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The gaff rigged cutter Waitangi on the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland as part of the Anniversary Weekend Regatta.
For the history of this classic yacht visit....
www.classicyacht.org.nz/node/878
Auckland, NZ. January 2013. (c)Mike Brebner
A U.S. Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron rests aboard Coast Guard Cutter Stratton during a deployment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bryan Goff
Leaf cutter Bees have found a place to lay their eggs between old floor tile and a polystyrene sheet
This is the Fog Cutter, a classic tiki cocktail created by Trader Vic in the early 1940's. While the Zombie would characterize Donn Beach's maximalist secretive approach to his tiki creations, I feel like the Fog Cutter shows Trader Vic's mixing style best. Trader Vic would readily grab ingredients from Europe like orgeat and lemon. While this drink looks "Old World" on paper, it's distinctly tropical. As for the naming it the Fog Cutter, Trader Vic said, "Hell, after two of these, you won't even see the stuff"
I'll admit that my first attempt at this concoction was underwhelming. The flavor profile was so busy that the nuance of the other ingredients were lost to the odd juice proportions. It wasn't until I found Paul McGee's retooled version that I fell in love with this drink. Below is Trader Vic's original version.
2 oz fresh lemon juice (!!)
1 oz fresh orange juice
0.5 oz orgeat
2 oz white cuban-style rum
1 oz Cognac
0.5 oz gin
0.5 oz cream sherry (as a float)
McGee's version made three important changes. The first is dialing back lemon juice to normal levels. Second is swapping the light rum for rhum agricole. This pivots the drink's profile to be a rum focused drink. The rhum agricole's grassy profile can shine through more distinctly. Lastly, he substituted dry curaçao for the orange juice. Orange juice tends to dominate a drink's flavor profile. McGee's version, in my mind, finishes what Trader Vic started, a complex, tropical old-world-meets-the-caribbean cocktail.
1 oz rhum agricole
0.5 oz Cognac
0.5 oz London dry gin
1 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz dry curaçao (I recommend Pierre Ferrand)
0.75 oz orgeat
0.5 oz amontillado sherry
Combine all of the ingredients into a shaker tin. Add ice and shake until arctic cold. Strain into an ice filled chilled collins glass or tiki mug. Garnish with a orange half-wheel, mint, umbrella, whatever you feel like.
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A quote from ‘The Wind in the Willows’ 'Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. These next few images mirror my thoughts. We have, over the years, walked many a coastal mile, not far from boats. We’ve been on the water on more than a few occasion and enjoyed every minute. Hope that you enjoy these moments in time.
This first batch was taken locally, along the River Blackwater at Heybridge Basin, Essex.
30mm hole cutter minus its pilot drill was used to cut around the damaged seat bolt. A custom made guide was used to hold the 30mm cutter in place over the bolt. This was a two man job so Liam gave up a few hours of his time to help me
With over 450 cookie cutters, it's hard to find a place for them. But I have come up with a solution for now. They are all organized into categories and logged in a book. No more diggin' through bags!
GLACIER BAY, Alaska – Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) steams past Glacier Bay on the way to Juneau July 2010. Alert was the first 210-foot cutter this far north in more than 10 years. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Ensign Sarah Thompson.
This tool is used to scrape horizontally along the ground to loosen grass and vegetation along the top layer of soil.
Vintage postcard, no. 193. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.
By 1953, Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962) was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars, with leading roles in three films: the Film Noir Niagara, which focused on her sex appeal, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire, which established her star image as a "dumb blonde". Although she played a significant role in shaping her public image throughout her career, she was disappointed by being typecast and underpaid by the studio. She was briefly suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project, but returned to star in one of the biggest box office successes of her career, The Seven Year Itch (1955).
Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in 1926 in Lemmon, South Dakota. She was the third child of Gladys Pearl Baker, née Monroe, who suffered from mental illness and later worked as a film cutter at RKO. Her mother abandoned Marilyn, and she spent most of her childhood in foster homes and an orphanage. Just after her 16th birthday, she married 21-year-old aircraft plant worker James 'Jim' Dougherty. In 1943, Dougherty enlisted in the Merchant Marine. He was initially stationed on Catalina Island, where she lived with him until he was shipped out to the Pacific in April 1944; he would remain there for most of the next two years. While working in a factory as part of the war effort in 1944, Marilyn met photographer David Conover and began a successful modelling career. She began to occasionally use the name Jean Norman when working and had her curly brunette hair straightened and dyed blond to make her more employable. As her figure was deemed more suitable for pin-up than fashion modelling, she was employed mostly for advertisements and men's magazines. By early 1946, she had appeared on 33 magazine covers for publications such as Pageant, U.S. Camera, Laff, and Peek. She divorced Dougherty in 1946. The work led to a screen test by 20th Century Fox executive and former film star Ben Lyon. Head executive Darryl F. Zanuck was unenthusiastic about it, but he was persuaded to give her a standard six-month contract to avoid her being signed by rival studio RKO Pictures. Monroe began her contract in August 1946, and together with Lyon selected the screen name of Marilyn Monroe. Among her first film parts were nine lines of dialogue as a waitress in the drama Dangerous Years (Arthur Pierson, 1947) and a one-line appearance in the comedy Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (F. Hugh Herbert, 1948). After a series of other minor film roles, she moved to Columbia. While at Fox, her role had been that of a 'girl next door', at Columbia, she was modelled after Rita Hayworth. Monroe's hairline was raised by electrolysis, and her hair was bleached even lighter to platinum blond. She also began working with the studio's head drama coach, Natasha Lytess, who would remain her mentor until 1955. Her only film at the studio was the low-budget musical Ladies of the Chorus (Phil Karlson, 1948), in which she had her first starring role as a chorus girl who is courted by a wealthy man. After leaving Columbia in September 1948, Monroe became a protégée of Johnny Hyde, vice president of the William Morris Agency. Hyde began representing her, and their relationship soon became sexual, although she refused his proposals of marriage. To advance Monroe's career, he paid for a silicone prosthesis to be implanted in her jaw and arranged a bit part in the Marx Brothers' film Love Happy (David Miller, 1949). That year, she also made minor appearances in two critically acclaimed films: John Huston's crime film The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and Joseph Mankiewicz's drama All About Eve (1950). Following Monroe's success in these roles, Hyde negotiated a seven-year contract with 20th Century Fox in December 1950. Over the next two years, she became a popular actress with roles in several comedies, including As Young as You Feel (Harmon Jones, 1951) and Monkey Business (Howard Hawks, 1952) with Cary Grant, and in the dramas Clash by Night (Fritz Lang, 1952) and Don't Bother to Knock (Roy Ward Baker, 1952) with Richard Widmark. Her popularity with audiences was growing: she received several thousand letters of fan mail a week. The second year of the Fox contract saw Monroe become a top-billed actress, with gossip columnist Florabel Muir naming her the year's 'it girl' and Hedda Hopper describing her as the 'cheesecake queen' turned 'box office smash'. She began a highly publicised romance with retired New York Yankee baseball legend Joe DiMaggio, one of the most famous sports personalities of the era. A month later, Monroe faced a scandal when it was revealed that she had posed for nude photos before becoming a star, but rather than damaging her career, the story increased interest in her films.
By 1953, Marilyn Monroe was one of the most marketable Hollywood stars with leading roles in three hits: the Film Noir Niagara, and the comedies Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to Marry a Millionaire. In Niagara (Henry Hathaway, 1953), she played a femme fatale scheming to murder her husband, played by Joseph Cotten. While Niagara made Monroe a sex symbol, the satirical musical comedy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Howard Hawks, 1953) established her screen persona as a 'dumb blonde'. Based on Anita Loos' bestselling novel and its Broadway version, the film focuses on two 'gold-digging' showgirls, Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw, played by Monroe and Jane Russell. It became one of the biggest box office successes of the year by grossing $5.3 million, more than double its production costs. Her next film, How to Marry a Millionaire (Jean Negulesco, 1953), co-starred Betty Grable and Lauren Bacall. It featured Monroe in the role of a naïve model who teams up with her friends to find rich husbands, repeating the successful formula of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Despite mixed reviews, the film was Monroe's biggest box office success so far, earning $8 million in worldwide rentals. Although she played a significant role in the creation and management of her public image throughout her career, she was disappointed at being typecast and underpaid by the studio. She was suspended in early 1954 for refusing a film project. The suspension was front-page news, and Monroe immediately began a publicity campaign to counter any negative press and to strengthen her position in the conflict. On 14 January, she and Joe DiMaggio were married at the San Francisco City Hall. They then travelled to Japan, combining a honeymoon with his business trip. From there, she travelled alone to Korea, where she performed songs from her films as part of a USO show for over 60,000 U.S. Marines over four days. She settled with Fox and returned to star in one of the biggest box office successes of her career, The Seven Year Itch (Billy Wilder, 1955). Then followed the release of Otto Preminger's Western River of No Return (1955), in which Monroe appeared opposite Robert Mitchum. When the studio was still reluctant to change her contract, Monroe and photographer Milton Greene founded a film production company in late 1954, Marilyn Monroe Productions (MMP). She dedicated 1955 to building her company and began studying method acting at the Actors Studio. She grew close to the studio's director, Lee Strasberg and to his wife Paula, receiving private lessons at their home due to her shyness, and she soon became like a family member. In late 1955, Fox awarded her a new contract, which gave her more control and a larger salary. Monroe did a critically acclaimed performance in Bus Stop (Joshua Logan, 1956). She played Chérie, a saloon singer whose dreams of stardom are complicated by a naïve cowboy who falls in love with her. She received a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her performance. Then she acted opposite Laurence Olivier in the first independent production of MMP, The Prince and the Showgirl (Laurence Olivier, 1957), made in Great Britain. It was released in June 1957 to mixed reviews and proved unpopular with American audiences. The film was better received in Europe, where it won Crystal Star awards and was nominated for a BAFTA.
Then Marilyn Monroe acted opposite Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in the classic comedy Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959). The film was an absolute smash hit, with Curtis and Lemmon pretending to be females in an all-girl band, so they could get work. This was to be Marilyn's only film for the year. She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress for her role. Monroe took a hiatus until late 1959, when she returned to Hollywood to star in the musical comedy Let's Make Love (George Cukor, 1960), about an actress and a millionaire (Yves Montand) who fall in love when performing in a satirical play. Her affair with Montand was widely reported by the press and used in the film's publicity campaign. Her last completed film was the drama The Misfits (John Huston, 1961), which Arthur Miller had written to provide her with a dramatic role. She played a recently divorced woman who becomes friends with three ageing cowboys, played by Clark Gable, Eli Wallach, and Montgomery Clift. Monroe returned to the public eye in the spring of 1962: she received a 'World Film Favourite' Golden Globe award and began to shoot a new film for 20th Century-Fox, Something's Got to Give, a remake of My Favorite Wife (Garson Kanin, 1940). Days before filming began, Monroe caught sinusitis; despite medical advice to postpone the production, Fox began it as planned in late April. Monroe was too ill to work for the majority of the next six weeks, but despite confirmations by multiple doctors, the studio tried to put pressure on her by alleging publicly that she was faking it. On 19 May 1962, she took a break to sing 'Happy Birthday' on stage at President John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration at Madison Square Garden in New York. She drew attention with her costume: a beige, skintight dress covered in rhinestones, which made her appear nude. Monroe next filmed a scene for Something's Got to Give in which she swam naked in a swimming pool. To generate advanced publicity, the press was invited to take photographs of the scene, which were later published in Life. It was the first time that a major star had posed nude while at the height of their career. When she was again on sick leave for several days, Fox decided that it could not afford to have another film running behind schedule when it was already struggling to cover the rising costs of Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963). The studio blamed Monroe for the film's demise and began spreading negative publicity about her, even alleging that she was mentally disturbed. Fox soon regretted its decision and reopened negotiations with Monroe later in June; a settlement about a new contract, including re-commencing Something's Got to Give and a starring role in the black comedy What a Way to Go! (J. Lee Thompson, 1964), was reached later that summer. To repair her public image, Monroe engaged in several publicity ventures, including interviews for Life and Cosmopolitan and her first photoshoot for Vogue. For Vogue, she and photographer Bert Stern collaborated for two series of photographs, one a standard fashion editorial and another of her posing nude, which were both later published posthumously with the title 'The Last Sitting'. In the last weeks of her life, she was also planning on starring in a biopic of Jean Harlow. Only 36, Marilyn Monroe died on 5 August 1962 from an overdose of barbiturates. She was discovered dead at her home at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive in Brentwood. She had a phone in one of her hands, and her body was completely nude and face down on her bed. During her life and also after her death, her troubled private life received much attention. She struggled with addiction, depression, and anxiety. She had two highly publicised marriages, to baseball player Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller, which both ended in divorce. Although the death was ruled a probable suicide, several conspiracy theories have been proposed in the decades following her death. There are over 600 books written about her.
Sources: De Nieuwe Kerk, Marilyn Geek, IMDb and Wikipedia.
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Though it fried its main board soon after the move to Crash Space (bad power, perhaps), it seems the laser is back online and working again.
Found these letter cutters on Ebay UK, all the way from Malaysia!
Each letter is about 3cm tall! - I just wish they did numbers too!
from Ebay shop Baking frenzy (found on Ebay UK site)
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Gardencitygirl just bought some too! www.flickr.com/photos/sweetlanda/3542978389/
... am now obsessed with Skype! ... it's wonderful to talk to my flickr friends!
1984 Bayfield Cutter 29'. Boat is in great condition with a beautiful hull design that only draws 3.5' She sports a cutter rig and a classic clipper bow. She is powered by a Yanmar 2GM that runs great. She sports stainless lewmar winches, roller furling yankee and roller furling staysail, A/C, Garmin GPS, and VHF. Everything on this boat operates as it should. She has an intelligent layout that gives her interior the feel of a much larger boat. She has engine access from down below, as well as in the cockpit making engine maintenance a breeze. All lines run aft to the cockpit so she is easily singlehanded. Her yankee and staysail are like new, and the main is in excellent condition. Asking $12,500
This is a true HDR - 3 exposure!
My nephew Taylor. I said to him.. don't move an inch, I'm taking three pictures of you and they have to be perfect! He stayed pretty still!
He is unhappy in this picture.. I think because every single house in my mothers development looks identical to the next one... one after another... cookie cutter syndrome
pretty cool... view in LARGE!
A down on view of the retired 180ft Coast Guard cutter Sundew wintering in the former Huron Cement slip. I took this from the 4th floor window of the Pier B Resort where my wife and I spent the night. The Sundew is privately owned by trucking magnet Jeff Foster who takes the vessel out on trips through out the summer and early fall season for various local organizations.
Kelly Carlson-Reddig welding a large structure in the UNCC College of Arts & Architecture fabrication lab.
1984 Bayfield Cutter 29'. Boat is in great condition with a beautiful hull design that only draws 3.5' She sports a cutter rig and a classic clipper bow. She is powered by a Yanmar 2GM that runs great. She sports stainless lewmar winches, roller furling yankee and roller furling staysail, A/C, Garmin GPS, and VHF. Everything on this boat operates as it should. She has an intelligent layout that gives her interior the feel of a much larger boat. She has engine access from down below, as well as in the cockpit making engine maintenance a breeze. All lines run aft to the cockpit so she is easily singlehanded. Her yankee and staysail are like new, and the main is in excellent condition. Asking $12,500
1984 Bayfield Cutter 29'. Boat is in great condition with a beautiful hull design that only draws 3.5' She sports a cutter rig and a classic clipper bow. She is powered by a Yanmar 2GM that runs great. She sports stainless lewmar winches, roller furling yankee and roller furling staysail, A/C, Garmin GPS, and VHF. Everything on this boat operates as it should. She has an intelligent layout that gives her interior the feel of a much larger boat. She has engine access from down below, as well as in the cockpit making engine maintenance a breeze. All lines run aft to the cockpit so she is easily singlehanded. Her yankee and staysail are like new, and the main is in excellent condition. Asking $12,500
The Coast Guard Cutter Taney, the last surviving warship from the attack of Pearl Harbor.
Built in 1936 and was in continuous service until 1986. In addition to Pearl Harbor, TANEY saw action throughout World War II [as] well as the Vietnam Conflict. Peacetime duties included search and rescue, ocean weather station, fisheries patrol, and drug interdiction. Today, TANEY continues to serve as a tribute to seagoing services and as a "living classroom."
Its open for public as part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum at Inner Harbor.