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Givens Townhouse
324 North Sterling Street
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette Parish
circa 1893
The Lafayette area is situated in the region known as Southwest Louisiana. Lafayette and the surrounding area is a mix of Native American, Acadian, Creole, African American, English, French and Spanish culture. The Vermilion River runs through the city. Born out of the enduring spirit of the Acadians and Creoles, Cajun and Zydeco music is as much a part of the landscape as meandering bayous and moss-draped oaks. To find true Cajun and Zydeco music, visit one of the many dancehalls or restaurants that feature music.
Diane was given the assignment to cover the Kings of Chaos at The Paramount in Huntington, NY. This tour consists of Billy Gibbons, vocalist and guitarist from ZZ Top, Robin Zander, vocalist from Cheap Trick, Chester Bennington, vocalist from Linkin Park, Billy Duffy, guitarist from The Cult, Steve Stevens, guitarist from Billy Idol, Robert DeLeo, bassist from Stone Temple Pilots and Matt Sorum, drummer from Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver. Click this link to see her photographs and read her review
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Given that our hiking group is heading back to the Grand Canyon tomorrow for a 25-mile Rim-to-Rim hike, I thought I'd post some shots from our May hike in the Canyon. This is our campsite for day two at Boucher Creek, just a mile and a half up from the river.
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Two hundred and six metres at 16:25pm on Sunday 14th May 2023 off Alberni Highway 4 within MacMillan Provincial Park at Cathedral Grove in British Columbia.
Featuring a magnificent temperate rainforest with enormous 800 year old trees, a carpet of ferns and draping moss, the trees in Cathedral Grove are amongst the oldest and tallest in Canada.
Nikon D850 Single-lens reflex digital camera F Mount with FX CMOS 35.9mm x 23.9mm Image sensor 46.89 Million total pixels Focal length: 35mm Shutter speed: 1/100s (Mechanical shutter) Aperture f/5.6 ISO125 Image area Full Frame FX (36 x 24) NEF RAW L 45.4 Million pixels (8256 x 5504) 14 Bit uncompressed AF-C Priority Selection: Release Hand held with Nikkor VR Vibration Reduction enabled Nikon Back button focusing enabled 3D Tracking watch area: Normal 55 Tracking points Exposure mode: Manual mode Metering mode: Matrix metering White balance on: Auto1, A1.00, M0.25 (4290k) Colour space: Adobe RGB Picture control: (A) Auto (Sharpening A+1.00/Clarity A+1.00)
Nikkor AF-S 16-35mm f/4.0G IF ED VR. Hoodman HEYENRG round eyepiece oversized eyecup. Black Rapid Curve Breathe strap. My Memory 128GB Class 10 SDXC 80MB/s card. Lowepro Flipside 400 AW camera bag. Nikon EN-EL15a battery.
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HP 110-352na Desktop PC with Windows 10 Home edition AMD Quad-Core A6-5200 APU 64Bit processor. Radeon HD8400 graphics. 8 GB DDR3 Memory with 1TB Data storage. 64-bit Windows 10. My Passport USB 3.0 2TB portable desktop hard drive. Nikon NX STUDIO 64bit Version 1.2.2 (08/12/2022). Nikon Capture NX-D 64bit Version 1.6.2 (18/02/2020). Nikon Picture Control Utility 2 (Version 2.4.5 (18/02/2020). Nikon Transfer 2 Version 2.16.0 (08/12/2022). Adobe photoshop Elements 8 Version 8.0 64bit.
Given by my grandfather to my grandmother for her ruby wedding anniversary
Lighting information: one Olympus FL-600R camera right, diffused by Polaroid mini-diffuser. One Olympus FL-300R camera left, undiffused. Both triggered optically by Olympus FL-LM2, on camera, also contributing to the exposure.
See here for an illustration of the lighting setup: flic.kr/p/2n4Thjp
a present given to me at the bar on a night that i felt so stupidly lonely surrounded by friends, so once home i kept going to my living room to look at it so i could tell my brain to shut the fuck up. a pillow from toto, who i tried to convince to get a flickr account since her artwork is Amazing...she has a blog and hopefully when we hang out when i'm not working she'll tell me what it is and we won't be too drunk that i don't remember.
Given the almost 90-degree heat, fans were happy for a rather quick moving game to that point with low pitch counts for both hurlers.
I was given another opportunity to take photos at Scotland's National Stadium Hampden. This time it was a Euro Qualifier with the national side playing Lithuania. I have to say it's a really tough gig. It wasn't a great night weather wise either. But I enjoyed the experience nonetheless. I fell I'm getting there, but there's still a long way to go to get those shots that the pros get. I take my hat off to them. Scotland won 1-0 scoring.
JROTC Award Given at DAR Picnic to Anthony William Thursby on Sat. June 11, 2016. The Annual William Tuffs Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held their annual summer picnic at the Willowdale Park Pavilion in Elkhart, Indiana on Saturday, June 11, 2016.At their abbreviated official meeting, they presented Anthony William Thursby with the JROTC Outstanding Recipient Award. He attended the picnic with his sister, Cassandra. The next DAR meeting is in September.As is the Chapter’s custom, they invited the Veterans from the Robert L. Miller, Sr. Veterans Center in South Bend, Indiana and the Color Guard organized by Ed Buras. Jamie and Ed Buras accompanied the Veterans to the picnic. The Color Guard extends Honors to Veterans at Funerals and participate in Parades and at other requested events. Those interested in this service, can contact Buras at the Center. DAR
Member Beth Thurston posed in front of her flag collection with Penny Bucks who made a special apron for Thurston. A delicious homemade buffet dinner complete with dessert was served, and afterward, the group played Bingo for the many white elephant prizes that had been brought by the DAR members. The remaining gifts after the game were given to the Center for those unable to attend the picnic.
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PERSONAL FUN FACT: I fell in love with Starbust shortly after I discovered his existence. I'm sure I had seen him (her?) before, when researching Girl of the Year Chrissa. But it wasn't until I was given my Chrissa doll in 2022, that I really connected with the llama. You see, I had known a real life llama since I was 12. That was back in the day when my sister and I had horses. We'd go to one of the farms in town and pick up hay in the fields, to get a discount on it. Somehow that turned into us helping out with ALL the haying in the area (my dad was friends with the farmer). Eventually, that lead to me getting a job with the guy who owned the field...and that's where I work now! I vividly remember the first time we were at Eben's farm, driving up the lane to the field. Dad pointed and said, "Look at the llama." I would later learn his name was "Big Red." I took care of him for many years as an adult. He would get special meals, because he was too gentle with the sheep, who would bully him away from his own food. Big Red was a gentle, but very cautious creature. We always joked that he was watching us whenever Eben was out of town. In the last months of his life, he was very friendly with people (probably because he had a tumor growing that changed his personality). He was a beautiful creature with the funniest crooked teeth. I miss him dearly, ever since he passed away in 2021. Anyways, the loss of Big Red made me want Chrissa's llama even more. I checked for this guy on eBay time and time again. There were so many occasions when I almost pulled the trigger. But I somehow talked myself out of it every time. I hoped to get a super cheap one...perhaps without the bridle and blanket.
On Christmas morning 2024, I woke up to do my morning chores (feeding/cleaning the critters, cleaning the house, lighting the wood stove, etc). I spotted a handmade card from my sister on the table, as well as a painting. Inside the card was a little note. It said to look on eBay--Colleen had gotten me something small as a surprise. We share the same eBay account, so it's hard to keep secrets. That's why if Colleen orders me something, she usually does it the night before and leaves a note for me to check eBay. I knew from the llama sticker on the note what it must be. Sure enough, she'd gotten me Starburst. He was in pristine condition, complete with bridle and blanket. She paid $25 for him, which was a great deal. When I would search for this llama, the nicer ones could sometimes cost upwards of $40. She said she rationalized that she'd spend a few extra bucks to get me the nicer one, since the incomplete llamas weren't much cheaper at the time. He arrived a few days after Christmas, and was even cuter than I expected. I love having a little American Girl farm...next I need Caroline's calf! But this llama is impossible to beat. I also adore his name...Starburst.
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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.
Given the steamy windows and the lighting I found it extremely difficult to get decent shots without reflections so most of them having something. I was just fascinated; we didn't realized how vast and sprawled out Seoul is.
19/04/2018. Ladies European Tour 2018. 24th Lalla Meryem Cup, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Blue Course. Rabat, Morocco. 19-22 April. Ellie Givens of England during the first round. Credit: Tristan Jones
Photo by Greg Descantes / Jet Fuel Cycling Team. Buck gives it everything to climb the infamously steep hills of San Francisco.
Given the time that these have been painted white 32555 is looking rather shiny when passing through Scotstoun on the 62
Given the camo upper body, the underside is surprising. Shot helped by strong aquarium lighting and some PS magic.
Scan of a leaflet given to me by a friendly chap whilst i was washing the car on Sunday.
I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when the artist was briefed.
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Philadelphia - September 20, 2014
The Delaware State Hornets played were embarrassed by the Temple Owls, today, 59-0 at Lincoln Financial Field. The Hornets who are winless this season (0-4) were down 14 points early in the first quarter after a couple of fumbles.
After the game, the humbled Hornets gathered on the north side of the field, where the coaching staff--incensed by the team's poor effort-- addressed the team's desire and preparation..
Temple travels to Connecticut next week where they'll play the UCONN Huskies in the AAC conference opener.
The Hornets return to Dover Delaware for a game with Savannah State.
.© Roger Barone 2014
Given the false infra-red processing treatment. Amazing long shadows in the low winter light across the clearing
23/06/2018. Ladies European Tour 2018. Ladies European Thailand Championship, Phoenix Gold Golf and Country Club. Pattaya. Thailand . June 21- 24. Eleanor Givens of England during the third round. Credit: Tristan Jones
Given my slight obsession with rocks and stones, there's no way I could visit the lake district without taking this shot of a drystone wall!
given that it was a beautiful and warm (spring?) day, i opted for a little land art by the american river, utilizing the very prevelent dried fennel stalks.
26/04/2019. Ladies European Tour 2019. Lalla Meryem Cup, Royal Golf Dar Es Salam, Rabat, Morocco. 25-28 April 2019. Ellie Givens of England during the first round. Credit: Tristan Jones
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Crofton Sports, attacking down their right wing, evade the Doncaster Toll Bar defence in Division Four of amateur rugby league's Yorkshire League. Toll Bar, the league leaders, ran in 10 tries as they routed their third-placed visitors 50-6.
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Doncaster Toll Bar versus Crofton Sports
Yorkshire League, Division Four (level 12, kick-off 2pm)
Admission: free. Programmes: none. Attendance: 56. Doncaster Toll Bar 56 Crofton Sports 6 (HT 22-0). Scoring sequence: 6-0 (22mins); 12-0 (30mins); 18-0 (33mins); 22-0 (36mins); 28-0 (41mins); 32-0 (47mins); 32-6 (50mins); 36-6 (59mins); 40-6 (63mins); 46-6 (66mins); 50-6 (79mins).
Given the number of Digital Cinema cameras hitting the market Fujinon introduced new PL Mount Zoom Lenses at the show. The 18-85mm T2.0 --Model Number HK4.7x18F- will be the first of the lenses in the series introduced with an anticipated May delivery date. Three other zoom lenses are planned in the PL series. They include: the 14.5-45mm T2.0, 24-180mm T2.6, and 75-400mm T2.8 - T4.0 - with an anticipated delivery of December 2009.
Given that meter was in the powerhouse at Sloss Furnaces I believe it is an electric meter. The dial is stuck as it almost turned to 2001.
ABL CONOCO PHILLIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS SERIES - GAME 1 - 10TH FEBRUARY 2012. Action from game 1 of the 2011/2012 Australian Baseball League (ABL) played at Barbagallo Stadium Perth, between the Perth Heat v Melbourne Aces.
Whyalla. Population 21,200.
Hummock Hill was sighted and named by Matthew Flinders in 1802 and soon after given French names by Captain Baudin. The first pastoral runs were taken out here in the 1850s as it had the Middle Back ranges, coastal access and Port Augusta not too far distant. One of the early pastoralists was James Patterson who took out the Iron Knob leasehold of over 160 square miles in 1854 near Iron Knob. To the north and west of his leasehold was that of James Loudon who took out Caroona station in 1862. Other leaseholds in the region of Whyalla were Point Lowly, Pandurra and Middleback. In the early 1870s Loudon sold Caroona to Sir Samuel Davenport and Sir John Morphett and it was Davenport, with his interest in minerals and mining, who sent the first ore samples to England in 1878 for analysis. This resulted in a mining lease taken out in 1880 by Ernest Siekman. The lease lapsed as he did not pay the annual rental. BHP took out nine mining leases in 1896 and the future of iron Knob and the future Whyalla began. BHP began taking iron ore for smelting to Port Augusta in 1899 which took bullock drays two days. The Hundred of Randell which covered this area was declared in 1895 as interest in the ore deposits increased.
In 1896 the government released land fronting Spencers Gulf for lease. One of the first to take up land where Whyalla stands was Humphrey Cowled who leased 30,000 acres on the gulf which he called Nonowie. The town of Hummock Hill emerged in 1900 after BHP developed their ore leases. The ore was used for flux in the Port Pirie smelter and it was shipped across Spencers Gulf. Most of the early settler families at Hummock Hill also came by ship across the gulf from Port Pirie. These families remained the backbone of the Whyalla population until World War Two. In 1900 BHP proposed to the government of SA to enact a bill that would allow them to build a tramway from Iron Knob to Hummock Hill on the coast with a permanent leasehold of the route. Port Augusta Council opposed this as they wanted the tramway built to Port Augusta and its already existing port. There was some logic in this opposition as a tramway to Port Augusta would be 46 miles in length whereas the tramway to Hummock Hill was about 35 miles, not a significantly shorter distance. The government enacted legislation for a BHP tramway to Hummock Hill in 1901 and BHP had developed a small jetty and port by 1903. At the same time the town of Hummock Hill emerged partly on BHP leasehold land. By 1905 the settlement had its first school, a general store and a tin Institute in which the school was conducted. Church services were also held in the hall. In 1903 the community was pleased when Mr Delprat, the general manager of the Broken Hill mine visited Hummock Hill and Iron Knob. The first hotel opened in 1905 on the site that later became the Whyalla Hotel 20 or so years later. The beer was shipped to the hotel from Port Pirie. The isolation of Hummock Hill was reduced when a telephone service began in 1911. Gradually stone houses replaced early tin and timber houses and the town took shape. The government officially surveyed and changed the name of the town to Whyalla in 1914 which means “sound of the sea” in a local Aboriginal language. The new solid Institute was opened in 1920 by Mr Delprat the BHP manager in Broken Hill. At the time Whyalla had a population of around 1,000 people with sporting clubs, RSL, banks, and commercial enterprises. Water was shipped from Port Pirie when necessary. BHP established a dairy to provide milk for the residents and a small desalination plant was built to provide additional fresh water. The impressive red ironstone buildings, often in the Art Deco style were erected in the late 1930s or early 1940s as the city’s industrial base expanded to steel making and ship building. The iron stone Whyalla Hotel opened in 1933. It was enlarged in 1940. This was a company town run by BHP with the exception of the Post Office, the School and the Police Station run by the government and the commercial enterprises of the town. BHP was a paternalistic employer and during the Depression of the 1930s as work slowed BHP found other jobs for married male employees such as re grading the tramway from Iron Knob etc.
During World War One Mr Delprat had suggested a steel furnace and steel works in Whyalla but this did not happen. The steel industry in Australia began with a small furnace and plant at Lithgow in the Blue Mountains in 1901. This plant was superseded by the bigger steel works in Newcastle in 1915 and Whyalla jetty was then expanded to ship iron ore direct to Newcastle. The third steel plant in Australia was established at Port Kembla (Wollongong) in 1928 and Iron Knob ore was also shipped there. With the rise of Hitler and Third Reich in Europe in 1933 and the ominous threat of world war Australia began to be concerned about its future as it was clear we were no longer isolated from the rest of the world. In 1937 the SA government passed legislation for the Morgan to Whyalla Murray River water pipeline to ensure water reliability for Whyalla and this was an essential for the first production of steel by BHP. The 1937 act set aside 1,000 acres for BHP to establish the plant and adjacent harbour. Progress was not hasty and the furnace and harbour began in 1939. After the outbreak of World War Two work progressed quickly. The first steel was produced in 1941 and called pig iron. Port Kembla also produced pig iron or steel and its export to Japan in 1938 led to the Attorney General Robert Menzies being called Pig Iron Bob by striking wharf unionists. The union slogan at the time was “No scrap for the Jap.” At that time Japan was fighting the Sino-Japanese War and needed more steel. The industrial dispute at Port Kembla ended in January 1939 when the waterside workers loaded the ships at Port Kembla. In 1940 the Royal Australia Navy asked BHP if they could build ships in Whyalla and this became urgent with the war and work began in 1940 on the hulls of several ships before the steel blast furnace was completed. The town grew rapidly with an influx of new workers and the construction of the hospital, an abattoirs, the Spencer Hotel, and the establishment of a Whyalla newspaper in 1941/42. During the War the population rose from 1,350 in 1937 to 7,900 in 1944. During most of World War Two BHP employed around 2,500 men and women with a peak of 2,750 employees in 1941. During the War BHP also established an ammunitions annex to produce shells for war arms. In a couple of years Whyalla produced 748,000 shell cases. The Combined Unions Council negotiated with BHP for workers’ wages and conditions. The newly employed women to offset the war time labour shortage were employed in the war effort in the shell annex, the tool room and in ship building. The women received 90% of the men’s wages for the same job.
The first ship was launched in 1941 and named the HMAS Whyalla (650 tonnes) which is now part of the Information Centre and Maritime Museum. It was one of four corvettes made in Whyalla for the Royal Australia Navy and they mainly worked as minesweepers and surveillance. During and after World War Two Whyalla built 36 ships for the Australian Navy, four for Indian navy and 20 for the British Admiralty. After the War most of the ships built in Whyalla shipyards were mainly cargo and iron ore carriers. A total of 63 ships, one oil rig and two barges were built in Whyalla by 1978 when shipbuilding was closed down. Most of the corvettes manufactured in Whyalla had South Australian town names- Whyalla, Gawler and Pirie. Whyalla also built the Kalgoorlie corvette for the Royal Navy. Other SA named corvettes built interstate were the Kapunda, the Glenelg and the Wallaroo. After the war BHP built commercial ships and eventually in 1958 they decided to build an integrated steel works in Whyalla (completed 1965) to process the ore into steel. Railway lines and ships were among the steel products produced.
As a shipbuilding site and producer of ammunition shells Whyalla needed special consideration and defence during World War Two. Defence installations were erected on Hummock Hill during the Second World War (1942) as Whyalla was a potential Japanese bombing target. Four anti-aircraft guns were on the ready at Hummock Hill. Other defence installations were built south of Cowell at Port Gibbon to forewarn of a Japanese attack. Complacency about war threats was overturned when German shipping mines were discovered in Spencers Gulf in 1940 designed to impede BHP ore carriers to Newcastle and Wollongong. Across the Gulf Port Pirie produced half of Britain’s lead so it too needed special protection. A survey recommended special defences for both Iron Triangle cities but only Whyalla got special protection. As the threat of Japan increased anti-aircraft guns were sent to Hummock Hill and arrived on 4 February 1942. Ten days later (14 th February) Singapore fell to the Japanese and on 19th February 1942 Darwin was bombed and partially destroyed by the Japanese. The hummock Hill anti-aircraft guns were operational by 23rd March. One Royal Navy ship guarded the entrance to Whyalla for most of the War until 1944. Search lights were installed at Hummock Hill late in 1942. But no threat emerged during the War. Air raid practices were conducted by BHP from time to time warning people to take cover when the BHP siren sounded. Despite the practices and preparations no raid occurred but the need for precaution was not unfounded. Three of BHP’s merchant ships were sunk off the coast of NSW on their way to or from Whyalla with a total loss of 85 lives. By early 1944 Australia’s home defences were known to be out of danger but gunners at Whyalla had been withdrawn in August 1943 and their tasks taken over by civilian defence.
By 1943 Whyalla had a population of 5,000 people and people began to query the lack of local government as the city was run by BHP. Local government was instituted in 1944 with three elected and three BHP appointed councillors. 1944 was also the year the Morgan to Whyalla water pipeline was completed. In 1960 Whyalla became a city as it had around 14,000 residents. The Commission system of local government was ended in 1970 when locals could finally elect all councillors to their city. By 1976 Whyalla had 33,000 residents, the largest city outside of Adelaide but with the loss of shipbuilding in 1978 the city’s population declined to about 20,000. BHP sold their Whyalla works to OneSteel in 2000 which changed its name to Arrium. Sanjeev Gupta bought the insolvent Arrium steelworks in 2017 and has revitalised it albeit with recent difficulties. The Whyalla steel works are critical to the whole of Australia as steel is only made at Whyalla and Port Kembla. Whyalla is the only plant to make steel rail for all sorts of uses not just railways. In late 2024 Whyalla steel works employed 4,800 people directly and countless more indirectly in other firms. (Port Kembla employs around 3,000 people.) Perhaps the future of the city will be revitalised even more if the hydrogen hub proceeds. Whether that happens or not billions of dollars of investment are needed to move Whyalla steel works away from coal fired furnaces to gas or hydrogen fired furnaces. On the way to Hummock Hill lookout in Gay St. we pass the Whyalla Institute with a classical façade with the date as 1920. This was also the site of the first timber Institute opened in February 1905. The first Whyalla School opened in this Institute in April 1905.The current port of Whyalla exports iron ore and steel mainly. Port Bonython 16 kms north of Whyalla mainly exports crude oil and liquid gas from South Australia’s Cooper basin.
After reading about this adorable garden from some literature, and given its proximity to one of our favorite nature preserves, Duke Farms, we decided to take a ride over to acquaint ourselves with this new discovery. Nestled in bucolic landscape of rolling hills and brooks, the first impression was quite pleasing. The time of year was perfect—late spring—and the Garden Trail would lead to many interesting observations. Lovely flowers and lush trees reflected the new arrivals to the warmer seasons, and air was full of sounds from the recently emerging cicadas to the bull frogs and birds. A variety of insects were busy feeding and flying about, often times situated in way in which the backdrop would provide a beautiful composition. Having many fond memories of exploring the woods and other natural terrain as a child, both here and overseas, cicadas, dragonflies, damselflies, and frogs have always owned a special place in my heart. My wife shot some beautiful photos of the dragonflies, and was fascinated with the cicadas. She was previously averse to touching them, but I had assured her that they are very gentle in nature and almost seem to like being lightly stroked. They really are cute creatures when examining them close up. The variety of irises were so special in the way the landscape is elegantly accentuated with their presence, and the Japanese Primrose along the brooks and wooden bridges provided pretty colors to the scene.