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No rust buildup and just lots of gunk and a few black water stains. That thing is really heavy, its all I can do to stand it up on edge by myself.
With the two largest Boeings on the approach to Heathrow, British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVN leads the way with Flight 240 from Sao Paulo, followed closely by Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner VT-ANG working Flight 131 from Mumbai.
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Glaciers and Water
One of the most striking features of the North Cascades is the fantastic number of glaciers in the region. These mountains are home to more than 300 of them - more than half of the glaciers in the contiguous United States. Glaciers are formed when more snow accumulates than melts or evaporates. The weight of this continuous buildup of snow is immense and causes the snow to compact into ice, which then slowly moves downhill. As glaciers move, they gorge the land and redefine the landscape. Mountains may appear to be in suspended animation but, like everything else, they are in a continuous state of change.
The reason the North Cascades contain such an abundance of glaciers is because Western Washington receives lots of snow, especially in the mountains. Weather moves from west to east across North America, so clouds that pick up moisture in the nearby North Pacific must rise to get over the mountains. As the clouds gain altitude the temperature drops, causing the water vapor to condense and fall to the earth as rain and snow.
By the time the clouds cross into the rain shadow of the eastern side of the range, they are mostly spent and contain significantly less moisture. The average precipitation on the western slope is 112 in. (280 cm), but the Pasayten Wilderness on the east side averages only 12 in (30 cm).
Water is the life force of the North Cascades. It falls from the sky, trickles off mountains, replenishes lakes, flows to the sea. Within the Puget Sound watershed, the Skagit is the largest and most bounteous river. With its 2,900 streams, the Skagit River accounts for 20 percent of the water that empties into Puget Sound.
All five species of salmon and two species of anadramous trout (trout that go from fresh water to salt water and return to spawn upriver) begin life in the cool gravel bottoms of the Skagit River system. In odd-numbered years, as many as one million pink salmon spawn in the Skagit. In 1996, 152,000 Chum salmon - a ten year high - also returned to Skagit.
Because of healthy salmon runs, the Skagit hosts one of the largest wintering bald eagle populations in the lower 48 states; spawned-out carcasses of Chum salmon are the eagles' most important food source during the winter. In some years, as many as 500 bald eagles spend the winter along the Skagit River.
Between the craggy peaks and the cool rivers, lush, temperate rain forests blanket the lowlands on the western side of the North Cascades. These forests, which are home to some of the nation's most extensive stands of remaining old growth, produce trees of exceptional size and age. Some Douglas firs, for example, grow to 250 feet and live up to 1,000.
Western slope forests produce an astonishing quantity of vegetation. In terms of sheer plant volume, the forests of the Northwest are unbeatable; they contain more accumulated biomass than any other forests in the world.
From rivers to glaciers, valleys to summits, the North Cascades is one of the most extraordinary ecosystems in the world.
RAF Thorpe Abbotts is a former Royal Air Force station located 4 miles east of Diss, Norfolk. The station was built for the RAF use but handed over to the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 and upgraded for heavy bomber squadrons.
RAF Thorpe Abbotts was built during 1942 and early 1943 for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a satellite airfield for RAF Horham but the rapid buildup of the Eighth Air Force resulted in both airfields being handed over to the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). The thirty-six hardstandings originally planned were increased to fifty. Two T-2 hangars were erected, one on the east side of the flying field and one on the south side adjacent to the technical site. This and several of the domestic sites were in woodland stretching south and bordering the A143 Diss to Harleston road.
Thorpe Abbotts was given USAAF designation Station 139, (TA).
The 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) arrived at RAF Thorpe Abbotts on 9th June 1943, from Kearney AAF Nebraska. The 100th was assigned to the 13th Combat Bombardment Wing, and the group tail code was a ''Square-D''. Its operational squadrons were:
▪︎349th Bombardment Squadron (XR)
▪︎350th Bombardment Squadron (LN)
▪︎351st Bombardment Squadron (EP)
▪︎418th Bombardment Squadron (LD)
The group flew the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress as part of the Eighth Air Force's strategic bombing campaign. In combat, the 100th operated chiefly as a strategic bombardment organization until the war ended. The group gained the nickname ''The Bloody Hundredth'' due to its heavy losses during eight missions to Germany when the group experienced several instances where it lost a dozen or more aircraft on a single mission, whereas most units suffered losses in consistent small amounts.
From June 1943 to January 1944, as part of the Combined Bomber Offensive the 100th Bomb Group concentrated its efforts against airfields in France and naval facilities and industries in France and Germany. The 100th BG received a Distinguished Unit Citation for seriously disrupting German fighter plane production with an attack on an aircraft factory at Regensburg as part of the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission on 17th August 1943.
On 10th October 1943, the bomb raid that the 100th BG made on Münster, ended up with the only surviving 100th BG B-17 that went out on the raid, the ''Royal Flush'' (s/n 42-6087) commanded that day by Robert Rosenthal and flown by his regular crew, returning safely on just two working engines and both waist gunners seriously wounded, to RAF Thorpe Abbotts.
''Masters of the Air'' is a 2024 American war drama miniseries created by John Shiban and John Orloff for Apple TV+. It is based on the 2007 book of the same name by Donald L. Miller and follows the actions of the 100th Bomb Group, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber unit in the Eighth Air Force in eastern England during World War II. Masters of the Air recounts the story of the 100th Bomb Group during World War II and follows bomber crews on dangerous missions to destroy targets inside German-occupied Europe, especially the doomed october 10th 1943 mission to Münster Germany, when only one B-17 flown by Robert Rosenthal came back.
The Bloody 100th bombed airfields, industries, marshalling yards, and missile sites in western Europe, January – May 1944. Operations in this period included participation in the Allied campaign against enemy aircraft factories during ''Big Week'' 20th – 25th February 1944. The group completed a series of attacks against Berlin in March 1944 and received a second Distinguished Unit Citation for the missions.
Beginning in the summer of 1944, oil installations became major targets. In addition to strategic operations, the group engaged in support and interdictory missions, hitting bridges and gun positions in the transportation plan preparations for the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The unit bombed enemy positions at Saint-Lô in July and at Brest in August and September. Other missions were striking transportation and ground defences in the drive against the Siegfried Line, October – December 1944; attacking marshalling yards, defended villages, and communications in the Ardennes sector during the ''Battle of the Bulge'', December 1944 – January 1945; and covering the airborne assault across the Rhine in March 1945.
The 100th Bomb Group received the French Croix de Guerre with Palm for attacking heavily defended installations in Germany and for dropping supplies to French Forces of the Interior, June – December 1944. The 100th BG flew its last combat mission of World War II on 10th April 1945 which was number 306. In December 1945, the group returned to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Group personnel were demobilized and the aircraft sent to storage. The unit was inactivated on 21st December 1945 and redesignated as the 100th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy).
After the war, the airfield was transferred to the RAF on 27th June 1946. After many years of inactivity, RAF Thorpe Abbotts was closed in 1956. With the end of military control, the airfield was largely returned to agricultural use with most of the perimeter track, runways and hardstands removed. A small airstrip was built on a part of the former perimeter track which is used for light aircraft. The control tower was restored in 1977 and was turned into the 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum. Several World War II era buildings remain in various states of decay.
Information sourced from – RAF Thorpe Abbotts - Wikipedia share.google/cnLUbGXlEH5WRKeVi
Avram Noam Chomsky the 83 year old US philosopher renowned for his critiques of US foreign policy has an article re-published on Aljazeera in which he discusses the US military buildup to confront the Iranian foreign policy crisis confronting the US. “The Obama administration has been rapidly expanding US offensive capacity in the African island of Diego Garcia … nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines with Tomahawk missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads. Each submarine is reported to have the striking power of a typical carrier battle group … the substantial military equipment Obama has dispatched includes 387 "bunker busters" used for blasting hardened underground structures … On taking office, Obama immediately accelerated the plans, and they are to be deployed several years ahead of schedule, aiming specifically at Iran… The increasing threats of military action against Iran are of course in violation of the UN Charter … call to all states to resolve disputes related to nuclear issues peacefully … which bans the use or threat of force.”
Let the buildup begin! Should be ready for display in two weeks from now. Please stand-by for WIP updates!
After 11 weeks of slow buildup, this is the reaction I have to the shot that contains the cat allergens (.35cc for the medically inclined). My other arm fares much better. This was taken 9 hours after the shot. 16 hours post stabbing, it still looks the same.
January 2009 marked 5 years of allergy shots.
(Damn I have hairy arms.)
Cows. Why do they need communications equipment? What do they need that they can't just ask Mr. Greenjeans for?
This buildup of technology, and the other aspects of the so-called "bovine revolution," make it apparent that the cows have an agenda, that they want something more than to turn grass into cowpies, that they are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the way that homo sapiens sapiens is running things. Cows are known to be placid and tolerant - perhaps 'meek' - but don't expect them to continue standing idly by while their rightful inheritance is squandered and spoiled by humans.
Do something nice for a cow today, and maybe the end of the reign of mankind can be postponed for a while. Invite a cow into your home, or prepare a special meal for a cow in your neighborhood (if you know how to make chow for a cow). Wow a cow: take a cow to a museum or an amusement park; or take that certain special cow on a walk in the moonlight and tell her how you really feel. You can hide under the bed waiting for the end, of course - it's a free country, for now - but why not do something to make a difference?
(This message is sponsored by the Cows Should Rule the Universe advisory board. And remember, boys and girls: "If you know how to bow, vow to kowtow to a cow now!" Ciao!)
The defrost feature on this 1965 Sears Coldspot refrigerator died sometime in the early '70's -- since then, we've used an electric defroster to melt the frost and ice buildup. (Actually, it's for heating barbecue grill briquets, but it's got the same heating element as a dedicated freezer defroster. Lots of water to clean up (shades of the old "icebox" days), but it works.
This is a photograph from the annual BHAA Government Services/Social Protection Group's 5 Mile Road Race took place on Tuesday 27th May 2013 at 20:00 in Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland. The course is a fast flat course which begins on the Dunboyne-Maynooth Road between the two entrances to Dunboyne Castle Estate. The race then proceeds in an anti-clockwise direction back to the Dunboyne Athletic Club on the Rooske Road in Dunboyne. The race reaches higher standards with every passing year. Paul Gorey and his team of volunteers must be given great credit for putting on such a wonderful race event. Thanks are also extended to Dunboyne Athletic Club, the BHAA, and the local community who all make this possible.
This photograph is part of a large set of photographs taken at the finish line area of the race. There are also some races of the buildup and the start of the race. The full set is available at www.flickr.com/photos/peterm7/sets/72157644466844507/
Overall Race Summary
Participants: There were approximately 500 participants .
Weather: A bright sunny evening with little breeze
Course: This course is fully left handed with very little in the way of inclines. Good road surface. These are nice narrow country roads with shelter provided by mature hedgerows. This year the race finished with 3/4 of a lap of the Dunboyne AC track.
Refreshments: Lots and lots as is the tradition with BHAA Events - served outside the scouts hall at the track.
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Ice buildup on NHPR's Portsmouth transmitter. Ice like this can affect a transmitter's broadcasting power. (Michael Saffell, NHPR)
Some pictures taken prior to proceedings officially beginning on Saturday morning at the DUP conference with exhibitors setting up stalls and the conference stage
This lighthouse is what's known as a "spark plug" type lighthouse. Its gets this name by its shape. The basic buildup of this type of lighthouse is a tower placed on top of a caisson.
The General Services Administration began selling lighthouses a decade ago after Congress passed a law allowing the sale of the properties. With better lights and more reliable automation, there is no longer a need for a person to be present at the lighthouse to keep it operating. The sale of a lighthouse includes an agreement that the new owner will preserve the lighthouse, allow the light and fog horn or bells to continue operation and allow Coast Guard personnel access to the property to maintain the light and horn and make repairs.
On December 7th of 2006, the 124-year-old Bloody Point Lighthouse was purchased at a Government auction by an out of state lawyer with a bid of $100,000.
He admits that he may “have a bit of an eccentric bent,” but he claims he is quite serious about spending upwards of $200,000 on restoration, and may use the light for a summer residence. In August of 2009, the owner announced that he would be dedicating a room in his lighthouse to a brewery. “We’re not talking about a huge amount of beer here, something like 20 to 40 barrels a week that we will look to sell to local restaurants and breweries. My hope is to have the breweries pay for the lighthouse’s ongoing maintenance. We will already be using the desalination process in here to create water, but the device I am purchasing creates so much more water than we will need, and this seemed like a great use for it. We want to create a unique beer here, and it will be unique — the only one made from seawater.”
From what I could tell just by looking at it, no restoration work has yet begun on the lighthouse, let alone any attempt to start a microbrewery.
Philadelphia, November 15 – In response to a significant U.S. military buildup near Venezuela, over a dozen Philadelphia organizations joined more than 60 coordinated actions in 8 countries to demand “No War on Venezuela!” and to oppose growing U.S. intervention in Latin America and the Caribbean. The local peace and social justice coalition held a rally and march starting at City Hall and ending in front of a U.S. military recruiting center to call for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from the region and for the establishment of a genuine Zone of Peace in the Americas.
The coalition asserts that the overt threats of regime change in Venezuela and Colombia constitute a blatant violation of international law and the sovereignty of nations. They draw a direct line between militarism abroad and repression at home, highlighting increased defense spending while critical domestic programs like SNAP benefits and healthcare face cuts.
The Philadelphia demonstration against U.S. imperialist aggression was organized and endorsed by Anakbayan, Black Alliance for Peace, Code Pink, Democratic Socialist of America, Free Congo, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, International Concerned Family & Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Juntos, Koreans for Decolonialization Penn, Korea Peace Committee, Mobilization4Mumia, Philadelphia Palestine Coalition, Philly Bund, and Workers World Party.
The actions come as the United States deploys an aircraft carrier battle group, including destroyers, jet fighters, and nuclear submarines, to the Caribbean. Over 67 people have been extra judiciously killed by the US strikes on boats in the Caribbean so far. The Trump regime has openly called for the military overthrow of Venezuela's President Maduro and the replacement of Colombia's President Petro, following decades of hybrid warfare against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
“This is a build-up to another endless U.S. war – a war to militarize the whole Western Hemisphere,” said Sara Flounders of the Workers World Party, a rally organizer. “Meanwhile, the use of Federal troops and thousands of ICE agents in raids and mass arrests, along with massive increases in health costs and cuts to government services, are an attack on all working people in the U.S.”
Activists condemn the U.S. government's justification for the escalation. Trump’s narrative of “narcoterrorism operations” have resulted in six recent missile strikes off the coast of Venezuela that have extrajudiciously killed over 67 people, with no due process. They argue this pretext masks the true economic motives behind the aggression.
“This move towards all-out war has nothing to do with drug trafficking, cartels or the wellbeing of Americans facing a drug crisis,” stated Joe Lombardo, Co-Coordinator of the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC). “Venezuela possesses the greatest known oil reserves in the world. The Venezuelan government refuses to be dominated by the U.S. and is determined to use its own oil, gas, and mineral resources for the benefit of its own people, not for U.S. corporations.”
The message from the growing movement is clear: it is time for the public to take to the streets to resist these government and corporate attacks on the people of Latin America and the Caribbean, and to stop the simultaneous militarization and repression of people within the United States.
About the Coalition:
This nationwide mobilization is supported by over 35 organizations: United National Antiwar Coalition, Venezuela Solidarity Network, US Peace Council, All-African People’s Party-GC, All-African People’s Party, Alliance for Global Justice, Code Pink, Chicago ALBA Solidarity, Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition, Peace and Solidarity Commission of the Communist Party USA, School of the Americas Watch, Task Force on the Americas, Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Minnesota Solidarity Network of the Americas, Sanctions Kill Campaign, Workers World Party, Periodismo de Verdad, Resist U.S. Led War, Honduras Solidarity Network, Cross Border Network, National Network on Cuba, Black Alliance for Peace, Anti War Action Network, Women Against Military Madness, Kawsachun News, Popular Resistance, International Action Center, Casa Baltimore Limay, Friends of Latin America. Veterans For Peace, Orinoco Tribune, Los Ronderos de las Redes, Diáspora Pa’lante Collective, Peoples Power Assembly, Rochester Committee on Latin America (ROCLA), Green Renaissance-Sovereign Rights Movement, Struggle for Socialism Party, Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice
a lot. 135, 120, digital. but all for school.
there's a certain buildup of disdain and/or disappointment towards your own work that's really hard to overcome when you're finally done with it being analyzed, scrutinized and — specially — criticized.
it's not just every grain and noise and pixel and all other aspects of your physical photograph per se, but also the whole creative process, the drive behind your decision to shoot subject X, why you chose to approach subject X in such manner, what made your postprocessing like that and not this.
it's so physically and mentally draining that when the stoning is over, you just put whatever you were working on in the proverbial drawer and jump over to the next project, feeding the cycle.
so yeah, can't wait for november...