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All Cars and Misc. Hong Kong Government Vehicles
All Hong Kong Government operated vehicles have a licence plate that starts AM (there are a few exceptions, see below) and have a number sequence comprising 1 to 4 numbers. A high end car generally denotes it is the chauffeur driven vehicle of a high ranking Hong Kong Government Minister and a few really Senior Ministers have cars with 2 letter number plates ( CS, FS, CJ and SJ) | Status is important even in the Government as is the use of lucky numbers (1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 0 etc) on licence plates.
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong has the Hong Kong Emblem ( large badge ) on the front and back of the vehicle but remarkably (for me anyway) the best Government licence plate is the number I on the official car of the Commissioner of Police, top that as they say!
The exceptions : - the Emergency Service Vehicles ( Fire Trucks and Ambulances ) use F with digits and A with digits
☛ The Hong Kong Government has many departments that use vehicles, see the Hong Kong Government Department list below my research indicates that the Government currently has in excess of 6,500 ✚ licenced vehicles on the road.
☛ Go here for an Alphabetical Listing of Hong Kong Government and Related Organisations | Departments
www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/govwebsite/alphabetical....
The most common Government Misc. Vehicles ( excluding cars ) ie Trucks, Vans and Buses you see on the streets are used by such departments as Hongkong Post, Customs and Excise Department, Water Services Department, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Leisure and Cultural Services Department, Government Logistics Department and such.
It is also common to see private contractor vehicles working for Government Departments
All purchasing of Government Vehicles is a tender process and as vehicles can last a good few years and as new vehicles are purchased on a regular basis, it is a real mish mash of brands, I do get the impression that low price is not the deciding factor, I imagine equipment and after sales service are major factors and quality European and Japanese brands are very common.
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Right after I got my iBook. Ocellnuri's Powerbook on the left, my iBook, then my dad's whatever-it-is.. Oh and please don't neglect my Tungsten E on my right!
Ādažu bāzē atklāj divas jaunuzceltās kazarmas, kas paredzētas Latvijas un sabiedroto bruņoto spēku karavīru izvietošanai. Izmantojot NATO Atbalsta un iepirkumu aģentūras (NSPA) starptautisko iepirkuma procedūru, projekta īstenošana 2019. gada aprīlī tika uzticēta uzņēmumam AS “UPB”. Katrā kazarmā tiek nodrošinātas noliktavas ekipējuma uzglabāšanai, mācību klases, darba kabineti, sanitārās telpas un izmitināšanas telpas. Katra no kazarmām paredzēta līdz 450 karavīru izvietošanai. Kazarmu būvniecības projekts īstenots, izmantojot NATO Drošības investīcijas programmas finansējumu ar mērķi nodrošināt NATO sabiedroto spēku, tai skaitā paaugstinātās gatavības vienību, uzņemšanu un darbību Latvijā.
Foto: srž. Ēriks Kukutis
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“Yes I am!” we pilgrims screamed at the top of our lungs. Time: early 1993. Place: Mount Smart Supertop, Auckland. Event: Metallica. The most famous heavy metal band in the world had finally graced God’s own.
I had never heard the original version of the Diamond Head song “Am I Evil?” which, although popular in metal circles in the United Kingdom upon its release there in 1980, only achieved international prominence after Metallica covered it as a B-side on their “Creeping Death” single in 1984. The chorus runs:
“Am I evil? Yes I am.
Am I evil? I am man, yes I am."
Like many small town Kiwi teenagers in the early 1990s, I was drawn to the heavy metal scene. Its dynamics, fast, intense and powerful, sheltered me, and I felt safe in it, solaced. Unlike many other parts of the world, growing up in “God’s own” meant that there was never any lack of the basics—food, shelter and clothing—but there was no lack of loneliness, or desire for meaning and real fulfilment, and metal “filled the gap” for me, or at least understood it.
It was not until my mid-twenties when, after broadening my group of friends somewhat, I started to venture into previously taboo realms of music: grunge, electronic, flamenco, jazz, and classical to name a few. From then on metal started to take more of a back, although still essential, seat on my playlist. But from my early teens up until then, practically 24/7, both my days and nights were filled with the sonic assaults of metal gods like Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, and Megadeth. They were angry at the world, and so were we. And rightly so. But who was really to blame for the way the world was? And were they or we really a part of the solution?
But first things first. Before we get to the solution, did we really understand the problem? According to the preliminary yoga text Bhagavad-gita, Metallica and Diamond Head were in one sense right about our mortal make up, and the blame game human beings are so habituated to playing is simply a result of our unique expertise at self-deception. “When you point the finger at someone else, there are three pointing back at you,” as the familiar saying goes. Honest introspection is certainly tough today, but the genuine seeker knows that it is also the beginning of any real solution, big or small, individual or collective. In the words of Bhagavad-gita:
“Those lacking self-knowledge truly believe that the acquisition of temporary pleasures for the body and mind is life's ultimate goal, and thus, until the end of life, their anxiety cannot be measured.” (Bhagavad-gita 16.12)
Here is the “elephant in the room.” When we concede to the pursuit of gratification based on a lack of self-knowledge, we simultaneously sign up for the enviable result; a deep existential frustration. We then subsequently embark on another misdirected quest, to nail down “the culprit,” for such disappointment.
Unfortunately, this belief in the existence of genuine satisfaction through transitory means has now been institutionalised as the new world religion. In other words, even though the word “religion” has practically no meaning today, especially down under, and many would indeed feel insulted if referred to as “religious,” it is actually more alive and well than ever, although in a somewhat clandestine “secular” way. How so?
Gross materialism, based on the beliefs and world view expressed above, and as taught in schools and universities worldwide, is booming like never before. Based on such dogma, and pushed on by a “work, buy, consume and die” culture, it is indeed the world’s fastest growing religion with more dedicated “true believers” than any other.
So, am I evil?
Fortunately, as Bhagavad-gita reveals, our “evil streak” is only assumed due to contact with matter—the material coverings of body, mind, and temporary atmosphere—exactly as one assumes identities other than one’s own under the influence of a dream. And just as we can wake up from a dream, we can also wake up from the illusion of temporary identification, and all the contradiction and confusion it brings. How? How does one normally wake up from a dream? By sound.
The sound of our alarm clock in the morning reminds us that whatever we were taking so seriously while asleep, regardless of its power to absorb us in animated visions and vivid experiences of pleasure and pain, was nothing more than a temporary illusion, a powerful yet ultimately insubstantial creation of our own mind. Similarly, the most recommended process of self-realisation—mantra (sound) meditation—for this time and place is a wake up call to all genuine solution and pleasure seekers.
Although I have not seriously listened to metal for many years, the message of some of its big guns still resonates with me. However, without genuine knowledge of the problem and solution at the deepest level, at the root, even the most sincere attempts at relief from the struggles, stresses and strains of contemporary life are, at best, nice sentiments.
Let us take responsibility for our role in the problems of the world by connecting our tongues and ears to “the sound of reality,” the maha-mantra: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare / Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, and be an authentic part of the solution by showing in our own lives a real and ever-increasing transformation, the reduction of the materialistic mentality and lifestyle.
trans am - voxhall - aarhus, 2007/03/12
also here: photos.lolitanie.com/index.php/archives/2007/05/13/trans-...
99 516 am Lokschuppen in Schönheide, 23. Juni 2007 - Narrow gauge steam locomotive from the Schönheide museum railway.
Frankfurt is the financial and transportation centre of Germany and the largest financial centre in continental Europe.
It is seat of the European Central Bank, the German Federal Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Trade Fair, as well as several large commercial banks.
Frankfurt Airport is one of the world's busiest international airports, Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest terminal stations in Europe, and the Frankfurter Kreuz is one of the most heavily used Autobahn interchanges in Europe.
Frankfurt lies in the former American Occupation Zone of Germany, and it was formerly the headquarters city of the U.S. Army in Germany.
Frankfurt is considered an alpha world city as listed by the Loughborough University group's 2010 inventory,[5] was ranked 20th among global cities by Foreign Policy's 2010 Global Cities Index and was ranked 6th among global cities for economic and social innovation by the 2thinknow Innovation Cities Index in 2010.
Frankfurt is an international centre for commerce, finance, culture, transport, education, and tourism. According to the Mercer cost of living survey, Frankfurt is Germany’s second most expensive city, and the 48th most expensive in the world. Frankfurt also ranks among the top 10 most livable cities in the world according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
Aizsardzības ministrs Raimonds Bergmanis apmeklē Zemessardzes 3. brigādes militārās pamatapmācības pirmā līmeņa nometni, kas no 2. līdz 22. jūlijam norisinās mācību poligonā “Meža Mackeviči” Daugavpils novadā.
Vizītes laikā R. Bergmanis tikās ar Zemessardzes 3. brigādes komandieri pulkvežleitnantu Māri Simsonu, 3. brigādes bataljonu komandieriem un jaunajiem zemessargiem, lai pārrunātu apmācību norisi un zemessargu sadzīves apstākļus.
2017. gada 20.jūlijā
Foto: Normunds Mežiņš (Jaunsardzes un informācijas centrs)
PARK CITY, UTAH - MARCH 18: the Junior Mogul Nationals at the Utah Olympic Park on March 18, 2022. (Anthony Mazur for PCSS)
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71 Neonazis demonstrierten am 03.02.2018 durch Weimar. Anlass war die Bombardierung der Stadt im Jahr 1945.
Die Redner der Neonazis kamen aus Sachsen, Niedersachsen und Rheinland-Pfalz. Die Teilnehmer aus Thüringen.
Auf der Abschlusskundgebung kündigte Michael Fischer an, bis 2025 Versammlungen angemeldet zu haben.
Zu Gegenprotesten hatte das "Bürgerbündnis gegen Rechtsextremismus" aufgerufen und konnte etwa 500 Menschen auf die Straße bringen.
In Weimar ist es üblich, dass das BGR mit der Polizei Katz und Maus spielt und regelmäßig wenigstens symbolische Sitzblockaden erringen kann - so auch heute.
Aus dem Gegenprotest formierten sich zwei Finger, welche fast zeitgleich die Polizeigitter angriffen. Währen ein Finger die Gitter aufbrechen konnte und so Einsatzkräfte band, konnten sieben Personen die Polizeiabsperrung überwinden und so für wenige Minuten und symbolisch die Neonaziroute besetzen. Von den Besetzern wurden die Personalien aufgenommen, anschließend konnten sie wieder an der Gegenkundgebung teilnehmen.
Die Polizei war mit Thüringer Einsatzkräften und als Unterstützung der Bundespolizei aus Pirna anwesend.
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