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The last rays of a wonderful day in Banff warms Castle Mountain and it's southern pinnacle: "Eisenhower Tower."

Not long ago the whole mountain was named Eisenhower:

"Castle Mountain in Canada’s Banff National Park is a 9,000-foot-tall ridge of limestone that assumed its current proportions sometime during the Cambrian Period. The spot has delighted mountaineers since time immemorial with its pure alpine air and breathtaking views. For a spell however, a misguided change in nomenclature by faraway bureaucrats plunged the peak into a uniquely Canadian scandal.

The story begins on January 10th, 1946, when General (and not yet president) Dwight D. Eisenhower was due to arrive at the Ottawa Canadian Club as the guest of honor. World War II had just come to an end the summer before, and the tremendously popular general was completing an international victory lap across the Allied nations.

Ike’s reception by the Canadian government presented something of a dilemma for Prime Minister Mackenzie King: What do you get as a gift for the five-star general who has everything?

Medals and traditional state presents wouldn’t cut it here; before coming to Ottawa Eisenhower had been given an entire Scottish Castle for heaven’s sake. This last piece of information sparked a logical (if laughably simplistic) connection in King’s mind. Canada had a castle too… Castle Mountain!

And so it were, on that day the spot known as Castle Mountain since the 1858 Palliser Expedition came to be rechristened Mount Eisenhower. “We have no ancient castles in Canada,” King told his audience in Ottawa, “but we have something more enduring, we have ancient mountains - mountains of towering eminence not only in this country but in the whole world.”

Mountain honorifics in Canada are normally subject to a rigorous review by the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names. In this case, Prime Minister King bypassed the experts and ordered the Geographical Board to alter the name immediately. The end run ignited a three-decade-long grassroots campaign to strike the decision and restore the Castle mount.

In line with Canadian stereotypes, the protestors were a polite and self-dignified bunch.“There is no disrespect meant for General Eisenhower,” one objector patiently explained to the Calgary Herald. “But Castle Mountain was the traditional name and an appropriate physiogrammatical name,” he continued. “It looks like a castle”.

Year after year the petitions before the Alberta Heritage Sites Board piled up, and finally in 1979 they agreed to revert to the name Castle Mountain. A smaller pinnacle on the eastern side became “Eisenhower Tower” as something of a consolation prize to the then-deceased American general." altasobscura.com

Sounds right to me.

A different perspective in comments.

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THE LIGHT OF VA’LOTH |

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The Light of Va’loth by Kilik Lekvoda.

Protected by nature, but now taken back by her, all that remains from this glorious city is its eroded, yet elegant, architecture – in times past, built in wood and stone, but now humbly dressed by natures garments, time, and solitude.

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Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.

A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.

Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.

A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.

Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.

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Midas by Alia Baroque.

Where rivers meet, the jewel of the ancient world is born. Follow the trail of incense through baths and gardens to meet the one that will touch your heart of gold.

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God Mod - Heart of the Sea Dress @ Fantasy Faire

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Doe: Maddie V2

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Hello everyone, I've been out of circulation a while. Thank you to those noticing and asking! :)

I lost my job right around Christmas. This was basically the culmination of a decade-long process that destroyed my profession (medical transcription) in the U.S. In the end I had to look as far away as Australia to find a decent work situation! Luckily I do my work over the Internet so I didn't have to move.

The adaptation has not been easy, but the pay rate is already better than in my last job and they seem to value my experience - imagine that!

So for a while photography/Flickr was a luxury I just couldn't indulge in. I hope to get back into it going forwards and reacquaint myself with all your wonderful new work!

This is an older picture from China Beach I thought you might enjoy in the meantime.

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.

A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.

Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887 and 1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples.

Galleria Umberto I is a public shopping gallery in Naples, southern Italy. It is located directly across from the San Carlo opera house. It was built between 1887–1890, and was the cornerstone in the decades-long rebuilding of Naples—called the risanamento (lit. "making healthy again")—that lasted until World War I. It was designed in the Stile Umbertino by Emanuele Rocco, who employed modern architectural elements reminiscent of the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan. The Galleria was named after Umberto I, King of Italy at the time of construction. It was meant to combine businesses, shops, cafés and social life—public space—with private space in the apartments on the third floor.

The Galleria is a high and spacious cross-shaped structure, surmounted by a glass dome braced by 16 metal ribs. Of the four iron and glass-vaulted wings, one fronts on via Toledo (via Roma), still the main downtown thoroughfare, and another opens onto the San Carlo Theatre. It has returned to being an active center of Neapolitan civic life after years of decay. The building is part of the UNESCO listing of the Historic Centre of Naples as a World Heritage Site.

The Galleria Umberto is the setting for The Gallery (1947) by the American writer John Horne Burns (1916–1953) based on his experiences as an American soldier in Naples shortly after the liberation of the city.

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~ASW~ The Ariel Backdrop @ Fantasy Faire (Midas)

{NB} Happy Hippocampus @ Fantay Faire (Faireholm)

+Half Deer+ - Merkitty

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nani - dreamy pond - koi fish

Opale . Hailey Hair

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TENSOR’S FLYING MARKET |

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Tensor’s Flying Market by Lrriven.

Suspended high above the Isles of Mayhem, this Mecca of endless antiquities and curiosities is one of the Dreaming’s most wondrous of destinations. The winding streets of this chaotic market have everything you have ever wanted, and everything you will ever need. Come marvel at the sights! but take care that you do not get lost in the maze.

The last time we visited Kuala Lumpur - almost three years ago due to Covid-19 - this area was still much of a mess, that we'd experienced decades long. Now the Jamek Mosque area has been cleaned up and made quite beautiful. Much of this by a project called 'River of Life'. It has actually made the former derelict place a lovely walkable area. The River of Life alludes to those two river joining each other at the mosque (see my former photo). There's now a good walkway. And the facades of the derelict buildings have been beautified by artists under the direction of Ruhizad such as Zaimuddin Aziz. In this example the history of Kuala Lumpur and the activities of its peoples down through history are brought together in a fine trompe-d'oeil.

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Blue Morpho Bento Butterfly Wings Animated (Whymsical Marketplace), !!Firelight!! Floral Crown Hairpiece, !!Firelight!! Irene Gen2Plus, [Lomomo] Brillante (Blue for FF) / Maitreya, TLG - The Shrine Tree To The Moon And Back.

Whymsical Marketplace:

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THE SHRINE TREE |

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The Shrine Tree by Marcus Inkpen & Sharni Azalee.

If you just know how to turn, you can get there from anywhere. It’s a little slump to your left while turning slightly to the right and letting one tear roll down your cheek. Whisper a name and suddenly you’re there- the place where shrines go when they turn to dust. Where they celebrate their lives all which started with the departure of another. The memories they kept alive have all faded away but the shrines remain. The forever reminder- “We lived- We loved- We were here!”

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Nightshade Blossoms by Rowan Thursday & Kylie Todriya.

A glimpse into a quiet, peaceful world of starlit tranquility through a window into a land time forgot, from the orient to the uttermost West.This realm will take the Path through blossoming trees to follow a trail of enchanted lamps to stores selling exotic wonders of many realms, centered around a lantern-lit fountain, its flowing waters shining in the lamplight.

An imposing geometrical solid on the rural landscape, nearing completion of a decade-long restoration.

During nesting season, food hunting is done mostly by male Peregrine Falcon. When he got something, he would give to his mate, sometimes in mid air, other times as in this case, on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, a Least Tern, a special treat.

At this location, most common food are pigeons, doves, starlings and small songbirds. Least Tern belongs to a list of the least seen items, only witnessed couple times in decade long. This particular image was shot in Jun 2019.

"This foolish bird lover brought a few sparrows to America, and now there are 540 million of them

Don’t even mention the 220 million starlings…same guy.

Oddly, both the house sparrow and starling invasions have in common a man named Eugene Schieffelin, the scion of a prosperous pharmaceutical enterprise and noted bird enthusiast. In 1852, Schieffelin became one of the first people in the country to import house sparrows, intended to preserve the trees around his family’s Madison Square home. (His actions inspired a panegyric by the poet William Cullen Bryant, who wrote “A winged settler has taken his place/With Teutons and Men of the Celtic race.”) For Schieffelin, it would mark the beginning of a dubious, decades-long career introducing Old World birds to the New, culminating in the almost singlehanded introduction of a most costly (and even deadly) pest: the European starling."

Matt Reimann. Timeline.com

2017

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BAYOUNIMBA |

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Bayounimba by Sweetgwendoline Bailey & Mondi Beaumont.

For many centuries the kingdom of Lunimba lay in lush green forests, while its diverse inhabitants lived in harmony with nature and themselves as artists, artisans and musicians of wide reknown. But the world changed, dark powers rose as friends became strangers, became enemies until even the incomparable peace of Lunimba had fallen to a dark horde that aimed to wipe it from the map forever. Time passed, the world changed and the city with it. Now, nestled in a swamp, Bayounimba stands where Lunimba one stood, and in the distance one hears music, voices and lively hustle and bustle; are these the sounds of today, or a half-remembered echo of its former glories?

By Molly Gambardella

VITALE

Vitale is an exploration and dedication to the artist's grandmother, Philomena who lost a decade long battle with Alzheimer's in 2016. A talented singer, Philomena soloed with Leonard Bernstein in his "Mass" at Yale and in Vienna. Despite the disease, her memory of this accomplishment never faded. In her final days, a video of this life-defining performance became available for the first time. When she saw it, it was as if the disease, if only for a moment, was silenced. She remembered everything. The title of this art piece is Philomena's maiden name, Vitale, meaning "of life". (Artist's notes.)

Home of Henry Addison DeLand, it later became an inn, restaurant, speakeasy, bar and a catering hall.

DeLand lost his fortune and the house covering orange crop losses for his Florida farmers.[dead link] In 1905, the new owners installed stained glass windows, electric chandeliers and glass lanterns at the four doors. After 1920, it became known for a while as Villa Rosenborg due to its Danish owners. In 1920, it was slated to be torn down to provide space for a new trolley station, but the trolley line was rerouted saving the house. It became the Green Lantern Inn in 1925 under new owners who eventually added a restaurant. During Prohibition, alcohol was available in a hidden speakeasy loft. After the repeal of Prohibition, they opened an official taproom.

A decade long restoration project began in 1976. From 1980 to 2005, it was owned by Terrence O'Neil, Vice Chairman of the Fairport Savings Bank.[5] In 2006, it hosted a fundraiser for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra[4] which had 30 different designers improving the house.

Mr. Dominic's Italian restaurant currently operates in the building.

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THE DEPARTMENT OF DISCARDED CURIOSITIES |

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Department of Discarded Curiosities by Mayah Parx.

The Department of Discarded Curiosities collects and throws about all manner of whimsical clutter. The D.D.C have a calamity of unread lists, thought up categories and stupendous amounts of tossed aside labels, a testament, however unsuccessful, to their attempts in cataloging and organizing the wares Their work has resulted in a wonderful pandemonium of color and curiosity.

Of all rail locomotives produced on planet earth nothing has ever touched the versatility and the staying power of the EMD SD40-2. The SD40 series was produced by Electro-Motive Diesel beginning in January of 1966, and lasting until the final Canadian Pacific order of SD40-2F's in late 1988. The two-decade long production run undergirded the reputation these engines had as the most reliable on the rails. As rival General Electric comparatively fumbled with their U Series, and Dash 7 series motors, EMD was raking in order after order for their easy to maintain SD40-2.

Even in 2025 it is still possible to find hundreds of examples of EMD SD, and GP series EMD's working daily in class one, and shortline service.

In this image CSX 8830, formerly Conrail 6435, is paced at 1/10th of a second through the woods in south Alabama. The 8830 was on the point of the then-daily Nashville, Tennessee, to Mobile, Alabama, road train Q519. This lazy spring afternoon 519 was rolling off the miles towards the final destination of Mobile. When viewing a moving train through a zoomed in lens you notice every bump in the rail as the flexicoil trucks that defined the way these motors looked do their best to absorb the impacts even after 45 years in continuous service. At every crossing the side mounted bell dings in the same manner it always has. Even though it's nearly 25 years into CSX ownership the long-since technologically outclassed 8830 continues to roll out the miles some 48 years after Conrail 6435 rolled off the shop floor in La Grange, Illinois.

Reliability Defined.

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US Navy in Antarctica. International Geophysical Year (IGY) 1957/8.

Setting up McMurdo Base

Some of the thousand or so 4x5" and 6x6cm images (negs) I saved from destruction 30 years ago.

The owner gave me permission to save them as the new buyer of his photo studio didn't want the old photo library.

These are from around 5,000 images that were in a pile on the dirty concrete floor waiting to be taken to the rubbish tip. Many are in poor condition as they are suffering from the 'vinegar effect' but I've been scanning and restoring these for many years now.

Images include New Zealand and US Antarctic bases in the IGY 1957/8, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Bob Hamilton and much much more.

This is a decades long project (already) and I will probably never be fully finished.

These original images were shot by Guy Mannering (deceased) and onsold to Warren Jacobs as part of the photo library attached to the business Warren bought. In the mid 1990's, when Warren retired, some friends and I (other photographers), helped him clean up the business for the incoming new owner who didn't want this old library.

When I asked Warren, he agreed that I could have them rather than sending them to the rubbish tip. (Thanks Warren)

The 3801 historic steam train.

Ready to go. Whistle sounding.

Platform 2. Central Railway Station.

Today in Sydney - Sunday 14th March, 2021.

This weekend marks the return to service of 3801 after a decade of restoration work. For all the details, see:

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And for historical information and cool pictures of 3801, please see:

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Photographed from Platform 1. Central Railway Station.

And here, of-course, is 'Steam', by Peter Gabriel:

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My Samsung Galaxy S20+ mobile phone camera. Wide angle lens.

Processed in:

Adobe Lightroom and PhotoPad Pro by NCH software

Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Limburg, Maastricht, Plateau van Caestert, Sint Pietersberg, ENCI clinker factory, Figee crane (sligthly cut)

Shown here is the Maas edge of ENCI marl (lime stone) quarry and clinker (semi- finished cement) factory. The cement was shipped from here.

About clinker: Clinker, semi-finished cement, was produced by “heating limestone (calcium carbonate) with small quantities of other materials (such as clay) to 1450 °C in a kiln, in a process known as calcination”. Cement, the finished product, “is made by grounding the clinker with a small amount of gypsum and other additives into a powder to make 'Ordinary Portland Cement', the most commonly used type of cement (often referred to as OPC).

Portland cement is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar and most non-speciality grout. Portland cement cany be grey or white.

The quarry, kiln and factory were closed in 2018 and are slated for demolition. After that the quarry and demolished part of the industrial complex will be redeveloped as a park. A small part of the quarry is already accessible via a spectacular access stairway, which was created in 2019.

The reason why the ENCI ceded its operations in Zuid Limburg had to do with environmental problems: the dehydration of the Jeker valley by pumping large amounts of groundwater from the quarry, the Pietersberg was too radically eaten away and also because of the stench and the dust of the factory. Its fuel consisted for a part of waste of the meat industry (grounded bones, cartilage and dried blood) and to the clinker, sludge from sewage treatment plants and material from household waste processing was added.

The end of quarrying and clinker production resulted from the decades-long struggle of residents and environmental campaigners against ENCI. Although ENCI's excavation permit expired on 31 December 2009, it was renewed for the last time and only until 2018.

This is number 10 of the ENCI album and 49 of Maastricht.

Out of the oven, cooling and waiting to be packed - HCT!

chocolate chip cookies, a decades long gift tradition in our house

Seeing and photographing a weasel in its winter white coat ended a decade long quest for me. Thanks to my friend for somehow spotting this tiny creature in a sea of white. Hard to imagine there's a cuter animal on the planet. It's prey probably thinks otherwise!

With a mixed train in tow, Nevada Northern 81 heads west towards Ruth on the railroads "Ore Line". To the left are examples of older ore loading platforms, remnants of the railroads decades long role in moving copper ore.

Although the striking Daylight streamliners have for many years been an iconic part of railroad history, the routes these ran on are a good chunk of what made them super famous. Although the main services were the Coast Daylight, Shasta Daylight, and San Joaquin Daylight, there was also a smaller route called the Sacramento Daylight. On top of this, SP had launched a few in Texas, the Sunbeam, Hustler, and Owl, however these were less known and shorter lived trains. The creation of Amtrak saw the end of these iconic streamliners, and eventually the Coast and Shasta Daylight routes were merged to create the Coast Starlight. However, a couple changes were made: the new route would not go to San Francisco, but would rather continue north out of San Jose, and an extension was made for the train to connect all the way to Seattle from Portland. Amtrak had the commuter operations take care of the passengers going to San Francisco until Caltrain was formed in 1985 to take over all passenger operations between San Jose and San Francisco.

Over fifty years after the end of the Daylights and nearly thirty after the demise of the Southern Pacific, passenger trains looks a lot different through the Cascades now. On this day, Amtrak 14 rolls along the Upper Klamath Lake in the late morning. Standing tall behind the train is Mt. Shasta, which the train had been going around only a couple hours prior. The orange and red streak has been gone for decades, long replaced with a streak of grey with red, white, and blue stripes. As unfortunate as it is that the colorful and unique streamliners are a thing of the past, at least passenger service still exists, and if you get lucky you may even see an old car or two still roaming the rails.

Seeing and photographing a weasel in its winter white coat ended a decade long quest for me. Thanks to a friend for somehow spotting this tiny creature in a sea of white snow. Hard to imagine there's a cuter animal on the planet. It's prey probably thinks otherwise!

The work of Los Angeles artist, Pae White, the words were drawn from the 1970s novel, “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” and are intended to convey the waterfront perspective of a seagull in flight. the project made its debut in July, the two pavilions and the glass-walled buildings they house. the $31.1 million makeover represents the culmination of a decades-long plan to beautify the embarcadero and transform it into a much more walkable destination for locals and visitors. Situated between the B Street and Navy piers, the new 1,000-foot long esplanade represents the first phase of the so-called North Embarcadero Visionary Plan.

After a decade-long stint as the CMQ 9020, this SD40-2F has been overhauled and turned back into the CP 9020. This is the 8th, and likely final, SD40-2F to be overhauled by Progress Rail. The CM&Q owned 10 of these locomotives, but 9024 was converted to a hydrogen locomotive, and 9004 has been out of service since 2020.

I can recall in 2014 at Streamliners in Spencer seeing Doyle McCormack's NKP 190, wondering it would ever operate under its own power someday, and never did I imagine to see it leading an OCS train on the D-L just four hours from home. The collaboration of Doyle's decades' long dedication and D-L's commitment to preservation, we are all lucky to have this in our "backyard". July 11th and 12th 2025 was hectic, chaotic, but satisfying to see this machine in person. Under the shadow of the Lackawanna hotel, the DL OCS passes under one of many of the former signal bridges that still guard the former EL at Ridge Row in the great "Electric City".

Steve Redgrave & Matthew Pinsent statue at the River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

Steve Redgrave & Matthew Pinsent worked their way up the local rowing scene in Britain before taking their talents international for the Olympics in 1992 and 1996. Performing together, the pair won three gold medals and seven world championships over a decade-long relationship.

"The incursion and bombardment of Gaza is not about destroying Hamas. It is not about stopping rocket fire into Israel, it is not about achieving peace.

The Israeli decision to rain death and destruction on Gaza, to use lethal weapons of the modern battlefield on a largely defenseless civilian population, is the final phase in a decades-long campaign to ethnically-cleanse Palestinians.

Israel uses sophisticated attack jets and naval vessels to bomb densely-crowded refugee camps, schools, apartment blocks, mosques, and slums to attack a population that has no air force, no air defense, no navy, no heavy weapons, no artillery units, no mechanized armor, no command in control, no army… and calls it a war. It is not a war, it is murder.

“When Israelis in the occupied territories now claim that they have to defend themselves, they are defending themselves in the sense that any military occupier has to defend itself against the population they are crushing. You can’t defend yourself when you’re militarily occupying someone else’s land. That’s not defense. Call it what you like, it’s not defense.”

Noam Chomsky (2012) --- bellacaledonia.org.uk/2012/11/19/it-is-not-a-war-it-is-mu...

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Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire --- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eglinton_Castle " crazyaboutcastles.com/scottish-castles/eglinton-castle/#h...

(i) "1528 (Original Castle Destroyed) The Earl of Glencairn burned down the original Eglinton Castle."

(ii) "1797-1802 (Present-Day Castle First Built) The current Eglinton Castle was constructed and included a 100-foot (30 m) keep and four 70-foot (21 m) towers."

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"The immense cost of upkeep, the poor condition of the castle and death duties took their toll on the family finances; the castle was abandoned in 1925. De-roofed in 1926, the lead being removed and sold, after a house contents sale in December 1925, and progressively ruinous, the building finally came to an undignified end during the Second World War when it was seriously damaged during army training held there.

The army also partly destroyed the iron bridge running to the old walled gardens."

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Gaelic education at Kilwinning: youtu.be/FEjXCxt9sTc?si=KSuN6FpU2olIV1S8

Fantasy Faire, 18 April - 5th May 2019 - sixteen regions of shopping, arts, performance and adventure. A decade-long tale of innovation, community and kindness supporting the American Cancer Society's Hope Hostel at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.

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Leftover. Yet, summer surfing inferno of 2021 marks a sensational return to life of Calif beach towns abandoned for more than a year. And yes, a yr seems decade long for ocean lovers. :)

These are from around 5,000 images that were in a pile on the dirty concrete floor waiting to be taken to the rubbish tip. Many are in poor condition as they are suffering from the 'vinegar effect' but I've been scanning and restoring these for many years now.

Images include New Zealand and US Antarctic bases in the IGY 1957/8, Sir Edmund Hillary, Sir Bill Hamilton and much much more.

This is a decades long project (already) and I will probably never be fully finished.

These original images were shot by Guy Mannering (deceased) and onsold to Warren Jacobs as part of the photo library attached to the business Warren bought. In the mid 1990's, when Warren retired, some friends and I (other photographers), helped him clean up the business for the incoming new owner who didn't want this old library.

When I asked Warren, he agreed that I could have them rather than sending them to the rubbish tip. (Thanks Warren)

Model: Krystal Smith

UP's Lincoln Yard and office. All of this would be torn out as part of the decade long Haymarket redevelopment project, resulting in the relocation of the BNSF main line a few blocks west of the old "Q" station, the construction of the Pinnacle Bank Arena, and a new Amtrak station and platform.

UP 785 was a former WP GP35 that was retired in 1993.

8-21-1988

On April 17th, 2020, with the arrival of the Pikes Peak Local back to its home in Denver, the PPL ceased to exist. The decades-long mainstay and railfan-favorite on the Joint Line, which ran south from Denver to Colorado Springs on Mondays and Thursdays and north to Denver on Tuesdays and Fridays and which was the only way to catch standard cab units running the line, would be replaced by a Local that now runs out of Pueblo to Colorado Springs. So, to honor the passing of the subdivision's namesake train, I will be uploading photos of the PPL that haven't previously been shared on Flickr:

www.flickr.com/photos/chris_paulhamus/albums/721576719252...

Here, a 48-year-old-at-the-time BNSF 2751 leads the PPL south as it charges toward Larkspur, CO.

The 2751 is a GP30 re-build, originally built as SOU 2585. The second unit is BNSF 1514, a GP9 re-build. I wasn't too fond of the white border on the longhood.

I stumbled on this slide as I was filing away my previous IAIS posts, so being it's still Thursday, here's a Thirty Thursday submission of a BN transfer/local train in Council Bluffs. Behind the 30 is an SD9 and another GP. The rails here under the South Expressway between 10th and 12th St. were ripped out a few years ago during the RR rationalization project that was part of the decade long I-80/I-29 corridor project which is now almost finished.

7-19-1994

Chrysler Turbine Cars were automobiles powered by gas turbine engines that the Chrysler Corporation assembled in a small plant in Detroit, Michigan, USA in 1963, for use in the only consumer test of gas turbine-powered cars. It was the high point of Chrysler's decades-long project to build a practical turbine-powered car.

August 15th 1945, 2 weeks before documents were finalized, was VJ Day. Highlighting the end of around 6 years of worldwide violence and carnage. The war was over and people across the world were celebrating.

So anyone who's doing any research know there's another side to the story ofcourse. Japan was left in a near total state of ruin which led to decades long US occupation of fixed replenishing, we all knew eventually this would help Japan as a whole bounce back in great proportions but scars still remain to this day.

I tried to make this side view look like it was of this time. But I'm not that insensitive and left some pieces that ruined the immersion, such as trees that still have plantlife on them, which wouldn't have been in any photo here in '45, raised the noise as well. And frankly, there aren't a whole lot of ways to make the atomic dome look like a positive shot, so I didn't even bother trying to make that the idea.

Because I'm ultra-conservative with space, and I can't just buy new beefy memory cards everyday this is the best frame I have. I never shoot RAW, I refuse to. I need the space to keep trying new angles and be experimental with my spots.

Again: I do not condone atomic warfare, I'm just not going to say WW2 could've ended another way, and I refuse to talk against the US. I love Japan and respect the people who died that day and the ones who mourn, war is still awful, war never changes.