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Xiaomi could become the first smartphone maker to copy Apple's iPhone X design that incorporates a notch at the top. The Mi Mix 2s, a reworked version of Mi Mix 2 is likely to feature a bezel-less design with a top-notch housing the front camera and other sensors. The images of Mi Mix 2s have appeared on Weibo, China's microblogging platform that confirm the Chinese smartphone maker's plan to adopt that design. At the India launch of Mi Mix 2, Xiaomi's Jai Mani said there is only three ways to tackle the top bezel of a smartphone with thinner bezels. It believes one way is to make the forehead and chin as small as possible like Samsung has done with the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 or add a notch like the Iphone X. Jai added that the company has experimented with a similar design in the past. With the Mi Mix 2s, Xiaomi might soon bring to market a device that embraces the iPhone X-esque notch design. With the notch, Xiaomi will move the bottom-placed front camera of the Mi Mix 2 to the top along with all the other sensors. It will also help the company to do away with the bottom bezel but the pictures don't clearly reveal what's happening on the lower end of the device. Xiaomi's Mix series of devices are designed by French designer Philippe Starck and it is not likely that he would copy Apple's design language. With Xiaomi having nearly perfected the design for a bezel-less smartphone with second-generation Mi Mix, these pictures should be taken with a pinch of salt. Digit NewsDeskDigit NewsDesk news@digit.in The guy who answered the question 'What are you doing?' with 'Nothing'. OTHER POPULAR DEALS Xolo ERA 1X -4G with VoLTE... Xolo ERA 1X -4G with VoLTE... Rs. 4499 Buy from flipkartBuy NowHonor 6X (Grey, 64GB) Honor 6X (Grey, 64GB) Rs. 13999 Buy from amazonBuy NowOnePlus 3T (Gunmetal, 6GB RAM +... OnePlus 3T (Gunmetal, 6GB RAM +... Rs. 25699 Buy from amazonBuy Now Interesting Galleries Best camera phones under Rs. 15,000 (June 2017) Best camera phones under Rs....Best smartphones to buy under Rs. 7,000 in India right nowBest smartphones to buy under Rs. 7,000 in India right now14 upcoming mobile phones you should expect in India in 201614 upcoming mobile phones you should expect in India in 201610 smartphone sequels to look forward to in 201510 smartphone sequels to look forward to in 201510 best smartphones between Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 [November 2015]10 best smartphones between Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000...Best smartphones under Rs. 15,000 with great battery backupBest smartphones under Rs. 15,000 with great battery backup26 upcoming & latest smartphones to check-out26 upcoming & latest smartphones to check-outSlimmest phones you can buy in India [November 2015]Slimmest phones you can buy in India [November 2015]The best upgrade options for 10 classic smartphonesThe best upgrade options for 10 classic smartphonesHuawei P8: First LookHuawei P8: First LookXiaomi Mi4i vs Asus Zenfone 2 (2GB): Quick ComparisonXiaomi Mi4i vs Asus Zenfone 2 (2GB): Quick ComparisonLG G4: First LookLG G4: First LookAsus Zenfone 2 and Zenfone Selfie: In PicturesAsus Zenfone 2 and Zenfone Selfie: In PicturesSony's current & upcoming Xperia phones: An OverviewSony's current & upcoming Xperia phones: An OverviewMicromax Canvas Sliver 5: First LookMicromax Canvas Sliver 5: First LookSony Xperia C4: First LookSony Xperia C4: First LookCoolpad Dazen X7 and Dazen 1: In picturesCoolpad Dazen X7 and Dazen 1: In pictures
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This individual was present from Xmas Day 2014 and is the 5th and the first for 16 years for East Sussex.
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Less time than it takes to say it, less tears than it takes to die; I've taken account of everything, there you have it. I've made a census of the stones, they are as numerous as my fingers and some others; I've distributed some pamphlets to the plants, but not all were willing to accept them. I've kept company with music for a second only and now I no longer know what to think of suicide, for if I ever want to part from myself, the exit is on this side and, I add mischievously, the entrance, the re-entrance is on the other. You see what you still have to do. Hours, grief, I don't keep a reasonable account of them; I'm alone, I look out of the window; there is no passerby, or rather no-one passes (underline passes). You don't know this man? It's Mr. Same. May I introduce Madam Madam? And their children. Then I turn back on my steps, my steps turn back too, but I don't know exactly what they turn back on. I consult a schedule; the names of the towns have been replaced by the names of people who have been quite close to me. Shall I go to A, return to B, change at X? Yes, of course I'll change at X. Provided I don't miss the connection with boredom! There we are: boredom, beautiful parallels, ah! how beautiful the parallels are under God's perpendicular.
~ Andre Breton
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Hunslet S119 Beatrice 2705 of 1945 at Ackton Hall Colliery, Featherstone, North Yorks, Now Preserved on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam. (Scanned from 35mm Slides with damage repaired)
Only four US states are less than 100 years old: Alaska, Hawaii, Arizona and New Mexico. More at loststates.com
"Who strive - you don't know how the others strive
To paint a little thing like that you smeared
Carelessly passing with your robes afloat,-
Yet do much less, so much less, Someone says,
(I know his name, no matter) - so much less!
Well, less is more, Lucrezia."
Andrea del Sarto - 1855
Even in less than optimal photo condition, Sparks Lake was beautiful. Campers with a red kayak seemed to have the perfect camping spot on the lakeshore.
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules was designed as a troop and freight carrying aircraft capable of operating from unprepared surfaces. Because it was designed from the outset as a military cargo aircraft, the C-130 featured a rear ramp for ease of loading. At the time this was an innovation. The rear ramp also allows air-dropping of supplies.
The first prototype flew in 1954 and deliveries of the aircraft to the United States Air Force began in 1956.
The RAF ordered sixty-six Hercules, and the first of these was delivered in 1966.
This example is one of thirty of the original order that were lengthened, because some regular loads were filling the cargo bay while weighing much less than the aircraft could lift ("bulking out"). Extra length was achieved by inserting additional fuselage sections fore and aft of the wings.
More than 2300 Hercules have been built and there are more than forty variants of the type. The Hercules is used by more than 60 countries and has been in service with its original operator the United States Air Force for more than 50 years.
Type : Medium range tactical transport.
In Service : 1967 - 2011 (new C130Js introduced 1999)
Engines : Four 4,900hp Allison T-56 Turboprops.
Maximum Speed : 600kph (375mph)
Max. Altitude : 10,000m (33,000ft)
Airframe : All metal stressed-skin.
Wingspan : 40.5m (133ft)
Length : 34.6m (113ft 6ins)
Max Loaded Weight : 45,000kg (99,000Ib)
Empty Weight : 34,300kg (75,600Ib)
Capacity : 128 passengers /96 stretchers
64 paratroops
8 pallets
3 Land Rovers or an armoured personnel carrier.
Hercules C.3 XV202 history.
Manufacturers number 382-4226.
Built at Lockheed Marietta, Georgia as a C-130H-130-LM Hercules.
Given USAF serial number 66-8552 this aircraft was one of 66 C-130K Hercules aquired for the RAF between December 1966 and May 1968.
August 1967 : Delivered to the RAF as Hercules C.Mk.1 following painting and fitting out by Marshalls of Cambridge.
1981 : Converted to C.Mk.3, with fuselage lengthened by 15ft/4.57m by Marshalls as one of 30 conversions carried out between 1980 and 1985 using additional Lockheed-supplied fuselage sections fore and aft of the wing.
Used mainly on longer routes and for paratrooping.
To RAF Lyneham Transport Wing, Wiltshire (comprising Nos. 24, 30, 47 and 70 Squadrons and 242 O.C.U, all part of No. 38 Group.
1986 : Retrofitted with in-flight refuelling probe above cockpit, designated C.3P.
1994 : Displayed at international Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford, Gloustershire, as part of the Hercules' 40th anniversary and was serving as part of the Lyneham Transport wing.
1st January 2009 : To Marshalls, Cambridge for storage.
March 2011 : Took part in Operation ELLAMY from Malta in support of the Libyan conflict. Subsequently with No.47 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton (the last four Hercules left Lyneham on 1st July 2011, prior to that station's planned closure in late 2012).
12th August 2011 : Flown from RAF Brize Norton to RAFM Cosford. This is thought to be the final landing of the last RAF C.3.
Image copyright D.J.Ralley 2016.
Not to be used without prior permission.
The Himalayas or Himalaya (/ˌhɪməˈleɪ.ə/ or /hɪˈmɑːləjə/; Sanskrit: हिमालय, Nepali: हिमालय, Hindi: हिमालय, Urdu: ہمالیہ; from Sanskrit hima (snow) + ālaya (dwelling), literally meaning "abode of snow") is a mountain range in South Asia which separates the Indo-Gangetic Plain from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on Earth, including the highest above sea level, Mount Everest. The Himalayas have profoundly shaped the cultures of South Asia. Many Himalayan peaks are sacred in both Buddhism and Hinduism.
The Himalayas are bordered on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain, on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, and on the east by the Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The Hindu Kush can be considered as a subrange of the Himalayas, and they are sometimes addressed together as Hindu Kush Himalayan Region (HKH). The western anchor of the Himalayas - Nanga Parbat - lies just south of the northernmost bend of the Indus River, while the eastern anchor - Namcha Barwa - is situated just west of the great bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo River. The Himalayas span five countries: India, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Tibet), and Pakistan, with the first three countries having sovereignty over most of the range.
Lifted by the collision of the Indian tectonic plate with the Eurasian Plate, the Himalayan range runs northwest to southeast in a 2,400 kilometres long arc. The range varies in width from 400 kilometres in the west to 150 kilometres in the east. Besides the Greater Himalayas, there are several parallel lower ranges. The southernmost of these, located along the northern edge of the Indian plains and reaching about a thousand meters in altitude, are called the Sivalik Hills. Further north is a higher range, reaching two to three thousand meters, known as the Lower Himalayan Range.
Three of the world's major rivers - the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra - arise in the Himalayas. While the Indus and the Brahmaputra rise near Mount Kailash in Tibet, the Ganges rises in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people.
ECOLOGY
The flora and fauna of the Himalayas vary with climate, rainfall, altitude, and soils. The climate ranges from tropical at the base of the mountains to permanent ice and snow at the highest elevations. The amount of yearly rainfall increases from west to east along the southern front of the range. This diversity of altitude, rainfall and soil conditions combined with the very high snow line supports a variety of distinct plant and animal communities. The extremes of high altitude (low atmospheric pressure) combined with extreme cold favor extremophile organisms.
The unique floral and faunal wealth of the Himalayas is undergoing structural and compositional changes due to climate change. The increase in temperature is shifting various species to higher elevations. The oak forest is being invaded by pine forests in the Garhwal Himalayan region. There are reports of early flowering and fruiting in some tree species, especially rhododendron, apple and box myrtle. The highest known tree species in the Himalayas is Juniperus tibetica located at 4,900 metres in Southeastern Tibet.
GEOLOGY
The Himalayan range is one of the youngest mountain ranges on the planet and consists mostly of uplifted sedimentary and metamorphic rock. According to the modern theory of plate tectonics, its formation is a result of a continental collision or orogeny along the convergent boundary between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The Arakan Yoma highlands in Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal were also formed as a result of this collision.
During the Upper Cretaceous, about 70 million years ago, the north-moving Indo-Australian plate (which has subsequently broken into the Indian Plate and the Australian plate) was moving at about 15 cm per year. About 50 million years ago this fast moving Indo-Australian plate had completely closed the Tethys Ocean, the existence of which has been determined by sedimentary rocks settled on the ocean floor, and the volcanoes that fringed its edges. Since both plates were composed of low density continental crust, they were thrust faulted and folded into mountain ranges rather than subducting into the mantle along an oceanic trench.[6] An often-cited fact used to illustrate this process is that the summit of Mount Everest is made of marine limestone from this ancient ocean.
Today, the Indian plate continues to be driven horizontally below the Tibetan Plateau, which forces the plateau to continue to move upwards. The Indian plate is still moving at 67 mm per year, and over the next 10 million years it will travel about 1,500 km into Asia. About 20 mm per year of the India-Asia convergence is absorbed by thrusting along the Himalaya southern front. This leads to the Himalayas rising by about 5 mm per year, making them geologically active. The movement of the Indian plate into the Asian plate also makes this region seismically active, leading to earthquakes from time to time.
During the last ice age, there was a connected ice stream of glaciers between Kangchenjunga in the east and Nanga Parbat in the west. In the west, the glaciers joined with the ice stream network in the Karakoram, and in the north, joined with the former Tibetan inland ice. To the south, outflow glaciers came to an end below an elevation of 1,000–2,000 metres. While the current valley glaciers of the Himalaya reach at most 20 to 32 kilometres in length, several of the main valley glaciers were 60 to 112 kilometres long during the ice age. The glacier snowline (the altitude where accumulation and ablation of a glacier are balanced) was about 1,400–1,660 metres lower than it is today. Thus, the climate was at least 7.0 to 8.3 °C colder than it is today.
HYDROLOGY
The Himalayas have the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world, after Antarctica and the Arctic. The Himalayan range encompasses about 15,000 glaciers, which store about 12,000 km3 of fresh water. Its glaciers include the Gangotri and Yamunotri (Uttarakhand) and Khumbu glaciers (Mount Everest region), Langtang glacier (Langtang region) and Zemu (Sikkim).
Owing to the mountains' latitude near the Tropic of Cancer, the permanent snow line is among the highest in the world at typically around 5,500 metres In contrast, equatorial mountains in New Guinea, the Rwenzoris and Colombia have a snow line some 900 metres lower. The higher regions of the Himalayas are snowbound throughout the year, in spite of their proximity to the tropics, and they form the sources of several large perennial rivers, most of which combine into two large river systems:
The western rivers, of which the Indus is the largest, combine into the Indus Basin. The Indus begins in Tibet at the confluence of Sengge and Gar rivers and flows southwest through India and then through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea. It is fed by the Jhelum, the Chenab, the Ravi, the Beas, and the Sutlej rivers, among others.
Most of the other Himalayan rivers drain the Ganges-Brahmaputra Basin. Its main rivers are the Ganges, the Brahmaputra and the Yamuna, as well as other tributaries. The Brahmaputra originates as the Yarlung Tsangpo River in western Tibet, and flows east through Tibet and west through the plains of Assam. The Ganges and the Brahmaputra meet in Bangladesh, and drain into the Bay of Bengal through the world's largest river delta, the Sunderbans.
The easternmost Himalayan rivers feed the Ayeyarwady River, which originates in eastern Tibet and flows south through Myanmar to drain into the Andaman Sea.
The Salween, Mekong, Yangtze and Huang He (Yellow River) all originate from parts of the Tibetan Plateau that are geologically distinct from the Himalaya mountains, and are therefore not considered true Himalayan rivers. Some geologists refer to all the rivers collectively as the circum-Himalayan rivers. In recent years, scientists have monitored a notable increase in the rate of glacier retreat across the region as a result of global climate change. For example, glacial lakes have been forming rapidly on the surface of debris-covered glaciers in the Bhutan Himalaya during the last few decades. Although the effect of this will not be known for many years, it potentially could mean disaster for the hundreds of millions of people who rely on the glaciers to feed the rivers during the dry seasons.
LAKES
The Himalayan region is dotted with hundreds of lakes. Most lakes are found at altitudes of less than 5,000 m, with the size of the lakes diminishing with altitude. Tilicho Lake in Nepal in the Annapurna massif is one of the highest lakes in the world. Pangong Tso, which is spread across the border between India and China, and Yamdrok Tso, located in central Tibet, are amongst the largest with surface areas of 700 km², and 638 km², respectively. Other notable lakes include She-Phoksundo Lake in the Shey Phoksundo National Park of Nepal, Gurudongmar Lake, in North Sikkim, Gokyo Lakes in Solukhumbu district of Nepal and Lake Tsongmo, near the Indo-China border in Sikkim.
Some of the lakes present a danger of a glacial lake outburst flood. The Tsho Rolpa glacier lake in the Rowaling Valley, in the Dolakha District of Nepal, is rated as the most dangerous. The lake, which is located at an altitude of 4,580 metres has grown considerably over the last 50 years due to glacial melting.
The mountain lakes are known to geographers as tarns if they are caused by glacial activity. Tarns are found mostly in the upper reaches of the Himalaya, above 5,500 metres.
IMPACT ON CLIMATE
The Himalayas have a profound effect on the climate of the Indian subcontinent and the Tibetan Plateau. They prevent frigid, dry winds from blowing south into the subcontinent, which keeps South Asia much warmer than corresponding temperate regions in the other continents. It also forms a barrier for the monsoon winds, keeping them from traveling northwards, and causing heavy rainfall in the Terai region. The Himalayas are also believed to play an important part in the formation of Central Asian deserts, such as the Taklamakan and Gobi.
RELIGIONS OF THE REGION
In Hinduism, the Himalayas have been personified as the god Himavat, father of Ganga and Parvati.
Several places in the Himalayas are of religious significance in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism. A notable example of a religious site is Paro Taktsang, where Padmasambhava is said to have founded Buddhism in Bhutan.
A number of Tibetan Buddhist sites are situated in the Himalayas, including the residence of the Dalai Lama. There were over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet. The Tibetan Muslims had their own mosques in Lhasa and Shigatse.
WIKIPEDIA
A splash of yellow in a cottonwood tree on the National Elk Refuge is a hint that the first official day of autumn is less than one week away.
Lori Iverson / USFWS
Out for a chilly but sunny ride this morning.. Overlooking Hathersage here in the Peak District from up on a hillside road that I have never been on before!
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De Klinker club
27/02/2019
Peter Fias Lead guitar & Vocals
Charles Guillaume bass
MRRay Keys, guitar & Backing Vocals
Mattia Swinnen - Drums
Special Guest - Jente Pironet
Photo's © Patrick Van Vlerken 2019
'Less is more' I hear people say sometimes. Here at id-iom however we tend to find that phrase a little strange as minimalism is not something we've ever really been able to practice. It could be that way because there are two of us each armed with our own opinions about what to do when a piece stalls. It usually involves adding some more mess and/or colour. Well today, for reasons unknown, we have managed to produce something minimal. He hasn't even got a head. Just a suggestion of some hair and some disembodied eyes. And you can't get more minimal than that. Well, you probably can but not if you're us.
Cheers
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Title: The boy who cried
Materials: Paint pen and Charcoal
Size: A4
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Client: "Bambi Pozarevac"
Mascot made by www.skillsdivision.com
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Soo continues to hack it's way thru former Milwaukee Road territory in Oconomowoc in May of 1994. The city now has a single track line after 92 years of double track operations here. To me, the ROW looks like it is literally sick.....missing rails, ties 'thrown up' from the westbound main.....
Up next, the crossing guard shack will come down, the line side poles will be chopped, and all crossing gates replaced.
Today it's all cookie-cutter rubber stamped photocopied repetition here. Most of our world is turning into this 'duplication' for reasons many of us already know.
We all need to remember that in this world of conformity and loss of uniqueness in what we aim our lens at, that >>we<< still posses character and individuality on the other side of the camera that no corporation can ever take away....
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In smaller countries, like Croatia, where oil demand is low, and emission standards are poor, algae biofuel has the potential to significantly reduce reliance on foreign oil.
CCRES ALGAE TEAM
works on
Biodiesel from Microalgae
The oil from the algae can be used for any combustion process. An even wider range of use for algae oil is obtained by the transesterification to biodiesel. This biodiesel can be blended with fossil diesel or can be directly driven as pure biodiesel B100.
Biodiesel from microalgae has a comparable quality as rapeseed methyl ester and meets the standard EN 14214. At biodiesel production about 12% glycerin is produced as a by-product. This glycerin is a valuable resource for the production of algae in closed ponds, the heterotrophic processes. Thus, the entire algae oil can be used as fuel.
Fish Food
Algae provide a natural solution for the expanding fishing industry:
High-protein fish food
Replacement for existing fish meal production
Algae have nutrients of many young fishes available
The fishing industry recorded an annual growth of over 10% and, according to experts, will beat the global beef consumption in 2015.
The Technology developed by CCRES offers the opportunity to deliver part of the needed proteins for fish farming on the resulting algal biomass.
Protein for the food industry
The demand for high-quality protein for the food industry has been growing rapidly over the years.
The big growth opportunities are:
Weight control
Fitness and Sports Nutrition
Food supplements
The market volume in the protein sector is continously growing and at the rate of US $ 10.5B in 2010 and according to experts, will steadily increase to approx. $25B until 2030.
“There is intense interest in algal biofuels and bioproducts in this country and abroad, including in US,Australia, Chile, China, the European Union, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, and others,” says Branka Kalle, President of Council Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES).
Advantages algae has over other sources may make it the world’s favored biofuel. Algae could potentially produce over 20 times more oil per acre than other terrestrial crops.Algae avoids many of the environmental challenges associated with conventional biofuels.Algae does not require arable land or potable water, which completely avoids competition with food resources.
“The Asia Pacific region has been culturing algae for food and pharmaceuticals for many centuries, and these countries are eager to use this knowledge base for the production of biofuels,”says Zeljko Serdar, President of CCRES.
Without sustained high prices at the pump, investment in algae will likely be driven by demand for other products. In the short term, the growth of the industry will come from governments and companies seeking to reduce their environmental impact through carbon collection.
CCRES ALGAE TEAM
part of
Croatian Center of Renewable Energy Sources (CCRES)
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CROATIAN CENTER of RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES2. studenoga 2012. u 08:18
Growing algae for biofuel not only provides a viable source of alternative energy, but also yields significant economic benefits.
Minimal land use
Algae require much less land than traditional row crops, such as corn. In addition, algae can grow on non-arable, nutrient-poor land that won’t support conventional agriculture.
High yielding
Algae grow quickly at a large scale and can potentially generate up to 50 times more the amount of oil per acre than row crops, like corn and soybeans, which produce vegetable oil.
Non-competitive with agriculture
Production of algae for biofuel doesn’t require arable land needed for food production, fresh water for irrigation, or application of petroleum-based fertilizers. Algae farms can thrive and expand without taking land that’s needed for crops.
Renewable energy usage
Sunlight is the original source of all liquid fuels. Algae use photosynthesis to capture sunlight energy to produce oxygen and carbohydrates, creating a natural biomass oil product.
Security
Algae biofuels create a sustainable pathway to energy independence.
CCRES ALGAE TEAM
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CROATIAN CENTER of RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES30. studenoga 2012. u 16:45
Green Car Congress reports that biodiesel derived from microalgae, yeast, and bacteria can effectively outperform both petroleum diesel and biodiesel produced from plant oils, according to the findings of a new study by a team from Utah State University.
The researchers, who reported their results in a paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels, examined the properties, engine performance, and emissions for biodiesel produced from the microalgae Chaetoceros gracilis; the yeast Cryptococcus curvatus; and the bacterium Rhodococcus opacus, all compared with commercial soybean biodiesel.
From the study: While biodiesel derived from plant seed oils has advantages as a replacement for petroleum diesel, there is strong interest in the potential for biodiesel produced from microbial derived oils because of potential use of contaminated water, the diversity of oils that can be produced, use of marginal lands, and potential for higher oil yields per acre. Three different groups of microbes are known to produce high neutral oils including select microalgae, bacteria, and yeast.
Plant-based oils, commonly used to produce biodiesel (e.g., soybean, canola, and sunflower) are similar to one another in terms of fatty acid composition, containing primarily C16 and C18 fatty acids with varying degrees of unsaturation. Microbial oils, however, can differ substantially and may contain uncommon fatty acids that differ in both chain length and structure.
This study demonstrates that microbial-derived biodiesel shows comparable properties in the parameters tested to soybean biodiesel. Future wide scale use of microbial oils as a source for biodiesel will require advances in large-scale cultivation, dewatering, and oil extraction.
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Australian Pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
Pelecanidae
The Australian Pelican is often seen around the coasts, where it can be seen roosting on sandbanks, rock platforms and reefs, or swimming in lagoons, bays and estuarine waters, dipping their oversized bills into the water to catch fish. However, on the rare occasions that monsoonal rains flood the salt lakes in the arid inland of Australia, many pelicans take advantage of the conditions and flock there in their thousands to breed. When it dries out, they leave and head for other less-ephemeral terrestrial wetlands or the coast.
Identification
Description
There are seven species of pelicans in the world, all of which are similar in shape and, with one exception, are primarily white in colour. Males are larger than females. The most characteristic feature of pelicans is the elongated bill with its massive throat pouch. The Australian Pelican's bill is 40 cm - 50 cm long and is larger in males than females. Pelicans have large wings and a wingspan of 2.3 m - 2.5 m.
Location
Distribution
The Australian Pelican is found throughout Australia, Papua New Guinea and western Indonesia, with occasional reports in New Zealand and various western Pacific islands.
Behaviour
Feeding
The bill and pouch of pelicans play an important role in feeding. The bill is sensitive and this helps locate fish in murky water. It also has a hook at the end of the upper mandible, probably for gripping slippery food items. When food is caught, the pelican manipulates it in its bill until the prey typically has its head pointing down the pelican's throat. Then with a jerk of the head the pelican swallows the prey. The bill is delicately built. The lower jaw consists of two thin and weakly articulated bones from which the pouch hangs. When fully extended, the bill can hold up to 13 litres. The pouch does not function as a place to hold food for any length of time. Instead it serves as a short-term collecting organ. Pelicans plunge their bills into the water, using their pouches as nets. Once something is caught, a pelican draws its pouch to its breast. This empties the water and allows the bird to manoeuvre the prey into a swallowing position. The pouch can also serve as a net to catch food thrown by humans, and there are sightings of pelicans drinking by opening their bill to collect rainwater.
The Australian Pelican may feed alone, but more often feeds as a cooperative group. Sometimes these groups are quite large. One group numbered over 1,900 birds. A flock of pelicans works together, driving fish into a concentrated mass using their bills and sometimes by beating their wings. The fish are herded into shallow water or surrounded in ever decreasing circles.
Breeding
Breeding depends on environmental conditions, particularly rainfall. Pelicans are colonial breeders with up to 40 000 individuals grouping on islands or secluded shores. Breeding begins with courtship. The female leads potential mates (two to eight or more) around the colony. As the males follow her in these walks, they threaten each other while swinging their open bills from side to side trying to attract the female's attention. The males may also pick up small objects, like sticks or dry fish, which they toss in the air and catch again, repeating the sequence several times.
Both sexes perform "pouch-rippling" in which they clap their bills shut several times a second and the pouch ripples like a flag in a strong breeze. As the courtship parade progresses, the males drop out one by one. Finally, after pursuits on land, water or in the air, only a single male is left. The female leads him to a potential nest site.
During the courtship period, the bill and pouch of the birds change colour dramatically. The forward half of the pouch becomes bright salmon pink, while the skin of the pouch in the throat region turns chrome yellow. Parts of the top and base of the bill change to cobalt blue, and a black diagonal strip appears from the base to the tip. This colour change is of short duration, the intensity usually subsiding by the time incubation starts.
The nest consists of a scrape in the ground prepared by the female. She digs the scrape with her bill and feet, and lines it with any scraps of vegetation or feathers within reach of the nest. Within three days egg-laying begins and eggs are laid two to three days apart. Both parents share incubation and the eggs are incubated on their feet.
The first-hatched chick is substantially larger than its siblings. It receives most of the food and may even attack and kill its nest mates. A newly hatched pelican has a large bill, bulging eyes, and skin that looks like small-grained bubble plastic. The skin around the face is mottled with varying degrees of black and the colour of the eyes varies from white to dark brown. This individual variation helps the parents to recognise their chick from hundreds of others.
The chicks leave their nests to form creches of up to 100 birds. They remain in creches for about two months, by the end of which they have learnt to fly and are fairly independent. Wild birds may live between ten and possibly 25 years or more.
Less controversial moments from this weekends 1940s themed event at the Great Central Railway.
Is the large pylon correct for the period? The same more probably for the signal cabinet.
The less than pretty continuation of our initially lovely 'Town Trail' walk in Tavistock posted yesterday.
Quite why a tourist office would think walking through edge of town developments from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's would be a compulsory part of any visit to their town escapes me.
Thanks to Chelseagirl for this suggested soundtrack
Taken under less than ideal conditions as it was quite hazy.
Canon 7D With Canon 500mm f/4 L IS @ f/4
AstroTrac TT320X Mount.
50x 60 second subs @ ISO 1600.
We’ve just past Gants Hill Roundabout. Time for another song, Route 66 by Bobby Troup
Well if you ever plan to motor west
Just take my way that’s the highway that’s the best
Get your kicks on Route 66
Well it winds from Chicago to L.A.
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66
In common with travelling across the USA, bus journeys are measured in time not distance. But our journey should take less than an hour compared to 5 ~ 7 days it would take to drive from Chicago to L.A.
On a bus journey passengers choose whether to spend the time travelling in the inner space of their thoughts or the inner space of the bus - examining their fellow passengers and the bus or they can observe the passing scenery. Unfortunately suburban Essex doesn’t compare favourably with the vistas of New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California.
In 1930, no less than 82 airlines—most of them with one or two aircraft—consolidated into American Airways, mainly to profit from the lucrative mail contracts then being offered by the US government. This consolidation gave American Airways one of the largest American route networks, rivaled only by Pan American. Though most of its profit came from mail carrying, American included passenger service as well, operating huge Curtiss Condors, one of the first airliners to include sleeping berths and stewardesses.
In 1934, American Airways was bought by car producer Errett Cord, who renamed it American Airlines; as Cord was concentrating on his automotive business, he hired Texas businessman Cyrus R. Smith to run American. C.R. Smith, as he was better known, would become one of the most influential men in the history of American aviation, alongside Howard Hughes of Trans World Airlines and Juan Trippe of Pan American.
Smith saw a great deal of potential in American Airlines, but did not like the Curtiss Condor. Smith desired an aircraft capable of comfortably flying 14-20 people from New York to Los Angeles with a minimum of stops. To facilitate this, he contracted with Douglas Aircraft to develop the Douglas Sleeper Transport, which would eventually become the DC-3. American Airlines would be the first to operate what would become the most widely-produced and longest-lasting airliner in history. The DC-3 allowed American to operate a daily service between New York and Los Angeles; to further facilitate flights, Smith partnered with New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to have a new airport built, which would eventually become LaGuardia International Airport.
World War II saw American’s fleet of DC-3s federalized for US Army Air Force use, and its pilots incorporated into the Air Ferrying Service; C.R. Smith joined the USAAF and became the head of the AFS. This would prove helpful to the company as well, as its pilots gained experience flying globally. At war’s end, American embarked on an aggressive expansion of its routes and bought new equipment—and when it could not buy new equipment, it sponsored the creation of new airliners. To replace the DC-3, the airline helped fund the development of the Convair CV-240, the first American postwar airliner; the Douglas DC-7 was developed from the DC-6 to provide American with an aircraft capable of nonstop transcontinental service and one-stop Pacific service. American Airlines was now competing with the other “big three” airlines of the United States—Pan American, TWA, and United—but by 1950, was the second largest airline in the world, second only to Aeroflot of the Soviet Union.
To keep its innovative edge, American kept partnering with aviation companies. To replace the DC-6 on domestic routes, the airline was involved in the development of the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop in 1959; earlier in the 1950s, American had attempted to acquire deHavilland Comet 1s, but after several Comets were lost in crashes, the airline switched its orders to the Boeing 707. Though Pan American was the first to introduce the 707 on transatlantic routes, American was the first to use it in nonstop jet service from New York to Los Angeles, marketing it as the “Astrojet” and beating its main domestic competitor, United, to the punch. In 1962, it added a third new airliner, the Convair CV-990 Coronado, then the fastest airliner in the world. It also became the first airline to use an electronic booking system in the same year.
By 1970 American was in an excellent position. It was staying in competition with Pan American and TWA internationally and United domestically, and its acquisition of Trans-Caribbean Airways gave it unmatched access to the South American market (a position American retains today). It added wide-body airliners in the form of the Boeing 747 in 1970, while it was the launch customer of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1974. The latter provided the only hiccup in American’s continued expansion: the crash of Flight 191 at Chicago in May 1979, which remains the deadliest crash in American aviation history, led to the grounding of the DC-10 and an investigation into poor maintenance practices on the aircraft by American.
American adopted the modern hub/spoke system in 1981, mainly from Chicago-O’Hare and Dallas-Fort Worth, where the airline had moved its headquarters in 1979. It later expanded regional hubs to San Jose, California (after acquiring AirCal in 1987); Nashville, Tennesee; and Raleigh-Durham, though San Jose and Raleigh were later sold to other, smaller airlines. A commuter service, American Eagle, was founded in 1984. In 1990, it increased its hold on the South American market by purchasing Eastern Airlines’ route network in the region. In the same year, American took advantage of TWA’s troubles to acquire its landing rights at London-Heathrow, becoming one of only two US air carriers allowed to fly there (United being the other) until 2008. Eventually, in early 2001, American bought out TWA entirely.
The 1990s had seen American Airlines slow down some, partially because of overreach in too many unprofitable routes and an aging fleet of aircraft. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 hurt the airline more—not just because of the post-attack downturn, but also the loss of two American aircraft, their crews, and their passengers on 9/11 itself. Further tragedy struck American only weeks later when Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed after takeoff from Kennedy International, killing over 360 people. Labor troubles and problems with the MD-80 fleet inherited from TWA caused further problems: though American was never in danger of bankruptcy, it was forced to curtail a number of domestic and international flights and close its maintenance facility in Kansas City, Missouri.
This temporarily halted American’s troubles, but high operating costs, the 2008 recession, and an aging pilot workforce finally led the iconic carrier to file for bankruptcy in 2011. Almost a hundred aircraft were grounded and some flights were curtailed. To avoid a shutdown of the airline, American began to explore possibilities of a merger with another airline, and in 2013, was able to successfully merge with US Airways. This allowed American to emerge from bankruptcy.
Today, American Airlines is the largest airline in the world, thanks to the US Airways merger. Plans are to standardize the over 600 aircraft in the American fleet to the Airbus A320, late model Boeing 737s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787 Dreamliners, for which American placed the largest purchase order in American aviation history.
American Airlines began operations with 767s in 1982, and like all of American's other aircraft, they were finished in the airline's bare metal scheme, which was fairly unique among airliners at the time. This 767 model shows off American's iconic livery, which was used between the early 1970s to the US Airways merger.