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The superb carving and statue of King James I on the fourth storey of the Tower of the Five Orders, the Bodleian, Oxford. Surrounded with symbolism and blind justice above him
COVID-19 wasn't particularly kind to many airlines, some coming and going with a large quantity having to restructure to cater for different travel habits. This is most certainly the case for WestJet, Canada's second largest airline which in the intervening years struggled post-pandemic but that is changing.
2025 has been a big year for WestJet which has since seen the carrier completing the full integration of Sunwing Airlines, the integration having took the best part of 2 years to complete. Furthermore, WestJet saw a 15% and 10% stakes being sold to SkyTeam members Delta Air Lines and Korean Air respectively.
Following COVID-19, WestJet's ambitions did have to be curtailed, most notably having cancelled their remaining order for 3 Boeing 787-9s they had on-order, leaving just 7 in the fleet as the carrier focused on their Western Canada operations, especially from their main hub at Calgary. With the integration of Sunwing Airlines and investment from other airlines, WestJet's future is looking promising.
On 3rd September 2025, WestJet out of the blue shadow-dropped they have placed a large order of Boeing aircraft; reported by numerous media outlets followed by Boeing and WestJet themselves, the carrier announced they will be ordering 60 Boeing 737 MAX 10s and 7 Boeing 787-9s with deliveries taking place up to 2034. Once these orders are completed, WestJet will have 102 Boeing 737 MAX 10s and 14 Boeing 787-9s in total.
What is interesting about this order as even though deliveries haven't commenced yet, WestJet is firmly committed to the large Boeing 737 MAX 10, the new fleet will enable expansion but to also replace the older Boeing 737-700/800s within the fleet. The Boeing 787-9 order is more intriguing as following the cancellation of the remaining 3 Boeing 787-9s following COVID-19, WestJet does see itself expanding long-haul again. Whether expansion will take place from Calgary, or from either Toronto or Vancouver remains to be seen.
Currently, WestJet operates 7 Boeing 787s, all of which are Boeing 787-9s. WestJet have 7 Boeing 787-9s on-order.
Golf Uniform Delta Oscar is one of 7 Boeing 787-9s operated by WestJet, delivered new to the carrier on lease from BBAM on 14th March 2019 and she is powered by 2 General Electric GEnx-1B engines.
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner C-GUDO on final approach into Runway 27L at London Heathrow (LHR) on WS18 from Calgary (YYC), Alberta.
Decision fatigue
Adulting is hard. So many choices and decisions to be made each day.
I’m a big fan of routine because it reduces the number of decisions I have to make. It’s much easier to eat the same thing every day and follow a routine each morning and evening than to constantly make choices. Although they may not be obvious, I also tend to fall into outfit habits to make dressing less tedious. Lately, I’ve been reaching for boots and blazers and the color red. Just give me my marching orders and I’m ready to go make decisions that matter.
Jacket, Donna Collezione (thrifted). Dress, Love 21 (thrifted). Boots, Audrey Brook (consignment). Earrings, self-made.
Sneaked off to Venice for a few days! Contrary to appearances it didn't rain on me but it was only flooded which I thought was a huge photographic bonus and great fun!
Will be moving house in a few weeks, still don't know the date but life continues to be hectic...
In August 2017, Soo 1003, a Class L-1 2-8-2 Mikado built by American Locomotive Works in 1913, made a rare trip south of the Cheddar Curtain as part of a charity event. The day after its charity event, Soo 1003 left earlier than scheduled on its way back to Wisconsin. The race was now on to Rondout, where the former Elgin Joliet & Eastern crosses the Metra's Milwaukee District North and Canadian Pacific. Until 2015, Rondout Tower guarded the diamonds here. While it no longer sees as much traffic as it used to, Rondout remains a favorite spot for railfains due to the tower, the classic searchlight signals, and the pedestrian bridge (directly above where I was standing in these photos) that used to be a branch line for the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee interurban.
I made it to Roundout with only minutes to spare, and a crowd was naturally already gathered. As 1003 approached, a Metra employee arrived and shooed many of those gathered on the tower platform away. The reason why would quickly become evident. As 1003 approached the tower, it slowed. It slowed to receive train orders the old-fashioned way, via the Y-hoop! Once the orders were received, the crew poured on the steam, and away 1003 went!
G523 sits alone in Dimboola yard, awaiting its next turn of service.
G523 had recently been transferred via various intermodal trains from Port Kembla in NSW where it had been stored from service for several years. Recently it had been re-activated and shipped off to Victoria for work with Pacific National's Rural & Bulk division.
G523 two days later led 8155 to Geelong as 7720V loaded grain train from Dimboola GrainFlow. This was G523's first revenue service since it had been reactivated.
Friday 24th March 2017
I am thinking of doing a small round of pre-order for blythe sheep and goat hats while I wait for my commission person to get back to me (I usually give the person up to a week to reply before jumping to next one in line).
I will give a little heads up notice here for the pre-order but all detail information will be posted on my blog. You can visit my blog for previous pre-order detail as example. Some rules might change and the price (the one here is just an example of how it was done before): www.lalatroop.blogspot.com/2012/09/info-regarding-pre-ord...
Please do not send me messages regarding this. I will post pre-order info up when they are ready...hopefully in a day or two.
Name: Silas Shadow Heart
Nickname: Deaths Hand
Reason for name: Kills who ever the Emperor orders him to.
Age: 23
Gender: Man
Place of birth: Imperial City.
Parents’ names, backgrounds, occupations: Lord Duken and Lady Rose both wore killed by Silas in order to save Little Lyra from becoming a puppet to kill and take the blame after words.
Number of siblings: 1
Relationship with family (close? Estranged?): Very very Close
to his Twin sister Eclipse and he love their daughter Lyra with all of his heart.
Happiest memory: Learning he had a daughter and that him and Eclipse the start of their own family.
Childhood trauma: Having to Kill His Mother and Father at the age of 17 to save his Daughters life.
Children of his/her own?: 1
If so, relationship with their mother/father?: He Loves Lyra more than any thing in the world she is the Stars in his eyes and he loves how much of him he can see in the his little girl.
Age he/she gave birth/became a father: Win Silas and Eclipse wore 11 their parents took the necessary parts from both to make a Child with in a Lab using lift over Wisdom of the magic and science of the dead worlds of long ago. They at first wanted Eclipse and Silas to have a child of there own but seeing that they wore to young they found a different way to rush the results they wanted.
Athletic?: very was top of the class in all Athletic events.
Level of education (high school drop out, undergrad BA/BS, PhD, MD, etc.): Along with his training with in the Shadow arts of magic Silas all so has high Marks in the use of Sword play and hand to hand combat along with what most call a dead eye win using a fire arm.
Level of self esteem: Very Proud of him self.
Gifts/talents: Loving on Eclipse, Being a good care giver to
Lyra and the Prefect Killer for the Emperor.
Shortcomings: He often turns his heart off so he can kill no matter what the targets might be before him and as result he seems dead inside to every one but Eclipse and Lyra.
Style of speech (loud, mumbler, articulate, etc.): Very Soft Spoken not from being shy but to live with in the Shadows means to be with out sound as much as it means to be not seen.
Artistic?: He as been known to stop to see the beauty of the world that reminds him of his lover and daughter. But really the only Painting he has ever done has been with the Blood of the ones he kills.
Mathematical?: Very each move he makes most be prefect!
Makes decisions based mostly on emotions, or on logic?:
Logic Rules most of his world the only ones that see any Emotions is his Sister and Daughter.
Life philosophy: If he Kills and becomes stronger than one day he shell Kill his grandfather and take the Empire for him and his sister.
Religious stance: Sees him self as the Omega as he brings the end to any in his way.
Cautious or daring?: Cautious
Most sensitive about/vulnerable to: The danger to his loved ones.
Extrovert or introvert?: Introvert only opens him self up to a very few loved ones.
Level of comfort with technology: Loves it!! after all its what make her daughter Lyra.
Current marital/relationship status: Engaged to his sister Eclipse
Sexual orientation: I think by now you could Parable guess. ^_^
Past relationships: None
Level of sexual experience: Would take to long to Explain it all...
Story of first kiss (if any–if not, how does he/she want it to happen?): Win they were little the Twins would play the wedding game over and over again for they just loved the ending were they got to kiss and to Silas he all ways made him feel so happy win their lips would meet.
Story of loss of virginity (if any–if not, how does he/she want it to happen, if at all?): His sister would kill him if he told...
A social person? (popular, loner, some close friends, makes friends and then quickly drops them): He is very well known and feared as the hand of death most in the Empire do there best never to look him in his dead cold eyes.
Most comfortable around (person): Eclipse.
How does he think others perceive him?: Loyal grandson to the Emperor.
How do others actually perceive her?: The Hands of death its self
Profession:Shadow Hand Of Death
Past occupations: Nobel Brat
Passions: Power
Attitude towards current job: Amazingly good as if he was born only to kill.
Phobias: None
Life goals: Killing the Emperor.
Dreams: Being Able to show the world his love for his sister openly.
Greatest fears: Losing his loved ones
Most ashamed of: Having to hide the fact that he is Lyra's father and not her brother.
Most embarrassing thing ever to happen to him/her: Her grandfather walked in on her and Silas kissing and had to play it off as the wedding game they played as Children. The Grandfather all so gave them a 2 hour lecture about how Noble Children are to be seen acting at all times... all so he told them to keep it behind locked doors because if the shame was seen he would have to punish them.
Obsessions: Wants to wake up next to his sister every day the time apart were he has to travel the land killing for the emperor makes him miss his lover so...
Secret hobbies: Loves to pet puppies.
Secret skills: Loves to Write Children stories.
Crimes committed (and was he/she caught? Charged?): There is no Crime win your told to Kill and torture by the Emporer.
What he/she most wants to change about his/her current life:
He wants to spend more time with his loved ones.
What he/she most wants to change about his/her physical appearance: nothing he is Hot
Night owl or early bird?: Night Owl for he is one with the Shadows.
Light or heavy sleeper?: Very Light
Favorite food: Sushi
Least favorite food: Red Meat it reminds him of the ones he has killed win he sees the red juices dripping out from it.
Favorite books: Loves to read the old ancient fiction Adventure books that wore said to have been Written by the worlds that died out Millions of years ago. But as dead grate world dies they leave something to the next.
Least favorite book: The Book of Law written by the Emperor
him self.
Coffee or tea?: Tea
Type of car he/she drives (or wishes he/she drove): Travels on Airships and throw the world void of the Shadows.
Lefty or righty?: Both
Favorite color: The color of his Sister/Lovers Hair.
Smoker? Drinker? Drug user?: Being that he all ways has to be at the ready he can not let him self take any comfort with in the aids such as Drugs or Drink.
Silas Along with his Twin Sister Eclipse wore raised to become lovers and to help take the power of the Empire for their family. The twins wore happy playing kissing games and never for a moment wore they apart for their mother taught them that the only happy place they would know would be in each others arms. One day win they wore 11 the twins found out that their mother had given breath to a little sister Lyra. The twins paid no mind that their mother never was Pregnant and ways all ways very slender in her figure. The twins loved there little sister and played Mommy and Daddy games with her as she grow up. Some would say that Silas even thou he was so young seemed to be the prefect daddy for Lyra she loved to play that game with her big brother.
Win Lyra was 6 she was to be sent to the Emperor so he could meet his grand daughter. Silas was playing with his Shadow Magic win he over heard his father and mothers Twisted Plot. The had been talking about how they wore very careful in making Lyra out of parts from their own children so if they tested her blood she would seem more pure Nobel than even them. All so they talked about how that she had a magical stone that rested next to her heart in side of her little body. And win they Activated the stone they had in there lad she would come under there control and they could use little Lyra to kill the Emperor. The all so could use that same control to make the little girl bleed out form parts of her little body to make it look some sort of fight or even something worse had broken out between the two. The grate thing about this is once her little body was taking over she would never be sane again so she would not be able to tell any one what really happened and Lyra would be put to death for killing the Emperor.
Silas was sent to a rage and killed both of his Parents and as he ripped their bodies apart his sister Eclipse came in to find what he was doing. After Silas calmed down he showed his sister the lad and the plans of what their Parents. And with in thous moments Silas felt the boned to his Daughter become unbreakable and with in the same time Eclipse felt shame and hate for the thing that was made for she wanted her Child to be made from love.
I wasn’t going to get another Steve Trevor doll but I saw him on Amazon for $17 which was a pretty good price for one working doll. The seller took longer than expected to ship out so I’ve been waiting to swap parts around so I didn’t take any before pics.
Anyway, as you know, swapping his legs with Wonder Woman was super easy, but I really like Steve’s head on the Batman body so they swapped heads.
I’m a bit annoyed he came with an eyebrow rub but I can fix that.
But hey, welcome my twins Steve and Trevor.
October2024.Abandoned Garage in downtown Malvern, Arkansas.Foma100at50.PentaxZ1p.SMC Pentax-FA 100mm F3.5 Macro.CafenolCL@1hr+Scanned:FujifilmXH2
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiergarten_(park)
The Tiergarten (formal German name: Großer Tiergarten), is an urban public park of Germany located in the middle of Berlin, completely in the district of same name. The park is of 210 hectares (520 acres); and among urban gardens of Germany, only the Englischer Garten of Munich (417 ha or 1,030 acres) is larger.[1]
16th century
The beginnings of the Tiergarten can be traced back to 1527. It was founded as a hunting area for the king, and was situated to the west of the Coelln city wall, which was the sister town of Old Berlin. It also sat in the same vicinity as the Berlin Stadtschloss. In 1530 the expansion began; acres of land were purchased and the garden began to expand towards the north and west. The total area extended beyond the current Tiergarten, and the forests were perfect for hunting deer and other wild animals. The king had wild animals placed within the Tiergarten, which was fenced off from the outside to prevent the creatures from escaping, and was the main hunting ground for the electors of Brandenburg. This king’s hobby, however, began to fade away as the city of Berlin began to expand and the hunting area shrank to accommodate the growth.
17th–18th centuries
Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg from 1688 until 1713, feeling the need to bring change to the hunting grounds, built many structures that are still visible today. As the King was expanding Unter den Linden, a roadway that connected the Berlin Stadtschloss and the Tiergarten, he had a swath of forest removed in order to connect his castle to the newly built Charlottenburg Palace. "Der Grosse Stern", the central square of the Tiergarten, and the "Kurfuerstenplatz", the electoral plaza, were added, with seven and eight boulevards, respectively. This is seen as the beginning of a transformation in the Tiergarten, a movement from the king’s personal hunting territory to a forest park designed for the people.
Frederick II did not appreciate the hunt as his predecessors did, and in 1742 he instructed the architect Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff to tear down the fences that surrounded the territory and to turn the park into a "Lustgarten", or, loosely translated, a "pleasure garden", one that would be open to the people of Berlin. In the baroque style popular at the time he added flowerbeds, borders and espaliers in geometrical layouts, along with mazes, water basins and ornamental ponds; he also commissioned sculptures to add cultural significance. Unique to the time period, areas of congregation called "salons" were established along the many different walkways in the park. These salons were blocked off from the walking path by hedges or trees and often furnished with seating, fountains and vases, offering guests a change of pace and a place to discuss intellectual matters in private. Such freedom was common under the rule of Frederick II; there were even residents allowed to live within the Tiergarten. Refuges, Huguenots in hiding from the French, were allowed to erect tents and sell refreshments to the pedestrians walking through the park. A pheasant house was erected, which would later become the core of the Zoologischer Tiergarten, a zoo founded in 1844 that lies within the greater Tiergarten. During the year of the revolution, 1848, the park hosted another significant event, as the first assembly demanded the abolishment of the national censors.
19th century
At the end of the eighteenth century, Knobeldorff’s late-baroque form had been all but replaced by ideas for a new, scenic garden ideal. The castle park Bellevue and Rousseau Island were laid out by court gardener Justus Ehrenreich Sello in the late 1700s. It was then in 1818 that the king commissioned the help of Peter Joseph Lenné, a young man who was at the time the gardener’s assistant at Sanssouci in Potsdam. His plans involved the creation of a rural "Volkspark", or peoples park, that would also serve as a sort of Prussian national park that would help lift the spirits of those who visited. However, the King Frederick William III rejected Lenné’s plan. Against the opposition of a hesitant bureaucracy, Lenné submitted a modified version of his concept. This plan was accepted and realized between 1833 and 1840. The park was modeled after English gardens, but Lenné made sure to pay attention to Knobelsdorff’s structures and layouts. By draining forests areas he allowed for more footpaths, roadways, and bridal paths to be laid down. Several features became characteristic components of the Tiergarten. Wide-open grass lawns traversed by streams and clusters of trees, lakes with small islands, countless bridges like the Löwenbrücke, and a multitude of pathways became distinguishing features of the new garden.
Up until 1881, the Tiergarten was owned by the monarchy, and came under the direct control of the king. Soon after the king abolished his rights to the forest, he added the boundaries to the district of Berlin, so that the people may use and uphold it. However, until the middle of the twentieth century, the Tiergarten remained in the style that Lenné had left it in. The biggest changes came in the form of nationalistic memorials that began construction in 1849. These monuments were seen as patriotic contributions to the culture of the Tiergarten. The Siegesallee, or "Victory Avenue", could be considered the most famous addition. Built under the orders of Kaiser William II, It was lined with statues of former Prussian royal figures of varying historical importance. "Prachtboulevard", or the magnificence boulevard, was added in 1895 and became the area known as the Königsplatz, which would later become Platz der Republik.
The park is covered in statues commemorating those famous to the Prussians and the activities they enjoyed doing. Animal statues are to be found throughout the park, playing the counterpart to the stone hunters that also inhabit the area. Built by famous sculptor Friedrich Drake, a statue to Queen Louise, beloved queen of the Prussians, is also to be found here alongside her husband, Friedrich Wilhelm III. Statues of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Heinrich Theodor Fontane, Wilhelm Richard Wagner and Gustav Albert Lortzing were also erected. The "Komponistendenkmal", or the Beethoven-Haydn-Mozart memorial, is another example of how the Germans wanted to respect and honor the men and women who gave them a unique culture.
20th century
Under Nazi control
The Nazi party took control in 1933, causing a dramatic change of idealism. This change was not just social; in fact, Hitler had planned the complete innovation of the city of Berlin. "Welthauptstadt Germania", or World Capital Germania, was the idea the Nazis wanted to bring to fruition. The Tiergarten was to be a central location in the new city. The Charlottenburger Chaussee, today known as the Straße des 17. Juni, was to be the central line between the east and west, and was widened from 27 to 53 meters, the same width as the current street. The Berlin victory column was also moved to the Grosser Stern, where it remains to this day.
The Second World War caused significant damage to the Tiergarten and its various cultural elements. Many statues were destroyed or damaged; some of the statues still need minor repair. After the war, the Tiergarten underwent a sudden, violent change. Much of the wooded area was felled and turned to firewood due to the shortage of coal, and the now empty fields were turned into temporary farmland by order of the British occupational troops in the region; there were around 2,550 plots of land available for growing potatoes and vegetables. However, these two factors caused the once great forest to nearly disappear; only 700 trees survived out of over 200,000 that once lined the parkway, the bodies of water turned silty, every bridge was destroyed, the monuments lie on their sides, badly damaged. Plans to fill the waterways with debris from the war were also suggested, but were prevented by the head of the Berlin Central Office of Environmental Planning, Reinhold Lingner.
In 1945, almost directly after the fall of Berlin, the Soviets erected a monument for the fallen soldiers of the Red Army on the north side of the current Straße des 17. Juni. Situated less than a mile away from the Reichstag, It was built in such short notice that it sat in West Berlin, which belonged to the British, Americans and French. When the wall went up around East Berlin, the monument became inaccessible to the people for whom it was built.
According to testimony reported in the 1995 documentary film On the Desperate Edge of Now, statues of historical military figures from the park were buried by Berlin citizens in the grounds of the nearby Bellevue Palace in order to prevent their destruction by the occupying American forces. They were not recovered until 1993.
Restoration
On June 2, 1945, the Berlin Magistrate decided they would restore the Greater Tiergarten. The first suggestions came in 1946/47. Reinhold Lingner and Georg Pniower, Professor of Garden Design at Berlin University, were the first to offer plans, but both were rejected during the division of Berlin by the Allied powers. Instead, they decided to follow the plans of the Tiergarten Director Willi Alverdes, whose plan seemed to be a more pragmatic approach; instead of rebuilding the park in a new fashion, Alverdes plans depended on the existing design of the park. He wanted to establish a tranquil, spacious park where one could relax and recover. Being called a crisis, the Tiergarten was reforested between 1949 and 1959. On March 17, 1949, the Lord Mayor Ernst Reuter planted the first tree, a linden, to signify the beginning of the restoration. West Germany took over the operation and sponsorship; about 250,000 young trees were delivered to the former capital from all over the Bundesrepublik, even being delivered via plane during the Berlin Blockade. Alverdes’ concept did away with the pre-existing baroque-styled structures in the park, claiming the style was not in keeping with the period. The combination of baroque and regional art was tossed out. Being a very natural park landscape, the Tiergarten was a very important area for rest and relaxation for the West Berliners, who were separated from their homeland by the Berlin Wall.
Several buildings have been added to the area surrounding the park, many of which were constructed by foreign architects. The Kongresshalle is a prime example. It began construction in 1956 under the initiative of Eleanor Dulles as an American contribution to the Interbau, an International Architecture Exhibition employed to exhibit new social, cultural, and ecological ideas in architecture.
Today
The Tiergarten’s culture began to stagnate until the fall of the Berlin Wall and the GDR in 1989. After the reunification of East and West Berlin in 1990, many of the outskirts of the park changed drastically. For instance, along the streets that border the southern boundary of the park, dilapidated embassy buildings that had stood for decades were reoccupied and others were rebuilt from the ground up, such as the Nordic embassies. On the northern border the new German Chancellery was built, along with office buildings for the everyday work of the delegates. The Reichstag was refurbished with a new, glass dome that has become a popular tourist attraction. Several overgrown areas that had been used for picnics and soccer were replaced with open spaces and grassy lawns that have added to the prestige of the park. Due to its status as a garden memorial of the city of Berlin, encroachment onto the Tiergarten from businesses and residents has been illegal since 1991.
A large tunnel has been built under the Tiergarten, allowing easy movement from north to south for motor vehicles, streetcars, and, more recently, subway trains. The original proposal for the tunnel was met with great opposition from environmentalists, who believed the vegetation would be damaged due to shifts in ground-water levels; in fact, the first plans for construction were denied by a court order.
In the northerly neighbouring quarter of Moabit a much smaller park bears the same name, thus both are differentiated as Großer and Kleiner Tiergarten.
Tiergarten has around 210 Hectares and after Tempelhofer Freiheit, it is the second biggest parkland in Berlin and the third biggest inner-city parkland in Germany.
Geography
The park is located on the northern and central side of Tiergarten Ortsteil and is bordered, on the northern side, by the river Spree. The little quarter Hansaviertel borders on it at the north-western side and the Zoological Garden is situated on the south-western side. The principal road is the Straße des 17. Juni which ends, in the east, at the Brandenburg Gate. Other main roads are the Altonaer Straße, Spreeweg and Hofjägerallee. In the middle of the park is the square named Großer Stern ("Great Star") with the Siegessäule (Victory column) located in its centre. In addition to the Brandenburg Gate, other notable buildings and structures located close to the park are the Soviet War Memorial, the Reichstag, the Bundestag (all in the eastern borders), the new central railway station (in the north) and, on the southeastern borders, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma victims of National Socialism and the central square of Potsdamer Platz.
Transport
The park is principally served by the S-Bahn at the rail stops of Berlin Tiergarten (situated at the western entrance on the Straße des 17. Juni) and Berlin Bellevue.
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A new installment in my series of scenes depicting the exploration of the jungle island of New Lenfald, for Lands of Rowia.
If you have not seen them, or wish to refresh your memory, the previous installments can be found in this album.
More to come!
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Comments and critique welcome.
Mother shouting orders to one of her children, in this case it was "come back" Bacolod City, Philippines.
Arealight helmets
Arealight Back Packs
Arealight Phase I macro visor
MMBC Capes kama & pauldron
CAC DC-17 sniper ver.
Fineclonier Decals (WIP)
Here is what I'm referring to as my "minimalist MOC". This is White Squad & Blue Squads receiving the orders for their mission on Ord Mantell. You can see the comic cell inspiration in the link below.
Reference can be found here:
From before 1871 to 1959, Madison's East River District had its own post office in a small, red building on the Post Road. When the building was sold for reuse as a real estate office, the Society acquired this grand reminder of times past. On its back side--where, for instance, postmaster Ichabod Lee Scranton, Jr. worked in the 1870s--the boxes are still labeled with the names of East River residents. This unique fragment of a once-popular community hub is about 10 feet wide and 6 feet tall. Following its use as a real estate office, the building itself was moved to another location for use as a private residence. Updated and expanded in the twenty-first century, it still remains on the Boston Post Road not far from its original location.
ACC# 2019.020.001
See other museum items at flic.kr/s/aHskgxX9We
(Photo credit Bob Gundersen www.flickr.com/photos/bobphoto51/albums).
Stagecoach orders something new
Stagecoach has placed the first order for Alexander Dennis’s next-generation battery-electric buses, taking 55 Enviro400EV double deckers for its operation in Oxfordshire as part of the UK Government’s ZEBRA scheme.
Stagecoach is working with Oxfordshire County Council to decarbonise buses in and around Oxford thanks to funding from the UK Department for Transport as part of the Government’s Zero-Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme.
It will introduce 55 electric Enviro400EV on its Oxford city and Oxfordshire networks from late 2023, becoming the first customer to place a firm order for the new battery-electric double decker fully designed and built by Alexander Dennis.
Part of the next generation of Alexander Dennis zero-emission buses, the Enviro400EV is a battery-electric double decker to move large numbers of people on busy urban corridors and interurban expresses with an operational range of up to 260 miles on a single charge. Passengers will benefit from smooth rides and an improved lower deck seating layout.
The Enviro400EV uses a Voith Electrical Drive System next-generation electric driveline as well as the future-proof Alexander Dennis battery system, which ensures continuity of supply throughout vehicle life and will allow Stagecoach to benefit from technology advancements at a mid-life refresh without the need for vehicle modifications.
Stagecoach will therefore become the first operator of the new design of the Enviro 400EVs, complimenting the many of the diesel version of the Enviro 400 such as 10927 (SN67XAV) seen here. It will also cement a partnership with Alexander Dennis going back to the earliest days of Stagecoach as a bus operator.
Model: Jennifer Mericle
Photographer: Justin Bonaparte
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A follow up to yesterdays self-portrait. Dressed a bit sharper this time. What a day! Two interviews really took it out of me. Fingers crossed. Job hunting sucks! Was hoping to get a better shot but it started to rain on me, damn it. It's a lot of work getting these kind of shots set-up if your new to portraits with lighting. Need my fiancee to model for me so I don't have to go back and keep checking the camera...
Marsworth, Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England
A walk along the Grand Union Canal and Watery Lane
An oppressive feeling about the trees surrounding this oasis of infrastructure along an otherwise perfect country lane. Is nature trying to reclaim what is rightfully hers? Having been terrified as a child by “The Forest of No Return” in Disneys film “Babes in Toyland” I wouldn’t go in there in case the trees eat me…..
A quiet pause behind the scenes. Three chefs share the same bench during a break, each absorbed in a different moment. Sometimes the strongest stories are found not in conversation, but in silence.
this is where droids or mega-man-droids come in handy this ship must be loaded from underneath and the ships self-grasp has broken down, so here the robots are actually useful they put it in hover mode and let the robots feed the canisters from underneath.
There is probably a more clever way to do it or just get the grip system fixed, but still it wouldn´t be half as fun for the cargo personell some times they make them do stupid tasks getting the mega-sized hammer-bot and make it roll a cigarette which takes hours, captain Betty even got the 10 feet loader to wipe her behind after having a crap, it broke almost all of the ladies room in to pieces and she was fired, but yes, her cargo-crew got a really great laugh, poor robots what they have to put up with by following orders from these fleshy things! a droid rebellion would surly be in it´s place!