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Time expands, then contracts, and in tune with the stirrings of the heart.
Quote from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami.
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Morning contracts.Hong Kong City-October 2019.
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Fabrizio Massetti.
From left to right, first the four Council bins:
Green, recycling, emptied weekly.
Black, waste, emptied fortnightly.
Small brown, food caddy, waste food emptied weekly.
Large brown, garden waste, emptied fortnightly.
Commercial bins:
Red, generally waste, depends on contract when emptied.
Yellow, often clinical waste, emptied as above.
Never again is what you swore
The time before
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A new year, renewing contract. She signed herself into my power. Every letter, every stroke of her pen was a surrender—her breath, her thoughts, her very essence now bound to my will. She is no longer just an amazing capable woman; she is a vessel, a creation of my command, ready to be shaped, molded, and used. Her soul dances to my rhythm, and in her submission, I find my absolute control. She belongs to me —completely, utterly, and without question.
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The Prairie Lines SD40 3001 works the trackage at Bulk East while the Port Harbor pair of switchers works Cargill in East St. Louis.
08-08-2024
Thanks to a typo in the contract, the professor gained complete mastery of all the knowledge in the heavens and the earth in exchange for his soup.
Running uphill in loose stone whilst falling victim to what seems to be a never ending rainfall. Not what I had in mind for my Saturday morning hike. But we found the bridge and our timing couldn't have been better, or worse, let's just say we made it happen!
Gold Bar, Washington
Continuing with this series here's the next spot on our chase of day seven of the American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners (AAPRCO) Autumn Explorer VI that saw the special train travel north from St. Johnsbury to Orleans then back south to Bellow Falls via VRS' Washington County Railroad, the former Canadian Pacific and Boston and Maine Conn River mainline.
This shot was the second priority for me for this chase after the Crystal Lake shot and it too worked out fabulously. They are rolling south past Morrison's Custom Feeds mill at about MP L53.2 on modern day VRS Washington County Railroad Lyndonville Sub. I really like this scene because the track here reminds me of those old photos of the Milwaukee Road branchlines in the Dakotas back in the 1970s that had to be mowed. I had gotten terribly CFed when I tried this a few years ago: flic.kr/p/2oX4BaP so this was a wonderful redemption.
As for the railroad, the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad first arrived here in 1850 when their line was extended from Wells River to St. Johnsbury. In 1857 they continued the line north to Barton, then in 1863 they built on to Newport and finally to the Canadian border in 1867. The railroad operated independently until 1887 when it was leased by the Boston and Lowell only six months before the B&L itself was leased to the Boston and Maine which affected practical control from then on. In 1926 when the B&M leased the line north of Wells River to the Canadian Pacific which ultimately bought it outright in 1946.
The CPR ruled this line for another half century until retrenching in 1996 when they sold the Newport and Lyndonville Subs to Iron Roads Railways which created the new Northern Vermont Railway which took over on September 28th of that year. The Iron Roads system was bankrupt within a half dozen years and the NV ceased to exist with the Lyndonville Sub and the former Boston and Maine Conn River Mainline between Newport and White River Junction being purchased by the State of Vermont and contracted to Vermont Rail System's Washington County Railroad Subsidiary. The WACR is now at the two decade mark operating the 103 mile line while the Newport Sub north into Canada passed to succesors Montreal, Maine and Atlantic and then Central Maine and Quebec until remarkably returning to the CP fold in 2020 when they purchased the CMQ.
The train is led by VTR 206 a GP38-3 blt. Oct. 1969 as SOU 2718 and originally a high nosed straight GP38. Trailing is VTR 313, a GP40FH-2 that was rebuilt from original NYC GP40 3078 blt. 8-67 for New Jersey Transit commuter service. She later ended up working for Iowa Pacific on their assorted passenger operations until that company went belly up and then was purchased in the bankruptcy auction by VRS in 2020.
See prior posts to learn more about the history of the line and for a roster of the cars participating in this trip.
Barnet, Vermont
Friday October 10, 2025
The former monastery church of St. Margareta from Baumburg, a district of Altenmarkt an der Alz, district of Traunstein, Upper Bavaria, can be seen from afar.
The church was the monastery church of the former Augustinian monastery, which was founded by Count Berengar I of Sulzbach around 1107/1109.
The first monastery church, a Romanesque basilica, was built in the 12th century.
In 1756, Provost Joachim Vischer had a new church built for the 600th anniversary of the consecration. Franz Alois Mayr from Trostberg is contracted as master builder. The two church towers and the lower enclosing walls were taken over from the old church. The church towers were provided with onion domes in the 17th century.
With the new building, the church receives its rococo furnishings. The church is plastered by the Wessobrunn plasterer Bernhard Rauch, after his death by Georg Funk, an employee of Johann Baptist Zimmermann.
Felix Anton Scheffler, once a student of Cosmas Damian Asam, was commissioned to paint the frescoes. The theme of the nave fresco is the Assumption of St. Augustine into Heaven. St. Margareta is the theme of the choir fresco.
The organ on the west gallery from 1670 was taken over from the previous church. It has been slightly remodeled and expanded over time.
After missing the first two days of Texans training camp before agreeing to a five-year, $14 million contract Saturday, outside linebacker Brian Cushing is eager to get on the practice field today with his new teammates.
Cushing, the first-round draft choice from Southern California, is getting $10.435 million in guaranteed money to become the starter on the strong side and help improve a defense that ranked 22nd last season, including 23rd against the run.
“I’m just relieved and excited to have this done,” Cushing said. “I’m ready to play football and help the team win.”
Cushing (6-3, 262) was in Los Angeles when agent Tom Condon reached the agreement with general manager Rick Smith and director of football administration Chris Olsen.
Cushing’s contract could be worth a maximum of $18 million over five years.
In the fifth year of his deal, there’s a clause that could earn him an additional $4 million in an escalator bonus.
Odds are that Cushing’s contract will be extended before he enters the fifth season in 2013.
Smith and Olsen will have all eight of their draft choices under contract when the Texans take the field for the third day of two-a-day drills at their Methodist Training Center.
“It’s very important to have him signed,” coach Gary Kubiak said. “Rick and Chris were up at 3 in the morning trying to get it done. They’ve done a good job.
“Brian’s two days behind now, but he didn’t miss anything we did in the offseason program, so that’s a good thing. He wanted to be here while we were working on the contract, but he couldn’t.”
Rookies who have signed with the Texans report a week early for conditioning and meetings before practicing for the first time with the veterans. Cushing wanted to report with the rookies.
He was working out at Reliant Stadium last week when the Texans had to explain league rules that forced him to leave.
Cushing took what turned out to be a quick trip back to Los Angeles. He returned to Houston on Saturday afternoon.
Texans coaches are excited to get him on the practice field.
“We’re going to put the pads on (Sunday morning), and I know he’s chomping at the bit to get out there,” Kubiak said.
After the Texans used the 15th pick in the first round on Cushing, they inserted him into the starting lineup. He impressed his coaches in the organized team activities and minicamp.
“We like his presence on the ball,” Kubiak said, meaning Cushing has a knack for finding the ball and making plays. “He’s playing over the tight end, and we’re going to ask him to do a great deal. We think he can handle it.
“Brian’s very athletic. He’s physical against the run. He can rush the passer. He can drop into coverage. We brought him here for a reason, and we’re going to put him to work real fast.”
Frank Bush, who is in his first season as defensive coordinator, has to make calls that maximize Cushing’s strengths. The faster Cushing learns, the quicker Bush plans to utilize all his talent.
“We’re going to try to take advantage of all his talent,” Bush said. “Because he’s such a talented kid, there are a lot of things we can do with him.”
The coaches say they think Cushing has everything it takes to become a star at his position.
“Brian can turn and run with the tight end,” Bush said. “He’s big and strong enough to strike them at the line of scrimmage and nullify some of their speed down the field, so we’re comfortable with him in coverage.
“His ability also gives us a chance to be aggressive toward the quarterback. He’s a big guy who’s shown he can get there.”
I took this photo of a lawn I cut. I took this photo last year. I've have taken care of this lawn for over 23 years now. I always enjoy working there. I worked there all day today doing a final leaf clean up for the year.
66027 heads 4S35, the 1407 Seaforth – Mossend through the Lune Gorge on 19 July 2018. Introduced earlier this year, DB Cargo are reportedly expecting to pick up more contracts as the year goes on.
The loading on this train apparently varies quite a lot, it would have to be a light load when I went for it!
With a length of well over 100SLU the rear of 6X11 is still in Manton Tunnel as 66185 and 66015 take the Corby line and head south on 6th May 2022.
DB Cargo's Toyota contract is fully up and running now with three loaded trains running each way per week
Montreuil - France
A suburb of Paris - France
(Source : wiki)
Le bâtiment industriel Mozinor (contraction de « Montreuil Zone Industrielle Nord ») est une usine verticale conçue et réalisée au début des années 1970 par les architectes Claude Le Goas et G.-P. Bertrand dans la ville de Montreuil.
En 1963, la ville de Montreuil avait envisagé de créer la première zone industrielle verticale d'Europe. Pour cela, elle a fait appel à Claude Le Goas, qui avait déjà travaillé pour la ville pendant 30 ans. Dans son projet, il conçoit une série de locaux industriels placés les uns sur les autres et desservis par une autoroute intérieure en forme de double rampe hélicoïdale pour permettre à des camions de jusqu'à 38 tonnes d'accéder à tous les étages. Cette voie constitue l'une des caractéristiques les plus marquantes du bâtiment.
La cité industrielle verticale offre également 42 000 m2 de locaux d'activités, une terrasse panoramique et un projet de restaurant d'entreprise, qui après avoir été un temps transformé en boîte de nuit, abrite aujourd'hui des ateliers d'artistes.
Le bâtiment actuel, construit en 1971, était la première phase (dite Mozinor 1) d'un projet de plus grande ampleur (sur 1 km de long), visant à réindustrialiser le plateau de Montreuil. Cependant, les phases 2 et 3 n'ont jamais vu le jour. Conçu à partir d'une ossature en béton armé classique, la revue spécialisée La Construction moderne salue en 1977 « cette impressionnante construction, dont le style s'insère harmonieusement dans l'urbanisme environnant ».
Dans les années 1980 et 1990, le toit du bâtiment a été l'endroit où se sont déroulées les premières rave parties en France. Dans les soirées Cosmos Fact, les danseurs venaient écouter les DJs de musique techno et house à l'intérieur de ce qui devait être le restaurant d’entreprise, de forme ovale, surnommé la soucoupe volante. Selon Luc Bertagnol, organisateur des soirées, « À l’intérieur, une rampe montait en colimaçon le long des parois, on avait l’impression d’être dans un œuf avec des gens du sol au plafond. La capacité était d’environ 1 800 personnes, c’était impressionnant. On avait installé 20 kilos de son, des lumières indirectes qui jouaient sur de grands tissus découpés. »
Après un passage à vide dans les années 2000, en 2013 l'occupation du bâtiment était presque complète, accueillant 450 travailleurs employés par une soixantaine d'entreprises. Le profil de ces occupants est assez diversifié, alliant des fabricants et des concepteurs.
Sur le toit se trouve le siège de l'Écodesign Fablab (premier fablab du département, dans lequel les chutes et les déchets des autres enseignes du bâtiment sont ré-employés). Un jardin urbain suspendu de deux hectares avec des arbres a aussi été planté, cet espace ayant été prévu pour être végétalisé dès le début.
Make sure to read the fine print...never know what you might be signing away. *does best evil laugh impression*
Hope you like!!
Big thanks to Ace for posing with me!! <3
Driving and walking rovers competed to survey a shadowy analogue of the south polar lunar surface for useable resources during the inaugural ESA-ESRIC Space Resources Challenge. Some 13 teams from across Europe and Canada took part in last month’s field test, with the winners due to be announced shortly.
The Space Resources Challenge – supported by ESA and the European Space Resources Innovation Centre (ESRIC) in Luxembourg – is asking European (and Canadian) researchers and institutions to develop and demonstrate a system of one or more vehicles capable of prospecting resources on the Moon in the near future.
Massimo Sabbatini, overseeing the contest for ESA, comments: “ESA is analysing the results of the first field test of the Challenge and the competition is fierce. There was a wide range of participants and technological solutions to the problem of prospecting: notably different locomotion techniques – legged, wheeled, tracked, and so on – and approaches, such as single versus multiple vehicles and aerial vehicles. The jury is out!”
The emphasis of the contest is on prospecting: pinpointing promising resources within a difficult lunar environment then characterising them in as much detail as possible, such as through visual inspection or spectral analysis.
The lunar poles are a focus of interest for future exploration. They do not experience the crippling temperature extremes of the Moon’s two-week days and nights, and frozen water and other deposits are believed to be buried within permanently shadowed polar craters.
The Space Resources Challenge teams gathered at Valkenberg in the Netherlands had to contend with challenging illumination conditions and potential loss of signal events to locate resources, including mapping a small impact crater in the vicinity of the rover’s lander – all within a two and a half hour time limit.
The five winners will be awarded €375 000 in ESA contracts, with a larger prize pool on offer after a follow-on field test hosted by ESRIC next year.
Credits: ESA-M. Sabbatini
Vale Travel Volvo Olympian R637MNU is seen passing through Stone en route back to their depot in Aylesbury having worked an afternoon school contract, 12th February
Contracted to switch the Verso paper mill. The 101 was originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
South Wales Transport operated this Plaxton Verde-bodied Volvo B10B, which was from a batch of half a dozen new to Nottingham City Transport.
She was previously in the Hoggans fleet with similar M605 UTV.
Captured turning in Port Talbot Bus Station in April 2011, she is operating a Neath Port Talbot CBC-contracted service that is now in the hands of Ridgways, though curtailed at Baglan Moors.
She left the fleet the following year and passed to a County Galway operator who retained her livery, and was re-registered 96-G-16814.
Inside their palace in Cartagena, the Spanish pour over existing treaties and contracts with the French and the British.
The Imperial Armada needs to consolidate its position as the dominant power in the Caribbean, but how? With gunpowder or gold?
Perhaps both...