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In 1976, an enormous number of American towns painted their fire hydrants. There was no national program. The fire hydrants were not their idea. The fire hydrants were everybody else’s idea, all at once, in thousands of towns at the same time, and that is somehow the most American thing about the whole story. This is a picture of a fire hydrant that was painted with red and white vertical stripes on the bottom half and painted blue with white stars on the top half.
Book cover of Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig. Book summary: One rainy day, Sylvester finds a magic pebble that can make all his wishes come true. But when a lion frightens him on his way home, Sylvester makes a wish with unexpected consequences. Will Sylvester find his way back to his family? Winner of the 1970 Caldecott Medal, this modern classic is full of warmth, humour and joy.
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This AI generates photo appears to use a building in the background left that is reminiscent of the Pandemonium painting by John Martin. John Martin’s painting, Pandemonium, represents the climax of Martin's interest in Milton's Paradise Lost, an important element of his development of the 'historical landscape', based on the large canvases of J.M.W. Turner of the early years of the nineteenth century, in particular The Fifth Plague of Egypt (exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1800) and Apollo and Python (Royal Academy 1811; Tate Britain). Turner himself looked back to Richard Wilson and, indirectly, to Claude and to Nicolas Poussin, above all his Deluge which Turner had studied at the Louvre during his visit to Paris in 1802. Martin made something special of the genre, emphasising its theatrical elements in an individual technique based in part on his experience of glass and china-painting. He himself inspired rivalry and emulation among a number of his near contemporaries such as Francis Danby, Samuel Colman and Thomas Cole, anticipating the last-named in his grouping of works in pairs or threes.
japanese cherry blossoms hang over the top frame of the photograph. One bright light shines from the roof of the gas station at the photographer while the fluorescent glow of the Exxon sign with the current price of diesel at $5.69, regular gas at $4.18, extra at $4.48, and supreme + is $4.98
IBM Training Maunual from 1979 Which says the following: “A computer can never be held accountable Therefore a computer must never make a management decision”
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control, and we will be lucky to live through it. Quote and screen grab from the movie “The Hunt for Red October.”
Calling to mind the “Truffula Trees” as imagined by Dr. Seuss in his book The Lorax, lumps of snow are resting in the forks of tree branches - complemented by a singular outdoor light casting a downward yellow glow in the foreground with a similar yellowing of the sunset in the background which highlights the outline of the New York City skyline.
In the 1987 film The Running Man, the directive to eliminate protesters occurs during the opening scene, setting up the film's dystopian premise. The Incident: Ben Richards (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a police helicopter pilot ordered to suppress a food riot in Bakersfield, California. The Command: The dispatcher orders, "Proceed with plan Alpha. Eliminate anything moving" and reinforces this by stating, "All rioters must be eliminated". The Refusal: Richards refuses to fire on the unarmed crowd, which includes women and children, saying, "I will not fire on helpless people!". The Consequence: Richards is subdued by his colleague, Lieutenant Saunders. The squadron proceeds with the massacre without him, killing 60 people, and subsequently frames Richards for the event, branding him the "Butcher of Bakersfield".
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich in 1818. It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.
No, no, no! I do not want an elephant inside a boa constrictor. A boa constrictor is a very dangerous creature, and an elephant is very cumbersome. Where I live, everything is very small. What I need is a sheep. Draw me a sheep." So then I made a drawing. sickly sheep He looked at it carefully, then he said: "No. This sheep is already very sickly. Make me another." So I made another drawing. ram My friend smiled gently and indulgently. "You see yourself," he said, "that this is not a sheep. This is a ram. It has horns." So then I did my drawing over once more. old sheep But it was rejected too, just like the others. "This one is too old. I want a sheep that will live a long time." By this time my patience was exhausted, because I was in a hurry to start taking my engine apart. So I tossed off this drawing. box And I threw out an explanation with it. "This is only his box. The sheep you asked for is inside." I was very surprised to see a light break over the face of my young judge: "That is exactly the way I wanted it! Do you think that this sheep will have to have a great deal of grass?" "Why?" "Because where I live everything is very small . . ." "There will surely be enough grass for him," I said. "It is a very small sheep that I have given you." He bent his head over the drawing. "Not so small that--Look! He has gone to sleep . . ." And that is how I made the acquaintance of the little prince.
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“Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room ...” The line "gentlemen, you can't fight here, this is the war room" is famously from the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, spoken by President Merkin Muffley (played by Peter Sellers). The quote is iconic for its ironic humor, as the President is trying to stop a physical fight among military and political leaders in the very place where strategic, life-or-death decisions for war are made. Source: The line originates from the 1964 satirical film Dr. Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick. Speaker: President Merkin Muffley, portrayed by actor Peter Sellers, delivers the line. Context: Muffley is attempting to break up a physical brawl between the Russian ambassador and a high-ranking general in the film's "War Room," a place intended for strategic planning, not fisticuffs. Humor: The humor comes from the absurdity of a leader's plea for civility during a moment of extreme international tension, as well as the dramatic irony of the situation.
The POT HOLE PROJECT Help focus the State of Florida's resources on something that actually helps the taxpayers and residents and contributes to improving the safety of our roadways. tPHP volunteers are painting rainbows around potholes and damage that needs repair, alerting drivers to the road hazard and helping FDOT find and repair the hazard quickly.
Cow wreaks havoc, smashes roof after escaping from livestock auction in Arkansas
Honda Insight first generation A sleek front-end then blended into a unique looking rear. With the rear wheels covered up and round edges across the side. Powering this unique looking car was a small but perfectley adequate 1.0-liter ECA series three-cylinder engine. The engine produces 67 hp while a 10 kW electric motor of 144 V produces an extra 13 hp.
A large outdoor mass of polyhedrons with a walk-in space in the center; stand there and look out. Each exploding triangle shape is a different kaleidoscope. This sculpture is installed outside of the Science Museum of Virginia. In the distance is a thunderstorm approaching downtown Richmond VA
IT certification roadmap by CompTIA Note: The labeling of difficulties on some of these certs is absurd. This will probably put individuals off from trying more advanced certs, when really anyone could pick up any of these CompTIA Certs and pass them. The comparison is frankly insulting to CompTIA rivals. Take, for example, the intermediate stream in Security. A CompTIA Network+ is rated at the same difficulty as some other certifications. CompTIA offers cheap beginner to intermediate courses, and that's not a bad thing, but lying to its audience, saying the CASP is on the same level as a CISSP, CISM, CCIE, etc., tend to be insulting to those who knows.
This is a screen capture of the Amazon Prime Video App, which suggests “The Celebrity Apprentice” as the first show to watch.
A screen capture of an Instagram Reel taken on April 7, 2025. It says: Invest in an INFINITI Without New Tariffs, Today INFINITI Once In A Springtime Event The ad pictures the Infinity QX80, a gray SUV, parked in what appears to be the driveway of a midcentury modern or contemporary-style house, with a hydrangea in the foreground.
The image shows "Ocean Calling," an interactive art installation designed to help people connect with lost loved ones through the wind and waves. This installation features a vintage rotary phone, a chute for placing a stone, and instructions on a sign. The instructions guide users to select a stone, place it in the chute, pick up the phone, speak their words, and then say goodbye. The installation is set against the ocean backdrop, emphasizing connecting with the departed through nature.
The expression in the image is: Δτᵢ = (xᵢ - mᵢ) / (ε * φ * mᵢ) This formula, according to reports from April 3-4, 2025, is used by the Trump administration to calculate proposed "reciprocal" tariffs (a.k.a., import taxes) on imports.
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" a caption to a cartoon drawn by Peter Steiner, published in the July 5, 1993 issue of the American magazine The New Yorker. The words are those of a large dog sitting on a chair at a desk, with a paw on the keyboard of the computer, speaking to a smaller dog sitting on the floor nearby.
This is a picture of the actor Strother Martin as The Captain, in the movie Cool Hand Luke, a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. The actor is wearing a suit jacket and a white oxford shirt with no tie and fedora hat on his head. The low-angle-shot farms the actor against a blue sky. The act or hold a club in his hands, and says: “What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like it any more than you men.”
A white banner strung between two light posters. A picture of 2 palm trees at either side of the banner with the following bold red text on the “Welcome Back Canadians” In the background there is a small illuminated welcome sign of the Dames Point Bridge (AKA the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward (1857-1910) Bridge) . This picture was taken at the I-95 Florida Welcome Center.
Comic: elephant and donkey are looking at a vase. Elephant nuges vase off the table and it shatters. Donkey exclaims, you broke that vase! Elephant says yep. What are your thoughts? Going to do to fix it? Donkey asks, me? Elephant says, that’s right I want to hear a detailed plan from you. Donkey says, I don't know. It probably can't be fixed, now. Elephant says. Then you're a part with no ideas and no one should ever support you. Donkey says, but you broke it!! Elephant says, making messes nobody knows how to fix is such good politics.
7-8” of snow prediction for Tuesday in Tallahassee Florida
2025 Aston Martin Vantage Coupe 18 combined City / Highway
Notice on the General Assembly website: Due to City of Richmond water outage, the GAB and Virginia Capitol are closed through Sunday, January 12th.
Icy trees beyond a snowy hillside, backlit with white light
Fig & Pg pizza
NYC city skyline with the silhouette of a drone on the sky
Looking east towards the I-95 and I-195 interchange, with the James River meandering beneath the ribbon of highway in the blue sky, there are what could be described as square orbs, three in a row, followed by three sets of two.