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Apart from the obvious squaring up of the earth and moon, there are 7 'additions' to this shot of 'Ultra Deep Space'. Can you spot them?
No prizes for guessing though.
"The Unexceptional" series
Nikon F2a + Nikkor 50mm f2.0 + HP5+ @ 400 iso + HC-110 B @ 5.5 mins (agitation @ 30 sec)
Some think turbines dominate the landscape, yet to me the land, water and sky always seem to overwhelm them.
Acer Palmatum Orange Dream -- Orange Dream Japanese Maple - Photo shows spring color which demonstrates why it's named Orange Dream. The bright orange leaves emerge out of florescent pink buds, then the leaf color fades into a lemon color with orange shaded leaf margins. The leaves then slowly transition to a yellow green transitioning into a lime green by summer. Fall color is yellow. The bark on the trunk is a very unique green color, which contrast the spring color and it also adds great winter interest. Orange Dream will grow slowly into a 13’ upright, taller than wide tree, with dense floliage. If left un-pruned it will take on a narrow shrub like form. I like to prune out some of the dense foliage in mid-summer to expose the green trunk and allow air and light into the center of the tree. Using this technique will keep the tree looking like a specimen tree rather than a dense shrub. My orange dream is grown in part shade. The roots remain shaded so it’s very drought tolerant. It can tolerate afternoon sun in northern Ohio, but the intense late July and early August sun may burn delicate newly formed leaves, but the mature foliage stands up to the sun quite well, so the burning is insignificant as the majority of the growing occurs in May and June before the sun gets intense. Introduced in the late 1980’s by Fratelli Gilardelli Nursery, Italy.
While driving on a very rural two lane highway in South Dakota, I had to screech the car to a halt when I spied this tiny place. It looked so small and lonely in all that big empty prairie. Can you even imagine how it was to live here?
Manufacturer: Rogue Automotive/Rose Motors Ltd.
Nationality: USA
First assembled: Summer 2050
Birthplace: Lemont, IL
Engine: 6.3 L Twin-Turbo V10
HP: 1,200 BHP
0-60: 2.3 seconds
Top speed: 233.40 MPH
The Firepower GT, the hypercar that took Rogue Automotive from a simple worktruck manufacturer and launched them hard into a serious sportscar manufacturer and motorsports heavy-hitter, ceased production in 2049 with the top speed-oriented MAX trim level. Built as a road-legal ode to late-20th century GT1 racers and their insane homologation specials, the Firepower GT series was notorious for how brutal and outright insane it was. A very spartan interior with few luxuries and as few driver aids as legally allowed, the Firepower GT quickly garnered a reputation for being unsympathetic to the inexperienced. While this was seen as an endearing part of the experience to plenty of the people who helped move all 1,250 of the Firepower’s production run, it was certainly less endearing when a non-insignificant number of those Firepower’s crashed due to driver inexperience with such a blunt car. The mid-mounted supercharged V10 that produced over 1,000 HP would be a handful for even a seasoned racer, so imagine how your weekend trackday enthusiast would fare against such an absolute weapon of a car. But it was this brutishness and high skill ceiling that really helped put the Firepower on the map as a serious competitor to other established names in the hypercar business, both on the roads and the raceways. So when Rogue ceased production of the Firepower and announced a successor was on the way, everyone saw Rogue as at a crossroads. The successor could be something more refined, controlled, and more forgiving to potentially appeal to a broader customer base. Or Rogue could dig their heels in and lean into their reputation of building absolutely insane hypercars that would gladly kill you with a thought if they could. When Rogue posted a teaser image of a dark silhouette on their social media pages around early 2049, they gave us a glimpse of something low, with aggressive bodywork, and shockingly most of all, open-wheeled. The caption for the image read “We’ll miss ya, Firepower, but we all gotta move forward. See ya at Goodwood”. It looked like the Firepower’s legacy of insanity was going to live on in a new form, and the world would see it shortly in the summer at one of the most prestigious events in automotive culture: the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
The Goodwood Festival of Speed in Sussex, England is easily the most well-known and high-profile automotive festival in the world, and without a doubt one of the important events in automotive culture. To get invited to it is a level of prestige few can hope to achieve, but Rogue Automotive proudly marked off that achievement in 2049 when they made their first appearance at the world-famous Goodwood Estate. They arrived about as prepared as they could be to not waste such an opportunity, bringing the best they had in their catalogue. The very same Firepower FCR1 racecar that won Le Mans made a run up the famous Hillclimb, alongside the Firepower FCGT XP001 prototype from the Rogue CEO’s private collection in a rare public appearance. The Koshuké R race truck that won the Dakar rally even showed up as a bit of fun. Rogue didn’t just bring their old greatest hits, though. At their booth on the festival grounds, they brought not 1, but 2 new models to make their world debut. The first was the 800-4 Menzabe Super Turismo, an estate version of the Menzabe grand tourer meant to spearhead Rogue’s entry into more international markets. The other was the real star of the show, though. No longer obscured by shadowy photography and now out under the shining british sun for everyone to see, the Firepower’s successor finally showed itself. Called the XLR Blazefury, one brief look was all it took to tell that we weren’t even close to seeing the limits of Rogue’s insanity with the Firepower. In their press release, Rogue stated that while the Firepower series was meant to be an ode to the insane GT1 era of Le Mans racers from the 1990s, the Blazefury was also an ode to racing from that decade. But instead in this case it was a love letter to the highest form of motorsports in that era; Formula 1. With its single-seat layout, semi-open-wheel design, absolutely insane aerodynamics and the triumphant return of Rogue’s beloved V10 powertrain, the Blazefury was sure looking to be faithful to this era. And when the XLR Blazefury made one of the fastest runs ever recorded up the Goodwood hillclimb, it showed it absolutely had the performance. A performance Rogue themselves shockingly rejected and had removed from the leaderboard, not because they believed their was foul play involved, but because the Blazefury that made the run was a prototype and therefore not indicative on what its actual performance would be like. They then stated that everyone should be patient, and that they’ll get a real show soon. With its V10 wail hauntingly echoing throughout all of Sussex and being nothing but a crimson blur up the entire hillclimb, many wondered how this could possibly get any better. In truth the Blazefury most likely had some genuine bugs to iron out before its slated production run sometime in 2050. Likely because of just how off-the-walls the design was, but also due to the fact that Rogue was doing some genuinely innovative engineering with this car. And perhaps due to the fact that Rogue wasn’t acting alone when developing their lastest-and-greatest machine.
Nearly everything in Rogue’s lineup look fast just standing still, but the Blazefury looks like it’s breaking the sound barrier without even turning its engine on. This likely stems from its vertically-opening polycarbonite canopy, which is the only way into the doorless Blazefury, giving it major fighter jet vibes. This canopy even features detonation cord woven into it like fighter jets do, to shatter it and allow the driver to escape in the event of a rollover. Its clear the Blazefury has some pretty advanced tech into it, but arguably the most advanced part of it is what its made of. Most modern high-performance cars utilize carbon-based nanocomposites in their construction, due to the material’s excellent balance of strength and low weight. So it’d be fair to assume the Blazefury is more the same, right? Not so. The Blazefury instead advances the field of material sciences itself by utilizing the 5th element on the periodic table; Boron. With an atomic mass of 10.81 u, Boron is absolutely featherweight compared to the large and lumbering carbon with its mass of 12.01. Boron-based nanotubes reinforced with polymers have also exhibited greater strength than their carbon-based counterparts. Boron composites have existed in laboratory settings since the mid-1990s, but advancements in manufacturing and advanced material studies have finally allowed this amazing material to see true production over a half-century since its discovery. Rogue has it on display proudly on the Blazefury, with this material making up the entirety of the car’s exterior panels, some internal mechanical components, the wheels, and the monocoque tub. Other major materials used in the Blazefury’s construction are primarily aerospace-grade aluminum and titanium. So not only is the Blazefury quite strong to handle its own power, its extremely light. At a dry weight of just 1,350 Ibs, the Blazefury is so light it might just need to be tied down when parked outside to keep the wind from blowing it away. This is actually what the “XLR” in its name is for, standing for “eXtreme Lightweight Racer”. A bit on the nose, but it works and certainly sounds cool. But not as cool as how the engine in the Blazefury sounds, which doesn’t have to do a lot of work to make the Blazefury move. Despite this, it does plenty of work. Arguably even more than the 1990s powertrains it emulates. And to get this power, Rogue didn’t work alone. In fact, part of the reason the Blazefury was unveiled in the UK was because that’s where Rogue’s partner for the project hails from. You see, the Blazefury is a collaborative effort between Rogue Automotive, and the legendary Rose Motors.
Rose Motors isn’t just a quirky automaker from the sleepy fields of Whittlebury, they’re one of the most legendary names in motorsports and a famous engineering firm that multiple other automakers have come to for consultation. If your car has been touched in any regard by Rose Motors, rather it be the powertrain or the chassis or whatever, you’re guaranteed to have something great. Its this reason that’s partly why the Firepower series, the Blazefury’s predecessor, was so good. The V10 powertrain running it was a collaborative effort between Rogue and former engineers from Rose, and that engine ended up being arguably the most widely-praised aspect of the Firepower. Now we’re here with the Blazefury, where Rogue chose to be a bit more direct and approached Rose Motors itself to collaborate on developing the Blazefury. WIth Rose currently running their own Formula 1 team, they couldn’t be a more perfect choice to help develop the F1-inspired Blazefury, with their primary focus being on helping with the aerodynamics and powertrain. For aero, Rose is clearly flexing its F1 muscles throughout the Blazefury’s design. Starting up front are the large front winglets extending out from its pointed nose, roughly as wide as the exposed front tires. Not extactly surprising for something like the Blazefury, but the headlights certainly are. Tall and thin, the headlights on the Blazefury more resemble the stabilizers seen on some missiles. Which in a way is what they are, shaped to cut through the air and even direct it both to the front brakes for cooling and to the rear intakes for the engine. The midsection of the Blazefury is quite sleek, enhanced by that trademark canopy, which was chosen instead of a more F1-accurate open canopy for more smoother aerodynamic flow. What may be the most unique visual flair on the Blazefury are a pair of almost elegant-looking struts on the sides. Almost looking like they join the front to the rear, that’s more or less what they do as these struts are actually exposed framing, added to the Blazefury to help reinforce the frame against the sheer grunt of the engine. Rose was able to kill 2 birds with 1 stone with these struts though, turning them into pieces of aero by shaping them in a way to direct air to the back of the car and more into the engine intakes. When that air reaches the back, they meet an absolutely massive rear wing, noticeably bigger than the wings used both in modern F1 and the 1990s F1 era the Blazefury supposedly represents. Featuring 9 small fins through the entire length of the wing to help with high-speed stability, this wing alone can generate over 1,500 Ibs of downforce, which combined with the front winglets 700 Ibs means the Blazefury easily produces more downforce than it weighs, theoretically allowing it to drive upside-down. At the rear you’ll find the Blazefury’s high-mounted rear exhaust, a notably more conventional change from the Firepower’s side-dump exhaust. And below it are the exits for the Blazefury’s massive venturi tunnels, which extend nearly the whole length of the car and further improve the Blazefury’s colossal downforce, giving it a grand total of 4,000 Ibs. Earlier designs had the Blazefury producing more, but this proved too much for the tires which would pop under the weight, so the venturi tunnels actually feature “dumps” in the middle of them to partially stall the airflow and reduce the downforce. A good call by Rogue and Rose, as the tires already have enough work putting all the power to the ground. Power that there’s plenty of.
As said before, the supercharged V10 in the Firepower was one of the most widely-loved parts of that car. So its makes sense that the same basic design returns in the Blazefury. Yes, the V10 in the Blazefury is more or less the same as what was seen in the car that precedes it, but with some notable changes. Like instead of being developed with the help of former Rose engineers, it is now worked on by Rose Motors itself. And they made some notable changes to their former employees’ work. Some general tweaking to the architecture was done to improve efficiency and shave what weight they could. The greatest change was how forced induction was handled. For the Blazefury, Rogue and Rose agreed to dump the supercharger in favor of a twin-turbo setup. The reasons give for the change were pretty straightforward; turbos are more efficient, easier to maintain, lighter and more compact, and have higher power potential. The only real advantage they saw with retaining the supercharger was the instantaneous power delivery and throttle response, which was accounted for with the use of electric turbos on the Blazefury to eliminate lag and offer virtually identical throttle response to its supercharged predecessor. At the end of Rogue and Rose’s work, they ended up with a refreshed design producing exactly 1,200 HP, more than any modern F1 car and the 1990s F1 cars that inspired the Blazefury. With the Blazefury’s 1,350 dry weight, this means power-to-weight is nearly 1-to-1. Which obviously makes for a blisteringly fast experience. 0-60 is done in the low 2 second range, and top speed powers through aerodynamic drag to just break past the 230 MPH barrier. A slower top speed than the Firepower GT, but top speed isn’t the most important factor on where the Blazefury was meant to go; the racetrack. In fact when Rogue did a hotlap on their testrack with the Blazefury, it beat the Firepower GT’s record by 7 seconds, an absolute eternity by hypercar standards. So, the Blazefury is faster than the car it succeeds and arguably more insane, but is it any easier to live with? Well, F1 is the highest discipline in motorsports for a reason, as the cars are some of the most difficult to drive in the world. And that difficulty certainly seeped into the Blazefury. If just looking at it wasn’t enough of a hint, the Blazefury dances at the absolute edge of what’s allowed for road legality. The sheer was it accelerates is like nothing else out there, the G-forces from cornering puts legitimate strain on your body, and the car just generally moves faster than most people can properly think. Driver comfort isn’t much a factor either, with the pushrod-style suspension being more or less lifted directly off an indycar and only lightly tweaked for road use. The massive carbon-cermaic brakes are incredible at stopping the car from high speed, but the brake peddle feels more like an on/off switch than what you’d find in a even other hypercars, meaning they come with their own learning curve on how to more subtly handle them. Even just sitting in the Blazefury can be seen as difficult, having to get over high sidewalls to enter just to squeeze yourself into a highly-reclined position not-too dissimilar to the racecars the Blazefury takes after. The driver’s knees even rest almost higher than their shoulders in this position. Like the Firepower before it, the Blazefury’s single seat isn’t really a seat so much as padding stuck onto the monocoque tub, and therefore can’t be adjusted. Unlike the Firepower, the pedals in the Blazefury can’t be adjusted, instead the entire cabin has to be set to the buyer’s body shape during assembly. Said cabin is even more spartan than the firepower, with nearly all controls being bunched onto the steering wheel. Despite all this impracticality, the Blazefury somehow manages to include storage. There’s no traditional trunk of course, but in the interior there are two small cubbies in the side walls, and panel that the main seat padding is actually a panel that opens to a small compartment big enough to store a racing helmet. Despite these small “sensibilities” the Blazefury is still a brash, brutal machine that more than carries on the legacy set by the Firepower. But what did the motoring public think when the Blazefury finally hit the roads? And above all, what does the Blazefury’s existence mean for Rogue and Rose’s future endeavors? Well, despite the car’s apparent shortcomings, the outlook is rather bright.
When the Blazefury made its debut at Goodwood in 2049, it wasn’t just the grand reveal of a new model. It was an open display of newfound camaraderie from two groups of like-minded people, separated only by a literal ocean. At the Goodwood fairgrounds, Rogue and Rose’s tents were right next to eachother, more or less under one roof with the Blazefury on display right next to the latest iteration of Rose’s iconic Three-2 series kitcar. Among the many announcements both brands made at the show, one was deal made for Rogue to use Rose’s dealer networks across Europe to help make their entry into the global market, with Rogue returning the favor by letting Rouse use their markets to enter the North American sector. When Rogue was still producing the Firepower, they made no efforts to hide the involvement of former Rose engineers. With Rose themselves being such an integral part of the Blazefury’s development, Rogue was even more keen to give the boys from Whittlebury their due, with the famous Rose badge appearing in multiple places on the Blazefury alongside the snarling wolf emblem of Rogue. In fact, opening the rear clamshell of the Blazefury to reveal the engine you’ll find Rogue’s name on the cylinder head covers, but proudly slapped right in the middle on top of the intake manifold was the Rose logo, with a small plaque right under it stating “Built in Lemont, Born in Whittlebury" followed by the signature of the engineer who did final engine assemble and then the cylinder firing order. Its even rumored that in some projected markets, the Blazefury will even be sold as a Rose model instead of a Rogue due to how involved they were in its development. A development both Rogue and Rose walked away from clearly satisfied, since they stated they were already in talks to work together again on future projects Will the world want more of Rogue and Rose working together? If the reviews for XLR Blazefury press cars are anything to go by, absolutely. Reviewers were frank with the fact that the Blazefury was a car for a certain type of driver, and is high skill ceiling wouldn’t be for everyone. And with its spartan interior and single seat, it wasn’t the most livable car out there either. And actually driving it like it was meant to be was certainly a lively experience, but one that was noticeably different than the Firepower before it. Maybe its the novelty of an enclosed single-seater, maybe its Rose’s wealth of experience making the Blazefury more refined that its predecessor, but the thing reviewers couldn’t ignore was this sense of “encouragement”. The Firepower was a car ready to rip your head right off your shoulders if you even dared to blink first. Driving it at the limit was a fight for survival. In the Blazefury, one reviewer likened it to a sparring match with a rollercoaster. Yes, there’s still a very clear atmosphere of danger where one wrong move will end in disaster, but the thing with rollercoasters is at the end of the day, they’re built to offer a fun, thrilling experience. The Blazefury is a car constantly taking high-speed swings at you, urging you with every one to swing back, to give it everything you have and keep up. And if you can, it rewards you with one of the greatest high-speed experience you can have on both the track and the street. Heavy, heavy emphasis on high-speed. The Blazefury presscars didn’t just end up in the hands of reviewers, but experienced test drivers for certain locations for the sole purpose of setting records, and set records it did. Before the XLR Blazefury ever reached deal floors, it posted record lap times on multiple racetracks across the US and UK, including Road America, Silverstone, The San Lorenzo Circuit, Concorde Raceway, and the Avion Speedport. What does one have to pay to get this record-breaking experience for themselves? Rogue stated that the Blazefury would be “more exclusive” than the Firepower before it, with less than a hundred rolling off the Lemont assembly plant annually. And too be one of those under-100 customers, you’ll have to pay a base price of $600,000 before options. That’s a very high price for such a niche vehicle. And yet, when preorders were opened before the mid-2050 production deadline, the XLR Blazefury sold out within hours. This was likely due to previous Firepower customers looking to upgrade, but Rogue’s access to more global networks thanks to Rose Motors can’t be ignored, with 1/3 of the Blazefury’s preorders coming from international buyers.
26 by 26 Challenge 14:
Photograph something you consider insignificant.
– Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth
The seemingly insignificant town of Kerma may have been largely left behind by the rest of the world today, but that wasn’t always the case. This is one of the oldest inhabited towns in Africa and a place of immense historical importance. The area around Kerma has been occupied for at least 8000-10,000 years, but the town reached its peak around 1800 BC - 1600 BC when it was capital of the Kingdom of Kush and an important trade centre during Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. It was
at this time that Kerma’s kings built two giant mud-brick temples, known as deffufas; the oldest, and arguably
largest, mud brick buildings on the continent. The western deffufa (pictured) stood about 19m high and stretched 50m long. Nobody is really certain what it was used for but most agree it served a religious purpose. . About 3km away is the smaller, eastern deffufa. This is
thought to have been a royal cemetery. Around the kings tombs archeologists have discovered some 30,000 other graves. Many of the people buried in these graves appear to have been ritually sacrificed in order to accompany their king to the underworld. Encircling the human graves, archeologists have also unearthed around 5000 cattle skulls, which indicates just how important cattle was to the people who once lived here. In addition to the two deffufas there are a number of other historic sites around the town including Duki Gail; a little understood site containing the remains of a huge temple with two metre thick walls.
I was wandering through town, feeling a little insignificant and anonymous, when I ran into Susan! I used to be Susan's apprentice when she ran a letterpress shop on 3rd Ave. Now she's working for the Seattle Art Museum, and was repairing these pieces when I walked in. I felt much better! Unfortunately Susan's not in the shot--she's holding the coffee cup by the edge of the frame.
Inspired by an insignificant scene that just stood out to me from "Where the Wild Things Are" :)
I've had this idea since i first saw the movie, while it was in theaters, but this inspired me to go take it :)
I got picasa :D so I can edit photos now!
but I'm not entirely too happy with this.
I DESPERATELY WANT TO MEET MY FLICKR FRIENDS. Like now. Please and thank you! :D
Tiny and insignificant. But there they are. The Canadian (horseshoe) falls are obscured a bit by a small fuzz of vapor that decided to station itself at exactly the wrong place. The American falls, on the left, will be behind that bigger cloud in a matter of 5 seconds. This is my one and only chance. >Click!<
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16727 Roanoke Rapids Mill – The Roanoke Canal Museum & Trail, 15 Jackson St., Extension, Roanoke, Halifax, NC. May 18, 2016. Decimal degrees: 36.474460, -77.648406
“Roanoke Rapids Mill”
“Steady Growth Throughout the Years”
“In 1907, industrial history was made in Halifax County by the Halifax Paper Company of Roanoke Rapids. The first sulphate-processed pulp made in the United States was produced here. That may seem like an insignificant event, but it served as a springborard for one of the South’s and indeed the nation’s, leading industries.
The name on the front gate has changed several times over the past four-quarters of a century. The first mill, known as the Roanoke Rapids Paper Manufacturing Company, began operations in 1907. In 1911, the mill came under new ownership and became known as the Halifax Paper Corporation. This was its flag for the next 26 years.
In 1937, the Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company of Richmond, Virginia, purchased the mill, although it continued to operate under the Halifax name until 1962. At that time, Albemarle bought the Ethyl Corporation of St. Paul, Minnesota, a leading producer of Kraft containerboard and consumer materials. Then, in 1977, Champion International Corporation acquired Hoerner Waldrof. International Paper acquired Champion International Corporation and a new chapter for the Roanoke Rapids mill began in 2000. In 2007, the mill became Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation and celebrated its 100th year of operation.
Even though the name has changed, the mill’s place in history is secure. KapStone’s Roanoke Rapids mill occupies a solid position in the economy of eastern North Carolina, as well as providing employment for more than 500 area residents.
In both mil and forest operations, the future success and progress lie in the wise use of natural resources: air, water, and forests –and human resources, our most valuable asset.
Though the historical roots of the Roanoke Rapids mill have run deep in this region, KapStone is looking with an eye toward an even brighter future in Halifax County. The city of Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County are pleased to have KapStone’s continual partnership in the community and with the Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail.”
Under top row photo:
“Above the mill operations in 1945. Today’s mill shows the advances in technology and efficiency (right).
Under second row from top:
First photo to left:
“A woman removing bark from wood in the early days”
Second photo from left:
“The debarking drum provides an easier process for bark removal today.”
Third and fourth photo from left:
“No. 1 & No. 2 Paper Machines (above)- The first two paper machines in the mill, circa early 1900’s. The machines were dismantled and shipped to South America in the 1970’s.”
Under third row from the top:
First photo from left:
“An old mule used to move logs in the woodyard before the days of cranes and dozers.”
Second photo from left:
“Today’s technology offers further advances in wood processing.”
Third photo from left:
“A papermaking crew from early 1900’s”
Fourth and fifth photo from left:
No. 3 & No.4 Paper Machines – In operation today: these machines demonstrate how papermaking technology has progressed over the years.”
Beneath bottom roll of photos:
First photo:
“1986 newspaper article of ‘Champion deeds portion of canal”
Third through fifth photo:
“Our Natural resources- Preservation is very important as these resources play a vital role in the mill’s business and future success. Forests are managed following a set of rigorous environmental standards that protect wildlife, plants and water quality. The water used by the mill is extensively treated in a 400 acre system of lagoons and ponds to comply with state and federal environmental regulations before returning to the Roanoke River. Taking good care of the forests and the river for today and future generations is one of the mill’s highest priorities.”
Near bottom chart:
“This timeline represents significant events in the mill’s history with key projects showing the company’s financial commitment to improve operating capabilities and environmental standing over the last thirty years.
1907 Roanoke Rapids Manufacturing Company
1909 First Kraft Process in North America
1911 Halifax Paper Company
1937 Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company
1953 No. 3 Paper Machine installed ‘Southern Star’
1957 No. 6 Recovery Boiler installed
1959 No. 4 Paper Machine Installed ‘Dixie Queen’
1965 No. 1 Power Boiler & C Washer Line Installed
1968 Hoerner Waldorf Corporation
Early 1970’s No. 1. & No.2 Paper Machine shut Down
1974 Waste Treatment System Installed $7 MM Invested
1975 No. 7 Recovery Boiler installed Air Emissions Control $20 MM Invested
1977 Champion International Corporation
1984/85 Total Reducible Sulfur Project (Odor Control) $7 MM invested
1986 No. 3 PM Rebuild & Long log Woodyard Installed $34 MM Invested
1988 No. 4PM Rebuild $12 MM Invested
1988/89 River Bridge and Landfill Project $8 MM Invested
1998/99 Paper Machines & & #7 Recovery Boiler Upgrades $42 MM Invested
2000 International Paper
2002 Odor Control Compliance Project $4.5 MM Invested
2004 Transition to 100% Kraft Paper grades $17 MM Invested No. 6 Recovery Boiler Shut Down
2007 KapStone “
The most tempting to catch of these new services for me, though, was one some might call rather insignificant: the all-new 7C, making up the other half of the revised 'Bransholme Circular' by bringing back regular bus services to Clough Road, replacing the pre-existing mornings-only 7X that I used to see all the time in my University days. The service also connects the Sutton Fields estate with a bus service for the first time in presumably many years, running up and down Stockholm Road between here and Littondale. I can definitely see the virtues of this service at rush hour in the mornings and afternoons, and I'd certainly be interested to see if people are coming on for the shopping at Clough Road! I do think that considering the passenger numbers, here, the double-deck allocation might be a little bit overkill.
Better luck with the destinations on this shot compared to my first shots back in July - this was meant to be a backup shot in case the next one didn't work out - Stagecoach in Hull's 19234, a 2008 ADL Enviro400 new to Stagecoach Manchester that also spent time on loan with Metroline Manchester as their TE620, is seen along Clough Road working a 7C to Hull Interchange.
I took this rather insignificant photo during our visit to Yosemite a few years ago. My wife likes it so I uploaded it here. :)
We hiked to the top of Lembert Dome and you better not leave your backbacks alone or else those nasty critters share your lunch. :)
As a lens I used a rather cheap Canon EF-S 55-250 4-5.6 IS. Nevertheless I'm pleased with the sharpness as this picture was shot handheld from some distance.
Post processing: Lightroom 4 -> lens correction, slightly sharpened and some soft vignetting on the edges. Looks a bit dark here on Flickr.
part of the existing project ; insignificant.
All photos taken on iPhone 6
Macro x15
© Copyright SASnashall 2015. All Rights Reserved.
The Grand Canyon makes you feel so insignificant. Only been there once and can't wait to go back again.
My daughter didn't share my love of the Grand Canyon. She said, "Dad, It's JUST a hole in the ground", and she meant it . My son can't wait to go back again.
This wasn't taken on March 25th, 2008. Taken around July 2003.
What may seem insignificant or trivial to one may be overwhelming to another; however, even for the mature dog, the "mud" would have been up to it's neck, had it laid down! 👀
#standtall #positivity #morningthoughts #dontwallowinthemud #ephesians613
NOITE CARIOCA
Diálogo de surdos, não: amistoso no frio.
Atravanco na contramão. Suspiros no
contrafluxo. Te apresento a mulher mais discreta
do mundo: essa que não tem nenhum segredo.
ana cristina c.
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
The title is from the reported words of the marvellous Hypatia of Alexandria.
... and now that I've mentioned Hypatia, here is a copy of my review of the film Agora, which I have written for Clockwise Cat's e-zine:
The Sublime Insignificant: Review of Agora
It surprises me how many reviewers are giving this astonishing film only three stars, and I do hope this is not because the film chooses not to dwell on the viciousness of Hypatia's murder: a decision which would have made a cinematic 'spectacle' entirely inappropriate for this most subtle and beautiful of films. For the record, the real Hypatia - a pagan philosopher in fourth century Alexandria who deduced that the earth orbited the sun in an ellipse, and preserved her right to operate as a lecturer by repelling her suitors with a gift of a handkerchief stained with her own menstrual blood – was killed as a witch by fundamentalist Christians who scraped the living flesh from her bones with seashells. It is her life and thought, however, and not the manner of her death, which is the chief subject of this film, and that is as it should be.
The astonishingly realistic recreation of Alexandria is in itself a remarkable cinematic feat, the costumes look entirely authentic, the performances are flawless, and the cinematography - always beautiful - is often thoroughly awe inspiring. Ultimately, however, what makes this film so great is the way in which it puts human beings into perspective (swarming fundamentalists ransacking the agora are likened to ants, and in one of the most inspired shots in cinematic history, Alexandria is viewed from outer space, and is sublime and utterly insignificant all at once) whilst suggesting that human beings are nevertheless capable of reaching the heights of reason, and plumbing the depths of unreason. It is one of the ironies of history that the monstrous 'Saint' Cyril of Alexandria is recognised as a Doctor of the Church, whilst not a single word written by Hypatia has survived.
Much ink will be wasted in coming months in discussion of whether this film deliberately paints Christianity in a bad light. The truth is that no form of religious extremism looks good in this film, and for that reason alone, it ought to be statutory viewing for all people who are convinced that theirs is the only god. Rachel Weisz plays the lead role with such grace and conviction that her refusal of Christian baptism, accompanied by the words “I believe in philosophy” – clunky as they may look on the printed page – becomes one of the most powerful moments in modern cinema.
Forget the lukewarm reviews, and see this film for yourself. Thrown off the scent, perhaps, by publicity over-emphasising the romantic element in the film, reviewers have begun to argue that the plot begins to flag in the second half. This is to miss the point entirely: the film is not a romance; it is an exploration of one woman’s discoveries about our place in the universe, and it is at once humbling, tragic and victorious. I found myself on the edge of tears throughout most of it, entranced by the splendour, wisdom and realism of its vision. The ending was the hardest and the truest thing I have ever seen in a film.
But don't trust me. Make up your own mind. That is what Hypatia would have told you to do.
This chart shows how insignificantly small the 10km asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was in comparison to the size of the Earth! Amazing that this tiny spec could cause such global devestation.
there are small, seemingly insignificant choices that we make …
everyday in fact
some don’t seem to matter much,
or at least we don’t pay much attention to them
others turn out to be life-changing …
if we had the chance to go back on one of these choices,
and erase it from our lives forever
… just one
what would be yours ?
Often, the most extraordinary opportunities are hidden among the seemingly insignificant events of life.
"There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
These are benign growths. Usually if there's one, there are others. They do not require surgery unless they're bothering the dog. They are very common.
The Roeblings would be proud....
As usual, I'm putting a huge effort into a tiny, relatively insignificant part... I think that I need therapy... Or maybe this is the therapy...
I'm making curved bridges out of tubing, so I had to make the tooling to bend and miter them.
I've had a Di Acro bender for a long time, but I never got around to making the radius collars that I need to do various frame building tasks... I finally knuckled down.
This is a fixture that I made that will facilitate milling the radius collars. It mounts on my rotary table. The rotary table mounts on my vertical milling machine, and off I go.
This unique early first-century AD frescoed ceiling is located within an insignificant looking Biclinium, or two-benched dining room, cut into the rock in the heart of Little Petra (El Barid).
Known as the Painted Biclinium (No. 849) inside is the only surviving example of Nabatean wall painting.
The ceiling of the alcove at the back of the chamber is painted with a delicate tracery of vines with bunches of grapes hanging from the branches. Inhabiting this leafy and flowered world are a variety of birds, some in flight, others resting on branches, a cherub-like figure of Eros with his bow and arrow, and a flute-playing Pan.
(Damaged caused by Bedouin fires, and 2000 years of weathering)
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Often referred to as a cactus but this interesting plant is a succulent. The blooms are insignificant and not frequent. I planted this is my yard in southern Arizona.
The notoriously run out scabby slab classic, a small insignificant cam disguises the true nature of this climb, placed in a shallow flake the last piece would most likely rip, sending a spiraling and swinging climber crashing into the side wall.
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The insignificant looking rock in the foreground has a stone plinth which records the fact that midshipman Isaac Smith landed here in 1770, thus becoming the first of Captain Cooks crew to set foot on the Australian continent.
The ship in the background is the m/t Anatoly Kolodkin which is moored at Botany Bay refinery jetty.
If you don't look closely, you might just miss him.
So the Vegas pictures are not going to be put up nearly as quickly as previously thought. What can I say? Moving is horrible. Anyhow, I got a new laptop for college with Photoshop CS5 on it, so I'm super excited for when I get the time to go through and finish editing all of these.