Anders Länke

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Anders Länke

Image by YlvaS
This is a retusched copy of a photo of Borg Mesch. The original is in a very poor condition. In the middle my mothers mothers father father Anders Länke, coppersmith and also soldier (indelt soldat) in Österberg Ovansjö. Around him his sons. At left sitting, my mothers mothers father Johan Olof Lemke, coppersmith in Storvik, Ovansjö. Standing Pontus Lemke, who was unmarried and spent some time on Ulleråker, a psychiatric hospital. Fredrik Lindén, Carl Lembke. Sitting at the right Gustaf Lemke.
Anders Länke was born 1829 in Vallby, Tierp, Uppland and died 1905. Anders father Petter Hedström Länk, was smith and soldier in Vallby Tierp and born in Värmland

Family 1
Anders Länke, born 1829-08-20 in Vallby, Tierp (C), dead 1905-10-13
in Ovansjö (X). Kopparslagare, Soldat in Österberg, Ovansjö (X).
Married 1852-12-26 in Ovansjö (X) to
Greta Lisa Olsdotter, born 1828-06-24 in Hammarby, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1902-01-31 in Övermyra, Ovansjö (X). Resident in Österberg,
Ovansjö (X).
Children:
Johan Olof Lembke, born 1854-07-27, to family 2.
Per Gustav Lemke, born 1857-01-04, to family 3.
Anders Pontus Länke, born 1858-05-02 in Spjutmuren, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1862-08-25 in Österberg, Ovansjö (X).
Lars Fredrik Lindén, born 1862-07-31, to family 4.
Lovisa Catarina Lemke, born 1865-04-09, to family 5.
Greta Stina Länke, born 1868-03-22 in Österberg, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1868-07-03 in Ovansjö (X).
Anders Pontus Lemke, born 1870-01-15 in Österberg, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1950-01-27 in Stockholm Klara.
Carl Wilhelm Lembke, born 1872-09-25, to family 6.
Family 2
Johan Olof Lembke (from family 1), born 1854-07-27 in Ovansjö (X),
Spjutmuren, dead 1908-01-27 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Kopparslagare
in Storvik, Tomt 42, Ovansjö (X).
Married 1879-03-22 in Ovansjö (X) to
Elisabeth Blomkvist, born 1849-03-04 in Yttermyra, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1909-02-07 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Resident in Storvik, Ovansjö (X).
Children:
Anna Lovisa Lembke, born 1880-01-12, to family 7.
Johannes Samuel Lembke, born 1882-09-09 in Gävle, dead 1914-03-17
in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Kopparslagare in Storvik, Ovansjö (X).
Maria Elisabeth Lembke, born 1888-07-07, to family 8.
Family 3
Per Gustav Lemke (from family 1), born 1857-01-04 in Spjutmuren,
Ovansjö (X), dead 1926-08-30 in Sandviken, Högbo (X). Järnverksarbetare
in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
Married 1884-01-30 to
Catharina Lovisa Wahlgren, born 1851-07-25 in Gävle, dead 1921-10-02
in Sandviken, Högbo (X). Resident in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
Children:
Hilma Maria Catharina Lemke, born 1884-11-22, to family 9.
Alma Maria Lovisa Lemke, born 1886-02-14 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1967-08-02 in Sandviken.
Anna Maria Elisabet Lemke, born 1887-02-25 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1912-07-22 in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
Gustaf Ernfrid Lemke, born 1888-06-11 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1895-03-09 in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
Gerda Charlotta Lemke, born 1890-09-12 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1891-06-16 in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
Simon Petrus Lemke, born 1892-01-05 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1959-04-28.
Elsa Cecilia Charlotta Lemke, born 1893-01-19 in Sandviken, Högbo (X),
dead 1912-05-04 in Sandviken, Högbo (X).
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Descendants.
Family 4
Lars Fredrik Lindén (from family 1), born 1862-07-31 in Österberg,
Ovansjö (X), dead 1895-04-12 in Hamre, Bollnäs (X). Smedshantlangare.
Married 1890-06-24 in Ovansjö (X) to
Maria Albertina Jonsson, born 1865-03-25 in Åttersta, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1943 in Ovansjö (X).
Children:
Oskar Fredrik Mauritz Lindén, born 1891-06-26 in Bollnäs (X),
dead 1982-12-02 in Ovansjö (X). Busschaufför in Kungsgården,
Ovansjö (X).
Albin Alexander Eugen Lindén, born 1893-11-05, to family 10.
Family 5
Lovisa Catarina Lemke (from family 1), born 1865-04-09 in Österberg,
Ovansjö (X), dead 1889-07-21 in Ovansjö (X).
Married to
Wilhelm Rahmström. Stationskarl in Ovansjö (X).
Family 6
Carl Wilhelm Lembke (from family 1), born 1872-09-25 in Österberg,
Ovansjö (X), dead 1947-06-11. Missionär.
Married to
Anna Sofia Broman, born 1872-10-10 in Torsåker (X).
Children:
Sven Samuel Lembke, born 1903-06-21, to family 11.
Anna Greta Lembke, born 1904-09-20 in Ovansjö (X), dead 1992-02-03
in Stockholm, Adolf Fredrik. Resident in Stockholm.
Family 7
Anna Lovisa Lembke (from family 2), born 1880-01-12 in Åskarby,
Tierp (C), dead 1953-10-17 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Resident in Storvik,
Ovansjö (X).
Married 1911-08-20 in Ovansjö (X) to
Agard Frans Daniel Agerdal, born 1884-09-08 in Gävle (X),
dead 1955-11-24 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Slaktare in Storvik, Ovansjö (X).
Children:
Frans Olof Holger Agerdal, born 1914-02-20, to family 12.
Anna Ingeborg Agerdal, born 1918-08-17, to family 13.
Family 8
Maria Elisabeth Lembke (from family 2), born 1888-07-07 in Storvik,
Ovansjö (X), dead 1948-01-02 in Sandviken, Högbo (X). Resident in Sandviken,
Högbo (X).
Married 1916-02-13 in Ovansjö (X) to
Karl Linus Andersson, born 1888-04-16 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X),
dead 1983-01-02 in Storvik, Ovansjö (X). Elinstallatör.
Children:
Margit Elisabeth Andersson, born 1918-05-19, to family 14.
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Descendants.
Family 9
Hilma Maria Catharina Lemke (from family 3), born 1884-11-22
in Sandviken, Högbo (X), dead 1966-09-04 in Sandviken.
Married to
Holmgren, dead 1944-01-12.
Family 10
Albin Alexander Eugen Lindén (from family 4), born 1893-11-05
in Bollnäs (X), dead 1980-01-24 in Ovansjö (X). Byggmästare in Kungsgården,
Ovansjö (X).
Married 1919-06-23 to
Hilma Elisabet Lindberg, born 1892-08-10 in Åmot (X), dead 1991-08-15
in Ovansjö (X).
Children:
Alice Eugenia Lindén, born 1912-07-14, to family 15.
Valof Eugen Lindén, born 1920-02-19, to family 16.
Valter Alexander Lindén, born 1923-03-13 in Ovansjö (X).
Family 11
Sven Samuel Lembke (from family 6), born 1903-06-21
in Londe missionsstation, Kongo, Afrika, dead 1962-03-16 in Kungsbacka.
Resident in Kungsbacka.
Married 1933 to
Lilly Viktoria Frisk, born 1904-06-03 in Kroppa (S), dead 1960-03-27
in Kungsbacka. Resident in Kungsbacka.

A Holy Experience

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A Hindu family visits the holy site of the Batu Caves just outside of Kuala Lumpur. Behind them in the distance is a giant, and I mean giant, golden statue of Lord Murugan.

Matriarchal Love

Image by Brandon Christopher Warren
Large View: www.flickr.com/photos/brandoncwarren/4905494614/sizes/l/i...

This is the grandmother of the bride from the wedding this past weekend. Everyone was so happy she was able to make it to the wedding.

I generally love and appreciate the wisdom of people that have been around longer than me, and it was refreshing to see how far family will go for one another.

Cool Share Image images

A few nice share image images I found:

(animated stereo) Robertson's Battery of Horse Artillery (crop)

Image by Thiophene_Guy
To see the animated image source scroll down to the first comment below or view original size (look above in the "actions" menu). A soldiers mirthful expression is also shown below, enlarged.

Details and History
The Library of Congress website offers a multitude of historical images, many with no known restrictions on use. This image is cropped from the 19th century James F. Gibson stereograph titled Richmond, Virginia (vicinity). Major (JM) Robertson's Battery of Horse Artillery.

Quick Links to related Animated Stereo Images
Images from the American Civil War (1861-1865).

Copyright Advisory
The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from the Library of Congress website, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation. The original image has no known restrictions on use: www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003005952/PP/ .

Technical trivia
Image manipulations and gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.

(animated stereo) A Meiji-era fisherman's life - drying fish. (triptych)

Image by Thiophene_Guy
To animate view the image at original resolution (click all sizes) or simply scroll down to the first image of the triptych in the comments field.

The purpose here is not to duplicate the original image, from Okinawa Soba's stream, but to generate a downloadable animated gif to assist viewing and presentation.

Okinawa Soba posted several CC licensed stereoimages by T. Enami documenting life in early 20th century Japan (the Meiji period). The original image (circa 1900), presented for cross-eyed viewing and showing fish being prepared for drying is one of many stunning stereo compositions. This animated gif version exploits motion parallax to give a stereo illusion without eyestrain, to see what the photographer envisioned.

Image adjustments and animated gif generation done with StereoPhotoMaker, a freeware program by Masuji Suto & David Sykes.

creative commons attribution of Okinawa Soba's original image:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24443965@N08/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

FMA_RONSOMBILONGALLERY (391)

A few nice photo backdrop images I found:

FMA_RONSOMBILONGALLERY (391)

Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
FMA Vancouver
photos by Ron Sombilon Gallery

FMA 2008 promo trailer
www.FMAvancouver.com/2008promo
www.FMAvancouver.com
www.RonSombilonGallery.com

This Charity Benefitting Concert Gala is the premier red carpet event of Western Canada. Not just a fashion show, not just a concert, FMA Vancouver is a fusion of catwalk and concert set against the backdrop of one of the world’s most beautiful and trend setting cities.

Canadian comedian and actress Ellie Harvie and ET Canada’s Erin Cebula are hosting this year’s FMA Vancouver. The media duo will present 'Sky 360', the airy incarnation of fashion runway, live music and art performance held on September 27, 2008 at The Centre in Vancouver for the Performing Arts. Sky 360 re-lives the old world glamour of travel as each segment celebrates the excitement of jet-setting and far away destinations along with an eco-green theme.

The whole venue at The Centre will be transformed into an exhilarating airport scene with staff in ’60s and ’70s-inspired airline uniforms designed by Jolie Chan of Jolie Couture.

Terminal 1 – Trans Canada - an exclusively Canadian roster of designers, musicians and artists.

Terminal 2 – Mile High - a provocative selection of lingerie and bathing suits.

Terminal 3 – Eco Green - featuring designers who are taking eco-couture to the next level.

Terminal 4 – Elite Star - first class finale of high profile designers.

International designers include Betsey Johnson, Wolford and Calvin Klein, while national stars join their ranks such as TV’s 'Making it Big' winner Jason Matlo, Bikini-designer extraordinaire, Anna Kosturova, Canada’s Project Runway designer judge Shawn Hewson's 'Bustle', winner Evan Biddell, and runner-up Carlie Wong. Further locally-based stars include Nicole Bridger, Elroy Apparel, Evan & Dean, Odd Molly, Jacqueline Conoir and Mellinda Mae Harlingten. Also featuring top graduates from Kwantlen University College and Helen Lefeaux School of Fashion Design.

This year’s beneficiary is the Canadian Make Poverty History as part of Bono and Bob Geldof's international campaign to eradicate global poverty, and The WordLoveWorldLove Project that connects Canadian children with children in developing countries who have been impacted by crisis.

ezimba-web- Fun Warps Infraded

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ezimba-web- Fun Warps Infraded

Image by krossbow
ezimba is a web site that can apply different imaging effects.
www.ezimba.com/index.html

I used one picture for all the effects just for consistency for comparison. The title for each photo consists of the category of the effect and the name of the effect. Some effects would be better used on a different image. There are some effects also that appear to do the same thing in different effect categories.

Ezimba also has a Facebook app, Google Android app, and a free iPhone app. Please note that the free iPhone app puts a small logo on the edited image. You can buy the paid ezimba app and not have the logo.

ezimba-web- Colors Tint - Orange

Image by krossbow
ezimba is a web site that can apply different imaging effects.
www.ezimba.com/index.html

I used one picture for all the effects just for consistency for comparison. The title for each photo consists of the category of the effect and the name of the effect. Some effects would be better used on a different image. There are some effects also that appear to do the same thing in different effect categories.

Ezimba also has a Facebook app, Google Android app, and a free iPhone app. Please note that the free iPhone app puts a small logo on the edited image. You can buy the paid ezimba app and not have the logo.

ezimba-web- Borders Shadow

Image by krossbow
ezimba is a web site that can apply different imaging effects.
www.ezimba.com/index.html

I used one picture for all the effects just for consistency for comparison. The title for each photo consists of the category of the effect and the name of the effect. Some effects would be better used on a different image. There are some effects also that appear to do the same thing in different effect categories.

Ezimba also has a Facebook app, Google Android app, and a free iPhone app. Please note that the free iPhone app puts a small logo on the edited image. You can buy the paid ezimba app and not have the logo.

Late Autumn for iPad

A few nice photo letters images I found:

Late Autumn for iPad

Image by Timothy Paul Moore
New issue of LETTER TO JANE magazine

Available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/letter-to-jane-magazine-late/id40...

Late Autumn for iPad

Image by Timothy Paul Moore
New issue of LETTER TO JANE magazine

Available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/letter-to-jane-magazine-late/id40...

Late Autumn for iPad

Image by Timothy Paul Moore
New issue of LETTER TO JANE magazine

Available on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/letter-to-jane-magazine-late/id40...

Cool Canvas Photo images

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Dawn got me a huge canvas print of one of my favorite iPhone photos, my beloved VW Bus that's still waiting for me in Costa Rica, parked at Echo Books. I LOVE it!!

Image by drewdomkus

Itos & Carles (2007)

Image by scalleja
Acrylic on canvas · 130x130 cm · 2007

Click here to see where this photo was taken. By courtesy of BeeLoop SL (the Mapware & Mobility Solutions Company).

Running-beach-canvas

Image by CanvasPop
CanvasPop printed this beautiful image by breaking it down into three separate canvas pieces.

Cool Photo Share images

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: SR-71 Blackbird top view panorama

Image by Chris Devers
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Designer:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson

Date:
1964

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)

Materials:
Titanium

Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-type material) to reduce radar cross-section; Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature large inlet shock cones.

Long Description:
No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 Blackbird. It is the fastest aircraft propelled by air-breathing engines. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War. The airplane was conceived when tensions with communist Eastern Europe reached levels approaching a full-blown crisis in the mid-1950s. U.S. military commanders desperately needed accurate assessments of Soviet worldwide military deployments, particularly near the Iron Curtain. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's subsonic U-2 (see NASM collection) reconnaissance aircraft was an able platform but the U. S. Air Force recognized that this relatively slow aircraft was already vulnerable to Soviet interceptors. They also understood that the rapid development of surface-to-air missile systems could put U-2 pilots at grave risk. The danger proved reality when a U-2 was shot down by a surface to air missile over the Soviet Union in 1960.

Lockheed's first proposal for a new high speed, high altitude, reconnaissance aircraft, to be capable of avoiding interceptors and missiles, centered on a design propelled by liquid hydrogen. This proved to be impracticable because of considerable fuel consumption. Lockheed then reconfigured the design for conventional fuels. This was feasible and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), already flying the Lockheed U-2, issued a production contract for an aircraft designated the A-12. Lockheed's clandestine 'Skunk Works' division (headed by the gifted design engineer Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson) designed the A-12 to cruise at Mach 3.2 and fly well above 18,288 m (60,000 feet). To meet these challenging requirements, Lockheed engineers overcame many daunting technical challenges. Flying more than three times the speed of sound generates 316° C (600° F) temperatures on external aircraft surfaces, which are enough to melt conventional aluminum airframes. The design team chose to make the jet's external skin of titanium alloy to which shielded the internal aluminum airframe. Two conventional, but very powerful, afterburning turbine engines propelled this remarkable aircraft. These power plants had to operate across a huge speed envelope in flight, from a takeoff speed of 334 kph (207 mph) to more than 3,540 kph (2,200 mph). To prevent supersonic shock waves from moving inside the engine intake causing flameouts, Johnson's team had to design a complex air intake and bypass system for the engines.

Skunk Works engineers also optimized the A-12 cross-section design to exhibit a low radar profile. Lockheed hoped to achieve this by carefully shaping the airframe to reflect as little transmitted radar energy (radio waves) as possible, and by application of special paint designed to absorb, rather than reflect, those waves. This treatment became one of the first applications of stealth technology, but it never completely met the design goals.

Test pilot Lou Schalk flew the single-seat A-12 on April 24, 1962, after he became airborne accidentally during high-speed taxi trials. The airplane showed great promise but it needed considerable technical refinement before the CIA could fly the first operational sortie on May 31, 1967 - a surveillance flight over North Vietnam. A-12s, flown by CIA pilots, operated as part of the Air Force's 1129th Special Activities Squadron under the "Oxcart" program. While Lockheed continued to refine the A-12, the U. S. Air Force ordered an interceptor version of the aircraft designated the YF-12A. The Skunk Works, however, proposed a "specific mission" version configured to conduct post-nuclear strike reconnaissance. This system evolved into the USAF's familiar SR-71.

Lockheed built fifteen A-12s, including a special two-seat trainer version. Two A-12s were modified to carry a special reconnaissance drone, designated D-21. The modified A-12s were redesignated M-21s. These were designed to take off with the D-21 drone, powered by a Marquart ramjet engine mounted on a pylon between the rudders. The M-21 then hauled the drone aloft and launched it at speeds high enough to ignite the drone's ramjet motor. Lockheed also built three YF-12As but this type never went into production. Two of the YF-12As crashed during testing. Only one survives and is on display at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The aft section of one of the "written off" YF-12As which was later used along with an SR-71A static test airframe to manufacture the sole SR-71C trainer. One SR-71 was lent to NASA and designated YF-12C. Including the SR-71C and two SR-71B pilot trainers, Lockheed constructed thirty-two Blackbirds. The first SR-71 flew on December 22, 1964. Because of extreme operational costs, military strategists decided that the more capable USAF SR-71s should replace the CIA's A-12s. These were retired in 1968 after only one year of operational missions, mostly over southeast Asia. The Air Force's 1st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (part of the 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing) took over the missions, flying the SR-71 beginning in the spring of 1968.

After the Air Force began to operate the SR-71, it acquired the official name Blackbird-- for the special black paint that covered the airplane. This paint was formulated to absorb radar signals, to radiate some of the tremendous airframe heat generated by air friction, and to camouflage the aircraft against the dark sky at high altitudes.

Experience gained from the A-12 program convinced the Air Force that flying the SR-71 safely required two crew members, a pilot and a Reconnaissance Systems Officer (RSO). The RSO operated with the wide array of monitoring and defensive systems installed on the airplane. This equipment included a sophisticated Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) system that could jam most acquisition and targeting radar. In addition to an array of advanced, high-resolution cameras, the aircraft could also carry equipment designed to record the strength, frequency, and wavelength of signals emitted by communications and sensor devices such as radar. The SR-71 was designed to fly deep into hostile territory, avoiding interception with its tremendous speed and high altitude. It could operate safely at a maximum speed of Mach 3.3 at an altitude more than sixteen miles, or 25,908 m (85,000 ft), above the earth. The crew had to wear pressure suits similar to those worn by astronauts. These suits were required to protect the crew in the event of sudden cabin pressure loss while at operating altitudes.

To climb and cruise at supersonic speeds, the Blackbird's Pratt & Whitney J-58 engines were designed to operate continuously in afterburner. While this would appear to dictate high fuel flows, the Blackbird actually achieved its best "gas mileage," in terms of air nautical miles per pound of fuel burned, during the Mach 3+ cruise. A typical Blackbird reconnaissance flight might require several aerial refueling operations from an airborne tanker. Each time the SR-71 refueled, the crew had to descend to the tanker's altitude, usually about 6,000 m to 9,000 m (20,000 to 30,000 ft), and slow the airplane to subsonic speeds. As velocity decreased, so did frictional heat. This cooling effect caused the aircraft's skin panels to shrink considerably, and those covering the fuel tanks contracted so much that fuel leaked, forming a distinctive vapor trail as the tanker topped off the Blackbird. As soon as the tanks were filled, the jet's crew disconnected from the tanker, relit the afterburners, and again climbed to high altitude.

Air Force pilots flew the SR-71 from Kadena AB, Japan, throughout its operational career but other bases hosted Blackbird operations, too. The 9th SRW occasionally deployed from Beale AFB, California, to other locations to carryout operational missions. Cuban missions were flown directly from Beale. The SR-71 did not begin to operate in Europe until 1974, and then only temporarily. In 1982, when the U.S. Air Force based two aircraft at Royal Air Force Base Mildenhall to fly monitoring mission in Eastern Europe.

When the SR-71 became operational, orbiting reconnaissance satellites had already replaced manned aircraft to gather intelligence from sites deep within Soviet territory. Satellites could not cover every geopolitical hotspot so the Blackbird remained a vital tool for global intelligence gathering. On many occasions, pilots and RSOs flying the SR-71 provided information that proved vital in formulating successful U. S. foreign policy. Blackbird crews provided important intelligence about the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and its aftermath, and pre- and post-strike imagery of the 1986 raid conducted by American air forces on Libya. In 1987, Kadena-based SR-71 crews flew a number of missions over the Persian Gulf, revealing Iranian Silkworm missile batteries that threatened commercial shipping and American escort vessels.

As the performance of space-based surveillance systems grew, along with the effectiveness of ground-based air defense networks, the Air Force started to lose enthusiasm for the expensive program and the 9th SRW ceased SR-71 operations in January 1990. Despite protests by military leaders, Congress revived the program in 1995. Continued wrangling over operating budgets, however, soon led to final termination. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration retained two SR-71As and the one SR-71B for high-speed research projects and flew these airplanes until 1999.

On March 6, 1990, the service career of one Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird ended with a record-setting flight. This special airplane bore Air Force serial number 64-17972. Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and his RSO, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Vida, flew this aircraft from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging a speed of 3,418 kph (2,124 mph). At the conclusion of the flight, '972 landed at Dulles International Airport and taxied into the custody of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. At that time, Lt. Col. Vida had logged 1,392.7 hours of flight time in Blackbirds, more than that of any other crewman.

This particular SR-71 was also flown by Tom Alison, a former National Air and Space Museum's Chief of Collections Management. Flying with Detachment 1 at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Alison logged more than a dozen '972 operational sorties. The aircraft spent twenty-four years in active Air Force service and accrued a total of 2,801.1 hours of flight time.

Wingspan: 55'7"
Length: 107'5"
Height: 18'6"
Weight: 170,000 Lbs

Reference and Further Reading:

Crickmore, Paul F. Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 1996.

Francillon, Rene J. Lockheed Aircraft Since 1913. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1987.

Johnson, Clarence L. Kelly: More Than My Share of It All. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985.

Miller, Jay. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works. Leicester, U.K.: Midland Counties Publishing Ltd., 1995.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird curatorial file, Aeronautics Division, National Air and Space Museum.

DAD, 11-11-01

ufo sighting, new zealand, 2011, march, 29 2-12 (Plz Share These Photos!)

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Christchurch, New Zealand UFO Sighting of Giant Blue Glowing disc March 29, 2011, Photos.

Full description at:
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hackNY spring 2013 student hackathon

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hackNY spring 2013 student hackathon

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Photo by Matylda Czarnecka

The spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon brought in hundreds of students to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science April 6-7 for 24 hours of creative collaborative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.

NYC Startups, selected by a student organizing committee, presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, after which students formed groups to work through the night implementing their own ideas for fresh hacks built on top of these APIs.

On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel featuring members of the NYC startup community, which selected the final winning teams.

Since April 2010, hackNY hosts student hackathons one each semester, as well as the hackNY Fellows program, a structured internship which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment: a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup in NYC.

To find out what you missed at the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon please do see our HackerLeague event page and blog post announcing the winners.

Special thanks to our spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon judges! And congratulations to the winners of the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon!


For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackny.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY

hackNY spring 2013 student hackathon

Image by hackNY
Photo by Matylda Czarnecka

The spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon brought in hundreds of students to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science April 6-7 for 24 hours of creative collaborative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.

NYC Startups, selected by a student organizing committee, presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, after which students formed groups to work through the night implementing their own ideas for fresh hacks built on top of these APIs.

On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel featuring members of the NYC startup community, which selected the final winning teams.

Since April 2010, hackNY hosts student hackathons one each semester, as well as the hackNY Fellows program, a structured internship which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment: a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup in NYC.

To find out what you missed at the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon please do see our HackerLeague event page and blog post announcing the winners.

Special thanks to our spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon judges! And congratulations to the winners of the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon!


For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackny.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY

hackNY spring 2013 student hackathon

Image by hackNY
Photo by Matylda Czarnecka

The spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon brought in hundreds of students to Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science April 6-7 for 24 hours of creative collaborative hacking on New York City startups' APIs.

NYC Startups, selected by a student organizing committee, presented their technologies at the beginning of the event, after which students formed groups to work through the night implementing their own ideas for fresh hacks built on top of these APIs.

On Sunday afternoon students presented their projects to an audience including a judging panel featuring members of the NYC startup community, which selected the final winning teams.

Since April 2010, hackNY hosts student hackathons one each semester, as well as the hackNY Fellows program, a structured internship which pairs quantitative and computational students with startups which can demonstrate a strong mentoring environment: a problem for a student to work on, a person to mentor them, and a place for them to work. Startups selected to host a student compensate student Fellows. Students enjoy free housing together and a pedagogical lecture series to introduce them to the ins and outs of joining and founding a startup in NYC.

To find out what you missed at the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon please do see our HackerLeague event page and blog post announcing the winners.

Special thanks to our spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon judges! And congratulations to the winners of the spring 2013 hackNY student hackathon!


For more information on hackNY's initiatives, please visit www.hackny.org and follow us on twitter @hackNY

Nice Photo Sharing photos

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Image by Gwenaël Piaser
Luxembourg, January 2010.
Mamiya C33, Sekor 80mm f/2.8.
Kodak T-Max 400.

Nice Image Sites photos

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Grand Hall, Warwick Castle

Image by Cornell University Library
Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
Accession Number: 15/5/3090.00864

Title: Grand Hall, Warwick Castle

Building Date: ca. 1300-ca. 1499
Photograph date: ca. 1871-ca. 1895


Location: Europe: United Kingdom; Warwickshire, Warwick

Materials: albumen print

Image: 6 x 8 1/8 in.; 15.24 x 20.6375 cm

Provenance: Transfer from College of Architecture, Art and Planning

Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5sz8

There are no known copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.



We had some help with the geocoding from Web Services by Yahoo!

Center of the Ancient World Redux

Image by Sean Molin Photography
Follow me on Facebook, Google+, 500px, and on Instagram (sean_themighty)!

This image has been included as part of my "Best of 2009" collection on Facebook.

This was originally in color, but after a couple years... I decided I liked it better in B&W.

Clouds & Trees at Sunset in Kentucky with Pink Sky 1680 x 1050

Image by ♥ Crystal Writer ♥
Click here to View Large.
Sunset sky I took at the end of a workday. These trees are in the parking lot behind my office, and I thought the coloration of sky and clouds was warm and comforting. I used the Irfanview plug-ins to color swap this one to come up with the hot pink sky and turquoise green sunset.

In honor of my grandmother and aunt, let the pink in this picture remind you to click to give at http://www.thebreastcancersite.com and yes, it really works. All you have to do is click and it will add funds to give women free mammograms. While you're there, you can also click to give at the other sites run by Greater Good Network: Animal Rescue, Hunger, Literacy, Rainforests, and Child Health.

Cool Photo Backdrop images

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NYAF

Image by KDDI Mobile

NYAF

Image by KDDI Mobile

NYAF

Image by KDDI Mobile

Nice Fun Photos photos

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Fisheye Test

Image by enggul
Just having fun fun fun during the Tokyo Photo Session Flickr February Meetup in Odawara. The biggest population so far... and hopefully will increase next month.

One of my flickr friends (jonathan) let me borrow his fisheye lens...
I have no idea what they're doing. >:)

Sorry guys... I'm kinda overexposed so I have to show you to the world. :))

Who ya gonna call?

Image by Јerry
A fun shot, taken by Edwina, of the Sta-Puffed marshmallow man.. it is from some of the old toys we saved of Jer jr's. Dylan and Jackson have much fun playing with their Daddy's old toys. I liked this shot, only thing I did was to crop, add borders and add her logo.. hope you like!

"Celebrate the lives of those that have enriched your own!"
Jerry 2009

Clickitt here to View On Black

Try Clicking here to View a slideshow of my pics

Click to listen to... Ray Parker Jr. Ghostbusters!

February 29, 2008

Image by John Carleton
more fun from today's jumping shoot

(Created with FD's Flickr Toys)

see it HUGE! :-)

Cool Photo Art images

A few nice photo art images I found:

Rhodes College

Image by Pat McDonald
Photo Art by Patrick McDonald

From a challenge at www.innographx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6906

Original Photo www.pbase.com/image/75327388

Cards.

A few nice christmas photo cards images I found:

Cards.

Image by vasta
A few Sundays ago, Maria and I got together to make Christmas cards.

That afternoon, we assembled all our paper onto the kitchen table, set up our tape and stickers and other crafty items on the kitchen island, and began to cut, glue, and draw shapes that all eventually made it onto our Christmas cards. It took a little while, but we each ended up with seven unique cards to send to loved ones.

These are the seven cards I ended up with. For someone who hadn't ever made cards (or really ever done anything crafty), I'm quite happy with them. While I stuck to basic shapes and patterns because of my limited skill, Maria's cards are incredibly creative and fun and beautiful. (And she wrote a wonderful blog post about the card-making afternoon too.)

All in all, it was an amazing Sunday afternoon, filled with food and drink and merriment and crafting and time spent with one of my favorite people in the world. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.

Happy Christmas, everyone!

thank you cards

Image by ebbandflo_pomomama
my strategy is to get the christmas thank you cards done as painlessly as possible. these are card blanks whch i print at home then hand over to the wee guy to decorate. he then puts them in an envelope, i add a brief note and some photos, add the stamp and we post them

voila!

Pixfav-Images You Love to View

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Pixfav-Images You Love to View

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Great Collection of Pictures from allover the Internet.Our Database has Thousands of Inspiring Pictures...@ Pixfav.com

Pixfav-Images You Love to View

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Great Collection of Pictures from allover the Internet.Our Database has Thousands of Inspiring Pictures...@ Pixfav.com

Pixfav-Images You Love to View

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Great Collection of Pictures from allover the Internet.Our Database has Thousands of Inspiring Pictures...@ Pixfav.com

Cool Image Shack images

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Dungeness 21-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness is also the name given to a “village” situated along the beach, and to an important ecological site on the same location. It is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife.

Dungeness is not truly a village, more a scattered collection of dwellings. Some of the homes, small wooden houses in the main, many built around old railway coaches, are owned and lived in by fishermen, whose boats lie on the beach; some are occupied by people trying to escape the pressured outside world. The shack-like properties have a high value on the property market.

Perhaps the most famous house is Prospect Cottage, formerly owned by the late artist and film director Derek Jarman. The cottage itself is painted black, with a poem, part of John Donne's “The Sunne Rising”, written on one side in black lettering. The garden however is the main attraction. Reflecting the bleak, windswept landscape of the peninsula, Derek Jarman's garden is made of pebbles, driftwood, scrap metal and a few hardy plants.

There is a remarkable and unique variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plant (a third of all those found in Britain). It is one of the best places in Britain to find insects such as moths, bees and beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain. The short-haired bumblebee, declared extinct in the UK nearly a decade ago, but which has survived in New Zealand after being shipped there more than 100 years ago, is to be reintroduced at Dungeness in the spring of 2010.

Dungeness 21-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness is also the name given to a “village” situated along the beach, and to an important ecological site on the same location. It is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife.

Dungeness is not truly a village, more a scattered collection of dwellings. Some of the homes, small wooden houses in the main, many built around old railway coaches, are owned and lived in by fishermen, whose boats lie on the beach; some are occupied by people trying to escape the pressured outside world. The shack-like properties have a high value on the property market.

Perhaps the most famous house is Prospect Cottage, formerly owned by the late artist and film director Derek Jarman. The cottage itself is painted black, with a poem, part of John Donne's “The Sunne Rising”, written on one side in black lettering. The garden however is the main attraction. Reflecting the bleak, windswept landscape of the peninsula, Derek Jarman's garden is made of pebbles, driftwood, scrap metal and a few hardy plants.

There is a remarkable and unique variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plant (a third of all those found in Britain). It is one of the best places in Britain to find insects such as moths, bees and beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain. The short-haired bumblebee, declared extinct in the UK nearly a decade ago, but which has survived in New Zealand after being shipped there more than 100 years ago, is to be reintroduced at Dungeness in the spring of 2010.

Dungeness 21-04-2012

Image by Karen Roe
Dungeness is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying land, Romney Marsh. Dungeness is also the name given to a “village” situated along the beach, and to an important ecological site on the same location. It is one of the largest expanses of shingle in the world. It is of international conservation importance for its geomorphology, plant and invertebrate communities and birdlife.

Dungeness is not truly a village, more a scattered collection of dwellings. Some of the homes, small wooden houses in the main, many built around old railway coaches, are owned and lived in by fishermen, whose boats lie on the beach; some are occupied by people trying to escape the pressured outside world. The shack-like properties have a high value on the property market.

Perhaps the most famous house is Prospect Cottage, formerly owned by the late artist and film director Derek Jarman. The cottage itself is painted black, with a poem, part of John Donne's “The Sunne Rising”, written on one side in black lettering. The garden however is the main attraction. Reflecting the bleak, windswept landscape of the peninsula, Derek Jarman's garden is made of pebbles, driftwood, scrap metal and a few hardy plants.

There is a remarkable and unique variety of wildlife living at Dungeness, with over 600 different types of plant (a third of all those found in Britain). It is one of the best places in Britain to find insects such as moths, bees and beetles, and spiders; many of these are very rare, some found nowhere else in Britain. The short-haired bumblebee, declared extinct in the UK nearly a decade ago, but which has survived in New Zealand after being shipped there more than 100 years ago, is to be reintroduced at Dungeness in the spring of 2010.

Cool Christmas Cards Photo images

A few nice christmas cards photo images I found:

12.08.09 - Day 341

Image by katieharbath
My 2009 Christmas card - the tree is a collage of my favorite photos from this year

Children's Room - Mauretania

Some cool photo archive images:

Children's Room - Mauretania

Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
The children's dining-saloon and nursery on the shelter deck of the Mauretania, was decorated with paintings illustrating nursery ryhmes by the artist J. E. Mitchell of Newcastle.

The rocking horse would have been in high demand by the young passengers on board.

The Mauretania was built by the shipbuilders Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, at the Wallsend shipyard and was one of the most famous ships ever built on Tyneside.

Reference: TWAS:DS.SWH/4/PH/7/6/19

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.

Brooches at Hoppings

Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Two woman selling brooches at the Hoppings for 6d. (2 ½p in today's money). 1940's

The Hoppings is a popular fair in the North East of England, held in the last full week of June every year on Newcastle's Town Moor, spanning around 40 acres of land.

The Hoppings started out as a Temperance Festival in 1882, when Newcastle Temperance organisations decided to revive the annual gatherings that they had previously held, but included different festivities to coincide, to counter-attract the 'Summer Race Meeting' at Gosforth Park, which was seen as a source of drunkenness.

It proved to be a great success and the fair is still being enjoyed to this very day.

Ref: TWAS:944/2439

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.

St Mary's Island 1972

Image by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
St Mary’s Island looking inland over St Mary’s Bay. The lighthouse was opened in 1898 and cost £8000 to build. Note the breakwater and promenade south of the causeway has not yet been built.

Reference: TWAS: DT.TUR.7.48

(Copyright) We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons. Please cite 'Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums' when reusing. Certain restrictions on high quality reproductions and commercial use of the original physical version apply though; if you're unsure please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk.

To purchase a hi-res copy please email archives@twmuseums.org.uk quoting the title and reference number.

Alt office

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Alt office

Image by opensourceway
Image source:
www.flickr.com/photos/s-t-r-a-n-g-e/3407827288/

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Created by Colleen Simon for opensource.com

Crowdsourcing the Grammys--Media, awards, and crowd culture

Image by opensourceway
Image source:
www.flickr.com/photos/vescudero00/3471025403/
www.flickr.com/photos/photographybycalvincropley/39902909...

Read the article on opensource.com
Crowdsourcing the Grammys—Media, awards, and crowd culture
Amazon Cloud Drive elicits pearl-clutching and déjà vu
Opening the field of neurobiological research

Created by Critter for opensource.com

Operation Hue City 1967 Wounded 11 (After Goya)

Image by Ignotus the Mage
Interrupted pixel-sorting. For source image, see Wikimedia Commons, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OperationHueCity1967wound....

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Some cool photo booth rental images:

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Image by Paparazzi Girl
Bridal Salon Event 3.25.13

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Bridal Salon Event 3.25.13

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Bridal Salon Event 3.25.13

XML Class/Portfolio Layout

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XML Class/Portfolio Layout

Image by B Tal
A Generic update to an online portfolio/project site for an upcoming Grad School class in XML.

This needs to be up and running by the 30th or so. So that along with one other thing should keep me busy from revisiting my own blog/site for a while. Phew, I thought I was actually going to get that soon.

Update: The template is complete, now starts CMS tinkering.

EdgeCast ladies

Image by Anthony Citrano
PHOTO: Jesse Knish for GDC Online

[www.jesseknish.com/]

Father and Son at Science Online 2011

Image by Lou FCD
Nothing fancy here, just science geeks getting their geek on at Science Online 2011. Follow the Twitter hashtag #scio11 for lots of fun.

(I'd also recommend #DSN and #DSNSUITE for those not too faint of heart.)

I did my best to eliminate unflattering and incriminating photos. Please don't ID anyone but yourself in these photos to protect the anonymity of the guilty.