Our lives require order. We need it. We want it. To control makes us feel capable, powerful and certain. It makes us feel safe, sane. And yet sometimes we can feel engulfed, suffocated by order. When it becomes a restraint on our lives, do we continue to want it? Yes. Regardless of feeling trapped we still search for it. We still desire it. And we still believe we find it. We seek order both physically and mentally and because of this we tend to find some sort of order in every aspect of our lives, and within the world that surrounds us. We want our environments to make sense, we want to be able to understand them and have a sense of command over them. Hence, we discover repeating patterns in nature, such as the growth rings in a tree trunk, the calm before the storm, the shape of a rainbow. We require order in ourselves and so we find repeating patterns there too. We see people behaving in similar ways when confronted with certain situations, we see uniformity and replication.

But what about the order that seems untouchable, and unable to be seen? What about the order of our personal lives? How many of you have heard the saying, "Just get your life in order"? I've heard it many times, and I've wanted it many more. And yet, what is order? Is it the commonplace getting a job, marrying, having a family - the age old live, work and die? Is it having a routine, creating a pattern that you can follow every day? Does order merely become habit? Is order literal, or is it illusion? What exactly is order and does it really even exist?

"What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos." - Kerry Thornley

P.S. This is my beautiful sister who kindly let me photograph her on a freezing cold morning! We had to battle Lady Bugs, Woodlice, and Worms to get this image and so I'm very thankful to her for laying on the wet, muddy ground instead of me for the best part on an hour! Isn't she just stunning? :)

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Dieselisation of Australia’s major railway systems got off to a slow start because of a lack of local builders capable of manufacturing this type of locomotive. As a result, initial orders were placed overseas, and it wasn’t until 1951, when the Clyde Engineering Co., of Granville, NSW, gained the licence to build General Motors EMD locomotives for the Australian market. Thereafter dieselisation proceeded at a rapid rate, checked only by the funds available. Other diesel builders emerged but Clyde retained the largest share of the market.

Clyde had built steam locomotives since 1907 and was fortunate in being one of the few steam locomotive builders to successfully make the transition from steam to diesel production. The eleven GM-class locomotives ordered by the Commonwealth Railways (Australian National’s Predecessor) were the first diesel-electrics to leave the Granville plant and the forerunners of almost 1300 units built to date.

Based on General Motors-EMD’s F-7 model, the design for the local product required considerable modification to conform to Australian loading gauges and axle load restrictions. This job fell to Fred Shea who produced a machine with a car body both lower and longer than its US counterpart. The resulting A-7 (ML1) model was highly successful. Also, whereas the North American units were carried on four-wheel bogies, the GMs required six-wheel bogies to distribute the weight for the lighter track then in use, the traction motors being mounted on the outer axles. They were given road numbers 1 to 11.

GM1 underwent its road trials over New South Wales Railways’ tracks on 24th August 1951 and on its delivery run ran as far as Albury. At Bandiana it was transferred to broad-gauge bogies and hauled the rest of the way to Port Pirie where it was once more lifted onto its own bogies. It was placed in service on 20th September. GM2, the museum’s engine, entered traffic almost a month later on 17th November. All 11 were working by 8th July 1952.

Forty-seven GMs were built, though 12-47 were more powerful locomotives rated at 1750 h.p. and equipped with six traction motors. To identify each type, Nos. 1-11 became the GM1-class and Nos. 12-47 the GM12-class. The CR also identified them as F-class (four motor) and S-class (six motor) in their Working Timetables.

Originally they were restricted to the ‘Transcontinental’ route between Port Pirie and Kalgoorlie but, as the standard-gauge network expanded, they ranged farther afield. Eventually they were to work in all mainland states except Queensland.

The success of Fred Shea’s modifications to the original design can be gauged from the fact that variations of it were ordered by the Victorian Railways, New South Wales Railways and the North-Western Railway of Pakistan. All the GMs passed to the control of Australian National on 1st March 1978, and the first were not condemned until 1988. Most have had a lifespan well in excess of 30 years and only now are they being displaced by the more powerful DL and EL classes.

GM2 was set aside for the Museum and was placed there on 2.8.1991

I wanted to see how far a smartphone capable of doing long exposures (32 s), manual focus and saving RAW files could take you for acquiring widefield images. No tracking, just a simple (rather flimsy) tripod with a smartphone clamp.

I think it turned out rather well, considering that this was by no means high-end equipment! So if you would like to take Milky Way photos, but don't have expensive astrophotography gear (or not even a DSLR camera), just try what your phone can do!

Images acquired on August 31, 2021 in Byala, Bulgaria at the Black Sea coast, looking south. Decent sky at zenith, but lots of light pollution on the horizon.

Details:

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15 lightframes, 7 darks, 10 flats, no offset

no filters, no tracking

stacking in DeepSkyStacker (1 round tracking the stars, 1 round only stacking the foregeround)

post-processing: Aurora HDR 2018 (adjustments), Luminar 2018 (composing sky and foreground), Photoshop (fine tuning, cosmetics of partly noisy foreground)

A neutral setting. That was what Amanda Waller had agreed to when she agreed to meet with Niles Caulder; a neutral setting. They were perfectly capable, had they met in one of their respective fortresses, of ensuring either of them was never seen again, and both would be happy to do so.

Their rivalry trickled back decades ago, having exploded in a fit so significant, it was forgotten by both of them. Or so they told each other. The truth of the matter is neither of them

would ever forget that day.

And they’d never forgive each other for it.

Waller, coldly: This place suits you, Niles.

Niles Caulder, residing moodily at the table of a Starbucks, looks up from his cup of hot chocolate.

Waller: It’s worth far less than you pay for it, and naturally, is a scourge known across the globe.

Caulder smiles: Amanda, dear woman, how long’s it been, since your last liposuction?

Waller, sits: If I recall, since you still had legs, Niles.

Caulder’s eyes narrow, and he takes a long, slow sip from his cocoa, the steam rising through the tiny carboard hole and up past his nostrils. His steely blue gaze meets hers of Dark Iron, and a spark of hatred all but ignites in the air.

Caulder: Well, enough of this fiddling about. I take it, what with your most sparkling of disposition, that your gritty little cabal did away with my little . . . problem?

Waller: You could say that, Niles, yes. Your little circus is safe from the evils of capitalism. Although,

Amanda Waller leans forward on her elbow, there’s a faint smile on her lips. The most unfriendly smile one could possibly imagine. It’s a grin full of malice, and satisfaction.

Waller: Intel tells me you haven’t even *got* a team anymore.

Niles Caulder’s hand wraps tightly around his cardboard cup, the thick paper beginning to buckle slightly.

Caulder: There’s no way you could know that. . . just like there’s no possible, conceivable way that I could know about your wicked little hit-teams’ mission to Bialya to rescue that loudmouthed simpleton from telly.

This time, Waller’s eyes narrow. If she too had a drink, she would have raised it steadily, deliberately to her lips and taken a drink, her dark, iron eyes meeting with his steely blues.

Caulder: Now how could I know that, you ask? My dear

Amanda, you may think your secrets are safe, but you forget who you address. Do you see this elegant piece of machinery I sit upon? This steaming cup of cocoa in my hand? I made both of these things with my very own hands. My brain is the ultimate machinery, nothing is hidden from me.

Waller: . . . Now why the hell would you come to a coffee shop and make your own drink?

Caulder: Did you not hear what I said? I know everything about you and your cabal of murderers and you dare to ask my why I made my ow-

Waller: I only ask because it reveals two things about you Niles. That you’ve become even more paranoid in your old age, and that you’re so strapped for cash that you can’t even afford a three dollar coffee.

Caulder, indignantly: Madame! I’ll have you know that not only is this cocoa, but it’s three ninety-five! And they don’t use milk, this is a repulsive water-in-the-cocoa establishment!

Waller stands: The point still stands, and our correspondence is finished. For what it’s worth, you’d probably have been better off letting Jost buy you out. That way, at least you’d be receiving royalties.

Caulder: There is no dignity in that.

Waller: I’m amazed you have any dignity at all anymore, Niles. I’d wish you good day, but, I’d rather you spilt that cocoa on yourself.

Amanda Waller clasps her hands behind her back and turns to head for the door.

Caulder: Oh Amanda, just whatever am I going to do with this delicate, succulent information I possess?

Waller grudgingly turns around: Same as all that other useless garbage in your head, Niles, stick it up your own ass. You may think you have some kind of leverage, but without concrete proof, there’s nothing you can do.

Caulder: And if I make the attempt?

Waller: I’m almost tired of saying this but, you know who I’d have to send after you.

Caulder: Ah, just like the old days, always resorting to violence. Would you really do away with such a significant brain as mine, dear Amanda?

Waller: I’ve done away with much more important things for far less. Don’t think yourself too high, Niles, or you’ll just hit the ground harder when you fall.

Without another word, Amanda Waller is through the door and gone.

Caulder, quietly to himself: You meant to say ,‘when you push me’ I’m sure. Insufferable Bitch.

Simmering, Niles Caulder returns to his hot chocolate, dismayed, to find it run cold before he could finish it.

The 'T' stood for 'Transfer', meaning the locomotive was capable of faster transition and higher sustained speeds than the regular 'S' - type yard switcher series. There were only 57 built and N&W had 40 numbered 10 through 49.

The Typhoon FGR.Mk 4 is a highly capable and extremely agile fourth-generation multi-role combat aircraft, capable of being deployed for the full spectrum of air operations, including air policing, peace support and high-intensity conflict. Initially deployed in the air-to-air role as the Typhoon F.Mk 2, the aircraft now has a potent, precision multi-role capability as the FGR4. The pilot performs many essential functions through the aircraft’s hands on throttle and stick (HOTAS) interface which, combined with an advanced cockpit and the Helmet Equipment Assembly (HEA), renders Typhoon superbly equipped for all aspects of air operations.

Although Typhoon has flown precision attack missions in all its combat deployments to date, its most essential role remains the provision of quick reaction alert (QRA) for UK and Falkland Islands airspace. Detachments have also reinforced NATO air defence in the Baltic and Black Sea regions.

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For the psychedelic trance musical band, see Astral Projection (band). For physical travel to other stars, see Interstellar travel."The Separation of the Spirit Body" from , a Chinese handbook on alchemy and meditation

Astral projection (or astral travel) is a term used in esotericism to describe a willful out-of-body experience (OBE), a supposed form of telepathy, that assumes the existence of a soul or consciousness called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside of it throughout the universe where it interacts with other astral bodies and is capable of implanting ideas into other people's minds. The idea of astral travel is rooted in esotericism and occultism, and was promoted by 19th century Theosophists—philosophers who explored the mystical and preternatural origins of the natural world.It is sometimes reported in association with dreams, and forms of meditation.Some individuals have reported perceptions similar to descriptions of astral projection that were induced through various hallucinogenic and hypnotic means (including self-hypnosis). There is no scientific evidence that there is a consciousness or soul which is separate from normal neural activity or that one can consciously leave the body and make observations..Claims of scientific evidence of astral projection are pseudoscientific.According to classical, medieval and renaissance Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, and later Theosophist and Rosicrucian thought the astral body is an intermediate body of light linking the rational soul to the physical body while the astral plane is an intermediate world of light between Heaven and Earth, composed of the spheres of the planets and stars. These astral spheres were held to be populated by angels, demons and spirits.The subtle bodies, and their associated planes of existence, form an essential part of the esoteric systems that deal with astral phenomena. In the neo-platonism of Plotinus, for example, the individual is a microcosm ("small world") of the universe (the macrocosm or "great world"). "The rational soul...is akin to the great Soul of the World" while "the material universe, like the body, is made as a faded image of the Intelligible". Each succeeding plane of manifestation is causal to the next, a world-view called emanationism; "from the One proceeds Intellect, from Intellect Soul, and from Soul - in its lower phase, or that of Nature - the material universe".Often these bodies and their planes of existence are depicted as a series of concentric circles or nested spheres, with a separate body traversing each realm.[18] The idea of the astral figured prominently in the work of the nineteenth-century French occultist Eliphas Levi, whence it was adopted and developed further by Theosophy, and used afterwards by other esoteric movements.

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Some have claimed that the Bible contains mentions of astral projection.[weasel words]Carrington, Muldoon, Peterson, and Williams—renowned experts in the field of astral projection—claim that the subtle body is attached to the physical body by means of a psychic silver cord. The final chapter of the Book of Ecclesiastes is often cited in this respect: "Before the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be shattered at the fountain, or the wheel be broken at the cistern." Scherman, however, contends that the context points to this being merely a metaphor, comparing the body to a machine, with the silver cord referring to the spine

Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians is more generally agreed to refer to the astral planes; "I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I know not, or out of the body I know not, God knows) such a one caught up to the third heaven..."This statement gave rise to the Visio Pauli, a tract that offers a vision of heaven and hell, a forerunner of visions attributed to Adomnan and Tnugdalus as well as of Dante's Divine Comedy.

Ancient Egypt

Similar concepts of soul travel appear in various other religious traditions. For example, ancient Egyptian teachings present the soul (ba) as having the ability to hover outside the physical body via the ka, or subtle body

China

Taoist alchemical practice involves creation of an energy body by breathing meditations, drawing energy into a 'pearl' that is then "circulated". "Xiangzi ... with a drum as his pillow fell fast asleep, snoring and motionless. His primordial spirit, however, went straight into the banquet room and said, "My lords, here I am again." ... When Tuizhi walked ... with the officials to take a look, there really was a Taoist sleeping on the ground and snoring like thunder. Yet inside, in the side room, there was another Taoist beating a fisher drum and singing Taoist songs. The officials all said, “Although there are two different people, their faces and clothes are exactly alike. Clearly he is a divine immortal who can divide his body and appear in several places at once. ..." ... At that moment, the Taoist in the side room came walking out, and the Taoist sleeping on the ground woke up. The two merged into one."

India

Similar ideas such as the Lin'ga S'ari-ra are found in ancient Hindu scriptures such as the YogaVashishta-Maharamayana of Valmiki. Modern Indians who have vouched for astral projection include Paramahansa Yogananda who witnessed Swami Pranabananda doing a miracle through a possible astral projection, and Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) who practiced it himself.The Indian spiritual teacher Meher Baba described one's use of astral projection:In the advancing stages leading to the beginning of the path, the aspirant becomes spiritually prepared for being entrusted with free use of the forces of the inner world of the astral bodies. He may then undertake astral journeys in his astral body, leaving the physical body in sleep or wakefulness. The astral journeys that are taken unconsciously are much less important than those undertaken with full consciousness and as a result of deliberate volition. This implies conscious use of the astral body. Conscious separation of the astral body from the outer vehicle of the gross body has its own value in making the soul feel its distinction from the gross body and in arriving at fuller control of the gross body. One can, at will, put on and take off the external gross body as if it were a cloak, and use the astral body for experiencing the inner world of the astral and for undertaking journeys through it, if and when necessary....The ability to undertake astral journeys therefore involves considerable expansion of one’s scope for experience. It brings opportunities for promoting one’s own spiritual advancement, which begins with the involution of consciousness.Astral projection is one of the Siddhis considered achievable by yoga practitioners through self-disciplined practice. In the epic The Mahabharata Drona leaves his physical body to see if his son is alive.

Japan

The 'ikiryō' as illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.

In Japanese mythology, an ikiryō (生霊?) (also read shōryō, seirei, or ikisudama) is a manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from their body. Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm them, similar to an evil eye. Souls are also believed to leave a living body when the body is extremely sick or comatose; such ikiryō are not malevolent.[

Inuit In some Inuit groups, people with special capabilities are said to travel to (mythological) remote places, and report their experiences and things important to their fellows or the entire community; how to stop bad luck in hunting, cure a sick person etc., things unavailable to people with normal capabilities.

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The yaskomo of the Waiwai is believed to be able to perform a "soul flight" that can serve several functions such as healing, flying to the sky to consult cosmological beings (the moon or the brother of the moon) to get a name for a new-born baby, flying to the cave of peccaries' mountains to ask the father of peccaries for abundance of game or flying deep down in a river to get the help of other beings.

"Astral" and "etheric"

The expression "astral projection" came to be used in two different ways. For the Golden Dawn and some Theosophists[ it retained the classical and medieval philosophers' meaning of journeying to other worlds, heavens, hells, the astrological spheres and other imaginal landscapes, but outside these circles the term was increasingly applied to non-physical travel around the physical world.Though this usage continues to be widespread, the term, "etheric travel", used by some later Theosophists, offers a useful distinction. Some experients say they visit different times and/or places:"etheric", then, is used to represent the sense of being "out of the body" in the physical world, whereas "astral" may connote some alteration in time-perception. Robert Monroe describes the former type of projection as "Locale I" or the "Here-Now", involving people and places that actually exist: Robert Bruce calls it the "Real Time Zone" (RTZ) and describes it as the non-physical dimension-level closest to the physical. This etheric body is usually, though not always, invisible but is often perceived by the experient as connected to the physical body during separation by a “silver cord”. Some link "falling" dreams with projection.According to Max Heindel, the etheric "double" serves as a medium between the astral and physical realms. In his system the ether, also called prana, is the "vital force" that empowers the physical forms to change. From his descriptions it can be inferred that, to him, when one views the physical during an out-of-body experience, one is not technically "in" the astral realm at all.Other experients may describe a domain that has no parallel to any known physical setting. Environments may be populated or unpopulated, artificial, natural or abstract, and the experience may be beatific, horrific or neutral. A common Theosophical belief is that one may access a compendium of mystical knowledge called the Akashic records. In many accounts the experiencer correlates the astral world with the world of dreams. Some even report seeing other dreamers enacting dream scenarios unaware of their wider environment.The astral environment may also be divided into levels or sub-planes by theorists, but there are many different views in various traditions concerning the overall structure of the astral planes: they may include heavens and hells and other after-death spheres, transcendent environments, or other less-easily characterized states

Notable practitioners

Emanuel Swedenborg was one of the first practitioners to write extensively about the out-of-body experience, in his Spiritual Diary (1747–65). French philosopher and novelist Honoré de Balzac's fictional work "Louis Lambert" suggests he may have had some astral or out-of-body experience.

There are many twentieth century publications on astral projection,although only a few authors remain widely cited. These include Robert Monroe,Oliver Fox,Sylvan Muldoon, and Hereward Carrington,and Yram.Robert Monroe's accounts of journeys to other realms (1971–1994) popularized the term "OBE" and were translated into a large number of languages. Though his books themselves only placed secondary importance on descriptions of method, Monroe also founded an institute dedicated to research, exploration and non-profit dissemination of auditory technology for assisting others in achieving projection and related altered states of consciousness.Robert Bruce,William Buhlman, and Albert Taylor,have discussed their theories and findings on the syndicated show Coast to Coast AM several times. Michael Crichton gives lengthy and detailed explanations and experience of astral projection in his non-fiction book Travels.The soul's ability to leave the body at will or while sleeping and visit the various planes of heaven is also known as "soul travel". The practice is taught in Surat Shabd Yoga, where the experience is achieved mostly by meditation techniques and mantra repetition. All Sant Mat Gurus widely spoke about this kind of out of body experience, such as Kirpal Singh.Eckankar describes Soul Travel broadly as movement of the true, spiritual self (Soul) closer to the heart of God. While the contemplative may perceive the experience as travel, Soul itself is said not to move but to "come into an agreement with fixed states and conditions that already exist in some world of time and space".American Harold Klemp, the current Spiritual Leader of Eckankar practices and teaches Soul Travel, as did his predecessors, through contemplative techniques known as the Spiritual Exercises of ECK (Divine Spirit).

In occult traditions, practices range from inducing trance states to the mental construction of a second body, called the Body of Light in Aleister Crowley's writings, through visualization and controlled breathing, followed by the transfer of consciousness to the secondary body by a mental act of will.There is no known scientific evidence that astral projection as an objective phenomenon exists.There are cases of patients having experiences suggestive of astral projection from brain stimulation treatments and hallucinogenic drugs.Robert Todd Carroll writes that the main evidence to support claims of astral travel is anecdotal and comes "in the form of testimonials of those who claim to have experienced being out of their bodies when they may have been out of their minds."Subjects in parapsychological experiments have attempted to project their astral bodies to distant rooms and see what was happening. However, such experiments have produced negative results.According to Bob Bruce of the Queensland Skeptics Association, astral projection is "just imagining", or "a dream state". Although parallel universes are mathematically possible,Bruce writes that the existence of an astral plane is contrary to the limits of science. “We know how many possibilities there are for dimensions and we know what the dimensions do. None of it correlates with things like astral projection.” Bruce attributes astral experiences such as "meetings" alleged by practitioners to confirmation bias and coincidences.The psychologist Donovan Rawcliffe has written that astral projection can be explained by delusion, hallucination and vivid dreams.Arthur W. Wiggins, writing in Quantum Leaps in the Wrong Direction: Where Real Science Ends...and Pseudoscience Begins, said that purported evidence of the ability to astral travel great distances and give descriptions of places visited is predominantly anecdotal. In 1978, Ingo Swann provided a test of his alleged ability to astral travel to Jupiter and observe details of the planet. Actual findings and information were later compared to Swann's claimed observations; according to an evaluation by James Randi, Swann's accuracy was "unconvincing and unimpressive" with an overall score of 37 percent. Wiggins considers astral travel an illusion, and looks to neuroanatomy, human belief, imagination and prior knowledge to provide prosaic explanations for those claiming to experience it.A recent study, The AWARE Study, conducted by medical researcher Sam Parnia, was designed to get information on possible OBEs during cardiac arrest.

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They are the largest of the African eagles and incredibly powerful, capable of knocking an adult man off his feet. They reputedly have enough power in one foot to break a man's arm. The largest eagle in Africa, the Martial eagle weighs in at almost 14 pounds. and has a wingspan of about 6 feet 4 inches.

In some areas birds form an important part of the diet, including guineafowl, francolins, bustards, and poultry. Birds as large as a European Stork are recorded to have fallen prey to the Martial Eagle. In other areas the diet is largely mammalian, especially hyrax and small antelopes. Animals as large as an Impala calf are taken, and some monkeys, also occasionally young domestic goats, and lambs. Carnivores like mongoose are sometimes taken, even occasionally Serval Cat and Jackal; also a few snakes and large lizards. It will evidently eat whatever is available, with a preference for game-birds, hyrax, and poultry. It is not known to eat carrion at all except possibly dead lambs.

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The Tyrrell 011B driven this weekend by the very capable Jamie Constable. It made its debut in the hands of American Eddie Cheever at the 1981 German Grand Prix where he qualified 18th and finished the race in the points with 5th place. The car was powered by the Cosworth DFV V8 engine and initially ran on Avon tyres though the team later switched to Goodyear rubber.

The 011 raced in three seasons of Formula One (1981 - 1983) although its only full season was 1982. Drivers for Tyrrell in that time included Cheever, Michele Alboreto, Brian Henton, Slim Borgudd and Danny Sullivan. Tyrrell were able to win 2 races with the 011, both by Alboreto. The first win at the 1982 Caesars Palace Grand Prix was also Alboreto's first and the last 011 victory was the 1983 Detroit Grand Prix. This race was also the last of 155 Grand Prix wins for the Cosworth DFV engine which had made its F1 debut 16 years earlier in 1967.

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The Sea Fury is a navalised aircraft, capable of operating from the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. It was heavily based on preceding Hawker fighter aircraft, particularly the Tempest; features such as the semi-elliptical wing and fuselage were derived directly from the Tempest but featured significant refinements, including significant strengthening to withstand the stresses of carrier landings. While the Sea Fury was lighter and smaller than the Tempest, advanced aspects of the Sea Fury's design such as its Centaurus engine meant it was also considerably more powerful and faster, making it the final and fastest of Hawker's reciprocating engine aircraft.[24]

The Sea Fury Mk X was capable of attaining a maximum speed of 460 mph and climb to a height of 20,000 feet in under five minutes. The Sea Fury was reportedly a highly aerobatic aircraft with favourable flying behaviour at all heights and speeds, although intentional spinning of the aircraft was banned during the type's military service.[25] During flight displays, the Sea Fury could demonstrate its ability to perform rapid rolls at a rate of 100 degrees per second, attributed to the spring tab equipped ailerons.[26] For extra thrust on takeoff Jet Assisted Take-Off (JATO) could be used.[27][28]

Sea Fury F.10 in the livery of a RAN FB.11 aircraft in 2011

The Sea Fury was powered by the newly developed Bristol Centaurus reciprocating engine, which drove a five-bladed propeller.[5] Many of the engine's subsystems, such as the fully automated cooling system, cockpit gauges, and fuel booster pump were electrical, powered by an engine-driven generator supplemented by two independent batteries. The hydraulic system, necessary to operate the retractable undercarriage, tail hook, and flaps, was pressurised to 1,800 psi by an engine-driven pump. If this failed, a hand pump in the cockpit could also power these systems. A pneumatic pump was driven by the engine for the brakes. Internal fuel was stored in a total of five self-sealing fuel tanks, two within the fuselage directly in front of the cockpit and three housed within the wings

Curiously, this ship was capable of carrying two small second-class torpedo-boats onboard. The idea was to launch the two ships into the water at the start of the battle and then used them in combined attacks against the enemy.

Unfortunately, as soon as the Dingyuan Ironclads arrived to China, the torpedo-boats were offloaded and used separately from them in other roles, therefore losing their original purpose.

During the battle of the Yalu River in 1894, the two Dingyuan Battleships (together with the remaining combat ships of the Beiyang Fleet) fought valiantly against the Japanese Combined Fleet for the supremacy over the Korean Peninsula.

The Japanese ships were unable to pierce the thick armored protection of these two Chinese ships, so instead they hit them extensively with large quantity of small to medium size high explosive shells, starting massive fires that caused heavy damage to them. Unfortunately, the quality of both the propellant and the shells of the Chinese ships was quite low (mostly due to widespread corruption), with some shells being filled with cement instead of explosives. Although the Chinese made far more accurate fire than the Japanese during the Battle, their inadequate shells probably prevented them from winning the battle.

In the end, the Japanese won the Battle of the Yalu River and the Beiyang Fleet was almost completely destroyed during the Battle of Weihaiwei a few weeks later.

Dingyuan was hit by a torpedo and was beached, later being either blown up by the Chinese (to prevent it´s capture) or by the Japanese since they couldn´t recover it. Zhenyuan was captured by the Japanese and renamed Chin Yen, being used as a Second-Class Battleship during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905).

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(born 18 February 1967) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. He is the former president of the technical sector of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). A technically gifted, creative playmaker and a set piece specialist renowned for his curling free-kicks and goalscoring, Baggio is regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time. In 1999, he came fourth in the FIFA Player of the Century internet poll, and was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002. In 1993, he was named FIFA World Player of the Year and won the Ballon d'Or. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100, a list of the world's greatest living players.

This is an 8 second image taken using a DJI Mavic Air and the Polar Pro ND64CPL filter. This is the longest exposure time that the drone is capable of so I was keen to see if it was achievable. This particular morning there was barely a breath of wind but this was the 10th attempt at getting the image. I had to be at max flight height of 393 feet in order to get the whole composition in and I am sure it was much windier up there than it was where I was. I still can't believe that it is able to keep itself as steady as it does to achieve this image. I can't begin to imagine where drone tech is going to be in 10 years time. Taken over the coastline of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.

Tried of being jeered at by kids and the other rides, Balloon Mixer decided to show them just what she was capable of. The Comfy Bears nearby in an attempt to shield their young riders turned away in horror as the kids screams grew louder, but it was too late some kids had been scared for life while others returned to the kiddie area each year until their late teens in hope of a repeat performance. i4s4566,68 - Happy Sliders Sunday!

Capable of holding a fireteam (4) and gear on those lengthy patrols.

...what doesn’t change is how I feel about this feeling as a whole; this state of grace and being in a good frame of mind

When it first entered service in 1941, the Hawker Typhoon was the first RAF fighter capable of exceeding 400 mph.

Originally intended as a replacement for the Hurricane and Spitfire, the Typhoon's climb rate and high-altitude performance proved disappointing. However, at low level it was the only aircraft capable of catching the new Luftwaffe Fw-190 and so it initially entered service as a low-altitude interceptor.

It went on to become a night-time intruder and long-range fighter before it moved into the role for which it became famous - ground-attack. Fitted with cannons and rockets it became one of the most successful aircraft in this role during WWII. Over 3,300 were eventually built.

However, this particular airframe did not have a spectacular wartime career. Instead, after just 40 minutes' flight-time in the UK, it was shipped to Wright Field in Dayton, OH., for evaluation trials by the USAAF where it underwent just nine hours of flight-testing. It was donated to the RAF Museum in 1968.

Under the wing is a Rolls-Royce Griffon engine, which has nothing to do with the Typhoon, which was powered by a Sabre. The Griffon, the last significant Rolls-Royce piston engine, was particularly successful in powering late-model Spitfires, giving some the ability to catch German V-1 flying bombs. This particular example of the engine, an Mk 57A, came from a post-war Avro Shackleton maritime patrol aircraft. Over 8,100 were built and the last RAF examples were only retired in 1991!

One thing that always amazes me about Etna is how this volcano is capable of being very violent and rough and destructive, and how, at other times, it produces sweet, tiny, tender little things. This goes for the rocks it throws out during its eruptions, some being colossal bombs many meters in diameter, whereas there are also tiny, tear-shaped droplets of lava of some asthetical appeal. Etna has created a whole set of vastly different environments (because it is a tall mountain rising from sea level to 3329 m elevation) and climate zones; thanks to these conditions there are beautiful forests, steppes, grasslands and numerous volcanic landscapes created by eruptions recent and past. Every now and then a new eruption destroys some part of these areas and at the same time lays the foundations for a future grassland or forest.

And then, there are the eruptions themselves - sometimes immense, impressive, spectacular, dramatic, violent, and at times dangerous and destructive. But many of the eruptions have their cute little moments, like the one seen in this photograph taken on the late afternoon of 29 December 2013, when the New Southeast Crater was ramping up for a new eruptive episode, making frequent small Strombolian explosions which later grew into much stronger activity. Some explosions occurred when bubbles of magma exploded in the crater, producing beautiful radial sprays of incandescent blobs of lava. Others produced tongue-shaped, vertical or oblique jets, which rose above the crater rim like curious glowing snakes looking around and then fell back into the crater. This is a rather small example of such jets, which rose some 20 m above the crater rim before vanishing back into the vent. The view is from the town of Zafferana Etnea on the southeast flank of Etna.

Alignment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is now complete. After full review, the observatory has been confirmed to be capable of capturing crisp, well-focused images with each of its four powerful onboard science instruments. Upon completing the seventh and final stage of telescope alignment, the team held a set of key decision meetings and unanimously agreed that Webb is ready to move forward into its next and final series of preparations, known as science instrument commissioning. This process will take about two months before scientific operations begin in the summer.

The alignment of the telescope across all of Webb’s instruments can be seen in a series of images that captures the observatory’s full field of view.

Read more: blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2022/04/28/nasas-webb-in-full-focus-r...

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Engineering images of sharply focused stars in the field of view of each instrument demonstrate that the telescope is fully aligned and in focus. For this test, Webb pointed at part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, providing a dense field of hundreds of thousands of stars across all the observatory’s sensors. The sizes and positions of the images shown here depict the relative arrangement of each of Webb’s instruments in the telescope’s focal plane, each pointing at a slightly offset part of the sky relative to one another. Webb’s three imaging instruments are NIRCam (images shown here at a wavelength of 2 microns), NIRISS (image shown here at 1.5 microns), and MIRI (shown at 7.7 microns, a longer wavelength revealing emission from interstellar clouds as well as starlight). NIRSpec is a spectrograph rather than imager but can take images, such as the 1.1 micron image shown here, for calibrations and target acquisition. The dark regions visible in parts of the NIRSpec data are due to structures of its microshutter array, which has several hundred thousand controllable shutters that can be opened or shut to select which light is sent into the spectrograph. Lastly, Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor tracks guide stars to point the observatory accurately and precisely; its two sensors are not generally used for scientific imaging but can take calibration images such as those shown here. This image data is used not just to assess image sharpness but also to precisely measure and calibrate subtle image distortions and alignments between sensors as part of Webb’s overall instrument calibration process.

Credit: NASA/STScI

The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is a long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. It was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the US Air Force (USAF) since the 1950s. The bomber is capable of carrying up to 32,000 kg of weapons, and has a typical combat range of more than 14,000 km without aerial refueling.

Beginning with the successful contract bid in June 1946, the B-52 design evolved from a straight-wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype YB-52 with eight turbojet engines and swept wings. The B-52 took its maiden flight in April 1952. Built to carry nuclear weapons for Cold War-era deterrence missions, the B-52 Stratofortress is a veteran of several wars, but has only dropped conventional munitions in combat. The B-52's official name Stratofortress is rarely used; informally, the aircraft has become commonly referred to as the BUFF (Big Ugly Fat Fucker).

The B-52 has been in active service with the USAF since 1955. As of 2012, 85 were in active service with nine in reserve. The bombers flew under the Strategic Air Command (SAC) until it was disestablished in 1992 and its aircraft absorbed into the Air Combat Command (ACC); in 2010 all B-52 Stratofortresses were transferred from the ACC to the newly-created Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).

Superior performance at high subsonic speeds and relatively low operating costs have kept the B-52 in service despite the advent of later, more advanced aircraft, including the variable-geometry B-1 Lancer, and the stealth B-2 Spirit. The B-52 completed 60 years of continuous service with its original operator in 2015. After being upgraded between 2013 and 2015, it is expected to serve into the 2040s.

The B-52G was proposed to extend the B-52's service life during delays in the B-58 Hustler programme. At first, a radical redesign was envisioned with a completely new wing and Pratt & Whitney J75 engines. This was rejected to avoid slowdowns in production, although a large number of changes were implemented. The most significant of these was the brand-new "wet" wing with integral fuel tanks which considerably increased the fuel capacity; gross aircraft weight went up by 17,235 kg compared with prior variants. In addition, a pair of 2,650 litre external fuel tanks were fitted under the wings. In this model, the traditional ailerons were eliminated. Instead, spoilers provided roll control. The tail fin was shortened by 2.4m, water injection system capacity was increased to 4,540 itres and the nose radome was enlarged. The tail gunner manning the four .50 calibre machine-guns (quad mounted in a remote-controlled tail turret) was relocated to the main cockpit and was provided with an ejection seat. Dubbed the "Battle Station" concept, the offensive crew (pilot and co-pilot on the upper deck and the two bombing navigation system operators on the lower deck) faced forward, while the defensive crew (tail gunner and ECM operator) on the upper deck faced aft.

The B-52G entered service on 13 February 1959 (a day earlier, the last B-36 was retired, making SAC an all-jet bomber force). 193 B-52Gs were produced, making this the most produced B-52 variant. Most B-52Gs were destroyed in compliance with the 1992 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; the last B-52G was dismantled under New START treaty requirements in December 2013. A few examples remain on display for museums.

This example, 59-2601, was seen at the what was then simply the International Air Tattoo (no Royal appellation in those days!) at RAF Greenham Common in 1983. It avoided dismantlement and is now part of the Tactical Air Command's Memorial Park at Langley AFB, Virginia.

Originally, the JNA had hoped to modify the M-97 Vitez chassis into a 6x6 capable of delivering 120mm mortar rounds quickly and accurately, more or less mirroring the KAMAZ 6602 mortar carriage operated by West Russia. Unfortunately for the JNA, the M-97 never received enough funding to further develop its lineage, meaning the idea of a 6x6 variant of any sort was out of question. Nevertheless, the desire to field a rapid-firing mortar system was something both the political and military leadership agreed upon; finding a suitable chassis for such a system was all that was required. In a rare moment of frugal clarity, it was decided to simply modify the FAP 1390 series of general utility trucks to accommodate the necessary mortar subsystems. After this motion got the general okay from all necessary parties, the M-120 Stuhach was tried and entered service with the JNA some eight months afterwards as the design conversion was fairly straightforward.

Although the chassis of the underlying FAP 1390 remained largely unchanged, everything else on the Stuhach is considerably different from the other trucks in the 1390 family. For starters, the cab of the vehicle was converted from a standard, unarmored unit capable of carrying three passengers (uncomfortably) to a larger, armored unit capable of transporting five individuals (comfortably). Indeed the ballistic protection of the M-120's cab is fairly considerable as it was designed to withstand mine blasts, artillery splinters, 14.5mm rounds, and all the like. Furthermore, the bench seats of the standard 1390 were replaced with individual ballistic seats to increase crew survivability and mitigate hidden injuries like concussions. Beyond that, the M-120 has two magazines mounted on its midsection with the 120mm gun/mortar turret mounted on the very rear. The breach-loaded 120mm is capable of launching upwards of ten rounds a minute at ranges nearing thirteen kilometers. The gun is also able to depress a few degrees, allowing the turret to offer direct fire support at shorter ranges. The Stuhach's combined mobility, versatility, and survivability has made it a tremendous asset for units across the board, but especially alpine units forced to operate on hazardous paths and generally rugged terrain. Indeed, if the Tito gun were to ever have a designated successor thought up by techno-evangelists, the Stuhach would be it given its ability to land sizable punches and operate in difficult environs, more or less making it a ubiquitous gun system during times of duress.

"...The beating heart of the new Huayra Epitome is the Pagani V12 engine, capable of delivering 864 HP (635 kW) at 6,000 rpm at 18°C (64°F), with a torque of 1,100 Nm. Built by AMG according to Pagani specifications, this 5,980 cc twin turbocharger engine features a distribution system that extends the limiter to 6,700 rpm, offering an exhilarating and dynamic performance. To date, the Epitome is the first and only Huayra equipped with a manual transmission, for a pure mechanical driving experience. Thanks to an electronically controlled differential and a racing-style tri-pod driveshaft, the Pagani by Xtrac seven-speed transverse gearbox allows all the power and exceptional responsiveness of the engine to be transferred to the road. The flywheel-clutch unit consists of the latest triple-disc clutch for better torque transmission, with an electronically managed differential and a racing-derived tripod joint system ensuring greater engine responsiveness. Technological research also focused on the suspension, with geometry that reduces dive in acceleration, pitch in braking, and roll in corners. This allows the driver to tackle corners by braking at the last moment, improving vehicle control and safety. Pagani Automobili aims to emphasize driving comfort as one of the most important pursuits in the study and evolution of all its cars, including track cars. Thanks to the new active suspension system of the Huayra Epitome, a “super soft” button is located in the cabin on the central tunnel, to be activated when driving on rough roads for extra comfort. Above 150 km/h (93 mph), the shock absorber setting returns to its normal condition, depending on the driving mode selected..."

Source: Pagani

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One of the Galactic Federations most powerful mechsuits.

The Devastator G-290 is capable of holding its own on the battlefield. Armed with a heavy minigun on its left arm, and missile's on its right, it is a force to be reckoned with.

And feared.

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“It is not the will which is lacking; it is strength. One would have to be a terrible man to do such a thing as lift a cart like that on his back. I have never known but one man capable of doing what you ask. He was a convict.”

“Ah!”

“In the galleys at Toulon.”

Once, during his time in the galleys, Jean Valjean lifts a terrible load to save a dying man. There was one man there who remembered it. Then, after a few more years, Valjean is freed. He had served 19 years.

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You perceive I am going slower than most others ;) . Hopefully I will speed up soon, but I do want to maybe build some other things during breaks. Anyhow, hope you like it!

SEAS E. .....

Turkey's independence

I did not want anything else.

Therefore, we are not afraid of death.

And I myself at age 24

I am honored to present Turkey's independence.

Our only longing for the independence of Turkey in spite of being in charge. We have never not been able to ensure the independence of Turkey, despite all our efforts.

We had 50 years before the War of Independence War of Independence as a real analysis of the country's children do not always capable to. We still know very well that to make the War of Independence in Samsun Turkey Istanbul customary authorities and the courts of those who are given the death penalty. And yet we know that hundreds of the Ottoman Empire GeneraLink but a few of them participated in the War of Independence. And yet we know that at the time of the War of Independence in Istanbul, said the bandits those who hit them.

Came to power in 1950, the American imperialism. May 27, 1960 Democratic power was lost to history. The Democratic Party is gone, gone tellaklar it has not changed. I do not mean May 27, that mean later. Hammam tellaklar the same, but this time has changed. Inonu overtake America in this period reduced the breach, Demirel brought to power.

Those who have really got it, they're the ones to Mustafa Kemal

As for the movement of students, student events, 50-60 years, Turkey has not been missing. Thrown into the sea from the date of hundred students of Sultan Hamit Medical School student movements in Turkey edegelmiştir continue. Gençlerdi progressive young people who said no to fascism during the Second World War. And the young people that the war of freedom on April 28, 1960. Inonu by American imperialism, the government dropped the young progressive young people engaged in protest. Loyalty to the Constitution, we have made in meeting in. Rental of power, and police beatings of his men who ate that day rally in bizlerdik again.

As for the year 1968, universities were occupied by students. It was quite legitimate occupations and occupations, even lectern landlords could not deny the justness of any time. In July the same year, the ones demonstrating against the American fleet was killed brutally by the police Vedat Demir. Revolutionary forces and the police brutally attacked on the rental of power. 20 killed close to revolutionary. They found none of the killer. Police stations became işkencehane. No prosecutor did not fight it. Intellectual freedom and those who cover the Constitution, "His ideas and personality in the pre-Kemalist geçinirken began to see small, only beğeniyorlardı side of Mustafa Kemal." I do not accept and will never refuse to blame for sure. Other patriots will not accept it too.

Facts örtülmek requested. Those who have really got it, they're the ones to Mustafa Kemal. His principle of independence-i fully, and his ideal of independence-i only, we are continuing full Turkey.

're The ones defending the Constitution at most

Our Constitution has been suggested that we attempt to ilgaya İddianame'de enforcement. Arzetmiş all along that I, like most defenders of the Constitution in this country ones. Edenlerse clear violation of the Constitution. 're The ones who want to apply the Constitution again. And whoever is still clear that the Constitution not apply yavuz. And yet we give our people want it. Even if the prosecution of our Constitution even suggests that we attempt to ilgaya.

We are giving our War of Independence against İdddia authority. Against the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, against the reforms and, therefore, suggests that we attempt to ilgaya our Constitution. Because it is still in the middle gezmektedir Suleyman Demirel. Yetiyorsa lawsuit might bring up the same way about Suleyman Demirel, the country's 36 million they destroy all the burden on young people alışmışlardır 20.

America during your input, and none of the country, picked up your voice

Deprive their children of being an independent country, including all of us who are you. Because America and the none of you came to Turkey during the period, picked up your voice. And the power of the Democratic Party could do for 10 years. 38 Til sound until you remove the patriotic officers and up to devirene them. And today, the prosecutors decided to put to death about this party wants. Suleyman Demirel, a violation of the Constitution and despotism, and the country been brought to America to sell audio.

And we had to fight with us against them in the squares, we kurşunlandık. And in the end were brought here voluntarily executed

Our enemy is

American imperialism and the local collaborators

As I said, this makes Turkey the old managers are required to undertake all the crimes to us. Of all the managers are required to yükletilmek blame us.

Turkey's independence and the lives we did not want anything more than put it this way. We gave existence to the people of Turkey. Traitor who claim the opposite. Memorandum of March 12 had not been successful in accusing us of the authority would have charged them the same way. This opinion is also complete. Memorandum of March 12 of the Constitution clearly not following claims and accused the parliament.

Strtaejik thoughts as we do not keep any time. Let's be clear that if we say under what circumstances. 'll Take up our thoughts to the grave. How we speak here in the shadow of barrels and butts we express our thoughts are always clear. If I like the one we mean by our Constitution ilgaya attempt, saying it clearly here that çekinmezdik. Our goal is that there is a.

Our enemies of American imperialism and its local collaborators. In other words, the bosses who collaborate with imperialism, feudal mütagallibe bezirgânlar ie, usurers. Landlords and other collaborators and all our actions are directed towards this goal. In addition, there is another goal.

Million square meters of land occupied country under the shaft accused of corrupting the integrity of

The security of our people, property rights, the principles of sovereignty, national action to disrupt the integrity of the claims of the past are. Who are those who violate the security of person. Firstly we have to determine this. We've tortured in police stations. We still have kurşunlanan squares. We've thrown in jail by order of the Ministers. However, the safety of people accused of being disturbing ediliyoruz. Described above, the security of real people in bozanlar circulate freely in the squares.

Kaldıracağımız eliminate the right of ownership is claimed. Mülkeyet Constitution itself limited the right to the benefit of society. Did not recognize the absolute right of property. Constitution of the village has not adopted a land ağasını 50. Those who oppose the principles of sovereignty of the people geçinenlerdir back.

In addition, also accused of opposing national unity. 101 grain American base in the country is ridiculous not been accused of wanting to ruin our national integrity. Million square meters of land occupied country under the corrupting our national integrity suçlanmamız ridiculous.

They want to ask 21 young people of 21 years account

Mustafa Kemal had been alive today, many şaşırırdı. The indictment was prepared in order to request a poll just beginning. Devoid of formal logic in the law. Securities and devoid of legal value. 21 young people in order to ask the criminals to account, and the frenzy of 21 years in the indictment, crafted.

See I would argue that the movement is a movement entirely constitutional. We used the initial policy, the nation's Constitution, the right to resist oppression. For this reason, have made a constitutional act. I believe it is justified Yaptıklamızın. Still carry this belief.

Turkey did not want anything else bağımsızlğından. And for this reason we have to fight against American imperialism, and collaborators. Therefore, we are not afraid of death. I think, but collaborators. And the excitement over, but they bent their dream. And I'm 24 years old, I am honored to armğan Turkey's independence. This idea of ​​independence, we will take to the grave

DENİZLER E......

Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığından

başka bir şey istemedim.

Bundan dolayı da ölümden korkmuyoruz.

Ve ben 24 yaşındayken kendimi

Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığına armağan etmekten onur duyuyorum.

Bizlerin tek özlemi tahsil sırasında bulunmamıza rağmen Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığıdır. Biz hiçbir zaman bütün çabamıza rağmen Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığını temin edemedik.

Biz 50 sene evvel Kurtuluş Savaşı vermiş bir ülkenin çocukları olarak Kurtuluş Savaşı'nın gerçek tahlilini yapmaya her zaman için muktediriz. Biz yine çok iyi biliriz ki Türkiye Kurtuluş Savaşı'nı yapmak için Samsun'a çıkanlara İstanbul örfi idaresince ve mahkemelerince idam cezası verilmiştir. Ve yine bilmekteyiz ki, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu yüzlerce generalinden ancak birkaç tanesi Kurtuluş Savaşı'na iştirak etmiştir. Ve yine bilmekteyiz ki Kurtuluş Savaşı yapıldığı sırada İstanbul'da bulunanlar bunları yapanlara eşkıya demiştir.

1950 tarihinde Amerikan emperyalizmi iktidara geldi. Demokrat iktidar 27 Mayıs 1960'da tarihe gömüldü. Demokrat Parti gitti, bunun gitmesiyle tellaklar değişmedi. 27 Mayıs'ı kastetmiyorum, bundan sonrasını kastediyorum. Hamam aynı fakat bu defa da tellaklar değişti. Amerika bu dönemde imdada yetişip İnönü'yü düşürdü, Demirel'i iktidara getirdi.

Mustafa Kemal'e gerçekten sahip çıkanlar varsa onlar da bizleriz

Öğrenci hareketlerine gelince, Türkiye'de öğrenci olayları 50-60 senedir eksik olmamıştır. Sultan Hamit'in Tıbbiye talebelerini Sarayburnu'ndan denize attığı tarihten itibaren öğrenci hareketleri Türkiye'de devam edegelmiştir. İkinci Dünya Savaşı sırasında faşizme hayır diyen gençler ilerici gençlerdi. Ve 28 Nisan 1960 tarihinde özgürlük savaşı veren gençlerdir. Amerikan emperyalizmi tarafından İnönü hükümetten düşürüldüğünde protesto gösterisi yapan gençler ilerici gençlerdir. Anayasa'ya Bağlılık Mitingi'ni de bizler yaptık. O günün mitinginde iktidarın kiralık adamlarından ve polisinden dayak yiyen de gene bizlerdik.

1968 senesine gelince, üniversiteler öğrenciler tarafından işgal edildi. İşgalleri gayet meşru idi ve kürsü ağaları dahi bu işgallerin haklılığını hiçbir zaman inkar edemedi. Aynı yılın Temmuz ayında Amerikan Filosu'na karşı gösteri yapanlardan Vedat Demircioğlu polis tarafından hunharca öldürüldü. İktidarın kiralık kuvvetleri ve polisi hunharca devrimcilerin üzerine saldırdı. 20'ye yakın devrimci öldürüldü. Bunların hiçbirinin katili bulunamadı. Polis karakolları işkencehane haline getirildi. Hiçbir savcı buna karşı çıkmadı. Fikir özgürlüğünü ve Anayasa'yı paravan yapanlar "önceden Atatürkçü geçinirken O'nun fikir ve şahsiyetini de küçük görmeye başladılar, sadece Mustafa Kemal tarafını beğeniyorlardı." suçlamasını kesin olarak reddediyorum ve asla kabul etmiyorum. Diğer yurtseverler de bunu kabul etmez.

Gerçekler örtülmek isteniyor. Mustafa Kemal'e gerçekten sahip çıkanlar varsa onlar da bizleriz. Onun İstiklal-i tam prensibini, ve onun istiklal-i tam Türkiye idealini yalnızca biz devam ettiriyoruz.

Anayasa'yı en fazla savunan bizleriz

İddianame'de bizim Anayasa'yı cebren ilgaya teşebbüs ettiğimiz ileri sürülmektedir. Öteden beri arzetmiş olduğum gibi, bu ülkede Anayasa'yı en fazla savunanlar bizleriz. Anayasa'yı ihlal edenlerse ortadadır. Anayasa'nın uygulanmasını isteyen gene bizleriz. Anayasa'yı uygulamayan yavuz kimselerse hâlâ ortadadır. Ve yine o kişiler bizim kellemizi istemektedirler. Bile bile iddia makamı bizim Anayasa'yı ilgaya teşebbüs ettiğimizi ileri sürmektedir.

İdddia makamı bizim vermekte olduğumuz Bağımsızlık Savaşı'na karşıdır. Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası'na karşı, reformlara karşı ve bu nedenle bizim Anayasa'yı ilgaya teşebbüs ettiğimizi ileri sürmektedir. Çünkü Süleyman Demirel hâlâ ortada gezmektedir. Kudreti yetiyorsa Süleyman Demirel hakkında aynı şekilde dava açsın, onlar 36 milyonluk ülkenin bütün yükünü 20 gencin üzerine yıkmaya alışmışlardır.

Amerika sizin döneminizde ülkeye girdi ve hiçbiriniz sesinizi çıkarmadınız

Bizi bağımsız bir ülkenin çocukları olmaktan mahrum eden hepiniz dahil sizlersiniz. Çünkü Amerika sizin döneminiz sırasında Türkiye'ye girdi ve hiçbiriniz sesinizi çıkarmadınız. Ve Demokrat Parti iktidarına 10 yıl ses çıkarmadınız. Ta ki 38 yurtsever subay ses çıkarana kadar ve onları devirene kadar. Ve bugün aynı savcılar bu şahıslar hakkında da idam kararı istemektedir. Süleyman Demirel'in Anayasa'yı ihlaline ve despotizmine ve ülkeyi Amerika'ya satmasına ses çıkarılmadı.

Ve meydanlarda bunlara karşı bizler dövüşmek zorunda kaldık, bizler kurşunlandık. Ve sonunda idam isteğiyle buraya getirildik

Bizim düşmanımız

Amerikan emperyalizmi ve yerli işbirlikçileridir

Dediğim gibi Türkiye'yi bu hale getiren eski yöneticilerin bütün suçları bize yüklenmek istenmektedir. Bütün eski idarecilerin suçu bize yükletilmek istenmektedir.

Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığından başka hiçbir şey istemedik ve hayatımızı bu yola koyduk. Varlığımızı Türkiye halkına armağan ettik. Bunun aksini iddia edenler vatan hainidir. 12 Mart Muhtırası muvaffak olmasaydı bizi itham eden makam onları da aynı şekilde itham ederdi. Buna da kanaatim tamdır. 12 Mart Muhtırası Anayasa'nın uygulanmadığını iddia etmektedir ve parlamentoyu açıkça suçlamaktadır.

Biz strtaejik olarak düşüncelerimizi hiçbir zaman saklamayız. Hangi şartlar altında olursak olalım bunu açıkça söyleriz. Düşüncelerimizi mezara kadar götürürüz. Nasıl burada namluların ve dipçiklerin gölgesi altında konuşuyorsak düşüncelerimizi her zaman açıkça ifade ederiz. Bizim Anayasa'yı ilgaya teşebbüs gibi bir kastımız bulunsaydı, bunu da burada açıkça söylemekten çekinmezdik. Bizim böyle bir amacımız yoktur.

Bizim düşmanlarımız Amerikan emperyalizmi ve onun yerli işbirlikçileridir. Yani emperyalizm ile işbirliği yapan patronlar, feodal mütagallibe yani bezirgânlar, tefeciler. Toprak ağaları ve diğer işbirlikçileri ve bizim bütün eylemlerimiz bu hedefe yönelmiş bulunmaktadır. Bunun dışında başka bir hedefimiz yoktur.

Milyon metrekare vatan toprağı işgal altındayken mili bütünlüğü bozmakla suçlanıyoruz

Bizim kişi güvenliğini, mülkiyet hakkını, egemenlik ilkelerini, milli bütünlüğünü bozmak için harekete geçtiğimiz iddiaları vardır. Kişi güvenliğini ihlal edenler kimlerdir. Bunu evvela tesbit etmemiz lazım. Karakollarda işkence gören bizler olduk. Meydanlarda kurşunlanan yine bizler olduk. Bakanların emriyle hapishanelere atılan bizler olduk. Buna rağmen kişi güvenliğini bozan olmakla itham ediliyoruz. Yukarıda anlatılan asıl kişi güvenliğini bozanlar ise serbestçe meydanlarda dolaşmaktadır.

Mülkiyet hakkını ortadan kaldıracağımız iddia ediliyor. Bizatihi Anayasa mülkeyet hakkını toplum yararına kısıtlamıştır. Mutlak mülkiyet hakkı tanımamıştır. 50 köye sahip bir toprak ağasını anayasamız kabul etmemiştir. Egemenlik ilkelerine karşı çıkanlar halkın sırtından geçinenlerdir.

Ayrıca milli bütünlüğe karşı çıkmakla da suçlanıyoruz. 101 tane Amerikan üssünün bulunduğu ülkede bizim milli bütünlüğü bozmak istemekle itham edilmemiz gülünç olmaktadır. Milyon metrekare vatan toprağı işgal altındayken bizim milli bütünlüğü bozmakla suçlanmamız gülünçtür.

21 yılın hesabını 21 gençten sormak istiyorlar

Mustafa Kemal sağ olsaydı bugün çok şaşırırdı. İddianame baştan beri sırf kelle istemek maksadıyla hazırlanmıştır. Şeklen de hukuk mantığından mahrumdur. Hukuki kıymet ve değerden mahrumdur. 21 yılın hesabını 21 gençten sormak maksadıyla ve suçluların telaşı içerisinde hazırlanmış bir iddianamedir.

Ben şunu iddia ediyorum ki, hareketimiz tamamen Anayasal bir harekettir. Anayasa'nın başlangıç ilkesinde belirtilen ulusun zulme karşı direnme hakkını kullandık. Bu sebeple Anayasal bir davranışta bulunduk. Yaptıklamızın haklı olduğuna inanıyorum. Halen de bu inancı taşıyorum.

Türkiye'nin bağımsızlğından başka bir şey istemedim. Ve bu sebeple Amerikan emperyalizmine ve işbirlikçilerine karşı mücadele verdik. Bundan dolayı da ölümden korkmuyoruz. Onu ancak işbirlikçiler düşünsün. Ve ancak onlar kendi canının telaşına düşsün. Ve ben 24 yaşındayken kendimi Türkiye'nin bağımsızlığına armğan etmekten onur duyuyorum. Bu bağımsızlık düşüncesini mezara kadar götüreceğiz

(This is terrible hehehe, IDK I just feel very not capable of good photos lately x) )

Full name: Darcy Milton (Notably cousin of big name socialite, London Milton)

Age: 19

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Occupation: Being rich, being a mistress to rich CEOs and collecting their fortunes when they MYSTERIOUSLY die out of nowhere :o)

Hair Color: Auburn/Black

Eye Color: Lavender/Blue

Personal Style: I'd say I'm sassy and slutty, but still super trendy! Gotta love stripper heels!

Why I should make it Into TMI: I'm the fabbest bitch here! I mean, looking at the other girls' auditions, I basically win by default! Judging on the other girls' photos, I can just sleep my way through this competition, up to the top! But I don't know, if they don't start to be interesting, I might literally fall asleep! I'm versatile, and have a huge following already, I'd be sure to bring lots of publicity to the show! I'm also not afraid to put a bitch in her place, especially if they're preventing me from getting the crown! And besides, me and Dotti are basically already BFFs, she attended my cousin London Milton's Star School Finale party, so I mean we're SOOOO close already!! So like pick me cuz I'm rich. talented, and beautiful and cuz I could buy your stupid TV show and the network that owns in in a minute LOL!

Montu is an inverted roller coaster capable of reaching speeds of 65 miles per hour and exerting forces approaching 4G. It includes a corkscrew and a zero-g roll. Riders are over 150 feet in the air at times during the 3 minute ride.

Montu is located at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida.

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Bar Headed Geese are capable of flying through the passes of the highest mountains at heights of 12,000-14,000 feet with winds that blow at speeds of more than 200 mph and temperatures low enough to freeze exposed flesh instantly. They rely on flapping their wings - not on gliding - and are able to fly over 50 miles an hour without wind to assist them.

I came across a flock of them at Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur. They come over to these parts in the winters

The only shaman capable of contacting and controlling the Great Spirit, having the power to reform the world.

Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei.

Go North East's unallocated Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 6088 (NL63 YHR), which carries a plain orange base livery, is pictured here in the yard at Saltmeadows Road Depot, Gateshead, following delivery to the company, prior to entering service. 18/12/13

In the lead up to the production of the Volvo B9TL being ceased and superseded by the Volvo B5TL (which is powered by a 5-litre engine opposed to 9-litre), Go North East ordered 34 Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TLs in its 2013/14 financial year.

The thirty-four Volvo B9TLs were of a premium specification; featuring high-backed seating, free Wi-Fi, Next Stop Announcements and power sockets with USB connections.

The first batch of seventeen (fifteen orange liveried examples and two fleet red livery spares) were deployed on Deptford's "Fab Fifty Six" 56 route, operating between Sunderland and Newcastle, displacing the previous single-deck Wright Solar bodied Scania L94 allocation.

The second batch of seventeen (fifteen silver liveried examples and two fleet red livery spares) were deployed on Percy Main's "Cobalt Clipper" 309/310 routes, operating between Newcastle, Whitley Bay and Blyth, as well as Newcastle and North Shields, displacing the previous single-deck mixed allocation of Scania OmniCitys and Mercedes Citaros.

They were originally supplied with small rear destination displays which were capable of only showing the route number of that service (as can be seen by the silver liveried example depicted above), but promptly received modifications following delivery to show a full width destination display, showing route number and terminal/via points.

The Chance Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service primarily in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs were manufactured by Vought, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–1953).

The Corsair served in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, Fleet Air Arm and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as well as the French Navy Aéronavale and other, smaller, air forces until the 1960s. It quickly became the most capable carrier-based fighter-bomber of World War II. Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of World War II, and the U.S. Navy counted an 11:1 kill ratio with the F4U Corsair. As well as being an outstanding fighter, the Corsair proved to be an excellent fighter-bomber, serving almost exclusively in the latter role throughout the Korean War and during the French colonial wars in Indochina and Algeria.

Njord Viking

High Ice-classed AHTS vessel capable of operations in harsh environment offshore regions, as well as Arctic/Sub-Arctic operations.

General Information.

Length o.a.: 85,20 metres

Length b.p.: 76,20 metres

Beam, moulded: 22,00 metres

Depth to main deck: 9,00 metres

Draft, design: 6,00 metres

Deadweight at 7,60 m: 4.500 tons

Accommodation: 45 persons

Speed: 17 knots

Bollard pull: 210 tons

Endurance: 9.000 miles

Propulsion

Main engines: MAK 2x6M32 + 2x8M32

Output: 14.000 kW at 600 rpm

Main Propellers: 2 x CPP

Forward retractile thruster: 1 x 830 kW

Forward tunnel thruster: 2 x 830 kW

Aft tunnel thrusters: 2 x 830 kW

TANK CAPACITIES

Fuel oil: 1.000 m3

Fresh water: 1.247 m3

Ballast: 2.013 m3

Oil Recovery: 1.989 m3

Rig chain locker: 665 m3

Liquid mud: 965 m3

Brine: 628 m3

Special products: 187 m3

Dry bulk: 220 m3

Main Anchor/Towing winch: 400 Tons at 18,7 m/min

Brake holding: 525 Tons 1st layer

Secondary Winch: 138 Tons at 28 m/min

Brake holding: 62 Tons 1st layer

2 Deck Cranes (sliding): 6/12 Tons at 20/10 mts

2 Tugger winch: 24 Tons at 22 m/min

2 Towing pins: 300 Tons

2 Karm Forks: 600 Tons

2 Capstans: 14 Tons at 24 m/min

AUXILIARY GENERATING SETS

Diesel generating sets: 2 x 720 ekW. 440 V. 60 Hz

Shaft generators: 2 x 2.700 ekW. 440 V. 60 Hz

Emergency generator set: 1 x 400 ekW. 440 V. 60 Hzp

Since these two ships were almost brand new and very modern, they were quickly converted by the Nationalists into auxiliary cruisers, armed with four 152mm guns on single turrets, four 88mm and four 20mm Anti-aircraft guns.

In this role, they patrolled the seas and captured or sunk a large quantity of Republican cargo ships in the Mediterranean and as far as the North Sea. It´s estimated that the Nationalist Navy reduced the war by one year due to the huge quantity of ships captured or sunk with weapons and supplies for the Republicans.

Since it was so simple to convert an existing cargo-ship into a reasonably capable auxiliary combat ship, some Nations with a smaller number of combat ships saw them as a cheap alternative to a Cruiser. The Germans and the Italians for example had used with great success commerce raiders ships during World War One and they took notice of the Spanish success with these ships, which probably led to the use of this kind of ships during the Second World War (again with great success)

After the war, the ships were returned to their previous owners and continued to transport cargo until the seventies.

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A few weeks ago Marcel and I went for a little drive in his XC70. We decided to find out how capable it was in rough terrain. Turns out that the car is capable of more then we threw at it. We're sure to do this again!

Oceanic is a premier oceanfront restaurant in Pompano Beach, offering stunning waterfront dining experiences with lunch, dinner, happy hour, and weekend brunch options. Perfect for any occasion, it also features private event spaces.

The Oceanic restaurant in Pompano Beach is an "architectural marvel". While specific individual architects aren't typically named in public sources for such projects, the architectural vision behind Oceanic was conceived by Lou and Joy Moshakos, the owners of LM Restaurants, and their daughter Amber.

The design of the 20,000 square foot restaurant (with over 9,000 square feet of open-air space) took five years to finalize and involved three different architects and design teams. The final design, inspired by the hull of a grand ocean liner, aims to evoke a sense of "awe and wonder" similar to that of a transatlantic voyage, according to Amber Moshakos.

The design features include:

Exterior: An all-white exterior reminiscent of Greek architecture.

Interior: Arched wooden beams in the ceiling, expansive floor-to-ceiling glass doors, and a color scheme of blues and greens.

Unique Elements: A grand, circular dining room with a 25-foot-high ceiling, skylights, and dangling colored glass pieces that resemble fish swimming underwater. The design also incorporates frayed boat ropes and modern art made of ocean driftwood.

The restaurant also features an artistic mobile of 200 fish swimming across a 25-foot ceiling.

Views: All seating areas, whether indoors or on the patio decks, offer spectacular views of the ocean and the adjacent Pompano Beach Fishing Pier.

Event Space: The second floor is dedicated to private events, with its own kitchen, bar, and open-air, floor-to-ceiling glass sliding doors, capable of hosting up to 400 guests.

Bar Area: A 5,000 square foot indoor-outdoor bar with a progressive tap wine system that is eco-friendly and ensures wine quality and temperature control.

The architectural and design choices for Oceanic at Pompano Beach were intentional to create a "landmark destination" that honors the ocean and provides guests with a unique dining experience.

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With the creation of NATO in 1949, there was a desire to standardize all sorts of equipment to simplify logistics, same bullets for rifles, same main guns on their tanks... and eventually, same fighter and attack aircraft.

A NATO competition was therefore launched during the 1950s with the goal of developing a simple, subsonic, expendable and easy to produce attack aircraft that could overwhelm Soviet defenses in case the Cold War turned hot.

In January 1958, the Italian Fiat G.91 prototype was considered the winner and (in a way) it was the first "Eurofighter" since it used proven components "off the shelf" produced all over Europe and NATO: an Italian design, powered by a British jet engine, armed with American heavy machine guns or French 30mm Defa cannons, a French landing gear design and was produced under license in Germany.

Sadly, the French Air Force refused to accept it since they preferred to develop the Dassault Etendard, the UK chose the more capable (and expensive) Hawker Hunter while the United States favored the F-5 Freedom Fighter (which would eventually be used by many NATO members and was the defacto winner).

Undeterred, Italy purchased the first planes from the version R/1 which was equipped with four 12,7mm heavy machine guns mounted on the sides of the fuselage and featured two hardpoints under the wings. They would eventually develop the more powerful G.91Y powered by two engines which would continue to see service until 1994 when it was replaced by the AMX.

Meanwhile, Germany showed extreme interest on the aircraft. To know more about the history of the G.91 with the Luftwaffe, click here for the next picture:

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A Royal Marine Landing Craft capable of carrying 120 troops as well as vehicles and euipment, leaving the dock of amphibious landing ship HMS Bulwark during Cougar 14.

The Devonport-based warship was joined by the recently refurbished HMS Ocean and a number of other ships to form the UK’s high readiness Force Task Group.

The routine annual 4-month deployment includes a series of demanding amphibious and maritime based exercises with partner nations throughout the Mediterranean and Middle East region and ensures that the Task Group is ready to respond to any contingency the UK Government directs upon it.

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A Royal Air Force Typhoon of 1(F) Squadron (top) and a French Air Force Mirage 2000N practice their formation flying skills during Exercise Capable Eagle.

The exercise was the latest in a series designed to further improve the interoperability and effectiveness of Anglo-French military co-operation.

As well as Typhoons of 1(F) Sqn the exercise included Mirage 2000N aircraft of the Escadron de Chasse 2/4 "La Fayette".

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The English Electric Lightning was Britain's first and only supersonic homegrown fighter interceptor. Capable of Mach 2 and climb rates of a staggering 50,000 feet per minute, it was the mainstay of the RAF response to Soviet nuclear bombers of the cold war. This model is an F.3, which has the reputation of being the 'hottest' lightning model, capable of the highest speeds but limited in endurance due to the extremely fast fuel burn. The livery is of No.56 squadron, the Firebirds, out of RAF Wattisham. XR718 (XR713) is still maintained in complete condition by the Lightning Preservation Group at Bruntingthorpe. If you like lightnings be sure to check them out! Model made in 1/55 scale to match my WWII warbirds (though significantly larger!) Action photos to follow throughout the week.

Cinzia Scaffidi, Vice President of Slow Food Italy, indicates biodiversity as a value capable of becoming art, which Koen Vanmechelen – conceptual artist who in his works has always being dealing with the themes of diversity and bio- and cultural identity – has developed in the Life Bank Project.

In the setting that once hosted the Bank of Venice, in Palazzo Franchetti, today the seat of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere e Arti, the artist Koen Vanmechelen positioned, as opening gate of an evocative gothic garden, two big black bronze hands, one male and one female, symbolic guardians of two extremely delicate sculptures made of Murano glass, representing a little chick and a heap of scattered seeds. Between the antique wooden furniture, a new bank has taken on a life of its own, substituting currency with the real patrimony of our civilization: the seed!

Over 500 seeds establishing the “Bank of Life” – ancient seeds that have been lost, forgotten, collected and conserved by “resilient” farmers and specialized research centers – have been selected for the project to represent the genetic heritage of our culture and our millenary history.

The selection was curated by Piergiorgio Defilippi, founder of the bio-social Farm “Il Rosmarino”, Marcon (Venice), starting from a cereal that is the symbol of the evolution of our civilization: the Einkorn Wheat, whose history dates back to the Neolithic and traces the transition from the nomadic hunting to the stancial and rural settlement. The seeds catalogue followed the development of the typically mediterranean diet, with the choice of varieties, even for the most common ones, that have not been artificially hybridized but which represent the natural path of evolution. For this precise reason, with respect of the spirit of Slow Food “Terra Madre”, the locating of the seeds has been exclusively conducted through the direct contact with farmers, associations of safeguard and research centres spread all over the world.

The interaction with the public and the multi-sensoriality express themselves through a symbolic seeding which tracks back to the thought of the Japanese botanist and philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka (1913-2008) pioneer of the natural or “Do Nothing” agriculture and author of the now legendary essay “The One-Straw Revolution”.

Jumping spider with its prey - small black queen ant

The jumping spider family (Salticidae) contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among arthropods and use it in courtship, hunting, and navigation. Although they normally move unobtrusively and fairly slowly, most species are capable of very agile jumps, notably when hunting, but sometimes in response to sudden threats. Both their book lungs and the tracheal system are well-developed, and they use both systems (bimodal breathing). Jumping spiders are generally recognized by their eye pattern. All jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes with one pair being their particularly large anterior median eyes.

Distinguishing characteristics

Jumping spiders are among the easiest to distinguish from similar spider families because of the shape of the cephalothorax and their eye patterns. The families closest to Salticidae in general appearance are the Corinnidae (distinguished also by prominent spines on the back four legs), the Oxyopidae (the lynx spiders, distinguished by very prominent spines on all legs), and the Thomisidae (the crab spiders, distinguished by their front four legs, which are very long and powerful). None of these families however, has eyes that resemble those of the Salticidae. Conversely, the legs of jumping spiders are not covered with any very prominent spines. Their front four legs generally are larger than the hind four, but not as dramatically so as those of the crab spiders, nor are they held in the outstretched-arms attitude characteristic of the Thomisidae. In spite of the length of their front legs, Salticidae depend on their rear legs for jumping. The generally larger front legs are used partly to assist in grasping prey, and in some species, the front legs and pedipalps are used in species-recognition signalling.

The jumping spiders, unlike the other families, have faces that are roughly rectangular surfaces perpendicular to their direction of motion. In effect this means that their forward-looking, anterior eyes are on "flat faces", as shown in the photographs. Their eye pattern is the clearest single identifying characteristic. They have eight eyes. Most diagnostic are the front row of four eyes, in which the anterior median pair are more dramatically prominent than any other spider eyes apart from the posterior median eyes of the Deinopidae. There is, however, a radical functional difference between the major (AME) eyes of Salticidae and the major (PME) eyes of the Deinopidae; the large posterior eyes of Deinopidae are adapted mainly to vision in dim light, whereas the large anterior eyes of Salticidae are adapted to detailed, three-dimensional vision for purposes of estimating the range, direction, and nature of potential prey, permitting the spider to direct its attacking leaps with great precision. The anterior lateral eyes, though large, are smaller than the AME and provide a wider forward field of vision.

The rear row of four eyes may be described as strongly bent, or as being rearranged into two rows, with two large posterior lateral eyes furthest back. They serve for lateral vision. The posterior median eyes also have been shifted out laterally, almost as far as the posterior lateral eyes. They are usually much smaller than the posterior lateral eyes and there is doubt about whether they are at all functional in many species.

Jumping spiders range in size from a body length of 1 to 22 mm.

In addition to using their silk for safety lines while jumping, they also build silken "pup tents", where they shelter from bad weather and sleep at night. They molt within these shelters, build and store egg cases within them, and also spend the winter in them

Vision

Jumping spiders have four pairs of eyes; three secondary pairs that are fixed and a principal pair that is movable.

The posterior median eyes (PME) are vestigial in many species, but in some primitive sub-families they are comparable in size with the other secondary eyes and help to detect motion.

The posterior lateral eyes (PLE) are wide-angle motion detectors which sense motions from the side and behind. Combined with the other eyes, it gives the spider a near 360-degree view of the world.

The anterior lateral eyes (ALE) have the best visual acuity and are the most complex of the secondary eyes.[9] It has been shown that they are able to distinguish some details as well, and without them no "looming response" will be triggered by motion.[10] Even with all the other pairs covered, jumping spiders in a study could still detect, stalk and attack flies, using the anterior lateral eyes only, which are also sufficiently widely spaced to provide stereoscopic vision.

The anterior median eyes (AME) have very good vision. This pair of eyes is built like a telescopic tube with a corneal lens in the front and a second lens in the back that focus images onto a four-layered retina, a narrow boomerang-shaped strip oriented vertically. Physiological experiments have shown they may have up to four different kinds of receptor cells, with different absorption spectra, giving them the possibility of up to tetrachromatic color vision, with sensitivity extending into the ultraviolet range. As the eyes are too close together to allow depth perception, and the animals do not make use of motion parallax, they have evolved a method called image defocus instead. Of the four photoreceptor layers in the retina, the first two closest to the surface contain ultraviolet-sensitive pigments while the two deepest contain green-sensitive pigments. The incoming green light is only focused on the deepest layer, while the other one receives defocused or fuzzy images. By measuring the amount of defocus from the fuzzy layer, it is possible to calculate the distance to the objects in front of them. In addition to receptor cells, also red filters have been detected, located in front of the cells that normally register green light. It seems that all salticids, regardless of whether they have two, three, or four kinds of color receptors, are highly sensitive to UV light. Some species (for example, Cosmophasis umbratica) are highly dimorphic in the UV spectrum, suggesting a role in sexual signaling (Lim & Li, 2005). Color discrimination has been demonstrated in behavioral experiments.

The principal, anterior median, eyes have high resolution (11 min visual angle), but the field of vision is narrow, from 2 to 5°. The central region of the retina, where acuity is highest, is no more than six or seven receptor rows wide. However, the eye can scan objects off the direct axis of vision. As the lens is attached to the carapace, the eye's scanning movements are restricted to its retina through a complicated pattern of translations and rotations. This dynamic adjustment is a means of compensation for the narrowness of the static field of vision. It is analogous to the way most primates move their eyes to focus images of interest onto the fovea centralis. Such movements within the jumping spider's eyes are visible from outside when the attention of the spider is directed to various targets.

Behavior

Jumping spiders are generally diurnal, active hunters. Their well-developed internal hydraulic system extends their limbs by altering the pressure of body fluid (hemolymph) within them. This enables the spiders to jump without having large muscular legs like a grasshopper. Most jumping spiders can jump several times the length of their bodies. When a jumping spider is moving from place to place, and especially just before it jumps, it tethers a filament of silk (or 'dragline') to whatever it is standing on to protect itself if the jump should fail. Should it fall, for example if the prey shakes it off, it climbs back up the silk tether. Some species, such as Portia, will actually let themselves down to attack prey such as a web spider apparently secure in the middle of its web. Like many other spiders that leave practically continuous silk trails, jumping spiders impregnate the silk line with pheromones that play a role in social and reproductive communication, and possibly in navigation.

Certain species of jumping spiders have been shown by experiment to be capable of learning, recognizing, and remembering colors, and adapting their hunting behavior accordingly.

Hunting

The hunting behaviour of the Salticidae is confusingly varied compared to that of most spiders in other families. Salticids hunt diurnally as a rule, which is consistent with their highly developed visual system. When it detects potential prey, a jumping spider typically begins orienting itself by swivelling its cephalothorax to bring the anterior median eyes to bear. It then moves its abdomen into line with its cephalothorax. After that, it might spend some time inspecting the object of its attention and determining whether a camouflaged or doubtful item of prey is promising, before it starts to stalk slowly forward. When close enough, the spider pauses to attach a dragline, then springs onto the prey.

There are, though, many variations on the theme and many surprising aspects. For one thing, salticids do not necessarily follow a straight path in approaching prey. They may follow a circuitous course, sometimes even a course that takes the hunter through regions from which the prey is not visible. Such complex adaptive behaviour is hard to reconcile with an organism that has such a tiny brain, but some jumping spiders, in particular some species of Portia, can negotiate long detours from one bush down to the ground, then up the stem of another bush to capture a prey item on a particular leaf. Such behaviour still is the subject of research.

Some salticid species are continually on the move, stopping periodically to look around for prey, which they then stalk immediately. Others spend more time scanning their surroundings from one position, actively stalking any prey they detect. Members of the genus Phaeacius take that strategy to extremes; they sit on a tree trunk, facing downwards and rarely do any stalking, but simply lunge down on any prey items that pass close before them.

Some Salticidae specialise in particular classes of prey. Ants comprise one such class. Most spiders, including most salticids, avoid worker ants, but several species not only eat them as a primary item in their diets, but also employ specialised attack techniques — Corythalia canosa for example, circles round to the front of the ant and grabs it over the back of its head. Such myrmecophagous species, however, will not necessarily refuse other prey items, and will routinely catch flies and similar prey in the usual salticid fashion, without the special precautions they apply in hunting dangerous prey such as ants. Ants offer the advantages of being plentiful prey items for which there is little competition from other predators, but it remains profitable to catch less hazardous prey when it presents itself.

Some of the most surprising hunting behaviour occurs among the araneophagous Salticidae, and it varies greatly in method. Many of the spider-hunting species quite commonly will attack other spiders, whether fellow salticids or not, in the same way as any other prey, but some kinds resort to web invasion; nonspecialists such as Phidippus audax sometimes attack prey ensnared in webs, basically in acts of kleptoparasitism — sometimes they leap onto and eat the web occupant itself, or simply walk over the web for that purpose.

Salticidae in the genera Brettus, Cyrba, Gelotia, and Portia display more advanced web-invasion behavior. They slowly advance onto the web and vibrate the silk with their pedipalps and legs. In this respect, their behaviour resembles that of the Mimetidae, probably the most specialised of the araneophagous spider families. If the web occupant approaches in the manner appropriate to dealing with ensnared prey, the predator attacks.

The foregoing examples present the Salticidae as textbook examples of active hunters; they would hardly seem likely to build webs other than those used in reproductive activities, and in fact, most species really do not build webs to catch prey. However, exceptions occur, though even those that do build capture webs generally also go hunting like other salticids. Some Portia species, for example, spin capture webs that are functional, though not as impressive as some orb webs of the Araneidae; Portia webs are of an unusual funnel shape and apparently adapted to the capture of other spiders. Spartaeus species, on the other hand, largely capture moths in their webs. In their review of the ethology of Salticidae, Richman and Jackson speculate on whether such web building is a relic of the evolution of this family from web-building ancestors.

In hunting, Salticidae also use their silk for a tether to enable them to reach prey that otherwise would be inaccessible. For example, by advancing towards the prey to less than the jumping distance, then retreating and leaping in an arc at the end of the tether line, many species can leap onto prey on vertical or even on inverted surfaces, which of course in a gravitational field would not be possible without such a tether.

Having made contact with the prey, hunting Salticidae administer a bite to inject rapidly acting venom that gives the victim little time to react. In this respect, they resemble the Mimetidae and Thomisidae, families that ambush prey that often are larger than the predator, and they do so without securing the victim with silk; they accordingly must immobilise it immediately and their venom is adapted accordingly.

Diet

Although jumping spiders are generally carnivorous, many species have been known to include nectar in their diets, and one species, Bagheera kiplingi, feeds primarily on plant matter. None is known to feed on seeds or fruit. Extrafloral nectaries on plants, such as the partridge pea, provide jumping spiders with nectar; the plant benefits accordingly when the spiders prey on whatever pests they find.

Reproduction

Jumping spiders use their vision in complex visual courtship displays. Males are often quite different in appearance from females, and may have plumose hairs, colored or iridescent hairs, front leg fringes, structures on other legs, and other, often bizarre, modifications. These are used in visual courtship in which the colored or iridescent parts of the body are displayed and complex sideling, vibrational, or zigzag movements are performed in a courtship "dance". If the female is receptive to the male, she will assume a passive, crouching position. In some species, the female may also vibrate her palps or abdomen. The male will then extend his front legs towards the female to touch her. If the female remains receptive, the male will climb on the female's back and inseminate her with his palps.

A 2008 study of the species Phintella vittatain in Current Biology suggests female spiders react to the males reflecting ultraviolet B light before mating, a finding that challenges the previously held assumption that animals did not register ultraviolet B light. It has recently been discovered that many jumping spiders seem to have auditory signals as well; amplified sounds produced by the males resemble buzzes or drum rolls.

Taxonomy and systematics

The monophyly of the family Salticidae is well established through both phylogenetic and morphological analyses, but no consensus exists on what other group of spiders are most closely related to the jumping spiders. Suggested sister groups have included the oxyopids (lynx spiders), thomisids (crab spiders), clubionoids (sac spiders), and web-building spiders.

Jumping spiders can be divided into three major lineages: the lyssomanines (subfamily Lyssomaninae), the spartaeines (subfamily Spartaeinae), and the salticoids (unranked clade Salticoida). Of these, the Salticoida account for over 90% of all jumping spider species. Salticoida can be further divided into numerous groups, including Amycoida, Astioida, Aelurilloida, Euophryinae, Heliophaninae, Marpissoida, and Plexippoida.

Jumping spider classification

- Lyssomaninae

- Spartaeinae

- Salticoida

- Amycoida

- Astioida

- Aelurilloida

- Euophryinae

- Heliophaninae

- Marpissoida

- Marpissinae

- Dendryphantinae

- Plexippoida

- Pelleninae

- Plexippinae

Models for mimicry

Some small insects are thought to have evolved an appearance or behavioural traits that resemble those of jumping spiders and this is suspected to prevent their predation, specifically from jumping spiders. Some examples appear to be provided by patterns on the wings of some Tephritid flies, nymph of a Fulgorid and possibly some moths.

Fossils

Very few jumping spider fossils have been found. Of those known, all are from Cenozoic era amber. The oldest fossils are from Baltic amber dating to the Eocene epoch, specifically, 54 to 42 million years ago. Other fossil jumping spiders have been found in Chiapan amber and Dominican amber.

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A Neo-Edo Scavenger Class built to scavenge from the Great Mars NASA Tragedy of 3555 it first set out flight on 3558 at the beginning of the Great Solar War. This spaceship became the dread of the solar system with its Kiryu class shredders capable of tearing apart the best armored spacecraft exposing its enemies to the vacuum of space. 5 crew operate this ship and it is powered by fast Desghidorah Drive

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This was my first ever SHIPtember and a fun one at that!

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A Royal Air Force Typhoon of 1(F) Squadron (top) and a French Air Force Mirage 2000N practice their formation flying skills during Exercise Capable Eagle.

The exercise was the latest in a series designed to further improve the interoperability and effectiveness of Anglo-French military co-operation.

As well as Typhoons of 1(F) Sqn the exercise included Mirage 2000N aircraft of the Escadron de Chasse 2/4 "La Fayette".

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The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.

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This pair of extremely capable parent brought up not 1 not 2 not 3 but 4 little ones in a tiny little nest. Not all fledged at the same time. The parents never leave any of their chick behind. They continue to feed the last remaining one until he was ready to leave the nest 2 days later than its siblings.

Fresh green caterpillar for the menu.

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