Whitewebbs Golf Club

Enfield, London

Length: 5822 yds

Par: 69

Closed: 2021

Rewilded to parkland: 2022

Sold out to redevelopment: 2025

Council-owned municipal golf course was returned to public use and rewilded to parkland. In 2025, Enfield Council approved a scheme to lease over 50% of the parkland to Tottenham Hotspur for them to develop a training facility, a decision that will see the removal of 207 trees.

Enfield Council agreed a lease of 25 years for just £2m. A stitch-up between a rotten borough and an offshore-owned football club.

The 25 de Abril Bridge is a suspension bridge connecting the city of Lisbon, capital of Portugal, to the municipality of Almada on the left (south) bank of the Tagus river. It has a total length of 2,277 metres, making it the 46th longest suspension bridge in the world.

From its inauguration in 6 August 1966 up to 1974, the bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Portuguese Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, who ordered its construction. After the Carnation Revolution, which overthrew the remnants of Salazar's regime, the bridge was renamed for April 25, the date of the revolution. It is also commonly called the Tagus River Bridge.

Later changes had to be made due to the rapid increase in population. In the 1990s, a fifth car lane was added, and in 1999, a lower deck, used as a railway track, which was planned since the beginning, was finally built. Today, the upper deck carries six car lanes while the lower deck carries a double track railway, electrified at 25 kV AC.

From the late 19th century, there had been proposals to build a bridge across the Tagus. In 1929, the idea advanced when the Portuguese engineer and entrepreneur, António Bello, requested a government concession for a railway crossing between Lisbon and Montijo (where the Vasco da Gama Bridge, the second bridge serving Lisbon, was later built in 1998). As a result, the Minister of Public Works, Duarte Pacheco, created a commission in 1933 to analyse the request. The commission reported in 1934, and proposed building a road and rail bridge. Bids were obtained, but the proposal was subsequently put aside in favor of a bridge crossing the river at Vila Franca de Xira, 35 kilometres north of Lisbon.

In 1953, a new government commission started work and, in 1958, recommended building the bridge, choosing the southern anchor point adjacent to the recently built monument to Christ the King (Cristo-Rei). In 1959, the international invitation to tender for the project received four bids. In 1960, the winner was announced as a consortium headed by the United States Steel Export Company, which had also submitted a bid in 1935. The American School of Lisbon was founded largely to educate the children of the American engineers brought to Portugal to work on the construction of the bridge.

Construction began on 5 November 1962. Forty-five months later, six months ahead of schedule, the bridge was inaugurated on 6 August 1966. Presiding at the ceremony was the President of Portugal, Admiral Américo Thomaz. Also present were the Prime-Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar, and the Patriarch of Lisbon, Cardinal Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira. The bridge was named Salazar Bridge (Ponte Salazar), after Prime Minister Salazar.

United States Steel International Inc., based in New York, was prime contractor for the bridge. Morrison-Knudsen of Portugal Ltd., an American firm based in Boise, Idaho, was U.S. Steel's principal associate. Morrison-Knudsen had previously worked on the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The bridge was designed by Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist and London of New York, and Tudor Engineering Company of San Francisco. The steel was imported from the US. Four workers lost their lives, out of a total of 3,000 who worked on the site. Construction took a total of 2,185,000 man-hours of work. The total cost of the bridge came to 2.2 billion Portuguese escudos, or US$32 million (US$225 million in 2011 adjusted for inflation).

Soon after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, the bridge was renamed the 25 de Abril Bridge, the day the revolution had occurred. A symbol of those times was captured on film, with citizens removing the large brass letters spelling "Salazar" from one of the main pillars of the bridge and painting a provisional "25 de Abril" in its place.

The upper platform, running 70 m above water, had four car lanes, two in each direction, with a dividing guardrail. On 23 July 1990, the guardrail was removed and a fifth, reversible lane was created. On 6 November 1998, the side walls were extended and reinforced to make space for the present six lanes. Cars crossing the bridge make a peculiar hum because the two inner lanes are made of metallic grating rather than asphalt to minimize aerodynamic forces by means of pressure equalization.

Since 30 June 1999, the lower platform has carried a double track railway. To accommodate that, the bridge underwent extensive structural reinforcements, including a second set of main cables, placed above the original set, and the main towers were increased in height. The railway had been part of the initial design, but was eliminated for economy, so the initial structure was lightened. The original builder American Bridge Company was called again for the job, performing the first aerial spinning of additional main cables on a loaded, fully operational suspension bridge.

Traffic soon increased well beyond predictions, and has remained at maximum capacity despite the enlargement from four to six lanes, the addition of the railway, and the building of a second bridge serving Lisbon, the Vasco da Gama Bridge. A third bridge has been on and off government plans for some time, but the idea has been dropped presently, due to Portugal's budget constraints.

Glen Canyon is a natural canyon carved by a 169.6-mile length of the Colorado River, mostly in southeastern and south-central Utah, in the United States. Glen Canyon starts where Narrow Canyon ends, at the confluence of the Colorado River and the Dirty Devil River. A small part of the lower end of Glen Canyon extends into northern Arizona and terminates at Lee's Ferry, near the Vermilion Cliffs. Like the Grand Canyon further downstream, Glen Canyon is part of the immense system of canyons carved by the Colorado River and its tributaries.

In 1963, a reservoir, Lake Powell, was created by the construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, in the Arizona portion of Glen Canyon near Page, inundating much of Glen Canyon under water hundreds of feet in depth. Contrary to popular belief, Lake Powell was not the result of negotiations over the controversial damming of the Green River within Dinosaur National Monument at Echo Park; the Echo Park Dam proposal was abandoned due to nationwide citizen pressure on Congress to do so.  The Glen Canyon Dam remains a central issue for modern environmentalist movements. Beginning in the late 1990s, the Sierra Club and other organizations renewed the call to dismantle the dam and drain Lake Powell in Lower Glen Canyon. Today, Glen Canyon and Lake Powell are managed by the U.S. Department of the Interior within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

Taken with a ringflash Canon

Camera:Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Exposure:0.005 sec (1/200)

Aperture:f/7.1

Focal Length:25 mm

Exposure:+0.12

ISO Speed:100

Exposure Bias:-2/3 EV

Flash:On, Fired

As Angola didn' t want to deliver me a visa, i've been in Kenya. Well , it's a good suprise to be honest! I've done the most touristic places with lots of lions, elephants etc.. and the most remoted areas in the north where you can meet some really nice tribes, not only Masais!!

On this first post, the Turkana girls playing with my wideangle and my ring flash! The place where they live is really remoted, not touristic at all (in the "best" hotel of the area, i was electrocuted.!), and looks like the moon , or Goubet in Djibouti, as i imagine more people have been in Djibouti!

The "road" to meet them is a shame, compared to the south Kenya with is really well developed. The road consists in rocks, dust, sand...a real hell on earth!

Peter Beard made a lot of pictures in this area.

The Turkana inhabit the arid territories of northern Kenya, on the boundary with Sudan.

Nilotic-speaking people, they have for a long time stayed outside of the influence of the main foreign trends. Nomad shepherds adapted to a almost totally desert area, some also fish in the Turkana lake. They are divided in 28 clans. Each one of them is associated with a particular brand for its livestock, so that any Turkana can identify a relative in this way.

The majority of the Turkana still follow their traditional religion: they believe in a God called Kuj or Akuj, associated with the sky and creator of all things. He is thought to be omnipotent but rarely intervenes in the lives of people. Contact between God and the people is made though a diviner (emeron). Diviners have the power to interpret dreams, foresee the future, heal, and make rain. However, the Turkana doubt about those who say they have powers, but fail to prove it in the everyday life. Estimates are that about 15% of the Turkana are Christian. Evangelism has started among the Turkana since the 1970s. Various churches have had work for some decades and church buildings have been built. The most astonishing element one can notice in the villages, is that the only permanent structures are churches, with huts all around. Infact, in the late 1970s, feeding projects as well as literacy courses and other services have been provided by Baptist workers. This easily explains the importance acquired by the Church.

They don't have any physical initiations. They have only the asapan ceremony, transition from youth to adulthood, that all men must perform before marriage.Turkana marriage is polygynous. Homestead consists of a man, his wives and children, and often his mother and other dependent women. Each wife and her children build a sitting hut for daytime and, in the rainy season, a sleeping hut for nighttime. When a new wife comes, she stays at the hut of the mother or first wife until she has her first child. The high bride-wealth payment (30 to 50 cattle, 30 to 50 camels and 100 to 200 small stock) often means that a man cannot marry until he has inherited livestock from his dead father. It also implies that he collect livestock from relatives and friends, which strengthens social ties through the transfer of livestock. Resolution is found to conflicts through discussions between the men living in proximity to one another. Men of influence are particularly listened, and decisions are enforced by the younger men of the area. Each man belongs to alternating generation sets. If a man is a Leopard, his son will be a Stone, so that there are approximately equal numbers of each category. These groups are formed when there is a need to make large groups rapidly. The Turkana make finely crafted carved wooden implements used in daily life. During the rainy season, moonlight nights' songs have a particular place in the Turkana's life. They often refer to their cattle or land, but they are sometimes improvised and related to immediate events. The Turkana have a deep knowledge of plants and products they use as medicine. That is why the fat-tailed sheep is often called "the hospital for the Turkana".

Les Turkanas habitent les territoires arides du nord du Kenya, à la frontière avec le Soudan.Peuple de langue nilotique, ils sont pendant longtemps restés hors de l’influence des principaux courants étrangers. Pasteurs nomades adaptés à une zone presque totalement déserte, certains pêchent également dans le lac Turkana. Ils sont divisés en 28 clans. Chacun d’entre eux est associé à une marque particulière donné à son bétail, de telle façon que tout Turkana peut identifier un parent de cette manière.La majorité des Turkana suit encore leur religion traditionnelle : ils croient en un Dieu appelé Kuj ou Akuj, associé au ciel et créateur de toute chose. Les Turkana le voient comme omnipotent mais intervenant rarement dans la vie des gens. Le contact entre Dieu et les hommes se fait par l’intermédiaire d’un divin (emeron). Les devins ont le pouvoir d’interpréter les rêves, prédire l’avenir, soigner et faire pleuvoir. Toutefois, les Turkana doutent de ceux qui disent qu’ils ont des pouvoirs, mais échouent à le prouver dans la vie de tous les jours. Selon des estimations, environ 15% des Turkana sont chrétiens. L’évangélisme a commencé chez les Turkana depuis les années 1970. Diverses églises ont depuis été construites. L’élément le plus étonnbant que l’on peut noter dans les villages est que les seules structures en dur sont les églises, avec des huttes tout autour. En fait, à la fin des années 1970, des projets alimentaires ainsi que des cours d’alphabétisation et d’autres services ont été menés par des travailleurs baptistes. Cela explique facilement l’importance acquise par l’Eglise.Les Turkana n’ont aucune initiation physique. Ils ont seulement la cérémonie asapan, transition de la jeunesse à l’âge adulte, que chaque homme doit suivre avant le mariage. Les Turkana sont polygames. La propriété familiale est composée d’un homme, ses femmes et enfants, et souvent sa mère. Quand une nouvelle femme arrive, elle loge dans la hutte de la mère ou de la première femme jusqu’à ce qu’elle ait son premier enfant. Le paiement élevé pour la mariée (30 à 50 têtes de gros bétail, 30 à 50 dromadaires, et 100 à 200 têtes de petit bétail) signifie souvent qu’un homme ne peut se permettre de se marier jusqu’à ce qu’il ait hérité le bétail de son père décédé. Cela implique également qu’il collecte le bétail requis de parents et amis, ce qui renforce les liens sociaux entre eux. La résolution des conflits se fait par la discussion entre les hommes vivant à proximité.Les hommes d’influence sont particulièrement écoutés, et les décisions sont mises en application par les hommes plus jeunes de la zone. Chaque homme appartient à une classe d’âge spécifique. Si un homme est un Léopard, son fils deviendra une Pierre, de telle façon qu’il y a approximativement un même nombre de chaque catégorie. Les Turkana font des outils en bois finement taillés, utilisés dans la vie de tous les jours. Durant la saison des pluies, les chansons des nuits de pleine lune ont une place particulière dans la vie des Turkana. Elles font souvent référence à leur bétail et terres, mais sont parfois improvisées ou liées à des événements immédiats. Les Turkana ont une connaissance intime des plantes et des produits qu’ils utilisent comme médicaments. La queue grasse des moutons est souvent appelée « l’hôpital pour les Turkana ».

© Eric Lafforgue

www.ericlafforgue.com

“At length an oak chest that had long lain hid

Was found in the castle, they raised the lid,

And a skeleton form lay mouldering there,

In the bridled wreath of a lady fair.

Oh! sad was her fate, for in sportive jest.

She hid from her Lord, in an old oak chest,

It had closed with a spring, and a dreadful doom,

For the bride she laid clasped in a living tomb.” - The Mistletoe Bow.

A photo edit for Halloween. The ruins at Minster Lovell where Lord Lovell’s bride is said to have met her terrible fate.......

Astra Perseus

IMO:

9611814

Flag:

Marshall Islands

MMSI:

538004715

Callsign:

V7YR4

Vessel type:

Bulk Carrier

Gross tonnage:

34,837 tons

Summer DWT:

58,518 tons

Length:

196 m

Beam:

32 m

Draught:

10.6 m

Map of right angle triangles with different leg lengths that share the same hypotenuse, up to a hypotenuse length of 25. LEGO calls these "Pythagorean pairs". The map also includes a few Pythagorean triples (magenta squares), and indicates common wedge angles.

Fun fact: the angles you can achieve with these always line up exactly with a pythagorean triple.

This showed up in a guest article I wrote for BrickNerd on SHIP structure, angles and polygon construction. It can be used in all manner of places though.

In my most recent youtube episode, I complained at length about the non-stop rain that I ran into on my recent trip to Senja in Northern Norway. There were many days in a row when I would look out the window of my Airbnb and then look at the forecast and seriously consider just watching Netflix and giving up on any kind of a photo while I was there. But I knew from experience that all you really need is 2 minutes of light to go from something drab and horrible to something amazing. So… I loaded up the car and set off in the pouring rain for my FIFTH attempt at finding a break in the clouds at Tungenesset. It was coming down in buckets on the way there and it came down even harder as I parked. I grew frustrated as squall after squall blew in with only about 5 minutes between…just enough time to get the tripod set up…and then take it down. After an hour or so of this, I just covered the camera, hunched down in the rain, and just waited it out. As one of the final squalls finished blowing over, the sky suddenly erupted in the West as the sun found a small crack and lit the sky on fire. As rain was still continuing to fall, it was a challenge to keep the rain off of the lens, but I kept wiping and shooting for the few brief moments that the sun was able to break through. All too soon, the sun disappeared, the wind picked up, and it was time to call it a day.

I left the one individual in the shot as I felt he was staring in awe at the sky, and for some reason, the James Taylor title seemed to work here.

If you would like to see what happened on the second half of my Autumn trip to Northern Norway, please feel free to visit my youtube channel at the link below. If you do make it over there, be sure to say hi. :)

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Type:Minehunter

Displacement:650 t

Length:54.4 m (178 ft)

Beam:9.2 m (30 ft)

Draft:2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)

Propulsion:

2 × MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel-engines, 2040 kW each

2 × electric motors for slow and silent maneuvering

2 × Renk PLS 25 E gearboxes

2 × controllable pitch propellers

Speed:18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Complement:41

Sensors and

processing systems:

1 × hull mounted DSQS-11A mine hunting sonar

DRBN 32 navigation radar

Electronic warfare

& decoys:

2 × TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) decoy launchers (currently under procurement)

2 × Barricade chaff and flare launcher

Armament:

1 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 dual purpose gun (currently upgrading to 1 × MLG 27 27 mm autocannon)

2 FIM-92 Stinger MANPADS surface-to-air missile

2 × Pinguin B3 mine hunting ROVs

Mine laying capabilities

Notes:

mine diver equipment, decompression chamber

BR Green Liveried 37521 and 37667 are photographed arriving into Carstairs station working 5Z12 from St Bees which ran via The Settle to Carlisle line, G&SW route, Ayrshire coast, Paisley Gilmour Street and Motherwell, 5/3/21.

The 37s ran round the train to later depart as 5Z13 to Glenfinnan via The West Highland Line.

My video of the action can be found here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vr1air6A5g

The purpose of these workings, the workings the previous day to and from Berwick Upon Tweed and indeed the moves over the next couple of days are for training Locomotive Services Ltd staff in preparation for rail tours/charters in the near future all being well.

© Stewart Atkinson Photography

This micro length pleated miniskirt is perfect for showing off one's legs. If it was any shorter, I would probably be arrested by the hem police!

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The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) is a species of oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around 90 cm (35 in) in carapace length when fully grown. The adult loggerhead sea turtle weighs approximately 135 kg (298 lb), with the largest specimens weighing in at more than 450 kg (1,000 lb). The skin ranges from yellow to brown in color, and the shell is typically reddish brown. No external differences in sex are seen until the turtle becomes an adult, the most obvious difference being the adult males have thicker tails and shorter plastrons (lower shells) than the females.

The loggerhead sea turtle is found in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. It spends most of its life in saltwater and estuarine habitats, with females briefly coming ashore to lay eggs. The loggerhead sea turtle has a low reproductive rate; females lay an average of four egg clutches and then become quiescent, producing no eggs for two to three years. The loggerhead reaches sexual maturity within 17–33 years and has a lifespan of 47–67 years.

The loggerhead sea turtle is omnivorous, feeding mainly on bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Its large and powerful jaws serve as an effective tool for dismantling its prey. Young loggerheads are exploited by numerous predators; the eggs are especially vulnerable to terrestrial organisms. Once the turtles reach adulthood, their formidable size limits predation to large marine animals, such as large sharks.

The loggerhead sea turtle has a cosmopolitan distribution, nesting over the broadest geographical range of any sea turtle. It inhabits the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans and the Mediterranean Sea.

In the Atlantic Ocean, the greatest concentration of loggerheads is along the southeastern coast of North America and in the Gulf of Mexico. Very few loggerheads are found along the European and African coastlines. Florida is the most popular nesting site, with more than 67,000 nests built per year. Nesting extends as far north as Virginia, as far south as Brazil, and as far east as the Cape Verde Islands. The Cape Verde Islands are the only significant nesting site on the eastern side of the Atlantic. Loggerheads found in the Atlantic Ocean feed from Canada to Brazil.

In the Indian Ocean, loggerheads feed along the coastlines of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and in the Arabian Sea. Along the African coastline, loggerheads nest from Mozambique's Bazaruto Archipelago to South Africa's St Lucia estuary. The largest Indian Ocean nesting site is Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula, which hosts around 15,000 nests, giving it the second largest nesting population of loggerheads in the world. Western Australia is another notable nesting area, with 1,000–2,000 nests per year.

Pacific loggerheads live in temperate to tropical regions. They forage in the East China Sea, the southwestern Pacific, and along the Baja California Peninsula. Eastern Australia and Japan are the major nesting areas, with the Great Barrier Reef deemed an important nesting area. Pacific loggerheads occasionally nest in Vanuatu and Tokelau. Yakushima Island is the most important site, with three nesting grounds visited by 40% of all nearby loggerheads. After nesting, females often find homes in the East China Sea, while the Kuroshio Current Extension's Bifurcation region provides important juvenile foraging areas. Eastern Pacific populations are concentrated off the coast of Baja California, where upwelling provides rich feeding grounds for juvenile turtles and subadults. Nesting sites along the eastern Pacific Basin are rare. mtDNA sequence polymorphism analysis and tracking studies suggest 95% of the population along the coast of the Americas hatch on the Japanese Islands in the western Pacific. The turtles are transported by the prevailing currents across the full length of the northern Pacific, one of the longest migration routes of any marine animal. The return journey to the natal beaches in Japan has been long suspected, although the trip would cross unproductive clear water with few feeding opportunities. Evidence of a return journey came from an adult female loggerhead named Adelita, which in 1996, equipped with a satellite tracking device, made the 14,500 km (9,000 mi) trip from Mexico across the Pacific. Adelita was the first animal of any kind ever tracked across an ocean basin.

The Mediterranean Sea is a nursery for juveniles, as well as a common place for adults in the spring and summer months. Almost 45% of the Mediterranean juvenile population has migrated from the Atlantic. Loggerheads feed in the Alboran Sea and the Adriatic Sea, with tens of thousands of specimens (mainly sub-adult) seasonally present in the North-Eastern portion of the latter, above all in the area of the Po Delta. Greece is the most popular nesting site along the Mediterranean, with more than 3,000 nests per year. Zakynthos hosts the largest Mediterranean nesting with the second one being in Kyparissia Bay. Because of this, Greek authorities do not allow planes to take off or land at night in Zakynthos due to the nesting turtles. In addition to the Greek coast, the coastlines of Cyprus and Turkey are also common nesting sites.

*Wikipedia

O'Mally - Shabby Full Length Mirror (white)

•Size Click Ability

•Full Bright On/Off Clickable

•Copy able

New! @ The Marketplace.

Additional colors available.

Only 10L Each.

United Kingdom : 2011 - 2013

Production : approx. 300 units

4 cylinder 1330cc engine

98 PS DIN

6 speed manual gearbox or automatic CVT optional

Length : 3,07m

Weight : 988kg

Speed : 170 km/h

Tugboat operating in the Port of Rotterdam.

IMO: 9695614

MMSI: 244870671

Call Sign: PDDV

Flag: Netherlands [NL]

AIS Vessel Type: Tug

Gross Tonnage: 447

Deadweight: 169 t

Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 32.7m × 12.1m

Year Built: 2016

Status: Active

Read more at www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:3877271...

Some of you wanted to see a full length version of this outfit and here it is.

I have worn it before and i think i have posted the photos a little while back. this was taken the other night when i was recovering from a hectic weekend.

This look really came together well just because i had worn a hat all day and it kind of squished my hair into this style lol.

Shoes are very dull just plain white flats

POLLUX (IMO: 9496953) is a Special Vessel and is sailing under the flag of Netherlands. Her length overall (LOA) is 81.2 meters and her width is 13.3 meters.

Many wildlife photographers tend to shy away from vultures, but yet they will go to great lengths to photograph the bald eagle. We picture our national bird as this powerful raptor that attacks and kills its prey by diving from great heights, etc. Well here's a little truth to, perhaps, rain on that parade a little bit. While an eagle can dive and kill its prey, the truth is they are very much opportunistic feeders, if not a bit lazy. They will feed, therefore, on dead and rotten meat, and I do mean rotten, very rotten! They actually compete with and will chase away their raptor cousins, the vultures. So with that image in mind, perhaps the vultures do deserve a little photographic coverage, since they feed from the same trough as the eagle ;-> These two images are of the black vulture and the turkey vulture. The latter is easily distinguished by the red on its head. The turkey vulture has the largest olfactory lobe in the bird kingdom. They are often called the bloodhounds of the skies, as they can detect the slightest aroma of 'dead meat'. If you look closely at the turkey vulture's head, you can see it highly developed sinus passages. You can see daylight though the opening, as it is open laterally to allow more air in for sampling. The black vulture is totally lacking in this specialized sinus 'array' and their olfactory lobe in their brain is much, much smaller. So what happens in nature is that the black vulture hangs out near the turkey vulture. When the latter finds a meal, the former swoops in for a free meal. And of course the bald eagle is just as likely to join in on the feast as well, running off the buzzards while it gets it fill.

Length : about 400 mm (16 inches)

A black morph of Eastern Grey Squirrel

I would be delighted if you also had time to visit this album : www.flickr.com/photos/110648625@N05/albums/72157667865863912

Body length: approx. 11 mm

Lens: Nikon CFI Plan Achromat 10x NA 0.25 on Raynox DCR 150 used as a tube lens

Number of shots: 276 @ 7.5um stepsize using an MJKZZ Qool Rail 250

Illumination: DIY lighting tunnel (360 x SMD led type 2216 + diffuser) + DIY lighting tunnel controller

Edit: Helicon focus, Photoshop CC, Lightroom C

Scene: staged

Program:Manual

Lens:50mm f/1.4 G

F:1.4

Speed:1/1000

ISO:1250

Focal Length:50.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 50.0 mm)

Focus Mode:AF-C

AF Area:Dynamic Area (3D-tracking)

Shooting Mode:Continuous, Auto ISO

VR:Off

WB:Auto0

Picture Control:Neutral

Focus Distance:0.60 m

Dof:0.011 m (0.590 - 0.601)

HyperFocal:59.43 m

The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a species of baleen whale. It is a rorqual (a member of the family Balaenopteridae) and is the only species in the genus Megaptera. Adults range in length from 14–17 m (46–56 ft) and weigh up to 40 metric tons (44 short tons). The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with long pectoral fins and tubercles on its head. It is known for breaching and other distinctive surface behaviors, making it popular with whale watchers. Males produce a complex song that typically lasts from 4 to 33 minutes.

Found in oceans and seas around the world, humpback whales typically migrate between feeding areas towards the poles and breeding areas near the equator. Their diet consists mostly of krill and small fish, and they usually use bubbles to catch prey. They are polygynandrous breeders, with both sexes having multiple partners. Males will follow females and fight off rivals. Mothers give birth to calves in shallower water. Orcas are the main natural predators of humpback whales. The bodies of humpbacks host barnacles and whale lice.

Like other large whales, the humpback was a target for the whaling industry. Humans once hunted the species to the brink of extinction: its population fell to around 5,000 by the 1960s. Numbers have partially recovered to some 135,000 animals worldwide, but entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships, and noise pollution continue to affect the species

This classic 911 style Porsche built in 1967, 1991cc, having an enjoyable day driving round the Goodwood Race Circuit and keeping out of other drivers faster and more modern machinery. The passenger is watching her rear view mirror by the look of her eyes.

Image info:- Nikon Z9 with Nikon VR S 100-400mm @ f/4.5, shutter 1/160th second, ISO 64, focal length 100mm, processed in LightRoom Classic.

One light - flash, bounced, 1/2 power, 1/300 sec. Edited in Lightroom

United Kingdom : 1970 - 1974

Total Production : 2268 units

Only 142 units of this 750ES

4 cylinder 750cc engine

34 PS DIN

4 speed manual gearbox

Length : 2,79m

Weight : 394 Kg

Speed : 126 km/h

Fresh photos, taken this past weekend! It's been warm and sunny, there was a lot of work to be done - planting potatoes and clearing dry trees. It's never boring in the countryside, even if you move to a big city. :D

Taken with Pentax K100D Super digital camera, with smc Pentax-DA 18–55mm F3.5–5.6 AL lens. Slightly cropped to fix unlevel horizon.

Six megapixels from the CCD sensor means there's not a lot of data in the first place, and it's not a high-quality data to work with – dynamic range is narrow and noise starts to creep up quickly. But the colours are nice! I've dug up this ancient DSLR to see how outdated it is. It feels quite outdated, from the small viewfinder, and sluggish operation, to the use of AA batteries. Fun camera to use from time to time, but definitely not for daily use.

Seeing one stretch of water in Bradford-on-Avon wasn't enough for us, so we walked half a mile south until we reached the Kennet and Avon Canal, with it's attractive narrowboats.

The Kennet & Avon Canal, at 87 miles long, links London with the Bristol Channel, and passes through some spectacular landscapes including Wiltshire and the rolling Cotswolds.

The name is used to refer to the entire length of the navigation rather than solely to the central canal section. From Bristol to Bath the waterway follows the natural course of the River Avon before the canal links it to the River Kennet at Newbury, and from there to Reading on the River Thames. In all, the waterway incorporates 105 locks.

The two river stretches were made navigable in the early 18th century, and the 57-mile (92 km) canal section was constructed between 1794 and 1810. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the canal gradually fell into disuse after the opening of the Great Western Railway. In the latter half of the 20th century the canal was restored in stages, largely by volunteers. After decades of dereliction and much restoration work, it was fully reopened in 1990. The Kennet and Avon Canal has been developed as a popular heritage tourism destination for boating, canoeing, fishing, walking and cycling, and is also important for wildlife conservation.

Concurso de Enganches 2008, Plaza de la Maestranza, Sevilla, España

Big Cypress National Preserve

Southern Florida

USA

Alligator photographed in a national preserve 45 minutes from my home. I have no idea of its length. The many reflections and color in the water were created by plants growing by the water. It appears I have a visiting dragonfly on its back.

The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), sometimes referred to colloquially as a gator or common alligator, is a large crocodilian reptile endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is one of two living species in the genus Alligator within the family Alligatoridae.

Adult male American alligators measure 11.2 to 15.1 ft in length, and can weigh up to (999 lb). Females are smaller, measuring (8.5 to 9.8 ft) in length.

The American alligator inhabits freshwater wetlands, such as marshes and cypress swamps from Texas to southeastern and coastal North Carolina.

American alligators are apex predators and consume fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Hatchlings feed mostly on invertebrates.

They play an important role as ecosystem engineers in wetland ecosystems through the creation of alligator holes, which provide both wet and dry habitats for other organisms.

Throughout the year, in particular during the breeding season, American alligators bellow to declare territory and locate suitable mates. Male American alligators use infrasound to attract females.

The conservation status of the American alligator is listed as least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Historically, hunting had decimated their population, and the American alligator was listed as an endangered species by the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Subsequent conservation efforts have allowed their numbers to increase and the species was removed from endangered status in 1987. The species is the official state reptile of three states: Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Portrait of the priest of the Temple of Pythons inside the temple (Benin).

The Temple of Pythons is a sacred site deeply connected to the Vodun (Voodoo) religion. It houses dozens of royal pythons, which are considered sacred and symbolize wisdom, fertility, and protection.

For centuries, the temple has played a vital role in local spiritual practices, serving as a place of worship and a connection to ancestral spirits. The python is revered in the region, and believers often visit the temple seeking blessings, guidance, and healing.

Despite modern influences, the traditions surrounding the temple remain strong, highlighting Benin's rich cultural heritage and the enduring presence of Vodun spirituality in West Africa.

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The first thing to notice is the length of the new Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 XLB, and when you climb the stairs it does seem a long way to the back!

With 100 seats those sitting right at the back here may have to start thinking of heading for the exit door a little earlier than before!

Nice to have plenty more light from the windows in the ceiling, improved air quality with built in air conditioning and windows that open. And those seats....they passed Mr Monty's test!

Is death something new in the stock

Of events stored for mortal's sake ?

By Nature from it's early wake

Scented blooms although shorter lives may take.

Length of life is not the mark

A human holds, a golden hook

To fish his laurels or to gain

His ends in life avoiding stake,

But the way he acts before its break.

Life of man from where it comes

And how in body lingers who knows ?

And who is to pronounce

It's form or size, and its immanence

Are we able to know ? poor souls

To let you see your sun set at noon

O ! hapless would it ever be ?

For irretrievable, if it is to happen

Could you dear mum bear the pain ?

Hurled unto darkness, what more to add

From the world to depart is sad

But to part with the one, prideless to you in life

Would it be so hard indeed ?

- Anuj Nair

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Program:Manual

Lens:12-28mm f/4 G

F:8.0

Speed:1/60

ISO:200

Focal Length:14.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 21.0 mm)

Focus Mode:AF-C

AF Area:Single Area

Shooting Mode:Single-Frame

VR:Off

Metering Mode:Spot

WB:Auto1

Focus Distance:3.98 m

Dof:inf (0.94 m - inf)

HyperFocal:1.22 m

DEL2148 (LK65EAF) Route H13 at Northwood Hills, St Vincents

From wiki:

NGC 7822 is a young star forming complex in the constellation of Cepheus. The complex encompasses the emission region designated Sharpless 171, and the young cluster of stars named Berkeley 59

Image details:

SHO (Hubble Palette)

231, 5-min, 100-gain, SII subs

115, 5-min, 100-gain, Ha subs

165, 5-min, 100-gain, OIII subs

42.75 hours of data total.

Data calibrated with:

Darks, Flats and Bias frames

Data collected on clear nights Dec 2024, Jan, Feb 2025.

ASI2600mm Pro Camera

Esprit 100ED with reducer

446mm focal length, F4.4

Sensor cooled to -10C

Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount

Dithered every 3 frames, 2X

drizzled in PIX

All data captured in my backyard in Yukon, Oklahoma

Bortle-7 sky.

Processed with Pixinsight and Photoshop.

Program:Manual

Lens:15mm f/2.4 G

F:16.0

Speed:1/80

ISO:200

Focal Length:15.0 mm (35 mm equivalent 22.0 mm)

Focus Mode:Manual

Shooting Mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO

VR:Off

WB:Auto1

Picture Control:Standard

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Dof:inf (0.66 m - inf)

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Areatzako Pasealekua, Bilbao, Vizcaya, País Vasco, España.

El paseo del Arenal (en euskera: Areatza) es uno de los símbolos de la villa de Bilbao, fachada principal del Casco Viejo, corazón histórico junto a las Siete Calles, y centro de esparcimiento y de paseo junto a la ría de Bilbao.

El Arenal ocupa una superficie aproximada de unos 29 100 metros cuadrados, siendo su lado más largo, el más próximo a la ría, con una longitud aproximada a los 300 metros y su zona más ancha rebasa los 125 metros.

En su interior, y entrando siempre desde el Ayuntamiento, pueden distinguirse tres paseos que tienen un punto en común en sus comienzos y que se llamaban así: el de los Curas a la izquierda, el de los Señoritos el central y el de la Alpargata a la derecha.

Entrando por el paseo central y simétricamente a derecha e izquierda, pueden verse sendos estanques surtidores con sirenitas de bronce en su centro, sosteniendo un pez que arroja un chorro de agua por su boca, y ranas de hierro verde a su alrededor, que sueltan, también, chorritos de agua.

A continuación, sendos jardines con figuras humanas en sus partes centrales: Baco a la derecha y Pan a la izquierda.

Más adelante, sendas plazoletas con sendas fuentes centradas, con cuatro bocas cada una. A partir de aquí se rompe la simetría.

A la derecha, el nuevo kiosko de la música y otro jardín, ya próximo al Puente del Arenal, en el que puede verse una escultura del bertsolari Balendin Enbeita. Y a la izquierda, un pequeño jardín, que limita, junto con el anterior, con unos paseos, separados por once árboles en cuyas bases se han colocado unos bancos circulares de madera. Estos paseos tienen, a su izquierda, la Iglesia de San Nicolás de Bari y, a su derecha, el Teatro Arriaga.

The Arenal Paseo (in Basque: Areatza) is one of the symbols of the Villa de Bilbao, main facade of the old town, historical heart next to the seven streets, and center of recreation and walking next to the Ría de Bilbao.

The Arenal occupies an approximate area of about 29 100 square meters, being its longest side, the closest to the estuary, with an approximate length to 300 meters and its wider area exceeds 125 meters.

Inside, and always entering from the City Council, three walks can be distinguished that have a common point in their beginnings and that were called like this: that of the priests on the left, that of the Lords the central and that of the espadrilled a the right.

Entering the central walk and symmetrically to the right and left, you can see two ore ponds with bronze mel Also, water drizzles.

Next, two gardens with human figures in its central parts: Baco to the right and bread on the left.

Later, paths with centered sources, with four mouths each. From here the symmetry is broken.

On the right, the new music kiosk and another garden, already close to the Arenal bridge, in which a sculpture of Bertsolari Balendin enbeita can be seen. And to the left, a small garden, which limits, together with the previous one, with some walks, separated by eleven trees in whose bases some wood circular banks have been placed. These walks have, on their left, the church of San Nicolás de Bari and, on its right, the Arriaga Theater.

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Camera: Canon EOS 550D

Exposure: (1/100)

Aperture: ƒ/8

Focal Length:50mm

ISO Speed:100

Lens:canon 50mm 1.8

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8x10” paper on card stock.

Joshua swam in his first summer swim meet recently. He finally feels confident enough in his breaststroke to swim the IM. This shot shows him in the starting leg, swimming butterfly. There was not much competition in this meet. He easily won all his races, often by more than a pool's length. Helps when he's swimming in the 13-14 year old division. The summer of Joshua.

To enjoy my other creative project, please visit my funny short stories website: 500ironicstories.com where you can read or listen to new stories each week. I have also curated the stories into three different selections:

Stories for Kids - 500ironicstories.com/stories-for-kids Love Stories - 500ironicstories.com/love-story

Moral Stories - 500ironicstories.com/moral-stories

A slightly disappointing sunset from Hackpen Hill.

Pentax K-3

Samyang 10mm f/2.8

Aperture ƒ/18.0

Focal length 10.0 mm

Shutter 0.4 secs

ISO 100

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LadyArtist photo-shoot, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, on Tuesday 15th November 2016.

About the photographs.

This is Marie posing in a size 22, medium length brown faux fur coat, with hood from M&Co. She is also posing in her own black latex corset, and black hold-ups stockings. One photo shows her with the hood up, and the other with the hood down.

I booked Marie for a two hours photo-shoot at my home.

The first hour was done in my back garden, for a fashion style photo-shoot and also for my graphic design project. You can see those photos in one of my Albums titled LadyArtist (Marie).

After this, the second hour was for moderate level kind of photography, including this outfit and poses. Those were test shots I took in the top floor hallway.

Despite my being deaf with communications difficulties, Marie did remark that she found working with me to be going so well, and left positive reviews on my profile.

Marie was a model (either professional or amateur, I forgotten which one), and registered under the username of LadyArtist on PurplePort, a website for models to advert their services.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kronprinzessin Cecilie

History

German Empire

NameKronprinzessin Cecilie

NamesakeCrown Princess Cecilie

OwnerNorth German Lloyd

Port of registryBremen

RouteTransatlantic

BuilderAG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany

Launched1 December 1906

Maiden voyage6 August 1907

FateInterned, 1914; Seized by US, 1917

United States

NameMount Vernon

NamesakeMount Vernon

Acquired

by Navy: 3 February 1917

by Army: 17 October 1919

Commissioned28 July 1917

Decommissioned29 September 1919

FateReturned to Shipping Board by Army August 1920; scrapped 13 September 1940

General characteristics

Class & typeKaiser-class ocean liner

Tonnage

19,400 GRT

18,372 GRT[1]

Length

215.29 m (706 ft 4 in) LOA[2][3]

208.89 m (685 ft 4 in) LBP

Beam22.00 m (72 ft 2 in)

Draft31 ft 1 in (9.47 m)

PropulsionFour quadruple-expansion steam engines, two screw propellers

Speed23–24 knots (43–44 km/h; 26–28 mph)

Capacity1,741

Complement1,030 (as USS Mount Vernon)

Armament

4 × 5 in (130 mm) guns

2 × 1-pounder guns

2 × machine guns

Notesfour funnels, three masts

SS Kronprinzessin Cecilie was an ocean liner built in Stettin, Germany in 1906 for Hapag-Lloyd that had the largest steam reciprocating machinery ever fitted in a ship at the time of construction.[2][4] The last of four ships of the Kaiser class, she was also the last German ship to have been built with four funnels. She was engaged in transatlantic service between her home port of Bremen and New York until the outbreak of World War I.

On 4 August 1914, at sea after leaving New York, she turned around and put into Bar Harbor, Maine, where she later was interned by the neutral United States. After that country entered the war in April 1917, the ship was seized and turned over to the United States Navy, and renamed USS Mount Vernon (ID-4508). While serving as a troop transport, Mount Vernon was torpedoed in September 1918. Though damaged, she was able to make port for repairs and returned to service. In October 1919 Mount Vernon was turned over for operation by the Army Transport Service in its Pacific fleet based at Fort Mason in San Francisco. USAT Mount Vernon was sent to Vladivostok, Russia to transport elements of the Czechoslovak Legion to Trieste, Italy and German prisoners of war to Hamburg, Germany. On return from that voyage, lasting from March through July 1920, the ship was transferred to the United States Shipping Board and laid up at Solomons Island, Maryland until September 1940 when she was scrapped at Boston, Massachusetts.

History

Concept

Kronprinzessin Cecilie, built at Stettin, Germany, in 1906 by AG Vulcan Stettin, was the last of a set of four liners built for North German Lloyd, and the last German liner to carry four smokestacks. She was the product of ensuing competition between Germany and the United Kingdom for supremacy in the North Atlantic. Her older sister, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse had been introduced in 1897 and was a great success.[5] Her popularity prompted North German Lloyd to build three more superliners, namely Kronprinz Wilhelm (1901), Kaiser Wilhelm II (1903) and, finally, Kronprinzessin Cecilie.[5]

As designed the ship had 287 first-class, 109 second-class cabins and 7 compartments for steerage passengers.[3] Passenger capacity was 775 first-class, 343 second-class and 770 steerage passengers for a total of 1,888 supported by a crew of 679 that included 229 stewards and stewardesses and 42 cooks, pantrymen, barbers, hairdressers and other passenger service people.[3][note 1] Two "Imperial suites" had a parlor, private dining room, bedroom and bath room with toilet while eight other suites had all but the dining room.[3] Twelve deluxe rooms had a large bedroom with bathroom and toilet.[3]

The liner was 19,400 GRT and was 215.29 metres (706 ft 4 in) length overall,[2][3] 208.89 metres (685 ft 4 in) length between perpendiculars, by 22.00 metres (72 ft 2 in) abeam. She had four reciprocating, quadruple-expansion steam engines, two per shaft. There were two screw propellers. Kronprinzessin Cecilie sailed at a comfortable 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).

Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge's design for the Bremen ship

In 1907 Wiegard trusted Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge with the interior design of the ship. They designed luxury cabins where the beds would convert to sofas and the washstands would convert into tables. All of the metalwork was gilded; the surfaces were generally white while the wooden surfaces of violet amaranth were inlaid with agate, ivory and citron wood.[6]

First-Class passengers had access to a smoking room, music room, reading, library and writing room, bookshop, and two "Vienna Cafés" decorated in the Louis XVI style. One café was for smokers and the other ladies-only.[7] The smokers' café had an open-air section which could be enclosed in bad weather by bronze and glass doors. The ladies' café was modeled after the boudoir of Marie Antoinette at the Palace of Fontainebleau. The First-class smoking room was decorated in the "modern Roman style", according to The Marine Review, with painted scenes of Mecklenburg, the home of the ships' namesake Crown Princess Cecilie, decorating the walls. The dining saloon was illuminated from a skylight four decks above and its walls were upholstered in blue silk tapestry. The saloon's seating was innovative in that it dispensed with the long tables typical of other liners, instead featuring 76 round tables seating two, five or seven people. There was also a separate children's dining room aboard.[7]

German career

Named after Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, she was launched by her father in law Wilhelm II, German Emperor. In July 1907, the new Kronprinzessin Cecilie was planned to leave Bremerhaven on her maiden voyage. However, before the voyage could take place, the ship sank in Bremerhaven harbour. It was not until the next month on 6 August, had the ship been pumped out and repaired, before finally setting out.[5]

The so-called "Vienna Café" on Kronprinzessin Cecilie

In comparison with a $2,500 first-class-suite ticket, the immigrant could sail on Kronprinzessin Cecilie for a mere $25—one hundred times cheaper.[5]

The interiors of the "four flyers",[5] as they were called, were special. The entire ship was fitted with the best of craftsmanship Germany could offer; the salons were full of ornamented wood and gilded mirrors. While her sister, Kaiser Wilhelm II was thought by some to be too extravagant, Kronprinzessin Cecilie was a popular ship.[5] Some of her first-class suites were fitted with dining rooms so the passengers who booked the suite could dine in private if they did not wish to take their meals in the main restaurant. Also, a fish tank was placed in the kitchen, providing first-class passengers with the freshest of fish.[5] In what was a novelty at the time, first-class passengers in the dining saloon could choose à la carte dishes for no extra charge instead of being limited to a fixed menu.[7]

The liner operated on North German Lloyd's transatlantic route travelling from Bremen, with occasional calls at other ports, including Boston and New Orleans. The ship was steaming toward Germany from America with Captain Charles Polack,[8] who had succeeded Dietrich Hogemann in 1913,[9] when she received word of the outbreak of war. In addition to 1,216 passengers, including some British reservist, she was carrying US$10,679,000 in gold and US$3 million in silver.[10] The ship, bound for Bremen, was nearing Liverpool when directed to head back to the closest port in the neutral United States to avoid capture by the British Navy and French cruisers.[10][11] Captain Polack had her normally all-buff funnels painted with black tops so as to resemble the liner Olympic or another ship of the British White Star Line as a form of disguise.[4][12]

Due to the liner's dwindling fuel, Bar Harbor, Maine, though not a large port, was selected with the ship being brought on 4 August 1914 piloted by a local banker and yachtsman as none of the ship's officers were familiar with the port.[10] North German Lloyd representatives met in Washington with officials of the departments of State, Treasury, Commerce and the United States Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS) with the result USRC Androscoggin was ordered to Bar Harbor to prevent unauthorized departure of foreign vessels but primarily to protect the transfer of gold and silver, as well as all mail and passengers, from Kronprinzessin Cecilie to shore to be transported by train to New York.[10] Androscoggin, joined by the destroyer USS Warrington, arrived at Bar Harbor on 6 August with wild speculation in the press.[10] On 7 November the ship moved to Boston where she was to remain while civil suits against the ship were resolved in federal court.[13]

American career: Mount Vernon

Navy

Kronprinzessin Cecilie was commandeered by the United States on 3 February 1917 and transferred from the United States Shipping Board (USSB) to the U.S. Navy when America entered the war that April. She was commissioned 28 July 1917 and renamed USS Mount Vernon after George Washington's Virginia home. She was fitted out at Boston to carry troops and materiel to Europe.[2]

Mount Vernon left New York for Brest on 31 October 1917 for her first U.S. Navy crossing, and during the war made nine successful voyages carrying American troops to fight in Europe. However, early on the morning of 5 September 1918, as the transport steamed homeward in convoy some 200 nautical miles (370 km) from the French coast, her No. 1 gun crew spotted a periscope some 500 yards (460 m) off her starboard bow. Mount Vernon immediately fired one round at German U-boat U-82. The U‑boat simultaneously submerged, but managed to launch a torpedo at the transport. Mount Vernon's officer of the deck promptly ordered right full rudder, but the ship could not turn in time to avoid the missile, which struck her amidships, knocking out half of her boilers, flooding the midsection, and killing 36 sailors and injuring 13. Mount Vernon's guns kept firing ahead of the U‑boat's wake and her crew launched a pattern of depth charges. Damage-control teams worked to save the ship, and their efforts paid off when the transport was able to return to Brest under her own power. Repaired temporarily at Brest, she proceeded to Boston for complete repairs.[2]

Mount Vernon rejoined the Cruiser and Transport Service in February 1919 and sailed on Washington's Birthday for France to begin returning veterans to the United States. Mount Vernon pulled out of port on 3 March 1919 at 11 PM to return to the United States. Some of her notable passengers during her naval service were: Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations; General Tasker H. Bliss, Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Col. Edward M. House, Special Adviser to President Wilson; and Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War.[2]

Army

On 17 October 1919 Mount Vernon was transferred to the War Department for operation by the Army Transport Service where the ship was assigned to the Army's Pacific fleet based at Fort Mason in San Francisco.[14] USAT Mount Vernon made one trip between March and July 1920 to Vladivostok, Russia embarking elements of the Czechoslovak Legion to be disembarked at Trieste, Italy and 300 German prisoners of war for Hamburg, Germany.[14] On return the ship was turned over to the United States Shipping Board and laid up at Solomons Island, Maryland.[14]

Scrapping

At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the Americans offered the former Kronprinzessin Cecilie to the British as a troop transport, who declined as they considered her too old.[5] The ship was scrapped in Boston, Massachusetts, the demolition began on 13 September 1940.[2][14]

Quick LR composite of all the gadgets from a while ago. May they rest in peace.

Bartolomeo Cincani called "il Montagna" (Orzinuovi, 1449/1450 - Vicenza, 1523) - Cassone (1492) - walnut wood (gilded, carved, tempera painting) height 70 cm; length 208 cm; depth 79 cm; (round diameter 29 cm); - Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Acquistati nel1884 per 1000 lire, questi due tondi lignei sono inseriti sul fronte di un nobile cassone rinascimentale alla veneziana che porta al centro un'arma raffigurante un orso rampante su fondo d'oro. Essa è stata identificata con quella della famiglia Buri di Verona. I due dipinti illustrano antichi esempi di virtuosa continenza femminile: a sinistra l'episodio di DuiIio e Bilia, a destra quello della Vestale Tuccia. La scena con Duilio e Bilia, tratta dalla storia antica, è qui interpretata secondo la lezione che ne diede San Gerolamo nel Adversus Jovinianum: il console Gaio Duilio, vincitore della battaglia navale presso Milazzo contro i Cartaginesi (260 a.C.), aveva sposato una donna dal leggendario pudore. Ormai vecchio e tremolante (rementi corpore), il console si vide rinfacciare, durante un'altercazione in pubblico, il tremendo fetore del proprio alito. Rientrato afflitto a casa, chiese alla moglie per quale ragione costei non si fosse mai lamentata di tale difetto. Lo avrei fatto - rispose la donna - se non fossi convinta che la bocca di ogni uomo puzza in tal modo. Nel dipinto, il testo latino della replica proverbiale appare riprodotto sulla base del pilastro che regge un arcone, al centro della composizione: “DIXISSEM / TIBI NISI / PUTASSEM / OMNIBUS / VIRIS OS / SIC/ OLERE”.

La vicenda della vestale Tuccia, ingiustamente accusata di avere infranto il voto di castità, è invece desunta da Valerio Massimo (Dictorum et factorum memorabiIium exempla, VIII, 1,5); da Plinio il Vecchio (Naturalis Historia, XXVIII, 12: Pigler, Il [1956], 1974, p. 346): la giovane donna provò la propria innocenza trasportando al tempio di Vesta acqua raccolta nel Tevere con un setaccio. I soggetti indicano chiaramente che questo cassone fu eseguito in occasione di un matrimonio, per celebrare le virtù della sposa. La straordinaria sapienza prospettica di Bartolomeo Montagna.

Purchased in1884 for 1,000 lire, these two wooden tondos are inserted in the front of a noble Renaissance Venetian caisson that bears in the center a coat of arms depicting a rampant bear on a gold background. It has been identified as that of the Buri family of Verona. The two paintings illustrate ancient examples of virtuous female continence: on the left the episode of Duilio and Bilia, on the right that of the Vestal Tuccia. The scene with Duilio and Bilia, taken from ancient history, is here interpreted according to the lesson given by Saint Jerome in Adversus Jovinianum: the consul Gaius Duilio, winner of the naval battle at Milazzo against the Carthaginians (260 B.C.), had married a woman of legendary modesty. By now old and trembling (rementi corpore), the consul was held up to ridicule, during an altercation in public, the terrible stench of his breath. Returning home afflicted, he asked his wife why she had never complained of this defect. I would have done so - the woman answered - if I were not convinced that every man's mouth stinks in this way. In the painting, the Latin text of the proverbial reply appears reproduced on the base of the pillar supporting an archway, in the center of the composition: "DIXISSEM / TIBI NISI / PUTASSEM / OMNIBUS / VIRIS OS / SIC/ OLERE".

The story of the vestal Tuccia, unjustly accused of having broken her vow of chastity, is instead inferred by Valerius Maximus (Dictorum et factorum memorabiIium exempla, VIII, 1,5); by Pliny the Elder (Naturalis Historia, XXVIII, 12: Pigler, Il [1956], 1974, p. 346): the young woman proved her innocence by transporting to the temple of Vesta water collected in the Tiber with a sieve. The subjects clearly indicate that this chest was made on the occasion of a wedding, to celebrate the virtues of the bride. The extraordinary perspective wisdom of Bartolomeo Montagna.