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Vehicle: Sinclair C5.
Power: 0.34 BHP.
Top Speed: 15 MPH.
0-60: Not applicable.
Fuel: Electric.
Weight: 45 kg.
Body: 2 door coupe.
Year of production: 1985
14,000 units built.
Date taken: 27th July 2025.
This is Sinclair's Bay in Caithness on the East coast of Scotland, about 10 miles south of John O’ Groats and 7 miles north of Wick. The Sinclairs are a Highland Scottish clan who held lands in the north of Scotland, the Orkney Islands, and the Lothians. The chiefs of the clan were the Barons of Roslin and later the Earls of Orkney. No certain record exists but it is likely that the Sinclairs originally came from Saint-Clair in Normandy.
Caithness is an area of about 712 square miles. As you can see the land is flat, in contrast to most of the remainder of the North of Scotland. Until the latter part of the 20th century when large areas were planted in conifers, this level profile was rendered still more striking by the almost total absence of forest. Basically, it’s a land of open, rolling farmland, moorland and scattered settlements.
Although not obvious in my photo, those castle ruins on the left are perched on a sheer cliff. That’s the old Keiss Castle. I say the old one because that ‘new’ building further inland glories in the name Keiss 'castle' too, although it is really a large and elegant Scottish Baronial house built in the late 1700s.
There was a small fortification here during the late medieval period, but in the last years of the 16th century the 5th Earl of Caithness built that castle that is now in ruins, being four storeys high, plus an attic level and a vaulted basement. There do not appear to be any defensive structures on the landward side, suggesting that Keiss was built purely with an eye to a seaborn attack. I guess that’s not surprising since this part of the coastline was a favourite landing place of raiders and pirates from Norway and Denmark. Local people lit a beacon on one of the few hills when raiders were spotted. However, the lack of land defences may have been a mistake. In 1623 when George Sinclair defied King James VI (I of England) over something, and the King not being amused, dispatched Sir Robert Gordon to sort him out. The rebellious Earl provisioned his castles for a siege [he owned two others by the sea], perhaps then realised that the King’s army were advancing by land, so he caught the next available ferry to Orkney. [OK, I made that bit up, but he did go by sea to Orkney somehow]. All three castles surrendered without a fight to Sir Robert but were eventually returned to the Earl's son, presumably on condition he behaved himself.
World War II saw Keiss resume a military function as, despite its remote location, the defence of Caithness became a defence priority. The coastline's proximity to the Orkney Isles - where the large anchorage at Scapa Flow was the wartime home to the larger warships of the Royal Navy's Home Fleet - made the coastline strategically important. Furthermore, with the German occupation of Norway in April 1940, Caithness suddenly seemed particularly vulnerable. The long flat beach was the recipient of a large minefield - allegedly the UK's longest in 1940 - augmented with anti-tank obstacles plus machine-gun pillboxes spaced at 400 yard intervals. Substantial land forces were based in the area with the grounds of Keiss Castle being converted into a military camp. My old boss complained to me that he spent most of his National Service after WW2 digging holes in this area…..
Geisterjäger John Sinclair / Heft-Reihe
Die grosse Gruselserie von Jason Dark
Die Exorzistin
Titelbild: Koveck
Bastei-Verlag
(Bergisch-Gladbach /Deutschland; 1996)
ex libris MTP
The Sinclair Research C5 is a battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair and launched by Sinclair Vehicles Ltd in the United Kingdom on 10 January 1985. The vehicle is a battery-assisted tricycle steered by a handlebar beneath the driver's knees. Powered operation is possible making it unnecessary for the driver to pedal. Its top speed of 15 miles per hour, is the fastest allowed in the UK without a driving licence. It is powered by a 200W or 250W motor. It sold for £399 plus £29 for delivery.
It became an object of media and popular ridicule during the 1980s in Britain and was a commercial disaster, selling only around 17,000 units. Sinclair claimed it remained "the best selling electric vehicle" as recently as 2010, although it was overtaken in 2011 when the Nissan Leaf had sold over 20,000 units.
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Christine Sinclair
Geisterjäger John Sinclair / Heft-Reihe
Die grosse Gruselserie von Jason Dark
Jason Dark / Die Verdammten der Nacht
Titelbild: Enrique Parietti
Bastei-Verlag
(Bergisch-Gladbach / Deutschland; 1991)
ex libris MTP
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Christine Sinclair
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Christine Sinclair v Justine Rodrigues
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Christine Sinclair v Justine Rodrigues
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Mariam El-Masri v Christine Sinclair
Inside the ZX Spectrum+ from 1984. The two largest ICs are the Zilog Z80A 8-bit microprocessor and the General Instrument AY-3-8912 sound generator IC. Most of the rest of the ICs are 74 series logic and RAM. The large uncommited logic array (ULA) from Ferranti is just out of picture.
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Christine Sinclair
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Christine Sinclair
Karen Sinclair, Fish and Wildlife Biologist
Credit: USFWS
Karen Sinclair, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, Ventura, Calif.
Who is your Female Conservation Hero or Mentor?
Jane Goodall is my conservation hero because her work demonstrates the importance of determination, patience, detailed observation, and compassion. Despite the barriers restricting women in science and spending months in the field barely obtaining glimpses of wary chimpanzees before they grew to trust her, Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking insights of chimpanzee behavior changed the global perspective on animal intelligence. Today she travels the world; sharing her experiences and knowledge about chimpanzees and the threats they face to inspire her audience to make our shared planet a better place. The stories of Jane Goodall discovering new facts about chimpanzees in the middle of a dense forest and the impact she has made on the world inspired me to become a wildlife biologist.
Where did you go to school and what did you study?
I went to UC-Davis and obtained a B.S. in wildlife, fish, and conservation biology.
What’s your favorite thing about working for the Service?
I love working for the Service because I am constantly learning about diverse topics such as the native plants the Chumash used as medicine to the reasons the light-footed clapper rail is listed as Endangered through the Endangered Species Act.
If you could have one incredible animal adaptation, what would it be?
If I could have one incredible animal adaptation, I would want to have the complex nasal cavities that polar bears use to smell food up to 20 miles away. That way I could smell all of the restaurants within a 20 mile radius and go to the one that smells the best!
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Christine Sinclair
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Christine Sinclair v Justine Rodrigues
2013 Cyprus Women's Cup
13 March 2013, Nicosia, Cyprus
©CanadaSoccer / by Ville Vuorinen
Christine Sinclair v Sophie Bradley
1973 Minolta Hi-Matic E 35mm Rangefinder
Rokkor 40mm f1.7 Fixed Lens
Fully Automatic Exposure
ASA set to 100 due to higher than OEM spec voltage Lithium Battery
New Kodak Portra 160 C-41 Film
Scanned on Epson V600
Edited using PhotoShop Elements 9 for Mac
Sinclair ZX80 home computer + ZX printer.
In order to use the printer with the ZX80, the 8KB ROM upgrade was needed.
The computer became commercially available in 1980; the spark printer was released in 1981, intended for use with the ZX81.
2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying
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Kailey Leila v Christine Sinclair
Women's National Team Roster Announcement
27 April 2015 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Canada Soccer by Bob Frid
Ashley Lawrence, Karina LeBlanc, Allysha Chapman, Christine Sinclair
Geisterjäger John Sinclair / Heft-Reihe
Die grosse Gruselserie von Jason Dark
Der Herhold des Satans
Titelbild: Vicente Ballestar
Bastei-Verlag
(Bergisch-Gladbach / Deutschland; 1986)
ex libris MTP
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisterj%C3%A4ger_John_Sinclair
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Danielle Blair v Christine Sinclair
John Sinclair (Sonder-Edition) / Heft-Reihe
> Jason Dark / Blutnacht in Manhattan
Cover: Thomas Greiwe
Bastei Lübbe AG / Deutschland 2026
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Danielle Blair v Christine Sinclair
Janelle and I were eyeing up these dino statues for miles. Wednesday morning we went for a little ride.
Earlier back in my description of the Illinois part of Route 66, I gave a little bit of detail about the roles of Sinclair Oil Company and Standard Oil Company. I posted Standard Oil Company's mascot Dino, which was found on top of a tire store in Wilmington, but could never find a good picture of Sinclair's emblem until approaching the Tucumucari city limits and finding the Paradise Motel right off the main road. This is from part of the wall of the Paradise Cafe which volunteers painstakingly restored.
I could never figure out why the Sinclair mascot evoked such warm memories in me, until I recently located a picture of me when I was two - hugging a plastic miniature Dino that they used to give away to kids at the gas station!
Two rare calculators from Sir Clive Sinclair. Silver special edition to celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee (1977) Rare Gold Sinclair Calculator Visit www.dwf.cc for lots, lots more... The Digital Watch Forum
This is a former Sinclair station way out east of Tulsa on Admiral. The overhang indicates a Phillips 66 used to reside here(it has been painted over, but the red glowing stripe is evident).
UPDATE: As of Fall '09 the pylon sign is gone.
Cameron Sinclair is the founder of Architecture for Humanity, a non-profit set up to seek and promote architecture and design solutions to humanitarian crises. For the last 5 years his team has initiated and implemented a number of programs including housing ideas for returning refugees in Kosovo; mobile health clinics to combat HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa; mine clearance programs and playground building in the Balkans; and earthquake recovery assistance in Turkey and Iran.
Currently the organization is running a project to build a soccer field / healthcare facility for young girls in Somkhele in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, tackling issues of homelessness and poverty in inner-city America and researching Rethinking Tent City, a project to create and encourage social and economic change in long-term refugee camps and large settlements through sustainable design interventions.
As a guest on BBC World Service, CNN International and National Public Radio he has spoken on topics ranging from sustainable development and how policy effects design to the global AIDS pandemic.
Cameron is also the co-founder and somewhat active member of the Uncoordinated Soccer League.
Bibliography:
Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises
www.architectureforhumanity.org/about/aboutus.html
www.worldchanging.com/archives/001841.html
More Pop!Tech art by Peter Durand of Alphachimp Studio Inc. at: www.alphachimp.com/poptech-art/