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U.S. Army Rangers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, fire at an enemy bunker during Task Force Training on Camp Roberts, Calif., Feb. 1, 2014. Rangers constantly train to maintain their tactical proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Steven Hitchcock/Not Reviewed)
Me han hecho una entrevista para el grupo La mano amiga. Os la he querido presentar con lo que para mí resulta más difícil: el autorretrato.
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I have been interviewed for the La mano amiga group (sorry it is only in Spanish). I decided to introduce it to you with what I consider the hardest task: a selfportrait.
The women performing their daily task of fetching water for domestic and drinking use in the rural area of Sindh.
Design : Chen Xiao
Paper : One uncut square, Double tissue, 19*19cm
International Origami Internet Olympiad 2017
Round 2 - Task 04
My entry for the IOIO 2017 task 4.
This design is really cute, albeit slightly too angular. I tried to give it a more lifelike, curtsy attitude.
The little play on shadows is an added bonus !
Langston & Tasker
Mercedes Benz Vario
YN56 DYY
Not in Service
Aylesbury Bus Station
19th January 2017
The techies are doing some maintenance to the color bubbles machine. No one knows what is the machine for or what it means for them but it is always working and perfectly adjusted.
In the 2nd half of 1955 Chevrolet introduced a new design series called "Task Force" for it's trucks.
I really like those old Chevy trucks and therefore it's no wonder that I'm trying to built one from LEGO bricks.
Some of you may remember I already made a stab at it some time ago.
But I never was too happy with it, it was to big, had no stepside bed,the proportions where a bit of and -most important - it wasn't light blue!
I managed to fix some of the issues for this new version and now I'm kind of happy with it.
Nevertheless it still has some minor flaws.
The back of the cab should be tilted forward, but I had no clue how to do that without changing the whole design.
Also I want to change the bed, which is covered into an open version made from 1x2x1 panels. At the moment I just don't have the panels in the right blue color.
Front to Rear - Engine 2, Engine 102, and Truck 2
All are on the Pierce Quantum chassis. More pics to follow tomorrow!!
"An army marches on its stomach." The combined mess (dining facility) is build for the special operations task force only, and it has a dining hall, a TV room, a coffee room, a small gym, and a fire pit outside.
Task Force members enjoying their meals at the dining hall.
1924 ‘Little Giant’ Steam Lorry
I found this little beauty chuffing away in the Square, Winchester, just outside the Musem.
The Little Giant Steam lorry is powered by a 5HP steam engine with 4.25 inch cylinder bores and a 7 inch stroke which turns a 23.5 inch flywheel, the boiler has a working pressure of 200 ppsi and a test pressure of 300 ppsi.
The compound steam engine, built by Tasker & Sons in their Waterloo Ironworks at Abbotts Ann, near Andover in Hampshire in 1924, is fitted with side mounted valves, draincocks, a valve push rod driven mechanical lubricator, blower, Tasker's Double High regulator system, equilibrium and simpling valve and vertical gear driven feed pump.
The chassis fittings include injector, foot operated flywheel band brake, flywheel driven wagon tipping mechanism, follower wheel and chain driven screw jack, belly tank, waterlift and a back axle drum type band brake.
Tasker & Sons
In 1806, Robert Tasker of Stanton St Bernard, Wiltshire travelled from his father's blacksmith business to Abbotts Ann, Hampshire to join the forge ironworks business of Thomas Maslen. In 1809, he took over the business, but due to his non conformist Christian views, Tasker found business hard, and was forced to bid for work from further afield.
In 1813, Tasker and his brother William founded the Waterloo Ironworks in the Anna Valley. The site, built on chalk strata, gave access to coal and iron ore via the Andover Canal, and offered waterwheel power from the Pillhill Brook. The works came into operation in 1815; hence it is named after the great Battle of Waterloo. The brothers entered into a partnership with George Fowle, a relative of Robert's wife, Martha.
As the industrial revolution gathered pace, a series of riots began. Started in Kent by a Captain Swing, a group of 300 agricultural workers entered the Waterloo Ironworks on the 20 November 1830, causing considerable damage. 30 men were arrested by Special constables, of whom 14 were tried, 4 acquitted, and 10 eventually transported to penal colonies in Australia.
After the opening of the London and Southampton Railway, the canal was closed, and eventually buried to make way for another railway line, which replaced Tasker’s wharf with a series of private railway sidings. In 1857, two of William's sons took over the business, coming to a licence agreement with Clayton & Shuttleworth of Lincoln to sell and service their stationary boilers.
In 1865, the Waterloo Ironworks made its first steam engine, and until 1891 Taskers became known as a producer of bespoke steam engines, each one of which was produced to its own unique design. After William's third son Henry joined the firm, he implemented the "Economic" design of 8 horsepower (6.0 kW) engines of 1891, which formed the first series of standards Tasker designs, using steel boiler plates over wrought iron.
Henry, who was now running the business, bought out his brother’s interests, but the company was now left short of capital, and hence struggled through till the First World War. Henry found new capital via a series of share sales, which resulted in the 1902 development of the standard class of 'light' (just under 3 tonnes or 2.95 long tons or 3.31 short tons) engine called "Little Giant," of which over 300 were made.
After liquidation in 1903, and reformation in 1907, Taskers thrived in production in World War I. Post-war, Taskers built a series of road rollers, but the economic slump brought about a second inevitable receivership in 1926, and liquidation.
In 1932, the company was revived (as Taskers of Andover (1932) Limited) through the production of semi-trailers. Using steel over iron, the product didn't require the services of the Waterloo Ironworks, which closed permanently in 1937.
Historical details from Wikipedia.
1 (T384 PNV, ex 99-C-22536)
Dennis Dart SPD/Plaxton Super Pointer B37F
Langston & Tasker, Steeple Claydon
Steeple Claydon, 14 March 2014
New to Bus Eireann
An appointment in Steeple Claydon this morning presented an opportunity to visit Langston & Tasker. Seen arriving back at the yard after its morning's duties, number 1 is one of the four low-floor Darts sourced from Dawsonrentals in early 2013 for new tendered services. There was a fifth low-floor, Enviro200 SN57 DXJ, but this was only operated for a few months before suffering fire damage and I never managed to photograph it.