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The Soyuz rocket is seen on the launch pad after being raised into a vertical position, Monday, March 19, 2018 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 55 crewmembers Ricky Arnold and Drew Feustel of NASA and Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch at 1:44 p.m. Eastern time (11:44 p.m. Baikonur time) on March 21 and will spend the next five months living and working aboard the International Space Station. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
scheduling snafu brought us to town a few hours earlier than needed. we went to the water, the french bakery and yarn shop with a bit of time left for the library before our regularly scheduled day. not too shabby for a spontaneous turn of events.
ISS040-E-013827 (17 June 2014) --- This is the Orlan spacesuit of Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, Expedition 40 flight engineer. Skvortsov and fellow cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev readied their Russian Orlan suits early on June 17 in preparation for a scheduled spacewalk on June 19.
The final act.
Some 13 months after Mum passed and thanks to delays from COVID, the Co-Op replaced the stone on Dad's grave to show resting there too, after her ashes were interred there last November.
There is not much business left to do for me in Suffolk. I have friends, but none leapt at the chance of meeting up when I suggested it on the high school reunion FB group, so as it was, just old family friends to meet with. And if I'm honest, not sure whether to do this, as most are in their late 70s or a decade or two older, so not sure if I went round to call, what news I would find.
But, as usual, I had scheduled a church visit into the trip, and a hnt for some smoked fish on top of everything else, so time could be tight. I told Jools not to worry.
But it did mean an early morning alarm call, and setting off just after six as it got light, and would involve at least 6 hours of driving, with delays or jams, could be much, much longer.
The way to Suffolk is up either the A2 or M20 to Darford, through the tunnel and either up the A12 or M11 into East Anglia. I chose the A2 through Kent, and northbound on the M20 is slowed down due to Brexit preparations. So up the A2 to Canterbury to the start of the M2 then blast up past Faversham, Sittingbourne and the Medway towns.
The radio was on, traffic was light and we made very good time, getting to the tunnel in an hour, then through that and into bleeding Essex before turning off onto the A12, which leads straight, pretty much, to Lowestoft and my home town.
I have stopped at most churches either side of the road, some I have missed, others are never open, doubly so in times of COVID, so we press on through Essex, just glad to have made it through and not met any nutter drivers. Above us, the clouds lifted and it got brighter.
Into Suffolk, turning off to pass over the Orwell Bridge, waving to my friend, Simon, who lives nearly in its shadow. I say nearly, its probably a couple of miles. But if the sun was really low and the shadows really long......
North of Ipswich until Woodbridge when the four lanes give out, and so the road twists and turns through villages and past towns. I really wanted to stop at Blythburgh, but the website said visitors only for private prayer, and I would want to take snaps. So, we press on through Wangford to Wrentham.
At Wrentham, where in the past I had turned off to go to Southwold, instead I turned down a little travelled lane to Covehithe.
Covehithe is a small village on the edge of the Suffolk coast, which the sea is reclaiming back foot by foot year by year, so much so that the path down the cliffs to the beach has been washed away. And the once magnificent chuch will in a century or so go the same way.
St Andrew sits near a couple of houses and a farm, and that gives away whey the once huge church lays in ruins, and a 16th century replacment easily fits inside, nestling up to the tall flint tower. My friend above, Simon, tells that the small village could no longer afford to maintain the church, so asked to remove the roof to save repairs. In the end a simpler and smaller church was built inside, and nature erroded and claimed the filts and walls as her own.
And there St Andrew sits, once huge and grand, now a ruin, like broken teeth piercing the now blue sky, which wasn't forecasted, but I was more than happy to have for good shots.
I go round taking shots from all angles, inside the ruin and from the outside. The small church is closed, of course, but it was the ruins I wanted to see.
And now I had.
We drive back to the A12 and then onto Lowestoft, stopping at Morrison's to buy some carnations to put on my family's stones. From there, through Oulton Broad, up past Normaston Park and to the huge municipal graveyard, where in a corner are the cremations memorials.
The new stone for my parents stood out like a becon, whereas the ones for my grandparents were covered in moss and litchen. We had brough brishes, cleaning chemicals, so got busy in cleaning those up, filling the vases with water and filling each with flowers.
I had no words to say. This is where we will all end up one day, either remembered or not.
We celar up our rubbish and I leave them, maybe for the last time. I don't know. It seems it will be a long time before I am that way again.
I decide not to go and see the old family house, best remember it the way it was. It's someone else's home now. But I did have a plan for smoked haddock. Proper with no chemicals, somked haddock.
First of all we went to a new place down on the old beach village, behind the Bird's Eye factory, but they were closed. No worries, I thought, there is the old tumble-down old smokehouse in Bevan Street, but from the car park I could see it was all locked up, so we drove out again without stopping.
I did go and visit and old friend of Dad's, Stuart, who is still a barber well into his 80s. He runs a small shop near the football ground, and it was open and he in. Buisness is slow, but he is coping, and HMRC have let him off next year's bill, but its still tough. He has a friend near my parent's house, so he tells me of the work being down: a new door seems to be the main thing.
Next we drive to Oulton to meet my Godfather: Alan in 89, and has gotten very old in the last year. There is no cheer, no joy, in his face, just the strain of two elederly people coping with ill health in days of COVID. When I saw Alan, I nearly burst into tears, that time could be so hard on such fine people, but time treats us all the same. In the end.
From there we venture into God's own county, Norfolk, to visit Dougie and Penny. Dougie lived opposite my parents with his Mum and Did, obviously, until i joined the RAF and he met Penny. Through his hard work and lifting himself up by his steel toe-capped boots, he now runs his own building business and own his own home. Among others. He also his a father and grandfather.
The boy done good.
We stay for 90 minutes, talk about our lives, and how things are now. They seem good too, and their children and grandchildren are all OK.
So all good news.
Our final call is back in Suffolk, in Oulton Broad, at a smokehouse restaurant I found through Google, though this is smoked bbq rather than fish. I had booked a table and we would meet Mum's former cleaner, who had looked after Mum when there was few others and I lived away. We had a gift for her, some cash, to try to make up the way Mum treated her more like a skivvy at times.
And then there were the lies, but as I said more than once during the meal, Mum treated us all the same in that she told us all porkies.
The food was good, I had treacle smoked briket, which was wonderful I have to say. It came with beans and corn as well as crispy fries. And they had Adnams on draught too.
We talked the lunchtime through, Jools had a cheeseburger as well as extra sides, which when they came, were huge. She didn't finich.
But it was time to leave, time to hit the great road south back to Kent. We said goodbye to Sheila, dropping her off in the Burnt Hill Estate, then heading to the A12 and home.
Too late to visit Southwold, that will have to wait for next time.
Jools snoozed next to me while I listened to the football from three, an almost normal Saturday, other than no games had fans attending.
And as we crossed over into Kent, the final whislte went and Norwich scored a last minute winner, and Cambridge had gone made and won 5-0 to go top of League 2.
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (Nov. 2, 2021) Sailors don personal protective equipment during a simulated fire drill in the hangar bay of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Isaiah Williams)
With the S24 schedule well and truly under way, it is always interesting to see how capacity is adjusted especially as most flights will see either capacity or frequency increases.
United Airlines presence at London Heathrow is always one to keep an eye out on; for the current S24 schedule sees the carrier operating 20 daily flights, whilst the vast majority of flights are provided by High-J Boeing 767-300ERs from Chicago-O'Hare and Newark-Liberty, other flights are provided by either Boeing 777s or Boeing 787s.
For a long time, United Airlines has provided a daily flight between London Heathrow and Los Angeles; what was once operated by Boeing 777-200ERs a decade ago to Boeing 787-9s. Since last year's S23 schedule, United Airlines introduced a second daily flight (UA231/230) for the summer season only. As someone who has travelled on this flight, it was particularly popular upfront in both Premium Plus and Business. It is no surprise that United reinstated the second daily flight for the current S24 schedule.
As United reverted back to daily flights for the W23 schedule in winter, UA923/935 their long-standing flight did see capacity increase over to Boeing 787-10s from late-November 2023, the first time United has regularly scheduled Boeing 787-10s into London Heathrow since their introduction (excluding COVID-19), going back over to Boeing 787-9s on 1st May 2024.
Currently, United Airlines operates 71 Boeing 787s, which includes 12 Boeing 787-8s, 38 Boeing 787-9s and 21 Boeing 787-10s. United Airlines have 100 Boeing 787s on-order.
November One Six Zero Zero Eight is one of 21 Boeing 787-10s operated by United Airlines, delivered new to the carrier on 29th March 2019 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B76 engines.
Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner N16008 on short finals into Runway 09L at London Heathrow (LHR) on UA923 from Los Angeles (LAX), California.
A chance meeting in Hampstead Heath. Apparently the model was waiting for a scheduled shoot but her photographer was running late.
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"The brain changes continually as a result of our experiences. Experiences produce physical changes in the brain either through new neural connections or through the generation of new neurons... This creates different convictions, habits, values and character." - an statement from Dan Loeb, a well known hedge fund founder.
I love this statement and it sums up why I travel. I've always been a big proponent of getting out and experiencing life. Why do I believe in this so much? Our experiences shape one's views and biases. In my mind, experiences are so fundamental that they affect our judgement and shape our actions in life on a neurological level. It's the basic chicken and egg argument, but I can personally vouch that traveling throughout the world has changed my mindset.
I have a friend who recently booked a one way flight to Bogota, Columbia for 3+ months. He's not going on a tour bus, nor does he have a set schedule. He's going to live life. I'm envious of the memories he'll have for the rest of his life and more importantly the experiences that will shape who he is as person in the future.
This shot was taken in Midtown, New York City. I took this with a 6400 ISO and I'm floored at the low amount of noise in this photo. I'm a big fan of my new camera, the Canon 5D Mark II.
It is good to be back in Manchester, a recent weekend spent catching up on not only carriers that have a major base within the region, but also many new carriers that have recently commenced service to the area. Rather than just a quick one-stop, a 2 day visit felt more appropriate.
EasyJet continues to have a major presence at Manchester being the low-cost carrier's second largest base behind London Gatwick but just ahead of Geneva-Cointrin. For EasyJet, Manchester is heavily competitive with low-cost carriers ranging from Jet2 to Ryanair, as well as competing against TUI Airways on charter flights and package holidays.
EasyJet remains a major Airbus customer and the group itself operates over 350 aircraft split between their 3 subsidiaries from EasyJet UK, EasyJet Europe and EasyJet Switzerland. The Airbus A319 fleet continues to be wound down with the fleet expected to be withdrawn by 2027, meanwhile EasyJet operates the largest fleet of Airbus A320s anywhere in the world and in recent years have acquired second-hand examples. EasyJet not only operates an ever growing Airbus A320neo fleet, but the carrier has a massive backlog of Airbus A321neos.
EasyJet mainly bases their Airbus A320 and Airbus A32neo aircraft at Manchester, however very recently the carrier has seen 2 Airbus A321neos being based for the summer schedule.
Currently, EasyJet operates 356 Airbus A320 family aircraft, which includes 82 Airbus A319s (47 with EasyJet UK and 35 with EasyJet Europe), 180 Airbus A320s (82 with EasyJet UK, 74 with EasyJet Europe and 24 with EasyJet Switzerland), 75 Airbus A320neos (50 with EasyJet UK, 18 with EasyJet Europe and 7 with EasyJet Switzerland) and 19 Airbus A321neos (11 with EasyJet UK and 8 with EasyJet Europe). EasyJet have 125 Airbus A320neos and 165 Airbus A321neos on-order.
Uniform Zulu Mike Golf is one of 11 Airbus A321neos operated by EasyJet UK, delivered new to the low-cost carrier on lease from Bocomm Leasing on 26th November 2019 and she is powered by 2 CFM International LEAP-1A32 engines.
Airbus A321-251NX G-UZMG 'Paul Green' on short finals into Runway 23R at Manchester (MAN) on U22276 from Enfidha-Hammamet (NBE).
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PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 17, 2021) An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, launches off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) is on a scheduled deployment in U.S. 7th Fleet to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Megan Alexander)
Full timetable for Metro Gold Line trains departing Union Station with first and last trains given prominence. Also, a display shows estimated arrival times for the next trains.
Proposed industrial action by First Glasgow staff suspended…..
Industrial action by First Glasgow drivers which would have crippled public transport in the city has been suspended following a new pay offer which was put to the staff. The offer, which the union has encouraged the staff to accept, has meant that strike action, scheduled to begin on 24 November 2023 and due to last a week will not now go ahead. So the buses, such as 33907 (SN11FOV) seen here in an all over recruiting advert will continue to serve the citizens of Scotland’s biggest and greatest city.
MV Contender Bezant.... or as she has been known for the last 37 years RFA ARGUS.
One of the longest serving vessels in the RFA / RN she was one of the STUFT fleet used in the South Atlantic in 1982. Two years later she was purchased outright, and converted to an Aviation Training Ship, replacing RFA Engadine.
Later refits added the ability for the vessel to also operate as a hospital ship.
Currently scheduled to be decommissioned in 2023, she has no direct replacement planned.
Seen here crossing Weymouth Bay on her way to Portland.
Saint Anne's Church and ShrineFall River, MAOctober 9, 2019
About Saint Anne’s Shrine in Fall River:
St. Anne’s Church, dedicated to the mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary, was built with donations and labor from the French Canadian population in Fall River and has been a national shrine to the mother of Mary since 1892. St. Anne’s was built using local granite and Vermont blue marble. The cost to build such a structure today would amount to $80 to $100 million, according to architect Tony Dias.
Due to needed repairs (a piece of plaster fell off the ceiling one day during Mass), a shrinking congregation and a declining number of priests in the diocese, St. Anne’s Church and the Shrine closed Nov. 25, 2018 and ceased to be a diocesan parish.
Fortunately, due to the efforts of the St. Anne’s Preservation Society, headed by city parishioner Richard Affonso, and with the approval of Bishop Da Cunha of Fall River, the Shrine re-opened on July 4, 2019.
The society oversees and maintain the site as a shrine and it is leased by the society from the Fall River Diocese. There are no weekly Masses scheduled, but a minimum of two Masses will be celebrated at St. Anne’s each year, according to the agreement. The first Mass will be held Friday, July 26, 2019, the Feast of Saint Anne. The society will also schedule recitations of the rosary, bible studies and other special programs.
In the coming years, the society plans to raise funds to repair the upper church that closed in 2015 and eventually open it to the public.
The Upper Church:
Belgian sculptor Maestro Stalzenburg was commissioned by St. Anne’s Church to carve a statue of St. Anne from a single block of wood. It was received in 1893 and sent to Chicago for public display at the World’s Fair.
A marble altar and baptismal font in the sanctuary was imported from Italy in the late 1950’s. The original windows at St. Anne’s Church were made of a simple colored glass to keep costs down when the church was built. They were replaced with stained glass by E. Rault of Rennes, France and set between 1959 and 1961.
The Lower Shrine:
The lower shrine became known as a place of faith healings and miracles. The first miracle took place even before the shrine was opened. Father Adrien de Montaubricq of Bordeau France had come to the city in 1869 to help form the first French-speaking parish. During the blessing of the cornerstone on March 20, 1870, he and some 100 parishioners standing on a platform were injured when it collapsed. He prayed to St. Anne for aid and to help him recuperate so he could carry on building the church. In return, he promised St. Anne his church would be dedicated to her. The church was named St. Anne’s and opened two months later.
The letters D.O.M. carved into the marble church cornerstone are Latin for “Deo Optimo Magnifico,” translated as “only the biggest and best for God.”
Another stone, marked “Pierre De Ste. Anne Jerusalem,” that stands before the statue of Saint Anne in the lower shrine, is from Saint Anne’s Church in Jerusalem.
The Shrine has a wax statue Sainte Concorde, along with relics from the Catacombs of Priscilla in Rome, both having been brought by the shrine’s Dominican founders who fled France and came here as refugees in 1893. Saint Concorde died a martyr in 258 AD when she was flogged to death for becoming a Christian.
There are three priests entombed in St. Anne’s Shrine: Father Sauval, who arrived in Fall River as a French Dominican on Nov. 22, 1887, at the age of 39, and took on the project to build the church in 1892 ; Father Marchildon, known as the “apostle” of St. Anne’s Shrine, and known to have touched thousands with his kindness and compassion; and Father Terrien.
Those Dominicans brought with them a wax figure of St. Concordia, the foster mother of St. Hippolytus, who was beaten to death in 258 A.D. by order of the Roman Emperor Valerian. The wax statue is interred at St. Anne’s Shrine in a glass case, accompanied by relics of St. Concordia recovered from the Roman catacombs.
A few feet away is a large, faded statue of St. Anne with the Blessed Virgin Mary as a young child, with the original French inscription, “Ste Anne et Marie,” still visible. In front of that statue is a small rock taken from the Crusader Church of Saint Anne in the Holy Land built over the traditional site of the home of Jesus’ maternal grandparents, Saints Anne and Joachim. Just to the right of that statue is a pile of crutches, braces and orthopedic boots that the faithful have left behind in thanksgiving after being healed while touching and praying before the stone from St. Anne’s Church in Jerusalem.
Finding Saint Anne’s Shrine in Fall River, Massachusetts:
Address: 818 Middle St., Fall River, Massachusetts
SOURCE: thecatholictravelguide.com/destinations/u-s-a/fall-river-...
Day 224, Thursday, August 12th, 2021
Daymark Living Cottages
Our Daymark Living tour was scheduled for 11 am and it was awesome. Our official tour guide was Erika and one of the residents named Becky joined us a couple of times. First impressions were that the campus is big; it’s very clean, modern, and pretty; and that the residents all seem very happy and friendly. They have 3 main buildings: one housing the cafeteria, another classrooms, and the third recreation areas. They have a resort sized swimming pool and a regulation sized basketball court. Then surrounding the main campus are the resident cottages. They have 2, 3, and 4 bedroom cottages. Each resident gets their own private bedroom, closet, and en-suite bathroom and they share the kitchen, living room, and laundry with their roommate(s). They currently have 75 residents with room for 200. They offer all sorts of classes every day from career development, communication and relationships (and yes they are allowed to have boyfriends on campus but cannot live together), community, culinary, health and wellness, household management, leadership and self-advocacy, money management, and technology. They have a packed daily schedule with social time and fun activities too.
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Corazon Aquino, Philippines president, dead at 76 Reuters – Former Philippine President Ex-Philippines leader Corazon Aquino dies at 76
MANILA, Philippines – Former President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a "people power" revolt and then sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday, her son said. She was 76.
The uprising she led in 1986 ended the repressive 20-year regime of Ferdinand Marcos and inspired nonviolent protests across the globe, including those that ended Communist rule in eastern Europe.
But she struggled in office to meet high public expectations. Her land redistribution program fell short of ending economic domination by the landed elite, including her own family. Her leadership, especially in social and economic reform, was often indecisive, leaving many of her closest allies disillusioned by the end of her term.
Still, the bespectacled, smiling woman in her trademark yellow dress remained beloved in the Philippines, where she was affectionately referred to as "Tita (Auntie) Cory."
"She was headstrong and single-minded in one goal, and that was to remove all vestiges of an entrenched dictatorship," Raul C. Pangalangan, former dean of the Law School at the University of the Philippines, said earlier this month. "We all owe her in a big way."
Her son, Sen. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, said his mother died at 3:18 a.m. Saturday (1918 GMT Friday).
Aquino was diagnosed with advanced colon cancer last year and confined to a Manila hospital for more than a month. Her son said the cancer had spread to other organs and she was too weak to continue her chemotherapy.
Supporters have been holding daily prayers for Aquino in churches in Manila and throughout the country for a month. Masses were scheduled for later Saturday, and yellow ribbons were tied on trees around her neighborhood in Quezon city.
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who is on an official visit to the United States, said in a statement that "the entire nation is mourning" Aquino's demise. Arroyo declared a period of national mourning and announced a state funeral would be held for the late president.
TV stations on Saturday were running footage of Aquino's years together with prayers while her former aides and supporters offered condolences.
"Today our country has lost a mother," said former President Joseph Estrada, calling Aquino "a woman of both strength and graciousness."
Even the exiled Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison, whom Aquino freed from jail in 1986, paid tribute from the Netherlands.
Aquino's unlikely rise began in 1983 when her husband, opposition leader Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was assassinated on the tarmac of Manila's international airport as he returned from exile in the United States to challenge Marcos, his longtime adversary.
The killing enraged many Filipinos and unleashed a broad-based opposition movement atat thrust Aquino into the role of national leader.
"I don't know anything about the presidency," she declared in 1985, a year before she agreed to run against Marcos, uniting the fractious opposition, the business community, and later the armed forces to drive the dictator out.
Maria Corazon Cojuangco was born on Jan. 25, 1933, into a wealthy, politically powerful family in Paniqui, about 75 miles (120 kilometers) north of Manila.
She attended private school in Manila and earned a degree in French from the College of Mount St. Vincent in New York. In 1954 she married Ninoy Aquino, the fiercely ambitious scion of another political family. He rose from provincial governor to senator and finally opposition leader.
Marcos, elected president in 1965, declared martial law in 1972 to avoid term limits. He abolished the Congress and jailed Aquino's husband and thousands of opponents, journalists and activists without charges. Aquino became her husband's political stand-in, confidant, message carrier and spokeswoman.
A military tribunal sentenced her husband to death for alleged links to communist rebels but, under pressure from U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Marcos allowed him to leave in May 1980 for heart surgery in the U.S.
It was the start of a three-year exile. With her husband at Harvard University holding court with fellow exiles, academics, journalists and visitors from Manila, Aquino was the quiet homemaker, raising their five children and serving tea. Away from the hurly-burly of Philippine politics, she described the period as the best of their marriage.
The halcyon days ended when her husband decided to return to regroup the opposition. While she and the children remained in Boston, he flew to Manila, where he was shot as he descended the stairs from the plane.
The government blamed a suspected communist rebel, but subsequent investigations pointed to a soldier who was escorting him from the plane on Aug. 21, 1983.
Aquino heard of the assassination in a phone call from a Japanese journalist. She recalled gathering the children and, as a deeply religious woman, praying for strength.
"During Ninoy's incarceration and before my presidency, I used to ask why it had always to be us to make the sacrifice," she said in a 2007 interview with The Philippine Star newspaper. "And then, when Ninoy died, I would say, 'Why does it have to be me now?' It seemed like we were always the sacrificial lamb."
She returned to the Philippines three days later. One week after that, she led the largest funeral procession Manila had seen. Crowd estimates ranged as high as 2 million.
With public opposition mounting against Marcos, he stunned the nation in November 1985 by calling a snap election in a bid to shore up his mandate. The opposition, including then Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jaime L. Sin, urged Aquino to run.
After a fierce campaign, the vote was held on Feb. 7, 1986. The National Assembly declared Marcos the winner, but journalists, foreign observers and church leaders alleged massive fraud.
With the result in dispute, a group of military officers mutinied against Marcos on Feb. 22 and holed up with a small force in a military camp in Manila.
Over the following three days, hundreds of thousands of Filipinos responded to a call by the Roman Catholic Church to jam the broad highway in front of the camp to prevent an attack by Marcos forces.
On the third day, against the advice of her security detail, Aquino appeared at the rally alongside the mutineers, led by Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and Lt. Gen. Fidel Ramos, the military vice chief of staff and Marcos' cousin.
From a makeshift platform, she declared: "For the first time in the history of the world, a civilian population has been called to defend the military."
The military chiefs pledged their loyalty to Aquino and charged that Marcos had won the election by fraud.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan, a longtime supporter of Marcos, called on him to resign. "Attempts to prolong the life of the present regime by violence are futile," the White House said. American officials offered to fly Marcos out of the Philippines.
On Feb. 25, Marcos and his family went to the U.S.-run Clark Air Base outside Manila and flew to Hawaii, where he died three years later.
The same day, Aquino was sworn in as the Philippines' first female leader.
Over time, the euphoria fizzled as the public became impatient and Aquino more defensive as she struggled to navigate treacherous political waters and build alliances to push her agenda.
"People used to compare me to the ideal president, but he doesn't exist and never existed. He has never lived," she said in the 2007 Philippine Star interview.
The right attacked her for making overtures to communist rebels and the left, for protecting the interests of wealthy landowners.
Aquino signed an agrarian reform bill that virtually exempted large plantations like her family's sugar plantation from being distributed to landless farmers.
When farmers protested outside the Malacanang Presidential Palace on Jan. 22, 1987, troops opened fire, killing 13 and wounding 100.
The bloodshed scuttled talks with communist rebels, who had galvanized opposition to Marcos but weren't satisfied with Aquino either.
As recently as 2004, at least seven workers were killed in clashes with police and soldiers at the family's plantation, Hacienda Luisita, over its refusal to distribute its land.
Aquino also attempted to negotiate with Muslim separatists in the southern Philippines, but made little progress.
Behind the public image of the frail, vulnerable widow, Aquino was an iron-willed woman who dismissed criticism as the carping of jealous rivals. She knew she had to act tough to earn respect in the Philippines' macho culture.
"When I am just with a few close friends, I tell them, 'OK, you don't like me? Look at the alternatives,' and that shuts them up," she told America's NBC television in a 1987 interview.
Her term was punctuated by repeated coup attempts — most staged by the same clique of officers who had risen up against Marcos and felt they had been denied their fair share of power. The most serious attempt came in December 1989 when only a flyover by U.S. jets prevented mutinous troops from toppling her.
Leery of damaging relations with the United States, Aquino tried in vain to block a historic Senate vote to force the U.S. out of its two major bases in the Philippines.
In the end, the U.S. Air Force pulled out of Clark Air Base in 1991 after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo forced its evacuation and left it heavily damaged. The last American vessel left Subic Bay Naval Base in November 1992.
After stepping down in 1992, Aquino remained active in social and political causes.
Until diagnosed with colon cancer in March 2008, she joined rallies calling for the resignation of President Arroyo over allegations of vote-rigging and corruption.
She kept her distance from another famous widow, flamboyant former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991.
Marcos has called Aquino a usurper and dictator, though she later led prayers for Aquino in July 2009 when the latter was hospitalized. The two never made peace.
A non-mailable postcard-sized card with the 1963 NCAA TV Football Schedule on the other side, courtesy of your local Studebaker dealer.
"Lincoln Castle is a major Norman castle constructed in Lincoln, England, during the late 11th century by William the Conqueror on the site of a pre-existing Roman fortress. The castle is unusual in that it has two mottes. It is one of only two such castles in the country, the other being at Lewes in East Sussex. Lincoln Castle remained in use as a prison and law court into modern times, and is one of the better preserved castles in England; the Crown Courts continue to this day. It is open to the public most days of the week, and possible to walk around the walls from which there are views of the castle complex, cathedral, the city, and surrounding countryside. The castle is now owned by Lincolnshire County Council and is a scheduled ancient monument.
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire in the East Midlands of England. The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln had a 2012 population of 94,600. The 2011 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, which includes North Hykeham and Waddington, a population of 130,200. Roman Lindum Colonia developed from an Iron Age settlement on the River Witham. The city's landmarks include Lincoln Cathedral, an example of English Gothic architecture and the tallest building in the world for over 200 years, and the 11th-century Norman Lincoln Castle. The city is home to the University of Lincoln and Bishop Grosseteste University, and to Lincoln City FC and Lincoln United FC." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
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The history of the forge can be traced back to 1640, and it was still working until around 1910. The industrial site was abandoned in 1929 although the workers’ cottages were occupied until the late 1960s.
Top Forge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (Grade I) and celebrates the history of iron-working in Britain and especially in South Yorkshire. The Forge is the only surviving water-powered heavy wrought iron forge with its water wheels and hammers (now restored) in situ. It is a site of national importance.
The Industrial Revolution is usually associated with steam power. Wortley Top Forge certainly made its contribution both in the technology of iron making and in supporting the early Railway Age, but only ever used the power of its three water wheels.
The Don valley was an ideal area for iron-making as it had access to ironstone from the Tankersley seam, coppiced timber for charcoal and, of course, water power. Iron has been worked in the valley since the 1300s. Top Forge was built before1640, deliberately in a loop of the river Don in order to shorten the course of the head goyt and to maximise the head of water available between the weir and the tail goyt.
The current layout of the building dates from the 1850s when the forge was turned over to the production of shafts and axles mainly for use on railway wagons. Some of the earliest metallurgical experiments in the world were conducted at the site by the engineer and metallurgist Thomas Andrews.
Railway axles of the highest quality were manufactured at the site in the nineteenth century and exported all over the world.
Axle production ceased at Top Forge by 1910 (the price of mild steel from Sheffield had undercut the cost of wrought iron).
The Top Forge workshops continued to service the works both upstream and downstream until 1929 when all activity ceased.
The older breast-shot water wheel and belly-helve hammer was probably installed in 1680s and would have been almost entirely of wood. As each generation updated this structure, we now have a cast iron wheel with a cast iron axle albeit with evidence of a previous wooden tree trunk shaft.
The larger breast-shot wheel and trip hammer was probably installed around 1840 when railway axle making was introduced. It has been calculated that the four-lobed cam running at 20 revolutions per minute would have a power output of about 8 HP and each hammer blow about half as effective as a 1 ton drop hammer.
The forge also houses a large collection of early industrial machinery
GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 10, 2018) A CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to the "Wolfpack" of Heavy Marine Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) in preparation for Cobra Gold 2018 (CG18). Cobra Gold, a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored exercise in its 37th iteration, is designed to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to regional crises by bringing together a robust multinational force to address shared goals and security commitments in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Bonhomme Richard is operating in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as part of a regularly scheduled patrol and provides a rapid-response capability in the event of a regional contingency or natural disaster. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Cosmo Walrath/Released)
Sullivan's E49 on TfL Rail Replacement seen at Harold Wood Stn while working a short journey to Romford.
Until today, I had not seen Marietta in about a year and a half, but she told me she would have some free time over Thanksgiving and would be available for a photoshoot. We scheduled it for 9:30 this morning, but a communication error and an ensuing comedy of errors forced a delay of about four hours. But I didn't mind, as it was warmer by that time anyway; besides, I had been wanting to do another shoot with her ever since our last one, and I figured that if I could wait as long as I already had, an extra few hours wouldn't matter.
I came home with 171 new images of her, most of which she enthusiastically told me she liked. This one was among the last I took today, and it was just about worth the whole shoot all by itself. Marietta's magnificent but somewhat unruly tresses are an interesting subject in their own right, and I loved the way I captured them here. She was backlit (obviously), and I had her hold a small reflector off to camera right. This result already rivals the Mona Lisa as my favorite portrait of my friend, and this shoot proved to be well worth the wait, although I hope it won't be quite as long before I have my next one with her.
With the summer schedule coming to a close, it is always fascinating to look forward to what the forthcoming winter schedule has to offer as it typically features reduced frequencies and cuts to capacity which isn't unusual. With many airlines having now finalised their upcoming W24 schedules, it is time to look at what is in store for the US3 at London Heathrow.
Delta Air Lines is the smallest of the US3 at London Heathrow, for the upcoming W24 schedule sees 68 flights a week, less than American Airlines and United Airlines. Despite this, Delta Air Lines benefits not only with a joint-venture with Virgin Atlantic but own a 51% stake in the carrier.
Here is the W24 schedule for Delta Air Lines into London Heathrow commencing from 28th October 2024:
-Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta: Thrice daily flights maintained with DL30/31, DL32/33 and DL36/37 utilising Boeing 767-400ERs.
-Boston-Logan: Continues to operate daily; DL58/59 utilises Airbus A330-200s.
-Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County: Reduced from 12-weekly to daily flight; DL16/17 utilises Airbus A330-200s with DL18/19 removed from the schedule.
-Minneapolis-St. Paul: Continues to operate daily; DL10/11 utilises Airbus A330-900s.
-New York-John F. Kennedy: Continues to operate twice daily; DL1/2 utilises Airbus A330-200s, whilst DL3/4 utilises Boeing 767-400ERs.
-Orlando-International: New winter seasonal route introduced; DL22/23 operates 4-times weekly on days excluding Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (excludes Monday, Thursday and Saturday from the UK) utilising Airbus A330-900s.
-Salt Lake City: Reduced from daily to 5-times weekly for the entire winter schedule; DL50/51 utilises Airbus A330-200s.
-Seattle-Tacoma: Reduced from daily to thrice weekly; DL20/21 operates Wednesday, Friday and Sunday (Monday, Thursday and Saturday from the UK) utilising Airbus A330-900s.
Carried over from the summer schedule sees Delta retaining thrice daily flights between London Heathrow and Atlanta, albeit instead of the mixture of Airbus A330-300s and Boeing 767-400ERs, all of the flights are utilised by the latter. Boeing 767-400ERs make up the majority of flights into London Heathrow by Delta with 4 flights a day.
Followed closely behind are their Airbus A330-200s which remain a fixture to and from Boston, Detroit and Salt Lake City. New York-JFK also features for the winter, having replaced the Airbus A330-900 which goes over to Minneapolis.
Finally, Delta are introducing a winter seasonal flight between London Heathrow and Orlando-International for the first time with 4 flights a week provided utilising Airbus A330-900s... This is however at the expense of Seattle which reduces to just 3 flights a week albeit is complimented by Virgin Atlantic's daily flight.
Currently, Delta Air Lines operates 72 Airbus A330s, which includes 11 Airbus A330-200s, 31 Airbus A330-300s and 30 Airbus A330-900s. Delta Air Lines have 9 Airbus A330-900s on-order.
November Four Two Three Delta X-Ray is one of 30 Airbus A330-900s operated by Delta Air Lines, delivered new to the carrier on 26th July 2023 and she is powered by 2 Rolls-Royce Trent 7000-72 engines.
Airbus A330-941 N423DX on short finals into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on DL3 from New York-John F. Kennedy (JFK).