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Shanghai is the largest city in China in terms of population and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level status.
Originally a fishing and textiles town, Shanghai grew to importance in the 19th century due to its favourable port location and as one of the cities opened to foreign trade by the 1842 Treaty of Nanking. The city flourished as a center of commerce between east and west, and became a multinational hub of finance and business by the 1930s. However, Shanghai's prosperity was interrupted after the 1949 Communist takeover and the subsequent cessation of foreign investment. Economic reforms in 1990 resulted in intense development and financing in Shanghai, and in 2005 Shanghai became the world's largest cargo port.
The city is an emerging tourist destination renowned for its historical landmarks such as the Bund and Xintiandi, its modern and ever-expanding Pudong skyline including the Oriental Pearl Tower, and its new reputation as a cosmopolitan center of culture and design. Today, Shanghai is the largest center of commerce and finance in mainland China, and has been described as the "showpiece" of the world's fastest-growing economy.
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Saw this new dinosaur sea creature thing and little frog in the ever expanding plaster decay while walking through a hallway after winter break.
Captured with the iPhone and the black and white, high contrast, square shooting app, Contrast.
For the Flickr friends, you may remember the macro plaster texture I posted early in Dec. of 2016.
That was a small portion of this now larger growth appearing on/in the wall. You can view the macro here if you care to puzzle out where is in the body.
So, I watched Ghost in the Shell: SAC for the first time this year. I was always a big fan of Mamoru Oshii's 1995 movie but never got around to watch the anime series by Kenji Kamiyama.
And of course, as soon as I started watching, I fell in love with these little guys!
This build might be 17 years late, since the anime is out since 2002 and there are a lot of LEGO versions of the Tachikoma already. But with the ever expanding LEGO-part library, I wanted to give them my own new interpretation.
It was important to me, that they are as close to Minifigure-scale as possible. In the series their size changes from scene to scene, but their pod should be as big as a person. So I scaled the model accordingly.
Hope you guys like them!
""I have nothing to say" and "everything to say"
A moment of clarity materializes out of the hustle and bustle of the city. Everything stops.
The city takes a breath and asks the question: Do you remember what was?
I whisper my answer but who will listen? Who can listen? I am a mere soul dwelling amongst the giants. If I move a spec of sand will it make a difference? The city is confused, the country is worried. It hears the distant cries of the trees being moved, yanked out by their roots. They use to stand tall and proud. But now, the land feels eerily new lacking a stable identity; roots are invading its earth. Pulses go through it; its unnatural. It will take time to get use to the change, is it good or bad? That answer is yet to reveal itself. The days have to pass; the cars will come and go on the ever expanding streets. And then… the earth will talk once more, revealing what it wants. "
-Honest After Midnight Ramblings
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Maybe I, maybe I, maybe I'm the problem
Our worlds are exceedingly small, we meet people on the internet, people who know people, who live in towns, cities, countries, continents, on this planet. Among starts and other planets, galaxies, among other galaxies, on an ever expanding universe and yet, in all the observable universe we have not found life like ours, the exact combination of perfect chemical components to make us, to cause us to over years and years of evolution to understand the universe itself.
In the great scheme of things, my worries are small... in the great scheme of things, my pain is small... and one day I'll be gone, and they will prepare a funeral, talk about current events over coffee, organize my financial affairs, meet later for food, even a beer... give away my thing to charity and no trace of my existence will remain.
Everyone will go on with their lives, till they themselves leave and in 100 years there will be new people with small worries, and small pains...
We are all replaceable, some of us in record time it seems... all of us are forgettable in the end, despite being nothing shorter than a miracle and, isn't that just a tragedy? or is a blessing...
So, I am present and stand in the rain... and feel the drops on my skin, and smell the wet grass, and hear the drops hit the fabric that covers my balcony to shield me from the wind, and I am so lost in the moment I am not even here, and it's like I've never existed, and it makes everything better.
Museums - The British Museum
The British Museum was founded as a ‘Universal Museum’. Its beginnings are bequeathed from the will of Sir John Sloane. He amassed 71,000 items, manuscripts, books and many natural history items. He has a statue in the London Physic Garden, Chelsea.
In 1753 King George II gave his Royal Assent to build the Museum, the body of trustees chose Montagu House for its location. This was purchased from the family for £20,000. Ironically Buckingham Palace was rejected as being too expensive and the location, unsuitable.
The first exhibition for scholars was opened in January 1759. In those early days, the Library took up the whole of the ground floor, the first floor a large part was taken up by the Natural History collection.
In 1763 the Natural History collection was reclassified using the Linnaean System, after Carl Linnaeus, famous Swedish botanist. This made the Museum a centre of learning for European natural history scholars.
In the oncoming years there were many new additions particularly in the Library, David Garrick plays (approx. 1000) were one example but it wasn’t until 1772 when the first real quantities of antiques were purchased. This was the collection of Greek vases from Sir William Hamilton. More items came into the Museum. In 1778 objects from Capt. Cooks round-the-world voyages were brought back and donated. By the early 1800’s it was clear that further growth was not possible, furthermore there were signs of decrepitude and overcrowding.
In 1802 a building committee was set up. The upshot was that the Old Montague House was demolished and work began on the new building in 1823. It’s original intention was for a Library and Picture Gallery but this was changed because another new gallery was commissioned in 1824 (The National Gallery). So this building now housed the Natural History collection, the building work was completed in 1831.
Whilst this building work was going on items still came into the museum. In 1802 King George presented the Museum with the Rosetta Stone, (this was the key that opened the lock to deciphering hieroglyphs). In this period from 1802 – 1820 there were many gifts and purchases of Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Assyrian and Babylonian sculpture.
Because of the overwhelming number of objects coming into the museum, it was decided to move the whole of the natural history collection to The Natural History Museum in Kensington. In 1847 over 20,000 books were bequeathed by Sir Thomas Grenville (former trustee). These arrived in horse-draws carts, all 20 of them.
From 1840 – 1900 there were many new sources of objects coming into the Museum. Partial Tombs from ancient Lycia, more Assyrian artefacts from excavations, a valuable collection of antiquities belonging to the Duke of Blacas, (this collection the French government at the time refused to buy so instead it was sold to the Museum for FFr1.2m in 1867). In 1881 came a collection of armour, from William Burges and in 1897 another bequest, this time of Finger rings, drinking vessels, porcelain, Japanese inro and netsuke from A. W. Franks, curator and collector.
More pressure for room for the ever expanding collection culminated in the purchase of 69 surrounding houses. The first stage of construction began in 1906.
Over the years there have been many changes to the internal rooms in the museum itself. The Classical and Near East, The Duveen Gallery which was destroyed during WWII, now bought back to its best.
Notable additions to the museum include in 1939 ‘The Sutton Hoo’ treasures from the Anglo Saxon burial ship. In 1972 The Tutankhamun Treasures exhibition attracted over 1.6 million people. Also in that year Parliament passed a resolution to establish a British Library. This was a real necessity as 1.25 miles of new shelving was needed to house the books coming into the Museum on a yearly basis. However it wasn’t until 1997 that the books actually left. Redevelopment of the space took place and was opened in 2000 as the ‘Queen Elizabeth II Great Court’.
From those original days of 1753, the British Museum has 13 million items, The natural History Museum 70 million and the British Library has 150 million. An impressive collection of items. I have merely scratched the surface. Definitely worth the visit and don’t forget, it’s F R E E.
Self-obsession on 1:6 scale...? An addition to the ever-expanding tribe of Mini Mes. She's quite a bit slimmer and prettier, but the head mould for Dreamhouse Raquelle actually looks quite a bit like... well, me. I'm in the process of thinning her hair a bit, as well as making her some glasses and a more appropriately nerdy wardrobe.
As an aside: has anyone else noticed how the east Asian Mattel dolls are looking progressively less Asian? I'm a pretty Chinese-looking half-Chinese person, and it was a bit of a fight to get her looking sufficiently... Chinese.
Dordrecht, 13 maart 2016 - In de winter van 2016 op 2017 reed Railpromo met de wekelijkse Austria Express wintersporters naar diverse bestemmingen in Oostenrijk. De treinen reden op de terugweg vanuit Bischofshofen en Landeck via Kufstein en München door Nederland via Venlo, Utrecht, Rotterdam en Roosendaal op weg naar de uiteindelijke bestemming Brussel-Zuid. Dankzij de inzet van een meersysteem-TRAXX vond deze rit plaats zonder tijdrovende locwissel. Daarmee was Railpromo één van de eerste, zo niet dé, eerste vervoerder die met dezelfde locomotief regulier vervoer door vier landen reed.
Op 13 maart 2016 reed de terugkerende trein 13496 met NMBS B Logistics 2825 als tractie. Deze loc promoot de website www.modal-shift.be, waar de vervoerder zijn steeds uitgebreidere dienstenpakket op vermeldt. Op sleep is een mix van NMBS I6Bc en Wagon Service Bcmh ligrijtuigen.
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Dordrecht, 13 March 2016 - In the winter of 2016 and 2017 Railpromo operated the weekly Austria Express, carrying winter sport enthousiasts from Belgium and the Netherlands to the Austrian slopes. The trains traveled from Bruxelles Midi, Antwerp, Roosendaal, Rotterdam, Utrecht, 's-Hertogenbosch and Venlo non stop to Austria. Within Austria several of the main ski areas were accessed, before arriving at the end stations Bischofshofen and Landeck. Thanks to the use of a multi-system TRAXX of B Logistics Railpromo was able to operate these trains without time consuming locomotive changes at the borders. One locomotive would provide the tractive force for the entire journey between Bruxelles and Bischofshofen. Therewith the company was one of the first, if not the first, to provide regular passenger travel through four countries without changing the locomotive.
On the thirteenth of March 2016 the returning Railpromo train 13496 was hauled by B Logistics TRAXX 2825. This locomotive sports an advertisement for the website www.modal-shift.be on which the Belgian freight operator presents its ever expanding service offering. On its tail is a combination of I6Bc sleeper carriages of NMBS and Bcmh carriages of Wagon Services.
Less than 200 metres from the prestigious Kühlungsborn Marina, part of it just visible beyond the tree, neglect can be found. But this area, as prime real estate is undoubtedly earmarked for development, as the popular seaside resort ever expands out to the east bordering the beach and dunes of fine white sand. As a young family returns from an outing in the open countryside on the edge of town, 900mm gauge Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn "Molli" 2-8-2 tank 99 2324-4 gets into its stride from its Kühlungsborn Ost station stop and approaches an un-gated level crossing near Fulgen, heading the 10:35 Kühlungsborn West to Bad Doberan service on a wet 4th October 2018.
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Milo, new addition of a grandson to the ever expanding clan. Another one due in September!
Not much time to write more, my stepson gets hitched this afternoon so I’m taking a few moments to chill before the ritual begins.
BRAINS!
Continuing to grow our ever-expanding line of custom parts and pieces we are happy bring to bring to you Citizen Brick's new line of custom LEGO zombie heads and torsos! And because you all asked to be able to buy them as parts rather than in a pack that's how you get 'em!
-JD
March has been very disappointing so far on the X1 service with not a single new addition to the ever-expanding roster noted as of yet. However the star vehicle, Volvo / Wright Commuter W17 MPT, has put in several appearances lately - here seen leaving Liverpool last Saturday.
This very unusual odd-bod was new to Stagecoach Western as SF55 RKA
186 276-2 (Lotos) with empty container flats (for the ever expanding flow of Chinese containers) passing through Berlin Schönefeld with DGS 59827 Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen - Rzepin (+95)
240 Centre Street is located in Manhattan in what once upon a time, when the building first was built was Little Italy, today in ever-expanding Chinatown or SOHO…depends on who’s saying it, to a realtor its SOHO, to a lay person, probably Chinatown. The Police Building as this beautiful Beaux Arts Edwardian Baroque Renaissance Revival edifice is unofficially know was New York City Police Headquarters from 1909 until 1973 when the department relocated to its current location 1 Police Plaza a red-brick modernist cube by the Manhattan Municipal Building and next to the Church of St. Andrew. Designed by the firm of Hoppin & Koen, it replaced an older New York City Police Headquarters on Mulberry Street where at one time future United States President Theodore Roosevelt served as the commissioner of police for New York City. It was necessary as New York City had recently (1898) expanded from just Manhattan to now encompassing Queens, Staten Island, Bronx and by a slim margin Brooklyn… so the old police HQ was just not adequate for the job. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1905 with an expected finish in approximately a year, but it wasn’t to be as there was a constant struggle between Mayor McClellan and Police Commissioner Bingham over changes. When it completed and opened in December of 1909, it was a marvel, with an indoor gymnasium (which later became a basketball court), a full shooting range in the basement and a rooftop observation deck. It lay dormant for almost a decade after the police department moved out and the building on the triangular block was purchased by developer who converted it to apartments. In 1978 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
124/365 Back home to a new season, a new time zone, and to my ever expanding collection of dresses I will never wear! Had a wonderful day shooting and finding new autumnal locations with Adam, this one was right outside my old high school. I'm super jet-lagged, so a weary queen today. My body is doing one thing and my mind quite another. Either way, the world is on fire with colour and weary or not, I'm completely in love with it
Have to say we've been to Vegas before...maybe about ten years ago....and at that time, we saw all the silly sights, and the amazing sights...and without gambling one cent, we had a good time!
This time however we used this ever-expanding city as a base for exploring the hinterland...starting with the Red Rock Canyon, a US National Conservation Area. A short drive from Vegas...this was wonderful!!!
There is a 13 mile scenic drive in the park...and at least 19 signed trails...ranging from easy to strenuous...and lots to see...and good facilities for the visitor. The website is :
I'll post more photos tomorrow, and later, just a bit of the night-life in the city.
I suppose one way to make trespass on the railway more difficult is to allow the lineside to be taken over by trees and vegetation. Railway scenes are increasingly being dominated/constrained by the ever expanding vegetation as seen here where Freightliner 66541 working 6F33, 09:16 Bredbury RTS – Runcorn Folly Lane bin liner is approaching Northwich station, 23rd October 2018.
The ever expanding skyline of glass and steel that is West Bay, Qatar. This view is from the Corniche, close to the Museum of Islamic Art. The afternoon haze creates a deceptively soft light
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Earlier this month I spent a week in Devon visiting family in and around Tavistock . Although I've been a frequent visitor to the West Country since before I could walk and talk it's only in recent years I've taken to documenting the area through photographic eyes and truly appreciating its breathtaking beauty. Being on holiday with time to wander the lanes and explore the countryside, the only time constraint being the loss of sunlight around 20:00 hours, was the perfect time to shoot film and play around with vintage cameras.
If you follow my work you will know about my love of film photography, my beloved Leica IIIf and my cousin Dan's impressive and ever-expanding analogue camera collection. My challenge for the week was to get to grips with the Yashica Mat and its waist-level viewfinder. Shot on my all-time favourite film - Kodak Portra.
Another Saturday and another double helping, this week's theme being 'GBRf acquisitions at rest' - locos brought into the ever expanding GBRf fleet from elsewhere........
Ex Gatwick Express, and Southern 'thunderbird', GBRf's 73202 sports a unique combination livery, here pictured in Tonbridge West Yard.
How selfies work. Note that I was too close for my 70-200mm lens to focus and take the selfie!
Circular Quay, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Artists: Hammer Lighting (Mark Hammer)
Collaborator: Andre Kecskes
You Are Here is a well-known phrase brought to life as a Light Art installation. Interact with this 4m-tall sculpture to capture your perfect Vivid Sydney moment, upload and share at #vividsydney – and show us your best selfie using #HowSelfiesWork.
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I particularly like the Zuiko zoom lenses. They are small, solid and very well made. Obviously this is an ever-expanding collection :)
Nikon d810a
50mm
ISO 6400
f/2.8
Foreground: 16 x 20 seconds
Sky: 48 x 20 seconds
H-Alpha: 9 x 60 seconds
iOptron SkyTracker
This is a 73 shot panorama of the summer Milky Way arch above The Pinnalces Desert, 2 hours north of Perth in Western Australia.
This used to be a true Bortle 1 dark sky location but over the years encroaching light pollution by ever expanding towns and nearby mining operations have probably knocked it down a level or two. You can see the light pollution to the right, which is looking south towards Lancelin about 50km away.
This panorama highlights hydrogen alpha emitting regions such as Barnard's Loop around Orion (left side of the image) and the Gum Nebula to the left of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This is thanks to a screw on filter that isolates that part of the spectrum.
By the 6th of November 1958 Lake Moondarra, originally known as Leichhardt Dam, was officially supplying water to Mount Isa Residents.
A history of the Mount Isa region, like most towns in Australia's arid interior, is a story about securing reliable water for domestic and industrial development. Prior to the construction of Lake Moondarra, Mount Isa's water needs were met by a series of bores near the bed of the Leichhardt River and the old Rifle Creek Dam.
But with a burgeoning town population and ever expanding mining operations, these water supplies became inadequate for the thirsty town. Subsequently, Mount Isa Mines Limited took the unprecedented decision to construct what was at the time Australia's largest privately funded water scheme.
In late 1956 a rocky gorge on the Leichhardt River (Tharrapatha) 16kms downstream from the township was selected due to its natural bedrock attributes and proximity to town. American company Uta Construction was awarded the contract and works began without delay with the building of a bitumen road from town to the clearing of trees within the basin.
However, this ambitious project was not to progress without drama, and by December 1956 seasonal rains sent flood waters rushing through the gorge causing extensive damage to the partially completed wall. When construction did resume several months later, it was the Australian company Thiess Brothers that completed the 26.5 metre concrete-faced wall thereby concluding Operation Big Water in 1957 at a cost of 2.4 million dollars.
On the 11th of July 1962 the Mount Isa Mail announced Lake Moondarra and 'Warrina Park' as new official names selected from over 400 entries by local school children.
In 1968 Clear Water Lagoon was partition off from Lake Moondarra to address water quality issues during flood events and interestingly remains one of few examples of natural filtration reservoirs in Australia.
On average 2000 megalitres/month is filtered through Clear Water Lagoon after being pumped from Lake Moondarra. Due in part to Moondarra's high evaporation rate and the region's sustained growth and development the need to secure additional water supplies continued. In 1971 the height of Moondarra's spillway was increased and later in 1976 Lake Moondarra's sister dam Lake Julius, also on the Leichhardt River, was completed 70km downstream from Mount Isa. During times of prolonged drought, Lake Julius water can be pumped directly into Clear Water Lagoon.
Undeniably, economic growth and development are the catalysts for offering forever our inland waterways and natural, cultural landscapes.
Source: Southern Gulf NRM & Mount Isa Water Board.
Ignoring the strange darker blue rectangle in the lower left corner (that last meteorite that passed close by must have caused some digital cyber anomalies) there is a tiny airliner flying through the fluffy bottom streak of ever expanding vapor trail.
The most recent addition to the ever expanding Dews bus fleet is this Wright Streetlite DF. A former Wrights demonstrator which has served with several major operators and was most recently with Little, Ilkeston.
The Hungarian National Museum (in Hungarian Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) is located in Budapest, on Múzeum körút street, and is the richest source of art and artefacts linked to the country's history. Founded in 1802 by Count Ferenc Széchényi, it has an ever-expanding collection of art and documents exhibited in a neoclassical building built by Mihály Pollack.
On the first floor are the coronation mantle and the archaeological exhibition. The second floor houses the Hungarian artifacts from the 11th century. In the basement it is possible to visit the Roman lapidarium.
Built between 1837 and 1847 to a design by Mihály Pollack, this neoclassical building is one of the best architectural examples of the era. The façade is preceded by a monumental portico, surmounted by a tympanum, by Raffaele Ponti. In the composition it represents Pannonia enthroned with on the right the personification of the sciences on the left the one of the arts. In the right corner there is the personification of the Danube, while in the left one the river Drava. In 1875 the walls of the main staircase of the museum were frescoed by Hungarian painters Károly Lotz and Mór Than.
The gardens surrounding the museum are adorned with numerous statues of important figures from the history of literature, science and art. A monument in honor of the poet János Arany, author of the epic trilogy of Toldi, stands in front of the main entrance. It is a work by Alajos Stróbl, made of limestone and bronze which dates back to 1893.
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Il Museo nazionale ungherese (in ungherese Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum) è situato a Budapest, in via Múzeum körút, ed è la più ricca fonte di arte e manufatti legati alla storia del Paese. Fondato nel 1802 dal conte Ferenc Széchényi, possiede una collezione d'arte e documenti, costantemente in espansione che è esposta in un edificio neoclassico costruito da Mihály Pollack.
Al primo piano vi sono il mantello dell'incoronazione e l'esposizione archeologica. Il secondo piano ospita i manufatti ungheresi dall'XIal XX secolo. Nel seminterrato è possibile visitare il lapidario romano.
Costruito tra il 1837 e il 1847 su progetto di Mihály Pollack, questo edificio neoclassico è uno dei migliori esempi architettonici dell'epoca. La facciata è preceduta da un portico monumentale, sormontato da un timpano, opera di Raffaele Ponti. Nella composizione rappresenta la Pannonia in trono con a destra la personificazione delle scienze a sinistra quella delle arti. Nell'angolo destro è presente la personificazione del Danubio, mentre in quello sinistro il fiume Drava. Nel 1875 i muri dello scalone principale del museo sono stati affrescati dai pittori ungheresi Károly Lotz e Mór Than.
I giardini che circondano il museo sono abbelliti da numerose statue di personaggi importanti della storia della letteratura, della scienza e dell'arte. Un monumento in onore del poeta János Arany, autore della trilogia epica di Toldi, si trova davanti all'ingresso principale. È un'opera di Alajos Stróbl, realizzata in pietra calcarea e bronzo che risale al 1893.
Not necessarily for #Caturday
For some more nature photos of the past 2 years, see the albums 'here' or the ever-expanding swamp of photos (channeling Colbert now, which is my segment called.... #Fenfotos
With one thing and another, options for getting out have been very rare. But here's me out with the lovely Angela right at the end of March.
We had a lovely meal at this restaurant in Brick Lane and we even bumped into Rachel and the girls along the way.
But that has been it for me so far this year, and, to be honest, I am going more than a little crazy. When you are a tgirl, it makes a difference to who you are if you are just shut away in your room with, in my case, an ever-expanding female wardrobe. I now have so many clothes that I want to wear on a night out. But I reckon that I'll only get one more chance before the year ends. Let's hope it's a good one.
And talking of hopes - I hope you are all well - feminine (where relevant), fulfilled and flourishing.
S x
This is one of the major segments of the huge supernova remnant known as the Veil Nebula. In about 3,000 to 6,000 B.C. the source star blew up violently, leaving this gorgeous and ever expanding shockwave.
21x1min RGB w/ZWO ASI178MC-S and Canon 200mm f/2.8 Lens
29x5min Luminance w/QSI6120 and NP101
Shot in Goldendale, WA
Not a favoured photo spot, but other priorities I also had attendance to...
A recent addition to the ever expanding type within the fleet, Trustybus Optare Solo M850 CE52UWR retains the livery of one of its past owners in ASD Coaches as it passes along Mountfitchet Road in Stansted Mountfitchet working a Route 7 service for Bishops Stortford 14/04/21
A pair of CP & KCS ES44AC lead a late running 419 through the ever expanding Southeast Calgary communities.
NEW HASHIMA a Sector 08 (端島): Apartments Available
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Happy to share a new addition to the New Hashima collaborative project. A high rise apartment building ready to house the residents of the ever expanding city. Keep an eye out for more updates coming soon. The city is headed to ATL Brickcon in Feb and Brickworld Chicago in June. Come out and see it for yourself!
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The medical school building is the newest addition to the ever expanding campus of Hull University . Its not a very attractive building but I thought it looked reasonable in the sunlight. We live about 10 minutes from the university so the campus is one of the places I stroll on my urban rambles .
It's odd and very sad to see it so quiet, normally the entrance to the medical school is thronged with people . I guess the students will be home learning though some of them who are further on in their training are probably on the front line . Whichever good luck to them and I will be glad when they and other students return to Hull . The University brings energy and diversity to the city
If you missed it earlier on my stream there is a new song by Ralph Mctell called “ Masks and Gowns “ Quite appropriate for the image .
English people will possibly remember his song “Streets Of London” that was a hit in the early seventies well Ralph has nailed it again To listen just click
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Model: Shelby W.
My first day back out in the mountains while I was back home for break I found out that this dock had been built and instantly knew the type of photo I wanted. Unfortunatley my original idea was way too dangerous and consisted of her standing on the railing. Maybe if I find someone insane I'll revisit it. But I absolutely love how this turned out!!! I actually ended up using my zoom lens for once too! (just a bit of fyi if you're ever expanding with a telephoto lens, be very careful of getting a good overlap, you only have to pan the camera a little bit to get the next shot! Most of my photos just barely overlaped and some didn't at all!) The ice really wasn't very thick at all and I had to venture out onto it to get the right angle, so over all this was a dangerous shoot. Also I discovered that all it takes to make a dress is a large piece of fabric and a shoe lace.
I should have another concept and a couple of normal portraits from this adventure with Shelby and Amy coming once I get caught up on editing!
After the completion of their run around move at Snelgrove, the Credit Valley Explorer heads northbound back to Orangeville, the train is seen running through the countryside north of the ever expanding City Of Brampton.
Mid Michigan 24 and CF&E 3885 shove a string of covered hoppers loaded with wheat back into the ever-expanding King Milling complex in Lowell. The GRE crews have been using 24 and 3885 together a lot recently as they are still fine tuning the old GP9 after it was out of service for over a year. This short branch is what remains of the old Pere Marquette "Turkey Trail" between Elmdale and Alma.
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Sunset and the ever expanding tidal pools on Bantham Beach, South Hams, Devon. This is the final image of the series I captured on this particular evening, where the sunset was pretty good and the colour lasted for a good 20 minutes. Thanks for taking the time to look. Keep in touch on Twitter: @gking_photo
This early 15th century 'Caraval' carries the name 'Orion Star' and is used for the transport of goods along the Mediterranean trade routes.
In 1486 Florence and Venice had widely accepted trade agreements and benefit of each others reach within the ever expanding worldwide trade routes.
Apart from creating the shape of this ship, the sails and the color scheme, the real challenge was to recreate the symbol of florence; the iconic fleur de lis.
Personally, I think this worked out pretty well 😁
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Some background story;
I chose this type of ship because it fits within the time frame and the characteristics of the venice laguna of that time (not deep and many sandbanks).
The caravel had a stern rudder and a raised forecastle and sterncastle. Caravels had a typical length-to-beam ratio of 3.5:1 with a shallow draught. It was also highly manoeuvrable and fast. All of these characteristics made the caravel ideal for exploring unfamiliar waters and coastal shallows where larger ships might easily have become stranded on sandbanks or damaged by rocks.
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The latest addition to my ever-expanding collection of 'star cars' is FAB 1, Lady Penelope's six-wheeled pink Rolls Royce from the 'sixties puppet show Thunderbirds.
While beginning the search for his partners and still feeling the effects of his desert vision quest Plácido saw his mezcal bottle, which he had dropped along the way, almost buried in the Eqyptian sands. Low and behold, there was his missing horn laying on the vessel like a worm liberating itself from the bottle. He wondered if he really needed two horns at this point in his life, or would the one horn be enough? He feared his friends might not recognize him walking and with just one horn. He heard that they might be heading back to Germany before their final leg of the journey back to their beloved Oaxaca. He picked up the bottle and horn and realized that he had time to figure this all out before meeting up with Martin, Martina, and their ever expanding menagerie.
Happy Sliders Sunday!
.. in an ever expanding universe...we are.. islands
ps: as eastern backyard series continues , this new series starts here....islands...:-)
a joyful 2008 ...more dreams.....on the way..
Marcelo
ps : on explore , jan 6 , #224:-)
66748 West Burton 50 draws 6V85 Mantle Lane to Long Marston over the former GWR main lines at Bordesley with the ever expanding City of Birmingham as a backdrop. The wagons have been in store at Mantle Lane having been replaced on workings out of Bardon Hill quarry and are moving to Long Marston for futher storage.
This fantastic old house circa 1930s has been getting 'renovated' for about 8 years now. It seems to be slowly rotting and have an ever expanding collection of building rubble sitting out front. Unfortunately I feel like it may very well sit in a never-ending state of unfinished until it is finally demolished.
Rolleicord VB
Ferrania P30
Stand developed in Rodinal 1:100 for an hour
A view across part of Attenborough nature reserve with Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station on the horizon, 8th March 2024.
In 1929 large-scale commercial gravel extraction began around Attenborough and would continue for the next ninety years. The extraction formed deep lagoons and as the extraction moved away from the works the gravel was transported by barge through the ever-expanding network of lagoons. In 1965, an application from the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) looked to fill the lagoons with ash from Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station. However, by this time, the pits were already well-known for their wildlife interest and extensively used by local fishermen and birdwatchers, with records starting around 1948. Due to the strength of local feeling the CEGB withdrew their application and the ash was taken to Fletton, Peterborough. Discussions then began with the site’s then owners, Trent Gravels Ltd, about the future for the lagoons and it was agreed to develop the site as a nature reserve in parallel with continued gravel extraction. The opening ceremony as a nature reserve was in 1966 and was performed by David Attenborough. Gravel extraction has now finished, and the works have been demolished, whilst the nature reserve now welcomes around 500,000 visitors per year and is regarded as one of the best sites in the UK to see kingfishers.
Ratcliffe on Soar 2116MW power station was built in the mid-1960s and opened in 1968 and is one of the biggest coal fired power stations built in the country. In 1981, the station was burning 5.5 million tonnes of coal a year, consuming 65% of the output of the south Nottinghamshire coalfield. Emissions of sulphur dioxide, which caused acid rain, were greatly reduced in 1993 when a flue gas desulphurisation system using a wet limestone-gypsum process became operational on the four boilers. Emissions of nitrogen oxides which also cause damage to the ozone layer, were reduced in 2004 when Ratcliffe became the first in the United Kingdom to be fitted with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology. One of the last coal fired power stations still in use it is due to close in 2025.
Here in New England, as in many parts of the northern U.S., we've been in awe of the influx of magnificent Snowy Owls (www.flickr.com/photos/bwileycoyote/11609257884/) - a mostly white, tundra-based owl that rarely shows up this far south. And even more rarely in such huge numbers.
But we're also blessed with the presence of an amazing array of other magnificent birds of prey, on a year round basis, that are adapting to our ever expanding encroachment of their hunting areas. I rarely travel on highways here without seeing hawks (www.flickr.com/photos/ryser915/11489035885/), falcons or buzzards in the median strips, in trees along the road or on the huge overhead signs. We also have American Bald Eagles (www.flickr.com/photos/libis_lens/12258878535/) that nest locally, now, and who can be easily seen.
And, for the last month or so, we've also had Short Eared Owls providing breathtakingly beautiful aerial displays as they soar, swoop and dive over local meadows looking for food.
So remember to look up when you're out doing your normal daily activities. There are magnificents among us. :)
* The links above are from three Massachusetts-based, and very talented wildlife photographers here on Flickr. Please take a look at their streams!