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Tributes in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II left outside Buckingham Palace and removed to Green Park where the public have an opportunity to see them. Notes, cards etc will be collected and all flowers will be composted for use in the Royal Parks.
The last time I was here shooting Spoonies this message did not exist he is headed to the Rookery with a stick there is an assortment of birds nesting but it is primarily the spoonies.
I have noticed on a lot of the photos that I upload that they appear lighter on Flickr than they do on my computer.
Will
Inspirational messages which have been written on seashells in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Life doesn't show all the truth.
"Paintings" series.
More shots and behind the scenes on my facebook page:
As the game progresses, the loading screens start sending you very interesting messages, visually and/or in writing.
write your message to the new president elect and post in this group A Message for Obama
he does have a flickr account, Barack Obama, so you never know - he might read it one day (he does after all have 2 months until he starts his new job)
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This photo is easily on of the most-viewed of my photo collection. I used to be able to see where the links were coming from, but I can't anymore and I'm dying of curiosity to know where these links are from.
If you have a sec, leave a comment or pop me a message to let me know how you arrived at this photo. Thanks! :)
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Experiencing these stations was what most made me realise that there might actually be something to this BRT-thing after all:
And another flickr user's photo (awesome capture): www.flickr.com/photos/doctorlo/2275173783/
Here are links to some short videos showing how the stations work:
Go to 0:52 on this one (actually a different system, but identical station style)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hncSYjBQBIM&feature=related
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4IR7PvO6I
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjP_GTnjEKI
The stations really frame the experience and provide numerous other services that improve the speed, capacity and comfort of the system as well as show a significant commitment/permanence by the local government/transit agency - like tracks they are not apt to be moved anytime soon.
The transmilenio is a BRT (for bus rapid transit).. like a cross between a metro and the express B-Line buses of Vancouver. Another way to put it (for those who don't know Vancouver) would be like a surface metro - enclosed stations and all- that uses articulated buses instead of trains, and isolated lanes instead of track. Like skytrain, the station platform sits in between each direction of line.. but for TransMilenio, lanes. In this case, forming the long part of the "T" where the top is a crosswalk - right in the centre of the road (not on some distant, time-consuming pull-out)
The stations are well ... they feel like the Expo line skytrain, but on the ground. There is ramp (wheelchair friendly) to go up to the bus-level platform, and one passes through automated fare collection (smart card). You can see a bit here: farm1.static.flickr.com/19/107068591_e6b678aa23_o.jpg Once inside, the entire station is all fare-paid zone, and buses on different routes each have a platform segment. This means that once one gets in the system (like a metro) you could actually ride all day. Each platform/bay has 3 wide sets of sliding glass doors that automatically open as the bus slides into position.
The 3 sets of wide glass doors of the station whisk open in unision with their bus counterparts (also wide) and riders step in and out (like skytrain, subway, or metro). There are no line ups. - People/wheelchairs/strollers simply step/roll in.. not up.. Wheelchairs and strollers are restricted to the front set of doors, everyone else uses the other two sets. . People transferring to another route just walk to the other bay/platform and get on that bus when it arrives without needing to pay again or queue for one door.
This system is far more cost-effective system than subsurface rail (most ROWs were expropriated from existing car lanes - transit priority over car), and there are no dangerous rails on the surface (and no fences like the around skytrain).
Also unlike something like the Silverline in Boston (which has a painfully slow transition to underground, and runs in mixed traffic, and generally oscillates between bus and wannabe metro), TransMilenio is completely consistent and uniform in what it has across the network.
The buses have their own median lanes, usually 2 in *each* direction. See how it looks here?: www.flickr.com/photos/99887786@N00/2468594299/ I would guess about 65% of the network is like this, and the remaining stations have passing lanes. This was a politically gutsy move to make, as the lanes the buses use were expropriated from car traffic. It basically creates additional congestion for cars, while allowing the cleaner more space-efficient public transit to go much much faster. A clear priority for public transit over car use. It is a carrot & stick. carrot to use transit becuase it is faster, stick against driving because it gets slower. In addition this is a major cost-saving measure, becuase existing roadways are used and no new ones are constructed (unlike other BRTs elswhere)
It also made construction of the busways incredible simple and fast. Nearly 100 kms of dedicated lines were in place within a matter of a few years.
My favourite resource for Bus Rapid Transit systems is the ITDPs BRT Planning Guide - in particular The Annex Section has system comparisons across BRT Systems all over the world. It is clear here how feature-rich TransMilenio is compared to lacklustre cousins elsewhere. itdp.pmhclients.com/index.php/microsite/brt_planning_guid...
Another good one: The US Transportation Research Board has a paper discussing applicability of the Transmilenio in the US - an identified challenge is that there could be little public support since most people would initially associate it with "the bus" rather than it's own mode.
TransMilenio has immense capacity - moving more people than many heavy-rail subway systems - at peak hours the busiest single line moves 45,000 people per direction. In some ways the system is victim of it's own success - some residents have nicknamed it TransMi-lleno (full), for being famously full.
Please see the next photo - there is more info there about TransMilenio.
Another informative video is this one of the Rea Vaya - a South African BRT system heavily modelled after TransMilenio. The station interior pan starts at 3:37
www.youtube.com/watch?v=85xXs7JTt5k and www.reavaya.org.za/
And last an electric trolleybus BRT in Venezuela: www.insideyorks.co.uk/tbus/xmd1.jpg
Electric trolley-bus BRT in Venezuela: www.flickr.com/photos/venex/sets/72157600189865830/
I needed to take more pictures of her in this outfit to better showcase it.
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This photo made possible by the talent and love of deerypancake/ pennylane/ nicole, my fiancée (see tags). ♥
Daisy, who else, lounging in her favourite sunbeam, being her Divaliscious self. I took this some time ago, but my good friend Jon, (jah32) took one so similar to mine of his sweet cat, Bobby, here that I held back posting this. I didn't want to appear to be a "copy cat". LOL
My apologies to all my Flickr friends for being MIA - my work has kept me uber-busy. I promise to visit you all very soon. Thanks for bearing with me. I miss you all!
“Grandma, we love you and we are sorry.” All I could think of is some kids misbehaved while playing at the park and grandma got after them. It is cute.
How to divine at the magic bay. 1.go there 2.be present and open. 3. look down 4.No, really look down 5.closer still 6.read your message.
Today's message Jan 27, 2012 " Membranipora membranacea :Zooids within a colony can communicate via pores in their interconnecting walls..... Try OM"
listening to Blur's "trouble in the message center" for hours will do this to you.
facebook: www.facebook.com/cheeming.boey
70.59.B 1 message drop parachute; Carried by Captain Reuben Fleet in pilot's training; Irvin Parachute stamped on front; Parachute is white and stored inside brown and green bag; Bag is held closed by a rip cord-Image from the SDASM Curatorial Collection.Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
A special friend reached out to friends recently, needing them to send a message to her daughter. Toby and I made sure we sent her a big hug :)
The Postcard
A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted on Wednesday the 17th. June 1908 to:
Mrs. Goldsworthy,
5, Victoria Terrace,
Heamoor,
Nr. Penzance.
The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:
"We shall be very pleased
to come to the Area, and you
might come down and go
back with us to your place.
Will leave word at the Yard
where to find us.
We could all ride.
Love to May for her
informative letter.
E. J. White".
St. James's Park
St James's Park is a 23-hectare (57-acre) park in the City of Westminster, central London. It is at the southernmost tip of the St James's area, which was named after a leper hospital dedicated to St. James the Less. It is the most easterly of a near-continuous chain of parks that includes (moving westward) Green Park, Hyde Park, and Kensington Gardens.
The park is bounded by Buckingham Palace to the west, the Mall to the north, Horse Guards to the east, and Birdcage Walk to the south. It meets Green Park at Queen's Gardens with the Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to Buckingham Palace.
The park is Grade I listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.
-- History of St. James's Park
In 1532, Henry VIII purchased an area of marshland through which the Tyburn flowed from Eton College. It lay to the west of York Palace acquired by Henry from Cardinal Wolsey; it was purchased in order to turn York Palace, subsequently renamed Whitehall, into a dwelling fit for a king.
On James I's accession to the throne in 1603, he ordered that the park be drained and landscaped, and exotic animals were kept in the park, including camels, crocodiles, an elephant and exotic birds, kept in aviaries.
While Charles II was in exile in France, he was impressed by the elaborate gardens at French royal palaces, and on his accession he had the park redesigned in a more formal style, probably by the French landscaper André Mollet.
A 775-metre by 38-metre (850 by 42-yard) canal was created. The king opened the park to the public, and used the area to entertain guests and mistresses, such as Nell Gwyn. The park became notorious as a meeting place for impromptu acts of lechery, as described by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester in his poem "A Ramble in St James's Park".
In the late 17th. and early 18th. centuries cows grazed on the park, and milk could be bought fresh at the "Lactarian". The 18th. century saw further changes, including the reclamation of part of the canal for Horse Guards Parade and the purchase of Buckingham House (now Buckingham Palace) at the west end of the Mall, for the use of Queen Charlotte in 1761.
Further remodelling in 1826–27, commissioned by the Prince Regent and overseen by the architect and landscaper John Nash, saw the canal's conversion into a more naturally-shaped lake, and formal avenues rerouted to become romantic winding pathways.
At the same time, Buckingham House was expanded to create the palace, and Marble Arch was built at its entrance, whilst The Mall was turned into a grand processional route. It opened to public traffic 60 years later in 1887.
-- Features of St. James's Park
The park has a small lake, St James's Park Lake, with two islands, West Island and Duck Island, the latter named after the lake's collection of waterfowl. Duck Island Cottage has a long history, and is now the headquarters of the London Parks & Gardens Trust.
A resident colony of pelicans has been a feature of the park since a Russian ambassador donated them to Charles II in 1664. While most of the birds' wings are clipped, there is a pelican who can be seen flying to the London Zoo in hopes of another meal.
The Blue Bridge across the lake affords a tree-framed view west towards Buckingham Palace. Looking east, the view includes the Swire Fountain to the north of Duck Island and, past the lake, the grounds of Horse Guards Parade, with Horse Guards, the Old War Office and Whitehall Court behind.
To the south of Duck Island is the Tiffany Fountain on Pelican Rock; and past the lake is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with the London Eye, the Shell Tower, and the Shard behind. The park has a children's playground including a large sandpit.
Jay Macdonald
So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?
Well, on the 17th. June 1908, James Alexander MacDonald was born in Dingwall in the Scottish Highlands. He became a botanist and plant pathologist. Friends and family called him Jay MacDonald.
Although sickly in his early life, he had developed a love of active sports by his late teens, including rugby and hockey.
Jay was home-educated by his mother at Kilmacolm, then at Inverness Royal Academy. He then went to Edinburgh University to study agriculture, but decided to also study botany as a joint degree.
He continued as a postgraduate in botany, gaining his doctorate in 1935. He then began lecturing in botany at St. Andrews University, and was given his Professorship in 1961. In the same year he became the joint founder and official keeper of St Andrews Botanic Garden.
In the Second World War Jay served as a flight lieutenant in the RAF in India and Malaya, mainly working in radar.
In 1940 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Robert James Douglas Graham, Sir William Wright Smith, Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson and Alexander Nelson. He served as Vice President of the Society from 1961 to 1964.
-- Bibliography of Jay MacDonald
Jay's publications included:
'Introduction to Mycology' (1951)
'Trees in St. Andrews' (1971)
'Plant Science and Scientists in St. Andrews' (1984)
-- Retirement and Death of Jay MacDonald
Jay retired in 1977, and in later life he developed a love of golf, and was ideally located in St. Andrews for this pastime. He was also a keen angler.
James died in St Andrews on the 26th. April 1997.