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English ten pound note.
If you are familiar with this banknote then this image may strike you as being a little odd. You’ll know the iridescent holograms on the left, but you may not have seen the large yellow figures ‘10’ formed in the pattern at the top.
That’s because this image was taken in UV light. There are patches of fluorescent ink printed on the note that just look like white paper in ordinary light. The five-pound note has a 5 in the same place. I couldn’t afford a £20 note to check it out for consistency (or should that be cheque?) ;)
The British pound sterling is the oldest currency in the world that has been in constant circulation. It was adopted around 800AD being modelled on the currency of the French kingdom of Charles the Great (Charlemagne) which was established a few years before. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese currency had the same roots.
The French livre (pound) had 20 sous each of 12 deniers, like the 20 shillings and 12 pennies of sterling. Interestingly although the small denomination was called a penny its symbol was the ‘d’, just like the French denier, the Spanish Dinero and the Portuguese Dinheiro. All the names derive from the Roman denarius coin.
Sterling was decimalised in 1971 which caused all the prices to go up and the parking meters to stop working :) The pound now has 100 new pennies (p or pence).
Originally one French livre was worth a pound weight of silver (equivalent to 14.6 Troy ounces), but by 850 the pound sterling was only worth eleven and a quarter Troy ounces of silver. Looking at tonight’s spot price for silver my note should be redeemable for £1868.62 of the shiny metal… times change.
This image measures under 3 inches across as per the rules.
One thing that photographers should be aware of is that it is illegal to reproduce a digital picture of more than 50% of one side of the note without an overstamp, and the Queen’s head must not be distorted. There are the normal copyright issues as well and these can be rigorously prosecuted. See the Bank of England website for more details.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Macro Mondays :)
Restoring intended value through an application of intended use.
Paper and masking tape.
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dear horst is now gone
leaving us sweet memories
of a cherished friend
~Mim Eisenberg
To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.
~Thomas Campbell, "Hallowed Ground"
Our dear friend Horst (*hb19) passed away on May 12th. I dedicate this photo to his sweet memory. We were all delighted by his SKYplay set, and when I went out to shoot something similar in tribute, I chose the heart-shaped leaf of my weeping redbud, and as I held it up to the sky, there was a heart-shaped cloud. That could not have been just a coincidence.
Horst was a cherished Flickr friend, always offering his thoughtful, supportive comments to so many of us, and sharing with us the world and family he loved so deeply. My heart goes out to them. May they be comforted in knowing how much Horst was valued here in our Flickr community.
SuperEco members: You are invited to post your comments and remembrances on our special tribute thread for Horst.
I am honored that this photo won second place in SuperEco's "SKYtastic SKYplay" contest.
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Barton Hill depot in Bristol will be the temporary home for 20901 and 20905 for the next 5 weeks whilst they undergo a repaint into Balfour Beatty livery.
The depot opened in 1840 as a locomotive depot until 1870 when it became a carriage and wagon servicing facility.
I remember it being the home of the Blue Pullman in the early 70s. It was used by RES for a little bit in the mid 90s and went into Arriva ownership in 2011.
Its great to see some locomotives from the 1960s in a depot building dating back to the 1840s.
Inside view of the cathedral. Bogotá, 2600 meters above sea level.
The Metropolitan and Primate Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Peter of Bogotá or better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of Bogotá and Primate of Colombia, officially Sacred Holy Temple Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica and Primate of the Immaculate Conception of Mary and Saint Peter, is a cathedral church of Catholic worship consecrated to the Immaculate Conception and under the patronage of Saint Peter; it is a Neoclassical style building located in the Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá, the country's capital.
The cathedral was designed by Domingo de Petrés and was built between 1807 and 1823. Due to its historical significance, architectural and cultural value, it was declared a Monumento Nacional by decree 1,584 of August 11, 1975.
On the 15th December 2010, they killed-off the Harrier to save less than £1bn. This year the UK government has already spend more than £300bn fighting COVID-19. That’s more money per day on COVID-19 than the entire savings from retiring the Harrier force.
The fortified early Gothic church from the first half of the 14th century was built on the site of an older building. In the 15th century it was fortified with a wall and a wooden bell tower was built on the grounds in 1657. The single-nave space with a square-ended presbytery and a built-in sacristy has a painted cassette ceiling from 1758, the presbytery is characteristic by its rib vault. The mural paintings date back to the 60s of the 14th century and the creator of at least a part of them is the Master of Ochtiná presbytery. These interior frescoes were discovered in the early 20th century by I. Huszka who was restoring them in 1905. All the paintings, interior and exterior ones, were completely restored between 1983 and 1985 by J. Josefík, L. Székely and I. Žuch.
Within the almost intact medieval church, the murals have a uniquely strong impression and informative value, thanks to their scale and complexity of preservation. Thematically they focus on individual scenes from the Marian and the Passion cycle, but they do not have a uniform concept unlike the upper belt on the nave’s northern wall with a complete depiction of the St. Ladislaus legend.
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According to the Oxford Dictionary upcycling is reusing discarded objects or material in such a way as to create a product of higher quality or value than the original. Birds are masters at this and here a Red-billed Oxpecker is collecting plant fibers from dry elephant dung to use in nest-building. Red-billed Oxpeckers are collective breeders and we saw two of them sorting through the dry dung and flying off with material to a nesting cavity in a tree trunk close-by. Unfortunately the driver of another vehicle decided to drive between us and the birds where they were working next to the road and scared them off so we could not get more images.
Red-billed Oxpeckers also collect the hair of their impala hosts to line their nests. See here.
Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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A gift to myself - The Complete Kodak Book of Photography. A classic, quite rare (in eastern Europe at least), almost 500 pages ... so much value and fun.
My edition was released in 1995 - close to the end of domination of film photography and unfortunately at the end of Kodak as a brand who once defines trends. It's historical and nostalgic book that I am really happy to hold in my hands.
Used my random day off to take advantage of the Southern California weather post-Santa Ana winds. Took the boy to my favorite diner. Perfect place to show off my new purple tee!
Tee - random $10 find @ Royal Cup Gourmet Sandwiches (what?) on Redondo in the LBC
Black ruffle-bottom skirt - vintage me
White loafers - $2 @ Value Village
Black Cardigan - Out of the Closet
Warhol bag - Kitson (gift from Roshee-love ♥)
Sunglasses - thrifted in Chicago
White poodle barrette - I've had it since the 8th grade
Black plastic ring - F21
Excerpt from www.insauga.com/niagara-on-the-lake-memorial-clock-tower-...:
The structure, which was unveiled on June 3, 1922, almost wasn’t built in the first place.
It was originally proposed to honour the town’s residents who fought in World War I but never made it home. The idea was so highly regarded that a Toronto architect, Charles M. Wilmott, was enlisted to design it.
A 27-person committee dedicated to its construction was quickly formed and included the future town mayor, J.M. Mussen. The committee calculated it could be built for $8,000, not much these days but a king’s ransom at the time.
However, not everyone was onboard with the plan. The mayor at the time, Jame Maphee, said the town would be better off spending $10,000 to build a hospital. Other residents wanted to build a new high school or a new sports park.
In the end, on June 28, 1920, they settled on the matter in the most democratic manner possible. They put it to a town-wide vote.
In the end, 316 people voted for the clock tower, 237 voted for a new hospital, 72 voted for a much smaller, more traditional memorial while just four people voted for the sports park and three voted for the high school.
When the clock tower was unveiled in 1922, Niagara-on-the-Lake quickly earned the distinction of being the only town or city in Canada with a war memorial in the middle of its main street.
Excerpt from www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10406:
Description of Historic Place
Located on the main street of Niagara-on-the-Lake, the Niagara District Court House National Historic Site of Canada is a handsome stone building in a classical style. Its classicism is expressed through its symmetry and classical details, such as the central pediment, porch with columns, window surrounds, and stringcourses. The surviving interior spaces reflect the multiple uses for which this building was designed.
Heritage Value
The Niagara District Court House was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1980 because:
-designed by the prominent Toronto architect, William Thomas, in the fashionable Neoclassical style, it is an excellent example of a mid-19th century multipurpose civic structure.
The Niagara District Court House marks a step in the transition to large and more sophisticated civic buildings after 1850. Its greater scale resulted from the inclusion of a wide range of functions. In addition to the courtroom, offices and jail, the Niagara District Court House also included a town hall and market. The structure was designed by William Thomas, an architect of national standing, adept at several classical styles.
Character-Defining Elements
Key elements contributing to the heritage value of this site include:
- its Neoclassical design, as expressed by its mass, symmetry, stone façade, and classical details, such as the corner quoins, pediment, stringcourses, and porch with columns;
- its complex of interior spaces, which support its original multifunctionalism;
- its surviving interior finishes;
- its close relationship with the main street of the town and with its neighbouring buildings.
„Die Dinge haben nur den Wert, den man ihnen verleiht.“ (Jean Baptiste Moliere)
“Things only have the value that you give them.” (Jean Baptiste Molière)
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After having a late night in Missoula, I began the 8 hour trek for Salt Lake City. It didn't take long to find a target that I didn't expect to stumble upon.
UP's only presence into Montana pulls up to the wye and port in Silver Bow, MT. The crossing of the Great Divide is actually quite a spectacular one, and might be worth it if you value undershot, and unknown railroading.
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Outstanding Universal Value
Brief synthesis
Situated in North Yorkshire, the 18th century designed landscape of Studley Royal water garden and pleasure grounds, including the ruins of Fountains Abbey, is one harmonious whole of buildings, gardens and landscapes. This landscape of exceptional merit and beauty represents over 800 years of human ambition, design and achievement.
Studley Royal Park is one of the few great 18th century gardens to survive substantially in its original form, and is one of the most spectacular water gardens in England. The landscape garden is an outstanding example of the development of the ‘English’ garden style throughout the 18th century, which influenced the rest of Europe. With the integration of the River Skell into the water gardens and the use of ‘borrowed’ vistas from the surrounding countryside, the design and layout of the gardens is determined by the form of the natural landscape, rather than being imposed upon it. The garden contains canals, ponds, cascades, lawns and hedges, with elegant garden buildings, gateways and statues. The Aislabies’ vision survives substantially in its original form, most famously in the spectacular view of the ruins of Fountains Abbey itself.
Fountains Abbey ruins is not only a key eye catcher in the garden scheme, but is of outstanding importance in its own right, being one of the few Cistercian houses to survive from the 12th century and providing an unrivalled picture of a great religious house in all its parts.
The remainder of the estate is no less significant. At the west end of the estate is the transitional Elizabethan/Jacobean Fountains Hall, partially built from reclaimed abbey stone. With its distinctive Elizabethan façade enhanced by a formal garden with shaped hedges, it is an outstanding example of its period.
Located in the extensive deer park is St Mary’s Church, a masterpiece of High Victorian Gothic architecture, designed by William Burges in 1871 and considered to be one of his finest works.
Criterion (i): Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey owes its originality and striking beauty to the fact that a humanised landscape was created around the largest medieval ruins in the United Kingdom. The use of these features, combined with the planning of the water garden itself, is a true masterpiece of human creative genius.
Criterion (iv): Combining the remains of the richest abbey in England, the Jacobean Fountains Hall, and Burges’s miniature neo-Gothic masterpiece of St Mary’s, with the water gardens and deer park into one harmonious whole, Studley Royal Park including the ruins of Fountains Abbey illustrates the power of medieval monasticism and the taste and wealth of the European upper classes in the 18th century.
Spain, Valencia, Plaza del Negrito, … fresh lemon picked for your Gin Tonic, the square before officially renamed was until the 1940s called Plaza de Calatrava, thus baptized after the reconquest of València, since the King "Jaume I" decided to donate it to the Order of Calatrava.
The "Cafe El Negrito", named after his location on this square is one of the Carmen's quarter most popular hangouts & during summer months, the "young" crowd regularly spill out on to the square of the same name, the atmosphere is lively & the drinks flow until early in the morning.
Café Negrito has been a benchmark for almost four decades, a highlight of classic Valencian nightlife & one of the oldest businesses in Carmen since it opened its doors in 1982. Exhibitions, musical sessions, a meeting place for both, a good coffee or a drink. This characteristic place opens until dawn every day, claiming its reputation as a 'safe value' in leisure.
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China, Shanghai, Xitang, near the entrance to the historic ancient water town area in the north of Jiashan County, located in the Yangtze Delta about 140 km southwest of Shanghai. The town stretches across eight sections, linked by 104 historic stone bridges. In the older parts of town, the well-preserved buildings with "patina" are set along the banks of the canals, which serve as the main transportation thoroughfares in the area.
Entry fee about 10 € p/p, if you stay in one of the charming boutique hotels, they will reimburse you 50% of the entrance fee.
In the Xitang Water Village, there are well-preserved groups of buildings of the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 & the Qing Dynasty, 1644-1911, with relatively high artistic quality & research value. The village is famous for its large number of covered corridors, lanes & bridges.
Its history dates back to at least the spring & autumn period, 770 BC–476 BC, when it was located at the border of the State of Yue & Wu. According to legend, Wu Zixu, a well-known scholar & military general, ordered to dig many canals & a pond to facilitate water transportation & to channel water to Jiashan County, therefore Xitang is also called "Xutang".
In the Xitang Water Town, people who live there are not rich, so no newer modern houses have been built there. That's maybe one of the reasons why the old constructions are preserved as a whole almost without damage. In those archaic houses, besides the culture & value of the houses themselves, there are also displays of cultural relics or woodcarvings or eaves tiles collected by the house owner. To this day there are exhibitions of the ancient rare books of the owners passed down from generation to generation or rubbings from a stone inscription of a famous calligrapher.
On the roofs of some old houses here, the grass is about "one chi" tall, 33 cm ++, believing that the spirit of the former owner of the house joins with the grass, making it flourish & blessing the peace and durability of the house, as well as the prosperity of the entire town.
The "Mission Impossible III", 2005, movie featuring Tom Cruise scenes speeding with a bike over the roofs in Xitang, was leading to a boom of Xitang's popularity among tourists.
Because of the rainy climate, common ceilinged corridors have been created bordering the waterways. Each family roofs the stone-planked path in front of their house resulting in covered corridors of up to 1300 metres.
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This is one of the fabulous prizes possible for the three winners of the contest - each may choose any item of their choice from the Avenue Classics Collection!
It's only one day away now! Tomorrow our Oh Snap! Photo Contest will begin at Open Latte Cafe at MIll Pond. Stop by the landing point at the cafe to pick up the Official Rules today! Winners will receive prizes valued at thousands of lindens from Avenue Classics!
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So I just heard back from a local gallery that wants to show my work. I had just about given up that I would ever hear a thing. Super pleased. It will be my first.
Oh and i just realized, today is my one year flickrversary. Hooray! Flickrpeople, you rock!!!!
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A slightly less common one in uk than the red form.
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I really like my books. I have some little treasures that I buy to second-hand book seller. I especially like a book that is titled: "Paris tel qu'on l'aime" because it has very chic and very beautiful illustrations that bring me memories of my Parisian youth. Pearls make me feel good. My book and my pearls awaken my inner smile
A third in a series of captures of this beautiful and colorful hummingbird. I would like to promise this will be the last of this species, but since I have about 5000-6000 photographs to yet cull, I can't promise anything. So many photos, so little time :>)
Thank you for viewing and any comments will be valued and learned from.
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Favorite food of the Monarch butterflies and an important wild plant that needs help not to be eradicated. These growing in the botanical garden.
Futuron* was a peaceful and friendly population.
Indeed their ground vehicles and spacecrafts were designed to explore new planets and new worlds.
But something is changing: a black menace is coming from the deep space, its name is Blacktron.
The black men want to attack the Futuron people probably to steal the sought after and valued Monorail.
To prevent the Blacktron attack a new armored vehicle is ready to fire: the "White Tiger".
This medium-class tank features 2 middle-range surface-to-air guns, a rotating turret and a crew of three (the commander, the driver and the gunner).
The nick name is a tribute to the invincible german White Tiger tank from WWII.
Will the "Tiger" be able to destroy the black menace?
*Futuron was a subtheme of LEGO Space released between 1987 and 1990 to replace Classic Space series.
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The Euphrasian Basilica (Croatian: Eufrazijeva bazilika, Italian: Basilica Eufrasiana) is a basilica in Poreč, Croatia. The episcopal complex, including, apart the basilica itself, a sacristy, a baptistery and the bell tower of the nearby archbishop's palace, is one of the best examples of early Byzantine architecture in the Mediterranean region.
The Euphrasian basilica has for the most part retained its original shape, but accidents, fires and earthquakes have altered a few details. Since it is the third church to be built on the same site, it conceals previous buildings, for example the great floor mosaic of the previous basilica from the 5th century. Because of its exceptional value, it has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997.
The earliest basilica was dedicated to Saint Maurus of Parentium and dates back to the second half of the 4th century. The floor mosaic from its oratory, originally part of a large Roman house, is still preserved in the church garden. This oratorium was already expanded in the same century into a church composed of a nave and one aisle (basilicae geminae). The fish (symbol of Christ) on the floor mosaic dates from this period. Coins with the portrayal of emperor Valens (365–378), found in the same spot, confirm these dates.
The present basilica, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built in the sixth century during the period of Bishop Euphrasius. It was built from 553 on the site of the older basilica that had become dilapidated. For the construction, parts of the former church were used and the marble blocks were imported from the coast of the Sea of Marmara. The wall mosaics were executed by Byzantian masters and the floor mosaics by local experts. The construction took about ten years. Euphrasius, holding the church in his arms, is represented on one of the mosaics on the apse, next to St. Maurus.
Following the earthquake of 1440 the southern wall of the central nave of the basilica was restored, so that in place of the windows which were destroyed, other were built in the Gothic style.
The most striking feature of the basilica are its mosaics, dating from the 6th century, and which are considered amongst the finest examples of Byzantine art in the world.
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Submitted 05/12/2014
Just disappeared from Getty list: 28/12/2014
REsubmitted: 23/05/2022
Accepted: 24/05/2022