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Technology & Combat Characteristics
Since the Archangel-class assault ship is based upon Orb's Izumo-class battleship, the weaponry of both classes is nearly the same, although, as a whole, the Archangel-class carries more weaponry than the Izumo-class. The armament features positron blaster cannons, beam guns, CIWS, linear cannons and several missile launchers, making the class more powerfully armed than either the Nelson-class battleship or Agamemnon-class carrier. Its only equals are the Girty Lue and LHM-BB01 Minerva. The true power of the Archangel-class is however hidden in the ship's cavernous hangar bay: it supplies room for up to at least eight Mobile Suits or Mobile Armors. Combined with the G Project prototypes, theArchangel was intended to be very nearly invincible. In operations, she was intended to hold the GAT-X102 Duel and GAT-X103 Buster, Lieutenant Mu La Flaga's TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero mobile armor, and two TS-MA2 Moebius mobile armors back for defense while the GAT-X105 Strike, GAT-X303 Aegis, and GAT-X207 Blitz took the battle to the enemy.
Armaments
"Lohengrin" Positron Blaster Cannon
The most powerful weapon of the Archangel-class are two "Lohengrin" positron blaster guns (literally "Knight of Swan", named after Richard Wagner's opera of the same name), which are retractable and mounted inside the two front "legs" of the ship, directly below the hangars.
"Gottfried Mk.71" 225cm High-Energy Beam Cannons
The only other beam weapons carried by Archangel-class ships are two "Gottfried Mk.71" 225cm high-energy beam cannons, which, like the ones of the Izumo-class ships, can move into several positions. As with the positron gun the beam guns are retractable and mounted on top of the two "legs", thus providing defense capabilities while mobile suits are launched.
"Igelstellung" 75mm Automatic Multi-Barrel CIWS
The Archangel is armed with an array of 16 "Igelstellung 75mm automatic multi-barrel CIWS guns that are calibrated exceptionally well to intercept incoming missiles or lightly armored Mobile Weapons. Like the "Gottfried" beam cannons, the CIWS guns are movable to shoot down targets from several directions.
"Valiant Mk.8" 110cm Linear Cannon
Each side of the ship mounts a single "Valiant Mk.8" 110cm linear cannon, which, like the positron and beam cannons are retractable. It could also operate underwater after the Archangel was altered and proved to be exceptional against underwater MS and submarines.
Missile Launchers
Besides energy guns and shell-firing weapons, Archangel-class ships are also equipped with a large number of missile launchers, divided into 24 x surface-to-ship missile launchers and 16 x surface-to-air missile launchers. These launchers allow the Archangel-class to fire a large number of different missile types.
Bridge Tower Missile Launchers
The lighter missiles, such as "Helldart" anti-aircraft missiles are loaded into and stored on tubes on the bridge tower. The light Helldart missiles are primarily used as their classification suggests, in an anti-air role, however they are generally ineffective at damaging targets with phase-shift armor.
Aft Missile Launchers
The stern of the Archangel-class houses two sections that project backwards directly behind its dorsal wings and directly above its engines. These launchers house the heavier missile classes, Sledgehammer anti-ship missiles and Corintoss and Wombat heavy anti-aircraft missiles. When deployed these missiles normally perform a 180° turn in a wide arc around the side of the ship and then forward towards their target.
Blackpool Same Sex Dance Festival held at The Spanish Hall, Winter Gardens, Blackpool. Hosted by the Sugar Dandies.
samesexdancefestival.com/home.html
Images taken by Oskar Marchock
© 2013 Oskar Marchock All Rights Reserved
The left and right images here are exactly the same, except for the color balance setting I chose to apply. For the left image, I tried to correct the amber light from the flash at camera right. For the right image, I tried to correct for the blue light coming from the flash at camera left.
Lens: Sigma 28mm f/1.8 EX DG Macro
Light: two Yongnuo YN560-II speedlights, each at 1/64 power and 105mm zoom, each with a MagGrid in place, each fired via Cactus V5 wireless flash triggers. The camera-left flash had a blue MagGel and the camera-right flash used an amber MagGel.
Uploading these WAY late. Sorry. Moving to new PC after being on the same Win7-Pro machine for like 8+ years (I don't like change!), and it's been a mini-nightmare. Caught these a couple weeks ago at my local BNSF / Santa Fe yard.
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FYI.
These were shot with a 7.5mm fisheye lens because of the location, and poorly corrected so they look somewhat normal...
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Decided to head out to my local yard on a Saturday, got there at 9:30 and I was the only one out at the freight side platform. After a half hour I noticed someone down at the other end that I thought I recognized. Messaged him, and yep, it was him. My dude PasadenaSubColin.
We were both out there to just enjoy the day, me catching freights, and him freights & Metrolinks. He's a good dude to have around, as he lets me know when something cool is on its way into the yard, and I appreciate that he's all plugged into the grid to give the "heads up" when something's coming soon.
Well, this time I had, or rather found out, the "Heads Up" about 15 mins before he let me in on what would be the joke of the day. There apparently was a bicentennial engine coming through the depot today on its way to a RR museum in Perris, CA. The 5704!!!!! Big whoop.... One dude chatted me up asking if I knew when "IT" was supposed to come through. I had no idea what he was talking about and told him I don't follow trains. :-)
15-20 mins. later Colin messages me an FYI, that there's a "Special" train about to roll through. I've been in this situation before. I'm there benching graff, and all of the sudden 20 cars pull up and a bunch of "Railfans" jump out of their cars, run over, take a few photos of the "Special" car(s), engine or train, and when it's gone, they're gone. I feel like these are the people who only get out of bed when something "cool" is rolling through town. I really doubt they care about day-to-day operations of the RR. And honestly there's no way they give a shit about the graff.
Most people out at the tracks are cool, but there's a certain group of people who seem to have zero social skills when something "Special" is coming through, and we had at least one on this day. Some dude that kept walking past us, standing in my spot, like he was going to shoot from there when I got there at 9:30, and he got there at Noon. Walking past us by inches, and not saying a word, head down... Walking in front of cameras that were filming, hanging around my backpack and gear while I was like 30 feet away, just weird, un-cool shit. I'm not down with any of this. But I don't want to burn this spot as a bencher and didn't start any trouble, even though I wanted to punch this dude.. GRRR!
Will not be posting flicks of this special train car. Sorry. I saw it, I flicked it, but the whole experience was crap, and it was just one engine, big deal. I was there for the graff that you're seeing me post.
Was hot, no clouds, and at my end of the platform I had a 2ft. x 3ft. spot of slowly moving shade that was cast by one of the platform lights. After a while Colin and I were sharing this tiny moving spot of shade. No worries, we get along just fine.
BTW: PasadenaSubColin is a FOAMER!!!!!!!! ;-p
Managed to re-flick a few cars that I caught at the beginning of the month at the other end of the valley. Anyway........ I'll be back to try and ID these pieces soon. Might take me a little longer than usual as, like I said before, new computer, new crap to deal with..
Stay safe out there homies.
And..... As always, Thanks to the writers!
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Grateful to be awake and alive. Grateful for a new wave. Grateful for friends who uplift. Grateful life is good. Grateful to be back on top. Grateful it's all coming back to me. Grateful to be here.
Grateful it's working out for me. Grateful I know I am loved. Grateful it's easy to do the work. Grateful I know my mood is my only work.
Grateful for this day. Grateful for plans. Grateful I don't care. Grateful it gets easier. Grateful to wake up feeling good. Grateful I know it can only reflect me. Grateful to be my reason for feeling good.
Grateful I know what I know. Grateful for the wave. Grateful for inspiration. Grateful I already have it all.
I am my reason for feeling good. I am doing me.
I am inspired. I am doing my best work. I am in the flow. I am trusting life.
I let it come to me. I don't care. I am letting it come to me. Life is easy. I am focused.
Life is effortless for me. I am at ease. I am at peace. I am the silent observer. I see the magick of life. I see the miracle.
I am loved. It's happening right now. I am smiling. I am uplifted. I am inspired. I am winning!
Life is going my way. I am loved and cared for. I am free. I love everyone the same. I love unconditionally. I love you like a child.
Life is easy. It's all working out. I don't have to DO anything.
I am my reason for feeling good. I've decided to feel good about that. I've decided to care about how I feel. I can choose to feel good no matter what.
this girls (Keira from The Princess and the Popstar and Anne Bonny from Assassin's Creed Black Flag) have the Same German voice i love this vocie *-* it is so funny to hear this voice in ACBF. XD www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih-TjdnqVRU&list=SPsbE5r1F_cS... hear it at 0:00 - 0:30
This is a family dedicated channel to our beloved big lad Benji
We got Benji in 2007 when he was 4 years old as the owner was suffering from an illness and was no longer capable of looking after him
We got him on the 21st may 2007 so we used that date to celebrate his birthday
When Benji came to live with us he was a very independant lad and was always the boss especially over my two young sons and he stamped his authority quite quickly
He did test us at the beginning but soon knew that living here with us he was going to get nothing more than love and attention and he got that in abundance
He loved his home comforts as he would often take over the settee and would declare that space as his own
I myself have had health issues and Benji would always pop his head up to see if everything was alright with me and i would do the same with him everynight
We nearly lost Benji in 2013/2014 when we discovered a small lump on his groin and the vet at the time told us it was just a fatty lump and just ignore it
We knew something was not right and advised the vet that we wanted it removed and we would pay for the operation
We booked him in 2 weeks after that appointment and when we got him to the PDSA they told us that it was a good job that we ignored her colleagues advice and decided to go for the operation as it saved his life as this so called fatty lump was actually a growth that was cutting off his blood vessel, The operation was a success and it extended our time with Benji
There was times that we questioned some of the vets advice as for when we kept asking about all the lumps that was appearing on his body and again we were told that they were just fatty lumps
Over the past couple of years we were concerned of a few lumps under his chest and a few that would appear around his ribs etc and again we were told to ignore them as they were fatty lumps
Well those lumps turned out to be cancer and cost our baby boy his life as his liver had also became very enlarged and we had to make a decssion if we wanted to die in agony as we were informed or for the vet to give him that terrible injection
We took him home for a day so that he could say his goodbyes to my sons and we stayed awake with him all night
The following morning we gave him his favourite a tin of tuna and he had a good drink of water and at 10:15am on September 1st 2017 Benji was put to sleep
My wife held him in her arms as i cuddled his head and kept him from seeing the needles and he dropped into his deep sleep forever
The vet that dealt with Benji on his final moment was a wonderful and caring vet and we thank her from the bottom of our hearts for all she done
We love you Benji and we will walk together again one day soon
Forever your
Mammy, Daddy and Brothers
Chambersburg Cold Storage SW1 8411 sits at the end of track at Americold's facility. Does this thing ever move?
Built in 1949 for the New York Central, this old EMD has been around the block a few times. Before it made its way to Chambersburg, it spent some time in Mount Airy, Maryland after Conrail was through with it.
I shot this thing in the same location in 2021 in better paint.
www.flickr.com/photos/mastadon4935/51294874770/in/photost...
Lovely Same Sex wedding with visual cues for the ASL members of the event, reception at the Powder Mills Park.
Heritage Weekend can be frustrating in that most of the activities take place on Saturday, the same day as Ride and Stride, meaning sometimes many interesting places can't be visited as I am chasing the lost cause of a long locked church.
But in recent years, the weekend has become very much that, and in some cases spreads over two weekends and some weekdays too.
St Mildred was listed as being open on Sunday, so we were at the church door a minute past ten, just as well as a service was due to start at eleven, and although when I arrived just the vicar was there, soon a small army of wardens and volunteers had arrived and were getting buy, meaning I would have got in their way, and they in my shots.
But, I work quick and already had many of the shots I wanted.
I had been here before, many years ago, maybe seven, and I did an OK job, but about 30 shots taken, nowhere enough to record this large and sprawling city centre church.
So, here we are:
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The Church of Saint Mildred is an Anglo-Saxon stone church in Canterbury probably dating from the 11th century. It has been a Grade I listed building since 1949.[1] It is located in the St. Mildred's quarter of the historic city centre. This is the only surviving pre-Norman church within the former city walls.[2]
It is unknown when the church was originally built, but two of the walls of the nave are Anglo-Saxon, i.e. are preserved from before 1066. It is believed that the chancel is Anglo-Saxon as well. The relics of Saint Mildred, who died in 768, were transferred from Canterbury Cathedral to St Augustine's Abbey in the middle of the 11th century, and it is likely that the church was built at that time.[1]
St Mildred's Church has a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel. Most of the nave and the chapels date from between the 13th century and 1512. It was extensively restored in 1861.[1]
The church belonged to St Augustine's Abbey until the abbey was abolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in 1538, and since then it has belonged to the Crown.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Mildred,_Canterbury
St Mildred was the daughter of Ermenburga, grand daughter of King Ethelbert of Kent and consecrated Abbess of the Convent of Minster in Thanet by St Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury in AD694. Mildred supported the poor and is usually depicted holding a deer (the symbol of Minster) or a church and three geese. She died c.732, and her tomb became a place of pilgrimage. Her relics were acquired by St Augustine's Abbey in 1033, but Archbishop Lanfranc later also claimed them for St Gregory's Priory in the mid 11th century. The church was founded around 1033, but virtually destroyed by fire in 1246. A tower and new roof were added in the 1300s, North aisle and Nave windows in 1400s and SE chapel in 1500s. The tower was demolished and bells sold in 1832, the whole church restored in 1861 and again in 1920s. This has left a hall church with a five bay nave, two bay chancel, North aisle, SE chapel and North porch. Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler who fished for trout in the Stour, married here in 1626.
www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/stmildred/4590809557
There are, within the walls of this city, twelve parish churches now remaining, and there were five more, which have been long since demolished; and there are three churches now situated in the suburbs of it, and there has been one demolished—Of those now remaining, there were only two, viz. St. Martin's without, and St. Alphage's within the walls, which were not of the patronage of some religious house or abbey, in or in the near neighbourhood of the city, and these two were in the patronage of the archbishop. (fn. 1)
It may be thought strange, that the number of churches in this city has decreased so much, and that so many of them have been united to others, and yet together, even at this time, make but a very moderate income to the incumbents; this has been supposed, in general, to have been occasioned by the great failure of their former profits, which they enjoyed before the reformation, of private masses, obits, processions, consessions, or the like; all which then fell to the ground, and lessened the income of most of them to a very small pittance. However, as will be seen hereafter, some of these churches were become desecrated and in ruins, and others were united long before the above time; which seems to have been owing, in great measure, to many of them having been built by the bounty of well disposed persons, in hopes of a future support and endowment, which failing, and the repairs and support of the fabric lying too heavy on the parishioners, they suffered them to run to ruin; and there being no susficient maintenance for the priests, they became desecrated, or were united to some other neighbouring churches. Indeed it appears plain, that poverty was the sole cause of their decay; for in their most flourishing state, the benefice of each of these churches was so low and poor, that they were for that very reason excused in all taxations, being of less value than the stipends of poor vicars, which had been advanced above five marcs a year. (fn. 2)
The decrease of the value of church benefices was equally felt in other cities and towns, as well as this, which occasioned an act of parliament to be passed at Oxford, in the 17th of king Charles II. for uniting churches in cities and towns corporate; in conformity to which, in 1681, a petition was made to the archbishop, under the names and seals of the major part of the mayor and aldermen, and justices of the peace, of this city, who being informed of the archbishop's intentions of uniting the parish churches of it, according to the above act, they did thereby give their free consent, that those within the city should be united, viz.
ST. PAUL'S and ST. MARTIN'S,
ST. MARY BREDMAN'S and ST. ANDREW'S,
HOLY CROSS WESTGATE, and ST. PETER'S,
ST. ALPHAGE'S and ST. MARY'S NORTHGATE,
leaving all things necessary to the perfecting of this union, according to the tenor of the above act; which instrument was dated March 6th, that year, and signed by Jacob Wraight, mayor, and P. Barrett, recorder, &c. To this was added a petition of the dean and chapter of Canterbury to the archbishop, as being perpetual patrons of the parish churches of St. George, St. Mary Magdalen, St. Paul, St. Mary Bredman, and St. Peter, within the city and liberties, for the uniting of those churches with each other and with others adjoining, in manner as above-mentioned in the former petition, which was given under their common seal, dated March 13th the same year. Upon the receipt of these, the archbishop issued his decree, reciting the two petitions for uniting the several above-mentioned churches, the particulars of which will be found under the description of each of them; which decree was dated at Lambeth, on March 24, 1681. To which the inhabitants of each parish signed their consents, by their several instruments, dated December 19th, 20th, and 21st, the same year. After which, by a decree of the archbishop's in 1684, with the consent of the mayor, aldermen and justices of the peace of this city, and of the king, under his great seal as patron, he united the church of All Saints with St. Mary de Castro, already united to it, to the parish church of St. Mildred; further particulars of which will be found under the latter parish. It should seem the decree of the archbishop in 1681, for the uniting of the churches of Holy Cross Westgate, and St. Peter did not have its full effect, for on April 6, 1692, there were two petitions, one from the mayor and eight others, and another from the dean and chapter to the archbishop, similar to the former ones, for this purpose; and the archbishop's decree, dated at Lambeth, the 13th of that month, united these churches; and with the same particulars in every thing else as the former decree in 1681.
T. MILDRED'S church is situated at the southwest extremity of the city, near the Old Castle and the river Stour, in the church-yard belonging to it. This church is a large handsome building, of three isles and three chancels, with a square tower steeple on the north side, in which are five bells. This church and a great part of the city, was, according to Stow, burnt in the year 1246, anno 30 Henry III. but as it should seem not entirely so, for at the west end of the south isle there is a very fair Roman arch, remaining over the window, and by all appearance the work of those times. (fn. 122)
¶This church is a rectory, the patronage of which was part of the possessions of the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, with whom it continued till the dissolution of that monastery, in the 30th year of king Henry VIII. when it came into the hands of the crown, where it has continued ever since, the king being the present patron of it.
The church of St. Mildered is valued in the antient taxation at eight marcs per annum.
This rectory, with that of the antient desecrated church of St. Mary de Castro, or of the Castle, is valued in the king's books, at 17l. 17s. 11d. and the yearly tenths at 1l. 15s. 9½d. (fn. 123) In 1588 it was valued at fifty pounds. Communicants three hundred and sixty. In 1640 it was valued at seventy pounds.— Communicants one hundred.
Archbishop Sancrost, by his decree, dated Sept. 29, 1684, united the rectory of All Saints, in this city, with St. Mary de Castro, of the king's patronage likewife, to this of St. Mildred, (fn. 124) in which state it continues at this time. It is now about the clear annual value of eight pounds. (fn. 125)
The neighbouring church of St. John, becoming desolated after the reformation, tacitly devolved to this church of St. Mildred, and it has ever since been esteemed as part of this parish.
Luis Eladio Pérez is an ex-Senator of Colombia, who was taken hostage by the FARC on the 10th June 2001 and set free on the 28th of February 2008. He spent four of those years in the same camp as Ingrid Betancourt, in the Colombian jungle, and they became very close friends. He last saw Ingrid on the 4th February 2008, and is thus the person who brings us the latest eye-witness account of her conditions of hostage and state of health.
This set of photos was taken in Paris on Wednesday the 19th March 2008. He came to Paris in order to meet with French President Sarkozy and present a humanitarian accord plan which we all hope shall lead to the setting free of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages held by the FARC.
While in Paris, Senator Pérez met with the members of the Support Committee for Ingrid Betancourt & the Other Hostages Held in Colombia – these are images of that meeting. He confirmed Ingrid’s very bad health, her demoralisation, and the dreadful conditions in which she is being held. He came across as a very humane and humble man, who is trying his best to help Ingrid and the other hostages find their freedom, and to try and settle the situation in Colombia. There were moments of great sadness (for example when the conditions of detention, such as being tied by the neck to posts using chains), and thankfully others when smiles were also possible (such as when he sang the first verses of the French national anthem ‘La Marseillaise’, which Ingrid had taught him). There was a real exchange between human beings, not all speaking the same language but finding means to communicate. Naturally, he did not disclose any information concerning the confidential discussions taking place.
In this dire situation, his plan is a very thin life-line for those being held and for their families.
The international community and especially the FARC and the governments of Colombia, Venezuela, France, the United States of America & the European Union need to make a real effort to get results at this fragile moment.
We as citizens of these countries have our role to play by showing our governments that we will not accept the cynicism of a Real-politik which will ultimately cost the lives of innocent men and women – by demonstrating our support for those held hostage, by showing those in power that they must listen to those who voted them into that power; we can make a difference.
On Sunday the 6th April, marches are being organised across France in support of Ingrid and the other hostages. Everyone attending is asked to wear white, as a symbol of hope. There isn’t much time left and these marches are important as a final civic and popular message to the FARC and governments that the current situation must be resolved and fast.
In Paris, the march sets off at 14h30 (2:30pm) in front of the Opera House of Paris (Opera Garnier) and shall end in front of the Elysée Palace, where the voice of ordinary people, that is to say our voice; shall be physically and symbolically presented in the form of the petition which close to 600,000 people have signed in France alone. If you are in Paris that day, please come join us and make your voice heard.
Links:
www.agirpouringrid.com (official site, in French - soon in English & Spanish)
www.betancourt.info (multi-lingual)
www.saveingrid.blogspot.com (my blog in support of Ingrid - in English)
"How come I got freckles and red hair - and YOU got something completely different? Aren't we from the same family tree?"
Sheesh, pointing out the obvious.
The variation in these autumn leaves had me wandering around happily with camera in hand for ages.
As well as being a village of the same name, 'Cabo de Gata' also refers to Andalucia's largest coastal protected area, a wild and isolated landscape with some of Europe's most original geological features. It is the only region in Europe with a Warm Desert climate. The region also includes 'Las Salinas de Cabo de Gata', the salt flats near the headland which are home to a variety of birds including thousands of greater flamingos. It truly is an area of outstanding natural beauty and of great interest to walkers, hikers and nature enthusiasts alike. For much more detailed information about 'Cabo de Gata', take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabo_de_Gata-N%C3%ADjar_Natural_Park. There are plenty more photos of Cabo de Gata and other Spanish towns/locations if you take a look at my 'Albums' page, www.flickr.com/photos/36623892@N00/sets/ - thank you.