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Country Comfort Belmont Motor Inn is only a 10 minute walk to the city centre with modern studios, one and two bedroom apartments, all with kitchen facilities. Perfect accommodation for a family holiday, romantic weekend away, or a business trip, in a central location in Christchurch.
Country Comfort Belmont Motor Inn is located in the Garden City Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. It is a very picturesque and arguably the most attractive city in the country, with extensive inner city public and private gardens and parks, the shallow Avon River meandering though the city centre, and a pedestrian oriented downtown centred on Cathedral Square. Known for its natural beauty and wealth of things to do, explore the Christchurch Art Gallery, International Antarctic Centre, and Willowbank Wildlife Reserve.
www.countrycomforthotels.com.au/christchurch/belmont-motor-inn-christchurch/
It isn't unusual to see one Dove nestled in this small feeder, but when two decide to sqeeze themselves in, I always have to laugh because there's no room left for them to eat.
The Real Hong Kong Car Culture
Hong Kong Car | Automotive Photography since 2011
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Only the male has the thickened ‘thighs’ that give the beetle its name; it uses them to impress females.
Merthyr Mawr National Nature Reserve, Nr Bridgend, South Wales
Only the second time we have found this pretty species in our trap. Conditions were less than perfect for mothing- mainly clear skies, a big moon and minimum temperature of 5c- so we were quite pleased with our catch.
List for 24th June 2013:
Map-winged Swift 1
Chrysoteuchia culmella 1
Garden Pebble 1 NFG
Satin Lutestring 1
Common Lutestring 1
Silver-ground Carpet 4
Garden Carpet 3
Common Marbled Carpet 3
Foxglove Pug 1
Brimstone Moth 1
Peppered Moth 1
White Ermine 2
Cinnabar 1 NFG
Flame Shoulder 2
Large Yellow Underwing 1
Shears 2
Pale-shouldered Brocade 3
Bright-line Brown-eye 1
Clay 1
Dark Brocade 4
Clouded-bordered Brindle 4
Dusky Brocade 5
Silver Y 1
Spectacle 2
The Lockheed Martin HC-130J Hercules The Combat King II is the U.S. Air Force's only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform and is flown by the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) and Air Combat Command (ACC). This C-130J variation specializes in tactical profiles and avoiding detection and recovery operations in austere environments. The HC-130J replaces HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. It is an extended-range version of the C-130J Hercules transport. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. When tasked, the aircraft also conducts humanitarian assistance operations, disaster response, security cooperation/aviation advisory, emergency aeromedical evacuation, and noncombatant evacuation operations.
Features
Modifications to the HC-130J have improved navigation, threat detection and countermeasures systems. The aircraft fleet has a fully-integrated inertial navigation and global positioning systems, and night vision goggle, or NVG, compatible interior and exterior lighting. It also has forward-looking infrared, radar and missile warning receivers, chaff and flare dispensers, satellite and data-burst communications, and the ability to receive fuel inflight via a Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (UARRSI).
The HC-130J can fly in the day; however, crews normally fly night at low to medium altitude levels in contested or sensitive environments, both over land or overwater. Crews use NVGs for tactical flight profiles to avoid detection to accomplish covert infiltration/exfiltration and transload operations. To enhance the probability of mission success and survivability near populated areas, crews employ tactics that include incorporating no external lighting or communications, and avoiding radar and weapons detection.
Drop zone objectives are done via personnel drops and equipment drops. Rescue bundles include illumination flares, marker smokes and rescue kits. Helicopter air-to-air refueling can be conducted at night, with blacked out communication with up to two simultaneous helicopters. Additionally, forward area refueling point operations can be executed to support a variety of joint and coalition partners.
Background
The HC-130J is a result of the HC/MC-130 recapitalization program and replaces Air Combat Command's aging HC-130P/N fleet as the dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. The 71st and 79th Rescue Squadrons in Air Combat Command, the 550th Special Operations Squadron in Air Education and Training Command, the 920th Rescue Group in Air Force Reserve Command and the 106th Rescue Wing, 129th RQW and 176th Wing in the Air National Guard will operate the aircraft.
First flight was 29 July 2010, and the aircraft will serve the many roles and missions of the HC-130P/Ns. It is a modified KC-130J aircraft designed to conduct personnel recovery missions, provide a command and control platform, in-flight-refuel helicopters and carry supplemental fuel for extending range or air refueling.
In April 2006, the personnel recovery mission was transferred back to Air Combat Command at Langley AFB, Va. From 2003 to 2006, the mission was under the Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Previously, HC-130s were assigned to ACC from 1992 to 2003. They were first assigned to the Air Rescue Service as part of Military Airlift Command.
General Characteristics
Primary function: Fixed-wing Personnel Recovery platform
Contractor: Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
Power Plant: Four Rolls Royce AE2100D3 turboprop engines
Thrust: 4,591 Propeller Shaft Horsepower, each engine
Wingspan: 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Length: 97 feet, 9 inches (29.57 meters)
Height: 38 feet, 9 inches (11.58 meters)
Operating Weight: 89,000 pounds (40,369 kilograms)
Maximum Takeoff Weight: 164,000 pounds (74,389 kilograms)
Fuel Capacity: 61,360 pounds (9,024 gallons)
Payload: 35,000 pounds (15,875 kilograms)
Speed: 316 knots indicated air speed at sea level
Range: beyond 4,000 miles (3,478 nautical miles)
Ceiling: 33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Armament: countermeasures/flares, chaff
Basic Crew: Three officers (pilot, co-pilot, combat system officer) and two enlisted loadmasters
Unit Cost: $66 million (fiscal 2010 replacement cost)
Initial operating capability: 2013
Gathering with my friends in raining day...x(
Don't have enough time to take photos...
We will find more friends to have gathering next time!!;D
DIGITAL ONLY. Mildred Alberta Tubbs, daughter of Harvey Chamberlain and Alberta Eliza (Kenyon) Tubbs, was born 25 Jul 1898 in Milford, New York and died 22 Feb 2000 in Cooperstown, New York. On 25 Jul 1925, in Cooperstown United Methodist Church, Cooperstown, New York, she married Walter Howard Whaling (1902-1962). They are buried in Maryland Cemetery, Maryland, New York. They had two children: Jean Harriet (1928-2007) and Terry Kenyon (1936-2001).
Carey Chamberlain Tubbs, son of Harvey Chamberlain and Alberta Eliza (Kenyon) Tubbs, was born 7 Jun 1900 in Cooperstown Junction, New York and died 28 Jun 1983 in Cooperstown, New York. He was married twice. On 1 Feb 1928, in Cooperstown, New York, he married Grace Elizabeth Farquharson (1898-1957). They are buried in Maryland Cemetery, Maryland, New York. They had two children: Eleanor Ann (1930-2009) and Donald. On 2 Jul 1960, in Albany, New York, he married Anne Armstrong (-1980).
Photographer is Van Woert, Oneonta, New York. Cabinet Card.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/122762724/mildred-whaling
www.findagrave.com/memorial/122762561/carey-chamberlain-t...
April 6, 2016
In the still air of the early morning, something got a crow. All that was left was a large circle of feathers, including some large black wing feathers that gave away the fact that it was a crow. I wonder what got it. I've seen crows defending themselves WELL against hawks, so I wonder if it was a fox or a coywolf?
Brewster, Massachusetts
Cape Cod - USA
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This week my mind has been mostly fuzzy because of allergies & a sinus infection. My hands must still be busy, but my mind could only handle the most basic project.
Pattern: Everlasting Bagstopper from Knitty knitty.com/ISSUEsummer07/PATTeverlasting.html
Bag: Gift for my friend Pat
Pincushion: For me ...I think it looks a little like a rose
Flower: I want to make a whole bunch of them. Kit from Decadent Fibers
Paese dei balocchi
Ilford Delta 400, Canon eos3, Sigma 24-60, Ilford ID11 1+1 13min, Ilford Rapidfixer 5min, Epson V100, Photoshop CS3
The only inscription on the tomb of Sir William Dove (died 1633) and his two wives. The verse epitaph must be for his first wife, Frances Downhall, as all the other similar panels have been left blank for later completion. The painted heraldry has a shield for each marriage.
The only eyewitnesses to the crime are not talking. But suspect seen here has a record of shamrock leaves and flowers dangling from his whiskers. If you see him, take him alive ... we want him to stand trial!
model - liam-stock.deviantart.com/gallery/
background image - enzo - morguefile
texture - www.flickr.com/photos/dyrkwyst/3440100949/in/pool-texture...
Original image with thanks to Shadowgate
The only surviving original building from Mandalay's royal palace is Shwenandaw Monastery, which is also commonly known as the Golden Palace Monastery. The well-preserved, all-teak structure is covered in intricately carved figures from Buddhist mythology.
First built as part of the royal palace in Amarapura by King Mindon's artisans, this royal home coated in gold leaf and glass mosaics was dismantled in 1857 and transported to the new palace complex in Mandalay. When his father died inside these chambers, King Thibaw was afraid of being haunted by bad spirits, so he dismantled it once more in 1878 and reconstructed its basic teak structure as a monastery on its current grounds. This move saved it from the bombings that levelled Mandalay's palace complex during World War II.