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Rossendale 154 (CWG 754V) was one of nine Atlanteans acquired from South Yorkshire Transport, and was the only Roe-bodied example, the remainder being bodied by Alexander.
Manchester, Piccadilly Bus Station, 08/05/1992.
Yep yet another changing room photo. This time modelling a little black dress that surprisingly I liked. On the hanger it looked dull but on its ok but my boots look odd with it
He is a Mountain Raven and stands about to my knees. She is a Chihuahuan [or N. American White Neck] Raven.I hand raised her from the time she was not much more than an egglet. These 2 have been a couple for 7 years now.
My entry for fbtb's hybridfighter contest, rush build ! fun build!
The odd manka Cat, mash-up between firespray-31 class and Tie fighter
Just this morning someone told me, when you least expect it, you will encounter random oranges on the streets of life.
Above is a photo of the male Bluebird nesting in my yard feeding the female I'm calling "Blondie." Apparently, this male has taken two females as mates, Blondie above and Brownie below (named for their head color - not terribly accurate, but easy to tell apart). I have seen the male courting and feeding both and the three are generally together. Both females have been seen going into the nest, which now has 5 eggs. The eggs came on 4 consecutive days, then a two day break, then a 5th egg.
Blondie has taken to sitting on the eggs and isn't good about letting Brownie in. I suspect that if Brownie is hoping to lay more eggs, she is going to have problems. I'll check nearby empty nest boxes for an egg drop. The two females just BARELY tolerate each other and have been seen rolling around in the dirt pounding on each other. Both females have also gone in and out of a nearby empty box.
The Great Swamp had a similar nesting trio a few years ago and was witnessed on their nest cam, so it's not unheard of. Females frequently mate with other males, producing eggs from different mates. It will be interesting to see what happens when the eggs hatch in terms of feeding and care of the babies.
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Seen along NE Broadway in Portland, Oregon.
Photo taken for Our Daily Challenge: Odd. Explore: 17 October 2012, highest #270.
And Today's Posting #344 Rules can be stifling if taken to extremes. Break the rules today with focus, composition, etc, and see what happens
See ODC alternative below.
CFCLA liveried VL356 is the odd one out as SSR liveried B61 & 44206 pass the former site of Tarana Quarry with SSR's 8146 Kelso Flyer. Saturday 20th February 2016
Must have been a raccoon that brought this all the way for the creek to the woods near the bike path.
Charles Bridge is a famous historical bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Location: 50°5′11.21″N, 14°24′42.68″E. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river in Prague, Charles Bridge used to be the most important connection between the Old Town, Prague Castle and adjacent areas until 1841. Also this 'solid-land' connection made Prague important as a trade route between east and west Europe. The bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenný most) or the Prague Bridge (Pražský most) but has been the "Charles Bridge" since 1870.
The bridge is 516 meters long and nearly 10 meters wide, resting on 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of them on the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The Old Town bridge tower is often considered to be one of the most astonishing civil gothic-style buildings in the world. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, erected around 1700.
History
Building the bridge
The need for building a new bridge emerged after the old romanesque Judith Bridge (Juditin most, built around 1170 and named after king Vladislav I's wife Judith) was destroyed by a flood in 1342. Royal astrologers and numerologists specified a precise moment for Charles IV to personally assist in the laying of the foundation stone as 9 July 1357, at 5:31 am. This minute can be enumerated as 135797531. This palindromic sequence of ascending and descending odd digits is carved out on the Old Town bridge tower. The building was supervised by Peter Parler and led by a "magister pontis", Jan Ottl.
The bridge was built from Bohemian sandstone. There is a legend saying that eggs were used to enrich the mortar used to bind the stone blocks to make it harder. Although the saying cannot be verified, modern laboratory tests have indeed proved anorganic and organic ingredients to the mortar. The construction of Charles Bridge took place until the beginning of 15th century. To sustain the bridge, tolls were taken, first by the religious order of the Knights of the Cross, who had their mother-house nearby, then by the Old Town municipality (until 1815).
Until the 20th century
Throughout the history, Charles Bridge suffered several havocs and witnessed many historic events. A flood in 1432 damaged three pillars. In 1496 the third arch (counting from the Old Town side) broke down after one of the pillars lowered, being undermined by the water (repairs were finished in 1503). A year after the Battle of White Mountain, when the 27 leaders of the anti-Habsburg revolt were executed on 21 June 1621, the Old Town bridge tower served as a deterrent display of the cut-off heads of the victims to stop Czechs from further resistance. During the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Swedes occupied the west bank of Vltava and as they tried to advance into the Old Town, the heaviest fights spread out right on the bridge. During the fighting, they severely damaged one side of the Old Town bridge tower (the side facing the river) and the remnants of almost all gothic decorations had to be removed from it afterward. During the late 17th and early 18th centuries the bridge gained its typical appearance when an alley of baroque statues was installed on the pillars. During a great flood in 1784, five pillars were severely damaged and although the arches didn't break down, the traffic on the bridge had to be greatly restricted for some time.
The original stairway to Kampa island was replaced by a new one in 1844. The next year, another great flood threatened the bridge, but the bridge escaped major damage. In 1848, during the revolution days, the bridge escaped unharmed from the cannonade, but some of the statues were damaged. In 1866, the pseudo-gothic gas (later changed to electric) lights were erected on the balustrade. In 1870s, the first regular public transport (omnibus) line went over the bridge (officially called "Charles Bridge" after 1870), later replaced by a horse-tram. The bridge towers underwent a thorough reconstruction between 1874 and 1883.
On 2-5 September 1890, another disastrous flood struck Prague and severely damaged the Charles Bridge. Thousands of rafts, logs and other floating material that escaped from places upstream gradually formed a huge barrier leaning against the bridge. Three arches were torn down from the great pressure and two pillars collapsed from being undermined by the water, while others were partly damaged. With the fifth pillar, two statues - St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. Xavier, both by Ferdinand Brokoff - also fell into the river (the former statue was replaced by a statuary of Cyril and Methodius by Karel Dvořák, the latter was replaced by a replica of the original). Repair works lasted for two years (the bridge was reopened on 19 November 1892) and cost 665,000 crowns.
20th Century to Present
In the beginning of the 20th century, Charles Bridge saw a steep rise of heavy traffic. The 15 May 1905 was the last day of the horse-line on the bridge, as it was replaced with an electric tram until 1908 and with buses afterward. At the end of World War II, a barricade was built in the Old Town bridge tower gateway. A capital repair of the bridge took place between 1965 and 1978, based on a collaboration among various scientific and cultural institutes. The stability of the pillars was reassured, all broken stone blocks were replaced, the asphalt top was removed and all traffic has been excluded from the Charles Bridge since then, making it accessible by pedestrians only. The repair cost 50 million crowns.
During the 1990s, some people started criticizing the previous reconstruction of the bridge and proposing a new one. As of the beginning of the new millennium, most of the experts appeared to agree that the previous reconstruction had not been flawless but disputed the need for further interference with the bridge. However, after the disastrous floods of 2002 (which itself caused only minor harm to the bridge), it was decided that repair and stabilization of the two pillars (number 8 and 9) on the Malá Strana side of the Bridge would happen. These are the only river pillars that have not been repaired after the 1890-floods. The floods intensified the voices of the supporters of an overall bridge reconstruction and, as of 2005, the current repair of the pillars is considered as the first phase of the reconstruction, which will concentrate especially on building a new hydroisolation system protecting the bridge. The whole reconstruction will be done gradually without needing to close the bridge and is scheduled to finish in 2007.
During the night Charles Bridge is a quiet witness of medieval times. But during the day it changes its face into a very busy place. Painters, owners of the kiosks, and black sailors trade to carry away some money on the tourists.
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I was walking in Rose City Cemetery in Portland and noticed the unusual name on the stone at front, then noticed the stone behind this one. Odd neighbors, indeed.
With a bit of imagination you could think Valencia must be a place of magic and witchcraft. Well, it is.
For my money, the most interesting bus fleet in the whole of Portugal was that of Joao Carlos Soares of Guimaraes. My first introduction to it's delights was seeing (and hearing) a gleaming rear engined AEC bellowing though a sleepy Porto one Sunday morning. The vehicle concerned was of the same style as their No.66 in this photo and was bedecked with the firm's then trademark white walled tyres. From that moment I vowed to track the company down ... even if they had only the one. When I finally did so, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when it turned out that about 50% of the large fleet was AEC of varying ages and with little by way of standardisation!
Eventually I got to know the company well which resulted in a couple of 'business' trips supplying spare parts in a bid to keep the old girls operational. Sadly, nothing's forever and with the take-over of the business by Arriva, the days for AECs were numbered. JCS had modernised some of their fleet with Scanias, preferring them to the ever popular Volvo marque. There had, as in several Portugese fleets been some re-engining of buses, they had a Leyland 'Royal Tiger' (modern generation) with a Scania D11 engine, A Volvo with an AEC 691 and here, their only AEC with a Volvo engine.
The Common Gallinule is considered an uncommon bird for this area of Maryland. I first found this one 125 days ago and he has remained in the same small pond. Today he was in the company of this handsome Mallard.
Linthicum, MD
Each of the delightful illustrations in this book has odd things happening which the young reader will have to find. : )
Odd One Out.
Author and Illustrator: Rodney Peppe
Published by Kestrel Books (December 1974)
Sire Thomas Wildey Monument
architectural style: neoclassical, Grecian Doric
architect - sculptor: Edward F. Durang
dedicated: 1865
Past Grand Master, Sire Thomas Wildey established the American charter for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (Washington Lodge Number One), in 1819. He was buried in Baltimore's Green Mount Cemetery, in 1861.
Atop the doric column is a life-size statue of the widow Charity (protecting orphans) and two children.
The dado (pedestal) bears bas reliefs of symbols of the Order. On the southern face is the seal of the Grand Lodge of the United States. Carvings of Faith and Hope are featured on the eastern and western facings.
The four emblems of the IOOF are sculpted in the faces of the frieze of the entablature - the three links, the heart and band, the bundle of rods and the globe.
Washington Hill
Dunbar neighborhood
North Broadway & East Fayette Street
Baltimore, Independent City, Maryland
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INSCRIPTIONS:
He who realizes that the true mission of man on earth is to rise above the level of individual influence and to recognize the fatherhood of God overall and the brotherhood of man is nature’s true nobleman.
The site for this monument was unanimously voted by the Mayor and City of Baltimore, Anno Domini MDCCCLXV.
This column erected by the joint contributions of the lodges, encampments and individual members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the United States of America and, jurisdiction thereunto belonging, commemorates the founding of the Order in the City of Baltimore on the 26th day of April 1819 by Thomas Wildey.
“Amicitia Amor et Veritas. Grand Lodge of the United States of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 1834. ‘We command you to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan.’ ”