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Para Lío 2.0, Reto El invierno y yo
#52of2017, 12: Monday Morning
Para 52 Still Lifes, 5/52 Con una frase famosa.
"Au milieu de l’hiver, j’apprenais enfin qu’il y avait en moi un été invincible." Albert Camus
"En mitad del invierno aprendía por fin que había en
mí un verano invencible". Así acaba Albert Camus su "Retorno a Tipasa", y la frase se ha hecho celebre en muchos idiomas.
Tengo una relación de amor odio con el invierno. Necesito luz y calor: la luz baja y fría, aunque la vea muy bella, me acaba deprimiendo. Así que lo que intento hacer es ir a buscar este "verano invencible" dentro de mi casa, dentro de mi misma: enciendo velas, lámparas, pongo fuego en la chimenea, como todos los cítricos que pueda, intento rodearme de colores.
Pero la famosa frase de Albert Camus tiene también otro significado. La escribe cuando después de muchos años, vuelve a las ruinas de su tierra natal, en Tunisia: experimenta que pesar de aquellos años oscuros, marcados por los horrores de varias guerras, él todavía siente en si mismo esta fuerza de vivir, esta esperanza en la humanidad, este verano invencible. Con lo que está pasando en varios puntos del globo, tenía ganas de compartir la frase con vosotros.
"In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer" is the last sentence of "Return to Tipasa", a famous sentence in many languages. I wanted to share it with you to illustrate my love-hate relation with winter: I need light and warmth; the winter light is beautiful but it makes me feel depressed and with a low level of energy. So whenever I can, I try to find this "invincible summer" in my home and in my self: lighting up candles, lamps, fire in the chimney, eating as much oranges and lemons as I can, and surrounding myself with colours for surviving the winter.
But this famous sentence has also another meaning. Camus writes it when he comes back, after many years, to his natal land, Tunisia: he feels that in spite of those dark times, despite the war horrors, he stills feels inside himself this strenght of life, the hope he placed in humanity, this invicible summer. Because of all the obscure events that are taking place in many points of our planet nowadays, I wanted to share this sentence with you.
Hãy cho em tin tình yêu người trao lat mãi mãi. Hãy cho em luôn gần bên trọn cuộc đời này anh nhé. Mình sẽ mãi bên nhau ngàn sóng gió tantmau. We' re invicible
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"Daoudé Sané, joue-moi le Tam-Tam pour que je sois invicible, car Ninki Nanka, le dragon n'est pas loin"
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A veces tu sonrisa fundía con mi brisa, y amapolas danzarinas nos rodeaban en un circulo ,que giraba risueño ante el altar de las estrellas…
A veces tus brazos rodeaban mis sueños, y tus alas recorrían cada uno de mis secretos, entonces lograba recordar a que sabe la brisa de tus latidos dentro de mi pecho, en cada real latido que vibraba en mi pecho….
A veces ,el viento ,volvía a envolvernos y un calido beso , contagiaba mi brisa de tus sentidos,mientras los hechizo del tiempo caían a nuestros pies.
"...Chegamos a um ponto de amizade que não podíamos mais guardar um pensamento: um telefonava logo ao outro, marcando um encontro imediato. Depois da conversa, sentíamos tão contentes como se nos tivéssemos presenteados a nós mesmos. Esse estado de comunicação contínua chegou a tal exaltação que no dia que nada tínhamos a nos confiar, procurávamos com alguma aflição um assunto. Só que o assunto deve ser grave, pois em qualquer um não caberia a veemência de uma sinceridade pela primeira vez experimentada. Já nesse tempo apareceram os primeiros sinais de perturbação entre nós. Às vezes um telefonava, encontrávamos e nada tínhamos a nos dizer... De início, quando começou a faltar assunto, tentamos comentar as pessoas. Mas bem sabíamos que já estávamos adulterando o núcleo da amizade... Experimentamos ficar calados- mas tornávamos inquietos logo depois de nos separarmos.. Minha solidão na volta te tais encontros, era grande e árida. Cheguei a ler livros apenas para poder falar deles. Uma amizade sincera queria a sinceridade mais pura..."
Uma Amizade Sincera.
Clarice Lispector.
The little zinnias continue to bloom in the dreariest of weather. It reminded me of the Helen Reddy song (?)- I am strong, I am invicible, I am woman!!
The Albion cab sits nicely on my Guy Invincible and it may stay with me as a spare or may go to a friend who i know needs one.
Im hoping to maybe show my 1966 Pontiac this year -cross fingers !
But it has to come off my 1961 Guy first after been stored on there since summer 2020 and i don't want it on the back if i take the Guy to a show...again its a cross fingers job...
Im using a ramp in the yard rather than the beavertail on the Guy -so much quicker! ha
I uploaded a picture of the Falkfland war fleet and added images of each ship appearing there. But not the HMS Invicible. As we have the 40th annual year of this conflict, it may be a good time to complete this now.
Here we are.
HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. She took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned, and was eventually sold for scrap in February 2011.
After you were dead, i would definitely remarry once again.,
but of course with your immortal soul, which bonded me for
centuries immemorial in its invicible grip, even as i wanted
to fade like a diminutive mosquito, into wisps of meaninglessly
dilapidated oblivion.
"nikhil parekh"
Just a few pics from the delayed Run normally on the last day of April but i did not realise until afterwards that my Guy Invincible is stood next to the late Vic Harveys old Leyland Comet and now rallied by the Leech family and of course my Guy was also ex Vic Harvey!
ive had a picture sent to me of these two stood next to each other in 1992 on the Bournmouth to Bath run.
Just what are the odds of that when many motors are not seen anymore!
and we were young and foolish thinking we were invincible.
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No it's not a spaceship, althoug it goes really fast and is almost invicible on radar. It goes over 60knots and it is very impressive.
The Norwegian Marine Vessel Gnist. P965
Social distancing, or physical distancing, is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures taken to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other. It involves keeping a distance of six feet or two meters from others and avoiding gathering together in large groups. By reducing the probability that a given uninfected person will come into physical contact with an infected person, the disease transmission can be suppressed, resulting in fewer deaths. The measures are combined with good respiratory hygiene and hand washing. During the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) suggested the reference to "physical" as an alternative to "social", in keeping with the notion that it is a physical distance which prevents transmission; people can remain socially connected via technology. To slow down the spread of infectious diseases and avoid overburdening healthcare systems, particularly during a pandemic, several social distancing measures are used, including the closing of schools and workplaces, isolation, quarantine, restricting movement of people and the cancellation of mass gatherings. Social distancing measures date back to at least the fifth century BCE. The biblical book of Leviticus contains one of the earliest known references to the practice, likely as response to leprosy. During the Plague of Justinian, emperor Justinian enforced an ineffective quarantine on the Byzantine Empire, including dumping bodies into the sea, blaming the widespread outbreak predominately on "Jews, Samaritans, pagans, heretics, Arians, Montanists, and homosexuals".[11] In modern times, social distancing measures have been successfully implemented in several previous epidemics. In St. Louis, shortly after the first cases of influenza were detected in the city during the 1918 flu pandemic, authorities implemented school closures, bans on public gatherings and other social distancing interventions. The case fatality rates in St. Louis were much less than in Philadelphia, which despite having cases of influenza, allowed a mass parade to continue and did not introduce social distancing until more than two weeks after its first cases. Social distancing has also been used during the 2019-20 coronavirus epidemic. Social distancing measures are more effective when the infectious disease spreads via droplet contact (coughing or sneezing); direct physical contact, including sexual contact; indirect physical contact (e.g., by touching a contaminated surface); or airborne transmission (if the microorganism can survive in the air for long periods). The measures are less effective when an infection is transmitted primarily via contaminated water or food or by vectors such as mosquitoes or other insects.Drawbacks of social distancing can include loneliness, reduced productivity and the loss of other benefits associated with human interaction. Since January, Taiwan, India and Thailand, all of which also make face masks, have banned their export, although, to help China, India later temporarily revoked its restriction. South Korea also banned the export of masks, as will Indonesia soon. Outside Asia, Russia, Germany and the Czech Republic also stopped exports in early March. So did Kenya, where the first case of coronavirus was confirmed on March 13.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released straightforward guidance in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic: Everyone in the US should wear a cloth mask or face covering while in certain public settings. The recommendation marks a shift from the federal government. Less than six weeks ago, Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted that members of the general public should “STOP BUYING MASKS!” He added that masks “are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus, but if healthcare providers can’t get them to care for sick patients, it puts them and our communities at risk!” The CDC is still advising against the general public wearing traditional medical masks, such as surgical variants and N95 respirators, to preserve them for health care workers. The shift in messaging on cloth masks, the agency said, came in light of evidence that people with few or no symptoms of Covid-19 can still transmit the virus. The CDC now recommends everyone use cloth masks in public. The upshot: Masks can help stop the spread of coronavirus not just by protecting the wearer, but by preventing the wearer — who could be an asymptomatic spreader — from breathing and spitting their germs everywhere. Some studies in households and colleges “show a benefit of masks,” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have described social distancing as a set of "methods for reducing frequency and closeness of contact between people in order to decrease the risk of transmission of disease".[10] During the 2019–2020 coronavirus pandemic, the CDC revised the definition of social distancing as "remaining out of congregrate settings, avoiding mass gatherings, and maintaining distance (approximately six feet or two meters) from others when possible". Previously, in 2009, the WHO described social distancing as "keeping at least an arm's length distance from others, [and] minimizing gatherings".[7] It is combined with good respiratory hygiene and hand washing, and is considered the most feasible way to reduce or delay a pandemic.Raina MacIntyre, head of the Biosecurity Research Program at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, told me, “so it would be plausible that they would also protect in lower-intensity transmission settings such as in the general community.” But masks do not make you invincible. They can’t replace good hygiene — Wash your hands! Don’t touch your face! — and social distancing, both of which have been key to stemming the coronavirus even in Asian countries where widespread mask use was already common. Epidemiological models also suggest coronavirus cases will rise if social distancing measures are relaxed, potentially causing hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of deaths in the US alone. That’s true whether people are gathering wearing masks or not. People wear masks in midtown New York City on April 6. Kena Betancur/Getty Images. Still, the CDC’s about-face has left many people with plenty of questions: What does it mean to use a mask correctly? When should they be used and washed? Do you need them for all public situations? Can they really keep you safe? If you can’t find a mask, how can you make one? Knowing that a disease is circulating may trigger a change in behaviour by people choosing to stay away from public places and other people. When implemented to control epidemics, such social distancing can result in benefits but with an economic cost. Research indicates that measures must be applied rigorously and immediately in order to be effective. Several social distancing measures are used to control the spread of contagious illnesses. And why aren’t there more medical masks to begin with? Here’s a guide to some of the most common questions. Avoiding physical contact: Social distancing includes eliminating the physical contact that occurs with the typical handshake, hug, or hongi; this illustration offers eight alternatives. Keeping at least two-metre (six-foot) distance from each other and avoiding hugs and gestures that involve direct physical contact, reduce the risk of becoming infected during flu pandemics and the coronavirus pandemic of 2020. These distances of separation, in addition to personal hygiene measures, are also recommended at places of work.Where possible it may be recommended to work from home. Various alternatives have been proposed for the tradition of handshaking. The gesture of namaste, placing one's palms together, fingers pointing upwards, drawing the hands to the heart, is one non-touch alternative. During the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom, this gesture was used by Prince Charles upon greeting reception guests, and has been recommended by the Director-General of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Other alternatives include the wave, the shaka (or "hang loose") sign, and placing a palm on your heart, as practiced in parts of Iran.
1) When should I wear a mask?
According to the CDC, you should wear a mask in public, particularly while in “settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies)” and “especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.” Think of circumstances where it’s going to be harder to keep at least 6 feet away from other people, especially in closed, poorly ventilated places. It’s in those kinds of situations that coronavirus-containing droplets are more likely to spread by air or surfaces. There are some exceptions to the mask guidance, the CDC stated: “Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.” The evidence for everyone wearing masks, explained. And be warned: If you use a mask incorrectly, or start acting recklessly because you’re wearing a mask, it could actually hurt you more than it helps.
If you fidget with your mask, and especially if you touch your face in the process, you can infect yourself with virus-containing droplets your mask caught. If you reuse a mask without cleaning it, you can breathe in or otherwise expose yourself to droplets the mask captured last time. If you generally ease up on good hygiene or social distancing because you’re wearing a mask, you’re putting yourself — and your community — at greater risk.
The CDC offers some tips for how to properly use a mask. Above all, don’t touch the mask and then touch other parts of your face, especially your eyes, mouth, and nose. The entire point of this fabric is to shield you from outside germs. So you don’t want to touch the part of the mask doing the shielding and then the parts of your face that are vulnerable to infection. You should also wash your hands before and after taking off a mask — before to avoid getting anything on your face and mask, and after to get rid of anything that was on your mask. Remove the mask with the loops, not by touching the front. If possible, throw away disposable masks after using them. And if you can’t throw a mask away, make sure to thoroughly disinfect it with ultraviolet light sterilizers — not something most people have around — or, if using a cloth product, throw it in the wash or clean it with soap and water. For some people, it might make sense to have multiple masks around if you have to go out multiple times on a particular day. The important thing, though, is to throw a recently used mask in the laundry or in the wash as soon as possible and avoid touching it at all until it’s clean. Do not keep dirty masks around your house, where people can easily touch them and potentially infect themselves.
2) What kind of mask should I use? The CDC recommends a cloth mask or face covering, whether a professionally made mask or a homemade variant. The CDC explicitly advises against the general public using a surgical mask, which is the standard mask you’ve probably seen doctors and nurses wear. It also advises against the public using N95 respirators, which are more complex, expensive masks meant to fit more tightly on the face.
Surgical masks and N95 respirators, the agency noted, “are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.” New York City nurses and health workers gather to demand safer working conditions, more personal protective equipment (PPE), and free virus testing during the Covid-19 outbreak on April 6. Giles Clarke/Getty Images As it stands, there is a serious shortage of PPE, including masks, for health care workers. There are reports of doctors, nurses, and other health care workers using bandanas and scarves for masks and trash bags for gowns. Hospitals are considering do-not-resuscitate orders for dying Covid-19 patients out of fear that such intensive, close-up procedures could get doctors and nurses without PPE infected with the virus. The CDC, acknowledging the shortage, previously recommended homemade masks for health care workers when no other options are available. “I am worried that telling people to wear masks will strain already weak supplies that are needed by doctors and nurses,” Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University, told me. “If we are able to fix that supply chain, I’d feel less worried about this. But some of the shortages initially were due to members of public and medical staff raiding medical offices’ and hospitals’ supplies for home use.” Private companies and public officials are racing to fix the PPE shortage. But until it’s fixed, it’s critical that the existing supplies of surgical masks and N95 respirators are left for health care workers who are literally saving people from this pandemic.
3) Will a mask protect me from getting Covid-19? The CDC’s guidance — and the best argument for wearing a mask, according to the experts I spoke with — is primarily to stop the wearer from infecting other people. That’s especially important for Covid-19, since at least some spread happens when people are asymptomatic, when they have few symptoms, or before they develop symptoms. Universal mask use could stop these asymptomatic carriers, many of whom might not even know they’re sick, from inadvertently infecting other people. Masks also can offer some protection from others by putting a physical barrier between them and your mouth and nose. But we don’t know how much, because it’s unclear how much the virus spreads through airborne droplets or aerosols. Masks can’t replace all the other approaches needed to fight the coronavirus, like washing your hands, not touching your face, and social distancing. Still, when paired with all these other tactics — and when used correctly — masks offer an extra layer of protection.
The quality of the research on this topic is weak, with a lot of small, underpowered studies. But the studies that do exist generally favor more people wearing masks. A 2008 systematic review, published in BMJ, found medical masks halted the spread of respiratory viruses from likely infected patients. In particular, studies on the 2003 outbreak of SARS — a cousin to the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 — found that masks alone were 68 percent effective at preventing the virus. By comparison, washing hands more than 10 times a day was 55 percent effective. A combination of measures such as hand-washing, masks, gloves, and gowns was 91 percent effective.
A 2015 review, also published in BMJ, looked at mask use among people in community settings, specifically households and colleges. Some studies produced unclear results, but the findings overall indicated that wearing a mask protected people from infections compared to not wearing a mask, especially when paired with hand-washing. A big issue was adherence; people were often bad at actually wearing masks, which, unsurprisingly, diminished their effectiveness. But if masks were used early and consistently, the authors concluded, they seemed to work. MASKS CAN’T REPLACE ALL THE OTHER APPROACHES NEEDED TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS, LIKE WASHING YOUR HANDS, NOT TOUCHING YOUR FACE, AND SOCIAL DISTANCING A more recent study published in Nature Medicine found that surgical masks appear to block droplets and aerosols containing some viruses, including the flu and coronavirus. Other studies have produced similar results, typically finding at least some protective value from masks as long as they’re used consistently and properly. The results vary depending on the mask. N95 respirators are, in theory, the best possible masks. But they require a bit of skill and fitting to use — to the point that a 2016 review in CMAJ couldn’t find a difference among health care workers using N95 respirators versus surgical masks for respiratory infection, likely due to poor fitting. That’s another reason these masks should be reserved for the professionals. Cloth masks, meanwhile, are much less effective than surgical masks or N95 respirators, as a 2015 study in BMJ found. And they can be extra risky, since they can trap and hold virus-containing droplets that wearers can then breathe in. But they still, in general, offer more protection than no mask at all, several studies concluded. There’s no good research on how wearing a mask could affect people’s behaviors, but the experience of some Asian countries suggests it’s possible to adopt social distancing, good hygiene, and masks in the midst of an outbreak. Taiwan and South Korea, for example, have done a better job containing Covid-19 than the US while embracing masks and all the other evidence-based measures. To emphasize: Yes, masks can help. But they’re not an excuse to ease up on social distancing, good hygiene, and all the other things public health officials are recommending right now. Do all of those things too.
4) Do I need a mask if I’m walking or running in the open air?
Probably not — but if used properly, wearing a mask probably can’t hurt, and might help encourage others to wear one too.
The CDC specifies that it’s recommending cloth face coverings where social distancing isn’t possible. A solitary walk or run outside is typically not going to fall into one of those categories.
In general, masks become more helpful as the risk of infection increases. If you’re having closer, more prolonged contact with potentially sick people, using a mask is more likely to protect you. And if you’re potentially sick and having closer, more prolonged contact with others, a mask is more likely to protect them from your germs as well. “Are people having those prolonged, close-contact interactions with people?” Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist focused on hospital preparedness, told me. “Because that’s what’s more considered high-risk. … It’s that face-to-face for a significant chunk of time.” That’s why the CDC had already recommended masks for people who know they’re sick or interacting with someone who’s sick. People who frequently interact with others as part of their jobs, like a first responder or a grocery store clerk, are more likely to get good use out of masks too. That especially includes health care workers, who spend more time with sick people than anyone else — which is why they need masks and other PPE more.
Certain populations also may want to especially consider masks in less risky environments, such as people who are older or have underlying health issues, like a compromised immune system, that put them at greater risk if they’re infected. Besides the health benefits, there’s also a potential social value to wearing a mask everywhere: It could push more people to do so as well. If more people are out in public wearing face coverings, that could help remove the stigma that only sick people wear masks. So if you go out with a mask in more situations, it could not only help you and those around you, but it might help instill a healthier norm for the rest of society too.
5) How do I make a mask? There are a lot of options! But keep in mind guidance, from the CDC, about a proper mask: It should fit snugly but comfortably around the face, be secured around the ears with ties or loops, include multiple layers of fabric, allow for breathing without restriction, and be readily washable without damage. If you have the time and can sew, the CDC recommends a face covering that can be made with two 10-inch by 6-inch rectangles of cotton fabric, two 6-inch pieces of elastic or rubber bands, string, cloth strips, or hair ties, a needle and thread or bobby pin, scissors, and a sewing machine. Here’s the agency’s four-step tutorial: If you’re like me and the idea of sewing anything sounds like a total nightmare, the CDC offers a non-sewing option. It just requires a T-shirt and a pair of scissors. Here’s the three-step tutorial: A three-step tutorial for a mask made from a T-shirt. If you’re even more like me and that mask is still too much, the surgeon general posted a 45-second video guide on Twitter for an even easier mask that can be made solely with a T-shirt or just about any other cloth fabric and two rubber bands: Chances are the less skill-intensive, less time-consuming masks will be, at the very least, less comfortable, and maybe harder to wear for long. But if you’re in a pinch, or if you’re unable to do more complicated tailoring, the easier alternatives offer more protection than nothing.
6) Why aren’t more medical masks available? The simple answer is that supply hasn’t kept up with demand. Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, China made half the world’s face masks. When the outbreak took off there, China started to use its supply and hoard what remained. This problem has only spread since, as more and more countries hoard whatever medical supplies they can get — with some, like Germany, even banning most PPE exports. So as demand increased due to Covid-19 — not just from health care workers but from a general public increasingly scared of infection — there was less supply to go around. On a deeper level, though, the shortage in masks and other PPE reflects America’s — and, really, the rest of the world’s — poor preparedness for a pandemic. The mask and broader PPE shortage, in fact, was well-known to the US government before the Covid-19 outbreak, yet the US did not prepare. “When we have done exercises in the past for pandemic preparedness, supply chain issues were a well-documented challenge,” Popescu said. “This is something we’ve known about — maybe not to this extent, but this isn’t a shocker. It’s more surprising that we let it get this bad.” One of those simulations held by the federal government, as the New York Times reported, covered a pandemic that looked a lot like the one we’re facing now: a respiratory virus that started in China and made its way to the US and the rest of the world. Among the many problems, the Times found, were “deficiencies ‘in personal protective equipment use.’” The exercise found that the US didn’t have the means to quickly produce more PPE. When states turned to the federal government for help in the exercise, there was “confusion” and “bureaucratic chaos” as requests and submissions hit multiple agencies at once. This was far from the only simulation to produce these results, experts told me. Jeremy Konyndyk, senior policy fellow at the Center for Global Development, argued a previous outbreak should have acted as a warning for the world: the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. While working in President Barack Obama’s administration at the time, Konyndyk quickly realized that the US — and much of the world — was simply not ready for a major disease outbreak. “I came away from that experience just completely horrified at how unready we would be for something more dangerous than Ebola,” he said, noting Ebola was, thankfully, relatively hard to transmit. Indeed, experts and advocates argue that the US generally underfunds disease outbreak preparedness and public health programs more broadly. It’s these concerns that led the Obama administration, after the Ebola outbreak, to attempt to scale up preparedness by establishing a White House office dedicated solely to the issue and producing a 69-page playbook in case of an outbreak. But President Donald Trump’s administration neglected and rolled back these efforts, eventually disbanding the White House office.
We’ve seen the results in the botched rollout of coronavirus testing, but PPE offers another example. America could have shored up its supplies of PPE in its strategic stockpile. It could have ensured that there would be surge capacity to boost production in case of emergency. And it should have been doing this all before the coronavirus pandemic. But it didn’t, even after it became clearer, around January and February, that the coronavirus was a looming threat. By early March, federal officials acknowledged the Strategic National Stockpile had just 1 percent of the medical masks the country needed in a full-blown pandemic. “The US … was not prepared,” Jen Kates, director of global health and HIV policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told me. “A good preparedness plan would have helped address this and had things in place to allow for that increased need to be met.” So the US is playing catch-up with different public and private interventions to boost PPE production. Until that’s fixed, we simply don’t have enough medical masks to go around.
7) If medical masks are better, why shouldn’t I get some for myself? Because health care workers need them more, since they’re constantly in contact with those who are sick — in a way not many other people, if any, in the general public are. And even if you take a totally selfish perspective on this, there are good reasons to want health care workers to get these medical masks first. As coronavirus has spread, experts have talked up “flattening the curve.” The idea is to spread out the number of coronavirus cases — through social distancing, testing, contact tracing, and other protective measures — to avoid overwhelming the health care system. Here’s what that looks like in chart form:
An infographic that shows the goals of mitigation during an outbreak with two curves. The X-axis represents the number of daily cases and they Y-axis represents the amount of time since the first case. The first curve represents the number of cases when no protective measures during an outbreak are implemented and displays a large peak. The second curve is much lower, representing a much smaller rise in the number of cases if protective measures are implemented. Christina Animashaun/Vox
The PPE shortage could make it harder to flatten the curve of new cases if doctors and nurses get sick. But the line representing health care system capacity also isn’t a constant. If we develop more capacity, it can handle more cases at once. If capacity falls — if doctors and nurses get sick because of a lack of protective equipment, or refuse to work without conditions that can ensure their safety — even a flatter curve will be hard for the system to handle. That’s why experts, even those who acknowledge that the public would benefit from using masks, say that doctors and nurses should get priority: This isn’t just about keeping people on the front lines safe; it’s about keeping all of us safe. To put it in selfish terms: If you do get sick with the coronavirus or anything else during this pandemic, and you want to make sure that there are doctors and nurses available to treat you, you should let them get the masks they need first.
It’s true that we might all be better off wearing surgical masks in an ideal world. But that’s not the world we live in right now. For all our sakes, we should act accordingly.
8) If masks are so great, why is the CDC just telling us this now?
Officially, the CDC has said it changed its stance with the changing evidence. As it became clearer that asymptomatic transmission was happening with the coronavirus, the CDC argued, the benefits of everyone wearing a mask increased, since they could help stop transmission from people who don’t even know they’re sick. Unofficially, the answer is a little more complicated. In my discussions with public health officials and experts before the CDC changed its guidance, it seemed many people were afraid of saying anything that could exacerbate the PPE shortage for health care workers or get members of the general public to think — incorrectly — that they could ease social distancing measures if they just wear a mask. “I fear that if we tell everyone they should go out and buy masks, it will not only contribute to the PPE shortage,” Jaimie Meyer, an infectious disease expert at Yale University, told me, “but it will give a false sense of a ‘quick fix’ for protection, whereas people still need to be practicing social distancing strategies that are much more effective, though perhaps socially, psychologically, [and] logistically challenging.” Trump ordered more N95 masks. 3M says his tactics could make the shortage worse. Part of the issue is the CDC also operates on a different evidence level than a lot of the public. The agency tends to follow the best reviews of the scientific evidence with very rigorous standards for what’s a good study and what’s not. So what may sound like good enough evidence and reasoning to you and me may not be good enough for the CDC. Since the scientific evidence for public mask use isn’t great — even if it’s generally positive — the CDC, as an agency filled with scientists, was just more skeptical of taking a leap than many laypeople were. Regardless of the reasoning, the CDC’s messaging backfired. As health care workers clamored for masks, it became increasingly harder to tell the public that masks wouldn’t benefit everyone else. By obfuscating and failing to fully explain the issue, officials likely sowed distrust toward their guidance. And the public rushed to buy masks anyway.
9) How can I donate masks to health care workers?
The dire shortage of masks and other PPE has led to several options for donations: If you want to make and donate cloth masks, WeNeedMasks.org provides options for most states and Puerto Rico. If you have surgical masks, N95 respirators, and other PPE around, #GetUsPPE is another option. (Although note that many places will only take unopened supplies.)
If you’re a manufacturer or supplier, the N95 Project is trying to connect companies that make or have masks with the hospitals and clinics that need them. At this point in the pandemic, health care workers and facilities all over the country will gladly accept the help they can take. Some places, like New York and Louisiana, are dealing with much worse coronavirus outbreaks right now and really need the supplies today. But it’s also worth being realistic about just how far donations can go. Given the research, cloth masks are simply not suitable replacements for actual medical masks. With medical masks, N95 respirators are widely regarded as more effective than conventional surgical masks when properly fitted. So even with donations, it’s on the federal government to set up more production and coordination of supply lines to make sure places in need get PPE. It’s on private producers to step up and do what they can. (Some car, clothing, and pillow companies, among others, have already done so.) And it’s on us — to make sure that the existing supplies of masks and other PPE are made available to health care workers. Americans can accomplish that, in part, with donations, but we can also do that by not buying surgical masks or N95 respirators until the shortage is fixed, and instead relying on cloth and homemade coverings. So, yes, health experts recommend wearing a mask in public. Just don’t take one from health care workers. And keep doing all the other things public health officials recommend, like social distancing and washing your hands, as we deal with this pandemic. Support Vox’s explanatory journalism Every day at Vox, we aim to answer your most important questions and provide you, and our audience around the world, with information that has the power to save lives. Our mission has never been more vital than it is in this moment: to empower you through understanding. Vox’s work is reaching more people than ever, but our distinctive brand of explanatory journalism takes resources — particularly during a pandemic and an economic downturn. Your financial contribution will not constitute a donation, but it will enable our staff to continue to offer free articles, videos, and podcasts at the quality and volume that this moment requires. Please consider making a contribution to Vox today. Since the beginning of March and the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic in Europe, Chinese companies have sold nearly 4 billion face masks overseas, according to authorities. For Beijing, this is a perfect way to change the narrative: China is now offering its assistance to virus-hit countries while trying to leave the mistakes of the early outbreak in the past. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, face masks have become a hot commodity and international competition is fierce. Last week, a number of French politicians accused the US of buying up Chinese face masks ordered by France. In one case, the Americans allegedly outbid the French on the airport tarmac in China. China is the biggest producer of masks on the planet and is getting orders from around the world. With the Covid-19 pandemic now under control in the country, factories have been mobilised to boost production. Since early April, China has been able to produce 200 million masks a day. In the case of a second wave of infections, will China continue to send masks to the entire planet? With a population of 1.5 billion inhabitants, the country would need to protect itself too. Mathematical modeling has shown that transmission of an outbreak may be delayed by closing schools. However, effectiveness depends on the contacts children maintain outside of school. Often, one parent has to take time off work, and prolonged closures may be required. These factors could result in social and economic disruption. Modeling and simulation studies based on U.S. data suggest that if 10% of affected workplaces are closed, the overall infection transmission rate is around 11.9% and the epidemic peak time is slightly delayed. In contrast, if 33% of affected workplaces are closed, the attack rate decreases to 4.9%, and the peak time is delayed by one week. Workplace closures include closure of "non-essential" businesses and social services ("non-essential" means those facilities that do not maintain primary functions in the community, as opposed to essential services). Cancellation of mass gatherings includes sports events, films or musical shows. Evidence suggesting that mass gatherings increase the potential for infectious disease transmission is inconclusive.[30] Anecdotal evidence suggests certain types of mass gatherings may be associated with increased risk of influenza transmission, and may also "seed" new strains into an area, instigating community transmission in a pandemic. During the 1918 influenza pandemic, military parades in Philadelphia and Bostonmay have been responsible for spreading the disease by mixing infected sailors with crowds of civilians. Restricting mass gatherings, in combination with other social distancing interventions, may help reduce transmission.Border restrictions or internal travel restrictions are unlikely to delay an epidemic by more than two to three weeks unless implemented with over 99% coverage.Airport screening was found to be ineffective in preventing viral transmission during the 2003 SARS outbreak in Canada[35] and the U.S.[36] Strict border controls between Austria and the Ottoman Empire, imposed from 1770 until 1871 to prevent persons infected with the bubonic plague from entering Austria, were reportedly effective, as there were no major outbreaks of plague in Austrian territory after they were established, whereas the Ottoman Empire continued to suffer frequent epidemics of plague until the mid-nineteenth century. A Northeastern University study published in March 2020 found that "travel restrictions to and from China only slow down the international spread of COVID-19 [when] combined with efforts to reduce transmission on a community and an individual level. [...] Travel restrictions aren't enough unless we couple it with social distancing."[39] The study found that the travel ban in Wuhan delayed the spread of the disease to other parts of mainland China only by three to five days, although it did reduce the spread of international cases by as much as 80 percent. A primary reason travel restrictions were less effective is that many people with COVID-19 do not show symptoms during the early stages of infection.
Hii, may mà hôm nay nhớ sn Bơ =)), xém tí nữa là qên lẫn :D.
- Hppy Birthday My Baby :*
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_pbFDXL1ME&feature=related - [Fancam] 110514 Cute and Playful 'Gongchan (B1A4)' at Cheon ju Fansign XD
Có thể thấy là nó dễ thương đến mức nào, chịu hết nỗi rồi ... Ở nhà có cả mớ Poster hình nó, tối tối ngủ là lấy ra xem. Omo, cái tính nghiện trai của mình đại lên cao tới tầng thứ 99 rồi :-ss
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# SHINee, B2ST, U-KISS, SISTAR & more perform at ‘Invincible Baseball’ concert
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CTvaR...! - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - SHINee - Replay - KBS Invincible Baseball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MJOEd... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - SHINee - Lucifer - KBS Invincible Baseball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=F7_fW... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - Sistar - So cool - KBS Invincible Baseball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRoXfHDYSUU&feature=player_em... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - Sistar - How dare you - KBS Invincible Baseball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aZbQu... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - U-Kiss - Neverland - KBS Invicible Baseball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZB-mL... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - B2ST - Shock - KBS Invincible Basebal Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DhMD6... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - B2ST - Fiction - KBS Invincible Basketball Field of Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCX5SEdkMzQ&feature=player_em... - [Live HD 720p] 110913 - B2ST - Beautiful - KBS Invincible Baseball Field of Dreams
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TÔI ĐA TÀI.
Haha :>
I uploaded a picture of the Flakfland war fleet and added images of each ship appearing there. But not the HMS Invicible. As we have the 40th annual year of this conflict, it may be a good time to complete this now.
Here we are.
HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. She took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned, and was eventually sold for scrap in February 2011.
I uploaded a picture of the Falkfland war fleet and added images of each ship appearing there. But not the HMS Invicible. As we have the 40th annual year of this conflict, it may be a good time to complete this now.
Here we are.
HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. She took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned, and was eventually sold for scrap in February 2011.
Also seen in Rush Green in 1987 was this A-registered Guy Invicible, which seemed to make a very nice greenhouse for the weeds. I expect its fell to bits by now.
1974 British Lions tour to South Africa
Squad
Management
Manager Alun Thomas (Wales)
Coach Syd Millar (Ireland)
Backline
Fullbacks:
JPR Williams (London Welsh and Wales)
Andy Irvine (Heriot's FP and Scotland)
Wings:
Tom Grace (St Mary's College RFC and Ireland)
J.J. Williams (Llanelli and Wales)
William Steele (Bedford and R.A.F. and Scotland)
Clive Rees (London Welsh and Wales)
Alan Morley (Bristol and England) as replacement
Centres:
Richard Milliken (Bangor and Ireland)
Ian McGeechan (Headingley and Scotland)
Roy Bergiers (Llanelli and Wales)
Geoff Evans (Coventry and England)
Flyhalves:
Phil Bennett (Llanelli and Wales)
Alan Old (Leicester and England)
Mike Gibson (North of Ireland FC and Ireland) as replacement
Scrumhalves:
Gareth Edwards (Cardiff and Wales)
John Moloney (St. Mary's College and Ireland)
Forwards
Hookers
Bobby Windsor (Pontypool and Wales)
Ken Kennedy (London Irish and Ireland)
Props
Ian McLauchlan (Jordanhill College RFC and Scotland)
Sandy Carmichael (West of Scotland and Scotland)
Fran Cotton (Coventry and England)
Mike Burton (Gloucester and England)
Locks
Willie John McBride (capt) (Ballymena and Ireland)
Chris Ralston (Richmond and England)
Gordon Brown (West of Scotland and Scotland)
Roger Uttley (Gosforth and England)
Loose Forwards
Fergus Slattery (Blackrock College and Ireland)
Stewart McKinney (Dungannon and Ireland)
Tom David (Llanelli and Wales)
Tony Neary (Broughton Park and England)
Andy Ripley (Rosslyn Park and England)
Mervyn Davies (Swansea and Wales)
Photo prise à l'aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS-LFBO) en France.
Picture taken at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS-LFBO) in France.
I uploaded a picture of the Flakfland war fleet and added images of each ship appearing there. But not the HMS Invicible. As we have the 40th annual year of this conflict, it may be a good time to complete this now.
Here we are.
HMS Invincible was the Royal Navy's lead ship of her class of three light aircraft carriers. She was launched on 3 May 1977 as the seventh ship to carry the name. She was originally designated as an anti-submarine warfare carrier, but was used as an aircraft carrier during the Falklands War, when she was deployed with HMS Hermes. She took over as flagship of the British fleet when Hermes was sold to India. Invincible was also deployed in the Yugoslav Wars and the Second Gulf War (Iraq War). In 2005, she was decommissioned, and was eventually sold for scrap in February 2011.
Awarded Nov 2013: Honorable Mention in NSFF´s national photo contest - Fall 2013
Klasse: Fargeprint
Choosen to be part of the Norwegian national team of contributers to the FIAP World Cup 2014 "Friendship & Solidarity"
Chosen to be included in the NSFF (Norwegian Photography Assosiation) annual yearbook 2013. Also displayed at Nordern Light exhibition in Kristiansund, Norway - May 2014
1974 British Lions tour to South Africa
Squad
Management
Manager Alun Thomas (Wales)
Coach Syd Millar (Ireland)
Backline
Fullbacks:
JPR Williams (London Welsh and Wales)
Andy Irvine (Heriot's FP and Scotland)
Wings:
Tom Grace (St Mary's College RFC and Ireland)
J.J. Williams (Llanelli and Wales)
William Steele (Bedford and R.A.F. and Scotland)
Clive Rees (London Welsh and Wales)
Alan Morley (Bristol and England) as replacement
Centres:
Richard Milliken (Bangor and Ireland)
Ian McGeechan (Headingley and Scotland)
Roy Bergiers (Llanelli and Wales)
Geoff Evans (Coventry and England)
Flyhalves:
Phil Bennett (Llanelli and Wales)
Alan Old (Leicester and England)
Mike Gibson (North of Ireland FC and Ireland) as replacement
Scrumhalves:
Gareth Edwards (Cardiff and Wales)
John Moloney (St. Mary's College and Ireland)
Forwards
Hookers
Bobby Windsor (Pontypool and Wales)
Ken Kennedy (London Irish and Ireland)
Props
Ian McLauchlan (Jordanhill College RFC and Scotland)
Sandy Carmichael (West of Scotland and Scotland)
Fran Cotton (Coventry and England)
Mike Burton (Gloucester and England)
Locks
Willie John McBride (capt) (Ballymena and Ireland)
Chris Ralston (Richmond and England)
Gordon Brown (West of Scotland and Scotland)
Roger Uttley (Gosforth and England)
Loose Forwards
Fergus Slattery (Blackrock College and Ireland)
Stewart McKinney (Dungannon and Ireland)
Tom David (Llanelli and Wales)
Tony Neary (Broughton Park and England)
Andy Ripley (Rosslyn Park and England)
Mervyn Davies (Swansea and Wales)
Photo prise à l'aéroport de Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS-LFBO) en France.
Picture taken at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS-LFBO) in France.
50025 "Invicible" - West Ealing - 1841 - 17/05/85 (Un-identified [Headcode / Origin / Departure time] ECS working to London Paddington, which consisted of 8 mki / mkii coaches after working 1F36 - 1711 SX London Paddington to Twyford).
"In the depth of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invicible summer." - Albert Camus.
Big Bear City, California - January 2011.
This is Allan who owns and runs Haunted Tattoo on Holloway Road in London.
I actually met him a few years ago in Crouch End through Demian, but have really got to know him the last few months while hanging out as Inma works on my leg.
His speciality is Horror themed tattoos, specifically Zombies. (hence the name of the shop - Haunted)
We bonded over a mutual love of "The Walking Dead" and he got me into "Invicible", and i got him to "Y: The Last Man"
Corporal Alana Zanchetta with 5 Combat Engineer Regiment (5 CER) participates in the construction of a bridge during exercise SAPEUR INVINCIBLE, in the training areas of 2nd Canadian Division Support Base Valcartier (Quebec), on 13 September 2022.
Photo: Corporal Sébastien Lauzier-Labarre, Valcartier Imaging Services
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La caporale Alana Zanchetta du 5e Régiment du génie de combat (5 RGC) participe à la construction d’un pont au cours de l'exercice SAPEUR INVINCIBLE, dans les secteurs d'entraînement de la Base de soutien de la 2e Division du Canada, à Québec, le 13 septembre 2022.
Photo : Caporal Sébastien Lauzier-Labarre, Services d'imagerie Valcartier
Guy Invicible tanker of Regent Oil with a 3,000 gallon tank. I worked for a beer and mineral water bottlers in the sixties and they ran two of them, An Invincible with a Gardner and a Warrior with an AEC unit.
A quick compact side arm favored by solo spacers and pilots.
//DATA-LOG-006//
Well, things had been relatively calm, as far as captivities go. The UNGC agent had secured me in a cell aboard her ship and ordered the pilot to get out as fast as possible. It wasn't an elaborate cell, the ship wasn't a prison ship. It looked like she had hired a pilot and a ship. The UNGC agents were scouring the worlds to lock up what was left of those in the EC and rebellion alike who refused to put down their arms. Those, and people like him, deemed too involved to be left alone. My freedom could be an offense that rallies EC remnants, or I may stir up Rebels. The UNGC wasn't going to take that risk, they wanted peace and they would force it upon the system by whatever arbitrary means they deemed necessary. Never mind that it wouldn't work. There would always be wars.
By the looks of it though, the UNGC agents were starting to run out of funds. Likely this is why this particular agent was so intent on capturing me, because success in this mission would directly effect the funds allotted for the next.
So I sat there staring at the cell around me pondering escape. It was a simple and sturdy cell. Invicible? no. But I was afraid that I hadn't much to leverage in my favor. My captor never came in to interrogate me. The trip hadn't been long enough yet that she deemed it necessary to feed me. no opportunities, no tools to work with. I had escaped from worse, but I also had more to work with. All I had was info.
See, the ship was fairly small, and so any and all conversation that occurred outside of the private quarters or the cockpit was audible to me. Muffled, but I could hear it. I managed to piece together that apparently there was a growing suspicion between the pilot and my captor that we were being stalked by something. Stealth craft of a technology beyond what the UNGC had. This, of course, was deemed impossible by the UNGC agent. Ant it was also confirmed as a cold hard fact by the pilot. I was beginning to think my suspicion that the strange armored attackers from the Techron station were after me. Not the most comforting thought.
This was also accompanied by the nagging feeling that something was familiar about all this, and yet nothing came to mind.
Then things changed. We had docked at some port to refuel. The UNGC agent was against it, after the two previous attempts to dock somewhere had brought the discovery of strange craft waiting for us. She didn't want to risk it again, in case the craft decide to force us to land. But the ship was going to land here, or it was going to crash soon after. It couldn't run any further without resupply. She wasn't paying the pilot that much, and she certainly couldn't afford to replace his ship. The last thing I had heard before the UNGC agent left the ship was that the docking process went smooth, and despite her fears there wasn't a foreign ship in sight. Sounded optimistic.
And yet, much to my surprise it wasn't long before this all changed. The ship took off with lurch, and the jump engine whirred up quickly. We had fuel, but I hadn't heard the UNGC agent come back on board. As I pondered this, my cell door slid open, the pilot hauling me to my feet and led me out of the cell.
"So... this is new." I fished for an explanation.
"Look, nothing personal, just following orders. The UNGC lady wants me to dump you on the nearest planet."
"What!? What do you mean?" I didn't particularly like how the conversation was going.
"Sorry, that wasn't a good place to start. She called back to the ship. Those weird guys that've been following us were there after all. They just thought to hide their ships this time. The whole station was crawling with them."
"I see... that doesn't help me understand why I'm getting let go."
"She is leading them away, hoping to lose them. You are more valuable to her alive and she isn't sure if these guys want you that way as well. So she told me to jump and dump you off as fast as possible. She knows she can find you again."
"Thanks." That one burned a little. Was I that easy to track? I had tried to lay low for awhile, even setting up a convincing alternate identity. Perhaps I had just gotten lazy after so long.
"Alright, I don't have enough fuel to land, and it'd take to long... they'd see us. You're going down in the lifepod. I hope I don't regret wasting it on you."
My mind was racing. This was my chance, but I need a few things in my favor.
"So... you're just a hired wing, right?"
"Yes."
"What all did she pay you for?"
"To fly her around, what do you think genius?"
"That is it?"
"Yes... what are you getting at."
"Well, clearly she didn't pay you to be a prison guard." I shook my wrist restraints to make my point. "You could set me free, it'd improve my chances of surviving this all."
He paused, thinking for a moment. He glanced behind him, as if he expected to see the UNGC agent behind him. Then he quickly stepped forward and unlocked my restraints.
"There. And, one professional to another," He reached into his holster and tossed me his firearm. "That UNGC lady, and her people, have annoyed me to no end. They walk in here smashing things in the name of keeping peace, but they don't deal with any of the actual problems. So do me a favor, I cut you loose, now give that UNGC lady a hell of a time trying to catch you, got it?"
I liked the way this guy was thinking.
"Yeah... yeah, I can do it, thanks. Nice piece by the way."
"Thanks, it has served me good. Now I'm gonna pretend you beat me up for it so I can bill the UNGC to get a better weapon." He grinned momentarily, before abruptly slamming the launch button for the pod. Further conversation was cut off as the door slammed shut and the pod, with me inside, blasted away from the craft.
//END-LOG//
Some of you may have noticed that, unfortunately, owing to the fact that a certain person who sells truck photos on eBay commercially has been lifting my images from this album and selling them I have had to remove 2300 photos that didn't have a watermark. I have now run around 1700 through Lightroom and added a watermark with the intention of bulk uploading them again. Rather than watermark the existing (hidden) files in Flickr one at a time it will be easier to do it this way. I definitely won’t be adding individual tags with the make and model of each vehicle I will just add generic transport tags. Each photo is named after the vehicle and reg in any case. For anyone new to these images there is a chapter and verse explanation below. It is staggering how many times I get asked questions that a quick scan would answer or just as likely I can’t possibly answer – I didn’t take them, but, just to clarify-I do own the copyright- and I do pursue copyright theft.
This is a collection of scanned prints from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection, 30,000 prints, 20,000 negatives – and copyright! – had been offered to me and one of the national transport magazines previously by a friend of Jim's, on behalf of Jim's wife. I initially turned them down, already having over 30,000 of my own prints filed away and taking space up. Several months later the prints were still for sale – at what was, apparently, the going rate. It was a lot of money and I deliberated for quite a while before deciding to buy them. I did however buy them directly from Jim’s wife and she delivered them personally – just to quash the occasional rumour from people who can’t mind their own business. Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, 1200 to a box, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them. The prints are generally in excellent condition and I initially stored them in a bedroom without ever looking at any of them. In 2006 I built an extension and they had to be well protected from dust and moved a few times. Ultimately my former 6x7 box room office has become their (and my own work’s) permanent home.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jim’s work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work. His early work consists of many thousands of lustre 6x4 prints which are difficult to scan well, later work is almost entirely 7x5 glossy, much easier to scan. Not all of the prints are pin sharp but I can generally print successfully to A4 from a scan.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. The bigger fleets have so many similar vehicles and registration numbers that it is impossible to get it right all of the time. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC’s - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine.
Unfortunately, many truck spotters have swapped and traded their work without copyright marking it as theirs. These people never anticipated the ease with which images would be shared online in the future. I would guess that having swapped and traded photos for many years that it is almost impossible to control their future use. Anyone wanting to control the future use of their work would have been well advised to copyright mark their work (as many did) and would be well advised not to post them on photo sharing sites without a watermark as the whole point of these sites is to share the image, it is very easy for those that wish, to lift any image, despite security settings, indeed, Flickr itself, warns you that this is the case. It was this abuse and theft of my material that led me to watermark all of my later uploads. I may yet withdraw non-watermarked photos, I haven’t decided yet. (I did in the end)
To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads – I didn’t take them! There are many vehicles that were well known to me as Jim only lived down the road from me (although I didn’t know him), however scanning, titling, tagging and uploading is laborious and time consuming enough, I do however provide a fair amount of information with my own transport (and other) photos. I am aware that there are requests from other Flickr users that are unanswered, I stumble across them months or years after they were posted, this isn’t deliberate. Some weekends one or two “enthusiasts” can add many hundreds of photos as favourites, this pushes requests that are in the comments section ten or twenty pages out of sight and I miss them. I also have notifications switched off, I receive around 50 emails a day through work and I don’t want even more from Flickr. Other requests, like many other things, I just plain forget – no excuses! Uploads of Jim’s photos will be infrequent as it is a boring pastime and I would much rather work on my own output.
For the full story regarding this collection of images Please read the NEW album introduction HERE; www.flickr.com/photos/jbschofield/sets/72157632196706891/... It tells a much fuller story than that provided below.
This is a scanned print from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection consisted of 30,000 prints,20,000 negatives – and copyright! Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jims work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC's - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine. To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads in this Album – I didn't take them!
None of my photographs are free to use - only free to view!
Please read the album intro’ before contacting me with requests, it may answer your query.
Thank you for taking the time to look and best regards
Mark Schofield
Tôi không muốn đâu :(( huhu
Nhưng biết phải làm sao giờ?
Bây giờ thì không thể ngừng yêu NẤM được nữa :((
Ai đó làm ơn ngăn cản tôi điiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...
Trước đây, tôi đã từng ghét Nấm, ghét nhiều lắm...
Và tôi biết rằng, gương mặt xinh xắn như thiên thần kia, không phải hàng thật T.T
Tôi đã từng ghét snsd =.="
Nhưng rồi xem Invicible Youth :( thích Yuri
Rồi cứ dần dần như thế, tôi trở thành Sone :((
Cass, V.I.P, Black Jack, E.L.F v..v... đều đã ngăn cản tôi...nói rằng " Quay đầu là bờ "
Nhưng biế sao được...khi mỗi ngày về đến nhà là lại lên Youtube tìm từ khóa "SNSD TIFFANY", rồi lên Soshivn, rồi 360kpop * xem phần so nyu shi dae *
Và giờ đây, không thể ngừng yêu Nấm được nữa :((
Vì đã quá yêu nấm rồi :((
Yêu từ gương mặt, cho đến tính cách....
Dù không biết là có phải giả tạo hay không
Nhưng rất thích...
Vì thế, làm ơn đừng chửi Tiff nữa .....
Chỉ là Tiff không chưa thạo tiếng Hàn thôi mà :(( không phải cố ý vô lễ đâu :((
Don't hate Tiffany...Please
2 x Nirvana da Dior
No anelar Indian Holi da Penelope Luz
1 x topc coat Invicible
Estou amando esse top coat comprado na esmalteria da kk. Nao tinha lido nada a respeito dele, comprei na sorte. A secagem é rapida demais e o brilho perfeito!
Tantos colores, tantos detalles y aún así son invicibles... Gracias a Albi por prestarme algunas monedas para darles (no tenía nada de dinero en ese momento)...
So many colours, so many details and yet, they're still invisible... Thanks to Albi for lending me some change to give to them (I didn't have any money at that time)...