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The moment of the start. Both boats are about to cross between the 2 blue start buoys as a helicopter film crew records the race. Several hundred feet up, San Francisco's summer fog hides the mountain. These are extreme telephoto shots, as will be seen in the final picture of this series.
Remembrance Sunday, 11 November 2018
In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918. Remembrance Sunday is held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.
Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women, members of local armed forces regular and reserve units, military cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 11 a.m. and wreaths of remembrance poppies are then laid on the memorials.
The United Kingdom national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wreaths are laid by principal members of the Royal Family, normally including the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of York, the Princess Royal, the Earl of Wessex and the Duke of Kent, the Prime Minister, leaders of the other major political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the civilian services, and veterans’ groups.
In 2017 Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, for the first time, did not lay wreaths themselves but viewed the parade from the Foreign and Commonwealth balcony. In 2018 the Queen again viewed the parade from the balcony whilst Prince Philip did not attend. Other members of the British Royal Family watched from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
11 November 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War. The President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a German wreath at the Cenotaph for the first time. Normally wreaths are only laid by British persons and organisations and Commonwealth governments. Wreaths have been laid by leaders of Commonwealth and Allied countries when they attended as guests. In 2003 the Prime Minister of Australia, in 2006 the Prime Minister of New Zealand and in 2015 the King of the Netherlands laid wreaths.
Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade by the King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post in Whitehall.
The parade consists mainly of an extensive march past by veterans, with military bands playing music following the list of the Traditional Music of Remembrance.
After the ceremony, a parade of veterans and other related groups, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. Only ticketed participants can take part in the march past. In 2018 this was followed by a "people's procession" of some 10,000 people who streamed past the Cenotaph in honour of the war dead.
From 1919 until the Second World War remembrance observance was always marked on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.
Each year, the music at the National Ceremony of Remembrance remains the same, following a programme finalised in 1930:
Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne
Heart of Oak by William Boyce
The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore
Men of Harlech
The Skye Boat Song
Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly
David of the White Rock
Oft in the Stilly Night by John Stevenson
Flowers of the Forest
Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar
Dido's lament by Henry Purcell
O Valiant Hearts by Charles Harris
Solemn Melody by Walford Davies
Last Post – a bugle call
Beethoven's Funeral March No. 1, by Johann Heinrich Walch
O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft
Reveille – a bugle call
God Save The Queen
Other pieces of music are then played during the march past and wreath laying by veterans, starting with Trumpet Voluntary and followed by It's A Long Way To Tipperary, the marching song of the Connaught Rangers, a famous British Army Irish Regiment of long ago.
The following is complied from press reports on 11 November 2018:
“The Prince of Wales has led the nation in remembering those who gave their lives in the First World War as he laid the wreath at the Cenotaph.
For the first time ever he was joined the German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, marking a historic act of reconciliation between the two nations.
The Queen watched from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office along with the Duchess of Cambridge and Duchess of Cornwall.
Remembrance services have been taking place all over Britain and Europe, which is an hour ahead, to mark the Armistice that ended the hostilities 100 years ago.
It is estimated that nine million military personnel were killed between 28 July 1914 and 11 November 1918.
The armistice, which was signed by German and Allied generals at 5am GMT, came into effect six hours later at 11am. Every year since then the country has paused at 11am for two minutes to remember the men and women who lost their lives in the conflict.
The Palace announced this morning that the Duke of Edinburgh could not attend the service and a wreath was laid on his behalf by an equerry.
Later this evening, the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will attend a special service at Westminster Abbey, alongside Mr Steinmeier.
As part of event, two B-type buses which served as military vehicles between 1914 and 1918 - and are the last surviving models from the period - will be on The Mall. This will mark the contribution of bus drivers during the First World War and will be the first time they have appeared in an Armistice Day parade since the 1960s.
As well as the parade, civilians across the country will ring church bells in unison across the country on Sunday; it is expected that 1,700 people will take part in the event. Church bells across the UK remained restricted throughout the course of the war and only rang freely once Armistice was declared on November 11, 1918.
At that moment, bells erupted spontaneously across the country, as an outpouring of relief that four years of war had come to an end.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, led the ceremony in Paris to mark the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
Around 70 world leaders were in attendance, including Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Jean-Claude Juncker, for a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe.
President Trump and his wife Melania arrived in the French capital yesterday, and were greeted at the Elysee Palace in Paris by the French President and his wife Brigitte.
The President of Germany made history today appearing at the Cenotaph.
Following the Prince of Wales who laid a wreath on behalf of the Queen, Frank Walter-Steinmeier laid a wreath at the foot of the Cenotaph and stood with his head bowed.
He is the first German dignitary invited to the Cenotaph and was watched by his wife Elke Budenbender who accompanied the Duchess of Sussex on the Foreign Office balcony.
The Queen was accompanied by the Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Cambridge although the Duke of Edinburgh was absent having retired from official duties last year.
Commemorations had begun before dawn, as beach drawings and bag pipers added to the beautiful ways the centenary has been marked around the country.
In Paris, the leaders of France, Germany, Russia and the USA joined together for a special international service.”
Nikon d90, AF-S DX Nikkor 18-105 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR @58,1/1250 f/5, iso 200, handheld
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ZJ240 / U Bell 412EP Griffin HT.1 (36163) Royal Air Force / Defence Helicopter Flying School - RAF Shawbury 08-03-2018
Jess and I had a snowy start to the morning today and it was beautiful. When we left the house there was a light covering of snow and just the beginnings of light snow. By the time we reached the Florida Forestry Track we were under quite heavy snowfall which made photography tricky – the camera was soaking by the time we got home.
Anyhow, I think this is the first time she has appeared on my blog, so say hello to Jess, our Border Collie rescued from Ireland by Heathlands Animal Sanctuary and a great addition to the family. She has a lovely nature but is very reactive to the TV and she hates thunder and fireworks. We’ve had her now for a little over 2 years. If you are looking for a rescue dog please do give Heathlands a look, they were excellent to deal with and they work very hard to give abandoned dogs the best life.
Three images from my shoot at Biggin Hill placed into a Triptych collage frame template from DP Magazine.
I started out in photography at a fairly young age.. This image was taken in one of my high school advanced photography classes at Polson Montana. The year was around 1972..
Yea.. I know... I'm kind of dating myself.. but that's ok.. :-)
Sorry for the shadowing around my head.. but I did not capture this image.. my photography instructor ( Mr. Ferrell) did.. Blame it on him.. lol
I just loved photographing with those old medium format twin lens reflex Yashica cameras. In fact I like them so much I purchased one about 5 years ago.. :-)
Testing out the Canon Sure Shot Max at my fire station gym doing the Starting Strength program. It's a good program.
Kodak Tri-x 400
Starting a pillow for my 3 year old. I'm using the Just My Type font pattern by Kristy from Quiet Play (you can find it here on Craftsy). Linking up to Kristy's Paper Piecing Party. The fabric is Constellations by Lizzy House.
This is definitely what you'll need to get off to a Fresh Start! Start off the New Year right by taking time out for yourself. Photo was taken at Sorensen's Resort in Hope Valley near South Lake Tahoe, CA.
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Questa volta vi chiediamo di far parlare i muri delle vostre città.
Ormai siamo abituati a vedere tantissime scritte e tantissimi disegni sui nostri muri che quasi non ci facciamo più caso. Ce ne occupiamo solo quando travalicano quelli che riteniamo essere i limiti del buon gusto o quando trascendono nel vandalismo.
Spesso invece sono esternazioni non verbali molto intelligenti e talvolta vere e proprie forme d'arte contemporanea : vorremmo conoscere queste ultime, dimenticate forme di espressione che silenziosamente hanno occupato le nostre città. Le potete cogliere sui muri, ma anche su altri supporti che addobbano le città : portoni, finestre, teloni , cancelli , opere pittoriche e quanto altro la vostra città vi saprà proporre. Ovviamente non accetteremo manifesti , cartelloni pubblicitarie ed affissioni varie e posticce.
Siete liberi di usare sia il colore che il Bn : la giuria interverrà solo qualora i normali limiti di educazione e di rispetto siano palesemente violati.
Vi chiediamo di dichiarare nella didascalia , od anche nella cartina presente su Flickr, la località in cui avete effettuato lo scatto.
Potete postare fino a 4 immagini inedite per Flickr a partire da stasera e fino a venerdì 25 ottobre.
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