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Q: Shape of rotating rope (lasso problem?) Let's take a wire or a rope. I usually do this with a chain or my scarf.
I fixate one end in my hand and apply rotation (by subtle movements of this endpoint like spinning a lasso). The rope gets into rotation and obtains certain bent shape:

Some part is missing because cellphone cameras ain't great for high-speed photos but I hope you can imagine all the scarf.
The question is: how can I calculate/predict this shape?
Although this problem doesn't seem that bizarre, I have never seen any solution. Nor I have found this question asked anywhere on internet... Must be because I just don't know how to formulate it without pictures.
Also by taking longer rope I get more than one bend:

I apoligize for the quality again. It is even harder to rotate this while taking picture. The form is not spiral, it is more like a shape in a plane that's rotating.
I'll be thankful for explanations, solutions, links or at least a correct formulation of this problem.

A: It's an interesting problem. I've tried to study it neglecting the air friction, which is likely to be nonnegligible. So let's parametrize the rope of length $L$ by the vector $(z(l), r(l))$, with $l$ being the curviligne coordinate along the rope and $(z,r)$ the cylindrical coordinates of the rope (I've omitted $\theta$, which can be assumed to be constant in the rotating frame [see my comment below this post for a justification of this omission]).
In the rotating frame, the potential energy of the rope is
$$E_p=\int_0^L \mu dl\left(gz-\frac12\Omega^2r^2\right)$$
and the definition of the curviligne integral gives the constraint $r'^2+l'^2=1$. So the problem can be translated into minimizing the following quantity :
$$\begin{align}
 \int_0^Ldl \mathcal L(z,r;z',r';l) & &
 \text{with } \mathcal L(z,r;z',r';l)=\mu gz - \tfrac12\mu\Omega^2r^2 - \lambda(z'^2+r'^2).
\end{align}$$
One should not forget (as I did in a first tentative answer) that the Lagrange multiplier $\lambda$ depends on $l$/
It is a standard Euler-Lagrange problem and its solution is given by
$$\begin{align}
 \frac{\partial\mathcal L}{\partial z}-\frac{d}{dl}\frac{\partial\mathcal L}{\partial z}&=0&
&\text{and}&
 \frac{\partial\mathcal L}{\partial r}-\frac{d}{dl}\frac{\partial\mathcal L}{\partial r}&=0&
\end{align}$$
The equation in $z$ becomes
$$\begin{align}
\mu g&=-2\frac{d}{dl}(\lambda z')&
\lambda z'&= -\tfrac12 \mu g(l-l_0),
\end{align}$$
where $l_0$ is an integration constant. For the optimal solution $z'\le 0$, since replacing $z' by -|z'|$ can only decrease $\mathcal L$, ans we have $z'=-\sqrt{1-r'^2}$. One has therefore
$$\lambda=\frac{\mu g(l-l_0)}{2\sqrt{1-r'^2}}$$.
The equation in $r$ is then
$$-\mu\Omega^2r=-2\frac{d}{dl}(\lambda r') =-\frac{d}{dl}\frac{\mu g(l-l_0)r'}{\sqrt{1-r'^2}}$$
We have then the following equation to integrate
$$0=\frac{\Omega^2}{g}r(1-r'^2)^{3/2}-r'(1-r'^2)-(l-l_0)r''.$$
I don't know how to integrate it analytically, but when $l-l_0<0$, it seems that we can have oscillations.
Edited to add :
If one looks at the signs of $r'$ and $r''$ as function of $r$ and $r'$ for a fixed $l$, one can quickly draw some arrows in phase space (i.e.) and see that the flow goes "in circles" when $l<l_0$ and tends asymptotically to the curve $\frac{\Omega^2}{g}r=\frac{r'}{\sqrt{1-r'^2}}$ when $l>l0$. So one can expect a finite number of oscillations of the rope. But the whole question is then how $l_0$ relates to the parameters of the system.
Edit: In the limit of almost vertical rope ($r'\ll1$), the equation becomes
$$0=\frac{\Omega^2}{g}r-r'-(l-l_0)r''$$
which is simpler. And indeed, Wolfram Alpha has an analytical solution using modified Bessel functions.

A: I think the first part of the curve (the part between your hand and the stationary "node" where the curve crosses back over the vertical axis) would be described by the Troposkein Curve, or at least be extremely similar.
This curve would, I imagine, either fully describe, or at least be related to, any other segments between nodes if you had more than one.
The last "tail" bit at the bottom of the rope would be different, obviously, but you could probably get the shape using a similar method.

A: I solved equations written by @genneth numerically (for initial condition I used a shooting method). Crucial part is that I
did not use equation
$$(Tr^2\phi')' = 0 $$
I.e. I supposed that curve is flat. My results is below.

NOTE that in 3 first pictured only $\omega$ changes. In the last picture I changed  length $l$. This pictures and a lot of others let me to conclude that number of ``modes'' $N_a$ i.e. points where $r'=0$ is
$$N_a \propto \sqrt{l}\ln{\omega}$$
for large $\omega$.

A: This is not a complete solution but I'm making it a community wiki so that others can supplement and correct it.
Frédéric Grosshans is almost correct in the above, but misses a crucial part of the problem: the rope may coil around the axis. The general method of assuming a stable equilibrium shape and minimising the (effective) potential energy in a rotating frame is a good one, but perhaps one should be wary of assuming that such a stable equilibrium even exists.
Pressing on, we parametrise the rope as $(z(l), r(l), \phi(l))$, and the potential energy is: $$U = \int_0^L dl \; \rho \left(\frac{1}{2} \omega^2 r^2 - g z\right)$$ where $\rho$ is the density per length (apparently irrelevant in the end, but we will keep it to make sure that the units are sane) and we take the convention that $z$ increases downwards.
The constraint is that each small element of the rope must be at a fixed length, so we introduce a Lagrange multiplier field (this is a field theory in 1D!): $$L = \rho \left(\frac{1}{2} \omega^2 r^2 - g z\right) + \frac{1}{2}T\left(r'^2 + z'^2 + r^2 \phi'^2 - 1\right)$$ where $T$ is the Lagrange multiplier field (the name will become obvious, as will the random factor of 1/2).
Pushing through the Euler-Lagrange equations yields:
$$\begin{align*}
\rho g + (Tz')' &= 0 \\
\rho \omega^2 r + T r \phi'^2 - (Tr')' &= 0 \\
(T r^2 \phi ')' &= 0 \\
r'^2 + z'^2 + r^2 \phi'^2 &= 1
\end{align*}$$
The first equation encodes the meaning of $T$ as the tension in the rope. We may integrate it and obtain the quite obviously sensible $$Tz' = \rho g (L - l)$$ (using the boundary condition that $T = 0$ at $l = L$) which simply encodes that the vertical component of the tension must balance the weight of the rope below.
The remaining equations are 1st order in $z$ and 2nd order in $\phi$ and $r$. We have the coordinate setting equations that $z(0) = 0$ and $\phi(0) = 0$. There is a genuine extra parameter $r(0)$ which dictates the radius of the driving force at the top. However, one still needs another boundary condition for $r$ and $\phi$ (or possibly their derivatives) for the problem to be well posed. In addition, the condition for $T$ leads to a tricky integral equation, since the natural boundary condition is that $T(L) = 0$, and one would then need to integrate this to obtain the boundary at $l = 0$.
Finally, I should mention that this partial solution as it stands has one serious deficiency which may or may not be connected to the boundary condition problem above: the equations are symmetric for $\omega \rightarrow - \omega$, so apparently an available solution would have the rope pointing forwards of the rotating force. But perhaps this is a maximum of the energy rather than the minimum.
In any case, the problem seems highly non-linear, and I would be surprised (and delighted) if an analytic solution is possible. One might hope however that there are easy to understand regimes (apart from the trivial ones at $\omega = 0$ or $\infty$).

A: I have a probable guess that this phenomenon is somehow linked to (or is similar to) standing waves.
If you hold one end of the rope and do a horizontal simple harmonic motion (i.e. oscillate the end horizontally), a plane transverse wave will be created and when it travels down to the other end it will reflect back (as waves reflect at one free end of the medium), thus a standing wave is formed, with the free end being an anti-node. Depending on the length of the rope and the angular velocity of the oscillation, none or one or several nodes will form along the rope.
Consider the motion of the rotating rope as the result of two transverse waves traveling in two planes perpendicular to each other, and the standing wave explanation does make some sense.
I'm not sure about it -- just a guess.

A: We will show that the shape of the rotating rope is the Bessel function.
Let us adopt a rotating coordinate system in which the rope is at rest. We shall use cylindrical coordinates, $r$ and $z$ are the radial and the vertical coordinates, where $(r,z)=(0,0)$ denotes the point of suspension and $z$ increases downwards. The rope runs along the points $(r(l),z(l))$, where $l$ is the length along the rope measured from the free end, i.e. $l=L$ at the point of suspension.
The forces acting on an infinitesimal rope element of mass $dm$ are the gravitational and the centrifugal forces ($dm\, g$ and $dm\, \omega^2 r$) and the constraint forces that arise due to the tension in the rope that make sure that the line density remains $\eta = m/L$ everywhere along the rope, where $m$ and $L$ are respectively the total mass and length. The tension in the rope at $l$ exerts a force $\vec{F}_T(l)$ which is parallel with the tangent vector of the rope. For a rope element between $l-dl$ and $l+dl$, forces arise at the bounding points i.e. $\vec{F}_T(l+dl)$ and at $\vec{F}_T(l-dl)$.
The radial and vertical equations of motion are
\begin{align}
dm \frac{d^2r}{dt^2} &= dm \,\omega^2 r  - F_T(l+dl) \sin\theta(l+dl) + F_T(l-dl) \sin\theta(l-dl) = 0 ,\\
dm \frac{d^2z}{dt^2} &= dm\, g  - F_T(l+dl) \cos\theta(l+dl) + F_T(l-dl) \cos\theta(l-dl) = 0 .\\
\end{align}
Here $\theta$ denotes the angle subtended by the tangent of the rope with the vertical, i.e. $\tan \theta = -dr/dz$. This generally changes with the position along the rope which we write as $\theta(l)$. The right hand side is zero given that the rope is at rest in the rotating frame. Note that the rope must be planar at rest, since no forces act in the azimuthal direction and so the rope tension cannot have an azimuthal component, the rope must have a zero derivative along the azimuthal direction.
Divide the equations with $2dl$:
\begin{align}
\frac{d}{dl} (F_T \sin\theta) &= \eta \omega^2 r, \\
\frac{d}{dl} (F_T \cos\theta) &= \eta g.
\end{align}
The vertical equation may be integrated as
$$F_T \cos\theta = \eta g l. $$
This satisfies the boundary conditions since at the lower end $l=0$ so $F_T=0$, and at $l=L$ we have $\cos \theta=1$ implying that $F_T=\eta g L = m g$. Substituting in the radial equation and using that $\sin \theta = \tan \theta \cos \theta = -(dr/dz)\cos \theta$, gives
$$\frac{d}{dl} \left(\eta g l \frac{dr}{dz}\right) = -\eta \omega^2 r. $$
In the limit that $\theta\ll 1$, we can approximate $l\approx L-z$. To simplify the equations, redefine the coordinate system with the substitution $z\rightarrow L-z$, so that $z=0$ is the lower free end of the rope and $z=L$ is the upper fixed end. This yields
$$\frac{d}{dz} \left(\eta g z \frac{dr}{dz}\right) \approx -\eta \omega^2 r. $$
This approximation allows us to obtain an exact analytic solution in a closed form. In practice we find numerically that the exact solution is very well described by this approximation.
We now manipulate this equation to arrive at the Bessel equation. Introduce a new variable $x = 2 \omega \sqrt{z/g}$ so that $z =  x^2 g/(4\omega^2)$. The chain rule implies that the derivative with respect to $z$ may be written as
$$\frac{d}{dz} = \frac{dx}{dz}\frac{d}{dx} = \frac{1}{dz/dx}\frac{d}{dx} = \frac{2\omega^2}{g x} \frac{d}{dx}.$$
The constants drop out after substitution and we get
$$\frac{1}{x}\frac{d}{dx} \left(x\frac{dr}{dx}\right) = r $$
or
$$x^2 \frac{d^2 r}{dx^2} + x\frac{dr}{dx}  + x^2 r = 0. $$
This is Bessel's differential equation defining the Bessel functions $J_0(x)$ and $Y_0(x)$, the general solution is a linear combination of these functions. Since $Y_0(x)$ diverges at $x=0$ and $J_0(0)=1$, the physical solution is proportional to the Bessel function of the first kind $J_0(x)$. Thus, the shape of the rotating rope is
$$r(z) = r_{\mathrm{end}}\, J_0(x(z)) = r_{\mathrm{end}} \,J_0\left( 2 \omega \sqrt{\frac{z}{g}} \right).$$
Here $r_{\mathrm{end}}$ is the radial coordinate at the loose end.
The boundary condition at the suspension is that at $z = L$ the radial coordinate satisfies $r=0$, so we must require that
$J_0\left( 2 \omega \sqrt{L/g} \right) = 0$.
The zeros of the Bessel functions are well known, they are tabulated. Let us denote the $n$th zero with $x_n = \{2.4048, 5.5201, 8.6537, 11.7915, \dots\}$. The boundary condition is satisfied when $\omega = \frac{x_n}{2} \sqrt{g/L}$ for any $n$. Thus
$$r(z) = r_{\mathrm{end}}\, J_0(x(z)) = r_{\mathrm{end}}\, J_0\left( x_n \sqrt{\frac{z}{L}} \right).$$
For larger frequencies the rope has multiple nodes, i.e. places where it crosses $r=0$. The rope has $k$ nodes if the angular frequency is $\omega = \frac{x_{k+1}}{2} \sqrt{g/L}$, one node for $\omega = \frac{x_2}{2} \sqrt{g/L} = 2.26\sqrt{g/L}$, two nodes if $4.33\sqrt{g/L}$, and three nodes if $5.896 \sqrt{g/L}$.
In the limit, $\omega \gg \sqrt{g/L}$ we can use the asymptotic formula for the zeros of Bessel functions $x_{k+1} \approx (k- \frac{3}{4}) \pi $, so it has $k$ number of nodes when
$$\omega = \frac{\pi}{2}\left(k + \frac{3}{4}\right) \sqrt{\frac{g}{L}}.$$
Solving for $k$ shows that the number of nodes for $\omega \gg \sqrt{g/L}$ is
$$k=\frac{2\omega}{\pi}\sqrt{\frac{L}{g}}-\frac{3}{4}.$$
In this case, the asymptotic form of the Bessel function
$$ J_0(x) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi x}} \cos\left(x - \frac{\pi}{4}\right) + \mathcal{O}(x^{-3/2})
$$ implies that for large $\omega$ and large $z$
$$r(z) \approx r_{\mathrm{end}}\, \sqrt{\frac{1}{\pi \omega} \sqrt{\frac{g}{z}}} \cos\left( 2 \omega \sqrt{\frac{z}{g}} - \frac{\pi}{4}\right).$$
Note that we assumed that the top end fixed at $z=L$  satisfies $r(L)=0$. In the more general case, the boundary conditions are $r(L)=r_0$ and  $r(0)=r_{\mathrm{end}}$. This implies that $J_0(2\omega\sqrt{L/g}) = r_0/r_{\mathrm{end}}$, and we get a similar solution for large $\omega$ if $r_0/r_{\mathrm{end}}\ll 1$.

A: It will be some sort of hyperbolic function, and the force and length of rope will determine the frequency to predict the shape.  The initial 'circle' at your wrist will define the constant force to explain the sin curve.  This is not a very good explanation but if you were to define a hyperbolic function using a z axis it could be sinh z=(e^z-e^-z)/2.


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The problem with writing novels, or painting, or any artistic endeavour is that success is not clear cut. When I became a lawyer, I got a piece of paper to prove I'd earned my title. Our society is geared to work that way. You get a certificate for everything – from trying hardest in grade three last week, to a degree in engineering. It's not like that with writing. Years ago, a friend of mine travelled to South America and called himself a poet. He made it up. He'd never written a piece of poetry in his life, but for some reason the description appealed. Nobody challenged him. After all, how could you prove him wrong? Before long he felt compelled to live up to his self-proclaimed title. Poetry ensued. By the time he returned to Australia, fiction had become truth. He's now a respected author and poet with several published works to his name. My question is, when did he actually become a poet? There must have come a threshold moment when one second he wasn't one, and the next he was.
It's the same with novels. I make up a story in my head. I do a lot of planning, a lot of fitting ideas into three act structures, a lot of plotting character arcs. But I never know what I have on my hands until I start writing, until I start putting words one after the other. It always seems impossible to start with, I'm always a novice in the beginning.Then at some indefinable point in this organic process there is a subtle shift, and suddenly I am writing a novel. The story takes root, becomes powerful, develops a vivid life of its own. It's most mysterious, like that imperceptible moment when a sapling becomes a tree, or a pupating caterpillar grows wings … but I'm giving myself a headache. Maybe I should just call myself a philosopher (my new made-up imprimatur) and leave it at that. Shall be at the RWA Conference next week, where for a few glorious days everyone is a writer and nobody agonises about a thing!
This is the first post of a series about getting a novel published in Australia, based on personal experience with my upcoming book, Brumby's Run.
There are an infinite number of ways to construct your manuscript. Some people write the end first. Some people write chapters out of order and tie them all together later. Some use programs like Scrivener to help keep the threads together. I begin at the beginning and write in a linear fashion, with only a vague plot outline to go by. This allows the narrative to surprise me, and is a lot of fun. But whatever method you choose, writing a novel takes time and hard work.
Finally, after a great deal of hair-tearing, wine, chocolate and some sublime moments of inspiration, you type The End on your first draft. You put it aside for a few weeks to get a bit of distance. You celebrate. Catch your breath. For the real work is about to begin.
You have your painstakingly manufactured canvas. It's time to create some magic. The legendary Peter Bishop, former creative director of Varuna Writer's House, once said to me that the first draft is the writer's draft. It is essentially the writer telling himself the story. You need to revise it within an inch of its life – cutting, adding, polishing and shaping, until you have a reader's draft. Only then should you contemplate launching it into the world.
I'm interested in finding out more about the process of other writers. Do you use Scrivener or something similar, for instance? Do you have any writing rituals? I have a Snoopy toy on my computer. It holds a tiny typewriter with It was a dark and stormy night… written on it. What about you?
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
Posted on May 17, 2013 by Dean Lucas
Behind the camera: Bill Eppridge and Boris Yaro took similiar photos
Where: Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
Photo Summary: Robert F Kennedy after he is shot. Hotel busboy Juan Ramero was shaking his hand when he was shot and was the first to help him
Picture Taken: Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968
On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy was attending a successful campaign in the California primary elections while seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. He had just finished giving a speech to supporters in the Ambassador Hotel and was on his way to another part of the hotel. He was crushed by the adoring crowd and while he was shaking hands with busboy Juan Ramero, twenty-four-year-old assassin Sirhan Sirhan fired all the bullets from his gun at Kennedy. When the crowds cleared two photographers snapped the above images of the busboy trying to help Kennedy.
In 1968 five years had gone by since Robert F. Kennedy's brother then President John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. Since that time Robert F. Kennedy (also called Bobby) had been elected United States Senator seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The campaign had been going well and following the California primary, Kennedy was in second place with 393 delegates compared to vice president Hubert Humphrey's 561. After giving a speech at the Ambassador Hotel's Embassy Room ballroom, in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angles, he was walking through the kitchen when the assassin struck.
Sirhan Sirhan managed to hit Bobby three times with the bullets fired from his gun. One entered his brain behind his right ear while the two others went in through the right armpit exiting from his chest and back of the neck. Soon after the picture was taken he was rushed to the Central Receiving Hospital in Los Angles about a mile away. Before he was lifted onto a stroller he was still conscious and was able to speak a few words. After being stabilized he was transferred to the Hospital of the Good Samaritan for surgery. The operation went through the night starting at 3:12 a.m. and lasting to 7:02 a.m. Despite the surgery, Kennedy died several hours later at 1:44 a.m. PDT on June 6, nearly 26 hours after the shooting.
Sirhan Sirhan
The assassin was one Sirhan Sirhan a strongly anti-Israeli Palestine Christian immigrant. He had moved to America when he was 12 and had lived in New York and California. Sirhan had developed an obsession with killing Bobby Kennedy and after his arrest, his diary and writing showed that he had severe mental issues. He was convicted on April 17, 1969, and the judge sentenced him to death. However he was removed off death row after a landmark case in the California Supreme Court, California v. Anderson, invalidated all pending death sentences imposed in California prior to 1972. He is still incarcerated at the California State Prison in Corcoran. On February 10, 2016, at his 15th parole hearing, Sirhan was denied parole again.
Juan Ramero
Ramero was 17 in 1968 but he idolized Kennedy and was thrilled that Bobby was staying at the hotel he worked for. When he was a child in Mexico, Bobby was worshiped by his family because he was a Catholic and a family man, and his brother John Kennedy had spoken of Hispanics as hardworking and family-oriented at a time when Hispanics were seen as nothing more than menial workers to be ignored. The night before he had promised to do extra work to get a chance to take a room-service call from the Kennedy suite. The call came and he had a chance to meet him in person. But it wasn't enough and when Kennedy passed through the kitchen Ramero pushed through the crowds to get another handshake.
While he was shaking Bobby's hand he felt heat and saw Kennedy go down. Kneeling by his side he was captured in the photos above. When Ramero felt the back of Bobby's head his hand came back covered in blood. Juan took his rosary beads and pushed them into Kennedy's hands and as he knelt over him Ramero thought he heard Bobby. At the trial Ramero told the court that he saw the assassin:
I thought there was a person that couldn't wait to shake his hand, and I thought I was going to be interested to watch it, and so I was watching it and I … seen him put his — he put his arm like that and he shot two shots and then I saw a gun and then I turned around and I seen he was right in front of him (the senator) and I leaned down and put my hand to the back of [Kennedy's] head and tried to give him some, whatever I could, aid, some aid; that is about all I could do.
He an interview with TIME he remembers, "the doctors said it would have been impossible for him to speak, but with God as my witness, I swear Mr. Kennedy said either, 'Is everybody O.K.?' or 'Everything's going to be O.K.'"
After the pictures were released he became a celebrity with mail pouring in from all over the world. But feeling uneasy with all the attention and after Juan's stepfather told him no honorable man profits from another man's tragedy he left. He travelled from town to town until 1974 when he settled down with his wife Elda and the two started a family in San Jose. As of 1998 Juan still lives with Elda and their three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. He is still scared from that evening and doesn't talk about the pictures with his family and rarely does interviews but hopes that he can honor Bobby Kennedy by living in his spirit, working hard, honoring his God, and taking care of his family while living a life of tolerance and compassion.
Boris Yaro
Boris Yaro's photo
Boris Yaro who was working for the LA Times was like Ramero a fan of the Kennedy clan he remembers that after hearing the shots:
Bobby put both arms up and began to bob and weave like a boxer. At one point he put his head down almost to his knees, but the man with the gun kept lunging and firing, wounding five other people.
I froze. "No," I said to myself. "Not again. Not another Kennedy."
During my professional career I have been instructed to not touch things, especially at a crime scene. But as I watched the shooter go for his revolver, I broke the rule, crouched under the swinging arms and grabbed the gun. I was shocked to feel that the grip of the gun was smooth and very warm. Then someone took the weapon from me. I turned to see who, but all I saw were business suits and tuxedos. I figured it was probably a cop and turned back to Bobby, who in the darkness was sinking to the floor.
Suddenly the area was lighted by a TV film camera and I started to make photos of Kennedy sprawled on the floor, a busboy near him.
My mind was shrieking, "No . . . no, this can't be. I'm here to make a photo for my wall."
Someone grabs my arm. It is a woman, and all I see is her face. Her mouth is making funny sounds. "Don't take pictures," she says. "I'm a photographer, and I'm not taking pictures!" She is pulling on my arm, trying to move the camera from my eye. I am shooting at a very slow shutter speed, and she has stopped me.
I pull my arm from her grasp and growl, "Goddamn it, lady. This is history!"
In 2012 Wired.com did a series of photos of photographers and their iconic pictures
Bill Eppridge
In his book A Time it Was: Bobby Kennedy in the Sixties Eppridge remembers that he was assigned by LIFE to cover bobby's 1968 campaign.
[The] senator came off the stage. The bodyguard said, 'Senator this way,' pointing to the door, and … Bob Kennedy said, 'No, this way' and turned and went to the right, to the kitchen and he had no protection in front of him."
Then the shots rang out.
"I got through the curtain into the kitchen and I first heard two shots, and I turned to my left and there was the senator lying there. And at that point my profession changed. I became a historian," Eppridge says.
What he saw was "almost like a crucifixion." Eppridge says he took three frames of a white-shirted busboy holding Kennedy — the third one became the icon.
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The IBSA World Games (formerly IBSA World Championships and Games) or World Blind Games are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA). The events enable blind and partially sighted athletes to compete in a number of sports. The first event took place at Madrid, Spain in 1998.

The competitions in athletics, swimming, goalball and judo are part of the qualification process for the Paralympic Games.

Events

IBSA World Games

IBSA World Youth Games  (WYC)
 Former name: IBSA World Youth and Student Games

 2013 also IBSA Para Pan-American Games.
 2009 and 2011 in judo and goalball and Athletics and 2013 in judo and goalball, 2015 and 2017 only in goalball.
 https://web.archive.org/web/20120702142551/http://www.ibsa.es/eng/competiciones/historicoFechas.asp
 http://www.ibsa.es/eng/competiciones/historico.asp?id=6&anio=2005  - 2005 and 2007 Sports : Athletics, Goalball, Judo, Powerlifting, Swimming
 https://konanjudo.org/2010/11/26/2011-ibsa-world-youth-and-student-championships/
 http://www.ibsasport.org/news/307/2013-ibsa-para-pan-american-games-and-world-youth-and-student-games-results
 http://www.ibsasport.org/calendar/615/2015-ibsa-world-youth-games-goalball-championships
 https://web.archive.org/web/20170902074459/http://usaba.org/index.php/sports/past-events/

1998 IBSA World Games

The inaugural 1998 sports event was held in Madrid, Spain for athletics, swimming, goalball and judo for the blind and vision-impaired.

2003 IBSA World Games

The 2003 Quebec, Canada event included five-a-side football, goalball and judo, other disciplines have been added to the event.  Blind athletes were able to compete in the following sports: powerlifting, ten-pin and nine-pin bowling, biathlon, alpine skiing, archery, showdown, swimming, shooting, torball, Nordic skiing, athletics and cycling.  Although a lot of winter sports were added to the list such as skiing, but also bowling and many others, but was held in five sports: Swimming, athletics, goalball, judo, and powerlifting.

2007 IBSA World Games

The 2007 São Paulo, Brazil sports were powerlifting, judo, goalball, football, swimming, and athletics.

 http://www.ibsasport.org/photos/pictures/345.jpg

2011 IBSA World Games

The 2011 Antalya, Turkey sports were athletics, chess, futsal (football) B1, futsal (football) B2/B3, goalball, judo, powerlifting, swimming.

2015 IBSA World Games

The 2015 IBSA World Championships and Games was held from 8 to 18 June 2015, in Seoul, South Korea and included competitions in ten sports:
 athletics, at the Incheon Munhak Stadium
 chess, at the Olympic Parktel Hotel
 futsal B1, at the Songpa women's football field
 Futsal B2/B3, at the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium
 goalball, in the Jangchung Arena for the men's competition, and SK Handball Centre for the women's competition
 judo, at the Jamsil student gymnasium
 powerlifting, at the Woori Financial Art Hall
 showdown
 swimming, at the Tancheon swimming pool
 tandem cycling
 tenpin bowling, at the Tancheon bowling centre.

Venues were scattered around the city, including opening and closing ceremonies at the Jamsil Arena.  About 1626 athletes competed from fifty-seven countries.  The event motto was 'See with Passion, Run with Hope'.  Mascots were Dari, Haechi and Suri.

2019 IBSA World Games

Nominations for the host nation for the 2019 IBSA World Games was called on 3 March 2017.  It was not possible to find a host nation able to cater for all the sports.  Instead the IBSA Goalball and Judo Paralympic Games qualifying tournaments were held in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America in June–July 2019, in conjunction with the federation's four-yearly international general assembly.

2023 IBSA World Games

IBSA indicated it would commence searching for a host nation in the latter part of 2018. On 11 May 2020, the University of Birmingham, England was announced as the host city, for 18–27 August 2023, with the sports of judo, goalball, football, chess, tenpin bowling, shooting, and showdown.

External links
http://iis.ibsawg2015seoul.org/en-us/Medal/medal_class.jsp
http://www.ibsasport.org/paginas/?url=seoul-2015-ibsa-world-games
 http://www.ibsa.es/esp/galeria/13/campeonato/campe_i.htm
 https://www.ibsaworldgames2011.com/the-ibsa-competitions.html - Sports
 https://www.ibsaworldgames2011.com/the-ibsa-organizing-members.html

References

IBSA competitions
Recurring sporting events established in 1998
Multi-sport events
Parasports competitions

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Q: test-path returns true when run from console but not from ISE the command:
test-path "\\someserver\c$\windows\ccm\logs\execmgr.log"

returns true when run from a console but false when run from ISE.
is there something I'm missing here? (the credentials executing this command has admin rights.)
the credential context under which I'm running both the Console and ISE are identical and have the highest elevation and I'm able to access that folder using the absolute path.

A: Assuming you're on the same computer using the same user ...
You're likely not authenticated/elevated the same to hit the share from the ISE. Try the following commands in both ISE and console. Any differences should lead you towards a solution...

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*Test-NetConnection 'someserver'

*Test-Path '\\someserver\c$'

*Test-Path '\\someserver\c$\windows'

*Test-Path '\\someserver\c$\windows\ccm'

*Test-Path '\\someserver\c$\windows\ccm\logs'
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In the ISE try authenticating the share with & net use \\someserver\c$.

A: Just ran into the same problem when trying to check a registry path.
For example, Test-Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft" returns true in both ISE and console.
Test-Path "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Identity Extensions" yields true in console, but false in ISE. Both are executed under elevated privileges.
Same with Get-ItemProperty - it does not find the registry path in ISE.
Finally I noticed that this problem only persists in ISE x86. In ISE x64, same cmdlets work perfectly fine. So my solution was to switch to ISE x64.

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Theodore Wendel
Theodore Wendel is one of the most respected American impressionists and major museums and collectors are eager to purchase exquisitely rendered works like View from the Artist's Farmhouse, Ipswich, MA that display Wendel's finest period of impressionism. He is considered the "most French" of American painters along with Theodore Robinson and Childe Hassam.
Wendel was born in Midway, Ohio, and lived in Newport (RI), Boston (1889-1898) and Ipswich (MA, 1898-). As a boy, he joined a circus as an acrobat. He studied with Thomas Noble at the McMicken School of Art at the University of Cincinnati, where he met and became a life long friend of Joseph DeCamp. He and DeCamp traveled to Munich, Germany, in 1878, to study with Frank Duveneck at the Munich Academy and they became known as "The Duveneck Boys." Duveneck, Chase, Whistler, Twachtman and Wendel painted landscapes and figural paintings in Polling, Florence, and Venice from 1878-1880. Most of his paintings from this period disappeared and are very rare. He sailed for Newport, Rhode Island in 1882 and lived briefly in New York. In 1883, he exhibited in Cincinnati with Twachtman, DeCamp and Potthast and in that year Wendel and Louis Ritter moved to Boston (soon followed by DeCamp) and opened a studio.
From 1886-1888, Wendel studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and during the summers of 1887 and 1888 he became a close friend of Claude Monet and painted at Monet's gardens in Giverny with fellow American Theodore Robinson, Willard Metcalf and John Twachtman. These American immersed themselves in the study of the heightened colors and intense light of the more modern impressionist style of Monet. Wendel, Breck and Metcalf returned to Boston and in 1889, both Wendel and Metcalf held important exhibitions there.
Wendel married Philena Stone in 1897 and they moved to a large farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts inherited from her family. Although the artist retained a Harcourt studio in Boston (where many of his paintings burned in the 1904 fire), his heart was at the Ipswich farm, which he worked himself. In 1917 a mysterious and protracted illness curtailed Wendel's outstanding career.
Wendel is represented in many permanent museum collections including the Terra Museum of Art, Chicago; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; the Cincinnati Art Museum and more.
References: John I.H. Bauer, Theodore Wendel, An American Impressionist, 1859-1932, exhibition; Who Was Who in American Art (vol. iii)
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Theodore Wendel, Lady with a Parasol by Stream, Oil on canvas, 20 x 30in. (50.8 x 76.2cm), Courtesy of the Hevrdejs Collection, Houston, Texas
Theodore Wendel, Ipswich Marshes, oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. (97.8 x 54.6 cm), Courtesy Adelson Galleries, New York


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Marketing Teams Adapt to the Pandemic by Staying Agile
Steve Heisler
The collaborative Agile process, popularized in tech and adopted by marketing, helps solve complex problems by focusing on a single issue at a time
The building blocks for constructing an adaptable marketing team, capable of rapidly shifting priorities as today's landscape changes on a dime, were carved at a Utah ski resort in early 2001. At the time, managers within the tech industry had a nasty habit of insisting developers follow a rigid corporate structure, deferring decisions to executives rather than empowering employees to guide the process—which was often standardized years prior and was no longer relevant. A group of 17 tech leaders established a working methodology that would deliver cutting-edge, customer-focused results without bogging down the process with extensive procedural documentation or bottlenecks in decision-making.
At its core, Agile is a lean and collaborative means of meeting massive project needs one task at a time. Clients see and comment on work as it's completed, therefore the approval process for any course-corrections is significantly shortened. The internal team is made up of a cross section of employees spanning departments and levels of seniority who are all welcome to weigh in; the resulting product benefits from outside perspectives.
Agile has found its way into the marketing world and recently exploded in popularity. According to the 2020 State of Agile Marketing Report, created as a partnership between Agile marketing training outfit AgileSherpas and the software company Aprimo, 41% of the 637 marketers surveyed currently use Agile, and 42% of those who do not are planning to adopt it within the next year.
Agile marketing retains the iterative nature and laser focus of how Agile operates in tech. Teams largely extract themselves from their day-to-day responsibilities for a few weeks to solve complex marketing problems. They present partial results as tasks are completed (about once a week), collect internal and external feedback, then incorporate it all into a new working draft. All told, Agile-developed solutions are tailored to the here and now by focusing on what marketers already value: connections with individuals.
Why Are Agile Teams Important?
Resources for many companies are limited during the pandemic, meaning marketers may not have the luxury to let their minds wander. "[Agile is] connected to the ability to focus on the right work at the right time," says Andrea Fryrear, co-founder of AgileSherpas and author of the books "Death of a Marketer" and "Mastering Marketing Agility." "In the middle of COVID, what the right work is [has] changed very significantly and very quickly."
Agile streamlines work by providing regular opportunities for stakeholders to weigh in. All-day meetings, an Agile staple known as "sprints," collect ideas from participants—whether they're marketers, finance folks, HR representatives, executives or new employees. The team holds daily morning standup meetings during which each person provides an update on their progress and solicits help with roadblocks they've encountered. When working drafts are presented, everyone takes a close look.
Once a company has fully adopted the Agile mindset, "That's really where you start to see the amazing stuff happening," Fryrear says. "People are not getting pulled in a dozen different directions. They're focused on high-priority, high-value, customer-centric work. They're getting it done quickly, because they're not being distracted by other things. And then value comes out fast."
Agile requires a high level of cooperation between employees who may not interact much outside of the project, and therefore the methodology tends to produce strong managers who understand how everyone can do their best, most practical work.
"Inside organizations, too often people get stuck in their silos," says Darrell Rigby, partner and director at the management consulting firm Bain & Co. "They start stereotyping people in other parts of the organization. 'The accountants, well, they're the bean counters, and the legal department is the sales prevention department.' … In Agile, we need to collaborate with those people, first of all, to make sure we're developing the right products and, second of all, to ensure that when we do develop them, they will actually get adopted and scaled by the organization."
How Do You Assemble an Agile Team?
To build an Agile team, seek out curious, collaborative employees who possess a strong work ethic. "[Look for] people that can demonstrate that they are obsessed with satisfying customers, have respect for individuals and the power of diversity, can contribute innovative ideas, maintain a sustainable pace, express recognition and appreciation for the achievements of their peers and can work as a team," Rigby says. These folks could either permanently join your team or hop in for an Agile project here and there.
If you need to expand your Agile team by hiring new people, don't expect everyone to have experience working in Agile. Fryrear suggests scouring resumes for skillsets that integrate well with Agile methodology. Maybe their job dealt with finding certainty among massive change, or they were asked to pivot away from a plan at a moment's notice.
"Anyone who's worked on a smaller team has had to be agile, in a sense, because they have to wear a lot of hats," Fryrear says. "They have to respond to change because there's no silo to hide in when you're in a smaller team."
Ask interview questions that orbit around Agile processes and results, especially because aspects of Agile might have been adopted without going all in. Fryrear offers a few to consider:
How can marketers get away from bloated projects with long lead times and deliver value more frequently to customers?
What projects have you worked on that reflect Agile values?
Can you tell me about your experience with daily standups or sprint retrospectives?
No matter how you decide to recruit team members who work in Agile, maximize results by casting for longevity. "When we have this true team that stays together over the long term, they begin to gel and begin to know one another, the product, the persona or the stage of the buying journey that they specialize in," Fryrear says. "They start to come up with these amazing, innovative, groundbreaking ideas that just don't happen when we're not really a team—we're just this hodgepodge collection of people trying to complete a project."
Steve Heisler served as staff writer at the American Marketing Association. His work can be found in Rolling Stone, GQ, The A.V. Club and Chicago Sun-Times. He may be reached at steveheisler@gmail.com.


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Now as I have set my Hilton account to double-dipping which means I can earn Qantas points as well – I originally get 1300 QFF. As there is a Quadruple points promotion – I received 5200 QFF points.
So I have earned 29,250 Hilton Points, 5200 Qantas Frequent Flyer points and 3000 American Express Membership Reward points.
Now to put that into dollar value – I will put the 5200 QFF and 3000 Amex points and Airline miles first. So that equals 8200 Airline miles. Now if I value each point as 5 cents worth of Business Class Value then that would equal to $410.
In regards to the Hilton points – 80,000 Hilton points can get you a $400 room. So 29,250 points would equal to about $150 worth of Hilton Hotel value.
So the value in terms of points I am getting back is $410 + $150 = $560.
So by using this triple points promotion I am getting more than 33% back in terms of business class value of the original $1500 I spent on the hotel.
Now if I do this consistently with all my finances and purchases – not spending more than I have to – then the number of points I earn will consistently build up quickly allowing me to accumulate enough points for a family holiday.
Earning points as a strategy is a great way to provide an incredible travel experience for your family with memories that will last a life time.


A.Concrete floors are hard to crack!
A. No time at all as it is already built.
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Truly Scrumptious vintage, collectables and handmade fair.
We had a great time at Dotty D Lightful's Truly Scrumptious vintage, collectables and handmade fair – Blackpool Winter Gardens this weekend and met some wonderful stallholders and some lovely customers. In all there were some 130 stalls, live music, jive classes and a vintage cafe.


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If you're looking for shopping, eating, history and culture, then we strongly recommend a visit to North Yorkshire.
Our trains run direct into York train station, so you are centrally placed to discover the area at your leisure. Whether you are travelling from the capital or from further up north, we offer train tickets from London to York and Hartlepool to York, and many more options, too.
Plus, get special rates and offers on lots of York attractions and activities with your Grand Central ticket.
Don't forget to download a copy of our train timetables to take with you on day's out to make travel planning easier.
Things to do in York & North Yorkshire
Take some time out of busy city life to retreat to rural North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Coast. From the gothic charm of York to the seaside allure of Whitby, there is something magical about this special region of the UK.
Tranquil, picturesque and exhilarating, The Yorkshire Dales are home to beautiful towns, villages and National Parks. Grassington, Richmond, Masham and Pateley Bridge are all charming places to visit to browse the local shops, explore regional producers and enjoy fantastic pub lunches!
Just 20-miles north of York, the North York Moors offer a sanctuary for walkers, cyclists and families visiting the area. With miles of rolling moorland, endless seas of purple lavender and an abundance of wildlife, this is the spot for idyllic walks and picnics.
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Ideas for days out in York and North Yorkshire
York Dungeon
Exciting, scary and hilarious fun.
No place will better fill you in on York's murky past that the Dungeons! With a cast of brilliant actors, atmospheric sets and fantastic special effects, the York Dungeon will take you on a unique 70-minute thrill-filled journey in time.
Meet a gruesome cast of famous local villains, rogues and murderers. Experience the back-breaking work of the torturer, pay attention in the hilarious courtroom and learn all the gory details about the horrific effects of the plague in Britain.
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The York Dungeon
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The National Railway Museum
Get up close to over 300 years of fascinating rail history in York's only National Museum.
Come face to face with over 300 years of railway history at York's National Railway Museum. Located right next to York train station, you can discover iconic locomotives including the Japanese Bullet Train, The Mallard and The Rocket.
Watch engineering work in progress in The Workshop and discover how the Channel Tunnel was constructed with a life-size replica display. Kids will love the simulator ride and the mini road train that takes you right into the heart of York every 30 minutes.
The Museum also runs free fun family activities throughout school holidays including science shows, interactive storytelling and live demonstrations.
Visit here for more information.
Jorvik Viking Centre
A journey into the sights, sounds and smells of Viking York
No visit to York is complete without a trip to the famous Jorvik Viking Centre. Take a seat on the newly-updated ride experience and discover houses, workshops and backyards from the Viking-age city of York (Known then as Jorvik).
Explore ancient and rare artefacts and experience what it was like living in the city 1,000 years ago - the sights, the sounds and even the smells are all as vivid today as they were back then.
One of the biggest farming festivals in the country
An iconic three-day event to celebrate British agriculture; The Great Yorkshire Show is a fantastic day out for all the family to enjoy. Each year the event welcomes over 130,000 visitors and over 8,000 animals for competitions, celebrations and fun times!
Feast on local produce, sip on locally-brewed Yorkshire ale and enjoy the festivities as they unfold around you. Kids will love the Discovery Zone, where they can get their faces painted, meet newly born animals and get creative with a host of countryside crafts and activities.
Visit here for more information
Countryfile Live
The hit BBC show comes to Castle Howard
Brand new for this year, Countryfile Live is setting up home in the stunning grounds of Castle Howard in the heart of North Yorkshire. Sure to be a fantastic day out for all the family, the event is a celebration of the Great British Countryside and is hosted by some of the BBC's most loved Countryfile presenters.
There will be interactive wildlife displays, spectacular stunts and mouth-watering cooking demonstrations from TV chef personalities. Plus, there will be plenty to occupy the younger visitors with outdoor picnics, lakeside activities and lots of opportunities to get up-close-and-personal with local wildlife.
Newby Hall & Gardens
Explore 25 acres of award-winning gardens, house and miniature railway in glorious Grand Central livery.
Newby Hall is one of England's renowned Adam houses, where you will find a rare set of Gobelins Tapestries, a gallery of classical statuary and some of Chippendale's finest furniture. Surrounding the Hall is 25 acres of stunning gardens, filled with rare and beautiful plants and trees.
There is a wonderful orchard area to enjoy picnics or food from the café, and a contemporary sculpture park showcasing the works of international artists. Newby Hall is a favourite destination for children, young and older, because of the miniature railway (in glorious Grand Central livery!) which runs around the grounds and by the side of the River Ure. There is also an action-packed outdoor play park and boat lake featuring self-pedalling floaters.
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Newby Hall & Gardens,
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The Shambles
A real-life Diagon Alley, for the Harry Potter fan in everyone
Four separate wizarding shops on one of Britain's oldest, most scenic streets!
Wandering down the cobbles, seeing the buildings leaning in so close they almost touch, you could be forgiven for feeling a sense of magic in the air.
No trip to York is complete without a wander down the Shambles, a Medieval street bearing the marks of history, and more than a little whimsy.
Since opening in 2017, The Shop That Must Not Be Named has proved a hit with Muggles, and has since been joined by The Boy Wizard and The World of Wizardry, all selling a range of merchandise. Wander a bit further down the street and you'll find yourself in The Potions Cauldron, teaching you how to brew your own "potions" and brews!
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Be an archaeologist for the day at DIG and work in one of four replica excavation pits.
Discover DIG! At DIG, you get to discover only the most exciting archaeological artefacts from the 2000 years of history hidden under the streets of York.
With four excavation pits filled with Roman, Viking, medieval and Victorian finds, you can grab a trowel and dig up the clues that show how people lived in these times.
Accompanied by a real archaeologist, DIG offers you a unique opportunity to experience archaeological techniques, examine real archaeological finds and work in one of four replica excavation pits.
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St.Saviourgate,
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.."He was a man who used to notice such things"?
.."To him this must have been a familiar sight."
..But he could do little for them; and now he is gone."
.."He was one who had an eye for such mysteries"?
.."He hears it not now, but used to notice such things"?
The late great photographer Stephen Harrison of Fowey, Cornwall took these pictures in the harrowing final year of a long struggle with cancer. This post is dedicated to his memory.
2. dewfall-hawk: not the name of the hawk but an epithet which, like the eyelid's blink, figures the alighting of the hawk. (A couple of editors have confidently identified this creature as a moth, but that cannot possibly be right. Would any competent poet write of a moth that it "comes crossing the shades to alight / Upon the wind-warped upland thorn"? In any case, James Gibson has identified it as the nightjar, that settles it.) As for comparing the approach of the hawk to an eyelid's soundless blink, is there a better simile in English poetry?
4. The sound of outrollings is choice, the pronunciation slightly distorted by the meter and rhyme, which requires an accent on the final syllable.
Finally, to those good friends who have expressed concern over the mysterious disappearance of this blog during the past week, we here would like to relay our gratitude. It's been a difficult time, and I've been out of bed only for an encounter with the American medical system. (Lots of luck with that.) Anyhow, the long and short of it is, I've now been assisted by two great gone artists, a poet and a photographer, in rising from beyond the pale of the ash-heap to emit this world-shaking... whatever..
Beautiful--all the way around, poem, post, and note. So glad you are back and I hope you are feeling better. American medical system indeed.
Great to have you back with this beautiful poem and photograph pairing. You are truly a man who notices these things. I love all the photographs but if I had to pick a new Hardy Poems book cover, I'd go with the final shot.
This world shaking whatver is beautiful. "Dewfall-hawk" brings Gerard Manley Hopkins to mind.
Tom, here's to you who still notices these things.
Amazing poem, and photos, and post: thank you.... and hope you're out of the ash heap.
I love the artistry of how each stanza finds a different way to say "will they think" . Hardy's poem proposes a scale of self-esteem based on noticing the natural world. Many people must identify with that, I know I do. And then I meditate on whether the scale is an illusion, unless one's livelihood comes from nature, and how can there be a moral value to noticing a sky, when it surely makes me less observant of things that others consider more important?
We have much to be grateful for. Lovely, truly lovely, all around.
To have an eye for such things as we find here . . . many thanks, Tom. Harrison and Hardy are perfectly matched. And among the many great photographs, 01765 does it for me.
Am reminded of my 3 years (off and on) when at Art College in Cornwall ... when the world was in short trousers Wha? When did I get old?
Very pleased to see you back. You have been missed. Brush that ash off as quick as you can.
Lovely to have such fine and kind friends, and to hear the lovely song of the nightjar.
"Nightjars are nocturnal birds and can be seen hawking for food at dusk and dawn. With pointed wings and a long tails their shape is similar to a kestrel or cuckoo. Their cryptic, grey-brown, mottled, streaked and barred plumage provides ideal camouflage in the daytime. They have an almost supernatural reputation with their silent flight and their mythical ability to steal milk from goats. The first indication that a nightjar is near is usually the male's churring song, rising and falling with a ventriloquial quality."
Michael's rather profound question goes straight to the heart of the matter of the post.
Both Michael and Jonathan are authorities here, denizens of Hardy Country -- approximately as close as I am to that now booming tech capital toward which Dionne Warwick once famously asked to be shown the way.
Noticing what's around one curiously changes from an option to a necessity when intense pain enters the picture.
The mind can be a dangerous creature at such times, and so it's very important to give it something relatively salutary to dwell upon.
Easier said than done but still, just saying.
It feels a bit wrong to dare to speak of pain when one has spent some time with the images created by Stephen Harrison.
I have for obvious reasons elected to show only that aspect of his work which relates to this post -- things Thomas Hardy might conceivably also have noticed.
But there is more. He is one of the original truthful street photographers, and his photographic log of his oncology clinic and hospice experiences is wrenching stuff.
People aren't born courageous, but somehow, it seems, some do rise to that virtue; and when that happens, it is a beautiful thing to behold, through the tears.
Yes, that extremely affecting final shot. And 01765 -- all the abundance in the world, what we are somehow given, really for no good reason at all.
graces a lifetime . . .
possessing infinite sustain . . .
I saw my first nightingale on King Barrow, Alderholt on the Hampshire/Dorset border. I didn't know what a nightingale was, but fortunately I was in the company of Rodney Legg, the county historian. Your fine post brings this memory back to me.