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2000 Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 16v SRi 140 estate.
Scrapped (last MoT test expired in May 2021).
It failed a test that month -
Nearside rear seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced inner sill and inner wheel arch (7.1.1 (a) (i)) - Major
Nearside rear suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength inner sill and inner wheel arch (5.3.6 (a) (i)) - Major
Original Caption: Both Oregon and Washington States Led the Nation in Reducing Driving Speeds to Conserve Gasoline before Federal Limits Were Passed. A Speed Limit Sign and a Reminder Are Shown Along Interstate #5 11/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-12975
Photographer: Falconer, David
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Environmental Protection Agency
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"SUMMER 2017 DAYLIFE" at The Pool Harrah's Atlantic City Saturday July 22, 2017
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For this portrait I took this morning in the shade, I used the LR brush tool to reduce the clarity across her face, and then erased it there for her eyes and mouth ... a quick way to soften the skin as the camera lens picks up a lot of detail ... too much detail :)
This was before they went out and got all covered in color.
YN57FWK is a Wright Solar with Scania chassis that was new to Reading as their 1034.
It passed in 2013 to Rosso and is one of the remaining vehicles in the livery and is seen in Bury operating the tendered R2 service that takes a circuitous route from Rochdale.
Auckland bound heading out of Wellington, the Volvo B11R of 12 November 2014 which operated the inaugural Auckland to Wellington service on 21 November 2014.
ManaBus.com No. 2 operated the inaugural Wellington-Auckland service the same day.
Photo: Keith Bennett.
TRIPPERS WIN IN LONG-HAUL BUS WARS
NZ Herald, Friday, October 31, 2014
Budget travellers will soon have three major long-distance bus operators to choose from, offering fares from as little as $1 each way between Auckland and Wellington.
Scottish business magnate Sir Brian Souter yesterday announced plans to start day and night services between the two cities from November 21 [2014], and to other North Island centres in December, using five locally assembled double-decker buses with 79 seats each.
The other centres to be serviced by ManaBus will be Hamilton, Tauranga, Whangarei and Rotorua.
Sir Brian hopes to extend his network further into provincial New Zealand later, especially to areas such as Gisborne whose residents complain about excessive airfares.
Each bus has a toilet, allowing fewer stops which will cut journey times between Auckland and Wellington to just under 10 hours - at least an hour less than other bus operators - and free Wi-Fi and power connections to every seat.
ManaBus is not alone in offering $1 deals, Naked Bus and InterCity also offer the cut price fares.
But Sir Brian, who pioneered 1 fares with his MegaBus venture in Britain, says his larger buses will allow him to supply more low-cost seats than his competitors.
"There will be a larger number at lower price ranges - people may get seats for $5, $8 or $12," he said.
He was coy about indicating his upper price range, saying that would depend entirely on demand.
Naked Bus says its fares between Auckland and Wellington for a new sleeper service it will introduce in December, for which each of 40 seats in designated overnight buses will be convertible into a bed, will range from $1 to $55.
Although the lowest Naked Bus fare the Herald could find for the route yesterday on the company's website was $17.99c for late January, founder Hamish Nuttall said a new batch of $1 fares for February to March would be posted next week.
The next $1 fare the Herald could find for InterCity was for a return night trip from Wellington on February 10.
But executive John Thorburn said lower fares were just one of a number of considerations, others being the breadth of a bus operator's network and its level of service.
Another was baggage, for which his company offered a "very generous" free allowance of two 25kg checked bags as well as a 5kg carry-on item.
ManaBus offers just one 15kg checked bag and a carry-on item.
A Naked Bus offer of one free checked bag up to 20kg will end on November 24, when a $5 fee will be introduced, which Mr Nuttall says will allow him to reduce fares.
Sir Brian operates almost 12,000 buses and trains through various business interests across Britain, Europe and the United States.
He owned Auckland's main bus fleet for about 16 years until 2005 under his Stagecoach brand, then returned a few years later to buy the Howick and Eastern operation and Fullers ferries.
Mr Nuttall said Naked Bus intended introducing toilets to its fleets, and would reduce travelling time on some services in December.
He and Mr Thorburn of InterCity welcomed the new competition as giving a higher profile to bus travel in a very car-oriented society.
The curtain comes down...
MANABUS AND NAKEDBUS TO END SERVICES
Author Damien Venuto, NZ Herald, Publish Date Thursday, 21 June 2018
Budget coach services ManaBus and Naked Bus have confirmed that they will cease operations in July.
The companies are part of InMotion Group, which also operates Fullers, 360 Discovery, Roam Experiences and Waiheke Bus Company.
A spokeswoman for Mana said that the decision to end the budget bus operations was in order to focus more exclusively on the company's Ferry services.
"Fullers Group is consolidating its business to focus on its ferry operation and on servicing Auckland's popular Hauraki Gulf, which has considerable potential due to rising visitor numbers," the spokeswoman said.
The spokesperson said the ManaBus and Naked Bus fleets had been sold to Ritchies Transport Holdings as part of the decision to exit the space.
"As of 15 July, ManaBus.com and nakedbus.com bus services will cease operation and tickets will no longer be available to purchase," the spokeswoman said.
Customers who bought tickets in advance have already been offered full refunds via email.
The spokesperson is yet to confirm how many staff worked for the pair of bus companies or if any jobs are on the line.
"Fullers is working closely with its staff, partners and customers throughout this process to support them through this transition," she said.
ManaBus was first launched as a budget travel option in 2014 by Scottish transport entrepreneur Brian Souter, adding to a portfolio that included Auckland urban bus companies Howick and Eastern Buses, the Wellington-based bus service Mana Coach Services and Waiheke Bus Company, as well as the Auckland Fullers Group ferries and the 360 Discovery cruises.
In May 2015, Souter's company acquired rival Naked Bus in a bid to expand the company's footprint across the South Island.
At the time of the acquisition of NakedBus, Manabus said the combined entities across the entire portfolio transported more than 13 million customers a year and employed 670 people.
It's unclear how many of those staff members fell under the Naked Bus and Manabus subsidiaries.
Operator - Manabus.com Ltd - NZ - InMotion Group Ltd
Fleet Number - 3
Registration - HTL289
Chassis Type - Volvo B11R
Chassis No. - YV3T2T121EA168225
Body Manufacturer - Kiwi Bus Builders
Body Date - 2014
Status - Withdrawn
Seating Codes - HC79D
Notes - Transferred to Waiheke Bus Company - Waiheke Island - InMotion Group.
Livery - ManaBus
NZ 1st rego - 12 November 2014
Operator - Fullers Group Ltd (Waiheke Bus Company) - Waiheke Island - Souter Holdings Ltd
Fleet Number - 302
Registration - HTL289
Chassis Type - Volvo B11R
Chassis No. - YV3T2T121EA168225
Body Manufacturer - Kiwi Bus Builders
Body Date - 2014
Seating Codes - HC79D
Notes - ex (3) HTL289, Manabus - InMotion Group.
Livery - Waiheke Explorer
Businfo details on ManaBus Volvo B11R No. 3:
Entrance reducers help new bees protect their hives from intruders. Once the hive gets established it can be removed and allow for more bees to fly and more ventilation in the summer.
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Worcester is a Cathedral City and the county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England.
The city is located some 17 miles (27 km) south-west of the southern suburbs of Birmingham, and 23 miles (37 km) north of Gloucester. The population is approximately 100,000. The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre, which is overlooked by the 12th-century Worcester Cathedral.
The site of the final battle of the Civil War, Worcester was where Oliver Cromwell's New Model Army defeated King Charles I's Cavaliers, cementing the eleven-year Interregnum. Worcester was the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, and for much of his life, the composer Sir Edward Elgar. It houses the Lea & Perrins factory where traditional Worcestershire Sauce is made. The University of Worcester is one of the UK's fastest-growing universities.
History
The trade route past Worcester which later formed part of the Roman Ryknild Street dates to Neolithic times. The position commanded a ford over the River Severn (the river was tidal past Worcester prior to public works projects in the 1840s) and was fortified by the Britons around 400 bc. It would have been on the northern border of the Dobunni and probably subject to the larger communities of the Malvern hillforts. The Roman settlement at the site passes unmentioned by Ptolemy's Geography, the Antonine Itinerary and the Register of Dignitaries but would have grown up on the road opened between Glevum (Gloucester) and Viroconium (Wroxeter) in the ad 40s and 50s. It may have been the "Vertis" mentioned in the 7th-century Ravenna Cosmography. Using charcoal from the Forest of Dean, the Romans operated pottery kilns and ironworks at the site and may have built a small fort.
In the 3rd century, Roman Worcester occupied a larger area than the subsequent medieval city, but silting of the Diglis Basin caused the abandonment of Sidbury. Industrial production ceased and the settlement contracted to a defended position along the lines of the old British fort at the river terrace's southern end. This settlement is generally identified with the Cair Guiragon listed among the 28 cities of Britain by the History of the Britons attributed to Nennius. This is not a British name but an adaption of its Old English name Weorgoran ceaster, "fort of the Weorgoran". The Weorgoran (the "people of the winding river") were precursors of Hwicce and probably West Saxons who entered the area some time after the 577 Battle of Dyrham. In 680, their fort at Worcester was chosen—in preference to both the much larger Gloucester and the royal court at Winchcombe—to be the seat of a new bishopric, suggesting there was already a well-established and powerful Christian community when the site fell into English hands. The oldest known church was St Helen's, which was certainly British; the Saxon cathedral was dedicated to St Peter.
The town was almost destroyed in 1041 after a rebellion against the punitive taxation of Harthacanute. During this time, the townsfolk relocated to (and at times were besieged at) the nearby Bevere Island, 2 miles upriver. The following century, the town (then better defended) was attacked several times (in 1139, 1150 and 1151) during "The Anarchy", i.e. civil war between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I. This is the background to the well-researched historical novel The Virgin in the Ice, part of Ellis Peters' "Cadfael" series, which begins with the words:
"It was early in November of 1139 that the tide of civil war, lately so sluggish and inactive, rose suddenly to wash over the city of Worcester, wash away half of its lifestock, property and women and send all those of its inhabitants who could get away in time scurrying for their lives northwards away from the marauders". (These are mentioned as having arrived from Gloucester, leaving a long lasting legacy of bitterness between the two cities.)
By late medieval times the population had grown to around 10,000 as the manufacture of cloth started to become a large local industry. The town was designated a county corporate, giving it autonomy from local government.
Worcester was the site of the Battle of Worcester (3 September 1651), when Charles II attempted to forcefully regain the crown, in the fields a little to the west and south of the city, near the village of Powick. However, Charles II was defeated and returned to his headquarters in what is now known as King Charles house in the Cornmarket, before fleeing in disguise to Boscobel House in Shropshire from where he eventually escaped to France. Worcester had supported the Parliamentary cause before the outbreak of war in 1642 but spent most of the war under Royalist occupation. After the war it cleverly used its location as the site of the final battles of the First Civil War (1646) and Third Civil War (1651) to try to mount an appeal for compensation from the new King Charles II. As part of this and not based upon any historical fact, it invented the epithet "Fidelis Civitas" (The Faithful City) and this motto has since been incorporated into the city's coat of arms.
In 1670, the River Severn broke its banks and the subsequent flood was the worst ever seen by Worcester. A brass plate can be found on a wall on the path to the cathedral by the path along the river showing how high this flood went and other flood heights of more recent times are also shown in stone bricks. The closest flood height to what is known as The Flood of 1670 was when the Severn flooded in the torrential rains of July 2007.
The Royal Worcester Porcelain Company factory was founded by Dr John Wall in 1751, although it no longer produces goods. A handful of decorators are still employed at the factory and the Museum is still open.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Worcester was a major centre for glove making, employing nearly half the glovers in England at its peak (over 30,000 people). In 1815 the Worcester and Birmingham Canal opened, allowing Worcester goods to be transported to a larger conurbation.
The British Medical Association (BMA) was founded in the Board Room of the old Worcester Royal Infirmary building in Castle Street in 1832. While part of the Royal Infirmary has now been demolished to make way for the University of Worcester's new city campus, the original Georgian building has been preserved. One of the old wards opened as a medical museum, The Infirmary, in 2012.
In 1882 Worcester hosted the Worcestershire Exhibition, inspired by the Great Exhibition in London.There were sections for exhibits of fine arts (over 600 paintings), historical manuscripts and industrial items.The profit was £1,867.9s.6d. The number of visitors is recorded as 222,807. Some of the profit from the exhibition was used to build the Victoria Institute in Foregate Street, Worcester. This was opened on 1 October 1896 and now houses the city art gallery and museum. Further information about the exhibition can be found at the museum.
During World War II, the city was chosen to be the seat of an evacuated government in case of mass German invasion. The War Cabinet, along with Winston Churchill and some 16.000 state workers, would have moved to Hindlip Hall (now part of the complex forming the Headquarters of West Mercia Police), 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Worcester and Parliament would have temporarily seated in Stratford-upon-Avon. The former RAF station RAF Worcester was located east of Northwick.
In the 1950s and 1960s large areas of the medieval centre of Worcester were demolished and rebuilt as a result of decisions by town planners. This was condemned by many such as Nikolaus Pevsner who described it as a "totally incomprehensible... act of self-mutilation". There is still a significant area of medieval Worcester remaining, but it is a small fraction of what was present before the redevelopments.
The current city boundaries date from 1974, when the Local Government Act 1972 transferred the parishes of Warndon and St. Peter the Great County into the city.
Governance
The Conservatives had a majority on the council from 2003 to 2007, when they lost a by-election to Labour meaning the council had no overall control. The Conservatives remained with the most seats overall with 17 out of 35 seats after the 2008 election.
Worcester has one member of Parliament, Robin Walker of the Conservative Party, who represents the Worcester constituency as of the May 2010 general election.
The County of Worcestershire's local government arrangement is formed of a non-metropolitan county council (Worcestershire County Council) and six non-metropolitan district councils, with Worcester City Council being the district council for most of Worcester, with a small area of the St. Peters suburb actually falling within the neighbouring Wychavon District council. The Worcester City Council area includes two parish councils, these being Warndon Parish Council and St Peter the Great Parish Council.
Worcester Guildhall, the seat of local government, dates from 1721; it replaced an earlier hall on the same site. The Grade I listed Queen Anne style building is described by Pevsner as 'a splendid town hall, as splendid as any of C18 England'.
Economy
The city of Worcester, located on the River Severn and with transport links to Birmingham and other parts of the Midlands through the vast canal network, became an important centre for many light industries. The late-Victorian period saw the growth of ironfounders, like Heenan & Froude, Hardy & Padmore and McKenzie & Holland.
Glove industry
Gloves, Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum
One of the flourishing industries of Worcester was glove making. Worcester's Gloving industry peaked between 1790 and 1820 when about 30,000 were employed by 150 companies. At this time nearly half of the Glove manufacturers of Britain were located in Worcestershire.
In the 19th century the industry declined because import taxes on foreign competitors, mainly from France, were greatly reduced. By the middle of the 20th century, only a few Worcester gloving companies survived since gloves became less fashionable and free trade allowed in cheaper imports from the Far East.
Nevertheless, at least 3 large glove manufacturing companies still survived until the late 20th century: Dent Allcroft, Fownes and Milore. Queen Elizabeth II's coronation gloves were designed by Emil Rich and manufactured in the Worcester-based Milore factory.
Manufacturing
Lea & Perrins advertisement (1900)
The inter-war years saw the rapid growth of engineering, producing machine tools James Archdale, H.W. Ward, castings for the motor industry Worcester Windshields and Casements, mining machinery Mining Engineering Company (MECO) which later became part of Joy Mining Machinery and open-top cans Williamsons, though G H Williamson and Sons had become part of the Metal Box Co in 1930. Later the company became Carnaud Metal Box PLC.
Worcester Porcelain operated in Worcester until 2008, when the factory closed down due to the recession. However, the site of Worcester Porcelain still houses the Museum of Royal Worcester which is open daily to visitors.
One of Worcester's most famous products, Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce is made and bottled at the Midland Road factory in Worcester, which has been the home of Lea & Perrins since 16 October 1897. Mr Lea and Mr Perrins originally met in a chemist's shop on the site of the now Debenhams store in the Crowngate Shopping Centre.
The surprising foundry heritage of the city is represented by Morganite Crucible at Norton which produces graphitic shaped products and cements for use in the modern industry.
Worcester is the home of what is claimed to be the oldest newspaper in the world, Berrow's Worcester Journal, which traces its descent from a news-sheet that started publication in 1690. The city is also a major retail centre with several covered shopping centres that has most major chains represented as well as a host of independent shops and restaurants, particularly in Friar Street and New Street.
The city is home to the European manufacturing plant of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation, a global Japanese machine tool builder, which was established in 1980.
Retail trade
The Kays mail order business was founded in Worcester in the 1880s and operated from numerous premises in the city until 2007. It was then bought out by Reality, owner of the Grattan catalogue. Kays' former warehouse building was demolished in 2008.
Worcester’s main shopping centre is the High Street, home to the stores of a number of major retail chains. Part of the High Street was modernised in 2005 amid much controversy.[citation needed] Many of the issues focussed on the felling of old trees, the duration of the works (caused by the weather and an archaeological find) and the removal of flagstones outside the city’s 18th-century Guildhall. The other main thoroughfares are The Shambles and Broad Street, while The Cross (and its immediate surrounding area) is the city’s financial centre and location of the majority of Worcester’s main bank branches.
There are three main covered shopping centres in the city centre, these being CrownGate Shopping Centre, Cathedral Plaza and Reindeer Court. There is also an unenclosed shopping area located immediately east of the city centre called St. Martin's Quarter. There are three retail parks, the Elgar and Blackpole Retail Parks, which are located in the inner suburb of Blackpole and the Shrub Hill Retail Park neighbouring St. Martin's Quarter.
Landmarks
The most famous landmark in Worcester is its imposing Anglican Cathedral. The current building; known as Worcester Priory before the English Reformation, is officially named The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Construction begun in 1084 while its crypt dates from the 10th century. The chapter house is the only circular one in the country while the cathedral also has the distinction of having the tomb of King John.
The Hive, situated on the northern side of the River Severn at the former cattle market site, is Worcester's joint public and university library and archive centre, heralded as "the first of its kind in Europe". It is a prominent landmark feature on the Worcester skyline. With seven towers and a golden rooftop, The Hive has gained recognition winning two international awards for building design and sustainability.
There are three main parks in Worcester, Cripplegate Park, Gheluvelt Park and Fort Royal Park, the latter being on one of the battles sites of the English Civil War. In addition, there is a large open area known as Pitchcroft to the North of the city centre on the east bank of the River Severn, which, apart from those days when it is being used for horse racing, is a public space.
Gheluvelt Park was opened as a memorial to commemorate the Worcestershire Regiment's 2nd Battalion after their part in the Battle of Gheluvelt, during the First World War.
The statue of Sir Edward Elgar, commissioned from Kenneth Potts and unveiled in 1981, stands at the end of Worcester High Street facing the Cathedral, only yards from the original location of his father's music shop, which was demolished in the 1960s. Elgar's birthplace is a short way from Worcester, in the village of Broadheath.
There are also two large woodlands in the city, Perry Wood, at twelve hectares and Nunnery Wood, covering twenty-one hectares. Perry Wood is often said to be the place where Oliver Cromwell met and made a pact with the devil. Nunnery Wood is an integral part of the adjacent and popular Worcester Woods Country Park, itself next door to County Hall on the east side of the city.
Bonkers' diaper slides down sometimes or becomes loose (because I didn't affix it correctly) so Naomi checks him periodically to ensure there is no containment breach, the consequences of which would be too horrid to describe.
D3323 approaches Sculcoates with withdrawn B1s 61195 & 61389 on March 19th 1966.
By month end the two steam locomotives had been reduced to scrap.
Original photographer unknown.
All Saints, Narborough, Norfolk
All Saints is largely a 15th century rebuilding of an earlier church, extensively restored in the 19th century. Thus far, then, a similar story to hundreds of other churches, and with such a history there is always the danger of an urban anonymity. But All Saints is more interesting, indeed more quirky, than many of its contemporaries. For a start, there is that singular view from the east. Two aisles that are wilfully different; that on the north side is high, that on the south is low, running the full length of the building. On a south facing buttress are the numbers of a sundial.
The elegant tower sits oddly at the west end of the south aisle, but has no connection with the nave, the west wall of which is level with the eastern face of the tower. A dumpy vestry was fitted into the space here in the early part of the 20th century.This creates a curious effect as you enter the church by the south doorway, since you are coming in at a corner. Once past the font, the church opens up before you.
All Saints inside is clean, neat, obviously well cared for. When I revisited in August 2016, the church had just reopened after several months of refurbishment and redecoration. At first, the ambience appears 19th century, perhaps early 20th. There is some good glass of this period in the nave; if it was less good, the church would appear even more crowded. There is a sense of stepping into light and space as you enter the chancel, which is perhaps surprising given what you will find there. Before we come to that, though, the great medieval treasure of Narborough is to be found high in the lights of the north chancel window. This is a sequence of five figures illustrating the Orders of Angels. They depict Thrones, a small angel in white; Powers, a blond angel vigorously birching a devil, his scroll reading Potestates presut demones ('powers put down demons'); Virtues, an angel in purple; Angels, an angel in gold; and my favourite, Cherubim, an angel in white protecting earthly citizens. Because of the repair work, these were not visible in 2016, so I look forward to returning to see them again.
Below this window is a small niche with a demi-effigy of a woman wearing a wimple and holding a heart. This is believed to be Dame Agatha of Narborough, as the faux-Latin inscription above suggests. But apart from the glass, this church is dominated by the Spelman family. Several Norfolk landed familes seem to have made a good living from the law over the centuries, but perhaps none more than the Spelmans, who kept their hand in for at least four hundred years. They are here in the form of their brasses, the pre-Reformation ones on the floor, the post-Reformation ones on the wall, including the only brasses in Norfolk that depict the figure in judge's robes. But most dramatic of all are the memorials in the chancel.
On the north side are Sir Clement Spelman and his wife, leaning awkwardly on their elbows like their contemporaries at Hethel. Above them kneels their daughter in a devoted attitude, but it is the figure on the other side, a baby in a cot, that catches the eye and the imagination. What happened to him when he grew up? To answer that question, it is only necessary to turn around; for there, standing lifesize on a pedestal, is the grown-up Clement fils, a wholly secular effigy of him in his robes as Recorder of the City of Nottingham. What on earth such a thing is doing in a church, you may well wonder, if you did not already know that such things are not uncommon in the early 18th century.
What makes this particular statue interesting is that the pedestal it stands on was reduced in the nineteenth century from on that was no less than eight feet high, which had stood exactly in the centre of the chancel. The height of the pedestal was because it contained his coffin, standing upright. Pevsner observes that the pompous Spelman insisted on this before his death, so that he should not be trodden on. Not unreasonably, the energetic and pious Victorians were having no truck with this, and they chopped the pedestal down, chucked the coffin out, and moved Spelman to one side. How they resisted relegating him to outside the church altogether is not recorded.
745103 (Abellio Greater Anglia).
1B40 : 0940 SX VAR London Liverpool St - Stansted Airport.
Slipe Lane (between Cheshunt & Broxbourne) - 1002 - 28/07/20.
Today is the first day in service for Class 745 "Flirts" on "the Airports", with two units covering the five diagrams, as there is still a reduced service following the virus & the other three diagrams, covered by a pair of Class 379s.
Just like the previous week, when it was being used for Driver Training, 745103 failed at Stansted Airport, but un-like last week, it couldn't be battered back into life & had to be towed back to "Clown Point" by 37611!!!
The lovely flower was reused—it had fallen out of the planter and The Bear picked it up for me. The sweet little bud vase is also reused, it used to be a mini candle holder.
In order to reduce the swelling from the sprain (and broken bone) in my foot, the doctor told me to ice it a few times a day. My friend (where I'm currently staying) has a swimming pool whose water temperature is about 48°F/8.9°C and works admirably for the purpose. The swelling in my foot is mostly gone now, as is the bruising. The pain, I'm hoping, will follow soon. (This is a short video of me stepping into the pool, being careful to keep my weight on my unharmed right foot. I didn't want an unplanned swim.)
Time for a break from the London Underground, with a few photos I mocked up for a good friend, who happens to be a great designer, on his Project Sign initiative - re-imagining the everyday clutter of street signage and instructions into something altogether more positive and uplifting.
He (@KevanWorrall) provided the sign graphics and I provided the situational photos and 'Shopped them into place, providing a mock up of what they will look like if and when they hit the streets.
It has been a really fun project to be a part of and I would really like to see some of these in the wild...
Couple more on my website
...the non-durable goods stock around here.
Still plenty to go, despite the size of the pie.
Pleasant problem though...
"Reduce dai cessi di Messina, dalle casbah di Catania,
così, trascino con me la morte nella vita".
P.P.Pasolini
President Donald J. Trump listens as Senator Rick Scott, R-Fla., addresses his remarks Friday, March 29, 2019, during President Trump’s visit to the 143-mile Herbert Hoover Dike in Lake Okeechobee, Fla. The dike, which surrounds Lake Okeechobee, is part of the Kissimmee-Okeechobee Everglades system which reduces impacts of flooding for areas of south Florida. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
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Vincent van Gogh 1853 - 1890
De slaapkamer, 1888
The bedroom
olieverf op doek / oil on canvas
Vincent van Gogh Stichting
In Arles vervaardigde Van Gogh dit schilderij van zijn slaapkamer, die hij zelf had ingericht met simpele houten meubels en zijn eigen werk aan de muur. Door het gebruik van eenvoudige vormen en heldere, contrasterende kleurvlakken wilde Van Gogh, zoals hij zelf schreef, 'rust' of 'slaap' uitdrukken.
While in Arles, Van Gogh made this paiting of his bedroom, which he had arranged with plain wooden furniture and by hanging his own work on the wall. He wrote that he wished this painting, with the simple forms and bright, contrasting colour planes to represent 'rest' and 'sleep'.
inv. S47
This photo was taken on 23 june 2009 during a one-time exclusive photo session at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam for the Wiki Loves Art /NL project.
Man is cleaning ball-bearings in his shop, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Photo: © Jakob Kolar | www.jakobkolar.com