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42 years after the demise of the Rock, CSX's most profitable line and the finest regional success story have risen from the ashes. If only they allowed the Rock Island to reap the benefits the Chessie and the Iowa aquired.
A view of the former rice fields along the Ashley River of the Magnolia Plantation. Rice was a major crop during the mid 1700's to 1800's in this area of South Carolina. Slaves were used to sew and harvest this labor intensive crop and when slavery ended, so did large scale production. Also growing competition from overseas countries made US rice production less profitable. Rice hasn't been grown in scale in this area for over 100 years....
C-FJJA, serial number 4001, first flew on January 31, 1998 - 22 years ago. Since then, more than 600 have been produced at the Downsview Airport plant in Toronto, Ontario.
The prototype is seen here wearing the livery that it was given after Bombardier changed the DHC-8-400's brand name from "Dash 8 Series 400" to "Q400".
The registration was a nod to Jackson "Jock" Aitken, who had been a DHC flight test engineer for 34 years and had passed away seven months prior to this aircraft's first flight.
Rentabler, praktischer, staubiger Straßenfeger, China.
Profitable, practical, dusty street sweeper, China.
"Business should be finding profitable solutions to the problems facing people and the planet, not making a profit by creating problems."
Colin Mayer CBE, Oxford Professor
Apparently March is B-Corp month - so I had to look it up...
Rather than being driven solely by profits, every B Corp has a vision that's grounded in moral and social good. Certified B Corp status is awarded to those businesses that meet very high standards in social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
(1st Timothy 4:8)
Scottish Creel Fishing
Creel fishing is a profitable, species-selective and environmentally sustainable form of fishing with very little by-catch. Target species are brought to the surface alive and undamaged, meaning that egg bearing ‘berried’ females or undersized animals can be returned to the sea. The carbon footprint (in particular fuel consumption) is minimal compared to other methods of fishing as the majority of boats are small and fish relatively close to shore.
Creel fishing takes place around Scotland’s coast. Creeling, and the many shore based services that rely on it, are often the main source of employment in fragile rural communities. The boats that make up the inshore creel fishery are small - usually under 10 metres long- which means that engine size and weather dictate how far from shore, and how often they can fish. One or two people normally crew a creel boat, one of whom is usually the owner. There were 1042 active creel fishing boats in Scotland in 2011. The main markets for the shellfish caught are on the European continent.
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The decor of the house is incredible: columns, cornices, bas-reliefs, ornaments, fairies... Atlanteans, and not at all muscular stocky men, but some kind of bearded grandfathers.
Лютеранська вулиця - від Хрещатика до Шовковичної вулиці. Виникла у 1830-ті роки, спочатку мала назву Графська вулиця (місцевість в той час мала назву Графська гора).
«Будинок Майкапар (Будинок з атлантами або «Рожевий торт)» — київський прибутковий будинок Рахилі Майкапар на Лютеранській вулиці, 6. На думку дослідників, будівля — один із найкращих зразків еклектичної архітектури у забудові міста.
Будинок споруджено близько 1905 року, імовірно, за проектом архітектора Мартина Клуга. Разом з флігелем та іншими будинками будинок входив до складу однієї садиби. Садиба належала київській купчисі Рахілі Майкапар.
Декор фасаду вирішений в Еклектичному стилі з ренесансно-бароковими рисами. Центральна й бічні осі виділені пристінними тричвертєвими корінфськими портиками на четвертому та п'ятому поверхах.
Балкони всередині портиків фланковано малими колонками. Портал центрального входу завершено волютами, вміщеними у плоску складнопрофільовану нішу параболічного абрису. Фігури атлантів, каріатид та інші орнаментальні рельєфи та деталі скульптурного декору відзначаються майстерністю виконання. Капітелі мають оригінальну форму з мотивами фауни.» /Вікіпедія./
Мартин Вільгельм Клуґ (1850-1922) – архітектор (технік-будівничий) німецького (прусського) походження. Народився і працював у Києві. Використовував стильові форми необароко, неоренесансу і так званого цегляного стилю.
В 1890 році в Києві розпочався будівельний бум. Старі дерев`яні садиби знищувались, на їх місці будувались величні будинки з каменю. Це був унікальній час для архітекторів. І Мартін Клуг їм скористався.
Відомо, що Мартін Клуг працював у Києві близько 20 років, і за цей час створив багато споруд.
(у Вікіпедії - імя Мартін, дата народження - близько 1870)
Декор будинку неймовірний: колони, карнизи, барельєфи, орнаменти, феї… атланти, причому зовсім не мускулисті кремезні чолов’яги, а якісь бородаті діди.
Our walk in the woods proved to be profitable...I chose this capture above as my main shot (more below in comments) because I loved that the mushrooms had pushed the bark aside to emerge... it's pure poetry!
If you have not had the chance to view the mushroom article please go take a look, I think Patrick Robinson did a wonderful job and the mushrooms finally get the due respect that they deserve! I had a great time being interviewed by him too...(: Thank you so much to my wonderful contacts who have left comments under the article itself, it's greatly appreciated...HUGS!! m-
Saint Petersburg formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924), then Leningrad (1924–1991), is a city situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. It is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow. With over 5.3 million inhabitants as of 2018, it is the fourth-most populous city in Europe, as well as being the northernmost city with over one million people. An important Russian port on the Baltic Sea, it has a status of a federal subject (a federal city).
In modern times, Saint Petersburg is considered the Northern Capital and serves as a home to some federal government bodies such as the Constitutional Court of Russia and the Heraldic Council of the President of the Russian Federation. It is also a seat for the National Library of Russia and a planned location for the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site, so it's also referred to as Russia's Culture Capital. Saint Petersburg is home to the Hermitage, one of the largest art museums in the world.
Growing asparagus, strawberries and hops is profitable. However, for all of these plants, special "devices" are needed to grow them in Lower Bavaria. Here, I have portrayed three of them, namely foil tunnels, foil greenhouses and rod assemblies needed to grow hops. These are some examples of the way of farming I see nearby and I am often thinking about my objectives of taking pictures. I decided, not to ignore these kinds of landscapes and to develop a special kind of poesy. Definitely, these images are not as "nice" as sunsets, but part of our life.
He was born 30 December 1869 at Swanmore, county of Hampshire, England.
In 1876 he emigrated to Canada with his family and settled on a farm near the hamlet of Egypt, south of Sibbald Point on Lake Simcoe.
Leacock was educated at Upper Canada College, Toronto. He completed a degree in modern languages at the University of Toronto in 1891.
Inspired by Thorstein Veblen’s The Theory of the Leisure Class, he enrolled at the University of Chicago, receiving a Ph.D. in political economy and political science under Veblen in 1903.
Concurrently he joined the Department of Economics and Political Science at McGill University, Montreal.
In 1906 he published his first and most profitable book: Elements of Political Science, a university textbook. Twenty-seven other books of non-fiction followed.
In 1908 he became head of his department at McGill, helped found the University Club and began developing Old Brewery Bay.
The first of his thirty-five books of humour, Literary Lapses was published in 1910. Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town followed in 1912 and in 1914 Arcadian Adventures of the Idle Rich.
Leacock was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1919 and in 1921 made an extensive lecture tour of the United Kingdom. In 1935 he received the Mark Twain Medal. He retired from McGill in 1936.
Stephen Butler Leacock died 28 March 1944 at Toronto from throat cancer and was buried, across the lake from Old Brewery Bay, in the Leacock family plot at St. George’s Church, Sibbald Point.
Just a few miles away from Quebec, 305 snakes its way through the s-curve at Lac Baker proper. Having planned to only chase as far west as Edmundston, I considered it to be quite the profitable day to get numerous shots all the way to Lac Baker. Patrick and I broke off from the chase here and headed back to Eddy in search of 306...which was long gone, so we turned our attention to the local.
The profitable house belonging to the architect N.P. Basin was built in 1878-1879 according to his own project with the participation of architect N.N. Nikonov. The style of the building is defined as Neo-Russian or pseudo-Russian. The five-story building stands out against the background of the strict architectural ensemble of Ostrovsky Square, the tone to which is set by the Alexandrinsky Theater erected in the era of classicism.
Basin's house, copying the motifs of medieval Russian architecture and folk arts and crafts, is distinguished by its splendor of decor. The facades are made with a lot of details and are generously decorated with stucco, reproducing the decorative motifs of Russian wooden carvings and embroideries. Bay windows are crowned with turrets, various in the design windows are decorated with carved "towels", kokoshniks crowning the cornice and spatterdock pillars.
It's a pity about this plane. A plane like this will never fly again. It is not economically profitable to build such plane
Ferry boats are still a very cost effective means of transporting people and vehicles across wide rivers in locations where a highway bridge would be cost prohibitive. This small town of Cave In Rock Illinois operates a free ferry to the Kentucky shore on a daily basis. When they drop the ramp and open the gates you simply drive aboard and shut off your vehicle. You are allowed to get out and look around while in transport as long as the water is not too choppy. Ferries were always one of the first profitable enterprises in the early days of settlement because of the great difficulty of getting wagons, people and livestock over rivers. The location of ferries had a lot to do with the fortunes of a newly settled region much like Interstate highways do today. The Ohio River is extremely wide and the number of bridges spanning its course are few making this old method of transport still highly desirable. Going across is very pleasant and enjoyable. I go out of my way on photo trips to find and use them. Thank you Cave In Rock Illinois for your kind hospitality.
The sun sets on Yard 5 at the Illinois Railway Museum on Labor Day Weekend 2020. This would be the first night of extended operations that IRM would conduct in 2020, having had to close down for half of the operating season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shutdown forced the cancellation of all special events thru Labor Day, including their biggest and most profitable events, the two-weekend "Day Out With Thomas The Tank Engine."
The extra saturation in this image was brought to you by the aid of a circular polarizing filter. Seen here, Left to Right, are:
- Nekoosa Paper 14 (Alco S1, 1947)
- Union Pacific 1848 (GE B40-8, 1988; ne St. Louis Southwestern (aka Cotton Belt) 8049
- Morristown & Erie 18 (Alco C424, 1964; ne Toledo, Peoria, & Western 800).
This is the archer. Do not disturb him and he will not disturb you. Never mind the colorful dragonfly sticker on his arrow box--his lot is a very grim one indeed, though no doubt profitable.
Maryland Renaissance Fesival, September 2019. It’s tough to get out and take new pictures of people during a global pandemic.
Just to the east of Glasgow Cathedral, beyond the course of the (now culverted) Molindinar Burn stands a rocky hill. In 1651 this was purchased by Glasgow's Merchants' House (a powerful grouping of the city's merchants) and, after being planted with fir trees, became known as Fir Park. In 1831 the Merchants' House agreed that the land would be more profitably used as Glasgow's version of the world-famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Fir Park therefore became the Glasgow Necropolis.
Over the years since then, some 50,000 people have been buried at the Necropolis, in around 3,500 tombs that extend anything up to 14 feet below the ground and which, on the rocky upper parts of the Necropolis, had to be excavated with the aid of blasting powder.
The monuments that mark these tombs, especially in the upper parts of the Necropolis, are a tribute to the disposable wealth available - at least to some - in Victorian Glasgow, many being built on a vast scale. The result is an outdoor museum of the work of most of the leading Scottish architects of the day, as monuments compete for attention with their intricate detail and in many cases, sheer size.
Extensions to the area of the Necropolis in the latter half of the 1800s led to it reaching an overall size of 37 acres or 15 hectares (rather under a third of the size of the Père Lachaise Cemetery). In 1966 the Merchants' House gave the Necropolis to Glasgow City Council. The council cleared it of many grave surrounds and ornamental benches that both cluttered the Necropolis and made maintenance and upkeep more difficult.
Today the Necropolis is partrolled by Park Rangers, guided tours are available, and Glasgow Necropolis is high on the list of "must visit" attractions in central Glasgow, both as an object of interest in its own right, and as a viewpoint over much of the rest of the city: the views of Glasgow Cathedral are especially good from here.
The hilly and heavily vegetated landscape, and the city centre location, must make maintenance and upkeep of the Necropolis quite a challenge: and it is true that some monuments sprout vegetation; a few bear graffiti; and some have either collapsed or sport "Danger, Keep Out" signs. But despite this, the overall feel of the Necropolis is intriguing and, though it may sound odd to say it, welcoming. You have to remember that the monuments placed here were intended to be looked at and appreciated: it was always intended that visitors should come to marvel at the architectural splendour of the monuments (and the wealth of those who paid for them).
Glasgow Necropolis was always intended to be a multi-denominational burial ground, and one of its oddities is that while some of its monuments relate to multiple burials, others are in memory of people who are not buried here at all. The most striking example of the latter category is the tallest monument in the Necropolis, to John Knox. This was actually placed here in 1825, when the area was still a park. A massive column is topped off with a 12ft high statue of John Knox himself. To modern eyes the location seems a little ironic: Knox is facing west, overlooking Glasgow Cathedral, one of the few medieval churches in Scotland not destroyed during the Reformation in which he played such a leading role.
Ok. I get the point. I've been Tagged (AGAIN. REPEATEDLY.) So here are TWENTY FIVE MORE RANDOM THINGS about Me.
1. I tend to Randomly capitalize.
2. My favorite number in the alphabet is Blue.
3. is the magic number.
4. I miss my Dad.
5. I prefer cold weather to hot, but I love thunderstorms, so I put up with the heat and humidity required to produce appropriate thunder and lightning every once in awhile. One of the things I miss most about South Florida are the hurricanes.
6. I type 60+ wpm. I am the ONLY one who showed up enough to Ms. Hall's typing class senior year to: a) Remember her name and b) learn how to type.
7. I hate raw tomatoes.
8. I could listen to Keifer Sutherland's voice for hours. He could read the phone book. I don't care.
9. Writing this made me think of Van Halen's video for "Right Now" so I stopped writing these things down and watched the video on the internet and wrote down ALL of the "Right Nows."
A few favorites:
Right Now...
-there's a bomb factory hard at work
-oil companies and old men are in control
-a convenience store is open
-oysters are being robbed of their sole posession
-our government is doing things we think only other countries do
-you aren't doing what you most wish you were
-your memory is getting longer while your life is getting shorter
Where was I? Oh yes...
10. I can do the Time Warp. (Again.)
11. I have Zero Patience with stupid people. I am working on that.
12. I am very empathetic despite my tough exterior. If I care about you, it is very easy for you to hurt me. But I'll also go to the ends of the earth for you.
13. I did not appreciate the beauty and freedom of my youth, although I listened to Baz Luhrmann's Sunscreen Song incessantly, and to be fair, it warned me of that.
14. I listened to Nine Inch Nails album Pretty Hate Machine so damn much that, to this day, my mother knows the song "Head Like a Hole"
15. I'm skipping Number Fifteen. Because I can. And now you'll wonder.
16. I once broke someone's heart, and, although it was absolutely the right thing to do, I feel badly for deeply hurting someone I once cared about. I worry to this day if he has ever been okay.
17. I love crosswords. Possibly because I love words.
18. I'd love to be a Culinary Anthropologist. I just don't know where that would be both applicable and profitable. I'd also like to tie the photography in with that, if possible.
19. Did I leave the oven on?
20. I prefer dogs to cats. Generally large dogs. Although I have always been fascinated by large, predator cats, particularly pumas, panthers, mountain lions... et cetera. I blame the short-lived but much-loved-by-me series "Manimal" for this obsession.
21. I tend to think and write in Stream of Consciousness.
22. I am a maple syrup snob and will only eat genuine Grade B Maple syrup. From a tree, not a female-shaped plastic bottle.
23. Also Balsamic Vinegar: Roland Four Diamond brand... it's amazing and once I had it, I have never been able to eat the thin, un-aged stuff again.
24. I love high thread-count, 100% cotton sheets. I have probably 10 sets. I do not believe it is necessary to have this many sheet sets for one bed. Nevertheless...
25. I want to travel the country for months in an RV. I want to see and photograph every wonder of our country and eat at odd, roadside diners and dives and historic places, and pick berries and see deserts and oceans and lakes and endless skies and sunsets and landmarks and buildings and sagauro cacti and large trees and moose and bears and rusted out airplanes and wrecked cars and urban superhighways and islands both deserted and supersaturated with 8 million people.
I'd also like to travel Europe by train.
Holgate tower mill at York is situated on a traffic island/roundabout in a York housing estate.
Built in 1770 by its first owner and miller George Waud.
In 1859 a new granary was built and a steam engine installed to make the mill more profitable, and a extra floor was built to raise the mill to its present height.
Looking big and bad, an ex Norfolk Southern C39-8 now works for the Savage Alberta Railway. The Dash 8 era on the SAR proved to be short lived, as the railway was re purchased by Canadian National after the Savage Group decided the line was not profitable.
Leonora Veterano on Glenn Losack ( once known as the furious physician )
this was written atleast 5 years ago:
Dr. Glenn Losack is a very busy man telling the stories of the world, our world and you’re bound to listen. The seeker of truth is no way content in “just being a Doctor.” This physician, psychiatrist, photojournalist, musician, lecturer and charity worker just to name a few is on a mission and will not be stopped! A man who has many varied interests and expertise in several areas he is “The Renaissance Man.” This Brooklyn born native of a low middle class family and one of three children all born on the same day, May 7th, but different years is mad as hell and he’s not going to take it anymore! “I am an extreme pessimist, I am furious; I think countries like India will survive because they have religion, morals, ethics and culture. The USA has none of this, we read the Ten Commandments like a comic book,” he says.
Why the “Furious Physician”? Dr. Losack is furious at the injustices in the world and sees life from a pessimistic perspective, a lot if not most of the time.
He is a man who practices what he preaches. Dr. Losack who is semi-retired from his medical practice in order to follow his passions lives a part of the year taking photographs in third world countries. Earthquakes in India, civil war in Sri Lanka, typhoons in Bangladesh, political unrest in the Dominican Republic and the 2004 Tsunami. Here in his native country, the United States he has photographed our own tragedy 9/11. In December of 2009, he heads to India to shoot festivals. He has won several awards for his photographic work, and has been published in many magazines, including National Geographic. One of his prouder moments includes one of his photos owned by Yoko Ono, the wife of Beatle John Lennon. One of his life aspirations before becoming a Doctor, he wanted to be in the Beatles. By the age of fourteen he could play every Beatles song on guitar or piano. Dr. Robi Ludwig (national commentator, bestselling author and psychotherapist) is also the proud owner of several pieces of Dr. Losack’s work. He contributes Dr. Ludwig as helping him take himself and his artistic talents seriously and encouraged him to do something legitimate about it as an artist and musical tune writer. “She has helped me immensely.”
But what makes this Doctor so unusual, extraordinary; exceptional is he allows himself to be exposed to danger in order to photograph the dark side of humanity. These countries are no country clubs where a steak and potatoes meal only requires one to place an order from a menu. His journey includes countries susceptible to nature’s wrath, man’s shortcomings and many disappointments to its native people. Dr. Losack is the advocate for all these causes. The underdog, the downtrodden, the scapegoated and the disenfranchised, he is a champion for them all in his artistry. “I shoot pain, agony, human suffering, I shoot those who have no advocates, you can see this in my work.” The pleasures, the pain, the underdog with no voice are all expressed in his work, if only you have the courage to look. He photographs as if he could touch anything without hurting the subject and leaving them with their courage and dignity intact. The Doctor shows how much he loves these people; they are clearly a part of his life. He is a man who not only seeks for knowledge and truth, but interacts it in his art. Dr. Losack depicts the human drama in parts of the world, where some are quick to be beaten but have a faith in life and love, no easy task to pursue. “People do not have a clue, not a clue what real suffering is, I find it fascinating.”
Although Dr. Losack’s art explores the dark side of humanity, they still reflect his humble love of life. He is a man who has a heart or why else would he do what he does with his subjects. “I seem to want to take care of them or let them know they are not forgotten. I want to make it palatable to look at people who are so deformed and forgotten and self hating. If people don’t run from Lepers they can help them.” Perhaps this all started with his own beginnings. His father was a truck driver and his mother was a housewife. He feels his father gave him the artistic gene which his dad was not allowed to pursue. “My father got a scholarship to Cooper Union but his pop said, No Way! I think my father’s life was rough, he couldn’t be what he wanted to be or was good at; his father took it away from him.”
Dr. Losack shows in his work that we all can be heroes, admired for our own achievements and qualities. He shows the world the people who struggle with their lives every single moment are heroes. “Every beggar, every deformed, every leper, every man and woman who walks on their hands and are blinded by their parents so they are profitable beggars are heroes. They are all worthy of that, these are my heroes.” Some have called him the “conscience of photography,” but what Dr. Losack wants is to make people see what they are afraid of. He wants them to understand that a leper is a human being and not the monster many may view them as. In these turbulent times of today the message is clear: “I want them to see that beauty can be ugly and the reverse true also!” Ladies and Gentlemen “the Doctor is in!”
As if photography isnt enough the doctor is avidly composing tunes, jingles and taking his musical chops more seriously. He has written and performed “THE THEME for Dr ROBI” which will appear on various of her venues.
hear it all evolving at
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Dr. Losack’s present exhibit, presented by Salon Ciel, “His Photography, His Music” . A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit “Doctors without borders”. He will also have a photographic gallery show in India in January 2010. Details soon to come.
Asheville, North Carolina
Symmetry
Photography’s new conscience
Photo by Chuck Rogers who like most everyone his age once mastered the hula hoop.
"A hula hoop is a toy hoop that is twirled around the waist, limbs, or neck. Although the exact origins of hula hoops are unknown, children and adults around the world have played with hoops, twirling, rolling and throwing them throughout history."
"In 1957 the hula (also frequently spelled "hoola") hoop was reinvented by Richard Knerr and Arthur "Spud" Melin(who died in 2002), founders of the Wham-O toy company. (The two had founded the company in a Los Angeles garage in 1948 to market the "Wham-O" slingshot, which was originally invented to shoot pieces of meat into the air, as a training device for falcons). The idea came from an Australian who had visited California who told Knerr and Melin about children twirling bamboo hoops around the waist in gym class. The new Hula Hoops were made possible by Marlex, a recently invented durable plastic."
"Knerr and Melin were unable to patent their vastly profitable "re-invention", as it had been in use for thousands of years; making the device out of a new material did not meet patent requirements of originality. They were largely able, however, to protect their invention by trademarking "Hula hoop"."
"After the hoop was released in 1958, Wham-O sold 25 million in the first four months and over 100 million in its first year. As the fad ran its course, Wham-O again struck lucky with the release of their Frisbee."
"To relaunch the Hula Hoop in the late 1960s, Wham-O staged a national competition in the US in conjunction with the National Parks & Recreation Network. The National Hula Hoop Contest (subsequently re-named the World Hula Hoop Championships) grew in scope from 500 U. S. cities in 1968 to over 2,000 cities in 1980, with two million participants. Competitors were judged on their performance of compulsory maneuvers (Knee Knocker, Stork, Hula Hop, Wrap the Mummy, Alley Oop) as well as freestyle routines set to music, establishing the roots of the contemporary freestyle Hula Hoop movement."
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In the year 2049, while fishing for nuclear delicacies (see last log entry) has become enormously profitable, another old profession has seen a massive rise: Piracy, or, rogue treasure diving.
Equipped with old, small boats dangerously retro-fitted with modern engine systems, cheap respirators and thinly-isolated diving suits, these daring individuals dive headfirst into their potential green-glowing, watery graves.
The now-sunken megacities of once hold a valuable treasure: Life-saving technology - knowledge about solar energy, ways of filtering dirty water, and the like. Though, these modern pirates would certainly not be unhappy at the sight of a treasure chest filled with gold.
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Returning to the theme of the previous post, this time with a small but quite fun build.
- September 2022
Red Kelpies with an super bike.
Victory Motorcycles is an American motorcycle manufacturer with its final assembly facility in Spirit Lake, Dickinson County, northern Iowa, United States. It began production of its vehicles in 1998.
Its parent company, Polaris Industries, created the firm following the modern success of Harley-Davidson. Victory's motorcycles are designed to compete directly with Harley-Davidson and similar American-style motorcycle brands, with V-twin engines and touring, sport-touring, and cruiser configurations. The first Victory, the V92C, was announced in 1997 and began selling in 1998. Victory has been profitable since 2002.[1]
is it done?
it's done.
really?
trust me.
so we got away with it?
bigly.
unbelievable.
and we're just getting started.
wow.
I told you government work could be very. . .
profitable?
exactly.
"Recordando viejos Ferrocarriles de vía estrecha"
El ferrocarril de vía métrica Calahorra-Préjano-Arnedillo de apenas 34 Km, fue impulsado en los años 20 para dar salida a la producción industrial y minera del valle del Cidacos, operó bajo concesión privada hasta 1935 y tras una reapertura estatal en 1942, fue ampliado hasta Arnedillo en 1947.
Contó con ramal minero de 60 cm a las minas de Préjano, pero el carbón de Estas nunca fue de calidad.
Pese a algunos intentos para mejorar la rentabilidad, la línea nunca se electrificó y tras varios años de profunda crisis operativa por pérdidas, FEVE decidió clausurar la línea definitivamente en 1966.
"Curiosidades"
"Actualmente, los terrenos que ocupaba el ferrocarril se han reconvertido para ubicar las piscinas municipales. El histórico edificio de la estación ahora tiene funciones de escuela pública y locales lúdicos. Es una suerte que se conserve así el patrimonio industrial."
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"Remembering Old Narrow-Gauge Railways"
The Calahorra-Préjano-Arnedillo metre-gauge railway (approx. 34 km / 21 miles) was launched in the 1920s to transport the industrial and mining output of the Cidacos Valley. It operated under a private concession until 1935. Following its nationalization and reopening in 1942, the line was extended to Arnedillo in 1947.
It featured a 60 cm (2-foot) narrow-gauge mining branch connecting to the Préjano mines, though the coal extracted there was always of poor quality.
Despite several attempts to improve profitability, the line was never electrified. After years of a severe operational crisis due to financial losses, FEVE (the state railway company) decided to permanently close the line in 1966.
"Fun Facts"
"Today, the land once occupied by the railway has been repurposed for the municipal swimming pools. The historic station building now serves as a public school and community leisure center. It is fortunate that this industrial heritage has been preserved this way."
www.spanishrailway.com/ferrocarril-de-calahorra-a-arnedil...
Kodak files for Chapter 11...blah, blah, blah. OK. Apparently film is still at least somewhat profitable for Kodak. All those Lomographers and we Halina users, right? No..... Motion pictures? Yes. For now anyway. I mentioned a while back that late this past year all the major manufacturers of motion picture cameras have for the most part ended production*....ARRI and such. It's true. They've gone digital. It's where all the R&D money is going.
Up side is Hollywood and the like will continue to consume massive amounts of film - much made by Kodak - for production and distribution for a while to come. How long? Your guess as good or better than mine. For now economy of scale can keep Kodak's film division profitable. Unless some diligent mind at Kodak can figure how to best mess that up as well.
And here is Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros. I had forgotten how much I like this......anyway.
BTW, Entertainer Whitney "Crack is whack" Houston has passed away at age 48. Sad. She once said something about being her own worst enemy. Something true of most of us? Perhaps. Never a fan myself, but she was I gather pretty important to lot of people.
* Law of Unintended Consequences kicking in.
The pixie dust industry is highly illegal, but very profitable, and Gargamel the troll is the best in the business. He has made a fortune capturing pixies, grinding them up, and selling the resulting dust.
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... When selling the dust and delivering it to clients Gargamel has to be very careful not to get caught. He meets his customers in dark corners of the city to deliver the precious dust, so useful for dark magic.
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My Summer Joust collab entry. My team mates were Alec and Simon (tagged). Had a lot of fun doing this build!
Well, here you are. Indiana Harbor Belt. Compact, profitable and in good running condition.
Hammond, Indiana. April 12, 2003
The pixie dust industry is highly illegal, but very profitable, and Gargamel the troll is the best in the business. He has made a fortune capturing pixies, grinding them up, and selling the resulting dust.
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...Gargamel and his associates deposit the pixies at the processing facility. Here the pixies are clipped, pieced, and processed. The grinder is in full swing making the illegal pixie dust. The dust is coveted by royals and street rats alike. All on the back of child slave labor, the dust is ready for distribution ...
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It was great fun stepping out of my comfort zone for this MOC. Huge thanks to my fellow teammates, Simon and Micah, for all of the support throughout the building process!
SN/NC: Anacardium Occidentale, Anacardiaceae Family
The cashew tree is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew nut and the cashew apple. It can grow as high as 14 m (46 ft), but the dwarf cashew, growing up to 6 m (20 ft), has proved more profitable, with earlier maturity and higher yields.
The cashew nut, often simply called a cashew, is widely consumed. It is eaten on its own, used in recipes, or processed into cashew cheese or cashew butter. The shell of the cashew seed yields derivatives that can be used in many applications from lubricants to paints. The cashew apple is a light reddish to yellow fruit, whose pulp can be processed into a sweet, astringent fruit drink or distilled into liquor.
The species is originally native to northeastern Brazil. Major production of cashews occurs in Vietnam, Nigeria, India, and Ivory Coast.
De cashewboom is een tropische groenblijvende boom die de cashewnoot en de cashewappel voortbrengt. Hij kan wel 14 m hoog worden, maar de dwergcashew, die tot 6 m groeit, is meer winstgevend gebleken, met een eerdere rijpheid en hogere opbrengsten.
De cashewnoot, vaak simpelweg cashewnoten genoemd, wordt veel geconsumeerd. Het wordt op zichzelf gegeten, gebruikt in recepten of verwerkt tot cashewkaas of cashewboter. De schil van het cashewnotenzaad levert derivaten op die in veel toepassingen kunnen worden gebruikt, van smeermiddelen tot verven. De cashewappel is een licht roodachtige tot gele vrucht waarvan het vruchtvlees kan worden verwerkt tot een zoete, adstringerende fruitdrank of kan worden gedestilleerd tot likeur.
De soort komt oorspronkelijk uit het noordoosten van Brazilië. De belangrijkste productie van cashewnoten vindt plaats in Vietnam, Nigeria, India en Ivoorkust.
Es también conocido como cajú, anacardo, nuez de la india, castaña de cajú, marañón, caguil o merey es un árbol originario de la región amazónica del nordeste de Brasil y casi toda Venezuela. Muchos de sus componentes son utilizados en la elaboración de productos diversos, como por ejemplo dulces, cosméticos y medicamentos.
O caju é muitas vezes tido como o fruto do cajueiro quando, na verdade, trata-se de um pseudofruto.
O que entendemos popularmente como "caju" se constitui de duas partes: o fruto propriamente dito, que é a castanha; e seu pedúnculo floral, o pseudofruto, um corpo piriforme, amarelo, rosado ou vermelho.
Na língua tupi, acaiu (caju) significa noz que se produz.
Na tradição oral sabe-se que acayu ou aca-iu refere-se a ano, uma vez que os indígenas contavam a idade a cada floração e safra.
O pseudofruto e fruto
Cajueiro frutificando no município de Cascavel, no Ceará, um dos grandes produtores de caju no estado
O caju, o pseudofruto, é suculento e rico em vitamina C e ferro. Depois do beneficiamento do caju, preparam-se sucos, mel, doces, como cajuada, caju passas, rapadura de caju. Como seu suco fermenta rapidamente, pode ser destilado para produzir uma aguardente o cauim. Dele também são fabricadas bebidas não alcoólicas, como a cajuína.
Muito antes do descobrimento do Brasil e antes da chegada dos portugueses, o caju já era alimento básico das populações autóctones. Por exemplo: os tremembé já fermentavam o suco do caju, o mocororó, que era e é bebido na cerimônia do Torém.
Existe uma variedade enorme de pratos feitos com o caju e com a castanha de caju.
De suas fibras (resíduo/bagaço), ricas em aminoácidos e vitaminas, misturadas com temperos, é feita a "carne de caju"
Nó còn được gọi là điều, điều, điều, điều, điều, caguil hoặc chỉ là một loại cây có nguồn gốc từ vùng Amazon phía đông bắc Brazil và gần như toàn bộ Venezuela. Nhiều thành phần của nó được sử dụng trong sản xuất các sản phẩm khác nhau, chẳng hạn như đồ ngọt, mỹ phẩm và thuốc.
Es ist auch bekannt als Cashew, Cashew, Cashew, Cashew, Cashew, Caguil oder Merey. Es ist ein Baum, der im Amazonasgebiet im Nordosten Brasiliens und in fast ganz Venezuela heimisch ist. Viele seiner Komponenten werden zur Herstellung verschiedener Produkte wie Süßigkeiten, Kosmetika und Medikamente verwendet.
Conosciuto anche come anacardi, anacardi, anacardi, anacardi, anacardi, caguil o semplicemente, è un albero originario della regione amazzonica del nord-est del Brasile e di quasi tutto il Venezuela. Molti dei suoi componenti sono utilizzati nella produzione di vari prodotti, come dolci, cosmetici e medicinali.
On l'appelle également noix de cajou, noix de cajou, noix de cajou, noix de cajou, noix de cajou, caguil ou merey.C'est un arbre originaire de la région amazonienne du nord-est du Brésil et de presque tout le Venezuela. Beaucoup de ses composants sont utilisés dans la production de divers produits, tels que des bonbons, des cosmétiques et des médicaments.
تُعرف أيضًا باسم الكاجو أو الكاجو أو الكاجو أو الكاجو أو الكاجو أو مجرد شجرة موطنها الأصلي في منطقة الأمازون في شمال شرق البرازيل وكل فنزويلا تقريبًا. تستخدم العديد من مكوناته في إنتاج منتجات متنوعة مثل الحلويات ومستحضرات التجميل والأدوية.
Russia. Moscow. Sretensky Boulevard. Profitable house of the insurance company "Russia" (Built in 1899-1902 for the insurance company "Russia" according to the project of the architect Nikolai Mikhailovich Proskurnin)
Россия. Москва. Сретенский бульвар. Доходный дом страхового общества «Россия» (Построен в 1899—1902 годах для страхового общества «Россия» по проекту архитектора Николая Михайловича Проскурнина)
Agnes Forkuo hoes her field. Agnes, originally a maize aggregator, got into farming too when she saw how profitable it could be (USAID/Elisa Walton).
The Assay shop (Circa 1902) stands next to the Headquarters Building in the mining town of Kirwin, Wyoming. The mining camp located on the Wood River in the Shoshone National Forest served as a base of operation for miners in the Wood River Mining District. In the mid 1880s William Kirwin and Harry Adams discovered gold and silver on Spar Mountain while on a deer hunting trip along the Wood River. Adams boasted of the discovery and rumors spread of a rich strike. It wasn’t long until prospectors were staking claims all over the surrounding mountains. By 1904 Kirwin had about 200 miners and their families living in the community. The town boasted a hotel, a boarding house, two general stores, a sawmill, an assay shop, a headquarters building, a post office, and a variety of cabins, stables, and meat storage sheds. Kirwin sits at an elevation of feet 9186 feet (2800 m) above sea level surrounded by 12,000 foot peaks. Located 34 miles from the nearest town, Meeteetse, the area's weather and remoteness challenged both the ability to live there year round and operate mines profitably. Most of the mines were established in the 1890s or early 1900s. By the spring of 1907 after a deadly avalanche, financial set backs and lack of investors, most of Kirwin’s residents left and the mines closed. Dreams of striking it rich or love of their high mountain home kept a few people hanging on in the remote community. By the 1950s, Kirwin was a really a ghost town. In the 1962, a major mining company (AMAX) delineated a rich copper deposit but high development cost made its exploitation uneconomic. Today, access to the ghost town is mostly limited to late summer when low water allow the streams to be forded by vehicles and when there is no avalanche danger.
I would guess that around 30% of the earthquake damaged buildings in Christchurch were demolished as it was more profitable for the owners. This includes a few heritage buildings.
A capture of one of the many abandoned goldmine shaft structures in Johannesburg.
Mining in South Africa has been the main driving force behind the history and development of Africa's most advanced and richest economy. Large scale and profitable mining started with the discovery of a diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1867 by Erasmus Jacobs and the subsequent discovery and exploitation of the Kimberley pipes a few years later. Gold rushes to Pilgrim's Rest and Barberton were precursors to the biggest discovery of all, the Main Reef/Main Reef Leader on Gerhardus Oosthuizen's farm Langlaagte, Portion C, in 1886, the Witwatersrand Gold Rush and the subsequent rapid development of the gold field there, the biggest of them all.
The Witwatersrand is in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Gauteng Province is the roughly the southern portion of what was previously the Transvaal, formerly an independent state settled by the Boers after the Great Trek. J. H. Davis, an Englishman, was reported to have found gold "in considerable quantities" in July 1852 at Paardekraal near Krugersdorp, which was the earliest discovery on the Rand. Davis had sold £600 worth of gold (£457,000 in 2010 Pounds to the Transvaal Treasury and had shortly thereafter been ordered out of the country in accordance with the prevailing policy of secrecy. In October 1853 Pieter Jacob Marais, born in Cape Town on 31 July 1826, discovered gold on the banks of the Jukskei River, this find too was hushed up. The first mining concern (the Nil Desperandum Co-operative Gold Company) was formed at Blaauwbank in 1874.
Gold was mined at various places on the Rand up to 1886, when the discovery of the Witwatersrand Main Reef set off the historic Witwatersrand Gold Rush.
Gold was discovered in the area known as Witwatersrand, triggering what would become the Witwatersrand Gold Rush of 1886. Like the diamond discoveries before, the gold rush caused thousands of foreign expatriates to prospect and mine the region. This heightened political tensions in the area, ultimately contributing to the Second Boer War in 1899. Ownership of the diamond and gold mines became concentrated in the hands of a few entrepreneurs, largely of European origin, known as the Randlords.
Cecil Rhodes founded Gold Fields of South Africa (GFSA) in 1887. Rand Mines (now Randgold), Johannesburg Consolidated Investments, General Mining and Union Corporation were quickly in place, all backed by men who had started in diamonds. Only Sir Ernest Oppenheimer's Anglo American was formed rather later, in 1917, while AngloVaal was founded in 1933. These seven houses provided the foundations of the South African gold industry which was always described as the 'flywheel' of the country's expansion.
Russia. Moscow. Sretensky Boulevard. Profitable house of the insurance company "Russia" (Built in 1899-1902 for the insurance company "Russia" according to the project of the architect Nikolai Mikhailovich Proskurnin)
Россия. Москва. Сретенский бульвар. Доходный дом страхового общества «Россия» (Построен в 1899—1902 годах для страхового общества «Россия» по проекту архитектора Николая Михайловича Проскурнина)