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A Y BALAMARA (1969 - )

 

The auxiliary yawl A Y Balamara was built by master boat-builder Alf Jahnsen and his son Harvey at Lake Street, Forster in 1969. She is currently (November 2023) in pristine condition in Wynnum, Manly (Brisbane) - thanks to her current owner, John Richardson – after 54 years she is still in the same condition as the day she was completed.

 

The design has a number of features that improve performance. The retractable board (centreboard) that pulls up inside the keel can be used to enhance performance under certain conditions. The rudder is complicated and expensive but is more versatile. A separate sail known as a mizzen staysail is attached to the mizzenmast to improve downwind speed. (n.b. additional information is in the section on the Brief History of the Finisterre).

 

This report was prepared by Chris Borough, Graham Nicholson and Philip Pope

 

DETAILS

Name: A Y BALAMARA (known locally as simply BALAMARA). n.b. Balamara is the Aboriginal name for Morning Star

Racing Sail Number: WM 240

Type: Auxiliary Yawl (Finisterre type yawl – A Y Balamara is almost an exact copy).

Designer: Sparkman and Stephens (Newport, Rhode Island) Design 1245

Year Built: 1969

Builders: Alfred Jahnsen and son Harvey Jahnsen

Where built: Lake Street Forster, NSW

Launch date: unknown

Official Number: 343939

Registered: Sydney No 32/1971

n.b. Similarly named vessel: Balamara ON 332450 built 1967 (Clearly the A Y Balamara was not able to be registered simply as the name Balamara had already been registered in 1967) Source AMSA List of Registered Ships 10th March 2022

Length: 32.5 ft

Breadth: 11.25 ft

Depth in hold: 5.6 ft

Tonnage:

Gross – 13.91 tons

Net – 12.85 tons (36.37 cubic metres)

n.b. 1 shipping ton = 100 cubic feet or 2.83 cubic metres)

Engines: Harvey Jahnsen (2023) insists the initial engine installed was a British made Stuart & Turner marine twin cylinder petrol – presumably the P66 2 stroke 10 b.h.p. model. collection.maritimemuseum.co.nz/objects/11174/engine-stua...

At Registration in 1971, however, the engine was clearly identified as a 1969 Perkins 4108 4 cyl. Marine diesel motor 30 b.h.p. The Perkins motor was replaced by John Richardson with a Volvo 2 55 b.h.p 4 cyl. Diesel.

 

OWNERS

Initial – 2/6/1971 Audrey Margaret Hayman and Graham Sanders Hayman – Chevron Is., Surfers Paradise, Q.

1982 - 2008 12/1/1982 Jack Richardson, Bulimba, Brisbane

2008 – current (2023) John Richardson (son of late Jack Richardson), Browns Plains, Brisbane. The yacht is berthed at the Wynnum Manly Yacht Club.

 

HISTORY IN RICHARDSON FAMILY

Sailing a 1969 classic timber yacht is a passion spanning four generations of John Richardson’s family. John is the proud owner of Balamara (A Y Balamara), one of only three boats in Australia built off the plans for Sparkman and Stephens’ 1954 yacht Finisterre, built for sailor and writer Carleton Mitchell, who used it to win the Newport Bermuda Race three times.

John’s father Jack, bought the 1969-built Balamara from the original owners.

In an interview John explained his interest: “I still pinch myself that I actually own it. When you look at it, it’s hard to believe sometimes,” John said. Four generations of his family had sailed on the yacht from his father to his three grandsons — Jimmy, Toby and Miles. “I’m excited for the time my grandsons are old enough so they can learn how to sail it,” he said. He said it had been a pleasure to spend four years -restoring the yacht in his father’s memory.

 

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FINISTERRE

Extract from: The Story of Finisterre. mighetto / April 22, 2023.

 

In 1954 the Olin Stephens designed yacht Finisterre was launched, too late for the Bermuda race that year. She was a 38 foot centreboarder and there is no more accomplished racing yacht. She ranks as one of the most significant yachts in the history of the sport.

 

Carleton Mitchell, the owner of Finisterre, is the author of the book Islands to Windward. He had developed a sailing style that was not in concert with the era of the deep-keeled, long-ended windward leeward oriented ocean racers. Mitchell had previously owned a 58-foot centreboarder, the Rhodes-designed >i>Caribee. Mitchell wanted to prove something by racing.

 

With Finisterre, he humiliated hundreds of deep fixed keel race boat owners by holding the honour mooring spot off the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club from 1956 to 1962, a spot envisioned for a much larger and deep draft vessel.

 

Prior to the build, Mitchell put his ideas in articles which were criticized, putting him in the awkward position of potential publicised failure. Finisterre was built at the height of custom yacht design. His notion of a vessel that would be like having your cake and eating it to, that would be small enough for single handling, comfortable enough for luxurious cruising, able to cross oceans and fast enough to win races was not popular among the all boats are compromises mindset. The fact that the vessel would be a centreboarder undoubtedly angered many who had worked for years to discredit this foil type.

 

Bill Robinson, in Legendary Yachts, relates the story of Stanley Rosenfeld, the photographer, who in following Finisterre for a photo shoot, noticed little of the creaking that he listened for from the helm of his subjects to identify just the right distance and angle for good photos. Robinson believes the lack of that noise was part of the secret to this vessel and so do I – not that anything about Finisterre was secret, it all being public record owing to Mitchell’s wish to prove something.

 

Pat Royce in the 2000 edition of Royce Sailing Illustrated notes that Mitchell used the swing keel for steering. “The centreboard is down all the way when beating to windward in a light breeze. As the wind increases the centreboard is raised sufficiently to trim the rudder to reduce weather helm rudder drag.”

 

Winning races unfortunately does not prove anything to those who are closed minded. Robinson lists many reasons for Finisterre’s success ranging from Mitchell’s knowledge of weather to winches but does not connect the centreboard as a reason for her success. Retracting foils helps the vessel to surf or plane. Finisterre was able to surf the storm fronts owing to this thereby bettering her “betters”. She was greatly imitated by other builders and this imitation lead to rule changes tending to reduce the success of her type according to Robinson.

 

RESTORATION – A PROBLEM WITH DARK PAINT

John Richardson has done a magnificent job in restoring the vessel. His experience with paint colour is worth reporting; the following segment has been provided by John.

“We researched lots of similar classic yachts in North America before restoring Balamara and many were painted dark colours. We chose a dark blue for the topsides and set off with a gold cove line. This decision was short as it seemed to suit the classic lines of the yacht.

The decision to paint the topsides dark blue as the timber planking started to crack from the excessive heat caused by the dark paint. To fix the problem we stripped all the paint from the topsides, repaired the planking and splined the planks before glassing the hull and applying a coat of white polyurethane paint. This has held up well for the last 15 years”

 

Image Source: John Richardson

 

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

 

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Depicted here is the standard appearance of a conventionally armed Nu-7 operative who is working within a cold weather environment. While the standard fitment and other similarly equipped loadouts constitute hot weather uniforms, Nu-7 must also be equipped with sufficient and additional cold and wet weather gear in order to successfully operate within such an environment. There are several very effective US military cold weather systems that involve layering certain types of winter clothing in order to remain comfortable in a cold or freezing environment without overheating, sweating, and becoming hypothermic. The SCP Foundation supplies their Armed Mobile Task Force units with a similar cold weather layering system that works in tandem with their standard uniform. This enables conventional elements to carry this cold weather system on their kit at all times so when in transit to a cold working area the element is able to quickly adapt to the climate without a delay in responding to the threat.

 

The main cold weather garment that the operative always carries with them is the Crye Precision HalfJak. This is specifically the insulated version that has enhanced cold weather capabilities compared to other variants. As the name suggests the garment fits over roughly half of the body to allow for the operative to wear it over their standard clothing and still access their kit on the plate carrier. It is secured to the carrier itself using four hooks that catch onto four paracord loops on the cummerbund. The plate carrier itself retains a lot of core body heat and the HalfJak further retains body heat due to its insulation. Temperature is regulated by having the sides of the body open to airflow and the HalfJak itself can be unzipped at the front. It has a built-in hood stored in the raised collar and can be deployed easily should the situation require it. It stores compactly in a elastic bag located at the rear of the plate carrier.

 

Another additional external bit of cold weather kit is the camouflage overwhites. Here the operative is wearing USMC Experimental Overwhites trousers in snow MARPAT. Its matching pack cover is also seen over his assault pack. This is a camouflage garment that provides a snow camouflage pattern over his standard combat pants in a snowy environment. The overwhites material provides an additional cold and wet weather layer over the standard combat pants. It is paired with Twin Needle puttees over the boots to further protect the users legs and feet from a cold and wet weather environment. In an extreme wet weather environment the operative can choose to wear a poncho instead.

 

Should the environment require it, AMTF units are also equipped with internal cold weather clothing that can be worn underneath the standard uniform. These are the simple but effective waffle grid wool base layers. The operative is wearing a prototype base layer set from Beyond Clothing. The grid pattern of the wool allows for quick moisture wicking and airflow while still retaining a large amount of body heat. It can be paired with a grid pattern beanie, in this case a Helikon-Tex Grid Fleece Beanie Cap. This beanie has a pocket that allows the user to store their in-ear protection so they can quickly access it when switching from helmet to beanie.

 

In a combat scenario it is important to retain dexterity even when operating within a cold weather environment. Many cold weather mittens or gloves provide excellent insulation at the cost of reduced dexterity. One way to retain some dexterity while also fighting the cold is to layer gloves. The operative here wears Mechanix Original Gloves over his PIG FDT Alpha Gloves. This provides some insulation while also retaining dexterity. The operative can further enhance insulation by wearing the waffle grid base layer over the gloves using the incorporated thumb loop.

 

This customized cold weather system provides a sufficient level of cold weather protection in a lightweight and compressible package. Once all aspects of this cold weather suite is put together, it can provide the wearer with some comfort even in below freezing conditions.

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These images do not utilize AI and are original imagery with no items added or removed (such as errant leaves, pieces of trash, or power lines). What you see is as close to the moment as I experienced it.

 

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Remembrance Sunday, 10 November 2024

 

In the United Kingdom, Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m. on 11 November 1918. Remembrance Sunday is held to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts.

 

Remembrance Sunday is marked by ceremonies at local war memorials in most cities, towns and villages, attended by civic dignitaries, ex-servicemen and -women, members of local armed forces regular and reserve units, military cadet forces and uniformed youth organisations. Two minutes’ silence is observed at 11 a.m. and wreaths of remembrance poppies are then laid on the memorials.

 

The United Kingdom national ceremony is held in London at the Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wreaths are laid by King Charles III, principal members of the Royal Family, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal, the Prime Minister, leaders of the other major political parties, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, the Home Secretary, Commonwealth High Commissioners and representatives from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleets and the civilian services, and veterans’ groups. In 2024 wreaths were laid by military officers on behalf of Queen Camilla, who did not attend due to illness but normally watches from a balcony, and the Duke of Kent, who viewed the ceremony from a balcony. Two minutes' silence is held at 11 a.m., before the laying of the wreaths. This silence is marked by the firing of a field gun on Horse Guards Parade to begin and end the silence, followed by Royal Marines buglers sounding Last Post.

 

Other members of the Royal Family watch from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. In 2024 the Princess of Wales, the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence watched from the balconies.

 

After the ceremony, a parade of veterans and other related groups, organised by the Royal British Legion, marches past the Cenotaph, each section of which lays a wreath as it passes. Only ticketed participants can take part in the march past.

 

From 1919 until the Second World War remembrance observance was always marked on 11 November itself. It was then moved to Remembrance Sunday, but since the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in 1995, it has become usual to hold ceremonies on both Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

 

Each year, the music at the National Ceremony of Remembrance remains the same, following a programme finalised in 1930:

 

Rule, Britannia! by Thomas Arne

Heart of Oak by William Boyce

The Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore

Men of Harlech

The Skye Boat Song

Isle of Beauty by Thomas Haynes Bayly

David of the White Rock

Oft in the Stilly Night by John Stevenson

Flowers of the Forest

Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar

Dido's lament by Henry Purcell

O Valiant Hearts by Charles Harris

Solemn Melody by Walford Davies

Last Post – a bugle call

Beethoven's Funeral March No. 1, by Johann Heinrich Walch

O God, Our Help in Ages Past – words by Isaac Watts, music by William Croft

Reveille – a bugle call

God Save The King

 

Other pieces of music are then played during the march past and wreath laying by veterans, starting with Trumpet Voluntary and followed by It's A Long Way To Tipperary, the marching song of the Connaught Rangers, a famous British Army Irish Regiment of long ago.

 

Following the end of the official service at the Cenotaph, a mammoth column more than 10,000-strong (some 9,000 of whom were veterans) began marching along Whitehall, saluting the Cenotaph as they passed, Parliament Street, Great George Street, Horse Guards Road and back to Horse Guard Parade. The Prince of Wales took the salute from the column on Horse Guards Parade.

 

In 2024 the column of veterans was led by the Royal Marines Association marking the 360th anniversary of their formation in 1664.

 

Organisations in the column of veterans are as follows:

  

Column A Royal Marines and Royal Navy

 

A1 Royal Marines Association

A2 Royal Naval Association

A3 Royal Fleet Auxiliary Association

A4 Merchant Navy Association National

A5 Fleet Air Arm Association

A6 Aircrewman’s Association

A7 Fleet Air Arm Royal Navy Photographers Association

A8 Royal Navy Medical Branch Ratings and Sick Berth Staff Association

A9 Association of Royal Yachtsmen

A10 HMS Tiger Association

A11 HMS Jupiter Association

A12 Submariners Association

A13 Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service Association

A14 Association of Wrens

A15 Fisgard Association (Artificer Training Establishment Torpoint)

A16 HMS Ganges Association

A17 Royal Naval Communications Association

A18 Royal Navy Physical Training Branch Association

A19 Mine Warfare Association

A20 Royal Navy Clearance Divers Association

A21 Aircraft Handlers Association Royal Navy

A22 AnyFace Association

A23 Fleet Air Arm Armourers Association

A24 Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer Association

A25 Sea Harrier Association

A26 Royal Navy Cloud Observers

A27 Fleet Air Arm Field Gun Association

A28 Fleet Air Arm Junglie Association

A29 Fleet Air Arm Officers Association

A30 Royal Navy Safety Equipment Survival Association

A31 Royal Navy Seaman Specialist Association

A32 Royal Navy Writers Association

A33 TON Class Association

A34 County Class Destroyer Association

A35 Type 21 Association

A36 Type 42 Association

A37 HMS Glasgow Association

A38 HMS Exeter Association

A39 Type 22 Association

A40 HMS Broadsword Association

A41 GLARAC Association (HMS Glorious, Ardent and Ancasta)

A42 HMS Bulwark, Albion & Centaur Association

A43 HMS Hermes Association

A44 HMS Ark Royal Association

A45 HMS Illustrious Association

A46 HMS Blake Association

A47 Fighting G Club, HMS Gloucester Survivor's Association

A48 HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans' Association

A49 HMS Lowestoft Association

A50 HMS Plymouth

A51 HMS Andromeda Association

A52 HMS Argonaut Association

A53 HMS Ariadne Association

A54 HMS Scylla Association

A55 HMS Penelope Association

A56 Royal Naval Benevolent Trust

A57 Royal Navy Ex-Service Individuals

  

Column AA Special Veterans' Organisations

 

AA1 Blind Veterans

AA2 Combat Stress

AA3 BLESMA

AA4 Care for Veterans

AA5 Royal Hospital Chelsea

AA6 Royal Star and Garter

  

Column B Army, Infantry

 

B1 Fusilers Association

B2 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

B3 Royal Anglian Regiment

B4 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

B5 Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

B6 London Scottish Regimental Association

B7 Parachute Regimental Association

B8 Guards Parachute Association

B9 Grenadier Guards Association

B10 Coldstream Guards Association

B11 Scots Guards Association

B12 Irish Guards Association, Republic of Ireland Branch

B13 Welsh Guards Association

B14 Royal Regiment of Scotland

B15 Royal Scots Regimental Association

B16 Black Watch Association, London Branch

B17 Fraserburgh, Macduff & North East Gordon Highlanders Association

B18 Gordon Highlanders London Association

B19 King's Own Scottish Borderers' Association

B20 Queen's Own Highlanders' Association

B21 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment

B22 East Surrey Reunion Association

B23 The Queen's Regiment

B24 Royal Hampshire Regimental Association

B25 The Royal Yorkshire Regimental Association

B26 Prince of Wales' Own (West and East Yorkshire) Regimental Association.

B27 Green Howards

B28 Cheshire Regiment Association

B29 Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters Regimental Association

B30 Staffordshire Regiment

B31 Royal Welsh Comrades Association

B32 Combined Irish Regiments Association

B33 Regimental Association of the Royal Irish Regiment in Northern Ireland

B34 Ulster Defence Regiment Association

B35 Rifles Office

B36 Rifles Regimental Association

B37 Rifles and Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Regimental Association

B38 Devon and Dorset Regiment Association

B39 1 LI Association

B40 Durham Light Infantry Association

B41 Royal Green Jackets

B42 Rifles, Light Infantry and King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Association

B43 Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) & Family Association

B44 The London Regiment Association

  

Column C Army, Cavalry, Armoured and Support Corps

 

C1 The Life Guards Association

C2 The Blues and Royals Association

C3 Royal Pioneers Corps Association

C4 Beachley Old Boys Association

C5 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps Association

C6 The Royal Corps of Army Music

C7 Northern Ireland Veterans' Association

C8 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Past and Present Members Association

C9 Regimental Home Headquarters 1st Queen's Dragoon Guards

C10 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

C11 Home Headquarters Royal Dragoon Guards

C12 Queen's Royal Hussars Regimental Association

C13 Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own)

C14 The Queen's Royal Lancers Old Comrades Association

C15 16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers OCA

C16 17th/21st Lancers (Death or Glory Boys) Veterans

C17 King's Royal Hussars Regimental Association

C18 Light Dragoons Regimental Association

C19 Reconnaissance Corps Association

C20 Parachute Squadron Royal Armoured Corps

C21 Royal Artillery Association

C22 Special Observers' Association

C23 Royal Engineers Association

C24 36 Engineer Regiment Veterans

C25 Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Association

C26 Airborne Engineers Association

C27 Royal Signals Association

C28 Army Air Corps

C29 7 Regiment AAC(V) Association

C30 Glider Pilot Regiment Society

C31 656 Squadron Army Air Corps Association

C32 Royal Logistics Corps Association

C33 Royal Army Ordnance Corps Association

C34 Royal Army Service Corps & Royal Corps of Transport Association

C35 Army Catering Corps Association

C36 Association of Ammunition Technicians

C37 Royal Army Medical Corps Association

C38 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Association

C39 Arborfield Old Boys Association

C40 Adjutant General's Corps Association

C41 Military Provost Staff Association

C42 Royal Army Educational Corps

C43 Royal Military Police Association

C44 Royal Army Pay Corps Regimental Association

C45 Royal Army Veterinary Corps Association

C46 Army Dog Unit Northern Ireland (Royal Army Veterinary Corps) Association

C47 Royal Army Dental Corps Association

C48 Intelligence Corps Association

C49 Royal Army Physical Training Corps

C50 Women's Royal Army Corps Association

C51 The Royal Yeomanry

C52 Allied Command Europe Mobile Force

C53 Gurkha Brigade Association

C54 Media Operations Group

C55 British Gurkha Welfare Society

C56 British Fijian Veterans and Families

C57 The Junior Tradesmen's Regiment

C58 Hong Kong Military Service Corps Veterans

C59 Army Ex-Service Individuals

 

Column D Royal Air Force

 

D1 Royal Air Forces Association

D2 6 Squadron (Royal Air Force) Association

D3 No 7 Squadron Association

D4 9 Squadron Association RAF

D5 18 (B) Squadron Association

D6 202 Squadron Association

D7 84 Squadron Association

D8 RAF Yatesbury Association

D9 33 Squadron Association RAF

D10 Harrier Force Association

D11 Air Loadmaster Association

D12 8 Squadron Association RAF

D13 31 Squadron Association

D14 100 Squadron Association

D15 617 Squadron Association

D16 237 OCU Association

D17 is 216 Squadron (RAF) Association

D18 II(AC) Squadron Royal Air Force

D19 WAAF WRAF RAF(W) Association

D20 Women's Royal Air Force Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association

D21 Royal Air Force Police Association

D22 RAFA Caduceus Branch 1373

D23 Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Association

D24 RAF Survival Equipment Association

D25 RAF Music Services Association

D26 RAF and Defence Services Fire Association

D27 RAF Catering Association

D28 Royal Air Forces Association Armourers Association

D29 RAF Trade Group 11 Association

D30 RAF Trade Group 6

D31 Federation of RAF Apprentices and Boy Entrants Association

D32 RAF Engineering and Airfield Construction Branch Association

D33 Flight Engineers and Air Engineers Association

D34 RAF Locking TG3 Association

D35 RAF C-130 Aircraft Ground Engineers Association

D36 RAF Regiment Association

D37 RAF Ex-Prisoners of War Association

D38 1370 Global Branch RAFA

D39 Royal Observer Corps Association

D40 Canopy Club Association

D41 RAF Mountain Rescue Association

D42 Air Sea Rescue & Marine Craft Section Club (RAF)

D43 Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association

D44 RAF Servicing Command and Tactical Supply Wing Association

D45 RAF Movements Association

D46 RAF Linguists' Association

D47 RAF Masirah/RAF Salalah Veterans Association

D48 RAF Physical Education Association

D49 RAF Ex-Service Individuals

  

Column E Other Veterans Organisations

 

E1 Spirit of Normandy Trust

E2 Monte Cassino Society

E3 Italy Association 1939 - 1945

E4 Burma Star Memorial Fund

E5 Chindit Society

E6 Commando Society

E7 UK Afghanistan Veterans Community

E8 MERT Club

E9 CASEVAC Club

E10 Royal British Legion

E11 Royal British Legion Scotland

E12 Corps of Commissionaires

E13 Union Jack Club

E14 National Malaya & Borneo Veterans Association

E15 Malayan Volunteers Group

E16 Aden Veterans' Association

E17 South Atlantic Medal Association

E18 National Gulf Veterans and Families Association

E19 British Nuclear Test Veterans Association

E20 Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for Atomic Test Survivors

E21 British West India Regiments Heritage Trust

E22 Gallantry Medallists' League

E23 King's Volunteer Medal Reserves Association

E24 National Association of Retired Police Officers

E25 Metropolitan Police Armed Forces Veterans Association

E26 International Police Association

E27 The Coastguard Association

E28 Naval Canteen Service and Expeditionary Force Institutes Association

E29 Stoll

E30 Not Forgotten Association

E31 Forces Employment Charity

E32 Armed Forces Veterans Breakfast Club

E33 Devon and Cornwall Armed Forced Veterans Clubs

E34 Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust Veterans Wellbeing Support Group

E35 Care After Combat

E36 HMP Risley Veterans

E37 HM Body of Yeoman Warders of the Tower of London

E38 King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard

E39 Trucial Oman Scouts Association

E40 15 Psychological Operations Group Black & White Association

E41 South African Legion - UK & Europe

E42 AJEX The Jewish Military Association

E43 Fellowship of the Services 2015

E44 Veterans - War Veterans of the Czech Republic

E45 Hong Kong Ex-Servicemen's Association (UK Branch)

E46 Bond van Wapenbroeders

E47 Memorable Order of Tinhats

E48 Circuit of Service Lodges

E49 Sight Scotland Veterans (formerly Scottish War Blinded)

  

Column F Widows and Childrens' Organisations

 

F1 War Widows' Association

F2 Royal Navy and Royal Marines Widows' Association

F3 Army Widows' Association

F4 RAF Widows's Association

F5 Scotty's Little Soldiers

F6 Civilians Killed by Enemy Action Memorial

F7 Children and Families of Far East Prisoners of War

  

Column R Civilian Organisations

 

R1 Transport for London

R2 Commonwealth War Graves Commission

R3 First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

R4 Royal National Lifeboat Institution

R5 Gallipoli Association

R6 Gallipoli & Dardanelles International

R7 Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

R8 Blue Cross

R9 PDSA

R10 Civil Defence Association

R11 St Nazaire Society

R12 British Evacuees Association

R13 Women's Royal Voluntary Services / Royal Voluntary Services

R14 The Royal NAAFI

R15 Toc H

R16 Royal Ulster Constabulary GC Association

R17 Metropolitan Special Constabulary

R18 Norfolk Constabulary Ceremonial Association

R19 Post Office Fellowship of Remembrance CIC

R20 St John Ambulance

R21 British Red Cross

R22 St Andrew's First Aid

R23 Munitions Workers Association

R24 Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes

R25 Royal Antediluvian order of Buffaloes Grand Lodge of England Limited

R26 Salvation Army

R27 British Resistance - Coleshill Auxiliary Research Team

R28 National Association of Round Tables of Great Britain and Ireland

R29 National Association of Tangent Clubs

R30 Fighting with Pride

R31 SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity

R32 Help for Heroes

R33 Polish Contingent

R34 Canadian Veterans

R35 Royal Canadian Legion

R36 Foreign Legion Association of Great Britain

R37 ENSA Memorial

R38 MOD Civilian Support to Operations

R39 Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

R40 Association of Ex-Round Tablers' Clubs

R41 The National Association of Ladies Circles GB&I

  

Column Y Youth Organisations

 

Y1 Sea Cadets

Y2 Army Cadets

Y3 RAF Air Cadets

Y4 Combined Cadet Forces

Y5 Volunteer Police Cadets

Y6 Fire Cadets

Y7 St John Ambulance

Y8 The Scout Association

Y9 Girlguiding

Y10 Boys Brigade

Y11 Girls' Brigades Ministries

Y12 Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade

Y13 Jewish Lads' and Girls' Brigade

Y14 YMCA

    

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Dettifoss Waterfall East Side Iceland Ring Road Fuji GFX100s Medium Format Fine Art Landscape Photography IS Long Expousure Silky Water ! Dr. Elliot McGucken Master Fine Art Nature Photographer Fujifilm GFX 100s

 

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Lao Tzu--The Tao: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

 

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All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)

 

The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)

 

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This is my entry for the cacri tank challenge over at cghub. Very fun and difficult but having a deadline kept me going. I wish I would've had an extra day to really polish it up, but I do think I managed to get my idea across.

 

This was the description provided:

"Cancri55e is a recently discovered planet that is made up of diamond and graphite. Cancri orbits its sun in just 18 hours which makes the surface incredibly hot. The first creature that has been discovered on the 'diamond planet' is called the Cancri Tank. It is a very short but wide, 6 limbed creature. It is not yet confirmed if it hosts an exoskeleton or extremely hardened epidermis, but it is made of an almost indestructible material. We do know that at those temperatures, it is blind, which leaves us wondering what senses it relies on for navigation. Its movements are extremely slow and energy preserving."

is he poisonous?

Live from Festival Belia Putrajaya 2014

though there's already a glass to wash and I've spilled something on the floor

 

I love my rug

Fajr Prayer is Healthy...

  

"And He it is Who made the night a covering for you, and the sleep a rest, and He made the day to rise up again"

[Surah al-Furqan; 25:47]

 

Certainly sleep is one of the blessings from Allah. At the end of a busy day a person looks forward to sleeping and regaining enough energy for the next day. Sleep is also important for good health and safety reasons. However, studies vary as to how much sleep is enough. Some studies claim 8-10 hours is a requirement for everyone. However, the Prophet Mohammad used to sleep very few hours in the night and used part of the night for prayer. Recent studies confirm that this may actually be healthier for some people.

 

Sleep is important for health and safety reasons. Lack of sleep can lead to mental illness, relationship problems, absence from work and even traffic accidents.

 

Researchers have found that people with chronic insomnia are more likely than others to develop several kinds of psychiatric problems, and are also likely to make greater use of healthcare services (Yang). Lost productivity due to sleepiness has been estimated to cost the national economy as much as $100 billion annually and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated more than 100,000 auto crashes annually may be fatigue related (Yang). Because of this, some studies claim that 8-10 hours should be required for everyone. However, recent studies have confirmed what the prophet Muhammad did may be healthy for some people.

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Bilderna får beskäras men inte förvanskas. Fotografens namn och Kristianstads kommun skall alltid anges. Hittar du bilder på dig i vårt fotoalbum som du vill att vi tar bort kontaktar du oss på kommun@kristianstad.se.

 

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Petrofani is an abandoned village in central Cyprus. It is located in the Larnaca District and is about 2.5 kilometers southwest of Athienou. Petrofani is close to the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus. Prior to the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the village was inhabited by Turkish Cypriots.

 

Athienou is a village in Larnaca District, Cyprus. It is one of only four villages located within the United Nations Buffer Zone, the other three being Pyla, Troulloi and Deneia. Today, Athienou has a population of around 6,500 people.

 

Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean and the world's 80th largest island by area.

 

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

 

Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

 

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

 

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.

  

Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centred around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its bay and port. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and the second-largest city of Croatia. Spread over a central peninsula and its surroundings, Split's greater area includes the surrounding seaside towns as well. An intraregional transport hub, the city is a link to numerous Adriatic islands and the Apennine peninsula, as well as a popular tourist destination.

 

Split is also one of the oldest cities in the area. While it is traditionally considered just over 1,700 years old counting from the construction of Diocletian's Palace in AD 305, archaeological research relating to the original founding of the city as the Greek colony of Aspálathos (Aσπάλαθος) in the 6th century BC, establishes the urban tradition of the area as being several centuries older.

Head lamp is ready for a trip down to the ocean at night. He just cracks me up.

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