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Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is a hotel in the Ørestad city area of Copenhagen. It is renowned for being the first hotel in Denmark that generates all of its power from renewable sources.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is located in the southern part Ørestad South area of Ørestad, lying just south of the Øresund highway.
The Copenhagen-based practice Dissing+Weitling, as well as Norman Fosters studio in London were responsible for designing the hotel. It was constructed by Sjælsø. The furniture was bought from Paustian House and many eco-friendly solutions were integrated into the hotel construction. The construction started in 2007 and ended in 2009. The hotel opened on 16 November that same year.
Besides being the first carbon dioxide neutral hotel in Denmark, Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers is also the first Danish hotel to sign the United Nations Global Compact, implementing socially responsible policies. The hotel gets its energy from renewable sources, including Northern Europe's largest solar park integrated into the hotel’s façade, it uses Denmark's first groundwater-based cooling and heating system.
The beautiful beach at Hermanus, Cape Town on a sunny summers day. The sky was just so blue and the rocks were fascinating!
Hermanus hosts an annual whale festival at the end of September, to celebrate the calving and mating season. Eco-Tourism is the main theme of the Hermanus whale festival with the Eco-Marine Village. Residents and visitors celebrate the migration of Southern Right Whales and other marine wildlife with ocean-themed activities and exhibitions, emphasising education and environmentally responsible adventures and activities
A Plaque at the bottom of the steps reads:
Looking south, one can see Spadina Road, laid out by the Baldwin family as a grand thoroughfare from Queen Street to Davenport Road. William Baldwin (1775-1844), physician, lawyer, politician and architect built the first "Spadina" in 1818 and the second in 1835 after the earlier home was destroyed by fire. After William's death the estate passed to his son Robert Baldwin (1804-1858) one time co-premier of the united Canadas. Both men were leading political figures whose drive for peaceful change brought about major constitutional and administrative reform in government including the implementation of "responsible government" initiated by William Baldwin.
The Baldwin Steps were opened officially in September, 1988.
Asking us all to wear a mask in order to stem the tide of this deadly pandemic is neither an attack on nor an abridgement of your liberty. Far from it. Putting on the mask is simply doing your part as a member of society. It’s about doing the responsible thing to help, to protect, to respect others.
Four thoughts for the day:
“ Liberty means responsibility . That is why most men dread it.
George Bernard Shaw
“It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Molière
“Civil liberty is the liberty of men in a state of society, or natural liberty so far only abridged and restrained, as is necessary and expedient for the safety and interest of the society, state or nation.”
Noah Webster
And one from a higher authority:
“ Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Slainte !
The Clwydian Range (Welsh: Bryniau Clwyd) is a series of hills and mountains in north east Wales that runs from Llandegla in the south to Prestatyn in the north, with the highest point being the popular Moel Famau. The range is designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty.The Clwydian Hills are formed from an upstanding block of Silurian age sandstones, mudstones and siltstones. The range's rocks are intensely faulted; the major Vale of Clwyd Fault is responsible for the impressive west-facing scarp of the Clwydian Range. It downthrows the rocks to the west and separates the younger Carboniferous and Permo-Triassic rocks of the Vale of Clwyd from those of the hills
The word 'weird' was delivered to us through Middle and Old English. Around 750, the word 'wyrd' was a noun meaning fate. Likely derived from Urðr [the 'ð' is the letter 'eth,' and has a soft 'th' sound], a deity in Norse mythology who was responsible for the destiny of humans.
Wyrd was plucked from the longer Old English verb weorþan, which mean "to become." (The 'þ' is the letter 'thorn,' and also has a soft 'th' sound.)
It followed us into Middle English, retaining the same spelling and meaning. But it also became an adjective for someone who could control destiny. You might recognize it in the witches from Macbeth, named the Weird Sisters. They were, essentially, the fates.
Around the same time or maybe a bit before, the Scots began to use it as a verb for a decree of fate. From there, the spelling changed though the meaning did not.
In fact, it didn't really mean what it means today until the early 1800s. Shelley seems to have been the culprit.
Thy messenger, to render up the tale
Of what we are. In lone and silent hours,
When night makes a weird sound of its own stillness,
Like an inspired and desperate alchemist
Staking his very life on some dark hope
Curiously, weird didn't become a noun again until 1955 when someone brilliantly coined the term "weirdo."
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'Weyward Sisters'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Kentmere 100
Process: PMK Pyro; 1+2+100; 14min
Washington
March 2024
Two of these rare-for-us birds popped out of the reeds. Rakish and disreputable characters in an appealing sort of way. Troublemakers just passing through.
W9 was busy filming Tree Swallows but came over quickly to see the mischievous avian drifters.
Happy Trails sang the cobblers as they rode off on their Pinto Ponies.
The mother of a Geisha house is called an Okasan. She is responsible for the education and the career of the Geishas of the house.
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AI Portrait Of A Geisha Challenge - May 2024
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AIA
Pure natural light is the source of inspiration as it also responsible for synchronizing body rhythms. Just think of caricature in which a light bulb suddenly turns on whenever the fair hero got an idea or better to say, inspired. Even in more recent times of cyber world where a light bulb is identified as an emoticon associated with inspiration. However the relationship of light and inspiration isn’t new and it actually goes three thousand years back in time when the Pharaoh Akhenaton the ruler of eighteenth dynasty in ancient Egypt taught his followers to view the sun as the visible source of creation, of life and of growth. For him the sun was a god, the only one god, Aton-Ra. According to the ancient Egyptian glyphs Aton was present as disk of the sun surrounded by rays, and each ray ended in an extending hand. In his poem "Great Hymn to the Aton", Akhenaton praises Aton as the creator, and giver of life. The poem has a striking similarity to Psalm 104 in the Hebrew bible as well to the
Book of Habakkuk (Chapter 3, 4),
His radiance is like the sunlight;
He has rays flashing from His hand,
And there is the hiding of His power
ספר חבקוק פרק ג', פסוק ד
וְנֹגַהּ כָּאוֹר תִּהְיֶה,
קַרְנַיִם מִיָּדוֹ לוֹ;
וְשָׁם, חֶבְיוֹן עֻזֹּה
Observant Jews recite Psalm 104 in its entirety every day during morning services, as well on certain occasions, such as the New Moon, while in the Eastern Orthodox Church the Psalm (or 103 in Greek) is recited in the main liturgical at the beginning of vespers and the all-night-vigils.
I have no idea if this chap is riding a bike like this because of the condition of his legs or whether the bike was responsible for the condition of his legs.
Excerpt from www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Dickson-Hill-HC...:
Dickson Hill is one of the most unique communities in the City of Cambridge.
Dickson Hill is named for the Honourable William Dickson, a prominent Galt settler who arrived to the area in 1816. Dickson is credited with founding the Village of Galt due to his considerable land holdings and was responsible for much of the commercial development on the west bank of the Grand River.
His son, William Dickson Jr., acquired most of the lands that currently make up the residential area of Dickson Hill. His own residence, located at 16 Byng Avenue was constructed in 1832. The development of the residential component occurred over several decades and by a series of developers. Florence Dickson, niece to William Dickson Jr., and his heir, controlled the development of this area until the 1890’s.
Dickson Hill features an extremely high concentration of significant buildings of various types: residential, institutional, commercial and manufacturing. In addition to the buildings, key elements that define the character of Dickson Hill are:
• Tree-lined streets;
• Distinctive globe street lights; and
• Prominent urban public spaces and landscape features.
Für das österreichische Unternehmen M.A.D. Logistik war am 01. Oktober 2023 die von der BSAS angemietete 187 340 mit einer Ladung Biodiesel in Richtung Westen unterwegs. Bei Rann konnte ich den aus den aus mit Tiermotiven gestalteten Kesselwagen gebildeten Ganzzug im warmen Abendlicht fotografieren. Für die äußere Gestaltung der bei Feldbinder beschafften Fahrzeuge zeichnet sich die österreichische Designerin Gudrun Geiblinger verantwortlich.
On October 1, 2023, 187 340, leased from BSAS, was heading west with a load of biodiesel for the Austrian company M.A.D. Logistik. Near Rann, I was able to photograph the block train made up of tank wagons decorated with animal motifs in the warm evening light. The Austrian designer Gudrun Geiblinger is responsible for the exterior design of the vehicles procured from Feldbinder.
Xylocopa virginica, more commonly known as the eastern carpenter bee, extends through the eastern United States and into Canada. They nest in various types of wood and eat pollen and nectar. The eastern carpenter bee is similar to most other bee species in that it does not have a queen; in Xylocopa virginica, females are responsible for reproduction, foraging, and nest construction, though they may sometimes have help from their daughters. Xylocopa virginica is sympatric with Xylocopa micans in the southeastern United States.
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I feel dizzy and I have had a headache and stomach ache all day, which is why today's photo is, quite simply, terrible.
Did you know that the Icelandic translation of Dracula is completely different from the original text - like the whole story is different? The No Such Thing As A Fish podcast is responsible for today's fact, just because I do not have the energy and I am listening to the podcast at the moment.
Fontaine Modification Company, responsible for the majority of stand up RHD cab conversions in the US, tried their hand at a dedicated forward control low entry cab in 1998. Called out as the 'LFC' model on the identification plate above the left windshield and known simply as 'The Fontaine' by the drivers, this stillborn atrocity is one of I believe three the company put together before abandoning the project. As I understand it the lead engineer quit mid way through, leaving a disinterested contingent to finish the orders made by essentially beta tester customers, one of whom was my beloved Cloudburst Recycling.
Somewhere along the line in conversion from stock International 4900 w/ DT530 to Fontaine LFC, any and all semblance of reliability was lost. Veteran Cloudburst drivers tell stories of the truck simply dieing mid route. Most of the electrical problems have been ironed out over the years though some persist to this day. But generally the Fontaine can be counted on to run its early morning commercial route twice a week.
Having had the opportunity to help on said commercial route I can say the chassis bit of the truck isn't unpleasant to drive. Not even good, but passable. The McNeilus' reasonably fast pack cycles help make up for a small hopper. The geometry of the dumpster lifting gear out back is a bit off so there are times where you're fighting to align/latch/dump a container. The other McNeilus in the fleet are much better in that regard, seems this one was just half assed. Non standard rear load dumpsters certainly don't make things any easier.
Albert Einstein
Have a wonderful Monday my dear friends !
Aphantopus hyperanthus
Ringlet
Succisa pratensis
Explore # 382 August 10, 2009
Ultra rare Datsun Laurel 2-door version. It looks like a Coupe, and from some angle it looks like a pick-up with a closed lid. I've never seen this version before. Not even on photos.
In some markets this Datsun is known as Nissan Laurel 2.0 DeLuxe.
The original colour used to be red.
These square double headlights came in Autumn 1977 to replace the round ones.
The Datsun/Nissan Laurel range was available from 1968 to 2002 divided over eight generations. This 200L is from the Third generation.
This third generation Laurel was designed by Shinichiro Sakurai (Jap, 1929-2011). He worked for Prince Motor Corporation. In 1966 he moved to Nissan Motor corporation, after Prince merged with Nissan. Here hes was responsible for the Nissan Skyline series.
1998 cc L6 petrol engine.
Performance: 101 bhp.
1170 kg.
Production Datsun/Nissan Laurel series: 1968-2002.
Production Datsun Laurel type C230 3rd gen.: Jan. 1977-Nov. 1980.
Production Datsun Laurel 3rd gen. this C231 version: Autumn 1977-Nov. 1978.
Original Dutch reg. number: Jan. 4, 1978.
Recently sold: with current owner since two days (Aug. 27, 2025).
Sold only four times since 1978.
Uithoorn, Wiegerbruinlaan, Aug. 29, 2025.
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The King's Head in Bonsall was established in 1677 and at the time was one of approximately twelve pubs in this lead mining village..............lead mining was very thirsty work!! Today there are only three pubs left.
Some of my husband's ancestors were involved in local lead mining, one of them being a Barmaster who was responsible for the mine shafts and the quality of the ore produced. The hills around here are littered with undulations from where the old mine shafts were dug.
Several Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) were scurrying around the grass that the rangers at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge had burned earlier in the day. They seemed to continue to find insects, perhaps they liked them crispy.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Booth where the SS man responsible for conducting the roll-call and collecting reports on the number of prisoners took shelter during inclement weather.
"Many Portuguese town halls capture, neuter and release stray cats and give them shelter in repurposed old washing machines.
Very often volunteers paint them with beautiful designs and the shelters are left around town.Apr 24, 2021"
"The law say that yes is illegal to single feed stray cats... But you can "adopt" a colony of cats, but you will be legally who are responsible ..."
"Portugal had roughly a million free roaming animals - mostly cats." Happy Caturday!
It's Morpeth and the track is curved, but this isn’t the Morpeth Curve.
A southbound LNER Azuma rattles over the pointwork of Morpeth Junction whilst slowing for the notorious Morpeth curve, what is arguably the tightest curve of any main railway line in Britain where the track turns approximately 98° from a northwesterly to an easterly direction immediately after Morpeth Station. In recent history the curve has been responsible for three serious derailments; 1969, 1984 and 1994 in each case the train derailed, overturned in all caused by excessive speed.
This shot is taken from Coopie’s Lane level crossing on the infrequently used line linking the ECML to the Blyth & Tyne network.
1E14 12:00 Edinburgh Waverley to Kings Cross
9th July 2020
Almost Summer, Thunderheads at Sunset, Rocky Mountain Front Range, Colorado
On “HOPE” - (July 8, 2018)
Thai Wild Boar Soccer Team and Heroic Rescuers:
“Dr. Jerome Groopman, Harvard Medical School professor, has carefully investigated the science of hope. He found that your brain pumps chemicals responsible for the hopeful sensation, which in turn block out pain and accelerate healing. Belief and expectation—the one-two punches of hope—release neurochemicals called endorphins and enkephalins that mimic the effects of morphine.
As a result [Dr. Groopman states], ‘Hope helps us overcome hurdles that we otherwise could not scale, and it moves us forward to a place where healing can occur.’ ‘. . . hope doesn’t directly lead to recovery, . . but it contributes to survival. . . .’ ‘Hope, I have come to believe, is as vital to our lives as the very oxygen that we breathe.’”
- The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood, p. 318 (Trade edition 2010)
Fervent and hopeful prayers for survival of the 12-year-old Thai boys (Wild Boars soccer team), their coach, and all experts with "heroic selflessness and survival in their DNA" involved in the rescue efforts.
Enough is enough of these changes. New is not always better. Please, to whoever is responsible!!!! "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!!!"
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/if-it-aint-broke-dont-fix-it....
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At the end of the year we always look back, so thought I would crank up the wayback machine on this last day of the year.
In 1976 several railroads banned Amtrak's big SDP40Fs claiming they were responsible for derailments. This sent Amtrak scrambling to lease and borrow power. In this case Burlington Northern furnished a pair of SD45s to pull the eastbound North Coast Hiawatha. A heater car was necessary to provide steam heat for the cars and is behind the two units. The sleepers were right behind the heater car to insure the first class passengers got the most heat. The train is just out of St. Cloud, Minn. heading for the GN Station in Minneapolis on Dec. 23, 1976.
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This is the fourth in a series of five photos on the
controversy about the yellow box junctions outside
the Arriva bus garage in Philip Lane N15.
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SUMMARY SO FAR
Figures supplied by Haringey Council under the Freedom of Information Act (F.o.I.) showed that from December 2005 to May 2006, 2,627 motorists paid Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) the traffic "fines" for stopping in one of the two box junctions marked on the road outside Tottenham Bus Garage. These boxes turned out to be unenforceable as they did not comply with Department for Transport Regulations.
GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
On 7 April 2008 - in response to questions under the F.o.I. - I eventually got the good news that Haringey Council did not take anyone to Court for "debt" based on these "fines".
But there was also some bad news. Haringey had not repaid the cash - even for PCNs (fines) after 2 March 2006 when Haringey officers realised the two box junctions were non-compliant. Nor - disgracefully - those sent to motorists after 16 March 2006 when Haringey staff were instructed to stop issuing PCNs on these two boxes.
The F.o.I. reply also explained that former Labour councillor Brian Haley - then "Cabinet" member nominally responsible from May 2006 - was not "made aware" that 3,746 PCNs had been wrongly issued in Philip Lane outside Tottenham Bus Garage.
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The Hummock (bump on horizon) in background an extinct volcano responsible for the rich red soils making the area one of Australia’s prime agricultural producers
вид ядовитых грибов в семействе Строфариевых порядка Агариковых.
Галерина окаймлённая содержит аматоксины. Эти токсины принадлежат к семейству бициклических производных октапептидов, состоящих из кольца аминокислота, соединённого атома серы и характеризующихся различиями в своих боковых группах. Эти соединения ответственны более чем за 90 % смертельных отравлений грибами у человека.
Galerina marginata is a species of poisonous fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae of the order Agaricales. Prior to 2001, the species G. autumnalis, G. oregonensis, G. unicolor, and G. venenata were thought to be separate due to differences in habitat and the viscidity of their caps, but phylogenetic analysis showed that they are all the same species.
The toxins found in Galerina marginata are known as amatoxins. Amatoxins belong to a family of bicyclic octapeptide derivatives composed of an amino acid ring bridged by a sulfur atom and characterized by differences in their side groups; these compounds are responsible for more than 90% of fatal mushroom poisonings in humans.
An intaglio is an engraving cut deeply into the surface of a hard material (as stone) and is very much where the idea of cameos came from. In Georgian times through until the mid Nineteenth Century, young English men of wealth and privilege who had come of age, did what was known in society as "The Grand Tour": a tour of Europe with Italy as a key destination, undertaken with a tutor or responsible adult to further educate the young man in classical art. They often returned to England with many treasures including one or more Italian intaglios, which usually featured either a classical scene or a classical male profile.
In truth, this intaglio is a Victorian cameo from the 1860s. It is a recent acquisition and in order for it to come into my possession it really was all about being in the right place at the right time. I quite enjoy fossicking through charity shops, looking for overlooked treasures. A few weeks before Christmas I happened to be in just such a pursuit when, in a cabinet full of pretty but fairly worthless costume jewellery and cheap silver pieces, I came across a real treasure! This cameo, mounted in gold, is hand carved from agate, and features the profile of a Victorian gentleman, which is far less common than the ladies you usually see. I thought it might have been Shakespeare at first, but after some research on this piece, it is mid-Victorian (circa 1860). It would have been made in Italy as a keepsake of the journey there.
A cameo is a material that is carved with a raised relief that often depicts a profile of a face or a mythical scene. Cameos are commonly made out of shell, coral, stone, lava, or glass. Cameo jewellery has varying quality factors including the intricacy of the carving to the quality of the setting. This one would have been in the top range for its fine details.
Even though its original ornate gold surrounding setting has been removed and probably sold for scrap after the cameo was damaged (you can see a crack across the agate from his nose), the most important part of the piece (for me anyway) has survived.
These little flies are waiting for the Ox-eye Daises to open enough for them to lay their eggs. Have a close look at the florets in these daisies and you might see that some are raised higher than the others. The larvae of these little beauties is probably responsible. HFDF!
VRRROOOOMMM!!
What??
Is it...?
Yes! It is indeed I! The Chameleon! Owner and manager of the Bijou Planks! *
Boy, do we have some bones to pick with you!!
Yeah, starting with-
There shall be neither picking nor bones!! After I condescend to make an appearance for the rabble, the hoi-polloi, if any of you ungrateful wretches try to heckle me, I've brought Bullseye!
Heh! Hoi-polloi!
You can't just-
My dear woman! Can't you see I'm driving a Lamborghini Performante? That alone makes me correct in any discussion!
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Now that I've graced you all with my thrilling surprise appearance, I shall be off. Continue to purchase tickets and attend the shows. And purchase much from the concessions. ... ... And adore me. That will be all.
Hoi-polloi!! HA!
I don't know why you find that so amusing. Let's go before the exhilaration of my presence overwhelms them.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Marvel Minimates
Chameleon
Bullseye
* Chameleon's ownership of the Bijou Planks has been shady:
www.flickr.com/photos/paprihaven/37836079414/
and tempestuous:
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with much behind the scenes drama:
Nambung National Park, near Cervantes, Western Australia.
The pinnacles are the eroded remains of dunes formed from lime-rich sand blown in from the coast. There are various theories on how the pinnacles themselves formed: differences revolve mainly around how much influence tree roots had on concentrating the minerals responsible for cementing the sand.
He is responsible for it all. For his photolog of NYC gave me the final push to get a cam and start photographing back in 2005.
So out of the blue I got an email a week ago, he was coming to Budapest to do some work and he hooked up and we went explorin in the city. (Also to the Csepel Ironworks)
Check out his flickrstream aswell: flickr.com/photos/satanslaundromat/
Green Gate
Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku / Oddział Zielona Brama
The Green Gate in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the city's most notable tourist attractions. It is situated between Long Market (Długi Targ) and the River Motława. With the Golden Gate and the Highland Gate, the Green Gate spans the Long Market and Long Street, together comprising the Royal Route. The Green Gate was clearly inspired by the Antwerp City Hall. It was built 1568-71 as the formal residence of Poland's monarchs. It is a masterpiece by Regnier (or Reiner van Amsterdam), an Amsterdam architect, and reflects Flemish architectural influence in Gdańsk. Hans Kramer from Dresden was responsible for the construction plans.
Today the Green Gate houses the National Museum in Gdańsk. Exhibitions, meetings, conferences and shows are held here. The Gdańsk office of former Polish President Lech Wałęsa is located in one of the rooms.
Royal Route: The city has some buildings surviving from the time of the Hanseatic League. Most tourist attractions are located along or near Ulica Długa (Long Street) and Długi Targ (Long Market), a pedestrian thoroughfare surrounded by buildings reconstructed in historical (primarily during the 17th century) style and flanked at both ends by elaborate city gates. This part of the city is sometimes referred to as the Royal Route, since it was once the former path of processions for visiting Kings of Poland.
Back in 2017/18 a huge tulip garden park was created. Over the next few days I will post some tulip photos from this beautiful garden.
This shot is just a small section of one of the many tulip beds. Wanted to show the variety of colours.
The link below will take you to a news article about this extraordinary park and the couple who are responsible for its creation
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/enfield-serenity-publi...
The Gryphon Objective is a covert, privately funded group of rogue researchers that have made it their mission to investigate and document the infinite mysteries of the universe at all costs. This team of hybrid mercenary-explorers are responsible for many of the greatest discoveries in the galaxy (and some of the greatest controversies). Seen here is the long-range deployment vessel of "Dynamite Squadron" which is crewed by 6 of the most elite soldier-scientists in the group...
The Fremont Street Experience (FSE) is a pedestrian mall and attraction in Downtown Las Vegas, Nevada. The FSE occupies the westernmost five blocks of Fremont Street, including the area known for years as "Glitter Gulch," and portions of some other adjacent streets. The central attraction is a barrel vault canopy, 90 ft (27 m) high at the peak and four blocks, or approximately 1,500 ft (460 m), in length. While Las Vegas is known for never turning the outside casino lights off, each show begins by turning off the lights on all of the buildings, including the casinos, under the canopy. Before each show, one bidirectional street that crosses the Experience is blocked off for safety reasons. Concerts, usually free, are also held on three stages. The venue has become a major tourist attraction for downtown Las Vegas, and is also the location of the SlotZilla zip line attraction and the city's annual New Year's Eve party, complete with fireworks on the display screen. Fremont Street had Las Vegas' first hotel (the Hotel Nevada in 1906, present day Golden Gate), first telephone (1907), first paved street (1925), first Nevada gaming license — issued to the Northern Club at 15 E. Fremont St, first traffic light, first elevator (the Apache Hotel in 1932), and the first high-rise (the Fremont Hotel in 1956). The Horseshoe was the first casino to install carpeting, while the Golden Nugget was the first structure designed from the ground up to be a casino. For many years, the western end of Fremont Street was the area most commonly portrayed whenever producers wanted to display the lights of Las Vegas. The large number of neon signs earned the area the nickname "Glitter Gulch." By 1992, 80 percent of the Las Vegas casino market was on the Strip. Downtown Las Vegas hotels and casinos sought to build an attraction that would lure more visitors to their businesses. After Paramount Pictures head Stanley Jaffe refused to approve a proposal to build a life-sized Starship Enterprise, the Fremont Street Experience was chosen as the project. FSE, LLC is a cooperative venture, owned and operated by a group of downtown hotel/casino companies (comprising eight hotel/casinos) as a separate corporation, responsible for financing, developing, and managing the Fremont Street Experience. It was the second Las Vegas project of architect Jon Jerde, whose firm was paid approximately $900,000 by the City of Las Vegas to create a show concept for the downtown area. Jerde's design included a floating sky parade which was to be suspended from the canopy. The concept was accepted by the Fremont Street Experience as well as the City of Las Vegas. Ultimately Jon Jerde's sky parade concept was scrapped, but the architectural design for the canopy was carried through. The local architect of record, Mary Kozlowski Architect Inc., cited the following as problems with Jon Jerde's sky parade concept:
1.) Perspective: The view of the parade from below made the concept unworkable — to properly view the project would require that visitors stand at a raised elevation such as a third or fourth floor vantage point.
2.) Wind: The addition of the canopy over Fremont Street would create a wind tunnel causing a dangerous condition for people on the floats who would be trapped. Also the potential for harmonic motion as the floats swung back and forth in the wind potentially resulting in massive structural failure of the canopy and fatalities.
3.) Sand: The combination of desert sand and the mechanical systems of the sky parade would make the attraction difficult to maintain.
A new concept for the show was necessary quickly as funds were already available and the overall schedule was set. The concept for the show as it now exists was conceived by architect Mary Kozlowski who had grown up in Las Vegas and knew and loved Fremont Street. It was a light show on the underside of the canopy — the world's largest and most spectacular. Peter Smith, executive vice-president of Atlandia Design, recognized the beauty and practicality of the concept. Jon Jerde, FSE and the City of Las Vegas embraced the show concept. Kozlowski's concept was to use a combination of four colored light bulbs per "light" which allowed a full spectrum of colors. The Young Electric Sign Company assisted in creating the test panels and in the final installation. After the Fremont Street Experience opened, the light bulbs were checked nightly to ensure that all were functioning properly. To accomplish this massive undertaking, the length of the canopy was divided into panels. Each panel was checked by separately turning on each of the four colored light bulbs. A maintenance worker on a lift would then replace any bulbs that were out. The most expensive bulb cost nearly $15 to replace. On September 7, 1994, a five-block section of Fremont Street was closed to automobile traffic for good, and groundbreaking was held on September 16. After that, the digging up of the street and the installation of the support poles continued into December. On February 15, 1995, the space frames were brought in and the roof began to take shape. The last piece was installed in July 1995. The official public preview was held in conjunction with the Nevada Symphony. The light show was opened on December 14, 1995. The first New Year's party was held on December 31, 1995. The Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience opened in November 1996 with the Hacienda Horse & Rider sign being lit at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street. The museum features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors. For many years, the Young Electric Sign Company stored many of these signs in their bone yard. The signs were slowly being destroyed by exposure to the elements. The museum is slowly restoring the signs and placing them around the FSE. Permanent stages were added in the early 2000s, eliminating the need to bring in temporary stages for every event. The sound system was upgraded in June 2001. On June 14, 2004, a $17 million upgrade was unveiled that would feature a 12.5-million LED display and more color combinations than the original display, which was composed of incandescent lighting. The initial $70 million investment and the continued improvements have resulted in successful and ongoing downtown redevelopment. The City of Las Vegas and the downtown casinos have benefited as more than 60% of visitors to Downtown are lured by the Fremont Street Experience overhead light show and stage shows and stay to enjoy the attractions of some of the most famous casinos in the world.
This majestic tree is responsible for my most successful update here on Flickr, which is also my favorite picture I've ever taken in my life! But still, I felt as if that image (and the one before it) didn't show this beauty of nature in all its glory, so I thought it would be nice to upload this one. Also, below, I posted the two previous images, as well as other shots inluding me, my mom and some cattle near the tree, so you guys can understand just how huge it was. I drove quite a few miles to find it ( a friend of mine had seen it in a trip to his really distant hometown and told me about it), but I'm so glad I did, for I believe it was more than worthed. There will be one last upload of it, when the time is right.
courtyard of Fénis castle - frescoes 1414 -1430 St. George saves the princess from the dragon - the school of Giacomo Jaquerio
Il castello di Fénis è uno dei più famosi manieri medievali della Valle d'Aosta.
Noto per la sua architettura scenografica, con la doppia cinta muraria merlata che racchiude l'edificio centrale e le numerose torri, il castello è una delle maggiori attrazioni turistiche della Valle ed è uno dei castelli medievali meglio conservati in Italia.
La maggior parte dei lavori di costruzione, che hanno portato il castello ad assumere l'aspetto attuale, ebbero luogo tra il 1320 e il 1420 circa . Durante il feudo di Bonifacio I il castello raggiunse il suo massimo splendore e a lui si devono anche gli affreschi del cortile interno e della cappella, commissionati al pittore piemontese Giacomo Jaquerio, maestro del gotico internazionale, e realizzati tra il 1414 e il 1430
Fénis Castle is one of the most famous medieval castles in the Valle d'Aosta.
Known for its spectacular architecture, with double crenellated walls enclosing the central building and the many towers, the castle is one of the major tourist attractions of the Valley and is one of the best preserved medieval castles in Italy.
Most of the construction work, which brought the castle to its present appearance, took place between 1320 and 1420. During the feud of Bonifacio The castle reached its maximum splendor and he was responsible for the frescoes of the interior courtyard and the chapel, commissioned the Piedmont painter Giacomo Jaquerio, master of international Gothic, and built between 1414 and 1430
No doubt those of you with an eagle eye will notice this shot was taken well before sunset which yes is out of keeping for me because as you know I am not normally allowed out until after dark 😜😂.
However, on this occasion I asked my doctor if I could be permitted to go out during daylight hours and he felt provided I was accompanied by a responsible adult it would not be too much of a problem.
It just so happened that a very good Flickr friend Mark Dixon was holed up nearby and he fitted the brief of the responsible person perfectly! 🙈😂.
I contacted Mark who was up for an adventure onto the Bude Breakwater.
Mark was very brave as he sat next to me in the car making sure I had the wheels in contact with the road as opposed to the door handles.
The journey into Bude went off almost without incident (I am not going to mention a certain mobile phone😂).
Though this photo was taken approximately the middle of June, we had not long been on the breakwater wall and the gear plus us were covered in seawater from the fearsome onshore winds 👹.
As always when Mark and I meet up the photography is pretty insignificant, it is more about the appreciation of life in general, taking in the sights and sounds of these wonderful locations, plus how lucky we are to be in a position to enjoy them.
A good evening was had by all, look forward to your next visit Mark.
So appreciate you viewing my photos, the banter and comments you leave are very kind.
May I wish you all out there in Flickrland a good weekend 👍🍺🍺🍺😎🍷🍷🍷😂😂😂
Gannets:-
Five facts you need to know about gannets
1. Gannets are Scotland’s, and indeed Britain’s, largest seabird…
Scotland is responsible for a stunning number of these birds
Our country holds over 40% of the world’s total population of northern gannets, and around 180,000 pairs breed in Scotland.
2. Gannets give a whole new meaning to the word ‘speedy’…
Gannets feed on a variety of fish at sea, and to catch these fish they have to dive (makes sense). But did you know that when these seabirds actually hit the surface of the water they can be travelling as fast as 60mph?!
3. The chicks are.....unique …
When the young do fledge the nest, they are so chubby and buoyant that they’re not actually capable of surface diving! The fledglings will usually go without food for two or three weeks until they’ve slimmed down a touch and mastered diving. That’s what we mean by unique...
4. Gannets love to dine and dash…
Northern gannets don’t actually take off again with their prize though – they normally quickly swallow their fish before resurfacing, and never fly away with a meal in tow.
5. Colonies have quite a significant aroma…
OK, we’ll be honest with you. You’ll likely smell a gannet colony before you actually see it. It’s a mix of guano, fish and fresh sea air - on trips out to Bass Rock for example the smell of ammonia can reach you about ten minutes before you get to the colony!
Courtesy: RSPB
The next in my series of old ghost town photos is the interior of an abandoned garage at Ludlow, California. This was taken in 1990 on slide film and scanned as part of my project to convert slides to digital images. This old garage used to service cars passing by on Route 66 in the Mojave Desert, but the town died when it was bypassed by Interstate 40. Maybe the signs tell a story of how the garage owner had to deal with passing tourists.
Ludlow was originally a railroad town. There was a settlement her in the 1870's and the town was founded in 1882 as a water stop. Railroads that passed through here were the Atlantic and Pacific, Tonopah and Tidewater, Santa Fe, Ludlow and Southern, and now BNSF.
Funnel Web Spiders are some of the worlds most deadly spiders, and one in particular, appropriately named "Atrax", was responsible for killing 13 people! (according to animalcorner.org) . Fortunately, Funnel-web spiders live in Australia, so this spiderweb - photographed in Thailand - almost certainly isn't one made by one of those murderous arachnids. Moreover, everything made in Australia has a green triangle proudly pronouncing "Australian Made" as /ɒˈstreɪliːə meɪd/. Furthermore, you could be forgiven for thinking this 2D spiderweb is triangular, however, it's actually dome-shaped... and just to be certain nobody is left with any doubt whatsoever, this spiderweb is in fifty shades of grey, with no green nor 'Australian Made' in it, but may contain the words, "I'd like to bite that lip."
Who needs to fish off the rear of a General Store (See previous Image!) when there's a wharf close by???
A mixed group of "Forever Hopefuls" were trying their best for a good Catch whilst on the Mangonui Wharf. The fish didn't appear to be co-operating, but everyone seemed to be enjoying the warm sun, the tranquil conditions and the easy-going camaraderie never-the-less!
However, fishing (of course) is not just an amateur pastime... Providing a sharp contrast with this pleasant scene was a commercial fishing boat tied to the wharf just out of sight to the left. The vessel had already unloaded it's Catch straight into the cool store on the end of the wharf, and a fork lift truck was now busy moving the trays of fresh fish into a large refrigerated truck that would take the Catch straight to markets - probably in Whangarei or in Auckland...!
We enjoyed watching this group of "Forever Hopeful" amateurs, but were also intrigued with the orchestrated rhythms of the men loading the truck with the commercial catch packed in trays of fresh sea ice...
It was, in effect, a scene of two contrasts...!
FOOTNOTE: We talk a lot about sustainable commercial fishing, but is commercial fishing really sustainable??? Or are our schools of fish being plundered???
And what about the deaths of Albatross and other sea birds who end up getting tangled and / or hooked on commercial Long Lines???
I wont try to answer those questions, and there are no doubt responsible fishing crews as well as irresponsible ones who ignore the Guidelines, but it's certainly not a job I could do! Why, I don't even like fishing from a wharf... unless I can throw the Catch back into the water!!!
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