Saturday, July 29, 2023
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Monday, July 24, 2023
Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Back in 73' Vancouver Planetarium and George Norris' Crab double exposure
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I used a ....
Koni Omega camera
120mm Kodacolor 100
Negative size: 2 1/4" X 2 3/4"
First photograph:
Linhof Tripod set atop a pile of gravel where the Music Academy is now
@ 10 seconds F 8
Reset shutter
Second photograph:
Linhof Tripod set between the Planetarium doors and the Crab
@ 10 seconds F 8
And Thankfully, the fountain was Off,
And the Parking lot lights On,
And the apartment lighting almost non-existent,
And Thanks to H.R. MacMillan Space Centre,
The Koni Omega was great for weddings because of the film format matched the paper size, no cropping required.
Link to George Norris Sculpture backgrounder, and those others images
Saturday, December 24, 2022
There's 'Ancestry Gold' in Wingate's Grange Colliery (14th, October 1906) coal mine disaster, if ....
.. if you're in your late, late Seventies
like I am;
.. if you've been holding onto a 1919 photo taken at Station Town School
like my Mom did, second row from the front, second child to the right of the Teacher.
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| Sta III Station Town School 1919 |
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Would tonight be a good time to read 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870)? Not really. Maybe Dickens didn't get it right when it came to the coal mines.
Check out the Durham Mining Museum (online) where volunteers have assembled a wealth of information on coal mine disasters. Documented investigations backed up with testimonies. More importantly, the 1901 census, listing off the family unit.
For example: James Morrison
James (39) and Catherine (29) and their Children: 10y, 8,y and 10 Months.
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Highlighted in red above is my Grandmother, Catherine
However ......
James Morrison is not my Grandfather because at the Age of 44 he:
| Died: | 14th Oct 1906 | |||
| Accident: | 14th Oct 1906 11:40 PM | |||
| Year Born: | abt. 1862 | |||
| Colliery: | Wingate Grange Colliery |
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Widowed, Catherine married Joseph H., who is my Grandfather, a coal miner, and a soldier who didn't return from The Great War.
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| Joseph |
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The Morrison sons, James Jnr. and Thomas, moved their Mother and children to Vancouver, and eventually into this home at 1076 East 11th
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Vancouver City Hall has moved the Fire Hydrant closer to the intersection.
and Home owners have moved the stairs for their Secondary suite tenants.
2022 And another Reno. Would Grandmother H be surprised? NO!!
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Catherine's Maiden name? Whitwham, from the town of Whitwham, which leaves me wondering if it was a requirement by the 1901 Census to provide a Surname rather than just plain ..... Catherine.
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The Durham Mining Museum
Information on working conditions: Children workers: boys only; starting at 12 years; jobs, ages, hours and pay scale in the Pits and its all here:
In Memoriam
The data has been gleaned from a number of sources, those details that have been verified by newspaper reports etc. are shown in bold face, the remainder have yet to be verified. In some cases we have obtained the names of the sufferers from the sources we have consulted - these can be viewed by following the link in the right hand column.
Collecting and updating this information is an ongoing exercise - any help or information would be greatly welcomed.
The above graph shows the number of fatalities recorded in our database for the period specified. This database covers the northern counties which constitute our primary focus: County Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland etc. It is not representative of the fatalities across the UK - that is outside the scope of this web site.
Disasters - 1900-09
http://www.dmm.org.uk/names/d1900-09.htm
only those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost are shown in the tables
Monday, November 28, 2022
CBC 1964 "Cariboo Country - The Education of Phyllistine" with Nancy Sandy and Chief Dan George
If you want to wile a way a bit of time, here is a link to 245 Photos, with captions: date, who, where
CBC Vancouver Archives
Historic photographs documenting early TV production and Vancouver.
March 1964. (Cariboo link updated) Production still for "Cariboo Country - The Education of Phyllistine" with Nancy Sandy (2021) and Chief Dan George. (CBC/Franz Lindner)
Full screen with all the images ... check out the banner's right side
Online click the bottom of each image to see the caption and move along to other images/videos
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| Guess WHO |
Thursday, August 11, 2022
24 kilometres? With a bit of elevation gain, loss, gain, loss, gain. Should be just a walk in the park. Parks!
UpDate 2023-03-05
How good is the 2022-10-5 single Cingal injection to my right knee?
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| GREAT |
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A Roundabout walk
Leave the car at P.K. Auto (mechanic)
1155 15th St W, North Vancouver
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| 17.4 k |
Pemberton and Marine Drive to Cleveland Dam to Tempe to Marine Drive and Pemberton
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Dang!
Osteoarthritis in my Right Knee
Painful
However
a Single Cingal, and now the Second Injection has made all the difference
with a couple of restrictions
No more 14 kilometre walks per day
Minimum 7 kilometres every other day is okay
Bonus unlimited 4 kilometre walks per day
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Second injection of Cingal 2024-04-12
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
"Any of my images are available for download in exchange you make a donation to a wildlife charity, ..
........ such as International Bird Rescue" (BirdRescue.org).
Interesting concept, one that ensures that the wildlife which are in the greatest need, receive the greatest care.
'Nature as Art' photographer is providing a means for the public to donate to a rehab in exchange for any one of his many images
Other professional photographers might want to follow suit.
As it is, I can't stop looking at these 4 videos:
A Family of Barred Owls
Baby Sooty Grouse
Pygmy Owl Hooting
Bighorn Sheep and ...
Nature as Art
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| Nature as Art Video |
Download Information
Any of my images are available for download. I only request you make a donation to a wildlife charity, such as International Bird Rescue (birdrescue.org).
Contact me to discuss the details.
Mark K. Daly
'About Me'
I have had a lifelong passion for nature. I graduated from the University of British Columbia in 1992 with an M.Sc. in genetics, and have built my career in the life sciences. I currently work for Dovetail Genomics, a start-up based in Northern California specialized in building plant and animal genome assemblies for biologists studying evolution, conservation and other disciplines. In my off-time, I get out in the field as much as possible, primarily photographing birds and wildlife.
Flickr Photos
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Locally, Metro Vancouver's wildlife charity is
https://www.wildliferescue.ca/
Your donation supports our efforts to care for and rehabilitate an annual average of 5,000 wild animals representing 150 species. Together, we are giving injured, orphaned and pollution-damaged wildlife a second chance at life.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
..... in dignity and respect, the grave sites of our deceased Canadian prime ministers ......
In light of today, have you ever wondered where our Past (the Deceased ones) Prime Ministers lay buried? Is it a secret? No. The Government of Canada does keep track of them.
They have a database
Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett lies buried in the UK. Not likely to be visited too often, or at all. Maybe the former British Columbia Premier/Canada High Commissioner Gordon Campbell did, and billed accordingly for his cuff links. Prime Minister John George Diefenbaker (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is about half as far away from the easterners seat of power as that of Bennett in the United Kingdom (5,616 Kilometres).
The majority of Prime Ministers are buried in the two provinces of Ontario and Quebec, spread out over 942 Kilometers. Two more Prime Ministers are at rest in Nova Scotia.
As to who is tending their burial plots, its us, because ... Its the Law.
National Program for the Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers
Overview of the Program
In 1999 the Government of Canada created the National Program for the Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers to ensure the conservation and promotion, in dignity and respect, of the grave sites of our deceased prime ministers. The program also provides Canadians with information on the lives and accomplishments of former prime ministers whose public careers have had a profound impact on the history of our country.
The program includes the preparation, in association with the family and the cemetery, of comprehensive conservation plans for the grave, the installation of a Canadian flag and an information panel on the life and accomplishments of the prime minister resting in the grave, as well as the organization of a commemoration ceremony in his honour. In addition, printed and online documents highlight the contributions of each prime minister.
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HmmmmmUnder the National Program for the Grave Sites of Canadian Prime Ministers, the grave sites of ten Canadian Prime Ministers have now been formally honoured and recognized, and plans are under way for the remainder. This program is helping Canadians appreciate important leaders from the nation's past by keeping the memory of our deceased prime ministers alive, and providing information about their lives and accomplishments.
If you are wondering which Prime Minister brought this recognition forward, the National Program for Grave Sites, .... the Prime Minister in 1999, Jean Chrétien - Wikipedia
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If you are interested and have some time on your hands, and if Covid-19 is forcing you to travel to parts less trampled:
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| First Up: John A MacDonald |
Current Mourning address of deceased Prime Ministers:
927, Purdy Mills Rd, Kingston, ON
1016 Colborne Road, Sarnia, ON
1297 Chemin de la Forêt, Montréal, QC
1259 South Park St, Halifax, NS
631 Dundas St. W, Belleville, ON
280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, ON
375 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON
St. Michael’s Church, Old London Road, Mickleham, Surrey, England
101 Diefenbaker Place, Saskatoon, SK
Chemin MacLaren, Wakefield, QC
Rue St-André, Saint-Rémi, QC
There is a second database
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There is one person, one Prime Minister, of significant note, in my opinion, Lester Bowles Pearson:
In his Nobel Prize Lecture, Mr. Pearson asked:
“How can there be peace without people understanding each other, and how can this be if they don’t know each other?”
Father of the United Nations Forces
In 1956, Great Britain, France and Israel launched an attack on Egypt aimed at removing President Nasser. The United States had not been informed, and the Soviet Union threatened to use atomic weapons against the assailants. The "Suez Crisis" found its solution when the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester Pearson, who had served as President of the United Nations General Assembly in 1952, won support for sending a United Nations Emergency Force to the region to separate the warring parties. This gained him the Peace Prize for 1957.
Monday, August 30, 2021
From that first Monday to this Monday: 18,262 days has passed, together
Why count in years of marriage when its the days, one by one, that connects us, and family
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Nine years ago the late Ian Reid @ 'The Real Story,' predicted that President Joe Biden would shut down China's access to Alberta's Oil Sands
.... because of China's
dependency on foreign oil
https://web.archive.org/web/20120112074856/http://therealstory.ca/
"China’s on an oil buying binge. And Canada is where China likes to
shop.
Since 2002 China, through four state owned oil companies, has spent
over $65 billion dollars to purchase oil and gas fields and
production facilities around the world.
Almost 15% of China’s expenditures went towards securing oil from
Canada’s tar sands, according to a joint 2011 report of the
International Energy Agency and the OECD. China now owns
significant stakes in Northern Lights Oil Sands, MEG Energy, Athabasca Oil Sands, Penn West Energy and Syncrude.
China’s buying spree isn’t an accident. It’s a government policy
that’s developed haphazardly since the late 1980’s. China is
determined to ensure that it continue to grow an economy that is
increasingly dependent on energy from oil and gas.
In 2009, China imported 53% of its oil.
By 2035 that’s expected to grow to 82% or
12.8 million barrels each and every day. China’s foreign policy is,
in part, determined by the need to resource that growth. " Snipped
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