Deflectors photos on Flickr

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 by Conservatives

Former UKIP MEP David Campbell Bannerman joins the Conservative Party, Monday May 23, 2011. Photo By Andrew Parsons/Parsons Media Ltd

Stagecoach 18404 KX06 JYF by Mana Transport Photography

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Currently void of a branch deflector.

A Green Flash of Spring by 주원 김

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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

na3-a4 by Daniel Jassim

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A head on view showing the exposed main deflector dish.

Cardboard Armour by Jim Sher

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Vincent all suited up in cardboard.

What is it with my co-workers and cardboard?

oo inc. proudly presents: A Green Flash of Spring by ole.ott_inc

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 4 - 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle. by Hugh McMillan

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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 DemetriouSubstituted for Kirkpatrick 85 min

11 SmithSubstituted forTodd at 87 min

10 MorganSubstituted 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 CalderSubstituted for Bell at 56min

Substitutes

1 Esson

3 Tremarco

6 Elsdon

14 Oakley

15 Mulraney

20 Bell

23 Donaldson

21 Stewart

22 Whyte

Thoughts on the roots of the fundraising crisis and what might happen next by funding ForYou

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.

www.crowdfundforyou.co.uk/thoughts-on-the-roots-of-the-fu...

150306-N-DV340-046 by U.S. Pacific Fleet

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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)

Great Scot! - 6100/46100, first seen. by ian whitehead

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6100 Royal Scot, minus smoke deflectors and in LMS Crimson Lake at Glyndyfwdwy, Llangollen Railway. Apr 2009.

c.1930s Tailem Bend loco 600 fitted with smoke deflectors + buffers (mb-b03-04) by Chris

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c.1930s Tailem Bend loco 600 fitted with smoke deflectors + buffers (Harry Godson - Murray Billett Collection mb-b03-04)

L855VCE by chris.farnah

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Hutchinson ERF EC14 6x2 (blue with air deflector) and 3 axle flat on the Isle of Sheppey on 16/4/97

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill - 0025 by ARLIS Reference

Oil sheen on open water, deflective boom removed during '89 oil spill demobilization -

Chenega Bay, Evans lsland (Prince William Sound)

September 28, 1989

Deflecting Bullets by Carlos Cruz

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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.

www.carloscruzphotography.com

a16_v_c_o_AKP (AS16-113-18334) by Mike Acs

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In documenting the condition of the Lunar Module ascent stage, Charlie Duke has moved around to the northeast of the spacecraft. Along with the ablation and blistering evident on the plume deflector, some of the panels on the rear surface of the ascent stage have buckled.

Note also the nappy, 'textured' appearance of the panels to the immediate right of the Reaction Control System (RCS) thrusters, almost as if loose lint had been attracted to the surface. I believe the crew noted this appearance while the spacecraft were docked during the translunar coast.

18Apr2010_California Barn_0190 copy by Saving Private Emily

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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.......

Maisie (Setup) by ksten

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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.

F Sidney Crosby 13 by West Point - The U.S. Military Academy

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)

Photo by Paul Collins by Gamecock Central

Pass intended for Charleston deflected to Smith (24)

Deflecting Light by Clayton Perry Photoworks

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Clayton Perry

Thanks for the comments and "faves" :)

Lego Dimensions: Portal 2 Level Pack (Second Builds) by TrueArena111

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.

Deflect-O Cubes by Azizah Asgarali

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CBVA_HermosaBch_20150801_322 by Ernie Tyler

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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.