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Honesty
.....the ONLY policy!!
Honesty (Lunaria) - in my garden and in my heart. With the latter, unlike the former, it doesn't just appear in spring, there are no stages, no tweaking, no compromises and no exceptions, it is a guiding Light, Take it or leave it.
In the times of inversion and great deceit in which we live, a world where lies are the accepted norm, from the very top down and throughout all media, then speaking the truth is considered a subversive act ..... or at least it soon will be.
It is an interesting contemplation that honesty and truth are not necessarily synonymous. Truth by definition is honest, but without honesty that which is true can be difficult to discern.
This flower also has lovely papery white seed pods that the sun shines through and illuminates in autumn.
I thought all doors were supposed to be closed before moving. Oh well. A freight train rolling over Alameda Creek in the Niles District of Fremont, California.
Sur le Mont-Royal, à Montréal…
À propos de la cavalerie de la SPVM
spvm.qc.ca/fr/Pages/Decouvrir-le-SPVM/Qui-fait-quoi/Caval...
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Vous lire est un plaisir. Merci de vos commentaires, votre visite, vos invitations et favoris!
To read your comments is a pleasure. Thank you for your visit, comments, invitations and faves!
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ATTENTION!
Pas d'invitations à des groupes dont les photos du pool sont inaccessibles aux non-membres!
No invitations to groups whose photos of the pool are inaccessible to non-members!
Ancoats, Manchester
A first proper outing with me ol’ mucker – Eddie ‘Rainman’ Coulson of 2021 and the chance to post something not from the last decade. We’ve both been dabbling in Etsy in recent months and decided to go and shoot some of Manchester’s historic landmarks with the view to printing some of them. I must confess I’ve never been to this part of town and initially made straight for Anita Street, which has an interesting history going back to the Industrial Revolution, but I’ll write about that in another posting. Sankey’s is further afield and quite a well-known landmark, but if you didn’t know where it was you could spend hours walking around this part of town and never spot it.
Luckily, Eddie knows the area well and pointed me in the right direction. The weather on Friday was glorious and sunny, but not a cloud in sight, so you’ll have to forgive me with this subtle replacement sky. So good to be out and about again and shooting some new material.
It has quite an history as a nightclub… here’s a condensed summary
Sankeys first opened in Manchester as "Sankeys Soap" in June 1994. It was so called due to its residence inside Beehive Mill, Ancoats, which once was used to manufacture soap. The basement of the mill was transformed into a club and live music venue by Andy Spiro and Rupert Campell. After nearly going bankrupt only six months after opening, the venue managed to keep thriving. However, in 1998, due to financial problems, Sankeys Soap closed its doors to the public.
In 2000, the club was revived by business partners David Vincent and Sacha Lord-Marchionne. This time the club was more successful than before, tackling the problems that had crippled its previous owners. In 2006, the club was forced to close once more, much to the dismay of clubbers. David Vincent announced that this time Sankeys Soap would be closed for good.
Later that summer, it was announced that the club was to re-open under the shorter name Sankeys. It would be under the direction of David Vincent who invited Andy Spiro to get involved once again. During its closure the club underwent a major refit involving a brand new LED lighting system and featured the "hatongue" who took over from the legendary "Mad Graham" after the PAR cans were removed. The main DJ booth was also replaced by a new circular box.
In 2009, owing to the success of the new club, 15 further changes were made to celebrate 15 years of the Sankeys dynasty. These included dynamic ceiling lighting in the Spektrum (the upstairs part of the club) as well as a beach constructed with 50 tonnes of Bahamas Sand and the introduction of a state-of-the-art barcoded entry system. In 2010, Sankeys was voted the number one club in the world in a DJ Mag reader poll.
Following the success of 2010, David Vincent announced plans to create "Seven Sankeys" of the World in the seven cities that inspired the original Sankeys.
The music policy at Sankeys was varied but focused on underground electronic music, mainly House & Techno. The club also hosted one-off nights from outside promoters.
Resident DJs over the years included Greg Vickers, Bushwacka!, Jozef K, Darius Syrossian, Ellesse, Ryan Croft, Adam Chappell, OD Muzique, Pete Zorba, and Luke Welsh.
On 11 April 2013, Sankeys announced they would be closing the doors again on 6 May 2013.
On 12 November 2013, Sankeys announced on their Ibiza Twitter feed that they would be re-opening Manchester in January 2014.
On 12 January 2017, Sankeys announced that they were permanently closing with immediate effect, after the building they occupied had been sold to be turned into apartments.
I'm sharing these for historical interest and information empowerment for Eichler Home owners.
More on our journey of preserving a 1955 Eichler Home in South Land Park Hills + telling the current state & past history of mid-century modern in Sacramento, California -- eichlerific.blogspot.com/
Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption, Rue Porte de Dessous, Boulogne sur Gesse, Haute-Garonne, France
For more doors and windows see my album Doors & Windows
For more from Midi-Pyrénées see my album Midi-Pyrénées...
More from France can be found in my album En France
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Please do not use any of my pictures on websites, blogs or in other media without my permission.
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All of the men that earned livings to feed their families here in the Pennsylvania Railroad's shops in Crestline, Ohio have all clocked out and gone home. In fact, they've probably moved on from this world. Built during WWI, and closed with the Penn Central merger of 1968, what's left of PRR's sprawling Crestline Terminal facility stands as a testament of a different era in railroading. If you look through the open doors, you will see a portion of the roundhouse in the distance, just past where the turntable was. PRR's PFtW&C mainline here is now the Chicago, Fort Wayne, & Eastern RR, west of Crestline, and Norfolk Southern Rwy. east of town.
Read about the facility here: crestlineprr.com/History.html
And here: www.american-rails.com/crestline.html
A Lake State Railway northbound out of Bay City passes through Kawkawlin, MI behind two one-of-a-kind models on their roster, an HR-412 and C420. It was a bit warm for May and the crew may have left the door open for some air flow.
LSRC 698 HR-412 (ex-CN 3583)
LSRC 976 C420 (ex-LI 208)
I want snow!! I have given Mother Nature the open door policy to visit with a boat load..............anytime. Seriously. Anytime now. Thank you :-)
~ Geneva, Illinois, a small park along Rt 25
Oh no, the crew has the door open!! Oh well, probably just airing out the bathroom.
NS 8365, on train MYCAS, pulls south to CPI 147 where it'll begin its yard work before continuing south to the A&S. The sun had popped out for about 10 minutes, creating some neat lighting.
This partially collapsed building is now being demolished. It’s in the river north industrial district in Saint Louis, MO. USA
Two Central Maine & Quebec barns may have had more fans out chasing them than some steam excursions when they decided to make a rare appearance in the Windy City back on Father's Day this year. The SD40-2F barns led CSX train Q165 (Buffalo, NY to Schiller Park, IL, CP haulage stacks) into town from Montreal. A regular CP red GE toaster trailed them, followed by the CP 7023, The Air Force Unit fourth out.
Q165 is seen here slamming the diamonds at CP-Canal crossing CN's former GM&O/IC St. Louis line in Summit, Illinois on IHBRR's Franklin Park Subdivision. Q165 is CP train 143 (Montreal, QC to Schiller Park, IL, stacks) that CSX handles for CP on the U.S. side of the border.
This is the first and only time thus far I have attempted to shoot a moving train with the DSLR in my hands and the drone over my shoulder 150 ft. in the air simultaneously. It was quite the juggling act. You can check out the drone shot here:
www.flickr.com/photos/97918773@N08/50048079177/in/datepos...
Passengers on Virgin's 7.37am Glasgow Central - London Euston service (1M08) have seemingly little to worry about as they race south through Rugby and pass Thunderbird 57307 "Lady Penelope", parked up in the station ready to come to the aid of any failed Pendolino.
Or do they?
While the locomotive might be willing and able to help out Virgins in distress, it ain't going anywhere without a driver. Hmmmmm!
11.20am, 24th April 2018
This is the University of Oxford research and policy building. It was founded by James Martin in 2005. Another very impressive building in Oxford
"675 Paces - No.23." All the photos were taken within 675 paces of my house, which is in Rio Grande, New Jersey.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VILb0ZdQtJQ
A protest against the Corona policy has been held every Saturday for the past eight months. Saturday 18.06.2022 at 36 degrees Celsius.
On Saturday, June 25, there is an international super event in Frankfurt with the Million March II, that cannot be ignored by the media.
Manif Gilets-Jaunes - policiers
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Union Pacific DDA40X 6936 lounges about Proviso on a sunny afternoon in 2007. Someone left the door open on the brawny EMD, but it was worth a few pixels.
In November 2000, UP 6936 collided with a dump truck at a grade crossing in Livonia, Louisiana. The accident killed a railroad employee riding in the nose section and the driver of the dump truck.
It last ran in 2015 and is now in storage in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
It's been a while since I posted any car pictures (September 2021). I've only been to three shows this year and two of them weren't that great. After 14 years of local car shows you see many of the same cars. So I try to find cars I haven't shot before when I can. I have shot this one before, a 34 Ford couple, but I liked the suicide doors being open. Shot at the KC Showdown Car Show at the Legends Field in Kansas City Kansas.
Bangkok (Thaïlande) - En règle générale, les policiers thaïs acceptent volontiers de se faire photographier par les touristes. A éviter cependant lors d’une manifestation des « Chemises rouges ». Là, le légendaire sourire thaï pourrait bien faire place à un coup de bambou en pleine tête.
En Thaïlande, l’anglais n’est pas une langue parlée couramment, c’est aux policiers qu’il faut s’adresser. Eux, ont des notions de la langue de Shakespeare et une partie de leur travail consiste à renseigner les touristes. Il m’est aussi arrivé de me faire contrôler alors que je circulais en scooter. J’ai fini au poste de police… pour prendre un café sur l’invitation amicale des forces de l’ordre. Il faut dire que j’étais en règle : j’avais mon permis international et mon casque. Je ne me fais cependant pas d’illusions. Si j’avais été en infraction, j’en aurais été pour une poignée de baths (monnaie locale). Surtout en fin de mois car les policiers sont mal payés.
Les autorités les laissent racketter les étrangers et les commerçants pour se faire un complément de salaire. Ça ne va jamais très loin. D’autant que les policiers thaïs sont moins vicieux que les indonésiens qui eux, trouvent toujours quelque chose pour vous soutirer de l’argent. En Thaïlande, si vous êtes en règle, en principe, vous n’aurez pas d’ennuis.
Souvent, ce sont les policiers qui m’ont demandé de les photographier. Mais ils se mettent systématiquement au garde à vous. Sans intérêt. C’est la raison pour laquelle dans le quartier de Chinatown à Bangkok j’ai pris cette photos à l’insu de ces policiers qui faisaient leur pause déjeuner. J’étais debout, j’ai baissé mon appareil à bout de bras en regardant ailleurs et j’ai déclenché.
Je ne suis pas trop mécontent du résultat car je n’ai pas eu à redresser la « ligne d’horizon ». Seul le policier au centre manque d’un peu de netteté. Mais j’estime que cette photo fonctionne.
Resting policemen
Bangkok (Thailand) - As a rule, Thai police officers are happy to be photographed by tourists. To be avoided, however, during a demonstration of the “Red Shirts”. There, the legendary Thai smile could well be replaced by a blow to the head.
In Thailand, English is not a widely spoken language, it is the police who must be addressed. They have notions of the language of Shakespeare and part of their job is to inform tourists. I also happened to be checked while I was riding a scooter. I ended up at the police station… for coffee at the friendly invitation of law enforcement.
It must be said that I was in order: I had my international license and my helmet. I have no illusions, however. If I had been in breach, it would have cost me a handful of baths (local currency). Especially at the end of the month because the police are badly paid.
The authorities let them extort foreigners and merchants to make extra pay. It never goes very far. Especially since the Thai policemen are less vicious than the Indonesians who always find something to extract money from you. In Thailand, if you are in good standing, in principle, you will not have any trouble.
Often, it was the police who asked me to photograph them. But they always stand at attention. Without interest. This is the reason why in the district of China town in Bangkok I took this photos without the knowledge of these policemen who were on their lunch break. I was standing, I lowered my camera at arm's length, looking away and I triggered.
I'm not too unhappy with the result because I didn't have to straighten the "horizon line". Only the policeman in the center lacks a bit of sharpness. But I think this photo works.