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Mabel Christensen,
Sean Laurence,
Tui Laurence,
Peter Laurence,
Janice Laurence,
1960 Standard Vanguard
1952 Austin A70
Farm, Wilton Road, Tatuanui, Waikato, New Zealand
This is by Fabre of Belgium and is presently in the Piazza della Signoria. It will be in Italy until October2, 2016.
It started to clear up a bit when we were coming back down it. SO beautiful with the golden aspen all over.
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, theatre and the Olympic Games.
"Welcome Domo!!"... Finally was able to find the right color Domo! :D.. You will be seeing more of him on my stream, so lets welcome Domo to my 365 project!!
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We couldn't see a thing from the summit because the visibility was down so low (we could barely see 20 feet in front of us), but when we went back down we finally got to see a view again.
Words to the Picture
As the title already says, these boats are going on vacation. Autumn has arrived and soon winter months are here. When looking at this picture, i can see peacefulness .. i don't know why but i really do.
An old picture of mine, that really fits the part of the season.
EXPLORED! October 2, 2010 (Highest Rank #385). This was an in and out thing .. The picture went into explore and i think it went out again. But again, a heartful thanks to you guys
In advance
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To be continued…
Sunday, Day 16, October 2, one day after 700 people from Occupy Wall Street were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the residents of Zuccotti Park continue their lives, keeping Wall Street barricaded to pedestrians, tourists and businessmen.
Good Magazine: The (Un)Official Occupy Wall Street Photographer's 15 Favorite Frames
The Occupy Wall Street Creative Commons Project
Day 1 September 17 Photos - Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos - People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos - Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos - First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos - Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 21 October 6 Photos - Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 - Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 - Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 - protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 - Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 - protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos - Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 - Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 52 November 7 - Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 - David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 - Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 - Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
Do you want to see the Occupy Wall Street series laid out thematically? Click here
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, theatre and the Olympic Games.
MIster had a conference in Vero Beach, FL last week...and we got up early on Friday to see the Atlas V launch (carrying a Mexican communications satellite) around 6:30 before the sunrise. Luckily I talked Mister out of driving up to Cape Canaveral...getting up at 3am never sounds like a good idea. And we could see the launch, just not hear or feel it. And then enjoyed the beautiful contrails as the sun rose. Hope you have a wonderful Tuesday.
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, theatre and the Olympic Games.
According to Wikipedia, "The Veiled Prophet Ball (commonly referred to as the VP Ball) is a dance held each December [in 1951, it was in October] in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, by a secret society named the 'Veiled Prophet Organization' (often referred to as 'the VP'), first founded by prominent St. Louisans in 1878, and originally part of the Veiled Prophet Fair (or 'VP Fair'), which today is Fair St. Louis."
The Veiled Prophet Organization, which started out in 1878 as the "Mysterious Order of the Veiled Prophet," still holds an annual ball and also sponsors concerts, parades, and fairs in St. Louis.
Veiled Prophet's Ball, Kiel Auditorium, October 2, 1951
This ticket not good for admission to auditorium. Only guests with floor tickets admitted. Seats not reserved after 8:15 p.m. Attest: W. D. Herald. By order: G.O.
Box Z16 West Side. Use Entry 5.
The Acropolis of Athens , #October #2022
The Caryatids at the Erechtheum on the Acropolis of Athens are copies, as the five remaining originals are in the Acropolis Museum for their protection, conservation, and restoration.
KOOL AID KID
FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA
It is September 1967. I’m 19. I’ve finished school and have a decent job.
“Fighting soldiers from the sky”
But have no car, again. I’m 1A in the draft and had my summer
“Fearless men who jump and die”
Need to depend upon Larry L to take me to work and bring me home.
“Men who mean just what they say”
Eddie S stops over. He “Whatcha doing?” Me “I don’t know, what u doing?”
“The brave men of the Green Beret”
“Supposed to start my junior year at Temple,” Eddie says, “But don’t know what to major in?” “Well I just wanted to get through the summer without being drafted” I replied. (As U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam increased, young men were drafted for service there and from a pool of approximately 27 million, the draft raised 2,215,000 men for military service in the United States, South Vietnam and elsewhere during the Vietnam War era).
“Do you want to join the Army on the buddy system?” Eddie asks me.
“And do what? Was my reply. “Go airborne” Eddie said.
“The Ballad of the Green Berets” was a number one hit for five weeks in 1966 on the Billboard Hot 100 and in fact was named Billboard’s #1 single for the year in 1966!
The U.S. Army parachute team known internationally as Golden Knights.
So we told our parents what we wanted to do and went to a recruiting office and signed the enlistment papers and were told to report on October2, 1967.
Eddie and I went back to my room at my parents and put on the turntable –
“Fighting soldiers from the sky”
“Fearless men who jump and die”
“Wait! What did he say?” I asked –“Fearless men who jump and die?” “Nah” Eddie said - “He said Fearless men who jump and TRY!” “I don’t think so” I said.
“Maybe it was Fearless men who jump for PIE?” Eddie said. It didn’t matter of course. We already enlisted and had a report date.
We reported on October 2 and took our oath to protect the United States and got on a train. We stopped in Baltimore and picked up more ‘cruits either draftees or enlisted guys. Then we made another stop in Washington, D.C. for another load of recruits before we arrived in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
We were bused from the train station to Fort Bragg which is the largest military installation in the world with more than 50,000 active duty personnel.
As we stepped off the bus the Drill Instructors started yelling at us “You’re a bug!” “Lie on your back and put your feet and arms up in the air!” “Now rollover and give me ten!” “Ten pushups!” “Now!”
I learned how to peel potatoes “The Army Way” when I had KP (Kitchen Patrol)
After learning you do what the Drill Instructors tell you to do our first stop was the Reception Station for in-processing, physical examinations and receiving our army clothes and, oh yeah, getting a buzz cut hair cut.
Our eight week of Basic Combat Training consisted of receiving instructions, practice of those instructions, exercise and testing in twenty-nine subjects.
Me wearing my dog tags in the barracks. (Photo by Eddie S)
We were “Buck Privates” with the lowest rank in the military with a military enlisted pay grade of E1 making about $99.00 a month.
Are we having fun yet? Mom would mail me packages that had Kool Aid in them as well as other goodies about once every two weeks. I would mix the Kool Aid with the water in my canteen. Thus I became known as the “Kool Aid Kid.
I’m in top and bottom left side photos and all on the right side while Eddie is in both of the second row photos as well as the left side of the third row.
Boot camp consisted of getting up at 4 am and going on long runs before breakfast. To enter the Mess Hall we had to swing ourselves on horizontal bars.
Since I was overweight I was not permitted to eat any potatoes or dessert and had to give them to those who had to gain weight.
Our training consisted of Character Guidance, First Aid, Guard Duty, weapon cleaning, and individual weapons qualification, inspections, individual tactical training, close combat training, CBN (Chemical, Biological and Nuclear), hand grenade throwing, bayonet drills, hand to hand combat and weapon qualification on the firing range.
We went on plenty of marches and our physical training included the forty yard low crawl, a run/dodge/jump course, climbing a horizontal ladder and a mile run all of which was part of our Physical Combat Proficiency Test.
The military did ask me if I wanted to go to Warrant Officer’s School because I had 20/20 vision in one eye and 20/15 vision in the other eye.
“And do what?” was my reply. “Learn to fly helicopters” they said. Since the Viet Cong were shooting them down as if it was an arcade game I said “No”.
Playing Army as a kid was fun. Being in the Army was not. When I was going through the 100 yard infiltration course I thought “What am I doing here?” My first time away from home I decided then and there I wasn’t going to jump out of any airplane. No way.
Thanksgiving meant just a few more weeks and basic would be over
I’m sixth from left top row and Eddie is fifth from right first row.
More than 200,000 young men underwent basic combat training at Fort Bragg during the period 1966 to 1970 and at the peak of the Vietnam War in 1968 Fort Bragg’s military population rose to 57,840.
Who knew North Carolina could get so cold but I’ve never been as cold as I was those two and a half days of bivouac in December 1967.
Then it was over. Carrying those sand bags I lost fifty pounds and went from 240 to 190 and a 42 inch waist to a 36 inch waist.
Now it was time for graduation. A parade, rest and relaxation before getting ready to ship out.
Eddie would be assigned to Fort Banning where he would learn to jump out of planes and I was assigned to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas where I would receive AIT (Advanced Individual Training) to become a medic.
Sunday, Day 16, October 2, one day after 700 people from Occupy Wall Street were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, and the residents of Zuccotti Park continue their lives, keeping Wall Street barricaded to pedestrians, tourists and businessmen.
Good Magazine: The (Un)Official Occupy Wall Street Photographer's 15 Favorite Frames
The Occupy Wall Street Creative Commons Project
Day 1 September 17 Photos - Preoccupation and Occupation Begins
Day 2 September 18 Photos - People settle in; cardboard sign menage begins
Day 3 September 19 Photos - Community forms; protest signs
Day 7 September 23 Photos - First rain, protest signs, life
Day 8 September 24 Photos - Pepper spray day, Zuni Tikka, people
Day 21 October 6 Photos - Naomi Klein
Day 23 October 8 - Faces of OWS
Day 28 October 13 - Tom Morello of RATM
Day 31 - protesting Chihuahua and The Daily Show
Day 36 - Parents and Kids Day and quite a crowd
Day 40 - protesting hotties, Reverend Billy and tents
Day 43 Photos - Snow storm at OWS of the first NYC winter snowfall
Day 47 - Solidarity with Occupy Oakland
Day 52 November 7 - Jonathan Lethem, Lynn Nottage and Jennifer Egan
Day 53 November 8 - David Crosby and Graham Nash play OWS
Day 57 November 12 - Former NJ Gov. Jim McGreevey
Day 60 November 15 - Police evict protesters from Zuccotti
Occupy Colorado Springs Colorado on November 20
Do you want to see the Occupy Wall Street series laid out thematically? Click here