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Perceptum never took to monitors as eagerly as the Vinlanders (who had invented the ship type as a substitute for ocean-going battleships), at least not during the Imperial era. The Marina Imperiale (Imperial Navy) exercised a budget big enough to maintain an enormous trans-oceanic Battlefleet that could respond to crises and strategic threats anywhere in the world. Modern Perceptum, with its much reduced navy and economic base, didn’t have that luxury.
The Grande Marina (Grand Navy) operated a much smaller Battlefleet, and thus turned to the monitor as a cheap method of providing big guns to the defense of its colonial possessions. Those built in the 1880’s were ugly, flawed but powerfully armed gun platforms. Those, like the Pugilist class, that were built during and after the Great Re-Armament were armed with smaller, cruiser-sized guns but were better able to traverse treacherous and shallow waters. More importantly, they had larger secondary batteries and were maneuverable enough to tango with torpedo armed ships that would have easily sunk preceding classes of Perceptan monitors.
But unlike their predecessors, the Pugilists were largely incapable of traversing the open ocean safely, limiting them to riverine and coastal operations.
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Als je elkaar al jaren kent, zijn een paar woorden voldoende aan het begin van een foto shoot.
Er zijn regels voor een portret.....
niet te dicht bij..
let op de uitsnede
Niet te scherp (!!!!)
enz enz..
maar die hoef je m.i. niet altijd te volgen. Bij de eerste foto in het eerste comment hieronder heb ik me wel aan de regels gehouden.
Dit is toch echt een "aansprekend" portret?
Op de monitor bijna levensgroot, wat ook de bedoeling was.
Als alles goed gaat hoop ik deze maand weer een shoot op locatie te doen.
Deze is van vorig jaar, voordat we het portret hieronder ( zie eerste foto in eerste comment )
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Rock Monitor, Varanus albigularis, Likkewaan. This lizard, also called White-throated monitor or Leguaan, commonly roams rocky, semi-desert areas, can grow up to 2m in length and is found widely spread in Southern Africa. Photographed in the wild near Beaufort West in South Africa's Karoo region.
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Monitor Memorial
sculptor: Antonio De Filippo, 1938
dedicated: November 6, 1938
Monsignor McGolrick Park
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, New York
inscription:
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE / STATE OF NEW YORK / TO COMMEMORATE THE BATTLE OF THE / MONITOR AND MERRIMAC / MARCH 9TH, 1862 / AND IN MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THE MONITOR / AND ITS DESIGNER - JOHN ERICSSON
Lunchtime at the house, something rustles around the corner and a moment later the comrade comes around the corner.
He looks past, tongue flickering, in search of food. A good meter long and not at all shy, he tries to get onto our terrace. The broom is within reach and is easily used to direct the lizard in a different direction. A hiss is the response, but after several gentle pressures, the reptile clears the area and goes to the neighboring house.
The USS Monitor was the revolutionary all iron design with the world's first nautical rotating gun turret. It was designed by John Ericsson and financed and promoted to the Navy by Madison's Cornelius Scranton Bushnell. When the Union learned that the Confederates were building an iron clad ship to fight against Federal blockades of Southern ports, it quickly countered with the Monitor. See www.madisonhistory.org/uss-monitor/ for the whole story. The Monitor's most notable engagement was against the CSS Virginia (a.k.a USS Merrimack) during America's Civil War at Hampton Roads, Va. in March of 1862.
This is a large (1/4"=1' scale) museum-quality wooden model of the USS Monitor in its battle-ready appearance. The model was built in the early 1970's by Arthur G. Henning, Inc, 17 South 3rd Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550, to exact measurements from archival blueprints. It is a duplicate of the model ship on display at the Smithsonian, which the Henning firm also produced. According to the firm, ours has more detail inside the turret. The ship model includes an anchor and the Ericsson-designed propellor. Painted flat black with red-lead colored hull. The ship model is 43 1/2" long X 10 3/4" wide X 6 1/2" high. It was commissioned by Dr. Philip S. Platt, a previous MHS President, in 1974 for $1,200. It was donated by him to be part of the 1974 MHS exhibit about Cornelius Bushnell and the Monitor.
ACC# 1974.016.002
See other USS Monitor-related images at flic.kr/s/aHBqjzRDR2. (Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
The USS Monitor was the revolutionary all iron design with the world's first nautical rotating gun turret. Lifesavers provided for ironic visible scale. The model was built in the early 1970's by Arthur G. Henning, Inc, 17 South 3rd Ave., Mount Vernon, NY 10550, to exact measurements from archival blueprints. The ship model is 43 1/2" long X 10 3/4" wide X 6 1/2" high. It was commissioned by Dr. Philip S. Platt, a previous MHS President, in 1974 for $1,200. It was donated by him to be part of the 1974 MHS exhibit about Cornelius Bushnell and the Monitor.
ACC# 1974.016.002
See other USS Monitor-related images at flic.kr/s/aHBqjzRDR2. (Photo credit - Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums)
The second monitor from left on the top shelf looks exactly like the one we have, though I believe we paid at least $20-$30 dollars less when it was on sale at the Southaven Office Depot. I believe this is the first row of shelving in the front right portion of the store, but could be the second row.
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Backside view of the wonderfully petite Apple 9" monochrome monitor designed specifically for use with the Apple IIc. Note that the standard RCA composite video connector has been augmented with a commercial BNC adapter.
JellyBean hangs out in Harley's converted Apple Two-Page Monochrome Monitor, which has been repurposed into a cat bed. I removed the CRT, circuit boards, and added the towel and some catnip.
Related blog entry is here.
I decided to bring back some Morris with the orange, recycled an existing cockpit, and kept the overall chasis design from Toradoch. I'm gonna build a second variant this week if I have time.
I went to Featherdale Animal Park the other week with a friend and whilst there I took these photos of the Lace Monitor. I stood for ages trying to get a photo of it's tongue and I finally captured one.
The lace monitor grows to between 1.5 and 2 metres in length, it is a dark steel grey above with pale yellow or cream bands or rows of spots. The underside is cream. The jaws and snout are usually strongly barred with yellow and dark grey. A second colour form known as Bell's phase occurs in some areas of Queensland which has strong dark grey and yellow bands all along the body. The toes are equipped with long, strong claws, which are used for climbing. The tongue is long and forked like a snake . Monitors are the only lizards that have a forked tongue.
There were 4 different monitors while I was staking out the waterhole. This was the baby of the bunch!
Track Condition Monitoring Unit class 153 no. 153379 passes Copmanthorpe on 28th June 2026, working 2Q16 from Wigan Station Junction to Slateford depot, Edinburgh.
I looked at this, as taken, with 3 different monitors and never saw the same results .. Can we say Graphics Card?
This is one of the nests I'll be monitoring this year. The female's in the nest now, so hopefully she's started laying eggs. Usually two eggs are layed, a few days apart. Ordinarily this gives one chick a great advantage, and the first hatched often kills the second to ensure its own survival if food supplies are tight. This pair however, has a habit of raising two chicks successfully, and one year I'm told that one year they even raised three. Will be fun to watch.
The Eagle Fest was great fun, a success for the organizers, and pretty good for me as well. Sales were much better than I'd anticipated, I met some interesting people, and made some possibly interesting connections with authors looking for pictures. A fine day altogether. A picture of our display is here.