Shirley Tillotson

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Prof. Emeritus at Dalhousie/King's in Halifax, NS. Canadian history (with sources), public finance, pix of woodland and coast. Slow to anger. Stage IV MBC https://ukings.ca/people/shirley-tillotson/

A pinkish orange berry, known as bakeapples in NL, and as cloudberries in English in other parts. Maybe "multer" in Norwegian
In the foreground cluster of red berries a mid-some gratefully itch period framing it on either side in the mid ground are spikes of purple heather. In the background, some misty pale green foliage
A single white sheep stands on a green grassy ridge. Behind him the distant horizon is equally green grassy mountains
"Some of those missing were probably hikers caught off guard in the woods, Mr Emanuel Moreno said. Rescue workers found several walking sticks at the scene."
Close up of map results. Mine shows up square area bounded by Morris and cogswell south and north, and Hollis South Park East and West. Attached is this messy triangle that tries to include Gottingen, Agricola, and Quinpool, but not the residential areas among them
I have reposted this picture because in the first post the *crucial* horizon line was not absolutely horizontal. It is a dark blue ocean with a white sand beach in front. But the point of the photograph is this fuzziness imparted to the fluffy cumulus clouds by the vistigial fog bank that lies between the viewer and the clouds
Pink wildflowers. Related to rhododendrons but smaller. Green waxy foliage. Weathered grey wood in the background
A semi circle if golden brown shelf fungus growing out of the side of a dead log. Behind it, a fresh green fern and behind the ferns, some broken sections of the shelf fungus that are a kind of dark chocolatey brown. The background is last year's leaves now grey. This description does not convey the charm of the scene. I'm sorry.
Daisy's in the wind. Against a blue body of water with a green Horizon and a blue sky
Multiple choice question about difference in 10 year bond yields. Options are 2.47%, 3.36%, the same as the US yield, and 5.65%
Map of part of mainland Halifax, showing three nearly overlapping areas of power outage
A bag of Hawkins cheezies
Map showing the boundaries of Canada in 1840 after the act of Union
Small pinkish orange bubble-shaped fungi on a stump, surrounded by green moss
Big irange mushroom with a human foot for scale. Also a small, normal size
A view of the Rideau River behind the Canadian houses of Parliament. In the foreground a woman in a green shirt sits on a rock by the river. She is surrounded by golden fall foliage glowing in the sun. Across the river, Parliament Hill rises to the horizon with the library of parliament and the peace tower, two Neo Gothic structures, visible
Voter compass quiz result shows me as closest to resemblance to Mark Carney
The discovery: Aline woke up, found the intruder in the house, and immediately locked the bedroom door. The weapon: she handed her husband an inuits soapstone carving of a loon to use for protection
Opponents of the tax say they are a "get rich quick scheme" that many countries have already abandoned because the tax is complex to administer, meaning its owner is to value long held personal or family assets, and may cause a flight of capital to countries without a wealth tax. But Massachusetts has already legislated additional levies on the portion of an earner's income that exceeds a million dollars. And Washington state, which doesn't tax wages or salaries, is considering a wealth tax of nearly 10% on earnings over a million dollars."
screen shot from the student newspaper in question. "The aforementioned proposal suggests that the Government introduce legislation to legalize the establishment of cocktail lounges."
Purplish new spruce cone, seeping clear bubbles of sap. Around it, new spruce needles and in the background, dark green spruce needles
Light and Shadow on an oval, smooth-sided green leaf above and below it are the allium-type seed pods
"I know what the issues are. I'm a man of action," he said. Instead, he said he wants to hear specific proposals. "I think that by listening, engaging, we are able to find the right solution to improve the tax code in the country," he said, adding that proposals related to growing small businesses or attracting more investment are welcome.
In 7th grade, I had a notorious math teacher with flaming red hair and a thick Russian accent, who eschewed newfangled Smartboards for ancient overhead projectors, and swapped standardized textbooks for _The art of problem solving_. Her favorite lesson plan was throwing up a nasty proof and letting each cluster of [students] spend the whole class figuring it out. If we asked for answers, she'd simply tell us to straahhggle, shaking her head and punting us back.
Detail of 1890 birdseye view of Halifax
Detail of a map of Cape Breton with the headline land of boundless wealth whose vast mineral riches are commanding the attention of the capitalists of the worl
Detail of the shipwreck of the Royal Tar
A white man with short dark hair riding on top of a combine. The brand is a classic Canadian brand, Cockshutt
A distant view towards a dark gray fog back offshore now. The Horizon of the woods is sharp and crisp and above our blue skies with horizontal white clouds
In the foreground a big shade of granite. On the horizon, woods. These are partly hidden by fog and partly crisp against the blue sky. A partly cloudy sky showing a good deal of blue
A close up shot of some purple and blue lupins just coming into bloom
A vase filled with wooden tulips in the colours of the rainbow
A delightful Blue sky with odd clouds and a dark blue strip of ocean. And a bit of the granite headland at Herring Cove Park in the left foreground
A hand holding a black bottle of mosquito Shield insect repellent. In a yellow band with red text it's called "combat formula maximum protection."
Two clumps of lady slippers close together with perhaps 14 blossoms
3a transitive. Originally U. S. To rush or coerce (a person or thing) in a particular direction or to a particular conclusion; to accomplish (an action) with great or excessive speed. 1850- (screenshot also includes half dozen examples dating from 1850 to 1961, with the emphasis on speed in the first two examples and on coercion in the last three)
Tiny church concerts the Little Dutch Church 2393 Brunswick Street Fridays 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. admission by donation
Screenshot from the Bank of Canada inflation calculator that reads a basket of goods and services that cost $1.10 in 1971 would cost $2.57 1981
Small purple cones, looking a bit like roses, framed in soft, pale green clusters of fresh deciduous needles
Liam made it to c h e o, but had a hole in his lung. When he arrived, Garland was also told her son had covid-19, which was putting additional strain on his lungs
Monotropa uniflora, aka "ghost pipes." And odd little chlorophyll-free plant with vertical stalks (like a pipe stem) and nodding bells that could be mistaken for the bowl of a pipe.
A woman photographs a detail of a jack pine
Screenshot of a result from the Merlin bird watching app. Picture of a warbler with a yellow and Olive upper body and a black patch on its throat, with the usual gray and white stripes on its breast and wings. The black throated green warbler!
Screenshot showing a trailhead near the intersection of battery drive and Purcell's Cove Road
An old road through the woods
On a telephone post, a square white sign with a black silhouette of a man holding a rifle and a red circle with the diagonal red line superimposed on the image of the man
Large pink and white apple blossoms in front of a crumbling concrete wall with an evergreen tree in the background
The view of McNab's Island from McCormack's Beach. Warm white sand, sparkling water, gentle evergreen covered slope, Blue sky with fluffy white clouds
A long dead tree, silver gray. A circular remnant of its bark that once covered the join of the branch with the trunk now hangs like a circular ornament on the branch
The back cover text of a music book with the headline "these famous music books enjoy an enormous sale in all parts of the British Empire - they are marvelous value"
Screenshot of one of the seasonal forecast naps (the probabilistic one) selected for July. The three other menu options for map data are forecast severity anomaly, forecast severity rating, and extreme fire weather days. The main hotspots of high probability for wildland fires are southern Vancouver Island, Southern BC, South Central Saskatchewan and a bit of Alberta and Manitoba, Southeastern Ontario and Southwestern Quebec, Eastern Nunavut, and south Eastern Labrador. Other small patches elsewhere
Screenshot showing over 100 forest fires in the area between Maryland and Northern Florida. Smoke covering the area around Washington DC and up in Ohio
Dappled sunlight on a patch of forget me nots
A doj spokesperson told the ft that the decision to bar the IRS from pursuing claims against Trump was "only with respect to any existing audits."
"When is the last time you said that someone lost his or her fight with cardiac disease? Or with a car wreck? Or with a massive stroke? Patience in those situations have not lost a battle - they have died. The patient who dies of cancer, just like someone dying of cardiac failure, has simply died."
An early rhododendron and a lawn of long grass and dandelions. Green, yellow, purple
A flowering tree in the foreground with a copper colored river providing it with a background. On the opposite shore, a stand of hardwoods is covered in pale green blossoms and behind it a strip of dark evergreens and some blue sky with fluffy clouds