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Los Angeles residents showed their generosity when teams of uniformed off- and on-duty Los Angeles Firefighters were joined by Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) staff and volunteers at 20 locations citywide for the annual Fill The Boot campaign to raise money for MDA research and services. © Photo by Mike Meadows
Generous amount of fruit, a wonderful silky goat yogurt drizzled with honey and crunchy bits of granola for a wonderful textural contrast.
Generosity week ran from February 24th to March 2nd 2014 at USF as a way for students to give thanks for the generosity of all the donors that contribute to the University of San Francisco.
The week started with a Generosity Food Truck Kickoff, a “Thank You” banner signing and a chance for students to meet the student philanthropy committee.
Could you imagine USF without any of these buildings or statues?
Lo Schiavo Science
75% of the cost of LCSI was funded by 3,407 donors. Gifts ranged in size from $2 to $10 million, from Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Friends, Foundation and Corporations.
Gleeson Library
The library has received over 4,000 donations from Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Friends, Foundations and Corporations. Some of the books in Gleeson Library were donated to USF by students like you, through previous Senior Class Gift campaigns.
Kalmanovitz Hall
K-Hall was renovated in 2008, which was made possible by over 1,200 gifts from people like you. The Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation has continued to support your USF experience as one of the University’s generous supporters.
Cowell Hall
The renovation and update of Cowell Hall in 1995 was made possible in part by the S.H. Cowell Foundation. Many additions, within Cowell Hall were made possible by gifts from people like you.
Malloy Hall
Renovated in 2004, this building is named for our current Chair of the Board of Trustees, Tom Malloy ’61 and his family. Their generosity helped make this building possible.
Runner Statue
Students like you made this statue possible. The Runner Statue was made possible by the USF class of 1986, who raised over $8000 as part of their Senior Class Gift.
Leona and Dominic Tarantino Plaza
This plaza is named for Leona and Dom’54 Tarantino, alumni and trustee emeriti. Their generosity helped to make this space possible.
Koret Health and Recreation Center
Without the support of the Koret Foundation, USF would not have this Garden Courtyard, the Koret Gym, or the Koret Law Center. Without their generosity, many spaces at USF would not be possible.
Today
I heard the leaves
whispering
Medieval stories
I stopped to listen
Closed my eyes
And to my great surprise
I found myself
in Camelot
And when
I looked again
riding
on the breeze
I saw
that noble knight
Sir Leafalot
c. Douglas Fireman
Be ye daysprings of generosity, dawning-points of the mysteries of existence, sites where inspiration alighteth, rising-places of splendours, souls that are sustained by the Holy Spirit, enamoured of the Lord, detached from all save Him, holy above the characteristics of humankind, clothed in the attributes of the angels of heaven, that ye may win for yourselves the highest bestowal of all, in this new time, this wondrous age.
(Abdu'l-Baha, Selections from the Writings of Abdu'l-Baha, p. 242)
A generous sampling of our Walt's Favourite Shrimp, savoury garlic shrimp and shrimp linguini Alfredo.
+2 in comments.
this is a long waited post.... LOL ;) For a very special person's birthday today.
After what happened to the David Backhouse sculpture, maybe Hirst should have relied on visitors to the RWA to give her a good kicking.
In the late 1930s, Grumman successfully marketed the G-21 Goose as a "air yacht," with good performance and generous interior space; it was initially meant mainly for wealthy buyers who wanted something to fly around in on weekends in the Hamptons or to Catalina Island. Since that was the Goose's original market, the price tag was a bit high for other possible buyers. With this in mind, Grumman scaled down the Goose to the G-44 Widgeon.
Selling the Widgeon would have to wait, however--Grumman had barely flown the first prototype in 1940 before the US Navy requested the Widgeon be put in production as the J4F. As a result, the first production Widgeons ended up in Navy service. World War II broke out soon thereafter, and the entire production run was reserved for military service. J4Fs were originally intended as utility aircraft and supplements to the Navy's large numbers of PBY Catalinas and the US Coast Guard's Goose fleet, but in 1942 they were pressed into service as antisubmarine aircraft, armed with depth charges. German U-boats were ravaging the US East Coast and sinkings skyrocketed; anything that could fly was over the coast.
The Widgeon's comparatively long loiter time made it a good patrol aircraft, even if it was a little limited on armament. It could carry two depth charges, and more importantly, it carried the deadliest foe of the U-boat: a radio. If a J4F crew sighted a U-boat, they did not need to attack it--just shadow it until heavier ASW forces could be brought to bear. This is not to say the Widgeon could do nothing but shadow submarines: a Civil Air Patrol Widgeon scored the CAP's first sinking on 11 July 1942. Another J4F flown by a Coast Guard crew made that service's first U-boat kill a month later.
As the U-boat threat receded, the Widgeons of the US Navy, Coast Guard and Civil Air Patrol returned to more generalized duties and search and rescue. After the war, most were sold off as surplus to civilian owners or friendly militaries, while Grumman kept the Widgeon in production for a short time; a number were also license-built in postwar France. 317 Widgeons were produced, and quite a few are still in service with private owners, and upgrade kits are still being manufactured.
This J4F-2 is unique. Delivered to the US Navy as 32976 in 1943, it had a quiet war as a utility aircraft at NAS Seattle, Washington. In 1948, it was handed over to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) and extensively modified to test hull designs for future amphibians. It was based at Langley AFB, Virginia and the Naval Test Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, but used by both NACA and US Navy crews. 32976 was nicknamed the "Petulant Porpoise," and was so modified that it barely resembles a Widgeon. It would be the last J4F in Navy service, and was retired in 1954. Passed on to the Smithsonian, it eventually ended up at the Pima Air and Space Museum in 1987.
To preserve its unique design, the "Porpoise" is displayed inside, next to Pima's other unique amphibians. The overall yellow scheme was for greater visibility in test photographs. Speaking of photographs, I wish mine had turned out better; for some reason, both pictures I took of the Widgeon blurred a little.
Actively drilling petroleum well in Licking County, Ohio, USA. (February 2018) (site access generously provided by Gary Sitler for geoscience education purposes)
During the late 1800s, Ohio was the # 1 petroleum exporter on Earth. This is definitely not the case anymore! Despite this, Ohio today still has economic concentrations of oil and natural gas.
Ohio has three significant petroleum occurrences:
1) Trenton Limestone (upper Middle Ordovician) of northwestern Ohio.
2) Clinton Sandstone (Lower Silurian) of eastern Ohio.
3) Knox Group (Beekmantown Dolomite-Rose Run Sandstone-Copper Ridge/Trempealeau Dolomite) (Upper Cambrian to ?lowermost Ordovician) in the eastern ~half of Ohio.
Of these three petroleum systems, the Knox Group generally requires the deepest drilling. Most Knox Group drilling in Ohio targets the Rose Run Sandstone, an interbedded quartzose sandstone-dolostone unit of Late Cambrian age.
The well shown above is being actively drilled (as of February 2018). It was targeting a paleotopographic high at the Knox Unconformity and hoping to encounter petroleum in porous dolostone.
Update: as of fall 2018, this well was producing petroleum from the Upper Trempealeau Dolomite (also known as the Copper Ridge Dolomite). Petroleum is coming from porous dolostones below the Knox Unconformity. The Knox is a megasequence boundary (Sloss sequence boundary) that separates the Sauk Megasequence below from the Tippecanoe Megasequence above.
The following are formation picks for this well (the numbers are from the completion record filed with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas Resources):
375 feet depth = top of the Berea Sandstone (lowermost Devonian)
1190 feet depth = top of the "Big Lime" (= Devonian and Silurian carbonate succession, including the Delaware Limestone, Columbus Limestone, and Silurian dolostones)
1992 feet depth = top of the "Packer Shell" (= Middle Silurian Dayton Formation equivalent)
3324 feet depth = Trenton Limestone (upper Middle Ordovician, sensu traditio; lower Upper Ordovician, sensu novo)
3855 feet depth = Gull River Limestone (Middle Ordovician)
3920 feet depth = Knox Unconformity with Trempealeau Dolomite below (Upper Cambrian)
Locality: VanWinkle Unit # 1 well (permit # 34089261880000) (804' SL, 1794' EL, northeastern quarter of township), west of Granville, St. Albans Township, Licking County, Ohio, USA (40° 04' 55.13" North latitude, 82° 34' 38.00" West longitude)
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See info. at:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drilling_rig
and
gis.ohiodnr.gov/MapViewer/WellSummaryCard.asp?api=3408926...
these generous fishes welcome the traveler on a cold winter night. and the chrysanthemum tea warms body and soul... :)
dear friends!! i wish you all a happy weekend, full of discoveries and delights.
may all travelers find joy!!
jeanne
assembled and altered images, january 18, 2008
(a digital (cameraphone) photo taken at a local restaurant tonight... and a golden tray for serving tea)
PictionID:52520617 - Catalog:14_028766 - Title:Atlas Transport Details: Missile Move-Missile 2A and 11A Moving Through Laguna Mountains Date: 12/20/1957 - Filename:14_028766.tif - Images from the Convair/General Dynamics Astronautics Atlas Negative Collection. The processing, cataloging and digitization of these images has been made possible by a generous National Historical Publications and Records grant from the National Archives and Records Administration---Please Tag these images so that the information can be permanently stored with the digital file.---Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Generosity week ran from February 24th to March 2nd 2014 at USF as a way for students to give thanks for the generosity of all the donors that contribute to the University of San Francisco.
The week started with a Generosity Food Truck Kickoff, a “Thank You” banner signing and a chance for students to meet the student philanthropy committee.
Could you imagine USF without any of these buildings or statues?
Lo Schiavo Science
75% of the cost of LCSI was funded by 3,407 donors. Gifts ranged in size from $2 to $10 million, from Alumni, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Friends, Foundation and Corporations.
Gleeson Library
The library has received over 4,000 donations from Alumni, Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Friends, Foundations and Corporations. Some of the books in Gleeson Library were donated to USF by students like you, through previous Senior Class Gift campaigns.
Kalmanovitz Hall
K-Hall was renovated in 2008, which was made possible by over 1,200 gifts from people like you. The Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation has continued to support your USF experience as one of the University’s generous supporters.
Cowell Hall
The renovation and update of Cowell Hall in 1995 was made possible in part by the S.H. Cowell Foundation. Many additions, within Cowell Hall were made possible by gifts from people like you.
Malloy Hall
Renovated in 2004, this building is named for our current Chair of the Board of Trustees, Tom Malloy ’61 and his family. Their generosity helped make this building possible.
Runner Statue
Students like you made this statue possible. The Runner Statue was made possible by the USF class of 1986, who raised over $8000 as part of their Senior Class Gift.
Leona and Dominic Tarantino Plaza
This plaza is named for Leona and Dom’54 Tarantino, alumni and trustee emeriti. Their generosity helped to make this space possible.
Koret Health and Recreation Center
Without the support of the Koret Foundation, USF would not have this Garden Courtyard, the Koret Gym, or the Koret Law Center. Without their generosity, many spaces at USF would not be possible.
For Macro Mondays: "Generosity". In the light of the disaster that has come upon Japan on every human level, we can help by sending money and buying Japanese products like this awesome green tea made with brown rice. One reason I am proud to be an American is our willingness to run to the aid of those all over the world who need our help even though we sometimes lack that generosity here at home.
5 x 7
acrylic on board
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Not much is known about Gill.
He first appeared at Coney Island, working at Luna Park as an extra in the Aquacade show. His co-workers found him to be extremely kind, generous, and always a good laugh. When the park burned down, it was assumed that he met his demise.
He reappeared just before the building of the 1964 Worlds Fair in Flushing, New York. He walked out of Flushing Bay and immediately went to Main St. to have a hot dog and an ice cream soda. He was last seen in the upper deck at Shea Stadium during the 1986 World Series between the New York Mets and the Boston Red Sox. He had a hot dog and a beer.
A very generous person gifted me with a Moda Layer Cake. The fabrics are beautiful and I really want to use them well. I decided on Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Mountains for the blocks and I'm mixing lights and darks so the zig-zags show in an uneven way. We'll see how it works as I get more done.