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Ivy Bridge Maentwrog, On a day when I was expecting mist and rain for some long exposure photography, the sun came out!
If you’ve never been to the Ivy Bridge, the walk beyond and through 9000 year old Welsh rain forest is one of the best you can choose on the warm summer’s morning. Starting by the hydroelectric power station just outside Maentwrog in North Wales, the path leads you through the forest to Trawsfynydd Lake. Remember to take a picnic with you….
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Expect rationing, 'Keeping Mum' and the all the influences on daily life started by a certain Führer Adolf Hitler.
The decade also witnessed the early beginnings of new technologies (such as computers, nuclear power, and jet propulsion), often first developed in tandem with the war effort, and later adapted and improved upon in the post-war era.
The consequences of the war lingered well into the second half of the decade, with a war-weary Europe divided between the jostling spheres of influence of the Western world and the Soviet Union, leading to the beginning of the Cold War.
Just wanted to share the good news - Susanne is pregnant again and due at the end of September! If you're an ultrasound expert and call tell if it's a boy or a girl, please keep it to yourself - we'd like to be surprised. :-)
Was spotting at Sky Harbor and noticed an aircraft with a large contrail in the distance. But there were no large aircraft on radar. Turned out to be a C-17 flying over! :)
Celebrate a baby expected in December with a precious gift themed baby shower. At this time of year, many homes have already decked the halls for the Holidays, making this theme the perfect choice for a party as the hostess will only need to add a few additional accents to decorate. By accenting the space with red bows, one can easily set the stage for an elegant shower that is sure to leave guests all wrapped up in excitement for the little one's arrival. (Tip! We love this idea from Brides.com: Make the table look like a gift-- cover in white tablecloth and accent with a red ribbon bows instead of centerpieces!)
Invitation by Odd Balls -- FineStationery.com
Gift Pile Cake and Bow Tablescape -- Brides.com
Baby Bow Headband -- Etsy Seller Carolina Girl Bowtique
Present the Favors in White Boxes with Red Ribbon -- Keeping the Christmas Spirit Alive 365
Red and White Christmas Decor -- Home Trend Design
Red Bow Chair Accent -- Pinterest
Firefighters are known for their bravery and quick problem solving ability. They are expected to deal with all types of emergencies and disasters at unexpected times. Sometimes, they will encounter emergencies, while traveling to and from their fire stations.
On a Thanksgiving Day in 2018, a L.A.F.D. Paramedic Rescue Ambulance had transported an elderly woman to an Emergency Room of a Los Angeles Hospital... Coincidentally, this Hospital was undergoing a re-model.
When, suddenly while getting ready for their next emergency dispatch, these Firefighter / Paramedics came upon an emergency inside the very Emergency Room they were in. A construction worker was working in the concealed attic space above them and he was electrocuted.
One of the Paramedic Team members without hesitation made a quick assessment for his personal safety and went up into the attic space to find a person in cardiac arrest. At great risk to himself he crawled in and lowered that worker down to a waiting ER team below that was able to resuscitate him.
Also due to the electrical hazard that existed, all power was cut to the Emergency Department while building engineers determined the cause of the electrocution and isolated its source. An LAFD team arrived to supply electricity to the Emergency Department, while the Hospital enacted their emergency power supply plan. Our LAFD team supplied lighting and power to their life saving equipment.
Thanks to the actions of one heroic Firefighter / Paramedic and an entire team of LAFD Firefighters and Paramedics that responded that afternoon, no unexpected loss of life happened at that hospital on that Thanksgiving Day.
The LAFD Administration would like to recognize the following LAFD Firefighters / Paramedics for performing their duties so well every day and especially well on one Thanksgiving Day in 2018 in particular:
•Firefighter III / Paramedic, Derek S. Cook,
•Captain II, Eric L. Thompson
•Captain I, Michael T. Coffey
•Apparatus Operator, Michael E. Pagliuso
•Engineer, Warren B. Worcester
•Engineer, Daniel B. Johnson
•Firefighter III / Paramedic, Blake W. Pearson
•Firefighter III, Kyle J. Cawdrey
•Firefighter III, Diego P. Gutierrez
•Firefighter III, Tyler J. Elmore
•Firefighter III, Antonio M. Barassi
•Firefighter III, Matthew Lacount
•Firefighter III, Jose A. Davalos
We want to especially highlight one Firefighter / Paramedic who heroically risked his life to save an electrocuted worker. Thanks to his quick and bravery, this worker was able to walk out of the hospital weeks later.
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Expected that traffic would be a chaos but not on such a scale. I had to cross to the other end and it took a lot of guts to cross this intersection.
This is Panjagutta center in the center of Hyderabad, AP, India at 11 AM. Its one of the busiest intersections. And guess what it doesn't have a traffic signal and worse I couldn't spot a traffic cop. Its utter chaos. Long live India's politicians.
And what a difference from the cool relaxing Minneapolis to the hot chaotic Hyderabad. I am ready for it.
April 28 2008, Panjagutta Intersection, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. See map.
For 2 week's I've been waiting for this camera. We had a new UPS driver who said he couldn't find our address and returned it back to the camera company. I called them, and they said I needed to place another order on my credit card. HELLO...I don't have that kind of money. I told them, you have my camera and my money, I want one or the other. I ended up having to call Amazon because that's where the order started from and they took care of it. So if you don't see me for awhile, I am either reading up on my camera, playing with my camera, or just hugging it lol. The zoom lens on the left is my daughter's she let me borrow it!
Too many of my friends are getting pregnant. And it's near impossible to not pat their bellies (that's not my hand in the photo, though. That's the daddy's hand.)
Yesterday morning I drove the 18 miles from my home to Hog Pen Gap on the Richard Russell Scenic Highway where the Appalachian Trail crosses it at an elevation of 3,450 feet above sea level. I found a shady spot for my folding chair, and waited for the expected crowds to arrive. I did not have the lenses, filters and other equipment to do justice to the sun, moon and corona – you’ll find many other photographers online who did a much better job of that. I was more interested in trying to preserve a record of the community experience of the event in that one spot.
I met families from all over the Southeast, and we all waited patiently for the almost two minutes of totality that this spot afforded. It did not get as dark as I expected, and, for some reason, we did not see an approaching “wall of darkness” running across the landscape at 1,800 miles per hour from our vantage point as I had read and hoped. I was able to see and, I hope partially capture, something of the 360 Degree "Sunset Effect" . One eclipse scientist writes that the orange, glowing effect happens on the horizon because the sun is still shining outside the path of totality.
Nobody around me got hysterical or dropped to their knees in awe – things were much more mellow than that at Hog Pen Gap. I have to confess that, despite what I had heard and read from many sources about their previous experiences with total eclipses, I did not find it to be “soul shattering” or “life changing”. I’m hoping maybe that just means my life was just fine before the eclipse and my soul did not need to be shattered.
I think my experience was captured best by a poem by Ron Rash, "Eclipse", that was commissioned by National Public Radio (reprinted with permission by the poet):
This afternoon in Clemson, South Carolina,
we raise our eyes as our ancestors did,
but know that what we see is not a sign
of some calamity, a god’s displeasure,
yet as the sun and moon and earth align
something those before us felt survives,
eclipses all our knowledge and we share
the wonder as day and night become one.
How We Learn
NPR's "Tell Me More" 8:30 - 9:00 AM doors open, breakfast served; 9:00 - 10:00 AM LIVE SHOW
8:30 am - 10:00 am MDT on Tuesday, July 2, 2013
(Tickets Required) Join NPR's "Tell Me More" for three captivating discussions: In the first, we look at the ways innovations in education are transforming learning experiences for today’s students. Gone are the days when music class was just about listening to Mozart and math class was taught the same way to every student. For the second discussion, we hear from Shabana Basij-Rasikh, who was willing to risk her life in her native Afghanistan for an education. She would finish high school in the United States, eventually graduating from Middlebury College two years ago. Now she speaks about a school she co-founded in Afghanistan that helps young women access education at home and abroad. And finally, we address parenting your twentysomething. No shortage of articles have been written about young people in their twenties, who aren’t making enough money but are making less-than-stellar life decisions. Yet, some suggest that rather than expecting the worst from our 20-year-olds, we ought to set the bar high.
Jessie Woolley-Wilson Lawrence Scripp Joseph P. Parkes Meg Jay Michel Martin Shabana Basij-Rasikh Pamela Cantor Danny Kim
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Lots of silly drama happening in the group lately... people not getting along and a smack down occurred recently among members. Okies, now everyone grow up! How can we expect PEACE in the world if we can't get along with each other's musical tastes? Geeesh!
So, I go to United Beats opening because Stefan Chrousch (such a good guy & NICE) and Yura Garzov, sim owner of Vania have a concept that I love. United Beats is unifying dj's, music and people in the never ending quest of unity.
The sim opening day was filled with dj's and events happening at the new club called Code 415. Very cool space, but omg, there were over 70+ people when I got there. Lag wasn't too bad though and that was surprising!
Yura had a cool 'do on, so I had to snap a bunch of pics. I saw 8wall, Stefan, Kemmi, Sakiko, Milagroso, Clastix, Frenzy, Seismo, Alec & Pantzer there hanging out and dancing. I was a little under the weather, so I found a couch and just laid there listening to Kemmi's music.
Later on, Xavier and I hit the jazz and salsa... a perfect way to cap off the world music beats at Code 415. Bella Vida's house dj Angelsmoon Jewell was spinning his Indian fusion. Gawd, I love this dj! He plays the ultimate mash-up of world music from all parts of the globe. Divine!
We also caught Tone Uriza at The Majestic. Tone is blues, people, with such a rich bluesy voice and wailing on the guitar, Xavi and I were just taken back to the smoky clubs in the city experience. The place is also beautiful and reminds me of old hotels from the 40's.
Last for the night, we stopped off to say hi to goils at Piranha. I caught this strange picture from below the floor. My camera was going kinda wacky, but it is definitely a shot that could not be taken in RL.
It's hard not to imagine them feeling something like joy when they do this, pretty joyous to watch anyway. This youngster is still hanging around where it was born, strangely it's father ( presumably ) hasn't been agressive towards it as far as I've seen, very un-swan-like behaviour especially considering they must have imminent new arrivals. I'm pretty sure it can't fly, does it's right hand wing look damaged ? I know they're perfectly capable of surviving without being able to fly, I just worry how long dad's patience is gonna last, especially once the cygnets hatch. In previous years he's not been known for his patience............
The unutterably gorgeous Neil Young song ' Expecting To Fly '.....
The aircraft captain said: 'we expect a smooth ride', so I leaned back in my chair.
I turned my head to the left and saw those big letters on the wing: 'Do NOT WALK OUTSIDE THIS AREA'
And again, this made me feel insecure.
By the way, I think this important message should be translated in at least five languages. After all, there is enough space for more letters. Meaningful symbols would also be helpful.
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Family : Myrtaceae
While purchasing rainforest plants today 2/11/2020 at Taree Council Nursery my attention was drawn to a planted mature Rhodamnia rubescens, a critically endangered shrub, growing in the nursery.
I was surprised to see it with fruit developing.
Myrtle Rust, as expected, was active on the fruit and also on the leaves but the plant was surviving nevertheless.
The plant had really suffered in the 2019 drought but had come back in the spring of 2020.
Not far from this plant another surprise was in store - another critically endangered species, a juvenile Rhodomyrtus psidioides with developing flower buds.
The plant was about 2 metres tall and looked relatively free of Myrtle Rust.
On my own property at Diamond Beach both these species were once common.
Except for a small population of 15 very healthy Rhodamnia rubescens plants all the hundreds of plants of both species that once existed have progressively died since Myrtle Rust hit in the spring of 2011.
This spring, 2020, however I've noted a number of what appear to be root suckers of both species popping up in a few places where no other plants of either species are surviving.
I am monitoring their growth however based on past experience they will grow to about 20-30 cm by which time Myrtle Rust will set them back, if not completely kill them.
Early in 2020 a myrtle rust scientist visited the property and examined the 15 healthy Rhodamnia rubescens plants. Cuttings and genetic material were taken and sent to Mount Annan Botanic Gardens for cultivation and DNA analysis to try to establish if the 15 plants are suckers off one, or a number of plants, or if they are all individual plants exhibiting apparent resistance to Myrtle Rust.
While its unlikely the healthy Rhodamnia rubescens are resistant to Myrtle Rust, if in fact they are proven to be so, or at least partially so, then these plants could offer some optimism for the survival of this critically endangered species.
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Starmer must sack lunatic Miliband to save Britain
Red Ed is a delusional fanatic who birthed our ruinous approach to net zero – he will soon destroy both the UK and his party
Rachel Reeves is expected to give the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. But hang on a minute. I have in front of me an archived copy of The Daily Telegraph from June 2018 with a headline reading: “Heathrow expansion: Third runway approved.”
More than that, there was a vote in parliament in which 415 MPs voted for the airport’s expansion with just 119 against, a majority of 296. Yet here we are, nearly seven years later, back to square one.
It is useful to remind ourselves what happened in the meantime. No sooner were the plans announced than the opposition cranked into action. Lawsuits were filed to stop the destruction of homes and environmentalists compiled data about air and noise pollution to demonstrate how another runway would breach umpteen green commitments made by successive governments.
Boris Johnson, then MP for a west London constituency certain to be impacted by the expansion, said he would lie down in front of the bulldozers. Then he became prime minister and put the kibosh on the whole project.
Nor did this farce only begin in 2018. That decision was based on a report from the UK Airports Commission chaired by Howard Davies and set up by the Coalition amid a five-year moratorium on any consideration of London airport expansion.
The previous Labour government also dillied and dallied, as had every other administration back to the 1970s when it was first mooted that London needed a third international airport to be built to the east or north of the capital.
In 1971, the Roskill Commission proposed a site at Cublington in Bucks to serve London with a four-runway airport. This was rejected by the Heath government for reasons lost in the mists of time and an alternative at Maplin Sands in the Thames Estuary was chosen instead. The Maplin Development Act 1973 was passed by parliament only to be scuppered by the oil-price shock that year, whereupon it was agreed to expand Stansted instead as a hub. That never happened either.
Recent history is littered with stories of half-baked infrastructure schemes either going nowhere or costing far too much. But nothing is more emblematic of this country’s inability any longer to do grands projets than the Heathrow saga.
From being supremely good we have become uniquely bad. It took Brunel just six years to complete the Great Western Railway from London to Bristol after the Act of Parliament was passed in 1835. The preparatory legislation to build HS2 went through in 2013, yet the now slimmed-down line won’t be finished until 2033 at the earliest. This is procrastination on a grand scale.
If the speculation is correct, Ms Reeves will say Heathrow’s expansion is to go ahead and this time we really mean it. She and Sir Keir Starmer are telling departmental ministers that all policies deemed to be “anti-growth” must be ditched (does that include the Chancellor’s Budget, which has done more to dampen activity and flatten morale than anything?)
To call this grandstanding a triumph of hope over experience would be an understatement. Opposition to Heathrow is fierce among people who live near the airport but is especially so among environmentalists. Stopping it will become an iconic struggle for the climate emergency lobby. Is this group of ministers going to face it down?
The third runway was initially blocked by a legal ruling that ministers had not taken fully into account the UK’s climate change undertakings, a judgment later overturned in the Supreme Court. But Ed Miliband, the Energy Secretary and the High Priest of net zero, is adamant that if Heathrow is expanded it must be within the carbon emission targets set out in law and if it isn’t then it won’t happen.
He told MPs on Monday that he believed the two were not mutually exclusive because the emissions could be offset elsewhere. But where, exactly? He could not say. It is evident to everyone except the delusionists at the top of the Government that these two “priorities” cancel each other out.
Net zero is not the only obstacle. The cost is eye-watering as it is with every major project in this country.
The upgrade and modernisation of Brunel’s Great Western line, for instance, was delayed by two years and costs rose from £874 million to £2.8 billion. The delivery of the new trains was late and they were the most expensive of their kind in the world.
HS2 started off at £32.7 billion and is now north of £100 billion. High-speed lines have been built in France, Japan and Spain at a tenth of the projected cost.
A proposed tunnel for the A303 under Stonehenge, estimated to cost £183 million when first proposed 20 years ago, was priced at £2 billion before the Labour Government finally killed it off.
Heathrow’s third runway is estimated to cost around £14 billion, but that is at 2014 prices. The original plans envisaged a car park that would cost £700 million – more than was spent building a fifth runway at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Why is everything so expensive here? You would be lucky to get change from £50 billion now. The M25 will have to be closed, entire villages demolished, reservoirs filled in, builders found at a time of acute shortage of skills, political and legal challenges faced down.
It is supposed to be funded by the private sector; but why would investors take the risk on a project which has been stymied by political and legal controversy for 50 years? If the market was left to decide, would it really opt for another runway at Heathrow?
Far more likely would be a bigger expansion of Stansted (forget Gatwick as just getting there is problematic, as passengers found yesterday when a landslip severely reduced the railway connection). It would be (marginally) less contentious, cheaper, the rail link is good and connected into London’s network and the airport could become the hub for flights from the Far East and India, with another runway for short-haul traffic.
Instead of the Government dictating what should happen while expecting the private sector to pay for it, the state should get out of the way and see which attracts the most interest. I somehow doubt it would be Heathrow....The Daily Telegraph
Love, exciting and new
Come Aboard. We're expecting you.
Love, life's sweetest reward.
Let it flow, it floats back to you.
Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won't hurt anymore
It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
Yes LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! (hey-ah!)
Love Boat soon will be making another run
The Love Boat promises something for everyone
Set a course for adventure,
Your mind on a new romance.
Love won't hurt anymore
It's an open smile on a friendly shore.
It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE! It's
LOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
It's the Love Boat-ah! It's the Love Boat-ah!
~The Love Boat Theme by Paul Williams & Charles Fox
William Blake
North Hills Mall, Raleigh NC
Canon 5d MKII, ISO 1600, f/1.4, 1/100th, video light on stand camera-right
Zeina & Marwan Haddad are expecting a little baby girl... I had the chance to capture some of their special moments waiting for their baby to come to this world...Copyright: Reserved to Zeid J. Oweis.
Expecting mothers in the waiting area for antenatal care visits at Urban Primary Health Center (UPHC), Ambapua, Berhampur.
Photo Credit: Mubeen Siddiqui/MCSP