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The Flash Gordon serials are remembered for being the science fiction predecessors to everything the fifties and beyond would bring. They are believed to be the influence behind the "Star Wars" series and the "Indiana Jones" trilogy. This chapter, which features Flash with his ever ready raygun, and Ming, the Merciless with his army.
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Universal, 15 Chapters, 1938. Starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts, Richard Alexander, Donald Kerr, C. Montague Shaw, Wheeler Oakman.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars picks up almost exactly where Flash Gordon left off, with our courageous trio of interplanetary adventurers–Flash Gordon (Larry “Buster” Crabbe), Dale Arden (Jean Rogers), and Dr. Zarkov (Frank Shannon)–returning to Earth from the planet Mongo. They are greeted to a royal welcome, since their voyage has saved the Earth from being destroyed by the late Emperor Ming of Mongo. Zarkov, however, attempts to curb the Earthlings’ ebullience by cautioning them that the defeat and death of Ming does not mean that their planet is free from other threats of extraterrestrial invasion. As usual, Zarkov is correct; shortly after his warning speech, the Martian Queen Azura (Beatrice Roberts) begins an operation designed to siphon off the “nitron” (aka nitrogen) in the Earth’s atmosphere. Azura’s primary goal is to create nitron-powered weapons with which to wage a war against her mortal foes, the Clay People of Mars. She’s indifferent to the devastating effect that it will have on the Earth, while her chief adviser and military consultant regards the destruction of Earth as the main attraction of the plan. That adviser is none other than Ming (Charles Middleton), still very much alive and longing for revenge on Flash and Zarkov for toppling him from his throne and driving him into exile on Mars.
As the Earth begins to experience catastrophic floods and storms, due to the effects of Azura’s “Nitron Lamp,” Zarkov, Flash, and Dale launch another interplanetary trip to discover the cause of the catastrophes, which Zarkov has determined are due to a beam that emanates from outer space. They discover an unexpected stowaway aboard after takeoff–reporter “Happy” Hapgood (Donald Kerr), who had set out to track down Zarkov and get his opinion of the world-wide disasters. Not long after arriving on Mars, our quartet of Earth adventurers find themselves embroiled in the war between Azura and the Clay People. The latter are one-time rivals of the Queen, who have been transformed into living clay by Azura’s magical powers and banished to underground caverns from whence they carry on a guerilla war against Azura’s forces. The Clay People’s king enlists the aid of Flash and his party, as both of them want to stop Azura’s nitron-collecting plans, and, with additional aid from Prince Barin (Richard Alexander)–who arrives on Mars to try to convince the Martians to expel Ming–Flash and his party pit themselves against Azura’s magic, Ming’s machinations, Ming’s savage allies the Forest People, and many other hazards, in their quest to save the Earth.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars is fully as good as the first Flash Gordon serial, although its strengths are in slightly different areas. While Trip to Mars doesn’t measure up to Flash Gordon when it comes to colorful characters and fantastic monsters, its focused plotline surpasses the episodic story of the earlier serial. In Flash Gordon, the protagonists merely responded to the perpetual perils that were hurled at them by Ming, King Vultan, and King Kala, while Ming’s own plans for destroying the Earth were largely abandoned after the first chapter in favor of his attempts to marry Dale and destroy Flash. In Trip to Mars, Flash, Dale, and Zarkov initiate events instead of just coping with them, and Ming’s new grand design drives the plot far more strongly than his earlier one, giving the good guys a clear-cut objective (the destruction of the Nitron Lamp) beyond simple escape from Mongo.
While Trip to Mars has no characters to rival Flash Gordon’s King Vultan and no bizarre beasts like the Orangopoid or the Fire Dragon, it still has excellent other-worldly atmosphere. The sets are not as varied and intricate as in the first serial, but still surpass the backdrops of almost any other chapterplay. Especially striking are Ming’s “powerhouse,” with its laboratory equipment and its disintegration room, Azura’s massive palace with its unique architectural design (particularly the futuristic pocket doors), the Clay People’s eerie caves, and the wonderfully-designed realm of the Forest People, with its twisted trees, climbing vines, hidden tunnels amid tree roots, and treehouse-like observation platforms.
In addition to the big sets, there are dozens of other major and minor props and special effects that make Trips to Mars memorably atmospheric; there’s the the Martians’ flying capes, the Martian televiewer screens (which are cleverly incorporated into the recap sequences at the beginning of each chapter), the Clay People’s vapor-healing chamber, and the bridge of light that connects Azura’s rocket tower to the rest of her palace and is powered by a simple switch like any Earthling lamp (the scene where Flash and Zarkov are first forced to cross the unsafe-looking thing is quite funny), to name but a few. I also appreciate the fact that Azura’s spaceship squadrons–her “stratosleds”–are designed differently than any of the ships in the first Flash Gordon serial; one would expect the aerial fleets of differing planets to differ in appearance. Another neat touch of internal consistency is the use of three completely different forms of salute by the three principal Martian races–Queen Azura’s subjects, the Clay People, and the Forest People.
The serial’s screenplay maintains good continuity with the previous Flash outing, despite being the work of a completely different team of writers–Ray Trampe, Norman S. Hall, Wyndham Gittens, and Herbert Dalmas. The new writing team avoids any of the clunky lines that occasionally crept into Flash Gordon’s dialogue exchanges; they also, despite having to resort to a few flashbacks to the first serial for padding purposes, manage to make their plot fit its fifteen-chapter length quite nicely. The major plot thread of the heroes’ attempts to destroy Ming and Azura’s Nitron Lamp is skillfully interwoven with several subplots–the Clay People’s efforts to regain their natural shape, the attempts by both Flash and Ming to get hold of the Black Sapphire of Kalu (a talisman that can neutralize Azura’s magic), and Ming’s plot to undermine Azura and seize the Martian throne.
Trip to Mars’ script wisely spreads its plot developments over the course of the serial, instead of introducing all its ideas in the first chapter and letting them tread water until the final one: the Clay People aren’t introduced till the second chapter or the Forest People until the sixth, while Prince Barin first arrives in Chapter Seven. The Nitron Lamp is destroyed in Chapter Nine and rebuilt over the course of the following chapters until it must be destroyed again at the climax, and one of the principal villains is killed off in Chapter Thirteen.
The cliffhangers aren’t quite as varied as in the first Flash serial, due to the lack of the various monsters that frequently attacked Flash for chapter-ending purposes in the earlier outing. However, writers still manage to avoid excessive repetition; for instance, while there are three chapter endings involving stratosled crashes, each one is set up differently–the first has Flash crashing a stratosled into another stratosled to stop it from bombing Dale and Happy, the second has a stratosled crashing on top of Flash and Zarkov, and the third has Flash and the pilots of a ’sled grapping for the controls as it soars towards yet another crash. There’s also an excellent cliffhanger in which Flash, Dale, Happy, and Zarkov are surrounded by an ever-narrowing ring of fire in the Forest People’s kingdom, and a memorably unusual one that has a hypnotized Dale stabbing an unsuspecting Flash in the back.
Though Trip to Mars has no swordfights or wrestling matches corresponding to those in Flash Gordon, it still features a nice variety of action scenes–including stratosled dogfights, fights among the vines and treetops of the Forest Kingdom, and chases through Azura’s big palace; the palace sequence in Chapter Five, which has the nimble Flash vaulting through windows to avoid the guards, is a particular standout. Directors Ford Beebe (a Universal serial veteran) and Robert Hill (a talented director who rarely escaped from low-budget independent serials and B-films) do a fine job of orchestrating these action scenes, assisted by stuntmen Eddie Parker (doubling Buster Crabbe), George DeNormand, Tom Steele, Bud Wolfe, and Jerry Frank. All of the aforementioned stuntmen, except Parker, also pop up in minor acting roles.
The performances in Trip to Mars are all first-rate; the returning actors from the first serial are all just as good as they were in Flash Gordon, while the new major players fit in smoothly. Buster Crabbe’s Flash is just as tough, chipper, athletic, and likable as in the first serial–and a good deal more wise and resourceful than before, improvising strategy and coming up with plans in tough situations instead of just trying to batter his way out. Frank Shannon’s Zarkov, as consequence of Flash’s new-found intelligence, has a reduced part, not guiding the good guys’ actions as he did in the first serial; he still functions as the scientific brains of the group, though, and is still as intense, serious, and sincere as before.
Jean Rogers, with her long blonde hair bobbed and dyed brown to better match the comic-strip version of Dale Arden (she’s also dressed in less arresting fashion), isn’t as stunning as in Flash Gordon, but is still a warm, welcome, and lovely presence. Her part here is smaller than in the first serial, though, since Ming is not romantically interested in her this time out (Ming, though no gentleman, evidently prefers blondes). Richard Alexander’s Prince Barin is a lot more self-assured when it comes to delivering dialogue this time around (helped, no doubt, by the absence of any overly high-flown lines), while his convincingly royal bearing and his commanding size are as effective as before.
Charles Middleton’s Ming is even more entertainingly sinister here than he was in Flash Gordon, getting a good deal more screen time and given a more devilish appearance by a notably forked beard. Though still given opportunities to break into tyrannical and bloodthirsty rages (particularly in his insane rant in the final chapter), Middleton spends much of the serial displaying duplicity and sly subtlety instead, since his Ming must pretend to friendship with Azura even while plotting against her. Middleton carries off this slightly more multi-faceted version of Ming masterfully, winning a few laughs with his crafty cynicism while remaining thoroughly sinister and hateful.
Beatrice Roberts does a fine job as Queen Azura, eschewing the sneering, aggressive demeanor of other serial villainesses for a regal, dignified manner (with a wryly humorous undercurrent) that contrasts interestingly with her often cruel behavior. Her Azura comes off as selfish and ruthless, but not an abusive tyrant like Ming. Donald Kerr as reporter Happy Hapgood, the other principal new character, is as controversial among fans as most other serial comedy-relief characters are. Speaking for myself, though, I found him quite likable and entertaining; he provides an amusingly commonplace point-of-view towards the fantastic world of Mars and is never obtrusive, gratingly stupid, or obnoxious. Additionally, his character is allowed to be quite heroic and helpful when the chips are down, a far cry from one-dimensional cowardly “comic” pests like Sonny Ray in Perils of Pauline or Lee Ford in SOS Coast Guard.
Wheeler Oakman is very good as Tarnak, Ming’s wily lab assistant and co-conspirator against Azura. C. Montague Shaw, concealed under heavy makeup for most of the serial, conveys an impressive air of ruined dignity as the King of the Clay People and manages to seem both sinister and sympathetic at different times. Usual hero Kane Richmond brings appropriate depth of characterization to his key role as a Martian pilot, who proves instrumental in helping Flash overthrow Ming in the later chapters. Anthony Warde has a small part as Toran, king of the Forest People, but extracts as much snarling nastiness as possible from the role. Future director Thomas Carr is his second-in-command, Kenne Duncan is the officer in charge of Azura’s airdrome, Lane Chandler and Jack Mulhall both appear as pilots of her Death Squadron, and Warner Richmond has a small role as one of Ming’s palace cohorts.
Hooper Atchley and James Blaine pop up as self-important Earth scientists, propounding ingenious and inaccurate theories as to the causes of the damage brought about by the Nitron Lamp, while Edwin Stanley is the general presiding over a council comprised of these two and additional savants. Louis Merrill (a radio actor who played character roles in several feature films) has a brief but memorable turn as the blunt and slightly uncouth Dr. Metz, who alone among the scientists has the humility to admit that Zarkov is the only one capable of unravelling the riddle of the disasters. Merrill’s characterization is so vivid that one wishes the actor had taken a larger part in this chapterplay or in other serials.
Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars is a nearly ideal sequel, in that it manages to preserve the basic strengths of its predecessor while deviating from it in some areas and improving on it in others. It’s also a nearly ideal serial, independent of its relation to the earlier Flash Gordon; it balances good acting, atmosphere, action, and plotting in such fine style that it would still be a notable achievement if it were the sole entry in the Flash Gordon series.
Flash, Dale, and Dr. Zarkov return from their former space adventures only to find that their enemy, Ming the Merciless of planet Mongo, has a new weapon: a deadly ray that crosses space to wreak havoc on earth. Earth's only hope is for our heroes to take off again and stop the ray at its source on Mars, where they (and a stowaway) familiar to sci-fi serial fans as Happy Hapgood the space traveling reporter). Must battle Ming's ally, Queen Azura, who turns her enemies into lumpish clay people.With the aid of the Clay People and Prince Barin, Flash and his friends are triumphant in destroying the ray and putting an end to the scheme of Ming the Merciless. Can they survive 15 chapters of deadly perils? Find out next week...
The Deadly Ray From Mars was an edited version of the 1938 Universal serial "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" that was released to TV in a syndication package in 1966.
Mars Attacks the World was the feature version of the 1938 serial titled Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars. aka "Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars" - USA (TV title)
Mars Attacks the World is the feature compilation version of the serial Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars, while Rocket Ship is the the feature compilation of the serial Flash Gordon.
Jean Rogers as Dale Arden
Charles Middelton as Emperor Ming
Frank Shannon as Dr. Zarkov
Beatrice Roberts as Queen Azura
Richard Alexander as Prince Barin
Montague Shaw as The Clay King
Donald Kerr as Happy Hapgood the space traveling reporter.
The title of this serial was originally going to be "Flash Gordon and the Witch Queen of Mongo." It was changed so that Universal could save money by shooting the outdoor scenes on the back lot and not have to build costly sets, and by reusing the set for Emperor Ming's palace.
In the stock footage from Flash Gordon, shown in this film, as Flash is telling The Clay People about his previous encounter with Emperor Ming, Ming is bald and Dale Arden has blond hair. In this sequel, Ming has "pasted on" hair and Dale is a brunette. It has been reported that Jean Rogers (Dale Arden) had many other film roles pending at that time (1938) which had called for her to portray a brunette.
King Features Syndicate released the 3 Flash Gordon serials as well as "Buck Rogers," Red Barry", "Ace Drummond" and other comic strip cliffhangers to US TV in 1951. Because the television show Flash Gordon, starring Steve Holland as Flash, was in syndication in late 1953, the three Universal Pictures Flash Gordon theatrical serials were retitled for TV broadcast. Flash Gordon became "Space Soldiers", Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars became "Space Soldiers' Trip to Mars", and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe became "Space Soldiers Conquer the Universe". To this day both the 3 original "Flash Gordon" serial titles and the 3 "Space Soldiers" titles are used.
Chapter Titles:
1. New Worlds To Conquer
2. The Living Dead
3. Queen of Magic
4. Ancient Enemies
5. The Boomerang
6. Treemen of Mars
7. Prisoner of Monga
8. Black Sapphire of Kalu
9. Symbol of Death
10. Incense of Forgetfulness
11. Human Bait
12. Ming the Merciless
13. Miracle of Magic
14. Beasts at Bay
15. An Eyes For An Eye
There was no food in the squirrels paws, but he was rubbing them together in a manner that suggested he was plotting something. I think he's planning a mutiny of my feeding station.
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Myanmar, previously known as Burma, what a surprisingly amazing place. We booked this holiday to get out of our comfort zone of easy beach holidays in the Maldives. There were several times when we wondered why we did it, travel in Myanmar consists mainly of long, sometimes tedious journeys on outdated transport systems. But now, in hindsight, we realise that this was the only way to truly get a feel of how the country and people are living day to day. And by far, more so than any other holiday we have had, the people are the most memorable thing we brought back with us. They are totally charming, polite, honest, resilient, hard working and most of all truly happy people. Their sincerely happy smiles, some of which we thankfully managed to capture in our photo's, are what we mostly remember and will stay with us forever.
We all know, or think we know, about the bad old days of the Burmese regime, so we obviously had a few reservations about what we were letting ourselves in for, but as it turned out, Myanmar must be the safest place we have ever been to. There is zero crime here, 85% of the country are buddhists and all the people seem to be true to Buddha's teachings of compassion, honesty, right mindedness, right living and non-harming to any living thing. Admittedly, although the country is now a democracy, the military still retains a certain amount of power, so I guess there is still an undercurrent going on albeit out of sight of the regular tourist. However, all the people we spoke to are so much happier now, they are more or less free to speak openly, without fear of reprisals and they all feel positive about the path the country is on now.
As for the landscape, what can I say, there is nowhere like it on earth! Outside the cities the whole country seems to be in some sort of 200 year old time warp. The people are mostly farmers on small plots of land using ox carts to plough the fields and living in houses made of bamboo, wood and matting. The wierdest thing is most of them have solar power, mainly for a bit of light and to charge their mobile phones! Everyone is on their phone here.....just like the rest of the world I guess. Also, there are temples, pagodas and stupas everywhere you look, especially in Bagan, which is like the Mecca of Myanmar. We were there for the Full Moon Festival where thousands of Burmese monks and Myanmar people gather from all over the country to celebrate for three days at the Ananda Pagoda in Bagan. After possibly days travelling they stay awake for most of the three days and nights watching entertainment which includes dance, theatre, chants, recitations and singing as well as stand up comedy. Amazing belief.
A word about One Stop Travel & Tours the Myanmar company we booked with. We found them via recommendations on Tripadvisor and so glad we used them. They never asked for a deposit, they booked all our hotels, train & boat journeys, balloon ride and one internal flight all on an email handshake! We just paid them in US Dollars on arrival, saving us thousands on UK travel brochure rates, and they never let us down once. The guides were all good guys and always there to greet us at the various destinations on our tour/trek, sometimes waiting hours when the transport was late. A special thanks to Leo our Yangon guide and Eaint at the One Stop office. After leaving our Nikon Coolpix A camera charger at home we trawled the shops of Yangon eventually finding a replacement.......only to leave it plugged in the wall at our next hotel in Mandalay! We were now a ten hour boat journey away in Bagan, but a call to Eaint at the One Stop office and they got it to us two days later just before we moved on! A huge thank you to all at One Stop as this holiday produced without doubt our most amazing photographs ever!
Myanmar has been open to mainstream tourism for five years now, a lot of the people speak English now so it is relatively easy to holiday there. We are so glad we went there before it really changes, there is still a huge amount of charm and old worldliness about the place that you will not find in any other country. If you are prepared to switch off from the 21st century and just accept it for what it is you will be richly rewarded with amazing memories of a landscape like no other and a fascinating people who are genuinely happy to see you.
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Laurent Giles Dorus Mohr ketch, another superb powerful yacht from this famous yacht designer. The first of 4 to be built, the original construction of this yacht was no expense spared, all teak hull, decks and superstructure. 4 cylinder Gardner engine. 4 berths in 2 luxurious double cabins, plus settee berth in the saloon. Good 2010 survey report. This is a very comprehensively equipped yacht in extremely smart condition and ready to go. A better example you will not find.
£ 98,000
Specs
Builder: Port Hamble Ltd
Designer: J. Laurent Giles
Flag of Registry: United Kingdom
Keel: Full
Hull Shape: Displacement
Dimensions
Beam: 12 ft 2 in
LWL: 38 ft 0 in
Length on Deck: 49 ft 3 in
Minimum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Maximum Draft: 6 ft 0 in
Engines
Total Power: 56 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Gardner
Engine Model: 4LW
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Propeller: 3 blade propeller
Drive Type: Direct Drive
Engine Power: 56 HP
Tanks
Fresh Water Tanks: (280)
Fuel Tanks: (134)
Accommodations
Number of single berths: 1
Number of twin berths: 2
Number of cabins: 3
Number of heads: 2
Number of bathrooms: 2
Electronics
Autopilot - Autohelm 7000
Compass
Radar
VHF - Navico. XM DSC.
Radar Detector
Depthsounder - Autohelm
Plotter - Garmin
Wind speed and direction
Log-speedometer
Sails
Battened mainsail
Genoa
Rigging
Steering wheel
Inside Equipment
Oven
Refrigerator
Marine head
Electric bilge pump
Manual bilge pump
Battery charger - Numar
Hot water - Valiant gas heaters
Heating - Eberspacher warm air and Shipmate solid fuel.
Electrical Equipment
Shore power inlet
Outside Equipment/Extras
Liferaft - 6 man
Tender - Plastimo 240 + Tohatsu outboard
Total Liferaft Capacity: 6
Electric windlass
Covers
Mainsail cover
Lazyjacks
Full specification
A classic Jack Laurent Giles design, the first of 4 that were been built to this design.
Built by Port Hamble Ltd, in 1961. This is a top quality and very expensive original construction in all teak hull, deck and superstructure.
She has had a recent refit, autumn 2010 and is looking very smart indeed.
The hull is planked in teak, all copper and bronze fastened to heavy oak frames with twin steamed intermediates
Oak floors on the heavy frames, galvanised straps on the steamed timbers.
Lead keel, bronze keel bolts.
Extra thick sheer strake in classic Laurent Giles style with gold cove line.
Exceptionally fair hull.
Solid yacht-laid teak deck, caulked and payed with varnished king plank and cover-boards and deep varnished teak toe rail.
Stainless steel stanchions, pulpit and push-pit.
Delta plough anchor self-stows in a stemhead fitting.
Danforth bower anchor self stows in a hawse in the stbd bow with stainless steel protection plate.
Superstructure in 4 parts:
a shallow coach-roof over the fore cabin, galley and fwd heads:
the next step up over the sunken deck saloon
step up to the wheel shelter over the midships cock-pit
after coach-roof over the aft cabin.
The coamings are in varnished teak with chromed port holes and window frames.
Varnished grab rails on the coach-roof decks
Fine chromed vents on Dorade boxes.
Modern Lewmar style flush deck hatch on the fore deck.
Perspex roof in the wheel shelter allows the helmsman to see the sails above.
Bermudian ketch rig on varnished spruce masts and spars.
The main mast is stepped on the forward coach-roof with a steel tube compression post
below. Single spreaders with jumper struts above.
Stainless steel rigging with swaged terminals and bronze rigging screws to internal
stainless steel chain plates.
Twin lowers and cap shrouds, twin fore stays to the stemhead, twin standing back-stays.
Twin topping lifts to the main boom which stows in a crutch on the wheel-house roof.
Main boom 3-point attachment sheet on the after coach-roof.
The mizzen mast is stepped through the aft deck.
Cap shrouds round twin forward swept spreaders, twin well-spaced lowers, twin standing back-stays to the push-pit.
Mizzen boom sheets to the push-pit.
3 x Barlow 26 top action sheet winches on the after coach-roof under the wheel shelter.
Pair of captive wire and brake halyard winches on the main mast take the headsail and main sail halyards.
Single top-action Lewmar winch on the main mast.
Mizzen mast halyard winch.
Sails
Mainsail with lazy jacks and sail cover
Mizzen with lazy jacks and sail cover
Genoa.
Gardner 4LW 56hp 4-cyl diesel engine with Gardner gear-box to centre-line 3-blade prop.
Fresh water cooled with remote header tank.
Remote heat exchanger.
Borg Warner Velvet Drive gear box allows very smooth gear change.
Separate gear and throttle controls.
Tanks:
Fuel 603 litres
Water 1278 litres.
Batteries
Engine start 2 x 12v
Service 4 x 12v
Numar battery charger
Accommodation:
4 berths + saloon settee.
V-berths in for cabin.
Centre bulkhead door to passageway with stbd heads and port galley.
The heads compartment has a Blake sea toilet with varnished teak seat, porcelain hand
Basin and shower. Teak grating shower tray. Paloma gas bulkhead mounted water heater.
Galley with Plastimo Neptune 2500 2 burner grill and oven gas cooker, new 2010, sink,fridge and Valiant gas water heater on the bulkhead.
Steps up to the saloon with U-shaped dinette to port upholstered in blue fabric around the double drop leaf teak table.
Chart desk/side-board down to stbd side with drawers and cupboards under and stowage under the side deck.
Shipmate stainless steel sold fuel cabin heater on the fwd bulkhead with flue to deck,
tiles on the bulkhead behind.
Beautiful varnished teak joinery, glinting brass of lamps, clock and barometer.
Centre-line step up to the cock-pit with port helm and helmsman’s seat. Seat lockers each side.
From the saloon, steps down in the after stbd corner to a passageway through to the aft cabin.
Lockers to stbd under the side deck. Engine room to port.
Aft cabin with port and stbd berths, dressing table between.
Hanging locker in the fwd stbd corner by the door, heads compartment in the forward port corner with Blake sea toilet, porcelain hand basin, shower with hot water from
Valiant gas waster heater on the bulkhead.
All original varnished mahogany joinery with drawers under the generous berths.
Compass,
Radar
XM DSC VHF
Navico VHF
Garmin 65 GPS
Garmin Map 185 chart plotter
Autohelm 7000 auto-pilot
Autohelm speed indicator
Autohelm depth sounder
Autohelm wind indicator
Autohelm electronic compass
Clock and barometer
Rudder indicator
Eberspacher warm air cabin heater.
Kent Clearview screen
Boarding ladder
Vetus 24v windlass
Ample chain
Danforrth bower anchor
Delta kedge anchor
Plastimo 240 RIB with Tohatsu o/b engine
S/s davits over the stern
6-man life raft
2 x life buoys with lights
Radar reflector
Manual and 12v bilge pumps
Plastimo MOB rescue sling.
Warps and fenders
An exceptionally fine and practical classic yacht.
Inspected spring 2011.
2010 survey report.
A candidate plots points on a map he must find at a night land navigation course during the Expert Field Medical Badge competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 8. Before the EFMB candidates take the actual testing they all must go through the standardization phase. During this portion the service members are taught what they must do at each of the different lanes so they understand what to expect before the actual testing phase. Passing rates for the badge range from 5-25 percent of candidates, making the EFMB a distinctive mark in a Soldier's records. About us: U.S. Army Europe is uniquely positioned to advance American strategic interests across Eurasia and has unparalleled capability to prevent conflict, shape the environment and, if necessary, win decisively. The relationships we build during 1000 theater security cooperation events in more than 40 countries each year lead directly to support for multinational contingency operations around the world, strengthen regional partnerships, and enhance global security. (photo by Sgt. Michael Reinsch, U.S. Army Europe Public Affairs)
Plotter sketches for a new series. Studio Mode graciously let me use their CNC cutter to do these.
These particular ones are a revisit of the Ornament pieces I did for Darkness Descends. They're not intended for final production since I already have a good format for that series.
The Roland DXY-990 plotter with an "op-art" plot. The program that generated the plot is in C, and is based on a version in BASIC that was published in Personal Computer World in the early 1980s.
11:00:02 up 4 days, 16:19, 0 users, load average: 0.52, 0.61, 0.66 | temp=41.2'C | Start
11:00:10 up 4 days, 16:19, 0 users, load average: 0.74, 0.66, 0.68 | temp=42.2'C | SID plot Finished
the life of an indoor cat
always wanting to get out
but when she gets out?
many times
she gets scared and runs back in
where she knows it's safe
In memory of
Maggie
The beloved wife of
Charles Selby HOWELL
Who died at Opawa
2nd October 1906
Aged 64 years
Jesus who gave himself for thee
Oh! Hear his words so blest.
“All ye that labour come to me
And I will give you rest.”
Also their elder daughter
Maude Catherine
Beloved wife of
George William DAVIS
Died 24th August 1954
In Memory of
Charles Thomas
The beloved son of
Charles Selby
& Maggie HOWELL
Born at Opawa
12th October 1871,
Died 22nd September 1889.
Blessed are the dead
Which die in the Lord.
Charles Selby HOWELL
Born 23rd June 1836
Died 29th April 1921
He tried to do his duty
[also buried in this plot but not on headstone is Deborah Eden HOWELL. Charles & Maggie’s daughter in law, aged 28, wife of their son William Boyne HOWELL].[5]
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Maggie
Block K Plot 1A
Address: St Martins, Opawa, Christchurch
Funeral service by: Minister P J COCKS
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Maude Catherine
Does not appear on Christchurch City Council cemetery database which may indicate she was cremated.
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Charles Thomas
Block K Plot 1
Address: Opawa
Occupation: Saddler
Death notice
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=C...
Funeral service by: Minister G J CHOLMONDELEY.
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Charles Selby HOWELL
Block K Plot 1A
1841 English Census:
Residence: Bath Place
Aged 4
Father & Mother: as below but aged 50 & 40
Siblings:
Amielia [sic], aged 20; Born: Gloucestershire
Elizabeth, aged 15; Born: Gloucestershire
Fanny, aged 12; Born: Gloucestershire
Frank, aged 8; Born: Gloucestershire
Catherine, aged 20 months; Born: Gloucestershire
1857 English Census:
Residence: 32 Bath Place, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Aged 14, scholar
Birthplace listed as Stroud, Gloucestershire
Father: John Selby HOWELL, aged 64, Schoolmaster; Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Mother: Catherine aged 54 b c 1797; Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Siblings:
Fanny Matilda, aged 20, unmarried, dressmaker; Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Frank, aged 17, unmarried, Boot Closer [worked in shoe trade stitching together shoes]; Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Catherine, aged 11, unmarried; Born: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Funeral service by: Minister H WILLIAMS
His probate Is available, noted as gentleman.
archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20180338
“A well-known racing enthusiast went West a few days ago in Charles Selby HOWELL, one of the most popular of southern sports. He was the first chairman of the New Zealand Trotting Association and the convenor of the first Trotting Conference held in Noo Zee. Was 85 when he died”.[3]
Noted in 1897 as a shareholder with 1772 shares in the Dee Creek Gold Sluicing Company, Three Channel Flat, Inangahua. Occupation: saddler.[1]
Noted in 1898 as carrying on the business of “Saddlers and Harness Makers etc” at number 162 Cashel Street, Christchurch after it was previously dissolved between John Selby HOWELL and Claude HOWELL.[2]
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Information from Historic BDM indexes, Dept of Internal Affairs [with registration numbers included]:
Charles married Maggie nee HALL c1867 [registration 1867/7690]
Children of Charles and Maggie:
1868/24836 John Selby; 1896/1588 married Beatrice Louise ANDREWS
1869/10425 Claude; 1955/23304 death c 1955
1871/31031 Charles Thomas
1876/11457 Alfred
1878/5157 Catherine Maude [note transposed names in comparison to headstone details]; 1918/1054 married George William DAVIS
1879/8808 Ada [there is an Ada HOWELL who was involved in the arts world in Christchurch. This may be her].
1883/12198 William Boyne; [13 July] 1960/20452 death 18 Feb 1960. Married Eileen Deborah who died 1912 in her 28th year [noted also as Deborah Eden HOWELL elsewhere].[4] William played cricket for Canterbury
www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37451.html
REFERENCES:
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[4]
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[5]
librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/interment.asp?...
Made by Katherine Huang, Chisholm Lab, MIT.
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Greenway is an estate on the River Dart near Galmpton in Devon, England. It was first mentioned in 1493 as "Greynway", the crossing point of the Dart to Dittisham. In the late 16th century a Tudor mansion called Greenway Court was built by the Gilbert family. Greenway was the birthplace of Humphrey Gilbert. The present Georgian house was probably built in the late 18th century by Roope Harris Roope and extended by subsequent owners. The gardens may have been remodelled by landscape gardener Humphry Repton.
Greenway was bought by Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan in 1938. The house was occupied by Christie and Mallowan until their deaths in 1976 and 1978 respectively, and featured, under various guises, in several of Christie's novels.
Christie's daughter Rosalind Hicks and her husband Anthony lived in the house from 1968, until Rosalind's death in 2004.
The Greenway Estate was acquired by the National Trust in 1999 and it is now a Grade II* listed building.
Agatha Christie frequently used places familiar to her as settings for her plots. Greenway Estate and its surroundings in their entirety or in parts are described in the following novels:
Five Little Pigs (1942)
The main house, the foot path leading from the main house to the battery overlooking the river Dart and the battery itself (where the murder occurs) are described in detail since the movements of the novel's protagonist at these locations are integral to the plot and the denouement of the murderer.
Towards Zero (1944)
The location of the estate opposite the village of Dittisham, divided from each other by the river Dart, plays an important part for the alibi and a nightly swim of one of the suspects.
Dead Man's Folly (1956)
The boat house of Greenway Estate is described as the spot where the first victim is discovered, and the nearby ferry landing serves as the place where the second real murder victim is dragged into the water for death by drowning. Other places described are the greenhouse and the tennis court, where Mrs. Oliver placed real clues and red herrings for the "murder hunt". The lodge of Greenway Estate serves as the home of Amy Folliat, the former owner of Nasse House.
Sgt. Jeffrey Szelewicki, assigned to 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), plots points on a map during the Close Combat Attack lane portion of U.S. Army Europe's Best Warrior Competition in Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 21. The competition is a weeklong event that tests Soldiers’ physical stamina, leadership and technical knowledge and skill. Winners in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer categories of the USAREUR competition will go on to compete at the Department of the Army level. (U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach)
This plot shows the data from the skysensor device measuring the all sky brightness in the range from full daylight to deep-sky. The local time runs from left to right, the day from bottom to top. Black points represent datagaps. You might notice the sinusodial shape, which can be explained by the equation of time. Midnight is on the left, noon is in the middle of this plot. The data from January and February seems to be darker, this could have been caused by snow-coverage of the sensor.
GRAFENWOEHR, Germany - Sgt. Timothy Smell, assigned to U.S. Army Europe's Headquarters Battalion, plots grid points onto a map during the land navigation portion of USAREUR’s 2013 Best Warrior Competition here, Aug. 21. The compeition is a weeklong event that tests Soldiers’ physical stamina, leadership, technical knowledge and skill. Winners in the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer categories of the USAREUR competition will go on to compete at the Department of the Army level. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel Cole)
Trying out some superellipses around the outside of an existing plotter drawing. The ring of small circles takes too long to plot, though. 4:30 just on its own, about 8 minutes for the whole plot.
Cdt. Peter Barstad, Benedictine University, plots points and determines the best route to proceed along in order to locate points during land navigation training July 21 at Fort Knox; Ky. Cadets are in a group of two and must work together to find three out of four points given to them. Photo by Kasey Ricketts
19:00:01 up 1 day, 1:47, 0 users, load average: 1.22, 0.85, 0.78 | temp=47.6'C | Start
19:00:09 up 1 day, 1:48, 0 users, load average: 1.57, 0.94, 0.81 | temp=48.7'C | SID plot Finished
Early morning at Plot 64: The reassuring palisade of ever-green oaks with squirrels doing their aerobics; 'summer igloos' well anchored to the sandy ground, holiday homes on wheels begin to stir, separated by well trodden trails to the loo and shower block...
And yes, 3 trusty bikes at the ready! The 'sawing' of tent zips cut into jolly bird song and familiar night long croaks, oh those local frogs...
The much needed warmth of a hot mug in hand and the whiff of coffee percolates though the fresh Provence air. The shadowy reminder of the task and the day ahead: the Ventoux silhouette, a trigger to kick start anyone's day.
But today: patiently, so patently, Ventoux awaits...
Plotter sketches for a new series. Studio Mode graciously let me use their CNC cutter to do these.
These particular ones are a revisit of the Ornament pieces I did for Darkness Descends. They're not intended for final production since I already have a good format for that series.
A Coat to die for - and that's NOT a clue, in this case. Paolo Cavara's Plot of Fear. My briefest of rambles : giallo-tshirts.blogspot.com/
Nelder plot experiment.
Photo by Fiston Wasanga/CIFOR
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Cdt. Roueke Lenz, University of Wisconsin Madison, plots points and determines the best route to proceed along to locate points during land navigation training July 21 at Fort Knox, Ky. Cadets are in a group of two and must work together to find three out of four points given to them. Photo by Kasey Ricketts
Nelder plot experiment.
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I make no excuse for posting loads of these shots. It was a nice day and I needed some photos for an allotment competition.
playing with contour maps.
using multiple thresholds over a perlin noise image, a la julapy
www.julapy.com/blog/2011/02/24/powerhouse-ecologic-exhibi...
Nelder plot experiment.
Photo by Fiston Wasanga/CIFOR
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