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Fort Bliss, TX – Specialist Gizela Lupescu, Combat Medic of the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, reviews the items included in a medics bag to the Moldovan Soldiers imbedded in her unit. The 230th is part of the 30th Armored Brigade's eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) exercise. The exercise is one of the 30th largest exercise in recent history, with over 4,000 Citizen Soldiers from North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Minnesota, and the country of Moldova will hone their combat skills of “Shoot, Move, Communicate, and Sustain”. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Odaliska Almonte, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)
Photo by SGT Brent Tero.
The casket of one of the fallen Sappers is carried from the C-130 Hercules by bearers at the Australian Support Base in the United Arab Emirates. With Senator John Faulkner and Chief of Defence Air Marshal Angus Houston paying their respects to the fallen soldiers.
Mid Caption:
In a sombre and respectful ceremony held on the hot tarmac at the Australian Support Base in the United Arab Emirates, fellow Australian Service Men and Women paid their respects to fallen soldiers Sapper Darren Smith and Sapper Jacob Moerland on their arrival at Al Minhad Airbase in Dubai before their repatriation to Australia. As a mark of respect to the fallen soldiers Minister for Defence Senator John Faulkner, Chief of Defence Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston and Secretary of Defence Dr Ian Watt were in attendance to express the sympathy of the Australian Nation on this solemn occasion.
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Operation SLIPPER is Australia's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, piracy and improving maritime security. Under this operation our forces contribute to the efforts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) - led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. ISAF seeks to bring security, stability and prosperity to Afghanistan and aims to prevent Afghanistan again becoming a safe haven for international terrorists. Operation SLIPPER also supports the United States led International Coalition Against Terrorism (ICAT) in the broader Middle East.
A stunning HDR shot ( www.flickr.com/photos/leodileo/3501613079 ) showed me that my curved supports were much too close together. Pushing them a stud outboard allowed a different SNOT technique and now they sit flush, which looks nice.
The Maryland National Guard hosted a Freedom Salute ceremony to officially welcome home approximately 90 members of the 290th Military Police Company from their nearly yearlong deployment to Afghanistan.
The Parkville based unit was deployed to Bagram Airfield working with the NATO lead International Security Assistance Force to help grow the capacity and capability of the Afghan National Security Forces in order to provide a secure environment for the people of Afghanistan.
This was the unit's fourth federal deployment since 9/11 along with several state emergency activations to assist fellow Marylanders.
The Freedom Salute Campaign is one of the largest Army National Guard welcome home endeavors in history. It is an event designed to publicly recognize the sacrifice of our Citizen-Soldiers as well as those who’ve supported them during their deployment.
The Alberta government is providing $1.7 million for maintenance upgrades to facilities across the province and to improve homelessness supports in Edmonton.
Community and Social Services Minister Irfan Sabir and Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson sit with Urban Manor Housing Society clients.
Cathedral begun in 1285 - France Oise 2011 Beauvais - Work was begun in 1225 under count-bishop Milo of Nanteuil, with funding of his family, immediately after the third in a series of fires in the old wooden-roofed basilica, which had reconsecrated its altar only three years before the fire; the choir was completed in 1272, in two campaigns, with an interval (1232–38) owing to a funding crisis provoked by a struggle with Louis IX. The two campaigns are distinguishable by a slight shift in the axis of the work and by what Stephen Murray characterizes as "changes in stylistic handwriting."[3] Under Bishop Guillaume de Grez,[4] an extra 4.9 m was added to the height,[citation needed] to make it the highest-vaulted cathedral in Europe. The vaulting in the interior of the choir reaches 48 m (157.48 feet) in height, far surpassing the concurrently constructed Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Amiens, with its 42-metre (138 ft) nave. (A formerly often-quoted beginning date of 1247 was based on an error made by an early historian of Beauvais.[5])
The work was interrupted in 1284 by the collapse of some of the vaulting of the recently completed choir. This collapse is often seen as a disaster that produced a failure of nerve among the French masons working in Gothic style; modern historians have reservations about this deterministic view. Stephen Murray notes that the collapse also "ushers in the age of smaller structures associated with demographic decline, the Hundred Years War, and of the thirteenth century."[6]
However, large-scale Gothic design continued, and the choir was rebuilt at the same height, albeit with more columns in the chevet and choir, converting the vaulting from quadripartite vaulting to sexpartite vaulting.[7] The transept was built from 1500 to 1548. In 1573, the fall of a too-ambitious 153-m (502 feet) central tower stopped work again. The tower would have made the church the tallest structure in the world at the time. Afterwards little structural addition was made.
The choir has always been wholeheartedly admired: Eugène Viollet-le-Duc called the Beauvais choir "the Parthenon of French Gothic."
Its façades, especially that on the south, exhibit all the richness of the late Gothic style. The carved wooden doors of both the north and the south portals are masterpieces, respectively, of Gothic and Renaissance workmanship. The church possesses an elaborate astronomical clock in neo-Gothic taste (1866) and tapestries of the 15th and 17th centuries, but its chief artistic treasures are stained glass windows of the 13th, 14th, and 16th centuries, the most beautiful of them from the hand of Renaissance artist Engrand Le Prince, a native of Beauvais. To him also is due some of the stained glass in St-Etienne, the second church of the town, and an interesting example of the transition stage between the Gothic and the Renaissance styles.
During the Middle Ages, on January 14, the Feast of Asses was annually celebrated in Beauvais cathedral, in commemoration of the Flight into Egypt.
North Dakota’s 81st Civil Support Team assists civilian first responders with identifying a simulated hazardous material threat May 6 during an interagency response exercise at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D. Later in the week, the unit gained certification from U.S. Army North’s (USARNORTH) Civil Support Training Activity by completing a Training Proficiency Evaluation. CSTs are required to gain certification from USARNORTH every 18 months. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brett Miller, 116th Public Affairs Detachment)
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A rare view of the inside of the control tower at LAPD's Air Support Division's Hooper Memorial Heliport. Windspeed and direction are prominently displayed on the monitor. LAPD's Annual Chili Fly-In is the largest exercise for public safety aviation in the nation. During the four-hour period of the operation, Hooper Memorial Heliport will be the busiest airport in the world. Movements of well over 200 aircraft will occur in one-minute intervals.
History
In the early 19th century the Wetherill lead mine in Shannonville, PA (later renamed Audubon in honor of a famous former resident) provided lead for the production of paint. By the 1840s additional copper mining efforts opened a total of nine shafts including the New Perkiomen Mine, Whim Shaft, and the Ecton Mine. These veins were so promising that copper miners were imported from Cornwall, England to support the effort. Production diminished during the following decade culminating in the failure of the enterprise before the Civil War. All that remains above ground are scattered foundations, the smokestack from a facility that pumped water out of the mines, and a curious set of rails over the mine run stream.
Further Information
Conversion of abandoned mine into a bat hibernaculum.
A short article on mining at Mill Grove in Audubon (formerly Shannonville), PA.
A summary history of Perkiomen Mines.
A list of minerals mined in Shannonville.
A note listing the operational life of Perkiomen mines, the last owner, as 1850s-1880s.
A note listing the date of abandoment as the 1870s.
Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, establish support by fire positions during a combined arms live fire exercise near White Sands Missile Range, N.M., Oct. 1, 2015. The 2nd Bn. 325th AIR Paratroopers completed several blank and live-fire iterations during the day and at night supported by M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and M1 Abrams tanks from the 1st Armor Division's 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment. As the nucleus of the nation’s Global Response Force, the 82nd Airborne Division's Paratroopers train nearly two hundred and seventy days over the course of a year. (82nd Airborne Division photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull/Released)
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Scarborough port.
We left home around 3 in the morning to catch the dawn at 4.30.
The roads were empty and we saw the light changing, as we got closer.
A few loners on the promenade, with doggies.
The light was gorgeous.
The air was cool and fresh.
I saw these wooden post glowing in the sun.
Alongside the quayside, they are supporting the wall.
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KISSIMMEE, FLA. – Four Soldiers from Mission Support Element, 143d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), joined thousands of service members, veterans and their families who gathered at the Westgate Resort in Kissimmee for free food, live music and heartfelt fellowship during the second annual Military Appreciation Weekend Concert held May 5, 2018.
Westgate Resorts’ CEO David Siegel opened the property to more than 1,500 military families for a complimentary, three-night stay that culminated in a free concert that featured the Chris Weaver Band.
Alongside the complimentary concessions and children activities, the 143d ESC Soldiers set up and managed two static displays featuring one of the unit’s Humvees and Light Medium Tactical Vehicle. The vehicles attracted hundreds of children, dozens of young adults and even a few veterans who climbed aboard the driver’s seat, donned an Advanced Combat Helmet and put their hands on the steering wheel.
In addition to the dozens of pop, rock, country and R&B songs played by the Chris Weaver Band, the concert offered a military flair complete with the presentation of the colors by Veterans of Foreign Wars Command Post 4287, the singing of the national anthem by American Idol contestant Alyssa Raghu and a helicopter flyover conducted by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.
Among the long list of VIPs was Florida Gov. Rick Scott who shook hands and took pictures with the 143d ESC Soldiers.
The concert concluded with fireworks that illuminated the night sky, its colorful patterns bouncing off thousands of fluttering flags and smiling faces.
U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143d ESC
The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps Support Battalion Soldiers have been working long days and nights, constructing a camp from the ground up that will sustain the whole of HQ ARRC later this year for their upcoming exercises, ARRCADE CHARGER and TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16. It’s a large undertaking, requiring building more than 30 tents, flooring, wiring, and dining facility and more.
British Lt. Sam Adamson, the ARRC Spt. Bn. Transport troop commander has been leading the build since he and his Soldiers packed up the equipment and drove it more than 12 hours from Imjin Barracks, the home of the ARRC.
We pack it up, transport it, and we work with the engineers and signals, construct the area then secure and maintain it,” he said.
“We’ve got a lot of experience here,” he continued. “Some of the lads have been doing this for about four years now so they know, probably better than I do, how the tents go together and how quickly they can go together.”
While some of the troops have done this before, for others like Cpl. Santoss Rai, a build team section leader, construction is not their given trade in the military and not all undertakings are the same.
“This is a new type of exercise to me,” he said. “I have been on lots of exercises with other regiments but not this type, it has been very hard work.”
“We are engaged in building and not our own trade, but we are working very hard and I am very proud of my boys,” he added. “They have been working so hard, all credit goes to them.”
The long days are part of the ARRC SpBn.’s training objective, working within a 16-day build phase to ensure that they will be able to react quickly to any deployment order, supplementing HQ ARRC’s ability to rapidly deploy in support of NATO.
Speed and adaptability are important factors for any military unit, but as a NATO High Readiness Force, it is even more so. The NATO missions of preserving the alliance and regional stability are more important than ever and when the ARRC takes over as the NATO Response Force in 2017, the spearhead of any NATO action, those attributes will become vital.
(NATO Photo / WO2 Dan Harmer GBR Army / Released)
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The statue of Charles Pelham Villiers seen in West Park, Wolverhampton.
It looks quite deteriorated. Could do with a restoration. It is located in the middle of the two halves of the West Park Boating Lake.
It's a Grade II Listed statue.
Listing Text
WOLVERHAMPTON
SO90SW WEST PARK
895-1/5/362 Villiers Statue
03/02/77
GV II
Statue of Rt.Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers. 1878. By W.Theed
the younger. Ashlar. High plinth supports figure in C19 dress
and holding scroll, against draped stand. Inscription to
front:CHARLES PELHAM/ VILLIERS/P.C.,M.P./BORN 3RD JANUARY
1802,/DIED 16TH JANUARY 1898./ AGED 96 YEARS. Inscription to
rear records his political career; he was M.P. for
Wolverhampton for 63 years. The statue was moved from its
original position in Snow Hill in 1931. West Park was laid out
on the former Broad Meadows racecourse, 1879-80, by V.H.
Vertegans.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Staffordshire: London:
1974-: P.326; Wolverhampton Borough Council: Report on West
Park: 1989-; Register of Parks and Gardens).
Listing NGR: SO9057199156
This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building.
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Largo di Torre Argentina is a square in Rome, Italy, that hosts four Republican Roman temples, and the remains of Pompey's Theatre. It is located in the ancient Campus Martius.
The name of the square comes from the Torre Argentina, which takes its name from the city of Strasbourg, whose Latin name was Argentoratum. In 1503, in fact, the Papal Master of Ceremonies Johannes Burckardt from Strasbourg built in via del Sudario a palace (now at number 44), called Casa del Burcardo, to which the tower is annexed.
The other tower in the square is not the one giving the name to the place, but the Medieval Torre del Papitto ("Little Pope's Tower"), attributed by tradition to Antipope Anacletus II Pierleoni, allegedly not a tall person.
A map showing Pompey's Theatre and other Roman structures in black and modern structures in red.
After Italian unification, it was decided to reconstruct part of Rome (1909), demolishing the zone of Torre Argentina. During the works (1927), however, the colossal head and arms of a marble statue were discovered. The archeological investigation brought to light the presence of a holy area, dating to the Republican era, with four temples and part of Pompey's Theater.
Julius Caesar was killed in the Curia of the Theatre of Pompey, and the spot he was believed to be assassinated is in the square.
Egyptian Army Lt. Col. Essam Abdalla Sayed Ahmed Abdelfattah asks a question during a briefing at the U.S. Army Research Institute during the 2012 Egypt-United States Military Information Exchange June 6 at Fort Belvoir, Va. The exchange, supported by U.S. Army Central Command, the 352nd Civil Affairs Command and the 2nd Psychological Operations Group, brought together civil affairs and military information support operations personnel from the two nations to discuss civil support and disaster response. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jacob Boyer
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Taking some final pictures before I send little Plum off for her faceup tomorrow, I'm going to miss her! I blushed her cheeks a little in my editing program LOL
The pin is of course for breast cancer awareness and research, something I think is important :)
Brig. Gen. William R. Phillips, II, the Virginia National Guard Land Component Commander, visits with Soldiers from the Danville-based 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team June 16 at Fort Pickett during the unit's annual training period. Phillips met with the battalion's senior staff and discussed convoy procedures and other battalion operations as well as viewing a live feed from the battalion's Raven unmanned aerial vehicle. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
Supported by The Paul Green School of Rock All-Stars (who also helped the Buttholes' out on a few tracks)
Soldiers and Airmen from the Virginia National Guard's Fort Pickett-based 34th Civil Support Team conduct a field training exercise Nov. 18, 2014, at the Port of Richmond in Richmond, Va., to prepare for an external evaluation scheduled for June 2015. The 34th CST is externally evaluated every 18 months to validate they are able to effectively execute their mission of providing support to first responders in potential biological, chemical, nuclear, radiological and explosive incidents. They earned a “T” for trained rating on 12 collective tasks and an overall assessment rating of “Fully Mission Capable” following a Training Proficiency Evaluation proctored by U.S. Army North’s Civil Support Readiness Group-East Dec. 3 and 5, 2013. Observer controller / trainers from U.S. Army North were on hand for the FTX at the port to assist with the creation of a realistic scenario and provide feedback on the exercise to help leaders plan their training for the next six months to prepare for the evaluation in 2015. Read more about the 2013 evaluation at go.usa.gov/sEuH. (Photo by Cotton Puryear, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)
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Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples and Navy Region Europe, Africa, Southwest Asia, in collaboration with the Evangelical Alliance in the Department of Religious Assistance from the General Staff, Ministry of Defense, Bucharest conducted Operation Helping Hands for the Holidays, a gift-giving event, in Bucharest, Romania on Monday, December 15.
“We are reaching out to the community and asking our Sailors to donate and volunteer and connect with them. It affects both communities in positive ways,” explained NSA Naples Command Chaplain Cmdr. Manuel A. Biadog, one of the organizers.
The event in Romania is one of the five organized this year, the other four taking place in Italy. Each box contained small toys, school supplies, and other useful items for the children.
(Lucian Crusoveanu / Public Diplomacy Office)