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Possibly the most ambitious custom Paladin utilized by the Sons of Fenrir. The Javelin was built on the Varangian lunar base with direct input from the commander of the orbital interception/defense force Ragnar Skallagrim. Ragnar's frame concept had an emphasis on high maneuverability precision striking in a zero-g environment. This unit is equipped with an auto balancing system with the many vernier thrusters installed around its limbs and body, giving it unsurpassed mobility. By simply switching the type of propellent and vernier engines it can operate equally well within an atmospheric combat theater. It's armaments include a standard Tyrfing blade and a prototype gauss rifle capable of launching rounds with three times the kinetic impact force of any known rail gun or similar magnetically propelled ballistics on Arcadia. Making it an incredibly lethal weapon that can take down a frame in a single shot. In the hands of Ragnar, who's prolific piloting skills are known throughout the guard, this frame may even rival the fearsome Tyrant frame.
Southern Emerald Moth caterpillars are highly unique in that they collect bits of flower petals, leaves, or whatever is available and attach them to their bodies for camo... they also adapt their color depending on their host plant! This guy was using the paintbrush bristle-like dead petals of an Ironweed wildflower for camo while assuming a pinkish coloration...
A significant place utilized by the Snuneymuxw people for thousands of years and traditionally known as Saysutshun, Newcastle Island is a wondrous escape from the bustling urban center of Nanaimo just across the harbour.
Alongside the strong First Nations presence and culture on the island, it is also home to many rich histories which include coal mining, a sandstone quarry, and herring salteries, all of which make Newcastle Island a must-see eco-tourism destination for those visiting Nanaimo.
“A decrepit racing ship that earns its colorful name Fireball due to its tendency to erupt in flames, this sleek vessel is a focus of constant and sometimes frustrated attention from the repair crew of Jarek Yeager’s garage. Team Fireball invests a lot of time, effort, and care into keeping the Fireball in high-flying shape.”
~ Star Wars databank
Influenced by World War II planes combined obscure starfighter designs from the old X-wing, TIE Fighter, and The Old Republic games, the Fireball is one of the best looking starfighters in all of Star Wars.
I am a bit upset that LEGO did not make an official model of the Fireball... yet. I hope they do in the future. This prompted me to design my own version, and it turned out more complex than I anticipated.
But I like to build things to be a perfect match, which makes things complicated and challenging. I exhausted my brain to apply all kinds of building techniques to convey the complex shape of this ship. There are also some really ancient and obscure LEGO Technic pieces utilized in the complexity of this model.
Utilizing power on both ends, the local based out of Janesville works it way towards South Beloit after switching DeLongs in Clinton WI. The power for today is a trio of GP60s with a patched SSW unit leading the train.
Ancient Hawaiians utilized ‘ama‘u fronds for various purposes, including as a mulch in the dry-land taro fields. Some ‘ama‘u tree ferns produce pulu, the soft wooly material also found in the hāpu‘u tree fern (Cibotium species). Pulu had many uses in ancient Hawai’i.
The ‘ama‘u tree fern also has connections to ancient myths and traditions. According to legend, the pig god Kamapua‘a may take the form of ‘ama‘u, and has done so at Halema‘uma‘u Crater, a pit crater within the larger Kīlauea Crater on Hawai‘i Island.
Corona, CA
9/10/16
After WMmaster626 and I filmed the Condor Curotto Can in Chino and multiple trucks in Eastvale, we headed to Corona and found Javier. Javier is an efficient driver and he utilizes the many benefits Curotto Cans have over ASL’s including fast dump cycles and picking up boxes without leaving the cab. This was our 3rd time finding Javier in Corona on route, and there are multiple reason why. One of the reasons is Javier’s operating style, which is fast and fun to watch. We also enjoy how this specific LE sounds (especially when he lifts the Curotto in and out of the hopper) and the extra loud slamming noise on his Curotto Can. Another aspect of Javier’s truck WMmaster626 and I cannot get over is how great his truck looks, especially considering it is over 10 years old and has never been repainted. Javier polishes his truck fairly often, which contributes to his truck looking so great. Javier is also a really nice driver, he offers us a cold water or soda every time and he constantly tells us what a great company Waste Management is and how he loves his career.
The area Javier works in Corona is also great and the residents have always been nice to us and many of them know Javier by his name and have many kind words to say in regards to Javier. Javier was also recognized on Waste Managements Facebook page for giving a birthday gift to one of his young fanatics on his route (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153770163312167&set...).
Finally, incase anyone has ever wondered who the logo for my channel is, it is Javier’s Wittke Curotto Can LE.
Big thank you to Javier, we always enjoy finding you on route.
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAu32tSc_IM
WMmaster626 videos of Javier: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOS7vFcpfpc&t=9s
Palos Verdes, CA
Point Vicente Lighthouse was built in 1926 on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The light source was dimmed during World War II to avoid aiding the enemy. It was automated in 1971 by the United States Coast Guard. The original third-order Fresnel lens still revolves in the lantern room. In 2015, the Coast Guard announced its intention to install an LED light with a 14 nm range, replacing the current light and lens.
The Point Vicente Lighthouse is just north of the entrances to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbors. It was operated and maintained by the United States Lighthouse Service prior to that Service being merged with the U.S. Coast Guard, which was delegated all aid-to-navigation responsibilities in 1939. The lighthouse was manned until 1971 when it was automated by a remote electronic aids-to-navigation monitoring system.
The white cylindrical tower is 67 feet (20 m) tall, and the masonry structure is built on the edge of a 130-foot (40 m) cliff. This places the center of the lantern 185 feet (56 m) above the ocean, and because of this elevation, the 1.1 million candlepower-beam has a nominal (clear weather) visible range of 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi). The Coast Guard Light List specifies its light characteristic as being a pair of two white flashes, repeating that pair every 20 seconds. An emergency light of reduced intensity operates if the main light is extinguished. The most striking feature in the lighthouse is the classical third-order rotating Fresnel Lens located in the lantern. This particular lens was manufactured around 1910 in Paris, France, by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne, the oldest lens making company in the world. This lens is made up of hand-ground prisms held in place by a cast brass frame. The prisms and frame represent an excellent example of the precision achieved by optical scientists and the lens making art in utilizing the known principles and properties of light.
This lighthouse also incorporates a pleasant-sounding foghorn to audibly warn ships during times of low visibility which are common to the area.
My Bat family, utilizing the most updated version of the Bat family members. Jason and Alfred are not Lego's as Lego hasn't made one yet(Can we hope for one in the Lego Batman 3 sets?) and I don't have a Lego Alfred.
Left to Right
Jason Todd- A Delta-Verse fig, the only non-purist fig, his hair.
Tim Drake Robin- Nothing special, just Lego's version, except I gave him a staff.
Alfred- Another Delta-Verse fig, I like him.
Batman- Lego's fig, I plan on revamping him A BUNCH once I get the parts.
Nightwing- Gave him a different hair piece and staffs.
Batgirl- Lego fig
Damian Wayne Robin- Gave him a hood, I forgot his sword.
I'll probably add a Bat Woman after I get another Batgirl, and damn, this was a pain to set up.
After utilizing local fire department tankers to water the rotary and the steam locomotives at Coxo Crossing (MP 332.75), the Cumbres & Toltec's Rotary OY and her outfit train begin the final, roughly 2-mile push toward Cumbres Pass, which is at elevation 10,015 MSL. This image was captured from just above Coxo Crossing and depicts the train plowing dense snowpack that is perhaps 3 1/2 feet deep. Two K-36 Locomotives #s 487 and 484 are providing the power. In the pilot house of OY is the railroad's Superintendent, Marvin Casias, directing the operation as the Rotary Pilot.
This image was captured on March 1st of 2020, the second day of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad's 2020 rotary plow event, which was the kick-off to the line's 50th anniversary, celebrating 50 years as a tourist operation. The event hosted 150 photographers from around the world.
Utilizing BrickWarrior's Galaxy Enforcer Armor and a heavily modified BrickForge Shock Trooper helmet, i've attempted a Spartan IV in Recruit armor. For those of you who are unaware, a majority of these Spartan IVs accompany you through Halo 4's campaign. Now that the game launched, I took a stop in one of the campaign missions and got plenty of reference shots. I will admit, not even those were the most clear images and some parts of this figure remain inaccurate. However, I fit just about everything I could.
Obviously the torso armor is based off of the Master Chief's, and therefore I had to work around that which I happy to say I was able to accomplish the character's likeness despite the major armor differences.
Just to clarify, the figure is wielding an over molded BrickArms Railgun in the secondary angle.
I more than likely will not make a second Recruit spartan, i'd rather move onto other characters. Palmer perhaps? ;)
Also, I noticed the brightness of this shot makes the visor seem rather hard to look at if you will - but you'll probably see this figure pop up in future photos :)
SN/NC: Melochia pyramidata L., Syn. Melochia Corchorifolia, Melochia Tomentosa, Melochia Domingensis, Moluchia pyramidata, Malvaceae Family
Melochia corchorifolia, the chocolateweed, is a weedy tropical plant that is typically seen in the wastelands. It has been most frequently observed to grow in open areas, such as highways. Although Melochia corchorifolia does not have any common usage, it has been utilized as a homeopathic remedy. Its weedy and invasive characteristic inhibits its wider cultivation. Melochia corchorifolia is common in the Southeastern regions of the United States. It has been observed to grow from North Carolina to all the way south into Mississippi. In addition, it is prevalent in tropical areas of Africa, Asia and Australia. Sunny or dimly shaded humid regions of riversides, lakesides are its familiar natural habitats. This plant also grows typically as weed in cotton, soybean and rice plants. Melochia corchorifolia was used as a source of fibre for making dillybags and other objects in the north-central Arnhem Land region. It was noted as a source of very strong fibre. is not utilized for decoration or food purposes. However, it contains several phytochemical features. The leaves of Melochia corchorifolia are consumed as a potherb in West Africa and southern Africa. The cooked leaves present a popular, slimy side-dish in Malawi. Such utilization of the leaves are also quite common in Indo-China and India. Additionally, the stems are used for tying bundles and are used in the construction of roofs of houses.
The dried leaves of Melochia corchorifolia L have been shown to have high crude amount of protein, as well as small amounts of lipids. It also contains critical dietary minerals such as potassium, calcium and magnesium.
Melochia corchorifolia, a erva-de-chocolate, é uma planta tropical com ervas daninhas que normalmente é vista nos terrenos baldios. Tem sido observada com maior frequência em áreas abertas, como rodovias. Embora a Melochia corchorifolia não tenha nenhum uso comum, tem sido utilizada como remédio homeopático. Sua característica infestante e invasora inibe seu cultivo mais amplo. É comum nas regiões do sudeste dos Estados Unidos. Foi observado que cresce da Carolina do Norte até o sul do Mississippi. Além disso, é prevalente em áreas tropicais da África, Ásia e Austrália. É usado como fibra para fazer sacos e amarrar telhados. Também é uma rotina alimentar em alguns países africanos e asiáticos.
Melochia corchorifolia, de chocoladewiet, is een tropische wietplant die veel voorkomt in woestenij. Het is vaker waargenomen in open gebieden zoals snelwegen. Hoewel Melochia corchorifolia niet algemeen wordt gebruikt, is het gebruikt als een homeopathisch middel. Zijn onkruid- en invasieve karakter remt zijn bredere teelt. Het is gebruikelijk in de zuidoostelijke regio's van de Verenigde Staten. Er is waargenomen dat het groeit van Noord-Carolina tot ver naar het zuiden als Mississippi. Bovendien komt het veel voor in tropische gebieden van Afrika, Azië en Australië. Het wordt gebruikt als vezel om zakken te maken en daken vast te binden. Het is ook een voedingspatroon in sommige Afrikaanse en Aziatische landen.
La Melochia corchorifolia, l'erba del cioccolato, è una pianta infestante tropicale che si vede comunemente nelle lande desolate. È stato osservato più frequentemente in aree aperte come le autostrade. Sebbene la Melochia corchorifolia non abbia un uso comune, è stata usata come rimedio omeopatico. La sua caratteristica infestante e invasiva ne inibisce la coltivazione più ampia. È comune nelle regioni sudorientali degli Stati Uniti. È stato osservato che cresce dalla Carolina del Nord fino al Mississippi. Inoltre, è diffuso nelle aree tropicali dell'Africa, dell'Asia e dell'Australia. Viene usata come fibra per fare sacchi e per legare i tetti. È anche una routine dietetica in alcuni paesi africani e asiatici.
Melochia corchorifolia, das Schokoladenkraut, ist eine tropische Unkrautpflanze, die häufig im Ödland anzutreffen ist. Es wurde häufiger in offenen Bereichen wie Autobahnen beobachtet. Obwohl Melochia corchorifolia keine allgemeine Verwendung hat, wurde es als homöopathisches Heilmittel verwendet. Seine unkrautartigen und invasiven Eigenschaften hemmen seinen breiteren Anbau. Es ist in den südöstlichen Regionen der Vereinigten Staaten verbreitet. Es wurde beobachtet, dass es von North Carolina bis nach Mississippi wächst. Darüber hinaus ist es in tropischen Gebieten Afrikas, Asiens und Australiens weit verbreitet. Es wird als Faser zur Herstellung von Säcken und zum Binden von Dächern verwendet. Es ist auch eine Ernährungsroutine in einigen afrikanischen und asiatischen Ländern.
Melochia corchorifolia, la hierba del chocolate, es una planta de hierba tropical que se ve comúnmente en los páramos. Se ha observado con mayor frecuencia en áreas abiertas como carreteras. Aunque Melochia corchorifolia no tiene un uso común, se ha utilizado como remedio homeopático. Su característica maleza e invasiva inhibe su cultivo más amplio. Es común en las regiones del sureste de los Estados Unidos. Se ha observado que crece desde Carolina del Norte hasta el sur de Mississippi. Además, es frecuente en áreas tropicales de África, Asia y Australia. Se utiliza como fibra para hacer costales y amarrar techos. También es una rutina dietética en algunos países africanos y asiáticos.
Melochia corchorifolia, l'herbe à chocolat, est une plante adventice tropicale que l'on voit couramment dans les friches. Il a été observé plus fréquemment dans des zones ouvertes telles que les autoroutes. Bien que Melochia corchorifolia n'ait pas d'usage courant, il a été utilisé comme remède homéopathique. Sa caractéristique adventice et envahissante inhibe sa culture plus large. Il est courant dans les régions du sud-est des États-Unis. On a observé qu'il poussait de la Caroline du Nord jusqu'au Mississippi au sud. De plus, il est répandu dans les régions tropicales d'Afrique, d'Asie et d'Australie. Il est utilisé comme fibre pour fabriquer des sacs et pour attacher les toits. C'est aussi une routine alimentaire dans certains pays d'Afrique et d'Asie.
Melochia corchorifolia、チョコレートの雑草は、荒地でよく見られる熱帯の雑草植物です。高速道路などの開けた場所でより頻繁に観察されています。 Melochia corchorifolia には一般的な用途はありませんが、ホメオパシーのレメディとして使用されてきました。その雑草と侵略的な特性は、より広い栽培を阻害します。これは、米国の南東部地域で一般的です。ノースカロライナ州から南はミシシッピ州まで成長することが観察されています。さらに、アフリカ、アジア、オーストラリアの熱帯地域で流行しています。袋を作ったり、屋根を結ぶための繊維として使用されます。また、アフリカやアジアの一部の国では日常的な食生活でもあります。
Melochia corchorifolia ، عشب الشوكولاتة ، هو نبات عشب استوائي يشاهد عادة في الأراضي القاحلة. وقد لوحظ بشكل متكرر في المناطق المفتوحة مثل الطرق السريعة. على الرغم من أن Melochia corchorifolia ليس له استخدام شائع ، فقد تم استخدامه كعلاج المثلية. حشائشها وخصائصها الغازية تمنع زراعتها على نطاق أوسع. إنه شائع في المناطق الجنوبية الشرقية من الولايات المتحدة. وقد لوحظ أنه ينمو من ولاية كارولينا الشمالية حتى الجنوب مثل ميسيسيبي. علاوة على ذلك ، فهو منتشر في المناطق الاستوائية في إفريقيا وآسيا وأستراليا. يتم استخدامه كألياف لصنع الأكياس وربط الأسقف. إنه أيضًا روتين غذائي في بعض البلدان الأفريقية والآسيوية.
Marrying two venerable systems together, the M-83 utilizes the mobility proffered by the M-82 Hajduk series with the lightweight firepower of the M-122 Bies to create a wheeled self-propelled howitzer capable of keeping pace with all elements of Yugoslavia's motorized infantry divisions. This was done to fit within the "tracks with tracks, wheels with wheels" philosophy that has struck most contemporary militaries across the globe. Thankfully, the JNA's robust martial catalogue ensured that finding a solution to the wheeled artillery conundrum was a cheap venture with little turn-around time. Indeed the Hetman has received quite a bit of praise both within and without Yugoslavia for its effectiveness not only fiscally, but also in combat as well.
During the blitz into Ukraine, the M-83 saw its fair share of action as Romanian, Yugoslavian, and ostensibly Black Cross units pushed towards Kiev. The Hetman was able to set up shop, fire its 122mm gun, and pack up in record time. Indeed the shoot and scoot rate of the M-83 is often overwhelming for under-prepared foes like the Ukrainians. Furthermore, the Hetman was sometimes used in a direct fire support role, i.e. utilizing its cannon to fire straight at hardened targets. This capacity granted Yugoslavia and its allies even greater versatility, though the use of the M-83 in such a role is still prohibited by official doctrine. Of course in wartime, rules get blurred.
The DRG Fury utilizes a unique cylinder that allows rounds to be reloaded from the side as it rotates. Extra munition is stored in a special drum mounted off to the side of the cylinder (seen here sticking out from behind, due to the tall narrow shape of the drum) When the weapon is in need of reloading, simply remove the drum and replace it with a fully one, and cycle once to start the process.
Folding stock included to compensate for the higher fire rate of this already high recoil platform.
Inspired by Robbe's latest revolver.
"We may utilize the gifts of Nature just as we choose but in Her books, the debits are always equal to the credits.
I need no inspiration other than Nature's. She has never failed me yet. She mystifies me, bewilders me, sends me into ecstasies. Besides God's handiwork, does not man fade into insignificance?
When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator"
Mahatma Gandhi's thoughts on nature
A collage utilizing both H-alpha and CaK imaging of our Sun. Subframe positions is "artistic" and does not represent correct orientation compared to Sun - all images are however taken by me excluding the Apollo era (free) picture of Earth showing approximate scale. Pictures taken in southern Finland during summers of 2016 and 2017 as I haven't had time to image at all lately.
See www.flickr.com/photos/130947324@N08/46483974944/ for labels.
Recorded with BW ASI178mm camera, colors added in post production. H-alpha images colored to red and yellow and they are partially inverted to pop out surface details, protuberances and filaments. CaK is colored to blue to mimic imaging bandwidth for CaK.
H-alpha: 656.28 nm (deep red in reality) hydrogen line. Tunable wavelength. Exposure times around 2 ms.
CaK: About 8 nm wide bandpass at the Calcium II K-Line centered around 395 nm (ultraviolet). Exposure time of about 0.8 ms.
Prefilter: Baader D-ERF (with H-alpha), Baader AstroSolar film (with CaK)
Scope: TS Express 80/480 mm FPL53 APO
Filter: Daystar Quark or Baader CaK
Camera: ASI 178mm with 0.5x reducer
DIY Arduino based focuser motor control
Mount: Celestron AVX (equatorial mount), StarAdventurer
Software: FireCapture, SharpCap, Autostakkert!, ImPPG and Photoshop CC.
Typically stacked a best few percents of 5000 images to create each of the separate photos. Full disk H-alpha sun is a composite of several sub images. I roughly estimated that I collected about 180 000 frames and 775 GB of uncompressed AVI video as raw material. Final stacked image number should be close to 4000 in that composite.
Cleveland GCRTA utilizes a fleet of 40 year old Tokyu cars for their Red Line from the airport. Even older are the OCS poles which date back from the New York Central days when this was the path for all passenger trains in and out of the city utilizing electric traction due to the grades in and out of Tower City. While these poles will carry on, the days of the Tokyu cars are numbered as new Siemens vehicles will replace them and the Breda cars used on the Green and Blue lines.
This was taken from the Greenway trail just south of Ohio/25th St.
After utilizing a very seasonal road to access this location, we are below Interstate 84 as we witness DL PO-74 arriving at the siding known as Old Drinker where they will pick up more loads for the mill. Lackawanna signals litter this line, like a ghost of history past.
North of Elmhurst, PA
2019.10.15
Excerpt from artgalleryofburlington.com:
Division of Labour is an exhibition bringing together artists who address issues of class, race, and labour as they relate to cultural waste. Including the works of nine artists who utilize recycled material in their work to illustrate the power and potential of reused matter for artistic production, the exhibition and ancillary programming are designed to educate about the scarcity of resources, labour rights, and the lack of living wages in the arts.
Featuring ro Barragan (Buenos Aires), Patrick Cruz (Toronto), Atom Cianfarani (Montreal), Nicolas Fleming (Toronto), Marlene Jess (Vancouver), Lisa Meecham (Burlington), Joaquin Wall (Buenos Aires), Allyson Vieira (New York), and Shellie Zhang (Toronto).
We are living in a time of increasing economic uncertainty, wage gaps, and class divides. Barter economy systems, critical discourse about consumption, and circuits of solidarity exchange are more present than ever in the daily working lives of artists and cultural producers. Division of Labour uses this moment to consider the true cost of artists’ labour and economic parity through their recovery of and access to excess material. The exhibition is not simply a display of objects constructed from trash, but works to support the building of new networks, resources, and methods for the sustainability of artists’ work. It goes beyond accessing free material to open dialogue about the systemic issues inherent in class dynamics, underemployment, and labour exploitation that plague the cultural industry.
Originally built as a bank in 1911, the space has been utilized in various other capacities in recent years. It sits in downtown Ocala, across from the downtown square, at the corner of Silver Springs Blvd. (State Road 40) and Magnolia Avenue.
I had to utilize 4 rubber bands on each side to hold the weight of the bottom section that angles up on each side (it's tough to tell that they angle up in this pic, but you can really see it better in the front details picture).
The V-22 Osprey is a joint service multirole combat aircraft utilizing tiltrotor technology to combine the vertical performance of a helicopter with the speed and range of a fixed-wing aircraft. With its rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a helicopter. Once airborne, it can convert to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight. This combination results in global reach capabilities that allow the V-22 to fill an operational niche unlike any other aircraft.
-- Technical Specifications --
‧ Manufacturer - Bell Helicopter / Boeing Defense, Space & Security
‧ First flight - March 19, 1989
‧ Number built - 400
‧ Primary users - United States Marine Corps; United States Air Force; United States Navy; Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
‧ Propulsion - Two Rolls-Royce AE1107C, 6,150 shp each
‧ Length - Fuselage: 57.3 ft; Stowed: 63.0 ft
‧ Width - Rotors turning: 84.6 ft; Stowed: 18.4 ft
‧ Height - Nacelles vertical: 22.1 ft; Stabilizer: 17.9 ft
‧ Rotor Diameter - 38.1 ft
‧ Vertical Takeoff Max Gross Weight - 52,600 lbs
‧ Maximum speed: 316 mph
‧ Stall speed: 130 mph
‧ Range: 879 nmi (1,012 mi)
‧ Cockpit - crew seats: 2 MV / 3 CV / 2 CMV
‧ Capacity: 24 troops (seated); 32 troops (floor loaded); or 20,000 lbs of internal cargo; or up to 15,000 lbs of external cargo (dual hook); or 1 × M1161 Growler light internally transportable ground vehicle
‧ Armament - 1× 7.62 mm (.308 in) M240 machine gun or .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine gun on ramp, removable; 1× 7.62 mm (.308 in) GAU-17 minigun, belly-mounted, retractable, video remote control in the Remote Guardian System [optional]
- Quick Facts -
‧ Meets U.S. Navy requirements for combat search and rescue, fleet logistics support, and special warfare support
‧ Matches the U.S. Special Operations Command’s requirement for a high-speed, long-range, vertical lift aircraft
‧ Can be stored aboard an aircraft carrier or assault ship because the rotors can fold and the wings rotate
‧ Has air-to-air refueling capability, the cornerstone of the ability to self-deploy
Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff):
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 320
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/800 second
Focal Length – 300mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Sainte-Flavie, QC.
This composition utilizes photos I took of "Le Grand Rassemblement," a sculptural installation created by Marcel Gagnon for Le Centre d’Art Marcel Gagnon de Sainte-Flavie, Quebec. The original sculptures, mounted on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, are made from wood, cement, rope and other textiles.
www.lafabriqueculturelle.tv/capsules/5550/marcel-gagnon-l...
The red-necked falcon usually hunts in pairs, often at dawn and dusk, sometimes utilizing a technique in which one of the pair flies low and flushes up small birds while the other follows higher up and seizes the prey as it flushes from cover. They fly with a fast and dashing flight.
It prefers to prey on birds found in open areas and some of the species it has been recorded to hunt are Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus), house sparrow (Passer domesticus), white-browed wagtail (Motacilla madaraspatensis), rosy starling (Sturnus roseus), chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnus malabaricus), Indian cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus), Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius), ashy-crowned finch-lark (Eremoptrix griseus), besides robins, quails, babblers, swifts, bulbuls, pipits, larks (mainly Calandrella, Alauda, Galerida sp.), pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), rock pigeon (Columba livia), collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto), laughing dove (Streptopelia senegelensis), brown crake (Lanius cristatus), tailor bird (Orthotomus sutorius), brown shrike (Lanius cristatus), white-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis), little stint (Calidris minuta), plain martin (Riparia paludicola) and pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata). In addition mice, lizards, large insects are also taken. In one study in Bangladesh, adults fed mainly on small sparrow sized birds (72%) and Pipistrellus bats (28%).They may sometimes pirate prey obtained by other medium-sized raptors. Prey may sometimes be cached and eaten subsequently.
The red-necked falcon drinks water where available during the afternoons. This has been observed both in India and in Africa, where it sometimes visits waterholes.
The breeding season in India is January to March. In Zambia, the breeding season begins in August. Pairs may indulge in courtship feeding in which the female feeds the male, an unusual behaviour that has also been noted in captivity. This falcon often reuses the old tree nests of corvids, or lays its 3-5 eggs in a nest that it builds on the fork of a tall tree or in the crown of a palm tree. In Africa, they have been known to reuse the nests of pied crows (Corvus albus), African fish eagles (Halieaetus vocifer) on Acacia apart from building their own nest in Borassus palms. In India, the nest is often placed in a large mango tree (Mangifera indica) and concealed inside foliage. The nest territory is well-guarded and crows and kites driven away. This falcon has been documented to nests in trees amidst dense human population.The clutch consists of two to four eggs which are incubated only by the female which begins after the last egg of the clutch is laid. The eggs hatch after about 32 to 34 days and the newly hatched young are covered in white down and are brooded by the female for a week. The male brings food which is torn by the female and fed to the chicks. The young fledge in about 35 to 37 days in Africa and up to 48 days in India.
Factory-made but user-customised digging dress vessel, utilizing Skaroan technology to dig magnesium out of asteroid fields.
Built for MOC Wars, category Clunkers:
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Utilizing Zoo Bears to Answer Fundamental Questions
Research includes a comprehensive account of polar bear hearing sensitivity and acoustical communication, validating tracking collar data of wild polar bears to describe activity patterns, measuring energetic output of polar bear movements, as well as verifying measurements related to the health and condition of wild polar bears.
The warmest areas in summer are inland regions of Siberia, Alaska, and Canada where temperatures can reach as high as 32°C (90°F). The ocean temperatures in the Arctic are about -1.5°C (29°F) in summer. the Polar Bear loves it!
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About Raymond, Washington:
"Raymond — Thumbnail History"
By Jennifer Ott
Posted 9/28/2010
HistoryLink.org Essay 9590
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The blanket of old growth forest that covered the Willapa Hills surrounding Raymond, on the Willapa River in Pacific County, fueled the town's growth from a handful of farms to a mill town bustling with trains filled with freshly cut logs, mills running 24 hours a day, and ships laden with lumber bound for the East Coast, South American, San Francisco, and Hawaii in less than a decade after its founding in 1903.
When a combination of overharvesting, environmental laws, and changes in the global market severely reduced logging and milling in the 1980s and 1990s, Raymond residents looked to new, more sustainable ways to utilize the surrounding hills, rivers, and bay to create jobs and sustain their community.
First Peoples
The Willapa River, with headwaters in the Willapa Hills, winds through the Willapa Valley until it is reaches the sea at Willapa Bay.
A few miles upstream from the river's mouth, the South Fork of the Willapa joins the main river. Sloughs thread through the lowland forming what is called the Island, though it is not technically completely encircled by water.
Prior to contact with Europeans, three tribes lived around the Willapa's mouth, the Shoalwater (or Willapa) Chinook, the Lower Chehalis, and, seasonally, the Kwalhiloqua.
Epidemic diseases brought by European and white American traders wreaked havoc in the Indian communities because they lacked immunities to the diseases. A malaria epidemic in the 1830s, probably brought to the area by sailors who had been in the tropics, decimated tribes in the lower Columbia River region.
After the epidemic, the Kwalhioqua all but disappeared, and the few remaining individuals joined the Willapa Chinook and Lower Chehalis. The northern part of Willapa Bay and the Willapa River formed a boundary between the Chinooks to the south and the Lower Chehalis to the north. The two groups intermarried and traded often.
These are the people who oystermen met when they came to Willapa Bay in the 1850s to harvest shellfish for the San Francisco market. The Indians worked with the oystermen in harvesting the shellfish.
Loggers, Farmers, and Indians
It was not long before the area's forests attracted loggers and sawmill operators. Brothers John (b. ca. 1830) and Valentine Riddell (b. ca. 1817) established a mill at what would become South Bend in 1869. Others followed, included John Adams' mill on the north side of the junction of the Willapa River with the South Fork.
Several farmers staked claims in the vicinity of the junction. The community, known as Riverside, had a school in 1875 and a post office.
The Indians in the area continued to work with oystermen, and in the more recently established salmon canneries and saw mills. They also continued to visit their traditional gathering places for berries and other plant materials.
The tribes had not yet formally agreed to allow the white Americans to live on their land, so, in February 1855, Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens (1818-1862) met with the Quinault, Queets, Lower Chehalis, Upper Chehalis, Shoalwater Bay, Chinook, and Cowlitz tribes at the Chehalis River Treaty Council (at the location of Cosmopolis today). The tribes did not object to ceding their lands, but once they heard the terms of the treaty they rejected the provision that required them to move to a shared reservation away from their traditional lands with the location of the reservation to be determined later. The tribes refused to accept those conditions and Stevens left without an agreement.
The absence of a treaty did not prevent white settlers from claiming lands along the Willapa River, thereby leaving less and less room for the Indians to live.
On September 22, 1866 President Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) established the Shoalwater Bay Tribes Reservation by reserving 335 acres near Tokeland for the Lower Chehalis and Willapa Chinook who lived along Willapa Bay. The reservation is and has been used by a number of the tribes' members, but many also live in the surrounding communities (and elsewhere).
Raymond is Formed
In 1889 the promise of a Northern Pacific Railway terminus in South Bend, just downstream from the river junction, led to a land boom. Lots in South Bend and along the river in both directions sold for incredible profits until 1893 when a national financial panic led to a bust in South Bend. South Bend had the county seat and retained the railroad and some operating mills, but a grant of land to the Northern Pacific on the waterfront tied up many of its choicest industrial sites.
Upriver, at the river junction, a group of residents, some with Homestead Act claims and others who had bought land at low prices following the bust in South Bend, formed the Raymond Land and Development Company in 1903.
Incorporators of the land company included Leslie (1874-1961) (often referred to as L. V.) and Stella (1875-1960) Raymond, who had a farm on the Island. Stella had inherited the land from her father, Captain George Johnson (1823-1882), who had established a Homestead Act Claim for almost 179 acres. Presumably Johnson or the Raymonds purchased part of their holdings, because they brought 310 acres to the partnership.
L. V. and Stella, who married in 1897, moved to the farm in 1899 and Raymond became the name of the town that grew up on and around their land. L. V. served as the town's first postmaster, first Northern Pacific Railway agent, and developed a water system for the town.
The Raymonds donated land and their time to community projects, such as a playfield and the fire department. A bequest from the Raymonds established the Raymond Foundation in 1962 as a non-profit organization to fund scholarships and community development projects.
Building a River Town
Alexander C. Little (1860-1932) was also a partner in the land company. After a career in local and state politics that included serving as Aberdeen's mayor, helping elect Governor John R. Rogers, and serving on the State Fisheries Commission, in 1903 Little decided to shift to the private sector. According to Pacific County historian Douglas Allen, "Raymond was named for L. V. but from the beginning A.C. Little formed the character of the town" (Allen, 65).
According to Allen, Little contributed two key elements to the town's success. First, he recommended that the land company offer free riverfront lots to mills, thereby ensuring an economic foundation for the town.
Second, Little brought Harry C. Heermans (1852-1943) into the partnership. Heermans's engineering background helped solve issues associated with building a town on a river. The sloughs that laced the land rose and fell with the tides, but uphill development would have taken mills too far from the riverfront. Besides, the hills surrounding the river junction rose abruptly and would have posed their own engineering challenges.
Other incorporators of the land company included J. B. Duryea, Winfield S. Cram (b.1866), and John T. Welsh (1866-1954). A second land company, the Great West Land Company, also formed in 1903, had some of the same investors and also worked to develop the town.
In 1903, the first mill, operated by Jacob Siler and Winfield Cram, began operations. Several more mills, including the West Coast Veneer & Manufacturing Company mill run by Little, followed and businesses grew up nearby.
On April 16, 1904, the Raymond Land Company filed a plat for the town of Raymond. The business district consisted of a store, a saloon, and a mess house that served mill workers. A drug store and hotel were coming soon.
Lots Sold by the Gallon
To allow people to cross the water-sodden landscape, the town constructed 2,900 feet of elevated wooden sidewalks. These sidewalks ran down either side of what would become 1st Street, which was really an open space onto which the buildings fronted. Additional wooden sidewalks crossed the void at regular intervals.
Lillian Smith (1875-1960), a teacher from Michigan who came to teach in Raymond for a year not long after the town's founding, remembered her first impressions of the town,
"At first I seemed to be crossing the river no matter what street I took. It was like losing oneself with Alice on the other side of the Looking Glass where you had to keep going in order to stand still, and vice versa. Imagine streets like long bridges built on piles driven into the slough (pronounced slu). Wooden railings on either side, and beyond these narrower wooden bridges of sidewalk width, these too with railings — a perfect maze of railings, necessary to keep careless pedestrians from falling into the slough" (Smith, 3).
Still, the town's location provided enough benefits to outweigh the difficulties of being what Smith called, "an amphibious town" (Smith, 6). It was located at the head of navigable waters, close to the bay and to the forests that fed its mills. It also had access to the Northern Pacific Railway, without having had to give up its waterfront lots the way South Bend had.
Navigation on the river depended on assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers. Early in its history Willapa Bay was known as Shoalwater Bay because of its many shallow areas. These made ideal oyster grounds, but limited ships' access to ports. The Corps, under the provisions of several different Rivers and Harbors Acts, had dredged the river up to Willapa City, just upstream from the Raymond townsite, and kept it clear of snags. The Corps also maintained a channel through the bar at the mouth of the bay.
Businesses besides lumber mills diversified the economy. In 1907 Stewart L. Dennis (1873-1952) and Perry W. Shepard (b. ca. 1871) formed a transfer company that would become an important retail business in Pacific County, now known as the Dennis Company, and John W. Dickie and his son, David, came to Raymond to establish a boatyard.
The Dickies had worked in the San Francisco Bay area and, according to local historian Ina E. Dickie, came to Raymond because the more-isolated Willapa Bay offered better access to lumber and to employees who accepted lower wages and had not yet formed unions. Dickie & Son built steamships -- the first was the Willapa -- at Raymond over the next several years. All were built for the coastwise lumber trade, which was booming following the 1906 earthquake and fires in San Francisco.
On August 6, 1907, voters approved a measure to incorporate the town of Raymond. A handful of residents resisted the town's boundaries because they included some outlying farms in anticipation of the town's growth.
Little served as the first mayor, an office he would hold for 10 of the next 11 years. When asked in 1910 to serve as president of the Southwest Washington Development Association, Little replied that he was "disqualified because of his partiality for the place where lots are sold by the gallon at high tide" ("Southwest Part of the State Unites").
A Lumber Town
The first council consisted of seven men: C. Frank Cathcart, president of Raymond Transfer and Storage and Northern Pacific agent, Winfield S. Cram, Timothy H. Donovan, superintendent of the Pacific & Eastern Railway and Sunset Timber Company, Floyd Lewis, real estate agent, Charles Myers, sawyer at the Siler Mill, L. V. Raymond, and Willard G. Shumway a clerk. P. T. Johnson served as the first treasurer and Neal Stupp as the clerk and secretary.
By 1910 the population had increased to 2,540, but that was just the start of the flood of new residents. In 1911, there were about 5,000 people in Raymond. They were needed for the kind of production boasted of by a promotional brochure from 1912. It lists the output of the towns mills for the previous year as 27,834,779 board feet of lumber, 226,712,250 shingles, 105 million berry baskets (made from veneer), and 33 million pieces of lath for plaster walls. The newcomers included business people, mill owners, mill workers, and loggers from all parts of the world.
Labor v. Capital
The 1910s, although economically prosperous, saw a series of disputes between labor unions and mill owners up and down the West Coast. Working conditions in the lumber industry were dismal and lumber workers struck for better wages and better logging camp conditions.
On March 25, 1912, mill workers in Raymond walked off the job to prevent the lumber companies from using their Raymond mills to replace lost production at Grays Harbor mills, where workers had begun a strike two weeks earlier.
The town's business community's response was swift and severe. They held a meeting the second day of the strike. A. C. Little led the discussion, railing against the strike's organizers, the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies. The meeting participants decided that they should protect "any man who might want to work" ("Strikes Close Raymond Mills"). To that stated end, several committees formed to support the effort. Over the next several days the sheriff swore in 460 deputies to "protect property and the working men" ("Strikes Close Raymond Mills").
To prevent the mill workers from gathering, the city closed all the saloons and brothels for the duration of the strikes. Likewise, three "Socialists speakers," were arrested upon disembarking the Raymond depot ("Strikes Close Raymond Mills").
A few days later, on March 30, 1912, the mill owners blew their whistles for the start of work. Anyone who did not heed to the call found themselves and their families rounded up by about 200 men with rifles and shotguns and loaded onto a railroad car bound for Centralia. The South Bend Journal identified those who refused to work as Finns and Greeks.
The Greek workers were taken to Centralia, where the Greek consul from Tacoma, Hans Heldner, met them and protested their treatment. The Finns had been removed by boat to Nahcotta. From there they traveled on to Astoria where there was a large Finnish American community.
After the strike ended, the South Bend Journal said that the Greek mill workers asked to return, but, "American flags have been hoisted on the mills and only Americans or civilized foreigners need apply" ("Agitators Banished from Raymond"). Other strikes would come to Raymond and labor unions led fights for improved safety, better conditions, and higher pay.
Despite labor problems, the mills kept prospering in Raymond. In 1912 there were 14 mills in operation. They used an average of 50 railroad cars full of logs from logging camps in the surrounding hills.
The mills produced an average of 20 railroad cars a day of lumber and other forest products. These included shingles, cascara bark, used for medications, doors, and window frames.
Growth and Development
In 1912 the town also started to fill the sloughs that ran through town so residents could have actual streets and so that houses would not flood at high tide.
In 1915 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad began passenger and freight service between Raymond and Puget Sound.
The mayors of Raymond and South Bend presented the railroad's representatives with a wooden key "symbolical [sic] of the freedom of Willapa Harbor" (Krantz).
The train service was a vital link between the Willapa River towns and the interior of Washington. Not until 1917 would a road through the Willapa Hills open. The precursor of State Route 6, it was not reliably useable. It featured steep switchbacks and its gravel surface routinely suffered from water damage.
The late 1910s saw Raymond operating at full bore. Six saw mills, two veneer plants, a box factory, five shingle mills, and a woodworking plant were joined by the Sanderson & Porter shipyard, which employed 1,000 workers in building ships for the United States Navy during World War I. In the postwar era, the population dropped to about 4,500.
Port of Willapa Harbor
In 1928 residents of Raymond joined with South Bend to form the Port of Willapa Harbor, a public port district. The Port built a public dock on land between Raymond and South Bend that allowed smaller sawmills access to the river. This facilitated the transport of logs, which could be floated down the river from logging camps in the Willapa Hills, and the shipping of finished lumber. Before the public dock was completed in 1930, sawmills and other forest-products factories that did not have riverfront property had to send their goods to Grays Harbor or Puget Sound via the railroad, adding significantly to transport costs and time.
The Port dedicated the dock on October 8, 1930, and the city of South Bend dedicated a reconstructed city dock and improved slip. The same day, state highway officials led a celebration of the opening of Highway 101 between Aberdeen and Raymond-South Bend. For the first time travelers could follow a road through the Willapa Hills to the north of South Bend. It also connected Aberdeen with Ilwaco and the Long Beach Peninsula. This provided drivers with a direct route to the ferries that crossed the Columbia River to Astoria.
The Port's dock housed a sawmill, owned first by Ralph Tozier (1920-2005) and then Ben Cheney (1905-1971), who owned Cheney Lumber Company. According to Med Nicholson, writing in the Sou'wester, in 1945, Cheney was faced with a problem of wasted wood that resulted from cutting logs for ties. In order to square up the logs, large slabs were cut off each of four sides. Cheney had the insight that the slabs were eight feet long (the length of railroad ties) and house ceilings were eight and one-half feet tall. At the time home builders were buying studs in 10- and 12-foot lengths and cutting them down, also resulting in a lot of wasted wood. Cheney cut the slabs into a "Cheney Stud," what are now known as eight-foot two-by-four and sold them to home builders. Eight-foot ceilings became standard in houses, "putting to use an enormous amount of formerly wasted timber and incidentally saving American homeowners uncounted millions of dollars in heating expense" ("The Ben Cheney Story," 10).
Raymond's Great Depression
Unfortunately, the advantages presented by the new port and highway were hampered by the Great Depression. The economic downturn resulted in drastically decreased demand for lumber and Raymond residents struggled to find jobs. The decline of the Great Depression would reduce the town's population to 4,000. A steady decline after the Depression brought the population to just under 3,000 by 1990, where it has stayed since.
Though circumstances improved slightly when Weyerhaeuser purchased two mills in Raymond and one in South Bend and reorganized them in 1931, larger economic forces made it nearly impossible for commerce to continue in Raymond. In 1932 the Raymond Chamber of Commerce, faced with a near stoppage of business following the failure of the First Willapa Harbor National Bank, printed its own currency called "oyster money" to carry people over until real money became available again.
The Port of Willapa Harbor continued its efforts to improve the port's facilities. The Army Corps of Engineers carried out at federally funded dredging and channel straightening project on the river in 1936. The dredge spoils created Jensen Island and the new channel allowed deeper-draft boats to reach Raymond.
Logging and Lumber
A 1954 report by Nathaniel H. Engle and Delbert C. Hastings of the University of Washington's Bureau of Business Research, draws an interesting portrait of Pacific County's average male citizen as delineated by the 1950 Federal Census:
"Mr. Average Citizen of Pacific County, at the last census, 1950, was white and 33 years of age. He had had two years of high school education. He was employed as a laborer or an operative in the lumber industry. His income for the year was about $3,042. He was married and had two children. He lived in a 4 or 5 room house in good condition, with hot and cold running water, toilet, and bath. He had mechanical refrigeration, and a radio, but no central heating. His home was worth close to $4,000 and was owned clear of debt. Thus Pacific County's average citizen rates as a substantial American wage earner, somewhat better off, on the whole, than the average American, although not quite up to the average in Washington state" (Engle and Hastings, 5).
The lumber industry supported a significant number of these "average" residents. Where Grays Harbor had nearly cleared much its surrounding forest lands in the 1920s, Pacific County still had considerable standing timber in the 1950s. In 1951 more than 66 million board feet of logs and more than 90 million board feet of lumber left Raymond on ships and railroad cars. This may have been the result of a high concentration of ownership by large companies such as Weyerhaeuser, which owned 380 square miles (nearly half of the county), Crown-Zellerbach, owner of 60 square miles, and Rayonier, owner of 50 square miles.
Engle and Hastings described the logging companies' success as resulting from the companies' willingness to use sustained yield practices, rather than cutting the forests as quickly as the mills could cut the logs. Sustained yield did lead to more selective and more reseeding, but it did not maintain forests that could support diverse ecosystems because most of the reseeding was of single, productive species such as Douglas fir. Wildlife populations were further damaged by hunting programs designed to eliminate animals such as deer or bear that browsed on seedlings and new growth on older trees.
In 1954 and 1955, Weyerhaeuser carried out a two-part renovation of the old Willapa Lumber Company mill that it had acquired in 1931. First they replaced all the mill's facilities and then they rebuilt the mill itself. This mill, known as Mill W, remains in operation in 2010, the last softwood lumber mill in operation in Raymond,
In the 1970s the region saw another lumber boom. According to Richard Buck, of The Seattle Times, a new generation of baby boomers began buying houses, which increased the demand for lumber, leading to increased competition and prices. Prices reached $337 per 1,000 board feet.
The next decade, the declines in the national economy devastated the local economy rather than driving it. Prices dropped by two-thirds to $102 per 1,000 board feet in 1985. According to Buck this was due to a decline in housing starts and the increase in the value of the dollar and interest rates, which made Canadian lumber cheaper. Also, deregulation of the transportation industry increased the disadvantage West Coast lumber mills had compared to Southern and Midwestern lumber mills' proximity to East Coast markets.
In addition to the economic forces battering the lumber industry, in the late 1980s the local environment could no longer support the intense logging of the previous century. Historical overharvest and increased environmental regulations reduced the acreage of public forestland open to logging. In 1990, the Northern Spotted Owl was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. With the owl's listing, communities in Pacific County had to adjust to reduced logging and fewer jobs at the area's sawmills. The effects of the environmental regulations were compounded by plant modernization, which also led to fewer jobs in the mills. Many smaller mills could not compete with the larger companies' more efficient mills and a number went out of business.
The closure of the federal forests combined with changes in how Weyerhaeuser managed its lands and utilized mills in Pacific County led to the closure of numerous mills. This, in turn, led to fewer jobs in the forest products industry, as well as other sectors of the county's economy.
According to a Seattle Times article, "Some residents liken the area to a Third World nation, an underdeveloped colony whose resources are removed by 'foreign' corporations. Weyerhaeuser, they note, owns more than 50 percent of the land in Pacific County" (Hatch). Additionally, they accused Weyerhaeuser of using profits gained in Pacific County to build the very mills in the American South, where wages were lower, that undermined the viability of Raymond's mills. Although there is certainly a component of anger at outside companies taking a tremendous amount of natural resources out of the surrounding hills without investing a significant portion of the resulting profits in the local community, this sentiment also reflects the frustration that resulted from one company owning so much of the county's land and making decisions driven by the global market.
Strategies for Change
Raymond residents have created multiple strategies to address the changes to the regional economy. When one mill, the Mayr Brothers sawmill, closed in 1986, the Port of Willapa Harbor bought the land and buildings and leased them to Pacific Hardwoods. When that mill closed in 2001, a group of Raymond investors banded together and reopened it as Willapa Bay Hardwoods, employing 35 people. It planned to cut 17.5 million board feet a year, a far more sustainable volume than during the boom years.
The Port of Willapa Harbor has been involved in other economic development projects. The Port developed two industrial parks and received grants to construct light manufacturing buildings at one of the industrial parks and at the Port dock. A variety of industries have leased Port buildings, including a chitosan (a natural polymer produced from shellfish shells) producer, seafood processors, and an airplane prototype design company. Additionally, some of the buildings are used by retail stores, including a saw shop and a health club.
The Raymond community, in conjunction with the city government and the Port of Willapa Harbor, has developed attractions that will draw tourists to the region as a way to build the economy. The former railroad bed across the Willapa Hills has been turned into a hiking and biking trail. The city has begun redeveloping its riverfront and a regional consortium developed the Willapa Water Trail, which small boats can follow to explore Willapa Bay.
Over the past century the environment in and around Raymond has attracted people, many of whom have sought to remove as much of it as possible for sale in markets far from Pacific County. The town's future lies in a more sustainable use of those resources, including the intangible ones that have to be experienced in person.
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Lo these many months later, I have finally utilized NECA's Carrie figure the way I'd originally intended: as a supernatural Old West antagonist named Bloody Mary. Along the way I've used her as Carrie, as Alice in Wonderland, as Freddy's antagonist and as Freddy's victim.
It's surprising, the versatility of a blood-drenched action figure!
Harland & Wolff workers posing with the Olympic's propellers before its launch from dry dock after a two month refit. (Belfast, Ireland, Jan 1924).
The RMS Olympic and Titanic utilized an advanced propulsion system for the time designed by chief engineer Alexander Carlisle that consisted of two reciprocating engines and a steam turbine. The two outer propellers each had three blades that measured seven metres in diameter and were driven by their own four-cylinder triple-expansion piston engines that produced up to 15,000Hp each. The middle propeller had four blades on Olympic (Titanic had a three bladed central propeller) and measured five metres in diameter was driven by a low-pressure Parsons steam turbine that was powered by the exhaust steam from the piston engines and produced 16,000Hp. The propulsion system was powered by 24 double-ended and five single-ended Scotch boilers that generated steam at a pressure of 215Psi. The Olympic's total power output was estimated at 51,000 shaft horsepower, enabling it to reach a maximum speed of 23 knots (43Km/h). That speed for its size was comparable to some of the fastest ocean liners of the day such as the Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania and RMS Lusitania that could reach speeds of up to 26 knots (48 Km/h).
Following the Titanic disaster, the Olympic under went a major upgrade and refit starting in October 1912. A double hull was added, as well as increasing the watertight bulkhead height to the deck level. At the same time new parlour suites were added and the Cafe Parisian that was originally exclusive to Titanic. During World War I, the Olympic was requisitioned by the Admiralty and was converted into a troopship transporting up to 6,000 soldiers across the Atlantic. After the war, the Olympic underwent another major refit in 1919 which involved converting her from a coal-burner to an oil-burner reducing her fuel consumption, crew size and time spent port. She received new boilers, propellers, generators and electrical wiring. Her interiors were also renovated with new flooring, furniture and lighting.
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Utilizing trackage rights on Amtrak's Springfield Line, Pan Am Railways GP40 #351 leads southbound Pan Am Southern train EDPL (East Deerfield, MA to Plainville, CT) across the Farmington River at Windsor, CT on March 16, 2010.
Utilizing the apples we picked a few days before at the orchard, I baked this spicy cake with honey and olive oil. It is the perfect autumn dessert to be enjoyed with a nice cup of tea on a misty, cool day.
The recipe is on he blog.
Another build utilizing some old Znap elements. Seats two minifigures and has fold down ladders and opening cab for them. Extra weapons storage behind the seats as well. I made two different missile loadout options: one simply for aesthetics, and the other using technic missile launchers on a ball joint arm for play potential. Threw in the small comm tower as a bonus, since I wanted to use the Insectoids legs.
As usual, see more photos on Brickbuilt.
USG's narrow gauge gypsum runner continues its journey south to Plaster City, passing through the active bombing range utilized by the neighboring Naval Air Station.
The AL model utilized a 6.6L straight 8 Knight Slide Valve engine.
Muckenthaler Center - Fullerton, CA
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Hastings-Sunrise, Vancouver, British Columbia
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