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It's now become part of our travelling calendar - we go on a city break for Jayne’s birthday in January - no presents for birthday's and Christmas, we travel instead. This year it was Seville. We had to drive 180 miles south to Stansted to fly there though, Friday afternoon on the A1, such fun... It was a really good drive down in actual fact, the best day for months, glorious blue sky and a fantastic sunset- and I was in a car. We got stung for tea and drinks in the Radison Blu but we were overnighting and leaving the car so we didn't have much choice. Ryanair aagh! Again no choice. To be fair to the abrasive Irish man O Leary things are better than they used to be and it was an acceptable flight.
We were hoping for better weather than we got- don't you always? It was. cold, windy and after some initial beautiful sun on our first afternoon, it was mostly grey. The wind died but so did the sun. The other little problem was that it was my turn for the awful cold that Jayne had been trying to get over. I was under the weather in more ways than one all week, it was only a cold but it was the worst I've had for ages and it didn't help my mood, particularly when the sun was absent. We had a few hours of really nice light here and there and I made the most of it - I think!
Seville has miles and miles of narrow cobbled streets, they seem to go on for ever. They are almost random in layout and it is extremely difficult to find your way around, it's easier to just keep walking and see what you find. So we did! The architecture is stunning and the history is fascinating. Aside from the ancient history the two events that seem to have had a massive recent influence are the Expo's of 1929 and 1992. The incredible buildings or 'Pavilions' that were built for a one off event are now part of the reason that people visit the city. The 1929 pavilions are fantastic, each one is a story in itself and a destination in its own right but there are a lot of them in Parque Maria Luisa. Plaza Espana, built by the hosts of course, is the biggest and I would imagine that you could make a project out of photographing the individual ceramic tile displays around it on their own. These incredible buildings really need the light to be right to get images that people want to see, flat bright light from bright grey skies is good for certain things but dramatic architecture deserves better - or maybe I'm looking for the easy way option. The other discovery that we made, we found just down the road from the hotel, about an hour into the trip – The Metropol Parasol. A giant lattice work parasol, apparently called ‘The Mushrooms’ locally and apparently the world’s largest wooden structure. You have to look twice, having discovered that it is wood. Only later did we discover that we could get to the top and there is an extensive walkway around the top of it. It is built on top of ancient ruins, ( still intact and viewable) a food market and bars etc. and has a plaza around it and on it, that is buzzing on weekend evenings. Walking around the top, the first people up it one day and being back to watch the sunset later was one of the highlights of the trip for me.
The 1992 Expo also covered a massive area but left behind lots of modern - and some very strange - buildings and arenas. Some are of a temporary nature and get dismantled others find a new use. The land used was on an island between two branches of the River Guadalquivir – Isla de la Cartuja. The branch that goes through the city is now a canal, blocked at its northern end by a barrier with a motorway on it, and is used extensively for water sports, mainly rowing. Many of the buildings are now used by private companies as headquarters , others have a very derelict look. The whole area- even though it is home to the theme park- which was shut for the winter, has a neglected air about it. There are weeds growing everywhere but fountains are switched on, which seemed odd. Unlike the city a short distance away, there are no cafes or bars or other people around for that matter, just us meandering through. The car park that was created for the event is massive, it stretches for miles, and I really mean miles. Totally derelict, just the odd person or dog walker around. There is even a railway line terminating here, in the middle of nowhere a modern and apparently unmanned station, like a ghost station. At this point, across the river proper is open countryside, much flatter than I expected and very easy for local walkers and cyclists to get to - also very calm and quiet, a place to linger and enjoy the peace.
As usual I researched and discovered as we walked, we averaged around 13 miles a day and tried to get off the beaten track. We were out around 8.15, before sunrise, and had orange juice, coffee and Tostada with the locals for breakfast. The trouble is that there are many miles of walking in a relatively small area, some streets are only a few feet wide so there are a lot of them to explore. Incredible ancient churches and squares are around every corner- it's a very religious place - Catholicism rules in Spain. Unfortunately many are only a few feet away from the building next to it and it is difficult to get a decent shot of them. Seville is also famous, historically, as a producer of ceramic tiles. A building isn’t complete without a tile display of some sort and it would be very easy to make a project out of tiles alone. It may be a little boring for any companions though!
We walked the length of the embankment a couple of times, it has graffiti from end to end, several miles of massive concrete walls covered in everything imaginable, from marker pen scribbling to works of art. It was suggested to me that allowing people to paint here might prevent them from daubing property and monuments in the city- it hasn't! Most alleyways and shutters have been attacked to a greater or lesser degree. Spain has very high youth unemployment and maybe this plays a role. To be truthful though we haven't seen a city that's free of graffiti. The other problem is dogs- or what they produce, it's everywhere, absolutely everywhere, in a week we saw only one person remove his dogs mess. Fortunately the city streets are cleaned exceptionally well, some of the cleanest we have come across, men (and a lot of women) and machines are washing and sweeping endlessly.
Having had the wettest winter on record at home - almost three months of rain - we didn't want more rain but we got it. The upside was the water and the reflections that it created made photography on the cobbled streets more interesting, particularly at night. I usually find that it takes me a while to get into the groove on a trip and this one was no different, I didn't start shooting with total disregard - street shots- for a couple of days. Whilst the locals wore quilted jackets and scarves we got down to tee shirts at times, the warmer afternoons would be welcome in summer, never mind January, in Huddersfield. I envied the cyclists, being able to train in temperatures like this in winter - I wish! You need a lot less willpower to get out there and train hard in pleasant weather.
From a photography point of view I had a frustrating time, I never felt to get to grips with the place- other than on the streets at night. Writing this on my phone on the flight home, I haven't a clue what I've got to work with when I get back. I usually edit first and write later. Generally I have a first look, I'm disillusioned, I then revisit and see things differently- thankfully! Architectural shots with a grey sky could be destined for the monochrome treatment, we'll soon see. I'm still editing stuff from our London trip before Christmas, it's getting decent views in black and white and I quite enjoy looking at them myself.
We visited most of the notable tourist destinations, and went up anything that we could. Seville doesn't have a high point-it's flat! Nothing really stands head and shoulders above the city. The Cathedral tower is over 300 feet but the Cathedral itself fills a lot of the view on some aspects. Being square and having to look through bars in recesses you don't really get a completely open aspect. A new 600 foot tower is close to being finished, it's an office block and I couldn't find any mention of it being a viewing point in the future.
Oranges were the last thing on my mind when I suggested going to Seville. There are 25000 orange trees in Seville and now is the time that they are laden with big-and sour- Seville oranges, they are everywhere, apparently they are the property of the city authorities and will be harvested and sent to the UK to be made in to marmalade at some point in the near future. These trees will soon be covered in fragrant blossom, the city will smell beautiful for a couple of months. Studying the surrounding area it would be good to tour in March or April I would think, the scents, longer days and better weather would make for a fantastic trip. One for the future. The sunrise on our final morning was the best of the week, this was what we had looked forward to, we had to leave for the airport at 9.00...... Needless to say it was raining hard as we drove the last twenty miles home. Nothing new there then.
As usual I have aimed to present a pretty extensive collection of photographs of our chosen destination, some, at first glance will be pretty mundane shots of everyday life on the streets, often though, close inspection will reveal something humorous, something that needs a bit of thought. Others are definitely just people going about their holiday or work. Travelling with someone else it wouldn’t be fair to spend an inordinate amount of time trying to nail the perfect long exposure or HDR image of a cathedral or similar in perfect light – the one stunning shot to add to the portfolio- it’s not really my thing, I go for an overview of the place in the time available. Looking at the postcards locally it becomes obvious that stunning shots of some of these buildings are hard to come by. Heavily corrected converging verticals were quite obvious – and most likely will be in my own shots. As the owner of tilt and shift lenses I never travel with one – ever! My knees are already creaking from the weight of the bag.
(Update 2015: Google has long since corrected this problem. Chrome is now color-managed.)
About half of my recent monitor calibration problems turned out to be a problem with Google Chrome. Here are four views of an image as rendered by Photoshop, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Mozilla Firefox.
The Photoshop, Safari and Firefox images look about the same, but there's something wrong with Chrome's rendering. (Blown-out highlights among other things.)
Definition: An embedded color profile is a code tucked inside an image file that tells your browser how it should render a given RGB color.
It turns out that Google Chrome isn't color-managed, meaning that it doesn't read and honor embedded color profiles.
No matter how well your monitor is calibrated, Chrome is unlikely to show you what the photographer intended if the image file has an embedded profile.
Nowadays, most images contain embedded profiles, and this is especially true at photographic specialty sites like Flickr. Programs like Photoshop and Aperture embed profiles by default, as do many cameras (e.g. Nikon DSLRs). Flickr preserves and transmits profile data faithfully.
Exception: Flickr's slide show is not color managed. Flickr is aware of the problem, but doesn't see any urgency about correcting it.
If we care about faithful image reproduction, we need to use color-managed browsers.
Safari and recent versions of Firefox are color-managed, so they work correctly in this context. As much as I have enjoyed using Chrome, I'm switching back to Safari until Google gets this problem worked out. Google is aware that the problem exists.
I have read that IE8 isn't color-managed, but I don't have a computer that's able to run it. Likewise, IE9 is said to be color-managed, but again I can't run it, so I don't know for sure.
You can visit ShaoLynx's test set to see whether your browser is color-managed.
www.flickr.com/photos/shaolynx/sets/72157623029805282/
And there are a few tangentially related comments here:
www.flickr.com/photos/flint-hill/5835888851/
(Thanks to Ed Bolton for pointing out that Flickr's slideshow app isn't color-managed.)
This gives people a lot of trouble if you don't follow an organized strategy. If you still don't feel like you know how to do this, please click through these slides to see how to build
a simple 1 Dimensional Force problem. Not being able to do this now will be a significant problem later on in the two AP Physics classes.
This is actually a 365 day project reject, but seriously - look at this damn dog's paws. It's an allergy, but I can't figure out what kind - food or grass. It's impossible to keep him off the grass, so I've been doing trial and error with food for month.
It's a good thing he's the best dog in the world.
It brakes my heart to do this, but I know I need to do it. Roaglaan, I received those decals today, thought I did not order them or even traded for them. Is it normal you have send those to me? I'm not sure, so are those for me or for somebody else?
What do I do with those?
A couple of them really...
Honestly, I don't know how to take a picture of myself with a tripod! And this is the best one of the bunch! :-)
You see the item I am holding? It's a pair of tights. After about five minutes of warm up, stretching and then jogging for a couple of minutes I realized there was some article of clothing in my running pants. What ever it was It was bulging out down around my left knee. Well, when I pulled it out like a magician's scarf and saw it was a pair of tights; I laughed out loud to myself! It was one of those funny moments when if you would have been with a friend you both would have laughed until you cried because it was so darn funny!
If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.
~ Charles M. Schulz
Occasionally I get this issue [only on Android] where the image gets messed up between uploading and posting/
Somehow though, this time around, it's actually made the picture better.
We made a short notice booking to Copenhagen, Jayne had the first week in September booked off and we wanted to try and do a city break. Five nights hardly seemed enough but the short flight was ok. We flew over home heading east on a beautiful morning. I love flying over an area that I know and being able to see it from above. We had been warned that Copenhagen was expensive-it was! I hadn’t done any research before we set off but on the flight over, I read that taxis were expensive, so it was best to use the Metro from the airport, it isn’t far in to the city and the Metro was fairly easy to use. However! We should have caught the train, I read this whist we were sat on the Metro it has to be said! The nearest Metro stop, which I was frantically trying to work out, using my phone, travelling in and out of tunnels, turned out to be a 1.5 mile walk from our hotel, the rail station was .5. Never mind we were there to walk-subject to my lately diagnosed arthritic ankle, we just didn’t want to be towing suitcases over cobbled pavements at the same time.
We were staying in the Tivoli Hotel which was described as central, it is near Central Station but you wouldn’t describe it as central to the city. Our room wasn’t ready but we could upgrade for a modest amount plus we realised it would be a good idea to include breakfast in the upgrade deal. A good move as it turned out. Our room overlooked the train lines-all twelve of them!! We could already hear train brakes squealing along with the thump thump of steel wheels rolling over points and joints. It’s true to say that Central Station is a 24/7 operation. The overnight noise didn’t bother Jayne but I could hear it all night.
We dumped our stuff and I loaded up with the backpack and camera and we were straight out there. Copenhagen is a relatively small city but there is a lot to see. We were soon finding out that it has an extensive network of canals and bridges and these are a major feature of life in the city. Pan flat, the cyclist rules, There appeared to be twice as many bikes as residents, with countless thousands propped up everywhere you went. Where ever you looked there was silent conveyor of sit up and beg cycles being ridden in all directions. You soon got used to looking over your shoulder before making a move. The vast majority of bikes are left unlocked and almost no one wears a helmet ( I’m a no helmet man, much to the annoyance of the helmet zealots). Copenhagen is reputedly the happiest place in the world and it certainly came across as friendly and relaxed. It is, though, one of the most expensive cities in the world and two burgers and two small glasses of wine at Nyhavn cost us £50. Comically, there were four people, local to us, shouting out Jayne’s name, they had seen us going past and we had a laugh about the prices, They were sat drinking beer at £8.50 a pint. Despite the expense, the place was packed with people parting with their money. Wages are very high locally, as are the taxes. The high wages and high costs must feed each other in an upward spiral I would have thought.
Unfortunately the cost of entering buildings to go up towers etc. for a higher view of the city was also very expensive (to us). The tower at Christiansborg Palace is free but restricted by the lift system and you don’t get to the top, it does also open later than the others so you have a chance of seeing sunset over the city. Unfortunately the lifts were out of order on one of our best weather days. We did get to go up the day after but it was dull and I wasn’t overly impressed. The spiral tower across in Christiana, The Church of Our Saviour, was far more impressive. We climbed the tower here just after it opened on a stunning morning and the views are fantastic. There will be incredible bottlenecks when it’s busy though on the corkscrew stairs that get progressively narrower towards the top. Some people hog it to take endless selfies at the top and it is extremely tight up there, you can’t move up until they come down.
As usual, we tried to get to some out of the way places, with only five days and mixed weather though we had enough mainstream destinations to see. We had a day of heavy rain so we went back to the rail station which was a good indoor (and free!) destination, and made umbrellas and the rain the focal point of that days photos. The entire Danish navy seemed to be at anchor, we just missed an open day on one ship. Some I could photograph, others were guarded and had restrictions, I got the evil eye from a couple of guards as the spotted the big Canon in my hand. I can’t imagine that they could police the Japanese and stop them from getting their photos and selfies though. I always act very openly with the camera and if people look at me suspiciously I smile and give them the thumbs up. In a rail station I usually ask the police. In Central Station the police were in their station and I never saw one move out, it is covered by extensive CCTV but there were some very unpleasant people, drinking and watching for people being careless with their belongings. We were lucky to be in the station on Sunday as a tourist steam train arrived, it sat at the platform belching smoke and steam for fifteen minutes, it was also coming back in an hour so we had an expensive coffee and waited to see it again. There was big military event outside the Christiansborg Palace on Monday, with a parade through the city that came past just as we were in a good spot to view it. The area was full of soldiers wearing their medals. We haven’t discovered the reason, although someone suggested a passing out parade for new recruits. Maybe the ships were in port for this as well.
Tivoli Gardens is another big draw and we went in, again it was fairly expensive, it had been a stunning day and the biggest problem was contrast, with deep shadows and a bright blue sky. We stayed until dark, it opens late and is very colourful. We went on the world’s highest carousel and got flung around 260 odd feet in the air. Luckily, we also found a bar that served wine at ‘only’ £5.60 a glass so we sat and watched people have fun screaming and shrieking above us.
There are many buildings with copper domes, entire copper roofs, even modern buildings are often clad in either brass or copper to blend in with the ancient buildings around them. Like every city we have visited, tower cranes are in abundance. There is a lot of development going on and unfortunately a lot of it is around buildings that you would want to photograph. We walked 12 to 14 mile every day and took in most of the sights. We didn’t really do any interiors, only towers and the railway station. At the time of writing I haven’t looked at what I’ve got, I have around 3000 shots, some on the G1X which I used when it was raining heavily as it easy to put in a pocket. I have a lot less time for editing these days so it will be a long process I think. To save time I am going to create a list of generic tags that I can copy and paste to each upload – the time saving is enormous – so apologies to anyone who gets a photo of a canal when they wanted a steam train or vice versa.
This loaf has a doughy center, and look at the oats. White flecks clearly visible. I've baked with oats a number of times before but it's never looked like this. Usually the oats blend in with the bread and are kind of hard to notice. I think I under-baked the bread. But what's weird is the boule, baked for the same length of time, looked quite different. I guess this goes to show how much shape matters.
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and you thought your life was tough? Count the number of pots she's carrying. And she lives right next to the Panshet dam too. Irony of life.
“This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem.
We no longer have the attention span to deal with any twenty-first century crisis.
We live in an economy that is immensely complex and we are completely at the mercy of the small group of people who understand it – who incidentally often happen to be the same people who built these wildly complex economic systems. We have to trust these people to do the right thing, but we can’t, because, well, they’re scum.
Which is kind of a big problem, when you think about it.”
~ Matt Taibbi, Griftopia: Bubble Machines, Vampire Squids, and the Long Con That Is Breaking America
The only problem with shooting with Jessica is trying to decide which photos to post. I try to limit a set size to 20 photos but it never seems to work in Jessica's case. She is just so incredibly photogenic - fascinating eyes and cheekbones. She is a great model to shoot with - she takes direction well and is extremely creative.
We did this small group shoot at the Alaska Botanical Garden in Anchorage, Alaska in July 2010. This is such a fun place to shoot - a very relaxed atmosphere with a lot of great photo settings.
The lighting on a lot of these shoots is so-so, part of learning this whole Strobist thing - but I do like it!
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U.P. Breaking News: K. I. Sawyer Latest KC-135 Emergency Landing/Raising Safety Concerns
The following exclusive information was not reported yet by Upper Peninsula TV stations and other media.
Many safety questions remain and a military plane is officially grounded after an emergency in the skies over Marquette County, Michigan on Tues. July 8, 2014
The emergency landing of a KC-135 refueling tanker is the latest in a series of similar hydraulic incidents involving the aging fleet of Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing, Upper Peninsula Breaking News has learned.
Veteran Investigative Reporter Greg Peterson has the story:
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Essentially a flying gas station – this Air National Guard KC-135 is grounded – following an emergency that has happened at least 5 times in the past two years to KC 135 refueling tankers from the 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee.
That's right – at least 5 times in the past two years – a KC-135 from the 128th has developed hydraulic problems resulting in emergency landings at airports around the Midwest.
The tankers are all about 50 years old.
In fact in June 2013, a reporter for Milwaukee Television station WISN TV-12 investigated a rash of KC-135 emergency landings after hydraulic warning.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News called the 128th's public affairs office to verify this important safety problem.
With overcast skies, the three-member crew of this KC-135 declared a hydraulic emergency:
Chief Don Hutchens, Forsyth Township Volunteer Fire Department:
Emergency officials from across Marquette County responded to the plane's call for help – fearing it might crash while landing – which would have been catastrophic.
The KC -135 was among several planes from the 128th Refueling Wing that have been practicing touch and goes on K.I. Sawyer's long runways.
Now the Marquette County Airport, the once vibrant K.I. Sawyer Air Force Base was a Strategic Air Command base – constantly on alert - with bomber crews ready to fly in moments.
This reporter has had the pleasure of riding on two KC-135 Refueling Tankers – as show in this photo when I worked at WLUC TV-6 in Marquette.
We refueled F-16 Jets over Lake Huron.
Then this reporter became one of only a handful of civilians to ride aboard a B-52 Bomber – this while I did features stories for the Mining Journal newspaper.
I was given this official coin of the Sawyer bomber wing and a patch – after as 12-hour flight that included Fourth of July Parades and an airshow in Grand Rapids.
This reporter hopes the officials at Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing get to the bottom of this hydraulic issues before there is a tragedy – as the large number of emergencies on this flying gas station is scary to all involved.
Greg Peterson, Upper Peninsula Breaking News
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WISN TV-12 Investigation in June 2013:
Emergency landing prompts questions about KC-135 safety
Hydraulic problems lead to 4th in-flight emergency
June 19, 2013
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Military plane makes emergency landing in Indiana
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A plane from Milwaukee's 128th Air Refueling Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is grounded and undergoing repairs after an in-flight emergency Tuesday.
For the fourth time in two months a KC-135 from Milwaukee makes an emergency landing, this time in Indiana.
The flight crew lost control of the hydraulic system and made an emergency landing in Indiana.
It's the fourth in-flight emergency in recent weeks involving four KC-135 refueling tankers.
Each of the planes is about 50 years old, which has some wondering if the aging aircraft are as safe as they should be.
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Cantaloupe are responsible for nearly 30 outbreaks and recalls since 1990, killing two people and sickening more than 1,200. The fruit's netted rind hides harmful pathogens like salmonella and E. coli, which can eventually penetrate the shell and infect the fleshy, nutrient-rich core. (Photo by Brandon Quester/News21)
Cantaloupe are responsible for nearly 30 outbreaks and recalls since 1990, killing two people and sickening more than 1,200. The fruit's netted rind hides harmful pathogens like salmonella and E. coli, which can eventually penetrate the shell and infect the fleshy, nutrient-rich core. (Photo by Brandon Quester/News21)
"We’re a group of all sorts of people who believe the Bible, love God, love people and follow Jesus."
Gets a 4.8 stars on Google (out of 5).
Putting another clutch in the bike at the side of a mosquitoe infested road. Mexico. 1989 Hiding behind the bike is my ex- girlfriends Honda XL600R - which ran faultlessly for her 10,000 mile trip, she didn't even have a manual, let alone service it!
Step 1: Buy a bag of balloons.
Step 2: Write something that makes you angry on each balloon.
Step 3: Blow up the balloons. Catch your breath.
Step 4: Find something sharp and start stabbing. Feel the release with every bang.
It’s my birthday in a few weeks: popping real balloons somehow felt like I was gonna jinx it or something. So instead I used my dart board (which usually functions as my pinboard) to hit paper balloons.
Here they are in post-stabbing condition.
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Project SoulPancake week 11: Pop your problems
This made me so sad to see this today. What was such an amazing experience to see these seals on the beach and then find one with plastic around its neck just emphasises the problem we have with plastic and wildlife !!!!!
This is my 1 1/2 year old daughter's first foray into food art, completely on her own. She made this, showed it to me, called it the "Probnem Face" (she still has trouble with L) Then she shouted at it, "WHAT'S YOUR PROBNEM, FACE?"
The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while the stupid ones are full of confidence
La Fundación AXA presentó anoche en Madrid La España que necesitamos, del 20N a 2020, de la editorial Almuzara. Una obra que recoge las opiniones, diagnósticos y soluciones de ciento treinta personalidades españolas sobre los principales problemas que aquejan hoy a la sociedad y de cuya resolución dependerá el bienestar de las generaciones venideras.
La obra, editada por los periodistas Fernando Jáuregui y Manuel Ángel Menéndez, compila la opinión de personalidades como Mariano Rajoy, José Luís Rodríguez Zapatero, José Bono, Isidro Fainé, Luís de Guindos, Cayo Lara, Rosa Díez o Cándido Méndez, entre otros. Muchos de ellos se dieron cita ayer para arropar la presentación de un acto que fue conducido por el periodista Manuel Campo Vidal.
Javier de Agustín, Consejero Delegado de AXA y Vicepresidente de su Fundación, apeló en su discurso de presentación a “la voluntad integradora que vertebra el libro” para “dejar a un lado lo que nos diferencia y pensar en lo que nos une”.
Según sus editores, “a la Generación 2020, algunos de cuyos más destacados futuros representantes sin duda estuvieron entre los más activos del movimiento indignado del 15-M 2011, debemos darle algunas cosas ya solucionadas. Resulta imposible pensar que ellos hereden los problemas territoriales, institucionales, legales, tecnológicos, sociales, que ahora nos aquejan y que han provocado un fenómeno tan digno de estudio y de reflexión como el de la salida a la calle de miles de personas que reclamaban apenas un futuro para ellas, individual y colectivamente”.
Al acto acudieron, entre otros, el presidente del Congreso, Jesús Posada, el del Senado, Pío García Escudero, Javier Rojo, Ana Oramas, José Bono y Esperanza Aguirre.
When Czechoslovakian concern Škoda introduced their rear engined 1000MB model in 1965, the MB stood for Mladá Boleslav, the Town where the firm was based. Initial teething problems resulted in local wags insisting that MB stood for something else - the Czech words for "small ailments" or "small problems" also begin with MB. This example was pictured at Shepshed Watermill, Leicestershire,on this year's SALT Rally.
The SALT Rallies are for vehicles built in the Cold War period, and the events tour Cold-War related venues. Most of the participating vehicles come from the Soviet Bloc, but there is no political element, implied or actual in the SALT ethos.
Camera: Nikon F5
Lens: Nikkor 28-80mm zoom
Film: Kodak Ektar 100