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Cook is a railway station and crossing loop on the standard gauge Trans-Australian Railway from Adelaide to Perth, with no inhabited places around.
The town was created in 1917 when the railway was built and is named after former Prime Minister Joseph Cook. The town depended on the Tea and Sugar Train for the delivery of supplies, and is on the longest stretch of straight railway in the world, at 479 km which stretches from Ooldea to beyond Loongana. When the town was active, water was pumped from an underground Artesian aquifer but now, all water is carried in by train. Attempts have been made to introduce trees and other vegetation, but these have not been successful.
Today, it is said to have a resident population of four, and is essentially a ghost town. The town was effectively closed in 1997 when the railways were privatised and the new owners did not need a support town there, although the diesel refuelling facilities remain, and there is overnight accommodation for train drivers. Cook is the only scheduled stop on the Nullarbor Plain for the Indian Pacific passenger train across Australia and has little other than curiosity value for the passengers. The bush hospital is closed, and the shop is only opened while the Indian Pacific is in town. It has a few houses and fuel tanks for the locomotives. The crossing loop can cross trains up to 1800m long.
Bedford YMT Duple Dominant 2 HFG 281T was acquired by Cooks in 1991 after a year with Ramblers and was seen in Battle on 27th April, 1995. It had been new to Johnsons of Hanslope as FRP 855T and would be scrapped in 1996.
Cook Out (3,009 square feet)
12471 Jefferson Avenue, Newport Marketplace, Newport News, VA
This location opened on October 7th, 2012; it was originally The Pizza Castle, which opened in summer 2002. The restaurant's name was shortened to The Castle in July 2003 and it closed in summer 2012.
Here we see the most important part of the entire Mata....
The Kitchen.
This where all the food is prepared by a single cook and distributed for free.
Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand. Its height, as of 2014, is listed as 3,724 metres (12,218 feet).It lies in the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, the mountain range which runs the length of the South Island. A popular tourist destination, it is also a favourite challenge for mountain climbers. Aoraki / Mount Cook consists of three summits: from south to north, the Low Peak (3,593 m or 11,788 ft), the Middle Peak (3,717 m or 12,195 ft) and the High Peak. The summits lie slightly south and east of the main divide of the Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana, with the Tasman Glacier to the east and the Hooker Glacier to the southwest
Cooks Peak Fire seen from NM HWY 442, April 19, 2022
Photo by NM Forestry Division, Matthew Garcia, Type 3IMT
Played by actors Joseph Elliot and Richard David-Caine in CBeebies children's TV show "Swashbuckle".
Caught here today while performing on outdoor stage prior to the 2018 Southport Christmas Lights Switch-on.
The little ones were loving them.
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I've no reason to believe that Siddle C Cook operated a Sammell Pioneer, but it would not have looked out of place amongst the company's heavy haulage tractors. Had such as vehicle been owned, it would no doubt have doubled as a recovery vehicle and a tractor unit. Many former military Scammel Pioneers lived long second lives in such roles (24-Jul-11).
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This is "Mandu", the korean dimsum...which's filled with minced meat, garlic, green onion, zucchini, and tofu...season to sesame oil, salt and pepper.
It's a lot of work, but It's worth, when my guests enjoy them! :)
A Cook-Out cup...
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“60th Anniversary” “Diamond Anniversary”
“Timeline of disaster”
“0745: Princess Victoria leaves Stranraer
0900: Wave bursts through stern doors
0946: First emergency signal sent: No tugs available
1032: SOS call: "Car deck flooded"
1100: Portpatrick lifeboat given wrong directions
1300: Starboard engine room flooded - position critical
1308: Ship lying on beam end
1315: "We are preparing to abandon ship"
1330: Steamer passes Victoria without seeing her
1340: Passengers ordered to deck
1358: Last message from ferry's radio operator”
“Princess Victoria sinking remembered 60 years on”
Sixty years ago, the MV Princess Victoria sank off the County Down coast in treacherous weather, with the loss of 133 lives.
Stop anyone on the street and ask them about Titanic, chances are they will know something about the maritime tragedy.
But despite the fact that no women or children survived the sinking of the Princess Victoria, you might get a more quizzical look.
Now the grief, heroism and the impact this tragic story had on communities in Northern Ireland and Scotland is retold in a BBC Radio Ulster documentary on Sunday.
Almost 60 years ago this sea disaster - one of the worst to happen in British coastal waters - dominated the headlines and devastated families and communities in Larne, Stranraer and further afield.
The omens were not good on the day the ferry sank - 31 January 1953.
Parts of western Europe and the UK were in the grip of freak weather from the north Atlantic.
Severe gales battered coastlines and floods hit many areas, killing hundreds of people. It was in these treacherous conditions that the Princess Victoria set sail from Stranraer.
Larne man, John McKnight, 92, is one of the few remaining survivors. He was chief cook on the ferry and remembers that day vividly.
"I started work at 5.30am and the train from London arrived (in Stranraer) at 6am. Everything had to be prepared for breakfast, we served that to the passengers before setting sail. The ferry proceeded up Loch Ryan and soon we discovered that there was a severe gale blowing," he recalled.
Fate sealed
At the helm of the Princess Victoria that day was 55-year-old Captain James Ferguson. An experienced seaman, he had worked on the Larne - Stranraer route for many years.
Captain Ferguson's troubles started when he steered the ferry out of Loch Ryan.
Jack Hunter, a retired school teacher from Stranraer, who has written about the tragedy, explained what happened next.
"Out of the shelter of the loch, Captain Ferguson discovered that the sea was much worse and perhaps with a change of direction, the ship was having more difficulty," he said.
"For one reason or another, the captain decided to try turn back and head for Stranraer. It was at this point that the ferry had a calamitous encounter with a large wave, which stove in the stern doors."
This brush with mother nature at her worst was, ultimately, to seal the fate of the Princess Victoria.
A memorial to those who lost their lives in the Princess Victoria tragedy stands in Stranraer
With the stern doors irreparably damaged, water flooding the car deck and inadequate drainage on board, Captain Ferguson decided the best course of action was to try and steer the ship towards Northern Ireland.
Passengers and crew
As disaster unfolded, the 127 passengers and 49 crew members found themselves locked in a terrible and increasingly impossible struggle for survival.
On board were people from all social classes.
Families with young children, servicemen, Short Brothers workers from the company's Scottish base and two politicians - the Northern Ireland deputy prime minister, Maynard Sinclair and Sir Walter Smiles, the north Down MP. Both men died when the ship went down.
At 09:46 GMT, the Princess Victoria sent its first request for help. David Broadfoot, the ship's radio officer, was not supposed to be working that day but had swapped shifts with another crew member.
Stephen Cameron, author of a book on the Princess Victoria tragedy, said David Broadfoot was posthumously awarded the George Cross for his heroic actions."He stayed in his cabin broadcasting continuously, at one stage he even apologised to radio stations (that were picking up his signals) for the poor quality of his Morse code. David's last message was sent as the ship went under," he said.
In those final traumatic hours, many other people showed fortitude and compassion in the face of certain death.
One of them was Castlerock woman, Nansy Bryson, who has been called the "heroine of the Princess Victoria".
She worked as a missionary in Kenya and was back home with her husband and three children, visiting relatives.
Nansy had travelled to Scotland for some meetings and was returning to Northern Ireland on the ferry. Her daughter, Margaret Njonjo, hasn't talked about the tragedy in public before and shared her pride in her mother.
"She was one of the bravest women on board who whispered words of comfort to other passengers and led them in singing a hymn. She also tried to help a three year old child into one of the lifeboats but failed to do so, going under (the water) herself in the process," Margaret said.
"My sisters and I are glad to know she found immense strength in her own faith, to the point of being able to help others."
Rescue attempt
When Captain Ferguson made the final call to abandon ship, eyewitnesses say he was at the bridge as the Princess Victoria went under. It happened just five miles off the Copeland Islands and within sight of the north Down coast.
Some passengers and crew were able to reach the ship's lifeboats although, tragically, one carrying women and children crashed against the side of the ferry, throwing everyone into the icy waters. All of them died.
The frantic search for survivors involved steamers, trawlers, a naval boat and the Donaghadee lifeboat, the Sir Samuel Kelly. Its crew eventually plucked 33 men to safety. Bravery medals were awarded to many for their valiant rescue efforts that day.
Only 44 men survived the sinking of the Princess Victoria - more than three times that number perished. For families, especially in Larne and Stranraer, the news that a loved one had died was too much to bear.
Captain Ferguson's son, Jim, who was 18 when the tragedy happened, remembers the show of support from his father's colleagues.
Jack Peoples was the youngest crew member to die
"A few of the sailors who survived, came to our house over the next few days to speak to my mother. She appreciated it very much, particularly in times of difficulty and stress for them," Jim remembered.
Emotion
"I still feel his loss, very much so, I loved my father."
When Betty Crawford thinks of her brother Jack Peoples, it is often with raw emotion. At 16, the Larne teenager was the youngest crew member to die.
"(On the day of the tragedy) my mum disappeared. I found her in the garden where she was praying to God to please bring back his body. And God answered her prayer because she got his body back," Betty said.
"Jack's was one of the first funerals to take place, I remember throngs of people there and men with tears running down their cheeks. There was a numbness about it all and disbelief."
Two months after the disaster, a court of inquiry was convened in Belfast. A verdict was reached that the Princess Victoria was not a seaworthy ship, because of the inadequate strength of the stern doors and a lack of drainage on its car deck.
On two previous occasions - in 1949 and 1951 - these same design faults had caused problems on the ferry. Jack Hunter believes if they had been fixed back then, things might have been very different.
"Most certainly, it is a disaster that could have, and should have been avoided. The problems were discovered, they were known to be there, one assumes they were reported through official channels, yet nothing was done about them," he said.
Whatever the causes of the Princess Victoria sinking to a watery grave on that stormy Saturday afternoon in January 1953, the passing of time has not erased the sorrow felt by many, whose loved ones went down with the ship.
They are commemorated every year at services in Larne, Stranraer and in Donaghadee - and on the forthcoming 60th anniversary, the overriding sentiment will remain the same.
“Never forget”
1953: 130 die in ferry disaster. The Princess Victoria, a British Railways car ferry, bound for Larne in Northern Ireland, had left Stranraer on the south-west coast of Scotland an hour before when the stern gates to the car deck were forced open in heavy seas.
Water flooded into the ship and as the cargo shifted, the ferry, one of the first of the roll on-roll off design, fell onto her side and within four hours she sank.
Among the passengers who perished were the Northern Ireland Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Major J M Sinclair, and Sir Walter Smiles, the Ulster Unionist MP for North Down.
The Princess Victoria went down off the coast near Donaghadee with a loss of 133 lives, only 44 men survived and no women or children. All the ship's officers including the Captain, James Ferguson, perished. It was the worst 20th century peacetime disaster in British waters.
The Donaghadee lifeboat (along with the Portpatrick and Cloughy lifeboats) went out into the raging seas of the great storm and under coxswain Hugh Nelson the crew of the Sir Samuel Kelly rescued 33 of the 44 survivors in seas with waves reported to be 50 to 60 feet high.
Today; the Sir Samuel Kelly sits in Donaghadee behind a builders fence.
Here are some pics i was lucky to get with my nikon p900 when i was in the cook islands last year hope you enjoy!!!
Only reason it's still there is it's so hard to get at. That plus it's very heavy.
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June 11, 2016: Touring Cooks Mesa
The cook appears to be about to rifle through his backpack while Sonam Gyalson soaks his feet in the cool river.
Ladakh - The Land of High Passes
Zoji La
The 434 km long Srinagar-Leh road crosses The Great Himalayan Range at the Zoji La Pass which is 11,570 feet above sea level. Ite remains snowbound in the winter and is open from June to September only.
Rohtang Pass
At a height of 13,051 feet above sea level on the Manali-Leh highway, the Rohtang Pass is one of the most picturesque in the world. It is open from mid-July to September only.
Baralacha La
Also on the Manali-Leh highway, the Baralacha La is at a lofty height of 16,040 feet and is situated at the tri-junction of three roads, one from Manali, one from Leh and one from Spiti.
Khardung La
Located on the Ladakh Range, 40 km North of Leh, Khardung La links the capital of Ladakh with the Siachen Glacier. At 18,379 feet, it is the world's highest motorable pass.
Chang La
Enroute from Leh to Pangong Tso, at an altitude of approximately 17,590 feet above sea level, it is one of the highest motorable passes in the world and offers fascinating views of the Ladakh Range.
Namika La
At a height of 12,139 feet above sea level, Namika La is situated on the Zanskar Range and connects Kargil and Leh districts.
Fotu La
The Fotu La Pass is also located on the Zanskar Range at an altitude of 13,478 feet above sea level.
Lachulung La
Lachulung La, A pass on the Zanskar Range, is at a height of 16,598 feet above sea level and offers a breathtaking view of the Ladakh Plateau.
Geography of Ladakh. (2018). [museum display board]. Leh, Ladakh, India: Hall of Fame.
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Cook County Jail - you can just make out the inmates milling around on the roof.
Friday, July 3, 2009
Chicago Skydeck
Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Olympus E-510 DSLR
Olympus ED 40-150mm f.4-5.6 telephoto zoom
ISO 400 RAW
Cook County Jail is located at W. 26th Street & S. California Ave. in Chicago, Illinois. It is the largest jail in the United States and houses around 12,000 men and women. The jail has housed many infamous criminals. Al Capone, Richard Speck, The Chicago Seven, John Wayne Gacy, Frank Nitti, Tony Accardo, James Degorski & Juan Luna of the Brown's Chicken murders in Palatine Illinois. The jail employees almost 4000 law enforcement officers and nearly 7000 civilian employees.