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Millennium Falcon: Smuggler's Run
Hollywood Studios - Orlando, FL USA
*[We flew the fastest ship in the galaxy
while hurtling through hyperspace! LOL]
*[The quite-amazing new STAR WARS exhibit opened just ten days
prior (to above) on December 5th, 2019. Since we were in Orlando
for a company holiday-party we checked it out. As expected, it was jammed in the daytime with a 90+ minute wait for the ride. We went back in the evening (with a 35 minute wait) and it was very cool! With everything all lit-up at night it was fantastic and we truly felt
as if we were on the Galaxy's Edge! A must for the Star Wars fan!]
*[Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge is set within the Star Wars universe, at the Black Spire Outpost village on the remote frontier planet of Batuu. Attractions include Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, a dark ride that places guests in a climactic battle between the First Order and the Resistance; and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, a flying simulator attraction that allows guests to pilot the Millenium Falcon through a customized secret mission on behalf of Hondo Ohnaka and Chewbacca. Restaurants and shops include Oga's Cantina, Savi's Workshop, and the Droid Depot. The land opened in 2019, replacing the park's Streets of America section. The 14-acre area cost an estimated $1 billion. - Probably why a park-ticket is $125.]
Here is the "Worlds Fastest Car" from the 1920's. It was the first production car that reached a speed of over 100 mph. Around 160 "Grand Sport" version were made!
BRC WAP - 5 #30092 approaches Vadodara with 12932 Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central AC Double Decker Express.
Date : 04/04/18
Citroen CX25 DTR Turbo 2 Kitesurf (1988) Engine 2500cc S4 OHV Turbo Diesel
Registration Number F 289 MDP (Reading)
Citroen CX 25 DTR Turbo 2 (Kitesurf )
CITREON SET
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This one of custom body .. with Storage space taking up the Back seats, and fold-away roof , was built specifically to transport kites. The brief was to transform the car into a long distance high speed cruiser to commute to the beach from London, with enough stowage space for the owners surfboards and kites. It was created over 10 years ago
The CX was designed by auto stylist Robert Opron, Mechanically, the car was one of the most modern of its time, combining Citroën's unique hydro-pneumatic integral self-leveling suspension, speed-adjustable DIRAVI power steering (first introduced on the Citroën SM), and a unique interior design that did away with steering column stalks, allowing the driver to reach all controls with his or her hands on the steering wheel. The suspension was attached to sub frames that were fitted to the body through flexible mountings, improving ride quality and reducing road noise
The CX had a tranversly mounted engine.
The introduction of the 2.5 litre Turbo Diesel engine in 1983 made it the fastest diesel powered saloon in the world with a top speed of 121mph.
Diolch am olygfa anhygoel, 63,510,097 oblogaeth y Lloegr honno dros y Mynyddoedd
Thanks for a stonking 63,510,097 views
Shot 01.01.2018 at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey Ref 132-072
I should have had a longer lens on to capture this shot but stupidly I forgot to take it with me. Anyone guess where I captured the shot.
SAMLESBURY HALL IS A HISTORIC HOUSE IN SAMLESBURY, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, 6 MILES EAST OF PRESTON. IT WAS BUILT IN 1325 BY GILBERT DE SOUTHWORTH, AND WAS THE PRIMARY HOME OF THE SOUTHWORTH FAMILY UNTIL THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY.
SAMLESBURY HALL MAY HAVE BEEN BUILT TO REPLACE AN EARLIER BUILDING DESTROYED DURING A RAID BY THE SCOTS, DURING THE GREAT RAID OF 1322. THE HALL HAS BEEN MANY THINGS IN ITS PAST INCLUDING A PUBLIC HOUSE AND A GIRLS' BOARDING SCHOOL, BUT SINCE 1925, WHEN IT WAS SAVED FROM BEING DEMOLISHED FOR ITS TIMBER, IT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED BY A REGISTERED CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SAMLESBURY HALL TRUST.
GHOST STOREY
SAMLESBURY HALLIS REPUTEDLY HAUNTED BY A 'WHITE LADY’.THE WHITE LADY IS THOUGHT TO BE THE GHOST OF LADY DOROTHY SOUTHWORTH.
LADY DOROTHY LIVED AT THE HALL DURING THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY. HER FAMILY WERE STAUNCH CATHOLICS BUT DOROTHY FELL IN LOVE WITH A NEIGHBOUR WHO HAPPENED TO BE A PROTESTANT.
BECAUSE OF FAMILY CONFLICT, THE YOUNG LOVERS COULD ONLY MEET IN SECRET, AND EVENTUALLY THEY DECIDED THEY WOULD ELOPE. ON THE NIGHT OF THEIR ESCAPE, THE YOUNG MAN MADE HIS WAY TO THE HALL, BUT BEFORE HE COULD GET TO DOROTHY, HER BROTHER CREPT UP ON HIM AND KILLED BOTH HIM AND TWO OF HIS ACCOMPLICES WITH HIS SWORD.
BLUEBIRD K7
THE ENGINE FOR THE BLUEBIRD K7 WAS MADE IN THE SAMLESBURY ENGINEERING WORKS WHICH WAS IN THE GROUNDS OF THE HALL IN 1960. THIS WAS ALSO THE SITE FOR MANY OF THE EARLY BUS ENGINES MADE ON THAT TIME. THE BLUEBIRD K7 WAS RECORDED AS THE FASTEST WATER SPEED RECORD DRIVEN BY DONALD CAMPBELL CBE BEFORE IT SPECTACULARLY EXPLODED IN CONISTON WATER IN 1967 KILLING DONALD CAMPBELL.
EQ: 1Ds mk2, 50mm, AL
Das war mit Abstand das schnellste Portrait heute – in zweierlei Hinsicht. Zum einen war er der erste Mensch die mir, nachdem ich die Kamera aus der Tasche holte, sofort auffiel und zum anderen dauerte das Shooting keine 15 Sekunden.
In meiner Mittagspause kam ich gerade in der Hamburger Innenstadt und, schaute kurz nach links und rechts um zu sehen wo mehr Menschen unterwegs sind und entschloss mich für die linke Seite. Ich holte, noch bevor ich losging meine Kamera aus der Tasche und wickelte das “Halsband” (wie nennt man das “Canonband” eigentlich?) um mein Handgelenk, damit sich Gewicht der Kamera besser verteilt. Mein Blick ging nach vorne und meine linke Hand zum Objektivdeckel, den ich gerade abnehmen wollte, da kam direkt vor mir dieser Mann entgegen. Sofort sprach ich ihn an und musste im laufen mich und mein Projekt kurz vorstellen, da er aus Zeitgründen nicht stehen blieb. Ich konnte ihn überreden, für 15 Sekunden stehen zu bleiben. In dieser kurzen Zeit musste ich mir einen Winkel für den Hintergrund suchen, im Umkreis von ein, zwei Metern das passende Licht suchen und auch noch das Foto machen – also Höchstleistung. Und voilà – hervorragend.
after a series of surgical operations, my fastest lens is back to capture miss mao's fastest sneakers. now the question is: can she outrun the 4x speed of the human eye with her glittering puma??
Fastest Car of world : max speed : 1600 km/h. Animated by Jaguar engine and an Eurofighter Reactor.
Powerfull : 135.000 HP
Weight : 6,4 tons
Maker : Shelby SuperCars (SSC)
500 pieces
Top three fastest during Friday practice at the Coates Hire Ipswich Supercar meet.
(1/3) #97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team, Shane van Gisbergen, Holden Commodore ZB.
(2/3) #12 Shell V-Power Racing Team, Fabian Coulthard, Ford Falcon FG/X.
(3/3) #55 Supercheap Auto Racing, Chaz MostertFord Falcon FG/X.
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Our fastest selling fig is coming back in stock this weekend. For those that missed out the first time...
Pirate Assassin should be back soon, as well.
Lower Klamath Refuge is a 46,900 acre Refuge that is a varied mix of shallow freshwater marshes, open water, grassy uplands, and croplands that are intensively managed to provide feeding, resting, nesting, and brood rearing habitat for waterfowl, birds of prey and other wild birds and critters. While visiting the Refuge we spotted this beautiful Peregrine Falcon raptor, or bird of prey. They have a hooked beak and strong talons. They are commonly referred to as the Duck Hawk. Peregrine falcons are the fastest-flying birds in the world – they are able to dive at 200 miles per hour.
You know I'm not the fastest, smartest and most pleasant guy before I get my coffee.
I'd run out of those little 'cups' of coffee for my coffee machine at home and I was all rushed to get the littlest Viewminderette out the door for her first day of camp.
Plus I wanted to get her some cookies for lunch.
She's going on a field trip to the Adler Planetarium today.
The girl was excited.
I was pretty groggy when I walked into the 7-11 this morning.
I wasn't expectin' to see a dead body sprawled on the floor when I did.
Plus I had my kid with me.
And I'd rather not have my kid seein' that shit you know?
Besides bein' a little shocking it was not the way I'd really wanted to wake up.
'Taniqua... are you alright girl' I asked... 'and what's up with the dead dude?'
I know Taniqua's a tough chick and she don't take no shit but still...
I surveyed the surreal scene and tried to make some sense of it.
Which was darn near impossible without havin' the coffee that I needed.
'He come in during the morning coffee rush and try to rob me' she replied nonchalantly.
'Ain't nobody got time for that... people's all cranky before they get their mornin' coffee amiright?'
I let out an uncomfortable laugh and nodded my head supportively as I tried to shield my kid's eyes from the gory scene.
'So I shot him' she added 'twice in the chest... pop... pop like that and he goes down!'
Then she made like a gun with her fingers and she even held it 'gangster style!'
'I hadda big line youknowwhatI'msayin' she professed exasperatedly... 'dude was RUDE... capital R-U-D-E motherfucker!'
I couldn't cover my kids ears fast enough.
You could tell poor Taniqua was having a bad day.
I really felt bad for her.
'I don't get paid enough to put up with this crap' she complained... 'I got a good nerve to quit this job I'm telling you.'
'Taniqua... did you call the cops' I asked.
'No... I just finished with the rush... and all these people were bitchin' about me turning the gas pumps on... I just about haddit with this' she said numbly.
'Taniqua... you can't just leave the dead dude there... you really should call the cops.'
'I know I know' she replied 'I put the magazine racks up there to block the view and I put the caution tape up so no one would trip over him... but I just need a minute to take a break and finish this coffee... it's that saweet new Mocha Java blend that we got goin'.'
I knew how she was feelin'.
I really needed some of the 'wake up juice' too.
And I didn't just shoot and kill someone tryin' to rob me.
I paid for my coffee and the cookies...
'good luck with the cops' I told Taniqua...
and I stepped over the dead dude while shielding my daughter's eyes and took this picture as I did.
Gahd I needed that coffee.
Friday-Love!
The fastest bird (actually the fastest of all animals) in the world, peregrines regularly reach speeds of 200mph and the fastest one ever recorded reached a speed of 242mph.
November 2022 was my 60th birthday, so my wife and I took a month long cruise these are the some of the FOTOS of the cruise destinations these are all Barcelona
The fastest bird in the world! Mate for life! (ahh) ~ he flirts with his lady by showing her aerial displays and catches her dinners mid flight...which would be bats (eww) to songbirds (tsk-tsk for catching songbirds!) Just fun facts.
The fastest steam locomotive in the World; London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 A4 Class 4468 'Mallard' is pictured on display in the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum. This loco reached 126 miles per hour on July 3rd, 1938, a feat which no steam locomotive has since beaten.
This loco was renumbered 22 before becoming British Railways 60022 following the Nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1947.
Top three fastest during Friday practice at the Coates Hire Ipswich Supercar meet.
(1/3) #97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team, Shane van Gisbergen, Holden Commodore ZB.
(2/3) #12 Shell V-Power Racing Team, Fabian Coulthard, Ford Falcon FG/X.
(3/3) #55 Supercheap Auto Racing, Chaz MostertFord Falcon FG/X.
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Too bad LMP2 doesn't have much going on. In previous years some European teams showed up for the big races, but not in 2019
#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2, LMP2: Matthew McMurry, Dalton Kellett, Gabriel Aubry
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Motul Petit Le Mans
Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, USA
Friday October 11, 2019
World Copyright: Peter Burke
LAT Images
Robert Bugden, #24, BCPerformance Ninja Kawasaki ZX10R on his way to the fastest practice time.
On a cold and grey drizzling Friday morning practice at the Australian Superbike Championship, Wakefield Park, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia.
The Fastest Man Alive vs. The Man of Steel, The Scarlet Speedster against The Last Son of Krypton, The Crimson Comet opposing The Big Blue Boy Scout.
Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It reaches speeds up to 322kmph in dive to catch its prey.
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Considering this is the worlds fastest animal and it's also a bird in flight shot, I'm reasonably happy with how this one turned out. Not the easiest subject to photograph. It's a hold the shutter and throw away 299 shots to get one that's useable.
Ricoh IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Pentax K-3
Aperture ƒ/5.0
Focal length 150.0 mm
Shutter 1/2000
ISO 200
Fjord Cat, one of the world´s fastest ferries, was this morning on its way to Landskrona for maintenance and/or refurbishing.
Here is some info about the ship:
HSC Fjord Cat is an Incat-built, ocean-going catamaran. It is one of the world's fastest car carrying passenger vessels and, as Cat-Link V, set the eastbound record for the fastest transatlantic journey. In 1998/1999, the ship sailed as Cat-Link V on the Århus-Kalundborg route in Denmark—then operated by Scandlines. From 1999 to 2005 it sailed as Mads Mols for Mols-linien. From 2005 to 2006 it was renamed Incat 049 by T&T Ferries in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2006 it was renamed Master Cat and has since been operating on the route between Kristiansand in Norway and Hanstholm in Denmark, later changed to Hirtshals, in the service of "Master Ferries". This company was merged with Fjord Line on January 1, 2008[1] and the ferry was renamed Fjord Cat.
A remake of the original "Fastest Man Alive" MOC for Brickfair VA 2017. I made a few tweaks here and there, color changes, improved designs, a slightly bigger base and more Flashes! Original MOC - www.flickr.com/photos/50899563@N07/14810801523/in/datepos...
The fastest land vehicle in the fleet, the DR4G-5T3R can not only outrun anything unfortunate enough to be in its sights, but thanks to its rear swivel-ball tech, it can do so regardless of the terrain.
This is the 6th vehicle in my fleet of Neo Classic Space inspired attack craft.
X Fastest shot on to flickr ...took this shot about 20 minutes ago. I have been trying to catch this family who nest in a tree in my garden for a few days.....success. It’s a male blackbird and two chicks. I read up on blackbirds and apparently the male bird will feed the young for a long time, even longer than the female. It’s amusing as the chicks are almost as large as their father. The slight green blur on the left is a lily leaf I was hiding behind. I did have to alter the exposure level on the Raw shot using NX shame it would have been nice to have a SOOC shot but not this time
THANKS FOR YOUR VISIT HAVE A GREAT DAY
In the 25th century, the Justice League's history- their origins, their identities, are all an open book, and they're all linked by one thing. Tragedy. It's inescapable. There is no life without loss. No progress without pain. Barry Allen lost his mother when he was a boy. Bruce Wayne lost his parents. J'onn Jonzz was the last son of Mars. And in my time, they are heroes. They are better because of it. They know what they have to sacrifice to win, to be greater.
...I know tragedy too. I lost *my* mother when I was eight, my father was gunned down by police. I lost my marriage, my mentor, my ability to walk, to tragedy. It's what brought me to the Reverse-Flash, and it's what finally gave me a new purpose.
My name is Hunter Zolomon, and for years I was best friends with Wally West. Ever since I met him, I wanted nothing more than to be his teacher, to show him that tragedy is not something to be avoided, it is *necessary.* Time and time again, he rejected my gift. He didn't understand that you can't save the world with a smile on your face. You can't save the world without dirtying your hands. Some consider him a lost cause, that he can't be helped, and that? That hurts me more than anything.
===Arkham Asylum===
Since the inmates were transferred to Arkham City the year before, the Asylum had been quiet. Peaceful, one might even say. No more desperate screaming through padded cells. No more deranged cackling from the basement.
As far as most people knew, it had been abandoned. The acting mayor even had plans to demolish it come spring.
But it wasn't abandoned.
The low trundle of a wheelchair squeaked against the wet ground. A greyish hand grasped the wheel, and propelled himself forward. The last of Arkham's patients. He'd been told he wouldn't survive the trip to Slabside. That his body was too broken. And so they sent him here, discarded him like a broken toy. He looked down to the grounds below- Maybe... Yes, from this height, the fall would kill him, he thought.
And yet, he'd thought the same thing last time, during the quake, and all that had left him with was a broken body. Jonathan Crane sat there, in silence, the faint outline of his city just visible through the trees- Wayne Enterprise's latest steel monstrosity towered above the rest, as though it were mocking him...
"Ooga Wooga Booga!"
Crane turned his head slowly, unimpressed. "I knew you'd come, sooner or later. Don't presume that your little... jaunts across the island have gone unnoticed."
Knelt beside him, dressed in a bright purple suit and grinning like a hyena, was The Joker. "It's true!" he giggled. "You can't be spooked!"
Crane's tone shifted as he whispered bitterly. "I don't want to talk about it."
"Sure, you do... That's all you ever did. Lecture on top of lecture, speech on top of speech. Sure, *occasionally* you'd unleash some horrible doomsday weapon, create a new virus, but if there's one thing you loved more than fear, it was the sound of your voice when you talked about it."
"Eno-" Crane begins, but Joker's already raising a finger to silence him.
"Heh... It's funny, Straw Man," he smiles, rising to his feet, his hands on the wheelchair. "One push and... game over. "
"Joker, enough! I won't play your game."
"But it's fu-un," he sings, as he trundles the chair closer to the edge.
"In case you've forgotten, *I* can't be scared, so these cheap theatrics of yours are meaningless"
"No, but you *can* be killed," Joker continues, rocking the chair back and forth. Back and forth.
"I would welcome it!" Scarecrow hisses back.
...
"Now isn't that interesting..." Joker chuckles, his hands sliding off the handlebars.
"Let me tell you a secret Jonathan," he whispers. "There's a reason why they dumped you out here. A reason why they'd rather drop you here, than roll you out to Slabside with the big boys. They're not scared anymore. Why would they be... most evil lairs don't have disabled access after all! But I have a solution, a nasty, vile, undoubtedly bloody solution, and for that... I need your latest plague."
Crane paused. "Then, I suggest you check the bottom of the Gotham river. *Kite-Man* destroyed my factory."
"Please, don't lie, not after all we've been through- The good times! Drury's trial, the Cloudburst, others, that ellude me..."
Crane's ear's pricked up. "What do you want with that... idiot?" he asked, a note of disgust in his voice.
"Play nice, and I'll tell you... Hell, maybe I'll keep you around. Heh. You might even enjoy yourself," Joker laughs, as he pats Crane on the back, and lifts his cane up off from the ground.
"Joker, wait," Crane called out. "There's a rumour, that the pup has her father back..."
Joker smiles.
"So it's true?" Crane sighed. "There used to be a saying, do you remember? "Only the good villains come back." Though, I suppose that once Ted Carson was resurrected, that all went out the window."
"Heh. Rumours... Nasty, those. I think I killed him, you know. Maybe. Bullet to the skull really ought to have done it, but, heh, this is Gotham."
Crane nods. "Rumours, yes. I *may* have heard that the snowman took two gallons of my toxin..."
...
"Johnny, I love you, but you have to be more specific. Do you mean Freeze, or the literal hairy, yeti Kelsey Grammar bloke?"
...
"Yes, I meant Freeze."
~
It's 1991. I come home to find my parents dead. My father, gunned down by police. My mother, his final victim.
2003. The Flash, Barry Allen, encounters his first villain: Leonard Snart- Captain Cold, a self titled rogue armed with a cold gun. My fascination with these... Rogues is piqued.
2004. During my first year of college, I fall in love with my classmate, Ashley. I strike up a friendship with her father, the criminology professor at our school.
It's 2008. My wedding day. Ashley's father is my best man.
2010. Her father- in many ways *our* father, lies dead in my arms, a victim of my error. Ashley files for divorce.
2012. I come to Keystone City for a fresh start. Becoming the "Rogues Profiler" for KCPD, I meet a young man called Wally West. The Flash.
2013. A riot at Iron Heights renders me paralysed. In desperation, I turn to Wally, urging him to travel back in time, and fix my life. He refuses. In an attempt to use the treadmill myself, it explodes, effectively knocking me out of the timestream. I become Zoom. My new mission, to help the Flash, no matter the cost.
"The Flashes, are not worth your time Hunter."
~
Now, it is 2018, Louisiana. "They're nothing but selfish, cruel, vain individuals, not worthy of your... kindness." Beside me, Thawne tinkers with a machine. In a few hours, Lex Luthor will give the order, and the Secret Society will activate our Fear Gas Bomb in the heart of Gotham. Of the thousands affected, one in two will emerge stronger, their demons conquered.
"Idisagreeeeeeeee. You've spentyour eeeeeeentire life making BarryAllenbetter, JokerandBatman, Sineeeeestro- Haaaaal Jordan, BlckMnta- Aquaman. You aaaaall makeheroes strong."
"That's where you're wrong, Hunter. I don't want to *help* Barry Allen, I want to destroy him. Take apart all that he has. All that he *is*. You've seen my files. Do you really think Manta fights Aquaman to make him better?! Heh. Black Manta is a sociopathic maniac with an inane case of daddy issues. However, he does make an excellent tuna sandwich. He doesn't know I steal them."
~
Two years earlier, I am visited by an older Thawne. He's dying. Having just escaped an alternate timeline, the energy it took has dampened his speed. His one hope is a "Get out of Hell Free card." In the year that follows, Thawne recruits Drury Walker to infiltrate the Suicide Squad and find him that card. I'm not sure why he chose *him.* Thawne said it was a cruel irony of sorts, brought about by his time in this other timeline. Mothpoint. He uses the opportunity to punish Walker for his failings, and to tie up loose ends, by murdering the Van Cleer boy. His son. Moments later, the Signal Man issues a city wide blackout, wanting the card for himself. In the ensuing chaos, Thawne succumbs to his wounds, killed by the boy's stepmother.
Walker's grief, and role in Cobb's defeat inspires him to become more than a simple criminal. He runs for Mayor. A year later, the boy is resurrected. The tragedy, was undone. The lessons Walker learned? Unlearned.
2018. While Bane works to reshape the Society, Thawne is set on the path that will lead to his death. A confrontation with the Ratcatcher and the KGBeast ends with him retreating into the speedforce, as time changes around him. He's dumped in December, 2018. A new world, and is forced to work with Walker's boy. His disobedience and compassion makes him an unreliable ally. He plans to murder him once the timeline is restored.
2019. Thawne visits Bane one final time. I, am sent to deal with a rival Society spearheaded by Lex Luthor. The key, is the Riddler's journal.
The Joker destroys it before I can learn what he might have planned. The Society is satisfied.
2020. During an assault on the League of Assassins, Bane, Calculator, Sinestro and Zod are all apprehended. Kuttler's testimony grants him freedom. Though Faust, Ocean Master and Black Adam remain, each go their separate ways. The Society is finished. Intent on confronting the Joker, I travel to Gotham City. Instead, he imparts on me a new mission.
=Drury's Apartment, Keystone=
"Drury- Drury!" Wally called out. "Axel's been spotted with the Rogues, and I just- Drury?"
"Wah-Wah-Wah-Wah-Wah" a voice answered back, mockingly. Sat in the living room, draped in a tartan blanket, and a glass of scotch in his hand, was Drury Walker. Opposite him, playing Cooking Mama on the TV, was The Suit.
Wally sighed. "C-C'mon, man, that's just childish."
"Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Mi-Muh."
Wally edged into the room, and knelt beside Drury. "You don't want your kid in Iron Heights. I get it... I don't either! But he keeps going out with the Rogues, that's what's going to happen."
Drury took another sip of scotch. "Let him have his fun. He hasn't had *his* hopes and dreams stabbed yet.
Wally bowed his head. "Look, I'm not thrilled with this arrangement either. But we could at least try to get along, right? How about a pizza? Would you like a pizza."
"Gotham's are better."
"I can go to Gotham. Fastest man alive and all that."
"Lucky!" Drury called back sarcastically.
"Right. It's been a pleasure. Suit," he nodded, the empty costume putting the controller on the table and waving goodbye. The door slamming behind him, Drury rushed to the window. "Thank god he's gone," he smiled, and ripped his dressing gown off to reveal the costume underneath. "Now, where were we?"
He flipped the tablecloth over, unveiling a map of the prison on the other side.
"We really need to re-evaluate your artistic merits..." Drury murmured, as Suit rolled in a large mirror, and handed Walker a silver blaster.
"McCulloch this mirror gun better fucking work," Drury mused, as he pointed it at the mirror, and fired a white beam of light. The mirror now a dazzling portal, Drury winks back, and enters through the looking glass.
Clicked@Marina Beach
Not at all happy with the results because of heavy traffic make the shot like heavy of tube of light trials........
The soybean crop in Brazil is the fastest growing over the past three decades and accounts for 49% of the area planted in grain country. The increase in productivity is linked to technological advances, the management and efficiency of producers. The grain is an essential component in the production of animal feed and increasing use for human consumption is rapidly growing.
*Copyright © 2012 Lélia Valduga, all rights reserved.
My name is Wally West, and I’m the fastest man alive!
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Hunter Zolomon has been my best friend since I graduated college and got my job as a mechanic at the police department. No matter what happened to either of us, he would always be there. He pushed me to become a better mechanic and ultimately a better man. Though I only knew him for a short period of time, no matter what happens I will always consider Hunter to be my best friend.
”So it saddens me to be here today. Because I know the impact he had on my life in the short period of time I knew him could only be multiplied tenfold to those who have known him for much longer.” Wally West says as he folds his notes and steps down from the podium. His eyes begin to swell slightly as a few tears fall from down his cheeks. Wally had become all too familiar with the walk back to his seat after speaking at a friend’s funeral. After his speech, some family members of Zolomon’s got up and spoke about fond memories they had about Hunter. Wally didn’t pay attention to much, but one phrase in particular. This phrase was spoken of spite and pierced Wally like a knife.
“Why’d the Flash have to do this?” The phrase rang through his mind after Hunter’s mother uttered it. He couldn’t help but feel guilty for what he had done. He was only trying to help and somehow he only made matters worse.
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“What happened?”
”He has a glass shard lodged in his neck. You need to help him.”
“He has no pulse.”
”Can’t you help him?”
It’s all my fault.”
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“What?” Linda asked Wally as the two drove back to Wally’s apartment. “What’s your fault?”
”Huh? Oh… nothing. I just can’t help but feel responsible for this.”
“For Hunter? How so? You couldn’t have saved him. You’re not the Flash, Wally.”
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”It’s a weird feeling, Jay.”
“What is?”
”The people. They stare at me like I’m the Flash.”
“Well you are, Wally. Barry gave you his blessing. Don’t let that go to waste.”
”I don’t want to mess this up.”
“Just remember, you don’t wear this uniform to frighten anyone. You’re not fighting for vengeance.”
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Wally’s mind raced as he ran through the city. He thought back to memories of Barry and Hunter. Both were great men that were taken from him too soon. Barry became a father figure to Wally as Wally never really knew his father. Hunter became the brother that Wally always wished he had. Both were taken from him.
Wally’s thoughts all silenced themselves as he found himself back at Iron Heights. The reason he was here again was the same as the first time. He wanted to speak with James Jesse. Wally thought back to a case that he had worked on with Barry. The Trickster was one of the first criminals Wally took on as Kid Flash so his memory of this event was very vivid.
The guard escorted Wally to Jesse’s cell and left him there. Wally took a moment for James to step up to the glass before speaking.
”Twice in one week? You must be desperate.” James laughs as he says this.
”I know you know who’s doing all of this.”
”All of what? Kid, I’ve got no access to the outside world.”
”You’re lying. I know that you made a deal with the night shift guard to bring you newspapers. You know exactly what I’m talking about. Oh, and for your information, that guard was fired just a few minutes ago.”
”Ah… fiddlesticks… You caught me.”
”So tell me, who’s doing all of this!”
”Trust me, kid, I seriously don’t know.”
”You still think I’m going to believe you? Do you remember the first time I fought you? The first time I put on the costume I took you on. You had pulled off a series of crimes using different villain’s weapons. The police couldn’t figure out who it was, but I did. It was you all along. You did all of that to play a game. That’s why you do all of this. Not for the money, no. You do this for the thrill of it all.” Wally says as he softly pounds the glass to emphasize his last phrase.
”You’re right about that, kid.” James turns away from Wally and walks back to what he could be considered a bed. He sits down and cross his legs and smugly says. ”But I’ve got no part in this.”
”Fine!” Wally says as he slowly walks away from Jesse’s cell. His thoughts race again as he tries to figure out who is doing all of this. He tries to figure out why this all seems so familiar. The Trickster did exactly this before. Is someone really copycatting him as well? Are they stealing everything from every villain? What will make them stop? How will he beat them?
Chuck the Fastest Angry Bird in the Classic Angry Birds Game, Yellow Triangle Bird. Plants vs. Zombies Shaman (with staff) Rock Middle background. Large orange striped googley eyeball front row.
Worcester is a Cathedral City and the county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England.
The city is located some 17 miles (27 km) south-west of the southern suburbs of Birmingham, and 23 miles (37 km) north of Gloucester. The population is approximately 100,000. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre, which is overlooked by the 12th-century Worcester Cathedral.
The site of the final battle of the Civil War, Worcester was where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles I's Cavaliers, cementing the eleven-year Interregnum. Worcester was the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, and for much of his life, the composer Sir Edward Elgar. It houses the Lea & Perrins factory where traditional Worcestershire Sauce is made. The University of Worcester is one of the UK's fastest-growing universities.
History
The trade route past Worcester which later formed part of the Roman Ryknild Street dates to Neolithic times. The position commanded a ford over the River Severn (the river was tidal past Worcester prior to public works projects in the 1840s) and was fortified by the Britons around 400 bc. It would have been on the northern border of the Dobunni and probably subject to the larger communities of the Malvern hillforts. The Roman settlement at the site passes unmentioned by Ptolemy's Geography, the Antonine Itinerary and the Register of Dignitaries but would have grown up on the road opened between Glevum (Gloucester) and Viroconium (Wroxeter) in the ad 40s and 50s. It may have been the "Vertis" mentioned in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography. Using charcoal from the Forest of Dean, the Romans operated pottery kilns and ironworks at the site and may have built a small fort.
In the 3rd century, Roman Worcester occupied a larger area than the subsequent medieval city, but silting of the Diglis Basin caused the abandonment of Sidbury. Industrial production ceased and the settlement contracted to a defended position along the lines of the old British fort at the river terrace's southern end. This settlement is generally identified with the Cair Guiragon listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons attributed to Nennius. This is not a British name but an adaption of its Old English name Weorgoran ceaster, "fort of the Weorgoran". The Weorgoran (the "people of the winding river") were precursors of Hwicce and probably West Saxons who entered the area some time after the 577 Battle of Dyrham. In 680, their fort at Worcester was chosen—in preference to both the much larger Gloucester and the royal court at Winchcombe—to be the seat of a new bishopric, suggesting there was already a well-established and powerful Christian community when the site fell into English hands. The oldest known church was St Helen's, which was certainly British; the Saxon cathedral was dedicated to St Peter.
The town was almost destroyed in 1041 after a rebellion against the punitive taxation of Harthacanute. During this time, the townsfolk relocated to (and at times were besieged at) the nearby Bevere Island, 2 miles upriver. The following century, the town (then better defended) was attacked several times (in 1139, 1150 and 1151) during "The Anarchy", i.e. civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I. This is the background to the well-researched historical novel The Virgin in the Ice, part of Ellis Peters' "Cadfael" series, which begins with the words:
"It was early in November of 1139 that the tide of civil war, lately so sluggish and inactive, rose suddenly to wash over the city of Worcester, wash away half of its lifestock, property and women and send all those of its inhabitants who could get away in time scurrying for their lives northwards away from the marauders". (These are mentioned as having arrived from Gloucester, leaving a long lasting legacy of bitterness between the two cities.)
By late medieval times the population had grown to around 10,000 as the manufacture of cloth started to become a large local industry. The town was designated a county corporate, giving it autonomy from local government.
Worcester was the site of the Battle of Worcester (3 September 1651), when Charles II attempted to forcefully regain the crown, in the fields a little to the west and south of the city, near the village of Powick. However, Charles II was defeated and returned to his headquarters in what is now known as King Charles house in the Cornmarket, before fleeing in disguise to Boscobel House in Shropshire from where he eventually escaped to France. Worcester had supported the Parliamentary cause before the outbreak of war in 1642 but spent most of the war under Royalist occupation. After the war it cleverly used its location as the site of the final battles of the First Civil War (1646) and Third Civil War (1651) to try to mount an appeal for compensation from the new King Charles II. As part of this and not based upon any historical fact, it invented the epithet "Fidelis Civitas" (The Faithful City) and this motto has since been incorporated into the city's coat of arms.
In 1670, the River Severn broke its banks and the subsequent flood was the worst ever seen by Worcester. A brass plate can be found on a wall on the path to the cathedral by the path along the river showing how high this flood went and other flood heights of more recent times are also shown in stone bricks. The closest flood height to what is known as The Flood of 1670 was when the Severn flooded in the torrential rains of July 2007.
The Royal Worcester Porcelain Company factory was founded by Dr John Wall in 1751, although it no longer produces goods. A handful of decorators are still employed at the factory and the Museum is still open.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Worcester was a major centre for glove making, employing nearly half the glovers in England at its peak (over 30,000 people). In 1815 the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened, allowing Worcester goods to be transported to a larger conurbation.
The British Medical Association (BMA) was founded in the Board Room of the old Worcester Royal Infirmary building in Castle Street in 1832. While part of the Royal Infirmary has now been demolished to make way for the University of Worcester's new city campus, the original Georgian building has been preserved. One of the old wards opened as a medical museum, The Infirmary, in 2012.
In 1882 Worcester hosted the Worcestershire Exhibition, inspired by the Great Exhibition in London.There were sections for exhibits of fine arts (over 600 paintings), historical manuscripts and industrial items.The profit was £1,867.9s.6d. The number of visitors is recorded as 222,807. Some of the profit from the exhibition was used to build the Victoria Institute in Foregate Street, Worcester. This was opened on 1 October 1896 and now houses the city art gallery and museum. Further information about the exhibition can be found at the museum.
During World War II, the city was chosen to be the seat of an evacuated government in case of mass German invasion. The War Cabinet, along with Winston Churchill and some 16.000 state workers, would have moved to Hindlip Hall (now part of the complex forming the Headquarters of West Mercia Police), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester and Parliament would have temporarily seated in Stratford-upon-Avon. The former RAF station RAF Worcester was located east of Northwick.
In the 1950s and 1960s large areas of the medieval centre of Worcester were demolished and rebuilt as a result of decisions by town planners. This was condemned by many such as Nikolaus Pevsner who described it as a "totally incomprehensible... act of self-mutilation". There is still a significant area of medieval Worcester remaining, but it is a small fraction of what was present before the redevelopments.
The current city boundaries date from 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 transferred the parishes of Warndon and St. Peter the Great County into the city.
Governance
The Conservatives had a majority on the council from 2003 to 2007, when they lost a by-election to Labour meaning the council had no overall control. The Conservatives remained with the most seats overall with 17 out of 35 seats after the 2008 election.
Worcester has one member of Parliament, Robin Walker of the Conservative Party, who represents the Worcester constituency as of the May 2010 general election.
The County of Worcestershire's local government arrangement is formed of a non-metropolitan county council (Worcestershire County Council) and six non-metropolitan district councils, with Worcester City Council being the district council for most of Worcester, with a small area of the St. Peters suburb actually falling within the neighbouring Wychavon District council. The Worcester City Council area includes two parish councils, these being Warndon Parish Council and St Peter the Great Parish Council.
Worcester Guildhall, the seat of local government, dates from 1721; it replaced an earlier hall on the same site. The Grade I listed Queen Anne style building is described by Pevsner as 'a splendid town hall, as splendid as any of C18 England'.
Economy
The city of Worcester, located on the River Severn and with transport links to Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands through the vast canal network, became an important centre for many light industries. The late-Victorian period saw the growth of ironfounders, like Heenan & Froude, Hardy & Padmore and McKenzie & Holland.
Glove industry
Gloves, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
One of the flourishing industries of Worcester was glove making. Worcester's Gloving industry peaked between 1790 and 1820 when about 30,000 were employed by 150 companies. At this time nearly half of the Glove manufacturers of Britain were located in Worcestershire.
In the 19th century the industry declined because import taxes on foreign competitors, mainly from France, were greatly reduced. By the middle of the 20th century, only a few Worcester gloving companies survived since gloves became less fashionable and free trade allowed in cheaper imports from the Far East.
Nevertheless, at least 3 large glove manufacturing companies still survived until the late 20th century: Dent Allcroft, Fownes and Milore. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation gloves were designed by Emil Rich and manufactured in the Worcester-based Milore factory.
Manufacturing
Lea & Perrins advertisement (1900)
The inter-war years saw the rapid growth of engineering, producing machine tools James Archdale, H.W. Ward, castings for the motor industry Worcester Windshields and Casements, mining machinery Mining Engineering Company (MECO) which later became part of Joy Mining Machinery and open-top cans Williamsons, though G H Williamson and Sons had become part of the Metal Box Co in 1930. Later the company became Carnaud Metal Box PLC.
Worcester Porcelain operated in Worcester until 2008, when the factory closed down due to the recession. However, the site of Worcester Porcelain still houses the Museum of Royal Worcester which is open daily to visitors.
One of Worcester's most famous products, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is made and bottled at the Midland Road factory in Worcester, which has been the home of Lea & Perrins since 16 October 1897. Mr Lea and Mr Perrins originally met in a chemist's shop on the site of the now Debenhams store in the Crowngate Shopping Centre.
The surprising foundry heritage of the city is represented by Morganite Crucible at Norton which produces graphitic shaped products and cements for use in the modern industry.
Worcester is the home of what is claimed to be the oldest newspaper in the world, Berrow's Worcester Journal, which traces its descent from a news-sheet that started publication in 1690. The city is also a major retail centre with several covered shopping centres that has most major chains represented as well as a host of independent shops and restaurants, particularly in Friar Street and New Street.
The city is home to the European manufacturing plant of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, a global Japanese machine tool builder, which was established in 1980.
Retail trade
The Kays mail order business was founded in Worcester in the 1880s and operated from numerous premises in the city until 2007. It was then bought out by Reality, owner of the Grattan catalogue. Kays' former warehouse building was demolished in 2008.
Worcester’s main shopping centre is the High Street, home to the stores of a number of major retail chains. Part of the High Street was modernised in 2005 amid much controversy.[citation needed] Many of the issues focussed on the felling of old trees, the duration of the works (caused by the weather and an archaeological find) and the removal of flagstones outside the city’s 18th-century Guildhall. The other main thoroughfares are The Shambles and Broad Street, while The Cross (and its immediate surrounding area) is the city’s financial centre and location of the majority of Worcester’s main bank branches.
There are three main covered shopping centres in the city centre, these being CrownGate Shopping Centre, Cathedral Plaza and Reindeer Court. There is also an unenclosed shopping area located immediately east of the city centre called St. Martin's Quarter. There are three retail parks, the Elgar and Blackpole Retail Parks, which are located in the inner suburb of Blackpole and the Shrub Hill Retail Park neighbouring St. Martin's Quarter.
Landmarks
The most famous landmark in Worcester is its imposing Anglican Cathedral. The current building; known as Worcester Priory before the English Reformation, is officially named The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Construction begun in 1084 while its crypt dates from the 10th century. The chapter house is the only circular one in the country while the cathedral also has the distinction of having the tomb of King John.
The Hive, situated on the northern side of the River Severn at the former cattle market site, is Worcester's joint public and university library and archive centre, heralded as "the first of its kind in Europe". It is a prominent landmark feature on the Worcester skyline. With seven towers and a golden rooftop, The Hive has gained recognition winning two international awards for building design and sustainability.
There are three main parks in Worcester, Cripplegate Park, Gheluvelt Park and Fort Royal Park, the latter being on one of the battles sites of the English Civil War. In addition, there is a large open area known as Pitchcroft to the North of the city centre on the east bank of the River Severn, which, apart from those days when it is being used for horse racing, is a public space.
Gheluvelt Park was opened as a memorial to commemorate the Worcestershire Regiment's 2nd Battalion after their part in the Battle of Gheluvelt, during the First World War.
The statue of Sir Edward Elgar, commissioned from Kenneth Potts and unveiled in 1981, stands at the end of Worcester High Street facing the Cathedral, only yards from the original location of his father's music shop, which was demolished in the 1960s. Elgar's birthplace is a short way from Worcester, in the village of Broadheath.
There are also two large woodlands in the city, Perry Wood, at twelve hectares and Nunnery Wood, covering twenty-one hectares. Perry Wood is often said to be the place where Oliver Cromwell met and made a pact with the devil. Nunnery Wood is an integral part of the adjacent and popular Worcester Woods Country Park, itself next door to County Hall on the east side of the city.
YouTube [Full-HD] Video: youtu.be/DjUHAZZsbeg
Here I’m presenting the video # 1300 on YouTube channel. The day when India’s first ever semi-bullet train “Gatiman” was about to inaugurate which was projected to clock 160 Kmph, merely 10 Kmph more than the existing King Habibganj (Bhopal) Shatabdi Express. Seen here is the last ever King’s run, 12002 New Delhi - Habibganj Shatabdi Express knocking at exact 150 Kmph behind “Navkirti”, Ghaziabad (GZB) WAP-5 # 30013. This specific locomotive was built using ABB body shell of fire damaged # 30008 which was originally built by Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB). After this instant Habibganj Shatabdi train pushed to # 2 as India’s Fastest Train. Sorry for my camera manual focus for neglecting this moment for 30 seconds.
One of the brilliant chapters in Indian Railways comes to an end, the tag of Fastest diesel hauled Shatabdi is now gone and its all down to a normal LHB Shatabdi express.
Fervent about these EMD locomotives, always wanted to capture this at such a high speed and glad that i could capture this at its maximum permissible speed of 130kmph at the second attempt.
It wasn't a happy show at the first attempt but still happy to have got a picture worth to be saved in the gallery.
Siliguri's WDP-4 20073 with its ever captivating bold cab slows down to counter a TSR of 30 kmph with NJP bound Shatabdi express from Howrah.