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A worker affixed bolts at a joint between segments.
On Saturday, workers replaced third rail near Bryn Mawr on the Red Line Saturday to help ensure continued, reliable power delivery to Red Line trains in the area. The "third rail" (also known as "contact rail") is the electrified rail through which power is delivered to our trains.
One segment at a time, workers removed existing sections of rail and replaced it with heavier-gauge sections, which can provide better conductivity. Each section is seated on insulated third rail chairs, bolted together with adjacent sections and smoothed out at joints. Welders also come out and connect the rail to the power system using jumper cables.
The rail that's been removed will be reused for other important power delivery improvements, later—an efficient and sustainable practice we employ to make the most of the materials at our disposal.
The section replaced on Saturday morning and afternoon was on the Howard-bound Red Line track and measures in at about 1900 feet, or about 580 meters, in length. To put the heft of this work into perspective, the base, steel component of third rail that was installed weighs about 85lbs. for every three feet of rail—this doesn't include the weight of aluminum that's affixed to the rail for added electrical conductivity, bolts, insulators and other components that are a part of delivering power to trains. The total weight of the steel part of the rail moved just on Saturday is upwards of 52 tons.
A team of ten workers use rail tongs to lift a segment of third rail that's just been cut to size before carrying it down the track and seating it.
On Saturday, workers replaced third rail near Bryn Mawr on the Red Line Saturday to help ensure continued, reliable power delivery to Red Line trains in the area. The "third rail" (also known as "contact rail") is the electrified rail through which power is delivered to our trains.
One segment at a time, workers removed existing sections of rail and replaced it with heavier-gauge sections, which can provide better conductivity. Each section is seated on insulated third rail chairs, bolted together with adjacent sections and smoothed out at joints. Welders also come out and connect the rail to the power system using jumper cables.
The rail that's been removed will be reused for other important power delivery improvements, later—an efficient and sustainable practice we employ to make the most of the materials at our disposal.
The section replaced on Saturday morning and afternoon was on the Howard-bound Red Line track and measures in at about 1900 feet, or about 580 meters, in length. To put the heft of this work into perspective, the base, steel component of third rail that was installed weighs about 85lbs. for every three feet of rail—this doesn't include the weight of aluminum that's affixed to the rail for added electrical conductivity, bolts, insulators and other components that are a part of delivering power to trains. The total weight of the steel part of the rail moved just on Saturday is upwards of 52 tons.
The horizon is exactly on the bottom third and the spray of light is centred on the vertical third. Also the Y shaped plant in the foreground is just to the right of that line!
Elfia Haarzuilen 2014 sunday 20 april 2014
Every year in April since 2001, the substantial number of 25,000 people from all over Europe come to the largest Fantasy event on the European continent: the Elfia.
Two-third of the visitors have transformed into orcs, magicians, dragons, knights, vampires, elves, unicorns, gothic lolita, manga comic hero or a combination of these. Every year the costumes are getting more resourceful and more artistic. In the midst of the budding nature of the Castle park which belongs to the largest castle of the Netherlands – Kasteel de Haar fantasy lovers indulge themselves in all that is offered and coveted: medieval music, dancing, lectures, theatre plays, and parades.
Sinds 2001 komen elk jaar in april een groeiend aantal mensen uit heel Europa op de Elfia editie Haarzuilens naar het grootste fantasy evenement dat op het Europese continent georganiseerd wordt: de Elf Fantasy Fair.
Tweederde van deze bezoekers hebben zichzelf omgetoverd tot orc, tovenaar, draak, ridder, vampier, elf, eenhoorn, gothic lolita, manga stripheld of een combinatie daarvan. De kostuums worden elk jaar steeds vindingrijker en kunstzinniger. Temidden van de opbloeiende natuur van het kasteelpark, dat behoort tot het grootste kasteel van Nederland, Kasteel de Haar, dompelen de fantasy liefhebbers zich onder in een aangenaam bad van middeleeuwse muziek, dans, lezingen, theatervoorstellingen en optochten.
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as seen from Saint Anthony Main on the banks of the Mississippi River.
The Third Avenue Bridge is a landmark structure of the city of Minneapolis. Originally known as the St. Anthony Falls Bridge, it crosses the Mississippi River going right over the upper fringes of Saint Anthony Falls.
Part Of The Eternal Bomberz Production
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Was featured in a photo shoot of a Black Golf GTI for Max Power Magazine
parrot in Singapore's Zoo
This is an example of rule of thirds because the parrot is placed in the second third of the picture and not in the middle.
For the third year in a row, Inspector Danny Atherton along with Constable Damieon Hartley-Pickles and a Greater Manchester Police team have held a marathon sports to raise money for Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham.
On Saturday 25 January 2020, their challenge was to take part in a gruelling 13-hour session of touch rugby and five-a-side football.
Thirteen teams took part, including local junior schools and sports clubs from across Oldham.
GMP’s Chief Constable Ian Hopkins also showed his support by participating in two of the games.
PC Damieon Hartley-Pickles from GMP’s Oldham Division said: “This was a true test of stamina and as we got to the end of the 13-hours, I could hear my bones creaking.
“Our team consisted of players from GMP’s rugby league team as well as family, friends and associates linked to the Oldham Division. It was a hard slog but thinking about the charity and all they do to support our locations communities spurred the teams on.”
This is the third year running that the team have held a fundraising event, having done a 24-hour five-a-side football marathon in 2018 raising a staggering £6000, following by a 13-hour touch rugby marathon in 2019, raising £4000. These challenges have all been to raise money for Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham who provide opportunities and activities for young people across the community.
So far in 2020, the team have raised over £3,500 which brings the total raised by the team in the past three years, to just over £13,500.
Alongside the matches, they also held a raffle with over 40 prizes including first prize of a signed Manchester United football shirt kindly donated by the Manchester United Foundation.
GMP’s Inspector Danny Atherton commented that; “I would also like to say a big thank you to everyone involved and who supported the event.
“I would like to say a special thanks to some fantastic GMP members of staff - Sophie Sowerby, Paula Isaacs and PCSO Suzanne Pealin who created the brochure for the challenge and also managed to persuade a number of local businesses to support the event.”
To contact Greater Manchester Police for a less urgent matter or make a report online you can also visit www.gmp.police.uk.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give evidence.
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The third doll in the holiday series is decked out in a gorgeous green gown with chartreuse opera gloves. The rooted brunette beauty's gown is draped along the bust and flares out at the waist for a dramatic look. Golden rose earrings, a green clutch purse and matching green shoes will let this lady ring in the holidays in style. The doll also comes with stand and COA.
Third-ranked and second-seeded Concordia-St. Paul volleyball pulls off a comeback in the NCAA Central Region Tournament quarterfinals, defeating 13th-ranked and seventh-seeded Nebraska-Kearney in five sets at Rice Auditorium in Wayne, Nebraska. Photos by Josh Deer/CSP Athletics
Caodaism (Dai Dao Tam Ky Pho Do, or Third Great Universal Religious Amnesty) is a syncretic religion that had its beginnings in Vietnam, then part of French Indo-China, in the 1920s. Its founder, Ngo Minh Chieu (or Ngo Van Chieu), was a French civil servant and was also a mystic who was well-versed in western and eastern religions. In 1919 he began receiving revelations about the truth of religions from God (Caodai) that told him to combine the teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Confucianism, Christianity, Islam and other religions into one religion to promote peace. In 1926 he revealed his seances to the public as a new belief system. It soon became quite popular.
There are a number of important figures in the Cao Dai pantheon. The major saints are Chinese revolutionary leader Sun Yat-sen, the 19c French writer Victor Hugo and the 16c Vietnamese poet Nguyen Binh Khiem. Lesser dignitaries who have manifested themselves in seances include notables such as Joan of Arc, Descartes, V. I. Lenin, William Shakespeare, and Winston Churchill. The organizational structure roughly follows that of the Roman Catholic Church with a pope, cardinals, bishops and priests. There are several million practicioners in (mostly southern) Vietnam and perhaps over a thousand temples, mostly in the Mekong delta. There are also practicioners in the west, though these are primarily in the expatriate Vietnamese communities.
The movement became involved in the Vietnamese nationalist movement against the French and for a while even were allied with the Viet Minh. But Cai Dai military units eventually joined the French against the Viet Minh. After the triumph of the North in the Vietnam war Cao Daiists suffered much along with other religions.
The Great Temple, or Holy See, is the center of the sect. Constructed between 1933 and 1955, is about 60 miles (100 kilometers) northwest of Ho Chi Minh City. It is near the market village of Long Than, and only 5 kilometers from Tay Nihn, the capital of the province of the same name. There are colorful ceremonies with chanting four times a day.
for further information and many more images of this colourful temple, please visit the following website:
A Bristol LD-type Lodekka, still going strong on one of its owner's "trunk" routes after 19 years' service.
The National Bus Company had been formed in 1969 from the merger of the BET and Tilling groups. A certain amount of "rationalisation" followed. Aldershot & District, a BET company, was amalgamated with the neighbouring Tilling company, Thames Valley. Alder Valley Services was the result.
Thames Valley had acquired the bus from Notts & Derbyshire in 1971. It is seen here standing in Maidenhead bus station on Wednesday 18th February 1976. After taking the photo I boarded the vehicle and travelled to Reading.
Members of the Togolese Navy conduct law enforcement training aboard USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) as part of exercise Obangame Express in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 27, 2023. Obangame Express 2023, conducted by U.S. Naval Forces Africa, is a maritime exercise designed to improve cooperation, and increase maritime safety and security among participating nations in the Gulf of Guinea and Southern Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Sixth Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Mikaela McGee)
For the third year in a row, Inspector Danny Atherton along with Constable Damieon Hartley-Pickles and a Greater Manchester Police team have held a marathon sports to raise money for Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham.
On Saturday 25 January 2020, their challenge was to take part in a gruelling 13-hour session of touch rugby and five-a-side football.
Thirteen teams took part, including local junior schools and sports clubs from across Oldham.
GMP’s Chief Constable Ian Hopkins also showed his support by participating in two of the games.
PC Damieon Hartley-Pickles from GMP’s Oldham Division said: “This was a true test of stamina and as we got to the end of the 13-hours, I could hear my bones creaking.
“Our team consisted of players from GMP’s rugby league team as well as family, friends and associates linked to the Oldham Division. It was a hard slog but thinking about the charity and all they do to support our locations communities spurred the teams on.”
This is the third year running that the team have held a fundraising event, having done a 24-hour five-a-side football marathon in 2018 raising a staggering £6000, following by a 13-hour touch rugby marathon in 2019, raising £4000. These challenges have all been to raise money for Mahdlo Youth Zone in Oldham who provide opportunities and activities for young people across the community.
So far in 2020, the team have raised over £3,500 which brings the total raised by the team in the past three years, to just over £13,500.
Alongside the matches, they also held a raffle with over 40 prizes including first prize of a signed Manchester United football shirt kindly donated by the Manchester United Foundation.
GMP’s Inspector Danny Atherton commented that; “I would also like to say a big thank you to everyone involved and who supported the event.
“I would like to say a special thanks to some fantastic GMP members of staff - Sophie Sowerby, Paula Isaacs and PCSO Suzanne Pealin who created the brochure for the challenge and also managed to persuade a number of local businesses to support the event.”
To contact Greater Manchester Police for a less urgent matter or make a report online you can also visit www.gmp.police.uk.
You should call 101, the national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give evidence.
The third annual Rock the Block, a construction industry Touch-A-Truck community event, at the Dolese Concrete Oklahoma City campus located at 14th and Broadway on Saturday, Aug. 17, 9AM - 1PM, The free event is family-friendly and open to the public. Children will be able to touch, climb and explore vehicles of all sizes. In addition to Dolese, a variety of construction industry partners will display vehicles and equipment for kids to interact with, including:
• Action Safety Supply Co.
• Association of Oklahoma General Contractors
• Basement Contractors
• Ben E. Keith
• Bruckner’s
• Brundage-Bone
• C.L. Boyd
• Haskell Lemon Construction Co.
• Kirby-Smith Machinery Inc.
• OCT Equipment
• ODOT Materials Division
• Oklahoma City Fire Department
• Oklahoma City Police Department Bomb Squad
• Oklahoma Environmental Management
• Oklahoma Gas and Electric
• Premier Truck Group
• Shell Lubricants
• Warren CAT
• Van Keppel
• Vermeer Great Plains
Pentax 67, Gundlach Manhattan Opt Co 5.25"/f3,4 Petzval projection lens, Kodak Tri-X 400 film pushed two stops
The Third Silesian Uprising was the last and largest and longest of the three uprisings.
The Third Silesian Uprising began on May 2–3, 1921, with Polish destruction of German rail bridges in order to thwart immediate German measures to suppress the uprising. A particular concern was to prevent a recurrence of the many acts of violence that had been perpetrated against the populace by German paramilitary groups, the Freikorps, which had ostensibly been created to support the German border-protection police. The Freikorps comprised mostly volunteers and demobilised German soldiers.
After an initial success of the insurgents, taking over a large portion of the area of Upper Silesia, the German Grenzschutz several times resisted the attacks of Wojciech Korfanty's Polish troops, some cases in cooperation with British and Italian troops. An attempt on the part of the British troops to take steps against the Polish forces was prevented by General Jules Gratier, the French commander-in-chief of the Allied troops. Eventually, the insurgents kept most of territory they had won, including the local industrial district. They proved that they could mobilize large amounts local support, while the German forces based outside Silesia were barred from taking an active part in the conflict.
Twelve days after the outbreak of the insurrection Korfanty offered to take his troops behind a line of demarcation (the "Korfanty Line"), conditional upon the released territory not being re-occupied by German forces, but by Allied troops. It was not, however, until July 1 that the British troops arrived in Upper Silesia and began to advance in company with those of the other Allies towards the former frontier. Simultaneously with this advance the 'Inter-Allied Commission' pronounced a general amnesty for the illegal actions committed during the insurrection, with the exception of acts of revenge and cruelty. The German Grenzschutz was withdrawn and disbanded.
Looking back this was really great hiking summer. Even before the travels to Italian Alps and Prokletije in Montenegro there was another smaller 5 day trip, to Maglić, highest mountain of neighboring Bosnia Herzegovina.
It seams third time lucky is not just some unfounded saying, cause my first two tries to climb this beautiful mountain failed because of relentless rain. Guess it is not called Maglić ('foggy') for nothing! Its slopes are covered by dense primeval forest Perućica, one of the last preserved in Europe. Guess all that fog and rain have something to do with it ;-)
Well, third time was anything but rainy! It took place in the height of the summer, during the scorching heat wave. Through Herzegovina temps climbed over 40°C/105°F. Because of some bad macadam roads around Maglić I went with old car that doesn't have air conditioning. Before reaching the higher mountains it seamed like being on the road to hell instead of paradise.
Sutjeska valley finally provided temperature relief but day was coming to an end and I wanted to get a glimpse of Maglić at sunset. But there was no window in dense forest. Slow forest road made me panic that I'll miss this opportunity which is very rare. Suddenly, in the very last moments of sunset, forest opened up a bit on Dragoš Sedlo saddle and I managed to run on the position, set up tripod and rapid fire few shots before that fire got extinguished!
Only then I could really breathe a sigh of relief...