View allAll Photos Tagged usability
Public telephone box use has fallen dramatically over recent times. Many are being pressed into a new role in the community - as Defibrillator enclosures.
This one has been recently converted. To gain access to the Defibrillator you dial 999.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
This is my 28th photo to make Explore!
the lined boxy jacket is pinned and tacked. next i'll take it apart as i reassemble i'll use the sewing machine. the collar, below the book, may then be attached
lining the jacket wasn't straightforward but hopefully it will come together ok in the finish
oatmeal fabric with flecks wool blend 2 metres @ £8 per metre
green lining 2 metres @ £2 per metre
both 1.50 metres wide
i'll be following the classic boxy jacket downloaded pattern from this reference book flic.kr/p/2q55djV
'the dressmaking book' by alison smith mbe publisher dk
alongside the reference book i use you tube tutorials that i search for when more explanation is needed
for the lining i'll follow the instructions where the boxy jacket has a collar
How to Sew Darts | Beginner & Advanced www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9x-i-txyfo
5 Tips on how sew non-pointy darts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M_TLn_do4
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaza9t-CAiQ
How to Sew an Invisible Zipper - Updated
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG8CSr11kjA
How To Sew Invisible Zipper On Shirt / Dress | Sewing Technique Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHNrRoCSxaE
Invisible Zipper
www.youtube.com/shorts/npDSSAMzNNc
Super clever invisible zip trick
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UyfKL5G-Bw
how to understitch www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFz4tsplENI
what is understitching?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRDeKqKgto
ten top stitching tips www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDRXfYgkU4k
Top and Dress
Detailed Sewing Tutorial For A Beginner : Simple Linen Top, Bias Binding Neckline【Free Pattern】
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cFiT8UcU54
Download the Pattern
www.madebysachi.com/2021/09/27/super-simple-top/
LINEN DRESS DIY【Free Pattern +Easy Draft】Step by Step Guide for Beginner /back opening /Skirt Pleats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDFRlF_yEtA&t=0s
Download the Pattern
www.madebysachi.com/2021/09/27/super-simple-top/
BASIC SEAM POCKET
www.madebysachi.com/2022/07/09/basic-seam-pocket/
How to Sew Pleats | Box Pleat, Knife Pleat, Inverted Box Pleat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRlHcPh38MY
Forming Box Pleats
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNXJ_BIsb1E
Inverted Pleat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfdE3DlJdFQ
setting the sleeve www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqo-SIy8MXY&t=178s
coat pattern instructions www.sewmag.co.uk/free-sewing-patterns/serena-wool-coat#lo...
How to properly sew a shawl collar jacket/sewing techniques for beginners www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjeqgIfSt9c
Easy Way To Sewing shawl collar | Coat Collar Tutorial Cutting and Stitching | Sewing Tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsUZjA9JErI
my sewing machine JL220 flic.kr/p/2odruLA from john lewis www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-jl220-sewing-machine-pepperm...
sewing machine maintenance flic.kr/p/2q9GVTh
How to Use your SEWING MACHINE (for Beginners)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaZBTMzkoY
A Beginners' Guide To Using Your Sewing Machine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imryOl_LNaw
Beginners Sewing Course - Day 1 - The Basics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGITrkYdjJs
Seam Finishes
10 SEAM FINISHES Without a Serger || Basic to Couture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYt7JxC_bIc&t=596s
7 Seam Types and How to Make it- Sewing Lesson for Beginner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax6JDDP_6O8
French Seam Pockets
How to Add Pockets to a Side Seam using French Seams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatWJL_aAYY
Lining
How to add lining to ANY dress pattern | Sewing Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENKI3fSBQBo
How To Sew a Slip Stitch by Hand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjky55Cp1_I
Buttonholes
3 Sewing Tips to Make Buttonholes Neatly and Quickly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oOz28Ybk8I
How to Machine-Sew and Custom-sized Buttonhole
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6P-TKK3tjg&t=135s
Place and Sew Hooks and Eyes Correctly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d06GhQx_Wg
How to Fix a Low Neckline
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-W6W5fh-4
Interfacing
How to fuse iron-on interfacing to fabric
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idVbAkUBTU
reference books
i'm a complete beginner at dressmaking. posting photos of progress to encourage myself to continue www.flickr.com/photos/connect2012/albums/72177720305370633/ i'm not making any recommendations ...
Gear I Use (affiliate links):
Photography:
Canon R1: amzn.to/3D9Z3S6
Canon R3: amzn.to/3Tnb220
Canon R5: amzn.to/3pU9GP3
Tripod: Promediagear TR423: bit.ly/3hSdy2k
Gimbal: Promediagear GKJr: bit.ly/3hSdy2k
Gitzo Fluid Gimbal Head: amzn.to/3Y3XTQn
Canon 100-500mm: amzn.to/3LiHFv8
Canon 600mm F4: amzn.to/3S4rVzU
The best lens covers: amzn.to/3HtQGQ5
Bags:
Think Tank International Roller: bit.ly/2NWLfOg
Osprey Roller: amzn.to/4fbJGpl
Video:
RED Dragon-X
Canon R1: amzn.to/3D9Z3S6
Canon R3: amzn.to/3Tnb220
Canon R5: amzn.to/3pU9GP3
Canon 100-500mm: amzn.to/3LiHFv8
Canon 600mm F4: amzn.to/3S4rVzU
The best lens covers: amzn.to/3HtQGQ5
Mic on Camera: amzn.to/3gDIy2a
Mic off Camera: amzn.to/4cWLjqu
Field Audio Recorder: amzn.to/4f1g27C
Cartoni Focus 12 SDS Tripod: Cartoni Focus 12 Fluid Head with 2-Stage Carbon Fiber KSDS12-C (bhphotovideo.com)
Calendars: www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/harrycollinsphotography
Prints: www.etsy.com/shop/HarColPhotographs
Website: www.harrycollinsphoto.com
I use Topaz Denoise on all of my photos: topazlabs.com/ref/519/
In order to try and do something a little bit different to some of the other Star Wars work here on Flickr, back in July / August time I decided that it would be a good idea to create some new accommodation for my Star Wars characters. As much as they enjoyed being photographed in my back garden and on my table-top they would NOT shut up about getting onto the property ladder...
They were all looking a little cramped inside my toy box anyways and they seem to be very happy with their new digs, for now at least! ;o)
Plenty more photographs to follow from inside the Big Brother Star Wars house......
I have a blackboard in my kitchen that I use to write out the weeks schedule. It works really well as long as I remember to erase what is no longer current :)
Workers are drying paddy using traditional methods in a yard at a husking mill at Ashuganj, Brahmanbaria
চাতালকর্মীদের জীবন চাতালের গণ্ডির মধ্যেই সীমাবদ্ধ। তাদের আলাদা কোন জীবন নেই, নেই কোন স্বপ্ন। সারাদিন হাড়ভাঙ্গা পরিশ্রম করেই তাদের জীবন যায়। নেই পর্যাপ্ত বিশ্রাম, নেই কোন বিনোদনের ব্যবস্থা। মালিকদের কাছে তারা অনেকটা দাসীর মতো। স্বল্প মজুরীতে এতো পরিশ্রমের পরো তারা তাদের সংসারে কারো মুখে হাসি ফোটাতে পারে না, ফলে তারা সবসময় মানসিকভাবে বিপর্যস্ত থাকে।
শিশু থেকে বয়স্ক নারী সব বয়সের মানুষ কাজ করে চাতালে। সারাদিনের অমানবিক পরিশ্রমের পর তাদের জীবনে বিনোদনের কিছুই নেই, তারপরও তারা হাসে, একে অপরের সাথে খুনসুটি করে। তারা জানে এটাই তাদের জীবন, এখান থেকেই তাদের আনন্দ খুঁজে নিতে হবে ।
© Zakir Hossain
☎ +8801611266162
📧 zakir1346@gmail.com
☑ Follow Facebook ||
www.facebook.com/zakirhossain1346
☑ Follow Instagram ||
The life of the Chatal workers is limited to the boundaries of the Chatal. They have no separate life, no dreams. Their lives are spent working hard all day. No adequate rest, no recreation. To the Chatal owner they are much like maids. After working so hard for a low wage, they can't put a smile on anyone's face in their family, so they are always mentally depressed & upset. This is how it is passed down through the generations.
From children to older women, people of all ages work in the Chatal. There is nothing entertaining in their lives after a day of inhuman toil, yet they laugh, grumble at each other. They know this is their life, they have to find their happiness from here.
বাজারে চাউলের যোগান দিতে ঢেঁকি নির্ভরতা থেকে চাতালে ধান শুকানোর জন্য অভ্যস্থ হতে থাকে। ব্যবহার বাড়তে থাকে চাতালের। দিন যেয়ে দিন এসে ঢেঁকি বিকল হয়ে প্রচলন আসে হাসকিং মিলের। এই মিলে চাতালের ব্যপক ব্যবহার হতে থাকে। এই মিলে দেশের স্থানীয় ধনীক শ্রেনী, বড় বড় ব্যবসায়ীরা বিনিয়োগ করতে লাগলেন। দেশের আনাচে কানাচে হাসকিং মিল তৈরী হলো। চাতাল তখন মানুষের খুব কাছে পৌছে গেল। যে কারণে দেশে এখন প্রায় ৪০০ টি হাসকিং মিল আছে বলে জানা যায়। যদিও এই মিল মালিকেরা এখন এই মিলের ডিজিটাল সংস্করণ হিসেবে অটো রাইচ মিলের দিকে ঝুকছে। অনেকে হাসকিং মিলের ব্যবসা থেকে নিজেকে গুটিয়েও নিয়েছে। অটো মিলে চাতালের তেমন ব্যবহার নেই বললেই চলে। ধান থেকে চাউলের যে কারবার তা ঘরে ঘরে ঢেঁকি থেকে হাসকিং মিল এবং তা থেকে অটো রাইচ মিলে এসে ঠেকেছে। কাঠের ঢেঁকির ধান কল আজ অটো মিলে রূপান্তরীত হতে গিয়ে মিলে পরিণত হয়েছে।
হাসকিং মিল এবং চাউলের চাতালের সাথে জড়িয়ে আছে মধ্যম ও নি¤œ মধ্যম শ্রেণীর মানুষের রুটি-রুজির বিষয়টি। দেশের বিপুল সংখ্যক হতদরিদ মানুষের খাদ্য নিরাপত্তার বিষয়টি আজ জড়িয়েছে হাসকিং মিলের চাউল উৎপাদনের প্রয়োজনে। দিন বদলে হাসকিং বদলে যাচ্ছে। আসছে অটো রাইচ মিল। অটো রাইচ মিলের দাপটে মানুষ শ্রম হারাচ্ছে। আবার বিলুপ্ত হচ্ছে ঢেঁকি শিল্পের। ঘরে ঘরে এখন আর ঢেঁকি পাঁড়ের শব্দ যেমন শোনা যায় না। আবার মেয়েদের গানের সুরে সুর মিলিয়ে চাউল কোটার সংস্কৃতিও মিলে যাচ্ছে দিন দিন।
চাতালের শ্রমিকদের মধ্যে পুরুষের পাশাপাশি নারীদের সংখ্যা নিতান্তই কম নয়। তবে এখানে নারীরা পরিশ্রম বেশি করে কম মজুরী পেয়ে থাকে।
It seems amazing that this Catholic church is still in use between all the mosques, but the Kurdish people are very openminded when it comes to religion. Besides this Chaldean Catholic Church St Antoine, also the Syriac Orthodox Virgin Mary Church is still in use (with only 30 in its congregation.)
Diyarbakır, Eastern Turkey
I make images using other photographers photos. All photos are used with the permission of the photographer through Creative Commons. These images were created using Photoshop. I have found that if I can imagine something, I can create it using Photoshop. The Photoshop program is an artistic tool, like a pencil, paint brush or camera, allowing a skilled user to express their creative talent.
These are my nine favorite Black and White images( in no particular order) of the many that I have made in 2014. This set will be followed by my nine favorite Portraits. I hope that you enjoy them. Thank you for visiting my photo stream in 2014.
1. Walk Between Worlds: www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/14564404722/
2. Mystic Grove : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/14540478150/
3. Babel : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/14170365793/
4. Static Versus Dynamic : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/13744903064/
5. Balance Study : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/13895116521/
6. The Disagreement : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/13373174753/
7. The Climbers : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/14205564052/
8. The Illusionist : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/14000578745/
9. Intermezzo : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/15432357093/
Best of 2014 : www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/16109290131/
Best of 2014 -Portraits ; www.flickr.com/photos/slimdandy/15937530107/
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
@ Nikon lense 14-24mm with adapter to Sony
Norway Timelapse Video:
During the Colonisation and Missionary times. Bishop Hannington used this place as his library.
This place still stands tall in Uganda
Visit my channel and page for more adventure.
www.youtube.com/c/NATUREWORLDADVENTURES
More amazing nature videos from a nature and wildlife channel.
Nature world adventure documentary
A mazing cheetah, golden monkeys and baby elephants... Miss Uganda UK
Adventurous camp fire and sipi falls
A trip to Murchison falls." A channel trailer"
Using PSP X5, I've done some interesting color changes to the sky to make this sky appear in various shades of color. Hope you like it! Copyright (c) D.M.S Studios, DanMar Creations
Yes, I've used the 'Use Hearing Protection' title before but I couldn't resist using it again for this photo. I has to be said that the old, gypsy saxophone player isn't exactly Sonny Rollins -more annoying than musical. Just when I shot the photo, he interrupted his playing as the lady walked past.
Using data from the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, a European citizen scientist spotted a never-before-seen comet in the satellite data — the 4,000th comet discovery in the spacecraft’s 25-year history.
Currently nicknamed SOHO-4000 and pending its official designation from the Minor Planet Center, the comet has a rather small nucleus, estimated around five to ten metres in size, and it was extremely faint and close to the Sun when discovered. This means SOHO is the only observatory that has spotted the comet, as it is impossible to see from Earth – with or without a telescope.
The comet is seen here in an image from SOHO alongside the spacecraft’s 3999th comet discovery. The two comets are relatively close, approximately 1.5 million km apart, suggesting that they could have been connected together as recently as a few years ago.
Author of the discovery is Trygve Prestgard, who recently completed a Master’s degree in geophysics from Université Grenoble Alpes in France.
Like most other SOHO-discovered comets, SOHO-4000 is part of the Kreutz family of sungrazers. The Kreutz family of comets all follow the same general trajectory, one that carries them skimming through the outer atmosphere of the Sun.
“I feel very fortunate to have found SOHO’s 4,000th comet. Although I knew that SOHO was nearing its 4,000th comet discovery, I did not initially think that this sungrazer would be it,” said Trygve, who first spotted the comet in SOHO’s data. “It was only after discussing with other SOHO comet hunters, and counting through the most recent sungrazer discoveries, that the idea sunk in. I am honored to be part of such an amazing collaborative effort.”
Like most who have discovered comets in SOHO’s data, Trygve is a citizen scientist, searching for comets in his free time with the Sungrazer Project – a NASA-funded citizen science project, managed by Karl Battams from the US Naval Research Lab, which grew out of comet discoveries by citizen scientists early into SOHO’s mission.
“I have been actively involved in the Sungrazer Project for about eight years. My work with sungrazers is what solidified my long-term interest in planetary science,” said Trygve, who has discovered around 120 previously-unknown comets using data from SOHO and NASA’s STEREO mission. “I enjoy the feeling of discovering something previously unknown, whether this is a nice “real time” comet or a “long-gone” overlooked one in the archives.”
Launched in 1995, SOHO studies the Sun from its interior to its outer atmosphere, with an uninterrupted view from its vantage point between the Sun and Earth, about a million miles from our planet. But over the past two and half decades, SOHO has also become the greatest comet finder in human history.
SOHO is a cooperative effort between ESA and NASA. Mission control is based at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. SOHO’s Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment, or LASCO, which is the instrument that provides most of the comet imagery, was built by an international consortium, led by the US Naval Research Lab.
Credits: ESA/NASA/SOHO/K. Battams
Tasman Glacier, New Zealand.
This was a memorable and amazing up close encounter with New Zealand’s largest glacier, an incredibly dynamic natural environment, the glacier and icebergs are always on the move, melting and rolling. The boat passed so close to the icebergs and I could touch them.
This was a very fresh ice, picking from the icebergs, really tasted fresh@
When I see this photo, I am too surprised to notice the reflections on the ice, you can use your imagination to see what is it.
Here are some informations about Tasman Glacier:
The Tasman Glacier is the largest of several glaciers which flow south and east towards the Mackenzie Basin from the Southern Alps in New Zealand's South Island. It is 29 kilometres long and as much as 4 kilometres wide, and is entirely within the borders of Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park. The depth at its most is 600 meters.
The Tasman flows south from the southern slopes of the Minarets peak, along the eastern flank of Aoraki/Mount Cook, the peak of which is only five km from the glacier. It is almost met partway along its length by the meltwater of the Murchison Glacier, which approaches from the northeast before turning to flow beside the Tasman Glacier outside the moraine wall.
The waters from both these glaciers pool at the end of the glacier in Lake Tasman, before flowing south to join the outflow from the nearby Hooker and Mueller Glaciers in the wide valley of the Tasman River, whose braided streams flow south into Lake Pukaki. They eventually flow into the Waitaki River and to the Pacific Ocean north of Oamaru.
# On EXPLORE FRONT PAGE.
i used to lighting 2 pieces 3 WATT L.E.D.HIGH OPTICS LIGHT 2AA from VARTA ! it is really good flashlight to my plexiglass tools !! i love this game , after few years of light painting i discovered new kind of passion...some kind of different way...yeahhhhhhhh! :)
© All rights reserved — Any use, reproduction or curation requires prior written permission via Flickr mail.
Early on Sunday morning, the cold was biting, well below zero. Bradgate Park was already busy with visitors, and in places the ground had turned white, dressed in a true winter coat. Trusting the BBC weather forecast that promised a bright, sunny day, I set off towards the park.
Almost immediately, I encountered a young male Fallow Deer (buck – Dama dama). As soon as he noticed the crowd, he stopped and, almost knowingly, posed for a few seconds. What caught my attention straight away were his antlers. The left antler showed the typical broad, palmate shape of a Fallow Deer, while the right one looked strikingly different—more like the pointed tips of a young male Red Deer.
Most likely, this unusual shape resulted from a deformation or break during the growth phase of the antler. I found it fascinating; perhaps the experienced park rangers would have more insight into the history behind this individual’s antlers.
With winter clearly arriving, migrant birds have started to appear. After recent sightings of Stonechat, Goldcrests have now begun to show themselves. I am sharing two Goldcrest photographs from this walk. Unfortunately, I experienced a technical issue with my Z8, so I am confident that on my next visit I will be able to present sharper and more varied poses of this tiny bird.
As always, my photo walks would not be complete without the Robin (European Robin / Redbreast), which once again stepped onto the path in front of me, as if keeping me company.
I am sharing a total of seven photographs and hope you enjoy them.
Wishing you all a beautiful week ahead.
Goldcrest in the UK – Short English Note
Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) is both a resident and a winter visitor in the UK. While many individuals breed locally, significant numbers arrive from northern and eastern Europe during autumn and winter, boosting the UK population. These winter migrants are often seen in woodland edges, conifers, and parks, especially after cold spells on the continent.
I've captured some unforgettable moments with my camera, and I hope you feel the same joy viewing these images as I did while shooting them.
Thank you so much for visiting my gallery, whether you leave a comment, add it to your favorites, or simply take a moment to look around. Your support means a lot to me, and I wish you good luck and beautiful light in all your endeavors.
© All rights belong to R.Ertuğ. Please refrain from using these images without my express written permission. If you are interested in purchasing or using them, feel free to contact me via Flickr mail.
Lens - With Nikon TC 14E II - hand held or Monopod and definitely SPORT VR on. Aperture is f8 and full length. All my images have been converted from RAW to JPEG.
I started using Nikon Cross-Body Strap or Monopod on long walks. Here is my Carbon Monopod details : Gitzo GM2542 Series 2 4S Carbon Monopod - Really Right Stuff MH-01 Monopod Head with Standard Lever - Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot for Nikon AF-S 500mm /5.6E PF Lense -
Your comments and criticism are always appreciated.
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to explore! 😊
I used to live in the darkness, but now I see, that colors are everything. Yeah, now I see the magic inside of me! Yeah, maybe my head's fucked up, but I'm falling right back in love with being alive, dreaming in light. This kitty cat lost her mind, been lookin' for a star-sent sign, that I'll be alright. I'd forgot, how to daydream, so consumed with the wrong things. But in the dark, I realized, this life is short. And deep down, I'm still a child playful eyes, wide and wild. I can't lose hope, what's left of my heart's, still made of gold. And I know, that I'm still fucked up, but aren't we all? Darling, our scars make us who we are, are. So when the winds are howling strong, and you think, you can't go on, hold tight, sweetheart! I found a rainbow, baby. Trust me, I know life is scary. But you gotta learn to let go, put the past behind you. Trust me, I know, the ghosts will try to find you. But just put those colors on. Come and paint the world with me tonight!
The events that night in the parking lot changed me forever.
I used to look at things as so much more 'black and white.'
'The police were good' I thought.
And 'our government existed to serve and protect the people.'
There was a certain bliss in living with that ignorance.
One night shattered that and life itself would never be so simple again.
I knew that anyone could go bad.
I'd seen that before.
But the systematic coverup I was witness to...
that whacked my reality big time.
Since then I've made quite a few friends who happen to be cops.
I'd say that in my experience about half of them are an honor to the badge.
The other half...
you'd be shocked that they're nothing but another street gang bunch of thugs...
only they hide behind those badges and blue uniforms.
And they're authorized by the state to carry guns and use deadly force.
I don't think anything's ever offended me so much as seeing that bullshit up close.
It was like some fog was lifted and I saw what went on 'behind the curtain.'
That shit really shook me up.
I'm talking about people who've not only got no problem murdering someone...
but they've got the understanding and the means to get away with it.
There's more than a few people in prison who've been sent there wrongly convicted of crimes these guys have done.
They know how to pull it off.
The only thing that they really fear are the half of the cops who wouldn't tolerate that stuff.
The problem is that in some departments the ratio's pretty skewed.
Like Deadwood.
The whole place is filled with bad apples.
The stories I started to hear were unbelievable.
Witness intimidation.
Planting drugs.
Lying on police reports.
Giving false testimony.
And of course...
firebombing the garbage dumpster in front of my office.
I saw that one with my own eyes.
Or that phone call I got about the Police Commisioner's federal conviction for selling a couple of kilos of the white stuff.
The same guy that owned the bar that installed the illegal poker machines.
The ones that were all gone when the county went to raid his place because Iron Fist supposedly got tipped off and told him he'd better get rid of those things fast.
And I heard Iron Fist was pissed.
Not because his Police Commissioner had an illegal gambling operation going on in his town...
but because he'd kept it a secret from him.
Iron Fist kept secrets.
You didn't keep secrets from him.
There's some dark shadows on the other side of that 'thin blue line' and I'm telling you that I hope you never see them.
They get away with way too much.
They get away with murder.
The corruption is so endemic to the system that I have no faith at all that it can ever be eliminated.
There's a secret code.
If you've ever gotten a ticket and the cop thought you were an asshole all he had to do was to make sure that when he stapled your drivers lisense to the paperwork was that he put the staple through your picture.
The next cop that pulled you over knew right away that some other cop had a problem with you.
Because you had staple holes there on your license.
On your face.
That's the kind of shit that they do.
That's the 'code.'
One thing that they do better than anything though is to stick together.
'Professional courtesy' they call it.
In Chicago givin' another cop a ticket for DUI is an instant career dead end.
The older cops with more experience know how it works.
The young guys get sucked into it in order to prove themselves.
And to survive.
You gotta tow the line if you want backup to help you out in a timely manner when you call for it.
It's almost a rite of passage.
You don't pass the test...
you're gonna get your ass kicked on the streets or worse...
and no one's gonna drive really fast to help you out.
You'll be on your own.
Over the years the cops have developed an 'us or them' mentality.
They become jaded about the way it all works...
they socialize amongst themselves and the women who they call 'holster sniffers.'
They start to hate the legal system...
the judges and the prosecutors...
and then all of the sudden they're one of the 'bad apples.'
You hear about them every once in a while...
either they're busted by the feds or they're turned on by the guys around them because they pissed someone off.
You got no idea how bad it is really.
Not until you start hearin' what's going on 'off the record.'
You'll never sleep as well as you did before you heard the stories.
What makes it all worse is when corrupt politicians start to use the police as a 'personal army.'
That only makes everything dirtier.
The cops know that they're gonna get away with so much more when the guys above them are corrupt too.
That's the way it went in Deadwood.
Iron Fist used the police like they were his own little militia.
If he had a problem with you then you had yourself a problem with the cops.
And keepin' Iron Fist happy took precedence over 'law and order' any day of the week in Deadwood.
You got old Iron Fist pissed off at you that'd be a real quick end to your career in 'law enforcement.'
While Iron Fist ran the place the town was known as a really desirable place to live.
You didn't put a 'for sale' sign in front of your house if you wanted to sell it when he was in charge.
The old man would never tolerate that.
He had a list of people who wanted to live there and him and his cronies would figure out who they were gonna let buy your house.
They didn't want any 'undesirables' moving in.
And by 'undesirables' I mean black people.
Iron Fist thought that 'for sale' signs on people's homes made him look bad.
Dude should have been a cult leader the way he operated.
If you went around 'the system'...
and some people did because they felt that Iron Fist's little policy was cutting their profits on the sale of their homes...
Iron Fist would send the cops out late at night and snatch that 'for sale' sign right out of your front yard.
The guys I talked to said 'Secret Squirrel' was always up for the job.
He was the guy that drove around with the trunk full of machine guns.
The Village was sued in federal court for the practice by real estate agents and the Village lost on First Ammendment grounds...
but they still kept doing it.
Iron Fist reduced the police to commonon thievery.
For a lot of them I think that was the line that they'd first crossed into the corruption that soiled the place.
Kind of like a little 'initiation' into the way things were done in Deadwood.
They wanted to make damn sure no 'undesirables' were ever hired on to the police department too.
They asked applicants to provide a picture of themselves with their applications.
You better not have a dark complection if you wanted to get a job there.
The thing that really made everything so corrupt was that the Chief would always end up with a big old bag of dirt on Iron Fist...
just as much as Iron Fist'd end up with a big old bag of dirt on the Chief.
The relationships never seemed to last too long because Iron Fist knew the game better than any of the clowns he'd make Chief.
He'd take 'em down before they really became a threat.
When Skeevy left there to run another department it wasn't too long before the feds were all over his ass.
It was Skeevy who'd installed the guy that'd become the next Chief...
'Chief Hotdog.'
The one I sent the 'nutcracker' letter to.
Where I told him 'I was gonna squeeze his balls until they popped.'
The letter I had to read in front of the jury with all the good stuff blacked out.
Man I really thought I was gonna be charged with some serious felonies for that action.
Even my lawyer said he was worried about it.
'You don't go around writing that kind of stuff down' he said 'say whatever you want but you don't write letters like that and send them to the Chief of Police signed with your name.'
Fortunately the statute of limitations has run out on that one and I ain't got no problems that way.
I really tortured poor Chief Hotdog...
got inside his head and fucked with him big time.
The way I saw it he deserved it.
I mean... he was the boss... and he coudda done something to make things right for me and my family.
He was given the chance to do the right thing.
They all were.
But when he came out lying to the media about what happened that night and defended the actions of his street thug cops I knew I was goin' after his ass any way I could.
Right after the case against my wife was thrown out Chief Hotdog resigned.
Of course The Kid said it had nothin' to do with the bungling of that case...
and insiders said it was because he didn't do really well at fundraising for The Kid politically...
but I didn't care.
He was just one more corrupt motherfucker that I had in my crosshairs that went down in flames.
Whatever it was it ended his career.
The department went without a Chief for a few months and everyone speculated on who was gonna be named Chief Hotdog's successor.
I was shakin' the place up with allegations about the use of the contaminated well but that was all kinda behind the scenes...
the media or the feds hadn't picked up on it just yet.
When The Kid appointed the new Chief, me and The Mole both let out a collective gasp at the same time.
He appointed a woman who used to run the water department.
Terry Stewbauer.
I couldn't believe it.
It was such an obvious payoff and anyone in the know could see that right away.
It was blatant.
The Kid wasn't just 'ball-less' he seemed to be brainless too.
That was the first time I knew I really had those assholes and I knew I had them good.
They knew the feds were comin' sooner or later because I wasn't letting up and appointing Stewbauer as the new Chief of Police was a sort of premptory strike.
They wanted to keep her quiet and they wanted to keep her loyal...
put her on the 'short leash.'
I think she was scared shitless about what was comin' down the line and thinkin' about makin' a deal herself with the federales.
The Kid appointing her as the new Chief was probably a confidence builder for the woman.
She was working part time as a detective for the department before she was appointed Chief and I'd heard she wasn't a bad cop.
But she knew the truth about the use of the contaminated well and I knew that in appointing her that The Kid was hoping she'd never tell that truth to anyone.
Especially the feds.
I heard that her husband was a convicted drug dealer who was sitting in prison at the time she was appointed as the new Chief too.
She couldn't have been a very good detective if she didn't know that the old man was dealin' drugs out of her house.
Or she was a very corrupt detective.
Take your pick.
She was working as the Chief of Police in Deadwood when she was indicted on something like twenty three felony counts by the US Attorney.
She had to surrender her gun and her firearm owners identification card to the feds right after that.
Deadwood gave her a paid 'leave of absence' so now she gets paid for doing nothing.
Except takin' a fall for Iron Fist and his crew and keeping some serious secrets.
Of course they're paying her legal bills too.
I can't believe they get away with that shit but they do.
If I was a reporter I'd tear 'em a new one over that story.
I guess that made her the second Chief of Police that I'd end up takin' down in a row over this whole thing.
The Mole once pointed out that 'fucking with you doesn't seem to be a really good career move.'
We shared a good laugh over that one.
I was makin' enemies there almost as fast as I'm known to make friends.
And I was using the enemies of my enemy pretty effectively too.
That's why I'd reached out to Congressman Bobby Rush.
Krista'd made the introduction.
I'd read that when Rush was first elected to Congress that Iron Fist was pretty pissed off that now a black man would be representing Deadwood in Congress.
He was quoted in the newspapers saying that he wanted to secceed from the congressional district because 'there was no way that that man could represent the white ethnics of Deadwood.'
That comment really pissed off Congressman Rush and I don't think he ever forgot it.
Or forgave it.
I remember thinking 'this guy will really be a help in nailing Iron Fist to the cross' and I was right.
Congressman Rush and I are not the kind of guys who you'd ever accuse of seeing 'eye to eye' politically but we had a common enemy in Iron Fist and that's all it takes in Illinois politics... or politics in general to gain a strong ally.
I remember the Congressman pulling me out of a big meeting saying that he wanted me to get in front of the cameras with him and talk to the press.
Right after he'd given the best political speech I've ever had the great pleasure to witness.
I'm telling you I swear he channeled the spirit of a baptist preacher from the deep south of the seventies on that one.
I think the Congressman wanted Iron Fist to see him with his arm around me there smiling.
Kinda like twisting the knife if you know what I mean.
I also remember the Fox News reporter with that tight sweater and the most amazing pair of tits I'd ever seen...
I thought it was pretty funny that I'm standing next to a Congressman with about a half a dozen tv cameras in my face blowin' the lid on Iron Fist and his dirty and despicable deeds and I can't take my eyes off of this woman's rack.
I'm usually not like that...
but damn... the combination of that sweater and her upper body were a work of freakin' art...
a thing of incredible beauty.
That moment was the closest I'd ever come to feeling a woman up on live tv.
I'm glad the Congressman did most of the talking.
When I watched myself on tv that night I looked like a really honest guy lookin' right into the camera like that.
Only me and God knew where I was really looking though.
And I blame the whole thing on God anyway.
That was not the work of some plastic surgeon...
and if it was, then it was God that gave him that talent...
so I still blame God and I think he'd be honored that I do.
I felt like dirt for thinkin' that way there though.
Iron Fist and his shenanigans killed people.
Innocent people that had no idea that they were drinking that cancer water.
There were so many people with cancer there at that meeting.
I shook their hands and I hugged them.
I looked into their eyes and I listened to their stories.
And it all got me even more pissed off at what those assholes did.
Yeah... there was a certain selfish satisfaction in the imminent crucifiction of the people who'd hurt my family...
but more and more I was beginning to find myself taking up the crusade to bring these guys to justice not just for what they'd done to me and my family...
but for what they'd done to the people that trusted them.
They had to pay for what they'd done and it seemed like I was the only one with the balls and the motivation and the understanding of the situation to keep driving them towards justice.
And now I had some powerful people on my side.
Rush had called Eric Holder, the US Attorney General from the meeting and told him what was going on.
Shit was getting stirred up alright.
I was excited.
I'd seen enough in that parking lot and in the days after to know that they were soul-less and corrupt and I wanted to show everyone that.
I wanted revenge ever since that night.
There was a battle going on inside of my soul by this time.
And I found myself slowly letting the whole concept of revenge go.
More than anything...
I really wanted justice.
And I wanted it for the frail thirty eight year old woman I'd just hugged who had cancer all over her body and was sick right there from all of the chemo...
I wanted justice for her.
They had no right to do that to another human being.
Iron Fist and his whole crew hadda go down for this.
From the series 'There's Something in the Water' here on Flickr... www.flickr.com/photos/light_seeker/sets/72157627041317913...
Bezel at Miami Worldcenter is planned as a 43-story, 434-unit, Class A luxury rental high rise in a commanding, high-visibility location in the heart of Miami's new world-class mixed-use project. In collaboration with ZOM Living, Bezel is situated among one of the most exciting urban developments in the United States, Miami Worldcenter. Miami Worldcenter will offer over 400,000 square feet of best-in-class "high-street" retail, destination dining, and entertainment venues, including the 7th Street Promenade, outdoor cafes, bars, restaurants, and boutique retail shops.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
miamiworldcenter.com/residential/bezel/
en.phorio.com/bezel_miami_worldcenter,_miami,_united_states
www.emporis.com/buildings/1583562/bezel-at-miami-worldcen...
© All Rights Reserved - you may not use this image in any form without my prior permission.
Nakameguro, Tokyo, Japan
Nikon F3
Nikkor 50mm F1.2 AiS
Fujifilm Astia 100F
Nikon Super Coolscan 9000 ED
I often wonder how this battle would have turned out had it been done in a more "prequel Jedi fighting style".
Mr. Used — Len Wareing — has been filling the labyrinthian recesses of his 70,000-square-foot everything emporium with trash and treasures for more than 30 years (in one location or another).
This used to be my local pub, which had a cowboy theme back in the day, and this is how it looked at night in the rear garden.
The Dancing Dog Saloon in Halfway, Bobbing, Kent has now, sadly, closed down.
C_N_1_0323_
*No use esta foto sin mi autorizacion
*Don´t use this photo without my permisivamente
© All rights reserved
Y con música mucho mejor / And with music better My Heart Will Go On
Celine Dion" youtu.be/_BFXCgm5270
PhotoAwardsCounter
Click here to see the awards count for this photo. (?)