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"I always assumed it was painful and crazy to run barefoot"
I remember reading an article on barefoot running and how African runners train that way... I have to admit that is not for me, I'll give up those few milliseconds in order to keep my feet toasty and uncut.
For those that are wandering, even though I'm in Arizona, the ground was very cold ( 46 degrees) and I have a cold.
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A holga multiple exposure of the conquistadors and mariachi marching through the downtown square in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The Church of St Michael the Archangel in Framlingham was built mainly over a period of two centuries, from 1350 to 1555. The large chancel served as a mausoleum for members of the powerful Howard family, dukes of Norfolk, who lived in nearby Framlingham Castle. This photograph shows a detail of the magnificent painted alabaster tomb of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (who was the son of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk) and his wife, Frances de Vere. Surrey was executed by Henry VIII in 1547. The tomb dates from 1614, when it was commissioned by their son, Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton. Here we see the three daughters of Surrey, Jane, Margaret and Katherine, kneeling in prayer.
On assignment covering the dress rehearsal of the 2017: The Passion Play.
"The film opens in Gethsemane at night as Jesus Christ (Caviezel), at the height of his cause, prays while his disciples Peter, James, and John (James's brother) sleep. After he wakes them and tells them to pray, Satan appears in a hooded androgynous, albino form, and tempts him with reasonable doubt, stating - "it is not right for one man to die for their (humanity's) sins." Ignoring it and praying on, Jesus' sweat turns into blood and drips to the ground while a snake emerges from Satan's guise. Jesus hears his disciples call out for him, and he rebukes Satan by stomping on the snake's head, and Satan vanishes.
After receiving a bribe of thirty pieces of silver, Judas, another of Jesus' disciples, approaches with a group of temple guards and betrays Jesus (by confirmation of his identity) with a simple kiss on the cheek. As the armed guards move in to arrest Jesus, Peter draws his dagger and slashes off the ear of Malchus, one of the guards and a servant of the high priest Caiaphas. Jesus, in turn, heals the ear as he reprimands Peter for his actions. As the disciples flee, the guards secure Jesus, and beat him during the journey to the Sanhedrin.
John informs Mary (mother of Jesus) and Mary Magdalene of the arrest, while Peter follows Jesus and his captors at a distance. Caiaphas holds trial over the objection of some of the other priests, who are expelled from the court. When questioned by Caiaphas if he is the Son of God, Jesus replies, "I am." Caiaphas is horrified, tears his robes in outrage, and Jesus is condemned to death for blasphemy. Peter, secretly watching, is confronted by the surrounding mob for being a follower of Jesus, and he angrily denies this three times. But after cursing at the mob during the third denial, a sobbing Peter flees after remembering that Jesus had foretold this coping of a defense. Meanwhile, a guilt-ridden Judas attempts to return the money he was paid to have Jesus freed, but is refused by the priests. Tormented by demons, he flees the city, finds solitude, and hangs himself from a tree with a rope he finds on a dead donkey at dawn.
Caiaphas brings Jesus before Pontius Pilate to be condemned to death, but after questioning Jesus and finding no fault, a sympathetic Pilate instead relays him to the court of Herod Antipas, as Jesus is from Antipas' ruling town of Nazareth, Galilee. After Jesus is again found not guilty and returned, Pilate offers the crowd options for either him to chastise Jesus, or release him. He then attempts to have Jesus freed by the peoples' choice, between Jesus and a violent criminal Barabbas. To his dismay, the crowd demands to have Barabbas freed and Jesus killed. In an attempt to appease the moment, Pilate orders that he simply be punished. Jesus is brutally scourged, abused, and mocked by the Roman guards as "king of the Jews" with a crown of thorns. However, Caiaphas, with the crowds' verbal backing, continues to demand that Jesus be crucified as a heretic and Barabbas released. Admonished, Pilate washes his hands, takes no responsibility of the incident, and reluctantly orders Jesus' crucifixion. During the course of events, Satan watches Jesus' bloody sufferings with great interest. A dismayed Pilate watches the march, while his wife Claudia, who knows of Jesus' status as a holy man, comforts him. As Jesus labors to carry a heavy wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa to Calvary, a woman avoids the escort of soldiers, and wipes Jesus' face with her veil. Jesus is beaten and pressed by the guards until the unwilling Simon of Cyrene is forced into carrying the cross with him. At the end of their travel, with his mother Mary, Mary Magdalene, and others witnessing, Jesus is crucified. The very act seems to affect the weathering condition of the earth itself.
As he hangs from the cross, Jesus prays to God asking forgiveness for the people who did this to him, and redeems a criminal as a saint who is crucified beside him. Succumbing to impending death, Jesus gives up his spirit and dies. A single droplet of rain falls from the sky to the ground, triggering a sudden earthquake which destroys the Holy temple and rips the cloth covering the Holy of Holies in two, to the horror of Caiaphas and the other priests. Satan is shown screaming in agonizing defeat. Jesus' lifeless body is taken down from the cross, and entombed. In the end, the healed body of Jesus rises from the dead, and exits the tomb resurrected."
Heavy action at LAX. United Airlines 747 takes off from runway 25R while Singapore Airlines 747 taxies to the Tom Bradley International Terminal. Air France A340 can also be seen taxiing in the far background.
Gerardo Nava © - Los Angeles, California
Two shots of the same photo but can't make up me mind which is better so please could you decide for me cheers
"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty" - Mother
Regardless, she was found strong, in her own world, playing with some stones and songs of her own.
I took this photo of Two Sun Flowers in Palm Harbor, Florida.
I took this photo sometime in the early 2000's with my Minolta Maxxim 5000 35mm SLR Film Camera with Slide Film. I scanned the slides to create the Electronic Image presented here on the flickr™ Photo Website.
Two small plants of Milligania lindoniana (redflower milligania) and Milligania densiflora (silky milligania) growing next to each other in snow patch vegetation on Walled Mountain, Cradle Mountain-Lake St. Clair National Park, Tasmania.
M.lindoniana (on the left) is a smaller plant with much much whiter lower leaf surfaces than the larger and more common M.densiflora (right).
If this location is typical M.lindoniana appears to occupy much more open exposed herbfield locations than M.densiflora which occured more frequently amongst boulders or scrub.
The genus Milligania is endemic to Tasmania and is composed of five species, three alpine and two found in the western lowlands.
Mackinac Island, Michigan, is a beautiful island. Located in the Straits of Mackinac, it's about 8-9 miles in circumference.
There's the actual town of Mackinac Island, where the ships dock. Since 1898 (I think), there have been no motorized vehicles allowed on the island (for consumer use, at least) as they scared the horses.
Your modes of transportation are one of three:
1. Horse (and carriage) as a taxi, personal rental, or part of a tour (for about $30/adult). Or, just rent a horse for $50/hour/horse.
2. Bicycles. For rental all over the place in town.
3. Your two feet.
The town of Mackinac Island. Its Main Street -- the first thing you see after passing under the portico from any of the ferries -- is actually Huron Street. One parallel street behind, you have Market Street. There are a number of other streets in the town, too, all easily walkable (obviously). Since this is basically a tourist resort, you'll find about 80% of the establishments in town fall into one of the following categories: fudge shops (12 different companies have fudge shops here), bed & breakfasts, bike rentals, or restaurants (pizzeria, bar/saloon/burger joint). The only eyesore on the island is a Starbucks. It disgusts me to no end. If you intend to spend the night on the island, be prepared to have your wallet lightened substantially, especially in season (Memorial Day to Labor Day).
For overnight accommodations, the most famous place on the island is the Grand Hotel, which has the longest covered porch of any building in the world (660 ft./200 meters). It'll set you back over $400/night. There's no air conditioning. It was built in 1887 and is perfectly imperfect. They finished it in three months. Even to wander the grounds, you have to pay $10 per their signage. On a sunny summer day, it's beautiful, especially with all of the flags flying along the porch. If you aren't inclined to pay through the nose here, the B&Bs, during summer, would probably set you back around $300/night, but don't quote me on that. (The more frugal folks -- like me -- stay in Mackinaw City, slightly expensive, but reasonable, and take day trips to the island.
Speaking of "in season," Mackinac Island has less than 500 year-round residents. Yet, I think they clear 2 million tourists a year. The majority of them come from May-September.
To support that massive influx, there are 600 horses on the island in summer, but only about 200 stay on for winter.
More than the horses, they can't survive without a temporary summer workforce. On the island (and also in Mackinaw City and possibly St. Ignace), you'll find the majority of summer workers are eastern European. They stay until the end of September. This year, I bumped into Turkish, Polish, Montenegran, Serbian, Kosovan, and I'm not sure which other nationalities. Expect to meet some incredibly friendly and happy Europeans.
What's the history of this area? Recent (1600-now), is about all most people focus on. It was originally Native American land, then the French arrived, followed by Brits, and finally Americans.
As a result, there are forts around. Michilimackinac (in Mackinaw City) was the first fort, from the Brits, then Americans. Then the Brits relocated to the island (more strategic) and built Fort Mackinac. While at Fort Mackinac, they also decided to build a more rudimentary fort on the highest ground on the island: Fort George (which the Americans renamed Fort Holmes).
The forts were eventually in the Americans' hands and Fort Mackinac was garrisoned until 1895. So here's your fun trivia: Yellowstone National Park was the first national park created in the U.S. (and world) in 1872. The second national park in the U.S.? Mackinac Island, actually.
The island was a national park (as the parks were actually administered by the military prior to the creation of the Department of the Interior & National Park Service) and it was maintained as a national park until 1895 when the federal government trimmed back a bit and stopped having an active presence on the island. (At this point, the island went to the state and the entire island is now basically Mackinac State Park.)
As it's a state park, you'll find the majority of the island is actually natural -- lots of woods and beautiful walks and trails. Should you have a little wanderlust to get away from the town, you'll find the following:
1. A small airport in the middle of the island.
2. Two 9 hole golf courses (Jewel & Wawashkamo), though you could be creative and call it one where the front and back nine are a bit away from each other.
3. Cemeteries: Protestant, Catholic, and Military. (The military cemetery is one of only 5 in the nation that are permitted to fly flags at half mast year-round due to the unknown soldiers buried here.)
4. Hiking trails that lead to Fort Holmes, Skull Cave, Arch Rock, and other areas on the interior. (Skull Cave is very underwhelming in its current condition, though its history is interesting.)
Among the buildings in town that don't fall into one of the generic categories mentinoed above, you'll find at least 4 churches, the old fur trading store, a police station, a U.S. post office, a school, an old county courthouse (not current as Michilimackinac County no longer exists), an art museum, and a yacht club.
Fort Mackinac, by the way, is actually in town and the price of admission is $13.50 as of this writing. They have soldiers in period uniforms do weapons demonstrations (rifle, cannon), and have all of the buildings maintained to the time of its use (1875-95 or so). Some of the views of the town, Marquette Park, and cove with its two lighthouses are nice. Is it worth $13.50? I don't think so, but hey...if you're only here once, you ought to have a look, especially if the weather's nice and sunny.
During the summer, you'll find that June is the best time to come for flowers -- so many lilacs that the air smells more like flowers than horses. There are also the two boat regattas (Port Huron to Mackinac & Chicago to Mackinac) that end here in the straits. I believe those are in May or June.
All in all, there's a good reason that Mackinac Island is usually voted one of the ten best summer getaways in the country. It's unforgettable and, more than that, it's relaxing. Even with the excessive crowds. I know I haven't covered everything, but it's certainly enough to give you a good idea.
Mike photographed this set of Egyptian and Phoenician jewelry in the William and Judith Bollinger Jewellery Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
A few details about these items from the informational placard:
As early as 3000 BC, the ancient Egyptians produced jewellery that linked to their religious beliefs. They favoured gold, the colour of divinity, together with carnelian or lapis lazuli, the blue symbolising regeneration. Imitations of lapis in glass or 'faience' (glazed fused quartz) were also popular. Protective amulets taking the shape of gods, animals or various symbols were often placed in tombs.
The Phoenician civilisation originated in the area of modern Lebanon about about 1000-500 BC. As traders and colonisers throughout the Mediterranean area, the Phoenicians absorbed styles from the art of Egypt, Etruria and the Greek world.
For a better view of each piece, click the links below (the items are numbered in columns, from top to bottom and left to right):
1 - amulet of Taweret, the hippopotamus goddess associated with childbirth, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
2 - amulet of a falcon, symbol of the god Horus, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
3 - amulet of Taweret, the hippopotamus goddess associated with childbirth, Egypt, circa 1400-400 BC
4 - amulet pendant in the form of an aegis (broad collar) with the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet or Bastet, flanked by two falcons and the wedjet eye of Horus, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
5 - amulet with the wedjet eye of the god Horus, Egypt, circa 300-30 BC
6 - amulet with the wedjet eye of the god Horus, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
7 - amulet of Anubis, the jackal god of embalming, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
8 - amulet with a pillar, hieroglyphic symbol for djed (stable), Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
9 - amulet of the dwarf god Bes, associated with the protection of the house, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
10 - amulet of the dwarf god Bes, Egypt, circa 600-100 BC
11 - pendant with a scarab, Mediterranean basin (Phoenicia), circa 600-500 BC
12 - two amulet cases, one with the head of the Egyptian lion goddess Sekhmet, the other with the head of the Egyptian god Horus, Sardinia (Phoenicia), circa 600-400 BC
13 - earring, Mediterranean basin (Phoenicia), circa 700-500 BC
Made for a coworker's son. It was his second birthday and the party theme was Two Two Train. Buttercream frosting with fondant decorations.
I did some family portraits for a few of my very best friends this week. I directed the set decoration and designed the lighting of this scene using only one flash and several miscellaneous light fixtures.
Strobst: Lumopro LP160 camera left @ 1/2 and 50mm (with 1/2 CTS gel) fired at large white (improvised) bounce board via Alienbee triggers. The truck is lit with one work light and three other small fixtures.
21st April 2018 -Two third generation Transits (pre facelift in front, post facelift behind) parked on Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate, Exeter, UK.
Met these two enthusiastic jolly kids at the busy little town of Sonamukhi, Bakura District
(c)Amitabha Gupta
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I sold two cars this week... my 1979 450SLC 5.0, and 1983 300Dt with 4 speed transmission. Both were very interesting cars and will be missed. They are shown here waiting for their ride to their new homes.
Now, to find some new projects!
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Off the east coast of Santa Cruz Island, we came across a pair of gray whales spouting off. Island Packers always stops for wildlife encounters like this.