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CSX M893 pops out of the Sykes Mill Tunnel after a brief pause at Delano for MOW to clear. Leading the southbound mixed freight is a freshly rebuiit SD70MAC. Another MAC is third out in the consist. Spring is just beginning to show in Appalachia, as evidenced by the buds surrounding the tunnel portal.
A pair of shiny SD9043MACs pull an 86-car CRSBG coal empty through Riverton, Utah on May 30, 1997. UP 8070 and 8099 were built by EMD for the UP in Sept. 1996 and Feb. 1997 respectively.
Poem about Mac the Cat (inspired by me, written by ChatGPT)
Mac the cat, so ginger and old,
Sits atop the fence, quiet and bold.
In Munich town, his home and place,
He watches the world with gentle grace.
Though he cannot meow anymore,
His spirit shines, like never before.
For Mac is calm and friendly too,
And always happy to see me and you.
With each pat and stroke of his fur,
We feel his warmth, so soft and pure.
And though he cannot speak a word,
His eyes and purrs make us assured.
Assured that in this world so fast,
There's still some peace that's meant to last.
And Mac the cat, with his friendly ways,
Shows us the joy in simpler days.
So here's to Mac, the old ginger cat,
May his days be long and full of that
Warmth and love he brings each day,
To brighten up our human way.
Another day, another Mac, this time the 4720. B522 makes it way around the south east wye with one of CSX's newest rebuilds leading.
The Devlins - Crossing The River
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_J7yLUVUG8
Something tells me I can trust in you
There's no pretense in the things you do
So much water under this bridge
And I'm standing here at the water's edge
Looking into your eyes
I'm crossing the river to get to you
I'm crossing the river
Crossing the river
You had the longing of a broken heart
Shined your light in a room that was frozen dark
Looking into your eyes (yeah yeah)
Looking into your eyes
I'm crossing the river (crossing the river) to get to you
I'm crossing the river (crossing the river)
And this time I'll make it through
With your faith and your arms open wide
I see you there on the other side
Crossing the river, of fear and pride
There's no turning back, I know
I've come so far and I've got so far to go
I'm crossing the river (crossing the river) to get to you
I'm crossing the river (crossing the river)
And this time I'll make it through (oh yeah)
With your faith and your arms open wide
I see you there on the other side
Crossing the river, of fear and pride (of fear and pride)
Grand Rapids-Detroit freight L303 creates a ground blizzard as it rolls east by milepost 146. A newly-rebuilt SD70AC leads the way.
Westbound empty auto train M27717 heads through the MARC station in Germantown. Beginning in summer of this year, the MACs have become much more common on CSX trains in the DC area.
It's Mac Sunday at High Oak Yard, as the 3933 fills in for the usual pair of geeps on Job 308 while a pair of sisters wait the next call to duty on the weeknight road locals.
A West bound CSX train with an EMD SD70 MAC on point clears Mineral, VA on the erstwhile C &O trackage, now owned by Buckingham Branch.
The architecture should promote a triple encounter between: people, work and landscape. [Oscar Niemeyer]
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A arquitetura deve promover um tríplice encontro entre: pessoas, obra e paisagem.
Finalmente criei vergonha pra arrumar minhas coisinhas...
Essa é a maletinha menor, que usei pra colocar as coisas da MAC.
Observação sobre os Samples:
Fiz 3 pedidos de 35 dolares (com frete), no mesmo dia, pra ver se não me taxavam. Resultado: UM pacote chegou, rasgado e faltando dois pigs e o presentinho. OUTRO pacote foi taxado, paguei 55 reais pra liberar. O TERCEIRO pacote está perdido, porque não tive nem notícia.
Pedi: 16/05
"Chegou": 24/06
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
Around 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Paleocene Epoch, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled, contraction occurred.
Horizontal contraction fractured in a similar way to drying mud, with the cracks propagating down as the mass cooled, leaving pillarlike structures, which are also fractured horizontally into "biscuits". In many cases the horizontal fracture has resulted in a bottom face that is convex while the upper face of the lower segment is concave, producing what are called "ball and socket" joints. The size of the columns is primarily determined by the speed at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools.
The extensive fracture network produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the Paleocene.
According to legend, the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant. The story goes that the Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool), from the Fenian Cycle of Gaelic mythology, was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. Fionn accepted the challenge and built the causeway across the North Channel so that the two giants could meet. In one version of the story, Fionn defeats Benandonner. In another, Fionn hides from Benandonner when he realises that his foe is much bigger than he is. Fionn's wife, Oonagh, disguises Fionn as a baby and tucks him in a cradle. When Benandonner sees the size of the 'baby', he reckons that its father, Fionn, must be a giant among giants. He flees back to Scotland in fright, destroying the causeway behind him so that Fionn would be unable to chase him down.
Across the sea, there are identical basalt columns (a part of the same ancient lava flow) at Fingal's Cave on the Scottish isle of Staffa, and it is possible that the story was influenced by this.
In overall Irish mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill is not a giant but a hero with supernatural abilities, contrary to what this particular legend may suggest. In Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888) it is noted that, over time, "the pagan gods of Ireland [...] grew smaller and smaller in the popular imagination, until they turned into the fairies; the pagan heroes grew bigger and bigger, until they turned into the giants". There are no surviving pre-Christian stories about the Giant's Causeway, but it may have originally been associated with the Fomorians (Fomhóraigh); the Irish name Clochán na bhFomhóraigh or Clochán na bhFomhórach means "stepping stones of the Fomhóraigh". The Fomhóraigh are a race of supernatural beings in Irish mythology who were sometimes described as giants and who may have originally been part of a pre-Christian pantheon