©2012 Laura Palazzolo

Terrible light, camera problems and Voila...poorly exposed, noisy image..so I tried to make Lemonade out of Lemons...you want to be gritty looking well ok then.

I liked the look of the horse, feelin' gritty himself, perhaps because he was forced to wear that stupid striped hood that matched his jockey's striped shirt..LOL

Looks like he is saying.."If he pulls on my mouth one more time..it's to the moon!"

Textures with thanks to Skeletal Mess.

Loads of different techniques to practice with this one. I had a problem with the back banner so I have left it off for now.

The only Jaguar XJ220 in the world that lived up to its name, being fitted with a stunning V12 engine and making it the world's fastest production car. However, costs, setbacks, a recession or two and a myriad of other problems resulted in the dream becoming a nightmare, and the match of styling and power made in heaven being turned quickly into a BDSM session in hell!

The proposal for the Jaguar XJ220 seemed to come right out of nowhere. In 1986 the company was sold to Ford after ownership under British Leyland, and was producing a selection of strange luxury motors including the XJS and the XJ, which, although were very good and highly luxury machines, weren't exactly setting the world on fire.

But racing had been put forward to the company before, and racing team owner Tom Walkinshaw encouraged Jaguar to put one of their XJS's into the 1981 European Touring Car Championship, in which they succeeded in winning the competition in 1984. Jaguar had started to provide factory support to racing team Group 44 Racing, who were using the Jaguar-engined XJR-5 in the IMSA GT Championship, supplying V12 engines from 1983 onwards and supporting a Le Mans entry in 1984. Tom Walkinshaw and Jaguar agreed to entering the FIA Group C World Sportscar Championship and developed the XJR-6, which was powered by the Jaguar V12 engine; the car was launched during the 1985 season.

TWR took over the IMSA GT Championship operation in 1988 and one model – Jaguar XJR-9 – was launched to compete in both series. The XJR-9, which retained the Jaguar V12 engine, went on to win the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans and World Sportscar Championship in the same year. The poor fuel consumption of the Jaguar V12 combined with new rules restricting refuelling during races forced the replacement of the V12 engine in the XJR-9s successors, the XJR-10 and XJR-11. The normally-aspirated Austin Rover V64V engine, designed for the MG Metro 6R4 had recently been made redundant thanks to the Group B rally ban in 1987, and the design rights were for sale. The compact, lightweight and fuel efficient nature of the small-displacement, turbocharged engine was investigated by TWR, who considered it an ideal basis for a new engine to power the XJR-10 and purchased the design rights from Austin Rover Group.

Jaguar and their Director of Engineering, Jim Randle, felt these racing cars were too far removed from the product available to the general public, especially with the rule changes that mandated the replacement of the Jaguar V12 engine in the forthcoming XJR-10 and XJR-11 racing cars. Therefore a project was initiated to design and build a car capable of winning Le Mans "in house", just as the Jaguar C-Type and D-Type had done. The groundwork for the project was undertaken by Randle over Christmas 1987, when he produced a 1:4 scale cardboard model of a potential Group B racing car.

The cardboard model was taken into the Jaguar styling studio and two mock-ups were produced. One was said to be reminiscent of the Porsche 956, the other took elements of the then current Jaguar XJ41 project and Malcolm Sayer's work on the stillborn Jaguar XJ13 racing car.

The project still had no official support, leaving Randle no option but to put together a team of volunteers to work evenings and weekends in their own time. The team came to be known as "The Saturday Club", and consisted of twelve volunteers. To justify the resources consumed by the project, the XJ220 needed to provide meaningful data to the engineers on handling, aerodynamics, particularly at high speeds, and aluminium structures. These requirements, together with FIA racing regulations and various government regulations governing car design and safety influenced the overall design and engineering direction of the car.

The FIA Group B regulations steered the concept towards a mid-engine, four-wheel drive layout, with a Jaguar V12 engine as the power source. The concept car was designed and built at very little cost to Jaguar, as Randle called in favours from component suppliers and engineering companies he and Jaguar had worked with in the past. In return he offered public recognition for their assistance and dangled the possibility of future contracts from Jaguar.

The name XJ220 was chosen as a continuation of the naming of the Jaguar XK120, which referred to the top speed of the model in miles per hour. The concept car had a targeted top speed of 220 mph so became the XJ220. The XK120, like the XJ220, was an aluminium-bodied sports car, and when launched was the fastest production car in the world.

Jaguar and engine designer Walter Hassan had previously created a 48-valve variant of their V12 engine specifically for motorsport use. It featured a double overhead camshaft layout with four valves per cylinder, compared with the single overhead camshaft and two valves per cylinder of the production engine, which was used in the Jaguar XJ and Jaguar XJS models at the time.

TWR and Cosworth had manufactured a number of these racing V12 engines during the 1980s and they had been raced competitively, with a 7-litre version of this engine featuring in the Le Mans winning Silk Cut Jaguar XJR-9. Five of these engines still existed, all of which were fitted with dry sump lubrication. These engines were chosen and considered to be especially useful as the dry sump would lower the vehicle's centre of gravity. The displacement of the V12 was set at 6.2L for the XJ220.

Jaguar had little experience with four-wheel drive systems at the time, having previously only produced rear-wheel drive cars. Randle approached Tony Rolt's company, FF Developments to design the transmission and four-wheel drive system for the XJ220, with Rolt's son Stuart running the project. Tony Rolt was the Technical Director of Ferguson Research, where he was heavily involved in the design of the four-wheel drive system used in the Jensen FF, the first sports car to be fitted with such a transmission. Tony Rolt also had a long involvement with Jaguar, winning the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans with the factory works team driving the Jaguar C-Type.

The mid-engine complicated the design of the four-wheel drive system, and an innovative solution was needed to get drive from the rear of the engine to the front wheels. The chosen design took the front-wheel drive from the central differential on the rear transaxle and sent it through the V in the centre of the engine using a quill drive, before joining an inverted differential. The clutch was a twin-plate unit designed by AP Racing.

The design brief for the exterior restricted the use of aerodynamic aids, and aimed for a stylish yet functional body similar to the Jaguar D-Type. Drag and lift were limited at the envisioned ground clearance for road use, but the design allowed for additional downforce when the car was set up for racing; the body produced around 3,000 lb of downforce at 200 mph. The design was also intended to have a variable rear wing that folded into the bodywork at lower speeds. Aerodynamic work was undertaken at the Motor Industry Research Association wind tunnel using a 1:4 scale model, as the project was unable to budget for a full-scale mock-up.

The bodywork for the concept car displayed in 1988 was hand built from aluminium by Park Sheet Metal, a specialist automotive engineering company that manufactures concept cars and low-volume, niche models for various manufacturers, including Bentley. QCR Coatings undertook final painting of the bodyshell in silver. The concept also featured electrically operated scissor doors and a transparent engine cover to show off the V12 engine.

The concept car had a Connolly Leather-trimmed interior produced by Callow & Maddox, and was fitted with front and rear heated windscreens, electric windows, air conditioning, heated electrically adjustable seats with an Alpine Electronics CD player. The dashboard was supplied by Veglia.

The concept car was completed in the early hours of 18 October 1988, the day it was due to be unveiled at the British International Motor Show, being held at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham.

Jaguar's marketing department had allocated space on their stand at the motor show for the XJ220, but had not seen the vehicle until its arrival. Jaguar chairman John Egan and Roger Putnam, who was in charge of Jaguar's racing activities, were shown the vehicle the week before the motor show and signed off on the concept, allowing its unveiling. The car received an overwhelmingly positive reception by public and press, and a number of wealthy Jaguar enthusiasts handed over blank cheques to secure a purchase option should the XJ220 concept go into production. Ferrari displayed their F40 model at the same event; an estimated 90,000 additional visitors came to see the Jaguar and Ferrari cars.

The XJ220 was not initially intended to be a production car, but, following the reception of the concept and financial interest from serious buyers, a feasibility study was carried out by teams from TWR and Jaguar. Its conclusion was that such a car would be technically feasible, and that it would be financially viable. The announcement of a limited production run of 220 to 350 cars came on 20 December 1989. The list price on 1 January 1990 was £290,000 exclusive of value added tax, options and delivery charges, but by 1992 that had increased considerably owing to indexation of contracts. The offer was four times oversubscribed, and deposits of £50,000 exclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT) were taken from around 1400 customers; first deliveries were planned for mid-1992.

What Jaguar didn't reckon on was that the 1990's were going to get off to a very bad start, with a good old fashioned recession to usher in the new decade. This, combined with the various downgrades that would have to follow to make the car road legal, would result in the Jaguar XJ220 giving the company and the customers headaches in more ways than one.

In 1991, the company constructed a new £4 million factory at Wykham Mill, Bloxham, for the single purpose of building the XJ220, the plant being opened by the late Princess Diana. But, in order to comply with a variety of road legislation, engineering requirements resulted in significant changes to the specification of the XJ220, most notably replacement of the Jaguar V12 engine by a turbocharged V6 engine.This downgraded engine made that desirable rocket car more run-of-the-mill, and many pulled back their deposits.

At the same time the economy collapsed and when the first production cars left the factory in 1992, many of the original potential buyers who had put down their hefty deposits found that they couldn't afford it, and wanted their money back. Many of them cited the fact that the four wheel drive, V12 had been downgraded to a two wheel drive, V6, and thus they weren't getting what they paid for. The result was that Jaguar went so far as to take their customers to court, and forced them to buy a car they no longer wanted, the problem being exacerbated by the fact that in 1993, the McLaren F1 took the title of world's fastest production car, was available with the V12 and all things it promised, and was much smaller and more manageable than the bulky XJ220.

A total of just 275 cars were produced by the time production ended, 22 of their LHD models never being sold, each with a retail price of £470,000 in 1992, probably one of the biggest automotive flops in motoring history, right up there with the DeLorean and the Edsel. But this would later be advantageous for many, as this pedigree 'worlds-fastest-car' machine would go in later years for a much lower price. £150,000 mind you, but it's a lot better buying the one's that weren't sold at this reduced price, than at the initial asking price back in 1992. Therefore buyers were able to procure themselves a first-hand XJ220, for half the price, a representative saving of nearly £250,000.

Today the XJ220's are rare beasts indeed, rarely coming out to play due largely to their expensive upkeep, heavy fuel consumption and sheer size. But keep your eyes open in some of the more affluent neighbourhoods, be they Dubai, Beverley Hills, or the South of France, and chances are you'll be able to find one.

It wasn't Matt Damon

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/01/stephen-king-on-d...

“Both these stories were written years ago, but Stillson and Rennie bear enough of a resemblance to the current resident of the White House for me to flatter myself I have a country-fair understanding of how such men rise: first as a joke, then as a viable alternative to the status quo, and finally as elected officials who are headstrong, self-centered and inexperienced.

Such men do not succeed to high office often, but when they do, the times are always troubled, the candidates in question charismatic, their proposed solutions to complex problems simple, straightforward and impractical.

The baggage that should weigh these hucksters down becomes magically light, lifting them over the competition like Carl Fredricksen in the Pixar film Up. Trump’s negatives didn’t drag him down; on the contrary, they helped get him elected.” ―Stephen King

Copyright 2011 M. Fleur-Ange Lamothe

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Shot this a while back when Fake Problems came to Orlando to play a show. Ran out of sunlight due to time constraints, and just wanted to get a shot of the band rockin' their personalized 'Fake Problems - Members Only' Nike Jacket

RX1 @ f/4

I just deleted this album then re-loaded it to un tag a dealer i have problems with and to blow off steam about his companies' problem. it won't take the wind out of my sales for the love of life on the road. I just spent the last two hours deleting tags to dealers I’ve made large purchases from. The next step is to take their name off of my Truck and Fifth Wheel! That will teach them! I’ve even deleted two entire albums of photos with tags leading friends to the dealerships. My small protest but to have to spend more money in civil court. There should be a court for dealing with consumer products after large purchases and problems exist. Who can afford to do that and or spend the time teaching the bad dealer a lesson! It’s hard when you live on fantasy island and want to believe there are people out there that are true pros and true craftsmen. I know there are a few people out there because I met them and refused to do business with other dealers because I met them too. I’ve seen a guy weld a Holiday Rambler that broke in half over night at the frame and get me back on the road. There is even an RV dealer five minutes from my house that did such a poor job on a 30 foot trailer I want to restore that they lost a ten-grand restoration job! I went elsewhere for a purchase. Where is Brett Michaels when you need him! Now to find the proper venues to vent. Do you think the dealer’s sites post bad reviews? I’m the perfect sucker for a Salesman that cares nothing but for the commission or if they aren’t paid on commission for the BS they lay on you to kill time to eventually close the sale. I shopped for years at many different places within the State and even some Florida dealers for the right RV for me. I have twenty years’ road experience with travel trailers in and out of campgrounds and dealers. The hard part is when you find a good mechanic you are often down the road on the next adventure. The dealer can’t take away my enthusiasm for the joy of my new trailer. They are so useful when built properly and so versatile for travel or events or full time Road Warriors! Who wouldn’t be frustrated when there are 18 jobs that need attention! I was told by the salesman I’d get a good education from top to bottom and the demo guy was going to send me out of the dealership with the fifth wheel receiver or jaws ungreased with no Teflon pad for the fifth wheel! I really needed a fifth wheel hooking and unhooking lesson along with good Hydraulic jack lesson. I was good for most other things except how the solar panel works. But they try hard to push you off on the useless manuals or Destruction books because they are over worked and under staffed in the service area. I get that. Except learning the hard way almost cost me my hand with a bed and the fifth wheel. Luckily I’m quick. Sometimes I don’t know if I should have been a great mechanic a teacher or a great lawyer. I walked HIM through greasing the B&W hitch and greasing the receiver and made him put the Teflon pad he was going to make me leave without that I bought two years ago in anticipation of having a fifth wheel from Mark (the good guy) at the RV show in Greensboro. No kidding, I put a lot of thought into this. Needless to say, he has mechanical skills beyond my capability and they used the excuse it was market time or the RV show to be short with me. Now that I have tested things on the trailer before a trip and found at least 18 jobs that need to be done after waiting for a call for parts that had already been delivered and a call never received then accused of not paying for screens that didn’t fit and that a $125.00 per hour fee was going to be charged, who wouldn’t be upset? Did I mention this? It will always be something! They can just put the nail in the coffin for the common belief that it is over after the Sale is done. Getting passed off from one department to the other is unforgiveable! The excuse is familiar. I just do Sales; you have to talk to Service. Service says we just do Service, you have to go to parts. Even with lifetime warranty printed and tagged all over the trailer with a promise to teach you about how everything works I’ve found out the hard way from a popular dealer in Rural Hall, NC that it is not the case! It’s too bad I didn’t buy my Truck or RV and drive all the way to Atlanta to deal with @Scott Trail or find a similar friend that would make sure everything is right. Dream on Consumer! So, if any name bashing starts remember we always have one friend in the car, RV, insurance or Sales business. When we overall call all Salesman assholes or all insurance companies thieves or all dealings with service mechanics complete disasters we have to remember we have people on our friend’s lists that have those jobs. You know what, right now after a huge purchase and being shuffled it’s amazing I can work up any mercy for any of them. I’ve tried to be a Salesman. Service over profit was my downfall. I’ve tried to be a Customer Service Rep. It was difficult talking to people that needed parts after a large purchase when you just learned there aren’t any parts! We are all selling something whether we know it or not. If you aren’t taking pride in your job to be the best you can be and just killing time you are a part of this problem! Not everyone has a dream job. But it is just my turn to take a punch, but I’m swinging back! It is just unfortunate for them I know a little about RVs. I must have too high a standard to believe that there are really people that give a damn about products or follow through after the sale. I hate that we just don’t care attitude that leaves you searching for a better place. I had a place in Mooresville that I will find again for service. Hopefully the same family runs the place. It is near the Lake in Terrell. I need to return to and find another mobile mechanic once that moved on to a dealer in the mountains and I can’t dig his name up. There are good people out there. They are so hard to find. Maybe it is just me. I expect too much after laying down a hard-earned wage or a life savings for a house, new car, recreation vehicle or piece of equipment that is supposed to work. When I get a new toy, I want to take a photo of every nut bolt and screw on it, one because I am proud, the other reason is for future reference when things fall apart. Buyer’s remorse sucks even if you know the term all too well, Buyer Beware! I saw one guy at the current dealership I am dealing with now running, literally running to get from customer to customer after my purchase. In between him and the good mechanics are problems! The good guy’s name is Mark. He is extremely smart and knows RV’s and fifth wheels up and down. He was literally running with a ladder and carrying three heavy hitches with him to try to wait on at least two customers at the same time. I’m always leaving a window or looking for the good and hoping I’m not back on fantasy island. There were excellent qualified educated trailer technicians in the service in a good building with the right tools to build trailers from scratch, including paint. Getting to them is a full-time job on the customer’s end. They even had parts delivered that they owed me on what they call a we owe and hadn’t bothered to call in a three-week period. They wanted to double charge for some bug screens around 50 bucks until I produced a paid receipt. Even after the Salesmen told (I know his name) the parts manager he personally sat with the mechanic for a half hour trying patiently to put on the wrong screen. Even with lifetime warranty written all over my trailer they wanted to charge me for service $125.00 per hour for labor. That must be some sort of trick. For $125.00 an hour most any parts should be free! I waited three hours even with a scheduled appointment to even get told they were ready to take her in. Two days later I had to force the call to get an eta on when she would be ready. Imagine if I were a full timer living full time in my RV or still doing three shows a day in three different cities a day. Fortunately, I am gifted with a little time. The service manager mentioned to do the 18 jobs I needed to be done he still had to order parts. Imagine I was sold a unit that I (The Customer) found at least 18 things to do after leaving the lot and running the unit. So, I am going to rescue my unit tomorrow and hope what they did fix after two days waiting can get me through my first trip until parts come for the rest of the job. Do you think I am a fool to take it back? It is a hard call! I’ll know tomorrow if I receive a bill or the trailer is in good shape. The tough part is, after you have been tough with service now your unit is at their mercy. I was told by a good agent I don’t take any crap from anyone. But sometimes it costs me. But those of you that are passive and just let them walk all over you take a bigger beating. With full time jobs or people that depend on their unit as a full-time vehicle you can imagine the pressure to change up vacation times or deal with time off from your job to take care of problems.

Feeling a little glum tonight. It's my birthday tomorrow, and I should be excited and grateful that I've made it through another year with no problems. Instead, I'm sitting here totally feeling unfulfilled and that my life should be more accomplished than it is. I have no reason to feel this way; my life isn't bad in any sense. I have a wonderful family, and a great couple of friends. My job is fun, even if it doesn't pay much. I'm healthy and happy. I just figured things would have been different. You know--great career, marriage, kids--the sort of stuff most people my age have already.

My sister sent me a quote yesterday:

Once in awhile it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to. ~Alan Keightley

Of course, that is how I live 98% of the time. But every now and then, I get into deep thinking and feeling I should be doing something other than what I am doing, and wondering what I'm waiting for, and why I can't just go for what I want and reach my dreams that are dangling right above me...

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Life is full of contrasts - youth vs. old age, beauty vs. ugliness, lightness vs. heaviness, truth vs. lies, reality vs. make believe, whatever - and maybe this is how it is supposed to be, how it should be even! The fact is that strolling around the city, any city, any human environment, one gets the chance to see and witness these contrasts... Art then is one of the ways to identify them, point a finger at them, take an other person's finger and put it right at them, convince everybody about the existence of such contrasts and have them choose sides...

I am still having massive computer problems. Hang in there with me please!

Grade 9th Math problem

(From OSK Math Club examination 2009)

I'm totally excited!! she stands pretty well! and can sit too, but need to fix some minor problems and make her knees to look pretty when she is sitting down.

Sorry for the messy picture x3

by Alfredo Fernandes

Alfi Art Production, Divar

41st Tiatr Competition A group Of Kala Academy supported by TAG

13.10.2015

more here

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Rocking Chiar and Sewing machine clothesline

He went on telling me about his life while I was taking his photo, and then he said "I used to be a graphic designer. The first business meeting I went to they said half a million dollars wasn't enough. But I'm here asking for loonies and toonies."-Matt Alvarez (right)

Pentax K1000

SMC Pentax-A 50mm 1:1.7

Fujifilm Superia 400

You've seen them wandering the streets, hanging out in alleys and stairwells. They have no place to go. No place to dance.

Maybe you just ignore them when you walk by. Pretend you didn't see them shimmying at you in a vain attempt to capture your attention.

Maybe you have given them some spare change. You hope they will spend it on food, but deep down you know they'll blow it on some feathery boa, or string of beads.

However, this problem will not go away just because we ignore it or want it to. It's time to take action. The thousands of bellydancers living on the streets deserve our compassion and help.

Donate today. Help us end the bellydancer problem.

It's a busy market and so the clear space between me and the bench is only ever momentary. I usually come home with a few shots like this which are usually discarded. This week I've kept one to use for my Random project. And it you have read this far, well done. :D

everything's blue

in this world

the deepest shade of mushroom blue

all fuzzy

spilling out of my head

-NIN

On the marketplace.

El Soterramiento: La única solución a todos los problemas de este ramal y el tejido urbano que la atraviesa.

El Gobierno nacional lanzó el otro día al mercado el fideicomiso para el financiamiento del soterramiento del corredor del ferrocarril Sarmiento, mediante la emisión de deuda garantizada con los activos que genera la recaudación del impuesto al gasoil.

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El Gobierno nacional lanzó el otro día al mercado el fideicomiso para el financiamiento del soterramiento del corredor del ferrocarril Sarmiento, mediante la emisión de deuda garantizada con los activos que genera la recaudación del impuesto al gasoil.

El ministro de Transportes de la Nación, Juan Pablo Schiavi, presentó la semana pasada en la Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires la Serie II por 600 millones de pesos del "Programa Global de Emisión de Valores Representativos de Deuda" que prevé -en total- un financiamiento de hasta 2.100 millones de pesos.

El programa derivado del fideicomiso creado por el Decreto 976 de 2001 tiene como uno de sus objetos el financiamiento de obras de infraestructura ferroviaria, y en esta etapa en el proyecto de soterramiento de toda la extensión del ferrocarril Sarmiento desde el barrio porteño de Caballito hasta la ciudad de Moreno.

Los valores se emitirán en diversas series en función de los cronogramas de desembolsos previstos, siendo el Banco Nación el emisor de los mismos por un monto total de hasta 2.100 millones de pesos con plazos de hasta 12 años.

Esta Serie II presentada la semana pasada al mercado estará dividida por una Clase 1 de 90 millones de pesos y una Clase 2 de 510 millones.

Schiavi explicó ante inversores y empresarios que se dieron cita en el primer piso del edificio de la Bolsa de Comercio, que el proyecto a ser financiado consiste en el pasaje subterráneo del corredor ferroviario del ferrocarril Sarmiento, el que será dividido en tres etapas sucesivas.

La primera de ellas, que ya está en ejecución mediante la construción de las obras civiles, comprende el tramo de las estaciones Caballito y Haedo, un corredor de 16,7 kilómetros de largo que tiene un plazo ejecución de 44 meses.

El dato más novedoso de la obra es la inminente llegada para la primera quincena de septiembre de una tunelera similar a la que se está utilizando para la construcción del canal aliviador del Arroyo Maldonado, pero del doble de tamaño y que permitirá realizar un túnel de 10 metros de diámetros a una velocidad de entre 18 y 20 metros por día.

La traza se desarrollará en la misma línea del actual tendido férreo pero a 22 metros bajo tierra, contará con 15 estaciones en todo el recorrido, y se prevé que esté integrado por un complejo entramado edilicio que incluye áreas de servicios y megaestacionamientos, según anticipó Schiavi.

El secretario resaltó que el proyecto -que generará un total de 10.00 puestos de trabajo- puede ser considerado "la obra pública más importante realizada en la Argentina en los últimos 10 años", y que permitirá dar respuestas a una amplia franja de la población de tipo ambiental, económica y de servicios.

Actualmente, el ferrocarril transporta 10 millones de pasajeros por mes, con una frecuencia limitada a 8 minutos entre cada formación y una traza con 52 pasos vehiculares (y muchos más peatonales y calles cerradas sin salida) que quiebra el trazado urbano a la Capital Federal y los partidos de La Matanza, Morón, Ituzaingó, Merlo y Moreno.

Una vez concluída la obra se estima que la frecuencia podrá ser de tres minutos entre formaciones, se podrán transportar 150 millones de pasajeros al año, y se dará solución a los graves problemas de tránsito y de seguridad con los cientos de incidentes anuales que se registran en toda la traza.

"Conceptualmente se podrá mantener la operación del servicio durante la construcción, se minimizará el impacto ambiental, permitirá la recuperación de los terrenos ferroviarios, se evitan las expropiaciones de manera casi inédita y se resuelve un viejo problema de transporte para millones de personas", enfatizó Schiavi.

Al hacer referencia al concepto constructivo destacó la realización de obras anexas importantes para cada partido como la realización de puentes en los partidos de La Matanza, Morón, Ituzaingó y Merlo, un túnel en Moreno y una estación de transferencia multimodal en Morón.

El soterramiento mejorará la frecuencia del servicio y aumentará la capacidad de transporte de pasajeros.

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Arriba: Uno de los cruces peligrosos a nivel sobre las vías del ferrocarril Sarmiento. En este caso, el cruce peatonal de la calle Terrero, en el barrio de Flores.

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Texto: elargentino.com

Foto: Propia (cualquier copia o reproducción requiere del previo permiso y/o consulta al autor).

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Si no contesto la petición de las fotos, quiere decir que no estoy interesado en la oferta (petición válida solo para aquellos que residan en Capital Federal y alrededores).

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185 135 on 1P28 at Guide Bridge on the 11:33 Manchester Airport-York running 5 mins late due to a track problem in the Stalybridge area.

Maybe the problem wasn't worded correctly? Maybe my Sprite is just too creative for math tests?

This is from a Math Mammoth placement test.

I apologize to all my offroad buddies for such a lame poser shot. I should have flexed it out for the camera.

Downtown Drug Problems

A fox couple in the back yard of my mom's house in Indiana. They had a little trouble and got "stuck" while mating, but separated and spent time together in the yard before going their separate ways.

Popular Photography magazine, June 1958

experimentations reflecting on how to creatively expand my primary research, using different medias. PVA, stitching, burning and monoprints.

More complex they become. But, simple are the solutions, of course once they are solved ...

Problem solved. Yep this is pretty much how I handle real life problems too - My own way.

Copyright 2007 kedralynn

You can see more at kedralynn.deviantart.com

problems -- so much to consider

A bit of a belated Outline for Wenz,

aka, www.flickr.com/photos/grinkizm/

Hope you like it buddy, man sorry its late, had a few issues with my web, well the ISP I'm with, had problems meaning no web for me....

On top of that same old shit, been having arthritic pain and stiffness in my fingers and hand on top of other places..

My PC is like me on its last legs so to spk too, that's been slowly grinding to a halt.. lol..

So I have 3 reasons why this and some other things some people are waiting on me to finish.

Thank you for your patience, Wenz, mate, and a few other people too..

Cheers I'm thankful to you all..

pZ..

the problem with back to back to back snowstorms is what to do with the snow in parking lots. took this while stopped at a traffic light near town hall yesterday. notice the bench?? am thinking it will be a couple of weeks before it is fully accessible again........

the temps hit the mid/upper 40s and lots of ppl were enjoying the weather after 16 days of below freezing-- day and night :) the sky was blue and it was neat being out of the house!!!

ANSH scavenger5 "nature taking over"

The only access (with an HGV) to the yard where the matador chassis lay was a slippery muddy track and an axle deep lake. No chance was the EC12 going to have in driving down here so it was a job for my ex Bradford/WYPTE Matador. Here it looks down the track it was going to have drive thru, it did it no problems!! Proper off roading!!

...because when people have guns, one day or another, they're going to use them.

R.I.P. to all those poor children in Connecticut.

[Fr]... parce que si les gens ont des armes à feu, un jour ou l'autre, ils les utiliseront.

GRD2 lens problem

I don't have any problems getting the boys to look into the lens, as they've been doing it - and being handsomely rewarded for it - for years.

While Henry's look is soft and melting, Zachary has a way of commanding your attention.

He firmly places his head on your lap and looks up at you with large, deep brown eyes and wags his tail in long, sweeping wags.

"Feed me Cookies", he says.

That look is unmistakable.

Our Daily Challenge - Jan 13, 2017 - "Staring Into The Camera"

Daily Dog Challenge 1900. "Jeepers Creepers, Those Peepers"

7 Days of Shooting - A Book Title - Focus: "A Mote in God's Eye" by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle.

I read this book decades ago, during my Sci-Fi phase, most likely when I was somewhere between 7th and 10th grades. Honestly, I remember absolutely nothing about it except the title, which has stuck with me all these years. FWIW: I believe the book is well regarded. Who knows, maybe I'll read it again some time.

Today's Post (Windows to the Soul) : www.bzdogs.com/2017/01/windows-to-soul.html

(In Reserve for 117 Pictures in 2017 #1. "Something You Open")

Stop on by Zachary and Henry's blog: bzdogs.com - The Secret Life of the Suburban Dog

Guys, I need your help. There's something bothering me about this drawing, but I don't know exactly what... I just can't seem to get the right feeling and so..

You may not all know how to draw, but as photographers you know how to look at things. So, tell me.

#frustration

Photo is by Sophia Alexis.

www.flickr.com/photos/sophiaalexis/7342786206/in/photostream

Comil Campione 3.65 / Mercedes Benz O-500RSD 422Cv

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La última adquisición de Ramos Cholele, que desde hace poco más de un año ha tenido una renovación considerable y super destacable. Esta vez se traen el primer Campione 3.65 de la nueva generación, que en lo estético se ve precioso, elegante y moderno, en 6x2 se ve imponente y el esquema de Ramos Cholele le viene muy bien, me gustó como queda con ese fondo lila. Buen panel electrónico grande, destaca bastante, insisto en que en cuanto a estética el modelo me gustó. Lo malo, es que según buenas fuentes ha salido bien mala de motor, ha tenido dramas con eso, sumado a los problemas que tuvo con el dispositivo SINACH y que en comodidad no es del agrado de todos (cuenta con 44 asientos más peluquero), por ese lado ha sido criticada, ojalá se resuelvan los problemas y no tenga dramas en los extenuantes servicios al norte de RCh. Al momento de la foto venía llegando desde el Norte a San Borja.

Rafa Fuentealba★Locura_Micrera

"I still see a problem though."