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The March for Scottish Independence was held in Edinburgh on 22nd September 2012. Approximately 5,000 marchers walked from the Meadows to Princes Street Gardens where a rally was held. Speakers included Alex Salmond, Margo MacDonald and Dennis Canavan.
The Scottish Political Archive is housed at the University of Stirling. The archive is home to the oral interviews, personal papers and associated material from prominent Scottish politicians. For further information about the work of the archive please visit our website www.scottishpoliticalarchive.org.uk
I had lunch today at a local Chinese "buffet" style restaurant. The name escapes me. There's so many of them now days. This one has been here for quite a few years... I used to take my mom there alot. Especially in the later months, 'Cause it was the one place where I knew she would eat well... or at least eat more.
I went there a couple of times immediately following her death. Both times with friends. The second time we went, the gentleman working the register asked about "the little lady" I always had with me. I explained to him that she had passed away. A sad look came over his face as he motioned for one of the ladies that always waited on us. They proceeded to tell me how they would always notice our routine... how, once they seated us, I would always go get my mom a plate of cold items from the salad bar. (and) then go get two hot plates full of food for the both of us.
I had never thought of it that way before. But we did have a "routine" whenever we ate there. The kindness in their voices was so sweet... I had a really hard time going back there after that. I would drive by from time to time, and I would think about it. But my car would always keep going.
A few weeks ago. I was visiting with a friend at work about various restaurants in the area. During the course of this conversation, he mentions this place and we start talking about it. Nothing specific, very casual, day to day kind of talk.
Shortly after this, I made my first visit back for lunch. Today was my second...
I did go back and thank my friend. I'm not so sure the sentiment came across just right. I sometimes have a habit of stumbling awkwardly with my words. But I was grateful... a hurdle had been jumped.
It rained for most of my time in Belfast this year and this prevented me from visiting some areas that I had planned to visit.
My main interest was to photograph street art and graffiti rather than the world famous political murals but unfortunately little has changed since last year other than an increase in commercial [paid for] street art.
When I ask people if they are aware of any interesting locations I am usually directed the the murals.
One thing that I have noticed in Belfast is that on asking for information one is directed to standard and approved tourist attractions.
Sometimes when I was photographing something of interest to me a helpful person would suggest that I was missing something much better down the road or on the next street giving me the impression that they wanted me to move on. I do not know if it is a carry over from the ‘troubles’ but I get the impression that people of Belfast are not comfortable with street photography.
This Budd RDC car has probably been sitting in this location since December, and will soon be used for the Springtime runs of the Hobo Railroad. The Hobo uses the former Boston and Maine tracks between Lincoln and Woodstock to provide passenger excursions and information about the railroads history.
For Maisy, from a dancing rain dolls pattern. I am going to try and crochet shoes as my attempts at felt ones haven't fitted.
For this transformation, I decided to keep the pot with the tights and create a performance art video with it. Thinking about dancing and cooking, one thing that they both have in common is keeping time. So I decided to keep time in the video by tapping my foot. I changed the tempo of the taps throughout the video to create a feeling of urgency/increasing intensity. The concept and creativity was stronger in this piece than the other transformations, but feedback tells me I still need to work on craftsmanship. I need a better quality video and maybe an installation with multiple parts, keeping the pot and tights included.
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Leaders, social innovators, and decision makers from large and small businesses, corporations, higher education institutions, government, non-profits, social enterprises, social venture capital firms, and more joined in exploring how we can effectively collaborate to create a sustainable future as part of the Accelerate Collaborating for Sustainability Conference in Guelph ON, June 10-11, 2013. www.naturalstep.ca/
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About 2011 Children First Ness Raft and Duck Race
The Inverness and Black Isle Photography Group were asked to the annual Great River Ness Raft Race. It is one of Inverness City's most colourful events. Teams of four are invited to build their own rafts and race them down the River Ness.
The races are divided into two categories: Commercial and Club. All entrants are encouraged to decorate their rafts and there is a prize for the most original and humorous entry. The best decorated rafts then form a procession around the City Centre and back to the River Ness for the start of the races.
The races start at the Fisherman's Carpark beside Bught Park and race down river to the finish which is at the Greig Street pedestrian bridge.
Rafts are taken out of the river at Friars Shott, near the Waterfront Bar. The Waterfront very kindly provides soup and sandwiches to all competitors.
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In the search for a better musical experience extracting better sound from my recent iFi DAC upgrade and get more pleasure in the sound presentation I discovered SOTM products, I searched for information of network streamers and similar user opinions about them, saw videos and all that I can find about on the web, and after reading lots of average consensus of users in their with their experience, and after some weeks acquired an SOTM sMS-200 Ultra without listening.
I have to admit that acquiring without listening is risky decision, and sometimes you could end with a unit that do not give any positive enhancement to your system. The intent was to remove my noisy Mac Pro from degrading the sound of the DAC, is this case an iFi iDSD Pro that has galvanic isolation but is very sensible to all cables and accessories before it, as any other DAC the quality of the USB connection is primordial to a better sound experience.
You can clean your computer USB, but you will pay the same or more than buy a optimised and clean dedicated computer exclusively for audio.
It’s that quality USB connection I was searching and found it on the SOTM sMS-200 Ultra, it impressive how a single device for giving you a great USB link affects the final sound.
Computers are terribly noisy devices, electricity in an apartment is full of noise, that contaminates the computer, processor, motherboard, fan, hard drive, external devices with bad power supply’s, even software resource needs generate noise, and that noise affects the link that is made from the computer to the DAC.
Any user like me trying to get better audio will start a journey of cleaning that USB transmission with galvanic isolated solutions, USB regenerators and re-clockers, and many other solutions that exist on the market and stores that clean the USB signal. Some of devices at every step give you an extra more, or a different presentation, or change the total presentation, sometimes in a good way, other times not accomplishing what they promote or I expect for the price
What did SOtM do, they produced a small audio optimised network computer to connect to your DAC by USB, it has an optimised and excellent internal clock board, but they build it with high quality audiophile components, for me they have made something very special that results very well on my system.
The SOtM SMS-200 Ultra is a simple audiophile network streamer for the only propose to pass the bits to your DAC in the cleanest way possible.
The sMS-200 Ultra supports various audio standard protocols like the Roon RAAT, HQPlayer, LibreSpot, Minim Server, Airplay, Bubble UPnP, DLNA, Squeezelite, and runs a light linux optimised version for audio called Eunhasu that can be upgraded with more functionality and add support for future DAC hardware.
Their service and support has been very receptive to beginner questions, with fast reply and helpful responses, thats a thumbs up for support. For me, product support is one of the most important features of any product.
The sOTM sMS-200 Ultra is an awesome product it made a big change for the better to my music enjoyment… The final result is based on my personal system, room, cables, and could be different on your system, but one thing I have certain, If anyone tries one of this units the change will be noticed for the better.
When I dedicate some of my time to write about it, it’s because I the product quality and benefit it gave me. Is common that the new upgraded unit is better than the last used solution, and the big motive I upgraded an stayed in the system. But regarding the presence I feel now when I listen to a good album, the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra is one of the best upgrades I have done in the last few years, and the upgrades where a lot.
Apart from some rock concerts, small jazz groups and some classical music concerts, my live music experience is not that active, I will not compare the real presentation that I can achieve, but instead the enjoyment the SOtM offered to me from my system, and with it came a new musical experience. The difference of hearing a real orchestra in plain euforia is something that I never heard any system being capable of, the real thing is a more powerful experience that any system or my small one can reproduce, I herd systems close to that reality with prices impossible to archive by a normal person, but with my hardware limitation, the emulation of the artist presence was upgraded to a new level.
All of this to explain that is difficult to quantify how better in my case the SOtM is compared to reality, but I can quantify listen experience before and after the SOtM, and here it goes.
The SOtM is all about music, after changing the in the box power supply for an SBooster it really shines, the music presentation grows a lot, and the speakers grow the sound to a huge presentation, the sound is so big that the room feels larger, a friend of mine when showing the music, started to look behind searching for surround speakers on the back wall, the SOtM sMS 200 Ultra really made the presentation of some albums impressive. One example of this is the Pink Floyd track On The Run from the Dark Side of the Moon album, or tracks from the album Blood from This Mortal Coil.
The SOtM sMS-200 Ultra is musical and not aggressive in any way, and has this 3D way of presenting the sound a sensation of magical sweetness without loss of information, I am loving it and ordered an SPS-500 Power supply with silver cable, it deserves the best friend to complement and shine even more.
The sound from my Mac Pro was somehow a little bi dimensional when compared to the SOtM, the highs sometimes where to much, and lacked the dimension that the SOtM has, it sounded ok but was not holographic like the sound I have now, and lacked some musicality, some albums where too harsh and very aggressive to be played, this doesn’t mean a bad recording will sound good, the bad will sound always bad, but good recording elevate your experience in a way with the SOtM that the computer did not acomplished.
When used with a good DAC and a quality usb cable, in my case the iFi iDSD Pro DAC and the Audioquest Diamond USB, it gave me impressive results connected to my Focal Solo 6be.
I find the SOtM sMS-200 Ultra very sensitive to power cables, I used Audioquest tornado cables on the iFI and SOtM, and they proved to result very well in my setup.
So I think audiophiles will love it, for me is not an option to revert back to my Mac Pro as a USB source.
If you are using a DAC connected to your computer, you have to try an SOtM streamer and see what you have been loosing in sound with your computer, and pair the SOtM with a good and decent power supply and it will really shine.
Traditionally, a Burmese man with tatoos over his chests, thighs and arms is seen as very manly. Also, some wear special charmed tatoos which are thought to give protection from evil spirits, weapons and curses. And Burmese man are proud of their tatoos. Nowadays, there are people who still follow the tradition but the number is lower than it was in the past.
A historical note: In 1930, a man by the name of Saya San led an uprising against the occupying British. He offered his followers 'bullet-proof vests' -- charmed tatoos over their chests -- for protection against the bullets of the British while fighting with only swords and spears.
The process of getting a tatoo still involves a lot of pain. More importantly, people do not realise that it is extremely dangerous to have a tatoo done like this. Some cases of HIV infection in Burma originate from the raw needles of tatoo-guns.
While this man was proud to be photographed, the tatoo maker wasn't impressed; he probably thought I was intefering with his work. So I had to dash.
Gorgeous in an outfit by Cheryll and Dawn Marcinkowska.
Jewery set available in my etsy shop www.etsy.com/fr/shop/IsabelleParisJewels
here's a shot done with the instructions from the link I sent you... www.outdooreyes.com/photo94.php3
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"maurice scheltens" "still life""personal work"
"maurice scheltens" "still life""personal work" for "Catharijneconventmuseum" 2006
Even this was briefly visible in the film. Read more about my trip to the Filming Location of "A Cure for Wellness" in my blog.
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For several decades, the Darjeeling locals have been fighting for their own autonomous state called Gorkhaland, named after the ethnic group the area mostly comprises of. Although the 'Gorkhaland revolution' was very violent initially, with several hundred deaths, the battle has been toned down considerably and is now largely peaceful. However, the locals make sure that their demands are rubbed in on every occasion. Computer printout 'Gorkhaland' banners are put up on several shop windows, there is even a 'map of Gorkhaland' on display elsewhere in town, and many shop signs declare 'Darjeeling, Gorhkaland' instead of 'Darjeeling, West Bengal'. Here is one of the computer shop signs in the show window of a store selling snacks and handicrafts in Darjeeling town. (May 2009)
I am pleased to announce you the creation of a new project for Tina who wanted something around a tutu dress set... So I plan to make a real pancake tutu with a gradient in different tulle overlays, inspired by the romantic ballet, where the spirit of Giselle, dancing with her lover, comes to save him from the death.
This set include seven pieces...
- A blouse, fully lined, sewn in a cotton batiste dyed with bright pink color, edged with lace on the bottom sleeves and with pale pink rayon cord around de neckline. Embroidered roses adorn this piece witch closes in the back with beads and loops.
- A pancake tutu sewn with a gradient in different tulle overlays: gold at the top, on dotted cream, on pale pink, and ending below with mauve pink. I used the traditional technique, that is to say, with lots of layers fixed together and with a metal circle inside to maintain a certain rigidity.
- A corseted over-skirt sew in a lovely yellow-cream jacquard silk satin, fully embroidered and edged with lace and burgundy rayon cord. A fake lacing, a knotted rose on the front panel and a real lacing on the back...
- A cream pantyhose, hand painted with acrylic painting, decorated with tiny flowers and leaves rising from the ankle to the knee.
- A short cape, sewn with lace on satin with tiny embroidered roses, edged with fur and closed with a cordon ended with small pompoms. Because I couldn't make up my mind about the color, I I decide to make it reversible: pink or green depending on the mood of the day.
- Hair accessory: some millinery flowers... mounted on hair clips.
- A pair of ballerina shoes.
This set is worn by my "Nijinska" blythe doll customized by me.
I used a real factory Blythe that looks like Matryoshka Maiden and bought especially to become this ballet girl, tribute to Nijinski.
Work done:
· Carving of her nose, lips and philtrum
· New full makeup made with artist Extra Soft Pastels "à l'écu" from Sennelier and sealed with several layers of MSC
· Sleepy eyes
· Gaze corrected
· New lashes
· Eyelids painted with artist Extra Soft Pastels "à l'écu" from Sennelier
· Four new pairs of eye chips hand painted by me using professional Golden iridescent fluid acrylics. Baby pink (right), Pale lavender (center), Royal blue (left), Olive green (center)
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POLICE MEDIA RELEASES | MAY 2014
28 May 2014
TRAFFIC ARRANGEMENTS FOR INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STRATEGIC STUDIES (IISS) ASIA SECURITY SUMMIT 2014
The 13th IISS Asia Security Summit will be held in Singapore from Friday, 30 May 2014 to Sunday, 1 June 2014 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore.
Police will be conducting road blocks and security checks at Shangri-La Hotel and the surrounding vicinity during this period. Motorists are advised to avoid the surrounding roads of Shangri-La Hotel, especially Anderson Road and Orange Grove Road, and to plan their journey early as traffic is expected to be slow moving.
Motorists are advised to use Scotts Road if they are proceeding to:
Stevens Road from Tanglin Road; or
Orchard Road from Stevens Road; or
Balmoral Road.
To facilitate security arrangements for the event, entry of commercial vehicles (with vehicle registration plates starting with “G, W, X and Y”) into Anderson Road will be restricted. Commercial vehicles proceeding to Shangri-La Hotel are advised to use Ardmore Park via Draycott Drive or Draycott Park.
Vehicular traffic along Ardmore Park in the direction of Draycott Drive (between Anderson Road and Ardmore II Condominium) shall be reversed, from Thursday, 29 May 2014, 8.00 pm to Sunday, 1 June 2014, 8.00 pm. Vehicles will not be allowed to turn into Ardmore Park from Anderson Road. Motorists going to Ardmore Park are advised to use Draycott Park or Draycott Drive instead.
As parking facilities within Shangri-La Hotel will be limited, hotel visitors are advised to car pool or take public transport. Parking restrictions along the peripheral roads will be strictly enforced. Vehicles found parking indiscriminately and/or causing obstruction will be towed away.
Public understanding and cooperation is greatly appreciated.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
28 MAY 2014 @ 10AM
For those who want to have authentic, not over commercialized Shanghai experiences, the west bund of Shanghai is highly recommended. This waterfront, where many concrete factories, piers located once, is now a fashionable, futuristic commercial complex.
The Phoenix is now on its way to Drogheda for the Irish Maritime Festival. The 112 foot long twin masted Brigantine which carries 4,000 square feet of sail, will be instantly recognisable to film goers due to the role it played in the Ridley Scott film “1492: Conquest of Paradise”. In the movie “The Phoenix” was converted into a 15th century caravel to accurately replicate Columbus’s flagship “The Sancta Maria” and the conditions its sailors experienced on their historic voyage of discovery.
The ship has an extremely interesting maritime history having been built in Denmark in 1929 to serve as a Danish Evangelical Mission Schooner. She was involved in this mission work travelling from port to port carrying evangelical missionaries for 20 years before being retired in 1949.
For bus enthusiasts/artists who live in Latin America & South America only who's country have Chevy trucks that are rebadged Isuzu trucks
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For five consecutive years, Perspectives Leadership Academy (PLA) scholars are working with college students from Howard University during the week of March 16th. "Each year, Howard students visit during their spring break and work with a select group of students," said Antoinette Self, program manager at PLA.
Hundreds of Howard University students who skipped the beaches, parties, vacations and even trips home for spring break are embarking to seven U.S. cities and Haiti, where they will spend the week serving others. This year during the Alternative Spring Break (ASB) week of March 16, more than 400 students will be working in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, New Orleans, Washington, D.C., and the communities of Croix des Bouquets and Petion Ville in Haiti.
ASB Chicago participants will tackle the gun violence epidemic facing the city. Howard University students will educate high school students about conflict resolution and ways to build a better future for themselves. Students will also work with advocacy groups to lobby for stricter gun laws.
Photo credit: David Terry
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