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1941 Buick Super Series 56C Convertible Coupe
Compared to the 1940 Buicks, the 1941 models had a smoother, sleeker look while remaining unmistakably Buick in style.
A newly designed engine called the “Fireball” eight debuted complete with a new induction system called “Compound Carburetion.” This was a dual-carburetor setup with just the first carburetor working at slow speed and idle. During rapid acceleration or at higher speeds, the second carburetor would engage for more fuel flow. Together with other factory changes, this meant that the horsepower of both the Roadmaster and Limited was 165 – 15 hp more than Cadillac’s V-8, much to the chagrin of Cadillac’s top management.
Certainly the levels of workmanship, materials and style in the senior 1941 Buicks were the equal of their costlier divisional rival, Cadillac, as well as competitors like Packard and Lincoln.
In 1941 this car would have sold for around $1,450.00, new.
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Ginger Rogers - American actress
Born July 16, 1911 in Independence, Missouri, USA
Died April 25, 1995 in Rancho Mirage, California, USA (congestive heart failure)
Birth Name Virginia Katherine McMath
Nickname Feathers
Height 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Ginger's real stardom occurred when she was teamed with Fred Astaire where they were one of the best cinematic couples ever to hit the silver screen. This is where she achieved real stardom. They were first paired in 1933's Flying Down to Rio (1933) and later in 1935's Roberta (1935) and Top Hat (1935). Ginger also appeared in some very good comedies such as Bachelor Mother (1939) and Fifth Avenue Girl (1939), both in 1939. Also that year, she appeared with Astaire in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939). The film made money but was not anywhere successful as they had hoped. After that, studio executives at RKO wanted Ginger to strike out on her own.
She made several dramatic pictures, but it was 1940's Kitty Foyle (1940) that allowed her to shine. Playing a young lady from the wrong side of the tracks, she played the lead role well, so well in fact, that she won an Academy Award for her portrayal. Ginger followed that project with the delightful comedy, Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) the following year. It's a story where she has to choose which of three men she wants to marry. Through the rest of the 1940s and early 1950s she continued to make movies but not near the caliber before World War II. After Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) in 1957, Ginger didn't appear on the silver screen for seven years. By 1965, she had appeared for the last time in Harlow (1965). Afterward, she appeared on Broadway and other stage plays traveling in Europe, the U.S., and Canada. After 1984, she retired and wrote an autobiography in 1991 entitled, "Ginger, My Story".
On April 25, 1995, Ginger Rogers died of natural causes in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 83.
Source: www.imdb.com/name/nm0001677/bio
Picture (insert) credit: Dr. Macro's High Quality Scans
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For both of my visits to Bangkok I've stayed in one of the large hotels on the busy Sukhumvit Road. I can imagine some people would hate it but to me it's a rather exhilarating place. It's also easy to get pretty much anywher from there thanks to the overhead sky train which can link up with the water taxis on the Chao Phraya river.
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From Wikipedia : "In the capital, Sukhumvit Road serves as a main commercial street, and this section is often congested, even at late evening or early morning hours. The Chalerm Mahanakhon Expressway has an exit at Soi 1. Ratchadaphisek Road crosses Sukhumvit at the Asok (Asoke) intersection.
The Sukhumvit area of Bangkok is easily accessible on the Skytrain Sukhumvit Line, which runs from Mo Chit through the Silom Line interchange at Siam Square up to Bearing on Soi (side-street) 107. The MRT's Sukhumvit Station interchanges with the Skytrain at Asok.
The Sois are numbered from West to East, with odd numbers branching off North-East of Sukhumvit, and even numbers branching off South-West."
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I had the incredibly good fortune to just spend a week in Kyoto. It was my first trip to Japan (or anywhere in Asia for that matter) and it was a pretty incredible experience.
Kyoto is a beautiful city - it's full of temples and amazing architecture and isn't nearly so congested and modernized as larger centers such as Tokyo (from what I've come to understand anyways). The city is full of beautiful scenery, including an abundance of foliage such as this Japanese Maple, not yet at the peak of their Autumnal color even in mid-November.
Adjacent to our hotel there was a large park complete with a small lake, a little more than 1 mile around, surrounded by tree-covered hills. There was time one afternoon to take the walk and enjoy the scenery. Among all the color, this particular maple caught my attention more than the others and I had to pause for a bit to take several shots. I particularly liked this one for the way the dark branches radiated out from the bottom left and provided strong contrast against the leaves.
So if you have the means to jump over to Kyoto on a whim, I highly suggest you do - the color should be even richer now (I just got back last night myself).
Nikon D40 | Nikon 18-200VR@112mm | ƒ/8 | 1/80s | ISO400 | Handheld
A composite image of two habitats sharing many features:
Population: millions of inhabitants
Structures: very tall with reference to their inhabitants
Arrangement: One congested and cluttered the other spacious, sunny and green.
One species dates at least 60 million years back the other about 200 thousand.
(1 in a multiple picture album)
Mesa Verde Cliff Palace, the largest and most famous cliff dwelling in Mesa Verde National Park, has over 150 individual rooms and more than 20 kivas (rooms for religious rituals). Crafted of sandstone, wooden beams and mortar, Mesa Verde Cliff Palace has been remarkably well preserved from the elements for the past 700 years.
If one is going to be at Mesa Verde National Park I recommend spending a bit more to stay at the lodge within the park because other lodging is some distance from the park.
Our four days at Mesa Verde were some of the best we have experienced in any of the national parks. It was quiet and not congested with traffic, and very educational.
With the rise of aerial drones, combat has seen a change. The Bird Dog was designed to be dropped into the field where it can scout out targets in congested areas. It's targeting system, combined with its long range, high powered laser, allows it to snipe important enemy targets, even through heavily covered terrain. It has two processing units, one dedicated to managing movement and evaluating terrain, and another for targeting and weapons management. Though separate, the two communicate with one another to offer a highly effective wartime solution. The Bird Dog is typically accompanied by a small support team, there to make repairs or adjustments as needed, and to assist with emergency tactical decisions.
The Terengganu state government is going to turn Kuala Terengganu into a waterfront city soon. The master plan for the Shah Bandar area is being finalised and is likely to be shown to the public later this month. "The state government will then call all stakeholders to respond," a conservationist, who declined to be named, said.
Under the plan, Masjid Putih (Zainal Abidin) will be rehabilitated and more public places and boardwalks culminating in Kampung Cina and Pasar Payang will be created, she said. While new public plazas will take on Islamic designs, the Chinese theme in Kampung Cina will be preserved, she said.
"There are proposals to build shop houses on stilts or on some reclaimed land in Kampung Cina. These shop houses will be fronting the sea and will be similar in design to the old shop houses that have the back facing the sea," said the source, adding that houses with illegal extensions will have to be demolished.
Points to ponder:
The "guitar:guitarist, hence, camera:photographer" metaphor is a bit off IMO. Being a photographer is more like being a composer. You create new works, rather than simply playing/interpreting works written by others.
Gears: Nikon D50, Vivitar 24mm f/2.0
Location: Chinatown (Kampung Cina), Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
The Soo Line depot, still equipped with a train order signal, sat north of the westbound main just west of the crossing with the Minnesota Commercial. The center siding began - going eastward - just east of the diamonds. It was already looking rough by now, as were so many of their depots at this time, and I'm sure management had figured that no maintenance was necessary for a building that would soon be torn down and its useful function long gone. As Dan said, it's on display nearby and it does look much better than in this view. The Wisconsin Central built their New Brighton office in this quadrant of the crossing, and crew changes were made here normally with both WC and CN. The tracks belong to CP, which kept ownership all the way to Withrow where the Chicago main split from the main to the Sault...that's actually the way it worked as the Chicago main was put in second to the original main to the Sault. Now the CP has included this stretch of the old Soo mainline to Cardigan, and the St. Paul line from there, as an alternative mainline to their trackage rights on the congested BNSF across the Twin Cities.
Ramp to the I-495 was heavy congested.
Shot with the soon to be replaced Sigma 12-24... really questionable performance under low-light conditions.
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This is a digital retake from many moons ago at this very spot with my Mamiya RZ 67 Pro film camera set low on a tripod. I was focused on my work then, waiting out conditions, when a fella visiting Roan Mountain walked right up and stopped in front of the camera, checking out the gear. As was the day I shot this image, it was wet and blustery with clouds racing through the red spruce and Fraser fir along the mountaintop. “You waitin’ for the sun?” he asked. Huddled into my rain jacket against the prevalent cold wind with my hands in my pockets, I must have looked like I was waiting for a bus in Chicago... I did have the shutter release cord in my hand, not that anyone would notice. Looking up around the sky, I responded, “That would appear to be a rather long wait today. So, no, I’m not waiting on the sun." “It’s so foggy!” he said. “This isn’t fog.” “What would you call it?” “This place is known as Cloudland. Roan is over 6,000 feet in elevation, so I would call it clouds.” “Well, what are you waitin’ for?” The guy’s not getting it. “For the wind to stop moving and for you to keep moving… you’re standing in front of the camera.” “Oh! Oh, sorry!” That big 6x7 cm Mamiya did not resemble the typical 35 mm camera of the day, and he may not have understood that he was between the lens and my subject. Yet, he also had no idea that anything apart from sunny conditions would make for a fine composition. I beg to differ.
Sunny days have their place in photography. A likely currently unknown rule in photography, the sunny 16 rule, is a method of estimating correct daylight exposures without a light meter. There were other rules concerning more complex conditions, yet the happy little Sunny 16 Rule stood apart in its simplicity. Today’s rule of photography stands out even more: point and shoot. The day before this shot was the day of the Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival and the area was crowded. It was sunny and folks were everywhere with their camera phones, and all was a good time in the outdoors with friends and family. The road up to Roan was so congested that we shot past Carver’s Gap and looked for views elsewhere.
We woke to thunder the next morning. What started as moderate rain settled to a drizzle for much of the day. As such, we decided on a leisurely approach to the day, stopping at the delightful Cranberry Café in Newland for breakfast. They roast their own coffee there for a bold brew that set the standard for their thoughtful breakfast offerings… just right. Backing out from there, I set the cruise for Roan. Hardly anyone was there, yet the weather conditions offered a sense of depth, beauty, and mystery to the lens in ways a sunny day never could. Being of Scottish ancestry, Joyce often notes a maxim with concern to weather in the Highlands, which is quite like we were experiencing here: “There is no such thing as poor weather, just poorly dressed people.” We spent a bit more this year for Arc’teryx jackets. They shed wind and rain like nothing else I have ever owned and will help to keep me out in the wilds to catch more of the world’s beauty. Let’s go… just don’t stand in front of the camera.
The third in my winter series near the ghost town area of Nemiskam that includes "Animal Crackers" and "Nemiskam Winter Blues". Indeed this vintage grain harvester or combine would have been someones time machine, bringing home the valuable summer crops by saving time through modernization. It has a prehistoric semblance, forever cast to the prairie museums that continually whisper of forgotten years and a less congested lifestyle. I'm just not certain what happened to those giraffes.
*Textures courtesy of Skelatal Mess and Cathairstudios
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Stockholm Metro station T-Centralen, the central hub and the busiest station (read: most congested) of the metro.
Photo taken by Ramin Fischer, kindly provided by him for inclusion on this page.
München-Riem
December 1991
A view from Riem’s tower in December 1991, approximately to the south-west, and shortly before the airport’s closure in May 1992.
The parking area behind the LTU TriStar, Balkan Tu-154 and LTU B757 on the right was called "Westpilz" ("western mushroom", because of its shape when seen from the air). In earlier years, it had mainly been used for general aviation aircraft and visitors that stayed a little longer (from several days to several months). Towards the end of the 1980s, the area was expanded and integrated into normal operations at the increasingly busy and congested airport.
Scan from Kodachrome slide.
Le Rama VIII Bridge est un pont à haubans traversant la rivière Chao Phraya à Bangkok , Thaïlande . Il a été conçu pour réduire la congestion de la circulation sur la proximité du pont Phra Pinklao . La construction du pont a eu lieu de 1999 à 2002. Le pont a été ouvert le 7 mai 2002 et inauguré le 20 Septembre, qui est l'anniversaire de naissance du défunt roi Ananda Mahidol, après laquelle il est nommé. Le pont a un design asymétrique, avec un seul pylône en forme de Y inversé situé sur la rive ouest de la rivière. Ses quatre-vingt-quatre câbles sont disposés par paires sur le côté de la travée principale et en une seule rangée sur l'autre. Le pont a une portée principale de 300 mètres, et a été l'un des plus grands ponts à haubans asymétriques du monde au moment de son achèvement.
It's a shame the layout around Long Row and Queen Street isn't still there, it'd make Upper Parliament Street so much less congested!!
240 is pictured at the bottom stop on Queen Street with a 201 to Southwell via Carlton, Burton Joyce and Lowdham.
Minimal image looking up at Bougainvillea flowers growing in Lodhi Gardens in Delhi. A nice oasis in the congested city to enjoy some nature. Canon 5D4, Canon 50mm 1.4, edited in Lightroom.
You know you've had a bad day when...
Your box truck flips over and you are at fault for creating a six mile backup on an already congested stretch of the 580 Eastbound commute.
Dublin,CA
Commentary.
This classic English village was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
The “Castle” in its name, stood north of the village, but only earthworks now remain.
In Medieval times, like many West Country towns and villages Castle Combe profited from a well-established wool industry and its weekly market was a thriving one.
The iconic, mellow, yellow Limestone cottages with gabled upper floors, wooden porches and Wisteria or Rose-covered frontages, are a delight to behold.
By brook River gushes below the stone bridge in this wooded valley in western Wiltshire.
It has long been renowned as one of England’s most picturesque villages.
I would have to agree, river, bridge, 14th. Century Market Cross, village pumps, Butter Cross and charming, old inns attract countless visitors.
Castle Combe Racing Circuit, a former World War 2 R.A.F.
Airfield is only a mile or so south-east of the village.
It is a world within a world.
Undoubtedly, I, and many other visitors have a romantic, idealised perception of such places.
When these cottages were built people were lucky to live beyond the age of 40.
Poor harvests led to starvation.
Roads were boggy mud-tracks making trade and travel a difficult challenge.
Often, in the 16th. - 18th. Centuries individuals would never venture beyond their own village.
Life was hard, disease and illness rife and medical services non-existent.
Today, these cottages represent a rural idyll, but that is a modern phenomenon and perception.
Nevertheless, the human scale, the permanence, the sense of belonging and unspoiled appearance of these Limestone dwellings becomes a victim of its own beauty and charm.
The downside is the very fact that its popularity brings hordes of visitors crowding down its narrow streets, detracting from its once rural peace.
At least the carpark at the top of the hill minimises the presence of vehicles, belonging to visitors, congesting those same streets.
Particularly in Spring and Autumn Castle Combe is an outstandingly beautiful place with 107 Listed Buildings!
Europe, Netherlands, Leiden, Rain, A44 motorway, Cars, Congestion,Bus, Passengers (uncut)
Although the Dutch railway system is generally performing relatively well, it does have its aggravating sides. Due to the denseness of the service and the unsatisfactory preventive maintenance of trains and infrastructure (track & signalling) the service breaks down frequently. And when this happens the traveller's information can be woefully inadequate. Luckily when there is a serious disruption generally busses are swiftly pushed into service. But the swiftness ends when the busses enter the congested motorway system, like here.
A woman with a megaphone sits on the roof of a van during a Black Lives Matter demonstration, London, 20 June 2020
With droves of other stressed people, each encased in over a ton of metal, over congested streets to full parking lots, on every day of their working lives.
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Leica M1 (KOOCT), serial number 956752, made in 1959
Leica Super Angulon 21 mm f/3.4 (made by Schneider Kreuznach)
Kodak Portra 160 professional grade colour negative film, exposed at ISO 100
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
Labellum calli sessile, and becoming increasingly congested and overlapping so that the narrow, incurved labellum tip is prominently scaly and blackened.
Flowering October to December
With rising airship traffic dangerously congesting flight routes, inventors searched for new ways of fast travel. ""Madstopper Steam-Industries" seems to have found the answer with its high speed submarine.
Though sailing – and is sailing even the right word for this new form of marine travel? – on the "Marlin" does not come cheap, ticket pre-orders went through the roof, making the investment in its construction highly profitable for this German wharf.
Solar Orbiter’s crucial flyby of Earth on 27 November will place the spacecraft onto the correct orbit for its science phase to begin. But the manoeuvre is not without risk. At closest approach, the spacecraft will be around 460 km above our planet. This is in the Low Earth Orbit zone, where the International Space Station and many other spacecraft can be found. It is also home to a lot of space debris, meaning that there is a small risk of a collision between Solar Orbiter and some space junk. To reach this region, Solar Orbiter will also have to fly through another well-used orbital region, called Geostationary orbit, which again is congested with space debris and other satellites. ESA will monitor the situation carefully and change the trajectory of the spacecraft if it needs to. However, the flyby does present a unique opportunity for science. Solar Orbiter can collect data on the Earth’s magnetic field, which can be compared to that from ESA’s Cluster and Swarm missions to give a more detailed, three dimensional description of this highly changeable region around our planet. After the flyby, regular Venus gravity assists will bring the spacecraft higher over the Sun’s never-before-seen poles, providing new details about how activity on the Sun generates space weather.
Credits: ESA
The shift towards private flying, that many wealthy people saw as a necessary service during COVID-19, is now showing signs of becoming something else: a pricey but sought-after alternative to a premium ticket on a commercial flight.
Since COVID restrictions and impacts are lessening in most parts of the world, many are staying on for the convenience and reliability that private jets offer. Especially, now airports all over Europe are overcrowded and congested due to a big shortage in airport staff. Passing check-ins and security is becoming a big and lengthy hassle. Whilst, the risk of your luggage not making it to the ‘other side’ is increasing rapidly. It resulted in both more first-time jet owners and families and even small- and medium businesses flying private.
This can also be seen in the number of private jets at Schiphol. It’s increasing more quickly than commercial aviation. Pre-corona, the numbers of private jets was approximately 18 to 19 thousand flights annually. In 2020, this was reduced to just 14 thousand. But in 2021 it already bounced back to 18.651 flights per year. Of course, the jury is still out for the numbers of 2022. But given the rather busy tarmac and apron at Schiphol Oost, it shouldn’t be a surprise if the number passed the 20 thousand marker.
Technical stuff
This is a single shot. At 400ISO, f7.1, -2/3EV, 1/5800 and 55mils. The rather high shutter speed was due to the fact I had to shoot over my head for a good framing. And this always results in a less steady way of making a photo.
Pro-production in Lightroom included: balancing the light, conversion to black-and-white and cropping. Finally, I added the copyright signs (in Photoshop). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the frequent copying of my photos. So, don't bother commenting on that.
Trawbreaga Bay, Malin Head, Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland
The view from 'Knockmany Bends’ overlooking ‘Five Fingers Strand’ & the sand dunes of Lagg. This strand takes its unusual name from the five long black sea-stacks that can be seen on this rocky shore. The surrounding sand dunes are some of the highest in all of Europe! These dunes were formed around 5000 years ago and now have their own protected & unique ecosystem.
Each year many folk travel abroad to highly congested tourist traps in search of tropical waters & white sandy beaches. If they only realised what is already here in Ireland along our Wild Atlantic Way, they may think twice before spending a small fortune when they easily visit areas like here for free & also have the entire beach to themselves. Now I’m no rocket scientist 👨🔬 but I know when something makes perfect sense 👍
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Edinburgh’s festivities are well and truly in action. This year due to how busy and congested Waverley Bridge can get Edinburgh city council have decided to close traffic. Hence why this new temporary terminal for Edinburgh Tour. I think it looks brilliant with all the Christmas decorations and festivities going on. So here we see City Sightseeing bus 225 terminating on a Crisp Sunday tour whilst collecting passengers
Photographs taken by me at Point Pleasant Beach. Shot with the Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM At F/11 Shutter speed 6 seconds ISO 100.
It was quite a nice 4th of July full of crowds of people that wanted to spend their weekend at the beach to see the big show. It felt very pre-covid as the crowds were overwhelmingly congested on the Boardwalk. I shot simultaneously with two cameras. The first camera was with a crop sensor. The A6300 with a wide angle lens the Sigma 19mm. The second camera I shot with was my A7Riii with my Sony 50mm F/1.2 GM. The show was suppose to start at 9:00 PM and eventually started at 9:30 PM. Unfortunately, due to the delay it rained a little bit, and some of my photos will reflect that. However, I found the photos that were affected by the droplets of rain falling on the front lens elements to be characterful. That's is why I have decided to share them rather than delete them.
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Following behind a Pacific Surfliner train BNSF 7344 slow rolls west through Basta with a train of loaded Ethanol cans destined for the refineries at Watson, CA. The train still has to get through the heavily congested commuter train section of the San Bernardino Sub between Fullerton Junction and Redono Junction as the evening rush of eastbounds begins.
....arriving on the congested part of the Weymouth tramway on a murky day (in more ways than one) June 1984.
Note the flashing amber lamp on the front of the loco, which was a short-lived experiment in the mid 1980s.
The final serviceable PS 20932 continues to put it good service this summer, seen here operating from Stonehaven on a peak working on a congested Market Street.
The Birmingham and Fazeley Canal near to Bodymoor Heath, North Warwickshire.
The story of the Birmingham and Fazeley begins in 1770, when the Birmingham Canal Company was seen as having a monopoly. At the time, the coalfields at Walsall did not have canal access, and a public meeting was held at Lichfield on 18 August, to discuss an independent link from Walsall to Fradley Junction on the Trent and Mersey Canal, passing through Lichfield. Opposition from local landowners resulted in the plan being shelved, but a further plan was proposed at a meeting held in Warwick in August 1781, for a canal to run from Wednesbury through Fazeley to Atherstone, which was the end of the Coventry Canal at the time. The plans were changed somewhat in October, but shareholders in the Birmingham Canal saw it as a serious threat.
Two bills were put before Parliament in 1782, one for the Birmingham and Fazeley, and a rival one from the Birmingham Canal for a branch from Wednesbury to Walsall. Both sides opposed the other's proposal, and both bills were defeated. The promoters then opened negotiations with other canal companies, to ensure that when the canal was built, it would be part of a larger network. In 1782, they obtained an agreement from the Oxford Canal Company that they would complete the route to the River Thames at Oxford, one from the Coventry Canal that they would extend their canal from Atherstone to Fazeley, and agreed that they would complete the Coventry Canal's route from Fazeley as far as Whittington, as the Coventry Canal company could not finance the whole route. The Trent and Mersey would finish that link by building the remainder of the route to Fradley Junction. A second bill was put before Parliament, and at the same time, the Birmingham Canal presented a scheme for a canal from Riders Green to Broadwaters, near Walsall, with eight branches, and a second canal from Newhall to Fazeley. The Birmingham and Fazeley was authorised by an Act of Parliament obtained in 1784. The new company and the Birmingham Canal merged soon afterwards, becoming the awkwardly named Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company.
John Smeaton was the engineer employed by the Birmingham and Fazeley, but work did not start immediately, as he was also responsible for the Riders Green to Broadwaters line, which was completed first. The project did not go smoothly, as there were disputes between James Bough, the superintendent of the canal company, and Pinkertons, who were the civil engineering contractors employed to carry out the work. The issue concerned the cement that the Pinkertons were using. Work on the Fazeley line began in April 1786, with Bough still acting as superintenent, and the Pinkertons responsible for the construction of the section between Minworth and Fazeley. In late 1786, George Pinkerton found out that the levels, which had been surveyed by Bough, were wrong. Samuel Bull, the engineer for the canal company, investigated and reported that Pinkerton was right. The Pinkertons started to work on the project from January 1787, even though the contracts were not signed until May. Bough made a series of allegations that Pinkertons' workmanship and the materials used were of poor quality.
The company stopped paying Pinkerton in late 1788, as the costs were exceeding the original estimates, and the contract was taken away from them in February 1789. There was then a financial dispute over money which had been paid to Pinkerton as "extras", but which the company then claimed were overpayments. Some £2,750 was at issue, and the case rumbled on for a decade, until a court case in 1801 gave him only £436 of the claim. Unhappy with the outcome, Pinkerton justified his position, but his remarks about John Houghton, the Company Clerk, were deemed to be libellous, for which he was fined and spent some time in prison.
The canal was completed in August 1789. The benefits of the co-operation with the other canal companies were that when all the links were completed in 1790, it immediately generated a great deal of freight traffic. This created problems, as the flights of locks at Aston and Farmer's Bridge became congested, and this became worse when the Warwick Canal built a junction onto the Digbeth Branch. The problem was not solved until 1844, when the Birmingham and Warwick Junction Canal to the south east and the Tame Valley Canal to the north west were opened. The name of the Birmingham & Birmingham & Fazeley Canal Company was changed to Birmingham Canal Navigations in 1794.
BNSF 7243 with Hobart bound domestic containers roar west through Hodge as the train gets ready to clear a MoW work zone on the Cajon Sub. While BNSF 4633 east looks at a red signal at milepost eleven, the train laid up here in front of MoW, and about a half mile behind another eastbound train that was waiting to get tin and out of a very congested Barstow Yard. There's also about two or three eastbound trains behind this one which turned the High Desert into a parking lot. Oh yeah and there was also a Big Boy roaming around.
Willow is an amazing dog and I've been so lucky to be her daddy. She is super smart and I'm having her tutor me in my physics class. We've known for a long time that she had a heart murmur. However, about six months ago her health took a dramatic decline and almost overnight she went from being a happy pup to being a little old lady. Last week, the vet told me that she probably has six months left. Her heart murmur is now about as bad as they get and has led to congestive heart failure and cardiomegaly. She is all of eleven years old and this is happening too many years sooner than expected.
I'm not saying this to garner sympathy, I'm telling this so that if you have a pet, be sure to spend time with them while you have them. I'm regretting all those afternoons that she wanted to go for a walk, but I was too busy with things that seemed more important at the time. Right now, nothing seems more important than spending time with her.
Don't feel bad for her as she is probably the most spoiled dog on the planet and has led a very pampered life. She is my first dog (I've been a cat person until her) and has set the bar pretty damn high for any dog that will follow.
Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM @70mm
Exposure: 1/320 sec @ f/4.0 ISO400
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I've been wanting to capture an image like this for a long time, but never had the chance until the first time I camped in Yellowstone a week ago.
Yes, I've been home for a week now, with a HUGE cold (or something): sore throat, phlegmy cough that just won't stop, congested head, stuffy nose, general malaise, absolutely no sense of smell or taste (still suffering through that and it's been a week). I originally thought this was nothing more than a raw throat caused by breathing in a large lungful of sulfur steam at one of the hydrothermal features, but once I got home, that turned out not to be the case.
I'm not surprised, really, because the summer crowds were still there, seeing the sights and doing stupid stuff (more about that in a later post).
Anyway, I didn't really start to feel bad until my last day in Yellowstone, and part of that I attribute to total exhaustion, since it was go-go-go with my cameras from the day I arrived.
Camping was pretty cool, both figuratively and literally. At Grant Campground, it got down into the 20s (Fahrenheit). Nothing I could do would keep me warm. Quite a switch from the 90+ degrees F we have in Central WA.
At one point, just a few minutes before midnight, I awoke to hear the wolves howl. Oh my, what a beautiful, haunting, reverby song that was. It went off and on for about 15 minutes. I fell back asleep to be awakened at about 2:40 a.m by the chorus of coyotes. Their howls and yips are decidedly different from the wolves and easy to tell apart.
So, I got up, lit the tent with my lanterns, set up tripod and camera, and captured some starry, lit-up tent shots.
I used a regular ISO of 250 and a medium-sized aperture with a bit of a lengthy shutter speed. The trick was to try and not blow out the brightly-lit tent but to still capture the starry sky. Turned out better than I thought it would.
I'll try to be better at posting. I have a part-time job, plus the regular housework, plus working on the thousands of photos I captured during this past 8-day trip to Yellowstone.
Here's a piece of advice for you if you are planning to visit this amazing national park: If you go during the summer, make sure you get to whatever spot you wish to see EARLY in the morning. That way, you are assured a parking spot and you'll have the view to yourself for awhile before the crowds begin arriving sometime around 8 a.m.
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The camouflage on this giant snake was so good that you really had to look to notice it despite its huge size. In fact, from the angle we could view it from behind its glass enclosure, there was no way to tell where it began and where it ended! What a remarkable creature!
In recent years, Florida has been the dumping grounds for giant snake breeds such as this. Down south in the Everglades, people have felt it's not going to harm anything to let large snakes they no longer want loose, rather than turn them over to zoos. Consequently, South Florida has had a devastating problem which is only escalating, since these large snakes are not native to this area, and require animals to prey upon. Our native animals are endangered because of it, and the state actually allows hunters to go in and kill or capture non-native species like Rock Pythons, and Boa Constrictors, to try to re-establish the normal balance. Since snakes breed in large numbers, this is not as easy as it sounds! In fact, from recent shows I've seen on television, the "invasion" of large reptiles has encroached upon the residential areas of S. Florida, and posed significant threats to people and pets.
This snake is certainly large enough to kill an adult human. How would you like it in YOUR back yard? They are beautiful, but not meant for captivity, or for non-native areas! This snake is native to Africa, and I'm sure would be far more at home there!
I'm getting better, my friends, but it's a slow go. Really nasty virus! I'm at the congested, gloppy, hit the lungs stage, but at least I'm not drippy anymore! I just feel like sleeping all day, so I have today and tomorrow to try to get better before going back to work. I'm trying to catch up as best I can, but I'm really dragging..... Looks like another week before I'm really normal at this point. Yick.
Seen in Gilbert, Arizona. From afar I thought that this was a Ford LTD of the mid 1980s. Upon closer study it was discovered to be a Mercury Marquis, not a Grand Marquis, just a regular Marquis. Offered in the period between 1983 and 1986. Just as there was a Ford Crown Victoria, the LTD during that period was something other than the traditional, full-size Ford that the LTD models of previous years used to be.
Photo taken at about 3:00 PM. During lunchtime this parking lot would have been quite congested,
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These sandstone hills have become a visitor hotspot.
Facilities, picnic area and car park have been built.
Footpaths circumnavigate the whole of the bowl-like coombe known as “The Devil’s Punchbowl.”
Such sandy soil, as here, is easily leeched.
Nutrients are washed down and away, so typically, only Coniferous Spruces and Scots Pines can thrive.
Half a mile around the valley two memorials remind us of the local history.
The “Sailor’s Stone” commemorates the murder of a sailor,
perhaps travelling to or from Portsmouth.
It may well have been the work of Highwaymen for which this shady, wooded area was notorious.
A little further on is Gibbet Hill, 272 metres, 892 feet.
A Cruciform Memorial marks the spot where Highwaymen and Robbers were publicly hanged from a gibbet, to dissuade others from such a disreputable way of life.
Where people now walk and picnic, whilst taking in the views,
was the busy and often congested A.3 Trunk road.
It followed a near horizontal route near the top of the “Bowl.”
At the south-western extreme is Hindhead, where traffic lights and junctions would often lead to long, frustrating and polluting tailbacks.
Since 2011, a mile-long tunnel was constructed to take the traffic, both ways, on dual-carriageways under Gibbet Hill.
This allowed nature to re-claim the path of the old road.
It has become an even more popular and accessible beauty spot, a place of peace, splendour and solace.
As autumn turns the colours red, orange and yellow,
its appeal is even further enhanced.
A scene like this awaited me when I was walking to breakfast every morning. I even took my camera to breakfast so I wouldn't miss one of the wonderful colorful dhows or boats on the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.
I stayed at the Serena Hotel by Stone Town. I stayed there on my first trip to this island paradise. It is touted to have the best location in all of Zanzibar and I think this is a reality. Even more so now, as it seems that there is a station close by for the fishing boats to dock at. The bay is a little busier because of this, but ideal if you love looking at a variety of wonderful boats like I do.
It is also a little nosier due to local kids swimming and playing water games in the waters of the bay. It is as though they want to bother the guests so much that the hotel will pick up and move. Guards try to tame them, but it is a constant battle. I commend Zanzibar, however, for not closing the public beaches like so many island paradises try to do like to protect wealthy investor's interests.
The area of land close to the hotel has changed greatly. It all seems to be under construction. A sea wall is being built. Parking lots have sprung up where open walk ways used to be. Stone Town is congested with cars and drivers play chicken with each other. Let's hope that all of this is controlled in the future so one more paradise is not lost!
Having entirely cleared Switch 9, which sits on the American River watershed, 7920 east continues to climb along Smart Ridge—which is situated on the Yuba watershed. At present, a single main runs east from Switch 9 to Shed 10—where joins a double segment which extends to just inside the Tunnel 41 "the Big Hole."
At one time the Southern Pacific constructed a second main which ran east of Emigrant Gap, with a cross over at Crystal Lake, and ran until Shed 10. Shortly before the road's merger with UnionPacific, SP's San Francisco management decided to uproot the second main and replant it along the increasingly congested Sunset Route.
Smart Ridge, mile post 173 Roseville Subdivison, Placer County, California
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1/500 @ f/8
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October 15, 2009
Two foamheads: your humble correspondent and JBT—he did the honors of driving. Thanks Justin!
On November 24th, 1994 Wisconsin Central train T051 is passing us at Pleasant Hill Road as it approaches Rugby Junction for a meet with train T048 which can be seen off in the distance already tucked away in the siding.
When I saw the two auto racks in T051s consist that day I thought it was unusual, I didn’t remember ever seeing any multi-level cars in a WC train.
Then as T051 was passing T048 at Rugby someone came on the radio and said “Auto racks??” to which T051s crew responded that when they arrived at Chicago’s Calumet yard (where T051 comes out of) they had asked the same question - to which they were told that Calumet was so busy and congested that there just had been no time to switch out those two auto racks, so could the WC please just take them up to North Fond du Lac with their train and then send them back down the next day.
An interesting explanation as to why these two big multi-levels were heading north on the WC for a little side trip up into Wisconsin only to be taken back down to Chicago again 24 hours later.
So I guess someone somewhere had to wait an extra few days for their new Buick, Chrysler, Ford or whatever was in those two auto racks to arrive at the car dealership. ~~ A Jeff Hampton Photograph ©
This is about 25 shots stacked and blended on Lighten in PS
The top layer at 95% down to the bottom layer at 5% which is what gives the tapering effect to each stars trail
They suggest using 19 layers but I think possibly about 30-50 would look best
These were images were shot at 6400 ISO but if shot at 1600 or 3200 there might be less stars appearing in the scene leaving the sky a little less congested which is the main reason for keeping down the amount of images in the stack
Bangkok is one of the world’s most congested cities, with severe traffic problems that can make it a challenge to get around the city during peak rush hours. Whether you’re visiting Bangkok or planning to stay long term, understanding the traffic is key to getting around quickly.
With rising airship traffic dangerously congesting flight routes, inventors searched for new ways of fast travel. ""Madstopper Steam-Industries" seems to have found the answer with its high speed submarine.
Though sailing – and is sailing even the right word for this new form of marine travel? – on the "Marlin" does not come cheap, ticket pre-orders went through the roof, making the investment in its construction highly profitable for this German wharf.