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Andrew Kong Knight receives "Educator Award Commendations" from Assembly Members Bill Quirk & Bob Wieckowski at the Hayward Area Historical Society,"History Awards" event.
Esk – C17 N°802 361 Down 12.10.68 At 3.45pm on 12th October 1968, C17 N°802 rest at Esk Platform with 361 Down Goods. This train ran from Toogoolawah to Ipswich on Saturdays only and was worked by the engine off the previous night’s 370 passenger. C17 N°802 is now owned by MVHR.
A NSWGR 44Class leading a 48 Class and another 44 Class depart South Brisbane Interstate Station with N°4 Sydney Express on 22nd September 1968
Eddie Quirk leaves Old Boys Oval in Toowoomba during the First XV match up between Brisbane State High School and Toowoomba Grammar School in 2008 with a shattered and profusely bleeding nose. Made for some nice shots, and tough young Ed gave me the thumbs up as he walked by. Eddie went on to represent the Australian Schoolboy side in 2008, and in 2010 made his professional debut for the Qld Reds. He is currently (June 2010) in Argentina with the Australian Under 20 side playing in the junior World Cup.
Toolburra - Southern Line, Up Home Sommersault Signal The Up Home Signal at Toolburra photographed from 26 Up passenger in March 1968. This was one of the last examples of somersault type signals in use in this state.
Toolburra was an unattended crossing loop on the Southern Line between Toowoomba and Warwick.
I've always loved reading, and I used to always read upside down. Hanging off the couch or bed, sitting on the floor with my feet on a chair..ect. I contribute my immunity to motion sickness to this weird habit.
I had this idea for a photo a while ago, and it turned out a lot less cool than I was hoping. (Especially the fact that I"m slightly off center) and the fact that I look like a book with weird limbs and only three fingers. But I figured I'd upload it anyways.
Murgon C17 N° 947 and C17 N°948 – 3.8.68 C17 N° 947 crosses Lamb St Murgon with K22 Proston goods on 3rd August 1968. Between the warning sign and the light standard, C17 N° 948 can be glimpsed waiting in the yard on K7 Gympie goods
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The Quirk Mansion is one of the most interesting historic homes in Ypsilanti. The home was built by Daniel Lace Quirk about 1860 in Second Empire style with mansard roof. Quirk's children donated the house to the city of Ypsilanti in 1911, and it served for several years as the City Hall. The mansion is presently used as private offices and the property owners reside in apartments on the top floor.
Elliott – 1557 & 1517 237Dn Sunlander - 9.77 DELs 1557 & 1517 haul 237Down Sunlander across the Elliott River south of Bundaberg in September 1977. This timber bridge was replaced with a concrete structure shortly after electrification.
Mirani – PB15 N°609 10Up – 13.9.67 PB15 N°609 pauses at Mirani with a long rake of empty wagons on 10Up on 13th September 1967. The wagons will be delivered to sidings further up the Pioneer Valley for loading with sugar cane.QR carried many loads of cane in the Mackay District in the days before mechanical harvesting
Mt Hallen C17 N°781 361Dn – 13.9.69 C17 N°781 makes a smoky display as it approaches the summit of Mt Hallen with 361Dn on 13th September 1969
Murgon Yard C17 N°993 & C17 N°939 6.7.68 Murgon Yard is a hive of activity at midday Saturday 6 July 1968. C17 N°993 has arrived on K21 from Proston and is shunting in the foreground while C17 N°939 stands in the loop at the head of K7 Kingaroy – Gympie goods. Obscured at the far end of the yard is C17 N°918 that had earlier arrived on K10 goods from Gympie. Then, the rumour was that diesels were arriving later in the year but there was no thought that the line’s future might be in jeopardy
Elsie Quirk Library staff celebrate Earth Day with a NASA #GlobalSelfie. They're on Earth right now, specifically at 100 West Dearborn St., Englewood, Florida.
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Clarendon C17 N° 802 361Dn - 12.10.68 C17 N° 802 stands at Clarendon tank with 361Down goods in the late afternoon of 12th October 1968. Water has been taken and the fire is being cleaned in preparation for the next leg of the journey towards Ipswich. The tank drew its water from nearby Lockyer Creek. C17 N° 802 now resides in Gympie as part of MVHR’s fleet.
In a curious quirk of evolution, the Deinopidae or net casting spiders which branched early on from the araneids combine web building with a more active hunting strategy. They build a small rectangular web, stretch it between their front two pairs of legs and dangling motionlessly above their prey, ambush them. Unlike in araneids, the capture silk is replaced with cribellate silk (which gives it a wooly appearance), however it remains just as efficient at trapping prey. Deinopid webs remain similar to the aforementioned orbweaver template with several variations important for prey capture. Dangling as it does, how does a deinopid drop fast enough to ensnare its prey? The answer lies in two modifications to web design. First, a vertical safety thread tethers the web and gives it a slight conical shape while construction is in progress. When the web is completed, the spider holds this high tension safety thread with its second pair of hind legs. When prey passes by, it releases the safety line catapulting the spider forward at great speed. Another difference is the use of a bridge line, built slightly above the capture web. This line is held with with the first pair of hind legs and allows the spider a surface to pull down on to generate a downward force.
Hanging pendulously from their her, she remains still, her camouflaged form allowing her to blend in seamlessly with the branches overhead. She waits until nightfall when her huge anterior median eyes provide an unrivalled night vision, their lenses with an f/0.58 (f=aperture size, smaller number being large diameter) mean they are able to concentrate light more efficiently than a cat (f/0.9) or an owl (f/1.1). She owes this sensitivity to the light activated molecule rhodopsin, tightly packed into a microvillar membrane (which dramatically increases the surface area). Amazingly, 1500 times as many photons reach the light receptors in her eyes than the rods in our own eyes. She even accomplished this without the presence of a tapetum, a reflective membrane used to concentrate available light in many other nocturnal animals. Her preparation is impressive, she has staked out an ambush location, first having inspected it for loose debris and anything that might entangle her web, next she builds her web tentatively prodding the ground with her foot, ensuring it is set at the proper height. She may have even gone so far as to drop several faecal spots to guide her aim. In this manner she hangs, and patiently waits … An insect passes below, oblivious to the danger above. In a fraction of a second, the safety line has been cut, the web has been stretched 4 times its former size and before the insect even recognizes the danger, it finds itself helplessly trapped, venom coursing through its body. She feeds. However her work is not done. The rhodopsin which enables her unparalleled night vision is so sensitive to light that daytime exposure would actually destroy it. Thus, at dawn, the spider spends the first 2 hours dismantling the light sensitive microvillar membrane and rhodopsin molecules. The latter subsequently migrate behind a protective pigment layer, effectively rendering them less sensitive to light. When dusk falls, the light sensitive membrane is once again renewed, web building is resumed and the hunt can begin anew.
Yesterday the tire flew off my minibus, I cut the head off a pit viper and I was banned from a commercial flight by associating with a narco-trafficker. Today I am bushwhacking through the jungle in the remote trail-less backwaters of Guyana, waist deep in water and praying to make it through the rest of the day alive. What will tomorrow bring? God only knows. The adventure starts here- pbertner.wordpress.com/.
Found during a night hike in Andasibe national park, Madagascar.