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December 3rd 2009 09:13
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Deep Pencil - the musings of Morgan Bell
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it really make a sound?
If i post a blog and nobody reads it was there really any point?
You have entered the random thinking space of Morgan Bell . . .
These are my musings . . . things about my life written off the top of my head . . . written in an informal disjointed style almost completely devoid of punctuation, this is where i flesh out writing ideas, discuss my life, and generally be self indulgent . . . it is also the bargain bin for articles which do not fit in with the film or arts themes of my other blogs . . . so have a wander around my mind, have a laugh, have a think, be nice, and humour me!
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350: a global movement
October 27th 2009 00:08
350 parts per million is what many scientists, climate experts, and progressive national governments are now saying is the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere.
We are already above the safe zone at our current 390ppm.
For all of human history until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million of carbon dioxide.
Every year since 1992, the United Nations hosts a two-week long conference for world leaders to meet and discuss what to do to about the global threat of climate change.
In December of 2009, this meeting will be in Copenhagen, Denmark. There, delegates, non-governmental organizations, and businesses from every nation will meet to finalize a new global climate change agreement.
Just over a year old, 350 is a relatively new target being discussed in the scientific community, compared to 450ppm or 2 degrees Celsius that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change supports.
At the last UN climate negotiations in Poland at the end of 2008, the 350 target began to attract more endorsers as new scientific reports and evidence of early impacts made it clear that we are already above the safe level for CO2.
For more information see 350.org
The global day of action was 24th October, 2009. Photos were taken all over the world to raise awareness.
We are already above the safe zone at our current 390ppm.
For all of human history until about 200 years ago, our atmosphere contained 275 parts per million of carbon dioxide.
Every year since 1992, the United Nations hosts a two-week long conference for world leaders to meet and discuss what to do to about the global threat of climate change.
In December of 2009, this meeting will be in Copenhagen, Denmark. There, delegates, non-governmental organizations, and businesses from every nation will meet to finalize a new global climate change agreement.
Just over a year old, 350 is a relatively new target being discussed in the scientific community, compared to 450ppm or 2 degrees Celsius that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change supports.
At the last UN climate negotiations in Poland at the end of 2008, the 350 target began to attract more endorsers as new scientific reports and evidence of early impacts made it clear that we are already above the safe level for CO2.
For more information see 350.org
The global day of action was 24th October, 2009. Photos were taken all over the world to raise awareness.
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Photos: Foreshore & Nobbys Beach, Newcastle
September 13th 2009 14:16
It was a beautiful sunny day in Newcastle today, so I hit the beach.
Im not much of a swimmer but I did go for a nice long walk, camera in hand. Newcastle is my home city. It's a city of petrol-heads, singlets and thongs, manufacturing and mining, and drinking in the day. When I was taking these photos a nicely dressed man with no teeth approached me and asked for $1.50 because he was short for the cost of a cask of wine.
People yell out of car windows a lot in Newcastle. The beach carparks and foreshore is packed with utes and V8s, illegally modified and lowered, sometimes with holographic paint.
This is Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, NSW.
Nobbys Head lighthouse.
A boy in a skirt at Nobbys Beach.
This graffiti is so Newcastle.
Customs House, Newcastle.
We like phallic symbols in Newcastle.
Here is a map of Newcastle Foreshore and Nobbys Beach. The lighthouse is slightly off the map, but the route I walked to take photos is marked in yellow. The coffe cup symbol on Bond St is Customs House.
Im not much of a swimmer but I did go for a nice long walk, camera in hand. Newcastle is my home city. It's a city of petrol-heads, singlets and thongs, manufacturing and mining, and drinking in the day. When I was taking these photos a nicely dressed man with no teeth approached me and asked for $1.50 because he was short for the cost of a cask of wine.
People yell out of car windows a lot in Newcastle. The beach carparks and foreshore is packed with utes and V8s, illegally modified and lowered, sometimes with holographic paint.
This is Nobbys Beach in Newcastle, NSW.
Photo 1 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 2 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 3 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 4 - by Morgan Bell
Nobbys Head lighthouse.
Photo 5 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 6 - by Morgan Bell
A boy in a skirt at Nobbys Beach.
Photo 7 - by Morgan Bell
This graffiti is so Newcastle.
Photo 8 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 9 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 10 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 11 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 12 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 13 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 14 - by Morgan Bell
Customs House, Newcastle.
Photo 15 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 16 - by Morgan Bell
We like phallic symbols in Newcastle.
Photo 17 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 18 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 19 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 20 - by Morgan Bell
Photo 21- by Morgan Bell
Here is a map of Newcastle Foreshore and Nobbys Beach. The lighthouse is slightly off the map, but the route I walked to take photos is marked in yellow. The coffe cup symbol on Bond St is Customs House.
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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Posted By: Morgan Bell - Category: Photography
Photos: Circular Quay, Sydney
July 21st 2009 08:46
I had a lovely stroll around The Rocks and Circular Quay yesterday.
I went to a press conference at Walsh Bay, where I photographed sassy starlet Sienna Miller, who is even more beautiful in person. As it was a perfect sunny day I walked around the Bay to Circular Quay Train Station.
These are the photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House that I took while I soaked up the sunlight in The Rocks. Note the striking blue sky and deep tranquil water. It was a great day for puddling around the tourist traps.
The following four photos are all of the Sydney Opera House from slightly different angles as I walked around the Quay.
I went to a press conference at Walsh Bay, where I photographed sassy starlet Sienna Miller, who is even more beautiful in person. As it was a perfect sunny day I walked around the Bay to Circular Quay Train Station.
These are the photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House that I took while I soaked up the sunlight in The Rocks. Note the striking blue sky and deep tranquil water. It was a great day for puddling around the tourist traps.
The following four photos are all of the Sydney Opera House from slightly different angles as I walked around the Quay.
map of Circular Quay and The Rocks
my journey from Pier 1 to Campbell Cove marked in lime green
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Posted By: Morgan Bell - Category: Photography
Little Big Cats
June 24th 2009 19:17
It must be breeding time for the Big Cats.
Spring has sprung in Europe in recent months and German zoos have acquired some new itty bitty residents. Check out these recent photos of the newest additions to the cub club.
Date: June 9
Photo credit: Getty Images / Sean Gallup
Newborn baby panthers Larisa and Sipura stare at photographers during a media presentation of the cubs at the Tierpark zoo, in Berlin, Germany. The two panthers are twins and were born on April 26.
Date: May 19
Photo credit: AP / Gero Breloer
Triplet Jaguar cubs, seen, at the Tierpark Zoo, in Berlin. The three cubs were born on April 16 and named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia.
Date: May 20
Photo credit: AP / Fabian BImmer
German Dachshund "Bessi", right, acts as guardian to a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub at a zoo in Stroehen, northern Germany. The tiger cub was abandoned by its parents and is now being fostered by Bessie who belongs to the zoo owner's.
For more amazing animal pics from the zoos of the world CLICKHERE
Spring has sprung in Europe in recent months and German zoos have acquired some new itty bitty residents. Check out these recent photos of the newest additions to the cub club.
Date: June 9
Photo credit: Getty Images / Sean Gallup
Newborn baby panthers Larisa and Sipura stare at photographers during a media presentation of the cubs at the Tierpark zoo, in Berlin, Germany. The two panthers are twins and were born on April 26.
Date: May 19
Photo credit: AP / Gero Breloer
Triplet Jaguar cubs, seen, at the Tierpark Zoo, in Berlin. The three cubs were born on April 16 and named Atiero, Jumanes and Valdivia.
Date: May 20
Photo credit: AP / Fabian BImmer
German Dachshund "Bessi", right, acts as guardian to a five-days-old yet nameless tiger cub at a zoo in Stroehen, northern Germany. The tiger cub was abandoned by its parents and is now being fostered by Bessie who belongs to the zoo owner's.
For more amazing animal pics from the zoos of the world CLICKHERE
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Read More Less gross than bodily . . .
November 26th 2008 15:40
its a new botanical challenge for Cheryl!
(ok well one of them is clearly a rusty piece of barbed wire, but i just felt like including it)
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(ok well one of them is clearly a rusty piece of barbed wire, but i just felt like including it)
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Posted By: Morgan Bell - Category: Photography
The New Cat In Town
October 30th 2008 16:54
When you are a cat there is possibly no greater insult than having a strange new cat come in and crap in your dirtbox!
This last week iota deville has had her nose out of joint due to the new arrival of a little ball of fluff called Milly[ Click here to read more ]
This last week iota deville has had her nose out of joint due to the new arrival of a little ball of fluff called Milly
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