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One that nearly got away when I was upstairs waiting for the Tug was 0Z37 Gresty Bridge to Stowmarket.
DRS Class 37 no. 37510 runs light up the Trent Valley through Tamworth when the sun was out. The sun wasn't out when it mattered though :-(
2nd August 2011
Everyone Starts Somewhere: Cosplay At Any Level
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A workbench set up showing I2C communication between two platforms; one on 3.3V and the other on 5V power supply.
2016-03-01: Carol Benson, Carol is a founding partner of Glenbrook speaking during a meeting on a level one project.
Colosseum VIP Tour Of Lower Levels & Underneath, Rome, Italy
Located just east of the Roman Forum, the massive stone amphitheater known as the Colosseum was commissioned around A.D. 70-72 by Emperor Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty as a gift to the Roman people. In A.D. 80, Vespasian’s son Titus opened the Colosseum–officially known as the Flavian Amphitheater–with 100 days of games, including gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights. After four centuries of active use, the magnificent arena fell into neglect, and up until the 18th century it was used as a source of building materials. Though two-thirds of the original Colosseum has been destroyed over time, the amphitheater remains a popular tourist destination, as well as an iconic symbol of Rome and its long, tumultuous history.
Origins of the Colosseum
Even after the decadent Roman emperor Nero took his own life in A.D. 68, his misrule and excesses fueled a series of civil wars. No fewer than four emperors took the throne in the tumultuous year after Nero’s death; the fourth, Vespasian, would end up ruling for 10 years (A.D. 69-79). The Flavian emperors, as Vespasian and his sons Titus (79-81) and Domitian (81-96) were known, attempted to tone down the excesses of the Roman court, restore Senate authority and promote public welfare. Around 70-72, Vespasian returned to the Roman people the lush land near the center of the city, where Nero had built an enormous palace for himself after a great fire ripped through Rome in A.D. 64. On the site of that Golden Palace, he decreed, would be built a new amphitheater where the public could enjoy gladiatorial combats and other forms of entertainment.
Did you know? Archaeologists believe that the Colosseum contained both drinking fountains and latrines.
After nearly a decade of construction–a relatively quick time period for a project of such a grand scale–Titus officially dedicated the Colosseum in A.D. 80 with a festival including 100 days of games. A well-loved ruler, Titus had earned his people’s devotion with his handling of recovery efforts after the infamous eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79, which destroyed the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii. The final stages of construction of the Colosseum were completed under the reign of Titus’ brother and successor, Domitian.
The Colosseum: A Grand Amphitheater
Measuring some 620 by 513 feet (190 by 155 meters), the Colosseum was the largest amphitheater in the Roman world. Unlike many earlier amphitheaters, which had been dug into hillsides to provide adequate support, the Colosseum was a freestanding structure made of stone and concrete. The distinctive exterior had three stories of arched entrances–a total of around 80–supported by semi-circular columns. Each story contained columns of a different order (or style): At the bottom were columns of the relatively simple Doric order, followed by Ionic and topped by the ornate Corinthian order. Located just near the main entrance to the Colosseum was the Arch of Constantine, built in A.D. 315 in honor of Constantine I’s victory over Maxentius at Pons Milvius.
Inside, the Colosseum had seating for more than 50,000 spectators, who may have been arranged according to social ranking but were most likely packed into the space like sardines in a can (judging by evidence from the seating at other Roman amphitheaters). Awnings were unfurled from the top story in order to protect the audience from the hot Roman sun as they watched gladiatorial combats, hunts, wild animal fights and larger combats such as mock naval engagements (for which the arena was flooded with water) put on at great expense. The vast majority of the combatants who fought in front of Colosseum audiences in Ancient Rome were men (though there were some female gladiators). Gladiators were generally slaves, condemned criminals or prisoners of war.
The Colosseum Over the Centuries
The Colosseum saw some four centuries of active use, until the struggles of the Western Roman Empire and the gradual change in public tastes put an end to gladiatorial combats and other large public entertainments by the 6th century A.D. Even by that time, the arena had suffered damaged due to natural phenomena such as lightning and earthquakes. In the centuries to come, the Colosseum was abandoned completely, and used as a quarry for numerous building projects, including the cathedrals of St. Peter and St. John Lateran, the Palazzo Venezia and defense fortifications along the Tiber River. Beginning in the 18th century, however, various popes sought to conserve the arena as a sacred Christian site, though it is in fact uncertain whether early Christian martyrs met their fate in the Colosseum, as has been speculated.
By the 20th century, a combination of weather, natural disasters, neglect and vandalism had destroyed nearly two-thirds of the original Colosseum, including all of the arena’s marble seats and its decorative elements. Restoration efforts began in the 1990s, and have proceeded over the years, as the Colosseum continues to be a leading attraction for tourists from all over the world.
North American B-25J Mitchell "Pacific Prowler"
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Holloman AFB Airshow 2007
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Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell speaks during the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment. (Photo:© UN Climate Change - Kiara Worth)
An general view of the level crossing of the signal box was there to protect.
The barriers where installed in 2009, in preparation for the line to be converted to ERTMS. Unfortunately, this meant that due to an overlap of track circuits in the station, the barriers couldn't be raised until a train had left the station, which when the train was early (sometime as much as 10 mines) the barriers where lowered, creating traffic, and causing passengers to miss their train.
18/10/2016. Quito, Ecuador.
High Level Roundtable -Adequate and Affordable Housing at Habitat III Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development taken place in Quito, Ecuador from October 17th to 20th. The Conference´s mission is the adoption of the New Urban Agenda.
Find out more at: habitat3.org/categories/high-level-roundtables/
Irish Rail Class 29000 DMU number 29020 rounds the corner at the top of the climb up to the level crossing at Blasketown in Leixlip with a commuter service to Maynooth. In the forgeround you can see that this is level crossing number 14, and in the right mid-ground you can see it's at milepost 12¼.
A surveyor’s level is permanently in place and can be moved so they can measure the lean and report back to the minister for levelling up. You can read more about the latest civil engineering work that was completed in 2001 here and understand the problem they were faced with www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civil-engineering/infrastructure-p...
side street viewed from the Mid-Levels Escalator. again, I'm struck at how we always think of HK as very bright, but the light's quite focused; there's little general street lighting.
The Rocks is one of the oldest areas in Sydney. The Sandstone materials used in the construction in a lot of the structures in the area, combined with some narrow streets and well place lighting make it the ideal site for some night time HDR photos.
This particular shot is looking down what are known as the Argyle steps, presumably known as such because they lead down to Argyle Street.
With a lot of popular restaurants, pubs and other night spots in the area trying to take the brackets for this photos on a Saturday night probably wasn't the wildest ideas, with plenty of happy drunks wanting to play up to the camera. Thankfully the long exposures meant most of them just became an apparition in the scene.
Ironic because the rocks is the alleged sight of much ghostly activity so much so that regular ghost tours run in the area
Students at Croydon Sixth Form College (6F) have this year achieved an excellent set of results across both academic and vocational courses on offer at the College. This year saw a 95% pass rate at A Level and 99% pass rate for other Level 3 qualifications such as BTEC and NVQ courses.
A slightly different perspective of Shotton Low Level station, with a Virgin Voyager passing on the 0855 Holyhead-London Euston, 19 March 2011.
Light House Cinema work in progress as photographed in March 2008 by David Cleary. Due to open 9 May 2008.
All of those photographs are available on request in high resolution suitable for print. Please contact info@lighthousecinema.ie.
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2016-03-01: (L to R) Mohamed Kalif, Division Manager, AfDB and Jason Lamb, Deputy Director, Global Growth & Opportunity at African Development Bank during a meeting on a level one project.