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Lanzarote, Spain . This picture has been taken through the glass of the bus while visiting the so called fire mountains in the Timanfaya park.
A spectacular view, only accessible by touristic bus.
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police conduct search and rescue training exercises with partners from the Canadian Forces Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and Meaford Coast Guard, May 2015.
Photographer: Bobb Barratt
Rights info: Crown Copyright, 2015
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Destruction Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse on Destruction Island, a rocky island that is part of the Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge lying about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast of Jefferson County, Washington, in the northwest of the United States.
Construction of the Destruction Island Lighthouse began in 1890. The island was proposed as a site for a lighthouse years earlier, but a shortage of funds and shifting priorities delayed the project. After the 94-foot (29 m) conical tower was complete, it was wrapped in a skin of iron to protect it from the elements. The fog signal was placed in operation November 1, 1891, and the five concentric wicks of the lamp were set afire on January 1, 1892. The tower's first order Fresnel lens stood 147 feet (45 m) above sea level and was visible for 24 miles (39 km). The Coast Guard assumed responsibility for the lighthouse in 1939; it was automated in November 1968. In 1963, the Coast Guard's attempt to turn off the beacon for good was scuttled by the protests of local boaters.
The Fresnel lens was removed in 1995 and is on exhibit at the Westport Maritime Museum in Westport, Washington. It was replaced with a Vega Rotating Beacon (VRB-25). At that time the use of the underwater power cable was retired to solar panels. The Coast Guard gutted the original fog signal building and developed it into temporary housing just in case weather prevented maintenance crews from leaving the island. The two keepers' dwellings are no longer standing. The only remaining companions to the lighthouse are two oil houses, the fog signal building and original water tower.
The Coast Guard shut off the light for good in April 2008. The structure is now under the management of U.S Fish & Wildlife, Quillayute Needles National Wildlife Refuge, and is closed to the public. The lighthouse is visible in the distance from U.S. Route 101 at Ruby Beach about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Kalaloch.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destruction_Island_Light
Photo of Destruction Island and Destruction Island Lighthouse captured via Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm F/1.7 lens and the bracketing method of photography. Olympic National Park. Coast Range. Olympic Peninsula. Jefferson County, Washington. Late May 2016.
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec. * ISO Speed: ISO-100 * Aperture: F/8 * Bracketing: +1 / -1
The only fully low floor bus in Sydney, prototype Scania N310UA Volgren CR228L 2112 sits at Sydenham between 430s.
2112 was a trial bus for the STA, testing fully low floor layouts. 2112s engine is mounted vertically at the rear of the bus allowing for step and ramp free access down the length of the bus.
The accessible picnic table is increasingly common - the table extends over a space for a wheelchair.
The raised campsite is still uncommon, but I'm seeing more of them.
Pine Springs, Guadalupe National Park.
Ministers Island is an historic Canadian island in New Brunswick's Passamaquoddy Bay near the town of St. Andrews.
The 280-hectare (690-acre) island stands several hundred metres offshore immediately northeast of the town and is a geographical novelty in that it is accessible at low tide by a wide gravel bar suitable for vehicular travel.
Minister’s Island became famous in the last decade of the nineteenth century as the summer home of Sir William Van Horne, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway. By the time of Van Horne’s death in 1915, the island had been transformed into a small Xanadu, sporting a sandstone mansion furnished in the most lavish late Edwardian manner, manicured grounds, scenic roads, greenhouses turning out exotic fruits and vegetables, as well as a breeding farm producing prize-winning Clydesdale horses and Dutch Belted cattle. It was the most spectacular of many palatial summer homes in St. Andrews, which since the creation of the St. Andrews Land Company in 1888 and the arrival of Van Horne in 1891, had become a watering place of note on the Canadian east coast.
The KOM League
Flash Report
For
August 23, 2020
This report is accessible on Flickr at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/50252399423/
While this report basically deals with the passing of former KOM league members it isn’t morbid in the least. All the people mentioned lived full lives well into their 90’s and each served their country in the war fought by “The Greatest Generation”—thank you Tom Brokaw.
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Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr.
Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr. Obituary--Here is Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr.’s obituary. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr. (Nampa, Idaho), who passed away on July 3, 2020, at the age of 93, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr. to pay them a last tribute. You may also light a candle in honor of Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr.
All that was found of Wattle’s passing is contained, verbatim, in the two paragraphs just cited. To find out a little bit more about him you would need some baseball record books, old newspaper clippings and personal contacts with the deceased and an ex-wife of his. Fortunately, all those things have been at my disposal over the past 25 years.
Wattles was born June 20, 1927 to the former Chalmers Walker a native of Scotland and since he was a Junior there isn’t any need to repeat his father’s name. The Sr. Wattles was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1871. He had moved west and became a very successful banker holding the position of President in banks in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg, California The elder Wattles had first married in 1894. He married second his wife, Chalmers, June 1, 1921. This link is very interesting regarding Samuel Wattles Sr. It has photos as well. cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=HT19280105.2.16&e=-------en--...
In 1928 the elder Wattles passed away, see foregoing link, leaving Chalmers to raise three small children, the youngest being Samuel Jr. There are numerous ship manifests where it shows Chalmers and the children made several trips to her homeland. Chalmers remarried, eight years later to a very prominent person in a couple of fields including wine and music, but the children didn’t take on the name of her second husband The account of the wedding is at this link. Read this if you want to know the meaning of “knock your socks off.” cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=HT19360601.2.39&e...
Samuel Jr. was a gifted high school athlete at Healdsburg, California but following his graduation he joined the United States Navy and served his country for three years. One of the Navy vessels on which he served was the USS Joseph P. Kennedy. During his tenure in the Navy, Wattles played for the Des-Pac team at San Diego and in 1948-49 that team was the Naval Fleet champions.
During his service days he was 5’ 11” in height and weighed 172 pounds. He was a left-handed hitter and a right handed thrower and he caught the attention of the Chicago Cubs. Before he played a professional game he married Doreen White on October 30, 1949 in Healdsburg. On March 3, 1950 he filled out his Baseball Questionnaire and stated that he was born June 20, 1929. Another former soldier who knocked two years off his real age in order to get a better shot at a professional career.
On February 2, 1950 the Chicago Cubs assigned Wattles to the Visalia Cubs of the California league. Then his “big break” came when he was sent to Carthage, Mo. on June 20. He finished out the year there where he played in 73 games and hit .309. At the close of the season his contract was returned to Visalia. Then on May 19 of 1951 he was sent to Sioux Falls, South Dakota to play for the Canaries. After a couple of months there he was optioned to New Bern, North Carolina. That ended his baseball career as he was placed on the restricted list in 1952.
When the search of locating former KOM leaguer players was in full throttle, Wattles was located in Carson City, Nevada. He had worked in California for the Highway Patrol and later when living in Reno, Nevada he was employed by the Strand Hotel in what I believe was a security role.
Honesty forbids that I fib or make many assumptions. One time a call was received from a lady asking if I ever heard of Sam Wattles. I admitted that I had. She inquired as to where he was residing and naturally the question was “What is the reason for your question?” That is when I learned I was speaking with one of his former wives. It is documentable that he had at least two. But, this publication is not a gossip column—or is it?
In lieu of there not being an obituary for Samuel Lockwood Wattles Jr. this is one old guys attempt to at least remember a former member of the Carthage Cubs and the KOM league.
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Robert Eugene Field Miami Blues 1946
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Robert Eugene ‘Bob’ Field, 97, died July 15, 2020, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie. He was born August 27, 1922, in Hutchinson, to Brice Wilford and Helen Lucille (Gibbs) Field.
He graduated Hutchinson High School in 1941. Bob served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1943. He was stationed in Africa as a private under General Patton during World War II. Bob retired after 40 years of service as a salesman for Pella Windows. He traveled all over Kansas, and more specifically, western Kansas. Bob was awarded the top salesman per capita for all of the Pella stores in the United States. He was a member of the American Legion Lysle Rishel Post #68 and had received his 75-year membership plaque and pin, and V.F.W. Bob Campbell Post #1361.
On June 16, 2002, Bob married Lelya Mary Albright in Eureka Springs, AR. They shared 18 years of marriage.
Bob is survived by wife, Lelya of Pretty Prairie; daughter, Diane Devine (Wesley) of Olathe, CO; daughter-in-law, Regina Field of Hutchinson; stepchildren, Judith Dewhurst, Eldon Field (Georgia), Justin Field (Joyce); grandchildren, Gary Long (Christa) and Nicole Bellinger (Joe); great-granddaughters, Trinity and Madison Bellinger; and numerous step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; son, Frederick Field, brother, Gene Field; and a sister, Beverly Hamer.
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, 2020, at Elliott Mortuary, with Pastor Craig Waetke officiating. Burial will follow in Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, with military honors conducted by the Fort Riley Honor Guard. Friends may call from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday and 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday, with the family present from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary.
Memorials may be made to the Reno County Veterans’ Memorial, in care of Elliott Mortuary, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501.
Ed comments:
In the August 4, 2020 edition of this publication this statement was made. “Probably the best scorecard format in KOM league history was that of the 1946 Miami club On the front cover were 15 photos of the individual team members. In my possession are various versions of that cover. When the season opened the photo in the middle of the fourth row belonged to Robert Field of Hutchinson, Kansas. (On 8/27/2020 Bob Field, the oldest living former KOM leaguer, will celebrate his 98th birthday.) Three weeks into the season the photo occupying that spot was that of Ralph Marler. For those owning a purchased, borrowed or stolen copy of the “great tome” The KOM League Remembered, that photo is depicted on page 12.”
As is evident to the reader, Mr. Field had passed away a short time before the foregoing paragraph was written. He had a long tenure with baseball in Hutchinson going back to when they were a Pittsburgh Pirate farm club and he was their batboy. A number of future Pittsburgh Pirates went through there. One fellow, Frank Gustine, encouraged Field to pursue a baseball career. Before he could do so, however, WW II came along and he was off to serve his country.
When the KOM League formed a number of fellows from Central Kansas were interested in joining the Miami club. Field had played many years of local baseball with the Beran brothers, from Claflin. He along with Joe from the Beran clan went to Miami to tryout and make the team. Beran was a pitcher in his first season of professional baseball. Before the season concluded Field had been released. The Brooklyn Dodgers selected Beran as one of the six players they had an option and sent him to Ponca City in 1947 and he became a power hitter over the next half dozen or so years in pro ball.
When the KOM league reunions first began Field and the Beran brothers would travel together to every event. Three Beran brothers attended the reunions only one of which played in the KOM league. There were two other brothers who played in the KOM league but they never attended any event.
The Field/Beran clan attended the reunions together for some were bachelors and others widowers. Then around 2002 things changes as Field remarried and starting bringing his new bride, Leyla, to all the events. She was a very great addition for she was full of live and a very talented pianist. Over the years I heard a lot from the newlyweds and they were always excited when talking on the telephone about the great times they had at KOM league reunions.
So, Bob Field is greatly missed. In the April 13, 2020 edition of this publication the following list appeared, showing the oldest living former KOM leaguers.
Robert E. Field-- 8/27/1922 (Miami 1946)
Willis Frank Carruth-- 9/30/1922 (Bartlesville 1948)
Ruel WilliamWaggener--10/23/1923 (Pittsburg and Bartlesville 1946 then Bartlesville 1947)
Jasper Bono-- 3/15/1924 (Chanute 1946)
Nicholas Kucher --11/1/1924 (Ponca City 1947)
John Lawrence Bulkley --1/5/1925 (Chanute 1946-47)
William Edward McProuty --2/27/1925 (Independence 1947)
Robert J. Kapinus-- 4/10/1925 (Iola 1946)
Peter S. Maropis--9/27/1925 (Bartlesville 1948)
Since that was published two names have to be taken off the board—Robert Field and Willis Carruth. So, Ruel Waggener moves to the top of the list. He probably doesn’t know that he holds the top spot. Here’s hoping he does so for a long time. To the best of my knowledge he resides in a nursing home in Peoria, Illinois.
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Chanute Athletics pitcher 1950 passes away
Peter Swain
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MIDLAND - "Coach" Peter Swain departed from this life on July 3, 2019, he was 91 years old. Pete was born on May 11, 1928, in Laurel, Nebraska. His parents were Josina and Peter Swain.
He grew up in Long Beach, California, and attended Long Beach Poly Tech High School. A prominent baseball player growing up, Pete signed with the then-Boston Braves organization after graduating high school. After four seasons with the Braves organization, Pete was drafted into the Army in 1949. After serving two years in the Army, he returned to professional baseball in 1953 to the then-Milwaukee Braves. After the 1953 season, Pete joined Texas ranching legend Herbert Kokernot and his Alpine Cowboys to finish his playing career. Pete attended Sul Ross State University where he received his degree in Geology and was also the head coach of the Lobo baseball team where he led them in winning the 1957 NAIA National Championship.
After baseball and coaching, Pete went into the oil and gas industry where he enjoyed a 60-year career that took him all over the world. Pete enjoyed traveling with his wife, being with his family and the game of baseball. His sense of humor and quick wit never left him short of good one-liners that were enjoyed by all. He loved with a full and honest heart that was felt by all those that ever met him, but above all he was a true disciple of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Pete is survived by his wife of 50 years, Carol Swain of Midland. He is also survived by his sister, Marlene Bangs of Medford, Oregon; daughter, Carol Wilson of Midland, Texas; son, Lou Swain of Midland, Texas; his grandchildren, Jordan Wilson of Midland, Texas, Josh Wilson, and wife, Brenna Wilson of Lubbock, Texas, John Wesley Wilson, and wife, Gretchen Wilson of Midland, Texas, Caitlin Riemer, and husband, Lee Riemer of Austin, Texas, Jackson Wilson of Lubbock, Texas, Meghan Swain of Midland, Texas, Addison Swain of Midland, Texas; his great-grandchildren Knox Wilson, Cooper Wilson, Mia Wilson and Collier Wilson; and his step-children, Joe Jay, and wife, Nancy Jay of Nasa, Texas, John Jay, and wife, Ann Jay of Seabrook, Texas, Jennifer Newland, and husband, Richard Newland of Katy, Texas, and their families.
Funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at Nalley-Pickle & Welch Chapel. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Lou Swain, Jordan Wilson, Josh Wilson, John Wesley Wilson, Jackson Wilson and John Jay.
Guilt, the gift that keeps on giving—A Pete Swain Memo from 9/19/2015
John: Just finished the latest the latest KOM report. You made me feel very guilty. I always look for the report read it and then go about my business. I guess I am like most of the old ball gamers. We take it for granted until we don't receive one, then we start checking the batter’s box. It's kind of like getting the take sign on a 3 - 2 count. I'll do better, keep up the great work. Believe it or not you are greatly admired and appreciated. Hope all is well with you and your family. Keep those score cards coming. Thanks for your dedication. Pete Swain—Midland, TX 1950 Chanute Athletics
Ed note:
Swain had five summers in the minor leagues but the highlight of his career had to be having played centerfield for the Alpine, TX Cowboys. That was an amateur team which participated in the National Baseball Congress tourney in Wichita, KS. In 1956, when Johnny Podres of the Brooklyn Dodgers was in the Army, his services were secured to pitch one game for the Cowboys. Swain still recalls standing in the outfield and watching balls that Podres threw that he had never witnessed from any other pitcher.
When the first contact was made with Swain, in 2009, and he was impressed I could track him and how I guessed the circumstances of his moving from Nebraska to California. It was easy to assume for his father died leaving his mother to raise three small children in a place where it would have been difficult to provide for them.
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Last minute addition—Death of a funny, serious man.
As this report was being finalized, late on August 22 the computer notified me that Jack Morris, the “Baseball Necrologist” had sent along some sad news. It carried the obituary of Howard Hunt. Hunt was a regular at KOM events and always made a presentation that kept the attendees in stitches. www.siskbrothers.com/obituaries/Howard-Hunt-Jr/#!/Obituary
Knowing that it was going to take a while to do justice in sharing his life the decision has been made to hold off until the next time in relating the life and times of a guy who was wittier than Don Rickles and presented some of his speeches much in the manner of Leo Gorcey of the Bowery Boys fame.
All of Hunt’s former teammates, who are still vertical, have been contacted and there is a ton of material to prepare. The next edition will most likely be totally about him and his 1950-51 Iola teammate’s recollections of such things as: The Falcons club, the purchase of a 1936 Terraplane automobile and the family member of one teammate who was known nationally as “The Banana Girl.” That story alone could fill an entire report.
So, if you made it through the Democrat convention and also survive the Republican version, tune into the next edition for some remarkable stories as seen through the eyes of the 1950-51 Iola Indians. What they lacked as far as a winning percentage they made up for in interesting backgrounds.
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This lovely spot was still publicly accessible when we were there in 2001. No longer; access requires crossing private land, and too many visitors were disrespecting the land and residents' property. It's also miles down a one-lane dirt road that isn't up to handling the amount of traffic the site had begun drawing.
Everyone has a right to access our public lands, but few of Glacier's trails were created with accessibility in mind.
A first step to addressing limits to accessibility is to identify them.
Glacier and the National Park Service are using tools—like the orange, one-wheeled device being pushed uphill by a ranger in this picture—to evaluate trails in the park using the High Efficiency Trail Assessment Process (HETAP).
HETAP identifies trail variables: grade, cross-slope, trail width, surface material, and more.
This data allows park managers to prioritize future trail improvements, and allow visitors in the future to make more informed decisions.
Children with additional support needs will have improved access to nursery education thanks to £2 million announced by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon today.
The money will fund specialist training and equipment to ensure all nurseries offering the free early learning and childcare (ELC) entitlement are equipped to care for children with additional support needs
The First Minister and Mark McDonald, Minister for Childcare and Early Years announced the funding while visiting Smile Childcare Early Years Centre in Wester Hailes, Edinburgh.
Accessible from the Pilatusbahn funicular railway, Mount Pilatus towers above Lucerne, covered in a light dusting of snow the day I visited, with the mountaintops rising above the thick clouds and drizzle of rain below
The extension of Rhäzüns station from 2017. A disabled-accessible platform with canopy. Normally, all S-Bahn trains stop at platform 1 and the Albula and freight trains run through on track 2. However, passenger traffic is also possible on platform 2 if a crossing of two stopping trains is necessary. But reaching platform 2 requires crossing a railway crossing. Switzerland, June 27, 2025. (2/2)
Two police community support officers of Greater Manchester Police at work on the Force’s North Manchester Division.
The work of PCSOs complements and supports their regular police officer colleagues. They provide a highly visible and accessible uniformed presence in the heart of local communities, which is intended to improve the quality of life and offer reassurance to the general public.
Neighbourhood Policing is at the heart of Greater Manchester Police. We want Greater Manchester to be a better place to live, work and play.
It is about putting people at the centre of what we do, really caring and having a strong working relationship with our communities. It is about having the right people in the right place at the right time tackling everything from anti-social behaviour and burglary to terrorism and organised crime.
Visit our website for information about Neighbourhood Policing in your area of Greater Manchester. www.gmp.police.uk
Visit Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives for details and opening times.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
CN 2580 takes M348 south through Prairie Crossing, IL with a pair of older units, being a Dash-9 and 75I as power.
Taken from Wikipedia:
Dun an Sticir (grid reference NF89717767) is located on a small island in Loch an Sticir on the east side of the B893 road, 0.8 kilometers south of Newtonferry. The name is also misspelled Dun an Sticer and Dun an Sticar. The island, on which the broch stands, is connected by a causeway to another larger island called Eilean na Mi-Chomhairle (Island of Bad Council). This larger island is connected via two causeways to the mainland. Dun an Sticir is freely accessible. At high tide, the causeways may be partially submerged.
The name Dun an Sticir is derived from "dun", which means "fortress", and "sticir" which means "skulker". Thus Dun an Sticir means Fort Skulker. Only in the second half of the twentieth century did it become clear that the structure was a broch.
History
Dun an Sticir was probably built in the Iron Age in the period between 100 BC and 100 AD, like most brochs. Limited excavations resulted in finds of pottery.
The broch was probably inhabited during the Viking period. In the Middle Ages the broch was converted into a rectangular hall, or small tower. The entrance was enlarged and a window was constructed. Outbuildings were added and there was a larger building on Eilean na Mi-Chomhairle. The causeway from the north side of the loch to Eilean na Mi-Chomhairle was widened to 3 meters, so that carts could get to the island.
Hugh MacDonald of Sleat (Scottish Gaelic: Ùisdean MacGilleEasbuig Chlèirich), son of Hugh the Clerk, inhabited Dun Sticir in 1602. He was the Factor to North Uist in the 1580s. In 1586 he hatched a plan to murder his cousin, Donald Gorm, 8th Chief of the Macdonalds of Sleat. After his plan was discovered, he fled to Dun an Sticir. He was eventually captured when he tried to escape a siege of his castle, Caisteal Uisdean, on Skye. As punishment, he was starved to death in the dungeon of Duntulm Castle on Skye.
Construction
Dun an Sticir is located on an island in a loch. A wide stone causeway leads from the north to the island of Eilean na Mi-Chomhairle. A second, smaller causeway leads from the south side of the lake to the same island. A third causeway curves from that island to the east to the small island on which the broch lies. The causeways are partially submerged at high tide.
The broch has a total diameter of 18 metres. The walls of the broch are 3.5 metres thick and in some places a little more than three metres high.
The circular interior of the broch was in the Middle Ages transformed into a rectangular area 10 metres by 4.6 metres. The axis is northeast–southwest. The entrances are 1.1 metres wide, located in the northwest and southwest of the rectangular space. The wall at the southwestern entrance is 2.5 metres thick.
Photo - (c) C.H.Stocker
Literature (c) Wikipedia
I've seen these remains of a power plant long before, but I never knew where they came from. There are three infrastructures for hydropower in the Schöllenen gorge. An old military one, which is inaccessible, a civilian plant and this historical remnants. From this location there could be no connection with the former military power station, which was shut down in 1950. That is located much further up with a water intake in the Urnerloch. Moreover, the entire plant is underground and not accessible due to military secrecy. The civilian Göschenen power plant also has a water intake in the Urnerloch, but the pressure pipe goes directly there.
In the description of the construction of the old Gotthard train tunnel they say, there were water-powered compressors available in Göschenen from April 4, 1873 onwards for pneumatic driven percussion drilling machines. So this could be the upper weir.
Now I have found another hint in a document about these old structures. It's just one phrase, but it says: «In 1875 a small power plant was created in the Schöllenen for the construction of the Gotthard tunnel». There's a difference of two years in the lore.
A little further down there are still other parts of the plant. But the power house with the compressors was located in Göschenen. Because the first electrodynamic generator was not invented until 1866, it is unlikely that electricity could also be produced here.
I will take a closer look at the situation on occasion and also take a photo of the lower part of the facility. Unfortunately, it seems to be difficult to access because of the overgrowth. Switzerland, Oct 1, 2017.
At 22.00 this evening
On the left - Old Jameson Distillery tower.
The old Jameson Distillery Chimney tower, and its observation deck, is no longer accessible to the public as it has long-since been closed due to health and safety concerns.
Syracuse Village, affordable housing: flats from $100s, this building appears to be eight apartments. (Model homes had those American flags out front.) Note the subtle ramps on the side; even though everything appeared to be slab on grade, some of the market-rate homes seemed to thwart accessibility with weird stairs. link to Stapleton houses for sale page
El Menhir de la Dona Morta emergeix majestuós al Coll de la Dona Morta, accessible a peu des del corral de la Falgarona o des del pic del Moixer.
Aquesta imponent estructura de grans dimensions està envoltada de fascinants llegendes amb arrels que es remunten fins a l’Edat Mitjana. En els antics dies, aquest paratge era conegut com la Collada del Cingle Gran.
La llegenda que envolta el Menhir de la Dona Morta té el seu origen en una història intrèpida. Un grup de joves del Mas de la Borbolla, durant la tradicional matança del porc, debatien sobre llegendes. La Martina, resident del poblat, desafiament rebutjava aquestes teories, considerant-les falses.
Un oncle de la Martina la va desafiar: va vendre un carner al mercat de Ceret i va apostar dues monedes d’or a que ella no tindria el coratge, a mitjanit, de plantar un agulló (ús com a guia per als bous) al pas de la Collada del Cingle Gran, a pocs minuts a peu del mas.
Amb determinació, la Martina va acceptar el desafiament. Va partir sola, malgrat les ombres de la nit. No va tornar mai, preocupant els habitants. La van trobar morta al pas. Van descobrir que, per error, havia clavat l’agulló a la seva pròpia roba i, aterrada, va sucumbir al terror, creguen que era capturada pel Dimoni que volia castigar-la per no creure en les llegendes. Aquest episodi ha impregnat de misteri el Menhir de la Dona Morta, recordant-nos els secrets ocults en els racons màgics de la nostra terra.
Jordan Kay at Twitter tweeted to say that "when Apple sends out their standard 'Make Your App Accessible' email", they link to my blog post on accessibility.
I asked him to forward me a copy, and sure enough, they do!
The full content of the email is quoted below.
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We are excited to hear about your interest in expanding your app's marketability by addressing the needs of individuals with disabilities. There are benefits for developers who choose to enhance their apps to take advantage of accessibility APIs that drive the VoiceOver feature in iOS including....
* Make your app stand out from the crowd
* Expand your user base (approximately 1 in 6 individuals in the US have some type of disability, but that doesn't preclude them from wanting to use your app. Even those that don’t identify themselves as disabled can also benefit from accessibility features)
* Improve User Interface testing through automation
* Easy to implement using Apple's developer tools
* Appropriate for almost every app
Read Matt Legend Gemmell’s blog post about his experience writing apps that support the visually impaired: Accessibility for iPhone and iPad apps
Here are some great resources to help you make your app more accessible. Please note many of these pages require an iDP developer account to access them.
1) The best place to start is with our iOS Accessibility page: developer.apple.com/technologies/ios/accessibility.html
2) Another great place to learn more about how to program your app for Accessibility is the Accessibility Programming Guide for iOS.
3) You can download the WWDC 2011 Session Videos for free by logging into WWDC 2011 Videos using your Apple ID and password. There you will find a few accessibility sessions which include podcasts and a copy of the presentation slides, but additionally, we would like to highlight the one below for iOS:
iOS Accessibility
Description: iOS devices are incredibly popular for blind and low vision users, and those with other disabilities. Learn how to make your apps accessible to everyone, as well as how to make apps that are tailored expressly for users with disabilities. This talk will cover new and existing UIAccessibility APIs, and it will provide tips and tricks for making all apps more usable by everyone.
4) On our public Apple website, we have a dedicated page discussing our commitment to Accessibility: www.apple.com/accessibility/
5) Finally, here are some great examples of apps that take advantage of VoiceOver:
* Shazam
* itunes.apple.com/us/app/dictionary.com-dictionary/id36474...
* Inkling
All over Florence you can see work signed by Blub.
Not sure who this is but they have an instagram page at www.instagram.com/lartesanuotare/
the street art in Florence from a tourists point of view is very enjoyable and provides a welcome contrast after a day perhaps spent in the wonderful Uffizi Gallery. As a tourist you are bound to see street art by both Blub and Clet Abraham. It is free and accessible and just seems to fit in a city such as Florence
Believe it or not this awesome Rat / Hot Rod was built by a paraplegic man
who set it up for full hand controls. He "climbs" into it, straps his wheelchair
to the makeshift trunk-rack and drives it via hand operated throttle & brake!
The car is a late 1920s Chevrolet with Chevy stovebolt I-6 power.
Being the kind of nerd I am, I had to analyse this button panel in the elevator at ARoS art museum in Aarhus, Denmark. I think I was overwhelmed at all the options at first.
The typography was hard to read - tiny black letters on the matte steel.
Kudos to all the Braille.
But... why were there "close doors" and "open doors" buttons in two spots? I wonder if the lower set was for someone in a wheelchair or someone who was unable to reach the higher buttons? I didn't think about that at the time that I photographed this panel. That could explain it. But that makes the lower buttons look built-in and not built-in. We know what that means. Not designed for inclusion from the beginning!
Kudos, too, to the museum for having signs outside the elevator encouraging people who did not have any special needs (wheelchairs, canes, etc.) to use the stairs and leave the elevator to those who really needed it.
We’re investing in the corridor underneath 42 St, at Grand Central, Bryant Park and Times Square Stations—from redesigning passageways and platforms and adding elevators, to expanding stairways and transforming the 42 St Shuttle train into a fully accessible service. Combined, these projects are modernizing a major transit corridor in New York City: 42 Street.
A massive underground parking lot in Ghent, Belgium. Five floors deep, easily accessible, and empty in the weekend. The only car, besides our own, was the security guard's.
Looks like a great location for a shoot!
I did not have my Canon DSLR with me, but I used my mobile phone (Nokia E61i).
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"The Georgian House is an 18th-century townhouse situated at No. 7 Charlotte Square in the heart of the historic New Town of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has been restored and furnished by the National Trust for Scotland, and is operated as a popular tourist attraction, with over 40,000 visitors annually.
Charlotte Square is a garden square in Edinburgh, Scotland, part of the New Town, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The square is located at the west end of George Street and was intended to mirror St. Andrew Square in the east. The gardens are private and not publicly accessible.
Initially named St. George's Square in James Craig's original plan, it was renamed in 1786 after King George III's Queen and first daughter, to avoid confusion with George Square to the south of the Old Town. Charlotte Square was the last part of the initial phase of the New Town to be "completed" in 1820 (note- the north-west section at Glenfinlas Street was not completed until 1990 due to a long-running boundary dispute). Much of it was to the 1791 design of Robert Adam, who died in 1792, just as building began.
In 1939 a very sizable air-raid shelter was created under the south side of the gardens, accessed from the street to the south.
In 2013 the south side was redeveloped in an award-winning scheme by Paul Quinn, creating major new office floorspace behind a restored series of townhouses.
Edinburgh Collegiate School was located in Charlotte Square.
The garden was originally laid out as a level circular form by William Weir in 1808.
In 1861 a plan was drawn up by Robert Matheson, Clerk of Works for Scotland for a larger, more square garden, centred upon a memorial to the recently deceased Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria.
The commission for the sculpture was granted in 1865 to Sir John Steell. The main statue features an equestrian statue of the prince, in field marshal's uniform, dwarfing the four figures around the base. It was unveiled by Queen Victoria herself in 1876. The stone plinth was designed by the architect David Bryce and the four corner figures are by David Watson Stevenson (Science and Learning/Labour), George Clark Stanton (Army and Navy) and William Brodie (Nobility). The statue was originally intended to go in the centre of the eastern edge of the garden, facing down George Street.
This remodelling featured major new tree-planting which took many years to re-establish.
The central open space is a private garden, available to owners of the surrounding properties. For the last three weeks in August each year Charlotte Square gardens are the site of the Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The railings around the gardens were removed in 1940 as part of the war effort. The current railings date from 1947.
On the north side, No. 5 was the home of John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881–1947), who bought it in 1903 and gave it to the National Trust for Scotland on his death. It was the Trust headquarters from 1949 to 2000. Bute did much to promote the preservation of the Square.
Nos. 6 and 7 are also owned by the National Trust for Scotland. No.6, Bute House is the official residence of the First Minister of Scotland. In 1806 it was home to Sir John Sinclair creator of the first Statistical Account of Scotland. No. 7 was internally restored by the Trust in 1975 to its original state, and is open to the public as The Georgian House. The upper floor was formerly the official residence of the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The building includes one fireplace brought from Hill of Tarvit in Fife in 1975.
West Register House, formerly St. George's Church, forms the centre of the west side. It was designed by the architect Robert Reid in 1811, broadly to Adam's plan. The church opened in 1814 and was converted to its current use in 1964. It is one of the main buildings of the National Records of Scotland.
The New Town is a central area of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. A masterpiece of city planning, it was built in stages between 1767 and around 1850, and retains much of its original neo-classical and Georgian period architecture. Its best known street is Princes Street, facing Edinburgh Castle and the Old Town across the geological depression of the former Nor Loch. Together with the Old Town, the New Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995.
Edinburgh (/ˈɛdɪnbərə/; Scots: Edinburgh; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [ˈt̪uːn ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth's southern shore.
Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the supreme courts of Scotland. The city's Palace of Holyroodhouse is the official residence of the monarch in Scotland. The city has long been a centre of education, particularly in the fields of medicine, Scots law, literature, philosophy, the sciences and engineering. It is the second largest financial centre in the United Kingdom (after London) and the city's historical and cultural attractions have made it the United Kingdom's second most visited tourist destination attracting 4.9 million visits including 2.4 million from overseas in 2018.
Edinburgh is Scotland's second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom. The official population estimates are 488,050 (2016) for the Locality of Edinburgh (Edinburgh pre 1975 regionalisation plus Currie and Balerno), 518,500 (2018) for the City of Edinburgh, and 1,339,380 (2014) for the city region. Edinburgh lies at the heart of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region comprising East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian.
The city is the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. It is home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582 and now one of four in the city, is placed 20th in the QS World University Rankings for 2020. The city is also known for the Edinburgh International Festival and the Fringe, the latter being the world's largest annual international arts festival. Historic sites in Edinburgh include Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the churches of St. Giles, Greyfriars and the Canongate, and the extensive Georgian New Town built in the 18th/19th centuries. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, which has been managed by Edinburgh World Heritage since 1999." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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Original Caption: Building Boom on Staten Island Was Touched Off by Completion of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Which Makes the Area Readily Accessible to Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan 06/1973
U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 412-DA-5346
Photographer: Tress, Arthur, 1940-
Subjects:
New York (New York state, United States) inhabited place
Environmental Protection Agency
Project DOCUMERICA
Persistent URL: catalog.archives.gov/id/547833
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