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Others in the batch were mainly Cumbria, though a few had already been identified as Dudley and this one has now been identified as there too, thanks to Keith Slater (see comments).
Tonight's uploads are all unidentified buildings from the same batch of ca 1920s film negatives. A couple of churches (or maybe three), two stately homes, some ruins, and a further shot of the cottage we've already seen. Take a look at the whole set here - www.flickr.com/photos/whatsthatpicture/sets/7215763818977...
Coming to label event tomorrow (11/15)
Event goes from the 15th-28th of November
Landmark: maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Label/201/115/3568
At the end I have them!! I'm in love with the pink and blue boots! Are perfect for my sweets! And the other boots are perfect for Sorami :D
Foreign policy of a country is not a static scenario. It varies from leader to leader and political changes of a Nation in the world family. It decides and directs the economy, development and all aspects of the citizen as the behaviour of the state is interconnected to the government machinery. It is the study of foreign affairs and global issues within the international system including the role of states, NGOs, INGOs and multinational corporations. It is a set of goals outlining how the country will interact with other countries and international institutions and bodies. In the United States it comes under the president which he has delegated to the foreign secretary.
Today foreign policy is playing a major role in Sri Lankan polity due to the scrutiny of the international brotherhood on Sri Lankan affairs before and after the defeat of terrorism, which has engulfed Sri Lanka, the SAARC region and the world community over 30 years which Rajapaksa government was able to eradicate to the relief of the giant neighbour and the world community.
In the world family the portfolio of the Foreign Minister in state is generally in the hands of the Executive leader of the country or the Prime Minister except on exceptional circumstances. President Rajapaksa has entrusted this responsibility to the Able Foreign Minister whose task is to implement the vision and directions in the maze of pitfalls and in the midst fields of bombs of distrust laid underground world over remotely controlled.
We had to go through the dreadful war and destruction of thousands of lives and lost three decades of life of the Nation and citizens due to the mismanagement of foreign policy during the cold war, by antagonizing our loved giant neighbour with whom President Rajapaksa has now developed excellent and warm relations. LTTE went through training and planning to be the most ruthless terrorist outfit using the Indian soil when India and USSR as a regional and a world poser had entered into a treaty against the common enemy then.
This is the biggest mistake we made resulting which period we lived in the loss of lives and 30 years was robbed from us during which period we lived in hell with smell of blood, death and destruction. We believe nothing is permanent and what is permanent is sheer impermanence. USA is now wounded, isolated and seeks friendship with India against Chins both emerging economic and world powers!
President cautious
President Rajapaksa has been extremely cautious and diplomatic in dealing with the power blocks interested primarily in their interest especially in the volatile and uncertain world politics and economy which crumbled with no notice facing them with the most disastrous recession ever. South Asia and Sri Lanka were less affected due to their simplicity and management of their own affairs based on Home Grown solutions. The response from the USA Senate is wonderful- that they cannot afford to lose Sri Lanka - and it is time they realise we should not be drifted toward a political block out of sheer necessity.
It is time the diplomatic community of the West and USA in Sri Lanka should play a safe game to maintain and enhance good relations with Sri Lanka without being interested in local politics however interesting it is.
Award of Honorius Causa Doctorate from the People’s Friendship University of Russia on President Rajapaksa is the zenith of his achievement for the conduct of international affairs from the assumption of the office as the President of Sri Lanka four years ago. It is to his credit and respect to the nation that the sixth and the most rare honour of awarding the prestigious academic excellence on peace was awarded for the services rendered to mankind by eliminating the terror outfit to the disbelief and surprise of the Global Community. Wall Street Journal of USA reported in the speech of the President “I know as well as anyone that our future success relies on lasting peace.
The revival of terrorism was an important milestone in that process, but the nation needs to be bound by a common purpose. My new government will address the genuine grievances of all communities and foster the enforcement of equal rights for all.” It was during the last few days of the end of the terror regime that maximum pressure was exerted to President Rajapaksa by the Western leaders, EU, USA, UN, and a number of powerful NGOs wanted to stop the war on terror and enter into the same old peace process that failed and “Hell” in Sri Lanka at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives and destruction of trillions of rupees of national wealth. India, China, USSR, Middle East, Africa and the Sri Lanka expatriate community stood firmly with President Rajapaksa and Sri Lanka isolating USA, UK and EU with NGOs and Inter Governmental organisations depending on public and UN funds, which is proof of the successful conduct of international affairs based on ‘Mahinda Chintana’ and his own style on the process of dealing with the international community, which is reiterated in ‘Mahinda Chintana’.
Two as “I will continue Sri Lanka’s non-aligned foreign policy. During the last four years we witnessed the benefit of maintaining friendly relations with India, Japan China, Pakistan, and other Asian countries. I am committed to continue these friendly relations in the political, economics, defence trade and cultural arena. I will ensure that Sri Lanka abides by the global treaties and agreements on environmental and climatic changes and will strengthen Sri Lanka’s ties with UN agencies. I will maintain the dignity of my country in foreign relations and will initiate a new programme to forge relations with countries”.
Achievements
President’s conduct as a leader of a country with an unstable and volatile political and war situation during the war on terror has been exemplary cautious, well planned and well thought of. It is difficult to satisfy the political agenda of the complicated world political groupings, UN and Non-governmental organisations and the Sri Lankan polity while maintaining the vision, identity and the interest of the Nation with a minority government representing different political and ethnic groups with difficult different and unattainable demands.
Every mission to meet world leaders was with a purpose and vision. Leading a trade mission to China the leading political and economic power in the near future, meeting the President of Iran when we had fuel shortages, meeting President Gadaffi when he was about to be appointed to Chair the Human Rights Committee when UN and INGOs were trailing us to deal internationally, hosting of SAARC which has enhanced and strengthened close ties with India and the SAARC countries just before the last lap of the end of terror where we were blessed with the group of SAARC and other regional organisations attended the summit as observers, Address the UN and taking part in international forums such as the address to the Oxford students union in the United Kingdom strengthened presidents international stature as an emerging world leader leading a fair cross section of the human community in the globe.
International relations of a Nation depend on the vision, conduct, personality and the conduct of diplomacy of the Chief Executive in the world family representing the Nation region and the world in international forums and dealing with world leaders and international organisations. Successful world leaders had their own style of conducting International Affairs in the international arena. Nehru, Chou En Lai, Indira, Gandhi, Tony Blair, Putin, Bush, Obama and other leading and charismatic world leaders on assuming power changed the foreign policy of the country according to the current needs of the day.
In India the foreign policy is streamlined as it is very slowly and rarely the policy deviates from the mainstream due to their discipline and rigidity in foreign affairs administration and governance. In Sri Lanka foreign policy deviations are marked and effective.
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike brought about a complete change in foreign policy after Sir John Kotalawela’s policy which was modified to non-alignment by Madam Sirimavo Bandaranaike until J.R. Jayewardene again changed the policy to a mixture of pro West and non-alignment. Rajapaksa government is emerging victorious with a unique foreign policy unique to Mahinda Rajapaksa’s “International Personality” which is basically non-alignment with modifications based on the realities on international economic and world order in the fast changing new world of Information Technology which has changed our globe to a borderless modern and wonderful world.
Uniqueness of President Rajapaksa is the non-negotiability in main issues such as unitary nature of the State, sovereignty equality among Nations, sovereignty of the Nation and the people, love and respect to Motherland, equality and impartiality towards all the citizens sans differences, and service to the brethren based on equality and with respect to all modes and norms of individual and collective Human Rights.
Excellent
Despite the excellent relations with the world family the worrying factor is the misunderstanding of some western countries and INGOs due to vigorous campaign by powerful pro LTTE elements which are fast disintegrating. President Rajapaksa has friendship of the intention of mending fences with the West with his charm and diplomatic which has been proved successful.
He has secured the trendskill or the Eastern block including the Central Asia, Middle East with Iran and other Oil rich, Africa, small orbital nations around USA, and of course the two emerging world powers China and USSR which were instrumental in bailing us out when we were in danger of being interrogated by the UN on false and malicious LTTE related propaganda. Nation is confident and prays his next mission towards the West will be another success story as has been proved before.
President Rajapaksa’s initiation to ensure to abide by global treaties and agreements on climate change is encouraging when the world is facing grave danger of slow destruction of the planet due to unplanned industrialization and developments.
It is also time for us to review the position with the Charter of the United Nations established in place of the League of Nations anticipating a more effective world organisation. It is time for us to be active as Asians promoting the emerging power India as a member of the Security Council. Sri Lanka - India relations run back to thousands of years.
King Asoka sent his most precious son Mahinda and daughter Sanghamitta as Emissaries to propagate Buddhism to King Devanampiyatissa though they have not met which been close friends.
Diplomacy and diplomatic relations is not something alien to us and we have been maintaining relationships with the rest of the world from time immemorial. Arab merchants came to “Serandib” as traders and ancient Kings gave them freedom to engage in business, observe religion and settle down which indicates how magnanimous our previous rulers were.
It is now time to regain the same close relationships we have been maintaining previously especially in the 1970s. President Rajapaksa’s next task and mission would be to restore and re demarcate and re define his unique foreign policy based on Mahinda Chintana and his International Personality in order to raise our Nation on the top of the International Arena.
Sunday Observer 21/02/2010
A Millennium train leaves Museum on a Campeblltown service as a intercity V Set sits on platform 2 on the SETS train tour. V sets are a very uncommon visitor to Museum station.
ODC: set
Tough choice for this one as for the first time this holiday the weather was 'set fair' for the day, so I 'set out' to try to emulate one of my all-time fave shots - Wave Rider by Matt Coughlin, without a great deal of success, although I still got some great shots.
Whilst I don't have the crystal clear water or the blue sky and fluffy clouds (Cornwall is not Florida and never will be), I did get a great 'set' of photos, which I'll upload after I get some well earned sleep.
I got really lucky when I found this blank white set. The tokkuri (flask) is three sided, each with a different totoro ^_^
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Swing set in fair to good condition, well made, very secure. NO CEMENT NEEDED -You pick up and haul- $50.00
This wonderful Elizabeth Bedroom Set consists from Bed with Storage, two 2-Drawer Nightstands, 3-Drawer Dresser and Decorative Gold Wall Mirror. The Bed upholstered in bronze leather match and delivers ultimate luxury!
One of the more interesting things about the movie sets was the smallness of them. They were amazingly compact, and the buildings often wouldn't even remotely qualify as looking like a real building unless they are shot from a very exact angle. For instance, some houses had windows that revealed a 2 foot space, before the other walls on the side and rear. Of course, most of the sets weren't dressed, but it was fascinating seeing just how far the camera can trick the viewer on a several story screen.
I am selling a set of them in my etsy shop:
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Professional cosmetics brush is needed by every woman.
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our town looked a little like a movie set to me on my ride home last evening with the new lighting and crosswalks that have been installed over the last few months.
"Escale à Sète 2016 "
Fête des traditions maritimes"
du 22 au 28 mars 2016
Port de Sète / Hérault / France
Rencontre nationale des sketchers à Sète, du 7 au 9 juin 2014. Une quinzaine de croquis encre ou stylo direct. Dessin 12/16, lundi, vers 15 h, Djoon, L'étourdi, Gérard Michel, Corine et Chris sont à la terrasse de l'Italia; Je traverse rapidement faire l'"Hommage aux joutes" depuis les tribunes. Encre.
Doll: Soom MD Monzo
Set: Necklace, 2 bracelets and a crown
Jewelry: the handmade by me
Comission for Tiho.
Set from the movie Dinosaur on Backlot Express, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland Resort Paris
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second set of 2 for the Scramble this morning. These ones are a bit shorter.... 10.5cm x 4 cm.
Blue one- Hero Arts Neon Ink Blue with a Hero Arts stamp from Forever set. Sentiment from Everyday Sayings. (Using the old and the new together)
Balloon one - From the HA Flying Air Ship set - coloured with Copics
Awaiting to depart outside the Ambulance station at Stoke Mandeville Hospital is Arriva The Shires & Essex (KE53NFG 3829) working town service 9 to Aylesbury bus station via Walton Court New to the Shires in 2003 and is now the only Dart remaining in service at the Aylesbury garage.
A self portrait with my train-set! I was not content with a 00 gauge railway, I had to have something far more interesting, 2ft gauge large enough? Photographed in 1992 the locomotives are out of their shed especially for the taking of photographs. We had one or two operating days a year in the summer when anyone could visit but otherwise the locomotives were available for viewing by appointment only.
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