Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 23-Oct-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 30-Jan-24.

Landing on the far runway with quite a bit of heat shimmer!

A purpose built freighter, this aircraft was first flown in Feb-99 with the McDonnell Douglas test registration N9030Q.

It was stored at Kingman, AZ, USA after it's 1st flight and returned to Longbeach, CA, USA prior to delivery to EVA Air Cargo as B-16113 in Aug-99.

After only 16 years in service the aircraft was permanently retired at San Bernardino, CA, USA in Mar-15. It was last noted still at San Bernardino in Oct-16.

Built 1720-1781, seat of the prince-bishops of Würzburg, replacing the Fortress Marienbach.

Unlike the Munich Residenz, which evolved over some five hundred years and thus incorporates the styles of quite different periods, the Würzburg Residenz was built in its entirety, with short interruptions, almost within a single generation.

The architects drew their inspiration from an area extending from Vienna to Paris and from Genoa and Venice to Amsterdam. The building embodies the attainments of Western architecture of its day, French château architecture, Viennese baroque and the religious and secular architecture of northern Italy and is a synthesis of the arts of astonishing universality.

The Würzburg court architect, Balthasar Neumann, who was entrused with the coordination of the massive building project, had to work not only with the leading architects of Germany and France – with Lucas von Hildebrandt and Maximilian von Welsch, with Robert de Cotte and Germain Boffrand – but also with numerous artists such as the Italian Antonio Bossi, the "ornamentation genius" of the Würzburg Residenz, the gifted sculptors and woodcarvers Johann Wolfgang van der Auvera from Mecheln and Georg Adam Guthmann from Munich, and not least with Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, the greatest fresco painter of the 18th century.

Balthasar Neumann's incomparable suite of rooms – Vestibule, Staircase, White Hall and Imperial Hall – one of the most magnificent in the history of palace architecture, was decorated and furnished by these artists and craftsmen in a joint creative undertaking which also produced "Würzburg rococo", the most exuberant of all the variations of this style in Germany. (Source: /www.residenz-wuerzburg.de/englisch/residenz)

I have to feather back the paint edges, apply some primer , then color and blend in the clear coats. There will be some baking and sanding mixed in there also.

23138 Skyline view, 1 Middlebrook Ave., Staunton, Staunton City, VA. May 21, 2018. Decimal degrees: 38.147383, -79.072783

“1 Freight Depot

This long structure made of brick dates from the 1870s and predates the rest of the present train station complex. As freight came into the depot, much of it was wheeled on wooden planks across the street (Middlebrook Avenue) to be stored in the upper floors of the neighboring warehouses.

2 Staunton Train Station 1902

The C & O Depot is an unusual design reflecting classical forms and elements in its ached windows and long concourse with its iron Tuscan columns. The influence of the bungalow style can be seen in the horizonal lines of the building along with the deep eaves and brackets. The local architectural firm of T.J. Collins & Son designed the station, which is the third one on this site.

3 The American Hotel 1855

When built by the railroad in the 1850s in the Greek Revival style, the American Hotel was the last word in luxury until converted into a warehouse. The Stonewall Brigade Band serenaded U.S. President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant from here in 1874 when their train passed through Staunton.

4 The Wharf

When the Virginia Central Railroad was constructed in 1854, it changed Staunton from a rural village into a booming center of commerce. By the turn of the 20th century, warehouses were built around the train depot supplying everything from fresh produce, feed and seed, to wagons and harnesses. This area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

5 Trinity Episcopal Church 1855

The first August a Parish Church was built on this site in 1763. The present church is a five example of early Gothic Revival architecture and was designed by British architect J.W. Johns who also designed the chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Trinity Church boasts a valuable collection of 12 Tiffany Studio stained glass windows.

6 Stuart Hall School 1846

Edwin M. Taylor designed Stuart Hall’s Greek Revival ‘Old Main’ when it was known as the Virginia Female Institute. It was renamed in 1907 to honor headmistress Mrs. J.E.B. Stuart, the Civil War general’s widow. It is now a co-educational private boarding and day school.

7 Central United Methodist Church

Organized in 1797 in Staunton, this is the oldest continuous Methodist congregation in the area. Blacksmith, Sampson Eagon began preaching on what has since become known as Gospel Hill on the corner of Easy Beverley and North Coalter streets. The present church dates from 1892 and is the fourth church on the site. Its façade was remodeled in 1915 from designs by the local architectural firm T.J. Collins & Son.

8 Second Presbyterian Church

In 1875, 13 members of the First Presbyterian Church organized this congregation and a brick structure was built on this site the following year. In 1902, construction was completed on the second structure but it suffered an extensive fire in 1946. After remodeling, it retains much of its original Gothic …

9 Faith Lutheran Church

This church dates from the late 19th century but its façade was completely remodeled in 1961 in the Neo-colonial style by the late Milton Grigg, the Charlottesville architect who was one of the architects that worked on the early restoration of Colonial Williamsburg.

10 Clock Tower & YMCA 1890

This downtown landmark with its ornate brickwork and clock tower was originally the YMCA and contained an auditorium, bowling alley, gym, running track and library. While the building has been converted into apartments, the city continues to provide annual maintenance on the town clock. An earlier clock was located in the steeple of a previous church on the same site.

11 Masonic Temple 1896

This imposing structure has dominated the Staunton skyline since its completion. Chicago architect I.E.A. Rose’s design mixes classical and medieval elements in its massive façade. A previous temple on this site was designed by Thomas Blackburn, who worked with carpenter on the construction of the University of Virginia under Thomas Jefferson’s direction. The Masonic Order was chartered Staunton in 1786.

12 St. Francis Catholic Church 1895

This imposing Gothic Revival church, based on English country examples, was designed in 1895 by T.J. Collins. It replaced an earlier Catholic church in 1851. The exterior is clad in Vermont granite (replacing an earlier failing green serpentine stone) and has contrasting elements of Indiana and Virginia …

13 Augusta County Courthouse 1901

Located in the heart of downtown, this T.J. Collins classically designed courthouse is the fifth one to occupy this site. In 1745, a crude Log structure built here served as the first county courthouse when Augusta County extended to the Mississippi River. The current courthouse replaced a Greek Revival-styled structure designed by Thomas Blackburn.

14 Mary Baldwin College 1842

Rev. Rufus Bailey founded the Augusta Female Seminary in 1842. Two years later the original Greek Revival-styled structure was built to house the growing school. The seminary was renamed in 1895 to honor principal Mary Julia Baldwin. The classically – styled campus on its terraced hillside site remains a visually striking element in Staunton’s skyline.

15 First Presbyterian Church 1972

Staunton’s Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1894 but did not build its first church until 1818 next to the present Mary Baldwin College. The minister in the 1850s was John Ruggles Wilson, the father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson who was born in the manse nearby, which is now a presidential library and museum. The present church was designed in the Romanesque Revival style with its round arches and tall spire. The architect was Major Thomas H. Williamson, a professor of engineering from Virginia Military Institute.

16. Stonewall Jackson Hotel 1924

This early 20th-century hotel, designed by H.L. Stevans & Co. of New York, cost $750,000 when built and is designed in the neo-classical revival style…. Landmark, the restored neon sign that dates from the 1950s. The hotel had been carefully restored and a new conference center wing added to the original building.

Special Note: For those individuals who would like to explore Staunton’s historic architecture further, there is a self-guided walking tour brochure developed by Historic Staunton Foundation. The tour extends through five of Staunton’s historic districts. It is available at the Staunton Visitor Center in the New Street Parking Garage.”

Image courtesy of John Yeoman.

The hole in the ground was the pub cellar.

An inn, or more accurately a pre licensing law pub known as an ale house, with an attached blacksmith's workshop, was built on this site in the late 1850s and was called the Post Office Arms initially but soon became known as the Three Horseshoes.

c1880 it was renamed the White Horse Hotel and underwent several enlargements over the years before being demolished and replaced by a block of flats called The Bridge in 2003 / 4.

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A [ very ] potted history of Pokesdown......

Prior to 1810 there was no town of Bournemouth. All that lay between Poole and Christchurch, themselves not the large towns they are today, was unspoilt heathland with the more fertile land of the Stour Valley to the north and east that had supported small farming communities such as Wick, Iford, Holdenhurst, Throop, Muccleshell and Ensbury for centuries.

Although these communities were centred on the individual villages, farms and smallholdings would have been scattered across the surrounding area, an example being Pokesdown Farm which, along with a few cottages for farm workers, stood on the very edge of the heath where it began to slope down on the sides of the Stour Valley overlooking Iford and Wick.

Most of the farms, smallholdings and associated cottages came and went without being recorded on maps although Pokesdown Farm is one of the few exceptions, its origins are a little lost in the mists of time, some claim to have traced it back to 1580 although it was certainly there in the 1660s.

In 1766 when Edmond Bott had a large home called Stourfield House built at Pokesdown [ see seperate images and set for further info ] which at the time would have been in the middle of nowhere and perhaps a very unlikely place to want to build a house.

Stourfield House would no doubt have been a catalyst for more development at Pokesdown if only in the form of cottages for those drawn there by the employment opportunities such a relatively large house and grounds would bring to an impoverished rural community. It is likely that the former Pokesdown Farm morphed into Stourfield Farm in connection with the house.

The last two remaining old thatched cottages, known as 'Lily of the Valley Cottages' and being at least 200 years old, were demolished in the latter 1960s when Appletree Close was created, and with their passing went the last ties with the area's rural past.

The building of Stourfield House predates the official birth of Bournemouth in 1810 by some 44 years and except for the modest Bourne Tregonwell estate that remained all but unknown to the outside world, the first notable development to take place, and what really sparked the development of the town of Bournemouth was Sir George Gervis' 'Marine Village of Bourne' in the mid to late 1830s.

As Bournemouth began to expand around the mouth of the Bourne Stream in today's town centre the community of Pokesdown also continued to grow.

Bournemouth expanded its boundaries to take in neighbouring areas such as the fledgling Boscombe in 1876 and Westbourne in 1884 but Pokesdown, that had a chapel built in 1835, followed by a church, a couple of pubs, two blacksmiths, two schools, laundries and, in 1886 , a railway station, and who's population had grown from 171 in 1861, 867 in 1871 to almost 4500 in 1893, became an urban district that allowed it to govern itself on a local level but ultimately Pokesdown became part of the fast expanding Bournemouth in 1901.

Originally Pokesdown covered a larger area than it does today, reaching to the coast and a lot further into Boscombe. Twenty first century Pokesdown is a densely built up area with busy main roads and side streets clogged with parked cars, a problem that blights the modern world.

Stood outside Pokesdown Station with our back to the entrance i suppose we'd class Pokesdown as covering Christchurch Rd to the right towards Boscombe up to the junction with Parkwood Rd, Christchurch Rd to the left going over the railway bridge and along to the brow of what is called Pokesdown Hill that actually runs through an area that prefers to call itself Boscombe East on its way to Iford, and Seabourne Rd opposite until it meets Southbourne Grove.

The area boasts an interesting variety of architecture but has seen some buildings replaced by blocks of flats and tenement houses which is understandable if older properties, though full of character, don't meet the needs of modern society. It's a problem that needs to be managed carefully and is by no means one unique to Bournemouth and is being experienced across the country.

At the time of writing some traders and residents are involved in promoting Pokesdown as Bournemouth's 'vintage quarter'. a destination for independent shops as well as those offering a wider range of goods and services, in a bid to raise the area's profile.

The green on the corner of Christchurch Rd and Seabourne Rd next to the Seabournes Pub and directly opposite the railway station is being transformed with borders of flowers and an information board that highlights the area's history, with the aid of a £22,000 Lottery grant..

FURTHER READING.

www.pokesdown.org/history/PokesdownPast/04_Village_Starts...

Click on the 'history' tag to read J A Young's 'Pokesdown's Past'.

Pokesdown and Neighbourhood 1895 - 1910. A memoir by E G Wills A Bournemouth Local Studies Publication.

Native copper-replaced cross-bedded sedimentary rocks from the Precambrian of Michigan, USA. (CMNH 20309, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio, USA)

A mineral is a naturally-occurring, solid, inorganic, crystalline substance having a fairly definite chemical composition and having fairly definite physical properties. At its simplest, a mineral is a naturally-occurring solid chemical. Currently, there are over 5500 named and described minerals - about 200 of them are common and about 20 of them are very common. Mineral classification is based on anion chemistry. Major categories of minerals are: elements, sulfides, oxides, halides, carbonates, sulfates, phosphates, and silicates.

Elements are fundamental substances of matter - matter that is composed of the same types of atoms. At present, 118 elements are known. Of these, 98 occur naturally on Earth (hydrogen to californium). Most of these occur in rocks & minerals, although some occur in very small, trace amounts. Only some elements occur in their native elemental state as minerals.

To find a native element in nature, it must be relatively non-reactive and there must be some concentration process. Metallic, semimetallic (metalloid), and nonmetallic elements are known in their native state as minerals.

Copper is the only metallic element that has a "reddish" color - it’s actually a metallic orange color. Most metallic elements, apart from gold & copper, are silvery-gray colored. Copper tends to form sharp-edged, irregular, twisted masses of moderately high density. It is moderately soft, but is extremely difficult to break. It has no cleavage and has a distinctive hackly fracture.

The unbelievable copper specimen shown above comes from northern Michigan's White Pine Mine, which is developed in the Precambrian-aged Nonesuch Shale (~1.07 to 1.08 Ga). At this mine, native copper is usually encountered filling fractures (joints). This large, 70-pound specimen represents actual sedimentary rock that has been replaced by native copper. The irregular layers are crossbeds, which formed as the original sediments were deposited by a one-directional current. The small black-colored patches are bits of the unaltered sedimentary host rock. White Pine Mine copper mineralization occurred at 1.05 to 1.06 billion years ago.

Stratigraphy: lower Nonesuch Shale (near the contact with the Copper Harbor Conglomerate), late Mesoproterozoic, ~1.07-1.08 Ga

Locality: near the southwestern shaft at the 2500 foot level, White Pine Mine, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, USA

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Photo gallery of copper:

www.mindat.org/gallery.php?min=1209

Nazi Germany's most produced fully Tracked Armoured Fighting Vehicle of World War Two was the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) Assault Gun and also the second-most produced Nazi German Armoured Combat Vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 Half-Track, it was built on a slightly modified Panzer III chassis, replacing the Turret with an Armoured fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful Gun. Initially intended as a Mobile Assault Gun for Direct-Fire Support for Infantry, the StuG III was continually modified, and much like the later Jagdpanzer vehicles, was employed as a ''Tank Destroyer''.

The Sturmgeschütz originated from German experiences in World War I, when it was discovered that, during the Offensives on the Western Front, the Infantry lacked the means to effectively Engage Fortifications. The Artillery of the time was heavy and not mobile enough to keep up with the advancing Infantry to destroy Bunkers, Pillboxes, and other minor Fortifications with Direct Fire. Although the problem was well known in the German Army, it was General Erich von Manstein who is considered the father of the 'Sturmartillerie' (Assault Artillery). The initial proposal was from von Manstein and submitted to General Ludwig Beck in 1935, suggesting that Sturmartillerie units should be used in a Direct-Fire Support role for Infantry Divisions.

On 15th June 1936, Daimler-Benz AG received an order to develop an Armoured Infantry Support Vehicle capable of mounting 75cm calibre Artillery Piece. The Gun mount's fixed, fully integrated casemate superstructure was to allow a limited traverse of a minimum of 25° and provide overhead protection for the Crew, the height of the vehicle was not to exceed that of the average Soldier. Daimler-Benz AG used the chassis and running gear of its recent Panzer III Medium Tank as a basis for the new vehicle. Prototype manufacture was passed over to Alkett, which produced five prototypes in 1937 on Panzer III Ausf. B chassis. These prototypes featured a mild steel superstructure and a Krupp Short-Barrelled, 'Howitzer-Like' in appearance, 7.5cm StuK 37 L/24 Cannon. Production vehicles with this Gun were known as Gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette für Sturmgeschütz 7.5cm Kanone Ausführung A bis D (Sd.Kfz.142).

While the StuG was considered to be Self-Propelled Artillery, it was not clear which Land Combat Arm of the German Army would handle the new Weapon. The Panzerwaffe (Armoured Corps) was the natural user of Tracked Fighting Vehicles, had no resources to spare for the formation of StuG Units and neither did the Infantry. It was agreed that it would best be employed as part of the Artillery Arm. The StuG's were organized into Battalions (later renamed ''Brigades'' for disinformation purposes) and followed their own doctrine. Infantry support using direct fire was its intended role. Later, there was also a strong emphasis on its use as an Anti-Tank Gun.

As the StuG was designed to fill an Infantry Close Support Combat role, early models were fitted with a Howitzer-Pattern, Low-Velocity 7.5cm StuK 37 L/24 Gun, much as the earliest versions of the fully Turreted Panzer IV were. Low-Velocity Shells are lightly built of thin steel and carry a large charge of explosive, to destroy 'Soft-Skin Targets' and blast Fortifications. Such Shells do not penetrate armour well. After the Germans encountered the Soviet KV-1 and T-34 Tanks, the StuG was first equipped with a High-Velocity 7.5cm StuK 40 L/43 Main Gun (spring 1942) and in the autumn of 1942 with the slightly longer 7.5cm StuK 40 L/48 Gun. These High-Velocity Guns were the same as those mounted on the Panzer IV for Anti-Tank use but the heavy steel wall High-Velocity Shells carried much less explosive and had a lower blast effect for use against Infantry or Field Fortifications. These versions were known as the 7.5cm Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausf.F, Ausf. F/8 and Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz.142/1).

▪︎Type: Assault Gun

▪︎Place of Origin: Nazi Germany

▪︎In Service: 1940 to 1945 (German service) / Syrian StuG IIIs were in use until the Six-Day ▪︎War (1967), possibly later

▪︎Wars: World War Two / Six-Day War

▪︎Designer: Alkett

▪︎Manufacturer: Alkett, MIAG

▪︎Unit Cost: 82,500 Reichmark

▪︎Number Built: c. 10,086 StuG III / c. 1,299 StuH 42

▪︎Mass: 23.9 tonnes

▪︎Length: 22ft 6in / Width: 9ft 8in / Height: 7ft 1in

▪︎Crew: 4 (Driver / Commander / Gunner / Loader

▪︎Armour: 0.62in to 3.15in

▪︎Main Armament: 1 x 7.5cm StuK 40 L/48 Main Gun, 54 rounds

▪︎Secondary Armament: 1 x 7.92mm MG34 or MG42 Machine Gun, 600 rounds / 1 x coaxial 7.92mm MG34 Machine Gun firing from hole in Gun Mantle (from 1944 on) 600 rounds

▪︎Powerplant: Maybach HL120 TRM V-12 gasoline engine driving six-speed transmission 296hp

▪︎Power / Weight: 12 PS (9.2 kW) / tonne

▪︎Suspension: torsion bar

▪︎Operational Range: 96 miles (1.1 mpg‑imp) at 22mph (59 Imperial gallons fuel)

▪︎Maximum Speed: 25mph.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 19-Jul-19, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 14-Apr-26.

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1786B, this aircraft was delivered to GECAS and leased to Futura International Airways as EC-HMJ in May-00. It was sub-leased to Futura Gael (Futura Ireland), re-registered EI-DIT and leased back to Futura International in Dec-04.

It was wet-leased to Ryan International Airlines (USA) the following day and operated on behalf of Transglobal Vacations (USA). It was returned to Futura International in early May-05 and operated a series of flights from Dublin in May before being returned to GECAS in Jun-05.

The aircraft was immediately leased to SpiceJet (India) as VT-SPE. It was returned to the lessor in Sep-13, re-registered EI-RUK at the end of Oct-13 and leased to Transaero Airlines (Russia) in early Nov-13.

The aircraft was returned to the lessor in mid Oct-15 and stored at Teruel, Spain just before Transaero ceased operations. It was sold to Magnetic Parts Trading Inc in Feb-18. It was permanently retired at Teruel and broken up there in 2019.

Replacing a concrete structure built in the 1930's in Highland NY...this one opened about 2010.

Bulldogs were replaced with Huskies at Drake University's Knapp Center as it played host to Hoover High School's commencement. Hoover celebrated nearly 200 members of the Class of 2022 at their graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 29.

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version 23-Aug-16, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 08-Nov-24.

Delivered to Delta Air Lines as N1272L in Feb-69, this aircraft operated with Delta for almost 24 years until it was sold back to McDonnell Douglas in Dec-92 and stored at Phoenix, AZ, USA.

In Aug-93 it was leased to ASERCA Venezuela as YV-717C. It was returned to McDonnell Douglas in Oct-94 as N523MD and stored at Miami, FL, USA.

In Jan-95 the aircraft was leased to ValuJet Airlines and was re-registered N918VV in Mar-95. ValuJet was 'temporarily' grounded in Aug-96 and the aircraft was stored at Kingman, AZ, USA, and didn't return to service until ValuJet was merged into AirTran Airlines in Nov-97.

AirTran Airlines was restructured and renamed as AirTran Airways in Jun-98 and the aircraft was re-registered N818AT in Jan-99. It was retired at Miami in Feb-01 after 32 years service. It was broken up there in Apr-02.

The County of Santa Clara Animal Care and Control Department needed to replace their makeshift former residence with several additions and portables into an adequate home for the area’s needy animals.

Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture — working with animal care designer, The Bacon Group — created the County’s new Animal Services Center campus with state-of-the-art animal care functions in a park-like setting, providing innovative and sustainable building systems and amenities in the 24/7 facility.

The new Animal Services Center has capacity for 54 dogs and 90 cats, with spaces for other types of animals including rabbits, horses, and goats. To house and showcase larger animals, a barn is sited along the main building frontage, increasing visibility.

Taking a distinct departure from traditional shelter design, dog kennels are organized around an outdoor landscaped courtyard named “The Park”. Together with surrounding “Get Acquainted” pods, the experience offers a bright and open area to meet and greet potential pets in a natural park-like environment.

In addition to animal adoption, a primary objective of the Animal Services Center is to educate the public about the benefits of spaying and neutering. The County is taking a proactive approach to overpopulation by educating the public on reducing the number of animals ending up at the Animal Services Center through the use of the public surgery suite, located inside the facility’s clinic.

Another key solution the Animal Services Center provides is its large Educational Meeting facility. Not only will animal-specific community events be held there, but other County agencies will also be able to utilize the assembly space for conferences and gatherings up to 150 occupants—a resource they previously lacked.

The County of Santa Clara Animal Services Center is designed to achieve LEED Silver certification.

These pA view of recently improved track after deteriorating track ties were replaced.

These photos show daytime work on the Blue Line between Western and Logan Square over the weekend, where buses replaced trains so workers could improve the tracks. Work will eliminate slow zones and bring faster service to the Blue Line!

What gets done on a weekend of Milwaukee Blue Line Track Renewal work, part of the Your New Blue project? Over large sections of the line, rails are removed, old track ties taken out, new ties put in, and the tracks rebuilt before the Monday AM rush.

To do this amount of work in this amount of time, it's necessary to temporarily suspend service on a section of the Blue Line (shuttle buses are provided to bridge the gap) as one track is dismantled/removed and the other is used by equipment to help the work proceed as quickly as possible.

More info about the project is available at www.transitchicago.com/news_initiatives/projects/bluemilw...

hotos show daytime work on the Blue Line between Western and Logan Square over the weekend, where buses replaced trains so workers could improve the tracks. Work will eliminate slow zones and bring faster service to the Blue Line!

What gets done on a weekend of Milwaukee Blue Line Track Renewal work, part of the Your New Blue project? Over large sections of the line, rails are removed, old track ties taken out, new ties put in, and the tracks rebuilt before the Monday AM rush.

To do this amount of work in this amount of time, it's necessary to temporarily suspend service on a section of the Blue Line (shuttle buses are provided to bridge the gap) as one track is dismantled/removed and the other is used by equipment to help the work proceed as quickly as possible.

More info about the project is available at www.transitchicago.com/news_initiatives/projects/bluemilw...

Contractors replace the old set of FAA aviation lights atop Healy Clock Tower at Georgetown University on August 17, 2011. The light replacement is part of a multi-day repair project on the clock tower. The project also includes: replacing the tower maintenance cleats, repainting the clock faces and interior work to aid in future maintenance.

I also decided to convert a lot of Amazon Prime trucks into ice cream trucks with electric swing arm stop signs like on school buses and the current yellow trapezoid Children Slow Crossing warning blades that word "CHILDREN SLOW CROSSING" to replace all of the older ice cream trucks that still have the old red trapezoid Children Slow Crossing warning blades that word "IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO". All of the older ice cream trucks that still have the old former red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blade that word "IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO" will all be torn apart and have their pieces be used as new McDonald's PlayPlace play equipments replacing the dangerous crawl tubes and ball pits since McDonald's also has been making safety improvements to their PlayPlaces by using better play equipments seen athttps://playtime.com/showcases/towers/mcdonalds-playplace-solutions/ replacing the nasty dangerous crawl tubes and ball pits and some of the newer McDonald's PlayPlaces like the epic one in Orlando has arcade games. The Amazon Prime Trucks that are converted into Ice Cream Trucks will go to Mister Softee, Wholesale Clubs such as Costco and BJ's, and other ice cream truck service on safety updates on ice cream trucks. But there will always be brick and mortar stores in real life and Due to that New Jersey was the slowest on phasing out the bad old outdated red trapezoid Children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO because of some mean teachers at school forcing some ice cream trucks to keep their red trapezoid and made a bad and mean-spirited law of ice cream trucks requiring those bad old outdated red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO which is extremely confusing to people who are death, color blind, can't read or don't speak English in some of New Jersey, I hereby MOST Amazon warehouses in New Jersey to all be converted into Blue's Clues Handy Dandy Notebook prop replica manufacturing plants and convert most Amazon prime trucks in New Jersey into better and safe updated ice cream trucks with the good awesome current updated yellow trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word CHILDREN SLOW CROSSING and School bus stop signs which are octagon shape for the state of New Jersey to also include disabled people in the future too and tear apart the last remaining of the ice cream trucks with the bad old outdated red trapezoid children slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO and recycle all of them into brand new Blue's Clues Handy Dandy notebook prop replicas and reuse the arm the bad old outdated red trapezoid Children Slow crossing warning blades that word IF-SAFE STOP THEN-GO for the brand new stop signs of the new school buses of the future.

Next, you drill a 3/8" (or so) diameter hole in the end of the empty flasher shell. This is where the wires will go out to the new flasher.

Replacing an earlier scanned slide with a better version 24-Jul-15.

OY-KGB was delivered new to SAS Scandinavian Airlines System in Jun-68. It served with SAS for 23 years until it was sold to Northwest Airlines in May-91 as N754NW. It was retired in Apr-08 after 40 years service and stored at Marana, AZ, USA. Northwest was merged into Delta Air Lines in Oct-08. It was broken up at Marana in Nov-11.

McMillan Sand Filtration Site is a twenty-five acre green space and decommissioned water treatment plant in northwest Washington, D.C. connected to the McMillan Reservoir. It is bound on the north by Michigan Avenue, on the east by North Capitol Street, on the south by Channing Street and on the west by First Street. Two paved courts lined by regulator houses, tower-like sand bins, sand washers and the gated entrances to the underground filter cells provided a promenade for citizens taking the air in the park.

Below grade, there are twenty catacomb-like cells, each an acre in extent, where sand was used to filter water from the Potomac River by way of the Washington Aqueduct. The purification system was a slow sand filter design that became obsolete by the late 20th century. In 1985, a new rapid sand filter plant replaced it across First Street beside the reservoir. The treatment system is operated by the Army Corps of Engineers.

Public access to the site has been restricted since World War II, when the Army erected a fence to guard against sabotage of the city's water supply. Specially arranged biannual tours are supported by scores of visitors curious about the odd-looking structures.

In 1991, the D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board designated McMillan Park a Historic Landmark and nominated the site for the National Register of Historic Places. It included the site on their "List of Most Endangered Properties in 2000"[1] and again in 2005.[2]

Replacing the ED, the new EF Falcon was built from Aug 1994-Aug 1996, a more rounded look, all body panels were changed except the doors. Sedans and wagons were available, also the longer Fairlane and LTD.

The utility and van, known as the XH, got the EF look front clip but was still the old XF from the windscreen back.

The base GLi got 4.0 6 cyl, man (auto option), airbag.

The Classic option pack; air and alloys

The Futura; body coloured mirrors and bumpers, cruise control and ABS.

The Fairmont: fake grille, trip computer, climate control.

Fairmont Ghia; CD stacker and XR6 engine.

The sporty XR6 and XR8 got Tickford improved running gear, quad headlight front fascia, body kit, rear spoiler, sports interior

The 1995 EFII got better suspension and body coloured B pillar.

Engines; 157kw 4.0 6cyl (Tickford 164kw) and 170kw 5.0 V8

This Fairmont has the optional Tickford body kit and wheels

Replace me with something better!

This spacious Safeway at 3320 Arden Way in Arden-Arcade/Sacramento opened in 1999 and replaced a Pak-n-Save that operated from the mid-1980's through 1997 at an older building on this site.This current shopping center(which also houses a Longs Drugs-turned-CVS/pharmacy,an Orchard Supply Hardware,and a Dollar Tree)opened around 1998-1999 at the site of an older center that was the site of one of two White Front locations in greater Sacramento(the other opposite the-shopping-center-formerly-known-as-Florin Mall).When White Front went belly-up in the mid-1970's,the building was renovated and subdivided between a Gold Circle discount store and a Ralphs supermarket both of which were under the common ownership of Federated Department Stores(a corporate forerunner to the current Macy's Incorporated though the Macy's chain has had a longer history).Ralphs made its initial exit from Sacramento in the circa 1980's(we all know about their second ill-fated entry into NorCal resulting from the Albertson's-Lucky merger),and Gold Circle would exit the West a year or two later(Gold Circle would merge with Target circa 1990.).What I do know that is the old Gold Circle would become a short-lived Zody's for a year or two during the long-defunct SoCal-based discount chain's brief entry into NorCal.Following the departure of Zody's,the space would be renovated for a Pak-n-Save warehouse supermarket which opened circa 1985(Safeway had just bought out Pak-n-Save parent company Brentwood Markets at the time)and would last until the center reconstruction.I don't know what occupied the old Ralphs,but this history shares a number of similarities with suburban Gold Circle-Ralphs twin in my childhood hometown(where I still work as I speak):A 1970's new-build Gold Circle on the NWC of Greenback Lane and San Juan Avenue in Citrus Heights also had a short stint as a Zody's and was eventually subdivided between 24 Hour Nautilus(became 24 Hour Fitness and eventually relocated to NWC of Auburn Boulevard/Van Maren Lane on the site of a former Farmers Supermarket,space is now occupied by Western Career College which has merged with Carrington College)and Pak-n-Save(converted to a conventional Safeway in 1996 and received one of the earlier 'Lifestyle' remodels even though the exterior signage was only changed in the past year or two,this started SWY's current wave of expansion in Sacro after largely contracting in the mid-1980's).The 'original' Citrus Heights Ralphs has gone through multiple tenant anchor changes over the past three decades and is now subdivided between an Eco-Thrift thrift store and a Dollar Tree(formerly a 98 Cent Clearance Center which relocated from a smaller space in the center which I believe was the first location in the chain's history).Ralphs would eventually return to Citrus Heights for a short time some two decades later,operating out of a divested former Albertsons(reconstructed in 1988 on the site of an older location)on the SEC(cat-corner)of the Greenback/San Juan intersection from fall 1999 to mid-2002.That center has had an even longer history as an early-1960's(may date as early as the late 1950's)PayLess Drug/Supermarket twin.The former ABS/Ralphs is now an Orchard Supply Hardware and the former PayLess is now vacant as Rite Aid exited in spring 2004 and for a time afterwards was occupied by a since-relocated indoor antique mall...

Back to the store pictured,I also believe this Safeway was one of the first locally to both be remodeled into the Lifestyle format and receive exterior Lifestyle signage.I recently revisited this store and it had added self-checkouts since my last visit(months ago)...

Finally got round to replacing the 500GB disc in my three year old iMac. A slightly daunting procedure made far easier by following the guidance in Brian Dorey's excellent video guide at: vimeo.com/2252036.

Took slightly longer than the 30 minutes Brian suggests and my iMac is slightly different internally from the one he's working on.

Required tools: Torx 6 and 9 drivers available from Maplin and a four suction available from Screwfix for about £10.

Note the laptop so that I can follow his instructions on Vimeo as I work thru the transplant. I also needed to clone the content of the 500GB drive onto the 2TB drive. This cloning procedure took seven and a half hours! I used Carbon Copy Cloner. I then transferred the drive from the WD caddy into the iMac. Handling the 24" flat panel with no screen protection and a hell of a lot of dust was a bit nerve wracking. Anyway I managed it but had to be really careful to lay the 20 or so screws out in the right order so that I could re-assemble properly. Just follow Brian's instructions, make sure there are no small children running around, make sure you've got the right kit, take care and you'll be fine!

Computer works fine, seems a bit faster and it's great to have 1.5TB free!

Replacing an earlier digital upload with a better version 21-Jun-19.

Taken at Bangkok-Don Muang just a few months before the BKK airport code was transferred to the new Bangkok airport at Suvarnabhumi. Don Muang was re-coded DMK.

With additional 'www.srilankan.aero' web address.

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYP, this aircraft was delivered to SriLankan Airlines as 4R-ALD in Jan-00. It was sold to a lessor on delivery and leased back to SriLankan Airlines.

The aircraft was removed from service in Oct-19 and ferried to St. Athan, Wales, UK in Nov-19 for storage. It was re-registered OE-IKV in Dec-19 and permanently retired. Updated (Dec-19)

Mountain Transit #111. One of the company's first Thomas C2's. Rear emergency door was replaced over the summer of 2015. Obviously the door doesn't entirely match the configuration of the bus. Note the top of the door is yellow. This is my route bus for the 2016-2017 school year. The bus knowingly served on Colchester 19 from August 2012 to February 2014, served on Colchester 11 from February 2014 to December 2014, became a general spare from December 2014 to August 2015, served on Milton 4 for the 2015-2016 school year, then Colchester 10. It's likely been used on other routes prior. This was my last ride on this bus for the 16-17 school year and may be retired this summer. STA #077073

Replacing an earlier digital pghoto with a better version 24-Dec-19.

Suffering from some heat shimmer...

Originally built as Boeing 747-243B/M Combi with a side cargo door, this aircraft was capable of carrying both passengers and cargo in the main cabin. It was delivered to Alitalia as I-DEMC in Nov-80. It was sold to a lessor in Feb-94, converted to full freighter configuration and leased back to Alitalia Cargo. It was sold back to Alitalia in Sep-04. The aircraft was due to be leased to Belgian Cargo operator 'Cargo B' in Oct-07 but the lease was cancelled. It was sold to Adventar Ltd and leased to Air Bridge Cargo/Volga-Dnepr Airlines as VP-BIB in Oct-04. The aircraft was returned to the lessor in May-08 and stored at Chateauroux, France. It was leased to Southern Air (USA) as N795SA in Sep-08. It was sold to Air Mobility Inc in Jan-09 while the lease to Southern Air continued. It was permanently retired and stored at Mojave, CA, USA in Oct-10 after 30 years service. It was last noted still at Mojave in Oct-13.

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 24-Dec-19.

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWYZ, this aircraft was delivered to ILFC International Lease Finance Corporation and leased to Canada 3000 as C-GGWD in May-00. Canada 3000 ceased operations in Nov-01. It was initially impounded at London-Gatwick Airport before being returned to the lessor as N339LF and stored at Bordeaux, France later that month. The aircraft was leased to Volare Airlines (Italy) as I-VLEF in Apr-02. It was repossessed by the lessor at Dublin, Ireland in Oct-03 while on maintenance, because of non-payment of leasing charges. Volare must have coughed up the cash as it was re-leased to them in Dec-03. It was repossessed by the lessor at the end of Oct-04 and parked at Shannon, Ireland as EI-DIP. Volare suspended operations in Nov-04. The aircraft was ferried to Abu Dhabi, UAE in Dec-05 and stored. It was leased to Etihad Airways as A6-EYW in Feb-05 and returned to the lessor in Mar-08 as EI-DIP again. It was leased to Air One (Italy) in Apr-08. Air One was merged into Alitalia in Jan-09. Current, updated (Dec-19).

Replaced a shot from 14-Jun-15 with a better photo 21-Jun-15.

First flown with the Boeing test registration N1795B, it was re-registered N1784B 5 days later fir some Boeing test flights. The aircraft had been ordered for lease to Istanbul Airlines but the lease was cancelled. it was delivered to GECAS and leased to RAM Royal Air Maroc as CN-RNO in Jun-99. RAM returned it to GECAS in Apr-03. It was sold to another lessor and leased to Travel Service Airlines (Czech Republic) as OK-TVD two weeks later. The aircraft was wet-leased to Malaysia Airlines between Oct-05/Mar-06 and wet-leased to NAS Air (Saudi Arabia) between Nov-07/Apr-08. It was also wet-leased to Kulula.com (South Africa) between Apr/Sep-08 and to Windrose Air (Ukraine) between Oct-08/Oct-10. The aircraft returned to the lessor in Mar-14 and was fitted with blended with winglets before being leased to Meridiana Airlines (Italy) as EI-FDS later the same month. Meridiana was renamed Air Italy in Mar-18 and Air Italy ceased operations in Feb-20. The aircraft was returned to the lessor and stored at Lasham, UK in Apr-20. As it's now 21 years old there is a possibility that it will be permanently retired. Current, updated (May-20).

I also have 2 photos of this aircraft with RAM as CN-RNO (left-Arabic/right side-English titles) at...

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6334570156 and

www.flickr.com/photos/kenfielding/6334570878

I decided as long as I was at it, I'd replace all the fasteners throughout the lathe with high strength stainless steel, and using a copper-based anti-seize to prevent gauling. McMaster to the rescue for most of the fasteners - and there were quite the selection in size and type used on this lathe.

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Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 06-Jun-24.

First flown in May-98 with the Boeing test registration N3134C, this aircraft was ordered by Garuda Indonesia Airlines as PK-GGM, however the order was cancelled at a late stage and it was stored at Marana, AZ, USA after it's first flight.

Garuda mush have had a change of fleet strategy and the aircraft was eventually delivered to Garuda Indonesia Airlines as PK-GGO in Dec-98, leased from Boeing.

It was due for transfer to Garuda Citilink in Dec-10 but the transfer didn't happen and the aircraft continued in service with Garuda until it was permanently retired at Jakarta-CGK in 2013.

Pondicherry (/pɒndᵻˈtʃɛri/ or /pɒndᵻˈʃɛri/) or Puducherry is a city, an urban agglomeration and a municipality in Puducherry district in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. It is affectionately known as Pondy, and has been officially known by the alternative name Puducherry since 2006. Pondicherry is the regional capital and largest city in the territory.

HISTORY

The history of the City of Pondicherry is recorded only after the arrival of Dutch, Portuguese, British and French colonialists. By contrast, nearby places such as Arikamedu, Ariyankuppam, Kakayanthoppe, Villianur and Bahur, which were annexed by the French East India Company over a period of time and which became the Union Territory of Pondicherry after Independence, have recorded history predating the colonial period.

A marketplace named Poduke or Poduca is recorded as a Roman trading destination from the mid 1st century. The area was part of the Pallava Kingdom of Kanchipuram in the 4th century. The Cholas of Thanjavur held it from the 10th to 13th centuries, only to be replaced by the Pandya Kingdom in the 13th century. The Vijayanagar Empire took control of almost all the South of India in the 14th century and maintained control until 1638 when they were supplanted by the Sultan of Bijapur. The French acquired Puducherry in 1674 and held it, with an occasional interruption by the British or Dutch, until 1954 (de jure 1956), when it was incorporated into the Indian Union along with the rest of French India.

On 18 October 1954 in a general election involving 178 people in Pondicherry Municipal and Commune Panchayat, 170 people were in favor of independence and eight people voted against. On 1 November 1954, Puducherry became part of the union.

However, the formal agreement was signed on 16 August, which is the date celebrated as Independence Day in Puducherry; following the demands of French India, Viduthalai Kaala Makkal Iyyakkam to their current Chief Minister of Puducherry. So 1 November was declared as the Independence Day of Pondicherry and 16 August as the Republic Day.

TOPOGRAPHY

The topography of Pondicherry is the same as that of coastal Tamil Nadu. Pondicherry's average elevation is at sea level, and a number of sea inlets, referred to as "backwaters" can be found.

Pondicherry experiences coastal erosion. The city is protected against the sea by a 2-kilometres long seawall, first completed by the French in 1735, which reaches a height of 27 feet above sea level. A weather-beaten cement plaque with the year 1952 is still visible along a section of the seawall. The seawall is protected from the direct onslaught of waves by rows of granite boulders which are reinforced every year to stop erosion. Whenever gaps appear or the stones sink into the sand, the Government adds more boulders to keep it strong.

TOWN STRUCTURE

Pondicherry city consists of 42 wards. Wards 1-10 are located in north of the city. Wards 11-19 are located in Boulevard Town and remaining wards are located in the southwest of the downtown.

ECONOMY

In 2012, the Ministry of Power inaugurated the Smart Grid project in Puducherry.

Farming around Pondicherry include crops such as rice, pulses, sugarcane, coconuts, and cotton.

CLIMATE

The climate of Pondicherry is classified by Köppen-Geiger system as tropical wet and dry (As), similar to that of coastal Tamil Nadu. Summer lasts from April to early June, when maximum temperatures frequently hit the 41 °C mark. The average maximum temperature is 36 °C. Minimum temperatures are in the order of 28–32 °C. This is followed by a period of high humidity and occasional thundershowers from June till September.

The northeast monsoon sets in during the middle of October, and Pondicherry gets the bulk of its annual rainfall during the period from October to December. The annual average rainfall is 1.240 mm. Winters are warm, with highs of 30 °C and lows often dipping to around 18–20 °C.

DEMOGRAPGICS

At the 2011 India census, Pondicherry had a population of 675,000. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Pondicherry has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 71%. In Pondicherry, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The majority of Pondicherrians speak Tamil, Telugu, or Malayalam. There is a community of French people in Pondicherry and a number of French institutions such as a consulate, the French Institute, and L'Alliance Française.

There is also a sizable community of Indians from other states of India, notably West Bengal, Gujarat and Odisha.

Tamil and French are the official languages of Pondicherry.

TRANSPORT

Pondicherry is connected to Chennai via the East Coast Road through Mahabalipuram. The Pondicherry Road Transport Corporation runs buses within the city. The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operates Volvo air-conditioned services from Chennai to Pondicherry. There are daily bus services from several main stops from Chennai.

From 14 April, as PM N.Modi announces the city to be a Smart City - Pondicherry is now connected by Air India with an ATR aircraft service 6 times a week except Wednesday, its an afternoon service departing from Bangalore returning by evening to Bangalore.

Pondicherry is connected by train to all metros: Chennai, Delhi, Howrah, and Mumbai, as well as other important cities such as Kanyakumari, Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore and Mangalore. Puducherry Airport has scheduled flights to Bangalore, as well as charter flights and operations of the local flying training school.

TOURISM

Pondicherry is a popular tourist destination in South India. The city has many colonial buildings, churches, temples, and statues which, combined with the systematic town planning and planned French style avenues, still preserve much of the colonial ambiance.

The most popular tourist destinations are the four beaches in Pondicherry, which are Promenade Beach (also known locally as the Rocky Beach), Beach, The Auroville Beach and Serenity Beach. Sri Aurobindo Ashram, located on rue de la Marine, is one of the most well known and wealthiest ashrams in India. Auroville (City of Dawn) is an "experimental" township located 8 km north-west of Pondicherry. It is meant to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities.

There are a number of old and large churches in Pondicherry, most of which were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. A number of heritage buildings and monuments are present around the Promenade Beach, such as the Children's Park & Dupleix Statue, Gandhi statue, Nehru Statue, Le Café, French War Memorial, 19th Century Light House, Bharathi Park, Governors Palace, Romain Rolland Library, Legislative Assembly, Pondicherry Museum and the French Institute of Pondicherry at Saint-Louis Street.

Puducherry is also popular for its eateries that cover a wide variety of cuisines ranging from French, Indian and Italian to Mexican, Thai and Chinese. Some restaurants also serve a unique Indo-French cuisine that gives tourists a taste of Puducherry's colonial influences. Most popular eateries include Baker's Street, The White Town Cafe, Zuka, Carte Blanche and La Maison Rose.

Puducherry Botanical Gardens is located south of the New Bus Stand. Chunnambar Backwater resort is situated 8 km from Pondicherry, along the Cuddalore Main Road. This tropical resort is flanked by a quiet-flowing creek on one side. Boating and tree house are very popular.

Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Devasthanam on Manakula Vinayagar Street is a famous Hindu temple, which houses Lord Ganesha. Sri Manakula Vinayagar Temple was in existence before the French came and settled in Pondicherry i.e. before 1666. According to Sasthra, Lord GANESHA is named in 16 types based on his various forms, out of which this god facing the east coast near the Bay of Bengal was named as Bhuvaneshar Ganapathy, now called as Manakula Vinayagar. In Tamil, 'Manal' means sand and 'Kulam' means pond near the sea. Earlier, there was full of sand around the pond. So, the people called the god as Manal Kulathu Vinayagar [means God near the pond of sand]. Later, it was named as Manakula Vinayagar.

Thirukaameeswarar Temple is one of the ancient temples located in a rural town called Villianur (the ancient name is Vilvanallur, meaning "vilva marangal niraindha nalla vur"), which is located about 10 km away (towards Villupuram) from Pondicherry town. This temple is renowned as Periya Koil "Big Temple". The prime god is Lord Shiva and the prime goddess is Goddess Kokilambigai. In addition, there are also other Hindu gods such as Murugan, Vinayagar, Thakshanamoorthy, Perumal, Bhramah, Chandikeshwarar, Natarajar, Navagrahah, and 63 Naayanmaars. The pioneers[clarification needed] in this temple say that the age of this temple is about 1000+ years. It is thought to have been built by one of the Chola kings. There is also a huge "temple pond". The "Ther Thiruvizha" (Car Festival) is celebrated at this temple.

Apart from so many sight seeing places for the tourists, there are a number of various bakeries and restaurants that cater to the Europeans taste buds. For others there are many Indian, Continental, Chinese and fast food restaurants to choose from.

WIKIPEDIA

Replacing an earlier digital photo with a better version 28-Jun-23.

Unusual... An Air Atlanta Boeing 747 actually painted in their full livery... Although it had just started a wet-lease to Cathay Pacific.

Built as a 'Combi' with a side cargo door, this aircraft could be used in full passenger configuration or as a Combi with a main deck cargo area on the left side of the rear fuselage.

The aircraft was delivered to Lufthansa as D-ABYY in Dec-82. It was returned to Lufthansa Leasing GmbH in Aug-91 and was converted into a full freighter, but without the window blanks.

It was leased to German Cargo Air (a Lufthansa Group company) in Nov-91. German Cargo was renamed Lufthansa Cargo in May-93. The aircraft was 'sold' to Lufthansa Cargo in Dec-95.

In Jul-00 the aircraft was sold to a lessor and leased to Southern Air (USA) as N743SA. It was returned to the lessor in Mar-03 and leased to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARL in May-03. In Jan-04 it was wet-leased to MASkargo (Malaysia Airlines cargo division).

The wet-lease to MASkargo became a dry-lease when the aircraft was re-registered 9M-MHZ in Oct-05. It returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARL in May-06. It was wet-leased to Cathay Pacific Airways Cargo in Jun-06 and returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic around May-07.

The aircraft was leased to Tesis Air Cargo as VP-BXE in Nov-07. It was returned to Air Atlanta Icelandic as TF-ARL in Sep-08 and was stored at Luxembourg. After 27 years in service it was ferried to Kuala Lumpur in Jun-09 and was permanently retired. It was broken up at Kuala Lumpur in 2011.

replacing the rotten insides of a very heavy-duty metal door

We had a weekend in Borrowdale recently, a Christmas present that we tagged a day on to. After calling at work on Saturday morning to open for business we headed up the motorway to Penrith. The road through the central lakes was washed away in the recent floods and it is going to be a long job replacing it. This made the diverted journey around 145 miles but we had a good run up there. We wanted to get walking ASAP so we pulled in at Threlkeld with a view to heading up Clough Head, and subject to conditions, head over the Dodds and back by the Old Coach Road. We had left appalling weather at home, wind, rain, fog and sleet on the tops. Thankfully it was better further north. There was laying snow on the summits, it was fairly calm low down and some summits were cloud free.

We left the car at 11.10 in our winter gear, straight up through the quarries and the steep scree slope (another Red Screes), by now we were into the snow line. The cloud was down, the wind gale force and the summit frozen hard – a different world up here. South next to Calfhow Pike, the wind made it difficult to talk and it was around -4 so the there was a fair wind-chill factor. It was tough going to our next top – Great Dodd, part of the Helvellyn massif – It was to icy to walk in places which meant deviating from the path, and losing our bearings, visibility was around ten yards with spindrift creating a whiteout at times. We battled on to the top and found the summit cairn. Great Dodd isn’t the easiest top to find your way off in low visibility, we would have gone further but in these conditions it was pointless so we retraced our steps to Calfhow and clear conditions. From here we followed Mosedale beck to Mariel Bridge, which is on the Old Coach Road, this gave us a circular route back to our start. The Old Coach Road has been wrecked by the floods and the 4x4 off roaders are making it a lot worse. 9.25 miles in 3 ¼ hours and we were in Brysons Tearooms in Keswick for Coffee and cake by 3.45pm. We carried on to Borrowdale and checked in at our hotel, not a bad day really.

After a poor night in a poor bed we were breakfasted and out for 8.30. We drove the few miles up to Seatoller and we were kitted up and away at 9.10. A bitterly cold and icy morning, there was some sun but not as much as promised. We could see the summit of Great End covered in cloud, we were heading up there on to the Sca Fell massif. We followed the valley to the east of Seathwaite Fell, a new path for us. Once in the snow the going was very icy with the path ice covered in places. The snow was dry and powdery and in places it had blown over the underlying ice. At this point I might add, we do own crampons. After a winter of splashing around soaked we didn’t expect to need them and they were at home – very clever! This was our first real winters day this winter, other than an hour on Sca Fell Pike on Christmas Day, we haven’t seen winter conditions this winter. By the time we got to Esk Hause it was difficult to stay upright and on our way to Great End we had to pick our way very carefully around the worst of the ice. The spindrift made it difficult to see the ground at times, spinning around our feet in a mist. Once on the summit the cloud was thick and the wind speed high. We had been here fairly recently so I knew the layout of the summit and we had little difficulty finding the summit cairn. We were cursing our lack of crampons and the cloud. Instead of heading into the cloud along the Sca Fell Pike path we decided to get under the cloud, back to Esk Hause and head over Allen Crags and Glaramara. At this point we both took some heavy falls, as did others up there, a lot turned around and headed back down, it was deadly. The cloud had thickened, there wasn’t a ray of sun to soften things. Our chosen route was one of the hardest afternoons we had ever had. Everywhere was frozen solid, we had to kick toe or heel holes to move on slopes that we wouldn’t have broken stride on normally. Minor rock scrambles down steep crags had become life threatening in places and we proceeded with extreme care. The knees were creaking on the long descent to Seathwaite. 10.3 miles in six hours, almost half the speed of yesterday. We made it Keswick for afternoon tea – and bought some Micro Spikes for unfinished business to deal with tomorrow. A beautiful day was forecast so fingers crossed we headed back for a soak in the tub.

Day three, a gorgeous icy, sunny winters day. Things looked promising. We left along yesterday’s route at the same start time – with walking poles and Micro Spikes! At the top of the valley we met a guy who had set off before us, two guys known to him were picking their way through the crags, tiny specks on the 800 foot rocky crag. Some appeared to have tried to climb the snow filled chimney that runs to the summit but we heard later that conditions weren’t suitable. Even though it was minus four the sun had softened the snow just enough to get a grip and it was easier to avoid the worst of the ice, unlike yesterday. The summit of Great End was incredible with never ending vistas. We could see a steady stream of walkers on every path by now. Word had got out that we were in for a rare treat today, plus it was school half term so a lot of people were off work. I visited every possible viewpoint as we went to the summit of Ill Crag , Broad Crag and finally Sca Fell Pike. It was 1.00 PM by now and a steady stream of elated walkers were arriving on England’s highest point. It was bitter but beautiful. We had around five miles back to the car along the Corridor Route to Styhead, Stockley Bridge and Seathwaite. Part of this route we had covered recently on Christmas Day and despite the snow and ice we powered along. We would have been back in two hours but! A mile from the car, following the manmade path down Taylorgill Force to Stockley Bridge Jayne Stumbled. It’s not often she walks in front. I normally lead and relay instructions and warnings back to her. She hit the rock path with her head and face really hard, stunned, she rolled off the path over a drop. She was vertical, resting on a rock on her knees and clinging on to the edge of the path with her fingertips. I grabbed her rucksack and held her whilst I checked her injuries. She had a bad bump on her temple, another on her forehead, split the bridge or her nose, her glasses had gone flying but would straighten. Being left handed she had stuck her left hand out and it had been bent back, it was swelling and discolouring pretty fast. When I had established that nothing was serious enough to stop her moving I got her back on to the path to see to her injuries. The pain initially made her think that she was in a worse state than ( I thought) she really was. She could move her fingers and wrist, albeit with some pain but not enough for it to be broken. The wound to the bridge of her nose although very painful wasn’t going to be a problem. The bumps on her head were turning into eggs by now. I gave her Ibuprofen and Paracetemol and she sat and composed herself for the final mile. We made it to the café in Keswick and got a slightly later afternoon break, our first of the day again. 11.3 miles today in 6 ¼ hours and fairly tough going. It was nothing more than a careless, tired perhaps, stumble on one of the horrible ( our own opinion, I might add) manmade paths made out of irregular stones which are laid at odd angles and are a nightmare to descend when wet on tired legs. A few days later and Jayne is sat on reception at the doctors looking like she’s been boxing, with a purple eye and nose, her left hand swollen and purple – otherwise she’s OK. I came down with mild food poisoning during the night and had to drive 145 miles home at 8.00 the morning after feeling extremely ill. I was due to start fasting for a Colonoscopy in three days. I ended up eating six slices of toast over a four day period – Monday evening to Thursday evening- Having had over 40 stomach endoscopies in twenty years the colonoscopy was nothing more than uncomfortable and , subject to biopsy results, everything looked OK. The trapped wind was another matter – for two days! All in all a very traumatic week. Needless to say we didn’t use the Micro Spikes.

Replace the blue parts.

The Flannery O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation received a Save America's Treasures grant, a Georgia Heritage Grant, and numerous donations from Friends of Andalusia to restore the Hill house at Andalusia. andalusiafarm.org/andalusia/restoration.htm

Brief note, November 2010: I have replaced the original shot with a reworked copy. This tries to remove some of the yellow spots, and various colour casts that were on the original. The new Photoshop Auto Align Layers works much better than previously, and seems to be able to conform the plates to one another much better, correcting for some of the distortion that can be introduced by the differential shrinkage of the emulsions. I've also done a slight bit of re-contrasting here and there, and changed the title to reflect Slava's comments (Tkx!).

There still is a town called Gunib in Dagestan, and interestingly, it is the place where Shamil (third imam of Dagestan and leader of a rebellion against the Russians) surrended to Russian forces, and was for a while imprisoned. SPG has several photographs depicting Shamil's place of imprisonment, and shows again his fondness for juxtaposition; Gunib is a part of the Russian Empire, but also a site commemorating rebellions against the autocracy.

What's interesting about the composition, for me, are the strong verticals of the poplar trees, clearly planted as windbreaks to shelter the houses, and the verticals of the deeply eroded gullies in the mountainous background, criss-crossed with many many terraced fields. For this is, in spite of what a cursory look might argue, a deeply socialized landscape, with the land back as far as one can see being worked, and clearly having been worked for a long time.

The light is afternoon, so we are likely facing south, and the (relatively) long shadows allow us to guess that it is getting on towards the later end of the day, closing in on suppertime. And in spite of much minute examination of the shot, I still can't see the Church which Slava says he can see.

The MGA is a sports car produced by MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1962.

The MGA replaced the older T-type cars and represented a complete styling break from the older vehicles. The car was officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1955. A total of 101,081 units were sold through the end of production in July 1962, the vast majority of which were exported. Only 5869 cars were sold on the home market, the highest export percentage of any British car. It was replaced by the MGB.

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Der MGA ist ein Sportwagen, den die MG-Division der BMC von 1955 bis 1962 herstellte.

Der MGA ersetzte den TF 1500 und stellte einen völligen Bruch mit der Form seines Vorgängers dar. Der Wagen wurde offiziell auf der IAA in Frankfurt 1955 vorgestellt. Nachfolgemodell war im Juli 1962 der MGB. Bis dahin hatte BMC 101.081 MGA verkauft, die meisten davon im Export. Nur 5869 Exemplare blieben in Großbritannien. Dies ist die höchste Exportrate (94,2 %) eines britischen Autos. Der MGA wurde vorwiegend als Roadster, aber auch als Coupé hergestellt. Mit allen Motorvarianten entstanden insgesamt 9887 Coupés, die sich neben dem Coupédach durch veränderte Türen mit Kurbelfenstern und außen liegenden Türöffnern von den Roadstern unterschieden. Die Heckscheibe war dreigeteilt.

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Bulldogs were replaced with Huskies at Drake University's Knapp Center as it played host to Hoover High School's commencement. Hoover celebrated nearly 200 members of the Class of 2022 at their graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 29.

Replacing and earlier scanned photo with a better version, plus Topaz DeNoise AI 24-Feb-24.

Usually, A310-200's didn't come with 'wing fences', however, Hapag-Lloyd had them fitted to their A310-200's. I think they were the only airline to do so.

First flown with the Airbus test registration F-WWBO, this aircraft was delivered to Hapag Lloyd as D-AHLX in Dec-88. Hapag-Lloyd was renamed Hapagfly .com in Apr-05.

The aircraft was sold to Cramlington Services in Mar-06 and ferried to Maastricht, Netherlands for repaint in S7 Siberia Airlines livery. It was leased to S7 Airlines as VP-BTL in Jun-06.

It was withdrawn from service and stored at Amman-AMM, Jordan in early 2011 and was last noted still there in Jan-16 with many parts missing. It was broken up at Amman in 2019.

LIGHTHOUSE:

Completed in 1936, by the Department of Shipping and Transport, it was the first new lighthouse in New South Wales since 1903. The tower is constructed of reinforced concrete and replaced several earlier lights.

The structure cost £6,800 ($13,600) with plant and equipment £2,607 ($5,214).

It was the first fully automatic flashing light to be installed in New South Wales.

The original light apparatus was found to be faulty so a temporary acetylene gas light was employed until the replacement arrived in October 1938.

The light is bi-coloured. A white light of 4.5 second duration visible through 100 degrees, and a red Light visible through 80 degrees. This latter indicating reefs and headlands.

It was built to serve as a coastal light and particularly for ships entering Port Kembla, to the south of Flagstaff Point. Up until now the only aid had been the old Wollongong Breakwater Lighthouse situated on the Belmore Basin to the north. The Breakwater light was discontinued in 1974.

Info source:

lighthouses.org.au/nsw/wollongong-head-lighthouse/

GUNS:

"These guns were first placed near this location in October 1880 as part of the defences of Wollongong Harbour. They fired a 31kg solid shot up to a range of 1600 metres and were manned by local citizens in the "NSW Volunteer Artillery".

Being disused after 1900, they were recovered and preserved at the Army Reserve and Naval Reserve Cadets' depots during 1959, and restored and relocated at this site by Wollongong City Council in conjunction with Heritage Week 1983."

Info source:

Plaque at Site

I replaced the bright blue eye shadow for a dark brown and a neutral lip color.

Hornfels with pinite (= muscovite mica replacing intergrown cordierite-indialite; “cherry blossom stones”), Tamba Group, Mesozoic (Triassic to lowermost Cretaceous), ~98 m.y. contact metamorphic date.

Locality: at or near Ashio, Tochigi Prefecture, Honshu Island, central Japan

(Limper Geology Museum specimen, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA)

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One of the most famous & visually intriguing geologic materials collected in Japan is the cherry blossom stone. These interesting structures have a complex geologic history.

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What are they now?

Cherry blossom stones are relatively small, subhexagonal-shaped masses of fine-grained muscovite mica that show a flower-like pattern in transverse cross-section.

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What did they used to be?

The muscovite mica is not the original material making up these structures. Before the growth of muscovite mica, these were complex intergrowths of six cordierite crystals and one indialite crystal. So, cherry blossom stones represent muscovite mica replacing cordierite-indialite (muscovite pseudomorphs after cordierite-indialite). Such complex pseudomorphs have been referred to as pinite.

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What is the host rock?

Cherry blossom stones are hosted in a matrix of hornfels, a fine-grained, contact metamorphic rock. Hornfels form by intense alteration (heating & chemical alteration) of shales by nearby lava or magma.

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How did they form?

The hornfels host rocks were originally fine-grained siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (shales) of the Tamba Group (Triassic-Jurassic-lowermost Cretaceous). In the mid-Cretaceous (early Cenomanian Stage, ~98 m.y.), underground igneous activity resulted in granites and granodiorite intrusions altering the shales into hornfels by contact metamorphism. These hornfels had decent-sized masses of intergrown cordierite-indialite.

Indialite is a magnesium aluminosilicate mineral (Mg2Al4Si5O18). Cordierite is an iron magnesium aluminosilicate mineral ((Fe,Mg)2Al4Si5O18). The subhexagonal-shaped masses of cordierite-indialite in the hornfels consist of seven individual crystals. At the center of each mass is a dumbbell-shaped indialite crystal - very narrow at the center, and relatively wide at the ends (look at the varying sizes of the center hexagon in the cherry blossom stones in this photo album). Surrounding the indialite crystal are six prism-shaped cordierite crystals. They are widest at the center of each cherry blossom stone and narrowest at the ends.

A second metamorphic event altered the cordierite-indialite masses. Hydrothermal metamorphism resulted in fine-grained muscovite mica replacing the original minerals.

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Much info. from:

Rakovan et al. (2006) - Sakura Ishi (cherry blossom stones): mica pseudomorphs of complex cordierite-indialite intergrowths from Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. in Minerals from Japan. Rocks & Minerals Reprint 2006: 31-39.

Bulldogs were replaced with Huskies at Drake University's Knapp Center as it played host to Hoover High School's commencement. Hoover celebrated nearly 200 members of the Class of 2022 at their graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 29.

A new eight-lane immersed-tube tunnel will replace the George Massey Tunnel on Highway 99, providing people a toll-free crossing that aligns with regional interests and improves transit, cycling and walking connections across the Fraser River.

Learn more:

news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2021TRAN0124-001624

Replacing an earlier scanned photo with a better version.

Points of Call Canada was a travel organisation specialising in 'club' travel. This was their only aircraft.

Volkonskoite-replaced fossil wood from the Permian of Russia. (4.3 cm across at its widest)

This is a very rare specimen of fossil wood from Permian rocks in western Russia. Most fossil wood is preserved by quartz-permineralization or carbonization. This fossil wood has been replaced by a rare chromian smectite clay mineral called volkonskoite (Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2(Si,Al)4O10 (OH)2⋅4H2O - hydrous calcium chromium magnesium iron hydroxy-aluminosilicate). The chromium (Cr) content gives the fossil its green coloration. The striations appear to be remnants of the original wood structure. The broken sides show that the massive, fine-grained volkonskoite breaks with a conchoidal fracture.

Host rocks & age: soft fluvial sandstones, Kazanian to Tatarian Stages, upper Upper Permian

Locality: Mt. Efimiatsk (Mt. Efimyatskaya), near the town of Efimyata, ~10 miles west of Votinsk Reservoir & ~30 miles southwest of Okhansk, Chastinsky District, southwestern Perm Region, western foothills of the southwestern Ural Mountains, western Russia

This M6x40 bolt has had a little accident with our 400mm circular bladed cordwood saw, which we use to cut firewood. Apparently this little guy was overlooked by the operator. We found it inside the saw, while replacing the blade. It has been chewed up pretty bad.

You should view this on black.