Found out about this wall in one of my new books about Birmingham (may have seen it before but didn't realise its significance until now).

It was part of the original Great Western Railway - Snow Hill Station.

This was the entrance (now bricked up).

You can see GWR on it, as well as there coat of arms.

It is on Livery Street.

Here's a nice find. This is a German Ochsenkopf axe. It has not been used much and was in very promising shape when I received it. The head was just a tad rusty but there are no signs of pitting. The 7 inch wide bit is unharmed and the butt is in very good shape. There are some minor wear marks on the corner of the butt which verify use, but the overall condition is very good. The blade edge is fairly sharp but I cannot say for certain if it has ever been sharpened since it left the factory.

Surprisingy enough the original handle has seen some abuse. It was poorly fitted and very loose, the heel has taken some damage and the knob has a severe bruise.

Still, this axe ticks most of the "not too shabby" boxes.

So, what about maker and age? As of yet I know very little about this axe or the company. What I do know is that the Ochsenkopf brand is old, still alive and the website sports several models of axes and hatchets. The brand is nowadays a part of the German Gedore group.

The age is difficult to judge. I don't think it is very old, and without any proof I would guesstimate sometime after WW II, but hey, that's just guessing. My guessing is solely based upon the notion that the script on the handle looks typical to the 1950s. Besides I don't think the head is forged, which would indicate a later more modernized production period.

The axe head is marked "schneide", which as far as I can understand refers to the blade edge. It also depicts the correct way to sharpen the axe where a V-shaped edge is incorrect and a slightly rounded profile is preferred.

I ave intentionally not done much with this axe at all. I have removed the metal wedges from the shaft and reattached it properly so it now sits tightly to the blade. I have also cleaned the blade with steel wool and Autosol paste and the handle has been cleaned and polished with nothing more than fine steel wool.

As part of my work, I was driving from the Southeast BC coalmines back to the Calgary Airport. I love to take Highway 22 and was hoping to get some good light. Leaving Sparwood a bit before sunrise, I scouted the backroads (especially the Burmis Road just west of Highway 22) and was rewarded with some lovely early morning light, and a fresh spring dusting of snow on the mountains.

This area of foothills where the prairie meets the montane is one of my favourite spots, and I always look forward to this drive.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia…

The Livingstone Range is a mountain range located primarily in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana, and in the extreme southeastern section of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The range is 36 miles (58 km) long and 28 miles (45 km) wide. Over 15 summits exceed 9,000 ft (2,700 m) above sea level, and the highest point is Kintla Peak at 10,101 feet (3,079 m). (While these elevations are not particularly high for North American mountains, they are high compared to the roughly 4,000 foot (1,200 m) elevation of the nearby valleys, making for particularly dramatic peaks.)

The Livingstone Range was initially uplifted beginning 170 million years ago when the Lewis Overthrust fault pushed an enormous slap of Precambrian rocks 5km thick, 80km wide and 250km long over newer rocks of the Cretaceous period.

As she was waiting for a fellow traveller, her bag bore her weight instead of the other way round.

Tri Postal

Lille

December 2010

"Nous devons apprendre a vivre ensemble comme des frères sinon nous allons mourir tous ensemble comme des idiots"

"We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools."

Martin Luther King

Monsieur Cana Copyright 2010

Variações para nossos tão queridos fuxicos!!!

Beijos em todas!!

"Que seja doce..."

GAIUS CALIGULA. 37-41 AD. Æ As (11.21 gm). Struck 37/38 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left / VESTA, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27. For more on Caligulan Numismatic Articles see: Coins courtesy cngoins.com

Related Articles of Caligula from American Numismatic Society Library Search

Library Catalog Search (Preliminary Version)

Full Record: Barrett, Anthony A. The invalidation of currency in the Roman Empire : the Claudian demonetization of Caligula's AES. (1999)

Full Record: Bost, Jean-Pierre. Routes, cits et ateliers montaires : quelques remarques sur les officines hispaniques entre les rgnes d'Auguste en de Caligula. (1999)

Full Record: Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information de Grenoble. Grenoble : Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information : catalogue des monnaies. II. Monnaies romaines. Monnaies impriales romaines. 2. Caligula - Neron . Index. / Bernard Rmy, Frdric Bontoux, Virginie Risler. (1998)

Full Record: Gainor, John R. The image of the Julio-Claudian dynasty from coins / by John R. Gainor.

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Monete romane imperiali del Museo G. B. Adriani. Parte 3, Caius (37-41 d.C.) / Rodolfo Martini. (2001)

Full Record: ACCLA privy to presentation by Richard Baker on Caligula. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 1. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 2. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 3. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. Caligula on the Lower Rhine : Coin finds from the Roman Fort of Albaniana (The Netherlands) / Fleur Kemmers. (2004)

Full Record: Estiot, Sylviane. Le trsor de Meussia (Jura) : 399 monnaies d'argent d'poques rpublicaine et julio-claudienne / Sylviane Estiot, Isabelle Aymar. (2002)

Full Record: Gocht, Hans. Namenstilgungen an Bronzemünzen des Caligula und Claudius / Hans Gocht. (2003)

Full Record: Gomis Justo, Marivi. Ercavica : La emision de Caligula. Estimacion del numero de cunos originales.

Full Record: Sayles, Wayne G. Fakes on the Internet. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. The coin finds from the Roman fort Albaniana, the Netherlands / Fleur Kemmers . (2005)

Full Record: Lopez Snchez, Fernando. La afirmacion soberana de Caligula y de Claudio y el fin de las acunaciones ciudadanas en occidente / Fernando Lopez Snchez. (2000)

Full Record: Besombes, Paul-Andr. Les monnaies hispaniques de Claude Ier des dpôts de la Vilaine (Rennes) et de Saint-Lonard (Mayenne) : tmoins de quel type de contact entre l'Armorique et la pninsule ibrique ? / Paul-Andr Besombes. (2005)

Full Record: Catalli, Fiorenzo. Le thesaurus de Sora / Fiorenzo Catalli et John Scheid.

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Faux deniers de Caligula de la Renaissance.

Full Record: Vermeule, Cornelius. Faces of Empire (Julius Caesar to Justinian). Part II(B), More young faces : Caligula again and Nero reborn / Cornelius Vermeule. (2005)

Full Record: Geranio, Joe. Portraits of Caligula : the seated figure? / Joe Geranio. (2007)

Full Record: Aguilera Hernandez, Alberto. Acerca de un as de Caligula hallado en Zaragoza / Alberto Aguilera Hernandez. (2007)

Full Record: Butcher, K. E. T. Caligula : the evil emperor. (1985)

Full Record: Fuchs, Michaela. Frauen um Caligula und Claudius : Milonia Caesonia, Drusilla und Messalina. (1990)

Full Record: Faur, Jean-Claude. Moneda de Caligula de Museo Arqueologico Provincial de Tarragona. (1979)

Full Record: British Museum. Dept. of coins and medals. Coins of the Roman Empire in the British museum. Vol. I: Augustus to Vitellius / by Harold Mattingly. (1976)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. A Caligula Isotope of Hadrian. (1968)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. The Metamorphosis of an Allegad 'As of Hadrian.' (1968)

Full Record: Bendall, Simon. A 'new' gold quinarius of Caligula. (1985)

Full Record: Cortellini, Nereo. Le monete di Caligola nel Cohen.

Full Record: Guey, Julien. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula "Immensi Avreorvm Acervi (Sutone, Cal., 42,3).

Full Record: Guey, J. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula : Sutone, Cal. 42, 3.

Full Record: Curry, Michael R. The Aes Quadrans of Caligula. (1968)

Full Record: Jonas, Elemr. L'emploi dar "damnatio memoriae" sur l'un des "dupondius" de Calgula. (1937)

Full Record: Julian, R. W. The coins of Caligula. (1994)

Full Record: Donciu, Ramiro. Cu privire la activitatea militara a lui Caius (Caligula) in anul 40 e.n. (1983)

Full Record: Hansen, Peter. A history of Caligula's Vesta. (1992)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Augustus, Caligula oder Caludius? (1978)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Die Organisation der Münzprgung Caligulas. (1987)

Full Record: Johansen, Flemming S. The sculpted portraits of Caligula. (1987)

Full Record: Carter, G. F. Chemical compositions of copper-based Roman coins. V : imitations of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero / G. F. Carter and others. (1978)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. L'atelier de Lyon sous Auguste : Tibre et Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions d'or et d'argent de Caligula dans l'atelier de Lyon. (1976)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon des origines au rgne de Caligula (43 avant J.-C. - 41 aprs J.-C.). (1983)

Full Record: Nony, D. Quelques as d'imitation de Caligula trouves a Bordeaux (Gironde). (1981)

Full Record: Levy, Brooks Emmons. Caligula's radiate crown. (1988)

Full Record: Poulsen, Vagn. Un nouveau visage de Caligula. (1972)

Full Record: Price, Martin Jessop. Elephant in Crete? New light ona cistophorus of Caligula. (1973)

Full Record: MacInnis, H. Frank. Ego-driven emperor commits excesses. (1979)

Full Record: McKenna, Thomas P. The case of the curious coin of Caligula : a provincial bronze restruck with legend-only dies. (1994)

Full Record: Mowat, Robert. Bronzes remarquables de Tibre, de son fils, de ses petits-fils et de Caligula. (1911)

Full Record: Koenig, Franz E. Roma, monete dal Tevere : l'imperatore Gaio (Caligola). (1988)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. Caligula's coins profile despot. (1993)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. A numismatic mystery : "the Caligula quadrans." (1994)

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Osservazioni su contromarche ed erosioni su assi de Caligula. (1980)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Moneta Imperii Romani. Band 2 und 3. Die Münzprgung der Kaiser Tiberius und Caius (Caligula) 14/41 / von Wolfgang Szaivert. (1984)

Full Record: Boschung, Dietrich. Die Bildnisse des Caligula. Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Jucker, Hans. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Das Romische Herrscherbild. 1. Abt., Bd. 4, Die Bildnisse des Caligula / Dietrich Boschung ; mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Markus von Kaenel ; auf Grund der Vorarbeiten und Marterialsammlungen von Hans Jucker. (1989)

Full Record: Rosborough, Ruskin R. An epigraphic commentary on Suetonius's life of Gaius Caligula. A thesis...for the...Doctor of Philosophy. (1920)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. A propos de l'aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. Un aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Ritter, Hans-Werner. Adlocutio und Corona Civica unter Caligula und Tiberius. (1971)

Full Record: Kumpikevicius, Gordon C. A numismatic look at Gaius. (1979)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. La coerenza di Caligola nella gestione della moneta / Adriano Savio. (1988)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. Note su alcune monete di Gaio-Caligola. (1973)

Full Record: Stylow, Armin U. Die Quadranten des Caligula als Propaganda-münzen.münzen" aus der stdtischen sammlung zu Osnabrück. (1971)

Full Record: Schwartz, Jacques. Le Monnayage Snatorial entre 37 et 42 P.C. (1951)

Full Record: Rodolfo Martini, ed. Sylloge nummorum Romanorum. Italia. Milano, Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche Vol. 1 Giulio-Claudii / a cura di Rodolfo Martini. (1990)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Zur Julisch-Claudischen Münzprgung. (1979)

Full Record: Vedrianus. The Roman Imperial series. V. Gaius. (1963)

Full Record: Tietze, Christian M. Kaiser Cajus Caesar, genannt Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Wood, Susan. Diva Drusilla Panthea and the sisters of Caligula / Susan Wood. (1995)

Full Record: Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. Coinage in Roman imperial policy 31 B.C.-A.D. 68. (1951)

Full Record: Sutherland, C. H. V. The mints of Lugdunum and Rome under Gaius : an unsolved problem. (1981)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius : Agrippina Maior und Antonia Augusta auf Münzen. (1978)

Full Record: Voirol, August. Eine Warenumsatzsteuer im antiken Rom und der numismatische Beleg inher Aufhebung : Centesima rerum venalium. (1943)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Zur Münzprgung des Caligula von Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza). (1973)

A Shot from our trip to Sumpter Valley Oregon

As the sun hits - She’ll be waiting - With her cool things - And her heaven.

Holland as it looks like in my imagination... Haven't been home in autumn for a few years now... So when I think of my home-country in autumn I only see the beautiful colors on sunny days (and forget the storms, the rain and cold)..

AS the sun set a trick of the light made these cranes look as if they were veiled by cloud, whereas the reality was the cloud was beyond the cranes. It was so peaceful, these last few minutes of daylight, I had to record it. Aside from which, I have never seen cranes kiss goodnight before.

As you may or may not have found out by now, D&E Coaches operated Dennis Trident Plaxton President S88 YST is no more following an engine failure on the 9th of June. It is now nothing more than a cube in a scrapyard, however before it left the D&E depot I enquired about if there was any chance of saving a couple of bits from it for me. I ended up getting a lot more than I expected!

This is something you may not recognise by the internals of it, because not only is seeing the internals of one of these basically impossible unless you receive the item, it's also located in the driver's cab reasonably hidden from view of passengers. It's the gear selector! With this the driver selects whether to be in forward, reverse or neutral (with neutral being the one in the middle). Drive and reverse will stay pressed in when selected, and it'll pop up when the driver goes into neutral! It looks like the additional unused slots would be if it was a manual gearbox, but you only need the 3 here. Very interesting!

Many thanks to the team at D&E Coaches for allowing the items I show in this series of photos to be saved from S88 YST for me! It means the world and I'm absolutely thrilled to be able to preserve these parts so that they live on for a long time to come!

Date Taken: August 23rd, 2024

Device Used: iPhone 12 Pro Max

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Upload Number: 905

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And Kevin is calling out the Hawks for . . . fraud! (smile).

The Hawks and Carroll tied for first in the regular season at 11-3, but the Patriots won both meetings and entered the playoffs as the South's top seed. The Hawks were second. Not exactly the "division champ."

Kevin thinks they should erase or cross out "BASKETBALL 2002" . . . or make another banner.

as one of the 'dudes' as the kids would say, from the water sports hut on the beach wraps up the sails on the last of the boats belonging to the hotel are tied down.I thought it made a nice silhouette against the sunset over the Indian Ocean, as I am stood on the beach in front of our hotel the Sugar Beach resort at Wolmar, on the West Coast of Mauritius, Paradise ;)

August 2013 - family holiday

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Deer on the side of the road in Qualicum beside the sign which says they should be there. Sometimes that sign can lead to disappointment, but not today!

Our shared narratives as Americans are preserved through the highest caliber of ongoing scholarship and advocacy. On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the Jay Heritage Center (JHC) held its second John Jay Medal Dinner and recognized two individuals whose exemplary efforts have helped elevate and strengthen the legacy of native New Yorker, John Jay.

JHC's first honoree was Prof. Joseph J. Ellis, one of our nation's leading historians and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation. Ellis' exhaustive and illuminating research for his newest book The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution 1783-1789 restores John Jay to the pantheon of nation-builders alongside Washington, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. JHC's second honoree was Prof. Nicholas A. Robinson, a founder of the Pace Environmental Law School newly renamed for the tireless environmentalist and philanthropist Elisabeth Haub. Robinson, together with JHC's original founders, helped preserve and landmark the 23 acre Jay Estate on Long Island Sound in 1993. Today this touchstone in Jay's life is protected parkland and a must see destination on New York State's Path Through History.

Warm weather rewarded 125 dinner attendees including many Jay descendants and the editors of The Selected Papers of John Jay at Columbia University. An appreciative crowd enjoyed cocktails on the veranda and toured the landscape. They viewed rare manuscripts and artwork including a 1786 drawing of Spain's flag generously donated by Mrs. Paul Hughes and her family. Afterwards Prof. Ellis gave a mesmerizing talk about John Jay's peacemaking skills and his pivotal role in shaping our new nation's foreign policy with Britain, France and particularly Spain.

According to Ellis "[Jay] is the greatest diplomat of the revolutionary generation." Both honorees received standing ovations.

Samuel W. Croll III, Prof. Shelby D. Green, Charlene Laughlin and Thomas R. Mercein were Dinner Co-Chairs. Previous Jay Medal honorees were Catherine "Kitty" Aresty and Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.

(Photos by Cutty McGill)

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As praias são os principais atrativos de Salinas. A ilha do Atalaia, localizada a 12 quilômetros da cidade, é uma das mais conhecidas e, também, mais visitadas. Lá estão as belas praias de Salinas, Atalaia e Farol Velho que, juntas, possuem mais de 20 quilômetros de extensão. A particularidade delas é que os visitantes podem entrar com seus carros nas areias e chegar bem perto da água. Os turistas-motoristas devem, entretanto, tomar cuidado com a maré. É comum pessoas perderem seus carros engolidos pelas águas do mar, quando a maré sobe.

Na ilha, encontramos lagos, fontes de água natural, igarapés e dunas gigantescas de areia branca e vegetação litorânea abundante.

As praias ainda reservam um banho seguro para as crianças. Quando a maré está baixa formam-se laguinhos de água salgada em toda a extensão das praias.

Outro destaque da cidade é a praia do Maçarico, que fica na área urbana de Salinas. É um dos pontos mais freqüentados durante as noites de julho. São mais de 2 quilômetros de orla recentemente inaugurada. O calçadão ornamentado com palmeiras é o point dos ciclistas e ideal para cooper no final da tarde.

Na orla do Maçarico há inúmeros bares, restaurantes e churrascarias onde se pode degustar os mais deliciosos e requintados pratos da culinária paraense. É também no maçarico que acontecem eventos culturais que atraem multidões nos períodos de alta temporada.

Outras praias:

• Das Curvinas: no final da orla do Maçarico existe uma ponte que dá acesso à praia. Nela ocorre o encontro das águas dos rios Urindeua e Maramuipy.

• Do Cruzeiro: na Vila de Cuiarana. Praia pouco freqüentada. Não conta com estrutura. Boa para quem gosta de isolamento.

• Do amor: na Vila de Cuiarana. Há poucas barracas que só funcionam em finais de semana e feriados, com a venda de bebidas e frutos do mar (camarão, caranguejo, ostra).

Fonte: salinas.tur.br

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Salinópolis - Pará

Amazônia Atlântica - Brasil

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Salinas City of Pará State

Amazon Atlantic - Brazil

As far as I'm aware, this is the only major supermarket downtown.

Brent Sommerhauser.

Berm.

Paper and Shims

Photo: transmediale 2014

Documentary film director Laura Poitras, independent security analyst Jacob Appelbaum and artist and geographer Trevor Paglen reflect on upcoming frontiers of action and awareness for hackers, activists and artists in the present context of geopolitical surveillance and control.

As seen in Venezia for Carnivale 2017. All photos by Luana Rubin.

As she gets older I realize more and more, each day I get to have face-to-face time with her is a blessing.

St Peter, Spexhall, Suffolk

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It was the end of March, and the first properly warm, sunny Saturday of the year. I caught the early train up from Ipswich to Halesworth, and cycled off into the hills. Incidentally, anyone looking for a cure for stress could do a lot worse than going for a bike ride around the lanes about Halesworth. Here, the deep green encroaching of the fields and copses in spring, the angelica and the birdsong, and the silent heat of the dusty road, are guaranteed to lower the blood pressure and raise the spirits. Better for you than valium or prozac as well.

St Peter at Spexhall is a particularly idyllic spot. This largely Victorianised little church sits in a sweet little graveyard behind a fence and gates. In spring, the long grasses and Mary's Lace boil up around the walls, and if you sit down on the slab of a tombchest for a while, you'll know that there's nowhere else on earth you'd rather be. Lichened 18th and 19th century gravestones peep up for a little sunshine, and beyond rests the church, a neat little building looking all of JK Colling's 1870s restoration. He put a flying buttress over the chancel door, a witty borrowing from neighbouring Blythburgh. The round tower is from a later restoration, being rebuilt in 1910. However, there is one significant survival from earlier days, a great curiosity. This is the lattice pattern set in brick into the east wall. This dates from when the chancel was rebuilt in the early 18th century, presumably because it had fallen into such a bad state. This is so like the same thing in 15th century flint at nearby Barsham that it surely must be a copy.

The tower replaced one that fell in 1720. The base is possibly Saxon, at the very least early Norman. There is also a surviving blocked Norman north doorway. It is all very well looked after, and obviously loved. There is a sense in which St Peter has re-invented itself as a kind of wayside shrine, a place for passers-by to seek spiritual refreshment. As the sign in the porch says, it is always open, and you step into a light, pretty interior that is far more than just a posh venue for a Sunday club. This seems so obviously the way forward for the Church of England. The parish churches are its most visible act of witness, a powerful one, reminding us of something outside of the busy, materialist world of the 21st century.

Simple 19th Century tiles and benches give the interior a rustic feel. The Jones & Willis glass in the east window is good and a bit unusual, depicting Christ the Good Shepherd flanked by Miriam and the Widow with her mite. There is more glass by the workshop in the north aisle, although it was obscured on my most recent visit by a rather good patchwork of houses in the parish.

There are 15th and 16th century brass inscriptions, and one figure, reset on the wall, but more moving is a surviving battlefield cross, returned to this parish by the Imperial War Graves Commission when it was replaced with a permanent one in the years after the First World War. It marked the grave of Lt. J D Calvert of the Rifle Brigade, who died on the 15th February 1915. These crosses are increasingly valued survivals. Pretty much no one is now left alive with a memory of the Great War. Just as this church is a touchstone to the past, so these crosses spark a remembrance in the heart.

Casa Milà, better known as La Pedrera, (meaning the 'The Quarry'), is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1906–1912. It is located in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

It was a controversial design at the time for the bold forms of the undulating stone facade and wrought iron decoration of the balconies and windows, designed largely by Josep Maria Jujol, who also created some of the plaster ceilings.

Architecturally it is considered as an innovative work for its steel structure and curtain walls – the façade is self-supporting. Other innovative elements were the construction of underground car parking and separate lifts and stairs for the owners and their servants.

In 1984, it was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO. [Wikipédia]

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The Patrouille Acrobatique de France, also known as the Patrouille de France or PAF, is the precision aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force. Originating in 1931, it is the world's oldest and one of the most skilled demonstration teams. Pilots currently fly the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. In 1931 France's first aerobatic demonstration took place over Étampes-Mondésir. It was performed by the instructors from the local flying school with Morane-Saulnier MS-230 planes. In the period 1932-1939, under the command of Captain Pierre Fleurquin, the team received considerable praise and was chosen to represent France at international events. Over in Dijon the "Weiser" team, consisting of 18 planes (Morane-Saulnier MS-225 and SPAD 510) gained fame for their team displays in which the planes were tied together.

The Patrouille d'Étampes team relocated to Salon-de-Provence in 1937, adopting the name Patrouille de l'École de l'air ("Flying school Patrol"). The Second World War interrupted the operations of both teams. Stampe SV.4C of the Patrouille de France in 1951

In 1947, the Minister for the Air created an aerobatic team from the Air Force. Led by Captain Perrier, a former pilot from the Patrouille d'Étampes team, it initially consisted of twelve Stampe SV.4 aircraft. Following the increasing popularity of their performances, a number of similar units were formed within the Air Force. In 1952, Squadron Leader Delachenal, a pilot from the 3rd combat division stationed at the airbase at Reims-Champagne, formed a team of four F-84 aircraft. In 1953, during an aerial event at Maison Blanche in Algeria, the show's commentator, carried away by the spectacle he had just witnessed, gave the team the name "Patrouille de France".

Over the following decade four separate aerial display Air Force units (12th unit – Cambrai-Épinoy; 4th unit Bremgarten; 2nd unit – Dijon-Longvic; 7th unit – Nancy-Ochey) continued to perform at both national and international events. In 1964 however, budget cuts led to reductions throughout the Air Force, including the dissolution of the Dassault Mystère IV team. Nonetheless, a few months later, keen that the Patrouille de France name should not be lost, the Ministry of Defence decided to create an official "Patrouille de l'École de l'air". Its team of six Fouga Magister aircraft stationed once again at Salon-de-Provence and became France's premier aerial display team for the next 16 years.

The final display involving the Fouga Magister, now nine in number, took place on September 16, 1980 at their home base of Salon-de-Provence. They were replaced by seven Alpha Jet, with an additional plane added in 1982. The aircraft, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Bernard Inge, has remained unchanged to this day. In 1986, the team took part in an historic fly-past above New York City. In 2009, the Patrouille de France achieved a world premiere when Commandant Virginie Guyot was appointed leader, becoming the first woman in history to lead a demonstration team.

As part of Commitment to Service Week, U.S. Military Academy at West Point cadets were treated to a panel discussion led by ABC correspondent Martha Raddatz with Medal of Honor recipients Paul Bucha, Gary Beikirch and William Swenson, April 28, 2019.

DoITPoMS, University of Cambridge

An example of a white cast iron, so named due to its relatively low carbon content, which means that the carbon present is in the form of cementite. Upon cooling the melt initially forms austenite dendrites and ledeburite. The dendrites then transform to pearlite, and the ledeburite to ferrite and cementite.

System

Fe-C-X

Composition

Fe, C 3.56, Si 0.20, Mn 0.37, Cr 0.91 (wt%)

Reaction

Processing

as cast

Applications

Sample preparation

Nital

Technique

Reflected light microscopy

Contributor

Dr R F Cochrane

Organisation

Department of Materials, University of Leeds

View micrograph in DoITPoMS website

As I was preparing her review I realized I didn't have any pictures of her without her fox stuff on :O

Mintage: 41,000

As with all New Orleans half eagles from this decade (with the exception of the 1844-O), the 1845-O is a very rare coin in Uncirculated. In the most recent edition of my New Orleans book I estimated that around five or six were known. This number has increased due to a small group of Uncirculated coins being discovered on the S.S. New York. These shipwreck coins, however, might be looked at in a different light by some viewers (myself included) as they do not have the original surfaces that this piece does. Despite a reasonably high NGC population, this date remains a real rarity in Uncirculated.

As the main event of 2013 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival, first 200 Lanterns are released at Shifen Sky Lantern Square on the Fifteenth day of Lunar New Year, a.k.a. Lantern Festival, Feb 24, 2013.

做為2013平溪天燈節的壓軸，主活動依然是在十分天燈廣場舉辦，以200個天燈施放揭開序幕。

2013 Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 平溪天燈節

As seen from our balcony last night. Constant lightning for about an hour, but too far away to hear the thunder. So cool.

final semester final exam is almost over...somehow I feel sad that the fact I`m leaving this city soon...been here for not even 2 years yet...but I`m seriously in love with Adelaide.

Every corner and every direction in the city just make me feel like I`m in my `home country`...too bad...too bad...leaving real soon...

A moto-scooterist returns to the shore to pick up his customers.

Established as a brewery by Chuck Hahn in 1986, a handsome conversion of a 19th century factory building, today it is owned by Lion Nathan. Hahn previously worked for Lion Nathan when it was New Zealand Breweries, in New Zealand, and is credited with developing the highly successful Steinlager brew.

Today Hahn is brew master of Malt Shovel, which occupies a similar market positioning to Coopers although with less capacity.

I suppose you could argue that takeaway places like this are neither cheap nor cheerful...

The Delahaye 135, also known as "Coupe des Alpes" after its success in the Alpine Rally, was first presented in 1935 and signified Delahaye's decision to build sportier cars than before. The 3.2-litre overhead valve straight-six with four-bearing crankshaft was derived from one of Delahaye's truck engines and was also used in the more sedate, longer wheelbase (3,160 mm or 124 in) Delahaye 138. Power was 95 hp (71 kW) in twin carburetor form, but 110 hp (82 kW) were available in a version with three downdraught Solex carbs, offering a 148 km/h (92 mph) top speed. The 138 had a single carburetor and 76 hp (57 kW), and was available in a sportier 90 hp (67 kW) iteration.The 135 featured independent, leaf-sprung front suspension, a live rear axle, and cable operated Bendix brakes. 17-inch spoked wheels were also standard. Transmission was either a partially synchronized four-speed manual or four-speed Cotal pre-selector transmission.Competition 135s set the all-time record at the Ulster Tourist Trophy and placed second and third in the Mille Miglia in 1936,[5] and the 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans.The list of independent body suppliers offering to clothe the 135 chassis is the list of France's top coachbuilders of the time, including Figoni & Falaschi, Letourner & Marchand, Guilloré, Marcel Pourtout, Frères Dubois, J Saoutchik, Franay, Antem and Henri Chapron.Production of the 3.2-litre version ended with the German occupation in 1940 and was not taken up again after the end of hostilities.The Delahaye 135, also known as "Coupe des Alpes" after its success in the Alpine Rally, was first presented in 1935 and signified Delahaye's decision to build sportier cars than before. The 3.2-litre overhead valve straight-six with four-bearing crankshaft was derived from one of Delahaye's truck engines and was also used in the more sedate, longer wheelbase (3,160 mm or 124 in) Delahaye 138. Power was 95 hp (71 kW) in twin carburetor form,but 110 hp (82 kW) were available in a version with three downdraught Solex carbs, offering a 148 km/h (92 mph) top speed. The 138 had a single carburetor and 76 hp (57 kW), and was available in a sportier 90 hp (67 kW) iteration.The 135 featured independent, leaf-sprung front suspension, a live rear axle, and cable operated Bendix brakes. 17-inch spoked wheels were also standard. Transmission was either a partially synchronized four-speed manual or four-speed Cotal pre-selector transmission.Competition 135s set the all-time record at the Ulster Tourist Trophy and placed second and third in the Mille Miglia in 1936,[5] and the 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans.The list of independent body suppliers offering to clothe the 135 chassis is the list of France's top coachbuilders of the time, including Figoni & Falaschi, Letourner & Marchand, Guilloré, Marcel Pourtout, Frères Dubois, J Saoutchik, Franay, Antem and Henri Chapron.Production of the 3.2-litre version ended with the German occupation in 1940 and was not taken up again after the end of hostilities.Presented in December 1938 and built until the outbreak of war in 1940, the Type 168 used the 148L's chassis and engine (engine code 148N) in Renault Viva Grand Sport bodywork. Wheelbase remained 315 cm while the use of artillery wheels rather than spoked items meant minor differences in track. This curious hybrid was the result of an effort by Renault to steal in on Delahaye's lucrative near monopoly on fire vehicles: after a complaint by Delahaye, Renault relinquished contracts it had gained, but in return Delahaye had to agree to purchase a number of Viva Grand Sport bodyshells. In an effort to limit the market of this cuckoo's egg, thus limiting the number of bodyshells it had to purchase from Renault, Delahaye chose to equip it with the unpopular Wilson preselector (even though the marketing material referred to the Cotal version). This succeeded very well, and with the war putting a stop to car production, no more than thirty were supposedly built. Strong, wide, and fast, like their Viva Grand Sport half sisters, the 168s proved popular with the army. Many were equipped to run on gazogène during the war and very few (if any) remain.

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Restrained and elegant, this delightful cabriolet is bodied by one of Frances most distinguished carrossiers, Henri Chapron. The company had been founded in 1919 by Henri Chapron, originally from Nouan-le-Fuzeler in the Sologne region of France, who had been apprentice to a coachbuilder at the age of 14 and established his own company in Neuilly, Paris, at the end of the Great War. Chapron was noted for the modernity of his designs for, unlike the majority of his rivals, he carried no baggage from the horse-carriage era.

This particular car is finished in dark blue with matching dark blue leather interior trim. In 1996 it was serviced by the famous specialist Arthur Archer of Dunmow, Essex, England, while its engine was overhauled by Bruno Kühnis Oldtimer in 1997 and bills are available covering this work. The multi-faceted 135 was the keystone of a survival plan drawn up by Delahaye, one of Frances oldest car manufacturers, to cope with the crisis-hit 1930s. It sprang from a remark made over lunch by Ettore Bugatti to Delahayes veteran manager Charles Weiffenbach: Your automobiles are dependable and solidly-built, but not very sporting. You need to aim higher...The task of aiming higher was entrusted to Delahayes brilliant assistant chief engineer Jean François and his assistant Monciny. François had joined Delahaye in 1922 from the ephemeral Beck company of Lyon, where he had designed a remarkable 1,500cc car with all-round independent suspension by coil springs and trailing arms. The first fruit of his labours was the Type 138 launched at the 1933 Paris Salon, which had a clever parallelogram independent front suspension system with a transverse leaf spring as the lower member. Its pushrod ohv 3,227cc six-cylinder engine was developed from a robust 2,874cc power unit launched simultaneously in 1931 in the Type 126 car and a new high-speed 3-4 ton commercial vehicle.Jean François developed a new chassis, known as Type 135, which used the simple but effective independent front suspension layout of the earlier Type 138. The new chassis was immensely strong, with Bloctube welded box-section side members linked by a central caisson of pressed steel cross members which met at the transmission tunnel, the whole being welded to a ribbed floor,. At the front, a single cross member located the transverse front spring and the water and oil radiators (the latter was an advanced feature for a road car at that time. The firewall also formed part of the chassis structure.A prototype of this new chassis with a single-carburetor 20 CV 3,557cc version of the six-cylinder engine was homologated on 8 June 1934 with the Service des Mines (the central French licensing authority) as a 135M (for modified) type, but the Type 135 didnt enter production until late the following year, still powered by the old 3,227cc engine.

Delahaye launched the 135 at the 1935 Paris Salon in two series - 18 CV (3.2 litres) and 20 CV (3.5 litres) - and several states of tune. The touring version of the 135 was a most delightful sporting car, of which author J.R.Buckley wrote, Their coachwork was the quintessence of elegance . . . these bodies . . . did for the cars what Schiaparelli, Worth and Patou did for the cars owners, for perhaps not too surprisingly, despite their impressive performance, a high proportion of Delahaye 135s were owned by women.Testing a two-door Delahaye 135 in the winter of 1938, the British magazine Motor covered 1,000 miles in three days, many of them for the sheer pleasure of driving it. There are few cars with such superb roadholding and steering, such performance and such instantly responsive controls.In running order, this handsome car has been on museum display, and careful recommissioning would be advisable before it returns to the road. It comes with starting instructions in German and a 1991 French Certificat DImmatriculation registration document. It was originally delivered to a Michel Paris in 1937 and its next owner was a M Mancier. Its third owner was one M Sirejols, presumably the Parisien garagiste who took over the BNC sporting marque after its two founders, MM Bollack and Netter, had left the company.In October 1991, the Delahaye was acquired by Jean Sage, passing into the ownership of Peter Kaus in 1998.

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As I entered the Forest I noticed a Magpie chasing a fledged Woodpecker, grabbing its tail in flight to fling it to the ground to follow up and kill. I intervened and scared the Magpie away,to give it a second chance, hope it regianed its strength and Parents fed it on the ground.

As much as I sometimes trash-talk the new construction going up lately, it's interesting that we've all kind of stopped noticing this eyesore right on the busiest road in town.

as seen at the ModUrStang open day 2015.

As well as the previous pic on my stream, I also managed to get this flight shot which I hope you like..........Len.

As I was leaving the Mobile World Congress showground some students gathered for a protest

Cornwall, Vermont USA. Second blizzard settles in, thick & cold.

• The Emerald Gypsy (eGypsy) is a 1949 Ford F-5 Wayne shortbody schoolbus, motorhome conversion. It first served as a rural elementary schoolbus in Hemet, California. In the early 1960's it had its first conversion to a motorhome.

I bought it on eBay in May, 2007. It was my home • office • studio until August 2009. It is currently parked in Cornwall, Vermont USA.

For Sale, Where Is / As Is: 2015. (New Zealanders, I'm talking to YOU!) – Make me an offer.

Dressup =D part of our daily routine haha! i love you bootskeedoo<3

One Night As I Lay on My Bed

One night as I lay on my bed

I dreamed about a pretty maid.

I was so distressed, I could take no rest,

Love did torment me so.

So away to my true love I did go.

But when I came to my love's window,

I boldly called her by her name,

Saying: "It was for your sake I'm come here so late

Through this bitter frost and snow.

So it's open the window, my love, do."

"My mum and dad they are both awake,

And they will sure for to hear us speak.

There'll be no excuse then but sore abuse,

Many a bitter word and blow.

So begone from my window, my love, do."

"Your mum and dad they are both asleep,

And they are sure not to hear us speak,

For they're sleeping sound on their bed of down

And they draw their breath so low.

So open the window, my love, do!"

My love arose and she opened the door,

And just like an angel she stood on the fioor.

Her eyes shone bright like the stars at night,

And no diamonds could shine so.

So in with my true love I did go.

Recorded by Lou Killen, Rose in June

Went down a wrong street one afternoon and found an old Jewish cemetery on Buffalo's East Side. The most recent stones were dated from the late 1950s. The oldest stones are from the early 1800s, the earliest days of of the City of Buffalo when the "East Side" was sparsely populated farmlands. It is now a decayed urban area suffering from blight and disinvestment like so many "Rust Belt" cities. When the first people were buried here, one might have been able to look all the way to Lake Erie to the west and would have seen farms and animals as far as the eye could see. The streets were likely dirt or perhaps a few nicer streets paved with bricks.

Must have been very quiet compared to the industrial age that came, and the cars and the airport a few miles to the northeast. One of the oldest headstones showed a rabbi buried here in the mid 1800s. He was born in the early 1800s just a few years after the British burned the Village of the Buffalo down in retaliation for the American burning of of Niagara on the Lake and Fort George. Native Americans lived on reservation lands just a few miles south of here, south of the Buffalo River. There were remnants of Native-American mounds and probably burial mounds in farm fields, some that date back to thousands of years ago, just after the glaciers retreated. Years later the area would become a dense urban area with shops standing shoulder to shoulder on Genesee Street and ranks of houses running off the side streets, and trolleys trundling down the streets. In my life time this area has suffered and and its infrastructure is rough, so many houses and buildings are demolished that some people have described like "teeth in a Jack-O-Lantern". Things in Buffalo have been looking up lately, but this area has a large hole to climb out of. its new communities are African-American and many newcomers from Bengladesh, Pakistan, Africa and the MIddle East. It's formerly Germanic character has given way to new sounds and smells, routines etc....

The cemetery is bound on three sides by a railroad track, a magnificent old industrial building and a (not so magnificent) modern prefab building used for some local construction business. I have looked for signs of a temple - I am assuming there was one nearby somewhere, possibly on Doat Street or one of the many maze-like side streets. I was told there was one there...long ago but it was gone long long ago. Just a few years ago a Greek or Russian Orthodox church, that was formerly a Jewish Temple was demolished on Jefferson Ave. It had a big onion dome on the top and was one of the every few surviving temples in Buffalo. I suppose the point is that these facets of history are rare and important and should be preserved.

Someone I met, told me that his son, for a Boy Scout project cleaned and weeded the cemetery, reset the stones, trimmed the trees etc.... I believe he said they also documented all the headstones and photographed them. I do not know who maintains it now, but there is evidence of looting (missing bronze medallions from stones) and headstones flopped over.

It is bound on the south side by a large Christian cememtery (Concordia cemetery). It is separated by a rusty chain-link fence - And I find it strange and downright silly that even in death we have to have a fence that keeps "us" in here and "them" over there.

I find these places to be places of introspection and thought. To me these are remnants of communities that once lived here, and it shows the flux of people that come and go and reiterates that what a place is today is not what it always was and will not always be. The economic fortunes of the East Side, battered by loss of industrialization and racism is not doomed to be that way forever.