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...was a bit of a tourist trap. basically just one main street with a whole lot of people trying to squeeze as much money as possible from the tourists. this photo was taken outside the restaurant that used to be the pancake house and still has signs calling it the "famous" pancake house, with a much smaller sign mentioning that the real pancake house moved around the corner.
(public display, Drake Well Museum, Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Early wells were drilled using a spring pole apparatus - men would use their feet to "kick down" the drill bit and chip away at the rock (see: www.petroleumhistory.org/OilHistory/images/Cable/Sp_pole.jpg). Three feet of hole per day could be achieved using this method. As the oil industry developed, wells were drilled using cable tool rigs and later, rotary drill rigs. Most petroleum wells are drilled using rotary drill rigs - seen here is a drilling bit for this type of rig. This is a tri-cone bit. During drilling, the three cones rotate and the projections abrade and remove rock fragments. In addition to being used for drilling petroleum wells, tri-cone bits have also been used at some mines to drill holes. The holes are then packed with explosives and detonated (e.g., this was done in the iron mining districts of Minnesota).
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See info. at:
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Here's a bit of an oddity I bought on (a relatively) expensive whim. Former Dapol 73005 repainted into early blue as E6001. So the JA body is true to prototype.
However, the paint job is decent but patchy (hand brushed from the looks of it), and I can't find any record of this JA ever being in this livery. From what I can tell, E6001 was born green and then went into Rail Blue, and it was only the JBs that wore this livery.
So, yes, a bit of a non-prototypical ugly duckling but somehow I rather like it. Rule 1 in full effect.
You need to remove the circular metal bit which is holding the door spring down in order to get the the screw thats holding the light meter down.
Some might consider a brace in this condition unworthy. But I don't find a lot of really good braces where I I've so when I spotted this brace in an auction ad I knew this one might be worth buying.
The chuck shell screamed Millers Falls and the prolongued fully boxed ratchet selector helped me with he identification. It was either a 830 or 8130 series brace What I didn't realize was that this one was in fact a 12 inch version.
Upon arrival the brace was dirty, rusty and most of the nickel plating was either gone or fleecing. The ratcheting mechanism also need some attention as the reverse action is stuck at the moment. But it seems as though it will only need a new spring and sprint before it again will ratchet in both directions.
Although I am a sucker for bit braces, namely those made by Millers Falls, this model had gone entirely unnoticed. It is a no 831.
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It has the master chuck and Leland's universal jaws. It also has cocobolo head and handle as well as ball bearings in both handles.
Although many other MF models like the no 30 series, the Holdall, the Lion brace and so on are much more known, I must say this is a very good model.
The 831 reminds me very much of the 182 I own. Both have extremely strong frames, very well working ratchet mechanisms, wonderful jaws and a roomy and large chuck shell which easily allows for large bits.
So, although this one will never be a shining piece for the showcase shelf, it will serve as a very handy companion for larger work. As always, there's some, but very little play in the chuck attachment, the jaws are still like new and the handles are solid and well working.
The Protestant (Lutheran) Church on Jiangsu Lu in downtown Qingdao, China harkens back to when the Germans controlled Qingdao for a short time. Jiangsu Lu has quite a bit of German architecture (as does the neighborhood in general), and the church is probably the highlight.
The church was designed by Curt Rothkegel and built in 1908. The interior is sparse – to say the least – but you can wander up the belfry for a close-up view of the church bells and the mechanism that operates them. The views from the bell tower and the grounds out over Qingdao Bay would be rather nice on a clear day.
I’ve lived in China for almost three years now; about two years in Shanghai and one year in Tianjin. Shandong province is the province that’s on the sea between the two cities. (From Shanghai to Tianjin by train is around 5 hours; by plane, 2 hours.) Qingdao, probably the most well-known city in Shandong, is a charming city, to say the least. In my opinion, it’s exceptionally photogenic – with very nice beaches, great architecture, good geography/topography, and terrific food.
Qingdao also happens to be known for the most famous of Chinese beers (Tsingtao), which is actually a company started by the Germans. (For what it’s worth, Chinese beers are quite watery and Tsingtao is somewhat like the Budweiser of Chinese beers. That being said, I’m happy to drink an ice cold Tsingtao on a hot summer day whereas I wouldn’t say the same thing about a Budweiser.
So what to make of Qingdao then? Before colonial powers swept in and started chopping up China piecemeal, Qingdao was basically a sleepy fishing village. During the Ming dynasty, a battery was built here. In 1898, the Germans seized control of Qingdao when two missionaries were killed. (Personally, it seems alarming to me that a country could lose a city because two foreigners happened to be killed – and China sure lost a lot that way during the 19th century. I guess that’s the downside to outmoded military technology; the Europeans and Americans basically plundered China…) At any rate, Qingdao was ceded to the Germans for 99 years, but that didn’t last long, thanks to World War I.
During the 15-20 years that the Germans did have control of the town, they managed to build a handful of churches (still standing) and missionaries, in addition to the aforementioned Qingdao brewery. Because of that, a lot of the European architecture has a heavy German influence and there are still a few random signs of German heritage around town.
From the Germans, Qingdao didn’t land directly with the Chinese. It spent 8 years under Japanese control (1914-1922) before being returned to the Kuomintang (aka General Chiang Kai-Shek’s clan). The Japanese took control once again in 1938 (as they swept through northeast China and across half the country) before losing it for the last time in 1945 at the end of World War II. Since then, it’s been in Chinese hands. (Brief history courtesy of Lonely Planet.)
Contemporary Qingdao certainly makes its way as a tourist destination – and it’s a fine one at that. The population (per my LP from 2011) lists it at 1.73 million. The city has a few areas that are quite appealing to tourists: the Old Town (the heart of the city) off the beach and just east of the railway station downtown, Badaguan (which means “eight passes”) is a hilly area with a lot of nice residential architecture to the east of the Old Town. Other than that, there are a lot of parks, a beer street, churches, and a 40 km. scenic walk (which, obviously, most people do not cover from end to end) along the shore which goes by all of the beaches in the area.
All in all, Qingdao is the type of town that, if you get the chance to visit, I think you would find yourself thinking it would be great to return again and again.
Bits and Pieces, 2006.
300 large pieces.
February 19, 2010.
75 min.
Ergänzungen Mai 2026 (Eintrag IPDb):
Jahr: n.a. 2010 oder früher
Artikelnummer: 01-5348
Barcode: 704812153489
Grösse: 46x61 cm
Teile: 300, unregelmässige, grosse
Bild: Jane Maday
Kauf: Januar 2020, Ebay USA, gebraucht, CHF 25.85
bit of a busy w/end so a bit of easy macro , seen a video on you tube about taking macros ,so thought i would try
Bit poor on the exposure front but it was a bit of a guess Im afraid, around 4 seconds in a dark pub - all part of the learning though :)
First flight: March 15, 1995...(c/n 93)
23/06/1995 Air Canada C-FTNP
15/06/2002 BWIA International 9Y-TJN stored 31/12/06
01/01/2007 Caribbean Airlines 9Y-TJN to Aerolineas Argentinas 05/2007
08/08/2007 Aerolineas Argentinas LV-BIT stored at Goodyear in May 2014, reregistered to N349AT by AeroTurbine...
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Bit of a story attached to this one...
Popped out at lunchtime with the camera and decided to try and snap my office building reflected in a puddle on the pavement (it's down there somewhere..).
As I grabbed a few shots, I noticed this women hurtling towards me, asking me to wait and hold on for a minute.
I then realised that she thought I was a parking attendant photographing her car to prove the ticket has expired !
Why she thought this when I was :
a) Pointing the camera at the floor and not her car
and
b) I wasn't even vaguely dressed like a parking attendant as far as I know (unless they are working undercover in plain clothes..)
I have no idea..
Anyway, she bought a new ticket, and I carried on snapping away - the whole encounter was rather random indeed..
So, to end the year, a half decent story to accompany a quarter decent photo..
Happy New Year all...
Bits and Pieces, 500 p.
2007.
October 2, 2009.
Brand: Bits and Pieces
Series: Round Puzzle
Year: 2007
Item no.:01-5355
Number of pieces: 500
Image by Artist/Photographer: Gisela Buomberger
Date and place of purchase: Ebay UK, September 2009
Date of completion: October 2nd, 2009.
Time for completion: 160 min.
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Hersteller: Bits and Pieces
Serie: Round Puzzle
Jahr: 2007
Artikelnummer: 01-5355
Anzahl Teile: 500
Bild: Gisela Buomberger
Kaufdatum und Ort: Ebay UK, 18.9.2009.
Datum gelegt: 2. Oktober 2009
Legezeit: 160 Min.
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Syracuse Academy of Science senior Lyrik Jackson insists that the #SASAtoms are a balanced team, with no superstars.
But the all-state guard looked an awful lot like one midway through the fourth quarter of tonight's girls Class C basketball sectional final at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome.
Little Falls had whittled what once was a 19-point #SASCS lead down to eight points at the end of the third quarter.
Midway through the final quarter, the Mounties were still hanging around - down only 10 and threatening to inch closer.
Jackson went to work. She canned back-to-back 3-pointers on consecutive possessions then, after a basket by fellow senior Diamonne Harris, Jackson scored a breakaway layup to put her team back in control with a 16-point lead and just over a minute left to play.
The fifth-seeded Atoms went on to a 63-42 victory over Little Falls to earn the first girls sectional championship in school history.
"I just said I don't want to go home," said Jackson, who scored a game-high 25 points. "Coach said to just keep playing, keep pushing."
SAS is now 18-4 and advances to state regional play. The Atoms will face the Section IV champion on March 10 at a site in the Syracuse area.
Little Falls, the No. 2 seed, finishes its season at 19-5.
It was a milestone win on a journey for SAS, and its coach, Reggie Pickard, that began in 2010-11 after the school put its first varsity girls team together.
Pickard and assistants Donniesha Terry and Rasheada Caldwell built a solid program that began winning more than it lost in the 2013-14 season.
Getting that championship proved a bit more elusive for the Atoms.
SAS earned berths in the sectional finals the past two years, but lost both times - to Cooperstown in 2015-16 and a three-overtime heart-breaker to Thousand Islands last March.
"We just told them we have to leave everything on the court," Caldwell said. "Just go out and do what we do. We're aggressive. We play hard. The girls really wanted this - especially losing last year."
This time, the Atoms prevailed.
But not before the Mounties from the Center State Conference II made SAS work a little.
Little Falls went on a 13-2 run in the third quarter to shave a 19-point SAS lead to just eight points, 40-32, after three quarters.
"My kids played with a lot of heart," Mounties coach Pam Munger said. "They put it out there in the second half. They could have walked away, they could have said they were done. They battled back. We got it to within eight. We just didn't have enough offense today."
Olivia Langdon scored 15 points to lead Little Falls, which was seeking its sixth sectional title.
SAS got 12 points from eighth-grader Alexius Pierce, Caldwell's daughter, and nine each from sophomores Freey Pleasants and Xyel Bradford.
"My teammates - it's all them," Jackson said. "They knew I was hot and they got me the ball - I've got to give them all the credit."
Despite Jackson's modesty, Caldwell said, she is a special player.
"We have a strong team this year, and all of our players can score," she said. "But Lyrik, she put the team on her back. She carried us. She's just one of those great players"
Pickard, who sent Caldwell out for the post-game interview while he stayed in the locker room for awhile, said it was hard to put his feelings into words.
"I'm overwhelmed," he said. "This is a big win, not just for SAS but for the whole community."
Article posted at highschoolsports.syracuse.com/news/article/-6252816500080...
Bits of the lovely church, stacked and piled between buttresses of the southern outside wall. I'm unsure why these are here. They are obviously damaged, but are they actively being restored? Being kept here until someone has the time/money/mandate to restore them? Stored as evidence from where they fell down and fatally beaned hapless tourists? I wish I had asked someone. I found these piles really fascinating.
8 Bit Balloons on the Fourth Plinth (One and Other) performance art in Trafalgar Square, London.
8 Bit Balloons is a construction of balloons organised into binary numbers. The letters of a message have been converted from their computer ASCII codes into binary numbers. Each group of 8 balloons in the binary code for a letter.
The balloons also have while LEDs inside them which can be seen in the closer shots.
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Gretna Gateway, 5th August 2014. Taken with Olympus Trip 35 and Lomography 400CN shot at box speed. C41 Processed and scanned by lab (ASDA)
Taken as NEF 14 bit to see gradation quality.
Opened in aperture 3.0 mac appeared as 16 bit.
Exported as Version as TIFF 16 bit.
Opened in photoshop cs5 resize as 1024 pxls height.
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I've been witnessing lots of beauiful sunsets from the corner of my eyes...simply breath taking........
Міжнародний Гранд Форум «Бізнес та ІТ. Навколо ЦОД. Навколо Хмари. Навколо Автоматизації. Навколо Безпеки. Навколо IoT. Навколо IP», або BIT-2017, разом зі зустріччю «Бізнес-Клубу» та церемонією нагородження переможців Конкурсу Industry 4.0 Ukraine (Україна, Київ, 21 вересня 2017): www.kyiv-grand-forum-2017.ciseventsgroup.com, www.awardsua.tech, www.business-club.ciseventsgroup.com/ua/bit/kyiv-210917
Caslino d'Erba, santuario di S.Calogero
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Il Cammino di Sant'Agostino in Brianza approda alla BIT di Milano
2009, Fiera di Rho-Pero. Sarà ufficialmente illustrata alle ore 15:30
di venerdì 20 Febbraio presso il Padiglione 3 - Stand Regione
Lombardia, Provincia di Monza e Brianza.
Contestualmente, verrà presentata in anteprima la guida turistica in lingua italiana: "Il Cammino di Sant'Agostino", edita dall'Opificio Monzese delle Pietre Dure.
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