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i went searching all the jackets i could find in the clothing boxes for the QUILTED theme at A-Z doll group... then it was hard to think of a plot... but luckily this lamp turned up.
When you put one-month videos of the Sun from periods about 2.5 years apart, the increase in solar activity is remarkable. We took video from October, 2010 and set it next to video from May, 2013 in the 171 Angstrom wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light. The number and intensity of active regions, seen as brighter areas and numerous loops above them, increased dramatically as the Sun is approaching its maximum level of activity which is expected to occur either late 2013 or early 2014.
Merry Doll Round Mousse next to Blythe and Pure Neemo bodies. Most of the clothes for these dolls will fit Mousse.
I've tried different types of dresses and the close-fitted ones suit her perfectly, buf the loose ones will need some ajustments.
Also Blythe/Pure Neemo shoes are perfect for her ;D
Compare this bunkhouse photo to one taken a hundred years ago.
www.flickr.com/photos/fsnorthernregion/8411151007/in/phot...
Adams Ranger Station. Nez Perce National Forest, Idaho.
A tin of Balkan Sobranie from ca. 1980, and one of Abingdon from 2004. And, let's not forget the lovely GBD Virgin apple.
+++ DISCLAIMER +++
Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
The North American FJ-4 Fury was a swept-wing carrier-capable fighter-bomber, originally developed for the United States Navy and Marine Corps. It was the final development in a lineage that included the Air Force's F-86 Sabre. The FJ-4 shared its general layout and engine with the earlier FJ-3, but featured an entirely new wing design. And it was, as a kind of final embodiment with the FJ-4B, a very different aircraft from the F-86 .
The first FJ-4 flew on 28 October 1954 and delivery began in February 1955. Of the original order for 221 FJ-4 fighters, the last 71 were modified into the FJ-4B fighter-bomber version, of which the Netherlands received 16 aircraft under the designation FJ-4B from the USA in the course of NATO support. Even though the main roles of the MLD were maritime patrol, anti-submarine warfare and search and rescue, the FJ-4B was a dedicated fighter-bomber, and these aircraft were to be used with the Dutch Navy’s Colossus-Class carrier HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81).
Compared to the lighter FJ-4 interceptor, the FJ-4B had a stronger wing with six instead of four underwing stations, a stronger landing gear and additional aerodynamic brakes under the aft fuselage. The latter made landing safer by allowing pilots to use higher thrust settings, and were also useful for dive attacks. Compared to the FJ-4, external load was doubled, and the US FJ-4Bs were capable of carrying a nuclear weapon on the inboard port station, a feature the MLD Furies lacked. The MLD aircraft were still equipped with the corresponding LABS or Low-Altitude Bombing System for accurate delivery of ordnance.
The Dutch Furies were primarily intended for anti-ship missions (toting up to five of the newly developed ASM-N-7 missiles - renamed in AGM-12B Bullpup after 1962 - plus a guidance pod) and CAS duties against coastal targets, as well as for precision strikes. In a secondary role, the FJ-4B could carry Sidewinder AAMs for interception purposes.
The MLD's FJ-4B became operational in 1956, just in time to enhance the firepower of the Karel Doorman, which just had its 24 WW-II era propeller driven Fairey Firefly strike fighters and Hawker Sea Fury fighter/anti-ship aircraft backed up with 14 TBF Avenger ASW/torpedo bombers and 10 Hawker Sea Hawk fighters (the MLD owned 22 of these) for an ASW/Strike profile. The Furies joined the carrier in late 1957 and replaced the piston-engined attack aircraft.
In 1960, during the Dutch decolonization and planned independence of Western New Guinea, a territory which was also claimed by Indonesia, the Karel Doorman set sail along with two destroyers and a modified oil tanker to 'show the flag'. In order to avoid possible problems with Indonesia's ally Egypt at the Suez Canal, the carrier instead sailed around the horn of Africa. She arrived in Fremantle, Australia, where the local seamen's union struck in sympathy with Indonesia; the crew used the propeller thrust of aircraft chained down on deck to nudge the carrier into dock without tugs! In addition to her air wing, she was ferrying twelve Hawker Hunter fighters to bolster the local Dutch defense forces, which the Karel Doorman delivered when she arrived at Hollandia, New Guinea.
During the 1960 crisis, Indonesia prepared for a military action named Operation Trikora (in the Indonesian language, "Tri Komando Rakyat" means "The Three Commands of the People"). In addition to planning for an invasion, the TNI-AU (Indonesian Air Forces) hoped to sink the Karel Doorman with Soviet-supplied Tupolev Tu-16KS-1 Badger naval bombers using AS-1 Kennel/KS-1 Kometa anti-ship missiles. This bomber-launched missile strike mission was cancelled on short notice, though, because of the implementation of the cease-fire between Indonesia and the Netherlands. This led to a Dutch withdrawal and temporary UN peacekeeping administration, followed by occupation and annexation through Indonesia. While the Dutch aircraft served actively during this conflict, flying patrols and demonstrating presence, visibly armed and in alert condition, no 'hot' sortie or casualty occured, even though one aircraft, 10-18, was lost in a start accident. The pilot ejected safely.
The MLD FJ-4Bs only served on the carrier until its overhaul in 1964, after which the carrier-borne attack role was eliminated and all aircraft were transferred to land bases (Valkenburg) or in reserve storage. The Seahawks were retired from service by the end of the 1960s after the sale of the Karel Doorman to Argentina, and the FJ-4Bs were returned to the United States, where they were re-integrated into the USMC until the end of the 1960ies, when all FJ-4 aircraft were phased out.
General characteristics:
Crew: 1
Length: 36 ft 4 in (11.1 m)
Wingspan: 39 ft 1 in (11.9 m)
Height: 13 ft 11 in (4.2 m)
Wing area: 338.66 ft² (31.46 m²)
Empty weight: 13,210 lb (6,000 kg)
Loaded weight: 20,130 lb (9,200 kg)
Max. take-off weight: 23,700 lb (10,750 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright J65-W-16A turbojet, 7,700 lbf (34 kN)
Performance:
Maximum speed: 680 mph (1,090 km/h) at 35,000 ft (10,670 m)
Range: 2,020 mi (3,250 km) with 2× 200 gal (760 l) drop tanks and 2× AIM-9 missiles
Service ceiling: 46,800 ft (14,300 m)
Rate of climb: 7,660 ft/min (38.9 m/s)
Wing loading: 69.9 lb/ft² (341.7 kg/m²)
Thrust/weight: .325
Armament:
4× 20 mm (0.787 in) cannon
6× pylons under the wings for 3,000 lb (1,400 kg) external ordnance, including up to 6× AIM-9 Sidewinder AAMs, bombs and guided/unguided ASM, e .g. ASM-N-7 (AGM-12B Bullpup) missiles.
The kit and its assembly
Originally, this model project was inspired by a (whiffy) Dutch F3H Demon profile, designed by fellow user Darth Panda at whatifmodelers.com. I found the idea of a foreign/NATO user of one of these early carrier-borne jet fighters very inspiring – not only because of the strange design of many of these aircraft, but also since the USN and USMC had been the only real world users of many of these types.
Initially, I planned to convert a F3H accordingly. But with limited storage/display space at home I decided to apply the MLD idea to another smaller, but maybe even more exotic, type: the North American FJ-4B Fury, which was in 1962 recoded into AF-1E.
I like the beefy Sabre cousin very much. It’s one of those aircraft that received little attention, even from model kit manufacturers. In fact, in 1:72 scale there are only vintage vacu kits or the very basic Emhar kit available. Th Emhar kit, which I used here and which is a kind donation of a fellow modeler (Thanks a lot, André!), a rather rough thing with raised panel lines and much room for improvements. As a side note, there's also a FJ-4B from Revell, but it's just a 1996 re-issue with no improvements, whatsoever.
Another facet of the model: When I did legwork concerning a possible background story, I was surprised to find out that the Netherlands actually operated aircraft carriers in the 1950s, including carrier-borne, fixed-wing aircraft, even jets in the form of Hawker Sea Hawks. The real life FJ-4Bs service introduction, the naissance of NATO and the Indonesian conflict as well as the corresponding intervention of the Karel Doorman carrier all fell into a very plausible time frame – and so there’s a very good and plausible story why the MLD could actually have used the Fury fighter bomber!
The Emhar kit was not modified structurally, but saw some changes in detail. These include a scratch-built cockpit with side walls, side consoles and a new ejection seat, plus a Matchbox pilot figure, a new front wheel (from a Kangnam Yak-38, I believe), plus a lot of added blade aerials and a finer pitot.
The flaps were lowered, for a more lively look- Another new feature is the opened air intake, which features a central splitter - in fact a vertically placed piece of a Vicker Wellesley bomb container from Matchbox. At the rear end, the exhaust pipe was opened and lengthened internally.
The six weapon hardpoints were taken from the original kit, but I did not use the four Sidewinder AAMs and the rather bulky drop tanks. So, all ordnance is new: the Bullpups come from the Hasegawa air-to-ground missile set, the drop tanks are leftover pieces from a Hobby Boss F-86. They are much more 'delicate', and make the Fury look less stout and cumbersome. The guidance pod for the Bullpups (a typical FJ-4B feature with these weapons) is a WWII drop tank, shaped with the help of benchmark pictures. Certainly not perfect, but, hey - it's just a MODEL!
Painting and markings
I used mid-1950ies MLD Sea Furys and Sea Hawks as a design benchmark, but this Fury is placed just into the time frame around 1960 when the MLD introduced a new 3-digit code system. Before that, a code "6-XX" with the XX somewhere in the 70 region would have been appropriate, and I actually painted the fuselage sides a bit darker so as if the old code had recently been painted over.
Dutch MLD aircraft tended to keep their former users’ liveries, but in the FJ-4B’s case I thought that a light grey and white aircraft (USN style) with Dutch roundels would look a bit odd. So I settled for early NATO style with Extra Dark Sea Grey upper sides (Humbrol 123) and Sky from below (Testors 2049 from their Authentic Line).
I also went for an early design style with a low waterline - early Hawker Sea Furies were painted this way, and a high waterline would probably be more typical. But in the face of potential seriosu action, who knows...? Things tend to be toned down quickly, just remember the RN Harriers during the Falkland conflict. I'll admit that the aircraft looks a bit simple and dull now, but this IMHO just adds to the plausible look of this whif. I prefer such subtleties to garish designs.
The surfaces were weathered with dry-brushed lighter shades of the basic tones (mostly Humbrol 79, but also some 140 and 67, and Humbrol 90 and 166 below), including overpainted old codes in a slightly darker tone of EDSG, done with Revell 77. A light wash with black ink emphasizes edges and some details - the machine was not to look worn.
The interior was painted in medium grey (Humbrol 140), the landing gear is white (Humbrol 130), and some details like the air intake rim, the edges of the landing gear covers, the flaps or the tips of the wing fences were painted in bright red (Humbrol 174), for some contrast to the overall grey upper sides.
The MLD markings were puzzled together. The roundels come from an Xtradecal sheet for various Hawker Sea Furies, the '202' code comes, among others, from a Grumman Bearcat aftermarket sheet. The 'KON. MARINE' line is hand-made, letter by letter, from a TL Modellbau aftremarket sheet.
Most stencils and warning sign decals come from the original decal sheet, as well as from a FJ-4 Xtradecal aftermarket sheet, from F-86 kits and the scrap box. I wanted these details to provide the color to the aircraft, so that it would not look too uniform, but still without flashy decorations and like a rather utilarian military item.
finally, the model received a coat of semi-matt varnish (Tamiya Acryllic), since MLD aircraft had a pretty glossy finish. No dirt or soot stains were added - the Dutch kept their (few) shipborne aircraft very clean and tidy!
So, all in all, a simple looking aircraft, but this Dutch Fury has IMHO a certain, subtle charm - probably also because it is a rather rare and unpopular aircraft, which in itself has a certain whiffy aura.
ecco la differenza di statura, chiaro che i maglioncini azone stanno leggermente più corti alle maniche,
Miltinus viduatus
Family: Mydidae
Order: Diptera
Midas flies are not frequently encountered and there are currently (Jan 2025) only 283 observations of the family on iNaturalist Australia.
Most midas flies are wasp or robber fly mimics and have abdomens striped in black, white and sometimes orange colours. They can be distinguished from robber flies, in the family Asilidae, by the 4-segmented clubbed antennae and by wing venation. The wing venation includes a spur vein in R3 - see the following link to Drawing.org:
drawwing.org/insect/miltinus-wing
The larvae of some species in the genus feed on beetle larvae including scarabs. Adults appear to feed on flowers.
The femura on the rear legs are very well developed compared with the other legs.
Males of M. viduatus are smaller than the females but generally similar in appearance. This one may be a female as it was taking a keen interest in some sandy ground where it may have been looking for buried larvae on which to lay eggs.
This image is a focus-stack of three handheld shots taken in ambient light using a 100-400mm lens on a Sony A7R. Aperture F5.6, shutter 1/250. ISO 100.
Etymology: Vidua is the latin word for widow - presumably a reference to the fly's predominantly black colouration - the colour of mourning
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The soldiers in this alabaster depiction of the Betrayal of Christ by Judas are all depicted in bascinets with aventails; some can be seen wearing hour-glass gauntlets, hip-belts and jupons. We might see an early sallet on the soldier second to the upper right wearing another garment instead of a jupon.
The soldier on the extreme right below also wears this style of sallet and besagews on the armpits.
It's very difficult to date this panel, since the Nottingham workshops producing these panels often made use of the same scenes and styles for years, being hugely popular throughout Europe.
Nevertheless, the armour and fashion can be dated around 1430 (in some details even earlier), based on stylistical grounds. But mind you, a much later date might also be possible.
Compare this panel with a contemporary (later?) one in the V&A: www.flickr.com/photos/roelipilami/31248403330/in/album-72...
Pictures taken at TEFAF 2019, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Bought her in the thrift shop last Saturday. Went to 3 different shops.
Got her in the last one. She was expensive comparing to my other finds! 4,5 euros :0
But I bought her because she reminded me of the Doctors companion; Martha Jones.
Here is a comparison between my Nikon M Plan that cost me £100, and then a photo of one that cost me £50
The left photo is at slightly more than 10x using a Nikon 10x 0.25 - 160/- Microscope objective.
Now, noticible difference creek in at 100% such as CA on the left ( see crop below and comparison ) and also softness...
When viewing normally, these differences will not be noticible at all so I have seemed to have got an absolute bargain with this 10x, but nevertheless I will be selling it as my M plan is much much sharper.
( If anyone is looking to buy a 10x, contact me )
Overall, I think the bargains are good for a certain measure but when you ( like me ) want sharp details even at 100% then they just don't cut it... More examples to come using the 4x which I will also be selling for a Chromatic Nikon one !
Comparing is easier through this larger and original image www.flickr.com/photos/sequentialmacro/8110513919/sizes/k/...
( Ignore left photo out of focus bit, I missed a bit but didn't realize till I was stacking )
Have a great week all, these images will be up to view at full tomorrow as they alone are the sharpest I've done yet !
If you see my room in my apartment and compare it to this, knowing this is how I see the world... You'd feel sorry for me. But for its size, my room is rather plain, and that's b/c I wasn't able to bring my life with me (just the essentials: only a handful of books -really I guess its an armload- no posters, no cds, no flowers, no orange walls, no crazy toys -ok that's a lie, I have Jack and Sally and their love child along with Kevin to keep my company)... where was I going with this? Oh right, if you want to know the inner workings of my mind and the clash of my separate worlds (since I tend to compartmentalize) you just need to peak into my room, which seems to surprise some and then not at all others.
Anyway, what am I reading? Just something awesome, its almost like I'm reading something I wrote... that's how well this guy captures the way I feel about grass, and bubbles etc.
You know what's even better than a surprise gift... another surprise after you think the surprise is over. Here's to listening to surprise music :)
And floating... mustn't forget floating
This was shot in December 2004 during a breakfast visit to Waffle House. We were 4 friends, all from India. Each one came to US at different time. The colors in this picture tell how long each one of us has been in US. Obviously, the darker the color, longer the stay in US :))
Flickr Explore: 2005-10-13 #105
Comparando arquitecturas de diferentes lugares del planeta (aquí, Bruselas).
Comparez l'arquitecture n'importe où dans le monde!
Compare the arquitecture!
How much longer will powerful technology companies operate with limited public oversight? Who is making the rules of the digital age? These are the questions central to Brookings’ Visiting Fellow Tom Wheeler’s new book, “Techlash: Who Makes the Rules in the Digital Gilded Age?“ In “Techlash,” Wheeler compares the present digital age to the last great technology—driven era—the Gilded Age, drawing comparisons between the two that offer solutions to help us navigate the current digital era.
On October 31, Governance Studies at Brookings hosted an event with Tom Wheeler, joined in discussion by Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.), who introduced legislation for a new Digital Platform Commission to address the ongoing challenges created by digital platforms. The event was moderated by New York Times’ technology reporter and co-author of “An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook’s Battle for Dominance,” Cecilia Kang.
Photo Credit: Paul Morigi
47815 going up light engine through Royston on 13 September 2016, on its way from Ely to Eastleigh to collect a Plastic Pig. Compare and contrast with 47812 to judge which scores highest on the clagometer.
In Malawi, pregnancy and childbirth is a matter of life and death. One in 36 women die in childbirth compared to one in 4,600 in the UK.
Background
On 11 July 2012 the UK Government and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will host a groundbreaking summit to cut in half the current number of women and girls in the world’s poorest countries without access to contraception, but who wish to avoid pregnancy or space their children.
Every woman and girl deserves the opportunity to to determine her own future. Contraceptives give the world's poorest women the power to decide if and when to have another child.
Find out more at www.dfid.gov.uk/changinglives
To follow the London Summit on Family Planning visit www.dfid.gov.uk/fpsummit
Picture: Lindsay Mgbor/Department for International Development
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15896 was my drive on the 2 route to Newton Abbot today.
A very quiet trip compared to normal.
13th March 2020