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Step 4:
Start to branch off while twisting. Make it look natural and have some fun... don't worry too much about how it'll turn out until you've got the process down. The fastest way I learn is by making mistakes :)
Complete Tutorial here: tinyhaus.blogspot.com/2009/06/miniature-tree-tutorial.html
This circus-style banner was unveiled at the 10th Annual Sideshow Gathering as a tribute to its founder, Franco "Zoob" Kossa, who tragically died in May 2011. This banner served to advertise a special "blow-off" attraction in which patrons were invited into the tent (for a small donation) to view some Franco mementos, including his favorite bowler hat, some of his cremains, and his death certificate. Some may find this a tad morbid, but Franco would have thought it was hilarious that we were 'dinging' people to view his remains. But then, "GTFM" is the showman's creed. All the proceeds raised went to offset the cost of the Sideshow Gathering, the world's only convention for sideshow performers.
Police woman falls to ground whilst running after protestors. (She had minor injuries and waited in a nearby police van)
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As i'm stuck at home at the moment due to the snow (so are the kids), at lunchtime we took the sledges to the fields at the back of the house. The kids loved their new found winter sport, the sheep even came over to have a look at what we were up to.
Seniors gather at the Hotel Winneshiek to celebrate their years at Luther with each other on May 18, 2016. Photo by Kyle Livingood '19
I'm very excited about these brooches being sent off to a wonderful shop in Denmark!!Thank you Annie!!!
Mission History
On September 15, 1942 took off piloted by Lt. Raymond E. Holsey on a night bombing mission against Rabaul and experienced bad weather. Returning, this B-17 was short on fuel and landed on the beach on Hood Point. The crew included:
Pilot Lt. Ramond E. "Ray" Holsey
Co-Pilot Captain Jack A. Ryan ["Ryan" in 70,000 to One]
Navigator Lt John A. "Davy" Crockett [aka "Davy Crockett" in 70,000 to One]
Bombardier Sgt Gordon R. Manuel
Radio Sgt John W. “Rosey” Rosenberger
Engineer Sgt J. B. Young
Crew Captain Jack A. Ryan (IL)
Tail Gunner Sgt Vernon O. "Skeets" Elder (CO)
Gordon R. Manuel recalls in 70,000 to One:
"This had been a night mission and the weather was really foul. It was so bad that somehow our instruments went haywire and now, when we should have been just about coming home, we were God knows how many miles from nowhere with nothing under us but two miles of sky and a few more miles of water. I went back to the radio compartment with the boys. We put on our Mae Wests and just sweated it out. Rosenberger, our radio operator, just sat there, tapping out messages, asking the base to tell us where we were. The gas was getting very low, and Holsey had the engines leaning way down to use as little gas as possible.
We hit so softly that we didn't even bounce. Holsey had landed us on a beach at Hood Point - a lovely beach. The plane skimmed along and then it settled into the sand as our speed reduced. The heavy ship gave a little lurch to the left and we stopped. The next day a boat came with some steel netting [Marston Matt / Pierced Steel Planking (PSP)]. Friendly natives helped us lay it on the beach, and then Holsey and Ryan, our co-pilot took her off. They just prayed her off and the right wing tip touched the water, but she got off all right. We went back to Moresby by boat laughing it all off. But we hadn't laughed during the hour we were sweating it out."
Assisted by friendly natives, the crew waited for help to arrive. Aircraft dropped supplies to the crew including one drop by a B-25 Mitchell from the 3rd Bombardment Group and another by a B-17 Flying Fortress from the 19th Bombardment Group. A small boat arrived to deliver fuel and Marston Mat / Pierced Steel Plank (PSP) to create a runway on the beach.
To document the incident, LIFE Magazine photographer George Strock visited Hood Point and photographed the B-17 and the crew interacting with locals. These photographs were published in LIFE Magazine January 4, 1943. Former plantation owner assigned to the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) Leslie Johnston also visited the bomber and helped the crew trade with locals to purchase food from them.
Approximately a week later, [circa September 22, 1942] an improvised runway was completed and a take off was attempted. Using the beach with pieces of Marston Mat laid down to form a runway with only the pilot and co-pilot aboard to minimize weight, this B-17 took off successfully and landed safely at 7 Mile Drome near Port Moresby. Afterwards, the remainder of the crew were transported aboard a boat back to Port Moresby and returned to duty.
Afterwards, this B-17 might have been assigned to a service squadron or V Bomber Command pool until retired from flying missions and was written off at Mareeba Airfield.
Text source: pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2659.html
I didn't anticipate a rather large wave that knocked me off my feet and dragged me along the rocks. I held onto my camera for dear life. Luckily only the underwater housing was damaged. I wasn't quite so lucky. I have severe lacerations on both hands, my right arm, under my right arm, right leg and foot. After looking at my wounds I kept on snapping some photos while trying not to let the blood get in the way. I mean, why stop? I was already there and my time left in Sydney was short. I walked up to a guy who told me earlier he thought it'd be a bad idea to get too close to the waves and I calmly said "you were right." On the way back to my hotel I got a lot of stares and people asking if I was alright. Several people asked me if I was attacked by a shark. A few people even asked for my photo or a photo with me. After returning to my hotel I inquired about supplies to dress my wounds. They directed me to the lifeguards where a film crew proceeded to film my bandaging. I was interviewed (which is weird since I interview others for a living) and now I'm going to be on the 4th season of "Bondi Rescue," a popular Australian reality TV show. I guess next time I won't use a wide-angle lens to shoot huge and awesomely powerful waves...
Near death experience #3 caused by my interest in photography.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondi_Rescue
The video I produced for work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Uk08z2xL0
REACH 392T departs San Francisco for Travis AFB after dropping off equipment supporting a VIP visit.
E4 is off air for the General Election 2015 for some very odd reason and only began broadcasting at 7pm when polling stations closed.
The man sitting at the E4 Broadcast switch had a 12 hour shift believed to have been live.
May 7th 2015
Cliche shot of an isolated figure in a wintery setting - this chap was off to work on a very cold (minus 7) morning in Bath.
I've just realised that I seem to be taking lots of pictures of trees recently.
Silva Andres Francisco Gato midfielder of Club Brugge holds off the challenge of Simon Moses forward of KAA Gent during the Jupiler Pro League Play-Off 1 match between KAA Gent and Club Brugge at the Ghelamco arena in Gent, Belgium.
***GENT, BELGIUM - 26/04/2015
Photo by Nico Vereecken/PhotoNews***
The Off Beat Series
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This could be the next tourist attraction in Lincoln?
Just came out of the cathedral after a roof top tour and this car was parked up.
A very nice (but strange) man was stood by it with very pointed shoes.
He was quite happy for me to take photos and a crowd formed round it.
"When everything seems to be going against you, remember that an airplane takes off against the wind and not with it "....Henry Ford
At 9:15am on Thursday 12th April 1951 a flight of four Meteor jet aircraft took off from RAF Linton-on-Ouse near York for a training flight. Flying the lead pair were Flight Lieutenant David Merryweather Leach (WA791) and Flying Officer Tony Hauxwell (VZ518). The flight was to climb to around 30,000ft where the two pairs would carry out attacks on each other. The weather forecast for the day was for complete cloud cover from 1,500ft to 20,000ft, on reaching 30,000ft the four aircraft were still in thick cloud and radioed Linton on Ouse to inform them that the flight would be returning home.
All four aircraft turned back towards Linton-on-Ouse after having descended back through 20,000ft Flt Lt Leach reported he could what he thought was Leeds through a break in the cloud and he and F/O Hauxwell were going to proceed down. The second pair could not see through the cloud and not being entirely sure of their position radioed their intention to remain at 20,000ft. After some 5 minutes the lead pilot of the second pair, Flying Officer Leslie Hayward, attempted to contact Flt Lt Leach with no success following this RAF Northern Radar at Lindholme near Doncaster attempted to contact the pair again with no success. Following this a search was mounted with wreckage being spotted latter in the day with a ground team reaching the scene the following afternoon.
The two aircraft had continued to descend through cloud and without ever breaking out of the bottom of the overcast had flown into the top of the moor on Sliddens Moss to the North of the Longdendale valley in formation. The marks left by the two aircraft are still clearly visible. There was not as some have suggested a mid-air collision.
Wreckage is spread over a half mile area.
Text by Alan L Clark www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk