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Britain’s first daily newspaper was published in London on 11 March 1702 in somewhat unusual circumstances: it was produced by a man who turned out to be a woman; it carried no news about England, only from abroad; and it didn’t offer any opinions, leaving its readers to make up their own minds.
The paper was called the Daily Courant and was produced at a house near the King’s Arms inn near Fleet Bridge by Elizabeth Mallet, who found it a good career move to pretend it was all done by a man. Women weren’t supposed to do that sort of thing in those days, although, curiously, the only paper which also claimed, less successfully, to be Britain’s first – the Norwich Post – was also run for a while by a woman called Elizabeth – Elizabeth Burges.
Elizabeth Mallet’s journal consisted of two pages, with foreign news on the front and advertisements on the back. It is not clear why she chose to report only foreign news, but it may have been that it was considerably cheaper than paying for home news. She was way ahead of her time in presuming that her readers had “sense enough to make reflections for themselves“. Not many papers today would follow that approach.
I quite like the turquoise and orange colour combination here, as Gemini 2 36172 passes Streetdeck 35141. As I found with NCT's E400 Cities, turquoise liveried buses seem to be particularly pleasing on the eye, and the route 13 livery was certainly my favourite Network Norwich colour seen on the Gemini 2s.
I would never have expected a Streetdeck of all things to look nice, but First have managed it here with these spotlessly presented orange ones for routes 21 and 22. I still think the styling is questionable, but compared to those ugly orange ones in Reading, the Norwich ones look fantastic! Just a shame I was a bit too late to catch the Presidents working on the orange line.
Castle Meadow, Norwich, 19.7.23
First Essex 42941 (WA56 OAO)
Alexander Dennis Pointer
Route 56 to Beaulieu Park
Chelmsford Station, Essex
Taken on 01/10/2021
This bus was new to First Devon and Cornwall and came to Essex via First Manchester.
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No matter how bad my day is, what worries I have. But when I walk out onto my driveway and get hit with this view!! It all goes away.
First West of England’s WSM based 69435 WX59 BYM is seen making an unusual appearance on the A3 arriving into Bristol Airport
First light at the pier when I arrived at the beach this morning. You can really see just how low the tide was, creating some lovely lines in the sand along with the awesome reflections. This was taken using a 25 second exposure to get the movement in the clouds.
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Seen at Knockholt Pound on 23 September 2023 is Former First London and Tower Transit 41424, new as DML424 with Centrewest in 2001. It is a Marshall bodied Dennis Dart SLF and is now in preservation. It was running in conjunction with the Open Day at the Metrobus Orpongton garage to commemorate 40 years of Metrobus.
Wright Eclipse Gemini Volvo B7TL new 9/2006 as First Somerset & Avon 32684 Taken on Kingsway Newport
Very strange wording and where’s the marker for the “First Female White”? The old foundation is still slightly recognizable in the background.
The venerable old building in which I strove mightily to see the light. Irwinton Baptist Church was constituted on June 24, 1837. The name of the town changed to Eufaula in 1843 and consequently the name of the church became Eufaula Baptist Church. The church assumed its third name in 1869 when it was changed to First Baptist Church of Eufaula. The church met temporarily in the male academy at the NW corner of Union and Livingston Streets. In 1841 a new church building was erected at the NW corner of Union and Forsyth Streets. The second church was built at this location and was dedicated on Nov. 5, 1871. The building was destroyed by fire caused by lightning on Aug. 12, 1907 and rebuilt using the same exterior walls without the steeple. The church has been painted and restored since this photograph was taken.
First International Conference on Nuclear Law: The Global Debate, held at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 26 April 2022
Plenary Session No. 2
Nuclear Security: Issues and Trends
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Keynote Speaker:
Regine Gaucher, Ministry of Energy - Defense and Security Directorate - Nuclear Security Department, France
Moderator:
Peri Lynne Johnson, Legal Advisor and Director, Office of Legal Affairs, IAEA
Technical Officer: Jonathan Herbach, Legal Officer, Nuclear and Treaty Law Section, OLA, IAEA
Panelists:
Jonathan Herbach, Legal Officer, Nuclear and Treaty Law Section, IAEA-OLA
Samantha Neakrase, U.S. Department of Energy, NNSA
Frederic Morris, Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Madalina Man, Advisor, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Masood Karimipour, Chief, Terrorism Prevention Branch, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
Jiabin Bao, Deputy Director General, State Nuclear Security Technology Center (SNSTC), China
In 1939 many Children were evacuated from london by train, these two, obviously twins, are travelling first class, unescorted, surrounded by their luggage and toys. They are travelling from Liverpool St. to Norwich, where they will be transferred by car to their grand parents country estate for the duration of the war.
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First Glasgow Volvo B7, SF06GXJ (69038) cab view. Seen in North Motherwell on the 241 prior to heading back to Cleland.
AR 365 ~ Easter Sunday ~ Wildcard flower
This lovely red flower came up in our front yard flower bed today. It is our first flower of the season.
This photo was taken at Bosque Del Apache many years ago. Every winter thousands of Sandhill Cranes and Snow Geese return to Bosque. They do put up quite a show every morning as they get ready to fly out to their feeding grounds. Some times things just line up and you get a beautiful sunrise to add to the drama.