“Given the strong relationship between Comcast and Liberty and Philadelphia, we wanted to make this special gift to the City in connection with the construction and building of our new headquarters,” said Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, commenting on The Comcast Experience.

“Philadelphia is known for its public art and The Comcast Experience is a tribute to the spirit of creativity and technology that is part of the fabric of this city.”

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Swimming-pool "S", "dramatic" or "Mosq"… those are the nicknames given to this establishment of industrial architecture built in 1937. The building was used as a swimming pool, a theater, a casino, a store and a restaurant. Located in a rather animated urban area, the swimming pool was initially intended for the staff of a big industrial company of the region, and afterward opened its doors to the public, welcoming many students and sports clubs of the region before its closure in 1998.

Not able to gather the necessary funds to maintain the building, the owners closed the swimming pool, then the theater on the first floor in 2004. A Muslim community took the place in 2005 in order to convert it into a mosque. Unfortunately, as time passes by as well as decay and waste accumulates more and more, it seems that the future of this former swimming pool is today uncertain …

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Piscine "S", "dramatique" ou "Mosq"… tant de pseudonymes pour désigner cet établissement d'architecture industrielle construit en 1937 et qui abrita en son sein une piscine, un théâtre, un casino, un magasin et un coin restaurant. Situé dans un quartier urbain plutôt animé, la piscine était initialement destinée au personnel d'une grande société industrielle de la région, et par la suite à toutes et tous, accueillant de nombreux écoliers et clubs sportifs de la région avant sa fermeture en 1998.

Faute de pouvoir réunir les fonds nécessaires à l'entretien du bâtiment, la piscine fut donc fermée, suivie en 2004 par le théâtre du premier étage. Récupéré en 2005 par une communauté musulmane, une reconversion du site en mosquée fut envisagée mais, le temps passant ainsi que les dégradations et l'amoncellement de déchets se cumulant, il semblerait que l'avenir de cette piscine soit de plus en plus incertain…

Given to me by carrierdetect at OSHUG #8

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Query by Steve Hennessey:

I have just completed re-reading "Man-eaters and Jungle Killers" for the umpteenth time. In the story of "The Great Panther of Mudiyanoor" there is a reference to Kenneth Anderson's 'lucky Tiger charm' given to him by a jungle man named Budhia. I am curious about this, and my questions are - does anyone know what was in this charm? Or how it was constructed? And where is it now?

If this has been discussed in a previous post then I apologies, but would appreciate some enlightenment.

Day 24

We were given these bulbs about 4 years ago. They never did anything but sprout leaves. In a fit of pique I pulled out a bunch of them two years ago.

A year after, they promptly started flowering. I don't know if it was because wolfieboy had started covering the plants with shadecloth, or if in fact, they needed to wait that long before flowering.

Either way, this is my second year of lilies.

It seems flowers only seem to flower in my garden after I threaten to pull them all out.

Sigma 18-200, k-s2

mixed reality installation diptych of facing and networked projections

8 x 5 feet each, 2010

Given it's getting pretty close to summer already I'm going to assume the trees on Maids' Causeway are dead. They make for a striking comparrison to the rest of the road

Given with permission from Lena Mirisola

Titan Excellence Awards are given to worthy staff members at the end of each academic year.

This year’s event was held on June 14, 2012.

CSUF President Mildred García, right, congratulates Gerald Bryant.

Photo by Karen Tapia

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And first of all, Polywog news:

And to remind first time readers, polywogs is the scientific name, or something, given to tadpoles.

Well, we has tadpoles, and they hatched from spawn a couple of weeks ago, and now we have a pond full if tiny wrigglers.

They are not frog tadpoles, nor are they toad tadpoles, they are newt tadpoles, and some have now broken free of their nursaries, and are exploring the big pond, but many return to the wriggling mass that is where most of their siblings still are.

None, so far, have developed leggs, either front or back. If they develop front legs first they are newts, back first then they are either frogs or toads.

Anyway, last night when Jools came home, she was doing some gardning as my legs are still achy, she shouted to come and have a look. So I went and had a look, and in the smaller pond, not the ones with the tadpoles, were at least three adult newts.

I guess three to four inches long, four legs, tail, the usual for newts. All under water and they have propably been there for months, if not years, having made their home under the broken crocks we have placed at the bottom of that pond.

So, all good news.

But that was the end of the day, what happened before that?

Well, and you will not be surprised to learn, that after my ten miler on Monday, my legs were sore. Not as bad as Monday, but still stiff. So I asked Jools to drop me off at the monument on her way to work, and I would walk home.

I had to be home by midday as I was expecting a man about a roof.

News on that later.

So, after coffee, and Jools did more work in the garden, she dropped me off right beside the monument, leaving me with the easy task, I thought, of walking down to Kingsdown before I turned inland.

THe sun had been up about an hour, and its light was still pale pink, not bright yellow, so the cliffs reflected back that colour. And I found two small Early Spider rosettes in the short grass too. None out.

I sat on the bench for a good twenty minutes, just taking in the scene of the still air, the sea that reflected the cloudless sky, and my ears were filled with the sound of dozens of skylarks.

All pretty good.

I walked down the path, sticking close to the cliffs for a while, but then striking inland beside the fence that marks the edge of the reserve, and down to the path that skirts the very edge of St Margaret's parish.

I should have taken the path up to Barrow Mount, but there was a rare plant I wanted to check on, so took the narrow path between two five acre fields, through three tunnels of Maythorn, back to the track we usually take to the monument.

There had been a lot of machinery up and down the track, and a few tons of manure dumped too, in short no sign of the Dense-flowered Fumitories I had spotted the last two years, but they could still show.

I was now at the top of the down, and looking away left I could just see our house, the other side of the Dip, just a short walk away.

Down the track to the Dip, dry by muddy under a hard crust, I slip a couple of times, then make my way through the ruts at the bottom and up the other side to Fleet House, having seen no butterflies out at all.

From there it was a short walk back over the fields to home, where I treat myself to a coffee, followed by breakfast and a review of my shots.

And that is it, really.

My legs still ached, though not so bad. Once up and about, I was fine, but after sitting, not so good.

I read, watched Only Connect final, and did some editing. And somehow the day slipped through my fingers.

I should have gone for a walk with Jools when she came home, but really didn't feel like it, so she did some gardening (and saw the newts) while I prepared the aubergines.

Yes, they are in season once again.

I fry them up. We eat them. We wash up, make coffee and find that darkess has falled already.

I write the blog for the day, follow football until nine, and found I was tired once again.

At any given time there are at least 1000 people camped here to protect the water and land. The population of the camp swells on weekends when people come in from other places to support the water warriors.

Ron's Bday Party at Ybardo Bar

Bob Given Photography

Any given day

Given to me by Mrs.Frank George of Whitchurch, Bucks in the 1960/70's. Or Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c. ( info. Peter Ashton ) Or, according to Aviatik IMG, a Maurice-Farman MF-11.

Una "tranquilla" domenica al Sant'Elia: Cagliari-Lazio 0-3. Il pubblico era quasi quello delle grandi occasioni, la squadra purtroppo no. Bellissima la Curva Nord, che non ha smesso un attimo di sostenere e incoraggiare i rossoblù. Peccato per i fischi a Marchetti...

Given the PSE 8 treatment

Given to Price Charles When he was two, 31000 J4 s were built,

Sandringham Museum

Bob Given Photography

Pretty Cissy to begin with but needed eyelashes, base painted around eyes because of eyeshadow removal, given lashes, shadow and more dramatic brows. Knee & hip splits repaired & wig cleaned & styled in original 'do and seated further back on head.

Bob Given Photography

Wolf Pack Invite 09/27/08

River Walk Park - Bakersfield, CA, Wednesday, September 27, 2008

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Chris Schwartz (Foothill) won the varsity boys race in 16:18. McFarland took the team title. McFarland also won the boys frosh/soph and jv team races. medals were given out to the top 15 runners.

Varsity Boys Team Results

1 MCFA McFarland 25

2 PADA Palmdale 95

3 RIDG Ridgeview 118

4 SHAF Shafter 130

5 BAEA East Bakersfield 142

6 BAKE Bakersfield 174

7 WASC Wasco 176

8 STOC Stockdale 210

9 FTHL Foothill 233

10 GARC Garces Memorial 254

11 ARVI Arvin 321

12 NORT North 324

13 Fron Frontier 345

14 SOUT South 404

15 BACH Bakersfield Christian 423

16 WSTB West Bakersfield 461

TFCC Taft INC

1. 16:18 179 179 Chris Schwartz Sr M FTHL 1

2. 16:29 292 292 Cisneros Alfonso Sr M MCFA 2

3. 16:38 450 450 Robby Baker Jr M RIDG 3

4. 16:44 297 297 Marco Perez So M MCFA 4

5. 16:48 293 293 Eduardo Bautista Jr M MCFA 5

6. 16:51 294 294 Marco Camargo Jr M MCFA 6

7. 16:54 451 451 Alex Garcia Jr M RIDG 7

8. 16:56 291 291 Gerardo Alcala Sr M MCFA 8

9. 16:58 295 295 Eddie Garcia Sr M MCFA 9

10. 17:04 296 296 Francisco Nava So M MCFA 10

11. 17:05 483 483 Joshua Wittenberg Sr M SHAF 11

12. 17:10 402 402 Adrian Ramos Jr M PADA 12

13. 17:16 400 400 Victor Hernandez Sr M PADA 13

14. 17:19 72 72 Andrew Ariey Sr M BAKE 14

15. 17:20 403 403 Daniel Ramos Jr M PADA 15

Elizabeth Wittenberg (Shafter) won the girls varsity race in 20:10. The Ridgeview varsity girls won the team title. Palmdale won the jv race and McFarland won the frosh/soph team title.

Varsity Girls Team Results

1 RIDG Ridgeview 45

2 SHAF Shafter 73

3 PADA Palmdale 94

4 NORT North 95

5 STOC Stockdale 124

6 FTHL Foothill 142

7 BAKE Bakersfield 142

8 GARC Garces Memorial 189

9 Fron Frontier 243

10 SOUT South 278

BAEA East Bakersfield INC

ARVI Arvin INC

WASC Wasco INC

TFCC Taft INC

WSTB West Bakersfield INC

BACH Bakersfield Christian INC

1. 20:10 464 464 Elizabeth Wittenberg Sr F SHAF

2. 21:04 430 430 Tijerra Lynch So F RIDG

3. 21:07 369 369 Merino Jennifer Sr F PADA

4. 21:10 428 428 Jessica Huizar Jr F RIDG

5. 21:12 89 89 Lucia Garcia Jr F BAEA

6. 21:17 208 208 Monica Guzman Jr F GARC

7. 21:23 330 330 Cecilia Lopez Sr F NORT

8. 21:33 90 90 Sophia Garcia So F BAEA

9. 21:35 136 136 Natalie Fernandez So F FTHL

10. 21:46 2 2 Tonya Hernandez Jr F ARVI

11. 21:53 624 624 Alejandra Gutierrez Sr F WASC

12. 21:55 372 372 Anaiz Ortiz Sr F PADA

13. 21:56 426 426 Ashley Duran Sr F RIDG

14. 22:05 459 459 Lindsee Handel So F SHAF

15. 22:12 45 45 Gabrielle Lerma So F BAKE

JV Boys Results

1 MCFA McFarland 29

2 RIDG Ridgeview 72

3 BAEA East Bakersfield 105

4 PADA Palmdale 118

5 SOUT South 150

6 Fron Frontier 160

7 WASC Wasco 161

8 STOC Stockdale 169

9 FTHL Foothill 237

10 GARC Garces Memorial 246

11 MiMo Mira Monte 278

12 BAKE Bakersfield 341

SHAF Shafter INC

TFCC Taft INC

ARVI Arvin INC

NORT North INC

1. 11:06 284 284 Bryan Calvo Sr M MCFA

2. 11:23 290 290 Pedro Sanchez Jr M MCFA

3. 11:34 661 661 Eric Sanchez Jr M WASC

4. 11:34 100 100 felix Trevino So M BAEA

5. 11:36 277 277 Bernardo Garcia Fr M MCFA

6. 11:39 440 440 Ernesto Castillo Jr M RIDG

7. 11:45 476 476 Matt Yanez Jr M SHAF

8. 11:46 439 439 Michael Anseno Sr M RIDG

9. 11:47 98 98 Marc Sotello Jr M BAEA

10. 11:47 474 474 Elias Picazo Sr M SHAF

11. 11:49 288 288 Adam Marquez Fr M MCFA

12. 11:50 394 394 Ramirez Miguel Jr M PADA

13. 11:50 393 393 Nicholas Mayo Jr M PADA

14. 11:53 276 276 Ismael Bautista Fr M MCFA

15. 12:00 101 101 Esteban Vargas Sr M BAEA

JV Girls Results

1 PADA Palmdale 27

2 STOC Stockdale 51

3 RIDG Ridgeview 66

4 MiMo Mira Monte 100

SOUT South INC

BAKE Bakersfield INC

FTHL Foothill INC

NORT North INC

GARC Garces Memorial INC

1. 14:45 494 494 Claudia Cuevas Sr F SOUT

2. 15:05 420 420 Natalia Motta Sr F RIDG

3. 15:12 528 528 Amber Crabtree Sr F STOC

4. 15:28 351 351 Amy Diaz Sr F PADA

5. 15:33 360 360 Lizet Onofre Jr F PADA

6. 15:41 364 364 Crystal Schachter Jr F PADA

7. 15:48 531 531 Shelby Pinkham Jr F STOC

8. 15:51 41 41 Felisa Torres Sr F BAKE

9. 15:52 118 118 Lucia Garcia Jr F FTHL

10. 15:54 362 362 Karina Ortega Jr F PADA

11. 15:54 328 328 Aubree Mossburg Jr F NORT

12. 16:04 365 365 Michelle Silva Jr F PADA

13. 16:06 367 367 Zaria Zambrano Jr F PADA

14. 16:07 525 525 Justine Benavidez Sr F STOC

15. 16:19 128 128 Nancy Tenorio Sr F FTHL

Frosh/Soph Boys

1 MCFA McFarland 25

2 WASC Wasco 66

3 FTHL Foothill 95

4 STOC Stockdale 114

5 RIDG Ridgeview 121

6 PADA Palmdale 139

7 SHAF Shafter 174

8 Inde Independence 183

9 TFCC Taft 254

10 BAKE Bakersfield 287

11 RFKH RFKH 312

12 GARC Garces Memorial 313

13 ARVI Arvin 337

14 MiMo Mira Monte 383

SOUT South INC

Error 2042 #N/A INC

1. 10:53 666 666 Jorge Zuniga Fr M WASC

2. 10:55 282 282 Chavez Ryan Fr M MCFA

3. 11:12 275 275 Sergio Avelar Fr M MCFA

4. 11:25 638 638 Eddie Aguilar So M WASC

5. 11:26 280 280 Leo Perez Fr M MCFA

6. 11:26 278 278 Jose Monrreal Fr M MCFA

7. 11:36 177 177 Genaro Quintanar Fr M FTHL

8. 11:38 541 541 Alex Eckley Fr M STOC

9. 11:39 279 279 Gonzalo Mulato Fr M MCFA

10. 11:40 252 252 Dwayne Facho So M Inde

11. 11:41 434 434 Brandon Magno Fr M RIDG

12. 11:42 383 383 Corey Nieto Fr M PADA

13. 11:48 543 543 Abraham Mayorga So M STOC

14. 11:49 467 467 Pablo Mendez Fr M SHAF

15. 11:50 650 650 Asencion Mendoza Sr M WASC

Frosh/Soph Girls

1 MCFA McFarland 43

2 Inde Independence 51

3 STOC Stockdale 73

4 FTHL Foothill 101

5 TFCC Taft 121

6 RIDG Ridgeview 139

7 RFKH RFKH 173

8 WASC Wasco 180

SOUT South INC

BAEA East Bakersfield INC

NORT North INC

BAKE Bakersfield INC

GARC Garces Memorial INC

1. 14:02 267 267 Corina Garcia So F MCFA

2. 14:02.6 270 270 Kathy Torres Fr F MCFA

3. 14:09 266 266 Olivia Ayon Fr F MCFA

4. 14:09 586 586 Daisy Guitron Fr F TFCC

5. 14:16 522 522 Madison Schutzner Fr F STOC

6. 14:23 484 484 Natalie Espinoza So F SOUT

7. 14:37 248 248 Sara Sullivan Fr F Inde

8. 14:37 110 110 Erica Castro So F FTHL

9. 14:44 237 237 Natalie Ambriz So F Inde

10. 14:46 93 93 Mayra Ponce So F BAEA

11. 14:50 244 244 Acacia Ingram So F Inde

12. 14:58 523 523 Victoria Valos So F STOC

13. 15:00 268 268 Liset Perezchica Fr F MCFA

14. 15:03 249 249 Katelynn Webb Fr F Inde

15. 15:20 135 135 Mari Escuedero So F FTHL

Susaku Arakawa 'The Given' (Das Vorgegebene), 1972, Galerie der Gegenwart (Museum of Contemporary Art), Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

totally given up on getting pieces from lugbulk, but i finally recieved them and I also got a new camera. So expect better mocs and better pictures in the future!!!

Gundam WIP and shelf update...

H.E. Archbishop Elpidophoros Officiated Orthros and Divine Liturgy at The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in NYC on the Feast of Annunciation and Greek Independence Day and Ordained to the Holy Diaconate Avrilios Mandoras and given the name of Ieremias, assisted by Bishops Issaias and Athenagoras and Clergy.

Photos: © GOA/Dimitrios Panagos

n what was probably the least enjoyable game to watch this season, for many reasons, the important fact was that Longridge prevailed and left Turton with all 3 points to return to the top of the West Lancashire League Premier Division.

In a week where West Lancs games have been postponed, and ordered to be replayed after 87 minutes, both sides agreed to play the match over two halves of 40 minutes each.

On a difficult surface, in extremely windy conditions, Turton played to a rigid game plan and the referee struggled to impose his authority from very early on in the game. The tactic however proved successful as, without troubling Lee Dovey in the Town goal,they made it to half time without conceding, nor looking particularly troubled by Town's superior possession.

Crowd favourite Joe Melling had returned to the Longridge side after a recent head injury, and he had a headed half chance at the far post after a Brad Carsley cross that unfortunately came to nothing. In a sign of things to come Town complained that Melling had been stamped on by the Turton keeper, but their appeals came to nothing.

Manager Lee Ashcroft's frustration at both his own side's efforts, and the lack of protection shown to his players by the referee, was obvious as the side's went in 0-0 at half time after exactly 40 minutes.

Longridge now had the strong wind at their backs, and Jack Preston (pictured) was introduced at half time in place of the unfortunate Conor Linighan, whose neat skilful style was not suited to the playing surface. Town were now lined up in a 3-5-2 formation with Preston joining leading scorer Brad Carsley up front.

Carsley and Preston linked well as Town went a little more direct and, after good work from Carsley, Preston stabbed the ball home with 20 minutes remaining to finally give Town the lead that their superiority deserved. In the aftermath however, the Turton keeper clearly punched Ash Ball and was given a straight red card leaving the Home side down to ten men. 0-1 to Town.

This should have resulted in Longridge going on to win the game comfortably, but this wasn't the case as Turton arguably played better with 10 men than 11. However, with Man of the Match Ged Smith controlling play at the back for Town, Lee Dovey was never troubled, and at the other end Longridge failed to test the outfield replacement goalkeeper as the light faded, and the elusive second goal never came, nor was it needed.

As the referee blew the whistle to end a particularly frustrating game, Mark Woods was shown a red card, presumably for something he said after the game had ended. Who knows....it was that kind of game!

After the match Manager Lee Ashcroft was rightly just pleased that his side were leaving with 3 points, " I've not a lot to say really. I suppose the cliche is that you need to win games like that if you are going to win League titles, but there is not a lot of satisfaction aside from that. I feel for my lads because they've worked hard with everything against them tonight, in very difficult circumstances, and I'm just delighted to get out of here with the 3 points. We've no game on Saturday, nor have Turton, so maybe we could have played the game at the weekend, I don't know. It's 3 points and I'll draw a line under it."

A gift given to me by a small boy at the end of my first year of teaching. He was so proud to give me this and I'll always remember his little face (that was over 40 years ago!).

Appreciate of what given to you, be grateful for being alive, to see, to hear, to speak, to smell, to taste, to enjoy, to experience, to love… © Jimmy Lam S.K.

Nikon D800E

Tokina AT-X 11-16mm 2.8 II

Lee CPL

Lee 0.9 GND

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It's much more common for steam to take the slow line from Woking, but here Bulleid pacific 34067 'Tangmere' is given her head on the fast line at Brookwood, on the long climb at 1 in 300.

Given I just flew in from Valencia yesterday (I had been on holiday to Barcelona and Valencia!), it seemed only fair to feature some fancy flying I saw while I was there.

This is from the show at the dolphinarium in the Oceanographic component of the stunning City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. This complex was the reason I wanted to visit Valencia...and also the reason why my hotel was around 200m from the site. :-)

I photographed the dolphin show four times...having bought an annual pass for the City of Arts and Sciences (even though I was only there for five and a half days)...because it worked out at about the cost of two visits to the whole complex...and gave me the freedom to come and go as I wished.

The dolphin show was enormous fun. However, with shots like this, I was shooting blind...in that the dolphins and trainer would disappear under the water...and you were never quite sure where they might resurface. So, I had to frame the shot relatively widely...and make a best guess on location, factoring in the limits of human lung capacity...but got more of them right than wrong. :-)

I set the exposure manually...used a high ISO to allow for a fast shutter speed...and a reasonably small aperture...to give me decent depth of field given the uncertainty in surfacing point.

Opened 18 Oct 1863 as Chinkford Church of England on land given by Mr Byerlee & Mr Frost, consecrated Oct 1864, local stone & buttresses, extensions (chancel & porch), re-opened 25 Apr 1905, closed 1990s, used by school as hall. One window transferred to Riverton parish hall. First settlement known as Chinkford 1853, Manoora laid out 1867 nearer railway station.

“On Sunday, the 18th instant, the new church at Chinkford, head of the Gilbert, was opened by the venerable Archdeacon Woodcock.” [Register 2 Nov 1863]

“Substantial alterations, embracing extension of building, by construction of chancel, 14 feet by 13 feet, of punch stone, and new ceiling to main portion of edifice, are in the course of completion. A Gothic arch has been artistically constructed in what was the rear wall of the church, on to which the chancel has been built.” [Kapunda Herald 24 Feb 1905]

“Great improvements and additions having recently been made to the Immanuel Church: A new chancel has been added, a diagonal ceiling put into the nave, memorial windows have replaced the old plain glass ones, and the exterior has been thoroughly renovated. The Manoora branch of the Girls' Friendly Society contributed £10 towards the purchase of the new organ; they also presented the brass communion rails, altar desk, and brass flower vases. Mrs. W T. Mortlock, of Martindale Hall, presented a handsome frontal for the altar, and the members of the Riverton church gave two beautiful chairs.” [Advertiser 1 May 1905]

“three memorial windows have been placed in position, two of these in memory of two founders.” [Kapunda Herald 28 Apr 1905]

“It is very curious how the township adjoining the railway station is divided. One says it is Chinkford, another Burton, and a third Manoora. However, as the last is the original name, most persons think it ought to be called Manoora.” [Register 9 Mar 1871]

“It seems strange that the railway station should retain the name of Manoora, when it is patent to all observers that the leading and most thriving township is Burton, which is only separated from the station by the length of a chain. . . Chinkford, Manoora, and Burton will do well apparently to stop their sparring, and adopt one name, whatever it may be, that will cover the three places. They are sufficiently near to be considered by outsiders as one township, and the adoption of such a plan would save endless confusion to travellers and business people.” [Register 18 Mar 1871]

Any Given Day im Schlachthof Wiesbaden © Carsten Simon / Photography And Art

haaay, missin d photoOp gigs :_(

done with Picassa ... with over-blown highlights just to eliminate the background, hehehe

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Twenty three metres at 13:10pm on Tuesday 10th October 2023 off the Mall and Horse Guards Road within the grounds of St James's Park in Central London, one of the Royal parks of London situated in South West London.

Here we see a feral Pigeon (Columba Livia domestica), a relative of Stock doves and Rock Doves which are the purest of the species.

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Photograph taken at an altitude of Three hundred and forty five metres, at 16.57pm on Tuesday 10th September 2019 off Clement Avenue and Water Street on the wooden decking on the shoreline of Okanagan Lake in Kelowna, British Columbia in Canada.

The White Siberian Goshawk (Accipiter Gentilis Albidus), also known as the 'Northeastern Siberian Northern Goshawk', is a subspecies of the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) which is found in in Kamchatka and Northeastern Siberia. It integrates in the West with the Central Siberian subspecies 'buteoides' between the Lena and Yana rivers. The 'Albidus' goshawks are large in size with lighter colouration of white and light grey, and yellow eyes and beak.

This particular bird was being walked along the sea front decking by it's proud and knowledgeable guardian who was acclimatsing the bird of prey to it's surroundings and subsequent interactions with humans.

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LATITUDE: N 48d 53m 35.00s

LONGITUDE: W 119d 30m 2.10s

ALTITUDE:345.0m

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Given to Mr. Carlo Zanotta (Gregario of Gastone Nencini) from Aldo Moser, older brother of Francesco. This was in december 84. Bike is nr. 006 with gold / silver palque saying what i just said.

Will be selling the bike on ebay during this december 2011

seller iD

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Given these are not Sofa's, but they are Sofa Free.

I drove by these the other day and there was three guys chillin' on them. I was getting the stink eye from them, so I came back.

A few days later they were gone. I found one of them around the corner next to a trash bin.

Sofa Free in effect mode.

My lovely robin given the treatment. Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy, properous and peaceful New Year.

Busy, busy now but will try to keep up. Shirley x

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Given the cuts I'm surprised these haven't been sold off for scrap metal they are heavy enough.

interesting how the different light falls on them, they were open and face East/West.

The Town Hall was designed by architect E.W. Mountfield FRIBA. He was responsible for tLondon's Central Criminal Court, The Old Bailey.

Speeches were given by Dr. Christine Chambers from the UCSD Family Medicine and Preventative Health Department; Dr. Divya Kakaiya the founder of Healthy Within San Diego organization; and Professor Leslie Lewis, a professor in the UCSD Urban Studies and Planning Health Department and founder of Community Hope Project in Sierra Leone

Was given to me by a customer when he found out I was a Star Wars fan. The eyes even light up. Thanks Sandra D's in Auburn Indiana.

Swimming-pool "S", "dramatic" or "Mosq"… those are the nicknames given to this establishment of industrial architecture built in 1937. The building was used as a swimming pool, a theater, a casino, a store and a restaurant. Located in a rather animated urban area, the swimming pool was initially intended for the staff of a big industrial company of the region, and afterward opened its doors to the public, welcoming many students and sports clubs of the region before its closure in 1998.

Not able to gather the necessary funds to maintain the building, the owners closed the swimming pool, then the theater on the first floor in 2004. A Muslim community took the place in 2005 in order to convert it into a mosque. Unfortunately, as time passes by as well as decay and waste accumulates more and more, it seems that the future of this former swimming pool is today uncertain …

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Piscine "S", "dramatique" ou "Mosq"… tant de pseudonymes pour désigner cet établissement d'architecture industrielle construit en 1937 et qui abrita en son sein une piscine, un théâtre, un casino, un magasin et un coin restaurant. Situé dans un quartier urbain plutôt animé, la piscine était initialement destinée au personnel d'une grande société industrielle de la région, et par la suite à toutes et tous, accueillant de nombreux écoliers et clubs sportifs de la région avant sa fermeture en 1998.

Faute de pouvoir réunir les fonds nécessaires à l'entretien du bâtiment, la piscine fut donc fermée, suivie en 2004 par le théâtre du premier étage. Récupéré en 2005 par une communauté musulmane, une reconversion du site en mosquée fut envisagée mais, le temps passant ainsi que les dégradations et l'amoncellement de déchets se cumulant, il semblerait que l'avenir de cette piscine soit de plus en plus incertain…

Shay Given during his Fashion Kicks event held at Lancashire County Cricket Club in Manchester.

In July 1888 Samuel Woods was summoned to appear at the Liverpool Assizes to answer a charge of libel arising from a speech given by him as miners' agent for the Ashton, Haydock and Bryn district in January 1888 and subsequently printed -by invitation, on a resolution of those present- in the Bolton Evening News. He had cited 18 cases of dismissal from employment by the Garswood Coal & Iron Co Ltd which, he said, were “the result of either political or other petty spite by the underground managers”: “The district has several times during the year had to threaten or take out summonses against this company in defence of the men through being discharged without notice... [The] colliery managers [are] a large and efficient body of gentlemen in many instances, but unfortunately for the workmen, intermixed here and there with a few unpleasant cumbersome weeds”.

Three of the company's underground managers – Harold Gaskell Stock, William Clark and John Robinson – sought to recover £500 in damages. Stock (1858-1927) had by this time been underground manager with the Garswood Coal and Iron Co for 5 years, and had charge of two pits. William Clark (1861-1933), the son of general manager Christopher Fisher Clark, had been employed by the Company for 4 years and had charge of 3 pits. Robinson (1857-1930), who was about to leave the firm to take up an appointment as assistant mining engineer at Richard Evans & Co's Haydock Collieries, had charge of two pits.

The case was considered over two days, during which the defendant and plaintiffs were each cross-examined. Several former Garswood Coal & Iron Co employees appeared as witnesses on Samuel Woods' behalf. Christopher Fisher Clark also gave evidence. He and the plaintiffs each denied that their actions as managers had been motivated by politics or spite, and said that they had “no personal quarrel” with the defendant. John Robinson – who later occurs as the chairman of Golborne Conservative Association – claimed to be on the same “side” as Woods and to have “no political feeling against him”. Samuel Woods maintained that the claims he had made contained “a good deal of truth” but was forced to concede that “Personally, I do not know anything about it, only representatively”. He added that the district had, by resolution, agreed to pay his costs.

As reported by the Guardian-

“His Lordship, in summing up, said he looked upon trade unions when well managed as most valuable institutions, but he could not shut his eyes to the fact that at times they had been instruments of the greatest tyranny the world had ever seen. If the jury found the charges made against the plaintiffs to be untrue then the case was one for substantial damages. Looking at the facts he did not think the defendant had thoroughly appreciated the responsibility of his position as the director of an organisation. The defendant had said he was not responsible for the publication, but his was the hand which penned the alleged libel and he ought to have warned the men as to the serious step they were taking. His Lordship added that in every case of dismissal spoken to it was a question, according to the workmen's own showing, of dispute with the management as to the way in which they had done their work, and in no single case could it be said that they were discharged from political or from petty ill-will. The evidence of the defendant entirely failed, in his opinion, to substantiate the charges made.

The jury found for the plaintiffs, damages £150”.

Pictured above, left, Christopher Fisher Clark (1831-1898) was born at Long Benton, Northumberland. Learning his trade as an engineer and surveyor at the mining school in Newcastle-on-Tyne and afterwards at Willington Colliery, he rose to become an assistant manager at Willington before moving to Lancashire in 1854 to take a position as mineral agent for Sir Robert Tolver -later Baron- Gerard of Bryn. In 1873 he left that employment to become general manager of the newly-formed Garswood Coal & Iron Company. This brought him to the Park Lane area where, early in 1874, he and his family took up residence at Cranberry (or “Cranbury”) Lodge – afterwards the Cranberry Hotel and now, following its demolition in 2004, the site of Cranberry Court apartments. His appearance at the trial must have been particularly uncomfortable for Samuel Woods, given both men had participated in the laying of the foundation stones of the Baptist chapel at Bryn 18 months earlier.*

John Robinson was clearly still smarting from the “reflections on his character” when his colleagues assembled at the Company's offices in November to mark his departure:

“Mr Robinson said he felt unable to adequately express his thanks for the testimonial presented to him, or for the kind remarks Mr Clark had made on their behalf... He quite agreed with Mr Clark's opinions as to the good which should exist between all parties in a colliery, and had always endeavoured to foster that good feeling. That being the case, he was sorry that just before he left the Park Lane Collieries an outsider should have attempted to cast reflections upon his character. He looked upon that testimonial as tending to prove the untruthfulness of those base assertions. He would only add that if the colliers would only place greater confidence in their managers greater good would result to themselves, and he hoped that the officials who were at present working for Mr Clark and the company would continue in the future as they had been in the past to be faithful servants...”.**

He is seen (seated, holding the baby) with other members of the Robinson family in later years.

*As reported by the Wigan Observer, 4 August 1888: “[Counsel:] Though you may differ on other things, you are gentlemen who take an interest in the welfare of the neighbourhood and you have worked together on several occasions? [Witness:] Yes.... [Counsel:] Mr Woods is the representative of the miners, and he does his best to promote a good feeling between masters and men? [Witness:] That is unknown to me. I am inclined to think he fails in it. (Laugher)...”.

**“Presentation To A Colliery Official”, Wigan Observer 14 November 1888. Robinson would afterwards serve on both the Golborne and Haydock Urban District Councils, and as a county magistrate.

Stagecoach London Alexander Dennis TransBus Plaxton 34362 LV52HKO The Last Of This Batch Of Buses At Bromley Bus Garage The Rest Of This Batch Went To Catford Bus Garage When The Route 314 was Given Brand New Enviro 200'S 34362 Is Seen Here On Her Native Route 314 Having her 5 Minutes Of Sun Before A Run To New Addington As TB 73 34362 Has Also Been Seen on Route 227 & Route 246

Given to me by my neighbor Tina Pultrone. It's her, her sister, Patricia, her brother, Mark, and her father, Antonio.

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