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They used this to state that the COVID vaccines should not be administered because the trials end 2022 to 2023 claiming they are not safe until the end of the study. This is a fake reference as theses vaccines are currently safe and have reduced severity of infection saving lives. We need to proceed as soon as possible to acheive 75% vaccination of the population to create herd immunity to eliminate the virus and get our country back to normal.
Some people making a statement on the top of the Crags area near Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh. This seemed to lend itself to a stark realism and statement for its meaning with the hint of colour and emotional connection left as displayed in the flag.
Checking my bank statement - I still prefer to see a paper statement rather than going on-line and I still write paper cheques :)
Back in my painting days, I used to like to take images from the newspapers and "edit" them into paintings, highlighting or distorting a particular feature for effect (the one on the right is an unfinished example). And now I have a Lego version of this one :)
with glasses - Copyright The Truth About Mortgage Feel free to use it on your site with citation to my blog.
New mixed-media piece featuring a wonderful de-constructed gothic drawer pull. I had thought to use the bottom piece for a separate necklace, but couldn't bear to part the 2 faces. Professional photography by Seth Tice-Lewis.
Rolled up jeans, striped tights, HIGH heels, and bad lighting.
By next week, everyone will be wearing it!
Government Digital Service Executive Director Stephen Foreshew-Cain speaking to GDS team about the 2015 Spending Review.
As you come out of the subway (don't they have beautiful blue tiles?) you're confronted by this building. Built with the same effect in mind as the bank in Mary Poppins when the kid goes to deposit his tuppence?
The hands of a young boy, perhaps 15, sitting on a wall in The Peace Garden playing cards on Sunday afternoon. I was first attracted by the boldness & brilliance of his multiple bracelets then noticed the serenity he was carrying in his body language & beautiful face.As you can see here, he had a small tattoo on his right index finger, also another small one on the back of his neck & blond streaks in his hair. In this age of troubled urban youth it was a joy to observe his peaceful aura in this most appropriate setting.
Greater Manchester Police, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) and North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) conduct a joint training exercise in Manchester.
The scenario involved emergency services coming under attack while dealing the aftermath of a road traffic collision.
The exercise – one of a series – is intended to ensure the services can work together effectively to deal with dangerous situations.
For more information about Policing in Greater Manchester please visit our website. www.gmp.police.uk
To report crime call police on 101 the national non-emergency number.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
"CHOOSE LIFE was Katharine Hamnett's first slogan campaign in 1983, inspired by the central tenet of Buddhism. To choose life is to do no harm – to live a good, meaningful life and change the world for the better. Life is only to be found on this planet, and is under threat. Save it."
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It has been reproduced here 3 decade's later (with exclamation mark) in the form of a large decal by Dave M and is fixed to timber board screening on Wargrave Road. ☮ ❤
The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gives a series of television interviews from his office in the Treasury following his statement to parliament
Star trek III, The Search for Spock
There is a wisdom as old as time that says "There is no such thing as a good odd-numbered Star Trek movie." While we could get bogged down in arguing minutiae, I would rectify that statement and say that there is no great odd-numbered Trek film, but there are at least two good ones, and the best of the odd-numbered Treks is arguably Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.
Forming the middle portion of a trilogy with Wrath of Khan and The Voyage Home, Search for Spock picks up immediately after the events of Khan, with the Enterprise crew still mourning the loss of their former Captain Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Upon returning to space dock, the crew is given a commendation and extended shore leave (except poor Scotty, who has to report to the new Excelsior engine room to help with their transwarp drive). The crew is resigned to the fact that the Enterprise, being over twenty years old, is going to be decommissioned, but a visit from Spock's father Sarek (Mark Lenard) leads Kirk (William Shatner) to believe that while Spock's body may be dead, his consciousness is alive in someone else... Dr. McCoy (DeForest Kelley).
Kirk and a skeleton crew (Scotty, Sulu, Chekov & Bones) set out in the Enterprise to return to the Genesis planet and retrieve Spock's body, in hopes of returning it to Vulcan. What they have yet to find out, however, is that Lt. Saavik (Robin Curtis) & Kirk's son David Marcus (the unfortunately named Merritt Butrick) have discovered, on Genesis, that Spock has been reborn as a child. Further complications arise when a Klingon ship, commanded by Kruge (Christopher Lloyd) gets wind of the failed Genesis project and travels there in hopes of stealing the technology for the Klingons.
Okay, we need to get this out of the way immediately; The Search for Spock is not a very good film, even by Star Trek standards. It suffers from horrendous budget restrictions which first time director Nimoy couldn't shoot around as well as his predecessor, Nicholas Meyer. A lot of the recycled sets & costumes look terrible, and really distract on the 2009 blu-ray high def transfer. It's likewise hindered by being sandwiched between arguably the two best Star Trek films ever made, and can't help but feel like a trifle compared to the other two. It's got more substance than I remember it having, but the stakes are relatively low from beginning to end, and the sense of danger imposed by Khan in the previous film is just not met by the Klingons in this film.
All that being said, the film is actually much better than I remember it being, if for no other reason than the script is actually surprisingly well written. The dialogue and interplay, particularly between the Enterprise crew is as good as it's been in any of the films, and the humor throughout (much of it by, or at the expense of, Bones) is pretty reliably funny. The two truly emotional moments in the film (Kirk learning of the death of David & Spock's recognition of Kirk at the end) still land incredibly well and make up for some of the more ridiculous acting choices made by the other actors throughout the entire film.
William Shatner, the actor, was never better than he was in these three films. His moment I mentioned a moment ago, learning of the death of his only son, is very powerful and as good as he's ever been on screen. He also appears to be having a good deal of fun in this film, which is odd considering he was unhappy at having to be directed by his co-star (all of which led to Shatner taking the helm of arguably the worst Star Trek film not directed by JJ Abrams, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier). The rest of the crew is good as well, of course all resigned to one or two bits (one of the few lessons Abrams & his writers wrongly incorporated from the original films).
Lloyd is also nowhere near as bad as I remember him to be. His casting is ridiculous, to be sure, but he's not quite as bad in actuality as I seemed to have thought he was. Curtis, taking over the role of Saavik from Kirstie Alley, though, doesn't fare as well. Granted she's not given much to do, but her line readings are spotty at best and she's not terribly convincing as a Vulcan. Beyond some ridiculous stunt work in the final fight between Kruge & Kirk on the dying Genesis planet, there's really not much else bad I can say about the film.
Star Trek III is a fairly lightweight effort in the Trek canon, but it still manages to have far more good moments than bad, and is ultimately a genuinely enjoyable entry in the series. It has its flaws, to be sure, and they are numerous, but it still manages to be solidly entertaining and never insulting in the way some of the other odd numbered Trek films were. It can't help but pale in comparison to the two films bookending it, but I wholeheartedly recommend checking it out, particularly if it's been a while since you've seen it. It holds up much better than you might remember.
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. . . but which one shall I choose? (This keeps popping up in my Facebook feed. Such great, sartorial taste, eh?)
We went to the 4th Avenue Street Fair. It is a big event for Tucson held twice a year. The streets are filled with booths and all traffic and electric street cars are diverted around the blocks of activity.
It is a great place for “people watching” too. Along the sidewalks there are people singing for tips and some people just making a statement as they walk down the street.
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I took this picture playing with primary colours as the foreground and complementary as the background in order to get a 3D effect in the image. Not only that but was necessary to get the right lighting and aperture to blur the back. The combination of green and yellow at the background and the intensity of colours at the front gives the impression of a 3D image. I hope the resolutions of the monitors help any one to notice it.