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Old picture of our Previous Car ! Shot with a Nikon D5000
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With just 10 minutes before my train home, I knew a 36 was due in from Leeds. I had calculated that the trial Streetdeck would either be this diagram of the one after this 15 minutes later. As you can see, it wasn't this one. Instead, former Burnley & Pendle Witchway Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini PJ05 ZWL is seen heading towards Ripon - yet to call at Harrogate é then on to Ripon.
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this was my very first barbie doll , I was given a rocker ken for christmas , I convinced my father to finally buy me a barbie (ken was kinda boring to me to be honest...) so I marked the rocker barbie on the "world of fashion" booklet that came with ken. waited all day for my dad to return from work with the doll(he did this a few times ,but this was the first time) and he arrived with super hair barbie!!!!!!!! the one in the red ferrari commercial! shes my ultimate ideal of glamour and ferociousness in her 80s jumpsuit with big shoulders :D
We haven’t posted a flower pic for a while.
Strobist: Slaved 430ex through white umbrella just out of frame and a few degrees above and in front of flowers, camera left. Silver reflector just out of frame camera right. Master 580exii on camera with stofin omnibounce for fill. Black background via dark blue sheet to cover background and by extreme underexposure of ambient
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It's quiet interesting to see how these japanese snow monkeys face biting snowy winters. Living in the deep woods they come out to bathe in the natural hot water springs to keep their bodies warm. This shot was taken near a hot water spring, the family is cuddled together to keep themselves warm and the parents are extra careful to keep the younger one completely isolated from the chilling wind.
11 x 14" needlefelted wool on felt :)
Thank you to Gypsy Froggie for the inspirational photograph she took of Shoreline Park in Mountainview, CA!!
i had trouble being decisive. so i made a grilled chicken sandwich AND a turkey burger. and spinach. i love spinach.
The young ones are from Raptor holder Alex Wedam who visited the Botanical Garden in Delft with his young ones!
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i can't even begin to describe how much this girl means to me. she's my best friend..one of the many reasons would be because of her willingness to curl her hair and wear cowboy boots with me to go line dancing. i love her with all my heart!! she's basically my twin..my other half <3 she's one of the strongest people i've ever met. she deals with everything with a smile and never forgets who she is. i love that about her because when i can't hold it together, she's strong for me too. she always knows how to make me laugh..seriously, every day i spend with her is one of the best of my summer! she kinda is my summer. we're spending all the time we can together because next year we're going to different schools..i don't know what i'll do without her support, craziness, and ability to always make me laugh..where ever we end up, we'll always be friends..i can always count on that. [: love you britt!
Love the Yellow Submarine with Ringo. ...and the folk dolls ...and the big horse. Antiqueing with my sister at Mel's Antiques, Hwy 77, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Dec. 2012.
Philadelphia, PA
9/1/15
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Schwebebahn arriving at Wuppertal Vohwinkel
Minolta X300 with MD 50/1.7
on Kentmere 400 in TMAX developer
United N7001U sits at the Museum of Flight's restoration center at Paine Field in Everett Washington. This is the very first Boeing 727 built, and was sold to United Airlines in 1964 after two years of serving as Boeing's prototype 727 test aircraft. UAL donated the celebrity 727 to the Museum of Flight in 1991, after 27 years of faithful service and 48,060 takeoffs and landings. The museum's goal is to restore it to flying conditions, for a one-time ferry trip from Paine Field in Everett to Boeing Field south of Seattle, where the museum is located. June 18th, 2013.
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Seen from Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.
One Wilshire, in downtown Los Angeles, looks just like other skycrapers here. However, most of the occupants are not people — they are cables, routers and network switches.
Credit: CRG West
NPR News "Xeni Tech story:
"A Los Angeles 'Hotel' for Internet Carriers"
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BILL RUSSELL ...ONE OF THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE NBA
Boston Celtics center Bill Russell (born 1934) earned a place in the National Basketball Association's Hall of Fame as the greatest defensive player in the history of the league and one of the greatest players of all time.
Bill Russell was an unlikely superstar. Lanky and shy, he came into the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a center for the Boston Celtics and remained with that team for the duration of his playing career. At six-feet-ten-inches tall he was larger than most had ever seen. He was talented, not in scoring points like other basketball stars, but in stopping his opponents cold in their tracks.
At the bidding of his coach Russell avoided shooting the basketball altogether, yet his affinity for teamwork and his ability to relay the ball to the point-makers on his team successfully earned for the Celtics 11 NBA championships. The glory of Russell's talent was, at times, marred by the intolerant social climate of his day. He was among only a few black players in the NBA during the "Russell Era," but he focused his efforts on elevating the dignity of humankind and donated his time and effort to right the wrongs of a racially biased culture.
William Felton Russell, the youngest son of Charles and Katie (King) Russell, was born in Monroe, Louisiana on February 2, 1934. His paternal grandfather, Jake Russell, was a first-generation free man, a woodsman and champion logroller, affectionately known as the "Old Man" by his offspring and heirs. As a youngster Bill Russell bonded closely with the Old Man.
Charles Russell moved the family to Oakland, California when Bill was eleven years old. Russell's parents worked at a military shipyard, and Jake Russell established his own trucking company. The Russells shared a house in north Oakland with eight families. When conditions improved the family moved to west Oakland, where Bill Russell enrolled at Cole Elementary School.
Russell held his mother in great regard, and it was a blow to him when she became ill and died in 1946. He and his brother accompanied their father on a train to Louisiana to bury Katie Russell. When they returned to Oakland, Bill became introverted and withdrew into books and reading.
At Hoover Junior High School, Russell was far from impressive as an athlete. He played basketball at McClymonds High School but was never a star; so rare were his appearances on the court that he shared a jersey with another player. Hesitant and unobtrusive, he suffered from low self-esteem in spite of his ever-towering size. His bent for basketball blossomed slowly because he lacked the skills to be a great ball handler; he worked instead to develop his talent as a defender.
In 1952, Bill accelerated his high school curriculum and graduated, ahead of his class, in order to tour with an exhibition basketball team throughout the Pacific Northwest.
During the exhibition tour, a representative from the University of San Francisco (USF) named Hal DeJulio observed Russell and set out to recruit the unusually tall young man. Russell, in turn, welcomed the opportunity for a college scholarship. At DeJulio's suggestion, Russell took the college entrance exam and applied to USF.
To bide his time during the collage application process, Bill took a job as an apprentice sheet-metal worker at the Naval yard in San Francisco. He continued to play basketball in his spare time and improved his skills and grew continually, for years, even after his peers leveled off. He was six feet five inches tall when he finished high school, and grew five inches more before reaching his full adult height.
With DeJulio as a mentor, Russell secured a full scholarship to USF and supplemented the award with a student job for additional income. Bill, by then was very tall and adept at jumping— his leaping reach extended four feet higher than the rim of the basket (14 feet above the ground), and the air-born accomplishment was exhilarating.
Russell played freshman ball and joined the USF Dons' varsity team as a sophomore in 1953. In his junior year (1954-55) the Dons won the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) championship. Russell received the title of Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the tournament. He averaged 21.4 points per game for the season with 21.5 rebounds per game.
During the summer of 1955, Bill traveled on a goodwill tour sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. In conjunction with his participation in a national program to promote physical fitness, he also attended a White House luncheon with the President of the United States.
Russell returned to USF for his senior year in the fall of 1955. He added track and field to his extracurricular schedule and made an impressive showing. After years of perfecting his leaps and bounds, he very nearly broke a world record in the high jump with a score of six feet nine and one-quarter inches.
In 1955, The Dons won the national championship again that year, and Russell was named as an All-American center, to play in the East-West college all-star game at Madison Square Gardens. That year the NCAA widened the foul (free-throw) lane from 6 to 12 feet, because of the ease with which Russell could dominate the court.
Among the most eventful years of Russell's life, 1956 was a year to remember. During the course of that year, he earned a bachelor of arts degree, joined the elite society of Olympic gold medallists, married his girlfriend, and signed a contract with the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early in 1956, Russell reduced his academic load, in anticipation of the upcoming summer Olympics. He later refused an offer from Abe Saperstein, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, to play professionally with the team. Russell feared it would jeopardize his eligibility for the U.S. Olympic basketball team. To Russell's gratification he was given a spot on the Olympic team and won a gold medal at the games in Melbourne, Australia.
During the 1956 NBA draft, Russell, a second round pick, went to the Boston Celtics under unusual circumstances. As a highly ranked team, the Celtics could not pick early in the draft. Head coach, Red Auerbach, nonetheless wanted Russell to play with his team. Auerbach sacrificed two of his best players in return for an early draft option. Russell was drafted and remained with the Celtics from 1957 until his retirement in 1969.
As 1956 drew to a close, Russell completed his studies and received his college degree. He married the former Rose Swisher in 1956, three days after his return from the Melbourne Olympics.
During his dynamic career, Russell left his mark a the greatest defensive player in the history of the NBA. He was a true team player; a highly effective re-bounder and a leviathan jumper.
Prior to Russell, it was unheard of in the NBA for a player to position himself strictly for the purpose of blocking opposing scorers and without concern for sinking baskets.
Russell in fact was a mediocre ball handler, and Auerbach instructed him to avoid shooting or carrying the ball. Yet the years that coincided with Russell's playing career bear the nickname the "Bill Russell Era."
Critics maintained that Russell's presence on the team was a key factor in 11 NBA championships won by the Celtics from 1957 through 1969.
Russell started with the Boston Celtics at a salary of $19,500; he wore jersey number 6. Celtics center Arnie Risen, whom Russell replaced, graciously assisted the rookie in mastering the finesse of professional basketball.
In 1957-59 Russell played in the NBA all-star game. His team won the NBA championship in 1957, 1959-66, and again in 1968 and 1969. Prior to Russell's rookie season the Celtics had never won a championship. Thereafter they lost only two championships during his entire 13-season career.
When Auerbach retired, he selected Bill to replace him as coach; he was the first African American to coach a NBA team. He continued as a player and coach, until 1969 when he retired with 11 NBA championships to his credit as a player, including two as a coach.
Russell served as general manager and coach for the Seattle Super Sonics between 1973 and 1977. During the 1970s and 1980s he worked as a broadcast analyst for several television networks. He coached the Sacramento Kings in 1987-88 and continued as president of basketball operations for the Kings through 1989.
Russell retired from the Celtics in 1969, having led the league in time played (40,726 minutes). He also led in career rebounds, with a total of 21,721. He received five Most Valuable Player awards: in 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1965.
The NBA revised some rules in reaction to Russell's great prowess, including a limitation on in-the-air assists. Years later, as celebrations were underway to mark the end of the second millennium in 1999, cable sports network ESPN duly named Russell among the top 50 athletes of the previous 100 years in a retrospective of 20th century sports.
Fans and colleagues failed to understand Russell's reluctance to be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame in 1974. He was the first African American in history to be so honored, and an entire community hoped to share his pride in the moment. His hesitation might have stemmed from an incident that occurred in 1971 when the city of Boston held a public celebration in Russell's honor. During the festivities, thugs—apparently motivated by racism— rampaged and violated Russell's residence. After thoughtful consideration, Russell attended the Hall of Fame ceremony and accepted the compliment.
Bill Russell left his mark in sports history as an innovator and a great man. He refused to sign autographs, yet he never avoided his fans. Instead he mingled with them, talked to them, and shook their hands—to Russell those gestures were more personal than signing a piece of paper. He wrote an autobiography, Go Up for Glory, and recorded a memoir for Random House, Second Wind, with Taylor Branch in 1979.
Russell was among a small group of professional athletes who took a public stand during the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s. He participated in the 1963 March on Washington and set up an integrated sports training camp in the southern United States. The NAACP cited other contributions by Russell that improved the quality of life for underprivileged students of the Boston public schools.
Additionally, Russell invested in a program to purchase rubber plantations in the African nation of Liberia, in an effort to create jobs and spur the economy of that nation.
Russell and his first wife had three children: William Jr., Karen Kenyatta, and Jacob. The couple separated in 1969 and divorced in 1973. He was briefly married to the former Miss USA, Didi Anstett. During his years with the Boston Celtics Russell lived in Reading, Massachusetts. After retirement, he maintained a residence on Mercer Island, Lake Washington, near Seattle.
"FIVE little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only FOUR little ducks came back!
FOUR little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only THREE little ducks came back!
THREE little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only TWO little ducks came back!
TWO little ducks went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And only ONE little duck came back!
ONE little duck went swimming one day
Over the hill and far away.
Mother duck said QUACK QUACK QUACK QUACK
And all her FIVE little ducks came back!"
~ Children's rhyme, author unknown ~