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This scan is similar to another already featured in this album of an upgraded route running from Bury to Burnley - the current M66 and a new A56. In reality the A56 has been upgraded, but further west, and the route that would have seen a new alignment as seen here downgraded to become the A682. This unbuilt road would have headed directly into the centre of Burnley - quite an ambitious route! As to how much of it could have been M66 is unknown. The fact that its junction numbers start at Bury point to this northerly extension remaining as all-purpose A56. Taken from a Geographia Super Motorists Map Sheet 14 of Lancashire and Cheshire from 1973.
This scan of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road is a direct comparison of the previous one, 01092, and is 8 years after it. The immediate difference is the appearance of the M8 through the city, forming the northern and western halves of the Inner Ring Road. On the map though the other two sides are still shown as projected, likely left on after the older map was revised and then forgotten to be removed. Taken from an AA Touring Map of Edinburgh and Glasgow from 1977.
Hayati Tabanlıoğlu designed Galleria, the first modern shopping mall of Turkey between 1981-1986. The building, which opened in 1988 as part of the Ataköy Complex initiated by Turgut Özal, is now considered a subject of reference for the changes Turkey faced in those years. Galleria will soon be demolished because of a new project, planned to include residences, hotels and shopping malls, designed by Murat Tabanlıoğlu, Hayati Tabanlıoğlu’s son.
#SALTResearch, Hayati Tabanlıoğlu Archive
Hayati Tabanlıoğlu, Türkiye’nin ilk modern AVM’si olan Galleria’yı 1981-1986 yıllarında tasarladı. Turgut Özal’ın girişimiyle Ataköy Turizm Kompleksi projesi çerçevesinde 1988’de açılan yapı, Türkiye’nin o yıllarda yaşadığı değişimin önemli öznelerindendir. Galleria’nın, Hayati Tabanlıoğlu’nun oğlu Murat Tabanlıoğlu tarafından tasarlanan ve rezidans, otel ve alışveriş merkezlerinden oluşan yeni bir proje kapsamında yıkılması beklenmektedir.
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The Claremont Road Motorway in Newcastle which didn't quite become a motorway makes another appearance, this time courtesy of an AA Touring Map of Northumberland and Durham from 1976.
Here is a scan of part of Ringway 3's route through South West London, from Heathrow towards the M3. Sections of this road have been built, such as the A312 The Causeway at the northern end but this planned section heading south was never built. Taken from an A-Z Main Road Map of London from 1973.
Christopher Vega, contract inspector, receives his 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Arnette Hardage, accountant, receives her 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Lori Neubert, administrative assistant, receives her 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
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The construction process of the new physical science building continues on Tuesday, April 7, 2020 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU, Chico)
Cara Beverly, regulatory specialist, receives her 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Natalie Haley, accountant, receives her 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
AmeriCorps VISTA Amanda Krakovitz (right) is working with the Philadelphia Water Department for a year of service dedicated to building community engagement around green infrastructure projects planned through the City's Green City, Clean Waters program. Amanda joined volunteers for the annual fall Love Your Park cleanup at Weinberg Park and Mifflin Square and talked about green infrastructure projects coming to the neighborhood.
After being built, the M62 between Liverpool and Manchester had a missing Junction 11, and here you can see it planned, as a spur road to the Irlam area. Now though Junction 11 does exist, only further to the west, and much closer to the M6, to allow access to Risley and the eastern side of Warrington. Originally this section of M62 was meant to be M52, hence why the modern-day M60 Manchester Ring Road is numbered as M62 on this map. Taken from a Geographia Clearway Mileage Map of England and Wales, Sheet 7 - Lancs, Lincs & South Yorks from early 1972.
It's a little bit hard to see underneath the writing for Prestwich, but there resides the unbuilt original Junction 16 of the M62, where the M601 would have gone south into the centre of Manchester. Taken from a National Road Maps No. 5 - Northern England from 1974.
Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, speaks to 2012 EAGLE Class during the the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
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Department of Environmental and Bio-systems Engineering
University of Nairobi
Kenya
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Book Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1Location of the project site
1.2Description of the project site
1.2.1The area hydrology
1.2.2The area demography
1.2.3The area economy
1.2.4Area environment
Chapter TWO: THE PROJECT NEED
2.1The project purpose
2.2The project goals
2.3The project stakeholders
2.3.1The project beneficiaries
2.3.2Promoters of the technology
2.3.3The Ministry of Agriculture
2.3.4Ministry of Water
2.3.5Water service providers
2.4Key project stakeholders’ requirements
2.4.1Government requirements
2.4.2The requirements of the project end-users
2.4.3Long-term development requirements of the districts
2.5The main project risks
CHAPTER THREE: HYDROLOGICAL DESIGN OF RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS
3.1Systems approach
3.2 Features
3.2.1Absolutely necessary features
3.2.2Desirable features
3.2.3Delighting features
3.2.3.1 Preventive maintenance
3.2.3.2 Restorative maintenance
CHAPTER FOUR: RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEMS DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS
4.1Location of structures
4.2Factors to consider in locating the structures
CHAPTER FIVE: HILLSIDE WATER RETENTION DITCHES
5.1Overview
5.2Advantages of hillside water retention ditches
5.3Soil embankment
5.4 Fanya chini water retention ditches
CHAPTER SIX: THE BERKAD TANK
6.1The Berkad tank
6.2Components of a Berkad water tank
6.3Berkad tank catchments
6.4Geometry of Berkad water tanks
CHAPTER SEVEN: SAND WEIRS
7.1Terminology
7.2Types of sand weirs
7.3 Notch weirs
7.4 Earthen weirs
7.5Selection of the type of sand weir
7.6Selection of the weir site.
7.7Weir site investigations
7.8The spillway
7.9Sand weir reservoir
7.10Sand weir wells
7.11 River training
CHAPTER EIGHT: CHARCO DAMS
8.1Introduction
8.2Above ground level Charco dam rainwater catchment systems
8.3Ground level catchment systems
8.3.1Treated ground level catchment systems
8.3.2Untreated ground level Charco dam catchment systems
8.4Construction of Charco dams
8.4.1Introduction
8.4.2Design of a farm pond
8.5 Uses of a farm pond
8.6Pitcher irrigation systems.
CHAPTER NINE: RAINWATER PROJECT MANAGEMENT
9.1Introduction
9.2Project identification phase
9.2.1The project need
9.2.2The project stakeholders
9.3The project planning phase
9.4The project execution phase
9.5The project closure phase
9.5.1The project communications plan
9.5.2The project information distribution plan
9.5.3Project contract closure
9.6Lessons learnt under the ASPS project
CHAPTER TEN: RAINWATER ENGINEERING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
10.1Multi-stakeholder partnership
10.2The R & D approach
10.3The R&D agenda
10.3.1 Hydrometric research
10.3.2 Environmental change research
10.3.3 Artificially recharged aquifer research
10.3.4 Research to develop suitable development models
10.4Research instrumentation
10.5Expected results
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARIES, ENCLYOPEDIAS AND DICTIONARIES
List of Tables
Table 2.1: The purpose of the rainwater harvesting structures
Table 2.2: Project end-user requirements
Table 7.1: Sand weir classification
Table 8.1: Charco dams
Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, presents Amanda Rutherford, accountant, a Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Civilian Service for her efforts as the coordinator for the 2012 EAGLE Class during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
LATVIA — Judy Garber. U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, Rear Adm. Andy Brown, Europe Command Logistics Directorate, and local officials, ceremoniously broke ground on the renovation of a small fire station in Northen Latvia, July 8. As part of a EUCOM-funded Civil - Military Operations project that will upgrade lighting and electrical systems as well as install new overhead roll-up doors at the station.The renovation is the first in a series of 10 fire station refurbishment projects planned throughout Latvia in the next five years that would retrofit new ovehead vehicle doors required to support new fire and rescue trucks received as part of the EU-funded donation.The project is administered by Europe District. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District photo by Justin M. Ward)
This plan was taken from the November 1967 edition of "Civic News", Bristol Corporation's monthly publication. It details the wider Bristol region's road network, with a list of new projects planned for the 1970s. Whilst the Inner and Outer Circuit were covered in greater detail in the previous two diagrams, this one also shows plans for a wider Ring Road of Bristol on its south-eastern side. There are four separate phases detailed, of which only two, stages 3 and 4, were actually built. Today Bristol's outer ring, now known widely as the 'Avon Ring' is much further out of the city. It joins the A4 a few miles further east than the older ring road and the two sections don't meet up properly. The older version, shown here would have passed much closer to the city, eventually linking the M32 all the way round to the A38 at the very least, and it's likely it could have gone even further. As can be seen from the plan, "multi-level intersections" were planned for the route for its junctions with the A420 ("East Bristol Radial"), A431, and A4. It's highly likely that its other major junctions would have been built to a similar fashion as well.
Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader
The convoy layed up at Woolhampton for a break. The UK transport project planning, permits & escorts was by Teahan Convoi Service. This load was escorted by Teahan, Convoi Assist, RVT & Thames Valley Police.
Charles Leath, environmental protection specialist, receives his 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Members of the Nyakatsapa Girls Fellowship Club, supported by Plan, raise awareness among their school peers and wider community about girls' reproductive health and hygiene issues. Their initiatives have included building a girls bathroom so that girls can change and wash in private, and making sanitary pads, which are provided free of charge to poorer students.
Senior leaders, supervisors, and graduates dine on food catered by Belmont University during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
The Blackie, a congregational church built in 1841 got it’s name as a shortened version of 'The Black Church' - a description of the Chapel in the 1960's covered with over a hundred years of inner-city smoke and grime. Although stone cleaned in the 1980's the building still retains its name.
The Chapel was designed, built, furnished and opened in 18 months after the first church on the site (built in 1811) was destroyed by fire in 1840. The plans and designs for the new church were donated by Joseph Franklin, the City Architect. The foundation stone was laid on 7 July 1840 and the new chapel opened on 21 October 1841. The chapel cost £13,992 to build and seated almost 2,000. It became popularly known as 'Liverpool's Third Cathedral'.
The Great George Street Chapel became the focus not only of worship but also of educational and artistic activities and a programme of social welfare. The last service took place in February 1967, and later that year the building was acquired by the Peter Moores Foundation and then launched in May 1968 as the home and base for the UK's first community arts project. Plans were drawn up to redevelop the interior of the building while retaining the (Grade II listed) exterior. Work commenced on this redevelopment in 1975, and has continued in Phases, as funds have become available, up to the present time.
Update 2013: Renamed The Black E (political correctness at it's craziest)
Outstanding partner: This award recognizes external partners who have made significant contributions to the conservation of natural resources in the region.
No one single agency or organization can tackle the conservation challenges we face.
Thank you to all of our partners for your dedication to Alaska’s wild lands, water, fish and wildlife. We couldn’t do our work without you.
Tyler Matthews, natural resource specialist, receives his 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
Facilitated by: Svenja Ruger (President, The Value Web ApS) With: Pratik Kunwar (Advisory Council, Kathmandu Hub) speaking in the Impact Skills Workshop: Design Thinking and Project Planning session at the Global Shapers Annual Summit 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland, 18 June 2023. World Economic Forum Headquarters, Villa Mundi – Oak Copyright: World Economic Forum/ Marc Bader
Using design thinking to think about how we might plan for project-based learning to achieve Curriculum for Excellence goals.
The construction process of the new physical science building on Monday, September 16, 2019 in Chico, Calif.
(Jason Halley/University Photographer/CSU Chico)
This is a screen shot of a bill vehicle, trying to find a image of a genuine met rover Irv to help with a restoration project planned for this year
Christopher Stoltz, environmental engineer, receives his 2012 EAGLE diploma from Maj. Patrick Dagon, deputy commander for the Nashville District, during the Nashville District's 2012 EAGLE Class graduation held on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 at the Jack C. Massey Business Center at Belmont University. (USACE photo by Amy Redmond)
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The tree came to the inventor’s Fort Myers winter home in 1925, a four-foot Ficus benghalenis producing white sap that Edison and his friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone hoped to use in making natural rubber.
The banyan was not the answer. But it remained, growing to an acre in diameter, and becoming one of more than 1,000 plants from around the world ornamenting 25 acres dedicated mostly to the man who invented the electric light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture.
Fifteen historic buildings stand in graceful restorative pose, including the Edisons’ home and guest house, a botanic research laboratory, an artesian-fed swimming pool dating to 1911, and Ford’s winter home. The combined Edison and Ford estates, museum, laboratory, and shops are open 363 days a year, closed only on Thanksgiving and Christmas Day.
The botanical specimens, many of them labeled for easy identification, offer shade for strollers - and sometimes a touch of the exotic. It is not every day one sees an African sausage tree bearing hot-dog shaped fruit.
Edison, of course, is more extensively associated with his inventions. He held more than 1,000 United States patents, and he submitted patent paperwork for a record 65 consecutive years. Among his lesser known creations: the talking doll, the electric train, alkaline batteries, a fruit preserver, and a stencil pen, the grandfather of today’s tattoo stylus.
“Really cool,” said Aaron Summers, a visitor from San Diego. “I didn’t realize how many patents Edison actually had.”
A 15,000-square-foot, air-conditioned museum details the world’s busiest inventor’s extraordinary career, which stretched from 1869 - when he was 22 years old - virtually to 1931, the year he died.
Among hundreds of items and documents in the museum is Edison’s original custom Model T, a gift from Ford. A more personal artifact is the frame Edison built for the phonograph he was devising. Hard of hearing, Edison rigged the phonograph to the frame, which he would bite to feel vibrations and “hear” the music. The wizard’s teeth marks are visible in the wood.
The museum’s newest exhibit chronicles the camping adventures of Edison, Ford, Firestone and turn-of-the-century naturalist and environmental writer John Burroughs. The “vagabonds,” as they referred to themselves, camped throughout Florida and the United States.
Also on display is “Edison After 40,” an exhibit on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. It includes images from Edison’s middle and later years. In counterpoint, “The Child Wizard” shows early images of Edison as a youth, as captured in Michael Dooling’s award-winning book, Young Thomas Edison.
And not to be missed are the entertainment artifacts: phonographs, movie projectors, nickelodeons and films.
“I learned a lot of new things. So many inventions. I loved the phonographic demonstrations,” said Susan Wood, who is from England.
More than 200,000 visitors per year come to the property, where Edison and his family spent winter seasons starting in 1885. For $2,750, the inventor bought the property from the family of Jacob Summerlin, a legendary Florida cowman known as the King of the Crackers.
“This house is a dream . . . and we are living in Fairyland,” Edison’s wife Mina wrote of the Florida retreat, which was dubbed “Seminole Lodge.” At its edge, the broad Caloosahatchee River whispers against a restored limestone-and-coquina seawall.
Edison was perhaps “green” before the word became fashionable. Some of his words on the subject are posted in the museum: “I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.” Edison wrote that in 1931.
Ford bought property next door to his mentor in 1916. As a youth, the motor company founder worked at an Edison company in Detroit. The budding auto magnate used his spare time tinkering with gas-powered engines. The two entrepreneurs met at a convention in 1896, and Edison encouraged the younger man. The two proved to be kindred spirits. The automaker purchased property next to Edison in 1916, naming it “The Mangoes.”
The entrepreneurs spent hours sitting on their porches, discussing projects, planning trips to the Everglades, listening to Mina play the piano, and perhaps playing Parcheesi, Edison’s favorite game.
“It was interesting to learn how good of friends they actually were,” said Eric Rye, visiting from Sarasota.
Guests had to stay in line, though. The Edisons had seven rules, one in particular noting that discretion was important: “Don’t fail to retire to your room for part of each day - so that the family may squabble without embarrassment.”
— By Jon Wilson, VISIT FLORIDA
Project plan for two interviewers, two combers, and one grouper.
Young, Indi. 2008. Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human Behavior. New York: Rosenfeld Media.
Breakout Session: What We Know Now: Applying Lessons Learned to Advance Haiti’s Future
In 2008, President Bill Clinton issued a call to action to the CGI community to address the pressing challenges that Haiti faced in the aftermath of four devastating hurricanes. The resulting Haiti Action Network, now in its eighth year, has galvanized more than 100 Commitments to Action focused on Haiti. To accomplish this, more than 300 companies, nonprofits, multilateral organizations, and government entities have partnered with the Action Network—illustrating that addressing challenges in the country requires a comprehensive approach. For example, to provide quality education, it is also vital to consider public health, infrastructure, and job creation during project planning and implementation.
In this session, CGI members from diverse sectors will:
• Learn about the unique structure of the Haiti Action Network and the ways that members have worked together to tackle issues.
• Share commitment stories and key takeaways from Haiti—such as shared successes and difficulties with commitment implementation—that are applicable to member projects elsewhere around the world.
Panel Discussion:
MODERATOR:
Catherine Cheney, West Coast Correspondent, Devex
PANELISTS:
Maxime D. Charles, Country Manager / VP, Bnakers Association / EcoBio Haiti S. A.
Sasha Kramer, Co-Founder and Executive Director, SOIL
Denis O'Brien, Chairman, Digicel
Fédorah Pierre-Louis, External Affairs and Local Development Manager, Haitian Education and Leadership Program (HELP)
Panel Discussion:
PANELISTS:
Michael Carey, Co-Founder and Director, Soul of Haiti Foundation
PARTICIPANTS:
Robert Bank, President and CEO, American Jewish World Service
Dominique Boyer, Chief Operating Officer, Sevis Finansye Fonkoze
Duquesne Fednard, Founder and CEO, D&E Green Enterprises
Timote Georges, Executive Director, Smallholder Farmers Alliance Foundation
Elizabeth Hausler, Founder and CEO, Build Change
Dominic MacSorley, Chief Executive Officer, Concern Worldwide
Atlanta McIlwraith, Senior Manager Community Engagement and Communication, Timberland
The Devon Energy Center (also known as the Devon Tower) is a 50-story corporate skyscraper in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is the tallest building in the city and state, though it has fewer floors than the 52-story BOK Tower in Tulsa. It is tied with Park Tower in Chicago as the 72nd tallest building in the United States; at its completion Devon Tower was tied as the 39th tallest. Construction began October 6, 2009, and was completed in October 2012. The tower is located next to the historic Colcord Hotel, which Devon currently owns, on Sheridan Avenue between Hudson and Robinson Avenues.
The office tower, a six-story rotunda, and a six-story podium structure comprise more than 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) and was initially estimated to cost $750 million;[4] however, the first formal appraisal of the tower and complex came in at only $707.9 million. It serves as the northern anchor of Oklahoma City's aggressive Core to Shore downtown redevelopment project.
Devon World Headquarters LLC, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy Corporation, built the new skyscraper to replace their existing corporate office, which was located inside the Mid America Tower (now the Continental Resources Center), as well as other commercial space that the company had been leasing in a number of office buildings in the central business district.
The Devon Energy Center was originally planned to be 54 stories and 925 feet (282 m) tall. However, subsequent space planning revisions—including a decision to locate the data center to a separate facility for security reasons—resulted in a reduced height to 844 feet (257 m), including 50 stories.
Site preparation and demolition began October 6, 2009. The Holder Construction Company served as primary general contractor, and Flintco, Inc. the minority partner in the joint venture.
Construction started on October 6, 2009. The first crane was installed on February 25, 2010, and the second crane was installed on June 25, 2010. In July 2010, construction had reached above street level. In September 2010, construction topped the 10th floor. In November, workers started installing glass on the bottom levels of the tower. In December 2010, the building reached the 22nd floor.
Upon completion of the 34th floor, Devon Energy Center surpassed the 500-foot (150 m) Chase Tower (since renamed BancFirst Tower) as the tallest building in Oklahoma City on March 10, 2011. On May 17 of that year, the Devon Energy Center became the tallest building in Oklahoma, rising above Tulsa's 667-foot (203 m) BOK Tower. In June 2011, the building reached the 46th floor. On July 5, 2011, the building reached the 46th floor while the glass reached the 36th floor. The building marked its topping out at 50 stories in a ceremony held on September 21, 2011, as the Devon Energy Center reached its final height of 844 feet (257 m).
On October 23, 2012, the building marked its opening ceremony. It was confirmed by Devon Energy CEO, J. Larry Nichols that there would not be an observation deck; however, a restaurant named "Vast" on the 49th and 50th floors would be open to the general public. Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett attended the opening ceremony and stated, "The visual impact it has on the city is so striking and so identifiable. It took just over three years to complete the building that has quickly become a staple in our city's skyline."
On June 14, 2022, conservative activist Maison Des Champs conducted a free solo climb along the tower as part of an anti-abortion protest. (Incidentally, weeks prior to his feat, the Oklahoma Legislature passed several laws severely restricting abortion access in the state, including one banning the practice from the moment of conception.) He had previously gained media attention for climbing The New York Times Building in Manhattan, the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco to protest abortion or COVID-19 safety protocols. Des Champs—who only used chalk for gripping—was arrested after reaching the roof of the building, and was subsequently charged on two trespassing complaints.
Oklahoma City, officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and is the 8th largest city in the Southern United States. The population grew following the 2010 census and reached 681,054 in the 2020 census. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,396,445, and the Oklahoma City–Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,469,124, making it Oklahoma's largest municipality and metropolitan area by population.
Oklahoma City's city limits extend somewhat into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside the core Oklahoma County area are suburban tracts or protected rural zones (watershed). The city is the eighth-largest in the United States by area including consolidated city-counties; it is the second-largest, after Houston, not including consolidated cities. The city is also the second-largest by area among state capital cities in the United States, after Juneau, Alaska. Along with Topeka, Kansas and Cheyenne, Wyoming, Oklahoma City is one of three state capitals with an indigenous name in a state with an indigenous name.
Oklahoma City has one of the world's largest livestock markets.[12] Oil, natural gas, petroleum products, and related industries are its economy's largest sector. The city is in the middle of an active oil field, and oil derricks dot the capitol grounds. The federal government employs a large number of workers at Tinker Air Force Base and the United States Department of Transportation's Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center (which house offices of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department's Enterprise Service Center, respectively).
Oklahoma City is on the I-35 and I-40 corridors, one of the primary travel corridors south into neighboring Texas and New Mexico, north towards Wichita and Kansas City, west to Albuquerque, and east towards Little Rock and Memphis. Located in the state's Frontier Country region, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889 and grew to a population of over 10,000 within hours of its founding. It was the site of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in which 168 people died, the deadliest terror attack in U.S. history until the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.
Since weather records have been kept beginning in 1890, Oklahoma City has been struck by 14 violent tornadoes, 11 of which were rated F4 or EF4 on the Fujita and Enhanced Fujita scales, and one each rated F5 and EF5.
The history of Oklahoma City refers to the history of city of Oklahoma City, and the land on which it developed. Oklahoma City's history begins with the settlement of "unassigned lands" in the region in the 1880s, and continues with the city's development through statehood, World War I and the Oklahoma City bombing.
Prior to the Land Rush of 1889, the territory Oklahoma City fell under was known as the “Unassigned Lands”, which were located just north of the Chickasaw Nation, and covered roughly 2950 square miles in central Oklahoma. The term “Unassigned lands” was first coined in 1879 by Elias C. Boudinot, a mixed-blood Cherokee Journalist, who believed that the territory should be open to white settlers.
This territory of Oklahoma was not inhabited by any of the displaced indigenous tribes from the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and was located in central Oklahoma, surrounded by the other claimed indigenous territories. The Cherokee Nation fell to the north, bound by the Cherokee Outlet. On the east, the Potawatomi, Shawnee, Sac and Fox, Pawnee, and Iowa reservations resided. Just south of the Unassigned lands, the Chickasaw Nation fell, and the Cheyenne Arapaho settlement fell to the west. The lands were crossed by five rivers, including "the Canadian, the North Canadian, the Cimarron, the Deep Fork, and the Little", which provided natural borders, and a perfect combination of thin topsoil for grazing cattle, and rich bottomland soil for raising crops, thus making it greatly desired by white settlers who wanted to stake their claims to the inexpensive lands.
Prior to the opening of these Indigenous territories, the Boomer Movement saw forced raids and staked claims at sites in the unassigned lands, such as in present day Oklahoma City and Stillwater from 1879 to 1888. These raids, publicly led by David L. Payne and William Couch only saw brief success, and settled a town known as Ewing, present day Oklahoma City, in 1880. Despite this, were constantly overthrown and escorted out of the lands by U.S troops. However, they continued to enlist Boomers, and illegally made settlements in the Unassigned Lands and in the surrounding settlements until the Land Rush 1889.
Oklahoma City was officially opened to the public for settlement on April 22, 1889 with the Land Run and caused substantial settlement growth seemingly overnight. Oklahoma City was put under a provisional government, as the federal government did not expect the need to establish laws in the new territories, until the Organic Act that was passed under the Harrison Administration on May 2, 1890. This act applied the laws that were put in place for Nebraska to the newly settled Oklahoma Territories as a place holder until local governments could establish legislation. Oklahoma City was officially incorporated as the county seat for the second of the seven Oklahoma counties, with Guthrie, Oklahoma as the capital.
The first provisional mayor of Oklahoma City was William L. Couch, one of the leaders of the previous Boomer movement, who resigned in 1889. Couch passed the title on to Sidney Clarke on November 11, 1889 with his resignation. Clarke held the title of provisional mayor of Oklahoma City until an official election could be held on November 27, 1889, making Andrew J. Beale the mayor until the first nonprovisional mayor, William J. Gault, was elected in 1890.
With Guthrie, Oklahoma as the state capital, tensions began to rise between the two cities as high profile Oklahoman politicians, including Governor Charles N. Haskell, advocated for Oklahoma City to receive the title of state capital instead. This rivalry continued until, by popular vote, Oklahoma City was made the official capital of Oklahoma on June 11, 1910. Speculations among Guthrie civic leaders claimed that an unknown Oklahoma City booster allegedly spirited the state seal way from the Guthrie state capital in the night to ensure the title transfer. Oklahoma City continues to hold the title of Oklahoma’s Capital into present day, with the Oklahoma State Capitol established at N.E 23rd street and Lincoln Boulevard in 1917.
City leaders of this new capital included John Shartel, Anton H.Classen, James W. Maney, and Henry Overholser, who vastly transformed the infrastructure of the city, by providing better housing accommodations, efficient public transportation, public entertainment, and a railroad system. These city leaders set the blueprint for the upcoming economic development in later decades.
Overholser was a prominent early settler who emphasized his desire for public entertainment with his contributions to the city's infrastructure. Overholser created the Grand Avenue Hotel in 1889, the Overholser Opera House along with the Overholser theater in 1890, and assisted in the purchase of permanent fair grounds for the Oklahoma State Fair in 1906.
Classen, prior to creating the Metropolitan Railway Company with John Shartel (later the Oklahoma City Railway Company), was appointed as receiver in the U.S land office in Oklahoma City by president William McKinley in 1897. Classen focused his efforts on inner-city beautification and infrastructure improvements, becoming president of both the Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association and the Oklahoma City Commercial Club in 1899.
Classen worked closely with Shartel to add numerous housing divisions to accommodate the growing population, the first being the Highland Parks Addition in 1900. Along with this, "he was instrumental in getting city streets paved, in organizing Oklahoma City street fairs, and in promoting Oklahoma City as the location for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders annual reunion in 1900". Shartel and Classen collaborated once again in 1902 with the creation of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, which created an efficient mass-transport system for downtown Oklahoma City. Classen was also responsible for organizing the University Development Company, and financed Epworth University (Now known as Oklahoma City University) which was officially established in 1904.
Aside from his collaborations with Anton Classen, John Shartel bought twenty acres of land located at modern day 7th and 10th street, which became known as the Florence Addition. Prior to Classen's death in 1922, Shartel served as the Vice President on the Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association and the Oklahoma City Commercial Club, and overtook the position of president after Classen's death.
James W. Maney also focused his efforts on creating a railroad system in Oklahoma City, and gained the reputation of "the largest railroad contractor in Oklahoma" by 1900. Maney built the second railroad into Oklahoma City, when the territory opened in 1889, and then worked closely with Classen and Olverhoser to focus on the growth and development in Oklahoma City. Maney's legacy is sealed by the historic Maney House, the mansion he resided in until is death in 1945, that is now used as a bed and breakfast.
The new city continued to grow at a steady rate until December 4, 1928, when oil was discovered in the city. Oil wells popped up everywhere, even on the south lawn on the capitol building, and the sudden influx of oil money within the city and throughout the state greatly accelerated the city's growth. While those who had made money during this early oil boom largely escaped the Depression, the majority of Americans and Oklahomans were not so lucky. By 1935, rural migrants and unemployed workers had built a massive shanty town (or "Hooverville" after president Herbert Hoover) on the south bank of the North Canadian River. The river often flooded, bringing disease and misery to the people living there. As part of the "New Deal", the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps greatly reduced the level of the river to prevent flooding (a move which would later become a problem for city leaders stuck with a nearly empty river) and built one of the first experiments with public housing in the country.
A municipal-owned Elm Grove camp built in 1932 and which offered better amenities to residents who paid $1 a day or donated eight hours or labor. The camp was eliminated in 1933 because of a fear that it would attract more homeless residents to the city. A May Avenue Camp continued to exist in 1939. In 1933, the city planning commission recommended a policy restricting African Americans' ability to stay in white residential areas within the city (see sundown town).
The Second World War and the growing war industries brought recovery to the nation and Oklahoma City, and the post war period saw Oklahoma City become a major hub in the national Interstate Highway System. Additionally, Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City became the largest air depot in the country in the post war period, a fact which made Oklahoma City the likely target for a possible Soviet nuclear strike. As the civil rights era dawned, downtown Oklahoma City became the site of a revolution in civil rights tactics. History teacher Clara Luper and some of her students from nearby Douglass High School led the first "sit in" in American history to desegregate the lunch counter at a downtown department store in 1958. When they succeeded, the tactic was adopted throughout the country, notably by the young activists of SNCC.
With the support of Stanley Draper and the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, the city government launched a "Great Annexation Drive" in 1959, quintupling Oklahoma City's legal boundaries from 80 square miles (210 km2) to 433 square miles (1,120 km2) in just over two years. Draper was concerned that Oklahoma City's peripheral cities and towns might block future urban developments and dominate city facilities, hampering long-range planning. He believed that annexation would allow the city to grow to provide the facilities industry required but which the surrounding communities did not have the resources to support. By the end of 1961, Oklahoma City had overtaken Los Angeles as the largest U.S. city by land mass. The annexation policy led to ballooning costs for services such as fire and police departments, roads, and lighting. In a 1965 special election, the Oklahoma City voters approved a sales tax by a margin of more than 2-1 to raise funds for expanding services.
From February 3 to July 29, 1964, Oklahoma City was subjected to eight sonic booms per day in a controversial experiment known as the Oklahoma City sonic boom tests. The intent was to quantify the sociological and economic costs of a supersonic transport aircraft. The experiment resulted in 15,400 damage claims. The persistence of the experiment and the 94% rejection rate of damage claims led to turmoil at all levels of government and embroiled Senator Mike Monroney's office in a battle with the Federal Aviation Administration. The embarrassment over the Oklahoma City experiments partially contributed to the demise of the Boeing 2707 SST project seven years later.
As the 1960s continued, however, Oklahoma City began to decline. By 1970, "white flight" and suburbanization had drained the life from the central business district and the surrounding areas. The oil beneath the city had begun to dry up, and property values declined. The city leaders then engaged in a disastrous program of "urban renewal" which succeeded primarily in demolishing much of the aging theater district. Despite popular conjecture, the impressive Biltmore Hotel was not originally targeted to be taken down by the Oklahoma City Urban Renewal Authority. Plans drawn up for downtown's redevelopment by I.M. Pei always assumed the building would remain open for business. After a $3 million renovation in the mid-1960s, the hotel was renamed the Sheraton-Oklahoma Hotel. But, the operation could not turn a profit, and in 1973, hotel owners agreed with the authority the building had outlived its useful life and needed to be demolished. The city had planned to build a massive shopping mall called "The Galleria" downtown, but money for renewal ran out before they could construct more than the parking garage for it. This left downtown Oklahoma City in even worse shape than it had been in, with vacant lots where Victorian brownstones once stood. The 1970s and 1980s were periods of stagnation for Oklahoma City proper (and was the case for almost all major cities in the United States) and periods of affluence and explosive development for the suburbs. With the exception of The Myriad Gardens, little was done to improve the inner city or the central business district during this time, even as the oil boom of the late 1970s brought a flood of money into the area.
By 1992, the city was in such dire need of improvement that it was losing jobs, population, and even air carriers to more attractive cities. With this in mind, Mayor Ron Norick pushed through a massive plan for capital improvements throughout downtown called the Metropolitan Area Projects Plan, or MAPS. MAPS called for a five-year, one-cent sales tax to fund a new ballpark, a canal through Bricktown, a new central library, a large indoor arena, renovations to the fairgrounds and the civic center, and a series of low water dams on the North Canadian River to make it attractive and accessible to small boats. Though still stinging from the failure of "urban renewal", the people of Oklahoma City passed the measure, eventually raising over 1 billion dollars for improvements to the city and bringing life back to the central city.
In the midst of this atmosphere of optimism and change, Timothy McVeigh drove a rented truck full of explosives to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The explosion killed 168 people (including 19 children) and injured more than 680, as well as damaging and destroying many surrounding buildings. Until the attacks of September 11, it was the largest terrorist attack on American soil, and it remains the single largest domestic terrorist attack in American history.
The site is now home to the Oklahoma City National Memorial. The memorial was designed by Oklahoma City architects Hans and Torrey Butzer, and Sven Berg and was dedicated by President Clinton on April 19, 2000, exactly five years after the bombing. Oklahoma City has since rebuilt, and except for the memorial, there is little evidence of the bombing.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation led an investigation, known as OKBOMB, the largest criminal case in America's history (FBI agents conducted 28,000 interviews, amassed 3.5 short tons (3.2 t) of evidence, and collected nearly one billion pieces of information). Special Agent in Charge Weldon L. Kennedy. commanded the largest crime task force since the investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy. The task force included 300 FBI agents, 200 officers from the Oklahoma City Police Department, 125 members of the Oklahoma National Guard, and 55 officers from the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.
As Oklahoma City moves through the 21st century, new changes continue to bring population, jobs, entertainment, and improvement. In 2004, a new Dell call center brought over 250 jobs, and plans to employ over 19,000 more jobs in the future. 2005 brought Oklahoma its first major league basketball franchise, the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets, followed by becoming the permanent home of the renamed Seattle NBA franchise, now the Oklahoma City Thunder, in 2008. Many other corporations are making Oklahoma City their home and the population is once again increasing at a very high rate. Also, a new addition to the downtown skyline, Devon Energy Center, was completed in 2012, with 52 stories and a height of 850 feet.
Oklahoma is a landlocked state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northeast, Arkansas to the east, New Mexico to the west, and Colorado to the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City. The state's name is derived from the Choctaw words okla, 'people' and humma, which translates as 'red'. Oklahoma is also known informally by its nickname, "The Sooner State", in reference to the Sooners, settlers who staked their claims in formerly American Indian-owned lands until the Indian Appropriations Act of 1889 authorized the Land Rush of 1889 opening the land to white settlement.
With ancient mountain ranges, prairie, mesas, and eastern forests, most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains, Cross Timbers, and the U.S. Interior Highlands, all regions prone to severe weather. Oklahoma is at a confluence of three major American cultural regions. Historically, it served as a government-sanctioned territory for American Indians moved from east of the Mississippi River, a route for cattle drives from Texas and related regions, and a destination for Southern settlers. There are currently 26 Native American languages spoken in Oklahoma. According to the 2020 U.S. census, 14.2 percent of Oklahomans identify as American Indians, the highest indigenous population by percentage in any state.
A major producer of natural gas, oil, and agricultural products, Oklahoma relies on an economic base of aviation, energy, telecommunications, and biotechnology. Oklahoma City and Tulsa serve as Oklahoma's primary economic anchors, with nearly two-thirds of Oklahomans living within their metropolitan statistical areas.
MIRAFLORES
Miraflores is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Known for its shopping areas, gardens, flower-filled parks and beaches, it is one of the upscale districts that make up the city of Lima.
Originally founded as San Miguel de Miraflores, it was established officially as a district on January 2, 1857. As a result of the Battle of Miraflores fought during the War of the Pacific, Miraflores got the designation of Ciudad Heroica ("Heroic City").
Entertainment
The district is full of cafés, pubs, restaurants and shops, which is a draw for a large part of the Lima population on Sundays. Parque Kennedy, Miraflores' central plaza, regularly has flea markets and art exhibitions. Larcomar, a shopping mall overlooking the Pacific coast, is located in Miraflores, and is very popular among tourists, young people, and the middle and upper classes. They have restaurants, stores, a food court, ice cream shops, arcades, bowling alleys, nightclubs, bars, and the most modern cinema in all of Lima.
The Calle de las Pizzas ("Pizza Street") in downtown Miraflores, a favourite among Lima's teenagers and young adults, has many pubs which every weekend are filled with people.
Miraflores is a major gathering spot for the gay community in Lima. Peru's largest gay nightclub, Downtown Valetodo, is located in the district. There has been a bitter dispute with area residents concerning the noise generated by this venue and it has been closed several times.
Miraflores has always been a major hub for tourists in Lima. There are a number of hotels in the area, including a couple of international hotel brands (Hilton and Ritz Carlton) which have projects planned for construction in 2009. Furthermore, there are several shops selling souvenirs and tourist products.
Costa Verde
The Costa Verde ("green coast") area has several beaches, which draw surfers and beachgoers alike in summertime. However, these rocky beaches are not as popular with bathers as the large, sandy beaches in the districts south of Lima, such as Santa María del Mar, Punta Hermosa and Punta Negra.
Larcomar Shopping Center is located in this area.
Paragliders launch from the coastal ridge, wind providing.
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The Masikryong Ski Resort (Korean: 마식령 스키 리조트) is a modern ski resort at the summit of the 1,360-metre Taehwa Peak (Korean: 대황산) some 20 kilometres (12 mi) outside Wonsan City in Kangwon Province, North Korea. According to the official project plan, the first stage of the 2,430-square-kilometre (940 sq mi) development cost USD 35,340,000 (£21 million; €25.5 million) and included construction of a luxury hotel, ice rink, swimming pool and restaurants. Official revenue forecasts suggest that 5,000 people will visit each day, generating an estimated annual income of USD 18,750,000 (£11.1 million/€13.5 million).[1] The Masikryong (literally, horse-resting pass) project was initiated by the North Korean government as part of a drive to "make people not only possess strong physiques and sound mentality, but also enjoy their sports and cultural lives in a world’s advanced condition.
Despite political tensions with neighbouring South Korea, leaders in the north hope to host some events at the 2018 Winter Olympics to be held in Pyeongchang.
Constructed in just ten months, North Korea's only ski resort is part of a drive by leader Kim Jong-un to increase foreign tourist numbers from 200,000 to 1 million per annum by 2016.
DPRK, Oct. 2015
Group Portrait of Elizabeth Eiler, Gender Adviser, United Nations Office to the African Union; Zonke Zanele Majodina, Advisor on Human Rights, Congolese Women in the Diaspora, South Africa; Dr. Nadia Bellal, Gender expert specialized in participatory approaches, strategic planning, and project planning, monitoring and evaluation; Hadizatou Yacouba Ousseini, a Gender expert and Deputy Director of Cabinet of Niger during Global Gender Summit 2019 - Monitoring Gender Peacebuilding and Governance Linkages with Early Systems on November 27, 2019, at Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda.
Tim Rose (Admiral Ackbar) and me as I'm giving him the first of what will eventually turn out to be a whole calendar taking you through 20th Century history of famous nude photography. It's a long story, but it got started when I found a nude 12" Admiral Ackbar figure at a comic convention last year and decided to do this crazy project.
Plans to commercially release this in limited quantities next year without stepping on Disney's "no pornographic content" clauses are being looked in to. Stay tuned as things develop.
On July 8, 2010, (from left) Rear Adm. Andy Brown, U.S. European Command cheif of logistics, Judith Garber, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, and Latvian officials ceremoniously break ground on the renovation of a small fire station in Limbazi in northen Latvia. As part of a EUCOM-funded civil-military operation, the project will upgrade lighting and electrical systems as well as install new overhead roll-up doors at the station. The renovation is the first in a series of 10 fire station refurbishment projects planned throughout Latvia over the next five years that will retrofit new overhead vehicle doors required to support new fire and rescue trucks received as part of the European Union-funded donation.The project is being managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Justin Ward)