MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — Liquid Archive, with Light Bridge in background

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MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — Liquid Archive, with Light Bridge in background

Image by Chris Devers
Quoting from the official pamphlet:

FAST LIGHT • May 7 + 8, 2011, 7 pm - 10 pm

Contemporary pioneers in art, science, and technology have come together at MIT to create one of the most exhilarating and inventive spectacles metro Boston has ever seen. On May 7 and 8, 2011, visitors can interact with 20+ art and architectural installations illuminating the campus and the Charles River along Memorial Drive at MIT.

arts.mit.edu / fast

Installations scattered around campus (we didn't quite see all of them), again pasting from the official flyer:

• aFloat
MIT Chapel • Saturday, May 7th ONLY
Inspired by water in the Saarinen Chapel's moat, a touch releases flickers of light before serenity returns as a calm ripple.
By Otto Ng, Ben Regnier, Dena Molnar, and Arseni Zaitsev.

• Inflatables
Lobby 7, Infinite Corridor
A dodecahedron sculpture made of silver nylon resonates with gusts of air, heat from light bulbs, and the motions of passersby.
By Kyle Barker, Juan Jofre, Nick Polansky, Jorge Amaya.

• (now(now(now)))
Building 7, 4th Floor
This installation nests layers of the past into an image of the present, recursively intertwining slices of time.
By Eric Rosenbaum and Charles DeTar.

• Dis(Course)4
Building 3 Stair, Infinite Corridor
A stairwell transformed by a shummering aluminum conduit inspired by the discourse between floors and academic disciplines.
By Craig Boney, Jams Coleman and Andrew Manto.

• Maxwell's Dream
Building 10 Community Lounge, Infinite Corridor
An interactive mural created by magnetic fields that drive patterns of light, Maxwell's Dream is a visually expressive cybernetic loop.
By Kaustuv De Biswas and Daniel Rosenberg.

• Mood Meter
Student Center & Building 8, Infinite Corridor
Is the smile a barometer of happiness? Mood Meter playfully assesses and displays the mood of the MIT community onsite and at moodmeter.media.mit.edu
By Javier Hernandez and Ehsan Hoque.

• SOFT Rockers
Killian Court
Repose and charge your electronic devices using green solar powered technology
By Shiela Kennedy, P. Seaton, S. Rockcastle, W. Inam, A. Aolij, J. Nam, K. Bogenshutz, J. Bayless, M. Trimble.

• LightBridge
The Mass. Ave Bridge
A dynamic interactive LED array responds to pedestrians on the bridge, illustrating MIT's ties to both sides of the river. Thanks to Philips ColorKinetics, CISCO, SparkFun Electronics.
By Sysanne Seitinger.

• Sky Event
Killian Court, Saturday, May 7th ONLY
Immense inflatable stars soar over MIT in celebration of the distinctive symbiosis among artists, scientists and engineers.
By Otto Piene.

• Liquid Archive
Charles River
A floating inflatable screen provides a backdrop for projections that highlight MIT's history in science, technology, and art.
By Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas.

• Light Drift
Charles River
Ninety brightly glowing orbs in the river change color as they react to the presence of people along the shore.
By Meejin Yoon.

• Unflat Pavilion
Building 14 Lawn
This freestanding pavilion illuminated with LEDs flexes two dimensions into three. Flat sheets are bent and unfurl into skylights, columns, and windows.
By Nick Gelpi

• Gradated Field
Walker Memorial Lawn
A field of enticing mounts create a landscape that encourages passersby to meander through, or lounge upon the smooth plaster shapes.
By Kyle Coburn, Karina Silvester and Yihyun Lim.

• Bibliodoptera
Building 14, Hayden Library Corridor
Newly emerged from the chrysalis of MIT's diverse library pages, a cloud of butterflies flutters above, reacting to the movement of passersby.
By Elena Jessop and Peter Torpey.

• Wind Screen
Green Building Facade, Bldg 54
A shimmering curtain of light created by micro-turbines displays a visual register of the replenishable source of wind energy.
By Meejin Yoon.

• String Tunnel
Building 18 Bridge
A diaphonous tunnel creates a sense of entry to and from the Infinite Corridor and frames the surrounding landscape.
By Yuna Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams.

• voltaDom
Building 56-66 Connector
A vaulted passageway utilizes an innovative fabrication technique that creates complex double curved vaults through the simple rolling of a sheet of material.
By Skylar Tibbits.

• Night of Numbers
Building 66 Facade & E15 Walkway
A lighting installation enlivens MIT architectre with numbers that hold special or historical significance to the Institute. Can you decode them all?
By Praveen Subramani and Anna Kotova.

• Overliner
Building E-25 Stairwell
Taking cues from a stairwell's spiraling geometry, Overliner transforms a familiar and busy passageway into a moment of surprise and repose.
By Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi.

• Chroma District
Corner of Ames and Main Streets.
Lanterns react to visitors by passing sound and color from one to another, increasing in intensity along the way and illuminating the path to MIT's campus.
By Eyal Shahar, Akito van Troyer, and Seung Jin Ham.

Mt Sopris

Image by Scott Ingram Photography
This is a HDR shot of Mt Sopris as viewed from Hwy 82 between Carbondale and Basalt, CO.
This was a beautiful fall day and made for one of my favorite shots.

'Mt Sopris' Large On Black

This image is available for sale from my website:
www.scottingramphotography.com
Or directly via my ImageKind storefront here.



This photo has since been updated The new and improved image can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/scingram/4837512675/

MIT+150: FAST (Festival of Art + Science + Technology): FAST LIGHT — Liquid Archive, with Light Bridge and John Hancock Building in background

Image by Chris Devers
Quoting from the official pamphlet:

FAST LIGHT • May 7 + 8, 2011, 7 pm - 10 pm

Contemporary pioneers in art, science, and technology have come together at MIT to create one of the most exhilarating and inventive spectacles metro Boston has ever seen. On May 7 and 8, 2011, visitors can interact with 20+ art and architectural installations illuminating the campus and the Charles River along Memorial Drive at MIT.

arts.mit.edu / fast

Installations scattered around campus (we didn't quite see all of them), again pasting from the official flyer:

• aFloat
MIT Chapel • Saturday, May 7th ONLY
Inspired by water in the Saarinen Chapel's moat, a touch releases flickers of light before serenity returns as a calm ripple.
By Otto Ng, Ben Regnier, Dena Molnar, and Arseni Zaitsev.

• Inflatables
Lobby 7, Infinite Corridor
A dodecahedron sculpture made of silver nylon resonates with gusts of air, heat from light bulbs, and the motions of passersby.
By Kyle Barker, Juan Jofre, Nick Polansky, Jorge Amaya.

• (now(now(now)))
Building 7, 4th Floor
This installation nests layers of the past into an image of the present, recursively intertwining slices of time.
By Eric Rosenbaum and Charles DeTar.

• Dis(Course)4
Building 3 Stair, Infinite Corridor
A stairwell transformed by a shummering aluminum conduit inspired by the discourse between floors and academic disciplines.
By Craig Boney, Jams Coleman and Andrew Manto.

• Maxwell's Dream
Building 10 Community Lounge, Infinite Corridor
An interactive mural created by magnetic fields that drive patterns of light, Maxwell's Dream is a visually expressive cybernetic loop.
By Kaustuv De Biswas and Daniel Rosenberg.

• Mood Meter
Student Center & Building 8, Infinite Corridor
Is the smile a barometer of happiness? Mood Meter playfully assesses and displays the mood of the MIT community onsite and at moodmeter.media.mit.edu
By Javier Hernandez and Ehsan Hoque.

• SOFT Rockers
Killian Court
Repose and charge your electronic devices using green solar powered technology
By Shiela Kennedy, P. Seaton, S. Rockcastle, W. Inam, A. Aolij, J. Nam, K. Bogenshutz, J. Bayless, M. Trimble.

• LightBridge
The Mass. Ave Bridge
A dynamic interactive LED array responds to pedestrians on the bridge, illustrating MIT's ties to both sides of the river. Thanks to Philips ColorKinetics, CISCO, SparkFun Electronics.
By Sysanne Seitinger.

• Sky Event
Killian Court, Saturday, May 7th ONLY
Immense inflatable stars soar over MIT in celebration of the distinctive symbiosis among artists, scientists and engineers.
By Otto Piene.

• Liquid Archive
Charles River
A floating inflatable screen provides a backdrop for projections that highlight MIT's history in science, technology, and art.
By Nader Tehrani and Gediminas Urbonas.

• Light Drift
Charles River
Ninety brightly glowing orbs in the river change color as they react to the presence of people along the shore.
By Meejin Yoon.

• Unflat Pavilion
Building 14 Lawn
This freestanding pavilion illuminated with LEDs flexes two dimensions into three. Flat sheets are bent and unfurl into skylights, columns, and windows.
By Nick Gelpi

• Gradated Field
Walker Memorial Lawn
A field of enticing mounts create a landscape that encourages passersby to meander through, or lounge upon the smooth plaster shapes.
By Kyle Coburn, Karina Silvester and Yihyun Lim.

• Bibliodoptera
Building 14, Hayden Library Corridor
Newly emerged from the chrysalis of MIT's diverse library pages, a cloud of butterflies flutters above, reacting to the movement of passersby.
By Elena Jessop and Peter Torpey.

• Wind Screen
Green Building Facade, Bldg 54
A shimmering curtain of light created by micro-turbines displays a visual register of the replenishable source of wind energy.
By Meejin Yoon.

• String Tunnel
Building 18 Bridge
A diaphonous tunnel creates a sense of entry to and from the Infinite Corridor and frames the surrounding landscape.
By Yuna Kim, Kelly Shaw, and Travis Williams.

• voltaDom
Building 56-66 Connector
A vaulted passageway utilizes an innovative fabrication technique that creates complex double curved vaults through the simple rolling of a sheet of material.
By Skylar Tibbits.

• Night of Numbers
Building 66 Facade & E15 Walkway
A lighting installation enlivens MIT architectre with numbers that hold special or historical significance to the Institute. Can you decode them all?
By Praveen Subramani and Anna Kotova.

• Overliner
Building E-25 Stairwell
Taking cues from a stairwell's spiraling geometry, Overliner transforms a familiar and busy passageway into a moment of surprise and repose.
By Joel Lamere and Cynthia Gunadi.

• Chroma District
Corner of Ames and Main Streets.
Lanterns react to visitors by passing sound and color from one to another, increasing in intensity along the way and illuminating the path to MIT's campus.
By Eyal Shahar, Akito van Troyer, and Seung Jin Ham.

Get off the table, Mabel - the quarter's for the beer!

Check out these image post images:

Get off the table, Mabel - the quarter's for the beer!

Image by ex_magician
Little Glass Mountain can be seen in the background. It is that giant grayish blob and represents a giant lava flow. I should post a photo of it - looks like somebody stepped on a giant toothpaste tube full of lava.

Image renversante

Image by zmi66 - ZMIphoto
Fuji X-E1
Lens : Carl Zeiss Planar ƒ1.7 / 50mm
Settings : 1/25s ƒ/1.7 ISO 400 at 50mm
Post process : Lightroon 4

New Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G Macro lens @ 1:1 Magnification (17)

Image by The Jordan Collective
Wow, what an awesome little Macro lens. Nikon's new 40mm f/2.8 Macro lens is a STELLAR piece of glass. It's 35mm equivalent focal length is 60mm on DX(which is a really useful focal length). This lens is capable of 1:1 magnification @ a close focus distance of about 6 inches. Nikon has a long history of making very SHARP Macro lenses and this little beast is no departure. I compared it to the venerable AF-S Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G VR lens and at 1:1, i couldn't tell the difference. Sharpness when stopped down is criminal and contrast is amazing. Just have a look at the sample images!

Please feel free to view these images at full-resolution. This lens can't be fully appreciated unless you view at 100%.

Sticking to tradition, we were one of the first people to get a copy of the new Nikon AF-S Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G Macro lens. The same thing happened with the Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G Prime a few months back. We were very lucky to be able to be one of the first to get copies of these new lenses.

Exif:
Nikon D7000
AF-S Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G Macro lens
ISO-2000
f/16
1/60th sec
hand-held

Strobist:
Nikon SB-900 Speedlight (Off-camera), triggered by D7000 in Wireless Commander Mode

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Cool Photo Gift images

Check out these photo gift images:

Gifts from tiramisu_addict

Image by yanngie
Gifts from tiramisu_addict. Thanks for her gifts!

2009.10.31 Gift 2.0

Image by MaxChu
五年前的 Gift 1.0，不錯都撐了五年，夠本了！

Fuji F200EXR + HTC Hero

Nice Online Photo Editor photos

A few nice online photo editor images I found:

NS_Edge_151107

Image by New Statesman
Photo © Joel Chant. www.joelchant.com Tel/Fax: 020 8509 7928 Mobile: 07976 291 576
email: info@joelchant.com 15/11/07-New Statesman/Edge Upstarts event marking Social Enterprise Day.
The only way is u? debate chaired by online editor Ben Davies with key speakers, left to right: Phil Hope MP, Cliff Prior, CHief Executive UnLtd, BBen Davies, Alison Ogden-Newton, Chief Executive SEL, Nigel Kershaw, The Big Issue

Cool Edit Image images

Check out these edit image images:

els ports lligats de flickr (una proposta creativa ,et comvido a editar-la ,deixa aqui el teu treball com un comentari ) - the ports lligats of flickr ( a creative proposal, I invite you to edit,less your work as a comment)

Image by Jordi@photos
Hermitage / Pat Metheny

intentare desde aqui comvidar a qui vulgui a editar a la seva manera l´imatge.En duarja va aceptar desseguida la proposta i va fer mes bonica la fotografia,la va transformar,ara aquella es seva,recreant-la amb l´edició a fet el miracle de una altre lectura.
Aqui podeu veure el seu magnific treball
www.flickr.com/photos/34238858@N00/3972013692/
Gracies altre cop Albert "duarja" per l´amistat,l´art i l´alquimia.
Si voleu intentar-ho,jogar quan tingueu temps,si creieu que podeu fer d´aquesta una nova imatge amb una edició personal i creativa i entre tots poguer ilustrar amb imatges les infinites possibilitats despres del clic,us deixo el linck perque pogueu treballar-la amb un tamany mes idoni.( flickr.com/gp/raigverd/rrSF7x )
in english aprox,my poor english ( i´m sorry)
try from here invite who wants to edit the image in its own way. duarja Immediately accept the proposal and was made more beautiful photography, transformed, now that is her, recreating it,and with the miracle of his edition done to another reading.
Here you can see the magnificent work
www.flickr.com/photos/34238858
Thanks again Albert "duarja" for friendship, art ,and alchemy.
If you try, to play when you have time, if you think you can do with your personal and creative edition a new image ,if you think that´s possible working together and being able to illustrate the infinite possibilities pictures after the shot, I leave the link with a more suitable size. ( flickr.com/gp/raigverd/rrSF7x )

20100806_IMG_2916-Edit.jpg

Image by Dhammika Heenpella / Images of Sri Lanka
Ramboda waterfall

Bryan Desloge, Liz Joyner, Gil Ziffer

Some cool online photo editor images:

Bryan Desloge, Liz Joyner, Gil Ziffer

Image by Village Square
Photo credit: Bob Howard

Tallahassee city commissioners and Leon County commissioners assembled for an annual town hall meeting on April 4th, 2013. Moderated by Tallahassee Democrat editor Bob Gabordi, they talked about our hometown and took questions for the audience.

The program was hosted by the Village Square, Leadership Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Democrat.

You can find audio for the program and other details online here:

wiki.tothevillagesquare.org/x/IwBXAQ

Bryan Desloge, County Commission

Image by Village Square
Photo credit: Bob Howard

Tallahassee city commissioners and Leon County commissioners assembled for an annual town hall meeting on April 4th, 2013. Moderated by Tallahassee Democrat editor Bob Gabordi, they talked about our hometown and took questions for the audience.

The program was hosted by the Village Square, Leadership Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Democrat.

You can find audio for the program and other details online here:

wiki.tothevillagesquare.org/x/IwBXAQ

(L to R) Commissioners Dozier, Gillum and Lindley

Image by Village Square
Photo credit: Bob Howard

Tallahassee city commissioners and Leon County commissioners assembled for an annual town hall meeting on April 4th, 2013. Moderated by Tallahassee Democrat editor Bob Gabordi, they talked about our hometown and took questions for the audience.

The program was hosted by the Village Square, Leadership Tallahassee and the Tallahassee Democrat.

You can find audio for the program and other details online here:

wiki.tothevillagesquare.org/x/IwBXAQ

Cool Photo Sizes images

Check out these photo sizes images:

Green hiding place

Image by p!o
Wallpaper sizes:

1024x768

1600x1200

More wallpapers here... ;-)

Abbie Snip 2

Image by rubyblossom.
Download original size for PNG~
www.flickr.com/photos/rubyblossom/3653769059/sizes/o/

***Please, feel free to use my Textures, Backgrounds, Stock, etc., in your Artwork.
If you do use them, I would love it if you would please post your work in my group, Ruby's Treasures

...Please DO NOT redistribute as your own...


***If you are interested in purchasing my new and unseen Premade Backgrounds & PNG's , please visit my new Blog here~angiesimaginations***

Formica da pic-nic

Image by p!o
*****
Wallpaper size:
- 1600x1200
- 1024x768

...more wallpapers here!

Nice Free Photo Downloads photos

Check out these free photo downloads images:

Grungy Urban Grid

Image by shaire productions
By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!

Various Fabrics

Image by shaire productions
By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!

Halftone Pattern

Image by shaire productions
By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!

Jan Matulka

A few nice picture frames images I found:

Jan Matulka

Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Double exposed photo of Matulka in his studio.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Dimensions: 18 cm x 13 cm

Date: c. 1920

Persistent URL: www.aaa.si.edu/collections/images/detail/doubleexposed-po...

Repository: Archives of American Art

Collection: Jan Matulka Papers, 1923-1960

Accession number: aaa_matujan_4993

Wooden Touchscreen Terminal - front

Image by barnoid
This is a 15" LCD touchscreen with a Celeron 633MHz board with 128MB RAM in a wooden case of my construction. The case also contains the PSU. The bottom part of the screen surround hinges down to allow access to the monitor controls. The button mounted on the base is the power button and indicator light.

It has no hard drive and boots using PXE from my server, then mounts its filesystem over NFS. It runs Debian Linux, xorg, XFCE4, Metacity and Firefox. The button on the left of the panel at the bottom of the screen pops up a screen keyboard.

Currently I'm a bit concerned about the amount of heat that builds up from the PSU (reaches 75°C after a while), an external PSU might be required. Also it tends to run out of RAM when viewing stuff on google video (no swap, no hard drive).

Update: I've done some work on the insides, see here. It still looks the same on the outside.

Further update: I've switched from the above described software to running KDE. More details here.

blue frame... imagine a photo within

Image by stratoz
see Margaret's frames here: www.etsy.com/shop/nutmegdesigns?section_id=5131019

Nice Baby Picture photos

Some cool baby picture images:

Baby Toss

Image by deltaMike
This picture makes this activity look much more dangerous than it is.

Baby ducks

Image by Jeff Youngstrom
Becky pointed out to me that I completely missed the point of a couple of those water over the roadway pictures. Baby ducks!
You can also see the ducks in the full size version of this picture

Cool Photo On Canvas images

Some cool photo on canvas images:

Arun on the Wall

Image by Stuck in Customs
Large on Black: Large on Black

Thanks all! For you, here are the most Popular Pictures you dig from my stream.

Thanks again! All Photos copyright Trey Ratcliff. All rights reserved. Photography blog at www.StuckInCustoms.com

Chicago Wall Art

Image by IceNineJon
Some of you may remember one of the panoramas that I took in Chicago in 2009. I had it printed on canvas (at a size of 27"x65") and hung it on our living room wall a couple of weeks ago.

People keep telling me I should sell copies of it but printing it at that size is pretty expensive so I'm not sure I want to take the upfront risk. Have any of you sold any prints of your photos? Do you have any advice?

ABOUT THE SHOT
HDR from three two stop incremental exposures.

While in Maine...

Some cool online photos images:

While in Maine...

Image by StarrGazr
...you shouldn't panic.

Well, my computer did...so I'm a little slow at getting photos online (and I paid for internet connection for the week I was gone to use only one day as my computer died last Sunday.)

So. please bare with me...they are coming and I am back. Although I will be heading to NYC for Tuesday night to see An Evening with Harry, Carrie and Garp at Radio City Music Hall. I can't wait. It is a benefit with JK Rowlings, Stephen King and John Irving on one stage. Three of my all time favourite contemporary authors.

Workshifting: Diahana's Workshifting Setup

Image by citrixonline
Diahana is a Sr. Sales Training & Development Manager who was workshifting along with a furry friend in the background.

At Citrix Online, we don't just create products that help people telecommute we use them from our home offices, cafe's, hotel rooms and even by the beach!

So in honor of Telework Week (February 14-18, 2011), our employees are sharing their workshifting photos to show all the different ways you can work remotely.

The Californian Trailer Estates - Ultra Modern (1957) ... Casey Anthony ... Needs a Safe House -- Two security guards around the clock could cost ,000 a week (July 16, 2011) ...

Image by marsmet501
"I'd tell her to go to a big house in the middle of nowhere," said Dallas-based security expert Stuart Diamond, who has worked for celebrities and federal agencies. "That would be the safest thing for her. It's more of an effort for someone to really follow through on a threat."
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img code photo...Casey Anthony

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FILE - In this July 7, 2011 photo, Casey Anthony sits in the courtroom before a sentencing hearing in Orlando, Fla. Anthony was acquitted on charges of killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee in 2008, and was found guilty on four charges of lying to law enforcement officers. She is to be released from jail Sunday, July 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Joe Burbank, Pool)

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.....item 1).... Yahoo! News ... Security experts: Casey Anthony needs a safe house ...

Associated Press

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press,MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press | AP – 3 hrs ago

.....Saturday July 16, 2011...

news.yahoo.com/security-experts-casey-anthony-needs-safe-...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Online and elsewhere, Casey Anthony has been vilified, and security experts say if her lawyers are smart, they'll arrange for her to be in a house protected by bodyguards for maybe weeks in case one of those who have threatened tries to make good on a death threat.

A jury acquitted Anthony last week of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, but found her guilty of lying to law officers investigating the girl's disappearance in 2008. Many believe she got away with murder and some have wished the same fate on her that prosecutors say befell her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

When Anthony is released from jail Sunday, it will probably be in the middle of the night, and her lawyers should arrange for several SUVs with tinted windows to pull up to the Orange County Jail, the experts say. Then they should whisk her away to a safe house.

"I'd tell her to go to a big house in the middle of nowhere," said Dallas-based security expert Stuart Diamond, who has worked for celebrities and federal agencies. "That would be the safest thing for her. It's more of an effort for someone to really follow through on a threat."

Anthony's legal team said Friday it received an emailed death threat with a doctored photo of the 25-year-old woman with a bullet hole through her forehead. The threat was forwarded to authorities.

One her attorneys, Cheney Mason, said Anthony is nervous about getting out of jail, and he isn't taking any chances: "We are all vigilant and I am armed."

She was sentenced to four years in prison, but with good behavior and nearly three years already served, she will be out this weekend.

Anthony still faces a civil lawsuit. Attorneys for a woman who claimed Anthony defamed her had tried get her deposed before her release from jail but a judge ruled Friday that the deposition would take place in October. Also on Friday, Anthony filed notice that she will appeal the four misdemeanor counts of lying to law enforcement.

Details of her release are being closely held, and the sheriff's department is not making the time public beforehand.

"This will not be a usual release," jail spokesman Allen Moore said in an email. "Due to the high-profile nature of this case and intense, emotional interest by the public, appropriate measures will be taken to release the individual into the community in such a manner so as to preserve the safety of the individual and public."

The Orange County Jail has had very few high-profile inmates. Former astronaut Lisa Nowak, who was convicted in a bizarre attack on a romantic rival, walked out the jail's front door, where a horde of media pushed and elbowed their way toward her, shouting questions and trying to snap photos. In another case, Noelle Bush, the daughter of then-Gov. Jeb Bush and niece of then-President George W. Bush, received special handling after her arrest on drug charges. Secret Service agents were worried she could be targeted.

Once she is out of jail, Anthony will not get special treatment beyond the protection any person would get if there were a credible threat, law enforcement authorities said. (Earlier this week, authorities said they had not received any credible threats, but they did not immediately return a call Friday about the new email.)

"She's like every other resident or citizen here," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said. "We're not going to be her personal security. Her attorneys will make appropriate decisions or prepare for her own security after that."

She should be let out of jail at "an offbeat time like 3 or 4 in the morning," said Daniel Meachum, an Atlanta lawyer who has represented football star Michael Vick and actor Wesley Snipes.

Ideally, security experts said, she should go to a safe house. She may have to arrange backup locations, in case the address is discovered.

She probably won't be going to the home she had shared with her parents before her arrest, in part because the trial fractured their relationship. Defense attorney Jose Baez told jurors that Anthony's father, George Anthony, molested his daughter and covered up his granddaughter's death after Caylee accidentally drowned in the family pool. George Anthony has denied the abuse and cover-up allegations.
"Most of the time you can always go home, but she doesn't have that option," Meachum said. "Baez has to have somewhere for her to go for her to get herself together."

Anthony's security may be hampered by her limited financial means, though many have predicted lucrative book and TV interview deals. Two security guards around the clock could cost ,000 a week, experts said.

The best thing she can do for her safety is keep a low profile, said Mark Geragos, a Los Angeles lawyer who has represented Winona Ryder, Michael Jackson and Nicole Ritchie.

"She needs to lay as low as possible until the next big scandal or trial," Geragos said. "It's not time to do a photo spread. It's not time to sit down with Diane Sawyer. None of those things. There is no reason to do any of that."
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Six pack

Check out these print photo images:

Six pack

Image by rustman
5" x 5" prints from Adorama. Metallic paper. Simply amazing.

Thanks to Kelly Castro for turning me on to this stuff.

Origami Blue Bird Instructions and Paper

Image by davis.jacque
Origami paper and instructions to download and print. I drew this origami bluebird paper and instructions using Xara Xtreme. The paper is designed to be printed on 8.5x11 paper. To see the blue bird folded click here.
www.flickr.com/photos/jacquedavis/3736077839/

To see more of my paper toys and origami paper go here.
www.flickr.com/photos/jacquedavis/sets/72157605609557222/

To download the paper click the "all sizes" button above and download the original size. I have set the copyright so that anyone can print the bird paper.

Best Regards,
Jacque

Nice Change Background Image photos

A few nice change background image images I found:

Changing women's lives

Image by DFID - UK Department for International Development
Mwanasha, along with nearly 200 women, gather under the shade of a Balboab tree. They’ve come for contraceptives, which for many of them can save their lives and transform their families' futures. In Malawi, one in 36 women die in childbirth compared to one in 4,600 in the UK.

Background

On 11 July 2012 the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will host a groundbreaking summit to cut in half the current number of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries without access to contraception, but who wish to avoid pregnancy or space their children.

Every woman and girl deserves the opportunity to to determine her own future. Contraceptives give the world's poorest women the power to decide if and when to have another child.

Find out more at www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives

To follow the London Summit on Family Planning visit www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit

Picture: Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development

Terms of use

This image is posted under a Creative Commons - Attribution Licence, in accordance with the Open Government Licence. You are free to embed, download or otherwise re-use it, as long as you credit the source as Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development'.

Nice Photo To Poster photos

A few nice photo to poster images I found:

Westland Row? Absolutely not!

Image by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Hadn't meant this image from our Eason Collection as any kind of mystery photo - just liked it for the shops and thought we might get a date from the posters. It was allegedly Westland Row in Dublin, but there is no church spire that looks like that visible from Westland Row. Was wondering if it mightn't be up more towards Harcourt Street, and that turned out to be the case -see comments below...

Date: Circa 1912? (but almost certainly 1912-22)

NLI Ref.: EAS_1784

Photo Assignment: "Light" - Ride The Light

Image by colorblindPICASO
Lasers + eyes = BAD! That said, I decided to fire off my high-powered green laser in the dark and see what happened!=) Of course this didn't turn out exactly how I pictured it in my head. I wanted this green beam, focused perfectly in space disappearing in a thick bokeh. But lacking the skill to pull it off, I got this instead.=)

I taped the laser on top of the lens and pre-focused on a spare tripod a few feet in front of the camera. I aimed the laser so that it hit the poster frame at the end of the hall and bounced back past the camera. To get the beam to show up I misted the hair with water from a spray bottle. I was actually able to walk from the camera to the back of the hall misting both beams. As long as I stayed out of the beam and didn't linger, you can't really tell I'm there.

Like most of these shots, I have ideas for improving the technique, but it looks cool anyway. Plus, neither my camera's CCD or my retinas got burned in the process. Score!

This is part of the second set of photo assignments I'm doing with my friend Abstract Duck. This month it was my turn to pick the topic, so I went with "Light." Pretty easy since pretty much any photo has light in it... but it was more challenging than I expected.

Hispanic family frolics in the surf in Morro Bay, CA 14 June 2009

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Hispanic family frolics in the surf in Morro Bay, CA 14 June 2009

Image by mikebaird
Hispanic family frolics in the surf on a beautiful warm sunny day, conquering some small waves, in clean cool fresh water - wholesome family activity typical of Morro Bay. Beach scenes from Morro Strand State Beach, at Morro Bay, CA. 14 June 2009. Photo by Michael "Mike" L. Baird, mike at mikebaird d o t com, flickr.bairdphotos.com, Canon 1D Mark III, and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM handheld.

Family Enjoys a Fourth of July Holiday in a Park at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Which Is 12 Miles West of New Ulm...

Image by The U.S. National Archives
Original Caption: Family Enjoys a Fourth of July Holiday in a Park at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, Which Is 12 Miles West of New Ulm. Brown County Is Predominately a Farming Area Where the Farms Are Being Consolidated. in the Past Each Family Owned Land. Now the Farms Are Growing Larger and Are Operated by Two Or Three Generations of the Same Family. The County Was Settled in the Mid-1800's by Germans, Norwegians and Swedes Who Are Clustered in Various Communities.

U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-15738

Photographer: Schulke, Flip, 1930-2008

Subjects:
New Ulm (Brown county, Minnesota, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA

Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=558188

Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001.

For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html

Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html



Access Restrictions: Unrestricted
Use Restrictions: Unrestricted

A Loyalist Family Portrait

Image by Eric Eggertson
The family of John and Celena March of Stouffville Ontario pose for a photograph. The Marches were United Empire Loyalists, descended from Peter Martz who lived in upstate New York. There are still Marches in the Stouffville/Markham area.

Back row: Eva Steckley, Will March, Georgina March, Percy March, Elsie March and David March.

Seated: Minnie (March) Curtis, John March, Celena (Clift) March and David Curtis.

Kids: Frank and Erla Curtis.

My great-grandmother is Minnie (seated left) and David Curtis (seated right). The kids are my great uncle and great aunt. Minnie and David moved to Saskatchewan, tried farming, ran a dry goods store in Wolseley, and ended up in Regina after David was injured at the grain elevator he worked at.

My grandmother Elsie (not born in this photo) grew up in Wolseley and Regina. If you're a relative and want a high-resolution copy of this image, leave a comment or e-mail me at "eggertson AT gmail DOT com" (no spaces, use the symbol instead of the capitalized word).

Percy Street

Some cool photo archive images:

Percy Street

Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Percy Street, looking south, including number 38, Johnson Hedley, wholesale confectioner. nd(1882)

Reference: TWAS: DX872/33/2

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.

Untitled

Image by Smithsonian Institution
Description: Thomas Smillie was the Smithsonian's first photographer and curator of photography, beginning his career at the institution in the 1870s. In 1913 he mounted an exhibition on the history of photography in the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building, showcasing many of the remarkable advancements made in the field that he feared had already been forgotten or disregarded.

Creator/Photographer: Thomas Smillie
Birth Date: 1843
Death Date: 1917

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1843, Thomas William Smillie immigrated to the United States with his family when he five years old. After studying chemistry and medicine at Georgetown University, he took a job as a photographer at the Smithsonian Institution, where he stayed for nearly fifty years until his death in 1917. Smillie's duties and accomplishments at the Smithsonian were vast: he documented important events and research trips, photographed the museum's installations and specimens, created reproductions for use as printing illustrations, performed chemical experiments for Smithsonian scientific researchers, and later acted as the head and curator of the photography lab. Smillie's documentation of each Smithsonian exhibition and installation resulted in an informal record of all of the institution's art and artifacts. In 1913 Smillie mounted an exhibition on the history of photography to showcase the remarkable advancements that had been made in the field but which he feared had already been forgotten.

Medium: Cyanotype

Culture: American

Date: 1913

Collection: Thomas Smillie Collection (Record Unit 95) - Thomas Smillie served as the first official photographer for the Smithsonian Institution from 1870 until his death in 1917. As head of the photography lab as well as its curator, he was responsible for photographing all of the exhibits, objects, and expeditions, leaving an informal record of early Smithsonian collections.

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession number: RU95_Box77_0038

Cool Photo Sizes images

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La Seo de Manresa

Image by Jose Luis Mieza Photography
View On Black View My Recent

Luciti


In Onexposure

Listen, Toccata & Fugue in d minor (BACH, J.S.)

La Colegiata Basílica de Santa María, o como se la denomina popularmente La Seu, es el edificio mas emblemático del gótico religioso manresano. Corona el monte Cardener, cuna histórica de la ciudad, desde donde se contempla un magnífico panorama sobre el río, ocupa el espacio de construcciones religiosas y civiles mas antiguas. Es, sin duda, la imagen mas clá¡sica y bonita de la ciudad. El primer nombre hace referencia al capítulo de canonjías que recoge, mientras que la denominación de basí­lica corresponde al título otorgado en 1886 por el Papa León XIII. En 1931 fue declarada monumento histórico. La iglesia de Santa Marí­a de Manresa aparece documentada en el año 890. El 999, las tropas musulmanas de Al-Mansur la devastaron, lo mismo que hicieron con toda la ciudad. Fue en el año 1000 cuando, el conde Berenguer Ramán I, su madre, la condesa Ermesenda de Carcasona y Oliva, obispo de Vic, restituyeron la antigua dotación de la iglesia. Se deduce, por consiguiente que, antes de la construcción románica del siglo XI, precedente del actual edifico gótico, habían existido dos anteriores preromá¡nicas.
Del siglo XI, un conjunto de cuatro arcos apoyados en unas columnas dobles con capiteles ornamentados con elementos geométricos y vegetales, que correspondían a la galería dispuesta en forma de porche. Del siglo XII, el portal, al lado de la puerta norte de la basílica y talla policromada representando a Cristo en la cruz, guardada en el Museo Histórico de la Seu. La Seu se construyó en el mismo lugar en que estaba la antigua iglesia románica de Santa María, que se había quedado pequeña para una ciudad que experimentó un desarrollo extraordinario durante el siglo XIV. Como todas las obras de este tipo los trabajos se prolongaron durante muchos años, con diversas fases de actividad y ralentización de las obras que, globalmente, no se pueden considerar parcialmente acabadas hasta el siglo XVI. En 1322 se inicia su construcción contratando al arquitecto Berenguer de Montagut, maestro mayor de Santa María del Mar (Barcelona), del Carmen y del Puente Nuevo de Manresa, entre otras. En 1328 se pone la primera piedra, empezando a trabajar por la parte del abside con siete capillas radiales y los dos portales. En una segunda fase constructiva (entre 1353 y 1425), se levantaron los tres tramos de la nave con sus capillas laterales. Los últimos años las obras fueron dirigidas por el maestro Arnau de Vallers con un largo período de inactividad en la fase mas crítica del siglo XV. Las obras se reemprendieron en 1480. El maestro Martí dâIbar construyó³ los dos tramos que faltaban y el definitivo muro de poniente, con el gran rosetón. La cripta, construida en 1577 y ampliada recientemente, contiene las reliquias de los Cuerpos Santos de los patronos de la ciudad: San Mauricio, San Fruitós y Santa Inés y está decorada con esculturas de alabastro, obra de Jaume Padró (1781)
El campanario, de sección cuadrangular, data de 1592
La capilla del Santísimo, de estilo renacentista, fue inaugurada en 1657.
El claustro actual es obra barroca, de principios del siglo XVIII
La fachada principal porticada y el baptisterio son de los años 1915-1934, realizadas según los proyectos de Alexandre Soler i March, interpretando una idea de Antonio Gaudí. De planta de salón, dividida internamente por dieciocho pilastras octogonales, coronadas con capiteles ornamentales de tema vegetal, y grandes vidrieras policromadas, es una caso notable de síntesis de estructuras propias de los templos de una y de tres naves en un mismo edificio. Destaca su gran amplitud interior entre columnas, el gran campanario cuadrado de mas de 50 metros de altitud, los contrafuertes que dan solidez a todo el edificio y que permiten una doble hilera de grandes ventanales. Como curiosidad, uno de los contrafuertes, en la parte del abside, tiene la forma de torre hexagonal y es conocida, popularmente, como el caracol de San Pedro. Sus dimensiones son: 68 metros de largo y 33 de ancho total, 18 metros en la nave central que está flanqueada por dos naves mas estrechas (7,5 metros). La estructura del edificio es de una única y amplia nave, sin transepto, con un abside poligonal en la parte de levante y una girola alrededor del presbiterio. Al lado de la gran nave principal hay, a cada lado, unas capillas laterales de gran altura que se comunican entre sí por medio de unas arcadas. Se puede considerar como una de las naves más atrevidas y amplias del gótico, un estilo austero y horizontal, con pocos elementos ornamentales que interrumpan la verticalidad.

UN ASUNTO ESPINOSO

Image by PROYECTO AGUA** /** WATER PROJECT
aumentar

Gracias a nuestros amigos de Brasil de AFNatura, en especial a Rosane Marques y a Emídio Bastos por su cariñosa acogida y difusión de la exposición LA VIDA OCULTA DEL AGUA ¡ Un gran abrazo !

Ahora en Biodiversidad virtual y hace poco en El País -en pdf- gracias a Elisabet Sans.
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Cuestión de espinas, es decir, cuestión de vida, de este modo los tres protagonistas de la imagen, dos bien visibles y otro que rápidamente se escabulle deslizándose, como no queriendo saber nada de este asunto, conquistan tiempo para permanecer vivos en el universo del agua.

Raphidiophrys es una ameba sol, hoy un sol un poco transfigurado y abrigado con su traje de agujas de cuarzo, para aguantar el frío invernal y el calor del verano. Raphidiophrys se muestra arisco hacia fuera y como un nido suave y cálido en su interior; esta maraña de espinas que es su traje, teje un barrera de defensas como una muralla casi inexpugnable que pocos seres se atreverán a franquear.

Casi inmóvil y a la espera, entre esa maraña de espinas, Raphidiophrys lanza camuflados sus brazos de hilo, finas redes que esperan una pesca segura…

…y esa pesca segura de Raphidiophrys se ha convertido hoy en un problema espinoso, pues Mallomonas navegando en su búsqueda del sol, parece haberse enmarañado entre las redes y las espinas de la ameba sol con sus propias espinas de cristal. La armadura de escamas de cuarzo transparente, cuarzo cristalino de Mallomonas, no se conforma con ser así y se prolonga en largas agujas que son sus espinas de alga-erizo nadadora y así, con esta defensa arrastrada por el corcel de su flagelo recorre el agua, con algún tropiezo como el de hoy, del que posiblemente se liberará.

Y quizá asustado por este, choque de agujas lucha incruenta de decenas de sables de cristal, Spirostomum huye y posiblemente no por miedo, quizá no quiera verse en el aprieto de tener que liberar sus espinas escondidas, armas secretas de muchos protozoos, los tricocistos que tantas veces podrán salvar su vida.

Toda una exhibición incruenta de mecanismos de defensa que parecen salir de un libro fantástico o de la imaginación y que están en estos seres tan minúsculos como fascinantes que habitan en el agua.

La fotografía de hoy procede de una charca situada en las inmediaciones de la localidad riojana de Ajamil y ha sido tomada a 400 aumentos empleando la técnica de contraste de interferencia.


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☁ la nube negra de una justicia pervertida en nuestro país, movida por la envidia y la venganza, permanecerá aquí, hasta que soplen los vientos limpios que todos necesitamos. La Justicia es uno de los cimientos necesarios para la Paz. Desde aquí todo nuestro apoyo al Juez Baltasar Garzón -el buen Juez de Saramago- y a las personas de buena voluntad como él que trabajan por la Justicia.

José Saramago: Ni leyes ni Justicia
Martín Pallín
Firmas de apoyo en Facebook
Radio Nacional Holandesa

Eric's Star Twist V.2.1 - (fairly easy) Precrease

Image by mimickr
sorry for the big picture.. click 'all sizes' button please.

i can't wait any more to thank my 'first' teacher of paper tessellation in flickr, origomi, Eric Gjerde.
well.. since i couldn't post photos for a while so i've prepared this.
i had something else about this model but i'm not sure if i will post that something.
i will tell what the something is if i post it (wish me luck).

anyway, this and the original model gives me great inspiration on paper folding...
in fact i've fold the both quite alot for the kids of my friends'.
what can i say, they just love them. and i got the credit for it (sorry Eric).
one of my friend laminated this nicely.
umm... not quite like Eric's vacuum-packed star twist.. ^L^"

before making this precrease and steps for star twist, i looked over Eric's homepage to see if there's any change on this model... (hoping there's a new hint on folding this)
and i found New Star Twist Diagrams which is nice but not so easy to remember... at least to me. so i decide to make a 'fairly easy' folding steps for the beginners like me.

this is also my 'first' attempt to make an SCP(Sequenced Crease Pattern),
so it needs to be examined by experts such as.. Philip? and other gurus?
please tell me what you guys think.. i don't want to be alone (like Joel had been ^L^")

i found some mistakes after uploading them... see the notes on diagram.
and if you have any questions or sugestions, please let me know.
(i'm sure some of you couldn't understand my 'Kongrish(Korean-English)'. ^L^")

again, i thank Eric and of course other friends in flickr ^L^"

[last thing to say... i open these for friends only right now.. i will open them to public if Eric or you guys think that i'm not breaking any kind of copyright thing such as my copy of Philip's (CC) mark ^L^"]

... [Edited: i open this to public with Eric's permission. well i might wait till Philip says something about his CC mark that i copied but i guess he's a lil busy ^L^".
by the way, i'm gonna send PDF of this to Eric about a week later (i gotta correct some mistakes and add more explanation on them)
so that he can post it on his homepage.
i might post it on my homepage (or weblog page) when i have one available...
probably a Korean Version... ^L^"

Nice Picture Framing photos

Check out these picture framing images:

Frame created with ImageFramer for the Mac.

Image by glen.dahlman
Frame created with Apparent Software's ImageFramer 2.4.7 for Mac OS X.

Frame created with ImageFramer for the Mac.

Image by glen.dahlman
Frame created with Apparent Software's ImageFramer 2.4.7 for Mac OS X.

Frame created with ImageFramer for the Mac.

Image by glen.dahlman
Frame created with Apparent Software's ImageFramer 2.4.6 for Mac OS X.

Cool Image Editor images

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Naperville Scenic Overlook Panoramic

Image by Michael Kappel
Super high resolution Panoramic or the Naperville Scenic Overlook
29,999 X 3,279 pixels that is 98,366,721 total pixels!

Stitch composed with Microsoft Image Composite Editor (ICE)
research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/groups/ivm/ICE/

View it on Zoom.it
zoom.it/5DZl

Check out the full resolution photo on my website
pictures.michaelkappel.com/HighResolution/5744400053.htm

Fermilab Corn Field

Image by Michael Kappel
SeaDragon Deep Zoom
seadragon.com/view/xhy

Panoramic Photomontage assembled by
"Windows Live Photo Gallery"
Microsoft Image Composite Editor
download.live.com/photogallery

Photographs taken by Mike Kappel
MikeKappel.com

Xmas card - 2009

Some cool christmas photo card images:

Xmas card - 2009

Image by Manuel Jorge Marques
After sending it to all my e-mail and Facebook contacts, let's put it in here, to compensate for the lack of interesting photos taken by me in the last few months! :P

Holiday photo

Image by wendyness
J decided that I needed a "Christmas card" photo and so we did a pseudo-shoot at the candy shop. This was minutes after my shiny new haircut.

Xmas card

Image by vidalia_11
Back-background by JoesSistah: www.flickr.com/photos/27805557@N08/4196624767/?editedcomm....