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From back in the days when the agency operating Los Angeles city buses was called the RTD, for "Rapid Transit District." I think this was the 94 bus, heading north on Victory Place in Burbank, California, just as Amtrak train 11, the westbound Coast Starlight, passed by overhead.
For a closer view of the SP emblem on the bridge abutments (which are still there in 2008), see farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2962702661_c923f3caaa_o.jpg
Health Inspection sign, way to go Freshii
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The gardens of the Grade I Listed Bishop's Palace, Wells, Somerset.
Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral. The chapel and great hall were built between 1275 and 1292 for Bishop Robert Burnell. The windows had stone tracery. Stone bosses where the supporting ribs meet on the ceiling are covered with representations of oak leaves and the Green Man. The building is seen as a fine example of the Early English architectural style.
In the 14th century, Bishop Ralph of Shrewsbury continued the building. He had an uneasy relationship with the citizens of Wells, partly because of his imposition of taxes, and surrounded his palace with crenellated walls, a moat and a drawbridge. The 5 metres (16 ft) high three-storey gatehouse, which dates from 1341, has a bridge over the moat. The entrance was protected by a heavy gate, portcullis and drawbridge, operated by machinery above the entrance, and spouts through which defenders could pour scalding liquids onto any attacker. The drawbridge was still operational in 1831 when it was closed after word was received that the Palace of the Bishop of Bristol was subject to an arson attack during the Bristol riots. These took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill. The proposal had aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons; however there was no rioting in Wells. The water which filled the moat flowed from the springs in the grounds which had previously chosen its own course as a small stream separating the cathedral and the palace and causing marshy ground around the site. The moat acted as a reservoir, controlled by sluice gates, which powered watermills in the town.
The north wing (now the Bishop's House) was added in the 15th century by Bishop Beckington, with further modifications in the 18th century, and in 1810 by Bishop Beadon. It was restored, divided, and the upper storey added by Benjamin Ferrey between 1846 and 1854. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1548, Bishop Barlow sold Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset the palace and grounds. These were recovered after the Duke's execution in 1552.
In the 1550s, Bishop Barlow sold the lead from the roofs of the great hall. This resulted in it falling into a ruined state. It can be seen in an engraving of 1733 but was largely demolished around 1830 by Bishop Law. He created a "more picturesque ruin" by removing the south and east walls and laying out and planting the area previously occupied by the great hall. The palace was used as a garrison for troops in both the English Civil War and Monmouth Rebellion after which it was used as a prison for rebels after the Battle of Sedgemoor.
Bishop Kidder was killed during the Great Storm of 1703, when two chimney stacks in the palace fell on him and his wife, while they were asleep in bed. A central porch was added around 1824 and, in the 1840s and 1850s, Benjamin Ferrey restored the palace and added an upper storey. He also restored the chapel using stained glass from ruined French churches.
The palace now belongs to the Church Commissioners and is managed and run by The Palace Trust. The main palace is open to the public, including the medieval vaulted undercroft, chapel and a long gallery, although the Bishops House is still used as a residence and offices. There is a cafe overlooking the Croquet Lawn. The palace is licensed for weddings and used for conferences and meetings. The croquet lawn in front of the palace is used on a regular basis. The palace was used as a location for some of the scenes in the 2007 British comedy Hot Fuzz, and more recently in the 2016 film The Huntsman.
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Thật là khôg giốg học sinh 11 thịc hả chời ...... :-ss
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [♥] - [♥] - [♥] - [♥]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Viết cho những ngày cuối hè >;d<
Thế là đã sắp đến ngày đi học ....
-Là phải bận rộn w tập vở .. sgk :-w
-Là phải chia 2 , chia 3 time tung tăg để ngồi vào bàn học :-p
-Là phải dậy sớm lết đến trườg nghe giảg ;)
-Là phải thức trắg đêm nhồi nhét mọi thứ .... chỉ để lấy được con 10 tròn trỉnh :")
-Là phải lo sợ mỗi khi hok học bài :-ss
-Là phải giả vờ học thật chăm .. khi đang vật vờ mắt lim dim muốn gục xuống bàn :-<
-Là vui mừg , hét toán khi được nghỉ tiết :))
-Là được trò được chuyện ... được cười đựơc đùa cùng bạn bè :d
-Và qan trọng hơn là trở thàh Student grade 11 ...
. . . . [♥] - [♥] . . . .
Thế đó, sắp đi học là sắp mất nhìu thứ :(
Nhưg chỉ khi đi học mới biết ....
Cuộc sống hồn nhiên .. vui vẻ .. lúc nào cũng tươi cười ☺
......†iñä........
★ Has click , please Cm or if u don't have time Cm .. u just need a seconds to Fav :")
Grade II listed historic hotel (left) rebuilt in the mid 1800's.
"Dent is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies in Dentdale, a narrow valley on the western slopes of the Pennines within the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is 4 miles (6 km) south east of Sedbergh and about 8 miles (13 km) north east of Kirkby Lonsdale.
Dent was historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The origin of the name is debated. Older forms include Denet (1200). It may have been taken from the hill now known as Dent Crag (2,250 ft), to be compared with another hill named Dent near Cleator in Cumberland, in which case it would derive from a pre-English Celtic term related to Old Irish dinn, dind "a hill". Alternative derivations see the name preserving the memory of the dark age kingdom known in Latin as Regione Dunutinga, founded and named after King Dunot the Great of the North Pennines.
Both place name and dialect evidence indicate that this area was settled by the Norse in the 10th century. Geoffrey Hodgson, in 2008, argued that this invasion accounts for the high frequency of the Hodgson surname in the area.
Dent was the birthplace of Thomas de Dent, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland, in the early 14th century.
Dent was the birthplace of the geologist Adam Sedgwick in 1785.
Dentdale was one of the last Yorkshire Dales to be enclosed, Dent's Enclosure Award being made in 1859.
Whilst fishing on the Dee at Dentdale in the 1840s, William Armstrong saw a waterwheel in action, supplying power to a marble quarry. It struck Armstrong that much of the available power was being wasted and it inspired him to design a successful hydraulic engine which began the accumulation of his wealth and industrial empire.
Dent, then in Yorkshire, was one of the sites for the Survey of English Dialects in the 1950s. A recording of the broadest local speech is available on the British Library's website." - info from Wikipedia.
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Biddulph Grange Garden
One of the most extraordinary gardens in Britain.
This amazing garden was created by James Bateman, in the mid-19th century, for his collection of plants from around the world.
The garden is a masterpiece of Victorian garden design arranged in a series of garden rooms.
The garden is Grade I Listed
The mansion is Grade II* Listed
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/shropshire-staffordshire/b...
Atop White Bird Summit on a gorgeous spring day. This view looks down the 8 mile grade which ends at the small western town of White Bird, Idaho. There a ton of historic value in this area of Idaho.
Contou-nos o referido ancião,
pessoa saudavelmente insana de poesia,
que sobre as ruínas do coreto
BOTAVAM ÁROVRES / OBRAVAM
POBRES / MORAVAM SAPOS / TREPAVAM ERVAS /
CANTAVAM PÁSSAROS.
(Manoel de Barros)
Egg + Light, No Condiments
For the technically-inclined, see companion pic -- mini studio made from a cardboard box and tracing paper, two strobes on the bg through paper, one strobe inside the box, focused and popping up and through the egg from behind. All triggered by Phottix Ares. Fuji kits lens w/a +4 diopter.
(I have no idea why the EXIF says the flash did not fire...)
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Under flawless skies on Black Friday 2014, southbound grain loads drag up the Brindley Mountain grade between Hartselle and Cullman on the former L&N mainline. Back in the years right after college would often meetup for fanning days with good friend John Higginson around the holidays when I was visiting the parents in North Alabama, and this was one of many of those fun and productive days.
Even with the cab side getting a bit faded on the 7, that matched pair of YN2 AC4400s still looked pretty good a decade ago. Fast forward to the current day and the ones left in the best CSX scheme are really starting to look quite terrible. The 7 was the first CSX AC4400 I remember seeing as a kid on a trip to Nashville back in 1995, and really hard to believe these units are turning 30 years old now.
Our "funny" picture in front of the fountain.
Obviously Im not too much into it.
Im all the way at the left end, With a bubble face.
Mudam-se os tempos, mudam-se as vontades,
Muda-se o ser, muda-se a confiança;
Todo o mundo é composto de mudança,
Tomando sempre novas qualidades.
Continuamente vemos novidades,
Diferentes em tudo da esperança;
Do mal ficam as mágoas na lembrança,
E do bem, se algum houve, as saudades.
O tempo cobre o chão de verde manto,
Que já foi coberto de neve fria,
E em mim converte em choro o doce canto.
E, afora este mudar-se cada dia,
Outra mudança faz de mor espanto:
Que não se muda já como soía.
Luís Vaz de Camões
Fine examples of what where known as "Top shops" the large rear windows allow daylight into the rooms above the family homes of the workers making components for watches - in this case - or ribbon weaving in other areas of the then town such as Hillfields on the other side of the city centre.
Components where placed into boxes and carried to the master watchmakers up the street who made the finished product. Cheap imports from Switzerland along with the lifting of import taxes on cloth threw the town into decline.
This was reversed by a number of factors, firstly,
intervention: Lord Leigh's founding of a Worsted cloth mill in the next street (1862) which marked the beginning of factories as we know them today.
Luck: The start in licenced production of American sewing machines (1861) just as that nation turned over all it's industry to arms production for the civil war.
Opportunism: The start of production of French designed velocipedes just as that country started a war with Prussia (1870-71) setting the french cycle manufacturers back for a while, but propelling Coventry on the road to industrial recovery and the start of the Cycle/Motorcycle/Car industry that still exists in one form or another to this day.
Listed Grade II