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A huge thank you to Ventura County Fire Department and all the mutual aid providers who risked their lives to protect life and property during the Springs Fire. Your bravery and hard work is appreciated.
The Ventura County Fire Department is an all-risk, full-service fire department, composed of 574 men and women. We proudly provide fire protection, medical aid, rescue, hazardous materials response, and a variety of other services to the public.
The response area covers 848 square miles and they serve more than 480,000 people in unincorporated areas of Ventura County and six of its cities:
Ojai
Port Hueneme
Moorpark
Camarillo
Simi Valley
Thousand Oaks
The Ventura County Fire Department is a special district, formed by special election in 1928. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors is the fire district's board of directors. These five elected supervisors appoint the fire chief, and task him with providing fire protection services for the district.
Station 30
325 W. Hillcrest Dr.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Fire Station 30 serves the central portion of the City of Thousand Oaks. It is also the headquarters for Division 3 and Battalion 3. Battalion 3 commands the Conejo Valley area.
The station was built in 1974 on what was originally the Janss Ranch and part of the Los Robles Golf Course. It housed the Fire District’s first ladder truck as well as an engine.
In addition to the chief officers, seven firefighters staff Fire Station 30; three assigned to the engine (Engine 30) and four assigned to the ladder truck (Truck 30). The ladder truck is a tiller design, wherein the chassis is a tractor-trailer with a steerable rear axle, providing greater maneuverability on today's city streets. The battalion chief has a command vehicle (Battalion 3).
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Name:Chemical Provider
IMO:9254202
Flag:Panama
MMSI:354556000
Callsign:3FMW6
Vessel type:Oil/chemical Tanker
Gross tonnage:8,253 tons
Summer DWT:14,045 tons
Length:134 m
Beam:20 m
Draught:7.9 m
Class society:Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
Build year:2002
Builder: ASAKAWA SHIPBUILDING - IMABARI, JAPAN
Well after about 8 years of operation having been started by York Pullman, the Unibus 44 service finally bows out thus closing the book on York's long-running 'bus war' along the university corridor. The service started off to meet the requirements from the University of York of having a regular bus service to serve the Heslington East campus which at the time was being built and only had one or possibly two completed buildings which were in use - the university had contacted First York at the time on several occasions but the company had been unwilling to extend route 4 beyond Heslington Hall as it would require an extra vehicle to run on the then-branded 'FTR' route which have have meant obtaining another Wright Streetcar (even though at the time one which had originally been trialled in York had been down at Luton and wasn't required so easily could have been brought back up north).
As First wouldn't entertain the idea of serving Heslington East, the university contacted York Pullman and a deal was struck for a new service every 20 minutes between Merchantgate and the new campus where a turning circle was provided outside what is now the Ron Cooke Hub - the route was numbered 44 as if to compliment the 4 running along the same route, but the 44 was operated under a subsidy from the University over a deal of several years whereby the subsidy would decrease as passenger numbers increased with the eventual hope of the service being commercially viable in its own right. As time went on the passenger loadings on the 44 grew and so did the route to reflect this, extending first to the rail station and Nunnery Lane with then some journeys running right through to Acomb... and whilst Pullman had run a variety of vehicles on the service (including both an ex-Weardale low floor Ikarus bodied Daf SB220 and a step entrance version, a Scania Wright Solar, a BMC Condor) the time came in 2010 to have a dedicated fleet of vehicles and so a number of Olympians received conservative branding and the route name 'Unibus' - a single Leyland Olympian from Preston joined the fleet along with a single ex-Dublin Volvo Olympian and two ex-Lothian volvo examples; BUT at the same time Pullman purchased two brand new ADL Enviro 200's built on MAN chassis to make up a full contingent of vehicles to operate the increased length and frequency of the 44, whilst a Plaxton primo was purchased for a new aspect of the contract which was a free campus-to-campus shuttle bus service called the Ub1.
Pullman had been operating the 44 for some time in addition to other subsidised bus services around York, but a decision was made that in early 2012 all stagecarriage operations would be sold along with a number of vehicles in order to focus on schools and private hire work - this saw all such operations sold to Transdev York along with the full Unibus fleet; the vehicles stayed in York Pullman livery but received a simple vinyl overlay to cover the York Pullman logo with the Transdev York white rose logo, but vehicles route and frequency remained the same - though there was a brief period whereby some 44 services were extended beyond the university to Stamford Bridge however this was short-lived.
To reflect the changing requirements of the students, the university made it clear they wanted to see an increasing amount of buses being used with step-free access for the 44 route, and so Transdev introduced two ex-London Plaxton Presidents to the service which were later joined by two ex-Lancashire examples - these replaced Olympians on the route and at the same time introduced everybody to a whole new look for the Unibus. The buses were presented in a smart cream and indigo livery with a fade-out graphic to seperate the two colours vertically whilst a "looney tunes" style skyline graphic of York was used along the skirts to seperate the colours horizontally, whilst the university mascot of a duck also appeared on the buses. Shortly after introducing the double deckers, the two Enviro's purchased from Pullman went to the paint shop and gained the new branding identity whilst the Plaxton Primo gained a controversial pink graffitti livery - though the Primo only lasted about a year with Transdev before being exported to New Zealand due to it being non-standard.
Popularity of the Unibus grew ever-further and so the university required route frequency to increase, and so three Volvo B10BLE Wright Renown single deckers joined the fleet - these had been new to Yorkshire Coastliner and so to see them back in York was somewhat pleasing. At the time though there were increasing occurances whereby maintenance schedules or breakdowns meant a non-branded vehicle or two were appearing on the 44 and the university weren't pleased... as a result, Transdev brought across another Renown (1051) from lancashire which was 'officially' referred to as being in a dual-purpose livery - even though everybody else could see it as just being a half-arsed paint job that wasn't finished, as it had the base colours of the Unibus livery minus the blue sweep under the windscreen nor any of the graphics (just a simple white sticker with the new-style Transdev logo and a corny corporate motto)... eventually this did receive the full livery minus the bluue sweep under the windscreen. In addition to the 44 and the Ub1, the contract with the university also saw Transdev run an early-morning service from the university to the hospital one-way only (Hb1) as well as overnight services during term time for students wishing to go clubbing (Cb2) or for access to the university library for pre-exam study (SS1).... the Cb2 had been operated by York Pullman previously on select weekdays, whilst a Cb1 route had also been registered and operated by them on other days of the week.
Everything changed in 2015 however, when the Unibus contract had come up for re-tender and the new contract was awarded to First York - which was in a strange way surprising and yet not surprising all at the same time, as everybody knew First York strongly despised having subsidised competition to and from the university, and so it was an easy guess that First would put in an incredibly strong bid for the uni contract. It had been considered that Transdev would be gracious in defeat and quietly withdraw the 44 service so that the route and number could pass over to the new incumbent; however that didn't happen and instead Transdev registered the 44 route commercially with a slight route alteration due to no longer being authorised to run buses along Lakeside Way and so would have to terminate at the Heslington East interchange near Badger Hill, the route which First's number 4 had been doing for some time prior to winning the uni contract. The other change for the 44 Unibus was the streamlining of the fleet: all four double deckers left York for pastures new (Keighley) whilst the Enviro's went to the paint shop again to receive the white rose livery applied to buses being used elsewhere in the York operation, and the 4 Renowns were then joined by Renowns 1054, 1059 and 1076 and all were given a mildly revised livery which had all aspects to denote a partnership with the university having been removed.... all 7 vehicles were then refurbished with new seating, new interior panelling, free wi-fi and USB chargers. Online, Transdev started a questionable social media campaign to try and assert that they were the better service provider and that even though others were 'copying' the Unibus there would only ever be... ahem... "only one unibus". The commercially-run 44 could not offer the same high frequency of every 7-8 minutes being offered by First, but that didn't stop Transdev from arranging their timetables to arrive at key stops about 3 minutes before the First service, and likewise the 44 would be timed to wait around at city centre stops such as the rail station and merchantgate so as to try and draw as many passengers as possible on board. Likewise the university required First York to run the 66 as a 24-hour operation during term time with services overnight for students having a night out in the city centre, with the overnight services running once an hour - Transdev got wind of this and registered the 44 to also run 24 hours a day, with the hourly overnight services just so happening to depart from the city centre on the opposite side of the hour to First's service. This 24-hour service didn't last long however, but when Transdev launched the York-Leeds Cityzap limited stop service the decision was made to extend friday/saturday late night services arriving into York at 3am and 4am to go beyond the city centre to the university - the service was timed as such with the one simple hope that the zap service would arrive at the rail station and more importantly into merchantgate before the overnight First service so as to abstract passengers away. This didn't really work either and so that ploy was eventually dropped and so for the last few months the Unibus 44 has simply been plodding along with a regular 15-minute service between the uni and the city with every other service extended under subsidy from the council to Acomb via Holly Bank to replace the 13A service which First York had withdrawn.
Just over 6 weeks ago the announcement was made that at the end of the winter university term the unibus 44 service would cease, though the 44 between the city centre and acomb would continue as a standalone operation - the company statement made was along the lines that "other operators copying our service" had caused the unibus to no longer be viable, though it is very much worth noting that the person who first devised the 44 route with York Pullman is the same person who arranged First York's 66 service which officially replaced the 44. The very last day of the Unibus was December 3rd 2016, and here at Morell Library on central campus is B10BLE Renown B10YKS... it is fitting for this to be one of the last two unibus vehicles I photograph on the route, as this was the first Unibus renown I got a photo of when it arrived in the city under its original registration of YD02 UMV having been new to Yorkshire Coastliner.
USAF
THIS C-123K is the troop transport version of the "Provider". The museum's
C-123 was originally built as a B model, serial number 54-612, manufactured by
Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, MD, and was delivered to the Air Force on
December 20, 1955 at Ardmore AFB, OK. This aircraft was flown by 10 different
units assigned to the Tactical Air Command, Air Force Reserve, and a two-year
stint with USAFE at Dreux AB, France, as well as nine months at Leopoldville AP,
Congo, until 1965. Our aircraft was converted from a B model to a K model in
1967. This aircraft is on loan from the USAF.
According to the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA/RSA), Maxwell
AFB, AL, the museum's C-123K has the following history:
Our C-123 served at the following locations:
Feb 1956 - To 309th Troop Carrier (Assault) Group (TAC), Ardmore AFB OK
May 1956 - To 60th Troop Carrier (M) Wing (USAFE), Dreux AB France
Jul 1958 - To 2584th Air Reserve Flying Center (AFRES), Memphis MAP TN
Aug 1958 - To 2589th Air Reserve Flying Center (AFRES),
Dec 1958 - To 445th Troop Carrier Wing (AFRES), Dobbins AFB GA.
Jun 1963 - To 918th Troop Carrier Wing (AFRES), Dobbins AFB GA
May 1965 - To 1st Air Commando Wing (TAC), Hurlburt Field FL
Aug 1965 - To 1127th Field Activities Squadron (USAFE), Leopoldville AP
Congo
Apr 1966 - To 1st Air Commando Wing (TAC), England AFB LA
Jun 1967 - To Fairchild, Hagerstown MD (converted to C-123K)
Aug 1967 - Returned to 1st Air Commando Wing
Mar 1968 - Unit became 1st Special Operations Wing (assignments to
Lockbourne AFB OH)
Aug 1969 - Unit moved to Hurlburt Field FL
Jan 1972 - To 906th Tactical Airlift Group (AFRES), Lockbourne AFB OH
Jun 1975 - To 355th Tactical Airlift Squadron (AFRES), Lockbourne (later
Rickenbacker) AFB OH
Sep 1981 - Dropped from USAF inventory by transfer to school or museum
It made its last flight into March Field in 1981.
In 1998, the plane was restored and painted in the markings it wore while
assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB, FL. Its nose art, "The
Chief", is in honor of its volunteer Crew Chief, retired Chief Master Sergeant
Jim Meek. Jim was the flight chief for one of the first C-123J's equipped with
ski's to land in Greenland in 1958. He has given over 10,000 volunteer hours to
the museum and has cared for the C-123 since 1981.
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Engagement 3,700+
SH 276 Rothesay Harbour Firth of Clyde
VESSEL DETAILS
The 11 metre Shellfish boat was built in 1990 with a fibre glass hull. Although she is registered to Scarborough , she is administered through Campbeltown.
ATLANTICA PROVIDER (IMO: 9343766) is a Offshore Supply Ship that was built in 2006 (16 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Norway.
It’s carrying capacity is 4000 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 4.6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 85.65 meters and her width is 19.73 meters.
Name: SKEW PROVIDER (MONJASA PROVIDER)
IMO: 9327281
MMSI: 229822000
Call Sign: 9HA3641
Vessel Type - Generic: Tanker
Vessel Type - Detailed: Oil/Chemical Tanker
Navigational Status: Active
Gross Tonnage: 2889
Summer DWT: 4279 t
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 95.82 x 14.2 m
Year Built: 2005
This photograph was published in an online article in THE GUARDIAN (News provider of the year) magazine on Tuesday July 30th 2024. The article was titled:
'' Life in the fast lane for snails this year ''
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Fifty nine metres at 06:49am on Monday 10th August 2020, of a Garden snail (Cornu aspersum)moving slowly across the grass, off Chessington Avenue in Bexleyheath, Kent.
This is a species of land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc of the Helicidae family.
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LONGITUDE: E 0d 8m 10.18s
ALTITUDE: 59.0m
RAW (TIFF) FILE: 130.00MB NEF: 91.0MB
PROCESSED (JPeg) FILE: 38.60MB
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Daddy bluebird has been very busy lately feeding five hungry hatchlings. One morning he found some flying ants swarming out of this tree stump in my back yard. He went back and forth and back and forth, picking up as many bugs as he could carry before heading back to the nest box.
In the past, the male bluebird has always been more shy than the female. I have a hard time getting close enough for shots like this. But this day he didn't seem to mind me...probably because he couldn't resist the bugs and the easy meal they offered. I sat on the deck steps and took pics!
WiFi-based retail analytics provider Euclid has launched what it’s calling Euclid Connect t.co/N7EDHRQO6n t.co/b9NY9q9BDl (via Twitter twitter.com/Hellen0679/status/774505841877712896)
It may be hard to see in this photo, but the hawk was behind the white sheet with the wires on the other side so this was the best angle to get a decent view of him.
Manufacturer: Hawker Beechcraft
Operator: DEA Aviation
Type: B-350 2-WKTJ KingAIr ISR aircraft
Event/ Location: Malta International Airshow, Luqa International Airport
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DEA deploys state-of-the-art aerial sensing and digital processing technology in dynamic, challenging environments worldwide and is frequently relied upon to provide critical security services of national importance, demanding class-leading safety and compliance processes.
It holds a UK Air Operators Certificate (AOC) and Maltese Specialised Operator Certificate (SPO).
Best viewed on black. Sea eagle setting off home to wife and kids with food for the table. Love the camouflage on this one, looks like he could melt so easily into his background!!!
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He has been farming for more than fifty years.
Cultivating, planting and harvesting rice in his small ten hectare parcel of land.
I told him that a ten hectare property is by no means small.
He told me that he has a large family.
He added that all of his children have large families and that his harvest would just be enough for their consumption.
Now I don’t know how much rice a ten hectare property would yield.
Ten hectares to me is a lot of land.
But then I haven’t seen how large his family is.
Besides I am not the farmer……he is.
So I believe him…..
Our Joefuz asked to see more of Maynooth, so here's a nice view down Main Street, with a good capture of a quite modern looking M.P. O'Brien's shop, a Branch Depot of U.P. Stores - The People's Purveyors & Providers" - a lovely alliterative slogan...
Lovely juxtaposition of the horse and cart and car parked down the left hand side of the street, but a shame that the car registration no. is too blurry to make out!
Date: Circa 1910?? (but definitely before or during 1914)
NLI ref.: L_ROY_10066
Here's an aircraft that was operated by an unusual service. This Provider was used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA was involved in determining any harmful effects of residual Agent Orange in the UC-123 spray aircraft that were used by the AFRES after the Viet Nam War. I wonder if there is any connection with this aircraft. Here's a link which discusses this: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK298851/
It is shown here after its flying days were over at Davis Monthan AFB in March 1976. Any input as to how the EPA operated this aircraft would be appreciated.
BAT 54T (ex L647 PSB, 9201 WW, L256 AHS, LSK 444)
Volvo B10M/Van Hool Alizee C49FT
Colefordian WiIletts, Coalway, Gloucestershire
Milton Keynes Central Station, 12 April 2004
New to Park's, Hamilton
The name and livery of Fraser Eagle became a familiar sight as the leading provider of replacement coaches during the many railway line closures of the early 21st century, but the company went into liquidation in 2009. As well as their own fleet, Fraser Eagle colours also appeared on vehicles operated by some of their major contractors.
A red fox takes the groceries home to the den.
trip report for the day: blog.bigskycountry.net
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Stitch put together a group buy for CYBER-stickers (as designed by fnordeingang e.V.). It got a bit out of hand and we received a total of 187.500 stickers. We obviously had to do a Breaking Bad-styled photoshoot.
With the Trans Pennine upgrade the biomass traffic between Liverpool and Drax is often in the timetable through Sheffield especially at the weekend, but is often a no show.
The 6E10 Liverpool - Drax passes through Primrose Hill with 66757 on a Saturday afternoon when 3 biomass trains passed through Sheffield in a short space of time.