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Passersby walking along HighWaterLine's 6ft sea level rise line, Miami Beach, FL.
Attribution: Jayme Gershen
Stairs leading down to The Basement Discs (www.basementdiscs.com.au/index.html), Block Place.
Almost every old building in the central business district of Melbourne has a basement, primarily for storage purposes. The most common ones are made of brick, and feature arched walls and vaulted ceilings. Unfortunately, I was unable to gain access to my favourite one today, so I went to The Basement Discs to shoot today's topic instead.
The shopfront of this business, located one floor below street level, only takes up a small section of available space. The rest is private property (probably for storage purposes) and is sectioned off by posters and curtains. I chose this particular view because it gives a feeling of depth and hints at the solid style of architecture used in the basement area beyond.
Block Place, formerly known as Carpenter's Lane, was originally privately owned in the 1890s, but it was eventually covered by an iron and glass canopy and made public access to improve the experience of shoppers moving between Block Arcade and Royal Arcade. Block Place is listed on Victoria’s Heritage Register.
Over the last ten years, a myriad bars, restaurants and shops started springing up in these formerly neglected underground basements, injecting vibrant new life into the central city and creating new areas of interest for urban explorers such as myself.
Taken with my 1940s Argus C3 Camera using Fujicolor 200 Speed Film. at the Great Central Railway 1940s Event 2016.
Mallow to Tralee Railway Line - MP Killarney Junction 55 1/2.
Level crossing (XT143) at Gortalea Junction, Kerry 4th April 2013.
The Zombie Walk Birmingham 2014 in Centenary Square.
Seen from the Library of Birmingham.
Level 7 - Secret Garden view.
Entertainment by Free Radio. Collecting in aid of Birmingham Children's Hospital.
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February 8, 2020, Washington, D.C. - Governor Cuomo urged states not to rely on federal government for critical infrastructure and economic development and lead at the state level at the 2020 National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C.
High-level segment H.E. Mr Ibrahim Elmirghani
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A pair of GBRf hired DRS Choppers nos. 20302 and 20301 "Max Joule 1958-1999" come out of the sun and head 6Z20 10.00 Gloucester - Derby Litchurch Lane through Tamworth, consisting of two tank wagons used in conjunction with the movement of new London Underground S Stock from Derby (branded as 'Barrier Wagons' - they would have been match wagons in my BR days, barrier wagons were something completely different back then). Another pair of Choppers nos. 20308 and 20305 "Gresty Bridge" dead in-tow on the rear.
3rd February 2011
On the Jinpeng section of the Jitong Railway the climb for westbound trains after passing Reshui comprised a series of big curves looping the line back and forward as it gained height. This train has already passed along the tracks in the background and will soon pass through a curving tunnel and reappear behind me going in the opposite direction on level 3. I have recently read that rail traffic is so great that there are plans to replace this entire section with a deviation incorporating much tunnelling.
I really don't get much MOTU. For whatever reason, the figures remain kind of hard to get at a retail store level, and I'm really not that big of a fan TBH.
So why did I get the Mondo 1/6 She Ra timed exclusive? Because honestly, I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I effectively gave up ever trying to find a She Ra that's better than the Classics figure because, well, it was just too much work. Might as well go for the biggest and baddest, right?
Now before I begin, it should be noted that like Victory Saber, this figure has been plagued with a plethora of QC issues. Things are so bad that Mondo just recently stated they would provide all customers with a replacement head. I actually got a completely new figure, and had to frankenstein the two sets to arrive at what I'd consider an acceptable set given the circumstances.
So if nothing else, I have to give Mondo customer service two enthusiastic thumbs up.
Lets get down to business then.
The set is priced at $250 USD, which includes shipping directly from Mondo themselves. I have no idea what the actual window was. This is probably one of the few 1/6 figures I've ordered where the promised delivery date actually was met, so good on Mondo.
The box itself came fairly well packed, with corner protectors for the art box itself, and tissue paper protecting the window under the magnetic cover. The actual paper used for the art slip cover is a bit flimsy, but at least it is pretty. Art on the actual box itself is quite nice, though I am in position to critique it anal retentively
'm not the biggest She Ra fan, so with regards to the the contents of the set, you have various accessories that let you create toy, Filmation, and I believe an original look. There's also two pieces of rear hair, with one having a dedicated slot for the scabbard. There's also Kowl, the flying owl looking thing. There's also a a wired cloth cape, and a stand, the latter of which I never used.
Unfortunately, She Ra only comes with one head, which means only one expression.
So to start, there's no manual. While this generally isn't an issue with these sorts of figures, but I REALLY could have used some help with attaching the cape, and to some extent the scabbard.
The figure itself is a 1/6 scale action figure. What I mean by that is it feels like a luxury version of a.. I'll be nice and say a NECA or something. I mean, would a proper outfit on a body have been nice, but the bigger issue is the articulation.
It's basically the same as you'd get from your standard run of the mill action figure, with the added bonus of limitations due to the length of the hair and the skirt, the latter of which can be damaged if you stretch it too mu (i.e. beyond the leg position in my photo). Ankle articulation is strangely non existent,
I guess at least she has a functional waist joint. She also has double jointed knees but in practices you're really not going to get much use out of them.
Then there's the QC issues regarding the joints - the body parts on my figure range from fairly tight to loose like a night walker.. Some of the hands don't stay in the socket that tightly. and parts where plugging in is involved, most notable being the various head crests, have a difficult time tabbing in. In the case of the head crest, it is because the sockets not only need to be precisely sized, there's also location and shape in play as well.
Paint is... iffy. It's generally OK, but when you find something wrong, it's aggravating. For, it was the fact that both of heads I received thus far couldn't even get the lipstick on her actual lips.. *sigh*. While we're on the topic, both heads featured a flat nose that fortunately a bit of hot water was able to fix.
The weapons are not just of varying size, but even their handles are different sizes, so you can imagine how well the fists works. Unlike Hot Toys, the fists are actually of a relatively stiff material, and are not only a pain to get open in order to accept the weapon, but also, can cause paint rubbing off the weapon, or the hand itself.
So we've got a 1/5 figure with kind of meh QC and average articulation. So with any real dynamic posing out of the way, you're left with basically variations of standing poses.
Thank goodness that the cape itself, while frustrating, can add a much needed sense of dynamism. The overall colour scheme of She Ra her self also helps make the total package look pretty damn good, even if she's basically just in a static pose. The variety of display options is also quite nice, and to be honest it's nice having an extra body so I can actually display the figure in multiple ways.
Kowl is.. well he's alright. The arms rotate at the shoulder, and he's big and colourful. That's about all I can say. I guess I can add that he'd really hurt someone if you threw it at them.
So overall, my first Mondo experience was alright. There are some things that really need to be improved upon, and Mondo is addressing some of them. I think I could have lived with the overall level of QC if she could at least have posed better.
Still, I'm happy to see that She Ra at the very least turned out better than some of the Batman Animated Series stuff I've seen.
Green Heron perched in a tree over the Ohio and Erie Canal.Taken along the "Towpath Trail" in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Summit County Ohio.
Members of this Order of insects are extremely diverse. Many are small and agile flies as their name suggests. Some flies carry the tainted reputation for being carriers of disease such as malaria and yellow fever. Fly groups include crane flies, midges, gnats, mosquitos, black flies, horse flies, window flies, robber flies, bee flies, house flies, fruit flies, shore flies, dung flies, flesh flies and many others.
Robber flies are not to be trifled with. Capable of immobilizing bees, wasps and other insects larger than itself, robberflies catch their prey in mid air. As with other aerial predators, robberflies have excellent vision, characterized by two conspicuous compound eyes. The mouthparts of this family have been modified to a stabbing proboscis. Flies were revered by the ancient Egyptians who awarded a military honor in the form of a golden fly pendant.
Level 5 is now accessible only via the goods lift. It still looks like a ghetto compared with its infancy.
Please be careful when documenting this area as there could be workers around that can catch you unawares!
Areas where Shoot Out The Stars/Basketball Game/Kentucky Derby was. Beyond this point, the balustrading transitions from translucent to transparent and I didn't go any further as I didn't want to be spotted by a security inspector on a lower floor.
For this photo I couldnt use my L-358 light meter as the battery had died, therefore I used this App which I've got on my iPhone. It worked very very well, which is good to know!
The Mano River Union Secretariat (MRU) and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) organized a high-level sub-regional meeting from 25 to 26 November 2019, in Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone. The purpose of the meeting was to review the role of the Joint Border Security and Confidence Building Units (JBSCBUs) in order to draw lessons from the current status of these units and to analyze ways to improve and make them fully operational on a sustained basis, taking into account the socio-economic and political situation of its Member States in the sub-region; as well as to review the various existing MRU peace and security frameworks and make proposals for joint activities.
The meeting was attended by H.E. Amb. Medina A. Wesseh, Secretary General of the MRU; Mrs. Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel; Prof. David J. Francis, Chief Minister; Mr. Francis Kaikai, Minister of Planning and Economic Development; Mr. Edward Soluku, Minister of Internal Affairs and other officials of Government from the Republic of Sierra Leone, members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, Officials of Government and technical experts from the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, Republic of Liberia, Republic of Guinea, UN Resident Coordinators from MRU member states, UNDP Resident Representative and other development partners, Peace and Security Advisors from the UN system of the sub-region, presidents from the MRU JBSCBUs, representatives from the Civil Society including the Mano River Union Women’s Peace Network (MARWOPNET), representatives from the National Election Commissions of Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire.
The meeting noted with satisfaction the positive steps taken by the MRU Secretariat in reinforcing engagements with partners to promote regional stability through existing mechanisms within the sub-region. They called for the conduct of peaceful elections in Guinea and Côte d’Ivoire in 2020.
In this regard, and after full consideration of the issues under discussion, the meeting expressed gratitude with the level of partnership between the MRU and UNOWAS for the organization of the high-level meeting on peace and stability with focus on the JBSCBUs, and therefore resolved as follows:
Affirmation on consolidating democracy, peace and stability by identifying ways to prevent and reduce tensions related to pre and post electoral crises, and other governance issues in the sub-region;
Development of a strategic framework of cooperation between the UN system and the MRU that will identify joint initiatives within the peace, security and development nexus;
Consideration of upgrading the capacities of the JBSCBUs to function at an optimal level as an early warning and response mechanism, and create a framework for member States to take ownership of these mechanisms;
Expanding partnership engagements at multilateral and regional levels that will enable member states to address external threats and other cross-border crimes;
Creating a platform to increase advocacy on human rights issues, issues related to women and youth empowerment, as well as peace building with a particular focus on strengthening the capacity of MARWOPNET.
The participants expressed satisfaction with the convergence of views on all the issues and concerns raised, and expressed particular delight with the spirit of mutual understanding and cordiality that prevailed throughout their deliberations. They further reiterated the strong need to take all measures that would promote regional peace and stability, prevent and reduce tension in pre and post electoral context in Member States, enhance the capacity of the JBSCBUs to address cross border challenges and ensure socio-economic development and regional integration in the sub-region.
The participants expressed their appreciation to the Government of Sierra Leone, the MRU Secretariat, and UNOWAS for the well-organized meeting and efforts to making it successful.
Done on 26 November 2019, in Freetown, Republic of Sierra Leone
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Réunion sur la Paix et la Sécurité dans l’Union du Fleuve Mano
Le Secrétariat de l’Union du Fleuve Mano (UFM) et le Bureau des Nations Unies pour l’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel (UNOWAS) ont organisé du 25 au 26 novembre 2019, une réunion sous-régionale de haut niveau, à Freetown, République de Sierra Leone. L’objectif de la réunion était d’examiner le rôle des Unités Conjointes de Sécurité des Frontières et de Restauration de la Confiance (UCSFRC) afin de tirer des leçons de leur état actuel et d’analyser les moyens de les améliorer et de les rendre pleinement opérationnelles de manière durable, en tenant compte de la situation socio-économique et politique de ses États membres de l’UFM. Les participants ont également passé en revue les différents cadres de gestion de la paix et de la sécurité et fait des propositions d’activités conjointes.
Ont participé à cette réunion, S.E. l’Ambassadeur Medina A. Wesseh, Secrétaire générale de l'UFM, Mme Ruby Sandhu-Rojon, Représentante spéciale adjointe du Secrétaire général des Nations Unies pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel, le Professeur David J. Francis, Ministre d’Etat, M. Francis Kaikai, Ministre du Plan et du Développement Economique, M. Edward Soluku, Ministre de l’Intérieur et d'autres autorités du Gouvernement de la République de Sierra Leone, des membres du corps diplomatique et consulaire, des responsables gouvernementaux et experts techniques de la République de Côte d'Ivoire, du Libéria, de la République de Guinée, les Coordonnateurs Résidents des Nations Unies auprès des États membres de l'UFM, le Représentant Résident du PNUD en Sierra Leone et autres partenaires au développement, les Conseillers en paix et développement du système des Nations Unies de la sous-région, les présidents des UCSFRC de l’UFM, des représentants de la société civile dont le Réseau des Femmes de l'Union du Fleuve Mano pour la Paix (REFMAP), et des représentants des Commissions Nationales Electorales de Guinée et de Côte d'Ivoire.
La réunion a noté avec satisfaction les mesures positives prises par le secrétariat de l'UFM pour renforcer les engagements avec les partenaires afin de promouvoir la stabilité régionale par le biais des mécanismes existants dans la sous-région. Ils ont appelé à la tenue d’élections pacifiques en Guinée et en Côte d’Ivoire en 2020.
A cet égard, et après un examen approfondi des questions discutées, la réunion a exprimé sa gratitude envers le partenariat établi entre le Secrétariat de l'UFM et UNOWAS pour l'organisation de cette rencontre de haut niveau sur la paix et la stabilité axée sur les UCSFRC, et a donc arrêté ce qui suit :
Consolider la démocratie, la paix et la stabilité en identifiant les moyens de prévenir et de réduire les tensions liées aux crises avant et après élection, ainsi que d'autres problèmes de gouvernance dans la sous-région ;
Mettre en place un cadre stratégique de coopération entre le système des Nations Unies et l’UFM qui identifiera des projets et programmes communs dans le domaine de la paix et de la sécurité ;
Renforcer les capacités des UCSFRC pour qu'elles fonctionnent à un niveau optimal en tant que mécanisme d'alerte précoce et de réponse et créer un cadre permettant aux États membres de s'approprier ces mécanismes ;
Elargir les partenariats aux niveaux multilatéral et régional afin de permettre aux États Membres de faire face aux menaces extérieures et autres crimes transfrontaliers ;
Créer une plateforme pour renforcer le plaidoyer sur les questions de droits de l'homme, les questions liées à l'autonomisation des femmes et des jeunes, ainsi que la consolidation de la paix, tout en mettant un accent particulier sur le renforcement des capacités du REFMAP.
Les participants ont exprimé leur satisfaction pour la convergence des points de vue sur toutes les questions et préoccupations soulevées et ont été particulièrement ravis de l'esprit de compréhension mutuelle et de cordialité qui a prévalu tout au long de leurs délibérations. Ils ont également réitéré la nécessité impérieuse de prendre toutes les mesures pour promouvoir la paix et la stabilité au niveau régional, prévenir et réduire les tensions avant et après les périodes électorales dans les États membres, renforcer la capacité des UCSFRC à faire face aux défis transfrontaliers et assurer le développement socio-économique et l'intégration régionale dans la sous-région.
Les participants ont exprimé leurs remerciements au gouvernement de la Sierra Leone, au Secrétariat de l’UFM et à UNOWAS pour la réunion bien organisée et les efforts déployés pour en faire un succès.
Fait à Freetown, République de Sierra Leone, le 26 novembre 2019
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Near the Hi Level bridge, Toledo Ohio. As opposed to the Cherry Street bridge, which is low level and must be raised to allow ships to pass.
Try out deckplans.com/. It's a pretty kickass site that lets you design a deck and it'll spit out your materials list for you with diagrams of how it should all be laid out.
I wanted the deck to sit low to the ground, so I dug out small 5" deep trenches to put the blocks in, then leveled them to each other, then between rows. This seemed to take the longest time and I spent about 6 hours doing the frame work.
Downtown Stockholm, viewed from our floating hotel room. Shot through the cabin window aboard the M/S Rygerfjord, safely tied to the Southern bank.
Across the fjord you can see the Riddarholmen Church, one of the oldest buildings in Stockholm. It is the burial site of the Swedish Kings. Further away on the left side there's The Church of Saint Clare or Klara Kyrka.
September 03, 2009.
The covers are finally off and the old bridge is looking rather fine. See more here High Level Bridge photos here.
This mysterious sci-fi corridor leads to apartments.
Each floor in this building has its own color. This is obviously the green level . Yes, it really does look like this, and yes, people apparently still choose to live here :-)
St Ethelbert, Thurton, Norfolk
Thurton is quite a large place, and just above the busy Norwich to Beccles road, but you wouldn't know it from this way in. The church stands below the village top road, the houses hidden in the valley, an incinerator chimney the only incongruous intervention in the landscape.
St Ethelbert is a very curious shape. The little tower appears to grow out of the thatch, and it also appears that they ordered it in the wrong size, and didn't bother to send it back. It is in two stages - at nave level it is probably 13th century, but the top bit is more recent. I've seen it described as early 16th century, and this would fit in with a bequest, but it looks 18th century to me, possibly early 19th. It is one of those small towers that looks as if it was specifically designed for bell-ringing, although all the bells are early. While puzzling over this, don't be distracted from the super headstops to the windows on the south side of the nave.
In common with several churches around here, St Ethelbert has a stunning Norman south entrance, this one in particularly good condition. I love the way that later generations have enhanced the archway by adding to the decoration - one pattern in particular, on the east side of the doorway, must have taken hours. There is a simpler Norman doorway on the north side, but it is through the south door you enter.
The building is continuous, without a transition between nave and chancel, although you can see a large arch about two thirds of the way along which probably once held a tympanum to divide the two. I would guess that the western part is pretty much the original Norman church, disguised by later windows. The roodcreen cannot have been very big, and its shallow stairway embrasure suggest the stairs were wooden and part of the structure of the screen.
This building has two great delights, and several minor ones. Firstly, the St Christopher on the north wall. It was uncovered in the late 1980s, and at first sight appears disappointingly indistinct. On closer inspection though, there are a lot of the details which have now faded from St Christophers which have been exposed for a century or more. In particular, the azure blue of the water, and the multitude of creatures in it. I spotted a lobster, a crab, several eels, a flounder, what looks like a pike, and many others. You often see ghosts of such things in other churches, and Cautley records a similar menagerie at Mutford, just over the Suffolk border, in the 1930s, but they have all faded now.
Up at the top, look at the way the Christchild sits on the Saint's shoulders. It is most unusual - Christ is actually behind the Saint, holding his orb in a gesture of reigning in majesty. The style of the child puts this painting very late, perhaps as late as the early 16th century. They have begun to uncover other wall paintings in this church, and although nothing is understandable yet, the figure immediately to the east of the St Christopher is obviously much earlier, which may mean it is part of a hagiography, many of which came to be frowned upon in the 14th and 15th centuries, being replaced by more doctrinal paintings. There is probably part of it under the St Christopher.
The other thing that makes Thurton remarkable is the collection of glass. Books credit it with being from Rouen cathedral, but actually it is much more interesting than that. It came partly from the collection of a Norwich antiquarian, partly from the Beauchamp Proctor family who donated similar glass to the churches at nearby Chedgrave and Langley. It was installed here in the 1820s. It does include some Rouen glass, but there is also a 15th century English Holy Trinity, and a set of Instruments of the Passion. The little roundels depicting one line homilies may well have come from the refectory of Langley Priory. Further, Chris Harrison tells me that there is surviving work here of the remarkable Lowestoft stained glass artist Robert Allen who was one of the earliest exponents of the medium in the years that the English were first rediscovering it. His are the eight Saints in the west window, as well as the Man of Sorrows in the south of the nave, St Andrew in the east window and a number of other pieces on the south side.
Much of the rest is collected continental glass, but some of it is the work of Samuel Yarrington, who installed all the glass here in the church. Notably his is the church's Royal Arms of George IV, which are in glass on the north side of the chancel.
Perhaps most curious of all, however, is the font. It is elegant and plain, and unusual in that its style dates from the later years of the 17th century. Probably, it was installed to replace one destroyed during the Commonwealth. From before the Commonwealth is a sweet little brass plate to Thomas Gould, who died in 1631. It sits on the south wall, vestiges of wall painting behind it. I loved the memorial to Captain Margarum and his various relatives up in the chancel, particularly as it depicts his boat sailing across the top. DD tells me that the other Margarum memorial facing it is most unusual, in that the obelisk is white outlined in grey rather than the reverse.
I thought this was a lovely church, although perishingly cold; barely 6 degrees outside, it was considerably colder inside, and I wondered what it would take to make me sit inside it every winter Sunday.
Wilton Road, south of Odessa, Ontario, Canada. A snowplow negotiates the railway tracks that lead to Toronto.
a level 5 alert fire is the highest level a fire can be gauged. a level 5 requires the assistance of all available firefighters to help control the situation. yesterday i came across this fire incident which was given this status as the conditions, high level winds, water shortage and very dry weather, induced the flames even further. this large fire razed through this community of urban informal settlers in metro manila scorching hundreds of houses that left hundreds of families homeless. firefighters were able to control the fire after 12 hours