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To replace various helicopters in service at the time, namely the SH-34 Seahorse, the US Navy awarded Sikorsky a contract to develop a helicopter that would combine several roles into one airframe: hunter/killer antisubmarine warfare, cargo transport, and search and rescue. It would also have to be capable of amphibious operations and had to be able to operate from smaller ships as well as aircraft carriers. Sikorsky’s HSS-2 Sea King was the response, and it first flew in March 1959. The HSS-2 had a distinctive “boat” hull for water landings, including flotation bags in the sponsons, good visibility from the cockpit, and a folding tail section for stowage. In the antisubmarine role, the HSS-2 was equipped with a dipping sonar unreeled from the forward hull, 21 sonobuoys, and a MAD “bird” capable of being deployed from the port sponson. In 1962, the type’s designation was changed to SH-3A.
The SH-3 would remain in US Navy service for the next 50 years. During Vietnam, it operated in plane guard duties for carriers, the first aircraft to launch and the last to recover; it also served in SAR duties from the carriers and smaller ships, flying over water and often over land to rescue downed pilots. In this role, the SH-3 is probably responsible for the rescue of more people than any other aircraft type. Dedicated SAR helicopters often were equipped with heavy or light machine guns. Other versions were converted to UH-3 utility helicopters (for vertical replenishment and light cargo duties) and VH-3 VIP transports. The latter were the last Sea Kings in US service.
The US Navy began replacing the aging SH-3 following the First Gulf War, with ASW/SAR SH-3s mostly gone from fleet service by 1997. Cargo and utility variants remained in service until 2006. Besides its service in the US armed forces, Sea Kings were heavily exported to 17 air forces, including license-built versions made by Westland (Sea Kings), United Aircraft of Canada (CH-124), Agusta (AS-61), and Mitsubishi (HSS-2); foreign variants are used both in traditional roles for the Sea King, as well as antishipping duties, troop transports, minesweeping, and even airborne early warning. It remains in service worldwide.
Though not a particularly great picture of a SH-3, it was taken by my dad on the way home from Vietnam. The USS Yorktown (CVS-10) was headed back to Yokosuka and then Long Beach at the end of a long WESTPAC deployment. This SH-3 has just taken off and is getting ready to move into position as plane guard for flight operations, while the destroyers in the background do the same. The SH-3 is almost certainly from HS-4, assigned to the Yorktown at the time.
For a 52 year old photograph, the colors have held up well.
Gotta wonder about this, an emergency exit on a city bus. In the roof. The sides are all windows. I guess it might be useful if we crashed into an ocean, but we're in Ohio and 35 miles from even Lake Erie.
Can't be to careful, I guess. Flotation devices are next, I'm sure.
U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command conduct water survival training with U.S. Army soldiers from JTF-Bravo Medical Element at Soto Cano Air Base, June 13, 2017. This week-long training class went over different survival techniques, swimming tips, uniform flotation methods and physical training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Scott Thompson/released)
Sun 27 June 2010 - Margate Raft Race from Nayland Rock to Harbour. - The Bay, Margate Main Sands. - The Madhouse Bar team (or simply mad) live up to their name by capsizing and having to swim home towing their raft.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
Geoffrey Donald Grout, 21, was an ordinary seaman in HMS Forfar killed on December 2, 1940. He was the son of Frederick and Maud Grout of nearby Holt.
HMS Forfar was a large armed merchant cruiser torpedoed and sunk on December 2, 1940. Such vessels had their hold spaces packed with flotation material to keep them bouyant. The Forfar required five torpedoes to sink her.
Regretably there are too many Smiths to trace Leslie Smith with any certainty.
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St.Mary's Church at Baconsthorpe was a chance discovery for me as I was leaving Baconsthorpe Castle. There has been a church on this site since Saxon times and the Domesday survey of 1086 records there was a church attached to the lordship of Robert Grenon and endowed with 30 acres of land, 80 sheep and 40 goats.
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The earliest parts of the present church are 13th century but are said to stand on Saxon foundations. Beside the altar is an early Perpendicular piscina of circa 1250. Two arcades of the nave nearest the chancel are Decorated style of about 1290 to 1350 AD.
On the north side of the chancel is a 15th century Easter Sepulchre, one of only three remaining in Norfolk. The other two are at Kelling and Northwood.
The church is built from flint and freestone. The square western tower collapsed in 1739 damaging the nave and the font. The tower was not restored until 1788. A parish record of 1768 mentions a churchwarden who never put the parish to any expense over a period of 40 years. As a consequence, also in 1768, the church was described as in a very ruinous and in a deplorable state and it explains why it took so long to get the tower restored.
The church guide states the church interior was 'unsympathetically' restored in 1869 at a cost of £1,300 when the box pews of 1700 were replaced along with most of the woodwork.
The church had - one one time - two fonts. One was donated to a Norwich church in 1955 to replace a font destroyed during the Second World War. When the present font was erected in its current position it subsided because it had been put over a coffin under the pavement. When the coffin was investigated it was found to be elaborately fitted, covered in crimosn velvet and highly ornamented.
S69-27925 (13 March 1969) --- The Apollo 9 spacecraft, with astronauts James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart aboard, floats in the Atlantic immediately after splashdown. Moments later the three crewmen were picked up by a helicopter and flown to the deck of the USS Guadalcanal, prime recovery ship for the Apollo 9 10-day Earth-orbital space mission. Splashdown occurred at 12:00:53 p.m. (EST), March 13, 1969, only 4.5 nautical miles from the USS Guadalcanal. Just after this picture was taken U.S. Navy underwater demolition team swimmers were dropped into the water to assist in the recovery operations, including attaching a flotation collar to the spacecraft.
I don't want the mast sinking in case of a capsize.
The upper section has a pipe insulation noodle stuffed in it.
Can't do that for the bottom section with all the hardware installed, so the ends are sealed instead. Two big corks are malleted in at the top. Not wanting to permanently glue in the bottom plug, an O-ring is used in a filed groove.
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Striker consistently strives to make the best ice suits even better.
StrikerICE Hardwater Jacket. 150g of Thermadex® insulation will keep you in the fight no matter how low the temps go. Featuring a rugged Endura shell throughout the body and our signature 320D nylon across the shoulders, you will quickly notice the increased mobility of this jacket. New tackle-friendly features like the Line Cutterz® Zipper Pull and a designated magnetic assist Forceps Holder set the Hardwater Jacket apart from the competition. Loaded with Sureflote® Flotation Assist tech and surrounded with 360-degree reflective material, this jacket is the perfect marriage of safe and warm. Too much gear? No problem. With a total of 9 pockets on the front of the jacket, combined with our new low-profile side entry storage compartment on the back makes the Hardwater Jacket a gear junkie’s best friend.
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Sureflote® is made from expanded low-density polyethylene foam that traps air in closed cells constructed into multi-layer membranes to create internal air pockets for added buoyancy. The Sureflote® membrane is moisture resistant and provides superior user mobility and added protection in the extreme cold. The combined jacket and pant/bib with Sureflote® provide flotation assistance for up to two hours for an average person. Just the bib or jacket will give you buoyancy and you will not float upside down while wearing just the bib.
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Hardwater Bibs are your armor. You strap them on before you go to work, and you don’t take them off until the job is finished. They combat dirt and rocks at the landing, and fight off water and ice on the lake, all while keeping you warmer than your buddies. Hardwater bibs are smart tech, wrapped in a 600D Endura shell that allows you to never hesitate when hooking up a sled, kneeling in slush, or fixing an ATV in the bitter cold. New tackle-friendly features like the Line Cutterz® Zipper Pull and a designated magnetic assist Forceps Holder set the Hardwater Bib apart from the competition. Rest assured, like all our bibs, there’s enough Sureflote® flotation inside to buoy even the largest of ice-heads. Wear them fearlessly; use them confidently.
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Line Cutterz® Zipper Puller Included
Integrated Forceps Holder
1680D Snakeskin Knee Panels
Extra Heavy Knee and Seat Padding
Adjustable Inseam
Magnetic Storm Flap Closures
Reflective Elements for Added Safety
Removable Hand Wipe Towels
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Returning from its maintenance in Staverton the Scottish Ambulance Service air ambulance paid a refreshments visit to our airbase in Blackpool en route back up North. The air ambulances in Scotland are part of the NHS ambulance service that also includes fixed wing capability give the nature of the terrain and multiple remote locations and islands - note the flotation devices on this aircraft. They were welcome visitors on the way back home.
The name Daimler is used by two completely separate groups of car manufacturers. The history of both enterprises can be traced back to the German engineer Gottlieb Daimler who built the first four-wheeled car in 1889.
Cannstatt
This German business, initially operating at Cannstatt near Stuttgart, was the origin of the business variously known as Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft from 1890 to 1926, Daimler-Benz from 1926 to 1998, DaimlerChrysler from 1998 to 2007 and now Daimler AG or Daimler Germany, which has also manufactured vehicles since the 1890s but no cars with the name Daimler since 1908.
The British business was begun by engineer F R Simms who was Hamburg born-and-raised though of English parents. Simms was impressed by Daimler’s motor when supervising construction of an aerial cableway of Simms own design for the Bremen Exhibition in 1889. Daimler, an ardent Anglophile, had spent from autumn 1860 to summer 1862 working in England then regarded as “the motherland of technology”. Simms’ then wife was Austrian. The two men became firm friends though Simms was near thirty years younger.
Simms first introduced Daimler’s motors to England in 1890 to power launches. At the beginning of 1891 (agreement dated 18 February 1891) he obtained British (and British Empire) rights for the Daimler patents and he founded Simms & Co consulting engineers in June 1891. His Daimler related work was later moved into his company called The Daimler Motor Syndicate Limited formed 26 May 1893.
On 7 June 1895 Simms told his own board he wished to form a company to be known as The Daimler Motor Company Limited (DMC) to acquire both the right to use the name Daimler and the British rights to the Daimler patents. It would manufacture Daimler motors and cars in England. In July 1895 he arranged an agency for the Daimler-powered Panhard & Levassor cars in Britain. Simms asked his good friend Daimler to be consulting engineer to the new Company.
Simms was approached on 15 October 1895 by H J Lawson of The British Motor Syndicate Limited. Lawson wanted to arrange the public flotation of the proposed new company (and acquire a large shareholding for his British Motor Syndicate). Welcomed by Simms the negotiations proceeded on the basis that this new company, DMC, should acquire The Daimler Motor Syndicate Limited as a going concern including the name and patent rights.
Gottlieb Daimler and Maybach had withdrawn from Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to concentrate on cars. Now, towards the end of 1895, without Daimler and Maybach, DMG was drifting towards bankruptcy. Because agreement was needed from all the former partners to the transfer of the licences to the new English company Simms offered to pay DMG £17,100 for that transfer on the condition that Daimler and Maybach rejoined DMG. This was agreed in November 1895, when it was considered ‘no mean feat’ that Simms had managed to obtain Daimler’s signature to the proposed re-amalgamation, and the Daimler-Maybach car business re-merged with DMG’s. Daimler was appointed DMG’s General Inspector and Maybach chief Technical Director. At the same time Simms became a director of DMG but did not become a director of the London company.
On 14 January 1896 Lawson incorporated The Daimler Motor Company Limited. A prospectus was issued on 15 February. The subscription lists opened on 17 February and closed on 18 February, oversubscribed. It bought The Daimler Motor Syndicate Limited as a going concern. One of Lawson’s associates had for sale an empty four-storey cotton mill in Coventry which DMC promptly purchased and that is how the British motor industry came to begin in Coventry
In mid 1900 Frederick Simms, as a director of the German company, proposed a Daimler union between Coventry and Cannstatt but nothing came of the proposal.
Aristocrat and car dealer Emil Jellinek had legal problems selling German Daimlers in France, Panhard-Levassor also used the name as they used German Daimler engines. Jellinek proposed to Daimler Germany that he would place a large order if they would make a car for him that bore his daughter's name, Mercedes. Daimler Germany now recognized they shared their right to the name Daimler with many others and to avoid further legal action the name Mercedes was adopted in 1902 for all the cars built by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft itself. The name Daimler was last used for a German-built car in 1908.
The Vienna Austro-Daimler business has survived as Steyr-Daimler-Puch, despite being absorbed by General Dynamics in 2003.
In February 1891 Cannstatt loaned Simms a motorboat with a 2 hp engine and an extra engine and in June, named Cannstatt, it began running on the Thames from Putney. Simms had set up a London office at 49 Leadenhall Street and, later, works premises on the Thames at Eel Pie Island where Pears Soap had been making electric motors. The launch business rapidly gained momentum.
At the June 1895 board meeting Simms detailed his plans to form The Daimler Motor Company Limited and to build a brand-new factory, incorporating light rail, for 400 workmen making Daimler Motor Carriages. He then proudly produced the first car licence, for a 3½hp Panhard & Levassor (later referred to as a ‘Daimler Motor Carriage’). Bought in France by Evelyn Ellis, who had three Daimler motor launches moored by his home at Datchet, it was landed at Southampton on 3 July and driven by Ellis to Micheldever near Winchester where he met Simms and they drove to Datchet. Ellis later drove it on to Malvern. This was the first long journey by motorcar in Britain. Simms firmed up his plans for the new company and new factory selecting a six-acre site at
Motor Mills, Daimler's office block
Sandy Lane, Coventry
Then, unexpectedly, Simms received Lawson’s proposal to purchase The Daimler Motor Syndicate as a going concern. It was promptly accepted. The purchase was completed on 27 March 1896 and Lawson took control. Simms was appointed consulting engineer to the new company but was not to be on the board of directors, possibly because he had become a director of the Cannstatt company. The Coventry mills were purchased and named Motor Mills. A deal was concluded with Panhard & Levassor in which the Cannstatt company would receive a commission of 10% on British sales.[2] 1896 passed with car sales limited to imported Panhard and Peugeot cars. Aside from engines Cannstatt seemed unable to supply ordered components or specially commissioned working drawings. Four experimental cars were built and some (redesigned in detail) Daimler engines.
The first Coventry Daimler-engined product made its maiden run on 2 March 1897.[2] By mid-year they were producing three of their own cars a week and producing Léon Bollée cars under licence. The first car left the works in January 1897, fitted with a Panhard engine, followed in March by Daimler engined cars. Lawson claimed to have made 20 cars by July 1897 making the Daimler Britain's first motor car to go into serial production, an honour that is also credited to Humber motors who had also displayed, but in their case their production models, at the Stanley Cycle Show in London in 1896. The Daimlers had a twin-cylinder, 1526 cc engine, mounted at the front of the car, four-speed gearbox and chain drive to the rear wheels.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
S65-10119 (1 Feb. 1965) --- The Gemini-6 prime crew, astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot; and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, are pictured in a Gemini spacecraft, with flotation collar attached, during water egress training at Ellington Air Force Base, Texas. Photo credit: NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
The Double D Pool is so called because it sits on Douglas and Degraw in Boerum Hill. It has both a large swimming pool and a good-sized kiddie pool that you can get in with your toddler or baby.
Douglas and DeGraw
Thomas Greene Playground
Third Avenue and Nevins Street
Setting: Outdoors
Type: Wading
(718) 625-3268
Dimensions: 24' x 24' x 1'
Douglas and DeGraw
Thomas Greene Playground
Third Avenue and Nevins Street
Setting: Outdoors
Type: Intermediate
(718) 625-3268
Dimensions: 75' x 60' x 3' 10"
No flotation devices except full-body flotation suits allowed.
Master locks required for lockers.
Only Towel, book, sunglasses, lotion allowed on Pool deck. No toys, no strollers, no phones. NYC Public outdoor pools open during public school summer vacation.
NYPD officer on duty.
Such a tedious process to cook this stuff!
This fish maw was quite thick, about 7mm when dehydrated.
1. Soak overnight to rehydrate. The texture at this stage is rubbery, but not sticky.
2. 出水 Blanch in boiling water with slices of ginger. I didn't have ginger, so I substituted orange peel and spring onion, both of which are commonly used in Chinese cooking to get rid of fishy smells. After blanching, the collagen is starting to be release, with the fish maw slightly sticky to the touch.
3. Boil in chicken or pork soup until tender. In this case, 2 hours in a vacuum pot wasn't enough, so I simmered it for another hour and a half.
Apart from boiling chicken in the soup, I also added ginger, and 红枣 Chinese red dates. After 2 hours in the vacuum pot, the soup had been tainted with a slight fishiness and a musty gamey flavour. To counter this, I used a tablespoon of white peppercorns, cracked, and some 陈皮 dried mandarin peel, all in a muslin bag, and added it to the soup for the final hour and a half. The resulting soup was nice and peppery, a typical style of soup used to cook pig stomach.
The final texture of the fish maw was softer than marshmallow, barely keeping it's form. It shouldn't be chewy with the bite of soft pasta.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
Alan B. Shepard High School student Mike Prokop demonstrates the team's Rube Goldberg machine for the judges. The team used a flotation device to dispense hand sanitizer into the red-sleeved fake plastic hand at left.
Argonne held its annual Rube Goldberg machine contest on Friday, March 12, 2010, at Navy Pier.
Rube Goldberg machine contests are inspired by Reuben Lucius Goldberg, whose cartoons combined simple household items into complex devices to perform trivial tasks. The machines combine the principles of physics and engineering, using common objects such as marbles, mousetraps, stuffed animals, electric mixers, vacuum cleaners, rubber tubes, bicycle parts and anything else that happens to be on hand.
Rube Goldberg” is a registered trademark and copyright of Rube Goldberg, Inc.
Image by Wes Agresta / Argonne National Laboratory.
Sun 27 June 2010 - Margate Raft Race from Nayland Rock to Harbour. - The Bay, Margate Main Sands. - Class B and Overall Winners Barnacles leading across the bay.
An aircrew aboard an MH-65C Dolphin helicopter, from Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, raises the basket from a Customs and Border Patrol Office of Air and Marine boatcrew aboard a 38-foot Secure Around Flotation Equipped boat in Lake Huron, July 30, 2013.
Air Station Detroit practices hoist training with other Coast Guard units regularly,but this was the first time this operation has been done with a CBP small boat.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Randy Beauchamp
Beech Fork Lake hosted its annual cleanup event last month and approximately 40 volunteers collected enough garbage to fill 258 enormous trash bags and 54 old tires from the lake and surrounding recreation area.
Natural Resources and Recreation Management students from Marshall University,
Wayne High School Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps members and Beech Fork Lake's long-term volunteer hosts were the biggest supporters of the cleanup effort, along with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers and maintenance staff.
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection’s Make It Shine program supplied trash bags, gloves, trash grabbers and garbage hauling services. Great Outdoors and the Beech Fork Lake Marina donated a pontoon boat and personal flotation devices.
Volunteers enjoyed a barbecue after the cleanup.
“We are always grateful for our dedicated volunteers whose cleanup efforts assist in improving the quality of Beech Fork for visitors, wildlife and vegetation through environmental enhancement,” said Zack Abbott, a park ranger at Beech Fork Lake.
Beech Fork Lake is a 720-acre reservoir located near Lavalette in Wayne County, West Virginia. Developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the mid 1970's, Beech Fork Lake is popular among recreational boaters, anglers, hikers and campers. For more information about Beech Fork Lake, call 304.525.4831 or visit corpslakes.usace.army.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?Id=H101280
Such a tedious process to cook this stuff!
This fish maw was quite thick, about 7mm when dehydrated.
1. Soak overnight to rehydrate. The texture at this stage is rubbery, but not sticky.
2. 出水 Blanch in boiling water with slices of ginger. I didn't have ginger, so I substituted orange peel and spring onion, both of which are commonly used in Chinese cooking to get rid of fishy smells. After blanching, the collagen is starting to be release, with the fish maw slightly sticky to the touch.
3. Boil in chicken or pork soup until tender. In this case, 2 hours in a vacuum pot wasn't enough, so I simmered it for another hour and a half.
Apart from boiling chicken in the soup, I also added ginger, and 红枣 Chinese red dates. After 2 hours in the vacuum pot, the soup had been tainted with a slight fishiness and a musty gamey flavour. To counter this, I used a tablespoon of white peppercorns, cracked, and some 陈皮 dried mandarin peel, all in a muslin bag, and added it to the soup for the final hour and a half. The resulting soup was nice and peppery, a typical style of soup used to cook pig stomach.
The final texture of the fish maw was softer than marshmallow, barely keeping it's form. It shouldn't be chewy with the bite of soft pasta.
Members of the class of 2023 participate in the swimming portion of Sea Trials Aug 16, 2019 at the Academy. The swabs had to jump into the pool from the high-dive and then inflate their pants into flotation devices.
This picture was taken a few years ago when I went to West Edmonton Mall for summer vacation. I went snuba diving in a 15 ft. lagoon in the middle of the mall.
CHECK jars, lids and bands for proper functioning. Jars with nicks, cracks, uneven rims or sharp edges may prevent sealing or cause jar breakage. The underside of lids should not have scratches or uneven or incomplete sealing compound as this may prevent sealing. Bands should fit on jars. Wash jars, lids and bands in hot, soapy water. Rinse well. Dry bands.
HEAT home canning jars in hot water, not boiling, until ready for use. Fill a large saucepan or stockpot half-way with water. Place jars in water (filling jars with water from the saucepan will prevent flotation). Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Keep jars hot until ready for use. You may also use a dishwasher to wash and heat jars. Keeping jars hot prevents them from breaking when hot food is added. Leave lids and bands at room temperature for easy handling.
STERILIZATION: You must sterilize your jars and lids by boiling them (though some recipes also suggest sterilizing them in a dishwasher) for 15 minutes before filling them. As long as the glass jars are not cracked, scratched, or compromised in any way, it’s fine to re-use them, however, the tops and lids cannot be used more than once – you must use new ones each time you can. - See more at: civileats.com/2009/07/27/the-art-of-canning-a-how-to/#sth...
PREPARE boiling water bath canner by filling half-full with water and keep water at a simmer while covered with lid until jars are filled and placed in canner. Be sure your rack in resting on the rim of the canner or on the bottom, depending on the type of rack you are using. You don’t necessarily need to purchase a boiling water bath canner if you don’t already have one at home. Most kitchens have pots that can double as boiling water bath canners. A boiling water bath canner is simply a large, deep saucepot equipped with a lid and a rack. The pot must be large enough to fully surround and immerse the jars in water by 1 to 2 inches and allow for the water to boil rapidly with the lid on. If you don’t have a rack designed for home preserving, use a cake cooling rack or extra bands tied together to cover the bottom of the pot.
Why didn't my jars seal? This happens for a few different reasons.
The sealing compound on the lid wasn't fully softened before you applied it.
Was your product piping hot when it went into the jars? If not, there may not have been enough heat in the jar to create the necessary vacuum effect.
The University of Georgia's National Center for Home Food Preservation has tons of great info:
nchfp.uga.edu/publications/publications_uga.html
TOOLS:
Boiling Water Canner or a big stock pot with a lid: ideally 3" deeper than the height of the jars to be covered at least 1" of water while leaving 1-2" for the water to boil.
Canning jars, or mason jars. They must be authentic canning jars that comply with well-established heat processing methods and times.
Jar lids and Screw bands: the flat metal lid has a channel filled with sealing compound. Flat lids are constructed of tin-plated steel that has been protected with food-safe coatings. The underside of the lid has a channel coated with a unique food-safe sealing compound specifically formulated for preserving food at home.
Canning rack (a rack that holds the jars in the canner) or, fasten rings together to form a raised base.
Funnel (for pouring hot liquids into the jars)
Jar lifter (tool you use to grab the hot jars and lift them out of and into the boiling water in the canner) Jar wrench (tool you use to tighten the lids)
Jars, tops, and lids (size will depend on what you’re canning and how you want to preserve it)
Clean dishtowel or two
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Flotation vest clad Los Angeles Firefighters systematically probe and drag for the remains of a man missing in the lake at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on August 18, 2006. His body was later recovered by Police Department divers.
The floatation process was one of the major concentrating methods used in the Argo. Finely-ground ore was combined in a complicated chemical-water-oil-air mixture in such a way that metallic particles floated to the top of the cells. The metallic froth which formed was skimmed off the surface and dried. Through very careful selection and mixing of chemicals, specific metals such as gold could be separated from the rest of the ore.
The Argo Gold Mine and Mill, at 2350 Riverside Dr, is a former mine and gold that opened on April 1, 1913 at the entrance of the 4.6-mile Newhouse Tunnel, later called the Argo Tunnel. The Tunnel was built between 1893 and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russell Gulch, Quartz Hill, Nevadaville, and Central City. The mill, one of the largest and most modern in Colorado, was built by R.E. Shimer to strip the valuable metals like gold, silver, copper and lead from the ore extracted from the tunnel. Following a flooding accident in 1943 that left four miners dead, the tunnel was closed, and Argo Mill ceased operations.
The five-story mill sat abandoned until 1976 when it was purchased by James N. Maxwell, who renovated it and opened it to the public as a museum. The bottom level of the mill serves as a museum displaying mining and milling artifacts, old payroll records, milling receipts, and old photographs. After touring the Dougle Eagle mine, and the Argo Mill, visitors can pan for gold and gems.
National Register #78000836 (1978)
One-month Trip to Georgia, Carolinas & Minnesota, Fall 2008
Photo: Large Labyrinth (wood). Hostel in the Forest
Kyla and I head off on our own mini vacation to the south georgia coast to stay at "hostel in the forest". and to check out St. Simons and Jekyll Islands. The hostel in the forest was an amazing experience. We booked the max - 3 nights. The hostel is located in Brunswick, very near the coast and the main sleeping rooms are tree houses, and the main lounge, kitchen, dining room are a cluster of domes. The hostel was built in the 70s by a man named Tom who still comes around on the weekends - very nice bloke. He built the hostel so he could meet travelers something he couldn't do with a family and a job as a lawyer. The hostel is $20 a night which includes a community meal. The working staff were nice touchy-feely hippie types and we met other travelers such as an english bloke, and some science teachers. Our first night we came in the dark just in time for dinner - a nice vegetarian meal with garden veggies. We hold hands before the meal and say our name, where we are from, and what we are thankful for. The next morning Kyla and I got up early to head to town for a kayak adventure down a river with a local company - my first trip. I did well, but had at trouble with the rudder, it was hard to keep it straight so it was a challenge to steer myself. But all in all I liked being in my own flotation device. The Trip was 3 1/2 hours long, and of course I felt a little sore. We didn't see any alligators - only birds. We also explore St. Simons (ugh! too touristy, bad food, expensive museums) and Jekyll Island (lovely beach! Former island of the Millionare's club). We stayed until sunset and once again got into the hostel at night time. On the Sunday of our trip, we decided to stay the whole day at hostel - it was awesome - skinny dip in the pond (twice), walk around to the garden and sweat lodge. Many of the paths are wooden boardwalks raised 2 feet off the ground through the lovely forest. There is a duck pond, murky swimming pool, giant walking labyrinth, tons of tree-roosting chickens. I painted pictures, wrote cards, read books, made shell ornaments by visiting the art dome. Very nice day indeed! At night the fireflies (lightning bugs) were out - magical. The only difficult thing about Hostel in the Forest were all the "palmetto bugs" - aka Roaches. I guess after some heavy rains there were more than usual skiddering about as soon as night falls. I really hated them and it was hard going to sleep at night knowing we had neighbors. Also the bedding was dampish-moldy - so if I stay again, I'd bring some of my own bedding. More about the hostel: www.foresthostel.com