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After all the flooding of last week, that is not what people want to hear, but the lakes have come up several inches, and that should make everyone happy!
Have a great week Facebook and Flickr friends!
Shopping mall screens showing the weather forecast w/ bad design making it fairly useless to anyone.
1 - the screens are inside a mall in Helsinki, yet they show general forecast to whole Finland, and
2 - The literal design (familiar from TV) is mostly incomprehensible on urban screens.
The weather forecasters said the 6th September 2017 would be the best day of the week for sun and so 3 of us set off at 4am for Norfolk to photograph the final days (that was said by all we spoke to!) of class 68s use on the Norwich to Great Yarmouth /Lowestoft passenger workings! As ever with the British weather the forecast did not live up to expectations!!
It started quite well with 68028 at the rear of 68005 leaving Great Yarmouth (08.46) with 2P11 for Norwich.
But not a better day tomorrow...more of the same sub par conditions. :0)
Temps continue to trend below historic average values with the odd spike such as today's being the exception...throw history out the window where predictability is concerned from here forward.
High winds have stolen much of any warming values the sun is offering but at least we have that much!
Photos from the EOS M this time.
Our late winter break in Tenerife was a bit different this year. The weather was forecast to break the day we arrived – and it did! Rain wasn’t the problem it was gale force winds – the same winds that caused the dust storms in Africa that caused the pollution and sand in the UK. We have witnessed gales in Tenerife before but this was worse than we’d seen it in the past . The palm trees were bending, the sand drifting like snow and the sea was raging. We usually walk around 150 miles on a ten day break but for five days we just walked with a brief spell on the beach, then the gales came back. We covered 22 miles some days and totalled 192 miles, not bad for a beach holiday. In some of the photos it looks stunning but look at the tops of the palm trees, like inside out umbrellas, the beach beds are empty and the waves were up to ten feet high and smashing thirty feet in the air. For five days everyone stood taking photos of the sea. For two days all boats stayed in harbour, only the big ferries sailed, there wasn’t a thing at sea, not even the surfers, we’ve never known that happen before. To add to this jellyfish in their hundred were washing up on shore and there was a severe risk of a burn from them. Even when red flags were flying and flags warning about the jellyfish were up the occasional nutter would go in the water and some people took staggering risks with their children including one couple with a baby, dangling it over the waves, just to get a photo, playing chicken as monster waves crashed in.
One day I had to catch my club sandwich as it went flying from my plate in the wind, empty glasses slid off the table and seat cushions went cartwheeling down the pavement. A couple of days were dull and cool but the menacing clouds made impressive photos, the sea was like a boiling cauldron. We did have days of beautiful weather as well, the second half of the holiday was normal sunny Tenerife. I haven’t hired a car for ages on Tenerife, it adds a degree of hassle to – what is supposed to be – a sun and relax holiday so again we didn’t go up El Teide. Next time perhaps. I took my racing bike once just to cycle from sea level to 8000 feet nonstop – twice! it’s a seventy mile round trip and a long drag to the top. On the way home we had to make an emergency landing in Dublin, fire tenders with foam jets pointing at us, unfortunately I was facing the setting sun and couldn’t take photos as the sun was shining straight through the window. Seven and a half hours on the plane, not much fun.
To see more about the history of J B Schofield & Sons Ltd and their plant and vehicles look here: www.jbschofieldandsons.co.uk/
Selina Robinson, Minister of Finance, announces that despite ongoing uncertainty from the COVID-19 pandemic, current forecasts show an increase in revenues and a reduction in the deficit for the 2021-22 fiscal year as British Columbia’s strong vaccination rates are supporting a swift economic recovery in many sectors.
Learn more: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021FIN0051-001782
good things i've gotten to do so far...
1. made peanut butter fudge puddles off of this incredible blog... vanillakitchen.blogspot.com/
2. bought rhinestone ray bans.
3. walked around the neighborhood and held hands.
4. read lots of insightful pieces. finishing up "i will carry you" and starting "crazy love." and much to my surprise, i'm sort of obsessed with bloomburg business week. who knew?
5. took my awesome 9 year old friend, mary ellis, to get ice cream.
6. got popsicles at "las paletas" with carolina.
7. made my all-time-favorite, fresh, yummy dish for dinner- roasted sweet potatoes with black beans and homemade sea salt guacamole. yum!
8. painted my nails glossy, cotton candy pink.
9. walked around the quaint farmer's market and bought goat cheese.
10. roadtripped it with frosties over conversations about donald miller and the way people work.
11. listened to my new fave, katie herzig's "sweeter than this." a pinch obsessed. listen here: www.myspace.com/katieherzig
12. was totally awed and inspired by ink magazine. issuu.com/inkmag/docs/ink_spring_2010 so impressive.
good things i hope to do this month...
1. buy a loose, thin gingham button down in pastel colors like this one www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Catego... and some precious little oxfords like this unbelievable pair www.jcrew.com/AST/Browse/WomenBrowse/Women_Shop_By_Catego...
2. make my own popsicles.
3. wear braids in my hair.
4. spend a day in downtown franklin. i forgot how much i love it there.
5. read "ophelia speaks", more by donald miller, and many others.
6. watch "amelie." and go see "where the wild things are" in the park. www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/Event?oid=1544144
7. get the new mindy smith & "she and him" & "broken bells" cds.
8. have a sushi and fruit juice picnic in the park with maddie rose and gracie.
9. cook...lots of "ina garten", "simply organic", and "vanilla kitchen" style. and drop off baked yummies randomly at friends' and families' houses.
10. go to arrington vineyards. www.arringtonvineyards.com/
11. have double friend photoshoots with mamie craig. (also! shadow a wedding photographer.)
12. have dinner parties in mamie's backyard and my porch with twinkle lights and fresh, different, gourmet food.
"...be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars..." -henry van dyke
Forecast se suma a la oferta de moda del Centro Comercial L'Aljub con la inauguración de una nueva tienda. Más info en cclaljub.com/directorio/forecast
Between 13 and 21 May 2016, London College of Communication held an exhibition, conference and workshop aimed at engaging audiences in speculations about the key design trends which could shape and transform our everyday lives. The event series was organised by MA Design Management and Cultures students and was based around five provocations authored by industry experts on important global themes: Digital Disruptions, Architectural Visions, Ageing Populations, Consumer Lifestyles and Cultural Institutions. Image © Ana Escobar
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Name:Stena Forecaster
IMO:9214678
Flag:Sweden
MMSI:266040000
Callsign:SCKZ
Vessel type:Ro-ro Cargo
Gross tonnage:24,688 tons
Summer DWT:12,300 tons
Home port:Gothenburg
Class society:Det Norske Veritas
Build year:2003
Builder: DALIAN SHIPYARD - DALIAN, CHINA
© All rights are reserved, please do not use my photos without my permission
Name:Stena Forecaster
IMO:9214678
Flag:Sweden
MMSI:266040000
Callsign:SCKZ
Vessel type:Ro-ro Cargo
Gross tonnage:24,688 tons
Summer DWT:12,300 tons
Home port:Gothenburg
Class society:Det Norske Veritas
Build year:2003
Builder: DALIAN SHIPYARD - DALIAN, CHINA
100 Years on.
You certainly would not have needed a radio weather forecast to know that it was a wet day on the 6th of January 1916 when you and 11 of you cobbers left Delegate under the banner announcing yourselves as the Men From Snowy River on a recruitment route march to Goulburn via most parts of the Monaro.
You most likely came from one of the families who were in their second generation or so of settling on the harsh but rewarding country formerly known as the Maneroo and now known as the Monaro. Your people would have been well aware of the need for self-reliance for survival and carried the legacy of all the cracks who had gathered to the fray. You would have been handy with gun and horse as well as extremely practical. You may well have lied about your age.
You would have been well aware of the big blue in Europe and that, as an Empire Man, you were expected to do your bit for King and Country. Besides, they said, it’d be a lark, see the world they said, be part of the cream as a volunteer, they said, not the curds and whey of a conscript, they said. You’ll be home by Christmas, they said. They’ll pay you 5 bob a day they said.
You may have heard the words of recruitment Captain Wedd before the march began, “The famous Monaro brumby is noted for its staying qualities” “whilst the man from Snowy River is noted for his fine physique and stamina”, his language is always colourful.
So it was you set out singing songs like “Marching Through Georgia” as you followed the220 mile route via Bombala, Cooma, Queanbeyan and Bungendore before arriving in Goulburn on 29 January. You had been feted all along the route. In all 142 men arrived in Goulburn, well short of the 200 expected.
In September 1916 you departed Australia as part of the 55th Battalion for England via South Africa with mostly 2 up to while away the time at sea. There may not have been much of that 5 bob a day left by the time you got to Blighty.
By April 1917 the shine had defiantly have gone off the new ball when you found yourself on the Somme rubbing your feet and calves with whale oil to combat trench foot.
The first time you stood at your trench wall waiting for the shriek of the whistle to send you over the top and into battle would have called on every bit of self-reliance you had been taught by the tough life back on the, by now beloved, Monaro.
And so it went on. You may well have been amongst the troops who had become so disenchanted by the British High Commands total disregard for human life that, when reviewed by the King, could not bring themselves to respond to the call for three cheers for the King. You may have been gassed, seen the demise of the Red Barron and fought with the Yanks at the end against the Hindenburg line.
You would have received the news of the signing of the armistice around 10.00am on the 11th of November 1918.
By April of 1919 you would have been set to be demobbed and yet, you who had survived all this, would not all come home together. First home would be the longest serving, followed by those with family responsibilities. Then those assured employment.
During WWI, Australian troops raised (excluding naval forces) numbered 416,809; of these 331,789 took the field. Casualties numbered 215,045; of which 59,342 were killed. Compare this with the nation’s population in 1916 - 4,875,325
You, like most of your compatriots, probably didn’t talk much about your experience afterwards due to general disbelief or indifference. You would have had to wait a mighty long time to see the tears flow freely when Eric Bogle sang “And the band played Waltzing Matilda” and people could finally appreciate what you had been through.
And so, a hundred years later, the descendants and the wider Monaro community gathered to commemorate these events at Delegate over the Australia Day weekend. There was a street march, speeches, a rousing description of what those men went through by that great chronicler of conflict Peter Fitzsimons AM and martial music from the Royal Australian Military College Band.
It was not a celebration, rather a commemoration. Lest we forget.
Michael Hanley, Head of Digital Communications, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum and Philip Tetlock, Leonore Annenberg University Professor in Democracy and Citizenship, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and Molly Crockett, Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst
Reflecting an ongoing trend toward masculine colors, the deep gray of charcoal carries forward from Brentano's 2014 color forecast. The dramatic neutral pairs beautifully with other colors to add rich depth to traditional and contemporary spaces.
This photo was taken by a friend of ours, who went out last Sunday for a picnic with her little daughter (looking through the binoculars) and "my ladies", Catherine (at left) and our daughter Ida (with the sunglasses). Etna happened to make its latest paroxysm on the occasion, so the picnic became a very different experience. Though Ida in the moment this photo was taken, seemed to be concerned with other things than the erupting volcano just a few kilometers away.
Originally they had planned to go to a picnic area on Etna's south flank, but knowing that the volcano was building up for a new paroxysm, and weather forecasts gave wind blowing southward, I advised them to go somewhere else, rather on Etna's east flank, in order to avoid the ash and lapilli fallout from the imminent eruptive event. They went to Fornazzo to the east of Etna's summit, from where there is a commanding view onto the area affected by the paroxysm, and they had it all. The gradual, then more and more rapid buildup from Strombolian activity to lava fountaining, the rise of an ash and vapor column, the lava flows, and then, the most amazing event, the explosive interaction between hot lava and thick snow, which generated avalanches and flows of hot vapor, fragments of hot lava (similar to, but not exactly the same as, pyroclastic flows) plus lahars (volcanic mud and meltwater flows). For a while the whole side of the volcano seemed to be one seething, steaming, belching mass. Add to all this the really, really impressive roar of the lava fountain - no wonder my little Ida told me later that, as a matter of fact, she was a little worried at first but mom told her there was nothing to be worried about, and that dad was up there doing his work.
They had brought sandwiches, drinks, and the binoculars we use at home to look at Etna. The little girls did occasionally turn their attention to the raging volcano, but spent most of their time building a "fruit and vegetables shop" from pieces of wood and plant leaves. The moms, on the other hand, dedicated most of their attention to the eruption going on.
Photo taken by Birgit Reutz-Hornsteiner on the early afternoon of 10 April 2011 just north of the village of Fornazzo, on the eastern flank of Etna
[...] Forecasting future events is often like searching for a black cat in an unlit room, that may not even be there [...]
-- Quote by Steve Davidson
Nikon D200, Tokina 28-70 f/2.8, 28mm - f/16 - 1/250s - Flash Metz CT-3
Petrella Salto, Italy (November, 2014)
Being the neo-bumpkin I am, I thought this mirror in our hotel that told the day's forecast was pretty dern neat.
That day, it was WARM. See?
We had a trip to Prague in January – for Jayne’s birthday - we don’t buy Christmas or birthday presents, we travel instead. We left snowy England for a very, very dull and grey Czech Republic. Yet again I was on a photographic downer looking at the weather forecast, grey is the colour that haunts me. Fortunately it was dull grey and not burnt highlight inducing bright grey.With the grey sky acting like a big diffuser I was going to have deep shadow and contrast to deal with. We had three very short spells of broken cloud which gave us a bit of sun and colour, which I managed to more or less anticipate so we managed to be in decent locations every time – generally somewhere high.
We had been upgraded to a five star hotel, apparently our original choice was flooded. We got compensation and five star hotel upgrade– a first for me. The Art Nouveau Palace has a beautiful interior, with beautiful rooms, the breakfast room was fantastic, as was the breakfast it has to be said. We were able to have an early breakfast so were out on foot just after eight. It was very cold – and dull! We spent the whole week well wrapped up. It drizzled for a day, but never really wet us, it snowed for a day, again we didn’t get wet and the snow didn’t settle. We walked 65 mile, spending plenty of time checking buildings and their interiors out – and coffee shop and bar interiors it has to be said. Although it was dull and sometimes wet I decided that the Camera was staying in my hands for the whole trip. Whenever I put it in my backpack for one reason or another I regret it.
Again, I didn’t look at any photographs of Prague before we got there, I like to just walk and discover, with the DK guidebook in my pocket (which is full of photos it has to be said). We like to get off the beaten track and see the grittier side of the places we visit – within reason! Prague has an incredible tram network, over 1000 trams – with many of them Tatra Eastern Bloc machines. The system seems chaotic but in reality it is incredible with one of the largest networks and highest usages in the world. The trams and cars frequently share the same road space with very little in the way of drama, none of the inexplicable and pathetic constant horn blowing one finds in many countries. Once it became apparent that buildings with a grey blanket as a background were going to be a bit un-inspirational I decided that the trams would be a good focal point instead. Where I have photographed one of the older trams against a background without clues it is easy to imagine that the photos were taken fifty years ago.
The train network also provided photo opportunities. The rolling stock ranges from old Eastern Bloc to very modern double decker’s and pendolinos. There are three stations although we visited the main station and Smichov. The main station interior is art deco and has been renovated by a private company. The exterior and the platforms are very rundown with a grim eastern bloc 1950’s feel –but it works! We discovered to our amusement that we could just walk across multiple lines, no health and safety, just keep your eyes open and don’t walk under a train – you’ll make a mess. Smichov station was grim, it didn’t help that it snowed all day and was grey and bitter. We felt like we were in a 50’s film set in Russia, broken concrete platforms and dereliction. With both stations there was another world underneath them. The underground Metro is running seamlessly and efficiently away beneath your feet. I didn’t have any problems taking photos anywhere but I was very open and obviously a tourist, I didn’t act covertly or suspiciously. There was only one occasion I was stopped and that was in a shopping centre – full of CCTV cameras filming everyone else!
We discovered old and beautiful- and very large- shopping centres hidden away in quite a few places. Brass framed windows and doors, shops thriving, there was a massive camera shop with thousands of second hand cameras, too much to look at. Many of the landmark buildings prevent photography, some make a small charge, some encourage it, the DK guide book gives a good indication regarding camera use. Nothing stops many people though, they just shoot away regardless, usually wanting a picture that includes their self. Prague is surrounded by low hills and has a fair few towers that you can pay a few pounds to go up, so viewpoints are plentiful. I think we visited most of them. I read about the Zizkov Tower, which looks like a Soviet rocket on the horizon and we headed straight for it - after crossing the rail lines! Set in a quiet residential area, there wasn’t a soul about. Two beautiful girls on reception and we parted with a few pounds, into the lift and were on the observation deck with no one else up there. There are fantastic views over the city, but! It is through two layers of not very clean glass so you go for the view rather than sharp panoramas. Still a fascinating place, with a nice café bar and very clean toilets – there are toilets everywhere, usually manned with a fee. Places are well staffed compared with home were three students are supposed to run a 20 screen multiplex cinema.
Graffiti was prominent, no matter how grand the monument, some moron would have daubed it. How do they get away with it in a 24 hour city centre with a strong police presence? The place is very clean, constantly being swept. What did surprise me, was that many buildings, that looked grand and built of stone, from a distance, were actually rendered with very low quality brickwork concealed. When restored the building look very impressive, others are missing the outer render from ground level to a fair height.
I need to cut this short really, I like to put a background story to the photos and although it would be better to individualise it to a specific photo or group of photos I don’t have the time to do that. I do try to give specific detail in the title bar after I have uploaded, this is time consuming enough although I’m pretty proficient at it by now. There are many things I would like to write that should be of interest to anyone thinking of going to Prague but I’ll have to let the pictures do the talking. As usual I am unlikely to be selective enough with my uploads, I’m not very good at leaving photos out so I just upload and be damned.
Deputy County Executive Ed Long answered your questions about the county's budget after he recently presented the FY2012-FY2014 budget forecast. While home values are up for the first time in five years, the county still faces a multimillion dollar shortfall and the future of the local economy is uncertain.
Review the transcript and video at: www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/2010/updates/ask-fairfax-budge...
The forecast was for a warm day, highs of -2° C, and lots of wind. But somehow we dodged the bullet in the wind department and had a fine snowshoe. It's called Horton Hill because Tim Hortons has a summer camp at the base of this prominence, on the other side from where we were exploring. We had had a good dump of snow, likely more than 2 ft / 70 cm's, which made the snowshoeing good.
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While it's not enough to bring out the snow blower yet, a wet day yesterday with a minimal amount of wind blown evening & overnight snow on top of it will make driving a challenge today.
Finally, the weather today is forecast to only reach 23°C, quite a bit cooler than what we have been experiencing. At 10:00 am, it is 16°C (feels like 14°C). Sunrise was at 6:03 am and sunset is at 9:20 pm. Just as I was going to bed around 2:00 am this morning, I happened to catch an endless stretch of strange lightning, which filled the night sky with orange flashes. Took a bit of video, but I don't know yet if it has worked.
In the very early hours of this morning, 2 August 2022, I added another five photos taken on 28 July 2022. On that day, I went for a drive out of the city. Having stayed home for eight days because of an extremely painful infected tooth, I just needed to get out for a few hours. It got up to 33C when I was out that day. For some reason, my tooth and jaw are almost as painful today as at the beginning. The antibiotics are finished, so I am obviously going to have to phone my dentist and make an appointment to get a root canal done as soon as possible. Just under two weeks of this pain has been more than enough!
My trip on 28 July started with a visit to the Saskatoon Farm for a late breakfast. I knew that the Farm was going to get busier than ever and I wanted to take a few bright, colourful photos while I had the chance. Every time I go to the Farm, new things have been added. Hard-working, creative owners and staff! Everyone is so friendly there.
From the Farm, I drove further south-east and quickly checked out Frank Lake and area. It was too hot for me to do more than a very short walk just as far as the American Pelicans. Driving a back road or two, I only saw a few small birds. Maybe it was just too hot for them. I did see a Yellow-headed Blackbird at the lake, standing on a rock with its wings slightly open and its beak open, in order to cool down a little. I was also very happy to see a beautiful adult, dark morph Swainson's Hawk perched on a fence railing along one of the roads.
For our 45th Wedding Anniversary we decided to go for a cream tea at Selworthy. The weather could have been better, but at least some digital filters have added a touch of warmth!
Michael Hanley, Head of Digital Communications, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum and Philip Tetlock, Leonore Annenberg University Professor in Democracy and Citizenship, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and Molly Crockett, Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom at the Annual Meeting 2017 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 18, 2017
Copyright by World Economic Forum / Walter Duerst