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L'Osteria [official web site] - Water from the river Neckar is deflected into a channel that runs through the old quarter of the town.
St Mirren moved to the top of the Championship by getting the better of a second-half goal flurry against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Lewis Morgan's deflected strike gave the Buddies a half-time lead but John Baird levelled after the break.
Gregor Buchanan headed Saints back in front before Liam Polworth restored parity again for Caley Thistle.
But St Mirren moved up a gear and both Cammy Smith and Ian McShane scored from distance to seal it for the hosts.
A third consecutive league win means the Paisley men have now won seven of their last eight matches and have now also triumphed in each of their last six home games in all competitions.
Morgan has been a key part of St Mirren's rise under manager Jack Ross and he notched his sixth of the season when his low shot was diverted through the legs of Caley Thistle goalkeeper Mark Ridgers.
Baird had a first half goal disallowed for offside but made no mistake in the second - the former Buddie slotting into the bottom left hand corner.
The teams were only briefly on level terms. St Mirren's McShane followed up some nice skill by standing up a great cross to the back post and Buchanan's header eventually crossed the line.
Inverness again pegged Saints back when Connor Bell helped play in Polworth to round Craig Samson and stroke home, despite big shouts of offside from the hosts.
The Buddies were frustrated at that, but vented it in the right way. Morgan smacked the post before Smith let fly with a right-footer from 20 yards into the bottom corner, then McShane added an equally exquisite finish from distance into the top right corner when the ball broke to him on the edge of the box.
St Mirren
1 Samson
15 Baird
5 Buchanan Booked 6 min
44 Eckersley
3 Irvine
4 McGinn
16 McShane
2 DemetriouSubstituted for Kirkpatrick 85 min
11 SmithSubstituted forTodd at 87 min
10 MorganSubstituted for Duffy 90+2 min
20 Reilly
Substitutes
8 Duffy
9 Sutton
14 Todd
17 Kirkpatrick
19 Stewart
Inverness CT
28 Ridgers
2 Raven
5 Warren
22 McKay Booked 89 min
4 Chalmers
21 Cooper
24 Trafford
11 Vigurs Booked 33 min
7 Polworth
9 Baird
16 CalderSubstituted for Bell at 56min
Substitutes
1 Esson
3 Tremarco
6 Elsdon
14 Oakley
15 Mulraney
20 Bell
23 Donaldson
21 Stewart
22 Whyte
Former UKIP MEP David Campbell Bannerman joins the Conservative Party, Monday May 23, 2011. Photo By Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media Ltd
Returning to the paddocks, after unloading grain at CBH Group grain storage site, at Mungilup. Seen here turning into Jerdacuttup Road off South Coast Highway towards Hopetoun way.
When I come across a truck of interest, I race.....er , drive carefully ahead😆, to set up for a photo shoot. Generally catching the drivers unawares haha. And yeah sometimes, I get caught out. They have already rurned before they reach me! Yeah this truck, I thought was going straight past along the highway. So yeah I got the eyeball, from the driver! because I was parked up a bit too close to the corner, for his turning!
in very non authentic condition, A4 boiler, German deflectors, kylchap/double chimney, corridor tender and LNER apple green livery.
The Postcard
A postally unused carte postale published by Lévy Fils et Cie of Paris.
The Notre-Dame Fire
On the 15th. April 2019, fire broke out in the attic beneath the cathedral's roof at 18:18. At 18:20 the fire alarm sounded and guards evacuated the cathedral. A guard was sent to investigate, but to the wrong location – the attic of the adjoining sacristy – where he found no fire. About fifteen minutes later the error was discovered, but by the time guards had climbed the three hundred steps to the cathedral attic the fire was well advanced.
The alarm system was not designed to automatically notify the fire brigade, which was summoned at 18:51 after the guards had returned. Firefighters arrived within ten minutes.
Fighting the Notre-Dame Fire
More than 400 firefighters were engaged. A hundred government employees along with police and municipal workers moved precious artefacts to safety via a human chain.
The fire was primarily fought from inside the structure, which was more dangerous for personnel, but reduced potential damage to the cathedral - applying water from outside risked deflecting flames and hot gases (at temperatures up to 800 °C) inwards. Deluge guns were used at lower-than-usual pressures to minimise damage to the cathedral and its contents. Water was supplied by pump-boat from the Seine.
Aerial firefighting was not used because water dropped from heights could have caused structural damage, and heated stone can crack if suddenly cooled. Helicopters were also not used because of dangerous updrafts, but drones were used for visual and thermal imaging, and robots for visual imaging and directing water streams. Molten lead falling from the roof posed a special hazard for firefighters.
By 18:52, smoke was visible from the outside; flames appeared within the next ten minutes. The spire of the cathedral collapsed at 19:50, creating a draft that slammed all the doors and sent a fireball through the attic. Firefighters then retreated from within the attic.
Shortly before the spire fell, the fire had spread to the wooden framework inside the north tower, which supported eight very large bells. Had the bells fallen, it was thought that the damage done as they fell could have collapsed the towers, and with them the entire cathedral.
At 20:30, firefighters abandoned attempts to extinguish the roof and concentrated on saving the towers, fighting from within and between the towers. By 21:45 the fire was under control.
Adjacent apartment buildings were evacuated due to concern about possible collapse, but on the 19th. April the fire brigade ruled out that risk. One firefighter and two police officers were injured.
Damage to Notre-Dame
Most of the wood/metal roof and the spire of the cathedral was destroyed, with about one third of the roof remaining. The remnants of the roof and spire fell atop the stone vault underneath, which forms the ceiling of the cathedral's interior. Some sections of this vaulting collapsed in turn, allowing debris from the burning roof to fall to the marble floor below, but most sections remained intact due to the use of rib vaulting, greatly reducing damage to the cathedral's interior and objects within.
The cathedral contained a large number of artworks, religious relics, and other irreplaceable treasures, including a crown of thorns said to be the one Jesus wore at his crucifixion. Other items were a purported piece of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, the Tunic of St. Louis, a pipe organ by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, and the 14th.-century Virgin of Paris statue.
Some artwork had been removed in preparation for the renovations, and most of the cathedral's sacred relics were held in the adjoining sacristy, which the fire did not reach; all the cathedral's relics survived. Many valuables that were not removed also survived.
Lead joints in some of the 19th.-century stained-glass windows melted, but the three major rose windows, dating back to the 13th. century, were undamaged. Several pews were destroyed, and the vaulted arches were blackened by smoke, though the cathedral's main cross and altar survived, along with the statues surrounding it.
Some paintings, apparently only smoke-damaged, are expected to be transported to the Louvre for restoration. The rooster-shaped reliquary atop the spire was found damaged but intact among the debris. The three pipe organs were not significantly damaged. The largest of the cathedral's bells, the bourdon, was also not damaged. The liturgical treasury of the cathedral and the "Grands Mays" paintings were moved to safety.
Environmental Damage
Airparif said that winds rapidly dispersed the smoke, carrying it away aloft along the Seine corridor. It did not find elevated levels of particulate air pollution at monitoring stations nearby. The Paris police stated that there was no danger from breathing the air around the fire.
The burned-down roof had been covered with over 400 metric tons of lead. Settling dust substantially raised surface lead levels in some places nearby, notably the cordoned-off area and places left open during the fire. Wet cleaning for surfaces and blood tests for children and pregnant women were recommended in the immediate area.
People working on the cathedral after the fire did not initially take the lead precautions required for their own protection; materials leaving the site were decontaminated, but some clothing was not, and some precautions were not correctly followed; as a result, the worksite failed some inspections and was temporarily shut down.
There was also more widespread contamination; testing, clean-up, and public health advisories were delayed for months, and the neighbourhood was not decontaminated for four months, prompting widespread criticism.
Reactions to the Notre-Dame Fire
President of France Emmanuel Macron, postponing a speech to address the Yellow Vests Movement planned for that evening, went to Notre-Dame and gave a brief address there. Numerous world religious and government leaders extended condolences.
Through the night of the fire and into the next day, people gathered along the Seine to hold vigils, sing and pray.
White tarpaulins over metal beams were quickly rigged to protect the interior from the elements. Nettings protect the de-stabilised exterior.
The following Sunday at Saint-Eustache Church, the Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, honoured the firefighters with the presentation of a book of scriptures saved from the fire.
Investigation Into The Notre-Dame Fire
On the 16th. April, the Paris prosecutor said that there was no evidence of a deliberate act.
The fire has been compared to the similar 1992 Windsor Castle fire and the Uppark fire, among others, and has raised old questions about the safety of similar structures and the techniques used to restore them. Renovation works increase the risk of fire, and a police source reported that they are looking into whether such work had caused this incident.
The renovations presented a fire risk from sparks, short-circuits, and heat from welding (roof repairs involved cutting, and welding lead sheets resting on timber). Normally, no electrical installations were allowed in the roof space due to the extreme fire risk.
The roof framing was of very dry timber, often powdery with age. After the fire, the architect responsible for fire safety at the cathedral acknowledged that the rate at which fire might spread had been underestimated, and experts said it was well known that a fire in the roof would be almost impossible to control.
Of the firms working on the restoration, a Europe Echafaudage team was the only one working there on the day of the fire; the company said no soldering or welding was underway before the fire. The scaffolding was receiving electrical supply for temporary elevators and lighting.
The roofers, Le Bras Frères, said it had followed procedure, and that none of its personnel were on site when the fire broke out. Time-lapse images taken by a camera installed by them showed smoke first rising from the base of the spire.
On the 25th. April, the structure was considered safe enough for investigators to enter. They unofficially stated that they were considering theories involving malfunction of electric bell-ringing apparatus, and cigarette ends discovered on the renovation scaffolding.
Le Bras Frères confirmed its workers had smoked cigarettes, contrary to regulations, but denied that a cigarette butt could have started the fire. The Paris prosecutor's office announced on the 26th. June that no evidence had been found to suggest a criminal motive.
The security employee monitoring the alarm system was new on the job, and was on a second eight-hour shift that day because his relief had not arrived. Additionally, the fire security system used confusing terminology in its referencing parts of the cathedral, which contributed to the initial confusion as to the location of the fire.
As of September, five months after the fire, investigators thought the cause of the fire was more likely an electrical fault than a cigarette. Determining the exact place in which the fire started was expected to take a great deal more time and work. By the 15th. April 2020, investigators stated:
"We believe the fire to have been
started by either a cigarette or a
short circuit in the electrical system".
Reconstruction of Notre-Dame Cathedral
On the night of the fire Macron said that the cathedral, which is owned by the state, would be rebuilt, and launched an international fundraising campaign. France's cathedrals have been owned by the state since 1905, and are not privately insured.
The heritage conservation organisation Fondation du Patrimoine estimated the damage in the hundreds of millions of euros, but losses from the fire are not expected to substantially impact the private insurance industry.
European art insurers stated that the cost would be similar to ongoing renovations at the Palace of Westminster in London, which currently is estimated to be around €7 billion.
This cost does not include damage to any of the artwork or artefacts within the cathedral. Any pieces on loan from other museums would have been insured, but the works owned by the cathedral would not have been insurable.
While Macron hoped the cathedral could be restored in time for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, architects expect the work could take from twenty to forty years, as any new structure would need to balance restoring the look of the original building, using wood and stone sourced from the same regions used in the original construction, with the structural reinforcement required for preventing a similar disaster in the future.
There is discussion of whether to reconstruct the cathedral in modified form. Rebuilding the roof with titanium sheets and steel trusses has been suggested; other options include rebuilding in the original lead and wood, or rebuilding with modern materials not visible from the outside (like the reinforced concrete trusses at Reims Cathedral).
Another option would be to use a combination of restored old elements and newly designed ones. Chartres Cathedral was rebuilt with wrought iron trusses and copper sheeting after an 1836 fire.
French prime minister Édouard Philippe announced an architectural design competition for a new spire that would be:
"Adapted to the techniques
and the challenges of our era."
The spire replacement project has gathered a variety of designs and some controversy, particularly its legal exemption from environmental and heritage rules. After the design competition was announced, the French senate amended the government's restoration bill to require the roof to be restored to how it was before the fire.
On the 16th. July, 95 days after the fire, the law that will govern the restoration of the cathedral was finally approved by the French parliament. It recognises its UNESCO World Heritage Site status and the need to respect existing international charters and practices, to:
"Preserve the historic, artistic and architectural
history of the monument, and to limit any
derogations to the existing heritage, planning,
environmental and construction codes to a
minimum".
On the 15th. April 2020, Germany offered to restore some of the large clerestory windows located far above eye level with three expert tradesmen who specialize in rebuilding cathedrals. Monika Grütters, Germany's Commissioner for Culture was quoted as saying that her country would shoulder the costs.
As of the 30th. November all of the tangled scaffolding was removed from the spire area, and was therefore no longer a threat to the building.
The world will now have to wait for Notre-Dame de Paris to be restored to its former magnificence.
Model - Louise croft
MUA Emily Lennord
Hair Racheal Platts
Southern Strobist Club meet. Poole,UK
Nikon D300 - Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8 @ 42mm iso200 f/9 1/250th
Elinchrom Quadra's used as main light source.
main light fired thru 1metre Eli octobox (bare) with gold deflector (cam left)
second light fired thru Eli 40x40 softbox (bare) with silver deflector (cam right)
Both units aimed down from just above eye level at roughly 45 degrees.
Post edit - Photoshop CS5
Many Thanks to Elie from Southern Strobists for setting the shoot up.
And a big thanks to all the MUA's, wardrobe artists & models for working their socks off throughout the day.
This series of black & white transparencies are from the collection of the late Gordon Pitway, although I suspect they are commercial, as they are just too perfect. Still a great selection of Bulleid Pacifics at their classic home depots
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Conocidos también como bloqueador de viento, este minimiza el ruido y el aire a los pasajeros cuando el auto esta en movimiento. He aquí algunos beneficios del deflector:
Elimina la mayoría de la turbulencia del viento y el ruido.
Se puede hablar más claramente en el celular.
Tener conversaciones con los pasajeros sin levantar la voz.
Tomar viajes largos mas tranquilamente, escuchar mas claramente el stereo y ayudar a mantener la temperatura en tu convertible. Estas las manejo sobre pedido.
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No. 4 - 5:- Exploring Rochester - Rochester Castle
City of Great Expectations - Charles Dickens..
The Keep of the Castle.
The Mural Gallery.
This gallery, which looked down into the state apartments, round right round the building. It is hollowed out of the thickness of the wall and therefore greatly reduces the weight of the upper stories. At this height the walls do not need the massive strength of lower walls as they are out of reach of enemy battering rams.
The gallery had a number of uses and could be partitioned off to make extra rooms for guests, probably servants and less favoured visitors. When the great Hall was in use, guests could gather here to chat and look down on the festivities. This was also a good position for groups of minstrels to provide music for those below. Guidepost.
Rochester Castle.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rochester Castle ( [show location on an interactive map] 51°23′22″N 0°30′05″E / 51.38944°N 0.50139°E / 51.38944; 0.50139) stands on the east bank of the River Medway, in Rochester, Kent. It is one of the best-preserved castles of its kind in the UK. There has been a fortification on this site since Roman times (c AD43), though it is the keep of 1127 and the Norman castle which can be seen today. With the invention of gunpowder other types of defence became more appropriate, and the military centre of the Medway Towns moved to Chatham.
History
The Romans under Aulus Plautius built a fort on the site of the present castle to guard the important river crossing, where they constructed a bridge. There is evidence of an earth rampart later replaced by a stone wall. The timber piles of the Roman bridge were rediscovered during the construction of the present road bridge.This is also a well known spa nowadays but when it was first built it was a massive kitchen.
The Norman period commenced with the victory of William of Normandy at Hastings. He appointed his half brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, as Earl of Kent. Rochester's first Norman castle was probably of the motte and bailey type – a wooden tower and with palisades – on Boley Hill. This was the castle that was besieged by William Rufus during the Rebellion of 1088.
As a result of this siege, Bishop Gundulf was persuaded to build a stone castle with a curtain wall. It is not known how much, if any, of the surviving keep is his. Gundulf was a talented architect: he had started the building work on Rochester's Norman Cathedral in 1080, and was also responsible for the White Tower of the Tower of London.
Henry I granted the custody of the castle to the Archbishop of Canterbury, William de Corbeil. Corbeil started to build the great stone keep in 1127, much of which survives today. It is the tallest in England and has dominated the city and river crossing for 800 years.
The siege of 1215
In 1206, King John spent £115 on repairs to the castle and moat. He even preemptively held it during the year of the negotiations leading up to Magna Carta, but its terms forced him to hand it back into the custody of Stephen Langton, archbishop of Canterbury, in May 1215. The rebel barons then sent troops under William d'Aubigny to the castle, to whom its constable Reginald de Cornhill opened the castle's gates. During October, marching from Dover to London, John then found Rochester in his way and on 11 October began besieging it in person.
The rebels were expecting reinforcements from London but on hearing of the size of King John's army they turned back at Dartford. Robert Fitzwalter rode out to stop the king, fighting his way onto the bridge but eventually being beaten back into the castle. He also sacked the cathedral, took anything of value and stabled his horses in it, all as a slight to Langton. Orders were then sent to the men of Canterbury saying, "We order you, just as you love us, and as soon as you see this letter, to make by day and night, all the pickaxes that you can. Every blacksmith in your city should stop all other work in order to make them and you should send them to us at Rochester with all speed". Five siege engines were then erected and work carried out to undermine the curtain wall. By one of these means the king's forces entered and held the bailey in early November, and began attempting the same tactics against the keep, including undermining the south-east tower. The mine-roof was supported by wooden props, which were then set alight using pig-fat, on 25 November 1215 John had sent a writ to the justiciars saying "Send to us with all speed by day and night, fifty of the fattest pigs of the sort least good for eating so that we may bring fire beneath the castle" [2], causing the south-east tower of the keep to collapse. The rebels withdrew behind the keep's cross-wall but still managed to hold out. A few were allowed to leave the castle but on John's orders had their hands and feet lopped off as an example.
Winter was now setting in, and the castle was only taken (on 30 November) by starvation and not by force. John set up a memorial to the pigs and a gallows with the intention of hanging the whole garrison, but one of his captains (Savari de Mauleon) persuaded him not to hang the rebels since hanging those who had surrendered would set a precedent if John ever surrendered - only one man was actually hanged (a young bowman who had previously been in John's service). The remainder of the rebel barons were taken away and imprisoned at various royal-held castles, such as Corfe Castle. Of the siege - against only 100 rebels, and costing over a thousand pounds a day - the Barnwell chronicler wrote "No one alive can remember a siege so fiercely pressed and so manfully resisted" and that, after it, "There were few who would put their trust in castles".
King John died on October 19, 1216, so it fell to Henry III to repair the castle. He spent over a £1000 on rebuilding, with new stables and gateways, and a further ditch to strengthen the defences. A new chapel was built next to the Royal apartments in the bailey. The most notable surviving feature is the new south-east tower, which was rebuilt according to the latest defensive design and is three-quarters round better to deflect missile attack and work against attempts at undermining.
The siege of 1264
In 1264, the dissident barons, led by Simon de Montfort, attacked Rochester. They crossed the Medway under cover of the smoke from a fire-ship, and took the city. Like John before them, they quickly gained control of the castle bailey and then attempted to undermine the keep. This time the siege was not successful, being relieved after only a week by Henry himself. However, the rebels did burn down many of the buildings, including the Royal chambers. Repairs were not carried out until 1367, under Edward III, by which time much of the stone had been removed for other use.
The 15th century Wars of the Roses were not fought in Kent, so the castle was spared. It was briefly taken by Wyatt's men during his futile uprising of 1554. But with the invention of gunpowder and introduction of cannon, this form of castle was no longer so secure. It became expensive to maintain so fell into disrepair.
Later military history
Rochester remained of strategic importance, and the neighbouring Chatham Naval Dockyard grew in importance. In the Napoleonic wars, the dockyard was protected by a circle of Palmerston Forts, including Fort Luton, Fort Borstal, Fort Pitt, Fort Clarence, and Fort Amherst. HMS Victory, Admiral Nelson's flagship was built in Chatham (though now "exiled" in Portsmouth). During the twentieth century wars, Chatham has provided a home for the Royal Engineers, and Rochester built aircraft such as the Sunderland. The Dockyard also built and serviced nuclear submarines.
Today
The castle is now maintained by English Heritage and is open to the public. The wooden flooring in the centre of the keep is gone, but many of the passageways and spiral staircases within the thickness of the walls are still usable. Decorative chevrons ornament the archways and the water well in the cross-wall is clearly visible. Visitors with a head for heights can climb 111 ft (34 m) to the battlements and enjoy a commanding view of the river and surrounding area.
Since Victorian times, Rochester Castle Gardens have been an important leisure area for Rochester. They were a popular promenade, they have hosted a bandstand, and have become a centre point for festivals and summer concerts.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Castle
'Magnificent ruin!...What a study for an antiquarian!'
The impressive Norman castle at Rochester had a humbling effect upon Dickens, reminding him perhaps of his own mortality. In Household Words he wrote: 'I surveyed the massive ruin from the Bridge, and thought what a brief little practical joke I seemed to be, in comparison with the solidarity, stature, strength and length of life.' In Dickens' time the castle looked very different. Houses and workshops filled much of the moat by the cathedral, the keep and towers were festooned with ivy and the waters of the River Medway lapped the base of the walls. - Guidemap
To see Large:-
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Taken on
July 18, 2007 at 11:31 BST
Close up of the ventral saucer details, including primary and secondary deflectors and torpedo launcher.
The ball deflects off of the block from Jake Gibb (USA, #1) following a powerful spike from Saymon Santos (BRA, #2). Gustavo Caryalhaes (BRA, #1) is covering. WSOBV Long Beach 2015 Main Draw, Pool A.
Reducing Water Turbulence
To eliminate a potential hazard to navigation when water enters the river from the Raccoon Mountain powerhouse, a series of deflector cells were installed opposite the intake / discharge tunnel. These cells, or pilings, are strategically placed to reduce the surface velocity of both the water leaving the tunnel as well as water entering the tunnel as the upper reservoir is filled during pumping operations.
Three 32-foot diameter cells are located directly opposite the intake/discharge tunnel. Sixteen additional cells of the same size were installed closer to the main river channel. A further precaution was the installation of a curtain wall between the individual cells preventing boats from entering the area.
This unusual structure offers sports fishermen access to some of the finest fishing on Nickajack Reservoir. Because of rapid fluctuations in the water level, fishing is NOT permitted on the upper reservoir.
DRG Class "01" (later DB Class "001") 4-6-2 No.01 150 in almost original condition, apart from Witte smoke deflectors and 2'2'T34 tender. 231 2-cylinder "01's" were built by DRG in 1926-38 (plus 10 which were converted from 1925-built "02" 4-cylinder compounds in 1937-42). At the end of World War II, 171 were in West Germany and 70 in the East. The DB rebuilt 5 in 1950-51 with (rivetted) boilers with combustion chambers, feed water heaters and, in place of the original "elephant ears" smoke deflectors, de Witte smoke deflectors (these were withdrawn 1968) then in 1958-61 50 were extensively rebuilt with all-welded boilers, feed water heaters, wide chimneys, Witte smoke deflectors, modified frames and roller bearings whilst the front fall-plate was removed. These were fine performing engines. On the DB, the last "01" (an unrebuilt example) was withdrawn in 1973, on the DR (which rebuilt 35 to "01.5's"), the last unrebuilt example was withdrawn in 1982.
Oil sheen on open water, deflective boom removed during '89 oil spill demobilization -
Chenega Bay, Evans lsland (Prince William Sound)
September 28, 1989
To try and deflect attention off himself, the man in the back of the police landrover kindly informed the police officer that I was taking pictures.
SAN DIEGO (March 19, 2015) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Equipment) Airman Michael Hyatt, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., performs functioning jet blast deflector drills aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is homeported in San Diego and is undergoing a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) maintenance period at Naval Base Coronado. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Cody Hendrix/Released)
Former UKIP MEP David Campbell Bannerman joins the Conservative Party, Monday May 23, 2011. Photo By Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media Ltd
Taken on March 20 from the top of Haleakala on the isle of Maui, planet Earth, the first sunrise of northern spring is pictured in this vacation snapshot. The telephoto view from the volcanic caldera above a sea of clouds also captures an elusive green flash near the Sun's upper limb. Atmospheric layers with sharp temperature changes cause the colorful flash as the Sun rises behind a distant cloud bank. Refraction along sight lines through the layers creates multiple distorted images of the Sun, and for a moment, can visibly deflect shorter wavelength green light. via NASA ift.tt/1RKyvGz
Taken on March 20 from the top of Haleakala on the isle of Maui, planet Earth, the first sunrise of northern spring is pictured in this vacation snapshot. The telephoto view from the volcanic caldera above a sea of clouds also captures an elusive green flash near the Sun's upper limb. Atmospheric layers with sharp temperature changes cause the colorful flash as the Sun rises behind a distant cloud bank. Refraction along sight lines through the layers creates multiple distorted images of the Sun, and for a moment, can visibly deflect shorter wavelength green light. via NASA
St Mirren moved to the top of the Championship by getting the better of a second-half goal flurry against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Lewis Morgan's deflected strike gave the Buddies a half-time lead but John Baird levelled after the break.
Gregor Buchanan headed Saints back in front before Liam Polworth restored parity again for Caley Thistle.
But St Mirren moved up a gear and both Cammy Smith and Ian McShane scored from distance to seal it for the hosts.
A third consecutive league win means the Paisley men have now won seven of their last eight matches and have now also triumphed in each of their last six home games in all competitions.
Morgan has been a key part of St Mirren's rise under manager Jack Ross and he notched his sixth of the season when his low shot was diverted through the legs of Caley Thistle goalkeeper Mark Ridgers.
Baird had a first half goal disallowed for offside but made no mistake in the second - the former Buddie slotting into the bottom left hand corner.
The teams were only briefly on level terms. St Mirren's McShane followed up some nice skill by standing up a great cross to the back post and Buchanan's header eventually crossed the line.
Inverness again pegged Saints back when Connor Bell helped play in Polworth to round Craig Samson and stroke home, despite big shouts of offside from the hosts.
The Buddies were frustrated at that, but vented it in the right way. Morgan smacked the post before Smith let fly with a right-footer from 20 yards into the bottom corner, then McShane added an equally exquisite finish from distance into the top right corner when the ball broke to him on the edge of the box.
St Mirren
1 Samson
15 Baird
5 Buchanan Booked 6 min
44 Eckersley
3 Irvine
4 McGinn
16 McShane
2 DemetriouSubstituted for Kirkpatrick 85 min
11 SmithSubstituted forTodd at 87 min
10 MorganSubstituted for Duffy 90+2 min
20 Reilly
Substitutes
8 Duffy
9 Sutton
14 Todd
17 Kirkpatrick
19 Stewart
Inverness CT
28 Ridgers
2 Raven
5 Warren
22 McKay Booked 89 min
4 Chalmers
21 Cooper
24 Trafford
11 Vigurs Booked 33 min
7 Polworth
9 Baird
16 CalderSubstituted for Bell at 56min
Substitutes
1 Esson
3 Tremarco
6 Elsdon
14 Oakley
15 Mulraney
20 Bell
23 Donaldson
21 Stewart
22 Whyte
For all the headlines, news reports and criticism of fundraising over the last year, the point that seems to have escaped attention is just how we found ourselves in so much trouble.
It's all too easy to blame elements of the media for whipping up a storm that didn’t exist or pass the buck to "irresponsible" agencies. But that simply deflects us from examining the real causes of a problem that remains ongoing.
And when I say ongoing, I don't mean we are going to see another bruising set of reports from the media (which we may). I'm concerned about the fact that however you look at individual fundraising, over the last few years there has been very little growth. Indicator after indicator shows that fundraising is in the doldrums. And we are likely to be stuck here for a fair number of years to come.
Let’s take some recent reports. First, CAF’s UK Giving. Though some people criticise their methodology, the study has tracked attitudes to giving for a decade. That means it provides a very reliable indicator of trends. And what do we see? Flat-lining of income, donor numbers and direct debits.
Second. Last year’s review of the sector by the NCVO, A Financial Stability Review (PDF) demonstrated that charity income had decoupled from growth in the wider economy (graph here). It also highlighted that where there were gains, it was often down to fees for services rather than through increases in voluntary income.
Third. The Top 100 Fundraising Charities Spotlight published a few weeks ago shows that income has grown for the largest 100 charities over the last year (graph here). But when you dig into the annual accounts of the charities that did well, you find that success rarely comes from traditional mass fundraising. Instead, massive hikes in expenditure, large legacies, events, major gifts or one off appeals are responsible for growth.
Alongside this, we've seen a drop in trust.
So what actually happened to cause all this?
To understand, I think we need to go back the best part of twenty years, to the late 1990s when two things happened to dramatically change the fundraising landscape.
The first was the introduction of paperless Direct Debits. These fundamentally changed the role of TV advertising – allowing direct sign up to a regular gift when a donor called in. It might sound rather quaint, but before then, if a donor agreed to a Direct Debit, you had to send them a mandate to sign. And as you might expect, less engaged donors tended to forget to complete and return these pesky forms.
Second was the massive commercialisation of face-to-face fundraising. Combined, both techniques allowed charities to sign up regular givers without going through the process of engaging them first. TV didn’t really start flying as a recruitment medium until the £2 a month request was introduced. But once that was in place, the two approaches meant that pretty much anyone was a prospect. Whereas once charities wanted donors who had a connection to their cause, now that wasn't particularly important.
Some early face-to-face agencies actually advised their clients not to communicate with these new donors at all, apart from periodic calls to upgrade their gifts.
These techniques worked. There was sector-wide growth in income. Each year, thousands of new regular givers were recruited and, importantly to finance directors, costs and income were ‘guaranteed’. For many organisations, cash programmes took second place. Budgets were often shifted to RG acquisition and it became common for warm appeals to be pitched out to different creative agencies or freelance teams as and when they were needed.
The result was that much continuity was lost. Then in the 2000s, in the drive for more donors, many charities began to adopt commercial branding practices. We saw a number of organisations develop new visual identities and introduce guidelines that dramatically changed the way they described themselves and their work. Some charities even ditched their names and evolved into new entities that were completely unknown to their supporters.
The combined result was that the relationship between charities and their supporters became ever more fragmented. But at the same time, many charities flushed with short-term fundraising success, moved forward with increasingly ambitious plans that required significant growth in giving. Individually, such ambition was fine. But when many organisations were doing the same thing, it’s understandable that without further expansion of the number of people who give, donors would come under pressure.
And that’s just what we saw happen. Charities, with a few notable exceptions, mailed the same lists, stopped the same people in the street and advertised on the same TV channels with similar offers asking donors to take out yet another low value Direct Debit. It became a little like a merry-go-round with donors switching from one charity to another.
Engagement fell and donors actively voiced their irritation. I remember back in 2009 when Bluefrog published the biggest UK study ever undertaken into why donors lapse, being shocked by the findings. Donors said they valued the work of charities. But they felt increasingly under-valued as supporters. As a result, charity communications started to become something they tolerated rather than welcomed.
Obviously, many donors continued to have favourite charities that they deeply valued. But, at the same time, they reported feeling under pressure from the wider charity sector. And our research since then shows that nothing has improved. So when the news stories broke and donors could see they were not alone, very few spoke up to defend us.
The sad fact is, when some charities started to treat donors as a commodity, people reciprocated by losing trust and patience with the fundraising practices of the sector as a whole. Lapsed files grew as complaints about 'selling names' became widespread. Continued requests for Direct Debits tired many donors out to the point that they found the solution was simply to agree and then cancel the Direct Debit shortly afterwards. Why else is attrition such a problem?
It is a strange state of affairs that I don’t think the introduction of the FPS is going to resolve. For all the complaints, many donors really do want to stay in contact with some charities and a 'reset button' is not going to be something that 'charity people' are going to happily press. However, the fact is, we need to build an understanding of which donors want to give us the odd gift and those who really value our work enough to give over the long-term.
We'll find more of the latter by focusing on the people who send in unprompted gifts (and they do exist) and actively recruiting people who have more than a passing interest in our particular organisation’s work. And that's rarely achieved by requests for micro donations or tiny Direct Debits.
Which sums up perhaps the biggest problem the sector faces. Donors who don't want a relationship with a charity they 'support' probably won't even notice the change to a donor-centric approach. And heaven knows what will happen to that simple opt-in request when it lands on their mat, arrives in their in-box or buzzes up as an incoming text?
The fact is, over the next few years, opting-in is going to be the new proving ground for fundraisers. Getting someone to sign up to receive our communications will require a real appreciation of donor needs and great fundraising technique. What's more, we are going to have to deliver information and materials to donors that they actually value. The days of the self-congratulatory magazine or heavily branded mailing pack are numbered. And those charities that have spent millions recruiting un-engaged donors might find things rather tough.
The focus will need to switch so donors can support us in the way that actually works for them – rather than working for us. Growth in event fundraising for example, shows that successful innovation is more than just about channel choice.
The reality is that fundraising is going to change as we tackle a daunting learning curve, But, if we get it right, the rewards will become immeasurably higher. The future of fundraising is not more low-value text gifts, automated Direct Debits or premium-led, catch-all direct mail packs. Instead it will be focused on delivering a far more enjoyable experience of being a donor and that will bring people much closer to the causes we work for.
And that could be a very, very good thing not just for fundraisers but for society at large.
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SAN DIEGO (March 6, 2015) Ken Dewell, an employee of FRC Southwest and native of La Mesa, Calif., uses a grinder to smooth the bead of a weld on a jet blast deflector on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Reagan is homeported in San Diego and is undergoing a Planned Incremental Availability (PIA) maintenance period at Naval Base Coronado. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chase C. Lacombe/Released)
Oil sheen on open water, deflective boom removed during '89 oil spill demobilization -
Chenega Bay, Evans lsland (Prince William Sound)
September 28, 1989
6100 Royal Scot, minus smoke deflectors and in LMS Crimson Lake at Glyndyfwdwy, Llangollen Railway. Apr 2009.
Oil sheen on open water, deflective boom removed during '89 oil spill demobilization -
Chenega Bay, Evans lsland (Prince William Sound)
September 28, 1989
Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA.
During WWI, one of the challenges of mounting forward-looking machine guns on airplanes for the first time was not shooting out the propeller while operating the weapon. The first solution to this problem was developed by the French, who put metal plates on the leading edges of the propeller blades to deflect any bullets that happen to hit it. This arrangement is shown here on the propeller of a WWI biplane. Granted the solution was not elegant, it was still practical. Better, more sophisticated solutions where developed by all the players in the WWI theater later in the conflict.
Nikon F5, 16-35mm VR f/4 lens at 29mm, 1/6 sec at f/4. Fujichrome Provia 400X color reversal film developed at EI 400 in an Arista Rapid E-6 kit at 105F.
Southern Strobist Club meet 18th April 2010 @ California Barn, Swanage, UK
Model Hayley_Eldridge
MUA's Racheal Platt ,Nicola Redman , Kristie Moles
Big thanks to Lotty for supplying all the wonderfull clothes.
Nikon D300 (manual, Srgb) iso 200 f/11 1/200th
Lens Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 (DX=65mm (FX=97mm))
Elinchrom Quadra fitted with a 40x40cm softbox fitted with gold deflector no diffuser
as main key light to left of model/slightly forwards. power adjusted to achieve
an f/11 stop.
SB-900 mini softbox set to low power positioned in front and to the right of model to produce a catchlight.
SB-800 set behind model and gridded to give a slight hair light
All triggered via elinchrom skyport.
Sekonic Flash master L-358 used to take the light measurements....
Post Edit in Photoshop CS4
Many thanks to Howard from Southern strobists for setting the event up and the many models and MUA's for all the hard work & my two team mates Andy & Graham for making the day a buzz.......
Setup shot for Maisie
Strobist:
Ranger A Head, B port at 3.3, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and sock above Maisie as key light.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 2.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, below me as fill.
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 1.5, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, camera left
Ranger Quadra A Head, B port at 1.5, 130x50 strip with both diffuser, camera right
RX600, 3.5, 21cm reflector, rear camera left to light white background.
RX600, 3.5, 21cm reflector, rear camera right to light white background.
Triggered by Skyport Speed.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby tries to screen goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury while deflecting the puck during practice Sept. 27. As the Pittsburgh Penguins prepare for their season opener on Oct. 3, the team visited West Point to train on Army Hockey's home ice at Tate Rink Sept. 27-29. It marks the third time the Penguins traveled to West Point, and it's their first trip since 2007. While at the U.S. Military Academy, the Penguins got the opportunity to eat at the Cadet Mess Hall with the cadets, explore the state-of-the-art Kimsey Athletic Center where Army's athletes train, see the sights and take a tour of West Point, participate in a Warrior Hike and several other activities. After each practice, the players chatted with community members and fans and signed autographs. (Photos by Eric S. Bartelt/Pointer View and West Point Public Affairs Office)
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TURRET STRIKER: (build pictured is actually Flying Turret Carrier) The turret gains the ability to shoot Lasers, which can melt/cut Gold LEGO.
LASER DEFLECTOR: Laser Deflector keeps its Cube Switch, but adds the ability to... deflect lasers.
The ball deflects off the block from Lilly Harms and goes into the net after Samantha Cash's powerful spike. Jennifer Hoft Henderson looks on.
St Mirren moved to the top of the Championship by getting the better of a second-half goal flurry against Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
Lewis Morgan's deflected strike gave the Buddies a half-time lead but John Baird levelled after the break.
Gregor Buchanan headed Saints back in front before Liam Polworth restored parity again for Caley Thistle.
But St Mirren moved up a gear and both Cammy Smith and Ian McShane scored from distance to seal it for the hosts.
A third consecutive league win means the Paisley men have now won seven of their last eight matches and have now also triumphed in each of their last six home games in all competitions.
Morgan has been a key part of St Mirren's rise under manager Jack Ross and he notched his sixth of the season when his low shot was diverted through the legs of Caley Thistle goalkeeper Mark Ridgers.
Baird had a first half goal disallowed for offside but made no mistake in the second - the former Buddie slotting into the bottom left hand corner.
The teams were only briefly on level terms. St Mirren's McShane followed up some nice skill by standing up a great cross to the back post and Buchanan's header eventually crossed the line.
Inverness again pegged Saints back when Connor Bell helped play in Polworth to round Craig Samson and stroke home, despite big shouts of offside from the hosts.
The Buddies were frustrated at that, but vented it in the right way. Morgan smacked the post before Smith let fly with a right-footer from 20 yards into the bottom corner, then McShane added an equally exquisite finish from distance into the top right corner when the ball broke to him on the edge of the box.
St Mirren
1 Samson
15 Baird
5 Buchanan Booked 6 min
44 Eckersley
3 Irvine
4 McGinn
16 McShane
2 DemetriouSubstituted for Kirkpatrick 85 min
11 SmithSubstituted forTodd at 87 min
10 MorganSubstituted for Duffy 90+2 min
20 Reilly
Substitutes
8 Duffy
9 Sutton
14 Todd
17 Kirkpatrick
19 Stewart
Inverness CT
28 Ridgers
2 Raven
5 Warren
22 McKay Booked 89 min
4 Chalmers
21 Cooper
24 Trafford
11 Vigurs Booked 33 min
7 Polworth
9 Baird
16 CalderSubstituted for Bell at 56min
Substitutes
1 Esson
3 Tremarco
6 Elsdon
14 Oakley
15 Mulraney
20 Bell
23 Donaldson
21 Stewart
22 Whyte
Setup for "46/52: Swimming Lessons"
Strobist:
Ranger A Head, A port at 2.2, 70cm white maxisoft with silver deflector and sock, upper camera right.
Ranger Quadra A Head, A port at 5.0, 135 Midi Octa with both diffusers, from rear camera left.
2xRanger Quadra A Head, A port at 5.3, 130x50 strip with both diffusers, rear camera right
RX600, 1.5, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera left to bring background to light grey.
RX600, 1.5, 21cm reflector and barn doors, rear camera right to bring background to light grey.
Triggered by Skyport Speed.