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After direct sunlight/alpenglow had gone off of Mount Shuksan, this band of purple and blue ocurred in the sky without any clouds. Photo made from Kulshan Ridge in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington State, USA.
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Direct Rail Services 37038 heads an English Electric heritage convoy of locomotives passed Lathallan near Polmont on the 17th July 2020 running as0Z20 08:20 Carlisle Kingmoor Sdg(Drs) to Bo'ness Jn Exchange Sdg. The rest of the locos in tow behind 37038 were DRS 20302, 20305 and 37424 (37558 'Avro Vulcan XH558) along with SRPS owned 37403 'Isle of Mull'.
Staircase to a clothes shop which name I forgot. Not my kind of fashion, but they do have neat staircases. the other is strikingly yellow, but I don't like the pictures I make of it so much. Another day.
Laowa 7.5mm f/2 probably @ f/2.8
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Well, I woke up at about 4:00am and could not sleep anymore so I jumped in the Accent and off I went to the Forks of the Credit to watch the sunrise. It was warm and very quiet as no one bothers to get up that early. Unfortunately, i felt a bit sick as the roads were too curvy for my stomach to handle so that cut my trip down a bit.
Which of the three photos shown (one above and two below) do you think is best?
First one is like "okay eyes wide open into the rays of the sun"
Second one is like "okay eyes hurt now so i will look down"
Third one is like "i should not have stared directly at the sun"
Like i said in my previously uploaded photo, I hope everyone has a great Sunday and a great week!
Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 37423 'Spirit of the Lakes' diesel-electric locomotive at Nethertown on the Cumbrian coast railway line with Northern's 2C33 the 05:46 Barrow-in-Furness to Carlisle passenger service. Class mate 37409 'Lord Hinton' is on the rear of this train.
Sinds deze week rijdt NS Internationaal haar treindienst vanuit Brussel via Amsterdam Zuid. En door logistieke redenen wordt de trein doorgetrokken op werkdagen tot Lelystad. En in het weekend tot Almere Centrum (zondag zonder reizigers).
Op de foto zien we de Akiem 186004 met trein 9539 met +10 aankomen te Almere Buiten wanneer NSInt. 3320 net het sation verlaat richting de Belgische hoofdstad.
My travels around the UK by car for three weeks with my son. June/July 2019 Scotland.
Day fourteen .. making our way to Inverness, where we are staying the night.
Glenfinnan is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel. Seventy years later, the 18 m Glenfinnan Monument, at the head of the loch, was erected to commemorate the historic event.
Glenfinnan lies about halfway between Fort William and Mallaig on the picturesque West Highland Railway. Along with a regular rail service by Abellio ScotRail, the line is used by the Jacobite steam train. A small, privately-owned railway museum operates at the station, utilising the former booking office, the disused signalbox and some stored coaches.
Sir Robert McAlpine had the Glenfinnan Viaduct constructed between 1897 and 1898. The structure, which is built entirely out of concrete, has 21 arches with spans of 15 m (49 ft) and reaches a height of 30 m (100 ft) above the valley. To commemorate the viaduct's centenary in 1997, a plaque was unveiled at the base of one of its arches.
The landscape in which the viaduct is located has made it popular with film producers. In 1969, it was used in Ring of Bright Water, starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It has since come to prominence in the cinematic releases of the Harry Potter series. The Hogwarts Express, is filmed crossing the viaduct in several of the films beginning with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002. The train filmed is the Jacobite Steam-Locomotive Train, a tourist train.
Framed by spectacular Highland scenery at the head of Loch Shiel, the Glenfinnan Monument is a striking tribute to those who fought in the Jacobite Risings.
Less than a year before the Battle of Culloden, Prince Charles Edward Stuart raised his father’s Standard at Glenfinnan, marking the start of the 1745 Jacobite campaign. An army of 1,500 rallied to join Bonnie Prince Charlie – they marched as far south as Derby before the retreat began that would seal their fate.
In 1815, the 18m-high monument was built here, with the lone, kilted Highlander at the top providing a poignant reminder of the clansmen who gave their lives to the Jacobite cause.
For More Info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenfinnan
Direct Rail Services 88010 is photographed at Beckfoot in charge of the 4S43 Daventry to Mossend Tesco Express.
De intercity direct neemt nog een sprint voordat ie met 160 km/h de Moerdijkbrug opgaat
The intercity direct takes another sprint before it goes up to 160 km/h on the Moerdijk bridge
Direct Rail Services Class 37/6 37604 diesel-electric locomotive stabled in the former carriage sidings at the south end of Workington Main railway station on the Cumbrian coast railway line. It is here as a training loco for the Arriva train crew who work on the 37/4 powered passenger trains on this line.
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I have always liked cameras with direct vision viewfinders. I do use SLRs too particularly for close up photography and their versatility.
Since I was young I was fascinated by the viewfinder on our family camera, a boots Instamatic which took 126 film. I like a clear bright viewfinder and an uninterrupted view when the exposure is being made.
These cameras use range finders, autofocus or distance estimation. My prefference is either rangefinder or single point AF where I can identify the point of focus and hold the focus until the exposure is made.
Befoer this photograph was made I had just finished a roll of Portra 160 in the Super Isolette, the last frame being a portrait of my son at St Albans Abbey.
Most of these cameras are Olympus, my favourite camera maker. I have OM SLRs too. Any Olympus camera from the Maitani years I find a delight to use and I can rely on it havong a good lens. I Prefer the MJU-1 over the MJU-II, MJU-1 is so smooth and ealy to use, just lift it to my eye and make a photograph.
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For the first time since at least 2016 when the DB 92s were restricted to the Channel Tunnel/HS1 only, a Class 92 ran under its own power direct from Dollands Moor to Crewe ETD.
GB Railfreight Class 92, 92 032 "IMechE Railway Division" made the c.225 mile trip from the Kent coast to Cheshire for a brief visit to DB Cargo's Crewe ETD - or Crewe International Electric Maintenance Depot (IEMD) to give it its full name.
Crewe IEMD was the original base for the entire Class 92 fleet and after over a decade away, the 92s owned by GB Railfreight are once again regular visitors for major repairs and certain specific work that cannot be done at Wembley.
032 - seen at Crewe - was on its way to have its annual TVM430 recertification performed. Crewe ETD is one of only two places to have the equipment to do this - the other being Eurotunnel in France.
TVM430 is the in-cab signalling used in the Tunnel/HS1 - the antennae is housed in the black box beneath the buffers. TVM stands for "Transmission Voie-Machine" or "track-to-train transmission" with the 430 referring to the maximum speed in km/h it can control trains up. 430 km/h is required for the TGVs where this system is used in France, but is more than enough for the 140 km/h top speed of the 92s.
Direct Rail Services Class 37, 37029, pauses at Carlisle with 6C11 13:11 from Carlisle Kingmoor Yard to Sellafield
La carpintería de ribera chilota es un oficio de larga tradición y es un componente central en la identidad cultural de esta antigua provincia. Los carpinteros de ribera de esta zona son depositarios de un saber heredado, que profundiza en la naturaleza, la madera, su transformación, resistencia y flotabilidad. Este conocimiento ha perdurado en el tiempo gracias a los maestros que, contra toda adversidad, han persistido en mantener las bases materiales de una navegación autosustentable y propia de los habitantes del archipiélago. En este empeño los conocimientos de antaño han evolucionado, adaptándose a nuevas necesidades. Han sido, por tanto, una continuidad de generaciones de carpinteros quienes, a través de una práctica ininterrumpida han aprendido, transmitido y transformado dichos conocimientos.La profundidad y extensión de estos saberes se reflejan en la especificidad de la terminología que posee el oficio. La carpintería de ribera maneja un amplio léxico que evidencia una centenaria tradición, connotada por el parentesco con remotas y lejanas prácticas navales que, a pesar del desuso en que se hallan en sus lugares de origen, mantienen su vigencia en el uso cotidiano de la construcción y navegación. En tal sentido, la carpintería de ribera revela algunas semejanzas con prácticas ibéricas ya desaparecidas, especialmente en la lancha velera que se vincula muy directamente con la balandra. Este glosario es parte del habla común de los carpinteros de ribera e interviene en la designación de piezas y maniobras, constituyendo un tipo de patrimonio lingüístico vinculado al oficio.Entre las habilidades de los carpinteros de ribera se cuenta la capacidad para la observación y memorización de mensuras, modelos y técnicas constructivas, destrezas que solo se aprenden por la práctica sostenida. Esta pericia les permite ser artesanos navales prolijos, con un alto nivel para la ejecución artesanal de lanchas de gran ductilidad, resistencia, estabilidad y capacidades marinas. Paralelamente, las embarcaciones que producen estos carpinteros son obras singulares y, aunque siguen patrones comunes, cada lancha se distingue de otra, puesto que cada una de ellas es una respuesta específica a una solicitud particular.
Österreich / Vorarlberg - Kleinwalsertal
Ifen Cable Car - On the way to Hoher Ifen
Ifenbahn - Auf dem Weg zum Hohen Ifen
Kleinwalsertal is a part of Mittelberg in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg.
It is part of the Bregenz district and due to the geographic location in the Allgäu Alps with its alpine terrain, the Kleinwalsertal has no direct traffic connection to the rest of Vorarlberg. It is accessible only via Oberstdorf, Germany, to the north, and thus is an Austrian "practical exclave" or "pene-exclave". Prior to Austria joining the European Union, the area had tax-free status.
The local football club, SV Kleinwalsertal, has the distinction of being one of only a few clubs in Central Europe that play in a local league based outside of the club's country. They play in the 10th tier A-Klasse Allgäu 4 in 2016–17.
The name of the valley derives from the Walsers who moved there from the Valais (German: Wallis) in the 13th century (see also "Großwalsertal").
The Kleinwalsertal is a high valley in the Allgäu Alps and is located in the east of Vorarlberg. The Breitach river runs through the entire valley and is fed by a few side streams, which come from the side valleys of the Kleinwalsertal.
The Kleinwalsertal is almost completely surrounded by high mountains. These are part of the Allgäu Alps, which are part of the northern eastern Alps. Its highest elevation is the Großer Widderstein at 2,533 metres (8,310 ft). The Kleinwalsertal is cut off from the rest of Austria. A traffic connection exists only to the Bavarian town of Oberstdorf.
The Kleinwalsertal was populated by the Walsers in 1270, a group of people who migrated from Switzerland. This Alemannic origin still distinguishes the inhabitants from the inhabitants of the surrounding communities by their dialect.
From 1891, the Kleinwalsertal enjoyed a customs union with Germany, a free border, and used the German Marks as currency. Since Austria joined the European Union in 1995, followed by the signing of the Schengen Agreement (1997) and the introduction of the Euro (2002), this special status has no longer applied.
By the time of EU accession goods from Austria had to be cleared in Germany or the import turnover tax had to be paid while German goods were free of taxes. Taxes were to be paid to the Austrian tax office in D-Mark until the introduction of the Euro. A special tariff was also applied to Swiss Post. Shipments to Austria were calculated according to the domestic tariffs of Austrian Post, those to Germany were to be freed with domestic porti of the Federal Post.
The most important industry in the last century was agriculture, which currently has only a marginal importance. Now tourism plays the major role and as early as 1960 the number of overnight stays reached a million. In 2015, there were 792,026 overnight stays in summer and 816,240 in winter of 2015/2016.
The hiking and excursion tourism - especially of families with small children and seniors - is very pronounced. The choice of easy walks and moderately difficult hiking trails is correspondingly wide and well signposted. Mobility in the valley is ensured with the tightly driven Walserbus, which is free of charge to tourists paying the tourist tax via ownership of the Walsercard.
The good transport connections to the north also helped to strengthen tourism. So you only need about two and a half hours for the Stuttgart-Kleinwalsertal route.
In Central Europe, the region is known as a ski and hiking resort. The 5,000 inhabitants, who are called "Walser", can provide up to 10,300 beds for tourists.
In the summer, the guests usually come for mountain hiking. There are also two very popular climbing routes (Mindelheimer Klettersteig and Zweienland Klettersteig) on the border to the neighbouring commune area of Oberstdorf, which are mostly accessed via the Kleinwalsertal because of the shorter route and easier accessibility.
The conditions for mountaineering on the Hohen Ifen and the Bärenköpfle are very good. However, it is severely restricted or completely forbidden for hunting reasons.
(Wikipedia)
Das Kleinwalsertal (auch: Kleines Walsertal | walserdeutsch nur Walsertal) liegt in den Allgäuer Alpen und gehört zum österreichischen Bundesland Vorarlberg. Das Hochtal liegt im Gemeindegebiet von Mittelberg und ist Teil des Bezirks Bregenz. Aufgrund der geographischen Lage mit seiner alpinen Geländestruktur hat das Kleinwalsertal keine direkte Verkehrsverbindung zum übrigen Vorarlberger Land. Das Tal ist nur von der Nachbargemeinde Oberstdorf in Bayern auf einer Straße zu erreichen. Für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland handelt es sich damit um eine sogenannte funktionale Enklave (vgl. auch Jungholz).
Der Name des Tals kommt von den Walsern, die im 13. Jahrhundert aus dem Wallis hierher zogen (siehe auch Großwalsertal). Auch wenn die einzige Straßenverbindung über Oberstdorf führt, gehört das Kleinwalsertal nicht zum Allgäu.
Das Kleinwalsertal ist ein hochgelegenes Kerbtal im Osten von Vorarlberg. Es ist umgeben von den Nordwestlichen und Südöstlichen Walsertaler Bergen die im Osten und Südosten an die Allgäuer und Lechtaler Alpen, im Süden an den Tannberg und im Westen an den Bregenzerwald grenzen. Nach Norden hin öffnet sich das Alpenvorland. Die Breitach zieht sich durch das gesamte Tal und wird von einigen Seitenbächen gespeist, die aus den Seitentälern des Kleinwalsertals stammen.
Das Kleinwalsertal wird fast vollständig von hohen Bergen umschlossen. Von ihnen wird das Kleinwalsertal gegenüber dem übrigen Staatsgebiet Österreichs abgeschnitten. Deren höchste Erhebung ist der Große Widderstein (2536 m). Eine Verkehrsverbindung besteht lediglich zum auf bayerischer Seite liegenden Oberstdorf (Enklave). Aus dieser geographischen Sonderstellung ergaben und ergeben sich eine Reihe von Besonderheiten, siehe Geschichte und Wirtschaft.
Weitere Berge sind der Elferkopf (2387 m), der Hohe Ifen (2230 m), die Kanzelwand (2058 m), das Fellhorn (2038 m) und das Walmendinger Horn (1990 m) – siehe Nordwestliche und Südöstlichen Walsertaler Berge.
Im Kleinwalsertal treffen vier geologische Einheiten aufeinander. Das Helvetikum mit dem verkarsteten Schrattenkalk (Ifen, Gottesackerplateau), der Rhenodanubische oder Vorarlberger Flysch (Walmendingerhorn, Heuberg, Güntlispitze, Fellhorn) und die schroffen Felsen des Ostalpin (Nördliche Kalkalpen) aus Hauptdolomit (die Walser Kerle: Widderstein, Elfer, Schafalpköpfe, Kanzelwand). Die Arosazone bildet einen schmalen lückenhaften Gürtel zwischen Flysch und Ostalpin. Sie enthält die größte Vielfalt an Gesteinen und zieht sich vom Üntschenjoch, dem Bärenkopf entlang quer durchs Gemstel- und Wildental bis unter die Kanzelwand. Aber auch Lias-Gesteine am Elfer und Gesteine der Ultrahelvetikum-Mélange, in der Umgebung Mittelalp finden sich im Kleinwalsertal.
Die europäische Hauptwasserscheide zwischen Rhein/Nordsee und Donau/Schwarzem Meer verläuft über das Gottesackerplateau und den Hohen Ifen zum Gerachsattel und weiter zum Hochalppass beim Widderstein.
Das Kleinwalsertal wurde im Jahre 1270 von den Walsern besiedelt, einer Volksgruppe, die aus dem deutschsprachigen Oberwallis in der Schweiz zuwanderte. Diese alemannische Herkunft unterscheidet die Bewohner sprachlich noch heute von den Bewohnern der umliegenden Gemeinden. Ihr Dialekt wird dem Höchstalemannischen zugeordnet, während man im Allgäu einen niederalemannischen Dialekt und im restlichen Vorarlberg einen hochalemannischen Dialekt (Vorarlbergerisch) spricht.
Das Tal ist heute Österreichs drittgrößtes Tourismusziel. Der jahrhundertelang bedeutendste Wirtschaftszweig war die Landwirtschaft, die aktuell nur mehr eine marginale Bedeutung hat. Schon 1960 erreichte die Nächtigungszahl erstmals eine Million. Im Tourismusjahr 2001/02 gab es insgesamt 1.678.180 Übernachtungen bei einer Kapazität von 12.000 Betten.
Der Wander- und Ausflugstourismus – vor allem auch von Familien mit kleineren Kindern und Senioren – ist sehr ausgeprägt. Die Auswahl an einfachen Spazierwegen und mäßig schwierigen Wanderpfaden ist entsprechend breit und gut ausgeschildert. Mit dem eng getaktet fahrenden Walserbus, der den Kurtaxe zahlenden Touristen als Inhabern der Walsercard kostenlos zur Verfügung steht, ist die Mobilität im Tal ohne PKW gewährleistet.
Zur starken Ausprägung des Tourismus verhalf auch die gute Verkehrsanbindung nach Norden. So benötigt man für die Strecke Stuttgart–Kleinwalsertal nur etwa zweieinhalb Stunden.
Im Jahr 2003 gab es am Ort 243 Gewerbebetriebe mit 1573 Beschäftigten und 144 Lehrlingen; lohnsteuerpflichtige Erwerbstätige waren 2518 Personen.
Der Tourismus ist der wichtigste Wirtschaftsfaktor im Tal, wobei der Sommertourismus etwa gleich ausgeprägt ist wie der im Winter.
Im Tourismusjahr 2017/2018 (November 2017 bis Oktober 2018) erzielte das Kleinwalsertal über 1,7 Mio. Nächtigungen (+4,9 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr 2016/2017). Es kamen rund 355.000 Gäste ins Kleinwalsertal (10.038 Gästebetten in der Sommersaison 2018).
Die Übernachtungszahlen betrugen im Winter 2018/19 828.180 (−1,5 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr 2017/18) gegenüber 927.543 (+3 % im Vergleich zum Vorjahr 2017) in der Sommersaison 2018.
Im Sommer kommen die Gäste meist zum Wandern und Bergwandern. Die Wanderwege erstrecken sich über drei Höhenlagen zwischen 1.086 und 2.536 m. Das Wegenetz besteht aus 185 km naturbelassenen, markierten Wanderwegen. Sie werden von 40 Hütten, Sennalpen und Bergrestaurant flankiert. Das Kleinwalsertal ist auch Start- oder Zielpunkt des „Grossen Walserwegs“ von Zermatt ins Kleinwalsertal oder eben umgekehrt. Im Sommer sind 8 Lifte in Oberstdorf für einen erleichterten Auf- und Abstieg geöffnet.
Das Kleinwalsertal ist zudem Veranstaltungsort für Trailrunning Wettkämpfe und Trainingcamps.Drei verschiedene Höhenlagen zwischen 1.100 und 2.500 m erlauben ein Training der verschiedenen Höhen- und Bodenverhältnisse. Die Trails sind zudem in mehrere Schwierigkeitsgrade eingeteilt und ermöglicht so eine Anpassung an das eigene Leistungsniveau. Das nächste Trainingscamp "die Trampelpfadtage" für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene findet Corona-bedingt vom 16. September – 19. September 2021 statt.
Relativ neu hinzugekommen sind zahlreiche Biketouren und -Trails. Vor allem eMountain-Bikes werden gerne von den Besuchern dazu benutzt etwas höher hinaufzufahren. Die Radtouren wurden von der Gemeinde entlang aussichtsreicher oder historischer Strecken errichtet. Typisch für das Kleinwalsertal ist die Route "kleiner Grenzverkehr" über die deutsch-österreichische Grenze. Diese Route führt über einen Panoramaweg nach Oberstdorf und entlang der Breitach zurück ins Kleinwalsertal.
In der Region gibt es zudem beliebte Klettersteige – der Mindelheimer Klettersteig (B–C) führt über die Schafalpköpfe im Wildental. 2007 wurde von der Bergschule Kleinwalsertal an der Kanzelwand der sportlich anspruchsvolle 2-Länder-Sportklettersteig (C–D) und der Walsersteig, der Erlebnissteig für Einsteiger (B), errichtet. Die Bedingungen für das Sportklettern am Hohen Ifen und am Bärenköpfle zählen zu den besten der Alpen. Es ist jedoch aus jagdlichen Gründen stark eingeschränkt oder ganz verboten. Diese Einschränkungen wurden besonders angesichts der umfangreichen Erschließungen der näheren Umgebung von Bergsteigerverbänden als unangebracht und fachlich nicht fundiert kritisiert. So schrieb die Zeitschrift Alpin, dass „[…] sich ein solches Sperrgebiet gut ins Gesamtkonzept des Kleinwalsertales einfügt: Harter und lauter Tourismus mit großem wirtschaftlichen Nutzen dort und eine Ruhezone hier, wo eben nichts zu holen ist“. Von Seiten der Jagdaufsicht wird hingegen die Notwendigkeit einer Ruhezone für das Wild in dem ganzjährig stark touristisch genutzten Tal betont.
(Wikipedia)
The word "goose" is a direct descendent of Proto-Indo-European root, *ghans-. In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandres (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, and gosling, respectively), Frisian goes, gies and guoske, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gās.
This term also gave Lithuanian žąsìs, Irish gé (goose, from Old Irish géiss), Latin anser, Greek χήν/khēn, Dutch gans, Albanian gatë (heron), Sanskrit hamsa and hamsi, Finnish hanhi, Avestan zāō, Polish gęś, Ukrainian гуска and гусак, Russian гусыня and гусь, Czech husa, and Persian ghāz.
The term goose applies to the female in particular, while gander applies to the male in particular. Young birds before fledging are called goslings. The collective noun for a group of geese on the ground is a gaggle; when in flight, they are called a skein, a team, or a wedge; when flying close together, they are called a plump.
Chinese geese, the domesticated form of the swan goose
The three living genera of true geese are: Anser, grey geese, including the greylag goose, and domestic geese; Chen, white geese (often included in Anser); and Branta, black geese, such as the Canada goose.
Two genera of "geese" are only tentatively placed in the Anserinae; they may belong to the shelducks or form a subfamily on their own: Cereopsis, the Cape Barren goose, and Cnemiornis, the prehistoric New Zealand goose. Either these or, more probably, the goose-like Coscoroba swan is the closest living relative of the true geese.
Fossils of true geese are hard to assign to genus; all that can be said is that their fossil record, particularly in North America, is dense and comprehensively documents many different species of true geese that have been around since about 10 million years ago in the Miocene. The aptly named Anser atavus (meaning "progenitor goose") from some 12 million years ago had even more plesiomorphies in common with swans. In addition, some goose-like birds are known from subfossil remains found on the Hawaiian Islands.
Geese are monogamous, living in permanent pairs throughout the year; however, unlike most other permanently monogamous animals, they are territorial only during the short nesting season. Paired geese are more dominant and feed more, two factors that result in more young.
Other birds called "geese"
Cape Barren goose
Some mainly Southern Hemisphere birds are called "geese", most of which belong to the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. These are:
Orinoco goose, Neochen jubata
Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
The South American sheldgeese, genus Chloephaga
The prehistoric Malagasy sheldgoose, Centrornis majori
The spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis, is most closely related to the shelducks, but distinct enough to warrant its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.
The blue-winged goose, Cyanochen cyanopterus, and the Cape Barren goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae, have disputed affinities. They belong to separate ancient lineages that may ally either to the Tadorninae, Anserinae, or closer to the dabbling ducks (Anatinae).
The three species of small waterfowl in the genus Nettapus are named "pygmy geese". They seem to represent another ancient lineage, with possible affinities to the Cape Barren goose or the spur-winged goose.
A genus of prehistorically extinct seaducks, Chendytes, is sometimes called "diving-geese" due to their large size.[5]
The unusual magpie goose is in a family of its own, the Anseranatidae.
The northern gannet, a seabird, is also known as the "Solan goose", although it is a bird unrelated to the true geese, or any other Anseriformes for that matter.
Well-known sayings about geese include:
To "have a gander" is to examine something in detail.
"What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" means that what is appropriate treatment for one person is equally appropriate for someone else.
Saying that someone's "goose is cooked" means that they have suffered, or are about to suffer, a terrible setback or misfortune.
"Killing the goose that lays the golden eggs," derived from an old fable, is a saying referring to any greed-motivated, unprofitable action that destroys or otherwise renders a favorable situation useless.
"A wild goose chase" is a useless, futile waste of time and effort.
There is a legendary old woman called Mother Goose who wrote nursery rhymes for children.
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Direct Rail Services Class 37, 37402 Stephen Middlemore in the British Rail large logo livery with DB Cargo Class 66, 66108 which is on hire to Direct Rail Services passing through Stafford working 0Z37 Crewe Gresty Bridge to Stowemarket, taken 12th October 2019
British postcard by GoCard. Dennis Hopper in Der amerikanische Freund/The American Friend (Wim Wenders, 1977).
Dennis Hopper (1936-2010) was a multi-talented American actor, director, and visual artist, but also one of the true "enfants terribles" of Hollywood. In 1970, he won a Golden Palm for Easy Rider (1969) and Hopper was also Oscar-nominated for writing this groundbreaking anthem to freedom and rebellion. In 1987, he received a second nomination for his supporting role in Hoosiers (1986).
Dennis Lee Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kansas, in 1936. When he was 13, Hopper and his family moved to San Diego. Hopper was voted most likely to succeed at Helix High School, where he was active in the drama club, speech, and choir. It was there that he developed an interest in acting, studying at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. He attended the Actors Studio and made his first television appearance in the TV series Medic (1954). He debuted on the big screen in 1955 with a supporting role in the film that would make James Dean famous: Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955). Dean was both his friend and mentor. They also appeared together in Giant (George Stevens, 1956), with Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor. Dean's death in a car accident in September 1955 affected the young Hopper deeply. Jason Ankeny at AllMovie: "After Dean's tragic death, it was often remarked that Hopper attempted to fill his friend's shoes by borrowing much of his persona, absorbing the late icon's famously defiant attitude and becoming so temperamental that his once-bright career quickly began to wane." Hopper appeared in the Western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (John Sturges, 1957), starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. After a run-in with director Henry Hathaway on the set of From Hell to Texas (1958), Hopper was reportedly blackballed from major Hollywood feature film roles until 1965, during which time he was working on television. In 1961, Hopper played his first lead role in Night Tide, an atmospheric supernatural thriller involving a mermaid in an amusement park. He returned in The Sons of Katie Elder (Henry Hathaway, 1965), featuring John Wayne. Hopper also acted in another John Wayne film, True Grit (Henry Hathaway, 1969), and during its production, he became well acquainted with Wayne. He appeared in a number of psychedelic films, including The Trip (1967) and the Monkees feature Head (Bob Rafelson, 1968), but Hopper really became the symbol of the sex'n'drugs'n'rock'n'pop generation with Easy Rider (1969). He wrote the script together with co-star Peter Fonda and Terry Southern and it was also his directorial debut. Fonda, Hopper, and a young Jack Nicholson were the stars. They had less than half a million dollars in the budget and an idea about motorbikes, a drug deal, and an LSD trip. Besides showing drug use on film, it was one of the first films to portray the hippie lifestyle. Their long hair became a point of contention in various scenes during the film. Initially rejected by producer Roger Corman, the film became a countercultural touchstone. As the director, Hopper won wide acclaim for his improvisational methods and innovative editing. Easy Rider earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Best First Work" and he shared with Fonda and Southern a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film grossed forty million dollars worldwide and broke open the Hollywood bastion, benefiting a new generation of filmmakers from Martin Scorsese to Steven Spielberg.
Dennis Hopper's star faded considerably after the critical and commercial failure of his second film as director, The Last Movie (Dennis Hopper, 1971). Jason Ankeny calls it "an excessive, self-indulgent mess that, while acclaimed by jurors at the Venice Film Festival, was otherwise savaged by critics and snubbed by audiences." Hopper later admitted, he was seriously abusing various substances during the 1970s, both legal and illegal, which led to a downturn in the quality of his work. He acted in such interesting European films as Der amerikanische Freund/The American Friend (Wim Wenders, 1977) opposite Bruno Ganz. He returned to the Hollywood A-list thanks to his role as a pot-smoking, hyper-manic photojournalist in the Vietnam War epic and blockbuster Apocalypse Now (Francis Ford Coppola, 1979), alongside Marlon Brando and Martin Sheen. Hopper traveled to Canada to appear in a small film titled Out of the Blue. At the outset of the production, he was also asked to take over as director, and to the surprise of many, the picture appeared on schedule and to decent reviews and honours at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1983, Hopper entered a drug rehabilitation program, and that year he played critically acclaimed roles in Rumble Fish (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) and the spy thriller The Osterman Weekend (Sam Peckinpah, 1983). He created a sensation as the aggressive, gas-huffing villain Frank Booth in the eerie and erotic Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986). For this role, he won critical acclaim and several awards. That same year he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an alcoholic assistant of basketball coach Gene Hackman in Hoosiers (David Anspaugh, 1986). Hopper's fourth directorial outing came about through the controversial gang film Colors (1988), starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. It was followed by an Emmy-nominated lead performance in Paris Trout (1991). In 1990, Dennis Hopper directed The Hot Spot, which was not a box-office hit. Hopper had more success portraying the villain of Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994), starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock. Hopper received a Razzie Award for his supporting role in Waterworld (Kevin Reynolds, 1997), starring Kevin Costner. In 2001, Hopper had a role in the television series 24. His life story counted five marriages, seven directions, and over 130 film and television appearances. He also collaborated on the Gorillaz song 'Fire Coming Out Of The Monkeys Head'. He recorded the lyrics for it. In addition to his film work, Hopper was also active as a visual artist; he worked as a photographer, painter, and sculptor. Among other things, he made the cover of the album River Deep - Mountain High by Ike & Tina Turner. In 2001, his work was exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. In 2009, Hopper's manager announced that Dennis Hopper had prostate cancer. He underwent several treatments. Future film plans were postponed. In January 2010, it was announced that Hopper was beyond treatment. On 26 March of the same year, Hopper was honoured with a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame. Dennis Hopper died in 2010, at the age of 74, at his home in Venice, California. Jason Ankeny at AllMovie: "The odyssey of Dennis Hopper was one of Hollywood's longest, strangest trips. A onetime teen performer, he went through a series of career metamorphoses -- studio pariah, rebel filmmaker, drug casualty, and comeback kid -- before finally settling comfortably into the role of character actor par excellence, with a rogues' gallery of killers and freaks unmatched in psychotic intensity and demented glee. " In 1971, Hopper had filmed scenes for Orson Welles' The Other Side of the Wind appearing as himself. After decades of legal, financial, and technical delays, the film was finally released on Netflix in 2018
Sources: Jason Ankeny (AllMovie), Wikipedia (Dutch and English), and IMDb.
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Direct Rail Services 37059 along with 68003 and 66302 seen crawling through Wigan North Western on 0Z37 Carlisle Kingsmoor to Crewe Gresty Bridge, the train was crawling due to the 37 having severe wheel flats
Direct Rail Services Class 66 No. 67305 is seen here passing Maryhill Station Platform 1 with service 6K05 which was the 13:19 Singer to Millerhill S.S.
[Network Rail/EWS JNA/MLA Open Wagon Engineers Train 'Loaded with Spoiled Ballast'].