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No Mysterians though
Question Mark and the Mysterians was a band that had a big hit with "96 Tears" back when I was a teen.
Would, could, should: Three questions that sometimes should not be asked. Instead better for life to provide its own surprise.
This little leaf appeared on my lounge floor yesterday. I love it. Don't know from where it came. But now it resides on my not-so-complete Christmas card pile.
A Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) butterfly dining on Hemp Dogbane flowers at The Reservoir in Central Park.
Warner Bros. just responded to a list of questions sent in about the Barbie Corvette. We got answers from Nico Ferrari (great name!) who runs ‘Picture Vehicles,’ the company that worked on all the vehicles in the film. Who knew it was remote-controlled?
Autoweek: How did you choose the Corvette to be Barbie's car? Were any other cars considered? She has been associated with many different models over the years, from an Austin-Healey to a Ferrari.
Nico Ferrari: Truth is, a decision of this magnitude involves a huge element of product placement discussions with multiple manufacturers. Other vehicles were considered, but the relationship with Corvette was the most attractive from all angles.
AW: Does the car in the movie actually drive?
NF: Yes, but not by the driver inside! The car was driven remotely by an operator using a VR headset! This was felt the safest option to allow Margot to fully express herself in the vehicle without having to worry about controlling the vehicle.
AW: How did you build it? Is it on the frame rails of another car or is it all a unique platform?
NF: A lot of hard work from an amazing crew! Nothing on the car is ‘off the shelf.' Everything, including the chassis and the body had to be custom made. There are no components from an existing car on the Barbie car we built. It wasn't possible to use anything from a real world car as it would all be too big! The Barbie car is 23% smaller than the original Corvette, so the whole car had to be drawn, manufactured and installed to create the finished piece!
AW: What powers it? I assume it's a small electric motor? Is it front wheel-drive or rear wheel-drive?
NF: A small electric motor, similar to the type found in a golf buggy. Direct drive to a rear differential to power the rear wheels! Very simple, very easy! Some hidden 12volt batteries from a fork lift hidden under the rear passenger seat!
AW: Does Barbie - Margot - actually drive it, as in step on an accelerator pedal and steer, or is it on a rail of some sort?
NF: It cannot be operated from inside the car, the only way to move it is the VR remote system which was installed by the SFX (Special Effects) team. It doesn’t even have fake pedals inside, just a steering wheel!
AW: Is there only one or were there several cars for different scenes?
NF: In total, we made 5. Margot’s never changed and was a different shade of pink to two other cars which were a darker more vibrant pink. We also made a yellow and a blue. The blue car was the one we wrapped in Ken’s Kendom graphic with the flames.
AW: Is there a motor home in the movie? Does that drive?
NF: No motorhome, but two ambulances. One for when Ken has his accident on the beach and ‘Weird Barbie’ has an ambulance to use when she’s collecting the Barbie’s for reprogramming. These are based on the same system and technology as the Barbie cars!
Several contacts have expressed interest and asked questions about the Red Kites, the feeding station and the feeding programme. If you’re not interested, skip this blurb.
I spoke to the RSPB man who told me that Red Kites started relying on human leftovers thousands of years ago, when hunter gatherers would chuck out bones etc after eating their meal. This would have taken place in the afternoon apparently, the hunters having hunted in the morning, cooked and eaten by the afternoon. So the kites got used to having a free meal.... So now they give it to them at 2pm GMT. (3pm BST)
The other purpose served by this gathering of kites is that the young need to learn where the communal winter roosts are, and if they all gather at 2pm for a feed they can follow the older ones to the roosts afterwards. They can’t survive cold winter nights all alone in a tree. So for these reasons they don’t plan to ever stop feeding these kites, its a permanent programme, but he wouldn’t tell me where the roosts are, its secret.
A Red Kite has a wing span of five and a half feet and weighs just 1 kilo. (That wing span is the same as my height !!) But a buzzard has a wing span of 4 feet and weighs 3 kilos. So, the kite is a delicate bird compared to a buzzard and a lot less powerful. From the ground a buzzard can rise four feet with one wing beat, a kite needs three wing beats to rise by the same amount.... this is the explanation the RSPB man gave for their reluctance to come down for the food sometimes, the food is in front of trees, where foxes might be lurking, and they are slow to gain height to escape.
He told me there are four Kite feeding stations in Wales, but this one is the most scenic, and is also the only one that is free. You only have to pay for the car park (£1.50). The location is Bwlch Nant yr Arian, on the A44 between the villages of Llywernog and Cwmbrwyno (and in case you think there aren’t enough vowels in that name, a “w” in Welsh is pronounced “oo”). There is also a cafe, toilets, children’s playground, walks and mountain bike trail. Good views too if the weather is right. I'll post a picture or two soon of the views I took today.
If you plan to visit, make sure to know that the weather is going to be good, its in the mountains and when its bad its very bad. Winter is great for the light if its sunny, the sun being low enough to light their undersides. If its not sunny, there is so little light that you’ll be using ISO 2000, as you’ll probably want a shutter speed of around 1000th sec.
If you do plan a visit, be sure to let me know, its only about half an hour’s drive from where I live and I might be able to meet you.
When it comes to choosing a hike there's always the question about whether it's time to return to an old favorite or try something new. There's a solid argument for each option. Returning to the same place multiple times, in different conditions, and at different times of year can yield wildly different experiences and it also serves to establish a deeper connection with the place. On the other hand, there's an undeniable spirit of adventure in exploring a new trail and every once in a while you discover something entirely unexpected, which makes the world feel like a much larger and richer place.
In the Belknaps, this debate can be distilled into the simple question of whether or not to hike Mount Major again. It's a mountain I have hiked many times and the views from the summit are beautiful. It's a quick and familiar hike and it can be difficult to resist. But I have slowly been trying to check off the rest of the Belknap peaks over the last few years, some of which really don't have any views, but are still nice hikes. I was up at the lake for a night over Fourth of July weekend this past summer, and when my alarm woke me up at 3:00 am and my suspicions were confirmed that it would be a wet and foggy morning, I decided to skip Mount Major and opt for a hike up to the viewless East and West Quarry peaks.
It was an exceptionally damp morning. One of those "it's not the heat, but the humidity that gets you" type of days. Even though it was a relatively modest climb, I was drenched in sweat almost immediately. As I ascended up the trail in the dark, I could tell I was surrounded by some nice ferns, one of my favorite subjects, but it was dark and they would be difficult to photograph in the limited light. I started to play around with using my headlamp as a lighting source, holding the camera in one hand and light in the other. I didn't have high hopes this would lead anywhere, but it was fun to mess around with. After experimenting a bit, I ended up getting some results I actually liked, including this photograph here.
When this installation was first on view, many have questioned what it was intended to mean. The words “Same but not equal” was painted in all caps on top of a collage of Thai newspaper “khaosod” on linen canvas. The panel was placed on top of two piles of Thai rice. Although the pile of rice appears the same, one pile of rice is ordinary rice and the other, apparently, is premium export-grade Thai jasmine rice.
To one art blog Blouin Art Info [1], it is a commentary about ABHK, where Art Basel Hong Kong, though featuring many of the same galleries seen Art Basel Switzerland and Art Basel Miami, is in many ways different than their counterparts given the type of art works being shown in comparison.
To me, it is a commentary on a larger issue where news media speak of the same kind of political news though their analysis and content is highly different.
Art is up to all kinds of interpretation. I have no idea if the artist created this piece specifically for ABHK, if so then perhaps that does have some validity. It is interesting nevertheless, though I would most certainly not pay 100-150k USD for it which is apparently the asking price for this work [2].
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled (same but not equal), 2013
Newspaper on Linen, Rice
286 x 220 cm
# Rirkrit Tiravanija
b. 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina
1980 Carleton University
1980-1984 Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Canada
1984 Banff Center School of Fine Arts
1984–86 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1985-86 Whitney Independent Studies Program
1982 Moved to New York, NY
Rirkrit Tiravanija (Thai: ฤกษ์ฤทธิ์ ตีระวนิช, pronunciation: [rɯk-rit tira-wanit] or Tea-rah-vah-nit) is a contemporary artist residing in New York, Berlin, and Chiang Mai. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1961. His installations often take the form of stages or rooms for sharing meals, cooking, reading or playing music; architecture or structures for living and socializing are a core element in his work.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rirkrit_Tiravanija
# Shanghai Gallery of Art 沪申画廊
3F, No. 3, Zhong Shan Dong Yi Road
200002 Shanghai
China
# Notes
1. enjp.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/905969/same-but-not-equ...
2. artsy.net/artwork/rirkrit-tiravanija-untitled-same-but-no...
# SML Data
+ Date: 2013-05-23T17:45:10+0800
+ Dimensions: 5412 x 3619
+ Exposure: 1/40 sec at f/8.0
+ Focal Length: 29 mm
+ ISO: 640
+ Camera: Canon EOS 6D
+ Lens: Canon EF 17-40 f/4L USM
+ GPS: 22°16'59" N 114°10'22" E
+ Location: 香港會議展覽中心 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
+ Workflow: Lightroom 4
+ Serial: SML.20130523.6D.14129
+ Series: 新聞攝影 Photojournalism, SML Fine Art, Art Basel Hong Kong 2013
# Media Licensing
Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited
Mixed media installation by Rirkrit Tiravanija (b. 1961): Untitled (same but not equal), 2013 (Newspaper on Linen, Rice) / 沪申画廊 Shanghai Gallery of Art / Art Basel Hong Kong 2013 / SML.20130523.6D.14129
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Hey! first, srry for the bad editing! my laptop was acting retarded today
anyway, I'm hosting my own BNTM
i've tried to do this several times but unfortunately failed :(
but then i found the magical world of Flickr! and i started posting pics and hopefully I'm a bit more "known" now
so if u wanna join, (plz do, lol :P) u can
Rules for Auditioning* (if thats how u spell it)
I would like a full body shot, preferably in front of a plain wall, any colour will do though. and a close up, with ur bratz model in a ponytail and no editing on the face plz, i wanna see yo pretty face
please tell me ur
name:
age:
DOB (Date of Birth):
Hometown:
Height:
Style:
Personality:
Question 1: Why do you want to be Bratz Next Top Model?
Question 2: If you were in the bottom 2, what would you tell me to hang my mind about eliminating you?
Rules for during the competition:
plz no stealing others photos, make ur own! its so much more fun they copy pasting
plz no rude comments on other people's photos (if i even get any people auditioning)
if u think u will actually participate, instead of just doing no pictures and seeing if it just works out
plz send in ur photo on time
and last rule...
have fun!!! <- - - - - this is the whole reason why I'm doing this bntm, so we could all have fun!!! (and u know, u guys probably wanna win the prizes becuz like, they're prizes! we all wanna have fun but prizes = fun too! lol) :D
down to prizes: first place will get
* u get to be a judge on bntm cycle 2
* a cover on my new magazine "Bling Bling"
* and an interview that will be on my new magazine
* and a never opened from the box bratz of ur choice that i will mail to u, if u win, i will FM u for details
and second place will
* get to be a guest judge on bntm cycle 2
* and an interview to go on my new magazine
There will be 15-20 contestants in this competition! And there is no deadline yet!\
hope u guys have fun!!!
Models:
1. Anna Cannels (SparklyUnicornNinja) www.flickr.com/photos/photographybratzepicllamaso_o/68341...
2. Sophie Anderson (chris_D45) www.flickr.com/photos/glglover78/6834476666/
3 Kassidy Campbell (Scorpio Girl) www.flickr.com/photos/59993100@N06/7043185233/in/photostr...
4. Alliana Marie Johnson(BratzLoverrx) www.flickr.com/photos/xxiiloveebrattzxxx/6980974009/in/co...
5. Kasia Kowalska (lola.ayou) www.flickr.com/photos/57541329@N03/6836997140/in/photostream
6. Frankie Scott (karmakoala) www.flickr.com/photos/karmakoala/6839789570/in/photostream/
7. Isabelle Jones (CherryBloom65) www.flickr.com/photos/69911296@N08/6846959158/in/photostr...
8. Asia Siun (xBella Bratzx ™) www.flickr.com/photos/61389238@N04/6986541985/in/photostream
9. Tori Summers (Pugglezzrule) www.flickr.com/photos/69812115@N02/7002249247/
10. Jada Black (bratz2004) www.flickr.com/photos/71491535@N02/6856744748/
11. Mika J. Johnson (mindlessgirl1231 *youtube*) www.flickr.com/photos/69911296@N08/7009736881/
12. Sahara Williams (GagaBratz) www.flickr.com/photos/76064545@N05/7008287933/
13. Evangeline Sibley (DisneyKid96) www.flickr.com/photos/disneykid96/7027275477/
14. Madalynn de Rosa(Andifismoke) www.flickr.com/photos/bntmcycle1/7031848569/
15. Krystal Sharie Von (OKSODOS) www.flickr.com/photos/47714310@N05/7037417407/
... maybe more...
16. Robin Clarke (OhKumi) www.flickr.com/photos/ohkieran/7039615165/
17. Alison Mitchell (BratzBabee) www.flickr.com/photos/bratzzebra/6893803352/
18. Leslie White (jesnaidy) www.flickr.com/photos/jesnaidypics/6894054770/
19. Gia Summers (BratzLuvaForever) www.flickr.com/photos/bratzluvaforeverflickrphotos/690046...
20. Couture-Hanami Bloomwood (pink<3couture<3diamond) www.flickr.com/photos/67870319@N02/6902625670/
see other pic: www.flickr.com/photos/77004893@N07/7039673831/in/photostream
to find out more info about more contestants
I have received a lot of questions about the show, so I will try to answer them all now in hope that it will help other unsure about something and did not message / ask me about it.
- The show is OPEN CALL, anyone can send in stickers
-Everyone's artwork will be displayed
-The address to send you packs in is:
TATTOOED MOM
P.O. BOX 63833
PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19147
USA
- the cut off date for submissions is SEPTEMBER 13th,
-If you live in the area you can drop off your sticker packs at the door of Tattooed Mom on South st.
-The show is called CHARACTER WELCOME because because of the high volume of character based graffiti sticker art here in Philadelphia
BUT!!! - any sticker artwork is acceptable. It DOES NOT have to be a character!!!
-Hand drawn, stencils, prints, screen prints- they are all acceptable
-The plan now is to cover the walls of the bar, and also combo wooden panels that after the show will be put up throughout the city.
-2 professional photographers will be at the show, so it will be well documented and you will be able to find photos with your work in them. We are putting a lot of emphasis on the documentation as to not disappoint anyone. Nobody wants to send stickers to a show and not see pictures of their artwork in the combos and stuff.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK BELOW!!!
THANK YOU
and please spread the word to your partners in crime!!!
Sucking up some minerals out of the wet river gravel. Not the best of backgrounds but this is my first shot of one of these so it will do for now. Taken just below the dam on the Cape Fear River just downstream from Corinth, in Chatham County, NC
For Macro Mondays: Games
and Our Daily Challenge: Pieces and Orange
Well, it's nearly Christmas so the Trivial pursuit game will no doubt make an appearance, I haven't looked at the questions and answers.... honest!
This game does something to people though, I love that the person asking the questions often takes on an air of superiority when you don't know the answer, but they have just read it so of course they know it!
:-D
Thanks (I think?) for tagging me, Domenic :)
The pic is from one of my art projects for school while I was working on it back in April. We had to draw ourselves in the style of an artist of our choosing (I chose David Vandervoort, former Bratz illustrator xP)
Now...
184. My middle name is: N/A
183. My great grandma's nickname: ?????
182. I was born in: Boston, MA
181: I am really: Social? x)
180. My cellphone company is: Verizon
179. My eye color is: Brown.
178. My shoe size: Mens 10, lol tiny feet x/
177. My ring size is: I don't know?
176. My height: 5'11" I think
175. I'm allergic to: This one brand of baby shampoo
174. My first job: YouTube Partner? LOL
173. My first car: Not yet!
172. My bed is: Wooden x) Spiderman blanket, as well as a grey and black one for when it's extra cold, random-azz pillows, like one is in a Diva Starz pillow case xD
171. My pet: MY KITTY CAT :333333
170. My best friend: Jason, y'all know him
169. My favorite shampoo: Much love to Gernier Fructis Tousle Me Softly!
168. AIM name: Idk, it was hacked back in 6th or 7th grade :P
167. Piggy banks are: Gettin' money
166. In my pockets: Currently? Nothing :P
165. On my calender: I don't even have one for this year x_x
164. Marriage is: For people who want to get married lol
163. My mom is: Da bombdotcom!
162. The last CDs I bought were: Snap, that was a while ago lol A few months ago, I finally tracked down a physical copy of Lil' Kim's debut, "Hardcore" and I think that was the last.
161. The last video I watched: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS-sGGy6sdA
160. How many cousins I have: Too many.
159. Do you have any siblings? Nope
158. Are your parents divorced? Technically no?
157. Are you taller than yo momma? Yes, a lot lol
156. Do you play instruments? I did saxophone from 5th-8th grade :)
155. What did you do yesterday? (I'm going to pretend yesterday still refers to Saturday) I was at home doing nothing, then I Skyped with Adrianne for a bit, then Jason came over and we hung out, and we were going to go shopping, but his mama wanted him home, so we dropped him off and I went shopping alone =D
~Belive in~
154. Love at first sight? Idk?
153. Luck? Yassss
152. Fate? Mhmmm!
151. Yourself? Absolutely!
150. Aliens? Idk?
149. Heaven? Yesss!
148. Hell? You can't have one without the other :o
147. God? Of course!
146. Horoscopes? Yes, omfg they're always right x_x
145. Soulmates? Idk?
144. Ghosts? Omg yes!!!
115. Six flags or Disney? Disney, lol I hate roller coasters x)
114. Yankees or Red socks? Neither tbh, but I'mma rep my state and say Red Sox
104. eBay: MUCH LOVE
103: Soccer: Annoying
102: Work: Depends on what the work is!
101: Neighbors: Ew
100: Cars: I want something flashy B)
99. Designer Clothing: Always a plus
98. College: You best believe I'm going! Even if I have summer school for Algebra II x_x
97. Sports: Next subject
96. My family: They aight
95. The Future: Hope it's great! :D
~Last time I~
94. Last time I hugged someone: Y'all I'm always hugging someone xD
93. Last time you ate: A few minutes ago :x
92. Saw someone I haven't seen in awhile: Idkkkkkk?
91. Cried in front of someone: I think in 2007 LOL
90: Went to the movies: Too long ago... Almost went today, but all the movies out suck xD
89. Took a vacation: Last summer.
88. Swam in a pool: A few weeks ago
87. Changed diapers: :ssss Not yet!
86. Got your nails done: Never... I bite them a lot tho ;x
85. Went to a wedding: I think either kindergarten or 1st grade
84: Broke a bone: 4th grade :D
83: Got a piercing: Never!
82. Broke a law: 2010 :x
81. Texted: Ugh way too long ago. I haven't checked my phone in weeks :P
~Misc~
80. Who makes you laugh most? My friends!
79. Something I really miss when I leave home: My cat </3
78. The last movie I saw: Scary Movie 3
77. The thing I am looking for most: Bratz :3
76. The thing I am not looking forward to: September
75. People call me: "Black on the inside"(LOL), hilarious, "so sexy", etc.
72.) The most difficult thing to do: Think of the most difficult thing to do xD
73. When getting a speeding ticket: ???
72. My zodiac sign: Aquarius
71. The first person I talked to today: Dad :P
70. First time you had a crush? Pre-school
69. The one person you can't hide anything from: Friends!
68. Last time you said something you were thinking: Today.
67. Right now I'm talking to: Flickr
66. What are you going to be when you grow up? Something real artistic-like. Probably in advertising, where I can write and be more visually artistic too :)
65. I have/will get a job: Soon hopefully :P
64. Tomorrow: hfhfhfhf
63. Today: Cool
62. Next summer: Hopefully really cool!
61. Next week: Probably nothing.
60. I have these pets: Mah cat
59. The worst sound in the world: People chewing and breathing, like omfg, stfu!!!!
58. People who make you cry most: I don't cry much anymore o.O
57. People who make you the mosy happy: Friends!!!
56. The last time you cried: I'm not sure lol I think it was when Desperate Housewives ended LOL I actually hadn't seen any episodes until the last three or so, but y'all that ending was depressing!! Plus it makes me feel ancient, 'cuz I remember when that show came out xD
55. Last movie you cried at: None tbh
54. Your hair color: Brown with blond highlights.
53. TV shows I watch: DEGRASSI, and others.
52. Favorite website: Flickr.
51. Dream Vacation: All over the world y'all
50. The worst pain you were in: Idk?
49. How do you like your steak cooked? Medium-rare! Pink
48. My room is: Hot MESS, stuff literally everywhere.
47. Favorite celebrities: Britney Spears!!! And others.
46. Where would you like to be? LA
45. Do you want kids? When I grow up
44. Ever been in love? I think?
43. Your best friend? Jason
42. More guy friends or girl friends? I'd say it's pretty even :)
41. One thing that makes you feel great is: When I get to do things for MGA ^_^
40. One person you wish you could see right now: No one?
39. One place you'd like to move: CA, NY, Idk
38: I wish I was a personal: Nothing! I don't want to do someone's dirty work! Do your own shopping and fitness training!
~Favorites~
37. Candy: Starburst
36. Vehicle: Idk
35. President: JFK
34. City visited: NYC!.
33. Cellphone provider: LG
32. Athelete: ???
31. Actress: Britney Spears, hellz yes she counts!.
30. Actor: ????
29. Singer: Britney Spears!
27. Clothing store: I shop everywhere lol But I love shopping at H&M and Express
26. Grocery store: Stop & Shop always has the newest AND the oldest toys, even if their markup is ridiculous.
25. TV show: DEGRASSI
24. Movie: Too too too too many!
23. Website: Flickr.
22. Animal: Cats!
21. Theme Park: Disney World is like the only "theme" park I've been to :P
20. Holiday: Christmas!
19. Sport to watch: Extreme Couponing
18. Sport to play: Kickball and badminton!
17. Magazine: Idk?
16. Book: I forget lol
15. Day of the week: In the summer, does it really matter?
14. Beach: The one near my house?
13. Concerts atended: My favorite concert I've been to, was on 3/16/09 and it was the first Boston stop on Brit's Circus tour. We got Toxic VIP seats and went backstage and all dat ish. I knew everything the tour guide was telling us LOL And to make it even better, my class was on a field trip to the Lowell Mills that day, so they all had to make textile pot holders while I partied at a Britney Spears concert ♥ Ironically, when she came back that August, it was probably one of the worst concert experiences, 'cuz my camera was confiscated! But then Kristinia Debarge was chillin' outside the Onyx Hotel across the street where we were getting dinner after, so that was cool. I got some videos of the dancers in front of the hotel goofing off too. Okay, that's actually not bad at all :P *EDIT* Gurl I think this might be asking all the concerts I've been to? In which case, I've seen Britney Spears four times, Hilary Duff, Spice Girls, The Cheetah Girls, HiHi Puffy Ami-Yumi, Lady Gaga, Ke$ha, KISS concert 2007 (Radio station, not band :P), Projekt Revolution 2007, and I think that might be all of them?
12. Thing to cook: Mac & Cheese Bites
11. Food: Pasta of any kind
10. Resturant: Idk.
9. Radio station: KISS 107.9FM
8. Yankee Candle scent: Idk.
7. Cologne: Y'all I'm 16, I wear Axe! x) Phoenix btw
6. Flower: idk
5. Color: anything super bright, especially pink and green!
4. Talk show host: ???
3. Comedians: ???
2. Dog breed: ???
1. Are you happy this is over: No, I live for stuff like this, no joke! ^_^
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Gotham (based off of th_squirrel): captain America head, Jurassic world torso, power miners waist
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So I have a question for my friends here that work for CSXT and run across the Berkshire and Boston Subs? Does the Castleton Bridge have a special instruction restriction limiting it to only one train at a time despite being double tracked?
The last few times I've personally observed meets here they've happened like this in the photo. CSXT train I019 (Worcester to Bedford Park, IL intermodal) is crossing the Hudson River on Main 4 of CSXT's Castleton Sub while at the far west end of the bridge holding at the signal at MP QG9.1 on Main 3 is train M426 (Selkirk to Rigby manifest).
So why didn't or couldn't they have pulled east to CP SM at MP QG9.5 to wait for I019 to clear the single track at the end of the Berkshire Sub instead of holding back off the structure until they'd cleared?
The massive double tracked Alfred H. Smith Bridge is in total 5255 ft long and 139 feet above the Hudson River below. In 1921 a contract for the main grading and drainage work and for all the actual bridge construction except its steel superstructure was awarded to Walsh Construction Company, a well-established Iowa-based railroad builder that would later go on (in 22 joint venture with others) to build the Grand Coulee Dam and, still later, to achieve national prominence as a builder of urban skyscrapers. The 23,000 tons of structural steel required for the bridge would be fabricated in Pittsburgh and erected by Bethlehem Steel's McClintic Marshall subsid- iary under a direct contract with the railroad. Physical work began in early 1922 and two years later on November 20, 1924 the first train crossed the bridge. It was named in honor of Alfred Holland Smith, the president of the New York Central Railroad who authorized the construction of this bridge as part of an extensive project known as the Castleton Cut-Off. He died in a horse-riding accident in Central Park in 1924, only a few months before completion of the bridge. He is sometimes confused with Alfred E. Smith, New York's governor at the time who was aboard that first train and christened the structure in honor of the other fallen Mr. Smith.
This bridge is now the southernmost place a freight train can cross the Hudson River (excepting NYNJ's barge service) and is used by all CSXT traffic heading into New England via the old B&A as well as any traffic direct to New York City via the historic NYC Main, now Amtrak and Metro North's Hudson Line and on a typical day 18 to 20 trains will cross. The parallel structure beyond is Castleton-on-Hudson bridge opened in 1959 to carry the New York State Thruway's Berkshire extension connection to the Massachusetts Turnpike.
Schodack, New York
Saturday October 26, 2024
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Symbol question.svg Pícea común
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Pícea de Noruega
Estado de conservación
Preocupación menor (LC)
Preocupación menor (UICN 3.1)1
Taxonomía
Reino:Plantae
División:Pinophyta
Orden:Pinales
Familia:Pinaceae
Subfamilia:Piceoideae
Género:Picea
Especie:Picea abies
(L.) H.Karst. 1881
Distribución
Distribución de abeto rojo. : ✖ Distribución natural. : ▲ Introducido y naturalizado.
Distribución de abeto rojo.
✖ Distribución natural.
▲ Introducido y naturalizado.
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Picea abies, la pícea común, pícea de Noruega o pícea europea, es una conífera de la familia de las pináceas. Aunque en ocasiones se le identifica popularmente como abeto, y más concretamente como abeto rojo, estrictamente hablando no es un abeto, por no pertenecer al género Abies, el de los abetos; razón por la que también se le conoce como falso abeto.
Mentre un raggio di sole illumina le case riscaldandole con i suoi deboli raggi (al plutonio) il temporale si appresta a dire la sua.
DUNNS PLEASURE RESORT
Date: Circa 1910
Source Type: Postcard
Publisher, Printer, Photographer: Unknown (#9)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: It is believed the the left side of this postcard image shows the north side, or Porter County side, along the Kankakee River. If this is in fact true, then Burrow's Camp is the camp that is partially visible in this image.
The original Dunn's Bridge was erected during the 1880s by Isaac Dunn, a native of Maine residing in Jasper County, as a means of moving his farming equipment from one side of the Kankakee River to the other side.
In an article published in the October 23, 1897, issue of The Westchester Tribune, an individual signing themselves as “A Taxpayer” had become annoyed with the fact that P. E. Lane of the Lane Bridge & Iron Works, who was from Illinois, was receiving numerous contracts to construct bridge spans throughout Porter County. “A Taxpayer” complained that the county commissioners were allowing “old iron of the World’s Fair, corroded, rusty, and full of holes” to be “dumped on the people of Porter county.”
In this same article, it is also mentioned that the auditor of Porter County had paid the Lane Bridge & Iron Works on November 13, 1895, for the construction of “Dunn’s bridge.” Thus, Dunn’s Bridge was constructed in November and December of 1895 by the Lane Bridge & Iron Works using iron originating from buildings that were razed after the conclusion of the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago.
Between 1895 and 1897, the Lane Bridge & Iron Works had constructed at least six other bridges using discarded World’s Fair iron in Porter County.
Three of these bridges were located in Westchester Township, one being the bridge over Coffee Creek in Chesterton where today’s Porter Avenue now spans this creek, another spanning the Little Calumet River on today's Brummitt Road (just west of the Brummitt School), and the third being located just west of the present day Howe Road bridge over the Little Calumet River.
One thirty-six foot long trestle bridge was constructed in Morgan Township over Crooked Creek on present day Indiana State Road 49, just north of County Road 500 South. Another bridge was built in Washington Township just west of present day County Road 400 East along Indiana State Road 2. Finally, in Jackson Township, the Lane Bridge & Iron Company constructed a bridge where present day Mander Road spans Coffee Creek, which was replaced in the 1970s.
Dunn’s Bridge is the only known surviving bridge that the Lane Bridge & Iron Works built in Porter County. In 1895, Porter County paid Lane Bridge & Iron Works $3,613.45 for the materials to construct Dunn's Bridge. It is unclear from the source of this information as to whether this represented one-half of the materials costs, with Jasper County paying the other one-half, or if this amount was the total cost of labor and materials.
The iron bridge span seen in this image was erected to replace the original wood bridge structure built by Isaac Dunn. It has long been rumored that the Dunn's Bridge iron framing was constructed from iron trusses taken from the world's first Ferris wheel that operated at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. This rumor is untrue since the top of the bridge arch flattens out and, more importantly, the 1893 Ferris wheel from the World's Columbian Exposition was removed to St. Louis, Missouri, for use at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition - being dynamited on May 11, 1906, and sold for scrap. Thus, the bridge's construction predated the dismantling of the Ferris wheel by many years.
The bridge trusses did indeed originate from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, but they originated from one or more of the domed or barrel-arched structures that were dismantled after the exposition. One persistent theory is that the arches for Dunn's Bridge were obtained from the dismantled Administration Building from the World's Columbian Exposition.
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The following newspaper item concerning Burrow's Camp appears in the July 29, 1915, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
Citizens Complain of Burrow's Camp.
Burrows’ camp, on the Kankakee, where Mr. Burrows hands out the refreshments from his saloon to many customers, is termed by some people of Jasper and Pulaski counties the black eye of this region. Many letters have been pouring into this county [Porter County] protesting against a saloon license, which may or may not be granted to Burrows at the next regular meeting of the county commissioners. The matter has been pending since two months ago. The commissioners have not indicated what will be done in regard to it.
Pulaski county is dry. So is Jasper. Hundreds of men, thirsting for the forbidden beverages in their own counties, come to Burrows' camp, the remonstrators claim, and families are distressed, homes broken up, and accidents to the merrymakers occur on the joyrides. Burrows, in the face of the accusations, declares that he runs the business in compliance with the law.
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The following newspaper item concerning Burrow's Camp appears in the July 11, 1918, issue of The Chesterton Tribune:
CHESTERTON LOCALS.
John Smith, in charge of the resort at Burrow's camp, on the Kankakee river, was arrested Thursday by Sheriff Forney on a charge of selling liquor. Nathan Samuels was acting as a bartender for Smith at the resort. The officers caught them in the act and found a quantity of liquor on hand. The resort at Burrow's camp is owned by a son of Smith, who is in the army. Both men were brought to Valparaiso and released on bonds. F. B. Parks was retained as counsel, and he will endeavor to prove that the liquid dispensed was not liquor. Prosecutor Jensen filed an affidavit against the men Friday morning and they will probably be bound over to the circuit court.
Sources:
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; December 25, 1897; Volume 14, Number 37, Page 1, Columns 1-2. Column titled "The News of the Week. Taxpayer of Valparaiso Throws a Bombshell Into Camp by Claiming the County Commissioners Have a New Bird to Throw Money at."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 29, 1915; Volume 32, Number 19, Page 8, Column 4. Column titled "Citizens Complain of Burrow's Camp."
The Chesterton Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; July 11, 1918; Volume 35, Number 17, Page 7, Column 5. Column titled "Chesterton Locals."
Nichols, Kay Folsom. 1965 The Kankakee: Chronicle of an Indiana River and Its Fabled Marshes. Brooklyn, New York: Theodore Gaus' Sons, Inc. 209 p.
The Westchester Tribune, Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana; October 23, 1897; Volume 14, Number 28, Page 1, Columns 3-5. Column titled "Those Iron Bridges. A Correspondent Asks Pertinent Questions About Them. And is Answered With the Testimony Given by Chairman Fulton of the County Board of Commissioners, Who Makes Some Startling Admissions."
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I take Joker back to the cave. I can’t believe what this has come to, me defending this monster from one of my own. How can he still be alive? I went over the remains of the warehouse fifteen times trying to find any evidence that he may have survived but I found nothing. How could he have survived that? That question keeps running through my head as I park the batmobile and drag the unconscious Joker into a holding cell. If there’s one man who knows what happened to Jason it’s him.
These holding cells are designed to hold the likes of Clark and Diana, I very much doubt they would be that successful but they are easily strong enough to hold the unconscious Joker. I activate the shockers in the cell to wake him up. I have questions, and he’s going to give me answers.
“Wowza, talk about a shocking surprise! Hahahaahaha”
“…”
“So where are we then Batsy boy? What have you done with that naughty boy of yours?”
“What have you done to him?”
“Sorry?”
“Where have you been hiding him?”
“Trust me Batsy, I’m just as confused as you are. As far as I was concerned he was dead last I checked.”
“Where did you hide him all this time?”
“I’m telling you Batsy I’m just as confused as you are. I’m surprised to see that bird still has it’s wings. A collapsed lung is usually enough to kill anyone. Guess you choose only the best for your disciples eh?”
“…”
“Where are we now? This your home? You sure do milk this whole creature of the night thing! Hahahahaha”
I activate the shockers again rendering him unconscious. If he isn’t the one behind Jason’s return then who is? The image of Jason beating Joker mercilessly keeps flashing before my eyes. I can’t believe he’s actually alive and what he was willing to do. He was willing to kill Joker and even attack me for trying to stop him from going through with it. I don’t know how Jason could still be alive, but the man that attacked me wasn’t the Jason I know of.
Alfred’s stood on the platform that houses the batcomputer watching me walk up the steps towards him, he’s been there since I pulled into the cave. No doubt he’s keen to find out the reason that I’ve brought Jason’s ‘killer’ to the cave as he knows it must be a good reason.
“Our guest enjoying his room?”
“…”
“Master Bruce?”
“….”
“Master Bruce what’s wrong?”
“He was there Alfred.”
“Who? This Red Hood fellow?”
“Jason….”
“What?”
“Jason….Jason is the Red Hood."
“What? That’s not possible. Jason’s dead.”
“I saw him Alfred. It was Jason.”
“Master Bruce, listen to me. Jason’s dead. It couldn’t have been him.”
“It was him Alfred. I can prove it.”
I pull the SD card out of my cowl and insert into the batcomputer. Since day one I’ve chosen to have the lenses of my cowl record all my visual and audio input primarily to act as visual evidence of culprits partaking in crimes, but this time it’s acting as evidence for the impossible. The computer loads up and I fast forward to the time I witnessed Jason assaulting Joker. The scene plays out and the moment Jason turns around to reveal his face Alfred places his hand over his mouth in shock,
“How…”
“I don’t know. But I need to find out.”
“That’s why you brought him here. Because you know Jason will come for him.”
“That’s what I’m counting on Alfred.”
“But Bruce, how can he be alive? We buried him.”
“We buried an empty coffin Alfred. We never found the body.”
The computer shows Jason attacking me and I see tears begin to fall from Alfred’s eyes. The sight of Alfred in such a state is upsetting.
“What happened to him? What has he become?”
I reach out with my arms and hug Alfred. I hate to see him in this state. Whilst it doesn’t answer his questions I know that my hug cheers him up slightly. I rarely do it now a days so I know that when I do hug him it always cheers him up if only slightly in this case.
“I don’t know Alfred. But we’ll find out what happened to him, and we’ll save him. I promise.”
Twenty four hours go by and Jason doesn’t appear, a worrying issue. I hope no-one attacked him after I left him unconscious whilst I fled with Joker. Alfred’s been nervously awaiting Jason’s arrival unsure of what’s going to happen when he returns home. I’ve spent most of my time looking at the remains of Jason’s suit. Since his ‘death’ I’d repaired the suit and had it displayed in the cave. With no body to bury I needed some way to honor him, even if there was a tombstone and grave at the Wayne Burial ground remembering Jason. Having his suit there was a reminder. Both of his sacrifice, and my promise to him that night. No one else would suffer because of my actions.
I start to think about how I may have broken this promise when I took Tim on as the new Robin, but I made sure that the mistakes I made with Jason weren’t made with Tim. Jason……
I reminisce about how I first met Jason all those years ago, when I saved him from Killer Croc and all the other crimes he helped me fight during his time as Robin. I don’t get far though before I hear Alfred racing towards me.
“Master Bruce! Master Bruce! He has him! “
“Slow down Alfred, who has who?”
“It’s Jason sir. He’s got young Master Timothy!”
“WHAT? Why didn’t you stop Tim from going out on his own? You know it’s not safe with Jason out there!”
“I didn’t think Master Timothy would be of any interest to Jason. I didn’t think he’d even know there was a new Robin.”
“Alfred, it was one of the first things Joker taunted him with, the prospect that he had been replaced. Have you managed to track Tim down?”
“I’m afraid after announcing he had him, Jason destroyed Master Timothy’s tracker and communicator. But I know one thing sir.”
"What’s that Alfred?”
“He’s coming here. Tonight.”
I pause for a moment. The time’s come. He’s on his way.
“Alright. Get ready Alfred, the minute he gets here I want to get Tim and take him to safety. I’ll deal with Jason.”
“What about the clown?”
“He’s staying sedated. The last thing I need is him aggravating Jason whilst I try to stop him.”
“What if Jason tries to kill him?”
“He won’t Alfred. Jason’s many things, but he’s not a killer.”
“How can you be sure?”
“Because I know him Alfred. Trust me. Jason is not a killer.”
Alfred nods and heads back up to the batcomputer to try and search all of Gotham’s CCTV cameras to try and spot Tim or Jason. I only hope that there’s truth to what I just told Alfred. I know Jason is a good kid, but a lot can change in five years…
So the builds done I just don't have the story or very good lighting atm :P
Build is inspired by Color www.flickr.com/photos/ironbricks/6370626235/in/set-721576...
(NOTE The entire build is not shown in the picture above)
Anyway Have anybody else here that has successfully cut and applied Lego stickers to clone troopers and had problems with them staying on? They always slide around and come off is there a special way of putting them on that prevents this from happening?
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Invercargill and the province of Southland.
The question that has always puzzled me is why does a city of 50,000 people exist on the southernmost tip of NZ which has the bleakest climate? Invercargill is the coolest, most bleak and cloudiest city in NZ. It averages just 1,600 hours of sunshine a year compared with 1,500 for London, 2,050 in Christchurch, 2,800 in Adelaide and 3,200 in Perth WA. It has around 200 mm of rain every month of the year and it is a very windy city. It is in fact one of the largest southern cities in the world only surpassed by Ushuaia and Punta Arenas in Argentina and Chile respectively. But because of its latitude it has long summer days. Even in mid-October when we visit the length of day will be around 13.5 hours with the sun setting around 8:20 pm. In high summer twilight ends around 10:30 pm with a 16 hour long day like in Scotland. At this time of the year one can often see the Aurora Australis or Southern Lights an atmospheric phenomena of subarctic regions. Like Dunedin Invercargill was settled by the Scots. Many of its streets and families have Scottish names. It developed as an offshoot of Scottish Otago. The Surveyor General of Otago selected the site for a new town in 1856 and laid out the streets in a grid pattern on this very flat city. The first land was sold in 1858 and by 1861 Invercargill was a very small but flourishing town. Why? Because it had three main riches, apart from some gold found in the hinterland in 1860: it had the largest most fertile plains of NZ; it had a coastline rich with oysters, lobsters, cod fish and abalone( paua); and it had heavily forested mountains with hardwoods which were in great demand throughout the world- rimu, totara, silver beech etc. These basic factors meant that the province of Southland when it separated from Otago in 1861 had a bright future. The land, rainfall, soils and seas would provide for the people as it had done for the Maoris before the whites arrived. Southland consequently has had a rich and varied agricultural past ranging from sheep pastoralism, grain growing especially oats for porridge and barley for illicit whisky making (how could the Scots survive in this cold climate without whisky?) ,linen flax growing and milling, dairying and milk processing, fish and seafood canning, timber cutting and timber mills, and meat freezing and butchering works. These rural industries necessitated railways and like Dunedin Invercargill become a major rail head with lines going north to Lumsden, Kingston and Queenstown in the Alps, across to Gore, and west towards Fjordland and the richly forested valleys adjacent to it. Timber in particular needed the railways. Invercargill established railway workshops and the manufacturing steam engines for the railways of NZ. Its first railway line was built in 1867 to the Bluff, the port for Southland. It was connected to Christchurch by 1878.
In the 20th century Southland has developed hydroelectricity which in turn has attracted industry to the region. Possums introduced from across the Tasman in 1858 have become a major pest but they have also spawned a new industry- possum textiles and woollens; red deer were introduced from Europe in 1901 to Fjordland and now with the advent of helicopters and helicopter farming they are “farmed” for venison and processed near Invercargill. The story of Southland and Invercargill is one generally of success and success based on the climate and the resources of the land. For example, dairying has been strong since the early 1880s and continues today with Fonterra Milk processing mainly for export to Asia; linen flax milling continued until 1956; flourmills have processed wheat and the oat mill in Gore produced porridge oats; and Chewings Fescue was found to thrive in Southland and has become a major industry producing lawns for houses around NZ. Southland introduced prohibition in 1905 which lasted until 1945 and the illegal moonshine or whisky making in the hills east of Invercargill near Gore continued whilst that was in place. But the really big success has been hydroelectricity which began with Lake Monowai Power station in 1925. It still powers Invercargill and feeds into the national power grid. More recently the enormous Manapouri Power Station 200 metres below the water level of Lake Manapouri near Te Anau in Fjordland was completed in 1971 after work commenced in 1964. It is the largest hydroelectric station in NZ and the second largest power station in NZ. It was developed for Comalco to erect an aluminium smelter and refinery at the Bluff near Invercargill which is now run by Rio Tinto and employs nearly 3,000 people from Invercargill but its financial viability is shaky and the plant has been threatened with closure. Another major industry of Invercargill is fertiliser production.
•Invercargill is a Scottish settlement. 40% of Invercargill’s suburbs and nearby towns have Scottish names and the first Presbyterian Church was the leading church of the province. The current church replaced an earlier 1863 church in 1915 when it was completed. It is built of brick with a domed roof, a 100 foot high tower and it is in the Italian Romanesque style. It is on the highway from Dunedin at 151 Tay St. Next on the right we will see St Johns Anglican Church( 108 Tay St) in red brick built in 1887; almost next door is the impressive Town Hall and Theatre ( 88 Tay St) built 1906 in classical style; next is the YMCA building of 1910 at 77 Tay St; at the roundabout (the location of the Boer War Memorial) at the end of the street is the old Bank of NSW built in 1904 on the right whilst on the left is the former Cornerstone Bank of NZ building from 1879 ; as we turn right into Dee St. you will see a plethora of brightly painted heritage buildings all in good repair – partly because the city’s young mayor from Auckland has supported and encouraged this to revitalise the city. At 136 Dee St is the Blackman building with the large black swan on the roof line and further along (178 Dee St.) is the Gothic St Pauls Presbyterian Church built in 1876 and added to in 1881. Next we turn right into Victoria Ave to visit the Information Centre, the Southland Museum and Queens Park with its rhododendron dell. After our visit here we will pass the City water Tower (a flat city needed a tower for water pressure) built in 1888 with 300,000 red, yellow and black bricks. 101 Doon St.
Other heritage buildings include:
•Anderson House built in 1828 in neo-Georgian style for a wealthy businessman Sir Robert Anderson who had links with forestry, timber selling and the Southland Building society. His estate with 30 acres and his art collection was bequeathed to the city and the house became the city art gallery. It was closed in 2013 because it did not meet earthquake building regulations.
•The three story WEA building built in 1912 as a Coffee and Spice mill at 100 Esk St which is also the main shopping street. The spice firm was established in 1872 and some parts of this remain behind the 1912 building. It is now the Southland Education Centre for adults. The beautiful Southland Times newspaper office (1908) is also in this street at number 67.
•The Catholic St Mary’s Basilica built in 1905 in neo-classical style a bit like St Peter’s in Rome but tiny. On corner of Tyne & Ninth Streets. Near there at 80 Forth St is the 1926 classical style Masonic Centre.
•The decorative and fanciful Railway Hotel built in 1886 with classical features and a few Australian Federation era features. It is at 3 Leven Street behind the City library at the end of Esk St.
The new bulletin cover for our series "Hard Questions Jesus Asked" at Four Corners Church.
Ever wonder how much easier it would be to follow Jesus if all of your questions could be answered? Ironically, when Jesus walked the earth he did not spend a lot of time giving answers -- instead he asked a lot of questions.
Over the next few Sundays, we're looking at some of the HARD QUESTIONS JESUS ASKED that still impact our lives today:
• Why is fear such a big part of your life?
• Where is God when you really need him?
• Is there more to knowing Jesus than
going to church, praying and reading your Bible?
You can't see it well in this photo, but her left arm is in a cast. Halfway through the crosswalk, she put down the skateboard and skated away, bare feet pushing madly on the asphalt.
Why rare bees are attracted to me? A question that doesn't really keep me up at night, but...here consider this Dieunomia nevadensis. (Nice orange legs there, lady Di). This bee is known from one site in Maryland. So it is rare. It also has not been found in the surrounding states...so this population would appear to be very special. You have to go to North Carolina to find a record. Interesting in a Bermuda Triangle sort of way is the fact that this site is only a couple of miles from my house. How cool is that? This particular specimen collected by Tim McMahon, but the very first one (and there was only one) I found at a sand mine at the same spot. This has happened repeatedly, I am seemingly surrounded by rare bees that are attracted from long distances away to be near me. Or, perhaps it is not so much my beeaura but the fact that there are so few people really looking for bees? How are bees really doing then? Don't ask me I have beeaura issues. Photo by Brooke Goggins.
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Photography Information:
Canon Mark II 5D, Zerene Stacker, Stackshot Sled, 65mm Canon MP-E 1-5X macro lens, Twin Macro Flash in Styrofoam Cooler, F5.0, ISO 100, Shutter Speed 200
We Are Made One with What We Touch and See
We are resolved into the supreme air,
We are made one with what we touch and see,
With our heart's blood each crimson sun is fair,
With our young lives each spring impassioned tree
Flames into green, the wildest beasts that range
The moor our kinsmen are, all life is one, and all is change.
- Oscar Wilde
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Want some Useful Links to the Techniques We Use? Well now here you go Citizen:
Best over all technical resource for photo stacking:
Free Field Guide to Bee Genera of Maryland:
bio2.elmira.edu/fieldbio/beesofmarylandbookversion1.pdf
Basic USGSBIML set up:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-_yvIsucOY
USGSBIML Photoshopping Technique: Note that we now have added using the burn tool at 50% opacity set to shadows to clean up the halos that bleed into the black background from "hot" color sections of the picture.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdmx_8zqvN4
Bees of Maryland Organized by Taxa with information on each Genus
www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/collections
PDF of Basic USGSBIML Photography Set Up:
ftp://ftpext.usgs.gov/pub/er/md/laurel/Droege/How%20to%20Take%20MacroPhotographs%20of%20Insects%20BIML%20Lab2.pdf
Google Hangout Demonstration of Techniques:
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or
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c15neFttoU
Excellent Technical Form on Stacking:
Contact information:
Sam Droege
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301 497 5840
Not sure I understand wearing a mask that guarantees you'll need to be led around at Comic-Con - isn't the point of attending Comic-Con to, well, SEE Comic-Con?
I think this was a female dressed as Question, and she and Batwoman were awful chummy. Which follows the comics pretty closely, I think they were an item, at least they were before the recent retconning. Now, who knows?
Pandora; theodicy addressing the question of why there is evil in the world. Gang Stalking, Community Based Stalking and Workplace Mobbing are pure evil......
Please help us bring awareness and stop Gang Stalking, Community Based Stalking and Workplace Mobbing. We are trying to make these changes one community at a time. So, here is a contact page for Yosemite National Park: www.nps.gov/yose/contacts.htm. Once on this page; click on ask a question or make a comment. This is your National Park please take the time to contact them; tell them to put a stop to Gang Stalking, Community Based Stalking and Workplace Mobbing.
•The truth about Yosemite: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Sexual-Harassment-Common-in...
These immoral and illegal acts are allowed in Yosemite National Park by Law Enforcement, encouraged and performed by its Contractors and residents. Thank you for taking the time to visit my photostream.
RD16835. Question: When is a Kerr Stuart 'Brazil Class' 0-4-2ST not a Kerr Stuart 'Brazil Class'?
Answer: When it's a Hunslet 'Brazil Class' 0-4-2ST!
Kerr Stuart were declared bankrupt in 1930, and the Hunslet Engine Company bought the goodwill, designs, spare parts etc. so when Brazil Class TRANGKIL No. 4 was built in 1971 for the Trangkil Sugar Mill in Java, it was built by Hunslets in Leeds, not Kerr Stuart in Stoke-on-Trent. Interestingly, it was also the last steam locomotive to be built by Hunslets at works in Jack lane, Leeds.
Originally built to the 750mm gauge, it was converted to 2ft gauge by the present owners the Statfold Barn Railway in Staffordshire when they returned it to the U.K. in 2004.
Over the weekend 22nd - 24th June, 2018 however, TRANGKIL No.4 had a trip to the Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales which held a gala to celebrate the 125th birthday of the 1893 built 2-4-0 ST/T Hunslets LINDA and BLANCHE. Lots of other 2ft gauge engines built by the Hunslet Engine Company in Leeds came to the party, so 'TRANGKIL' was in good company.
In this shot it is seen departing from Porthmadog harbour Station on Friday, 22nd June, 2018. It is going for a trip to Hafod y Llyn and back on the Welsh Highland Railway double heading with replica Manning Wardle 2-6-2T LYD; the pair are crossing Pont Britannia (Britannia Bridge).
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