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Reports of a grass fire got Santa Clara County Fire Fighters attention in August 2012 as it raced along the side of railway tracks, threatening nearby apartments and destroying cars and out buildings.
In all Santa Clara County responded a level 2 Brush Response along with a Full First Alarm Structure Dispatch for the burning buildings. The fire was contained within 2 hours and no-one was injured. The fire is considered suspicious.
Santa Clara County EMS Agency 911 Ambulance Transport Contractors Rural/Metro Supervisor vehicle onm scene with EMS crews providing standby medical support for the fire fighters. Rural/Metro supervisors drive these 2011 Chevy Silverado rigs.
For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Marguerita IC
With it's talons bared, the tree monster advances upon the innocent photographer......yeah! yeah! As my critical school reports used to say; 'he has an overactive imagination'. Actually these are the roots of a strangler vine that will gradually envelope this tree in The Domain near Sydney Harbour.
Working The 6E32 10.07 Colas Ribble Rail To Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Colas Ribble Rail 10.07 . 09.30 37E
Ribble Jn 10.20 . 09.41 1/4 38E
Skew Bridge 10.21 . 10.13 1/4 7E
Farington Curve Jn 10.21 1/2 . 10.15 6E
Lostock Hall 10.24 . 10.18 5E
Lostock Hall Jn 10.24 1/2 . 10.18 3/4 5E
Blackburn Taylor Street 10.41 1/2 No Report
Blackburn Bolton Jn 10.45 To 10.45 N/R 10.38 3/4 6E
Blackburn 10.49 1/2 . 10.42 3/4 6E
Daisyfield Jn 10.50 1/2 . 10.47 1/4 3E
Rishton 10.54 . 10.50 3E
Church & Oswaldwhistle 10.56 . 10.51 3/4 4E
Accrington 10.57 1/2 . 10.54 3E
Huncoat 11.00 . 10.59 RT
Hapton 11.02 1/2 . 11.00 3/4 1E
Rose Grove West Jn 11.04 . 11.01 1/2 2E
Rose Grove 11.04 1/2 . 11.02 1/4 2E
Gannow Jn 11.05 1/2 . 11.03 1/4 2E
Burnley Manchester Road 11.06 1/2 . 11.05 1/2 1E
Copy Pit 11.13 1/2 . 11.14 RT
Stansfield Hall Junction 11.21 1/2 . 11.20 3/4 RT
Hall Royd Jn 11.22 1/2 . 11.22 1/4 RT
Hebden Bridge 11.26 1/2 . 11.27 1/4 RT
Mytholmroyd 11.28 . 11.28 1/2 RT
Sowerby Bridge 11.32 1/2 . 11.32 3/4 RT
Milner Royd Jn 11.33 1/2 . 11.33 3/4 RT
Greetland Jn 11.36 1/2 . 11.35 3/4 RT
Elland 11.37 1/2 No Report
Brighouse 11.40 . 11.39 3/4 RT
Bradley Wood Jn 11.41 1/2 . 11.41 1/2 RT
Heaton Lodge Jn 11.43 . 11.53 1/4 10L
Heaton Lodge East Jn 11.44 To 11.53 11.44 . 11.53 1/2 RT
Mirfield 11.56 . 11.55 3/4 RT
Mirfield East Jn 11.58 . 12.00 3/4 2L
Thornhill L.N.W. Jn 11.59 . 12.01 3/4 2L
Dewsbury East Jn 12.01 1/2 . 12.04 1/4 3L
Healey Mills A Jn 12.02 . 12.05 3L
Healey Mills B Jn 12.04 . 12.06 1/4 2L
Horbury Jn 12.07 . 12.09 1/2 2L
Wakefield West Jn 12.11 1/2 . 12.12 3/4 1L
Wakefield Kirkgate [WKK] 12.12 1/2 To 12.26 1/2 Pass 12.13 1/4 13E
Calder Bridge Jn 12.29 1/2 . 12.14 1/2 14E
Oakenshaw Jn 12.31 . 12.16 1/4 14E
Crofton West Jn 12.32 1/2 . 12.17 3/4 14E
Hare Park Junction 12.36 1/2 . 12.20 3/4 15E
Fitzwilliam 12.40 . 12.24 1/4 15E
Hemsworth Loop 12.41 . 12.24 3/4 16E
South Kirkby Jn 12.44 . 12.27 1/4 16E
South Elmsall 12.45 1/2 . 12.28 1/2 16E
Adwick Jn 12.49 1/2 . 12.33 1/2 15E
Skellow Jn 12.50 1/2 . 12.34 1/2 15E
Applehurst Jn 12.56 1/2 . 12.37 3/4 18E
Thorpe Marsh Jn 12.59 1/2 . 12.39 1/2 19E
Hatfield & Stainforth 13.07 1/2 . 12.45 22E
Thorne Jn 13.12 . 12.47 3/4 24E
Thorne South 13.13 1/2 . 12.50 1/2 23E
Crowle 13.21 . 12.57 1/2 23E
Althorpe 13.28 . 13.03 1/4 24E
Gunhouse Loop 13.30 . 13.03 3/4 25E
Scunthorpe 13.34 . 13.07 26E
Scunthorpe Trent Jn 13.35 . 13.08 1/4 26E
North Lincoln Jn 13.35 1/2 . 13.09 26E
Scunthorpe F.O.B. Jn 13.37 . 13.11 26E
Appleby Lc 13.39 . 13.12 1/4 26E
Elsham 13.46 1/2 . 13.17 3/4 28E
Wrawby Jn 13.49 1/2 . 13.20 29E
Barnetby 13.52 1/2 . 13.20 3/4 31E
Brocklesby Jn 13.58 1/2 . 13.26 32E
Ulceby 14.00 1/2 . 13.28 3/4 31E
Lindsey Oil Refinery Colas 14.11 . 13.40 31E
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Too funny - Colbert licensed one of my family portraits through Getty Images. He ended up using it twice. Once a few months ago and again this week. The kids pictured are my good friends children who kindly let me add their image to my Getty portfolio. They have been enjoying their mini-fame!
Colbert's last show is tonight. We will miss him!
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On April 30, 2011 Milpitas Fire Department responded to reports of smoke and flame showing from a house. Arriving units reported the second story of the home well involved with heavy smoke coming from the roof.
A second alarm was struck once the fire broke through the attic to the original shake roof, which was covered by a new metal roof. While knockdown was achieved quickly inside the building, the fire between the old shake roof and the new roof caused a major problem. Ultimaely the only way to access the fire was to remove the entire roof to get at the old shake roof. This was a very long and labor intensive process.
Milpitas FD was assisted on scene by units from Fremont Fire department and the Fire Associates of Santa Clara Valley, while both San Jose FD and Fremont Fire provided untis for station coverage.
Fremont units made up the second alarm, including Battalion 5, driving this Chevy Tahoe
For more images from this incident check out YourFireDepartment.org, Evergreen Way
I normally wouldn't upload any pictures which I haven't taken myself but there were quite a few interesting EV's on the Scottish 6 o'clock news last night and though I'd upload some pictures of them. Images are copyright of the BBC and I'll take them down if asked.
P.S does anyone know what the Scottish Ambulance Service Land Rover Discovery (bottom left) is used for ? Never seen it before
Incident report including these photos : ebook.lib.hku.hk/HKG/B35840213.pdf
Landing after 3 go-arounds with handing issues, this was the last try due to critical fuel levels.
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Having fun with my depth of field project for college! The Ironside Dalek visiting the Royal Marines Museum... :)
The KOM League
Flash Report
for
June 1, 2020
(And beyond)
This report is posted on the Flickr site at: www.flickr.com/photos/60428361@N07/49952674701/
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When last we gathered around the old campfire the fate of Lawrence Pearson of the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers was shared. The names of the surviving members of that club were mentioned for the benefit of Richard McCoy. There were six names shared in the report. Shortly after sending out that missive a quick check was made on the list of survivors. It came as a surprise when I learned of the death of one of those I assumed was still living. Over the years contact had been made with that person and I even wrote a story about him in 2014. So for those who didn’t see or don’t recall the story about Paul Oakes his obituary follows.
www.kpcnews.com/obituaries/article_829b7d25-0ebf-5208-905...
SAGINAW, Mich. — Paul R. (Ronald). Oakes, age 90, of Saginaw, Michigan, formerly of Angola and Indianapolis, Indiana, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, following a valiant 10-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.
The son of Charles and Louise (Fisher) Oakes, Paul was born Aug. 12, 1929, in Anderson, Indiana. He married Mary Lou Wells on Dec. 23, 1951.
Paul started playing baseball at the age of 9, and by age 12 was the team pitcher and manager. He signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers out of high school and pitched in their minor league system until injuring his pitching arm.
After being released by the Dodgers, he attended Ball State College where he met Mary Lou.
He was drafted into the army and spent a year in Korea as a field telephone wireman. After his discharge, he joined Indiana Bell Telephone Company where he worked his way from digging and climbing poles into sales and sales management.
Paul changed careers and joined the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in 1960, as an agent. He later became superintendent of agencies in Hartford, Connecticut, and moved back to Indianapolis to become a general agent in 1972. Paul was nominated as a candidate for the United States Congress and also served as Richard Lugar’s campaign manager during his successful campaigns for the U.S. Senate in 1976 and 1982.
Paul had a lifelong love of fishing that started at a very young age while fishing with his parents. He hosted TV fishing and outdoors shows in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, as well as a call-in radio fishing show, and wrote a newspaper column for the Angola paper. He made 33 trips to fish with 49 different partners on his beloved Crow Duck Lake in Manitoba, Canada, and was proud of having fished in 43 states, four Canadian provinces, and Mexico. He also taught a fishing class at Tri-State University at the age of 77, and published a book on fishing. He was an avid runner and tennis player in younger years.
For many years, Paul worked to bring professional sports to Indianapolis. He founded the Indianapolis Professional Sports Association and was appointed stadium commission chairman in 1977. He arranged the meeting with Robert Irsay, owner of the Baltimore Colts, that ultimately led to the Colts’ move to Indianapolis. He was a proud season ticket holder for the first 10 years, and almost never missed a televised game after that.
Paul served as lay chairman of Carmel United Methodist, Westview and Crestview Christian churches, and president of the central Indiana Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He was the chairman of the Indiana Citizens Against Legalized Gambling and past distinguished president of Westside Indianapolis Optimist Club.
Paul and Mary Lou retired to Ball Lake in Hamilton, Indiana, in 1992, where he served as president of the Lake Association. He served on the Steuben County Lakes Council Board of Directors as a member of the Governor’s Lakes Work Committee. He actively promoted and pursued the Center Lake Project, even after leaving Angola for Saginaw.
Above all else, Paul was a devoted family man.
He is survived by his loving wife of almost 68 years, Mary Lou; children, Jeff Oakes, of Westfield, Indiana, Jayne Bauer and her husband Mike, of New Braunfels, Texas, and Karen Smith of Saginaw, Michigan; five grandchildren, Nick Oakes, Katie Bauer, Alex Bauer, Taylor Wrubel and her husband Sean, and Dylan Smith; brother, Jerry and his wife, DeVere; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by daughter, Marsha; his parents; and his sister, Barbara Collier.
A Memorial Service/Celebration of Life will be held at 3 p.m., on Nov. 9, 2019, at Angola United Methodist Church in Angola, Indiana.
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Lawrence Alvin Pearson update
In last week’s edition an obituary for Mr. Pearson was shared. However, it was not very extensive so a search was undertaken to locate another one. The following is what was located and shared with the Necrology group with the Society of American Baseball Research.
www.newtoncountyfuneralhome.com/obituary/2339166
Funeral services for Larry Pearson will be 6:30 P.M. , on Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at Newton County Funeral Home - South Chapel in Newton with Pastor Tim Lott and Bro. Ron Gilstrap officiating. Burial will be in Newton County Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 5:30 P.M. until 6:15 P.M. at the funeral home on Tuesday.
Mr. Pearson, 82 of Newton, died Monday, December 2, 2013 at Pioneer Community Hospital in Newton.
Larry was born in Cleveland, Ohio and then moved and spent most of his childhood and youth years in Colorado. He served 4 years in the U.S. Navy and played semi-pro baseball as a pitcher for the Dodgers. He began his lifelong career with the Veterans Administration upon returning home to Colorado. He served in a variety of positions with the Veteran Administration and ended up in Jackson, Mississippi as Medical Administrator where he met and married Cherry Lay. During their marriage they served the VA in various locations from Washington, D.C. to The Manila Philippines. Larry retired in 1992 and he and Cherry relocated to Leesburg, Florida and had 15 wonderful years residing at Hawthorne Retirement Community where they were involved in many events. Moving back to Mississippi in 2007, they made Newton their home. They celebrated 32 years of marriage prior to his wife’s death in 2009. Larry loved people and loved to share stories and tell jokes. He loved to play golf, travel, loved to bird watch and had a green thumb.
He is survived by a daughter: Kathy Stephens and her husband Dennis of Newton; two grandsons: Colby Jolley, and wife Erica of Brandon and Chris Stephens, and wife Amber of Clinton; six great-grandchildren; and one son-in-law: Thurman Alley of Brandon.
He was preceded in death by: his wife: Cherry Lay Pearson; a daughter: Nancy Lay Alley; and his
parents: Harry and Francis Morgan Pearson.
He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
Newton County Funeral Home, 100 Old Hwy. 15 Loop, Newton is in charge of arrangements. 601-683-2152.
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John “Jack” Clark Nixon
Two other former members of the 1949 Ponca City Dodgers are mentioned. They receive recognition for still be around. About the only mention being made are links that are found on their Sporting News Card and Ancestry.com file. Many of you will not be able to access that site since you are not subscribers.
During the off-season and for most of his working career Ted Dean was employed in the movie industry. He even played on the baseball team for Paramount Pictures for a while.
Baseball Questionnaire: search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6159...
TSN Card digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/158292...
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Theodore James Dean
digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/56709/... TSN card does not show him at Ponca City in 1949 he was there.
www.ancestry.com/interactive/61599/48096_555717_d1-00031?... The U. S. Baseball Questionnaire Dean filled out in May 1953 shows his claiming to have played in Ponca City in 1949.
On August 12, 1949 Dean filled out this U. S. Baseball Questionnaire www.ancestry.com/interactive/61599/48096_555700_d-00034?p... On this one he didn’t mention Ponca City for as yet he had not arrived in Oklahoma He did state he was a year younger than he was by listing his DOB as 1929
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Time marches on—eight years ago
Once in a while someone rattles my cage and I arise from my semi-comatose state to look up an item that is encased in the past. One such item fitting that description was located this week.
www.kansascity.com/living/star-magazine/article302954/Joh...
It came as a surprise that an eight year old article that appeared in the Kansas City Star has been “audiolized.” I know there isn’t such a word but there should be. You can click on the play button if curious how that sounds
In all this I wondered what became of that writer. The person of whom he wrote got much older and fell apart. So, a bit of research was done for the author and this was the pleasant result. “
I remember you and that story well. That was one of the first big feature stories I ever wrote, and I'll never forget how patient and gracious you were with your time. I didn't realize the KC Star had put that story up in audio form. Thanks for sharing.
A lot's happened in the last eight years. I went to work at a newspaper in Lubbock, Texas, and then moved to work at the Omaha World-Herald in Nebraska. I left the World-Herald last year to come to work at Creighton University, where I write stories for the alumni magazine and other publications. It's a little slower pace than newspapers, but I enjoy it.
Hope you're doing well. I still get your flash reports and photos, and I'm constantly impressed with your output. Take care, Blake.
When Blake first posted that story he had a number of comments from readers. All the former players he interviewed for that article have now passed away. Three months after he penned that story for the Kansas City Star my mother passed away. In some ways that seems like a lifetime ago and it has only been 80% of a decade.
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1952 Ponca City Dodger—Whitey Vold
In 1994 it was my good fortune to meet Ralph Nassen “Whitey: Vold of Panoka, Alberta, Canada. It was at a gathering of former Ponca City players from 1934 through 1956. There was a break in baseball in Ponca City due to World War II.
All the years the KOM League Newsletter was published and mailed around the North American Continent, Vold subscribed. Once the report went electronic the link was broken. So, in looking through some Internet material, recently, I was happy to learn the old Dodger pitcher from Ponca City and other Dodger outposts is still going. The first item is an interview with Vold and the second link is a potpourri of links that show what he has accomplished in cattle raising, the rodeo business and auctioneering. Very interesting stuff. I hope some of you will pull this up on your computer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZEiVE9-4WE
www.google.com/search?q=Ralph+N.+Vold+Panoka&oq=Ralph...
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Richard E. Monaco—Chanute Athletic for a couple of days
Finding the name of Richard Monaco as a potential participate in a KOM league game is about as exciting as anything I come across anymore. Many ballplayers names showed up on Sporting News Cards but they never appeared, physically, with a given team.
After considerable research on professional baseball players, with the last name of Monaco, it is my belief Richard Monaco wasn’t any kin to the six other guys who played the game. One of those players with the first name of Blas even played a few games in the big leagues. That former player was from San Antonio, Texas.
It is most likely Richard E. “Dick” Monaco was from Chicago, Illinois and made the trek to Chanute, Kansas for the primary purpose of entering Chanute Junior College to play football for the Panthers. He was listed as a fullback for the 1949 and 1950 seasons.
On August 16, 1949 Monaco signed a contract with the Chanute Athletics, who were a non-affiliated ball club. Thus, no major league organization would have been sending players to that club. It isn’t known if Monaco signed to play in the absence of a player or if the ball club fully intended to use him for the rest of the season. It is doubtful that the Chanute baseball club would have expected to have his services after school commenced in early September for he was there to play football and possibly to get an education.
So, I know that Monaco was on the Athletics club and if he played it would have either been on August 16th or 17th for he was gone after that. On the 16th Chanute was on the road where they lost a doubleheader to the Independence Yankees by identical 3-2 scores. The box scores for the Independence Reporter would reveal if Monaco appeared in a game. The only problem with that is I don’t have access to that newspaper. On the night of Thursday August 17, the Chanute club played host to the Pittsburg, Kansas Browns and won 4-1. The box score for that game would have appeared in the August 18th edition of the Chanute paper. If I ever cross the Kansas State line and wind up in Topeka I’ll have to make a point to check out those two items at the historical society. The chances of that occurring are twin brothers “Slim and None”
However, Monaco had one claim in life and that was in his two days in a KOM league uniform he sat in the dugout on one side of the field and the opposition including the likes of; Harry Craft, Lou Skizas, Bob Wiesler, Steve Kraly and Mickey Mantle.
For sure there is a savvy reader who picked up on a guy signing a professional baseball contract and then going to college to play amateur sports. A few weeks ago a long story was carried about Joe Gilbert getting his Iola Indian contract torn up when he learned he couldn’t play at Northeastern State College if he had signed a professional contract. The difference in the case with Monaco was that the same prohibition didn’t exist with playing in junior college after playing pro ball.
In perusing the photos of the football and basketball players at Chanute Juco in 1950 the names of two other young men caught my eye. One was Harold Swigart who played for the Chanute Athletics in 1950 and Jim Kenaga. Anyone reading most any article this source has written about Mickey Mantle and the Baxter Springs Whiz Kids will recognize the name of Kenaga. He was a very good ballplayer and multi-year performer with the Whiz Kids. Upon graduating from Baxter Springs High School he attended Chanute Juco where he played quarterback.
Without rehearsing the antics of Kenaga in this forum it can be summarized that he was a character and kept manager Barney Barnett always on the alert. Each year Barnett took the Whiz Kids to St. Louis when their baseball season concluded. They made a trip to St. Louis in 1948 to see the Brooklyn Dodgers take on the Cardinals. The team stayed at the YMCA just over the centerfield wall at Sportsman’s Park. One morning Barnett rounded up the team. When he couldn’t find Kenaga some of his buddies pointed upward where Barnett spied the young man claiming to be “Spider Man” as he scaled the front of the YMCA structure without a rope or safety net. A number of stories about Kenaga are in the book “Mickey Mantle Before the Glory.” When Mantle was playing in the major leagues his buddy was plying his talents in the Sooner State League among others.
Kenaga’s career baseball record is found on this Sporting News card: digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/109974... If that card, which lists his birthplace as Michigan, puzzles you either send me a “need to know” request or look it up in the book—Mickey Mantle Before the Glory.
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Nothing goes undetected
Undoubtedly, readers scratch their collective heads wondering how or why some items appear in this publication. A case was made, last time around, for mentioning the late Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers. I wonder if anyone clicked on that link last time other than a reader in New York by the name of Bruce? So as to not embarrass him his last name is withheld. However, he shared this information.. “Hi John: Just read your post. I think it a good thing you re-read your book (referring to the one on Mickey Mantle.). You mentioned JMB (Johnny Mack Brown) high-school. That reminded me of something. I was for a few years interested in Cowboy Fast Draw and made gun-rigs for it to use. My mentor for making them is Jim Lockwood of Prescott Arizona. He told me that Johnny Mack Brown, among others, was in the gun-spinners HOF which I did not know existed. I always liked his manner and speech in his movies.
Now the question. How many readers are young enough not to remember Johnny Mack Brown?
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James W. Byrd
This report is about done. However, I just wanted to share with the readers the name of a person that has stumped the old batboy among all the others ever affiliated with the KOM league. It is my belief James Byrd, who played for the Iola, Kansas Cubs to start the 1946 season, was born in 1923 and I have a strong inkling he may have been from an Oklahoma town that was once in the Western Association. But, in order not to influence my objectivity in research I’m staying away from that lead at the present time. There were a couple of things about the person by that name, who is my number one “suspect,” that is a bit troubling.
digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll3/id/139621/
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Mercifully, another report concludes
As a grade school attendee our classes received a publication each week, coincidentally called “The Weekly Reader.” It would be possible to name this publication by the same name but it doesn’t get prepared that often any more. Probably entitling this report as “The Weakly Reader” would be more appropriate. Be that as it may it would sure be nice to hear from a reader once in a while with a message to share with this readership. It would sure be an improvement of the vain repetition emanating from this source since the dawn of civilization
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Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 under the command of Captain George S. Nares ...
Edinburgh :Neill,1880-1895.
The Black Bull Hauntings are varied and have been reported for decades. The pub has a long history going back to a coaching house in the 16th century. In September 1792 it became the seat of the Lodge of the Three Graces Haworth 408 and the freemasons met here until July 1806
The village of Haworth in the heart of West Yorkshire's Bronte Country.
Haworth village is situated at the edge of the Pennine moors in West Yorkshire, England, the area made famous by the Bronte sisters, known as Bronte country. Haworth is first mentioned as a settlement in 1209. The name may refer to a hedged enclosure or hawthorn enclosure. The name was recorded as Howorth on a 1771 map.
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At 12:12PM on July 24, 2021 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported grass fire in the 6400 block of N Balboa Blvd. Firefighters handled a grass fire, holding it to less than two acres with no injuries reported.
© Photo by Austin Gebhardt
LAFD Event: 072421-0725
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The Kruger National Park is a living memorial to President Paul Kruger and those who have upheld his vision of a protected wilderness reserve which will forever remind us of that which we are so dangerously close to loosing.
Located in the Southern Hemisphere, the Kruger Park has its share of rain and hot weather. During the summer months (September-April), the Park experiences sporadic rainfall in the form of quick thunder showers. April through August represent the winter months in Southern Africa which in turn means very little rain.
As far as rainfall is concerned, the southern region receives the largest amount of rainfall while the central plains receive the least.
The temperatures average from 30 C (86 F) in January (summer) to 23 C (73 F) in July (winter). Please be aware that the maximum temperature can reach 47 C (117 F) (January) and 35 C (95 F) (July).
Concordia research base in the Antarctic is a place of extremes.
During summer, aircraft take off on an almost daily basis. Concordia is a hubbub of activity as researchers from disciplines as diverse as astronomy, seismology, human physiology and glaciology descend to work in this unique location.
For the rest of the year, around 14 crewmembers remain to keep the station running during the cold, dark winter months.
ESA sponsors a research medical doctor in Concordia to study the effects of living in isolation. The extreme cold, sensory deprivation and remoteness make living in Concordia similar to living on another planet.
Credits: ESA/IPEV/PNRA-B. Healey
happy to report that the hummingbirds are on it within 24 hrs, they come by regularly and eagerly to stay updated on food sources!
The first time, and hopefully the last, for new cadets reporting in on Reception Day June 27 as more than 1,200 inprocess and begin the initial transformation from civilian to cadet at West Point. Photo by Mike Strasser, West Point Public Affairs
Working The 630I 10.13 Trent Sidings To Barnetby Dn Recp Sdg (Fhh) According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Trent Sidings 10.13 No Report
Down Trent Loop 10.15 1/2 To 10.20 1/2 No Report
Attenborough Jn 10.21 1/2 No Report
Trent East Jn 10.22 1/2 . 10.22 1/4 RT
Trent South Jn 10.23 1/2 To 10.28 1/2 No Report
Trent East Jn 10.31 1/2 . 10.30 1E
Long Eaton Town X 10.32 1/2 . 10.33 3/4 1L
Toton Jn 10.33 1/2 . 10.35 3/4 2L
Toton Centre 10.34 1/2 . 10.36 1/4 1L
Stapleford & Sandiacre 10.35 1/2 No Report
Trowell Jn 10.39 . 10.40 1/4 1L
Ilkeston Junction 10.40 No Report
Ilkeston 10.41 1/2 No Report
Langley Mill 10.47 . 10.45 3/4/ 1E
Codnor Park Jn 10.51 1/2 No Report
Ironville Junction 10.52 . 10.50 1E
Alfreton 10.58 .10.52 1/2 5E
Blackwell South Jn (Derbs) 10.59 . 10.53 1/4 5E
Morton 11.02 . 10.56 1/2 5E
Clay Cross North Jn 11.07 . 11.00 6E
Hasland 11.08 1/2 . 11.01 3/4 6E
Chesterfield South Jn 11.09 1/2 . 11.02 1/2 6E
Chesterfield 11.10 1/2 . 11.04 1/2 5E
Tapton Jn 11.12 . 11.05 1/2 6E
Barrow Hill South Jn 11.15 1/2 No Report
Barrow Hill North Jn 11.17 To 12.08 No Report
Foxlow Jn 12.10 No Report
Renishaw Park (Flhh) 12.11 1/2 No Report
Beighton Jn 12.16 . 11.28 48E
Treeton Jn 12.19 No Report
Masborough Jn 12.22 No Report
Aldwarke Jn 12.25 . 12.27 2L
Swinton (South Yorkshire) 12.28 . 12.29 1/2 1L
Mexborough 12.31 . 12.32 1L
Conisborough 12.33 1/2 No Report
Hexthorpe Jn 12.37 . 12.37 3/4 RT
St James Jn 12.39 1/2 No Report
Doncaster 12.41 To 12.46 No Report
Donc. Marshgate Jn 12.48 No Report
Bentley Jn 12.51 . 12.42 9E
Kirk Sandall Jn 12.53 1/2 No Report
Kirk Sandall 12.54 No Report
Hatfield & Stainforth 12.57 . 12.48 8E
Thorne Jn 13.00 1/2 To 13.10 1/2 N/R 12.55 15E
Thorne South 13.13 No Report
Crowle 13.20 1/2 . 13.04 3/4 15E
Althorpe 13.26 . 13.12 14E
Gunhouse Loop 13.28 . 13.13 14E
Scunthorpe 13.31 1/2 . 13.17 14E
Scunthorpe West Jn 13.32 1/2 . 13.17 1/2 14E
Scunthorpe Trent Jn 13.33 1/2 . 13.18 1/4 15E
North Lincoln Jn 13.34 1/2 . 13.18 3/4 15E
Scunthorpe F.O.B. Jn 13.37 1/2 No Report
Appleby Lc 13.40 1/2 . 13.23 17E
Elsham 13.47 1/2 . 13.28 19E
Wrawby Jn 13.50 1/2 . 13.33 17E
Barnetby Dn Recp Sdg (Fhh) 13.54 . 13.36 18E
Working The 490S 09.36 Wakefield Europort To Felixstowe South Dbc According To Realtime Trains The Route And Timings Were
Wakefield Europort 09.36 . 09.35 1E
Altofts Jn 09.38 . 09.32 1/2 5E
Normanton 09.40 No Report
Turners Lane Jn 09.45 . 09.44 1E
Calder Bridge Jn 09.48 . 09.46 2E
Oakenshaw Jn 09.51 1/2 No Report
Crofton West Jn 09.54 . 09.51 3E
Hare Park Junction 09.58 1/2 To 10.04 1/2 N/R 10.08 3L
Fitzwilliam 10.09 1/2 No Report
Hemsworth Loop 10.11 No Report
South Kirkby Jn 10.14 1/2 . 10.14 1/2 RT
South Elmsall 10.16 No Report
Adwick Jn 10.20 . 10.20 1/4 RT
Adwick 10.20 1/2 . 10.21 1/4 RT
Bentley (South Yorkshire) 10.25 No Report
Donc. Marshgate Jn 10.27 1/2 No Report
Doncaster 10.28 . 10.29 1/2 1L
Doncaster Sig D254 10.31 To 11.08 1/2 No Report
Potteric Carr Jn 11.11 1/2 . 10.42 29E
Black Carr Jn (Doncaster) 11.12 1/2 . 10.44 28E
Bessacarr Jn 11.13 1/2 . 10.47 26E
Beckingham Loop 11.29 No Report
Gainsborough Trent Jns 11.31 1/2 . 11.11 20E
Gainsborough Lea Road 11.33 . 11.13 20E
Stow Park 11.39 1/2 No Report
Saxilby 11.45 . 11.25 1/2 19E
Pyewipe Jn 11.50 No Report
West Holmes Jn 11.51 . 11.32 19E
Lincoln Central 11.53 1/2 . 11.47 1/4 6E
Pelham Street Jn 11.54 No Report
Metheringham 12.09 1/2 . 11.59 1/2 10E
Ruskington 12.20 No Report
Sleaford North Jn 12.23 . 12.10 13E
Sleaford South Jn 12.26 . 12.12 14E
Quadring Signal Ws7070 12.37 . 12.22 15E
Spalding 12.44 1/2 . 12.32 12E
Littleworth 12.52 No Report
Werrington Jn 13.04 . 12.57 1/4 16E
New England Nth Jn 13.06 No Report
Peterborough 13.08 1/2 . 13.13 1/4 4L
Peterborough Signal 434 13.10 1/2 To 13.23 No Report
Peterborough East Jn 13.26 No Report
Whittlesea 13.35 1/2 . 13.30 5E
Three Horse Shoes 13.40 1/2 No Report
March West Jn 13.47 1/2 No Report
March 13.48 . 13.39 9E
March East Jn 13.48 No Report
Stonea 13.53 No Report
Manea 13.55 No Report
Third Drove 14.00 1/2 No Report
Ely West Jn 14.04 1/2 No Report
Ely North Jn 14.05 1/2 . 14.03 2E
Ely 14.08 1/2 . 14.07 1/4 1E
Ely Dock Jn 14.10 1/2 No Report
Soham 14.17 1/2 . 14.14 1/2 2E
Chippenham Jn 14.27 1/2 . 14.23 4E
Kennet 14.31 No Report
Kennet Redland Ground Frme 14.33 No Report
Bury St Edmunds 14.44 1/2 . 14.40 4E
Thurston 14.50 1/2 No Report
Elmswell 14.56 1/2 No Report
Haughley Jn 15.01 1/2 . 15.04 2L
Stowmarket 15.05 1/2 . 15.07 3/4 2L
Stowmarket D.G.L. 15.06 No Report
Needham Market 15.09 1/2 No Report
Ipswich Europa Junction 15.16 1/2 No Report
Ipswich Signal Co352 15.18 To 15.26 15.18 . 15.26 RT
Ipswich Boss Hall Jn 15.27 No Report
Westerfield 15.33 No Report
Derby Road 15.38 To 15.42 15.59 3/4 . 16.02 1/4 20L
Levington Signal Co617 15.47 . 16.09 22L
Trimley 15.51 1/2 . 16.15 3/4 24L
Felixstowe Beach Junction 15.56 No Report
Felixstowe Beach 16.01 1/2 . 16.22 1/2 21L
Felixstowe Creek R.S. 16.03 1/2 To 16.23 1/2 No Report
Felixstowe South Dbc 16.34 . 16.54 20L
The Ledger is one of the Wun’Tux’s main landing ship; it is a lumbering beast, armoured and unarmed and able to unload troops and armour planetside even under fire. The vessel can coordinate assaults, too, with a relatively complex communications and sensor suite. They are high value targets for destruction, especially before they land troops.
Carjam Report
Year:2003
Make:VOLVO
Model:FH12
Colour:White
Second Colour:Red
Submodel:460 8X4
Body Style:Flat Deck Truck
VIN: YV5A4CEG43D124536
Plate: BPU741
Engine No: D12-350997-D1A
Vehicle Type:Goods Van/Truck/Utility
Body Style:Flat Deck Truck
Seats:2
CC rating:12,000cc
Fuel Type:Diesel
Assembly Type:Imported Built-Up
Country of Origin:Australia
Gross Vehicle Mass:33,000kg
Tare Weight:11,180kg
Maximum Rated Towed Mass:
27,000kgbraked trailer
Axles:4
Wheelbase:5,500
Front Axle Group Rating:12,000
Rear Axle Group Rating:21,000
2014 SAMPHIRE reports bound and printed - ready for posting to project participants.
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At 10:44 PM on October 2, 2022 the Los Angeles City Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire in the 400 block of Carroll Canal in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Firefighters arrived to find a three story home (under renovation/new construction) fully involved in fire and exposing adjacent homes.
Over 100 firefighters battled for one hour and 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze. Two homes (the address of origin and an adjacent home) were destroyed while three additional homes sustained damage to the eves from the ember cast.
LAFD Arson section responded, per protocol for an incident of this size, and the investigation is ongoing.
© Photo by Jacob Valin
LAFD Incident 100222-1620
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+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The P-51H (NA-126) was the final production Mustang, embodying the experience gained in the development of the lightweight XP-51F and XP-51G aircraft. This aircraft, brought the development of the Mustang to a peak as one of the fastest production piston-engine fighters to see service in WWII.
In July of 1943, U.S. Army approved a contract with North American Aviation to design and build a lightweight P-51. Designated NA-105, 5 aircraft were to be built and tested. Edgar Schmued, chief of design at NAA, began this design early in 1943. He, in February of 1943, left the U.S. on a two-month trip to England. He was to visit the Supermarine factory and the Rolls Royce factory to work on his lightweight project.
Rolls Royce had designed a new version of the Merlin, the RM.14.SM, which was proposed to increase the manifold pressure to 120 (from 67 max) and thus improve military emergency horsepower to 2,200. Schmued was very eager to use this powerplant, since the new Merlin was not heavier than the earlier models. In order to exploit the new engine to the maximum, he visited the engineers at Rolls Royce in Great Britain. However, British fighters were by tendency lighter than their U.S. counterparts and Schmued also asked for detailed weight statements from Supermarine concerning the Spitfire. Supermarine did not have such data, so they started weighing all the parts they could get a hold of and made a report. It revealed that the British had design standards that were not as strict in some areas as the U.S, and American landing gear, angle of attack and side engine design loads were by tendency higher. When Schmued returned, he began a new design of the P-51 Mustang that used British design loads, shaving off weight on any part that could yield. The result was an empty weight reduction by 600 pounds, what would directly translate into more performance.
This design effort led to a number of lightweight Mustang prototypes, designated XP-51F, XP-51G and XP-51J. After their testing, the production version, NA-126 a.k.a. P-51H, was closest to the XP-51F. The project began in April 1944 and an initial contract for 1,000 P-51Hs was approved on June 30, 1944, which was soon expanded.
The P-51H used the V-1650-9 engine, a modified version of the new Merlin RM.14.SM that included Simmons automatic supercharger boost control with water injection, allowing War Emergency Power as high as 2,218 hp (1,500 kW) and a continuous output of up to 1,490 hp (1.070 kW).
Even though the P-51H looked superficially like a slightly modified P-51D, it was effectively a completely new design. External differences to the P-51D included lengthening and deepening the fuselage and increasing the height of the tailfin, which reduced, together with a lower fuel load in the fuselage tank, the tendency to yaw. The landing gear was simplified and lightened. The canopy resembled the P-51D bubble top style, over a raised pilot's position. The armament was retained but service access to the guns and ammunition was improved, including the introduction of ammunition cassettes that made reloading easier and quicker. With the new airframe several hundred pounds lighter, extra power, and a more streamlined radiator, the P-51H was faster than the P-51D, able to reach 472 mph (760 km/h; 410 kn) at 21,200 ft (6,500 m), making it one of the fastest piston engine aircraft in WWII.
The high-performance P-51H was designed to complement the P-47N as the primary aircraft for the invasion of Japan, with 2,000 ordered to be manufactured at NAA’s Inglewood plant. Variants of the P-51H with different versions of the Merlin engine were produced in limited numbers, too, in order to ramp up production and deliveries to frontline units. These included the P-51L, which was similar to the P-51H but utilized the V-1650-11 engine with a modified fuel system, rated at maximum 2,270 hp (1,690 kW), and the P-51M, or NA-124. The P-51M, of which a total of 1629 was ordered, was built in Dallas and utilized the V-1650-9A engine. This variant was optimized for operations at low and medium altitude and lacked water injection, producing less maximum power at height. However, it featured attachment points for up to ten unguided HVAR missiles under the outer wings as well as improved armor protection for the pilot against low-caliber weapons esp. from ground troops, which ate up some of the light structure’s weight benefit.
Most P-51H and L were issued to USAF units, while the P-51M and some Hs were delivered to allied forces in the Pacific TO, namely Australia and New Zealand. Only a few aircraft arrived in time to become operational until the end of hostilities, and even less became actually involved in military actions during the final weeks of fighting in the Pacific.
The RAAF received only a handful P-51Hs, since Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (CAC) had recently started license production of the P-51D (as CA-18) and the RAAF rather focused on this type. However, there were plans in early 1945 to build the P-51H locally as the CA-21, too, but this never came to fruition.
New Zealand ordered a total of 370 P-51 Mustangs of different variants to supplement its Vought F4U Corsairs in the PTO, which were primarily used as fighter-bombers. Scheduled deliveries were for an initial batch of 30 P-51Ds, followed by 137 more P-51Ds and 203 P-51Ms. The first RNZAF P-51Ms arrived in April 1945 and were allocated to 3 Squadron as well as to the Flight Leaders School in Ardmore (near Auckland in Northern New Zealand) for conversion training. The machines arrived as knocked-down kits via ship in natural metal finish, but the operational machines were, despite undisputed Allied air superiority, immediately camouflaged in field workshops to protect the airframes from the harsh and salty environment, esp. on the New Guinean islands. The RNZAF Mustangs also received quick identification markings in the form of white tail surfaces and white bands on the wings and in front of and behind the cockpit, in order to avoid any confusion with the Japanese Ki-61 “Hien” (Tony) and Ki-84 (Frank) fighters which had a similar silhouette and frequently operated in a natural metal finish.
During the final weeks of the conflict, the RNZAF only scored three air victories: two Japanese reconnaissance flying boats were downed and a single Ki-84 fighter was shot down in a dogfight over Bougainville. Most combat situations of 3 Squadron were either fighter escorts for F4U fighter bombers or close air support and attacks against Japanese strongholds or supply ships.
After the war, many USAF P-51Hs were immediately retired or handed over to reserve units. The surviving P-51Js were, due to their smaller production numbers, were mostly donated to foreign air forces in the course of the Fifties, in order to standardize the US stock. Despite its good performance, the P-51H/J/M did not take part in the Korean War. Instead, the (by the time re-designated) F-51D was selected, as it was available in much greater numbers and had a better spares supply situation. It was considered as a proven commodity and perceived to be stouter against ground fire – a misconception, because the vulnerable ventral liquid cooling system caused heavy losses from ground fire. The alternative P-47 would have been a more effective choice. The last American F-51H Mustangs were retired from ANG units in 1957, but some of its kin in foreign service soldiered on deep into the Sixties. The F-51D even lasted into the Eigthies in military service!
After the end of hostilities in the PTO, the RNZAF’s forty-two operational P-51Ms met different fates: The twenty-six survivors, which had reached frontline service in New Guinea, were directly scrapped on site, because their transfer back to New Zealand was not considered worthwhile. Those used for training in New Zealand were stored, together with the delivered P-51Ds, or, together with yet unbuilt kits, sent back to the United States.
In 1951, when New Zealand’s Territorial Air Force (TAF) was established, only the stored P-51D Mustangs were revived and entered service in the newly established 1 (Auckland), 2 (Wellington), 3 (Canterbury), and 4 (Otago) squadrons. Due to the small number, lack of spares and communality with the P-51D, the remaining mothballed RNZAF F-51Ms were eventually scrapped, too.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 33’ 4” (10.173 m)
Wingspan: 37‘ (11.28 m)
Height: 13‘ 8” (4.17 m) with tail wheel on ground, vertical propeller blade
Wing area: 235 sq ft (21.83 m²)
Airfoil: NAA/NACA 45-100 / NAA/NACA 45-100
Empty weight: 7.180 lb (3,260 kg)
Gross weight: 9,650 lb (4,381 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 11,800 lb (5,357 kg)
Fuel capacity: 255 US gal (212 imp gal; 964 l)
Aspect ratio: 5.83
Powerplant:
1× Packard (Rolls Royce) V-1650-9A Merlin 12-cylinder liquid cooled engine, delivering 1,380 hp
(1,030 kW) at sea level, driving a 4-blade constant-speed Aeroproducts 11' 1" Unimatic propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 465 mph (750 km/h; 407 kn) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
Cruise speed: 362 mph (583 km/h, 315 kn)
Stall speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
Range: 855 mi (1,375 km, 747 nm) with internal fuel
1,200 mi (1,930 km, 1,050 nmi) with external tanks
Service ceiling: 30,100 ft (9,200 m)
Rate of climb: 3,200 ft/min (16.3 m/s) at sea level
Wing loading: 30.5 lb/sq ft (149 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.19 hp/lb (315 W/kg)
Lift-to-drag ratio: 14.6
Recommended Mach limit 0.8
Armament:
6× 0.50 caliber (12.7mm) AN/M2 Browning machine guns with a total of 1,880 rounds
2× underwing hardpoints for drop tanks or bombs of 500 pounds (227 kg) caliber each,
or 6 or 10 5” (127 mm) T64 HVAR rockets
The kit and its assembly:
A relatively simple project, a whiffy color variant based on RS Model’s 1:72 P-51H kit – which I quickly turned into a P-51M, which was planned as mentioned in the background, but never produced in real life.
The model was strictly built OOB, and while this short-run kit goes together quite well, I encountered some problems along the way:
- There are massive and long ejector pin markers, sometimes in very confined locations like the radiator intake. Without a mini drill, getting rid of them is very difficult
- Somehow the instructions for the cockpit are not correct; I put the parts into place as indicated, and the pilot’s seat ended up way too far forward in the fuselage
- The canopy, while clear, is pretty thick and just a single piece, so that you have to cut the windscreen off by yourself if you want to show the otherwise very nice cockpit.
- The separated windscreen section itself includes a piece of the cowling in front of the window panes, which makes its integration into the fuselage a tricky affair. However, this IMHO not-so-perfect construction became a minor blessing because the separated windscreen turned out to be a little too narrow for the fuselage – it had to be glued forcibly to the fuselage (read: with superglue), and the section in front of the window panes offered enough hidden area to safely apply the glue on the clear piece.
- While there are some resin parts included like weighted wheels, it is beyond me why tiny bits like the underwing pitot or most delicate landing gear parts have been executed in resin, as flat parts of a resin block that makes it IMHO impossible to cut them out from.
- The tail wheel is a messy three-piece construction of resin and IP parts, with a flimsy strut that’s prone to break already upon cutting the part from the IP sprue. Furthermore, there’s no proper location inside of the fuselage to mount it. Guess and glue!
- The fit of the stabilizers is doubtful; it’s probably best to get rid of their locator pins and glue them directly onto the fuselage
- The propeller consists of a centerpiece with the blades, which is enclosed by two spinner halves (front and back). This results in a visible seam between them that is not easy to fill/PSR away
On the positive side I must say that the engraved surface details, the cockpit interior and the landing gear are very nice, and there is even the complete interior of the radiator and its tunnel included. PSR requirements are also few, even though you won’t get along well without cosmetic bodywork.
The only personal modification is a styrene tube inside of the nose for the propeller, which was mounted onto a metal axis for free rotation; OOB, the propeller is not moveable at all and is to be glued directly to the fuselage.
While the kit comes with optional ordnance (six HVARs or a pair of 500 lb bombs, both in resin), I just used the bomb pylons and left them empty, for a clean look.
Painting and markings:
Even though the model was a quick build, finding a suitable color concept took a while; I had a whiffy P-51H on my agenda for a long time (since the RS Models kit came out), and my initial plan was to create an Australian aircraft. This gradually changed to an RNZAF aircraft during the last weeks of WWII in the PTO, and evolved from an NMF finish (initial and IMHO most logical idea) through am Aussie-esque green/brown camouflage to a scheme I found for a P-40: a trainer that was based in New Zealand and (re)painted in domestic colors, namely in Foliage Green, Blue Sea Grey and Sky. This might sound like a standard RAF aircraft, but in the end the colors and markings make this Mustang look pretty exotic, just as the P-51H looks like a Mustang that is “not quite right”.
The Foliage Green is Humbrol 195 (Dark Green Satin, actually RAL 6020 Chrome Oxide Green), which offers IMHO a good compromise between the tone’s rather bluish hue and yellow shades – I find it to be a better match than the frequently recommended FS 34092, because RAL 6020 is darker. The RNZAF “Blue Sea Grey”, also known as “Pacific Blue” or “Ocean Blue”, is a more obscure tone, which apparently differed a lot from batch to batch and weathered dramatically from a bluish tone (close to FS 35109 when fresh) to a medium grey. I settled for Humbrol 144 (FS 35164; USN Intermediate Blue), which is rumored to come close to the color in worn state.
The undersides were painted with Humbrol 23 (RAF Duck Egg Blue), which I found to be a suitable alternative to the more greenish RAF Sky, even though it’s a pretty light interpretation.
Tail and spinner were painted white, actually a mix of Humbrol 22 (Gloss White) and 196 (Light Grey, RAL 7035) so that there would be some contrast room left for post-shading with pure white.
The interior of cockpit and landing gear wells was painted with zinc chromate primer yellow (Humbrol 81), while the landing gear struts became Humbrol 56 (Aluminum Dope). The radiator ducts received an interior in aluminum (Revell 99).
In order to simulate wear and tear as well as the makeshift character of the camouflage I painted the wings’ leading edges and some other neuralgic areas in aluminum (Revell 99, too) first, before the basic camouflage tones were added in a somewhat uneven fashion, with the metallized areas showing through.
Once dry, the model received an overall washing with thinned black ink and a through dry-brushing treatment with lighter shades of the basic tones (including Humbrol 30, 122 and 145) for post-panel-shading and weathering, esp. on the upper surfaces.
The decals are a mix from a Rising Decals sheet for various RNZAF aircraft (which turned out to be nicely printed, but rather thin so that they lacked opacity and rigidity), and for the tactical markings I stuck to the RNZAF practice of applying just a simple number or letter code to frontline aircraft instead of full RAF-style letter codes. The latter were used only on aircraft based on home soil, since the RNZAF’s frontline units had a different organization with an aircraft pool allocated to the squadrons. Through maintenance these circulated and were AFAIK not rigidly attached to specific units, hence there was no typical two-letter squadron code applied to them, just single ID letters or numbers, and these were typically painted on the aircraft nose and/or the fin, not on the fuselage next to the roundel. The nose art under the cockpit is a mix of markings from P-40s and F4Us.
The white ID bands on fuselage and wings are simple white decal strips from TL-Modellbau. While this, together with the all-white tail, might be overdone and outdated towards mid-1945, I gave the Kiwi-Mustang some extra markings for a more exciting look – and the aircraft’s profile actually reminds a lot of the Ki-61, so that they definitely make sense.
Towards the finish line, some additional dry-brushing with grey and silver was done, soot stains were added with graphite to the exhaust areas and the machine gun ports, and the model was finally sealed with matt acrylic varnish.
After the recent, massive YA-14 kitbashing project, this Mustang was – despite some challenges of the RS Models kit itself – a simple and quick “relief” project, realized in just a couple of days. Despite being built OOB, the result looks quite exotic, both through the paint scheme with RNZAF colors, but also through the unusual roundels and the striking ID markings (for a Mustang). I was skeptical at first, but the aircraft looks good and the camouflage in RNZAF colors even proved to be effective when set into the right landscape context (beauty pics).
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Wikipedia reports, "A nymph (Greek: νύμφη, nymphē) in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom sets them apart from the restricted and chaste wives and daughters of the Greek polis. They are believed to dwell in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, and also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes." And in sea caves! - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymph
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Welcome to your epic hero's journey! The beautiful 45surf goddess hath called ye to adventure, beckoning ye to read deeply Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, whence ye shall learn of yer own exalted artistic path guided by Hero's Journey Mythology. I wouldn't be saying it if it hadn't happened to me.
PRETTY! Canon 5D Mark II Photos of Beautiful Blonde Swimsuit Bikini (Green One Piece Swimsuit!) Model Goddess with Pretty Blue Eyes in a Sea Cave !
Some video of the goddess:
She was tall, thin, fit, and very pretty with long, blonde hair and blue eyes! From Sweden!
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 24-105/4L IS USM was my workhorse until I got the Nikon D800 & D800E with the 70-200 mm 2.8 VR2 zoom.
Canon, Nikon, you can't go wrong with the pretty 45surf model goddesses! (Though the D800 is my new love.)
May the goddess inspire ye along a hero's journey of yer own making, and the path of yer own taking.
Was a classic socal autumn morning with a bright, blue, sunny sky! Hope the photos make you feel like you were there! :)
May the HJM Goddesses guide, inspire, and exalt ye along yer heroic artistic journey!
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A Gold 45 Goddess exalts the archetypal form of Athena--the Greek Goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. A Gold 45 Goddess guards the beauty of dx4/dt=ic and embodies 45SURF's motto "Virtus, Honoris, et Actio Pro Veritas, Amor, et Bellus, (Strength, Honor, and Action for Truth, Love, and Beauty," and she stands ready to inspire and guide you along your epic, heroic journey into art and mythology. It is Athena who descends to call Telemachus to Adventure in the first book of Homer's Odyssey--to man up, find news of his true father Odysseus, and rid his home of the false suitors, and too, it is Athena who descends in the first book of Homer's Iliad, to calm the Rage of Achilles who is about to draw his sword so as to slay his commander who just seized Achilles' prize, thusly robbing Achilles of his Honor--the higher prize Achilles fought for. And now Athena descends once again, assuming the form of a Gold 45 Goddess, to inspire you along your epic journey of heroic endeavour.
A Gold 45 Goddess guards the wisdom of dx4/dt=ic -- my physics theory which appears on all the 45surf clothes. Yes I have a Ph.D. in physics! :) You can read more about my research and Hero's Journey Physics here:
herosjourneyphysics.wordpress.com/ MDT PROOF#2: Einstein (1912 Man. on Rel.) and Minkowski wrote x4=ict. Ergo dx4/dt=ic--the foundational equation of all time and motion which is on all the shirts and swimsuits. Every photon that hits my Nikon D800e's sensor does it by surfing the fourth expanding dimension, which is moving at c relative to the three spatial dimensions, or dx4/dt=ic!
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The KOM League
Flash Report
For
The Week of
February 9, 2020
(It will take that long to read it if the links are accessed)
In recent weeks and now months, this source has been about as speedy in responding to e-mail messages and updates, on the status of former KOM leaguers, as the political apparatus in Iowa has been in counting caucus votes. In the future an attempt will be made to do better, on my part, but don’t bet on it.
Thanks to Jack Morris, baseball necrologist, the following was received. “I found an obit from about four months ago for Chet DiEmidio.”
www.kingfuneralservice.com/obituary/Chester-DiEmidio Sr
Obituary
Chet DiEmidio age 89 on October 12, 2019, of Southwest Philadelphia. Chet was a Philadelphia Police Officer for 31 years and then started a new career as a minor league baseball coach for the Chicago White Sox. Husband of the late Margaret A. (nee Kennedy). Beloved Father of Chet Jr., Debbi, Dean, Rick and Doug. Grandfather of Pete, Sophia, Alexa, Ava, and Nick. Relatives and friends are invited to his viewing on Wednesday evening from 6 pm to 8 pm and on Thursday morning from 8:45 am to 9:45 am at St. Barnabas Church, 6300 Buist Avenue, Philadelphia. Funeral Mass on Thursday at 10 am at St. Barnabas Church. Interment at SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to Vitas Hospice, 1300 Wolf Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148 or the Leukemia Society, 100 N. 20th Street Suite 405, Philadelphia, PA 19103 would be appreciated.
Ed comment:
Some truths never surface until the final day of reckoning occurs or long after a fellow retires from baseball and reveals his true age. When reporting to the Miami, Oklahoma Eagles, in 1952 Chester Gerald DiEmidio claimed to have been born in 1933 making him three years younger than he was. He was the property of the Philadelphia Phillies at the time. There is no record of him playing in 1953 but in 1954 he returned to KOM league territory spending a short spell with the Joplin Cardinals of the Western Association. The Joplin Miners had been a New York Yankee affiliate since 1936.
DiEmidio was barely in Joplin long enough to visit friends in Miami, Okla. before he was hopping buses to Hannibal, Missouri and Dothan, Alabama and Erie, Pennsylvania where his baseball playing career concluded.
Over the years contact was made and maintained with the recently departed and he enjoyed reliving some of the great days of his youth. His obituary describes how he went to work as a protector of the citizenry and then at retirement embarked on a second career in the game he loved.
DiEmidio enjoyed reminiscing about some of his 1952 Miami teammates including Jim Owens and Seth Morehead who went on to play in the major leagues and Bert Convy who made it in a big way in music, television and the movies.
With DiEmidio’s passing there are now six members of that 1952 Miami Eagles who have even the slightest chance of seeing this report. They are: Wayne Doyle, Billy Ray Long, Jimmy Obringer, Jim Owens, Eddie Sack and Don Tullar.
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Weissman from last issue
In the previous issue of this seldom read and often ignored report, there was a header that just stated “Weissman.” The intention was to write a segment regarding a person by that name who played one game in the KOM league. However, due to lack of space, or fatigue, I never got around to finishing it. It was my hope some reader would point that out and ask “Why?” They didn’t so here goes.
Richard Weissman was born January 2, 1925 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He registered for the draft on his 18th birthday which, although being redundant, was January 2, 1943. At the time of his draft board physical examination he was 5’ 11” and weighed 145 pounds. His parents Louis and Sophie were Russian immigrants coming to this country in 1897. Mr. Weissman was listed as an iron worker and scrap metal dealer in East St Louis.
Not much was found regarding Richard Weissman but he did play in one game, at second base, for the 1948 Chanute, Kansas Giants.
Young Weissman moved to the west coast and lived in Lodi, Alta Loma and Canoga Park, California before moving to San Dimas where he passed away on March 26, 2008. His obituary wasn’t located but I wonder if it was mentioned therein that he was a professional baseball player for one game? I doubt that aspect of his life would have appeared and probably few, if anyone, outside his immediate family were aware of that fact? However, I now believe that at least a dozen people will know for I estimate that is the size of this reading audience.
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Comments regarding the previous issue.
It was never the intention to take a political poll regarding the impeachment efforts in Washington and the tempest in the teapot over the removal from office of this here preparer of the Flash Reports.
So, without further ado here are some comments generated by the report for January 26, 2020.
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Hey John, as far as a vote goes, there is absolutely no hesitation from the Chanute native-----YOU are absolved of all blame for any malfeasance. So continue on please. As for the other person (certainly not "gentleman") facing charges, the guy with the orange hair (like an orangutan), charge him GUILTY as charged and let's move on. More Flash Reports please. Do not cease!! Your Pal Casey Casebolt
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John: In my capacity as an ex-officio (or something like that) member of the KOM jury, I vote for your acquittal! - Jerry Hogan-Novelist from Fayetteville, Arkansas
Reply:
Boy, I'm relieved. Thanks.
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If I knew how to vote for you I would/. I don't understand much about what is going on but I love your articles and don’t want them to stop. Thanks for all you do. Judi Bartley Jordan—Daughter of longtime Dodger player, manager and scout—Boyd Bartley
Ed reply
You just voted for me. Thanks. As you can see much of what I write is tongue in cheek.
Thank you, John! I gather there is no increase in the price of our subscription for 2020! I enjoyed all your updates, plus your views on "sign stealing." What do you think about major league baseball getting electronic computer reading-and-calling of balls and strikes instead of umpires? Elaine Brooks—From the Bay Area of San Francisco
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I tried to add a response to your Flash Report but could not get logged in. It was a really good one. Sorry, Neil says sorry also. Dave Davis in Austin, Texas. The “Neil” to whom he referred left this world in 2012 but they still communicate and Dave shares what Neil, a late, great friend, thinks about these missives
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John, I vote for acquittal... and in your case, too! Curtis Davis aka Brandy's son .. Brandy was a Bartlesville Pirate before becoming one in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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John I was sure glad to receive this report. I was beginning to wonder if any more were going to come. We need them, as spring training is still a few weeks away. Don Papst—Chanute, Kansas.
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Curtis Heider wrote “I vote for acquittal for you.”
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My father talked about playing in one of these Pacific theater barnstorming games perhaps in Hawaii. Details were very sketchy. Thanks for another interesting reading, Bruce May—son of Wilbert May 1946 Carthage Cardinals
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Finally!! Two observances of the celebration of Leonard Van De Hey’s life: July 18- Elroy, Wis: July 19- Marshfield, Wis. Kathy Finck
Ed reply:
Thanks for letting me know you are still tuned in.
Ed comment:
Van de Hey was a member of the 1950-51 Carthage Cubs and Kathy kept the readership informed of Leonard’s last few months of life in this realm. He passed away October 4, 2019 in Ashtabula, Ohio.
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Hi John: Yesterday (January 28) would have been my Dad, Tom Kordas’ 88th birthday. Just wanted to share a picture and caption from the newspaper right before he had to report to Army training camp back in the early 1950s. Hope you and all the remaining Carthage Cubs are doing well. Greg Kordas.
Ed reply:
A note was sent to Greg stating that his father left the Blackwell, Oklahoma Broncos in late August of 1952 to serve his country. The next year he was stationed at Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas and played baseball for that Army base team at Ft. Smith and their nickname was the “Smokers.” They were Arkansas State amateur champions and played in the National Baseball Congress tournament in Wichita, Kansas.
This is a relevant place to state that every attempt is made to send condolences to surviving family members of deceased former KOM leaguers. Each week I receive reminders from Legacy.com of the anniversary of those deaths. This is the one received for Thomas Kordas.
mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/kordas/FMfcgxwGCkmXKlGNz...
Kordas passed away 1/23/2017 in Monee, Illinois
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I read with pleasure your good writing in these reports. Even though I really do not know most of the players from those KOM days, I appreciate the diligence and details that you display in each Flash Report. As I look at the photos that often include signatures of those players, I am often struck by the clarity of these athletes’ handwriting, and as an old fogey educator, I bemoan the decline of cursive writing in the modern age. Even Connie’s left-handed signature was usually legible. Yikes, I really AM old!—Jackie Swensson. She is the widow of Conrad Swensson who pitched for the 1949-50 Ponca City Dodgers.
Ed reply:
Thanks for the kind words. Things have changed way too much over the years.
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Hi John. How about the sign stealing going on back then and the lengths they go to do it?
I have not gotten a reply from Bobby Ramsey's family. I mentioned some pictures and thought they might like copies. Thanks for keeping in touch. Marge Qualls
Ed reply:
Hope you eventually hear from the Ramsey family. People are often slow to respond.
Ed comment:
Ramsey, Qualls, Bill Virdon, Don Taussig and John Gabler were members of the 1950 Independence, Kansas Yankees. For historical perspective, the latter three guys cited made it to the major leagues.
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John, I really don't know how you can have all that information and photos etc. Of course working very hard but I admire you with all my heart, thank you very much. Ernie Wallerstein played minor league baseball as Ernie Klein—From Havana, Cuba now living in freedom in New Jersey.
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Hi John, been trying to remember some pros that I met over the years. Hank Bauer, Spook Jacobs, Roger Maris, and six other Yankees/A's who were at Spook’s house next door Tom Earp—Kansas City (Yes, Tom is kin to the famous lawman of the same last name.)
Ed reply:
Could that rookie who pitched a no-hitter be the late Bob Grim?
Earp’s reply:
Yes, thank you. (It) Niggled at my mind for some years now!
Ed reply:
Having a mind niggling isn't pleasant . ________________________________________________
Now to the Don Biebel story
In the previous issue of whatever this is publication is called, a reference was made to the current baseball scandal—sign stealing. In that report, like most, space it concluded prior to my finishing what I wanted to say. Thus, I told the folks to look up key words like “Don Biebel” and other things like the Chicago Cubs scoreboard.
This is a link to the Chicago Cubs sign pilfering scheme.
thebaseballcodes.com/2019/11/19/that-time-when-the-cubs-w... Now, if you clicked on that site and read the article the rest of this report will make sense. If you ignored the link then do the same for the remainder of this submission.
Note from Don Biebel
John. Now you've done it. I'll be afraid to answer the phone now for fear MLB will be calling to suspend me without pay. Ha! Ha! myctfocbd.com/cbdbieb
Ed reply:
Don't you love it? I can't believe people are getting bent out of shape regarding something that has gone on since the birth of Abner Doubleday. Would you like to share some comments regarding what has been going on since electronic snooping has come about? I can make you a household name, again.
I'm sure glad to have known Don Biebel, off and on, over six decades. Have a great day, week and year.
Biebel’s response
Sign stealing is trying to get too modern with all this electronic equipment and too many people involved. The old KISS method is what you need. Keep.it simple stupid. If you can’t come up with a foolproof set of signs you have a problem. Things are getting tougher though with all this free agency and nobody staying on the same team for multiple seasons anymore. I was always concerned that one of our guys would get plunked and seriously hurt by my error or by being crossed up by the opposing pitcher. Like you say, what's the big deal it’s been going on for nearly 150 years.
I might add that one day while spending the afternoon in the scoreboard I caught Bob Buhl www.google.com/search?q=bob+buhl+baseball&oq=Bob+Buhl...
and Joey Jay www.google.com/search?q=joey+jay+baseball+player&oq=J... of the Braves sitting in the bleachers with a pair of binoculars. After making a phone call I had them promptly escorted back to the Braves locker room since they didn’t have tickets. Fun at the ‘ol ball park. The (Hank) Sauer story is still tops myctfocbd.com/cbdbieb
Ed reply:
Did the Cubs give much thought to their sign stealing when they released or traded a player? Who was actually in charge of authorizing the sign escapade in Chicago?
Biebel’s response
Not really we only did it the second half of the ‘59 season. At least that's the only time I was involved. Al Dark www.google.com/search?q=alvin+dark+stats&oq=Alvin+Dar... was the one that came up with the idea. All players were not included, (Ernie) Banks was one of those. You're coming up with lot of dirt about me. I'm really a nice honest guy.
Comment:
Biebel and Yours truly exchanged numerous other messages along this line and he felt I may have exposed his past to which I remarked “Don't worry you'll come out of this looking like a hero. You have to know the old batboy protects his former Carthage Cubs.”
Those comments led to this exchange. Biebel replied “I know you will protect me I appreciate that. Hope all is well with you. Love the reports.”
This editor admitted “I'm doing better after a trip to the emergency room yesterday. To which Biebel replied “Well I hope so, hope nothing serious.” The response to that was “They did every test known to mankind and found nothing. They didn't even find a sign of a brain when doing a CAT scan.”
Biebel opined “We’re better off without a brain. I'll never forget a comment Don Anderson (Carthage manager) said to me after I screwed up something and was trying to explain what happened. He said ‘Biebel, every time you think two runs score. I don’t think anymore.’”
Confession was made to Biebel that I never thought Anderson liked me when I as batboy. But years later he made up for it by visiting in person with me and calling by phone about once a month.
At this juncture in our conversation, regarding sign stealing, we ran out of ammunition and the subject turned to the girls the ball players dated in Carthage. For obvious reasons they will not be named. However, I recall every one of them for I set up dates for many of the single players. Never knowingly did I do that for a married player.
In perusing the names of the former Carthage Cub girlfriends it was discovered that the majority of them are deceased. However, one of special interest had a teaching career at a major university in the south. After over 30 years of marriage her husband passed away and she then married a prominent surgeon in the mid-south. He was two decades her senior and she is now a very rich widow living in the State of Florida. I told Biebel where she lived and that he should give her a call and relive the summers of 1950 and 1951. If any of you Carthage boys from the graduating classes, circa 1951-53 want to know to who I’m referencing, let me know
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And in contusion, collusion, collision or conclusion…
Finally, this report comes to a merciful end with this note from the 1950 Iola first baseman, Bob Schwarz. “John, I must say, your keeping coming, THE KOM LEAGUE FLASH REPORT (yet a low minor league, having ‘few’ highlights organization to write about,) is no small task for you, need I say. Be thankful that the good LORD blessed you with ‘WIT’, dry as it is. Thanks. Bob.”
Comment:
Yes, my wit is pretty dry. So, in order to read this report just add a cup of water and hope for the best.