c/n 60880, l/n 6690

Built 2017

Seen on tow following worldwide grounding of 737MAX aircraft.

Beijing Capital International Airport

Beijing, People’s Republic of China

22nd March 2019

This was inspired by Jouste's meditation mandala. It was done with Prismacolor markers, and was completed in one sitting. (About 3 1/2 hours - the time just flew......) I was listening to Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now through most of it. I also did something a little different for about 90% of it from the center out. I sat with a bag filled with 12 markers (+ 1 blender pen) in my lap. I would pull out a marker at random, and that's the one I would use for that ring. I got a little tired of that at the end, plus I wanted to touch up a few areas with certain colors. Interestingly enough, "Red" didn't come up on a random pull till one of the last few pulls.

I think the red bumps with green/blue circles look like frog eyes.

from meredith's you:now workshop prompt this morning...

"then something happened: i found my voice, i made eye contact with myself, i wanted to take off and fly! i don't recall my first jump shot or how i documented it... but i recall how it felt. and how silly i felt. and how i laughed at myself and shook off the cloak of seriousness for just that moment and gave in to the goofy side of me that i thought i had lost long ago."

I have to admit, this scares the crap out of me. I'm already finding myself getting anxious. I have a tendency to jump way ahead of myself and then psych myself out before I even begin. I'm not ready for this!!!

I have to remind myself to breathe and to just be where I am right now.

So today, I'm grounding myself in the things I know, the familiar. The things that are comfortable...my morning rituals...making the coffee, putting breakfast dishes away, letting the chickens out, walking the boys to the bus stop.

The time to fly will come.

Thick, textured clouds stretch across the sky like a rippling curtain, with golden light breaking through in scattered beams. Silhouetted mountains rest quietly on the horizon, grounding this dramatic and ever-changing display of nature's atmosphere.

Kusu Island, Singapore

I cry out "Love keep your arms around me",

I am a bird that's in need of grounding,

I'm built to fly away, I never learned how to stay.

#HappyMonday #GoodVibesEveryone #YOLO #PraiseToGod

..... along Conchas Chinas Beach on my barefoot "grounding" walk (((:

Sarasota, Florida

Lido Beach - 2/26/'17

The story of the Elibank Castle reads like a ripping yarn. She was one of the earliest vessels built in the Great Lakes Area of NSW. This image shows Teste Island in the Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Teste was one of the islands visited on each of the two voyages undertaken by the Elibank Castle in 1884 and 1885.

To fully present the astounding events surrounding this vessel a report is presented for each of three periods in her short life:

- grounding in New Zealand in 1875

- first trip to the Pacific Islands in 1884

- final trip to the Islands in 1885

A map of the voyage after the massacre in May 1885 is presented in this post.

Section 1 deals specifically with her movement to New Zealand and subsequent grounding. Section 1

Section 2 deals with her first visit to the Pacific Islands in late 1884 and the murder of 5 crew members, including the captain. Section 2

Section 3 deals with her second and final visit to the Pacific Islands in 1885 when all but two of the crew were murdered - the survivors sailed the ship to New Guinea and were forced to abandon her and take to the long boat. Only one man survived and he turned up in Cooktown; seven months after the massacre in the Solomon Islands.

Details

Name: Elibank Castle

Type: Topsail Schooner – two masts

Official Number: ON 71811

Registered Sydney 3/1875

Length: 80 ft

Breadth: 18.5 ft

Depth: 6.85 ft

Registered net tonnage: 69.62 tons

Builders: William Peat and Donald Cameron

Location: Coolongolook, NSW.

Launched: September 1874 (no specific record)

Owners:

1875 – 1877 James Mathew Banks (NZ)

Registered in Wellington, New Zealand (2/1875)

Stranded Ninety Mile Beach; Recovered

Registered in Wellington New Zealand (10/1875)

1877 – 1879 George Parkman Austing (NZ)

Registered Dunedin, New Zealand (17/1877)

1879 – 1880 James Anderson (NZ)

1880 – 1884 Keith Ramsay, John Graham & James Anderson (NZ)

1884 - Capt. Augustus Otto Wilhelm Routch

Registered in Sydney 114/1884

Early Life

The Elibank Castle was built by William Peat and Donald Cameron on the banks of the Coolongolook River at Coolongolook. No details of her launch have been found but a report from 7th September 1874 indicated that launching was imminent.

"Peat and Cameron's vessel now building at the Coolongolook is nearly ready for launching. She is a pretty model and right well put together with well seasoned timber, and bids fair to prove a first class little craft to brave the dangers of the coast. September 7, 1874." The Maitland Mercury - 19 September 1874.

SECTION 3 - SECOND TRIP TO PACIFIC ISLANDS - 1885

After the deaths of one crew member on Bentley Island, and five crew members at Banyetta Point on Rendova Island it seems inconceivable that the owner of the Elibank Castle would embark on a second voyage to the South Pacific only a few months after her return to Australia.

Events on Teste Island

The owner, Captain Augustus Routch, effected repairs and set off for the Islands on 6th April 1885 - this time Captain Routch was command. Once again the Elibank Castle landed on Teste Island and Bentley Island; in this instance there was no problems. William Reid and John McCord had been left on Bentley Island after the first visit, with the aim of establishing a copra station for Captain Routch. The murder of Reid had been reported earlier in a letter from John McCord sent via the Wild Duck to Cooktown.

McCord, had travelled from Bentley Island to a nearby island to give information to the missionary, and falling ill of fever on the way was taken charge of by the missionary. McCord was ultimately sent on to Cooktown in a beche-de-mer trading boat and was no longer in the vicinity when Routch arrived on the second voyage.

Captain Routch continued to trace the earlier voyage east but was unable to land on the Goodwin Islands and continued to the Solomon Islands. The location is not known but probably not Point Banyetta where five of his crew were murdered just a few months previously. The events that were about to unfold defy imagination.

Events in the Solomon Islands

It was not until 3rd December 1885 that any reports of the fate of the Elibank Caste were known. The steamer Maranoa, which arrived from Cooktown, brought the only survivor from the schooner Elibank Castle, the captain and all hands except himself and another crew member having been massacred at the Solomon Islands on the 17th or 18th of May. One man, Hugh Gildie, survived the massacre but died on the long journey back after the Elibank Castle was abandoned on a reef in New Guinea. The only survivor, David Brown, supplied the following details:

The vessel started on the 6th of April last. She duly reached Teste Island, where a boat belonging to them had been left on the last voyage. The boat was taken on board and sail was made for Bentley Island, where the station had been previously formed and the two men left. It was ascertained, however, that one of these men, named William Reid, had been killed by a neighbouring tribe of hostile natives. The other man, McCord, went to an island in the vicinity to give information to the missionary, and falling ill of fever on the way was taken charge of by the missionary. He was ultimately sent on to Cooktown in a beche-de-mer trading boat. Sail was made from Bentley to the Goodwins, but the weather going bad and the ship's gear giving way, they put into one of the Solomon Islands for shelter in order to effect repair. While there 15 or 20 natives came on board, and Captain Routch, thinking it would be a good opportunity for taking in a supply of firewood, began to bargain with the natives. He showed them a quantity of "trade," comprising knives, tomahawks, beads, and calico, on seeing which they "completely went off their heads," to use the narrator's own words. This was on the 17th or 18th May last. All hands at the time were fixing the topmast rigging, and Brown, who was suffering from rheumatism in the shoulders, had just descended, and was in the forecastle rubbing his shoulders with oil, when he heard loud cries on deck of " Murder !" He hastily seized his revolver, which was in his bunk, and ran upon deck. On arriving there he was struck on the head with a tomahawk by a native. A gash was cut over his left temple. He at once took in the situation, and rushed below for shelter. A few seconds afterwards Hugh Gildie, another seaman, rushed below, with the blood streaming from a terrible gash in his face, inflicted in a similar manner, one side of his face being laid completely open. He fainted immediately after reaching the forecastle. Brown drew him clear of the ''scuttle," so that the natives could not get access to him. The two men remained quiet in the forecastle until dark, the attack having taken place about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. When darkness had set in, hearing no further noise, Brown and Gildie, who were very feeble and bleeding terribly, went through the bulkhead, and into the hold of the vessel. They then crawled up through the fore-hatch, and having gained the deck, saw a light in the cabin. Not knowing whether they were natives or some of the crew, Gildie cautiously crept aft on the starboard, and Brown on the port side. On arriving near the poop a native's head was seen to emerge from the companion-way. Brown took aim, but the revolver missed fire. The native then rushed at Brown, and seized hold of him, and in the struggle the revolver went off, and blew off a portion of Brown's left hand. He then sang out to Gildie to fire. Gildie fired, and shot the native in the head, who then rushed headlong down the companion-way into the cabin.

It was apparent that there was only one other native in the cabin. This man rushed up the steps, armed with a cutlass which he had procured below. The seamen, however, closed the companion-way, and made the natives prisoners in the cabin. The natives had not the sense to extinguish the lights in the cabin, hence they made themselves good marks for the men in the dark on deck. The latter removed the plug from the stove-pipe and, watching for an opportunity, shot both natives dead. It was then that the men discovered the horrible details of the massacre that had taken place. The captain and crew, taken unawares, had actually nothing with which to defend themselves. The dead body of Captain Routch lay bathed in blood, a gash extending across his face from eye to eye, and his eyeballs laid open and hanging in close proximity to his mouth. Only one tomahawk gash had been inflicted, but the stroke had done its deadly work. Near his body was that of the mate with his skull cleft open. Pools of blood were lying all over the deck. A coloured man named George Richards was also lying in a pool of blood, with a huge gash across his forehead. The native "boy" obtained at the Goodwins also lay dead, with his head completely split open. In all these cases, one stroke only had been inflicted, but it was sufficient to prove fatal, owing to the dexterity with which those savages have learned to wield the tomahawk. The cook, a coloured man, a native of Demarara, was next found. His head was hacked and chopped in several places, and numerous gashes were also inflicted across the back of his shoulders, evidently from someone behind. All this ghastly inspection took place in the darkness, with the assistance of a bull's eye lantern. The cable was then slipped, and the vessel put to sea. The bodies were sewn up in canvas, and were then cast overboard. In the meantime, the men dressed each other's wounds, but their sufferings were terrible. Gildie was completely stricken down and helpless. The vessel drifted about for a week or ten days, and Brown's wounds having improved, the sails were trimmed and a course was steered for New Guinea.

Brown and Gildie steer the Elibank Castle towards New Guinea

They had ample provisions on the ship, but Brown was compelled to do the whole of the work himself, Gildie having fallen into a petulant and indifferent mood. Added to this was the fact that serious symptoms began to appear in Brown's wound, one effect being almost total blindness. After being a considerable time at sea they sighted land, which afterwards proved to be the north-east coast of New Guinea. For more than a week they made an attempt to beat to windward in order to make the land, the wind during the time blowing heavily. On one occasion, at night, the vessel got on a reef, where she remained for a couple of hours, after which she again floated. It was then found that she had sprung a leak, and was making water. There was only one pump on board, and that a very inferior one. Brown remained at the pump as long as his time and strength would permit, but it was found that the water was steadily gaining on them. In consequence of this, and owing to the entreaties of Gildie, they determined to leave the ship. Gildie stated he had been in the vicinity of New Guinea before, and assured Brown that eight or nine days would be the outside limit in which they would have to remain in the open boat.

Brown and Gildie abandon Elibank Castle and take to open boat

Accordingly, sometime between the 14th and 17th July, as near as Brown could reckon, they lowered the boat — an ordinary open boat from 16 feet to 18 feet long. They put between 60 lb and 70 lb of ship biscuit, in tins, and a cask and two kerosene tins containing between six and nine gallons of water into her. They also took two charts, a guide book, and a compass, in addition to oars and sails. They then sailed for the south-west portion of New Guinea, the wind being more favourable to this course. Brown states that Gildie then became totally indifferent, and, although his wounds were almost healed, he declined to assist in working the boat. On approaching the south-west coast, they encountered symptoms of the south-east monsoon, which prevails at that time of the year. The boat was fitted with an ordinary jib and main sail.

Hugh Gildie knocked out of boat and drowns

They steered for Dampier Straits, which they passed through. Here they encountered a severe gale from the south-east. They ran for shelter to the lee of the island of Battanta, and when rounding a point on this island, the boat jibed, and Gildie, who was sitting at the tiller, was knocked overboard by the boom, which struck him on the chest. This was on the 20th day after leaving the ship. Brown attempted to put the boat about, but on going to the tiller, found the rudder had slipped off the lower gudgeon, and consequently would not steer the boat. Gildie, who was swimming well, repeatedly called out for assistance, but the gale was so strong that Brown was utterly powerless to assist him, and the boat quickly passed away to leeward, and Brown soon lost sight of poor Gildie, who was left to perish.

Brown in a bad state after losing Gildie

Brown says that from this time he lost all heart, and allowed the boat to drift about "wherever God sent him." Next day he saw an island, which he ran for, and anchored under its lee for shelter; but the boat dragged the anchor, and again drifted to leeward. There were several small islands in the vicinity, but he was afraid to land, as he feared there might be natives who would prove hostile. At length he got close under the lee of one of them, and made up his mind to go ashore. He landed, but could find neither water nor coconuts. He found a quantity of clayey rock, into which he cut a well with his cutlass, and got about half a gallon of water. However, as he states, the provisions in the boat would not allow him to waste any time on shore, as it was either a question of dying there from starvation, or of risking being drowned to save himself. He accordingly embarked again, his provisions now amounting to about 15 lb of biscuits and 3 gallons of water. The biscuits, as stated, were kept in tins, and unfortunately, with the action of the salt water, the bottoms became unsoldered, and all the bread was spoiled by the salt water. The kerosene tins rusted in the bottom, and all his fresh water was consequently spoiled through standing in a quantity of salt water. His feelings could be better imagined than described on making this discovery. He tried to eat the damaged bread, but could not do so, and the water was also undrinkable. Fortunately he captured a quantity of flying fish which leapt into his boat at night, lured thither by a bull's-eye lantern. The only comfort he had to depend on was his tobacco and pipe, he having taken on board a good supply of the weed, together with matches. However, one night, while catching the fish in the manner described, the lantern was knocked overboard through the boom coming in contact with it. He was then totally deprived of his means of sustenance. His mental as well as his physical agony were almost unbearable He dried the fish in the sun, but found this left them too salty to be eatable. He then says:—" I then knocked about indifferently from island to island, was five days without either food or drink, and at last said my prayers, as I thought, for the last time."

Brown sees islands and seeks help

About two hours afterwards he came in sight of a group of small islands. He sailed round one island, and at length landed, and found a native village. The natives appeared friendly, and from signs which he made they supplied him with water and coconuts, which were the only provisions obtainable. They told him there was a vessel lying up a river in the island, and he ultimately induced them to take him thither. He says by this time he had become so dazed, and he was so weak, that he could not see the vessel until he was alongside of it. He reached the brig on the 21st of September, 65 days after he left the schooner. The islands proved to be the Kaye group, and the vessel was a Dutch trader, engaged in carrying firewood from one Dutch settlement to the other. The brig then took him to a Dutch settlement called Kydoela, on the other side of the island, and here a Dutch mail boat, called the Amboyna, took him to Singapore, via Sourabaya and other Dutch ports. He was then brought by the China steamer Kildare from Singapore to Cooktown, where he transhipped into the Maranoa, for Brisbane. He had a quantity of papers and documents, the property of the murdered captain. These were detained by the Consul at Singapore, but will be forwarded on to Sydney in due course. Brown speaks highly of the treatment accorded him ever since he was picked up by the Dutch brig." Brisbane Courier," December 5, 1885.

Image Source: State Library Victoria - image 794877792

Acknowledgements: The assistance of Mori Flapan (Mori Flapan boatregister) by providing access to his extensive database is greatly appreciated.

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A wooden boat grounding in Nirwana beach, Padang - West Sumatera. Its always fun to play the angle such a strong character like this boat. I shot this picture during my first trip to West Sumatera and amazed to what i saw there.

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After trying to process yesterday's election news, I walked to Lake Michigan at the end of South Pier. Lake Michigan is a grounding element in my life. The visit helped a bit. This is a view from the bluff where I often stand and admire the moods of Lake Michigan.

Not to overemphasize it but there is a "grounding" when humans are privileged to get a front row seat to see nature go through its daily life.

Easy to forget as we whiz by animals and birds in our cars that just yards away there is another world full of inhabitants whose daily goal is to get enough to eat and to stay safe from predators.

I suppose there is a eat-by-date deadline on dead animals that eagles innately follow and if so, the date on this perished deer must not have been reached.

(Photographed near Cambridge, MN)

20th April 2019., Dublin Airport, Ireland

Since the grounding of the Boeing 737MAX, Norwegian have leased in this Airbus A330 to operate their flights from Dublin to Stewart Airport, New York

Dublin Airport, 16/11/2018.

Parked on the west apron during a stopover while on it's delivery flight from Boeing Field..

Sadly, it crashed on 10th March 2019 shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa (on flight ET302) with the loss of all 157 souls aboard. This led to a grounding of the 737 Max fleet worldwide as it was the second of the type to be lost in similar circumstances following the Lion Air crash in Indonesia.

Perry's of Malton Van Hool Alicron YJ15 EPY is carefully watched by CalMac ferry staff as it just avoids grounding whilst leaving the Cumbrae ferry 'Loch Tarbert' at Largs.

As I was driving home from Dundee, I decided to nip into Newport for some night photos (despite the fact that the chicken in the boot was defrosting). It's not often that I arrive here just after sunset with the Tay reflecting everything perfectly so I wanted to take advantage of that.

I normally go to the same spot right down by the river, not too far along from the Tay Road Bridge so to mix things up, I went to the bandstand. My original intention was to use the bandstand as a grounding point for the centre of the panorama but there are too many trees surrounding it. Instead, I scrambled down the bank a little until the view opened out.

Model: Me

Editing time: 30 minutes

Someone requested that I post this on my Flickr. It's an old photo but I'm not done with my shoot with Carson just yet.

Rituals have a way of grounding me. I start the day with a big glass of water and a squeeze of lemon. Cool in the hot months and warm in the winter. Breakfast comes later as I'm a very early riser. I like the sound of the filter coffee machine as it prepares my morning breakfast drink, served in my favourite mug!

After breakfast, I love the ritual of making my bed and marvel at the play of light and shadows shining through the slits in the blinds. I love to smooth the sheets and cotton blanket and see the dappled sunlight illuminate my polka-dot cover.

Making homemade bread used to be a twice weekly ritual, it helped me through difficult times as it brought a sense of normality and reassuring repetition to my life. These days, I bake bread when I'm in the mood!

C-GZSG - Boeing B-737MAX-8 - WestJet

at Hamilton International Airport (YHM)

c/n 60.516 - built in 2018

Currently stored YHM due to the worldwide B-737MAX-grounding

Crocuses in the park. They just waiting for some sun to open :)

W parku już pojawiły się krokusy. Teraz tylko trochę słonka i pięknie zakwitną :)

Our Daily Challenge - theme: "Ground or grounding"

Planet Stories / Magazin-Reihe

- Eric Frank Russell / Design for Great-Day

- Bryan Berry / The Imaginative Man

- Bryan Berry / The Final Venusian

- Bryan Berry / Grounding

- John Jakes / War Drums of Mercury Lost

- Stanley Whiteside / The Sun-Death

- Roger Dee / Oh Mesmerist from Mimas!

cover: Allen Anderson

Editor: Jack O'Sullivan

Love Romances Publishing / USA 1953

Reprint: Comic-Club NK 2010

ex libris MTP

www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?59998

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Stories

This school year, weekdays are spent caring for two of my beautiful GrandChildren. This is Miss Rosie. <3

SN/NC: Portulaca Grandiflora, Portulacaceae Family

A beautiful pair of portulacas accompanying the pink, orange, yellow and wine colours -- also in the street as grounding plant carpet for the taller plants. But always nice, delicate, so beautiful -- and can still be used in salads (edible) and also medicinal (intestines problems). A truly beautiful low growing ground cover type plant is called the portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), or sometimes known as the sun rose or moss rose. Portulaca plants are native to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Portulaca flowers are easy to grow and enjoy.

Um lindo par de portulacas acompanhando as cores rosa, laranja, amarelo e vinho -- também na rua como tapete de plantas de aterramento para as plantas mais altas. Mas sempre agradável, delicado, tão bonito -- e ainda pode ser usado em saladas (comestíveis) e também medicinal (problemas intestinais). Uma planta de cobertura de solo de crescimento baixo verdadeiramente bela é chamada de portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), ou às vezes conhecida como rosa do sol ou rosa musgo. As plantas de portulaca são nativas do Brasil, Argentina e Uruguai. As flores de portulaca são fáceis de cultivar e aproveitar.

Una hermosa pareja de portulacas que acompañan los colores rosa, naranja, amarillo y vino; también en la calle como una alfombra de plantas de base para las plantas más altas. Pero siempre lindas, delicadas, tan hermosas; y aún se pueden usar en ensaladas (comestibles) y también medicinales (problemas intestinales). Una planta de cobertura del suelo de crecimiento bajo verdaderamente hermosa se llama portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), o a veces conocida como rosa del sol o rosa musgosa. Las plantas de portulaca son nativas de Brasil, Argentina y Uruguay. Las flores de portulaca son fáciles de cultivar y disfrutar.

Une belle paire de pourpiers aux couleurs rose, orange, jaune et bordeaux – également dans la rue comme tapis végétal pour les plantes plus hautes. Mais toujours belle, délicate, si belle – et peut toujours être utilisée dans les salades (comestible) et aussi médicinale (problèmes intestinaux). Une très belle plante couvre-sol à croissance basse s'appelle le pourpier (Portulaca grandiflora), ou parfois connue sous le nom de rose soleil ou rose mousse. Les plantes de pourpier sont originaires du Brésil, d'Argentine et d'Uruguay. Les fleurs de pourpier sont faciles à cultiver et à apprécier.

Ein schönes Paar Portulakpflanzen, die die Farben Rosa, Orange, Gelb und Weinrot begleiten – auch auf der Straße als Bodendecker für die größeren Pflanzen. Aber immer schön, zart, so schön – und sie können immer noch in Salaten (essbar) und auch als Heilpflanze (bei Darmproblemen) verwendet werden. Eine wirklich schöne, niedrig wachsende Bodendeckerpflanze ist die Portulakpflanze (Portulaca grandiflora), die manchmal auch Sonnenrose oder Moosrose genannt wird. Portulakpflanzen sind in Brasilien, Argentinien und Uruguay heimisch. Portulakblüten sind leicht zu züchten und zu genießen.

Una bella coppia di portulache che accompagnano i colori rosa, arancione, giallo e vino, anche in strada come tappeto vegetale di base per le piante più alte. Ma sempre belle, delicate, così belle, e possono ancora essere utilizzate nelle insalate (commestibili) e anche medicinali (problemi intestinali). Una pianta di tipo tappezzante a crescita bassa davvero bella è chiamata portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), o talvolta conosciuta come rosa del sole o rosa muschio. Le piante di portulaca sono originarie del Brasile, dell'Argentina e dell'Uruguay. I fiori di portulaca sono facili da coltivare e da apprezzare.

Een prachtig paar portulaca's die de kleuren roze, oranje, geel en wijnrood vergezellen -- ook op straat als grondingsplantentapijt voor de hogere planten. Maar altijd mooi, delicaat, zo mooi -- en kan nog steeds worden gebruikt in salades (eetbaar) en ook medicinaal (darmproblemen). Een werkelijk prachtige laaggroeiende bodembedekker is de portulaca (Portulaca grandiflora), of soms bekend als de zonneroos of mosroos. Portulacaplanten zijn afkomstig uit Brazilië, Argentinië en Uruguay. Portulacabloemen zijn gemakkelijk te kweken en te genieten.

زوج جميل من نباتات الرجلة يرافقه اللون الوردي والبرتقالي والأصفر والنبيذ - كما يمكن استخدامه في الشوارع كسجادة نباتية للنباتات الطويلة. لكنه لطيف وحساس وجميل للغاية - ولا يزال من الممكن استخدامه في السلطات (صالح للأكل) وأيضًا في العلاج (مشاكل الأمعاء). يُطلق على نبات الرجلة الجميل حقًا الذي ينمو على الأرض اسم الرجلة (Portulaca grandiflora)، أو يُعرف أحيانًا باسم وردة الشمس أو وردة الطحلب. نباتات الرجلة موطنها البرازيل والأرجنتين وأوروجواي. أزهار الرجلة سهلة النمو والاستمتاع بها.

ピンク、オレンジ、黄色、ワイン色の美しいポーチュラカのペア。背の高い植物のグランド カーペットとして街路にも植えられています。しかし、常に上品で繊細でとても美しいです。サラダ (食用) や薬用 (腸の問題) にも使用できます。本当に美しい低木地被植物はポーチュラカ (Portulaca grandiflora) と呼ばれ、サン ローズやモス ローズとも呼ばれます。ポーチュラカの植物はブラジル、アルゼンチン、ウルグアイ原産です。ポーチュラカの花は育てやすく、楽しむのも簡単です。ポーチュラカの手入れに必要なものを見てみましょう。

By V FONTAINE-Reunion Island

Strength and power, solid grounding. Travelling into infinite perspective grasping at the meaning of this metal structure. A slightly different abstract image of something everyone takes pictures of. I wanted to do something different with this image.

Ever since the US Federal Aviation Administration lifted the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX in December 2020 after prolonged testing and recertification, numerous countries have also began lifting the restrictions allowing the aircraft to fly in commercial service with the necessary modifications in place.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority and the European Aviation Standards Authority both lifted the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX on 27th January 2021, with the affected aircraft having software updates to MCAS, pilots undergo further training and rewiring of avionics.

TUI fly Belgium became the first European carrier to operate the Boeing 737 MAX since the grounding was lifted on 17th February 2021, and their reintroduction has been steady with little incident.

TUI Airways began reintroducing the majority of its Boeing 737 MAX fleet during July 2021 as the UK began easing restrictions to international destinations, which has been constantly changing. The carrier has been concentrating their MAX's from their bigger bases such as Birmingham, London Gatwick and Manchester.

Currently, TUI Airways operates 46 Boeing 737s, which includes 31 Boeing 737-800s (one currently in storage) and 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8s. TUI Airways have 2 Boeing 737-800s, one Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 14 Boeing 737 MAX 10s on-order.

Tango Uniform Mike Tango is one of 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8s in service with TUI Airways, delivered new to TUIfly Nordic as SE-RNB on 28th December 2018 and later leased from SMBC in January 2019. She was placed into storage at Stockholm-Arlanda following the two fatal accidents involving the Boeing 737 MAX on 12th March 2019 to 3rd May 2021 where she was positioned to Brussels for re-entry into service and was duly re-registered for TUI Airways as G-TUMT on 4th June 2021 and finally re-entered service on 24th July 2021. She is powered by CFM LEAP-1B27 engines.

Boeing 737-8 MAX G-TUMT 'Chania' on short finals into Runway 15 at Birmingham (BHX) on BY7489 from Corfu-Ioannis Kapodistrias (CFU).

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Grounded United aircraft

Seen here grounded at Tenerife South airport April 2019 due to the on-going issues with the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

March 2019 saw the grounding worldwide of all Boeing 737 MAX 8 series aircraft after 2 separate crashes in five months - an Ethiopian Airlines on March 10th 2019 and Lion Air back in October 2018 sadly killing everybody on board both flights.

After the Ethiopian Airlines fatality back on March 10th 2019, this then saw airlines starting to ground their B737 MAX 8 fleets until eventually Boeing announced there would then be a worldwide grounding of all versions of the aircraft.

TUI Airways (G-TUMF) B737 MAX 8 aircraft seen here grounded at Tenerife South airport (TFS) had its last operational flight back on March 12th 2019 operating the service 'BY2202' from Manchester Airport.

Norwegian Airlines (EI-FYI) B737 MAX 8 aircraft seen here grounded at Tenerife South airport (TFS) had its last operational flight back on March 12th 2019 operating the service 'D8510' from Helsinki.

On Tuesday 16th April 2019, an FAA ( Federal Aviation Administration) panel has said that after a review of the an update by Boeing to the B737 MAX 8 aircraft software, it is now operationally suitable. It will be interesting to see what will now happen going forward.

Tenerife South Airport (TFS), 15th April 2019..

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The past 3 years have not been kind to Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer coming under intense scrutiny following the Boeing 737 MAX groundings and quality control concerns and defects from their Boeing 787 manufacturing facility at Charleston, South Carolina which has lead the US aviation regulator, the Federal Aviation Authority to revoke Boeing's ability to self certify brand new Dreamliners, with it well over a year since the last new delivery.

There is certainly light at the end of the tunnel as the FAA is to approve Boeing's resumption of 787 deliveries following scrutiny of their proposed modification and inspection programme. Prior to resumption, a large portion of Boeing 787s have been built but placed into storage mainly at Victorville, California where Boeing has a maintenance facility, as well as in Charleston, South Carolina and Everett, Washington.

American Airlines in particular has been largely affected by the delayed deliveries as most of its long-haul expansion programme had been largely reliant on the Boeing 787, and the withdrawal of their ageing Boeing 777-200ER fleet put on hold. Following on from the FAA approval to restart deliveries in August 2022, American is expected to be the first carrier to receive their first example and are expected to take delivery of as much as 9 examples in 2022 alone.

Restarting deliveries will come as a sigh of relief for Boeing, albeit the company has had to payout large sums of compensation to airlines for late deliveries.

Currently, American Airlines operates 46 Boeing 787s, which includes 24 Boeing 787-8s and 22 Boeing 787-9s. American Airlines have 12 Boeing 787-8s and 20 Boeing 787-9s on-order.

November Eight Three One Alpha Alpha is one of 22 Boeing 787-9s operated by American Airlines, delivered new to the carrier on 5th October 2017 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B engines.

Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner N831AA on short finals into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on AA98 from Chicago-O'Hare (ORD), Illinois.

Although the Industrial Revolution increased life expectancy, it also produced many negative consequences. As a result, we live in a society that has lost much of its roots and moral grounding. Therefore, we live unfulfilling lives. As technology continues to advance, we will witness more social disruption. We now live in an industrial-technological system, which we will not be able to turn back. As this system marches forward, we will lose our dignity and freedom—even our humanity.

We have become a society of leisure; we have become decadent. As a result, we have become bored, hedonistic, and demoralized. An individual must have meaningful goals in life, which they can ‘autonomously’ work toward—goals with real adversity and reward. In accomplishing such goals, a person finds fulfillment. In our modern society, we have lost much of our autonomy. We have been trained to be obedient to the system. We must follow ever-increasing bureaucratic rules and regulations. Nowadays, experts tell us what to do and how to think. We are cogs of the machine—we are under the direction and control of the system. Yet this is not healthy for human beings. We must have our own independence, so that we can build our lives by our own initiative. If there is little room for a person to exercise autonomy, they will feel insignificant. If they have the autonomy to attain meaningful goals, they will gain self-confidence. A society that cannot make/create/set or fulfill meaningful goals will become demoralized; they will suffer from low self-esteem and feelings of inferiority; they will suffer from depression, anxiety, and guilt; they will become frustrated, hostile, and unfriendly; they will become bored and pursue hedonistic pleasures in order to cope.

Many young people today lack goals. They cannot see themselves attaining enough financial stability to marry a spouse or raise a family. They cannot see themselves owning a house or having a future to look forward to. This results in demoralization and defeatism.

In the past, people had to truly survive. This took serious effort. They had to make tools and weapons. They had to hunt down an animal, kill it, butcher it, get it home, cook it, and eat it. How manly and satisfying! A man would find fulfillment in a lifetime of roaming and exploring the land, hunting wild game for his family. He would have many adventures. Yet in our modern society, it takes minimal effort to attain one’s basic needs. Today, we work dead-end jobs that are unsatisfying. They provide us with a paycheck, but they don’t provide us with real fulfillment. We then try to find fulfillment in hobbies and other leisure activities, which will not bring us real fulfillment. What is worse, we spend our spare time sitting around staring at screens. The human body is not built to live a sedentary life. The human brain is not built to doomscroll. Living sedentary lives and doomscrolling obviously leads to unhappiness. Such activities are less satisfying than accomplishing meaningful goals such as buying land, clearing the land of trees by hand, using the trees to build a house by hand, carrying ones wife over the threshold, raising a family, working the land and raising livestock, thus conquering the land and continuing ones posterity. This in itself is Biblical. Why do you think, when Christ returns, He will divide up the land among the people (as it was done in the Old Testament)? It is so that man will work his ‘own’ land. Then man will work in nature, where he will be happiest. God made nature for man, not man for nature. The goal of the globalist agenda is to further divide man from nature; it is an antichrist agenda. Their goal is transhumanism, which will dehumanize mankind and further divide him from nature. Moreover, transhumanism will divide man from God.

A pre-industrial society is predominantly rural. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the population of cities vastly increased. A technological society changes rapidly, thus there is less stability. These changes affect all aspects of society and cause the breakdown of traditional values. Breaking down traditional values causes the breakdown of societal bonds. An individual’s loyalty changes: it must not be first to their family or community, but first and foremost to the system. Indeed, individuals must be tools of the system. This makes us less independent and autonomous, because we become reliant on the system. The system is constantly changing, and we are taught to obey its changing rules and regulations. Yet these regulations are laid down by others. We have little to no input in the making of these rules. They are made by corrupt politicians and bureaucrats, corporations and organizations. This makes us feel powerless, which gives us a sense of hopelessness. Can you see why society has become so frustrated, insecure, humiliated, and angry? The more unfulfilled a society becomes, the more restless it becomes. Restlessness causes friction, and friction causes factions. Thus, a society breaks into factions. A society of impoverished relationships makes for a toxic society. Science will give us the tools to alter the material world, but our relationships with one another and with nature will be destroyed.

As society advances technologically, we lose more freedoms. People can’t even put down their phones, let alone toss them away to fight the system. People don’t want to sacrifice what they have become addicted to and dependent on. Yet they will replace their current technology with something more advanced. They will go from cell phones to wearable technology to microchips. With the promise of eliminating diseases and gaining super intelligence, much of society will give up freedom to be genetically engineered and microchipped. Even though, such a step will never be reversed. Humans will be modified to suit the needs of the system. They will become one with robotic technology.

Many people are not concerned about these dystopian scenarios. Yet technologies such as robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology pose a great threat to humanity. These technologies will be used as tools to redesign the world. Self-replicating technologies will cause great damage to the biosphere. In the end, self-replicating technology will be impossible to control.

Artificial Intelligence will replace human creativity. In the future, the internet will be accessed only by your personal AI assistant. You will ask your AI assistant questions, and it will surf the internet for you. You will not go on Youtube to watch videos. You will ask AI to make the kind of videos you desire to watch. There will be no human content creators. Get used to AI art, AI videos, AI music, AI articles, AI slop! That is what you will be fed. Many who want to fight the system will eventually become passive, and they will no longer resist. They will be sucked into the system and become zombified. They will become docile slaves of the system. It desires complete control over everything on earth, both man and nature. Humanity will then be reduced to the status of domestic animals. Of course, this will be for the good of the planet!

If university students are using AI to write papers, AI will replace them in their future jobs. If teachers and professors are using AI to write curriculum and mark papers, AI will replace them. If the younger generation has no work ethic, they will be replaced by subsidized foreign workers, then both will be replaced by AI. If generation Alpha can’t read, then AI will replace them. The (dangerous) foreign semi-truck drivers on our roads will be replaced by AI self-driving trucks. AI in the schools, AI in the hospitals, replace, replace, replace. The politicians make many terrible decisions, thus they will be replaced by AI.

Moving on! The more society moves away from the traditions of marriage and family, the more unfulfilled and unhappy society will become. Radical leftists feel the least fulfillment, because they long to destroy society and its traditions. How happy can one be if they want to destroy their roots? They are constantly deconstructing themselves, it’s the Maoist way—how else can you brainwash yourself? Therefore, they feel guilt and self-hatred. They gain an inferiority complex. They have a love-hate relationship with themselves. On one hand they loathe themselves, but on the other hand they selfishly desire power. For this reason, they are self-loathing narcissists. They feel unfulfilled and powerless. Therefore, they seek power to bring about fulfillment. They feel weak and helpless, so they desire to feel strong and competent. It’s a coping mechanism. They also hate anything that appears strong, moral, and successful. They hate America, Western civilization, capitalism, the family, patriarchy, whites, males, heterosexuals, the rich, the middleclass, and even rationality. They despise all who are more beautiful, talented, intelligent, or successful than them. Envy does not equate to fulfillment or happiness. Side note: social media causes much envy and unhappiness.

The far left wants society to take care of them, because they are lazy and lack confidence. They feel strong only as a member of a large group or movement. They like to be abusive to those who disagree with them, because they have masochistic tendencies. The Marxist ideology is an authoritarian ideology, which is masochistic in nature, because it revolves around revolution. The far left may act empathetic, but they are apathetic. Indeed, a study on this topic found that radical leftists were apathetic and narcissistic. Their goals revolve around revolution and power. Their insecurity causes them to feel hostile, and their revolution helps them to vent their hostility. They don’t care about diplomacy, so they act hostile. With them, it is all or nothing: they want revolution, they want power. How can you have a rational conversation with individuals who don’t want dialogue? They use minorities as an excuse for revolution. They hide behind minorities, using them to shield their intentions of revolution. They go into poor black communities to fight for poor black people, yet they burn down black businesses and ruin their local economy. The communist must fight for the revolution, for everything opposed to the revolution is a sin. The communist tries to find fulfillment in the act of rebellion; he tries to find fulfillment in the act of revolution. He, however, is never satisfied. Thus, the revolution moves onward.

For the radical, activism is a vent for their pent-up emotions. Activism produces unity among the young militants, creating a bond between like-minded people. Losers can feel accepted, like they belong. Many of these communist agitators are from middle and upper middleclass homes. They have had an easy but unfulfilling life. They are the most radicalized, because they feel the most unfulfilled. They have become so demoralized that they have become nihilistic. Their life seems to have no meaning. They have lost their moral compass. They rely on emotions rather than on reason. They rely on feelings rather than on facts. “Their political activism is thus only a reaction to the more basic fear that the times are against them, that a new world is emerging without either their assistance or their leadership.” These activists will gradually accept more deviant subcultures as they further divorce themselves from reality. “The supreme irony of that loose and volatile sociopolitical phenomenon of contemporary middleclass America named the New Left is that it is itself the creation of the technetronic revolution as well as a reaction against it.” “The New Left was able to draw on the deep-rooted traditions of American populism, Quaker pacifism, and the pre-World War II largely immigrant-imported socialism and communism.” (The ‘New Left’ refers to the leftist movement of the 60s).

Paying for your child’s first car, college tuition, wedding, or house down payment will give them little sense of accomplishment. Giving children everything not only spoils them but also makes life boring. There must be ups and downs for life to be interesting. Bad times can produce growth and maturity, that is, if a person desires to learn from life. Especially if they want to build a strong moral character. The rewards of being cogs in the system produce great boredom. These middleclass kids have a self-indulgent lifestyle that contradicts their professed anti-materialism. Their material existence tends to depend on their parents. Their ideological infantilism stems from obsolete nineteenth-century criticisms of capitalism. They are spoiled kids who are rebelling against middleclass society. These activists offer no real response to the dilemmas of our age. Their revolutionary movement is really an escapist movement. It is a way of coping with their unfulfilled lives. They supposedly desire to change society, but they really want to create a refuge (safe space) from society. Their activism is a psychological safety valve, in which they can blow off steam. They escape their boring lives through activism, so they can feel a sense of freedom and self-gratification. They pat each other on the back, because they are supposedly fighting against their capitalist enemy. However, this is really a form of group therapy.

The woke activists on the ground are the canaries in the coal mine. They are indicators of the problems of our society as a whole. Through them, we have the best lens on society’s anxiety, uncertainty, vulnerability, and dissatisfaction. Side note: we can see the incoming collectivist system through the lens of the United Nations. They want to eradicate poverty. Yet they hide behind poverty, using it to shield their intentions of ruling the world. With communism, it’s all about gaining power. Communism is meant to go worldwide. Collectivism seeks to bind together the entire world (both man and nature) into a unified whole.

Neo-Marxism went through the dialectic with postmodernism and produced wokeism. Some think that post-postmodernism will have a more spiritual element to it. I think that wokeism will go through the dialectic with some sort of religious spiritualism, which will produce antichristism. Wokeism is authoritarian in nature, yet it has a quasi-religious character. Post-postmodernism will lead to an authoritarian system with a spiritual flavour. Man must be grounded to a one-world religion to be grounded to a one-world government. Woke socialism must have a spiritual awakening, so to speak. Wokeism must awaken further in its social enlightenment in order to transcend to the next level of social consciousness. This dialectic enlightenment will mix socialism with a spiritual experience. It will lead to transhumanism. The coming socialist leader—the antichrist—will combine socialism, religion, and transhumanism. Modernity, with its globalization, technology, and social(ist) change, has produced a society that lacks fulfillment. Although technology will bring less fulfillment to humanity, the technological system will lead it forward on a leash. I can see one of the marketing strategies for the Mark of the Beast: we live in stressful times, take the microchip and become numb to the stresses of reality. The soma of the Brave New World Order will give you fulfillment. You will be modified to suit the needs of the system. Warning: do not follow the world system!

Revelation 18:4 “Then I heard another voice from heaven say: ‘Come out of her, My people, so that you will not share in her sins or contract any of her plagues.’”

1 John 4:4 “Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].”

1 John 2:15-17 “Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.”

Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.”

Romans 8:7 “For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.”

Galatians 5:25 “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”

Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.”

In a sinful world, no individual can experience perfect fulfillment. When I’m in eternity with the Lord, I’ll know perfect fulfillment!

Corona Grounding

BAe Systems Harrier GR9 ZD403 '32' JX-B No 1(F) Sqn RAF Cottesmore special tail.

Seen here at the Bwlch in the Mach Loop. It turned out to be the very last Harrier I would ever see low level.

Commissioned by No 1(F) Sqn RAF Cottesmore to mark the disbandment of the Sqn as part of the 2010 UK Strategic Defence & Security Review.

It was announced that the Harrier was to be retired from service with the RAF and RN as a result No 1(Fighter) Squadron would be disbanded in 2011 following the grounding of the Harrier fleet in Dec 2010.

This particular aircraft is portrayed wearing the 70th Anniversary Battle of Britain Markings JX-B as it was commissioned prior to the special disbandment scheme being announced.

Bowser Jr. did not react well to his recent grounding.

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Gross National Happiness

The Bhutanese grounding in Buddhist ideals suggests that beneficial development of human society takes place when material and spiritual development occur side by side to complement and reinforce each other. The term "gross national happiness", a concept of a quantitative measurement of well-being and happiness, was coined in 1972 by Bhutan's fourth Dragon King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who has opened Bhutan to the age of modernization. The four pillars of gross national happiness are the promotion of sustainable development, preservation and promotion of cultural values, conservation of the natural environment, and establishment of good governance.

In a 2007 study from University of Leicester, Bhutan ranked eighth out of 178 countries in Subjective Well-Being, a metric of happiness that has been used by many psychologists. In fact, it is the only country in the top 20 "happiest" countries that has a very low GDP.

White, A. (2007). A Global Projection of Subjective Well-being: A Challenge to Positive Psychology? Psychtalk 56, 17-20.

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The Mask Culture Of Bhutan

The performance of mask dance is a deeply spiritual affair in Bhutan. Dancers wear masks which may represent fearsome male or female protective deities, animals, skulls, saints and sages, and legendary personages like the manifestations of Guru Rinpoche or just plain human beings.

In Bhutan, mask dances are numerous and have different names according to their types. In few important dzongs, two festivals take place every year: Dromchhoe, which is dedicated to Mahakala (Yeshe Goenpo) and Mahakali (Palden Lhamo) - Bhutan’s two principle protective deities and a Tshechu, the best known and most popular, that is dedicated to Guru.

Both the religious and secular dances prevalent in Bhutan have originated from Buddhism. Beside entertaining people, the dance performances reaffirm the devotion and commitment of human beings to leading morally sound and honest lives. At supreme or ultimate level, it is a spiritual exercise and helps human beings to acquire spiritual merit which serves as the cause for liberation from the earthly woes and gain final enlightenment.

Read More (written by Tshewang Gyalpo):

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tails of some of the Heavy Brussels Airlines A330's parked on the south remotes of Brussels Airport due to Covid19 grounding.

BRU, March 2020

Preserved steam locomotive, Class 7, 70013 Oliver Cromwell is making its way to the Great Central Way Railway Quorn station.

Grounding out happens quite often at this location looking the number of scrapes and grooves in the tarmac.

"On 3 March 2018, 70013 hauled its final main line charter from Ealing Broadway to York via the Midland Main Line prior to the expiry of its boiler certificate. It was last steamed at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 11 March 2018 before moving to the GCR for storage."

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Fraser Shipyards, Superior, Wi. Shortly after her grounding.

Nikkormat FTN

Scientists studying Antarctica have gained new insights into how the world’s biggest ice sheet is reacting to warming sea temperatures. The study uses three decades of radar satellite observations to map changes in grounding lines across the Antarctic continent from 1992 to 2025. It found that grounding lines were stable along more than 77% of Antarctica’s coastline, including major ice shelves such as Ross, Filchner-Ronne and Amery.

However, the research also detected significant retreat in vulnerable regions. These maps zoom in on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and, in particular, around the Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, which are two of the most affected regions.

The study is based on data from several satellite missions including Copernicus Sentinel-1 and ERS.

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Credits: ESA (data source: Rignot et al, 2026).

While Corey Seager gets the barrel on the ball in the second inning, he winds up grounding out to A's second baseman Abraham Toro. This was during the first game of the scheduled doubleheader. I was shooting for the Hobbs News-Sun out of Hobbs, New Mexico.

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