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DMS1638, 1616, 1622, 693, 349. DMS351 can just be seen behind sans headlight. DMS349 again demonstates the rear blind shortage at Barking - I think it was the first vehicle there to fall foul of the problem after it returned from its long lay-off.
Possibly RT3374 KLB593 next to DMS351
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Taj-ul-Masajid is a Mosque situated in Bhopal, India. The name is also spelt as Taj-ul-Masjid. However the correct Name is Taj-ul-Masajid and not Taj-ul-Masjid. "Masajid" means "Mosques" (Plural of "Masjid") and "Taj-ul-Masajid" literally means "Crown Among Mosques". It is the largest Mosque in India.
HISTORY
The construction of the Mosque was initiated during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar by Nawab Shah Jahan Begum (1844–1860 and 1868–1901) of Bhopal (Wife of Baqi Mohammad Khan) and continued to be built by her daughter Sultan Jahan Begum, till her lifetime. The mosque was not completed due to lack of funds, and after a long lay-off after the War of 1857, construction was resumed in 1971 by great efforts of Allama Mohammad Imran Khan Nadwi Azhari and Maulana Sayed Hashmat Ali Sahab of Bhopal. The construction was completed by 1985 and the entrance (eastern) gate was renovated grandly using ancient motifs from circa 1250 Syrian mosques by the contribution of the Emir of Kuwait to commemorate the memory of his departed wife.
ARCHITECTURE
The Mosque has a pink facade topped by two 18-storey high octagonal minarets with marble domes. The Mosque also has three huge bulbous domes, an impressive main hallway with attractive pillars and marble flooring resembling Mughal architecture the likes of Jama Masjid in Delhi and the huge Badshahi Mosque of Lahore. It has a courtyard with a large tank in the centre. It has a double-storeyed gateway with four recessed archways and nine cusped multifold openings in the main prayer hall. The Quibla wall in the prayer hall is carved with eleven recessed arches and has fine screens of trellis work. The massive pillars in the hall hold 27 ceilings through squinted arches of which 16 ceilings are decorated with ornate petaled designs.
ANNUAL CONGREGATION
Aalmi Tablighi Ijtima is an annual three-day congregation that draws people from all over the world. It was held at Taj-ul-Masajid until it was shifted to Islam Nagar outside the city due to shortage of space.
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After being laid-off for renovations and later not re-hired, workers from Unite Here Local 75 "show up for work" and deliver their official grievance. A rally was held later that day.
More on the story from the Toronto Star: www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/08/31/richtree_market_accus...
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
I decided that, after a three month lay-off, it was time to start carrying the macro lens again. I found this Dung Fly on a gate at Steart Point.
Great to be back again after two years of a lay off due to the Covid, at Joe Duffy live from Duke Street, just off Grafton Street and meeting a community of people from all parts of Ireland enjoying the best of Fun and banter on the lead into Christmas.
Podcast Link www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11479025/
(October 15th, 2009) Thousands of protestors flooded the streets in the largest public gathering in Puerto Rican history. The massive strike was in response to the republican governor Luis Fortuño's decision to lay off 16,720 public workers. ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico ~ Photo © 2009 Ricardo Figueroa
Jacks looks over at Suri, and rolls her eyes, as she watches Suri take another sip of soda. She turns the key in the car's ignition from on to off. Grasps tightly the wheel of the car trying to not show how annoyed she is. "Suri...what did I tell you about laying off of the soda?" Suri pauses mid gulp, her eyes flick towards Jacks, she blanched, and swallowed hard. Her eyes tearing up from the freshly carbonated soda. "I swear...this is the last restroom break." Jacks gives Suri a LOOK, thinking to herself she has heard this statement before. Jacks opens the car door slides out and walks into the small convenience store attached to the gas station. Suri hurries in behind her doing the "I have to go to the bathroom dance" all the way. A few minutes pass. Suri walks out of the convenience store, a square soft package slams into her chest, she fumbles but it falls to the ground. Suri leans over to pick up the object and sees the word Depends emblazoned on it. Grits her teeth and stuffs it under her arm, her eyes flit left to right hoping no one can see it. Jackie smiles at the look of dismay on Suri's face, yanks on the driver's side door of the old buick, the door groans loudly in response. Suri shuffles over visibly embarrassed and pulls on the handle of the Buicks rusty passenger door. Jacks puts her key in the ignition, and Suri sticks her tongue out at Jacks when she is sure she is not looking. Suri slides into the passenger seat, clutching her Depends and looking longingly at the soda machine attached to the side of the convenience store. The engine revs, Jacks turns towards Suri. "We've got 400 miles to go, no more Nummies." A small tear rolls down Suri's face, she rips open her Depends package and gently wipes it away, looking off into the distance.
Impromptu photo with my Miss Jackie, erm as you can see I could have taken a little more time and not had jewelry askew. Hopefully this one be the last picture of the two of us and I can redeem myself. Where is Mr. Jay when you need him.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
I took on a 30 day challenge with my son, mine was to lay off alcoholic beverages, and this was the night before the 30 days began and I was emptying the last beer from my fridge. Note I wasted a drop on my chin. :)
52 Week Self Portrait Project - Week 19 - “Dead Ends” The worst part about them is they leave you feeling lost. You’ve been driving, listening to your favorite Ipod playlist, following your GPS’s directions, when suddenly you’re out in the middle of no-where looking at a dead end. So what do you do? FREAK OUT?! LOOSE CONTROL?! No. The only thing that’s going to accomplish is making you feel more anxious. Stop, evaluate your surroundings, turn around, and head in another direction.
Now, apply this to a situation you may be facing. Is the “dead end” you ran into purposeful? Is there some way you could have avoided it? Were you paying attention? Is it worth taking a second to stop and make sure your “maps” are up to date? Can you learn from it?
Whatever you do, be actionable. Sitting stand-still at a dead end will only waste your time and make you late for wherever you were going.
You have no idea where you were going? Well that’s your fault. There are all sorts of maps and directions available to you, why weren’t you using them? Were you just out, driving around aimlessly, wasting gas, and going no-where?
Most dead ends have warnings before you reach them. Were you paying attention to the road, or fiddling with your Ipod?
Ok, I’ll lay off the metaphors for a second.. Most self-portraits I shoot have a purpose. This one probably being the most purposeful of them all. “Dead ends” are my metaphor for negative situations you may be facing that seem like they came out of no-where. I experienced one late last year, and feel like I’ve only recently pulled back out on the highway and began to drive again. If truth were told, I probably sat at my dead end for way too long before turning around and driving in the other direction. Life is life though, and there’s no changing the past, just the future. One important thing you can learn from dead ends is to make better decisions and always try to stay one step ahead of your immediate destination. Plan forward. If it looks like you may be driving down the wrong road, check your maps again. Look for warning signs. Pay attention.
Dead ends will inevitably happen, no matter how much you try and avoid them. The thought to leave with here is, once you run into one, your vehicle only stops as long as you let it.
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The Overture Center for the Arts laid off two more staffers -- their VP of marketing and their publicity coordinator -- in addition to the 15 positions cut in December.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: John Duffy
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
Funding dirty coal? Not with our money.
Activists hung a banner on Bank of America's Charlotte, NC headquarters to tell the bank: "Not with our money!" People are fed up with Bank of America putting profits before people and planet. The bank is the largest funder of the US coal industry and the leading foreclosure on Americans' homes. Meanwhile, BoA is laying off 30,000 workers and hiking fees left and right. Enough is enough.
You too can tell Bank of America, "Not with our money!"
Photo Credit: John Duffy
Lay off the cold will ya !!!!
Strobist ;
diy beauty dish - camera left with Sunpac 433D at 1/4 power
Slide projector screen as a reflector to the right for fill
bare Vivitar 285 at 1/16 power behind me left for a rim light
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
This was to celebrate my 30th anniversary with my company. Yes, I've worked for the same company for that long. This took me quite by surprise, too. The cake, I mean, not the thirty years, although, in way, that takes me by surprise, too.
This was an excellent and very rich cake. Everyone was happy and there was cake left over for tomorrow.
**edit** The lay off came December 19, 2008.
El: Well, guys, I think I finally convinced him to lay off all that romance crap. Now that I'm done with you two, I need to put you back where I found you. I don't suppose you both can find your way back upstairs on your own? No? I didn't think so. (Sigh)
my own nails
(finaly I removed tip over-lay off)
removed old gel, tips and art off
base gel
glitters
stickers
clear gel
total 2 hours and 30 minutes
Being prepared for service after a lengthy lay off following refurbishment too this vehicle will be allocated to Riverside depot for the exclusive H route for NHS Staff only seen here at The Works under preparation
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Great to be back again after two years of a lay off due to the Covid, at Joe Duffy live from Duke Street, just off Grafton Street and meeting a community of people from all parts of Ireland enjoying the best of Fun and banter on the lead into Christmas.
Podcast Link www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11479025/
Was this location abandoned? Morley or lessley. wink emoticon
Originally named Cima by the Spanish traders who passed through in the late 1700s, the Sante Fe Railroad Company started a town here in 1878 as a railroad stop and a place to house workers. In 1906, the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company(CF&I) took over the location and built the town.
CF&I excavated a mine shaft and coal was the subject of the mine. The mine produced over 600 tons of coal per day and by the time the mine closed, over 11 million tons of coal had been extracted. The coal would then be loaded up onto a train and shipped up to Pueblo to be processed.
At it's peak in the 1920s, Morley had over 600 residents, a post office, a school and a church(the St. Aloysius). By 1949, CF&I had begun considering closing the mine, as it had dropped to less than half it's peak production and operating costs were getting too strenuous. They began laying off workers in 1950, and by 1955, only about two dozen remained. The mine was finally closed in 1956. CF&I then demolished all the buildings in the town except for the St. Aloysius church, which is still standing in fair condition today.
Many, many, many foundations can be found today. The townsite is enourmous and gives a great sense of what it was like to live in the town. An absolutely amazing place.
Great to be back again after two years of a lay off due to the Covid, at Joe Duffy live from Duke Street, just off Grafton Street and meeting a community of people from all parts of Ireland enjoying the best of Fun and banter on the lead into Christmas.
Podcast Link www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11479025/
Scanned slide from 1987. The ferry Akraborg sailed between Reykjavík and the town Akranes. The route was layed off when a tunnel under the fjord Hvalfjörður was opened.
Chasewater ParkRun January 22nd 2022. Back again after a lay-off due to Avian Influenza at Chasewater Country Park.
Now that I've lost my job, I'm refreshing my skills....
Ericsson is laying off 150 of 180 engineers in Boulder. The jobs are going to low cost countries.
This is my opportunity to do something different and to rekindle passions once so strong.
Pictures from the Vanarama National League North clash at Broadhurst Park between FC United of Manchester and Darlington.
The game finished in a hard fought 3-2 victory for Darlo. who were 2-0 up inside 27 minutes.
Hardy opended the scoring for the visitors latching onto a superb ball from Thompson before slipping the ball past the advancing keeper.
Quakers went two-up on 27 minutes but it should have been more as thye spurned a host of chnaces. Liam Marrs’ free-kick was headed down by Mark Beck for Hardy to lay off in turn for Thompson to fire across Frith.
Against the run of play United pulled a goal back on 42 minutes when Jason Gilchrist spotted Jameson off his line, and chipped the ball over the keeper followed by an equaliser on 66 minutes from Thomson.
A draw looked on the cards however with 10 minutes left subsititute Cartman cleverly found Purewal with an overhead kick for his fellow sub to charge up the left. His ball to the far post was blocked, but it came back out to Cartman, who struck a low shot that took a deflection and beat the keeper to make it 3-2. Darlo were able to weather a late storm to secure all 3 points!
Lawrence Dominic 'Fats' McCarthy, VC
Date of birth: 21 January 1892
Place of birth: York, WA
Date of death: 25 May 1975
Place of death: Melbourne, VIC
Dominic McCarthy was born in York, Western Australia, in August 1892. Having been orphaned at a young age, McCarthy listed no next of kin on his attestation papers when he joined the Australian Imperial Force in October 1914. He was brought up in Clontarf Orphanage in Perth and educated in Catholic schools.
Private McCarthy was posted to the 16th Battalion where his large build earned him the nickname "Fats". The battalion landed at Gallipoli on 26 April 1915 and McCarthy remained on the peninsula until illness forced his evacuation in September. By then he had been promoted to sergeant. He returned to duty in November and was among the last in his battalion to leave Gallipoli on 20 December.
By June 1916 the 16th Battalion were in France where they took part in the fighting at Pozières and Mouquet Farm in August. McCarthy was promoted to company sergeant major in March 1917 and the following month was commissioned as a second lieutenant. The day after receiving his commission, McCarthy was wounded at Bullecourt and evacuated to England where he spent three months in hospital and convalescing. In November he was promoted to lieutenant and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre. He spent the months between February and August 1918 training troops in England, before rejoining his battalion in time for the offensive that began on 8 August.
Just over two weeks later, on 23 August, McCarthy performed what some regarded as the most effective piece of individual fighting in the history of the AIF next to Albert Jacka's Military Cross winning feat at Pozières. McCarthy, leading the 16th Battalion's "D" Company, attained his objectives, but the battalion on their left had been held up by German machine guns. He and a sergeant attacked the machine-gun posts, capturing 460 metres of German trench and forcing the surrender of between forty and fifty Germans. McCarthy was unscathed, the sergeant wounded. For this McCarthy was awarded the Victoria Cross that, within his battalion and in some quarters of the London press, came to be known as the "super-VC".
Ten days after the war ended, on 21 November 1918, McCarthy was evacuated to England with influenza. He returned to Australia in December 1919, having married Florence Norville the previous January. Their only son, Lawrence, was killed in action on Bougainville in 1945. McCarthy was demobilised in August 1920. He returned to Western Australia but moved to Victoria in 1926. He gained employment with the Sunshine Harvester Works remaining with them until 1934 when the company was forced to lay off staff during the depression. He found new work the following year with the Trustees, Executors & Agency Co., and remained with that company until his retirement in 1969.
McCarthy died at Heidleberg Repatriation Hospital in Melbourne in May 1975 and was cremated with full military honours.
Still no self portrait...sorry... If I can get a decent night's sleep and not look like the walking dead, I promise I'll do one. But if it's not the cats waking me up, it's G, and I tell ya, there's nothing stranger than getting woken up at 4am and having someone ask you if you want a pickle. Yep. I think someone needs to lay off the cooking shows a bit...
Life is hard, everyone needs a light and I finally have mine. Inside my heart. It's a drive, an ambition, a love to go and do and live my life the way I've always wanted to live it. Sure I'm going to have bad days, everyone has bad days. Sure I might let it out to a friend now and again and usually it makes me feel better. It's amazing how getting things off your chest and not storing everything inside helps. It's amazing just having friends, period. I always knew I had a light inside of me, it was just a matter of getting it to turn on and it has. I feel brighter, happier, motivated to do all the things I've always wanted to do. Life is just good and I hope by the end of the year it will be even better. :)
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p.s. don't you just love those sparks?!
Great to be back again after two years of a lay off due to the Covid, at Joe Duffy live from Duke Street, just off Grafton Street and meeting a community of people from all parts of Ireland enjoying the best of Fun and banter on the lead into Christmas.
Podcast Link www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11479025/
(October 15th, 2009) Thousands of protestors flooded the streets in the largest public gathering in Puerto Rican history. The massive strike was in response to the republican governor Luis Fortuño's decision to lay off 16,720 public workers. ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico ~ Photo © 2009 Ricardo Figueroa
**Marion Courthouse Square Historic District** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 96000111, date listed 1996-02-16
Roughly, along Green, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Franklin, Clements, Centreville and Monroe Sts.
Marion, AL (Perry County)
The Marion Courthouse Square Historic District clearly reflects the evolution and development of the city of Marion, the downtown commercial district, Marion Female Seminary, and the Centreville Street residential neighborhood. The courthouse square has, since its creation, been the heart of business and commercial life in Marion . Too, since its founding in the early 19th century, Marion has been recognized for it's citizens' commitment to education and religious institutions. The district contains the Marion Female Seminary (NRHP, 10/4/73) and three historic religious structures.
Founded on March 4, 1822, the city of Marion was originally known as Muckle's Ridge. By 1817, Michael Muckle had cleared an acre of land from a dense forest and constructed a cabin on the present site of the Perry County Jail (structure #79). Muckle later sold his improvements to Anderson West, then sheriff of Perry County. At the suggestion of Joseph Evans, a South Carolinian, the county commissioners, charged with finding a suitable location for the county seat of Perry County, changed the name of the town from Muckle's Ridge to Marion, honoring General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" of Revolutionary War fame. After laying off the courthouse square and the surveying of streets, on May 22,1822, lots were sold at public auction but due to heavy rains, prices for prime lots remained quite low. The early sale of lots included those adjacent to the courthouse square. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/96000111.pdf
I've decided to lay off of nature shots for a while. This is a photo through a window, but focused on the screen. It's almost like a mosaic. It can give you a headache if you stare too long. haha
"Man, I gotta lay off those after dinner snacks...
Dad says the chicks dig a big dude...
Mom says I'm just big boned...
Hmmmmm. What? Don't look at me like that!"
Great to be back again after two years of a lay off due to the Covid, at Joe Duffy live from Duke Street, just off Grafton Street and meeting a community of people from all parts of Ireland enjoying the best of Fun and banter on the lead into Christmas.
Podcast Link www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/11479025/