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The Murray Mallee.
The Murray Mallee, east of the river towards the Victorian border was the last major area of land surveyed and subdivided for agriculture in SA. Like the Eyre Peninsula much of the Murray Mallee was opened up once the railways were built there between 1907-27. The settlement of the Murray Mallee was assisted by the use of superphosphate fertiliser which made the land more useful than first thought. The lower half of the Murray Mallee in a line across to Lameroo is assisted by adequate rainfall, but this falsl away sharply north of this line. The sandy soils proved to be more than suitable for grains provided the meagre rainfall fell at the right time of the year. Life in the Murray Mallee was always tough and conditions harsh. But the farmers were able to eke a living from their crops and from the sale of their Mallee roots for firewood in Adelaide. Eudunda Farmers’ Cooperative was consequently very important to the development of the Murray Mallee as farmers sold Mallee roots and eggs and purchased supplies and superphosphate. Eudunda Farmers branches were founded in Lameroo (1907); Geranium (1908); Parrakie (1909); Pinnaroo (1909); and Parilla (1911).
In the Murray Mallee hopeful graziers staked out their claims to leasehold land in the late 19th century. Most attempts at pastoralism failed. Surveyor General George Goyder examined the area in 1893 (at age 67 years) on a horse back expedition. Although half the region was below his Goyder’s Line he found that 30% of the land was suitable for agricultural development but that the Mallee must be left on the tops of sandy ridges to stop erosion. He estimated 200,000 acres were suitable for cereal crops. Later in 1893 a group of state politicians, all travelling on horseback and camping in tents visited the Lameroo Plains. They were not going to rely on “experts” they were going to assess the country themselves and make their own decisions about opening the region to settlement. Alas no such politicians exist these days! Parliament made a decision to open up the Murray Mallee but actual settlement did not follow for another decade. The SA government passed the Pinnaroo Railway Act in 1893 but nothing happened with regard to its construction. A new act of parliament in 1903 authorised expenditure for a railway from Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo. It was to be a cheap line - second hand light rails and little ballast under the rails. 100,000 acres of land was to be developed along the railway line. The line was finished in 1906 and the first settlers began to arrive from 1904. The government was counting on the sale of Lameroo-Pinnaroo land to fund the railway construction, a novel approach to settlement in SA. Normally railways followed the settlers, not the other way round. Then in 1914 the railways built an almost parallel line to Peebinga which was known as the “railway line to nowhere.” The two railways in this area not only transported grain but they carried oaten hay back to Adelaide for the large number of horses still housed there in the 1920s and supplies of Mallee roots for the cold Adelaide winters.
Peake. District population 104.
The Hundred of Peake was declared in 1906 and named after a Labour South Australian Premier. All the Hundreds (a survey district of 100 square miles) along this rail route were named after a state premier, or leading politician - e.g. Price, Peake, Cotton and Bews (the politician who got water to Moonta etc. He was Commissioner of Public Works 1885-91). The small town of Peake was named after a liberal, rather than conservative SA premier, Archibald Peake (1912-15) who reduced public debt and brought the budget into surplus. He entered parliament in 1909. He had acted briefly as Premier in previous years because of his alliance with the Labor Party. He brought in 6 o’clock closing for hotels and had many spur railways built. This area around Peake was originally part of John Whyte’s Moorlands leasehold station. (His city mansion was at Fulham.) Although the train line to Pinnaroo passed through here in 1906 it took some years for local farmers to get a small railway siding and town. The township of Peake was proclaimed on 8th August 1907. Its claim to fame was that it had limestone suitable for mining. Limestone rock was mined here, crushed and used for the building of Murray Mallee roads. Near the railway liner is a well from the pastoral era, Polly’s Well sunk in 1877. It is next to the War Memorial and some town information boards. There are several other interesting buildings in the town. A corner site building was erected as a possible hotel although it was never licensed. An application was made in September 1908 for a license for the proposed hotel at Peake. Mr E. Moore the builder of the premises stated that it was built as a bakehouse. The building subsequently became a store. On 25th August 1922 it was acquired by the Baptist Church. It was then used as a church and manse. The building has been altered over the years. Next to it is the old saddlery estabsliehd by Harold Porter in 1912. The town has an old Post Office and residence built in 1912. The first school opened on 25th January 1909. There were eight male and seven female pupils. When the Peake Institute opened in 1913 it moved into that building. The new government school room was built in 1929. The school closed when the pupils were transferred to Geranium Area School in 1965. Like most small towns the stone Institute was an early structure. It opened in September 1913 and was used as such until 1961 when the more modern hall opened on the main road. The original hall is now a private residence. The station master’s house by the railway line was erected in 1912 but it is now dilapidated.
Today stripped 751 of useful parts, it only did three weeks back on the road since being stored over winter. It will depart for scrap later this week. A once strong fleet of four Alexander PS's now consists of just one (K779 DAO which by the way is the best one).
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Hospital of the Holy Ghost on Stara Street, Frombork, Poland.
„Professional play with the body” is an exhibition that delineates a few timid purposes. These are: restoring the memory of former surgery; unimposing and non aggressive education; stimulation of the audience to individual reflection of the cases and the adventures of „human body”, which despite accidents, epidemics and wars lasted in its own no-humility, unruliness and willingness to be injured, fractured, dislocated, disabled, mutilated, or be contracted with the diseases of the interior. Surgeons undoubtedly belonged to the category of explorers, trying to (sometimes maybe too boldly) impose or enforce on that rebellious beings a „muzzle” and again give them an abstract concept of „health.”
I'm not sure of the origins of the phrase, "as much use as a chocolate teapot," but it's used to denote the utter uselessness of something. I have to disagree.
I'd stopped posting in Flickr for two months in reaction to the robot tags they imposed (which are generally inappropriate, not useful, sometimes incorrect—dog for cat, for example—and in some cases offensive) and which I'm still in the process of removing one by one by one by one, but as you'll read below, I've decided to stay with Flickr for now. But now that I've decided to start posting in Flickr again, they go and make yet more unwanted changes.
• They reintroduced the Pro category (and are charging twice as much for it), but now the PRO label is not only on each person's banner but on every single comment he or she makes on others' photos or in the forums. So all I'm seeing when I navigate around Flickr now is PRO PRO PRO PRO PRO PRO PRO PRO PRO, etc., ad nauseum.
• They changed the stats presentation, making it glitzier but less functional, since, for example, in order to see the total views for a particular photo, not just today's views, you must click on the photo to see all its stats. Also, on the graph, if you hover over a particular day, it shows apparently the photo that got the most views on that day, but there's no way to click on it to see what other photos got how many views that day. Also, the strange blue colors, varying on a single graph from turquoise to a medium blue (which don't match Flickr's logo color) is unpleasing. Of course, I haven't paid attention to stats much ever since Marissa Mayer's crew changed the way views are counted. Previous to that change, a photo had to be actually clicked on and viewed in order to have a view counted. Since that change, views are added simply by having people scroll past the image, so view counts now are meaningless.
That said, there is no place I've found anywhere else that has all the good features Flickr retains (though many of them have decreased functionality since Mayer took over). I still enjoy monitoring my groups, though action is slow because so many have left Flickr. I very much like curating my galleries, though at one point Flickr changed the maximum number of photos in a gallery from 18 to perhaps unlimited, and I don't know how to consolidate them. And the way Flickr allows one to create and edit Albums (formerly Sets) is easier and more intuitive than anywhere else, especially when using Organizr. However, I've heard rumors that Flickr may be getting rid of Organizr, which would maybe be the final straw for me but not necessarily because I keep saying I've had enough of Flickr yet I keep coming back. There's just so much of my last ten years invested here, and I still do very much enjoy the interactions with others here and treasure the friends, real and virtual, I've made here.
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One of the most useful yet troublesome models out of the Dolls, Hacker was just a holder for testing the evolving abilites of Eruei's new program, which ended being way greater than expected. Able of practically invading any type of network or system if it has an access, Hacker found herself in an abandoned militar faculty after Eruei's disappearance, in which she hid from any kind of visitors. The shut-in Dollie caused a lot of trouble until Aigara being able of reach her, including damaging Slayer's brain and even hacking Mari.
MOC nº: 012.
Creation order: ???.
Title: Doll Hacker.
Nickname: "Curi" (by Aigara).
Color trait: Transparent light blue.
Functionality: Assistance.
Abilities: Advanced hacking and programming abilities, multitask.
Current state: Operative.
ERNA FRUHOLZ (California, 20th century)
I was not able to learn anything useful about Erna Fruholz, which is disappointing because she was such a gifted draftswoman.
If I had a deep enough pocket and a vacant lot in the right place, I'd find an architect who'd design an exciting floor plan to go with the window pattern in this drawing and get ready to break ground.
Stripped of every useful component after its withdrawal due to accident damage, the empty bodyshell of 37273 awaits disposal from Canton depot yard.
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Chassis n° ZFF76ZHB000203343
Estimated : CHF 2.600.000 - 2.800.000
Sold for CHF 2.185.000 - € 2.000.183
The Bonmont Sale
Collectors' Motor Cars - Bonhams
Golf & Country Club de Bonmont
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Switzerland - Suisse - Schweiz
September 2019
"The LaFerrari is very possibly the world's fastest, most exciting hypercar. Which is some statement to make when there are machines such as the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder to contend with. The bottom line, however, is that LaFerrari has more power (a whopping 950bhp) and less weight to carry around than its prestigious rivals so figuratively, if nothing else, it quite clearly has the upper hand. Either way, this is the ultimate Ferrari..." – Autocar.
In today's increasingly environmentally conscious times, even supercar manufacturers have felt the need to polish up their 'Green' credentials. Seeking better fuel economy and reduced emissions, they have brought 'hybrid' technology to this previously exclusively fossil-fuels-only sector of the market. This has resulted in a 'win win' situation: these latest hypercars being more environmentally friendly while at the same time considerably more powerful than before.
Ferrari's first offering in this expanding category was the LaFerrari, a limited-edition coupé that entered production in 2013. Ferrari's last model with a mid-mounted 12-cylinder engine, LaFerrari was the distillation of no fewer than nine design studies created during the process of its development. The car was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. Unusually, its styling had no input from Ferrari's long-term collaborator, Carrozzeria Pinifarina.
Clearly, a car evocatively titled 'LaFerrari' would have to have a V12 engine, a type of power unit used in the very first Ferrari of 1947 and for a glorious succession of the Italian factory's most famous models. The LaFerrari V12 displaced 6.3-litres and produced 789bhp, supplemented by an electric motor producing 161bhp for a combined output of 950 horsepower, the highest power output of any Ferrari road car. With the car is in motion, the electric motor's lithium-ion battery pack is charged by a KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) as used in the current generation of Formula 1 cars. Power reaches the rear wheels (there's no four-wheel drive) via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. And if you didn't use those 950 horses all the time, there was also a useful decrease in fuel consumption, not that that would have interested the typical LaFerrari owner.
Designed by Ferrari's F1 technical director, Rory Byrne, the LaFerrari has a carbon fibre monocoque chassis with suspension at the front by double wishbones and at the rear by a multi-link system - pretty much the norm for the current generation of supercars. Any car with a 200mph-plus maximum needs plenty of stopping power, and the LaFerrari was equipped with Brembo's finest carbon-ceramic brakes. Ferrari claimed a top speed exceeding 349km/h (217mph), similar to the Enzo's top speed; however, the LaFerrari could accelerating from 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in under 2.4 seconds and reach 300km/h (186mph) in 15 seconds, comfortably out-performing its predecessor. The factory also claimed that LaFerrari had lapped its Fiorano test track in 1:19.7, faster than any other road-legal Ferrari.
Electronic systems abound in even the humblest of modern hatchbacks, and as one would expect, the LaFerrari boasts just about every bit of automotive electrickery imaginable: electronic stability control; high performance ABS/EBD (anti-lock braking system/electronic brake distribution), EF1-Trac F1 traction control integrated with the hybrid propulsion system; E-Diff 3 electronic differential; and magnetorheological suspension dampers - all controlled by 21 computers. There was also active aerodynamics, the front and rear wings being adjustable on the move to provide either high or low downforce while also controlling cooling of the engine, gearbox, batteries, and brakes. More electronics were deployed in the cockpit in the form of a 12.3" (310mm) TFT digital dashboard display with a choice of three optional layouts capable of relaying data from the telemetry system. The steering wheel featured integrated controls, while the gearchange paddles were fixed directly to steering column.
One of the fortunate few to have driven a LaFerrari, Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe was mightily impressed when let loose in one at Fiorano. "The ride instantly feels spookily smooth and calm, the steering surprisingly light but bursting with a delicious, old school kind of feel. The brake pedal also feels light underfoot but is again rippling with feel. And the throttle response, the first time I go anywhere near the loud pedal is just outrageous; the car explodes down the back straight even on half throttle in fourth gear.
"And that's what you get when you integrate electric power with a thumping great V12. At low revs the electricity provides the torque, and provides it instantly, and from there on up – at about 3000rpm – the V12 takes over. Yet the transformation is so smooth you are never actually aware that it takes place. Instead, it feels like the car is powered by a 10-litre V12 that somehow has massive low rev response at the same time.
"And yet, in their way, the gearchange, the brakes, the steering, the turn in, the handling balance and the ride... they are all every bit as incredible as the engine – sorry the power source – and the acceleration it can produce."
Putting a 950 horsepower car weighing only some 1,255kg dry in the hands of mere mortals, as opposed to professional racing drivers, might be considered somewhat reckless, but in designing LaFerrari, its makers ensured that whatever the car did it did predictably. "You always know where you are with this car," declared Autocar. "And considering just how insanely fast it is, that is arguably its greatest achievement; being manageable."
Despite a price of £1 million each, all 499 examples planned had sold before the first had been delivered. However, merely having pockets of limitless depth was not alone sufficient for you to acquire a LaFerrari, which was only available to loyal customers vetted by Ferrari.
Representing a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of these fabulous Ferrari hypercars, the LaFerrari offered here was delivered new to Germany and is currently registered on a temporary Swiss plate. The car has covered only 894km from new and is presented in generally excellent condition, reflecting its sparing use. Finished in yellow with black interior, this spectacular LaFerrari comes complete with charger, tool kit, and Equatorial Guinea registration document and technical inspection.
Ladybirds are generally considered useful insects and one of the greatest allies of the farmer and the gardener as many species feed on aphids or scale insects, which are pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places. They are nature’s own ‘pest’ controllers and are more effective than poisonous chemicals.
This work by Rhonda Surman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
© Rhonda Surman 2016
About a 1993 model, even this full-size, 4 wheel drive version has a nice, flat surface on its hood that was accessible enough to use as a makeshift desk. (See portfolio wallet and paperwork lying at the base of the windshield.) Not as easy anymore with the newer models.
The University of Bristol Botanic Gardens, in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, Avon.
The University of Bristol established a botanic garden in 1882 at Royal Fort House adjacent to Tyndall Avenue. It was laid out by Adolf Leipner. This site was later known as the Hiatt Baker Garden.
In 1959 the site of the Botanic Garden was used to build the university's Senate House. The botanic collection was moved to the spacious gardens of Bracken Hill beside North Road, Leigh Woods, near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. The Bracken Hill house and gardens had been established in 1886 by Melville Wills, a noted benefactor to Bristol University.
Bracken Hill house and some of the gardens continued to be used by the plant pathology and other services of the government's National Agricultural Advisory Service (NAAS), advising farmers and growers from Herefordshire and Dorset to Lands End during and after World War II when UK-grown crops were vital to minimise rationing. See, for instance, the cereal and vegetable diseases work of Lawrence Ogilvie at Bracken Hill. The NAAS staff, laboratories and offices had moved there from the Long Ashton Research Station also to the west of Bristol.
In 2005 the botanic collections were relocated to The Holmes, a site in Stoke Bishop opposite Churchill Hall. The Holmes had been built in 1879 and had a 1.77 hectares (4.4 acres) ornamental garden. It had been used by United States Army staff during the preparations for the Normandy landings during World War II. The new garden designed by Land Use Consultants advised by Peter Crane, was the first University Botanic Garden built in the UK in the 21st century.
The garden has 640 square metres (6,900 sq ft) of greenhouses divided into cool, warm-temperate, sub-tropic and tropical zones which house plants from the evolution collection. The tropical zone includes a raised pool with aquatic plants including the water lily Victoria cruziana.
The displays include 4500 plant species. These are divided into collections of evolution, Mediterranean, local-flora, rare-native, and finally useful plants. The useful-plant displays include herb gardens with western, Chinese and herbal medicine, including species used in Ayurvedic and Southern African medicine. Displays of plants from the Mediterranean climate region include those from several continents. Plant evolution is illustrated by several displays.
The local-flora and rare-native collection includes the unusual species found in the Avon Gorge, Mendip Hills, Somerset Levels and surrounding areas. These plants include the Bristol Onion, Cheddar Pink and various species of Whitebeam.
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I thought folks might find this useful since it's hard to find these three cameras side by side. This is a look at the Mamiya RZ67 with 110mm 2.8, with both AEII finder and WLF; the Pentax 6x7 MLU and the Bronica GS-1. This image is from the top down so you can see length and width comparisons. The other image I loaded shows them from the front so you get an idea of height and width from that angle.
One of the most useful but possibly least practical pieces of equipment used by the Space Fire Team was the Mobile Fire Watchtower. This was naturally designed by those fools in the surface vehicle design department of Llwyngwril Systems. It featured a large gyroscope, at mid height, in order to keep it stable. The crew platform could spin through 360 degrees and featured a driver's seat and observer's seat.
Not shown in this archive photo is the special helicopter, used to winch crews on and off the top platform.
Fourth Wall - Practical Notes.
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The wheel that is the gyroscope is designed to spin freely but the weight of the top of the tower pressing down on it might prevent this. There are Technic axles up the stem, in order to reinforce it. There are Technic pins at the start of the bearings for the gyro but it would be stronger if these were removed and longer axles were used in the stem. The gyro might wobble a bit then.
There's a socket for a Technic axle at the bottom, between the wheels. I have a version of this model where it sits on a stand, to hold it upright in the real world.
After a days travelling by bus it was too late (and too wet outside) and I was too tired to take photos of anything more exciting than the utensils hanging in the kitchen of the flat where we were staying.
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This giraffe was quilled by Jess Janiak who designs lots of equally cute wall art and sells supplies that were new to me - and perhaps to you too.
This is Victoria Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Cork. Nice selection of uniforms, and I'm hoping that the helmet/cap insignias can identify the regiment, and hence maybe the approximate date of this photo.
Date: 1897
NLI Ref.: L_CAB_02797
Antony Gormley's "Alert" proves itself to be a useful shelf for lager and sandwiches. If only all art were so handy
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I've been lucky enough to participate in a conservation project spending two days on Penguin Island, just of the coast of Rockingham south of Perth. The main aim of the project is to photograph crested terns with their catch, to determine the composition of local sealife being used as food by the terns and the little penguins that inhabit the island. The penguin colony has been diminishing over the past few years so hopefully the results of this research will prove useful in their conservation.
On this occasion the tern has caught a prawn, a bit different to their usual fish species.
(336 of 365 in 2022)
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A still life image of tropical seashells with a variety of patterns on an old plank of textured wood. The sides of the image are hessian as there was an old hessian bag lying underneath the plank of timber.
I love anything to do with the beach, and shells have always been a fascination of mine with their intricate patterns and colors. They are so natural, and we can see them at the beach, on the seashore... and we can collect them to make our home a beachy style. Beach art on walls creates a lovely relaxed tropical atmosphere.
So what did I learn today?
Well, something quite useful actually. That it's possible to eat cold pasta with two pencils.
I started the day a little bit pickled from the night before, shcatter-brained and dishorganished.
Dave - he who do the MA about Decay - was accompanying me again and I hadn't made my mind up where we should go. For once I knew what I wanted to create and I would rope Dave into help but I couldn't decide where. We would need stone and the first option has some great stone but sadly I'm banned from doing anything there, the next two are next to rivers but the very heavy rain of yesterday would probably mean they would be too high to gather enough material.
So just as Dave arrived I checked the tide and it would be at its height in an hour and half.
We arrived on the coast and the tide was still high but fortunately I had left my camera behind so a return journey home and back to the bay would mean our second arrival to the bay would be timed with it just starting to recede. Perfect.
Along with that the sun was shining and the sky was blue, not what we were expecting and not what the weatherman said. Even better.
I've been putting together another proposal for a commission and the ideas I am pursuing are to do with the fragility of our existence and the possibility that we have reached a tipping point where our actions (or perhaps lack of the right ones) may end up in our own demise. 2010 so far has had the highest global temperatures on record and whether or not you believe that this is man-made or a natural fluctuation of earth temperatures, in my opinion is missing the point.
Human beings have spread far and wide and taken all that they can from the earth in order to feed our addiction to needing stuff and to be able to increase our ability to survive, to protect ourselves from our environment, to keep our families safe and well. But as we've persued these needs with have funnelled ourselves into a trap where our collective future is now uncertain. We talk about saving the planet but that is rot. If we truly wanted to save the planet then it'd be better off if we all disappeared. No, what we really mean when we say we want to save the planet is we want to save our own skins.
In order to represent this I am going to create a series of shelters containing rock balances, seal them up so that the fate of each delicate sculpture is unknown unless you look within. Just as our lust to better ourselves, to protect ourselves from the world and to have a better chance of survival has ripped all the finite resources from our planet and delivered us to a place where this quest has left us with an uncertain future. Will we be able to shelter from what our earth will throw at us now if our climate tips out of control? Will our delicate existence continue or will it collapse like a stack of pebbles and rocks?
There is much more to this project but I don't want to reveal it all now.
Anyway back to the important business of the day:-
My camera wasn't the only item I'd forgotten. When I sat down to eat some lunch I realised I didn't have a fork. I thought that I might be able to whittle one out of driftwood but that might need more calories than the pasta might contain. I looked through my bag and found a pair of scissors and some thorns. Nope, that wasn't going to do it. How about I just stick my face in the food and eat it like a pig? I probably would have done if I'd been on my own. I know, why not use two pencils as chopsticks? They were actually easier to use than normal chopsticks. So if in doubt make sure you always have two pencils with you. Or else you might go hungry.
Dave built the left wall and I built the right hand one. We found some driftwood for the roof and it was now ready for the sculpture to be built within. I tried several times to get the first few layers up but I couldn't sense where the centre of gravity was without being able to stand above it and all I ended up with was backache and a feeling of frustration.
We took down the roof and I begun again. This time, still with effort and much searching for the right stones, I got it to stand. Gingerly we replaced the roof, being careful not to drop anything into the chamber and stood back to review what we had done. Originally I'd wanted to extend the sides and brick up the entrance but I thought it was fine just as it is.
I wonder how long it will last?
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I caught my cat laying on this doughnut felt dog toy. Luckily camera was close by. =-
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