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Delta Connection (Operated by SkyWest Airlines) flight 3677 on final approach into runway 30 at Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) from Detroit Wayne County International Airport (DTW). CRJ-900LR.
@dailyshoot Make a photograph that illustrates the idea of connection. #ds468
The connection between my favourite lens; my Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF II and my Canon EOS 500D taken with my second favourite lens, my EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM lens.
Strobist info: Jessops 360AFDC 1/16 @ 85mm with CTB gel subject right. Yongnuo YN460-II 1/64 with CTO gel above and slightly behind subject aimed at contacts. Canon 430EX II 1/64 @ 105mm behind subject at same height with gridded snoot providing raking light across the top of the lens.
This picture reflects on the force of nature, life and beauty in its natural formation. The texture and the imperfection of the rocks project to the visitors the need to appreciate and conciliate, at the same time, with the human history and the evolution of the world. Connection to our roots and ancestors are very important to look into the future. As we all know, the world was created to shelter all living creatures in the earth. For that reason, life is the greatest gift that humans can enjoy! This is a photograph that was taken in the Grutas da Moeda during my visit to Portugal.
Happy Birthday to all!
On this day in 1818, Emily Bronte was born, in 1938, the first edition of the Beano was published, and in 1958 Kate Bush was born.
So - Beano and Wuthering Heights connections > both reading material, and of course Kate Bush and Wuthering Heights. Now, just to find a link between KB and the Beano.......
And the pencils? A reminder we took part in the project to create a written manuscript of Wuthering Heights, when we visited the Parsonage. One line each, out of 10,000 (the project is now complete).
The Postcard
A view of Llandudno on a 'Carbo Colour' postcard which was published by Valentine & Sons Ltd. of Dundee and London.
The card was posted in Prestatyn to an address in Crawford Avenue Liverpool on the 22nd. June 1955, back in the days when car parking was free and plentiful.
Llandudno
Llandudno is a seaside resort in Conwy County Borough, Wales, located on the Creuddyn peninsula, which protrudes into the Irish Sea. The town's name is derived from its patron saint, Saint Tudno.
Llandudno is the largest seaside resort in Wales, and as early as 1861 was being called 'the Queen of the Welsh Watering Places' (a phrase later also used in connection with Tenby and Aberystwyth; the word 'resort' came a little later).
History of Llandudno
The town of Llandudno developed from Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements over many hundreds of years on the slopes of the limestone headland, known to seafarers as the Great Orme and to landsmen as the Creuddyn Peninsula.
The origins in recorded history are with the Manor of Gogarth conveyed by King Edward I to Annan, Bishop of Bangor in 1284.
The Great Orme
Mostly owned by Mostyn Estates, the Great Orme is home to several large herds of wild Kashmiri goats originally descended from a pair given by Queen Victoria to Lord Mostyn.
The summit of the Great Orme stands at 679 feet (207 m). The Summit Hotel, now a tourist attraction, was once the home of world middleweight champion boxer Randolph Turpin.
The limestone headland is a haven for flora and fauna, with some rare species such as peregrine falcons and a species of wild cotoneaster (cambricus) which can only be found on the Great Orme.
The sheer limestone cliffs provide ideal nesting conditions for a wide variety of sea birds, including cormorants, shags, guillemots, razorbills, puffins, kittiwakes, fulmars and numerous gulls.
There are several attractions including the Great Orme Tramway and the Llandudno Cable Car that takes tourists to the summit. The Great Orme also has the longest toboggan run in Britain at 750m.
The Development of Llandudno
By 1847 the town had grown to a thousand people, served by the new church of St. George, built in 1840. The great majority of the men worked in the copper mines, with others employed in fishing and subsistence agriculture.
In 1848, Owen Williams, an architect and surveyor from Liverpool, presented Lord Mostyn with plans to develop the marshlands behind Llandudno Bay as a holiday resort. These were enthusiastically pursued by Lord Mostyn.
The influence of the Mostyn Estate and its agents over the years was paramount in the development of Llandudno, especially after the appointment of George Felton as surveyor and architect in 1857.
Between 1857 and 1877 much of central Llandudno was developed under Felton's supervision. Felton also undertook architectural design work, including the design and execution of the Holy Trinity Church in Mostyn Street.
The Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway operated an electric tramway service between Llandudno and Rhos-on-Sea from 1907, this being extended to Colwyn Bay in 1908. The service closed in 1956.
Llandudno Attractions
The Beach and The Parade
A beach of sand, shingle and rock curves two miles between the headlands of the Great Orme and the Little Orme.
For most of the length of Llandudno's North Shore there is a wide curving Victorian promenade. The road, collectively known as The Parade, has a different name for each block, and it is on these parades and crescents that many of Llandudno's hotels are built.
Llandudno Pier
The pier is on the North Shore. Built in 1878, it is a Grade II listed building.
The pier was extended in 1884 in a landward direction along the side of what was the Baths Hotel (where the Grand Hotel now stands) to provide a new entrance with the Llandudno Pier Pavilion Theatre, thus increasing the pier's length to 2,295 feet (700 m); it is the longest pier in Wales.
Attractions on the pier include a bar, a cafe, amusement arcades, children's fairground rides and an assortment of shops & kiosks.
In the summer, Professor Codman's Punch and Judy show (established in 1860) can be found on the promenade near the entrance to the pier.
The Happy Valley
The Happy Valley, a former quarry, was the gift of Lord Mostyn to the town in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The area was landscaped and developed as gardens, two miniature golf courses, a putting green, a popular open-air theatre and extensive lawns.
Ceremonies connected with the Welsh National Eisteddfod were held there in 1896, and again in 1963.
In June 1969, the Great Orme Cabin Lift, a modern alternative to the tramway, was opened with its base station adjacent to the open-air theatre. The distance to the summit is just over 1 mile (1.6 km), and the four-seater cabins travel at 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) on a continuous steel cable over 2 miles (3.2 km) long.
It is the longest single-stage cabin lift in Great Britain, and the longest span between pylons is over 1,000 feet (300 m).
The popularity of the 'Happy Valley Entertainers' open-air theatre having declined, the theatre closed in 1985. Likewise the two miniature golf courses closed, and were converted in 1987 to create a 280-metre (920 ft) artificial ski slope and toboggan run. The gardens were extensively restored as part of the resort's millennium celebrations, and remain a major attraction.
Marine Drive
The first route round the perimeter of the Great Orme was a footpath constructed in 1858 by Reginald Cust, a trustee of the Mostyn Estate. In 1872 the Great Orme's Head Marine Drive Co. Ltd. was formed to turn the path into a carriage road.
Following bankruptcy, a second company completed the road in 1878. The contractors for the scheme were Messrs Hughes, Morris, Davies, a consortium led by Richard Hughes of Madoc Street, Llandudno.
The road was bought by Llandudno Urban District Council in 1897. The 4 mile (6.4 km) one-way drive starts at the foot of the Happy Valley. After about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) a side road leads to St. Tudno's Church, the Great Orme Bronze Age Copper Mine and the summit of the Great Orme.
Continuing on the Marine Drive the Great Orme Lighthouse (now a small hotel) is passed, and, shortly afterwards on the right, the Rest and Be Thankful Cafe and information centre.
Below the Marine Drive at its western end is the site of the wartime Coast Artillery School (1940–1945), now a scheduled ancient monument.
The West Shore
The West Shore is a quiet beach on the estuary of the River Conwy. It was here at Pen Morfa that Alice Liddell (of Alice in Wonderland fame) spent the long summer holidays of her childhood from 1862 to 1871.
There are a few hotels and quiet residential streets. The West Shore is linked to the North Shore by Gloddaeth Avenue and Gloddaeth Street, a wide dual carriageway.
Mostyn Street
Running behind the promenade is Mostyn Street, leading to Mostyn Broadway and then Mostyn Avenue. These are the main shopping streets of Llandudno. Mostyn Street accommodates the high street shops, the major high street banks and building societies, two churches, amusement arcades and the town's public library.
The last is the starting point for the Town Trail, a planned walk that facilitates viewing Llandudno in a historical perspective.
Victorian Extravaganza
Every year in May bank holiday weekend, Llandudno has a three-day Victorian Carnival, and Mostyn Street becomes a funfair.
Madoc Street and Gloddaeth Street and the Promenade become part of the route each day for a mid-day carnival parade. Also the Bodafon Farm fields become the location of a Festival of Transport for the weekend.
Venue Cymru
The North Wales Theatre, Arena and Conference Centre, built in 1994, and extended in 2006 and renamed "Venue Cymru", is located near the centre of the promenade on Penrhyn Crescent.
It is noted for its productions of opera, orchestral concerts, ballet, musical theatre, drama, circus, ice shows and pantomimes.
The Llandudno Lifeboat
Until 2017, Llandudno was unique within the United Kingdom in that its lifeboat station was located inland, allowing it to launch with equal facility from either the West Shore or the North Shore as needed.
In 2017, a new lifeboat station was completed, and new, high-speed, offshore and inshore lifeboats, and a modern launching system, were acquired. This station is close to the paddling pool on North Shore.
Llandudno's active volunteer crews are called out more than ever with the rapidly increasing numbers of small pleasure craft sailing in coastal waters. The Llandudno Lifeboat is normally on display on the promenade every Sunday and bank holiday Monday from May until October.
The Ancient Parish Church
The ancient parish church dedicated to Saint Tudno stands in a hollow near the northern point of the Great Orme, and is two miles (3 km) from the present town.
It was established as an oratory by Tudno, a 6th.-century monk, but the present church dates from the 12th. century and it is still used on summer Sunday mornings.
Llandudno's Links with Mametz and Wormhout
-- Mametz
The 1st. (North Wales) Brigade was headquartered in Llandudno in December 1914, and included a battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, which had been raised and trained in Llandudno.
Skirting the Fricourt salient, the British 7th. Division took the village of Mametz in the afternoon of the 1st. July 1916. However Mametz Wood to the north-east of the village held great German resistance. This blocked all Allied progress in a northeasterly direction.
After eight days of fierce combat, with heavy losses, did the 38th. Welsh Division capture the wood on the 12th. July 1916.
A monument to the 38th. Welsh Division was inaugurated on the 11th. July 1987. The monument takes the form of a plinth surmounted by a red dragon, the emblem of Wales. With its wings held aloft, it carries in its claws pieces of barbed wire, attesting to the fierce nature of the fighting.
The hostilities brought about the total destruction of Mametz village by shelling. After the war, the people of Llandudno (including returning survivors) contributed generously to the fund for the reconstruction of the village of Mametz.
-- Wormhout
Llandudno is twinned with the Flemish town of Wormhout which is 10 miles (16 km) from Dunkirk. It was near there that many members of the Llandudno-based 69th. Territorial Regiment were ambushed and taken prisoner.
The Site Mémoire de la Plaine au Bois near Wormhout commemorates the massacre of these prisoners on the 28th. May 1940. The men had been retreating towards Dunkirk ahead of the advancing Germans.
About 100 troops, having run out of ammunition, surrendered to the Germans, assuming that they would be taken prisoner according to the Geneva Convention.
However they were all imprisoned in a small barn, and the SS threw stick-grenades into the building, killing many POW's.
However the grenades failed to kill everyone, largely due to the bravery of two British NCO's, Stanley Moore and Augustus Jennings, who hurled themselves on top of the grenades, using their bodies to shield their comrades from the blast.
In order to finish off the remaining soldiers, the SS fired into the barn with rifles and automatic weapons. A few survived to tell the tale, but no-one was ever indicted for war crimes because of insufficient evidence.
A replica of the barn can be seen at the site of the massacre.
Llandudno's Cultural Connections
Matthew Arnold gives a vivid and lengthy description of 1860's Llandudno - and of the ancient tales of Taliesin and Maelgwn Gwynedd that are associated with the local landscape - in the first sections of the preface to 'On the Study of Celtic Literature' (1867).
Llandudno is also used as a location for dramatic scenes in the stage play and film 'Hindle Wakes' by Stanley Houghton, and the 1911 novel, 'The Card', by Arnold Bennett, and its subsequent film version.
Elisabeth of Wied, the Queen Consort of Romania and also known as writer Carmen Sylva, stayed in Llandudno for five weeks in 1890.
On leaving, she described Wales as "A beautiful haven of peace". Translated into Welsh as "Hardd, hafan, hedd", it became the town's official motto.
Other famous people with links to Llandudno include the Victorian statesman John Bright and multi-capped Welsh international footballers Neville Southall, Neil Eardley, Chris Maxwell and Joey Jones.
Australian ex-Prime Minister Billy Hughes attended school in Llandudno. Gordon Borrie QC (Baron Borrie), Director General of the Office of Fair Trading from 1976 to 1992, was educated at the town's John Bright Grammar School when he lived there as a wartime evacuee.
The international art gallery Oriel Mostyn is in Vaughan Street next to the post office. It was built in 1901 to house the art collection of Lady Augusta Mostyn. It was requisitioned in 1914 for use as an army drill hall, and later became a warehouse, before being returned to use as an art gallery in 1979. Following a major revamp the gallery was renamed simply 'Mostyn' in 2010.
Llandudno has its own mini arts festival 'LLAWN' (Llandudno Arts Weekend). It is a mini festival that rediscovers and celebrates Llandudno’s past in rather a unique way; via art, architecture, artefact, sound, performance, and participation.
The festival takes place over three days of a weekend in late September, originally conceived as a way to promote what those in the hospitality sector refer to as the ‘shoulder season’, which means a lull in the tourist calendar.
In January 1984 Brookside character Petra Taylor (Alexandra Pigg) committed suicide in Llandudno.
In 1997, the English cookery programme "Two Fat Ladies" with Jennifer Patterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright filmed an episode in Llandudno.
'Lady and the Tramp'
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Not a lot, but 6 days earlier, on Thursday the 16th. June 1955, 'Lady and the Tramp', which was Walt Disney Studios' 15th. animated film, premiered in Chicago, Illinois.
10/26/15 photo by Stephen Schatz, Office of Communications
Secretary Belton, Senator Ben Cardin and Rick Yount, Executive Director of the Warrior Canine Connection listen to personal stories on how veterans recovered through the support and training of dogs.
Delta Connection (Operated by SkyWest Airlines) flight 3844 arriving at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) from Oklahoma City Will Rogers World Airport (OKC). Embraer 175LR.
Drain Connection
This was a drain that connected with a larger drain about 20 feet below. While trying to climb up, I lost my footing and ended up sliding down into the drain below. Luckily I landed on my feet, saving my camera and gear from being soaked
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100 words ~ connection
I couldnt think of a better way to kick off another month than with pieces of prepping dinner for my family. I love our Friday night dinners because it's one of two nights we clear our schedules and sit down to eat together. I love that we talk about our week, what we are thankful for and that everyone here, not just me looks forward to it. As the kids get older and busier they still make sure they are here for Thankful Friday and Pasta Sunday's. As a family we choose start and end the week together. Yep, I love our conversations over dinner as it keep us connected physically and emotionally. Life is SO good!
The transformer in the background connects to the breakers in the foreground, and from there to the busbars.
This bridge connects the interiors of two buildings separated by a canal. Venice, Italy has no roads in its city center which consists of 117 islands connected by over 400 bridges.
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KORF (Norfolk International Airport) - 15 MAR 2014
Delta Connection (Chautauqua Airlines) N576RP (FLT CHQ6354) taxiing to RWY 23 for departure to Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport (KDTW).
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My connection this week deals with my sneakers & walking. It's how I connect with my hubby at the end of a long day - no cell phones, no computers, no "leashes" of any sorts, just the 2 of us, talking uninterrupted, connecting.
GM built 2062 027 rolls into Klostar with the 07.02 from Varazdin to Osijek passing railbus 7221 021 which has just arrived with the 06.43 stopping service from Krizevci. Most of these class 7221 railcars were destroyed during the Balkan war with lines of gutted body shells to be seen at Osijek depot.
All in the world is connected...{and here goes your interpretation of the photograph} :)
I've decided to participate in a contest connected to climate so that would be highly appreciated if you could come support me - vote for my photo (the voting stars are below the pic) here
THANK YOU A LOT! :)
06/27/2013 was Awesome Day in Canada, part of a Worldwide Day of Awesome! Awesome Foundation chapters across Canada and around the world held special events all on the same day in celebration.
In Calgary, we had to alter our plans due to the massive amount of flooding that hit Southern Alberta. Instead of our regular Pitch Event and planned giveaway of random AF swag downtown, we decided to run a Relaxation Station in the community of Mission in support of flood recovery efforts and flood evacuees and volunteers. People could rest up for a few minutes before heading back into the gruelling work of flood recovery.
Amenities included seating, shade, snacks and water, cell phone charging, a massage chair and massage therapists giving out free massages!
Photo Credit: Saudah Chan
Connections 2020 brought together 900+ parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to celebrate Lab's strengths and the power of philanthropy. The event raised over $1.6M for financial aid and professional development.
(Photo by Jean Lachat)
UP 5949 leads manifest train NS 165 through Tinker Connection on the east end of Roanoke, as the train heads into the yard to conclude its journey.
This is a Iris 'Connection'.
Iris is a genus of about 260–300, species of flowering plants with showy flowers. It takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, which is also the name for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris. Some authors state that the name refers to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species. As well as being the scientific name, iris is also very widely used as a common name for all Iris species.
The connections grew tenuous with age. The universe yawned with studied disinterest while easch of us danced towards the exit. There was no music...the last few notes hung in the air...a pretty memory..a poignant miasma of a living world. The generations would continue into the greedy void but there would be no welcoming parade...no moving words to keep the stars shinning. The numbers grew less and less and the light slowly dimmed.
18 March 2009 skype connection for AroundtheWorldwith80schools skype project with Grade 5 students at Tokyo Internation School, in Japan. Distance from us 4589.65km. 10am for us, 12 noon for them. Ms Tolisano (creator of the project) was in our room for the connection - how cool is that?
Members from First Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (RCHA), Fifth Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery (RCA) and 15th Field Regiment RCA fire their C3 Howitzers during the performance of the 1812th overture, in Rogers Pass British Columbia to celebrate the opening of the discovery centre, the 125 anniversary of Glacier and Yoho National Parks, the 100th anniversary of Parks Canada and 50 years of RCA avalanche control called OP Palaci.
Des membres du 1er Régiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA), du 5e Régiment d’artillerie de campagne de l’Artillerie royale canadienne (ARC) et du 15e Régiment d’artillerie de campagne de l’ARC font feu à l’aide de leurs obusiers C3 lors de l’Ouverture 1812 au lieu historique national du Col-Rogers, en Colombie-Britannique, pour souligner l’ouverture du Centre des découvertes, le 125e anniversaire du parc national des Glaciers et du parc national Yoho, le centenaire de Parcs Canada et le 50e anniversaire de l’Op Palaci, programme de déclenchement préventif des avalanches de l’ARC.
Photo : Cpl Alex. W. Croskery
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