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The Holy Scriptures speaks about increase lawness and cruelty in the last days.
I'm sure this is not confined within one location or a country, but all across the world, an increase lawlessness abound. If we haven't witnessed real time cruelty done to another human being, pay attention to animals. Countless animal cruelty happening that it's ignored, tolerated or just majority of people couldn't be bothered to raised alarms against the practice.
As I love animals, this cruelty has impacted me.
Matthew 24:12
"And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold."
Proverbs 12:10
"Whoever is righteous has regard for the life of his beast, but the mercy of the wicked is cruel."
Luke 12:6
"Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God."
Numbers 22:32
"And the angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me."
Isaiah 66:3
"“He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck; he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood; he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol. These have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations;"
Job 38:42
"Who provides for the raven its prey, when its young ones cry to God for help, and wander about for lack of food?"
God gave man dominion over animals but not to abuse them.
The increase of population spurs technological progress and creates that anxiety which sets us against our environment as an enemy; while technology both facilitates increase of population and reinforces our arrogance, or "hubris," vis-à-vis the natural environment.
The attached diagram illustrates the interconnections. It will be noted that in this diagram each corner is clockwise, denoting that each is by itself a self-promoting (or, as the scientists say,"auto catalytic") phenomenon: the bigger the population, the faster it grows; the more technology we have, the faster the rate of new invention; and the more we believe in our "power" over an enemy environment, the more "power" we seem to have and the more spiteful the environment seems to be.
(for the diagram see: www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/ecology/sick.htm )
... The ideas which dominate our civilization at the present time date in their most virulent form from the
Industrial Revolution. They may be summarized as:
(a) It's us against the environment.
(b) It's us against other men.
(c) It's the 'individual (or the individual company, or the individual nation) that matters.
(d) We can have unilateral control over the environment and must strive for that control.
(e) We live within an infinitely expanding "frontier."
(f) Economic determinism is common sense.
(g) Technology will do it for us.
We submit that these ideas are simply proved false by the great but ultimately destructive achievements of our technology in the last 150 years. Likewise they appear to be false under modern ecological theory. The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself.
Gregory Bateson, "The Roots of Ecological Crisis" (1972)..YES 1972 !!!!!
White light: Takahaski 120 mm 1.4X extender Lunt wedge Televue 2X powermate Nikon Z8
Calcium light: Lunt 80 mm Lunt calcium module Televue 2X powermate ZWO 1294 camera.
Sunspot 3976-8 is large and complex and in calcium shows activity that might yet ramp up to a significant flare.
Big Cypress National Preserve
Southern Florida
USA
Alligator photographed in a national preserve 45 minutes from my home. I have no idea of its length. The many reflections and color in the water were created by plants growing by the water. It appears I have a visiting dragonfly on its back.
The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae.
Adult male American alligators measure 11.2 to 15.1 ft in length, and can weigh up to (999 lb). Females are smaller, measuring (8.5 to 9.8 ft) in length.
The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to southeastern and coastal North Carolina.
American alligators are apex predators and consume fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Hatchlings feed mostly on invertebrates.
They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms.
Throughout the year, in particular during the breeding season, American alligators bellow to declare territory and locate suitable mates. Male American alligators use infrasound to attract females.
The conservation status of the American alligator is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Historically, hunting had decimated their population, and the American alligator was listed as an endangered species by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Subsequent conservation efforts have allowed their numbers to increase and the species was removed from endangered status in 1987. The species is the official state reptile of three states: Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
The Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft's BR 01 steam locomotives were the first standardised (Einheitsdampflokomotive) steam express passenger locomotives built by the unified German railway system. They were of 4-6-2 "Pacific" wheel arrangement in the Whyte notation, or 2′C1′ h2 in the UIC classification. The idea of standardisation was that it would reduce maintenance costs; i.e. if a BR 01 whose engine shop was in, say, Berlin broke down in Dresden, instead of having to ship the necessary part from Berlin and take the locomotive out of service, a part from the Dresden shop could be used as all of the engines, parts, and workings were exactly the same and produced nationwide. Thus it was a "standard" product for engine shops.
The firms of AEG and Borsig, who were the main manufacturers of these engines, together with Henschel, Hohenzollern, Krupp and BMAG previously Schwartzkopff, delivered a total of 231 examples of this Einheitsdampflokomotive between 1926 and 1938 for the fast passenger services of the Deutsche Reichsbahn.
To begin with, 10 locomotives of this class were built with two-cylinder engines for comparison purposes alongside a similar batch of 10 engines of their sister Class 02, which had four-cylinder compounding. Extensive measurement and trial runs were conducted, but after lengthy discussions the controversial decision finally fell in favour of the two-cylinder configuration, which was simpler to maintain but less powerful and less economical than the four-cylinder compounds.
The first Class 01 locomotive that went into service was not 01 001, but 01 008, which is preserved today in the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum. The mass production of Class 01s was somewhat delayed at first because in the 1920s there were neither enough routes with the necessary axle load of 20 tons nor sufficiently large turntables. Not until the beginning of the 1930s did the Class 01 become the predominant express train locomotive of the Deutsche Reichsbahn. By 1938 there were 231 Class 01 locomotives available for the prestigious express train duties. Another 10 four-cylinder Class 02 locomotives (01 111, 01 233–241) were converted to two-cylinder Class 01 models between 1937 to 1942. To accommodate for the many routes with axle load restrictions too low for Class 01 service, in the early 1930s, a third variant was created: the Class 03 designed with a two-cylinder engine and axle load of 18 ton, of which no less than 298 were built. Launched in 1939, the three-cylinder DRG Class 01.10 was a further development of the 01.
A total of five series or batches were delivered, each with minor variations: 01 001–010 (1926), 01 112–076 (1927–28), 01 077–101 (1930–31), 01 102–190 (1934–1936), 01 191–232 (1937–1938).
Even in the 1930s the employment of Class 01s was limited to the relatively few routes that had already been modified to take a 20 ton axle load. From Berlin outwards they were the Anhalt, Lehrte and Hamburg lines. The Berlin City Railway had first to be strengthened by reinforcing the viaduct arches. Up to 1930, the first 90 engines were stationed at the locomotive depots of Essen, Nuremberg, Erfurt P, Berlin Ahb, Hamm, Magdeburg Hbf, Kassel, Hanover, Hamburg Altona, Bebra and Offenburg. From 1931 they were also stabled at Frankfurt (M) 1, Berlin Leb, Braunschweig, Berlin Pog, Schneidemühl, Königsberg, Göttingen P, Paderborn, Dresden Alt, Breslau, Cologne Deutzerfeld, Hof and Halle P.
Originally, the Class 01's top speed was restricted to 120 km/h. In order to raise this to 130 km/h, the diameter of the leading wheels was changed from its original 850 mm to 1,000 mm on locomotives from operating number 01 102 onwards and brake effort was increased by installing double-sided working of the brake shoes on the coupled wheels and by braking the trailing wheels. The air and feed pumps were located in smokebox recesses behind the large Wagner smoke deflectors, which had been fitted from 01 077 onwards. (Earlier models were also refitted with Wagner type deflectors later). This made access to the pumps for maintenance purposes more difficult and later Einheitsloks had their pumps located in the middle of the vehicle on delivery. The Deutsche Bundesbahn converted their engines to the smaller Witte smoke deflectors and moved the pumps to the running board in the centre of the vehicle. The Deutsche Reichsbahn in East Germany shied away from such major changes to the load distribution, so that only minor modifications in appearance can be seen even in their last years.
From the third series (01 077 et seq.) the boilers were delivered with longer smoke tubes and thus a shorter firebox. All engines originally had a central lock for the smokebox door. The first locomotives had gas lighting on delivery; from 01 010 they had electrical lighting and the last few batches were given a third headlight.
The Class 01s were equipped with 2'2 T 30, 2'2' T 32 or 2'2' T 34 tenders. Their coal capacity was 10 tons of stone coal, and the water tank held either 30, 32 or 34 cubic metres of water. The prototype locomotives, 01 001 to 01 010, were supplied with the smaller 2'2 T 30 tenders, because there were not enough large turntables around. Later these tenders were only used if they were absolutely necessary, e.g. in cross-border services with the Netherlands. From the second series (01 012 et seq.) on, the Class 01 was furnished with rivetted 2'2' T 32 tenders. The welded tenders, class 2'2' T 34, appeared only by way of exchange (mainly from brand new Class 44) locomotives. Thereafter they were almost the only ones used during the war years and after the Second World War, because they had a larger water capacity.
Class 01 locomotives remained in service with the Deutsche Bundesbahn until 1973. In the DR, they were still working up to the early 1980s, largely in their original state with large smoke deflectors. They were legendary in their last years for hauling the D-Zug services on the Berlin-Dresden route up to autumn 1977. Only when the large Soviet DR Class 132 diesel locomotives arrived, the Class 01 express train locomotives were finally forced out of scheduled services in the GDR after almost 50 years.
In the past couple months I have grown an increasing love for film photography, you can bet that’s what this account is going to turn into. Taken on the streets of Chicago on my Canon AL-1, this was one of those grab and go shots I snagged while walking to Ogilvie so i’m not too sure where this was. Sure was a neat sign, not sure how the beer tastes though.
Portra 800
Cap matches colour of contents
Bomb the steezy way
Dcypher
Enamel
With CBS rust inhibitor
Increased painting speed
Insane can control
Wilder styles
No 1995
Destined to rule
Warning - Flammable burners
Keep away from walls & trains
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aka
"Nicotine acts at receptors for ACh, and increases DA in the mesolimbic pathway." G. Davay et al.
60004 7V06 (1020 TO or SX? STP Welbeck Colliery - Didcot Power Station Merry-go-round coal train, which was formed of c36 [later increased to 45] HAAs loaded with "Black Gold" & departed 20 minutes early at 1000 - Stenson Jn - 1403 - 15/03/94.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Dover
The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait, historically known as the Dover Narrows (French: pas de Calais [pɑ d(ə)‿kalɛ], "Strait of Calais"; Dutch: Nauw van Kales [nʌu̯ vɑn kaːˈlɛː] or Straat van Dover), is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel, marking the boundary between the Channel and North Sea, separating Great Britain from continental Europe. The shortest distance across the strait, 33.3 kilometres (20.7 miles; 18.0 nautical miles), is from the South Foreland, northeast of Dover in the English county of Kent, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. Between these points lies the most popular route for cross-channel swimmers.[1] The entire strait is within the territorial waters of France and the United Kingdom, but a right of transit passage under the UNCLOS exists allowing unrestricted shipping.[2][3][4]
On a clear day, it is possible to see the opposite coastline of England from France and vice versa with the naked eye, with the most famous and obvious sight being the white cliffs of Dover from the French coastline and shoreline buildings on both coastlines, as well as lights on either coastline at night, as in Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach".
Shipping traffic
Most maritime traffic between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea and Baltic Sea passes through the Strait of Dover, rather than taking the longer and more dangerous route around the north of Scotland. The strait is the busiest international seaway in the world, used by over 400 commercial vessels daily.[3] This has made traffic safety a critical issue, with HM Coastguard and the Maritime Gendarmerie maintaining a 24-hour watch over the strait and enforcing a strict regime of shipping lanes.[5]
In addition to the intensive east–west traffic, the strait is crossed from north to south by ferries linking Dover to Calais and Dunkirk.[3] Until 1994 these provided the only route across it for land transport. The Channel Tunnel now provides an alternative route, crossing beneath the strait at an average depth of 45 m (148 ft) below the seabed.
The town of Dover gives its name to one of the sea areas of the British Shipping Forecast.
Geological formation
Map showing the hypothetical extent of Doggerland (c. 10,000 BCE), which provided a land bridge between Great Britain and continental Europe
The strait is believed to have been created by the erosion of a land bridge that linked the Weald in Great Britain to the Boulonnais in the Pas de Calais. The predominant geology on both the British and French sides and on the seafloor is chalk. Although somewhat resistant to erosion, erosion of both coasts has created the famous white cliffs of Dover in the UK and the Cap Blanc Nez in France. The Channel Tunnel was bored through solid chalk.
The Rhine (as the Urstrom) flowed northwards into the North Sea as the sea level fell during the start of the first of the Pleistocene Ice Ages. The ice created a dam from Scandinavia to Scotland, and the Rhine, combined with the Thames and drainage from much of north Europe, created a vast lake behind the dam, which eventually spilled over the Weald into the English Channel. This overflow channel became the Strait of Dover about 425,000 years ago. A narrow deep channel along the middle of the strait was the bed of the Rhine in the last Ice Age. A geological deposit in East Anglia marks the old preglacial northward course of the Rhine.
A 2007 study[6][7] concluded the English Channel was formed by erosion caused by two major floods. The first was about 425,000 years ago, when an ice-dammed lake in the southern North Sea overflowed and broke the Weald-Artois chalk range in a catastrophic erosion and flood event. Afterwards, the Thames and Scheldt flowed through the gap into the English Channel, but the Meuse and Rhine still flowed northwards. In a second flood about 225,000 years ago the Meuse and Rhine were ice-dammed into a lake that broke catastrophically through a high weak barrier (perhaps chalk, or an end-moraine left by the ice sheet). Both floods cut massive flood channels in the dry bed of the English Channel, somewhat like the Channeled Scablands or the Wabash River in the USA. A further update in 2017, attributed a series of previously described underwater holes in the Channel floor -"100m deep" and in places "several kilometres in diameter" to lake water plunging over a rock ridge causing isolated depressions or plunge pools.[8] The melting ice and rising sea levels submerged Doggerland, the area linking Britain to France 6,500–6,200 BCE.
The Lobourg strait, a major feature of the strait's seafloor, runs its 6 km (4 mi) wide slash on a NNE–SSW axis. Nearer to the French coast than to the English coast, it runs along the Varne sandbank where it plunges to 68 m (223 ft) at its deepest, and along the latter's south-east neighbour the Ridge bank (French name "Colbart"[9]) with a maximum depth of 62 m (203 ft).[10]
Marine wildlife
The submarine depth of the strait varies between 68 m (223 ft) at the Lobourg strait and 20 m (66 ft) at the highest banks. It presents a succession of rocky areas relatively deserted by ships wanting to spare their nets, and of sandy flats and sub-aqueous dunes. The strong currents of the Channel are slowed down around the rocky areas of the strait, with formation of countercurrents and calmer zones where many species can find shelter.[11] In these calmer zones, the water is clearer than in the rest of the strait; thus algae can grow despite the 30 m (98 ft) average depth and help increase diversity in the local species – some of which are endemic to the strait. Moreover, this is a transition zone for the species of the Atlantic Ocean and those of the southern part of the North Sea.
This mix of various environments promotes a wide variety of wildlife.[12]
The Ridens de Boulogne, a 10–20 m (33–66 ft) deep[13] rocky high ground partially covered with sand located 15 nmi (28 km; 17 mi) to the west of Boulogne, boasts the highest production of maerl in the strait.[13]
A 682 km2 (263 sq mi) area of the strait is classified as a Natura 2000 protection zone listed under the name Ridens et dunes hydrauliques du Pas de Calais (Ridens and sub-aqueous dunes of the Dover Strait). This area includes the sub-aqueous dunes of Varne, Colbart, Vergoyer and Bassurelle, the Ridens de Boulogne, and the Lobourg channel which provides calmer and clearer waters due to its depth reaching 68 m (223 ft).[14]
Unusual crossings
Many crossings other than in conventional vessels have been attempted, including by pedalo, jetpack, bathtub, amphibious vehicle and more commonly by swimming. French law bans many of these while English law does not, so most such crossings originate in England.[citation needed]
Ice
In the late 17th century during the "Little Ice Age" there are reports of severe winter ice in the Strait of Dover, including a case in 1684 of only a league of open water remaining between Dover and Calais.[15]; see [1] for another report of severe ice in the English Channel.
Pesci (19 febbraio - 20 marzo)
Nel 2010, se cercherai di allargare la tua esperienza del piacere, il cosmo ti aiuterà più di quanto non faccia da tempo. Vuoi trarre più gioia sensuale dal mangiare, bere, ballare e ascoltare musica? Questo è l’anno giusto. Vuoi essere più sensibile, scoprire nuove forme di bellezza nel mondo e stimolare emozioni liberatorie e sensazioni positive? Questo è l’anno giusto. Vuoi rendere più intensi e frequenti i tuoi orgasmi, e imparare a usarli per aumentare la tua forza spirituale? Questo è l’anno giusto. Nelle prossime settimane comincia non solo ad alimentare, ma a sovralimentare il tuo piacere. Felice sballo di San Valentino, Pesci!
Hi friends, time for a new upload after some absence. I spent a long weekend in the Algarve, Portugal. Was very excited to finally put my D700 and especially my new lens, the 14-24 mm f/2.8 to the test.
This shot was taken in a place called Praia Do Carvalho, a small and remote sandy beach, surrounded by rocks, cliffs and of course water. A single rock reached out in front, the view was breathtaking. On top of that I found out this natural hole to shoot through, so I literally screamed out loud ;-) To have the shot framed like this I had to go ultrawide, so my 14-24 came in really handy, a lens which really is out of this world btw. It blows the Sigma 10-20 I previously owned completely out of the water.
First time I used a DRI (Dynamic Range Increase) tool to blend multiple exposed shots. Was already a heavy Photomatix user, but DRI does an even better job than HDR. Basically, DRI has all the benefits of HDR, but without the halos; it just looks more natural. The tool is called Enfuse, and acts as a Lightroom plugin. You don't even have to leave Lightroom for the processing, it's all happening in the background. Processing takes quite a bit (I could make coffee and drink it), but the result is impressive plus there is hardly any noise to be found.
Captured at Praia Do Carvalho, Lagoa Municipality, Faro District, Algarve, Portugal.
Tech:
Nikon D700
Nikkor 14-24 mm f/2.8
14 mm
ISO 200
f/16
5 handheld xps from 1/6 to 1/100s
Merged in Enfuse
PP with Totally Rad Action Mix II and Nik Color Efex Pro
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It truly is a magnificent sculpture which, if you get the chance, to see it for yourself. The vision and workmanship is outstanding. It's incredible from any angle. The up-lighting is delightful, although I only managed to see this effect for a few moments.
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My YouTube Video: Knife Angel. Derby Cathedral. Oct 2019
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Rachel Webb, whose son Tom was 22 years old when he was stabbed and killed in St Peter's Street, Derby, by a 16 year old boy in January 2016, has been instrumental in bringing the Angel to Derby. She supported a knife surrender held across Derbyshire and knives from this were donated towards the creation of this sculpture.
The knife Angel has been created as a National monument against violence and aggression at the British Ironworks Centre in Oswestry and is a memorial to those whose lives have been affected by knife crime. It is a 27ft high sculpture, which Alfie Bradley has designed and created single-handedly using over 100,000 knives surrendered and collected in nationwide amnesties in 2015/2016. The angel began it's tour around the UK in 2018 when it was housed outside of Liverpool Cathedral for December and January in order to raise awareness of the impact of knife crime on society, the victims and their families and friends.
It is currently on a city tour of the UK.
Knife crime is rising across the country. The Knife Angel's presence in derby is very much a symbol of the hard work of partners and communities across Derbyshire to halt this rise.
Derbyshire Police are spearheading a multi agency campaign called Project Zao, which aims to prevent causalities and stop venerable youngsters from seeing violence as the answer. It targets those who carry knives and delivers a hard hitting educational package to thousands of young people across the county.
All 43 national police forces, the Home Office, anti-violence groups across the UK and hundreds of families who have been affected by knife crime are all strongly supporting the Knife Angel. Relatives of those killed by knife crime were invited to engrave the blades with names and messages for their loved ones as part of the sculpture.
The Knife Angel is a symbol of defiance and change, shining a spotlight on Britain's knife crime problem and its impact on communities, families and individuals.
The Angel; is helping to raise awareness of violent crime and helping young people understand the reasons not to carry knives.
Please show your support and join us in standing up to knife crime!
American's N810AN gets a wipe-down.
American Airlines Boeing 787-8 (N810AN)
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Built in 2015
Local shop on 4th Street giving up after 5 years (and still counting) of street construction for the Central Subway project and a 4X rent increase.
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Ramsay Garden is a block of sixteen private apartment buildings in the Castlehill area of Edinburgh, Scotland. They stand out for their red ashlar and white harled exteriors, and for their prominent position, most visible from Princes Street.
Developed into its current form between 1890 and 1893 by the biologist, botanist and urban planner Patrick Geddes, Ramsay Garden started out as Ramsay Lodge, an octagonal house built by the poet and wig-maker Allan Ramsay the Elder in 1733. The house was also known variously as Ramsay Hut and Goosepie House (due to the roof shape). It was complemented by the addition of Ramsay Street, a short row of simple Georgian Houses in 1760. The latter (in revamped form) stand on the north side of the access to the inner courtyard.
Geddes' work on Ramsay Garden began in the context of an urban renewal project that he had embarked on in Edinburgh’s Old Town. The area had fallen into disrepair, and Geddes hoped both to improve the living conditions of the working class, and to increase the number of wealthier residents. He was also involved in improving buildings for use as student accommodation. To these purposes Geddes rehabilitated a significant number of tenement buildings in slums along the Royal Mile, including Abbey Cottages, Whitehorse Close and Riddle’s Court.
The Ramsay Garden development also served these aims. It was partly financed by the prospective buyers of the apartments, and partly by £2000 that Geddes's wife, Anna Morton, had inherited from her father. Geddes engaged the architect Stewart Henbest Capper to remodel Ramsay Lodge, and to build six large new blocks onto it at right angles to each other. By this time Geddes had acquired a position at a university in London, but he continued to supervise the design of Ramsay Garden on his frequent trips to Edinburgh. The final year of building work was overseen by Sydney Mitchell, who had taken over as architect, due to Capper's poor health. and was also permitted to add some additional detailing. The result of these partnerships was a combination of traditional Scottish domestic architecture and a rather fanciful proliferation of balconies, towers and eaves. Geddes referred to Ramsay Garden in later years as the "seven-towered castle I built for my beloved".
As a result of his own experiences in universities, and inspired by the better student facilities he had seen in Europe, Geddes was also concerned with the provision of quality accommodation for students. By the time Ramsay Garden was being built he had already established other student Halls of Residence in partnership with the Town and Gown Association. By the end of the 19th century he had managed to provide enough housing for more than 200 university students and staff. The Halls of Residence were intended to be self-governing, with responsibility for drawing up house rules left to the students themselves. The Ramsay Lodge section of the Ramsay Garden development was used for this purpose. Murals painted by John Duncan on the walls of the dining and common rooms depicted images from Celtic myth and history. Lectures and seminars were sometimes held on the premises.
Other parts of Ramsay Garden were available to the public. The Geddes family lived in number 14, a twelve-room apartment on the fourth storey. By all accounts it was an impressive residence. The drawing-room was two rooms connected by an archway, with the whole measuring 20 by 40 feet. The sweeping views, which reached as far as the old Kingdom of Fife, could be admired through the bay and turret window spaces at each end. This room was regularly used for large gatherings. Frescoes by Charles Mackie graced the master bedroom. The lease of the apartment was eventually sold to the Town and Gown Association due to Geddes's financial difficulties. Although he later wished to repurchase it, his desire for the apartment to remain in the family was not fulfilled.
Ramsay Lodge was the last of the University Halls to be sold off by the Town and Gown Association. When it was purchased in 1945 by the Commercial Bank of Scotland, it was a condition of sale that the murals be retained. The Bank went on to use the Lodge as a residential hostel and training centre. [Wikipedia]
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A slow day after a works Christmas do yesterday and my planned trip to York was scuppered by rail strikes. Looking at RTT there was a 4H89 Hams Hall to Hillhead Sidings. I'd not been to this location since the sidings were installed increasing the capacity for loading.
I timed my arrival around the time 6H52 13:05 Dowlow Briggs to Ashburys was due to leave.
Dance (I) marks a moment in Matisse’s career when he embraced a reductive approach to painting, seeking the expressive potentials of fundamental elements: line, color, and form. This daring approach was influenced by the increasing sophistication of photographic technology. In 1909—the year of this painting—the artist observed, “The painter no longer has to preoccupy himself with details. The photograph is there to render the multitude of details a hundred times better and more quickly. Plastic form will present emotion as directly as possible and by the simplest means.”
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The Quarantine Station at Point Nepean, Victoria..
History:.
The discovery of gold in Victoria was a mixed blessing to the settlement at The Heads. Increasing numbers of ships, with their great numbers of passengers, provided more trade for the supply of fresh meat and vegetables. However the unsanitary and overcrowded conditions not only on board ship, but also in the homes, boarding houses and points of embarkation, aggravated the incidence of disease, and increasing numbers of infected persons were entering the colony..
The Ticonderoga 1852.
The full impact of this latter condition was felt when the “Ticonderoga” from Liverpool, with 795 passengers and 48 crew on board at sailing time, anchored off The Heads on the 3rd of November 1852, carrying scores of fever stricken passengers. Word of their plight reached Melbourne on the same day through a report from the skipper of a brig which had overtaken the “Ticonderoga”..
Every effort was made to prevent the spread of the epidemic and the worst cases were placed aboard the “Lysander”. However, there were 70 deaths while the ‘Ticonderoga” was in quarantine, the victims being interred in an improvised cemetery near the foreshore. Later some remains were re-interred in the New Cemetery about a mile away towards Point Nepean. Here also are buried many of the first settlers, including Ford and Edward Skelton as well as sailors from the ships “Tornado” (1868) and “Cheviot” (1887) which were wrecked at The Heads. It was used by local residents until the new General Cemetery at Sorrento was opened to the public in 1890..
Quarantine Early 1850s.
The early timber buildings both built and requisitioned with accommodation under canvas. Difficulties in disposing of the dead. The Quarantine Station was gazetted in 1854 and from this time isolation was enforced by police supervision..
See Nepean Historical Society website for much more information.
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Captured this with one RAW shots Digital blending in Photoshop CS6. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise.
Tulips in Bloom at Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival in Woodburn Oregon. I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far.
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Early days post-BR of the former steam motive power depot at Carnforth (10A), in the private hands of Steamtown, under the leadership of Dr. Peter Beet, where an increasing number of steam locomotives were assembled at the shed from the last years of BR steam, and in subsequent years from industry and overseas. The railway centre was a popular attraction for enthusiasts and continued to provide facilities for visiting and home-based main line locomotives. It closed to the public as a visitor attraction after the 1997 season and was subsequently developed as the main operating base and maintenance depot of the West Coast Railway Company. Inside the former steam motive power depot on 21st June 1972, in garish purple livery is Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Jane Darbyshire' (W/No.1969 built in 1929) previously at British Gypsum's Cocklakes works at Cumwhinton and named 'J.N. Derbyshire', followed by light blue-liveried Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Toby' (W/No.2134 built in 1942) formerly with British Gypsum at Kirkby Thore and named 'W.T.T.', and both now at the Ribble Steam Railway. Welsh Highland Railway 'Russell' (Hunslet 901 built in 1906) is beyond, and in the foreground is Sentinel 4-wheel vertical boiler tank "Gasbag" (W/No.8024 built in 1923), previously with the Eastern Gas Board at Cambridge, and now in the Ribble Steam Railway's Museum at Preston. Barclay 'Jane Darbyshire' had been named 'J.N. Derbyshire' after Jobe Nightingale Derbyshire, and 'W.T.T.' after W.T. Trimble, one of the directors of the Carlisle Plaster Company, later British Gypsum. Al Andrew Barclay locos of British Gypsum in Cumberland were originally named after the directors/owners of the various original plaster manufacturing companies along the Settle-Carlisle route, that were eventually absorbed into British Gypsum.
I am indebted to Chris Beet for the historical information concerning the origins of the names of the former British Gypsum Barclays.
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►To increase the population of the city of San Francisco and create jobs during the depression were the main political motivations for creating the bridge.
►Joseph Baerman Strauss designed and built the Golden Gate Bridge.
►Money was raised to build the bridge with a voter approved bond issue backed by Bank of America.
►Official ground breaking began on February 26, 1933.
►The Golden Gate Bridge was the first construction project to ever use the rotating drum mixer concrete trucks so common today.
►The production of the bridge was the first of its kind to ever use nets as safety for falling workers. These nets are now standard on any bridge project today.
►The bridge was designed to be a part of the beauty of the area, with slatted railings to improve passing motorists' views, special accent lighting, and the red paint to blend with the red in the hills of Marin County.
►The bridge officially opened for business on May 26, 1937.
►Strauss's company was paid a $1 million fee, but unfortunately Strauss died within a year of completing the bridge.
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This is the last one from this series. I increased the amount of time I waited from when the gun was shot to when the picture was taken It's amazing how the liquid shoots out the top of the glass like that. Julia was still pouring it in while all this was going on!
I spent about 4 hours on Sunday getting everything setup and working correctly, and came away with these 3 images. Some times I wonder if it is worth all the trouble!!
Anyway, thanks for looking and have a sweet night :-)
No work for me tomorrow..Don't forget about our Veterans and all they have done for us!
Taken in the early summer of 1962 east bound out of Newport, note the roof of the ice cream van and the posters.
Colour photos of these unglamorous workhorses are rare, South Wales' photographers saving their expensive slide film for the shiny green locos.
Of the three extant 72xx locos from Barry scrapyard two are under active restoration at Didcot and Quainton but both are still a few years away from steaming. The third on the East Lancs I believe is dismantled.
Hornby are just about to release a model of a 72XX so hopefully that will increase interest in getting a real one working again.
For increased tendered work the company has recently added a couple of Solo SRs to the fleet, one is seen at Stourbridge Bus Station.
Stourbridge Bus Station - 2018.
To see the full collection: www.busphotosuk.co.uk.
For photos available for purchase: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/busphotosuk
Taken on 19 July 2015 and uploaded 21 November 2024.
I lived in London for 10 years or so, until 1986, the last 5 years on the edge of Muswell Hill and Margaret Thatcher was my MP. She did incalculable harm to the UK: one of her most wanton extravagances was to sell publicly owned British utilities to private finance. This van is an ex-British Gas van, now burned out and valueless: when British Gas was sold the marketing campaign was "Tell Sid"...now, we pay exorbitantly for gas, electricity, water, rail - you name it - to private finance who must have ever increasing profits and pay ever increasing dividends, often to overseas owners & shareholders...so, this van is a symbol of the firesale of publicly owned assets to money grubbers.
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A post-processed version (increased contrast, saturation) of another eclipse photo, for that slightly alien nebula feel.
0.4 sec at f/5.6, ISO 1600, 400 mm (EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM +2x III)
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I love headshot and I love the type of expressions you get with them too, for this shot I asked the model if she use her awesome pink hair to frame her face and just give me a cold but inviting stare and she delivered!!!
Not much in post, just brought down the contrast and saturation a bit, then increase the luminance to bring back the pink. I took in photoshop and changed the lips to a purple shade.
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"Growth of antlers typically begins in April in response to increasing day length. In fact, antler growth is one of the fastest known types of tissue growth in mammals, and a deer’s antlers can grow at a rate of ¼ inch per day.... In just four months, the antlers are fully developed. During the summer months of antler growth, bucks live in reclusive bachelor groups and restrict their movements.
"When the antlers are growing, they are full of nerves and blood vessels and are covered with a hairy skin covering tissue commonly called 'velvet.'...
"By late summer, as day length decreases, testosterone levels begin to increase, the form is filled, and the antler begins to harden.... The velvet is typically totally removed in a day, and some of it may be eaten by the buck." - Source: www.iwla-rh.org "About Deer Antlers," by W. Matthew Knox, Deer Project Coordinator
Synergy Stage 2 ENB
Increased Contrast and decreased saturation through Imaginator.
I did say I would reinstall,maybe sooner than I intended but not many games have the creativity of Skyrim for screenshots. So far everything is smooth a few bug fixes and lots of mod cleaning. Lol I just left Skyrim only groups only to reinstall so soon, I will probably only post Skryim images into groups that will accept any game not just Skryim (since I was in too many groups for me to keep track of) and only on Flickr, but will allow admins to invite shots if they so wish to any group.
Turned to high key and increased contrast of lines. Blended 3 versions together - one straight and 2 twisted. (That is all I remember)
I am preparing to rework my website. I am prototyping it on Flickr. So far, I preliminary picked the abstract and some graphic photos. I will still prune this selection. You can see them here: www.flickr.com/photos/pavel_photophile2008/collections/72.... It is a long-term project that has already soaked up a fair bit of time. Eventually, I hope to have a shiny new website.
Your comments, real input will be greatly appreciated.