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With a huge red lei around his neck and a wide grin that could have stretched across Oahu, Larry Fitzgerald held up the gleaming, silver MVP trophy. It sparkled in the sunshine as much as his game.
The only problem: It wasn't the Lombardi Trophy.
Fitzgerald caught five passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns, 44-year-old John Carney kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, and the NFC rallied to a 30-21 victory over the AFC. The Arizona Cardinals' All-Pro receiver, coming off a record-breaking postseason and a spectacular Super Bowl in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, earned MVP honors.
But he said the victory over the AFC, which featured three members of the Steelers' defense, didn't ease the pain from the Super Bowl.
"No, not one bit," he said.
Fitzgerald also took home keys to a new Cadillac.
"I'm just glad we won, that's the most important thing," he said.
On a sweltering day, with 60 percent humidity, Kurt Warner started for the NFC and played just one series before making way for Brees. Warner was just 1-of-2 for 8 yards.
"I would've liked to have won last week and not this week, if I could switch them out," he said.
Fitzgerald caught a 46-yard scoring pass from Drew Brees before the half and a 2-yard TD pass from Eli Manning for the go-ahead score with 4:07 to play.
The NFC defense took care of the rest.
Manning, making his Pro Bowl debut, was 8-of-14 for 111 yards. While big brother Peyton had better stats, 12-of-17 for 151 yards and a TD, Eli got the win.
"He didn't play the whole second half, so it's not about beating my brother, it's just about having fun," Eli Manning said.
The Manning brothers were the first quarterback brothers in Pro Bowl history. And Carney, who was a perfect 3-for-3, became the oldest player in the game's history. He booted a 48-yarder with 2:06 remaining to make it 27-21 and sealed the win with a 26-yarder with 32 seconds to go.
Sunday's all-star game ended a successful 30-year run at Aloha Stadium, with a sellout every year. The Pro Bowl will be played in Miami next year, a week before the Super Bowl. The NFL, which has been looking to increase the profile of the game, hopes to bring the game back to Hawaii.
The players, who spent most of the week by the beach and sipping umbrella-adorned mai tais, were pretty unanimous in wanting the game to return.
For Warner, the question now is whether this was his final game in the NFL or, as a free agent, will he opt to continue playing at age 38?
"I don't know right now," Warner said. "Again, when I have a feeling one way or the other, I'll let everyone else know. I don't have a time frame. This is the first time right now that I am done having to think about football for a while, and I'm going to enjoy that part of it, enjoy my wife, enjoy my kids and then we'll make a decision as soon as we can."
The AFC was looking to hula dance into halftime with a comfortable 14-3 cushion after Kerry Collins connected with Owen Daniels on a 9-yard scoring pass with 28 seconds left in the half.
However, that was more than enough the time for the NFC, with all its weapons.
The NFC took over at its 45 with 19 seconds left after a nice kickoff return by Clifton Smith. They ran two plays before Larry Fitzgerald hauled in Brees' 46-yard bomb with fellow All-Pro Cortland Finnegan on his back as time expired to pull the NFC to 14-10.
It made for two huge end-of-the-half plays in consecutive weeks for Fitzgerald. But this time, rather than trying -- and failing -- to chase down James Harrison on his 100-yard interception returned for a TD, Fitzgerald was the one celebrating.
Fitzgerald also beat Finnegan on his second score.
"These guys are such elite players, it doesn't take much time to get in the groove with these players," Fitzgerald said. "These guys were great."
The usual high-scoring affair surprisingly also featured plenty of defense. Despite rules such as no blitzing linebackers and safeties, the quarterbacks were feeling the heat, at times buried by the defensive line. None of the passes had any room for error on throws against the speedy defensive backs.
The AFC had a chance to take the lead late, but Julius Peppers got in the way. Down by six, the AFC started its drive on its 20 with 4:03 remaining and got to midfield. Peppers then swatted a pass by Jay Cutler with his left hand and came up with the interception that led to Carney's 48-yard field goal.
There were three straight drives ending with a turnover in a span of about 2 minutes in the third quarter alone, including two by Collins.
The second led to the NFC's first lead of the game, 17-14, late in the third quarter. Jared Allen stripped Collins from behind and scooped up the bouncing ball at the AFC 10. All-Pro Adrian Peterson, last year's Pro Bowl MVP, finished it off with a 10-yard run.
Pinned on its 4, the AFC came out firing behind the league MVP. Peyton Manning completed passes of 20, 18, 22, 4, and 6 yards to five players before hitting Tony Gonzalez for the score on a high-arcing, 19-yard pass.
Gonzalez easily outmaneuvered Seattle linebacker Julian Peterson before hauling in the pass and tiptoeing into the end zone. Gonzalez, also an All-Pro, finished with six catches for 98 yards.
On the ensuing series, Robert Mathis stripped Brees and gave possession back to the AFC.
Manning then completed a 22-yarder to Colts teammate Reggie Wayne before the NFC finally started playing some defense.
After the AFC reached the NFC's 31, Peppers squashed Manning -- and gave him a hand to get back up. It is, after all, the Pro Bowl.
With a huge red lei around his neck and a wide grin that could have stretched across Oahu, Larry Fitzgerald held up the gleaming, silver MVP trophy. It sparkled in the sunshine as much as his game.
The only problem: It wasn't the Lombardi Trophy.
Fitzgerald caught five passes for 81 yards and two touchdowns, 44-year-old John Carney kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, and the NFC rallied to a 30-21 victory over the AFC. The Arizona Cardinals' All-Pro receiver, coming off a record-breaking postseason and a spectacular Super Bowl in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, earned MVP honors.
But he said the victory over the AFC, which featured three members of the Steelers' defense, didn't ease the pain from the Super Bowl.
"No, not one bit," he said.
Fitzgerald also took home keys to a new Cadillac.
"I'm just glad we won, that's the most important thing," he said.
On a sweltering day, with 60 percent humidity, Kurt Warner started for the NFC and played just one series before making way for Brees. Warner was just 1-of-2 for 8 yards.
"I would've liked to have won last week and not this week, if I could switch them out," he said.
Fitzgerald caught a 46-yard scoring pass from Drew Brees before the half and a 2-yard TD pass from Eli Manning for the go-ahead score with 4:07 to play.
The NFC defense took care of the rest.
Manning, making his Pro Bowl debut, was 8-of-14 for 111 yards. While big brother Peyton had better stats, 12-of-17 for 151 yards and a TD, Eli got the win.
"He didn't play the whole second half, so it's not about beating my brother, it's just about having fun," Eli Manning said.
The Manning brothers were the first quarterback brothers in Pro Bowl history. And Carney, who was a perfect 3-for-3, became the oldest player in the game's history. He booted a 48-yarder with 2:06 remaining to make it 27-21 and sealed the win with a 26-yarder with 32 seconds to go.
Sunday's all-star game ended a successful 30-year run at Aloha Stadium, with a sellout every year. The Pro Bowl will be played in Miami next year, a week before the Super Bowl. The NFL, which has been looking to increase the profile of the game, hopes to bring the game back to Hawaii.
The players, who spent most of the week by the beach and sipping umbrella-adorned mai tais, were pretty unanimous in wanting the game to return.
For Warner, the question now is whether this was his final game in the NFL or, as a free agent, will he opt to continue playing at age 38?
"I don't know right now," Warner said. "Again, when I have a feeling one way or the other, I'll let everyone else know. I don't have a time frame. This is the first time right now that I am done having to think about football for a while, and I'm going to enjoy that part of it, enjoy my wife, enjoy my kids and then we'll make a decision as soon as we can."
The AFC was looking to hula dance into halftime with a comfortable 14-3 cushion after Kerry Collins connected with Owen Daniels on a 9-yard scoring pass with 28 seconds left in the half.
However, that was more than enough the time for the NFC, with all its weapons.
The NFC took over at its 45 with 19 seconds left after a nice kickoff return by Clifton Smith. They ran two plays before Larry Fitzgerald hauled in Brees' 46-yard bomb with fellow All-Pro Cortland Finnegan on his back as time expired to pull the NFC to 14-10.
It made for two huge end-of-the-half plays in consecutive weeks for Fitzgerald. But this time, rather than trying -- and failing -- to chase down James Harrison on his 100-yard interception returned for a TD, Fitzgerald was the one celebrating.
Fitzgerald also beat Finnegan on his second score.
"These guys are such elite players, it doesn't take much time to get in the groove with these players," Fitzgerald said. "These guys were great."
The usual high-scoring affair surprisingly also featured plenty of defense. Despite rules such as no blitzing linebackers and safeties, the quarterbacks were feeling the heat, at times buried by the defensive line. None of the passes had any room for error on throws against the speedy defensive backs.
The AFC had a chance to take the lead late, but Julius Peppers got in the way. Down by six, the AFC started its drive on its 20 with 4:03 remaining and got to midfield. Peppers then swatted a pass by Jay Cutler with his left hand and came up with the interception that led to Carney's 48-yard field goal.
There were three straight drives ending with a turnover in a span of about 2 minutes in the third quarter alone, including two by Collins.
The second led to the NFC's first lead of the game, 17-14, late in the third quarter. Jared Allen stripped Collins from behind and scooped up the bouncing ball at the AFC 10. All-Pro Adrian Peterson, last year's Pro Bowl MVP, finished it off with a 10-yard run.
Pinned on its 4, the AFC came out firing behind the league MVP. Peyton Manning completed passes of 20, 18, 22, 4, and 6 yards to five players before hitting Tony Gonzalez for the score on a high-arcing, 19-yard pass.
Gonzalez easily outmaneuvered Seattle linebacker Julian Peterson before hauling in the pass and tiptoeing into the end zone. Gonzalez, also an All-Pro, finished with six catches for 98 yards.
On the ensuing series, Robert Mathis stripped Brees and gave possession back to the AFC.
Manning then completed a 22-yarder to Colts teammate Reggie Wayne before the NFC finally started playing some defense.
After the AFC reached the NFC's 31, Peppers squashed Manning -- and gave him a hand to get back up. It is, after all, the Pro Bowl.
Well, not really that dramatic, but thanks to a 'computer error' I was informed I had to attend court as to why I hadn't paid the sum of about £50 (although I'm exempt - it's a long story) and if I failed to attend the hearing and then pay up, I'd be in serious trouble.
But thanks to a very nice chap, I won't be visiting Holloway just yet...
I've had better days, but on the plus side I got some amazing clickage done, so woohoo!
Day 351 of 365 Days.
So I stripped her down: a messy job, but not difficult, providing you take out the centre seat and the panel underneath (which is designed to come out in 10 seconds flat), to get a bit of light on an otherwise dark subject.
Simply (don't you hate it when people say that? but this time it really is simple) undo the six nuts which hold the drum onto the output flange, then slacken off the hand-brake adjuster until the drum can be persuaded to come off (which may need a hide hammer), and slide the drum back to sit on the propshaft, out of our way.
And here's the nub of the problem (though that missing spring didn't help). The operating mechanism was well and truly clagged up with the gunge of ages. Several squirts with brake cleaner got the mess off, then Mrs W sat inside, gently operating the hand-brake, while I was underneath getting everything free, then applying a good coat of CopperSlip to the moving parts. Reassemble, making sure that all the six nuts are torqued up evenly so the drum is truly square to the flange; then adjust the shoes in the normal way.
The missing spring was an interesting problem, as it's very, very tight, and almost impossible to stretch up to engage, when you're lying underneath the vehicle. If you slip, you'll hit the underside very hard, probably losing a knuckle or two's worth of flesh in the process.
As JY used to say: this is what you do.
First, get a couple of pairs of safety goggles, one for you, one for your assistant: if this goes wrong, there'll be bits of broken spring flying around, which you don't want in anybody's eye. Next, take out the driver's seat cushion, and the plate underneath it. This exposes the fuel tank, but there's enough space inboard of that to drop through a loop of baler twine. (If you have a Land-Rover, it almost goes without saying that you should have yards of baler twine readily to hand.) Use about four feet, knotted securely into a loop. Engage the bottom end of the spring in its hole, then hook the top end with your dangling loop, and get an assistant standing by to haul up steadily, but really pretty hard, on the loop: stout gloves are recommended to prevent cutting the hands. This seems to be about the only reliable way to stretch the spring enough that you, underneath the vehicle, will then be able to steer the end over its upper locating hole. Your assistant above relaxes the mighty pull, and everything slips into place. Cut away the baler twine, because it's not coming out any other way.
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No, the Unvaccinated Aren’t All Just Being Difficult
By Bryce Covert
Ms. Covert is an independent journalist who focuses on the economy, with an emphasis on policies that affect workers and families.
On a July day in downtown Lowell, Mass., the first sunny Saturday of the month, people began to line up for a block party. Food trucks offered everyone a free empanada or egg roll. A D.J. played music. There were kid-friendly activities, too, like a touch-a-truck station with a fire truck and an ambulance.
The party wasn’t just a way to have a good time. The real motivation was to get people in the community vaccinated against Covid-19. Nestled between the food trucks were ones offering Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.
In the minds of the public health and community organizers who staged it, it was a roaring success. Sixty-four people got vaccinated within six hours. Hannah Tello, a community health data manager at the nonprofit Greater Lowell Health Alliance, noted that it was eight to 10 times as many vaccinations as what their mobile clinics had been doing; their most successful day before this administered 12.
The people who got shots at the party “were not people who were resistant,” Dr. Tello told me. Outreach workers went to a nearby park and invited the homeless people there to get free food and, if they wanted, a vaccination, and many took them up on the offer in such a low-stakes, nonmedical setting.
An elderly woman who cares for two people with disabilities had tried and failed to schedule vaccinations for all three of them at the same time. This time, she succeeded. A woman who was able to vaccinate all the other eligible people in her family hadn’t been able to get it herself because she has four young children she wasn’t allowed to take to the vaccination center. That day her children played cornhole while she got the shot.
The party organizers also reached about 250 other attendees, many of whom had conversations about their concerns. Some were worried that the vaccines cost money, even though they’re free to all. They were concerned they would need some sort of documentation, which they don’t. One woman hadn’t gotten the shot yet because she has an intense fear of needles; she did it that day after 25 minutes of talking it through. “Her getting her shot is just as important as the people who lined up outside our clinics a few months ago,” Dr. Tello said. “No one is less deserving of having access.”
The country’s vaccination campaign has lagged since April, and that has allowed for a spike in cases, particularly in largely unvaccinated areas. Vaccinations have risen lately in response to the spread of the Delta variant, but rather than keeping its foot on the gas and throwing every idea, every resource at the problem, the White House has started to shift the blame onto those who still haven’t gotten a shot. President Biden grumbled that he has struck a “brick wall” in persuading more Americans to get the shot. Last week, taking aim at those he called “unvaccinated, unbothered and unconvinced,” he said, “If you’re out there unvaccinated, you don’t have to die. Read the news.”
There are plenty of Americans who have been inundated with misinformation about the vaccines. Many are staunchly opposed to getting it for a variety of reasons, from personal health concerns to conspiracy theories. But that doesn’t describe everyone who is unvaccinated — not by a long shot. And there are plenty of things we can do to reach them if we’re serious about spending the time and the money.
Instead, the current approach is to argue that access has increased and it’s everyone’s individual responsibility to get a shot — and if you don’t, it’s on you. Once again, we have taken the cruelly American, ruggedly individualistic tactic of making this about personal responsibility, not about a systemic response, just as we did in combating the virus itself.
“It’s not a public health strategy for any condition to just blame somebody into treatment and prevention,” said Rhea Boyd, a pediatrician and public health advocate. Telling the unvaccinated that they’re being selfish “really runs counter to all the work it’s going to take to convince those folks to be vaccinated, to trust us that we have their best interests in mind.”
It’s also shortsighted. If some people continue to struggle with getting vaccinated, the virus will continue to run rampant, threatening a rebound in economic activity and giving the coronavirus a chance to mutate yet again. The refrain we’ve heard throughout is still true: We’re not safe until we’re all safe.
Those who aren’t yet vaccinated are much more likely to be food insecure, have children at home and earn little. About three-quarters of unvaccinated adults live in a household that makes less than $75,000 a year. They are nearly three times as likely as the vaccinated to have had insufficient food recently. Many of them have pressing concerns they can’t just put aside because they need to get a vaccination.
Access is far more widespread than it was at the beginning of the year. Many cities now offer multiple venues for getting it without needing an appointment. But about 10 percent of the eligible population still lives more than a 15-minute drive from a vaccine distribution location. And even if there’s a site down the road, it usually requires taking time off work — not just to get the shot but also potentially to recover from the side effects — arranging transportation and figuring out child care.
“Missing out on a few hours of work seems very easy to us, but in fact it could be the matter of having food for the family versus not,” said Ann Lee, the chief executive of the nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort. For these people, when they’re weighing whether to get a vaccination or potentially forgo some wages, “the wages are going to win out.”
Those who are unvaccinated are also likely to work in essential jobs like agriculture and manufacturing that don’t allow them to step away from work. They work long hours and may prioritize time with their families or communities when they finally get a break. People who have multiple jobs may find it impossible to schedule a shot in between all of their shifts.
And yet 43 percent of the unvaccinated say they definitely or probably would get it or are unsure, according to Julia Raifman, an assistant professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.
“We pretty quickly exhausted those who were easiest to reach and vaccinate,” Tara Smith, a public health professor at Kent State, told me. “This next phase is more difficult, but I don’t think it’s impossible to continue to get more people vaccinated. We just have to get creative.”
A block party doesn’t work in every community, particularly more rural ones. For those places, an event could be staged at a church or a county fair. Anything that allows people to discuss their concerns with experts and get vaccinated on the spot erases dangerous lag time. Dr. Tello’s organization found that many disappeared in the time between an educational conversation and a vaccination appointment weeks later.
Another way to take the vaccines to people for whom the logistics are complicated is to do it at workplaces. Ms. Lee’s organization held a vaccination drive at a construction site in Washington, D.C., and vaccinated 165 people. “They wanted to get vaccinated. There was just no way some of these day laborers were going to take off of work and maybe get sick,” Ms. Lee said. In January, Riverside, Calif., began a program to take vaccines into the fields to reach agricultural workers.
There are plenty of other smart places to distribute vaccines. Take them to food pantries, where low-income and food-insecure people show up by necessity on a regular basis. Do vaccinations at shopping centers where everyone goes to buy food. Vaccine drives could also be held on the first day of school for parents and older children alike; it’s late in the game, since it takes weeks for full immunity, but it’s better than missing them entirely.
Going door to door can also reach people, particularly those who are homebound. The Central Falls Housing Authority in Rhode Island offered shots to its public housing residents at the end of last year, and by January, 80 percent had been vaccinated. In Los Angeles, Ms. Lee’s team contacts the homebound first to talk through any concerns and again a week later to administer a vaccine. Vaccines could even be paired with Meals on Wheels deliveries.
To address transportation issues, the White House collaborated with Uber and Lyft to give free rides up to $25 to and from vaccination sites. But those companies don’t operate in every community, particularly outside cities. The government could also give grants to community organizations that can give people free rides to vaccination sites. “If you have a bus at a church, you can get a grant,” Dr. Boyd suggested.
We have to mandate paid leave so workers can take at least two days to get a shot and recover without jeopardizing their incomes. The Biden administration has offered tax credits to employers with fewer than 500 employees to cover the cost of offering paid leave for getting vaccinated, which he expanded this month. Some states, including New York, have mandated it. But everywhere else, it’s up to an employer to offer it, and if existing paid leave benefits are any guide, it’s the lowest-wage workers who are least likely to get it. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released an emergency temporary standard in June that requires employers to provide paid time off to get vaccinated and recover, but it applies only to health care workers, despite the fact that a draft version included everyone.
Short of that, community organizations can send people home from getting vaccinated with enough food for their families if they have to miss work for a day or two. When Ms. Lee’s organization did testing in the Navajo Nation, it gave people two weeks of food in case they got a positive result and had to quarantine. It’s now sending people home with food as well as diapers, formula and hygiene kits with things like shampoo and tampons.
Parents also need child care — not just for getting their shots but also if they experience side effects. The government is working with four large child care providers to offer free care, but those centers may not be available to everyone, nor will all parents feel comfortable sending their children to an unfamiliar setting. Instead, we could give them money to pay their trusted source of child care and also offer care at vaccination centers.
State and local officials can kick-start some of this on their own. But the real money, and the power to set the agenda, comes from the White House and Congress. “If the federal government said, ‘We are really concerned, we see that low-income people have not had access to the vaccine, and we’re putting forth a huge effort to bring it to them in their workplaces and homes,’” Dr. Raifman said, “that would be a compelling message that would mobilize people across the country.” Federal funding needs to be filtered down to the local level as quickly as possible. There’s a lot of money for vaccinations, but it has to get to the organizations that are deeply embedded in their communities and ready to pull this off.
Dr. Tello’s organization plans to repeat the block party this summer, this time as a back-to-school event, handing out free backpacks and school supplies as well as flu shots alongside the Covid vaccines. And it will be timed so that those who got their first shot of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at July’s party can get their second dose on the spot. “Sometimes,” she said, “you have to make it too convenient so that people can’t say no.”
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Also die Wettervorhersage war bei drei Anstalten falsch. Es sollte total sonnig sein. Es war überwiegend bewölkt gewesen und ab und zu kam die Sonne. So nach 10 Minuten. Man sollte nur das Nötigste machen lassen, wenn ein Fahrradmonteur besucht wird. Niemals sich etwas gefallen lassen. Man hat sonst nur noch Probleme. Man hat gesehen, dass in Pirna immer mehr Bäume gefällt wurden. An der Kohlbergstraße und Kohlberg. Insgesamt 100 Bäume wurden gefällt. Zufällig bin ich in der Kindergrippe vorbeigefahren, wo ich die kleinen Kinder gesehen habe. Das war am Schlängelbachweg. Das hätten meine sein können. Alle waren blond. Die hörten sich Kindermusik für Sprachlernen an. "Wir können sehen. Wir können laufen..." Dann war ich im Park Kohlbergstraße, am Getränkemarkt. Das dort dieser Park nicht geschlossen wird und die einfach die Wege zur Wiese machen. Als ich von Südwesten zum Kohlberg hinaufgelaufen bin, kamen furchteinflößende Gestalten mit einem Spezialquad an. Es hatte drei Achsen. Man stellt immer mehr totes Holz auf. Problem ist aber, wenn das zu trocken wird, kann es sich entzünden. Ein Rentner kommt hier immer lang gelaufen. Sonst kam noch ein gelangweilter Fahrradfahrer. Dann kommt noch ein Opa als Fahrradfahrer hierher. Sonst gibt es mehr Galloway Rinder als Menschen hier oben. Die Baustelle mit der Brücke ist schnell. Wo ein wunderschönes Idyll war, kommt eine Brücke hin. Der Sinn ist null. Nur der Landrat hat seine Erfolgsgeschichte. Man muss nicht immer gleich weit entfernt arbeiten und Autos fahren. Aber der Zwang durch Staat und Lobby für Öl ist eben da. Mehrere Stellen sind gestaltet, um den Wald in ein Flammenmeer zu verwandeln. Es gab schon Versuche. Entweder direkt die Bäume mit Benzin übergießen und anzünden oder Lagerfeuer an Bäume anzünden. Es hat aber nicht geklappt. Grenzsteine gab es hier. Vermessungspunkte für Brückenservice Anfahrten gab es auch. Es wird ziemlich laut werden. So, dass man hier nicht mehr sich heimisch fühlt, was auch der Plan ist. Der Einfluss der USA und GB. Hoffentlich wird das mal enden. Die sind ohne Geburten hier. Haben keine Hochhäuser und Leerstand, kommen aber mit Autobahnen an. Die Industrieanlagen stehen auf Amateurniveau. Eine billige Halle nach der anderen soll kommen. Der ganze Ausblick wird hier verschandelt, ohne Sinn. Und im Industriegebiet sind die Flächen leer. Die wurden abgerissen, obwohl man die hätte sanieren können. Wäre billiger gewesen und sozialverträglicher. Dann fahre ich zum Bahnhof Pirna und werde wiederholt von einem Araber verfolgt. Er folgt mir in Richtung Bahnhof. Auf der Königsteiner Straße, Siegfried Rädel Straße, patrollieren ständig Araber mit oder ohne Fahrrad. Diese fangen an mich gleich zu filmen, belästigen mich oder provozieren. Die trauen sich nur mit Messer oder anderen Leuten. Dann steige ich in den Zug ein, der genau in diesem Moment ankommt. Dann kommt der Mächtige vorbei. Der Zug ist ziemlich gut gefüllt. Die meisten Leute nutzen den Zug, weil die den für den Alltag brauchen. Also nur für Schule oder Arbeit. Würden nur Normalreisende gezählt werden, wäre der Zug fast leer. Kontrolliert wurde ich nie. Dann steige ich wieder in Dresden HBF am Gleis 19 aus. Dem Bahnsteig, den ich zuletzt gebaut hatte. Gleis 17 und 18 auch. Während des Rekordsommers 2003.
Entonces, el pronóstico del tiempo fue incorrecto en tres instituciones. Debería ser totalmente soleado. Estaba nublado y de vez en cuando salía el sol. Entonces después de 10 minutos. Uno solo debe hacer las necesidades básicas cuando se visita a un instalador de bicicletas. Nunca toleres algo De lo contrario, solo tienes problemas. Se ha visto que cada vez más árboles fueron talados en Pirna. En Kohlbergstraße y Kohlberg. Un total de 100 árboles fueron talados. Por casualidad, conduje más allá de la gripe infantil, donde vi a los niños pequeños. Eso fue en Schlängelbachweg. Eso podría haber sido mío. Todos eran rubios. Escucharon la música de los niños para el aprendizaje de idiomas. "Podemos ver, podemos caminar ..." Luego estuve en el parque Kohlbergstraße, en el mercado de bebidas. Que allí este parque no está cerrado y simplemente hace los caminos hacia el prado. Mientras caminaba del sudoeste al Kohlberg, llegaron figuras aterradoras con un quad especial. Tenía tres hachas. Pones cada vez más madera muerta. El problema es que si se seca demasiado, puede encenderse. Un pensionista viene aquí siempre corre mucho. De lo contrario, había un ciclista aburrido. Luego viene un abuelo como ciclista aquí. De lo contrario, hay más ganado Galloway que personas aquí. El sitio de construcción con el puente es rápido. Donde estaba un hermoso idilio, un puente baja. El significado es cero. Solo el administrador del distrito tiene su historia de éxito. No siempre tienes que trabajar lejos y conducir autos. Pero la coacción del estado y el cabildeo por el petróleo están ahí. Varios lugares están diseñados para convertir el bosque en un mar de llamas. Ha habido intentos. Ya sea directamente moje los árboles con gasolina y enciéndalos o prende fuego a los árboles. No funcionó. Había puntos de referencia aquí. Los puntos de reconocimiento para el servicio de puente también existían. Va a ser bastante ruidoso. Entonces uno ya no se siente como en casa, que es el plan. La influencia de EE. UU. Y GB. Espero que termine esta vez. Ellos están aquí sin nacimientos. No tiene rascacielos ni vacantes, pero llega con autopistas. Las instalaciones industriales están en el nivel amateur. Una sala barata tras otra debería venir. Toda la vista está mimada aquí, sin significado. Y en el área industrial, las áreas están vacías. Fueron demolidos, aunque podrían haber sido renovados. Hubiera sido más barato y más socialmente aceptable. Luego conduzco hasta la estación de Pirna y soy perseguido repetidamente por un árabe. Él me sigue en la dirección de la estación de tren. En Königsteiner Strasse, Siegfried Rädel Street, los árabes patrullan constantemente con o sin bicicleta. Comienzan a filmar, molestar o provocarme. Se atreven solo con cuchillos u otras personas. Luego me subo al tren, que llega exactamente en este momento. Entonces viene el hombre poderoso. El tren está bastante lleno. La mayoría de las personas usa el tren porque lo necesitan para la vida cotidiana. Entonces solo para la escuela o el trabajo. Si solo se contaran los viajeros normales, el tren estaría casi vacío. Nunca fui revisado. Luego baje de nuevo en Dresden HBF en la pista 19. La plataforma que construí por última vez. Pista 17 y 18 también. Durante el registro verano de 2003.
So the weather forecast was wrong at three institutions. It should be totally sunny. It was mostly cloudy and from time to time the sun came. So after 10 minutes. One should only do the bare necessities when a bicycle fitter is visited. Never put up with something. Otherwise you only have problems. It has been seen that more and more trees were felled in Pirna. At Kohlbergstraße and Kohlberg. A total of 100 trees were felled. By chance, I drove past the children's flu, where I saw the little children. That was on Schlängelbachweg. That could have been mine. Everyone was blond. They listened to children's music for language learning. "We can see, we can walk ..." Then I was in the park Kohlbergstraße, at the beverage market. That there this park is not closed and simply make the paths to the meadow. As I walked up from the southwest to the Kohlberg, scary figures arrived with a special quad. It had three axes. You put up more and more dead wood. Problem is, if that gets too dry, it can ignite. A pensioner comes here always run long. Otherwise there was a bored cyclist. Then comes a grandpa as a cyclist here. Otherwise there are more Galloway cattle than people up here. The construction site with the bridge is fast. Where a beautiful idyll was, a bridge comes down. The meaning is zero. Only the district administrator has his success story. You do not always have to work far away and drive cars. But the coercion by the state and lobby for oil is there. Several places are designed to turn the forest into a sea of flames. There have been attempts. Either directly douse the trees with gasoline and set alight or set fire to trees. It did not work. There were landmarks here. Survey points for bridge service Approaches also existed. It's going to be pretty loud. So that one no longer feels at home, which is the plan. The influence of the USA and GB. I hope that will end this time. They are here without births. Have no skyscrapers and vacancy, but arrive with highways. The industrial facilities are at the amateur level. A cheap hall after another should come. The whole view is spoiled here, without meaning. And in the industrial area the areas are empty. They were demolished, although they could have been renovated. Would have been cheaper and more socially acceptable. Then I drive to Pirna station and are repeatedly persecuted by an Arab. He follows me in the direction of the train station. On Königsteiner Strasse, Siegfried Rädel Street, Arabs are constantly patrolling with or without a bicycle. They start filming, annoying or provoking me. They dare only with knives or other people. Then I get on the train, which arrives at exactly this moment. Then the powerful man comes by. The train is pretty well filled. Most people use the train because they need it for everyday life. So only for school or work. If only normal travelers were counted, the train would be almost empty. I was never checked. Then I get off again at Dresden HBF on track 19. The platform I had last built. Track 17 and 18 too. During the record summer 2003.
- A Câmera Digital SLR K20D Pentax oferece a combinação perfeita de funções SLR avançadas e recursos fáceis de usar para satisfazer o entusiasta de fotografia e o fotógrafo profissional.
- O sensor CMOS de 14.6 megapixels oferece uma resolução superior de imagem com o máximo controle de ruído, e o sistema de Redução de Oscilação com deslocamento de sensor é compatível com qualquer lente Pentax já produzida, incluindo as lentes SDM mais modernas.
- A medição avançada de 16 segmentos da câmera e o AF de 11 pontos, com 9 sensores cruzados, garantem imagens perfeitamente expostas e focadas.
- Modos exclusivos de exposição, como hyper-programa, Sv e TAv, oferecem mais versatilidade de gravação juntamente com recursos totalmente personalizáveis e funções avançadas para fotógrafos avançados.
- Todos esses incríveis recursos são controlados pelo mecanismo de processamento de imagem PRIME da câmera, que maximiza as propriedades da imagem e permite o ajuste personalizado dos parâmetros de imagem.
- Além dos recursos personalizáveis para usuários que necessitam de controle total, inclui a função Faixa Dinâmica Expandida que permite que os usuários ganhem mais contraste/detalhe em configurações de brilho e modos de Imagem Personalizada, com seis opções pré-definidas, oferecendo controle superior da maneira como o processador PRIME cria as imagens.
- Os recursos de Redução de Poeira e Alerta de Poeira eliminam a necessidade de retoques, a alta resolução de 2,7¿ da câmera e o monitor LCD de visão ampla da K20D oferecem uma Visualização ao Vivo do seu assunto para uma composição mais precisa, permitindo que o fotógrafo veja a imagem no monitor LCD no painel traseiro da câmera enquanto fotografa.
- Todos esses recursos são contidos em um corpo confiável, à prova de poeira e resistente ao clima que permite que os fotógrafos operem a qualquer momento, qualquer lugar, mesmo em ambientes empoeirados ou com chuva.
- A Pentax smc P-DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AL incluída é o complemento perfeito para uma câmera digital SLR Pentax, oferecendo um ângulo de visão equivalente a uma lente 27,5 - 84mm no formato 35mm.
- Os elementos óticos aesféricos na lente contribuem com redução no tamanho e peso da lente e oferecem correção efetiva das aberrações indesejadas geralmente encontradas em lentes grande-angulares e como todas as lentes Pentax, ela é tratada como um revestimento smc para transmissão máxima de luz, definição nítida e imagens de alto contraste.
Sensor CMOS de 14.6 Megapixels:
- A SLR Digital K20D utiliza um Sensor de Imagem CMOS de 14.6 megapixels, que não produz tanta perda de calor quanto outros tipos de sensores (resultando em menos ruído) e oferece uma vida de bateria mais longa.
- A tecnologia CMOS permite uma alta densidade de circuito no nível do pixel, o que permite ajustes de sensibilidade no sensor, em vez de no conversor A/D.
- Além disso, o baixo calor e o baixo consumo de energia do sensor CMOS permitem que a K20D ofereça a função Visualização ao Vivo e maior duração de bateria em comparação aos modelos anteriores.
Compatível com Todas as Lentes Intercambiáveis Pentax:
- A Pentax fabricou mais de 24 milhões de lentes nas últimas seis décadas, e a K20D pode usar todas.
- A câmera oferece compatibilidade com montagens de lentes antigas K, KA, KAF e KAF2diretamente, sendo compatível também com lentes formato 35mm de montagem de rosca e lentes sistema 67 Pentax 645 e 67 com adaptador apropriado (opcional).
- Também é possível escolher as mais modernas lentes DAH, DA Limited e DA especificamente projetadas para o uso com SLRs Digitais Pentax.
- Seja qual for a lente usada - as lentes mais recentes ou uma montagem de rosca clássica -, ela capturará fielmente a imagem desejada.
Mecanismo de Processamento de Imagem PRIME:
- A K20D incorpora o mecanismo de processamento de imagem PRIME (Pentax Real Image Engine) projetado exclusivamente para câmeras SLR digitais Pentax para satisfazer os requisitos de performance de sensores de resolução mais alta.
- Esse mecanismo de processamento de imagem produz imagens reais bem balanceadas através de controle eficiente de sinais de CCD, saturação, brilho, balanço de branco, nitidez e contraste.
- Sua memória rápida (DDR2: Double Data Rate 2) também serve para aprimorar o processamento de imagem veloz e a transferência de dados em alta velocidade.
- Enfim, PRIME oferece resultados belos e naturais similares aos que você vê ao capturar em filme.
Tecnologia de Redução de Oscilação:
- O recurso SR (Shake Reduction Redução de Tremido) Pentax é um sistema controlado eletromagneticamente integrado ao corpo para detectar tremidos da câmera, da mão e compensar através do movimento de um sensor de imagem flutuante livre e, diferentemente de outros sistemas óticos anti-tremido DSLR, este sistema SR oferece redução de tremido com todas as lentes Pentax já fabricadas sem necessidade de uma série especial de óticas volumosas e de alto custo.
- Além disso, o sistema SR Pentax é superior a outros sistemas de movimento de sensor pois não utiliza trilhos-guia, permitindo que o sensor oscile em 3 direções na horizontal, na vertical e rotatório.
- O sistema SR é particularmente útil em situações em que o tremido da câmera é um problema, como lentes telefoto, áreas internas sem um flash ou outras condições de luminosidade fraca durante a noite ou crepúsculo.
Faixa Dinâmica Aprimorada:
- O modo de Faixa Dinâmica Aprimorado da K20D permite emular melhor os resultados geralmente encontrados apenas com imagens capturadas em filme.
- Isso é obtido aumentando a faixa dinâmica de linha de base da câmera em 200% para capturar melhor os detalhes em áreas destacadas de uma imagem.
Balanço de Branco Avançado:
- O avançado balanço de branco da K20D oferece uma seleção de 7 opções pré-definidas, com 3 opções apenas para iluminação fluorescente, além de uma configuração de balanço de branco manual e 3 temperaturas de cor pré-definidas.
- Além disso, cada configuração pode ser ajustada com precisão para equilibrar até as mais difíceis condições de iluminação, e todas as configurações podem ser verificadas através da função de preview digital.
Ajuste de ISO e Redução de Ruído de Alta Sensibilidade:
- A função de controle de sensibilidade automática ajusta automaticamente a sensibilidade de saída padrão - até ISO 6400 na configuração de Sensibilidade Expandida, com base em dados como o nível de brilho do assunto e a distância focal da lente. Você dispõe de total controle da gama de sensibilidade automáticas disponíveis.
- Também é possível selecionar manualmente a sensibilidade desejada de ISO 100 até 6400. Conforme a sensibilidade aumenta com qualquer câmera, aumenta a possibilidade de ruído.
- Entretanto, a redução de ruído afeta a aparência de uma imagem e, quando a redução de ruído é aplicada a uma imagem, ela não pode ser revertida; por esse motivo, a Pentax oferece a capacidade de aplicar quatro níveis de redução de ruído para atender às suas necessidades, desde ajuste zero até um forte controle do ruído.
Corpo Resistente à Poeira e ao Clima:
- Quer você esteja fotografando em uma floresta tropical, enevoada, um pico coberto de neve ou uma trilha deserta cheia de poeira, a vedação do corpo Pentax DSLR durável protege de maneira confiável os componentes internos contra umidade e partículas de poeira, o que permite continuar fotografando mesmo sob condições difíceis.
- No total, a K20D é protegida por 72 lacres, e o punho de bateria opcional com mais 38 lacres. Além disso, o corpo em policarbonato reforçado em fibra em torno do chassi em aço inoxidável de alta rigidez oferece bastante resistência para o uso no dia-a-dia.
Recursos de Redução de Poeira e Alerta de Poeira:
- O Sistema de Remoção de Poeira da K20D engloba várias tecnologias para minimizar ou eliminar os efeitos da poeira nas suas imagens.
- A superfície do filtro passa-baixa é vedado com um revestimento de flúor baseado em nanotecnologia para dificultar a aderência da poeira à superfície do sensor.
- A poeira que ainda permanecer na superfície do filtro será varrida quando o sistema SR deslocar o CCD em alta velocidade.
- A poeira que é varrida do CCD cai em uma folha adesiva, eliminado qualquer possibilidade de retorno à superfície do CCD.
- Eventualmente, especialmente ao fotografar em locais úmidos, o sistema de Remoção de Poeira não limpará todas as partículas de poeira; é aí que o sistema de Alerta de Poeira da câmera evitará que você gaste tempo com retoques.
- Este sistema analisa o sensor para determinar se e onde há poeira após a ativação do Sistema de Remoção de Poeira.
- Os resultados são exibidos na tela LCD, mostrando exatamente onde a poeira está.
Sistema AF de 11 Pontos:
- A K20D possui um sistema AF de 11 pontos, com 9 sensores cruzados para garantir imagens perfeitamente expostas e focadas e, em operação automática (AUTO), a câmera reconhece qual objeto está mais próximo e escolhe aquele objeto como o principal ponto de foco.
- Para um controle mais direto, selecione qualquer um dos 11 pontos individualmente. Você também pode simplesmente selecionar o centro da imagem como seu ponto principal de foco.
- Com autofoco contínuo, o foco é ajustado conforme o seu assunto se move dentro do quadro ou, caso prefira um controle mais direto, você pode sempre focar manualmente.
- Além disso, a função de Ajuste AF da K20D permite ajustar a posição do foco para 20 lentes diferentes para que lentes mais antigas foquem com tanta precisão quanto as mais modernas.
Medição Avançada de 16 Segmentos:
- Com seu sistema de medição de 16 segmentos, a K20D calcula com precisão o balanço entre áreas claras e escuras dentro dos segmentos automaticamente ou você pode optar pela medição central ponderada ou medição spot.
- Além disso, todas as lentes da Série K suportam com facilidade até mesmo as mais difíceis condições de iluminação com o sistema de medição de 16 segmentos.
Modos Exclusivos de Exposição:
- A K20D possui os modos de exposição esperados de qualquer SLR com todas as funções, incluindo um modo de Prioridade de Obturador (Tv) que permite escolher a velocidade de obturador ideal, e um modo de Prioridade de Abertura (Av) permite selecionar a abertura apropriada.
- Além disso, é possível escolher entre as configurações Manual (M), Bulb (B) e X-sync (X) para mais versatilidade, ou a configuração do USUÁRIO que permite pré-definir seus parâmetros favoritos.
- Entretanto, a K20D possui alguns modos de exposição que você não verá em outros lugares.
- O modo Programa Automático oferece Hyper Program para mudar instantaneamente a velocidade de obturador ou abertura em tempo real.
- O modo AE com Prioridade de Sensibilidade (Sv) foi projetado para selecionar automaticamente a combinação ideal de velocidade de obturador e abertura para uma sensibilidade selecionada pelo usuário e, no modo SV, é possível mudar a sensibilidade com a simples rotação de um dial.
- Outro modo de exposição oferecido pela K20D é AE com Prioridade de Abertura e Obturador (TAv), para selecionar automaticamente a sensibilidade mais apropriada para uma combinação de abertura e velocidade de obturador selecionada pelo usuário.
- Todos os ajustes de exposição podem ser acessados através de dois dials posicionados ergonomicamente na parte frontal e traseira da câmera.
- Além disso, se você está operando com as lentes da série PENTAX F, FA, DA ou DFA, é possível tirar proveito dos dados MTF: um microchip na lente transmite informações para a câmera sobre a abertura ideal oticamente e a abertura a ser usada específica para a lente.
Modos Personalizados de Imagme:
- A câmera possui seis modos de Imagem Personalizada pré-configurados que oferecem um controle superior da maneira como o processador PRIME cria as imagens e aplica a os ajustes de saturação, matiz, contraste e nitidez às imagens JPEG, oferecendo um ponto de partida para o desenvolvimento de imagem RAW.
- Os seis modos disponíveis incluem Bright para aumentar a saturação, matiz, nitidez e contraste para imagens que são um pouco mais elaboradas ou coloridas; Natural para fotógrafos que desejam maximizar uma imagem para manipulação pós-captura; Retrato para reduzir o contraste e a nitidez e proporcionar tons de pele suaves e naturais; Paisagem para aumentar a saturação, o contraste e a nitidez para belas imagens do mundo natural; Vibrante, que maximiza todos os parâmetros para oferecer cores mais brilhantes e mais nitidez para cenas mais vívidas; e P&B para imitar os efeitos de fotografia em preto e branco, incluindo os efeitos de filtros coloridos.
- O modo P&B ainda acrescenta um efeito de filtro infravermelho para cenas monocromáticas notáveis. Além disso, cada um dos modos de Imagem Personalizada pode ser modificado para atender às suas necessidades específicas.
Gravação Contínua e com Intervalos:
- Nas situações normais de alta velocidade, a câmera captura 3 qps para 38 JPEGS e 14 imagens RAW, e há a opção de ter o modo de disparo contínuo com uma taxa de captura mais lenta de 2.3 qps, mas permite fotografar um número ilimitado de imagens JPEG (dentro da capacidade do seu cartão); perfeito para seqüências de captura prolongadas.
- A câmera também é capaz de gravar extensas seqüências com lapso de tempo com um temporizador de intervalo que pode ser ajustado para capturar imagens em um intervalo de tempo específico e com início em um tempo especificado.
Visor de Pentaprisma Luminoso:
- O visor na K20D oferece 95% de campo de visão e ampliação 0.95X para que você veja o máximo possível da imagem antes da captura.
- O visor também oferece todas as informações importantes de imagem de maneira concisa, incluindo um ponto de foco indicado em vermelho, indicador em foco, modo de foco, velocidade de obturador, abertura, compensação de exposição, número de imagens restantes, condições de Redução de Oscilação e, com o acionamento de botão OK na parte traseira da câmera, o ajuste de ISO atual.
- Além disso, a tela de focagem é intercambiável para que você possa usar uma tela de grade opcional ou tela dimensionada para um enquadramento de imagem mais preciso.
Painel LCD de 2,7":
- A Pentax K20D incorpora um monitor LCD colorido grande de 2,7 com um design de ampla visão, permitindo que o fotógrafo veja a imagem no monitor acima de 160 graus na vertical e na horizontal.
- Ela também oferece zoom digital das imagens reproduzidas até 32X para fácil confirmação das condições de foco da imagem e detalhes e, em virtude do seu tamanho grande, também é possível rever duas imagens lado a lado.
- O monitor grande permite letras, dígitos e ícones grandes nas telas do menu para facilitar a confirmação no menu e as operações da câmera.
- Além disso, o LCD possui um recurso de Ajuste de Cor para compensar a visualização sob condições instáveis de iluminação.
- É como ter um recurso de balanço de branco especificamente para o seu LCD para permitir uma confirmação melhor da sua imagem capturada.
Modo de Visualização ao Vivo:
- O sensor CMOS possibilita a Visualização ao Vivo no monitor LCD grande de 2,7. Isso permite ver a área total da imagem e confirmar a sua composição. Pode ser ativada a exibição de uma grade para ajudar a garantir a organização perfeita da sua imagem.
- O foco automático pode ser ativado bastando acionar o botão AF na parte traseira da câmera e, então, os detalhes podem ser verificados com uma função zoom 4X ou 8X.
Recursos Totalmente Personalizáveis:
- A K20D é totalmente personalizável para atender às suas necessidades individuais de fotografia.
- Você tem acesso a 36 opções com 93 configurações para oferecer total controle da sua câmera.
- Isso inclui a capacidade de reprogranar os e-dials para o seu estilo de fotografar, o tipo de preview, seja Visualização ao Vivo, Preview Digital ou um preview de profundidade de campo tradicional e a linha de programa usada pelo sistema de medição da câmera.
Poderoso Kit de Software Incluído:
- A K20D inclui Pentax Photo Laboratory 3.5, que possui o confiável mecanismo de processamento de imagem SILKYPIX para processamento de dados RAW e o Pentax Photo Browser 3.5, que oferece processamento de dados mais rápido e melhor operabilidade do que a versão anterior e pode converter imagens RAW para o formato DNG.
Capacidade de Impressão Direta:
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UP E9's on there shake down run on the head end of a unit oil train, and an SD70M along just in case of problems.
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1. That's a neck not a nipple.
2. That's a sire not a lactating dam.
You're doing it wrong, but you're doing it cute. All good.
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.
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My S2 has a problem with a clouded mirror patch in the rangefinder. I decided to give it a second try, but in bright light where the lens would be stopped down and zone focusing would do.
I made a mistake with the film, though. Kodak Gold is one of the few Kodak films I don't like. The grain is excessive, especially for a fairly slow film.
Nikon S2 black dial, s/n 6192741, late 1950s
Nikkor-S 1:2 50mm
Kodak Gold 200 consumer grade colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
My World Vision
-AroundTheWorld-
ÁFRICA
Etiopía
Harar
"Un patio en Harar"
A primera hora de la tarde, el calor en Harar es de otro mundo, asfixiante; subir y bajar por sus empinadas cuestas me deja sin aliento; aún así, caminar por la parte vieja de la ciudad se convierte en algo atractivo para mi. A pesar de esas altas temperaturas, la gente sale a la calle para aprovechar al máximo la luz del día; es buena hora para comerciar, montar los mercadillos, realizar las tareas domesticas, terminar trabajos, asearse o simplemente charlar con los tuyos sentado, tumbado en cualquier parte mientras tomas khat (hierba legal masticable que te despeja con alegría...).
Harar es una ciudad con bastante actividad comercial, también es muy religiosa. Al ir conociéndola, poco a poco, me doy cuenta de que se transforma, en su parte más antigua, en un precioso pueblecito donde conviven en paz distintas culturas. Algunas de sus calles están empedradas, otras es la tierra la que predomina, a veces (la mayoría) se cuela hasta el interior de las viviendas formando parte de ellas. Las casas, mal encaladas, artísticamente mal pintadas de mil colores distintos hacen que mi vista no se aburra en ningún momento y me olvido por completo de que el sol está ahí arriba, castigando mi cabeza. Los habitantes, en su mayor parte, son encantadores, suelen sonreír al cruzarse conmigo, charlamos un poquito, gesticulamos todo el rato para entendernos mejor, eso hace que cada conversación sea más ingeniosa y divertida.
Disfruto del color de los vestidos de los distintos tipos de mujeres y hombres africanos, de su belleza, su forma de caminar, de actuar. Por otro lado, me llama mucho la atención el contraste de las múltiples culturas que habita en los barrios y, sobre todo, admiro esa filosofía de vida que me atrapa por completo al observar su forma de respetarse, de convivir en perfecta armonía a pesar de las obvias dificultades que les depara el día a día.
En una estrecha calle de piedra que sube hacia uno de los mercados de la parte antigua, veo una puerta entreabierta, me asomo, con sigilo avanzo unos pasos, en una pequeña ventana me encuentro con Aida que está asomada, prepara algo de comida en la cocina; le pregunto, en voz baja y con mucho respeto, si puedo pasar al interior de la vivienda, le comento que me gustaría mucho ver cómo es su vida, qué está haciendo, me contesta que si, que no hay problema. Paso dentro. El interior es muy modesto, por costumbre hacen vida en el suelo, tienen extendidas algunas alfombras que utilizan para dormir y, a la vista, amontonados en un rincón, acumulan diversos tipos de cojines que les sirven como almohadas para dormir, para sentarse a comer o bien para ofrecerle asiento a las visitas. Aida me dice que me siente, que me prepara un café, se lo agradezco pero le digo que tengo poco tiempo, que prefiero echar un vistazo, hacer alguna fotografía y continuar mi camino. El interior de la vivienda es muy modesto, dispone de una habitación grande dónde duermen y hacen vida la mayoría de la familia, sobre todo los niños, otra habitación más pequeña para los mayores, un cuarto de baño (muy básico) y una habitación que sirve para cocinar de una forma rudimentaria (escasos utensilios de cocina, ningún electrodoméstico), poco más.
Salimos al patio, a pesar del calor, parte de la familia y algún vecino permanecen allí sentados, tumbados; charlan sobre sus cosas mientras mastican khat y beben agua, así es como se mezcla esta hierba, algunos también la acompañan con cacahuetes. Los niños juegan sin juguetes a cualquier cosa, ahora juegan conmigo por ser la novedad. Con los chavalillos me lo paso bien, correteamos un poco y nos reímos; las madres se ríen aún más pero creo que es el consumo de khat lo que les influye en gran medida a esas sonrisas.
Antes de marcharme, les doy las gracias por su hospitalidad, por la confianza depositada en mi al dejarme pasar al interior de sus vidas...; a los niños les dejo unos bolígrafos (que siempre llevo conmigo) para la escuela y a Aida le doy unos cuantos birr que sé que le van a venir muy bien para tirar un poquito mejor de la familia.
Esta fotografía no habla de pobreza, habla de todo lo contrario, de la riqueza de una forma de vida modesta, alegría, hospitalidad, belleza, paz, amor, convivencia...
My World Vision:
Un patio en Harar y algo más...
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Carlos Infante Luna
Choose the best alternative:
1) I haven't an objective wide enough
2) the subject i too BIG
3) I am too close
4) stitching several photos is frustrating
5) anything else, pls describe.
A super-jeep playing in the valley of Þórsmörk
Many people see nature as a big playground and think little about the consequences of their behaviour. If the driver of this super-jeep ever thinks about the emissions his vehicle produces? Or about the fact, that the oil and grid, that gets washed into the river during a car-wash like this, might have an effect on other lifeforms? And did it ever occur to him that other people might maybe not be impressed but annoyed when he races through the wilderness? I doubt it. It’s all down to money, thrillseeking and ego boosting.
This driver here was driving in a river bed, which at least does not leave any tracks as the river takes them sooner or later. But those cars drive everywhere, not only inside rivers. Therefore, offroad driving has become a big problem here in Iceland. Large parts of the interiour are desert-like and tempt some people to drive wherever they like, which officially is forbidden. Tracks often stay visible for years, as the arctic environment takes ages to recover. Officially, the 4x4 paths of the Icelandic interiour are only opened for 2-3 months over late summer and autumn. Spring is the worst time to travel: the snow melt makes the ground soft and even more prone to erosion. That is the reason why I always react very, very harshly to everybody that travels on jeeptracks during springtime. The consequences are much bigger then most people think: nature’s beauty is on stake. One bad example leads others to follow, always with the excuse: “I did not know” or “... but I saw other people doing the same...” As tourism is increasing, its problems are as well.
As in most parts of the world, tourism is changing the last bits of wilderness in this beautiful little county. The lack of nature protective rules doesn’t help, nor does the very disrespective behaviour of many Icelanders regarding their precious nature. Iceland’s wilderness is disappearing: just as nearly everywhere in the world. This is no exaggeration but a sad and undeniable fact.
The only thing that I can say to everybody who cares for nature and his own future: be aware of the consequences of your behaviour. Nature is precious, and it is disappearing because of our shortsightedness. Think into the future! Think twice about what you do, and which impression you make on other people. Beautiful pictures itself do not do nature any good. It’s the message they convey that is important!
I have several photo 'series' like this one I seem unable to stack with Registax or IRIS, and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction.
As you can see from this montage, I took four photos as the sun drifted across, re-adjusted the view and took four more, and re-adjusted a final time and took four more.
Trouble is, it would seem there's too much 'drift' for Registax to cope with, and loading all 12 images at full resolution seems to blow it's mind.
And ideas?
SOLVED
I got this reply in Astronomyshed.co.uk:-
[quote="Bizibilder"]Try this: sites.google.com/site/astropipp/ 'Tis freeware - just bung in your pictures and it will centre and crop them for you, then back to Registax 5 for preference and you should be OK.[/quote]
It works! Now I can get on with stacking the 3,000 or so photos I took like this - thanks for your time folks!
Result:-
camera : olympus xa rangefinder
film : kodak profoto 100 (underexposed at iso 200)
process : processed in c41
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Rolling Climate Change Agents share "Pe
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RECIPE TO SAVE THE WORLD
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Start now and share the 3 finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol with those you love and care about. We only have one life-sustaining planet... what are you doing to keep it liveable?
It's really EASY!
Understand that the Sustainability Symbol represents a PERSONAL INTEREST in living a good and prosperous life - a life of balance in 3 dimensions - Society, the Environment and the Economy - or if you like "People, Planet and Profit" ... and share the Sustainability Symbol and its meaning with at least 3 friends..
... that's it! that's all you have to do!
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RECIPE FOR "PEACE PLUS ONE"
www.PeacePlusOne.com (English)
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1.) Make the "Peace" sign in the old boring way,
2.) add ONE finger,
voila!
3.) Peace, Plus One... the 3 finger Sustainability Salute! Cool!
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Leave the train wreck behind, stop thinking with a negative, disaster mentality...- take control of your life, and spread the good news that WE the People will make the new sustainable world happen.
We'll do it by sharing meaningful ideas,
we'll do it by cooperating with each other,
we'll do it by becoming our own leaders and decision-makers,
and following what we know is right for us and for the world.
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WEALTH , WISDOM, WELLNESS
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Participate with the Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce,
and we'll help you get a better job, live healthier and longer,
be respected and admired by everyone around you,
and PROFIT BY BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION, not the problem.
Other sites where you can find information on Climate Change Agents and the history of the Sustainability Symbol:
www.PeacePlusOne.cn (Chinese)
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Rolling Climate Change Agents share "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol as a message to the world that the Beijing Olympics are GREEN! Go Green Olympics! GO Be
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RECIPE TO SAVE THE WORLD
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Start now and share the 3 finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol with those you love and care about. We only have one life-sustaining planet... what are you doing to keep it liveable?
It's really EASY!
Understand that the Sustainability Symbol represents a PERSONAL INTEREST in living a good and prosperous life - a life of balance in 3 dimensions - Society, the Environment and the Economy - or if you like "People, Planet and Profit" ... and share the Sustainability Symbol and its meaning with at least 3 friends..
... that's it! that's all you have to do!
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RECIPE FOR "PEACE PLUS ONE"
www.PeacePlusOne.com (English)
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1.) Make the "Peace" sign in the old boring way,
2.) add ONE finger,
voila!
3.) Peace, Plus One... the 3 finger Sustainability Salute! Cool!
(Now get someone to take a photo of you, and add it to your online photo account... tell us about it and we'll share the link!)
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BE A CLIMATE CHANGE AGENT
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BECOME A CLIMATE CHANGE AMBASSADOR
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If you would like to learn more, and become a Climate Change Agent (or even be appointed a Climate Change Ambassador for your country!!) check out
or
Leave the train wreck behind, stop thinking with a negative, disaster mentality...- take control of your life, and spread the good news that WE the People will make the new sustainable world happen.
We'll do it by sharing meaningful ideas,
we'll do it by cooperating with each other,
we'll do it by becoming our own leaders and decision-makers,
and following what we know is right for us and for the world.
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WEALTH , WISDOM, WELLNESS
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Participate with the Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce,
and we'll help you get a better job, live healthier and longer,
be respected and admired by everyone around you,
and PROFIT BY BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION, not the problem.
Other sites where you can find information on Climate Change Agents and the history of the Sustainability Symbol:
www.PeacePlusOne.cn (Chinese)
www.PeacePlusOne.com (English)
Rolling Climate Change Agents share "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol as a message to the world that the Beijing Olympics are GREEN! Go Green Olympics! GO Beijing, Go China!
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RECIPE TO SAVE THE WORLD
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Start now and share the 3 finger "Peace Plus One" Sustainability Symbol with those you love and care about. We only have one life-sustaining planet... what are you doing to keep it liveable?
It's really EASY!
Understand that the Sustainability Symbol represents a PERSONAL INTEREST in living a good and prosperous life - a life of balance in 3 dimensions - Society, the Environment and the Economy - or if you like "People, Planet and Profit" ... and share the Sustainability Symbol and its meaning with at least 3 friends..
... that's it! that's all you have to do!
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RECIPE FOR "PEACE PLUS ONE"
www.PeacePlusOne.com (English)
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1.) Make the "Peace" sign in the old boring way,
2.) add ONE finger,
voila!
3.) Peace, Plus One... the 3 finger Sustainability Salute! Cool!
(Now get someone to take a photo of you, and add it to your online photo account... tell us about it and we'll share the link!)
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BE A CLIMATE CHANGE AGENT
- - - - ---- - - - - -
BECOME A CLIMATE CHANGE AMBASSADOR
*************************
If you would like to learn more, and become a Climate Change Agent (or even be appointed a Climate Change Ambassador for your country!!) check out
or
Leave the train wreck behind, stop thinking with a negative, disaster mentality...- take control of your life, and spread the good news that WE the People will make the new sustainable world happen.
We'll do it by sharing meaningful ideas,
we'll do it by cooperating with each other,
we'll do it by becoming our own leaders and decision-makers,
and following what we know is right for us and for the world.
*************************
WEALTH , WISDOM, WELLNESS
*************************
Participate with the Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce,
and we'll help you get a better job, live healthier and longer,
be respected and admired by everyone around you,
and PROFIT BY BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION, not the problem.
Other sites where you can find information on Climate Change Agents and the history of the Sustainability Symbol:
www.PeacePlusOne.cn (Chinese)
www.PeacePlusOne.com (English)
..as I clearly wasn't going to get any urbex action this weekend I wandered to the bottom of the garden and got some abandoned derelict transportation action…
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A witch does not need to fix problems. She fixes the energy AROUND problems. Then the problems fix themselves…
I have been trying to upload an image all day and all I get is this. The same problem has occurred twice more in the last few days.
What is the point of paying for Flickr Pro ???????????????
RRF kampt met problemen aan zijn loc in Haarlem, dus neemt VolkerRail het deze week over wat betreft de huisvuiltrein van/naar de Houtrak.
Zo zien we V100 203-4 met geel frontje hier station Uitgeest binnenrollen in een fijne zomeravond met trein 50103. Binnen tien minuten had de machinist de loc omgelopen en werd alweer koers gezet naar de VAM in Haarlem.
This quotation comes from the Ontario math curriculum and points out, for me, that math instruction needs to be investigative. If math teachers simply teach concept after concept until the next unit test, the students will only remember the material until the next unit test.
But if students are challenged by a real life problem, that needs to be investigated and the math needed to solve the problem needs to be understood to help, then deeper understanding would occur.