Gibsons

G7210

'The Art File' JIGX01

card

1,000 pieces

69 x 48 cm

27 x 19 in

 

I fell in love with this puzzle when I first saw it, but when I got it home I started to regret my decision; the dark, busy image made me think I'd have trouble putting it together. But I was mistaken: after studying the included poster I realised that it was possible to divide up the areas into manageable portions.

For example, the berries were in one area only, and the birds and animals were pretty easy to place too. So I worked out from those sections and it came together in no time.

It also helped that the pieces were of a decent thickness and fit together well.

    

From Allens Creek/Corbett's Glen Preservation Group web site (www.corbettsglen.org): Nestled just southeast of Rochester City limits are 73 acres of land of Unsurpassed natural beauty and Environmental sensitivity, often referred to as the Allens Creek Valley. Carved by glaciers, the valley has been safeguarded from development due to steep slopes that surround and protect it. The secluded valley offers an oasis of sight, sound, and remarkable natural features in an otherwise densely developed suburban area. These features include the following:

 

- A series of waterfalls cascading over limestone outcroppings.

-The clear, pebble-bottomed waters of Allens Creek, home to rainbow trout, spawning salmon, and a variety of reptiles and amphibians.

-A diverse mix of meadows, old-growth forests, and wetlands.

Unusual glacial features: eskers, alluvial fans, and moraines.

-Owls, raptors, migratory songbirds, waterfowl, and more than 100 other bird species.

-Red fox, deer, opossum, mink, and wild turkey.

-Wildflowers and other protected plants, including round-lobed hepatica, cardinal flowers, and bittersweet.

 

The Allens Creek valley is of historical significance both to the Native Americans who first lived there and to the earliest European traders. A major foot trail of the Iroquois people traversed the valley, and a sacred burial site was documented in the 1800s. Sixteenth-century traders established ties with local natives at nearby Indian Landing long before Rochester was founded. In the 19th century, European settlers farmed the fertile valley lands and constructed mills to harness the manageable power of Allens Creek.

I went out a bit this morning with the new lens (Tamron SP 150-600mm F/5-6.3) before heading to work. Not great light - it was cloudy. No herons/egrets were to be found. Looking around a little, this Mockingbird was the first bird I spotted and took a shot of.

 

I'm pretty happy with the lens. That's really sharp. The autofocus on the thing is really fast, and almost never has to go hunting. The weight is a bit high, but manageable. Not something for a long hike without some way to offload the heft, though.

Comparing the three most recently released mermaid Ariel 12'' dolls by the Disney Store. From left to right they are the 2012 Classic Ariel, the 2013 Ariel from the Little Mermaid Deluxe Doll Gift Set, and the 2013 Classic Ariel. They are standing side by side, supported by Kaiser doll stands (not included with the dolls).

 

The Gift Set Ariel has the head and face of the 2013 doll, and similar hair (straighter and without ending in gelled curls), but the rest of her is almost identical to the 2012 doll. So it is appropriate that she is in the middle of the trio.

 

The 2013 Classic Ariel mermaid doll has many differences from the 2012 model, and is a greatly improved doll. She is both more attractive and more movie accurate. The major changes are to her head and face, her hair, her tail and her legs. There is a minor change to her shell bra. The only features that haven't changed are her torso and arms. I think that overall, she is the best doll in the new class of Classic Princess dolls from the Disney Store. That is fitting, as this is the year of the Diamond Edition release of her movie, The Little Mermaid.

 

Her head has been redesigned to be rounder than the previous models, thus more accurate by the shape alone. Her forehead is lower, her cheeks are fuller and her cheekbones are more prominent. Her cute button nose, open mouth smile and small angular chin seem to be same as the previous model. So her head is not as long, and her face is not as flat.

 

Her face is similar to last years, but with many small changes. Her eye molds appears to be the same shape, but the corners of her eyes are more rounded, so overall the eyes are slightly smaller but rounder. Her big round blue green eyes are wide open, and glancing to her right. They are darker, the pupils are significantly larger, and the glance is more severe than the 2012 doll. It makes for a more lively and adorable expression. She has four short thick curving black lashes over each eye, in the same pattern as last year, and black eyeliner under them that is thicker and darker than before. She has silver eyeshadow as before, but the thick eyeliner partially obscures the eyeshadow. Her rust colored eyebrows a little thicker and darker than last year, and are closer to her eyes. The rouge on her cheeks are much darker than last year, when it was barely visible, if it was there at all. Her mouth is the same, but her lips are a dark pink (as opposed to last year's pastel pink), and her upper lip is painted thinner, and her lower lip is painted fuller. Her face is very beautiful, youthful, lively and much more movie accurate than before.

 

Her waist length red hair is mostly straight and soft, but it ends in large stiff curls. The area around her face is also stiffened with gel to keep it off her face, which works very well to make her face much more open than the 2012 doll. Her volume of hair is much less than before. Her hair is much more manageable, neater, and movie accurate than before. But her part is still on the wrong side of her head, and the large curving front bangs of the movie character are still missing from this doll.

 

Her tail is a dark blue green color, with green glitter forming a scale pattern that is fetching. However her upper and lower fins are made of light blue green tulle that looks much less realistic and movie accurate than the 2012 model. It is based on the tail and fins of the 2011 Classic Ariel, but with the glitter in a scale pattern, rather than being sprayed on. Her purple shell bra is very similar to the 2012 model, but is a little darker and a little more accurate than before. It also seems to fit better.

 

Her body is fully articulated in the arms, but now has the rubber legs of 2011 and earlier dolls, which has internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Her hip joints allow her to sit down with her legs together and her back straight up, unlike the 2012 doll with the fully articulated but defective legs. Her angled rubber feet also make her about 1/4 inch shorter than the 2012 doll. I'd say that the rubber legs are definitely a big improvement for Ariel over the fully articulated hard plastic legs of 2012.

 

The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The boxes are the same height and width, but are 1/2'' flatter, making them smaller and lighter.

 

The 2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, released on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. I now have all 11 Princesses, Queen Elinor, Charlotte and Gaston. I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.

 

Classic Disney Princess Ariel Doll - 12''

US Disney Store

Released online June 10, 2013.

Purchased online June 13, 2013.

Received June 24, 2013.

$14.95 (was on sale for $10 at time of purchase).

 

The Little Mermaid Deluxe Doll Gift

Contains exclusive versions of Vanessa, Ursula, Ariel as Mermaid, Prince Eric, and King Triton. Also included are small figures of Ariel's friends Scuttle, Flounder and Sebastian.

US Disney Store

Released in selected stores June 20, 2013.

Purchased in store June 21, 2013.

$79.95

 

The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In the United Kingdom, where no other kestrel species commonly occurs, it is generally just called "kestrel".[2]

 

This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America.[3] It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare; in the whole of Micronesia for example, the species was only recorded twice each on Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.[4][5][6]

 

Description

Common kestrels measure 32–39 cm (12+1⁄2–15+1⁄2 in) from head to tail, with a wingspan of 65–82 cm (25+1⁄2–32+1⁄2 in). Females are noticeably larger, with the adult male weighing 136–252 g (4+3⁄4–8+7⁄8 oz), around 155 g (5+1⁄2 oz) on average; the adult female weighs 154–314 g (5+3⁄8–11+1⁄8 oz), around 184 g (6+1⁄2 oz) on average. They are thus small compared with other birds of prey, but larger than most songbirds. Like the other Falco species, they have long wings as well as a distinctive long tail.[4]

 

Their plumage is mainly light chestnut brown with blackish spots on the upperside and buff with narrow blackish streaks on the underside; the remiges are also blackish. Unlike most raptors, they display sexual colour dimorphism with the male having fewer black spots and streaks, as well as a blue-grey cap and tail. The tail is brown with black bars in females, and has a black tip with a narrow white rim in both sexes. All common kestrels have a prominent black malar stripe like their closest relatives.[4]

 

The cere, feet, and a narrow ring around the eye are bright yellow; the toenails, bill and iris are dark. Juveniles look like adult females, but the underside streaks are wider; the yellow of their bare parts is paler. Hatchlings are covered in white down feathers, changing to a buff-grey second down coat before they grow their first true plumage.[4]

 

Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing

Adult male F. t. tinnunculus landing

 

Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing

Young male F. t. tinnunculus during ringing

 

Female F. t. tinnunculus

Female F. t. tinnunculus

 

F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl

F. t. tinnunculus at lake Neusiedl

 

F. t. tinnunculus Male in the wild

F. t. tinnunculus

Male in the wild

 

F. t. tinnunculus Female in the wild

F. t. tinnunculus

Female in the wild

 

Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it

Perched near the nest of a common blackbird (Turdus merula), with a male blackbird attempting to distract it

 

Hovering tail feathers closed

Hovering

tail feathers closed

 

Hovering tail feathers spread

Hovering

tail feathers spread

 

Hovering

Hovering

 

Skull

Skull

Behaviour and ecology

In the cool-temperate parts of its range, the common kestrel migrates south in winter; otherwise it is sedentary, though juveniles may wander around in search for a good place to settle down as they become mature. It is a diurnal animal of the lowlands and prefers open habitat such as fields, heaths, shrubland and marshland. It does not require woodland to be present as long as there are alternative perching and nesting sites like rocks or buildings. It will thrive in treeless steppe where there are abundant herbaceous plants and shrubs to support a population of prey animals. The common kestrel readily adapts to human settlement, as long as sufficient swathes of vegetation are available, and may even be found in wetlands, moorlands and arid savanna. It is found from the sea to the lower mountain ranges, reaching elevations up to 4,500 m (14,800 ft) ASL in the hottest tropical parts of its range but only to about 1,750 m (5,740 ft) in the subtropical climate of the Himalayan foothills.[4][7]

 

Globally, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.[1] Its stocks were affected by the indiscriminate use of organochlorines and other pesticides in the mid-20th century, but being something of an r-strategist able to multiply quickly under good conditions it was less affected than other birds of prey. The global population has been fluctuating considerably over the years but remains generally stable; it is roughly estimated at 1–2 million pairs or so, about 20% of which are found in Europe. There has been a recent decline in parts of Western Europe such as Ireland. Subspecies dacotiae is quite rare, numbering less than 1000 adult birds in 1990, when the ancient western Canarian subspecies canariensis numbered about ten times as many birds.[4]

 

Food and feeding

  

When hunting, the common kestrel characteristically hovers about 10–20 m (35–65 ft) above the ground, searching for prey, either by flying into the wind or by soaring using ridge lift. Like most birds of prey, common kestrels have keen eyesight enabling them to spot small prey from a distance. Once prey is sighted, the bird makes a short, steep dive toward the target, unlike the peregrine which relies on longer, higher dives to reach full speed when targeting prey. Kestrels can often be found hunting along the sides of roads and motorways, where the road verges support large numbers of prey. This species is able to see near ultraviolet light, allowing the birds to detect the urine trails around rodent burrows as they shine in an ultraviolet colour in the sunlight.[8] Another favourite (but less conspicuous) hunting technique is to perch a bit above the ground cover, surveying the area. When the bird spots prey animals moving by, it will pounce on them. They also prowl a patch of hunting ground in a ground-hugging flight, ambushing prey as they happen across it.[4]

  

European pine vole (Microtus subterraneus), a typical common kestrel prey since prehistoric times

 

Common kestrels eat almost exclusively mouse-sized mammals. Voles, shrews and true mice supply up to three-quarters or more of the biomass most individuals ingest. On oceanic islands (where mammals are often scarce), small birds (mainly passerines) may make up the bulk of its diet.[6] Elsewhere, birds are only an important food during a few weeks each summer when inexperienced fledglings abound. Other suitably sized vertebrates like bats, swifts,[9] frogs[citation needed] and lizards are eaten only on rare occasions. However, kestrels are more likely to prey on lizards in southern latitudes. In northern latitudes, the kestrel is found more often to deliver lizards to their nestlings during midday and also with increasing ambient temperature.[10] Seasonally, arthropods may be a main prey item. Generally, invertebrates like camel spiders and even earthworms, but mainly sizeable insects such as beetles, orthopterans and winged termites will be eaten.[4]

 

F. tinnunculus requires the equivalent of 4–8 voles a day, depending on energy expenditure (time of the year, amount of hovering, etc.). They have been known to catch several voles in succession and cache some for later consumption. An individual nestling consumes on average 4.2 g/h, equivalent to 67.8 g/d (3–4 voles per day).[11]

 

Reproduction

 

Young kestrels, not yet able to fly, waiting for food

The common kestrel starts breeding in spring (or the start of the dry season in the tropics), i.e. April or May in temperate Eurasia and some time between August and December in the tropics and southern Africa. It is a cavity nester, preferring holes in cliffs, trees or buildings; in built-up areas, common kestrels will often nest on buildings, and will reuse the old nests of corvids. The diminutive subspecies dacotiae, the sarnicolo of the eastern Canary Islands is peculiar for nesting occasionally in the dried fronds below the top of palm trees, apparently coexisting with small songbirds which also make their home there.[12] In general, common kestrels will usually tolerate conspecifics nesting nearby, and sometimes a few dozen pairs may be found nesting in a loose colony.[4]

  

Male F. t. tinnunculus bringing food to nest

The clutch is normally 3–7 eggs; more eggs may be laid in total but some will be removed during the laying time. This lasts about 2 days per egg laid. The eggs are abundantly patterned with brown spots, from a wash that tinges the entire surface buffish white to large almost-black blotches. Incubation lasts from 4 weeks to one month, both male and female will take shifts incubating the eggs. After the eggs have hatched, the parents share brooding and hunting duties. Only the female feeds the chicks, by tearing apart prey into manageable chunks. The young fledge after 4–5 weeks. The family stays close together for a few weeks, during which time the young learn how to fend for themselves and hunt prey. The young become sexually mature the next breeding season.[4] Female kestrel chicks with blacker plumage have been found to have bolder personalities, indicating that even in juvenile birds plumage coloration can act as a status signal.[13]

 

Data from Britain shows nesting pairs bringing up about 2–3 chicks on average, though this includes a considerable rate of total brood failures; actually, few pairs that do manage to fledge offspring raise less than 3 or 4. Compared to their siblings, first-hatched chicks have greater survival and recruitment probability, thought to be due to the first-hatched chicks obtaining a higher body condition when in the nest.[14] Population cycles of prey, particularly voles, have a considerable influence on breeding success. Most common kestrels die before they reach 2 years of age; mortality up until the first birthday may be as high as 70%. At least females generally breed at one year of age;[15] possibly, some males take a year longer to maturity as they do in related species. The biological lifespan to death from senescence can be 16 years or more, however; one was recorded to have lived almost 24 years.[15]

 

Egg of common kestrel

Egg of common kestrel

 

Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT

Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT

 

Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)

Hatchling of common kestrel (note white down)

 

Fledglings in nest cavity

Fledglings in nest cavity

 

Immature after fledging

Immature after fledging

 

Common kestrel nest

Common kestrel nest

Evolution and systematics

This species is part of a clade that contains the kestrel species with black malar stripes, a feature which apparently was not present in the most ancestral kestrels. They seem to have radiated in the Gelasian (Late Pliocene,[16] roughly 2.5–2 mya, probably starting in tropical East Africa, as indicated by mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data analysis and considerations of biogeography. The common kestrel's closest living relative is apparently the nankeen or Australian kestrel (F. cenchroides), which probably derived from ancestral common kestrels settling in Australia and adapting to local conditions less than one million years ago, during the Middle Pleistocene.[17]

 

The rock kestrel (F. rupicolus), previously considered a subspecies, is now treated as a distinct species.

 

The lesser kestrel (F. naumanni), which much resembles a small common kestrel with no black on the upperside except wing and tail tips, is probably not very closely related to the present species, and the American kestrel (F. sparverius) is apparently not a true kestrel at all.[17] Both species have much grey in their wings in males, which does not occur in the common kestrel or its close living relatives but does in almost all other falcons.

 

Subspecies

 

Female wintering in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary (Andhra Pradesh, India)

 

F. t. canariensis on Gran Canaria

 

F. t. rupicolaeformis from Hurghada, Egypt

A number of subspecies of the common kestrel are known, though some are hardly distinct and may be invalid. Most of them differ little, and mainly in accordance with Bergmann's and Gloger's rules. Tropical African forms have less grey in the male plumage.[4]

 

Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus Linnaeus, 1758

Temperate areas of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia north of the Hindu Kush-Himalaya mountain ranges to the NW Sea of Okhotsk region. Northern Asian populations migrate south in winter, apparently not crossing the Himalayas but diverting to the west.

F. t. rufescens Swainson, 1837

Sahel east to Ethiopia, southwards around Congo basin to S Tanzania and NE Angola.

F. t. interstinctus McClelland, 1840

Has dark heavily marked birds and has a foxed red phase but not reliably identified in the field. Breeds East Asia from Tibet to Korea and Japan, south into Indochina. Winters to the south of its breeding range, from northeastern India to the Philippines (where it is localized, e.g. from Mindanao only two records exist).[18][19]

F. t. rupicolaeformis (C. L. Brehm, 1855)

Arabian Peninsula except in the desert and across the Red Sea into Africa.

F. t. neglectus Schlegel, 1873

Northern Cape Verde Islands.

F. t. canariensis (Koenig, 1890)

Madeira and western Canary Islands. The more ancient Canaries subspecies.

F. t. dacotiae Hartert, 1913 – Local name: cernícalo

Eastern Canary Islands: Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Chinijo Archipelago. A more recently evolved subspecies than canariensis.

F. t. objurgatus (Baker, 1929)

Western, Nilgiris and Eastern Ghats of India; Sri Lanka. Heavily marked, has rufous thighs with dark grey head in males.[19][20]

F. t. archerii (Hartert & Neumann, 1932)

Somalia, coastal Kenya, and Socotra

F. t. alexandri Bourne, 1955

Southwestern Cape Verde Islands.

 

Falco tinnunculus alexandri - MHNT

The common kestrels of Europe living during cold periods of the Quaternary glaciation differed slightly in size from the current population; they are sometimes referred to as the paleosubspecies F. t. atavus (see also Bergmann's rule). The remains of these birds, which presumably were the direct ancestors of the living F. t. tinnunculus (and perhaps other subspecies), are found throughout the then-unglaciated parts of Europe, from the Late Pliocene (ELMA Villanyian/ICS Piacenzian, MN16) about 3 million years ago to the Middle Pleistocene Saalian glaciation which ended about 130,000 years ago, when they finally gave way to birds indistinguishable from those living today. Some of the voles the Ice Age common kestrels ate—such as European pine voles (Microtus subterraneus)—were indistinguishable from those alive today. Other prey species of that time evolved more rapidly (like M. malei, the presumed ancestor of today's tundra vole M. oeconomus), while yet again others seem to have gone entirely extinct without leaving any living descendants—for example Pliomys lenki, which apparently fell victim to the Weichselian glaciation about 100,000 years ago.[21][22]

 

In culture

 

Wooden common kestrel sculpture

The kestrel is sometimes seen, like other birds of prey, as a symbol of the power and vitality of nature. In "Into Battle" (1915), the war poet Julian Grenfell invokes the superhuman characteristics of the kestrel among several birds, when hoping for prowess in battle:

 

The kestrel hovering by day,

And the little owl that call at night,

Bid him be swift and keen as they,

As keen of ear, as swift of sight.

 

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) writes on the kestrel in his poem "The Windhover", exalting in their mastery of flight and their majesty in the sky.

 

I caught this morning morning's minion, king-

dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his riding

 

A kestrel is also one of the main characters in The Animals of Farthing Wood.

 

Barry Hines’ novel A Kestrel for a Knave - together with the 1969 film based on it, Ken Loach's Kes - is about a working-class boy in England who befriends a kestrel.

 

The Pathan name for the kestrel, Bād Khurak, means "wind hover" and in Punjab it is called Larzānak or "little hoverer". It was once used as a decoy to capture other birds of prey in Persia and Arabia. It was also used to train greyhounds meant for hunting gazelles in parts of Arabia. Young greyhounds would be set after jerboa-rats which would also be distracted and forced to make twists and turns by the dives of a kestrel.[23]

 

Etymology

The name "kestrel" is derived from the French crécerelle which is diminutive for crécelle, which also referred to a bell used by lepers. The word is earlier spelt 'c/kastrel', and is evidenced from the 15th century.[24] The kestrel was once used to drive and keep away pigeons.[25] Archaic names for the kestrel include windhover and windfucker, due to its habit of beating the wind (hovering in air).[24]

 

The Late Latin falco derives from falx, falcis, a sickle, referencing the claws of the bird.[26] The species name tinnunculus is Latin for "kestrel" from "tinnulus", "shrill".

My son, Dylan, and I just finished building a classifier system for him to use next week at the Crater of Diamonds State Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas. This system consists of three sizes of screening and one large bucket with a screened hole in the bottom. We had to order stainless steel ($$$) screen to ensure that we would have screening that would not wear out over the years. The buckets were purchased at Home Depot.

 

Sections of three buckets were cut so that they would stack onto each other as well as secure the screen. We used pop-rivets to make sure the screen would stay in place.

 

Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only diamond hunting site in the U.S. that is open to the public. You get to keep what you find. The classifier system is used to separate the larger rocks from the smaller stuff and make it manageable to locate the diamonds.

 

Here is a link to the YouTube video we viewed to direct us in the construction of this classifier system:

 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ny7fhFkn8

 

He is a high school shop teacher somewhere in Canada. Watching this video saved us a lot of time and made the job much easier.

Code your robot puppy to help Nancy Drew solve the mystery!

 

As a member of Nancy Drew’s de-TECH-tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair. The mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!

 

Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter. It’s the ultimate introduction to computer programming as the coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a super coder award.

 

FEATURES:

 

LEARN

Kids will learn two of the three basic logic structures in computer programming:

• Sequences

• Loops

 

DEVELOP

Super de-TECH-tives will develop critical thinking skills:

• Pattern recognition

• Spatial visualization

• Problem solving

• Algorithmic thinking

• Attention to detail

 

PLAY

Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:

• Read along with story dialogue!

• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!

• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!

• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!

• Investigate a new location in each chapter!

• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!

• Collect in-game charms!

• Listen to the “Codes & Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.

 

Kids will love this new Nancy Drew mobile mystery just as many generations have loved the books. Come join Nancy, Bess and George on an adventure that entertains and educates with equal measure. This is going to be fun!

 

*** NO IN-APP PURCHASES, ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***

 

“Just as in the mystery novels, students decompose a complex story into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to build a case based upon sequential logic, just like a computer programmer would construct an algorithm. As an instructional technology teacher, Codes & Clues gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - -- Lindsey Dunn, K-3 Instructional Technology Teacher

 

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today, i hurt.

 

walking to the subway took a little longer than usual.

i took the escalator down to the platform. normally, i take the stairs.

but tonight, my hips hurt.

the train is waiting for me. a welcome sign.

but there are no seats available.

and i am too timid and embarrassed to ask for a seat marked "disabled."

the next stop comes. someone gets up.

but a nurse is standing close to the free seat and i don't make a move.

how can i take away a seat from someone who has likely been on her feet all day?

the next stop comes. another seat opens.

but a woman a bit older than me is closer.

how can i ask someone for their seat when they look at me and see a young woman (who looks a few years younger than she actually is)?

so i stand and hold on to the pole.

my hips hurting, my heel burning.

so i hold the pole tighter.

and my fingers start to ache.

my face scrunched up in pain.

willing one of the men nearby to offer his seat.

but no one does.

my stop finally comes.

i hobble up the stairs (feeling 50 years older than i really am),

and over to the escalator.

a slow walk home.

tired, sad, fed up . . .

but i have to start the laundry.

an elderly neighbor is in the elevator when it stops on my floor.

he offers to ride to the basement to hold the door for me.

my knight in shining armor.

 

and he doesn't even know that i'm sick.

  

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I could run a 365 based on what Millie likes to eat I am constantly amazed that she does not turn her nose up at anything even foods that are normally a turn off for dogs like lemon/orange, ginger, garlic etc. today I thought I had found the first “no” she had a piece of raw potatoe and quickly spat it out only to break it up into manageable smaller pieces. I’ll rename her Dustbin.

 

Not such a good photo as I still have to distract Dustbin to take her photo, but as I’m working on that I can’t concentrate on taking the shot

 

The 2012 and 2013 Disney Store Princess Belle Classic 12'' Dolls are compared by posing them side by side. They are standing, supported by Kaiser doll stands.

 

The 2013 Classic Belle doll has many differences from the 2012 model, but looks very similar, and is a somewhat improved doll. The only major change is to her legs, from fully articulated hard plastic legs to rubber legs with internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. There are a minor changes to her hair, face, dress and shoes. She is also missing her gloves. The features that haven't changed are her head mold, torso and arms.

 

Her head mold is identical to last year's doll. Her face is almost identical, with some subtle changes. Her green eyes have gotten darker, with the elimination of the ring of light green around her pupils, leaving just dark green around her pupils. Her pupils a touch larger. She has three short thick lashes over each eye, and silver eyeshadow, as before. Her eyebrows are a darker shade of brown, but the same thickness and length. A small be very significant change is the smoothing of the arch in her eyebrows, so they no longer have an ''evil'' wiggle. She has a short straight nose. She has gentle open mouthed smile, with a thin upper lip and full lower lip, painted in bright pink. Both her nose and mouth are unchanged from last year. Finally she has heavier application of pink rouge on her cheeks. Her face is just a beautiful as last year's doll, but is now friendlier looking with the changes in her eyebrows and eyes.

 

Her brown hair is medium length, but is shorter and much less voluminous than before. Gone are the two curls dropping down the sides of her face. There is a small bun at the top, as before. There is a small ponytail coming out of the back of the bun, whereas last year the ponytail was longer and lower down her the back of her head. The bulk of her hair is gently curving, and is gathered up in a large curl at the end, which is gelled to keep it in shape and in place. Other than the curl, her hair is soft and smooth. Rather than reaching her waist and spreading out beyond both her shoulders, her hair is now reaches the middle of her back, and is contained within the width her shoulders. It is much neater looking and manageable, as long as the curl at the end is not disturbed.

 

Her golden yellow satin dress is similar in design to the 2012 version, but there are some significant differences. The gold organza shoulder straps are very similar, but now they are wrapped lower down her shoulders, thus being more movie accurate. I had to adjust her left strap to make it lower, to match the right strap. Her bodice is now glitter free, but has the same design, with a V-shaped waist. The skirt is now much less voluminous, and has a pattern of glittering gold roses, instead of the gold glitter being sprayed in a random pattern. The gold organza decoration around the middle of the skirt is now only in the front, whereas the 2012 doll had the decoration go completely around the skirt. But as with last year's doll, the ruching is only in the front. At least the golden rose pattern continues to the back of the skirt. The skirt is about the length as before, but since the 2013 doll is on her tippy toes rather than her feet flat on the floor, the skirt doesn't quite reach the floor. The new dress holds its shape much better, due to the glitter giving the skirt more stiffness. The old dress is more movie accurate, and its volume is very impressive, but it requires a petticoat (which is not included) to keep its shape.

 

Her shoes are flats as in the old doll, but they are a little shorter, and a paler shade of yellow. With her fixed angled feet, she should have gotten high heels, as the 2011 and earlier dolls had.

 

She no longer has any accessories, as her full length gold satin gloves are gone.

 

Her body is fully articulated in the arms, but now has the rubber legs of 2011 and earlier dolls, which has internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Her hip joints allow her to sit down with her legs together and her back straight up, unlike the 2012 doll with the fully articulated but defective legs. But her knees can only bend about 40 degrees, so her legs stick out when she is sitting. The leg joints are also much stiffer, so she is in a much more natural position when placed standing in a Kaiser doll stand. Her angled rubber feet also make her about 1/4 inch taller than the 2012 doll, who had flat feet.

 

The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The boxes are the same height and width, but are 1/2'' flatter, making them smaller and lighter. The packaging restraints are simplified, especially with a reduced use of T-tags, so the deboxing is quicker and easier, and there is less damage to the doll. Belle's box has rose and Cogsworth images with a yellow background.

 

The 2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, released on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. I now have all 11 Princesses, Queen Elinor, Charlotte and Gaston. I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.

 

Classic Disney Princess Belle Doll - 12''

US Disney Store.

Released online June 10, 2013.

Purchased online June 13, 2013.

Received June 24, 2013.

$14.95 (was on sale for $10 at time of purchase).

 

The 2012 and 2013 Disney Store Princess Belle Classic 12'' Dolls are compared by posing them side by side. They are standing, supported by Kaiser doll stands.

 

The 2013 Classic Belle doll has many differences from the 2012 model, but looks very similar, and is a somewhat improved doll. The only major change is to her legs, from fully articulated hard plastic legs to rubber legs with internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. There are a minor changes to her hair, face, dress and shoes. She is also missing her gloves. The features that haven't changed are her head mold, torso and arms.

 

Her head mold is identical to last year's doll. Her face is almost identical, with some subtle changes. Her green eyes have gotten darker, with the elimination of the ring of light green around her pupils, leaving just dark green around her pupils. Her pupils a touch larger. She has three short thick lashes over each eye, and silver eyeshadow, as before. Her eyebrows are a darker shade of brown, but the same thickness and length. A small be very significant change is the smoothing of the arch in her eyebrows, so they no longer have an ''evil'' wiggle. She has a short straight nose. She has gentle open mouthed smile, with a thin upper lip and full lower lip, painted in bright pink. Both her nose and mouth are unchanged from last year. Finally she has heavier application of pink rouge on her cheeks. Her face is just a beautiful as last year's doll, but is now friendlier looking with the changes in her eyebrows and eyes.

 

Her brown hair is medium length, but is shorter and much less voluminous than before. Gone are the two curls dropping down the sides of her face. There is a small bun at the top, as before. There is a small ponytail coming out of the back of the bun, whereas last year the ponytail was longer and lower down her the back of her head. The bulk of her hair is gently curving, and is gathered up in a large curl at the end, which is gelled to keep it in shape and in place. Other than the curl, her hair is soft and smooth. Rather than reaching her waist and spreading out beyond both her shoulders, her hair is now reaches the middle of her back, and is contained within the width her shoulders. It is much neater looking and manageable, as long as the curl at the end is not disturbed.

 

Her golden yellow satin dress is similar in design to the 2012 version, but there are some significant differences. The gold organza shoulder straps are very similar, but now they are wrapped lower down her shoulders, thus being more movie accurate. I had to adjust her left strap to make it lower, to match the right strap. Her bodice is now glitter free, but has the same design, with a V-shaped waist. The skirt is now much less voluminous, and has a pattern of glittering gold roses, instead of the gold glitter being sprayed in a random pattern. The gold organza decoration around the middle of the skirt is now only in the front, whereas the 2012 doll had the decoration go completely around the skirt. But as with last year's doll, the ruching is only in the front. At least the golden rose pattern continues to the back of the skirt. The skirt is about the length as before, but since the 2013 doll is on her tippy toes rather than her feet flat on the floor, the skirt doesn't quite reach the floor. The new dress holds its shape much better, due to the glitter giving the skirt more stiffness. The old dress is more movie accurate, and its volume is very impressive, but it requires a petticoat (which is not included) to keep its shape.

 

Her shoes are flats as in the old doll, but they are a little shorter, and a paler shade of yellow. With her fixed angled feet, she should have gotten high heels, as the 2011 and earlier dolls had.

 

She no longer has any accessories, as her full length gold satin gloves are gone.

 

Her body is fully articulated in the arms, but now has the rubber legs of 2011 and earlier dolls, which has internal knee joints and fixed angled feet. Her hip joints allow her to sit down with her legs together and her back straight up, unlike the 2012 doll with the fully articulated but defective legs. But her knees can only bend about 40 degrees, so her legs stick out when she is sitting. The leg joints are also much stiffer, so she is in a much more natural position when placed standing in a Kaiser doll stand. Her angled rubber feet also make her about 1/4 inch taller than the 2012 doll, who had flat feet.

 

The packaging for the dolls is much improved. The box art has been completely redesigned, with beautiful decorations unique to each Princess (actually for each movie), and a cameo of the animated movie character. The boxes are the same height and width, but are 1/2'' flatter, making them smaller and lighter. The packaging restraints are simplified, especially with a reduced use of T-tags, so the deboxing is quicker and easier, and there is less damage to the doll. Belle's box has rose and Cogsworth images with a yellow background.

 

The 2013 Disney Princess Classic Doll Collection, released on June 10, 2013. They consist of 11-12'' articulated dolls of the 11 official Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Merida, as well as Princes, Villains and Sidekicks. I now have all 11 Princesses, Queen Elinor, Charlotte and Gaston. I will photograph them boxed, during deboxing and fully deboxed. I will also post reviews and comparative photos.

 

Classic Disney Princess Belle Doll - 12''

US Disney Store.

Released online June 10, 2013.

Purchased online June 13, 2013.

Received June 24, 2013.

$14.95 (was on sale for $10 at time of purchase).

 

Simple outfit for the day and a manageable hair style.

 

I need to pack for my trip instead of standing around posing!

  

Visit this location at Dun Roamin - 10, Volpert region in Second Life

The Story:

 

Vibrant as ever, Parisian socialite Elyse Jolie makes a glamorous entrance at her favorite 5-star restaurant, absolutely looking forward to a delicious three-martini lunch with her friends Adèle and Véronique! While these three stunning beauties are busy solving the world's problems, curious onlookers get deeply invested in trying to figure out the answer to the age-old question; "just who are they wearing and where can I buy those looks?" Let's not deny it, Elyse is always deeply amused by this and she wouldn't have it any other way! Cheers!

 

This Elyse is the 5th doll from the "La Maison FR Paris" Collection, after Eugenia, Véronique, Korinne and Natalia from last year ...

 

She plays the hard to get game as she is a lottery doll only available to the W Club with a LE of 1500 ...

 

Her screening is the famous Dark Swan screening that appeared on Engaging, Flawless, Market Montaigne, Séduisante and Bijou ... and I've been waiting for a long time to be able to get an Elyse like this as the first ones are just grails impossible to find ...

 

She has the same hairstyle as Obsession Convention Vendetta Agnès ... now I'm not so sure I will be able to let her go as I like to have dolls that can be displayed together and I'm still wondering if that Vendetta was really a doll for this military theme ... with her "Bar Suit" inspired look this Agnès would have been perfect for the "La Maison FR Paris" Collection too ...

 

Her eclectic outfit is perfect to use as mix and match pieces and will be great with A Doll's Life Vanessa outfits ... So much play in perspective ...

 

In my wildest dreams I wish I was able to get two of her to be able to restyle the second one with a more manageable hairstyle ... Will know next month if I'm lucky enough, one would be so cool I'm must say ...

While looking for somewhere scenic to take any passing steam trains (none running on this day, I'm not sure if there are ever any that run through here), I took one of the many freights that traverse the Brenner Pass.

 

The railway forms a horseshoe through St Jodok, built like this to make the very steep gradient manageable as it continues towards Brenner. The train here is just emerging from the tunnel that is on the apex of the horseshoe.

 

At this time of year, as I found, the sun appears between the mountains for a short time in the morning to throw some light on this section of railway.

 

Happy Christmas and Happy New Year!

When things go wrong in a steel mill melt shop, molten steel ends up on the ground...huge puddles of it sometimes.

 

Here a heavy duty loader lifts a large block of solidifying steel in order to drop it and break it into manageable pieces.

 

Olympus OM-D E-M5 and 12-50mm kit lens.

 

Please visit the Entropic Remnants website or my Entropic Remnants blog -- THANKS!

Railways of Great Britain

This start of another one of my collections, although I have posted a few in the past.

I have taken quite a few images over the years of Old Steam, Diesel and Electric engines and after sorting out probably 3,000 plus, I’ve now got it down to a more manageable number.

I’m starting with English Engines. Some of these images could be 25 years old. Many were transferred from negatives via a scanner so the quality will not be as good I would like. I have put them all through Photoshop to get rid of the most glaring issues

Apologies to those enthusiasts if I don’t get the right engine with the right Railway, they were taken a long time ago, some of them have moved on and my memory is not as good as it was.

Happy viewing.

 

The Voyager space probe has travelled further from Earth than anything ever built so it was a no-brainer to build this for the AWESOME show!

The first thing to tackle in designing this model was the scale. In reality, Voyager’s Dish is around 3.5m across and the long structure to support the Magnetometer is close to 15m long! As much as I would love to have made this to actual size, it just wasn’t something we could do.

I based our scale off the size of the final dish which we have made about 50cm across. Even at this scale the magnetometer support would have been nearly 2.2m long which is still huge, so to keep the model into manageable sized pieces for transport, it is brought down to just 1.5m long.

The Voyager probe was designed and built by Mitchell Kruik over 44 hours and uses 5,202 pieces.

Chocolate Mud cupcakes with German Chocolate Glaze and caramelised hazelnuts.

 

Cupcake recipe from Exclusively Food.

The glaze came out a bit thin as I used a small egg laid by one of our little hens. I think I'll just have to drink the glaze instead!

 

I tried to be super-efficient by making the caramelised hazelnuts last night but little did I know that the tendrils would melt over night. They're a third of the length they were last night but are much more manageable for the little people. :)

 

I've also discovered that hot caramel is so much fun to play with! You can make a lot of interesting shapes and pretty flourishes. I'm definitely going to play some more.

 

German Chocolate Glaze

 

1 egg, lightly beaten

1/4 cup evaporated milk

1/4 cup caster sugar

50g dark chocolate, chopped

25g unsalted butter

 

Place all ingredients in a heatproof bowl, set over a pan of simmering water. Whisk continuously until chocolate and butter have melted and the mixture has slightly thickened. Remove from heat and allow to cool.

 

ABC delicious Magazine, April 2011.

 

Should I feel the need to visit the Product Development Centres based at Ford's Melbourne Headquarters, from Geelong, the traffic is either Sunday-afternoon light or terrible.

 

One saving grace of terrible traffic, is that it gives me more time to look longingly at the lovely white-and-lime tractors and harvesters at the local CLAAS distribution centre, next to the highway. (Incidentally, the distribution centre nestles just besides the highway overpass used in 'Mad Max' where the message is phoned in that the hell-razing, post-apocalyptic bikies are heading in to town - but that is another story.)

 

In an earlier LUGNuts challenge that focused on food-related and on farm vehicles - Challenge 37 'The Food We Eat', I took delight in building various model s from the CLASS Tractor range, in miniland scale. This resulted in some nice (and very large), lime tractors. An absence of time, large wheels & tires, and lime Lego, left a few model untried, including the magnificent CLASS XERION, a double steering axle, giant wheeled behemoth, with a swiveling cab so it can go forwards, backwards, AND sideways - AWESOME.

 

The XERION will have to wait for another challenge somewhere down the line.

 

The other CLAAS with which I was captivated appears periodically in the distribution yard, and is equally magnificent. This model is the equally enormous CLAAS JAGUAR Harvester. I am a little bit sad that it can only go forward, but it makes up for this in being able to carry all sorts of crazy cutting, slicing and dicing tools on the front end. I have modeled only two here the Maize Cob Silage (MCS), designed to harvest corn/maize type plants, and the more traditional spinning long blade harvester type tool. There are more cool tools too, so they may be modeled for adaptation to the MotorCity-scale JAGUAR shown here.

 

One key difference from the Challenge 37 tractors, and the JAGUAR Harvester shown here is the scale. The sheer size of the real JAGUAR - 6.6 metres long (20 ft), and 3.8 metres tall (10.5 ft), not including any tool attachments, make it a seriously big entity. Maybe I will get to a Miniland-scale JAGUAR someday, but for now, I display the model in a more manageable 1:28 (MotorCity scale).

 

Incidentally, the Lego Group have also released a Harvester in the past few years under the 'City' line. One of the images shows this model (Nr. 7636). My JAGUAR was loosely based on this model for size and tool compatibility, and also as an example of the customisation of original Lego models that can add a dose of individual creativity to Lego modeling.

 

The point of this?

 

This CLAAS JAGUAR model has been created for Flickr LUGNuts 68th Build Challenge - 'A Baker's Dozen', to the sub-theme Nr. 11. 'Any tractor or combine harvester'.

  

MOSCOW. THE MUSEUM OF ARMED FORCES. MARCH 2010

   

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks, named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov. The KV series were known for their extremely heavy armour protection, which was capable of resisting all German anti-tank weapons up to 75 mm and 88 mm calibre, both of which were comparatively rare at the time of the initial German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II. Prior to the invasion, about 500 of the over 22,000 tanks in Soviet service at the time were of the KV-1 type.

 

fter disappointing results with the multi-turreted T-35 heavy tank, Soviet tank designers started drawing up replacements. The T-35 conformed to the 1920s notion of a 'breakthrough tank' with very heavy firepower and armour protection, but poor mobility. The Spanish Civil War demonstrated the need for much heavier armor on tanks, and was the main influence on Soviet tank design just prior to World War II.

 

Several competing designs were offered, and even more were drawn up prior to reaching prototype stage. All had heavy armour, torsion-bar suspension, wide tracks, and were of welded and cast construction. One of the main competing designs was the SMK, which lowered the number of turrets from the T-35's five to two, mounting the same combination of 76.2 mm and 45 mm weapons. When two prototypes were ordered though, it was decided to create one with only a single turret, but more armour. This new single-turret tank was the KV. The smaller hull and single turret enabled the designer to install heavy frontal and turret armour while keeping the weight within manageable limits.

  

When the Soviets entered the Winter War, the SMK, KV and a third design, the T-100, were sent to be tested in combat conditions. The heavy armour of the KV proved highly resistant to Finnish anti-tank weapons, making it more effective than the other designs. It was soon put into production, both as the original 76-mm-armed KV-1 Heavy Tank and the 152 mm howitzer-mounting assault gun, the KV-2 Heavy Artillery Tank.

 

The 45-ton KV outweighed most other tanks of the era, being about twice as heavy as the heaviest contemporary German tanks. The KV's strengths included armor that was impenetrable by any tank-mounted weapon then in service except at point-blank range, good firepower, and good traction on soft ground. It also had serious flaws: it was very slow and difficult to steer, the transmission was unreliable, and the ergonomics were poor, with limited visibility and no turret basket. Furthermore its weight tended to strain smaller Russian bridges. As more armor and other improvements were made without increasing engine power, later models were less capable of keeping up with medium tanks and had more trouble with difficult terrain.

 

Further development

 

By 1942, when the Germans were fielding large numbers of long-barrelled 50 mm and 75 mm guns, the KV's armor was no longer invincible. The KV-1's side, top, and turret armor could also be penetrated by the high-velocity MK 101 carried by German ground attack aircraft such as the Henschel Hs 129, requiring the installation of additional field-expedient appliqué armour. The KV-1's 76.2 mm gun also came in for criticism. While adequate against lighter German tanks, it was the same gun as carried by smaller, faster, and cheaper T-34 medium tanks, and could no longer penetrate the frontal armour of German heavy tanks it faced in battle. The KV-1 was also much more difficult to manufacture and thus more expensive than the T-34. In short, its advantages no longer outweighed its drawbacks.

 

Nonetheless, because of its initial superior performance, the KV-1 was chosen as one of the few tanks to continue being built following the Soviet reorganization of tank production. Due to the new standardization, it shared the similar engine (the KV used a 600hp V-2K modification of the T-34's V-2 diesel engine) and gun (the KV had a ZiS-5 main gun, while the T-34 had a similar F-34 main gun) as the T-34, was built in large quantities, and received frequent upgrades.

 

When production shifted to the Ural Mountains 'Tankograd' complex, the KV-2 was dropped. While impressive on paper, it had been designed as a slow-moving bunker-buster. It was less useful in highly mobile, fluid warfare that developed in World War II. The turret was so heavy it was difficult to traverse on non-level terrain, and it was expensive to produce. Only about 250 KV-2s were made, all in 1940-41, making it one of the rarer Soviet tanks.

KV-1 produced in 1942, displayed in Finnish Tank Museum in Parola.

 

As the war continued, the KV-1 continued to get more armour to compensate for the increasing effectiveness of German weapons. This culminated in the KV-1 model 1942 (German designation KV-1C), which had very heavy armour, but lacked a corresponding improvement to the engine. Tankers complained that although they were well-protected, their mobility was poor and they had no firepower advantage over the T-34 medium tank.

 

In response to criticisms, the lighter KV-1S (Russian language: КВ-1С) was released, with thinner armour and a smaller, lower turret in order to reclaim some speed. Importantly, the KV-1S also had a commander's cupola with all-around vision blocks, a first for a Soviet heavy tank. However, the thinning-out of the armor called into question why the tank was being produced at all, when the T-34 could seemingly do everything the KV could do and much more cheaply. The Soviet heavy tank program was close to cancellation in mid-1943.

 

The appearance of the German Panther tank in the summer of 1943 convinced the Red Army to make a serious upgrade of its tank force for the first time since 1941. Soviet tanks needed bigger guns to take on the growing numbers of Panthers and the few Tigers.

 

A stopgap upgrade to the KV series was the short-lived KV-85 or Object 239. This was a KV-1S with a new turret designed for the IS-85, mounting the same 85 mm D-5T gun as the SU-85 and early versions of the T-34-85. Already-high demand for the gun slowed production of the KV-85 tremendously, and only 148 were built before the KV design was replaced. The KV-85 was produced in the fall and winter of 1943-44; they were sent to the front as of September 1943, and production of the KV-85 was stopped by the spring of 1944 once the IS-2 entered full scale production.

 

Successor

 

A new heavy tank design entered production late in 1943 based on the work done on the KV-13. Because Kliment Voroshilov had fallen out of political favour, the new heavy tank series was named the Iosif Stalin tank, after Iosif (Joseph) Stalin. The KV-13 program's IS-85 prototype was accepted for production as the IS-1 (or IS-85, Object 237) heavy tank. After testing with both 100 mm and 122 mm guns, the D-25T 122 mm gun was selected as the main armament of the new tank, primarily because of its ready availability and the effect of its large high-explosive shell when attacking German fortifications. The 122mm D-25T used a separate shell and powder charge, resulting in a lower rate of fire and reduced ammunition capacity. While the 122mm armour piercing shell had a lower muzzle velocity than similar late German 7.5 cm and 8.8 cm guns, proving-ground tests showed that the 122mm AP shell could defeat the frontal armour of the German Panther tank, and the HE shell would easily blow off the drive sprocket and tread of the heaviest German tank or self-propelled gun. The IS-122 replaced the IS-85, and began mass production as the IS-2. The 85 mm gun saw service in the lighter SU-85 and T-34-85.

A destroyed Soviet KV-1 in Olonets, September 1941, during the Continuation War

 

Some KVs remained in service right up to the end of the war, although in greatly diminishing numbers as they wore out or were knocked out. The 260th Guards Heavy Breakthrough Tank Regiment, based on the Leningrad front, operated a number of 1941-vintage KV-1s at least as late as the summer of 1944 before re-equipping with IS-2s. A regiment of KVs saw service in Manchuria in August 1945, and a few KV-85s were used in the Crimea in the summer of 1944. The Finnish forces had two KVs, nicknamed Klimi, a Model 1940 and Model 1941, both of which received minor upgrades in their service, and both of which survived the war. A single captured KV-2 was used by German forces in 1945 against US forces in the Ruhr.

 

Combat history

 

Raseiniai

   

When Operation Barbarossa began, the Red Army was equipped with 508 new KV tanks (Zaloga & Grandsen 1984:125). So effective was its armour that the Germans were incapable of destroying it with their tanks or anti-tank weapons and had to rely on air support and anti-aircraft artillery (flak) or 105 mm howitzers to knock them out. Most of these tanks and the effective T-34s were parcelled out to units in small numbers and poorly supplied, but at the Battle of Raseiniai they were used to good effect. On 23–24 June, a single KV-2 effectively pinned down elements of the German 6th Panzer Division for a full day at the bridgeheads of the Dubysa River below Raseiniai, Lithuania, playing a prominent role in delaying the advance of Panzergruppe 4 on Leningrad [2] until it ran out of ammunition and the crew was forced to abandon the tank and withdraw.

 

Krasnogvardeysk

 

On August 14, 1941, the vanguard of the German 8th Panzer Division approached Krasnogvardeysk (Gatchina) near Leningrad (St Petersburg), and the only Soviet force available at the time to attempt to stop the German advance consisted of five well-hidden KV-1 tanks, dug in within a grove at the edge of a swamp. KV-1 tank no. 864 was commanded by the leader of this small force, Lieutenant Zinoviy Kolobanov.

German tank vanguard attack plan and positions of three soviet KV-1 tanks

Soviet newspaper article of 1941

 

German forces attacked Krasnogvardeysk from three directions. Near Noviy Uchkhoz settlement the geography favoured the Soviet defenders as the only road in the region passed the swamp, and the defenders commanded this choke point from their hidden position. Lieutenant Kolobanov had carefully studied the situation and readied his detachment the day before. Each KV-1 tank carried twice the normal amount of ammunition, two-thirds being armour-piercing rounds. Kolobanov ordered his other commanders to hold their fire and await orders. He did not want to reveal the total force, so only one exposed tank at a time would engage the enemy.

 

On August 14, the German 8th Panzer Division's vanguard ventured directly into the well-prepared Soviet ambush, with Kolobanov's tank knocking out the lead German tank with its first shot. The Germans falsely assumed that their lead tank had hit an anti-tank mine, and failed to realize that they had been ambushed. The German column stopped, giving Kolobanov the opportunity to destroy the second tank. Only then did the Germans realize they were under attack, but they failed to find the source of the shots. While the German tanks were firing blindly, Kolobanov knocked out the trailing German tank, thus boxing in the entire column.

 

Although the Germans correctly guessed the direction of fire, they could only spot Lieutenant Kolobanov's tank, and now attempted to engage an unseen enemy. German tanks moving off the road bogged down in the surrounding soft ground, becoming easy targets. 22 German tanks and 2 towed artillery pieces fell victim to Kolobanov's No. 864 before it ran out of ammunition. Kolobanov ordered in another KV-1, and 21 more German tanks were destroyed before the half-hour battle ended. A total of 43 German tanks were destroyed by just five Soviet KV-1s (two more remained in reserve).

 

After the battle, the crew of No. 864 counted a total of 135 hits on their tank, none of which had penetrated the KV-1's armour. Lieutenant Kolobanov was awarded the Order of Lenin, while his driver Usov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. Later on, former Captain Zinoviy Kolobanov was again decorated by Soviet authorities, despite having been convicted and downgraded after the Winter War for "fraternizing with the enemy." After the end of World War II, Lieutenant Kolobanov served in the Soviet occupation zone in East Germany, where he was convicted again when a subordinate escaped to the British occupation zone, and was transferred to the reserves.

 

The battle for Krasnogvardeysk was covered up by Soviet propaganda. A monument dedicated to this battle was installed in the village of Noviy Uchkhoz in 1980, at the place where Kolobanov's KV-1 was dug in, due solely to the demands of the villagers. Unfortunately it was impossible to find a KV-1 tank, so an IS-2 heavy tank was installed there instead.[4]

 

The Soviet victory was the result of a well-planned ambush in advantageous ground and of technical superiority. Most of the German tanks in this battle were Panzer IIs, armed with 20 mm guns, and a few Panzer IIIs armed with 37 mm KwK 36 L/46.5 guns. The German tank guns had neither the range nor the power of the 76 mm main gun of a KV-1, and the narrower track width of the German tanks caused them to become trapped in the swampy ground.

According to Panzer Operations, however, the tank (said to be a KV-1) after destroying several antitank guns, their crews, and an 88 mm flak gun, was hit repeatedly with rounds from another 88 mm cannon. The crew was knocked unconscious, and recovered only to be killed by an exploding grenade. They were buried with full honors, uncommon for other troops. The English version indicates that Erhard Raus, the author, may have mistaken similar events and people, so this may be an error

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Brit 70007 Couer-de-Lion at Perth shed in Aug 1964-less than 12 months later it had been reduced to manageable pieces,the first of class to go.

The red belly of a red-bellied woodpecker.

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Mar 4, 2022.

Usually see the red strip on the head but the reddish blush on the belly is harder to see.

 

Melanerpes carolinus

You may sometimes see Red-bellied Woodpeckers wedge large nuts into bark crevices, then whack them into manageable pieces using their beaks. They also use cracks in trees and fence posts to store food for later in the year, a habit it shares with other woodpeckers in its genus.

Source - Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

head is from a fairytale magic barbie, had a lipcolor change and rerooted to a more manageable hair. ready to compete in the next Miss Barbie Universe 2013!

 

(more details later, as time permits)

 

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Our apartment is on the 21st floor, looking south from Broadway and 96th Street on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

 

We did not live here in 2001, and I don't know if we would have been able to see the World Trade Center at the time.

 

But we can see the shaft of blue light stealing upward from the Freedom Tower each year, on the eve of September 11th.

 

These were all handheld, taken from the terrace of my apartment. I experimented with different iSO's and different apertures, to try to keep the noise and sharpness within limits, while also keeping the shutter speed at a manageable level while I braced myself against the railing on the terrace.

 

I've only had a chance to do a tiny bit of post-processing -- but thought I would put them up here while they were fresh...

The Story:

 

Vibrant as ever, Parisian socialite Elyse Jolie makes a glamorous entrance at her favorite 5-star restaurant, absolutely looking forward to a delicious three-martini lunch with her friends Adèle and Véronique! While these three stunning beauties are busy solving the world's problems, curious onlookers get deeply invested in trying to figure out the answer to the age-old question; "just who are they wearing and where can I buy those looks?" Let's not deny it, Elyse is always deeply amused by this and she wouldn't have it any other way! Cheers!

 

This Elyse is the 5th doll from the "La Maison FR Paris" Collection, after Eugenia, Véronique, Korinne and Natalia from last year ...

 

She plays the hard to get game as she is a lottery doll only available to the W Club with a LE of 1500 ...

 

Her screening is the famous Dark Swan screening that appeared on Engaging, Flawless, Market Montaigne, Séduisante and Bijou ... and I've been waiting for a long time to be able to get an Elyse like this as the first ones are just grails impossible to find ...

 

She has the same hairstyle as Obsession Convention Vendetta Agnès ... now I'm not so sure I will be able to let her go as I like to have dolls that can be displayed together and I'm still wondering if that Vendetta was really a doll for this military theme ... with her "Bar Suit" inspired look this Agnès would have been perfect for the "La Maison FR Paris" Collection too ...

 

Her eclectic outfit is perfect to use as mix and match pieces and will be great with A Doll's Life Vanessa outfits ... So much play in perspective ...

 

In my wildest dreams I wish I was able to get two of her to be able to restyle the second one with a more manageable hairstyle ... Will know next month if I'm lucky enough, one would be so cool I'm must say ...

"Fanciful" is an adjective sometimes used in the technology press to describe the design philosophy of Phayze Fructification, inc.. Regardless of the intent behind it, PFi prefers to assume that the word is a compliment; many of their VIP customers would agree, such as the husband and wife team that serves as the colonial self defense force on Seitti Tre, an out-of-the-way agricultural colony known mostly for it's lush vineyards and the fine wines they produce. In actuality the vast majority of the colony's exports are perfectly mundane foodstuffs sold to outlets across the Goodfellow Cluster.

 

"Actaeon" was custom built to their specifications for a somewhat unorthodox, though quite efficient combat style. The frame itself serves as a mobile command center for up to four semi-autonomous "Schutzhund" combat drones. Alfonse pilots Actaeon, offering long range fire support for the drones, which are managed remotely by Izumi, who rides along right behind her husband in the modified tandem cockpit. Typically the drones are given simple commands regarding things like positioning and target priority, then the on-board AI handles the details on its own, however, if needed Izumi can also assume direct control of any drone for execution of more precise maneuvers and tactics.

 

Actaeon: Crossbow, Teleforce Barrier, 2x Control Aerials (wwRaBYY)

Rott: 2x Teleforce Barriers (wwBB)

Spits: 2x Teleforce Blaster (wwRdRd)

Pitt: Blazebite, Teleforce Barrier (wwRhB)

Pointer: Teleforce Blaster, Signal Repeater (wwRdY)

 

***

 

So, my wife is on this big "Dido and Aeneas" kick, and there's a song in the opera that tells the story of Actaeon making the mistake of peeping on Artemis at bathtime (don't do that - no future in it), so she transformed him into a stag and set his own hounds to tear him apart. Good times, amiright!? ^^; We made a little movie of it here. My wife does the vocals and plays Artemis/Dianna, her mom handled the music, I'm Actaeon, and our dogs are the most adorable little man-eating hell hounds ever.

 

Anyway, it's a cool story, and given PFi's flair for mythical drama, it sounded like the kind of thing they would commemorate with a mobile frame company.

 

Actaeon himself is nothing special, just a goat-legged MCS variation - to be honest, I'm not sure that I'm sold on those hooves, though meat-space trials demonstrated decent balance. The crossbow is part of an as-yet-unreleased series of MCS weapons that I haven't finished enough of to make public. I was tempted to make something more longbow-ish, but decided that this gets the "huntsman" vibe without looking too out of place in a sci-fi setting. Chewbacca could do it, so why not this guy?

 

The hounds were originally meant to be modified from the lower parts of the MCS Centaur Ixion, but early drafts of the frame were a lot bigger than I liked (for this squad, anyway - I kept a copy of the bigger version for future use), so I had to spend considerable time on stripping it down and rebuilding it into a more manageable size. I went through hell trying to get the head right - part of me wanted to make it very dog-like, while another part of me felt like that was too cheesy. What do you think? Did I overdo it?

Code your robot puppy to help Nancy Drew solve the mystery!

 

As a member of Nancy Drew’s de-TECH-tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair. The mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!

 

Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter. It’s the ultimate introduction to computer programming as the coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a super coder award.

 

FEATURES:

 

LEARN

Kids will learn two of the three basic logic structures in computer programming:

• Sequences

• Loops

 

DEVELOP

Super de-TECH-tives will develop critical thinking skills:

• Pattern recognition

• Spatial visualization

• Problem solving

• Algorithmic thinking

• Attention to detail

 

PLAY

Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:

• Read along with story dialogue!

• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!

• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!

• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!

• Investigate a new location in each chapter!

• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!

• Collect in-game charms!

• Listen to the “Codes & Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.

 

Kids will love this new Nancy Drew mobile mystery just as many generations have loved the books. Come join Nancy, Bess and George on an adventure that entertains and educates with equal measure. This is going to be fun!

 

*** NO IN-APP PURCHASES, ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***

 

“Just as in the mystery novels, students decompose a complex story into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to build a case based upon sequential logic, just like a computer programmer would construct an algorithm. As an instructional technology teacher, Codes & Clues gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - -- Lindsey Dunn, K-3 Instructional Technology Teacher

 

Hi Kids™

Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues is the first initiative under Her Interactive’s new division, Hi Kids, which will focus on mobile games and apps geared to early learners. Her Interactive was a pioneer in 1998 when it began developing and publishing Nancy Drew interactive games for females. From the beginning, the company’s videogames encouraged STEM education and careers. Since then, Her Interactive has released 32 games, won 30 Parents’ Choice awards and has sold more than 9 million copies of its games. Parents and teachers will be using Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues to introduce their children and students, respectively, to coding and computer science. Parents and teachers can sign-up for our newsletter or follow-us on any one of our social media channels.

 

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rolleiflex 2.8c

planar 80 2.8

delta 400

xtol 1:1 11.5m

honolulu hawaii

Putting the 'Flex through some night trials before taking it to Prime Time. Shutter is bit stiff but manageable as is the focusing screen. Looks like missing a 1/15 shutter speed will work out though a bit tricky at 1/5-1/10s! I'll just have to force my heart to stop beating.

Seen being lifted off the recovery vehicle's forks, the Dennis Dart which was already minus its major mechanical units, is about to be dragged backwards. Then work will begin on ripping the bodywork from the chassis ,before the shearing machine is able to reduce the chassis frame to manageable pieces.

The first 50 supercharged cars were given the designation of “Super Sport”, they designated the remaining supercharged series, which continued into the early 1930s, “Gran Sport”. 360 was manufactured. They were an immediate success on a variety of road racing circuits taking part in the Mille Miglia which they won in 1929 and 1930. Light, nimble, easily manageable, they were dominant in a variety of shorter road racing circuits and rivaled their competitors, Bugatti and Maserati in many venues throughout Europe. They won at Spa, the tourist Tourist Trophy, and set several world speed records. This is probably the only 1750 Alfa Romeo ever engaged in a genuine sports car competition in the United States.

- www.kevin-palmer.com - It’s a mountain I’ve driven past 100 times, but have never tried to climb. From the north the peak looks intimidating, with steep, forested slopes and a major landslide tumbling down thousands of feet. But from the other side it’s more manageable. Down one valley, across an icy creek, and up the other side is the start of the ridge. On a cliff top, dodging deadfall and snowdrifts made the going slow. But then I was on the 7,923' summit of Horseshoe Mountain. The chilly wind had ceased and the weather was perfect. To the north and east the verdant Great Plains stretched as far as I could see. Highway 14 is visible, cut into the side of the mountain. To the south the Cloud Peak Wilderness could be seen, sparkling white in the sun. I was glad I went when I did, because a big storm system would dump 2 feet of snow days later.

When things go wrong in a steel mill melt shop, molten steel ends up on the ground...huge puddles of it sometimes.

 

Here a heavy duty loader lifts a large block of solidifying steel in order to drop it and break it into manageable pieces.

 

Olympus OM-D E-M5 and m.zuiko 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 kit lens.

 

Please visit the Entropic Remnants website or my Entropic Remnants blog -- THANKS!

Code your robot puppy to help Nancy Drew solve the mystery!

 

As a member of Nancy Drew’s de-TECH-tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair. The mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!

 

Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter. It’s the ultimate introduction to computer programming as the coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a super coder award.

 

FEATURES:

 

LEARN

Kids will learn two of the three basic logic structures in computer programming:

• Sequences

• Loops

 

DEVELOP

Super de-TECH-tives will develop critical thinking skills:

• Pattern recognition

• Spatial visualization

• Problem solving

• Algorithmic thinking

• Attention to detail

 

PLAY

Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:

• Read along with story dialogue!

• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!

• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!

• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!

• Investigate a new location in each chapter!

• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!

• Collect in-game charms!

• Listen to the “Codes & Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.

 

Kids will love this new Nancy Drew mobile mystery just as many generations have loved the books. Come join Nancy, Bess and George on an adventure that entertains and educates with equal measure. This is going to be fun!

 

*** NO IN-APP PURCHASES, ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***

 

“Just as in the mystery novels, students decompose a complex story into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to build a case based upon sequential logic, just like a computer programmer would construct an algorithm. As an instructional technology teacher, Codes & Clues gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - -- Lindsey Dunn, K-3 Instructional Technology Teacher

 

Hi Kids™

Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues is the first initiative under Her Interactive’s new division, Hi Kids, which will focus on mobile games and apps geared to early learners. Her Interactive was a pioneer in 1998 when it began developing and publishing Nancy Drew interactive games for females. From the beginning, the company’s videogames encouraged STEM education and careers. Since then, Her Interactive has released 32 games, won 30 Parents’ Choice awards and has sold more than 9 million copies of its games. Parents and teachers will be using Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues to introduce their children and students, respectively, to coding and computer science. Parents and teachers can sign-up for our newsletter or follow-us on any one of our social media channels.

 

***WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY AND DO NOT SHARE EMAIL ADDRESSES PROVIDED BY PARENTS***

 

Privacy: www.herinteractive.com/privacy-policy/

 

COPPA Statement: www.herinteractive.com/about-us/for-parents/

 

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My fleet was almost 120 buses when these photos were taken. It would max out at 130 a few years later. Today the fleet is much smaller and a bit more manageable.

Railways of Great Britain

This start of another one of my collections, although I have posted a few in the past.

I have taken quite a few images over the years of Old Steam, Diesel and Electric engines and after sorting out probably 3,000 plus, I’ve now got it down to a more manageable number.

I’m starting with English Engines. Some of these images could be 25 years old. Many were transferred from negatives via a scanner so the quality will not be as good I would like. I have put them all through Photoshop to get rid of the most glaring issues

Apologies to those enthusiasts if I don’t get the right engine with the right Railway, they were taken a long time ago, some of them have moved on and my memory is not as good as it was.

Happy viewing.

 

Code your robot puppy to help Nancy Drew solve the mystery!

 

As a member of Nancy Drew’s de-TECH-tive crew, choose disguises, find clues, and program your robot puppy to solve the mystery of a missing project at the Tech Fair. The mystery unfolds in a full narrative story spanning six chapters, as Nancy and friends encounter students who may have taken the missing project. Help Nancy track down suspects and discover what happened to the project before the Tech Fair competition begins!

 

Throughout the game players develop and use their growing de-TECH-tive skills. Players find clues in hidden object games and apply basic coding concepts to code their puppy and help Nancy out of tight spots at the end of every chapter. It’s the ultimate introduction to computer programming as the coding challenges increase as the story progresses and leads to a super coder award.

 

FEATURES:

 

LEARN

Kids will learn two of the three basic logic structures in computer programming:

• Sequences

• Loops

 

DEVELOP

Super de-TECH-tives will develop critical thinking skills:

• Pattern recognition

• Spatial visualization

• Problem solving

• Algorithmic thinking

• Attention to detail

 

PLAY

Kids will follow the story and have fun while narrowing down their list of suspects:

• Read along with story dialogue!

• Find clues within 20+ hidden object games!

• Review clues, evidence, and possible suspects in the player’s Clue Book!

• Select undercover disguises for Nancy, Bess and George!

• Investigate a new location in each chapter!

• Play bonus coding levels in Obstacle Course mode!

• Collect in-game charms!

• Listen to the “Codes & Clues” theme song composed by Berklee College of Music contest winner, Ana Tish, performed by Sofia Mazursky and produced by Grammy Award winner Tena Clark.

 

Kids will love this new Nancy Drew mobile mystery just as many generations have loved the books. Come join Nancy, Bess and George on an adventure that entertains and educates with equal measure. This is going to be fun!

 

*** NO IN-APP PURCHASES, ADS OR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS***

 

“Just as in the mystery novels, students decompose a complex story into smaller, more manageable tasks in order to build a case based upon sequential logic, just like a computer programmer would construct an algorithm. As an instructional technology teacher, Codes & Clues gets my kids excited about coding and puts those skills in a fun and familiar context. Who could want more than that?” - -- Lindsey Dunn, K-3 Instructional Technology Teacher

 

Hi Kids™

Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues is the first initiative under Her Interactive’s new division, Hi Kids, which will focus on mobile games and apps geared to early learners. Her Interactive was a pioneer in 1998 when it began developing and publishing Nancy Drew interactive games for females. From the beginning, the company’s videogames encouraged STEM education and careers. Since then, Her Interactive has released 32 games, won 30 Parents’ Choice awards and has sold more than 9 million copies of its games. Parents and teachers will be using Nancy Drew: Codes & Clues to introduce their children and students, respectively, to coding and computer science. Parents and teachers can sign-up for our newsletter or follow-us on any one of our social media channels.

 

***WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY AND DO NOT SHARE EMAIL ADDRESSES PROVIDED BY PARENTS***

 

Privacy: www.herinteractive.com/privacy-policy/

 

COPPA Statement: www.herinteractive.com/about-us/for-parents/

 

visit us: www.herinteractive.com

follow us: twitter.com/HerInteractive

like us: www.facebook.com/pages/Nancy-Drew-PC-Games/48636754130?re...

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- www.kevin-palmer.com - It’s a mountain I’ve driven past 100 times, but have never tried to climb. From the north the peak looks intimidating, with steep, forested slopes and a major landslide tumbling down thousands of feet. But from the other side it’s more manageable. Down one valley, across an icy creek, and up the other side is the start of the ridge. On a cliff top, dodging deadfall and snowdrifts made the going slow. But then I was on the 7,923' summit of Horseshoe Mountain. The chilly wind had ceased and the weather was perfect. To the north and east the verdant Great Plains stretched as far as I could see. Highway 14 is visible, cut into the side of the mountain. To the south the Cloud Peak Wilderness could be seen, sparkling white in the sun. I was glad I went when I did, because a big storm system would dump 2 feet of snow days later.

Chassis n° ZFF76ZHB000203343

 

Estimated : CHF 2.600.000 - 2.800.000

Sold for CHF 2.185.000 - € 2.000.183

 

The Bonmont Sale

Collectors' Motor Cars - Bonhams

Golf & Country Club de Bonmont

Chéserex

Switzerland - Suisse - Schweiz

September 2019

 

"The LaFerrari is very possibly the world's fastest, most exciting hypercar. Which is some statement to make when there are machines such as the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder to contend with. The bottom line, however, is that LaFerrari has more power (a whopping 950bhp) and less weight to carry around than its prestigious rivals so figuratively, if nothing else, it quite clearly has the upper hand. Either way, this is the ultimate Ferrari..." – Autocar.

 

In today's increasingly environmentally conscious times, even supercar manufacturers have felt the need to polish up their 'Green' credentials. Seeking better fuel economy and reduced emissions, they have brought 'hybrid' technology to this previously exclusively fossil-fuels-only sector of the market. This has resulted in a 'win win' situation: these latest hypercars being more environmentally friendly while at the same time considerably more powerful than before.

 

Ferrari's first offering in this expanding category was the LaFerrari, a limited-edition coupé that entered production in 2013. Ferrari's last model with a mid-mounted 12-cylinder engine, LaFerrari was the distillation of no fewer than nine design studies created during the process of its development. The car was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show. Unusually, its styling had no input from Ferrari's long-term collaborator, Carrozzeria Pinifarina.

 

Clearly, a car evocatively titled 'LaFerrari' would have to have a V12 engine, a type of power unit used in the very first Ferrari of 1947 and for a glorious succession of the Italian factory's most famous models. The LaFerrari V12 displaced 6.3-litres and produced 789bhp, supplemented by an electric motor producing 161bhp for a combined output of 950 horsepower, the highest power output of any Ferrari road car. With the car is in motion, the electric motor's lithium-ion battery pack is charged by a KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) as used in the current generation of Formula 1 cars. Power reaches the rear wheels (there's no four-wheel drive) via a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. And if you didn't use those 950 horses all the time, there was also a useful decrease in fuel consumption, not that that would have interested the typical LaFerrari owner.

 

Designed by Ferrari's F1 technical director, Rory Byrne, the LaFerrari has a carbon fibre monocoque chassis with suspension at the front by double wishbones and at the rear by a multi-link system - pretty much the norm for the current generation of supercars. Any car with a 200mph-plus maximum needs plenty of stopping power, and the LaFerrari was equipped with Brembo's finest carbon-ceramic brakes. Ferrari claimed a top speed exceeding 349km/h (217mph), similar to the Enzo's top speed; however, the LaFerrari could accelerating from 0-100km/h (0-62mph) in under 2.4 seconds and reach 300km/h (186mph) in 15 seconds, comfortably out-performing its predecessor. The factory also claimed that LaFerrari had lapped its Fiorano test track in 1:19.7, faster than any other road-legal Ferrari.

 

Electronic systems abound in even the humblest of modern hatchbacks, and as one would expect, the LaFerrari boasts just about every bit of automotive electrickery imaginable: electronic stability control; high performance ABS/EBD (anti-lock braking system/electronic brake distribution), EF1-Trac F1 traction control integrated with the hybrid propulsion system; E-Diff 3 electronic differential; and magnetorheological suspension dampers - all controlled by 21 computers. There was also active aerodynamics, the front and rear wings being adjustable on the move to provide either high or low downforce while also controlling cooling of the engine, gearbox, batteries, and brakes. More electronics were deployed in the cockpit in the form of a 12.3" (310mm) TFT digital dashboard display with a choice of three optional layouts capable of relaying data from the telemetry system. The steering wheel featured integrated controls, while the gearchange paddles were fixed directly to steering column.

 

One of the fortunate few to have driven a LaFerrari, Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe was mightily impressed when let loose in one at Fiorano. "The ride instantly feels spookily smooth and calm, the steering surprisingly light but bursting with a delicious, old school kind of feel. The brake pedal also feels light underfoot but is again rippling with feel. And the throttle response, the first time I go anywhere near the loud pedal is just outrageous; the car explodes down the back straight even on half throttle in fourth gear.

 

"And that's what you get when you integrate electric power with a thumping great V12. At low revs the electricity provides the torque, and provides it instantly, and from there on up – at about 3000rpm – the V12 takes over. Yet the transformation is so smooth you are never actually aware that it takes place. Instead, it feels like the car is powered by a 10-litre V12 that somehow has massive low rev response at the same time.

 

"And yet, in their way, the gearchange, the brakes, the steering, the turn in, the handling balance and the ride... they are all every bit as incredible as the engine – sorry the power source – and the acceleration it can produce."

 

Putting a 950 horsepower car weighing only some 1,255kg dry in the hands of mere mortals, as opposed to professional racing drivers, might be considered somewhat reckless, but in designing LaFerrari, its makers ensured that whatever the car did it did predictably. "You always know where you are with this car," declared Autocar. "And considering just how insanely fast it is, that is arguably its greatest achievement; being manageable."

 

Despite a price of £1 million each, all 499 examples planned had sold before the first had been delivered. However, merely having pockets of limitless depth was not alone sufficient for you to acquire a LaFerrari, which was only available to loyal customers vetted by Ferrari.

 

Representing a possibly once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to own one of these fabulous Ferrari hypercars, the LaFerrari offered here was delivered new to Germany and is currently registered on a temporary Swiss plate. The car has covered only 894km from new and is presented in generally excellent condition, reflecting its sparing use. Finished in yellow with black interior, this spectacular LaFerrari comes complete with charger, tool kit, and Equatorial Guinea registration document and technical inspection.

Another cold wet Wintry day, strolling around The Glen shopping centre, debating what to have for lunch. I realise it is Saturday, and Shira Nui is open for lunch! All it takes is a quick phone call to confirm and book.

 

Because this is a sushi restaurant, our choices are easy. A Sushi Lunch Special and a Sashimi Lunch Special, oh and send us a plate of wagyu beef yakiniku. Yum!

 

The chawan mushi arrived first, and it was the silkiest, smoothest savoury egg custard I have ever had, again :) The chicken broth on top was rich and very tasty. So tasty, yet so hot, I burnt my tongue.

 

This was followed by 2 cold starters, a chewy crunchy konnyaku with a sesame sauce, and a peppery spaghetti salad with a light mayonnaise.

 

Then comes the beef! There is no better way to serve marbled wagyu beef that to sear it quickly, yakiniku style, to give it a nice burnt colour and melt some of the fat. Of course, the lesser cuts can be made into burgers, etc, but sometimes, we need a bit of luxury.

 

The fish is good as always, and today's sashimi included hiramasa kingfish, wild barramundi, tuna and salmon. The kingfish with shisho was good, but surprisingly Suzuran's kingfish sahimi seemed fresher with a distinct crunch to the flesh. The barammundi was good too, but the tuna, was soft, smooth and buttery. Very good! As always, the offcuts from the fish were tossed into the salad, dressed with sesame oil and vinegar.

 

On the sushi platter we had cod, according to Nishikura-san, salmon, tuna, wild barammundi, hiramasa kingfish, prawn, tamago (egg omelet). All very good.

 

Even on such a Wintry day, Shira Nui was full. For both sessions. Both the tables, and the counter were full. It is obvious that bookings, even on the day, are essential.

 

Shira Nui 不知火

247 Springvale Rd

Glen Waverley VIC 3150

(03) 9886-7755

Lunch Tue-Sat noon-2pm. Dinner Tue-Sun 6pm-10pm

 

Reviews:

- Shira Nui, by Dani Valent, Epicure, The Age May 22, 2007 Sit at the sushi counter. Order the omakase

- Shira Nui By Jane Faulkner, Epicure, The Age October 10, 2005 Shira Nui is worth crossing town for.

- Fusion without power By John Lethlean, The Age August 5 2003 At Shira Nui, only certain types of sushi will be delivered to the table, so fanatical is the chef. The full range is available only to a manageable group of sushi-bar diners. He makes; you eat immediately; then he makes again. This is the omakase menu, a sushi-only degustation that is the purest, most pleasurable dining experience I have had all year.

- Shira Nui ... again - TummyRumbles by mellie on May 17th, 2009

- Shira Nui - Miettas

Age Good Food Guide 2010 Score: 14.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 14.5/20

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide "A nondescript Glen Waverley shopping strip is not the obvious place to seek boundarypushing Japanese food, but Shira Nui's camouflage partially explains its 'hidden treasure' status"

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 15/20

Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 15/20

Age Good Food Guide 2005 score 14/20

AGFG 2004, score 14/20

- Shiranui - UrbanSpoon

- Shira Nui - Your Restaurants

gmbh gesellschaft kaufen münchen: warum manche Unternehmer etwas weniger (als) nie Probleme müde der Finanzierung erleben.

 

welcher Erfolg eines Marktforschung gmbh gesellschaft kaufen münchen Geschäfts hängt von vielen Faktoren ab und du findest im folgenden die wichtigsten Eckpfeiler. Herausgefiltert aus tausenden Geschäftsabläufen und abgekupfert von erfolgreichen Menschen:

  

Inhaltsverzeichnis Marktforschung:

 

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Geschäftsgegenstand ist die Erhebung, Analyse und Verwertung von Daten auf dem Sektor der neuen Medien sowie damit verbundene Tätigkeiten wie zum Beispiel die Vermittlung solcher Leistungen und deren Anbietung auch im Internet unter Beachtung der einschlägigen Bestimmungen im Sitzstaat.

 

Qalitative psychologische Markt- und Werbeforschung unter Verwendung des eingetragenen Warenzeichens „Compagnon C Marktforschung“ (kombiniertes Wort-/Bildzeichen). Beratung von Unternehmen aller Art in Fragen der Marktforschung, des Marketings und Vertriebs bzw. der Werbung. Untersuchung…

  

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so (etwa) gut steht Marktforschung dar? Was zeichnet Kapitalgesellschaften mit hoher Bonitaet aus, die im Domäne Marktforschung taetig sind? bspw. kann man Marktforschung GmbH kaufen? nach (…) muessen Sie ehren, wenn Sie Marktforschung kaufen wollen?

wenn Sie Marktforschung besorgen wollen, sprechen Sie nur eine Sekunde mal mit ueber die GesmbH Finanzierung oder eingeschlossen.

Ein guter Finanzpartner ist das Rueckrat Ihres Erfolges!

 

Bewaehrt fuer den Autokauf hat sich rein Nümbrecht der GmbH Automobil Kauf Händler . seiend gab es momentan vor 2 Tagen eine grosse Sonderaktion, bei der allesamt Alt Gesellschafter ihre Autos / Fahrzeuge und Dienstwagen für Chip eigene GmbH aussergewöhnlich günstig holen konnten. Nur 5 Stunden später hatte Wagen Händler die gleiche Sonderpreis Aktion! Es lohnt sich beim GmbH Auto Kauf genau zu schauen.

 

mit dieser Sache sollten Sie notwendigerweise Leasing in Betracht ziehen, denn nichts ist opitmaler als ein gut ausgehandelter Mietvertrag. als Spezialist für GmbH / Kapitalgesellschaften und Firmenleasing hat sich an die ausgezeichnet der Anbieter gearbeitet, außerdem wird er häufiger bejahend in der Lokalen Presse erwähnt. und sind nicht so glücklich darüber, aber um die sind sie heute dadurch noch bemühter, Ihnen ein besseres GmbH Leasing Angebot zu walten. nicht zuletzt hier sei erwähnt, dass es durch aus Bedeutung macht auch übrige Dinge zu pachten, ebenso andere Maschinen, Computer inter alia Software.

 

zum Exempel stellt sich ’ne gute Marktforschung Bonität dar, bzw. welches zeichnet eine Tolle GmbH Kreditlinie oder GmbH Bewertung aufgebraucht?

sofern bekommt Sie, wenn ebendiese Marktforschung kaufen im Zuge (von) folgenden Grosshändlern deutlich bessere Einkaufskonditionen:

 

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ferner können so überlegen, ob Sie ab- mal bei folgenden Einzelhändlern aus vorsprechen, denn dort wurde in der Vergangenheit besonders oft von Erfolg gekrönt ein GmbH Geschäft abgewickelt und die Bewertungen sind durchweg von Vorteil als 4 vonseiten 5 Sternen:

 

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weiters wenn Sie in diesen Minuten Ihre Marktforschung GesmbH verkaufen wollen, lassen ebendiese sich am besten hier einen aktuellen Marktpreis berechnen: www.aktivegmbhkaufen.de

 

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Ihnen fehlt noch ebendiese zündende Idee? Was halten die von:

  

Täglich neue Ideen für erfolgreiche Unternehmen: Geschäftsidee, Marketing, Finanzen, Unternehmer, Strategie, Innovation, Internet.

  

GesmbH Sitz, Firmensitz, Geschäftsniederlassung und der Raum des Geschehens: jeder haben eins mit vereinten Kräften = Die Lage – Die Lage – Die Lage

 

dominierend für ein erfolgreiches Geschäft ist der Standort noch dazu Sie sollten jene Überlegung zwingend in Ihre Planung einschliessen. Auf Ursache der bewerteten Angebote hier die super 5 Anbieter in Nümbrecht:

 

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Marketing ist nicht alles – aber ohne Marketing ist alles nichts

Erfolgreiche Werbung ist jenes Benzin für den Motor des Erfolgs. ABER: welches ist, wenn Sie Dieselkraftstoff statt Benzin tanken? kaufen Sie sich Chip besten Leute für den Job und spüren 24 Stunden täglich den Erfolg!

 

Verkaeufer braucht das Land! mit höherer Wahrscheinlichkeit Umsatz fuer Ihre Marktforschung GmbH mit Hilfe (von) einem Top Aussendienst und einer motivierten Verkäufermannschaft!

Sind Sie in dieser glücklichen Lage und haben eine Marktforschung besorgt? hier nichts wie ran und bauen diese einen erfolgreichen Aussendienst auf. Die folgenden Geschäftspartner kratzen bereits mit den Hufen und (sich) einreihen auf ihre Chance:

 

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Grundsätlich ist gerade in Zusammenhang auf den Aussenauftritt einer Gmbh rein Marktforschung die rechtliche und steuerliche Sicherheiten wichtig und sollte auf keinen Sachverhalt unterschätzt werden. in unerfreulicher Weise können Marktforschung Geschäfte auch in den Seilen hängen gehen. Die aktuellen Urteile hierzu sind:

  

Auch ungefragte Anrufe zu Marktforschungszwecken sind rechtswidrig

Vorherige Einwilligung des Angerufenen erforderlich

Telefonanrufe, die zu Marktforschungszwecken durchgeführt werden, bedürfen der vorherigen Einwilligung des Angerufenen. Das hat das Landgericht Berlin entschieden.

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BAG zur Abmeldepflicht von Betriebsratsmitgliedern während der Arbeitszeit

Arbeitgeber soll durch Meldepflicht Möglichkeit zur Überbrückung des Arbeitsausfalls gegeben werden

Ein Betriebsratsmitglied, das an seinem Arbeitsplatz während seiner Arbeitszeit Betriebsratsaufgaben erledigt, ist grundsätzlich verpflichtet, sich beim Arbeitgeber abzumelden und die voraussichtliche…

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Whilst not the sharpest, a testament to the flexibility of the X100F: there was very little light at this time of day here, and for a wide angle lens I could get very close to take this. I had the ISO range limited, which helped keep the noise down to manageable levels.

throwing a party in your backyard in a bubble requires some intricate and precise technique for both setup and breakdown. for instance: a bubble-caliber tarp is far too large to fold within the confines of one's own backyard. travel to a public park is essential for the space necessary for ceremonious folding and compacting into a manageable shape.

 

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A really enjoyable puzzle. A lot of green, but tons of little details made it much more manageable. I tried to reduce the glare, but it's tough with my rudimentary photo skills and I always have to use artificial light. I have some detail pics, with less glare, in my photostream if interested. Also, a lady on Facebook provided me this link, which talks about the cartoon artwork by Michael Ryba. This particular image and related text begins about 3/4 of the way down on that link, cartoon-puzzle.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ryba-and-Ca... which shows the image much clearer than my photos.

What is an Aboriginal quarry?

 

Aboriginal quarries are places where Aboriginal people took stone from rocky outcrops to make chipped or ground stone tools for many different purposes.

 

Not all types of stone were suitable for making tools, so an outcrop of good stone that could be easily quarried was a valuable resource.

 

Aboriginal people quarried different types of stone, each with its own special value and use. Stone tools were made from greenstone, silcrete, quartz, quartzite, basalt and chert. Pigments were made from quarried ochre, and grinding tools were made from sandstone.

 

Some quarries are small, consisting of just a single protruding boulder. Other quarries incorporate many outcrops and areas of broken stone that cover thousands of square metres.

 

What to do if you find an Aboriginal quarry...

 

do not disturb the place or remove any material

check whether the place has the typical characteristics of an Aboriginal quarry

if it does, record its location and write a brief description of its condition

note whether it is under threat of disturbance

please help to preserve Aboriginal cultural places by reporting their presence to First Peoples - State Relations.

 

Where are quarries found?

 

Aboriginal quarries are generally found on slopes where erosion has exposed the stone, for example, the slopes above creeks and rivers, on the sides of old volcanoes and on ridges.

 

How did Aboriginal people quarry stone?

Aboriginal people used at least two methods of stone quarrying. One method was to strike the surface of the outcrop at an angle with a hammerstone. Manageable pieces of stone broke off with minimum effort. This method scarred the rock face and left scattered broken fragments around the outcrop. The hammerstone was sometimes left at the quarry site.

 

The other method involved digging around and under outcrops to find buried stone. The purpose was to find manageable chunks of stone that were unweathered. Such digging created pits and trenches.

 

The early stages of stone tool making often occurred at the quarry. Tool manufacture added to the debris produced by quarrying. Aboriginal people used hammerstones, anvils and grinding stones, which were often left at the quarry because they were heavy. Sometimes, unfinished tools such as ‘axe blanks’ were also left behind.

 

What else looks like Aboriginal quarrying?

 

Natural weathering can create outcrops that appear similar to Aboriginal quarries. Uneven fractures and splintering on the outcrop face can resemble flaking scars. Weathering also produces large quantities of angular pieces of stone that look like stone tools. First Peoples - State Relations can provide an expert assessment of your discovery.

 

Why are Aboriginal quarries important?

 

Aboriginal quarries tell us a lot about Aboriginal stone tools, such as the types of stone used, how stone was obtained, and how the tools were made.

 

Aboriginal quarries also provide a rare glimpse into the fabric of past Aboriginal society. Quarried stone was often traded. Stone axes from one of the most important quarries in Victoria, at Mount William near Lancefield, have been found right across south east Australia.

 

Knowing where stone was quarried, we can learn more about the networks that existed between different groups of Aboriginal people. Most importantly, quarries are an important link for Aboriginal people today with their culture and their past.

 

Are Aboriginal quarries under threat?

 

Human activities such as mining, road building, damming, clearing and construction can disturb or destroy Aboriginal quarries. Natural processes such as weathering and erosion can also cause the gradual breakdown of stone outcrops.

 

First Peoples - State Relations records the location, dimensions and condition of Aboriginal quarries. The aim is to have a permanent record of this important part of the heritage of all Australians.

 

Management works around Aboriginal quarries, such as stock and erosion control, help preserve the sites for future generations.

 

Are Aboriginal quarries protected?

 

All Aboriginal cultural places in Victoria are protected by law. Aboriginal artefacts are also protected.

 

It is illegal to disturb or destroy an Aboriginal place. Artefacts should not be removed from the site.

 

Source: First Peoples Relations, Victorian Government: Fact sheet: Aboriginal quarries (www.firstpeoplesrelations.vic.gov.au/fact-sheet-aborigina...)

Profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with warm dark chocolate sauce AUD14.50

 

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We started with the cheese puffs, and it was like biting into little puffs of air. It was so light that spearing it with a fork was too hard, and we had to resort to fingers. We suspect that it is a basic souffle mix dollopped into hot oil and fried to a light and airy puff. Amazing.

 

Once I saw that the cheese puffs were a manageable size, I immediately added the duck neck sausage to our order. Not long after, 4 small discs of minced pork appeared. I love a good sausage and this didn't disappoint. It was served with segments of orange that provided a nice foil. There were also a few boiled baby beets hidden under the leaves and it seemed a bit too tender compared to the nice big flavoursome beets we were used to.

 

Julia was very impressed with the duck fillets, and she remarked several times how tasty the flesh was. I prefered the smoky grilled quail, but it was true, the quail meat was tender and juicy like the duck, but didn't have the richness of flavour of the duck. The pommes anna under the quail went amazingly well with the madeira sauce. The crispy bits of potato on the edges were also very good. The French beans were tender and so full of Spring sweetness.

 

We ended our meal with a good coffee and tea, and the profiteroles to share. We both loved the chocolate sauce, but we prefer the choux pastry at Laurent Pattiserie.

 

Annie Smither's Bistrot & Produce

03.5422.2039

72 Piper St

Kyneton VIC 3444

www.anniesmithers.com.au/

 

Reviews:

- Annie Smithers Bistrot, By Necia Wilden, The Age Epicure, September 27, 2005 Score: 15.5/20

- Annie Smithers Bistrot The Age Good Food Guide 2009 - 1 Chefs Hat

- Annie Smithers Bistrot, Kyneton - The Breakfast Blog, Saturday, May 13, 2006 chicken livers, bacon and spinach on toast. One of several tempting dishes on offer at Annie Smithers Bistrot. I love the smell of offal in the morning. 16/20 "mmm... liver"

- Annie Smithers Bistrot - Mietta's good gutsy French based dishes

- Annie Smithers’ Bistrot - Gourmet Traveller Annie Smithers, another Stephanie Alexander alum, is consolidating her empire, a shop and bistro showcasing Central Victorian produce. Assured cooking means primary flavours shine: succulent, flaky trout almondine tastes river-fresh; sweet scallops cooked just-so are plated with discs of smoky chorizo; sweet-salty tomato Tatin is the pick of the entrées. There’s usually offal on offer, perhaps creamy brains wrapped in prosciutto, and veal schnitzel, topped with a fried egg and anchovies, is pub-simple (and sized) but restaurant-finessed. Strawberry vacherin elevates berries and cream to a fitting conclusion to the meal: simple, comforting, classy.

  

Food Photos:

- Cheese Puffs with tomato and chilli dipping sauce AUD7.50 - insides

- Duck Neck Sausage stuffed with pork mince and pistachios with babybeets, green leaves and orange AUD18.50

- Quails petit-duc - par boned and grilled, served on pommes anna, with grilled mushrooms and madeira sauce AUD30

- Duck fillet with orange marmalade glaze, pan-fried potatoes AUD22.50

- Profiteroles filled with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with warm dark chocolate sauce AUD14.50

- Long Black AUD3

- Mariage Freres Tea AUD4.50

 

Decor Photos:

- Specials Board

- Long Dining Table

- Object d'Art

- Business Card

- back

- Produce Store

- A message from Stephanie

- Gumboots - Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation fundraiser AUD40

 

Cotton is king. Or was king. If I had to guess, I would guess that soybeans reign over cotton now. I googled it but couldn't figure out the answer.

 

Still, I miss those commercials from the 90s. You know the pretty ones about the fabric of your life.... They could make me feel weepy and hopeful all at the same time.

 

Today was sort of a bust for me. I took my youngest son to the airport this morning. He'll be back in three weeks. That is a break that seems manageable.

 

Afterwards, I went for a run but cut it short because I just wasn't feeling well. When I got home, the dog and I curled up in the chair. I could feel her heartbeat and hear the squeaks from her dreams as she curled up on my chest. Soon I was nodding off. It turns out that sleep isn't overrated at all.

 

All that is to say, I finally got up this afternoon and announced to the world (my husband) that I was going to go to the cotton field and take a picture. The husband volunteered to drive.

 

At first I thought that he'd make me nervous. Instead, I found that I liked how I smiled at him as we talked. Plus, he seemed to help me get my mind off all the people driving by on the busy highway.

 

This is me.

In a cotton field.

By a busy highway.

Not having a very productive day.

Digging Deeper

Week 3

The Z1 compact is the Japanese firm’s first foray into the miniature smartphone market, but it’s steering the ‘small phone’ trend in a new direction. Previously, manufacturers have cut down on specs in order to cram elements of their flagship devices into smaller, more manageable frames, but not Sony.

 

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