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Gamla Staden (Old town) a district of Malmö the capital of Scania, in Øresund, Sweden
It contains a large number of Malmö's historical buildings compared to the other modernised districts. The main squares Stortorget and Gustav Adolf Torg are connected by Södergatan, the shopping street of Malmö. In addition to a variety of shops, boutiques and department stores there are two shopping centers located in the old town.
The largest square in Malmö is the Stortorget, built in 1540. At its east side there is the old Town Hall of Malmö, built in 1544–1547. In the center of the square stands a large equestrian statue of King Karl X Gustav. The Lilla Torg is framed by beautiful old buildings and just a few steps away from Stortorget.
The building complex Tunneln in Adelsgatan is the oldest surviving building in Malmö and is located about 100 meters north from the Stortorget. The cross vaulted cellars of the building date back to the late 13th century. A few hundred meters to the east you find the oldest half-timbered house in Malmö, the Thottska huset which was built in 1558. The neighboring Diedenska huset was built in 1620.
The most impressive medieval building in Gamla staden is Kocksa huset. This palace was built in 1522–1524 by the mighty Danish mint master and later mayor of Malmö, Jörgen Kock. The complex consists of three buildings and is located in the northwest corner of Stortorget.
Gustav Adolf Torg is located at the southern end of the old town. It is the second largest square in Malmö and was named after King Gustav IV Adolf, who lived in 1806/07 for several months in the city of Malmö. During this time the city became temporarily the Swedish capital. Just a few hundred meters away is the old cemetery of Malmö, on the edge of the sprawling Kungsparken, which leads you to Malmöhus Slott.
Information gained from www.guidebook-sweden.com/en/guidebook/destination/gamla-s...
Showing livery and body similarities and differences between Merseybus Atlantean 1301, and Central Scottish AIlsa Volvo AH23, at the Kirkby Stephen rally in 2017.
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Comparing Beyour (David from Dollshe) to Maxwell (Taregan from iplehouse)
Beyour is really easy to pose. He will stand without falling. It takes effort to get Maxwell to stand without falling. He fell completely off the table in series of shots. I don't have the courage to find out what kind of damage he suffered.
Beyour's stance is more nature. Maxwell has to lean to stand.
Both have different bodies. I like Maxwell's narrower waist. It makes his shoulders look broader. Beyour's body seems more natural.
Beyour's body is much more detailed and natural looking all around.
I Beyour's head could be a little bigger because without hair, it seems too small for the body.
They wear the same size clothes. Although they both are supposed to have the same size feet, shoes are a tight fit for Beyour.
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".[2]
This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[3] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.[4][5][6]
Description
Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (12+1⁄2–15+1⁄2 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (25+1⁄2–32+1⁄2 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4+3⁄4–8+7⁄8 oz), around 155 g (5+1⁄2 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5+3⁄8–11+1⁄8 oz), around 184 g (6+1⁄2 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.[4]
Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.[4]
The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.[4]
Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing
Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing
Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing
Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing
Female F. t. tinnunculus
Female F. t. tinnunculus
F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl
F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl
F. t. tinnunculus Male in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus
Male in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus Female in the wild
F. t. tinnunculus
Female in the wild
Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it
Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it
Hovering tail feathers closed
Hovering
tail feathers closed
Hovering tail feathers spread
Hovering
tail feathers spread
Hovering
Hovering
Skull
Skull
Behaviour and ecology
In the cool-temperate parts of its range, the common kestrel migrates south in winter; otherwise it is sedentary, though juveniles may wander around in search for a good place to settle down as they become mature. It is a diurnal animal of the lowlands and prefers open habitat such as fields, heaths, shrubland and marshland. It does not require woodland to be present as long as there are alternative perching and nesting sites like rocks or buildings. It will thrive in treeless steppe where there are abundant herbaceous plants and shrubs to support a population of prey animals. The common kestrel readily adapts to human settlement, as long as sufficient swathes of vegetation are available, and may even be found in wetlands, moorlands and arid savanna. It is found from the sea to the lower mountain ranges, reaching elevations up to 4,500 m (14,800 ft) ASL in the hottest tropical parts of its range but only to about 1,750 m (5,740 ft) in the subtropical climate of the Himalayan foothills.[4][7]
Globally, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1] Its stocks were affected by the indiscriminate use of organochlorines and other pesticides in the mid-20th century, but being something of an r-strategist able to multiply quickly under good conditions it was less affected than other birds of prey. The global population has been fluctuating considerably over the years but remains generally stable; it is roughly estimated at 1–2 million pairs or so, about 20% of which are found in Europe. There has been a recent decline in parts of Western Europe such as Ireland. Subspecies dacotiae is quite rare, numbering less than 1000 adult birds in 1990, when the ancient western Canarian subspecies canariensis numbered about ten times as many birds.[4]
Food and feeding
When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10–20 m (35–65 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift. Like most birds of prey, common kestrels have keen eyesight enabling them to spot small prey from a distance. Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target, unlike the peregrine which relies on longer, higher dives to reach full speed when targeting prey. Kestrels can often be found hunting along the sides of roads and motorways, where the road verges support large numbers of prey. This species is able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight.[8] Another favourite (but less conspicuous) hunting technique is to perch a bit above the ground cover, surveying the area. When the bird spots prey animals moving by, it will pounce on them. They also prowl a patch of hunting ground in a ground-hugging flight, ambushing prey as they happen across it.[4]
European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus), a typical common kestrel prey since prehistoric times
Common kestrels eat almost exclusively mouse-sized mammals. Voles, shrews and true mice supply up to three-quarters or more of the biomass most individuals ingest. On oceanic islands (where mammals are often scarce), small birds (mainly passerines) may make up the bulk of its diet.[6] Elsewhere, birds are only an important food during a few weeks each summer when inexperienced fledglings abound. Other suitably sized vertebrates like bats, swifts,[9] frogs[citation needed] and lizards are eaten only on rare occasions. However, kestrels are more likely to prey on lizards in southern latitudes. In northern latitudes, the kestrel is found more often to deliver lizards to their nestlings during midday and also with increasing ambient temperature.[10] Seasonally, arthropods may be a main prey item. Generally, invertebrates like camel spiders and even earthworms, but mainly sizeable insects such as beetles, orthopterans and winged termites will be eaten.[4]
F. tinnunculus requires the equivalent of 4–8 voles a day, depending on energy expenditure (time of the year, amount of hovering, etc.). They have been known to catch several voles in succession and cache some for later consumption. An individual nestling consumes on average 4.2 g/h, equivalent to 67.8 g/d (3–4 voles per day).[11]
Reproduction
Young kestrels, not yet able to fly, waiting for food
The common kestrel starts breeding in spring (or the start of the dry season in the tropics), i.e. April or May in temperate Eurasia and some time between August and December in the tropics and southern Africa. It is a cavity nester, preferring holes in cliffs, trees or buildings; in built-up areas, common kestrels will often nest on buildings, and will reuse the old nests of corvids. The diminutive subspecies dacotiae, the sarnicolo of the eastern Canary Islands is peculiar for nesting occasionally in the dried fronds below the top of palm trees, apparently coexisting with small songbirds which also make their home there.[12] In general, common kestrels will usually tolerate conspecifics nesting nearby, and sometimes a few dozen pairs may be found nesting in a loose colony.[4]
Male F. t. tinnunculus bringing food to nest
The clutch is normally 3–7 eggs; more eggs may be laid in total but some will be removed during the laying time. This lasts about 2 days per egg laid. The eggs are abundantly patterned with brown spots, from a wash that tinges the entire surface buffish white to large almost-black blotches. Incubation lasts from 4 weeks to one month, both male and female will take shifts incubating the eggs. After the eggs have hatched, the parents share brooding and hunting duties. Only the female feeds the chicks, by tearing apart prey into manageable chunks. The young fledge after 4–5 weeks. The family stays close together for a few weeks, during which time the young learn how to fend for themselves and hunt prey. The young become sexually mature the next breeding season.[4] Female kestrel chicks with blacker plumage have been found to have bolder personalities, indicating that even in juvenile birds plumage coloration can act as a status signal.[13]
Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest.[14] Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age;[15] possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.[15]
Egg of common kestrel
Egg of common kestrel
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)
Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)
Fledglings in nest cavity
Fledglings in nest cavity
Immature after fledging
Immature after fledging
Common kestrel nest
Common kestrel nest
Evolution and systematics
This species is part of a clade that contains the kestrel species with black malar stripes, a feature which apparently was not present in the most ancestral kestrels. They seem to have radiated in the Gelasian (Late Pliocene,[16] roughly 2.5–2 mya, probably starting in tropical East Africa, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data analysis and considerations of biogeography. The common kestrel's closest living relative is apparently the nankeen or Australian kestrel (F. cenchroides), which probably derived from ancestral common kestrels settling in Australia and adapting to local conditions less than one million years ago, during the Middle Pleistocene.[17]
The rock kestrel (F. rupicolus), previously considered a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species.
The lesser kestrel (F. naumanni), which much resembles a small common kestrel with no black on the upperside except wing and tail tips, is probably not very closely related to the present species, and the American kestrel (F. sparverius) is apparently not a true kestrel at all.[17] Both species have much grey in their wings in males, which does not occur in the common kestrel or its close living relatives but does in almost all other falcons.
Subspecies
Female wintering in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary (Andhra Pradesh, India)
F. t. canariensis on Gran Canaria
F. t. rupicolaeformis from Hurghada, Egypt
A number of subspecies of the common kestrel are known, though some are hardly distinct and may be invalid. Most of them differ little, and mainly in accordance with Bergmann's and Gloger's rules. Tropical African forms have less grey in the male plumage.[4]
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758
Temperate areas of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia north of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya mountain ranges to the NW Sea of Okhotsk region. Northern Asian populations migrate south in winter, apparently not crossing the Himalayas but diverting to the west.
F. t. rufescens Swainson, 1837
Sahel east to Ethiopia, southwards around Congo basin to S Tanzania and NE Angola.
F. t. interstinctus McClelland, 1840
Has dark heavily marked birds and has a foxed red phase but not reliably identified in the field. Breeds East Asia from Tibet to Korea and Japan, south into Indochina. Winters to the south of its breeding range, from northeastern India to the Philippines (where it is localized, e.g. from Mindanao only two records exist).[18][19]
F. t. rupicolaeformis (C. L. Brehm, 1855)
Arabian Peninsula except in the desert and across the Red Sea into Africa.
F. t. neglectus Schlegel, 1873
Northern Cape Verde Islands.
F. t. canariensis (Koenig, 1890)
Madeira and western Canary Islands. The more ancient Canaries subspecies.
F. t. dacotiae Hartert, 1913 – Local name: cernícalo
Eastern Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Chinijo Archipelago. A more recently evolved subspecies than canariensis.
F. t. objurgatus (Baker, 1929)
Western, Nilgiris and Eastern Ghats of India; Sri Lanka. Heavily marked, has rufous thighs with dark grey head in males.[19][20]
F. t. archerii (Hartert & Neumann, 1932)
Somalia, coastal Kenya, and Socotra
F. t. alexandri Bourne, 1955
Southwestern Cape Verde Islands.
Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT
The common kestrels of Europe living during cold periods of the Quaternary glaciation differed slightly in size from the current population; they are sometimes referred to as the paleosubspecies F. t. atavus (see also Bergmann's rule). The remains of these birds, which presumably were the direct ancestors of the living F. t. tinnunculus (and perhaps other subspecies), are found throughout the then-unglaciated parts of Europe, from the Late Pliocene (ELMA Villanyian/ICS Piacenzian, MN16) about 3 million years ago to the Middle Pleistocene Saalian glaciation which ended about 130,000 years ago, when they finally gave way to birds indistinguishable from those living today. Some of the voles the Ice Age common kestrels ate—such as European pine voles (Microtus subterraneus)—were indistinguishable from those alive today. Other prey species of that time evolved more rapidly (like M. malei, the presumed ancestor of today's tundra vole M. oeconomus), while yet again others seem to have gone entirely extinct without leaving any living descendants—for example Pliomys lenki, which apparently fell victim to the Weichselian glaciation about 100,000 years ago.[21][22]
In culture
Wooden common kestrel sculpture
The kestrel is sometimes seen, like other birds of prey, as a symbol of the power and vitality of nature. In "Into Battle" (1915), the war poet Julian Grenfell invokes the superhuman characteristics of the kestrel among several birds, when hoping for prowess in battle:
The kestrel hovering by day,
And the little owl that call at night,
Bid him be swift and keen as they,
As keen of ear, as swift of sight.
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) writes on the kestrel in his poem "The Windhover", exalting in their mastery of flight and their majesty in the sky.
I caught this morning morning's minion, king-
dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding
A kestrel is also one of the main characters in The Animals of Farthing Wood.
Barry Hines’ novel A Kestrel for a Knave - together with the 1969 film based on it, Ken Loach's Kes - is about a working-class boy in England who befriends a kestrel.
The Pathan name for the kestrel, Bād Khurak, means "wind hover" and in Punjab it is called Larzānak or "little hoverer". It was once used as a decoy to capture other birds of prey in Persia and Arabia. It was also used to train greyhounds meant for hunting gazelles in parts of Arabia. Young greyhounds would be set after jerboa-rats which would also be distracted and forced to make twists and turns by the dives of a kestrel.[23]
Etymology
The name "kestrel" is derived from the French crécerelle which is diminutive for crécelle, which also referred to a bell used by lepers. The word is earlier spelt 'c/kastrel', and is evidenced from the 15th century.[24] The kestrel was once used to drive and keep away pigeons.[25] Archaic names for the kestrel include windhover and windfucker, due to its habit of beating the wind (hovering in air).[24]
The Late Latin falco derives from falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird.[26] The species name tinnunculus is Latin for "kestrel" from "tinnulus", "shrill".
Comparing classic LEGO minifigure themes with the modern Collectible series.
Series 1 Cowboy vs. Western Cowboys - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5277758133/
Series 1 Forestmen vs. Castle Forestmen - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258089365/
Series 1 Ninja vs. Castle Ninja - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258698926/
Series 1 Robot vs. Space UFO - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5281455340/
Series 1 Spaceman vs. Classic Space - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5568890692/
Series 1 Tribal Hunter vs. Western Indians - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258089563/
Series 2 Explorer vs. Adventurers Desert - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258089883/
Series 2 Karate Master vs. Avatar The Last Airbender - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5283790574/
Series 2 Pharaoh vs. Adventurers Desert - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5333065893/
Series 2 Spartan vs. Knights Kingdom I - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5266143211/
Series 2 Tribal Chief vs. Western Indians - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258698532/
Series 2 Vampire vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5321131766/
Series 2 Witch vs. Castle Fright Knights - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258089467/
Series 3 Alien vs. Space Police 3 - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5261545964/
Series 3 Gorilla Suit Guy vs. Monkey - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5258698646/
Series 3 Mummy vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5283790500/
Series 3 Pilot vs. Adventurers Jungle+Desert - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5261545884/
Series 3 Samurai vs. Castle Ninja - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5260939139/
Series 4 Crazy Scientist vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5535301750/
Series 4 The Monster vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5535395186/
Series 4 Viking vs. Vikings - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5535243386/
Series 4 Werewolf vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/5534721973/
Series 5 Evil Dwarf vs. Fantasy Era - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/6186749488/
Series 5 Ice Fisherman vs. Arctic - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/6186749210/
Series 5 Lizard Man vs. Studios - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/6186801470/
Series 5 Zoo Keeper vs. Adventurers - www.flickr.com/photos/wiredforsound23/6186276959/
i went searching all the jackets i could find in the clothing boxes for the QUILTED theme at A-Z doll group... then it was hard to think of a plot... but luckily this lamp turned up.
Comparing the real product with my DIY! I used the True Type Advanced Muscular body while MOS uses a newly designed muscular body! The new body is slightly taller has squared shoulders which gives the appearance of a broader wing span. His torso is also a little slimmer at the waist. The biggest drawback to the new body has holes in it that are used to hold the chest plate and parts of the costume in place! Also the legs seem to be placed a little low on the torso but these are small, nick picky complaints! Hot Toys has done an amazing job one again!
Spotted in a car park in Tomo-no-ura, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It was hot that day, though the tiny Suzuki was still smiling, whilst the Land Cruiser had an air conditioner large enough to cool a small country, so that was OK.
When you put one-month videos of the Sun from periods about 2.5 years apart, the increase in solar activity is remarkable. We took video from October, 2010 and set it next to video from May, 2013 in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. The number and intensity of active regions, seen as brighter areas and numerous loops above them, increased dramatically as the Sun is approaching its maximum level of activity which is expected to occur either late 2013 or early 2014.
Nikon officially announced a 50mm (equiv) f1.8 lens at Photokina for the N1 system. We'll finally get to see what the image quality and bokeh is like using a fast, prime, native lens and how it compares to Sony's RX100!
WALNEY LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1790, AND POSITIONED AT HAWS POINT ON THE ISLAND. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO IMPROVE THE NAVIGATION OF THE RIVER LUNE AND ACT AS A GUIDE FOR CARGO SHIPS FROM THE WEST INDIES BOUND FOR THE GLASSON DOCKS. THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS NOT BUILT TO BENEFIT BARROW, AS IT WAS ONLY A SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME.
THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS BUILT OF STONE QUARRIED FROM OVERTON IN LANCASHIRE AND TRANSPORTED TO THE SITE BY SHIP. THE OCTAGONAL TOWER IS 70 FEET HIGH AND RESTS ON A CIRCULAR FOUNDATION 20 FEET 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THERE ARE 91 STEPS UP TO THE TOP OF THE LIGHTHOUSE. THE ORIGINAL LIGHT WAS AN ARGENT BURNER, A TYPE OF PARAFFIN LAMP.
IN 1909 AN ACETYLENE GASLIGHT SYSTEM WAS INSTALLED WHICH FLASHED AT ONE MINUTE INTERVALS. IN 1953 THIS WAS REPLACED WITH AN ELECTRIC LIGHT WHICH FLASHES AT 15 SECOND INTERVALS. THE NEW LIGHT IS 30 TIMES MORE POWERFUL (450,000 CANDLE POWER) AND HAS A RANGE OF 18 MILES COMPARED TO 13 MILES OF ITS GAS PREDECESSOR. THE ELECTRIC LIGHT WAS FIRST POWERED BY ITS OWN GENERATOR, NOT BEING CONNECTED TO THE NATIONAL GRID UNTIL 1969. THIS GUIDING LIGHT CAN EVEN BE SEEN FROM BLACKPOOL.
ATTACHED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE ARE TWO HOUSES IN WHICH THE KEEPER AND STAFF LIVE. THESE HOUSES WERE ORIGINALLY ONE HOUSE, WHICH WAS BUILT FOR THE FIRST FULL-TIME KEEPER. THE HOUSE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY. AT THIS TIME THE LIGHTHOUSE’S ONLY WATER SOURCE CAME FROM THE RAIN AND THE ONLY LIGHTING CAME FROM CANDLES.
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE HOUSE WAS USED AS AN OFFICERS' MESS WHEN 170 SOLDIERS WERE ENCAMPED AT THE LIGHTHOUSE AS PART OF THE COASTAL DEFENCE NETWORK. IN 1946 14 PRISONERS OF WAR WERE MOVED INTO THE CAMP. THEY DID ODD JOBS AROUND THE LIGHTHOUSE IN RETURN FOR CIGARETTES AND FOOD. THE REMAINS OF THE BARRACKS ARE STILL VISIBLE.
TODAY THE LIGHTHOUSE IS RUN BY THE PORT OF LANCASTER COMMISSIONERS AND CONTAINS A RADIO BEACON FOR TRINITY HOUSE, FORMING A MAJOR LINK IN THE BRITISH COASTGUARD SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH THE LIGHTHOUSE IS NO LONGER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, IT CAN BE VIEWED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
A picture comparing my FV101 with Ngoc Truong's FV101
As you can see my main focus was the compactness.
Also the lack of features and details is pretty apparent by just looking at it. Nevertheless I like both models! Although I will replace my old one on the my army.
Comparing two Designer Belle and Beast doll couples, from the Disney Store.
On the left is the Designer Princess Belle and Classic Beast/Prince dolls, from 2011. There was no Designer Beast in 2011, so I have to make do with the Classic Beast doll. Belle is on her custom doll stand. Her face and head mold are unique to this doll. She has a beehive hairdo, rooted antennae eyelashes, jeweled gold satin bodice, a golden organza skirt made of ruffled roses, multiple layered tulle petticoat, and gold gloves. She has golden earrings and is holding long stemmed red rose.
On the right is the recently released Fairytale Designer Belle and the Beast Doll Set. Since it is a limited edition doll set, and about double the price of the 2011 couple, the dolls are considerably more detailed and movie accurate. In particular, the Beast has a custom built body and head molds, and a very elaborate costume. He is also over an inch taller than the Belle doll, as well as being much wider. Unlike the play doll version, this Beast cannot be transformed into the Prince. Belle's face mold is the same as the 2013 version, but has a face paint that is considerably more movie accurate, in addition to having rooted eyelashes. Her hair is based on the 2012 Classic doll's hairdo, rather than the simpler and more movie accurate 2013 Classic doll. The side curls of the 2012 doll have been exaggerated in this Designer doll, to extend well past her neck. Her dress is very elaborate, with heavy use of golden embroidery and jewels, and the top half of her skirt is gathered. She has full length gold colored gloves, and floor length petticoat with lacy hem.
Disney Princess Designer Belle Doll (2011, $59.50)
The Beast Classic Doll - 12'' (2013, $14.95)
Belle and the Beast Doll Set - Disney Fairytale Designer Collection (2013, $129.95)
Comparing them now, I actually prefer this photo to the one that I posted last year. It's happier.
I took so many photos each day during my 365 project, that I've decided to do a "365 Rewind" project by posting an out take every day that was taken one year before.
Compared to the first two rolls I shot (No. 2 and No. 4) these images are okay, not great or to my tastes, but they're better than the others! Yep, there's grain but it adds to the overall sharpness of the images, tone and contrast are good, and there's a far nicer look.
You can read the full review online www.alexluyckx.com/blog/index.php/2019/05/28/film-review-...
Minolta Maxxum 9 - Minolta AF Zoom 35-70mm 1:4 - Street Candy ATM 400 @ ASA-400
Kodak D-76 (Stock) 7:30 @ 20C
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan V ED
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
M33 Nov 16
This was imaged on Friday the 25th November at the NLO Sidmouth, LRGB subs with darks all frames 60sec, weather conditions where clear but vary windy, not bad considering.
The Triangulum Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 3 million light-years (ly) from Earth in the constellation Triangulum
With a diameter of about 60,000 light-years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group of galaxies. It may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy. Triangulum may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1 trillion stars for Andromeda Galaxy.
Happy Days
I'm a sucker for a good rock face.
Post processing: PSP8, adjust color balance to daylight, then ((clarify @ level5) X 3).
From a single backlit image, not HDR.
Compare with the VR created with Google Camera at www.flickr.com/photos/kanalu/26539830686/in/photostream/
Compare this bunkhouse photo to one taken a hundred years ago.
www.flickr.com/photos/fsnorthernregion/8411151007/in/phot...
Adams Ranger Station. Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho.
Southeastern
Class 377/5 'Electrostar' 377518
1S20 0840 London Victoria to Ramsgate
Class 375/9 'Electrostar' 375909
1P22 0853 Ramsgate to London Victoria
Sittingbourne, 13 July 2019
This Spring, I embarked on a 2.5-week mission to burn my face off and annihilate all my senses. In other words, I had been tapped by my amazing editor at Chatelaine to find the country's top hot sauces, championing small, artisan producers doing amazing jobs in the hot sauce arena.
Little did I know of the community I would encounter, the incredible talents and passionate cooks, hot sauce creators, and fellow chilli lovers.
With the wise advice polled from many pepperheads on the Canadian Hot Sauce & Chilli Pepper Community Facebook group, I was pointed in the direction of nearly a hundred products (including notable producers in the niche community), in addition to the quality products I knew, plus other who reached out after. I tried over 120(!) sauces in total that ranged mainly from hot/super hot to hellfire is tame compared to this gut-twisting heat sauces, with most being actually very delicious.
It was so hard to narrow things down to 10, so I went with 15 producers (even though I had almost 40 bottles that I loved - with multiple favourites by any given producer). At the end of the day, I had to hone in on featuring one per, and the result, not ranked (those numbers are just to mark which description matches which bottle) can be found on pages 14-15 July/August 2022 issue of Chatelaine magazine.
Also online here: www.chatelaine.com/food/best-canadian-hot-sauces/
Would love to hear of yours too!
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This was shot in December 2004 during a breakfast visit to Waffle House. We were 4 friends, all from India. Each one came to US at different time. The colors in this picture tell how long each one of us has been in US. Obviously, the darker the color, longer the stay in US :))
Flickr Explore: 2005-10-13 #105
Comparando arquitecturas de diferentes lugares del planeta (aquí, Bruselas).
Comparez l'arquitecture n'importe où dans le monde!
Compare the arquitecture!
Venus was nothing compared to the girl. Her clothes trailed alluringly across the floor; her satin evening gown with the magnificent broach, her long shiny gloves, gorgeous Sable Fur all were laid out in seductive, overlying curls as she had slinked through the room, leaving behind her the telling path of unmistakably rich prey. The beginning of which held a feast for the tracking predator who knew how to read the signs.
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The study below was derived from facts uncovered while doing research for the following Doctoral dissertation:
Light to the shadows of their mind:
Criminal tactics and strategies
Criminology Department .
Chatwick University
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If there was ever one thing I savored the most about my chosen profession I would have to say it was the lavish receptions, balls and other posh settings where the frills of the filthy rich could be both admired and enjoyed. There was just something about the voluptuous ladies who haunted these venues, dressed up to the silky nines and sporting flashy ornaments, which I found so very mesmerizing.
Take the young lady in whose spell I was currently basking. She was wearing a slinky long satin number that appeared to have been poured along her enticing figure. A diamond brooch sparkled from just below her perky breasts. Her opulent gemstone jewels, surrounded by sparkling diamonds, shone like cat eyes when caught by the lights. I studied her the way one would appraise a painting by an old master, closely examining everything I could that pertained to her. If this work of art went by a name, I would title it: Eileen, a study in opulence.
I could also see that I wasn’t the only one who was paying Eileen attention. The man she was seeing appeared, as usual to be caught up in the ladies enchantment this evening. I had seen the couple together several times, but tonight he seemed to be especially attentive to her. There was definitely electricity in the air between them. Which was good, for tonight would be the night to pounce, paying the witchy young lady and her jewels a long anticipated nocturnal visit in the wee hours of the morning.
I had heard about Eileen through a paid source close by in Sutton. She had been an orphan at a young age and brought up properly by a war-widowed grandmother. The Grandmother had been wealthy, and when she passed on she had left 22 year old Eileen with a small fortune. Along with the Grandmothers wealth, Eileen inherited from the old lady three major facets, a spoiled naivety, a gullible ego, and a massive jewelry collection. Which all together presented a very enticing combination for someone like me.
Eileen wore her grandmother’s jewels with reckless abandonment, so I was told, and that is what made her stand out to those who sell information to people like me. Like a hungry predator, I shadowed Eileen for an entire month as she bounced from night club to private club, from extravagant balls, to ultra-fancy ritzy dances. I got to see her and her collection of jewels in close proximity, and it was love at every sighting. I even stole a dance away from her escort, when he was away making one of his frequent business calls. She was wearing a puffy gown of rich taffeta, with silvery diamonds that flashed as they cascaded down from her ears throat. It was a slow dance and I was able to tune out her constant babbling and concentrate on appraising her jewels. After the dance I kissed her gloved hand with its heavily ringed fingers, and bid au revoir, before quickly getting lost in the crowd before her lover returned.
The whole time I closely watched over Eileen and her latest Beau, a charming man named Claude who spoke with a heavy French accent. I quickly learned everything I could about the pair’s background, their relationship, their friends, their habits. Several times I had left them alone while when they were safely partying out on the town, and did a trail run by the ladies residence. This was a secluded small stone mini-mansion, located deep in the woods on the far outskirts of town that had been her Grandmothers weekend retreat. I had plenty of time to study, so that by the time the evening arrived when I would make my move, I had it all plotted out, taking into consideration every angle. I was ready, and actually had been so for over a week prior to this evening.
I followed the happy couple home that evening, and waited while they got down to business. I was calm, my nerves knew no anxiety. I spirited away back to my car and changed into my proper “ business” attire ( black clothes, gloves and mask). I had witnessed Eileen and Claude putting on the same show for several late evenings, and I knew just when to strike. And, then, strike I did.
Like a shadow I moved, becoming part of the background. Reaching the house I stole in through a basement window which I had loosened the week before. I cautiously moved inside, using my torch only sparingly. I made my way up through the basement to the first level, pausing only for a few precious seconds to observe the pricy landscapes that hung from the walls, but I did not touch, for that was not my game.
I crept up the stairs to the sitting room of the master bedroom, Eileen’s grandmother’s old room. It stood as a shrine to the old lady, right down to her old white cat lying on the primly made bed. The cat watched me untrustingly before hissing and running off into some dark corner. I went over and pulled back a self-portrait of the old lady, behind which was a small wall safe. It’s amazing how easy these things are to spot. The tumblers satisfactorily whirled and clicked home, allowing me to open silently and peek into its small chamber. A number of jewel cases of various shapes and makes were exposed to my torch. Quickly I emptied them, watching as jewel after jewel slithered brightly into my satchel. I replaced each case, and after the last was disposed of its contents, I closed it back up and made my way to the fair Eileen’s boudoir.
Venus was nothing compared to the viixen Eileen. Her clothes laid an alluring path across the sitting room floor; her satin evening gown with the magnificent broach, her long shiny gloves, gorgeous Sable Fur, all were laying in seductive, overlapping curves like a carefully marked out trail leading one to a treasure of promised ecstasy. For Eileen and her paramour, that ecstasy was to be found where the trail ended, in her boudoir. For me, the ecstasy lay where the trail had begun, the spot where she had removed her jewels before giving into the passion of the moment. The expensive pile gleamed invitingly, flickering like so many colorful cat eyes by my torches light. They were perched on her dresser, carelessly discarded for things so valuable, they snaked around the marble bird of prey that, alas, would soon prove a futile guardian.
I looked at the door to her bedroom, it was open a sliver and I could hear the raw animal sounds of their lovemaking. Obviously they were occupied for a while. Unhurriedly I carefully lifted each piece up, savoring their shimmering fire before stowing them safely away to join their mates. I then went to the gown on the floor and lifting it ran it through my fingers, it whispered and felt silky, even through my thin gloves. Reaching the brooch I carefully undid the clasp, pulling the jewel away. Dropping the gown, I then turned and silently retraced my steps. Gaining the cellar I watched out the window for any signs of activity. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t half expecting company.
As I waited I wondered who would be more upset over the loss of the grandmother’s jewelry, Eileen, or her “lover” Claude. For you see, “Claude” was a kindred spirit to my profession. He was known to me as Carl , a slick operator born in Brooklyn. He had also had correctly read the signs that Eileen possessed that made her a temptingly easy mark. For you see, Carl was the inside man for a gang of jet setting thieves. Cultured and handsome, it was his part to lure the chosen rich lady into his web and wine and dine her into complete compliancy in preparation of his actions. Once he had obtained her trust, he would select the perfect evening and “Claude” and his heavily jeweled paramour would be set upon by the thieves shortly after returning home on the designated evening. The Lady would be bound and gagged then be forced to watch as her home was stripped of its valuable treasures. The gang would leave with their haul, melting into obscurity with their treasure. Carl would disappear to his home overseas in New York until the next operation was formed. How Carl had found out about Eileen, I had no doubts. The type of blokes who peddled information on vulnerably wealthy prey have no problems with selling the same tidbits to multiple clients. It does have a tendency to make life a bit more interesting on occasion.
I had kept tabs on Eileen’s crooked paramour and soon learned that Carl’s actual girlfriend, who had been posing as his sister Maxine, had booked passage for two to the United States on a steamer leaving the very next weekend. I realized that my window of opportunity had been forced open. If he was preparing to flee the country on Saturday, as was his way immediately after a job, than I surmised that Eileen would be met with misadventure on Friday night before. This also happened to be the evening of a major charity Ball she had bought tickets for her and “Claude” to attend. So tonight, Saturday one week before the steamer was to leave, I made my own move hoping to beat Carl and his gang of scoundrels to the punch, at least where the grandmothers jewelry collection was concerned. I didn’t know if they would still attempt their plan once they realized the jewels had been lifted from under their noses, although, for Eileen’s sake, I hoped they would abandon them. Both ways, my tracks were covered, and before the sunrise I would be miles away.
I gave myself 15 precious minutes, before leaving via the window and making my escape. Nothing had stirred, in or around the house. So I had interpreted the signs correctly, the raid was not on for tonight. I quickly moved out and made for the tree line, melting into the night, soon losing myself (and Eileen’s Jewels) to the darkness.
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Trappings of the filthy rich
In Malawi, pregnancy and childbirth is a matter of life and death. One in 36 women die in childbirth compared to one in 4,600 in the UK.
Background
On 11 July 2012 the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will host a groundbreaking summit to cut in half the current number of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries without access to contraception, but who wish to avoid pregnancy or space their children.
Every woman and girl deserves the opportunity to to determine her own future. Contraceptives give the world's poorest women the power to decide if and when to have another child.
Find out more at www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives
To follow the London Summit on Family Planning visit www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit
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