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Photo by Ryan Johnson
The completion of improvements at Murray Hill Community Center has made a big impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Last fall, work began on the construction of a new press box, concession stand, outfield scoreboard, and most importantly, restrooms at the community center’s adjoining athletic field.
Previously, neighborhood and recreational events either had to forego restroom facilities or have portable toilets brought in to meet the needs of the attendees, limiting participation from the community. In addition, prior to two years ago, there were no youth athletics held within the neighborhood or the Murray Hill facility.
Today, the City’s Recreation Department has 135 participants in its Murray Hill youth baseball and softball programs and approximately 90 participants in its youth football program. The improvements to the facility are assisting in meeting the needs of the growing involvement from the community.
The Army West Point Football team used a late scoring drive in the fourth quarter to close out a 21-14 victory over Bucknell Oct. 17 at Michie Stadium.
Army improves to 2-5 after the victory, while Bucknell moves to 3-3.
Army quarterback A.J. Schurr completed three passes for 100 yards, including a 68-yard completion to Edgar Poe for a score with 4:44 remaining in the game. Schurr also rushed 31 times for 99 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Poe hauled in three passes for 100 yards, Jeremy Timpf led the Black Knights' defense with six tackles and Chris Carnegie finished with an interception.
R.J. Nitti threw for 186 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 17 completions for the Bison, while Matt DelMauro rushed 18 times for 105 yards. Bucknell's Connor Golden totaled a game-best 13 tackles on the afternoon.
(Army photos by John Pellino/West Point DPTMS VI)
I was home most of the day getting rid of stuff via Craigslist, cleaning/reorganizing, and getting ready for a job tonight. A long-time client is proposing to his girlfriend and he asked me to photograph it. It's been an on again/off again/on again thing as it was nearly trashed because both had been exposed to Covid-19 last week. Both checked out negative, but she ran a fever the other day of 100 or something. She perked up yesterday and so it was back on, although not as planned, at a restaurant in Capitola, near Santa Cruz. Tonight, we'll be down near the Bay Bridge, and well, it won't be the surprise as initially planned. She pretty much knows what's coming.
So, this is my last picture of the year. I managed to yet again complete 365 days of at least one photo a day. I'm probably not going to go with much of a theme for the coming new year, but I probably will get out each day for at least one photo. While my standards aren't exactly sky high with what I post, I have a feeling that they'll be a tad lower next year. We'll see.
I'm not much of a holiday person. I pretty much hate them. All of them. But... I do hope somehow that 2022 is better for everyone because I don't know that many of us can take another full year that even resembles the last two.
So... press on, everyone... press on.
Members of the National Commission on Higher Education Attainment before a Monday luncheon panel. From left to right: Andrew K. Benton, president of Pepperdine University (CA); Diana Natalicio, president of The University of Texas at El Paso; George A. Pruitt, president of Thomas Edison State College (NJ); ACE President Molly Corbett Broad; Stephanie Bell-Rose, TIAA-CREF Senior Managing Director and Head of the TIAA-CREF Institute; E. Gordon Gee, president of The Ohio State University; and Gail O. Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College (NY).
ACE's 95th Annual Meeting, March 2-5, 2013
Pisa - Schiefer Turm von Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italian: torre pendente di Pisa), or simply, the Tower of Pisa (torre di Pisa [ˈtorre di ˈpiːza; ˈpiːsa], is the campanile, or freestanding bell tower, of Pisa Cathedral. It is known for its nearly four-degree lean, the result of an unstable foundation. The tower is one of three structures in the Pisa's Cathedral Square (Piazza del Duomo), which includes the cathedral and Pisa Baptistry.
The height of the tower is 55.86 metres (183 feet 3 inches) from the ground on the low side and 56.67 m (185 ft 11 in) on the high side. The width of the walls at the base is 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in). Its weight is estimated at 14,500 tonnes (16,000 short tons). The tower has 296 or 294 steps; the seventh floor has two fewer steps on the north-facing staircase.
The tower began to lean during construction in the 12th century, due to soft ground which could not properly support the structure's weight. It worsened through the completion of construction in the 14th century. By 1990, the tilt had reached 5.5 degrees. The structure was stabilized by remedial work between 1993 and 2001, which reduced the tilt to 3.97 degrees.
Architect
There has been controversy surrounding the identity of the architect of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. For many years, the design was attributed to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano, a well-known 12th-century resident artist of Pisa, known for his bronze casting, particularly in the Pisa Duomo. Pisano left Pisa in 1185 for Monreale, Sicily, only to come back and die in his home town. A piece of cast bearing his name was discovered at the foot of the tower in 1820, but this may be related to the bronze door in the façade of the cathedral that was destroyed in 1595. A 2001 study seems to indicate Diotisalvi was the original architect, due to the time of construction and affinity with other Diotisalvi works, notably the bell tower of San Nicola and the Baptistery, both in Pisa.
Construction
Construction of the tower occurred in three stages over 199 years. On 5 January 1172, Donna Berta di Bernardo, a widow and resident of the house of dell'Opera di Santa Maria, bequeathed sixty soldi to the Opera Campanilis petrarum Sancte Marie. The sum was then used toward the purchase of a few stones which still form the base of the bell tower. On 9 August 1173, the foundations of the tower were laid. Work on the ground floor of the white marble campanile began on 14 August of the same year during a period of military success and prosperity. This ground floor is a blind arcade articulated by engaged columns with classical Corinthian capitals. Nearly four centuries later Giorgio Vasari wrote: "Guglielmo, according to what is being said, in the year 1174, together with sculptor Bonanno, laid the foundations of the bell tower of the cathedral in Pisa".
The tower began to sink after construction had progressed to the second floor in 1178. This was due to a mere three-metre foundation, set in weak, unstable subsoil, a design that was flawed from the beginning. Construction was subsequently halted for the better part of a century, as the Republic of Pisa was almost continually engaged in battles with Genoa, Lucca, and Florence. This allowed time for the underlying soil to settle. Otherwise, the tower would almost certainly have toppled. On 27 December 1233, the worker Benenato, son of Gerardo Bottici, oversaw the continuation of the tower's construction.
On 23 February 1260, Guido Speziale, son of Giovanni Pisano, was elected to oversee the building of the tower. On 12 April 1264, the master builder Giovanni di Simone, architect of the Camposanto, and 23 workers went to the mountains close to Pisa to cut marble. The cut stones were given to Rainaldo Speziale, worker of St. Francesco. In 1272, construction resumed under Di Simone. In an effort to compensate for the tilt, the engineers built upper floors with one side taller than the other. Because of this, the tower is curved. Construction was halted again in 1284 when the Pisans were defeated by the Genoese in the Battle of Meloria.
The seventh floor was completed in 1319. The bell-chamber was finally added in 1372. It was built by Tommaso di Andrea Pisano, who succeeded in harmonizing the Gothic elements of the belfry with the Romanesque style of the tower. There are seven bells, one for each note of the musical major scale. The largest one was installed in 1655.
History following construction
Between 1589 and 1592, Galileo Galilei, who lived in Pisa at the time, is said to have dropped two cannonballs of different masses from the tower to demonstrate that their speed of descent was independent of their mass, in keeping with the law of free fall. The primary source for this is the biography Racconto istorico della vita di Galileo Galilei (Historical Account of the Life of Galileo Galilei), written by Galileo's pupil and secretary Vincenzo Viviani in 1654, but only published in 1717, long after his death.
During World War II, the Allies suspected that the Germans were using the tower as an observation post. Leon Weckstein, a U.S. Army sergeant sent to confirm the presence of German troops in the tower, was impressed by the beauty of the cathedral and its campanile, and thus refrained from ordering an artillery strike, sparing it from destruction.
Numerous efforts have been made to restore the tower to a vertical orientation or at least keep it from falling over. Most of these efforts failed; some worsened the tilt. On 27 February 1964, the government of Italy requested aid in preventing the tower from toppling. It was, however, considered important to retain the current tilt, due to the role that this element played in promoting the tourism industry of Pisa.
Starting in 1993, 870 tonnes of lead counterweights were added, which straightened the tower slightly.
The tower and the neighbouring cathedral, baptistery, and cemetery are included in the Piazza del Duomo UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was declared in 1987.
The tower was closed to the public on 7 January 1990, after more than two decades of stabilisation studies and spurred by the abrupt collapse of the Civic Tower of Pavia in 1989. The bells were removed to relieve some weight, and cables were cinched around the third level and anchored several hundred meters away. Apartments and houses in the path of a potential fall of the tower were vacated for safety. The selected method for preventing the collapse of the tower was to slightly reduce its tilt to a safer angle by removing 38 cubic metres (1,342 cubic feet) of soil from underneath the raised end. The tower's tilt was reduced by 45 centimetres (17+1⁄2 inches), returning to its 1838 position. After a decade of corrective reconstruction and stabilization efforts, the tower was reopened to the public on 15 December 2001, and was declared stable for at least another 300 years. In total, 70 metric tons (77 short tons) of soil were removed.
After a phase (1990–2001) of structural strengthening, the tower has been undergoing gradual surface restoration to repair visible damage, mostly corrosion and blackening. These are particularly pronounced due to the tower's age and its exposure to wind and rain. In May 2008, engineers announced that the tower had been stabilized such that it had stopped moving for the first time in its history. They stated that it would be stable for at least 200 years.
Earthquake survival
At least four strong earthquakes have hit the region since 1280, but the apparently vulnerable tower survived. The reason was not understood until a research group of 16 engineers investigated. The researchers concluded that the tower was able to withstand the tremors because of dynamic soil-structure interaction (DSSI): the height and stiffness of the tower, together with the softness of the foundation soil, influences the vibrational characteristics of the structure in such a way that the tower does not resonate with earthquake ground motion. The same soft soil that caused the leaning and brought the tower to the verge of collapse helped it survive.
Technical information
Elevation of Piazza del Duomo: about 2 metres (6 feet, DMS)
Height from the ground floor: 55.863 m (183 ft 3+5⁄16 in),[37] 8 stories
Height from the foundation floor: 58.36 m (191 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Outer diameter of base: 15.484 m (50 ft 9+5⁄8 in)
Inner diameter of base: 7.368 m (24 ft 2+1⁄16 in)
Angle of slant: 3.97 degrees[40] or 3.9 m (12 ft 10 in) from the vertical
Weight: 14,700 metric tons (16,200 short tons)
Thickness of walls at the base: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Total number of bells: 7, tuned to musical scale, clockwise:
1st bell: L'Assunta, cast in 1654 by Giovanni Pietro Orlandi, weight 3,620 kg (7,981 lb)
2nd bell: Il Crocifisso, cast in 1572 by Vincenzo Possenti, weight 2,462 kg (5,428 lb)
3rd bell: San Ranieri, cast in 1719–1721 by Giovanni Andrea Moreni, weight 1,448 kg (3,192 lb)
4th bell: La Terza (1st small one), cast in 1473, weight 300 kg (661 lb)
5th bell: La Pasquereccia or La Giustizia, cast in 1262 by Lotteringo, weight 1,014 kg (2,235 lb)
6th bell: Il Vespruccio (2nd small one), cast in the 14th century and again in 1501 by Nicola di Jacopo, weight 1,000 kg (2,205 lb)
7th bell: Dal Pozzo, cast in 1606 and again in 2004, weight 652 kg (1,437 lb)
Number of steps to the top: 296
About the 5th bell: The name Pasquareccia comes from Easter, because it used to ring on Easter day. However, this bell is older than the bell-chamber itself, and comes from the tower Vergata in Palazzo Pretorio in Pisa, where it was called La Giustizia (The Justice). The bell was tolled to announce executions of criminals and traitors, including Count Ugolino in 1289. A new bell was installed in the bell tower at the end of the 18th century to replace the broken Pasquareccia.
The circular shape and great height of the campanile were unusual for their time, and the crowning belfry is stylistically distinct from the rest of the construction. This belfry incorporates a 14 cm (5+1⁄2 in) correction for the inclined axis below. The siting of the campanile within the Piazza del Duomo diverges from the axial alignment of the cathedral and baptistery of the Piazza del Duomo.
Guinness World Records
Two German churches have challenged the tower's status as the world's most lopsided building: the 15th-century square Leaning Tower of Suurhusen and the 14th-century bell tower in the town of Bad Frankenhausen. Guinness World Records measured the Pisa and Suurhusen towers, finding the former's tilt to be 3.97 degrees. In June 2010, Guinness World Records certified the Capital Gate building in Abu Dhabi, UAE as the "World's Furthest Leaning Man-made Tower"; it has an 18-degree slope, almost five times more than the Tower of Pisa, but was deliberately engineered to slant. The Leaning Tower of Wanaka in New Zealand, also deliberately built, leans at 53 degrees to the ground.
(Wikipedia)
Der Schiefe Turm von Pisa (italienisch Torre pendente di Pisa) ist das wohl bekannteste geneigte Gebäude der Welt und Wahrzeichen der Stadt Pisa in Italien.
Der Turm war als freistehender Glockenturm (Campanile) für den Dom in Pisa geplant. 12 Jahre nach der Grundsteinlegung am 9. August 1173, im Jahr 1185, als der Bau bei der dritten Etage angelangt war, begann sich der Turmstumpf in Richtung Südosten zu neigen. Daraufhin ruhte der Bau rund 100 Jahre. Die nächsten vier Stockwerke wurden dann mit einem geringeren Neigungswinkel als dem bereits bestehenden gebaut, um die Schieflage auszugleichen. Danach musste der Bau nochmals unterbrochen werden, bis 1372 auch die Glockenstube vollendet war.
Der Grund für seine Schieflage liegt in dem Untergrund aus lehmigem Morast und Sand, der sich unter dem Gewicht verformt. Neuesten Ausgrabungen zufolge steht der Turm am Rande einer ehemaligen Insel direkt neben einem antiken, zur Bauzeit bereits versandeten Hafenbecken. Die Schieflage des Turms beträgt nach dem Ende der Sanierungsarbeiten rund vier Grad, entsprechend einer Auslenkung an der Spitze von 3,9 m (bei rund 55,8 m Höhe). Im Inneren des Turmes hängt ein Pendel, das oben in der Mitte befestigt ist und durch die Schieflage unten beinahe die Seitenwand berührt.
Der Legende nach hat der aus Pisa stammende Galileo Galilei bei Fallversuchen vom Turm die Fallgesetze entdeckt.
Im Jahre 1987 wurde das Ensemble auf der Piazza del Duomo aus dem Turm, dem Dom, dem Baptisterium und dem Camposanto von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt.
Architektur
Der 56 Meter hohe und 12 Meter durchmessende Campanile besteht aus 14.500 Tonnen weißen Carrara-Marmors und hat sieben Glocken, die aber längere Zeit wegen der Einsturzgefahr nicht läuten durften. Er sollte der Höhepunkt der ganzen Anlage der Piazza dei Miracoli sein. Er unterscheidet sich von den üblichen quadratischen Türmen Mittelitaliens und steht in einem großen Gegensatz zu den spitz zulaufenden Türmen des nördlichen Europa. Er ruht auf einem spiralförmigen Fundament aus 700 m³ Bruchstein und Mörtel. Neben dem Eingang sind Monat und Jahr des Baubeginns eingemeißelt: August 1173. In Urkunden wird jedoch stets 1174 genannt, denn für die Pisaner begann nach damaligem Kalender das neue Jahr bereits am 25. März. Giorgio Vasari bezeichnete Bonanno Pisano und einen gewissen Guglielmo als ursprüngliche Architekten des Turms.
Der Campanile hatte – außer dass er die Glocken tragen sollte – noch eine andere Funktion. Bei äußerer Gefahr flüchtete damals der Klerus in den Turm. Maueröffnungen und -vorsprünge im Zylinderschacht machten es möglich, bei Bedarf in jedem Stockwerk Gebälk und Fußböden einzuziehen.
Jedes Stockwerk hat eine Tür hinaus auf die Säulengalerie, die aus jeweils 30 Säulen besteht. Auf der Südseite führen oben sechs Stufen zur Glockenstube hinauf, auf der Nordseite nur vier. Die Treppe zur obersten Aussichtsterrasse soll Brunelleschi inspiriert haben, einen ähnlichen Aufgang zur Laterne auf der Kuppel des Doms in Florenz zu bauen.
Vom 7. Januar 1990 an musste der 14.500 Tonnen schwere Turm für Besucher gesperrt werden, da die Schräglage zu gefährlich wurde. Es gab eine weltweite Aufforderung an Baustatiker, die besten Lösungen zur Stabilisierung auszuarbeiten und einzureichen.
Nach 13-jährigen Sanierungsmaßnahmen, bei denen der Turm wieder um 44 Zentimeter aufgerichtet wurde, ist er seit Dezember 2001 wieder für Touristen geöffnet. Besucher können gegen Entgelt den Turm in Gruppen von maximal 40 Besuchern für eine Dauer von 15 Minuten besteigen.
Der Schiefe Turm von Pisa ist nicht das schiefste Gebäude bzw. der schiefste Turm der Welt, wie häufig vermutet wird. Dennoch gehört er zu den schiefsten Bauwerken, die – aufrecht geplant – unabsichtlich in eine Schieflage geraten sind.
Glocken
Die sieben Kirchenglocken des Domes werden aus statischer Vorsicht nur noch mittels innenliegender elektromagnetischer Schlaghämmer angeschlagen, und zwar mittags um 12 Uhr und jeweils vor den Messen.
Zuvor wurden die Glocken entsprechend ihrer Namen liturgisch eingesetzt, so etwa die Terza zur Terz, der dritten Stunde des liturgischen Tages, also um 9 Uhr vormittags, oder die Vespruccio zur Vesper, 18 Uhr. Das Läuten erfolgte von Hand; an Festtagen wurden die Glocken voll – a slancio – ausgeschwungen.
Die kleinste Glocke von 1501, Vespruccio genannt, hat eine sehr schlanke, zuckerhutartige Form. Die Glocke Del Pozzo ist ein originalgetreuer Nachguss der Vorgängerin, 1606 von Nicolaus Castellum gegossen.
Sanierungsmaßnahmen
Versuche im Mittelalter, den Bau durch besondere Baumaßnahmen wie geneigte Böden sowie dünnere und leichtere Mauern auf der überhängenden Seite zu retten, zeigten keine ausreichende Wirkung, so dass von den ursprünglich geplanten 100 Metern Höhe nur 54 Meter gebaut wurden.
Seit dem Beginn exakter Messungen 1911 nahm die Neigung stetig zu, und die Rate der Zunahme verdoppelte sich von den 1930er-Jahren bis 1990. In diesem Jahr betrug die jährliche Zunahme der Neigung 6 Bogensekunden. Außerdem zeigte die Vermessung, dass es sich um eine Rotationsbewegung handelte, wobei das Zentrum des Kreises in Höhe des Bodens der ersten Galerie senkrecht über dem Mittelpunkt des Turms auf Bodenebene liegt, der selbst keine vertikale Bewegung ausführte. Bei zwei heftigen Starkregenereignissen konnte 1995 eine Neigungszunahme in der Größenordnung einer Bogensekunde in wenigen Stunden festgestellt werden. Daraus wurde geschlossen, dass die Ursache nicht – wie üblicherweise angenommen – im Kriechen der weichen marinen Tonschicht (Horizont B ab einer Tiefe von etwa 10 m bis zu einer Tiefe von 40 m, wo Horizont C mit dichtem marinen Sand beginnt) lag, sondern an dem darüberliegenden Horizont A (Sand, sandige und tonige Schluffe), in der regelmäßig im September bis Dezember auftretende Unwetter mit heftigen Niederschlägen eine verstärkte Rotationsbewegung auslösten.
Seit der vorübergehenden Schließung 1990 waren diverse Sanierungsmaßnahmen unternommen worden. Im Mai 1992 wurde der Campanile mit Stahlreifen im zweiten Geschoss gesichert, da sich dort gefährliche Risse im tragenden Marmor gezeigt hatten. Insgesamt wurden 18 dieser Reifen angebracht. Zusätzlich wurden im Juli 1993 im Fundament 600 Tonnen Bleibarren als Gegengewicht auf der Nordseite eingelagert. Dadurch konnte die Schieflage des Turmes 1993 um eine Bogenminute verringert werden. 1995 wurden weitere Sanierungsmaßnahmen (Bodenvereisung und Stahlkabel-Verankerung) durchgeführt, da man die Bleigewichte als störend empfand. In der Folge erhöhte sich dabei allerdings die Neigung. Daraufhin wurde die höhere Seite des Fundaments an seinem Vorsprung außen am Turm im September 1995 erneut, diesmal mit 900 Tonnen Bleibarren, beschwert (siehe Bild), was die Neigung stoppte.
Ein Komitee internationaler Fachleute, das über die Sanierungsmaßnahmen des Turmes befinden sollte (1990 bis 2001 unter Leitung von Michele Jamiolkowski), konnte sich auf keine bestimmten Maßnahmen festlegen und wurde deshalb zum Ende 1996 von der italienischen Regierung aufgelöst. Nach dem großen Erdbeben vom September 1997 wurde das Komitee jedoch wieder eingesetzt. Man einigte sich im Herbst 1998 mehrheitlich auf eine neue Maßnahme zur Sanierung des Campanile, die sogenannte Bodenextraktions-Methode (geplant von John Burland nach einer Idee des Ingenieurs Fernando Terracina aus dem Jahr 1962). Dazu wurden im folgenden Jahr schräge Löcher in den Boden (Tiefe rund 4 bis 5 m, innerhalb von Horizont A) unter dem nördlichen Teil des Turmes gebohrt, so dass etwa 50 m³ Material entfernt wurde. Das Erdreich sackte langsam nach, schließlich auch der Boden des Turmes, und der ganze Turm richtete sich zunehmend nach Norden auf. Die Gesamtneigung des Turmes wurde von 5,5 Grad vor dem Beginn der Sanierungsarbeiten (um 1990) auf etwa vier Grad verringert. Damit ist der Turm voraussichtlich für die nächsten 300 Jahre gesichert. Nach dem Abschluss der Sanierungsmaßnahmen wurde der Turm am 15. Dezember 2001 wieder zur Besichtigung freigegeben.
Zur Sicherung während dieser Arbeiten wurde der Turm 1998 mit zwei starken Stahlseilen von 103 Metern Länge so befestigt, dass er nicht durch unerwartete Bewegungen einstürzen konnte.
Bei Bauarbeiten zur Sicherung des Gebäudes ist eine alte Römerstraße entdeckt worden, die noch in alten Plänen verzeichnet war, außerdem ein mittelalterliches Grab samt vollständigem Skelett.
(Wikipedia)
Today, federal, state, and local leaders joined JAXPORT and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Jacksonville District to celebrate the completion of the Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project through JAXPORT’s Blount Island Marine Terminal. The project deepened 11 miles of the federal shipping channel—from the sea buoy to Blount Island—to a depth of 47 feet from its previous depth of 40 feet.
The 47-foot harbor provides the channel depth needed for larger ships to call Blount Island to and from destinations worldwide and allows existing ships calling Jacksonville to carry more cargo on board. In addition, the project includes a new turning basin allowing larger vessels to turn around at Blount Island berths.
"Florida's seaports are economic drivers for our state and serve as gateways to domestic and international markets," said Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Secretary Jared W. Perdue, P.E. "Through FDOT's strategic investments, our seaports continue to expand and modernize to meet the needs of Florida's growing economy and communities. The JAXPORT Harbor Deepening Project communicates to the world that Florida is open for business and demonstrates Florida's unwavering commitment to strengthen and grow supply chains while providing a safe, resilient, competitive, and dynamic multimodal transportation system."
“When JAXPORT began this deepening journey nearly two decades ago, the goal was to build the port of the future,” said JAXPORT Board Chair Wendy Hamilton. “With today’s completion of deepening through Blount Island—the future is here, and JAXPORT is equipped to meet the needs of the nation’s supply chain for generations to come.”
In coordination with deepening, JAXPORT completed more than $100 million in berth enhancements this month to enable the SSA Jacksonville Container Terminal (JCT) at Blount Island to simultaneously accommodate two post-Panamax container ships. In early 2023, terminal operator SSA Atlantic will welcome three new eco-friendly 100-gauge container cranes, bringing the JCT’s total to six.
“Anchored by harbor deepening, well over half a billion dollars in infrastructure improvements have been recently completed or are currently underway to improve our container capabilities at Blount Island,” said JAXPORT CEO Eric Green. “With the support of our federal, state, and local partners, JAXPORT is open for business and ready to serve the needs of our customers while creating local jobs here in our community.”
Deepening through Blount Island was completed three years ahead of the original project schedule. The total funding to date is $420 million funded through a public-private partnership between the federal government, State of Florida, City of Jacksonville, JAXPORT, and SSA Atlantic.
“This truly is a great public-private partnership,” Congressman John Rutherford said at the event. “The potential is amazing, but what I really love the most is while we’re here for the deepening ribbon-cutting, the Board and Eric are already talking about how we are going to make port operations even better. This is not the end of anything, this is really the beginning.”
“This project solidifies Northeast Florida as a top destination for worldwide commerce and shipping, with the ability to accommodate larger ships,” said Congresswoman Kat Cammack. “Florida, with her 14 ports around the state, continues to lead the way for maritime transportation and I’m grateful for the hard work and investment in this project, which will only create more opportunities to strengthen our supply chain and make the Sunshine State a top gateway to domestic and international destinations.”
The Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project creates or protects 15,000 jobs throughout the supply chain, including trucking, warehousing, and distribution. The initial feasibility study for the project began in 2005, and construction started in February 2018.
“As with all Corps projects, this mammoth civil works effort was undertaken to upgrade the nation’s waterways and ports, to strengthen supply chains and promote economic growth while protecting the environment,” said USACE Jacksonville District Commander Col. James Booth. “As a result of this team effort, we expect Jacksonville harbor will grow and prosper as a preferred destination and point of departure for the largest, most cost-effective commercial fleets of the mid-21st century.”
"Jacksonville's economy and livelihood has always centered around the St. Johns River. JAXPORT has been a crucial driver of economic growth and investments in our city," said Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. "The completion of this leg of a decades-in-the-making Harbor Deepening Project has required the collaboration and effort of public, private, and nonprofit spheres. It is no small feat and will kickstart the next phase of growth in our job market and investments from regional, national, and global actors."
In addition to the deepening, berth improvements, and new cranes, more than $70 million in terminal enhancements—funded by SSA and a grant from the US Maritime Administration (MARAD)— are also underway to expand container capacity at the SSA JCT. By spring of 2023, SSA will complete the first three of seven construction phases, producing approximately 31 acres of newly paved and improved operating area. The total project of approximately 93 acres will be complete by the end of 2024, allowing the SSA JCT to accommodate 500,000 TEUs (containers) annually.
“SSA would like to thank JAXPORT, the Army Corps of Engineers, and all our state and local officials for their commitment to this historic event,” said SSA Vice President of Florida Operations Frank McBride. “Forty-seven feet of water positions Jacksonville among the deepest ports on the East Coast, further enhancing the capabilities of the SSA JCT as an international cargo gateway.”
The Jacksonville Harbor Deepening Project is a 13-mile federally authorized project. The current funding model covered the completion of the first 11 miles. The final two miles are authorized and under review.
JAXPORT is Florida’s largest container port and one of the nation’s top vehicle-handling ports. Jacksonville offers two-way ship traffic, no berth or terminal congestion, and same-day access to 98 million consumers.
Cargo activity through Jacksonville’s seaport supports 138,000 jobs in Florida and $31 billion in annual economic impact for the region and state. The port continues to make infrastructure improvements in support of JAXPORT’s mission to create jobs and economic opportunity for the citizens of Northeast Florida.
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Another notebook filled, This vingtage (Winter 2010 - Balsam Fir) edition is the first time I've had the cover pull from the staple. It was "in service" longer that usual also, so it wore well. It also gave me the opportunity to become a Field Notes modder. That replacement spine is a cut out of the mini 2010 calendars sent with orders. Frankenotes.
Govt. Girls Degree College for girls Booni facing acute shortage of
teaching staff and civic amenities.
CHITRAL: Government Girls Degree college Booni founded in 2002 while
classes started in July 2009. This is the only Girls college for
thousands of female students of Sub division Mastuj . At present 835
students are reading in this college but having hostel accommodation
only for 50 students. Member Provincial Assembly Haji Ghulam Muhammad
inaugurated another hostel for 50 students with the grant of 14
million and after completion of this hostel total 100 students could
be accommodated here. A function was also held on the eve of
inauguration ceremony of new hostel in college Hall presided over by
Afzaluddin Principal Govt. Degree college Booni for boys. Addressing
in her welcome address Miss Hasina Wajib principal of this college
thanked MPA for keeping keen interest in development of college. She
said that the college facing acute shortage of staff. Besides her
chairman Fazal Rehman, Sub Major retired Qalandar Shah, students of
girls college, MPA Haji Ghulam Muhammad and elites of the area also
spoke on the occasion. They said that this is an overburden college
but having less class rooms and only 2 Buses while students come from
very far away location. They said that there is no lecturer for
Physics, Political Science, Statistics, Geography, Pakistan Study etc
since its establishment. While no lump sum grant was released to
college for necessary maintenance and local purchase. Besides it there
is no pipeline for water supply and its Library have very less number
of books. They also raised the issue that non local Lecturers facing
great problems in accommodation and the college also need a bachelor
hostel for non local teaching staff.
They also demanded for construction of more class rooms, hostel for
staff and providing of more Buses for pick and drop of students belong
to remote areas. Some students of the college also demanded for its
up-gradation to post graduate level because mostly of girls students
stuck off their higher education after completion of graduation from
this college (only BA level) because of no university campus and no
post graduate college in the area. MPA Ghulam Muhammad assured for
supporting this college and announce that Campus of Benazir University
Sheringal will be open at Booni in near future. He also visited
ongoing work of hostel building and emphasized on contractor and
supervision staff C &W department to not use any substandard quality
material in this building. Because the college building and
examination hall having big cracks in its wall and ceiling due to
substandard materials. A play ground was also demanded for girls
students of the college.
G.H. Farooqi C/O Manager bank Islami Main branch Chitral phone No
0943-320737, 316052, 414418 , 03025989602, 03337069572, 03159698446,
03469002167
email: gulhamad@gmail.com
Mayor Bloomberg announces completion of Manhattan portion of Water Tunnel No. 3, one of the largest infrastructure projects in New York City history.
October 16, 2013
(Photo Credit: Spencer T Tucker)
Over a hundred years between these ones, and in 1910, the Liver Building on the right was just nearing completion, although the Liver Birds don't have their perches in place just yet!
I found a lot of old photographs of Liverpool, partly by going through very old postcards and partly from a couple of websites of archive photos. I am always fascinated to see the way things have changed for better or for worse (or even stayed the same!) and I think Liverpool is a great city for historic architecture and remnants of a bygone era.
To compare many parts of town as seen in the period 1890-1960 with Liverpool in 2012, I thoroughly enjoyed spending a few lunch hours going to the location of the old shot and trying to replicate it as closely as I could with my new camera.
Sometimes it was pretty straightforward. Other times it was difficult to work out where something 'used to be' if the changes to the area have been wholesale!
I also sometimes struggled to get the perspective right, sometimes because you can no longer get to the right position because of new buildings, and sometimes, well, I just couldn't get it right! Maybe there's a difference in the way early 20th century equipment delivered an image, or maybe I just stood too close/far away!
Anyway, I enjoyed it as a project, and have many more to take when I next get the chance. Please feel free to view the other photos in the set, if at all interested!
Another fun Home with our highlighted spaces esthetically pleasing to boast of! The studio enjoyed working with this client! Thank you for Choosing studio Monaco.
This picture shows I-485 on the Outer Loop to I-77. The new section under construction complete the 67-mile Outer Loop.
The extension of MetroTram M17 from Schöneweide to Adlershof sees the completion of the second stage of improving public transport connections to the WISTA Science and Technology Park in Berlin-Adlershof, the first stage of which was completed in September 2011.
The new section between S Adlershof and S Schöneweide which replaces bus route 163 over this section and which will also be re-routed to open up new areas, includes five new tram stops. It will be served by tram routes M17 and 61, with the 24/7 M17 running every 10 minutes between 06:00 and 21:00, as well as tram route 63 which will be extended to Johannisthal Landschaftspark.
Mit der Verlängerung der MetroTram M17 von Schöneweide nach Adlershof wird die zweite Stufe der Straßenbahnanbindung des Wissenschafts- und Technologieparks WISTA in Berlin-Adlershof abgeschlossen, deren erste Stufe im September 2011 fertiggestellt wurde. Der neue Abschnitt zwischen S Adlershof und S Schöneweide umfasst fünf Haltestellen und ersetzt auf diesem Abschnitt die Buslinie 163, die ebenfalls neu geführt wird, um neue Gebiete zu erschließen. Sie wird von den rund um die Uhr Straßenbahnlinien M17 und 61 bedient, wobei die M17 zwischen 06:00 und 21:00 Uhr im 10-Minuten-Takt verkehrt, sowie von der Straßenbahnlinie 63, die bis zum Landschaftspark Johannisthal verlängert wird.
Paulette Marshall, President García, Frank Mumford, and Jennifer Ftizgerald cut the ribbon to College Park, officially dedicating the building.
A daylong celebration included a ribbon-cutting, featuring remarks by Cal State President Mildred García, marking the completion of the plaza on the north side of the College Park building at Cal State Fullerton. The plaza creates a more pedestrian-friendly environment for students and others coming to the building.
Senior Airman Rachel McGrady, of the 119th Services Flight, waits for completion of disinfectant fogging as she prepares to enter a congregate living facility for the elderly for a ‘deep cleaning’ effort with a group of North Dakota National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, Fargo, N.D., May 1, 2020. Marks from the protective mask she has been wearing remain on her cheeks. Members of the N.D. Air and Army Guard are assisting a local, contracted company to perform the deep cleaning. Elderly residents of the facility are among the highest risk for COVID-19, and the National Guard members are helping to keep them safe. McGrady said, “I always wanted to join because my grandpa was in and my brother was in. I was scared to join at first because I didn’t want to go out of my comfort zone. Eventually I just joined and it’s been great! I love helping people, and with things starting to open back up I wanted to help stop the spread (of COVID-19).” (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David H. Lipp)
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar spoke alongside Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Jo-Ellen Darcy, Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball, and South Florida National Parks Trust Board Chairman Neal McAliley at the Tamiami Trail One-Mile Bridge Opening Ceremony March 19, 2013, in Miami, Fla.
(Photo by: Jenn Miller)
The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) Aboriginal Leadership Opportunity Year (ALOY) program Officer and Naval Cadets complete their year and receive their Completion Certificates. Parade Square, RMC, Kingston, ON on June 10, 2022.
Image by: S1 Lisa Sheppard, Military Photojournalist, RMC Kingston
2022-RMC-0076
Built in 1912, this Beaux Arts-style 14-story skyscraper was designed by Esenwein and Johnson and Edward B. Green. Inspired by the landmark centerpiece of the 1901 Pan-American Exposition and the Pharos Lighthouse that was a wonder of the ancient world in Alexandria, Egypt, the tower became the tallest building in Buffalo upon its completion, surpassing the earlier St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral, which had been Buffalo’s tallest building since 1851, and remained the tallest building until the Liberty Building was built in 1925. The building originally was home to the Buffalo General Electric Company after which it was named, and was expanded with seven-story additions to the east and northeast of the original building in 1924-1927, designed by Edward B. Green and Sons, and a three-story addition to the roof of the building’s original east wing. The building was renovated in the 1930s, adding several Art Deco elements to the building’s interior. The building utilized electric lighting to help it stand out on the city’s skyline, and housed a series of local electrical utility companies, with Buffalo General Electric being absorbed into Niagara Hudson, and eventually becoming Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, remaining in the building until they sold it in 2003. The building’s lobby and office spaces were altered between the 1970s and 1990s in a series of renovations attempting to modernize the space, covering up and removing several decorative elements, while the exterior terra cotta was treated with care and repaired or replaced in a long-term maintenance program.
The building features two seven-story wings forming a “podium” to the east of the tower, which feature large banks o windows, pilasters, white terra cotta cladding, simple cornices, and storefronts along Genesee Street and part of Huron Street, with a light well capped by a skylight sitting in the middle of this section of the building. The most iconic part of the structure, however, is the octagonal white terra cotta-clad tower that rises from the corner of Washington Street and Huron Street, which features a tripartite composition to the main section, and a spire on top. The base features large arched bays with storefronts surrounded by decorative trim and featuring metal mullions and spandrels, with the most decorative trim being at the bay on the Genesee Street side of the tower, which projects from the building and features a rooftop terra above flanked by decorative margents, with all of the openings at the base featuring decorative keystones with wreaths. Additionally, decorative multi-globe metal lampposts flank the main entrance. Above this, the building features four window bays per side flanked by common pilasters an featuring terra cotta spandrels with triglyphs and roman lattice motif, with larger pilasters at the corners, terminating at massive oversized headers at the top of the thirteenth floor windows, with large decorative keystones featuring wreaths. Above this are five smaller recessed windows on each side of the fourteenth floor, flanked by large margents, with the capitals of the pilasters featuring decorative trim including smaller margents, and half-sphere caps atop the pilasters, with the parapets on each side featuring rounded middle sections and terra cotta caps. Above the fourteenth floor is the building’s two-story spire, which features doric columns at the corners with margents and egg and dart motif at the capitals on the first level, ionic columns with margents at the corners of the second level, large roman lattice screens on each side of the levels, decorative terra cotta cladding, keystones with argents, cornices with dentils, parapets with square sections above the columns and arched sections over the windows with margents, and low-slope roofs around the base of each level of the spire, with each level getting smaller and having a setback as the building gets taller. At the top, the building is crowned with a domed terra cotta open lantern with corinthian columns and pilasters, a cornice with dentils, ribbed dome with festoons, and a copper finial with a cylindrical lower section and a spherical upper section.
The building’s interior was partially restored after it was purchased by developers in 2004, and features Art Deco elements in the lobby, including aluminum trim and doors, plaster medallions on the ceilings, geometric motifs, stone cladding on the walls, decorative plaster trim at the transition between the ceilings and walls, an aluminum letterbox, chrome grilles, terrazzo floors, and a restored second-story balcony ringed by an Art Deco railing, creating an octagonal two-story space in the middle of the lobby with chrome wall sconces and light fixtures, art deco ceiling ornament, and a staircase with an art deco railing being present in this space as well. The lobby was partially modernized as part of the renovation, but any remaining historic material was maintained and reproduced to create a more cohesive visual character in the space. Additionally, the building features an intact original staircase with a Beaux Arts-style railing, Beaux Arts-style board rooms with intact original wooden paneling and trim on the walls, plaster ceilings with decorative plasterwork trim, plaster grilles, wall sconces, and a Classical Revival-style board room in one of the wings added in the 1920s, which features corinthian pilasters, wooden paneling, a decorative fireplace surround, and an arcade made up of wooden arches supported by wooden doric columns. The remnants of a photo room can be found on the fourteenth floor, which was originally the men’s lounge and steam room, with the space now being occupied by mechanical equipment. The remnants of a small lecture hall remain in the form of a concrete stage and concrete risers within the fifteenth floor, one of the spaces within the lantern, though structural elements added in 1995 during building renovations now cut through the space. This room now functions as utility space for the building. The interior was further modified in the conversion of the building to apartments in the 2000s.
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, and is presently owned by the Iskalo Development Company, and today is home to a variety of commercial office tenants. The building today is regularly lit up with various colored lights to commemorate special events, and is where the Buffalo Ball Drop is held on New Years Eve each year. The building remains the 7th tallest building in Buffalo, today succeeded by several towers built in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as those built later in the 1960s and 1970s. The building anchors the east side of Roosevelt Square.
To celebrate the completion of the Iowa Assessments, Callanan Middle School held an assembly on April 10th. The school watched a student vs. faculty basketball game. Then two instructors from Farrell's performed martial arts. The event ended with three names drawn for prizes.
As a PTA fundraiser for Callanan, Farrell's will offer four martial arts classes to students for $20 later in April.
After a smooth seven months on site the build is all but complete apart from the external landscaping and Celia & Diana have moved in, just in time for Christmas. Solar shades shown here are precision made using the Facit Homes D-Process. Tidy!
First two of four Sa'ar 6 - class corvettes INS Magen and INS Oz seen at German Naval Yards approaching their completion.
Model Master Brass over glossy black base for the rockets. Chrome over black for funnel casings.
These funnels are all Bandai (no resin) and are quite tricky to assemble to allow for open/closed positioning-build with caution.
Google suggestions is often fun, and may show the difference in concerns between you and the rest of the world. The top lines are my previous searches, the lower are popular searches. Clearly I have a slight intelligence obsession, but we all agree that eating is part of the solution.
Minister Shirley Bond spoke on behalf of Minister Todd Stone at a joint celebration led by the City of Prince George with the province and the federal government for the completion of Boundary Road.
LUC was first appointed by The Royal Parks in 2010 to design a cross country jump as part of the Olympic Equestrian event to be held in the Park in 2012. The jump was also to act as a play piece Post Games as a legacy and thanks for holding the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic events in the Park.
The success of this first phase of work enabled further funding to be allocated for improvement works to the rest of the playground, which began with development of a Masterplan and a strategy for delivering future phases of work. A design concept was developed, based on a ‘Pioneering’ theme to reflect Greenwich’s history as the starting place for explorers to sail out and discover the new world.
The third phase of work sought to implement the next stage of this vision Masterplan and to continue the approach towards a more natural play based area that better integrates into the setting of the Park. Numerous old pieces of play equipment nearing the end of their lifespan were also replaced. The completed third phase is comprised of a series of open areas for social and competitive play, with more intimate spaces offering a sense of exploration and discovery.
LUC hopes to continue the playground refurbishment works into a fourth phase of work, which will also look to improve the relationship between the playground and the boating lake, completing the enhancement of this northern quarter of Greenwich Park.
For more information, visit: www.landuse.co.uk
Aerial photo showing active drilling operations in the Pinedale Anticline natural gas field in August 2002. Well pads are in various stages of completion. Note multiple plumes of dust from traffic on well pads and access roads.
December 13, 2016--Tarrytown--Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the New NY Bridge has reached a major milestone with the topping off of the eight main span towers, and with the final concrete pour completed this week. The New NY Bridge is on track to open in 2018 and on budget at $3.98 billion. Additionally, 90 percent of support structures on the project are installed, including the fabrication and placement of 126 steel girders sections. To date, 3,000 roadway panels have been installed to connect the Rockland and Westchester shorelines up to the iconic main span, taking one of the largest active bridge projects in the nation one step closer to completion. (Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo)
Inside Out Planning and Architecture Inc. drawing for completion of operating theatres at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
Read story at: www.viha.ca/about_viha/news/news_releases/NR_CI_OR_NRGH.htm