#Humphreys Avenue

[longliverockback]

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Junk Culture Demos and Rarities 2024 Virgin ————————————————— Tracks LP One: 1. Her Body in My Soul 2. The Avenue 3. Julia’s Song 4. Garden City 5. Wrappup 6. Locomotion 7. Tesla Girls 8. Talking Loud and Clear

Tracks LP Two: 1. Never Turn Away 2. (The Angels Keep Turning) the Wheels of the Universe 3. 10 to 1 4. All or Nothing Highland Studios Demos 5. Heaven Is 6. Tesla Girls 7. White Trash —————————————————

Martin Cooper

Malcolm Holmes

Paul Humphreys

Andy McCluskey

* Long Live Rock Archive

[type40thiefoflight]

The ghosts as musical numbers:

Robin: They Live in You (The Lion King)

Plague Ghosts: He is Not Dead Yet (Spamalot)

Humphrey: Cellophane Man, (Chicago), Off with Their Heads (Wonderland), Jack’s Lament (Nightmare before Christmas)

Mary: Jolly Holiday (Mary Poppins)

Kitty: Sing, Sweet Nightingale (Cinderella), Popular (Wicked)

Thomas: It’s Hard to Be the Bard (Something Rotten), Agony (Into the Woods), Hell to Your Doorstep (The Count of Monte Cristo)

Fanny: The Rain in Spain (My Fair Lady)

The Captain: Major-General’s Song (Pirates of Penzance)

Pat: Not a Simple Sponge, I'm not a Loser (Spongebob the Musical)

Julian: The Internet is for Porn (Avenue Q), Razzle Dazzle (Chicago)

[sparemintss]

Even more Modern AU (Musical enjoyers edition because I love musicals.)

Kitty and Alison forced the residents to watch musicals with them. Here are the musicals that they like

The Captain liked Sound of Music, Les Mis and Miss Saigon

Havers liked Hairspray and Billy Elliot (definitely not because he also dances no no-)

Thomas loved West Side Story, Phantom of the Opera and Moulin Rouge

Julian and Robin lost their shit with Avenue Q and Book of Mormon

Annie, Mary, the Plague pit peeps, and Humphrey lost it at Something Rotten

I think Fanny secretly liked Chicago

They all loved Hamilton (some displayed disinterest but they secretly loved it)

Pat and the Captain liked Mamma Mia (they love Abba so like- yeah)

The Captain and Havers cried watching Falsettos

Pat also liked (this is a movie musical but I’ll still count it) Rocketman, MJ: the musical, and Annie

Mary LOVED Waitress

I’m blanking out on some, pls help jejsjdsj

[tradedmiami]

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[krenenbaker]

Media you may find on this blog (in no particular order)

✧ Twisted Wonderland

Faves: Trey Clover, Jade Leech, Rook Hunt, Cater Diamond, Che'nya

✧ Ikemen Vampire

Faves: Charles-Henri Sanson, Johann Georg Faust, Vlad, William Shakespeare

✧ Ikemen Prince

Faves: Sariel Noir, Keith Howell

✧ The Arcana

Faves: Julian Devorak, Quaestor Valdemar, Portia Devorak

✧ Obey Me!

Faves: Barbatos, Asmo, Lucifer

✧ Stardew Valley

Faves: Elliott, Leah, Harvey, Sam, Willy, Gunther

✧ Six Idiots (Horrible Histories, Yonderland, BBC Ghosts, Bill, etc.)

Faves: The Captain, Sir Humphrey, Cake Lady Edith, Elder Ho-tan, Ian, Sir Francis Walsingham, ... actually, pretty much all of Larry's characters

✧ Baccano!

Faves: Maiza Avaro, Felix Walken/Claire Stanfield, Lua Klein, Firo Prochainezo

✧ The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

Faves: Kaidou Shun, Mera Chisato, Saiki Kusuo, Kuboyasu Aren

✧ Musicals

Some favourites include: Falsettos, Come From Away, Rent, Heathers: The Musical, SIX, The Sound of Music, South Pacific, Book of Mormon, Avenue Q

✧ Canadian Media!

May include: Children's shows (Mr. Dressup, Surprise! It's Edible Incredible!, etc.), Music, Corner Gas, documentaries, etc.

✧ Various YouTube channels

May include: TwoSet Violin, Daniel Howell, Unus Annus (memento mori), Julien Bam, AmazingPhil, Drawfee, Rachel Maksy, Karolina Żebrowska, Tasting History with Max Miller, and others!

And much more!

For other topics I may post about, see here!

[walks-the-ages]

[ID: a link preview for the wikipedia page for the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests, showing a gif of footage from the protests, as police bodily drag a protester against the vietnam war in the street, with the flashes of cameras or flashbangs at the end of the gif loop. End ID]

The 1968 Democratic National Convention protests were a series of protests against the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War that took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968. Many left-wing counterculture and anti-Vietnam War groups, as well as supporters of anti-war Democratic candidate Eugene McCarthy, began planning protests, marches, and demonstrations in response to the convention and the impending presidential nomination of Democratic vice-president nominee Hubert Humphrey. There were several attempts by local Chicago authorities to prevent the protests from occurring; however, they were unsuccessful. Thus, the city promised "law and order" in order to suppress the protesters. As a result, many protesters, reporters, and bystanders were met with unprecedented levels of police brutality and police violence by the Chicago Police Department, particularly in Grant Park and Michigan Avenue in Chicago during the convention. The actions by Chicago police, the Illinois National Guard, and other law enforcement agencies were later described by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence as a "police riot". During the evening of August 28, 1968, with the police riot occurring on Michigan Avenue in front of the Democratic party's convention headquarters, the Conrad Hilton hotel, television networks broadcast live as the anti-war protesters began the now-iconic chant "The whole world is watching".

If you genuinely believe Biden "can be reasoned with" or "can be pushed left", then you've got 4 months to prove that before you throw away your vote on a genocidal, racist warmonger.

If you believe Biden will stop committing genocide if he gets re-elected, how about you get him to do it right now while he's currently President for another four months?

If you still think it's possible to Push Biden Left, then how about you fucking prove it and put your money where your mouth is?

[cityatwar-rp]

Welcome, Welcome!

¡Ay, Dios mío! ¡Nueva York se viste de luto!

La mismísima Agnes Humphrey, esa titana de las finanzas, esa diosa de la moda, esa arpía sin corazón, ha fallecido. La ciudad entera está conmocionada.

¿Cómo es posible que una mujer tan... ejem... "influyente" haya dejado este mundo tan pronto? Un misterio envuelve su muerte, tan intrigante como uno de esos bolsos de Chanel de edición limitada.

Los periódicos, esos oráculos de la verdad sensacionalista, solo nos dan migajas de información. Dicen que la encontraron sin vida en su ático de Park Avenue, rodeada de diamantes y perros chihuahua. ¡Qué cliché!

Pero yo, su servidora, su confidente virtual, su espía digital, tengo mis propias fuentes. He escuchado rumores que harían temblar hasta al mismísimo alcalde de la ciudad.

Se dice que varios socialites están temblando de miedo. Temen que la muerte de Agnes Humphrey desate una ola de escándalos, secretos inconfesables y trapos sucios que saldrán a la luz como cucarachas en un picnic.

Yo, por supuesto, no puedo revelar nada más.

Pero les prometo que estaré atenta a cada movimiento, a cada susurro, a cada mirada furtiva.

Descubriremos la verdad, aunque esté enterrada bajo capas de Botox y billetes de cien dólares.

Así que ya saben, mis queridos lectores, sintonicen mi blog para no perderse ni un solo detalle de este drama de proporciones épicas.

Prometo que será más emocionante que la última temporada de "House of Cards".

¡Ah! Y no olviden compartir este post, darle like y comentar.

Más que nada porque necesito comprarme un nuevo par de zapatos para seguirles la pista a estos adinerados pecadores.

[findinginga]

“Maybe she was right, and maybe Christmas comes in July…

but I didn’t believe it.” - Rip Murdock (Dead Reckoning)

In the 1947 release of Dead Reckoning, Rip Murdock (Humphrey Bogart) recounts his efforts to locate a military service friend, Johnny Drake, who made an impulsive decision to disappear while enroute to Washington DC where Drake was to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.  His hasty escape could not be understood by Murdock, who ultimately receives permission to unravel the mystery.  Murdock traces Drake back to his hometown where Murdock discovers Drake has been killed in an "accidental" car crash.  Murdock ultimately encounters Coral Chandler (Lizabeth Scott) with whom Drake once had a love affair.  Murdock learns that Drake was "framed" for a murder committed by Coral.  Drake fled from prosecution and hid in the military.  Despite Coral's insistence that the killing had been self-defense, we witness her calculated efforts at self-preservation. 

Maslow's Hierarchy...

On can certainly appreciate the powerful need to feel safe and secure.  It is as basic as food and shelter to survival.  But how any given being will react when there is a real or perceived threat cannot be predicted as myriad factors may influence the shape of a response.

I had come to learn that Ingeborga was living in her own distorted reality.  Even those basic needs articulated by Maslow were warped by a desire to control.  The paper thin veneer representing her self-esteem was obvious.

It appeared Inga had significant difficulties forming and maintaining significant loving relationships, if her own admission about the number of partners with whom she cohabitated was true.  According to Russian Federation records, she and Denis married in 2013 when Inga was 25 years of age.  Inga stated that she left home at the age of 18 this results in seven years elapsing between her departure from home and her marriage.  It is unclear if Inga considers her to marriage to Denis be in that total of five cohabitations.  Regardless, Ingeborga demonstrated a high rate of turnover with live-in partners over a seven year period, not including the more casual sexual contacts she reportedly had experienced.

To know and not to do...

I suppose we have all been guilty, at one time or another, of not heeding the words of Goethe.  I did not need to know any mor details to conclude that Inga was damaged and that I did not have the ability to fix her.  In January of 2022 I knew that just as I was highly suspicious of the same a full year before.  So, I knew but...

On the heels of my latest confrontation with Inga, which only served to fuel my anger and frustration, I received additional documentation from PI Lab.  The strong gut-level suspicion I was experiencing just a few weeks before was vindicated by photos and direct observations by the investigators.  In late December, a different vehicle was observed being driven by Denis and Inga, a Volvo XC90 with a state tag of K 483 TY60.

It was discovered by the investigators that the vehicle had been registered to Denis Reshetnikov.  The following represents a portion of the report by the investigators:

Day 1

On December 23, 2021 from 07:00 to 19:00 conducted observation of subjects.  The beginning of the observation took place at: Pskov, ul. Nikolai Vasilyeva, 71g, where Ingeborga and Denis Reshetnikov reside.

At 07.43 Denis Reshetnikov was observed in a Volvo XC90, State number K 483 TY60 and drove Eva er to kindergarten No. 18 located at the address of Pskov Street. Factory, 4.

At 08.20, Denis returned at the place of residence.

At 13.40, Denis Reshetnikov, together with Ingleborga, went to the delivery point "SDEC", which is located at: Oktyabrsky Avenue, 50 Corps 2 ".  It was at this location Ingeborga took possession of a parcel of unknown content.

At 14.00, they travelled to the cafe "Gogol-Mogol" at the address: Pskov, ul. Gogol d. 5.

At 14.45, Denis and Ingeborga went to the Aquapolis shopping center at the address: Division of Kuzbass d. 19. They remained in the mall to 15.50 purchasing items.

At 16.20, subjects arrived at the post office address: ul. Labor d. 49.  At this location Ingeborga received additional parcels.  They then travelled to another post office, located at the address: ul. Soviet d. 20 Pskov where Ingeborga received additional parcels.  After collecting the parcels, Ingeborga made photos (selfie) with the obtained goods. 

At 16.50, they went to the children's kindergarten No. 18 located at: Pskov Ul. Factory d. 4, to pick up Eva.

At 17.15, control sujects arrived at their home located at: Pskov, ul. Nikolai Vasilyeva d. 71g, after which Denis exited the car and entered the residence.  Ingeborga moved to the driver's seat and headed with Eva to the Finnish Park, Pskov, where they rode "Watrushka".

At 19.00 Ingeborga and Eva went to the pizzeria "Momma Roma" located on the Oktyabrsky Prospekt. After eating, they returned home at 20.10.

Day 2

On December 24, 2021 from 07.00 to 19.00, surveillance was conducted at: Pskov, ul. Nikolai Vasilyeva, d. 71g.

07.50 Denis Reshetnikov used the Volvo 90 XC state number K483TY60 to drive his daughter to the children's kindergarten No. 18 located at the address: Pskov Ul. Factory d. 4.

At 08.15, the control subject returned to the place of residence.

From 08.15 to 16.48, Denis and Ingeborga were at home at home at the address: Pskov, ul. Nikolai Vasilyeva, d. 71g.

At 17.09, Ingeborga Reshetnikova drove to the shop "Taste of Villa" located at the address: Oktyabrsky Avenue d. 19.  The car left near the "Victory" cinema.

In 17.15 Denis Reshetnikov drove the  Skoda Superb, state number E 244 KY 60 to pick up Eva from kindergarten.  After that, they drove home.  Until 19.30, the subject did not go out.

After visiting the shop "Taste of Villa" located at the address: Oktyabrsky Avenue D. 19 Ingeborga Reshetnikova traveled to Planck Fitness located on the Irkutsk Lane. 50 Corp. 1, using  car "Volvo 90 XC state number K 483 TY60.  Ingeborga parked on underground parking.

In 19.15, Ingeborga departed Planck Fitness and drove home at: Pskov, ul. Nikolai Vasilyeva, d. 71g.

For the two days of observing Denis and Ingeborga, the Reshetnikov behaved very wary. Because of this it was decided to remove the surveillance after the second day. 

What do we know?

Another vehicle had been registered by Denis and it seems a good deal of shopping and collecting parcels was being done. As a result, it is reasonable to conclude that Denis was fully aware Inga's activities and was an active participant.

Even more revelations to come...

[spacenutspod]

The new year of 1969 dawned with optimism that NASA would meet President John F. Kennedy’s goal of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. The previous year saw four Apollo missions, two uncrewed and two carrying three astronauts each, test different components of the lunar landing architecture, culminating with Apollo 8’s December flight around the Moon. Challenges remaining for the new year included testing the Lunar Module (LM) with a crew, first in Earth orbit, and then in lunar orbit, a flight that served as a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing that could take place on the following mission. With flights occurring every two months, engineers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida processed three spacecraft and launch vehicles in parallel. Recovering from the fire Left: The Apollo 1 crew of Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, left, Edward H. White, and Roger B. Chaffee. Middle left: Liftoff of the first Saturn V on the Apollo 4 mission. Middle right: The Lunar Module for the Apollo 5 mission. Right: Recovery of the Apollo 6 Command Module. The years 1967 and 1968 proved turbulent for the world. For NASA, the focus remained on recovering from the tragic Apollo 1 fire in time to meet President Kennedy’s fast approaching end of the decade deadline. The fire resulted in a thorough redesign of the Command Module (CM) to reduce flammability risks and to include an easy to open hatch. Engineers also removed flammable materials from the Lunar Module (LM). In November 1967, the first flight of the Saturn V carried Apollo 4 on a nine-hour uncrewed mission to test the CM’s heat shield. Apollo 5 in January 1968 completed an uncrewed test of the LM so successful that NASA decided to cancel a second test. Although fraught with problems, the April 1968 flight of Apollo 6 tested the CM heat shield once again. Managers believed that engineers could solve the problems encountered during this mission and declared that the next Saturn V would carry a crew. Apollo 7 and 8 Left: Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra, left, Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham on the recovery ship USS Essex following their 11-day mission. Right: The famous Earthrise photograph from Apollo 8. By October 1968, thorough ground testing of the Apollo spacecraft enabled the first crewed mission since the fire. Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham successfully completed the 11-day test flight, achieving all mission objectives. In August, with LM development running behind schedule, senior NASA managers began discussions of sending Apollo 8 on a circumlunar flight, pending the outcome of Apollo 7. With that hurdle successfully cleared, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders orbited the Moon 10 times during Christmas 1968, taking a giant leap toward achieving the Moon landing. Left: At the White House, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders present a copy of the Earthrise photograph to President Lyndon B. Johnson. Middle: Accompanied by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Borman, Lovell, and Anders take a motorcade from the White House to the Capitol. Right: Borman, left, Lovell, and Anders address a joint meeting of Congress. With their space missions completed, the Apollo 7 and 8 crews remained busy with events celebrating their successes. On Jan. 3, 1969, TIME magazine named Apollo 8 astronauts Borman, Lovell, and Anders their Men of the Year for 1968. Kicking off a whirlwind of events, on Jan. 9, outgoing President Lyndon B. Johnson welcomed them to the White House, where he presented them with NASA Distinguished Service Medals. They in turn presented him with a copy of the famous Earthrise photograph. Accompanied by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, Borman, Lovell, and Anders rode in a motorcade down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol where the astronauts addressed a joint meeting of Congress. From there, they proceeded to the State Department for a press conference, their day ending with a dinner in their honor at the Smithsonian Institution. Left: Apollo 8 astronauts James A. Lovell, left, Frank Borman, and William A. Anders wave to the crowds assembled along their parade route in New York City. Middle: Borman, Lovell, and Anders address a crowd at Newark airport. Right: In Miami���s Orange Bowl Lovell, left, Borman, and Anders lead the fans in the Pledge of Allegiance at Super Bowl III. On Jan. 10, New York City held a tickertape parade for Borman, Lovell, and Anders. Mayor John V. Lindsay presented them with Medals of the City of New York, after which they attended a luncheon at Lincoln Center, a reception at the United Nations, and dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The next day, in 15-degree weather, they spoke to a crowd of about 1,500 people at Newark Airport before boarding a plane for much warmer Miami, where on Jan. 12 they attended Super Bowl III, and led the Orange Bowl crowd in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Left: In Houston, Apollo 8 astronauts William A. Anders, left, Frank Borman, and James A. Lovell present an Earthrise photograph and flags of Texas to Governor John B. Connally, far right, and Mayor Louie Welch, hidden behind the photograph. Middle: Borman and his family in the parade through downtown Houston, with Lovell and Anders and their families following behind. Right: Lovell, Borman, and Anders wave to the crowds in the parade in Chicago. A crowd estimated at about 250,000 welcomed Borman, Lovell, and Anders home to Houston on Jan. 13. In a ceremony outside the Albert Thomas Convention Center, Mayor Louie Welch presented them with bronze medals for heroism, and the astronauts presented Welch and Texas Governor John B. Connally with plaques bearing Texas flags they had flown to the Moon as well as a framed copy of the Earthrise photograph. The astronauts took part in the largest parade in the city’s history. The next day, the city of Chicago welcomed Borman, Lovell, and Anders. An estimated 1.5 million people cheered them on their parade route to a reception where they received honors from city council. Left: The Apollo 7 Command Module and a Lunar Module mockup on a float in President Richard M. Nixon’s inauguration parade; Apollo 7 astronauts Walter M. Schirra, R. Walter Cunningham, and Donn F. Eisele preceded the float in an open-air limousine. Image credit: courtesy Richard Nixon Library. Right: Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, left, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders with President Nixon at the White House. On Jan. 20, Apollo 7 astronauts Schirra, Eisele, and Cunningham rode in President Richard M. Nixon’s inauguration parade in Washington, D.C. Their spacecraft and a LM mockup rode on a float behind them. Ten days later, the new President invited Apollo 8 astronauts Borman, Lovell, and Anders to the White House where he announced that Borman and his family would embark on an 18-day goodwill tour of eight European nations, starting on Feb. 2. Apollo 9 The LM remained the one component of the lunar landing architecture not yet tested by astronauts in space. That task fell to James A. McDivitt, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart, the crew of Apollo 9. They and their backups Charles “Pete” Conrad, Richard F. Gordon, and Alan L. Bean spent many hours in the LM simulators and training for the spacewalk component of the mission. Left: In preparation for the Apollo 9 spacewalk, astronaut Russell L. Schweickart tests the Portable Life Support System backpack in an altitude chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. Middle: Schweickart trains for his spacewalk in MSC’s Water Immersion Facility. Right: Apollo 9 backup astronauts Richard F. Gordon, left, and Alan L. Bean train for the spacewalk in the KC-135 zero-gravity aircraft. Apollo 9’s 10-day mission would take place in the relative safety of low Earth orbit. After docking with the LM, the crew’s first major task involved the first spacewalk of the Apollo program and the only in-space test of the new A7L spacesuit before the Moon landing. McDivitt and Schweickart planned to enter the LM, leaving Scott in the CM. Schweickart and Scott would each perform a spacewalk from their respective spacecraft. Scott would only stand in the open CM hatch while Schweickart would exit via the LM’s front hatch onto its porch, translate over to the CM using handrails, retrieve materials samples mounted on the spacecraft’s exterior and return back to the LM, spending two hours outside. This spacewalk tested the ability of crews to transfer through open space, in case a malfunction with the tunnel or hatches between the two spacecraft prevented an internal transfer. The day after the spacewalk, McDivitt and Schweickart planned to undock the LM, leaving Scott in the CM, fly it up to 100 miles away, testing its descent and ascent stages before returning to Scott in the CM who would perform the rendezvous and docking. At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, three views of the Apollo 9 rollout from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39A. The first of the three vehicles in processing flow at KSC, Apollo 9 rolled out from High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39A on Jan. 3, just 13 days after Apollo 8 launched from the same facility, causing relatively minor damage. Stages of the Apollo 9 Saturn V had arrived at KSC during the spring and summer of 1968, the LM arrived in June and the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in October. Workers completed stacking of the Saturn V in October, adding the Apollo spacecraft in early December. On Jan. 8, NASA announced Feb. 28, 1969, as the planned launch date for Apollo 9. Left: Apollo 9 astronauts James A. McDivitt, front, David R. Scott, and Russell L. Schweickart depart crew quarters for the ride to Launch Pad 39A for emergency escape training. Middle: Scott, left, Schweickart, and McDivitt in the White Room during the pad emergency escape drill. Right: Scott, left, McDivitt, and Schweickart pose with their mission patch following a press conference at Grumman Aircraft and Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, New York. Workers at the pad immediately began to prepare the vehicle for flight, including software integration tests with the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), now NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. On Jan. 15, the prime and backup crews conducted emergency egress training from their spacecraft at Launch Pad 39A. Launch controllers at KSC successfully completed the Flight Readiness Test, the final major overall test of the vehicle’s systems, between Jan. 19 and 22. During a Jan. 25 press conference at the Grumman Aircraft and Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, New York, manufacturer of the LM, the Apollo 9 astronauts provided reporters with an overview of their mission. Apollo 10 Assuming Apollo 9 met its objectives and the LM proved space worthy in Earth orbit, in May Apollo 10 would repeat many of those tests in lunar orbit, including flying to within nine miles of the Moon’s surface. Left: Apollo 10 backup astronauts L. Gordon Cooper, front, and Edgar D. Mitchell arrive in the vacuum chamber in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a Lunar Module (LM) altitude test. Middle: Engineers in the MSOB conduct a docking test between the LM and the Command Module (CM) docking test. Right: Engineers prepare the CM for an altitude test. In November 1968, just six months before the planned launch date, NASA officially named the Apollo 10 crew. The prime crew consisted of Thomas P. Stafford, John W. Young, and Eugene A. Cernan. All had flown Gemini missions and had recently served as the Apollo 7 backup crew. L. Gordon Cooper, Donn F. Eisele, and Edgar D. Mitchell served as their backups. Left: In High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, the three stages of the Apollo 10 Saturn V await the arrival of the spacecraft. Middle left: In KSC’s Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), workers remove the Lunar Module (LM) from an altitude chamber. Middle right: Workers in the MSOB lower the LM onto the base of the Spacecraft LM Adapter (SLA). Right: After installing the main engine bell, workers lift the Command and Service Module for mating with the SLA. In the VAB’s High Bay 2, workers had completed stacking the Apollo 10 Saturn V’s three stages by the final days of 1968, while their colleagues prepared to roll Apollo 9’s rocket to the pad a few days later. In the nearby Manned Spacecraft Operations Building (MSOB), prime and backup crews completed altitude tests of the LM in December and workers conducted a docking test between the LM and the CM. On Jan. 16, Stafford, Young, and Cernan completed their altitude test of the CM, followed by Cooper, Eisele, and Mitchell the next day. Workers removed the spacecraft from the altitude chamber in preparation for its rollover to the VAB in early February for stacking onto the rocket. Apollo 11 Assuming Apollo 9 and 10 accomplished their objectives, Apollo 11 would attempt the first Moon landing in July. Should Apollo 11 not succeed, NASA would try again with Apollo 12 in September and even Apollo 13 in November or December. Spacecraft and rocket manufacturers continued building components to meet that aggressive schedule. Apollo 11 crew of Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin, left, Neil A. Armstrong, and Michael Collins. On Jan. 9, a mere six months before the planned launch date, NASA formally announced the Apollo 11 crew, the second all-veteran three-person crew after Apollo 10 – and the last all-veteran crew until STS-26 in 1988. The next day, NASA introduced the Apollo 11 crew during a press conference at MSC. The prime crew consisted of Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin. Each astronaut had flown one Gemini mission. Armstrong and Aldrin had served on the backup crew for Apollo 8 while Collins was initially a member of the prime Apollo 8 crew until a bone spur in his neck requiring surgery sidelined him. He fully recovered from the operation, and NASA included him in the Apollo 11 crew. The Apollo 11 backup crew consisted of James A. Lovell, William A. Anders, and Fred W. Haise. Lovell and Anders had just completed the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission with Haise a backup crew member on that flight. When Anders announced that he would retire from NASA in August 1969 to join the National Space Council, Thomas K. “Ken” Mattingly began training in parallel with Anders in case the mission slipped past that date. Left: The Lunar Module for Apollo 11 arrives at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Middle: The Apollo 11 Command Module, left, and Service Module, in KSC’s Manned Spacecraft Operations Building shortly after their arrival. Right: The S-IVB third stage for Apollo 11’s Saturn V rocket arrives at KSC. Hardware began to arrive at KSC for Apollo 11. With the Apollo 10 CSM still undergoing testing in the MSOB, the Apollo 11 LM’s ascent and descent stages arrived Jan. 8 and 12, respectively, followed by the CM and SM on Jan. 23. Workers in the MSOB prepared the spacecraft for vacuum chamber testing. The Saturn V’s S-IVB third stage arrived on Jan. 19. Workers trucked it to the VAB where it awaited the arrival of the first two stages, scheduled for February. Lunar Receiving Laboratory Left:  Schematic of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL) showing its major functional areas.  Right:  A mockup Command Module in the spacecraft storage area, part of the Crew Reception Area, in the LRL. With the Moon landing possibly just six months away, NASA continued to prepare key facilities designed to receive astronauts returning from the Moon. The 83,000-square-foot Lunar Receiving Laboratory (LRL), residing in MSC’s Building 37, was specially designed and built to isolate the astronauts, their spacecraft, and lunar samples to prevent back-contamination of the Earth by any possible lunar micro-organisms, and to maintain the lunar samples in as pristine a condition as possible. The building was completed in 1967, and over the next year, workers outfitted its laboratories and other facilities. A 10-day simulation in the facility in November 1968 found some deficiencies that NASA addressed promptly. On Jan. 23, 1969, workers brought a mockup Apollo CM into the LRL’s spacecraft storage area for fit checks. Left: Workers at the Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia hoist the Mobile Quarantine facility (MQF) onto the USS Guadalcanal. Middle: The flexible tunnel set up between the MQF and a mockup Command Module. Right: Workers in Norfolk load the MQF onto a C-141 cargo plane for the return flight to Ellington Air Force Base in Houston. An integral component of the back-contamination prevention process was the Mobile Quarantine Facility (MQF). Following lunar landing missions, the MQF housed astronauts and support personnel from their arrival onboard the prime recovery ship shortly after splashdown through transport to the LRL. Under contract to NASA, Melpar, Inc., of Falls Church, Virginia, converted four 35-foot Airstream trailers into MQFs, delivering the first unit in March 1968 and the last three in the spring of 1969. The first unit was used extensively for testing, with lessons learned incorporated into the later models. On Jan. 21, 1969, workers loaded the MQF aboard a U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane at Ellington Air Force Base near MSC to transport it to the Norfolk Naval Air Station in Virginia. Six recovery specialists from MSC spent 10 days inside the MQF, first aboard the helicopter landing-platform USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7), including attaching a flexible tunnel to a boilerplate Apollo CM, and then aboard the destroyer USS Fox (DLG-33). The overall exercise, successfully completed on Feb. 3, tested all MQF systems aboard ships and aircraft to simulate recovery operations after a lunar landing mission. To be continued … With special thanks to Ed Hengeveld for imagery expertise. News from around the world in January 1969: Jan. 7 – Congress doubles the President’s salary from $100,000 to $200,000 a year. Jan. 9 – First test flight of the Franco-British Concorde supersonic jetliner in Bristol, U.K. Jan. 12 – In Super Bowl III, played in Miami’s Orange Bowl, the New York Jets beat the Baltimore Colts 16 to 7. Jan. 16 – The Soviet Union conducts the first docking between two crewed spacecraft and the first crew transfer by spacewalking cosmonauts during the Soyuz 4 and 5 missions. Jan. 20 – Richard M. Nixon inaugurated as the 37th U.S. President. Jan. 30 – The Beatles perform their last live gig, a 42-minute concert on the rooftop of Apple Corps Headquarters in London. Explore More 8 min read 50 Years Ago: Skylab 4 Astronauts Begin Record-Breaking Third Month in Space Article 1 week ago 6 min read 10 Years Ago: The First Operational Cygnus Cargo Mission to the Space Station Article 1 week ago 5 min read NASA’s Deep Space Network Turns 60 and Prepares for the Future Article 4 weeks ago

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2024 Swine Profitability Conference February 6 • Stanley Stout Center, Manhattan, KS

2024 Swine Profitability Conference February 6 • Stanley Stout Center, Manhattan, KS

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 Jim Eadie

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January 11, 2024

Kansas State University’s 2024 Swine Profitability Conference is planned for Tuesday, Feb. 6 in Manhattan.

The annual Swine Profitability Conference focuses on providing information to improve knowledge for pork producer business decisions. “We host two major swine events each year at K-State. At Swine Day, we share our latest research results. At Swine Profitability Conference, we focus on business decisions and industry-wide issues facing pork producers,” says Mike Tokach, K-State Department of Animal Sciences & Industry distinguished professor and swine extension specialist. “The lineup of speakers this year bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to help producers increase their competitiveness.”

The conference will feature speakers from an array of swine-related businesses and organizations, including:

Steve Meyer, Partners in Production Agriculture Senior Economist, will discuss U.S. pork/meat outlook.

Chad Mire, National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit Research Leader, will discuss the NBAF capabilities.

Marcelo Almeida, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor, will talk about recent trends in swine health diagnostic cases.

Bryan Humphreys, National Pork Producers Council CEO, will discuss the U.S. pork industry.

Dan Gerety, J-Six Farms Manager and CEO, will speak on building a generational legacy.

“The 33rd Annual Profitability Conference has a renowned group of speakers that will provide direct information on status of the U.S. pork industry, discuss U.S. swine disease patterns, detail world-renowned swine disease research capabilities to safe-guard the U.S. swine herd and provide direct experiences from a Kansas family swine operation,” says Joel DeRouchey, K-State extension swine specialist. “This conference has a strong reputation for sharing relevant information to improve production for Kansas swine producers.”

The conference will take place at the Stanley Stout Center, 2200 Denison Avenue. The day begins with coffee and donuts at 9:15 a.m. and the program starting at 9:30 a.m. Lunch is included in the conference, which will end at 3 p.m.

Pre-registration is $25 per participant and due by Jan. 26. Attendees can register at the door for $50 per participant. More information, including online registration, is available at KSUSwine.org.

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Josh McLinden: UEP Thesis Award Winner, 2023

Building Power: Tenant Organizing, Community Land Trusts, and the Right to the City: A Study of Housing Justice in Boston

This thesis examines how residents facing eviction in a Boston neighborhood organized into a tenant association to not only win the right to stay in their homes but also move the property into permanently affordable community control. This thesis makes an excellent contribution to the field of housing justice. The qualitative methods used in the thesis (stakeholder interviews and participant observation) are well-suited to the research objectives and help demonstrate how housing justice can be achieved through an institutionalized Community Land Trust, an activist “right to the city” organization, and tenants associations. The writing is extremely engaging, weaving in the compelling stories and experiences of directly impacted residents. Josh shows how tenant organizing and affordable housing development can work together to challenge the neoliberal system of housing and create alternative models of community control and democratic participation. This thesis is a great example of a student combining their passion and experience with skillsets developed as part of their UEP degree program, offering valuable lessons for practical visionaries who are interested in housing justice and other avenues of affecting change. 

Abstract

In the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, a group of residents facing eviction from 6 Humphreys Place organized into a tenant association with the support of local organizers and successfully fought back against their neglectful landlord. They won not only the right to stay in their home but also forced the sale of the property to a nonprofit that moved it off the market and into permanently affordable community control. This thesis examines the organizations and individuals involved in this struggle, painting a case study of 6 Humphreys Place but also crafting a broader view of the housing justice movement in Boston through interviews and observations of the staff and resident leaders of City Life/Vida Urbana, the Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust, and the 6 Humphreys tenant association. I find that both tenant organizing and affordable housing development are key in pursuing housing justice through a model of development without displacement.

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Tackle Way at the junction of old Humphrey avenue Old Town Hastings

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"FEATURES AT BROADVIEW BOYS' FALL FAIR," Toronto Globe. October 3, 1930. Page 3. ---- An idea of the variety of features at the Broadview Boys' Fall Fair. which was formally opened last night, is given above. Here are shown: No. 1 - Nelson McLielu, 165 First Avenue, with his pet goat, "Kidde one of the entries in the pet show. No. 2- Model yachts, another interesting display. No. 3 - The showing of 23 cups won by the Broadview YMCA Model Aeroplane Club in the three years of its existence, secured at national and international shows. No. 4 -Clifford Humphrey, 136 Hamilton Street, and hits raccoon, the only "coon" entered in competition at the lair. This animal shows remarkable skill in getting pencils out of its owner's pockets.

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E - BLAST #58

Aperçu ! Jenny Humphrey pataugé dans la fontaine du musée à la recherche de pièces de monnaie. Blair Waldorf, lundi soir faire bien plus que de l’œil au videur d’un pub irlandais de la huitième avenue. On dirait que la guerre entre la reine B et la petite Jenny c’est étendu des rues de Manhattan à l’étoile mondiale. Qui m’envoie ces commérages de bas étage ? J’ai ma petite idée.

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OMD Dazzle Ships [40th Anniversary Edition] 2023 Universal ————————————————— Tracks LP One: 01. Radio Prague 02. Genetic Engineering 03. ABC Auto-Industry 04. Telegraph 05. This Is Helena 06. International 07. Dazzle Ships (Parts II, III & VII) 08. The Romance of the Telescope 09. Silent Running 10. Radio Waves 11. Time Zones 12. Of All the Things We’ve Made

Tracks LP Two: 01. Telegraph 82 [very early demo] 02. Silent Running [demo] 03. Sold Our Souls [«The Avenue» demo] 04. Shakespeare 82 05. Untitled instrumental 82 06. In Heaven Above [4-NEU demo] 07. Telegraph Live 1984 —————————————————

Martin Cooper

Malcolm Holmes

Paul Humphreys

Andy McCluskey

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Bensonhurst

Bensonhurst https://ift.tt/03U8HOh Southwest Brooklyn is home to one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the entire city: Bensonhurst. Second only to Washington Heights in terms of the percentage of residents who were born abroad, Bensonhurst has over 77,000 foreign-born residents. Egbert Benson, a well-known Brooklyn landowner and politician, received the neighborhood’s name. Bensonhurst-by-the-Sea, or what is now Bath Beach, was the area’s original name; however, it quickly transformed into a Jewish and Italian enclave. The area has preserved much of its historical character and is now known as Little Italy and Brooklyn’s largest Chinatown. The area has welcomed some well-known residents and also contains some unexpected hidden gems. The top ten secrets of Bensonhurst are listed below. A pop culture-inspired game The Statue House in Bensonhurst The Bensonhurst Statue House, a surprising residence with nearly 40 life-size sculptures of pop culture icons, is situated halfway down 85th Street between 20th and 21st Avenues. These figures include Superman flying out from a second-story balcony, the Statue of Liberty, Marilyn Monroe and Elvis flirting, James Dean staring at Humphrey Bogart, and Dracula peeking out from above the garage. There are numerous relics from the mid-1900s, including an old phone booth, Brooklyn Bridge street signs, an antiquated lamppost that reads “Memory Lane,” and more. The statue house was created by Steve Campanella, a retired Marine who drew inspiration from his youth and his strong Brooklyn pride. The garage and driveway were created to resemble the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel’s approach. On Time Steam Cleaning To Bensonhurst via Ontime Steam Cleaning https://ift.tt/XQ3JRao October 30, 2022 at 11:33AM