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Ohio State Gymnastics Scarlet & Gray meet at the Covelli Center in Columbus, Ohio on December 15, 2023. Photo by Tony Vasquez for Indy Sports Daily
A partridge in a pear tree. Worked with hot pink Sugar and Cream yarn on #7 needles, as part of the monthly dishcloth kal yahoo group. It's a pretty picture, but took a while to knit, because it's rather large. I think it's about a 12-inch square! It almost didn't fit on the tv tray where it was photographed!
Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
Smaller and distinctly slimmer than the moorhen, the water rail is a fairly common but highly secretive inhabitant of freshwater wetlands. It has chestnut-brown and black upperparts, grey face and underparts and black-and-white barred flanks, and a long red bill. Difficult to see in the breeding season, it is relatively easier to find in winter, when it is also more numerous and widespread. Although usually secretive they can become confident but are still far more often heard than seen.
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Sent from - ADEN CAMP, ADEN on the 22 December 1952
The sender on the back of the envelope was Rashad Ali. & Noor. Their address was listed as 4-10 Maidan Road, Aden.
Maidan Road was a street located in the area of the Crater district of the former Aden Colony. During the mid-20th century, Aden was an important British air and naval base and a major coaling and supply port on the maritime route to India. The area was cosmopolitan, a mix of Middle Eastern, African, and Indian Ocean cultures. The Maidan Road area was located in the Crater (or Tawahi) district, which was generally the main market area and considered more run-down compared to the more modernized districts like Khormaksar or the refinery area in Little Aden. It was near the "Main Pass" or "Bab Aden (Aqaba)," a significant historical and strategic gateway into the old fortified city. The British built a bridge over the gate in 1867, but it was demolished in 1963 to widen the road, suggesting the area was a busy transport route. The name "Maidan" likely refers to a public square or parade ground, suggesting a central location within the urban settlement.
There was a location known as Aden Camp, which functioned as the primary area of British settlement and military presence within the Aden Crater district.
Location and Function:
Military and Official Hub: "Aden Camp" specifically referred to a military post office and the main area of settlement within the natural volcanic crater, which was the original core of Aden city. It primarily served British military personnel and officials.
Distinct from the Port: The "Aden Camp" post office was distinct from the one at Steamer Point (now Tawahi), which served the port and civilian population. Mail was often transported between the camp and the port by camel in the early days of British rule.
Alternative Names: The location was also known as Crater (the district's geographical name) and sometimes referred to as the Aden Cantonment. The name "Camp Town" was also used and housed British Army bases until at least 1960.
Part of Aden Colony: The area known as Aden Camp was part of the Aden Settlement (from 1839), which later became the Crown Colony of Aden in 1937, a directly ruled British territory, as opposed to the surrounding Aden Protectorate. So, while not an independent town separate from the main city of Aden, "Aden Camp" was a specific, significant and well-known district/location with its own post office and military identity during the British colonial period.
The Aden Camp post office (located in the Crater district) was the original postal hub for the British settlement in Aden. Its operational timeline is as follows:
Opening Date: Postal services were established immediately upon British occupation on January 19, 1839. An office for sorting letters was functional at "Camp Aden" by this time, with the earliest recorded mail from the camp dated June 15, 1839.
Loss of GPO Status: It remained the primary post office until 1857, when a regular Postmaster was appointed and the main administrative office was moved to Steamer Point.
Relocation/Transition: A newly built "Steamer Point" office officially became the General Post Office (GPO) on March 31, 1868, formally taking over the lead role from the Aden Camp Post Office.
Final Closure: The "Aden Camp" designation and its specific postmarks continued to be used for decades as a military and settlement post office within the Crater. While a specific day of permanent closure for a post office in that district is not cited, British postal services in Aden were broadly withdrawn on March 31, 1965, when they were superseded by the South Arabian Federation.
Addressed to - Mr. L. S. Rickson / White Rock, B.C. / Canada
Leander "Lee" Sergard Rickson
(b. 24 August 1895 in Telfordville, Alberta / Finland - d. 5 October 1974 at age 79 in Surrey, British Columbia) NOTE - in his WWI records he states that he was born in Finland but does not remember the details (see his record above on the cover) - occupation: Carpenter / House Construction - LINK to his newspaper obituary - www.newspapers.com/article/the-vancouver-sun-obituary-for... - LINK to his death certificate - search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/96... - LINK to his Find a Grave site - www.findagrave.com/memorial/156012838/leander-rickson
LINK to his First World War Personnel Records - recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record...
- arrived at - / WHITE ROCK, B.C. / FEB 7 / 1953 / CANADA / - machine arrival backstamp
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LINK to - E.M. RICKSON’S CANADIAN FIRST DAY COVER CACHETS - by Jan Pieter (John) van der Ven (Pages 12 to 14) - bnaps.org/studygroups/FDC/newsletters/fdc-2018-04-w035.pdf
2 December 2011 and a desperate family post a note in Cairo's Tahrir Square appealing for information about their 17 year old son who had gone missing when security forces attacked protesters in Mohamed Mahmoud Street which is one of the main roads leading into the square.
The name of the street is barely known outside Egypt but it was here on the fringes of Tahrir Square that some of the bloodiest street clashes of 2011 and 2012 took place.
Flanked by Hardees and the old American University campus as well as by dozens of smaller shops and cafes such as Pizza Hut and Costa Cafe there was little at first glance to suggest that it could be of vital strategic interest to either protesters or the security forces.
However the street was an obvious route from Tahrir Square to the Ministry of Interior, an institution responsible for some of the worst injustices and human rights abuses during the Mubarak period and which, despite Mubarak's fall, still retained much of its' former powers and continued to inspire fear and loathing in equal measure.
A confrontation on the street was almost inevitable. The crucial spark for the November clashes came on the 18th when Egypt's Central Security Forces (riot police) entered the Square from Mohamed Mahmoud Street to break up a peaceful sit in by a small number of those wounded in the initial uprising.
On hearing the news of the attack on the sit-in, thousands of protesters headed for the Square to prevent further incursions and for six days during November 2011 the CSF battled with protesters up and down the street.
The ferocity of the police response, who frequently resorted to using live ammunition, led to 42 fatalities among the protesters with many more blinded by the infamous "eye-sniper."
A Youtube video showed the lieutenant firing pellets deliberately at protester's eyes and being cheered on by his colleagues. However such barbarity only encouraged more determined resistance and the street itself was renamed by the demonstrators as "The Eyes of Freedom Street."
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find out what happened to the boy named in the note in the photo. I have pixilated the family's telephone number to prevent them receiving any unnecessary calls but if you do have information which they might not be aware of about the young man please don't hesitate to email me and (but only if appropriate) I can post it here. My email alisdare@gmail.com
“Beautiful large trees with their shadows on Duffins trail in Discovery bay , Martins photographs , Ajax , Ontario , Canada , December 15. 2023”
December Sunrise at Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's wall
Never again will I, or anyone else photograph this iconic tree, cut down on the 27th of September 2023.
16yo arrested.
Taking the dog for a walk.
St Lawrence Church.
When I say I'm going to take my camera for a walk every day, I mean it. Every day I go for a walk and it's now going with me. Because it's small it fits in my pocket.
Saturday, 24th December 2016, Ramsgate, Kent.
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Michigan State Gymnastics kicks off 50th season with their annual Green and White Meet at the Jenison Field House on December 16, 2023. Photos by Tony Vasquez by Indy Sports Daily. www.indysportsdaily.com
December 22, 2008: Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. "Go To Heaven, Ski Like Hell" . [434]
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Vancouver 2008 Pics...enjoy :)
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On November 12th 2015 GETTY IMAGES unveiled plans for a new stills upload platform called ESP (Enterprise Submission Platform), to replace the current Moment portal, and on November 13th I was invited to Beta test the new system prior to it being rolled out to the general public in December. (ESP went live on Tuesday December 15th 2015)
***** Selected for sale in the GETTY IMAGES COLLECTION on January 8th 2016
CREATIVE RF gty.im/502084706 MOMENT OPEN COLLECTION**
This photograph became my 1,622nd frame to be selected for sale in the Getty Images collection, and I am very grateful to them for this wonderful opportunity.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Forty three metres at 13:22pm on Sunday December 6th 2015 off Blackheath Avenue and Charlton Way in the grounds of Greenwich Park, in Blackheath, South East London.
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Nikon D800 50mm 1/40s f/5.0 iso200 RAW (14 bit) Handheld with Sigma OS Optical stabilization enabled. Nikon back button focusing used. Single point AF-C continuous focus. Manual exposure. Matrix metering. Auto white balance. Auto Active D-lighting.
Sigma 50-500mm F4.5-6.3 APO DG OS HSM. Power UP 95mm HD UV filter. Nikon MB-D12 battery grip. Two Nikon EN-EL batteries. Nikon DK-17M Magnifying Eyepiece. Nikon DK-19 soft rubber eyecup. Optech Tripod Strap.Digi-Chip 64GB Class 10 UHS-1 SDXC. Lowepro Vertex 200 AW camera bag. Nikon GP-1 GPS unit.
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LATITUDE: N 51d 28m 36.54s
LONGITUDE: E 0d 0m 6.45s
ALTITUDE: 43.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 103.00MB
PROCESSED FILE: 29.19MB
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Nikon D800 Firmware versions A 1.10 B 1.10 L 2.009 (Lens distortion control version 2)
HP 110-352na Desktop PC with AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU processor. AMD Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB SATA storage. 64-bit Windows 10. Verbatim USB 2.0 1TB desktop hard drive. WD My Passport Ultra 1tb USB3 Portable hard drive. Nikon ViewNX2 Version 2.10.3 64bit. Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit
Blackpool Transport 554 BJ15 UVW a Mercedes Citaro is seen working on the 9 at Clifton Street. These buses which were solely used on the 5 are now allocated duties on the 9 on Sundays as well as the 5, meaning they are regularly seen in Blackpool Town Centre on Sundays. Sunday 20th December 2015.
Seedhead pinwheel. A couple of simple photoshop manipulations and poor photo of a seed head becomes a colourful pinwheel. I applied the distort>twirl tool and then increased the saturation significantly.
The original is in the previous frame..
We are well into the second half of December, so fishing season is long past. These boats are sitting on their cradles on dry land waiting for the coming year when they will once again be back on the sea earning a living.
Photo taken with the Olympus OM-1 and M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro.
December 07, 2000
When the champagne first hits you.
Burrowing under a down comforter while it rains outside, the little wet heartbeats on the window marking the afternoon with a perfect soundtrack.
Picking up the phone to hear his voice when you didn't expect to.
The bear you've slept with since you were two.
Hearing the song that takes you back twenty five years in a split second and you're all of a sudden in your childhood home and your first dog is running the length of the pool, barking at nothing and everything tail, wagging while your brother pesters you to attempt a cannonball as awesome as his was and your only retaliation is a giant splash of water right in his face, which leaves him sputtering and both of you laughing.
Fitting into pants that are a size smaller than what you normally wear and not having to suck a damn thing in.
Mom's thanksgiving dinner.
Driving down a traffic-free freeway, sun shining, windows down, when your favorite song comes on and nowhere to be.
Finally, finally getting over him.
A bathtub filled with bubbles and the best book you've ever read.
Being on the beach, at water's edge, in Maui, seconds after the sun has sunk down below the waves. For one month. Every year.
Laughing so hard that actual tears are coursing down your face with clumsy, half-hearted attempts to wipe them away.
Holding hands at Disneyland. And feeling it down to your toes.
Getting to be part of something that actually, truly moves you.
Ball State University Red & White Meet at Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana on December 9, 2023. Team White – 125.175 Team Red - 123.775 / Photo by Tony Vasquez for Indy Sports Daily.
A sweet, sentimental song is "Try to Remember" (hear Harry Belafonte's version). Its melody and lyrics will stay with you the rest of the day. Yes, it's one of those songs. But not a bad way to remember a Monday.
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt the heart is hollow
—from "Try to Remember" (from "The Fantasticks")
Lyrics and music by Tom Jones / Harvey Schmidt
...and the sun, on today's winter solstice (vintersolverv in Norwegian).
This self portrait is from a mid-December sunrise one year ago. I hear rumours that we finally may have snow again tomorrow. That would be a nice thing for the Christmas mood!
My album of self portraits here.
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