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He was just slowly walking down the street all by himself. The elements of the situation were so graphic I had to hurry to get the image before he got too far down the alley.
Typical red cabin situated along the shores of a stunningly beautiful fjord in the Lofoten, Norway. In such a setting and these circumstances, who would't want to live there....?
At this point, Bob was beginning to have second thoughts. Maybe being an adventurer wasn't his calling in life after all.
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Hey guys! Yes, I am still around, I just haven't had much time/inspiration to build lately. But here's something new! I'm really happy with the way this turned out. EDIT: Shoot, I was going to add a frog, but I forgot. Oh well.
Tell me what you think! Comments and faves are greatly appreciated!
Durango, CO - Engine 476 was built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) in 1923 for Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW). It spent its days moving people and went into retirement in 1999.
For a while, it was a museum piece resting its wheels and took frequent naps. This all changed when in 2018, Engine 478 was pulled from retirement and placed back in service. Since then it rides with purpose, the engine continues to roar with pride through the mountains of Colorado.
Beijing to force out foreign students
OLYMPIC LEAVE: After incurring the ire of the business community with tighter visa rules, Beijing now plans to have all foreign students gone for July and August
DPA, BEIJING, WITH STAFF WRITER
Friday, Apr 18, 2008, Page 1
China plans to order most foreign students to leave Beijing before the Olympic Games in August, strictly regulate the issuing of business and tourist visas, and deport refugees, sources said yesterday.
“Even if you have to continue your studies in September, you need to leave Beijing in July and August,” a spokeswoman for Beijing University said.
The university is one of China’s most prestigious colleges and enrolls hundreds of foreign students annually on Chinese-language and other courses.
The spokeswoman from Beijing University’s international cooperation department said the two-month gap applies to all universities in Beijing and was ordered by “higher authorities” because of the Olympics.
She said all short-term summer courses for foreigners had been canceled this year.
One Western education official estimated that at least 10,000 students could be affected by the order if it applied to the whole country, though some universities outside Beijing said they were unaware of the rule.
The head of the German academic exchange, the DAAD, said a ban on foreign students during the Olympics was not mentioned in recent meetings with officials.
An administrator of dormitories for foreigners at Tongji University in Shanghai said her department had received no notice banning students during the Olympics.
But a woman who assists foreign students in China said at least two universities outside Beijing, Anhui Normal University and Heilongjiang University, had stopped recruiting foreign students for courses running beyond July.
She said she believed any students with visas until the end of this year would be allowed to stay in Beijing, but she added that most student visas would expire in June before the universities’ normal summer vacation.
A foreign ministry official said he was unaware of any ban on students but the normal education of foreign students “will be guaranteed.”
The official China Daily said about 190,000 foreign students from 188 nations attended courses in China last year.
Asked for comment last night, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Vice Chairman Liu Teh-hsun (劉德勳) said he was unaware of the developments, but that the council would monitor the situation.
China has already severely restricted the issuing of short-term and multi-entry business visas, prompting complaints from business groups and diplomats.
Some Beijing-based businesses said they may be unable to fill vacancies until after the Olympics because of the new restrictions.
“You can be sure that all countries affected will raise the issue with the Chinese side very intensively,” one informed source said of the restrictions on business visas.
“It clearly has to do with the Olympics,” the source said.
China appears to have acted partly in response to recent reports that police uncovered at least two terrorist plots targeting the Olympics, the source said, adding that other nations had taken similar security measures in the past.
China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday defended the move and said visas were issued “according to law.”
“I believe it will have no influence on normal business activities in China,” ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu (姜瑜) said.
But Joerg Wuttke, president of the EU Chamber of Commerce in China, yesterday criticized China for limiting business visas issued in Hong Kong.
Wuttke called the restrictions “truly annoying” and charged that the new visa rules were unclear and had never been published.
The new measures, which an informed source said were temporary, require non-permanent Hong Kong residents to apply for visas in their home countries.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) also said it was concerned about the deportation of vulnerable refugees from China before the Olympics.
In a statement posted on its Web site, UNHCR highlighted the case of a 17-year-old unaccompanied refugee who was returned to his country of origin after being taken from his home in Beijing on April 3.
UNHCR spokeswoman Jennifer Pagonis said that some of the deportations among the 180 refugees recorded by UNHCR in China “may well constitute a violation” of the 1951 Refugee Convention.
This is blurred so much because I screwed up and moved the camera during the 1/30 second the lens was open. The reason I used a 1/30 sec is that I wanted to record some ambient light, and not have a black background. The flash at 1/4 power only had a duration of about 1/4000 second. What I should have done is use an iso of 400 and a shutter speed of 1/125. Oh well. However, it does add a certain sense of motion to the image so I don't hate it. These birds move so fast.
Lighting stuff: Lit with three Yongnuo strobes on stands positioned on either side and in front of the feeder. The strobes, all set to 1/4 power were triggered by a Yongnuo RF-603N. I used a camera setting that recorded some ambient light, because I didn't want a black background.
I've taken quite a few pictures of hummers over the years and put them an album creatively called Hummingbirds.
Sadly Sheepy is a bit too old & tatty to give to the charity shop. He was destined for the skip until the dogs got hold of him. What worried me the most was that Martin actually said "don't let them play with that sheep it might encourage them to chase the real things" yeah right, like the dogs know it's a sheep! He's minus his stuffing now so the fun is over. HWW & Happy Sheep Sunday www.flickr.com/groups/1850980@N24/
South Luangwa | Zambia
This is the beautiful female leopard, named Chiphadzuwa (from the local Chinyanja language, which seems to have various meanings including 'angel' and 'overpowering the sun'). Chiphadzuwa is the daughter of Malaika. I believe Malaika was around two and half to three years old when she had Chiphadzuwa. They stayed close up to the time Chiphadzuwa was about 18 months old, but as she started to become independent the relationship between mother and daughter became tense. Leopards are fiercely territorial so naturally Malaika wanted to hold her ground. We witnessed mini power struggles between the two back in October 2016. Chiphadzuwa is now around four years old and occupies the same territory her mother did. It appears she drove her mother out, or worse, as Malaika hasn't been seen for many months. Given this situation I find it quite incredible that you can actually see so many leopards in South Luangwa. Long may that continue.
What's a little bit of snow on your face and whiskers when you're having lunch ? It didn't seem to bother this squirrel too much, he happily ate his peanut butter chunk then scampered off.
Skill Requirement: You got to be kidding me.
Qualification: Should have Foreign Bank Accounts
Experience: 10-12 Years of Corruption experience (will Prefer Local)
Salary : Solely depends how much candidate can earn.
The current situation forced me to slow down my life in some ways. That's not bad, I think. Faster, higher, further is not good, neither for us nor for the environment.
While the world seems to be standing still the rain forest is cut down even more than before. This is so sad.
A very ruffled Herring Gull contemplating life....makes me feel a bit queasy how their knees bend that way!
Ce jeune Grand-duc d’Amérique fraîchement sorti du nid n’est pas encore très habile et ne choisit pas ses perches avec discernement. Il a passé un bon moment à tenter de rétablir son équilibre sur cette branche plutôt instable. Longue vie petit grand-duc
the fisheye poorly conveys his proximity to the beach; where he is about to land is about 10 feet from dry sand and only a foot deep. he ate it, hard.
Hey all, this isn't TKK. It's a friend of his helping out. As you can see there was a work accident. He wanted me to let everyone that has a plaque coming to please be patient. He is out of commission for a while but says that the next update you get will be from him and not me. Please leave some well wishes while he is getting better.
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A long time ago now myself and Goose were slightly drunk, drinking deep from the bottle and posting random videos in Facebook on a Friday night.
We found one and even now whenever certain things crop up this video reminds us of a really funny night.
At 2 minutes 50 you will get the title of this particular 365 homage.
Ignore the image, it's poo, enjoy the link instead !
Thumbs up situation going on.
2020
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