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Given the ethnic make-up of the area, I'm surprised these are in high demand when the shops on the High Street do much better "bulk" value, but then again, I do sometimes buy in an an emergency of can't be bothered or don't have time to go to the High Street.
Given in 1891 by Mrs Margaret Watson. It is a memorial to her Husband George Watson who dies in 1864, and their sone Dominick McGettrick Watson who died in 1890. The glass is in the style of William Francis Dixon.
9 MAN TOWN LEFT TO RUE MISSED CHANCES
“" We've got to be better than that..."” Manager Lee Ashcroft
Longridge suffered their 2nd League defeat of the season away at Coppull having missed chance after chance, and having given away 3 very poor goals in a 3-2 defeat.
The game finished 10 v 9 as both George Melling and Jordan Tucker were sent off in time added on by the Referee.
Roni given the freedom to roam, gets herself up the stairs (closely followed and watched of course) and likes to quietly explore her own space.
Given that Cowboy Action Shooting requires four guns at a minimum, plus all the ammo and stuff that supports that, I see that a large number of people have these carts to roll all of their stuff around.
Kensitas flowers were woven from silk and given away with Kensitas cigarettes in 1933 & 1934. Never before or since their issue has a silk been given away contained in an outer protective card.
They were in two collections, about 100 in all I think.
I bought these few, from 1933, at a collectors' fair about twenty years ago. This size was given in packets of 20 cigarettes,
Postcard size given with packets of 50 - I've never seen these.
There are full details at www.kensitas-silkflowers.co.uk/
I've recently seen them used in a crazy quilt so I may use one or two - though it's nice to have them in their original little folders.
YORK, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: during the Friendly match between i2i Albion and i2i Blue at Haxby Road on September 29th 2022 in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. (Photo by Matthew Appleby)
The finalists were given a basket of goods at 1pm. Each finalist was helped by a commis of his choice and each team will had 1 hour to prepare their recipes, and to be organized.
Each finalist, assisted by their commis prepared a menu for 4 persons served on plate composed of a cold appetizer, a main course and a dessert.
Just 4 hours to prepare the menu!
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Photos taken by: Avgostinos Souridis & Chef Samuel Samuel Dujoncquoy.
Part 12 of the history of my life in care at the National Children's Home. 1965-1968
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At the point we left the flat there was only a light drizzle. Sister intended to take me to my new school and to get my admission sorted out. They had already made enquiries about me joining the school. Having some idea on the results from a previous school it had been decided, with the choice of an ‘A’ form and a ‘B’ form. It would be the latter I would join; there did not seem to be a ‘C’ stream. Owing to overcrowding, a few classes were situated in the annex of the school, quite some distance from the main new school. Had I been attending the main school, Sister would have given the job to one of the older boys to take me to school on Monday and to see I returned with them at the end of the afternoon. Sister was not even sure if any others of my age from the Home were at the annex. If I was the only one, then some arrangement would have to be made for Monday when I officially would start.
A little way into our walk it decided to pour with rain. I was fine, the raincoat I had brought with me, and the wellingtons Sister had found, kept me dry. I resisted splashing in the puddles, but Sister seemed to be concentrating on our journey to watch where her feet went and soon ended up soaked without any help from me. I made a mental note of roughly our route; it seemed easy enough. Once we had arrived at the end of the road, we followed the next road down, then crossing over we went up a slight hill and carried on walking, eventually coming to the school. Sister explained that she thought this was the quickest route; if not, others would soon tell me. There was one rule to follow when I did start school. At the end of the day when school finished, I was to come straight back to the Home; there was to be no visiting any friends’ houses, and even when I arrived in the Home I was to come straight indoors.
We entered the school; from the outside, it looked like an old village school. Sister had timed our arrival perfectly; the bell for the start of morning break was just being rung. Within a short while, a teacher came out to see us. It appeared that my arrival was expected.
It was explained to me that I would be staying for school lunches. On a Monday morning when the lunch money was collected for the week, I should simply tell my teacher that I was from the Home; there was no need to bring any money with me. I would not be alone as there was one other boy from the Home that was in the class I would be joining.
Sister asked the teacher if the boy was here today, as she would like a word with him about escorting me from the Home on Monday and seeing that I arrived back at the end of the day. The next question Sister asked was on what day PE and games took place. Sister was now told that as this school did not have any grassed area, we did not really have games. There might be a short PE lesson in the playground, but it depended on the weather. If it was fine, that lesson could be on any day so it was best to keep some PE clothes handy. Sister decided that it might be best if I took my PE kit in on a Monday and just returned it on a Friday, which would mean I was not left out of any lessons. I was now told that when the weather was fine there were also swimming lessons; as we went to an open-air pool the weather was the deciding factor. If I did not know how to swim I would soon pick it up. Apart from short doggy paddles for about twenty five yards in the sea, I had only been taken to the swimming pool on odd occasions.
We were left alone whilst the teacher went away to see if the other boy from the Home was here. Within a short while, a boy of my own age was brought in. I was now introduced to Edward. Sister asked him if he could come to my flat on Monday to bring me to school and see that I arrived back with him. From his expression, I could see that it was not going to be a problem. The teacher suggested that it would be nice for him to have a friend to come to school with.
Sister mentioned that she was not really looking forward to the walk back with me. The teacher now suggested that I might as well stay, if there were no plans for me; at least it would make sure that Edward could show me the way back when lessons finished. I did not seem to have any say in the matter; Sister seemed to think it was a good idea. The teacher told me that lunch for me was not going to be a problem; there was always plenty sent down from the main school.
It was now suggested to Edward that he first should show me where the boys’ toilet was, and then where I could hang my coat. We headed down a small corridor. Edward asked me when I had arrived at the Home. He told me that he had not said much in front of the Sister, as she was known to be one of the strictest Sisters at the Home. He would make sure that he called for me first thing on Monday, as he did not fancy the telling off that he would get if he forgot. We went outside just as the bell was being rung and the few boys that were outside were ushered in.
The boys’ lavatory was quite primitive. It was at one side of the playground. Edward commented that on wet days it was best to make sure that you did not have to leave the room in the middle of the lesson. If you ran across without your coat you would get soaked, and as the urinal part was mostly open to the sky you will also get soaked unless you used one of the cubicles.
At this school they don't mind you leaving in the middle of a lesson, at the main school they don't let us leave the room, you might want to go back to wearing waterproof pants under your shorts like we did in the infants.
We stayed outside for a little longer. Edward told me that there was little point in getting back into school straight away as we were still in the morning period and it was all written work; had I arrived in the afternoon then things would be different.
It was great being at this school; most afternoons we did not have difficult lessons. As we did not have any of the equipment or spare rooms like the main school, if we did art lessons, everything had to be brought out of cupboards and put away at the end. In the evening our school was used by adults for their lessons, so we spent the last part of every afternoon clearing up. If we finished quickly, we were often let out a few minutes early.
Eventually Edward decided that it was time to return. I was taken into the classroom; coats and belongings were hung up on the back wall. The teacher introduced me to the others. There was only a small number in my class; it was not really cramped but the desks took up most of the room, with just odd tables at one side and a blackboard on an easel at the front next to a main blackboard. Edward had gone back to his own desk; I was now given a desk at the only remaining space on the other side of the room.
There was the instruction that for the moment there was not any point for me to do written work, as they were just finishing off a subject. Looking around the room there did not seem to be any set uniform here. It was mostly grey shirts with a pullover or jumper; these were mainly blues and grey shades, but there was nothing really to suggest a set style. I seemed to fit in with grey shirt and blue jumper.
From what the boy next to me was wearing it seemed to prove that no high standard of clothing was demanded. Other than the last school in London most of the schools I attended seemed to set a level that we should attain in both design and neatness. The boy whom I now shared a desk with had a shirt that was cream but had a faint blue check woven into its fabric. Both the collar and cuffs were well frayed; the jumper was a fairly rough coarse grey wool which showed the signs of darning at the elbows many times. From the way Sister had inspected my clothes, I did not think I was ever going to be allowed to dress like that.
Although the teacher was talking, my partner at the desk wasted no time in asking my name and telling me that he was called Bob. Having been to several schools, I had become quite used to working out within a very short while who my close friends would be. Whilst Edward had been quite nice to me and I probably would become his friend, it was almost the moment that I sat down next to Bob, that I worked out that he was going to be one of my close friends. I was like a magnet and seemed to be able to attract trouble, and I might have guessed that with Bob sitting alone, possibly the teacher had a good reason why he should have a desk to himself.
I tried to pay attention to what the teacher was saying, in the hope of catching up when the next lesson started. If Bob wanted to gain my attention, there was a light kick on my shins; it was not spiteful or painful as they were well protected – this was done to get my attention without the need to speak. By the time the lesson ended, I thought that I had managed to understand the work. Talking started immediately, and books were soon put away. Within moments we were allowed our freedom. The teacher now told me that she would see me at the start of the afternoon lesson to sort out any books I would need.
Bob asked if I was staying to school dinners and, as soon as I replied yes, it was decided I was going to be his partner during lunch. We went through to one of the other classrooms that were slowly transformed into the dining area. Large benches were placed together and a large waterproof cloth stretched across; the stools we were to sit on were now placed at regular intervals. Bob pulled me to one side; it appeared that there were ideal positions where you could sit without any table legs getting in the way. Another boy came and sat on the other side of me. Soon names and a number of facts had been exchanged between us. I felt quite happy about the move to this school, from what I could see it was not that strict. Afternoon lessons soon passed and I returned to the Home to explore more of my new life.
Given our name, The Pointe at Kilpatrick, and our location, south suburbs of Chicago, one might think that we take St. Patrick's Day seriously. They would be right.
Residents started decorating their doors with shamrocks at the beginning of the month. There were also St. Patrick's Day themed crafts and activities, including the most anticipated, Soda Bread Baking. Each year, Program Director, Angie Garbaczewski, sets up the small kitchen on the first floor with all the ingredients and supplies for making homemade soda bread. And a lot of them. Starting bright and early at 8:00 and working in small groups, Angie guides the residents through the process. Once one batch is finished, she brings in the next group. This year, they baked for 8 straight hours. The first floor smelled heavenly all day. Once the breads had cooled, the residents would return to claim the one they made. Many of the residents were seen sharing their soda bread with other residents while others were saving theirs to give to family and friends.
St. Patrick's Day finally came and residents showed their true colors as many arrived for breakfast dressed in green. The hot topic at breakfast was lunch. Everyone was looking forward to the traditional meal of corned beef, cabbage, red potatoes and of course, soda bread. You can never have too much soda bread!
Lunch arrived and did not disappoint. The residents were greeted with the smell of corned beef as they neared the dining room. A sea of green filled the room as residents dined at beautifully decorated tables.
The celebrating didn't stop there, Garbaczewski booked a singer and harpist to play a St. Patrick's Day show the day after. Scheduling conflicts made it impossible for her, Kim Vogrin, to play at The Pointe on Monday. "She really is wonderful and well worth the wait." said Garbaczewski. "I knew she would be. Her brother, Paul, performed here on Valentine's Day, singing and playing various instruments. He was just as entertaining and talented."
Given my love of Land Rovers I thought that I would go and spend a couple of hours outside the NAC at Stoneleigh since this weekend was Land Rover Max I thought that this would give me a chance for the first time to have a go at a bit of panning, to say its hard would be an understatement :D
We're using the straw for insulation and the windows cables and other bits and bobs will come in useful.
13/11/2020. Ladies European Tour 2020. Aramco Saudi Ladies International Presented By Public Investment Fund. Royal Greens Golf & Country Club, Saudi Arabia. November 12-15 2020. Eleanor Givens of England during the second round. Credit: Tristan Jones.
Given a coat of dry-brushed white paint (to simulate faded paintwork), weathering powders and matt varnish. The loco is dipicted in its 1991 guise of Thornaby-ised Railfreight Red Stripe livery complete with white Thornaby kingfisher depot emblem, "Billingham Enterprise" nameplates and non-standard (for Railfreight livery) large numbers, but extremely work-worn after transfer to Tinsley depot in 1990. On this side only, the loco carries the remnants of its original number positioning below the engine room window, immediately behind the crew door. The loco carried the numbers in this position when it wore Original Railfreight livery, and were painted over with the new positioning added when the red stripe was added (and, in typical Thornaby fashion, in a non-standard way by only adding it between the cabs and around the full-size BR logo). The 'painted out' numbers were depicted by using rub-on transfers included in an old Dapol Class 73 model and carefully painted over. Yellow axleboxes also complete the model.
Yesterday I was given a Polaroid 250 Land Camera from by best friend, Garyth. He somehow inherited it, and knew that I would be interested. He said something like, "I have some stupid polaroid camera for you to look at...it's in a briefcase." I knew because it was in a briefcase that it MUST be a Land Camera! Sure enough, it was!
The batteries were left in it for the last few decades, and they leaked. Other than some battery corrosion, it looks brand new! I took it to a local camera shop, and it we checked the electronics, and they still worked. Now all I needed to do was perform heart surgery and switch it to run AAA batteries! I bought the necessary $2 adaptor from Radioshack, and asked my father for some help. After 3 solders, it was done.
This was actually the 2nd frame I shot out of the camera. The first was of my Dad, and it came out fine. I just didn't put any thought in it at all, and shot a picture of him in our garage. He was exposed perfectly, but the BG was completely black because it was dark. A terrible photo. I went out in the back yard and shot something with some color.....
Camera: Polaroid 250 Land Camera
Film: Fuji 100C Color Film pack
Given that jet fighters might be tricky to fly for pilots used to flying propeller aircraft, let alone new trainee pilots, Lockheed proposed in 1945 that a two-seat conversion trainer be built for the P-80 Shooting Star. The US Army Air Force rejected the idea on cost grounds, citing that the T-6 Texan already in service would be sufficient enough. After a series of fatal crashes of the P-80, the USAAF revisited Lockheed’s proposal, which included extending the P-80’s fuselage by three feet, extending the canopy backwards, and adding a second cockpit with full flight controls. This aircraft, designated first TP-80C on its maiden flight in March 1948, then TF-80C, then finally T-33A, would go on to be far more successful than the fighter it was based on.
The T-33 was designed to be simple, robust, and easy to fly for trainee pilots, though it was intended at first to be only used for propeller-qualified pilots to transition into jets. As propeller aircraft were mostly phased out of the independent US Air Force’s inventory, the service made the decision to go to an “all-jet” training syllabus, and as a result pilots began flying T-33s in flight school.
The “T-Bird,” as it became known, could still be unforgiving in certain circumstances, and was less forgiving as the T-37 Tweet or the T-38 Talon that would eventually replace it. It also was an aircraft for practical jokers: the in-and-outs of the T-33 was something only experienced pilots knew well, and trainees could be subjected to all kinds of tricks by the instructor pilot. The T-33 was, however, eminently reliable. Even after it was withdrawn from training units in the mid-1950s, it soldiered on as a “hack” aircraft for units, a familiarization aircraft, advanced trainer, and aggressor aircraft, especially in Air Defense Command and Air National Guard units.
Well into the 1980s, T-33s could be found in frontline USAF units, and it was said that, when the last F-16 was retired, the pilot would hitch a ride home in a T-Bird. While this did not prove true, it was not off by much—the last USAF T-33s did not leave the inventory until around 1988. The US Navy also used T-33s, including both standard Shooting Stars and the heavily modified TV-1 Seastar, which had a larger engine, reworked tail, and strengthened fuselage for carrier operations. While the Seastar was replaced in the 1960s by the T-2 Buckeye, standard T-33s remained as test and chase aircraft for the Navy’s test squadrons into the 1990s.
Because of its robustness and cheap flyaway price, the T-33 was also popular with foreign air forces: no less than 41 nations operated T-33s at one time or another, and it was license-built in Japan by Kawasaki and in Canada as the CT-133 Silver Star, which differed from US-built aircraft only in using a Rolls-Royce Nene engine. While it was usually used in the trainer role, many were modified for a variety of roles, including armed AT-33s and reconnaissance RT-33s (some of which were also used by the USAF). AT-33s, which were basically two-seat F-80s, were used in several conflicts worldwide, mainly in South America; Bolivia still uses its AT-33s as frontline counterinsurgency aircraft. While Bolivia remains the only air force to still operate T-33s on a regular basis, many of these nations did not retire their Shooting Stars until the late 1990s—Canada did not retire its last CT-133s until 2008, and Boeing Aircraft has two T-33As on charge as chase aircraft. 6557 T-33s were built overall, and today over 80 and possibly as many as a hundred survive, with many still flyable.
Finding the history of a T-33 is often an exercise in frustration, and 56-3361 is no different. What units it served with while in USAF service is unknown. It was retired in 1973 and donated to the Detroit Public Schools system as a ground instruction trainer for the system's aeronautical school, but this only lasted a year before the USAF repossessed the aircraft and moved it to Cheyenne Regional Airport, Wyoming, as a gate guard for the 153rd Tactical Airlift Group of the Wyoming ANG. 56-3361 would remain on display until 2005, when it was removed and placed in storage. The aircraft had not been looking well after decades of being exposed to Wyoming winters. It was rebuilt and repainted by the 153rd, and put back on display in 2019, this time at the Wyoming National Guard Museum, just a few blocks from the airport.
The restoration on 56-3361 was superb, and it carries the markings of when the 153rd was a fighter-interceptor group flying F-86L Sabre Dogs. Unfortunately, it looks (as of this writing) that the Wyoming National Guard Museum may be permanently closed, but I was able to get a fairly good shot through the fence of this aircraft.
Given the bulk of these horses and the thick hair on their legs, it is quite likely that they belong to a category such as the Clydesdale breed. Originally, heavy horses such as these were used to carry armour-clad knights into battle. Due to their large build, these horses were perfect for ferrying supplies.
In addition to having to fight the enemy, soldiers and animals on the Western Front also had to battle against the elements. So on top of the rain, mud and freezing fog, frost and snow also combined to create an icy Hell. Despite the many difficulties caused by bad weather conditions, however, Hell freezing over could also have positive effects, such as when attacks were called off due to the appalling living and dying conditions.
[Original reads: 'SCENES ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Snow at the front. Transport horses going to water.']
To me, these quotes are speaking of the most fundamental rule of the universe. Love isn’t owned and cannot be taken. It can only be given.
Description: List of Gifts given by the Harvard Class to Perkins from 1923-1936 from the " Harvard Classes and Special Methods" photograph album.
Historical Note:
Founded in 1920, the Teacher Training Program, as it became known at Perkins, was the first formal training initiative in the United States for teachers of the blind. A partnership between Perkins and Harvard, the program combined rigorous study at Harvard with experiential learning inside Perkins classrooms. Participants lived on Perkins’ campus, working closely with students and staff.
Full Text: (from typed album label)
Gifts of Harvard Class to the school.
1923-3; Silver Calendar
1926-7: American flag
1927-8: Posey, May and subscription to a magazine for a year.
1928-9: Massachusetts flag
1929-30: Model of the eye
1930-31: Mr. Allen's picture
1931-32: No gift
1932-33; 1933-34-1934-35; no gift.
1935-36 J.L.L's picture
Creator: unknown
Date: circa 1938-1939
Format: photograph
Provenance:
This photograph is part of a photograph album featuring portraits of the "Harvard Classes and Special Methods."
Digital Identifier: ag49_01_0024
Rights: Perkins Archives, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, MA
Given its size and pterodactyl-like qualities, to say nothing of its loud and grating hog like bark, this heron turned wimp..
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Photograph taken at an altitude of Eight metres (Sea level) at 10:03am on Saturday 1st June 2023 off Beacon Avenue,from the Bevan Avenue Fishing pier in Sidney, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
The Great Blue Heron (Ardea Herodias) is a wading bird in the Heron family Ardeidae and found in North America, Central Ameria, the Caribean and Galapagos Islands. One of the largest of Herons, it has a head to tail length of 01-137 centimtres (36-54 inches) and a wingspan of 187-201 centimtres (66-79 inches). They are found where my family live, and naturally very wary of mankind, flying off as soon as you are within fifty to one hundred yards of them.
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''Just Jane'' was built by Austin Motors at Longbridge near Birmingham, in April 1945. Given the serial number NX611, she was one of the first 150 B Mk VII Avro Lancasters destined as part of the RAF's Tiger Force in the Far East. However, Japan's early surrender meant these aircraft were suddenly surplus to requirements and, instead of seeing service, NX611 ended up in storage at Llandow. There she stayed until 1952. From then on, a chequered career followed. In April 1952 she was bought by the French Government. Painted midnight blue, she flew maritime patrols for the French Naval Air Arm. Ten years later, she went to Noumeau, New Caledonia, was painted white and used for air sea rescue and cartography. Then in 1964, the French presented her to the Historical Aircraft Preservation Society and flew her to her new home in Sydney where she was overhauled before being flown back to Britain. It took nine days to complete the 12,000 mile journey back to her homeland, seventy flying hours and landing at Biggin Hill on 13 May, 1965.
Temporarily grounded, due to expiry of permitted flying hours, it was 1967 before NX611 flew again, but even then public appearances were brief because of prohibitive costs. She was flown to Lavenham in Suffolk and, a few years later, in 1972, was put up for auction at 'Squires Gate', Blackpool. Meanwhile, in Lincolnshire, determined to commemorate the death of their brother Chistopher who was killed on the Nuremburg Raid in March 1944, and all of the men who served in Bomber Command, Fred and Harold Panton had decided to purchase a WWII Bomber. At one time, they had had their eyes on a Halifax which was coming up for sale, but their father told them, in no uncertain terms, they would not be permitted to keep one at his farm.
The years passed, but the brothers still held on to their dream. Eventually, Fred and Harold became co-owners of their own farm. When some land came up for sale which included part of the defunct RAF East Kirkby Airfield they bought it. Some areas of concrete and a few buildings still stood on the old airfield, in a state of disrepair. They used part of the area to set up a chicken farm. However, with the idea of owning an exhibition aircraft still foremost in their in their minds, they also began to renovate the working area of the airfield. That included building a new hangar, where an original T2 hangar had stood there during the war years.
Learning about the forthcoming auction, via an advertisement, Fred and Harold decided to try and purchase the old Lancaster. This aircraft could be the perfect monument to their brother's memory. When Fred saw NX611 for the very first time at Blackpool, she stood lonely and forlorn, waiting to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. Around her, a great crowd stood- some hopefully putting in bids, but most just watched, curious to see one of the country's finest types of Bomber at close range. Sadly, due to the reserve not being reached, she was withdrawn from the auction and later privately sold to the Rt Hon Lord Lilford. Fred and Harold kept in contact with her new owner and eventually, whilst she stood Gate Guardian at RAF Scampton, near Lincoln, and after one or two hiccups in the furtherance of their ambition to own her, a deal was struck with Lord Lilford's agent.
In September 1983, NX611 was finally purchased by Fred and Harold and, four years later, after completing an agreed total of ten years gate guardian at RAF Scampton, she was brought to East Kirkby, courtesy of the RAF. It was sixteen years since Fred had seen her at Blackpool auction.
The first moves towards restoring one of her four engines were made in 1993. Two ex RAF engineers were brought in to do the job. They began work on No3 engine. Although it had been idle for 22 years, they were confident they could bring it back to life. Accessing the spare parts was organised, the engine rotated to ensure it would still turn and the cam shaft covers removed. Both had to be replaced, although the engine cylinders were in good working order. Then the propeller was removed, stripped down and examined and apart from having to adjust the blade settings everything proved to be in fine order and was rebuilt. Local contractors were brought in to check the wiring and make good where necessary. That alone was a ten-day job.
The engine's starter motor, magnetos, fuel booster pump and ignition harness were removed and checked, the fuel tank was pressurised and the fuel jettison system reset. When the throttle controls between the cockpit lever and the engine were uncovered, it was discovered that almost a third of the small control rods had to be replaced.
However after about seven hundred man hours and at a cost of £7000 the engine was finally ready. This work was then completed for all four engines and they now at a fully operational taxiing standard.
Specification-
Engines: Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 24 engines (1640Hp each)
Dimensions: Span 102ft
Length 69ft, 11 3/4in
Height 20ft 6in
Wing area: 1300sqft
Weights: Tare 37,330lbs
Max all up: 72,000lbs
Max landing: 60,000lbs
Max bomb load: 18,000lbs
Max specialist bomb load 22,000lbs i.e Grand Slam
Max. Speed: 275mph at 15,000ft
Cruising Speed: 200mph at 15,000ft
Service ceiling: 25,000ft
Range: 2,350 miles with 7,000lbs bomb load.
Wolf Pack Invite 09/27/08
River Walk Park - Bakersfield, CA, Wednesday, September 27, 2008
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Chris Schwartz (Foothill) won the varsity boys race in 16:18. McFarland took the team title. McFarland also won the boys frosh/soph and jv team races. medals were given out to the top 15 runners.
Varsity Boys Team Results
1 MCFA McFarland 25
2 PADA Palmdale 95
3 RIDG Ridgeview 118
4 SHAF Shafter 130
5 BAEA East Bakersfield 142
6 BAKE Bakersfield 174
7 WASC Wasco 176
8 STOC Stockdale 210
9 FTHL Foothill 233
10 GARC Garces Memorial 254
11 ARVI Arvin 321
12 NORT North 324
13 Fron Frontier 345
14 SOUT South 404
15 BACH Bakersfield Christian 423
16 WSTB West Bakersfield 461
TFCC Taft INC
1. 16:18 179 179 Chris Schwartz Sr M FTHL 1
2. 16:29 292 292 Cisneros Alfonso Sr M MCFA 2
3. 16:38 450 450 Robby Baker Jr M RIDG 3
4. 16:44 297 297 Marco Perez So M MCFA 4
5. 16:48 293 293 Eduardo Bautista Jr M MCFA 5
6. 16:51 294 294 Marco Camargo Jr M MCFA 6
7. 16:54 451 451 Alex Garcia Jr M RIDG 7
8. 16:56 291 291 Gerardo Alcala Sr M MCFA 8
9. 16:58 295 295 Eddie Garcia Sr M MCFA 9
10. 17:04 296 296 Francisco Nava So M MCFA 10
11. 17:05 483 483 Joshua Wittenberg Sr M SHAF 11
12. 17:10 402 402 Adrian Ramos Jr M PADA 12
13. 17:16 400 400 Victor Hernandez Sr M PADA 13
14. 17:19 72 72 Andrew Ariey Sr M BAKE 14
15. 17:20 403 403 Daniel Ramos Jr M PADA 15
Elizabeth Wittenberg (Shafter) won the girls varsity race in 20:10. The Ridgeview varsity girls won the team title. Palmdale won the jv race and McFarland won the frosh/soph team title.
Varsity Girls Team Results
1 RIDG Ridgeview 45
2 SHAF Shafter 73
3 PADA Palmdale 94
4 NORT North 95
5 STOC Stockdale 124
6 FTHL Foothill 142
7 BAKE Bakersfield 142
8 GARC Garces Memorial 189
9 Fron Frontier 243
10 SOUT South 278
BAEA East Bakersfield INC
ARVI Arvin INC
WASC Wasco INC
TFCC Taft INC
WSTB West Bakersfield INC
BACH Bakersfield Christian INC
1. 20:10 464 464 Elizabeth Wittenberg Sr F SHAF
2. 21:04 430 430 Tijerra Lynch So F RIDG
3. 21:07 369 369 Merino Jennifer Sr F PADA
4. 21:10 428 428 Jessica Huizar Jr F RIDG
5. 21:12 89 89 Lucia Garcia Jr F BAEA
6. 21:17 208 208 Monica Guzman Jr F GARC
7. 21:23 330 330 Cecilia Lopez Sr F NORT
8. 21:33 90 90 Sophia Garcia So F BAEA
9. 21:35 136 136 Natalie Fernandez So F FTHL
10. 21:46 2 2 Tonya Hernandez Jr F ARVI
11. 21:53 624 624 Alejandra Gutierrez Sr F WASC
12. 21:55 372 372 Anaiz Ortiz Sr F PADA
13. 21:56 426 426 Ashley Duran Sr F RIDG
14. 22:05 459 459 Lindsee Handel So F SHAF
15. 22:12 45 45 Gabrielle Lerma So F BAKE
JV Boys Results
1 MCFA McFarland 29
2 RIDG Ridgeview 72
3 BAEA East Bakersfield 105
4 PADA Palmdale 118
5 SOUT South 150
6 Fron Frontier 160
7 WASC Wasco 161
8 STOC Stockdale 169
9 FTHL Foothill 237
10 GARC Garces Memorial 246
11 MiMo Mira Monte 278
12 BAKE Bakersfield 341
SHAF Shafter INC
TFCC Taft INC
ARVI Arvin INC
NORT North INC
1. 11:06 284 284 Bryan Calvo Sr M MCFA
2. 11:23 290 290 Pedro Sanchez Jr M MCFA
3. 11:34 661 661 Eric Sanchez Jr M WASC
4. 11:34 100 100 felix Trevino So M BAEA
5. 11:36 277 277 Bernardo Garcia Fr M MCFA
6. 11:39 440 440 Ernesto Castillo Jr M RIDG
7. 11:45 476 476 Matt Yanez Jr M SHAF
8. 11:46 439 439 Michael Anseno Sr M RIDG
9. 11:47 98 98 Marc Sotello Jr M BAEA
10. 11:47 474 474 Elias Picazo Sr M SHAF
11. 11:49 288 288 Adam Marquez Fr M MCFA
12. 11:50 394 394 Ramirez Miguel Jr M PADA
13. 11:50 393 393 Nicholas Mayo Jr M PADA
14. 11:53 276 276 Ismael Bautista Fr M MCFA
15. 12:00 101 101 Esteban Vargas Sr M BAEA
JV Girls Results
1 PADA Palmdale 27
2 STOC Stockdale 51
3 RIDG Ridgeview 66
4 MiMo Mira Monte 100
SOUT South INC
BAKE Bakersfield INC
FTHL Foothill INC
NORT North INC
GARC Garces Memorial INC
1. 14:45 494 494 Claudia Cuevas Sr F SOUT
2. 15:05 420 420 Natalia Motta Sr F RIDG
3. 15:12 528 528 Amber Crabtree Sr F STOC
4. 15:28 351 351 Amy Diaz Sr F PADA
5. 15:33 360 360 Lizet Onofre Jr F PADA
6. 15:41 364 364 Crystal Schachter Jr F PADA
7. 15:48 531 531 Shelby Pinkham Jr F STOC
8. 15:51 41 41 Felisa Torres Sr F BAKE
9. 15:52 118 118 Lucia Garcia Jr F FTHL
10. 15:54 362 362 Karina Ortega Jr F PADA
11. 15:54 328 328 Aubree Mossburg Jr F NORT
12. 16:04 365 365 Michelle Silva Jr F PADA
13. 16:06 367 367 Zaria Zambrano Jr F PADA
14. 16:07 525 525 Justine Benavidez Sr F STOC
15. 16:19 128 128 Nancy Tenorio Sr F FTHL
Frosh/Soph Boys
1 MCFA McFarland 25
2 WASC Wasco 66
3 FTHL Foothill 95
4 STOC Stockdale 114
5 RIDG Ridgeview 121
6 PADA Palmdale 139
7 SHAF Shafter 174
8 Inde Independence 183
9 TFCC Taft 254
10 BAKE Bakersfield 287
11 RFKH RFKH 312
12 GARC Garces Memorial 313
13 ARVI Arvin 337
14 MiMo Mira Monte 383
SOUT South INC
Error 2042 #N/A INC
1. 10:53 666 666 Jorge Zuniga Fr M WASC
2. 10:55 282 282 Chavez Ryan Fr M MCFA
3. 11:12 275 275 Sergio Avelar Fr M MCFA
4. 11:25 638 638 Eddie Aguilar So M WASC
5. 11:26 280 280 Leo Perez Fr M MCFA
6. 11:26 278 278 Jose Monrreal Fr M MCFA
7. 11:36 177 177 Genaro Quintanar Fr M FTHL
8. 11:38 541 541 Alex Eckley Fr M STOC
9. 11:39 279 279 Gonzalo Mulato Fr M MCFA
10. 11:40 252 252 Dwayne Facho So M Inde
11. 11:41 434 434 Brandon Magno Fr M RIDG
12. 11:42 383 383 Corey Nieto Fr M PADA
13. 11:48 543 543 Abraham Mayorga So M STOC
14. 11:49 467 467 Pablo Mendez Fr M SHAF
15. 11:50 650 650 Asencion Mendoza Sr M WASC
Frosh/Soph Girls
1 MCFA McFarland 43
2 Inde Independence 51
3 STOC Stockdale 73
4 FTHL Foothill 101
5 TFCC Taft 121
6 RIDG Ridgeview 139
7 RFKH RFKH 173
8 WASC Wasco 180
SOUT South INC
BAEA East Bakersfield INC
NORT North INC
BAKE Bakersfield INC
GARC Garces Memorial INC
1. 14:02 267 267 Corina Garcia So F MCFA
2. 14:02.6 270 270 Kathy Torres Fr F MCFA
3. 14:09 266 266 Olivia Ayon Fr F MCFA
4. 14:09 586 586 Daisy Guitron Fr F TFCC
5. 14:16 522 522 Madison Schutzner Fr F STOC
6. 14:23 484 484 Natalie Espinoza So F SOUT
7. 14:37 248 248 Sara Sullivan Fr F Inde
8. 14:37 110 110 Erica Castro So F FTHL
9. 14:44 237 237 Natalie Ambriz So F Inde
10. 14:46 93 93 Mayra Ponce So F BAEA
11. 14:50 244 244 Acacia Ingram So F Inde
12. 14:58 523 523 Victoria Valos So F STOC
13. 15:00 268 268 Liset Perezchica Fr F MCFA
14. 15:03 249 249 Katelynn Webb Fr F Inde
15. 15:20 135 135 Mari Escuedero So F FTHL
given a bit of a makeover new tyres,rebuilt and painted forks ,polished can,black swingarm,replace cam chain tensioner ,alarm fitted, ooh she sweet
Pierre L'Enfant was given the task of creating the city plan for the new capital city. L'Enfant chose Jenkins Hill as the site for the Capitol building, with a grand boulevard connecting it with the President's House, and a public space stretching westward to the Potomac River. In reviewing L'Enfant's plan, Thomas Jefferson insisted the legislative building be called the "Capitol" rather than "Congress House". The word "Capitol" comes from Latin and is associated with the Roman temple to Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Capitoline Hill. On September 18, 1793, President George Washington, along with eight other Freemasons dressed in masonic regalia, laid the cornerstone, which was made by silversmith Caleb Bentley. Washington, D.C. 22 December 2024
...given the current state of play re. the Covid restrictions here in the UK, it seemed only right to take advantage of the fact that Cambridge is still in Tier 2 - Merry Christmas ya filthy animals, stay safe!!!
I didn’t realise when given a recent surprise present of a cruise in the Pacific that I even had it on my bucket list. However after hanging out from the side of a ship in the Coral Sea, with no land anywhere in sight, during days in gales up to force 8 intensity taking shots of these birds wheeling and diving for their food, I loved the adventure!
I discovered after returning home and checking my shots carefully that the bird is the Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, named for its very distinctive red feet although much of the time the feet are so well tucked into its body during flight it is hard to see their colour.
For some reason I can't get the map location to show, but all of these red-footed booby shots were taken in the Coral Sea off the north-eastern coast of Australia.
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So given this morning's results, i decided to try it out in the evening...still cloudy but at least the sun cooperated. I'm still learning more and more everyday and today i got soaked a few times...lol. Just waiting for that epic light everyone talks about that i always seem to miss...lol
Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which rises eastwards, past "Caterpillar Wood", to the high ground at Guillemont.
The ground was captured, after very fierce fighting, in the latter part of July 1916. It was lost in the German advance of March 1918 and recovered by the 38th (Welsh) Division on 28 August 1918, when a little cemetery was made (now Plot 1 of this cemetery) containing 25 graves of the 38th Division and the 6th Dragoon Guards. After the Armistice, this cemetery was hugely increased when the graves of more than 5,500 officers and men were brought in from other small cemeteries, and the battlefields of the Somme. The great majority of these soldiers died in the autumn of 1916 and almost all the rest in August or September 1918.
CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY now contains 5,569 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 3,796 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 32 casualties known or believed to be buried among them, and to three buried in McCormick's Post Cemetery whose graves were destroyed by shell fire.
Patrice Clarke Washington, Airplane Captain
In 1994, while working as first officer on DC-8 for United Parcel Service, she was promoted to captain--the nation's, and possibly the world's, first black commercial airline captain.
Personal Information
Born Patrice Francise Clarke on September 11, 1961, in Nassau, Bahamas; daughter of Nathaniel and Peggy Ann (now Lundy) Clarke. Married Ray Washington, February, 1994.
Education
Attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. Graduated in April 1982 with a commercial pilot's certificate and B.S. in aeronautical science.
Career
Worked as a pilot for a charter company, Trans Island Airways, in the Bahamas, 1982-84. Flew as a first officer with Bahamasair 1984-88. Hired as a flight engineer for United Parcel Service May 1988; promoted to first officer, January 1990; upgraded to captain November, 1994. Believed to be first African American female pilot with a commercial airline.
Life's Work
When you live in the Bahamas it's practically a given that you'll do your shopping in Florida. "I remember many, many summers growing up when, as soon as we were done with school, we were on a plane headed for Miami," the now 35-year-old Chicagoan told CBB in a telephone interview. Virtually every summer, Christmas, and Easter school breaks, Washington, her mother, and two sisters would board a plane for the short hop across the water to visit with family members in the States to stock up on essentials. Accordingly, airline travel became second nature to this young Bahamian girl. And, somewhere up there in the clouds, above the shimmery blue of the Carribean, the bug bit--Washington decided she was going to fly planes for a living.
More than anything, she was determined to see the world beyond her lush, tropical island. And remarkably, nobody stopped her, nobody discouraged her, nobody said: You're female, you're black, you can't do these things. So Washington pressed on, despite the cultural and economic odds. And she succeeded far beyond anyone's expectations, including her own
In 1994, while working as first officer on DC-8 for United Parcel Service, she was promoted to captain--the nation's, and possibly the world's, first black commercial airline captain.
Washington's "first" was especially significant considering that there are fewer than a dozen black female pilots on major airlines, according to the Organization of Black Airline Pilots. Of UPS's own 1,650 pilots, only 59 percent are black and only 86 are women. Washington is the only one who is both black and female.
Of course, women had been flying planes for six decades, inspired by role models like Amelia Earhart in the 1930s and by the Women's Air Service Pilots of World War II. African Americans, however, had to fight their way in. After WWII ended in 1945, none of the 992 Tuskegee Airmen were able to get a job in commercial aviation. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, it took a succession of lawsuits by black pilots against airlines--and eventually one brought by the Justice Department against United Airlines--to weed out the entrenched discrimination.
These facts were unknown to the Bahamian teen-ager with her head in the clouds. "Growing up in the Bahamas I didn't have that consciousness about race," Washington said. All around her were black professionals and blacks in government leadership posts. "So when someone said `no,' as far as I was concerned it was no because `this is the way it had to be.' I didn't relate to people and life in terms of black, white, male, or female. It was, `I can do the job or I can't.'" As for the fact that she was a woman entering a man's world, perhaps the chief influence there was the fact that she grew up in an environment where male and female roles were blissfully combined.
Born in Nassau, Bahamas on September 11, 1961, Patrice Clarke was only five-years-old when her parents, Peggy Ann and Nathaniel Clarke, divorced. Her father then faded almost completely from her life. As for her mother, Peggy Ann Lundy would later become involved in a long-term romantic relationship and eventually marry Leo John Lundy when Patrice was almost an adult. But, primarily, hers was a childhood without men. "I think maybe the lack of male role models [in my life] had a little to do with the decision [to become a pilot] because my head was never filled with the boy thing/girl thing," Washington said. "I wasn't told that `the boys take out the garbage and the girls do the dishes.'" Because there were no boys in our house, we did it all."
Washington's family included her mother and two younger sisters: Natasha, two years her junior, and Lynette (who was adopted), 13 years her junior. There was a big extended family that cared for the girls while Peggy Ann Lundy was away working, first as a nurse's aide and later as the manager of a bar/restaurant. "There were tough times," Washington remembered. "She seemed to make things work ... She worked her butt off for us. She was always gone. We had one day with her--Sundays." But Nassau "was safe, and being a relatively small island, family were real close ... within two to three miles of our house. The family network is what made the difference."
Washington decided to apply to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, her mother, she recalls, was "awestruck." Perhaps it was her career choice, perhaps it was the stratospheric cost flying school combined with a four-year college degree entails. Still, Peggy Ann Lundy never voiced a single objection, Washington remembers; she just worked all the harder to put her daughter through college.
At Embry-Riddle, young Patrice studied aerodynamics, meteorology, and physics along with the usual subjects; besides these subjects, the biggest distinction her campus had was the 210 hours she put in learning to fly. A Bahamian citizen (the Bahamas had already become independent of Great Britain), Washington went through other changes: She felt pulled to her adopted country, the United States and sought and won official residency here shortly after college graduation. Though she ultimately decided not to follow the usual career path pilots do--through the military. To be understood by her American peers, she realized she had to drop some of the British words she used, along with the lilting, broken English of her Bahamian upbringing.
She graduated in April of 1982 with a B.S. in aeronautical science.
It was a recession year and a terrible time to be job-hunting.
Finally giving up on a United States-based pilot's job, she returned, dejected, to Nassau that summer. But luck was on her side after all; she was hired by Trans Island Airways that September. At Trans Island she found immense satisfaction, flying charters around the Bahamas, South Florida, Haiti, and Grand Cayman. Finally, she was being allowed to fly over open water. And, seated at the helm of tiny six-and-ten-seater Aztecs and Islanders, she couldn't have been happier. The scenery, the new people she was meeting, and even the occasional gut-wrenching thunderstorms--it was the world she wanted.
But eventually Washington realized she wanted a bigger world and the chance to fly to its furthest reaches. So, in October of 1984, she accepted a job with Bahamasair, a much larger airline, where she could fly Boeing 737s to points as far away as Atlanta and New York. She had taken a giant step up to her eventual goal. Yet three-and-a-half years later, she was job-hunting again. "The point in time came when I got tired doing the same thing, which was flying the Bahamas and South Florida. After you've done that so many times, it gets old." So Washington began interviewing at major U.S. airlines, and eventually she landed--at UPS.
Initially, Washington worked as a flight engineer on three-crew member flights, from UPS's home flight base in Louisville, Kentucky, to places like Anchorage, Alaska; Sydney, Australia, and Cologne, Germany. As a flight engineer, it was her job to check fuel levels and systems operation. But she yearned to get her hands on the controls of the huge cargo DC-8s she was helping to operate.
Still, she was realizing her dream of getting around the globe. Flying to Alaska, for instance, she saw her first glacier, something she had only read about in school in the tropics. "When I saw the glaciers for the first time my mind went back to geography class, my eyes watered, and I was filled with emotion," Washington has written in a short autobiographical article.
In her personal life there was another emotional high. In February of 1994 she married Ray Washington, a pilot for American Airlines whom she met at an Organization of Black Airline Pilots convention. A little over a year later, she was pregnant with their first child.
But her professional career was moving slowly, and the young Bahamian who had rarely thought of race or gender as controlling factors was starting to think about them now. She yearned to be promoted to first officer so she could fly UPS's planes directly. "The hard times," she says, "were when I started to realize I was being treated differently either because of my sex and or because of my race." During an upgrade test flight at UPS, for instance, when she was being considered for a first officer upgrade, she was paired with a trainer who decided she was not capable of the upgrade. She wondered why.
But she still was not making the connection, she remembers. Then she was paired with a second trainer who also refused to pass her. During one flight, she says he told her, "'I understand you only have about 1,000 hours [flight time]. And when he said that, I understood exactly what time it was. I looked at him and said, "No, sir, I have about 1000 hours flying a Boeing 737." In other words, what he was saying to me was "You're a low-time pilot, you don't deserve this job.' And, `basically we're not going to pass you, so you can go sit as an engineer for a few more years and try it later.'" The male pilot training alongside her passed the course.
Despite the hitches, however, Washington was finally promoted to first officer, in January 1990. Then, in November of 1994 she was promoted again--this time to captain. It was a hard-won first for African Americans. As Washington told Time magazine, "Airlines only hired us because they were sued."
According to Time, Korean War pilot Marlon Green sued Continental Airlines, winning a favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1962 that opened the door for black pilots to work for commercial airlines. But the fight was not yet won. In 1973 the U.S. Justice Department won its own landmark case against United Airlines when a federal court found entrenched discrimination and ordered United to hire blacks at twice the percentage of black applicants. American Airlines also was affected; it subsequently dropped its 5-foot, 6- inch height requirement which had nothing to do with flying airplanes, but did leave many women in the wings of the profession. And, USAir agreed to drop its nepotism requirements that also left many women out--because they weren't members of the boys club that was the traditional pilots community.
Despite these rulings, enforcement lagged. In 1988 the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission went back to court against United on behalf of hundreds of rejected African Americans and women. United responded, recruiting minority pilots and paying for their training to boost their numbers from 2.6 percent to 8.1 percent of the total. In the female-pilot category, United increased its numbers from 1.5 percent to 5.5 percent.
The result? "Things have changed significantly in the airline industry," Washington said. "I'm just going to be 35 [years-old], and I'm a captain--that was basically unheard of [in the recent past]. Particularly for me to be flying with people who are older than me and subordinate to me. So things have changed."
She wants to continue that trend. To young people interested in flying, she advises taking a serious look at the military as the route in; flight training is normally too expensive for most young people, especially those from low-income backgrounds. She also points to some limited scholarship aid from groups like the Organization of Black Airline Pilots.
Most importantly, she advises youths to disregard the lack of black and female role models--particularly in the still largely white male military. She suggests youths hold fast to their dreams, the way she did. "My point of view has always been that if there's something you want to do, go ahead and do it," Washington said. "I've always been pretty well focused and once I decided on something, I did it."
Awards
Honoree for female trailblazer award, National Coalition of Federal Aviation Employees, 1995; honoree, Organization of Black Airline Pilots, 1995.
Given to me by my grandparents. I'm curious how/why they owned as they're not the sake drinking type.
"The Dancing House (Czech: Tančící dům), or Ginger and Fred, is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building on the Rašínovo nábřeží (Rašín Embankment) in Prague, Czech Republic. It was designed by the Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunić in cooperation with Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry on a vacant riverfront plot. The building was designed in 1992. The construction, carried out by BESIX, was completed four years later in 1996.
Gehry originally called the house Ginger and Fred (after the dancers Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire – the house resembles a pair of dancers), but the nickname Ginger & Fred is now mainly used for the restaurant located on the seventh floor of the Dancing House Hotel. Gehry himself later discarded his own idea, as he was "afraid to import American Hollywood kitsch to Prague".
The "Dancing House" is set on a property of great historical significance. Its site was the location of an apartment building destroyed by the U.S. bombing of Prague in 1945. The plot and structure lay decrepit until 1960, when the area was cleared. The neighboring plot was co-owned by the family of Václav Havel, who spent most of his life there. As early as 1986 (during the Communist era), Vlado Milunić, then a respected architect in the Czechoslovak milieu, conceived an idea for a project at the place and discussed it with his neighbour, the then little-known dissident Havel. A few years later, during the Velvet Revolution, Havel became a popular leader and was subsequently elected president of Czechoslovakia. Thanks to his authority, the idea to develop the site grew.[citation needed] Havel eventually decided to have Milunić survey the site, hoping for it to become a cultural center, though this was not the result.
The Dutch insurance company Nationale-Nederlanden (ING Bank from 1991 to 2016) agreed to sponsor the construction of a house onsite. The superbank chose Milunić as the lead designer and asked him to partner with another world-renowned architect to approach the process. The French architect Jean Nouvel turned down the idea because of the small square footage, but the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry accepted the invitation. Because of the bank's excellent financial state at the time, it was able to offer almost unlimited funding for the project. Starting with their first meeting in 1992 in Geneva, Gehry and Milunić began to develop Milunić's original idea of a building consisting of two parts, static and dynamic ("yin and yang"), which were to symbolize the transition of Czechoslovakia from a communist regime to a parliamentary democracy.
The style is known as deconstructivist ("new-baroque" to the designers) architecture due to its unusual shape. The "dancing" shape is supported by 99 concrete panels, each a different shape and dimension. On the top of the building is a large twisted structure of metal nicknamed Mary.
In the middle of a square of buildings from the eighteenth and nineteenth century, the Dancing House has two main parts. The first is a glass tower that narrows at half its height and is supported by curved pillars; the second runs parallel to the river and is characterized by undulating mouldings and unaligned windows.
Dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are represented in the structure. A tower made of rock is used to represent Fred. This tower also includes a metal head. A tower made of glass is used to represent Ginger.
This design was driven mainly by aesthetic considerations: aligned windows would make evident that the building has two more floors, although it is the same height as the two adjacent nineteenth century buildings. The windows have protruding frames, such as those of paintings, as the designer intended for them to have a three-dimensional effect. The winding mouldings on the façade also serve to confuse perspective and diminish contrast with the surrounding buildings.
The New Town (Czech: Nové Město) is a quarter in the city of Prague in the Czech Republic. New Town is the youngest and largest of the five independent (from the Middle Ages until 1784) towns that today comprise the historic center of modern Prague. New Town was founded in 1348 by Charles IV just outside the city walls to the east and south of the Old Town and encompassed an area of 7.5 km²; about three times the size of the Old Town. The population of Prague in 1378 was well over 40,000, perhaps as much as twice that, making it the 4th most populated city north of the Alps and, by area, the 3rd largest city in Europe. Although New Town can trace its current layout to its construction in the 14th century, only few churches and administrative buildings from this time survive. There are many secular and educational buildings in New Town, but also especially magnificent gothic and baroque churches. These nevertheless are not the main drawing points for tourists. New Town's most famous landmark is Wenceslas Square, which was originally built as a horsemarket and now functions as a center of commerce and tourism. In the 15th century, the Novoměstská radnice, or New Town Hall, was the site of the first of the three defenestrations of Prague.
Prague (/ˈprɑːɡ/ PRAHG; Czech: Praha [ˈpraɦa]; German: Prag [pʁaːk]; Latin: Praga) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters.
Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611).
It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era.
Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square with the Prague astronomical clock, the Jewish Quarter, Petřín hill and Vyšehrad. Since 1992, the historic center of Prague has been included in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The city has more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits. An extensive modern public transportation system connects the city. It is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including Charles University in Prague, the oldest university in Central Europe.
Prague is classified as a "Alpha-" global city according to GaWC studies. In 2019, the city was ranked as 69th most livable city in the world by Mercer. In the same year, the PICSA Index ranked the city as 13th most livable city in the world. Its rich history makes it a popular tourist destination and as of 2017, the city receives more than 8.5 million international visitors annually. In 2017, Prague was listed as the fifth most visited European city after London, Paris, Rome, and Istanbul.
Bohemia (Latin Bohemia, German Böhmen, Polish Czechy) is a region in the west of the Czech Republic. Previously, as a kingdom, they were the center of the Czech Crown. The root of the word Czech probably corresponds to the meaning of man. The Latin equivalent of Bohemia, originally Boiohaemum (literally "land of Battles"), which over time also influenced the names in other languages, is derived from the Celtic tribe of the Boios, who lived in this area from the 4th to the 1st century BC Bohemia on it borders Germany in the west, Austria in the south, Moravia in the east and Poland in the north. Geographically, they are bounded from the north, west and south by a chain of mountains, the highest of which are the Krkonoše Mountains, in which the highest mountain of Bohemia, Sněžka, is also located. The most important rivers are the Elbe and the Vltava, with the fertile Polabean Plain extending around the Elbe. The capital and largest city of Bohemia is Prague, other important cities include, for example, Pilsen, Karlovy Vary, Kladno, Ústí nad Labem, Liberec, Hradec Králové, Pardubice and České Budějovice, Jihlava also lies partly on the historical territory of Bohemia." - info from Wikipedia.
Summer 2019 I did a solo cycling tour across Europe through 12 countries over the course of 3 months. I began my adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland and finished in Florence, Italy cycling 8,816 km. During my trip I took 47,000 photos.
Now on Instagram.
16/03/2023. Ladies European Tour 2023. Aramco Team Series Presented By Public Investment Fund - Singapore, Laguna National, Singapore. 16-18 March. Christine Wolf of Austria and Eleanor Givens of England at the 16th hole. Credit: Mark Runnacles/LET
Given into the care of the people of Cortachy for them to hold in remembrance
Robert Falcon Scott and Edward Adrian Wilson who knew this glen. They reached the South Pole on 17th January 1912 and died together on the great ice barrier
March 1912
"For the journey is done and the summit attained and the barriers fall"