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About the IDS Center, courtesy of Wikipedia: The IDS Center opened in 1972 in Minneapolis is the tallest building in Minnesota at 792 feet. The IDS was constructed as the headquarters of Investors Diversified Services, Inc., now Ameriprise Financial. It also housed the headquarters of Dayton Hudson Corporation, now Target from 1972 until 2001.
The 57-story IDS became the tallest skyscraper in Minneapolis when it surpassed the height of the 32-story Foshay Tower in 1972, ending that building's 43-year reign over the city skyline. Construction of the building was followed with great interest, and the topping-off ceremony was a major civic event in the city. In addition to being taller, IDS occupies a much larger footprint than the obelisk-like Foshay.
A lobby and shopping area at the bottom of the tower is known as the Crystal Court, and provides skyway connections between the tower and four adjacent blocks. The 50th Floor contained an east-facing "Orion Room" restaurant (which was two stories tall utilizing both the 50th and 51st floors), a north-facing bar and cocktail lounge, a private south-facing dining club ("Tower Club"), all which were converted to office space. The west-facing "University of Minnesota Alumni Club" closed to the public in 1994. Today, the entire 50th floor consists of four large ballrooms with a single central kitchen. The rooms are collectively known as "Windows on Minnesota," and they serve as banquet space for the Marquette Hotel, which is part of the IDS Center.
Also in the building is Basil’s, which also opened in 1972. Its balcony is featured in one of the clips in The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s opening credits.
Dedicated to any one who minimized risk through diversification (well done)
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as of the October 9th 2008
Hi every one .
Will be a change in my pictures & photostream
With innovation and diversification in photography ..
LaRoche Industries Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), was an international diversified producer and distributor of inorganic and organic chemicals and once operated six production facilities throughout the United States.
The Company was formed in a 1986 management buyout of the nitrogen, mixed fertilizers and retail business operations of United States Steel Corporation ("USX"), followed by a 1988 acquisition of certain chemical production operations of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation ("Kaiser").
LaRoche didn't last long. By the 1990s it was entering bankruptcy and by 2000, this property in Festus, MO - a producer of blasting grade ammonium nitrate, nitrogen, and nitric acid - among other dangerous and volatile compounds, was sold to the nearby cement plant.
Nearby residents suffered for decades from the pollution and danger of the plant. As one resident noted: "I went to middle school very near here, when the plant was still active. In fact, we had to do drills where everyone would go to the cafeteria and seal the doors and windows with plastic and duct tape in case of a chemical leak at the plant. I hadn't thought about this place in years."
Since learning of Muscatatuck NWR seven-eight years ago, I have visited religiously. For this kid at least, it provides the most diversified wildlife opportunities within a two hundred mile radius of my home. I have learned much from Muscatatuck over the years, especially where a particular species may be feeding at a particular time or time of year. It has become my home base.
This year I focused much attention on a small Sumac grove that I have been well aware of, but haven't spent much time with. I am certainly no expert but it seems to me that the local birds want nothing to do with its seeds until after the first frost, why I do not know but it becomes a feeding focal point afterwards.
Friday I broke out the heaviest of my winter clothing and stood motionless for little over an hour, trying to conceal any human features, especially my eyes. It was 22 degree and with no wind at all, frost filled air. In my time there, 11 different species of birds visited with most staying far back in the grove making photography impossible.
Most of the species in the area quickly overcame the threat of my presence and gorged themselves on the frost covered seeds. It was only the Bluejays that simply could not tolerate my being there, sounding the alarm most of the time that I was there.
As so often happens, I was blessed as the sun cleared the trees to the east placing the sumac and its visitors in the best lighting of the day, known as the Golden Hour. This is when lighting comes in from the side and not from above, providing less shadow and lighting areas normally in the shade.
It was in this light that the coloring of this Northern Flicker blended so well with its surroundings, while the red cap of the Pileated Woodpecker could be seen for a mile.
This is a beautiful Satyrinae butterfly. The coloration makes it easily stand out in Mycalesis genus.
Similar to the related species, it can be found in semi-shaded habitats.
There are about 100 species in Mycalesis genus, and the season forms are usually diversified. I am not sure whether the identification is correct.
Mycalesis messene can be found in Bachan, Halmahera, Morotai, and Ternate
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Lordington Lavender was established in 2002 as part of a diversification program and as an alternative to dairy farming.
Nestled in the South Downs, Lordington Lavender was established in 2002 by local farmer Andrew Elms. After selling his dairy herd he was looking for a new way to diversify and decided that Lavender would be a unique and exciting alternative.
The crop is grown with conservation of habitat and the environment very much in mind. No fertilizers or pesticides are used and it has become haven for wildlife with at least 12 red listed species of birds including skylarks and barn owls found on the farm.
Now, 4 acres of Mailette lavender, a French Provencal variety famed for its high quality oil is harvested once a year to produce a wonderful essential oil and the business has become a family affair. From originally just selling an essential oil a whole range has developed but all with one aim – to produce simple, pure and honest products using only the highest quality ingredients.
Every summer the lavender field is full of bumble bees and butterflies and when the sun shines you can imagine being in Provence!
Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. It is native to the Old World and is found from Cape Verde and the Canary Islands, Europe across to northern and eastern Africa, the Mediterranean, southwest Asia to southeast India. Many members of the genus are cultivated extensively in temperate climates as ornamental plants for garden and landscape use, for use as culinary herbs, and also commercially for the extraction of essential oils. The most widely cultivated species, Lavandula angustifolia, is often referred to as lavender, and there is a colour named for the shade of the flowers of this species.
The genus includes annual or short-lived herbaceous perennial plants, and shrub-like perennials, subshrubs or small shrubs.
Leaf shape is diverse across the genus. They are simple in some commonly cultivated species; in others they are pinnately toothed, or pinnate, sometimes multiple pinnate and dissected. In most species the leaves are covered in fine hairs or indumentum, which normally contain the essential oils.
Flowers are borne in whorls, held on spikes rising above the foliage, the spikes being branched in some species. Some species produce coloured bracts at the apices. The flowers may be blue, violet or lilac in the wild species, occasionally blackish purple or yellowish. The calyx is tubular. The corolla is also tubular, usually with five lobes (the upper lip often cleft, and the lower lip has two clefts).
Sorry about that, but it will probably be a few rainy months in the near future. I'll diversify then :)
Great to see true diversification in a Holiday Parade these days! Pride truck with all their vibrant colors and rainbow's!
Can never know what is going to be.
Can never know who is going to take the roll.
Can never know where are you going to be taken to.
We are living with a huge box of questions and of course,the answers are being discovered by time.
Life changes everyday.
This trip to japan was a wonderful one. We met sunny, cloudy and rainy days in a week. That means we were able to shoot very diversified images of Mt. Fuji. That was very lucky for a traveller.
This shot was the beautiful sunset at the first day when we arrived. Love the low profile of burning.
這趟去日本，因為遇到各種天氣類型，一次拍到富士山各種風情，真的是太過癮了。
~河口湖北岸, 南都留郡, 山梨県, 日本
North shore, Lake Kawaguji, Japan
- ISO 50, F20, 30 sec, 16 mm
- Canon 5D MarkIII with EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L lens +CPL
- Sunset @ 4.24pm (247º) / Shot @ 4.41pm
- Visibility 20km @ 5.00pm/ Humidity 69% @4.40pm
- Temperature 14.9ºC @ 4.40pm
The center of the Milky Way is by far the most interesting, diversified and photogenic region of the night sky as seen from planet earth. You can find huge dark dust lanes, star clusters, colorful nebulae and famous constellations like Sagittarius and Scorpius.
This years trip to tenerife with my newly modified Camera and my new 85mm lens was the perfect opportunity to work on a detailed long exposure panorama of that beautiful area. In the end, this Panorama with the scale and details are a good example where the landscape of our Planet becomes just a secondary part of the Image and where its a good point to say „hasta luego“ to up & down or above & below - things that not necessary anymore and doesnt exist in space anyway. 🌀
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Panorama / Tracked
20 Frames
Nikon D800a + Nikon AF-S 85mm f/1.8
Vixen Polarie Star Tracker
ISO800 - f/4 - 180s
A High Haiku
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Ph.D. - Finance;
Ph.D. - Mathematics;
She's diversified.
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As a diversification I'm going to start a series of colors and textures of Historic Annapolis...I was getting seasick with my water reflections!
C&T #1
Explore #62 of 18 July 2009
St Bees is a village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Copeland district of Cumbria on the Irish Sea coast just south of St. Bees Head, the most westerly point of Northern England.
In the parish is St Bees Head which is the only Heritage Coast between Wales and Scotland which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is the spectacular location of the largest seabird colony in north-west England. St Bees Lighthouse stands on the North Head.
St Bees is a popular holiday destination due the coastline and proximity to the Lake District, and in the village there is St Bees Priory, and the St Bees School site (the school is temporarily closed). The Wainwright Coast to Coast Walk starts from the north end of St Bees Bay which is within easy walking distance of the main village centre.
Early history
Evidence of Mesolithic and Bronze Age habitation has been found in St Bees,[2] but nothing of the Roman occupation. The name St Bees is a corruption of the Norse name for the village, which is given in the earliest charter of the Priory as "Kyrkeby becok", which can be translated as the "Church town of Bega",[3] relating to the local Saint Bega.[4] She was said to be an Irish princess who fled across the Irish Sea to St Bees to avoid an enforced marriage. Carved stones at the priory show that Irish-Norse Vikings settled here in the 10th century.
The Normans did not reach Cumbria until 1092, and when they took over the local lordships, William Meschin, Lord of Egremont, used the existing religious site[5] to found a Benedictine priory for a prior and six monks sometime between 1120 and 1135. The priory was subordinate to the great Benedictine monastery of St Mary at York. The magnificent Norman doorway of the priory dates from just after this time; probably about 1150.
The priory had a great influence on the area. The monks worked the land, fished, and extended the priory buildings. The ecclesiastical parish of St Bees was large and stretched to Ennerdale, Loweswater, Wasdale and Eskdale. The coffin routes from these outlying areas to the mother church in St Bees can still be followed in places.
The priory was closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries on the orders of Henry VIII in 1539. The nave and transepts of the monastic church have continued in use as the parish church to the present day, but much of the extensive monastic buildings were plundered or fell into decay.
Remarkably, the small West Cumbrian village of St Bees produced two of the archbishops of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I: Edmund Grindal; Archbishop of Canterbury and Edwin Sandys; Archbishop of York.[6]
In about 1519 Edmund Grindal was born in Cross Hill House, St Bees, which still exists, and is marked with a plaque.[7] He was probably educated at the priory across the valley. A devout Protestant, he made his mark in the reign of Edward VI, but had to flee to Strasbourg when the Catholic Mary I ascended the throne. On Mary's death the country once again became Protestant, and Grindal became Bishop of London, Archbishop of York and then Archbishop of Canterbury. His undoing was opposing Queen Elizabeth I on liberal religious meetings and he was suspended. He died in 1583 still in disgrace, but, virtually on his death bed, he founded St Bees School which existed until July 2015, when it closed. The present primary school in the village was established in the 1870s.
Growth of the village
The site of the priory is on an area of firm ground higher than the peat beds that fill the valley, and it is logical that the original settlement would grow up there. However the area was constricted, and as the village expanded it grew on up the opposite side of the valley. The oldest existing house dates from the early 16th century and the present Main Street was created from a string of farms and farmworkers' dwellings.
The 19th century saw the start of great changes. In 1816 St Bees Theological College was founded, and was the first theological college for the training of Church of England clergy outside Oxford and Cambridge. To house the college, the monastic chancel of the Priory was re-roofed and served as the main lecture room, and additional lecture rooms were built in the 1860s. At one time the college had 100 students, and over 2,600 clergy were trained before it closed in 1895.[8]
St. Bees School started its era of expansion with the building of the quadrangle in 1846 using compensation from the rich mine-owning Lowther family, who had illegally obtained the lucrative mineral rights for Whitehaven from the school in 1742 at a derisory sum.[9] This was the first step in St. Bees School's rise from a local institution to becoming one of the new "public schools" on the fashionable model of Dr Arnold's Rugby School. By 1916 numbers had reached 350, many new buildings had been erected, and the school had become known nationally.
Perhaps some of the greatest changes were after 1849 when the Furness Railway reached the village. St Bees attracted the professional classes which commuted to Whitehaven or Workington. This led to the building of many of the larger houses and Lonsdale Terrace. The railway brought tourists, and as early as 1851 the Lord Mayor of London stayed at the Seacote Hotel. This long history of attracting tourists for "bucket and spade" holidays has continued to this day.
The railway made possible the export of St Bees sandstone. Huge amounts of stone were quarried, much of it for building the boom town of Barrow-in-Furness. This industry died out in the 1970s, but has since been revived, and there are now two working quarries in the parish.
Agriculture was originally the mainstay of the village economy. Gradually, during the 19th century, service employment for the school and lodgings for the college gave additional income, and with the advent of commuters, the village's social mix was becoming more middle class. Tourism and quarries also provided employment, and many village men found work in the iron ore mines at Cleator. Thus the 19th century saw the change from a rural backwater based on agriculture, to the more diversified role of a dormitory village for professional and industrial worker alike, and its growth into a minor academic centre.
The start of the 20th century saw yet another decline in agriculture, and this has continued to today, when there are only a few farms left. Industrial decline also hit West Cumbria as a whole, particularly after the boom years of both world wars. However, following the Second World War, two major industries were established which have had a profound effect on the community.[10] The former Marchon Chemical Company at Whitehaven, and UKAEA/BNFL at Sellafield both soaked up village labour released by the declining heavy iron and mining industries, and brought a large influx of the technical and scientific university-educated middle class into the village; rather like the first arrival of the professional classes a century earlier. There is now an extensive science park – Westlakes, on the northern fringe of the parish, at which the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has its national headquarters.
The last two decades have seen a significant revival in tourism, boosted by the Coast to Coast walk and increasing recognition of the unique landscape of the St Bees Heritage Coast.
In 2014, it was rated one of the most attractive postcode areas to live in England.[11]
St Bees Man
In 1981 an archaeological excavation at the priory revealed a vault with a lead coffin containing an astonishingly well preserved body – now known as the St Bees Man. He has been identified as Anthony de Lucy,[12] a knight, who died in 1368 in the Teutonic Crusades in Lithuania. Although the body was over six hundred years old, his nails, skin and stomach contents were found to be in near-perfect condition.[13] After his death the vault was enlarged to take the body of his sister, Maud de Lucy, who died in 1398. The effigies which are probably of both Maud and Anthony can be seen in the extensive history display which includes the shroud in which he was wrapped.
Transport links
The village has a railway station in the village centre which is served by St Bees railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line, with trains from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancaster, Preston and Carlisle. There are currently (2015) 22 stopping passenger trains a day. There is no Sunday service.
The village is on the B5345 from Whitehaven to Iron Bridge junction near Beckermet.
Sport and recreation
The village has a football team which competes in the Cumbria County league. The most successful player to come through its ranks was Zac Starkie who joined Gretna FC as a youth player and went on to play for Zimbabwe Under 21's football team as he was eligible through his grandmother's origin.[citation needed]
There are facilities for rugby, football and cricket at the Adams recreation ground adjacent to the Seacote beach. This playing field was created in memory of Baron Adams of Ennerdale. The sports facilities of St Bees School are also available, which include a sports hall, squash, tennis and fives courts, and an indoor swimming pool.
Coast-based recreational activities at St Bees are: windsurfing, kite-surfing, rock climbing, bouldering, swimming, jet-skiing, water-skiing, canoeing and para-gliding. These are undertaken on St Bees Head and off the large sandy surf beach.
For downloadable walking guides, see [1] The circular walk to St Bees Head and Birkhams quarry featured in the May 2012 booklet of the best coastal walks in UK published by the Daily Telegraph newspaper; it being one of only two walks covered in the north west of England.
Wainwright Coast to Coast walk
St Bees is the start of the Wainwright Coast to Coast walk, which was devised by Alfred Wainwright in 1973. It is an 192-mile (309 km)[14] unofficial and mostly unsignposted long-distance footpath in Northern England. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting National Parks: the Lake District National Park, the Yorkshire Dales National Park, and the North York Moors National Park.
Wainwright recommended that walkers dip their booted feet in the Irish Sea at St Bees and, at the end of the walk, in the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay. At St Bees the start is marked by the "Wainwright Wall" which explains the walk and its history. A new interpretation board and the steel banner were installed in summer 2013 by St Bees Parish Council and the Wainwright Society.
©A.Capellmann
Nikon F3 HP; Nikkor AI 35mm/2.8; Kodak TriX@1600ISO Semistand Developement; Adox Adonal 1:100 for 1h; first 30s inversion, 1x inversion @30min; Adofix 5min
Iceland[4][5] i/ˈaɪslənd/ (Icelandic: Ísland, IPA: [ˈislant]; see Names for Iceland), officially called Republic of Iceland[6][7][8] and sometimes its counterpart Lýðveldið Ísland in Icelandic (for example this is a part of the name of the Constitution of Iceland, Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands), is a Nordic European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[9] The country has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi).[10] The capital and largest city is Reykjavík,[11] with the surrounding areas in the southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterised by sand fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.
According to Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in AD 874 when the chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norse settler on the island.[12] Others had visited the island earlier and stayed over winter. Over the following centuries, Norsemen settled Iceland, bringing with them thralls (serfs) of Gaelic origin. From 1262 to 1918 Iceland was part of the Norwegian and later the Danish monarchies. Until the 20th century, the Icelandic population relied largely on fisheries and agriculture. Industrialisation of the fisheries and Marshall Aid brought prosperity in the years after World War II. In 1994, Iceland became party to the European Economic Area, which made it possible for the economy to diversify into economic and financial services.
Iceland has a free market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries,[13] while maintaining a Nordic welfare system providing universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens.[14] In recent years, Iceland has been one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world. In 2011, it was ranked as the 14th most developed country in the world by the United Nations' Human Development Index,[3] and the fourth most productive country per capita.[15] In 2008, the nation's entire banking system systemically failed and there was substantial resulting political unrest.
Icelandic culture is founded upon the nation's Norse heritage. Most Icelanders are descendants of Norse (particularly from Western Norway) and Gaelic settlers. Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is closely related to Faroese and some West Norwegian dialects. The country's cultural heritage includes traditional Icelandic cuisine, poetry, and the medieval Icelanders' sagas. Currently, Iceland has the smallest population among NATO members and is the only one with no standing army.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8 L II USM
Focal Length: 16mm
Aperture: f/22.0
Shutter Speed : 2.5 seconds
ISO: 50
Exposure: Manual
The Bristol Aircraft company diversified into car production with licensed built BMW's (using pre-war connections started by partner company Frazer Nash) By the time of this series five model the German connections had long ceased and modified Chrysler V8's where now the source of power. This example of the 411 coupe must be one of the last of the 600 built between 1969 and 1976.
Día internacional de los bosques, porque de allí somos oriundos, de estos recintos de vida hiper diversos cuando la mano del humano no los toca. En ellos viven la mayoría de los seres del planeta, y volvemos a encontrar nuestra profundidad, nuestras raices, porque nos llevan hacía nuestro subconsciente, llamando de nuevo a los sentimientos mas sanos y saludables que puedan animarnos...
Journée internationale des forêts, parce que nous provenons de lá, de ces recoins de vie hyper diversifiés quand la main de l'humain ne les touchent pas. En elles vivent la majeur partie des êtres de la planète, et nous retrouvons notre profondeur, nos racines, car elles nous projettent vers notre subconscient, rappelant les sentiments les plus sains et salutaires qui puissent nous animer...
On our way home we decided to Explore some of the back roads, what an incredibly diversified land!! First we traveled through three densely forested national parks then a half an hour later I felt like we were somewhere in the plains, the Rocky Mountains were all around us ,as our friend called them "The Fourteeners"there are soooo many mountains with elevations of 14 thousand feet and more !!!This is somewhere off of Hwy 285 a place called Mineral Hot Springs thanks for the GPS on the smart phone and this image as well! Explored # 320 7-23-13 thnkyou one and all!
A crew from Diversified Rail Services, led by Gary Bensman, is nearing completion of a multi-year restoration on the former Chesapeake & Ohio locomotive which will see it return to the rails to pull the scenic’s 16 mile excursion train from Cumberland to Frostburg, MD. The next major step of the rebuild involves the two sets of wheels being placed under the locomotive. The project will utilize two cranes to lift the locomotive's massive boiler into the air.
Another one from my morning walk today with this Vintage lens. Taken wide open they´re looking more like a painting instead of an photograph. Just call this fun or diversified.
Converse with the Universe
Diversify
Come to your life as an echo
Resounding your truths inside
Core out a hole to worm in
Eat your way to the moon
Enter the dragon
Enter the gate
Chew up your cud
Green, purple, blue
Spitting out a version that will live with you
Yes, there is no method to the madness
When touched with love,
Dive right into the heart of knowing
Converse with the Universe
Diversify
© 1989 by Nicole Raisin Stern
Pacific Grove, CA
Bulbophyllum cf. popayanense in situ. Du genre le plus diversifié au monde avec 2182 espèces actuellement connues. Beaucoup plus commun et diversifié dans le sud-est asiatique y en Afrique, mais également présent en Amérique Latine. En Colombie, environ 10 espèces ont été recensées. Département du Valle del Cauca, Colombie.
Bulbophyllum cf. popayanense in situ. From the more diversified genus in the world with 2182 species already known. Much more diversified and common in south-east Asia and Africa, but also present in Latin America. In Colombia, around 10 species have been registered. Valle del Cauca department, Colombia.
Bulbophyllum cf. popayanense in situ. Del género más diversificado del mundo con 2182 especies actualmente conocidas. Mucho más común y diversificado en el sudeste asiático y en África, pero también presente en Latinoamérica. En Colombia, alrededor de 10 especies han sido registradas. Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Iceland[4][5] i/ˈaɪslənd/ (Icelandic: Ísland, IPA: [ˈislant]; see Names for Iceland), officially called Republic of Iceland[6][7][8] and sometimes its counterpart Lýðveldið Ísland in Icelandic (for example this is a part of the name of the Constitution of Iceland, Stjórnarskrá lýðveldisins Íslands), is a Nordic European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[9] The country has a population of about 320,000 and a total area of 103,000 km2 (40,000 sq mi).[10] The capital and largest city is Reykjavík,[11] with the surrounding areas in the southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland is volcanically and geologically active. The interior mainly consists of a plateau characterised by sand fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through the lowlands. Iceland is warmed by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a high latitude just outside the Arctic Circle.
According to Landnámabók, the settlement of Iceland began in AD 874 when the chieftain Ingólfur Arnarson became the first permanent Norse settler on the island.[12] Others had visited the island earlier and stayed over winter. Over the following centuries, Norsemen settled Iceland, bringing with them thralls (serfs) of Gaelic origin. From 1262 to 1918 Iceland was part of the Norwegian and later the Danish monarchies. Until the 20th century, the Icelandic population relied largely on fisheries and agriculture. Industrialisation of the fisheries and Marshall Aid brought prosperity in the years after World War II. In 1994, Iceland became party to the European Economic Area, which made it possible for the economy to diversify into economic and financial services.
Iceland has a free market economy with relatively low taxes compared to other OECD countries,[13] while maintaining a Nordic welfare system providing universal health care and tertiary education for its citizens.[14] In recent years, Iceland has been one of the wealthiest and most developed nations in the world. In 2011, it was ranked as the 14th most developed country in the world by the United Nations' Human Development Index,[3] and the fourth most productive country per capita.[15] In 2008, the nation's entire banking system systemically failed and there was substantial resulting political unrest.
Icelandic culture is founded upon the nation's Norse heritage. Most Icelanders are descendants of Norse (particularly from Western Norway) and Gaelic settlers. Icelandic, a North Germanic language, is closely related to Faroese and some West Norwegian dialects. The country's cultural heritage includes traditional Icelandic cuisine, poetry, and the medieval Icelanders' sagas. Currently, Iceland has the smallest population among NATO members and is the only one with no standing army.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS
Focal Length: 65mm
Aperture: f/20.0
Shutter Speed : 30 seconds
ISO: 100
Exposure: Manual
The company has been diversifying into coach hire recently, and the rear of the new buses has been used to advertise this.
Still trying to diversify my subjects a bit.
I've always been in awe before those steam monster but really didn't knew first thing about trains, let alone Lego trains.
So after enlightening myself a bit I started building and went for an original design to have less constraints. Still I was strongly inspired by the PRR K4 as well as some German Kriegslok'
My camera doesn't have a video function so I can't show off as much as I would like, but know the gear are working, it's motorised & it can take turns, no problems ^^
Enjoy !
The post-World War II years saw diversification in the packaging of Coca-Cola and the development or acquisition of new products.
The trademark “Coke,” first used in advertising in 1941, was registered in 1945.
Now my cynical mind suggests that they knew exactly what they were doing when they changed the name.
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Cocaine (coke) is a powerful and generally illegal drug that has a long and complicated history.
The intoxicant is extracted from the coco plant, which originated in the Andean highlands of South America. Natives chewed the leaves or brewed them into a tea to combat fatigue for thousands of years before the Spaniards arrived on their doorstep.2 The pure chemical of cocaine hydrochloride was first extracted in the mid 1900s, and it was popular for both medical and legal recreational use for decades after.
In the early 1900s, medical professionals began to become alarmed at the negative health effects and addictions associated with this miracle powder, and its recreational use became illegal in 1914. Medical use is still legal in some circumstances, but it’s highly restricted.
Cocaine use dwindled for many years following this regulation, but a market for the drug exploded in the 1970s and 1980s, devastating communities. Soon after this, a new, cheaper form of cocaine emerged called crack cocaine that was more accessible to low-income individuals. More susceptible to drug abuse and addiction, many of these communities became trapped in a cycle of poverty, gang violence, and addiction. Today, according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 1.4 million Americans struggle with cocaine abuse and addiction, though its general use appears to be on the decline.
Powder cocaine is the most commonly used stimulant in the UK and the second most prevalent drug overall. In the most recent surveys available, use in the last year was reported at 2.9% in England and Wales, the highest figure since 2008 to 2009
Regardless what you call it, cocaine is an addictive substance associated with a number of harmful health issues.