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Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: ADL E40H - (Diesel Conversion)/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 (H45/33F)
Registration Number: MRD 1
Fleet Number: 201
Zoe's (great) Grandma Shirley used to operate switchboards like this one at the Children's Museum of Houston.
Operator: Thames Travel - (Go-Ahead)
Make/Model: Volvo B7TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini (H41/21D)
Registration Number: LX06 EAG
Fleet Number: 936
Company History: (Go-Ahead London) - (London General) - (WVL245)
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Population in cities in the United States is growing causing a greater need for mass transit of residents to work or play. If you have been to a professional sporting event in a large city then you probably know about the problem of traffic jams and accidents in populated areas. Many people who live in these urban areas have low income jobs and can not afford to drive to work or park a car in a secure area. This leaves the mass transit system a great opportunity for them to carry on with their life as most others do. New York is the only city that mass transit use is higher than those who use automobiles as a source of primary transportation. According to research completed by Eric Schenker and John Wilson from The Use of Public Mass Transportation in the Major Metropolitan Areas of the United States race has no effect on those who choose to use mass transit as a means for transportation. In New York there is an estimated 1.5 million people who use a source of subway system and 481 thousand bus riders opposed to 1.2 million people who use automobiles. In Atlanta Georgia MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) is a great source of mass transit around the city and in to some urban areas. In the photo is a rail operator who is proud of his job transporting people through Atlanta.
Schenker, John. “The Use of Mass Transportation in the Major Metropolitan Areas of the United States,” Land Economics. Vol. 43 (August 1967): 361-367.
(Photo) Rail Operator, www.itsmarta.com/newsroom/p12.html. (2004).
Operator: Reading Buses
Make/Model: ADL E40H - (Diesel Conversion)/Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 (H45/33F)
Registration Number: SN61 BCX
Fleet Number: 226
Equipment Operator Ryan Smith empties a water truck at Camp Shelby. Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
(NMCB) 74Õs water well detail are in the field rigorously testing the new drill they will be using on their upcoming 2008 deployment. U.S. Navy photo By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gregory N. Juday. www.navy.com/
This is a modest hommage to the courageous people of Fukushima prefecture. They survived a triple disaster in 2011 and are now, nine years later, still fighting with the consequences. I wish them well in their strugle for their beautiful province and thank them for their kindness during this trip.
Fukushima is the third largest prefecture in Japan (14,000 km²), and one of its least densely populated. The prefecture is divided into three main regions: Aizu in the west, Naka dori in the centre and Hama dori in the east. Aizu is mountainous with snowy winters, while the climate in Hama dori is moderated by the Pacific Ocean.
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故 Fukushima Dai-ichi (About this soundpronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko) was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture. The disaster was the most severe nuclear accident since the 26 April 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the only other disaster to be given the Level 7 event classification of the International Nuclear Event Scale.
The accident was started by the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011.] On detecting the earthquake, the active reactors automatically shut down their fission reactions. Because of the reactor trips and other grid problems, the electricity supply failed, and the reactors' emergency diesel generators automatically started. Critically, they were powering the pumps that circulated coolant through the reactors' cores to remove decay heat, which continues after fission has ceased. The earthquake generated a 14-meter-high tsunami that swept over the plant's seawall and flooded the plant's lower grounds around the Units 1–4 reactor buildings with sea water, filling the basements and knocking out the emergency generators. The resultant loss-of-coolant accidents led to three nuclear meltdowns, three hydrogen explosions, and the release of radioactive contamination in Units 1, 2 and 3 between 12 and 15 March. The spent fuel pool of previously shut-down Reactor 4 increased in temperature on 15 March due to decay heat from newly added spent fuel rods, but did not boil down sufficiently to expose the fuel.
In the days after the accident, radiation released to the atmosphere forced the government to declare an ever larger evacuation zone around the plant, culminating in an evacuation zone with a 20-kilometer radius. All told, some 154,000 residents evacuated from the communities surrounding the plant due to the rising off-site levels of ambient ionizing radiation caused by airborne radioactive contamination from the damaged reactors.
Large amounts of water contaminated with radioactive isotopes were released into the Pacific Ocean during and after the disaster. Michio Aoyama, a professor of radioisotope geoscience at the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, has estimated that 18,000 terabecquerel (TBq) of radioactive caesium 137 were released into the Pacific during the accident, and in 2013, 30 gigabecquerel (GBq) of caesium 137 were still flowing into the ocean every day. The plant's operator has since built new walls along the coast and also created a 1.5-kilometer-long "ice wall" of frozen earth to stop the flow of contaminated water.
While there has been ongoing controversy over the health effects of the disaster, a 2014 report by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) and World Health Organization projected no increase in miscarriages, stillbirths or physical and mental disorders in babies born after the accident. An ongoing intensive cleanup program to both decontaminate affected areas and decommission the plant will take 30 to 40 years, plant management estimate.
On 5 July 2012, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission (NAIIC) found that the causes of the accident had been foreseeable, and that the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), had failed to meet basic safety requirements such as risk assessment, preparing for containing collateral damage, and developing evacuation plans. At a meeting in Vienna three months after the disaster, the International Atomic Energy Agency faulted lax oversight by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, saying the ministry faced an inherent conflict of interest as the government agency in charge of both regulating and promoting the nuclear power industry. On 12 October 2012, TEPCO admitted for the first time that it had failed to take necessary measures for fear of inviting lawsuits or protests against its nuclear plants.
Operator: 6201 Princess Elizabeth Society
Livery: LMS Maroon
No: 6201 'Princess Elizabeth'
Location: Llandudno Junction
Spanish postcard, no. 3009. Sara Montiel in La Violetera / The Violet Peddler (Luis César Amadori, 1958).
Spanish singer and actress Sara Montiel, also known as Sarita and Saritísima, was a beloved and internationally recognised figure in Spanish-speaking cinema. In the late 1950s, Montiel achieved the status of mega-star in Europe and Latin America with El Último Cuple / The Last Torch Song (1957). This film and La Violetera / The Violet Peddler (1958) netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish-speaking film industry. Montiel was also the first woman to distill sex openly in Spanish cinema at a time when even a low-cut dress was not acceptable.
Sara Montiel was born as María Antonia Alejandra Vicenta Elpidia Isidora Abad Fernández in the village of Campo de Criptana in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain, in 1928. Her parents were Isidoro Abad, a peasant who later operated a bar, and Maria Vicenta Fernández, a door-to-door beautician. At 15, Montiel won a beauty and talent contest held by Cifesa, the most influential film studio at that time in Spain. The next year, she made her film debut in Te Quiero Para Mí / I want you for myself (Ladislao Vajda, 1943), credited as Maria Alejandra, a shortened version of her real name. In spite of the small part, the young actress caught the attention of producers and directors who realised her enormous potential. By the end of 1944, she was given the starring role in the film Empezó En Boda / It Started at the Wedding (Raffaello Matarazzo, 1944), which introduced her with a new image and a new name: she was now a sophisticated blonde named Sara Montiel. In the next four years, she appeared in 14 films. Soon her colleagues started calling her 'Sarita' (Little Sara) due to her youth. The nickname caught on with the press and the public, consequently. Since then, both Sara and Sarita have been used in credits and publicity. In 1947, she played the role of Antonia, the niece of Don Quixote, in Don Quijote de la Mancha / Don Quixote (Rafael Gil, 1947), the Spanish film version of Cervantes's great novel. Her first international success was her role as an Islamic princess in Locura de Amor / The Mad Queen (Juan de Orduña, 1948) with Fernando Rey. Locura de Amor led to a contract in Mexico, where she established herself as one of the most popular film actors of the decade. She made a total of 13 Mexican films between 1950 and 1954. Due to her popularity in Mexico, Hollywood came calling, and she was introduced to American filmgoers in the Western Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954), co-starring with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster. She was offered the standard seven-year contract at Columbia Pictures, but she refused, afraid of Hollywood's typecasting policies for Hispanics. Instead, she free-lanced at Warner Bros. in Serenade (Anthony Mann, 1956) with Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine, and at RKO in Run of the Arrow (Samuel Fuller, 1957), opposite Rod Steiger and Charles Bronson. Director Anthony Mann became her first husband.
Back in Europe, Sara Montiel became the most commercially successful Spanish actress during the mid-20th century. The film musical El Último Cuplé / The Last Torch Song (Juan de Orduña, 1957) was an unexpected success. It played for a year in the same theatres in which it opened. A similar reaction followed in the other European countries and in Latin America. El Último Cuplé turned Montiel into an overnight sensation both as an actor and a singer. Then she achieved the status of mega-star with La Violetera / The Violet Peddler (Luis César Amadori, 1958) with Raf Vallone. It broke the box-office records set by El Último Cuplé. She won the Premio del Sindicato (at the time Spain's equivalent to the Oscar) for best actress two years in a row for her performances in El Último Cuplé and La Violetera. From then on, she combined filming highly successful vehicles, recording songs in five languages and performing live all over the world. Among the films that continued her immense popularity were Carmen, la de Ronda / The Devil Made A Woman (Tulio Demicheli, 1959) with Jorge Mistral, Mi Ultimo Tango / My Last Tango (Luis César Amadori, 1960), and Pecado de Amor / Sin of Love (Tulio Demicheli, 1961). By 1962, she had become a legend to millions worldwide, reaching markets that had previously been ‘uncharted territory for the Spanish cinema. La Bella Lola (Tulio Demicheli, 1962), a new version of Camille with Antonio Cifariello and Maurice Ronet, La Reina del Chantecler (1963), and Noches de Casablanca (Henri Decoin, 1963) with Maurice Ronet spread Sarita's popularity to Eastern Europe, Greece, Turkey, Israel and Japan. Samba (Rafael Gil, 1964) with Italian actor Fosco Giachetti, La mujer perdida / The Lost Woman (Tulio Demicheli, 1966) with Massimo Serato, Tuset Street (Jorge Grau, Luis Marquina, 1967) with Patrick Bauchau, and Esa Mujer / That Woman (Mario Camus, 1969) followed. In 1973, her film Varietés (Juan Antonio Bardem, 1971) was banned in Beijing. By then, she had become a legend to her millions of fans, but she became dissatisfied with the film industry when producers started offering her roles in soft-core porno films. In 1974, Montiel announced her retirement from movies but continued performing live, recording and starring on her own variety television shows in Spain.
Sara Montiel has been married four times: to American film director Anthony Mann (1957-1963), industrial attorney José Vicente Ramírez Olalla (1964-1978), attorney-journalist José Tous Barberán (1979-1992), and Cuban videotape operator Antonio Hernández (2002-2005). With José Tous Barberán, she adopted two children: Thais (1979) and Zeus (1982). Before, during and after these marriages, she had countless affairs. During the Franco dictatorship, Spanish stars were forbidden to behave in any way that could be perceived at odds with Christian principles and morality; consequently, they kept their private lives very private. Montiel was no exception. Pre-marital or out-of-wedlock relationships were never mentioned, and her civil marriage to Anthony Mann was underplayed, along with the divorce. After starring in the film Cinco Almohadas Para Una Noche / Five Pillows for a Night (Pedro Lazaga, 1974), Montiel announced her retirement from the cinema. She complained about the almost pornographic turn taken by the Spanish film industry after censorship was abolished in the post-Franco era. For a long time she concentrated on highly successful stage musicals: 'Sara en Persona' (1970-1973), 'Saritísima' (1974-1975), 'Increible Sara' (1977-1978), 'Super Sara Show' (1979-1980), 'Doña Sara de La Mancha' (1981-1982), 'Taxi Vamos Al Victoria' (1983-1984), 'Nostalgia' (1984-1985), 'Sara, Mes Que Mai !!' (1986), 'Sara, Siempre Sara' (1987-1988) and 'Saritízate' (1989-1990).
In the 1990s, Sara Montiel surprised everyone by branching out into television: Sara y Punto (1990), a mini-series of seven one-hour episodes, included a serialised biography of the star, many popular guests including Luciano Pavarotti and Charles Aznavour, and Montiel singing her greatest hits in addition to new songs written especially for her. Next came Ven al Paralelo (1992), taped in a Barcelona theatre where Montiel hosted, sang and acted in comedy sketches in front of a live audience. In 2000, she published her autobiography 'Vivir es un placer' (Memories: To Live Is A Pleasure), an instant bestseller with ten editions to date. A sequel, 'Sara and Sex', followed in 2003. In these books, Montiel revealed other relationships in her past, including one-night stands with writer Ernest Hemingway as well as actor James Dean. She also claimed a long-term affair in the 1940s with playwright Miguel Mihura and mentioned that science wizard Severo Ochoa, a Nobel Prize winner, was the true love of her life. She was portrayed in the Pedro Almodóvar film La mala educación / Bad Education (2004) by Gael García Bernal as the transsexual character Zahara, and a clip from one of her films was also used. In 2009, the pop group Fangoria invited Montiel to record a track for the re-release of the band's album 'Absolutamente'. The title track, 'Absolutamente', became a Top 10 hit. After almost 40 years without making a film, she accepted a role in the comedy Abrázame / Hold (Óscar Parra de Carrizosa, 2011). The film was shot on location in Montiel's birthplace in La Mancha. According to the star, in this film, she dared to do "a parody of her old screen image, just for fun." Sara Montiel died in 2013 at home in Madrid. She was survived by her children, Thais and Zeus.
Sources: InfoMontiel, Wikipedia, and IMDb.
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Spotlight operators at a Wilson Phillips concert. I love the coolness of the guy on the left and the Johnny Cash tattoo on the guy on the right.
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Operator: DB Cargo
Livery: DB Cargo
No: 67013
Service: 1D34 Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead
Location: LlanfairPG
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this was definitely my favorite photo from my trip to new york. I was thrilled when he agreed to let me take a couple shots. He was literally pulling away from the station when I asked him. He said "sure, why not!", as I rattled two shots off and then pulled the camera away from my face to thank him... that's when he gave me this amazing smile and I snapped one more off w/o looking.... that was this shot. so glad I asked!
NEWPORT, RI – The U.S. Naval War College holds at graduation ceremony for students from the International Maritime Staff Operators Course (IMSOC) held at the Naval War College Museum onboard Naval Station Newport, June 2, 2023. IMSOC was jointly designed by the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) International Programs department and the College of Maritime Operational Warfare to teach international students the fundamental concepts and processes necessary to support a multinational maritime component commander at the operational level of warfare. Established in 1884, NWC informs today’s decision-makers and educates tomorrow’s leaders by providing educational experiences and learning opportunities that develop their ability to anticipate and prepare strategically for the future, strengthen the foundations of peace, and create a decisive warfighting advantage. (U.S. Navy photo by Brett Dodge/Released)
Five reenlistments, two boats, one day
KUWAIT NAVAL BASE, Kuwait - Five Soldiers from four units currently deployed to Kuwait conducted their reenlistment ceremonies on one of two Army boats anchored at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait.
With old glory fluttering silently over the main deck, the crews of the United States Army Vessels Five Forks and Churubusco welcomed their guests from the 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 335th Theater Signal Command (Provisional).
Brigadier General Christopher Kemp, commanding general of the 335th, boarded the USAV Five Forks to personally thank the crew and congratulate two of his Soldiers reenlisting on that clear Oct. 14 morning: Staff Sgt. Natanisha Hershberger and Sgt. 1st Class Heather Young.
Sergeant First Class Manuel A. Diaz, noncommissioned officer in charge of container management for the 143d ESC, and Spc. Jason R. Mullis, a watercraft operator with the 824th Transportation Company (Heavy Boat), also raised their right hand that day to support and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Soldiers from the 481st Transportation Company (Heavy Boat) based out of Vallejo, Calif., currently operate the USAV Five Forks while the 824th TC, headquartered in Moorehead City, N.C., controls the USAV Churubusco. Both boats are Landing Craft Utility 2000 class vessels capable of transporting tracked vehicles, containers and cargo from ships offshore to units onshore.
Photos by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, public affairs NCO, 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
Operator: Coastal Liner, Wolverhampton
Vehicle Type: Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban
Registration: BX56 XCD
Pictured parked up at Stourbridge Junction Railway Station on standby for rail replacement duties. New to National Express West Midlands as fleet number 1760.
30/10/2024.
Electronic Warfare Operators
Tel-Nof AFB
Photography: Celia Garion
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בסיס תל-נוף
צילום: סליה גריון
NEWPORT, RI – The U.S. Naval War College holds at graduation ceremony for students from the International Maritime Staff Operators Course (IMSOC) held at the Naval War College Museum onboard Naval Station Newport, June 2, 2023. IMSOC was jointly designed by the U.S. Naval War College (NWC) International Programs department and the College of Maritime Operational Warfare to teach international students the fundamental concepts and processes necessary to support a multinational maritime component commander at the operational level of warfare. Established in 1884, NWC informs today’s decision-makers and educates tomorrow’s leaders by providing educational experiences and learning opportunities that develop their ability to anticipate and prepare strategically for the future, strengthen the foundations of peace, and create a decisive warfighting advantage. (U.S. Navy photo by Brett Dodge/Released)
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Becak Wisata or translated to Pedicab Tour
Happy pilot
Becak Wisata
rickshaw driver
my coworker Nestor had just finished drawing Jessica, who is a busdriver ...i had him bluetooth me the photo onto my galaxy2, and gave it a go in between my shift inside the depot parking buses.
pencil sketch on regular bond paper.