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Chico next to a few of Stephen Huneck's sculptures inside the Dog Chapel at Dog Mountain. Dog Mountain is the home of Folk Artist, Stephen Huneck. He was a painter, sculpter, wood carver and furniture maker, and he created Dog Mountain and the Dog Chapel to celebrate his love for dogs. Sadly, Mr. Huneck became so depressed after having to lay off his employees due to financial issues he committed suicide in 2010. His wife, who they say never stopped missing him, also killed herself 3 years later.
Today Dog Mountain is run by volunteers who wanted to ensure Mr. Huneck's legacy lived on. Despite the sad history, Dog Mountain is a very happy place where dogs don't require a leash, are allowed in every building, and where Dog Parties and concerts are held throughout the year.
I wanted to ease myself back in after picking up my camera again following a long lay off. Where better than the familiar location of New Brighton lighthouse!
A bit of a long lay off from the camera due to riding my bike, DIY and just generally not feeling any love for it. A wee family trip to Glencoe seems to have sorted me out.
I know, I know...I can't seem to lay off this particular tiny flower...I think it's the last one :)
HBWE and happy Tuesday everyone!!
Yay, explored #291!! Thanks so much everyone!!
It's October 2008, and I'm doing conductor trainee OJT trips as the BIT on UP Train MCHTR 01. We came out of "The BRC" that morning and wound up making it all the way in just under our hours of service. Coming up to Block to go into the hole for the northbound MASIH 01, the sun is low on the horizon along the UP Villa Grove Sub. about MP 122.
We're on UP 9125, one of the GE C40-8's that ruled the roost on the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois back then. Right behind us is a sister engine, UP 9202. FRA EO26 is still 6 days away. We'd never heard of Trip Optimizer, our cell phones were on, the head end box is beeping as Engineer Al Kilber, a former Mo-Pac hogger, sets air to go into the siding.
There's a 6 gallon bucket cooler full of All Star brand water in the middle of the cab that reads "We Will Deliver". The radio is a deafening Motorola Astro. The seats are black vinyl USSC's. Nobody in the cab had ever worn a reflective vest.
The rule book is 20 pounds including the CORA stuff and superintendent bulletins that we had to carry. Half the EOT's still had batteries that needed swapped out. None of us had ever heard a PTC screen beep. We had to talk to a person to lay off sick. It was a good job back then. It still felt like a career. The idea of going to work didn't nauseate everyone that has to set foot in the place. I miss it.
Locomotive: UP 9125
10-1-08
Block, IL
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
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I missed Dana Martin's retirement while in Quebec a few weeks ago, but I figured I would pull this photo out of the achieves to celebrate this retirement.
Dana started on the Bangor and Aroostook in 1992 before the purchase by Iron Road. From Iron Road he would go onto MMA, CMQ, CP, and CPKC being one of only a handful of guys to make it through the lay offs and job cuts that were common during the late Iron Road and MMA years.
I met Dana for the first time around 2015-2016. He would always given horn salutes at several places on every chase, and often stopped to talk to while switching at Jackman. Pretty much for the entire duration of CMQ he held the weekend Job 1/2 trips and became well acquainted with the usual group of railfans. Coincidentally he was also the engineer on both the first and last CMQ chase I did.
With Dana's retirement and before that, the retirement of Arthur Woodard only a few, if any BAR guys are left at CPKC and only a few at Irving.
After 32 years of service, I hope you have a good retirement Dana!
Central Maine and Quebec Railway
Train: Job 1-27
1/27/2018
Jackman, ME
CMQ Moosehead Subdivision
Première image de la série "le licenciement, et après..." qui sera exposée durant le festival MANIFESTO à Toulouse du 9 septembre au 3 octobre 2010.
Description du projet : au début de l'album.
1st image from the projet "being laid off, and after...". the serie was selecter for the MANIFESTO festival in Toulouse, France (from sept 9th to Oct 3rd 2010).
In this serie I make portraits of people which have been fired from their companies a while ago (5-6 years) when they where 50 years old and having stayed 30 years in the same company. The work associates portraits and texts giving information on what they feel now about when they where fired and what their lifa has now become.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
Wouldn't it be great to stay in either this or the Railway Hotel right across the road and just soak up the atmosphere. But then, I have read elsewhere that this one could be haunted...are you game? There is nothing in the Wikipedia description below that speculates about this of course!
Imperial Hotel is a heritage-listed hotel at Macrossan Street, Ravenswood, Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Eaton, Bates & Polin and built in 1901. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992.
History
The Imperial Hotel, a striking two storey brick hotel in the main street of Ravenswood, is one of a handful of buildings which survive from this once important mining town. Constructed in 1901 for James Delaney and run by members of this family for most of the twentieth century, it is evidence of Ravenswood's prosperity during its boom period. The discovery of several important goldfields in Queensland in the nineteenth century formed a major component in the development of North Queensland. The need to access and exploit gold finds determined the path of railways, the establishment of related industries and commerce and the location of settlements. Some of these were short lived "rushes", where tent and shanty townships disappeared almost as quickly as they rose. Other settlements based on goldfields became established towns with government and civic buildings, shops and family homes and survived as such. A few became important centres, only to fade away as gold yields fell. Ravenswood was one of these.
The area was first settled by Europeans following the establishment of Bowen in 1861. Pastoral runs were soon set up in the hinterland, including the area on which the Ravenswood field was to develop. Gold had been found in North Queensland at Star River in 1865 and this triggered further exploration. Gold was found at Merri Merriwa, the run on which the town of Ravenswood stands, in 1867, although it was reported as being on the adjoining property of Ravenswood, the name by which the field was always known. The first claim made was the "Perseverance", later to be known as the "Donnybrook" mine. This has a connection with the Imperial since the success of the mine is said to have provided James Delaney with the capital with which to build the hotel.
Much of the gold initially found was in a triangle in and around three dry creeks which soon formed the focus for a tent and shanty settlement. Ravenswood gold was in reefs and a small battery was first set up in 1869, followed by the Lady Marian Mill in 1870. The settlement was also surveyed at this time, but by then the goldfield itself and the buildings and streets already established had shaped the town and the survey merely formalised what was already in place. This can still be seen clearly in the irregularity of the major streets. Ravenswood was gazetted as a town in 1871 and at this time it had 30 hotels and a population of about 1000.
It was also beginning to have problems as gold at deeper levels proved to be finely distributed in ore containing other minerals and was difficult to separate either by mechanical or chemical means. This required greater capital to fund various technologies for extraction. Many miners left for other fields, such as Charters Towers, discovered in 1871 and which quickly overtook Ravenswood as a gold producer and as the most important inland North Queensland town. Despite this, Ravenswood continued to prosper due to a steady, though reduced, production of gold, the discovery of silver at nearby Totley in 1878 and as a commercial centre. Shanties were replaced by sawn timber buildings and as single miners left, more families moved in. The stability of the town was assisted by linking of Ravenswood to the Great Northern railway from Townsville to Charters Towers in 1884. In this year the Ravenswood Gold Company was formed and experimented with better means to process local ore. In 1899 the New Ravenswood Company was formed by Archibald Laurence Wilson who raised overseas capital, reopened old mines and used modern methods to rework tailings more efficiently. The shareholders recouped their investment in the first two years and this drew worldwide interest. It was the beginning of Ravenswood's most prosperous period.
In 1900 James Delaney applied for a licence for a new 18 bedroom hotel. He had been the licensee of the Commercial Hotel since 1896 when he married Anne Browne, possibly a connection of the owner of the town's most prominent hostelry, Browne's Ravenswood Hotel. The site purchased by Delaney was separated from Browne's by only 2 shops and he opened his splendid two storey Imperial Hotel in early 1901. On the night of 18 April 1901, the Imperial burned to the ground taking with it the whole block of buildings, with the exception of Browne's hotel, which had been protected by a brick wall. The damage was estimated at £20,000. The wall had possibly been erected as a firewall as both the Ravenswood Hotel and the shops Browne owned alongside it were timber, as were virtually all of the buildings in Ravenswood. Closely built timber structures and the lack of an adequate water supply for fire fighting made it possible for fires to race along a block until reaching a gap which acted as a fire break, a fact underlined by a similar fire on the opposite side of the street only three months later. The owners agreed to use the same architect, Eaton, Bates and Polin, to redesign the whole block and tenders were called in early May 1901. The shops between the Ravenswood and the Imperial were replaced by 'Browne's Buildings', Trehearn built a new shop for his former tenant, James Tait & Co. and the bakery and Commercial Hotel, both owned by the Estate of Michael Franzman, were replaced by 3 shops.
Ravenswood had produced bricks since its early years and a team of bricklayers is thought to have already been on the field, brought in by A.L. Wilson to rebuild mining structures such as chimneys. It is said that bricks were brought in from Townsville, but these may have been the cream face bricks applied in bands as a feature of the new buildings and seen to striking effect on the Imperial, which became the centrepiece of two rows of handsome shops.
Delaney died in July 1902 but had already made the hotel over to his wife in 1901. The Delaney's had four daughters, Mary Ellen (1896), Kathleen (1898), Teresa (1899) and Johanna (1901) who at the time of his death were aged between six years and eleven months. In the early years Mrs Delaney appears to have employed a manager, but in 1906 took over the management herself, pending a proposed transfer of the license. In the event, she continued to run the hotel, assisted by her daughters as they grew up.
The population of Ravenswood peaked in 1903 at 4700 but after 1908 the town began to decline. As time went by the cost of extraction grew as returns lessened and Wilson lost money searching for "mother" lodes at deep levels and began to lay off miners. A strike in 1912 dragged out for eight months causing hardship and although judgement eventually favoured the miners, Wilson could no longer afford to employ many of them. The decline of the Ravenswood mines continued with the outbreak of World War I in 1914 increasing costs and disruptions to the labour supply. Buildings began to be sold for removal and in 1916 rail services were cut. In 1917 the New Ravenswood Company closed.
In the 1920s most of the buildings in Ravenswood were moved away, but the Imperial, being a brick building, could not be moved and continued to trade. Ravenswood Shire ceased to exist in 1929 and was absorbed into Dalrymple Shire. In 1930 Ravenswood became the first Queensland town to lose its railway connection. A small revival occurred during the 1930s and a shaft was sunk next to the hotel, but most gold was gained by applying more modern extraction processes to known sites. This did not make much difference to the life of the town and by the 1960s it had reached its lowest ebb with a population of about 70. At this point, tourists began to take an interest in the town, studies were made of the buildings and work began to conserve them. In the 1980s the whole town was listed by the Australian Heritage Commission and the National Trust of Queensland. In 1987 Carpentaria Gold Ltd opened a new open cut mine using modern heap leaching processes.
Throughout the difficult times in Ravenswood, the hotel continued to trade. Anne Delaney died in 1968 and the hotel was then run by Teresa (Tessa) who died in 1980 and Jo who died in 1989. The hotel then passed to Mary (Maisie), the only married daughter, and her three daughters, Kathleen having died early. In 1994 it was sold to local owners and still operates as a hotel. Ravenswood's two hotels have helped to maintain an economic life in the town and continue to offer accommodation and recreational facilities.
The buildings which flanked the hotel have been demolished, the last bay of Browne's Buildings within recent years, so the hotel now stands alone. The new owners have redecorated some of the bedrooms on the first floor and have removed some of the dining room furniture into storage to create a pool room at the front of the hotel.
Description
The Imperial Hotel is located on Macrossan Street, in the town centre, one of just a few buildings in a landscape of disturbed ground with scattered ruins and mullock heaps, set amongst chinee apple trees and rubber vines. To the rear is Buchanan's Creek, one of those which formed the centre of the field. Originally, there was a laneway to the south of the hotel and this side and the front have elaborate two storey verandahs. In contrast, the northern side is very plain, evidence that another building once adjoined it.
It is a symmetrical two storey building with a U-shaped plan constructed of exposed red brick laid in English bond and decorated with horizontal bands of cream brick at the front. The corrugated iron roof is concealed by a high parapet with a central arched pediment and six flanking spires. The verandah to the street has a corrugated iron roof and is supported by paired posts with fretted timber brackets to the upper storey and a timber valance with arched openings on the ground floor. The upper verandah has panels of cast iron balustrading. The verandah on the side elevation is not connected to this and is to the upper floor only. It has dowel balustrading. There are two front entrances, one to the bar and one to the central hallway. On the upper floor French doors open out from bedrooms on to the verandahs.
The building retains almost all of its original fabric and the interior layout is typical of nineteenth century hotels. It is exceptionally intact down to furniture, fittings and minor items of hotel equipment. The ground floor contains the bars, dining room and furniture and fittings, a billiard room and table, kitchen, store rooms and office. Features include an elaborately constructed and decorated bar with cedar and glass fittings, beer engines and ceramic taps.
A narrow, open court yard extends between the two wings of the building with ground floor toilets at the rear of the kitchen wing. Bedrooms are located on the first floor along with bathroom and toilet facilities. Upstairs the building contains much of its original furniture and fittings
2018 January Theme - THE COLD
Dunkel: Would this woman lay off of me? I thought we were done with the weekly photos for 2018? Rylee.....RYLEE!!!!
Well, I guess this is the year of the side Dunkel? lol He wouldn't look straight on for the life of me. The more I moved, the more he turned. lol But, we finally got some snow and I could do the theme. Yea! Truth be told, though, Dunkel loves this weather. His sister is seen in the back, also loving this weather.
In total contrast the generally poor UK summer of 2021, Friday 24th September proved to be a magnificent day in Torquay. Torbay itself shimmers in the warm sunshine, while sea birds gather on 'The Millstones' rock, no doubt also enjoying the exceptional weather. On the right is Berry Head, and on the left the P&O cruise ship MV Arcadia, which is at anchor in Torbay waiting for the cruise market to re-ignite following the lay-off due to the Covid pandemic. Copyright Photograph John Whitehouse - all rights reserved
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
Colorado Belle casino is closed.
- Laughlin, Nevada
More info: 'The Colorado Belle, first opened July 1, 1987, for $80 million, looks like a six-deck 19th century Mississippi River paddlewheel riverboat, complete with smokestacks, and is 600 feet long.' www.reviewjournal.com/business/casinos-gaming/laughlins-i....
Recently out-shopped Hall class 4-6-0 4930 Hagley Hall returns to revenue-earning service after a 36 year lay-off.
She is seen at the head of a service to Bridgnorth on the first day of the SVR's Autumn Steam Gala.
Elusive, fair to say, to photograph on the 'main' so far this season, Totton loco-worked SITT ensemble with 66768/14 appear 3Y88 10.25 Totton Yd-Totton Yd out-and-back to Woking seen passing Winchfield with a little time in hand.
Additionally none of the scheduled one hour lay off at Woking is taken, returning immediately and finishing 34min early. Boo, no attempt at a second shot!
25th January 2025
For my video; youtu.be/_wNxnPHYc3c,
Child with toys
Ogobpuquib, San Blas, Panama
The San Blas Islands of Panama is an archipelago comprising approximately 378 islands and cays, of which only 49 are inhabited. They lay off the north coast of the Isthmus, east of the Panama Canal. Home to the Kuna Indians, they are a part of the comarca Kuna Yala along the Caribbean coast of Panama.
Fewer than 50 of the islands are inhabited, and on ones close to the mainland, residents live in thatched bamboo houses and get around by dugout canoes.
I never seem to be able to get close enough to them for a nice sharp close up! This was taken from about 400mtrs away at full zoom 200mm and has been heavily cropped. I Must remember to stay downwind and lay off the Lynx deodorant! :)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
TED: "Donald's eyein' up today's Hadvent callender choklit, so I sed 'e cud 'ave it.
Me Krissmuss jumper's a bit on the snug side so I better lay off the choklit fer a day or two, or certain peepul will be pokin' fun agane, like they did yesterday."
*still indignant*
DONALD: "Thanks Ted! If it's any consolation I don't think you've put on weight at all, you're a fine figure of a bear!"
TED: "Fank yew, pal!"
The gray squirrels are really hefty around here, I suspect it is because of all the food I give them!!!! They have been going through a lot of peanuts in the shell!
Sunset afterglow ~ Summer '17 ~ Florida Everglades U.S.A.
Broward County ~ Hometown ~ Coral Springs, Florida
[I appreciate your visits, views, faves and comments.
As Elvis Presley would say... Thank You Very Much.]
Blue Blue, Blue Suede Shoes
But Don't You, step on my Blue Suede Shoes
Well you can do anything
Just lay-off of my Blue Suede Shoes - EP
(three more photos 'from this night' in the comments)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Springs,_Florida
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Elvis Presley - '50's
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Ond-OwgU8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uke1B0FpIZ8
"Blue Suede Shoes" - Elvis Presley - Comeback Special - 1968
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiUKYEAhaHs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HARic2ylYQ
Backstage (6 weeks before his death) - June 21st, 1977
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnp6PaJN61g
Elvis Presley - The King's Last Live Special (1977)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
34046 Braunton still in 34052 Lord Dowding guise passing under one of the farm access bridges off Crimes Lane. A good day for me and this Icon Of Steam to check the pipes after a bit of a lay off!
Okay, I'm finally satisfies with the results. I'll lay off the gold liquid for a while. If anybody wants to know about technique, I can save you 4 days of trouble.
Explore position 384.
Baa-oohh my head hurts , I really must lay off the pink gins - I gotta go and find where all the others are now !! They are all gonna bleat on about the demon drink , but with all this rotten weather out there in the wind and mizzle all hours , can you blame a soggy sheep for a moment of weakness !!
Seen in Cornwall's highest village , Minions , which has stone circles , old mining remains and fabulous views including The Cheesewring - and a total solar eclipse back in 1999 !!
With winter atmospheric river pounding the north west of Pacific in succession and sharing downpour with Southern California, 2023 will see a year of vast blooming flowers in the Spring on wild hills and fields, and yummy fruitful trees in Summer for Californians.
So, despite a loomy mild recession and on-going lay-offs in a number of business sectors, hope for a great year with more real peace in the world, and happiness to all souls on Earth, plus last but not least a returning of rosy economic growth to all corners of the globe.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Thanks so much for all your encouraging and supportive words yesterday, I didn't really realize that I starting to get into a funk and then all of a sudden it just sort of hit.
This week people at work starting getting lay-off notices which has brought morale down quite substantially. My contract expires at the end of June and I have nothing lined up as of right now which is starting to nag at the back of my head but I'm trying to stay as positive as possible that things will work out.
Today's Random Fact: I'm off to make some Ginger-Carrot soup for tomorrow's staff luncheon :)
241/365
FGR: Zoolander (trying to do the Zoolander pout but I totally didn't get it right....)
TRP: Big Ass Sunglasses Taking Over The World
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malam_Jabba#
Malam Jabba (also Maalam Jabba, Urdu: مالم جبہ) is a Hill Station in the Karakoram mountain range nearly 40 km from Saidu Sharif in Swat Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is 314 km from Islamabad and 51 km from Saidu Sharif Airport.
Malam Jabba is home to the only ski resort in Pakistan.[1] The area also contains two Buddhist stupas and six monasteries that are scattered around the resort. The presence of the monuments at such a height indicates that the area has been inhabited for over 2000 years.
Two trekking trails are located near the Malam Jabba resort. The first passes through the Ghorband Valley and Shangla Top and starts about 18 km from the resort. The other trail passes through the Sabonev Valley and is about 17 km from the resort.
Malam Jabba ski resort
The Malam Jabba Ski Resort, owned by the Pakistani Tourism Development Corporation, had a ski slope of about 800 m with the highest point of the slope 2804 m (9200 ft) above sea level. Malam Jabba Ski Resort was the joint effort of the Pakistan government with its Austrian counterpart. The resort was equipped with modern facilities including roller/ice-skating rinks, chair lifts, skiing platforms, telephones and snow clearing equipment.[citation needed]
In late June 2008, the Malam Jabba Ski Resort was set on fire and destroyed after being closed for more than a year. Residents said a large portion of the resort had been reduced to ashes and the militants also damaged chairlifts and a tower belonging to the meteorological department. The Pakistani government had long since lost control over the administration and security of the valley and had abandoned the resort, laying off its employees there. This was due to the war in the Swat valley between government security forces and Taliban militias (who were likely relocating from nearby FATA and Afghanistan).[2] The Pakistani government accepted a Taliban truce in the Swat valley.[3] The Taliban started infiltrating armed members into the adjoining state of Buner and openly invited Osama bin Laden. In May 2009 however the army started an offensive against the Taliban and retook the town.[4] The ski hill at the resort has now been rebuilt and is fully operational.[5] The ski track has undergone reconstruction and rehabilitation.The hotel is still awaiting reconstruction.
Another view of Port Talbot steel works, but wider angle, with Nos 4 and 5 blast furnaces dominating the background. Owned by Indian multi-national, Tata Steel, Port Talbot steel works is the largest steel making facility in UK producing up to 5 million tonnes of steel slab per annum and employing 4,000 workers. Unfortunately, due to cheap steel exports from China, the steel works is running at a loss and its long term future appears be in jeopardy - China is now exporting twice as much steel to the UK as it did in 2013. As a consequence the Company plans to lay off 750 workers. Other factors such as the extortionate cost of energy and business rates in the UK impact on operational costs, further reducing its economic viability. It will be interesting to see if government and the devolved Welsh Assembly will be able to assist the industry with respect to reduced energy costs and cheaper business rates to help its survival.
Passing by the works is Colas locomotive 70708 working the 6V54 Chirk to Baglan Bay empty timber wagons
A foggy start to the day in Millthorpe, NSW, begs me to get up early and start shooting. It is wonderful to be back behind the lens after a 3 week lay-off.
Every time I use the Canon 5D classic I am reminded of what a breakthrough camera this is. It is nothing short of fantastic. I must start saving for the 5D Mk II...
Have recently got back into drumming after a 13 year lay off (Retired) Now back playing with My mate & singer for The Varukers in a band called The Vile. Great band & great people. Already been to France twice & off to Italy later this month. Recording a full length CD next month for general release :)
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avey tare & kria brekkan . lay lay off, faselam
Martin and I were driving around and we find this deer crossing the road....
No one was behind us anyway, so we slowed down and took pictures of the deer.
This was actually a random shot of a billion other shots we took today, for his college final.
I'm extremely tired. haha
Might have to lay off levitation for a bit. #burnedout
I totally need to shoot more in the woods... cause this is awesome.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
Killer Whales of the west coast of Whalsay, weather conditions were low cloud and mostly calm dry conditions. The Killer Whales (Orcas) were first spotted on the east side of the calf of Linga an Island which is situated of Symbister Harbour. The whales then proceeded into the north west traveling between islands Bruceholm and Hunderholm headed to a bight which lays off mainland Shetland called Bunnydale, here the whales frolicked around breaching and playing swimming upside down etc. Here as you will see in one of the photos the whale also grabbed a tystie for a snack. They then left this location and headed south again around the island of Hunderholm and carried on proceeding south towards nesting and Lerwick area. In the pod there were 2 large Killer Whales and three smaller cubs. The whales travelled at a speed around 6-7 knots into the south.
Former Irish based VDL DB250 with East Lancs Myllennium body at Empingham Rutland September 2012. The origins of the bus lay off these shores with Naas a Dublin Eire based company with the registration mark 04-D-34671.
Going back to a slightly older set of photos that I didn't post all at the same time ... to mix things up. Taken in the Rondout area of Kingston (on the Rondout Creek).
A recent rock slide damaged one of the Royal Gorge's former Rio Grande's signals and destroyed it, seen laying off to the right side of our train as we headed west to Parkdale. This signal can be seen if looking almost straight down off the Royal Gorge bridge, the Hanging bridge is only a minute away.
Colette Mansell, the author of the 'The History of Sindy' book, used a photo of Palitoy's Action Girl Horse when she displayed Sindy's different equestrian looks. It led me to believe that that was a genuine Sindy horse for a long time.
Hence this comparison frenzy.
Peanuts, up front, has a much slimmer and taller body than his follower Agee. Their heads differ a lot too in shape. Peanuts is showing a lot of whites in his eyes (which a normal horse would only do if scared or agitated).
His mane is spectacular while poor Agee sports a short little something. At least she has bangs!
(She is borrowing Sindy's Western horse bridle.)
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Peanuts: Stop following me!
Agee: Stop walking away from me. I'm not done with you yet.
Peanuts: I think you are. My unmentionables hurt.
Agee: Your what?
Peanuts: It's unmentionable.
Agee: Your bum?
Peanuts: ... no, my... my feelings.
Agee: Aww... sweetie. Wait up a minute. I adore a stallion who can talk about feelings.
Peanuts: You do?!
Agee: No. But hey, let's be friends. If you promise to lay off the romance biscuits.
Peanuts: Alright. But no more biting and kicking. Your Kung Fu is too mighty for me.
Agee: Sure. Done deal. (Thinking) He is rather cute.. perhaps I wisped him off too soon..