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The border pedestrian bridge across I-5 in San Ysidro, CA. When this shot was taken in August, 2011, this bridge was newly completed and open, the old bridge was closed and demolition/construction was under way on a new border complex, scheduled for completion in 2014. (note crane in background) Taken by a Nikon D40x with a Nikon 18-55mm VR kit lens. (at 34)
This is the east side of the bridge, BTW...
As of 1/2013, this bridge is no longer part of the route from the SY trolley station into Tijuana... (more on that, later)
As of 7/15/16, this bridge is now an option on the pedestrian exit to San Ysidro from Tijuana route, assuming one is walking back to the SD Trolley station.
This picture is from a window display in the Borders on Liberty Street in Ann Arbor, Michigan, celebrating Borders' 40th anniversary.
I think this is the staff. Anyone know the date? The names of people?
My Border Collie Maggie at about 9 weeks. This photo would become my computer desktop photo for the next 6+ years. Shot with a point and shot camera with no intension of uploading to a photography website at that time.
The plan is to create four borders, each containing eleven blocks and measuring about 2 meters long. This border will be incorporated into a larger project ... a multiple border quilt featuring a basket medallion in the middle. Inspired by a quilt I saw at the Victoria & Albert Museum last summer.
Photos taken June 2017 around the borders area. Some vehicles were beginning to receive Borders Buses fleet livery others were white with Borders Buses logos.
The privately funded Border Patrol "Museum", El Paso Texas. A truly terrifying monument to anti-immigrant xenophobia in America (all in the name of security of course).
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
(R-L)
1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
(R-L)
1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
BOARDS ACROSS BORDERS
(R-L)
1. Moderator: Pattie Sellers, Senior Editor at Large, Fortune; Executive Director, MPW/Live Content, Time Inc.
2.Alice Au, Co-head, Board Practice, Asia Pacific, Spencer Stuart
3. Wei Sun Christianson, Managing Director and Co-CEO, Asia Pacific and CEO, China, Morgan Stanley
4. Ambassador Linda Tsao Yang, Chair, Asian Corporate Governance Association
the view from the window of my hotel room. as prices in tijuana for hotelrooms are fairly high the only hotel i could afford to pay was at the edge of the red light district. appart from the women working there i was the only costumer there to rent the room for 24 hours a day. but after two days we got used to this strange encounter and the women stopped offering my their "services" and we started talking about where they come from. all of them came from central american countries and due to financial problems they spent time in tijuana to finance the further travel expenses to cross the border. passports which allow you to croos the border where sold for about 2000 $ at that time. for 1000$ you get a guide through the dessert. these trips often end in disasters for dehydration.
The supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), formerly CVA-63, was the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers' first powered airplane flight. Kitty Hawk was both the first and last active ship of her class, and the last oil fired aircraft carrier in service with the US Navy.
Kitty Hawk was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 27 December 1956; and launched 21 May 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Camilla F. McElroy, wife of Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy; and commissioned 21 April 1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Captain William F. Bringle in command.
Kitty Hawk was launched by flooding her drydock. A conventional slide down ways was ruled out because of her mass and the risk of impact with the Philadelphia shore on the far side of the Delaware River.
With the decommissioning of Independence on 30 September 1998, Kitty Hawk became the United States warship with the second longest active status in the Navy – the USS Constitution sailing ship in Boston Harbor is still retained on active Navy status. At the start of 2013, this status had been surpassed by only one other ship, the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) prior to her inactivation in 2012. With this title came the distinction of being one of only two aircraft carriers ever to be honored with flying the First Navy Jack. This came to an end with an instruction dated 31 May 2002, where the Secretary of the Navy directed all United States Navy ships to fly this flag in honor of those killed in the 11 September 2001 attacks for the duration of the War on Terrorism.
For 10 years, Kitty Hawk was the forward-deployed carrier at Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan. In October 2008, she was replaced in this role by the George Washington. Kitty Hawk then returned to the United States and had her decommissioning ceremony on 31 January 2009. She was officially decommissioned on 12 May 2009 after almost 49 years of service. Kitty Hawk was replaced by the George H.W. Bush.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km²) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington. Historically it was known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
It is bordered on the south by Sinclair Inlet, on the west by the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap, and on the north and east by the city of Bremerton, Washington. It is the Pacific Northwest's largest naval shore facility and one of Washington state's largest industrial installations. PSNS & IMF provides the Navy with maintenance, modernization, and technical and logistics support.
These two characters were part of a team who provided security for myself and our team during visits to the Georgian border. They are from the Georgian Border Guard elite unit. The photo was taken in Omalo on the Russian (Dagestan) portion of border.
2021.11.21 Krynki | Spotkanie premiera
z żołnierzami i funkcjonariuszami pełniącymi służbę przy granicy polsko-białoruskiej. Fot: Adam Guz/KPRM
2021.11.21 Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki visits soldiers at the Polish-Belarusian border near Krynki. Photo: Adam Guz/KPRM
Small diorama of one of my Israel based faction's soldiers patrolling a border wall. Being in a region long plagued with war and terrorism, walls like this were built along many of the nation's boarders to act as a first line of defense against attacks.
Finally done...
This MOC was originally built for BrickCon 2008 and has sat in a "Mostly finished state for over a year taking over my LEGo table. It's time it goes, so I finished it off quick and here it is.
I'm not particularly proud of the castle, but I think most of the landscping came together quite nice.
There are alot of details in the gallery/set.
Hokay, so here's the story I worked up in my head:
This small border outpost was attacked by some rabble during the winter, only causing some damage to the front wall and burning the barracks.
Now spring has come and the baron in charge of the area is able to pay a visit. He is coming to check up on the progress of the new barraks, while the town patriarch wished to discuss paving the courtyard to quell the mud...
The miller takes a break upon the arrival, while the Inn maid and stableboy finish their tasks.
Not even the stable boy is aware of the secret passage under the stable.
The diorama features a working waterwheel and millstone, secret passage, and more than enough rockwork to drive me crazy...
In 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilized against the German threats of war, but hat to give in to the Munich Agreement and withdraw from the border fortifications, even if the army was fully capable to stand against the Wehrmacht. After this not only Germany, but also Poland and Hungary ripped pieces of land from the country, and there were also extensive fights with insurgents, which cost lives of many Czechoslovak soldiers and gendarmes. Today it´s a tradition to reenact how the situation could be, when we would have defended ourselfs. It´s a fact that Hitler was affraid of the Czechoslovak military, which at that time had better tanks, more heavy guns, and a very effective fortification system. Of course we win in the reenactments :-)
Finally done...
This MOC was originally built for BrickCon 2008 and has sat in a "Mostly finished state for over a year taking over my LEGo table. It's time it goes, so I finished it off quick and here it is.
I'm not particularly proud of the castle, but I think most of the landscping came together quite nice.
There are alot of details in the gallery/set.
Hokay, so here's the story I worked up in my head:
This small border outpost was attacked by some rabble during the winter, only causing some damage to the front wall and burning the barracks.
Now spring has come and the baron in charge of the area is able to pay a visit. He is coming to check up on the progress of the new barraks, while the town patriarch wished to discuss paving the courtyard to quell the mud...
The miller takes a break upon the arrival, while the Inn maid and stableboy finish their tasks.
Not even the stable boy is aware of the secret passage under the stable.
The diorama features a working waterwheel and millstone, secret passage, and more than enough rockwork to drive me crazy...
Borders (closed) [21,017 square feet]
12300 Jefferson Avenue, Patrick Henry Mall, Newport News, VA
This location opened on November 26th, 2005 and closed in April 2011. It operated as a Spirit Halloween in September-November 2011 and a ToyZam! in November 2011-January 2012, and became a Forever 21 in October 2012, which closed on April 29th, 2025.
The property originally housed a 65,000 square foot Hess's department store, which opened on August 20th, 1987 and closed on March 15th, 1993. It became Proffitt's on August 12th, 1993, which closed in March 1997 and became Dillard's on August 2nd, 1997. Dillard's closed in 2005 and was demolished shortly after.
The "Road Runner" patrol car on display at the privately funded Border Patrol "Museum", El Paso Texas which is a truly terrifying monument to anti-immigrant xenophobia in America.
A border marker on the Austrian-Czech border. During the Cold War era this area was fenced off.
Hasselblad 501CM with Zeiss Distagon f3.5 60mm CF, Kodak Portra, developed in Tetenal Rapid C41