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JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantryman 1st Lt. Patrick Nguyen, a native of Houston, Texas, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, hands his paperwork to a cadre member during the Expert Infantryman Badge qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
Tesco went way back up in my estimations in August 2016 when after just six months they refreshed their Realtoy Emergency series again and this time it actually included some brand new castings which finally replaced some of the ancient ones being used. Although I had previously seen but unable to obtain other Realtoy MAN TGS trucks i'd never seen this Fire Engine Ladder Truck before and so quickly filled my basket with them which was probably a wise move as they aren't restocked as often as they should! This is a fully licensed MAN product which means a beautifully detailed and well cast cab with a full array of painted lights and badging. Not only that but it has a very impressive rear body too with a fully rotating ladder and attractive wheels. They cost the same in Tesco as what they charge for a Mainline HW but the difference in quality is here for all to see! Mint and boxed.
Paul Jacksonesque Curve estimation with crimping. For parallel instructions go here.
In terms of degrees models of this type are 1° Parallel 2° Parallel, and the 2° pleats are crimp folds. Crimps are made of 2 creases, one crease of which (crease 1) is perpendicular to the 1° pleats. The other crease (crease 2) determines the angle of curvature. More specifically, the difference between the 2 creases determine the angle of curvature of the whole model. So I could make this same shape even if crease 1 weren't perpendicular to the 1° -- you can get the same curvature by offsetting the angle of crease 2 by the same amount as you offset crease 1 from perpendicular.
To get the undulating curvature here, half of the model has crease 2 x° to crease 1 and half has crease 2 -x° to crease 1.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantrymen assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division test as candidates for the Expert Infantryman Badge on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
The 11 modules are all folded from the same Orange/Blue duo coloured papers. Having odd number of points, it is difficult to have a proper colour combination which is symmetrical. Only one fold for the angle is changed to accommodate 11 modules. I am happy that the estimation for the angle quite accurate. This variation #7 features "Little Triangles" around the centre of the star. The back of the assembled model is different from the front but common for all the variations. 7.5cm square Duo-coloured papers are used for folding the modules.
Swift Current, Sask. Ben's Clothing on left and W.W. Cooper Clothing on right. The estimation of Jewish Population in Canada in 2006 was 373,500.
webP3170017. see www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/watch/1726824003663
STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE
The 74” Telescope and Coude Spectrograph
– prior to January 2003
The structure was built in 1953, and the installation of
the telescope was completed in 1956. The technology
of the large standing ruin of the large 74 inch telescope,
the Coude Spectrograph building, reflects the
importance given to science in the 1950s. Experiments
in Astrophysics and Astroseismology were carried out.
Manufactured by Grubb Parsons the 74” Reflector
telescope has contributed to optical astronomy in
Australia, and was used extensively throughout the
1950s, 60s and 70s. The telescope, during this time
was considered the ‘work horse’ of the observatory.
74” telescope and Building, 1957 (NAA)
The 74” Telescope Coude Spectrograph
– post January 2003
The remains of the telescope building, the masonry
walls and the dome, although having sustained damage
in the fires, retain high significance. The dome is a
surviving element within the landscape, contributing to
the understanding of the important aesthetic setting of
the group of telescopes which were once dotted along
the North West side of the ridge of Mount Stromlo. The
telescope was destroyed in the fires and cannot be
repaired. For the telescope to continue to operate on
the site it would have to be replaced.
from heritage.anu.edu.au/__documents/heritage-management/herit...
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The Inquiry into the Operational Response to the January 2003 Bushfires.
Inquiry headed by Mr Ron McLeod.
8. Concluding remarks
(An attempt to answer an important question and some brief final remarks)
Damage at present impossible of estimation was caused in the Federal Capital Territory during the weekend by bush fires which raged over a total front of 45 miles along the Murrumbidgee, and crossed it at several points close to Canberra on Saturday afternoon. It was the worst fire in the recollection of district settlers … Although more than 500 volunteers from Canberra, Queanbeyan and Captain’s Flat fought desperately against the fires on a dozen fronts on Saturday, they had no hope of checking it against the fierce wind, which carried the flames along gullies and depressions at amazing speed … Burning tinder was carried five and six miles by the wind before being dropped to start fresh outbreaks in the dry grass and trees. Burning leaves from Uriarra fell on Parliament House at 11am on Saturday.
—Canberra Times Monday 16 January 1939
Were these fires unique?
A number of comments in the media, and in some submissions to the Inquiry, described the January 2003 bushfires as unique or unprecedented. It is necessary to examine this proposition because a judgment about the authorities’ performance in responding to the fires is influenced by knowledge of the nature of the threat they perceived to exist.
Bushfires are a natural part of the Australian environment, particularly in the south-east of the country. They vary in intensity according to climatic conditions (for example, drought, temperature, humidity and wind) and the nature and volume of the available fuel (vegetation essentially). Their rate of spread can also be influenced by topography.
There appears to be some substance behind the proposition that the longer the period since a major bushfire, the more severe a bushfire is likely to be when it does happen. Some have postulated that historical bushfire experience can be viewed in relation to a cycle or to cycles within a cycle. In her useful publication The Complete Bushfire Safety Book1, Joan Webster draws on the work of RH Luke and AG McArthur to describe possible cycles for average to mild bushfires happening every season, serious fires every six or seven years, major fires every 10–11 years, and exceptionally bad ones every 22 years. She notes that the average time between great conflagrations is 44 years and speculates that the apparent rough mathematical relationship with 11 and 22-year cycles might be related to sunspot activity (which intensifies each 11 years), the El Nino phenomenon and other weather patterns.
When the inexact science of climatology is coupled with the science of bushfire behaviour—which is also a very challenging area to submit to scientific explanation—the prospects for speculative hypotheses are large. Nevertheless, whether the cyclical theory is correct or not, it seems well established (even if solely based on the empirical evidence of past events) that very large bushfires will occur from time to time, when the fuel and weather conditions combine in a particular way.
Chapter 1 includes a history of serious fires in the ACT. Reference to that information confirms that some very serious fires have occurred. Further very serious fires occurred in January 2003. In that sense, the most recent fires were not unique, nor were they a one-in-100-year event. They were part of a pattern of serious fires emanating from the Brindabella Range, crossing the Murrumbidgee River, traversing rural grazing properties and because of relatively recent urban development, moving into suburban Canberra.
An examination of the maps in Appendix E is instructive. They show a pattern of serious fires that have mostly emerged to the west of the site of Canberra in the last four decades. Overall, most of the ACT has been burnt by these significant fires, some parts on several occasions, although it will be noted that the 2003 fires led to a larger footprint than any of the previous major fires in the last 80 years.
Were the fires predictable? In terms of when they would actually occur, probably not. Had the fires not been ignited by lightning strikes on 8 January, the ACT community might now be in the situation it was in immediately before they broke out. The high fuel loads in the hills would have remained and the drought conditions would still have had an impact on dryness, although with the onset of cooler winter weather and some rain the immediate fire danger has diminished substantially. Come the next bushfire season, the volatility of the fuels will depend heavily on the amount of rain the ACT receives between now and then. With little rain and high temperatures, though, the extreme dryness that has characterised the drought could return quickly and bring with it a level of threat similar to that which existed in the bushfire season of 2002–03.
The extreme dryness of the soil and vegetation and the high fuel loads in the hills were known, and their significance was generally understood by the bushfire authorities. When the fires broke out, the weather conditions over the ensuing week were relatively benign, even though the winds were unseasonably coming from the east for longer than would normally be expected.
The weather conditions on 18 January were predicted to be extreme but not at record levels. As the fires developed and their cumulative effect hit the city, fire weather indices did reach record levels in some areas.
It seems that it was the factors that combined on 18 January—very high temperatures, strong prevailing winds, high fuel loads, extremely low humidity, extreme dryness in the soil as a consequence of the prolonged drought and, possibly most significantly, the major fires merging—created a fire environment of exceedingly high intensity overall. This may have been responsible for creating extreme localised weather conditions, causing very high winds (up to force 2, tornado strength), increasing the speed of advance of the fires and increasing the extent and length of spotting. The 14-kilometre convection column of hot air and smoke that was created is thought to have collapsed, causing further wild turbulence in the fire zone as it approached Canberra.
Scientists are still studying the fire behaviour in order to gain a clearer understanding of its characteristics. While this endeavour may result in a conclusion that aspects of the fires on 18 January in themselves were unique— in that they helped to add to the knowledge of the characteristics of extreme fire behaviour, specifically relating to wind behaviour and the effect of large fires fusing together—it is the view of the Inquiry that it would be misleading to regard the event as a one-in-100-year occurrence, on this basis alone. Although it was probably the most severe fire experienced in the region in the last 100 years, the emergence of large destructive fires in the region, from time to time, is by no means unique.
It would be more accurate to say that the event was unique in the experience of the residents of Canberra and its surrounds, and probably of all the firefighters, because fires of this kind have never before caused such damage to the region. A house had not been lost to bushfire in suburban Canberra since 1952.
The Inquiry’s view is that one of the lessons of the fires is the realisation that very serious and potentially destructive fires that may threaten the city could happen again in the future. The Canberra community must not forget this. The fires cannot be simply explained away as an unfortunate, unlucky or ‘one-off’ event.
Notes Webster, J 2000, The Complete Bushfire Safety Book, 3rd edn, Random House, Sydney.
A final word
Some concluding observations are necessary so that readers gain a balanced understanding of what is said earlier in this report.
A fundamental question raised by the Inquiry’s examination of the operational response to the January 2003 bushfires is whether, realistically, the fires could have been extinguished at all, before the damage to Canberra occurred. A plausible case can be argued that the effects of the long drought, the build¬up of fuel levels in the mountains, the presence of commercial plantations from close to the source of the fires right up to the edge of the city, and the dangerous weather conditions on 17 and 18 January all combined to make it nigh on impossible to contain or extinguish the fires before they reached Canberra, regardless of the effort and resources that might have been applied.
The Inquiry considers, however, that there was a chance to extinguish the fires if the opportunity to put them out in the first 36 to 48 hours after the lightning strikes had been grasped more vigorously. The ACT fire authorities are criticised for not coming to this realisation quickly enough and for failing to immediately attack the fires with all the aggression they could muster. Had this occurred— while the Inquiry is not in a position to conclude unequivocally that it would have made a difference in the absence of the fullest response that was potentially available—the doubt remains that the fires that originated in the ACT could have been stopped. There would be little ground for criticism if, despite no effort being spared during those critical first days, the fires had in fact proved unstoppable. Unfortunately, in the Inquiry’s judgment, this was not the case.
Many recommendations are made in this report. If they had all been implemented before the fires, would that have made a difference? The Inquiry considers that, had the improvements it recommends in relation to strengthening the initial attack capability of the Bushfire Service already been implemented when the fires first broke out, things could have been different.
Beyond that point, if the fires proved impossible to suppress or contain, they may still have been difficult to stop before they reached Canberra. The Inquiry is confident, though, that with an improved and strengthened bushfire capacity, as recommended, the ACT will be better able to deal with the range of bushfires that are more likely to be encountered in the future. There will still remain the possibility of the occasional very big fire that will fully test the available resources, but the prospect of minimising damage to the city will be improved if the measures recommended are adopted.
The Inquiry questioned at length the personnel responsible for managing the response to the fires and tried to place itself in their shoes so as to reach fair and objective judgments about the critical decision points during the long campaign on the fires. This disaster has had serious consequences for many people, and for the ACT community generally, and it needs to be analysed closely and critically.
Experience is the basis of most of the progression of human knowledge, and there is much we can learn from our mistakes. It is inevitable therefore that inquiries of this kind concentrate on weaknesses, errors and shortcomings. They do not dwell to the same extent on those aspects where systems and people performed satisfactorily or in the way intended.
The Inquiry considers that the basic structure of the ACT Public Service, which underpinned the whole operation and has responded so well during the recovery phase, is fundamentally very sound. Readers need to recognise this when reflecting on the search for improvement that pervades most of the report.
The recommendations made in this report will considerably strengthen the ACT community’s capacity to withstand and recover from serious emergencies including bushfires, in the future. The Government has already made a number of decisions that involve commitment to expend considerable sums of money on improving the operational capability of the emergency service organisations. The Inquiry’s recommendations, if adopted, will involve additional expenditure.
Finally, a word about the people involved. The individual government officials, employees and volunteers spared nothing in terms of their personal commitment during a long and difficult crisis, then as soon as the crisis had passed they had to cope with the demands and complexities of the recovery phase. After that, the investigators started to come along, forcing many of them to relive the experience, asking them to try to reconstruct events from their sometimes blurry recollection, and requiring them to respond to a myriad of hypothetical, and possibly at times irritating, propositions. The Inquiry is full of admiration for the way those people it dealt with who occupied positions of responsibility or authority during the fires continued to respond to the changing challenges of an event that is, in different ways, very much still the focus of their attention.
Any criticism directed at individuals because of the role they were required to perform is in no way intended to question their integrity or their honesty in doing what they felt in the circumstances was the right thing to do at the time.
File name: 10_03_000168b
Binder label: Meat
Title: Public estimation - how is this for high [back]
Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 8 cm.
Genre: Advertising cards
Subject: Swine; Pails; Drinking vessels; Corn; Oil & fats
Notes: Title from item. Item verso is blank.
Statement of responsibility: N. K. Fairbank & Co.
Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions.
This is a great example, in my estimation, of how striking the fujifilm colours are right out of the camera. - Clovermead Adventure Farm is a heritage honey farm in Aylmer, Ontario. Clovermead is also home to a family play ground and animal farm.
Direct from my Fujifilm X-100S.
Coming 2017: A return to film.
Coming 2018: Night Photography.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantryman Spc. Sean Tighe, assigned to B Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, a native of South Yarmouth, Mass., performs push-ups as 1SG Landon Sahagun, B Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, a native of Jasper, Ala., counts his repetitions during the Expert Infantryman Badge testing on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantryman Sgt. John Hately, a native of Fort Belvoir, Va., assigned to D Company 3rd Battalion (Airborne) 509th Infantry Regiment, calculates his next move during the day land navigation course as a candidate for the Expert Infantryman Badge on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
An urban McDonald's with Drive-Thru in Marseille near Gare Marseille Blancarde and Hôpital de la Timone. Situated on the same site as a Total gas station. This store is open around the clock (Drive-Thru).
/\/\cDonald's Marseille Chave
13, Rue Madon
13005 MARSEILLE
Tél: 04.91.92.36.02
Featuring: 24/24 Drive-Thru
Store#: 0363
Date of opening: unknown (estimation: mid 1990's)
4 photos of Venus (taken during February and March 2017 after the maximum eastern elongation in January 2017) combined. I was going to use my images and decided to create this illustration. You can see the phase and angular size changes together with planet motion above south-western horizon (just my estimation).
Phase changes: 36,3% -> 9,8%
Angular size changes: 33" -> 52.5"
^ which is, actually, more than Jupiter! (43" !)
Afocal shots,
Celestron Powerseeker 50AZ refractor,
Magnification 48x & Camera optical zoom 6x
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantrymen assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division march to the start of the day land navigation course of Expert Infantryman Badge qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantryman Spc. James Doyle, a native of Modesto, Calif., assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division waits in line before an Army Physical Fitness Test as a candidate for the Expert Infantryman Badge on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
I'm really warming up to this figure now. At first it was my second-to-least favourite of the new range, but it really shot up in my estimation. Must be the pipes.
Travel - Pics on the Move. Alphen aan den Rijn - Hengelo vv., 19-07-2011
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Noise Fit, Estimation Error and a Sharpe Information Criterion. Paulsen, Söhl arxiv.org/abs/1602.06186 #q-fin
1er vol 27 novembre 2000
Coût unitaire> 20 millions de dollars (estimation 2013)1
Moteur Turbomeca Makila 2A12 2 382 ch
Diamètre du rotor16,20 m
Longueur19,50 m
Hauteur4,60 m
MTOW 5 670 kg
Carburant • Interne : 1 538 kg3
• Additionnel : de 243 à 1 875 kg
Maximale11 200 kg
324 km/h
Plafond 6 095 m
Distance de convoyage 1 325 km
Interne 2 mitrailleuses MAG-58 de 7,62 mm
Externe 2 paniers LAU-3/A de 19 roquettes 2,75 pouces
(selon versions)
Escadron d'hélicoptères 1/67 Pyrénées
Timescape Books - this copy book club edition - copyright 1982
No Enemy But Time - Michael Bishop [science fiction 01-06-2020 - 0859]
Author Michael Bishop has accomplished quite an extraordinary feat with this novel. He has taken one of most hoary of old SF themes - time travel - that, in my estimation, has been beaten to death by so many authors and written a thoughtful and engrossing story. His "scientific" rational outlaws tampering with the past or travel to the future - to paraphrase the author how can you go somewhere that's never been?
The protagonist is a young black child abandoned by his destitute Spanish prostitute mother and adopted by an American Military couple. The boy John Monegal is plagued and obsessed by powerful dreams of prehistoric Africa. The dreams continue in intensity and vividness into adolescence. Out of necessity he becomes an unprofessional expert on ancient anthropology through independent study and reading. With persistence and serendipity he confronts the resident "expert" on ancient Africa's human origins and confounds him with his apparent first person knowledge. Eventually the "expert" recruits Monegal and introduces him to a scientist who not only has dreams of his own but has created a well, a time machine.
The story of John Monegal, his family relationships and his recruitment into the Air Force as a test subject in the time machine is detailed in alternate chapters with his adventures and discoveries in ancient Africa. Both story lines and absorbing and keep the pages turning.
I cannot say enough about the narrative skill of this author. He has an uncanny way to make his characters and their predicaments absorbing. One of the most interesting science-fiction novels I have ever read.
彼の名前は、ゴリーザ。捨てられたネコなので年齢はわからないが、推定15歳は越えている。おとなしくて優しい性格で、三毛猫のホームズの面倒をよくみる。年寄りで歯がなく、いつも寝ている。二匹の猫は、東名高速横浜青葉インター近くにある、畑の小屋で仲良く暮らしている。
His name, Goriza. I do not know age because it is cat abandoned, but it is over 15 years of age estimation. Personality and gentle quiet, I take good care of Holmes calico cat. There is no teeth in old, I'm sleeping all the time. In the Tomei Expressway near Yokohama Aoba Inter, two cats are living happily in the cabin of the field.
The United States, with a pavilion at the Dawn Sarsabz Agri Expo, showcased its long-standing support for Pakistan’s agriculture sector. The U.S. Pavilion highlights initiatives to modernize the agriculture sector, improve value chains and market access, increase yields and income for farmers, and ensure the sector’s sustainability. The two-day exhibition in Lahore, inaugurated today at the Expo Center in Johar Town, is open to the public.
“The U.S. Consulate stands ready to assist where we can in facilitating linkages between U.S. and Pakistani companies in the food and agriculture sector,” stated U.S. Consul General in Lahore Zachary Harkenrider at the Agri Expo inaugural session.
The Expo’s U.S. Pavilion features a number of agricultural assistance programs by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) that help build Pakistan’s export capacity, especially in the areas of small and medium-sized agri-businesses and agricultural producers.
Supporting economic growth and agricultural development is a top U.S. priority in Pakistan. USAID agriculture projects help increase employment and incomes. To boost Pakistan’s agricultural productivity, USAID has introduced advanced farming technologies, services, and practices; built additional irrigation infrastructure; and introduced improved water management practices. USAID also assists agribusinesses in Pakistan to form new partnerships and increase their access to financing and more lucrative markets. These programs will augment the expansion of new private sector agriculture investments in Pakistan. Over the past 5 years, USAID projects have increased exports by $52 million, increased sales by $127 million, and leveraged $11 million in new investments.
USDA has partnered with the Government of Pakistan, U.S. land grant universities, and international partners to increase agricultural productivity in Pakistan; build institutional capacities to better regulate animal and plant health and food safety issues; and strengthen institutional research capabilities and U.S.-Pakistani scientific collaboration.
USDA programs promote the adoption of new agricultural practices and technologies, and foster collaboration in the areas of animal disease control, aquaculture, cotton diseases, crop estimation forecasting, watershed management and irrigation technology, improvement of soil fertility, and wheat diseases, among others.
HobbitCon 3, 04.04.2015 Maritim Hotel Bonn, Sylvester McCoy, „Radagast" at "The Hobbit", Pic (C) Jens Fechter
Taken over a distance of about 40 Meters (estimation) from the Gallery.
Picture (C) Jens Fechter. Please don't use without permission!
Food production and supply system contributed more than 90% of the nitrogen originated in south Asian megacities that pollute the surface water. Five megacities of three South Asian countries were considered in this study. These countries are developing and their population is increasing tremendously. All the five megacities are very densely urbanized. A numerical model has been used to calculate the anthropogenic nitrogen load on the environment. FAO statistics on fertilizer consumption and food balance data sheet has been used to calculate the nitrogen load. Human waste plays the vital role in nitrogen production of south Asian megacities. So, in these contexts the nitrogen load for all the study areas extremely harmful for environment and ever increasing population also increased the load of nitrogen on surface water produced from human waste which also very awful for the environment. So, a proper sewage treatment facility is compulsory for all the study areas. Four findings has been identified are; (1) for all three countries, rice and wheat production-supply produce the maximum amount of nitrogen. (2) Though the amount of nitrogen due to fertilizer input more or less same among the countries but amount of produced nitrogen due to human waste is huge in Bangladesh. (3) Moreover, in city scale, the amount of nitrogen due to fertilizer input is maximum in Delhi city and negligible in Kolkata due to an insignificant amount of farmland. (4) Interestingly, the maximum amount of nitrogen load in surface water is in Kolkata city due to human waste but Mumbai and Dhaka shows a medium amount of nitrogen load. This can give the estimation for city wise untreated nitrate content and this is necessary for the capacity development of existing sewerage treatment plant as well as the establishment of new plants.
Author Details:
Syeda Jesmin Haque
Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Hiroshima University, Japan and Assistant Director, Geological Survey of Bangladesh, Room#415, 153 Pioneer Road, Segunbagicha, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
Prof. Dr. Shin-ichi Onodera
Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Dr. Yuta Shimizu
Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
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... the population of the Island according to present estimation amounts to somewhat above eight hundred souls. These principally consist of substantial farmers and their dependants and families who live together in that harmony and primeval simplicity which attended the relation of master and servant in the patriarchal times ... the principal branch of trade carried on in the Island is that of making salt. There is a very fine salt work in the north and another in the south parish and there are three others in the Island ...
Examination and self-evaluation of finger joint motion can be performed by with paper strips. This simple method of goniometry can be used to check the status or progress of joint motion in hand conditions which result in loss of motion of the hand fingers: osteoarthritis, tendon injuries, joint stiffness due to intraarticular fractures, infections. The technique involves drawing of joint angles. Valdas Macionis, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Vilnius, Lithuania.
References
1. Macionis V. A technique for graphical recording of range of motion using an improvised paper goniometer. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2011;24(4):374-7.
2. Macionis V. Is diagrammatic goniometry feasible for finger ROM evaluation and self-evaluation? Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 2013;471(6):1894-903. Open access at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706675/pdf/11999_20...
3. Macionis V. Reliability of the standard goniometry and diagrammatic recording of finger joint angles: a comparative study with healthy subjects and non-professional raters. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2013;14:17. Open access at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3557198/pdf/1471-247...
4. Macionis V. Self-regulated frequent power pinch exercises: a non-orthotic technique for the treatment of old mallet deformity. Journal of Hand Therapy. 2015;28(4):433-6.
On this map, there is no Panama state. So, it should be older than 1903. But I'm confused because this doesn't match the age of the Balkan Peninsula map, which should be from between 1908-1912, by my estimation.
Back in the 1980s, US flooded Afghanistan with weapons to help fight the USSR. These same weapons turned against us after the 1990s. Similar situation is developing in Ukraine where many of the Western weapons systems (60% at one estimation) given to Ukraine to fight the Russians are ending up on the black market!
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I feel blessed when I see Sandhill Cranes, much less photograph them. It lifts me up in the most amazing way, and I am ever in awe of their beauty, movements and interactions. This is a photo of Cherry, taken by my estimation a week before she and Classic would start sitting the nest. Classic does most of the sitting. He’s a diligent dad and mate. They are not nesting on the property where I work this year. We’ve had a lot more ducks nesting and hanging out in the ponds, including a Hooded Merganser family. Lots of other birds are frequenting the property as well, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy Egret, White Ibis, Little Blue and Lesser Blue Herons. I got a decent photo of the Merganser family I will post.
Spring is in full swing here in Central FL. So many birds are nesting. This morning as I was leaving for work, I startled what I think was pair of grackles that had come in our garage to grab some fuzzie/dust bunnies/spider-webby fluff for its nest. My hubby thinks they are trying to build a nest IN the garage. As quaint as that is, it’s messy, so we’re keeping the garage door closed.
The Lakewood Osprey pair are nesting, but I’ve seen no sign of a nest for the Rayas pair behind the Mexican restauarnt. The owner of the restaurant told me he found one electrocuted. Maybe it was one of the parents. Life is definitely hazardous for urban wildlife. I’m glad I have photos of them in all their glory, and I’ll keep hoping I’ll see them or their offspring in that area.
*Special Note: Dear Craniacs and Flickr Friends! I am alive and kicking, and getting back to jumping out of my car with my camera, or running outside when I see or hear something. Life and work are extra busy, and we’ve had some family stuff. All is well, but I was stretched extra thin for a few months. Thanks for Flickr Mailing me to make sure I was okay. I’m going to try to log some Flickr time at least once a week so people aren’t checking the obituaries for me. Love and Hugs! =o)
The Craniac
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Engravings of apparatus for various laboratory chemical analyses.
Chemical Analysis by G.Newth 1914.
Quantitative and Qualitative analysis for Secondary and University students.
Published by Longmans Green & Co, London. Green boards 476 pages 13cm x 19cm.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantryman Spc. David Torres, assigned to C Company 1st Battalion (Airborne) 501st Infantry Regiment, a native of Orlando, Fla., waits to be inspected for contraband before beginning the day land navigation course portion of Expert Infantryman Badge qualification on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)
The exact number of people who are displaced as a result of the mounting attacks, repression and fighting in northeastern Nigeria has not been established. Figures vary from 650 000 to 3.3 million internally displaced people.
On ignore le nombre exact de personnes qui ont fui l’intensification de la violence, de la répression et des combats dans le nord-est du Nigéria. Les estimations varient entre 650 000 et 3,3 millions de personnes déplacées à l'intérieur du pays.
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CUMBERLAND ROLLER MILLS, J. E. McClelland & Co., Proprietors.—This productive enterprise has for ages held, and doubtless will for ages to come, hold the most important position in public estimation in all manufacturing and productive enterprises. This mill is recognized as not only the leading establishment of this class in the county, but takes rank with the best flouring mills in Eastern Ohio. The enterprise was inaugurated in 1883. In 1886 it was re-organized on its present basis. The building is especially designed and erected for their present purpose, and are fully equipped with the best improved machinery throughout, consisting of entire roller process appliances for the gradual reduction of wheat to the finest grade of family and baker's flour known to the trade or consumers. The mill has a capacity of 80 barrels of flour per day. The leading brands here produced find a ready sale with the trade and consumers, in addition to custom grinding and exchange. The firm are dealers in grain, meal and mill feed. Mr. McClelland is noticed elsewhere in connection with our mercantile interests.
BRACKEN & McCLELLAND, General Merchandise.—Not only as one of the most extensive commercial concerns of the county, but also one whose enterprise contributes largely to the trade interests of this place, is this house entitled to special notice. The house had its origin over a quarter of a century ago and was started under the firm name of Holmes & Stranahan, succeeded by Mr. A. Holmes. In 1880 the firm became Holmes & McClelland, Mr. Holmes retiring in 1887. Mr. Bracken was admitted to partnership, since which time the business has been conducted under the present firm name. The individual members are J. M. Bracken and J. E. McClelland. Mr. McClelland is one of the largest operators in wool in this section, buying all the wool that is offered every year at the highest ruling rates. He is also engaged in milling operations under the firm name of J. E. McClelland & Co., noticed elsewhere in this work. The premises occupied embrace a fine business room 22 x 70 feet in dimensions, besides cellar and ware-room, and the stock carried comprehends foreign and American dry goods, men's piece goods, hats and caps, ready-made clothing for men and boys, furnishing goods, boots and shoes, groceries, provisions and country produce, tobaccos, cigars, notions, etc. As one of the most influential factors in the business thrift of this section of the country, this house and its associates hold a leading place and justly merit the extended notice here accorded.
SENECAVILLE.
THE business activity and enterprise of the citizens of this place merit public attention, while the pleasant location, natural and agricultural advantages, cheap fuel, healthful situation and excellent shipping facilities make it a pleasant place of residence, and are suggestive inducements as a location for manufacturing enterprises. It is situated on the Cincinnati, Wheeling & New York Railroad twelve miles distant from the county seat, and contains a population of about 600 inhabitants. Fine quarries of lime stone are operated here, giving employment to a large force of men. The Co-operation Coal company is one of the important features of the place, in giving employment, also, to many men. Other mines are opened, and the coal trade amounts to no inconsiderable sum. Lime stone is shipped in large quantities to various sections of the country. Senecaville contains four church buildings and a fine graded school, with telegraph and express offices. It has a good cornet band, and a well edited and managed local paper. See editorials and Business Directory.
A. LANGHEAD, Groceries, Provisions, Notions, Confectionaries, Etc.—Mr. Langhead, who for more than 10 years has been engaged in business here, is a native of this township, where he was born in 1848. When but 15 years of age he ran away from home and entered the Union army under an assumed name that he might elude any effort on the part of others to release him from the service. He was a member of the 9th Ohio cavalry, serving during the whole war, participating in many of the most eventful scenes and struggles of those historic times. He occupies a fine business room 20 x 60 feet in dimensions, besides cellar, and in addition to a choice line of staple and fancy groceries, provisions, country produce, tobaccos, cigars, etc., carries a large stock of notions, toys and fancy articles, useful, beautiful and ornamental, suited to old and young, male or female, rich or poor, for town or country, meriting the most liberal public consideration.
JOHN PRALL, Practical Roofer, Manufacturer of Tinware, Etc.—Mr. Prall is a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, and was born December 20th, 1828. He learned his trade at Pittsburg with Dunlap & Co., and during the war of the Rebellion was one of the men who, in 1861, enlisted in the Union army in defense of the nation's honor. He first enlisted as a member of Co. "A," 9th Virginia Infantry, serving with distinction and credit until July 2d, 1865, when he received his honorable discharge, having become, by re-enlistment, one of the First Regiment, Virginia veterans. He has had a practical experience of 40 years at his present business, and has been a resident of this State for the past 10 years. He established his shop here in 1883, and has already demonstrated his ability to meet its requirements in the most efficient manner. Mr. Prall carries in stock tin, copper and sheet-iron ware, house furnishing goods, etc., and as a practical roofer is prepared to do slate, tin or metal roofing and all general job work pertaining to the business upon the lowest terms, consistent with promptness and first-class workmanship.
G. M. YARNELL, Druggist and Pharmacist, Jeweler, Etc.—Among the prominent and reliable business houses of this place we notice especially the well stocked establishment of Mr. G. M. Yarnell, which is 17 x 30 feet in size, fitted up in modern style, with counter and side cases filled with a well selected stock of pure drugs and chemicals, all popular and reliable patent medicines, perfumeries and toilet articles, druggist sundries, notions and fancy goods, school books and stationery, watches, clocks and jewelry, spectacles and eye glasses, while special attention is given in the prescription department to the careful compounding of physician's prescriptions and family recipes from the purest ingredients. The house ranks among the best and most reliable of its class in this section of the country.
L. S. McFARLAND, Shipper and Dealer in Leaf Tobacco.—Tobacco, as an article of commerce, looms up among the important branches of industry in the United States. Mr. McFarland is a native and life-long resident of this place. His office and ware-house is located here, where he is prepared to give the highest ruling prices for well cured leaf tobacco in large or small quantities. He has been established in this business here seven years, and is well and favorably known.
ALLEN HOUSE, F. B. Allen, Proprietor.—There is rarely found, outside of our larger cities, a house of public entertainment whose luxurious furnishings and the comforts of home are so perfectly assured to guests as they are found at the Allen House. Mr. F. B. Allen is a native of this county, where he was born in 1852. He was reared upon the farm and engaged chiefly in agricultural pursuits and stock raising up to 1882, when he located, and soon after engaged in his present business. The premises occupied are conveniently arranged and handsomely furnished for the entertainment of the best class of traveling public on reasonable terms. The culinary department and care of the interior is under the supervision of Mrs. Allen. In addition to the hotel interests Mr. Allen devotes time and attention to the buying and selling of fine horses. Thoroughly familiar with the horse in all his traits, his judgment and representation in all matters pertaining to this animal can be relied upon. For a stylish roadster or a good reliable family horse he has special admiration, and will buy or sell, as occasion requires.
From Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: The five wits. Common sense, imagination, fantasy, estimation, and memory. Common sense is the outcome of the five senses; imagination is the "wit" of the mind; fantasy is imagination united with judgment; estimation estimates the absolute, such as time, space, locality, and so on; and memory is the "wit" of recalling past events.
From Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing: "Four of his five wits went halting off."
We're Here! playing with our Five wits.
2011 .. White Feral Goose and Graylag Goose at Western Springs Park Auckland New Zealand ..
Sony dSLT a55v at 1/1000 1600iso with Sony 55-200 mm lens f4.5-5.6 SAM at f7.1 70mm
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The Domesticated Goose: It has increased greatly in size and fecundity from its ancester, the Greylag Goose, but almost the only change in plumage is that tame geese are bred to lose the darker tints of the wild bird, and are more or less marked with white - being often wholly of that colour. From the times of the Romans, white geese have been held in great estimation, and hence, doubtless, they have been preferred as breeding stock
Normally the number of eggs laid by red-tailed hawks depends on the available food supply, but this pair did not make correction on the draught. Their main food are gophers, but the worse the draught gets, the drier the soil becomes, the less gophers there are.
At first there were three chicks. In my estimation the first one hatched on May 16 or 17, and I'd say the third one hatched a 5-7 days later. At first everything seemed to be fine, but then on June second I observed an aggression of the oldest chick towards the youngest one. On June third the aggression got worse. It was not even associated with the feeding anymore. June third was the last day I observed the third chick... The third chick was either killed or intimidated to such an extend that he even stopped asking for food...In any case he's gone. This kind of behavior is called siblicide. Siblicide is common in some birds species but relatively rare in red-tailed hawks.
Two surviving chicks are doing OK, but not because there are more gophers there now. No, not at all. There's a man who feeds the hawks and their babies with Safeway chicken legs, frozen rats, and who knows what else. He simply waves the food he brings in front of the male (dad) hawk, where the latest is sitting at a street lamp, and then drops it to the ground. The hawk needs no other invitation. He flies down, takes the food brought for him, and sometimes eats it himself, but most of the times takes to the nest, where the female (mom) eats it herself and feeds the chicks. with it.
And now I'd like to ask you a question: Do you believe these baby hawks should be helped by humans in order to survive?
My own opinion is: no, they should not, and not only because feeding wildlife is illegal under California law. Here are my other reasons why hawks should not be fed by humans:
1. Safeway chicken legs are not healthy food either for adults or for chicks. Hawks need all elements found in live prey they normally consume to remain healthy.
2. The male hawk practically stopped hunting, and completely depends on that man for food. Would he resume hunting, when the feeding stops, or he would always be a pigeon in hawk's feather?
3.What is going to happen when the chicks fledge? There will not be more gophers than there are now. Would that man keep feeding hawks?
4.Scientists state that more than half of fledglings die in the first year of their life. I believe that the chicks I'm talking about would have even smaller chance to survive in the wild because their food supply is not healthy and because I do not think they would have any opportunity to learn how to hunt live prey.
5. I've read that hawks who are fed by humans could become aggressive towards people.
6. I believe people should let the Nature to take its own course. When people intervene, they only make matter worse.
This picture is #312 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
I was walking through a crowd with another photographer. My job was to “show her the ropes” in approaching strangers. In my estimation, the crowd was too thick to approach someone. Also we were in bright light – no good.
But several yards ahead, Stacy was headed our way. Her looks were SO distinctive that I hated to let the chance slip by. And suddenly a magic cloud appeared, so before I could even warn my photographer friend, I found myself asking for a portrait. She gave a mouth-closed smile and said OK. I could not back up as far as I would have liked because of the number of people, but I was able to get most (drat, not all!) of her scarf. I usually prefer cropping square, but to get the scarf, vertical seemed best.
Stacy is from Wisconsin and is DELIGHTED to be in Florida. She said, “I like being photographed.” Why am I not surprised?
Thank you, Stacy, for allowing me to photograph you for the 100 Strangers Flickr group.
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Zuiko 45mm f1.8 @ f2.2
1/1260 sec.
ISO 200
BXL_?? [? points]
A yellow red-eyed space invader on black background on a very cosy spot in the center of the European capital.
Date of invasion: unknown (Estimation: March 2012, first seen on Flickr on 19/03/2012 on Cityplug Be)
[Visited this space invader 3 days after first appearance on the internet]
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There are baldies all over the place - that's how! For most of the guys in our group, the only place that they ever see our national symbol is when they visit this lake in Canada. Ironic, isn't it?
In my estimation, I took approximately 200 pictures of eagles in the last week but this one is my favorite of the lot.
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Parachute infantrymen assigned to U.S. Army Alaska's 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) 25th Infantry Division line up in formation before the 2-mile run portion of the Army Physical Fitness test as candidates for the Expert Infantryman Badge on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Monday, April 22, 2013. The Expert Infantryman Badge was approved by the Secretary of War on October 7, 1943, and is currently awarded to U.S. Army personnel who hold infantry or special forces military occupational specialties. (U.S. Air Force photo/Justin Connaher)