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Mercedes logo
I’m not sure who took this photo of a beached whale with the Mercedes logo on it, but it was tweeted by Arial Bold.
Or has it been photoshopped?
Mercedes (one version):
Three prongs representing land, water and air
CND (one version):
By Gerald Holtom, 1958
Possibly ncorporating the semaphore letters N(uclear) and D(isarmament).
Umbettung
The reburial or reinterment of a body sharing the same female DNA as Richard III and many others recalls the Umbettung of Friedrich der Große in 1991. At least the pomp and ceremony in the former case will not be limited by the wishes of Richard to a burial at night by the light of carriage lamps.
Grabplatte Friedrich II. Schuschke von SK49 – Eigenes Werk. Lizenziert unter CC BY 3.0 über Wikimedia Commons
(Spiegel article on Richard III)
See also Operation Bodysnatch on the saltmine.
Theives
More dangers lurk in Upminster than I knew of:
And here, in Bethnal Green, is a dangerous door:
The time of day
I was toying with the idea of attending a free webinar by STAR Transit – in fact, I registered. This was the time given, although I didn’t know if they were referring to the time in Germany or the UK:
Dear Participants,
thank you for your interest in the webinar
“You asked, we listened: What’s new in Service Pack 8”
on 18.12.2014 at 16:00 a.m. (GMT +1:00).
We use the webinar software TeamViewer. To watch and listen to the webinar,
you can participate with the speakers of your computer.To join the webinar, click this link:
Possibly there would be not much new for me, but at all events I was at my desk at 15.30 British time, which would be 16.30 German time, though not a.m. When I clicked the link at 16.00 British time (apparently that is currently GMT) I was informed that the webinar had already ended.
STAR didn’t cast any light on this, but they did say that the webinar has been recorded and will be available soon.
Happy interpreters video
A video showing happy interpreters at the UN in New York.
Happy Interpreters
from Empanadilla de Atún 1 day ago / via Final Cut Pro Not Yet Rated
To dispel the tower of Babel and other clichés about us we thought that this holiday season we would show you what we really do and what we are really like. Don’t be afraid- no other humans or animals suffered during filming, no extra budgetary resources were required. Not even the need to talk about multilingualism, cost cutting, increased efficiency, doing more for less or any of those buzz words. We have managed to use a universal language and we hope it makes you feel HAPPY.
Apparently this is not the first cover of Pharrell Williams’ video.
Thanks to Elm.