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Route 9 to Aldwych operated by London United, RATP Group. The New Bus for London (Borismaster) is on it's first day of service today without any conductors. Operated from Stamford Brook.
LTZ1080 - LT80 and behind it was LTZ1071 - LT71
I had nearly forgotten to take a picture today! Phew, I wouldn't want to fail this project only 9 days through! I didn't have much time to take this, I'm not so sure about it, but I love the bokeh. This was on my back porch, the Christmas lights (which we keep on all year round, haha) are reflecting off the plastic roof/cover thing...
Jupiter 9 85mm f2
seen by his little brother Helios 44-2 58mm f2 wide open
complete with bakelite box and certificate. Mind the russian "F"
I created this collage one year ago to the day in memory of all those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. I will continue to post it on this date, for years to come.. We will always remember!
I do not consider myself naïve and I did not just ride into town and fall off a turnip truck.
I have spent almost seven-score years on this earth and have traveled extensively. I have lived in Europe and spent time in the Middle East, valuing and appreciating their different cultures and the diversity.
That said, here are my thoughts on this day of remembrance:
Sure, there are lots of things wrong with the United States of America. There are a lot of things that we need to fix. Right now our elected politicians can't even come together for the good of the country much less the good of the world.
It makes us sad but at the same time there remains hope, because there are a lot of things “RIGHT” about this country. On this day we all need to reflect on and be thankful for them. We have personal freedoms and a standard of living that are only dreamed of in other parts of the world.
Unfortunately our country, like the rest of the world today lives in a defensive crouch, waiting for the next heinous act of terrorism to happen. There are children in parts of the world today that are being taught intolerance and hate by their elders, parents and religious leaders. They are being taught to mistrust their neighbor and those that are different.
Is this the kind of world we want to leave to our children, and our children’s children?
Instead of hate, teach the next generation, and future generations the value of working together toward World Peace and we might just be able to break the chain of violence and terror that plagues us today!
Hate begets hate and violence begets violence. I suspect that the first thing humans did, when they came out of caves, was to start throwing rocks at their neighbors. Fear and aggression make terrible bedfellows but we continue to learn little from the lessons of the past.
There was no rational or acceptable excuse for what happened on 9/11/2001 – NONE!
The lives of innocent men women and children were taken that day by a few radical extremists who thought their cause could really justify what they did and make a difference to the world.
Well they were right in one sense, it did! It united us in a common purpose, but at the same time it has brought undue hardship and suffering to the very people terrorists and extremists claim to represent. It is always the innocent that suffer most!
We all live in the same world! Terrorist acts are like bombing or setting fire to your own home because we did not like someone in the next room, what they believed in, or what they say. It is lunacy to think that killing and maiming innocent people, and orphaning their children, makes any cause just!
People of the world must condemn terrorism in all its hideous forms, whether it be in the United States, Britain, Ireland, Pakistan, Somalia or anywhere else.
The only way this type of violence will ever end is for the many, all over the world, to stand up to the few and say; “ENOUGH! You are a scourge on humankind and we will not support you, give you shelter or tolerate you any longer!”
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lyrics to the song "The Kingdom Of Heaven"
- by Melissa Etheridge.
A suffering soul on the way to the Kingdom of Heaven
Held up a sign that says "God hates America"
A child has been lost
A mother is shocked and is grieving
And turning away, turning away
He said there is a love that is so hideous and destructive
We must drive it from Earth to save all of our children
He must know it well
In the night it's the hell that he speaks of
It keeps him awake, keeps him awake
My God is love
My God is peace
My God loves you
My God loves me
A suffering soul on the way to the Kingdom of Heaven
Prayed in the dark, "Death to the infidel"
He strapped all his desperate pain and his faith to his body
And blew them away, blew them away
A suffering soul on the way to the Kingdom of Heaven
Shouts on the news, "They are the godless ones"
The anger inside and the fear that it hides
never leave her
When the cameras are gone, when the cameras move on
Oh, people, c'mon? tell me where is your Kingdom of Heaven?
Where is your faith?
Where do you put your fear?
Do you have a price for truth and a price for believing?
And heaven is here, heaven is here
My God is love
My God is peace
My God is you
And my God is me.
- Rick
Antarctica Expedition, Day #9, January 24, 2014: Waddington Bay [24Jan2014_DSC_1373-D7000]
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The Leopard Seal , like their feline namesakes, they are fierce predators. Leopard seals feed mainly on other seals, penguins, fish and krill. Killer Whales are the only known, albeit infrequent, natural predators of leopard seals. Its front teeth are sharp like those of other carnivores, but its molars lock together in a way that allows them to sieve krill from the water, in the manner of the crabeater seal. They are potentially highly dangerous towards humans, but attacks are rarely reported. Examples of aggressive behaviour, stalking and attacks have been documented. Lopard seals have shown a particular predilection for attacking the black, torpedo-shaped pontoons of rigid inflatable boats, necessitating researchers to equip their craft with special protective guards to prevent them from being punctured.
Toured with Designer's Lighting Forum of New York.
The lighting design team from Fisher Marantz Stone + Winona lighting lectured before we left to watch the sunset and the memorial come to life.
Beautiful. And technologically innovative.
Designer's Lighting Forum of New York
Fisher Marantz Stone
Winona Lighitng
If you're wondering, this book is My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I was going to watch the movie when it came out, but when I heard that the movie twisted the story so much... I didn't.
Is it just me or is it challenging to make an undemented heart out of book pages? :P
For Alan No. 2. Two Phase 1 9s in the same day is pretty good going - we wouldn't be seeing stuff like this on the autoroutes...
Seen in Stockwell garage on their open day is newly restored B2737 (LH8186) showing a destination for route 9 to Liverpool Street.
I'm writing at the same hour of that day, ten years ago.
I was at my parents'place in my bedroom while my mom came calling me.
I remember her words "Please come and see on tv: I don't understand if it's a movie or reality".
The tv on our dining room was tuned on CNN when she switched it on, but she doesn't speak english, so she saw the scene of the first plane in the tower but she couldn't understand the words of the speaker.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing with my own eyes and listen with my own ears. And when I saw the people throwning themselves from the towers and the second towers imploding, I still remember me and my mom screaming.
Even now, writing it, I come out in gooseflesh.
Today my thought goes to all the victims of terrorism all around the world, to all the human beings whose life was lost by the human madness.
God do pity on us.
( I took this shot in NY two years ago with the camera of a friend...not a good one, but I thought it's a goog shot to commemorate and remember a city I love)
A quick snap from last night, as we had friends over and I'm busy preparing an application for a new job. It's all very exciting and frantic and I HAVE NO TIME! Agh! If this job comes off though, it'll be SO worth it.
we left camp after doing more than our share... (because there is always work behind the scenes). listless in the afternoon, we walked and read and got to bed early.
9/365 Newborn.
Self-recreation is more like universe creation. Straight into your eyes wide shut.
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(* === Following code of Mathematica 8 generates this image. === *)
a1 = 16; (* center hole size *)
a2 = 12; (* thickness of a torus *)
b = 6; (* *)
c = -20; (* distance from the center of rotation *)
d = 9; (* number of torus *)
h = 10; (* height of a torus *)
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Boxed -> False, Axes -> None, PlotPoints -> 600, ImageSize -> 3000,
Background -> RGBColor[{250, 250, 200}/255],
PlotStyle -> Directive[Specularity[White, 30], Texture[Import["D:/tmp/97.jpg"]]],
TextureCoordinateFunction -> ({#4, #5 b} &), Lighting -> "Neutral"];
f[v_] := Sin[v] + Sin[2^(7/12) v]; (* Perfect 5th chord *)
x = (a1 - a2 Cos[t] + f[b s]) Cos[s] + c;
y = (a1 - a2 Cos[t] + f[b s]) Sin[s] + c;
z = (a1 - a2 f[t] - h f[b s]);
rm = Table[{x, y, z}.RotationMatrix[2 i Pi/d, {1, 1, 1}], {i, d}];
ParametricPlot3D[rm, {t, 0, 4 Pi}, {s, 0, 4 Pi}]
(*---
Another shapes and colors, and the meaning of this code in the set description
*)
these coins belonged to my late father. he was an avid collector and they remind me of him so very much.
there are 9 english coins here, only one of these, however, is still in circulation!
ODC-9
scavenge challenge-
5) "One of these things is not like the other." Create a visual puzzle using this theme.
12) Represent a part of your ethnic/national heritage in a photograph.
Foto de Minolta X-9, con un par de flash desechables y unos filtros de color y un celular con lamparita, todo bastante casero y como primera prueba de iluminación todo fue de prueba y error, demasiado divertido y satisfecho con el resultado :)
Two contrasting Eastern Scottish Volvo Ailsas seen in Edinburgh in August 1987. On the left is Alexander RV bodied VV78 (HSF78X) and on the left is VHMA bodied VV24 (?) NAK424R, which had been new to South Yorkshire PTE
Una vista casi tradicional que hago sobre las calles de Buenos Aires, ahora le tocó a la Avenida 9 De Julio
This photo goes out to all those that lost their lives and their families 10 years ago today on September 11th, 2001. All gave some, some gave all on that very day and we must never forget that.
Photo details: Taken in St. James' Church in Rothenburg, Germany. Straight out of camera with minor cropping done.