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Westina: Are you enjoying are luncheon guests, Glinda (with a little cackle)? Look! Toto is here, too.
Glinda: You are violating the Oz contract and you know it!! Just because it is Halloween does not mean that you can hurt any creatures on your exclusion list!
Westina: Hush, hush. Nobody has been harmed. They are just invited for lunch.
Dorothy: Don't you mean, to be lunch?
Westina: My pretty, I told you you are an honored guest. (speaking to Dorothy)
Glinda: You must release all of them and restore them to full size!
Westina: Oh, you're no fun!
Glinda: Westina, you must!!!!
Westina: Alright, if you insist.
Westina enjoys getting her cousin all riled up and feisty each Halloween. Part of their family dynamic.
To be continued....
Born in Waterford, Ireland, O'Shea signed professional forms with Manchester United at the age of 17 and made his professional debut in 1999 against Aston Villa at Villa Park in a 3–0 Football League Cup defeat.
Following loan spells at Bournemouth and Royal Antwerp he returned to Manchester and began to feature in the United first team in the 2002–03 season, demonstrating versatility by playing at left-back, right-back, centre-back and central midfield during the successful 2002–03 Premiership campaign.
In 2003–04, United were without Rio Ferdinand after he began a suspension for missing a drugs test in January, and O'Shea took over from Ferdinand in central defence, helping United reach the FA Cup Final where they triumphed 3–0 over Millwall.
He displayed indifferent form in the 2004–05 season and was linked with a move away from Manchester, with Newcastle and Liverpool being linked with the Irishman. One of the highlights of Manchester United's otherwise slightly disappointing season was the 4–2 away victory against Arsenal, in which O'Shea scored the fourth goal by chipping Arsenal goalkeeper Manuel Almunia from the edge of the 18 yard box.
An injury to Gary Neville in the 2005–06 season also gave O'Shea more first-team opportunities. He was criticised for his lacklustre performances that season, and was reportedly one of the players lambasted by United veteran Roy Keane in a controversial interview on the club's MUTV channel.
On 4 February 2007, during league game against Tottenham Hotspur, O'Shea deputised for Edwin van der Sar in goal after the van der Sar was taken off the pitch for a broken nose, while Manchester United had already used all three substitutes. During this time he denied his Republic of Ireland teammate Robbie Keane a goal with a save a few minutes before full time. Following this incident, United fans chanted "Ireland's number one" in O'Shea's honour.[1]
A month later he won over many United fans by scoring an injury time winner against Liverpool at Anfield for United in the league, having come on as a substitute for Wayne Rooney. This goal was important in United going on to regain the Premiership trophy for the 2006–07 season. He also rescued his team against Everton in one of the final games of the season, when he bundled the ball in the net after Everton goalkeeper Iain Turner fumbled a Ryan Giggs corner. United went on to win 4–2.[2] This was perhaps an even more decisive goal, as Bolton were drawing with Chelsea at the same time and defeat would have let Chelsea back into the title race. He scored another goal from close range, in a 2–1 defeat away to Portsmouth that season, this goal came during an injury hit part of the season, were O'Shea, as a versatile player, was required to play at full back. John O'Shea had a shooting accuracy of 100% and scored with 80% of his shots in the 2006–07 season.[3]
During the 2007–08 season, Manchester United used O'Shea as an emergency striker due to injury problems. His use as a striker gave him the distinction of having played in every position for Manchester United. On 23 November 2007, John O'Shea extended his contract at Manchester United, to keep him at the club until 2012. Throughout the 2007-2008 season John O'Shea came off the bench several times and proved important as a utility player on the way to a European double. O'Shea captained his club for the first time, during a 2–0 home defeat to Coventry City in the League Cup Fourth Round.
Throughout the 2008-09 season, O'Shea became a regular within the team, deputising at Right Back because of injuries to Gary Neville and Wes Brown. On 20 January 2009, O'Shea scored his first goal of the season against Derby County in the 2nd leg of the Carling Cup Semi-final.[4] O'Shea then started the 2009 Football League Cup Final, before being replaced by Nemanja Vidić on 76 minutes, United won the game 4-1 on penalties. On 29 April 2009, O'Shea scored the only goal of the game in the first leg of the Champions League Semi-final against Arsenal, this set United up to go on and win in the second leg by 4-1 on Aggregate.[5] O'Shea started and played the full 90 minutes in the 2009 Champions League Final 2-0 loss to Barcelona, and by many accounts was one of United's better performers on the night.[6][7][8] Sir Alex Ferguson had promised O'Shea, who was an an unused substitute in the 2008 Champions League Final, a starting place in the 2009 final for his contribution to the team that season.[9]
O'Shea captained United's first game against Birmingham City in the 2009-10 season. [10]
International career
O'Shea earned his first senior cap for the Republic of Ireland on 15 August 2001, when he came on as an 84th minute substitute at home to Croatia. His debut ended in disappointment, however, when he gave away a penalty in injury time, which resulted in Ireland conceding their lead, and the game ending 2-2.
Career statistics
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Château de Courcenay, lieu-dit Courcenay.
Le château de Courcenay date du XVe siècle. Il n'en reste que des ruines.
Le château de Courcenay, comme ceux de Beauregard et de Chabenet, a appartenu à la famille de Boisé dont le château d'origine est situé à 1 km. au nord (Lieu-dit Boisay).
"Près de Beauregard est le vieux château de Courcenay. Sur la route tracée dans les bois, se trouve, en contrebas une grosse tour entourée d'énormes lierres. Une jolie porte, dont l'écusson est effacé, y donne accès. L'étage supérieur de la tour offre des arêtes. La charpente de cette tour est curieuse. La construction offre les caractères du XVe siècle. La terre de Courcenay fait partie de la celle* de Beauregard. Le régisseur y demeure."
(Les vieux châteaux du bas-berry - Châteauroux, 1876 - E.Migné et Fauconneau-Dufresnes)
En 1589, René de Boisé, propriétaire de Courcenay, rejoint la Ligue, ces ultras-catholiques qui lors des guerres de Religion critiquèrent la politique royale : selon eux, les traités signés à la suite des batailles, même perdues par les protestants, étaient invariablement favorables à ces derniers. Un an auparavant, Henri III avait fait assassiner le duc de Guise, chef de la Ligue, à Blois. Velles est sur la ligne de front: Argenton-sur-Creuse est protestante et Déols est occupée par la Ligue. René perdra la vie lors d'un accrochage avec les forces d'Henri III et d'Henri de Navarre.
René était l'aîné d'une fratrie; il avait trois jeunes frères et deux soeurs : la plus jeune, Louise, est mariée avec un gentilhomme de Touraine, la plus âgée, Françoise, vit sur les terres de Courcenay. Françoise se fait appeler "Mademoiselle de la Motte", en référence à l'une des possessions familiales. Elle pratique volontiers les armes. A la mort de René, Mademoiselle de la Motte compte bien, en tant que cadette, devenir "chef" de famille, mais René avait désigné son successeur avant sa mort, en la personne de son beau-frère Antoine de Saint Flovier. Françoise commanditera l'agression du beau-frère et l'occupation du château, ce qui la discréditera aux yeux des châtelains du voisinage. C'est le roi Henri IV qui fera libérer le château de Courcenay. Mademoiselle de la Motte finira par se réconcilier avec la famille.
* La celle (cella) était au Moyen Âge une petite dépendance d'une abbaye ou d'un prieuré.
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Du Fief de Courcenay (Histoire de Berry par Gaspard Thaumas de la Thaumassière avocat au Parlement. A Bourges 1689)
Chapitre LXVII.
Le Fief de Courcenay confifte en un ancien Château, groffe Tour & Fortereffe, plufieurs Arpens de Prez , Bois Taillis, Etangs, Dixmes , Cens & Rentes ; il eft jurable & rendable au Seigneur de Château-roux. Ce Fief a été poffedé de temps immemorial par des Seigneurs de la Maifon de Boifé, dont je rapporte la Genealogie au Chapitre fuivant ; & les Titres de Château-roux font foy que Geofroy de Boifé Ecuyer donna fon dénombrement au Seigneur de Château-roux, le Lundy devant la Saint Pierre d'Aouft 1373 & aprés luy Jaques de Boifé le 24 Juillet 1434. Le même reconnut le 28 Janvier 1437 que fa Fortereffe de Courcenay eft jurable & rendable au Seigneur de Château-roux, il promit & s'obligea tant pour luy que pour fes fucceffeurs de n'impetrer ny faire impetrer Guer ny provifions de Guer, du Roy , de Prince ou d'autre quelconque ayant à ce puiffance, fors que du Seigneur de Château-roux & de fes fucceffeurs, & de jamais croître fa Fortereffe, ny de la faire de plus grande enceinte & étenduë qu'elle étoit alors. Les décendans de Jacques de Boifé font encore aujourd'huy en poffeffion de ce Fief.
Des Seigneurs de Courcenay de la Maifon de Boifé.
Chapitre LXVIII.
Il y a plus de trois cens ans que cette Famille poffede la Seigneurie de Courcenay , mouvante de la Baronnie de Château-roux. Elle s'eft alliée en plufieurs nobles Maifons de cette Province & des voifines, comme en celles de la Châtre, Blanchefort, Seris, la Celle, la Trie, Barbançois, Coigné, Mareüil, Douaud, Magnac, S. Hilaire & autres.
Ils portent d'argent à la face de fable. Le plus ancien de ceux qui font venus à ma connoiffance eft
I.
Adenet de Boifé Damoifeau S. de Courcenay, vivoit en l'an 1327. avoit pour Femme Marguerite de la Châtre, laquelle en étoit veuve l'an 1361. d'où
II.
Pierre de Boifé Ecuyer S. de Courcenay, acquit le lieu de la Colombe en 1387. fut Pere de
III.
Geofroy de Boifé Ecuyer S. de Courcenay fit la foy & hommage de la Seigneurie de Courcenay au Seigneur de Chateau-roux, l'an 1399. d'où.
IV.
jacques de Boifé S. de Courcenay , obtint permiffion de Meffire Guy de Chauvigny S. de Château-roux, de fortifier fa Maifon de Courcenay, à la charge qu'elle luy feroit jurable & rendable à volonté, par Lettres du 28 juin 1437. il contracta mariage avec Souveraine de Blanchefort, Fille de jean de Blanchefort S. de Fourray & de Paudy, duquel elle partagea les biens avec fes coheritiers l'an 1452. d'où.
Charles de Boifé qui fuit.
Anne de Boifé, mariée le 7.Janvier 1469.
Françoife de Boifé conjointe avec Jean de Barbançois Ecuyer S.de Sarzay, le 27. Decembre 1453.
V.
Charles de Boifé fieur de Courcenay, époufa Catherine, dont je n'ay pû apprendre le furnom , d'où.
Artus de Boifé , duquel cy-aprés.
Catherine de Boifé, mariée l'an 1492 , avec François Gédoyn Ecuyer fieur de Jotereau.
VI.
Artus de Boifé fieur de Courcenay , contracta Mariage avec Madelaine de la Trie Fille de jean de la Trie Chevalier , & de Jacquette de la Trie, d'où.
André de Boifé qui continua la pofterité.
François de Boifé fieur des Chezaux
VII.
André de Boifé fieur de Courcenay, fit partage avec fon frere le 12 May 1537 époufa Louife de Seris , d'où.
Jean de Boifé duquel cy.aprés.
Renée de Boifé , Epoufe de Pierre de Mareüil Ecuyer fieur de Treüillaud.
Françoife de Boifé, femme de François de Douhaud Ecuyer fieur de la Tour-Rancé.
VIII.
jean de Boifé fieur Courcenay , s'allia avec Paule de Coifgne, fille de René de Coifgne, Ecuyer fieur de Marteau & de la Roche, le 4. Février 1559. d'où.
IX.
René de Boifé fieur de Courcenay , contracta Mariage le 7. Février 158o. avec Marguerite de Magnac fille de Jean de Magnac fieur du Repaire, d'où.
X.
Claude de Boifé fieur de Courcenay, la Roche-Bordin , Bois-rond & du Repaire, époufa le 4. janvier 1624. Anne de S. Hilaire, veuve Gabriel de Mauvoifin Ecuyer fieur de la Forêts, fille de Chriftophle de S. Hilaire Ecuyer fieur de Coudreau, & de Catherine de la Tholiere, mourut en l'an 1638. d'où.
Claude de Boifé II. du nom , qui continua la pofterité.
Anne de Boifé, femme de Ferdinand de Ville-Lume Ecuyer fieur de Chamfort.
XI.
Claude de Boifé fieur de Courcenay , Chezaux , Chezefmes , Vernuffe & Relle, conjoint par Mariage le 4 Juin 1647 avec Marguerite le Roy, fille de Jean Jacques le Roy , Chevalier fieur de Marmagne & de Buffiere d'Aillac, & de Marie du Drac fa femme, d'où.
Anne de Boifé.
Jean Charles de Boifé.
Marie de Boifé.
Françoife de Boifé.
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Clare Welcome Center 634 at mile marker 160 on US 127 near Clare, Michigan. One reason I particularly like trucks is the wide variety of configurations and specialized purposes they are made for. While traveling North, we stopped at this rest area. I noticed this truck pull in with an odd looking load supported by a ton of wheels (fairly common in Michigan) and the "hot" sign in front. With a little research I later discovered that PK Contracting specializes in pavement marking (putting lines on our roads) using a hot process. I guess the white bags contain the raw material they use and the tanks are used for heating the material.
Stratford International Station 25 August 2021. Here East is a media centre based on the Press and Broadcast centre for the 2012 Olympics. It was built on the site of the former Hackney Greyhound and Speedway statdium. A free bus service is operated as a contract service between Here East and Stratford City bus station, running in a loop serving Stratford International towards Here East. London General re-acquired three Wrightbus StreetLiteWF buses for use on the free service, WS35/6/8, 2013 buses which had been disposed of after the contract for route 192 had been lost. The roof behind the bus is an entrance to the Docklands Light Railway station.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer of the World War II era. They were primarily a repair and overhaul shop, but also a construction shop for other companies' designs, notably the Supermarine Seafire. But the company also undertook contract work for the Air Ministry, Lord Rootes, Shorts and Armstrong Siddeley worth £1.5 million, and undertook design and development work.
The Marlin torpedo bomber was designed by Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft to Admiralty Specification O.5/43 as a replacement for the carrier-based Fairey Barracuda in the torpedo/dive bomber role for the new Malta Class ships. Cunliffe-Owen’s engineers had been convinced that a state-of-the-art torpedo bomber would have to be a fast and agile aircraft, so the airframe’s dimensions remained as compact as possible – and in fact the resulting aircraft was not bigger than the Barracuda, even though it was more massive in order to make room for an internal bomb bay. Much attention was given to aerodynamic and weight refinements, so that the aircraft – despite its considerable size – would still perform well with a single engine.
The primary choice fell on the Bristol Centaurus and the aircraft was expected to achieve 370 mph (600 km/h) top speed. Other engines with a similar output, e .g. the R-2800 and R-3350 from the USA as well as the British, air-cooled Exe 45 24 cylinder inline engine, were considered, too. However, the American export engines had been reserved for domestic use and the Exe was, at the time of the aircraft’s design, still far from being a reliable engine in the 3.000 hp class.
The Cunliffe-Owen Marlin was a conservative two-seat, mid monoplane aircraft design. As the Marlin was intended for carrier service, it came complete with hinged wing sections to allow for folding, as well as an arrester hook and a sturdy landing gear. The wings had a pronounced inverted gull wing design, so that the wings’ main spars could be positioned between the bomb bay and the cockpit floor and the landing gear struts could be kept as short as possible.
Even though the new Malta Class ships would allow bigger aircraft to be stored and deployed, the Cunliffe-Owen design team was cautious and tried to keep the aircraft as compact as possible – also with hindsight to the aircraft’s overall performance. In order to achieve this goal and set the Marlin apart from its Fairey and Supermarine contenders, the designers decided at a very early stage to limit the biggest size driver: the internal bomb bay. On the Marlin, it was not to be long enough to carry an 18” torpedo internally. The effects were dramatic: the Spearfish, for instance, had a wingspan of more than 60 ft (18m) and had a MTOW of more than 10 tons, while the Marlin had only a wing span of less than 50 ft and weighed only 25% less.
Instead of carrying the torpedo internally, a ventral arrangement, offset to port, allowed for the external carrying of a single 18” torpedo under the fuselage or of up to two 1.000 lb bombs in tandem. Alternatively, a single 1.000 lb bomb could be carried internally on a swing arm that would clear the bomb in a dive from the propeller arc. When dropped in free fall, up to four 500 lb. bombs or four 450 lb (205 kg) depth charges could be carried internally. Other options included a photo camera pallet for reconnaissance duties and/or auxiliary fuel tanks.
Hardpoints under the outer wings allowed the carriage of more iron bombs, mines or depth charges of up to 500 lb caliber, 90 gal drop tanks, or up to sixteen unguided 3” missiles for attack purposes. The Marlin’s total ordnance load was 3,000 lb (1,361 kg).
Additionally, two forward-firing, fixed 20mm cannons were mounted in the leading wing edges while a defensive, remote-controlled Frazer-Nash FN95 dorsal barbette with two 0.5” (12.7 mm) machine guns was mounted behind the rear cockpit position for defense, being operated by the navigator.
In August 1943, Cunliffe-Owen received an order for two Marlin T.1 prototypes. The first prototype, serial number RA359, was constructed at Cunliffe-Owen's Southampton Airport factory and first flew on 5 July 1945. The second prototype did not fly until late 1946 and was earmarked for the integration of a surface-search radar.
Test pilot and naval aviator Captain Eric Brown evaluated the first prototype at the Royal Navy Carrier Trials Unit at RNAS Ford, Sussex, and found "the controls in cruising flight were relatively heavy, but the aircraft responded well to stick input, and it is fast – despite its ponderous looks.” The Marlin also lacked any sort of stall warning, which would have been a problem in operational use as the stall and approach speeds were fairly close. For the landing, the aircraft proved quite docile, though.
The later prototype had, as an interim measure, ailerons boosted by hydraulic power and artificial feel to the stick from a spring. But during tests Brown found that "the second prototype was much less the pleasant aircraft to fly as the stick continually hunted either side of neutral and there was no build-up of stick force with increase in speed." Several improvements had to be made to the airframe, but no major flaws were discovered. In addition, the flaps were to be enlarged and lateral control was to be provided by spoilers with small "feeler" ailerons.
In the meantime, the strategic developments in the Pacific theatre of operations had changed. In 1945 the original order of four Malta Class ships from 1943 for the Royal Navy had been cancelled, even before they were laid down, and with this cancellation the Fleet Air Arm no longer had a requirement for new torpedo bombers. The whole program was cancelled, including the Marlin’s main competitor, the Fairey Spearfish, which was only built as a prototype.
However, the Marlin’s good performance so far and its relatively compact dimensions and high performance saved it from complete cancellation. The type was now regarded rather as an attack aircraft that would complement the Hawker Sea Fury fighter, another late WWII design. Some refinements like a new exhaust system and a fully retractable tail wheel were integrated into the serial production and the updated type’s designation was changed into SR.2 in order to reflect its changed role. The torpedo bomber capability was kept, even though only as a secondary role.
Originally, production orders for 150 aircraft were placed to be built at Southhampton, starting in late 1944. The first ten aircraft were still finished to the T.1 specification and used a Bristol Centaurus IX 18-cylinder radial engine, 2,520 hp (1,880 kW) radial engine. Then production switched to the TR.2, but instead of fulfilling the complete order, just a scant 114 TR.2 production aircraft, all outfitted with a 2,825 hp (2,107 kW) Centaurus 57 engine, followed. Some were outfitted with an ASV Mk.XV surface-search radar, mounted in a pod under the outer starboard wing, but all of them came too late to see any action in the Pacific.
After the Second World War, the Marlin remained in front line service with the Fleet Air Arm until the mid-1950s, but soon after World War II, anti-aircraft defenses were sufficiently improved to render aerial torpedo attacks suicidal. Lightweight aerial torpedoes were disposed or adapted to small attack boat usage, and the only significant employment of aerial torpedoes was in anti-submarine warfare.
Nevertheless, British Marlins got actively involved in several battles. For instance, the type carried out anti-shipping patrols and ground strikes off various aircraft carriers in the Korean War, and the Royal Navy successfully disabled the Hwacheon Dam in May 1951 with aerial torpedoes launched from Marlin fighter bombers - this raid constituted the last time globally that an aerial torpedo was used against a surface target, and was the only time torpedoes were used in the Korean War. The Marlin also served in the ground-attack role during the Malayan Emergency between 1951 and 1953.
The Marlin’s FAA front line career ended in late 1954 with the introduction of the Fairey Gannet. By that time, Cunliffe-Owen had already been, due to huge losses in the Post-War civil aviation market, dissolved since 1947.
General characteristics:
Crew: two
Length: 39 ft 7 1/2 in (12.10 m)
Wingspan: 47 ft 3 in (14.40 m)
Height: 13 ft 4.5 in (4.07 m)
Wing area: 35.40 m² (381.041 ft²)
Empty weight: 10,547 lb (4,794 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 16,616 lb (7,553 kg)
Fuel capacity: 409 imperial gallons (1,860 l; 491 US gal)
Powerplant:
1× Bristol Centaurus 57 18-cylinder radial engine, 2,825 hp (2,107 kW)
driving a 5-bladed Rotol VH 65, 14 ft (4.3 m) diameter propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 540 km/h (293 kn, 335 mph)
Maximum range: 900 mi (783 nmi, 1,450 km)
Combat radius: 349 mi (303 nmi; 562 km)
Service ceiling: 31,600 ft (9,630 m)
Rate of climb: 2,600 ft/min (13 m/s)
Time to altitude: 7.75 minutes to 10,000 feet (3,048 m)
Wing loading: 158.9 kg/m² (32.5 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 240 W/kg (0.147 hp/lb)
Armament:
2× 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano autocannon in the outer wings
2× 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in a dorsal, remote-controlled
Frazer-Nash FN95 barbette
1× 1,850 lb (840 kg) 18” Mk. VXII torpedo or 2 × 2,000 lb (910 kg) bombs under the fuselage,
or up to 2.000 lb of bombs in an internal bomb bay
Alternatively, up to 16× RP-3 rocket projectiles, bombs or 2× 90 gal (408 l) drop tanks
on underwing hardpoints; total ordnance load of up to 3,000 lb (1,361 kg)
The kit and its assembly:
This converted Aichi B7A2 was inspired by a whiffy Royal Navy skin for this type for a flight simulator, found at warthunder.com and created/posted by a user called byacki. The aircraft was otherwise unchanged, but the result looked so convincing that I earmarked the idea for a hardware build.
This time has come now: the 2018 “RAF Centenary” Group Build at whatifmodelers.com was a neat occasion to tackle the project, since I already had stashed away a Fujimi kit for this build.
In fact, Cunliffe-Owen submitted a competitive proposal for the Spearfish’s requirement, but details concerning the respective aircraft remain obscure, so that the B7A2 fills this gap well. The Fujimi kit itself is VERY nice, well detailed and goes together like a charm. In order to stay true to the original inspiration I did not change much, but the Fairey Spearfish of the late WWII era had some influence.
First of all, the engine was changed into a Bristol Centaurus – a very simple rhinoplasty, since the B7A2’s front fuselage diameter turned out to be ideal for this swap! The original nose was cut off just in front of the exhaust stubs, and a Centaurus from a PM Model Sea Fury was mounted in its place – even though it had to be “squashed” a little in order to fit properly (achieved through the use of a screw clamp and 2C putty inside to stabilize the new shape). Inside of the new cowling, a styrene tube was added for the new five blade propeller, also form a Sea Fury, which received a metal axis.
Another addition is the gun barbette, a common feature among Admiralty Specification O.5/43 designs (the Fairey Spearfish carried one, too). I was lucky to find a leftover chin turret from an Airfix B-17G in the pile, which fitted well in shape and size. The casing ejector openings were faired over and then the turret was mounted upside down in a round opening at the end of the cockpit section. Cockpit floor and canopy were modified accordingly and the result does not look bad at all! Inside of the cockpit the OOB bucket seats were replaced by bigger alternatives – the Fujimi parts look like 1:100 scale!
The OOB torpedo was retained and I added some unguided 3” rockets under the aircraft’s wings, left over from my recent Sea Hawk trainer build. Another addition is a radar pod under the port side wing (a modified cardboard drop tank from a WWII P-51D), and the main wheels were changed – from a Matchbox Me 262, because they feature more details than the OOB parts. The tail wheel was modified, too: instead of the B7A2’s fixed wheel, I implanted the front wheel from a PZL Iskra and added covers, for a retractable arrangement.
Painting and markings:
Well, a conservative choice, and since I wanted to stay true to the original CG design, I stuck to classic RN colors in the form of Extra Dark Sea Grey (Humbrol 123) for the upper surfaces and Sky (Tamiya XF-76 IJN Green Grey, which is a very similar, yet slightly darker tone) for the undersides, with a high waterline. A personal twist came through Korean War era “invasion stripes”, which were carried for easy identification esp. by propeller-driven aircraft in order to avoid friendly AA fire from the ground. The stripes were created after basic painting with white and black generic decal sheet material (TL Modellbau): large white bands (32 mm wide) as foundation, with single black bands (each 6.4 mm wide) added on top. Application around the radar pod and on the slightly tapered fuselage was a bit tricky, but IMHO still easier than trying to mask and paint the stripes.
Other markings were puzzled together from a PrintScale Fairey Firefly sheet, from different Korean War era aircraft.
As per usual, the kit received a light black ink wash in order to emphasize the engraved surface details, and then the panels were highlighted through dry-brushing. Lightly chipped paint was simulated with dry-brushed silver and light grey, and gun and exhaust soot were created with grinded graphite.
Finally, everything was sealed under a mix of Italeri’s matt and semi-gloss acrylic varnishes, for a sheen finish.
I am astonished how natural the Japanese B7A2 from late WWII looks in Royal Navy colors – even without my minor modifications the aircraft would look very convincing, even as a post-war design. It’s really an elegant machine, despite its bulk and size!
The Centaurus with its five blade propeller, the missiles under the wings and the gun barbette just add some more muscle and post-war credibility. I could also imagine this elegant aircraft in WWII Luftwaffe markings, maybe with an engine swap (BMW 801 or Jumo 213 power egg), too?
Off to San Francisco to continue the Celebration!
Keith: I need to give Lauren a call to give her the good news! She'll be estactic!
Jason: Why don't you fly to New York & tell her in person? I can wind things up here, & meet up with you guys back home for the Holidays!
Keith: Excellent! I think I will!
TK-Hotsauce: "So, if I finish the Jedi saga, I get a Handsome Reward??"
Yes, I proposed to TK-Hotsauce an offer he couldn't refuse. He agreed to finish out the Jedi saga with TC-Jedi, TC-Gangsta, and TC-Shocktrooper, Darth Vader, and the rest of the gang... However, he did make an alteration to the contract as he wants some creative control. He insisted that if he continues with the storyline, his lightsaber would be orange, he would get to be the one to defeat Sideous, and that his handsome reward be of the "spicy" variety.
I agreed to those terms.
The contract between ESA and Arianespace to launch the ADM-Aeolus satellite was signed on 22 July 2016 by ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes, Josef Aschbacher, (left) and CEO of Arianespace, Stéphane Israël, (right) in the presence of Jan Woerner, ESA Director General, (centre), at ESA headquarters in Paris, France. Aeolus will be launched on a Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana at the end of 2017. Using novel laser technology, this new mission will provide profiles of wind, aerosols and clouds to advance our understanding of atmospheric dynamics and to improve weather forecasts.
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Credit: ESA–Nadia Imbert-Vier, 2016
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Vivienne and Mirelle Part 7: The Fall of Seraine
Power borrowed is never power kept.
It began with whispers in the port scaffolds.
A cargo reroute. A contract dropped.
A name removed from a protection list.
Seraine had expanded—too far.
The Pale Hour wasn’t quiet anymore. It was efficient. Clean. Elegant.
It attracted people who used to owe their silence to Vivienne.
People who should have known better.
Freelancers started bypassing the Ravenwood.
Mid-tier operators checked in with Seraine’s people before they checked in with Vivienne’s.
Even one of Omalley’s girls defected. Quietly. Permanently.
Vivienne said nothing.
Not when she heard about the meeting with the out-of-system broker.
Not when someone tagged her surveillance node in the Drift with Pale Hour credentials.
Not even when two Ravenwood-aligned clients turned up dead—information compromised.
She waited.
Because Vivienne Ravenwood doesn’t make threats.
She makes examples.
They called it The Quiet Hour afterward.
Six names struck from the Ravenwood’s register. Six who would never be seen again.
Six bodies found in Old Port—clean kills, knives still sheathed.
Bodies left - not as a warning, but as a promise.
A data broker pulled from a tram before reaching the docks.
A Crimson Alcove girl who rerouted her loyalty was found seated in a chair inside the Ravenwood, head bowed, untouched, but with her ledger account emptied and her status revoked.
Each one had stepped away from Vivienne.
Each one thought she hadn’t noticed.
She had.
Vivienne didn’t watch the purges.
She orchestrated them.
She left the executions to people who had once been forgotten, favored, or fed by her.
No bounty posted. No credits exchanged.
Just quiet orders.
And names.
And one exception.
Seraine.
She wasn’t killed.
She was dismantled.
It happened that night when she tried to hold court.
Her version of it: a high-back chair, private security, clients who thought they’d found a new center of gravity.
Vivienne walked in alone.
No guards. No fanfare. Just a crimson coat and gloves she didn’t remove.
Seraine stood. Smiled.
Vivienne didn’t.
She crossed the room like the floor belonged to her—because it did.
Two guards went down before anyone registered motion. No blood. No resistance worth mentioning.
Seraine’s hand flashed toward her blade, but Vivienne was already there.
The disarm was fluid, the counter precise. Vivienne’s knife found its mark: through the center of Seraine’s right hand.
The hand that signed deals, that left silk messages, that dared to build a shadow in Vivienne’s wake.
Vivienne leaned in. Close enough to be memory.
“You know what the others never did.
How to leave with a wound instead of a grave.
Don’t make me reconsider the distinction.”
Then she turned and left.
And no one followed.
Aftermath
The Pale Hour was shut down before sunrise.
Seraine vanished.
The traitors were already gone. No one filled their places.
And inside the Ravenwood, the lights ran brighter for a few nights—just enough for people to remember who cast the longest shadow.
Addendum to Part 7
After fire, there are always those who crawl out of the ash—not to rebuild, but to ask permission to breathe.
It was late.
Not late for the port. Late for the Ravenwood.
The casino floor had gone still. Music faded. Lights dimmed to gold and steel. The kind of hour that didn’t tolerate unannounced visitors.
But one came anyway.
She waited outside the security line. Said her name once, quiet. Gave no credentials. No threats.
Just a name:
“Marin.”
Vivienne knew it.
A minor Pale Hour facilitator. Data movement. Quiet loyalty. Never crossed Vivienne directly, but never stood apart either.
She was watched during the purge. Flagged. But not marked for removal.
Now she stood just inside the bar. Not shaking. Not armed. But very, very careful.
Vivienne didn’t stand.
She didn’t speak, at first.
She let the silence test the girl’s spine.
“I wasn’t loyal,” Marin said, finally. “But I wasn’t stupid, either.”
“I knew who you were.”
Vivienne looked at her. Nothing sharp. Just the kind of stillness that made every heartbeat feel overheard.
“She’s gone,” Marin continued. “And I’m still here. I could disappear. I should. But I’d rather stay.”
Vivienne raised one brow.
“Why?”
“Because at least with you,” Marin said, “I know the rules.”
That got the first reaction. Not a smile. But something shifted around Vivienne’s mouth. Like memory. Or amusement.
She stood. Slowly.
Walked to the bar. Poured one drink. Just one.
Set it on the edge of the counter. Didn’t invite her to take it. Didn’t claim it either.
“You’re still breathing,” Vivienne said.
“That’s permission enough. Don’t ask for more.”
Vivienne turned and walked away.
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( la WAC revient avec son show 'Wrestling Live' ce dimanche 13/10/2019 !
2 match son deja annonce !
Le bourreau defendra son titre de champion de Belgique face a Rob Raw !!
The Family affronterons The spirits'Guardians pour le championnat tag team de la WAC !! )
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Belgian collectors card by Kwatta, no. C. 224. Photo: MGM. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy in New Moon (Robert Z. Leonard, 1940).
Red-headed and blue-green eyed operatic singer Jeanette MacDonald (1903-1965) was discovered for the cinema by Ernst Lubistch, who cast her opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade (1929). Later 'the Iron Butterfly' co-starred with Nelson Eddy in a string of successful musicals and played opposite Clark Gable in San Francisco (1936).
Jeannette Anna McDonald was born in Philadelphia in 1903 as the third daughter of Daniel and Anne MacDonald. She began her career at age 6, where she had small roles in stage plays and operas. By age 13, she was winning singing contests along the eastern United States. She was the younger sister to Blossom (MGM's character actress Marie Blake), whom she followed to New York and a chorus job in 1920. She was busy in a string of musical productions. In 1928 Paramount tested and rejected her, but a year later Ernst Lubitsch saw her test and picked her to play opposite Maurice Chevalier in The Love Parade (1929). She was 25 years old and made several films at Paramount. But musicals went into decline and Paramount dropped her in 1931. Her next pictures with Chevalier for Fox and UA went nowhere. She went to Europe where she met Irving Thalberg and his wife Norma Shearer (whom she loaned both her hairdresser and chauffeur). She got the lead in Thalberg's property The Merry Widow (Ernst Lubitsch, 1934), and her next MGM vehicle, Naughty Marietta (W.S. van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard, 1935) brought her together with Nelson Eddy. They were a smash-hit. The pair made eight pictures together, from then on forever known as America's Singing Sweethearts. For her next project she insisted Clark Gable should co-star. He at first refused - "I just sit there while she sings. None of that stuff for me." - the film, of course, was San Francisco (W.S. van Dyke, 1936).
Jeanette MacDonald was known as 'The Iron Butterfly', as one of the most lady-like and beautiful women of Hollywood, but when it came to her contracts, she was tough and could strike a deal quickly that suited her. In 1937, she married actor Gene Raymond, in a spectacular Hollywood fashion - it was the best attended wedding of the decade. The marriage lasted 28 years till her death in 1965. After making Cairo (W.S. van Dyke, 1942), Jeanette left MGM. During World War II she often did USO shows. She hoped to enter grand opera. Donovan Webber at IMDb: "Jeanette was a very talented operatic singer/lyrical soprano, with a wide vocal range, E above high C, close to 3 octaves." She took lessons and in 1943, she made her operatic debut in Montreal, Canada. In 1944, she began starring in such stage musicals as The King and I. In 1948, MacDonald returned to MGM to make her last two films, Three Daring Daughters (Fred M. Wilcox, 1948), with Jane Powell and The Sun Comes Up (Richard Thorpe, 1949). The 1950's were spent mainly resting due to her weakening heart although she and Nelson Eddy teamed on television. Their renewed popularity led to a 1958 record album with Nelson Eddy singing their favourite songs. The album went gold. Her last public appearance, singing 'Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life', was at the funeral of Louis B. Mayer. She suffered heart ailments and, after an arterial transplant in 1963, died of a heart attack in Houston in 1965. Hysterical crowds listened to recordings of 'Ah, Sweet Mystery' at her Forest Lawn funeral.
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I photographed some of my lawn contracts the last couple of days. I'm pretty happy with how nice my lawns are looking. I am also still learning the settings on my camera so not all the photos took as well as I would have liked but all things in time. :D
Aer Lingus flight EI131 to Windsor Locks (BDL) in Connecticut, USA, about to lift off from Dublin Airport's runway 28 with both the older Terminal 1 and the newer Terminal 2 in the background.
This Boeing 757, EI-LBT "St. Brendan" may look like an Aer Lingus jet, but it's actually owned and operated by ASL Airlines Ireland on contract.
If you could hear into the cockpit, you'd have heard the co-pilot announce "V1 ... Rotate" in the seconds before this shot was taken.
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At Addis Ababa, (Lideta), most probably taken on Saturday 8th December 1945 (Dad had a 'flip' in it that day - it was a 37 minute test flight). Formerly 'Sack Time Suzy' (or Susy) USAAF B-17F-75-DL 42-3543 c/n: 8479, 8th Air Force, 96th BG, 338th BS, (Mission 46). Landed and interned at Bulltofta, Sweden, at 15:35, 9th October 1943. The first finished of seven B-17 conversions to airliners by SAAB at Bromma. SE-BAH had a few differences to the others, and had 13 passenger seats, the others had 14. Used by Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik AB (Swedish Intercontinental Airlines. AB standing for Aktiebolag – Limited Company). (Two went to DDL - Danish Airlines, Kastrup - Blackbushe) on routes to Addis, New York and Rio. Sam was destroyed in fire practice at Bromma in December 1948. (See Jan Forsgren's 'Swedish Fortresses'). It looks as if the removal of the standard SILA wartime camouflage paint is halfway through - the wings and tail appear to be back to bare metal. The "BA" of "SE-BAH" is just visible outboard of No.4 engine, in the new black instead of the previous yellow. (See photo of SE-BAN 'TED' in polished bare metal livery below).
Left Bromma (Stockholm) on the 4th December 1945, to Naples (1,287 miles), to Cairo (1,208 miles) and to Addis Ababa (1,525 miles; total: 4,020 miles); returning by same route on the 10th. Cruising at around 180 miles per hour, would have been about 23 hours flying time each way. von Rosen is mentioned in connection to this trip; he was a pilot with ABA at this time, and www.flyghistoria.org/kronologi/1940_1949.pdf has: "...1945, Dec.1: Carl Gustaf von Rosen hired by the Ethiopian emperor as "Principal Instructor and Director of the Imperial Air Force. " CFV approved the Swedish personnel were made available to build Ethiopian Air Force. Swedish involvement ceased in early 1961..."
Swedes in Haile Selassie's Ethiopia, 1924-1952 - by Viveca Halldin Norberg - 1977 has:
"...When von Rosen in mid-November 1945 landed in Addis Abeba on his way to Madagascar and, together with SILA's chief economist Ture Bielkegård, discussed the project of an Ethiopian Airline with the Emperor, nothing was revealed about the (already signed) contract with TWA. The American Legation, however, immediately reported to Washington about von Rosen's and Bielkegård's visit. Bielkegård was reported to carry a passport as a missionary, whereas the real purpose of his coming to Addis Abeba, was to investigate the possibilities of establishing an internal airline in Ethiopia.
According to Herrmanns (von Rosen's biographer), von Rosen was informed about the contract with TWA in early December 1945, when he again landed in Addis Abeba hoping to sign a contract for an Ethiopian Airline. The Emperor instead offered von Rosen a position as 'Principal Instructor and Director of the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force' as from 1st December 1945 (backdated; as he left Stockholm on the 4th), for a period of three years. He was to start with a flying school, mainly along the plans he had outlined together with Bielkegård..."
This e-mail from Jan Forsgren:
Hi Pete,
I've trawled through the Archives of the Arlanda Civil Aircraft Collection, and they keep the flight logs for SE-BAK, -BAM, -BAN and -BAO. Unfortunately, it would appear that the flight logs for -BAH have gone awol at some point.
This was the inaugural flight between Bromma and Bishoftu made by SILA.
According to the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter, SE-BAH left Bromma on Tuesday 4 December at 0700 hours. Aboard were the crew (only the first pilot, Carl Gustaf von Rosen and the wireless operator G. Eriksson, are mentioned) and 22 passengers. The first intermediary landing, at Naples, occured at 1538 hours, and take-off at 1717 hours. The estimated time of arrival in Cairo was at 2320 hours, 40 minutes ahead of schedule.
The Fortress finally arrived in Addis on Thursday 6 December, landing at 1400 hours. The Emperor is said to have been at the airport, "incognito", welcoming the crew and passengers to Ethiopia. According to a United Press telegram printed in the Friday 7 December issue, p. 1, "Colonel Tamm has been delayed and is not expected until Friday. (Viking Tamm was to take charge of the training of the Imperial Bodyguard.) The other Swedish travellers have happily and finally arrived. At 1400, the rebuilt Flying Fortress with doctors, missionaries and nurses aboard, landed. The personnel will take charge of the Betsaida Hospital, which prior to the Italian invasion was managed by the Swedish doctor (Elias) Hanner.
The trip from Sweden has been a brilliant success, without any disturbances or incidents, according to the passengers. On Tuesday, a day's rest was made in Cairo in order to assist with acclimatization. The landing at Addis Abeba airfield went perfectly, with large crowds having gathered to welcome the arrival of the aeroplane. The Ethiopians especially warmly welcomed Sister Vera, one of Dr. Hanner's original staff."
SE-BAH left Addis late in the evening on Sunday 9 December. Only three passengers were aboard, Mrs. Kjerstin Guntenberg and her two sons Ulf and Björn, with the Norwegian engineer, Mr. Tjomsaas, joining in Cairo. They arrived safely at Bromma airport on Tuesday 11 December.
Flying certainly had more charm and adventurous spirit than nowadays!
I will check for further details on this particular flight between Sweden and Ethiopia.
Best Wishes for the New Year!
Jan.
Therefore:
Tues 4th Dec 1945 - Bromma 07:00 - Naples arr 15:38,
dep - 17:17, Cairo - 2320
Weds 5th Dec 1945 - Rest Day
Thurs 6th Dec 1945 - Cairo - Addis Ababa 1400
(22 passengers)
Sat 8th Dec 1945 - 37 minute morning test flight (including RAF Sgts. Maxfield, Wakefield and Kay)
Sun 9th Dec 1945 - Addis 04:10 - Cairo 15:20 - Naples 22:45
Tues 11th Dec 1945 - Naples - Bromma in 8hrs 40 non-stop.
(4 passengers)
Crew:
Capt. Carl-Gustaf von Rosen - 1st Pilot
Flight Capt. (Co-Pilot) - Sven Åhblom (Stayed A.A., lumbago)
Flight Mechanic - Hjelm (Navigator)
Gunnar Eriksson - Radio Operator
When Qube bought out the South Spur contracts, it obtained the ARTC infrastructure contract over the Nullarbor. This brought locos to WA which had never previously visited.
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VENEZUELA enters into the CONTRACT of the ARCH
(The ARK of the COVENANT - the CONTRACT of the ARCH…)
Double Agent W BRO SIMON BOLIVAR (1783-1830) – 33rd Degree Freemason
Simon Bolivar (1783-1830) The "George Washington" of South America, who in 20 years of warfare ‘liberated’ from Spanish tyranny the area which is now Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. b. in Caracas, Venezuela. He joined Freemasonry in Cadiz, Spain and received the Scottish Rite degrees in Paris and was knighted in a Commandery of Knights Templar in France in 1807. While on a diplomatic mission to London in 1810 he was active in Freemasonry in that country. He founded and served as master of Protectora de las Vertudes Lodge No. 1 in Venezuela and in 1824 founded the Lodge Order and Liberty No. 2 in Peru. In 1828, when the anti-Masonic wave was sweeping over the world, Bolivar forbade meetings of Masons in Venezuela. His Scottish Rite collar and apron are on exhibit in the New York Grand Lodge museum.
His lodge, the Masonic Lodge “Lautaro” out of Cadiz, Spain, was also home to many other South American founding fathers. In April 1824, Simón Bolívar was given the 33rd degree of Inspector General Honorary.
Initiated: 1803
The Venezuelan Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by a congress of Venezuelan provinces on July 5, 1811, through which Venezuelans made the decision to separate from the Spanish monARCHy in order to establish a new nation based on the premises of equality of individuals, abolition of censorship and dedication to freedom of expression.
The Battle of Carabobo, on 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Venezuelan General Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre.
Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led to the independence of Venezuela and establishment of the Republic of Gran Colombia.
HISTORY
VENEZUELA thought that it had gained ‘INDEPENDENCE’ from its European Task Masters over the period 1811-1821.
Ferdinand VII – King of Spain 1808, 1813 - 1833, KNIGHT of the GARTER #647 pretended to relinquish power over New Granada (modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela), but merely handed control over to the MASONIC networks that had become well established in South America prior to the VENEZUELAN DECLARATION of INDEPENDENCE in 1811.
VENEZUELA becomes a ‘SOVEREIGN’ STATE…
SOVEREIGN literally means to REIGN from ABOVE (like an ARCH).
VENEZUELA enters into the CONTRACT of the ARCH
ARCO del TRIUNFO, Carabobo, Venezuela (construction completed - 1921).
Built to commemorate the centenary of the Venezuelan victory in the second Battle of Carabobo that sealed the independence of Venezuela from Spain and ensured the existence of Gran Colombia.
Officially inaugurated on 24 of June of 1921.
Our controllers are not averse to deception, deceit and misdirection.
From the Merriam Webster Dictionary:
Definition of 'walk into'
1 : to become involved in or fooled by (something) because one is not aware of what is really happening.
He walked right into our trap.
"I can't believe you fell for that old joke!" "Yeah, I guess I walked right into that one."
Is this what our controllers are doing with the ARCHways?
ARCHons, ARCHes and Freemasonry
The ARCH is a word and a structure that features prominently over the millennia……
ARCHES are used in building powerful word constructs and social control structures as well as being used extensively in ARCHitecture and civil engineering.
These power structures are always hierARCHical, often with a single entity at the top known as a monARCH.
The MASONIC control structure has certainly adopted this ARCHitecture and even pretends to be borne out of the stone mason fraternities.
ARCHon is a Greek word that means "RULER".
In Athens a system of three concurrent ARCHons evolved - the three office holders being known as the ‘Eponymous ARCHon’, the ‘PolemARCH’, and the ‘ARCHon Basileus’.
Ref Mitchell, John Malcolm (1911). "Archon" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. 2 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 444–445.
Throughout history, this ARCHon TRIumvirate have celebrated their governance, conquests and victories with ARCHes of TRIumph…
i) ARCHon Eponymous - Chief Magistrate
ii) PolemARCH - Head of the Armed Forces.
iii) ARCHon Basileus - King or Sovereign Ruler
The PolemARCH title is derived from the words POLEMOS (war) and ARCHon (ruler, leader) and translates as "WARLEADER" or "WARLORD".
The name indicates that the PolemARCH's original function was to command the military.
This is why armies mARCH.
In Gnosticism, ARCHons are the builders of the physical universe. Among the ARCHontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi library, the ARCHons are rulers, each related to one of seven planets; they prevent souls from leaving the material realm.
The ARCHers – a long running program through history – not just the BBC….
'SOVEREIGN' - literally means to reign from above.
This is why the MonARCH of a country is referred to as 'Your HIGHNESS'
Then we have
MatriARCHs - a system of society or government ruled by a woman or women
PatriARCHs - a system of society or government in which the father or eldest male is head of the family and descent is reckoned through the male line.
OligARCHs - government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.
In these long-running and ARCHaic societal control structures we also have:
ARCH dukes and ARCH duchesses
ARCH bishops
ARCH deacons
ARCH druids
ARCHangels
ARCHitects
SquireARCHies - landowners collectively, especially when considered as a class having political or social influence
mARCHioness - a noblewoman with the rank of marquess, or the wife of a marquess.
mARCHer lords - A Marcher Lord was a noble appointed by the King of England to guard the border between England and Wales. A Marcher Lord was the English equivalent of a margrave or a marquis before the introduction of the title of "marquess" in Britain
ARCHimandrite - the superior of a large monastery or group of monasteries in the Orthodox Church
ARCHaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. Archaeology is often considered a branch of socio-cultural anthropology, but archaeologists also draw from biological, geological, and environmental systems through their study of the past
TrierARCH - the title of officers who commanded a trireme in the classical Greek world. In Classical Athens, the title was associated with the trierarchy, one of the public offices or liturgies, which were filled by wealthy citizens for a year
HagiARCHy - government by saints, holy men, or men in holy orders
AutARCHic - having and exercising complete political power and control: absolute, absolutistic, arbitrary, autarchical, autocratic, autocratical, despotic, dictatorial, monocratic, totalitarian, tyrannic, tyrannical, tyrannous
HeptARCHy - a collective name applied to the seven kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the 5th century until the 8th century consolidation into the four kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbria, Wessex and East Anglia.
TetrARCHy - term adopted to describe the system of government of the ancient Roman Empire instituted by Roman Emperor Diocletian in 293, marking the end of the Crisis of the Third Century and the recovery of the Roman Empire
TheARCHy - rule by a god or gods
GynARCHy - rule by women or a woman.
ExARCHate - a Byzantine province governed by an exARCH
AnARCHy - a state of disorder due to lack of social structure
All this history was documented by ARCHivists – with old records being kept on pARCHment
At school we are not taught the true meaning of the ARCHway….
By passing through the ARCHway we may be unaware that we are entering into an agreement or contract where we are to be ruled over.
The ‘CONTRACT of the ARCH’ perhaps……
ARCANUM and ARCANA - mysterious or specialized knowledge, language, or information accessible or possessed only by the initiate.
ARCHES in Modern Culture….
The ARCHERS - a British BBC radio soap opera broadcast since 1951. Having aired over 19,300 episodes, it is the world's longest-running drama.
The ARCHERS is set in the fictional village of AmBRIDGE
The POPE – PONTIFEX MAXIMUS – The GREATEST BRIDGE BUILDER
A pontiff (bridge builder from Latin pontifex) was, in Roman antiquity, a member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs.
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More famous ARCHes…
ARCHimedes (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
Considered to be the greatest mathematician of ancient history, and one of the greatest of all time.
The Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics carries a portrait of ARCHimedes, along with a carving illustrating his proof on the sphere and the cylinder.
The inscription around the head of ARCHimedes is a quote attributed to him which reads in Latin: Transire suum pectus mundoque potiri.
'RISE ABOVE ONESELF AND GRASP THE WORLD’.
ARCHimedes, Freemasonry and the Moderns Grand Lodge Constitutions
Frontispiece to the 1723 Edition:
The 1723 edition is well-known for its elaborate frontispiece engraved by John Pine in 1723. It features a classical arcade of John Montagu, the Second Duke of Montagu (Knight of the Garter #532), and the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (1721-1723), passing the scroll of the "Constitutions" to his 1723 successor, Philip Warton, First Duke of Wharton. Both are attended by their officers. Apollo, god of the sun, charges above in his chariot, symbolizing the meridian height. Behind the gathering is a passageway framed by walls of water - evocative of the parting of the Red Sea.
The 47th proposition of Euclid, the traditional symbol of a past masters of a Masonic lodge, appears in the foreground. Below it, in Greek, is ARCHhimedes' famous exclamation: “Eureka!” (“I have found it!”)
eureka (English) - εύρηκα (Greek)
The ARK of the COVENANT - the CONTRACT of the ARCH…
Is the 'ARCH' the 'LOST WORD' that the Freemasons are seARCHing for?
'EUREKA' - I have found it - ARCHimedes (c. 287 – c. 212 BC)
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