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A Table From The Sea's Edge, is an art project, devised and being carried out by Silas Birtwistle to raise awareness of environmental issues and promote conservation of the world's coastal and marine biodiversity as a contribution to the UN International Year of Biological Diversity, 2010.
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Soldiers attending the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School Mountaineering Program conduct Senior Course Level II training near Fort Carson, Colorado after completing the Basic Course (Level III) where team members learned 15 basic tasks, including navigating in mountainous terrain, rope commands, transportation of a casualty on an improvised litter and rappelling techniques. During (Level II) the Soldiers are expected to know and pass a hands-on test on the basic fundamentals of rock climbing throughout the course. Among the 17 tasks in the Senior Course they must be proficient at constructing a belay point, rappelling point and setting up rescue systems should they need to assist a stranded climber.The Soldiers were also taught basic animal care of pack animals and procedures on properly loading and securing heavy equipment and weapons onto mules by wranglers at a working ranch at lake George,Colo.Throughout the training Soldiers recovered weapons caches from the top of mountains and abandoned mine shafts using a variety of rope techniques.In Oct, 2011,the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School will hold an activation ceremony officially turning the Mountaineering Program over to, A Company,2nd Battalion,1st Special Warfare Training Group (A) Fort Bragg,North Carolina.(RELEASED)
Great for carrying around yarn, hook & needles!!!
Pattern is on my blog: chiescrochetandknitting.blogspot.com/2007/08/felted-cache...
Strobist:
SB900 right front into 60cm softbox as main light
SB600 left front into umbrella
YN467 left back as a rim light
YN467 behind for the background
Postprocessing with Photoshop:
- boost contrast / dodge and burn to the main subject
- tonal contrast
- add and adapt background images
- inking
- finishing (Glamour Glow)
The wildflowers have been incredible in the high country surrounding the Bear Lake Valley. Getting to this location involves many miles of driving on rough dirt roads, and a steady climb, but the view overlooking the next valley west is breathtaking. This was taken a few days ago and I returned today, but the Indian Paintbrush is already fading. I just wanted to share some of our local beauty, many miles from pavement. See more of this outing here: rosswalkerphotos.blogspot.com/2016/07/ant-basin-idaho.html
Coalition forces recovered a munitions cache in Bagram district Aug. 15. A coalition forces explosive ordnance disposal team recovered the munitions cache, which included more than 50 rocket-propelled grenades, and safely transported them to Bagram Airfield.
A lovely stockpile of rockets and RPG warheads. Along with a bike with a remote detonator and explosives attached. So, with a few blocks of C4 compliments of the combat engineers. This house will no longer exist in Ubaydi.
2 Appletree Point Lane, Burlington, Vermont USA • From A Brief History of Appletree Point Farm, by Liisa Reimann for the New England Preservation Collaborative. [Note: the link is a PDF document with many informative (but low resolution) historical photographs.]:
Felix Powell, a revolutionary war soldier was the first settler in Burlington coming from Dorset in 1773. He cleared land and built a log house on Apple Tree Point.
October 22, 1774 he purchased from Samuel Averill of Litchfield, Conn. for thirty pounds a tract of land which consisted, in addition to the village lots, of 103 acre lots occupying the whole of Apple Tree Point and extending nearly to the Winooski River.
August 9, 1778 he sold the land to John Murdock of Saybrook, Conn. This deed is the first one recorded that recognized the authority of Vermont. Tablet erected on Appletree Point by the City of Burlington June 1923. …
Surveyed by the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation in June 1983, and entered onto the State Register of Historic Places as the Hilton Wick Property in 1993, the extant remains of the larger Appletree Point Farm represent a tiny sliver of what was once an extensive property covering over 300 acres and reaching from the tip of Appletree Point all the way to North Avenue. The earliest known farm on the property was that of Reuben F. Staniford, and it is his farmhouse that is thought to be within the structure that is known as the Wick House. Indeed, two additional buildings thought to be remnants of Staniford's farm are still extant. The farm's most prominent owners after Staniford were Urban A. Woodbury II, grandson of Governor Urban Andrain Woodbury, and Dr. Oliver N. Eastman, whose descendants still own several properties on Appletree Point. …
Charles Woodbury hired prominent Burlington architect Louis Sheldon Newton to remodel the old farmhouse. Sheldon began sketching his designs in 1922, and in 1924 the remodel was executed. Between September and November 1924, Sheldon spent roughly ninety hours on and off-site working on the design, which included interior and exterior changes, [the Southern Plantation portico recently removed, though evidence remains] as well as the addition of the ell and garage. A new primary entrance door was designed of clear pine, and Woodbury was given two options for the transom and sidelights. W.S. Hutchinson Screens and Weather Strips of Boston outfitted "(6) double hung windows, (1) single and (2) pairs of doors" with Higgin Zinc Metal Weather Strips. Newton's fee was $343.91, with an additional $10.40 assessed for travel expenses. Blueprints, printed by McIntosh and Crandall, cost $3.90 Sheldon invoiced Charles for the 1922 sketches and the 1924 execution of work on November 28, 1924, upon completion of the project
Woodbury, for some reason, delayed payment to the architect. On December 10, 1924 Sheldon sent Charles a request for payment. A second letter followed on December. Woodbury still had not settled his bill more than four years later — a letter dated January 24, 1929 again asks Charles to "in a sense of right and honor … send me a check for the face of the bill and settle the account."
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[Oliver Eastman operated a farm and dairy operation from this house] until 1961, when he announced "farming within the limits of a city was never attractive at any time." … The last private owner of the former estate was Burlington lawyer Hilton A. Wick.
Mountain Goats butting heads. Location: Ben Lomond Peak, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Photo by Scott Bell. Credit: USDA Forest Service
Now, here is where I've got to call in a "stupid dad" moment. Hey, this thing didn't come with a manual! Read on...
After finishing the first geocache, and convincing Paige to another, we drove to a parking lot that got us as close as possible. Literally a hundred yards or so. As I picked up the backpack with the drinks, I found the passenger seat of the car was soaked in red Gatorade! Paige hadn't shut the lid on her drink all the way. And I should have known to check, because she did the exact same thing with another Gatorade container just the day before. Luckily the aforementioned parking lot was that of a Burger King, so I ran inside, grabbed some napkins and came back out to soak up the mess.
Oh, the stupid dad moments get better...
After trying my best to cool down from now having a sticky passenger seat and backpack (and all the stuff in it like my GPS, notebook, etc.), we set out to get the next cache. At this point it had become a mission. It was going to happen! And, of course, nothing good ever comes of that in a parenting situation.
As we walked the first few yards Paige kept complaining. "Ouch. Ouch. Ouch." with every step. "Paige!" I said "Come on! It's right around the bend. We'll grab it and be back to the car." And surprisingly, she sucked it up and we kept moving. When we got to the cache, a storm was rolling in, and the temperature had dropped enough to make the mosquitos want to come out. We were getting eaten alive. But hey, this is a mission, we're going to get this cache!
After finding the cache (which was really quick and easy, thankfully), signing the log, and swapping toys, we were back on the trail to the car. It was then that I had noticed that Paige had a folded up napkin sticking out the back of her shoe. She hadn't worn any socks, and she had blistered, and was bleeding on the back of her heel. Apparently, when I wasn't looking, while cleaning up the Gatorade, she grabbed a napkin, folded it up, and put it in the back of her shoe to stop the rubbing.
Now feeling like a total arse, when we got back to the car, we took a detour into the Burger King. It was there that we had cherry Icee's and talked about what had gone on the previous couple of hours. I apologized for getting angry with her, and she apologized for complaining so much. I apologized for not listening to her, and she agreed that she'd dress more appropriately next time. But most of all we agreed that it sure was nice to cool down with a frozen treat.
In the meantime, we'll put geocaching on the shelf for a bit until Paige feels ready to have another go.
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, partnered with U.S. Special Operations Forces, uncovered multiple weapons caches in eastern Zabul province July 31. The Afghan-led force went to several areas in Now Bahar district after intelligence information indicated insurgent activity and found three weapons caches, the largest of which was found in the district mosque. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers, partnered with U.S. Special Operations Forces, uncovered multiple weapons caches in eastern Zabul province July 31. The largest of the three caches was found in the Now Bahar district mosque. The items in this photo are a small part of the overall cache found and destroyed. (U.S. Navy courtesy photo)
This secluded, hilly expanse of oak woodlands, grasslands, and chaparral is a combination of over 70,000 acres of BLM managed lands and 4,700 acres of State and County lands. The Natural Area is traversed by Cache Creek, with its year-round water flow. Elevation ranges from 3200 feet atop Brushy Sky High, down to 600 feet in the eastern end of Cache Creek along State Route 16. Showcasing the area is about 35 miles of the main fork of Cache Creek and 2.5 miles of the north fork. Also present are several tributary creeks that contain permanent water.
The Cache Creek Natural Area is a primitive area, closed to motorized vehicles. There are no developed campgrounds or facilities. Non-hunting (target) shooting is not allowed. Instead, the area is managed to improve habitat for wildlife and rare plants, to protect cultural resource values, and to offer primitive recreation opportunities, including wildlife viewing, river running, hiking, equestrian use, hunting and fishing. On October 17, 2006, President George W. Bush signed the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Act, designating approximately 27,245 acres within the Cache Creek Natural Area as the Cache Creek Wilderness Area.
Learn more: www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/ukiah/cachecreek.html
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM