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R5632. In 1955 some members of the Festiniog Railway Society living in the London area formed the London Area Group of the Society to provide support for the North Wales 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway.
In 1976 the Group 'came of age' and a special train was organised to celebrate 21 years of working parties from London together with fund raising, homework and publicity activities. The deviation to circumnavigate the reservoir flooding the line in conjunction with the Tanygrisiau Pumped Storage Scheme was under construction at the time and the train, hauled by the First World War Alco 2-6-2T MOUNTAINEER, ran to the then 'head of steel' just in front of the work in progress New Moelwyn Tunnel.
This is the train prior to its departure from Porthmadog Harbour station.
Sunday, 5th October, 1975. Copyright © Ron Fisher.
The Dassault Rafale is a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft designed and built by Dassault Aviation. Equipped with a wide range of weapons, the Rafale is intended to perform air supremacy, interdiction, aerial reconnaissance, ground support, in-depth strike, anti-ship strike and nuclear deterrence missions. The Rafale is referred to as an "omnirole" aircraft by Dassault.
In the late 1970s, the French Air Force and Navy were seeking to replace and consolidate their current fleets of aircraft. In order to reduce development costs and boost prospective sales, France entered into an arrangement with UK, Germany, Italy and Spain to produce an agile multi-purpose fighter, the Eurofighter Typhoon. Subsequent disagreements over workshare and differing requirements led to France's pursuit of its own development program. Dassault built a technology demonstrator which first flew in July 1986 as part of an eight-year flight-test programme, paving the way for the go-ahead of the project. The Rafale is distinct from other European fighters of its era in that it is almost entirely built by one country, involving most of France's major defence contractors, such as Dassault, Thales and Safran.
Many of the aircraft's avionics and features, such as direct voice input, the RBE2 AA active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and the optronique secteur frontal infra-red search and track (IRST) sensor, were domestically developed and produced for the Rafale programme. Originally scheduled to enter service in 1996, the Rafale suffered significant delays due to post-Cold War budget cuts and changes in priorities. The aircraft is available in three main variants: Rafale C single-seat land-based version, Rafale B twin-seat land-based version, and Rafale M single-seat carrier-based version.
Introduced in 2001, the Rafale is being produced for both the French Air Force and for carrier-based operations in the French Navy. The Rafale has been marketed for export to several countries, and was selected for purchase by the Indian Air Force, the Egyptian Air Force, and the Qatar Air Force. The Rafale has been used in combat over Afghanistan, Libya, Mali, Iraq and Syria. Several upgrades to the weapons and avionics of the Rafale are planned to be introduced by 2018.
Some background:
The idea for a heavy infantry support vehicle capable of demolishing heavily defended buildings or fortified areas with a single shot came out of the experiences of the heavy urban fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. At the time, the Wehrmacht had only the Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B available for destroying buildings, a Sturmgeschütz III variant armed with a 15 cm sIG 33 heavy infantry gun. Twelve of them were lost in the fighting at Stalingrad. Its successor, the Sturmpanzer IV, also known by Allies as Brummbär, was in production from early 1943. This was essentially an improved version of the earlier design, mounting the same gun on the Panzer IV chassis with greatly improved armour protection.
While greatly improved compared to the earlier models, by this time infantry anti-tank weapons were improving dramatically, too, and the Wehrmacht still saw a need for a similar, but more heavily armoured and armed vehicle. Therefore, a decision was made to create a new vehicle based on the Tiger tank and arm it with a 210 mm howitzer. However, this weapon turned out not to be available at the time and was therefore replaced by a 380 mm rocket launcher, which was adapted from a Kriegsmarine depth charge launcher.
The 380 mm Raketen-Werfer 61 L/5.4 was a breech-loading barrel, which fired a short-range, rocket-propelled projectile roughly 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) long. The gun itself existed in two iterations at the time. One, the RaG 43 (Raketenabschuss-Gerät 43), was a ship-mounted anti-aircraft weapon used for firing a cable-spooled parachute-anchor creating a hazard for aircraft. The second, the RTG 38 (Raketen Tauch-Geschoss 38), was a land-based system, originally planned for use in coastal installations by the Kriegsmarine firing depth-charges against submarines with a range of about 3.000 m. For use in a vehicle, the RTG 38 was to find use as a demolition gun and had to be modified for that role. This modification work was carried out by Rheinmetall at their Sommerda works.
The design of the rocket system caused some problems. Modified for use in a vehicle, the recoil from the modified rocket-mortar was enormous, about 40-tonnes, and this meant that only a heavy chassis could be used to mount the gun. The hot rocket exhaust could not be vented into the fighting compartment nor could the barrel withstand the pressure if the gasses were not vented. Therefore, a ring of ventilation shafts was put around the barrel which channeled the exhaust and gave the weapon something of a pepperbox appearance.
The shells for the weapon were extremely heavy, far too heavy for a man to load manually. As a result, each of them had to be carried by means of a ceiling-mounted trolley from their rack to a roller-mounted tray at the breech. Once on the tray, four soldiers could then push it into the breech to load it. The whole process took 10 minutes per shot from loading, aiming, elevating and, finally, to firing.
There were a variety of rocket-assisted round types with a weight of up to 376 kg (829 lb), and a maximum range of up to 6,000 m (20,000 ft), which either contained a high explosive charge of 125 kg (276 lb) or a shaped charge for use against fortifications, which could penetrate up to 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) of reinforced concrete. The stated range of the former was 5,650 m (6,180 yd). A normal charge first accelerated the projectile to 45 m/s (150 ft/s) to leave the short, rifled barrel, the 40 kg (88 lb) rocket charge then boosted this to about 250 m/s (820 ft/s).
In September 1943 plans were made for Krupp to fabricate new Tiger I armored hulls for the Sturmtiger. The Tiger I hulls were to be sent to Henschel for chassis assembly and then to Alkett, where the superstructures would be mounted. The first prototype was ready and presented in October 1943. By May 1944, the Sturmtiger prototype had been kept busy with trials and firing tests for the development of range tables, but production had still not started yet and the concept was likely to be scrapped. Rather than ditch the idea though, orders were given that, instead of interrupting the production of the Tiger I, the Sturmtigers would be built on the chassis of Tiger I tanks which had already been in action and suffered serious damage. Twelve superstructures and RW 61 weapons were prepared and mounted on rebuilt Tiger I chassis. However, by August 1944 the dire need for this kind of vehicle led to the adaptation of another chassis to the 380 mm Sturmmörser: the SdKfz. 184, better known as “Ferdinand” (after its designer’s forename) and later, in an upgraded version, “Elefant”.
The Elefant (German for "elephant") was actually a heavy tank destroyer and the result of mismanagement and poor planning: Porsche GmbH had manufactured about 100 chassis for their unsuccessful proposal for the Tiger I tank, the so-called "Porsche Tiger". Both the successful Henschel proposal and the Porsche design used the same Krupp-designed turret—the Henschel design had its turret more-or-less centrally located on its hull, while the Porsche design placed the turret much closer to the front of the superstructure. Since the competing Henschel Tiger design was chosen for production, the Porsche chassis were no longer required for the Tiger tank project, and Porsche was left with 100 unfinished heavy tank hulls.
It was therefore decided that the Porsche chassis were to be used as the basis of a new heavy tank hunter, the Ferdinand, mounting Krupp's newly developed 88 mm (3.5 in) Panzerjägerkanone 43/2 (PaK 43) anti-tank gun with a new, long L71 barrel. This precise long-range weapon was intended to destroy enemy tanks before they came within their own range of effective fire, but in order to mount the very long and heavy weapon on the Porsche hull, its layout had to be completely redesigned.
Porsche’s SdKfz. 184’s unusual petrol-electric transmission made it much easier to relocate the engines than would be the case on a mechanical-transmission vehicle, since the engines could be mounted anywhere, and only the length of the power cables needed to be altered, as opposed to re-designing the driveshafts and locating the engines for the easiest routing of power shafts to the gearbox. Without the forward-mounted turret of the Porsche Tiger prototype, the twin engines were relocated to the front, where the turret had been, leaving room ahead of them for the driver and radio operator. As the engines were placed in the middle, the driver and the radio operator were isolated from the rest of the crew and could be addressed only by intercom. The now empty rear half of the hull was covered with a heavily armored, full five-sided casemate with slightly sloped upper faces and armored solid roof, and turned into a crew compartment, mounting a single 8.8 cm Pak 43 cannon in the forward face of the casemate.
From this readily available basis, the SdKfz. 184/1 was hurriedly developed. It differed from the tank hunter primarily through its new casemate that held the 380 mm Raketenwerfer. Since the SdKfz. 184/1 was intended for use in urban areas in close range street fighting, it needed to be heavily armoured to survive. Its front plate had a greater slope than the Ferdinand while the sides were more vertical and the roof was flat. Its sloped (at 47° from vertical) frontal casemate armor was 150 mm (5.9 in) thick, while its superstructure side and rear plates had a strength of 82 mm (3.2 in). The SdKfz.184/1 also received add-on armor of 100 mm thickness, bolted to the hull’s original vertical front plates, increasing the thickness to 200 mm but adding 5 tons of weight. All these measures pushed the weight of the vehicle up from the Ferdinand’s already bulky 65 t to 75 t, limiting the vehicle’s manoeuvrability even further. Located at the rear of the loading hatch was a Nahverteidigungswaffe launcher which was used for close defense against infantry with SMi 35 anti-personnel mines, even though smoke grenades or signal flares could be fired with the device in all directions, too. For close-range defense, a 7.92 mm MG 34 machine gun was carried in a ball mount in the front plate, an addition that was introduced to the Elefant tank hunters, too, after the SdKfz. 184 had during its initial deployments turned out to be very vulnerable to infantry attacks.
Due to the size of the RW 61 and the bulkiness of the ammunition, only fourteen rounds could be carried internally, of which one was already loaded, with another stored in the loading tray, and the rest were carried in two storage racks, leaving only little space for the crew of four in the rear compartment. To help with the loading of ammunition into the vehicle, a loading crane was fitted at the rear of the superstructure next to the loading hatch on the roof.
Due to the internal limits and the tactical nature of the vehicle, it was intended that each SdKfz. 184/1 (as well as each Sturmtiger) would be accompanied by an ammunition carrier, typically based on the Panzer IV chassis, but the lack of resources did not make this possible. There were even plans to build a dedicated, heavily armored ammunition carrier on the Tiger I chassis, but only one such carrier was completed and tested, it never reached production status.
By the time the first RW 61 carriers had become available, Germany had lost the initiative, with the Wehrmacht being almost exclusively on the defensive rather than the offensive, and this new tactical situation significantly weakened the value of both Sturmtiger and Sturmelefant, how the SdKfz 184/1 was semi-officially baptized. Nevertheless, three new Panzer companies were raised to operate the Sturmpanzer types: Panzer Sturmmörser Kompanien (PzStuMrKp) ("Armored Assault Mortar Company") 1000, 1001 and 1002. These originally were supposed to be equipped with fourteen vehicles each, but this figure was later reduced to four each, divided into two platoons, consisting of mixed vehicle types – whatever was available and operational.
PzStuMrKp 1000 was raised on 13 August 1944 and fought during the Warsaw Uprising with two vehicles, as did the prototype in a separate action, which may have been the only time the Sturmtiger was used in its intended role. PzStuMrKp 1001 and 1002 followed in September and October. Both PzStuMrKp 1000 and 1001 served during the Ardennes Offensive, with a total of four Sturmtiger and three Sturmelefanten.
After this offensive, the Sturmpanzer were used in the defence of Germany, mainly on the Western Front. During the battle for the bridge at Remagen, German forces mobilized Sturmmörserkompanie 1000 and 1001 (with a total of 7 vehicles, five Sturmtiger and two Sturmelefanten) to take part in the battle. The tanks were originally tasked with using their mortars against the bridge itself, though it was discovered that they lacked the accuracy needed to hit the bridge and cause significant damage with precise hits to vital structures. During this action, one of the Sturmtigers in Sturmmörserkompanie 1001 near Düren and Euskirchen allegedly hit a group of stationary Shermans tanks in a village with a 380mm round, resulting in nearly all the Shermans being put out of action and their crews killed or wounded - the only recorded tank-on-tank combat a Sturmtiger was ever engaged in. After the bridge fell to the Allies, Sturmmörserkompanie 1000 and 1001 were tasked with bombardment of Allied forces to cover the German retreat, as opposed to the bunker busting for which they had originally been designed for. None was actually destroyed through enemy fire, but many vehicles had to be given up due to mechanical failures or the lack of fuel. Most were blown up by their crews, but a few fell into allied hands in an operational state.
Total production numbers of the SdKfz. 184/1 are uncertain but, being an emergency product and based on a limited chassis supply, the number of vehicles that left the Nibelungenwerke in Austria was no more than ten – also because the tank hunter conversion had top priority and the exotic RW 61 launcher was in very limited supply. As a consequence, only a total of 18 Sturmtiger had been finished by December 1945 and put into service, too. However, the 380 mm Raketen-Werfer 61 remained in production and was in early 1946 adapted to the new Einheitspanzer E-50/75 chassis.
Specifications:
Crew: Six (driver, radio operator/machine gunner in the front cabin,
commander, gunner, 2× loader in the casemate section)
Weight: 75 tons
Length: 7,05 m (23 ft 1½ in)
Width: 3,38 m (11 ft 1 in)
Height w/o crane: 3,02 m (9 ft 10¾ in)
Ground clearance: 1ft 6¾ in (48 cm)
Climbing: 2 ft 6½ in (78 cm)
Fording depth: 3 ft 3¼ (1m)
Trench crossing: 8 ft 7 ¾ in (2,64 m)
Suspension: Longitudinal torsion-bar
Fuel capacity: 1.050 liters
Armour:
62 to 200 mm (2.44 to 7.87 in)
Performance:
30 km/h (19 mph) on road
15 km/h (10 miles per hour () off road
Operational range: 150 km (93 mi) on road
90 km (56 mi) cross-country
Power/weight: 8 hp/ton
Engine:
2× Maybach HL120 TRM petrol engines with 300 PS (246 hp, 221 kW) each, powering…
2× Siemens-Schuckert D1495a 500 Volt electric engines with 320 PS (316 hp, 230 kW) each
Transmission:
Electric
Armament:
1x 380 mm RW 61 rocket launcher L/5.4 with 14 rounds
1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 34 machine gun with 600 rounds
1x 100 mm grenade launcher (firing anti-personnel mines, smoke grenades or signal flares)
The kit and its assembly:.
This fictional tank model is not my own idea, it is rather based on a picture of a similar kitbashing of an Elefant with a Sturmtiger casemate and its massive missile launcher – even though it was a rather crude model, with a casemate created from cardboard. However, I found the idea charming, even more so because the Ferdinand/Elefant was rather a rolling bunker than an agile tank hunter, despite its powerful weapon. Why not use the same chassis as a carrier for the Sturmtiger’s huge mortar as an assault SPG?
The resulting Sturmelefant was created as a kitbashing: the chassis is an early boxing of the Trumpeter Elefant, which comes not only with IP track segments but also alternative vinyl tracks (later boxing do not feature them), and casemate parts come from a Trumpeter Sturmtiger.
While one would think that switching the casemate would be straightforward affair, the conversion turned out to be more complex than expected. Both Elefant and Sturmtiger come with separate casemate pieces, but they are not compatible. The Sturmtiger casemate is 2mm wider than the Elefant’s hull, and its glacis plate is deeper than the Elefant’s, leaving 4mm wide gaps at the sides and the rear. One option could have been to trim down the glacis plate, but I found the roofline to become much too low – and the casemate’s length would have been reduced.
So, I used the Sturmtiger casemate “as is” and filled the gaps with styrene sheet strips. This worked, but the casemate’s width created now inward-bent sections that looked unplausible. Nobody, even grazed German engineers, would not have neglected the laws of structural integrity. What to do? Tailoring the casemate’s sides down would have been one route, but this would have had created a strange shape. The alternative I chose was to widen the flanks of the Elefant’s hull underneath the casemate, which was achieved with tailored 0.5 mm styrene sheet panels and some PSR – possible through the Elefant’s simple shape and the mudguards that run along the vehicle’s flanks.
Some more PSR was necessary to blend the rear into a coherent shape and to fill a small gap at the glacis plate’s base. Putty was also used to fill/hide almost all openings on the glacis plate, since no driver sight or ball mount for a machine gun was necessary anymore. New bolts between hull and casemate were created with small drops of white glue. The rest of the surface details were taken from the respective donor kits.
Painting and markings:
This was not an easy choice. A classic Hinterhalt scheme would have been a natural choice, but since the Sturmelefant would have been converted from existing hulls with new parts, I decided to emphasize this heritage through a simple, uniform livery: all Ferdinand elements would be painted/left in a uniform Dunkelgelb (RAL, 7028, Humbrol 83), while the new casemate as well as the bolted-on front armor were left in a red primer livery, in two different shades (Humbrol 70 and 113). This looked a little too simple for my taste, so that I eventually added snaky lines in Dunkelgelb onto the primer-painted sections, blurring the contrast between the two tones.
Markings remained minimal, just three German crosses on the flanks and at the rear and a tactical code on the casemate – the latter in black and in a hand-written style, as if the vehicle had been rushed into frontline service.
After the decals had been secured under sone varnish the model received an overall washing with dark brown, highly thinned acrylic paint, some dry-brushing with light grey and some rust traces, before it was sealed overall with matt acrylic varnish and received some dirt stains with mixed watercolors and finally, after the tracks had been mounted, some artist pigments as physical dust on the lower areas.
Again a project that appeared simple but turned out to be more demanding because the parts would not fit as well as expected. The resulting bunker breaker looks plausible, less massive than the real Sturmtiger but still a menacing sight.
The Lady Tremaine Disney Film Collection 11'' Doll has been fully deboxed. She is standing, supported by a Kaiser doll stand. She has her hat off.
Detailed photos of the Disney Store's Lady Tremaine doll, just released online on in stores on Monday, January 26, 2015. She was purchased at my local Disney Store, for $34.95. She has a black plastic hat. Her outfit is black and green. The bodice glitter covered (which does shed). Attached to it is a floor length overskirt is attached, that opens in the front to act like a cape attached to the waist. It is made of satin covered by sheer organza with floral decorations. Under the overskirt she is wearing a tightly fitted black velvet skirt, that is almost like pants except that there is only one opening. There was tissue paper around her legs, which I left alone because I didn't want to completely undress her at this time. She has high heeled black boots and black satin gloves. She has the old style rubber legs, with internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Overall, she reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West. Her face is painted very well and is lifelike. Her red hair is styled with a good deal of hair product, so it is very stiff all over. Her outfit was a bit crooked, which I might be able to fix if I undressed her and redressed her again.
Lady Tremaine Disney Film Collection Doll - Cinderella - Live Action Film - 11''
US Disney Store
Released 2015-01-26
Purchased in store 2015-01-26
$34.95
Item No. 6070040901170P
Pretty poser
Delight in the dramatic detail of Cinderella's Stepmother as she appears in Disney's new live action film. Finely crafted with glittering multi-layered gown, this wickedly beautiful doll is part of the Disney Film Collection.
Magic in the details...
Please note: Purchase of this item is limited to 2 per Guest.
* Fully articulated
* Deluxe costume
* Satin gown with dark organza overskirt and screen art filigree
* Glittering bodice and sleeves with flocked filigree
* Velour scarf with golden brooch
* Satin evening gloves
* Rooted, styled hair
* Finely sculptured with intricate paint detail
* Molded hat and shoes
* Scenic packaging
* Part of the Disney Film Collection
* Inspired by Disney's live action movie Cinderella
The bare necessities
* Ages 3+
* Plastic / polyester
* 11'' H
* Imported
* Safety
WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD - Small Parts. Not for children under 3 years.
Police helicopter India 99 landing at it's base at Barton.
India 99 is one of the National Police Air Service (NPAS) fleet.
This aircraft serves the Greater Manchester area, but is also often called out to Merseyside, North Wales Lancashire and Cheshire.
NPAS is a police aviation service that provides centralised air support to the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales. It replaced the previous structure whereby police forces operated their own helicopters, either individually or in small consortia (such as the South East Air Support Unit).
SEPTEMBER 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is observed.
ORANGE SHIRT DAY: Every Child Matters
This teddy bear is one of hundreds that have been added to fence posts since June, in support of all the indigenous children who suffered such cruelty and who were buried in unmarked graves at the sites of many residential schools.
"Between 1893 and 1996, more than 134 residential schools operated in Canada. These were supported by the federal government and often run by churches and missionary organizations. In Alberta, the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement recognized 25 residential school locations." From Residential school research and recognition website.
"Residential schools were created by Christian churches and the Canadian government as an attempt to both educate and convert Indigenous youth and to assimilate them into Canadian society. However, the schools disrupted lives and communities, causing long-term problems among Indigenous peoples. The last residential school closed in 1996. Since then, former students have demanded recognition and restitution, resulting in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement in 2007 and a formal public apology by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in 2008. In total, an estimated 150,000 First Nation, Inuit, and Métis children attended residential schools." From www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/
"Overall, students had a negative experience at the residential schools, one that would have lasting consequences. Students were isolated and their culture was disparaged or scorned. They were removed from their homes and parents and were separated from some of their siblings, as the schools were segregated according to gender. In some cases, they were forbidden to speak their first language, even in letters home to their parents. The attempt to assimilate children began upon their arrival at the schools: their hair was cut (in the case of the boys), and they were stripped of their traditional clothes and given new uniforms. In many cases they were also given new names. Christian missionary staff spent a lot of time and attention on Christian practices, while at the same time they criticized or denigrated Indigenous spiritual traditions." From www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/residential-sch...
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In four years of shooting concerts, I've somehow avoided soundboard shoots until now. The last publication I worked for didn't give them to me on purpose since I didn't own anything 400mm or longer. Well, my current publication never asked me, and you should have seen the terror on my face when I got the DOS sheet on Thursday and it said "Media Policies - Stills: First 2 Songs of the set, for each artist, from the soundboard, bring a long lens."
I went into panic mode, thew out an APB for a 2x teleconverter or *any* lens 300mm or longer on Facebook in every local photography group I could. Less than an hour later, a photographer I had never even met offered to lend me his 80-400. The best part? His studio was only 5 minutes from my house.
So here we are. Thank you, Haroon, I couldn't have done this without you. I encourage you all to check him out on Facebook and on here. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met and also a top-notch portrait photographer.
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The 45EPIC landscapes and goddesses are straight out of Homer's Iliad & Odyssey!
I'm currently updating a translation with the Greek names for the gods and goddesses--will publish soon! :)
"RAGE--Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to Hades, and many a hero did it yield a prey to dogs and vultures, for so were the counsels of Zeus fulfilled from the day on which the son of Atreus, king of men, and great Achilles, first fell out with one another. " --Homer's Iliad capturing the rage of the 45EPIC landscapes and seascapes! :)
Ludwig van Beethoven: "Music/poetry/art should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."
The Birth of Venus! Beautiful Golden Ratio Swimsuit Bikini Model Goddess! Helen of Troy! She was tall, thin, fit, and quite pretty!
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SpaceX support teams are deployed on fast boats from the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship ahead of the landing of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020 in the Gulf of Mexico off the cost of Pensacola, Florida. The Demo-2 test flight for NASA's Commercial Crew Program is the first to deliver astronauts to the International Space Station and return them to Earth onboard a commercially built and operated spacecraft. Behnken and Hurley are returning after spending 64 days in space. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
i noticed this petition is circulating around this morning.
even if you LIKE the new changes to flickr, please show your support for the community by saying that you would like your friends and contacts who feel differently to be able to opt out the new flickr!
many of my contacts and friends have stopped posting or have moved their photos to other websites. this is dividing and breaking up the flickr community which hurts all of us - including the people who do like the new version of flickr.
sign here: petitions.moveon.org/s/T_O1cB
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EQ: 5D mk2, Sigma 50mm 1.4, AL
Heute habe ich Unterstützung bekommen mein Foto zu machen. Ich will kurz erzählen wie es dazu kam.
Ich sah diesen jungen Mann in der Hamburger Innenstadt und im Hintergrund ein Kinderkarussell. Ohne durch die Kamera geschaut zu haben, war ich der festen Überzeugung, das dies ein gutes Motiv sein würde und entschloss den jungen Mann anzusprechen. Schon nach den ersten zwei Worten unterbrach er mich und gab mir zu verstehen, das er mich nicht verstehen würde. Auch Englisch brachte nichts und mein asiatisch war ein wenig eingerostet (hust). Er machte mit seiner Hand eine Bewegung die ich als "warte mal kurz" interpretierte und schnappte sich sein Telefon und wählte. Einen kurzen Moment später redete er in einer unglaublichen Geschwindigkeit (reden Asiaten wirklich so schnell? Beeindruckend) mit dem Telefon und nickte zwischendurch mal zu mir rüber. Nachdem er auflegte vergingen noch ca. 30 Sekunden da kam aus einem Geschäft eine Gruppe von ca. 20 - 30 Asiaten auf uns zu. Jetzt wurde mir klar, mit wem er telefoniert hatte und was er wollte. Eine junge Dame hatte sich dann mit mir auf deutsch unterhalten und ihr konnte ich nun mein Anliegen erklären. Sie übersetzte es, für die ganze Gruppe hörbar, die darauf anfing zu lachen. Das ganze was so derartig komisch, das ich mit einstimmte. Einen kurzen Moment später konnte ich dann das Bild machen und zeigte es in der Runde. Ich war mit meiner Aufgabe fertig, jedoch musste mein Model noch ein wenig länger stehen bleiben, da jetzt alle die eine Kamera dabei hatten versuchten ein ähnliches Bild zu machen. Das war recht lustig anzuschauen.
Viele Grüße
Markus
Leggs Sheer Energy Active Support Suntan. My favorite in case you haven't figured that out by now! A couple of them came out a little blurry. Sorry.
Support.....
Solidarity...
Solemn promise of love and tenderness..
That's what life means...
That's what makes this long journey never ending....yet interesting...
And lovable.
Buriganga River, Dhaka, Bangladesh. A Grandfather.. with his daughter and grand daughter (my imagination), is crossing the river on a rainy day.
2022 - Abbie came to see Peyton and some of the Fusion Gymnastics team before their 8th grade dances.
Promo work with Fennel/Rig Deluge/RNLI to promote fund-raising for a new inshore lifeboat in Aberdeen - competition winners will get to sit in the Nav seat during an upcoming VIP stage
Thank you Malakai Walker Muertes for being my ESD and allowing me the privilege to lean on you anytime.
Belle has been completely deboxed. She is standing, supported by the included display stand. She can free stand, but is not very stable that way.
Here is a mini review of Belle, concentrating on the features that can only be seen when she is deboxed.
First is her amazing golden heels. They are decorated with a molded ribbon in front, and silver and yellow decorations all around the shoe. They are in the same class as the best Disney Store LE doll shoes, such those of Tiana and Harrods Elsa.
Slightly disappointing is the lack of edition number and size stamps on her back. More disappointing is that her legs were slightly warped, so her feet and shoes couldn't point in the same direction. This is common on the 2012 style Classic doll and Designer doll legs, but I don't think it's happened to my 17 inch LE dolls before.
I like the look of the plastic floral decoration at her gown's neckline a lot more than I thought I would from the previous photos I saw. But I still would have liked them to be made of cloth or embroidery. A side effect of them being plastic is that her long side curls would be caught in it when I handled the doll.
With brings me to her side curls. They look good on LE Winter Belle, but on Ballgown Belle they are more distracting, especially from certain angles. So for the later half of the photos of Belle, I moved the curls to behind her head as much as I could, which was how they were in the box pose.
One final item is that her left hand, which the Beast is holding in the box pose, is permanently bent in the middle to make it fit better in Beast's hand.
Detailed photos of my Belle and Beast Limited Edition 17 Inch Doll Set. I got it second hand, after my Disney Store order was cancelled. It looks in perfect condition, and is #107 of 500. There are two Certificates of Authenticity, one for each doll, with the same number.
The box is very similar in construction to the Jasmine and Aladdin Platinum Wedding Doll Set. I love the poses of the dolls in the box, but I will debox them anyway, as is my custom. I need to know how they look freed from the factory restraints, from all angles.
A few days into the USDF invasion a squad of infantry team up with a tank to take a out a sniper, hidden in a nearby building. The USDF Armored Units are an invaluable asset of their invasion forces, and the "Tankers" as they are often referred to, treasure themselves on their communication with the USDF Infantry.
So thats were all my grey bricks went! :P
Anyhow, essentially just an expansion on my original Operation-Homeworld dio, I might have some more pics up soon!