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Magpies are birds of the Corvidae family. Like other members of their family, they are widely considered to be intelligent creatures. The Eurasian magpie, for instance, is thought to rank among the world's most intelligent creatures, and is one of the few non-mammal species able to recognize itself in a mirror test. They are particularly well known for their songs and were once popular as cagebirds. In addition to other members of the genus Pica, corvids considered as magpies are in the genera Cissa, Urocissa, and Cyanopica.
Magpies of the genus Pica are generally found in temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and western North America, with populations also present in Tibet and high-elevation areas of Kashmir. Magpies of the genus Cyanopica are found in East Asia and the Iberian Peninsula. The birds called magpies in Australia are, however, not related to the magpies in the rest of the world.
There is a proverb in our (Tamil) language
"VEETAI KATTI PAAR KALYANAM PANNI PAAR"
It means build a new home and have a wedding at home...!!
both are an Himalayan task .. and both will be trated as a great achivement in ones life..!!
well since one month i was very busy with my new home.. and its almost nearing completion and my daughter will start going to the college from today.. yes she joined B.ARCH and she will be the first graduate in my family.. and she called me in the lunch break and told she joins in the
"PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB " in the college.
like father...some times ..like daughter!!!!!
i sincerely apoligize to all my friends i could not visit your pages.. i hope from 1st week of september i will be back to FLICKR till then bye.. have a nice day!!!
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Even though it is no longer the nation's official capital, Yangon – formerly Rangoon – remains Myanmar's largest and most commercially important city. Yangon is the country's largest city with a population of nearly six million. This city is a melting pot—a diversity of cultures and communities in terms of people, settlement and religions. Because it serves as the country's main entrance and seaport. Its downtown skyline is dominated by the winking wonder of Shwedagon Paya, a dazzling Buddhist temple that attracts pilgrims from all over the world. The Botataung Pagoda literally "1000 military officers" is a famous pagoda located in downtown near the Yangon river. The 40 meter high pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago. The pagoda is hollow within, and houses what is believed to be a sacred hair of Gautama Buddha. In the second World War the pagoda was destroyed during an airforce bombing mission aimed at the nearby docks. Rebuilding started in 1948 following the original design.Since the 2010 elections, Yangon's fortunes have skyrocketed along with its land prices, as both local and foreign investors scrambled to grab a foothold here. At the same time, decades of economic stagnation are only too apparent in the city's slums, shanty housing and creaking, frequently overwhelmed infrastructure – something you'll quickly realise as you crawl into town in a taxi from the airport.
Rangoon was renamed Yangon and is no longer the capital of Myanmar but it still tolerates some of its colonial past and houses magnificent Pagoda's. Botataung pagoda is the lesser known of “the three pagodas” of Yangon. While it may not not have the flare of Shwedagon or the stature of Sule, inside its golden-leafed walls is laid a hair of the Buddha, making it a significant religious site for Buddhists. The hair and other relics can now be seen behind glass around each turn of the golden labyrinth that zig-zags around the inside of the hollow stupa. The golden image of the Buddha “Calling the Earth to witness” is enshrined in a worship hall around the main pagoda. The golden Buddha watches people meditate and take naps.
Yangon is de voormalig hoofdstad van Myanmar. Het is voor de meeste reizigers het startpunt van hun rondreis door Myanmar voor ons het eindpunt. Voor de grootste stad van het land komt Yangon relatief relaxed over. De sfeer is er gemoedelijk en het verkeer is nog lang niet zo jachtig als in de buurlanden Thailand en India. De stad grenst in het westen en zuiden aan de Yangon rivier. De stad is behoorlijk uitgestrekt. Gelukkig heb je voor een paar duizend Kyats, de munteenheid van Myanmar, een taxi of fietstaxi te pakken. Vanaf de straat is de 40 meter hoge Botataung Pagoda goed te zien. De pagode werd voor het eerst gebouwd door de Mon rond dezelfde tijd als Shwedagon Pagoda-volgens de lokale geloof, meer dan 2500 jaar geleden. In de Tweede Wereldoorlog werd de pagode verwoest tijdens een luchtmacht bombardementen missie die gericht was op de nabijgelegen haven. Herbouw begon in 1948 na het oorspronkelijke ontwerp. Integenstelling tot de meeste stupa's is deze hol van binnen. Wanneer je naar binnen ga, stuit je op een interieur dat lijkt op een doolhof van speigelglas met een hoop vitrines met Boeddhabeeldjes. In de tempel zitten verschillende gelovigen te bidden en te slapen. Het gouden beeld hierboven is de Bhumisparsha Mudra van het aanroepen van moeder-aarde tot getuige is gelegen in een adoratie hal rond de pagode. Op het terrein van de tempel verschillende verblijven voor monniken. Daarnaast is er een tweede gebedsruimte met een grote bronzen Boeddha. De tempel ligt vlak bij de haven. De haven is een mengelmoes van groot en klein, er zijn immense containerschepen, maar er zijn ook kleine houten bootjes die voor weinig geld te veel mensen naar de overkant brengen.
Thalankuppam is a small fishing hamlet, at the extreme north of Madras city. A river - called variously the Kourtaliayaar, Mogathwaram, Thalankuppam - meets the sea here, at Thalankuppam. A wide, sandy beach, broken piers, fishing boats, and more make for a great way to spend the evening.
Thalankuppam, otherwise just a small dot in the map of Madras, has one little thing going for it. Fresh fish. Locals and people from far flock to the daily and weekly fish market here. Fish here is sold in big lots, and buyers bid for it.
Apparently, the British Raj too bought its fish from here. They would board their ships at the Fort St. George, sail north for 17 kilometres, and buy their lord's favourite here, 200 years ago.
More about Thalankuppam, from my post on Metroblogging Chennai
Norwegen / Innlandet - Jotunheimen Nationalpark
Leirungsdalen seen from Knutshøe ridge
Leirungsdalen gesehen vom Knutshøe Grat
Knutshøe hike
Knutshøe Wanderung
Jotunheimen National Park (Norwegian: Jotunheimen nasjonalpark, lit. "Home of the Giants") is a national park in Norway, recognized as one of the country's premier hiking and fishing regions. The national park covers 1,151 square kilometres (444 sq mi) and is part of the larger area Jotunheimen. More than 250 peaks rise above an elevation of 1,900 metres (6,200 ft), including Northern Europe's two highest peaks: Galdhøpiggen at 2,469 metres (8,100 ft), and Glittertind at 2,465 metres (8,087 ft).
The national park covers most of the mountainous region of Jotunheimen, including Hurrungane, but Utladalen and its surroundings are within Utladalen Landscape Protection Area. Geographically, it lies in both Innlandet and Vestland counties. Geologically the Jotunheimen is a Precambrian province. Glaciers have carved the hard gabbro rock massifs of the Jotunheimen, leaving numerous valleys and the many peaks.
Wildlife in the park include the lynx, moose, Norwegian red deer, reindeer, roe deer, and wolverine. Most lakes and rivers hold trout.
History
Jotunheimen has been the site of hunting since before recorded time. Remains of Stone Age hunting camps have been found near the lakes Gjende and Russvatnet. These remains extend through the bronze and Iron Age, up to recorded times. The high pastures have been used as seters for at least 1000 years.
A "Royal Road" decree from the 15th century required that the residents of Lom must keep the mountain crossing passable to the middle of the Sognefjell, allowing folk from the north Gudbrandsdal access to their trading town of the period, Bergen. Caravans carried farm products down the mountains and returned with salt, iron, cloth and lutefisk.
The name Jotunheimen, or "Home of the Giants" is a relatively recent usage. Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818–1879), a famous Norwegian poet and journalist who is remembered for his pioneering use of nynorsk, as well as being an exponent of Norwegian romantic nationalism, coined the term in 1862, adopting it from Keilhau's "Jotunfjellene" or the mountains of the giants. A memorial was raised in 1909 to Aa. O. Vinje at the western end of Lake Bygdin at his dear Eidsbugarden at today's outskirts of the national park where he had a private hut. Old friends and followers wanted to commemorate his contribution to appreciation of Norwegian nature and strengthening of the Norwegian national identity. Today Eidsbugarden appears as a rather large mountain tourist centre, with a newly restored hotel from 1909 that reopened in the summer of 2007, a Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT) cabin and approximately 160 private huts. It can be reached by car or boat in summer and by snowmobile in winter.
In 1869 the DNT built its first hut on the shores of Lake Tyin. Today the DNT's tourist huts make this area one of the best developed touring areas in Europe. There are also a restricted number of private cabins by the lakes.
By Royal Decree in December 1980, a 1,145-square-kilometre (442 sq mi) national park was initially established in the heart of Jotunheimen. It includes much of the best of the region, including the Galdhø plateau, the Glittertind massif, Hurrungane, and the Gjende area. The park links to the Utladalen Nature Reserve, an area of 300 square kilometres (120 sq mi).
Archaeological findings
In February 2020, Secrets of the Ice Program researchers discovered a 1,500-year-old Viking arrowhead dating back to the Germanic Iron Age and locked in a glacier in southern Norway caused by the climate change in the Jotunheimen Mountains. The arrowhead made of iron was revealed with its cracked wooden shaft and a feather, is 17 cm long and weighs just 28 grams.
Literary references
Jotunheimen is broadly recognized in literature, especially travel books from the 18th Century. The Jotunheim lakes of Gjende and Bygdin are in the center of many of these descriptions.
Literary references include:
A.O. Vinje's Diktsamling or poetry collection of 1864 celebrated Jotenheimen.
Frederick Delius’ symphonic poem On the Mountains was sketched while the composer was on a walking holiday with Edvard Grieg and Christian Sinding in the Jotunheim Mountains in 1889.
Henrik Ibsen's drama Peer Gynt includes Peer's famous hunt description in the Jotunheim. It is here on the narrow Besseggen Ridge - or perhaps along the Knutshø ridge at the other side of Gjende - that Peer Gynt took his famous wild-reindeer ride along "the Gjendin Ridge".
Three in Norway, by Two of Them by J.A. Lees and W.J. Clutterbuck, includes extensive passages on three Englishmen's fishing and reindeer hunting experiences in these mountains.
Traffic
Despite the large area of Jotunheimen, there are few roads for car traffic. Between Jotunheimen and Breheimen, the plateau is crossed by the Norwegian County Road 55. To the west, the road continues further from Skjolden via Sogndalsfjøra, Balestrand and Høyanger to the European route E39. In the east, the road leads to Lom. A few small dirt roads lead to different parts of the edge of Jotunheimen National Park, although the area of the national park itself is practically roadless. A small exception, however, is a blind road in the Veodalen to Glitterheim, whose head is inside the national park area near the Glittertind.
(Wikipedia)
Gjende or Gjendin is a lake in Vågå Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Jotunheimen mountain range and also inside Jotunheimen National Park. The proglacial lake shows typical characteristics of glacial formation, being long and narrow, with steep walls. The lake is 18 kilometres (11 mi) in length and only 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) in width at the broadest point. Gjende has a characteristic light-green color resulting from the large quantity of rock flour which is discharged into the Gjende by the Muru river. The river Sjoa provides the outlet from Gjende at Gjendesheim, and flows eastward into the Gudbrandsdalslågen river.
Gjende lies in the middle of Jotunheimen National Park and both to the north and south of the lake lie peaks with elevations reaching greater than 2,000 metres (6,600 ft). There are numerous staffed tourist cabins maintained by the Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT); in the west end lies Gjendebu, on the north side lies Memurubu and on the east end lies Gjendesheim. In the summer boats provide transport between these locations.
Name
The name (Old Norse: Gendir) is derived from Norse gandr which means 'staff' or 'stick'. This is referring to the form of the long and narrow lake.
The official name Gjende is taken from the Gudbrandsdal traditional district dialect used in Lom and Vågå. In the Vang dialect the lake is called Gjendin, which is the form you find in Henrik Ibsen's name for what is now called Besseggen, formerly Gjendineggen, or Gendineggen in the older orthography. The name Gjende is derived from the old Norse word "gandir" that can be translated into "straight stick", whereas the lake to the south Bygdin can be translated as "bent stick", the two names thereby referring to the shape of the lakes.
The lake gave its name to a famous early outdoors man and free thinker, Jo Gjende (1794—1884), who had a cabin at Gjende.
Cultural and literary references
Lake Gjende is found in literature and travel books from the 18th century. Together, the Jotunheimen lakes of Gjende and Bygdin play in many such descriptions. For example, Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt took his famous wild-reindeer ride along "the Gjendin Ridge", a reference to either the narrow Besseggen Ridge - or the Knutshø ridge on the other side of lake Gjende.
(Wikipedia)
About Knutshøe
Next to his bigger brother Besseggen on the other side of Gjende lake, you will find the 1,517 metre-high-peak of Knutshøe. Standing on the top, you'll have outstanding views towards the peaks towering all around and the surrounding lakes, including the wonderful Gjende lake. The hike is demanding and you need to scramble at some parts in the hike. It is therefor not recommended if you are afraid of heights, as there are parts of the hike where you need to cross exposed sections. The trail is not marked, but not too difficult to follow, yet if you stray too far from the path you will find several exposed sections and dangerous areas. Make sure you follow the trails and do not hike alone. Also, this hike is also not recommended in bad weather!
We've established that this one is not for the faint-hearted, and if you do decide to go it will be a wonderful experience. The extra challenge only makes it more exciting!
The Knutshøe hike
Drive or take the bus to Vargbakken parking (1,100m) located about 4 km south of Gjendesheim exit, from where you can start your hike to Knutshøe. Start by crossing the bridge across the small river Varga and follow the trail that take you on a scenic tour with several places to stop and enjoy your lunch. From the ridge you can admire the fantastic view of the delta landscape down to Leirugsdalen.
The first part of the hike has the most demanding parts with some steep areas. Throughout the ascent you will find both steep sections and some parts with more easy hiking terrain. The last part before the peak will also require some light scrambling.
Knutshøe is so fascinating that many people believe it was the ground for the Peer Gynt deer ride!
Who is this Hike Suitable for
This hike is demanding and suitable for those in good physical shape.
Season
The main season is summer/late summer. This is when the area is most suitable for trekking. This hike is also not recommended in bad weather!
Accommodation
Stay at Gjendesheim Mountain Lodge is located on the bank of Gjende Lake.
How to Get There
You can access the area from Gjendesheim.
(jotunheimen.com)
Der Jotunheimen-Nationalpark (norwegisch Jotunheimen nasjonalpark) ist ein norwegischer Nationalpark, der zu den Gemeinden Lom, Vågå und Vang in der Provinz Innlandet und Luster und Årdal in der Provinz Vestland gehört. Der Park wurde 1980 gegründet, um die schöne, wilde, unverwechselbare, und weitestgehend unberührte Gebirgslandschaft des Jotunheimen mit ihrer schützenswerten Flora und Fauna zu schützen.
Im Westen grenzt der Nationalpark an das Naturschutzgebiet Utladalen. Im Jotunheimen liegen einige der höchsten Berge Nordeuropas. Zusammen mit den Nationalparks Rondane, Dovre und Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella wird das Gebiet um den Jotunheimen-Nationalpark als Nasjonalparkriket bezeichnet.
(Wikipedia)
Der Gjendesee liegt eingebettet zwischen steilen Berghängen im östlichen Jotunheimengebiet in der norwegischen Kommune Vågå in der Provinz Innlandet.
Am Nordufer befinden sich die Steilwände des Vesslefjells (1743 m), des Besseggengrats und des Memurutunga. Über den Besseggengrat führt ein beliebter Wanderweg, von dem aus man einen schönen Blick auf den Gjendesee und die umliegende Gebirgslandschaft hat. Das Südufer bilden ebenfalls steil abfallende Hänge des Knutsholtind (2341 m), Tjönnholstind (2331 m) und Bukkehåmåren (1910 m). Aufgrund der steilen Uferhänge und seiner länglichen Form wirkt der Gjendesee wie ein Fjord.
Aus den Gletscherzuflüssen Muru und Storåe wird die durch das Mahlen des Schuttmaterials (Moräne) entstandene Gletschermilch in den See transportiert und verleiht dem Gjende seine auffällige smaragdgrüne Färbung.
Am östlichen Ende liegt die DNT-Hütte Gjendesheim, etwa in der Mitte am Nordufer die private Hütte Memurubu und am westlichen Ende die DNT-Hütte Gjendebu. Zwischen den drei Hütten verkehren im Sommer regelmäßig Boote. Eine Rundfahrt auf einem dieser Schiffe dauert ca. zwei Stunden.
(Wikipedia)
Shooting from the top of the Eiffel Tower is a little challenging but was quite happy with a few of the shots both with the Canon EF24-105 (this one) and the Sigma 120-400. This one includes the (what I presume is) one of the lightning rods on the tower ... and the spotlight :)
This is our beautiful :) They are as different as their colors :) But each in his favorite :) I decided to do some winter pictures for the memory with them :)
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Romance at the Italian Riviera. The love couple standing on a tower which was used for a big wheel-mounted cannon during WW-II. "Make love not war." Dedicated to my Personal Italian Travel Advisor: Angela Lobefaro. Thank you for the travel tips :)
Photo taken from the Bunker (Le Batterie) e ritorno during our walk from San Rocco to San Fruttuoso. The remains of German anti-aircraft gun emplacements.
Romantisch zoenen op een plek waar tijdens de 2de wereldoorlog een groot kanon stond. Je kan de draaicircel aan linkerzijde nog duidelijk zien. "Make love not war" een slogan die gericht is tegen oorlog in het algemeen.
This is the second shot of 3 that I am going to use based around previous image of dead tree, this was taken just the other side of tree, I like the clouds which were more prominent and work well here I think, the field did not have much going on such as good leading lines but I quite like the texture of the earth & trees.
Hope you like
Stanford....Is University....Universally Known As A Prestigious Temple For Learning....
"S" Is The Logo, stands for 'STUDY., ' STATUS'....."D"....stands for DREAM,,,,,DESTINY,,,,DESIGN,,,,
This is probably a bit unorthodox, but I'm posting photos of Coco, our furry friend in Key West Florida. These photos are from the first year we met Coco.
This is Coco. She is the resident cat at the Blue Parrot Inn, where we stayed (except for the last day). Taken by Ron.
My name is VAN, I’m 40 years old and I’m from Vietnam. I’m a artist, I’m performance artist. I’m hire to the people to profile their fantasies, their DEEP. DARK. FANTASIES - to finally sort out all of their parts. I was gonna be a LEGO designer, you know, with modelling and constructing. After the hundred and two additions and small parts, you know, I’m decide and deny, I had enough, when I’m getting to freelance work.
The clients telling a request a lot of… Am… Pieces. So. Im just decide to go, you know, FULL MASTER, and - change my hold-tire house into DUNGEON, I’m DUNGEON MASTER, I with a FULL DUNGEON of cassette-storing boxes for parts in my house, and it’s go very well!
SORTING IS THREE HUNDRED STUDS. And usually I’m have to work hard so that dude really relaxes and easily finds the right parts. I have a SEPARATOR that saved my FINGERS from being permanently STUCK IN DAT PIECES. I use LATEX GLOVE, which stretches all the way to the armpit, so as not to dirty the details once again. It's a long process: putting your hand in there, in a bag with a bunch of half-disassembled kits, but it gives more pleasure to another person, I think for me too. Let it be more difficult physically for your hand, but for some reason it brings more emotions, more feelings between you, you guess together from which sets certain details are, think about their future use in MOCs, remember a series of past years, you know, it's really strange, at the same time I find these sessions quite exhausting.
I don't know, I feel like I'm naked, because I'm looking at myself for the first time, well, not really at myself, at this part of life for the first time - some guy is digging into children's toys. It been harsh, I hadn't thought about it for about three or five years.
Some kind of sadness, I do not know why sadness and because of what...
decluttr, it really does matter with this one
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This is my December.
These are my snow covered trees.
This is me pretending this is all I need.
This is the restaurant at the Swarovski Museum in Wattens, Austria. It was a clear evening with the sun sinking behind the mountains to the west but reflected beautifully on the windows of the restaurant. It was a calm and beautiful evening.
The woman in the photo is me, I was in one of the arcaded galleries of la Vieille Charité in Marseille.
The photo was taken by a friend of mine (lizlaz88), then I processed it.
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La vieille charité is a former almshouse, now functioning as a museum and cultural centre, situated in the heart of Le Panier, the most ancient quarter of Marseille (Provence, France). Constructed between 1671 and 1749 in the Baroque style to the designs of the architect Pierre Puget, it comprises four ranges of arcaded galleries in three storeys surrounding a space with a central chapel surmounted by an ovoid dome.
La Vieille charité, située au cœur du quartier du Panier dans le 2e arrondissement de Marseille, dans le quartier officiel des Grands-Carmes, est un bâtiment édifié au xviie siècle, sur les plans de Pierre Puget pour abriter les indigents et les pauvres de la ville.
L\'hospice est représentatif de l\'architecture du xviie siècle, en particulier du fait de la présence de la superbe chapelle de Puget et de sa coupole ovoïde.
Aujourd\'hui, elle abrite de nombreuses structures telles que le Centre international de poésie Marseille (cipM), la Direction des musées de Marseille et plusieurs musées municipaux (le Musée d\'archéologie méditerranéenne, le Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens), une salle de conférence (Le Miroir), une librairie, l\'école doctorale de l\'EHESS et le Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ainsi que plusieurs fonds bibliothécaires spécialisés et des expositions temporaires.
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Model, make up: Hilarie M.
Photo and editing: Me
We needed to shoot some close up, beauty type shots for her book.
This took me about 1.5-2 hours to edit and process. I tried the dodge and burn technique to smooth skin. it's way better (and cleaner) than just blurring skin and then adding noise afterword. this takes time but is far more satisfying IMO. Really makes me want to get a Wacom.
Providence and Worcester Railroad's Valley Falls based local PR-3 is headed for the Port of Providence with a long string of tank cars for Univar and Shell. But first they have to make a side trip up the old Moshassuck Valley Railroad in Pawtucket with a load of rebar for Nucor/Harris Rebar. To facilitate that first move the gondola is sandwiched between their two units and they'll drop their train on the main up by old Lawn Tower and run up to the end of the line at Higginson Ave. in Lincoln and spot the car then MU their two units and then return light back off the 1.2 mile long branch.
Looking like the proud independent regional I grew up with, PR-3's two units still wear the classic red and brown scheme some eight years after Genesee and Wyoming orange took over. GP38-2s 2006 and 2008 are original to the road having been built new for the then only 7 year independent company by EMD in Feb. and Dec. 1980 respectively), and have spent their entire careers working the rails in and out of the Ocean State.
The train is arriving at MP 5 at this one time junction with New Haven's Shoreline main known as 'Boston Switch' five miles north of Providence Union Station. Still standing at right in the background obscured behind the trees and catenary poles is the crumbling tile roofed pagoda style interlocking tower that is 110 years old.
This junction came into being when what is today's Northeast Corridor (just out of sight to the right of the tower) was built as the Boston & Providence in 1847 providing a new direct route into the city from East Jct. near South Attleboro, MA. That pioneering road's original 1835 route traveled to East Providence where passengers and freight were ferried across the Providence River into downtown. From this point to Union Station the nee P&W which also opened in 1847 and thee B&P were operated a joint facility. In 1892 the P&W was leased to the New Haven and a year later the former B&P (by then in the Old Colony fold) joined the growing empire and both routes fell under the aegis of the same company.
In 1914 a massive grade separation and line relocation project in Pawtucket took place. This location was about the eastern limits of the work and according to Edward J. Ozog's phenomenal Railroad's of Rhode Island site:
SS 156 was built to protect the east end of the line relocation. Switches and signals were operated by electricity. The plan of the tower was similar to SS 154 built at the same time at the west end of the relocation but adjusted for its location and orientation. The tower was reduced to short hours when the depression struck and it was closed in 1935 and its duties transferred to Woodlawn Tower. In 1937 the interlocking machine was sent to Bridgeport for use in SS 60. Remarkably some 87 years after the last shift was worked here it still stands guard as a tangible link to the Ocean State's railroading heritage
And even more remarkable is the brick building looming behind the train on Foundry Street. This is the Murdock Webbing company's factory, one of the last textile manufacturers left in the Blackstone Valley where the industrial revolution began in America and where for a century thereafter the textile industry flourished. Makers of mil spec webbing belts and civilian products such as pet harnesses and fall restraints and tie downs, per their company web site:
Our Rhode Island headquarters was originally constructed in 1863, during the American Civil War, and functioned at the time as the U.S. Cotton Mill. In 1936, Frederick Murdock founded Murdock Webbing in the heart of the American Industrial Revolution with only 10 employees and 2 looms. In 1954, Murdock Webbing was purchased by the DeAngelis family, who still currently presides over a thriving company with more than 150 associates in the 285,000 square foot facility.
Central Falls, Rhode Island
Wednesday November 20, 2024
This is a life-size fold of my desk lamp origami model. I cheated a little by putting a metal profile inside the post since the paper I used had too little stiffness to support itself at this size (for smaller models or thicker paper, this is not necessary).
This is a batch of road & Electric rail from my last holiday in the Isle of Man - June 1979. On a very wet arrival day this shot of Saloon Tram No.29 (1892) is taken from my Hotel room window on Loch Prom. 21/6/79.
Seen in Slough in May 2018 is First Berkshire Mercedes-Benz Citaro O530 B40F 64032 LK07CCE heading for Britwell on service 1.
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I've always wanted to do a series on dolls and the life of a doll in a dollhouse but I have always had my school projects so I haven't but I thought for fun for my 365 I might do a couple images being a doll. =)
Ugh.. my inspiration journal is overflowing with ideas.I don't even know where to start and how to make each come to life. It's a little overwhelming because I want to do them all.
*whoops sorry I accidentally deleted it*
One may be excused for borrowing cliches from the realm of popular utterances. Then, that is how it does feel when you see sights such as this in real life.
A perma frosted river slam bang in the midst of tropical coconut trees in Bangalore.
This is Bellandur in Bangalore, a place notorious for foul smell, skin rashes and breathing troubles and a prime spot of ecological disaster.
Bellandur Lake is the largest water body in the plateau that is Bangalore. The terrain made it a huge reservoir which cheked the flow of water from the Koramangla and Challaghatta valleys and then slowly discharged it into the Pennar river that flows into Andhra Pradesh and Tamilnadu.
Till the 1980s it was a ecologically sound lake with fishing, irrigation of crops and potable water being drawn from it. The city population exploded in the late 1980s when it became the hub of IT business. Houses and offices sprung up everywhere at a frenetic pace. The income and cash flow generation was enormous. Money flowed everywhere. Business flourished, more people came in. In a few years time, the lake lost its potability, its fishing and its pristine beauty. The clear water became a turbid black pool with hyacinth growing wild.
The storm water drains which used to bring in the excess rain waters into the lake became channels of sewage that the residential and commercial buildings discharged unfiltered into the waterways. The lake just died a quick death. The overpowering stench of hydrogen sulphide and allied sulphur & phosphorus compounds infused the atmosphere all around it. A stench that we in India are familiar with where letting pollutants freely into the eco-space is not regarded as a danger.
Today the lake is about 700-800 acres big and is overgrown with hyacinth and weeds and it has two outflow channels that takes its polluted waters downstream. The public works departments have made two spillways which are narrow and it is here that on rainy days the lake water generates lather and foam that rises up many feet high and it piles up. The rustling wind over the lake ever so often raises large suds in the air and they keep on floating up like soap bubbles in a child’s play toy. At times the foam covers the bridge over the spillway and people have perforce to pass through it.
It is from one of these places that this photograph has been shot on a post rainy day in July 2016.
In the year 2016, we still have this problem and looks like will continue to have it in the near future as well. It is to do with how things are done in India. The Sewage treatment plants filter and throw the water into these water bodies. Even if you consider this as a clean and not a reprehensible act, then you must know that almost 50 percent of these plants do not even work and untreated sewage goes straight in. Secondly the number of STPs are not enough. The government of Karnataka expresses it inability by quoting lack of finances.
The situation is the same as governments in India have always expressed. Take urban transportation. UN, World Bank and a whole host of other nations and institutions had always been willing to fund a metro system in Delhi etc but the government would not take the money as such projects did not have kickbacks and opportunities for contractors to generate bogus bills as a tight fiscal discipline was always a pre requisite for such grants. So it took decades for the Indian government to agree to have the metro system.
That is how the cookie crumbles in India and I guess people in Bangalore as well as the ones living alongside the holy Yamuna river must wait for some succour and common sense to prevail in the corridors of the government where one day they may agree to being funded under a tight fiscal control.
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This is the Hale House, originally built in 1885, now part of the Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles, together with some other 19th century mansions, most of which would otherwise have been razed to make room for shopping centres or other modern conveniences.
Apart from that open air museum, there are at least two places that I know of where rows of old houses still stand and are inhabited.
Camera: Leica R4 (10064)
Lens: Leitz Summicron-R 50 mm
Kodak Gold 100 consumer grade colour negative film
Developed in 2001/2002
Scanned in 2020 by www.meinfilmlab.de
Staindrop is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north east of Barnard Castle, on the A688 road. According to the 2011 UK Census the population was 1,310, this includes the hamlets of Cleatlam and Killerby.
Around the year 1018, King Canute gave the manors of Raby and Staindrop to Durham Priory. In 1131 Prior Algar granted the manor to an Anglo-Saxon named Dolfin "son of Uhtred", the earliest recorded direct male ancestor of the great Neville family which built as their seat Raby Castle in the north part of the manor. The grant was possibly merely a confirmation of the holding by this family from before the Norman Conquest of 1066. When doing homage to the Prior for his holding he reserved his homage to the kings of England and of Scotland and to the Bishop of Durham and was "no doubt a man of consequence", probably an aristocratic Northumbrian of high birth. In February 1203-4 King John confirmed to the prior and convent all their privileges and vast possessions, including "Staindrop and Staindropshire with the church".
The village has two schools, Staindrop Church of England Primary School with approximately to 170 pupils aged 3–11, and Staindrop Academy, a coeducational secondary school with over 500 pupils aged 11–16, which also houses a community gym, opened in 2020.[
The last remaining public house, The Wheatsheaf is a former coaching inn, former pubs include The Black Swan, and The Royal Oak. Other amenities in the village include a SPAR convenience store, a newsagent housing the local post office, tea rooms, hairdressers and several holiday cottages.
The Staindrop Carnival, an annual parade and fair, celebrated its centenary in 2020.[22] The village football team, Staindrop F.C. play in the Darlington Sunday invitation league, an affiliate of the Durham County Football Association in 2020-2021 they completed a famous double by winning the Alan Rusk trophy as well as the league cup. Raby Castle Cricket Club play in the Darlington & District Cricket League A, having remained unbeaten and winning the league title in the 2019 season
Titahi Bay Beach. The sea is calm this evening. Walking this beach and watching the dogs play makes me feel happy and calm.
Devil is in the details and devil looks better in black and white?
Have a great Sunday!
The monster 80mm F2.8 macro tries the best to tame the beast of details in the windy morning in my neighbourhood.
Fuji X-T1
Fuji XF 80mm F2.8 macro
In-camera B&W iwhr red filter
"Why IS a raven like a writing desk?" asked adolescent Alice.
The ashen, addled American author avoided answering.
Quoth the raven: "Anymore!"
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Created for the Smile on Saturday theme, ANYTHING WITH A.
Unfinished Buddha is the name given to a statue which is believed to have originated from the largest stupa of Borobudur. It is currently located in Karmawibhangga Museum.
The Unfinished Buddha is so-called because of its incomplete nature; the hands of the statue are not fully carved, the right arm is longer than the left and one of the shoulders is bigger than the other.
The large central stupa that crowns the Borobudur monument has a hollow chamber within, that is completely walled off from the outside. When opened during the monument's restoration, it was found to contain an unfinished Buddha image that may represent a transcendent spiritual state.
Although the original location of the statue has been a matter of dispute, it is now appears that the statue was probably originally in the stupa: there is, however, a possibility that it might not have been established there as a religiously significant item. Some scholars argue that the statue is unfinished because it was deemed flawed. Rather than destroy a Buddha statue, the supervisor of the project may have placed it in the stupa simply to get rid of it.
From 1907 to 1911, Theodore Van Erp supervised the restoration of Borobudur. He found the main stupa was empty, but discovered the Unfinished Buddha buried in the dirt inside it. For there was no proof about its origin at the time, Van Erp had it put under a pili tree next to the temple. He believed that those statue was a failed one and was thrown away. His opinion was supported by Prof. Soekmono in 1973, because the statue was never mentioned in the time of Borobudur's recovery in the era of Raffles in 1814.
Van Erp's action didn't go without negative critics by some archeologists, they commented that he should put it back inside the stupa instead of leaving it outside the temple. According to Bernard Kempers, those statue was intentional left unfinished, and from the Chinese record of 604 CE, there was a same misshaped Buddha statue in India.
In 1994, Prof. Soekmono wrote an archeological journal in which he told the true reason why he didn't put the statue back inside the main stupa. The reason is that they would have had to partially dismantle the stupa which was restored by Van Erp, and that that action would clash with the spirit of reconstruction of that time. But he believed that the misshaped statue was indeed originated from the inside of the main stupa. Based on Serat Centhini chapter 105 verses 8–9, Prof. Soekmono found a story about the statue. One night, Mas Cebolang, the main character of Serat Centhini, was sleeping next to the main stupa of Borobudur and saw a big Buddha statue which was unfinished. Cebolang asked why there was the unfinished statue in the top, and he considered that those statue was intentionally left broken.
I found a couple jumping spiders in my house the other day so before putting them outside I fed them some lunch in exchange for a litlte photo shoot with them. I dont like sending my guest away hungry! By the way, that is a tiny spider that this spider is eating =0)
This is John Lippincott. He has been visiting Scotland on a tour of the locations used in the 1972 horror film - The Wicker Man. He has had a film crew with him whilst here. Last night, a group of us gathered together on the cliffs at Burrowhead near the Isle of Whithorn. A small Wicker Man was burned and we all sang ‘Summer is a coming in.’ A fitting tribute to do this on May Day in the exact spot where the original Wicker Man was burnt.
Well this is Banjo and my 52 weeks dog for 2010.
Now for a little about Banjo.
He is a little live wire with lots of energy to burn being a cattle dog mix. What he's mixed with we have no idea, we think a bully breed like Bull Terrier because of his long face but then again he has really long legs.
He is extremely smart and a fast learner. We adopted him back in September when he was just 7 weeks. He's had food aggression issues which we've been working on for a while and he's improving with great strides.
So please welcome my baby Banjo to the 52 weeks group :)
It took me a few tries to get this picture and I think I lay in dog poo too but I'm happy with how it came out.
Explore January 5th. Thanks everyone!
With Walkers spotted marching towards the wall and dragonglass dagger at the ready, Christopher's steely look says, "Winter is here!"
(Yes, I'm quite ready for the next season of "Game of Thrones" to start...)
One of the downsides of a road trip during the fall and winter seasons is that daylight is short. So you have less time to spare at each vista point for photography. By the time I reached Badwater from the outskirt of Death Valley, the sun has already gone down behind Telescope and Wildrose Peaks. I only had a short time to find my own spot to take a long exposure photo of the salt flats. The clean looking ones with perfect hexagon patterns are way way out from the parking lot. In addition, traversing these salt flats during the twilight is quite hazardous as most of their crusts are pushed up from the thermal expansion during the day making it easy to trip people if they are not careful. To add to the challenge, there were quite a few photographers out there and they might walk into your frame. I remember I have wandered for almost half an hour just to find a decent spot to take the shot without anybody "photobombing" my subjects. I was a bit lucky to get this shot when a car passed by in the distance leaving a light trail.
cynthia is a wonderful commercial model owing to that she got elegant and nature quality ,she eyes is beautiful ,sweet voice,lovely and pure...
we shot her at a resturant of call legend of forest
near yangming mountain of taipei
The mighty IS-3 tank at The Tank Museum's Tankfest even in Bovington.
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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.
Charles Darwin
Halloween is so cool!
Hope your Halloween dreams are filled with sexy men running into your arms……. {g}
Model: Vance Lawson
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This is a 100x100 cm enlarger C-print (analog). Portra 160 NC over Fuji paper. I left the Hasselblad beside the print for having a size reference. The black border is the negative border. This is the format I choose for my next exhibition.
Norwegen / Nordland - Helgelandskysten
Ågskardet
Helgeland is the most southerly district in Northern Norway. Generally speaking, Helgeland refers to the part of Nordland county that is located south of the Arctic Circle. It is bordered in the north by the Saltfjellet mountains and Svartisen glacier, which form a natural border with the Salten district. In the south, Helgeland borders Trøndelag county.
The district covers an area of about 18,832 square kilometres (7,271 sq mi), with nearly 79,000 inhabitants. There are four towns in the district: from south to north these are Brønnøysund, Mosjøen, Sandnessjøen, and Mo i Rana.
Name
The Old Norse form of the name was Hálogaland (see Hålogaland).
Geography
Helgeland is commonly divided into three or four sections:
Southern Helgeland (actually southwest), which consists of the municipalities Bindal, Sømna, Brønnøy, Vega and Vevelstad.
Central Helgeland, which is sometimes further divided into the regions:
Inner Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Grane, Hattfjelldal and Vefsn.
Outer Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Leirfjord, Alstahaug, Herøy and Dønna.
Northern Helgeland, which consists of the municipalities Hemnes, Rana, Nesna, Lurøy, Træna and Rødøy.
Helgeland is characterized by pointed mountains and Strandflaten, a shallow lowland area, sometimes just above the sea surface, and sometimes just below the surface. People living on the coast have settled on this lowland (while inland towns, such as Mo and Mosjøen, are situated in valleys). A consequence of the Strandflaten is thousands of islands, and shallow waters going far into the sea. This has provided some shelter from stormy weather, which might occur in winter. Some islands are fairly large, often with unique mountains, such as Torghatten, De syv søstre (The Seven Sisters), Hestmannen, Rødøyløva (in Rødøy), Dønnamannen (picture), and Træna. There are several sea bird colonies, such as Lovund with thousands of puffins. The Solvær Islands (Solværøyene) in Lurøy consists of about 300 small and flat islands and has the highest densities of Eurasian eagle-owls in Europe.
The highest mountains, are located inland, where Oksskolten is the highest mountain in Northern Norway. There are many valleys inland, such as the Dunderland Valley, Vefsndalen, and Hattfjelldal. Røssvatnet is the second largest lake in Norway. There are three large national parks in Helgeland: Saltfjellet–Svartisen National Park (partly), Børgefjell National Park (partly), and Lomsdal–Visten National Park (created in May 2009).
Cultural references
Helgeland is the scene for Henrik Ibsen's 1857 historical play "The Vikings at Helgeland" (Hærmændene paa Helgeland), whose plot takes place at this region during the time of Erik Blood-axe (c. 930–934).
Helgeland Kammerkor, a mixed choir with members from all parts of Helgeland, have recorded an album of folk music from Helgeland (Folketoner fra Helgeland, 2005). The album contains 27 folk tunes from Helgeland, recorded in collaboration with folk musicians from the area. The album was recorded in Alstahaug Church, a 900-year-old stone church located near Sandnessjøen.
(Wikipedia)
Ågskardet is a village in Meløy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located on the southern side of the Holandsfjorden, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of the village of Tjong (in neighboring Rødøy Municipality). There were 127 inhabitants in 2008.
The village lies along Norwegian County Road 17, with a ferry connection to a port, just west of the village of Halsa. The ferry is the only connection to the rest of Meløy Municipality to the north. The village is situated just north of the border with Rødøy Municipality. The village has its own school, chapel/community centre, and some private companies.
(Wikipedia)
Helgeland (im Mittelalter Hålogaland) ist eine Landschaft im Norden Norwegens, die heute den südlichen Teil des Fylkes Nordland bis zum Saltfjellet umfasst. Die Region hat 78.400 Einwohner und eine Fläche von 17.936 km². Die Region hat ungefähr 15.000 Inseln.
Im Mittelalter bezeichnete Hålogaland das gesamte Territorium nördlich von Trøndelag und war vor der Christianisierung Norwegens ein selbständiges Königreich, das auch den größten Teil von Troms umfasste und sich zeitweilig bis in das von Samen dominierte Gebiet (Finnmark, Schwedisch-Lappland, Nord-Finnland und Nordwest-Russland) erstreckte. Hålogaland nimmt einen hervorragenden Platz in den Sagas ein. Die Göttinnen Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr und Irpa der Jómsvíkinga saga stammen wahrscheinlich aus Hálogaland und wurden wohl vor allem dort verehrt. Der vermutlich bekannteste Einwohner Hålogalands war der Seefahrer und Kaufmann Ottar, dessen Bericht über seine Heimat einen Platz in Alfreds des Großen Übersetzung der Weltgeschichte des Orosius fand.
Der Name stammt nicht von derselben Wurzel wie heilig, wie es schon Adam von Bremen behauptete, sondern von einer Volksbezeichnung háleygir. In Snorri Sturlusons Jüngerer Edda wird er von einem mythischen König Holgi abgeleitet. Holgi wiederum soll ein Nachfolger von Odins Sohn Sæming (Säming) gewesen sein.
Die jüngere Form des Namens findet sich ab 1380, die ältere besteht weiter in den Namen der Bistümer Sør-Hålogaland (Nordland) und Nord-Hålogaland (Troms und Finnmark) und im Namen des Obergerichtes (Hålogaland lagmannsrett), das für die drei nördlichen Provinzen Nordland, Troms und Finnmark sowie für Spitzbergen zuständig ist.
In Helgeland befand sich bei Bratland und der Insel Aldra ein Sender des Omega-Funknavigationssystems. In der Nähe von Bratland befindet sich auch der Marinesender JXN, der wie einst der Omegasender eine Drahtantenne verwendet, die über einen Fjord gespannt wurde.
(Wikipedia)