A boy raised in the depression to learn the difference between want and need.

A young man who led many to battle in the Pacific

A man who loved his country and worked to strengthen its politics

A man who was who loved my mother and raised eight children

A man who held on to life, long after others would have rested and lived to love 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

My Father, Thomas Edwin Adams, June 28, 1920 – May 13, 2010

I love you dad!

Thomas Edwin Adams, Jr. passed away peacefully at his daughter''s home in Centreville, Virginia on May 13, 2010 with his family at his bedside.

Son to Thomas Edwin Adams, Sr. and Agnes Kennedy Adams, Tom Adams was born on June 28, 1920 in Washington, D.C. A proud native Virginian, he graduated at age 15 from Fairfax High School class of 1936. He was an excellent athlete and an accomplished tenor. Married in 1942, he was the devoted and loving husband of 44 years to Mary Ellen (Estes) Adams, who passed on Oct.19, 1987.

Tom Adams graduated from American University in Washington, D.C., with a B.A. in History and Government in 1946. He attended Washington & Lee University Law School in Lexington, VA. A veteran of WWII, Tom Adams received the Bronze Star for Bravery and the Purple Heart while serving in the Pacific campaign with the 17th Infantry Regiment as a platoon leader and company commander. During the Korean conflict he served in the 2nd Battalion of the 15th Infantry, 3rd Division as a rifle platoon leader. Before retiring from the U.S. Army in 1967, Lt. Col. Adams served as legal officer for the 15th Infantry Regiment in Fort Benning, GA, as Boards and Investigations Officer at Ft. Myer in Arlington, VA and as military historian at the Pentagon.

Tom Adams pursued a second career on Capitol Hill as the Legislative and Special Assistant to U.S. Congressman Joel T. Broyhill (10th Congressional District) of Virginia and for U.S. Congressman W.C. (Bill) Wampler Sr. (9th Congressional District). He retired from politics in 1984 following his service on the staff of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee. Tom Adams worked to pass legislation to create and fund the Washington Metro rail system and to fund the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. He was the principal staff architect of the agriculture title of the 1977 Food and Agriculture Act. Tom Adams'' retirement after 42 years of Federal service appeared in the Feb. 1, 1984 U.S. Congressional Record.

Tom and Mary Adams retired to Highland County, Virginia to start another chapter of their lives enjoying grandchildren and great grandchildren, their children, and many family and friends of the surrounding mountains and Shenandoah Valley.

Tom Adams will be remembered as a Virginian, an American, a devote husband and father, and as a man that instilled character and comfort in those he touched.

Tom Adams is survived by his eight children: Ellen Price, Susan Stanhope, Thomas Edwin, Laura Lewis, Elizabeth Kennedy, Samuel Glenn, Joseph Estes, and James Benjamin, 18 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, and siblings Robert L. Adams, Betty A. Baker, and Joan A. Vipperman. Tom Adams was also pre-deceased by loving brothers Bert and John, and sister Anne Gresham.

Relations between police and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans communities were debated at a special event as part of the Manchester Pride Fringe.

The free event, held at Manchester Town Hall, was organised by Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd, brought together police, activists, council representatives and members of the public to examine how relations have changed – and whether the transformation is real or just window-dressing.

The event was called “Police with Pride?” and members of the public who attended were given the opportunity to share their experiences and insights and question the panel.

The event was also be recorded by Gaydio, the country’s leading LGBT radio station, for broadcast at a future date.

The debate covered a wide range of topics including the relationship between GMP and the LGBT community over the last 30 years and the growth of LGBT representation within the Force.

Joining Tony on the panel were:

•Paul Martin OBE, chief executive, The Lesbian and Gay Foundation

•Councillor Sue Murphy, deputy leader, Manchester City Council

•Assistant Chief Constable Garry Shewan, Greater Manchester Police

•Inspector Emma Taylor, Greater Manchester Police

To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.

www.gmp.police.uk

You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.

Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.

You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced

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This was the second night out with the Hoya ND400 and I made my way to Gordon's Bay beach to try and get some long exposure sunset shots between the rocks.

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The Last Judgement

The mighty composition, painted by Michelangelo between 1536 and 1541, is centred around the dominant figure of Christ, captured in the moment preceding that when the verdict of the Last Judgement is uttered (Matthew 25:31-46). His calm imperious gesture seems to both command attention and placate the surrounding agitation. It starts a wide slow rotary movement in which all the figures are involved. Excluded are the two upper lunettes with groups of angels bearing in flight the symbols of the Passion (on the left the Cross, the nails and the crown of thorns; on the right the column of the scourging, the stairs and the spear with the sponge soaked in vinegar). Next to Christ is the Virgin, who turns her head in a gesture of resignation: in fact she can no longer intervene in the decision, but only await the result of the Judgement. The Saints and the Elect, arranged around Christ and the Virgin, also anxiously await the verdict. Some of them can be easily recognized: St Peter with the two keys, St Laurence with the gridiron, St Bartholomew with his own skin which is usually recognized as being a self-portrait of Michelangelo, St Catherine of Alexandria with the cogwheel and St Sebastian kneeling holding the arrows. In the centre of the lower section are the angels of the Apocalypse who are wakening the dead to the sound of long trumpets. On the left the risen recover their bodies as they ascend towards heaven (Resurrection of the flesh), on the right angels and devils fight over making the damned fall down to hell. Finally, at the bottom Charon with his oars, together with his devils, makes the damned get out of his boat to lead them before the infernal judge Minos, whose body is wrapped in the coils of the serpent. The reference in this part to the Inferno of Dante Alighieri's Divina Commedia is clear. As well as praise, the Last Judgement also caused violent reactions among the contemporaries. For example the Master of Ceremonies Biagio da Cesena said that "it was most dishonest in such an honoured place to have painted so many nude figures who so dishonestly show their shame and that it was not a work for a Chapel of the Pope but for stoves and taverns" (G. Vasari, Le Vite). The controversies, that continued for years, led in 1564 to the decision by the Congregation of the Council of Trent to have some of the figures of the Judgement that were considered "obscene" covered. The task of painting the covering drapery, the so-called "braghe" (pants) was given to Daniele da Volterra, since then known as the "braghettone". Daniele's "braghe" were only the first and in fact others were added in the following centuries.

A [ very ] potted history........

In 1902 the first electric tram route opened in Bournemouth and ran between the Lansdowne and Pokesdown.

Owned and operated by Bournemouth Corporation further routes quickly followed and in a few short years Bournemouth trams were also running to Christchurch and Poole.

By 1906 the system had reached its full extent although Sunday trams didn't run until 1913, and that was an afternoon service only, initially.

On 1st May 1908 a tram crashed in Avenue Rd as it made its way down from The Triangle to The Square killing seven people and seriously injuring twenty six.

The trams ran on steel tracks and got their power supply via overhead cables although parts of the system near the town centre used a conduit system where the power cables were buried underground so that there were no unsightly overhead cables. The sections of the conduit system were replaced with overhead cables by 1910.

The main depot was built in Southcote Rd in 1902 and had its own power station to supply electricity to the tram system. The depot closed in 1965 and is now used as a Council depot.

In 1905 a smaller depot was built next to the Bell Inn [ now The Seabournes ] opposite Pokesdown station. It closed in 1969 and became a second hand furniture warehouse before being demolished and replaced by housing in the mid 1990s.

In 1911 another similar depot opened on Wimborne Rd in Moordown, it closed in 1953 and was used by the Post Office amongst others until it was demolished and replaced by a retail unit in the late 1980s.

In the first half of the 1930s the trams were replaced by electric trolleybuses that also got their power from overhead cables but offered slightly more maneuverability as they did not run on tracks.

In 1951 a new depot was opened in Mallard Rd at Strouden Park in the north of the town. The depot was constructed on the site of Strouden Farm where the Council used to keep their work horses.

As part of the new depot a garage with a distinctive humped roof line was constructed. The roof was made from what was at the time the longest span of pre-stressed concrete in the country, which meant that the 300ft x 150 ft structure didn't need any supporting pillars inside. This feature has led to the garage being grade 2 listed which meant that when the depot became the Mallard Rd retail park in 2007 the garage had to be retained and so it became a Homebase DIY superstore.

The trolleybuses were officially retired in April 1969 when a final procession took place through local streets, after which they were superceded by the diesel engined bus.

In the early 1980s the company became officially known as Yellow Buses, a name used by locals for many years.

Bournemouth Council continued to own and operate the company when, in the mid 1980s, a Transport Act was passed that meant that the Council could no longer run the company directly and had to do so as a 'private' company via a board of directors. Making a profit became paramount although this was made more difficult as the Act also opened up the system to competition from rival companies.

In 2005 the company was sold to Transdev, a French company, and in early March 2006 they moved from Mallard Rd to a new depot in Yeomans Way behind the Castlepoint shopping centre.

The Mallard Rd site became a retail park in 2007.

In 2011 Transdev Yellow Buses were sold to the RAPT Group, another giant European public transport company.

RECOMMENDED FURTHER READING......

Glory Days- Bournemouth Transport by Colin Morris [ ISBN 0-7110-2877-X ].

Bournemouth Trolleybuses by Malcolm N Pearce [ ISBN 1 901706 10 9 ].

Yellow Buses website www.bybus.co.uk/about-us/history

Artist's Statement: Abstract sculptures using form and colour to emphasise positive and negative space. Lines and small elements activating larger shape.

'between the lines'

Sculpture by Philip Spelman

Sculpture By the Sea 2009, Sydney

see also:

www.flickr.com/photos/displace/4097521675/

www.flickr.com/photos/displace/4134935171/

Barkentine Gazela as viewed between the twin hulls of the massive superferry "Alakai".

Vienna Concert House (2006)

The Wiener Konzerthaus was opened in 1913. It is on the 3rd Viennese district road (Lothringerstraße) at the edge of the Inner City between Schwarzenberg Square and City Park .

Architectural History

Ludwig Baumann planned Olympion Art Show 1908, the main building Concert Hall, detail

1890 for a planned house music festivals should be considered as multi-purpose building to address a broader public than the just 200 meters away traditional Viennese Musikverein. The design by architect Ludwig Baumann for a Olympion contained several concert halls except an ice rink and a Bicycleclub. In addition, an open-air arena should offer 40,000 visitors. The skating rink and its adjacent buildings were realized in 1899 by Baumann plans, the Art Nouveau ensemble but fell in 1960 to a construction of the InterContinental Hotels Group to the victim. The Vienna Ice Skating Club is located on the then reduced by about a third place today. The popular freestyle wrestling at the Haymarket took place here.

Organised by Gustav Klimt and his friends art exhibition Vienna 1908 was held in a temporary exhibition building on the undeveloped site of the later concert hall. The Wiener Konzerthaus was finally built 1911-1913 by the Europe-wide Viennese theater architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer Younger (Office Fellner & Helmer ) in collaboration with Ludwig Baumann.

The theme of the concert hall was:

A facility for the care of fine music, a collection of artistic aspirations, a home for music and a house for Vienna.

On 19 October 1913 the Concert Hall in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I with a gala concert of the Vienna Concert Society was opened (now the Vienna Symphony Orchestra ). Richard Strauss composed this be Festive Prelude Op 61. Was combined with this modern work Beethoven's 9th Symphony - the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity should be so much in the first concert of the house.

The disintegration of Austria-Hungary brought tremendous social upheaval and financial crises - and thus flexibility and versatility was also necessary for lack of money. In addition to classical repertoire, there were in the 1920s and 1930s, important world premieres (including Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold ), concerts with jazz and pop songs, speeches from science to spiritualism and poetry readings (including Karl Kraus ). Dance and ballroom events, some large conferences and world championships for boxing and fencing completed the program.

After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the program for impoverished "non- degenerate entertainment operation ", to many artists remained only the emigration.

After 1945, the concert hall also had the secondary task , " prop up " the bruised Austrian self-confidence in a musical way. In addition to the standard repertoire of classical and romantic and the Viennese Waltz , there were still premieres (eg Schoenberg's oratorio The Jacob's Ladder 1961) and international jazz and pop concerts. From May 1946 spaces for recording studios and administration at the German and in Vienna living music producer Gerhard Mendelson were rented, who is considered one of the most important pop producers in Austria in the postwar period.

After several modifications that changed the original Art Nouveau decoration slightly , the house was restored from 1972 to 1975 to the only slightly altered original plans. From 1998 to 2001 the house was renovated by architect Hans Puchhammer and expanded to include a new concert hall (New Hall) .

From 1989 to 2002 the Vienna Kathreintanz also took place in the concert hall .

Building

Saw the concert at the House of Lorraine Street (Lothringerstraße), the Schwarzenbergplatz

The floor plan approximately 70 x 40 meters large concert hall with the main entrance at the Lothringerstraße and other inputs in the Lisztstraße includes Haymarket (Heumarkt) since the opening three concert halls:

Large hall with 1865 seats

Mozart Hall with 704 seats

Schubert Hall with 366 seats

The new hall (with 400 seats) was not established until the general renovation of 1998 to 2002. The new hall was renamed at the start of the 2009/2010 season in Berio-Saal.

On the home front, the right and left of the entrance, is the inscription

Honor your German Masters, then you are storing good spirits.

Here is a quote from the final chorus for the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner.

In all rooms the same time can take place, since they do not affect each other acoustically different concerts.

Inside stands in the foyer of the original model created in 1878 by Kaspar von Zumbusch Beethoven Monument, which is situated opposite the Concert Hall at the Beethoven place. At the staircase there is a relief homage to Emperor Franz Joseph (1913 ) by Edmund Hellmer . Furthermore, a bust of Franz Liszt by Max Klinger to mention in 1904.

The complex of the concert hall and the building is part of the K. K Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (now the University of Music and Dramatic Art). Adjoining rooms for academic teaching purposes this part of the building also contains the Academy theater with 521 seats, which is used as a secondary stage of the Burgtheater world premieres among other modern plays.

Great Hall and Organ

The Great Hall has a capacity of 1116 visitors (ground floor) and additional 361 balconies and boxes, and 388 in the gallery. The auditorium is 750 m2 and 170 m2 of the podium. In the 1960s the hall was optimized by Heinrich Keilholz.

The organ was built in 1913 in the Great Hall of the Rieger organ (Rieger-Orgel) (Jägerndorf, Silesia) built. The instrument is located on the end wall of the big room, but has no visible Prospectus. The organ is located behind a grid and is thus hidden from the visitors. The cone-chest-116 instrument has five registers on manual and pedal works and is the largest organ in Austria. The special features of the organ counts, firstly, that the four manual divisions are swellable. In addition, the organ comprises a (swellable ) remote work with separate pedal. Stylistically, the organ is "Alsatian Organ reform " aimed at the so-called ideal of where along the lines of major instruments of Aristide Cavaillé -Coll, the strong voices are divided into two manuals. The tracker action is electro-pneumatic. For the inauguration of the instrument Strauss had the " Festive Prelude " for organ and orchestra composed. In 1982 the instrument was restored.

I Hauptwerk C

Principal 16 '

16 drone '

Principal 8 '

Gedackt 8 '

Flute hollow 8 '

Harmonique Flûte 8 '

Fugara 8 '

Gemshorn 8 '

Dulciana 8 '

Nasatquinte 51/3 '

Octave 4 '

Reed flute 4 '

Viola 4 '

Superoctave 2 '

Noise Quinte II 22 /3 '

Cornet III-V 8 '

Mixture V 22 /3 '

III cymbals 2 '

Trumpet 16 '

Trumpet 8 '

Clarino 4 '

Manual II ( swellable ) C-

Viola 16 '

Quintatön 16 '

Principal 8 '

Bourdon 8 '

Flauto Traverso 8 '

Clara Bella 8 '

Viola da Gamba 8 '

Salicional 8 '

Unda Maris 8 '

Octave 4 '

Octaviante Flûte 4 '

Gemshorn 4 '

Quintatön 4 '

Waldflöte 2 '

Sesquialtera II 22 /3 '

Progress . harm. III - V 22 /3 '

Mixture IV 22/3 '

8 'Clarinet

Krummhorn 8 '

Glockenspiel

tremulant

III . Manual ( swellable ) C-

Lovely - Gedackt 16 '

Violin Principal 8 '

Reed flute 8 '

Still Covered 8 '

Vienna Flute 8 '

Quintatön 8 '

Echo Gamba 8 '

Aeoline 8 '

Vox coelestis 8 '

Octave 4 '

Octaviante Flûte 4 '

Delicate flute 4 '

Aeolsharfe 4 '

Gemsquinte 22/3 '

Flautino 2 '

Third, 13/5 '

Larigotquinte 11/3 '

Seventh 11/7 '

Piccolo 1 '

Harmonia aetherea IV 22/3 '

Basson 16 '

Harmonique Trompette 8 '

Oboe 8 '

Vox Humana 8 '

Harmonique Clairon 4 '

tremulant

IV solo work C

16 drone '

Clarinophon 8 '

Double - Gedackt 8 '

Concert Flute 8 '

Solo Gamba 8 '

Fifth tube 51/3 '

Octave 4 '

Solo Flute 4 '

Quinte 22/3 '

Superoctave 2 '

Wholesale Cornett III - V 22 /3 '

Tuba mirabilis 8 '

Ophicleide 8 '

Harmonique Clairon 4 '

V Fernwerk ( swellable ) C-

Delicately Gedackt 16 '

Horn 8 'Principal

Lovely - Gedackt 8 '

Reed flute 8 '

Viola d' amore 8 '

Vox Angelica 8 '

Gemshorn 4 '

Flute 4 '

Piccolo 2 '

Mixture IV 22/3 '

Shawm 8 '

Vox Humana 8 '

tremulant

C- pedal

Principalbaß 32 '

Principalbaß 16 '

Violon 16 '

Subbass 16 '

Echobaß 16 '

Salicetbaß 16 '

Quintbaß 102/3 '

Octavbass 8 '

Gedacktbaß 8 '

Bass flute 8 '

Cello 8 '

Dulcianbaß 8 '

Octave 4 '

Flauto 4 '

Campana III 102/3 '

Mixture IV 51/3 '

Bombard 32 '

Trombone 16 '

Bassoon 16 '

Trumpet 8 '

Basset 8 '

Clarino 4 '

C- pedal distance

Subbass 16 '

Octavbass 8 '

Pairing :

Normal coupling : II / I, III / I , IV / I , V / I, P / I , III / II , IV / II , V / II, I / II , IV / III , V / P, I / P, II / P III / P IV / P

Superoktavkoppeln : II / I, III / I , IV / I , V / I , III / I , IV / I , III / II , IV / II , IV , V, I / P , IV / P.

Suboktavkoppeln : III / II .

Game Help: Free combinations (5 banks by 1000 = 5000 general memories ), storage rack (roll on, Pair of roller coupling to IV of roller, Manual 16 ' down, Reeds off (as buttons ), the main pedal off, remote pedal off (as flip switches ), Einzelzungenabsteller ), Tutti (push button), principal pedal down, Fernwerk pedal from, sills V in expression pedal II coupled (toggle button), kicks, interact with flip switches (switching I-IV of P, normal couplers II-IV to I, roll off ) Registercrescendo (roller for the organist, coupled with a second roller for the registrant ) .

Program

The concert hall is the main venue of the Vienna Symphony , the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Vienna Sound Forum. Since 1913 the Vienna Academy of Music has its permanent home of the Konzerthaus. In separate events at the Wiener Konzerthaus other international orchestras, soloists and chamber ensembles in addition to the Vienna Philharmonic regular guest. In addition, there are also numerous other events organizer at the Konzerthaus. So for example the Bonbon Ball, but also concerts in jazz and world music.

The program of the Vienna Konzerthaus also includes some festivals , such as

the Early Music Festival in January resonances

the Vienna Spring Festival

the International Music Festival

Wien Modern in autumn

Between 2003 and 2006, gave the series with the latest music generator .

From 2008, a year early in the season with a festival held focus " on a particular region or cultural community " [2 ] . The first event in September 2008, the two-day festival Spot On : Yiddishkeit , in which a cross section is presented by the diversity of Jewish music creation.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Konzerthaus

I exist in two worlds, I have one mind. Some days so euphoric and elated, others so dark and stagnant I can't keep my head above the surface. My work in a state of serenity, my life torn between two states of existing. I long for the days I can call normal and be at ease with the world, but for now at least I'm leaping between two. Weary often and misunderstood, I'm not done with the world quite yet, its just my mood.

collaboration between myself and my whimsy. Leslie's is on the left with the scrumptious peaches and mine is to the right with the blackberries (the best ones yet this year!)

License: Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

Source: Unsplash

A dancer passes between two rows of other dancers. 'The Barefoot Gypsies' belly-dancing troupe, Lismore Lantern Parade Carnivale 2013

The complete set of images can be found at edwardcondephotography.tumblr.com/tagged/cablecars

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There's a ghost in my lungs and it sights in my sleep.

sorry for the bad quality in these ones. but this place was just to awesome for not sharing it. i took them with a friends camera in the time between dropping my 550d in lake wanaka and buying the new 6d.

there were two kakas trying to get in the hut constantly for over 5 hours picking at the screws. maybe this was the reason why the hut had a super thick safe-like door..

By Stoff_ If you wanna use or buy that image, or for more info just FlickrMail me ;)

Installation with leather puppets inside glass bottles and beakers and lit them to mimic the effect of television by Nasirun (Indonesia) exhibit at the Singapore Art Museum for the Singapore Biennale 2013.

On a recent walk, I spotted these Amaryllis

in full bloom "between the fences."

I know there's a lot (too much) going on

in this picture, but I wanted to include all

three fences. "So I did." LOL

Happy Three Fence Friday!

~Mary Lou

At the end of 2009 we decided to go up to The Lake District after Christmas and get some walking in. Our first day saw us with just a couple of hours to spare so we walked out of Keswick up on to Lonscale Fell and some very dull dark views of Keswick and wintry fells around Borrowdale. We were there just after the floods that had devastated the area. Bridges had been washed away and as we walked through the park on our way to Lonscale Fell we saw houses that had been ripped apart by the River Greta. Many properties close to the river were flooded. These properties were still being repaired a year later.

The following day we set off from Dungeon Ghyll along Mickleden. The conditions under foot were awful, wet, thick ice and slushy snow, real hard going. We made our way to the fork in the path and took the left branch to Rossett Gill. The snow got deeper but wouldn’t take our weight, there was no sign of the zig zag path higher up, it was under three foot of snow. Fortunately we knew the way and plodded on. The weather was initially promising but the cloud rolled over Rossett Pike and dropped on us like a white blanket. We were determined to claim at least one top and carried on. Jayne kept going thigh deep and at one point, waist deep, which we were still seeing the funny side of. At the top of Rossett Gill, between Rossett Pike and Bow Fell, we couldn't see a thing, the snow and cloud were as one, we couldn't tell if the ground was going up or down. We found the top of Rossett Pike and then aimed for Angle Tarn, we were wasting our time, there wasn't a break in the cloud and it was compass all the way. We turned and headed back to Rosset Gill where Jayne found the easiest way down – sledging on her backside, we had a laugh even though the going was tough.

Overnight the temperature was extremely low and we got up to blue sky and a hard frost – Perfect! We drove from Ambleside to Coniston, parked in the Village and put our winter gear on. It was a slog up Walna Scar road, the snow and ice was solid now. As we rounded The Old Man heading for Walna summit and then Dow Crag the snow was just taking our weight. Someone had walked here the day before and had the same problems as us, footprints two foot deep. The Walna road was covered in deep drifts, five foot deep in places. I was using my Canon G10, and looking at the photos I was carrying my Hasselblad Xpan panoramic, I was still using some film in 2009 so I got some really good shots on film. With hindsight I should have used the 5D, the photos from the G10 are ok but not brilliant. I have many thousands of Lakes photos taken with the G10, it was always a compromise of convenience against the weight and size of the 5D and the inability to slide it in a pocket out of the way when I needed to. Having said that I’ve carried the 5D up some scary scrambles. Dow Crag was fantastic with incredible views. The Old Man of Coniston, Brim Fell, Swirl How and Great Carrs followed. We made our way down via Prison Band and the mine track, the sun was dropping in the sky quickly at this time of year, a fantastic but tough day.

Taken with my Nikon d70 with Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens.

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Street lamp between buildings

Słoneczny kwiatuszek, pstryknięty gdzieś na Nosalu (ale nie wiem jak się nazywa).

Taken on Nosal (small mountain in Zakopane, 1206 m. high), but I don't know what flower it is...

Looking down the gap between the pair of 32 inch fluorescent tubes in the light fixture above my wife's indoor garden. Camera is focused on the pull-chain at the far end. The way I aligned the camera, in conjunction with the bokeh, creates somewhat of an optical illusion, as if the pull-chain is flying/falling toward you. The chain is actually about 3 feet away, and the edge of the light fixture is just a few inches from the lens. The fixture is completely horizontal, and the chain is hanging straight down, although it rests on one of the bulbs.

Photo by Kevin Borland.

11th birthday photoshoot at Monocacy Civil War historic site

2013

Installation with leather puppets in glass bottles

Nasirun has placed a cast of imaginary characters – represented by wayang puppets – inside glass bottles and beakers, and lit them to mimic the effect of television, which the artist sees as, essentially, a glass box filled with light across which a myriad mythical characters enact their roles. Although television is associated with contemporary popular culture, its function is not far removed from traditional wayang performances, which also provided entertainment for the masses. At the same time, Nasirun's puppets recall specimens that have been preserved for study or for posterity. This suggests that like wayang theatre, these figures and the ancient myths that they are associated with, are now regarded as relics. Yet their unmistakable vitality, as they dance across the surfaces, is also a refutation of this fate.

between ezinge & saaksum

Between

luce ed onde

Between us - Peter Bradley Adams

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Alanya town is located about 100 kilometers (65 miles) to the east of Antalya, on a peninsula between the Mediterranean Sea in the south and the Taurus Mountains in the north. It's one of the most popular beach holiday destinations of Turkey. Archeological excavation revealed that the area was inhabited since the Paleolitic ages. Around the 4th century BC, the city was known as Coracesium. Later on it became the center of piracy in the Mediterranean. Roman general Pompey the Great captured the city in 65 BC, putting an end to the pirates' rule. During the Roman period, the city prospered and minted its own coins in the 2nd century AD. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, the Byzantines ruled the city and called it as Kalonorosa, meaning "beautiful mountain". Around 11th and 12th centuries the city changed hands between the Seljuk Turks, Byzantine ruler Alexios I Komnenos, First Crusade, and the Armenian ruler Kyr Vard. Finally, it was captured in 1221 by the Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubat who gave his name to the city and called it as Alaiye. During this time, the town lived its hay-days again. Major construction and repair projects were carried out buy the sultans, making the city an important trade port for western Mediterranean. After the fall of Seljuks, the city was captured by Karamanlids and other Anatolian principalities, as well as by Lusignan kings from Cyprus and then Egyptians. During the Ottoman rule after 15th century, the city lost its importance. It's said that Atatürk called the town as Alanya instead of Alaiye in 1933, so that became the modern name of the city. (Reportedly, an error in the transcription of a telegram was the origin of the new city name).

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Oraşul Alanya se află la 100 km (65 mile) est de Antalya, fiind situat pe o peninsulă cuprinsă între Marea Mediterană la sud şi Munţii Taurus la nord. Este una dintre cele mai populare destinaţii de vacanţă din Turcia, în special pentru iubitorii de soare, mare şi plajă. Arheologii au demonstrat că zona a fost locuită încă din epoca paleolitică. In jurul secolului al IV-lea î.Ch., oraşul era cunoscut sub numele de Coracesium. Mai târziu a devenit centrul pirateriei din Mediterană. Generalul roman Pompei a capturat oraşul în anul 65 AD, punând capăt domniei piraţilor. In timpul stăpânirii romane, oraşul a prosperat iar în secolul al II-lea AD şi-a bătut propria monedă. După căderea Imperiului Roman de Apus, oraşul a fost stăpânit de bizantini care l-au numit Kalonorosa („muntele frumos”). In secolele XI-XII oraşul a trecut pe rând în stăpânirea turcilor selgiucizi, împăratului bizantin Alexios I Komnenos, primilor cruciaţi şi conducătorului armean Kyr Vard. In cele din urmă a fost cucerit de sultanul selgiucid Alaaddin Keykubat care a denumit oraşul Alayie, după numele său. In vremea acestuia, oraşul şi-a recăpătat strălucirea. S-au ridicat construcţii noi şi s-au restaurat cele existente. După căderea selgiucizilor, oraşul a fost capturat rând pe rând de turcii din neamul Karamanoğlu, de alţi conducători anatolieni, ca şi de regii lusigneni din Cipru şi de egipteni. In timpul stăpânirii otomane începând cu secolul al V-lea, oraşul şi-a pierdut îmsemnătatea. Se spune că în 1993 Atatürk a schimbat denumirea oraşului din Alayie în Alanya, care a devenit numele modern al localităţii (De fapt, se pare că la originea noii denumiri a fost o eroare de transcripţie a unei telegrame).

Source: www.allaboutturkey.com/alanya.htm

On rail replacement between Chelmsford and Romford. They were running out of space! Eventually one Redwing parked in the station car park and another in the bus stop in front of the station (to the annoyance of service buses stopping there and even down Victoria Road South. In this pic its Redwing, kellys, Redwing, Addison Lee, Redwing.

Pre-Wedding Hoang - Hang | Vung Tau 2015

I had a senior session with a Midway senior this past weekend. The little brother needed a lot of entertainment so there was never any real down time between poses.

Gotta love that 135mm f/2.

Town hall, Manchester.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VV8sgVSZNQ

Marcia Wachuta

Boscobel, Wisconsin

My page 28 was a medicine description for an allergy medicine.

I decide to create something with lines and words.

I stitched words about quilting and creating.

These are the "words" I stitched. It is just words -- not really intended to make sense.

"I am reading between the lines to create my quilt...

You .... Me.... Us....

Fabric... Colors... Designing...

Challenges.... Brainstorming...

Quilting... Working... Playing.... Creat e ing...

Stitching my thoughts sometimes Errors...

Sometimes the words makes sense...

and sometimes it's too confusing....

Comfort can be found in things we Love to do....

Sewing ..... and .... Quilting...

I am reading... Between the words...

and lines.... and the fabric strips....

to create my quilted project....

from fabric strips... of Blue....

and Black and White...

This.... I.... am ... pleased....

Between the Strips....

....Bringing order to my Life...

Marcia 2013"

I shared more photos and the construction of my quilted pillow on my blog at - marciascraftysewing.blogspot.com/2013/03/between-strips.html

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Class TV between 2005 - 2007, recorded on Friday Mornings from 9am onwards.

I enjoyed the look and read series, I used to watch them in school many or all of the series had 10 episodes and gave a little more of the story away but always included a cliffhanger when the credits started to roll so you would have to watch the next episode.

www.sapadventures.com/ The Inca Trail is a magnificent, well preserved Inca Trail route which connects Machu Picchu with what once were other regions of the Inca Empire, and today it is one of the world’s most popular treks. This four-day walk goes from the highlands of 4,200mts and down through the cloud forests to finally arrive at Machu Picchu - 2,380mts.

DAY 01. - Between 06:00 and 06:30 we pick you up at your hotel in our private bus. Ensure you have your original passport and ISIC student card (if applicable – for a discount on entree fee to Machu Picchu).

The journey by bus to km 82 (the starting point for the Inca Trail) takes approximately 3 hours. Once we get there and are all ready to go, this first day will have us walking mostly through the valley. It starts at 2380m with a small climb to a plateau overlooking the Incan site of Llactapata and rewards you with superb views of Mount Veronica. Walking times are always approximate depending on weather conditions, group ability and other factors, but generally you will walk about 2-3 hours before lunch. Then after lunch we walk on just past the village of Wayllabamba to reach our first campsite at 3000m.

Approx 14km, 6 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.

DAY 02. - Day 2 is the most difficult day as you Inca Trail walk from about 3000m to 4200m — the highest pass of the trek (known as Dead Woman’s Pass – but don’t be discouraged!). You can walk at your own pace and stop to get your breath whenever you like. You’ll find your energy returns once you continue down to the valley of Pacaymayo, where we camp at 3600m.

You can hire a porter from the village of Wayllabamba to carry your pack to the top of this pass for approximately 70 soles. If you wish to do so you must organize and pay this money directly to the person who carries your items, and please check your belongings upon receiving them at the end of this service as these people are not Sap Adventures staff.

This is the coldest night at Inca Trail; between +2/+4 degrees Celsius (in December) and -3/-5 degrees Celsius (in June). Approx 12km, 7 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.

DAY 03.- Day 3 is exceptionally beautiful because of the ruins you will witness and the incredible stone Inca Trail you walk one, and also because there is a lot more downhill than uphill! However, there are about 2000 stairs descending from the ruins of Phuyupatamarca to those of Wiñaywayna, so take care with your knees. If you have had knee or ankle injuries an extra porter is recommended so that you are not carrying extra weight and overstressing your joints. There is a guided tour of all the ruins on the way. Camping is usually at Wiñaywayna 2700 mtrs.

Take extra care of your personal belongings at this campsite as all the tours campsites are nearby. As usual, always keep your daypack containing your valuables with you. The only hot shower on the Inca Trail is on this third night at Wiñaywayna. There is a hostel near the campsite with an 8min hot shower for 5 soles, and a bar and restaurant where you can purchase bottled water.

Approx 16km, 6 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.

DAY 04.- We get up extremely early to arrive at the magical Intipunku "The Gate of the Sun" as the first rays begin illuminating the lost city of Machu Picchu down bellow. A further 20 min walk down from here takes us to the famous view from the terraces at the end of the trail. It is a good time to take pictures before the 10:30 crowds arrive. Your tour of Machu Picchu should last about 2 hours and finish between 10:30 and 11:00am. Then you have free time to climb Huayna Picchu if you wish (This is the famous peak in the background of most images of Machu Picchu. The trek is about 90 minutes). A maximum of 400 hikers can climb this mountain per day so if you are determined then start immediately after your tour! Or, of course, you may simply just collapse under a tree and quietly reflect in amazement at the mystery, the architectural achievement and beauty of Machu Picchu.

From Machu Picchu, it is a pleasant walk through sub-tropical jungle down to Aguas Calientes (about 45 mins), but if you are weary you may also take a bus – the $7 bus ticket is included and your guide will give you the ticket.

Once in Aguas Calientes you can have a hot shower, and then store your backpack while you go to have lunch, visit the hot springs or shop around the village.

If you are not extending your stay for one night in Aguas Calientes*, you will leave around 6pm to return to Cusco by train or by a combination of train & bus. Please note that during the high season there are a number of different departure times for the trains that run only to Ollantaytambo, from where buses run onwards till Cusco. The type of return journey depends simply on availability. You will arrive back in Cusco around 9 - 9.30pm.

Approx 7km, 2 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.

www.sapadventures.com/ The Inca Trail is a magnificent, well preserved Inca Trail route which connects Machu Picchu with what once were other regions of the Inca Empire, and today it is one of the world’s most popular treks. This four-day walk goes from the highlands of 4,200mts and down through the cloud forests to finally arrive at Machu Picchu - 2,380mts.

DAY 01. - Between 06:00 and 06:30 we pick you up at your hotel in our private bus. Ensure you have your original passport and ISIC student card (if applicable – for a discount on entree fee to Machu Picchu).

The journey by bus to km 82 (the starting point for the Inca Trail) takes approximately 3 hours. Once we get there and are all ready to go, this first day will have us walking mostly through the valley. It starts at 2380m with a small climb to a plateau overlooking the Incan site of Llactapata and rewards you with superb views of Mount Veronica. Walking times are always approximate depending on weather conditions, group ability and other factors, but generally you will walk about 2-3 hours before lunch. Then after lunch we walk on just past the village of Wayllabamba to reach our first campsite at 3000m.

Approx 14km, 6 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.

DAY 02. - Day 2 is the most difficult day as you Inca Trail walk from about 3000m to 4200m — the highest pass of the trek (known as Dead Woman’s Pass – but don’t be discouraged!). You can walk at your own pace and stop to get your breath whenever you like. You’ll find your energy returns once you continue down to the valley of Pacaymayo, where we camp at 3600m.

You can hire a porter from the village of Wayllabamba to carry your pack to the top of this pass for approximately 70 soles. If you wish to do so you must organize and pay this money directly to the person who carries your items, and please check your belongings upon receiving them at the end of this service as these people are not Sap Adventures staff.

This is the coldest night at Inca Trail; between +2/+4 degrees Celsius (in December) and -3/-5 degrees Celsius (in June). Approx 12km, 7 hours walking this day at Inca Trail.

DAY 03.- Day 3 is exceptionally beautiful because of the ruins you will witness and the incredible stone Inca Trail you walk one, and also because there is a lot more downhill than uphill! However, there are about 2000 stairs descending from the ruins of Phuyupatamarca to those of Wiñaywayna, so take care with your knees. If you have had knee or ankle injuries an extra porter is recommended so that you are not carrying extra weight and overstressing your joints. There is a guided tour of all the ruins on the way. Camping is usually at Wiñaywayna 2700 mtrs.

Take extra care of your personal belongings at this campsite as all the tours campsites are nearby. As usual, always keep your daypack containing your valuables with you. The only hot shower on the Inca Trail is on this third night at Wiñaywayna. There is a hostel near the campsite with an 8min hot shower for 5 soles, and a bar and restaurant where you can purchase bottled water.

Approx 16km, 6 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.

DAY 04.- We get up extremely early to arrive at the magical Intipunku "The Gate of the Sun" as the first rays begin illuminating the lost city of Machu Picchu down bellow. A further 20 min walk down from here takes us to the famous view from the terraces at the end of the trail. It is a good time to take pictures before the 10:30 crowds arrive. Your tour of Machu Picchu should last about 2 hours and finish between 10:30 and 11:00am. Then you have free time to climb Huayna Picchu if you wish (This is the famous peak in the background of most images of Machu Picchu. The trek is about 90 minutes). A maximum of 400 hikers can climb this mountain per day so if you are determined then start immediately after your tour! Or, of course, you may simply just collapse under a tree and quietly reflect in amazement at the mystery, the architectural achievement and beauty of Machu Picchu.

From Machu Picchu, it is a pleasant walk through sub-tropical jungle down to Aguas Calientes (about 45 mins), but if you are weary you may also take a bus – the $7 bus ticket is included and your guide will give you the ticket.

Once in Aguas Calientes you can have a hot shower, and then store your backpack while you go to have lunch, visit the hot springs or shop around the village.

If you are not extending your stay for one night in Aguas Calientes*, you will leave around 6pm to return to Cusco by train or by a combination of train & bus. Please note that during the high season there are a number of different departure times for the trains that run only to Ollantaytambo, from where buses run onwards till Cusco. The type of return journey depends simply on availability. You will arrive back in Cusco around 9 - 9.30pm.

Approx 7km, 2 hours walking this day on Inca Trail.

Between the Wilerplanggen gallery and the Ripplistal gallery of the Gotthard motorway A2 there was a landslide in the area Äschenwald. Another important connection had to be closed, but not due to snowfall as in other regions. The cleanup and repair is still in progress, but the road can be used again. At the dirty retaining wall you can see where the landslide fell on the road. Switzerland, Jan 24, 2018.