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Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:23:39 -0700

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on call 24 - 7, Business on the street a candid street shot Toronto Canada.

Ice cream

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:39 -0700

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In Toronto even the street beggars like an ice cream when the sun comes out.

God-Damn

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:38:30 -0700

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Mustard too hot ?

A hot dog is a fully cooked sausage, traditionally grilled or steamed. It is typically served in a sliced bun, as a corn dog dipped in corn batter and deep fried, or as an ingredient in other dishes like beanie weenies. It is often garnished with mustard, ketchup, onions, mayonnaise, relish, cheese, chilli and / or sauerkraut.

Hedda.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:17 -0700

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Old school style, I wonder what she looked like when she was in her prime ?

Candid street shot at the lake front Toronto.

9 1 1

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:03 -0700

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9-1-1 is the emergency telephone number for the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes. The use of this number is for emergency circumstances only, and to use it for any other purpose (including non-emergency situations[citation needed] and prank calls) can be a crime.

In the earliest days of telephone technology, prior to the development of the rotary dial telephone, all telephone calls were operator-assisted. To place a call, the caller was required to pick up the telephone receiver and wait for the telephone operator to answer, they would then ask to be connected to the number they wished to call, the operator would make the required connection manually, by means of a switchboard. In an emergency, the caller might simply say "Get me the police", "I want to report a fire", or "I need an ambulance/doctor". Until the dial tone telephone came into widespread use in the 1950s, one could not place calls without operator assistance.
"Emergency 911" displayed on the side of an Upper Dublin Township police vehicle, indicating that 9-1-1 is the number to dial in the event of an emergency.

The first known experiment with a national emergency telephone number occurred in the United Kingdom in 1937, using the number 999. The first city in North America to use a central emergency number (in 1959) was the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, which instituted the change at the urging of Stephen Juba, mayor of Winnipeg at the time. Winnipeg initially used 999 as the emergency number, but switched numbers when 9-1-1 was proposed by the United States. In the United States, the push for the development of a nationwide American emergency telephone number came in 1957 when the National Association of Fire Chiefs recommended that a single number be used for reporting fires. In 1967, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice recommended the creation of a single number that could be used nationwide for reporting emergencies. The burden then fell on the Federal Communications Commission, which then met with AT&T in November, 1967 in order to come up with a solution.

In 1968, a solution was agreed upon. AT&T chose to implement the concept, but with its unique emergency number, 9-1-1, which was brief, easy to remember, dialed easily, and worked well with the phone systems in place at the time.

Just 35 days after AT&T's announcement, on February 16, 1968, the first-ever 9-1-1 call was placed by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite, from Haleyville City Hall, to U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill, at the city's police station. Bevill reportedly answered the phone with "Hello". At the City Hall with Fite was Haleyville mayor James Whitt; at the police station with Bevill were Gallagher and Alabama Public Service Commission director Eugene "Bull" Connor. Fitzgerald was at the ATC central office serving Haleyville, and actually observed the call pass through the switching gear as the mechanical equipment clunked out "9-1-1". The phone used to answer the first 9-1-1 call, a bright red model, is now in a museum in Haleyville, while a duplicate phone is still in use at the police station.
Public notice on highway

In 1968, 9-1-1 became the national emergency number for the United States. Calling this single number provided a caller access to police, fire and ambulance services, through what would become known as a common Public-safety answering point (PSAP). The number itself, however, did not become widely known until the 1970s, and many municipalities did not have 9-1-1 service until well into the 1980s. Conversion to 9-1-1 in Canada began in 1972 and now virtually all areas, except for some rural areas, are using 9-1-1. Each year, Canadians make 12 million calls to 9-1-1.

On September 15, 2010, AT&T announced that State of Tennessee has approved a service to support a Text to 9-1-1 trial statewide, where AT&T would be able to allow its users to send text messages to 9-1-1 Public-safety answering points

One too many !

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:15 -0700

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Down and out Toronto Canada.

The Glass Floor

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:50:54 -0700

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The CN Tower (French: Tour CN) is a 553.33 m-high (1,815.4 ft) concrete communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower in 2010. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada, attracting more than two million international visitors annually.

Its name "CN" originally referred to Canadian National, the railway company that built the tower. Following the railway's decision to divest non-core freight railway assets, prior to the company's privatization in 1995, it transferred the tower to the Canada Lands Company, a federal Crown corporation responsible for real estate development. Since the name CN Tower became common in daily usage, the abbreviation was eventually expanded to Canadian National Tower or Canada's National Tower. However, neither of these names is commonly used.

In 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers, where it holds second-place ranking.

There are three visitor areas: the Glass Floor and Outdoor Observation Terrace which are both located at an elevation of 342 metres (1,122 ft), the Indoor Lookout Level (formerly known as "Indoor Observation Level") located at 346 metres (1,135 ft), and the higher SkyPod (formerly known as "Space Deck") at 446.5 metres (1,465 ft), just below the metal antenna. The hexagonal shape can be seen between the two areas; however, below the main deck, three large supporting legs give the tower the appearance of a large tripod.

Blessed are the cheese makers

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sun, 19 May 2013 14:34:02 -0700

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It made me think of the scene from Monty Pythons "The Life of Brian".

[The audience members at the back of the crowd are having trouble hearing the Sermon on the Mount.]

Man: I think it was, "Blessed are the cheese makers"!
Gregory's wife: What's so special about the cheese makers?

Gregory: Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally. It refers to any manufacturer of dairy products.

At The Back Door.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:23:01 -0700

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Chinese chefs smoking at the back door of a Toronto restaurant.

Candid street shot, I waited for several minutes for one of these guys to turn round, but in the end I took the shot of the back of this guys head. I was intrigued by a Chinese chef wearing a Guinness cap.

Stranger in the park.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:23:58 -0700

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Candid street shot Barcelona, Spain.

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nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:09:56 -0700

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Step back in time at Goodwood.

Just time for a cup of tea before we go.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:05:54 -0700

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Back in 1940 there wasn't time for tea.

The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. From July 1940, coastal shipping convoys and shipping centres, such as Portsmouth, were the main targets; one month later the Luftwaffe shifted its attacks to RAF airfields and infrastructure. As the battle progressed the Luftwaffe also targeted aircraft factories and ground infrastructure. Eventually the Luftwaffe resorted to attacking areas of political significance and using terror bombing strategy.

Just one sock.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:27:58 -0700

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Vietnamese boat kids.

Vodafone!

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:01:46 -0700

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Watchers in the crowd. A martial arts demonstration in Exeter shopping area.

Bric-a-brac.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:14:15 -0700

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I remember when this was brand new!

Bric-à-brac or Bric-a-brac (origin French), first used in the Victorian era, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curiosity, such as elaborately decorated teacups and small vases, compositions of feathers or wax flowers under glass domes, decorated eggshells, porcelain figurines, painted miniatures or photographs in stand-up frames, and so on.

In middle-class homes bric-à-brac was used as ornament on mantelpieces, cluttered tables, and shelves, or was displayed in curio cabinets: sometimes these cabinets have glass doors to display the items within while protecting them from dust. "Bric-à-brac" nowadays refers to a selection of items of modest value, often sold in street markets.

Edith Wharton and Ogden Codman, Jr., in The Decoration of Houses (1897), distinguished three gradations of quality in such "household ornaments": bric-à-brac, bibelots (trinkets) and objets d'art.

Don't give up the day job !

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:35:52 -0700

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Street musician "busking" outside Exeter Cathedral.

These guys get around, I photographed this guy in Taunton about 2 years ago,

"Don't give up the day job!" (humorous)
something that you say to someone who is performing in order to tell them that you do not think they are very good at it.

'What did you think of my singing, then?' 'Er, don't give up the day job!'

[Explored on 2nd May 2013]

Cinderella.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:07:27 -0700

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Great beard. Candid street shot of a "Big Issue" seller in Exeter.

Bass and Drums

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 01 May 2013 08:45:00 -0700

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Street musicians, Exeter, Devon, UK.

The Collier.

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Wed, 01 May 2013 07:57:52 -0700

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Long shifts in near darkness make you appreciate the sunlight.

"Collier, a person in the business or occupation of producing (digging or mining) coal or making charcoal or in its transporting or commerce".

Ann Summers, Black Flag and the Ratt

nobody@flickr.com (Neil. Moralee) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:24:23 -0700

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Candid street shot. Exeter Devon UK.

Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California. The band was established by Greg Ginn, the guitarist, primary songwriter, and sole continuous member through multiple personnel changes in the band.

Ratt is an American rock band that had significant commercial success in the 1980s. The band is best known for songs such as "Round and Round," "Wanted Man," and "Lay It Down". Ratt has been recognised as instrumental in the formation of the early 1980s Los Angeles hard rock and glam metal scene.

Ann Summers is a British multinational retailer company specialising in sex toys and lingerie, with over 140 high street stores in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and Spain. In 2000, Ann Summers acquired the Knickerbox brand, a label with an emphasis on more comfortable and feminine underwear, while the Ann Summers-labeled products tend to be more sexual in style. The chain had an annual turnover of £117.3 million in 2007-2008. (Wow that a lot of toys!!).