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On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore without any reported injuries.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore without any reported injuries.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore without any reported injuries.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore without any reported injuries.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
Like many of the fans who endured the cold, drizzly conditions inside Reliant Stadium to start the game, the Texans took a few minutes to warm up Sunday afternoon in the regular season finale against the Chicago Bears.
After a wake-up call courtesy of a momentum-changing sack by defensive end Mario Williams and a stern message from coach Gary Kubiak, the fans were treated to a spectacular offensive display led by Pro Bowler Andre Johnson and rookie running back Steve Slaton .
The 31-24 win gave Houston its second-consecutive 8-8 record to end the season, and it shut out the Bears from postseason contention.
Texans owner Bob McNair admired the team's strong finish to the season.
"I'd rather be 16-0," McNair said. "But I think starting out the way we did, 0-4, coming back, understand that only nine other teams have ever done that (start 0-4 and finish .500 or better) in this history of the NFL. So I think it was an accomplishment for our team."
Early on, the Texans appeared to suffer from the same malaise they showed at Oakland a week earlier. But the team erased a 10-0 deficit in the first quarter with 21 unanswered points to take a 21-10 lead early in the third quarter.
In that stretch, Johnson scored back-to-back touchdowns to bring the franchise-record crowd of 70,838 to its feet. The Pro Bowler finished with 10 catches for 148 yards (14.8 avg.) to end the season with the NFL lead in receptions (115) and receiving yards (1,575).
Meanwhile, Slaton rebounded from a first half in which he totaled only 19 rushing yards and lost a fumble to put the offense on his back in the final quarter of play. By gaining 128 total yards from scrimmage and scoring a touchdown in the game, Slaton may have sealed NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year honors.
Slaton’s five-yard gain with 1:24 remaining in the contest gave Houston a first down and allowed the team to run out the remainder of the clock.
"I really like the way we came back and played after we played pretty poorly on both sides of the ball throughout the first quarter," Kubiak said.
Chicago scored its first touchdown with 5:57 remaining in the first quarter when wide receiver Brandon Lloyd stretched out for a four-yard touchdown grab near the front left pylon. A 15-yard reception by wide receiver Devin Hester and a 15-yard penalty on defensive end Tim Bulman for roughing the passer set up the score.
Wide receiver André Davis ' 39-yard kickoff return down the Bears' sideline gave the Texans solid field position at their 42-yard line to begin their second possession. But Slaton fumbled on the first play from scrimmage after being tackled by cornerback Charles Tillman. Defensive end Alex Brown recovered the fumble and returned it 17 yards to the Houston 38.
Three plays later, Robbie Gould's 37-yard field goal made the score 10-0.
The next drive started promising when quarterback Matt Schaub threw a tight spiral to Davis for a 33-yard gain up the middle of the field. But tight end Owen Daniels was penalized 15 yards for unnecessary roughness on the next play, and Schaub was flagged 10 yards for intentional grounding one play later to derail the drive and force a punt.
Upon returning to the sideline, the offense received an earful from Kubiak.
"I just didn't think we were going about our business the way we were capable of playing," Kubiak said. "That's not us. We're usually a pretty poised group as a football team and right there is losing poise and getting a shot in on a guy and all of a sudden it took a lot of momentum away from us."
With 11:26 left in the first half, Chicago took over at the Houston 49 following a three-and-out series by the Texans. But Williams saved the defense with his 12th sack of the season by tackling quarterback Kyle Orton at the Chicago 45 for a 10-yard loss on third down.
From there, Johnson caught three passes for 72 yards, including a 43-yard touchdown where he dragged two defenders with him over the goal line. Kris Brown's extra point cut the Bears' lead to 10-7 with 5:50 remaining before halftime.
Running back Ryan Moats forced a fumble on the ensuing kickoff when he tackled Devin Hester. Brown dove on the ball at the Chicago 38 for the Texans' first takeaway.
On third-and-goal at the three-yard line, Schaub threw a fade route to Johnson in the back right corner of the end zone, and Johnson ripped away the ball from Tillman for the score.
Safety Danieal Manning returned the opening kickoff of the second half 40 yards to the Chicago 45. But on third-and-six, rookie safety Dominique Barber blitzed off the right side to sack Orton for a nine-yard loss.
Picking up where he left off in the first half, Johnson gained 21 yards to the Houston 48 on his first reception of the third quarter. Later, Slaton's 17-yard catch and wide receiver Kevin Walter's 23-yard grab helped give the Texans a first down at the Chicago 17.
Moats scored his first touchdown with the team on a two-yard rush off the left guard to cap the nine-play drive. Brown's extra point extended the Texans' lead to 21-10 with 8:30 left in the third quarter.
The Bears refused to lie down and responded with a seven-play, 77-yard drive over 3:00. A 37-yard catch by Hester to the Texans' one-yard line set up Orton's touchdown pass to tight end Greg Olsen.
Late in the third quarter, the Texans moved into scoring range thanks to a 33-yard catch by Daniels to the Chicago 15. On third-and-10 at the 15-yard line, wide receiver David Anderson made a diving nine-yard reception, and Schaub dove forward on fourth down to keep the drive alive.
Following two short rushes by Slaton, Schaub's pass intended for Anderson on third-and-goal from the four-yard line fell incomplete, setting up Brown's 22-yard field goal.
Following a Chicago punt to the Houston 11 midway through the fourth quarter, Schaub drove the offense 89 yards in 11 plays. On the first play of the series, he avoided a safety on first down by tossing a pass in the flats to Slaton, who outran a defensive lineman for an 11-yard gain. Two plays later, Slaton rushed for 47 yards before Manning tackled him at the Chicago 29.
A 14-yard reception by Johnson set up Slaton's 15-yard touchdown run, but a holding call on right guard Mike Brisiel negated the score. On the next run by Slaton, he was tackled and fumbled after a one-yard run, but Kubiak challenged the call. Replays showed Slaton's elbow was down before the ball came loose, and officials overturned the call.
On third-and-14, Bears linebacker Nick Roach was penalized for holding, giving the Texans an automatic first down at the 14-yard line. Slaton capped the team’s second-consecutive 11-play series with a two-yard touchdown run to make the score 31-17 after Brown's extra point.
The Bears made things interesting by picking apart the Texans' prevent defense on an 11-play, 72-yard drive over 1:55. On fourth-and-one at the Houston 11, Orton dove forward for a first down at the two-minute warning. He moved the Bears to the one-yard line by finding running back Adrian Peterson open on a nine-yard screen pass.
Safety Eugene Wilson was injured on the play, resulting in a burned timeout for Houston. Once play was restored, Orton pushed his way over the goal line for a touchdown that made the score 31-23 with 1:29 left in the game.
But Gould’s onside kick was recovered by Walter at the Chicago 44, and Slaton preserved the win on his final carry of the game for five yards and a first down.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore.
On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
Folks, we at The Shop have a new offering for your design needs: grids!
Are you making a retrowave/synthwave/1980s piece, and need the right grounding element? Are you composing a mid-century modern mood board, and need some visual structure? Are you crafting a collage, and need a nifty pattern? We have you covered.
The set includes forty-five (45) base assets, themselves available in a few different variations. There are scans of real vintage graph paper sheets (metric units). There are scans of printed grids (imperial units). There are scans of two different sets of hand-drawn grids (imperial units). There are distorted grids, created manually while scanning.
Because these are made out of assets that were scanned in, they retain a particular texture, and grain, that makes all of them unique.
In addition to all of this, there are matching transparent PNG versions, Bitmap TIFF versions, and even vector versions. This set will be your new go-to for grids, regardless of the scale you need to work in. And of course, all files are clearly labeled, and organized, as usual.
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- Forty-five (45) base assets
- 18" wide @ 300 ppi
- Bonus: transparent PNG versions
- Bonus: Bitmap TIFF versions
- Bonus: vector versions
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On the evening of February 2, 2022, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet. Two passengers on the Reel Lucky made it safely to shore without any reported injuries.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 2, a 35-foot-long vessel named Reel Lucky, registered in New Jersey, and a 32-foot-long vessel named Bite Me, registered in Pennsylvania, grounded on the beach near the north side of Oregon Inlet.
WASHINGTON (March 1, 2022) — NTSB released Tuesday Marine Investigation Report 22/03 detailing its investigation of the Aug. 30, 2020, grounding of the fishing tender barge SM-3 near Ekuk, Alaska. SM-3 is pictured after the grounding. Marine Investigation Report 22/03 is available at go.usa.gov/xz2xw. (Source: Alaska Marine Surveyors, Inc.)
C-FSKZ is a pre-grounding 737 Max, delivered in May 2018. Completing flight AC 556 from Vancouver (YVR / CYVR.)
In 1930, no less than 82 airlines—most of them with one or two aircraft—consolidated into American Airways, mainly to profit from the lucrative mail contracts then being offered by the US government. This consolidation gave American Airways one of the largest American route networks, rivaled only by Pan American. Though most of its profit came from mail carrying, American included passenger service as well, operating huge Curtiss Condors, one of the first airliners to include sleeping berths and stewardesses.
In 1934, American Airways was bought by car producer Errett Cord, who renamed it American Airlines; as Cord was concentrating on his automotive business, he hired Texas businessman Cyrus R. Smith to run American. C.R. Smith, as he was better known, would become one of the most influential men in the history of American aviation, alongside Howard Hughes of Trans World Airlines and Juan Trippe of Pan American.
Smith saw a great deal of potential in American Airlines, but did not like the Curtiss Condor. Smith desired an aircraft capable of comfortably flying 14-20 people from New York to Los Angeles with a minimum of stops. To facilitate this, he contracted with Douglas Aircraft to develop the Douglas Sleeper Transport, which would eventually become the DC-3. American Airlines would be the first to operate what would become the most widely-produced and longest-lasting airliner in history. The DC-3 allowed American to operate a daily service between New York and Los Angeles; to further facilitate flights, Smith partnered with New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to have a new airport built, which would eventually become LaGuardia International Airport.
World War II saw American’s fleet of DC-3s federalized for US Army Air Force use, and its pilots incorporated into the Air Ferrying Service; C.R. Smith joined the USAAF and became the head of the AFS. This would prove helpful to the company as well, as its pilots gained experience flying globally. At war’s end, American embarked on an aggressive expansion of its routes and bought new equipment—and when it could not buy new equipment, it sponsored the creation of new airliners. To replace the DC-3, the airline helped fund the development of the Convair CV-240, the first American postwar airliner; the Douglas DC-7 was developed from the DC-6 to provide American with an aircraft capable of nonstop transcontinental service and one-stop Pacific service. American Airlines was now competing with the other “big three” airlines of the United States—Pan American, TWA, and United—but by 1950, was the second largest airline in the world, second only to Aeroflot of the Soviet Union.
To keep its innovative edge, American kept partnering with aviation companies. To replace the DC-6 on domestic routes, the airline was involved in the development of the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop in 1959; earlier in the 1950s, American had attempted to acquire deHavilland Comet 1s, but after several Comets were lost in crashes, the airline switched its orders to the Boeing 707. Though Pan American was the first to introduce the 707 on transatlantic routes, American was the first to use it in nonstop jet service from New York to Los Angeles, marketing it as the “Astrojet” and beating its main domestic competitor, United, to the punch. In 1962, it added a third new airliner, the Convair CV-990 Coronado, then the fastest airliner in the world. It also became the first airline to use an electronic booking system in the same year.
By 1970 American was in an excellent position. It was staying in competition with Pan American and TWA internationally and United domestically, and its acquisition of Trans-Caribbean Airways gave it unmatched access to the South American market (a position American retains today). It added wide-body airliners in the form of the Boeing 747 in 1970, while it was the launch customer of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1974. The latter provided the only hiccup in American’s continued expansion: the crash of Flight 191 at Chicago in May 1979, which remains the deadliest crash in American aviation history, led to the grounding of the DC-10 and an investigation into poor maintenance practices on the aircraft by American.
American adopted the modern hub/spoke system in 1981, mainly from Chicago-O’Hare and Dallas-Fort Worth, where the airline had moved its headquarters in 1979. It later expanded regional hubs to San Jose, California (after acquiring AirCal in 1987); Nashville, Tennesee; and Raleigh-Durham, though San Jose and Raleigh were later sold to other, smaller airlines. A commuter service, American Eagle, was founded in 1984. In 1990, it increased its hold on the South American market by purchasing Eastern Airlines’ route network in the region. In the same year, American took advantage of TWA’s troubles to acquire its landing rights at London-Heathrow, becoming one of only two US air carriers allowed to fly there (United being the other) until 2008. Eventually, in early 2001, American bought out TWA entirely.
The 1990s had seen American Airlines slow down some, partially because of overreach in too many unprofitable routes and an aging fleet of aircraft. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 hurt the airline more—not just because of the post-attack downturn, but also the loss of two American aircraft, their crews, and their passengers on 9/11 itself. Further tragedy struck American only weeks later when Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed after takeoff from Kennedy International, killing over 360 people. Labor troubles and problems with the MD-80 fleet inherited from TWA caused further problems: though American was never in danger of bankruptcy, it was forced to curtail a number of domestic and international flights and close its maintenance facility in Kansas City, Missouri.
This temporarily halted American’s troubles, but high operating costs, the 2008 recession, and an aging pilot workforce finally led the iconic carrier to file for bankruptcy in 2011. Almost a hundred aircraft were grounded and some flights were curtailed. To avoid a shutdown of the airline, American began to explore possibilities of a merger with another airline, and in 2013, was able to successfully merge with US Airways, though the latter airline will continue operations for some years to come. This allowed American to emerge from bankruptcy.
Today, American Airlines is the largest airline in the world, thanks to the US Airways merger. Plans are to standardize the over 600 aircraft in the American fleet to the Airbus A320, late model Boeing 737s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787 Dreamliners, for which American placed the largest purchase order in American aviation history.
This 727 model shows American's classic bare metal livery. The real N1902 was ordered by the airline in 1966, and flew with American until it was sold to Frontier in 1984. It was converted to a freighter in 1985 by Flying Tiger, and flew with several cargo airlines until it was withdrawn from service in 2005. It was likely scrapped at the former Clark AFB in the Philippines sometime after that.
The Smart Meter Shield Set is a set of two RF Shielding flexible materials with a grounding cord to provide protection against smart meter radiation. The first material is made of Nickel-Copper RF shielding Fabric that reflects the RF radiation with vastly superior tarnish and corrosion resistance due to nickel plating. Polyester ripstop base fabric has been used in this material to provide toughness and lightweight both. The material is only 0.08 mm thick and has a surface resistance of 0.01-0.03 Ohm/ sq. Nickel has been used in this product and as it can cause skin allergies, the material should not come in direct contact with skin. Protective gloves should be used while handling the product. The second material is a microwave absorbing material with a plastic coating on both sides so that the product could be used much easier.
Norwegian coastal-express M/S Nordstjernen -- in trouble in the night of Feb 22, as engines stopped & she drifted towards land. She also had a slight touch with the seabottom off Værlandet. Luckily there were already tugs in the area to assist the German Navy minesweeper Grömitz that went aground the night before. M/V Nordstjernen towed to Florø for further inspections. Passengers switched to MS Lyngen.
On January 25, 2022, a 55-foot-long vessel named the Vivens Aqua, registered in Maryland, grounded on the beach near Ocracoke Inlet. Both passengers on the vessel made it safety to shore.
XCX 244J is a Seddon bodied Seddon RU, seen in full Huddersfield Corporation livery but with WYPTE fleet number 4044. New in 1971, it has, like all Huddersfield Seddon bodied RUs, had the lower front panels modified to avoid problems with grounding.
I've only recently realized how many strong and grounding Taurus people I have in my life. While sometimes it feels like the running of the bulls with them, I'm thankful for their influences in my life. Here birthday boy Brock Axthelm provides a strong and solid foundation for the people around him in life. Happy birthday to all my Taurus friends this month.
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Nothing like finding fresh mud after a hard rain. Glad I wore cropped joggers today (less to wash). Five miles of barefoot bliss. Squish, squish squish! ❤👣❤
On January 25, 2022, a 55-foot-long vessel named the Vivens Aqua, registered in Maryland, grounded on the beach near Ocracoke Inlet. Both passengers on the vessel made it safety to shore.
On January 25, 2022, a 55-foot-long vessel named the Vivens Aqua, registered in Maryland, grounded on the beach near Ocracoke Inlet. Both passengers on the vessel made it safety to shore.
On January 25, 2022, a 55-foot-long vessel named the Vivens Aqua, registered in Maryland, grounded on the beach near Ocracoke Inlet. Both passengers on the vessel made it safety to shore.