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Dear Flickr,
Stateofthenation Photography from little old New Zealand.... well the 'me' part of it anyway is going on an extraordinary adventure!!
... to the following destinations:
Singapore (arrive 10pm 24-April)
Malaysia
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam (Visa from the 17 May to 17June)
Laos
Myanmar
and if time (and budget permits) China
Leaving from Bangkok on 26 June
Now, here's the thing,
I want to sample real local life, not your usual tourist traps, I'm also on a strict budget hence the shout-out for help and the backpack....
I'd really like some local info on the best places to stay, to eat and to see your countries.... again, not just the tourist usuals, I can read about those online, I want to meet the people, see the normal everyday life, just experience the culture - I'm convinced it's so completely different from my usual life over here and I'd love to sample it if only briefly.
If anyone wants to do a flickr/strobist meetup and in the process show me some of your city/town/village I would be only too grateful!!
I don't have much to offer in return except I'll have all my gear (haha - by ALL I mean ALL - my 1 body, 1 lens, 2 speedlights and 3 pws....... (nothing like Mr Hobby's carry-on I'm afraid :) ) - I'm happy to impart any knowledge I have, generally talk camera settings (Yes, I hear all my friends here sniggering....) and general setup techniques..... But in return I'll also offer the return favour when you travel to New Zealand - I'll put you up, show you around and feed you roast lamb and pavalova..... :D
So let's hear you all - send me a flickr mail with your location and I'll let you know when I'll be nearby - I'd truly LOVE to meet you!
Thanks heaps!
Brent
Strobist info: Bare 580's to left and right (left at 1/1, right at about 1/4)
A Saturday run out from the Griffin in Newton le Willows to Southport (the cara!) in aid of Help for Heroes.
More Info at : www.numbumrun.co.uk/
EBRD Green Cities helps to improve the lives of millions of people – by investments ranging from increasing access to water, upgrading public transport or improving the sustainability of the city’s energy system.
Alongside resilience provided by sustainable infrastructure, the event explored how cities can learn from and support one another in times of crisis. Bringing citizen voices into the room, citizens from three of the programme’s Green Cities told their stories and engage with a panel of decision makers and city thought leaders.
Broadcasting live from several of EBRD’s Green Cities, citizens linked their local context to the global one, reflecting on both personal and community resilience. Their questions to the panel asked how governments can support their citizens in difficult times to create ‘sustainable cities’ in the fullest sense.
This was a hybrid event taking place in-person at the EBRD Annual Meeting in Marrakesh, Morocco and streamed live to and from our countries of operation. The audience and panel were invited into the homes, businesses and project sites of EBRD’s Green Cities through a combination of pre-recorded video and live contributions.
Featuring:
Lin O'Grady
Deputy Head SI3P & Co-Lead EBRD Green Cities
EBRD
Dr Nigel Jollands - Moderator
Associate Director, Co-lead EBRD Green Cities
EBRD
Shams El Din Abdel Ghaffar - Speaker
Managing Director
Infinity Capital Investment
Sue Barrett - Speaker
Director, Head of Infrastructure, Turkey, Middle East & Africa
EBRD
Nandita Parshad - Speaker
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group
EBRD
Fatma Sahin - Speaker
Mayor of Gaziantep
Metropolitan Municipality of Gaziantep, Turkey
A call to the help desk turns ugly when the technician can't understand why the person calling won't cooperate with simple commands but he can't because his pc won't work and that is why he called the help desk.
"It happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out."
-John Davies
Feel free to help me out in identifying the god and goddess.
Patan, or Lalitpur, is one of the three ancient independent Malla kingdoms in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal.
From Wikipedia: "Patan (Sanskrit: पाटन Pātan, Nepal Bhasa: यल Yala), officially Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, is one of the major cities of Nepal located in the south-central part of Kathmandu Valley. Patan is also known as Manigal. It is best known for its rich cultural heritage, particularly its tradition of arts and crafts. It is called city of festival and feast, fine ancient art, making of metallic and stone carving statue. "
From Lonely Planet: "Once a fiercely independent city-state, Patan (pronounced pah-tan) is now almost a suburb of Kathmandu, separated only by the murky Bagmati River. Many locals still call the city by its original Sanskrit name of Lalitpur (City of Beauty) or by its Newari name, Yala. Almost everyone who comes to Kathmandu also visits Patan’s spectacular Durbar Sq – arguably the finest collection of temples and palaces in the whole of Nepal.
Another good reason to come here is to take advantage of the shops and restaurants set up to cater to the aid workers and diplomats who live in the surrounding suburbs. Then there are Patan’s fair-trade shops, selling superior handicrafts at fair prices and channelling tourist dollars to some of the most needy people in Nepal.
Read more: www.lonelyplanet.com/nepal/around-the-kathmandu-valley/pa...;
Sloppy picture. Can some one pls post a pic under thus picture of a simple modern combat heavy tank besides the m1a2 abrams.
Forgotten her name at present, its on the slide, might be christine my mind says, don't think she stayed long, Our chef had a son out in the Falklands war..............
He took his worries out on us
I stayed 21 weeks - every day counted, another day of hell in the kitchen - but if you weren't in the kitchen it was a great place to be
Mariama Abdou helps her daughter, Samsiya Idi, take antimalaria medicine in the town of Illela during the third cycle of Niger's seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) campaign.
Samsiya loves to play with dolls and pretend she is a chef. As her mother says, "a healthy child makes a happy home."
SMC is a campaign style public health intervention to prevent and treat malaria infection in young children living in the Sahel region of Africa. SMC involves giving an antimalarial medicine at monthly intervals for a maximum of four months during the rainy season when malaria transmission spikes (from July to October). The goal is to treat any existing infections and maintain protective drug concentrations in the blood throughout a complete transmission season.
Photo Credit: PMI Impact Malaria
There were two adult and this immature grebe on the lake in northeastern Colorado this morning; another person identified this as an eared grebe. I'm wondering if it is a horned grebe instead, in view of the white tip on the bill and the large amount of white on the cheek. I would appreciate help with ID. I will also be posting photos of the adults.
This young man saw Kathy and I handing out water and joined us in our efforts. It was so very hot and a few folks had passed out from over heating.
espite returning as a hero after beating Brandon Rios over the weekend, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has said he has no money to keep his promise to help typhoon victims because his bank accounts have been frozen by bank authorities.
The Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue says Pacquiao hasn't proved he paid taxes in 2008-2009, and says he owes 2.2 billion pesos ($50m) in back taxes as of July.
Pacquiao, the wealthiest member of the Philippine Congress, said on Tuesday he borrowed more than 1 million pesos ($22,700) to buy relief supplies before his fight on Sunday with Rios in Macau, and will borrow more to keep his word to typhoon victims. Pacquiao said he plans to provide aid to more than 10,000 families.
Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest typhoons on record, ploughed through the central Philippines in October, killing more than 5,200 people and destroying entire towns.
'Not a thief'
Pacquiao said he paid taxes in the United States following his victories against Ricky Hatton and Oscar de la Hoya and that a treaty prevents double taxation. A criminal case was dropped by prosecutors for alleged unpaid taxes in 2010, but the revenue authorities' tax claims for the 2008-2009 are still pending.
"I appeal to them to remove the garnishment so that I can move and pay for my staff's salaries," Pacquiao said in his southern hometown of General Santos city. "I am not a criminal or a thief."
HE HASTN'T MOVED YET ALJEZZA INTERNATIONAL EDITION WE CAN'T FIND HER HE'S STABLE YOU CAN'T GO TO MACCAS...WHERE MACCA? AMERICANS CAUSWEW IN SADES OSSSSSST USE THAT LAND AS OSSSSSSSSSSED DING DONG WHERE'S THE FAR CORK AMERICAN MR TUFTS PINKI LLYOD BACK IN THERE ACID JAZZ AND THEN THE BETRAYAL..WILL FORCE IS HAND DING DONG..DONGA ORAGNISED THE SCHOOL REUNION FROM QLD THERE'S THE 50 MILLION muiNDINE WINS BACK SPASM 6 ROUND BOXING CUZ DEPARTMENT YES DAVIE BIKERMEN PROTECTING WE HAVEN'T TAKEN OVER THE CENTRAL COAST WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THAT HJORSE JODES...THEY GOT HERE AGAIN AND MANY ARE SOMETHING IN INFIDGO NEWS 24 we"lL USE THE $50MILLION ACCOUNT AND THEN IT'S ALL AMERICAN FOECE HIS HAND JEWS SHAGHI LAST EMPOER CUBLIC AND A LUMP ON MY HEAQD THAT PROVES I'M INJUN rome ESTRCUANCAN FORECED HIS HAND ROOSVELT STARLIN BETRAYS HITLER ROMMEL KILLS HIMSELF AFTER A FAILED BOMBING ATTEMPT AND THROWN OUTTA THE SENATE PRESIDENT NO HEAD OF STE IMMUNITY AND THE RUSSIAN FRONT NEARLY GOT ME THERE GOBBE;S NOONE WALKS THAT FAR..JUST AROUND TO SHIT OLD MOTHER FSO SHE CAN GO ON A INTERNATIONAL PARK TOUR CONTEACT FULLFILED IN THE NEXT AND IN WIMM SEE THE HYIT'S HERE BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN HERE IRAN 10 CENTUARY I BELIVE HE'S UNDER WITNESS PROECTIONS YOU HAVE A WIMMED CUNN? AND THEY CAN'T FIND HER IN BLAPHEME WORM LOOK WELL USE THE 50MILLION TO GET HIM out OF THE "HELLE" WHEATED CHAOS STICK TALKING SPIDERS TO SHOW TO HUMANS WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND THEN THEY RING WHY IS HE STILL SITYTING THJERE POSSESION HASN'T TAKEN PLACE CHECKING TOMMORROW THE LOCK ON THE LECTRICTY HANGS HIMSELF BULLSHIT UNDER WITNESS PROTECTION SOMEWHERE THE WEZEL WE'RE WEN'T EVEN ON THAT HIT AND THE BODIES COME UP OVER REACH WAS THE NAME OF THAT HORSE ONLY 100 STEPS AWAY HEY JUGS WALK OVER TO THE RSL WOULD YOU AND REMEMBER YOUR TOASTMASTERS COURSE WOULD YOU NOT INTERESTED.
♫ ......'cause one time they were just like you.
Drinking, smoking cigs and sniffin' glue.
Help the aged.. Don't just put them in a home.
Can't have much fun in there all on their own.
Lend a hand if you can, try to help them to unwind...
Give them hope and give them comfort 'cause they're running out of time...
In the meantime we try.
Try to forget that nothing lasts forever.
No big deal, so give us all a feel.
Funny how it all falls away.
When did you first realise,
it's time you took an older lover, baby.
Teach you stuff, although he's looking rough.
Funny how it all falls away.
So help the aged.
'Cause one day you'll be older too.
You might need someone who can pull y' through.
And if you look very hard behind those lines upon their face,
You might see where you are heading and it's such a lonely place.
Jarvis Cocker.... Pulp - 'Help the Aged' ..1997.
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Ohayou-gozaimasu! Been awhile hasn't it. Well, I found this stuck to the stall wall in a bathroom, I didn't have my camera though, so this was taken with my phone, eh. Well then. Totsiens. :]
I need some help, any suggestions on how to expand, improve, and what I should put in for the ?'s.
Bc=Black corner
ge=Grand Emporium
As=Antique shop
fb=Fire brigade
gc=green grocer
ps=pet shop
ms=market street
cc=cafe corner
Thanks!
The dhow, with the help of the Italian Frigate’s Seaboats was pushed towards the ship and, after a thorough check of the sturdiness of the hull and the wellbeing of the crew, the dhow was given a supply of food and fresh water and was positioned at the stern of the Italian ship and towed.
Vintage Focus Helper 24x36mm
Normally this Focus Helper would be used as shown on this picture with an Agfa Silette.
Now this particular Focus Helper, although it says for 24x36mm frames, was probably not ment for a small camera like this, it's groundplate is way to big and doesn't ly flat against the filmgate.
Wouldn't be surprised if this Focus Helper was used for the servicing of larger double format cameras like i.e. the Rolleiflex with a 35mm film insert.
More information is welcome !
John Oliver and Lurena Frazier Oliver. The first permanent white settlers....
DC Talk ~ Colored People
Pardon me, your epidermis is showing, sir
I couldn't help but note your shade of melanin
I tip my hat to the colorful arrangement
Cause I see the beauty in the tones of our skin
We've gotta come together
And thank the Maker of us all
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted place
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
We've got a history so full of mistakes
And we are colored people who depend on a Holy Grace
A piece of canvas is only the beginning for
It takes on character with every loving stroke
This thing of beauty is the passion of an Artist's heart
By God's design, we are a skin kaleidoscope
We've gotta come together,
Aren't we all human after all?
Ignorance has wronged some races
And vengeance is the Lord's
If we aspire to share this space
Repentance is the cure
Well, just a day in the shoes of a color blind man
Should make it easy for you to see
That these diverse tones do more than cover our bones
As a part of our anatomy
We're colored people, and they call us the human race
[Oh, colored people]
We're colored people, and we all gotta share this space
[Yeah we've got to come together somehow]
We're colored people, and we live in a tainted world
[Red and yellow, black and white]
We're colored people, every man, woman, boy, and girl
[Colored people, colored people,
colored people, colored people, yeah]
Japan was hit by a 9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunamis on Friday, March 11, 2011.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami
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From the BBC:
• Japan's Emperor Akihito has said he is "deeply worried" about the crisis his country is facing following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami
• Technicians temporarily abandoned the the quake-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant because of a spike in radiation levels
• The number of confirmed dead and missing now stands at nearly 13,000
• About 450,000 people have been staying in temporary shelters. Snow has been reported in affected areas - with more freezing weather forecast
Mid-train helpers have just been cut in and UP 7880 is now leaving the yard in Helper, UT to tackle the climb to Soldier Summit.
Men at home “sick”? Oh no, spare me!!
A few days ago Wouter had an operation because of a inguinal rupture (liesbreuk)
and is on sick leave for some times now. When it will take much longer I guess I will go nuts. No one else never ever before had such a terrible operation as he did (in his opinion) and so he calls for attention all day long. Help!!!