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The efficient Red-eye from Osaka to Kuala Lumpur took me here in just over six hours. A bit of soothing and quietude was in order so I hurried to the city's lovely Taman Tasik Perdana - the Lake Gardens. Of course I had my camera in hand...
I was in fact looking to renew acquaintance with a Frog-Friend, some sort of cousin of mine whom I'd met earlier this year (see my www.flickr.com/photos/87453322@N00/11748645636). And indeed we had a little croak together and a slip-in among the lilypads. That's where I saw a whole flock of wonderful Flour-White Dashers, Brachydiplax farinosa. Now and then this one would come back to its favorite perch, here on a White Water Lily Petal.
The energy-efficient Norfolk Southern GoRail engine was handed off to the CN to burn off horsepower hours owed to the CN. This engine wound its way on to the CN Freeport sub, leading a grain extra. Here is ethanol train U706-91, passing in front of the new fire station, eastbound at Plato Center, IL. Five flashes were used to illuminate the train; one flash illuminated the fire station.
The average orca male adult is 26 feet (8 m) long and weighs 8 tons (8,000 kg). Its body is “robust” and its round head has a slight beak. We enjoyed watching it using its paddle-like flippers as it drew itself forward or rolled and lifted them out of the water. Its “blow” was “bushy” and about 10 feet high.
While we only saw this lone male, orcas are highly social. Their pods range in size from 3-40, as they hunt and “play” together. They are referred to as "sea wolves" as their hunting is very efficient and a genuine threat to their prey, such is seals and their young.
As we witnessed, orcas are acrobatic. They, like the humpbacks, will lob-tail, spy-hop, and breach (which we longed to see, but didn’t this time).
The orcas’ dive patterns are variable. They will exhale many blows at short intervals, then will dive 4-10 minutes at a time. Phenomenal!
I used a "process" filter to try to have better contrast in the image here.
"This powerful and aerodynamically efficient coupe was very quick - Car and Driver tested one of the first RSR 3.8s brought into the U.S. and said it could sprint to 60 mph in a mere 3.7 seconds - quicker than the turbocharged Ferrari F40 - hit the quarter-mile mark at 12.1 seconds/116 mph, and max out at 181 mph..."
Source: RM Sotheby's
Photographed at Blenheim Palace during Salon Prive - the event where you can get up close and personal with the world’s greatest and most extreme models in the Great Court of Blenheim Palace. From flamboyant supercars, to eccentric hypercars and some of the most rare and stunning classics in existence, there is nothing quite like this supercar extravaganza.
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Set to open in fall 2019, the new terminal features three giant arcing see-through domes that are touted by the company as a “pearl” on the Miami horizon.
“The inspiration at the end of the day came from the sea and the idea that this was a jewel, and the jewel is the pearl,” said firm CEO Luis Ajamil. “The pearl is all about what's inside, the experience of that pearl encased in the shell, but the shell itself is beautiful, so what you're seeing is three shells that are placed on top of a podium that will provide this great experience for passengers.”
This impressive building will feature new technology to support faster and more efficient embarkation.
El cotxe 3273 de Monbus és un MAN Lion's City Efficient Hybrid asignat actualment a la linia VB4 que uneix Viladecans i la Platja de la Murtra.
DOTS (Drone Operating Tank System) is essentially a supercomputer with treads and guns. DOTS is a Mid-long range tank as it does not have the armor necessary to take on battles on the front-line, for defensive capability's it has several flares and smoke dispensers, but for its main ability it uses a form of invisibility which it uses to escape unnecessary and dangerous battles. This technology can only last for so long which means the tank has to sacrifice potential firepower, armor and offensive ability's for a powerful engine as to power its invisibility, fast movement and the supercomputer that controls its drones. DOTS acts as a hivemind which controls its nearby drones allowing for the drones to communicate to one another effectively and efficiently. Without a DOTS the drones wouldn't be able to operate as desired and wouldn't be able communicate to each other. The drones DOTS operates also help protect itself, mainly the DDS (Defensive Deployment System) The DDS is a four wheeled drone which carries smokes, flares and APS soft kill launchers which help aid other allies and DOTS. The other two drones DOTS operates are the RSA (Rotary Small Arms) and the RMD (Rotary Missile Drone)
For its own firepower the DOTS has one main canon and a 50CAL anti personal turret.
New energy efficient LED lighting illuminates the Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge: red, white, and blue for the American arched spans and red and white for the Canadian arched span. View from the west pier of the Sault Canal (Parks Canada) National Historic Site.
The International Bridge- -a 4.5 kilometer / 2.8 mile long metal Cantilever (suspended deck) Warren Through Truss two lane bridge with a two span arch over the American Soo Locks and a single span arch over the Canadian Sault Canal. It was designed by the New York architectural firm of Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London; the bridge opened October 1962. The bridge spans the St. Marys River and connects Sault Ste. Marie Michigan to Sault Ste. Marie Ontario.
Also seen, three sections of the International Railroad Bridge: part of the nine span Camelback Truss bridge across the St. Mary's River / St. Marys Rapids; a Bascule Bridge- -lowered- -across the American Soo Lock’s Davis and Sabin Locks; and a Vertical Lift Bridge- -lowered- -across the American Soo Lock’s Poe and MacArthur Locks.
A 160 second exposure to record a passing CN (Canadian National Railways) freight train crossing the various bridges of the International Railroad Bridge- -with the unexpected result of creating the French flag, le tricolour, in the river reflection.
El 3420 es un Volvo B11R con carrocería Irizar I6S Efficient que destaca por llevar cámaras en lugar de los espejos retrovisores.
An otter putting on a display of how efficient of a fisher it is.
This otter spent well over two hours feeding through this opening in the ice. The skill it exhibited was quite apparent as it often surfaced with more than one fish. In this photo, notice that it has a fish in its mouth, and two more actively flopping on the ice prior to being devoured.
Lamar River, Yellowstone National Park.
This 'European garden spider' (Araneus diadematus) is recycling it's web. The protein from the old silk is never wasted, from the spider's digestive system, it goes to the silk glands to be made into a new web, very efficient :-)
Taken while visiting family in Leicestershire, England, UK.
LOCOMOTIVE FOR THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY OF NEW YORK
Considerable interest attaches to the trial of overhead street railways in New York and although, as at present, the system is said to constitute an efficient dirt, oil, steam and cinder distributor on a scale more costly and much more noisy than such purposes demand, it is not improbable that overhead railways may in many situations be of great service. These lines are looked upon as nuisance in New York, and, judging from the inefficiency of protection that would be afforded by a roof of widely separated rafters, it would seem that the objection to the system as carried out is not without good reason. Not only is the greater part of the structure carrying the rails a mere open network of girders which allows everything from the engine to fall to the ground and upon the by-passers, but such a network forms a rattling noise magnifier and distributor, which it must be exceedingly difficult to tolerate, even in a country proverbially fond of new "notions."
These engines have now been working for several months, and have, it is said, worked well. They pass around curves of 90ft. radius, .and the heaviest trains consist of three loaded cars. The engines last ordered have however, larger boilers, and the cab is made shorter, so as to expose the water tank and part of the boiler to view.
Illustration from "The Engineer" from November 08, 1878
Yeah. I basically didn't have any idea and my boyfriend picked up a lightbulb and told me to make a photo from it, so I went with something really original......
150/366.
Kasper Bjørke is a Danish electronica musician and record producer and remixer.
I enjoy this very young music and I love the video that shows the story of a young man, who builds his very own ‚Efficient Machine´ and so turns himself into some supernatural transformer creature.
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A maid should dress simply to be efficient-- no fancy jewellery, just a simple watch and choker. Lace panties, garters, fish net stockings, corset, short skirt and incredibly high heels add to her efficiency...(ya right!)
How efficient. I opened the shutters this morning and snapped this.
But now I must post and run - must finish my father's birthday present tonight or he won't get it in time....
It has been a hard winter for humans and wildlife this year.
We don't normally see where the deer bed down for the night, usually it is back in the forest.
We are seeing them close to the cottage and I am guessing they are waiting for us to put out bird seed.
If they are first to the yard the get the seed, not other deer and certainly they don't leave much for the birds.
This doe was bedded down early in the morning right after the last big storm. There heavy outer coat seems to keep them dry.
Photo taken through the Wonderful Wildlife Window.
Odocoileus virginianus
Like a cow, the white-tailed deer’s stomach has four compartments. This allows food to be processed more efficiently and means that the deer can feed on things that other mammals cannot process.
L'odio
Guardate com’è sempre efficiente
come si mantiene in forma
nel nostro secolo l’odio,
con quanta facilità supera gli ostacoli
come gli è facile avventarsi, agguantare.
Non è come gli altri sentimenti,
insieme più vecchio e più giovane di loro,
da solo genera le cause
che lo fanno nascere.
Se si addormenta il suo non è mai un sonno eterno,
l’insonnia non lo indebolisce ma lo rafforza.
Religione o non religione
purché ci si inginocchi per il via
Patria o non patria
purché si scatti alla partenza
Anche la giustizia va bene all’inizio,
poi corre tutto solo,
l’odio. L’odio.
Una smorfia di estasi amorosa
gli deforma il viso.
Oh, quegli altri sentimenti
malaticci e fiacchi!
Da quando la fratellanza
può contare sulle folle?
La compassione è mai
arrivata per prima al traguardo?
Il dubbio quanti volenterosi trascina?
Lui solo trascina, che sa il fatto suo.
Capace, sveglio, molto laborioso…
Occorre dire quante canzoni ha composto?
Quante pagine ha scritto nei libri di storia?
Quanti tappeti umani ha disteso
su quante piazze, stadi?
Diciamoci la verità:
sa creare bellezza
splendidi i suoi bagliori nella notte nera
magnifiche le nubi degli scoppi nell’alba rosata
innegabile è il pathos delle rovine
e l’umorismo grasso
della colonna che vigorosa le sovrasta.
È un maestro del contrasto
tra fracasso e silenzio
tra sangue rosso e neve bianca
e soprattutto non lo annoia mai
il motivo del lindo carnefice
sopra la vittima insozzata.
In ogni istante è pronto a nuovi compiti.
Se deve aspettare aspetterà.
Lo dicono cieco. Cieco?
Ha la vista acuta del cecchino
e guarda risoluto al futuro.
Lui solo.
WISLAWA SZYMBORZKA
Sony A7RII Fine Art Zion National Park Autumn Winter Subway Hike! Dr. Elliot McGucken Fine Art Landscape Photography!
An important thing to remember is that even though pixel sizes keep getting smaller and smaller, the technology is advancing, so the smaller pixels are more efficient at collecting light. For instance, the Sony A7rII is back-illuminated which allows more photons to hit the sensor. Semiconductor technology is always advancing, so the brilliant engineers are always improving the signal/noise ratio. Far higher pixel counts, as well as better dynamic ranger, are thus not only possible, but the future!
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View your artistic mission into photography as an epic odyssey of heroic poetry! Take it from Homer in Homer's Odyssey: "Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit, and many were the nations with whose manners and customs he was acquainted; moreover he suffered much by sea while trying to save his own life and bring his men safely home; but do what he might he could not save his men, for they perished through their own sheer folly in eating the cattle of the Sun-god Hyperion; so the god prevented them from ever reaching home. Tell me, too, about all these things, O daughter of Jove, from whatsoever source you may know them. " --Samuel Butler Translation of Homer's Odyssey
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I boogied all about in the newly fallen Valmont snow, first to the historic stage stop. Here, under the snowy blanket, lies an early Boulder area pioneer town. I buzzed around to shoot what I saw under the blanket of snow while eDDie slept in the vehicle as is normal for him. I caught several shots of the old stage stop in the snow in its state of collapse. Indeed, the dilapidated look is a re-siding of the original log structure. It was so early that the logs were hand squared by the efficient methods used at the time. I am shocked that it still exists; I bet boarding up the windows hasn't helped preservation much. Did the stop also lodge travelers? Valmont is the last stop on Boulder Creek of the wagon, stage then rail route to the budding Boulder gold fields. Certainly the area was a great spot for pasturing horses. The water table was 4-6 feet deep here. Boulder got it's start in 1858 but in 1865, the town of Valmont [contraction of “valley” and “mountain”] was platted. It grew directly to rival Boulder in size and commercial activity as the key valley transportation point. The place is a bit of a pinch point in the valley.
The rail line followed the early stage route through Valmont into Boulder. It was also the Boulder Valley branch of the Union Pacific. I still don't know if the old stage stop was refurbed into a rail station. Eastward in Erie, Colorado the coal fields must have supplied early Boulder City, four miles west of Valmont. An angry Longmont ponied up, starting their own rails into town as seen in one of the comments below. The lines delivered coal before daDDy Koch was even born to rip his slice from the environment. The disappearing agricultural town and travel stop was here. See some of my other Valmont images. This must have been a busy spot when the stage had to start competing with the new rail route. Sometimes rail companies bought the rights-of-way from stage companies. Roads and rails were extended up Boulder Canyon into the foothills to mining camps. The foothills created a bundle of railroading problems so railroaders switched from standard to narrow gauge construction to deal with the sharp curves..
Moving efficiently around orbital spaceports and also on low gravity moons, these spacecraft were a practical and popular product from Llwyngwril Space Systems. Large engines and a big magno-clamp load bed enabled a wide variety of loads to be quickly and easily shifted around loading bays and warehouses. The large area under the load bed was given over to fuel tanks, meaning that the ship only had be re-fuelled when its pilots changed shift.
With centuries of hard use, these workhorses gradually became increasingly unreliable. Obsolescence also meant that spare parts became hard to find. The crews of the ships generally replaced one of the consonants in the ships' name, due to poor rates of availability and safety.
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Inspired by this and built months ago but I've got a Lego photography backlog.
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While these efficient machines are made in cutting-edge tech factories, it soon becomes evident that the world they are brought into is much less organized and adaptations may be required.
Left to right:
Graffiti Marked RIM Drone Callsign: "Deadly 3"
Civilian Hacked RIM Drone: "Cheerful"
Yay, more Drones! Also background may be a large moc in progress. Stay tuned for some more of the Iran storyline, Bros be tagged. Thanks!
A llama goes about his business high in the Peruvian Altiplano.
Our long drive from Arequipa to Lake Titicaca found us driving high into the Altiplano, a vast plateau with altitudes usually over 4200m (13800ft). Halfway along the 200km (125 mile) drive is Laguna Lagunillas a scenic high altitude lake with llamas often wandering about its vicinity.
While the main focus of this stop was the lake (and there are some photos of it on the way) this llama caught my attention as well. As I was fumbling with my camera kit and car keys trying to get out to a nearby hill with a view of the lake, I noticed this llama giving me a cheeky look while munching away on the local vegetation
While 200km doesn't sound like a long drive, when you're climbing up to around 4400m it's slow going. One thing we noticed was how much less efficient our car was at this altitude where the volume of oxygen was far lower than it was at sea level. It wasn't just us who were having troubles with the thin air!
Andean Altiplano, Peru, 2013
Canon EOS 5D Mark II with Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS
Following a string of demonstrator vehicles as of late: the latest to have been inherited by Go North East is BF63 HDC, which has been allocated fleet number 9131. The vehicle is a Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5TL, and it previously served with Lothian Buses as their 286 (which can be seen in this photograph).
Volvo's latest production - the Volvo B5TL on the new Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodywork - is fitted with the latest Euro 6 engine technology. The B5TL, unlike its predecessor, uses a 5-litre engine instead of the standard 9-litre. This, combined with its lighter weight, will result in a more fuel efficient vehicle, which in turn benefits the environment.
Following a successful trial with Lothian Buses in the Scottish capital, Lothian Buses has now ordered 25 of these vehicles. The vehicle was expected to serve with Lothian Buses for a total of six months, which is why the vehicle carries Lothian's classic madder and white livery as well as Lothian specification destination displays. Despite this, the vehicle has now been released to Go North East, of whom need to submit details of the 2014/2015 financial year vehicle orders to Go-Ahead by next month.
The vehicle is expected to serve with Go North East for a number of weeks - it is currently expected that it will be allocated to Riverside depot on "Toon Link" services 11, 31/32 and 47 until June 25th, and it is expected that its remaining time serving with Go North East will be spent at Crook depot on "Pronto" service X21.
El 701 de Tusgsal es uno de los 12 Man Lion's City Efficient Hybrid que se incorporaron en 2021 al servicio.
Lo vemos a punto de salir de Plaza de Catalunya.
Manif fonction publique 22 mars 2018
Grosse mobilisation à Lyon !
15.000 manifestants
Demontration in Lyon, France, to maintain our public services - against government's laws.
French people protesting against upcoming reforms bad for the quality of public services. As a result of those reforms, criteria of public service begin to give way to those of profitability. Our state services in France (heath, school, railway...) are among the best services in the world. But all the reforms impulsed by the government aim to slowly replace this very efficient public sector (open to everybody) by a private sector only focussed on financial gains. State-based social services and welfare entitlements are cut back or replaced by market-based provisions available only to those who can afford to pay.
On March 22, hundreds of thousands of nurses, teachers and other public sector workers joined forces to march against French President Emmanuel Macron’s reforms all over the country yesterday.
Estimates of the numbers of those joining rallies held in some 140 locations across the country vary between 323,000 (the ‘official’ tally) and 500,000, the figure issued by the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), one of the principal trade union organiser of the action.
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Did you know that each individual White-winged Crossbill has a truly remarkable appetite, devouring up to 3,000 conifer seeds every single day? This extraordinary feeding habit is a captivating aspect of their behavior that never fails to inspire awe.
White-winged Crossbills with lower mandibles crossing to the right are approximately three times more common than those with lower mandibles crossing to the left. This unique behavior is a result of their specialized bill structure, which is uniquely adapted to efficiently extract seeds from conifer cones. Their crossed mandibles act like a pair of tweezers, allowing them to grasp and extract seeds with precision.
White-winged Crossbills, the jewels of the northern woods, are not just solitary feeders. They often make their presence known as a lively, chattering flock, gracefully moving between spruce trees. This social flocking behavior, with its charming mix of rose-pink males, greenish females, and immatures, is a testament to their strong social bonds, making us feel a part of their world.
Photographed in the Pantanal, Brazil - From a safari vehicle, no cover
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I've tried to find out why these macaws were locking beaks but could really find nothing satisfactory that would explain it. They seemed to be a mated pair and didn't seem aggressive to each other in the least. If anyone knows why these macaws were doing this, please let me know. Thanks!
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From Wikipedia: The hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), or hyacinthine macaw, is a parrot native to central and eastern South America. With a length (from the top of its head to the tip of its long pointed tail) of about one meter (3.3 ft) it is longer than any other species of parrot. It is the largest macaw and the largest flying parrot species, though the flightless kakapo of New Zealand can outweigh it at up to 3.5 kg. While generally easily recognized, it could be confused with the smaller Lear's macaw. Habitat loss and the trapping of wild birds for the pet trade have taken a heavy toll on their population in the wild, so the species is classified as Vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List,[1] and it is protected by its listing on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Description:
A skeleton exhibited at Dvůr Králové Zoo in Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Czech Republic
The largest parrot by length in the world, the hyacinth macaw is 1 m (3.3 ft) long from the tip of its tail to the top of its head and weighs 1.2–1.7 kg (2.6–3.7 lb). Each wing is 38.8–42.5 cm (15.3–16.7 in) long. The tail is long and pointed. Its feathers are entirely blue, lighter above. However, the neck feathers can sometimes be slightly grey. The ring around the parrots eyes and area just underneath the beak are a strong, vibrant yellow.
Food and feeding:
The majority of the hyacinth macaw diet is Brazil nuts, from native palms, such as acuri and bocaiuva palms. They have very strong beaks for eating the kernels of hard nuts and seeds. Their strong beaks are even able to crack coconuts, the large brazil nut pods, and macadamia nuts. The birds also boast dry, smooth tongues with a bone inside them that makes them an effective tool for tapping into fruits. The acuri nut is so hard, the parrots cannot feed on it until it has passed through the digestive system of cattle. In addition, they eat fruits and other vegetable matter. The hyacinth macaw generally eats fruits, nuts, nectar, and various kinds of seeds. Also, they travel for the ripest of foods over a vast area.
In the Pantanal, hyacinth macaws feed almost exclusively on the nuts of Acrocomia aculeata and Attalea phalerata palm trees. This behaviour was recorded by the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates in his 1863 book The Naturalist on the River Amazons, where he wrote that
It flies in pairs, and feeds on the hard nuts of several palms, but especially of the Mucuja (Acrocomia lasiospatha). These nuts, which are so hard as to be difficult to break with a heavy hammer, are crushed to a pulp by the powerful beak of this macaw.
— Bates
Charles Darwin remarked on Bates's account of the species, calling it a "splendid bird" with its "enormous beak" able to feed on these palm nuts.
Tool use:
Limited tool use has been observed in both wild and captive hyacinth macaws. Reported sightings of tool use in wild parrots go as far back as 1863. Examples of tool use that have been observed usually involve a chewed leaf or pieces of wood. Macaws often incorporate these items when feeding on harder nuts. Their use allows the nuts the macaws eat to remain in position (prevent slipping) while they gnaw into it. It is not known whether this is learned social behavior or an innate trait, but observation on captive macaws shows that hand-raised macaws exhibit this behavior, as well. Comparisons show that older macaws were able to open seeds more efficiently.
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Els MAN NL320 GNC Lyon's City Efficient Hybrid de la serie 1840-1869 continuen entrant progressivament en servei, majoritàriament a la linia 27. A la fotografia veiem el 1855.
With a Penn Central green band, this is actually one of the The New Haven Railroad's "Hill" cars, two tavern lounge observation cars named Bunker Hill (#476) and Watch Hill (#475). Built by Osgood Bradley in 1949, they were part of a post-World War II modernization effort to enhance passenger services. They were initially designed as end-of-train observation cars, featuring a distinctive boat-tail design and luxurious lounge areas intended to attract travelers seeking comfort and style. In 1952, both cars were rebuilt for mid-train service, which involved modifications such as adding diaphragms to both ends to facilitate safer and more efficient passage between cars. I do not know which of the two cars this one was, but she was in pretty rough shape when I found her in Croton North NY on Feb 4, 1979.
Il lavoro artigianale a Matera si è sempre contraddistinto per i materiali poveri ma efficienti per la produzione di tutto quello che poteva servire per la vita quotidiana. Il tufo, la terracotta, il legno, il ferro battuto e la cartapesta sono tra le tradizioni manifatturiere più utilizzate.
Il tufo è un materiale molto friabile dal quale si ricavava tutto quello che era indispensabile per l’uso esterno o interno dell’abitato. Prese d’aria, cornicioni, balconi, mensole, macine, pile (vasche per lavare i panni), boccole a parete (anelli per stendere i panni), etc. Dalle cave della stessa murgia materana si estraeva il “tufo” calcareo per costruire la città nobile, mentre nei quartieri “Sassi” si prelevava semplicemente dalle grotte per costruire l’esterno degli abitati. Ancora oggi questo materiale viene estratto per restaurare le case dei Sassi e del centro storico.
Two female Japanese Macaques (Macaca fuscata) inspect each other's fur for parasitic guests, Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The monkeys efficiently dispatched whatever was found with a well-rehearsed crunch between the front teeth. Both of these individuals show bloody marks from recent altercations, most likely with males who seem to throw their weight around as they try to gain and maintain status. I saw several mothers with young babies clinging to their chests quite obviously fleeing at the approach of a marauding male.
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With a tug, the slack is taken out of the tow-line and the Grob G103a Twin II sailplane aligns for takeoff. There is no radio aboard, but a signal by cycling the tail rudder from side to side alerts the pilot of the Pawnee AgCat tug that you’re ready to go. 260 horses from the tug’s engine is more than adequate to pull both aircraft to the separation point at around 3000 feet AGL (Above Ground Level). The Grob’s efficient design actually has it airborne within seconds, way faster than the powerful AgCat tow plane as it claws for speed down the narrow runway at the Whitsett, North Carolina, glider park... it’s that efficiency that you count on as you cut away from the tug. The tow pilot angles down and left, while you rise up and right. The air smooths out and so does the ride out from behind the backwash of the tug’s propeller, but it’s not time to sit back just yet. The first order of business is situational awareness... to take note of where you’re at and what’s around you. Next, trim the aircraft for best rate of climb... then look for some rising air. There is no electrical system aboard the Grob, but its instrument panel is complete with artificial horizon, altimeter, airspeed indicator, clock, compass, and vertical airspeed indicator... that’s the instrument that glider pilots rely on to find the rising air that takes them to their ultimate destination... up!
There is yet another important instrument that helps to get you up there, but it’s not in the panel... it’s a three-inch string attached to the front center of the canopy. If you’ve trimmed the craft properly, that string flows straight back from the canopy... if it flows left or right from center, you’re side-slipping, which is an excellent way to lose altitude. After trimming the aircraft to its most efficient profile, I look to another indicator for “best flight” that isn’t to be found in the cockpit... circling buzzards. Buzzards have an innate ability to find thermals, shafts of rising air that keep them aloft for hours. Some of the best lifts I ever got were from taking cues from some of nature’s most prolific flyers. The airframe of a sailplane like the Grob is so effectual that they will easily go to the upper limits of thermals. Around these parts, that’s usually around 10,000 feet AGL, though there are areas here in the states where thermals can reach 20,000 feet or better... and that can be dangerous.
Thermals not only rise... they also track across the landscape, and sometimes pretty fast. The highest I flew in these parts was around 9,000 feet. I often had to hop from thermal to thermal to stay within sight of Whitsett. You didn’t want to be too far away, especially in conditions of sinking air. The destination was always up, but journey’s end was always safely stopped at the park... “journey’s end” is critical in an unpowered aircraft... part of the skill in flying it was putting it back where you found it. That was always on my mind, but so was going up, and it never seemed high enough. My question to myself on nearly every drive home after a flight was how high is high enough?
There are many conditions in life where people accept poor standards of belief, especially when it’s just within themselves, where they strive and claw to the stratosphere only to find there’s nothing there... their expectations let them down. I've listened to skeptics who rely on their place in life as a random collocation of atoms... that's an even worse condition, as it leaves one with no understanding to even reach for the top, much less knowing when they have.
Even while flying the Grob, I realized the joy was in the journey, not in the heights. This image was taken the same morning as that of my last post. It gives a better view of the overall wildness of Linville Gorge from the tip rocky ledge of Hawksbill Mountain. Where I’m standing is about 4,000 feet (1220 meters) above sea level, looking over a remote landscape that stretches to the coming morning... and it makes me appreciate that there are times that the highest you need to go may be exactly where you are... particularly if it takes you to a beautiful place. After a night of rain, mist retreats to morning... there's hope in that.
The pink flowers here are Carolina rhododendron separated by blueberry bushes that are also in bloom... you can see them here, a pinkish white and rather small bell-shape.
The 69th UK Coach Rally was held in Blackpool on 12th/13th April 2025 and pictured heading out on the Saturday morning Road Run is CT25 CTL, an Irizar i6s Efficient coach recently delivered to Centurion, Welton, Somerset. It was awarded The Irizar Trophy (Best Irizar Integral) at the event.
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The downfall of the DAK was fast and furious. Unable to hold off the British Eighth Army any longer, division after division fell. Small recon units posted in outside 'villas' were usually quickly and swiftly taken out by SAS. They knew how to do it fast, efficiently and without anyone noticing. Thus keeping the element of suprise intact.
Don't kill me :D I'm quite aware I suck at Vignettes, but I like building them :) Inspiration taken from Danielzayac. Weapons by brickarms, other accessories by Brickforge. More pictures later. Also, sorry for the bad quality, it's dark :P All there really is too say. Enjoy!
In the early 1970s, Ford Motor Company was producing the Maverick, a compact car marketed as an affordable and efficient vehicle. However, the demand for the Maverick was not as high as Ford had anticipated, and they found themselves with a surplus of unsold cars.
To deal with this surplus, Ford decided to store thousands of unsold Mavericks in the Subtropolis caves located in Kansas City, Missouri. Subtropolis is a man-made underground complex of limestone mines, covering over 55 million square feet, and is home to many businesses that use the caves for storage and other purposes.
Ford leased about 25 acres of the cave complex, which was ideal for storing the cars as the caves are naturally climate-controlled with temperatures ranging between 60-70 degrees Fahrenheit year-round. The cars were kept in the caves until they could be sold, which reportedly took several years.
The storage of the Mavericks in the Subtropolis caves became somewhat of a legend in the automotive world, with many car enthusiasts and historians fascinated by the idea of thousands of unsold cars sitting underground for years. Today, the Subtropolis complex is still in use, and while the Mavericks are no longer stored there, the story of their time underground remains a unique piece of automotive history.
You fill these with water and stick them in the soil in your house plants, they are very pretty and very efficient.
The Bulimba ferry terminal was built in 1922 for the Balmoral Shire Council, then responsible for the efficient servicing of several ferry routes across the Brisbane River.
Since the days of the convict settlement at Moreton Bay when a punt was poled between the main settlement and the south bank of the river, ferries have been a vital transport facility for Brisbane. The river twists and loops through the city and cross-river access is important in linking city and suburbs and greatly reducing travel time between them. Although the first bridge linked the city and South Brisbane in 1862, no other bridges were built for many years, public transport was limited and few people had private transport until after World War Two. People who needed to commute to work and to access shopping and entertainment facilities used cross-river ferries on a daily basis. Ferries were the only major transport service provided by metropolitan local authorities as responsibility for care and management had been placed in their hands by an 1858 Act.
In November 1844 the first ferry service commenced between Customs House and Kangaroo Point and in 1850 Samuel and Matthew Buckley operated a rowing boat ferry service at Bulimba. In 1864, John Watson began a vehicular ferry at Bulimba under lease. He purchased the allotment at the terminal to build his house. The route was then serviced by the steam paddleboat 'Advance' until transferred to the city route in 1893 when floods destroyed the Victoria Bridge. It was replaced at Bulimba by a punt operated by winch and cable until a new ferry was obtained.
In 1888 Bulimba and Hawthorne were included in the area for which the Balmoral Divisional Board was responsible. Balmoral Shire was created in 1901 and was responsible for Apollo, Bulimba, Norman Park, and Hawthorne ferries. A special sub-committee was responsible for the provision of boats, buildings and landings and fixed fares. In 1921 the Balmoral council decided to replace the existing waiting sheds and landing at Bulimba with a substantial ferry house to shelter waiting passengers. In 1922 they commissioned a ferry house design from the prominent architectural firm of GMH Addison and Son. The tender of E Taylor was accepted for the construction in July 1922. By August the building was under construction and tenders for the construction of a pontoon were called in September 1922.
The design for the proposed building appeared in the December 1922 edition of the Architects and Builders Journal of Queensland, however, as GHM Addison died in February 1922 following a protracted illness, the design is most likely by his son George Frederick Addison. The quality of the building and the choice of a noted firm of architects for the design attest to the importance of the ferry service in the life of the community.
George Henry Male Addison was Welsh born and trained in England. He immigrated to Adelaide in 1883 and then moved Melbourne. He was an artist as well as an architect and was one of the founders of Melbourne Art Society. He moved to Brisbane in 1886 as local partner of Terry, Oakden and Addison. Addison won prizes for both architectural design and fine arts and served on a number of important committees and advisory panels connected with both. In late 1892 he set up in practice on his own, forming a partnership with L G Corrie in 1898. The firm designed many major buildings including churches, banks, and commercial buildings. From 1919 he was in practice with his son, George Frederick Addison as G Addison and Son. G F Addison studied at Brisbane Central Technical College and was articled to his father. Apart from his military service in World War One, he practiced as an architect until 1940.
In 1924 the Balmoral Council called tenders for a second ferry house, to a slightly modified version of the Bulimba design, to be erected at the Hawthorne ferry terminal. Both terminals can be seen at one time from the river. The steam ferry 'Hetherington' served the Bulimba route for many years, being estimated to have been responsible for over 10 million passenger and 2 million vehicle trips between 1928 and it's decommissioning in 1952. There was also a motor ferry on the route.
The ferry connected Bulimba with Teneriffe, which was the site of many industrial and commercial enterprises, so that the ferry carried many people to and from work. It was also put to an unexpected community use as illustrated by the comment of the Sunday Mail of the 3rd of March 1929 that the ferry house was being used informally as a dressing shed for local youths who were swimming in the river.
In 1925 the various Brisbane district councils amalgamated into a single local government authority, the Brisbane City Council, and construction of ferry terminals because of their responsibility. In October 1925 the contract for the new waiting shed at Hawthorne was let for the original design, though other Brisbane City Council terminal buildings were less ornamental. Of the other ferry terminal buildings on the Brisbane River, most were built much later and none are as ornate as the Brisbane and Hawthorne ferry houses.
In 1985 extensive repairs and renovations were carried out to the Bulimba ferry house, which included replacing the clocks in the tower. It is still in use as a ferry terminal.
Source: Queensland Heritage Register.