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1968. 45 years ago. "Oliver" and "Funny Girl" were hits at the box office. "Respect" and "Grazin' in the Grass" were blaring out of every transistor radio. Mini-skirts and Nehru jackets were the style. The Chevy Impala was the nation's best-selling car; VW had 52% of the entire U.S. imported-car market.
And my parents, after five years of laundromat visits after our old Bendix Duomatic died, bought this Kenmore washer-dryer pair from the long-gone Sears at 63rd and Halsted. Sears, in those days, had everything, even motorboats in its famous "Wish Book"; in those pre-Wal-Mart days, it was where America shopped.
This washer-dryer combination has been extremely good to us; in all this time, the only time the washer conked out on us was in 1983, when it suddenly refused to go through the various parts of the cycles. The repairman diagnosed a transmission that was low on fluid. (Yes, washing machines have transmissions to govern the transition from fill to agitate to empty to rinse to spin.) He showed me how to fill it through the VERY tiny hole provided for that purpose, and the machine soldiered on for the next 30 years, until two weeks ago.
An unbent paper clip stuck down the hole diagnosed the problem: bony dry. A refill with a 1/4" tube with one end tapered and a tiny funnel on the other refilled it (it took about 6 ounces of a 12 oz bottle of trans stop-leak)
So now, it runs like a top again, ready for another 45 years, and possibly its own display at the Smithsonian, as a reminder of a time when large appliances were actually built to last, and to actually be repaired when they broke down.
Aberdeen Harbour Scotland - Sunday 25th November 2018, another wet overcast day,a rough sea over at the South Breakwater and a few vessels berthed at Torry Docks provided today's shoot, I enjoyed the two hours I had before darkness fell.
MEASUREMENTS
Length o.a. : 78.60 m
Length b.p.p.: 69.00 m
Breath moulded:. 17.60 m
Depth moulded: 7.70 m
Draught, Max.: 6.502 m
Freeboard, min: 1208 mm
Ligth ship 2220 T
Deadweight 3787.4 T
Gross tonnage: 2954 T
Net tonnage: 998 T
Classificati on
DNV 1A1 – FIFI I – SF LFL* COMF-V(3) E0 DYNPOS-AUTR NAUTOSV(
A) CLEAN DESIGN DK(+) HL(2.8) OILREC According to NOFO 2005
CARGO C A PA C I T I E S
Deck cargo 2500 tons
Deck area max L x B = 55.5 m x 14.4 m = 800 m 2
+-Deck strength Main deck from stern to fr. 85 = 5 t/m2
Fuel Oil 910 m3 Flow meter with printer
Liquid Mud: SG 2,8 975 m3 Total in 8 combi tanks
1 Agitators in each tank (EL. Driven)
Brine : SG 2,8 975 m3 Total in 8 combi tanks
Base oil: 414 m3 in combi tanks
Pot water: 933 m3
Drillwater / ballast: 1004 m3 / 1827 m3
Methanol + 178 m3
Nitrogen bottle rack system + 1 Nitrogene Comp.
MEG / Glycol 156 m3
ORO: 1122 m3
Cement / Barite/bentonit: 302 m3 in 5 vertical tanks
DISCHARGE RATES
Fuel Oil 2 x spindle Screw0- 200 m3 9 bar
Liquid Mud 2 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
Brine: 2 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
Base Oil 1 x two Spindle Screw 100 m3
Pot.water 2 x Spindle Screw 0-200 m3 9 bar
Drillwater/ballast: 2 x Spindle Screw 0-250 m3 9 bar
Methanol: 2 x Spindle 0-75 m3 9 bar
MEG / Glycol 2 x two spindle screw pump 0-75 m3 9 bar
ORO: 4 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
1 x 2 Spindle Screw 100 m3 9 bar
Cement / Barite: 2 x Comp. 30m3/min – 5.6 bar
2 x Cyclone
2 x Dust Collector
TANK CLEANING SYSTEM
A total of 8 cleaning machines fitted in: MUD,& Brine
Slop Tank 1 x 20.0 m3
MACHINERY / D/E-PROPULSION Resiliently Mounted
Main Engines: 4 x 1380 BkW/1800 rpm
MTV: Type 12 V 4000M50B
Main generators: 4 x 1445 EkW. 690 V, 60 Hz
Type: Marelli MJR 450 LA4B3
Emergency Engine: 1 x 99 BKW/1800 rpm
John Deere 6068 TFM 50
Emergency generator: 1 x 125 kVA-690 V 60 Hz
PERFORMANCE / CONSUMPTION a t 4 , 8 m d r a f t
Max speed: 13.8 knots
Econ- speed: 9-12 knots /
Service. speed: 12.0 knots / 9.1 t pr 24 hrs
Econ. speed: 10.0 knots /5.5 t pr 24 hrs
DP II Average: Draft 5,0 mtr / 9.3 t pr 24 hrs
HS: 2.5 m wind 25 knots
Harbor Mode 1 t pr 24 hrs
MAIN PROPULSION
Frequency controlled 2 x 1600 kW Schottel Twin
probeller Type STB 1212
Fwd. Tunnel thrusters 2 x 880 kW
Brunvoll Type FU-80-LTC-2000
BRI DGE D E S IGN : N A U T - OSV
1 x Consol forward bridge
2 x Consol aft bridge
1 x Radio station
AUTOMATION SYSTEM
IAS Powertec
LOADING COMPUTER
1 x Shipload
D P 2 S Y S T E M KONGSBERG K - POS - 2 1
1 x Fanbeam laser 4.1
1 x Radius
1 x Kongsberg DPS 200 CM
1 x Kongsberg DPS 116 CM
2 x Spotbeam
2 x Gill ultrasonic wind sensor
THRUSTER CONTROL
RR Helikone-x
BRI DGE WATCH MON I TORI NG SYSTEM
Havyard Powertec
ACCOMMODAT ION 2 3 P ERSONS
Cabins 11 off single cabins
2 off double cabins
2 off 4 men cabin
1 off office
1 off Hospital with additional 1 bed.
LIFE S AVI NG EQUIPM E N T 2 3 p e r s o n s
Safety Equipment: Acc to NMD/SOLAS for 23 persons
Life Raft: 4 x 25 persons
Mob boat: Type mako 5.55 m Water jet version, 6 persons
Survival suits: 23 persons
S t a n d b y r e s c u e e q u i p m e n t
Rescue class 250 persons
Mob boat: Type mako 5.55 m Water jet version, 6 persons
Rescue scoop 1 x Dacon
I N C I N ERATOR
1 x Atlas 200 SL WS P
Bo i l e r
1 x Parat Electrical 1600 kW
ENTERTAINING EQUIPMENTS
1 x Sat. TV: Seatel
1 x Rack with 4 x Tuners
1 x TV in all crew cabins
1 x TV in all lounges
1 x Radio / CD in all cabins
1 x Gymnasium w/Equipments
DECK EQUIPMENT
Windless 1 x NDM AWE-42 K3 8.7 T
Tugger winch 2 x NDM 7 ATC 180L4 10 T
Capstan 2 x NDM Capstan 101 10 T
Deck Crane 1 x Abas 3T 1.7 m -12 m
Provision crane
Hose Connection all substance Midship and aftship Starboard and Port
Methanol connection station starboard side aftship
A N T I ROL L I NG SYSTEM
2 x Stabilizing tanks. Passive anti.roll system.
navi gAT ION EQUIPMENT
1 x Furuno S-Band ARPA Radar, Model FAR-2137S (10 cm)
1 x Furuno X-Band ARPA Radar, Model FCR-2117. (3 cm) Chart Radar
2 x Furuno Conning system, Model Furuno
2 x Furuno DGPS Navigator, Model GP-150
2 x Furuno ECDIS, Model TECDIS
3 x Sperry navigate X mk1
1 x Sperry Marin Navpilot 4000
1 x Furuno Echosounder FE-700
1 x Athe doppler logg
1 x Jotron uais tr-2500
1 x Tayio td-1550A direction finder
1 x Furuno Voyage Data Recorder, Model VR-3000
COMMUNICAT ION EQUIPMENT GMDSS A 3
1 x Furuno FS 2571C MF/HF/DSC 250 W Simplex radio station
2 x Furuno Felkon 15 Inmarsat C
1 x Fleet 33
3 x Jotron. Tron TR-20 GMDSS Portable VHF
2 x Furuno FM 8800D VHF
2 x Sailor RT 2048 VHF
3 x Motorola GP360 VHF Portable
3 x Motorola GM380 UHF
2 x GSM mobile phone Fax/Voice
1 x V-sat
1 x Furuno navtex NX 7000
Black Saturday +day24
update latest news
The trees in this shot are 20-30m tall. Note the leaves on all the tree are burnt. This means the flames are as tall as the trees. The house is about the same distance from the trees.
Doing the dishes
Rang Dad today (permanent phone on) to check on both how he's going and reports I read on the news today on basics being denied to residents at Kinglake and Kinglake West.
He was doing the dishes in no particular hurry. I mentioned the locals are calling the BS, contacting the media to get things done. He confirmed they closed down the food and removed the water tankers. I can't understand why? The topics we talked about included how all the native birds are back. Parrots, Wrens who escaped the fire and now moving back in. How he's assembled one of the collapsible tanks for water after moving them by hand and put them on bricks not the pallets organised.
Dad also mentioned taking the tanks back but I advised him they are there as long as required and I'll organise returning them when they are finished. The tank-man is coming out to take a look at Frank (The Tank).
Water
Water is still critical as there has been no rain, the bore works but water may become contaminated over time. Going to the trouble sourcing multiple sterile water containers, then organising and delivering water storage capacity has proved to be 100% spot on the correct priority. The inability for local authorities to supply basics on a continual basis at +day24 is poor, but not unexpected.
Police deliver legal documents
Dad also mentioned the Police letter dropped a printed page outlining how house-owners would be prosecuted for moving any rubble on the property by order of the Coroner. Never mind the asbestos. He's got food, water, power and vehicles. I mentioned that a Stat-Dec could come in handy if he wanted assistance to pull down some trees (widow-makers) near the house. This is the level we have sunk to. Using legal documents to request help if needed to get around road-blocks and restrictions. Dad also mentioned he is pretty lucent and not too effected by the event. He knows of others that are not.
So at the moment he's not doing to badly. Compared to most he's doing well.
Some observations
From comments I've left on ABC article Lessons can be learnt from tsunami response
Nice observations Andrew,
I've been closely watching the fires unfolding since Black Saturday. My Dad survived in Kinglake West with house intact and no loss of cars but lots of shed & property damage. By all accounts he is probably in the best of situations. As of +day23, Black Saturday he has shelter, power, water and vehicles to travel. This is not the norm. Most residents are without all or some of the above. Living with compromised services. So I'll give you my take of what information I've observed, collected and read:
Inability of command to ensure basics & logistics
- it's absolutely critical that basics Water, food and shelter be arranged. As of today both water and food are in short supply and only because local Kinglake residents and media (in this case The Age newspaper reporter Selma Milovanovic is on the ground) ~ www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/3320803820/
- Water is critical. Why hasn't each resident been delivered say a 1000L sterile water tank and have it refilled on demand? ~ www.flickr.com/photos/bootload/sets/72157614178152108/
- why was the reliable water supplies removed?
Inability of command to be flexible with legalistic demands
- from day 1 control into & out of Kinglake area has restricted by police. At first this was essential because the area was not safe. However as the safety issue was resolved bans still remained denying residents access past control lines to go back in. This is of course flouted. How else do you ensure essential water and portable power to be provided in the first 72Hrs? Do you wait for the official response?
- Now certain Kinglake areas have been hit with very harsh legal demands. Stating any removal of rubbish is punishable by severe penalties because a coroner (Judge) in Melbourne wants all potential deaths thoroughly investigated. In an office in Melbourne this appears sound. On the ground it's an inflexible PIA and needs to be resolved.
Inability of command to recognise health issues
- Anecdotal evidence I'm hearing suggests residents in the area severely traumatised are beginning to show signs of PTSD and other symptoms but the best response we have is very vague in details of how this will be attacked www.premier.vic.gov.au/minister-for-community-services/me...
- Legal orders placed on resident cleanups are being enforced despite the fact both Asbestos and other toxic chemicals are present on properties
- Up till this afternoon basics of water & food distribution was stopped www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/02/2505337.htm as authority passed from jurisdiction in this case state DHS to local shires www.theage.com.au/national/fire-victims-relief-crisis-200...
Inability of command to listen and act on residents requests, transparently
- the poor communication lines and consultation of local residents is becoming a problem. The only access that seems to work is a lengthy story to the media, the media (The Age in particular) writes up a story and Ministers have to respond.
- there appears to be a one-way conversation. Why? Listening to the requests as they come up. Where is the liason b/w residents on the ground and decision makers? The only advocates for residents are either on-the-ground agitators, news reporters or third parties who have access to knowledge and reporting ability.
I know the article you mentioned has been on the medium to long term perspective but all I can see at the moment is pretty p*ss-poor execution. What I'd like to see is:
a) Representatives of Red Cross, media liason, government rep at each local area to source the trouble at a local level and sort it out. Bend the rules to enable survivors get what they need without unnecessary legal or political interference.
b) Get a high level political order out that 1) basics of food, water, shelter be monitored at all times for 3-6 months and any changes or reductions in service be justified to residents and the public.
c) Get high level political order out telling both Police & Coroner to work some level of compromise on both travel bans and clean ups as a priority. The living take priority over the dead.
d) Allow clear access of both commercial and state (ABC) media to the area to report what they see without interference. This allows impartial oversite.
The biggest problem I have is, authorities with resources are not delivering on what residents want and need in a timely manner. There is no liason. Authority is being wielded by certain inflexible legal bodies. There is no recognition the law in this situation is not as applicable in a disaster zone. Execution is being hampered by the in-ability of authority to adapt.
While people who are responsible for these functions are paid, tucked up in bed and fed, the perception (and as has been shown this week, reality) are being derelict in their duty to pull out all the stops and get these (simple problems) resolved. Until then, the medium to long term objectives are nice to pontificate over, but of little use.
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Eden using a megaphone to speak out against educational budget cuts at a demonstration in Tompkins Square Park. Her friend Ave is holding the bullhorn; the agitator wearing Hello Kitty is Margot from pre-K.
Cary Moon is an urbanist and activist in Seattle. She believes in revolutionaries, agitators, and the nexus of big ideas with small d democracy. She is a former systems engineer with a masters degree in landscape architecture and urban design.
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SHIP DESIGN - VS 485 MK III
CLASSIFICATION - BUREAU VERITAS
BUILDER - HELLESØY VERFT AS, HULL NO 149
PORT OF REGISTRY - NASSAU
FLAG - BAHAMAS
MMSI - 311000256
IMO NUMBER - 9620982
DELIVERY - JUNE 2012
CALL SIGN - C6BG5
REGISTERED OWNER: Rem PSV AS
MAIN DIMENSIONS
LENGTH O.A - 85.00m
LENGTH P.P - 77.65m
BREADTH - 20.00m
MAX DRAFT - 7.16m
GROSS TONNAGE - 4,344mt
NET TONNAGE - 1,800mt
DEADWEIGHT - 5,549mt
LIGHTWEIGHT - 3,072mt
CLASS NOTATIONS
SUPPLY VESSEL OIL RECOVER SHIP -OIL PRODUCT,
UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION
COMF-NOISE 3 COMF-VIB 3,
CPS(WBT), AUT-UMS,
SYS-NEQ-OSV, CLEANSHIP SUPER,
ICE CLASS ID, DYNAPOS AM/AT R,
SDS, IG,
ERN 99.99.99.96, NOFO 2009
ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO CONTROL PLANTS
Incinerator: Saniterm SH 20 SM/SR
Steam generator: 1600kW, Parat Halvorsen AS
Hot Liquid Cargo Tank: 1x 146m3
Tank Cleaning: Per Gjerdrum AS
Special Cargo Tanks: Stainless Steel Tanks for Methanol
Inert Gas System: N2 Generator, membrane separation
Cargo Manifolds: Centre/Aft each side inside “Safe haven”
MACHINERY AND PROPELLER PLANTS
Main Engines/Gen.: 4x 1825kW CAT 3516B-DSG
Emergency Generator: 1x 200kW Volvo Penta D9A
Main Propulsion: 2x 2300kW SteerProp SP 35 CRP
FWD Azimuth: 1x 880kW Brunvoll
FWD Tunnel Thrusters: 2x 1000kW Brunvoll
CARGO CAPACITIES NOFO 2009
Deck Cargo: 2800mt
Deck Area: 1004m2
, 59.8m x 16.8m free space
Deck Strength: 10mt/m2
Fuel Oil: 903m3
Liquid Mud (SG 2.8): 703m3
, Agitators in all tanks
Brine (SG 2.5): 418m3
Base Oil: 203m3
Pot Water: 1007m3
Drill Water/Ballast: 2470m3
Methanol: 145m3
Special Product: 146m3
Slop: 186m3
ORO: 1803m3
Cement/Bar/Bent: 440m3
NAVIGATION
Bridge Consoles: Aft, fwd. and both Wings Operation
Control Office: Located on Bridge
Autopilot: Furuno AP 50
DP System: Kongsberg K Pos DP 2
Joystick System: Kongsberg C-Joy Constant
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 2
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 5
Fanbeam: Kongsberg Laser Mk 4,2
DGPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Wind Sensor: 2x Kongsberg Maritime
Radar 1: Furuno FAR 2137 S
Radar 2: Furuno FCR 2827 Chart Radar
Echo Sounder: Furuno FE 700
Gyro: 3x Simrad GC 80
Speed Repeater: Skipper IR 300
VDR: Furuno VR 3000
GPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Bridge Watch: VICO system NAUT/OSV
ECDIS: Tecdis T 2138
Speed log: Furuno DS 80
SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION
Full speed: 15.0 knots, 21.5 mt/d
Service speed: 12.5 knots, 12.0 mt/d
Economic speed: 11.0 knots, 9.7 mt/d
DP operation: 4.8 mt/d at position keeping
Harbour mode: 1.4 mt/d
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPK knuckle crane
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPT telescopic jig
1x NDM SWM 8mt capstans aft
6x NDM SWL 3mt cargo securing winches
1x NDM TU SWL 15mt Tugger Winch
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Ship Certificate: 23 persons
Life Rafts: 4x 25 persons Unitron
MOB: 1x NORSAFE
MOB Davit: 1x HLT 3500 TTS
Survival Suits: 23 SOLAS Immersion Suits
Survival suits according to rules
COMMUNICATION
Navtex: Furuno NX-700 B
Radar Transponder: 2x Jotron Tron SART
DSC Terminal: Furuno FS-2570 C
AIS: Furuno FA 150
EPIRB manual: Jotron 45 SX
EPIRB Free Float: Jotron Tron 40 S Mk II
Radio Station: SSB, MF, HF, Furuno FS-1570
VHF Portable: 3x Jotron Tron TR 20 GMDSS
VHF Station: Furuno FM-8800 S
UHF Portable: 5x Motorola GP 340
Inmarsat C: Furuno Felcom 15
Intercom: Zenitel ACM 144 66/VO
Sound System: Vingtor VSS 111
Emergency: Vingtor VSP 211 L
PA System: Zenitel VPA 120, 240 and 400
Sat. Communication: +47 55 62 81 53
Mobile Phone NOR: +47 46 90 79 06
Mobile Phone UK: +44 77 33 33 50 14
Vessel E-Mail: captain@mistral.remoffshore.no
ACCOMMODATION
Outfitted for 22 persons in spacious and comfortable
facilities.
Single Cabins: 15 with bathrooms
Double Cabins: 4 with bathrooms
Hospital: 1 Highest standard
Office: 1 fully outfitted
Day Room: 2 comfortably outfitted
Gymnasium: 1 fully outfitted
Entertainment: In Day Rooms and all Cabins
Antiroll Tank: 1x 440m3 + 1x 160m
This villa was built in the 18th century on one of the most beautiful places on earth with a killer view! Only this view will add a million dollars to the price of these grounds. It was built by a wealthy baron who built it as his summer house. When the baron left, rumours say that the villa was owned by anarchists, Utopians and agitators. At one time even they left and currently the place is awaiting to be bought. Probably for some several millions…
The surrounding gardens are packed with tropical plants and when we were there we heard the gardener at work some 15 meters away. I think the surrounding luxury villas make sure also this garden is kept nice and tidy. We managed to avoid the gardener and did our thing in the Mediterranean sun.
Please visit www.preciousdecay.com for more pictures
A police officer escorts black children to the Poolesville, Md. school September 5, 1956 during protests and a boycott by white supremacist parents and students.
Two years after the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing segregation of public schools by race, Montgomery County, Md. began a phased integration of its schools. In the upper county area this meant sending 14 select, upper grade black students to the K-12 school in Poolesville.
The integration effort went on without organized opposition throughout the rest of the county, but staunch segregationists organized a school boycott and a series of demonstrations and protest meetings in an attempt to halt black students from attending the all-white school in Poolesville.
On the first day of classes on September 5, 1956 about 150 parents gathered outside the school to encourage the students and other parents to keep their children out of school. About 300 children were held out on the first day.
One woman in the crowd shouted out, “We oughta make so much noise that they can’t teach.”
School principal Robert T. Crawford estimated that about 173 of 340 elementary students were absent and 125 of the 260 pupils in the high school were not in class.
The 14 black students, all assigned to the seventh, eighth and ninth grades, were escorted into the school by police and teachers.
One of the organizers of the boycott was Everette Severe of the Maryland Petition Committee, a white supremacist group seeking a referendum vote to block integration of schools throughout the state.
Severe a well-known white supremacist having written letters to newspapers opposing integration and speaking at pro-segregation rallies. He lived in Kensington, Md. and did not have children.
Severe told the crowd outside the school, “We’re not supposed to send our kids to school until we have a hearing. Keep your kids out of school every day this week.”
Severe circulated a petition to demand a hearing on the issue. It said in part that the admission of the black students placed “in serious jeopardy” the “security and welfare” of their children.
Severe also helped organize a meeting of the segregationists at a Poolesville hall that night where they vowed to continue the fight.
Previous to the Poolesville boycott Severe on September 3rd told a Charlottesville, Va. rally opposed to integration that the people “are the law of the land, not the Supreme court.”
The day before Montgomery County schools opened, Severe attended a white supremacist meeting in Wayson’s Corner to urge a boycott of Anne Arundel County schools telling the crowd that the U.S. Supreme Court decision was invalid because, “Their total legal background hardly adds up to one good country lawyer.”
He called for an organization to halt integration adding, “God grant that it will happen quickly.”
The Poolesville group attempted to keep pressure on the school board to hold a hearing by staging a march on the county seat in Rockville.
On September 7, 1956, county police disbanded a gathering of about 60 people at 10:30 p.m. assembled at Jefferson Street beside the county courthouse. The march was called in an attempt to spread the school boycott beyond Poolesville.
The white supremacists kept up picketing at the school through the week, but attendance began to rise and by Friday had reached 70 percent. School superintendent Edward Norris warned that school officials' patience with the protesters was wearing thin and that Maryland law may be used against the parents.
The law called for a $20 fine, a 30-day jail term or both for disturbing public school sessions. Another section carried a $50 fine for inducing or trying to induce absenteeism.
By September 12th, attendance at the school had reached 582 students or about 90 percent when normal absenteeism was accounted for.
The county announced that three road workers had been suspended 10 days without pay for participating in the protests during working hours.
The school board, which had been resisting any meeting with the segregationists, agreed to grant an audience to hear specific objections to the integration policy, but not a challenge to the overall plan.
Meanwhile at a meeting at the Poolesville town hall that evening, 100 adults met and agreed to send their children back to school while they organized private schooling for their children.
Severe had problems of his own. He was suspended from his job by NBC radio over his public role in the protests and had his contract for part-time work for the Voice of America terminated.
There were more meetings of the dwindling number of parents participating in the boycott where calls were made to challenge the integration in court, but the boycott and organized opposition had largely dissipated.
The die-hards views were adequately expressed by parent Katherine Mills who wrote a letter to the Washington Post published October 3, 1956. Some excerpts follow.
Mills began by explaining that the segregationists “bitterly resent the treatment received at the hands of school and county authorities.”
“We resent the fact that our elected county school board not only permits Negroes to enter white schools, but actually encourages them to enter white schools.”
“I have no doubt that in the minds of some people we are pictured as a bunch of poor, ignorant yokels who’ve been carefully taught by “outside agitators” to fear and hate racial integration.”
“As a matter of fact, we do fear and hate racial integration, but our fear stems from our knowledge of local Negroes…”
“Negro parents as a whole are not so careful as their white neighbors in looking after the cleanliness and health of their children. We do not favor the joint use of school washrooms by colored and white. We just don’t want to take risks of any kind with our children.”
“The marital habits of some of our Maryland Negroes are, to say the least, very casual. They are like the marital habits of the often-divorced white persons in northern café society.”
“Of course some colored couples don’t bother with divorce, because there was no actual marriage in the first place.”
“We believe the morals of our own race are lax enough as it is without exposing our children to an even more primitive view of sex habits. Furthermore, we abhor any steps that might encourage interracial mating.”
“Until the cultural gaps between them are completely filled in, the white and colored races should not be mixed in the public schools of Montgomery County.”
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Photo by Arnold Taylor. The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Capt. Gertrude Shaffer, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Physical Therapist, at the Post Hospital, assists [a] little [boy]as he tries to walk. Taking treatment in the pool-agitators are [a little girl] and [a] Colonel, D/CS Hqs. Third U.S. Army. Both children are Army dependents. Fort McPherson, GA. 02/28/1957.
The exterior of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, as seen from the north. The Cathedral has picked up a few nick-names: "Our Lady of Maytag" and "McGucken's Maytag", due to the resemblance of the roofline to a washing machine agitator. (Archbishop McGucken presided over the design and building of the Cathedral: the prior Cathedral [where the KRON-TV studios are now] had burned down [arson] only 5 months into his term as Archbishop...) Taken by a Voigtländer Bessa R4M with a Super-Wide Heliar 15mm ƒ 4.5 Aspherical II lens on Fujicolor Superia 400 film.
The odd roofline also has a surprising (for a Catholic church) effect, on certain days (of full sunshine) at certain times: the shadows on the roofline resemble human female breasts! (the poster has seen this, but not been able to get a photo...)
CR4841
684-FE-4
Foton Auman GTL2535
Probably a 2015-16
Playa del Carmen, Q.Roo, Mexico
[Fuji X-E1 + Fujinon XF 18-55mm f2.8-4R LM OIS]
This Villa Park, Illinois, firm's Granite Mack is ready for a load from Elmhurst Chicago Stone Company.
In the 1974 film, 'The Man with the Golden Gun', James Bond comes to Asia in search of the villian Scaramanga. Bond flys into Scaramanga's hideout by seaplane, to an island just off China (In reality, Khao Phing Kan Island in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand).
Nail island (Tapu), contained the solar reflectors used to power the 'Solex Agitator' which powered Scaramangas Laser systems.
It is this island that has now become internationally known as "James Bond island".
www.thaistudents.com/thebeach/jamesbond/bond.html
For some nice photos of Ms. Mary Goodnight top Bond babe go to:
A line of police officers occupy the intersection of 14th and U Streets NW April 5, 1968 in an attempt to contain crowds who began looting and burning following the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.
The city exploded in anger at the news and experienced among the greatest property damage of the more than 125 cities that erupted April 4-7, 1968 and set a then U.S. record for mass arrests when more than 6,100 were detained.
Twelve died, mostly due to becoming entrapped in burning buildings and over 1,100 were injured. Property damage was extensive in a number of corridors: 14th Street NW, 7th Street NW, U Street NW, H Street NE and Nichols Ave SE (later Martin Luther King Jr. Ave) were set afire. 1,200 buildings were burned.
Washington, D.C. had been simmering before King’s assassination.
Clarence J. Brooker was shot in the back on Minnesota Ave. NE May 7, 1967 sparking protests, including a sit-in at the District Building. On May 23, 1967, two youths were shot at a playground by a police officer that sparked another round of demonstrations.
A standoff with police began August 1, 1967 when lines of officers began moving a crowd back from a burning Salas furniture store at 1307 7th Street NW. Dozens threw rocks and bottles at police who responded in turn with billy clubs.
The outbreak occurred at about 12:30 am and lasted until about 3:00 a.m. resulting in 11 fires, 50 store windows broken and 34 arrests.
The disturbance area was confined to 7th Street between K and P NW and on 13th & 14th Streets NW near U Street—two areas that would be hit hard following King’s murder.
Dozens of other cities had already experienced widespread rebellion against authority including New York, Watts and Newark along with dozens of outbreaks in smaller cities..
In the immediate aftermath of King’s assassination, 125 cities across the country experienced a social breakdown.
In Washington, D.C. mainstream black leaders such as the appointed mayor Walter Washington and singer James Brown urged black people to contain their anger and leave the streets.
Some white leaders blamed “agitators” such as Maryland Senator Daniel Brewster who called for former SNCC leader Stokely Carmichael’s arrest after Carmichael held a press conference at SNCC headquarters in D.C. and also gave a speech at Howard University calling on black people to arm themselves.
The full text of Carmichael’s press conference is here: flic.kr/p/Rqtckc
Newspapers were filled quotes from residents both black and white decrying the burning and looting.
But the tens of thousands of black people who took part had a different point of view.
Reginald Booker, a black activist primarily known for his anti-freeway work, gave his thoughts in a May 1, 1968 hearing of the appointed city council at Eastern High School on Rehabilitation of District of Columbia Areas Damaged by Civil Disorders that was later incorporated into congressional testimony on the issue.
Booker started off calling the disturbances a “revolution” and defended the property destruction and looting.
“The burning, the devastation, you can call it riots, you can call it looting. I know what black people call it and I know what I call it.”
“Any time oppressed people are so denied, and so oppressed, and the channels of the so-called usual mechanisms of dealing with these ills, if they cannot solve the problems, then black people and all other people have the right to burn and bring destruction if that alleviates their misery.”
“Does it take burning? Does it take looting? Of course, I know the people who were looting, they were only taking back what was theirs all the time.”
“I know they were taking back what was theirs because when the rebellion broke out, I was right out there in the street with my people.”
“Now, a whole lot of those hypocritical white folks, they said, ‘well, look they even burned down some of their own people so it couldn’t have been racial. They were just out to steal something.’”
“How can you steal from a crook?”
“It was pointed out recently, for example, that Safeway, on the day that welfare recipients receive checks, raise their prices.”
“Recently the Washington Post ran a series of stories on certain credit merchants on 7th Street, on how they exploit black people. How can you buy a TV that is worth $50 and end up paying $300-plus for it, and then if you don’t make all the payments it is repossessed and the man sells it over about 10 times again?”
Press reports indicated that certain businesses were clearly targeted, including Safeway and so-called easy credit businesses.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsk4zGPDw
Photo by Bernie Boston. The image is courtesy of the D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection © Washington Post.
Wicked -- "Born with green skin and huge teeth, like a dragon, the free-spirited Elphaba grows up to be an anti-totalitarian agitator, an animal-rights activist, a nun, then a nurse who tends the dying and, ultimately, the headstrong Wicked Witch of the West in the land of Oz. Maguire's strange and imaginative postmodernist fable uses L. Frank Baum's Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a springboard to create a tense realm inhabited by humans, talking animals (a rhino librarian, a goat physician), Munchkinlanders, dwarves and various tribes. The Wizard of Oz, emperor of this dystopian dictatorship, promotes Industrial Modern architecture and restricts animals' right to freedom of travel; his holy book is an ancient manuscript of magic that was clairvoyantly located by Madam Blavatsky 40 years earlier. Much of the narrative concerns Elphaba's troubled youth (she is raised by a giddy alcoholic mother and a hermitlike minister father who transmits to her his habits of loathing and self-hatred) and with her student years. Dorothy appears only near novel's end, as her house crash-lands on Elphaba's sister, the Wicked Witch of the East, in an accident that sets Elphaba on the trail of the girl from Kansas as well as the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodsman and the Lion and her fabulous new shoes." -- from www.amazon.com
I finally read this book after avoiding it for a long time. I thought it was just going to be a goofy parody of "The Wizard of Oz". Instead, I was surprised to find, it was an actual story in itself. I do wish that Maguire had spent more time describing the physical world of Oz and a little less time on the politically corrupt climate (i.e. "Geez! I get it already!! The Wizard's a tyrant! Move on with the story!"). There were quite a few little mysteries left unsolved at the end of the book but I get the feeling that "Son of a Witch" may solve some of those.
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"The Book of Imaginary Beings is Borges's whimsical compendium of more that a hundred of 'the strange creatures conceived down through history by the human imagination.'...Here readers will find the familiar and expected Dragons and Centaurs, Unicorns and Gnomes, as well as the less familiar and altogether unexpected Animals That Live in the Mirror, The Elphant That Prefigured the Birth of Buddha, the Hairy Beast of La Ferte-Bernard, and other undeniably curious creatures." (taken from the front flap of the book)
This was a really neat book. I actually read about this author in another book (Sheridan Hay's "The Secret of Lost Things") and when I spotted this book on the shelf at the store, I grabbed it. I was familiar with a lot of the creatures from mythology but it was interesting to learn about new and different (and some extremely odd) ones.
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Son of a Witch -- "...author Gregory Maguire returns to the land of Oz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda the silent novice Candle tends to him, willing him back to life with her unusual musical gifts. What dark force left Liir in this condition? Is he really Elphaba's son" He has her broom and her cape -- but what of her powers? Can he find his half-sister, Nor, last seen in the forbidding prison Southstairs" Can he fulfill the last wished of a dying princess? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?" (taken from the back cover of the book)
I'm about 100 pages into this book and so far, so good. This story is moving at a faster pace than Wicked did and now that I'm more familiar with Maguire's Oz (after reading Wicked) I can focus more on the story and I don't have to keep flipping to the Oz map to see where things are :)
Wicked -- Started: Apr. 1, 2009 Finished: Apr. 8, 2009
The Book of Imaginary Beings -- Started: Apr. 2, 2009 Finished: Apr. 9, 2009
Son of a Witch -- Started: Apr. 8, 2009 Finished: Apr. 11, 2009
25 Book Challenge 2009 Books #18, #19 & #20
Pyramid of the Sun, north of Mexico City, with model of site. What remains today is in remarkably good condition. Site is much larger and more complete than the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. Unlike the temple site in Mexico City, now covered by the National Palace, the Metropolitan Cathedral, and hundreds of other buildings, the Conquisadors were never able to level these pyramids.
Spain has been out of Mexico for 200 years and has no resposibility for the current situation. The problem lies, as in many other countries, with a small group of "elite" politicians abetted by outside agitators with their own agenda.
"500 years of oppression. 500 years of resistance."
1968. 45 years ago. "Oliver" and "Funny Girl" were hits at the box office. "Respect" and "Grazin' in the Grass" were blaring out of every transistor radio. Mini-skirts and Nehru jackets were the style. The Chevy Impala was the nation's best-selling car; VW had 52% of the entire U.S. imported-car market.
And my parents, after five years of laundromat visits after our old Bendix Duomatic died, bought this Kenmore washer-dryer pair from the long-gone Sears at 63rd and Halsted. Sears, in those days, had everything, even motorboats in its famous "Wish Book"; in those pre-Wal-Mart days, it was where America shopped.
This washer-dryer combination has been extremely good to us; in all this time, the only time the washer conked out on us was in 1983, when it suddenly refused to go through the various parts of the cycles. The repairman diagnosed a transmission that was low on fluid. (Yes, washing machines have transmissions to govern the transition from fill to agitate to empty to rinse to spin.) He showed me how to fill it through the VERY tiny hole provided for that purpose, and the machine soldiered on for the next 30 years, until two weeks ago.
An unbent paper clip stuck down the hole diagnosed the problem: bony dry. A refill with a 1/4" tube with one end tapered and a tiny funnel on the other refilled it (it took about 6 ounces of a 12 oz bottle of trans stop-leak)
So now, it runs like a top again, ready for another 45 years, and possibly its own display at the Smithsonian, as a reminder of a time when large appliances were actually built to last, and to actually be repaired when they broke down.
Cosmic Ray Agitator
by Sir Charles Fitzgerald
(circa 1887)
In 1887 Sir Charles Fitzgerald was the secret weaponry develpor for Victoria, the queen of England. With his small team of scientists Sir Fitzgerald worked in utmost secrecy in his castle's dungeon laboratory. It was at that time he discovered how to agitate cosmic rays. The first item he disintegrated was an apple. The ray made it explode into dust.
Harnessing the newly found science, Sir Fitzgerald was able to incorporate it into the cosmic raygun pictured above. This gun was field tested in the battle of the Kyber Pass. The effects were totally devastating. Sir Fitzgerald realized what could happen if the world's arms manufacturers were to acquire his new found technology. For fear of that possibility the Cosmic Ray Agitator was returned to England and hidden deep within his castle's walls.
The Cosmic Ray Agitator was found and stolen in 1939 by agents of the Nazi party. However, Hitler's top scientists could not duplicate the secret liquid ingredient Sir Fitzgerald used in the vial on top of the raygun.
In 1946 the Cosmic Ray Agitator was found in West Berlin. The British government took possession of it. It's current whereabouts is unknown.
If you have any knowledge concerning the whereabouts of Fitzgerald's Cosmic Ray Agitator, please get in touch with Scotland Yard.
End
Note: G.P. - This is my first raygun.
Thanks to Gabriel Carton, Liam Perry, Don O' Riordan, Liam Tighe for the Names
Back Row L-R 1 Gerard O' Donnell, 2 Harry Cassidy, 3 Thomas Matthews, 4 James Kearns 5 Sean Sweney 6 Liam Tighe, 7 Don O' Riordan
4 Row L-R 2 John Sterling, 4 Stephen Lynch,
3 Row L-R 1 Gerard Carton, Ballyfermot Drive, Claddagh Rd,
2 Michael Hanley, 3 Billy Maguire, 4 ????, 5 ????, 6 Lesley Finnegan, 7 ????, 8 Brian Power,
2 Row L-R 2 Liam Perry, 3 Brian Kelly Ballyfermot Drive, 5 John Glynn, 6 Robert Kissane, 7 John Gunning, 8 Brian Hooper, 9 Noel O' Keefe
Front Row L-R 2 Gerard Flynn
SHIP DESIGN - VS 485 MK III
CLASSIFICATION - BUREAU VERITAS
BUILDER - HELLESØY VERFT AS, HULL NO 149
PORT OF REGISTRY - NASSAU
FLAG - BAHAMAS
MMSI - 311000256
IMO NUMBER - 9620982
DELIVERY - JUNE 2012
CALL SIGN - C6BG5
REGISTERED OWNER: Rem PSV AS
MAIN DIMENSIONS
LENGTH O.A - 85.00m
LENGTH P.P - 77.65m
BREADTH - 20.00m
MAX DRAFT - 7.16m
GROSS TONNAGE - 4,344mt
NET TONNAGE - 1,800mt
DEADWEIGHT - 5,549mt
LIGHTWEIGHT - 3,072mt
CLASS NOTATIONS
SUPPLY VESSEL OIL RECOVER SHIP -OIL PRODUCT,
UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION
COMF-NOISE 3 COMF-VIB 3,
CPS(WBT), AUT-UMS,
SYS-NEQ-OSV, CLEANSHIP SUPER,
ICE CLASS ID, DYNAPOS AM/AT R,
SDS, IG,
ERN 99.99.99.96, NOFO 2009
ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO CONTROL PLANTS
Incinerator: Saniterm SH 20 SM/SR
Steam generator: 1600kW, Parat Halvorsen AS
Hot Liquid Cargo Tank: 1x 146m3
Tank Cleaning: Per Gjerdrum AS
Special Cargo Tanks: Stainless Steel Tanks for Methanol
Inert Gas System: N2 Generator, membrane separation
Cargo Manifolds: Centre/Aft each side inside “Safe haven”
MACHINERY AND PROPELLER PLANTS
Main Engines/Gen.: 4x 1825kW CAT 3516B-DSG
Emergency Generator: 1x 200kW Volvo Penta D9A
Main Propulsion: 2x 2300kW SteerProp SP 35 CRP
FWD Azimuth: 1x 880kW Brunvoll
FWD Tunnel Thrusters: 2x 1000kW Brunvoll
CARGO CAPACITIES NOFO 2009
Deck Cargo: 2800mt
Deck Area: 1004m2
, 59.8m x 16.8m free space
Deck Strength: 10mt/m2
Fuel Oil: 903m3
Liquid Mud (SG 2.8): 703m3
, Agitators in all tanks
Brine (SG 2.5): 418m3
Base Oil: 203m3
Pot Water: 1007m3
Drill Water/Ballast: 2470m3
Methanol: 145m3
Special Product: 146m3
Slop: 186m3
ORO: 1803m3
Cement/Bar/Bent: 440m3
NAVIGATION
Bridge Consoles: Aft, fwd. and both Wings Operation
Control Office: Located on Bridge
Autopilot: Furuno AP 50
DP System: Kongsberg K Pos DP 2
Joystick System: Kongsberg C-Joy Constant
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 2
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 5
Fanbeam: Kongsberg Laser Mk 4,2
DGPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Wind Sensor: 2x Kongsberg Maritime
Radar 1: Furuno FAR 2137 S
Radar 2: Furuno FCR 2827 Chart Radar
Echo Sounder: Furuno FE 700
Gyro: 3x Simrad GC 80
Speed Repeater: Skipper IR 300
VDR: Furuno VR 3000
GPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Bridge Watch: VICO system NAUT/OSV
ECDIS: Tecdis T 2138
Speed log: Furuno DS 80
SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION
Full speed: 15.0 knots, 21.5 mt/d
Service speed: 12.5 knots, 12.0 mt/d
Economic speed: 11.0 knots, 9.7 mt/d
DP operation: 4.8 mt/d at position keeping
Harbour mode: 1.4 mt/d
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPK knuckle crane
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPT telescopic jig
1x NDM SWM 8mt capstans aft
6x NDM SWL 3mt cargo securing winches
1x NDM TU SWL 15mt Tugger Winch
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Ship Certificate: 23 persons
Life Rafts: 4x 25 persons Unitron
MOB: 1x NORSAFE
MOB Davit: 1x HLT 3500 TTS
Survival Suits: 23 SOLAS Immersion Suits
Survival suits according to rules
COMMUNICATION
Navtex: Furuno NX-700 B
Radar Transponder: 2x Jotron Tron SART
DSC Terminal: Furuno FS-2570 C
AIS: Furuno FA 150
EPIRB manual: Jotron 45 SX
EPIRB Free Float: Jotron Tron 40 S Mk II
Radio Station: SSB, MF, HF, Furuno FS-1570
VHF Portable: 3x Jotron Tron TR 20 GMDSS
VHF Station: Furuno FM-8800 S
UHF Portable: 5x Motorola GP 340
Inmarsat C: Furuno Felcom 15
Intercom: Zenitel ACM 144 66/VO
Sound System: Vingtor VSS 111
Emergency: Vingtor VSP 211 L
PA System: Zenitel VPA 120, 240 and 400
Sat. Communication: +47 55 62 81 53
Mobile Phone NOR: +47 46 90 79 06
Mobile Phone UK: +44 77 33 33 50 14
Vessel E-Mail: captain@mistral.remoffshore.no
ACCOMMODATION
Outfitted for 22 persons in spacious and comfortable
facilities.
Single Cabins: 15 with bathrooms
Double Cabins: 4 with bathrooms
Hospital: 1 Highest standard
Office: 1 fully outfitted
Day Room: 2 comfortably outfitted
Gymnasium: 1 fully outfitted
Entertainment: In Day Rooms and all Cabins
Antiroll Tank: 1x 440m3 + 1x 160mu
For more than 500 years a church has stood on the site of St. Mary's at the head of the Calder Valley, making it the oldest centre of Christian worship in Todmorden. For many years it was the last outpost of the west Pennine Bishops, having begun life as part of the vast ancient Diocese of Lichfield, which was founded by St. Chad in the year 669. It passed into Chester in 1541, Manchester in 1847, and only became part of the Yorkshire Diocese of Wakefield in 1928 after the formation of the Diocese of Blackburn. From about 1536 the Yorkshire part of the town was served by a chapel at Cross Stone only about a mile away but 300 feet higher up the valley side. Until fairly recently, the valley between the two was often flooded and always marshy. Towards Burnley, the chapel at Holme in Cliviger is known to have existed in 1552. In the Rochdale direction, Littleborough chapel is thought to have begun life about 1470, Most of these neighbouring foundations have been completely rebuilt at various times over the years: not so with St. Mary's Todmorden.
A nervous passenger, travelling on a rather old looking Dakota, asked the pilot how old the plane was. The pilot replied, "It all depends which part of the plane you are touching . . . . this isn't just one plane; it's made up of parts from dozens of planes". You would get a similar sort of answer if you asked the age of the present fabric of St. Mary's: it all depends where you are standing at the time.
THE TOWER
The base of the square tower is certainly the oldest part, as the well worn spiral steps testify; and note too the carved faces outside on either side of the west window. A study of the exterior stone work shows clearly that the top of the tower is newer: it was raised in 1860 when a new clock was installed and the bell of 1603 recast. A fine weathercock is the crowning touch.
EARLY HISTORY
When the church first began it is hard to tell. Very few records were kept in the old days and important papers have a habit of being lost or destroyed, not always accidentally, so that we are not sure when St. Mary's was founded. But it would seem to have grown up between 1400 and 1476.
Dr. Drake, Vicar of Rochdale from 1790, thought that there would have been a chantry or "field kirk" as early as 1400. This small chapel would have had no boundary wall and would not have been used regularly for all the sacraments of the Church; but by the 1470's there would be the nucleus of the present church and our tower dates from then. John Travis in his "Notes etc. on Todmorden District" (1892) includes a quotation referring to 1476 but does not state its source.
By the Royal Injunction of Henry VIII in 1538 (which also commanded the setting up of Grafton's Great Bible in English in all Churches and chapels for the regular instruction of the people in the Scriptures and for the checking of certain superstitions) the clergy were ordered to keep a register of all marriages, births and funerals and to store it in the parish chest. Whether this decree was obeyed in Todmorden we do not know as no records survive from that period. The registers of the Parish Church at Rochdale date from 1582 and our local ones from the time of the Restoration of the Monarchy and the English Church after the death of Oliver Cromwell.
When Canon H. W. Hodgson was Vicar of Cross Stone he was given a parchment by the then town clerk, Mr. Herbert Garrett, which Mr. Garrett had found among some old documents he had been asked to classify and record. It was nothing less than the original faculty granted by Archbishop Sterne in 1697 to the Church of Cross Stone giving them the right to Baptise and to bury and so avoid the long trek to Heptonstall (a much earlier foundation of about 1260 A.D. on a high spur above Hebden Bridge) which journey, says the faculty, was hazardous and often impossible in winter. Some such faculty must have been issued to St. Mary's by a Bishop of Lichfield to avoid the necessity of going to St. Chad's at Rochdale in whose parish the Todmorden chapel stood; but no one knows where it is now. The earliest reference to a priest in connection with Todmorden is in 1445 when, on September 4th, Thomas Marshall, "chaplain", became possessed of certain lands here. But there is no other evidence that he was in charge of St. Mary's.
In 1489 it is recorded that Sir Edmund Howarth was definitely "chaplain of Todmerdine". ("Sir" was a common mediaeval title for priests and does not mean that he was a knight of the realm.) From this date a full list of curates has been worked out. Most likely, until a priest's house was built near the church and regular services were established, a minister would travel the nine miles from Rochdale at certain times of the year.
There were a number galleries in the 18th century building. The parish records include a list of pew sitting in 1778 which states a total of 694 seats for "upgrown persons" with over 300 of them being in various "lofts" (including 27 in the west end reserved "for the use of the singers only"). The pulpit used to stand in the centre of the south side and there were galleries all round the other three sides. The pulpit was a three decker, the parson read the service from the middle desk and preached from the upper most; the clerk sat at the lowest one and there gave out the hymns and notices and led the responses. In 1800 an official document described the church as having no chancel but a threelight east window and a marble topped communion table on a semicircular raised enclosure one step above the church floor. In 1805 the first organ was installed in the south west gallery. In the same year it was agreed to build a vestry at the north east corner. There were other ambitious schemes about this time to build a new tower with a peal of bells but they were never implemented. In 1813 the galleries were altered and it was said that 743 persons could be accommodated.
With the opening of Christ Church in 1832, St. Mary's became redundant and the organ and pews were moved to the new church. They were later replaced but a relic of the old furniture existed until the closure of Christ Church in 1992 in the form of a panel from the end of one of the old pews, inscribed "This pue belongeth to John and Anthony Crossley at Skaitclif 1724". There was quite a bit of local feeling against closing the old church. Something had to be done, however, as the old church must have been very dark and crowded. Various suggestions were put forward including the rebuilding of St. Mary's as close as possible to the old site but eventually it was decided, though by no means unanimously, to build a new church in the new grave yard where the sacristy Sunday school had been since 1819. Government grants were available at this time towards the cost of new churches in growing areas. Joseph Cowell was the Priest and he transferred his ministrations to the new building. There was a tablet to his memory at Christ Church and a small plate, now on a pew end at St. Mary's to a child of his who died in 1823. The old church was then used only for occasional funerals in the old graveyard (which was itself closed in 1857) and for storing equipment for the market.
In 1847 St. Peter's Church was built at Walsden to serve that part of the Todmorden Chapelry. This removed about half the population that was formerly catered for by the Curate of Todmorden. Nevertheless, local agitators succeeded in enlisting the support of the Archdeacon and the Bishop of Manchester (James Prince Lee) having promised money for the renovation of St. Mary's and the stipend of a minister. The Diocese of Manchester had only just been created and one wonders if a bit of Empire building was going on.
In 1853 the Bishop claimed to have discovered a fault in the legal documents concerning the consecration of Christ Church (by the former Bishop of Chester who was by this time Archbishop of Canterbury). This resulted in poor John Edwards curate since 1846 being informed that he was not legally incumbent of the chapelry but only Christ Church, that the ancient endowments and privileges of St. Mary's had never been properly transferred to the new church, that the right of nominating a minister to the old had lapsed to the Crown, and, furthermore, that all the weddings performed in the new church were not properly valid and would require an Act of Parliament to set them right. All this despite what was obvious and well-known intention at the time of consecration that Christ Church should replace St. Mary's. Dr. Molesworth who was Vicar of Rochdale, Patron of Todmorden, and father-in-law to Mr. Edwards, had a pamphlet published in which he laid out the case and suggested that the Bishop must have a personal grudge against him and his family in refusing to set right the other matters. Copies of all the documents relating to this controversy are preserved in the Todmorden Parish records. Having had their own churchwardens accepted by the Archdeacon, the local party reopened St. Mary's, altered the tower, and conducted their own services and Sunday school. They could find no clergy willing to assist them except a Moravian minister from Rochdale and the rather eccentric Vicar of All Saints Habergham, Burnley.
This situation came to an end in 1866 with the passing of the Rochdale Vicarage Act when the legal anomalies were swept away and the last Curate, the Rev. Anthony John Plow, was left with St. Mary's as a chapel within the newly constituted Parish of Todmorden and with Christ Church as the Parish Church. Mr. Plow was murdered in 1868. A booklet "Murder at the Vicarage" telling the story of this episode has been published, Miles Wetherill was hung in Manchester for his sins.
Since this time the old church was in regular use until 1988 despite being so close to the Parish Church. Having two churches in such a position in one parish did cause problems but over the years clergy and people learned to live with the peculiar arrangement and even, at times, to see the funny side of it. Though the question of whether we were making the best use of our resources in keeping two buildings going was a serious one. They were used alternately for Sunday worship.
In 1987 history was repeated when both churches were in need of extensive repairs and it became impossible to keep two churches going. The decision had to be taken to close one and renovate the other - but which one?
The vote was very close close St Mary's won the day by by just a few votes. It was a heart-rending decision to make - losing your church is indeed a great loss.
St Mary's was stripped to its shell, the original oak beams were treated and re-used but the interior furnishings are new.
The church was re-dedicated on 7th September 1992 and Christ Church was closed.
We now have an up-to-date warm and welcoming well used church and hardly a day goes by when there isn't something happening here.
I find it amazing where all the money came from to do the work - the total cost of the renovation amounted to £400,000 a credit to the church officials and members.
Looking back I think we made the right decision.
The building that used to be Barclays Bank has now been demolished and work has now on landscaping the site. This will greatly improve the church surroundings and its outlook.
Photo prise par Murray Markanen à Laval Québec en 2004.
Picture taken by Murray Markanen in Laval Québec in 2004.
MEASUREMENTS
Length o.a. : 78.60 m
Length b.p.p.: 69.00 m
Breath moulded:. 17.60 m
Depth moulded: 7.70 m
Draught, Max.: 6.502 m
Freeboard, min: 1208 mm
Ligth ship 2220 T
Deadweight 3787.4 T
Gross tonnage: 2954 T
Net tonnage: 998 T
Classificati on
DNV 1A1 – FIFI I – SF LFL* COMF-V(3) E0 DYNPOS-AUTR NAUTOSV(
A) CLEAN DESIGN DK(+) HL(2.8) OILREC According to NOFO 2005
CARGO C A PA C I T I E S
Deck cargo 2500 tons
Deck area max L x B = 55.5 m x 14.4 m = 800 m 2
+-Deck strength Main deck from stern to fr. 85 = 5 t/m2
Fuel Oil 910 m3 Flow meter with printer
Liquid Mud: SG 2,8 975 m3 Total in 8 combi tanks
1 Agitators in each tank (EL. Driven)
Brine : SG 2,8 975 m3 Total in 8 combi tanks
Base oil: 414 m3 in combi tanks
Pot water: 933 m3
Drillwater / ballast: 1004 m3 / 1827 m3
Methanol + 178 m3
Nitrogen bottle rack system + 1 Nitrogene Comp.
MEG / Glycol 156 m3
ORO: 1122 m3
Cement / Barite/bentonit: 302 m3 in 5 vertical tanks
DISCHARGE RATES
Fuel Oil 2 x spindle Screw0- 200 m3 9 bar
Liquid Mud 2 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
Brine: 2 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
Base Oil 1 x two Spindle Screw 100 m3
Pot.water 2 x Spindle Screw 0-200 m3 9 bar
Drillwater/ballast: 2 x Spindle Screw 0-250 m3 9 bar
Methanol: 2 x Spindle 0-75 m3 9 bar
MEG / Glycol 2 x two spindle screw pump 0-75 m3 9 bar
ORO: 4 x Ecc. Screw 0-100 m3 24 bar
1 x 2 Spindle Screw 100 m3 9 bar
Cement / Barite: 2 x Comp. 30m3/min – 5.6 bar
2 x Cyclone
2 x Dust Collector
TANK CLEANING SYSTEM
A total of 8 cleaning machines fitted in: MUD,& Brine
Slop Tank 1 x 20.0 m3
MACHINERY / D/E-PROPULSION Resiliently Mounted
Main Engines: 4 x 1380 BkW/1800 rpm
MTV: Type 12 V 4000M50B
Main generators: 4 x 1445 EkW. 690 V, 60 Hz
Type: Marelli MJR 450 LA4B3
Emergency Engine: 1 x 99 BKW/1800 rpm
John Deere 6068 TFM 50
Emergency generator: 1 x 125 kVA-690 V 60 Hz
PERFORMANCE / CONSUMPTION a t 4 , 8 m d r a f t
Max speed: 13.8 knots
Econ- speed: 9-12 knots /
Service. speed: 12.0 knots / 9.1 t pr 24 hrs
Econ. speed: 10.0 knots /5.5 t pr 24 hrs
DP II Average: Draft 5,0 mtr / 9.3 t pr 24 hrs
HS: 2.5 m wind 25 knots
Harbor Mode 1 t pr 24 hrs
MAIN PROPULSION
Frequency controlled 2 x 1600 kW Schottel Twin
probeller Type STB 1212
Fwd. Tunnel thrusters 2 x 880 kW
Brunvoll Type FU-80-LTC-2000
BRI DGE D E S IGN : N A U T - OSV
1 x Consol forward bridge
2 x Consol aft bridge
1 x Radio station
AUTOMATION SYSTEM
IAS Powertec
LOADING COMPUTER
1 x Shipload
D P 2 S Y S T E M KONGSBERG K - POS - 2 1
1 x Fanbeam laser 4.1
1 x Radius
1 x Kongsberg DPS 200 CM
1 x Kongsberg DPS 116 CM
2 x Spotbeam
2 x Gill ultrasonic wind sensor
THRUSTER CONTROL
RR Helikone-x
BRI DGE WATCH MON I TORI NG SYSTEM
Havyard Powertec
ACCOMMODAT ION 2 3 P ERSONS
Cabins 11 off single cabins
2 off double cabins
2 off 4 men cabin
1 off office
1 off Hospital with additional 1 bed.
LIFE S AVI NG EQUIPM E N T 2 3 p e r s o n s
Safety Equipment: Acc to NMD/SOLAS for 23 persons
Life Raft: 4 x 25 persons
Mob boat: Type mako 5.55 m Water jet version, 6 persons
Survival suits: 23 persons
S t a n d b y r e s c u e e q u i p m e n t
Rescue class 250 persons
Mob boat: Type mako 5.55 m Water jet version, 6 persons
Rescue scoop 1 x Dacon
I N C I N ERATOR
1 x Atlas 200 SL WS P
Bo i l e r
1 x Parat Electrical 1600 kW
ENTERTAINING EQUIPMENTS
1 x Sat. TV: Seatel
1 x Rack with 4 x Tuners
1 x TV in all crew cabins
1 x TV in all lounges
1 x Radio / CD in all cabins
1 x Gymnasium w/Equipments
DECK EQUIPMENT
Windless 1 x NDM AWE-42 K3 8.7 T
Tugger winch 2 x NDM 7 ATC 180L4 10 T
Capstan 2 x NDM Capstan 101 10 T
Deck Crane 1 x Abas 3T 1.7 m -12 m
Provision crane
Hose Connection all substance Midship and aftship Starboard and Port
Methanol connection station starboard side aftship
A N T I ROL L I NG SYSTEM
2 x Stabilizing tanks. Passive anti.roll system.
navi gAT ION EQUIPMENT
1 x Furuno S-Band ARPA Radar, Model FAR-2137S (10 cm)
1 x Furuno X-Band ARPA Radar, Model FCR-2117. (3 cm) Chart Radar
2 x Furuno Conning system, Model Furuno
2 x Furuno DGPS Navigator, Model GP-150
2 x Furuno ECDIS, Model TECDIS
3 x Sperry navigate X mk1
1 x Sperry Marin Navpilot 4000
1 x Furuno Echosounder FE-700
1 x Athe doppler logg
1 x Jotron uais tr-2500
1 x Tayio td-1550A direction finder
1 x Furuno Voyage Data Recorder, Model VR-3000
COMMUNICAT ION EQUIPMENT GMDSS A 3
1 x Furuno FS 2571C MF/HF/DSC 250 W Simplex radio station
2 x Furuno Felkon 15 Inmarsat C
1 x Fleet 33
3 x Jotron. Tron TR-20 GMDSS Portable VHF
2 x Furuno FM 8800D VHF
2 x Sailor RT 2048 VHF
3 x Motorola GP360 VHF Portable
3 x Motorola GM380 UHF
2 x GSM mobile phone Fax/Voice
1 x V-sat
1 x Furuno navtex NX 7000
Three days after armistice, on 14 November 1918, a riotous throng of men from the New Zealand Division gathered in the town square of Beauvois, France. Monty Ingram, a bank clerk from Whakatāne, recorded the event in his diary. ‘A great gathering of troops were harangued by a chap in the Dinks, who, standing on a box in true labour agitator style’ called on the military authorities to send them home. After a Padre was physically prevented from speaking and a staff officer was howled into silence, the men, now in their thousands, marched on Division Headquarters ‘and swarmed over the place like bees around a honeycomb.’
When Major General Andrew Russell finally appeared in the doorway, he was ‘badly heckled by all sorts of interjections thrown at him and by being called all the b-b-b’s under the sun.’ Russell’s speech fell on deaf ears. Instead, the crowd ordered their general to get in touch with the War Office and cancel any orders sending them to Germany. According to Christopher Pugsley, appeals to the honour of the Division and the threat of dire punishment prevented further action. Still, Russell recorded in his diary: ‘must watch for Bolshevism.’
With Germany in the throes of revolution and the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution still fresh in people’s minds, the fear of social unrest was a very real one for military authorities. Especially when pamphlets like this were found amongst the Allied troops impatient for demobilisation. The undated flyer, probably from very early 1919 (Karl Liebknecht was killed in January), calls on the Allied soldiers to ‘elect your own Councils and Soldiers Deputies and join your Russian and German fellow workers in the task of emancipating your own class.’ This did happen in a number of British and Canadian units in 1919.
Archives New Zealand Reference: ACID 2495 Box 1/ 28
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R24007965
Information from Christopher Pugsley, On The Fringe of Hell: New Zealanders and Military Discipline in the First World War
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
MV “SOLVIK SUPPLIER”
SHIP DESIGN PSV VS 485 CD
CLASSIFICATION DNV
BUILDER SEVERNAYA YARD ST PETERSBURG, HULL NO 696
PORT OF REGISTRY NASSAU
FLAG BAHAMAS
MMSI 311 070 200
IMO NUMBER 95 89 607
DELIVERY NOVEMBER 2011
CALL SIGN C6ZW5
MACHINERY AND PROPELLER PLANTS
Main Engines/Generators : 4 x 1825 kw CAT 3516B-DSG
Emergency Generator: 1 x 200 kw Volvo Penta D9A
Main Propulsion: 2 x 2300 kw SteerProp SP 35 CRP
FWD Azimuth: 1 x 880 kw Brunvoll CPP
FWD Tunnel Thrusters: 2 x 1000 kw Brunvoll CPP
CARGO CAPACITIES NOFO 2005
Deck Cargo: 2 800 Tons
Deck Area: 1000 m2 wood covered deck
Deck Strength: 10 Tons/m2
Fuel Oil: 903 m3, Flowmeter with Printer
Fuel Transfer Capasity: 2 x 150 m3/hour
Liquid Mud (SG 2.8): 703 m3, 4 x 100 m3/hour
Agitators: Fitted in each tank
Brine (SG 2.5): 418 m3, 2x 150 m3/hour
Base Oil: 203 m3, 2 x 100 m3/hour
Pot Water: 1007 m3, 1 x 150 m3/hour
Drill Water/Ballast: 2470 m3, 2 x 150 m3/hour
Methanol: 145 m3, 1 x 75 m3/hour
Special Products: 146 m3, 1 x 75 m3/hour
Slop: 186 m3, 2 x 100 m3/hour
ORO: 1803 m3, 8 x 100 m3/hour
Cement/Barite/Bentonit: 440 m3, 2 x 30 m3/hour
Dispersant: 34 m3
Lubrication oil: 35 m3
ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO CONTROL PLANTS
Icinerator: Saniterm SH 20 SM/SR
Steam Generator: Parat Halvorsen AS 1600 kw
Hot Liquid Cargo Tank: 1 x 146 m3
Tank Cleaning: Per Gjerdrum AS
Special Cargo Tanks: Stainless Steel Tanks for Methanol
Inert Gas System: N2 Generator, Membrane Separation
Cargo Manifolds: Amidships and Aft each side
inside “Safe haven”
NAVIGATION
Bridge Consoles: Aft, Fwd and both Wings
Operation Control Office: Located on Bridge
Autopilot: Furuno AP 50
DP System: Kongsberg K Pos DP 2
Joystick System: Kongsberg C-Joy Constant
DP Motion System 1: Sea Tex MRU 2
DP Motion System 1: Sea Tex MRU 5
Fanbeam: Kongsberg Lazer Mk 4,2
DGPS: 2 x Kongsberg Seatex
Wind Sensor: 2 x Kongsberg Maritime
Radar 1: Furuno FAR 2137 S
Radar 2: Furuno FCR 2827 Chart Radar
Echo Sounder: Furuno FE 700
Gyro: 3 x Simrad GC 80
Speed Repeater: Skipper IR 300
VDR: Furuno VR 3000
Bridge Watch: VICO system NAUT/OSV
ECDIS: Tecdis T 2138
Speed log: Furuno DS 80
SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION
Full speed: 15.0 knots 28.0 m3/24 hours
Service speed: 12.5 knots 17.0 m3/24 hours
Economic speed: 11.0 knots 12.0 m3/24 hours
DP operation: 5.6 m3/24 hours at position keeping
Harbor mode: 1.4 m3/24 hours
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
1 x TTS Marine GPK knuckle crane, SWL 3 tons/13 meter
1 x TTS Marine GPT telescopic jib, SWL 3 tons/13 meter
2 x Capstans aft, NDM SWL 8 tons
6 x Cargo Securing Winches, NDM SWL 3 tons
1 x Tugger Winch, NDM TU SWL 15 tons
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Ship Certificate: 23 persons
Life Rafts: 4 x 25 persons Unitor
MOB: 1 x NOREQ RRB 500
MOB Davit: 1 x HLT 3500 TTS
Survival Suits: 23 SOLAS Immersion Suits
COMMUNICATION
Navtex: Furuno NX-700 B
Radar Transponder: 2 x Jotron Tron SART
DSC Terminal: Furuno FS 2570 C
AIS: Furuno FA 150
EPIRB manual: Jotron 45 SX
EPIRB Free Float: Jotron Tron 40 S Mk II
Radio Station: SSB, MF, HF, Furuno FS 1570
VHF Portable: 3 x Jotron Tron TR 20 GMDSS
VHF Station: Furuno FM 8800 S
UHF Portable: 5 x Motorola GP 340
Inmarsat C: Furuno Felcom 15
Intercom: Zenitel ACM 144 66/VO
Sound System: Vingtor VSS 111
Emergency: Vingtor VSP 211 L
PA System: Zenitel VPA 120, 240 and 400
Satelitt Communication: TBA
Mobile Phone: TBA
Vessel E-mail: captain@vestlandoffshore.no
ACCOMMODATION
Outfitted for 23 persons in spacious and comfortable facilities
Single Cabins: 15 with bathrooms
Double Cabins: 4 with bathrooms
Hospital: 1 Highest standard
Office: 1 fully outfitted
Day Room: 2 comfortable outfitted
Gymnasium: 1 fully outfitted
Entertainment: In Day Rooms and all Cabins
Antiroll Tank: 1 x 440 m3 + 1 x 160
Officers arrest a right wing agitator at a muslim rally organised by the now jailed Abu Hamza and exiled Sheikh Omar Bakri.
My internal agitators
Change the gears
Of my outside drivings
I move
Towards blind deliveries
On the verge of bones
I move
On a monstrous volcano of cash
Where emerges the giant disputed in Francisco Goya
Argus
With hundred eyes
In their narrow vision
The opponents
slumber in small hosts
On the verge of waters
forgetful of their locks
They grate their carrots
I feel under my feet
Where the pleasure is visible
Light
Fluid
I move
In the bright smell of the wind
I move
As a cloud
Gipsy
cash cash
On delicious corpses
My words I tried to translate
Taken at the War Child Charity gig at the Concorde 2. Bands playing include Dark Horses and The Agitator with the added bonus of models strutting their stuff between the sets.
Plus I think I've finally worked out that this is Sofee Nadine!
This 8 wheeler agitator is missing its badges but I think it is the last of the "International" ones.
SHIP DESIGN - VS 485 MK III
CLASSIFICATION - BUREAU VERITAS
BUILDER - HELLESØY VERFT AS, HULL NO 149
PORT OF REGISTRY - NASSAU
FLAG - BAHAMAS
MMSI - 311000256
IMO NUMBER - 9620982
DELIVERY - JUNE 2012
CALL SIGN - C6BG5
REGISTERED OWNER: Rem PSV AS
MAIN DIMENSIONS
LENGTH O.A - 85.00m
LENGTH P.P - 77.65m
BREADTH - 20.00m
MAX DRAFT - 7.16m
GROSS TONNAGE - 4,344mt
NET TONNAGE - 1,800mt
DEADWEIGHT - 5,549mt
LIGHTWEIGHT - 3,072mt
CLASS NOTATIONS
SUPPLY VESSEL OIL RECOVER SHIP -OIL PRODUCT,
UNRESTRICTED NAVIGATION
COMF-NOISE 3 COMF-VIB 3,
CPS(WBT), AUT-UMS,
SYS-NEQ-OSV, CLEANSHIP SUPER,
ICE CLASS ID, DYNAPOS AM/AT R,
SDS, IG,
ERN 99.99.99.96, NOFO 2009
ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO CONTROL PLANTS
Incinerator: Saniterm SH 20 SM/SR
Steam generator: 1600kW, Parat Halvorsen AS
Hot Liquid Cargo Tank: 1x 146m3
Tank Cleaning: Per Gjerdrum AS
Special Cargo Tanks: Stainless Steel Tanks for Methanol
Inert Gas System: N2 Generator, membrane separation
Cargo Manifolds: Centre/Aft each side inside “Safe haven”
MACHINERY AND PROPELLER PLANTS
Main Engines/Gen.: 4x 1825kW CAT 3516B-DSG
Emergency Generator: 1x 200kW Volvo Penta D9A
Main Propulsion: 2x 2300kW SteerProp SP 35 CRP
FWD Azimuth: 1x 880kW Brunvoll
FWD Tunnel Thrusters: 2x 1000kW Brunvoll
CARGO CAPACITIES NOFO 2009
Deck Cargo: 2800mt
Deck Area: 1004m2
, 59.8m x 16.8m free space
Deck Strength: 10mt/m2
Fuel Oil: 903m3
Liquid Mud (SG 2.8): 703m3
, Agitators in all tanks
Brine (SG 2.5): 418m3
Base Oil: 203m3
Pot Water: 1007m3
Drill Water/Ballast: 2470m3
Methanol: 145m3
Special Product: 146m3
Slop: 186m3
ORO: 1803m3
Cement/Bar/Bent: 440m3
NAVIGATION
Bridge Consoles: Aft, fwd. and both Wings Operation
Control Office: Located on Bridge
Autopilot: Furuno AP 50
DP System: Kongsberg K Pos DP 2
Joystick System: Kongsberg C-Joy Constant
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 2
DP Motion System 1: Seatex MRU 5
Fanbeam: Kongsberg Laser Mk 4,2
DGPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Wind Sensor: 2x Kongsberg Maritime
Radar 1: Furuno FAR 2137 S
Radar 2: Furuno FCR 2827 Chart Radar
Echo Sounder: Furuno FE 700
Gyro: 3x Simrad GC 80
Speed Repeater: Skipper IR 300
VDR: Furuno VR 3000
GPS: 2x Furuno GP 150
Bridge Watch: VICO system NAUT/OSV
ECDIS: Tecdis T 2138
Speed log: Furuno DS 80
SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION
Full speed: 15.0 knots, 21.5 mt/d
Service speed: 12.5 knots, 12.0 mt/d
Economic speed: 11.0 knots, 9.7 mt/d
DP operation: 4.8 mt/d at position keeping
Harbour mode: 1.4 mt/d
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPK knuckle crane
1x TTS Marine 3mt/15m GPT telescopic jig
1x NDM SWM 8mt capstans aft
6x NDM SWL 3mt cargo securing winches
1x NDM TU SWL 15mt Tugger Winch
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Ship Certificate: 23 persons
Life Rafts: 4x 25 persons Unitron
MOB: 1x NORSAFE
MOB Davit: 1x HLT 3500 TTS
Survival Suits: 23 SOLAS Immersion Suits
Survival suits according to rules
COMMUNICATION
Navtex: Furuno NX-700 B
Radar Transponder: 2x Jotron Tron SART
DSC Terminal: Furuno FS-2570 C
AIS: Furuno FA 150
EPIRB manual: Jotron 45 SX
EPIRB Free Float: Jotron Tron 40 S Mk II
Radio Station: SSB, MF, HF, Furuno FS-1570
VHF Portable: 3x Jotron Tron TR 20 GMDSS
VHF Station: Furuno FM-8800 S
UHF Portable: 5x Motorola GP 340
Inmarsat C: Furuno Felcom 15
Intercom: Zenitel ACM 144 66/VO
Sound System: Vingtor VSS 111
Emergency: Vingtor VSP 211 L
PA System: Zenitel VPA 120, 240 and 400
Sat. Communication: +47 55 62 81 53
Mobile Phone NOR: +47 46 90 79 06
Mobile Phone UK: +44 77 33 33 50 14
Vessel E-Mail: captain@mistral.remoffshore.no
ACCOMMODATION
Outfitted for 22 persons in spacious and comfortable
facilities.
Single Cabins: 15 with bathrooms
Double Cabins: 4 with bathrooms
Hospital: 1 Highest standard
Office: 1 fully outfitted
Day Room: 2 comfortably outfitted
Gymnasium: 1 fully outfitted
Entertainment: In Day Rooms and all Cabins
Antiroll Tank: 1x 440m3 + 1x 160mu
MV “SOLVIK SUPPLIER”
SHIP DESIGN PSV VS 485 CD
CLASSIFICATION DNV
BUILDER SEVERNAYA YARD ST PETERSBURG, HULL NO 696
PORT OF REGISTRY NASSAU
FLAG BAHAMAS
MMSI 311 070 200
IMO NUMBER 95 89 607
DELIVERY NOVEMBER 2011
CALL SIGN C6ZW5
MACHINERY AND PROPELLER PLANTS
Main Engines/Generators : 4 x 1825 kw CAT 3516B-DSG
Emergency Generator: 1 x 200 kw Volvo Penta D9A
Main Propulsion: 2 x 2300 kw SteerProp SP 35 CRP
FWD Azimuth: 1 x 880 kw Brunvoll CPP
FWD Tunnel Thrusters: 2 x 1000 kw Brunvoll CPP
CARGO CAPACITIES NOFO 2005
Deck Cargo: 2 800 Tons
Deck Area: 1000 m2 wood covered deck
Deck Strength: 10 Tons/m2
Fuel Oil: 903 m3, Flowmeter with Printer
Fuel Transfer Capasity: 2 x 150 m3/hour
Liquid Mud (SG 2.8): 703 m3, 4 x 100 m3/hour
Agitators: Fitted in each tank
Brine (SG 2.5): 418 m3, 2x 150 m3/hour
Base Oil: 203 m3, 2 x 100 m3/hour
Pot Water: 1007 m3, 1 x 150 m3/hour
Drill Water/Ballast: 2470 m3, 2 x 150 m3/hour
Methanol: 145 m3, 1 x 75 m3/hour
Special Products: 146 m3, 1 x 75 m3/hour
Slop: 186 m3, 2 x 100 m3/hour
ORO: 1803 m3, 8 x 100 m3/hour
Cement/Barite/Bentonit: 440 m3, 2 x 30 m3/hour
Dispersant: 34 m3
Lubrication oil: 35 m3
ENVIRONMENT AND CARGO CONTROL PLANTS
Icinerator: Saniterm SH 20 SM/SR
Steam Generator: Parat Halvorsen AS 1600 kw
Hot Liquid Cargo Tank: 1 x 146 m3
Tank Cleaning: Per Gjerdrum AS
Special Cargo Tanks: Stainless Steel Tanks for Methanol
Inert Gas System: N2 Generator, Membrane Separation
Cargo Manifolds: Amidships and Aft each side
inside “Safe haven”
NAVIGATION
Bridge Consoles: Aft, Fwd and both Wings
Operation Control Office: Located on Bridge
Autopilot: Furuno AP 50
DP System: Kongsberg K Pos DP 2
Joystick System: Kongsberg C-Joy Constant
DP Motion System 1: Sea Tex MRU 2
DP Motion System 1: Sea Tex MRU 5
Fanbeam: Kongsberg Lazer Mk 4,2
DGPS: 2 x Kongsberg Seatex
Wind Sensor: 2 x Kongsberg Maritime
Radar 1: Furuno FAR 2137 S
Radar 2: Furuno FCR 2827 Chart Radar
Echo Sounder: Furuno FE 700
Gyro: 3 x Simrad GC 80
Speed Repeater: Skipper IR 300
VDR: Furuno VR 3000
Bridge Watch: VICO system NAUT/OSV
ECDIS: Tecdis T 2138
Speed log: Furuno DS 80
SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION
Full speed: 15.0 knots 28.0 m3/24 hours
Service speed: 12.5 knots 17.0 m3/24 hours
Economic speed: 11.0 knots 12.0 m3/24 hours
DP operation: 5.6 m3/24 hours at position keeping
Harbor mode: 1.4 m3/24 hours
CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT
1 x TTS Marine GPK knuckle crane, SWL 3 tons/13 meter
1 x TTS Marine GPT telescopic jib, SWL 3 tons/13 meter
2 x Capstans aft, NDM SWL 8 tons
6 x Cargo Securing Winches, NDM SWL 3 tons
1 x Tugger Winch, NDM TU SWL 15 tons
LIFE SAVING EQUIPMENT
Ship Certificate: 23 persons
Life Rafts: 4 x 25 persons Unitor
MOB: 1 x NOREQ RRB 500
MOB Davit: 1 x HLT 3500 TTS
Survival Suits: 23 SOLAS Immersion Suits
COMMUNICATION
Navtex: Furuno NX-700 B
Radar Transponder: 2 x Jotron Tron SART
DSC Terminal: Furuno FS 2570 C
AIS: Furuno FA 150
EPIRB manual: Jotron 45 SX
EPIRB Free Float: Jotron Tron 40 S Mk II
Radio Station: SSB, MF, HF, Furuno FS 1570
VHF Portable: 3 x Jotron Tron TR 20 GMDSS
VHF Station: Furuno FM 8800 S
UHF Portable: 5 x Motorola GP 340
Inmarsat C: Furuno Felcom 15
Intercom: Zenitel ACM 144 66/VO
Sound System: Vingtor VSS 111
Emergency: Vingtor VSP 211 L
PA System: Zenitel VPA 120, 240 and 400
Satelitt Communication: TBA
Mobile Phone: TBA
Vessel E-mail: captain@vestlandoffshore.no
ACCOMMODATION
Outfitted for 23 persons in spacious and comfortable facilities
Single Cabins: 15 with bathrooms
Double Cabins: 4 with bathrooms
Hospital: 1 Highest standard
Office: 1 fully outfitted
Day Room: 2 comfortable outfitted
Gymnasium: 1 fully outfitted
Entertainment: In Day Rooms and all Cabins
Antiroll Tank: 1 x 440 m3 + 1 x 160
Artist and art world agitator Charles Thomson takes a moment to examine the finer details of one of his paintings.
Thomson became known as the central force behind "Stuckism" - an international artistic movement which has, since 1999, sought to promote figurative painting in opposition to the burgeoning wave of conceptual works which have come to dominate the international art market.
“abrasive, aggressive, agitator, ambitionless, armed and dangerous, asshole, attacker, ball-buster, bellyacher, biased, bitch, bitter, blamer, blows things out of proportion, can’t just get along, censuring, combatant, complainer, confused, counter-productive, cranky, crazy, criminal, cunt, curmudgeon, cyber-terrorist, cynic, dangerous, deeply unhappy, defamer, defeatist, detainee, dick, directionless, dirty, discredited, disorganized, divisive, domestic terrorist, doubter, downer, drama queen, dyke, economic terrorist, eco-terrorist, enemy, entitled, extremist, factionalist, fag, fanatic, faultfinder, foolish, full of shit, fussy, gloomy, grouchy, grumbler, hacker, harpy, hateful, hostile, hypercritical, hysterical, impractical, impulsive, incoherent, inconsequential, indulged, instigator, insurgent, intolerant, it's a lost cause, it’s pointless, ivory tower idealist, jobless, judgmental, junkie, killjoy, lacking in responsibility, lacking in family values, lazy, leaderless, liar, living on cloud nine, loony, loser, loud-mouth, low-life, malcontent, man-hating, mastermind, melodramatic, militant, misanthrope, mud-slinger, nag, naysayer, needs to get laid, negative, nitpicker, no threat, not a positive person, nutcase, overly critical, over-reactive, part of a mob mentality, party-pooper, pessimist, pot-head, propagandist, pussy, quibbler, reactionary, resisting arrest, rioter, romantic, self-righteous, should get a job! sissy, slanderer, sourpuss, starry-eyed, stick in the mud, stupid, subversive, suspicious, tattle-tale, theoretical, thief, threatening, thug, too angry, too black, too brown, too good for, too radical, too sensitive, too yellow, tranny, tree-hugger, troublemaker, un-American, unapproachable, unclear, uncompassionate, uncredentialed, unemployable, unfriendly, ungrateful, unhygienic, unpatriotic, unpeaceful, unpleasant, unrealistic, unreasonable, unruly, untrustworthy, unworkable, utopian, vilifier, violent, wet blanket, whack job, whiner, whistle-blower, wild-card, wimp, worrier, zealot —” ALL THINGS AN ACTIVIST IS TOLD WHEN STANDING UP FOR WHAT’S RIGHT ~ "Activist" © Copyright 2015 Seraphime Angelis, All Rights Reserved /
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As a political analyst told me; "Mamata Banerjee is an agitator and the people of the state elected her. So Bengal now has a perpetually agitated Chef Minister!"
Despite being the undisputed head of the state - Didi has not reduced her shrillness or tempered her state of agitation. She still remains loud and brash. While not being able to pull in investment into the state - she has been able to being relative calm into the Junglemahal area that had been taken over by the Maoists.
Thomas Fleming published the first issue of Southern Partisan in 1979. Since then it has appeared irregularly but has been the leading voice of the neo-Confederate movement, winning praise from the United Daughters of the Confederacy, for example. Partisan supporters seek to be included in the councils of the Republican Party and the national conservative movement. An array of conservative leaders have given interviews or contributed articles to the magazine, including Dick Armey, John Ashcroft, Thad Cochran, Jerry Falwell, Phil Gramm, Jesse Helms, Trent Lott, Wesley Pruden, Pat Robertson, Phllis Schlafly, and others.
Richard Quinn, its editor from 1981 through 1999, grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and has operated a political consulting firm in Columbia since 1979. He has called Nelson Mandela a "terrorist" and advocated for Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. He was a major paid consultant to John McCain's campaigns for the presidency in 2000 and 2008 and has played a similar role for several other Republican candidates.
from The Confederate and Neo-Confederate Reade
We’ve given our Scalawag Award to groups before (such as the Ku Klux Klan), but never to any so large or so deserving of our contempt.
Recently both the Virginia and North Carolina legislatures voted to apologize for slavery.
The nation must regard these apologies as offered on behalf of the people the legislators represent, since as a body they can speak for no one else. Thus their resolutions, cowardly or self-righteous, constitute a cloddish mischaracterization of contemporary Virginians and North Carolinians, who have no cause to apologize to blacks or to the rest of the nation for an institution that was abolished more than 140 years ago.
New Englanders haven’t apologized for the dominant role their ancestors played in the slave trade or for the legalization of slavery in states like Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Connecticut freed its slaves only 13 years before the outbreak of the War. Yet the Yankees have apparently set up a statute of limitations that shifts with each passing year, always excluding them from prosecution, never expiring for us. Acting as both priest and penitent, they have absolved themselves of the sin of slavery, while demanding that Southerners come to confession every day.
Black agitators like the Rev. Jesse and the Rev. Al take advantage of this double standard to solicit contributions from their Northern patrons. They know that whenever they attack Southerners or the Confederate past, left-wing Yankees write fat checks. These so-called civil rights leaders are like the ghouls who creep around battlefields after sunset, stealing coins and watches from the corpses of dead heroes.
Yet such hustlers are not our chief enemies. Those who do us the greatest harm are the genteel fraggers who, when we attempt to defend our people, living and dead, fall behind us and shoot us in the back—folks like the Virginia and North Carolina legislators.