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The St. Marys Refining Company facility was a petroleum refinery designed to produce lubricating oils, waxes, gasoline, jet fuel, and other petroleum products. The facility ceased refining, but a portion of the site is used for the bulk storage and transport of finished petroleum products. The SMRC facility is located along Route 2 in the town of St. Marys, Pleasants County, West Virginia. The facility is about 70 acres, and is divided into two areas: the main plant area with the truck loading rack, and the bluff or cliff area, about 70 feet higher than the main area. The facility is surrounded by commercial, industrial and residential properties. The Ohio River is north of the facility.
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South Pacific Enterprise 1956.
The history of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR Co.)
This Centenary commemorative book was issued to company shareholders in 1955.
An Australian enterprise founded 1855 by Edward Knox, a Danish immigrant, from earlier origins as the Australasian Sugar Company ( 1842), which Knox managed. The company established sugar operations in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and over the next 150 years diversified into building materials, chemicals etc.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney. Cloth boards, 500 pages 16cm x 24cm.
Today I focused on refining the panelling I glued up yesterday, machining a prototype drogue, and improving the form-tool for the RCS thrusters.
The angle on the drogue prototype is wrong, I need to do some more research to work out what angle it should be. I think I bored it out at 35°.
For the RCS thruster tools I ground a stub length drill with the appropriate angle which is dedicated to boring out the tiny thrusters. They're extremely fiddly to machine, as they tend to snap off the stock before I've reached the final dimension. I will obviously fine tune the process, as I need to be able to make hundreds...
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Mortgage Relief Services
Mortgage Relief Service is the process of achieving change in the loan contract agreed to by the lender and the borrower. The mortgage relief services getting attention now are those designed to reduce the principle balance and or interest rate and payment on homeowners mortgages.
Homeowners that are interested in either reducing their principle balance and or interest rate and mortgage payment (whether they are delinquent on their mortgage or not) should request professional mortgage relief assistance.
Homeowners are unlikely to get such a change unless they ask, and homeowners should also make the investment required to make their case as clearly as possible and most importantly seek professional assistance to insure the most favorable outcome possible.
The stakes are very high: your house and your credit.
In most cases, the decision on mortgage relief is not made by the firm that owns the loan. It is made by a firm servicing the loan under contract to the owner. The owner could be a single lender, or it could be a group of investors who own pieces of a mortgage-backed security collateralized by a pool of loans. Every servicing company and every lender has different guidelines that they follow when it comes to signing off on mortgage relief. This is why working with a professional and experienced mortgage relief servicing company is essential.
Whoever owns the loan (whether it is a lender or a group of lenders), the servicing firm is contractually obligated to find the solution to payment problems that will minimize loss to the owner. If the lowest-cost solution is a mortgage relief agreement, that's great -- everyone involved prefers a mortgage relief agreement instead of a foreclosure. But if a foreclosure would generate lower costs for the owner, the decision will be to foreclose. The cost of foreclosure to the borrower does not enter the decision.
Yet the decision is far from cut and dried, and it can be materially affected by whether and how the borrower presents his case.
That is why homeowners faced with this prospect, whether they are delinquent or not, should request professional Mortgage Relief Assistance.
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refine tolentino back in 1996, with the backstreet boys during her MTVVJ days in Singapore. she was only 17 years old at the time...
Petcoke is a by-product of crude oil refining. It is a thick, black, powdery dust that is being stored in huge mounds along the Calumet River on Chicago's far southeast side 10th ward not far from the Indiana border.
Just across the border in Whiting, Indiana is the British Petroleum processing plant that produces the petcoke. Right now, the plant produces around 2,000 tons of the stuff every day, but that is set to rise to around 6,000 tons.
Residents of the mostly African-American and Latino 10th ward are angry because the dust blows around their neighborhood and covers everything with a layer of fine powder. They cannot open their windows. Each day they have to wipe the dust off of furniture, appliances, etc. Yet, even that is not good enough for the dust even enters homes through chimneys and furnaces. Dust gets in children's eyes and cases of asthma are on the rise. A resident even said that her kid's birthday party was ruined when some of the black dust blew into their backyard and covered the food, so they were forced to throw it out and end the celebration. There is also worry about the long-term effects of being exposed to whatever materials or elements are contained in the dust.
So far, the city of Chicago has been slow to react to the concerns of local residents. Mayor Emanuel has an ordinance on the table to regulate petcoke, but critics say that it contains a loophole that might allow companies to continue to store petcoke along the river.
A spokesman for 10th ward alderman John Pope said that ' they want to make sure they get everything right legally, not only to protect the area residents, but also the businesses involved'.
Smoke from artisanal refining is a common sight in Ogoniland.
2010 © UNEP
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RC 48, Box 2, Folder 4
1102 Kilburn Avenue, Rockford
Distributor of petroleum products for manufacturing, heating, and automobiles
Charles G. Smith and Ernst E. Smith, founders
Originally started as a distributor of paints, oils, and varnish in 1893, the C.G. Smith and Son Company evolved into sales of automobile oils and greases as the market demanded at the turn of the century. Its 1917 “Gasoline Gardens” (Mulberry and North Church Streets) was the first of its kind in the Midwest. In 1925, Stanton K. Smith, representing the third generation of the Smith family, joined the firm and established a service station and distribution system which covered northern Illinois, eastern Iowa, and southern Wisconsin. In a 1946 agreement with Gulf Oil Corporation, Smith Oil became the nation’s largest independent reseller of Gulf Products. This relationship with Gulf continued until 1970, when the Smith family sold the business to Sun Oil Corporation.
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If love were liquid it would drown me in a placeless place refine me,
in a heart shape come around me and then melt me slowly down
if love were human it would know me in a lost space come and show me,
hold me and control me and then melt me slowly down, like chocolate
Come here, zoom in, catch the smile
there's no doubt it's for you and I'm addicted tonight
model: I.Vielba
muchas gracias por saber aguantarme, y acordarte de mi,chocolate
Title: Brown Inst. Div. at Humble Oil Refining Co., Baytown, Texas
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: August 20, 1958
Place: Baytown, Texas
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 10.4 x 13.0 cm.
File: ag1982_0234_4649_024_brown_sm_opt.jpg
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Refining my flash work to illuminate and enhance interiors.
All the shadows are the natural shadows caused by the spotlights.
Brazil has revamped energy policy under the Temer administration, opening opportunities to private companies in the oil & gas and power sectors and reducing the role of state oil company Petrobras. The oil licensing agency ANP held its fourth pre-salt bid round on June 7 and Petrobras is looking to divest assets in refining, pipelines, and LNG. Will Brazil meet its oil and gas production targets and sustainably develop the vast pre-salt reserves? How can the country diversify its electricity matrix? Will the current energy policy priorities be sustained under the next administration?
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a panel discussion on the recent oil licensing rounds, opportunities for private investment in the oil, gas and power sectors, and the outlook for energy policy next year.
www.thedialogue.org/analysis/energy-policy-in-brazil-what...
HAVEMEYERS & ELDER BRAND
CRYSTAL DOMINO SUGAR
Manufactured by
THE AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING COMPANY
OFFICE 117 WALL ST., NEW YORK
BY GROCERS EVERYWHERE
Date: Circa 1910
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photographer: Unknown
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Mural Theme
To refine the theme for this mural, Fintan visited Barraba in early 2019 to inspect the site and to meet with the local community. After speaking to the locals he gained an understanding of the local area. He listened to their stories and the concept for the mural was conceived.
In 2019, NSW continued to be in the grip of one of the worst droughts Australia has ever faced, with over 90% of the state in drought. Large areas of NSW are currently facing severe water shortages, with supply being limited to critical water needs only.
Extract from Fintan Magee's Artist Statement
This mural depicts a local water diviner searching for groundwater, using a y-shaped twig or rod or two L-shaped ones. Diviners study the landscape of a farm and walk over areas where they suspect the water may be located. Ground minerals and magnetic forces force the sticks to cross or be pushed downwards when water is located. Despite many studies claiming the technique is pseudo-science, diviners continue to be used throughout Australia as a way of finding groundwater.
Work began on the silos on the 25 March 2019 and they were completed just 24 days later on the 19 of April. The Barraba Silos are officially the 28 silos to be included in the Australian Silo Art Trail Collection.
Meet the Artist
Fintan Magee is an internationally renowned artist known for his murals throughout the world. He obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2009 in Brisbane and then moved to Sydney to further his career.
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Amoco Oil Company Casper refinery in 1990. The refinery was located on the North Platte River and closed shortly after this photo was taken. The refinery was meant to refine sweet crude from the nearby fields and ship refined product via pipeline south towards midwestern markets.
Google Finance's stock screener is a great example of Refining Search pattern. The tool allows user to search for stocks by using several different criteria: Average Price, Price Change, PE ratios, etc., and the user can easily add and remove search filters.
Things to notice:
-Sparklines, in this case histograms that indicate the weight proportions in each part of the range, are used. They help the user to refine the search.
-It is made easy to clear filters and start over.
-Results can be sorted.
-The number of results found is shown.
-In addition to filters a free text search is provided.
Source: www.google.com/finance/stockscreener
More screenshots and UI design patterns at Patternry.com
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American Smelting and Refining, Garfield, Utah
Feininger, Andreas, 1906-1999, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1942 Nov.
NOTES
Attributed to A. Feininger.
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
SUBJECTS
American Smelting and Refining
World War, 1939-1945
Copper mining
Canyons
United States--Utah--Garfield
Transparencies--Color
MEDIUM
1 transparency : color.
CALL NUMBER
LC-USW36-406
REPRODUCTION NUMBER
LC-DIG-fsac-1a34854 DLC (digital file from original transparency)
LC-USW361-406 DLC (color film copy slide)
SPECIAL TERMS OF USE
No known restrictions on publication.
PART OF
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-61
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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(digital file from original transparency) fsac 1a34854 hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34854
Infantry Soldiers from 2BCT refine their mastery of critical soldier skills from Sept. 9 through 22 during the EIB training phase and demonstrate their proficiency from Sept. 23 through 27 during the testing phase. Infantry Soldiers who successfully complete the testing phase will be awarded the Expert Infantry Badge which indicates their mastery of the skills that allow them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy.
This candle lamp gave out a curious pattern in the dark, and it reminded me of how the Lord refines and shapes us...and the light that brings out the beauty in us all as well.
Malachi 3:3 says:
"He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver."
Silver is a very ductile and malleable (slightly harder than gold) metal with a brilliant white metallic luster that can take a high degree of polish. It has the highest electrical conductivity of all metals, even higher than copper, but at greater cost and tarnishability .
Among metals, pure silver has the highest thermal conductivity, whitest color, the highest optical reflectivity. Silver also has the lowest contact resistance of any metal. Silver halides are photosensitive and are remarkable for their ability to record a latent image that can later be developed chemically. [that's for fellow Flicker fans] Silver is stable in pure air and water, but tarnishes when it is exposed to air or water [contaminated] containing ozone or hydrogen sulfide. [edited from Wikipedia]
back to Malachi....and the lesson from His Word, i received in the mail just today..
Malachi 3:3 says:
"He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver."
This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God.
One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study.
That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities.
The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says:
"He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver."
She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined.
The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?"
He smiled at her and answered,
"Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it."
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89th Geneva International Motor Show
Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf
Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland
March 2019
Amorphis
Alcatraz - Milano
26 Novembre 2013
Tomi Joutsen
Esa Holopainen
Tomi Koivusaari
Niclas Etelävuori
Santeri Kallio
Jan Rechberger
Ph Mairo Cinquetti
Founded 1990 in Helsinki, AMORPHIS have worked their way to the apex of the European metal scene and won international renown. The band's name, derived from "amorphous" (no determinate form or shape), has been programmatic for the pioneers of Finnish metal over the course of their 20-year career. Setting a diverse, intricate and unique style to their musical approach, often being described as "ahead of their time", the band accrued a large and loyal international fan base. From their independently released demo "Disment of Soul" (1991) through the current releases, Amorphis have always fused elements of traditional heavy, death and doom metal with a great variety of non-metal influences, including folk, progressive and psychedelia, and managed to create an instantly recognizable sound of their own. The band's break-through came in 1994 with "Tales From The Thousand Lakes". The album won the band a massive fan base around the world, reaching a multitude of listeners among and beyond the metal community, and remains immensely popular to this day.
In the early stages of their career, Amorphis consisted of Tomi Koivusaari (guitarist and original vocalist), Esa Holopainen (guitars), Olli-Pekka Laine (bass), and Jan Rechberger (drums). Together they greatly affected the metal underground, gained recognition and soon scored a multi-album contract with Relapse Records. Shortly after, Amorphis released their debut album, "The Karelian Isthmus". Receiving an impressive response, the band chose to venture further into melodic terrain, adding progressive keyboard sounds here and clean guest vocals (performed by Ville Tuomi of Kyyria) there. The result was the classic "Tales From The Thousand Lakes", which to this day is considered to be one of the most groundbreaking albums in the doom/death genre. For the first time incorporating lyrics from the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, the album also was the first true manifestation of the influential Amorphis sound: a seamless combination of intoxicating melodies and aggressive sounds delivered with both clean and harsh vocals.
The success of "Tales From The Thousand Lakes" provided Amorphis with the opportunity to tour the European continent several times, and followed by their first US tour in late 1994. Shortly thereafter, the band underwent some major musical and line-up changes. Continuing to feature lyrics based on traditional Finnish folk poetry, the third album "Elegy" introduced a new vocalist, Pasi Koskinen. This adjustment proclaimed a significant transformation in Amorphis' career. Pasi's unique vocals brought a new setting to the music, which now concentrated more on compelling keyboard atmospheres, psychedelic guitar sounds and a distinctive arrangement of the vocals, delivered by both Tomi and Pasi. Encouraged by popular and critical approval, the band members took three years to prepare their next album, honing the newfound style to perfection. "Tuonela" was liberally sprinkled with 1970s-style psychedelic touches and marked another great leap ahead for Amorphis, and its successor, "Am Universum" delved even further into progressive soundscapes.
In 2003, Amorphis released "Far From The Sun". While closer to the band's metal roots than the previous longplayer, the album was again very relaxed and melodic as ever, spiced with Far Eastern touches as well as progressive elements in the vein of Pink Floyd. In the late summer of 2004, long-time singer Pasi Koskinen left the band, and Tomi Joutsen (Sinisthra) joined around the end of the year. With a new singer and new energy, the band recorded "Eclipse", an acclaimed masterpiece that combined the best-loved elements of Amorphis' unique sound with fresh vigour. The album went straight to the top of the Finnish charts and was followed by triumphant live appearances all over Europe before the band retreated again to the recording studio.
"Eclipse" was followed by "Silent Waters" in the late summer of 2007. The dynamic and emotional range of the new songs, all of which were based on a single episode from the Kalevala, went beyond any of Amorphis' earlier albums, yet at the same time hearkened back to the band's past output in all its diversity. The release of the new album was preceded by a string of festival appearances - including Germany's famous Wacken Open Air - and immediately followed by a five-week Finnish tour. The remainder of 2007 found Amorphis in Europe, Russia and Japan, whereas in 2008 they played in southeastern Europe, at a multitude of festivals and, during the fall, in the USA and Canada.
The new album "Skyforger" shares the lyrical concept of the two previous albums, its central character being Kalevala blacksmith Ilmarinen. Musically, the band soars to unprecedented heights; not abandoning the cherished ingredients of their sound but rather refining them, augmenting them with fresh elements, and delivering them with breathtaking passion and intensity. Both the album and the single "Silver Bride" went straight to number one in the Finnish charts, and the live qualities of the new songs were immediately tested and proven on the summer's festival stages. In September, Amorphis went on their first-ever tour of Latin America, followed by the extensive Forging Europe Tour in the fall. In the summer of 2010, the band presented its first-ever live DVD, which includes two full shows recorded in 2009 as well as a career-spanning documentary. The release coincided with the 20th anniversary of Amorphis, which in addition was honored by a compilation of re-recorded classic tracks, released in September. In October, Amorphis retreated to the studio again to record their tenth album, "The Beginning Of Times", due for release in late May 2011.
GRECO ART STUDIO
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Painting to me it’s a life force, not a career.
Later on in my life, in order to refine what I learned through experience and
years of practice, I attended the Art Students League of New York, The New York
Academy of Art, and FIT(Fashion Institute of Technology) where I studied
portraiture and human anatomy.
My work has been shown in various solos and group
exhibits in New York and Baltimore, MD, and are owned by private collectors
throughout the U.S., Europe and Canada. One of my paintings is in the permanent
collection of the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Another work is included in the September 11 Digital Archives at the Center of
History and New Media at Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. I have also been
published twice in Boheme Magazine online, in Paris, France. My commentary on
one of the works by Jean-Michael Basquiat, was included in his exhibition at
the Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2005. One of my paintings was exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. (June of 2005.) My work is also in the
Library of Congress; Exhibit No. 1132 Archive No. 783, and also has been
featured in NY Arts Magazine, Brooklyn Fine Art magazine, and the Arts &
Entertainment supplements of Brooklyn Eagle (In Brooklyn) and the Brooklyn
Courier (24/7).
In pursuing my art, I focused primarily on the human
figure. This de
cision was initially an aesthetic one, although an even deeper
response to the human condition has inspired my work. I believe human beings
are noble. We live with the knowledge that some day our lives will end and we
wonder if there is a purpose to our existence. I believe there is a very
tragic, noble quality to this basic condition. I believe that to create is to
reach into the depth of your soul and let your spirit free; to grasp the first
impression through sight and transform it into an idea and ultimately into a
piece of art. I believe art is not always our expression of the beauty that
surrounds us in every day lives; it is also our expression of our anger,
frustration, sorrow, happiness or dreams harbored in our unconscious mind,
which we are unable to express in words.
I believe art is communication with one another.
Those that can see between the fine lines can break the code and ‘read’ the
message. Art to me is like religion; you must believe in it, practice it, and
share it. When I paint, I want the end results to reflect my mood at that time.
Having a range of moods, I have a variety of styles. After many years of
creating figurative paintings, I am now beginning to change directions and am
leaning towards figurative abstract expressionism. Now in my paintings, I want
to offer a creation and have the viewer complete it with his interpretation. I
believe art should offer more then one view; it no longer belongs to the artist
alone. W
hen we view art, it should take us on an intimate journey.
For me, this new direction is a reawakening in my
paintings that allows me to express my ‘ideas’ more effectively. However, as
Mark Rothko believed, I too believe that there should be a clear line between
illustration, design, decoration, and the production of fine art. I believe art
should have its own ‘reality’ not merely mimic the visual world around us. The
essence of painting is, to me, the artist’s unique perspective on the world and
his communication of that perspective to the observer. When we view his
painting we enter his reality. Therefore, I have shifted from my realistic
paintings to the evolution of a more abstract style. Paintings that are
disturbing to look at , as is the case in some of my recent works, are meant
not as a sneering judgment, but as a genuinely sympathetic appraisal of the
human condition, with the end of mending and healing, not dismembering and
destroying.
I believe art must aspire to a loftier goal than
commentary and must speak to the essentially human aspect common to all of us
if it is to succeed. When it does, it is timeless and tragic.
Leon Nicholas Kalas
Curator- Artist
Greco Art Studio
149 Bond Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
e-mail: leonkals@aol.com website: leonkalas.com
Image:
"Your DNA or Mine"
Oil on can
vas
30" x 3)'
2008
South Pacific Enterprise 1956.
The history of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR Co.)
This Centenary commemorative book was issued to company shareholders in 1955.
An Australian enterprise founded 1855 by Edward Knox, a Danish immigrant, from earlier origins as the Australasian Sugar Company ( 1842), which Knox managed. The company established sugar operations in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and over the next 150 years diversified into building materials, chemicals etc.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney. Cloth boards, 500 pages 16cm x 24cm.
B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, 34th Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., receive final preparations before takeoff for a Red Flag 16-2 training sortie March 3, 2016 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag exercises typically occur four times annually, with a focus on refining air, ground, space, and cyber integration in a contested-degraded environment.
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434,5 x 176,5 x 164 cm
89th Geneva International Motor Show
Internationaler Auto-Salon Genf
Suisse - Schweiz - Switzerland
March 2019
While naval doctrine has never evolved in a vacuum, the simmering conflict between the first and second Accord Wars provided an idea opportunity for both the Empire and Accord to refine and test their doctrines in relatively low-risk engagements. The extended time period also allowed for numerous ship classes to be requested, designed, procured, and deployed on both sides, often specifically to counter a new strategy, tactic, or element of naval hardware.
Given the smaller size of the Accord Republican Navy, it was unsurprising that they adopted strategies relying heavily on fast carrier strike packages that could conduct attacks on relatively poorly defended Imperial assets, despite the Accord carriers often being little more than converted freighters. After a time, more and more Imperial picket corvettes and frigates were produced and utilized, massively increasing Accord losses and protecting Imperial interests at a relatively affordable price. At the same time, the constant reconnaissance struggle continued to escalate as well; the standard sensor drone swarms augmented by heavy strike fighters and even modified corvettes, deployed to both protect the sensor drones and also to intercept hostile scouts. The Assault Reconnaissance Corvette was conceived as an attempt by the Accord to solve both of these problems, though the eventual proliferation of Accord heavy fleets saw the Empire adopt its own variants.
The ARN-27 was not the first Assault Reconnaissance Corvette deployed by the Accord, but it was the first designed specifically for the purpose, learning lessons from previous conversions that had not filled the role as well as had been hoped. At the core of its mission brief was to locate the hostile fleet, destroy hostile anti-recon forces, and then destroy hostile picket forces. While the first two tasks could be performed relatively well by most corvettes or frigates, the latter task had proven far more difficult. Generally, any ship large enough to engage a hostile picket frigate was also going to be vulnerable to the capital grade weapons from the fleet that the picket frigate was protecting. Combat experience showed that even a corvette needed to be relatively fast and agile to be immune to capital grade weapons, leaving naval designers with precious few options.
Among the five bids placed on the contract, only Eclipse Industries and Siugniedrev Industrial Works designs made it past initial testing. While the SIW design was in effect a very large stealth bomber, and would go on to see further development in another program, the EI design utilized four mass plasma drivers in a mostly fixed configuration. Even most frigates did not mount weapons of such size, and the extensive cooling arrays and power generation required for the weapons made the ARN-27 more expensive than most other options. However, due to the relatively few hulls required and the economic boom in the Accord at the time, the higher cost was deemed a worthwhile investment.
Initial development, like with any military project, was not without teething issues. During high stress atmospheric maneuvers, the weight of the plasma drivers caused warping in the cooling arrays they were mounted on, leading to further strengthening. The lower sensor arrays were removed to add four light missile tubes for better defense against light craft and missiles when it was determined that the four twin laser turrets were not sufficient. The largest change was to the top of the hull however, where both an external access airlock and an enlarged deployable sensor dish was added. Given the crew capacity of six and the provision of both a cargo hold and full living quarters aboard the vessel for extended recon operations, the inability to dock outside of a hangar bay was deemed unacceptable by operational commanders. Other features, such as the enlarged rear comms array were present from the start, specifically designed to provide a datalink back to the fleet in the face of heavy hostile jamming.
Though undeniably effective against Imperial forces when it was first deployed, the same economic boom that allowed such an expensive and specialized corvette to be developed was also the ultimate reason it was sidelined. The increased military budget of the Accord saw proper battleline ships built and deployed, first battlecruisers to escort the carriers then proper battleships, making the role of punching through pickets far less important than it had been previously. Still, as one of the largest ships to have the commander and pilot be the same person and a combat profile much more akin to a giant heavy fighter than a traditional corvette, it remains a popular posting for certain officers among the Accord.
Manufacturer: Eclipse Industries
Crew: 6 - 1 Pilot/Commander, 1 Weapons Officer, 1 Communications/Sensors Officer, 2 Engineering Officers, 1 Marine.
Length: 89 meters
Maximum Speed: 1185 m/s
FTL Capability: 14335 AU/h
Engines: 4x FierthXP-3000 Ion Drives
Armament: 4x License Built SIW FlameSpike Mass Plasma Drivers, 4x twin GS Gneiss Laser Cannons in turrets, 4x various Accord missile systems depending on mission profile.
Made for my Graviton setting.
Designers Note: I worked on this one off and on for over a year and it is the largest design I have done yet. It was supposed to be something I could afford to build out of physical bricks, but I clearly got carried away.
The "orb" was sectioned into three parts to make removing it easier once the sculpting was complete. This way I can remove one piece at a time and not disturb the rest of the clay.
It could be destined for Sweden Norway or Poland with much smaller chance of new career in Denmark or Ukraine
JAC Refine S3
1.590 cc
4 in-line
115 pk @ 6.300 rpm
155 Nm @ 3.500-4.500 rpm
Vmax : 180 km/h
0-100 km/h : 10,5 sec
1.275 kg
CO2 : 174 g/km
434,5 x 176,5 x 164 cm
Auto / Moto / Van : 97° European Motor Show Brussels
Autosalon Brussel
Salon de l'Auto Bruxelles
Brussels - Belgium
January 2019
Infantry Soldiers from 2BCT refine their mastery of critical soldier skills from Sept. 9 through 22 during the EIB training phase and demonstrate their proficiency from Sept. 23 through 27 during the testing phase. Infantry Soldiers who successfully complete the testing phase will be awarded the Expert Infantry Badge which indicates their mastery of the skills that allow them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy. PFC Tyler Fleming from 2-87 throws a grenade at a target.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charlotte Carulli
While naval doctrine has never evolved in a vacuum, the simmering conflict between the first and second Accord Wars provided an idea opportunity for both the Empire and Accord to refine and test their doctrines in relatively low-risk engagements. The extended time period also allowed for numerous ship classes to be requested, designed, procured, and deployed on both sides, often specifically to counter a new strategy, tactic, or element of naval hardware.
Given the smaller size of the Accord Republican Navy, it was unsurprising that they adopted strategies relying heavily on fast carrier strike packages that could conduct attacks on relatively poorly defended Imperial assets, despite the Accord carriers often being little more than converted freighters. After a time, more and more Imperial picket corvettes and frigates were produced and utilized, massively increasing Accord losses and protecting Imperial interests at a relatively affordable price. At the same time, the constant reconnaissance struggle continued to escalate as well; the standard sensor drone swarms augmented by heavy strike fighters and even modified corvettes, deployed to both protect the sensor drones and also to intercept hostile scouts. The Assault Reconnaissance Corvette was conceived as an attempt by the Accord to solve both of these problems, though the eventual proliferation of Accord heavy fleets saw the Empire adopt its own variants.
The ARN-27 was not the first Assault Reconnaissance Corvette deployed by the Accord, but it was the first designed specifically for the purpose, learning lessons from previous conversions that had not filled the role as well as had been hoped. At the core of its mission brief was to locate the hostile fleet, destroy hostile anti-recon forces, and then destroy hostile picket forces. While the first two tasks could be performed relatively well by most corvettes or frigates, the latter task had proven far more difficult. Generally, any ship large enough to engage a hostile picket frigate was also going to be vulnerable to the capital grade weapons from the fleet that the picket frigate was protecting. Combat experience showed that even a corvette needed to be relatively fast and agile to be immune to capital grade weapons, leaving naval designers with precious few options.
Among the five bids placed on the contract, only Eclipse Industries and Siugniedrev Industrial Works designs made it past initial testing. While the SIW design was in effect a very large stealth bomber, and would go on to see further development in another program, the EI design utilized four mass plasma drivers in a mostly fixed configuration. Even most frigates did not mount weapons of such size, and the extensive cooling arrays and power generation required for the weapons made the ARN-27 more expensive than most other options. However, due to the relatively few hulls required and the economic boom in the Accord at the time, the higher cost was deemed a worthwhile investment.
Initial development, like with any military project, was not without teething issues. During high stress atmospheric maneuvers, the weight of the plasma drivers caused warping in the cooling arrays they were mounted on, leading to further strengthening. The lower sensor arrays were removed to add four light missile tubes for better defense against light craft and missiles when it was determined that the four twin laser turrets were not sufficient. The largest change was to the top of the hull however, where both an external access airlock and an enlarged deployable sensor dish was added. Given the crew capacity of six and the provision of both a cargo hold and full living quarters aboard the vessel for extended recon operations, the inability to dock outside of a hangar bay was deemed unacceptable by operational commanders. Other features, such as the enlarged rear comms array were present from the start, specifically designed to provide a datalink back to the fleet in the face of heavy hostile jamming.
Though undeniably effective against Imperial forces when it was first deployed, the same economic boom that allowed such an expensive and specialized corvette to be developed was also the ultimate reason it was sidelined. The increased military budget of the Accord saw proper battleline ships built and deployed, first battlecruisers to escort the carriers then proper battleships, making the role of punching through pickets far less important than it had been previously. Still, as one of the largest ships to have the commander and pilot be the same person and a combat profile much more akin to a giant heavy fighter than a traditional corvette, it remains a popular posting for certain officers among the Accord.
Manufacturer: Eclipse Industries
Crew: 6 - 1 Pilot/Commander, 1 Weapons Officer, 1 Communications/Sensors Officer, 2 Engineering Officers, 1 Marine.
Length: 89 meters
Maximum Speed: 1185 m/s
FTL Capability: 14335 AU/h
Engines: 4x FierthXP-3000 Ion Drives
Armament: 4x License Built SIW FlameSpike Mass Plasma Drivers, 4x twin GS Gneiss Laser Cannons in turrets, 4x various Accord missile systems depending on mission profile.
Made for my Graviton setting.
Designers Note: I worked on this one off and on for over a year and it is the largest design I have done yet. It was supposed to be something I could afford to build out of physical bricks, but I clearly got carried away.
Brazil has revamped energy policy under the Temer administration, opening opportunities to private companies in the oil & gas and power sectors and reducing the role of state oil company Petrobras. The oil licensing agency ANP held its fourth pre-salt bid round on June 7 and Petrobras is looking to divest assets in refining, pipelines, and LNG. Will Brazil meet its oil and gas production targets and sustainably develop the vast pre-salt reserves? How can the country diversify its electricity matrix? Will the current energy policy priorities be sustained under the next administration?
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a panel discussion on the recent oil licensing rounds, opportunities for private investment in the oil, gas and power sectors, and the outlook for energy policy next year.
www.thedialogue.org/analysis/energy-policy-in-brazil-what...
Petcoke is a by-product of crude oil refining. It is a thick, black, powdery dust that is being stored in huge mounds along the Calumet River on Chicago's far southeast side 10th ward not far from the Indiana border.
Just across the border in Whiting, Indiana is the British Petroleum processing plant that produces the petcoke. Right now, the plant produces around 2,000 tons of the stuff every day, but that is set to rise to around 6,000 tons.
Residents of the mostly African-American and Latino 10th ward are angry because the dust blows around their neighborhood and covers everything with a layer of fine powder. They cannot open their windows. Each day they have to wipe the dust off of furniture, appliances, etc. Yet, even that is not good enough for the dust even enters homes through chimneys and furnaces. Dust gets in children's eyes and cases of asthma are on the rise. A resident even said that her kid's birthday party was ruined when some of the black dust blew into their backyard and covered the food, so they were forced to throw it out and end the celebration. There is also worry about the long-term effects of being exposed to whatever materials or elements are contained in the dust.
So far, the city of Chicago has been slow to react to the concerns of local residents. Mayor Emanuel has an ordinance on the table to regulate petcoke, but critics say that it contains a loophole that might allow companies to continue to store petcoke along the river.
A spokesman for 10th ward alderman John Pope said that ' they want to make sure they get everything right legally, not only to protect the area residents, but also the businesses involved'.
Title / Titre :
Camp etiquette involves shaving daily and putting on a tie when cleaning up after work at Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd. /
Au camp de l’Eldorado Mining and Refining Ltd, il est de mise de se raser quotidiennement et de porter la cravate après le travail
Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd.
Date(s) : circa / vers 1930
Reference No. / Numéro de référence : ITEM 3375959
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Location / Lieu : Port Radium, Northwest Territories, Canada / Port Radium, Territoires-du-Nord-Ouest, Canada
Credit / Mention de source :
Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd. Eldorado Nuclear Limited fonds. Library and Archives Canada, C-023984 /
Eldorado Mining & Refining Ltd. Fonds Eldorado Nuclear Limited. Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, C-023984
Title: Engine Room & Switch Board [sic] Texas City Refining Co., Tex City, Tex.
Alternative Title: [Engine Room and Switchboard, Texas City Refining Company, Texas City, Texas]
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. 1907-1914
Part of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection
Series: Series 3: Photographs
Series 3, Subseries 3, Postcards
Series 3, Subseries 3d, RPPC, Texas
Place: Texas City, Galveston County, Texas
Description: Man standing next to a Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Works Fleming Steam Engine, Texas City Refining Company, Texas City, Texas.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm
File: a2014_0020_3_3_d_0317_c_texascityengineroom.jpg
Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee.
For more information and to view the image in high resolution, see: digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/gcd/...
Chairman of CSR in the 1930s to 1950s, and son of the founder, Sir Edward Knox .
South Pacific Enterprise 1956.
The history of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR Co.)
This Centenary commemorative book was issued to company shareholders in 1955.
An Australian enterprise founded 1855 by Edward Knox, a Danish immigrant, from earlier origins as the Australasian Sugar Company ( 1842), which Knox managed. The company established sugar operations in Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and over the next 150 years diversified into building materials, chemicals etc.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney. Cloth boards, 500 pages 16cm x 24cm.
May 12, 2019 - Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio located at 951 Chicago Ave., Oak Park, IL.
"In 1889 Wright completed the construction of a small two-story residence in Oak Park on the Western edges of Chicago. The building was the first over which Wright exerted complete artistic control. Designed as a home for his family, the Oak Park residence was a site of experimentation for the young architect during the twenty-year period he lived there. Wright revised the design of the building multiple times, continually refining ideas that would shape his work for decades to come.
The semi-rural village of Oak Park, where Wright built his home, offered a retreat from the hurried pace of city life. Named “Saint’s Rest” for its abundance of churches, Oak Park was originally settled in the 1830s by pioneering East Coast families. In its early years farming was the principal business of the village, however its proximity to Chicago soon attracted professional men and their families. Along its unpaved dirt streets sheltered by mature oaks and elms, prosperous families erected elaborate homes. Beyond the borders of the village farmland and open prairie stretched as far as the eye could see.
The Oak Park Home was the product of the nineteenth century culture from which Wright emerged. For its design, Wright drew upon many inspirational sources prevalent in the waning years of the nineteenth century. From his family background in Unitarianism Wright absorbed the ideas of the Transcendentalists, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau, who encouraged an honest life inspired by nature. The English Arts and Crafts movement, which promoted craftsmanship, simplicity and integrity in art, architecture and design, provided a powerful impetus to Wright’s principles. The household art movement, a distinct movement in middle-class home decoration, informed Wright’s earliest interiors. It aimed, as the name implies, to bring art into the home, and was primarily disseminated through books and articles written by tastemakers who believed that the home interior could exert moral influences upon its inhabitants. These various sources were tempered by the lessons and practices Wright learned under his mentors, Joseph Lyman Silsbee and Louis Sullivan.
For the exterior of his home, Wright adapted the picturesque Shingle style, fashionable for the vacation homes of wealthy East Coast families and favored by his previous employer, Silsbee. The stamp of Sullivan’s influence is apparent in the simplification and abstraction of the building and its plan. In contrast to what Wright described as “candle-snuffer roofs, turnip domes [and] corkscrew spires” of the surrounding houses, his home’s façade is defined by bold geometric shapes—a substantial triangular gable set upon a rectangular base, polygonal window bays, and the circular wall of the wide veranda.
Despite its modest scale, the interior of the home is an early indication of Wright’s desire to liberate space. On the ground floor Wright created a suite of rooms arranged around a central hearth and inglenook, a common feature of the Shingle style. The rooms flow together, connected by wide, open doorways hung with portieres that can be drawn for privacy. To compensate for the modest scale of the house, and to create an inspiring environment for his family, Wright incorporated artwork and objects that brought warmth and richness to the interiors. Unique furniture, Oriental rugs, potted palms, statues, paintings and Japanese prints filled the rooms, infusing them with a sense of the foreign, the exotic and the antique.
In 1895, to accommodate his growing family, Wright undertook his first major renovation of the Home. A new dining room and children’s playroom doubled the floor space. The design innovations pioneered by Wright at this time marked a significant development in the evolution of his style, bringing him closer to his ideal for the new American home.
The original dining room was converted into a study, and a new dining room replaced the former kitchen. The dining room is unified around a central oak table lit through a decorative panel above and with an alcove of leaded glass windows in patterns of conventionalized lotus flowers. The walls and ceiling are covered with honey-toned burlap; the floor and fireplace are lined with red terracotta tile.
The new dining room is a warm and intimate space to gather with family and friends. The Wrights entertained frequently, and were joined at their table by clients, artists, authors and international visitors. Such festive occasions, according to Wright’s son, John, gave the house the air of a “jolly carnival.”
The 1895 playroom on the second floor of the Home is one of the great spaces of Wright’s early career. Designed to inspire and nurture his six children, the room is a physical expression of Wright’s belief that, “For the same reason that we teach our children to speak the truth, or better still live the truth, their environment ought to be as truly beautiful as we are capable of making it.” Architectural details pioneered by Wright in this room would be developed and enhanced in numerous commissions throughout his career.
The high, barrel-vaulted ceiling rests on walls of Roman brick. At the center of the vault’s arc a skylight, shielded by wood grilles displaying stylized blossoms and seedpods, provides illumination. Striking cantilevered light fixtures of oak and glass, added after Wright’s 1905 trip to Japan, bathe the room in a warm ambient glow. On either side of the room, window bays of leaded glass with built-in window seats are at the height of the mature trees that surround the lot, placing Wright’s children in the leafy canopy of the trees outside.
Above the fireplace of Roman brick, a mural depicting the story of the Fisherman and the Genie from The Arabian Nights is painted on the plastered wall. An integral architectural feature within the room, the mural was designed by Wright and executed by his colleague, the artist Charles Corwin. It is a fascinating blend of decorative motifs; forms from exotic cultures—such as Egyptian winged scarabs—are combined with flat, geometric designs that echo the work of Wright’s international contemporaries, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Vienna Secessionists.
In 1898 Wright built a new Studio wing with funds secured through a commission with the Luxfer Prism Company. The Studio faced Chicago Avenue and was connected to his residence by a corridor. Clad in wood shingles and brick, the Studio exterior is consistent with the earlier home. However, the long, horizontal profile, a key feature of Wright’s mature Prairie buildings, sets it apart. Adjacent to the entrance, a stone plaque announces to the world, “Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect.” Decorative embellishments and figural sculptures set off the building’s artistic character and impressed arriving clients.
The reception hall serves as the entrance to the Studio. A waiting room for clients and a place for Wright to review architectural plans with contractors, this low-ceilinged space connects the main areas of the Studio—a library, a small office, and the dramatic two-story drafting room, the creative heart of the building.
The studio staff worked on drafting tables and stools designed by Wright in rooms decorated with eclectic displays of artwork and objects. Japanese prints, casts of classical sculptures, as well as models and drawings executed in the drafting room, filled the interiors of the Studio. In Wright’s home the integration of art and architecture served to nurture and intellectually sustain his family. In the Studio, these same elements served a further purpose, the marketing of Wright’s artistic identity to his clients and the public at large.
In September of 1909, Wright left America for Europe to work on the publication of a substantial monograph of his buildings and projects, the majority of which had been designed in his Oak Park Studio. The result was the Wasmuth Portfolio (Berlin, 1910), which introduced Wright's work to Europe and influenced a generation of international architects. Wright remained abroad for a year, returning to Oak Park in the fall of 1910. He immediately began plans for a new home and studio, Taliesin, which he would build in the verdant hills of Spring Green, Wisconsin. Wright’s Oak Park Studio closed in 1910, though Wright himself returned occasionally to meet with his wife Catherine who remained with the couple's youngest children at the Oak Park Home and Studio until 1918. The Home and Studio was the birthplace of Wright's vision for a new American architecture. Wright designed over 150 projects in his Oak Park Studio, establishing his legacy as a great and visionary architect.
Previous text from the following website: flwright.org/researchexplore/homeandstudio
Officer Cadets Hit Mid-Year Mark in Rain and Snow
As the New Zealand Commissioning Course (NZCC) midyear milestone looms, the expectations placed on Officer Cadets (OCDTs) to perform in the field is increasing. The specialisation and intensity of OCS’ field exercises increase throughout the course in proportion with the OCDTs’ ability to understand and apply basic tactics, while continuing to refine their core soldiering skills.
Exercise Alam El Halfa was a highly anticipated exercise, with war-stories from previous years indicating an opportunity for this year’s OCDTs to test their resolve and leadership ability in an environment where they could be affected by mental and physical fatigue. By all accounts, this year’s rendition of OCS’ major digging exercise proved a great success, and offered invaluable learning opportunities and command experience to all involved. The class established and occupied a company defensive position on the southern side of feature Carbuncle. All pits were developed to fighting-pit depth with over-head cover on sleeping bays and each section’s two gun pits.
Never one to disappoint, the Waiouru weather turned on its pre-winter charm, with the rain leaving once-hospitable sleeping bays looking more like something out of the Shining, and reminding the cold and soaked OCDTs what it takes to lead disciplined soldiers in the New Zealand Army. The rain and fatigue offered an important challenge to the OCDTs, who stepped up appropriately and showed commendable determination and enthusiasm to get the most out of the training available.
With the initial 72 hour digging phase completed (communications line and wire obstacles had been placed out) the second phase of the exercise was able to begin. Individual sections spent the next week conducting counter-reconnaissance patrols, occupying OPs, and establishing ambushes throughout the exercise area of operations. The OCDTs rotated through command appointments as platoon commanders, platoon sergeants, section commanders, and section 2ICs. This served to increase their knowledge of section battle drills and IAs, while further developing their ability to apply functional leadership in the field.
This phase culminated in a defensive battle and withdrawal overnight, moving on foot to feature Baggush. At Baggush the wary OCDTs regrouped and rehearsed after receiving the order that they were to return to the now Musorian-occupied defensive position and win it back. In the small hours of the following morning the company launched a deliberate attack with two platoons up, and one establishing a direct fire support base. The enemy position was cleared by first light and, with a sense of accomplishment, the OCDTs were able to get stuck into refurbishing the area before moving back to camp. During the exercise the OCDTs were privileged to witness the promotion of the now SSGT White, who always plays an integral part in the efficient running of OCS exercises.
The OCDTs are processing the lessons learned from Exercise Alam El Halfa, while preparing to return to the field for their next challenge where they will consolidate their practical understanding of platoon battle drills on Exercise Tebaga Gap.