me.
Very occasionally, as with this one, a ton of repeated attempts, and a degree of my fiddling with photoshop will produce something that I feel justified in posting.
If you would like to see what can be done by someone for more skilled and experienced than me, check out Glen Bledsoe's stream here...
www.flickr.com/photos/glenbledsoe/
If any of you want to have a go - I use Deep Dream Generator - and there's a free version which gives you a good taster of what can be done.
A white obelisk in the graveyard of the church of St Margaret of Antioch, East Wellow, marks the graves of several members of the Nightingale family. One face is inscribed 'F.N. 1820-1910' for Florence Nightingale, statistician, social reformer, and founder of modern nursing.
Please see also my album of other notable graves: