San Francisco 2015, Vladimir Shibanov

SEA OF JAPAN (June 1, 2017) The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group, including the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) and the guided-missile destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) and USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112), operates with the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, including USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), CVW-5, USS Shiloh (CG 67), USS Barry (DDG 52), USS McCampbell (DDG 85), USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) and USS Mustin (DDG 89), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships (JS) Hyuga (DDH 181) and JS Ashigara (DDG 178) in the western Pacific region. Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and U.S. Navy forces routinely train together to improve interoperability and readiness to provide stability and security for the Indo-Asia Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kelsey L. Adams/Released)

Two completely different generations of Blackpool tram here... representing the 'streamliner' generation is Balloon tramcar 706 'Princess Alice' - built in 1934/35, this was one of 27 English Electric Balloons built, and was originally closed top until 1980 after an accident with 705 - and can carry 84 seated passengers plus 10 standees.

Alongside 706 is the modern day equivalent from 2012, a Bombardier Flexity Swift 2, number 013... ordered in 2009 by Blackpool Council, this is one of 16 built, of an order costing £33million, and is currently the only tram of this type in the world. These are wider than the older trams (2.65m), but have only 74 seats plus 148 standing spaces. They can go at up to 43.5mph and are 32.25m long.

It is quite possible that this investment in new trams saved the Blackpool Tramway, the oldest electric tram system in the world. The old fleet of Balloons and Railcoaches (which is what they all were, even if outside they had been modernised) were costing a lot to maintain and were quite slow in comparison to the number 1 bus service which runs parallel to the tramway through its length. The 16 Flexities run a year-round service at a frequency of 4 trams per hour along the full length of the route, and have faster top speed and acceleration than the old trams, so giving the tramway the edge over the bus service. These trams are also 100% wheelchair accessible, and are fitted with audio visual passenger information systems (although they are quite repetitive... "Mind the doors please... hold tight please"). These trams are easy and cheaper to maintain than the older trams, so a more reliable service can be run. Without this, it is likely the tramway would have wound up and closed down due to lack of funds to run it....

During bank holiday weekends, such as here on Easter Weekend 2013, some members of the restored Heritage Fleet come out to provide special limited stop journeys in addition to the service offered by the Flexities - some of these special services have made unscheduled extensions to Fleetwood at the request of the passengers. Different ticket types are available, but I went for a very reasonable "all mode" type ticket which allowed me unlimited day travel by heritage tram, flexity tram, and bus, throughout the whole Blackpool Transport network, all for just £10. The limited stop services the heritage fleet run mean they keep up with the Flexities (in fact whilst I was there, they either gained ground on them if in front or caught up with them if behind and had to wait until the Flexities moved from the stop).

The geothermal areas of Yellowstone include several geyser basins in Yellowstone National Park as well as other geothermal features such as hot springs, mud pots, and fumaroles. The number of thermal features in Yellowstone is estimated at 10,000. A study that was completed in 2011 found that a total of 1,283 geysers have erupted in Yellowstone, 465 of which are active during an average year. These are distributed among nine geyser basins, with a few geysers found in smaller thermal areas throughout the Park. The number of geysers in each geyser basin are as follows: Upper Geyser Basin (410), Midway Geyser Basin (59), Lower Geyser Basin (283), Norris Geyser Basin (193), West Thumb Geyser Basin (84), Gibbon Geyser Basin (24), Lone Star Geyser Basin (21), Shoshone Geyser Basin (107), Heart Lake Geyser Basin (69), other areas (33). Although famous large geysers like Old Faithful are part of the total, most of Yellowstone's geysers are small, erupting to only a foot or two. The hydrothermal system that supplies the geysers with hot water sits within an ancient active caldera. Many of the thermal features in Yellowstone build up sinter, geyserite, or travertine deposits around and within them.

The various geyser basins are located where rainwater and snowmelt can percolate into the ground, get indirectly superheated by the underlying Yellowstone hotspot, and then erupt at the surface as geysers, hot springs, and fumaroles. Thus flat-bottomed valleys between ancient lava flows and glacial moraines are where most of the large geothermal areas are located. Smaller geothermal areas can be found where fault lines reach the surface, in places along the circular fracture zone around the caldera, and at the base of slopes that collect excess groundwater. Due to the Yellowstone Plateau's high elevation the average boiling temperature at Yellowstone's geyser basins is 199 °F (93 °C). When properly confined and close to the surface it can periodically release some of the built-up pressure in eruptions of hot water and steam that can reach up to 390 feet (120 m) into the air (see Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest geyser). Water erupting from Yellowstone's geysers is superheated above that boiling point to an average of 204 °F (95.5 °C) as it leaves the vent. The water cools significantly while airborne and is no longer scalding hot by the time it strikes the ground, nearby boardwalks, or even spectators. Because of the high temperatures of the water in the features it is important that spectators remain on the boardwalks and designated trails. Several deaths have occurred in the park as a result of falls into hot springs.

Prehistoric Native American artifacts have been found at Mammoth Hot Springs and other geothermal areas in Yellowstone. Some accounts state that the early people used hot water from the geothermal features for bathing and cooking. In the 19th century Father Pierre-Jean De Smet reported that natives he interviewed thought that geyser eruptions were "the result of combat between the infernal spirits". The Lewis and Clark Expedition traveled north of the Yellowstone area in 1806. Local natives that they came upon seldom dared to enter what we now know is the caldera because of frequent loud noises that sounded like thunder and the belief that the spirits that possessed the area did not like human intrusion into their realm. The first white man known to travel into the caldera and see the geothermal features was John Colter, who had left the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He described what he saw as "hot spring brimstone". Beaver trapper Joseph Meek recounted in 1830 that the steam rising from the various geyser basins reminded him of smoke coming from industrial smokestacks on a cold winter morning in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the 1850s famed trapper Jim Bridger called it "the place where Hell bubbled up".

The heat that drives geothermal activity in the Yellowstone area comes from brine (salty water) that is 1.5–3 miles (7,900–15,800 ft; 2,400–4,800 m) below the surface. This is actually below the solid volcanic rock and sediment that extends to a depth of 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m) and is inside the hot but mostly solid part of the pluton that contains Yellowstone's magma chamber. At that depth the brine is superheated to temperatures that exceed 400 °F (204 °C) but is able to remain a liquid because it is under great pressure (like a huge pressure cooker).

Convection of the churning brine and conduction from surrounding rock transfers heat to an overlaying layer of fresh groundwater. Movement of the two liquids is facilitated by the highly fractured and porous nature of the rocks under the Yellowstone Plateau. Some silica is dissolved from the fractured rhyolite into the hot water as it travels through the fractured rock. Part of this hard mineral is later redeposited on the walls of the cracks and fissures to make a nearly pressure-tight system. Silica precipitates at the surface to form either geyserite or sinter, creating the massive geyser cones, the scalloped edges of hot springs, and the seemingly barren landscape of geyser basins.

There are at least five types of geothermal features found at Yellowstone:

Fumaroles: Fumaroles, or steam vents, are the hottest hydrothermal features in the park. They have so little water that it all flashes into steam before reaching the surface. At places like Roaring Mountain, the result is loud hissing of steam and gases.

Geysers: Geysers such as Old Faithful are a type of geothermal feature that periodically erupt scalding hot water. Increased pressure exerted by the enormous weight of the overlying rock and water prevents deeper water from boiling. As the hot water rises it is under less pressure and steam bubbles form. They, in turn, expand on their ascent until the bubbles are too big and numerous to pass freely through constrictions. At a critical point the confined bubbles actually lift the water above, causing the geyser to splash or overflow. This decreases the pressure of the system and violent boiling results. Large quantities of water flash into tremendous amounts of steam that force a jet of water out of the vent: an eruption begins. Water (and heat) is expelled faster than the geyser's recharge rate, gradually decreasing the system's pressure and eventually ending the eruption.

Hot springs: Hot springs such as Grand Prismatic Spring are the most common hydrothermal features in the park. Their plumbing has no constrictions. Superheated water cools as it reaches the surface, sinks, and is replaced by hotter water from below. This circulation, called convection, prevents water from reaching the temperature needed to set off an eruption. Many hot springs give rise to streams of heated water.

Mudpots: Mudpots such as Fountain Paint Pots are acidic hot springs with a limited water supply. Some microorganisms use hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell), which rises from deep within the earth, as an energy source. They convert the gas into sulfuric acid, which breaks down rock into clay.

Travertine terraces: Travertine terraces, found at Mammoth Hot Springs, are formed from limestone (a rock type made of calcium carbonate). Thermal waters rise through the limestone, carrying high amounts of dissolved carbonate. Carbon dioxide is released at the surface and calcium carbonate deposited as travertine, the chalky white rock of the terraces. These features constantly and quickly change due to the rapid rate of deposition.

Geyser basins

The Norris Geyser Basin 44°43′43″N 110°42′16″W is the hottest geyser basin in the park and is located near the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near Norris Junction and on the intersection of three major faults. The Norris-Mammoth Corridor is a fault that runs from Norris north through Mammoth to the Gardiner, Montana, area. The Hebgen Lake fault runs from northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana, to Norris. This fault experienced an earthquake in 1959 that measured 7.4 on the Richter scale (sources vary on exact magnitude between 7.1 and 7.8; see 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake). Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic because these two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that resulted from the creation of the Yellowstone Caldera of 640,000 years ago.

The Basin consists of three main areas: Porcelain Basin, Back Basin, and One Hundred Springs Plain. Unlike most of other geyser basins in the park, the waters from Norris are acidic rather than alkaline (for example, Echinus Geyser has a pH of ~3.5). The difference in pH allows for a different class of bacterial thermophiles to live at Norris, creating different color patterns in and around the Norris Basin waters.

The Ragged Hills that lie between Back Basin and One Hundred Springs Plain are thermally altered glacial kames. As glaciers receded the underlying thermal features began to express themselves once again, melting remnants of the ice and causing masses of debris to be dumped. These debris piles were then altered by steam and hot water flowing through them. Madison lies within the eroded stream channels cut through lava flows formed after the caldera eruption. The Gibbon Falls lies on the caldera boundary as does Virginia Cascades.

Algae on left bacteria on right at the intersection of flows from the Constant & Whirlgig Geysers at Norris Geyser Basin

The tallest active geyser in the world, Steamboat Geyser,[11] is located in Norris Basin. Unlike the slightly smaller but much more famous Old Faithful Geyser located in Upper Geyser Basin, Steamboat has an erratic and lengthy timetable between major eruptions. During major eruptions, which may be separated by intervals of more than a year (the longest recorded span between major eruptions was 50 years), Steamboat erupts over 300 feet (90 m) into the air. Steamboat does not lie dormant between eruptions, instead displaying minor eruptions of approximately 40 feet (12 m).

Norris Geyser Basin periodically undergoes a large-scale, basin-wide thermal disturbance lasting a few weeks. Water levels fluctuate, and temperatures, pH, colors, and eruptive patterns change throughout the basin. During a disturbance in 1985, Porkchop Geyser continually jetted steam and water; in 1989, the same geyser apparently clogged with silica and blew up, throwing rocks more than 200 feet (61 m). In 2003 a park ranger observed it bubbling heavily, the first such activity seen since 1991. Activity increased dramatically in mid-2003. Because of high ground temperatures and new features beside the trail much of Back Basin was closed until October. In 2004 the boardwalk was routed around the dangerous area and now leads behind Porkchop Geyser.

North of Norris, Roaring Mountain is a large, acidic hydrothermal area (solfatara) with many fumaroles. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the number, size, and power of the fumaroles were much greater than today. The fumaroles are most easily seen in the cooler, low-light conditions of morning and evening.

The Gibbon Geyser Basin 44°41′58″N 110°44′34″W includes several thermal areas in the vicinity of the Gibbon River between Gibbon Falls and Norris. The most accessible feature in the basin is Beryl Spring, with a small boardwalk right along the Grand Loop Road. Artists' Paintpots is a small hydrothermal area south of Norris Junction that includes colorful hot springs and two large mudpots.

The Monument Geyser Basin 44°41′03″N 110°45′14″W has no active geysers, but its 'monuments' are siliceous sinter deposits similar to the siliceous spires discovered on the floor of Yellowstone Lake. Scientists hypothesize that this basin's structures formed from a hot water system in a glacially dammed lake during the waning stages of the Pinedale Glaciation. The basin is on a ridge reached by a very steep one-mile (1.6 km) trail south of Artists' Paint Pots. Other areas of thermal activity in Gibbon Geyser Basin lie off-trail.

South of Norris along the rim of the caldera is the Upper Geyser Basin 44°27′52″N 110°49′45″W, which has the highest concentration of geothermal features in the park. This complement of features includes the most famous geyser in the park, Old Faithful Geyser, as well as four other predictable large geysers. One of these large geysers in the area is Castle Geyser which is about 1,400 feet (430 m) northwest of Old Faithful. Castle Geyser has an interval of approximately 13 hours between major eruptions, but is unpredictable after minor eruptions. The other three predictable geysers are Grand Geyser, Daisy Geyser, and Riverside Geyser. Biscuit Basin and Black Sand Basin are also within the boundaries of Upper Geyser Basin.

The hills surrounding Old Faithful and the Upper Geyser Basin are reminders of Quaternary rhyolitic lava flows. These flows, occurring long after the catastrophic eruption of 640,000 years ago, flowed across the landscape like stiff mounds of bread dough due to their high silica content.

Evidence of glacial activity is common, and it is one of the keys that allows geysers to exist. Glacier till deposits underlie the geyser basins providing storage areas for the water used in eruptions. Many landforms, such as Porcupine Hills north of Fountain Flats, are made up of glacial gravel and are reminders that 70,000 to 14,000 years ago, this area was buried under ice.

Signs of the forces of erosion can be seen everywhere, from runoff channels carved across the sinter in the geyser basins to the drainage created by the Firehole River. Mountain building is evident on the drive south of Old Faithful, toward Craig Pass. Here the Rocky Mountains reach a height of 8,262 feet (2,518 m), dividing the country into two distinct watersheds.

Midway Geyser Basin 44°31′04″N 110°49′56″W is much smaller than the other basins found alongside the Firehole River. Despite its small size, it contains two large features, the 200-by-300-foot-wide (60 by 90 m) Excelsior Geyser which pours over 4,000 U.S. gallons (15,000 L; 3,300 imp gal) per minute into the Firehole River. The largest hot spring in Yellowstone, the 370-foot-wide (110 m) and 121-foot-deep (37 m) Grand Prismatic Spring is found here. Also in the basin is Turquoise Pool and Opal Pool.

Lower Geyser Basin

Blue spring with steam rising from it; irregular blotches of red and orange residue are on the banks, along with dead tree trunks.

Silex Spring at Fountain Paint Pot

Farther north is the Lower Geyser Basin 44°32′58″N 110°50′09″W, which is the largest geyser basin in area, covering approximately 11 square miles. Due to its large size, it has a much less concentrated set of geothermal features, including Fountain Paint Pots. Fountain Paint Pots are mud pots, that is, a hot spring that contains boiling mud instead of water. The mud is produced by a higher acidity in the water which enables the spring to dissolve surrounding minerals to create an opaque, usually grey, mud. Also there is Firehole Spring, Celestine Pool, Leather Pool, Red Spouter, Jelly spring, and a number of fumaroles.

Geysers in Lower Geyser Basin include Great Fountain Geyser, whose eruptions reach 100 to 200 feet (30–61 m) in the air, while waves of water cascade down its sinter terraces., the Fountain group of Geysers (Clepsydra Geyser which erupts nearly continuously to heights of 45 feet (14 m), Fountain Geyser, Jelly Geyser, Jet Geyser, Morning Geyser, and Spasm Geyser), the Pink Cone group of geysers (Dilemma Geyser, Labial Geyser, Narcissus Geyser, Pink Geyser, and Pink Cone Geyser), the White Dome group of geysers (Crack Geyser, Gemini Geyser, Pebble Geyser, Rejuvenated Geyser, and White Dome Geyser), as well as Sizzler Geyser.

Clepsydra Geyser erupting. July 2019

Fountain Paint Pots

White Dome Geyser

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Several pools of blue water in ashen rock basin.

West Thumb Geyser Basin

Blackened basin with orange streaks; steam is rising from it with fir trees in the background.

Overflow areas of Silex springs

The West Thumb Geyser Basin 44°25′07″N 110°34′23″W, including Potts Basin to the north, is the largest geyser basin on the shores of Yellowstone Lake. The heat source of the thermal features in this location is thought to be relatively close to the surface, only 10,000 feet (3,000 m) down. West Thumb is about the same size as another famous volcanic caldera, Crater Lake in Oregon, but much smaller than the great Yellowstone Caldera which last erupted about 640,000 years ago. West Thumb is a caldera within a caldera.

West Thumb was created approximately 162,000 years ago when a magma chamber bulged up under the surface of the earth and subsequently cracked it along ring fracture zones. This in turn released the enclosed magma as lava and caused the surface above the emptied magma chamber to collapse. Water later filled the collapsed area of the caldera, forming an extension of Yellowstone Lake. This created the source of heat and water that feed the West Thumb Geyser Basin today.

The thermal features at West Thumb are not only found on the lake shore, but extend under the surface of the lake as well. Several underwater hydrothermal features were discovered in the early 1990s and can be seen as slick spots or slight bulges in the summer. During the winter, the underwater thermal features are visible as melt holes in the icy surface of the lake. The surrounding ice can reach three feet (one yard) in thickness.

Perhaps the most famous hydrothermal feature at West Thumb is a geyser on the lake shore known as Fishing Cone. Walter Trumbull of the 1870 Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition described a unique event while a man was fishing adjacent to the cone: "...in swinging a trout ashore, it accidentally got off the hook and fell into the spring. For a moment it darted about with wonderful rapidity, as if seeking an outlet. Then it came to the top, dead, and literally boiled." Fishing Cone erupted frequently to the height of 40 feet (12 m) in 1919 and to lesser heights in 1939. One fisherman was badly burned in Fishing Cone in 1921. Fishing at the geyser is now prohibited.

Early visitors would arrive at West Thumb via stagecoach from the Old Faithful area. They had a choice of continuing on the stagecoach or boarding the steamship Zillah to continue the journey by water to Lake Hotel. The boat dock was located near the south end of the geyser basin near Lakeside Spring.

Backcountry Geyser Basins

The Heart Lake 44°18′00″N 110°30′56″W, Lone Star 44°24′50″N 110°49′04″W, and Shoshone Geyser Basins 44°21′16″N 110°47′57″W are located away from the road and require at least several miles of hiking to reach. These areas lack the boardwalks and other safety features of the developed areas. As falling into geothermal features can be fatal, it is usually advisable to visit these areas with an experienced guide or at the very least, travelers need to ensure they remain on well-marked trails.

The Heart Lake Geyser Basin contains several groups of geysers and deep blue hot springs near Heart Lake in the south-central portion of Yellowstone, southeast of most of the main geyser basins. Lying in the Snake River watershed east of Lewis Lake and south of Yellowstone Lake, Heart Lake was named sometime before 1871 for Hart Hunney, a hunter. Other explorers in the region incorrectly assumed that the lake's name was spelled 'heart' because of its shape. The Heart Lake Geyser Basin begins a couple miles from the lake and descends along Witch Creek to the lakeshore. Five groups of hydrothermal features comprise the basin, and all of them contain geysers, although some are dormant.

Between Shoshone Lake and Old Faithful is the Lone Star Geyser Basin, of which the primary feature is Lone Star Geyser, named for its isolation from the nearby geysers of the Upper Geyser Basin. The basin is reachable on foot or bicycle via a 3 mile road that is closed to vehicles.

The Shoshone Geyser Basin, reached by hiking or by boat, contains one of the highest concentrations of geysers in the world – more than 80 in an area 1,600 by 800 feet (490 by 240 m). Hot springs and mudpots dot the landscape between the geyser basin and Shoshone Lake.

Hot Spring Basin is located 15 miles (24 km) north-northeast of Fishing Bridge and has one of Yellowstone's largest collections of hot springs and fumaroles. The geothermal features there release large amounts of sulfur. This makes water from the springs so acidic that it has dissolved holes in the pants of people who sit on wet ground and causes mounds of sulfur three feet (1 m) high to develop around fumaroles. The very hot acidic water and steam have also created voids in the ground that are only covered by a thin crust.

Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes. Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.

The thermal features at Mud Volcano and Sulphur Caldron are primarily mud pots and fumaroles because the area is situated on a perched water system with little water available. Fumaroles or "steam vents" occur when the ground water boils away faster than it can be recharged. Also, the vapors are rich in sulfuric acid that leaches the rock, breaking it down into clay. Because no water washes away the acid or leached rock, it remains as sticky clay to form a mud pot. Hydrogen sulfide gas is present deep in the earth at Mud Volcano and is oxidized to sulfuric acid by microbial activity, which dissolves the surface soils to create pools and cones of clay and mud. Along with hydrogen sulfide, steam, carbon dioxide, and other gases explode through the layers of mud.

A series of shallow earthquakes associated with the volcanic activity in Yellowstone struck this area in 1978. Soil temperatures increased to nearly 200 °F (93 °C). The slope between Sizzling Basin and Mud Geyser, once covered with green grass and trees, became a barren landscape of fallen trees known as "the cooking hillside".

Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the 42nd U.S. Congress with the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone was the first national park in the U.S. and is also widely held to be the first national park in the world. The park is known for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, especially the Old Faithful geyser, one of its most popular. While it represents many types of biomes, the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion.

While Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone region for at least 11,000 years, aside from visits by mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century, organized exploration did not begin until the late 1860s. Management and control of the park originally fell under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the first Secretary of the Interior to supervise the park being Columbus Delano. However, the U.S. Army was eventually commissioned to oversee the management of Yellowstone for 30 years between 1886 and 1916. In 1917, the administration of the park was transferred to the National Park Service, which had been created the previous year. Hundreds of structures have been built and are protected for their architectural and historical significance, and researchers have examined more than a thousand archaeological sites.

Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 sq mi (8,983 km2), comprising lakes, canyons, rivers, and mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest high-elevation lakes in North America and is centered over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest super volcano on the continent. The caldera is considered a dormant volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several times in the last two million years. Well over half of the world's geysers and hydrothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the largest remaining nearly intact ecosystem in the Earth's northern temperate zone. In 1978, Yellowstone was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians have been documented, including several that are either endangered or threatened. The vast forests and grasslands also include unique species of plants. Yellowstone Park is the largest and most famous megafauna location in the contiguous United States. Grizzly bears, cougars, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk live in this park. The Yellowstone Park bison herd is the oldest and largest public bison herd in the United States. Forest fires occur in the park each year; in the large forest fires of 1988, nearly one-third of the park was burnt. Yellowstone has numerous recreational opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fishing, and sightseeing. Paved roads provide close access to the major geothermal areas as well as some of the lakes and waterfalls. During the winter, visitors often access the park by way of guided tours that use either snow coaches or snowmobiles.

Teton County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 23,331. Its county seat is Jackson. Its west boundary line is also the Wyoming state boundary shared with Idaho and the southern tip of Montana. Teton County is part of the Jackson, WY-ID Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Teton County contains the Jackson Hole ski area, all of Grand Teton National Park, and 40.4% of Yellowstone National Park's total area, including over 96.6% of its water area (largely in Yellowstone Lake).

Wyoming is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in 2020, Wyoming is the least populous state despite being the 10th largest by area, with the second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and most populous city is Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018.

Wyoming's western half consists mostly of the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains; its eastern half consists of high-elevation prairie, and is referred to as the High Plains. Wyoming's climate is semi-arid in some parts and continental in others, making it drier and windier overall than other states, with greater temperature extremes. The federal government owns just under half of Wyoming's land, generally protecting it for public uses. The state ranks sixth in the amount of land—-and fifth in the proportion of its land—-that is owned by the federal government. Its federal lands include two national parks (Grand Teton and Yellowstone), two national recreation areas, two national monuments, and several national forests, as well as historic sites, fish hatcheries, and wildlife refuges.

Indigenous peoples inhabited the region for thousands of years. Historic and currently federally recognized tribes include the Arapaho, Crow, Lakota, and Shoshone. Part of the land that is now Wyoming came under American sovereignty via the Louisiana Purchase, part via the Oregon Treaty, and, lastly, via the Mexican Cession. With the opening of the Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the California Trail, vast numbers of pioneers travelled through parts of the state that had once been traversed mainly by fur trappers, and this spurred the establishment of forts, such as Fort Laramie, that today serve as population centers. The Transcontinental Railroad supplanted the wagon trails in 1867 with a route through southern Wyoming, bringing new settlers and the establishment of founding towns, including the state capital of Cheyenne. On March 27, 1890, Wyoming became the union's 44th state.

Farming and ranching, and the attendant range wars, feature prominently in the state's history. Today, Wyoming's economy is largely based on tourism and the extraction of minerals such as coal, natural gas, oil, and trona. Its agricultural commodities include barley, hay, livestock, sugar beets, wheat, and wool.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, Lakeside Ranger District Forester Anita Thompson reveals tree infestation, by peeling the bark from a Ponderosa Pine tree and showing, in the bark, Mountain Pine Beetle, Red Turpentine beetle, and Flathead borers, at the Fleming timber sale near Lakeside, AZ, on Dec 6, 2018.

This is part of the broader Four Forest Restoration Initiative, which is intended to treat more than 2.4 million acres of ponderosa pine forest across northern Arizona.

Current activity includes the use of a feller buncher to cut and then stack trees. A feller buncher then drags the trees to a worksite. There the tree branches are removed in seconds, and the delimbed tree trunk is cut to the desired length for sale by the contractor to lumber mills. The disposition of treetops and tree logs too big for the mill remain the contractor's responsibility. Post-harvest piling of slash/branches/brush are burned when fuels have cured, and weather conditions allow The ultimate goal of the timber sale is to improve forest health and reduce the potential for high-intensity wildfires that could threaten lives, property, and natural resources. The Four Forest Restoration Initiative seeks to increase resilience in the fire-adapted ponderosa pine forest by reducing tree stand densities to a more historical level, which eventually reduces the potential for uncharacteristic wildfire. This work also offers greater protection for residents living in and adjacent to the wildland-urban interface, where developments and forested areas merge.

USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

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A fresh batch of heads ready to be cured. heh-heh.

Interior of Crowder College and Drury University at the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2015 at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)

The Duchess of Windsor

Per the NMAAHC website:

"The NMAAHC’s highly symbolic presence on the National Mall is matched by the symbolism of the building itself. Lead designer David Adjaye and lead architect Philip Freelon, together with their architectural team Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, won the international competition in April 2009 to design and deliver the museum to the people of the United States. Groundbreaking on the five-acre site took place in February 2012, with the museum opening on September 24, 2016.

The son of a Ghanaian diplomat, Adjaye grew up as a citizen of the world; he has lived in Egypt, England, Lebanon, and Tanzania; and has visited all 54 independent nations of Africa. Freelon is the leading designer for African American museums today. And before his death in February 2009, J. Max Bond Jr. designed African American historic sites, museum, and archives around the world. As a result, the architects have synthesized a variety of distinctive elements from Africa and the Americas into the building’s design and structure.

By wrapping the entire building in an ornamental bronze-colored metal lattice, Adjaye and the other architects pay homage to the intricate ironwork that was crafted by enslaved African Americans in Louisiana, South Carolina, and elsewhere."

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ISRAEL FERREYRA - Guitar

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in April 18, 1985 in San Martin, Mendoza. He started to study music at the age of 13 with classical guitar for 6 years, then because of his musical preferences decided to purchase his first electric guitar. By not getting a proper teacher for the style and way of playing that he wanted (Heavy Metal), decides to base his studies in books and guitar clinics, becoming an autodidact. At 16 he had his first musical experience in a “Black Metal” band where he played the keyboard, then at the age of 17 plays as guitarist in a “Thrash Metal” band. Later he decides, with musicians from those bands, to form Nephelim, a “Power Metal” band in which he played several years until its dissolution. Since 2011 he is a member of the band “Blood Dress” where he plays the guitar.

BIOGRAFIA:

Nacido el 18 de Abril de 1985 en San Martín, Mendoza. Comienza sus estudios musicales a la de edad de 13 años con guitarra clásica durante 6 años, luego debido a preferencias musicales decide adquirir su primera guitarra eléctrica. Al no conseguir un profesor adecuado para al estilo y la forma de tocar que deseaba (Heavy Metal), decide basar sus estudios en libros y clínicas de guitarra, convirtiéndose en un autodidacta. A los 16 años tiene su primera experiencia musical en una banda de “Black Metal” donde ocupa el rol de tecladista. Luego, a la edad de 17 incursiona como guitarrista en una banda de “Thrash Metal”. Al pasar el tiempo decide junto con músicos de aquellas bandas formar “Nephelim”, banda de “Power Metal” donde toco varios años hasta su disolución. Desde el año 2011 forma parte de la banda “Blood Dress” donde se desempeña como guitarrista.

INFLUENCES / INFLUENCIAS:

Guitarists / Guitarristas:

Yngwie Malmsteen

Michael Romeo

Dimebag Darrell

Chuck Schuldiner

Christian Muenzner

Bands / Bandas:

Necrophagist

The Faceless

Obscura

Gorod

Spawn of Possession

Sleep Terror

EQUIPMENT / EQUIPAMIENTO:

Guitars / Guitarras:

Dean Razorback

Dean Dime

Jackson PS4

Bc Rich Warlock NT

Ovation Electroacustica Demented

Amplification / Amplificación:

Randall RH 100

Randall R412CX

Pedals / Pedales:

Boss GT 10-LS 2

Dunlop Dime Cry Baby From Hell

Line 6 DM4

Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher-LPB1

Marshall EH1

Korg Df10

Digitech Whammy

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 14: Bilibili Gaming competes at the League of Legends - Mid-Season Invitational Bracket Stage on May 14 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

View of land from a boat on a river in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 28 October 2020

Photo credit: Egide Katumaini via GWPSA world Water Day 2021 Photo Contest

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Anton Church (Vienna)

The Anton Church in Vienna Favoriten

The Anton church is a Saint Anthony of Padua consecrated Roman Catholic parish church at Anton Place in Vienna's 10th district, Favoriten.

History

At the end of the 19th century, there was only one church in Favoriten, the 1876 consecrated parish church of St. John the Evangelist, who was responsible for 100,000 people. Thus, the construction of another church in the district was necessary, which to the request of the then archbishop Josef Anton Gruscha should be consecrated to Saint Anthony of Padua, the namesake of Gruscha. The foundation stone for the church was laid in the presence of emperor Franz Joseph on November 10, 1896. Just six years later, followed the church's consecration in 1902 again in the presence of the archbishop and the emperor. The plans stemmed of the architect Franz Neumann, the execution took over the Court architect Josef Schmalzhofer. The interior design provided the history painter August Wörndle, while the organ was built by Johann M. Kauffmann.

During the Second World War, the Anton church on 6 November and 11 December 1944 was hit hard by bombs. As a result, the dome, the organ loft, parts of the towers and of the nave and the murals were destroyed. Although immediately after the war was begun with reconstruction, it took until 1961 before the restoration was completed. It was headed by architect Anton Steflicek. Due to lack of funds, it was decided at that time to paint the interior plainly white and do without murals. In 1962, the church finally obtained a new organ, by Dreher & Reinisch built as Karl Walter Memorial Organ. It has 52 stops on 3 manuals and pedal. The chancel was redesigned in 1981 and constructed a people's altar. An interior renovation took place in the year 1992.

Appearance

Dome of Anton Church

The Anton church is a monumental and representative construction. It is the largest church of the 10th district. It is located in the midst of Anton Square and is surrounded by a green area. By the streets leading towards Antonplatz, the church by axes of view is yet visible from a further distance.

The church is built in a historicizing Romanesque-Byzantine style. Originally, the architect wanted more orient himself to the St. Mark's Basilica of Venice and create a building with four lower domes and a crossing-cupola. However, the high construction costs forced him to economize, by which only a large crossing-cupola was realized. The external appearance is reminiscent of the great Basilica of Saint Anthony in Padua. The brick building has a very wide, well over 25 meters long facade which is flanked by two campanile like bell towers (each 51 meters high). Dominating is the 48.5-meter-high crossing-cupola in the center of the building, bearing a four-meter-high blessing statue of Christ. Both the choir and transepts have large vestibules.

Above the entrance portal there is in the upper part of the loggias like door building a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua by Heinz Satzinger from the year 1958. Immediately above the door is on a trumeau pillar a figure of Mary of Alois Düll. The mosaics above were donated in 1907 by Favoritner big industrialists. Around the church there are 31 glass mosaic images of saints, who are usually related to Vienna or Austria.

Interior

The spacious interior not last because of the white painting looks bright and simple. The high altar is designed as marble altar ciborium (1961). The only wall paintings are now located in the choir room, where in the apse the mosaic of Christ Pantocrator by Ernst Bauernfeind from 1962 can be seen as well as two large frescoes with scenes from the Old and New Testament of Hanns Alexander Brunner, also 1962. The pulpit on the basket has bronze reliefs of Heinz Satzinger of 1963. Still of the original equipment, the Way of the Cross reliefs of zinc, which were created according to designs of the architect in 1902, have been preserved. Also from the time around 1900 stem two statues of the Madonna with Child and Sacred Heart of Ludwig Schadler. From the former Schmelzer cemetery a Pietà and a statue of St. John Nepomuk were brought here. Other figures represent the Holy Anna teaching Maria to read, the St. Jude Thaddeus, the St. Joseph and St. Theresa of Lisieux. In the right transept is situated the Antonius altar with a statue of the Saint by Ferdinand Stuflesser from the construction period. Here a 6 cm long rib of Saint Anthony is stored, which was brought by Count Eduard Gaston Pöttickh of Pettenegg, the Titular Archbishop of Damietta, from Italy to Vienna. It is the largest Antonius relic in Vienna.

Particular attention deserves the weekday chapel, in which still a wood paneled ceiling with gilded rosettes of 1901 and the images of Saints Francis Xavier, Bonaventure and George, and the Holy Family can be seen. They escaped as the only ones the destructions of the war.

The interior of the church Antonskirche

Apse mosaic Christ Pantocrator of Ernst Bauernfeind

Interior space

Antonius altar

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonskirche_(Wien)

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended a charity gala reception at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai Sunday 10 April 2016. The event was held to help raise funds for three charities - Magic Bus, Childline India Foundation and Door Step School. Their Royal Highnesses are on a seven day visit to India and Bhutan from 10-16 April 2016. Follow the visit updates on Twitter @UKinIndia #RoyalVisitIndia #RoyalVisitBhutan

Across this arm of Baltimore's Inner Harbor, we could see the Chesapeake, a U.S. Coast Guard lightship launched in 1930 that spent most its career parked in the middle of Chesapeake Bay. The masts each have big lanterns at the top, making this a floating lighthouse.

This was one of several lightships that operated along the East Coast in places where somebody might have wanted to build a lighthouse if a sand bar had been handy. This lightship's job was to go park itself in the middle of the bay, drop anchor, and stay put, shining its light so the cargo ships could keep track of where they were and where the bay was. It had a 5,000-pound anchor to keep it in place. If a storm came up and broke the chain, it had another 5,000-pound anchor it could drop as a backup. If that chain broke, it could use its engines to stay in place. If the engines broke, the ship was probably going to sink, and the crew had other things to worry about besides what the cargo ships might hit.

The Chesapeake stayed in service until 1970, when she was decommissioned and replaced by a big buoy. The ship was handed over to the National Park Service for a while, then leased out in 1981 to the Baltimore Maritime Museum to serve as a museum ship. There are several other museum lightships floating around (Doug has posted pictures of a couple, including this one), but this is the first one I've ever seen.

Behind the Chesapeake, you can see what's left of the coal-fired Pratt Street Power Plant, which had been built in 1900 to power several lines of electric streetcars. It was decommissioned in 1973 and eventually turned into a little mall. There's a Hard Rock Cafe in there. I've never been to a Hard Rock Cafe.

The visit and guided tour of Poblet Monastery.

Monks still lives in this monastery. It was restored in the 20th century, having been ruined in the 19th century. There are tombs here of the Kings and Queens of Aragon.

The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet (Catalan: Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet) is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France on lands conquered from the Moors. The main architect was Arnau Bargués.

This monastery was the first of three sister monasteries, known as the Cistercian triangle, that helped consolidate power in Catalonia in the 12th century. (The other two are Vallbona de les Monges and Santes Creus.)

Poblet was one of the two royal pantheons of the kings of the Crown of Aragon since James I of Aragon (along with Monastery of San Juan de la Peña). Some of the most important royal sepulchres have alabaster statues that lie over the tomb. The kings have lion sculptures at their feet, while the queens have dogs.

Peter IV of Aragon (1319 – 1387) made it a condition, under solemn oath at the moment of crowning, that all the Aragonese kings be buried there. Only Ferdinand II of Aragon broke the oath, after his kingdom had been merged with the Kingdom of Castile, and was buried in Granada.

The Calefactory

Or "warming room". Used by monks to alleviate the chill of winter. Was also used as the monks' barber's shop.

Window

We can’t have an Elsa doll without an Anna doll and Becki was generous enough to include an Anna doll. Anna is similarly detail as Elsa though sadly her blue gloves stained Anna’s hands so I just keep them off. The hair was taken down but I braided them up again kinda crappily so yeah haha.

There’s just so much subtleties in the facial screening I half think she’s been hand painted and blushed because it’s SUCH well done approximation of the movie face.

Also a side note, her shoes make it easier for her to free stand than Elsa’s shoes.

WATERS SOUTH OF JAPAN (Nov. 15, 2014) Cryptologic Technician (Technical) 3rd Class Marlon Martin, from Detroit, fights back a simulated attacker after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray during security reactionary forces training on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97). Halsey is currently participating in Keen Sword, a joint/bilateral field training exercise involving U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF), is designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. forces and the JSDF. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialists 3rd Class Bradley J. Gee/Released)

National Day of Protests Against Racism & Political Repression Gathering along North Charles at 20th Street in Baltimore, Maryland on Saturday afternoon, 30 May 2020 by Elvert Barnes Photography

Follow People's Power Assembly Baltimore event page at www.facebook.com/events/277827780067737

Elvert Barnes Saturday, 30 May 2020 NDOP docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/30May2020.html

Elvert Barnes BLACK LIVES MATTER 2020 PROTESTS docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/BLM2020

Elvert Barnes Corona Virus COVID-19 Pandemic Project at elvertbarnes.com/COVID19.html

Elvert Barnes BMORE 2020 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/Bmore2020.html

Roman Imperial period, late 2nd-early 3rd c. CE

From the Wreck of the Columns (Relitto delle Colonne/Camarina A), off Camarina, Sicily

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Regionale di Kamarina, Sicily

Photographed on display in the exhibit "Thalassa: meraviglie sommerse dal Mediterraneo" (December 12, 2019-August 31, 2020) at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN).

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue (red jacket) visits Warren Farming Partnership in Newton Grove, NC, on February 11, 2019. Owner Brandon Warren (black vest), North Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler (black leather jacket) and U.S. Representative David Rouzer (grey vest) join the tour. Brandon Warren and family lead the tour through tobacco and sweet potato production facilities. As they go along, they talk about the background and operation of the farm.. They join North Carolina Hog farmers for lunch. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.

Ramapo College of New Jersey celebrated its Class of 2021 in the first of a series of small outdoor ceremonies on May 17 on the College campus in Mahwah, N.J. Additional ceremonies are scheduled for May 18-20. Master’s degree recipients will be recognized on May 21. www.ramapo.edu/news/press-releases/ramapo-college-of-new-...

Members from five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, the U.S. Navy Ceremonial Band, and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon conduct a joint full military honors funeral service for former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld outside of Memorial Chapel, Fort Myer, Virginia, August 23, 2021.

Rumsfeld was Secretary of Defense for Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George W. Bush, as well as a three-term U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1963-1969), director of the Office of Economic Opportunity (1969-1970), U.S Representative to NATO (1973-1974) and the White House Chief of Staff under President Gerald Ford (1974-1975). He served in the U.S. Navy from 1954-1957 as a naval aviator and flight instructor. He transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1957 and then to the Individual Ready Reserve in 1975 when he became Secretary of Defense. Rumsfeld retired from the Naval Reserve with the rank of captain in 1989.

(U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

Birds of Paradise, also known as Crane flowers is one of the most beautiful Exotic Flowers. Birds of Paradise are native to South Africa.

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The flowers of the Birds of Paradise resemble a brightly colored bird in flight and so the name Birds of Paradise

Old Buckhurst, Withyham, Esat Sussex,

The former residence of the Sackville family, Dukes of Dorset (before they were granted Knole by their cousin, Queen Elizabeth I).

The remains of the extensive Tudor fortified house of the Sackvilles are extant in the grounds of the present property and apart from the ruins found in the parkland there is still standing an impressive gatehouse built during the reign of King Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragaon.

After the abandonment of Old Buckhurst the building mate belonging to the Earls of Delaware, cousins of the Sackvilles. rials were quarried for other uses and by the 18th c the property became a farmhouse. At the end of the 19th c the farm was occupied by the Stewart of the Delaware Estate. Eventually the twin oast houses, the barn and the adjoining timber-framed house were converted to a single residence for Sybil Colefax (1874-1950). Sybil Colefax laid out the Edwardian gardens. The Colefaxes entertained entertained on a grand scale the high society and PM Asquith and Bernard Shaw, amongst other were amongst the visitors of Old Buckhurst. During the 1929 Wall street crash Sybyl lost her family fortune which caused her to become an interior decorator - a business which survived to teh 21st century.. After WWII Old Buckhurst was divided in six separate wings. The name of "Old Buckhurst was retained by the main wing which includes the Tudor gatehouse and the archaeological remains of the original Tudor house.

The pictures of this set are reproduced with a digital camera from old paper print photos dating from 1980s.

2015 Sebring International Raceway - 12 Hours of Sebring March 18th-21st 2015

In loving memory of

[foreign script]

Hannah FATTOOCH

Beloved son of Farady FATTOOCH

Who was drowned in the wreck of the “Kapanui” in Auckland Harbour

December 23rd 1905

Aged 19 years

Hannah Fattooch beloved son of Farady Fattooch who was drowned in the wreck of the "Kapanui" in Auckland Harbour 23 Dec 1905 aged 19 yrs

Area 2 Block Q Lot No 37

Surname noted in cemetery database as FATOOCK.

His body was recovered badly decomposed on 3 January 1906[3]

Interestingly enough in a newspaper list of passengers and crew, Hannah does not appear:

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

However, in this newspaper article an Assyrian hawker aged 18 named as James FLETCHER, does appear. I would say that Hannah FATTOOCH anglicised his name and this is him. Hannah’s grave also has non English script on it.

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

He also appears in reports as John FLETCHER.

Portrait in comments section below:

“THE LATE MR. J. FLETCHER, The Syrian hawker, who was drowned on the s.s. Kapanui.”

' Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19060104-15-3'

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8963, 4 January 1906, Page 8

At the inquest to-day on the bodies of John Fletcher and Frederick Heavey, which were recovered from the ,Kapanui. disclosed the fact that Fletcher was a Syrian hawker, his real name being Hannah. Fatoveh (sic). He was 19 (sic) years of age. Mr J. T. Osbome identified the other body as that of his stepson, a youth of 17. The Coroner stated that the Marino Court would deal with the Claymore- Kapanui decision on January 9, when the question whether the deaths were the result of negligence or pure -accident would be threshed out.

The inquest was adjourned to January 24th. [5]

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13058, 26 December 1905, Page 4

THE KAPANUI DISASTER.

For the second time in a very few years the Christmas festivities of Auckland have been saddened by one of those sudden tragedies which come like' a bolt from the blue. One would have imagined that to steamers accustomed to ply our harbour waters, they were as familiarly known as Queen-street, and whatever risk of collision there might be from stranger vessels our own coastal steamers would, be as safe among their consorts as in dry dock. Yet on Saturday night, the popular Christmas Eve, the Claymore and the Kapanui met in collision, off the Devonport shore, and five lives were lost when the Kapanui sank. In sympathising with the friends and relatives of those so suddenly struck from life to death, we can do no more than point to the profound sadness which overspread the city as rumour of the tragedy was passed from mouth to mouth. It was immediately felt that the loss was a personal one, and there was no merrymaking yesterday at which kindly thoughts were not constantly given to those whose feasting had been turned to mourning by this most woeful happening. Nor was it without solemn and earnest gratitude that it was as universally recognised how easily the Claymore might have accompanied the Kapanui to the bottom, and how providential was the escape of that crowded steamer from a fate that might have draped a hundred homes in the sable symbol of death. But while we profoundly sympathise with the sorrowing, and are unfeignedly thankful that Auckland was spared what might have been the deadliest tragedy that has ever befallen our home-staying people, we must not forget that it is the public duty to discover the specific cause of this most grievous happening. The public may rest satisfied that in the official inquiry which will be held the circumstances will be thoroughly sifted, and it will then be time to insist that necessary precautions shall be taken to prevent any possibility of recurrence. [1]

New Zealand Herald , Issue 13061, 30 December 1905, Page 5

THE RECENT HARBOUR DISASTER.

TOWING THE KAPANUI TO SHORE.

Yesterday morning Messrs. D. Gouk and Sons, the contractors for the raising of the sunken steamer Kapanui had everything in readiness for the towing of the steamer over to Judge's Bay, on the southern shore of the harbour, but the work was greatly impeded by the severe southerly wind and the strong tide running. The wire ropes which had been placed around the steamer on Thursday by the diver of the cable steamer Iris, were made fast to one of the scows and towards the time of low water a start was made with the towing, the company's steamer Kotiti rendering assistance, being relieved in the evening by the Durham. Good progress was made, but at high, water the work had, of course, to be suspended until this morning. It is anticipated that the steamer will be beached to-day or to-morrow. [2]

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume V, Issue 1541, 26 January 1906, Page 2

The Jury's Verdict Arrest of Captain Southgate

Charged with Manslaughter

The inquest on the recovered bodies of the victims of the Kapanui disaster, which occurred in the harbour on the night of December 23rd, concluded yesterday, and the jury brought in a verdict that tho death of Clark was due to crushing, while that of Heavey and Fletcher was due to drowning, and that the deaths of all three were occasioned by the improper navigation of James Southgate, the captain of the Kapanui.

Captain Southgate was then arrested on a charge of manslaughter, and was taken before a Justice of the Peace and released on bail, He is to appear before the Police Court to-day.

Later,

Captain Southgate was charged at tho Police Court this morning with manslaughter, and was remanded to Friday bail as formerly being allowed[4]

Noted later was: “The Auckland Herald urging the recommendation of the Kapanui Inquiry Court, “That a sufficient number of water police should be appointed for the port of Auckland,” should command the attention and approval of the Police Department. It is stated that the previously limited number of water police has gradually been retrenched almost to extinction. The Herald says “this state of affairs repeatedly gives rise to grave difficulties and is responsible for the scandals that frequently disgrace Auckland waters.” [6]

Links:

“SHIPPING DISASTER IN AUCKLAND HARBOUR: THE S.S. KAPANUI, AFTER BEING RAISED, SHOWING THE GAP IN THE HULL CAUSED BY THE COLLISION WITH THE S.S. CLAYMORE.”

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=htt...

“THE SETTLERS' STEAMSHIP COMPANY'S S.S. KAPANUI, WHICH WAS SUNK BY THE CLAYMORE.”

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=htt...

“THE KAPANUI ABOVE WATER, SHOWING PORTION OF THE HULL AND THE EFFECT OF THE COLLISION WITH THE CLAYMORE.”

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=NEX...

“CAPTAIN SOUTHGATE, OF THE S.S. KAPANUI.”

www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=htt...

SOURCES:

[1]

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

[2]

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[3]

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[4]

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[5]

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...

[6]

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A 100-year-old copy of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection. This copy has been in Professor Francis Thackeray’s family for about 100 years. Thackeray is currently director of the Institute for Human Evolution at the University of the Witwatersrand. The book is opened on the page showing the only illustration in the book explaining the concept of common ancestry and how it changes through time.

The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris @ D.A.R. Constitution Hall, Washington, DC, on Saturday, January 10, 2015

The Life and Songs of Emmylou Harris Tribute Concert Setlist:

One of These Days — Buddy Miller

Will the Circle Be Unbroken — Mavis Staples

Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn — Sara Watkins

Red Dirt Girl — Shawn Colvin

Michaelangelo— The Milk Carton Kids

Wheels — Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen

Orphan Girl — Holly Williams and Chris Coleman

Sin City — Steve Earle

Bluebird Wine — Trampled by Turtles

Hickory Wind — Lucinda Williams

You're Still on my Mind — Rodney Crowell

Born to Run — Lee Ann Womack

When We're Gone, Long Gone — Emmylou Harris with John Starling

Blackhawk — Emmylou Harris and Daniel Lanois

Wrecking Ball — Iron & Wine with Daniel Lanois

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight — Shovels & Rope

All the Roadrunning — Mary Chapin Carpenter with Vince Gil

The Pearl — Conor Oberst with Patty Griffin and Shawn Colvin

When I Stop Dreaming — Martina McBride

Prayer in Open D — Patty Griffin with Buddy Miller

Pancho and Lefty — Steve Earle and Lee Ann Womack

Together Again — Vince Gil

Two More Bottles of Wine — Sheryl Crow

Ooh, Las Vegas — Sheryl Crow with Vince Gil

Chase the Feeling — Kris Kristofferson and Rodney Crowell

Loving Her Was Easier — Kris Kristofferson

'Till I Gain Control Again — Alison Krauss

Cash on the Barrelhead — Alison Krauss

Boulder to Birmingham — Emmylou Harris & Friends

“The Life & Songs of Emmylou Harris: An All-Star Concert Celebration” will constitute a circling of the Americana music wagons at DAR Constitution Hall in the nation’s capital. Many of the most respected singers and songwriters of the last 50 years will gather to fete Harris, whose boundary-blind aesthetic has been a guiding light of musical exploration and artistic integrity throughout her 40-year recording career.

Harris, a 13-time Grammy Award winner, is scheduled to perform in addition to an extensive roster of guests including Kris Kristofferson, Mavis Staples, Joan Baez, Alison Krauss, Sheryl Crow, Rodney Crowell, Martina McBride, Conor Oberst, John Hiatt, Vince Gill, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Lucinda Williams, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen, Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Shawn Colvin, Daniel Lanois, Sara Watkins, the Milk Carton Kids, Shovels & Rope, Iron & Wine and Trampled by Turtles.

The Church of St Francis of Assisi Good Friday Procession through the streets of Little Italy.

Toronto April 14, 2017

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On the average, members of Generation Z are highly participative. They do not only view wikis but also upload into them, rate their contents, and participate in their online activities.

They are highly connected, many having had lifelong use of communications and media technologies such as the World Wide Web, instant messaging, text messaging, MP3 players, cellular phones and YouTube, earning them the nickname "digital natives". No longer limited to the home computer, the internet is now increasingly carried in their pockets on mobile internet devices such as mobile phones.

The Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool, England, is the newest addition to the National Museums Liverpool group having opened in 2011 replacing the former Museum of Liverpool Life. National Museums Liverpool intention is for the new venue to tell the story of Liverpool and its people, and reflect the city’s global significance. The museum is housed in a new purpose-built building on the Mann Island site at the Pier Head.

The museum, designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold, was expected to cost £72 million and provide 8,000 square metres of exhibition space, housing more than 6,000 objects.There are also plans to have flexible spaces that regularly change to enable National Museums Liverpool to show more of their collections.

It was opened to the public on 19 June 2011. The museum will be closed for two months for essential works in January & February 2017.

los angeles, california

1974

bordello house of pleasure

sunset boulevard

part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf

© the Nick DeWolf Foundation

Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com

Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testifies during a Senate Armed Services Committee reconfirmation hearing in the U.S. Senate Hart Building in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Sept. 26, 2017. Dunford has been serving as CJCS since Oct. 1, 2015 and has been nominated for a second two-year term. (DOD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Dominique A. Pineiro)

House of Ikons Fashion show Rocked. We had some amazing models, designers, Sponsors and organizors.

CEO/Organizor : Savîta Kayê

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chantelle begg rougier

Darshani Khodabaks

Ina Nica

Yvie McCormick

Jue Wang

Orienne Brown

Ana Zens

Linda

Blessing

catherine

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City of Wilmington, Delaware, Firefighters and Apparatus lined up on North Union Street for the funeral of Brother Firefighter Wayne R. Warrington on December 21, 1996.

photo source: Malloy Family Collection photo source: Malloy Family Collection

In the War of Liberation, Serb forces were defeated at Cegar Hill 31 May 1890 by the Turks. The Turks afterwards, had a tower made incorporating the skulls of the Serbian dead. This is now preserved in this monument.

Nish was badly damaged in the misguided and unjustified bombing of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo crisis.

Design scetches for ceiling strip lighting of the Antwerp Jesuit church Peter and Paul

1 the Saint Caecilie

2 the Ascension

3 the Saint Jerome

4 the Annunciation

5 Esther in front of Ahasver

6 Adoration of the shepherds

On the history of women's studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

1897

Conservative journalist A.F. Seligmann founded the art school for women and girls and taught there as a single teacher 16 students in the "Curs for head and act". 1898 expands the school: Tina Blau, a former teacher of the Munich artists association conducts 1.1.1898 a "Curs for landscape and still-life", which she held until 1915. Richard Kauffungen was nominated for sculpture, Ludwig Michalek led the "Curs for head and act" as well as an Radierkurs (etching course), Adolf Böhm the course for decorative and applied arts, Fabiani teaches ornamentation and style of teaching as well as "Modern home furnishings", Georg Klimt taught metalwork, Friedrich King wood cutting art and Hans Tichy from 1900 the drawing and painting from the living model. In all these teachers are moderate modern artists from the area of the Secession. The theoretical lectures are held in the company founded by Emil Zuckerkandl and Julius Tandler 1900 "Association of Austrian university lecturers Athenaeum", which had the task to be "an educational institution for members of the female sex". The first school year was completed with 64 students, the school is rapidly expanding, so that it forms 200-300 students annually within a few years. The steady growth is due to the restrictive attitude of the public schools of art (especially the academy) towards women, but also from the indiscriminate admission of which have been blamed all the private schools also on the part of women harshly, and just by women.

1904

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is one of the many requests for opening the Academy for students once again putting the old arguments against that women are rarely equipped with creative spirit in the field of great art and the other a "proliferation of dilettantism and a pushing back of male members" is to be feared. Just the idea of a joint education had "abhorred" the College. The Academy therefore advocates for the financial support of the art school for women and girls, and rejects the application for opening the academy for women unanimously. The main argument for the impossibility of the joint Aktzeichnens (nude drawing) and the need for a second Aktsaales (nude hall) is increasingly mentioned, which cannot be realized because lack of space and lack of money. Henni Lehmann (Artistic studies of women, Darmstadt 1913) countered the same argument in Germany: "The common nude studies of women and men can not be described as impossible as it is done in many places, without having shown any grievances". The objection of the Quorum of the Berlin University professors that no teacher could be forced to teach women at all in such delicate subjects is countered that the problem was easily solved by entrusting a lady the Aktunterricht (nude drawing) in ladies. Suitable artists were plentiful present. That the life drawing for a long time (until 1937) remained problematic, shows the application of the renowned sculptor Teresa F. Ries of 1931, in which she was offering the Academy her services for the purpose of the management of a yet to be affiliated department, where young girls separated from the young men could work under the direction of a woman. The application was not even put to a vote.

1912

The rector of the Munich Academy also does not believe in the inclusion of students (female ones): "... it is impossible, even with regard to the space conditions, apart from that that the aspirations of the artists who devote themselves to the arts especially are usually others than that of women..."

1913

No significant change in attitude can be found between the opinions of the Academies from 1904 and those of 1913.

1919

In the report from the College's meeting of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna to the State Office of Internal Affairs and Teaching is communicated that against the requested admission there were no fundamental objections, but that the Academy is so limited in spatial relationship, that after the experiences of the last entrance exams not even the majority of gifted young artists, capable of studying, could be included, and therefore, in case of the admission of women to the study initially had to be made ​​a considerable expansion. The State Office counters that a further delay in the admission of women to the academic study could not be justified and that approval is to allow at least temporarily in a narrow frame.

1920

The State Office for the Interior and Education officially approved the admission of women to study at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (since 1919 women were admitted to all faculties of the University of Vienna, with the exception of the Catholic and Protestant Theological Faculty).

A committee consisting of the professors Bacher, Delug, Schmutzer, and Jettmar Muellner claims that the Academy has never pronounced in principle against women's studies but have always only expressed reservations because of the cramped space and financial situation. As a complete novelty proves that no more concerns are raised with regard to coeducation. Men and women should compete in the entrance examination. In the winter semester 1920/21 will be included 14 women, of course, representing only a small minority in relation to the 250 male students.

1926/1927

In the new study regulations are for the first time mentioned Schüler (M) and Schülerinnen (F).

March 1927

Report of the Academy of Fine and Applied Arts about the experiences regarding the access of women to universities: ..."in past years it was thought for the education of women and girls by the Academy of Women for Liberal and Applied Art, which is also equipped with academic classes and by the State subsidized, sufficiently having taken precautions: during a period of almost seven years of study, it was probably possible to get a clear picture about the access applications of women, and about the degree course ... Of course, the number of female candidates in the painting is strongest, weaker in sculpture, and very low in the architecture. As much already now can be said, that in no way in terms of education in the new admissions the women are left behind the male candidates. During the study period, the female students are not in diligence and seriousness of studying behind their male colleagues. Particularly gratifying can be emphasized that because of the co-education of both sexes in common rooms in the individual schools a win-win situation for everybody was. In the master schools the College was repeatedly able also honouring women with academic prices. Subsuming, it should be emphasized that our experiences with the study of women in the Academy of Fine Arts were quite favorable."

The number of students (Studentinnen) increased from 5 % in the winter semester 1920/1921 till 1939/1940 to about 25 %. After the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany, the number of students (Studentinnen) decreased. The proportion of female students rose after 1940 naturally, reached during the war years up to 70 % and amounted 1945/1946 to 65%. From 1946/1947 the number of students (Studentinnen) fell sharply again, so 1952/1953 only 20% of the students at the Academy were women. 1963/1964 there were, however, already 41% (278).

2002

Students (Studentinnen): 570 of 936 students

University professors (Universitätsprofessorinnen): 9 out of 29

Ao Univ. (extraordinary female professors) 2 of 12

Univ.Ass. (female university assistant) 18 of 41

Contract teachers (Vertragslehrerinnen): 3 of 7

Lecturer (Lehrbeautragte): 32 of 46

Almut Krapf

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The Basilica or Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, better known as Temple of Santa Luzia is situated on a hill of that name in the city of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, from where one sees a unique view of the region, which brings the sea, River Lima (lethes) with its valley, and the whole complex mountainous landscape as one of the best in the world according to National Geographic.

The project of the church is the architect Miguel Ventura Terra, with obvious inspiration from the Basilica of Sacre Coeur in Montmartre, Paris.

The early work was in 1903 by Father Antonio Martins Carneiro.

Ventura Earth would be replaced in 1925 by architect Miguel Nogueira who supervised the latest phase of works. Built on a plant in the form of a Greek cross. Its architecture has elements of neo-Romanesque, Byzantine and Gothic.

At the entrance is placed a bronze statue of the Sacred Heart of sculptor Aleixo Queiroz Ribeiro, opened in 1898.

Inside, the altar has two angels the sculptor Leopoldo de Almeida, the center is the heart of Jesus (replica of the work in bronze by sculptor Aleixo Queiroz Ribeiro) work accompanied by the young sculptor Martin de Brito, the works were carved in marble of Vila Viçosa.

The stained-glass rose windows were executed in the workshop of Richard Leone, in Lisbon, which represents a fresh way of the cross and the Ascension of Christ in the dome, is author, M. Pereira da Silva. The basilica, also has a Carillon comprising 26 bells.

All work in granite and marble are the result of the dedication and professionalism of Emidio Pereira Lima, master bed.

The sanctuary would be completed only in 1943 but has been open for worship in 1926.

Nearby lies a citadel also known as Old Town.

In this Jan. 2010 pic, I got the business side of the Tomcat. Sadly most of my nose shots were of the right side, not the one I wanted... but at least I'm currently pic #1000 in Extreme Weather Aviation.

I did adjust levels in photoshop so the canopy was clearly visible and also wanted the markings through color saturation to stand out. Nice effects all around that make me think this was HDR, but isn't.

Best viewed original. It's 14.2x9.5 inches so some cropping may be necessary before printing.

You may want to see the other side - in HDR.

Photos of Madonna’s daughter Lola Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon

Superficially, the skin of the scalp and bones of the skull create the first layer of protection. Deep to these layers, the meninges (represented by the dura mater, arachnoid mater and pia mater) cover and partition the brain. Within the meninges, blood inside blood vessels and sinuses, and cerebrospinal fluid within the subarachnoid space and ventricles circulate to support the brain's function. (Image credit: "Cranial meninges" by Chiara Mazzasette is licensed under CC BY 4.0 / A derivative from the original work)