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Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC is seen here at Hexham Bus Station on Service X85 to Hexham then Newborough.
Service X85 was introduced by Go North East in 2014 under the "Tynedale Express" brand operating from Newcastle to Hexham via Denton Burn and Corbridge alongside sister service X84 which ran via Heddon-On-The-Wall - Ovingham - Ovington and Corbridge.
The service initially used Scania L94UB Wright Solar's (5229-5233) which were later upgraded to Mercedes-Benz Citaros in 2017 and an extension through to Newbrough on the X85 was pursued to project further growth which in 2020 led to Go North East purchasing four high specification Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC's and branded X-Lines..
Unfortunately the impacts of Covid-19 have been damaging despite the efforts of Go North East investing in the service with New Buses, Introduction of additional Evening Service and plenty of Marketing it has been decided for the service to be Withdrawn with the final day of service being 29/01/2022.
As a result Go North East and Local Preservationists came together to provide a farewell event with 5304 (NK08 CHL) formerly used on the service being allocated to both the X84/X85 with Preserved Vehicles 5232 (NK55 OLM) also formerly used on the service alongside ECW Olympian 369 (B693 BPU) in Northumbria Motor Services Livery and 6080 (SHN 8OL), a Bristol RE in United Automobile Services supplementing normal service for a large number of Enthusiasts.
Following Service Changes which take effect on 30/01/2021 Service X84 will be renumbered 684 continuing along it's existing route as detailed above, the section of the route between Hexham and Newborough has been replaced by a new service 687.
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...aus meinen dort automatisch gesicherten Handy Fotos vom 30. August des letzten Jahres! Manchmal ist es ganz nett, was die Automatik da zusammenstellt und zum Download anbietet.
...from my automatically saved mobile phone photos! Sometimes it's quite nice what the automatic system puts together and offers for download.
How did we manage as photographers before the advent of Google Maps?
Having been to Hauxley a few times and been impressed by some of the rock features, I wanted to see if there were any bits further down towards Druridge Bay. A quick check on Google Maps showed some interesting looking rock ledges oriented towards the sun, and I was even able to determine that they should be out at high tide.
In the end I was probably an hour away from "perfect" tide timing when I reached the rocks (having probably woken up a family camping nearby - sorry if you are reading this!) but the sunrise put on a decent show so I was happy.
Location can be found here: maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geo...
EOS 1000D / Sigma 10-20mm / Hitech 0.9 and 0.6 grads
All aboard, top of the line! We followed the early Union Pacific Railroad from Cheyenne west, up the mountains toward Laramie and arrived at the round house and station atop Shermen Hill before the descent. The UP encountered plenty of obstacles over the top. The new whistle stop looked pretty rustic in 1869s. There were several wood buildings and I theorize they stocked a lot of materials atop Sherman for the push down to Utah. Little remains at Sherman after UP drove the twin tunnels and relocated the up and down lines over the summit. Steam engines required continual repair and maintenance in round houses.
The Ames pyramidal monument is 800 feet south of the turntable pivot block in this view. Search Ames Monument to zero in on the location. The grey tracing, Iron House RD., designates the original grade. I don't know if the fondation to the left was the depot.
I had a few hours walking through Fraserburgh Harbour capturing as many vessels as I could on 19th April 2018, its a fine busy harbour and when the sun shines you can capture the trawlers etc at their best .
Fraserburgh Harbour is situated in Aberdeenshire in the North East corner of Scotland and is ideally positioned for the fishing grounds of the North and East of Scotland, as well as being in close proximity to the North Sea oil and gas fields and the emerging offshore renewables market. The location also makes it well placed for trade with Scandinavia and the Baltic sea ports.
Google and Wiki have the folowing info on this fine town.
Fraserburgh (/ˈfreɪzərbrə/; Scots: The Broch or Faithlie, Scottish Gaelic: A' Bhruaich) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland with a population recorded in the 2001 Census at 12,454 and estimated at 12,630 in 2006.
It lies at the far northeast corner of Aberdeenshire, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Aberdeen, and 17 miles (27 km) north of Peterhead. It is the biggest shellfish port in Europe, landing over 12,000 tonnes in 2008, and is also a major white fish port and busy commercial harbour.
History
The name of the town means, literally, 'burgh of Fraser', after the Fraser family that bought the lands of Philorth in 1504 and thereafter brought about major improvement due to investment over the next century. Fraserburgh became a burgh of barony in 1546. By 1570, the Fraser family had built a castle (Fraserburgh Castle) at Kinnaird's Head and within a year the area church was built. By the 1590s the area known as Faithlie was developing a small harbour.
In 1592, Faithlie was renamed Fraserburgh by a charter of the Crown under King James VI. Sir Alexander Fraser was given permission to improve and govern the town as Lord Saltoun. At present this title is still in existence and is held by Flora Fraser, 20th Lady Saltoun and head of Clan Fraser. The Royal Charter also gave permission to build a college and university in Fraserburgh allowing the Lord Saltoun to appoint a rector, a principal, a sub-principal, and all the professors for teaching the different sciences.
A grant from the Scottish Parliament in 1595 allowed the first college building to be erected by Alexander Fraser, and in 1597 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland recommended the Rev. Charles Ferme, then minister at the Old Parish, to be its first (and only) principal.
In 1601, Fraserburgh became a burgh of regality. The college, however, closed only a decade or so after Ferme's arrest on the orders of James VI for taking part in the 1605 General Assembly, being used again only for a short time in 1647 when King's College, Aberdeen temporarily relocated owing to an outbreak of plague. A plaque commemorating its existence may be seen on the exterior wall of the remains of the Alexandra Hotel in College Bounds.
Fraserburgh thereafter remained relatively quiet until 1787 when Fraserburgh Castle was converted to Kinnaird Head Lighthouse, Scotland's first mainland lighthouse. In 1803, the original 1571 church building was replaced and enlarged to seat 1000 people. The Auld Kirk was to be the standing authority in the town up until the 1840s.
The Statistical Account on the Parish of Fraserburgh, written between 1791–1799 (probably 1791) by Rev. Alexander Simpson of the Old Parish Church, shows that the population of Fraserburgh was growing with peaks due to seasonal employment. He records a population of about 2000 in 1780 of whom only 1000 resided in the town.
There was an additional population of 200 in the village of Broadsea. He makes a point of the arrival of Dr. Webster in Fraserburgh in 1755 claiming that the population then only stood at 1682. By the time the account was written the population had increased by 518 souls since 1755. Rev. Simpson also gives accounts of deaths, births and marriages. Between 1784-1791, he claims to have an average of 37 baptisms, 14 marriages and 19 deaths per year. The statistical account mentions activities with the harbour. He describes the harbour as small but good, telling that it had the capability to take vessels with '200 tons burden' at the time the account was written.
The account also mentions that Fraserburgh had tried and succeeded in shipbuilding especially after 1784. His account finishes speaking of a proposed enlargement of the harbour. He claims that the local people would willingly donate what they could afford but only if additional funding was provided by the Government and Royal Burghs.
The second statistical account, written as a follow up to the first of the 1790s, was written in January 1840 by Rev. John Cumming. He records population in 1791 as 2215 growing to only 2271 by 1811, but increasing massively to 2954 by 1831. He considered the herring fishing, which intensified in 1815, to be the most important reason for this population boom. By 1840 he writes that seamen were marrying early with 86 marriages and 60 births in the parish in the space of one year. On top of this increased population, he explains that the herring season seen an additional 1200 people working in the Parish. There is also mention of the prosperity of this trade bringing about an increase in general wealth with a change in both dress and diet. Cumming also records 37 illegitimate children from 1837–1840 although he keeps no record of death.
The prosperity of the economy also brought about improvement within the town with a considerable amount of new houses being built in the town. The people were gaining from the herring industry as in real terms rent fell by 6% from 1815 to 1840. Lord Saltoun was described as the predominant land owner earning £2266,13s,4d in rents.
This period also saw the extension of the harbour with a northern pier of 300 yards built between 1807–1812 and, in 1818, a southern pier built by Act of Parliament. Cumming states that no less than £30,000 was spent developing the harbour between 1807 and 1840 by which time the harbour held eight vessels of 45–155 tons and 220 boats of the herring fishery.
A railway station opened in 1865 and trains operated to Aberdeen via Maud and Dyce, as well as a short branch line to St. Combs. It was, however, closed to passengers in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts, though freight trains continued to operate until 1979, after which the station site was redeveloped. Currently, the closest operating station is Inverurie, 56 km (35 miles) away.
Climate[
Fraserburgh has a marine climate heavily influenced by its proximity to the sea. As such summer highs and winter lows are heavily moderated, with very mild winter temperatures for a location so far north. The differences between seasons are very narrow as a result, with February averaging highs of 6.7 °C (44.1 °F) and August 17.2 °C (63.0 °F).[6] As a result of its marine influence, there is significant seasonal lag, with September being milder than June and October has slightly milder nights than May, in spite of a massive difference of daylight. The climate is overcast and wet with 1351.8 hours of sunshine. Temperature extremes have ranged from 26.6.C (July 1995) down to -14.4.C (February 1991) 747.7 millimetres (29.44 in) of precipitation per annum.
Here is a freight yard that services a couple steel mills that surround it.
Nakabarushimachi, Kyushu, Japan
9/2011
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Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is considered the world's most beautiful spring gardens with more than seven million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths filling over 32 hectares with incredible colors. Timing your visit is a must if you are going to avoid the big crowds!
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Wherein Tux discovered the power of the Google Oracle (thanks, Süsy!). It even reached to his favorite place (15 miles from home, imagine that!). For Guess Where Berkeleyy, and then a little sliding for
As some of you know I received an early invite to test out and participate in Google's latest entry into the social networking world Google+. I did an early comparison piece between Google+, Facebook, Flickr, 500px and Twitter the week before last. I wanted to write and update my thoughts on Google+ for photo sharing now that I've gotten a few weeks under my belt, as well as share with you all my own strategy for sharing photographs going forward.
Google+ completely changes the photo sharing game. Not just a little bit -- alot. This may be the most significant shift in photo sharing that we've seen since the introduction of Flickr. There is more engagement going on with photographs on G+, more ways to share photographs on G+, and it is growing at a rate that blows my mind away. Photos are elegantly presented as large oversized thumbnails in stream views (in contrast to Facebook's stingy microscopic photo thumbnails that I've never quite understood). When you click through the photo you get the most elegant lightbox view (on black) of any photo sharing site out there today.
Here are some tips for those of you who would like to maximize your photo sharing potential on Google+
1. Post your photos directly to Google+. This is probably the number one most important thing to do to promote your work there. If you post a link to Flickr, a link to your blog, a link to some other site, you get a small little thumbnail at best. If you upload your photo *directly* to Google+ you get a massive oversized thumbnail (is that like saying jumbo shrimp?). The larger your work is presented, the more likely it is to be engaged with. Even better, photos posted to G+ don't count towards your Picasa storage limits so Google is effectively giving you unlimited photo sharing on G+ for free. What a deal.
2. Get the balance right. You don't want to post too little or too much to G+. Your photos posted to G+ have a limited life. In the first hour that you post your photo it will receive 50% of the attention. In the next 3 hours 25% more, in the next 6 hours 10% more. In the next 24 hours 12% more. After a day and a half your photo will likely be buried. So it's important to regularly be adding photos to your stream. On the other hand, if you inundate people with too many photos (like 10 in a row within 10 minutes) people will drop you faster than a hot potato and you will lose visibility -- there's a fine line between sharing photos and whoring photos. Find a rate for uploads that feels right. At present I'm uploading about 5 photos a day to G+ spread out throughout the day and night. This feels about right to me.
3. Share your best work. Don't upload *everything* you take to G+. If you want to archive all your work use Flickr or Picasa. Save G+ to showcase some of what you feel is your strongest work. This will encourage other people to share your work and promote it more.
4. Don't use watermarks and signatures on your work. Don't hate me for this one. I'm so tired of haters. If you want to watermark the crap out of your work, go for it. It's your work, do WHATEVER you want with it. YOU own it. It's YOURS. Don't shoot the messenger. I'm just saying that watermarks, sigs, logos, etc. look *especially* bad when people pull up your photos in the large lightbox view. I've noticed that photos that are mared up by watermarks tend to not do as well on G+.
5. Make sure you understand sharing and make your posts *public*. Alot of people make the mistake early on of only sharing their photos with their circles without even realizing that they are limiting themselves. This means that your photo goes out to *alot* less people. This would be the same as marking a photo as private on flickr so that only your friends and family could see it. These photos will get alot less attention because most people *can't* see it due to Google's privacy settings. When people first start using G+ if they are browsing in a circle of their contacts and they share a photo from that screen, it limits the photo to only that circle. If you want your photo to be seen, make sure when you post it that it says "public" when you are sharing it.
6. Invite people from your other social networks. Post on your Facebook Wall about your Google+ stream. Offer to send invitations to your contacts there. Tweet links out to your G+ stream. Post it on your blog or tumblr account. Most importantly, post to FLICKR your Google+ stream so that your photo sharing contacts on Flickr can add you on G+. There is no easy way to transfer flickr contacts to G+ other than by word of mouth. It's up to you to get the word out to your other photo sharing channels and get them to follow you on your new G+ account.
7. Engage with people who engage with you. Pay attention to the +1's (fave/like) your photos receive. Pay attention to the comments. Go check out the people that are faving and commenting on your stuff. Social networks are largely about reciprocation. If they are a talented photographer consider adding them to a circle. If you like some of their work fave and comment on it too. Don't just post your own stuff. Engage with the community there.
8. Try some hangouts with other photographers. I've hosted a few hangouts so far. It was great hanging out with Scott Jarvie who is one of the top wedding photographers out there. Trey Ratcliff seems to always be hosting them. Popular ones will fill up quickly (hangouts are video chats limited to 10 people) -- but keep trying to get in those or maybe even set up one of your own. Don't be shy on a hangout. Talk about photography. This is a great opportunity for you to virtually network with some other great photographers. It's easy. Drop in, drop out. Make sure you've got your clothes on though, this is not Chatroulette.
9. Write good titles and descriptions for your photos. If you enter a description in for a photo in Lightroom or whatever other photo processing tool you use and write it as the photo's caption, it will automatically populate into Google+ when you upload it. You'll still need to manually add a title or headline. Make your titles interesting and engaging. Don't upload something as DSC10989. Give it a good strong title. Don't overkill on the caption, but a nice one or two sentence caption can be nice.
10. Be early. Don't wait to get involved with G+. Get yourself an invite and signup NOW. Photo Sharing on G+ feels alot like the earliest days of Flickr. It's the early frontier. Many of Flickr's most popular users are popular because they got on the site EARLY and built a following before there was as much competition. Right now there is a huge brand new audience, HUNGRY for great photography on G+. It is early still and people are figuring out who to follow. Get involved and super active early to help build your own audience there. If you wait six months, or six weeks, or heck, six days as fast as Google+ is growing, you'll miss out on some of the strongest, fastest early growth.
Bonus Tip: check out who your other photographer friends have added to *their* circles. You will likely find alot of people you know to add by doing this.
One final note. I've been asked by TONS of people about what the Google TOS means for photographers. There is a lot of FUD flying around out there about that now. As a policy I no longer comment about anything copyright related, so please don't ask about that here or on G+. I won't answer any questions about it. I will point you to an insightful post on the topic though written last night by Vincent Mo (who works for Google) on the matter.
If you don't have an invite to Google+ yet and want one, either email me tom(at)thomashawk.com or flickrmail me your email address and I will try and invite you. I'm doing the best I can to keep up with the invite requests, so bear with me if it takes some time to get it out to you.
Also if you are already on Google+ and want to follow my work there you can do that here.
It looks like you've shared a fascinating collage or mood board, likely belonging to a ceramicist or artist. It blends technical glaze recipes with philosophical explorations of space, time, and the human form.
Here is a breakdown of the key elements visible in the image:
1. Glaze/Slip Recipe (Top Right Note)
The handwritten note appears to be a recipe for a ceramic surface treatment, possibly a slip or engobe, attributed to the renowned potter Hans Coper (noted at the top).
Firing Temp: 1250°C (High fire/Stoneware range)
Base Ingredients: Feldspar, Whiting, China Clay.
Colorants/Oxides: Manganese Dioxide (3 parts) and Yellow Ochre (2 parts).
Additives: Mixed with water and Gum Arabic (1 tsp per 500cc) to help with adhesion and flow.
2. Spatio-Temporal Diagram (Top Left)
This diagram, titled "UPRIGHT HUMAN BODY, SPACE AND TIME," explores how humans perceive their environment.
The Concept: It suggests that human perception is biased toward the front and right.
Directional Mapping:
Future: Ahead and "up."
Past: Behind and "below."
Sacred vs. Profane: The diagram maps these spiritual concepts onto physical space relative to the body.
3. Ceramics and Spatial Sensitivity (Bottom Left)
This clipping discusses "Ceramics a spatial sensitivity, forms governed by their vessel and void."
This refers to the core philosophy of many modern potters (like Coper or Lucie Rie), where the interior space (the void) is as important as the clay walls themselves.
The text at the bottom mentions the Crafts Study Centre in Farnham, Surrey, which is a major hub for British studio pottery archives.
4. Artistic Sketches (Bottom Right)
There is a dark, textured sketch of a vessel that strongly resembles Hans Coper’s "Cycladic" or "Hourglass" forms. These pieces are famous for their architectural quality and the way they seem to "occupy" space rather than just sitting in it.
Desert Wildflowers. Death Valley National Park, California. March 29, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
A carpet of desert spring flowers, Death Valley National Park
My alternative title for this photograph might have been "What's Underfoot." We were a bit too later for this year's (near?) superbloom in parts of southern Death Valley National Park, but we still found plenty of flowers during out late March visit. Many desert plants are opportunistic, holding off on their blooms in dry years and then going exuberantly wild in wetter years. This wasn't one of the truly wet seasons, though it was wetter than the recent drought years might have suggested, and in many places the flowers responded.
I made this photograph in one of those Death Valley locations that might seem both very special and not at all special, depending on your orientation to the place. We drove out on a long road that traverses a high valley. By comparison to, say, the high peaks of the Sierra, the terrain seems unremarkable, with vast stretches of undifferentiated desert vegetation leading to dry and rocky ridges. But the vast space is special, in and of itself, and there turns out to be more to look at and experience than might first be apparent. I knew from previous visits that thick wildflowers were a possibility, and I knew that if we just pulled off the road and looked that we would find them. At one of these stops I simply took my camera and walked off a bit and found a dense carpet of plants and flowers, taking full advantage of this brief period of sunlight and a bit of moisture.
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, "California's Fall Color: A Photographer's Guide to Autumn in the Sierra" is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
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Notice the check marks noting accomplishments on the path to global domination.
By the way, this is board is a joke created by Google employees but, as you can see, some things come true. Anyone can pick up a dry erase marker and make changes.
2015 april fool's day maybe only today lool
www.google.co.jp/maps/@35.7818482,139.6722061,18z/data=!1e3
2014
考えたら引越した直後でNET つながってなかったんだなぁ
2013
www.flickr.com/photos/momomuller/8609161394/
2012
Google+に誕生日いれてるとこうなるんですね。
MacOS9以前で「謹賀新年」とかでるのがちょっと楽しかった自分としてはこれもちょっと楽しかったです。
あっ誕生日はとっくのとうに終わってます。年末ですんで。
マカロンのかわいいなあ、作りたい。
Summerfolk Music & Craft Festival #42 (2017) in Owen Sound, Owen Sound, Ontario.
We usually go up a a group, sometime a large group some times smaller.
Some of us have been going for over 20 years.
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Coyote riding bicycle.
Photo taken at the Burning Man 2015 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).
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