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Friday, July 18, 2014 -- Governor Dannel P. Malloy held a bill signing ceremony to commemorate passage of PA 14-188, AAC State Contracting, Government Administration and Notification Regarding Extensions of Polling Place Hours
Commercial carrying on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Short Boats Wye, owned by Apollo Canal Carriers, and Derek Bent's Weaver, on a contract for Bradford Corporation moving sewage pipes from Esholt to Shipley in August 1973. I was working with Derek Bent on this job and on completion we made a fast dash back across the Pennines to Leigh.
One particular memory of the job is that the Corporation's steam locomotive Elizabeth was in action on the sewage works' system whilst we were loading.
Irizar i6 bodied MAN NAA 404 carrying fleetnumber 24 owned by Philocrates, Aradhippou was working an attica Holidays feeder when photographed in Nisssi Avenue, Ayia Napa, Cyprus on October 4th 2021.
"Take to the streets! Get political!" - Mimi Mollica
This is the eleventh Instruction for the Street Photography Now Project, written to inspire fresh ways of looking at and documenting the world we all live in.
The bin men came today and there's a big smiley face on the side of the dust cart but I don't smile. As in most areas Crawley Council have contracted out the refuse collection service. Once these men worked for the council but now they work for a private company. It's done to save money but you can bet that the way the money is saved is by paying these already low paid workers less and by reducing their conditions of employment ... pension rights etc
GIANT & SAFEWAY EMPLOYEES STANDING STRONG FOR FAIR CONTRACT Demonstration ATTEMPT TO DELIVER PETITIONS during GRAND OPENING of Giant Supermarket at O Street Market at 8th and O Street, NW, Washington DC on Thursday evening, 21 November 2013 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography
Rev. Graylan Hagler, Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ
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Army Sgt. 1st Class Serena Davidson (left) and Air Force Master Sgt. Alan
Wade (right), both contingency contracting officers, discuss the details of
a possible contract in a simulated regional contracting center during
Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2014 Jan. 28 at Fort Bliss,
Texas. More than 500 military and civilian contracting support professionals
from around the world are participating in various scenarios during OCSJX-14
until Jan. 31. Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Andrade.
As the sign reads:
Concord Stagecoach
Subsidized by government contracts, stage lines, such as Wells Fargo and Company began carrying passengers as well as mail into the Western United States in 1840. Stage coaching quickly became the most elegant form of transcontinental transportation.
The coaches were pulled by teams of 6 horses or mules and ran 24 hours a day. They traveled at 8-10 mph and could accomodate 9 passengers inside. Mail and other valuables would ride with the driver. The journey was one of constant rocking and the passengers were exposed to the elements due to the lack of glassed windows. The average fare from St. Louis to San Francisco totaled $300.00. The trip would take 16 days.
The Concord Coach, manufactured by Abbott - Downing of Concord, New Hampshire. quickly became the most popular stagecoach model. It's egg shaped design maintained strength and stability whole not sacrificing speed. The coach body rocked on leather straps called "thorough braces" instead of springs. The braces functioned as shock absorbers, allowing the coach body to sway forwards and backwards as well as sideways.
This coach is a replica of a Concord built by Gronway Parry in the early 1950's. Please climb inside and imagine yourself traveling through the west. Just remember to watch out for boulders in the road and bandits on the prairie.
Photographs by Toon van Stralen
Event : Benelux Next Top Model 2009
Place : Lichtfabriek Haarlem/Holland,
Date: November 16th
On November 16, 2009, we attended the Benelux Next Top Model 2009 competition, held in Lichtfabriek Haarlem, Holland. It was an awesome and beautiful event. The contestants were at their best in a bid to be the winner. In the end there was only one winner, Rosalinde Klikstra (Holland). The other two finalists were Denise Menes (Holland), model is white and red sheer dress, and Maxime van Steenvoort (Belgium), model in the red and pink sheer dress. Rosalinde Klikstra won a contract, worth 75,000 euro with Modelmasters the Agency - www.mtamodels.com/
This illustrious event was hosted by Daphne Deckers, who is a former James Bond Girl (Tomorrow Never Dies). She is married to Richard Krajicek, who is the 1996 winner of men's singles title at Wimbledon. The event was watched by over 19 million viewers around the world.
For more information on the 2009 Benelux Next Top Model competition visit:
www.2be.be/benelux-next-topmodel-2009
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A complete air and sea supply chain solution has been successful in winning the logistics contract for a new $US 50 million offshore oil drilling campaign in the Sudanese Red Sea. GPLN member Darka Shipping Agencies, a member of the Darka for Trading and Services group of companies based in Port Sudan, secured the contract with Red Sea Petroleum Operating Company (RSPOC) who will be working in Block 15 (Tokar Delta) section of the Red Sea. This is the first offshore oil drilling campaign in Sudan.
Darka Vice Chairman and Business Development Manager, Mohamed A.M. Osman, said contract negations were highly competitive. "A detailed and tailored solution was developed that met the very specific and complex needs of the client," Mr. Osman said.
He said a helicopter and two new specialist 2538 ton offshore supply vessels would provide around-the-clock logistics support to service a drilling rig located 70 nautical miles from Port Sudan for a period of six months. "A critical part of the work will be liaison between our company and the rig to ensure all air and sea transport movements operate smoothly and effectively in and out of the port area," said Mr. Osman.
The drilling assignment includes use of the West Prospero, which is currently working in block 15 in the Red Sea, was upgraded with high pressure, high temperature (HTHP) capabilities prior to moving to Sudan on a heavy lift vessel from Indonesia to Sudan through the Gulf of Aden. The Darka for Trading and Services group of companies has over 20 years experience in supply chain management.
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Pictured (LtoR) CEO KN Services Donagh Kelly, CEO of RPA Rory O Connor and Fine Gael Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar TD today signed the first contract of 368 million euro for construction work on the Luas Cross City line to link up the Green and Red luas lines. The work will generate 800 jobs and the RPA estimates an additional 10 million passenger journeys. Pic Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
Contract of employment for a reader employed at T & A Constable in March 1970.
Edinburgh City of Print is a joint project between City of Edinburgh Museums and the Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History Records (SAPPHIRE). The project aims to catalogue and make accessible the wealth of printing collections held by City of Edinburgh Museums. For more information about the project please visit www.edinburghcityofprint.org
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3397/2, 1928-1929. Photo: Defina / First National.
Hungarian Maria Corda (1898-1975) was an immensely popular star of the silent cinema of Austria and Germany. The pretty, blonde actress was a queen of the popular epic spectacles of the 1920s, which were often directed by her husband, Alexander Korda.
María Corda (sometimes spelt as Korda) was born María Antónia Farkas in Déva, Hungary in 1898. She began her acting career in the theatres of Budapest in the early days of World War I. Soon after Hungary became an independent state she began to work in the film industry as well. As Antónia Farkas she made her first film appearance in Se ki, se be/Not In, or Out (Sándor Korda aka Alexander Korda, 1919). In 1919 she married her director, but she would always write her last name differently to differentiate herself from her husband. He featured her in Fehér rózsa/The White Rose (Alexander Korda, 1919), Ave Caesar! (Alexander Korda, 1919) and A 111-es/Number 111 (Alexander Korda, 1919). She followed Korda when he journeyed to Vienna to join the Sascha Film Company. There Korda made her a star of the European silent cinema. Under his guidance, she took part in epic films like Samson und Delila/Samson and Delilah (Alexander Korda, 1922) and Die Sklavenkönigin/The Slave Queen (Mihály Kertész aka Michael Curtiz, 1924). Set in ancient Egypt, Die Sklavenkönigin recounts the oppression of the Jews under the despotic rule of Pharaoh Menapta. Against this backdrop is played the romantic story of Hebrew girl Merapi (Maria), the ‘Moon of Israel’, and Prince Seti (Adelqui Migliar aka Adelqui Millar), heir to the Egyptian throne. Die Sklavenkönigin was intended for an American release that same year, under the title Moon of Israel. That release was suppressed by Cecil B. DeMille, who worried that his own The Ten Commandments would be compared unfavourably. In 1927 Moon of Israel finally arrived in the American cinemas, director Michael Curtiz had been hired by Warner Bros., largely on the strength of this one film.
In the mid-1920s, Maria Corda had become a darling of the public and a sure guarantee for success at the box office. To her hits belong Das unbekannte Morgen/The Unknown Tomorrow (Alexander Korda, 1923) with Werner Krauss, Jedermanns Frau/Everybody's Woman (Alexander Korda, 1924), and Madame wünscht keine Kinder/Madame Doesn't Want Children (Alexander Korda, 1926) with Harry Liedtke. Her popularity was so huge that Austrian investors refused their grant for the Italian film Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei/The Last Days of Pompeii (Carmine Gallone, Amleto Palermi, 1926) unless the leading part would be recast with Maria Corda. And of course, that’s what finally happened. Desperately seeking his independence, Alexander Korda moved to Berlin to form his own company Korda-Film, and Maria moved with him to the German capital. There Korda directed his wife in Eine DuBarry Von Heute/A Modern DuBarry (Alexander Korda, 1926). Corda played Toinette, a saucy, somewhat amoral scullery maid. Bouncing from bed to bed, Toinette becomes the mistress of Count Martel (Alfred Gerasch) and, ultimately, the King of Andalia (Jean Bradin). This final liaison very nearly topples the Andalian government, but Toinette manages to survive this ordeal without a hair out of place, though she does cry and cry a lot when things don't go her way. This film landed Korda his Hollywood contract, and he and Maria travelled to the US.
Maria Corda’s one truly successful Hollywood film performance was in The Private Life of Helen of Troy (Alexander Korda, 1927). Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, Korda steadfastly refused to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously.
Maria Corda played the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. The film was nominated for an Academy Award in 1928, the year of the Awards' inception, in the category of Best Title Writing. Other Hollywood productions with Corda like the early sound film Love and the Devil (Alexander Korda, 1929) enjoyed little success. She finished her Hollywood career when the sound came to stay because her English was limited. She returned to Europe where she appeared in the silent comedies Der moderne Casanova/A Modern Casanova (Max Obal, 1928) and Die Konkurrenz platzt/The Competition Bursts (Max Obal, Rudolf Walther-Fein, 1929), both opposite Harry Liedtke. In Germany, she made one more sound film: Rund um die Liebe/All Around Love (Oskar Kalbus, 1929) with Elisabeth Bergner. In 1930 Maria Corda divorced Alexander Korda and she would never make another film. She moved to New York where she wrote novels. The formerly celebrated film goddess fell into oblivion. The later years of her life were spent in the vicinity of Geneva, Switzerland. Maria Corda died there in Thônex in 1976. She was 77.
Sources: Thomas Staedeli (Cyranos), Hal Erickson (AllMovie), J. A. Aberdeen (Hollywood Renegades Archives), Allure, Wikipedia and IMDb.
For more postcards, a bio and clips check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
The USS Maryland Silver Service (48 Pieces)
In 1904, Maryland governor Edwin Warfield commissioned the creation of a custom silver service to be placed on the new armored cruiser Maryland. Soon after the creation of the Maryland Cruiser Fund Commission, the contract to design and fabricate the silver was awarded to the Baltimore firm of Samuel Kirk and Sons.
Soon after the commissioning of the service, the members of the Cruiser Fund Commission began to identify the images to be depicted on the pieces and undertook a massive site-wide fundraising effort to raise $5,000 to create the service. This fundraising effort appealed to patriotism and civic specifically targeted children, women, and “rich and poor,” and was well-chronicled in local newspapers. In May 1906, a total of $5,000 had been raised by citizens and schoolchildren of Maryland to purchase this silver service.
The set depicts one hundred and sixty-seven scenes from the history of Maryland’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City. The USS Maryland silver service is unique. Not only do its pieces portray the houses, churches, and events of Maryland history, but their decorative borders symbolize the economy and culture of the state. Festooned tobacco leaves and oyster shell borders symbolize the importance of both land and water. Rope borders on each piece evoke the nautical origin of the service and the names of twelve noteworthy Maryland naval officers are engraved on the twelve punch cups.
On July 21, 1921, the U.S. Navy commissioned the battleship Maryland to replace the original cruiser, and the silver service was transferred to the new ship. After twenty-six years of service, including duty during World War II, the Maryland, known as “Fighting Mary”, was decommissioned on April 3, 1947. The silver service, which had been in storage during the war, was returned to Baltimore. The silver was displayed in the main gallery of the Maryland Historical Society until 1962 when the silver was placed on permanent loan to the state of Maryland and exhibited in the State House.
The entire service was displayed in the State House until 1992 when the submarine U.S.S. Maryland (SSBN 738) was commissioned and four pieces of the Maryland silver service [sugar bowl, creamer and a pair of candlesticks] were loaned to the Navy for display onboard the ship. The remaining forty-four pieces remained on display in the Maryland Silver Room in the State House until 2008 when they were removed in preparation for the recreation of the Old House of Delegates. The punch bowl and ladle were used annually at holiday celebrations at Government House until the late 1990s.
The entire silver service was cleaned and conserved by Creative Metalworks of Kensington, MD in 2010-2011 in preparation for its unveiling in the State House Caucus Room. Each of the pieces has been “clear-coated” to make them less susceptible to tarnish.
Decorating the Silver Service
Six themes appear throughout the silver service: nation (bald eagle), state (Great Seal of Maryland), county (local scenes and vegetation), hospitality (cornucopias), naval (the USS Maryland cruiser), and nautical (rope border). Oyster shell borders denote pieces representing counties that border the Chesapeake Bay, while tobacco leaves are used on tobacco-growing counties. Platters and compote dishes are engraved “USSM,” and a Mason-Dixon crown stone forms the handle of the serving utensils. Twelve naval officers from Maryland are honored on the punch cups that accompany the punch bowl.
Designing a Masterpiece
This service was a tour-de-force for Samuel Kirk & Son Co., Incorporated of Baltimore, and each piece is decorated using the firm’s famous repoussé technique of hammering designs into the pieces from the reverse side. More than thirty artisans worked on the service for six months. Each of the one hundred and sixty-seven series was meticulously researched, and Kirk’s artisan relied on drawings, photographs, and published sources for accuracy.
Creating the USS Maryland Silver Service
The unique silver service exhibited in this room was created in 1906 by Samuel Kirk & Son Co., Incorporated of Baltimore. The forty-eight-piece service depicts one hundred and sixty-seven scenes from the history of Maryland’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City, and each county is represented by at least one item.
Although Governor Edwin Warfield commissioned the service in 1904, no funds were allocated for its creation. Appealing to patriotism and civic duty, a state-wide fundraising effort targeting schoolchildren, women, and “rich and poor” was required to raise the necessary $5,000 to design and fabricate the service. It was completed in 1906.
The silver service was used on two US is Marylands until the late 1940s; it was placed on permanent display in the State House in 1962. Two candlesticks (representing Garrett County) and a creamer and sugar bowl (representing Charles County) are now on the submarine Maryland (SSBN 738).
USS Marylands
A total of four ships been named in honor Maryland. The entire silver service was used aboard the armored cruiser and the battleship, while four pieces are now aboard the submarine.
•USS Maryland, Sloop. Launched in 1799 from Baltimore; served for three years in the Napoleonic Wars.
•USS Maryland (ACR 8), Armored Cruiser, 1903-1921.
•USS Maryland (BB 46), Battleship, 1920-1947.
•USS Maryland (SSBN 738), Ohio Class Submarine, 1991-Present.
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Chief of FXM Joakim Wallin and Major General Raimo Jyväsjärvi signing a contract about 147 MTLB-tanks.
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SSG Booker Jordan, contracting specialist, 409th Contracting Support Brigade, Kaiserslautern, Germany, stands during a video-teleconferenced panel of senior noncommissioned officers during the Army Contracting Command 2013 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition. Due to budget constraints, most of this year’s competition was conducted over the Internet and via VTC. (U.S. Army Photo by Rachel Clark)
my contract with augsburg fortress publishers, the publishing company of the evangelical lutheran church of america (ELCA).
The USS Maryland Silver Service (48 Pieces)
In 1904, Maryland governor Edwin Warfield commissioned the creation of a custom silver service to be placed on the new armored cruiser Maryland. Soon after the creation of the Maryland Cruiser Fund Commission, the contract to design and fabricate the silver was awarded to the Baltimore firm of Samuel Kirk and Sons.
Soon after the commissioning of the service, the members of the Cruiser Fund Commission began to identify the images to be depicted on the pieces and undertook a massive site-wide fundraising effort to raise $5,000 to create the service. This fundraising effort appealed to patriotism and civic specifically targeted children, women, and “rich and poor,” and was well-chronicled in local newspapers. In May 1906, a total of $5,000 had been raised by citizens and schoolchildren of Maryland to purchase this silver service.
The set depicts one hundred and sixty-seven scenes from the history of Maryland’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City. The USS Maryland silver service is unique. Not only do its pieces portray the houses, churches, and events of Maryland history, but their decorative borders symbolize the economy and culture of the state. Festooned tobacco leaves and oyster shell borders symbolize the importance of both land and water. Rope borders on each piece evoke the nautical origin of the service and the names of twelve noteworthy Maryland naval officers are engraved on the twelve punch cups.
On July 21, 1921, the U.S. Navy commissioned the battleship Maryland to replace the original cruiser, and the silver service was transferred to the new ship. After twenty-six years of service, including duty during World War II, the Maryland, known as “Fighting Mary”, was decommissioned on April 3, 1947. The silver service, which had been in storage during the war, was returned to Baltimore. The silver was displayed in the main gallery of the Maryland Historical Society until 1962 when the silver was placed on permanent loan to the state of Maryland and exhibited in the State House.
The entire service was displayed in the State House until 1992 when the submarine U.S.S. Maryland (SSBN 738) was commissioned and four pieces of the Maryland silver service [sugar bowl, creamer and a pair of candlesticks] were loaned to the Navy for display onboard the ship. The remaining forty-four pieces remained on display in the Maryland Silver Room in the State House until 2008 when they were removed in preparation for the recreation of the Old House of Delegates. The punch bowl and ladle were used annually at holiday celebrations at Government House until the late 1990s.
The entire silver service was cleaned and conserved by Creative Metalworks of Kensington, MD in 2010-2011 in preparation for its unveiling in the State House Caucus Room. Each of the pieces has been “clear-coated” to make them less susceptible to tarnish.
Decorating the Silver Service
Six themes appear throughout the silver service: nation (bald eagle), state (Great Seal of Maryland), county (local scenes and vegetation), hospitality (cornucopias), naval (the USS Maryland cruiser), and nautical (rope border). Oyster shell borders denote pieces representing counties that border the Chesapeake Bay, while tobacco leaves are used on tobacco-growing counties. Platters and compote dishes are engraved “USSM,” and a Mason-Dixon crown stone forms the handle of the serving utensils. Twelve naval officers from Maryland are honored on the punch cups that accompany the punch bowl.
Designing a Masterpiece
This service was a tour-de-force for Samuel Kirk & Son Co., Incorporated of Baltimore, and each piece is decorated using the firm’s famous repoussé technique of hammering designs into the pieces from the reverse side. More than thirty artisans worked on the service for six months. Each of the one hundred and sixty-seven series was meticulously researched, and Kirk’s artisan relied on drawings, photographs, and published sources for accuracy.
Creating the USS Maryland Silver Service
The unique silver service exhibited in this room was created in 1906 by Samuel Kirk & Son Co., Incorporated of Baltimore. The forty-eight-piece service depicts one hundred and sixty-seven scenes from the history of Maryland’s twenty-three counties and Baltimore City, and each county is represented by at least one item.
Although Governor Edwin Warfield commissioned the service in 1904, no funds were allocated for its creation. Appealing to patriotism and civic duty, a state-wide fundraising effort targeting schoolchildren, women, and “rich and poor” was required to raise the necessary $5,000 to design and fabricate the service. It was completed in 1906.
The silver service was used on two US is Marylands until the late 1940s; it was placed on permanent display in the State House in 1962. Two candlesticks (representing Garrett County) and a creamer and sugar bowl (representing Charles County) are now on the submarine Maryland (SSBN 738).
USS Marylands
A total of four ships been named in honor Maryland. The entire silver service was used aboard the armored cruiser and the battleship, while four pieces are now aboard the submarine.
•USS Maryland, Sloop. Launched in 1799 from Baltimore; served for three years in the Napoleonic Wars.
•USS Maryland (ACR 8), Armored Cruiser, 1903-1921.
•USS Maryland (BB 46), Battleship, 1920-1947.
•USS Maryland (SSBN 738), Ohio Class Submarine, 1991-Present.
So of our ever growing contract fleet...
The Lynx is yet to enter service, though when it does it will be used on a school contract on new service number 1 (Loftus-Eston via everywhere). The Scania decker is for schools and ICI contract, as well as provide extra capacity on services where needed (replacing B736 GCN [right] in this role). B736 GCN will still be used on school services and as a spare and finally the Tiger on the end will be for schools, private hire and seemingly the bingo bus!
Qatar Center for Career Development (QCCD) formally began their new relationship with leading construction and infrastructure developers, Al Jaber Trading & Contracting, on 29th March 2014. Picture shows AJT&C team of senior managers who participated in a Specialist Skills Training Series Program, led by their HR Manager, Mr. Ahmed Nassar, wth Dr. Shaukat Chandna, MD of QCCD, who conducted the program.