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Gubbi Gubbi elder, Dr Eve Desl fondly recalls her mother sharing ancient stories about the rumblings of the mountains. She believes these stories may arise from the time when volcanic activity formed the Glass House Mountains.
Living a traditional indigenous lifestyle in the area, their people did not climb the mountain peaks. They have a saying; show respect by looking up and not standing on top of something.
The aboriginal legend of Glass House Mountains has it, that Tibrogargan, the father, and Beerwah, the mother, had many children; Coonowrin, the eldest, Beerburrum, the Tunbubudla twins, the Coochin twins, Ngungun, Tibberoowuccum, Miketebumulgrai, and Elimbah.
One day, Tibrogargan was gazing out to sea and noticed a great rising of the waters. Hurrying off to gather his younger children, in order to flee to the safety of the mountains in the west, he called out to Coonowrin to help his mother Beerwah, who was again with child. Looking back to see how Coonowrin was assisting Beerwah, Tibrogargan was greatly angered to see him running off alone. He pursued Coonowrin and, raising his club, struck the latter such a mighty blow that it dislodged Coonowrin’s neck, and he has never been able to straighten it since.
When the floods had subsided and the family returned to the plains, the other children teased Coonowrin about his crooked neck.
Feeling ashamed, Coonowrin went over to Tibrogargan and asked for his forgiveness, but filled with shame at his son’s cowardice, Tibrogargan could do nothing but weep copious tears, which, trickling along the ground, formed a stream that flowed into the sea.
Then Coonowrin went to his brothers and sisters, but they also wept at the shame of their brother’s cowardice. The lamentations of Coonowrin’s parents and of his brothers and sisters at his disgrace explain the presence of the numerous small streams of the area. Tibrogargan then called to Coonowrin, asking him why he had deserted his mother. Coonowrin replied that as Beerwah was the biggest of them all she should be able to take care of herself. He did not know that she was again pregnant, which was the reason for her great size. Then Tibrogargan turned his back on his son and vowed that he would never look at him again.
Source: Glasshouse Country,
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Sunshine Coast Council.
As I recall, it was rather bright and sunny that day, so I was grateful that this bleeding heart plant was in the shade.
Walkway, Arch, and Stairs. © Copyright 2013 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Architectural details at Balboa Park, San Diego
One thing that has fascinated me as I’ve spent more time reviewing old files during the pandemic is the variations in how much I recall about the original experience of making the images. In some cases the recollection is so clear that I literally remember almost everything about it. At the other end of the spectrum are photographs that I don’t even recall making — they come as almost complete surprises now. This photograph lies between the extremes. I do specifically recall this day and the places we visited, but I do not remember making this photograph and I’m not exactly sure of the precise location.
Scenes like this intrigue me, and when I slow down and look I find them everywhere. I could easily walk through here and barely register the surroundings at all, but sometimes when I’m attuned to what I see, such places come alive. There are, I think, some fun visual surprises here. First, note how full the scene is of those black railings — parallel to the walkway at the left, steeply angled upwards beyond the column, and dropping into the scene from the right margin. Then spend a moment trying to make sense of the ways all of the various lines relate to one another. Some (all?) are angled due to perspective convergence (both straight ahead and toward the left) and their actual inclines. There’s more, if you are interested…
G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.
Rekha Basu Seattle Times
When is an apology a heartfelt effort to make things right, and when is it motivated by self-interest, a formality necessary to complete a deal? And how much difference should that make to the wronged party?
These questions are being appropriately raised since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday apologized to the government of South Korea for the Japanese military’s use of South Korean “comfort women” during Japan’s occupation from 1932 to 1945. As further restitution, Japan will pay $8.3 million to a foundation to be established by South Korea for services to surviving victims. There are reported to be between 46 and 53 in that country.
“Comfort women” is a feel-good term used for the as many as 200,000 Asian and Dutch women and girls who befell various terrors during World War II. Some as young as 12 were captured or lured with false promises of factory work or other employment in their homelands of China, Indonesia (then a Dutch colony), the Philippines and North and South Korea. They were sent to brothels to provide sexual services to Japanese soldiers and held for months or even years.
The practice only became public in 1991, when a Korean survivor disclosed her experience. At first the Japanese government denied it. Then, in 1993, it apologized and paid some donated money to South Korea. It said an investigation had confirmed Japan’s military had recruited Asian and European women to work in army brothels during World War II and kept them captive. It said private recruiters had often been used, but in some cases “administrative personnel directly took part in the recruitment.”
But that apology didn’t satisfy survivors, who have staged weekly protests for 22 years in front of the Japanese embassy in South Korea’s capital, Seoul. Later, Abe was pressured by Japan’s conservatives, who suggested there was no forcible recruitment, to review the evidence and rescind the apology. During a visit to the United States in April, Abe disappointed survivors by not mentioning the topic in a speech to Congress. He was confronted by protesters. South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged Japan to address the matter and refused to meet with Abe on regional issues.
Some Japanese nationals continue to deny “comfort women” were forced or coerced, saying they were prostitutes. It took pressure from the United States to bring about this week’s announcement. President Obama urged Japan and South Korea — its closest allies in the region — to resolve the dispute so the countries can put up a united front against China and North Korea.
In Seoul on Monday, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Abe “expresses anew sincere apologies and remorse from the bottom of his heart to all those who suffered immeasurable pain and incurable physical and psychological wounds as ‘comfort women.’” Abe later called Park to apologize, and she called for a new era of trust between the countries.
But some critics still don’t consider the apology enough. Mira Yusef, who founded and runs Monsoon: United Asian Women of Iowa, a sexual assault and domestic violence prevention organization, said, “The ones on top (government leaders) are making those decisions. Survivors didn’t even have a say in it.”
Yusef says it’s not even clear South Korea’s survivors will get the money. Most did not marry; they were too stigmatized, she says. Many suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and many could never have sex or bear children because of physical abuses. Some committed suicide.
In a project called Comfort Women Wanted, Korean-born artist Chang-Jin Lee interviewed survivors and witnesses on camera.
In the interviews, a former Japanese soldier said women were required to have sex with 50 to 100 soldiers a day. A Korean woman spoke of being kidnapped at 15 and taken to a brothel. A Dutch woman in Indonesia recalled being lined up with other girls 18 and older, loaded onto trucks as their watching mothers screamed, and taken to a brothel. A Filipina woman said she was kidnapped by Japanese soldiers at a market with her grandmother at 14, and both were forced into sexual slavery. An 81-year-old Indonesian woman described how it went: “The soldiers came in one by one. This was not work, this was an assault. It hurt me inside. Some of the men beat me. It hurt my heart. I hated being treated like that.”
There are 70 former “comfort women” in the Philippines, but to date, they’ve received no compensation or apology, according to Yusef, who is from that country. Neither have survivors in other countries.
Monday’s agreement calls for South Korea and Japan to no longer criticize each other over the issue. It has South Korea agreeing to remove a statue in front of the Japanese embassy in tribute to the “comfort women.” Abe told reporters the agreement was made to stop future generations from having to keep apologizing.
Yusef believes in forgiveness, but not this way. She wants Japan’s treatment of “comfort women” to be remembered and taught as a stain on Japan’s history — not whitewashed or buried.
Nothing can make up for the women’s lost years, or the humiliation, brutality and fear they suffered. But since perpetrators will never be brought to justice, Japan could show its sincerity by erecting its own monuments to those wronged, by refuting the deniers, and by repeating George Santayana’s famous line: Those who cannot learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Re-uploaded again with its very interesting history by Karl E. Hayes
Otter 233 was delivered to the United States Army on 12 February 1958 with serial 57-6114 (tail number 76114). It was one of sixteen Army Otters flown from Downsview to Addison, Texas for work on them by Collins Radio Corporation, to equip them for service overseas. Its initial unit allocation is unknown but it did serve in Europe, and was noted undergoing overhaul at the SABCA plant at Gosseleis near Brussels (who performed maintenance on US Army aircraft) during September 1960. By January 1962 it had joined the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG), Italy based at Rome’s Ciampino Airport. It flew alongside a USAF C-47 which was also serving with the MAAG Flight.
Kenneth Ketzler flew the Otter. Apart from trips to Brienne-le-Chateau, France for maintenance, all his flying was within Italy, often visiting Italian military bases where US supplied helicopters were being introduced and MAAG personnel were working with Italian Army aviation units on these helicopters. There were also VIP flights and personnel transportation, which took the Otter all over Italy, from the mountains in the north down to the Mediterranean. As he recalls: “Ice seemed to cause me more concern than anything else. I especially remember several times flying IFR between Florence and Bologna at the lowest altitude of 12,000 feet and seeing ice forming on the wings. Flying over large bodies of water on one engine is not exactly my cup of tea. Seemed like the engine always ran rough whenever there was a trip to the islands of Sicily or Sardinia”.
76114 continued in service with MAAG Italy until February 1966, when it headed south to a new posting with the United States Mapping Mission to Ethiopia, based at the “old airport” at Addis Ababa. For this tasking the Otter was re-painted from the standard olive drab it had flown in while in Italy to the white/red colour scheme used by Army aircraft on survey work. It joined some Beavers with the Mapping Mission (76143 and 82026), a Douglas C-47 (17203) and UH-1B Huey helicopters, all of which were engaged in a topographic survey of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Army had received some Otters under a Military Air Program and they were also based at the same airfield, making it quite an important Otter base.
The Otter was noted there in June 1969, just prior to its long flight north to Coleman Barracks, Mannheim, Germany from where it was transported to the Sharpe Army Depot, Stockton, California where it arrived in August 1969. After overhaul at the Depot it was assigned in March 1970 to the Aviation Section at Fort Ord, California used as a maintenance support aircraft. It remained in service at Fort Ord until June 1975 when its Army career came to an end. The Otter was transferred to the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) on 30 June 1975, registered that day as N5325G, and flown from Fort Ord north to Boeing Field, Seattle where Foreign & Domestic Enterprises prepared the Otter for service with the CAP. This was the company of Lloyd Rekow, who specialised in Otters. That master Otter rebuilder Harold Hansen was also involved. The Otter was surveyed on arrival at Boeing Field and found to be in excellent condition. Little work was required and on 16 July 1975 it received its Certificate of Airworthiness, with total airframe time of 3,776 hours. It was painted into an unusual colour scheme of blue top with white and red undersides and was noted as such at Boeing Field during August 1975.
Its service with the CAP lasted little more than a year and by Bill of Sale 19 November 1976 it was sold to Eagle Aviation Inc., aircraft dealers of Jones-Riverside Airport, Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was sold on for $89,500 by Bill of Sale dated 2 January 1977 to Travelair Taxi Inc., doing business as Island Airlines of Port Clinton, Ohio. When it arrived at its new base at Port Clinton it was painted in a garish red, white and blue bi-centennial colour scheme, but was soon re-painted in the somewhat more attractive house colours of Island Airlines, which was white with a silver cowling, blue around the cockpit with a red flash behind the windows. It joined the other members of the Island Airlines fleet, Beaver N62352 and Ford Tri-Motor N7584. The Ford was used for sight-seeing flights but the Beaver and the Otter flew scheduled services from Port Clinton, located at the western end of Lake Erie, to islands in the Lake – Kelley’s Island, Put-in-Bay, Middle Bass and north Bass.
This unique operation styled itself “The Shortest Airline in the World”, with some justification. Departing from Carl Keller Field at Port Clinton, the Otter took all of seven minutes to complete its scheduled flight to Put-in-Bay, and a similar time for the return sector. As Edward J. Rusch, the company’s Chief Pilot, said: “The Otter works the rough sod and stone fields of the islands very efficiently”. By March 1981 the Otter had a total time of 4,833 hours on the airframe. On the scheduled services to the islands, the Otter (or Beaver, depending on the load) carried the resident population year round; tourist during the summer as well as migrant Mexican labourers for fruit picking; and fishermen during the winter for ice fishing. The Otter also carried mail and freight and performed medevac flights, averaging several each weekend during the summer as tourists injured themselves. The island’s policeman acted as a paramedic and accompanied the flight. During the winter months when the lake froze over and the ferry no longer operated, these Beaver and Otter flights were the only means of access to the islands.
After nearly 16 years of flying with the Otter, this unique operation came to an end. Island Airlines was taken over by Griffing Flying Service Inc of Port Clinton, to whom the Otter was transferred by Bill of Sale dated 23 September 1992, and to whom the Otter was registered the following month, still as N5325G. The scheduled services were terminated and the Otter put up for sale. The buyer, through brokers C&S Enterprises, was Delay River Outfitters Inc, trading as Air Schefferville to whom the Otter was registered C-FQND on 23 August 1993 and it set off for its new base of Schefferville in the remote bush country of northern Quebec.
In 1994 the Otter was sold to Aircraft Investments LLC., of Oshkosh, Wisconsin and leased by them to Waweig Lake outfitters Ltd of Thunder Bay, Ontario to whom it was registered on 18 April 1994. It went to Recon Air at Geraldton, Ontario who converted it to a Vazar turbine Otter with a PT6A-135 engine, and it was repainted orange overall with a white cheatline and tail band. It then entered service with Waweig Lake Outfitters.
For the next number of years the Otter would fly out of Waweig Lake during the summer months, carrying tourists, fishermen and hunters wishing to experience the delights of the Ontario bush country. This business was carried on by Waweig Lake Outfitters in association with Wilderness North Air of Milwaukee. By Bill of Sale 14 April 1997 Aircraft Investments LLC, owners of the Otter, transferred title to 3006298 Nova Scotia Company, but the lease to Waweig Lake Outfitters continued. The Otter continued to fly for Waweig Lake Outfitters and Wilderness North Air alongside turbine Otters C-GMLB (359) and C-FYCX (44). On 6 June 2001 Otter QND was registered to 1401380 Ontario Ltd., (Waweig Air) and continued its services in the Ontario bush country.
Early in 2002 the Otter undertook a unique “Flight of Friendship” tour of 35 US cities, sponsored by Wilderness North Air. As the company’s website explained: “We wanted to show our friends in the US that they are welcome here in Canada during a period of uncertainty due to the attacks on the World trade Center. This is why we felt compelled to fly one of our Canadian icons, a turbine Otter, on this Canadian Hospitality Tour. At each of the 35 stops, presentations will be made by the Wilderness North Chief Pilot Randy Melnick of items donated by Canadian fire departments to their US counterparts, as a sign of solidarity and friendship. North West Ontario is renowned for its pristine wilderness environment and excellent recreational sports activities, said Alan Cheeseman, President of Wilderness North, who operate one of Canada’s finest fly-in fishing and adventure sports facilities. Wilderness North flies its guests into 16 different lakes and outpost camps from its base in Armstrong, Ontario just north of Thunder Bay”.
Otter QND, on wheels, departed Thunder Bay on 8 January 2002 and returned at the end of March. Its routing on the tour was Thunder Bay-St.Charles, Illinois-Madison, Wisconsin-Chicago/Springfield-Indianapolis-Columbus-Cincinnati-Louisville-St.Louis-Springfield, Missouri-Memphis, Tennessee-Little Rock-Oklahoma City-Dallas (Love Field)-Houston-New Orleans-Tallahassee-Tampa-Orlando-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach-Daytona Beach-Jacksonville-Savannah-Atlanta-Columbia-Charlotte-Richmond-Washington-Baltimore (Ocean City)-Philadelphia-New York (Teterboro)-Boston-Albany-Buffalo-Cleveland-Dayton-Detroit-Grand Rapids-Lansing-Kalamazoo-Cedar Rapids-Des Moines-Rochester-La Crosse-Minneapolis-Duluth-Thunder Bay. On completion of this extensive tour, QND resumed flying in the Ontario bush country, along with Otters C-GMLB and C-FYCX, for Waweig Air and Wilderness North Air, flying from Armstrong Lake and the nearby seaplane base at Waweig Lake. It is mentioned in a CADORS report for 8 September 2007. QND arrived at the Churchill, Manitoba water base but the pilot did not call down and clear after landing. The airport operator did a ground check to make sure the aircraft was down and safe. As the report shows, QND did not confine its operations to Ontario, also visiting such distant places as Churchill, Manitoba.
In September 2010 Otter QND was advertised for sale, as having 12,130 hours total time and with an asking price of US $1,300,000. It was again advertised for sale in February 2013, price reduced to $1,250,000. The advert stated: “This aircraft is currently being run through the shop” and there were photographs of QND in a hangar having work done to it. It flew again for Waweig Air/Wilderness North Air for summer 2013 but was sold at the end of the summer season, in September 2013, to Vancouver Island Air.
In early October 2013 the Otter set off for its long delivery flight westwards, in the course of which an incident was recorded on CADORS on 4 October at La Ronge, Saskatchewan. On that day, Transwest Air DHC-6 Twin Otter C-FVOG on a local VFR flight out of La Ronge, reported seeing a DHC-3 Otter turning into him on finals for the La Ronge water base. The FSS had no information on the conflicting traffic. After landing the crew of the Twin Otter were able to identify the other aircraft as Otter QND and passed the information to the FSS. A few hours later the pilot of QND contacted the FSS and advised he had had radio failure inbound to La Ronge. QND was on straight floats and after La Ronge continued “lake hopping” across the country, eventually arriving at Campbell River on Vancouver Island, its new base. Registration of the Otter to 1401380 Ontario Ltd .,(Waweig Air) was cancelled on 31 October 2013 and C-FQND was registered to Vancouver Island Air Ltd., on 9 December 2013.
The Otter retained its orange overall colour scheme with white cheatline and tail stripe but acquired Vancouver Island Air fuselage titles. It replaced Beech 18 C-FGNR, which was sold, and joined Otter C-GVIX (97), these two turbine Otters from then on constituting the Vancouver Island Air fleet. Both Otters were still in service during summer 2017, flying the company’s charters and schedules out of Campbell River.
Old Joe's Place - The Folksmen
Whenever I’m out a wandering,
Chasing a rainbow dream,
I often stop and think about,
A place I’ve never seen,
Where friendly folks can gather,
And raise the rafters high,
With songs and tales of yester year,
Until they say goodbye
Well…..there’s a puppy in the parlor,
And skillet on the stove,
And a smelly old blanket,
With a Navajo wove,
There’s a chicken on the table,
But you got to say grace,
There’s always something cooking at,
Old Joe’s Place
Now folks come by round evening time,
Soon as the sun goes down,
Some drop in from right next door,
And some from out of town...(Pick it)
Well…..there’s a puppy in the parlor,
And skillet on the stove,
And a smelly old blanket,
With a Navajo wove,
There’s popcorn in the pooper,
And a porker in the pot
There’s pie in the pantry,
And the coffee’s always hot,
There’s chicken on the table,
But you got to say grace,
There’s always something cooking at,
Old Joe’s Place.
Now they don’t allow no frown inside,
Leave them by the door.
There’s apple brandy by the keg,
And sawdust on the floor.
So if you’ve got a hankering’,
I’ll tell you where to go,
Just look for the busted neon sign
That flashes....Ea A Oh’s
Well…..there’s a puppy in the parlor,
And skillet on the stove,
And a smelly old blanket,
With a Navajo wove,
There’s popcorn in the pooper,
And a porker in the pot
There’s pie in the pantry,
And the coffee’s always hot
There’s sausage in the morning,
And a party every night,
There’s a nurse on duty,
If you don’t feel right,
There’s a chicken on the table,
But you got to say grace,
There’s always something cooking down at Old Joe’s Place…
(The Folksmen)
I forgot about this photo until I saw the news last night. The popular flipflop brand has recalled its kids line due to its high lead content. As usual, it was the US who discovered it. Naturally, the right thing to do here in the Philippines was for the voluntary recall by its distributor.
Gia is probably on her 7th pair and Mina has 3 pairs. I myself have several. Not for anything, we simply find it extremely comfy. I'm not quick to panic with such report. Heck, we're probably safer with the Havaianas than the locally made or the china-made slippers proliferating the market. The DTI admitted they haven't done any lead content testing. So I slept with the questions: Do we really have a choice? What is safe? Or rather, what isn't safe? Sssssssigh!
That's Gia doing a "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes..." routine. She used to like having her nails polished until she realized it was making her nails dirty. LOL
Seen in Explore! March 6, 2009
This is, if you believe "How Many Left", the only licensed example of the Renault 5 ID special edition, with a further 3 on SORN. I have to admit to not remembering this model, although I can recall the Rio special that they did a couple of years before this. This car was spotted previously by Edinburgh contacts Grant 'Royale431' and Andy 'FarNorthWest'., and I was chuffed to find it for myself today whilst taking the 9 for a drive on a beautiful late autumn day.
Titulo / Title: Recordando el mundo
Modelo / Model: Monumento 11M / 11M Monument
Locación / Location : Madrid - España
© Copyright photo. Arq.blancoc
© Derechos reservados photo.Arq.blancoc
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There were sounds in my head
Little voices whispering
That I should go and this should end
Oh and I found myself listening
Shot in 2017. I don't recall the maker and type.
Leica R7 (10068), made in 1996
Leitz Elmarit-R 24 mm (11221), made in 1984
Kodak Ektar 100 Colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
The defective bears were in the machine for about 6 hours and then replaced with fixed ones. IM Zen Zarco in-world if you have a HUG bear with only 2 animstions inside the contents.
Regular visitors may recall an image of one of my granddaughters jumping over the waves from 3 years ago. This is her at nearly 10 dancing for the same reason - the sheer joy of dance.
Follow this link to the aforementioned image: flic.kr/p/jFUpA8
first shot with new Zuiko 50-200mm, a hefty weapon, another windfall from the financial storm shaking my savings tree.
Ringneck parakeets eat the apples
A Phase III Amtrak Cabbage Car leads an Afternoon Hiawatha through some recent trackwork at Rondout.
In a cloud of dust, Poof! It was gone...
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10 years from now... "I am fine... I guess." I replied. I look at him and it is his eyes that I first notice, it's round, dark and I could look into his soul by just looking at him. I could tell that he is excited and anxious at the same time.
Leslie, my best friend told me earlier that he was the most loving, honest and sincere man I've ever loved. If it was true, then how possible it is for me not to remember even the feelings, at all. His perfectly well-shaped eyebrows are distracting. Am I feeling attracted to him? Or he is just amazingly gorgeous? "Yeah, I know. You used to look at me that way." he interrupted my thoughts. "I'm Danny. If you need to remember," he added. I offered my hand first for some reasons, oh God, I am really nervous this time. "Alex, but it's Alessandra. My friends call me Alex." I replied. My voice is trembling. I try to calm down. He shakes my hand so gently. I could feel that he is nervous too. It's sweating. "Please have a seat." I offered. "Thank you," he replied. "Do you want me to call you Alex, or bae?" he continued. "Bae." Damn, I remember something. Yes. Leslie laughed about it when she was trying to recall everything about Danny. She calls it cheesy even when I was 28. It was a thing 10 years ago. "I am not sure that it's a good idea, Danny." Interrupted by a tall and good looking man standing in front of us while holding two mugs of cafè latte. I see his troubled eyes looking straight at Danny. Danny is sitting beside me and it is like through his looks, he is asking him to move. "It's Jackson, Alex fiancé." he continued while he is offering his hand to Danny. (To be continued...) #art #colors_of_day #planets #shortstory #tagsforlike #insta_world_life_ #instalike #clouds #bestoftheday #panoramaoftheday #seriesofshortstories #spiderman #literature #beautiful #lovestory #happy #instasg #picoftheday #magic #📷oftheday #creativeshots #panorama #shotoniPhone6 #loveofpanorama #iPhonePanorama #colors #igpowerclub
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I was sad to see this place closed up. A year or two (maybe longer) I stumbled across it and saw a lovely couple of old two stroke motorcycles from the 1970s or 1980s in the window. I went inside and had a chat with the owner who I recall was a really nice chap.
I hate to see a business fail but don't know what the story is here. It wasn't exactly on the "beaten path" but I remember that he sold quite a lot of parts on the internet. There was an exhaust system for a four cylinder bike and an exhaust can on the floor and a few bits (mirrors etc) on the shelves so it is surprising that someone would leave those behind.
Part of my Flickr "Revisited" album.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marrakech
Marrakech or Marrakesh (Amazigh: Murakush, Arabic مراكش Murrākush), known as the "Red City", is an important and former imperial city in Morocco. It has a population of 1,070,838 (as of 2004),[1] and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains.
Like many North African and Middle Eastern cities, Marrakech comprises both an old fortified city (the médina) and an adjacent modern city (called Gueliz). It is served by Ménara International Airport (RAK is the code for the airport) and a rail link to Casablanca and the north. Marrakech is the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat.[citation needed]
Marrakech has the largest traditional market (souk) in Morocco and also has one of the busiest squares in Africa and the world, Djemaa el Fna.[2] The square bustles with acrobats, story-tellers, water sellers, dancers, and musicians. By night, the square turns into food stalls, becoming a huge open-air restaurant with busy life.
The probable origin of its name is from the Amazigh (Berber) words mur (n) akush, which means "Land of God". (The root "mur" is used now in the Berber languages mostly in the feminine form "tamurt"). The same word "mur" appears in the country Mauritania, but this interpretation is still unproven to this day.
Until a few decades ago, Morocco was known as Kingdom of Marrakech by Arabs, Persians and Europeans. The European names of Morocco, Marruecos, Maroc, Marokko are directly derived from the Berber word Murakush. The city is spelled "Marrakech" in French, "Marrakech" or "Marrakesh" in English, "Marrakesch" in German and "Marakeş" in Turkish.
Prior to the advent of the Almoravids in the 11th century, the area was ruled from the city of Aghmat. The Almoravid leader, Abu-Bakr Ibn-Umar decided Aghmat was becoming overcrowded and chose to build a new capital. He decided to build it in the plains near the Tansift river. He chose the site of Marrakech, because it was in neutral territory between two tribes who were vying for the honor of hosting the new capital.[citation needed] Work started in May 1070, but Abu-Bakr was recalled to the Sahara to put down a rebellion in January 1071 and the city was completed by his deputy and eventual successor Yusuf ibn Tashfin.[3] The city experienced its greatest period under the leadership of Yacoub el Mansour, the third Almohad sultan. A number of poets and scholars entered the city during his reign and he began the construction of the Koutoubia Mosque and a new kasbah.
Prior to the reign of Moulay Ismail, Marrakech was the capital of Morocco. After his reign, his grandson moved the capital back to Marrakech from Meknès.
For centuries Marrakech has been known for its 'seven saints.' When sufism was at the height of its popularity, during the reign of Moulay Ismail, the festival of the 'seven saints' was founded by Abu Ali al-Hassan al-Yusi at the request of the sultan. The tombs of several renowned figures were moved to Marrakech to attract pilgrims in the same way Essaouira did at that time with its Regrega festivals. The 'seven saints' (sebaatou rizjel) is now a firmly established institution, attracting visitors from everywhere. The seven saints include Sidi Bel Abbas (the patron saint of the city), Sidi Muhammad al-Jazuli, Sidi Abu al-Qasim Al-Suhayli, Cadi Ayyad ben Moussa, Abdelaziz al-Tebaa and Abdallah al-Ghazwani.
Marrakech was dominated in the first half of the 20th century by T'hami El Glaoui, Lord of the Atlas and Pasha of Marrakech. The poet of the city was Mohammed Ben Brahim, his favorite place was café Al-Masraf. The poems and songs of Ben Brahim are still known by heart by many Marrakshi.
Marrakech had an official number of population of 1,070,838 in 2004.[1] There is a very large international community consisting mainly of Europeans estimated at 10,700 people, mostly retired.
Many tourists take a trip from Marrakech to visit the valley of the Ourika River in the Atlas Mountains or the valley of the Draa River in the south near the Sahara desert, but also to Middle Atlas Mountains: Waterfalls of Beni Mellal, and to Essaouira on the Atlantic ocean.
Menara International Airport serves as the main airport for the city and receives flights from Europe and neighboring Arab countries.
A toll-paying motorway connects Marrakech with Casablanca.
CTM coaches (intercity buses) and various private lines run services to most notable Moroccan towns as well as a number of European cities, from the Gare Routière on Rue Bab Doukkala in downtown Marrakech.
Marrakech is the southern terminus of the ONCF, the Moroccan railway network, and Marrakech is well served by trains heading to Tangier, Rabat, Casablanca, and Fes. The train station is located on Avenue Hassan II.
The ONCF owned "Supratours" bus company serves towns not served by the train. The bus timetable coordinates with the train timetable and the bus terminal is right beside the station.
Passing the former station yard at Closeburn on the G&SW, 66789 puts in another appearance on 6S94, the Wembley to Irvine loaded clay tanks.
Closeburn station closed to passengers on 11th September 1961. The goods yard (seen on the right) stayed open until 6th May 1964, when it too closed.
The yard is used today by a pallet manufacturer and "Hamilton and Hall" coal.
There is also an access point for the railway and after a closure of 2 weeks, evidence of sleeper replacement remains.
And a kind wave from the driver as he went past too.
Recalling the days when pairs of ‘Cromptons’ powered the summer Saturday Brighton-Plymouth service, D6566 and D6575 pass Doniford Halt on the rear of the 14:15 Minehead to Norton Fitzwarren working on 8 June. 2025.
Immortalised by Dinky Toys No 626, the Fordson Thames E3 was one of my favourite cold war-era British military vehicles. Commonly described as the ‘Commer-cabbed Ford’, the E3 used a proprietary cab from British Light Steel Pressings that was also used on contemporary Commers. 5,000 chassis were built in 1952/3 and fitted with a variety of body types, including ambulance and mobile workshop. Because of their specialised nature, some of the latter had long lives; I recall finding three examples parked-up in a large quarry in Cyprus in the early 2000s, still performing their original function several decades after being sold out of military service
Thanks to Graham Newell for the original monochrome image from his extensive collection of truck manufacturers' photographs (01-Jan-17).
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Iga Swiatek, the winner of the match, received an umbrella from the Australian Open organizers during her on-court interview. Jelena Dokic recalled how Swiatek had narrated an incident from two years ago when she got stuck in the rain after having dinner in Melbourne.
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A 'Merchant Navy' Pacific leans to the curve as it takes the Salisbury line. As long as steam locomotives are recalled these machines will remain a focus of controversy. Perhaps the most intriguing question is, how did a railway management committed to electrification, and which had bought no steam engines for five years, allow itself to be persuaded into acquiring nearly 200 express engines filled with fantastic novelties, all of which gave a lot of trouble. One can only assume that Bulleid exercised a similar charm to that of Brunel.
Photograph and caption from an unknown photographer, one of a large album.
The loco, 35009, was named 'Shaw Savill', built in 1942 and withdrawn 1964.
Many of you will recall the story of Swiss Family Robinson, shipwrecked on an island and having to face some tough challenges.
Because of a very complicated phase of my life in the last three years (in which I basically lost almost everything I had built and acquired,, I did not get a chance to return to Florida until recently. I had missed being in the Tiara, I believe the tallest building on sand, that housed the delightful second (third really if you count Lahore and New York) home I was blessed with having. But, for too many years I had not returned to the building, or even to the area.
Finally, I did, on March 13, 2012 . Taking this photo with the Nikon D300, from the balcony I took some gorgeous shots with my then delightful Nikon 5700 reminded me again why I love Palm Beach and Singer Island so much.
The stunning colors of the water, changing shdes of blue in front of your eyes, changing hues as passing clouds and time of day change light conditions.
As I focused my camera to about 500 feet below and away from my balcony, I noticed how the sun, setting behind my shoulder was casting a reddish glow on the already rich toned skins of this family… hopefully not facing the challenges of Swiss Family Robinson and instead making this moment one of Seas, Family, Droppin' Sun!
I am certain you will love the moment as much as I did.
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Great Egret, Morning Light. © Copyright 2019 G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
A great egret in California’s Central Valley.
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Way back when I was a college student I first "discovered" egrets. I was in a general education science course that consisted of a sequence of short seminars on various subjects, and the professor teaching one on ecology was obviously an egret fanatic. I don't recall many specifics from the course, but I recall his passion for "snowy egrets." Later on, as a dedicated cyclist, I often rode past creeks and canals in the Bay Area where I spotted great egrets (not the same critter as the snowy egret), often simply resting but sometimes in flight. At that time I regarded them as exotic birds, since they were still new to me.
Of course, I eventually learned that they are all over California, wherever there are wetlands — from the Pacific shoreline to the Central Valley. As I learned more about other birds — cranes, geese, herons, ibises — I came to regard the egret as a much less exotic bird. Yet, there is nothing quite like the flight of a great egret, with that long neck, the pure white plumage, and the gigantic wingspan. This one managed to stay put on the ground long enough for me to take its picture on a recent, first-of-the-season bird photography foray into the Central Valley.
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Whilst KL664 is departing on the old 14 service to Kilmarnock vie the Clyde Tunnel, which may have lasted a little bit longer than the 15, I can't recall.
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, CO - Although this image looks very much a black and white, it is in full color. I decided to post something a bit abstract today and as I recall this was part of the base to a pot catching some harsh morning light. Today's zoos have so much more than just their animals to offer our eyes, as plants, artwork, and other decor are now an integral part of the experience.
Falmouth Working Boat start line during Falmouth Week with one boat cleary OCS (On the course side at start) and therefore will be disqualified unless she returns and starts correctly.
Falmouth Working Boats were originally used for dredging for oysters and general small cargo transfer duties. 5 or 6 boats still dredge for oysters because dredging for oysters with powered vessels is prohibited.
Image made with my Nikon F100. Or maybe I had started carrying my Nikon FM around at this point instead. I can't recall.
WEEK 10 – Southaven Gordmans Liquidates Again (V)
Moving on, we next find ourselves taking a look at the shoes department in the Southaven Gordmans. Except, this isn’t always where the shoes were located – you might recall that they were originally located dead center along the right-hand wall, as opposed to dead center along the rear wall, as we see here! So what prompted the move? As I discussed previously here, this is pretty much the only thing that Stage did prior to reopening the store back in July 2017; according to Devin Blackwood, Stage apparently always had to have its shoe departments along the rear wall of the store, so much so that (again) this was the only major layout change they ever made at this Gordmans. The move also indirectly dislocated the children’s apparel departments and necessitated the additional shuffling of all of those one cha-cha slide to the right, as I also wrote at that link.
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I don't recall ever getting a night shot of the fountain or the statue at this time of night. The jets were still not on, so I tried to make the area look more interesting as a result.
I think I also manually adjusted the color temperature in my phone, something I couldn't do on my Motorola. By that I mean I could adjust the color temperature by increments, not just switching to someone's idea of daylight or tungsten or florescent lighting.