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I just realized that I've been tagged by 3 people. lol
and
Whoopsy daisy >_<
although i already randomly shared some facts about myself, I'm more than glad to share a few more with ya'll. lol.
1. I wanna be a brunette again. As much as I love black hair and how it looks on me, I miss my chocolate brown hair.<3 I'll probably dye it back soon. lol.
2. I am addicted to texting. I text like crazy.
I used to stay up till 4 am texting my fingers away.
3. I love animals. I love, love, love them.
4. My boyfriend, Edwin, is the first guy I've ever dated. I've never had a boyfriend before him.
I was single my entire life people. lol.
Which wasn't bad at all. So girls, don't feel bad if you're 16, 17, 18, 19 and have never had a boyfriend. Wait patiently and live your life. it'll be worth the wait, trust me :)
5. I stutter when I'm really nervous and I get tongue-tied. Its pretty funny. People are like "whaaa?"
6. I get butterflies whenever I'm going to a place I've never been to.
7. I hate curse words and bad language. I don't even try cursing because I feel awkward, like that's not who I am.
8. I wish I knew how to play the guitar so that i could go places and sing to people about love, hope and God.
9. I don't watch tv at all. It bores me. I would rather read or do something productive.
10. I daydream most of the time. My head is never really where it should be. It dozes off into these lovely little thoughts that I wish were real.
I'm SO happy today.
:DDD
Are you happy? :)
I changed my name from Harmony Grace to Love, grace.<3 hehe.
I wanted to change it up a bit.
:)
Talk to me.
Tell me what you're feeling.
Tell me a joke.
Share a favorite song with me.
Share a story with me.
Share a bible verse with me.
Share a quote with me.
Share what your favorite food is.
I want to know you.
Leave me anything at all and I promise to reply.<3
there's a weight on my wrists
the gentle pricks of fingertips
the gravitational friction
feather boa constriction
stuttering tongues with strangulated diction
I'm learning a lot from what I don't do
call me a liar, but I've been believed
by more truthful men than you
I made it through on feelings and false starts
but in the process of climbing, I'm falling apart
shouting out encouraging words
that get pecked on the way
by noise-canceling birds
I'm running out of hate
I love before I land
I feel like a boy
my flight is unmanned
stretched beyond
all coming back
a lone wolf lonely
at the center of the pack
when I stretch my jaw to howl
I feel my spirit crack
I don't think that's a metaphor
but I can't say for sure anymore
I'm raging in this room
in the midnight of the moon
I've forgotten forever
what peace was for
I'm making my treaty with war
© Steve Skafte
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Ex Hong Kong Leyland / Dennis Condor at Market and Stutter in San Francisco working for Big Bus Tours.
Voigtlander Vito B : a great little camera from the 1950's , quite often the shutter 'stutters' on the slow speeds. Here's how to get to the shutter to service the mechanism and also clean up the optics. Start by setting focus to 'infinity' & taking out the set screws in the focussing ring (4 screws) using a 'jewellers' screwdriver..by the way ; this camera needs a film to be in place to charge the shutter via the movement of the film on a sprocket wheel.
i want every word to leap from my mouth as if it is set aflame.
i want the passion i think in to come out when i vocalize my thoughts.
i'm tired of the way i speak.
i stutter i mumble i sound confused by my own ideas.
and i'm not.
i'm just thinking faster and in an intangible manner.
its frustrating.
i feel like i'm choking on my own thoughts.
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SIXTEENFACTS.
1.I am ridiculously afraid of being diagnosed with a mental disorder. To the point of near obsession.
2. I buy underwear more than any other clothing item.
3. photography is the only thing in my life that consistently doesn't make me feel like i've been "raped in the face" to quote hamlet 2.
4. My boys are the most immature assholes i've ever met and i love them with every fiber of my being.
5. i'm a bibliophile. i have a problem. i've spent over 100 dollars on books in the past week.
6.i'm a civilrights activist and a misanthrope and all i really want is for someone to understand that that's possible.
7.I'm bisexual. And not in the cool post pictures of you kissing girls on your myspace to get that guy you like to like you more kind of way. It's not that big of a deal, so don't make it one. being bi isn't the only thing about me.
8. green and grey are my favorite colors.
9.I don't shower that often. and thats really gross i know but i'm totally okay with it.
10. i hate relationships. i've tried, repeatedly. i can't make it happen right now i'm not bothering anymore. i'm only 18. i've got my whole life to figure my shit out.
11. i swear a lot. i mean a LOT. its horrible and gross and makes me sound unintelligent but man does it get your point across.
12.i make lots of to do lists; usually filled with things i've already done so i look productive.
13.balloons are the best things ever. they make me so uncontrollably giddy its not even funny.
14. i have insomnia and i stay up til the wee hours of the morning doing nothing important. its kinda nice being alone.
15. i drink a lot of water and tea and energy drinks. i always have to pee. i'm mildly addicted to caffeine and i'm sure that doesn' thelp my insomnia.
16. I can't wait for high school to be over and let me just run my life how i need to.
A young Southern Barred Frog (Mixophyes australis) [Myobatrachidae; Mixophyinae], from Killabakh Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia.
Listed as a threatened species, as it has disppeared from about half its former distribution, fortunately it is actually one of the more common rainforest frogs of mountainous areas of Northern NSW. It is easy to encounter many of these frogs on a wet night in spring or summer in suitable habitat.
It is also not uncommon to encounter individuals long distances from breeding sites, particularly adult females and juveniles (like the individual pictured here). Males are however more often located closer to rocky, flowing streams where breeding occurs, with their characteristic 'stuttering' call reverberating along narrow gullies.
[NB: this species was described as distinct from M. balbus in 2023, the above comment was written when only a single species was recognised]
Secret audition
suddenly nervous 1012 stutters
near the bridge
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all the lawyers wish they were children or infants and all the infants wish they were drunk or fearless;so please (pretty please), dear admitted junkies and heartbroken caretakers, burn every photograph before todays and unlearn the contract of those to come.
Maroon 5 Concert, May 21st 2011. (SOOC)
ADAM IS SEX ON LEGS. Best birthday present ever.
LIFE IS FUCKING BEAUTIFUL <3
I WAS SO CLOSE I COULD HAVE POUNCED ON HIM
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HI GUYS I'M BACK, school's been killing me but it's all good (Y)
I HAVE MISSED FLICKR SO MUCH, HELLO AGAIN :-)
So, I was tagged (a while ago..) by alexa to do this list for...
Five things that make you happy, Four of your favorite foods, Three of your favorite movies, Two places you would love to visit, and One of your favorite memories.
5. Blue skies, sleeping in on rainy mornings, when my ipod plays all the best songs on shuffle, ADAM SEXY LEVINE, hoodies twice the size of me :-)
4. Cookies n' Cream icecream, soup noodles, chicken wings, bubble tea!
3. INCEPTION/IRON MAN, White Chicks, 10 things I hate about you/Lion King? hah
2. Alaska, Greece.
1. MAROON 5 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT
Concerts are a real work-out.
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Ooh and THANKS EVERYONE FOR 4000+ VIEWSSSS! :")
i haven't touched this for agezzzz
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Eric Dinallo and Emily Blunt attend the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
In the course of some recent home renovations these coins turned up behind the wall panelling. Although not very old, they are of interest because they are no longer part of our monetary system and are not often seen, except in collections. Some Australians, born after 1966, may have had very little exposure to the old "pounds, shillings and pence". I must admit that I remember them very clearly.
1961; The Case of the Stuttering Bishop by Erle Stanley Gardner. unknown Artist. Australian edition but printed and made in Utrecht The Netherlands !
Imagen y titulo que refleja el estado animico y laboral por el que estoy pasando....homenaje a mi mismo!!!
BANDA SONORA PARA LEVANTARME EL ANIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elastica: Stutter
viewing 1080p video on flickr is like looking at it through beer goggles covered in vomit while having an uncontrollable fit of the stutters :) you can at least wipe some of the vomit off with your sleeve by checking out the "HD" version on vimeo. let's just say it looks a wee bit better in true 1080p. if you log in to vimeo you can download it and see for yourself. just make sure your computer is fast enough. it stutters on my MacBook Pro that is only a couple years old (not mentioning the fact that it doesn't fit on the 15" screen).
i find it really, really annoying that you can't control the aperture manually when shooting video. i forgot my little filters for the 50mm to trick it into shooting wide open. yes, i understand that there is a hard limit on the shutter speed to maintain 30fps, but why not just blink at me like it usually does when the exposure isn't right?
JOHN LENNON MIND GAMES DEMOS & SESSIONS 1973 VOL.1 2 CDS
Upgraded, remastered, pitch fixed and sound levelled for 2014! Plus some new finds! Mind Games
sessions here contain all the demos and recording sessions with Yoko, prior to the recording sessions
of Mind Games! All from Absolute Elsewhere, unless noted. 38 tracks, 150 minutes!
DISC ONE:
01 I Know (I Know) Take 2
02 I Know (I Know) Take 3
03 I Know (I Know) Take 4 (Oddities plus)
04 I Know (I Know) Take 4 (Anthology)
05 I Know (I Know) Take 1 Overdub
06 I Know (I Know) Take 2 Overdub
07 I Know (I Know) Take 3 Overdub
08 I Know (I Know) Take 4 Overdub
09 I Know (I Know) Take 5 Overdub
10 I Know (I Know) Take 6 Overdub
11 Just Because Take 1
12 Just Because Take 2
13 Just Because Take 3
14 Steel And Glass
15 So Many (Listen to This)
16 The Boat Song (Listen to This)
17 Intuition - How - God Take 3
18 Intuition Take 4
19 Here We Go Again (diff edit)
20 Nobody Loves You (When Your Down and Out) (Listen to This)
21 Nobody Loves You (Oddities)
DISC TWO:
01 Meat City Demo 1 (Oddities)
02 Meat City Demo 2 (Oddities)
03 Rock'n'Roll People
04 Tight A$
05 Mucho Mungo Demo 1 (Misc Tracks)
06 Mucho Mungo Demo 2 (Misc Tracks)
07 Mucho Mungo Demo 3 (Misc Tracks)
08 Dogtown (John - Guitar) With Yoko Bank St (Approx Inf Universe)
09 Mildred, Mildred (John - Guitar) With Yoko Bank St (Feeling the Space)
June 3 Harvard University, Cambridge Boston, MA (Feeling the Space)
10 I Learned to Stutter (John - Guitar)
11 Coffin Car (John - Guitar)
12 Woman Power (John - Guitar - Feeling The Space)
13 Men, Men, Men (John - Guitar)
14 She Hits Back (John - Guitar)
15 Woman Power - Remix Longer (Ono Box)
16 She Hits Back - Remix Longer (Ono Box)
July 1973 Record Plant East, NYC, NY Feeling the Space
17 Meat City Demo 2 (2002 Remastered)
The main reason for purchasing the full Termi system with race chip was to get rid of that annoying stutter when the butterfly valve opens or is opening/closing when you are trying to maintain a particular speed, typically where it's somewhere the police are a concern and you want to maintain speeds within the posted limit. Not sure if stutter is the right technical term to use but it's not a surge, it's a drop off in power before it comes back on. Very annoying when you are riding pillion and helmet smack together! The full Termi system with race chip resolves that problem and the bike is now such a pleasure to ride, with smooth power delivery from low RPM all the way up. And that's with the decibel reducer installed. I tried it removed and it was way too loud, definitely would have drawn unwanted attention and the bike runs great with it installed so it doesn't concern me that I might not be getting maximum power. The engine does have some mild popping sounds on deceleration that was not there before. I brought the bike to an authorized Ducati technician and he said that was normal and not to worry about it. Another bonus you get from switching to the full Termi system is losing that huge catalyser. I should have weighed both sets of components but I know I shed a significant amount of weight by losing that big hunk of metal. Installation was not difficult and all parts fit together pefectly, with no cobbing required as I've seen with other aftermarket systems and bikes over the years. Overall I am very happy with the system and find that it was well worth the US $2300 I paid.
I met Annie Clark, aka St. Vincent, my ultimate dream girl. She was entirely sweet and I could barely utter a word without stuttering.
*Sigh*
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 12: <> attends the American Institute For Stuttering 17th Annual Gala hosted by Emily Blunt on June 12, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for American Institute For Stuttering )
Can’t see you through your blinding words
Eyes burning through the lies you stutter
Can’t breathe in case I take them in
Then I’d lose my mind
I believe that you believe in you
Still reeling from the words you uttered
Feel sick enough to let you win
Recognizing
The trouble with me
Is my troubles with you
Sometimes you make me feel
Like I’m everybody’s fool
- Skin
What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattle
Can patter out their hasty orisons.
No mockeries now for them; no prayers nor bells;
Nor any voice of mourning save the choirs,—
The shrill, demented choirs of wailing shells;
And bugles calling for them from sad shires.
What candles may be held to speed them all?
Not in the hands of boys, but in their eyes
Shall shine the holy glimmers of goodbyes.
The pallor of girls' brows shall be their pall;
Their flowers the tenderness of patient minds,
And each slow dusk a drawing-down of blinds.
Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) - Killed in action on 4 November 1918 (age 25) during the crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, exactly one week (almost to the hour) before the signing of the Armistice.
Todas as Pesquisas e Fotos anexas obtidas via Internet
22 de Outubro Homenageamos o Dia Internacional de Atenção à Gagueira
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All Researches and accompanying photos obtained via the Internet
22 October International Day of Homage Attention to Stuttering
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Toutes les recherches et les photos ci-jointes obtenus via l'Internet
22 Octobre Journée internationale de l'attention Hommage à Bégaiement
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Por Deus, Amigos Queridos assinem por MISERICÓRDIA de nossas FLORESTAS...
Por tudo que já SUPLIQUEI e que posto novamente!!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/O-que-fazemos/Amazonia/Pagin...
CONTINUO SUPLICANDO, QUANTAS VEZES FOREM NECESSÁRIAS!!
ASSINEM ESTAS PETIÇÕES, POR FAVOR...
- PARA SALVAR A AMAZÔNIA,
www.avaaz.org/po/belo_monte_people_vs_profits/?vl
- PARA SALVAR AS FLORESTAS DO BRASIL,
- PARA VETAR AS MUDANÇAS DO CÓDIGO FLORESTAL !
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/Participe/Ciberativista/Codi...
www.avaaz.org/po/save_the_amazon_sam/?cl=1419482907&v...
VAMOS LUTAR POR NOSSO PLANETA, PELAS NOSSAS FLORESTAS, PELOS INDÍGENAS (NOSSOS IRMÃOS), PELOS NOSSOS FILHOS, NETOS, BISNETOS...PELAS PRÓXIMAS GERAÇÕES...POR UM MUNDO MELHOR...
O PLANETA TERRA PEDE SOCORRO!!
TUDO OU NADA ESTÁ EM NOSSAS MÃOS,... BRASILEIROS!!
Muito obrigada,
Celisa
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By God, Dear Friends sign of our forests for mercy ...
For all that ever I pleaded and put it back!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/O-que-fazemos/Am azonia/Pagin...
CONTINUOUS Sulpice, as often as necessary!
Sign these petitions, PLEASE ...
- To save the Amazon,
www.avaaz.org/po/belo_monte_people_vs_profits/?vl
- TO SAVE THE FORESTS OF BRAZIL
- To veto FOREST CODE CHANGES!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/Participe/Ciberativista/Codi...
www.avaaz.org/po/save_the_amazon_sam/?cl=1419482907&v...
WE FIGHT FOR OUR PLANET, FOR OUR FORESTS, INDIGENOUS BY (OUR BROTHERS), for our children, grandchildren, great grandchildren for generations to come ... ... ... FOR A BETTER WORLD
ASKS HELP THE PLANET EARTH!
ALL OR NOTHING IS IN OUR HANDS, ... BRAZILIAN!
Thank you so much,
Celisa
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Par Dieu, Chers Amis signe de nos forêts pour la miséricorde ...
Pour tout ce que j'ai plaidé et le remettre!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/O-que-fazemos/Am azonia/Pagin...
Sulpice CONTINUE, aussi souvent que nécessaire!
S'il vous plaît signer ...
- Pour sauver l'Amazonie,
www.avaaz.org/po/belo_monte_people_vs_profits/?vl
- Pour sauver les forêts du Brésil
- De mettre son veto CHANGEMENTS Code forestier!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/Participe/Ciberativista/Codi...
www.avaaz.org/po/save_the_amazon_sam/?cl=1419482907&v...
Nous luttons pour notre planète, pour nos forêts, AUTOCHTONES PAR (NOS FRÈRES), pour nos enfants, petits-enfants, arrière petits-enfants pour les générations à venir ... ... ... POUR UN MONDE MEILLEUR
DEMANDE AIDE LA PLANETE TERRE!
Tout ou rien est entre nos mains, ... Brésilienne!
Je vous remercie,
Celisa
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Por Dios, queridos amigos: signo de nuestros bosques por la misericordia ...
Por todo lo que he declarado y poner de nuevo!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/O-que-fazemos/Am azonia/Pagin...
CONTINUA Sulpice, cuantas veces sea necesario!
Firmar estas peticiones, por favor ...
- Para salvar el Amazonas,
www.avaaz.org/po/belo_monte_people_vs_profits/?vl
- PARA SALVAR LOS BOSQUES DE BRASIL
- De vetar los cambios Código Forestal!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/Participe/Ciberativista/Codi...
www.avaaz.org/po/save_the_amazon_sam/?cl=1419482907&v...
LUCHAMOS POR NUESTRO PLANETA, PARA NUESTROS BOSQUES, POR INDÍGENAS (NUESTROS HERMANOS), para nuestros hijos, nietos, bisnietos para las generaciones futuras ... ... ... POR UN MUNDO MEJOR
PIDE AYUDA AL PLANETA TIERRA!
TODO O NADA ESTÁ EN NUESTRAS MANOS ... BRASIL!
Gracias,
Celisa
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Per Dio, cari amici segno delle nostre foreste per pietà ...
Per tutto ciò che mai ho supplicato e rimetterlo!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/O-que-fazemos/Am azonia/Pagin...
Sulpice CONTINUO, ogni qualvolta sia necessario!
SIGN queste petizioni, PER FAVORE ...
- Per salvare l'Amazzonia,
www.avaaz.org/po/belo_monte_people_vs_profits/?vl
- PER SALVARE LE FORESTE DEL BRASILE
- Per veto modifiche al codice FORESTA!
www.greenpeace.org/brasil/pt/Participe/Ciberativista/Codi...
www.avaaz.org/po/save_the_amazon_sam/?cl=1419482907&v...
Lottiamo per IL NOSTRO PIANETA, PER I NOSTRI BOSCHI, indigene da parte (NOSTRI FRATELLI), per i nostri figli, nipoti, pronipoti per le generazioni a venire ... ... ... PER UN MONDO MIGLIORE
CHIEDE AIUTO DEL PIANETA TERRA!
Tutto o niente è nelle nostre mani, ... BRASILIANO!
Grazie,
Celisa
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Dezenas de milhões de câes e gatos são ASSASSINADOS BRUTALMENTE, com INSTINTOS de CRUELDADE na CHINA !!
Amigos Queridos eu suplico, assinem esta PETIÇÃO, é um PEDIDO de Ativistas e Protetores de Animais que estão se mobilizando no MUNDO INTEIRO, em favor das vidas destes MÁRTIRES!!
Em DOIS MINUTOS pode-se assinar!! São seres INDEFESOS, eu ROGO, por Deus!!
www.change.org/petitions/the-chinese-government-stop-the-...
Muito obrigada,
Celisa
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Tens of millions of dogs and cats are brutally murdered, with instincts of cruelty in CHINA!
Dear Friends, I beg, sign this petition, it is a request for Activists and Animal Protectors who are mobilizing around the world, in favor of the lives of Martyrs!
In two minutes you can sign up! They are helpless, I pray, by God!
www.change.org/petitions/the-chinese-government-stop-the-...
Thank you,
Celisa
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Des dizaines de millions de chiens et de chats sont brutalement assassinés, avec des instincts de cruauté en Chine!
Chers amis, je vous prie, signez cette pétition, et une demande pour les activistes et les protecteurs des animaux qui se mobilisent autour du monde, en faveur de la vie des martyrs!
En deux minutes, vous pouvez vous inscrire! Ils sont impuissants, je prie, par Dieu!
www.change.org/petitions/the-chinese-government-stop-the-...
Je vous remercie,
Celisa
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Decenas de millones de perros y gatos son brutalmente asesinados, con los instintos de crueldad en China!
Queridos amigos, os ruego, firmen esta petición, y una petición de activistas y los protectores de animales que se movilizan en todo el mundo, a favor de la vida de los mártires!
En dos minutos se puede firmar para arriba! Están indefensos, te ruego, por Dios!
www.change.org/petitions/the-chinese-government-stop-the-...
Gracias,
Celisa
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Decine di milioni di cani e gatti vengono brutalmente assassinati, con istinti di crudeltà in CINA!
Cari amici, vi prego, firmare questa petizione e una richiesta di attivisti e protettori degli animali che si stanno mobilitando in tutto il mondo, a favore della vita dei martiri!
In due minuti puoi iscriverti! Sono impotente, io prego, per Dio!
www.change.org/petitions/the-chinese-government-stop-the-...
Grazie,
Celisa
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Que Deus abençoe a todos os Queridos Amigos, principalmente nossas Queridas Amigas @rtbene, Blankita e Mag, e alivie o sofrimento daqueles que tanto necessitam.
Beijos em seus corações,
Celisa
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May God bless all the Dear Friends, mainly our Dear Friends @rtbene, Blankita and Mag, relieve the suffering of those who so desperately need.
Kisses in your hearts,
Celisa
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Que Dieu bénisse tous les chers amis, en particulier notre cher ami @rtbene, Blankita et Mag, et soulager la souffrance de ceux qui ont si désespérément besoin.
Bisous dans ton coeur
Celisa
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Que Dios los bendiga a todos los queridos amigos, en especial nuestro querido amigo @rtbene, Blankita y Mag, y aliviar el sufrimiento de aquellos que tan desesperadamente necesitan.
Besos en tu corazón
Celisa
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Che Dio benedica tutti i cari amici, soprattutto il nostro caro amico @rtbene, Blankita e Mag, e alleviare le sofferenze di coloro che così disperatamente bisogno.
Baci nel tuo cuore
Celisa
A team desperate to erase painful recent memories immediately settled in at their new, adopted venue, with a four-wicket win against a struggling Australian side in Dubai. The devastation caused by Shahid Afridi's career-best 6 for 38 had all but shut Australia out of the match before the halfway stage of their innings. A late recovery pushed them to 168 but it wasn't enough to seriously challenge an unpredictable Pakistan outfit. Pakistan stuttered, rebuilt, stumbled again and a late push by Afridi, contributing an adrenalin-filled yet brief 24, pushed them towards a win.
The ultimate difference between the two sides was spin. While Pakistan's pair of Afridi and Ajmal shared eight wickets, Australia's Nathan Hauritz bowled four overs and failed to pick up a wicket. It wouldn't be fair to blame Australia's lone specialist spinner for the defeat. It was a collective failure of their middle order to read the spinners who mercilessly ran through the batting and effected a top and middle-order crumbling to the tune of 8 for 27.
Australia's rapid demise was a reflection of their ordinary recent one-day form. A collapse of this magnitude exposed a weakness against spin which was also on show in South Africa, even with a number of familiar returning faces in the ranks. With the ball gripping and turning, Afridi's mixture of googlies and topspinners caused most of the problems, but the relatively inexperienced Ajmal offered little respite with his doosras.
At 95 for 1 in the 19th over, Younis Khan's pre-match prediction of chasing a target of 260-270 seemed a reality. That was until Afridi got the ball and the crowd to dance to his tunes. He began by getting rid of the most well-set batsman, Brad Haddin, for a brisk 40, tamely chipping a flighted delivery to short cover. Michael Clarke's struggles against the spin trio of Paul Harris, Roelof van der Merwe and Johan Botha in South Africa were well documented and the nightmare didn't end with the move to another country. He was flummoxed by an Ajmal doosra and edged behind before Afridi worked his magic.
A rusty Andrew Symonds nicked one to a refreshingly sharp Kamran Akmal, before Shane Watson, who had played neatly on his return to the side after injury by adding 54 with Haddin, was beaten by one which turned through the gate. Safe catching helped Pakistan and Misbah-ul-Haq showed his sharp reflexes to cling onto Callum Ferguson's edge to remove one of Australia's few in-form batsmen. Hauritz completely misjudged Ajmal's line, shouldered arms and lost his stumps.
The score suddenly read a shocking 110 for 7 and it brought back bad memories of their collapse at Centurion very recently. It wasn't the kind you would expect of the second best team in the world even in the worst of days. The spinners sensed a weak link and exploited it with clinical efficiency. Afridi's googlies proved too much for the tailenders Stuart Clark and Nathan Bracken as he collected his best ODI figures and Pakistan's best figures against Australia.
James Hopes enjoyed a free swing of the arms in the third Powerplay with an unbeaten 48 to push the score to 168, a big improvement from a hopeless 122 for 9, but the momentum was still with Pakistan.
The Australian seamers failed to get enough early breakthroughs to cause a serious flutter in the Pakistan camp. The dangerous Salman Butt was trapped lbw for 5 in the seven-over period before the dinner break before a fidgety Younis Khan holed out to midwicket.
Spin was introduced in the 13th over but Hauritz couldn't extract the same turn and bite that Afridi and Ajmal managed against his batsmen. He overpitched too often and that allowed Akmal to get forward and drive through the line. He used his feet well and chipped down the track to bisect the gaps in the infield.
Shoaib Malik contributed only 12 in a stand of 48 with Akmal, content to let his partner hog the strike. However, as Akmal motored along, a flashy drive outside off cost him his wicket and Clark had his revenge after being slashed for a four past slip two balls earlier. A loose dab by Malik brought Afridi to the crease, who began by clipping his first ball - a low full toss - past square leg and then pulling the next past midwicket.
He took Pakistan within 31 of the target before mishitting one to mid-on. The chase thereafter was scratchy, with Misbah holding fort as Pakistan got home with 35 balls to spare. It wasn't the most convincing of chases but good enough to prove a point. Moreover, they played with a hunger to win against a team dogged by injuries and knackered after a back-breaking summer.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a sub-editor at Cricinfo
Ya gotta love Light Trails. I wonder what people think when your pointing a camera at them in there cars.... mmmm..
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop, by Erle Stanley Gardner
Pocket Book 6007, 1960
Cover art uncredited
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Let's Adapt These Movies Into Books We Want to Read
A husband and wife with three kids suffer a tragedy from which they can't recover. Eventually they divorce. Years later the two run into each other on a street in the town by the sea they once called home. This is the scene in Manchester by the Sea that had moviegoers talking last year. The scene is maybe four minutes long, but in this halting, stuttering, soul-baring conversation between two bereaved people on the street, time seems to stop. They’re still drowning in what happened to their family.
You’ll have to see for yourself what happened to this couple played with resonant authenticity by Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. You'll see the movie isn’t about their relationship. It’s about Affleck as the ex-husband, alone and adrift on a sea of grief. The death of his older brother brings him back to Manchester for his teenage nephew. In the process of planning the funeral and becoming his nephew’s legal guardian, the past intrudes on the present (as does a bit of humor), culminating with Affleck and Williams’ reunion. With its intrusive flashbacks, character-driven plot and realistic dialogue, the film has the build of literary fiction. At first I assumed it was based on a book, and could I borrow this book from the Library? I’d like to read it!
Alas, there is no book. Manchester by the Sea is based on an original screenplay by its director Kenneth Lonergan. That it was written directly for the screen without bookish source material goes against the tide of Hollywood storytelling. As film industry analyst Stephen Follows reports: from 2005 to 2014, 61 percent of Hollywood’s 1000 highest grossing movies were not original stories. They were adaptations, sequels, spin-offs, remakes or other types of derivative work. Today nary a month passes without some book-to-movie adaptation hitting theaters. (See: the Marvel movies.) Suffice it to say, we’re swimming in movies based on books. Which is good! But...
What if we reversed the tide and made a book based on a movie? This is not a novel idea. It’s a novelization. The marketing synergies behind popular films often publish product tie-ins such as movie novelizations (TV shows get them, too). There are over 200 at the Library and GoodReads lists more. Some I find questionable. Terminator Salvation: The Novel?
A novelization I wouldn’t question is Manchester by the Sea. Its subject matter is heavy, but it ultimately finds humor amid the heartbreak and depicts a modern American man with psychological realism. A man of few words on screen, Affleck’s character and, by extension, his indelible scene with Williams could be fleshed out with many words in a book I’d want to read. The list below brings Manchester together with other movies based on original screenplays that could make binge-worthy books.
For years a meme has circulated on social media that perfectly sums up the difference between a movie experience and a book experience. Here it is. If you feel the same way and have seen a bookless movie you’d like to experience as a read, tell us on Facebook @AustinLibrary, Twitter @AustinPublicLib or Instagram @AustinPublicLibrary. Let’s ask the universe to adapt these movies into books we want to read.
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When I flew the Mavic Air drone last year and Dji Mavic Air 2 this year, I marveled at how DJI managed to make a drone so small yet so nimble and easy to fly, that delivered such good video – all at a reasonable price. With the Mavic Mini, DJI has improved on the Air in nearly every aspect. This newer $400 device is even smaller, yet is just as easy to fly, plus it can stay in the air even longer than its predecessor.
While the Mavic Mini can’t shoot 4K video, the footage it captures is every bit as good, and should be more than enough for most casual fliers. It’s now my top pick for the best drone.
DJI Mavic Mini design:
The Mavic Mini’s headline feature is its takeoff weight, 249 grams, which is proudly displayed on the airframe. It’s just a bit less than the 250g (8.8-ounce) threshold at which you’re required to register with the FAA before flying outdoors in the US. It’s even lighter than the DJI Spark, the next-smallest drone in the company’s lineup. Take that, Feds!
DJI did note that adding the propeller guard brings the Mini’s weight above 250 grams, but whatever. The Mini is truly compact, though – more so than DJI’s other drones: The device easily fits in the palm of my hand; you can stuff the Mini in a backpack and still have room for plenty of other stuff.
This doesn’t mean that you can fly the Mini anywhere you choose. You still have to follow the rules as any other drone operator does; you just don’t have to register the device with the FAA.
Features and Specs:
This device is well known for its foldable, compact and easy to transport design.
It offers 40 Mph top rated speed for flights.
Equipped with advanced vision positioning, Glonass and GPS system.
Front Collision Detection.
DJI Mavic has ability to capture videos at 4K resolution level whereas images can be obtained with 12MP sensor.
It can stay in air for 27 minutes whereas maximum range coverage is 4.3 miles only.
You will love to explore its automatic landing and take off functions.
Dji Mavic mini camera specs :
Given that the camera is arguably the most important part of a drone (not for nothing is DJI calling this the Everyday Fly Cam), this writer is happy to report that it’s a little cracker. Granted, it doesn’t support some of the picture and video profile choices of the larger Mavics, but even the standard picture setting is excellent right out of the box.
The Mavic Mini shoots 1080p video at up to 60 frames per second and super crisp 2.7K at up to 30fps. The fact it doesn’t shoot in full 4K is in no way a hindrance because 2.7K is plenty good enough for the average computer monitor and certainly any tablet or phone. Besides, 4K files are so massive (up to several gigabytes for each clip), they tend to take up loads of hard disk space and make editing on anything other than a well-specced computer a stuttering nightmare. And anyway, at this price there had to be some kind of tradeoff.
For those into their photography, the drone’s 1/2.3” CMOS-equipped camera shoots immaculate 12mp stills that really pop when snapped in good lighting conditions; it isn’t too shabby in low light either. As to be expected, the drone’s little mechanical three-axis gimbal ensures that all video remains absolutely rock solid and stills pin sharp no matter how jumpy the drone may look in flight, even when it’s battling against a stiff breeze. Speaking of which…
Dji Mavic Mini battery life:
One of the best features of the Mavic Mini is its estimated 30-minute battery life. That’s the same flight time as the Mavic 2 Pro, which costs more than twice as much, and 10 minutes longer than the Mavic Air. This was largely borne out in my testing, though if you’re flying in stronger winds, you’ll find that battery life drops as the drone works harder to stay in position. However, the DJI Mavic Air 2 has slightly longer endurance, at 34 minutes.
Mavic mini controller:
The remote itself is pretty basic. It has removable joysticks, which stow inside when not in use; the left stick controls altitude and rotation, while the right stick moves the drone forward, backward, left, and right.
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There’s a Record button on the left shoulder and a Photo button on the right. You also get a control wheel, on the left, to adjust camera pitch. There’s no dedicated dial to adjust the brightness of your scene via EV compensation. Instead, you’ll need to set that via the app’s touch interface. I would have preferred a remote with two wheels, one for camera control and another for EV, like you get with the higher-end Mavic models.
Dji Mavic mini price and availability
The Mavic Mini (from DJI or Amazon) comes in two different versions. The Standard version includes the DJI Mavic Mini, remote controller, one battery, extra propellers, and all necessary tools and wires for $399 USD. The Mavic Mini Fly More Combo includes all of the components from the standard version with the addition of the 360-degree Propeller Cage, Two-Way charging Hub, three batteries in total, three sets of extra propellers, and a carrying case for the price of $499 USD. You can add DJI Care Refresh for an additional $39 USD.
Mavic Mini Fly More Combo:
The DJI Mavic Mini Drone Fly More Combo includes the compact yet powerful DJI Mavic Mini Drone, extra batteries, a propeller guard, and other accessories to help you keep capturing as many moments as possible.
Verdict – It worth?
The DJI Mavic Mini is a masterful balance of portability, price, image quality, and convenience. Its featherweight, foldable design means you can fly it without needing to register it first, and despite its size it still manages to offer remarkably stable video. The Mavic Mini doesn’t have object tracking or object avoidance, and doesn’t capture 4K video, topping out at 2.7K at 30fps; but it weighs no more than five golf balls, lasts a solid 30 minutes in the air, and could fit in a large jacket pocket if needed – which means this mighty, mini drone’s pros soar way above its cons.
+ FOR
Low cost of entry.
Includes remote control.
Excellent battery life.
Crisp 2.7K video and 12MP photos.
Gimbal stabilization.
Automated cinematic camera movements.
Find My Drone feature.
Doesn’t require federal registration.
– Against
No 4K or 60fps 2.7K video
No object tracking
Micro USB charging, not USB-C
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 11: Dr. Heather Grossman speaks onstage at the 2022 Freeing Voices, Changing Lives Gala at Guastavino's on July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for American Institute for Stuttering)
Ex Hong Kong Leyland / Dennis Condor at Market and Stutter in San Francisco working for Big Bus Tours.
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Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since COVID began
LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) -Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to Central Asia where he will meet Russia's Vladimir Putin, just a month before he is set to cement his place as the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
The trip, Xi's first abroad since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, shows just how confident he is about his grip on power in China and just how perilous the global situation has become.
Against a backdrop of Russia's confrontation with the West over Ukraine, the crisis over Taiwan and a stuttering global economy, Xi is due on a state visit to Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
China's president will then meet Putin at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's summit in the ancient Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Kremlin said.
Putin's foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, told reporters last week that the Russian president was expected to meet Xi at the summit. The Kremlin declined to give details on their talks. China has yet to confirm Xi’s travel plans.
The meeting will give Xi an opportunity to underscore his clout while Putin can demonstrate Russia's tilt towards Asia; both leaders can show their opposition to the United States just as the West seeks to punish Russia for the Ukraine war.
"It is all about Xi in my view: he wants to show just how confident he is domestically and to be seen as the international leader of nations opposed to Western hegemony," said George Magnus, author of "Red Flags", a book about Xi's challenges.
"Privately I imagine Xi will be most anxious about how Putin’s war is going and indeed if Putin or Russia are in play at some point in the near future because China still needs an anti-western leadership in Moscow."
Russia suffered its worst defeat of the war last week, abandoning its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine.
The deepening "no limits" partnership between the rising superpower of China and the natural resources titan of Russia is one of the most intriguing geopolitical developments of recent years - and one the West is watching with anxiety.
Once the senior partner in the global Communist hierarchy, Russia after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union is now considered a junior partner of a resurgent Communist China which is forecast to overtake the United States as the world's biggest economy in the next decade.
Though historical contradictions abound in the partnership, there is no sign that Xi is ready to drop his support for Putin in Russia's most serious confrontation with the West since the height of the Cold War.
Instead, the two 69-year-old leaders are deepening ties. Trade soared by nearly a third between Russia and China in the first 7 months of 2022.
The visit "shows that China is willing to not only continue 'business as usual' with Russia but even show explicit support and accelerate the formation of a stronger China-Russia alignment," said Alexander Korolev, senior lecturer in politics and international relations at UNSW Sydney.
"Beijing is reluctant to distance itself from Moscow even when facing serious reputational costs and the risks of becoming a target of secondary economic sanctions."
XI SUPREME
Xi is widely expected to break with precedent at a Communist Party congress that starts on Oct. 16 and secure a third five-year leadership term.
While Xi has met Putin in person 38 times since becoming China's president in 2013, he has yet to meet Joe Biden in person since the latter became U.S. President in 2021.
Xi last met Putin in February just weeks before the Russian president ordered the invasion of Ukraine which has left tens of thousands of people dead and sown chaos through the global economy.
At that meeting at the opening of the Winter Olympics, Xi and Putin declared a "no limits" partnership, backing each other over standoffs on Ukraine and Taiwan with a promise to collaborate more against the West.
China has refrained from condemning Russia's operation against Ukraine or calling it an "invasion" in line with the Kremlin which casts the war as "a special military operation".
"The bigger message really isn't that Xi is supporting Putin, because it's been pretty clear that Xi supports Putin," said Professor Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
"The bigger signal is that he, Xi Jinping, is going out of China for the first time since the pandemic in the run-up to the party congress. If there were going to be plottings against him this is when the plottings would happen. And he's clearly confident that the plottings are not going to take place because he is out of the country."
Xi, the son of a communist revolutionary, is poised to secure a historical third leadership term at the 20th Communist Party Congress beginning on Oct. 16. He last left China in January 2020, before the world went into COVID lockdown.
KREMLIN CHIEF
After the West imposed on Moscow the most severe sanctions in modern history due to the war in Ukraine, Putin says Russia is turning towards Asia after centuries of looking to the West as the crucible of economic growth, technology and war.
Casting the West as a declining, U.S.-dominated coalition which aims to shackle - or even destroy - Russia, Putin's worldview chimes with that of Xi, who presents China as an alternative to the U.S.-led, post-World War Two order.
Putin aide Ushakov said the Xi-Putin meeting would be "very important". He did not give further details.
As Europe seeks to turn away from Russian energy imports, Putin will seek to boost energy exports to China and Asia.
Putin said last week that a major gas export route to China via Mongolia had been agreed. Gazprom has for years been studying the possibility for a major new gas pipeline - the Power of Siberia 2 - to travel through Mongolia taking Russian gas to China.
It will carry 50 billion cubic metres of gas per year, around a third of what Russia usually sells Europe – or equivalent to the Nord Stream 1 annual volumes.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China, India, Pakistan and four Central Asian states, is due to admit Iran, one of Moscow's key allies in the Middle East.
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Top Chinese legislator pays official goodwill visit to Russia
Li Zhanshu, chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, paid an official goodwill visit to Russia from Wednesday to Saturday, at the invitation of Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin.
During his visit, Li met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the country's far eastern city of Vladivostok, held talks with Volodin and Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko respectively in Moscow, and also met with leaders of the five State Duma factions.
When meeting with the Russian president, Li conveyed cordial greetings and best wishes from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Putin. He said that under the strategic guidance and personal efforts of President Xi and President Putin, the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era has maintained a strong momentum of development.
Political mutual trust, strategic coordination and pragmatic cooperation between the two countries have reached an unprecedented level, setting a good example of good-neighborly friendship and win-win cooperation between major countries and neighboring countries, Li said.
Both China and Russia are at a critical historical stage of development and revitalization, enjoying great potential and broad prospects for cooperation, Li said.
China is willing to continue to work with Russia to firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns, implement the Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative put forward by President Xi, and turn high-level political mutual trust into more pragmatic cooperation results, Li said.
The top Chinese legislator said he firmly believes that under the leadership of President Xi and President Putin, the two sides will raise the bilateral ties to a new level and will follow the development path in line with their national conditions and achieve the great goals of their respective development and national rejuvenation.
Li also congratulated Russia on successfully hosting the 7th Eastern Economic Forum and briefed on the upcoming 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Putin asked Li to convey his best wishes to President Xi. He said that the Russia-China comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era is special and important, and that the Russian side is satisfied with bilateral relations and cooperation with China in various fields.
Russia-China trade, especially against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, has shown a sound momentum of growth, Putin said, expressing his belief that the two sides will achieve greater goals of cooperation in this area.
More exchanges between the Russian and Chinese legislatures will play a positive role in promoting the development of bilateral relations, Putin said. He also wished the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China a success.
During his talks with Volodin and Matviyenko, Li said that the important task of cooperation between the legislative bodies of China and Russia is to promote the implementation of the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and provide legal protection for the healthy and stable development of bilateral relations.
The NPC will continue to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the Russian State Duma and Federation Council, tap the potential of the mechanism for regular exchanges, maintain a good momentum of high-level exchanges, and promote exchanges among friendship groups and special committees, Li said.
Li said that the NPC is ready to work with the two institutions to create a favorable environment for practical cooperation through legislation as well as examination and approval of treaties and agreements.
He added that the two sides should strengthen exchanges of experience on national governance and legislation regarding fighting against external interference, sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction, among others.
Li thanked the Russian side for firmly supporting China on the Taiwan question.
Both Volodin and Matviyenko once again condemned Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region, saying that Russia firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to deepen cooperation with China on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.
Volodin said that the legislative bodies of Russia and China should further upgrade their cooperation, expand cooperation models, enrich cooperation content, so as to jointly implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state and contribute to the development of bilateral relations.
Matviyenko extended congratulations on the great achievements made by the Chinese people under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. She said that the in-depth development of Russia-China relations has given the legislative bodies a new task of cooperation, and that both sides should actively promote cooperation in such fields as politics, economy, trade, finance and youth, as well as enhance sub-national, people-to-people exchanges and cultural cooperation.
When meeting with leaders of the five State Duma factions, Li said that all the groups have demonstrated their support to enhancing friendly cooperation with China, showing that it is the broad consensus of all parties and people from all walks of life in Russia to develop the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era.
China is ready to maintain close contact and exchanges with all parties in Russia to consolidate the foundation of the friendship and practical cooperation between the two countries, he said.
Leaders of the five State Duma factions expressed their willingness to play an active role in intensifying inter-party exchanges between Russia and China, and make unremitting efforts to deepen the development of Russia-China relations, so as to benefit the two countries and their people.
During his stay in Moscow, Li laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and visited Vladimir Lenin's former residence.
"Stuttering" Craig Skistimas, retro gamer and founder/owner of ScrewAttack.
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This picture of my niece was taken at 5.40 in the evening in the living room.The sunlight was directly on her face from the window and got the grill shadow as well.The pic was clicked on stutter priority.
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A photo from last summer. Now I'm starting to hear sprinklers again, stuttering water across lawns everywhere.
Fucksake.
The autofocus kept stuttering, so I brought it in for repairs. Luckily, I have a professional Canon workshop a 15 minute bike ride away. But yet again, Canon has stopped making the parts necessary for repairs (a recurring theme). I might be shooting people on manual focus for a bit if I can, but since it's the aperture that makes the AF to keep hunting, I expect the whole lens to die soon.
Well, I've had a good run with it.
I still have an old 70-300mm lens, but its image quality is much lower. Also, the 1.4x extender doesn't fit on it, so it's rather a downgrade from 560 to 300mm, even if you disregard the smaller aperture, lens quality and IS.