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A loaded continuous welded rail train is stretched out across the fill at Strangmuir East, behind a solo SD40-2. A brief but intense weather system rolled through about an hour earlier, resulting in a faint rainbow in the distance about 3/4 of the way back on the train.
Now while it may look like I had pretty good timing with this train, in reality the train was a large photo prop. The single SD40 decided to stop loading and shut down right on the east switch. After unsuccessfully troubleshooting with the Alyth shops, the crew was instructed to tie the train down and hop in a cab. Rescue power would later be sent out of Alyth to drag the train off the switch and into Alyth.
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Sometimes being interested in public policy, and where your tax dollars go, gets you in trouble. But after decades of sitting in university lectures, database, and troubleshooting work it's just the brain I've been damned with.
The Joshua Tree National Park web site, unfortunately, reports a fire in the Geology Tour Road area of the park. As you read this, it may have been 100% extinguished and all of the smoldering stuff has been dug up and put out. (Old firefighting joke: "My, you look so extinguished today.") The fire only affected an area along Geology Tour Road which has been temporarily closed. The rest of the Park is open to visitors. Attendance at the Park looks like it may be slowing a little because the hot weather season is approaching.
I managed to snap a snapshot of one of the engines assigned to the fire. ID-BOF-E411 means this is Engine 411 from Boise National Forest in Idaho. Hats off to people who bounce along the Interstate in a Navistar crew cab in order to put out a fire out here in the desert. How did an engine from Idaho get to JTNP? Guess: they may have been temporarily assigned to San Bernardino National Forest or Angeles National Forest and were snagged for this fire. Federal dispatch is very coherent and well-considered but not obvious to us outsiders. There is intense planning and things are done with a focus on efficiency. It's a symphony but the result isn't music.
In my yard, and in the Park, the heavy rains this year caused grass to grow. You can see the brown, dry grass in the photo. Our air mass comes from the air basin in Los Angeles area. Some report the grass growth is aided by nitrogen, a fertilizer deposited in the desert by air pollutants. It's a gift sent by coastal urban areas.
Thanks to the people who are/were out there digging up smoldering root bundles in the desert sun.
It is harder to guess ahead of time how you will be received by those in charge of government documents than to guess what you will find in them. Ahead of time, I had guessed I would be sized up as a suspicious character up to no good: I was alone and peeking into government files and into [the actual site of the fatal] Mann Gulch [fire] itself, which had long since been put out of sight, and was better that way. Although Forest Service Employees, I figured, would always be watching me with a fishy eye when I was around and even more so when I wasn't, there were not nearly as many spies as I expected. They were mostly old-timers, and some of them had worked in the office long enough to know that some funny PR business had gone on at the time of the Mann Gulch fire. Most of the Forest Service employees who had a corner of an eye on me belonged to that element in most PR offices who are never important enough to be trusted with any of the organization's real secrets — they just know genetically that big organizations have shady secrets (that's why they are big). Also genetically they like shady secrets and genetically they like to protect shady secrets but have none of their own. I gather that government organizations almost always have this un-organized minority of Keepers of the Unkempt Secrets, and one of these, I was told, went so far as to write a letter to be read at a meeting of the staff of the regional forester reporting that I was making suspicious visits to Mann Gulch and reportedly and suspiciously arranging to bring back with me to Mann Gulch the two survivors of the fire. According to my source of information, after the letter was read the regional forester went right on with the business at hand as if nothing had interrupted him. And, as far as I know, nothing had.
— Norman Maclean from Young Men and Fire
Journalism grade images.
Source: 3,600x2,800 16-bit TIF file.
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I have been getting a lot of questions lately about wearing SL breasts so, I published what I hope is a helpful little guide on fixing some common issues. I hope you enjoy!
The post is on my blog; however, I had to take the link out of flickr for TOS reasons.
A solitary dahlia, aptly named “Solar Flare”, in the Flower Garden Walk, Longwood Gardens.
Finally, finally, I have all of my photo files transferred to my new computer. I’ve been working getting it up and running for what seems like ages—it’s an iMac which now also runs Windows with programs I need for work. Uploading, downloading, installing, tweaking settings, troubleshooting, and so on….without an interruption to my work schedule, (which thankfully has been light). All that’s left is to finish the cleanup of my old computer’s files and prep it for donation.
I hope to catch up soon on what I’ve missed—both visits and posting. Happy Sunday!
I was SO hopeful the other day that our Internet would stay up but it is gone again. We got about 40 minutes?? AT&T doesn’t seem to care. I have been through all the troubleshooting there is. Nobody should have to reboot a modem and computer 20 times a day. Ken made the call today, as I just could not put on my armor and take up my sword again. The help desk guy said it must be a bad problem. LOL! No. We are just a small road of few customers in their big world and they don’t care if we don’t have service. They also know that there are no other options for us- no other DSL, no cable, no satellite/no line-of-sight, so we have no leverage. We cannot do our medical or insurance things online, cannot do our banking, cannot receive email- it is a big halt in the way people live in this day and age. I really don’t know how long I can keep it up- to drive somewhere so I can post or send an email or do business from my phone. Totally depressing. . .
God stands for composition !
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Pt. 1/2
The “sky-crane” helicopter concept was born with the CH-37 Mojave in the 1950s. Sikorsky continued testing and development with the piston-engined S-60 prototype. While Sikorsky was beginning work on the S-64 in 1961, the sole S-60 prototype crashed.
Sikorsky’s and the Army’s investment in the S-64 program soon paid off. The program delivered an extremely versatile, efficient, and rugged rotorcraft; its first flight was on May 9, 1962. The military variant, the CH-54 Tarhe (meaning “The Crane”), was named after an 18th-century Native American chief while the civil variant kept the company designation S-64 and is referred to as the Skycrane. The Tarhe was deployed to Vietnam in 1965, performing a multitude of roles during throughout the conflict. The skycranes mainly delivered construction equipment and 155mm howitzers to hilltop firebases and frontline airfields. By 1967, there were 3 heavy helicopter companies (10 skycranes each) in service with the U.S. Army in Vietnam under the umbrella of the 1st Air Cav. During its 8 years of service in Southeast Asia, only one was shot down, but 8 were lost to operational causes. It was phased out of Army and National Guard service during the 70s and 80s, gradually being replaced by the CH-47 Chinook. 105 Tarhes were made (As, Bs, and pre-production models), and Erikson Aircrane still produces the S-64 to this day (31 have been made since the 90s).
General Specifications:
Crew - 3
Dimensions - length: 88.5 ft, height: 25ft 5in
Rotor - diameter: 72ft, area: ~4,000 sqft
Weight - ~19,000-20,000 lbs
Max Takeoff Weight - 47,000 lbs
Payload - 21,000 lbs
Powerplant - two Pratt & Whitney T73 turboshafts (4,500 hp each)
Max Speed - 130 kn (150 mph)
Range - 200 nmi (230 mi)
Rate of Climb - 1,330 ft/min (6.8 m/s)
The model:
Features - detailed cockpit with opening doors (easily accessible), working main winch, 4 external hooks, geared rotors, stowable blades, blade holders, cargo pod with technic motor and battery box for motorization (I’ll have to design some more cargo pods in Studio that actually have a detailed interior)
The stickers are from various Brickmania Huey sticker packs. I also based the main rotor design on the Brickmania CH-53E (which was derived from the Skycrane irl) main rotor. It’s generally the same technique, but I had to do some troubleshooting to get it down to 6 blades instead of 7.
Can't think of a title.....just spend an hour or so trying to figure out why my Upload feature wasn't working...and why my flickr connection has been so S-L-O-W lately... I reloaded flickr uploader...deleted something...changed default browser....deleted some history stuff....moved a bunch of stuff to Xharddrive..and I am not very good at this troubleshooting stuff so i don't know if it will make any difference in speed but at least I was able to upload...crossing my fingers...now have to go do the laundry..big mountain of it...hubby just vacuumed..guess I better dust..I can draw pictures on my bureau...Happy Saturday ;-)
This old brute showed up a complete mechanical mess in February after being involved in a wreck on the SLWC. It took 4.5 months of Janesville's mechanical forces magic for it to finally hit the rails, then another month of troubleshooting to start becoming an acceptable machine. Here in her prime and under a full head of smoke, she lifts WSOR T006 out of the Rock River Valley near Milton, Wisconsin with to the railroad veteran WAMX 4171 trailing. HLCX 6305 gave us a couple months of service, and now it and HLCX 6328 are off to other properties to continue working.
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Each photo focused on the center circle in the test chart.
Mirror was locked up before each shot.
Aperture left to right f/2.8, f/5.6 & f/16
Camera seems to be focusing behind the target. I suspect an issue with the registration distance to the focusing screen.
Film stock: Kodak Vision 2383 Color Cine Print Film
ISO: 3-6
Format: 135
Camera: Zenza Bronica EC 6x6 camera
Lens: Nikkor-P 75mm F2.8
Developer: Caffenol C-L (minus restrainer)
Time: 35 min @ 20 degC semi-stand
It became apparent in the early 2000s that the over 40 year old Nimitz Class design was in need of replacement. In 2005, Newport News Shipbuilding was awarded a contract to begin development on America’s newest class of super carriers. In 2009, she was laid down. By mid 2013, she was structurally complete. At the end of the year, she was christened. In 2017, she was commissioned, replacing the 56 year old USS Enterprise CVN-65. On July 28, 2017; the first arrested landings and catapult launch took place. As of 2021, the ship is still under going testing and troubleshooting of its electromagnetic launch system. For this reason, the ship has not yet been deemed combat ready.
Some design improvements over the Nimitz include: increased flight deck space as a result of moving and shrinking the island and eliminating lift 3, electromagnetic catapults, new phased-array radars built into the island, and a more efficient power plant.
Specifications:
Length - 1,106ft
Beam - 256ft
Height - 250ft
Displacement - 100,000 long tons
Power Plant/Propulsion - 2x A1B nuclear reactors, turbines, 4 screws
Performance - 30+ knots
Compliment - ~4,500
Armament - 2 Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 RAM launchers, 3 phalanx CIWS
Aircraft - 75+
I kept the draft and bow from the Reagan (minus the bulbous bow), and rebuilt everything else from scratch. This model is actually about 200 pieces more than the Reagan. I also cleaned up the internal structure. And just like the Reagan, it was a blast to design.
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In all of her glory, after a bit of troubleshooting and fan curve adjustment my baby is settled into her new house :)
Parmi les paires de bottes qui montent jusqu'ici certaines divorcent et reprennent leur liberté. Elles siègent sur cette planche de contre-plaqué dans l'attente d'un propriétaire occasionnel à dépanner.
Among the pairs of boots that go far some divorce and regain their freedom. They sit on the board against plywood pending occasional troubleshooting owner.
Molesquine : 9 x 27.5
1997 Range Rover 2.5 DSE auto.
Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"Chassis number: SALLPAMW3VA374565. This Range Rover 2.5 DSE Auto was registered in August 1997. It seems to have come off the road during 2013, during which some work was done to it, prior to it returning to the road in 2021 when it passed a new MoT - which runs through to November 2022. The odometer shows 231,276 miles. The history folder includes the V5C, current MoT certificate and print-out of the online MoT history back to 2006. The bills, from 2015 to 2017, include one for a turbocharger rebuild in February 2017. There's also the owner's handbook plus an electrical troubleshooting manual and general workshop manual."
Estimate: £2500 to £3500. Sold for £1860 including premium.
Taken with my new (to me) Fuji GX680. 3 of the 9 shots have this flare thing in that spot. Light leak in bellows?
How does one troubleshoot this?
ETA:
Took the back off, raised the mirror, shined a flashlight inside in a dark room. There's defnitely a corner where light shines through; and it makes sense, as the flare only appears on closer up shots (and not all of them) where the bellows is extended more than normal.
Gotta get black silicon goop... and two 1/2AA batteries with axial leads to repair the backs.
ETAA:
Ordered both from Amazon....
And if you're curious why I'd bother: zoom in on the foliage lower right. So sharp ... even given mediocre Epson scan.
Update 10/21 - one of the backs is fixed, and the bellows is now passing the flashlight test. Another test roll 2morrow....
This is excess extruded Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) from a LEGO factory. The ABS pellets were heated in preparation for injection molding, but the liquid plastic was ejected from the machine before it could be injected into the mold. This is common when troubleshooting molds, and the waste plastic is typically discarded or sent for recycling at another company. Despite its fluid look, this ABS has cooled to about the typical hardness that you'd expect from LEGO bricks.
I finally broke down and got myself some new rechargeable energizers and was very pleased with the lasting battery life but it still wasn't enough and so I did some troubleshooting on the polaroid site. As it turns out I wasn't compensating enough for the lack of light in my new doll room/primary picture taking spot - I used to use my living room in my old place, as it had a big double window with lots of light but that window is now in my bedroom and the doll room has no external light & the living room just a small window. I probably would've figured out sooner with working batteries but I was too busy experimenting with the new settings, after restoring it to default, to be all too mad and look - I'm back!!
I’ve actually always wanted this Jade as she was clearly the prettiest/most stylish of the ‘my passion’ dolls and with Bratz/zillas sales slow here I figured I’d just let her sit and hope that she was around when clearance hit. Luckily the plan worked out just fine and I gladly picked her up for $8. In truth I was mostly buying her for the dress (it reminded me a lot of something you could find in one of the 'missoni for target' collections & would fit a few model muse bodies/dynamite girls), accessories & a body for Dee but I actually really liked her once I fixed her hair - and Dee looked odd on the body (pixiez heads are so small compared to regular bratz ones) - so she gets to keep all she came with :3
It became apparent in the early 2000s that the over 40 year old Nimitz Class design was in need of replacement. In 2005, Newport News Shipbuilding was awarded a contract to begin development on America’s newest class of super carriers. In 2009, she was laid down. By mid 2013, she was structurally complete. At the end of the year, she was christened. In 2017, she was commissioned, replacing the 56 year old USS Enterprise CVN-65. On July 28, 2017; the first arrested landings and catapult launch took place. As of 2021, the ship is still under going testing and troubleshooting of its electromagnetic launch system. For this reason, the ship has not yet been deemed combat ready.
Some design improvements over the Nimitz include: increased flight deck space as a result of moving and shrinking the island and eliminating lift 3, electromagnetic catapults, new phased-array radars built into the island, and a more efficient power plant.
Specifications:
Length - 1,106ft
Beam - 256ft
Height - 250ft
Displacement - 100,000 long tons
Power Plant/Propulsion - 2x A1B nuclear reactors, turbines, 4 screws
Performance - 30+ knots
Compliment - ~4,500
Armament - 2 Sea Sparrow launchers, 2 RAM launchers, 3 phalanx CIWS
Aircraft - 75+
I kept the draft and bow from the Reagan (minus the bulbous bow), and rebuilt everything else from scratch. This model is actually about 200 pieces more than the Reagan. I also cleaned up the internal structure. And just like the Reagan, it was a blast to design.
Canon Xti (400D), 50mm f/1.4 lens, f/2.5, 1/160, ISO 400.
Always amazed at the quality of images my little Xti camera can take. I often feel pretty rotten about not having a better camera, but when I see shots like this I realize that getting good shots is about the photographer and their technical knowledge, no how many 5D Mark II's they own. I'd love a 5DMII, but I think I become a better technical photographer when I can't just crank the ISO, and actually have to figure out ways to get the perfect exposure.
Read more on: A Beginner’s Guide to Troubleshooting Light.
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I'm getting really close to the end of my 365 project, and there are so many bucket list photos that remain undone. This is one of them. I've always admired shots like this, and wanted to try and replicate it. I had some time tonight (and a fantastic photographers assistant - thanks Max!), so I thought I'd try. It didn't work the first few times, but I'm happy with this, even tho it's not perfect. I'm pretty proud of myself for troubleshooting my way to something that doesn't look half bad.
See the set-up here.
Hey everyone, I bring to you today the AV-7 Antivehicle Cannon. I started working on this to compliment my J-1 a few months back. It was an interesting build, but required a lot less troubleshooting to physically build than the J-1 did.
I am also happy to say that you can build your own as I have partnered with BrickVault on this one as well. You can find instructions here: www.brickvault.toys/products/av-7-anti-vehicle-cannon-min...
Photos courtesy of BrickVault
Another one from this winter's Carnaval in Frankfurt...
Minolta SRT 100x and rokkor 45mm f/2, Kodak Ultramax 400, developped with the Digibase C41 kit at 25°C according to manufacturer instruction, digitalized using my OM-D's kit telezoom with extension tubes.
By the way, Olympus has a neat page on troubleshooting C41 development, something I will have to get a closer look at:
www.olympus-lifescience.com/en/microscope-resource/primer...
Thank you everyone for your visits, faves and comments, they are always appreciated :)
A pair of WDM3A's sit in the unloading siding at Marwar Juncton with a BCNA boxcar train. The boxes in the foreground belong to locomotive drivers and are used to store essential materials like timetables, flares, logs, and locomotive troubleshooting manuals.
A little bit early for the Easter Bunny, but he was just too cute to pass up. Was playing around with 'craters' in royal icing and troubleshooting some solutions. Please join in here and help solve cookie 'holes' for good!
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Pt. 2/2
The Skycranes, or “derricks of the sky”, can and have carried pretty much anything that doesn’t exceed their payload capacity. Their tasks during Vietnam included: vehicle transport (trucks and other lighter, wheeled vehicles), fuselage salvage and recovery, makeshift bomber (could carry the 10,000 lb “daisy cutter” bomb for clearing jungle), carring “Brown Water Navy” boats, troops, field hospitals, command posts, artillery pieces, etc. The Skycranes salvaged 380 downed aircraft during the Vietnam War, saving $210 million.
In civil use, the S-64s are still a powerful and irreplaceable heavy-lifter. They install high-voltage powerline towers, lift AC units onto highrises, fight wildfires, install antennas on broadcast towers, aid in the restoration of the Statue of Freedom, and many other things.
The model:
Features - detailed cockpit with opening doors (easily accessible), working main winch, 4 external hooks, geared rotors, stowable blades, blade holders, cargo pod with technic motor and battery box for motorization (I’ll have to design some more cargo pods in Studio that actually have a detailed interior)
The stickers are from various Brickmania Huey sticker packs. I also based the main rotor design on the Brickmania CH-53E (which was derived from the Skycrane irl) main rotor. It’s generally the same technique, but I had to do some troubleshooting to get it down to 6 blades instead of 7.
Well, this was a really fun aircraft to design and then motorize. I really needed this to get my confidence and motivation back for going into my long term ship projects this summer. I hope I can get this in Studio soon so I can maybe release the instructions for reaching 5k followers (on Instagram). Oh, and instructions of my other models are very close to being ready on Rebrickable. I’ll have more info soon.
... grasses. Having internet probs at the moment - for some reason my laptop does not recognise the router. After various troubleshooting attempts they are now talking to each other.
Catching up soon xxx