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A change in weather yields a new moth
Wednesday (and as per a previous post) I was scheduled to go out but in brief my wife wasn't very well and the weather was a little iffy after a huge thunderstorm on Tuesday night with some localised downpours.
Conditions seemed better on Wednesday but the expected temperature of 28 degrees never materialised and we topped out at 22 degrees here, which is still relatively respectful.
The trap was set-up with the rain cover firmly on expecting more rain, which did come at some point in the night.
By the morning, the catch was quite pleasing with a new Tortrix moth for me and always a sweetner adding it to the garden list, Adoxophyes orana the Summer Fruit Tortrix and making it the 1st County record for Hertfordshire!
Other nice moths included a year first Tree-lichen Beauty, a moth that is increasing its range across the Country and the last 3 years it has been recorded from my garden.
Chinese Character was also very welcome and I have had just one record in 2013 and 2015 so far, so as you can see it is a bi-yearly singleton species and very consistent.
Mompha propinquella returned after a 4 year absence, a pretty unusual little moth that is very photogenic.
Also I’m pretty sure I have both Acleris laterana and comariana, the latter a rare moth in Herts having caught the second County record many years ago on the farm, laterana would be a year first and comariana would be a garden first. Both will need dissecting to be 100% the photos look convincing.
Epiblema costipunctana was back after its debut year last year, a thistle feeder and a most welcome second garden record.
And finally Zelleria hepariella was a new species of Micro Moth for the garden having recently recorded one at Scales Part in North-east Herts, not a common moth for me I must add.
As I finish typing, Saturday has been a complete wash-out and last night's catch was completely sodden...more on that soon.
Catch Report - 19/07/17 - Back Garden - Stevenage - 1x 125w MV Robinson Trap
Macro Moths
1x Chinese Character [NFY]
1x Tree-lichen Beauty [NFY]
1x Bright-line Brown-eye
3x Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
1x Buff Footman
2x Common Footman
11x Common Rustic
1x Common Wainscot
1x Dark Arches
1x Dingy Footman
2x Dot Moth
2x Dun-bar
2x Elephant Hawk-moth
1x Grey Dagger
1x Haworth's Pug
1x Heart & Dart
1x July Highflyer
2x Least Carpet
2x Maple Pug
1x Mottled Beauty
1x Mottled Rustic
2x Nut-tree Tussock
1x Poplar Hawk-moth
1x Purple Thorn
1x Red Twin-spot Carpet
14x Riband Wave
1x Rustic
3x Scarce Footman
1x Scalloped Oak
2x Silver-Y
1x Smoky Wainscot
1x V-Pug
6x Uncertain
1x Yellow-tail
Micro Moths
1x Adoxophyes orana [NEW!]
1x Zelleria hepariella [NFG]
2x Acleris laterana/comariana [NFY]
1x Agriphila tristella [NFY]
1x Eucosma conterminana [NFY]
1x Eucosma hohenwartiana [NFY]
1x Mompha propinquella [NFY]
4x Pammene regiana
1x Prays fraxinella
1x Acleris forsskaleana
1x Acrobasis advenella
2x Acrobasis suavella
10x Agriphila straminella
11x Blastobasis adustella
2x Chrysoteuchia culmella
1x Coleophora sp
2x Cameraria ohridella
1x Cnephasia sp
3x Cydia spledana
7x Endotricha flammealis
18x Eudonia lacustrata
3x Eudonia mercurella
1x Euzophera pinguis
2x Oegoconia sp
1x Pammene aurita
2x Pandemis heparana
9x Pleuroptya ruralis
2x Plutella xylostella
6x Spilonota ocellana
9x Yponomeuta evonymella
Taking a light semester in the sense that I'm only taking four classes, but they're not easy by any means. (Organic Chemistry II, Organic Chemistry II Lab, Calculus I, Freedom in Eastern Europe).
Heading into Caernarfon. First view of the town walls from Glan Mor.
Between towers 4 and 5. The entrance at Northgate Street near Bank Quay.
Caernarfon's town walls are a medieval defensive structure around the town of Caernarfon in North Wales. The walls were constructed between 1283 and 1292 after the foundation of Caernarfon by Edward I, alongside the adjacent castle. The walls are 734 m (2,408 ft) long and include eight towers and two medieval gatehouses. The project was completed using large numbers of labourers brought in from England; the cost of building the walls came to around £3,500, a large sum for the period. The walls were significantly damaged during the rebellion of Madog ap Llywelyn in 1294, and had to be repaired at considerable expense. Political changes in the 16th century reduced the need to maintain such defences around the town. Today the walls form part of the UNESCO world heritage site administered by Cadw. Archaeologists Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham describe the defences as "a remarkably intact walled circuit".
Grade I listed building.
History
The borough of Caernarfon was established by Edward I of England under the Statute of Wales in 1284. It was the centre of government for N Wales and was protected by the erection of the Town Wall, with Caernarfon Castle at its S end. The construction of the Town Wall had begun in 1283 in conjunction with the building of Caernarfon Castle, probably under the direction of James of St George who was architect of the castle. Masonry work on the first phase of the Town Wall was completed by 1285, re-using some stone from Segontium Roman fort. The Town Wall was badly damaged in the native uprising of 1294 and were restored and improved in 1295 at a cost of £1195. The wall walk and towers were further repaired in 1309-12. Of other entrances, only a single postern gate has survived intact, the Greengate to the SE. Former posterns on the W side are infilled and can be seen in the W wall of the church of St Mary and gable end of the police station. Another postern, the Water Gate at the end of Castle Ditch, has been altered. Further openings facing Bank Quay, from Church Street, Market Street and Northgate Street, are later insertions. The bell tower at the NW corner was converted for ecclesiastical use as accommodation for the chaplain of the church of St Mary, built 1307-16. The Bath Tower facing the Promenade was converted in 1823 when the Earl of Uxbridge created public baths on the site of the present 11-17 Church Street, part of a scheme to attract visitors to the town, when the upper stage of the Bath Tower became a reading room. The main E and W entrances survive substantially intact (are listed as separate items).
Exterior
High coursed rubble-stone wall in several straight sections forming an irregular plan and a circuit approximately 730m long, with 2 gate houses (listed as separate items) and eight 2-stage round towers contrasting with the polygonal towers of the castle. The quality of masonry in the wall is variable, accounted for by various repairs and restorations. The towers have mainly open gorges and were originally crossed by timber bridges, one of which has been repaired on the NE side. The upper stages of the towers have arrow loops, while the embattled parapet, where it survives, has similar loops to the merlons. The walls have regular brattice slots. At the SE end the wall has been demolished across Castle Ditch and begins on its N side, where on the inner side facing Hole-in-the-Wall Street stone steps to the wall walk survive at high level, and where there is a postern gate, known as the Greengate, under a 2-centred arch with portcullis slot. The adjacent tower has a shouldered lintel to a fireplace in the upper stage. The wall, with 2 towers and the East Gate to High Street, continues on a high bank, around to the N side facing Bank Quay. The NE tower survives to the full height of its battlements and has stone steps on the inner side. A skewed archway has been inserted leading to Northgate Street. Further W, an inserted segmental arch spans a double-carriageway entrance to Market Street, while the tower on its W side also retains stone steps. A lower segmental arch leads to Church Street immediately to the E of the church.
On the NW side the church of St Mary is integral with the Town Wall and its NW, or Bell Tower, houses the vestry, while its upper storey served as a priest's dwelling. Facing N it has a 2-light Tudor window under a hoodmould, with sunk spandrels, while the W face has a plainer 2-light window in the upper stage. On the parapet is a gabled bellcote. A blocked former postern gate is on the return facing the promenade, incorporated into the church. The next tower facing the promenade is the Bath Tower, which has early C19 detail in connection with the baths established in 1823. It has its doorway in the S side facing the Promenade, which has a pointed arch with studded boarded door and Y-tracery overlight. In the N and S faces the upper stage has restored 3-light mullioned and transomed windows incorporating iron-frame casements, and restored embattled parapet. A 2-storey projection with parapet is built behind. At the W end of the High Street is the former gatehouse known as Porth-yr-Aur, beyond which there is a single tower behind the former jail. The tower is enclosed at the rear by a late C19 wall with segmental arch flanked by small-pane windows under lintels. Further S is a segmental arch across Castle Ditch, on the S side of which the reveal and part of the keyed arch of an earlier gateway is visible, while the wall abutting the castle is an addition of 1326.
Reasons for Listing
Listed grade I, the medieval Town Wall has survived to almost the complete extent of the original circuit, defining the medieval town, and with Caernarfon Castle is of national significance in the survival of a medieval garrison town.
Scheduled Ancient Monument CN 034.
World Heritage Site.
The airline began operations as Robinson Airlines in 1945 out of Ithaca Municipal Airport near Ithaca, New York, flying single engined, three passenger Fairchild F-24 aircraft.
In 1952 it was renamed Mohawk Airlines.
BMF FULL SCHEDULE:
12pm Golden Gate Park (old log cabin meadow)
12:00-12:35 StitchCraft ~ (freak folk)
12:45-1:20 Cradle Duende feat. MC RAI ~ (klezmer flamenco rock meets virtuosic Arab singing)
1:20-2:00 Evan Francis Jazz ~ (funky intelligent jazz from SF’s acclaimed Jazz Mafia)
2:15-3:00 rollicking barn dance with dance caller Alan Winston and live old time band led by Kathrine Gardner (old time)
3:15-4:00 Locura ~ (female-fronted Latin rebel rock)
4:00-5:00 Loyd Family Players ~ (huge sound, booty rocking drum line)
5:00pm Live-On-Bike performances (route map)
- Opera Duets feat. Brooke Munoz & William O’Neill from SF Conservatory (opera)
- Kipchoge and the Ginger Ninjas ~ (folk rock)
6:00pm Showplace Triangle (16th St. & Wisconsin)
6:00-7:00 boom boom boom boom boom! feat. Izzy*Wise (hot Bay Area DJ)
7:00-7:45 Fito Reinoso ~ (Cuban salsa)
8:00-8:45 Sukhawat Ali Khan ~ (ecstatic booty shaking N. Indian bhangra rock)
8:45-9:00 aerial performance by Tara Quinn ~ (acrobatics/ circus)
9:00-9:45 California Honeydrops ~ (blues, gospel, New Orleans jazz, early r&b)
10:00-10:45 Ashel Eldridge/ Seasunz ~ (Oakland progressive hip hop)
10:55-11:25 Fossil Fool the Bike Rapper ~ (SF bike activist hip hop)
151017-N-WO404-113 PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 17, 2015) A sailor assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 3, Platoon 3-1-1 is extracted from the flight deck by an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, assigned to the "Black Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, while participating in a fast-roping exercise on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). UNITAS 2015, the U.S. Navy's longest running annual multinational maritime exercise, is part of the Southern Seas deployment planned by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. This 56th iteration of UNITAS is conducted in two phases: UNITAS PACIFIC, hosted by Chile, October 13-24, 2015 and UNITAS Atlantic, hosted by Brazil scheduled for November. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Nelson/Released)
A game I play, called Furcadia. I decided to ask a patron from furcadia if I could borrow this picture and set it with my own colors and markings. Though (c) goes To disney. :)
Well it's mid September 2020. The Age of Wonders has yet to arrive, with a new, later theatrical debut every time I look at the website. But, the merchandise seems to be on schedule, namely the S.H. Figuarts WW84 Wonder Woman figure.
WW84 takes place in 1984, and takes place before Justice League. While I know continuity has been an issue with the DCEU movies, there's a few things I hope this movie will explain... of course it could just be me that cares about these things. Gal Gadot returns as the lead character, with an interesting supporting cast including Chris Pine, who needs to regale audiences with the story as to why he's not dead.
Contents of the WW84 package are... kind of slim for the price point of 6,600 Yen. You get the figure, two face plates (eyes forwards, eyes to the right), an empty Lasso of Truth holster, six additional posing hands, and an uncoiled mid motion Lasso of Truth. This time around, she apparently has no sword or shield (which I believe were smashed to bits in the previous movie). On a related note, she also has no leather bandolier this time around either. The coiled Lasso of Truth is now a single piece along with actual holster. which helps displaying the figure with no Lasso in hand.
Lets get the obvious out of the way. In the event it wasn't obvious, Tamashii Nations effectively recycled the previous body and slapped on a new head. The colours were tweaked (most likely due to movie costume changes) and the side by side photos should give good indication of that. Skin tone was darkened because, well, Gal Gadot has a complexion.. or the guy in charge of that sort thing wasn't blind this time around.
With regards to the head, it should be readily apparent that Tamashii Nations tried much, much, much harder to this time to actually get that Gal Gadot accuracy. It's not perfect, most notable being the eyes front sculpt seems to have issues with regards to paint location for the pupils, but its definitely recognizable as Gadot, and a hell of an improvement over the first one.
How anyone could possibly mistake that one for Gal Gadot is something that probably needs an entire Netflix series to explain.
The aforementioned issues with eyes front sculpt seem to be a widespread QC issue, so overall the eyes right sculpt is definitely the better of the two, and works better with her hair anyway.
In addition to getting the right image for the digital painting, Tamashii Nations updated the actual shape of the face, and her hair/wig, replicating her half front/half back look from many of the promotional photos, and also allows Gadot/Wonder Woman to showcase her strong jawline. Detailing on the hair itself is finer as well.
So now that her face and hair are more accurate, there's one more improvement to discuss before leaving this section. One of my pet peeves about the first release was that there was no thought given as to how the head would turn, as that section of hair that goes over the right should had no give. It also got in the way of the shoulder movement.
Tamashii Nations fixed this by adding in the hair, which allows the hair to move out of the way for turning, and will yield in the event the shoulder is moved. It's a bit clunky, but it does work. Maybe they'll do something to fix the back hair the next time.
Moving on to our usual overview criteria, articulation points are plentiful. You get goes, ankles with tilt and pivot, double jointed knees, hips with thigh swivel and displaced joints to allow for greater range of motion, waist, mid-torso, shoulders with chest collapse, single jointed elbows, wrists, neck and head.
Due to lack of bulk in the arms, the single jointed elbows appear to sufficient for posing purposes. The back of her head unfortunately does get in the way of tilting her head back, so no flying poses or tilting the head up. You can do a nice variety of action poses, including her trademark Bracers pose, but's she's no Revoltech. Furthermore, you really just have the Lasso as a weapon (and it's not even the spinning one like the Hot Toys has) so generally speaking rope tricks is about as exotic as you're going to get on the figure.
Paint work is excellent, with no observable bleeds between colours or overspray. Details on the face itself are great, and honestly just keep me excited for improvements we'll see next time around (in a good way). The only messy paint apps are basically invisible - they're on the edges of armour that expose flesh bits. I also mentioned the issues with the location of pupils on the eyes front sculpt.
All in all, pupil location aside, only the most anal retentive will find something to complain about paint wise on this figure.
Finally, with regards to build quality, everything is in order for a figure of this price point. Limbs are the same length and joints operate as designed. Finishes on the parts themselves are very good, with the usual Figuarts level of seam polishing. The only beef I have is that the front hair section likes to come off on mine a bit to easily. Other than that, everything holds together as expected.
It's amazing what a "simple" head change can do for a figure - it's almost like a brand new thing when in reality, it's effectively the same. This new head. even with its somewhat wonky articulation, this is undoubtedly the best Gal Gadot Wonder Woman figure at this size.
She looks the part, and now, can actually utilize the full posing capabilities of the body. I just wish she had more gear to pose with.
There has been no news about a Golden Armour version of her being released... on the other hand, this wouldn't be the first time a winged figure was released, so there's hope it can and will happen.
I guess we'll have to wait till December to (hopefully) find out.
.... for today, tomorrow, the next day and the weekend! Yep, I'm going to be in my garden for most of my time! I might manage to get to the gym and for a round of golf but my wife has told me "that depends!"
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Day 248 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Tonight, major league baseball's all stars will take to the field at Yankee Stadium. It will be one of the last big events held at the stadium, before it's torn down and the new Yankee Stadium is erected.
Some time in the past few years, my love of the game has dissipated. There was a time when my life was ruled by the Yankees schedule, when I lived, breathed and slept baseball. I have the most wonderful memories of Yankee Stadium and I'll be sorry to see it go.
This is my baseball story. I wrote it in March of 2003. It's one of my favorite stories to tell and I'm ever so grateful for the opportunity I had to spend so much time inside Yankee Stadium.
So, I have a baseball story for you.
It was the summer of '86. I had gone back to college the previous spring after an extended hiatus. 21 credits crammed into one semester after not being in school for a while was exhausting, so I passed on taking any summer classes. I was working nights at the time and thought I would spend my summer days sleeping until noon and lounging around the house. And then my Dean made me an offer I couldn't refuse - a summer job that would entail driving to The Bronx every morning, not getting home until midnight most nights, working a few weekends, all for no pay except a few college credits.
I almost laughed at him until he explained who I would be working for. The New York Yankees. Not as a hot dog vendor or ticket-taker. I would be working inside the vaunted walls of Yankee Stadium. Hell, I would have paid them to let me have that job.
I was to spend my days as an editorial assistant for Yankee Magazine, cropping pictures, proofreading stories and doing advertising layout for the magazine. At night, if the Yankees were on a homestand, I would stay for the games and run errands. If I wasn't needed I was welcome to stay for the games, anyhow.
I spent a lot of time that humid summer in the cool confines of the archives room, poring through photos of Yogi Berra and Joe Dimaggio, reading scorecards from games played long ago and generally living in a baseball time warp. The room was stuffed with trophies and plaques and mementos of the greatest baseball team that ever existed. And here was all this history, all this fame right at my fingertips. Ticket stubs, game programs, yellowed articles and dusty photographs were my companions that summer. Each time I left the room - usually after a futile search for whatever memorabilia or picture I was sent for - my fingers would be coated with the dust and grime of the legacy of legends.
I watched plenty of games from the press box. Sometimes I helped keep the scorecard, sometimes I just chatted with reporters or players who were on the injured list and joined the press to watch the game. I ate lunch in the third base seats, legs stretched out, sun beating down and Yankee Stadium seemingly to myself. I parked in the player's lot, sometimes walking in with the players themselves. I was the original George Costanza.
Late that August the pennant race was heating up and the summer nights were cooling down. I knew my days as a part of the New York Yankees staff were drawing to a close. In a way, I was relieved that I wouldn't have to make that miserable morning drive on the Grand Central anymore. But I hated give up the perks of a job where I mingled with Don Mattingly and had my name in the Yankee Magazine.
It was close to my last night there when I was invited to watch a game from the General Manager's office. There I was, in this huge office full of baseball impresarios, sharing drinks and glad-handing each other. I stood quietly in the corner, too overwhelmed by the presence of baseball greats to move out of the spot.
A Yankee employee I had become friendly with dragged me over to the huge picture window that overlooked the playing field of Yankee Stadium. I was watching the game from an office behind home plate, surveying the game as if I owned the team. I looked at the outfield bleachers where I had sat so many times before. I was mesmerized.
My friend excused himself to go get a drink and I stayed at the window, watching the game.
Then a voice from beside me, "Great view, isn't it?"
I looked up to see Mickey Mantle standing next to me, grinning. I nodded, unable to speak.
Me and Mickey, watching a Yankee game from the office above home plate.
That, my friends, is a King of the World moment.
Farewell, Yankee Stadium.
Das Berliner Stadtschloss, das als bedeutendste Schöpfung der Barockarchitektur Norddeutschlands galt, wurde im 2. Weltkrieg stark beschädigt und 1950 trotz zahlreicher Proteste auf Beschluss der SED-Regierung gesprengt. 2013 begann auf Beschluss des Deutschen Bundestages der Wiederaufbau. Die barocke Architektur, die weitgehend von Andreas Schlüter entworfen und später durch Eosander von Göthe ergänzt worden war, wird auf drei Seiten und zum Teil in den Innenhöfen wird historisch getreu nachgebildet. Die vierte Seite, die nicht in die barocke Umgestaltung der ursprünglichen Renaissancearchitektur einbezogen worden war, sowie das Innere werden modern ausgeführt.
Im Nachbau des Berliner Stadtschloss, Humboldt Forum genannt, sollen ab dem Jahr 2019 dauerhaft Ausstellungen über außereuropäische Kulturen gezeigt werden. Die Kunstwerke befinden sich bislang im Ethnologischen Museum und im Museum für Asiatische Kunst. An zwei Tagen der offenen Tür konnten sich Berliner und Touristen vom Stand der Bauarbeiten überzeugen.
The City Palace of Berlin considered the most important piece of baroque architecture in Northern Germany, was severely damaged in World War II and despite widespread protests demolished in 1950 by order of the communist government. Following a resolution of the German Federal Parliament, its reconstruction started in 2013. The baroque architecture, designed mainly by Andreas Schlüter and completed by Eosander von Göthe is being reconstructed on three sides and partially in the courtyards. The fourth side that had remained in Renaissance style up to the end and the interiors show modern architecture. The replica of the City Palace named Humboldt Forum, will be used for displaying the collections of the Museum of Ethnology and that of Asian Arts. The inauguration is scheduled for 2019. Berliners and tourists were invited to see the progress of construction work on two open house days.
There really isn't much to see at soldier summit just a bunch of ruin and you are lucky to see anything from the Eastbound train as it is usually dark at around 6AM when it is scheduled to pass here Anyway today we got LUCKY and the train was a couple of hours late... So about "Soldier Summit" UTAH...
The summit takes its name from a group of soldiers who were caught in an unexpected snowstorm on the summit in July 1861. These soldiers were Southerners, previously under Union General Philip St. George Cooke at Camp Floyd, on their way to join the Confederate Army. A few of them died in the storm and were buried on the summit.
By 1979 there were only about a dozen adult residents left, but Soldier Summit still had four part-time police officers enforcing a community speed limit on the stretch of highway passing through town. When motorists complained of a speed trap, the state Attorney General and the Utah Chief of Police Association investigated. They determined that the only reason for having a police department in Soldier Summit at all was to generate revenue for municipal services through traffic tickets. The police department was disbanded
Dublin Airport, (IATA: DUB, ICAO: EIDW), is operated by the Dublin Airport Authority. It is located in Collinstown, in the county of Fingal, Ireland. In 2011, 18.8 million passengers passed through the airport, making it the busiest of the state's airports by total passenger traffic, followed by Cork Airport and Shannon Airport. It also has the greatest traffic levels on the island of Ireland followed by Belfast International Airport, George Best Belfast City Airport, Cork and Shannon.
The airport is located 5.4 NM (10.0 km; 6.2 mi) north of Dublin city in a once-rural area near Swords. It is served by buses and taxis. Plans to connect the airport to Swords and Dublin city centre via a rapid transit line (Metro North), have been postponed by the Government.
Dublin Airport is the headquarters of Ireland's flag carrier (Aer Lingus), Europe's largest low-cost carrier (Ryanair) and Ireland's regional airline (Aer Arann). Ireland's fourth airline, CityJet, operates flights from the airport and its HQ is located in the nearby town of Swords.
In 1936 the Government of Ireland established a new civil airline, Aer Lingus, which began operating from the military aerodrome, Casement Aerodrome, at Baldonnel to the southwest of Dublin. However, the decision was made that a civil airport should replace Baldonnel as the city's airport. Collinstown, to the north of Dublin, was selected as the location for the new civil aerodrome. Collinstown's first association with aviation was as a British military air base during World War I, but had been unused since 1922. Construction of the new airport began in 1937. By the end of 1939 a grass airfield surface, internal roads, car parks and electrical power and lighting were set up. The inaugural flight from Dublin took place on 19 January 1940 to Liverpool. In 1940 work began on a new airport terminal building. The terminal building design was by the architect Desmond FitzGerald, brother of politician Garret FitzGerald. It opened in early 1941, with its design being heavily influenced by the bridges of the luxury ocean liners of the time. The terminal was also awarded the Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Hibernian Institute of Architects and is today a listed building. Upon the outbreak of World War II, services were severely restricted at Dublin Airport until late 1945 and the only international scheduled route operated during this time was by Aer Lingus to Liverpool (and for a period to Manchester's Barton Aerodrome). Three new concrete runways were completed by 1947.
During the 1980s, major competition, especially on the Dublin–London routes, resulted in passenger numbers swelling to 5.1 million in 1989. In the same year a new 8,650 ft (2,640 m) runway and a state-of-the-art air traffic control centre were opened. Dublin Airport continued to expand rapidly in the 1990s. Pier A, which had been the first extension to the old terminal building, was significantly extended. A new Pier C, complete with air bridges, was built and as soon as this was completed, work commenced to extend it to double its capacity. The ground floor of the original terminal building, which is today a listed building, was returned to passenger service after many years to provide additional departure gates. Pier D, completed in October 2007, is a dedicated low-fares boarding area and provides 14 quick turn-around stands and departure gates; these are not served by air bridges.
Wednesday 09 July 2014 - Day 10 - Jancapampa (3,673m / 12,050ft) - Quebrada Jancapampa (3,535m / 11,600ft) - Wild camp below Yanacon Pass (4,189m / 13,743ft)
Another fab day.
Awake early, and all packed by the time bed tea was delivered on schedule at 7am by Luis and Amner, along with the news that they'd had a fine time at last night's fiesta. I regretted not going.
Breakfast in the big tent, together with the nurse and the young boy. Anne and Val held an impromptu health clinic outside, tending an old lady with infected cuts on her hands, and working out some basic physio exercises for the boy.
At 8.20am-ish we set off downhill past scattered farms with girls feeding pigs and men leading out cattle, and into the Quebrada Jancapampa proper. High above the glaciers remained shrouded in cloud. A fine walk along the flat, working around the streams and boggy bits, and meeting a couple and a solo man who'd come down from their farms in search of LED solar lights - duly distributed.
We climbed out of the valley through woodland - hard work, but satisfying when we emerged by a babbling brook for a drink and sweets in the sunshine.
A slow and steady walk - sometimes flat, sometimes steep, sometimes in the open, sometimes in sparse woodland, at other times scrambling up dry waterfall gullies - brought us to a wide open upland valley where the donkeys were being unloaded. The farmers at Jancapampa had rented us some more donkeys and a medical horse. En route, wild flowers galore, and a hummingbird sighting.
Anne, Mike and I mucked in to pitch our still damp tents on neatly grazed grass sprinkled with flowers and took photos of the super scenic setting while lunch was prepared - a feast of veg noodle soup, toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches with pimento stuffed olives, gherkins, tuna and guacamole adornment options. Lots of tea.
Revitalised, Christine, Anne and I put our boots back on and clambered over rock slabs above the camp to explore - fabulous views of the ridge coming down from the pass and the valley wed' walked up, a hidden loch and the rare red shongo shongo plant. A lovely stroll back to camp for a wash (with Aguaaaaar paraaaaa lavarrrrrrrr, naturally) and a read - The Guardian Book of Mountains, appropriately.
The rest of the afternoon was whiled away in our now familiar routine - tea, diary, Scrabble/Yahtzee/Ten Thousand. All very sociable, but easily so.
Another gem of an evening meal - Bean soup with egg drop and spring onion garnish, BBQ chicken and chips (BBQ-sauced champignons for me), broccoli and carrots. All rounded off with panettone and custard. The camp fire kept us warm as the chickens roasted and we star gazed.... the daytime cloud cover breaking up to reveal a sparkling night sky. A cold night ahead. Feeling truly away from it all for the first time.
Read more about my Cordillera Blanca trek with Val Pitkethly.
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We can know almost exactly when this photograph was taken, hence also, the other Samarkand photos which feature snow. Early in his career, SPG wrote a paper on how to photograph meteors and shooting stars, and he continued to have an interest in astronomy. Accordingly, when an eclipse of the sun was scheduled, he went with the expedition to Samarkand to observe and to photograph it. One of those photographs is in the same album as the one containing this shot, and is titled –
"Observing a solar eclipse on January 1, 1907, near the Cherniaevo Station in the Tian-Shan mountains above the Saliuktin mines. Golodnaia Steppe."
And so this photograph, also near the Saliuktin mines, was probably taken within a few days of 1 January (14 January in western Europe) 1907, as well as the photo of the old man with his supper of fowl. The online magazine steppe, in their Winter 2007-08 issue (P35) adds that Cherniaevo is now called Khavast, and it is east of Jizzakh. These places are findable on Google Earth in Uzbekistan, but of the mine itself, I can find no trace. If I hear back from the Uzbekistan Ministry of Mines, I will update the information.
What we see is a father-son team, or a master-apprentice team, and the two of them are marshalling at least five, and possibly six camels, laden with heavy sacks. I don't think these two have anything to do with the mine; it's simply that the "nearness" of the mine allows SPG a means of saying where he encountered them. Perhaps then, they are merely the ancient equivalent of truck drivers, moving goods to or from Samarkand for various customers. It's not a job I'd like to have, just the two of them alone in the winter hills. Are they armed? Not obviously.
I think the young person is a boy, but it's hard to tell. He's very young and fresh-faced, and I would say about 11 or 12; note that he appears quite professional, and holds a switch with which to help drive his camels. And the older man has two camels in his charge, the boy has at least three and maybe four (I lose track of the legs). Interestingly, the older fellow doesn't seem to feel the cold as much as the boy; the man has an open shirt on a cold snowy January day, whereas the boy is bundled and layered to quite an extent. The road snakes out behind them, marked by a line of rocks, I suppose so that one can still figure out where it is, even when there's a bit of snow on the ground. They have pulled off to the side to have their picture taken, or maybe just to let SPG and his party go past. The lead camel seems to have a rough patch of skin on its left hind leg, perhaps the result of an old accident. As to what ethnic group the two belong to, I don't know. They don't dress in a particularly Tajik, or Uzbeki fashion, as I understand those fashions from others of SPG's photos.
This photo was not only badly damaged (see the comparison plate at the beginning of this set), but was also taken under poor conditions. I think SPG's camera did not like the cold, which is why the image is (in its original condition that is) somewhat fogged and hard to read. I have a feeling that condensation on the glass plate may have not only been responsible for the damage, but also for a loss of some detail, and an overall lack of brightness in the image. By treating this condition as if it were atmospheric haze, I managed to get some of the detail back. The trick to doing so is to use the "Unsharp Mask" filter. Set the Amount to 20%, the Radius to 60 and the Threshold to 4, and it will scrub off a bit of the haze. I've also done what I can to brighten it up a little, and bring out some more detail in the shadow areas, but even the snow-covered hills, which ought to be bright, are in fact quite dull and lacking in contrast, and incredibly grainy. The sky was also badly damaged, so I used a gradient filter, matching the colour as closely as I could, and then reducing the opacity somewhat to allow the original sky to show through, but leave most of the damage "behind" the filter so to speak. Note, May 2012: I have reduced the colournoise by a small amount, and, because this tends to slightly flatten the contrast, have reconstructed the result.
One final note. In researching Miethe's projection system, it seemed clear that in order for it to work, the glass plate positives had to be cut so that they could be arranged horizontally in the projector, rather than vertically, as they were shot. The LOC version of this shot shows clear evidence that the three separate images had been cut apart, precisely so that they could be placed in such a projector. The LOC website has positive images, but these are digital creations from the glass negatives. It's entirely possible that SPG contact printed glass positives on smaller (3" x 3") plates for slide shows, and that this particular image only survives in the form of a glass positive.
Briefly, Miethe's slide projector worked by fixing the green (centre) image rigidly, and then placing the other two images (blue and red) on a track that could slide back and forth until the three images were registered.
The Mall, Simla.
Although British India was governed from Simla during the summer months, Simla itself was governed by the Municipal Board. Established in December 1851, the Board oversaw everything from water-supply, sanitation, taxation, road-building, lighting and traffic regulation. The Board was responsible for the infamous traffic by-laws which in effect prevented Indians from using the major thoroughfares in Simla, thereby preserving the English 'feel' to the town. The "Simla Municipality By-Law for the Regulation and Prohibition of Traffic" reads:-
"1. No person shall take, keep, or use an elephant or camel in any place within Municipal limits without the previous sanction of the President or Secretary of the Municipal Committee.
3. No cattle, sheep, goats or pigs and no mules or other animals used for draught or burden shall be permitted in the roads and streets specified as prohibited in the second schedule annexed to these rules.
5. From the 15th March to the 15th October, both days inclusive, and between the hours of 4pm and 8pm, no job porter or coolie shall solicit employment, loiter, or carry any load in any street mentioned in the first schedule annexed to these rules.
6. No person shall solicit alms, or expose or exhibit any sore, wound, bodily ailment or deformity in any street with the object of exciting charity or obtaining alms."
You can just imagine the righteous indignation of the Committee members if say, on 13th August at 5:15pm, they laid eyes on an Indian coolie carrying a load along The Mall whilst leading a mule, all the while exposing a seeping wound and asking for handouts.....
The Municipal Offices were built after earthquake damage in 1905 to the nearby Town Hall required that building to be rebuilt. Jan Morris in her "Stones of Empire" (1986) describes this building as "formidable with Scottish baronial brick overlaid by Swiss chalet". Philip Davies in "The Penguin Guide to the Monuments of India: Volume II" (1989) describes it as "a fine piece of civic design in a distinctive Arts & Crafts style with half-timbered gables and projecting window bays."
You can catch buses as well as subways in Harvard Square. These are the schedules for the various bus lines there.
Construction work continues in the Cannon House Office Building's south wing.
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Full project details at www.aoc.gov/cannon.
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United 901 departs for London Heathrow.
The summer 2013 schedule at United sees all 747 runs, except for the Los Angeles - Australia routes, consolidated at San Francisco. And while United generally uses the 747 on routes to Asia, the 747 is also used for one of the two daily runs to London Heathrow, as well as BOTH of the two daily runs to Frankfurt.
Visiting San Francisco on a Pride weekend that is also seeing the restoration of marriage rights for California's same-sex couples, I included some planespotting while at it. After all, San Francisco International Airport is the Pacific gateway for staunchly LGBT-friendly United Airlines, not to mention the home hub for just-as-staunchly-LGBT-friendly Virgin America.
London is one of my favorite cities (and soon to make marriage equality a reality itself), and United took me there on all my previous visits. I hope to return soon.
"Fly the Lesbian-Friendly Skies"
N104UA, Boeing 747-400
A change of Government in NZ in the November elections brought about a change of policy in South-East Asia. As a result, six Vietnam schedules by 41 Sqn aircraft were carried out to withdraw the NZ Army training teams based there, this task being essentially completed by 20 Dec.
However the withdrawal of troops did not come before F/O Watson and crew were startled at Tan Son Nhut Airport by a rocket attack. Some 30 minutes before they were due to take off, the attack commenced and although the crew were unharmed the aircraft had a close shave. A 122 mm rocket shell bounced off a taxi-way about 30 metres from the aircraft and came to rest on an adjacent revetment. Other rockets exploding in the area caused some minor superficial damage to the aircraft, but fortunately no serious damage was sustained.
41 Sqn Unit History, Dec 1972
Crew:
F/L Keith Skilling, Pilot
F/O Bruce Watson, Pilot
F/O Dave Sapwell
M/AEOP Wally Craig
F/S Tom Riddell
Cpl Jim Duncan
Cpl Colin Creighton
LAC Stan Hay
LAC Pat Vuletta
Route:
4 Dec 1972 Tengah - Butterworth - Saigon
5 Dec 1972 Saigon - Qui Nhon - Nha Trang - Saigon
6 Dec 1972 Saigon - Can Tho - Tengah
Keith Skilling comments:
"December 1972. Having breakfast at Tan Son Nhut and a big black guy came running in yelling "incoming". We didn't know what he meant but soon found out. A 122mm rocket attack, incredibly no shelters available so we hid under a table!! Lots of debris around the freighter and we had to sweep some off the wings.
The piece in the picture was lying beside NZ5912 and we brought it back to Tengah. It remained in the crew room until after I departed."
An account of this "not so typical" trip made to Vietnam in a RNZAF Bristol Freighter in Dec 1972 as recounted by Colin Creighton.
Rhode Island Pride
RI PrideFest
Illuminated Night Parade (New England's only illuminated night Pride Parade)
"ROAR" The Official RI Pride After Party presented by The Dark Lady & Alleycat
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PrideFest
12:00 pm to 8:00pm
40th Anniversary PrideFest takes place in the heart of downtown on South Water Street, along the Providence River waterfront.
Performance schedule includes:
4:20pm Glenn Stewart "Around Again" - "Little Miss John Wayne" (ROXXI bass player "Drive It To Ya Hard!" as seen on MTV Headbangers Ball)
4:20pm Joslyn Fox, RuPaul's Drag Race season 6, Logo TV
5:50pm Nina Sky (Puerto Rican duo) "Move Ya Body" - "Oyi Mi Canto"
6:30pm Sarah Potenza (Sarah & The Tall Boys) The Voice season 8, NBC Television "Monster"
7:30pm Ephraim Adamz "I'm Thirsty"
* Special performance from Kristine W (Weitz) "Feel What You Want" - "One More Try" - "Walk Away" - "Some Lovin'"
The RI Pride Illuminated Night Parade
8:00pm
The RI Pride Illuminated Night Parade winds its way through the streets of Providence from the intersection of Dorrance and Weybosset Streets, makes a left on Washington Street, and turns left on Empire Street, traveling past the reviewing stand.
10:00pm - 3:00am
EGO Saturday Dance Party
Chi Chi DeVayne, RuPaul's Drag Race season 8, Logo TV
June 18th 2016 WaterFire Providence Full Lighting (Sunset 8:24pm), Rhode Island Pride 40th Anniversary, RI PrideFest, Illuminated Night Parade and the Official RI Pride After Party all took place on the same date in the city of Providence, Rhode Island
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Facts about Rhode Island:
Rhode Island is the smallest state in size in the United States.
Polo was played for the first time in the United States in 1876 near Newport
Rhode Island was home to the first National Lawn Tennis Championship in 1899
Rhode Island's official state name is Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
The White Horse Tavern was built in 1673 and is the oldest operating tavern in the United States
Rhode Island founder is Roger Williams
State Nickname - The Ocean State, Little Rhody
State Motto - "Hope"
State Song - Rhode Island, It's for Me
State flower - Violets
State tree - Red maple
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The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn (nightclub / bar / disco), located on Christopher Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement and the modern fight for LGBT rights in the United States.
Many pride events happen in the month of June to commemorate this date.
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Rhode Island is app 180 miles from New York City and travel time on I95 without traffic is app 2hrs and 55 minutes one way
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Roundtrip bus service from New York City $39.00 (June 2016 rate)
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Phase 1 of the Cannon Renewal Project began in January 2017 and is scheduled to be complete in November 2018. The entire west side of the building, from the basement to the fifth floor, is closed. Work includes demolishing and rebuilding the fifth floor, conserving the exterior stonework and rehabilitating the individual office suites.
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VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC CHAMPION ALEX BILODEAU @ GOLD MEDAL PLATES 2010
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Semi-Finalists Decided in Excellent Conditions at ASP 4-Star Protest Vendee Pro
La Sauzaie (Sunday, April 24, 2011) – Semi-Finalists were decided at the Protest Vendee Pro in excellent 4-5ft (1.5m) waves at La Sauzaie in an explosive morning session of competition which saw Alain Riou (Tahiti, PYF) 27, Chris Friend (Sunshine Coast, AUS) 20, Marlon Lipke (DEU) 27, and Tim Boal (Anglet, FRA) 27, remain in the hunt for this year's Protest Vendee Pro 2011 title.
Event officials and surfers were greeted with an overnight swell increase and light off-shore winds which combed the main peak throughout the entire day to offer the perfect playing field for modern progressive surfing.
Protest team rider Marlon Lipke destroyed the peeling lefts along the La Sauzaie reef with powerful gouges and flowing carves to completely dominate all three of his heats and enters the business end of the competition as one of the firm favourites. Lipke was one of the few competitors who have managed to read to perfection the shifting peak of La Sauzaie and only potentially high scoring waves.
“The left really suits me because it has a lot of open space to carve it through and then sometimes it jacks up and you can do a top turn and when that happens it is a plus for me to get the score. The normal left that runs through with a little bit of wall is really carvable but on the backhand it is not so.”
Lipke, a former Dream Tour member, grew in confidence with each of his appearances displaying signs of his surfing which sent him into the elite Top 44 in the 2009 season.
“I think the first heat I was still feeling the butterflies in my stomach but after that I relaxed and with each heat I am gaining more confidence. I kind of feel that I can get some waves and surf them the way I know how to and get some scores. Stoked to make a few heats as it has been a while and looking forward to tomorrow.”
Alain Riou came out on top of inform surfer Marc Lacomare (Hossegor, FRA) 19, who earlier in the day had posted the highest heat total of 17.00 out of 20 which included a deep backhand barrel followed by a savage snap in the pocket. To add to the drama, a power failure left competitors without scores for part of the heat.
“I knew Marc (Lacomare) didn't have any solid ones so even though there was no electricity I knew I was in the lead with the second wave I got, explained Riou. “I got a good wave first and then I sat a long time with priority. For 15 minutes there were waves but none that we wanted to catch so I sat there and eventually got one which wasn't great but I did a couple of ok turns and with a 6.00 I knew I had the lead but I also knew I had to get back out there and make the most of the priority.”
Riou, who finished equal 3rd, last week in Scotland, makes his second semi-final appearance in as many weeks and coming out on top over Lacomare made his achievement even more satisfying.
“I happy with the win because Marc (Lacomare) is an up-and-comer and a young surfer with a lot of hype about him so I knew it was going to be a tough one. There were quite a few good lefts in our heat and he kept away from them and was focused on the rights and he can do a lot of damage on the lefts with his airs as well so stoked to beat him and make it to the semis. Two semis inrow when I haven't made one in about two years.” (laughs)
Chris Friend ousted Vincent Duvignac (FRA) with flowing rail carves and forehand smashes on the La Sauzaie right and has secured his best result since a serious foot injury last year kept him from competitive surfing. On his first visit to the Protest Vendee Pro, Friend has adjusted quickly to the tidal changes and their effects on the main peak.
“I am so happy because this is my first result since I broke my foot and I am feeling really good and having fun out there. The waves are really good but with the tide it changes so much after each heat. I was watching the water two heats before mine and then I went off to get changed and came back and it was completely different so I had to sit down and talk to my mates and see what it was doing and readjust everything. The quality of the wave is good, it is just difficult trying to read where the reef sits and where the waves are the best.”
The young Australian was not rattled by his slow start and adjusted to perfection his wave ion and the changing conditions to gain the lead and hold on to make the semi-finals.
“Vincent I think tried to get the ball rolling quickly but I decided to wait and get a good wave which I didn't get until the last ten minutes so I had to change my game plan. I was initially going to go out there and wait for the sets but I ended up catching some of the inside ones and tried to build a house in the last part of the heat and it worked.”
Tim Boal, a former winner here in 2007, had a slow start to his heat due to an error in timing however managed to come out on top of former World Tour surfer Mickey Picon (FRA) despite not surfing to his full potential. In a tactical battle between two of Europe's most experienced campaigners, both surfers ed different peaks to surf and it proved the longer Rights ed by Boal to be the superior scoring waves.
“I paddled out late because I missed timed my changing and Mickey started off well but then I got my first one and a score on the board. I missed one good wave but then got really lucky at the end to get a good score. I blew it a couple of times in that heat so I'm lucky I made it.”
Boal will face fellow Protest team rider Marlon Lipke in semi-final number two when competition resumes tomorrow and hopes to get his surfing act together in time for the encounter.
“It will be a fun heat and hopefully I can surf a bit better. I haven't been really happy with my surfing but sometimes you think you surf well and you don't make any heats and sometimes it is the other way around. But I'll take the win.” (laughs)
The Protest Vendee Pro, stop nº2 on the Asp Europe Men's Series, offers surfers valuable ranking points on both the Asp Europe Men's Series and the Asp World rankings.
The Protest Vendee Pro is scheduled from April 21-25, 2011. For more information, and all upcoming results, photos, video highlights, press releases and LIVE web log-on to www.aspeurope.com
Upcoming Protest Vendee Pro Semi-Finals
Heat 1: Alain Riou (PYF) Vs Chris Friend (AUS)
Heat 2: Marlon Lipke (DEU) Vs Tim Boal (FRA)
Protest Vendee Pro Round Quarter-Final Results
Heat 1: Alain Riou (PYF) 12.60 Def. Marc Lacomare (FRA) 9.74
Heat 2: Chris Friend (AUS) 12.07 Def. Vincent Duvignac (FRA) 9.07
Heat 3: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 14.67 Def. Justin Mujica (PRT) 8.50
Heat 4: Tim Boal (FRA) 13.33 Def. Mickey Picon (FRA) 10.67
Protest Vendee Pro Round Five Results
Heat 1: Marc Lacomare (FRA) 17.00, Vincent Duvignac (FRA) 10.84, Frederico Morais (PRT) 10.77, Brent Dorrington (AUS) 4.86
Heat 2: Chris Friend (AUS) 11.93, Alain Riou (PYF) 10.14, Adrien Toyon (REU) 9.80, Hugo Savalli (REU) 8.87
Heat 3: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 16.07, Tim Boal (FRA) 14.37, Gregory Pastusiak (FRA) 7.93, Charles Martin (GLP) 7.54
Heat 4: Mickey Picon (FRA) 14.76, Justin Mujica (PRT) 11.57, Adrien Valero (FRA) 10.84, Tom Cloarec (FRA) 7.27
Remaining Protest Vendee Pro Round Four Results
Heat 6: Marlon Lipke (DEU) 13.50, Adrien Valero (FRA) 10.40, Lincoln Taylor (AUS) 10.13, Borja Agote (EUK) 5.10
Heat 7: Mickey Picon (FRA) 10.90, Gregory Pastusiak (FRA) 10.26, Eneko Acero (EUK) 10.00, Jose Ferreira (PRT) 4.13
Heat 8: Justin Mujica (PRT) 13.93, Charles Martin (GLP) 13.10, Joao Guedes (PRT) 11.07, Dane Anderson (USA) 9.67
Photo Aquashot/ASPEurope.com
Village Ð Alikia, Block-Chandanpur CHS, Dist-Puri, Odisha, INDIA..Shakuntala sethi, Lady Health Supervisor (LHS) prepares to start vaccinations to chldren and their mother after Purnachandra Sabata, 44, an autorickshaw driver, delivered cold chain boxes of vaccines to Anganwadicentre. Every Wednesday, Purnachandra Saba, delivers boxes of vaccines to anganwadi centres.Immunization is one of the most cost effective public health interventions, preventing around 2 million child deaths each year worldwide, and IndiaÕs Immunization Program is the largest in world with respect to the quantity of vaccines used and the number of beneficiaries. Here, Routine Immunization (RI) saves the lives of 400,000 children annually. In OdishaÕs 30 districts and 314 blocks, it is not easy for health workers to reach a population of 4.1 crore. With 30% of the areas difficult to reach, 22% tribal population, 48% people in the BPL category and 17% schedule cast population, Odisha has been one of the most challenges states for them in terms of geography and demography. Despite these odds, during 2013-14, the state provided immunization services at a cost of Rs 30 crore to 8,54,619 children between 0-1 years and 9,40,081 pregnant women to prevent seven diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, measles and Hepatitis B. In addition, vitamin A is also administered to children. The current level of full immunization coverage is 62.3% for children (AHS 2011-12), officials say. Since 2009, the program has manifested itself in the Teeka Express, where participation of civil society, NGOs, porters, rickshaw drivers and volunteers strengthen the vaccine delivery logistics. This system has been implemented in 280 out of the 314 blocks of the state, and has reduced vaccine shortage, improved vaccine quality, improved timeliness of reporting, ensured regularization of immunization in hard to reach areas and improved immunization waste management..
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