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Just because my blog and Flickr account are to be a record of my crafty doings... a (slightly too small) hat made in pink merino for my sweet girl. Photo from back in March.
Given to me by my daughter. I wore this as a necklace long after my dear Border Collie, Raz, passed away, & especially when I was traveling. The other piece is a Seven Goddesses Blossom. If I remember correctly, I bought it at one of the Highland Games in Vista, CA.
Minister Alistair Burt shaking hands with Given Imaging's CFO Yuval Yanai at their offices in Yoqneam as UKTI Israel Director Richard Salt looks on.
The old Nelson Longflap given to me by Todd Boulanger last December has seen service on the Long Haul Trucker, regularly getting stuffed with gear on my various bike camping and touring excursions over the year. After all that wear and tear, the 30 year old bag needed some TLC. So I removed it from the LHT and brought it to my local outdoor repair guru, Matt at Mountain Soles. I picked it up on Tuesday.
Mountain Soles patched a couple places on the bottom of the bag, and also patched the area around the left buckle, as it was starting to pull away from the bag. They also replaced one of the flap snaps (ha!) that had fallen off. This required more patching. Another minor repair that I ended up doing was replacing the screw to the wooden dowel, as the original one here is MIA.
This is one of the things I love about traditional bags and their canvas: they can be repaired. Now hopefully I'll get several more years of life out of this bag. Now it will see duty on the Raleigh Crested Butte.
This is a photograph from the start of both races in the 7th annual Longwood Village 10KM and 5KM Road Races and Fun Runs which were held in Longwood Village, Longwood, Co. Meath, Ireland on Sunday 23rd October 2016 at 11:00. The races are held annually to support the development of the local GAA club while also supporting local charities. The race has support from Trim AC which sees the race have full AAI premit status. These races have grown steadily over the years and this year almost 400 participants to part in the two races. This is an impressive statistic given that a very large number of local runners will be preparing for the Dublin City marathon 7 days from now. However both races provide marathon runners and all other runners, joggers and walkers with an ideal opportunity to race on a very fair course in a beautiful rural setting. Barry Clarke of Longwood GAA and Trim AC and his very large group of volunteers deserve the highest of praise for the very high standard of organisation immediately apparent to anyone taking part in the race. Overall the whole day was a great success with the hard work put in by the organising committee ensuring that participants enjoyed their race experience. Both routes were accurately measured, kilometer points clearly marked, junctions well stewarded, and electronic timing provided. The event provided many local runners, joggers, fun runners and walkers with a local event to support whilst at the same time providing runners preparing for events such as the Dublin marathon with an opportunity to race a short, fast, distance in the lead up to marathon day. The GAA club provided excellent stewarding and traffic management all around the course. The race had a professional feel to it and it is sure to grow next year given the very positive feedback from many of the participants today. The weather didn't exactly play ball with some heavy showers of rain for both races. However this didn't do anything to dampen the atmosphere of the race.
We have an extensive set of photographs from all of the races today in the following Flickr Album: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/albums/72157672030705623
Timing and event management was provided by PopUpRaces.ie. Results are available on their website at www.popupraces.ie/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2015: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157660017638535
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2014: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157648845224981/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM and 10KM 2013: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157636477484093/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2012: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157631820426332/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2011: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157627782257481/
Our photographs from Longwood 5KM 2010: www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157625058772687/
Longwood is a small village in South East Co. Meath and is close to the town of Enfield with access to the M4 Motorway. The weather was almost perfect for road running. A beautiful crisp autumn morning with dry cool conditions. 5KM Course: The 5KM started in Longwood village. Runners then took a left turn in the Village down St. Oliver's Road. This straight section of road brings runners to a left turn onto a very well maintained boreen road for less than one kilometer. The race then emerges and joins with the 10KM at Stoneyford where the runners take a left and then another left before arriving back at the finish line in Longwood GAA club. Overall this is a very fast and flat 5KM with no hills to speak of.
10KM Course: The 10KM event begins in Longwood Village outside Dargan's Pub and proceeds westward out of the village. There are some interesting points along this part of the course. At the 2KM point the runners will run under the double bridges - an aquaduct for the Royal Canal and a bridge carrying the Dublin Sligo Railway line. The race then enters county Kildare just before the 3km and after taking a right turn at the four-cross roads known locally as Lally's Cross it returns to County Meath on top of the River Boyne Bridge (Ashfield Bridge) which forms the county boundary. The race follows a straight road for the next 2KM until runners encounter Blackshade bridge which is the toughest climb on the route. As a point of interest Blackshade bridge brings runners back over the Royal Canal and the Railway line. The race then crosses the River Boyne again at Stoneyford before taking a right which will bring runners on a testing two kilometer stretch with some short hills. The 10KM course then joins with the 5Km course for the final 1.5KM back to Longwood GAA club for the finish.
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I ran in the race - but my photograph doesn't appear here in your Flickr set! What gives?
As mentioned above we take these photographs as a hobby and as a voluntary contribution to the running community in Ireland. Very often we have actually ran in the same race and then switched to photographer mode after we finished the race. Consequently, we feel that we have no obligations to capture a photograph of every participant in the race. However, we do try our very best to capture as many participants as possible. But this is sometimes not possible for a variety of reasons:
►You were hidden behind another participant as you passed our camera
►Weather or lighting conditions meant that we had some photographs with blurry content which we did not upload to our Flickr set
►There were too many people - some races attract thousands of participants and as amateur photographs we cannot hope to capture photographs of everyone
►We simply missed you - sorry about that - we did our best!
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he's trying to collect and build all of the lego kits in this series, and wanted this one.
copyright © 2009 sean dreilinger
view given free choice throughout the store, nick makes a modest selection - _MG_2679 on a black background.
I was given the wonderful opportunity by Jan & Frank to photograph their wedding in April 2014. It was my first wedding shoot and I was incredibly nervous and though I thought I was prepared I realise now that I was no where near as prepared as I needed to be. For my first wedding though I am happy with the images produced and it is certainly helped me understand more about my photograph practice and work.
These images were all taken with a Canon 70D by Hannah Smith.
Critique is welcome on these images.
The criminal attack being planned against Syria is based on lies. They are not hard to expose.
The Syrian government was given a formal request on Saturday, Aug. 24 to grant access to a United Nations team of inspectors to the town in the outskirts of Damascus to determine if chemical weapons had been used. The Syrian government granted permission the very next day, Sunday, Aug. 25.
Obama administration officials then immediately declared that the inspections no longer mattered because the Syrian government had delayed UN weapons inspectors’ access to the site. In fact, top U.S. officials called UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon on Aug. 25 (when Syria agreed that the inspectors could visit) demanding that he cancel the UN weapons inspections because they “were pointless.” (Wall Street Journal, Aug. 26)
The claim against Syria is ludicrous. The Syrian government would not have an interest in using chemical weapons knowing that it would be the trigger for NATO military intervention. The government was winning the war. The foreign-backed armed rebel groups could only win the war if the U.S. and/or NATO intervened directly.
Every imperialist attack and every imperialist-inspired regime change strategy requires a pretext and a public rationale. There needs to be a noble cause to justify the aggression. Since it is the 21st century rather than the 19th century, the politicians of western capitalism have to conceal and mask their predatory aims as they routinely bomb and kill people in the Middle East, Asia and Africa who resist allowing their lands and resources to fall under the domination of western corporations, banks and business interests.
“Public opinion” required a humanitarian motive for the bombing of Afghanistan in 2001, Iraq in 2003, Libya in 2011 and Syria in 2013.
The greatest purveyors of violence in the world present themselves as the greatest purveyors of humanitarian interests in the world.
Syria is not threatening the United States nor is anyone in the Obama administration suggesting such a threat exists. Thus, the planned military strikes against Syria are a violation of the UN Charter and international law.
Read more at: www.answercoalition.org/national/news/lies-the-imperialis...
*John Taylor was appointed head teacher at Merriton. Ref: Adelaide Observer (SA) Saturday 10 January 1880 p29
*November 3
Our public school was examined on Thursday last by the inspector, who reported it to be in a very satisfactory state. Ref: South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide SA) Monday 8 November 1880.
*November 28
A Jubilee treat was given to the school children on Thursday last.
The children assembled at the school at 11 am, and after being each provided with a flag, were driven in the wagons of Messrs J Davidson, W Williams and J Watson to the scene of the sports, a paddock of Mr Davidson’s, on the banks of the Broughton.
Soon after their arrival tarpaulins were spread in the shade of some trees and dinner was served first to the children and the to their elders. It may be here remarked that the catering was highly creditable to the ladies as there was both abundance and variety of choice food. Also Mr Davidson had very kindly sent a good supply of oranges whilst lollies, nuts, &c had been supplied by others.
The afternoon was then spent in races and other sports for both boys and girls, for whose enjoyment the adult males worked vigorously. The day being very hot many of the youths and boys indulged in a swim in the river. After, tea had been served and the remainder of the sports concluded, the boys gave three cheers for their entertainers and a start was made for the schoolroom.
When all were seated the chair was taken by Mr W H Binney, a member of the Board of Advice who gave a short address to the children on the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.
This was followed by a number of songs and recitations by the children.
During the evening one hundred medals, kindly presented by Mr John Miller, were distributed amongst past and present scholars. The presentation was made by Mrs Binney on behalf of Mrs Miller, who had unfortunately been summoned from the picnic by the news of the death of her. father. After the presentation "God Save the Queen" was sung, and later on the proceedings were concluded with the 'Song of Australia' by Mrs Taylor. Ref: Areas' Express (Booyoolee SA) Friday 2 December 1887.
*E White appointed head teacher Merriton. Ref: Evening Journal (Adelaide SA) Thursday 8 June 1893.
*Merriton May 26
A largely-attended social was held in the Merriton schoolroom last night to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Taylor and family, who are leaving this district for Hallett. Mr Binney occupied the chair and spoke in most eulogistic terms concerning Mr Taylor, who has been a schoolmaster here for the past 13 years. Several others also expressed their sorrow at the departure of Mr Taylor and his family. Ref: South Australian Chronicle (Adelaide SA) Saturday 10 June 1893.
*Thomas Helier Sarre Nicolle appointed head teacher Merriton. Ref: The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide SA) Adelsa Thursday 10 August 1893.
*MERRITON July 17
Last Friday was set apart for Arbor Day, but, owing to the rain tree-planting had to be postponed until fine weather. However the afternoon was beautifully bright and fine, enabling the school children, their parents and friends to proceed to the school paddock, where sports and games were enjoyed. Three thoughtful young ladies added much to the pleasant afternoon by liberally serving fruit and sweets to all from the large baskets they carried. At 4 o'clock an excellent dinner was provided for by the parents and friends.
For the evening no programme had been prepared, but Mr W H Binney took the chair, and the school children and several local friends rendered songs and recitations. The children's singing especially was much appreciated, and their teachers, Mr McSweeny and Miss Helen McSweeny, worked cheerfully to make an enjoyable evening. Ref: Adelaide Observer (SA) Saturday 28 July 1900.
*Even the boys at the school have taken
advantage of the recent rains and have sown their agronomy plots with a large variety of wheats, some of which are already making their appearance through the ground. Ref: Adelaide Observer (SA) Saturday 9 May 1903.
*November 4
Inspector Maughan conducted the annual examination at Clement’s Gap School on Thursday and at Merriton today.
A large proportion of passes were secured at both schools, and the inspector expressed himself as highly gratified. Ref: The Register (Adelaide SA) Monday 7 November 1904.
*May 26
Empire Day was celebrated by the local school, joining in with Redhill and some other schools, in a massed function held at Redhill. The weather conditions militated against a large attendance, but as the day wore on matters improved, and those who did turn out to do honour to the occasion were rewarded by a most profitable and enjoyable outing. Ref: Observer (Adelaide SA) Saturday 3 June 1905.
*October 28
On Thursday Inspector Maughan examined the Clement's Gap School, and Inspector McBride visited the Merriton School for the same purpose. Both schools acquitted themselves well.
Inspector McBride was especially pleased with the singing and drill of the latter school, where nearly all the children were promoted. Register (Adelaide SA) Tuesday 31 October 1905.
* MERRITON November 3
The annual picnic in aid of the Clement's Gap Institute was held in the Wood Reserve. There was a large muster of the children of Clement's Gap and Merriton school children and their friends. After an excellent luncheon an extensive programme of sports was carried out. After tea a concert was held in the institute. The building was crowded, and fully proved the necessity of the proposed scheme of enlarging the hall.
All the numbers were well received and vociferously cheered.
Miss Jeffry and Mr Billinghurst, the teachers of the two schools, were heartily thanked and complimented for training the children. Supper and dancing followed. Ref: Register (Adelaide SA) Wednesday 7 November 1906.
*School Concert at Merriton
A grand concert and dance was held in the Merriton hall on Thursday evening, October 4, in aid of the school funds, a fine musical programme being rendered by the teacher and scholars. Grades I— IV, contributed four items, which were greatly enjoyed.
Jean Inglis had success with her recitations; Lindsay Inglis merited applause for both singing and reciting: Willie Inglis, Glen Crouch; Hita Gritawood, Alex, Eddie, Jim and Willie Liddle each recited in a manner worthy of commendation. Mrs Leahy supplied the necessary music for the concert. From the opening chorus to the final curtain there was not a dull moment, and the scholars deserve highest praise for their splendid effort. Mr A J Leahy (head teacher) gave an exhibition of ventriloquism with his doll 'Archie,' and received a great ovation.
Dancing was indulged in for the remainder of the evening, and a supper was provided by the ladies committee. Mr A J Leahy, the teacher in charge, desires to thank all who assisted to make the concert the great success it was. Ref: Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (SA) Friday 12 October 1928.
*“Back to School” at Merriton
Approximately 300 gathered at Merriton on 22nd March, 1941, to take part in the “Back to School”celebrations.
At the dinner the visitors were welcomed back by Mr Max Crouch (president, Mr Peter Sinclair (invitation committee), Miss Shirley Marshall (a present scholar).
Old scholars who spoke in response were Mr Jim Davidson, Mr Syd Wilkin, Mrs Mathews (nee Margaret Davidson) and Mrs Tilbrook (nee Phyllis Billinghurst).
All expressed their appreciation of the excellent meal provided and their pleasure at once again meeting their old schoolmates.
In the afternoon 126 old scholars answered their names when the roll was called by Mr A J Leahy (former teacher).
The District Inspector Mr M Gerlach inspected the school, but experienced some difficulty in securing good answers and maintaining order among the scholars. | Oldest of the Old Scholars were Mr Richard Dennis, Mr Ted Kiely. Mrs G Vanstone (nee Binney) and Mr Albert Vanstone.
Sports were held after school, bowling at the stump was won by Mr Ted Sinclair and Mr R Crouch won the kick of the football.
A large crowd partook of| the tea and still a larger crowd was present at the dance.
Total takings for the day including donations from old scholars absent were £41/7/3. Proceeds were in aid of School and Patriotic Funds.
Visitors and old scholars came from Adelaide, Kadina, Jamestown, Mundoora, Owen, Blyth, Undalya, Crystal Brook, Warooka, Lake View, Wandearah, Koolunga, Red Hill, Lameroo, Georgetown, McKay (Queensland), Gulnare, Snowtown, Port Pirie, Yorketown, Clement's Gap, and Whyalla.
An interesting feature was the reunion of the Davidson family, who were all together for the first time for 31 years. Ref: Laura Standard and Crystal Brook Courier (SA) Friday 4 April 1941.
Addition information given by another Flickr user:
This image shows the second Redfern (Sydney) Railway Station (located next to the Mortuary Station). The third Sydney (Central) Railway station opened in 1906 (which is the current Central Railway Station). The second station was dismantled soon after the new station opened.
no editor given.
Toronto, Coach House Press, spring 1988.
4-3/4 x 8-1/2, 28 sheets ivory zephyr antique laid perfectbound in light grey ribbed card wrappers, all except inside covers printed offset, navy interiors in black covers with red & blue additions to spine & front cover.
cover by Gord Robertson.
David Bolduc, Tom Burrows, Ann Rosenberg, Larry Towell
includes:
i) Slips From Grace, by [--?--] (prose blurb misquotes Nichol's "Hopeton Anderson")
ii) The Contemporary Canadian Poem Anthology (lists Nichol as contributor)
iii) "the martyrology Book 6", by Marilyn Westlake (reduced front cover portrait of Nichol from the martyrology book 6 books)
iv) The Martyrology, Book 6 (prose blurb made with quotes from reviews from
–1. Toronto Star, unID'd author
–2. Small Press, unID'd author)
v) The Martyrology Books I and II (capsule description)
vi) The Martyrology Books III and IV (capsule description)
vii) The Martyrology Book V (made from quotes from
–1. Robert Creeley (source unknown)
–2. Robert Kroetsch (source unknown, from Books In Canada))
viii) Zygal, A Book of Mysteries and Translations (single sentence blurb)
ix) The Long Poem Anthology (prose blurb lists Nichol's The Martyrology Book IV as included)
x) Books in Print (includes 7 Nichol titles)
xi) Index of Authors, Editors and Translators (includes 6 Nichol titles, missing editorial acknowledgement for The Story So Four
This years Benno Premsela Lecture was given by the American novelist Matthew Stadler. His lecture, delivered in the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam, asked "What is the interior?" Technological and political change—particularly the reach of digital technologies and state and market involvement in them—has made conventional notions of "the interior" obsolete. Stadler proposes a broader concept—the interior as the space of composition—and argues for the urgency of design work and research into this broader concept.
Stadlers five novels (including Allan Stein and Landscape: Memory) animate dream-like interiors within vividly described cityscapes that are equal parts historical and fantastic, in prose the American writer Lydia Davis calls "permeated with Nabokovian grace and intelligence." The late critic Guy Davenport esteemed him "among the foremost gifted, vigorous, and original novelists of our time."
Since working as literary editor of Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors, all six years of the much-missed journals existence Stadler has been a welcome literary voice in architecture and design, most recently with his new book Deventer (NAi/010 publishers), about the interplay of power and hope in the design process.
ABOUT THE BENNO PREMSELA LECTURE
Each year Het Nieuwe Instituut invites a speaker to share his or her views on contemporary developments in design. Previous speakers have been Michael Rock, Werner Sewing, Ann Meskens, Józeph Mrozek, Henk Oosterling, Nancy Etcoff, Richard Sennett and Gunter Pauli.
The Benno Premsela Lecture is part of Landscape and Interior, a multiyear exhibition, research and studio programme at Het Nieuwe Instituut. The exhibitions 1:1 Sets for Erwin Olaf, Bekleidung and Richard Hutten at the Sonneveld House comprise part of the same programme.
Photo's: Matthijs Immink
23/07/2023. Ladies European Tour 2023. La Sella Open . La Sella Golf, Denia. Spain, 20 -23 July Ellie Givens of England during the final round. Credit: Tristan Jones / LET
Given Jag has had almost two decades to perfect the new model, it's disappointing the F-Pace is not a benchmark. Having said that, it's still a beautifully designed and engineered SUV that has the soul of its sports car stablemates, combined with space and practicality few of its rivals can match.
www.mynrma.com.au/motoring-services/reviews/car-reviews/j...
A half hour exposure pointed at the North stare with an antique 1.8 50mm lens I was recently given. I'm always surprised to see the stars really are different colors.
20/09/2015. Ladies European Tour 2015.The Solheim Cup, St Leon Rot Golf Club, Heidelberg Germany. September 18-20. Alison Lee of the USA react to missing her putt on the 17th green, she then went on to pick up her ball before it was given to her, hence losing the hole during the Saturday afternoon fourballs that continued on to Sunday morning. Credit: Tristan Jones
On the way up I had come to a junction and took a path which looked easier. It wasn't. It was a scrambling nightmare over wet and slippery rocks - more climb in parts than walk. Down below the other path sat, its easy steps taunting me.
And then, with just a little to go to Stickle Tarn the weather turned. I was stuck - getting back down on the scramble path would be a nightmare. Going up would be a nightmare.
Feeling out of my depth and lugging a heavy rucksack that didn't make scrambling easy I decided down was the more sensible option. It took me absolutely ages, constantly under (probably rather paranoid) fear of slipping. When I arrived back at the safety of this well made path, I was feeling a bit of a wreck.
Catechesis at the Palacio De Deportes with The Mass given by Cardinal George Pell Archbishop of Sydney for English speaking pilgrims.
© Mazur/catholicchurch.org.uk
Given that we couldn't get very deep into the park without walking on water (well, I guess boats exist), we were impressed with how much wildlife we managed to see just with a few hundred metres of visitor centres.
This blue heron was within sight of the Shark Valley visitor center just watching out over the lily pads for, I guess, fish. Or alligators.
The ecosystem here is one of a kind and extremely diverse. A lot of the tropical elements are from the Caribbean and South Americas but they are matched up with some northern temperate climate plants and animals (there were apparently bobcat and deer here too though we didn't see them).
Trip to Alaska. Helicopter Tour. Mendenhall Glacier. Juneau. Jul/2016
Mendenhall Glacier is a glacier about 13.6 miles long located in Mendenhall Valley, about 12 miles (19 km) from downtownJuneau in the southeast area of the U.S. state of Alaska.[2] The glacier and surrounding landscape is protected as the 5,815-acre Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area, a federally designated unit of the Tongass National Forest.[3]
The Juneau Icefield Research Program has monitored the outlet glaciers of the Juneau Icefield since 1942, including Mendenhall Glacier. The glacier has also retreated 1.75 miles (2.82 km) since 1958, when Mendenhall Lake was created, and over 2.5 miles (4.0 km) since 1500. The end of the glacier currently has a negative glacier mass balance and will continue to retreat in the foreseeable future.[4]
Given that average yearly temperatures are currently increasing, and the outlook is for this trend to continue, it is actually possible that the glacier might experience a period of stabilization or slight advance during its retreating march. This is because increasing amounts of warm, moist air will be carried up to the head of the icefield, where colder ambient temperatures will cause it to precipitate as snow. The increased amount of snow will feed the icefield, possibly enough to offset the continually increasing melting experienced at the glacier's terminus. However, this interesting phenomenon will fade away if temperatures continue to climb, since the head of the glacier will no longer have cold enough ambient temperatures to cause snow to precipitate.
Source: Wikipedia
O glaciar (ou Geleira) Mendenhall é um glaciar/geleira com aproximadamente 19 km de comprimento situado no vale de Mendenhall a aproximadamente 19 km de Juneau, Alasca, nos Estados Unidos.
Originalmente conhecido como Sitaantaagu ("o glaciar por detrás da vila") ou Aak'wtaaksit ("o glaciar por detrás do pequeno lago") pelos tlingits, o glaciar (ou geleira) foi baptizado glaciar Auke pelo naturalista John Muir em 1879. Foi rebaptizado em 1892 em honra de Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, superintendente do U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey entre 1889 e 1894. Estende-se desde o campo de gelo de Juneau, a sua origem, até ao lago Mendenhall.
O Juneau Icefield Research Program estuda os glaciares (ou geleiras) de descarga do campo de gelo de Juneau desde 1946. Entre 1948 e 2005 o ponto terminal do glaciar (geleira), que flui através dos subúrbios de Juneau, recuou 580 metros. Desde 1910, ano da criação do lago Mendenhall, o glaciar recuou 2,8 km e recuou 4,0 km desde 1700. Actualmente apresenta balanço de massa negativo e deverá continuar a recuar no futuro próximo.
O glaciar (or geleira) Mendenhall está incluído na Floresta Nacional de Tongass.
Fonte: Wilipedia
Timbuk2 has given away over 50,000 cloth masks and are now selling them
www.timbuk2.com/pages/face-masks?variant=31701993717802
They emphasize they are non-medical.
Brennan Mulligan who was there from 1993 - 2002 and sold his stake to an investment group repackaged K95 masks removing that they weren’t for medical use and tried to sell them to Texas
www.propublica.org/article/he-removed-labels-that-said-me...
Given the theme "Theatre of the Absurd" and the medium of "a box", I created a work that explores the link between man's dreams of space travel through the fantasy of Melies' "Voyage to the Moon" and the reality of the Apollo Program and von Braun's rocketry.
The portraits of these two men grace the top of the box and a tiny opening on the front entices you toward interaction with the glowing image of a found photographic slide.
Stars marked with film echo the whimsy of Melies' films while the Saturn V diagram on the back regrounds the piece in scientific reality.
The box opens to mesh the two worlds as a fantastical rocketship soars past a NASA image of the crater Cassini.
Camera: Nikon Nikonos-V
Lens: W-Nikkor 35mm f/2.5 Prime
Film: Fujifilm Fujicolor C200
Develop and Scan: Boots UK
YORK, ENGLAND - JANUARY 10: during an i2i Soccer Academy Fitness Testing Session at Haxby Road on January 10th 2023 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
08 January 2025. Beijing, China. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu meeting with HAN Jun, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China.
Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Peiling Gan. Editorial use only.
Given the nickname Godzilla, a Japanese supercar at a less than supercar price. Enjoying the spotlight until the NSX3 comes out.
Former High Commissioner for Sri Lanka in Singapore Ajit Jayaratne asserts that our diplomatic missions should be headed by individuals with a business orientation, as the role of diplomats has transformed. He elaborates: “Given that the world now runs on commerce in a globalised marketplace, our mission heads must have good business acumen to promote Sri Lanka – otherwise, there is no role for a diplomat to play. I found my business background most advantageous during my two and a half years in Singapore, because I was able to add value to Sri Lanka’s investment agenda. Diplomats must be very conversant with matters relating to trade, commerce and investment to be able to take Sri Lanka’s investment agenda forward.”
He infers that our career diplomats most often do not have a business orientation, in sharp distinction to the acumen of diplomats representing other countries. “You will observe that foreign diplomats – career or not – always promote their countries’ economic potential, because there is no point in having a mission abroad if we don’t see some tangible results for the country’s bottom line. I don’t know whether our career diplomats obtain a thorough business orientation, but I firmly believe that it is a vital component in their role in today’s context,” he adds.
Jayaratne also explains that a business background is vital for diplomats if Sri Lanka is to take advantage of its investment potential: “Look at India. Its political leaders are in the big league of world politics. The world is fighting to enter India, given the vast population they can tap into. For an Indian diplomat, it’s almost as if his or her work is cut out for them. But in our case, the only role we can play is a business role. We have to be able to market Sri Lanka’s investment potential credibly and with understanding, and that can only be done if you have a solid business background,” he declares.
The former envoy cautions, however, that this could lead to inappropriate political appointments being made. “First and foremost, politics must be taken out of the equation and only those who are suitable for such high appointments should be posted. It’s not as if political nepotism doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world. If you look at the US, for instance, members of the Kennedy family were once given many diplomatic postings. But it must be remembered that the diplomat’s role has transformed from that of simply being a friendly ambassador to one who is proactively involved in the country’s development,” opines Jayaratne.
He is concerned, however, that if hand-picked appointments are permitted, other issues could arise. “We may suddenly find people who have neither diplomatic qualifications nor a business orientation occupying these posts. And that would be more disadvantageous than beneficial to us in the long run,” he asserts.
Jayaratne cites the president’s recent visit to China – where business leaders comprised a majority of the presidential delegation – as emphasising the importance of that country to Sri Lanka, in a business sense, receiving the recognition of the head of state. “This is definitely a positive. Now, it’s crucial that the momentum is maintained if we are to obtain any benefits from that visit. That can be done only if we have a business-oriented person permanently as ambassador,” avers Jayaratne. At the same time, he feels there may be certain Sri Lankan missions overseas that do not require diplomatic cadre with a business background. “I also feel that representation in some countries is pointless, because they do not add value to our economic cause. There are also sensitive postings – in Washington D.C., for example – that should, perhaps, be headed by experienced career diplomats,” he emphasises.
AJIT JAYARATNE
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 April 1940.
ALMA MATER: Royal College.
STRONGEST BELIEF: “Live a good, clean life.”
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: “Being appointed a diplomat, because it was different from what I’d been used to.”
HOBBIES: Reading biographies and news publications; playing with his grandchildren.
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: The capacity to adapt to varied career genres.
ROLE MODEL: His father – “a senior civil servant and former diplomat, whose administrative prowess, values, integrity and ethics should be emulated”.
ROLE MODELS IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: “In recent times, Omar Kamil, Rosy Senanayake and Devinda Subasinghe, whose exemplary work gave Sri Lanka an immense boost.”
MOST RESPECTED SRI LANKAN BUSINESS LEADERS: Deshamanya Ken Balendra and Deshabandu D. S. ‘Lal’ Jayasundera, for transforming John Keells and Hayleys respectively.
MOST RESPECTED BUSINESSES IN SRI LANKA: John Keells, Hayleys, Aitken Spence, DFCC Bank and HNB – “because they are comparable to any global business entity”.
MOST ADMIRED YOUNG BUSINESSPERSONS: “Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya – for his vision for Dialog Telekom; Hiran Hewavisenti – who, despite numerous challenges, especially at the beginning – has placed LMD at the helm of business publications.”
MOST ADMIRED LEADER: “Lee Kuan Yew – for building one of the most pragmatic nations by judging his people accurately, knowing their weaknesses and using the concept of guided democracy with more emphasis on discipline… and getting away with it, due to visible progress.”
And he cites former Sri Lankan High Commissioner for Malaysia Rosy Senanayake and former Ambassador to the US Devinda Subasinghe as good examples of appropriate appointees being sent to strategic postings. “Neither of them were career diplomats, but what they did for Sri Lanka during their respective tenures was exemplary. I was in Singapore at the same time that Rosy was in Malaysia and the feedback I received about her work as the high commissioner was impressive. But because they were political appointees, they were removed with the change of government. This is another aspect that needs to be looked at with these appointments – meritocracy on a case by case basis, rather than who appointed whom,” he urges.
Where the head of a mission should be a businessperson, all others from the next rung onwards should be from the diplomatic service, being trained in the requisite competencies. Jayaratne refers to his father, who was Sri Lanka’s ambassador in Washington and the UN, as another good example of a non-career diplomat whose tenures were advantageous to the country. “And even though I didn’t know many of the diplomats personally, because my stint in the service was short, there have also been career diplomats such as Shirley Amerasinghe and Neville Kanakaratne who have been exemplary,” he affirms.
He cites former President Chandrika Kumaratunga’s visit to the World Economic Forum – where Jayaratne had the privilege of sitting in on her meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan and accompanying the Prime Minister of Singapore on a state visit to Sri Lanka – as highlights of his diplomatic career. He avers that Singapore today perceives Sri Lanka with pity. “We are considered a country that has ‘missed the bus’ politically and economically. They feel Sri Lanka should have been where they are now or even ahead; but unfortunately, we have made a mess of things,” Jayaratne says. However, he commends efforts by Sri Lanka’s business leaders who have done their best to promote the positive attributes of Sri Lanka. “Some of our big businesses are doing extremely well and their plans of venturing offshore are visionary. They have divorced themselves from local politics and are marketing Sri Lanka well. That effort can be enhanced by a good head of mission who will understand the complexities of the business world,” he opines.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE JOBS BILLS. They make whatever excuses seem expedient at a given moment, but the fact is they have no interest in helping to create jobs. The Republican agenda depends on a continuing scarcity of opportunities. Republicans know that trickle down economics doesn't work, and that making the wealthy wealthier does not motivate them to create jobs. They know that making the wealthy wealthier mostly results in hording in offshore accounts, and obscenely ostentatious self-indulgences. Trickle down isn't just a failed economic theory, it's a red herring.
REPUBLICANS KNOW THERE ARE FAR MORE PEOPLE SEEKING JOBS THAN THERE ARE JOBS AVAILABLE, BUT THEY DON'T SEE THAT AS A PROBLEM. THEY SEE IT AS A SOLUTION. Not only do they not care about the suffering of those who want but cannot find work, they depend on that suffering, and intentionally exacerbate it. That is why they also oppose government spending to benefit the long-term unemployed. Republican antipathy to paying taxes isn't only about avarice, it is about ensuring that there aren't enough public resources available to alleviate those economically suffering.
REPUBLICANS OPPOSE INCREASING THE MINIMUM WAGE. They want even the employed to know economic want. Republicans oppose workplace safety regulations, and they want to destroy unions. They want workers completely subject to the whims of management, and unable to quit lousy jobs because there are no good alternatives and there is no social safety net to protect them. Under the Republican agenda, workers have to do what they're told or suffer even worse consequences.
The Republican agenda is to keep people desperate for work, with more people seeking jobs than can find them, with no laws or other forms of assistance or protection for those who can find jobs, and no safety net for those who can't. Lack of opportunity ensures a glutted labor market, which drives down wages, forcing many of even those who do find work to seek more because they are underemployed. Exhausting hours, inadequate pay, and broken unions ensure that workers are hungry and tired and incapable of defending themselves.
If you can't see that this the case, I hope you will open your eyes a little wider. Listen a little more carefully. And it will come together for you -- you will see.
For more see: Lawrence Lewis, Daily KOS.
Given abundant rainfall and warm sun, nearly everything grows here. You can literally eat the snap green beans right off the stalk.
Today Worcester was given the honour of a march through the city by the Grenadier Guards. After a service at the Cathedral the 40-strong regimental band led 100 guardsmen plus some former soldiers on a march through the centre or Worcester.
The parade contained about 300 bandsmen, guards and former soldiers and they were marching to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the regiment. The Grenadiers were also exercising their freedom of the city which was granted in 1999.
The celebrations of the anniversary are taking place in only four cities which are Birmingham, Manchester, Bruges (yes that's in Belgium) and Worcester. The Grenadier Guards was established in Bruges as part of the exiled King Charles II's bodyguard.
The police officer is ordering people our of the way.
The F-86L was the designation given to late-1950s conversions of existing USAF F-86Ds to use the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) datalink system.
The SAGE system was developed during the early 1950s by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory. It was based on the use of a large, high-speed ground-based computer to handle and coordinate air surveillance data from various ground radar installations. This information was transmitted in real-time to a special data receiver aboard the interceptor, and an on-board system converted this data into heading, speed, altitude, target bearing, and range information that would be used to guide the pilot in his interception. No voice instructions were used, and the interceptor was automatically positioned for a lead-collision attack with its own E-4 fire control system.
In the mid 1950s, it was decided to adapt the F-86D to the new SAGE system, and in 1956, 2192 conversion kits were ordered for the F-86Ds of the Air Defense Command (ADC). Under a project code-named Project Follow-On, starting in May of 1956, certain low-time F-86D interceptors were withdrawn one-by-one from service and fitted with the upgrade. This work was done at North American plants in Fresno and Inglewood, California. Following the upgrade, they were redesignated F-86L. All F-86L block designations were changed to reflect their original F-86D block numbers. The F-86D-10 to F-86D-45 became F-86L-11 to F-86L-46, but blocks 50, 55, and 60 just changed the type from D to L, that is, the F-86D-50 became F-86L-50.
When F-86Ds were upgraded to the F-86L configuration, an AN/ARR-39 datalink receiver was fitted, which had a blade-like antenna sticking out of the fuselage just forward of and below the starboard wing. The AN/ARC-27 command radio of the F-86D was replaced by an AN/ARC-34 set. An AN/APX-25 identification radar was added, and a new AN/ARN-31 glide slope receiver was provided.
All Follow-On aircraft were brought up to F-86D-45 standards before starting with the electronics upgrades, including the installation of the drag chute in the tail. In the F-86L, two protruding cooling air intakes were added to the fuselage sides just aft of the wing, replacing the older recessed cooling ducts. The same J47-GE-33 or J47-GE-17B engine of the F-86D was retained, but the F-86L was fitted with the F-86F-40 wing, with twelve-inch wingtip extensions and "6-3" leading edge extensions with slats. The wingspan and wing area were 39.1 feet and 313.37 square feet respectively. The new wing improved the handing ability and provided better turning at high altitudes. The reconditioned F-86Ls retained the armament of twenty-four rockets of the F-86D.
The first flight took place on December 27, 1955. That particular aircraft had just the SAGE equipment installed, and the first conversion incorporating all of the Follow-On changes did not fly until May of 1956. A total of 981 F-86Ds were modified to the F-86L configuration. After conversion in 1956-57, F-86Ls were issued to most of the ADC wings that were using the F-86D. First to receive the F-86L was the 317th FIS at McChord AFB, which first received the planes in late November of 1956. The service of the F-86L with the ADC was destined to be quite brief, since by the time the last F-86L conversion was delivered, the type was already being phased out in favor of the Convair F-102A and F-106A delta-winged interceptors. The last F-86Ls left ADC service by 1960.
As F-102A and F-106A interceptors became available to the ADC, the F-86Ls were transferred to Air National Guard units beginning in late 1957. The first ANG squadron to receive the F-86L was the 108th, based at O'Hare Field in Chicago. The following ANG squadrons got F-86Ls: 108, 111, 124, 127, 128, 133, 146, 147, 151, 156, 156, 158, 159, 173, 181, 182, 185, 187, 190, 191, 192, 194, 197, and 199.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, six ANG F-86L squadrons were on alert. The last F-86Ls were withdrawn from ANG service during the summer of 1965.
In 1964, seventeen F-86Ls were supplied to the Royal Thai Air Force. So far as I am aware, Thailand was the only foreign user of the F-86L. They served with No. 12 Squadron at Don Maung Airport until they were finally retired in 1976.
Specification of the F-86L:
Engine: One General Electric J47-GE-33, 5550 lb.st. dry, 7650 lb.st with afterburner. Performance: Maximum speed: 693 mph at sea level, 616 mph at 40,000 feet. Initial climb rate was 12,200 feet per minute, and service ceiling was 49,600 feet. Dimensions: wingspan 39 feet 1 inch, length 40 feet 3 inches, height 15 feet, wing area 313 square feet. Weights: 13,822 pounds empty, 18,484 pounds gross.
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