BUSAN, Republic of Korea (Feb. 16, 2017) Vice Adm. Jung, Jin-Sup, the commander of Republic of Korea Fleet (CRF), Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK), and Marc Knapper, Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. embassy in Seoul, stand with awardees from both navies during the second official CRF and CNFK Navy alliance awards ceremony. The ceremony is in honor of CNFK's one-year anniversary since the command move to Busan. CNFK is the U.S. Navy's representative in the ROK, providing leadership and expertise in naval matters to improve institutional and operational effectiveness between the two navies and to strengthen collective security efforts in Korea and the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wesley J. Breedlove)

Almere Regatta 2019 by Hans Knapper

Precious opal-knapped arrowhead. (~23.5 millimeters long)

Knapper: Chris Miller

Opal is hydrous silica (SiO2·nH2O) and is made up of extremely tiny spheres (colloids) that can be seen with a scanning electron microscope (SEM).

Gem-quality opal, or precious opal, has a wonderful rainbow play of colors (opalescence). This play of color is the result of light being diffracted by planes of voids between large areas of regularly packed, same-sized opal colloids. Different opalescent colors are produced by colloids of differing sizes. If individual colloids are larger than 140 x 10-6 mm in size, purple & blue & green colors are produced. Once colloids get as large as about 240 x 10-6 mm, red color is seen (Carr et al., 1979).

Not all opals have the famous play of colors, however. Common opal has a wax-like luster & is often milky whitish with no visible color play at all. Opal is moderately hard (H = 5 to 6), has a white streak, and has conchoidal fracture.

Several groups of organisms make skeletons of opaline silica, for example hexactinellid sponges, diatoms, radiolarians, silicoflagellates, and ebridians. Some organisms incorporate opal into their tissues, for example horsetails/scouring rushes and sawgrass. Sometimes, fossils are preserved in opal or precious opal.

Host rock: Bulldog Shale, lower Marree Subgroup, Aptian Stage, upper Lower Cretaceous

Locality: unrecorded site in the Coober Pedy Opal Field, north-central South Australia State, southern Australia

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Photo gallery of opal:

www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=3004

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Reference cited:

Carr et al. (1979) - Andamooka opal fields: the geology of the precious stones field and the results of the subsidised mining program. Geological Survey of South Australia Department of Mines and Energy Report of Investigations 51. 68 pp.

This image and others where kindly donated to the Society by Leon Knapper whose grandfather worked at the Formby Power House from about 1916 to 1959.

(~15.6 centimeters tall) (Knapper: Adam Reynolds)

"Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.

Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).

Seen here is a knapped spearpoint - it's a modern replica. The rock is "Burlington Chert", derived from a nodule in the limestone-dominated Burlington Formation. The chert has been heat-treated to make it more knappable. Heating can also change the colors to the light pinkish-orangish present in this specimen.

Stratigraphy: Burlington Formation, Mississippian

Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed site in midwestern America

The ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the USA Partnership Pavilion on Tuesday, October 17th, 2017.

(Pictured from left to right)

-Peter Kelley – Sales Associate, Kallman Worldwide

-David A. Gigliotti – Colonel, United States Army Chief, Joint U.S. Military Affairs Group-Korea

-David Gossack - Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs, U.S. Embassy

-Heidi H. Grant - Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, Washington, D.C.

-Marc Knapper - Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, U.S. Embassy, Seoul

-General Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy is Commander, Pacific Air Forces

-Lockheed Martin Representative

-Carolyn Carniaux – Project Manager, Kallman Worldwide

-Peter McKenna – Vice President, Business Development, Kallman Worldwide

130225-N-DU438-073 GULF OF THAILAND (Feb. 25, 2013)— Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Adam Jordan, from China Lake, Calif., replaces ram to boost performance of a computer in the ship’s automated data processing center aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). The Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, currently on deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations, has recently completed the annual multinational combined joint training exercise Cobra Gold and will take part in amphibious integration training (AIT) and certification exercise (CERTEX). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Betsy Knapper/Released)

Fra mønsteret "Romantiske sommervesker"

Str: 4” x 6” x 3” (10 cm x 15 cm x 7,5 cm) (b x h x d).

Denne er flott som en liten selskapsveske, med plass til det mest nødvendige.

Den er rask å sy, og kan pyntes med bånd og blonder, perler og knapper.

Hanken har fått påsydde perler (fra et ødealgt halsbånd).

Hanken er knytt i en løkke, slik at en kan henge vesken på håndleddet.

Flint breccia and pinstripe flint from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio, USA.

Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.

Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).

The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.

Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.

Studies done by geologists at Ohio State University at Newark indicate that the Vanport Flint has a relatively complex history, the details of which are still being worked out.

Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.

The sample shown here consists of flint breccia (= lighter-colored areas) that floors a cavity in flint (= dark gray material at lower right). The angular clasts of the breccia have been cemented together, principally by megaquartz (= macroscopic quartz crystals in chert/flint). The rock hosting the breccia-floored cavity has many thin, closely-spaced lines and bands & is known as "pinstripe flint" or "Nethers flint". The striping resembles Liesegang banding in sandstones, which results from groundwater moving through porous rocks and precipitating minerals - usually iron oxide (e.g., see: www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/albums/72157647217431341 ). Flint/chert, however, has low porosity and very low permeability, so pinstripe banding must have a different origin (?).

Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian

Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)

Bikini - knapper gehts nicht 5

So, hier mal die knapper geschnittene Version von diesem Bild: www.flickr.com/photos/snady_/4639592721/ - danke für den Tipp.

An expert flint knapper at work. He is removing the outer cortex from a raw flint nodule with a hammer stone.

Phil Harding, archeologist and flint knapper

An expert flint knapper at work. He is shaping the rough-out with an soft hammer made of antler.

Flint-knapped arrowhead (modern replica).

Knapper: Mike Dull

Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.

Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).

The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.

Flint-knapped arrowhead ("Coshocton Flint") from the Pennsylvanian of Ohio, USA. (~9.3 centimeters tall)

Knapper: Ernie Raber

"Flint" is the official gemstone of Ohio. Flint is actually chert (the two terms are synonymous, despite what anyone else might say), a cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rock. High-quality, colorful, multicolored, and multipatterned flint is moderately common at some Ohio localities. A couple famous flint occurrences in eastern Ohio include the Vanport Flint and the Upper Mercer Flint.

The Upper Mercer Flint is in the Pottsville Group (Lower to Middle Pennsylvanian), a marine to nonmarine, cyclothemic succession of shale, sandstone, limestone, coal, clay, and chert (flint). The Upper Mercer is a somewhat persistent marine limestone horizon that is often extensively chertified to black flint with whitish speckles (= often body fossils and fossil fragments). A dark bluish variant in the Nellie area of Coshocton County is called "Nellie Blue Flint". Flint knappers often call the Upper Mercer "Coshocton Flint".

This Upper Mercer Flint arrowhead is a modern replica made by a skilled knapper named Ernie Raber. The whitish object at right appears to be a silicified brachiopod fossil.

Stratigraphy: Upper Mercer Flint (= chertified Upper Mercer Limestone), upper Bedford Cyclothem, upper Pottsville Group, Atokan Series, lower Middle Pennsylvanian

Locality: undisclosed site in Ohio, USA

Den Haag Noordeinde

De knappe kapper knipt en kapt knap, maar de knappe knecht van de knappe kapper knipt en kapt nog knapper dan de knappe kapper knipt en kapt.

Wild Card: Christopher Matthews / formed view - my body’s an exhibition

Choreographer and performance artist Christopher Matthews curates my body’s an exhibition at Sadler’s Wells on 25, 26 June 2021. In this immersive event, multidisciplinary installations are scattered throughout the building in the foyers, studios, stages and backstage spaces, and explore themes of gender, class structure, intersections of the classical and contemporary, icon vs self and pop culture.

my body’s an exhibition presents over 22 works by international performance makers and artists in the form of video, photography, collage, sound, light, text and live movement installations.

see www.dancetabs.com

photo © Foteini Christofilopoulou | All rights reserved | For all usage/licensing enquiries please contact www.foteini.com

Berlin, "Municipal Baths Reloaded", Video Art and Light installations in the Lichtenberg Municipal Baths: These compartments on the gallery of the Great Hall seem to have been hot air showers

Als Lichtenberg 1907 in den Rang einer Stadt erhoben wurde und sein erstes Rathaus besaß, plante die Stadtverwaltung auch die entsprechenden städtischen Einrichtungen wie ein Amtsgericht, ein Krankenhaus, ein Entbindungsheim, Schulen und ein Volksbad. Die Kommune erwarb ein 3800 m² großes Grundstück an der Frankfurter Allee und gründete eine Kommission für die Erbauung einer Volksbadeanstalt, besetzt mit sieben Stadtverordneten und sieben Bürgerdeputierten. Architekten lieferten sogar in der Zeit des Ersten Weltkriegs Baupläne für eine solche öffentliche Badeeinrichtung. Der erste Spatenstich erfolgte im Jahr 1919 und die Fundamente wurden gelegt. Weil Lichtenberg 1920 als Bezirk nach Groß-Berlin eingemeindet wurde und seinen Stadtstatus verlor (und sicherlich auch wegen knapper Kassen unmittelbar nach dem Krieg), wurden die Bauarbeiten eingestellt. Erst 1925, nach Überwindung der Inflation, wurde weitergebaut, nachdem die Ingenieur-Architekten Rudolf Gleye und Otto Weis die vorhandenen Pläne aktualisiert hatten. Es entstand ein mehrgliedriger kubischer Baukörper im Stil des Expressionismus mit – nach damaligen Vorstellungen – sehr modernen Ausstattungen:

Die Einweihung des Hubertusbades nahm der Berliner Oberbürgermeister Gustav Böß am 2. Februar 1928 vor. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg beschädigte eine Sprengbombe das Gebäude an der Nordwestseite, es blieb aber noch funktionstüchtig. Außerdem gingen durch die Druckwellen die meisten Scheiben zu Bruch. Das Bad wurde notdürftig repariert. Als im Zusammenhang mit der Errichtung kompletter Neubauviertel in den östlichen Stadtbezirken ab Ende der 1960er Jahre dort auch neue lichtdurchflutete Schwimmhallen entstanden, verlor das Hubertusbad seine über den Bezirk hinausgehende Bedeutung. Hinzu kam, dass nun Baumängel, die bereits seit der Fertigstellung vorhanden waren, immer gravierender wurden, 1988 musste deshalb zunächst die große Halle geschlossen werden. Grund war ein Defekt an der Wasseraufbereitungs- und Heizungsanlage, der sich nicht mehr beheben ließ. Nach dem Mauerfall und dem schrittweisen Zusammenwachsen der gesamten Stadt galten die bisherigen bundesdeutschen Vorschriften für solche Einrichtungen, Geld für Reparaturen stand nun auch nicht mehr bereit. Als 1991 die Hauptwasserzuführung kaputtging, mussten auch die kleine Halle und alle anderen Badeinrichtungen geschlossen werden. Die kleine Halle diente dann zweckentfremdet als Lagerhalle.. Im Jahr 2016 fasste der Senat von Berlin einen Entschluss, der einer Wiederbelebung des Bades einen großen Schritt näher kam: der Komplex bleibt Eigentum des Landes Berlin. Im Auftrag der Stadt kümmert sich seitdem das Unternehmen Berliner Immobilienmanagement (BIM) um Möglichkeiten der Nachnutzung.

Eine Wiederaufnahme des Badebetriebes ist wegen der hohen Investitionskosten und der Unwirtschaftlichkeit eines laufenden Betriebes nicht mehr vorgesehen. Daher soll das Stadtbad Lichtenberg sowohl Veranstaltungsort als auch Begegnungszentrum im Kiez werden. Zur langfristigen Erreichung dieses Zieles wurde ein Zwei-Stufen-Plan beschlossen und unter Beteiligung der Öffentlichkeit in einem Konkretisierungs- und Planungsworkshop vertieft: Im ersten Bauabschnitt, der Anfang des Jahres 2022 abgeschlossen war, wurden aus dem Haus mehrere Tonnen Bauschutt entfernt sowie Elektroanschlüsse und Sanitäranlagen im linken (östlichen) Gebäudeteil wieder hergerichtet. Über das Becken der ehemaligen Frauenschwimmhalle wurde ein Holzboden gezogen, auf dem seit 2022 Ausstellungen und andere Events stattfinden können. Auf diesem Parkettboden können bis zu 200 Personen platziert werden. Hier finden temporäre Veranstaltungen statt, wie die, die wir besucht haben. Sie heißt "Stadtbad Reloaded" und führt die Gäste auf einen spannenden Rundgang durch das Haus, welches mit beeindruckenden Lichtinstallationen und über 157 digitalen Kunstwerken in allen Ecken wieder zum Leben erwacht.

Quelle: Überwiegend Wikipedia

When Lichtenberg was elevated to the status of a town in 1907 and had its first town hall, the town council also planned the corresponding municipal facilities such as a district court, a hospital, a maternity home, schools and a public swimming pool. The municipality acquired a 3,800 square metre plot of land on Frankfurter Allee and set up a commission for the construction of a public baths, consisting of seven city councillors and seven citizen deputies. Architects even provided construction plans for such a public bathing facility during the First World War. The ground-breaking ceremony took place in 1919 and the foundations were laid. Because Lichtenberg was incorporated into Greater Berlin as a borough in 1920 and lost its city status (and no doubt also due to a shortage of funds immediately after the war), construction work was halted. It was not until 1925, after the inflation had been overcome, that building work resumed after the engineer-architects Rudolf Gleye and Otto Weis had updated the existing plans. The result was a multi-storey cubic building in the Expressionist style with - according to the ideas of the time - very modern fixtures and fittings. The Hubertusbad was inaugurated by the Lord Mayor of Berlin, Gustav Böß, on 2 February 1928. During the Second World War, a high-explosive bomb damaged the building on the north-west side, but it remained functional. Most of the windows were also broken by the blast waves. The baths were provisionally repaired. When new, light-flooded swimming pools were built in the eastern boroughs at the end of the 1960s in connection with the construction of entire new neighbourhoods, the Hubertus Baths lost its importance beyond the borough. In addition, construction defects, which had been present since completion, became increasingly serious, and in 1988 the large hall had to be closed. The reason was a defect in the water treatment and heating system that could no longer be repaired.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the gradual merging of the entire city, the regulations for such facilities in vigour in West Germany applied and there was no longer any money available for repairs. When the main water supply broke in 1991, the small hall and all other bathing facilities had to be closed. The small hall was then misused as a warehouse. In 2016, the Berlin Senate took a decision that brought the revitalisation of the baths a big step closer: the complex remains property of the state of Berlin. Since then, the Berlin Real Estate Management Administration (BIM) has been working on behalf of the city to find ways to reutilise the site. Due to the high investment costs and the inefficiency of the operation of the pools, it is no longer planned to resume bathing activities. The Lichtenberg Municipal Baths are therefore to become both a venue for events and a meeting centre in the neighbourhood. In order to achieve this goal in the long term, a two-stage plan was adopted and further developed with the participation of the public in a concretisation and planning workshop:

In the first construction phase, which was completed at the beginning of 2022, several tonnes of rubble were removed from the building and electrical connections and sanitary facilities were restored in the left-hand (eastern) part of the building. A wooden floor was laid over the pool of the former women's swimming pool, which has been used for exhibitions and other events since 2022. Up to 200 people can be seated on this parquet floor. Temporary events take place here, like the one we visited. It is called ‘Municipal Baths Reloaded’ and takes guests on an exciting tour of the building, which comes back to life with impressive light installations and over 157 digital artworks in every corner.

Source: Mainly Wikipedia

This image and others where kindly donated to the Society by Leon Knapper whose grandfather worked at the Formby Power House from about 1916 to 1959.

Message on reverse: “Lead Swingers, Ham Knappers, Turkey Stuffers & Horse Thieves. Alf – policeman in centre and the Beadle on his left.”

May 1918

Pulsvarmer sydd i quiltestoff (dette er et Jinny Beier-stoff). Sydd etter mitt mønster. Dekorert med et nydelig bånd. Her har jeg bare sydd båndet oppå håndbaken (ikke rundt hele åpningen oppe). Den er lukket med 5 stk knapper.

Til denne har jeg brukt silkevatt.

Knapper: Jason Green

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This point was made from coffee table glass, jokingly nicknamed "Urban Crystal".

"Seks sølv trøyeknapper, 20 sølv vesteknapper. Knapper med stempel LB og AC - molteknapper. Knapper med stempel BB - roseknapper. ""Molteknapper"" Laget av: Lars Bjørnsen, Kr. Sand d. 1795. Andreas Thomas Christensen, Kr. sand d. 1869. ""Rosenknapper Baard Bonsach, Kr. Sand. d. 1758. Har tidl. nr. 83 og 84."

Gjenstand: Knapper

Beskrivelse: "Seks sølv trøyeknapper, 20 sølv vesteknapper. Knapper med stempel LB og AC - molteknapper. Knapper med stempel BB - roseknapper. ""Molteknapper"" Laget av: Lars Bjørnsen, Kr. Sand d. 1795. Andreas Thomas Christensen, Kr. sand d. 1869. ""Rosenknapper Baard Bonsach, Kr. Sand. d. 1758. Har tidl. nr. 83 og 84."

Registreringsdato: 24.03.2004

Giver/siste eier: Tore Bergstøls samlinger

Museum: Lindesnes Bygdemuseum

Materiale: Sølv,

Teknikk: Støpt

kingsridge area from the A82 towards drumchapel

plato, moldeado en bajo relieve D. 65 cm. Gres, esmalte con engobe de ceniza, cocción en horno Noborigama

Button stitched with wool and metallic thread.

This image and others where kindly donated to the Society by Leon Knapper whose grandfather worked at the Formby Power House from about 1916 to 1959.

This image and others where kindly donated to the Society by Leon Knapper whose grandfather worked at the Formby Power House from about 1916 to 1959.

Flint-knapped arrowhead. (~8.75 centimeters tall)

Knapper: Chris Miller

Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.

Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).

The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.

Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.

Studies done by geologists at Ohio State University at Newark indicate that the Vanport Flint has a relatively complex history, the details of which are still being worked out.

Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.

The arrowhead shown here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Chris Miller.

Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian

Locality: Nethers Flint Quarries - flint pit in the woods on the southwestern side of Flint Ridge Road, eastern Flint Ridge, far-western Muskingum County, east-central Ohio, USA (vicinity of 40° 00.137’ North latitude, 82° 11.544’ West longitude)

Een half uurtje later was het dan de beurt aan de volgende goederentrein. Als ik eerlijk mag zijn, deze vind ik zelf nog knapper dan die van ECR: een grijze Prima van Akiem met een sleep fraaie ballastwagons van de firma EFT. Dit bedrijf, voluit Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires, doet aan spoorvernieuwing- en spooraanleg. Zo stonden zij onder andere in voor de bouw van de LGV Est tussen Parijs en Strasbourg.

“WOW” al zeg ik het zelf!

Une demi heure après le passage du ECR, le prochain fret pour le compte de EFT avec ce Prima de Akiem en tête.

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Reuilly, 20/08/2013

SNCF Akiem 75022

62503 Laroche-Migennes - Chalons-en-Champagne

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

Wilde gerookte zalm op knapperig warm stokbrood met bieten-mayonaise en rucola

Flint-knapped arrowhead. (~5.3 centimeters tall)

Knapper: Jim Bohannon

Flint is the "official" state gemstone of Ohio (actually, there's no such thing as "official" anything). "Flint" is sometimes used as a lithologic term by modern geologists, but it is a synonym for chert. Flint and chert are the same - they are cryptocrystalline, quartzose sedimentary rocks. Rockhounds often assert that flint is high-quality while chert is low-quality. Some geologists assert that "flint" implies a biogenic origin and "chert" implies a chemical origin.

Many cherts do have a chemical origin - chert nodules are moderately common in some limestone units. The nodules form during diagenesis - pre-existing silica components in the carbonate sediments are dissolved, mobilized, and reprecipitated as chert masses. Some cherts do have a biogenic origin - for example, radiolarian cherts (rich in radiolarian microfossils) or spicular cherts (rich in siliceous sponge spicules).

The most famous flint deposit in Ohio is Flint Ridge, in Licking County. At this locality, the Middle Pennsylvanian-aged Vanport Flint is exposed in several places. The geologic literature on the Vanport Flint is relatively sparse, with inaccurate, incomplete descriptions and characterizations. For example, the literature describes the Vanport as a sheet of flint at Flint Ridge - it's actually a meganodule horizon. Other descriptions refer to the chert as the remains of siliceous sponges. In reality, siliceous sponge spicules are quite scarce in Vanport samples.

Two graduate student projects during the 2000s, conducted at two different universities, had very different conclusions & interpretations about the origin of the Vanport Flint. A 2003 study concluded that chert at Flint Ridge is biogenic in origin. A 2006 study concluded that the chert is chemical in origin.

Modern flint knappers value the Vanport Flint for being multicolored and high-quality (= very few impurities). With artificial heating, the flint is more easily knapped into arrowheads, spear points, and other objects. Prehistoric American Indians quarried the Vanport Flint at many specific sites on Flint Ridge. Old Indian flint pits can be examined along hiking trails in Flint Ridge State Park ("State Memorial"). Many authentic Indian artifacts found in Ohio (arrowheads & spearpoints - "projectile points") are composed of Vanport Flint.

The arrowhead seen here is a modern replica, produced by a skilled knapper named Jim Bohannon. The flint itself comes from a Roy Miller flint pit on Flint Ridge. Material from this site is famous for having greenish and bluish coloration, which become intensified with heating.

Stratigraphy: Vanport Flint, Allegheny Group, upper Middle Pennsylvanian

Locality: Roy Miller flint pit, northwestern corner of the Brownsville Road-Flint Ridge Road intersection, next to Flint Ridge State Park, Flint Ridge, southeastern Licking County, east-central Ohio, USA

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

This is from the Cumming Indian Festival, I didn't get a good shot of him at Canton

A knapper is an individual who shapes flint, chert, obsidian or other stone through the process of knapping or lithic reduction, to manufacture stone tools.

Knapping is done in a variety of ways depending on the purpose of the final product. For stone tools and flintlock strikers chert is worked using a fabricator, such as a hammerstone, to remove lithic flakes from a nucleus or core of tool stone. Stone tools can then be further refined using wood, bone, and antler tools to perform pressure flaking.

Blicke Strich westwärts – Erkundungen in Texten von Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

Eine Herz & Mund Produktion | Koproduktion mit dem Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster und Alte Liebe Produktionen

Do. 01.10., Sa. 03.10., So. 04.10. | jeweils 20.00 Uhr

Stauerei, Cuxhavener Str. 7 | Tickets unter 0421-700 141

Eintritt: 14,-/7,- Euro | www.schwankhalle.de

Auf Erkundungsreise mit Rolf Dieter Brinkmann durch Rom machen Ekki, Tim und Anas dessen Wirklichkeit zu ihrer eigenen. Doch der privilegierten Kunstidylle in der Villa Massimo fehlt die menschliche Realität, und die verrückte Betriebsamkeit der Stadt lenkt ständig ab. Zu viele Eindrücke verstümmeln die Sinne. An allen Ecken bröckelt die Geschichte auf ein einzelnes Leben. Die Zumutungen des römischen Alltags werden zum Indiz für den Zustand einer Kultur, welche die Alltagspanik mit Verheißungen der Sexindustrie überkleistert.

Heiner Müller nannte Rolf Dieter Brinkmann das „einzige Genie der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur“. Für seine poetischen, fiebrigen und wuchtigen Beschreibungen nutzte Brinkmann auch Techniken des Films: Schnitte und Montagen mit immer wieder neuen Perspektiven. BLICKE STRICH WESTWÄRTS entwickelt eine Bühnenform aus den Schreib- und Erzählmethoden des Subkultur-Avantgardisten. Schnitte und Assoziationen verbinden sich zu einem theatralen Hypertext.

„Ich habe keine andere Zeit als die Zeit, in der ich lebe, und da will ich wissen, in welchem Zustand ich lebe, in welchen Augenblicken, und was diese Augenblicke enthalten."

Eine Alte Liebe Produktion in Kooperation mit dem Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster. Gefördert durch das Kulturamt der Stadt Münster und das NRW Landesbüro Freie Kultur mit Mitteln des Ministerpräsidenten des Landes NRW

Mitwirkende: Ekkehard Freye, Tim Knapper, Anas Ouriaghli. Raum: Ansgar Silies, Kostüme: Ruth Schultz, Komposition: Kai Niggemann, Dramaturgie: Justus Wenke, Technik: Moritz Hesse, Regieassistenz: Julia Böhme/ Monika Stermann Regie: Andre Sebastian

Almere Regatta 2019 by Hans Knapper

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

This image and others where kindly donated to the Society by Leon Knapper whose grandfather worked at the Formby Power House from about 1916 to 1959.

ALSAGERS BANK WAR MEMORIAL STAFFORDSHIRE

All information is provided in good faith but, on occasions errors may occur. Should this be the case, if new information can be verified please supply it to the author and corrections will then be made.

This memorial has been compiled with additional information by kind permission of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Also from Ancestry.co.uk

Located at the parish church beside the main road through the village

For our Glorious Dead

They died that we might live

1914-1918

BARLOW Albert Information will be added at a later date

BARNETT James

BATEMAN Henry

BIRKIN Enoch

BOWERS Charles

BROCKLEY George Thomas Of Halmers End

BURLEY Arthur

CHATFIELD William

CLARKE Leonard

COLCLOUGH Warrill

DAVIES John

DEAN Charles

DEAN Leonard

DEAN Thomas

DUNNE Allan

EDGELEY Harry

GUEST Joseph

HARRISON George

HEYWOOD John William

HIGHFIELD Thomas

HILL Thomas Wilson

HULSE Samuel

JAMES Ernest

JOHNSON George

KELSALL Percy

KIRKHAM William

KNAPPER Joseph

KNAPPER William

LOVALL Thomas

MENEALY John

MOORCROFT George

POOLE Elijah

POOLE Sydney

PROCTOR William

PUCH John

ROWLEY Eli

ROWLEY John

SALMON Fred

SAUNDERS Alfred

STEELE Trevelyn

TOMKINSON Edward

TOPHAM Ernest

WAINWRIGHT Thomas

WAREHAM George

WILCOX Job H

WRIGHT Harold

WRIGHT Wilfred

FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

1939-1945

ALEXANDER Albert Information will be added at a later date

BAILEY Frederick W

BEECH Cyril

BOULTON Frank

FINNEYMORE Albert

GILBERT William

MOORES Cederic

MORETON Robert

POTTS Elsie

RICHARDSON Joseph

TAYLOR Clifford

TOPHAM Jack

WEMYSS Donald

YEARSLEY James

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

Volunteer Shelby Knapper in Peru Cusco Child Care program 4 weeks www.abroaderview.org

1- How was the local ABV Coordinator/staff and the support provided in-country?

Beatriz was awesome. She was there to help with anything I needed, and offered support for the duration of my trip. She showed me around Cusco, helped plan weekend trips, and introduced me to my family, program, and to other volunteers.

2- What was the most surprising thing you experienced? Name 2

Program: The kindergarten was very well equipped and staffed.

Host Family: My family ate very big lunches, and the dinner was very light, which was an adjustment.

Country: The weather can change from frizzing to hot within minutes.

3- What was the most challenging thing you experienced?

Program: Sometimes being left alone with the whole class of three-year old-kids.

Host Family: Trying to finish the huge lunch they’d give me!

Country: Constantly being approached in the street by people trying to sell stuff.

4- Any tips for future volunteers… (clothing, travel, personal items, donations)

1. Warm clothing for nighttime.

2. Extra toilet paper (lots of public bathrooms not have it)

3. Good shoes for walking and hiking.

4. Bug spray for Machupicchu

5.1-Other things volunteers should know before coming here: (that’s not in the orientation guide)

a. Come with an open mind.

b. Cusco is full of things to do, so be proactive.

c. You may want to buy your own extra food to supplement.

d. Make use of your weekends with trips.

6- Personal Paragraph about the experience:

I had a good experience with A Broader View. I love that I could combine travel with volunteering. I got to see many sights and had a rewarding experience volunteering.

7- How would you describe your accommodation, meals, security, friendliness, quality others:

My host family was so welcoming and accommodating. I’m vegetarian, and my host mom would even make special tofu for me. I felt very at home.

8- What was your favorite memory of this trip?

Program: Bonding with the kids and teachers at the school.

Host Family: Watching soccer together and talking together during meals.

Country: All of the things I got to see in Cusco and Machupicchu.

9- How was the ABV USA support prior traveling?

They were so helpful, and always responded to calls and emails superb fast.

9.1- What do you think about the reservation system online?

It worked well with me.

9.2- Who did you find Abroaderview website

A friend recommended it.

10 – Are you willing to speak to other potential ABV volunteers?

Yes.

https;/#abroaderview.org

#volunteer #peru #cusco #cuzco #abroaderview

Blicke Strich westwärts – Erkundungen in Texten von Rolf Dieter Brinkmann

Eine Herz & Mund Produktion | Koproduktion mit dem Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster und Alte Liebe Produktionen

Do. 01.10., Sa. 03.10., So. 04.10. | jeweils 20.00 Uhr

Stauerei, Cuxhavener Str. 7 | Tickets unter 0421-700 141

Eintritt: 14,-/7,- Euro | www.schwankhalle.de

Auf Erkundungsreise mit Rolf Dieter Brinkmann durch Rom machen Ekki, Tim und Anas dessen Wirklichkeit zu ihrer eigenen. Doch der privilegierten Kunstidylle in der Villa Massimo fehlt die menschliche Realität, und die verrückte Betriebsamkeit der Stadt lenkt ständig ab. Zu viele Eindrücke verstümmeln die Sinne. An allen Ecken bröckelt die Geschichte auf ein einzelnes Leben. Die Zumutungen des römischen Alltags werden zum Indiz für den Zustand einer Kultur, welche die Alltagspanik mit Verheißungen der Sexindustrie überkleistert.

Heiner Müller nannte Rolf Dieter Brinkmann das „einzige Genie der deutschen Nachkriegsliteratur“. Für seine poetischen, fiebrigen und wuchtigen Beschreibungen nutzte Brinkmann auch Techniken des Films: Schnitte und Montagen mit immer wieder neuen Perspektiven. BLICKE STRICH WESTWÄRTS entwickelt eine Bühnenform aus den Schreib- und Erzählmethoden des Subkultur-Avantgardisten. Schnitte und Assoziationen verbinden sich zu einem theatralen Hypertext.

„Ich habe keine andere Zeit als die Zeit, in der ich lebe, und da will ich wissen, in welchem Zustand ich lebe, in welchen Augenblicken, und was diese Augenblicke enthalten."

Eine Alte Liebe Produktion in Kooperation mit dem Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster. Gefördert durch das Kulturamt der Stadt Münster und das NRW Landesbüro Freie Kultur mit Mitteln des Ministerpräsidenten des Landes NRW

Mitwirkende: Ekkehard Freye, Tim Knapper, Anas Ouriaghli. Raum: Ansgar Silies, Kostüme: Ruth Schultz, Komposition: Kai Niggemann, Dramaturgie: Justus Wenke, Technik: Moritz Hesse, Regieassistenz: Julia Böhme/ Monika Stermann Regie: Andre Sebastian

Indian postcard with the only two buttons I have made alike.

Naar schatting had ik een uurtje tijd vooraleer de bedieningstrein zou terugkeren. Van mijn (tevergeefse) bezoek begin vorig jaar wist ik nog dat de lijn er niet echt knapper op wordt richting Duinkerke. Maar omdat de zonnestand ter hoogte van Leffrinckoucke verre van ideaal zou zijn, verkende ik de lijn toch iets grondiger.

Na drie kwartier hield ik het voor bekeken en keerde ik voor alle zekerheid terug naar het bekende punt nabij het Fort des Dunes uit 1878. (Op het militaire kerkhof liggen onder andere de slachtoffers begraven die vielen toen het fort tijdens W.O. II zwaar gebombardeerd werd door Duitse Stuka's. Dat gebeurde tussen 2 en 3 juni 1940, vandaar ook de naam van de aangrenzende straat.)

Ik twijfelde nog wat of ik de trein verderop in de duinen zou fotograferen of bij het overweggetje maar hop, daar hoorde ik al een claxon. Zo traag het op de heenrit ging, zo vlot verliep de terugrit ... Er moest dan ook slechts één wagon mee, beladen met zware stalen staven. In zwart-wit viel er gelukkig nog iets te maken van het harde licht!

BUSAN, Republic Of Korea (Oct. 24, 2017) Vice Adm. Phillip Sawyer, commander, 7th Fleet, far right, Vice Adm. Jin-Sub Jung, Commander, Republic of Korea Fleet, center right, Marc Knapper, Charge d’affairs, United States Embassy to the Republic of Korea, center, Vice Adm. Marc Dalton, commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, center left, and Capt. Buzz Donnelly, commanding officer of the Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), far left, cut a cake during a reception ceremony held in the hangar bay of Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan moored in Busan for a scheduled port visit after conducting a bilateral training exercise with the ROK Navy designed to increase the readiness of U.S. and ROK forces and maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interests of its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class MacAdam Kane Weissman)