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Although we arrived late at the morning market in Can Tho, in the Mekong Delta - Vietnam, some trades of food were still ongoing. Retailers on board of small boats bought fruit and vegetables from the big boats of the wholesalers, laden with an incredible number of pieces for each individual asset.
After the agreed price, the delivery is made by throwing continued in a situation of perfect balance despite the precarious structure and counting the single units rather than consider the weight. All this without making much noise: to fill the air of sounds think the engines spears of us visitors.
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Sebbene fossimo arrivati tardi al mercato mattutino di Can Tho, nel Delta del Mekong in Vietnam, alcuni traffici di prodotti alimentari erano ancora in corso. Commercianti al dettaglio a bordo di piccole imbarcazioni acquistavano frutta e verdura dalle grandi barche dei grossisti, cariche di un numero inverosimile di pezzi per ogni singolo bene.
Dopo aver pattuito il prezzo, la consegna avviene con lanci continui in una situazione di equilibrio perfetto nonostante l'assetto precario e contando la singola unità anziché considerare il peso. Tutto questo senza fare gran rumore: a riempire l'aria di suoni ci pensano i motori delle lance di noi visitatori.
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was built by wealthy Oakland residents, Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Hassler for an investment; it was begun in September of 1923 and finished in March of 1924 at a cost of $80,000.
Between 1924 and 1932 it was run by William Sweet, who had been a professor of Agriculture at UC-Berkeley. He gave up his professorship to open the first Sweet's Ballroom in Oakland; there would be a total of four Sweet's Ballroom sites.
This particular site was the second of the four sites that Sweet would have during his 46 year long tenure with ballroom dancing in Oakland.
This venue was in use as a ballroom for 55 years
Work has been a bear for me lately. It's budget time and I have been working late. The summer is over and the sunlight is gone by 6:30 p.m. ( while I'm still at work ).
I took a week off for my birthday and I found myself busier than ever with family stuff.
I took my boys to the Route 66 Car Show this past Saturday and I ran into this fellow at Cigars and Stripes.
Met Count Midnight. He was just hanging around ( in the sunlight no less!) and enjoying the music and cars.
Count Midnight has his own Horror TV Show on Cable Access in Joliet. I've never seen or heard of him but now I am dying ( no pun intended) to watch his show!
n Bandra where we stay, there’s a small area with many old houses with tiled roofs. This is Runwar Village. Some of these houses are more than a century old. That is why this area has been declared a ‘heritage precinct’.
One thing that strikes anyone who comes here is the large number of crosses. We counted – on just two very small lanes, there were 23 crosses.
We were curious. We set out to find out the reason behind the crosses. Some people said it was because the area was full of Catholics. Some said to help people pray on their way to work or back. Then we met Mr John Gomes, a resident of Chapel Road. There are six crosses all a stone’s throw away from his house. He told us almost a century back, Bandra had been struck by a plague. Many people died. This place was overtaken by rats who spread the disease by biting people. “People were dying like flies, Mr Gomes told us. “We would bury someone, some back and see another person had died. The dead were sometimes carried away in cartloads. Many people packed their belongings and fled to the mountain.” Which mountain, we asked. Mt Mary, he replied. (Mt Mary is a church in Bandra situated on a little hill facing the sea). That is why people built the crosses, Mr Gomes said, to protect themselves from the plague. As a plea to Jesus to save them. Had anyone died in his family? No, he replied.
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We made a couple of stops between Banteay Srei and our final temple. These stops were at a 'landmine museum', which was informative and inspiring, and here at a place that made sugar from palm trees. The task of clearing mines, which continue to kill and main people every year, usually because they are trying to make money from the scrap metal, remains huge. There are vast amounts of unexploded ordinance spread over both Laos and Cambodia, mostly consisting of anti-personnel mines and cluster bomblets, but with some bigger bombs as well. The people that dedicate their lives to clearing all this stuff have my highest admiration.
Dr Grainne Cleary of the National Parks Association is hoping to have as many 'citizen scientists' as possible register for the Great Koala Count app to help gather vital information on the distribution of koalas across the State.
Photo: Tandi Spencer-Smith
Knox College biology faculty James Mountoy and Knox graduate Elena Prado-Ragan observing, recording bird species at Green Oaks, as part of the annual Audubon Society Christmas Bird Count.
An insect's POV. Please view in large and give your feedback and suggestions for improvement. Press "L" to view in light box. Thanks :)
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Money shot! I was busy doing a pollinator count (as part of National Pollinator Week) a few metres away and gave my partner, Joseph, the camera. I told him to take a crack at getting a clear shot of one of the male carpenter bees, and he did! I am so pleased with how well his shot came out, especially given how erratic these bees are. The male bees are just as gorgeous as the females, in my opinion. Found around a temporary pond just off a fire trail in Springwood, Blue Mountains.
Halloween was Darren and Jenny's favorite time to gather and "trick or treat". Grandpa Dave loved the pictures. He would give away several pounds of candy every year at his Indianola home to wayward "trick or treaters".
Hope this counts for the GNPC theme derelict
I am trying to get abit more experimental with the camera just a shame the D300 is rather noisy on long exposure and the built in NR is a pain as have to wait twice as long
will be looking for something next year that copes with long exposures better
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