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Went for a walk at our local nature reserve near where I work in my dinner hour to mark this very special day of numbers
This Friday, at the 11th second and the 11th minute after the 11th hour, the date and time will form a 12-digit palindrome. It will be 11:11:11 on 11/11/11. We have had, since 2000, 10 such sextuplet moments, from one minute past one on 1 January, 2001, to 10:10:10, on 10 October last year. This Friday's alignment, however, is the only one to consist entirely of a single digit, and – assuming we don't suddenly switch to a calendar with 22 months – will be the only moment of its kind for 100 years. For the cynics it's an inevitable and unremarkable coincidence, if not a wilfully manufactured oddity. After all, the date written in full is actually 11/11/2011. Which is considerably less striking. For the superstitious though, it's a moment to be cherished; Indian newspapers have reported a sharp spike in wedding bookings for the day, and film-maker Darren Lynn Bousman has used the date as inspiration for 11/11/11, a horror story about a monster that enters our world at 11:11, through the 11th gate of Heaven. Making a feature film or a life-long commitment to another human being could be called an over-reaction to a long line of ones. Still, we needn't be horseshoe-clutching fortune hunters to at least acknowledge the moment. It shouldn't be hard to keep track of either – 11:11:11 falls just moments after the two minutes' silence remembering the armistice. This year, why not add another 11 seconds of silent contemplation, not, this time, for the war dead, but for this charmingly meaningless quirk of the Gregorian calendar? After all, the odds are that we won't live to see its like again.
In case no one knows about Monopoly;
'Monopoly is an American-originated board game originally published by Parker Brothers. Subtitled "The Fast-Dealing Property Trading Game", the game is named after the economic concept of monopoly—the domination of a market by a single entity. It is produced by the United States game and toy company Hasbro. Players move around the gameboard buying or trading properties, developing their properties with houses and hotels, and collecting rent from their opponents, with the goal being to drive them into bankruptcy.'
I wonder how many family arguments this board game has created around the world?
1. Firework funtimes // 01 11 14, 2. Sunset over the Longshore Estate // 02 11 14, 3. Autumnal glory // 03 11 14, 4. Old memories // 04 11 14, 5. Remember, remember the fifth of November; the gun powder, treason and plot // 05 11 14, 6. Late bloomer // 06 11 14, 7. Symmetry in motion // 07 11 14, 8. In from the rain // 08 11 14, 9. Lazy Days // 09 11 14, 10. Above the Storm // 10 11 14, 11. Feather // 11 11 14, 12. Of the misplacement of thoughts // 12 11 14, 13. Winter rose // 13 11 14, 14. New beginnings // 14 11 14, 15. Follow your own path // 15 11 14, 16. The isolation of winter // 16 11 14, 17. Chrysanthemum // 17 11 14, 18. Untitled // 18 11 14, 19. The Fallen // 19 11 14, 20. Almost winter // 20 11 14, 21. Fork // 21 11 14, 22. Against the storm // 22 11 14, 23. What comes next // 23 11 14, 24. Transcendent // 24 11 14, 25. Sycamore // 25 11 14, 26. Unattached // 26 11 14, 27. Light trails // 27 11 14, 28. Rose // 28 11 14, 29. Carnation // 29 11 14, 30. Misplaced // 30 11 14
Arlington, Virginia (Sept. 11, 2001) -- A 200-foot gash exposes interior sections of the Pentagon following a suspected terrorist crash of a commercial airliner into the southwest corner of the building. Part of the building has collapsed meanwhile firefighters continue to battle the flames and look for survivors. An exact number of casualties are unknown. The building was evacuated, as were the federal buildings in the Capitol area, including the White House. U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 2nd Class Bob Houlihan (RELEASED)
Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Liftoff
Vice President Spiro Agnew and former President Lyndon B. Johnson view the liftoff of Apollo 11 from pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center at 9:32 am EDT on July 16, 1969.
Date:07/16/1969
NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
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I did this pic awhile back - when Boris was Vance but you can't tell so I saved it for this moment. Good thing too 'cause it took FOREVER to photoshop this !!!
PS: view on black please :)
Day 11 of 2015 and I'm struggling to find inspiration! XD My Feeple65 Chloe is still going through changes! <3
Despite the rain, we wanted to pay our respects to the victims of the 9/11 attacks. It seems like families of the victims had put roses on the names of their loved ones.
Chantal was taken by a little surprise with her b-day cake, on her birthday party. On this picture she's taking blind folds off and having big smile on her face ....
So I am actually dying for the sun to come out. I haven't seen it since 2009! Today it's been raining so hard... And it's so WARM. I didn't need a jacket or sweater outside today. Where's all that 2 feet of snow we had last year?! I didn't want to go outside to get a photo in the rain, but I finally did an hour ago, in the dark. I sat in a puddle, but none of those photos turned out. My butt only got soaked. So then I stood up and tried for this... It's grainy, the clarity isn't fantastic, but oh well. Ahhh, I really can't wait for the sun to come out someday! :)
A crappy photo, but just wanted to get a quick one in of my freshly-freed 11 Doctors set that my beloved bought me for Christmas!! I'm so so excited by them. :)
Humanes Guadalajara, Castilla la Mancha / Spain
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The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39 Kennedy Space Center (KSC), at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Onboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 is the United States first lunar landing mission. Astronaut's Armstrong and Aldrin will descend in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the Moon, while astronaut Collins remains with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar-orbit.
i wasn't really ready to say goodbye to autumn yet. not really ready to embrace winter. but i guess mother nature had other ideas.
September 11, 2007
I went to visit the 9/11 Memorial in SL the other night, and it is quite moving and very well done. The four main walls which are set around a large reflecting pool were built in the style of the granite ones that were used for the Vietnam Memorial in Washingtom, DC.
Each name can be clearly read, and they are listed on the wall according to the location they died in. Each plane has listed all the people who were on it, and same for the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. There are benches to sit on, and at the foot of the walls are flowers, candles and other items left by those who have come to visit. There is a box that you can click on to get a free white rose to leave at the Memorial. There is also a place where you can leave a personal note in writing.
Here and there around the perimeter, there are posts which when you click on them, take you to a 9/11 website, where a list is set up in the same way as the Memorial. Each name can be clicked on. You can then view a picture of that person, and in many cases, the picture is accompanied by more information about the person.
A light rain falls at the Memorial site here with thunder rumbling in the background. It is very effective in enhancing the mood of this place, as one of solemn reflection, and remembrance of those who lost their lives that day.
In one corner of the Memorial, is an opening where you can walk into another section which contains all, or most of the pictures of the people who died that day. The walls of pictures tower over your avatar, and extend far down each wall. The view is quite overwhelming, due to the sheer number of pictures and how high the walls are, and so has quite an emotional effect on you as you stand there.
Hamlet from New World Notes blog wrote a very informative post on this memorial today, and about its creator, Liam Kanno, who was 3 blocks away from the World Trade Center when the planes hit. The helplessness he said he felt at the time, led him to put up this beautiful memorial in SL for those 2,996 people from 83 countries who died that day.