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Regent's annual Primary Swim Gala took place on Friday 16th March. The day began with Year 1 and 2 students competing in a series of fun relay events involving various flotation devices and balls. Yellow House gained the most points for the Year 1s and it was Red House who took the lead for the Year 2s. Next it was the turn of our Year 5 and 6 students, who competed using more traditional swim strokes. This was a hotly contested affair, with all the Houses gaining lots of points. However it was Yellow House who were victorious for the Year 5’s and 6’s combined. By the afternoon it was time for the Year 3 and 4 students to complete their races. Once again the points were shared fairly evenly amongst the Houses. However it was the Green Crocodiles who collected the most wins and points to go towards their entire House total score. Once all the points were added up Green House raised the Swim House Cup aloft to rapturous applause from the students in their House. A very well done to all the students who took part; a fun and very wet day was had by all.
Ertl diecast 1/6th scale 6030 tractor and flail mower. This is the 145 horsepower version-6030. It is turbocharged diesel. A 175 H.P. version has an after-cooler that fits the shroud relief on the left-rear of the engine.
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An arctic blast of frigid cold has driven temperatures down, across the northern tier states. Giving the ice fishing season the jump-start it needed -and is expected- for the first time, in several years.
Fun and tradition begins in the traditionally strong ice fishing states.
But amid all the fun and heritage passage, do NOT forget to keep ICE SAFETY at the forefront of your mind, preparation, action. And, it wouldn't hurt to pepper your conversation liberally with reminders to all with whom you are fishing.
Insure you and your friends and family are still around at the end of another successful and fun-filled ice fishing season, to enjoy the coming spring, summer and fall months, preparing for another Winter/Early Spring ice fishing season.
THINK. ACT. BE. Safety First!
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON -- Soldiers from the 4th Quartermaster Detachment conduct combat water survival training at Buckner Physical Fitness Center, JBER-Richardson, Sept. 1. Training included treading water for 5 minutes, completion of two separate 25 meter swims, one with rucksack and then M-4 Carbine, making of flotation devices from the Army Combat Uniforms, and finally a 3-meter platform dive and 25-meter swim with their weapons. (U.S. Air Force/Percy G. Jones)
To replace various helicopters in service at the time, namely the SH-34 Seahorse, the U.S. 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 anti-submarine 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 side sponson. In 1962, the type's designation was changed to SH-3A.
The SH-3s would remain in U.S. 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 aircraft carriers and smaller ships, flying over water and often over land to rescue downed pilots. In this role, the SH-3 was responsible for rescuing more people than any other aircraft type. Dedicated SAR helicopters were usually equipped with heavy or light machine guns. Different versions were converted to UH-3 utility helicopters (for vertical replenishment and light cargo duties) and VH-3 VIP transports. The latter were among the last Sea Kings in U.S. service.
The U.S. Navy replaced the aging SH-3s 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 U.S. 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 anti-shipping duties, troop transports, minesweeping, and even airborne early warning. Even after being introduced over 60+ years ago, it still remains in service worldwide.
Though marked as the famous BuNo 152711–"Fetch 66," the Apollo recovery helicopter—this is actually BuNo 149711. The 'Fetch 66' nickname was given to the SH-3A due to its role in the Apollo missions, where it was used to recover the astronauts and their capsules from the ocean. Delivered as an SH-3A in 1962 to HS-11 ("Dragonslayers") at NAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, the Atlantic Fleet SH-3 Fleet Replenishment Squadron. It would go to sea in 1966 with HS-4 ("Black Knights") aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10), operating in Tonkin Gulf off of North Vietnam; in 1967, it was transferred to HS-2 ("Golden Falcons") onboard USS Hornet (CVS-12), remaining aboard until 1971. 149711 would subsequently be converted to a SH-3G, operating in the cargo role with HC-7 ("Seadevils") aboard the USS Midway (CV-41) until 1972, when it was returned to shore. It would subsequently be converted to a SH-3H, then a UH-3H utility helicopter, while serving with HS-10 ("Warlords") at NAS North Island, California. 149711 was retired in 2007 and donated to the Midway Museum.
The 'Indians' and 'Black Knights' were the respective nicknames of the squadrons HS-6 and HS-4, which the SH-3 served with during its operational life. There are three helicopters in various museums painted as BuNo 152711, with none of them actually being that helicopter, which sadly crashed in the early 1970s off the coast of California. The Bureau Numbers are fairly close, at least, and 149711 did actually serve with HS-4. All five Apollo recoveries are marked on the nose, behind HS-4's knight's head; these included Apollos 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The artwork right next to the open door is Albert the Alligator, a character from the "Pogo" comic strip, which was apparently applied only during the Apollo 13 mission. On the other side of the helicopter from this picture, 149711 carries the colors of HS-6 ("Indians").
Tompkins Square
Ave. A between E. 7th & E. 10th Streets
(212) 387-6784
Type: Mini-Pool.
40' x 20' x 3'.
No under 3' "8' unless accompanied by an adult.
No over 12 unless accompanied by an adult.
No Lockers, change in restroom, hang bags on fence.
No flotation devices except full-body flotation suits allowed.
Playgrounds in park.
Suits to protect us from hypothermia in the waters around the San Juan islands. In reality, it was quite sunny and mild.
Plenty of flotation to add me for bailing. One reason I made the space between side tanks 15"...so you can kneel in betweenm.
When the dog wouldn't jump into the water to retrieve the floating item (see previous picture), the dog was lifted by its vest and gently dropped into the water. Once in the water, the dog immediately swam to the item and retrieved it. There was a shore nearby where the dog could leave the water. At the Lower Harbor, Marquette, Michigan.
northern arizona
1972
rafting trip, colorado river
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Ertl diecast 1/6th scale 6030 tractor and flail mower. This is the 145 horsepower version-6030. It is turbocharged diesel. A 175 H.P. version has an after-cooler that fits the shroud relief on the left-rear of the engine.
Starboard side of the cockpit before flotation foam is installed. The conduits visible in the towards the back of the picture are the shower sump discharge and a conduit for a future propane hose.
The conduit running front to back is for bilge wiring.
northern arizona
1972
rafting trip, colorado river
part of an archival project, featuring the photographs of nick dewolf
© the Nick DeWolf Foundation
Image-use requests are welcome via flickrmail or nickdewolfphotoarchive [at] gmail [dot] com
Photo by Barbara Timms. A photograph of a woman in a cap and Forest Service uniform and flotation vest in a raft on the Flathead River
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You guessed it. It's the very same, Very Delicious Big Texas Cinnamon Roll that's been begging for an audience with a compost heap since February 5th, 2009. Dip't if the thing doesn't appear to still be almost edible.
Okay, it's hard, but I'd say 15 secs in the microwave or maybe a minute in a bowl of hot coffee and you're back in bidness, as they say in Big Texas.
Try not to be too concerned about the appearance or texture of the formerly-transparent-now-matte-finished cellophane (which seems to have inflated itself with sufficient pressure to force the aromatic and volatile cinnamon-ey oils through the pores of the Space-Age Polymer that is the wrapper, while qualifying it as a bathtub toy). Just think of the vague stickiness and sweet scent as a tantalizing preview of the taste treat that awaits...
The "Front Porch" flotation device is unfolded and inflated by Pararescuemen and Combat Rescue Officers from the 103rd Rescue Squadron following a jump from the back of a C-17 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 5 2017.
During this training, a rigid inflatible boat (known as a "Hard Duck") was dropped from a C-17 along with several jumpers and an inflatable device known as the "Front Porch".This device is intended to be mated to the Orion spacecraft, and can be used to support astronauts who have made a water landing in the Orion spacecraft following a flight.
US Air National Guard Photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy
Ertl diecast 1/6th scale 6030 tractor and flail mower. This is the 145 horsepower version-6030. It is turbocharged diesel. A 175 H.P. version has an after-cooler that fits the shroud relief on the left-rear of the engine.
This tailings pond is next to the Continental Mine in Butte, Montana (= “Richest Hill on Earth”; = "The Mining City"). The Butte Mining District has produced gold, silver, copper, molybdenum, manganese, and other metals.
The area's bedrock consists of the Butte Quartz Monzonite (a.k.a. Butte Pluton), which is part of the Boulder Batholith. The Butte Quartz Monzonite ("BQM") formed 76.3 million years ago, during the mid-Campanian Stage in the Late Cretaceous. BQM rocks have been intruded and altered by hydrothermal veins containing valuable metallic minerals - principally sulfides. The copper mineralization has been dated to 62-66 million years ago, during the latest Maastrichtian Stage (latest Cretaceous) and Danian Stage (Early Paleocene). In the supergene enrichment zone of the area, the original sulfide mineralogy has been altered.
The Continental Mine was started in 1980 by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company - it is currently owned by Montana Resources. The mine targets a low-grade copper and molybdenum deposit on the eastern side of the Continental Fault, a major Basin & Range normal fault in the Butte area with about 3500 feet of offset. The mine's rocks consist of BQM with disseminated copper sulfides, plus copper- and molybdenum-bearing hydrothermal veins that intrude the BQM. Minerals at the site include chalcopyrite, molybdenite, malachite, azurite, tenorite, and cuprite. The latter four minerals are secondary copper minerals, produced by alteration of the primary copper sulfides.
In 2010, the Continental Mine was making 50,000 to 52,000 tons of ore each day. This mine can operate down to an ore grade of 0.1% copper. Most of the mineralization is disseminated copper, but veins are also present. Two stages of mineralization occurred in the Butte area - a porphyry copper system and a main stage system with large veins. The bottom of the porphyry copper system is ~ less than 12,800 feet below the surface. Veins peter out at 5600 to 5800 feet below the surface. At the Continental Mine, veins are small - they're veinlets less than 6 inches wide.
Mining is done 24 hours a day, 365 to 366 days per year. There's 1 to 2 days of down time at the mill. During those days, mining stops and waste material is moved. The ore:waste ratio is 8:10 (= strip ratio). The alluvial overburden consists of 7 paleosol horizons, including some caliches - the lime content results in an average pH of 8. The caliche material can be used to treat acidic materials.
The mine has 14 shovels and 15 trucks. A large Bucyrus shovel can load a 240-ton truck in three passes. The mine's benches are forty feet tall. Blasting is done with ANFO - ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. 0.65 pounds of explosives are used per ton of rock. The mine uses ~45 megawatts of power per day, which is about the same as the city of Butte itself.
Continental Mine ores are crushed in two stages. The crushed ores are then sent to the mill, where they are ground down to the fineness of talcum powder. Flotation and lime are used in processing. Sulfides are collected. 1% of the mined material goes to the concentrator. 99% of mined material becomes tailings. The tailings powder is wet (33% solid and the rest is water) and piped uphill to a pond. The tailings pond water has a pH of 10. Water from the pond is recycled to make tailings slurry. 27 million gallons a day enters the pond. An earthen dam around the pond is designed to withstand a powerful earthquake.
Copper and molybdenum concentrates produced at the Continental Mine are not smelted locally - they are not even smelted in America. Concentrates are sold around the world, where material is smelted and the metals are produced. America shipping rocks overseas and buying back the finished product is the behavior of an underdeveloped country - America is not interested in smelting anymore - a sad reality.