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A rare weekend at home - July was a very busy month socially! And my weekend at home was kind of dictated by the fact I was travelling down to London on the Monday for an important consultation.
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(current Alt-Timeline up to this point posted on a previous weapon)
Automobile companies contributing to the war effort by aiding in weapons manufacture was not a new thing. Nevertheless, Continental Motors surprised American news agencies when it announced in 1983 that it would be submitting a design for upcoming military weapons trials.
The Mark 1 received much criticism, many papers commented that Continental had gone about building a gun like it was a motor, more fit to be strapped to four wheels then held by two hands. A military officer commented, "I thought we gave our soldiers guns, not clubs." Yet despite the Mark 1's heavy, bulky shape, it proved itself well in the trials. It was certainly not as pretty as the Browning P69, the other front runner of the trials, nor did it have the propaganda appeal of the Browning, but the heavy weight and muzzle device allowed the Continental machine pistol to be easily controlled at a fire rate far higher than the competition.
Cheap to manufacture, high fire rate, and great control made it a serious contender. Ultimately, money would do the talking, and the Army selected the Mark 1 over the far more expensive P69. The Continental Motors Mark 1 would go into service in 1984, as hostilities began to break out once more.
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Rainbow Bee-eater
Scientific Name: Merops ornatus
The Rainbow Bee-Eater is a spectacular bird. With its green, blue, chestnut and yellow plumage, its slim build, slender curved bill and distinctive streamers that extend from the end of its tail, it is simply beautiful. Bee-Eaters are a familiar sight in many lightly-timbered parts of mainland Australia, where they often perch on fence-posts or overhead wires, then launch after flying insects, flying swiftly, sometimes with rapid twists and turns, before snapping the insect in its bill, and returning to the perch to eat it. Research featured in the 'State of Australia's Birds 2015' headline and regional reports shows a marked decline for the Rainbow Bee-eater (and some other aerial insectivories) in the East Coast region, where reporting rates for this species have dropped by over 50% in the since 2001.
Description: A striking, colourful bird, the Rainbow Bee-eater is medium sized, with a long slim curved bill and a long tail with distinctive tail-streamers. It has a golden crown and a red eye set in a wide black stripe from the base of the bill to the ears, which is edged with a thin blue line. The throat is orange-yellow, with a broad black band separating it from a green breast. The upperparts are green, with the flight feathers coppery and black tipped. The underwings are bright orange, with a black edge. The lower abdomen is blue. The tail is black, including the long tail streamers, with a blue tinge. Females have shorter, thicker tail streamers than males, but are otherwise similar. Young birds are duller and greener, lacking the black band on the chest and the long tail streamers.
Similar Species: The Rainbow Bee-eater may resemble some kingfishers, however these are plumper, with strong straight beaks, and never catch prey in flight.
Distribution: The Rainbow Bee-eater is found throughout mainland Australia, as well as eastern Indonesia, New Guinea and, rarely, the Solomon Islands. In Australia it is widespread, except in desert areas, and breeds throughout most of its range, although southern birds move north to winter over.
Habitat: The Rainbow Bee-eater is most often found in open forests, woodlands and shrublands, and cleared areas, usually near water. It will be found on farmland with remnant vegetation and in orchards and vineyards. It will use disturbed sites such as quarries, cuttings and mines to build its nesting tunnels.
Feeding: Rainbow Bee-eaters eat insects, mainly catching bees and wasps, as well as dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths. They catch flying insects on the wing and carry them back to a perch to beat them against it before swallowing them. Bees and wasps are rubbed against the perch to remove the stings and venom glands.
Breeding: Rainbow Bee-eaters gather in small flocks before returning to summer breeding areas after over-wintering in the north (apart from the resident northern populations). Both males and females select a suitable nesting site in a sandy bank and dig a long tunnel (average length: 89.4 cm) leading to a nesting chamber, which is often lined with grasses. Both parents incubate the eggs and both feed the young, sometimes with the assistance of auxiliaries (helpers).
(Source: www.birdlife.org.au)
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Comment distiller un peu de magie en ces temps de Fêtes ?
Étape 1: vous avez besoin d'une froide journée d'hiver
Étape 2: préparation d'une bonne tasse de thé, de chocolat chaud ou de café
Étape 3: choisissez un beau roman de Noël, installez-vous confortablement sous un bon plaid chaud...et voilà, cocooning assuré !!! :-)
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How to add a little holiday magic ?
Step 1 : you need a cold winter day
Step 2 : a good cup of tea or cocoa
Step 3 : finally, choose a great Christmas book !!!
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Friday of a very very social week, my lovely friend Meghan came to Hull for taps at Ambiente.
We had a lovely time and went on to Cuban Pete's for a drink afterwards.
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I had a lovely evening out with my dear friend Andrew. We went to Cognac for amazing French food then took a walk to Prince's Avenue and had drinks in 80 Days Bierhaus. A lovely evening!
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FrenchBee est une compagnie low lost qui se baptise elle même "Première Compagnie low cost et long courrier"
Elle dessert Tahiti depuis 2019
Son arrivée était plutôt une bonne nouvelle, car les voyages Tahiti Métropole coutent très chers !
MAIS ce que j'ai trouvé inadmissible, c'est que French Bee a tout simplement "abandonné" ses passagers dans les 2 sens Tahiti France et France Tahiti, alors que ces personnes avaient payé leurs billets !
Il est vrai que cette histoire de virus et l'interdiction par les Etats Unis de faire escale dans leur pays a causé beaucoup de problèmes, mais les compagnies ont cherché des solutions pour rapatrier les passagers vers leurs destinations, sauf French Bee !!
500 passagers (toutes compagnies confondues) sont restés bloqués à l'aéroport, 1 semaine pour certains, dans l'attente d'une solution, cela a du être un vrai cauchemar !
Hier soir 27 avril, il en restait une cinquantaine sans solutions !
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I have some people that fave my photo with no comment,
I am afraid that does not mean anything to me,
I can understand if they are busy but I see them commenting on others,
so that leaves me to believe they kinda feel sorry for poor Steve:-)))
Have a great Sunday friends!
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The HellFire Society is my version of The HellFire Club, who will be appearing in my stories a bit later on. The Society has existed for centuries, and some of it's members, even longer.
Left To Right
Selene Gallio: One of the Founding Members of the Society, her past remains a mystery, even to the Society. she is quite resentful of Azazel's and Mystique's love.
Sebastien Shaw: Eager to please, Sebastien yearns for a chance to prove himself to the other members of the Society, and thinks that it might be time for a change in leadership...
Azazel: The Serpent, Lucifer, Iblīs, Judas, Mara, Beelzebub, Vlad The Impaler, and even Loki, These are all names that Azazel has been known by over the many years of life. He founded the Society, along with Selene. He has Courted Mystique, which upset Selene, but Azazel chose Mystique on bases that they would produce a purer heir.
Mystique: The latest addition the the Society, when Azazel laid his eyes upon her, he said that she was the most beautiful woman in all of history. Selene hold quite the grudge against her, which is a shame. She thinks they would have made great allies.
Emma Frost: The youngest member of the Society, she has doubts as to whether or not she is doing the right thing. She doesn't want to hurt anyone, but feels that Mutants have been oppressed by humanity for far to long, and wants to make the world and equal place both humans and mutants. No one else shares her sentiment.
So that's my my version of The HellFire Club. Hope you like it!
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Here are the upper falls in BW as suggested in the comments for the previous color version. Same 5 shot pano. In the PSE 11 BW conversion I increased the contrast and blue filter to pop the white of the ice. Also, some vertical distortion correction and a closer vertical crop to emphasize the falls.
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Saturday we went to the Feguson Fawsitt pub in Walkington for dinner. WE both went for the chicken and bacon pie. Wow, what a choice - that may well be the best pie I have ever tasted!
Than on the evening we went out on Prince's Avenue for a few drinks.
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A few more pics and a collage from back in May. A long-time favourite, this dress, good for all occasions!
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Saturday night in Lincoln was one of our best nights out there ever. We had such a great time, lots of interaction with other people.
We started out at the Skylight Bar in the Doubletree hotel on Brayford Wharf then went on to Popworld, which was a Fever Boutique last time we were there.
At Popworld we met the wonderful Ashliegh who was just great company all night! And we had a dance on the light-up dance floor too. A brill night all round!
At the Sylight Bar in the Doubletree. These seats had a wonderful view out over Lincoln.
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I just can't leave this dress alone! I love it so much. My photostream is becoming a little predictable. Ha ha.
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A short (because it was very cold!) tri pto the park to feed the birds was just the thing a couple of days after Christmas!
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So I had a lot of fun with doing my top ten favorite villains list and sot I thought id do my top ten favorite TV shows. This is all opinion, so be aware before you get pissed. Also, I cheated a bit on one or two and combined them, but this is my damn list so fuck it. So, lets get started.
10-Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star trek tng is a fascinating look at sci-fi and the space exploration genre in general. While I’m not crazy about the first few seasons, I love it near the end. It’s just so rich with atmosphere and has such a creative and full world that you really can feel it. It’s a very smart, very clever, and very well exsiccated show with lots of interesting things to say, and great writing to do so.
9-Firefly
What’s better then a joss whedon space western staring Nathan fillion? Will 8 things obviously but this show still seriously kicks ass. It has incredible writing that is masterfully performed by amazing actors. The only thing stopping this show from being higher on the list is its lack of seasons. Other then that, it’s a funny, action packed thrill ride from start to finish that I recommend to anyone looking for adventure and fun in space.
8-Justice League and Justice League Unlimited
So yeah, this is kind of a tie, but jlu is basically just a continuation of the original show, so I think its ok to group these two together. Anyways, justice league manages to really get how these larger then life heroes would interact. How they are still people, even though they have godlike powers, and how they manage to deal with the fears of the world, and of each other. Every character has there own voice and you always know how one would feel about something, even if they don’t say it. It’s a perfect comic book adaptation that every dc fan should watch
7-Young Justice
I toiled over weather to put this or justice league at this spot, but I had to go with young justice just for its unapologetic love for its source material and the amazing way it adapts the comics into a different medium (cough* arrow *cough). I love how they hit the ground running with its immediately recognizable comic book characters and anything goes mentality towards storytelling, yet still manages to have compelling character drama.
6-Monty Python and Fawlty Towers
Did I even need to say it? These two are some of the funniest shows ever made and what every comedy after them should strive towards. The reason I put them together is because towers feels like a python sketch that got extended into a full series without being dragged out or overdone. What else can I say? These two are legendary enough, and if you haven’t seen them, we need to have a little chat.
5-Futurama
A sci-fi comedy by the same guys behind the Simpson’s? Sign me up. I’ve always preferred futurama to the Simpson’s, mainly the sci-fi moments and more abstract elements add to the comedic feel of the whole show. It’s incredibly cleaver, and isn’t afraid to comment on society. All the characters are don so well with each being funny and deep at the same time. I'd recommend it to anyone who wants smart humor, with an edge to it.
4-South Park
I don’t think I like South Park for the reason most people like South Park. Its not for the raunchy-ness, or the “how far will they go” humor (although I do like both), no, what really gets me to love south park is how they can realistically (to a certain extent) take the point of view of a kid, and turn it into a zany, yet interesting critique on society, while still being having that child like viewpoint. It’s hysterical, fun, and crazy as hell.
3-Doctor who
Here I’m specifically talking about the rebooted series. The original series will always have a place in my heart, but the new series is just so much fun, and has so much character and is so well written. I love the sci-fi and I love how adventures it feels and l=how likable the main characters are. I love how recognizable the villains have become and how much it’s grown since its humble beginnings, and for good reason. If you haven’t watch dr who, go watch dr who.
2-Avatar, The Last Airbendeder
This is the best animated series of all time, period. It is so deep and has such good characters yet still manages to be light hearted and genuinely funny, but its also dark and serious. It’s so well balanced that it’s hard not to love it. It’s practically Shakespearian in character depth. The art is beautiful and perfectly matches the tone of the world around it. It’s an astounding work of art, and if you haven’t seen it, change that!
Now before I get to number, lets go through so me honorable mentions.
The Spectacular Spiderman: perfectly capturing the tone and atmosphere of the original 60’s comic while updating and adding to the things that needed it. Easily the best version of the character ever put to screen
Sherlock: a well-written, well acted mini series that’s a dark, yet fun spin on the source material
Batman Beyond: the perfect way to end the batman mythos in my opinion. It’s really original, and has great banter between terry and old Bruce.
Wolverine And The X-men: this show is not talked about enough. It takes its source material and really captures it perfectly. Great voice cast and great writing, a must watch for any x-men fan
Teen titans: a nostalgic character driven show with a fun art style and great character writing, but with enough dark elements to keep it from being to cutesy
Avengers, Earths Mightiest Heroes: like the avengers are the marvel version of the justice league, their respective cartoons do it similarly. It’s well written and is pretty stylized, but also draws from silver age marvel to get this great marvel show
Bob’s Burgers: great humor, mixed with great voice acting, mixed with enough crazy character drama to make this show funny as hell
Batman, TAS: amazing art style and fantastic writing, and easily the best voice cast the batman franchise has ever had, batman TAS is easily the best version of the dark knight yet.
And now for number one, drum role please
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1-Arrow
How could I not put this show at number one? It’s a great adaptation of the original comic and has some of the best writing of any show in years. Its crowning achievement is it main character, who is a perfect adaptation of… of, BWAHAHAHAHA
Sorry, couldn’t say that with a strait face. Arrow is fucking terrible, but I'm addicted, so fuck me. DO NOT WATCH, unless your morbidly curios, anyways.
Now for my real number 1
1-Game of Thrones
This show is all about character, and considering I’m constantly mentioning it here, there’s a reason this show is number 1. There are now good guys, or bad guys, just characters, with different motivations, and conflicting ideals. Some are in power, some are not. In a way, there isn’t a plot. Only characters, and their actions, and its reproductions in this world. Speaking of, the world is rich and full of history, and 12 kinds of insane depth. I honestly know more about the world of GoT then I do real American history. #imahugefuckingnerd. If you plan on watch GoT, id read the first book or two before you do. If this show has a fault, it’s that it’s horrible at explaining what’s happening, and just throws you in assuming you already know what’s going on. It’s still an excellent series that I hope to continue for many years to come
And that’s my list. Hope you liked it. Tell me your faves, and please tell me about how arrow is the best show ever and how and how dare I talk about it like that. THANKS FOR READING!