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More than fifteen years after I last crossed into Iraq without a passport, I am doing the same thing again. Back in 2003, passport-free I crossed the border with a group of Marines invading, while riding in the back of what would best be generously described as an armored dump truck. We left Kuwait through a hole in the border berm on the first day of the war. Most of those Marines were at least a dozen years younger than I was at the time. All of us were terrified.
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Taken last night on my way home from traveling through the canyons of Eastern Oregon. I decided to make this my last stop as it was getting pretty dark.... I had never seen Rowena like this before and it was such an amazing sight.....As a photographer and lover of weather and natural forces I can appreciate scenes like this both in the winter with snow and cold dark skies and in the springtime when the sun rises behind the hills on the left with wildflowers blooming in the foregrounds!
Tomorrow I embark on my last journey of the year....One which will fill a void in my soul as I travel solo through 3 states and many amazing places along the way.
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Till 2011......Peace!
Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure 30 seconds
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 17 mm
ISO Speed 50
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Woot I’m a teen again but without the angst. I am part of a loving family! Lately I spend more time as a Petite Avatar so I made a composite of my biggie and my petite.
Music has always been part of my life. When I first started the only choice for sound were rebroadcast radio stations. By 2019 live singers are all over the grid. Support live music in SL!
Can face masks help slow the spread of the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19? Yes. Face masks combined with other preventive measures, such as getting vaccinated, frequent hand-washing and physical distancing, can help slow the spread of the virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends fabric masks for the general public. People who haven’t been fully vaccinated should continue to wear face masks in indoor public places and outdoors where there is a high risk of COVID-19 transmission, such as crowded events or large gatherings. The CDC says that N95 masks should be reserved for health care providers. How do the different types of masks work? Medical masks Also called surgical masks, these are loosefitting disposable masks. They're meant to protect the wearer from contact with droplets and sprays that may contain germs. A medical mask also filters out large particles in the air when the wearer breathes in. To make medical masks more form-fitting, knot the ear loops where they attach to the mask. Then fold and tuck the unneeded material under the edges.
An N95 mask is a type of respirator. It offers more protection than a medical mask does because it filters out both large and small particles when the wearer inhales. Because N95 masks have been in short supply, the CDC has said they should be reserved for health care providers. Health care providers must be trained and pass a fit test before using an N95 mask. Like surgical masks, N95 masks are intended to be disposable. However, researchers are testing ways to disinfect and reuse them. Some N95 masks, and even some cloth masks, have valves that make them easier to breathe through. Unfortunately, these masks don't filter the air the wearer breathes out. For this reason, they've been banned in some places. A cloth mask is intended to trap respiratory droplets that are released when the wearer talks, coughs or sneezes. It also acts as a barrier to protect the wearer from inhaling droplets released by others.
The most effective cloths masks are made of multiple layers of tightly woven fabric like cotton. A mask with layers will stop more droplets from getting through your mask or escaping from it. How to get the most from your mask; The effectiveness of cloth and medical masks can be improved by ensuring that the masks are well fitted to the contours of your face to prevent leakage of air around the masks' edges. Masks should be snug over the nose, mouth and chin, with no gaps. You should feel warm air coming through the front of the mask when you breathe out. You shouldn't feel air coming out under the edges of the mask. Masks that have a bendable nose strip help prevent air from leaking out of the top of the mask. Some people choose to wear a disposable mask under their cloth mask. In that case, the cloth mask should press the edges of the disposable mask against the face. Don't add layers if they make it hard to breathe or obstruct your vision. Proper use, storage and cleaning of masks also affects how well they protect you. Follow these steps for putting on and taking off your mask: Wash or sanitize your hands before and after putting on your mask. Place your mask over your mouth and nose and chin. Tie it behind your head or use ear loops. Make sure it's snug.,Don't touch your mask while wearing it. If you accidentally touch your mask, wash or sanitize your hands. If your mask becomes wet or dirty, switch to a clean one. Put the used mask in a sealable bag until you can get rid of it or wash it. Remove the mask by untying it or lifting off the ear loops without touching the front of the mask or your face.
Wash your hands immediately after removing your mask.
Regularly wash cloth masks in the washing machine or by hand. (They can be washed along with other laundry.)
And don't forget these precautions: Don't put masks on anyone who has trouble breathing or is unconscious or otherwise unable to remove the mask without help. Don't put masks on children under 2 years of age. Don't use face masks as a substitute for physical distancing. What about face shields? The CDC doesn't recommend using face shields instead of masks because it's unclear how much protection shields provide. However, wearing a face mask may not be possible in every situation. If you must use a face shield instead of a mask, choose one that wraps around the sides of your face and extends below your chin.
Do you still need to wear a facemask after you’re fully vaccinated? After you're fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends that it's ok not to wear a mask except where required by a rule or law. However, if you are in an area with a high number of new COVID-19 cases in the last week, the CDC recommends wearing a mask indoors in public and outdoors in crowded areas or when you are in close contact with unvaccinated people. If you are fully vaccinated and have a condition or are taking medications that weaken your immune system, you may need to keep wearing a mask. You're considered fully vaccinated 2 weeks after you get a second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine or 2 weeks after you get a single dose of the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., everyone also needs to wear a mask while on planes, buses, trains and other forms of public transportation. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends medical masks for health care workers as well as for anyone who has or may have COVID-19 or who is caring for someone who has or may have COVID-19.``
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The Covid-19 pandemic seems to have sorted us into three types based on our attitudes toward masking: Call them nervous maskers, never-maskers and uncertain maskers. The first feel guilty or nervous about unmasking, so they tend to default to wearing masks; the second feel angry and resentful about being told to mask, so they often refuse entirely. And the third group is just trying to do the right thing without a lot of certainty one way or another. Winter is coming, with its continued battles against delta or mu or another variant. We have better protections now (vaccinations, natural antibodies) but also are returning to higher-risk environments (nightclubs, offices, schools). To complicate matters, there are additional factors to consider such as waning immunity from vaccines and the potential of a bad flu season.
Fortunately, there have been a number of important studies on the efficacy of masking over the past 18 months. The good news is that the research suggests most of us can actually de-mask without guilt or worry in many instances — and not just outdoors. It tells us, for example, that plexiglass dividers are in most cases useless or worse. But relaxed refuseniks need a rethink, too — we shouldn’t be ditching masks entirely. On the contrary, the more people adopt a policy of tactical masking, taking situational factors into account, the lower the infection risk and the more freedoms we can enjoy again. As the probability of infection increases, mask wearers lower the risk of catching the virus compared with no masking. For N95 or FFP2 masks, the protection is far greater. Note: Relative reduction in risk-of-infection figures are for an infection probability of 4%.
It’s no wonder we’re either nervous, angry or confused about masks when you consider how masking guidance and conventions have been all over the map. It seems amazing now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization and various governments had warned against using masks in the early days of the pandemic. When Thomas Nitzsche, mayor of Jena, Germany, made the decision to require masks in public in early April 2020, his city became one of the first to do so. Infections dropped by up to 75% over the next few weeks. In May, the CDC said fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks in most public settings. Two months later, as delta variant cases rose, the CDC revised that guidance. Now seven U.S. states — Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington — require most people to wear masks indoors in public places. Some states, including Texas and Florida, bar local authorities from imposing Covid-19 restrictions, including mask-wearing. In places that view masking as an affront to liberty, university professors can’t even ask students to wear masks during office hours without putting their jobs at risk. In England, there was a general lifting of restrictions in July, though U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said last week that masking may become mandatory again in some indoor settings this winter, depending mainly on whether hospitalizations from Covid spike. While masks are required on public transport, I’d say about half or fewer comply during my journeys. Many offices require workers to mask while walking around, but few Tory lawmakers are wearing them in the House of Commons. Scotland still requires masks to be worn in shops and restaurants while not seated, as well as on public transport. Berlin requires the medical-grade FFP2 masks on public transport. Certain regions of France also have masking requirements in place. But if you care about what the evidence says (and some people don’t), the jury is in: Masks help a lot. Take, for example, the study that shows most U.S. states that had high mask usage in one month avoided high Covid rates in the subsequent month, even after adjusting for masking policy, social-distancing policy and demographic factors. The majority of states with low mask usage ended up with high Covid case rates. Note: Low mask adherence means states that fall below the 25th percentile; high adherence are those states above the 75th percentile. Study analyzed data from April to October 2020.
The largest study yet on the effectiveness of masking, posted online in pre-print earlier this month, was a randomize trial conducted in 600 villages across Bangladesh covering a population of more than 340,000 adults. It offered strong evidence that masks, and surgical masks in particular, reduce virus transmission. Researchers found that a 29 percentage-point increase in mask adoption led to an 11% reduction in symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 prevalence, where surgical masks were distributed; and a 35% reduction in people over 60. Symptom reductions using surgical masks were not statistically significant in younger age groups. While vaccines have largely broken the link between infections and hospitalizations (and death), they haven’t eliminated the need for mask-wearing. Data released last week showed that two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine were 67% effective against delta-variant infections (compared with 80% for two doses of Pfizer/BioNTech’s). Infections can still be nasty; long Covid remains another reason for vigilance. Not only can fully vaccinated people catch and transmit the virus, but it is unvaccinated adults who are more mask-resistant. Since it’s estimated that around half of all transmissions come from asymptomatic persons, masks are still key to preventing infections. But masking shouldn’t be performative, as it often is with those uncertain maskers who just want to show they are being thoughtful. Which masks we wear, and especially how they fit, is important. Mind the Gap . While N95s offer a higher level of protection, a well-fitted surgical mask blocks most particles.
More particles get through mask; Of course, not all masks are created equal, as a recent study published in the journal Nature highlighted. The authors measured the thermal behavior of face masks in real time during inhalation and exhalation to determine the relationship between the fabric structure of the masks and their performance. Their experiment helped shed light on how aerosol-containing bacteria and coronaviruses penetrate three different kinds of masks — reusable face masks, disposable surgical masks and the N95 — and how we can evaluate air filtration performance.Reusable masks have longer, thicker fibers with a larger average pore diameter. Unsurprisingly, they have
higher levels of permeability, with the surgical mask coming second, followed by the F95 (similar to the FFP2 in Europe). Those findings should even help manufacturers create a new generation of masks that offer more breathability while also improving filtration. The CDC doesn’t recommend scarves and other headwear because they tend to be made from loosely woven fabrics. Loosely Denser fabrics such as cotton with a 600 thread count compared with cotton that is woven with 80 threads per inch, are much more effective. Mixed fabrics also tend to have better results. A study on masks with and without gaps shows that leaks can significantly reduce their effectiveness. In addition to materials, layering them can also improve efficacy. New lab evidence on different kinds of masks showed that a three-ply surgical mask blocked 42% of particles from a simulated cough; a three-ply cloth mask was pretty similar. But the protection jumped to 92% when a cloth mask was worn over a surgical mask. Comfort is important to being able to wear a mask for long periods of time. In addition to metal nose-bridge strips that can help a mask stay on better, straps that tie behind the head and mask extenders can help reduce soreness around the ears. Insertable filters can be replaced when masks get wet.
Masks will also help prevent more vaccine-resistant variants from emerging as well as higher rates of flu infections, which can also cause serious illness and even death. Even so, the research strips away some of the mask myths and can help all categories of maskers — nervous, nevers and uncertains — be more tactical and aware. To know whether a mask is a must-have, a good idea or entirely superfluous, check the risk factors the way you might a weather report in the mountains: How densely packed and how well-ventilated is the space you are entering? Will you be moving around or stationary? It’s certainly good to mask up in an elevator or on public transport where people are pretty close together. It’s probably not necessary in an open-planned, well-ventilated office, provided people observe a measure of social distancing. Then be mindful of the infection and vaccination rates where you are. If you are in Broward County, Florida, where 70% of over-18s are vaccinated, you’d be justified in having a more relaxed approach; drive next door to Glades County, where only 31% are vaccinated and infection rates are high, and you’ll want to be more vigilant. Similarly only 16% of over-65s in King County, Texas, are vaccinated compared with 70% next door in Knox County, where the CDC recommends even vaccinated people mask. By moving beyond the “hygiene theater” of practices that don’t offer much benefit while also accepting that there are many different levels of risk tolerance and factors that increase or lower situational risk, we can treat masking a little like checking the weather forecast. Some days require a little more covering up than others.
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today is a Fence Friday without a fence, really... but with an important message...
Thanks God, it’s Friday again...
maybe I will be able to catch up all my friends and contacts streams...
but slowly, I’m sooo tired... (:-D)
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much better large size and on black - molto meglio in grande e su sfondo nero
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I spent 7 nights and 8 days in London in August with my family, Tiziano and Giulia and their families.
I’m trying to show 100 shots that I’ve made there, that represent my “London point of view”.
15 August:
Notting Hill & Portobello Road
Camden Town & Market
■ South Kensington
Science & Geological Museums
Thanks for all your kind comments to my last photos …
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Grazie per tutti i gentili commenti alle mie ultime foto…
The Grade II* Listed Anglican church of St Botolph which survived the Great Fire of 1666 and was rebuilt in 1724.
Love is a wordless unspoken poem
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I cannot tell you how thankful I am for our little infinity.
I wouldn't trade it for the world.
You gave me a forever within the numbered days ....
~Hazel
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
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Another pic of the High speed line-up but without the Deltic this time. From left is Eurostar (class 373) No.3999, HST 43004, Pendolino 390119 & 91105 renumbered as 91150. Seen at the Greatest Gathering, Derby Litchurch lane 2/8/25.
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------------😿GIRL WITHOUT A CAT😿:
HEAD:
Hair: .EscalateD. Robyn
Creator: 562b1bf6-d7d1-4629-817e-b787e464f1db Dolphin Ayres www.flickr.com/photos/145948990@N02/
❗Hat: Grasshopper Street Tudor Cap
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BODY:
❗Dress: {Fantasy world} Candy (Size for: Legacy, Legacy Perky, reborn, Maitreya) Shown on Maitreya. www.flickr.com/photos/184714631@N02/53166689484/in/datepo...
Tights BoM: EstyssEon -Eon- White (100%) gift
Creator: cf464ab9-d0a2-4601-b6aa-1ef001385318 EonSL (estysseon)
Gloves: *OAL* Gem (Size for: Maitreya, Slink) Shown on Maitreya. www.flickr.com/photos/127853456@N06/50135342377/in/pool-2...
Creator: cef49b41-efd0-4345-99fc-615a6cb16d94 Lark (discovering.destiny) www.flickr.com/groups/2804477@N22/pool/
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------------🎩GENTLEMAN WITH A PIPE🎩:
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Hat: BONDI . The Gentleman Top Hat www.flickr.com/photos/141375325@N05/49494347851/in/datepo...
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Gloves: [ContraptioN] Dapper Dandy's www.flickr.com/photos/waltonwainwright/49178027427/
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❗Tailcoat/Breeches: Grasshopper St Incroyable (Size for: Legacy, Belleza Jake, Anatomy) Shown on Legacy m. www.flickr.com/photos/grasshopper-st/53770090448/in/datep...
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------------👥LADY IN BLACK👥:
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❗️Hair: Raven Bell - Theodora Hair
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❗Lace cuffs: :: ANTAYA :: "Elise" (Size for: Legacy, Maitreya) Shown on Legacy. www.flickr.com/photos/antaya/51950485106/in/dateposted/
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❗Dress: Ruxy - Alessandra (Size for: Maitreya, Maitreya Domina, Legacy, Legacy Perky, Legacy Perky Nerido) shown on Legacy. www.flickr.com/photos/36849167@N07/52833204902/in/datepos...
❗Shoulders: [:MILKBATH:] Cupid Sleeves (Size for: Belleza Jake, Legacy f/m, Reborn) Shown on Legacy F. www.flickr.com/photos/185448095@N04/53544380233/in/datepo...
BOM top: ::FLO:: Aedos undershirt with lace collar EvoX
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------------🙋JUST ME🙋:
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BODY:
Short Gloves: On A Lark *OAL* Bento (Size for: Maitreya, Slink, Fitted) For legacy i use fitted size and off hands in alpha HUD) www.flickr.com/photos/127853456@N06/50060006343/in/pool-2...
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❗Neck decoration: [:MILKBATH:] Draped Pearls 1 (Size for: LegacyF/M, Legacy Vtech, Belleza Jake, Reborn, Reborn Vtech, Reborn Waifu, Reborn Mounds, Reborn Teacups) Shown on Legacy F. www.flickr.com/photos/185448095@N04/53609664226/in/datepo...
BOM Shirt: from -foolish- Set (Shirt3) (P.S tint inemerald color)
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❗Dress: UNA. Eloise (Size for: Legacy, Legacy Perky Nerido, Legacy Nerido, Legacy Perky, LaraX, Ebody Reborn, Ebody Juicy) Shown on Legacy. www.flickr.com/photos/unadaxterfantasyurban/53756114074/i...
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------------------------📜LITTLE STORY📜
🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - Have you heard what the papers are saying? The Titanic that everyone had such high hopes for has sunk. The whole thing went under when it collided with a block of ice. I was going to buy us tickets to the Titanic, it's like God took me away.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - God had nothing to do with it. I told you from the beginning that a huge object like that was dangerous. Imagine how many noble families have been affected? I wonder what will happen in the world now that most of the corporations are without their owners?
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - I heard even before the Titanic was built and all the noble families headed for the voyage on it, a lot of the shares in their companies were bought up by the Rockefellers and the like.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - I think it was a set-up too, but let's not talk about it in the train restaurant in front of everyone. Honey, what are you standing there for? There's a seat, sit down, have a nice cake and tea with us. We've got a long way to go.
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - One can only hope that the new train we're travelling on doesn't suddenly collide with some moose on the way too and we don't die, haha.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - Oh my God, stop making jokes like that! Bone jokes don't make me happy.
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😿Girl without a cat😿: - I don't want to sit with you all! I wanted to be with my cat... I have a grudge against you all!
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🙋Snow Elf🙋: - So, what, a lot of the food and technology famous industries will now go to the Rockefellers?
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🎩A gentleman with a pipe🎩: - It appears so. Now they will decide which nations will have the right to a cup of coffee and which ones will drink just dung. I feel we're not going to an industrialised world, but a world of slavery and Satanism.
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👥Lady in Black👥: - I'm asking you all to stop this conversation! Let's talk about something light and positive.
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😿Girl without a cat😿: - What's positive without that ginger lump?
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*Everyone switched to everyday conversations occasionally drinking hot tea and eating a tasty cake, and only the red-haired girl looked out of the train window into the distance, remembering the warmth and softness of the sleepy cat.*
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When I was a little girl I *adored* Strawberry Shortcake ... I had every single doll, every record, every accessory - the works. Every Saturday my mama would have a "treasure hunt" for me when I woke up and waiting at the end many times was a new Strawberry Shortcake doll or goody. Now I'm sharing my love of all the vintage Strawberry Shortcake dolls with my little girl. It's funny because we have always been a natural toys family - no plastics or junky toys (yeah, that doctor kit is super junky *and* plastic, it was from Nana ... but she loved it so much) - just wood, cloth and other more natural materials. However, I lose sight of that when it comes to the things I loved as a child and just had to share them with A. And she *adores* them! I have about 20 dolls up in the attic that I'm going to give to her one by one via treasure hunt, of course. :)
I thought this would be a nice picture for reflection for this week's Parallel Vision group ... my childhood love mirrored in my own child's (and there is a dandy little reflection going on in the photo as well).
Oh, and we are totally boycotting any of the "updated" modern Strawberry Shortcake stuff ... why do they insist on taking a perfect thing and making it trampier for little girls??
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Hi all my friends, as many of you asked me to write information about hedgehogs, here is a brief:
Hedgehogs live any where in the gardens or woods, their favorite places to dig their holes are under a big mass of broken woods or old autumn leaves, they get out only at night, they don’t get out at day light very much, the old ones of them because they are more careful and know more about the dangers out at the day, but the babies are some kind stupid that they always get out at the day light so they can be picked up by a crazy girl - like me - to take photos for them :D
They don’t bite, they are so calm and tender, they just try to run away and hid, and when they feel danger or are picked up, they “roll” themselves inside, the babies don’t prick a lot so you can hold them, but the old ones…. yes they prick soooo much :D but you can hold them too with more carefulness.
They can beget 5 or 6 babies at a time (some how like rabbits), when they are just born, they do not have any single spine, they have a very soft pink skin, they grow up to become about the size of a football.
They eat almost every thing, bugs, plants, old leaves, rice or seeds, fruits…
Some people raise them as pets at home, but ours are just living in our garden, the story is this: few years ago, my father found the first small one was crossing the road with all the cars there, so he picked him up to save him from crashing under the cars and put him in our garden, a little while after that he found another one, for our so wonderful luck, they were male and female :D and they’ve got all the little cute ones you saw in my picture.
Hope you enjoyed that, and for more detailed information, see wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedgehog
Best regards.
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much better large size and on black - molto meglio in grande e su sfondo nero
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senza ritorno
È difficile, sai
concentrarsi sul fuoco
capire quella linea di fuga
che è solo l'istante
di ogni tuo giorno
e non lasciarti sedurre
da luci apparenti
ma anche se sembra sequenza infinita
ogni mattone è importante
mentre già ti ritrovi
avanti
in chilometri e anni
macchia buia indistinta
senza ritorno.
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without return
(my translation is only a faint attempt to render in English an Italian born text)
It's hard, you know
concentrating on focus
understand that line of flight
that is just the moment
of each of your days
and do not let yourself be seduced
by apparent light
but even if it seems infinite sequence
each brick is important
when you find yourself already
forward
in miles and years
indistinct dark spot
without return.
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Guido Ranieri Da Re
gennaio 2011
[0248]
San Francisco California.
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Without a doubt one of the greatest intellectual works in human history. For those who have never had contact with Hegel's philosophy it must be said that once it is sufficiently understood you can never look at the world the same as before.
It also has the privileged status of having the greatest translated title in history. I wanted to read this ever since I first read the title, it just sounds awesome.
La vida es una obra de teatro que no permite ensayos…
Por eso, canta, ríe, baila, llora y vive intensamente.
Vive intensamente cada momento de tu vida…
Antes que el telón baje, y la función termine sin aplausos.
(Charles Chaplin )
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Life is a play that does not allow tests ...
So, sing, laugh, dance, cry and live intensely.
Live intensely every moment of your life ...
Before the curtain falls, and the function ends without applause.
(Charles Chaplin )
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Photographed from a boat on the Sarapiqi river. I love photographing birds from the water - they are SO approachable. Next spring I hope to finally learn enough kayak skills that I am confident photographing them without the aid of a pontoon boat!
Without my strobe, this deeply undercut bank photo would be almost totally dark. Yet illuminated as such, it reveals smolts, Chum and Coho grouped together and feeling less exposed.
Nikon D90
Nikkor AFS DX 10.5mm lens
Ikelite underwater housing
Ikelite wide angle dome port
Ikelite DS160 Substrobe
-1 at TTL setting
500 ASA
Company: Stagecoach North Scotland ( Bluebird Buses )
Fleet Number: 19214
Registration: NK57DXA
Chassis: ADL Enviro400
Bodywork: ADL Enviro400
Location of Photo: Finnies Metal Recycling Inverness
Previous Registrations: N/A
New to: Stagecoach North East ( Busways Travel Services )
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Just remember that no matter how important you think you are, you are nothing without the little guy.
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sorry Lu . . .
I just can't do it yet!
(post a photo without a 6 word story!)
How about if I don't post a quotation?
for now, anyway!
I knew I wouldn't make it through the evening without a quotation!
“You have nobody to blame but yourself
if you stumble more than once over the same stump.”
~ Proverb ~
Of the successful de-hazing shots from Hong Kong, this is one of my favorites. I never thought I would be such a fan of government housing, but these buildings do make for a great tableau! I left a little bit of haze in there because I think it helps to add a sense of depth to the image. I had to zoom in there close to see what was happening on that sports field. At first, I thought it was baseball… but baseball is not popular in China (it is in Japan). It's two soccer fields, or football as they call it in most of the world.
- Trey Ratcliff
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