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Meet Yianni, the bicycle repair man at old Strovolos-Nicosia, Cyprus.
Working hard, before Christmas.
Too many shadows in my room
Too many hours in this midnight
Too many corners in my mind
So much to do to set my heart right
It’s taken so long
I could be wrong, I could be ready
But if I take my heart’s advice
I should assume it’s still unsteady
I’m never really ready
I’m in repair
I’m not together but I’m getting there
~John Mayer, In Repair
USS Olympia (C-6/CA-15/CL-15/IX-40) is a protected cruiser that saw service in the United States Navy from her commissioning in 1895 until 1922. This vessel became famous as the flagship of Commodore George Dewey at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War in 1898. The ship was decommissioned after returning to the U.S. in 1899, but was returned to active service in 1902.
She served until World War I as a training ship for naval cadets and as a floating barracks in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1917, she was mobilized again for war service, patrolling the American coast and escorting transport ships.
Following the end of World War I, Olympia participated in the 1919 Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, and conducted cruises in the Mediterranean and Adriatic Seas to promote peace in the unstable Balkan countries. In 1921, the ship carried the remains of World War I's Unknown Soldier from France to Washington, DC, where his body was interred in Arlington National Cemetery. Olympia was decommissioned for the last time in December 1922 and placed in reserve.
In 1957, the U.S. Navy ceded title to the Cruiser Olympia Association, which restored the ship to her 1898 configuration. Since then, Olympia has been a museum ship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is now part of the Independence Seaport Museum. Olympia is the oldest steel US warship still afloat. However, the Museum has been unable to fund essential maintenance for the old ship, and attempts to secure outside funding have failed. Therefore the current steward, under direction of the US Navy has put the ship up for availability to new stewards. It will take an estimated ten million dollars to put Olympia in a stable condition.
Olympia was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
As of 2012, Olympia's future was uncertain; repairs are desperately needed to keep the ship afloat. Four entities from San Francisco, California, Beaufort, South Carolina, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC, are vying to be a new steward, but it is a race against time due to the waterline deterioration of the hull. As the current entities are in competition for the ship, no significant repairs have been made, although the current steward has done some minor repairs. In reaction to this gap in coverage, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) has set up a fund repository which, if funds are raised, will be directly applied to immediate repairs of the vessel with the cooperation of the current steward. At the present time, March 2012, the NTHP is considering a triple application by the Naval Historical Foundation, the Historic Naval Ships Association, and the National Maritime Association to have Olympia placed on the NTHP's list of the eleven most endangered "places". The steward applicants from San Francisco (Mare Island), and Beaufort, S.C., have endorsed the application. Despite these positive steps, Olympia is in critical danger due to the lack of funds.
Since 2011, Independence Seaport Museum has renewed its commitment to the continued preservation of the Cruiser Olympia until the Transfer Application Process reaches its conclusion in summer 2014. The Museum has invested in extensive stabilization measures including reinforcing the most deteriorated areas of the hull, expanding the alarm system, installing a network of bilge pumping stand pipes (which will provide greater damage control capability in the unlikely event of a hull breech), extensive deck patching and extensive repair and recoating of the ship’s rigging. Although still in need of dry docking and substantial restoration, the Olympia is in a more stable condition now than it has been for years. This work was made possible by donations from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The U.S. Cruiser Sailors Association and many individual donors.
Of the six candidates that originally applied for stewardship of the cruiser Olympia, only two remain: an organization in California and an organization in South Carolina. The Museum continues to seek resources to preserve the ship for education and interpretation. The ship will remain open to the public seven days a week from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and until 7:00 pm on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.
APRA HARBOR, Guam (Sept. 24, 2015) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) maneuvers into position to moor alongside the submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) to complete repair maintenance actions. Emory S. Land is a forward deployed expeditionary submarine tender on an extended deployment conducting coordinated tended moorings and afloat maintenance in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Zachary A. Kreitzer/Released)
"Hi, I'm not home right now; I'm currently getting repaired. Please leave a message after the beep and I'll get back to you when I can. Thank you."
"BEEP"
Entitled The Great Wall Of China [1907] H Ponting. [RESTORED] I repaired spots and small defects, adjusted contrast, tonality, and adding a sepia tone.
Ponting's placement of a person (or in this case, persons) somewhere in the foreground was a de rigueur photographic technique of the day. It was done primarily to add a human element and to provide a sense of scale to the scene.
The Great Wall of China 萬里長城 is a misnomer (at least in its English translation, the Chinese meaning is more along the lines of "ten thousand Li long city"). It would be more accurate to describe it as the Great Walls of China, as they are the remnants from a historic series of stone and earthen barriers. Erected throughout northern China, they were mostly built and revised over two thousand years between the 5th century BC and the 16th century. Origins of each wall section from various times were contingent upon their political and military needs in accordance to their dynastic periods.
The oldest, original walls were constructed for the purposes of protecting against Xiongnu nomadic incursions into the areas occupied by the various disparate states that were to later form China. After the Qin consolidation, these separate structures were then integrated into an almost continuous whole, mostly using rammed earth structures. Unfortunately, little of that wall actually exists today. The majority of the wall that still remains (ie the one that we have generally come to know) was built during the Ming dynasty, which relied more heavily on integration of brick and masonry work. History, legends and myths about the Great Wall abound. In the last hundred year or so, industrialization and modernization of the areas which the wall passes through has endangered it as entire sections were destroyed to reclaim construction materials. Other sections were refurbished, in some cases rebuilt using modern engineering, and have seen heavy use as tourist attractions; still others have been entirely overgrown or reclaimed by nature. Reportedly, less than 30 percent of the wall remains intact. Nevertheless, it is considered to be one of the most important historic constructions of man and specific parts of it was listed since 1987 as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The present wall starts from Shanhaiguan, dipping into the Bohai Sea in the east, and ends at Xinjiang's Lop Nur in the west, following along the southern border of the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia. The most comprehensive survey to date has determined that the wall as currently recognized covers a distance of 8,851.8 km (or 5,500.3 miles), consisting of 6,259.6 km (3,889.5 miles) actual wall, combined with various other structures like trenches and natural defensive barriers of impassable hills and rivers. Contrary to popular myth, you cannot see the wall from outer space or the moon.
The Great Wall varies from tourist trap (like the section at Badaling, near Beijing) to extreme, off the beaten path wilderness. Certain sections are so dangerous that it would be suicidal to attempt ascending unless one has special climbing equipment with a technical and advanced mountaineering support team. Try as I might, I was not able to gather any real statistics on Great Wall related accidents or deaths, which is unusual as every tourist location has accidents. In any case, I suspect that the PRC government doesn't really want to keep such statistics to begin with.
In another forum dedicated to just information about the Great Wall, one writer told of how one tourist was killed, and offered some safety tips:
www.greatwallforum.com/forum/great-wall-china-general-inf...
This week there have been spring tides which means very low water so the repair work on the pier can start again.
Fridge or pretty much everything to do with refrigeration from this street repairs shop. Bacolod City, Philippines.
Event: Morris Minor Repairs - 07/09-05/10/24
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens(s): 28mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop)
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Various
Mounting: Hand held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10m 30s
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
Event: Morris Minor Repairs - 12/10-03/11/24
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens(s): 28mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop)
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Various
Mounting: Hand held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10m 30s
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
Event: Morris Minor Repairs
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Camera: Pentax MZ-M
Lens(s): 28mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop)
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Various
Mounting: Hand held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10m 30s
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)
Street repair shop, repairing anything from fridges, bicycles and car air con. Bacolod City, Philippines.
This beautiful old umbrella, looked like it had been loved a lot because it had been repaired. Who repairs an umbrella...?
20171109_9530_7D2-108 Pier repairs
It looked like concrete was being delivered to the base of the pier and then pumped to the mixer already on the pier, where it was delivered to a smaller pumper where it was pumped down to the casing at sea/beach level.
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In the days before our throw-away society, people actually repaired things when they tore or broke. This is a repair kit for plastic beach balls and play rings. Interestingly, Kestral manufactured inflatable swimming pools and such, so the company didn't expect their products to be tossed when they developed a leak. Imagine!
Event: Morris Minor Repairs - 12/10-03/11/24
Location: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens(s): 28mm f/2.8
Film: Ilford Delta 400
Shot ISO: 800 (+1 stop)
Light Meter: Camera
Lighting: Various
Mounting: Hand held
Firing: Shutter button
Developer: Ilford DD-X(1+4) for 10m 30s
Scanner: Epson V800
Post: Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop (dust removal)