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Yes there are still watch repairman making a living today, and this one keeps very busy as evidenced by the workload on his workbench. I’ve read where a messy desk is the sign of a creative mind; well I guess my watch repairman friend is exceedingly creative. He also happens to be a really nice guy and a great watch repairman. It’s always a pleasure to stop in with one of my old timepieces to get a tune-up. There’s something about a mechanical watch that transcends the mere keeping of time. Yes, a $20 Timex keeps time as good today as the most expensive Swiss watch, but there will always be something magical about the mechanical watch with all of its gears, springs, levers, and pure human ingenuity that a quartz or digital timepiece can never compare with. John Harrison spent a lifetime perfecting the mechanical timepiece to eventually solve the problem of determining longitude at sea by creating the first reliable marine chronometer in the mid-18th century. A feat the British Parliament paid a reward equivalent to about $5 million in today’s value. It’s amazing to think how far technology has come since then. But it's good to see the old traditions still living on.
March 04, 2015
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade." - Charles Dickens
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Another exhausting day at the office; followed by a quiet evening. I've found that these past couple weeks after leaving work I've been completely drained and just without energy.
I can't tell if that because I'm done with winter weather and am just longing for more sunshine and warmer days or if the larger than usual work load is getting to me.
Either way I find myself returning home at the end of the day without much motivation to get things done. Of course, I still force myself into getting things done but am dragging a lot more than I regularly do.
I think I'll attribute the lack of energy to the weather because a busy workload doesn't usually have this effect on me.
It's my Friday tomorrow and I'm looking forward to the extra day off!
Hope everyone has had a good day.
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The wagon repair workshop at Monceau still uses vintage motive power to shunt the workload in and out of the building. 7337 pauses with a few Infrabel wagons behind it on 17/09/2019.
@ Pixel Rehab.
Come check us out, still accepting clients, though getting a little heavy on the workload so please be patient. <3
SUFC standby point.. A brief respite from the normal workload.. Time for a cuppa and chat - then off we go again!
I work for Yorkshire Ambulance Service on the RRVs in and around the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.
It’s a great job and I feel very honoured to be able to help people at their point of need.
Check out the website for all sorts of info re YAS and the work we do.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, today celebrated the first Connecticut-built CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter that will be delivered to the U.S. Marine Corps. This helicopter, which moves more troops and cargo more rapidly from ship to shore, was the first all digitally designed helicopter.
The CH-53K’s digital thread runs from design through production, maintenance, and sustainment, increasing mission availability while reducing pilot and crew workload.
This King Stallion™ helicopter will be stationed at Marine Corps Aviation Station New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina where Marines will conduct training flights and support the fleet with heavy-lift missions with the aircraft in preparation for the CH-53K’s first deployment in 2024. This heavy-lift helicopter is part of a 200 aircraft Program of Record for the Marine Corps with a total of 33 aircraft currently on contract and an additional nine on contract for long lead parts.
The CH-53K is the only sea-based, long range, heavy-lift helicopter in production and will immediately provide three times the lift capability of its predecessor.
The CH-53K will further support the U.S. Marine Corps in its mission to conduct expeditionary heavy-lift assault transport of armored vehicles, equipment and personnel to support distributed operations deep inland from a sea-based center of operations, critical in the Indo-Pacific region.
The new CH-53K has heavy-lift capabilities that exceed all other DoD rotary wing-platforms, and it is the only heavy-lifter that will remain in production through 2032 and beyond.
Additional information: www.lockheedmartin.com/ch53k.
Right: time to make a start on 2021 regardless. And it seems I have quite a few old and untouched pics to get processed!
Starting in 2018 here: I miss being able to go to Wales. But it'll still be there when we can move around again, I guess!
This one is from being on a day trip to Snowdonia and just happening to come across WHR's Garratt No.143 on its way up into the hills. Built in Manchester, working life in South Africa, preservation in Snowdonia. And probably a good choice of loco for the length of the line and the workload!
Since their first appearance lumbering over the fields of the Somme in 1916, the tank has been a core component of warfare, providing mobile, protected firepower. During the Cold War, it was expected that thousands of increasingly advanced NATO and Soviet Main Battle Tanks would clash on the plains of central Europe. Perhaps the ultimate Soviet ‘super-tank’ project, the KMDB (Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau) Object 490 “Poplar” design prototype represented a radical rethinking of tank design to maximize armor, firepower, and protection.
Developed through the 1980s, the Object 490 would have been a monstrous vehicle, crewed by two in a cab at the rear of the hull. Sporting a massive 152mm 2A73 cannon mounted in a low-profile, remotely-operated turret, it could out-range and destroy any NATO vehicle with ease. Vision was provided almost entirely via 1st generation thermal imaging devices, and conventional cameras front and aft to provide vision. Quad tracks and twin engines provided ample mobility and locomotion redundancy. A veritable fortress, it combined heavy frontal armor, with a maximum equivalent of 4500mm of steel, a newly-developed ‘Gofr’ explosive reactive armor, and an advanced sensor suite linked to the (then cutting-edge) ‘Shtandart’ Active Protection System. Given the restrictive arc of fire, a remote weapons system with a 30mm grenade launcher to provide all-round protection against lightly armored threats.
Ultimately, the Object 490 would have been exceptionally complex, expensive, and relied on a plethora of then-immature technologies. Impressive as it was on paper, it had shortcomings in its vision systems, a highly restricted arc of fire (limited frontally to 45 degrees either direction), a high workload for the two-person crew, and mechanical complexity. The project was abandoned following the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, with Ukraine, home of KMDB, being unable to continue funding its development. As far as is known, while individual sub-systems and demonstrators were tested, the design never progressed beyond a full-sized wooden mock-up. Though no modern tanks have emulated the Object 490’s exact layout, it is a testament to the design that many of the ideas demonstrated by the vehicle are only just now being fielded on modern tanks, such as remote turrets and integrated active protection systems.
Built for the Brickfair Virginia 2023 eXperimental Military Collaboration. Joint upload with Aleksander Stein’s fantastic Strv. 141 Garm MBT!
This is the latest edition to my Year-to-Year set.
I hope it brings you all luck on this Mother's Day.
Remember, no photos in comments and no notes, please.
Bear with me as I work my way through my workload and to the time I can visit and comment and reciprocate. Thank you for your patience with me.
a small bouquet from a roadside market this past year at Edisto Island..wishing one and all a beautiful week ahead..I will try to visit this week but have a full workload and its WINTER..crazy..Im usually busy like this in Summer months..will be back late January...stay blessed my friends..# 128 Explore! Thanks so much one and all for choosing this..you are keeping me on my toes!!
A thank you to Jared Polin of FroKnowsPhoto.com for providing to the public, some of the first RAW files from the new Sony A7RIV, their 61MP mirrorless benchmark beast.
There is no support yet from 3rd party editors to handle its native ARW files. Thus, these are converted Adobe DNG raws. It's stated that the uncompressed ARW files are ~120 MB! These DNG files are only ~50 MB, therefore I can't determine if these are based off of compressed ARW files or native data was lost in translation. Regardless, it was still an opportunity to peruse this new flagship's output with our editor of choice. I also was curious to see if my current Windows PC could manage the sizable jump in workload.
YMMV of course, but it is safe to say, if you plan to buy an A7RIV, also plan to upgrade your computer and buy additional storage. ;-)
I processed the four shots with Capture One, seasoned to suit my taste. Hopefully you all will approve of my preferences. The shots that focus was nailed, were incredibly detailed. But some missed its mark. Dynamic range and noise seem quite excellent, albeit some other released SOOC JPEGs did show discernible noise by ISO 3200. Not encouraging. :-\
I thought I'd share these edited RAW outputs since there is so few on the internet.
I'm sure by Sept. shipping date, that all major editors will have native ARW support.
PS....
Thanks to everyone on flickr for helping me reach 11 million views this weekend!
June 26. We were using some veggie garden silver beet for cooking and I spied some eggs on them. I was feeling a little insect deprived from my crazy workload recently and so I decided that I'd keep the eggs and see what hatched. These were the results a few days later. They must nearly be a week old now and are showing the geometrid loop as they walk. They also curl into an S shape when frightened, and try to escape with a silk line.
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Friends, I have decided to take a little break from Flickr, except for administering my pools. You know how often I’ve had to say in a caption, “I’m sorry, but I won’t be on Flickr much today and won’t be visiting.” Well, I have felt uncomfortable about seeing you all come to my photostream while I have not been able to return the favor. I have not felt right just posting and running, however loyal you all have remained.
But even limited posting and visiting must stop for a while. As I just wrote to a friend regarding my workload, every time I start to see the light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel just gets longer. Keeping my clients happy must take precedence for a while.
I will try to visit you now and then, when I simply cannot resist the temptation to admire your pictures, but I will do little more than fave or write a very occasional comment or perhaps invite a photo to a pool, mine or others.
So farewell for now. Please know how important you all are to me, what great inspiration you have given me and how grateful I am for all you continue to teach me as you share your work, your technique, your vision.
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Get ready for more flowers in the blue bowl.
Sorry I'm not doing a great job visiting. I wish my workload would allow me more Flickr-time.
The last rice seedlings for the new crop are planted before the ducklings are released into the rice fields for the "Aigamo Method" for eight weeks,
The Paddy fields in the Kerala area are below sea level. Bunds around the rice fields keep out overflowing water into the fields. After harvesting the paddy fields, they are used for ducklings where they will thrive on locusts & fishes.
The paddy fields will be used for duck farming where they will live & thrive up to 20 to30 ducks a hectare & the moment when the ducks should be removed from working in a paddy, after 8 weeks, so as not to eat the rice & …the dams will be opened at some strategic points & the shared duck marathon will begin following the farmer in his canoe to the duck farm.
In 1989, the Japanese farmer Takao Furuno, after learning about traditional Japanese rice farming method that consisted of using ducks to eliminate the weeds in rice fields, the "Aigamo Method”, he was able to identify the optimal age at which ducklings should be released into rice fields, 7 days after hatching from the egg & developed this new-traditional rice growing technique. In the meantime, it has become established in every country of Asia some European rice-growing regions & others like Cuba are also experimenting with this method.
The waterfowl turned out to be a perfect alternative to expensive pesticides, other insecticides & chemicals while protecting the soil from chemical pollution as they eat plenty of insects, weeds. The ducks also help to oxygenate the water & their droppings are the ideal fertilizer for the soil.
The "Aigamo" duck is a cross between wild & domesticated ducks. These animals are apparently optimally suited to this method of rice cultivation. They ducklings will be placed in the paddy field about two weeks after the seedlings have been planted. The ducks grow up in the rice field & eat insects, snails & weeds. As a result, the farmer does not have to laboriously remove the weeds & vermin from the fields himself; neither does he have to spray any pesticides & chemical fertilizers can therefore be saved.
After one season in the rice fields, the ducks are kept for up to 3 years to lay eggs or because they have eaten their fill in the rice fields, they can be sold profitably as ducks for roasting & other recipes.
The adoption of this method boosts farmers income by eliminating chemicals, fertilizer etc., by commercializing the ducks later & decreases their workloads by 200-250 human work hours p/hectare.
The system actually seems to work: a study by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization recently showed that crop yields are increased by 20 percent with the "Aigamo Method".
📌….The unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
17 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
A thank you to Jared Polin of FroKnowsPhoto.com for providing to the public, some of the first RAW files from the new Sony A7RIV, their 61MP mirrorless benchmark beast.
There is no support yet from 3rd party editors to handle its native ARW files. Thus, these are converted Adobe DNG raws. It's stated that the uncompressed ARW files are ~120 MB! These DNG files are only ~50 MB, therefore I can't determine if these are based off of compressed ARW files or native data was lost in translation. Regardless, it was still an opportunity to peruse this new flagship's output with our editor of choice. I also was curious to see if my current Windows PC could manage the sizable jump in workload.
YMMV of course, but it is safe to say, if you plan to buy an A7RIV, also plan to upgrade your computer and buy additional storage. ;-)
I processed the four shots with Capture One, seasoned to suit my taste. Hopefully you all will approve of my preferences. The shots that focus was nailed, were incredibly detailed. But some missed its mark. Dynamic range and noise seem quite excellent, albeit some other released SOOC JPEGs did show discernible noise by ISO 3200. Not encouraging. :-\
I thought I'd share these edited RAW outputs since there is so few on the internet.
I'm sure by Sept. shipping date, that all major editors will have native ARW support.
Left to right:
Finnish Sub-machine Gunner
Afrika Korps MG Operator
German Infantry - Eastern Front
Japanese Expeditionary
Japanese Banzai Pilot
Russian Tank Crew Gunner
Soviet Canon Fodder
French Resistance Fighter
British Paratrooper
Commonwealth Infantry
I start College tomorrow so I'll basically have to forget about Flickr for a while bc of the huge workload that comes with A levels (btw the Figbarf is 1941 only)
I haven't been around much lately. At first it was because of a heavy uni workload, but more recently it's been because of a family tragedy. My aunt was seriously ill, and sadly passed away last week. I went over to Nottingham to be with her everyday in hospital the week before she died, and have been going over this week to arrange her funeral and estate.
The above photo is the view I've often seen when waiting for my train every morning. The light still takes my breath away, and no amount of sadness will change that.
RIP Pam - I love you.
Tiny but mighty
Harbour Air’s de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver
I didn’t have the chance to fly in this little guy, I flew on the larger (14 seat) de Havilland DHC-3T Otter, but it was this little guy that captured my heart. Sturdy, stocky, and bursting with muscle, he seems particularly well suited for Harbour Air’s Whistler location 😊
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« Harbour Air is proud to operate the largest all-seaplane fleet in North America. Our fleet primarily consists of a variety of Canadian built de Havilland Beaver, Single Otter and Twin Otter aircraft which are envied worldwide for their history, craftmanship, safety record and workload capability. » (1)
«In 1947, the de Havilland Aircraft Company of Canada introduced the DHC-2 Beaver aircraft. They produced approximately 1,600 before ceasing production in 1967. Known by some as the "workhorse of the north", the Beaver has been instrumental in the development of modern frontiers around the world. It is also the first single-engine utility aircraft to be turbine-powered, with de Havilland producing over 60 Turbo units before production ceased. » (2)
Sources: (1) www.harbourair.com/about/aircraft-fleet/
Unfortunately the windmill has had to be closed to the public, but it still makes a good focal point for a photograph - here's what their Facebook page says...
"The Trustees formed a working party back in March of this year and have identified a provisional order of the works that need carrying out. However, before any fundraising can take place to meet the costs of these works, we need to meet with our representative from Historic England and discuss what financial assistance is available to us and how the work can be staged. Unfortunately, as with all similar agencies, the staff are dealing with a huge workload and the proposed meeting has therefore been delayed. We are in regular contact with Historic England and will of course announce any progress as soon as we can."
EXPLORED! 6-17-09! Best position# 21/500...
Thank you all for making this possible! Great day ahead!
Pretty tied up as of late. Heavy workload & tight schedule, implying no photography at the moment but managed to find some bandwidth to upload this.
Upgraded to Pro account finally & particularly like the "replace" feature.
Before I forget, HBW all Flickr friends!!
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You already know what to do for LuckyOne 😉
Good luck, everyone~! 🍀💕
Miore Bodyskin has Updated with New Skintones!!
As some of you may already know, with the recent release of the new skins for K9, we also introduced the new “F”antasy skintones.
Compared to our previous tones, these have significantly reduced saturation and focus on very bright and very deep tones,
which we believe many skin enthusiasts will really appreciate.
At the same time, since there are still many people who love the original Ultimated Body Skin, as mentioned a few days ago, the Ultimated Body skintones have now been updated for the Miore body shades. Along with this update, several new skintones have been added, and we plan to gradually retexture our existing skins to match them.
We will probably share another update during the K9 Weekend Sale to keep everyone informed. 😊
The workload has definitely increased, but we truly hope this results in greater satisfaction for many of you.
The Ultimated Bodyskin fatpack has also been placed in the main store. However, please note that it uses the older body shade version, so it may not be fully compatible with the currently updated mesh bodies. Be sure to try the demo first before purchasing.
Updates for Reborn Juicy Boob & Juicy Belly, as well as the Genus & EvoX Neck Fix Overlay, will be coming very soon.
Please hang tight just a little longer! 😊
To celebrate these upcoming updates, we’ve started a 50% sale!
The sale will run for 7 days, until next Wednesday (SLT) — we hope you’ll check it out and show lots of love!! 💖
❕ ❕ Miore Skin's 00 Skintones set 1L, so feel free to get it
Legacy / LaraX / Reborn version is Availabled :3
40 hours later, The Forge is finally finished! So, what is The Forge? The Forge is a mobile asteroid mining and processing facility. It uses six tugs to collect asteroids and bring them to one of the six mining platforms near the front of the ship. The asteroids are then put through grinding drums that break them into smaller pieces. Next, any desired ore, minerals, etc. are removed from the fragments and the waste is jettisoned from the ship. The ore, minerals, etc. are sorted into seperate containers. Eight huge reinforced plates protect the shipping containers from rogue asteroids and open to allow a transport to collect them.
The two bridges share the workload of the ship. The rear bridge is in charge of piloting, navigation and shipping. The forward bridge handles the mining and processing operations.
Alright, time for some tech specs!
The forge measures in at a whopping 156 studs in length (The biggest SHIP I've ever built). She's 62 studs at the widest (26 at the thinnest) and 38 studs tall. I did have two big landing gears built into it but it got WAY too heavy for them, thus the stand. It also has motor-driven grinding drums in the mining platforms and the big grey button in the middle of the ship opens and closes the armored plates. The plates where also supposed to be motor-driven but I could get them working for the life of me. Oh well!
I hope you all enjoyed watching this beast going together as I had building it (even if I did shout some horrific profanities from time to time)! Thanks for watching and for all the support!
Spotless through and through, the 504 Pick-Up was famed as one of the ultimate workhorses. It wasn't uncommon for these vehicles to be exported rather than scrapped.
F140TMF looks to have had a pretty easy workload, currently at 31,000 miles having rejoined the UK roads in 2011.
Das Rathaus Neukölln an der Karl-Marx-Straße ist Sitz der Bezirksverwaltung von Neukölln, einem der einwohnerstärksten Bezirke Berlins. Das unter Denkmalschutz stehende Gebäudeensemble entstand zwischen 1909 und 1914 nach Plänen des Architekten Reinhold Kiehl. Es ersetzte das aus dem 19. Jahrhundert stammende frühere Rathaus der Gemeinde Deutsch-Rixdorf. Das erste Rathaus der Gemeinde hatte seinen Standort bereits an gleicher Stelle. Wegen des gewaltigen Bevölkerungszuwachses im beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert genügte das vorhandene Haus dem gestiegenen Verwaltungsaufwand nicht mehr. Außerdem war geplant worden, für Rixdorf die Stadtrechte zu beantragen, verbunden mit einer Umbenennung des Ortes. Ein repräsentativer Neubau wurde beschlossen. Das stark gegliederte Gebäudeensemble wird mittels des 68 Meter hohen Turms akzentuiert. Auf seiner Spitze steht eine 2,20 Meter hohe Statue der Glücksgöttin Fortuna aus Kupfer, ein Werk des Bildhauers Josef Rauch, der auch den plastischen Schmuck des Rathauses ausführte. Der vier- und fünfgeschossige Bau knüpft an die Formen der deutschen Renaissance an.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus_Neuk%C3%B6lln
Neukölln Town Hall on Karl-Marx-Straße is the seat of the borough administration of Neukölln, one of Berlin's most populous districts. The listed architectural ensemble was built between 1909 and 1914 according to plans by architect Reinhold Kiehl. It replaced the former town hall of the municipality of Deutsch-Rixdorf, which dated back to the 19th century. The municipality's first town hall was already located on the same site. Due to the huge increase in population at the beginning of the 20th century, the existing building was no longer able to cope with the increased administrative workload. There were also plans to apply for town rights for Rixdorf, in conjunction with a renaming of the town to be. A representative new building was decided upon. The highly structured ensemble of buildings is accentuated by the 68 metre high tower. At its top stands a 2.20 metre high statue of Fortuna, the goddess of luck, made of copper, the work of sculptor Josef Rauch, who also executed the sculptural decoration of the town hall. The four- and five-storey building is reminiscent of the forms of the German Renaissance.
Well my workload has been beyond anything I've ever dealt with since oh about mid-March so it's only fitting that I literally managed to not even know what day of the week it was yesterday. Needless to say I did realize I'd missed 30 Thursday when a co-worker sent me a TGIF text at 3:05 this morning. No danger of her waking me up as I'd already went back to it at 2:15 lol. With the amount of time at work my energy for scanning has decreased exponentially. This is CNW 820 at Marshfield on May 8, 1976. Most likely a Joe Stauber shot, Chuck Schwesinger collection.
I am mostly off due to workload but really missing my photos. I have some time so am uploading. Probably the only time this week. Will have to catch up later. (c) 2013
View images on black, in Lightbox.
India, Kerala or Kēraḷam, Backwaters. Paddy Fields.
The Paddy fields in the Kerala area are below sea level. Bunds around the rice fields keep out overflowing water into the fields. After harvesting the paddy fields, they are used for ducklings where they will thrive on locusts & fishes.
The paddy fields will be used for duck farming where they will live & thrive up to 20 to30 ducks a hectare & the moment when the ducks should be removed from working in a paddy, after 8 weeks, so as not to eat the rice & …the dams will be opened at some strategic points & the shared duck marathon will begin following the farmer in his canoe to the duck farm.
In 1989, the Japanese farmer Takao Furuno, after learning about traditional Japanese rice farming method that consisted of using ducks to eliminate the weeds in rice fields, the "Aigamo Method”, he was able to identify the optimal age at which ducklings should be released into rice fields, 7 days after hatching from the egg & developed this new-traditional rice growing technique. In the meantime, it has become established in every country of Asia some European rice-growing regions & others like Cuba are also experimenting with this method.
The waterfowl turned out to be a perfect alternative to expensive pesticides, other insecticides & chemicals while protecting the soil from chemical pollution as they eat plenty of insects, weeds. The ducks also help to oxygenate the water & their droppings are the ideal fertilizer for the soil.
The "Aigamo" duck is a cross between wild & domesticated ducks. These animals are apparently optimally suited to this method of rice cultivation. They ducklings will be placed in the paddy field about two weeks after the seedlings have been planted. The ducks grow up in the rice field & eat insects, snails & weeds. As a result, the farmer does not have to laboriously remove the weeds & vermin from the fields himself; neither does he have to spray any pesticides & chemical fertilizers can therefore be saved.
After one season in the rice fields, the ducks are kept for up to 3 years to lay eggs or because they have eaten their fill in the rice fields, they can be sold profitably as ducks for roasting & other recipes.
The adoption of this method boosts farmers income by eliminating chemicals, fertilizer etc., by commercializing the ducks later & decreases their workloads by 200-250 human work hours p/hectare.
The system actually seems to work: a study by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization recently showed that crop yields are increased by 20 percent with the "Aigamo Method".
📌….The unique backwaters are a network of interconnected five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade, fed by 38 rivers & brackish lagoons extending nearly half the length of Kerala state. A labyrinthine system formed by almost 1.000 km of waterways lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast, known as the “Malabar Coast”.
The backwaters have an exceptional ecosystem; freshwater from the rivers meets the seawater from the Arabian Sea, formed by the action of waves & shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.
👉 One World one Dream,
🙏...Danke, Xièxie 谢谢, Thanks, Gracias, Merci, Grazie, Obrigado, Arigatô, Dhanyavad, Chokrane to you & over
17 million visits in my photostream with countless motivating comments
HLS-1 (Huntington Locomotive Shop) is a hidden treasure in disguise at the shop in Huntington, WV. You see, HLS-1 is originally Clinchfield 3611. Todays workload for it, isn't nearly as demanding and it enjoys it's retirement as a load test locomotive. in 2017 when CSX did the CRR 800 at Huntington, this guy and the 800 were paired back to test the CRR 800 prior to release. That was a neat event, but done at night...Oct 17, 2018.
© Eric T. Hendrickson 2019 All Rights Reserved
Once more workloads have reared their ugly head, so please excuse my absence from Flickr. Here's a dramatic shot taken back in 1999 of Stu battling against the elements as we made our way from the wonderful summit of Catstycam towards Swirral Edge and a rather dodgy ascent to Helvellyn.
Stumbled upon this bunch of 'projects' in Livinhac-le-Haut. Some pictures from years ago can be found of some of these cars in a better shape. It seems the workload has grown over the owner's head.
A thank you to Jared Polin of FroKnowsPhoto.com for providing to the public, some of the first RAW files from the new Sony A7RIV, their 61MP mirrorless benchmark beast.
There is no support yet from 3rd party editors to handle its native ARW files. Thus, these are converted Adobe DNG raws. It's stated that the uncompressed ARW files are ~120 MB! These DNG files are only ~50 MB, therefore I can't determine if these are based off of compressed ARW files or native data was lost in translation. Regardless, it was still an opportunity to peruse this new flagship's output with our editor of choice. I also was curious to see if my current Windows PC could manage the sizable jump in workload.
YMMV of course, but it is safe to say, if you plan to buy an A7RIV, also plan to upgrade your computer and buy additional storage. ;-)
I processed the four shots with Capture One, seasoned to suit my taste. Hopefully you all will approve of my preferences. The shots that focus was nailed, were incredibly detailed. But some missed its mark. Dynamic range and noise seem quite excellent, albeit some other released SOOC JPEGs did show discernible noise by ISO 3200. Not encouraging. :-\
I thought I'd share these edited RAW outputs since there is so few on the internet.
I'm sure by Sept. shipping date, that all major editors will have native ARW support.
Jet-Ski Ride To Pine Island Tampa Bay Florida During Light Rain (360° VR) - IMRAN™
I had very little time to get my jet-ski on the water in the last couple of years. Going to Beer Can (Pine) Island became even less likely.
First it was because of the pandemic, then because of needed service on my vessel, and then just office workload. But when I do get a chance, I love being out there. Even with light rain, which you can see artifacts of in some spots on the 360x360 interactive virtual reality view, you can see the charm of the spot. The beautiful turquoise waters of Tampa Bay off Pine (or Beer Can) Island, and mixture of blue sky and clouds always bring a smile to my face, as you can see.
Click/tap/swipe and look around the full 360°x360° view. You will feel as if you came with me.
© 2022 IMRAN™
MOC Wars category 10. Frazetta:
"Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media. Turn any Frazetta art into brick. "
This one is based on painting Dancer from Atlantis from 1987.
Three-dimensional figure with two-dimensional beast reflects the different painting styles on the original one, also making the workload more bearable.
More on Cyclopic Bricks.
Walt Disney World, Disney's Animal Kingdom - 08/13/09
Queue for the Safari ride in the Africa section at DAK.
Lefty continues to recover from his broken arm, although it is still weak and fragile. My workload seems like it's increased tenfold, but I'm sure it's not that bad. It has, however, restricted the time I can spend visiting our wonderful photostreams. I will get caught up and see each and every upload - it's just taking extra time. Thanks to all my Flickr friends. :)
Posting these shots I took of Giselle before I fall too much farther behind in life thanks to resuming teaching with a heavier workload than usual.
Poor Giselle finally got some time off the shelf for a portrait after all of her newer Nu Face friends have had lots of camera time in the past year.
Doll: Sensuous Affair Giselle
Blouse: by Sal
Earrings: IT (from Seduisante Elyse)
Please comment/fave ONLY if you really can't resist ;) I will not be able to reciprocate much due to workload. Nonetheless I still want to thank u all for popping by :)
Yes weekend is here again! Hope all of you will have a great one!
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The View of Ponte Vecchio & River Arno in Florence, Italy
The Shot
3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW with tripod
Camera :: Canon 5D Mark II
Lens :: Canon EF 70-200mm F/2.8L USM
Photomatix
- Tonemapped generated HDR using detail enhancer option
Photoshop
- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'curves' for selective contrast
- Added 2 layer mask effect of 'level' to enhance & darken selective areas
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (reds) to desaturate the buildings
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (yellows) to slightly enhance the lightings
- Added 1 layer mask effect of 'saturation' (cyans & greens) to remove chromatic abberations
- Applied slight noise reduction
- Applied slight 'unsharp mask'
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Viewed in Explore frontpage on Oct 16. Thank you all....
I waited for more than an hour and half to get a series of waves, which I wanted to capture in my frame... ocean is very restless and weather is just amazing....
Location: Garrapata, Big sur coast, California.
Technique: 2 exposures using ND8 filter, digital blending. Front wave is fast shutter speed to capture the details of the sandy splash...the far-away wave is relatively slower speed to capture milky splash...
Best viewed in LARGE to get the details of foreground sandy splash....
Friends, Thanks for visiting my photostream. Due to year-end workload, I couldn't get time to see all your wonderful streams...I will catch up soon....
Looks like Christmas, no? =D
I actually saved this shot from this summer, thought they looked so festive, as if on snow =D
Happy 1st day of December xx
Many, many thanks for the kind faves and comments on my photos.
I'm finally coming to the end of my silly-crazy workload month, so should hopefully be able to respond and reciprocate as I'd like to soon.
Oh... and the weather is sure to turn terrible as soon as we finish for the summer holidays so that will help!!
"Know the mission, know your enemy, achieve the mission, kill the enemy. That's all I need. It's all any soldier needs."
-Commander Bly
I received a new batch of MMCB cloth gear that Mark so kindly allowed me to commission despite his heavy workload, and could now finish many figs I've been working on. First in line, Commander Bly!
I've had this guy done for about 2 months, but didn't want to post without the cloth gear; it really does complete the figure! My new helmet template opened a new line of possibility for figures, so of course I'm almost obligated to make someone as iconic as Bly (CW adaptation). Decals smoothly cover the helmet and wrap around the legs (not shown). This will be up on the site soon; only ONE of these will be sold!
I have quite a few figures that I should probably post, but all in due time, including the BF4 figures I've been showing. I did also promise an Aiden Pearce figure which is very near completion now. So as always, expect more, and comments speak louder than faves!
-Andrew
While reprocessing a few of my astronomical images I decided to give my Sequoia Milky Way a second shot as well:
This time I stacked 5 images of 120s @ ISO 3200 for the sky - giving it a total exposure of 10 minutes.
This longer exposure helps to enhance the colors and allows a more natural look of the Milky Way with all its incredible hues.
As a lazy solution, to keep workload reasonable, this newly processed sky was fit into the already existing foreground of my earlier version of this image which can be found here: flic.kr/p/vtAtqU
I hope you enjoy this new version as much as I do...
(slightly reprocessed 07.JAN2016)
The original fleet of Brunig locos became 120 class under the SBB renumbering scheme,. In due course they were displaced from the main workload by the then new class 101 locos. Six examples of those 1941 introduced Motor Vans were rebuilt in the late 1980's. Rack equipment removed and fitted for push-pull operation. Then allocated to adhesion section stopping services like this Luzern-Stans train. leaving Luzern
Kids benefit from human interaction and in person learning for full days. There is no caring educator who would debate that. This pandemic has only exposed further inequities that exist in terms of internet access and access to technology.
However, at this point in time, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has failed to commit to providing any funds or plans for cleaning, masks, temperature checks or staffing because we would rather spend our money on the police than have a nurse in every school apparently. It didn't make sense before the pandemic and it doesn't make sense right now.
What CPS has proposed is a "pod" system of 15 kids that rotate 2 days on and 2 days off with kids that have learning needs being offered a full 5 days. This sounds like a reasonable compromise if the buildings were cleaned and safety procedures were followed. However, CPS has failed to even answer some of the logistical questions for clinicians like myself.
Let me break it down real talk so that people can understand what the situation is. The vast majority of clinicians are "itinerant" which means we travel between schools and are in and out of classrooms all day. There are many schools that have just a handful of students who need services so it wouldn't work to be just at one school for the vast majority of us. When I had the most schools, I had 8. Because my workload (number of students I need to see) increased the last two years at 2 of my schools, I have just these two now and another clinician covers the other 6 schools.
So, let me break this down farther. I go to two schools and roughly 10 classrooms which means, in this current system, each day I would be exposed to 75 students (ages 3-14 at the moment) and 10 teachers plus teacher's aides and other staff members (clerks, food service, other clinicians). At my one school, the Physical Therapist is at 14 schools. The Speech Therapist is at 3 schools. The nurse is at 6 schools. The Psychologist is at 4 schools. The social worker is at 2 schools. I believe there is one school that both the psychologist and nurse are at so we will eliminate that as a unique school. That's still 28 novel schools that just the clinician team are traveling in and out of every day and then we have to get together as a team to see students and meet on their behalf.
Ok, are you following along? It's complicated. So, we're at 28 schools so far just from my one school. But, remember, these are unique schools. So, for the Physical Therapist who is going to schools no one else on the same clinician team goes to, every single clinician team at her other schools has other clinicians they work with who go into other schools. So, one Physical Therapist would likely be exposed to a huge chunk and vast majority of schools throughout the district in one week of services. What I am saying is that, under the current model, all it takes is for one itinerant clinician to become positive and not realize it and spread it throughout the schools in the district.
Let me also talk about art, music, gym, and library if the kids in that school are lucky enough to have those things instead of cops or their new fun name "School Resource Officers" (even though the only 'resource' they seem to be providing is increasing trauma and racial inequities). In a typical day, these teachers would enter 7 classrooms which would mean exposure to 75 kids under the current model and they would be going from class to class every day.
Let's get back to cleaning. You know how I said kids would be in their classrooms or "pod" all day? You remember that kids have to go to the bathroom, though, right? Boys, especially have to go to the bathroom ten times a day and they have to play in the bathroom because they are boys. (That is no joke). Well, in a situation where the bathrooms aren't cleaned several times throughout the day, you still have the possibility of hundreds of children depending on the size of the school sharing bathroom facilities. You may have the same problem with playground equipment if you allow recess. And, let's not forget that while we were so adamant about mask wearing, a bunch of white entitled parents were protesting without masks at the capital of Illinois in Springfield because they didn't think their child should have to wear one at school (because nothing says entitlement like "I don't care if my child inadvertently passes along a virus that kills his/her/their teachers and classmates")
I think I am done with this ramble but I wanted people to understand what we're facing as teachers in a school district that has been starved for resources and now we're expecting that same school district to exercise planning and safety measures it never has come close to.
I'll tell you another anecdote that's pretty fun. I was not allowed in either school building during the shelter at home in Chicago from mid March to mid June. When I went back to one of my schools to pick up items in June, there was only one thing that was stolen...it was the cleaning supplies I'd purchased out of my own money.
Signs representing students on the back of student chairs visible here and other signs not included in this frame but present as part of yesterday's City Hall protest read:
"Has Asthma"
"Facing Eviction"
"Got COVID Last Spring"
"No Health Insurance"
"Anxious About Getting COVID"
"Took CTA *our transportation system* this morning and was exposed to COVID"
"Student in Temporary Living Situation" (otherwise known as homeless)
"Lost a Family Member to Covid"
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Here's the last of my pipeline swallowtail images. "Whew!" I can just hear you say.
The texture is "Harvest," from Ghostbones, who is no longer active on Flickr.
EDIT: I tracked him down. He is now back on Flickr as SkeletalMess.
In addition to my heavy workload (again? still?), I do want to catch at least some of the Olympics, so I won't be posting or visiting much on Flickr for a while.
I want to share this beautiful clip.Why on earth did NBC not air this transition piece from last night's London Olympics opening ceremony? It is at once a heartwarming and heart-wrenching tribute to their July 7th terrorism victims. I sit here with tears still in my eyes after watching the beautiful performance, with the warm lighting and eloquent dancers, and marveling at the silence of that huge crowd listening to the soft, gentle voice of the singer.
Photo of the Day, Roswell Photographic Society, July 30, 2012. Thanks!
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