Tagged With "sky marshals"
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Re: Best and Worst U.S. airports: No surprises
I believe Airports should be judged solely on whether you had a pleasant experience. There is no way Orlando isn't in the Top10. New York is a disgrace. But I pass through as an alien - US residents see no problem. Philadelphia is a dream. Excellent Airport.
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Re: London development plans "sky pool"
I agree Jonathan! When it's done, I'd like to photograph it from a safe distance, but I don't even think I could walk under it.
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Re: London development plans "sky pool"
I suspect it's going to look quite a bit different "as built," since I notice that in the picture, the water runs right to the edge, and one side hasn't even a place to sit! By the time it's done, there will need to be an ugly wall to keep bathers in, and keep water from splashing pedestrians below. At ten stories above building walks and parking lots, I'm not sure the view down through the pool will be worth it, either.
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Re: Flying this week? Check your Airline!
As "Climate Change" continues to keep Western Europe in a warm Caribbean breeze - then crossing the pond will be fine. Presuming - of course - you get a take off from America !
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 27, 2014: Rome from the Sky
..and it's a view that's worth the effort..!
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 27, 2014: Rome from the Sky
Agreed. Interestingly, Roma did not leave me with a good impression during our first visit in 1980. However, after returning many times, it becomes a more meaningful place for me to enjoy. Now, we take pleasure in just walking the streets, stopping when we decide to linger, and generally hanging out in its diverse neighborhoods. During our trip in May we found some new restaurants, walked familiar neighborhoods from different directions, and discovered new gelatorie to continue our...
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Re: The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Love the idea of photos taken in different seasons from the same spot.My favorite of your excellent photos above has to the Crescent-Moon Shot
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Re: The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Well done DrY! They're all good photos, but my favorites are the plane flying into the sunrise (top one), and those scary storm clouds, which I love to watch!
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Re: The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
I too, love the scary clouds. And frosty winter day, too, almost monochromatic, a vintage feel. Good work, Dr.Y.
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Re: The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Lovely Pictures! I lived in Canmore for 1 year (well 10.5 months). It is a beautiful part of the world, even if summer only lasts from July 25 until Aug 5.
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New gonzo cruise ship even has sky-diving!
In the race to think up more features to add to cruise ships, Royal Caribbean is looking up...with a top-deck skydiving simulator on its newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, which has just started operating out of the New York area. Would you believe...
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"Sky-Fi" cost keeps shifting...up and down
The more it becomes clear that inflight Wi-Fi is what passengers want, the less clear it is just how much will be available and how much it will cost. Airlines are switching—with costs involved—to satellite based services from vendors such...
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August 13, 2017: The Milky Way
A beautiful photograph of a prairie night sky is our featured Pic of the Day, from Pierre Renault.
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Echo of Rebellion: The Resistance at Christiana
A small Pennsylvania town hangs out a sign "Freedom Began Here," its proud memory of a moment when its name was known everywhere.
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November 13, 2019: Welcome to Montana
Samantha arrives in Montana, her 40th state, with a welcome that matches its name as Big Sky state.
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January 17, 2020: Big Sky Country, Montana
DrFumblefinger shares some images taken while on a roadtrip through Montana.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day. Sept. 8, 2013: Portuguese "Castle In The Sky"
Portugal's answer to Bavaria's fairy-tale castles (and to Disney!), the Pena Palace sits high on a mountaintop above the town of Sintra, and above the 10th-century Moorish Castle that guarded it. The palace was built in the second half of...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, June 21, 2015: Clemenceau in the Wind
This statue of Georges Clemenceau, is one of my favorite Paris statues, not least because it embodies none of the heroic classicism that tends to make the person being honored seem a concept rather than a person. Here, no matter what the...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, August 6, 2015: Windmills in the Sunset
Recently my wife and I traveled across Montana by car. It's a large state with some amazing mountain ranges and lots of wide open plains -- the "Big Sky" country the state is known for. The sun was beginning to set when I spotted a group...
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French air traffic control strike highlights bigger issue
Air traffic in parts of Europe is being affected by a strike of French air traffic controllers, scheduled to last through tomorrow. As a result of the strike, French airspace is closed to most flights, even those not landing in France. Some flights...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, October 22, 2015: Ampelmann, the East German Pedestrian Crossing Light Symbol, Berlin, Germany
You may be asking yourself "Why is Ottoman doing a Picture of the Day featuring pedestrian crossing lights?" Well ladies and gentlemen, these are not just ordinary pedestrian crossing lights...this is Ampelmann. So...
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July 25, 2018: John Wayne Statue - San Antonio, TX
Samantha shares some pictures of the John Wayne statue located on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, It made her think about her grandma.
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, September 27, 2014: Rome from the Sky
The best views of Rome are to be found atop the Victor Emmanuel monument, a massive white marble structure some Romans disparagingly call the "Wedding Cake" or the "Typewriter". Be that as it may, there's a great travel gem here....
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Best and Worst U.S. airports: No surprises
ThePointsGuy crunches the numbers and finds the usual suspects at both the top and bottom of the U.S. airport list.
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France adds 'sky marshals' to trains
France is ramping up security measures on its rail network, including on-train guards and more scanning.
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Camp Hale, Colorado (Where Gumbo was #174)
Gumbo was visiting Camp Hale, now a quiet mountain meadow with scattered concrete ruins. But in World War II, this was a busy and active military camp which trained the elite cold-weather troops of the 10th Mountain Division.
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Flying this week? Check your Airline!
With more winter storms this week, thousands of flights are being canceled...and yours might be affected. The cancellations don't only affect areas that are snowed in, because airlines protect the network by not flying planes into areas where they...
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The Changing Mood of Calgary Skies
Calgary, a city of about 1.1 million people, is situated in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. It's in the region where the Great Plains of Central Canada abutt the mountains. Calgary is about 1 hour's drive east of beautiful Banff...
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OK Corral, Tombstone, Arizona
DrFumblefinger visits the site of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone.
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Harry S. Truman's "Little White House," Key West
DrFumblefinger visits the winter vacation/working residency of President Harry S. Truman, located in Key West.
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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Alabama
A museum that reminds us of a critical time in our past, very personal for some of us, and helps us understand how a community made it happen.
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Strasbourg's Surprising Saint Thomas Church
A church that some call the city's 'Protestant cathedral' contains some unusual tombs and an organ with a hidden history.
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The Surrender Museum, Reims, France
The 'room where it happened,' site of Germany's 1945 surrendered, is an impressive site, but PHeymont was disappointed in its other exhibits.
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The Royal Chapel, Stockholm
DrFumblefinger visits the Chapel located in the official residence of the Swedish Royal family, the Royal Palace on Gamla Stan.
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Wandering in the Museum of Edinburgh
Spread over several historic buildings, the museum and its affiliates illustrate many aspects of the city's history and people
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14 Henrietta Street: Mirror of Dublin History
An elegant home built for the upper crust and later reduced to slums for the poor has a new life as an insightful museum of Dublin's social history
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Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah
Canyonlands National Park is a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River and the Green River. Samantha shares some pictures from her visit.
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Re: Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah
What a coincidence! I am in Moab, after a day in the Canyonlands and Arches National Parks - far too much to see in one day I know, but that is all we had time for in this visit. I can't add any more to the full information given by Samantha. At the time we visited (about noon), we found the light gave a superb view from the Buck Canyon overlook, and I attach a few pictures.
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The Battle of Waterloo, June 2015 (part 2)
On Sunday 18th June 1815 the 74,000 troops of the French Emperor Napoleon hurled themselves at 67,000 European allied troops of the Seventh Coalition from Holland, Belgium, Germany and Britain under the command of the English Duke of Wellington.