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Nordic ReFinance ME 1508 1515 and 1537 are also nearby being stored by DSB having come back from Sweden for reasons unknown
Taken by a relative visiting Bangkok in late 1973, through the front window of a taxi. Cars, vans, trucks and motorcycles are visible on the road.
The buildings lining the street seem to be disappearing under a range of advertising signs, the vast majority apparently of neon. Rolex and Seiko adverts are the only ones that I recognise.
I have no idea where this might have been in the city, so the map location is entirely arbitrary. Any help on refining the location would be appreciated. - As you will see below, two comments have named this as Yaowarat Road in Bangkok's Chinatown.
Scanned from a slide.
A quick microscale build inspired by Moctagon Jone's sweet little Mars Mining Colony. Looking at it now, I realize how much I was inspired by it...
Anyway, it was a fun little build, and it reminded me how long it's been since I built some good ol' microscale :)
Enjoy!
Place: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
Chinese name: 江淮瑞风M3 (jiānghuái ruìfēng M3)
Year of launch: 2014
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
The Refine MPV range currently consists of the Refine M1 (similar to the old Starex), Refine M2 (previously Hojoy RS), Refine M3, Refine M4 (based on the old Starex, but with new body) and M5.
Bit of a sunday night faff on my own, needs refining but not really feeling it today.
Jpeg SOOC, cropped in camera.
pencil on a3
When doing the creative process (developing and refining ideas) I never conceptualize what I do. everything flows according to the thoughts and feelings of the moment, After they become new - they think about the finished image and try to describe the object.
For example, if this picture is not given a narrative it will look brutal, horror and cruel like in DARK ART and I try not to get caught on the side of the art.
"... This depicts a PEREMPUAN (woman) who is able to injure herself for the happiness of her beloved children. She will do everything she can for her love for the family to give life and kindness. In the pandemic season, when life goes downhill to Zero, many men are cut off from work. company. It keeps turning and running and the economy at the lower levels is still moving, moving through the COVID -19 storm. The word "PEREMPUAN" comes from the old Javanese word EMPU which means: sir, noble. Because of my tenderness I also melted, because of weakness I also collapsed. ... "
Sometimes narration is needed for imaging (representation or reproduction of an object form) an image to condition positive or negative and lead opinions for the audience.
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Refining the design of our next 16cm BJD articulations. His/her name will be TRÉBOL, and will be soon available!
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Perfeccionando el diseño de las articulaciones de nuestra próxima BJD de 16cm. Se llamará TRÉBOL y estará disponible muy pronto!!
Fire refines and purifies, burns away the dross. Fire makes steel harder, and at the same time with the proper use can make steel more durable.
Today I refinanced my home at almost a full percentage point lower than where I was at. It took a lot of work to get the numbers to crunch, but it was worth it.
It's amazing how many people called me to try and get my business, but I am happy with the company I worked with. The bit of financial weight lifted off my shoulders is a great relief, and hopefully soon I will have the ability to finance my dream- to embrace my passion for building and music to start helping others in this world!
Theme: Devoid Of Color
Year Eleven Of My 365 Project
Yes, of course! We taste, not view Wine. But the views in the Barossa Valley, fine wine district not far from Adelaide, are stunningly fine, too. It's hard to choose among the very many excellent wines, and it's difficult, too, to select a photo for flickr.
Here's a photo of one of the smaller vineyards-wineries, that of the Kies family. They've been refining their wine-making since 1857. It was a great pleasure to taste their good vintages!
Needs a few refining touches, but a pretty good sketch to start developing further. There were no reference photos showing the plane from this exact angle (I didn’t find any, if somebody shows me some close approximation, it’d be greatly appreciated), so a 3-view diagram has helped.
In a scene seemingly lifted right from an episode of Breaking Bad Walter White would be right at home here near the corner of San Pedro Ave and 7th St. in the dying town of Hayden as an afternoon Copper Basin Railway freight rumbles down the high line toward Hayden Jct.
A true company town the town of Hayden was founded in 1909 as a wholly owned entity of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, part of the Guggenheim corporate group which also held the controlling interest in the American Smelting and Refining Company (ASARCO). In 1912, the company
completed construction of the Hayden smelter and began processing ore from the Ray copper mine near Kearny, 17 miles away. The Ray mine was eventually purchased by Kennecott Copper in 1933. The purchase also included the town of Hayden. In 1954, Kennecott sold the town of Hayden to the John W. Galbreath Development Corporation. Hayden was subsequently incorporated as an independent municipality in 1958. Tidy, prosperous and seemingly lifted right from an episode of Leave it to Beaver, Hayden was named an All American City in 1955 befitting the likes of June Cleaver. But fast forward another half century and that Hayden is nowhere to be found and today the community is a pretty sad place. Having lost a full 3/4th of the population it had a century prior it is slowly becoming a ghost town in slow moving real time.
Many businesses have closed and the buildings that hosted them appear abandoned. It is estimated that there are
about 50 families that live in town. It once had a bank, a pharmacy, a theater, a bowling alley, a bar, and a few eating establishments, but not anymore. In Hayden, the public pool is now closed the entire year, even though the air temperature usually exceeds 100 degrees during the summer months. The Hayden Public Library closed its doors at the end of July 2020. The senior center and police department about all that are left operating these days.
Here are a few short articles that tell the story and complement this image if you're interested: www.intermountainhistories.org/items/show/381
www.google.com/amp/s/amp.azcentral.com/amp/100765600
Anyway, this afternoon freight job will drop the hoppers and do some switching before heading out around dusk toward the mine with the evening unit acid train that takes sulfuric acid produced as a byproduct at the smelter out to the mine for use in the underground leaching operations known as solvent extraction-electrowinning or SX-EW. To learn more if interested check out this article: www.copper.org/publications/newsletters/innovations/2001/...
This two mile branch is now operated by the Copper Basin Railway (since 1986) but historically was Kennecott Copper property and operated by their connecting carrier, the Southern Pacific. The SP owned the 54 mile branch from Magma Jct. (on the Phoenix Line main) to Winkelman from 1907 until 1986. Although, interestingly, the line built between 1902-1904 as the Phoenix and Eastern was leased to the Santa Fe for its first three years.
As Don Strack explained:
The town of Hayden, Arizona, was founded in 1909 as a wholly owned entity of the Ray Consolidated Copper Company, part of the Guggenheim corporate group which also held the controlling interest in American Smelting & Refining Co. The town was located near the confluence of the Gila and San Pedro rivers. In 1912 the company completed construction of the Hayden smelter and began processing ore from the Ray underground copper mine, north and east of Hayden. Ray Consolidated was purchased by Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, and then by Kennecott Copper in 1933. Through this purchase Kennecott acquired ownership of the company town of Hayden.
In 1958 Kennecott began operating a second smelter in Hayden and for the first time the original 1912 smelter no longer processed ore from Ray Mine, though it did process ores from the nearby Pima, Duval, Bagdad, Cyprus, Silver Bell, and Mission mines.
Ultimately Kennecott shuttered its smelter in 1982 after 22 years (it wasn't demolished until 2004) and again began sending their ore to the orignal ASARCO smelter that was modernized in 1983. Today it is one of only three copper smelters left operating in the US along with Rio Tinto's ex Kennecott facility in Garfield, UT and Freeport McMoran's operation in Miami, AZ.
Check out this link for some facts from ASARCO's site:
www.asarco.com/about-us/our-locations/hayden-operations/
The town and the company have not been without controversy and while railfans know it for the CBRY most of the world knows of Hayden for its abominable environmental record and the staggering health effects on the citizens. If you care to learn more start here:
tucson.com/business/local/asarco-mining-giant-notching-10...
publicintegrity.org/environment/in-smelter-town-decades-o...
The Copper Basin has operated the 54 mile long Magma - Winkelman former Southern Pacific branchline since 1986. That year the SP sold the line to Kennecott Copper which immediately turned around and sold it along with their 7 mile private mine haul railroad from Ray mine to Ray Jct. and their branch from Hayden Jct. up to the Hayden smelter to create the CBRY. Later that same year Kennecott turned around and sold their Ray mine and all Hayden operations to ASARCO, operator of the original 1912 smelter in Hayden. ASARCO was purchased by Grupo Mexico in 1999 which they then lost control of when ASARCO declared bankruptcy in 2005 following an internal dispute over the ownership of Southern Peru Copper Company, one of ASARCO's major assets prior to Grupo Mexico's purchase of ASARCO in 1999. In 2009 Grupo Mexico regained control of ASARCO after the bankruptcy court approved the sale.
Independent for its first 20 yrs, the CBRY was purchased by ASARCO (virtually its sole reason for existence now) in 2006.
Power for this job consists of CBRY 303, 401, & 301. 303 is an EMD GP40-2 blt. Oct. 1984 as SSW 7268. 401 is an EMD GP39 blt. Jun. 1970 as KCCX 1 and is on home rails on this bit of former Kennecott track. Lastly 301 is an EMD GP40 blt. Sep. 1967 as LN 3023.
Hayden, Arizona
Sunday October 18, 2015
Siam, Bangkok, Thailand,
50mm 1.2, Kodak Ultramax 400
Krabi-krabong (Thai: กระบี่กระบอง, Thai pronunciation: [krabìː krabɔ̄ːŋ]) is a weapon-based martial art from Thailand. It is closely related to other Southeast Asian fighting styles such as Malay silat, Burmese banshay and Cambodian kbach kun boran. The royal bodyguard corps of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) are said to be highly trained in krabi-krabong. From Wikipedia
…refining more and more this fascinating alternative print technique, saltprint
8x10 film printed on Berggercot320 paper
Borace gold toned
Industrial refining facility. This place makes lubricants. Always amazed that each and every pipe, valve, stack has a purpose. From afar, just a jumble steel pipes.
That evening there was a performance of classical music and tango dancers.
that was so very nice to watch,
Comacchio is a town and comune of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 48 km from the provincial capital Ferrara.
Comacchio is situated in a lagoon just north of the present mouth of the Reno. It is built on more than thirteen different islets, joined by bridges. The most important wealths of these wetlands are the fish farming and the salt ponds. The seaport of Porto Garibaldi lies 7 km to the east. The wetlands south of the town, the Valli di Comacchio, are classified as a Site of Community Importance and a Special Protection Area in Italy.[1] They are also rated internationally important by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands.
After its early occupation by the Etruscans and the Gauls, Comacchio was annexed by Rome. Under Emperor Augustus, who ruled Rome from 27 BCE to 14 CE, a canal was dug to deepen its lagoon.
Comacchio enjoyed prosperity under the Goths and the Lombards, and became the seat of a duchy. When the Franks descended into northern Italy in 756, their king, Pepin the Short, included Comacchio in his famous donation of land to Pope Stephen II, a grant later confirmed by Pepin's son and successor, Charlemagne. In 854 Comacchio was sacked by the Venetians, who destroyed it in 946. The Holy See later acquired the city and presented it to the archbishopric of Ravenna.
In the 13th century, Emperor Rudolph I conferred it on Obizzo IV d'Este of Ferrara. In 1508 it became Venetian, but in 1597 was claimed by Clement VIII as a vacant fief. In 1598 the Papal States again acquired Comacchio and retained it until 1866 when it became a part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Since then, most of the swamp land has disappeared, leaving ground for the expansion of agriculture, and creating new zones for dwellings. Comacchio was once home to a factory for sugar refining, which closed in 1988.
After a long time building and refining, I’m excited to share my LEGO train MOC collection, all inspired by real-life Portuguese railways. Trains have always been a deep passion of mine, and I’ve poured that into creating accurate, detailed replicas in LEGO — all in 1:45 scale.
All of my locomotives are fully motorized: most are powered using Power Functions and Buwizz for control and performance, while two models use Circuit Cubes for more compact setups. I've done my best to capture the essence and style of Portuguese rolling stock and bring them to life on rails.
The layout itself is still a work in progress, stretching 3 meters across shelves — and I’ve officially run out of space! It's inspired by scenes from the Portuguese railway network, including abandoned buildings and rural elements commonly seen along older lines. I’ve tried to reflect not just the trains, but also the atmosphere and textures of those settings.
Place: Foshan, Guangdong Province
Chinese name: 江淮瑞风A60 (jiānghuái ruìfēng A60)
Year of launch: 2014
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
JAC's largest sedan was launched in 2014 as Refine A6, with a front end resembling the Audi A6 indeed... It received a refreshed front end in 2016, before sales finally commenced in December 2016 as Refine A60. JAC sold 2,427 units between December 2016 and July 2017, when it was already discontinued after a highly unsuccessful career. Note that the car I photographed is actually a pre production version with the old front end, making this one of the rarest cars I've seen in China.
10" ISO 250 F13
a photo like this may not be possible soon as the train line will be raised to remove the level crossing at K creek rd...(saw the workers there tonight (early Sept)..
I don't normally shoot pools they are not my thing - but I saw an an image by Mike Banks of the Ross Jones pool that inspired me. I had never shot this location before and as I said I don't really shoot pools but the tide looked good and Mikes shot was in my head I did not want to replicate his I wanted something I could call my own, the pool is about 20 minutes from where I live in Sydney Australia and so I lead a group of 8 talented photographers to see what we could do.
Image was processed in PS CC with some techniques I'm refining. Shot on my new camera the mighty Nikon D810 really enjoying the extra tonality within the images. My aim was to play with the light in this image and to lead the eye around the entire image,
Brendan is a amateur photographer based in Sydney Australia who loves exploring and shooting sea/andscapes/nightscapes in different areas sometimes with good mates other times by himself to improve his skills. I'm always after followers so don't be afraid to follow me on my photographic adventures.
Before the days of helicopters and drones a church steeple or high hill provided a "birds eye view" as in this shot. Lurgan appears a well developed town with industry and institutions aplenty back when this shot was taken.
Thanks to today's contributions we know that the photographer captured this from a high vantage point on Lurgan's Shankill Parish Church (COI), looking north - along the aptly named North Street - towards St Peter's Church (Cath). We have yet to refine the date significantly, but it's obviously before the removal of the gas holders off Ulster Street....
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: between ca. 1900-1939
NLI Ref: EAS_3978
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
With cloud enveloping Blencathra behind three of the visiting locomotives at Threlkeld stand awaiting duties for the day.
Hudswell Clarke No. 19 of 1914 was built for Colonial Sugar Refining, working at Lautoka Mill in north-western Fiji.
Having travelled the world she now enjoys retirement at Statfold Barn but can regularly be seen visiting other railways.
Behind are Quarry Hunslet pair 'Irish Mail' and 'Statfold'
Place: Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County, Liuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Chinese name: 江淮瑞风S3 (jiānghuái ruìfēng S3)
Year of launch: 2013
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
JAC's SUV range consists of the S2, S3, S5 and new S7. The S3 was launched in 2013 and was a huge success for the brand, selling almost 200,000 units in both 2015 and 2016. However, demand has dried up and it has faded away so far this year.
Sales figures: carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-data/jac/jac-refine-s3/
Still refining the frame using the Mixel/Chima joints. This version has double jointed knees and elbows. 100% legal, 100% purist, 100% Batman
Some refining or industrial plant in Wilmington, CA. Taken from the Anaheim Street bridge near the Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles.
Moments after taking this picture, from a bridge on a major public street, a rent-a-cop from one of the nearby industrial properties repeatedly drove up in his white pickup truck and harassed me, claiming that I could not take photos there and was breaking the law. He claimed there was some sort of federal law, which there isn't. I was shooting from the sidewalk and was perfectly within my rights, but it was clear the security guard either didn't know the law or didn't care.
How do I know I was completely within my rights? Because Thomas Hawk had a much less pleasant experience in exactly the same spot almost exactly to the day 6 years prior. thomashawk.com/2008/12/long-beach-harbor-patrol-says-phot... That's actually why I was there, because I saw that Thomas had taken some cool photos around my hometown of Long Beach. www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/3150488843/
Eventually, as I was walking back to my car after 30 or so minutes on the bridge, two uniformed officers from the Long Beach Harbor Patrol rolled up and asked to speak to me, having said the security guard had called them. They were quite polite, and unlike the bullying security guard, they thankfully didn't try to argue that I was breaking the law. Instead, they said they were required to investigate when someone calls the police about a potentially suspicious person.
While they were nice about it, it seemed clear to me they were trying to ascertain who I was and if I was up to no good. I gave the cops my name and let them know I was just a hobbyist photographer visiting from D.C. When they asked for my drivers license after a few minutes of polite yet probing conversation, I instead asked whether I was free to go. They said yes, so I declined to give them my ID and bid them adieu.
It wasn't too long ago that the harbor police treated photographers as if they were criminals, rather than as citizens exercising their rights. I'm glad to see that they seem to be educated much better now about the public's rights. At the end of the day, while the rent-a-cop was unnecessarily obnoxious, both he and the police were just doing their jobs. It seems they may have found a reasonable balance between respecting photographer's rights and keeping the public safe from shady folks lurking around sensitive facilities. At the least, much better than when Thomas was there in 2008.
A MOC is never truly finished, there is always a way to improve it.
As I was taking those last pictures of my Spinner, I was thinking of a comment by someone on Cuusoo, how the lights seem to crowd the roof to much. I looked into it and lo and behold, I got it completely wrong! So here is now the updated version with new lights. I am still not 100% satisfied and may refine it still. I also redid the sides, adding a bit more detail. I was able to squeeze in a token wheel too. I will have to redo the back now, perhaps lengthen it by a stud, if i can find an elegant way to do it. Markings are done in PS. I must get me some proper decals.
It's such nice place to walk around', it's a little place but full of history.
that evening there was also a performance of classical music and tango dancers, i will upload that for you in the next days
Comacchio is a town and comune of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the province of Ferrara, 48 km from the provincial capital Ferrara.
Comacchio is situated in a lagoon just north of the present mouth of the Reno. It is built on more than thirteen different islets, joined by bridges. The most important wealths of these wetlands are the fish farming and the salt ponds. The seaport of Porto Garibaldi lies 7 km to the east. The wetlands south of the town, the Valli di Comacchio, are classified as a Site of Community Importance and a Special Protection Area in Italy.[1] They are also rated internationally important by the Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands.
After its early occupation by the Etruscans and the Gauls, Comacchio was annexed by Rome. Under Emperor Augustus, who ruled Rome from 27 BCE to 14 CE, a canal was dug to deepen its lagoon.
Comacchio enjoyed prosperity under the Goths and the Lombards, and became the seat of a duchy. When the Franks descended into northern Italy in 756, their king, Pepin the Short, included Comacchio in his famous donation of land to Pope Stephen II, a grant later confirmed by Pepin's son and successor, Charlemagne. In 854 Comacchio was sacked by the Venetians, who destroyed it in 946. The Holy See later acquired the city and presented it to the archbishopric of Ravenna.
In the 13th century, Emperor Rudolph I conferred it on Obizzo IV d'Este of Ferrara. In 1508 it became Venetian, but in 1597 was claimed by Clement VIII as a vacant fief. In 1598 the Papal States again acquired Comacchio and retained it until 1866 when it became a part of the Kingdom of Italy.
Since then, most of the swamp land has disappeared, leaving ground for the expansion of agriculture, and creating new zones for dwellings. Comacchio was once home to a factory for sugar refining, which closed in 1988.
Place: Liping, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province
Chinese name: 江淮瑞风S5 (jiānghuái ruìfēng S5)
Year of launch: 2012
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
The Refine MPV range currently consists of the Refine M1 (similar to the old Starex), Refine M2 (previously Hojoy RS), Refine M3, Refine M4 (based on the old Starex, but with new body) and M5.
JAC's SUV range consists of the S2, S3, S5 and new S7. The S5, a copy of the Hyundai ix35/Tucson, succeeded the JAC Rein based on the first generation Santa Fe.
The following is an account of Lake Hart published in 1947 -
Although for long it has been deserted, Lake Hart, on the lonely mulga plains, has Australia's Prize Salt Deposit.
Standing beside the transcontinental railway, 137 miles [219 kilometres] from Port Augusta, is a 7,000 tons dump of the best quality salt in Australia. Behind it, stretching far northwards, is Lake Hart, the place from which the salt was taken.
In 1931 this was the scene of a thriving industry. Today, it is forgotten in its isolation amid the mulga plains of the north-west. Lake Hart's importance as a salt deposit first became manifest in 1918 when surveyors investigated its entire area. They estimated the yield as three million tons, and defined the lake's area as 61 square miles.
Following these observations, the Sydney firm which owned the deposit - the Commonwealth Salt Refining Company - began preliminary operations with a few men.
Small quantities of salt were harvested and bagged for testing purposes. At this stage no refining plant had been installed, and the salt was sent to Adelaide for refining. The finished product proved so successful that the CSRC immediately launched large-scale operations. They installed a refining plant, and employed more than 50 men. The employees camped at the site and depended for their stores on the Commonwealth Railway's weekly food train.
Salt was harvested by day and refined continuously by shift workers.
Harvesting methods then were slow and cumbersome compared with present day methods. Sweepers first swept the water forward to the elevated catchment pens, each of which was 300 ft long by 150 ft wide.
When the salt had been deposited on the floor, the water was allowed to flow back into the lake, leaving the salt banked in and around the pens. The salt was then swept up and loaded into carrying carts, which were towed to the nearby refining plant.
Driving power for the plant was supplied by a gas producer engine. At first a Crossley type of 35 hp was used, but as production accelerated, a large Hornsby engine of 50 hp was added. These two engines may still be seen among the skeleton plant which remains at the lake.
The first phase of the salt's refining began when it entered the crushers. For Lake Hart salt, this was a very thorough process, due to the crude product's unusual hardness.
From the crushers it was carried into the washing troughs. Here it was scoured free of all foreign matter and, after a series of swillings was passed into the dehydrator.
When this machine had evaporated all water from the now whitened grain, the salt entered its final process - the drying oven.
This machine dried out all moisture and at the same time killed any remaining germ life, before discharging the finished product.
Such refineries were, of course, greatly inferior to present day establishments, such as those on Yorke Peninsula. Here, the sea water itself passes through several evaporation condensers before the salt is extricated for a complicated refining. But with Lake Hart's pure quality salt extensive refining was not necessary.
Few facilities existed to enable workers to negotiate the obstacles of outback industrial settlement. One employee crossed the lake in a flat-bottomed boat to ascertain the salt content on the opposite shore. He sailed across, but had to row 15 miles on the return trip. Today, people of the north-west give him the honour of being Lake Hart's conqueror.
Extreme difficulty was experienced from the late summer downpours which are prevalent in this area. During these storms the lake often became flooded, rendering harvesting impossible. However, the company had prepared for such emergencies. Huge reserve dumps had been heaped in readiness, and refining was not hampered.
For several years Lake Hart yielded 9,000 tons annually. Most of the salt was shipped to Sydney, where it was distributed for edible and industrial uses.
Commercial users throughout Australia were elated with the quality. Housewives discovered that, in actual saltiness, the Lake Hart product was twice as strong as any other.
The biggest asset that the salt had was its freedom from gypsum. This was, and still is, a very rare credential. All other main Australian sources are handicapped by gypsum content, which not only reduces quality, but enforces excessive work and cost during the refining process.
In 1921 the company amalgamated with the Australian Salt Company. The firm experienced great difficulties in obtaining water for refining purposes, its only supplies coming from occasional supply trains. Further, the isolated position created problems in the delivery of the refined product. These difficulties were the chief reasons for the cessation of harvesting in 1931.
Yorke Peninsula refineries were supplying more than enough salt for the State's use, and, although the quality was greatly inferior to that of Lake Hart, it was considered unpayable to continue work on the lake. To Australia, its closing meant a decrease in the quality of salt in use: but the quantity remains plentiful.
Salt is in enormous surplus, not only in Australia, but throughout the world. Our own refinery at Price on Yorke Peninsula, for instance, can supply enough salt in six months to last South Australia for five years.
Ever since closing the Lake Hart plant, the Australian Salt Company has employed a caretaker on the premises. The present caretaker has held his lonely job for seven years. His duties are simple. He records the rise and fall of the lake, and is responsible for the maintenance of the depleted plant.
Much of the plant was removed soon after the work ceased, but the catchment pens, crushers and engines remain in readiness for a reopening of the industry.
Last year it was intended to restart the enterprise, but fate ruled otherwise. Heavy rain swelled the lake to such an extent that plans had to be temporarily abandoned.
There is little opportunity for anyone to see Lake Hart. Train tourists can, but as both the East and West bound expresses pass this locality during the night, few see what is Australia's prize salt deposit.
Ref: Advertiser (Adelaide) 6-9-1947 Article by W J Watkins
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Place: Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
Chinese name: 江淮和悦RS (jiānghuái héyuè RS)
Year of launch: 2009
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched successors have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
JAC's MPV range consists of the Refine M2, its new successor R2, M3, M4, M5 and M6.
Sales figures: carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-data/jac/jac-j6-heyue-rs/
This is the Tate & Lyle Sugars factory in Silvertown in East London, which was sold in 2010 to American Sugar Refining, who have retained the name.
Henry Tate began refining sugar in the East End of London in 1878, initially focusing on cube sugar. His company was merged with that of Abram Lyle in 1921 to form Tate & Lyle, after both had died. Today the facility seen above is the largest in Western Europe and produces 12 million tonnes of sugar a year.
Tate used his fortune to found the Tate Gallery.
The interactions among water, energy and food are numerous and substantial. Water is used for extraction, mining, processing, refining, and residue disposal of fossil fuels, as well as for growing feedstock for biofuels and for generating electricity.[4] Water intensity varies in the energy sector, with oil and gas production requiring much less water than oil from tar sands or biofuels. Choosing biofuels for energy production should require a careful balancing of priorities, since water that has been used to grow feedstock for biofuels could also have been used to grow food.
Many forms of energy production through fossil fuels are highly polluting in addition to being water intensive, especially extraction from tar sands and shale and extraction through hydraulic fracturing. Further, return flows from power plants to rivers are warmer than the water that was taken in and/or are highly polluted and can consequently compromise other downstream usage, including ecosystems. Conversely, energy is needed for extracting, transporting, distributing and treating water. Energy intensity for accessing a cubic meter of water varies: logically, accessing local surface water requires far less energy than pumping groundwater, reclaiming wastewater or desalinating seawater. Irrigation is more energy intensive than rain-fed agriculture, and drip irrigation is more intensive yet since the water must be pressurized.
Food production is by far the largest consumer of global fresh water supplies. Globally, agriculture is responsible for an average of 70% of fresh water consumption by humans; in some countries that figure jumps to 80%-90%. Agriculture is therefore also responsible for much of fresh water over-exploitation. Food production further impacts the water sector through land degradation, changes in runoff, disruption of groundwater discharge, water quality and availability of water and land for other purposes such as natural habitat. The increased yields that have resulted from mechanization and other modern measures have come at a high energy price, as the full food and supply chain claims approximately 30% of total global energy demand. Energy fuels land preparation, fertilizer production, irrigation and the sowing, harvesting and transportation of crops. The links between food and energy have become quite apparent in recent years as increases in the price of oil lead very quickly to increases in the price of food. The energy sector can have other negative impacts on the food sector when mining for fossil fuels and deforestation for biofuels reduce land for agriculture, ecosystems and other uses.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water,_energy_and_food_security_nexus
Due to the fact that the water diet is going to require you to drink more water than you are usually used to drinking, it is highly recommended that you stay away from water containing chlorine such as that which can be found in tap water unless the tap water in the place you live is so good it would be a waist not to not drink it.For those of us not fortunate enough to have a pure supply of clean tap water, using a distiller is that way to go. As low as you have a way to clean your water, then drinking out of the tap should not be a problem as long as it is distilled.In water, there are the concepts of soft water and hard water. The classification difference is based on the mineral content found in 1000mL of water. Soft water, usually what is left water running tap through a water softener has less mineral content and is considered to be more drinkable. In contrast, hard water has more mineral content.On the water diet plan, it is recommended that you drink mineral-rich hard water as much as possible. Drinking hard water said to have more of a filling effect that soft water. This may help prevent overeating allowing you to control your appetite drinking water.
However, in Japan where drinking hard water is seldom an option, most people drink soft water. Most people think that soft water is easier to drink. This may help you get to the 2 liter mark if you are having trouble drinking so much water.
Most important to the water diet is that the water you use is something you don't mind drinking. Since the amount of water you will be drinking is more than a mere cup, the water you drink should be just right for you.
This photo was taken by a photographer for the Atlantic Magazine (Atlantic Refining Co, where my father was a manager -- not The Atlantic Monthly...), as part of an article they were doing on my dad (That's him looking on).
At the time this photo was taken, I was an avid hunter and an even more avid target shooter and spent every spare moment I had on the nearby Springfield Sportsman's Club rifle range, and I was burning up ammunition at a wallet-draining rate. I was on the club's big bore rifle team, so I had access to free surplus military .30-06 ammunition, but even so, in the interest of greatly reducing ammunition costs, while at the same time producing more accurate loads than factory ammo provided, I started reloading my own ammunition; and that's what I'm doing here. I loaded for both my Winchester Model 70 .270 (my hunting rifle} and for my Winchester Model 70 .30-06 National Match target rifle. Here, I'm 17 years old, and all those guns in the cabinet and on the table are mine, not my dad's, who was never really into shooting (though he supported my shooting 100%), and all of this stuff was in my bedroom. It wasn't long after this that I pretty much quit hunting and concentrated almost entirely on competition shooting, which gave me a big leg up when I joined the Marines a couple years later, where I became a member of both the Marine Corps Rifle team and the United States International Rifle Team.
Today, many people will look at this and wonder what kind of a nut case is this kid, whereas at the time, nearly every kid I knew in the town I lived in in Massachusetts owned at least a .22, and most owned a shotgun; and it was all considered quite normal. The only time I ever had an "encounter" with the police was when I was doing some shooting on a small range I had on the hill behind my house, and the chief came by and asked if he could do a little practicing along with me.
Life sure was different back then...
I first posted this image eight years ago, but since then have acquired new processing skills and tools -- mainly Topaz Studio -- that have enabled me to greatly improve on the original.
Topped out late last night, been refining the shape this morning and finally all the structural stuff is finished, hooray! Now it's just trees and landscaping to do, and custom figs last. :) It's so hot in my studio now with no aircon, 41C degrees outside and still climbing lol. Got heaps of water and a soaked neckerchief, gotta build responsibly!
This willl probably be my last posted wip before BV on Friday, too much to do still. Thanks so much for all your encouragement and suggestions, it's been keeping me going for sure! :)
01 Oil Studies, No. 32
Objective: Refine hue-chroma-values in autumn bright daylight.
Painted in 4 sessions: 15 to 23 July 2024
Pigments (Winsor & Newton Artists' oil colour unless otherwise noted): Permalba white (Weber), yellow ochre, Naples yellow, cadmium yellow, French ultramarine, burnt sienna, warm gray (Rembrandt artist), sap green, viridian. Mediums: Gamsol, linseed oil.
Centurion OP DLX oil primed linen, 30.5 x 22.9 cm (12 x 9 inches)
Process: I expanded on my initial objective above and added many birds with the intent of showing more their motion than their detail.
After Action Evaluation: (1) Pay attention to drying during the process. Sometimes and element needs to dry (such as the blue sky) before working around it. Sometimes elements need to blend; here cadmium yellow was added to tree foliage after it had dried resulting in too much chroma. (2) Given the scale, I was happy with he birds.
Place: Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Chinese name: 江淮iEV5 (jiānghuái iEV5)
Year of launch: 2013
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
In 2013 JAC launched a new compact sedan as Heyue (Hojoy) A20, which supposedly slotted below the Heyue/Hojoy A30. It was renamed Refine A33 in 2015, but never reached production. However, JAC did launch the compact sedan with electric powertrain only. It was initially named iEV5, then succeeded by the iEV6 and iEV7.
I'm six today and I am wearing everything beautiful on my blog :)
Blogged at World of Ai Hienrichs - Refine Six.
Size comparison with modern Nimitz class supercarrier for scale. (Nimitz should be very close on length and beam, but height and finer detail at this size are tricky. As is hull shaping on such an uneven design, especially at this small size. But the point was to show what we refer to as "perfect grade, which is 1 stud = 10 meters, hence this 184.4 stud long ship would be 1,844 meters long at this scale.)
Name: S.S. Bessemer
Registration Number: KCC-1894 (Kolter Construction Contract Number 1,894)
Affiliation: Kolter Mining, Refining, and Fuel.
Class Name: Bessemer class
Type: Deep Space Mining Operations Flagship
Commissioned: Circa late 2500’s, post recent major conflict
Specifications:
Length: 1,844 meters (184.4 studs, 58.1 inches, 4.83 feet, 147.5 cm model)
Width: 503 meters (50.3 studs, 15.8 inches, 40.2 cm model)
Height: 484 meters, 398 meters without dorsal comms array, (48.4 studs, 15.2 inches, 38.7 cm model)
Crew: 2,950 standard complement + capacity for crew families, as well as smaller guest quarters for up to 2,000 additional personnel to be moved to/from mining operations.
Armament: 1 super-heavy coaxial particle beam cannon, (primarily for asteroid mining, but also more than capable of defensive action,) 4 dual-mounted heavy particle cannon turrets, 8 dual-mounted medium particle cannon turrets, 2 coaxial fore medium particle cannons, 80 quad-mounted 80mm anti-fighter flak railgun turrets.
Defensive systems:
Hull: Super-heavy steel alloy hull with carbon nanotube/buckypaper composite layers as spall lining.
Armor plating: steel, titanium alloy, tungsten, ceramic, and carbon nanotube composite armor layers against asteroids/other space debris, kinetic weapons, kinetic spalling, particle, laser, and plasma fire. Thick composite armor provides excellent survivability, but with very high mass. Some battleships are less armored than this ship.
Bulkheads: Extensive titanium bulkhead support network.
Structural integrity field: High power system designed for significant cargo mass placing stress on the frame, or to withstand asteroid impacts to the hull.
Shielding: Internally housed high power adaptive particle field repulsing shielding system capable of surviving significant punishment. Some older battleships have less robust shielding.
Powerplant: 1 primary matter-antimatter reactor with extensive fuel reserves, 2 secondary fusion reactors with extensive fuel reserves. Multiple massive power capacitors. Extensive heatinks.
Propulsion: 1 massive primary fusion engine for sub-lightspeed travel, 1 internal FTL core capable of moderate FTL speed, long range travel, and 32 large reaction control thrusters for slow but dependable below light speed maneuvering.
Computer systems: Single supercomputer core with onboard Virtual Intelligence system.
Comms and Sensors: Local and FTL comms arrays. Radar, LIDAR, infrared, multi-spectral, and additional other local area sensors systems, along with extensive FTL sensors.
Additional Systems: High power artificial singularity for both artificial gravity generation and inertial dampening, allowing for 1G gravity even when hauling an entire cargo hold full of heavy-metal. 6 massive blast furnaces for refining metal ore, an enormous central cargo hold system, 4 fuel refining tanks, 4 massive fuel storage tanks, and an internal rail system for moving ore and personnel.
Embarked Craft: 2 Thunderbird class super-heavy cargo/personnel shuttles, 2 Hurricane class heavy cargo/personnel shuttles, 20 heavy mining drones, 24 medium mining drones, 2 gunships of variable class, 2 heavy fighter/bombers of variable class, potential for multiple additional light shuttles and fighters.
Background: After seeing both the devastation to outlying areas of space caused by the recent Great War, and the corruption within the Federal Defense Navy (working title) Admiralty, Captain David Courtland retired honorably from military service and went to helm his family’s generations old mining company, Kolter Mining, Refining, and Fuel; one of the largest mining companies in United Earth Federation space. (Working title.)
He wanted to take the company, already a reputable and successful business, in a new direction. That direction was the disputed, war-torn, no-man’s-waste-land of space known as The Divide, (working title) situated between the major powers of the galaxy. Life in The Divide was desperate, with little hope for the many people stranded in the ruins, poverty, and crime infested land. None of the major powers could intervene without starting another territorial war, and as such, pirates, gangs, and unscrupulous mega-corporations ruled supreme.
Courtland wanted to make a difference to this sorrowful place, and with trillions of credits and a Fortunes 1,000 company at his control, he had the means to at least begin; although even he lacked the ability to single-handedly remedy the myriad of woes The Divide faced.
David’s plan was simple, to move significant mining operations to The Divide, thus:
1: Creating new, safe, well-paying, good jobs for both an area and an industry that seldom offered such things.
2: Allowing for the placement of company security forces to deter pirate activity around major settlements.
3: Providing tax-free revenue to fund new schools, hospitals, food, water, shetler, and other charitable activities in The Divide.
But to do it, he required a new kind of mining vessel, as well as additional security forces. Thus he contacted Nelson Heavy Industries, who in turn partnered with AxonTech Interstellar Systems for some components, to place an order for a line of custom massive deep space mining operation flagships with enhanced combat capabilities and capable of operating in the remotest reaches of space for months or even years at a time. And so the Bessemer class was born.
The Bessemer class is unlike any mining vessel ever produced before it. Certainly significantly larger mining ships existed, but these were typically little more than unarmed, slow moving things with small engines; closer to a semi-mobile starbase than a combination frontier battleship/mining vessel. But Courtland required something unique. Something that could move faster, survive more punishment, and something that had teeth; not a fragile, barely moving thing that would only sit in safe areas of space. Courtland needed a mighty sheepdog in a world of sheep and wolves.
Bessemer class vessels are 1,844 meters long, and possess more armor, firepower, and shielding than many pre Great War battleship designs. Almost any pirate or local gang would be terrified of the sight of over a mile of steel and particle cannons; clad in Kolter white, green, and yellow.
But the Bessemer, and others of her class, are not merely warships masquerading as civilian craft. They are heavy mining machines that live up to their name; a steel producing process that revolutionized the industry of Earth some seven hundred years earlier. The Bessemer and her sister ships are capable of blasting metal-rich asteroids to bits with their coaxial mining particle beam cannon, and then having swarms of automated mining drones devour any valuable deposits within before unloading the materials into the Bessemer’s ore hold for the internal rail system to run any raw ore through her six corvette sized forges, and then having the refined metal shunted to her cavernous lower hold, while any waste material from the refining process is vented directly into space.
Ships of this class are outfitted with a sizable hangar, advanced sensor suite, extensive internal cargo bays, and large cargo pod clamps that allow it to act in the capacity of miner, defensive ship, operations command center, and even freighter and personnel carrier should usual shipping to outlying mining sites be disrupted.
But capable as they are, these are not the spartan mining vessels with unlivable working conditions that some shady companies have been known to operate. These space-faring cities of steel feature robust safety systems, spacious and comfortable crew quarters, multiple restaurants, multiple mess-halls, multiple shops for clothing, food, electronics, and other items, an arcade, multiple gyms with weights, various weight and cardio machines, martial arts areas, gymnastics equipment, along with a walking track, a small bowling alley, an olympic sized swimming pool, a multi-sport stadium, a greenhouse, hydroponics bays, a small stage/concert area, several computer labs, a library, a small movie theater, crew lounges and break areas, a salon/spa, a bar/club, chapels, classroom/daycare areas, office areas, as well as repair stations, enough dry and frozen storage to keep everyone fed for extended missions, advanced workshops, astrotography, laboratories, guest bunk-rooms, and a starbase grade medical center.
Not everyone is happy about Kolter Mining’s efforts, however. While Courtland founded the Kolter Foundation to aid those in need, he also lobbied for what came to be known as the Kolter Bill to be passed. Mining employees out in the colonies loved the added protections this afforded them. But the executives of Kolter’s rival mining companies operating out of Earth’s colony worlds quickly found themselves facing laws that favored the profits of Kolter and their already developed safety systems and excellent treatment of employees. What’s more, the Federal Defense Navy Admiralty have been continually frustrated that rather than helping to line their pockets as part of the military industrial complex, Courtland has been working tirelessly to reveal their corruption and hidden support of crime in outlying areas of space.
What’s more, there are even rumors that Courtland is now working with, and possibly even helping to fund, a mercenary vigilante unit out in The Divide known as the Phoenix Command Group, founded by Jonathan Scarlett, another former Federal Defense Navy Captain who ran afoul of the Admiralty.
The wealthy and corrupt among the Admiralty, military industrial complex, crime syndicates, and corrupt businesses running shady operations out in The Divide are deeply troubled by these rumors. But those who are now citizens of no nation, and who have known nothing but hopelessness and need for years, have a slight spark of hope rising like a Phoenix.
IRL info: This digital SHIP was made in Bricklink’s Studio software from September 11th to September 30th, 2021. I did not originally plan to participate in SHIPtember, but I couldn’t resist. It is 184 studs (58.1 inches) long, 50 studs wide, and 48 studs high. It is comprised of 23,470 pieces, which I believe makes it my highest piece-count SHIP to date, and means that the model itself has a mass of 973.502 ounces, or 60.843 pounds, or 27.597 kilograms, which most likely makes it my heaviest SHIP as well as my most piece intensive. (I really need to learn to build a little more hollow.) Note that it uses all real pieces/colors that are available for sale on Bricklink. (Albeit at a price that makes attempting to build it in physical bricks highly impractical.) It is 100% connected, and should be at least somewhat stable in real life. I would want to reinforce the fore-end with more Technic, and switch out the longest Lego Technic axle holding the engine for an aftermarket stainless steel version. I cannot guarantee that various sections built out from the main SNOT and Technic frame would be totally stable without slight redesign of a few bits. It would also require a hefty display stand of some kind.
The current pictures are WIP to show the completed status of the build itself. Better renders done by importing the Studio build into Mecabricks, replacing any pieces that fail to load or change position, and then exporting to Blender for higher quality rendering, and finally hopefully doing some cool backgrounds with GIMP, will hopefully follow before whatever October picture deadline is decided on. Please do not use these early pictures in the poster if time remains, as I hope to provide better ones. Thank you for reading this lengthy description. Have a cookie.
If this ship had a theme song, this magnificent piece by Clamavi De Profundis would be it: youtu.be/Xm96Cqu4Ils
Place: Huangyao, Zhaoping County, Hezhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Chinese name: 江淮瑞风S3 (jiānghuái ruìfēng S3)
Year of launch: 2013
JAC Motors (Jianghuai Automobile) is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle producer and was established in 1964. JAC started producing the Starex in cooperation with Hyundai in the early 2000s (JAC Refine), but their relationship was soon terminated. Another company, Huatai (later renamed Hawtai in English translation) made the Terracan and Santa Fe under license, but in 2007 JAC came up with their own Santa Fe, the Rein, featuring a (not so) unique front and rear end (in Lexus RX-fashion). In the same year JAC finally gained rights to produce passenger cars. Its first car was the large and unsuccessful Binjoy (Binyue) sedan, which was immediately launched in 2007. It was followed by a couple of impressive new models: the Tojoy (Tongyue) in 2008 and Hojoy sedan (Heyue), Hojoy RS (Heyue RS) MPV and Joyjoy (Yueyue) small car in 2009. Their later launched have never quite reached this level anymore. The Hojoy RS was refreshed in 2013 and renamed Refine M2 in 2015.
JAC's SUV range consists of the S2, S3, S5 and new S7. The S3 was launched in 2013 and was a huge success for the brand, selling almost 200,000 units in both 2015 and 2016. However, demand has dried up and it has faded away so far this year.
Sales figures: carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-data/jac/jac-refine-s3/
Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, (5 November 1853 – 17 January 1927), known as Sir Marcus Samuel between 1898 and 1921 and subsequently as Lord Bearsted until 1925, was a Lord Mayor of London and the founder of the Shell Transport and Trading Company, which was later restructured including a Netherlands-based company commonly referred to as Royal Dutch Shell. Samuel was born into a family of Baghdadi Jews in Whitechapel, London. His father, also named Marcus Samuel, ran a successful import-export business, M. Samuel & Co., trading with the coalition in the Far East, which Marcus carried on with his brother, Samuel Samuel. M. Samuel & Co launched the first Japanese gold sterling loan issued in London in 1897, and was largely concerned in the introduction of Japanese municipal loans, and in the development of the coal trade in Japan.
He was educated at Edmonton and in Brussels, and travelled extensively in Asia before settling down in business, visiting Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Siam, the Philippines, China and Japan.
Samuel realised the potential of the oil market during a prospecting trip to the Caucasus in 1890. In 1891, he secured a nine year exclusive deal with the Rothschilds, to sell Bnito's kerosene east of Suez. Samuel had commissioned the design and construction of a safer generation of tanker, safe enough to transit the Suez Canal. The first of which was Murex, that set sail from West Hartlepool for Batum on 22 July 1892, where it acquired its load of kerosene. The ship transited the Suez Canal on 23 August, and proceeded onward to his storage facilities in Singapore and then Bangkok, for retail distribution. Samuel then built ten additional ships, also named for seashells. In 1895, he received a concession in the Kutei region of east Borneo, where oil was discovered in 1897.
In 1897, he incorporated the Shell Transport and Trading Company, in reference to the trading business his father started as a "shell merchant". He was made a justice of the peace in Kent, a master of the Spectacle Makers' Company, and received a knighthood for helping a British warship grounded at Port Said. 63, 117, 123–124
Samuel had a long career in the civic government of the City of London. He was elected an Alderman of the London ward of Portsoken in 1891, and elected Sheriff of the City of London in 1894 (serving October 1894 to September 1895). While Sheriff, he took a leading part in the scheme for the unification of London by the absorption of the City and the metropolitan districts into the London County Council (which had been created in 1889). In late September 1902 he was elected Lord Mayor of London for the coming year (serving from November 1902 to November 1903), and received the traditional Baronetcy in 1903. During his year as Lord Mayor, he paid official visits to several English cities. Accompanied by the sheriffs, he visited Newcastle upon Tyne in late November 1902, where his wife named a Shell petroleum steamer, they made a journey down the River Tyne, and visited the Elswick works.
He was on the Commission for the Lieutenancy for City of London, a visiting justice of Holloway and Newgate prisons, and chairman of a City committee in connection with the Royal Commission on the Port of London (1900–02). He was also for three years a member of the Thames Conservancy board as the elected representative of the shipowners, and was a Justice of the peace for Kent.
In 1907, Samuel's company combined with Royal Dutch Petroleum to create the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, a holding company for Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij, containing the production and refining assets, and Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company containing the transport and storage assets. 126–127 Marcus served as a Director of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company. M. Samuel & Co., having transformed over the years to a merchant bank, merged in 1965 with Philip Hill, Higginson, Erlangers Ltd to create Hill Samuel, which is now a part of Lloyds TSB.
In recognition of his contribution to the British cause in World War I, he was created 1st Baron Bearsted of Maidstone in the County of Kent in the 1921 Birthday Honours. 175 In the 1925 Birthday Honours, he was elevated to 1st Viscount Bearsted.[8] Lord Bearsted was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law (LLD) from the University of Sheffield during his lifetime. Samuel was born into an Iraqi Jewish family in Whitechapel, London. He married Fanny Elizabeth Benjamin in 1881, a daughter of Benjamin Benjamin, of Stranraer House, London. Lady Samuel was godmother to the steam tanker SS Silverlip during a visit to Newcastle in November 1902.
Samuel went riding every morning at Hyde Park, London, and his country house was on a 500-acre estate in Kent, called The Mote.