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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
~Reinhold Niebuhr
"THOSE WHO CANNOT GO TO THE BEACHES MAY DO THEIR BATHING THUS
Berlin is so far north that it enjoys from 16 to 18 hours of summer daylight. Short as the season is, the city has numberless boat and bathing clubs, and is famous in the athletic world for its excellent swimmers."
Agfacolor Plate by Hans Hildenbrand
(This historic photograph is from a National Geographic article in the February 1937 issue titled "Changing Berlin". It offers a fascinating look at Berlin, Germany, a few years before the start of World War II.)
Beggars Opera / Waters of Change
Track listing:
- "Time Machine"(Park/Griffiths/Gardiner) - 8:00
- "Lament" (Park/Wilson) - 1:51
- "I've No Idea" (Park/Griffiths) - 7:42
- "Nimbus" (Sellar/Griffiths/Gardiner) - 3:43
- "Festival" (Park/Griffiths/Erskine) - 6:00
- "Silver Peacock / Intro" (Griffiths/Scott) - 0:22
- "Silver Peacock" (Park/Griffiths/Scott) - 6:33
- "Impromptu" (Gardiner/Scott) - 1:14
- "The Fox" (Gardiner/Griffiths/Scott) - 6:52
Ricky Gardiner - lead guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar
Martin Griffiths - lead vocal, Cow Bell
Alan Park - organ, piano
Gordon Sellar - bass and acoustic guitar, vocals
Virginia Scott - Mellotron, vocals
Raymond Wilson - percussion
Marshall Erskine - bass, flute on "Festival"
Recorded at Command Studios and De Lane Lea Studios, London
sleeve design: ?
Label: Vertigo Records / 1971
ex Vinyl-Collection MTP
101108 - photomanip for fun - Obama Went to Don King's Hairstylist
politics aside, just for fun, no political statement intended
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Vietnam was our original choice for a touring holiday back in 2015, mainly to see Halong Bay, but we got sidetracked by the gorgeous pictures of Myanmar in the brochures and ended up going there instead. Myanmar, and probably touring holidays in general, was hard work, we are both in our sixties and do not really travel that well after having a lot of pampered holidays in the Maldives, so after the final three hour wait in another airport lounge we said 'never again'. But three months later after sitting back and looking at the best set of holiday photo's we have ever taken, we realised what wonderful people we had met and amazing places we had seen and that you have to put up with airport lounges, train stations and car journeys to get that. So the next thing we knew we were booking another touring holiday to Vietnam with Mango Journeys based in Cambodia! Warren the owner of Mango, actually an Aussie guy, sorted out our itinerary, click to view, we booked a couple of flights and it was done. Vietnam has a lot of Buddhist tradition like Myanmar so we figured that the people would be similar to the lovely people of Myanmar we met last year. Plus the landscape and scenery looked so green and lush so it all boded well.
However when we arrived in Saigon, all the Vietnamese still call it Saigon, in mid December it turned out that it was still the rainy season. So it was quite cloudy, foggy and rainy.....and it stayed like that for most of the holiday actually. We hadn't quite bargained for that, Myanmar was dry and sunny at the same time last year so this was quite a dramatic change. We were also in their winter so no crops were growing, hence all the lovely green and golden paddy fields you see in the brochures were mostly brown and muddy. Vietnam is big and very busy, there were a huge amount of Chinese tourists here, especially at Ankor Wat in Cambodia. A lot of the local people traditionally come home from all over the world at this time of year to see their families, so the place is buzzing. The Vietnamese people are also a lot more 'tourist savvy' here compared with the totally charming Burmese people we met last year, they seem to have that air of indifference you get in developed western countries towards tourists.
It's all sounding a bit disappointing and I'm afraid that is how it felt quite a lot of the time. We were in Saigon for 2 days....way too busy for us. Then a boat trip to the Mekong Delta, sounds idyllic but actually just a big busy river, we never really got far enough into the smaller tributaries where it might be more like you imagine the Mekong Delta to look like. A flight to Siem Reap then a couple of days around Ankor Wat. This was undoubtedly the highlight of the holiday. The Angkor Archaeological Park is mind boggingly massive! It took us 45 minutes by car to reach the pink sandstone temple of Banteay Srei in one corner of the park! The distances involved when moving between the various temples are all the same.....huge! Ankor Wat itself covers an enormous area but hugely impressive. It shows the power of this place when you get to the entrance at 5:00am to watch the sunrise and there are already hundreds of people there! And it happens every day of the year apparently. Although hordes of people can bug you sometimes, the collective enjoyment factor seems to override that here, the place is just so awe inspiring.
We really enjoyed Cambodia, we wished we had spent more time there, we only met a few people but they all seemed to have more of that charm of the Burmese people. Cambodia has had an extremely troubled past, the war didn't end until 1998 and everybody appears to have been tainted by it. Our guide lost 15 of his immediate relatives to it, and a lot of people seem to have similar horrific tales to tell. The landmine museum we visited was a poignant reminder of those days and our guide was obviously quite emotional in his rendering of the museum's history and the people involved in it. As a result of the regime's slaughter of all the ruling elite including politicians, teachers, scholars and intellectuals Cambodia was left backward in the rapidly growing economy of south east Asia. They are moving in the right direction now, albeit slowly, and we both felt we should have spent more time there and given them more of the benefit of our tourist dollar.
Of all the other places we visited, Da Nang, Hoi An, Hue, Tam Coc, Mai Chau Valley, Hanoi and Halong Bay, Mai Chau Valley was like an oasis in a sea of traffic, busy people and tourists. When you look down at the valley from the main photo vantage point it has the look of the promised land, a lush green place nestling in the surrounding mountains.
We had a couple of lovely walks around here over two days enjoying the beatiful landscape and meeting a few of the local people. We realised afterwards that we should have stayed away from the cities and done more of this sort of stuff. We stopped and spoke to a lovely 68 year old lady in Mau Chau vilage, there was nothing to her she looked so thin and frail. She told us, interpreted by our guide, that her husband left when she was 36 years old and because of the culture she was never allowed to be with another man after that. Her only daughter was married at around the same time and again the culture dictates that she moved to the husband's village which was in south Vietnam. Her daughter is extremely poor and travel for local people is so expensive that it is extremely unlikely she will ever see her mother again. A small story but one that is probably played out a lot in this country. This amazing lady took us back to the one room brick built house with a small garden no bigger than your average shed that she now lives in. She managed to build it with help from the villagers who all seem to look after each other extremely well, so at least she now has somewhere dry to live. She was so welcoming though and showed us how she cooks, where she sleeps and the small garden she tends, it was without doubt the most touching moment of our holiday and one we will always remember.
If you like busy cities then Hanoi is probably a better option than Saigon, it has an old quarter that is strangely quaint for a big city, is a lot more photogenic and a nicer place to be. We were never taken to new Hanoi so I guess it's probably just like Saigon.
Halong Bay was the main inspiration to visit Vietnam in the first place. I saw photo's of this place back in 2014 when searching for more of the limestone karst scenery we had seen in Thailand's Phang Nga Bay on a previous holiday. The boat trip with an overnight stay was the holiday finale and supposed to be one of the highlights. I mistakenly thought we would be touring around Halong Bay the whole time....a foolish assumption! We sailed for about 30 minutes, during which time we had a briefing and some food, then we dropped anchor and that was it! It turned out to be more of a booze cruise, with kayaking, happy hour, games, karaoke and Tai Chi in the morning! Oh my God, what a waste! This place is massive and to just sail into it for half an hour seemed ridiculous to us. I know a lot of it looks the same but as a photographer you are looking for those subtle differences in composition and quality of light that make great photographs. You can't get that when you are sat in the same spot. I managed to get some reasonable photographs but overall, disappointing.....again!
As I write this back in the UK, I've just finshed post processing our holiday photo's after around four weeks work. Originally, because of the dull weather we had, I thought they were not going to be a patch on the photo's from Myanmar last year, but I have been pleasantly surprised. I am constantly amazed at what you can pull out of seemingly dull photographs with the help of Lightroom, Topaz Labs and Photomatix for HDR. Back in the days of film I used to love the punchy colours you could get on a sunny day with the help of a polarizing filter and Kodachrome 25! Nowadays with the help of modern software it's possible to get so much colour into photographs almost out of nowhere! I love making 'impression' type of pictures where the photo is transformed into a sort of painting....used judiciously they conjure up more of the feeling of a place than a straight photo. Those plus the power of HDR photography and Topaz Labs give our holiday snaps a warmth and colour that maybe isn't true to life but always makes them look amazing! No wonder we got suckered into doing another touring holiday.....the photo's just look so good!
A word about Mango Journeys, they were amazing. All the guides were there to greet us and look after us wherever we went and they all seemed to enjoy their work, which always helps. Everything on the itenerary worked out OK.....in the end! We had one hiccup where we missed our flight from Cambodia back into Vietnam but Warren stepped in at 9:00pm at night and got us on another flight and into a hotel without too much bother and no extra charge. As it was our first visit to Vietnam Mango tried to give us a bit of everything I guess, stuff that most tourists want to see. In hindsight and learning from our Burma trip last year we should have really studied the itinerary and made sure it included what WE wanted to do, especially staying away from big cities! We are quite new to touring so it's a learning process.
Our next holiday? As soon as we got home we knew we 'needed a holiday' it had been so busy with a lot of travelling. We booked a week on Veligandu in the Maldives at Easter! Back to our favourite place in the world! Not only that we decided to put touring on hold for a while and booked two weeks on Filitheyo for Christmas. Back to just sunbathing, snorkelling, scuba diving and chilling! Heaven!
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Caption: A thousand students from Rizal High School, in Pasig City,
Philippines form a human banner that reads: “Act for our Future,” to call
for a strong and fair global climate agreement ahead of the international
climate talks in Paris that will start on November 30. This activity was
made possible through the#NowPH
project of the
National Youth and the Climate Change Commission, which aims to gather
voices of the Filipino youths to take part in the battle against climate
change. Photo: Gerald Niu/350.org
Made these quilted changing pads for my nephew. I loved to use these when my kids were babies to cover those horrid changing tables in public restrooms.
The fabric of this skirt is very delicate and in fact is a bit see thru. It feels so fem when I’m wearing it!💕
Tries a skirt on in a Quiz store, something I never thought I would be bold enough to try. Unfortunately skirt just too small. Shame changing room so small.
Workers carry solar panels along a street.
IMF Photo/Lisa Marie David
30 April 2021
Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Photo ref: 20210430_SolarEnergy_08.jpg
Changing pad with a dedicated pocket for your wipes and another amply sized pocket for diapers and baby-changing accoutrements.
Read more about me at www.lovelihood.com
'I promise change"
~ Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney's Biggest Flip Flops
ABORTION
Flip: "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years, that we should sustain and support it. I sustain and support that law and the right of a woman to make that choice." — Debate with Sen. Edward Kennedy, 1994
"I will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose and am devoted and dedicated to honoring my word in that regard." — Massachusetts Gubernatorial Debate, 2002
Flop: "Look, I was pro-choice. I am pro-life. You can go back to YouTube and look at what I said in 1994. I never said I was pro-choice, but my position was effectively pro-choice. I changed my position." — Iowa Straw poll debate, 2007
"What I would like to see happen would be for the Supreme Court to say, look, we’re going to overturn Roe v. Wade and return to the states the authority to decide whether they want to have abortion or not, state by state. That’s the way it was before Roe v. Wade. So I am firmly pro-life." — Town hall meeting, Hopkinton, NH, 2011
VIETNAM
Flip" "I was not planning on signing up for the military. It was not my desire to go off and serve in Vietnam." — Quoted by the Boston Herald, 1994
Flop: "I longed in many respects to actually be in Vietnam and be representing our country there and in some ways it was frustrating not to feel like I was there as part of the troops that were fighting in Vietnam." — Quoted by the Boston Globe, 2007
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Flip: "I like mandates. Mandates work." — Presidential primary debate, 2008
"I'm proud of what we've done. If Massachusetts succeeds in implementing [Romneycare], then that will be a model for the nation." — Speech in Baltimore, 2007
Flop: "At the time I crafted the plan in the last campaign I was asked is [Romneycare] something that you would have the whole nation do, and I said no. This is something that was crafted for Massachusetts. It would be wrong to adopt this as a nation." — Presidential primary debate, 2011
Bret Baier: "Governor, you did say on camera and in other places, at times you thought [Romneycare] would be a model for the nation."
Mitt Romney: "You're wrong, Bret." — Fox News interview, 2011
CLIMATE CHANGE
Flip: "I believe the world’s getting warmer. I can’t prove that, but I believe based on what I read that the world is getting warmer. And number two, I believe that humans contribute to that. ... And so I think it's important for us to reduce our emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases that may well be significant contributors to the climate change and the global warming that you're seeing." — Town hall meeting, Manchester, NH, June 2011
Flop: "My view is that we don’t know what’s causing climate change on this planet. And the idea of spending trillions and trillions of dollars to try to reduce CO2 emissions is not the right course for us." — Q&A session, Pittsburg, PA, October 2011
BUSH TAX CUTS
Flip: "[R]omney spoke at the 10th annual legislative conference organized by U.S. Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-Lowell) and met with the Massachusetts delegation. ... Congressional sources said that a point of contention arose when Romney refused to take a position on Bush’s massive, 10-year tax cut plan.” — Boston Herald, 2003
Flop: "McCain opposed President Bush’s tax cuts, Romney noted. 'I supported them,' the former governor said." — Quoted in The State (SC), 2007
Mitt Romney: The character of a loser
For Mitt Romney, the only prize is that of a loser, and that has never been more plainly evident than in his talk with his political campaign donors Wednesday when he blamed his loss on “the gifts” he said President Obama gave to Hispanics, blacks and young voters during his first term.
Romney said this just a week after delivering a surprisingly magnanimous concession speech that, had he walked away quietly afterwards, would have left even those who would never have voted for him feeling that perhaps they had misjudged his character during a campaign in which he made it so easy to do so.
But now, I suspect that we can all see that it wasn’t the primaries nor the debates that truly defined the Romney character so much as two talks he had with his deep-pocket donors, rich fat-cats some would call them, with whom the former Massachusetts governor obviously has more in common than he does with the common American who so astutely rejected his bid for the presidency last week.
For it was that speech back in May that fortunately was recorded and made public as the campaign was heating up that probably was the single factor, if any one thing was, that cost Romney a presidential victory that was his to lose, given the fact that no incumbent had ever been reelected with the kind of unemployment rate currently plaguing the country.
That was the speech in which Romney told his supporters that 47 percent of American voters were deadbeats who didn’t pay taxes and that he could more easily win the presidency if only he were Hispanic.
Forty-seven percent of America should have rejected him after that speech. And if they all didn’t, then at least almost eight out of every 10 Latinos who voted – and it turned out to be a record Hispanic turnout – said hasta la vista, deadbeat Mitt.
Romney tried to weasel out of those words by saying that sometimes his thoughts didn’t come out as he intended. It didn’t seem to matter, as Romney appeared headed toward certain defeat until the evening of October 3 when an overconfident Obama stumbled so badly in their first debate that the Romney campaign was given new life.
Thankfully, Romney lost. But if there was ever any doubt about the kind of president he would have been and whose interests he would have protected, it was removed Wednesday in his pathetic attempt to suggest that Obama had somehow bought the votes of Hispanics, blacks and the young with everything from the Affordable Health Care Act to his deferred action program to undocumented Latino youth, as if Romney’s own intentions to protect the wealthy from a fare share of taxation were some kind of benevolent act.
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Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
` Matthew 19:23-24
Teri asked Kevin if he wanted to help change the diaper. He said, "Wait one minute." And returned like this.
Changing pad with a dedicated pocket for your wipes and another amply sized pocket for diapers and baby-changing accoutrements.
Read more about me at www.lovelihood.com
Change
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Twilight while walking home in the city of Fribourg, Switzerland.
Taken a year ago. I got off the train and the twilight was great. Taken on the Boulevard de Pérolles while walking home.
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Set: Back Home (» see other shots from "Back Home")
Refinements: Noise reduction, saturation, contrast.
Equipment: Nikon D70s, Sigma 10-20mm
"MANY CITIZENS USE BERLIN'S POST OFFICES FOR WRITING THEIR LETTERS
This is one of Berlin's many branch post offices. The public writing room is well lighted, with comfortable chairs, tables, inkpots and blotters. No doubt Teutonic thoroughness and painstaking also provide pens that will write!"
Photograph by Douglas Chandler
(This historic photograph is from a National Geographic article in the February 1937 issue titled "Changing Berlin". It offers a fascinating look at Berlin, Germany, a few years before the start of World War II.)
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Author Unknown
This particular butterfly was kind of...dead.
Critiques and comments are welcome. :)
...SONUVA BITCH! (disclaimer; that's actually the only Nazareth song I know). This is "General" Jeremy Mastiff, an old OC of mine and resident SAS badass in my Bloodfall stories. Haven't seen him in a bit but that'll change down the road, don't worry. He's actually inspired/based off of Captain John Price from the COD: Modern Warfare series. I even straight-up used a screenshot of Price to draw this pic. Say what you want about COD, the first Modern Warfare was awesome.
Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct 10 2010
Local students made a giant 350 to promote solutions to climate change and to urge politicians to pass clean energy policies.
This was one of over 7,000 climate action events taking place in in 188 countries around the world on 10/10/10 as part of “The Global Work Party.” This synchronized international event is organized by 350.org, and is expected to be the largest day of environmental activism in history.
Photo credit: 350.org
Copyright info: This photo is freely available for editorial use and may be reproduced under an Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 license
sooo this is my first crack at some sweet FGR/TRP action. i've been meaning to get into these groups for quite a while, themed photos are soo much better. so thanks to AndYaDontStop for the theme,
1. change and
2. writing a testimonial for a fellow flickr person.
soooo world meet the pure awesomeness that is Sydney. i' never done a testimonial but couldn't think of a better place too start. don't let her fool ya
she
is
something
special.
92|365
Saudia, or Saudi Arabian Airlines (take your pick!) is undergoing a few changes in preparation for the Summer 2016 schedule which will begin in only 3 months time where demand will increase over time. Saudia is planning changes to its 2 flights operating to London Heathrow from both Jeddah and Riyadh.
Effective from 27th March 2016, London Heathrow to Jeddah (SV115/116) operates daily but will see the flight operating with 2-class Boeing 777-300ER's rather than the current Boeing 777-200ER. Meanwhile, London Heathrow to Riyadh (SV117/118) operates daily using First Class-configured Boeing 777-300ER's rather than on selected flights.
Currently, Saudia operates a fleet of 45 Boeing 777's, this includes 23 Boeing 777-200ER's (one is VIP-configured), 3 Boeing 777F's with one more example on-order, and lastly 19 Boeing 777-300ER's with one more example left on-order.
Alpha Kilo Charlie is currently one of 23 Boeing 777-200ER's in service with Saudia as well as just 12 Boeing 777-200ER's that feature First Class interiors. She was delivered new to Saudia in December 1997 and is powered by 2 General Electric GE90-92B engines.
Boeing 777-268(ER) HZ-AKC on final approach into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on SV115 from Jeddah-King Abdulaziz (JED).
Forgot I loaded this one up here already....longish exposure of some rocks over near the Rizzen Sea Park Resort. I was playing around with a new variable ND filter and learning its capabilities and limitations and what not. Turns out they don't produce very good results at ultra-wide focal lengths. This photo is cropped and converted to black and white to get rid of some of the color distortions and softness issues I found at the edges.
This was totally unintentional. Someone was passing out stickers at South Station and I grabbed one. Brought it home, pulled it out of my bag, and somehow it ended up here, on top of the bowl of change on Mike's desk. It made us laugh, so I had to take a photo.
In a London café buying a pot of tea for two and the chap made a till error.
If only this was my change from £6!!
The Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall sits in the middle of a large public space. The entrance is marked by a graceful archway, with five arches in total. Going through the arches, the visitor enters "Democracy Square" with the National Concert Hall to the left and the National Theatre on the right. Walking through first the square and then down Democracy Boulevard, you will reach the Memorial Hall. Changing of the Guard takes place hourly and is quite interesting to see. Climb the steps to the top and there, under the Taiwan flag, is the statue of Chiang Kai-Shek.
The Hall has a few permanent exhibitions on Chiang Kai-Shek and also on the Taiwanese people's journey to democracy.
(The comments lose their meaning if I change this photo's description)
This was on the first occasion I ever went to Oxford...
...first of all, I got LOST. Second of all, I found THIS!
Having what appears to be a Go-Ahead London WVL, Thames Travel Route T1 passes through the Oxford version of "Friar Street" or even "Oxford Street" to be honest, with an abundance of humans walking aimlessly (as I was myself), cool buildings to look at (unlike Primark, Oxford Street), and a ton of buses passing by! Yes, I saw the 280 but this really was what excited me the most.
With this being a Thames Travel bus...
...imagine if this strayed onto the X39...
also
cylists. -_- sorry for my disdain
LX06 EAC, 933 (WVL242)
Go-Ahead Thames Travel
Wright Eclipse Gemini VolvoB7TL
ZF Ecomat (6-speed)