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Curdnatta Photographer's challenge at this month's meeting was to take 1 photo of these 4 mugs. The catch was that it could not be like any other arrangement that had already been used. There were 8 members at the meeting. I was number 3 in the line. A very good exercise to get you thinking.
This morning, Friday 25 October, saw raids on homes of suspected drug dealers as part of Challenger.
Agencies across Greater Manchester have joined forces to declare war on organised criminal gangs across the region.
This week has seen the launch of Challenger, the largest ever multi-agency response to tackling organised criminal gangs (OCGS) in Manchester's history.
Over the past five days, more than 100 warrants have been carried out by numerous agencies to root out the drug dealers, loan sharks, rogue landlords and counterfeit good suppliers who are the lynchpins of these criminal networks.
The aim of Challenger is to identify every single organised crime group in existence and use all the weapons available to agencies across both Manchester and the UK to disrupt, dismantle and destroy these gangs.
This week alone, more than 50 suspected members of criminal gangs have been arrested for a variety of offences including drugs, firearms and money laundering.
More than £330,000 worth of drugs were recovered, £25,000 in cash seized along with weapons such as high-powered air rifles, a BB gun, a Taser and a baton. Seven high powered cars were also seized.
Up to 50 tonnes worth of counterfeit goods - worth at least £2m - including fake trainers, watches and clothing, were also seized from three properties in the Strangeways area, all of which were stocked to the brim across several different floors with fake goods.
Detective Chief Superintendent Rebekah Sutcliffe, who heads Challenger for Greater Manchester Police, said: "Organised crime groups have a corrosive and insidious effect on our communities. These sorts of people mistakenly believe they 'own their turf' and use violence and intimidation to make people's lives a misery.
"However, this week we have brought the fight to these gangs and through Challenger we are now declaring war on these criminal networks who for too long have been bullying communities and enjoying a lavish lifestyle.
"Challenger is not about cutting off the head of a monster - it is about systematically dismantling these gangs member by member and making it impossible for them to operate. To do that, we need to get into the ribs of these people and hit them where it hurts.
"By working in partnership with so many other agencies, we can attack these gangs from every angle. We can expose benefit scams and leave these people penniless; we can seize their flash motors which are often not insured or taxed; we can shut down nail bars, takeaways and pubs where organised criminals often launder their dirty cash and we stop loan sharks from bullying victims into taking out exorbitant loans which fund their criminality.
"Through this partnership approach, Challenger will unmask every single organised crime group in Manchester and use every available tool to bring them crashing down."
There are currently more than 160 known organised criminal gangs in Greater Manchester, costing the local economy between 850m and 1.7bn each year.
However, it is thought they may be up to 500 of these networks in operation.
Thanks to Challenger, a central taskforce has been set up which will gather intelligence and build up an accurate picture of every single criminal gang in Manchester.
The taskforce will then work with partners from the local community, including neighbourhood policing teams, local authorities, Immigration Enforcement, the England Illegal Money Lending Team, housing providers, the Department for Work and Pensions, the DVLA, HMRC and other agencies to draw up bespoke plans for how best to dismantle these gangs.
In addition to this important local approach, Challenger is also being supported by the Home Office and the National Crime Agency (NCA). Officers from these national agencies are providing regular support and expertise about how best to tackle organised criminality.
But central to the success of Challenger will be the support of the local community and people coming forward with information about criminality in their area.
Detective Chief Superintendent Sutcliffe said: "There may be a misconception among people that organised criminality is all about drugs and guns and that it does not affect their lives. They could not be more wrong.
"Organised criminality is not just about firearms and drug dealing - it is happening on people's doorsteps every day without them realising it.
"The way these gangs fund their criminal empires is through the sale of counterfeit goods, loan sharking, electricity, housing and benefit scams, human trafficking and rogue landlords.
"If you suspect any of this is happening in your community, you need to report it because the endgame of these sorts of offences are the brutal shootings we saw last year that resulted in innocent people being killed.
"But, with your help, we can break this chain. If you don't buy counterfeit goods or turn to loan sharks you are cutting off the funds for these criminals to buy guns and drugs. If you report housing scams you will be making it impossible for these gangs to have bases from which to operate. If you report someone who is driving around in a flash motor you know is not insured, you will be stopping these cars from being used as getaway vehicle during serious crime.
"This is a war we can win with the public's help. We can give communities back to law-abiding people. If you help us to identify the foundations these empires are built on, we will bring them crashing down. And if you wish to report anything anonymously, you can do so by contacting Crimestoppers."
National Crime Agency regional head of investigations, Steve Baldwin, said: "Organised crime deprives people of their security and prosperity, leads to loss of life and costs the UK well over £20billion each year. It directly affects all of our communities. The NCA's role is to lead the UK's fight against organised crime. But to do that we need to work closely with our law enforcement partners like Greater Manchester Police, as we have done in supporting this operation. Together we will use every technique available to relentlessly and continuously disrupt serious organised criminals and make their lives as difficult as possible."
Jim Battle, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner said: "These so-called 'Mr Bigs' think they can control our communities with a grip of fear. But the action taken by police, local councils and other agencies this week sends a clear message to these abhorrent individuals that there is no place for you in our communities - you will be hunted down and you will be brought to justice.
"The fight is ongoing and we can only keep up the pressure on these criminal gangs with the support of our communities across Greater Manchester. I thank the decent, law-abiding people for their continued help and urge you all to stand with us so together we can bring down these criminals and build safer communities."
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
Pentax Forums Bokehcember challenge. One shot each day in December with Takumar (Bayonet) 135mm f2.5 with absolutley more Bokeh than necessary!
quick snippet of a photoshoot of my friend's Dodge Challenger SRT with Stack Performance modifications.
This morning (Tues 9 Sept) officers from the Op Challenger team in Bury conducted four drug and search warrants in Radcliffe, targeting addresses on Ainsworth Road, Greenbank Road, Exeter Avenue and Lever Street.
These warrants are intelligence led in relation to a covert drug operation that officers have been investigating for the past eight months.
So far, a number of phones, drugs, cash and other assets have been recovered and four people have arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and money laundering.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
You can access many of our services online at www.gmp.police.uk
A special thanks to Singapore Pole Challenge organisers for the invitation.
The invitation allows me to have privelege position of the others.
It truly provide me a learning opporturnity.
The action pack of the contestor with limited light truly push my skills to the limit.Here are some of my humble shots....
This Pole challenge truly let me have an insight of what is pole dancing is about. It doesn't matter your age , sex , size.Treat it as a sport that is added with the "sexiness favor" in it. I truly respect the contestant as i see them defying gravity and doing move that need tons of training. As the saying goes, "3 minutes in the stage is equivalent of 3 years
of effort behind it".
3 cheers to all the contestants !
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I’m a huge Western Maryland Railway fan. I have an affinity for local history from my home town of York Pennsylvania and as a train fan also a keen interest in the railroads that served it. The Western Maryland was one of those and in addition to the local connection, I’v long admired it for the way it was run, and the pride the men of the Western Maryland took in their road. Many of my LEGO builds have been WM subjects but there is one I’ve wanted to do for several years but always seemed to put of. One of the Western Maryland’s Challenger type locomotives. the Western Maryland Railway’s Challenger is a locomotive that I’ve wanted to build for many years now. I wanted this to be a really special engine and a fitting tribute to what I think is a special railroad. And for a long time I guess I just didn’t feel my building skill would do the engine justice.
It wasn’t until last fall my friend and fellow PennLUG train builder Nate Brill, always wanting to push me to build my best, (but also probably growing tired of me talking about this engine) finally convinced me to build it and to make a competition out of it. Nate was interested in building his own Challenger, the Spokane, Portland & Seattle’s Challenger. I had met Nate at the 2009 NMRA National Train Show. We we’re both there helping with the LEGO train display that year and upon finding out he was a fellow Pennsylvanian I urged him to join PennLUG. We quickly became good friends and I owe much of how I’ve grown as a train builder to Nate’s influence. We have both strived to push each other to build better and better MOCs. I feel like every build is a collaboration. We often find ourselves bouncing ideas off of each other, solving a tricky problem on each others build and in general inspiring each to do his best. And so with this spirit in mind Nate set forth the challenge to see who could build the better Challenger. A “Challenger Challenge”.
We decided the winner would be determined through several tests. Speed, Train pulling capacity, Raw pulling power, Maneuverability, Battery life, and finally a vote by our fellow PennLUG members on who built the best model. The performance tests were undertaken on our recent display at the Greenberg Train & Toy Show in York Pa. Nate easily won the speed contest. On the train capacity though Nate’s speed proved to be a liability in that while his engine could pull a heavy train it would also want to pull couplers apart in the process. My engine though with it’s slower speed could better control the way it’s power was applied and kept the train together while pulling. Next was raw pulling power in which we tied the engines to each other and duked it out in a tug of war. Again my better power control and better traction won the day. For the maneuverability we each had to negotiate a standard LEGO switch. Sadly both of us failed under pressure, even though we had both done testing before and since with success, so no points for either there. last was battery life where Nate won. I had only managed 2.5 hours on a standard LEGO rechargeable battery where Nate managed a half hour more.
So with both our engines in a dead heat it came down to a vote from our club. At our February meeting we both presented our builds to the club and took a vote. It was a close vote but in the end Nate was the victor and I congratulate my good friend on his hard fought prize. I may have lost but I couldn’t be happier. Because we both pushed each other to do our best and because of that I built the Western Maryland Challenger I always wanted to build and now sharing a track with it is another stellar engine, Nate’s Spokane Challenger. I’ll leave Nate to present his masterpiece but for now I humbly present my beloved Western Maryland Challenger.
Starting in 1940 the Western Maryland Railway purchased 12 Challenger type 4-6-6-4 steam locomotives from Baldwin Locomotive Works. The Western Maryland advertised itself as the “Fast Freight Line” so it’s no surprise that they chose a fast, tall drivered Challenger design when shopping for new motive power. Designated as class M-2 they were most often referred to as ”the 1200’s” by the men on the WM referring to their road numbers (1201 to 1212).
While it could be argued that the speed of the Challenger type wasn’t the best fit for the Western Maryland’s mountainous grades, from their delivery until the arrival of the WM’s new 4-8-4’s in 1947 the 1200's did exactly the job they were designed to do. Running through on trains from Hagerstown to Connellsville Maryland and speeding up schedules on the “Fast Freight Line”. With freight train speeds of 50 mph between Hagerstown and Cumberland and 45 mph between Cumberland and Connellsville the Challengers made their home on the WM, pulling heavy loads and doing it in a timely fashion. The 1200's also occasionally worked trains east of Hagerstown to Baltimore but with this hilly and curving mainline and speeds limited to 40 mph they were not really at home there. After the arrival of the J class 4-8-4's in January 1947 the challengers rarely ventured east of Cumberland. Most of these trips probably were to receive heavy shoppings in Hagerstown.
One thing the challengers did for the railroad that can not be disputed is that they gave the railroad proof it was in the fast freight business. Regardless of the limitations of the locomotives themselves or their contribution to speeding up freight trains, salesman had a locomotive with big drivers they could show customers and potential customers. After all, every little boy at the time knew big drivers meant fast engines. How important was this to the WM? In 1952 they published a booklet to help celebrate the 100th birthday of the railroad. The Challengers, Potomacs, and diesels were all featured in the booklet. However, it was a builders photo of Challenger 1203 spread across two pages in the top center of the booklet that was most prominent. How does this prove the challengers to be important to the image of the WM? With the decision already made to dieselize the railroad challenger 1209 was stricken from the roster in August 1952, three months after the official celebration.
With the onset of dieselisation on the Western Maryland all the big Challengers were retired in 1953. Unfortunately none we’re preserved. It is my hope that that this model serves as a fitting tribute to one of the WM’s greatest steam locomotives.
Western Maryland Challenger History
Custom side rods and valve gear parts from Benn Coifman.
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The FV4034 Challenger 2 is a British main battle tank (MBT) currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was designed and built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems (now known as BAE Systems Land and Armaments). The manufacturer advertises it as the world's most reliable main battle tank.[3] As of January 2011, only three Challenger 2s have been damaged in combat, one of which was destroyed by another Challenger 2 in a friendly fire incident.
Challenger 2 is an extensive redesign of the Challenger 1. It uses the basic hull and automotive parts of its predecessor but all other components are new. Fewer than 5% of components are interchangeable. Challenger 2 replaced Challenger 1 in service with the British Army and is also used by the Royal Army of Oman. It has seen operational service in Bosnia, Kosovo and Iraq. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the Challenger 2 tanks suffered no tank losses to enemy fire, although one was penetrated by an RPG-29 and another by an IED, causing crew injuries.
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1970 Dodge Challenger coupe. Taken at the 2018 Shannon's Eastern Creek Classic, held at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Speed Factory Dodge Challenger
Detuned to 900hp
1 of 1 Built
Built by the SPEEDFACTORY
Stroked 426 Hemi with Forged Internals
Custom Fuel Cell
SpeedFactory High Volume Fuel System
Ported and Polished Heads
Vortec-7 YSI Supercharger
Fat Cat Fabrication Custom-Built Cooler
High Flow Oil Pump
ATI Overdrive Super Damper
Throttle Body
Long Tube Stainless Steel Headers
Magnaflow Stainless Steel Cat Back Exhaust
Custom Tuning and Boost Configurations
Centerforce Clutch
1000 Horsepower Half Shafts
3.92 Gear Ratio
Performance Handling Package
Mopar Coil Over Suspension
Hotchkis Sway Bars
BOZE Wheels 10in Rear and 9in Front
SPEEDFACTORY Signature Badging Package
As Found on eBay:
This is an amazing opportunity for you to own a nostalgic piece of automobile history!
Dodge marketed this Mitsubishi-built car in the late 70’s and early 80’s as the Challenger. A sister model, the Sapporo was also marketed by Plymouth. These much loved cars have all but disappeared from the face of the planet but this Challenger has survived and never ceases to cause a stir!
The Challenger came very well equipped for the time with a big 2.6 liter 4-cylinder engine, 5-speed manual transmission, power steering, power 4-wheel disc brakes, 14-inch radial tires with raised-white letters mounted on alloy-wheels, full instrumentation including a tachometer, tilt steering, intermittent wipers, overhead console with digital clock and pivoting map light and dual power side mirrors just to name a few features. This car is equipped with a MOPAR air conditioning system (not currently working) and a period correct AM/FM cassette stereo.
It is finished in a factory two-tone color scheme of Bright Blue Metallic (B22) and Warm White (W61). The interior on this car is an amazing blast from the past! The blue and white with blue, white and red plaid inserts is completely original and in terrific shape! The color-matched louvers on the side windows were standard but the louvers on the rear window were an aftermarket accessory. The rear louvers lift up for easily window cleaning or can be easily removed for a more stock look. Clearly the car has been loved and well cared for its 34 years.
For its time the Challenger was a unique car not only to look at but also to drive. This Challenger runs and drives terrifically! The engine has good power and the transmission shifts smoothly. It cruises at freeway speeds with no problems. We recently installed a remanufactured carburetor and muffler and tailpipe. It passed California emissions on 6/22/12. I just completed a couple hundred mile trip in the car and it performed very well!
THE GOOD
Clearly this car is a survivor and is one of what must be very, very few Challengers left in original condition. There are just tick over 95,000 miles on the odometer which (based on the car’s condition) are assumed to be correct. Mechanically the car starts, runs, drives and stops well. The interior is an amazing time capsule as you can see from the photos. All the gauges, the radio, the overhead console with clock, the dual power mirrors and intermittent wipers work. The car is like it was back in the 70’s right down to the original Mitsubishi ignition key. The car comes with an owner’s manual and shop manual as well as an original sales brochure. It is ready for you to drive and enjoy.
THE NOT SO GOOD
Though in great condition overall, this car is 34 years old and has a few dings and scratches here and there. There is a small amount of surface rust on the lower rockers of the front fenders which is characteristic of these cars. Though the finish is brilliant, the clear coat on the hood and roof are crazed and a meticulous owner might want to have those parts refinished. There is an aftermarket power antenna installed that does not work. As previously mentioned the air conditioner is not working. There is a chip in the plastic on the driver’s side mirror and one of the vents in the center of the dash is missing. Each seat should have four small plastic trim pieces that is finish trim. Some of these trim pieces have come off (pictured). The original alloy wheels have not been curbed but could stand a good polishing. Sections of the wheels were painted blue by a previous owner and that paint job has not stood the test of time. None of these things listed greatly deter from how nice this car is overall. I simply mention them so you the potential buyer has a good idea of the car’s true condition.
Week 8's challenge had us seeing light, shadow, and texture when we photographed fruit.
This collage features photos from participating members. Find out more at Compositionally Challenged, where we aim to inspire creativity and improve our technical skills.
This week, Tyra wants you all to help her launch her new accessory line, Every Ghoul. Her line includes shoes, jewelry, hats, and scarves! All the accessories any ghoul could want, in a variety of styles and colors. She wants you to create an advertisement for just one item! It is highly recommended that you wear neutral or muted colors for this challenge to really help your accessory pop.
The focus of this photo should be one accessory. You may use as many as you want, but the focus of the photo should only be one item. Please make sure we can still see your model's face at the very least, we do not want just a photo of a wrist with a watch on it. (Hint from Gabby: There are some good examples if you Google "jewelry model" for example.)
I decided to try the challenge #32 from I am the Diva's weekly challenges (Carol Ohl was the guest challenger). I've never done these tangles before and I wanted to see if I could do it. I haven't quite gotten to the point where I can just do all ink... I have to use a pencil first and tend to plan things out somewhat, then use the ink and a really good eraser.
We're not in a good mood this week. Agent Mimi is in a state of shock, because she must visit the dentist on Thursday (I'm going to die evry time I have to go) and dear old Mieke is very tired because of her party weekend with Börtie & Co. She only wants to relax and calm down, not in a good mood to work. And she ordered a big plate of pasta pomodoro. No good idea, Mieke, you will ruin this beautiful Vintage St. Laurent Djellabah, I'm sure!!!! Shut up , Mimi and think about your dentist date!!!!!!!! Ohhhhh, you are a really vixen!!!
keep you're fingers crossed, that I'm still alive till next week (I have to face my private dentist hell :-((((((
Vintage Djellabah: Yves Saint Laurent
bracelet: Harry Winston