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This congested photo of Newbegin in the late 1960's was obviously taken before traffic lights were installed at the junction, and when we had more police manpower
Arrive in style at the Newbury Winter Festival
Are you an avid racing fan? A keen bettor or enjoy a taste of the high life? With the last major horse racing event of the year nearly upon us, why join the hoards of travellers on the congested roads and unreliable rail networks, when a helicopter charter service to the Newbury Winter Festival really is more credit less crunch?
Chief Executive and pilot at Atlas Helicopters, the specialists in private helicopter hire outlines, “Those with a taste for the high life regularly take helicopter flights to all of the major sporting events, but that isn’t to say that it is a costly alternative. There is often a misconception that helicopter hire is extremely expensive, but many are realising that this is not the case at all.
By the time you have paid your fuel costs, driven miles and started to look rather dishevelled as you arrive at your destination, you could have arrived feeling cool and collected without the wear & tear on your vehicle and hours spent in queues of traffic. What better way to impress that all important client perhaps?
Running from Thursday 24th – Saturday 26th November 2011, the festival will attract some 50,000 people over the 3-day event with millions of pounds being wagered on the outcome the 3-day race card.
42-year-old James Corbett from London who visited the event last year he said, “The Newbury Winter Festival is without a doubt one of the best events on the sporting calendar, but last year’s festival proved to be a real headache for me and my friends. We got stuck in the most horrendous traffic and we nearly missed the start of the race card, we all said after last year’s experiences that should we re-visit the festival we would certainly consider a helicopter charter service as it is so much less trouble than driving – and great fun also!!”
Mr Burns from the firm who have a huge database of departure sites added, “Visiting The Newbury Winter Festival, is one of those events that requires a little flair and what better way to execute this than to arrive as a VIP in your own helicopter? The Newbury Festival is a wonderful experience, that’s why it is a shame to start the day in a traffic jam arriving late for the day’s first races.”
Not only does helicopter travel to a sporting event avoid the stress of airports, traffic jams and public transport, by cruising at speeds of up to 120 knots and a maximum range of 400 miles, helicopter charter can allow you to make multiple visits in one day, and arrive at The Newbury Winter Festival with no fuss, no agitation and certainly no worry of missing what this year’s festival has to offer.
Atlas Helicopters will have a luxurious fleet four AS355 Twin Squirrel’s, one Agusta A109 Power and one Bell 206L LongRanger, on hand to take all those avid racing fans to one of this year’s biggest events, so what are you waiting for? Call Atlas Helicopters now on 0800 328 0432 for a no obligation quote, and get your slice of the VIP lifestyle.
As well as getting of at Janalli, I also had a stop over at Wolli Creek in some hope to see any southbound Coal (none didn't show for some reason).
Realizing that peak hour had started which means no more freight untill after sunset, after I took this pic I got onto the Tangara up ahead waiting for the Interurban infront to clear and made for Home.
Interesing to see both ARG trains.
Upon completion of CarriersEdge new congested area driver training course, drivers will learn the steps to prevent collisions in truck stops and parking areas, to recognize how distracted driving and complacency can contribute to collisions and to use safe parking and backing procedures.
A child in the highly congested & difficult to enter, slums of Sangam Nagar in Mumbai gets vaccinated. The family that claimed to have recently migrated to Mumbai from Malda in West bengal, is here as the man of the house has found work as a construction labourer. They are though supposed to live in the slum for 3-4 months only, before returning to their home village, they live under the most inhuman conditions one can imagine. the lanes are so narrow that one has to scrape past the walls on the 2 sides & crawl under extended verandahs to get to these tiny, dark, stinking rooms that serve as homes to many such poeple who migrate to the city with hope of a better life.........
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Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
Back in August 2007 we had a weekend mile munching in Snowdonia. We stayed in a hotel in Betswy coed – what a nightmare. This was the noisiest bedroom I had ever attempted to sleep in. The hotel was on the main road, the A5, the main road to Snowdon, on a bank holiday. The traffic drove past nonstop all night, I couldn’t believe the volume of night time traffic. Never having walked in Wales it was all new, we knew it was a step up from the LakeDistrict – and it was! I used my Canon 5D and, unfortunately a Ricoh GRD which hasn’t the best of dynamic range so I had a lot of low quality images. I haven’t done anything with these photos until now and I decided to see what I could salvage.
The first day we drove to Llyn Ogwen, parked near Milestone Buttress and set off up the face of Tryfan. Wow! what a scramble, we just kept going up, a never ending steep, steep maze of rock. The rock is so steep that you can’t tell where you are on the climb or where to head to. Other people are vertically above and below you. We got to the top, a lovely day with some low cloud swirling in and out, quite dense at times. We got to the two famous stones, Adam and Eve, I got on top but didn’t make the leap from across them – next time perhaps! We moved on to Glyder Fach, with good views of Snowdon – or more to the point, Crib Goch, the infamous arête that was tomorrows starting point, a touch of apprehension stirring? Next stop was Glider Fawr, all around, as the cloud parted, I was working out which mountain was which, not a problem in the Lakes as we know it inside out. On to Y Garn and Foel Goch. At this point Jayne was having a problem with her knee ( and still is, she’s finally seen a physio’ at the end of 2013) so we decide to cut the walk short. We headed down Cwm Bual, at about the 400 to 450 mtr contour we found a terrace path that took us back to Idwal Cottage at the western end of Llyn Ogwen – and a café stop. It was heaving with tourists, in fact everywhere we went we had parking, traffic and people problems. We had a mile to walk along Llyn Ogwen back to the car. Quite an impressive first walk, 8.5 miles of tough going but exhilarating stuff.
On our second day in Wales we drove through Capel Curig heading for Snowdon. We couldn’t get a real early start as we had to wait for breakfast at the hotel and although it was only 8.30, we couldn’t park any closer than one mile away from where we wanted to be. We parked on the A498 an joined a procession of walkers heading for the hills. We started off on the Pyg Track then headed right up to Crib Goch. This was another exhilarating scramble. The problem was the number of people, many of whom were moving very slowly. It was dry and clear at the lower levels, on top of Snowdon the cloud was down, it was thick and wet so no views from the summit. We didn’t linger as we wanted to move on and leave the crowds behind. The path to Bwich Ciliau passes through an area where the mountain goats live, I could smell them long before I saw them. It was clear now and we could see our route along the Snowdon Horseshoe laid out in front, it looked great, a ridge path with sheer drops on one side but complete safety on the other. We crossed West Peak, East Peak and Lliwedd Bach having a tea stop on a beautiful top with stunning views and a lovely day - what hill walking’s all about. We could see the car several miles away and 2500 foot below and we basically aimed for it. We made our way to any viewpoints or objects of interest, took the photos and moved on. We were back at the car before 3.00pm, we had covered nearly 10 miles of tough going but still had plenty of time to do a bit of exploring North Wales in the car. The word congested springs to mind.
On the third day we intended walking the Carneddau. When we got to our starting point the weather looked grim, the cloud was very low and it seemed pointless flogging ourselves for no view. We drove back down the A5, struggling to find a parking place. We ended up a couple of miles East of Capel Curig and had a fair walk back to where our new walk went off road. I spotted a top called Moel Siabod that looked interesting, quarries and good views and under the cloud, although that was lifting. Typical. Moel Siabod had cracking views across to Snowdon and the Glyders and we had it to ourselves.
The creamy white flowers of Astragalus canadensis are distinctively congested and reflexed and the lower nodes bear sheathing stipules. Canadian milkvetch is found only roadside in this area, including along two-track and paved roadsides. This species does not occur in the adjacent sagebrush steppe of the Idaho National Laboratory. This site occurs along Lincoln Blvd where highway 33 diverges west towards Howe, Butte County, Idaho.
This HSBC taxi offers free services within Manhattan to HSBC customers.
So, it drives around all day, (probably most often with no passengers), generating air, noise, and heat pollution, and taking up street space so that other cars pollute more too, all for nothing but advertising.
I'm not opposed to "brand" vehicles if they serve a purpose other than clogging the streets. If they transport goods or passengers, then fine. But if they do nothing but drive around, then they should not be allowed. This is an example of the bad kind--how often do you really think it picks up and transports someone who's proven they're an HSBC customer?
A few blocks later, I saw one of those two damn Jeckyll and Hyde vehicles (the Hummer, not the stretch limo (both such gracious choices)) which also serve no purpose except driving around--they're loaded up with zombie mannequins so they CAN'T carry any goods or passengers...
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
Seen negotiating the comparatively narrow and often congested Red Lion Street in Aylsham whilst working the above journey to Norwich on service X44 is Sanders East Lancs bodied VDL DB250 type number 105 - YJ05 PZE “Pegasus”.
One more night in Memphis and we took another look at Beale Street. This time a lot less congested and a lot less intimidating. Altogether a much better experience. Ate in the Hard Rock Cafe. I know not very adventurous but it was decent. And a stroll along Beale Street led to BB Kings where we were thoroughly entertained by one Patrick Dodd. Amaze-ing!!! Terrific blues and made Beale Street feel so much more worthwhile. This guy is awesome. He's on facebook, so check him out and if he's ever in your neck of the woods and if you love blues you will defy love this guy... www.facebook.com/patrickdoddmusic
Before leaving Memphis for Nashville I wanted to visit the Lorraine Motel, the scene of Martin Luther King's assasination as I read it was a civil right museum. When we got there we met the most incredible woman Ms Jacqueline Smith. She has bee protesting there for over 22 years. I got chatting to her and decided not to visit the museum after all. Read her story she is an amazing woman. And I got a wee kiss from her too!!! :D www.fulfillthedream.net/
Next stop Nashville wooooohooooo! (At last!!!)
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
The congested area driver training course uses CarriersEdge’s unique mixture of text, graphics and photos, real-life illustrations, interactivity and short quizzes to deliver material to drivers in a clear, understandable fashion that helps them retain the information for use on the job.
Péage urbain de Londres, institué en 2003. La zone est traversée par un très grand nombre de lignes de bus, en rouge sur la carte
Pic shows: Traffic jam on Beijing??"Hong Kong??"Macau Expressway. Aerial footage of a congested highway made headlines this week highlighting the fact that several hundred million people have begun their return journeys from a week-long national holiday. An incredible 750 million Chinese people - or half of China???s total population - went on holiday during Golden Week, the seven-day holiday marking the country???s National Day on October 1. Photos of the G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway show hundreds of thousands of drivers and their families starting to make their way home on the penultimate day of the holidays. Video footage of the massive traffic jam that could be seen converging on tollbooths on the 2,273-kilometre (1,412-mile) expressway were widely shared online. The route serves as the main route for cross-country travellers in the populous eastern part of China, where most of the country???s population resides. But the scenes were also repeated on many expressways across the country. China???s National Tourism Administration confirmed that this year???s Golden Week tourism figures have shown an incredible year-on-year 6.1 percent increase, with record-breaking numbers of travellers on Chinese highways. The administration said the tourist numbers have also exceeded those recorded during this year???s Chinese New Year - or Spring Festival - travel season which occurred in February. (ends)
Péage urbain de Londres, institué en 2003. La zone est traversée par un très grand nombre de lignes de bus, en rouge sur la carte
Congested Highway across North Essex and often conjested as we continue this spiral to overpopulation.
Congestive Heart Failure Patient has improved tremendously since receiving Vescell adult stem cell treatment in June 2007. As a positive side effect, Michael's diabetes has also improved as well as his heart since receiving his own adult stem cells. You can call Michael (in Australia) to find out how his stem cell therapy has helped at (61)73-808-6716 or email him at skylift@ozemail.com.au
Late morning on Monday, October 5, and we step off the train into yet another quite warm autumn day, this time in hectic Varanasi, at the eastern edge of Uttar Pradesh. Though we’d be going to Delhi/New Delhi on the noon train tomorrow, I didn’t realize at the time that this would be the last of my photo shooting in India for this trip. (We were in Delhi for roughly 48 hours, but I got sick from train food on the 18 hour journey between Varanasi & the capital. Since the capital seemed way too smoggy, dirty, congested, disorganized…I didn’t feel like I’d missed out terribly, though there were a few places I would have liked seeing there.)
I’ll finish this posting on a good note, though, and focus on Varanasi. Before getting there, I wasn’t terribly excited about the tourist attractions I’d read about, but that’s not why people come to Varanasi. Varanasi is to Hindus what Mecca & Medina are to Muslims, or Jerusalem to Christians. It’s their holiest city. On the banks of the Ganges, people come here to die, then have their ashes spread in the river.
Varanasi has a lot of poor and indigent people as well, who come and hope to be cremated and buried in the river, and there are a few places that serve as pseudo-hospices to help them. They tend to try to collect donations from anyone to afford to pay for the wood – it’s a specific wood they use for the cremation – so they can help these people.
So Varanasi is an interesting place. There are many ghats (ghat is like…a pier, or a place where you can access the river), and the most famous are probably Dashashwamedh Ghat (the liveliest and most colorful) and Manikarnika (the Burning Ghat). There are many other ghats, as well, and some have specific histories attached to them.
For me, the best plan was to stay in a hotel near the ghats in the Old City so we could enjoy the sunrise and stroll around. The Hotel Alka was my random choice, and it turned out to be good. It’s cheap, riverside, has a decent restaurant (though, as it’s a hotel restaurant, not as good as many of the others where we’d eaten in the past two weeks), and overall a comfortable room.
After getting checked in (and this place was pretty crowded), I took a shower, then headed off with a local guy who gave me a tour of the Old City. Now, a word on that… It’s not recommended that you go with any local who offers because most of them will steer you into various businesses, or towards people who are all too happy to try to get your money. I was very firm with this guy, though, and told him the maximum price I’d pay regardless of what he showed me, and that he should plan accordingly. He didn’t, and was a bit disappointed when I paid him exactly what I said I would.
The tour included stops at a few temples – they all started to look a bit alike after the second one – and at Manikarnika (one of the places where you’re herded and they try to make you feel guilty if you don’t fork over five million dollars to pay for everyone’s cremation). The last stop was at his boss’s store, well away from the old city, over in the Muslim Quarter, where I had to sit patiently through a whole lot of lecturing on textiles and their pleading that I buy the entire building. I tried to be as polite as possible with the last part, stating up front that I wouldn’t buy a thing before going in, though that disappointed them to no end. In the end, perhaps it’s better to go on your own…
After about four hours with my guide, it was already dusk and the city actually felt less safe than others. (There were a lot of police out and about.) It turns out that there wa s a religious ceremony that the police were banning this particular year for some reason, so there was a bit of tension. And since Varanasi isn’t a city that is lit up much at night, there wasn’t much to see, so I was glad to just get to my room and call it a day.
Waking early on Tuesday morning, I caught the sunrise over the Ganges, then wandered up and down the ghats for an hour or so. This really was an interesting experience as it seems the entire city comes to bathe in the river, and everyone seems pretty happy. There are plenty of boat tours, too, which I skipped, as I just wanted to take a walk.
After an hour or so of wandering the riverside, I went back to the Alka, had breakfast, and enjoyed my remaining few hours just watching the sun rise higher before heading to the train station for the unofficial (though still unbeknownst to me) end of this trip to India.
In hindsight, this was a terrific two weeks. Though I enjoyed Uttar Pradesh, I wouldn’t go out of my way to return here – unless going to different parts of the state, and I would certainly include a trip to Agra in that – but Rajasthan…I would gladly go back to anytime. However, India has a lot to offer, and I’m not sure if I’ll return here or go to different parts of the country. Anything is possible…
The main big intersection of Nişantaşı.
(Photos I am taking for the ISEA2011conference food guide, which I am working on. So, these are places where people can go and eat and hang out.)
Saigon, Vietnam - Jun 30, 2017. Nguyen Hue Street at District 1 in Saigon, Vietnam. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) has exotic food, colonial architecture, and memories of war.
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
Sometimes the traffic can build up badly on Staines Moor, resulting in congested bridges. No choice then but to take to the water!
Sights like this will never be seen again if this area is paved under an airport runway as per one of the plans for a third runway for Heathrow. Can't believe anyone would want to destroy such an important area as Staines Moor, the "environmental impact" assessment in the Heathrow document is a joke.
#76630 rl
Commuting on a motorcycle up and down the busiest and most congested freeway in the United States, the 405 in Los Angeles.
The Interstate 64 Widening Project in York and James City counties and Newport News will increase vehicle capacity, resulting in immediate congestion relief along one of the most heavily traveled and congested highway corridors on the Virginia Peninsula.
Army childcare expands programs to meet Kaiserslautern community needs
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Childcare for Ingrid Duty often meant hectic mornings, driving more than 30 miles before work to drop off her two daughters at separate care centers.
Duty, a government civilian, spent more than 45 minutes fighting congested autobahn traffic, driving from her Mehlingen home across town to Landstuhl, then back into Kaiserslautern. But that’s changed, thanks to a new school age services at Sembach Elementary School – one of a few Army childcare programs in Kaiserslautern growing to meet the community demands.
On Oct. 14, Lt. Col. Kevin Hutchison, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern, cut a ceremonial ribbon – officially opening the Sembach program center. Now, at Sembach, Duty’s daughters are both just four miles from home.
“When this came up, it was a blessing,” Duty said. “This is awesome.”
Duty has more time for herself, her girls and her husband, a Soldier who commutes 50 miles north to Wiesbaden, she said. In other words, there’s more time for breakfast.
“It’s a whole lot better now. I come and pick my daughters up and they don’t want to leave,” Duty said. “It’s great, they love it.”
Offering childcare at Sembach kaserne is among several ways that the garrison’s Child, Youth and School Services program is working to meet the demands of a growing community, said Elena Smeltz, acting CYSS coordinator.
“The community here has been growing faster than the infrastructure, so childcare is a big issue in the community,” Smeltz said.
In Landstuhl, finishing touches are underway on a child development center, creating more space for kids in kindergarten and younger. A CDC already at Landstuhl provides care for up to 126 children in that age group.
“An additional CDC was important, because there was great demand,” Smeltz said.
Set to open in January, the new center will allow another 76 children, from infants to kindergarten, to receive care. The project moved faster than originally planned due to the garrison’s commitment to the Army Family Covenant, an Army-wide program that includes a guarantee of quality CYS support to Soldiers and their families, she said.
Roughly, 920 Soldiers have children enrolled in CYS. But in Kaiserslautern’s joint service community, Army CYS also serves more than 675 children of Air Force personnel and roughly 20 children from Navy and Marine families. Serving so many, CYS works with parents to find space in childcare programs often near capacity.
At Kleber kaserne, CYS recently made space for 17 more CDC children. By mid-2011, they hope to open expand Kleber’s capacity, once minor construction is undertaken.
On Oct. 1, U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
officially assumed oversight of the former Air Force base, now known as Sembach kaserne. When school started on Aug. 30, the Army garrison began offering onsite childcare, before and after school, to Sembach students.
“We have two rooms inside the elementary school that we have converted into our school age program,” Smeltz said. “So, the children simply have to walk from their classrooms down to ours.”
The new program is also more convenient for parents who, in the past, would often drive across Kaiserslautern to pick up their kids after work.
It was a relief to Lt. Col Roy Manauis, a father of two whose family faced their share of childcare challenges over the past two years. Now, both children go to the Sembach center. Knowing his children are cared for eases his mind, Manauis said.
“That’s imperative, that Soldiers and their families are looked after,” Manauis said. “This is a great example of the Army doing that.”
For more information on Kaiserslautern Child, Youth & School Services, call 0631-3406-4516 or visit their website at www.mwrgermany.com/KL/KLCYS
Cleared for public release. (Photos by Rick Scavetta, U.S. Army Garrison, Kaiserslautern)
It seems bizarre to me, but somehow the original post of this photo got lost, deleted! I was shocked and saddened to realize that. All that lost! The worst part is to lose all your great comments, and great they were.
At first I wanted to blame flickr, but the truth is probably that I did it accidentally, although that's hard to believe.
I especially liked Boiani's comment about captureing the wet pavement glare/reflection and Goldenstatephoto's comment how he always wanted to get a photo like this and that I nailed it with all the elements (detailed).
And of course to get this photo I had to go out in the mud and rain and be at the right spot at rush hour at twilight, no easy task.
I even had a huge list of appropriate tags and I put it in some groups. Oh well. . .
It's like the theory that "Everyone has to eat burnt toast sometimes." Happy people learn to deal with disappointment and get over it. Even though it stings for a moment.
Another interesting comment in blog style:
I could feel myself, psychologically, going through the standard stages of grief. The feelings and thoughts that go through your mind when ever you lose something. (typically applied to death of a loved one but the principles apply to any loss.)
At first there is Denial: "Please tell me this can't be happening, I know I don't see it, but it must be there somehow."
Soon followed by Anger: "NOOOOOOOO! All that work for nothing! Flickr did this to me, I'll get them!"
Guilt: "It's my own dang fault", bargaining, Depression: "Flickr is useless, life is hopeless, why even bother with photography anyway? I give up."
And then finally: ACCEPTANCE! Stuff happens, get over it and get on with it, 'everyone eats burnt toast sometimes', "Life is good anyway, all is well."
Sometimes accompanied by nostalgia: "Those were some great comments, I'll always have good memories of them it probably even hit explore."
At the congested bus stands below the "New Hero" club (formerly the Swan Downer School) on Dyke Road, Brighton on 18th December 2010, Stagecoach route #17 service to Horsham via Henfield waits in front of B&HBCo W839 NNJ, whose destination blind is being changed (hence the cryptic "Estate Hove" wording!).
Heaviest most congested traffic in LA / Orange County since the Covid-19 crisis began.
Stood on the Beach Boulevard bridge over I-5 about 2PM - very little southbound traffic and absolutely none northbound. All northbound traffic was being forced to exit onto Beach Boulevard. All traffic trying to get on I-5 northbound hit a near dead end at the closed entrance. In addition several lanes of Beach Boulevard were closed for storm sewer work.
Beach Boulevard (California Highway 39) was at a standstill in both directions, blocking traffic on the cross streets. The hazardous material spill was in LA county on a segment undergoing reconstruction for over a decade. The alternate routes were also jammed.
Had no impact on me. Did my daily walk on Beach Boulevard (while waiting for my vehicle to be serviced) instead of in my usual neighborhood.
The mighty Royal Commission on London Traffic that was set up to report on "the means of locomotion and transport" in the Metropolis and to report on the better organisation, development and inter-connections between the various methods of mechanical transport. The Commission was pertinent given the rapid shift to electric operation of tramways at the time as well as the many, opposing, plans for additional deep level tube lines. Volume 5 contains dozens of plans and maps illustrating the current situation in London, relating to congestion, population, workplaces as well as the contemporary transport network and proposals. The information comes from a variety of sources who were asked to give evidence to the Commission.
The volume includes a series of photographs taken in 1903 and submitted by the Assistant Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce. Several of the photos show the congestion at tramway termini and interchanges; many of these, on the 'boundary' of the Cities of London and Westminster, were effectively created by these two inner local authorities who resolutely opposed tramways meaning that interchange to horse bus or the infant tube system was necessary thus causing much congestion. In 1906 some of this on the south side was partially solved by the London County Council who 'breeched' the cordon sanitaire by dint of finally extending their tramways across Westminster and Blackfriars Bridges, along the Embankment and through the Kingsway tram subway that they built and operated. However in many other places the edge of city termini persisted even into trolleybus days.
The photo of Elephant and Castle shows a landscape so much changed by WW2 bombing and post-war redevelopment by the LCC. The scene shows both horse trams and the early conduit electric system that the LCC introduced in 1903 a few months before this photograph was taken. Even in this local authority opposition to the streetscape impact of overhead cables forced the LCC into the complex and expense under road conduit system in large areas of inner London. The new electric conduit trams can also be seen in the photo of Westminster Bridge Road. As far as I can see there are no motorised vehicles in either scene, something that would soon start to change.