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I was fortunate to visit this fantastic exhibition in Paris. Absolutely brilliant, highly recommended. Saatchi Gallery, until 3 May 2020
“The legend of Tutankhamun captured imaginations globally when his tomb was unearthed by British explorer Howard Carter and financier Lord Carnarvon in 1922.
Produced by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and IMG, and presented in London by Viking Cruises TUTANKHAMUN: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh unveils more than 150 original objects from the tomb, 60 of which have travelled out of Egypt for the first and final time before they return for permanent display within the Grand Egyptian Museum which is currently under construction.
Come and discover the most famous of the Pharaohs, and the young sovereign’s personal belongings as you follow his passage into everlasting life.
Prior to the London showing, the exhibition became France’s most visited of all time with attendance of over 1.4 million. Tickets are selling fast in London, sell-outs are expected and advance booking is highly recommended.”
Couldn't really get much Flickr-ing done this weekend due to family visiting and terrible internet connection problems. Finally got rid of both last night with the help of a new router. Well, the router managed the internet connection problem at least. I expect the family will return some time. Ah well.
Textures courtesy of Shadowhouse Creations and CGtextures.com
Cheers!
Everyone expects. Each one for something else
or someone.
And now, the expectation belongs to everyone.
Yet, each one with their own expectations.
Who will sit in the empty chair?
Attente
Tout le monde attend. Chacun pour quelque chose d'autre
ou quelqu'un.
Et maintenant, l'attente appartient à tous.
Pourtant, chacun avec ses propres attentes.
Qui s'assiéra dans la chaise vide ?
Thanks to Detroitika's help, I was able to make a fairly good looking ZU-23-2. I really like this build, especially because of the 'cross-functionality' that will be explained in the descriptions of my M113 APC and soon to come pics ;)
Oh yeah, expect a certain MBT and a certain cargo truck soon!
Viklari The Last Castle is a very popular, open air restaurant, on a hill top overlooking the Akamas Peninsula. The view from the restaurant is reputed to be one of the best in Cyprus and you can’t fail to see why. Surrounded by fruit plantations and with a breathtaking view of the unspoilt beach’s and deep blue sea.
The restaurant serves a perfectly cooked and delicious souvla daily, consisting of pork and chicken served with a jacket potato or wedges, village salad and bread. It is a licensed restaurant and all other beverages are also available.
The restaurant is well shaded by flowering shrubs and vines providing a unique setting. There is plenty of seating with different arrangements and all of the table tops are large slabs of solid stone, just think Flintstones and you have the picture. There is no menu and visitors don’t expect one, which all adds to the charm and ambiance of the restaurant.
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This series is about discovering the truth so I’m about to hit a new level of honesty with you all. I hope you’re ready because man oh man, I’m not even sure if I am.
You can only run into a wall so many times before there is a break. Most people believe it’s up to chance whether or not it is you who breaks or the wall. I believe I have smashed my head against the same wall for so long that it was when I said “this hurts” that the pain began. It was my choice to believe that. It was my choice to believe in the pain more than the healing. I wanted to sulk and pout. I wanted to dwell in my own self-pity because I blamed the wall for being there…not myself for hitting it. I was exhausted and frustrated. Frustration started around my veins and weaved itself thickly through, making a net with itself. The lies I believed were getting caught in the nets and were clotting themselves. My blood couldn’t run through and slowly my life was failing.
What happened after?
How did I fix it?
I found the courage to sign the contract, dedicating my life to God. I made the choice to go under his knife so he could restore in me a new life. My heart was suddenly pumping with the blood that was once shed for me…all throughout my body. The clots could not stand against the purity, the strength or the mercy. I don’t think I could ever explain the feeling but what I can say is I watched the wall crumble. Yes, I watched it. I did nothing but watch as the power of God broke it down for me.
I’m not here to sugar coat anything and my bluntness has always been something some of you say you admire. So here it is.
The lie: When bad things happen, it’s not of God. God only wants me to be happy.
The truth: In Ecclesiastes 3 it says there is a time for everything, for every purpose under heaven. “A time to weep, a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to cast stones and a time to gather stones. A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to gain and a time to lose.” Ecclesiastes 3: 4-6
Yeah here’s the deal. The Word is the truth. I believed a lie that God didn’t care about me or that he was angry at me because my life became difficult. I expected him to bless me and love me because I was told “God is love”. Yes, God is love but He is still GOD.
The question to ask yourself is, what lies have you been believing because you haven’t poured yourself into the Word? How can we truly know the truth or the lies that are holding us down if we are just “getting by” as Christians?
(I chose this picture because it just makes me smile. Reminding me joy comes in the morning)
Not what I was expecting to see on the way home, but then you never expect to see a cream coloured 6 wheeled 2CV do you?
Having the weight of an extra axle (well, swing arms I guess) and 2 wheels, plus the extra drag it must stress the already low powered air cooled engine of the 2CV. It develops 29 bhp.
These dates show some reveal some interesting history.
Date of First Registration: 06 03 2007
Year of Manufacture: 1988
Cylinder Capacity (cc): 602cc
It may be Movie Night, but unfortunately Stormtrooper Bruce has "other duties" he has to take care of. The guys understand, and over the years have come to expect the unexpected, but not even STB expected how tonight would turn out.
TK-432: Dude! Cat sitting for the P, while his sister and the kid are away?
TK-1110: You just woke up Monday with Cujo Kitty sitting on your pillow, and a note taped to his crate?
STB: I know. Not the best way to start off your week. And I still don't know how long they'll be gone. However, on the plus side, I've been relieved of all other duties until they return.
TK-432: You know... I can't believe I'm about to say what I'm about to say... but... watching Cujo watching this cat video is kinda fun!
TK-1110: I was thinking the same thing. Who knew they made videos for cats! Pretty entertaining, in a different kind of way!
STB: Last time I had to cat sit, I discovered there are planets out there who actually make videos for their cats to watch. Found one that Cujo loved, and he seems to like this one, too!
TK-432: Dude, be quiet a second! Here comes the part where that little lizard shows up. Cujo really nuts up every time he sees that thing. Wonder if he'll lunge at the tv again?!?
TK-1110: Oh, I like the way he acts when he sees those baby bunnies. Guess he's never seen the ones at the P's Petting Zoo.
STB: You know what, guys? Let's face it. We must be getting old when watching a cat watch a video is exciting. Just call us the Cat-Bros!
TK-432: Yep, that's us. But only as long as that rule about what happens in your quarters stays in your quarters, still applies!
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Viewing Large is always fun. Just click on the image.
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
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Happy birthday my dear sis ... make all your wishes come true Tara
.......How do you expect me to remember your birthday,
when you never look any older? :)......
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Gorgeous texture provided by:'Playingwithbrushes'
Stock butterflies by 'shoofly-stock'
The Bluebirds have completed their nest, pretty much rid the yard of the large flock of competing Bluebirds and are now dealing with Tree Swallows (who have their own box). I expect eggs in the next day or two. We also have three large masses of Wood Frog eggs in the frog pond and the Peepers and Toads are still calling for mates.
Female Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) on a fence post.
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One of very few ancient landscapes remaining in London, these medieval marshes right next to the River Thames were closed to the public for over 100 years and used as a military firing range.
We managed to acquire the site in 2000 and set about transforming it into an important place for nature and a great place for people to visit. Now you can expect to see breeding wading birds in spring and summer, and large flocks of wild ducks in winter.
Birds of prey and rare birds are regularly seen too. There are also water voles in the ditches and rare dragonflies flit across the boardwalks.
There is an innovative visitor centre, with huge picture-windows that look out across the marshes. It is full of environmentally friendly features and already boasts a handful of prestigious architectural awards.
There is also a shop and café and a new wildlife garden and children's adventure play area too. A full events programme offers something for everyone, and while we still have several years to go to finish all the visitor features out on the reserve, it is already an incredible transformation. Boardwalks throughout the reserve give access for wheelchairs and pushchairs.
Opening times
From 1 November to 31 January, we're open from 9.30 am - 4.30 pm. From 1 February to 31 October, it's 9.30 am - 5 pm. We're closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Entrance charges
Car park: voluntary £1 donation. Reserve: Free to RSPB members and residents of Havering and Thurrock. Non-members: £3 adult, £1.50 child, £9 family (two adults and up to four children). There are extra costs for some events - please check when you book.
If you are new to birdwatching...
Birds are easy to see year round. The reserve runs a number of regular events for birdwatchers throughout the year, from novice to expert, including weekly Wednesday guided birding walk with Howard Vaughan, dawn chorus walks, winter spectacle birding event, a new birdwatching club for children, February's flock bird event and spring walks. There are also designated open days and weekends. Please see the events pages for further information.
Information for families
There is an evolving events and walks programme specially designed for families, with activities for all. All the reserve's paths and boardwalks are family and wheelchair friendly. There are also Adventure and Toddler's Playgrounds.
Information for dog owners
No dogs allowed, except registered assistance dogs. However, dogs are allowed on the Thames riverside path - a public footpath and cycleway running adjacent to the reserve.
Star species
Our star species are some of the most interesting birds you may see on your visit to the reserve.
Avocet
The delicate forms and and piping 'kluit' calls of avocets are becoming a more and more frequent site at Rainham throughout the year.
Lapwing
Lapwings from different places visit Rainham Marshes during the year. Wintering birds are replaced by breeding birds in spring and other birds that have bred further north pass through in summer and autumn.
Little egret
Little egrets can now be seen here in large numbers right throughout the year. Dispersing juvenile birds lead to a sudden rise in numbers in late summer and autumn.
Peregrine
The large concentrations of wildfowl and waders regularly attract hunting peregrines - especially in autumn and winter.
Ringed plover
These neatly banded waders can be seen performing their 'run and stop' feeding routine here.
Seasonal highlights
Each season brings a different experience at our nature reserves. In spring, the air is filled with birdsong as they compete to establish territories and attract a mate. In summer, look out for young birds making their first venture into the outside world. Autumn brings large movements of migrating birds - some heading south to a warmer climate, others seeking refuge in the UK from the cold Arctic winter. In winter, look out for large flocks of birds gathering to feed, or flying at dusk to form large roosts to keep warm.
Spring
Wheatears, stonechats, oystercatchers, hobbies, curlews, swifts, sand martins, house martins, warblers, marsh harriers, reed buntings, water and short-tailed voles, damselflies, marsh frogs, grass snakes, water shrews.
Summer
Black-tailed godwits, whimbrels, greenshanks, snipe, little egrets, dunlins, lapwings, teals, swifts, common sandpipers, ruffs, starlings, avocets, yellow wagtails, oystercatchers, yellow-legged gulls, bank and water voles, water shrews, marsh frogs, wasp spiders, red foxes.
Autumn
Marsh harriers, arctic terns, bearded tits, thrushes, finches, skylarks, meadow pipits, jackdaws, stonechats, hen harriers, goshawks, merlins, peregrines, short-eared owls, barn owls, avocets, black-tailed godwits, white fronted geese, pintails, wigeons, crickets, butterflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoats, weasels, red foxes.
Winter
Bullfinches, ringed plovers, oystercatchers, golden plovers, water and rock pipits, little egrets, snipe, chiffchaffs, curlews, lapwings, dunlins, redshanks, shelducks, peregrines, kingfishers, short-eared owls, red foxes, stoats, weasels.
Facilities
Visitor centre
Car park
Toilets
Disabled toilets
Baby-changing facilities
Picnic area
Group bookings accepted
Guided walks available
Good for walking
Pushchair friendly
Viewing points
Currently two bird hides, family orientated Marshland Discovery Zone and several open viewing areas.
Nature trails
There are a network of nature trails currently in place, which are utilised for specific guided walks and events. There are approximately 2.5 miles plus of nature boardwalks, all designed for wheelchair and pushchair access.
Refreshments available
Hot drinks
Cold drinks
Sandwiches
Snacks
Shop
The shop stocks:
Binoculars and telescopes
Books
Bird food
Bird feeders
Nestboxes
Outdoor clothing
Educational facilities
The Education team offer a comprehensive and exciting array of curriculum linked field study visits for all school levels. We have Woodland, Reedbed and Marshland Discovery Zones, an Environment and Education centre, fully equipped classrooms, specific study areas, pond dipping areas and lots more. It's a safe and inspiring environment to get close to nature. A selection of lifelong learning courses on a variety of topics are run throughout the year, along with a range of children's activities, including holiday clubs. Please contact us for further details.
Cafe
Our cafe gives magnificent views not only over the ancient wildlife-filled grazing marsh, but also across Old Father Thames which flows majestically past the window. It is the perfect place to relax after exploring our nature trails or as a respite stop after the hustle and bustle of shopping nearby.
We serve our own exclusive coffee that is grown, imported and roasted by us. It's Fairtrade, organic and certified bird-friendly by the Smithsonian Institute, so now you can help save nature simply by enjoying a great cup of coffee!
Whether you are after a refreshing cuppa and a slice of our fabulous home-made cake, or a filling sandwich, panini or jacket potato, you will find something to tickle your taste buds. We look forward to seeing you soon!
Opening hours
From 1 November-31 March, we're open from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm. From 1 April-31 October it's 9.30 am to 5 pm. We're closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Highlights from our menu:-
Fabulous home-made cakes
Locally-made soup
Freshly-prepared jacket potatoes with a variety of fillings
Locally-baked pies and pasties
Made-to-order toasties, paninis and sandwiches
Lovely cafe with warming soup and fantastic cake. Yummy!
Access to the cafe
The cafe is fully wheelchair-friendly.
Children welcome
We're happy to serve smaller portions and we can also warm baby food in the microwave.
We use local ingredients
All produce is sourced locally where possible, including ham, bacon, sausages, soup and pies.
Dietary requirements
Jacket potatoes, sandwiches etc all have veggie options, as well as a veggie pastry. We have vegan meals. The soup and jacket potatoes are wheat-free; some gluten-free cakes are available.
Accessibility
8 August 2013
This is a Summary Access Statement. A full access statement is available to download from the webpage.
Before you visit
Clear print site leaflet available from our reserve reception
Free entry for RSPB members, residents of Havering and Thurrock. For other visitors admission charges apply. Carer or essential companion admitted free with disabled visitor
No dogs. Registered Assistance dogs only
Visitor Centre, car park and reserve trails are open 9.30 am to 4.30 pm from 1 November-31 March and 9.30 am to 5 pm from 1 April-31 October; closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Check accessibility for events and activities.
How to get here
Purfleet Railway Station is a 15 minute walk to reserve
Bus stops near the reserve entrance.
Car parking
110 spaces and seven Blue Badge spaces
Gates locked at 5 pm
Surface is loose gravel
No formal drop-off point
No height restrictions.
Visitor centre and shop
Ground floor shop, slight slope to heavy door with 10 mm lip, normally open. Assistance bell. Non-slip tiles. Reasonable lighting. Some display units tall or deep. Pen and paper available. Bird seed bins are outside the shop.
The visitor centre and cafe are on first floor, accessed by a long ramp left of Blue Badge parking. Entry by two sets of double heavy doors opening outwards. No threshold. NOTE JUNE 2012, power assistance is out of order so an alternative bell is provided.
Step-free, level access throughout and non-slip tiles. Lowered counter section. Good lighting. Pen and paper available. Binocular hire. Staff available to assist.
Nature trails
Three signposted trails, a mix of flat gravel surface paths and boardwalks. Information boards in large print. Trails start at the visitor centre across a short section of non slip grill with a short steep section. You can leave the reserve part way round and along the River Thames. Use the one way turnstile or gate (Gate key code available from reception)
Viewing facilities
Four hides on the circular walk. None on the Woodland walk. All level entry either adapted for wheelchair spaces or designed for everyone to gain the same great views. Marshland Discovery Zone has touch interpretation. Shooting Butts Hide has 14 stairs and a lift.
Toilets and baby changing facilities
Accessible toilet on ground and first floors (Baby changing in first floor)
Catering
Café on first floor. Good lighting. Non slip tile flooring. Self-service. Menus are clear print. Staff available to assist.
Picnic area
Eleven tables with wheelchair spaces, on soft and hard surfaces, level ground behind visitor centre. Alternatively, a table in the adventure playground and toddler's play area. Visitors are welcome to consume their own food and drink here.
Education facilities
Education team offer a wide and exciting array of curriculum linked field study visits at our Environment and Education centre, fully equipped classrooms, specific study areas, pond dipping areas.
Help us improve accessibility by sending feedback to the Site Manager.
For more information
Rainham Marshes
E-mail: rainham.marshes@rspb.org.uk
Telephone:01708 899840
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How to get here
By train
The nearest railway station to this reserve is Purfleet. Purfleet train station is on the C2C line from Fenchurch Street. The reserve is a 15 minute walk from the station following the brown pedestrian signs along the riverside path. Turn right out of the station and then join the path at the Royal Pub. Follow the Riverside path and then cross the Mardyke Bridge to the Visitor Centre.
By bus
The ensignbus 44 bus route which runs between Lakeside and Orsett Hospital, Grays, stops near the reserve entrance on New Tank Hill Road. This bus runs every hour and up to 30 minutes during peak periods. The service is operated by Ensignbus (01708 865656).
By road
The reserve is located off New Tank Hill Road (A1090) in Purfleet which is just off the A1306 between Rainham and Lakeside. This is accessible from the Aveley, Wennington and Purfleet junction off the A13 and J30/31 of the M25.
Cycling at Rainham Marshes
RSPB Rainham Marshes is just a stone's throw from London, easily accessible by public transport, on foot and by bike. Located on ancient marshland nestled beside the river Thames, it really is a special place to enjoy the great outdoors.
The reserve itself offers a leisurely amble in a superb setting with fantastic facilities such as an award-winning, eco-friendly visitor centre with cafe and shop.
If cycling is your thing, a brand new cycle route links the villages of Purfleet and Rainham. This runs beside the reserve, following the Thames, looping round and passing the stone barges.
Both on the reserve and along the riverside path, you will see a variety of interesting, sometimes rare, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians as well as bugs and beasties of all kinds. You will also be able to learn so much of the history and importance of this area.
Our work here
Rainham Marshes protects an ancient, low-lying grazing marsh in the Thames Estuary. Its complex of wet grassland and ditches, together with rank grassland and scrub, supports many breeding and wintering birds.
Wildlife also includes scarce wetland plants and insects, and a key population of the nationally declining water vole.
The site has a history of neglect, but the RSPB is working to restore important habitats and improve their biodiversity. This will transform a former wasteland into an important natural asset, and help raise public awareness of local conservation issues.
Managing the marsh
Birdlife on the marsh includes breeding waders, such as lapwing, redshank and snipe, as well as important numbers of wintering wildfowl, waders, finches and birds of prey.
We plan to enhance the habitat for these birds by creating a mosaic of unflooded tussocky grassland, flooded short grassland and semi-permanent pools. This will also benefit important plant species, such as golden dock.
Meanwhile we will improve the ditch system for the benefit of water voles, reptiles and amphibians, invertebrates and breeding birds.
Leaving well alone
We will leave the areas of tall rank grass and scattered scrub unmanaged in order to retain their existing conservation value. Wildlife in these habitats includes small mammals, reptiles and invertebrates, and birds such as wintering short-eared owls and breeding stonechats.
We will also look after sandy areas for their specialist insect life.
Silt lagoons
Lagoons on the reserves are currently used for commercial silt dredging. We will work around this in order re-create and maintain a complex of brackish lagoons and reed-swamp for important wildlife, including breeding, wintering and passage waterfowl.
While some lagoons will remain operational, we will manage others rotationally and keep the rest permanently open.
Access for all
We aim to make the site accessible to everyone, without impinging on the dredging operation or compromising our conservation priorities. We will develop and promote the reserve as a major visitor attraction and centre for environmental education. We aim to encourage interest in local and general conservation, and create a broader understanding of the work of the RSPB.
Funding
Current work is being funded by the EU’s Interreg IVA Two Seas Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2007-2013, Homes and Communities Agency’s Parklands Funding administered by Essex County Council, and Biffa Award and Veolia Cleanaway Havering Riverside Trust, both through the Landfill Communities Fund.
Thanks to help on the reserve from employees of Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC, Earthwatch, Barclays, Royal Mail, Family Mosaic, Ipsos Media we have been able to deliver more for wildlife and people at Rainham Marshes.
"While dressed up in my very best, I wish you luck and all the rest."
A real photo postcard postmarked Tunbridge Falls, 27 Sep 13, and addressed to: Miss Hornsby, c/o Mrs. Fail, 180 Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Falls.
Message: "Dear Joyce, I expect you are very glad your birthday has come. I hope you will have a very happy one. Lots of love and kisses from Auntie Mary."
For another real photo postcard from the same publisher, see God Bless You This Christmastide.
Olden but no longer golden.....
Poor 37205 (KSU391) must be a regular visitor to the paint booth at First Glasgow’s Caledonia Depot as it’s possibly the only vehicle to have been painted in two branded liveries and then been painted back out of them into standard livery. The bus - which was delivered as SF57MKA - originally was refurbished, re-registered and rebranded for the U1/U2 services for the University of the West of Scotland in Lanarkshire and received a red front.
Sadly that service didn’t prove as popular as expected, and so it was then repainted again with a gold front for the X1 Hamilton - Glasgow Express.
However as a result of COVID-19, First have now elected to withdraw the X1, along with some other routes such as the X2 and 32 services. It’s now been repainted in standard livery, but unusually - for a First Glasgow bus at least - it retains the large Glasgow fleet name. And it looks a whole lot better for it as a result.
Surprise !!! Clowesia warscewiczii. Il y a des plantes que l'on ne s'attend pas á rencontrer car on pense qu'elle vivent dans une autre région et tout d'un coup elles apparaissent in situ durant un tour de 11 jours que j'ai guidé. dans les départements du Valle del Cauca et du Cauca, Colombie. en plus c'est un genre que je n'avais jamais vu fleuri en milieu naturel et qui sent bon la citronnelle !
Surprise !!! Clowesia warscewiczii. There are plants you don't expect to find because you think they live in another region and suddenly they appear in situ during an 11 days tour I guided in Valle del Cauca and Cauca departments, Colombia. Moreover a genus I had never seen blooming in its native habitat and that smells good to lemongrass !
Sorpresa !!! Clowesia warscewiczii. Hay plantas que uno no espera encontrar porque piensa que vienen de otra region y de repente aparecen in situ durante un tour de 11 días que guié en los departamentos del Valle del Cauca y del Cauca, Colombia. Además es un género que nunca había visto florecido en su hábitat natural y que huele rico a citronela !
Reposted from 2011 with a new scan:
Where it was postmarked is illegible, but it was mailed to an address in Hanover, Indiana. This card is embossed, with the embossing coming through the verso side. Beautiful penmanship even with the embossing.
A long time ago… in galaxies far far away, the first stars were born in the early universe. But when and how? That’s a mystery Webb is one step closer to solving.
Using Webb, researchers have found two early galaxies that are unusually bright, one of which could contain the most distant starlight ever seen. The galaxies are thought to have existed 350 and 450 million years after the big bang (respectively, from top to bottom). Unlike our Milky Way, these first galaxies are small and compact, with spherical or disk shapes rather than grand spirals.
Webb’s new findings suggest that the galaxies would have had to begin coming together about 100 million years after the big bang — meaning that the first stars might have started forming in such galaxies around that time, much earlier than expected.
Follow-up observations with Webb’s spectrographs will confirm the distances of these primordial galaxies and help us learn more about the earliest stars. More: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/nasa-s-webb-draws-back-...
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Tommaso Treu (UCLA)
[Image description: Two vertically stacked views of galaxy cluster Abell 2744 as seen by the Webb telescope. Both views feature countless galaxies of all shapes and sizes speckling the black backdrop of space. Some are spiral, some more disk-shaped and others spherical. Farther galaxies are only seen as dots. Their colors include blue, pink, orange, and white. The view at the bottom is differentiated by bright white stars with long diffraction spikes, unseen in the view at the top. Towards the left of both views, there is a small white box highlighting a notable galaxy. These two tiny boxes have diagonal lines connecting them to close-ups of their contents, placed in much larger inset boxes on the right. The close-up box on the top, labeled as 1, shows a red dot along with some surrounding streaks of foreground galaxies. This red dot is a never-before-seen galaxy thought to have existed 350 million years after the big bang. The close-up box on the bottom, labeled as 2, shows a central red disk with a few other blurry and fuzzy foreground galaxies. This disk is another never-before-seen galaxy, this one thought to have existed 450 million years after the big bang.]
With 5 September 2009 expected to see the last ever loco-hauled FGW summer Saturday Bristol-Weymouth working, DB decided to bring the curtain down in style with superbly-presented 37670 and 37401 replacing the usual ‘top and tail’ Class 67s. An extra coach was added for the expected enthusiast element, but the service was still reported as ‘standing room only’ after Bath. The outward service is captured leaving Oldfield Park, a short distance west of Bath Spa. As it turned out, an ongoing shortage of DMUs would force FGW to continue with loco-hauled trains for another year, with the real finale of the Weymouth working coming at the end of the 2010 season - marked then with haulage by GWR lined green 57604.
The partial arch turned out better than I expected. When you are so up close, its really hard to get everything into the frame.
Kenmawr
From "The Peanuts Movie", Craig and Bryan Schulz, Blue Sky Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation, 2015. Screen capture, 2016, adapted. It is a wonderful movie. Check it out if you haven't already. No rights assumed.
I expect to pass through this world but once;
any good thing therefore that I can do, or any
kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature,
let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it,
for I shall not pass this way again.
Expect more Umbara builds from me in the future! :D
So yeah, I finally got some Dark Trans-Blue Lightsabers. And I decaled that 501st Trooper all by myself! Decals by Deanlego.
37419 Slows for the stop at Sellafield station with 2C32 0515 Carlisle to Preston 11th June 2015. Expect a visit from the armed Sellafield police at this location, which will include a name and address check!
Wasn't expecting to see this in Tunbridge today!, and the Passenger Plus+ Bus was on Southern TrainsRail Replacement Services to and from Redhill following the recent track colapse near Edenbridge, and this was the best I could do of this vehicle due to the sun being out and of course Tunbridge's awfull traffic problems, which make Tunbridge the WORST place I have ever been for photography.
And be sure to check by my other acount: www.flickr.com/photos_user.gne?path=&nsid=77145939%40..., to see what else I saw Very Recently!!
Well I didn't expect to see this today! Despite cloud cover all afternoon, the eclipse appeared for three brief minutes before dipping below another bank of clouds.
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I didn't have time to get my solar filter on to image the sunspots, but at least I was able to capture some detail in the foreground and background.
Fun in the sun - A few shots of the sun's sunspots and the next day's solar eclipse
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Today just seemed like a good day to play in water and, while fun, it was also a lot more difficult than I had expected. I guess all the fantastic photos on flickr made it seem far too easy. It was, however, fascinating to see what a small drop does when it falls into a bowl of water. This photo is of the drop of water being propelled back up and out of the water into which it had fallen. I can certainly see myself spending a lot more time with this in the future.
Look at that view. Having never been to Pittsburgh, it was impressive. I was informed by a Saudi exchange student (a wonderful guy named Abdul) that the view hasn't changed in 60 years. It may lose it's magic after all that time, but for me, it seemed prettier than I expected for Pittsburgh.
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Model: Ashleigh K
A few weeks ago I learnt how to create a neon type text in photoshop and was waiting for an opportunity to use it. As soon as I found out that I was shooting Ashleigh I knew what I had in mind.
The Studio had these backgrounds that could be placed upright and it was just covered with old torn wallpaper which I saw from a previous shoot, so I used that. In my head I knew I needed the model to look between 10 and 11 and I knew how I wanted her to pose and that worked out great.
I was not sure what to write on the text and I had three choices, either 'expecting', 'coming soon' or just a '?'. After discussing with the Ashleigh I went with the above.
I took the image in photoshop and added a brick wall texture and used the soft light blending mode to blend the two backgrounds. I then added the text and made adjustments to the drop shadow, outer glow and colour overlay.
One thing that I thought of was that if your under a neon sign you will get some light on you, so I took a brush and used the same colour as the sign and I went around the sign, wall and the front part of Ashleigh. I took it back into lightroom and increased the clarity, contrast and reduced the highlights and blacks and just added a little bit of lens vignetting.
A window with birds from Sporon Hungary for Window Wednesdays.
Captured in the main old city square, late in the afternoon Oct. 2014 with an Olympus EM10 and edited this morning.
Just returned from the monkey temple down the road from our place.
Never know what to expect upon arriving and this trip was no different in that respect.
Coming around a corner at the base of the mountain I could hear festive music unlike the other day when all I herd was temple dogs barking and monkeys fighting.
Getting closer I observed workers putting up bleachers and a stage along with canvas shade with plastic chairs common here in Thailand.
Music sounded old Thai and very pleasant to the ears.
Spotted some shade under a big old tree close to where the bananas had been, pulled in and dismounted with camera in hand.
Slowly walked over where some monkeys were devouring a pile of Jack Fruit, found a safe comfortable spot and just started watching.
Seemed to be a number of females young and old, most with new born baby's in tow.
After about 10 minutes I noticed the females were having some kind of dispute among them. Soon it was obvious what was taking place !
Older females were attempting to kidnap the baby's from the younger females, which is only a guess on my part.
Many ideas come into play, sense there was a new Alpha Male ruling the tribe maybe they were trying to kill off the old Alpha's off spring. Maybe they were jealous, maybe I don't really have a clue !
A couple kidnappers ran off into the jungle with a new born never to be seen again. This is real life in the jungle. Brutal at times, Beautiful at others.
This little guy was terrified but reunited with his mom only seconds after this photo, she was only an arms length away and keeping a close eye on him.
Right after arriving the sun broke through the overcast sky and the temperature sky rocketed as did the humidity!
Figured a rain storm was about to take place at any time, so I shot fast.
Didn't take long and a couple of rain drops hit my hat, large like a marble and fast. Stepped back under an over hang of rock and boom sky opened up.
While standing there big vans started pulling in full of Thais here for some type of Buddhist ceremony.
As fast as the rain came it ended but one could see this is only the first of what the sky had in store for us.
Fired off a couple hundred more shots and figured this is good for today as lightning was now starting to make it's presence known in a violent display of noise and light.
Pulled the rain cover over the Think Tank Bag, mounted my ride and headed for home before being caught up in another down pour that was on it's way.
4 clicks from home the sky once again opened up right behind me and started to do it's thing.
Leaned forward, twisted the wick on my scooter and went for it.
Had no choice, rain was right on my heals, falling faster and faster and catching up quickly.
Came flying down the drive way and into the carport just as the whole sky lit up and opened up, close one...;-)
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Of course WeeNee and The Worm were nice and dry waiting for my return, they both had been stretched out on the steps under cover with out a worry in the world.
For the most part I made it unscathed, slightly wet on the back and top of shoulders, no big deal at all.
Right now it's hard to see the other side of the river it's coming down so hard, monsoon will be here in June.
As for the duct tape, knife, and tape is if I get bit, wrap it and head for help. Knife is for what ever use it needs to be used for.
For the next week or so there will be a number of monkey photos coming, hope your up for it. Thanks in advance ..;-)
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Taken hand held under a triple canopy jungle
D300 Nikon, 70-300VR Nikkor.
Jon&Crew
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In light of expected privatisations and large financing gaps in infrastructure, energy and other sectors across the region, effective capital markets platforms are becoming increasingly important. This session explored how financial hubs such as the Astana International Financial Centre can facilitate channeling of domestic and international investment to catalyse growth as well as set standards in relation to corporate governance, skills and green innovation.
Moderator
Mattia Romani
Managing Director, Economics, Policy & Governance, EBRD
Speakers
Hao Fu
Managing Director, Shanghai Stock Exchange
Jarosław Grzywiński
Vice President of the Exchange Management Board, Warsaw Stock Exchange
Nurlan Kussainov
CEO, Astana International Financial Centre Authority
Andre Kuusvek
Director, Local Currency & Capital Market Development, EBRD
David Walker
Head of Public Sector, EMEA, Citi