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11/12/2010

Day 21 – “that thing you do” movie scene

Filed under: All - 11 Dec 2010

Day 21 -

I was in my dressing room tonight for my show at Wartburg College and I saw this room and felt like I’ve seen it before. And then I realized that it TOTALLY reminded me of the dressing room scene in the movie "That Thing You Do" when Fay tells Jimmy …

08/12/2010

Sept3 solar03.jpg

Filed under: All - 08 Dec 2010

Sept3 solar03.jpg

Joe Rice (left) and Nick Strube pull a plank out of a steamer used to soften the wood before it is installed as siding on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Solar Decathlon house during a late-night construction session on Sept. 3. Before the planks are bent into position, they are soaked …

22/11/2010

” teal ” arriving at lakeside

Filed under: All - 22 Nov 2010

A Lake Windermere Steamer coming in from Bowness this afternoon.There were plenty of passengers an a lot more waiting to board at Lakeside.

16/11/2010

Stockflethbritannic

Filed under: All - 16 Nov 2010

Stockflethbritannic

Britannic was built in 1874 by Harland & Wolff at Belfast, and launched in 1874. She was a very large ship for her day at 5,004 gross registered tons, 455 feet (138.7m) in length and a beam of 45 feet 2 inches (13.8m). She was projected to have a service …

09/10/2010

Fort sumter national monument sign

Filed under: All - 09 Oct 2010

Fort sumter national monument sign

On December 26, 1860, five days after South Carolina declared its secession, U.S. Army Major Robert Anderson abandoned the indefensible Fort Moultrie and secretly relocated companies E and H (127 men, 13 of them musicians) of the 1st U.S. Artillery to Fort Sumter without orders from Washington, on his own …

18/09/2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Filed under: All - 18 Sep 2010

Sept3 solar02.jpg

Eric Harmann (left) and Joe Rice (blue shirt, partially obscured) bend a plank as Kyle Weisman screws it into place on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Solar Decathlon house during a late-night construction session on Sept. 3. The Solar Decathlon house is being sided with bent wood planks. Before the planks …

29/07/2010

The steamers (view large) looking east

Filed under: All - 29 Jul 2010

The steamers  (view large) looking east

Main Range National Park, Queensland Australia. Impressive mountain peaks, escarpments and ridges offer breathtaking views in this World Heritage listed park. The Steamer Range is a series of spectacular rock formations branching off the Main Range National Park in Queensland, Australia. They lie at the head of Emu Creek, east …

11/07/2010

The denny ship model experiment tank – 4

Filed under: All - 11 Jul 2010

The denny ship model experiment tank - 4

A ship model experiment tank, used for testing models of hulls and propellers to see how their full-sized equivalents would behave The tank and its equipment were originally built in 1882. An extension was built after the Second World War, to house propeller testing equipment and staff It was the …