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At an event in Paris on 9 February, 2016, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, Jean-Loïc Galle, and Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes, Volker Liebig, signed a €450 million contract to build two more satellites for the Sentinel-3 mission.
From left to right: Jean Jacques Juillet, European Programme Director, Thales Alenia Space; Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes; Jean-Loïc Galle, CEO of Thales Alenia Space; Jan Woerner, ESA Director General; Peter Breger, Deputy Head of Copernicus Unit, EC DG GROW; Joël Barre, General Director CNES; and Guido Levrini, Copernicus Space Segment Programme Manager, ESA, attended the contract signature ceremony.
Credit: ESA–Nadia Imbert-Vier 2016
Have a great weekend all my Flickr friends and thank you for all your kind comments and faves, This lovely small black cat now accompanies Bob the cat when he comes for his breakfast. hopefully he won`t invite any more!!!
Another view of my beloved Little Island. Sub-zero (C) temperature is the only way to see this without people.
And the water was sooo calm... it looks like a long exposure.
On 1 February 1986, 37261, with steam heating working well, has just arrived at Inverness on the 0716 from Elgin.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA, USA - FEBRUARY 22: 2015 Vanity Fair Oscar Party held at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 22, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press/Splash)
Maritime liveried 66142 passing Chapel Lane, Acton Bridge with 6O26 Ditton to Dollands Moor.
This train conveys a combination of cargowaggons and curtain sided containers. Both are used for transporting aluminium ingots into Germany and return with rolled coils for use at the Jaguar Land Rover factory in Halewood. At one time in the 2010's this train was Class 92 hauled and ran via Alsager, Stoke on Trent and Hixon down to Wembley.
Thanks to John Eyres for the info about the commodity that this train conveys!
CATTLE COUNTRY February 2008
The cattleman's New Year begins with calving season.
This issue of Cattle Country is dedicated to the Purebred Breeeders of Manitoba, both past and present.
I visited India in February for 16 days of mostly wildlife photography. We spent part of a day early in the trip visiting the temple complex at Khajuraho before moving on to Panna Tiger Reserve and Bandhavgarh National Park.
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry (right) received on February 10, 2017 Panama's instrument of ratification to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled from Ambassador Alfredo Suescum, Permanent Representative of Panama to the World Trade Organization.
Panama becomes the 26th country to join the Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty enters into force for Panama on May 10, 2017.
Copyright: WIPO. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 IGO License.
Chest of Drawers with Escritorio
Ca. 1850
Narra, Kamagong, Carabao Bone and silver
H:43 3/4” x L:49” x W:21 1/2” (111 cm x 124 cm x 55 cm)
Opening bid: P 500,000
Provenance:
Baliuag, Bulacan
Lot 158 of the Leon Gallery / Asian Cultural Council auction on 20 February 2016. For more details, please go to <a href="http://www.leon-gallery.com"
A chest of drawers with an escritorio or fall front desk is not ordinary. Found only in houses whose owners were men of affairs, they were usually found in the cuarto mayor or master bedroom and thus served as the repository of important deeds or documents. Secret drawers concealed among the numerous compartments of the escritorio also safeguarded valuables and money.
This particular narra chest of drawers cum escritorio is rather small compared to those generally extant, an indication that the house where it came from was not a very large one. It stands on four turned tapering feet with rings on the upper and lower parts. The front and rear members of the base extend over the sides of the carcass in order to accommodate the slim tubular kamagong colonnette situated above each foot. The latter has a turned, urn-shaped base, a shaft carved with very fine reeds and a vase-shaped capital with rings at the bottom and at the top. A small, square drawer above each colonnette for storing candles has a turned kamagong drawer pull inlaid with a carabao bone disk at its center. Eight diamond-shaped lozenges of bone are inlaid on the drawer face to form a sunburst around the pull.
The sides of the chest are framed with a pair of vertical line inlays of kamagong flanked by lanite. Similar, horizontal line inlays near the top and bottom of the sides form quadrants where they join the vertical lines. A row of triangles joined together at their bases forms a serrated border on the inside of each quadrant, while a small stylized vase consisting of a triangle with three diamond lozenges at the center of the wide side is inlaid diagonally outside. At the center of the side panel is a large stellar flower of bone and kamagong, surrounded by eight arcs of lanite line inlay joined together to form the outline of a flower. Three diamond-shaped lozenges joined together at the sides terminate each cusp to form a bud with three-petals, while a circle of lanite with pairs of diamond-shaped leaves form a wreath around the whole design.
All the edges of the carcass, including the top and drawer supports are inlaid with a strip of kamagong embedded with a row of carabao disks incised with a black dot at its center. The chest has four wide drawers, each with a silver keyhole shield bordered with beads and a pair of turned kamagong drawer pulls inlaid with a bone disk incised with a black dot at its center. The drawer faces have a line border of kamagong between strips of lanite inlaid to form a rectangle with quadrant corners and a semicircle below each drawer lock, the latter embellished with a serrated border on the inside. Short, narrow strips of bone are equidistantly inlaid along the outer horizontal and vertical sides of the line-inlay. A stylized flower inlaid at each quadrant corner has a kamagong center inset with a bone disk incised with lines to form a blossom with eight petals. Eight triangles of bone surround the disks with their apexes pointing inwards.
Each drawer pull is surrounded by a stellar inlay of eight elongated teardrop shapes, one half of each teardrop inlaid in bone and the other half in kamagong. Around it is a stylized flower with eight petals like those at the side panels of the chest.
A yoke-shaped swag of linear scrolls with diamond shaped leaves decorate the drawer face between the pulls, each scroll terminating in a different form of stellar flower.
The topmost drawer has a fall front that converts it into a writing desk with several shelves and small kamagong drawers of various sizes at the rear, the latter with single, tiny, turned kamagong pulls. The drawer faces are line inlaid with an elongated oval in bone with a trio of diamond lozenges joined at their bases diagonally placed at each corner of the oval. A small drawer at the center is flanked by a miniature engaged kamagong baluster that, when pulled out, becomes a narrow secret drawer.
Above the middle drawer is a tiny door with yoke-shaped arch. The door has a larger turned kamagong pull, its face inlaid with a strip of kamagong following the shape of the panel and a five-pointed star in bone at the center.
On either side of the two engaged balusters are identical shelves and drawers consisting of a wide drawer at the bottom with a tripartite arrangement on top with two small drawers, one on top of each other, and a shelf on either side with a tri-lobed arch.
The top of the desk, inlaid with a rectangle with quadrant corners is decorated with the same designs as the side panels.
-Martin I. Tinio, Jr
Wikipedia:
The common grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) is a species of large icterid bird found in large numbers through much of North America. First described in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus, the common grackle has three subspecies. Adult common grackles have a long and dark bill, pale yellow eyes, and a long tail. Adults often have an iridescent appearance on their head, especially males. Common grackles can be found widely across North America east of the Rocky Mountains.
A large flock of common grackles, red-winged blackbirds, and starlings has been monopolizing my bird feeders this morning. I've been busy chasing them out of the yard, but I couldn't resist photographing this grackle, since the light brought out the beautiful iridescent colors in the plumage. Backyard bird.
Catching up on some back shots from the beginning of the year
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On a walk around my neighbourhood February 12, 2016 Christchurch New Zealand.
10 years on, the fight of the Galaxy Squad Corps against the Buggoid swarm rages on.
Over the years the Corps have upgraded their machinery to repel the increasing enemy forces, and in 2023 the Tech-NIK Corporation produced a brand-new upgraded line-up of vehicles to assist in their fight.
At the forefront of this is the GS-B Light Reconnaissance Vehicle for the Blue Faction, nicknamed “DuneRunner” for its superb and speedy performance over the rocky dunes of outer space, thanks to the TT Suspension technology by Tech-NIK Corp.
In an attempt to gain a significant edge over the insects, the AI Assistant Robot program is also undergoing an experimental upgrade, inserting their AI brain modules into full-sized drone vehicles, which are fully integrated into the newest machinery.
Very windy yesterday along the Columbia river in Oregon. Besides pushing my truck around a bit, the clouds were crazy wild. For this shot I pulled into a rest area, but there was power lines, and their "Erector Set" looking towers, plus a Loves truck stop, all blocking the view I wanted. So, I walked behind and away from the rest area until I found this spot, nicely hiding all the crap I didn't want in my picture.
A little side note:
I saw a large crane land just out of sight and even though I didn't have my large telephoto lens, I tried to walking into the shrubs to get a picture. Of course it flew off when it heard me closing in. Branches got in the way and I never got a shot off. Still, it was pretty cool to see it. Also, saw two eagles this day. One in Idaho and one catching a fish in the Columbia. No chance of getting a picture, just trucked on through. The past few years I've been seeing a lot more eagles in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Utah. Good to see them making a resurgence.
There was a good selection of visiting coaches on February 26th 2023, when Wembley Stadium hosted its first showpiece final of the season, with Manchester United meeting Newcastle United in the EFL Cup (Carabao Cup). One such vehicle pictured transporting Newcastle United fans to the game was YJ17 CXT, a TemSA Safari HD C53Ft coach in the fleet of Travel Caledonian, Gomersal, West Yorkshire. It was first operated by Durham City, Brandon in March 2017 and joined Travel Caledonian in June 2021.
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