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AMT Trader, carrying a hull section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, manoeuvres between the Forth Bridges en-route from BAE Systems, Govan to Babcock, Rosyth.
AMT Trader, carrying a hull section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, changes tugs in the Forth of Forth en-route from BAE Systems, Govan to Babcock, Rosyth.
At Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre organised by Motor Traders Association Singapore.
11331 W. Broad Street
Glen Allen, Virginia
37º38'57" N, 77º36'26" W
Trader Joe's opened its first and only store in the Richmond area in fall 2008, just over half a mile from Whole Foods, which had opened a month earlier.
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The Trader Joe's in Media, Pennsylvania was a National Guard armory at one time. Swords into plowshares?
This beats the one on Court Street in Brooklyn that used to be a bank was the most interesting rework, but this beats it.
Tug ERACLEA (IMO 9499656) leads the AMT Trader, carrying a hull section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, in the Forth of Forth en-route from BAE Systems, Govan to Babcock, Rosyth.
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Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc with an estimated area of 14,300 km² extending east from the Java island of Indonesia. The population was 1,831,000 in the 2010 census and the largest town is Maumere. Flores is Portuguese (as well as Spanish) for "flowers".
Flores is located east of Sumbawa and Komodo and west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south, across the Sumba strait, is Sumba and to the north, beyond the Flores Sea, is Sulawesi.
On 12 December 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale occurred, killing 2,500 people in and around Maumere, including islands off the North coast.
HOMO FLORESIENSIS
In September 2004, at Liang Bua Cave in western Flores, paleoanthropologists discovered small skeletons that they described as a previously unknown hominin species, Homo floresiensis. These are informally named hobbits and appear to have stood about 1 m tall. The most complete individual (LB1) is dated as 18,000 years old.
HISTORY
Portuguese traders and missionaries came to Flores in the 16th century, mainly to Larantuka and Sikka. Their influence is still discernible in Sikka's language, culture and religion.
The Dominican order was extremely important in this island, as well as in the neighbouring islands of Timor and Solor. When in 1613 the Dutch attacked the Fortress of Solor, the population of this fort, led by the Dominicans, moved to the harbor town of Larantuka, on the eastern coast of Flores. This population was mixed, of Portuguese and local islanders descent and Larantuqueiros, Topasses (people that wear heats) or, as Dutch knew them, the 'Black Portuguese' (Swarte Portugueezen).
The Larantuqueiros or Topasses became the dominant sandalwood trading people of the region for the next 200 years. This group used Portuguese as the language for worship, Malay as the language of trade and a mixed dialect as mother tongue. This was observed by William Dampier, an English privateer visiting the Island in 1699:
These [the Topasses] have no Forts, but depend on their Alliance with the Natives: And indeed they are already so mixt, that it is hard to distinguish whether they are Portuguese or Indians. Their Language is Portuguese; and the religion they have, is Romish. They seem in Words to acknowledge the King of Portugal for their Sovereign; yet they will not accept any Officers sent by him. They speak indifferently the Malayan and their own native Languages, as well as Portuguese.
In 1846, Dutch and Portuguese initiated negotiations towards delimiting the territories but these negotiations led nowhere. In 1851 the new governor of Timor, Solor and Flores, Lima Lopes, faced with an impoverished administration, agreed to sell eastern Flores and the nearby islands to the Dutch in return for a payment of 200,000 Florins. Lima Lopes did so without the consent of Lisbon and was dismissed in disgrace, but his agreement was not rescinded and in 1854 Portugal ceded all its historical claims on Flores. After this, Flores became part of the territory of Dutch East Indies.
During World War II a Japanese invasion force landed at Reo on 14 May 1942 and occupied Flores.
After the war Flores became part of independent Indonesia.
ADMINISTRATION
Flores is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province. The island along with smaller minor islands are split into eight regencies (local government districts); from west to east these are: Manggarai Barat (West Manggarai), Manggarai Tengah (Central Manggarai), Manggarai Timur (East Manggarai), Ngada, Nagekeo, Ende, Sikka and Flores Timur (East Flores). Flores has 39.1% of the East Nusa Tenggara provincial population as of 2010, and the most Indonesians of all islands in the province.
It is the island with the 9th most Indonesians. Among all islands containing Indonesian territory, it is the 10th most populous after Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Bali, Madura, Lombok, and Timor.
FLORA AND FAUNA
The west coast of Flores is one of the few places, aside from the island of Komodo itself, where the Komodo dragon can be found in the wild, and is part of Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Kelimutu National Park is the second national park designated on Flores to protect endangered species. The Flores giant rat is also endemic to the island, and Verhoeven's giant tree rat was formerly present. These giant rodents are considered examples of island gigantism.
Flores was also the habitat of several extinct dwarf forms of the proboscidean Stegodon, the most recent (Stegodon florensis insularis) disappearing approximately 12,000 years ago. It is speculated by scientists that limited resources and an absence of advanced predators made the few megafaunal species that reached the island subject to insular dwarfism.
CULTURE
There are many languages spoken on the island of Flores, all of them belonging to the Austronesian family. In the centre of the island in the districts of Ngada, Nagekeo, and Ende there is what is variously called the Central Flores Dialect Chain or the Central Flores Linkage. Within this area there are slight linguistic differences in almost every village. At least six separate languages are identifiable. These are from west to east: Ngadha, Nage, Keo, Ende, Lio and Palu'e, which is spoken on the island with the same name of the north coast of Flores. Locals would probably also add So'a and Bajawa to this list, which anthropologists have labeled dialects of Ngadha.
The peoples of Flores are almost entirely Roman Catholic Christians, whereas most other Indonesians are Muslim. As a consequence, Flores may be regarded as surrounded by a religious border. The prominence of Catholicism on the island results from its colonisation by Portugal. In other parts of Indonesia with significant Christian populations, such as the Maluku Islands and Sulawesi, the geographical divide is less rigid and Muslims and Christians sometimes live side by side. Flores thereby also has less religious violence that has sporadically occurred in other parts of Indonesia. There are several churches on the island.
TOURISM
The most famous tourist attraction in Flores is Kelimutu, a volcano containing three colored lakes, located in the district of Ende close to the town of Moni. These crater lakes are in the caldera of a volcano, and fed by a volcanic gas source, resulting in highly acidic water. The colored lakes change colors on an irregular basis, depending on the oxidation state of the lake from bright red through green and blue.
There are snorkelling and diving locations along the north coast of Flores, most notably Maumere and Riung. However, due to the destructive practice of local fishermen using bombs to fish, and locals selling shells to tourists, combined with the after effects of a devastating tsunami in 1992, the reefs have slowly been destroyed.
Labuan Bajo (on the western tip of Flores) is a town often used by tourists as a base to visit Komodo and Rinca. Labuanbajo also attracts scuba divers, as whale sharks inhabit the waters around Labuanbajo.
The Luba and Bena villages include traditional houses in Flores, Bena is also noted for its Stone Age megaliths.
Larantuka, on the isle's eastern end, is known for its Holy Week festivals.
ECONOMY
In addition to tourism, the main economic activities on Flores are agriculture, fishing and seaweed production. The primary food crops being grown on Flores are rice, maize, sweet potato and cassava, while the main cash crops are coffee, coconut, candle nut and cashew. Flores is one of the newest origins for Indonesian coffee. Previously, most Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) from Flores was blended with other origins. Now, demand is growing for this coffee because of its heavy body and sweet chocolate, floral and woody notes.
WIKIPEDIA
Trader´s journal of Georg Movinkel (1785-1871), postdating closure of the Hanseatic League Kontor in Bergen in 1754.
After 1630 an increasing number of Hanseatic traders became citizens of Bergen and continued to trade in stockfish, fish oil and grain. By 1740 there were only nine German trading posts left, whilst there were ninety held by citizens of Bergen. Consequently, reorganisation of the Kontor began, and in 1754 the Norwegian Kontor was finally established. This organisation adopted most of the Hanseatic rules and continued the system until the 1840s. Until the 1830s, for instance, trade administrators were still prohibited from marrying. Even until the 1840s most of the merchants in Bryggen had still been born in Germany, and German was spoken in Bryggen until the end of the 19th Century. The last German mass was held in the Mariakirken in 1868. The “soft” transition from German organisation to local Bergen organisation meant it was possible to retain the old markets in Germany and at the same time expand in other places. Amongst other things, this led to an extensive trade in dried cod with Italy, and Italy is still Norway’s most important market for stockfish.
The Norwegian Kontor was closed in 1899 marking the end of almost five hundred years of history.
On display in the Hanseatic Museum in Bergen, Norway.
Enjoy it better large and on black.
Een tweetal Reo trucks zijn midden jaren 60 binnengekomen als oude dump trucks, om er vervolgens in deze staat uit te komen. Een tweetal klaar voor aflevering aan de Nederlandsche Pijpleiding Constructie Maatschappij kortweg NPC. De voorste is in opdracht elders voorzien van de tank opbouw. Op de achtergrond een rode Thames Trader Deze werden veelal ingekocht voor de sloop, omdat de cardans vaak stuk gingen.
The amount of china, stemware and silver this woman had is amazing!
Mary Pickford's estate has remained intact and in the hands of her distant heirs. It's for sale Nov 22 and 23 at the former Trader Vic's at the Beverly Hilton.
I feel betrayed. The old location was so much more accessible. Only crazy people like me would take the bus and walk down this street that doesn't really have a sidewalk.
eta: so I had lots of goodies in my basket, including TJ gnocci which I've been craving for a couple of weeks, and suddenly realized I'd left my debit card at home and only had $4 in cash. So all I got in the end was a lousy bag of delicious salt and vinegar chips. I suck.