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Wait, sorry: not trainS, I mean T-R-A-I-N. They're installing a security camera on one train.
OH! And also, they're not going to watch the footage in real-time...its just going to be downloaded somewhere.
See, its all part of a pilot program to test this idea on other trains. Only they can't even come close to actually being able to afford this pilot program.
In fact, they can't even afford the FEW FUCKING CAMERAS being used on this one lil mystery train (uhm, they can't tell you WHICH train it will be on bitches, cause otherwise all the subway performers will ONLY be on that train)--someone donated them.
The cool thing is, if someone tries to sue them later for some bullshit slip-n-fall, they *might* be able to go back and look at the footage and not have to pay the mofo a bazillion dollars. So that's kinda nice for the MTA. But if someone is getting raped, or maimed, or murdered on the train late at night, they'll still totally get raped, or maimed, or murdered cause no one is watching the footage in real-time. Cool, right?
Your money at work.
Oh well, its nice to see the cash from the subway fare increases going toward smart programs like these.
(When the fuck does that British dude who's taking over get here?? Sheesh).
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My advice. Put up two fingers to Mr Abbott-and get married as soon as you can!
The reason he doesn't want you too- is that his policy is going to invalidate the marriages of thousands of couples-showing him up as a marriage and family destructor.
Hardly the image a Prime Minister would wish to portray is it?
You could hardly shut this religious nutter up when he was in opposition but since being elected PM) (how were so many Australians so stupid to elect this prat) this twit Abbott has hardly said a thing since becoming PM but he could help himself to make an anti-gay statement. Nasty nasty nasty man surrounded by a load of nasty nasty nasty sycophants.
First of all, how can you be a liberal and be against same sex marriage. Secondly, why is this loser trying to copy America's reputation when it comes to the constitution, two countries that need to get a grip. I didn't know Australia was a puppet.
The name of the Liberal Party in Australia is oxymoronic, they are a conservative group that hijacked the original ideals of this party.
I believe the term Liberal, as adopted in the 1940s for the party, indicates economic (free market) liberalism, not social liberalism.
Run. Do not walk. Hie thee with all haste to ACT.
If your relationship is one of marriage in all ways except legal recognition, this is your moment.
The threat from Mr. Abbott is empty! This emperor has no clothes and he knows it!!
Look to the history of contract law with the confidence that, legally speaking, marriage is merely a type of contract. And if you're already LIVING that contract, go now. Go get that legal recognition.
Run. Do not walk.
Get lost Abbott!
Why should people wait til you've done everything to show those of us wanting to get married how much you hate us?
No those that want to marry should. There is NO argument against other than bigotry, discrimination and homophobia!
I'm confused. How can he say in one breath that he'd turn up to his sister's wedding to "do the right thing" when he won't grant her the right to get married in the first place, presumably because he believes that it would be doing the wrong thing? At least have some principles Abbot you hypocrite
he will go to his sister'd wedding so he can claim expenses,
He's is a catholic,a thief & a hypocrite
Ah. I'd not considered that. How right you are Michael
Well, let's wait and see what ACT's neighbouring state, New South Wales does where there are rumblings to follow suit. If that happens, Australia's most populous state will probably be the catalyst for the rest of the states to do the same.
People need to rush to Canberra to get married in their thoisands.
this will cause an absolute nightmare for the government. If it turns out to be unconstitutional then the reaction from those already married will be outrage.
It's for the same reason the irish government needs to legislate for marriage equality rather than putting equality to a mob vote
If equality bis unconstitutional then the Irish constitution is a disgusting document that must be scrapped. .
"From time immemorial, in every culture that's been known, marriage … has been between a man and a woman."
Yes, they also used to believe the earth was flat, used to let blood, use leeches, use lead and other heavy metals as medicine to cure all manner of ills.
He may be a traditionalist but surely it's what the people want. He also needs to respect minority rights.
This man is living in the past.
Come on Australia…ask for a no confidence vote and get him out.
Yes, and does Australia want to go before the UN Human Rights Commission – Again! They lost last time.
Human Rights Equality always transcend tradition; if they are in conflict.
He's too stupid for life. I predict his premiership will end in something spectacular where he will be either the shame and/or the laughing stock of Aus.
He's an idiot, a boorish, inarticulate moron of a man and there's no need to fear idiots.
As health minister in a previous incarnation this god botherer used his position to deny women the morning after pill for a safe abortion. He and his party along with the previous lame duck labor couldnt cross the line in making being gay enshrined in an overarching federal discrimination act. And the proposal they had up gave notable exemptions to all the discriminators. YES you guessed it, religious bodies in hospitals social services etc are still exempt in their discriination even though they are govt. funded. Dont even get me started …Australia is an embarrassing backwater and the only remaining OECD country with no bill or charter of human rights for its citizens…and yep this was the heavy lobbying and scaremongering of the churches yet again.
'Australia is an embarrassing backwater and the only remaining OECD country with no bill or charter of human rights for its citizens'
Well, I think Australia has more human rights protection than the USA. This topic has been raised in Australia and it was believed that it would be better to leave the situation vis-a-vis human rights. There have been slips, but fewer than in the USA. I think your attitude is outdated, ill-informed and frankly, patronising.
Our politicians are way behind the public in terms of same-sex marriage – most of the states would put up same-sex legislation but it would probably be held to be unconstitutional on the basis of State/Commonwealth powers to legislate by the High Court. I suspect our politicians are being held to ransom by the Murdoch Media. The Murdoch Media are likely the real villains of the peace.
Thats the point.You may very well "THINK" it.However, it is NOT enshrined in law. The Australian human rights commission is a powerless paper tiger that can make suggestions to govt.. It is NOT a legal body. It may also interest you to know the UK and a number of other countries questioned Australia at Australia's 4 yearly review in the UN and asked how it could maintain human rights without any enshrined legal or constitutional protection within its laws…the answer….we'll get back to you.Yes please "think it" but don't assume you are protected. You most certainly are not.Our politicians are not being held to ransom. Our politicians, both labor and liberal had no problem changing constitutional law in 2004 when they both voted to change the marriage act of 1961 which is when marriage became a federal affair. They changed it specifically to exclude same sex couples. They changed it NOT to uphold the Australian constitution but to enshrine DISCRIMINATION.
And I warn you against being such a vile creature. So what now?
Jack Alison is quite right.. Australians have taken a backward step by electing this appalling god botherer.
This disgusting bigot and misogynist of a man's allegiance is to the Vatican rather than the people of Australia.
The usual old rubbish about, marriage has always been between a man and a woman, well no, because the Christian Emperor under pressure from the pope made same-sex marriage illegal in 425 CE. Being an ex -seminarian he should know this.
However you look at it, it comes down to "YOU cant get married because it's against MY religion" – is there no religious freedom in Australia's basic law.?
So now he's trying to scare gay couples with technicalities. Just trying everything to stop the rollout of equality.
But how is getting your ACT marriage annulled any worse than the current situation where Australian gay couples can't get married at all?
He 'wants to do the right thing' for his sister if she were to get married but still refuses to allow same sex marriage.
The man is a hypocrite and a moron.
The thing is that the High Court challenge to come (and it will come) will very very likely invalidate this ACT marriage act as soon as it hits the courtroom. So in a way, he's right. Getting married in the ACT will be kind of a waste of a trip to Canberra. If you insist on getting Gay Symbolically Married, then just do it in the comfort of your own backyard or a location you actually like, I reckon.
Why would anyone listen to this person? The Marriage Equality law is in place….HURRY! It's much harder for authority to outlaw something that has already happened for many couples without looking completely bigoted….that means you California voters! Go for it NOW!
Abbott is going to try to take Australia back to a Medieval Period run by the Catholic Inquisition. We must fight against him with all our might.
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A new grant-funded program at the University of Arizona will help Southern Arizona homeowners in danger of losing their homes work to secure mortgage modifications from lenders.
Beginning in August, the James E. Rogers College of Law Mortgage Clinic will place up to 10 students each semester at Southern Arizona Legal Aid.
There, experienced attorneys will supervise UA law students who will assist homeowners in negotiations with lenders for affordable terms and in bankruptcy proceedings when necessary to save homes.
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These retrospective events appear among the mixed bills reorganized lately with the assistance of marketing experts who must be louse-picking chimpanzees. Inane program titles ("Here and Now," "Then and There," "French Cuisine") alternate with others that stretch a theme to encompass diverse ballets ("All German and Some Tharp"). Then there is the programming itself. Lumping together "West Side Story Suite" and "Fancy Free," because Robbins collaborated with composer Leonard Bernstein on both, results in a garish surfeit of local color. Combining Robbins' edgy "Watermill" and upbeat "The Four Seasons" divides the evening schizophrenically.
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Apparently, letters haven't been Brad Stevens' only correspondence with former Boston Celtics.
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Since his final season with the Phoenix Suns, in 2005-06, McCarty has served as an assistant coach with the Louisville Cardinals and Indiana Pacers. He's also slated to coach an ABA expansion team, the North Shore Tides, next season, at least according to the team's website.
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The Microlensing Planet Search (MPS) project monitors microlensing events discovered in progress in search of microlensing planets orbiting faint stars toward the Galactic Bulge. We report on observations by the MPS and MOA Collaborations of high magnification microlensing event MACHO-98-BLG-35 which has a low amplitude deviation which is consistent with the expected deviation caused by a planet with a mass of 2 x 10-5 of the mass of the primary lens. We indicate how, for future events, additional observations might provide data sufficient to claim discovery of a low mass planet, and we also discuss the future explansion of the MPS Project.
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The theatre provided the following description of the film:
"Indiana Jones: The character so awesome that Harrison Ford agreed to play him again, even if it meant being in the fourth movie. Arguably, not the best move. But this one is the first Indiana Jones movie and arguably the best. Jones is a college professor of archeology, and when the US Government asks him to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis do, Jones sets off on a globe-trotting adventure.
Along the way, he meets up with Miriam, a former partner's daughter, and a couple other allies to take on the Nazis. There's one flaw in his plan to defeat the Nazi troops almost single-handedly, though. Snakes. Indy hates snakes."
The 1981 film was directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Harrison Ford, Karen Allen and John Rhys-Davies.
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I was excited about the c-section delivery of my younger daughter in 2011 and I wasn't quiet about it. As far as I was concerned, it was going to be a vacation. Time away from my then 3-year-old, room service, and lots of good drugs? Heaven!
The moment I found out I was pregnant with my older daughter, I called my obstetrician and requested the epidural be administered immediately.
"I just want to be clear," I told her, "that this will not be a drug-free birth. If that means I'm hooked up to some kind of machine for the next nine months so that no one forgets or screws it up, so be it."
At one point during labor, they turned off the epidural because they didn't think I felt the urge to push enough. I disagreed and ended up with a c-section anyway. That hour that the epidural was turned off? Not my finest hour. In fact, it was my worst.
I never get why some women opt out of using drugs during labor and delivery. I mean, I know why they do it. I really do. But if my child's birthday is supposed to be the happiest day of my life, do I really want to spend it cursing out the very thing I'm welcoming?
It turns out there might be a happy medium between the "au naturel" mamas and their "gimme-all-the-drugs" counterparts. If you thought you'd seen the last of nitrous oxide in high school, well, get ready for a good laugh.
In an article in Slate, science writer Christene Szalinski writes about how administering laughing gas during labor is par for the course in places like the U.K., Australia and Scandinavia. While it's not said to relieve pain entirely, it does help distract from it or "make them care less about" it. The gas can be given at any time during labor, requires no IV hook-up or other cumbersome attachments, and has no major side effects for mama and baby.
According to the Slate piece, two companies are introducing nitrous oxide to maternity wards in the U.S. — with 12 hospitals and birthing centers using what's known as the Nitronox system. The American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecologists don't actually recommend it, but they're not violently opposed to it, either, telling Slate, "At this time . . . [we do] not have guidelines or recommendations on the use of nitrous oxide during labor."
Side effects are mild, and may include things like nausea, drowsiness and dizziness. But if you were one of those kids who did whip-its in high school, you probably knew that already. Plus, it wears off almost as soon as it begins, so you're not stuck in it like an epidural (although, as I learned the hard way, they can turn that off, too).
For women who go into childbirth with the best of intentions (not the lazy ones like me, content to let everyone else do all the work), it's might be nice to know they can have the best of both worlds.
If only they offered laughing gas as a panacea for what happens for the next 18 years after you give birth, too.
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News Roundup -- Democracys place overseas/Critical areas, budget slated
Democracys place overseas
The Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities Council Fall Current Event Series features two speakers with divergent views on whether or not U.S democracy is what all countries need.
Speakers Thomas O. Melia the deputy executive director of Freedom House, a nonpartisan human rights organization and Robert D. Kaplan, a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly are featired in Advancing Democracy: Two Viewpoints.
Melia will speak at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Bainbridge Commons on Brien Drive. Kaplan will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 27 at Eagle Harbor Books.
Melia, who has taught democratic development at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service also held senior posts at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, a nongovernmental organization engaged in the promotion of democracy worldwide.
He argues a democratic form of government is essential to safeguard human rights throughout the world, and democracy promotion is an important component of American diplomacy and foreign assistance.
Kaplan, a best-selling writer on foreign affairs and travel with more than two decades of reporting from world hot spots recently wrote Grunts: The American Military on the Ground.
He posits that democracy may not be the system that will best serve the world or even the one that will prevail in places that now consider themselves bastions of freedom.
What people really want is security and a better life, he wrote, which benign authoritarianism and hybrid democratic-autocratic regimes may be better able to deliver.
Tickets to Melias talk are $10, or $5 for BIAHC members, students and seniors. Kaplans talk, co-sponsored by Eagle Harbor Books, is free. The Current Event Series is co-presented by The World Affairs Council, www.world-affairs.org.
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Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields:
France, Picardy: Somme
© 2010 - 2012 by RonaldV.
Peronne Updated 3 Sep 2012 - Cappy Added 7 May 2011
Cramont Updated 3 Sep 2012 - Rosières/Méharicourt Updated 3 Sep 2012 - Montdidier-Fignières Added 18 Jul 2011
Abbeville Updated 3 Sep 2012 - Poix-en-Picardie Added 26 Dec 2012
Runway: 04/22 - 1500x50meters/5250x164feet - concrete (CLOSED)
Runway: 09/27 - 2550x45meters/7900x..feet - concrete (CLOSED)
Runway: 09/29 - 1390x30meters/4560x98feet - asphalt/concrete
Peronne Airport (french: Aérodrome de Peronne, also known as Aérodrome Peronne-St.Quentin, Peronne-St.Quentin Airport,
"A-72 Peronne Airfield" and Saint Quentin-Estres Air Base) is an airfield 121miles/195kilometers north of Paris, France.
The airport was built before World War II to serve St.Quentin and consisted of a terminal, some support buildings and a grass airfield.
Peronne airfield in June 1939 (IGN).
In June 1940 the airfield was seized by the Germans during the Battle of France.
The Germans did not use the airfield for several years however, they returned only in 1944 to base FLAK units at the airfield.
Additionally they began building two 1500m all weather concrete runways, taxiways and dispersals at the airport
They did so presumably in support of fortifications of Pas-de-Calais, which is where the Germans believed the Allied invasion would take place.
From mid-June Jagdgeschwader 5 (JG5 or Fighter Wing 5) was assigned to the airfield with Messerschmidt Bf109G day interceptors.
JG5 was to defend against USAAF 8Air Force bomber formations that were attacking mainland Europe.
From that moment on it also came under frequent attack from 9 Air Force B-26 bombers and P-47 fighter bombers whenever 8 Air Force was within range of the German interceptors
The attacks were timed to have the maximum effect possible to keep the interceptors pinned down on the ground and be unable to attack the heavy bombers.
In early September 1944 the US 9th Army swept through the area, heading towards St.Quentin.
On 5 September the 862nd Engineer Aviation Battallion moved in to rehablitiate the base for the use by American aircraft.
They declared the airfield operationally ready for Ninth Air Force combat units a day later (only a few days after its capture from German forces), under the designator Advanced Landing Ground "A-72 Peronne Airfield".
Both runways were operational: 04/22 at 5250x164feet, and 09/27 at 5400x164feet
In addition to the clearing of the airfield, they built tents for billeting and support facilities.
An access road was built to the existing road infrastructure, along with a dump for supplies, ammunition, and gasoline drums, facilities for drinkable water and a minimal electrical grid for communications and station lighting.
The following 9 Air Force units are known to have used the airfield:
474th Fighter Group, from September until 1 October 1944 flying P-38 Lightnings
397th Bombardment Group, from 6 October 1944 until 25 April 1945 flying B-26 Marauders
When the combat units moved out, Peronne was turned over to Air Technical Service Command, and became an Air Depot and a storage depot for large numbers of surplus aircraft, whose units had returned to the United States via ship.
Ultimately Peronne air field was turned over to the French Air Ministry on 30 June 1945
Aircrew posing in front of their B-26 at A-72 Peronne airfield in 1944/1945 (source).
Peronne airfield in August 1947 (IGN).
Under French control the base sat abandoned for several years.
It is said that there was too much unexploded munitions at the site which needed to be removed and too many wrecks of German and American aircraft.
Many of the buildings at the base were destroyed during the war and although some had been repaired by the American combat engineers, most were in ruins.
While there may be some truth in the above statement, there are no aircraft wrecks visible in 1947 aerial photography.
The French Air Force had no interest in what they considered a German facility.
Even if they were interested, there was no money available to restore and rebuilt the prewar airport.
The French Air Ministry therefore leased the land, concrete runways, structures and all, out to farmers for agricultural use, after having sent in unexploded ordnance teams to remove the dangerous munitions.
5 years after the war, as a result of the perceived Cold War threat of the Soviet Union, the air base at Peronne was offered to the United States Air Force.
The offer by the French Air Ministry was to demonstrate to NATO the French commitment to establish a modern Air Force Base at the site.
NATO faced several problems when attempting to solve the air power survival equation in the face of a Warsaw Pact first strike.
Survival in case of both conventional and nuclear wars had to be considered.
As the main air bases were built on relatively small parcels of land with very limited dispersal space, it was decided to use Peronne airfield as an emergency "backup" airfield, consisting of a "bare bones" facility of a runway with minimal facilities intended for use by all NATO air forces to disperse their aircraft in case of all-out war.
It was to be known as Saint Quentin-Estres Air Base, and reconstruction began in 1954 when French demolition companies returned to Peronne and began demolishing the structures and removing the wreckage of the World War II air base.
French Army Explosive demolition teams were brought in to safely remove unexploded ordinance remaining from the war and the site was prepared for construction.
A modern all-weather concrete NATO-standard jet runway of 2550m/7,900feet was laid down over the former German 09/27, along with taxiways and dispersal areas for three fighter squadrons.
The usual dispersal areas (one per squadron), designed in a circular system of hardstands called marguerites, were omitted however.
The airfield only received a single runway, a parallel taxi track, and a small platform on either end of the runway.
Other than the occasional touch-and-go landing of NATO (mostly USAF) aircraft, Saint Quentin-Estres Air Base was never used, not even for exercises.
When the French decided to withdraw from the integrated military component of NATO in 1967, the base was abandoned.
April 1955 overview of Peronne (IGN)
May 1958 overview of Peronne (IGN)
March 1963 overview of Peronne (IGN)
After NATO had abandoned the air base, it was acquired by local government and redeveloped into a commertcial airport.
A small part of the old german 22 runway was used as a parking ramp.
A new tower, terminal and a small hangar for private aircraft were erected.
Today the NATO runway and taxiway are still used by the airport, although the active runway has been shortened to about half the length of the NATO runway.
The wartime 04/22 still exists, but in a very deteriorated condition, and with the exception of the part that is now the platform it is unused.
North of the platform is now an industrial area, where a small portion of the old wartime 04/22 runway can still be seen.
2001 overview of Peronne (IGN)
2008 airfield map of Peronne
Peronne air field in 2010 (Google Earth)
Airfield tower in 2008 (© 2008 Marc Roussel, via Wikipedia).
Cappy airfield was a Geman forward airfield in the Somme valley in France during World War I.
It was in use by Jagdgeschwader 1 flying Fokker D1 'Dreideckers' and some Albatross in the spring of 1918
The pilots were living at nearby Chateau de Cappy.
The airfield became famous on 21 April 1918 when German fighter ace Manfred Freiherr (english: baron) von Richthoven took off from the airfield for what was to become his last mission.
Von Richthofen took off around 10AM in a flight of six triplanes, one of them piloted by Herman Goering, who would later become the notorious Air Marshall of World War II.
While in a dogfight with several RAF Camels the Red Baron manoeuvred his aircraft too close to the ground, where the fighter ace of 80 aerial victories was mortally shot by ground fire.
A British pilot flew over the German aerodrome at Cappy and dropped a note informing the Germans of Richthofen's death.
Cappy was only a forward airfield, with no permanent facilties.
In fact, Richthovens geschwader was known as the Flying Circus because they travelled in tents.
The airfield returned to agricultural use after the war.
The location of Cappy airfield in 2007.
Runway: 10/28 - 500x40meters - concrete
Cramont airfield (Aerodrome de Cramont, also known as Flugplatz Yvrench) was an airfield 35 kilometers northwest of Amiens in France
It was first used in the first quarter of 1916 by the 40th Ballooning Company (french: 40ème Compagnie d'Aérostation).
After World War I the land was abandoned, and returned to agricultural use.
In 1940 the terrain was prepared for use by Air Groups of the British Expeditionary Force in France
It is not clear if they ever got to use it however.
German troops found the terrain and used it from June 1940 onwards.
Stationed at the airfield, which the Germans called Flugplatz Yvrench, were the following units:
I./JG54, between 6 June and 10 June 1940, flying Bf109E fighters
I./JG76, between 7 June and 16 June 1940, flying Bf109E fighters
I./ and II./ZG26 between June and November 1940, flying Bf110 fighters
II./ZG26, between 7 December 1940 and 9 February 1941.
From February 1941 activity at the airfield was very low, and only a small staff was left behind to take care of the installation.
It is not known if the airfield played a role in the construction and operation of a V-1 site built only 3 kilometers to the northwest.
The V-1 site was bombed on November 9th 1943, but there are no records that indicates the airfield was hit too.
In 1944, while the Allies were getting close to the airfield, it was destroyed by retreating German troops by digging deep trenches to prevent landings.
The airfield was captured by the British army.
In October 1944 an Armée de l'Air detachment settled on the airfield to prepare it for use, but the work was halted for unknown reasons.
The site was then made available to its former owners for recultivation.
Cramont airfield in 1947, showing the airstrip suffered at least one airstrike during the war, as can be seen from several bomb craters.
Cramont airfield in 2006, showing the airstrip remarkably intact, even 60 years after the end of WW-II.
In 2010 the airfields runway was still visible from the air.
In the nearby forest, which served as a dispersal area, remains of airfield buildings can still be found
Between the runway and the dispersals taxi tracks can still be identified.
Rosières/Méharicourt (CLOSED)
Runway: 15/33 - 1630x40meters - concrete (CLOSED)
Runway: 03/21 - 1650x40meters - concrete (CLOSED)
Runway: 10/28 - 1620x40meters - concrete (CLOSED)
Airfield Rosières/Méharicourt (french: Aérodrome Rosières/Méharicourt, also known as ALG B87 "Rosieres-en-Santerre") was an airfield 110 kilometers north of Paris, France.
The airfield was built by the Royal Air Force for the British Expeditionary Forces in France.
The airfield opened on 18 October 1939, and was home to 18Sqn and 57Sqn (Blenheims).
Both squadrons served at the airfield during the "Phoney War" and ultimately the Battle of France in the spring of 1940.
While deployed the British built three runways:
1. 1630x50meters
2. 1650x50meters
3. 1620x50meters
The first two were built (crossing each other) between the villages of Méharicourt and Maucourt, the third was to their north.
With the German advance closing in on the air base, the British withdrew from the airfield on 17 May 1940.
When the Battle of France was over, the Germans immediately began preparing for the Battle of Britain
Rosières/Méharicourt became home to III.Gruppe/Kampfgeschwader1 (III./KG1), an attack unit flying the Heinkel He111H medium bomber.
Between 1940 and 1941 different units of KG1 stayed at the base for longer or shorter periods of time.
By June 1941 KG1 left for duty at the eastern front.
Between spring 1943 and summer 1944 the airfield hosted I.Gruppe/Schlachtkampfgeschwader10 (I./SKG10)
It is unclear when the airfield was liberated, or when it was put into service by the Allies, but it must have been around August/September 1944
On 2 February 1945 the airfield became home to 21Sqn, 464Sqn and 487(NZ)Sqn , flying Mosquito FB.VI medium bombers.
They stayed until they left for Brussels-Melsbroek on 17 April 1945.
When the war ended the airfield became home to B-26 Marauders of the 387BG
They moved in on 24 May until they were withdrawn to the USA on 1 November 1945.
The airfield closed shortly after that.
French Air Ministry map of Rosières en Santerre in May 1945, when the aifield was still active.
Rosières en Santerre was located only 17kilometers north of Roye-Amy airfield, as is clearly visible from this map
Rosières en Santerre photographed in September 1947 clearly showing the fighter dispersals in the neighbouring villages (IGN).
Rosières en Santerre photographed in June 1961. The airfield had not really changed since the end of the war (IGN).
Today, nothing remains of the former airfield.
Its runways and most of its taxyways were broken up and returned to agricultural use in 1965.
Some minor parts of taxiways remain in use as local roads.
Very faint scarring on aerial photography from 2007 (Google Earth), caused by one of the runways, is still visible.
Rosières en Santerre photographed in July 1967. The airfields runways and taxiways were largely broken up during the previous years, but could still be made out in the soil (IGN).
Map overlaid on the area around 2004 (Geoportail, via).
runway: 05/23 - appx.1500x50m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 09/27 - appx.1400x50m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 16/34 - appx.1700x50m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 09/27 - 750x100m/2482x328feet - grass
Air field Montdidier-Fignières (Aèrodrome Montdidier-Fignières, ICAO: LFAR) is an airfield 100 kilometers nort of Paris, France.
Very little can be found on the history of the airfield, but it was already in use by the Luftwaffe in 1944.
As a Luftwaffe airfield it was bombed several times by Allied bombers.
The airfields runways were laid down in an unusual six-pointed star shape.
After the Allies captured the airfield it was appearnatly not used, because it never received an ALG number.
It did receive a USAAF station number however (398 Montdidier), which might indicate at least some USAAF personnel were stationed at the airfield.
The Luftwaffe airfield Montdidier shot on a reconnaissance flight in 1944, superimposed on todays area.
The taxitrack in the lower left today forms the access road to the present day airfield (Google Earth).
After the war the airfield was largely broken up, and returned to agricultural use.
A small light aircraft airfield still exists at the airfield, although it is not known whether this field is new.
It is located on the taxitrack (which it uses as an access road) to the old 09/27 runway.
If you know what to look for, more remains of platforms and taxitracks of the old wartime airfield are still visible.
Montdidier in 2007, the access road to the present airfield is clearly recognisable (Google Earth).
runway: 02/20 - 1600x45m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 02/20 - 1250x22m/4100ft - asphalt
runway: 02/20 - 900x100m/2950x300ft - grass
runway: 09/27 - est.1600x45m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 13/31 - 1475x45m - concrete (CLOSED)
runway: 13/31 - 570x85m/1870x250ft - grass
Abbeville airfield (french: Aérodrome d'Abbeville - Buigny-Saint-Maclou, also known as Abbeville/Ducrat or Advanced Landing Ground B-92, ICAO: LFOI) is an airfield 150 kilometers north-northwest of Paris, France.
It is not known when exactly the airfield was built, but it already existed in 1939
It was in use with the British Expeditionary Forces in 1940
Detachments of 607 Squadron with Gloster Gladiators were based here, along with 151 Squadron Hurricanes, before they were withdrawn to English bases in June 1940.
Detail of an aerial photo of Abbeville airfield on 5 June 1939. Back then, the entire airfield was located east of the road between Abbeville and Le Plessiel. Visible are three hangars and a circle with the name ABBEVILLE spelled across (IGN.fr).
After the Battle of France the Luftwaffe moved Zerstörergeschwader76 (ZG76) 'Schlageter' with Bf110Cs onto the airfield, along with Fw190As of Jagdgeschwaders JG26.
It was the Luftwaffe that upgraded the airfield with three concrete runways in the configuration that we can still see today.
It is unclear when exactly this occurred though.
The airfield was a major German fighter base between 1940 and 1943 with over 50 aircraft based here.
JG26 gained a considerable reputation with Allied pilots, who referred to the yellow nosed Bf109s as the "Abbeville Boys", although JG26 were never permanently present at the base.
Instead the Gruppen and Staffeln of the Geschwader moved from base to base throughout occupied Europe and used Abbeville only as their home base.
Fom 1941 the first two Gruppen of JG26 converted to the Fw190D.
III./JG26 began conversion, but converted back and remained with the Bf109 until the end of the war.
Abbeville was liberated by Polish troops around 3 September 1944.
Days before German sappers had blown up much of the airfield to prevent it from falling into Allied hands undamaged.
Soon after te liberation repairs to the damage to the airfield were made.
The airfield was only sparcely used however.
Only by March 1945 did a new unit arrive: 61st Troop Carrier Group (USAAF), who remained at the airfield until May.
They never brought their C-47 Skytrain squadrons to the airfield though, as those were needed in England in preparation for Operation Varsity.
It did provide services in the European theatre, hauling fuel, ammunition, food, medicine and other supplies, as well as performing Medevac flights.
Most sources claim that after the war the airfield was abandoned.
IGN photography from 1947 does not support that claim, however.
Although they show X markings on parts of the runways, they also show new threshold markers on other parts.
As 1952 photos showed a communications board that was not present in 1947 photos, it is unclear if or when the airfield did close.
Abbeville airfield in October 1947, showing the considerable upgrades the Germans had made to the once very modest airfield.
Also clear is the regular pattern in the runways which proves that the damage to the runways in 1944 was preplanned (IGN).
Overview of Abbeville airfield April 1952. Two hangars can be seen near the grass field that was Abbeville aerodrome
before 1940. Also visible (in the original large photo) is a communications board northwest of the 09 threshold, and large
X-markings on the 13/31 runway and on a 400m stretch of the west side of the 09/27 runway. The 02/20 is not marked
with any X's, suggesting it is still open (IGN).
In 1971 the old grass Abbeville flying field had been moved to the west side of the former German Fliegerhorst. Instead
of a grass flying field, the airfield got two grass runways and a single long concrete runway (02/20). Although the X was
removed from the 13/31 runway-head, this was only done so it would not prevent the use of the grass 02/20 runway.
The rest of the runway was by this time located outside the airfield, as was the 09/27 runway, which is getting overgrown.
The wartime fighter dispersals have almost completely disappeared (IGN).
Today most of the airfield has been converted for other uses.
Its former three runways are still recognisable from the air, but only one remains (partially) in use.
While the east-west runway has almost completely been overgrown (or even removed), the former 13/31 concrete runway is still largely intact, although several buildings have been placed on it.
Only the 02/20 runway is still fully visible, although a newer but smaller asphalt runway has been laid out on its surface.
Two smaller grass runways compensate for the loss of the larger concrete runways.
One building at the airfield appears to have been from World War II and remains in use.
A preserved ex-Adl'A Mystère stands on a pole next to the entrance of the airfield.
Overview of Abbeville airfield in 2007 (Google Earth).
Approach to runway 20 in Aug 2009 (gsaviation.co.uk).
Approach to runway 02 (microlightlife.blogspot.com).
The preserved Mystère fighter near Abbevilles entrance (Panoramio).
2011 Abbeville visual approach chart.
runway: 04/22 - 1500x50m/5160x165ft - concrete
runway: 09/27 - 1500x50m/5160x165ft - concrete
Poix-en-Picardie air field (Aèrodrome de Poix-en-Picardie, also known as ALG B-44 Poix) was an airfield 100 kilometers north-northwest of Paris.
The airfield was built as an emergency landing ground with a small meteo office and a hangar in the 1930s.
It was occasionally also used for air fetes and rallyes.
The airfield was confiscated by the Armee de l'Air on the breakout of war with Germany in September 1939.
The Adl'A stationed 13 Amiot 143 bombers at the field.
They were replaced by Bristol Blenheims of the RAF's 59 Sqn on 1 November 1939.
At the time, the airfield was nothing more than a flying field, as humourously pointed out to the French by RAF Group Captain (Col.) Maidwell during his visit in September.
The following winter was particularly harsh, making flight operations extremely difficult and dangerous.
On 20 May 1940, those Blenheims escaped to Great Britain during the Battle of France.
Three Bristol Blenheim Mark IVs of No. 59 Squadron RAF take off from Poix.
Under German control, the airfield was rapidly expanded from its prewar 30 hectares to 260 hectares.
Taxitracks, parkings and a large hangar were built in the forest north of the airfield.
This was also the time when the two runways were constructed.
The airfield became very important for Luftwaffe night fighter operations.
In late August-early September the airfield was liberated.
Repairs were made to the 04/22 runway and the airfield was pressed into service as Advanced Landing Ground B-44 Poix.
Although B-44 indicated this to be a RAF ALG, it was actually used by USAAF 314 Troop Carrier Group, between February and October 1945.
From Poix, the 314th released gliders carrying troops and equipment to the Wesel area on 24 March 1945 when the Allies launched the airborne assault across the Rhine.
When they were neither training for, nor participating in airborne operations, they hauled supplies such as food, clothing, gasoline, aircraft parts, and ammunition.
314 TCG also carried wounded personnel to rear-zone hospitals.
Operations brought them throughout the ETO and MTO (European and Mediterranean Theatre of Operations).
After V-E Day, the group evacuated Allied prisoners from Germany.
Later, as part of the European Air Transport Service (EATS), 314 TCG made scheduled flights to transport freight and personnel in Europe until October, when they moved to Villacoublay.
French postwar map depicting the "Size of the aviation terrain occupied by the German army between 1940 and 1944"
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Although the airfield was not used afther the war, it remained relatively intact, including the large hangar, until at least 1960.
At some point after that, the airfield slowly began to be demolished, but not completely.
Even today, portions of the former airfield can still be found.
The location of both runways can still be seen from aerial photography.
Both ends of the 09/27 runway still exist, as does the floor of the Hangar and the taxitracks leading to it..
Although the airfield is nowadays bisected by the A29 highway, portions of taxitracks even still exist near the exit to the D901 road.
The gasoline/rest area at this exit is located at a street aptly called "L'aérodrome".
Composite photo of the airfield in September 1947, two years after the war had ended (IGN).
Poix-de-Picardie airfield photographed on 30 April 1952, showing no ativity or major changes at the airfield (IGN).
By 1961, parts of the airfield were finally beginning to fade. The dispersals and facilities on the south side were disappearing fastest (IGN).
The location of the former airfield in 2007. The runways (red lines) and some taxiways were still recognisable.
The A-29 highway crosses the site, with the "L'aerodrome" service station located in the middle of the former
airfield. The hangar was located in the red circle (Google Earth).
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Snowstorm buries local sports teams
Not a good week to be a prep athlete — unless you were rehabbing an injury and needing some practice.
Snow covered the North Olympic Peninsula last week, postponing dozens of prep basketball games, swim meets, wrestling matches and a league bowling meet across the region.
The Olympic League bowling tourney, originally slated for Jan. 19, was rescheduled to Jan. 23. All five Sequim bowlers qualified for districts. (See www.sequimgazette.com for the story.)
Two basketball games each for Sequim's boys and girls were postponed;
Sequim's boys host North Mason tonight (Jan. 25) while the Sequim girls are in Belfair, also taking on North Mason.
Games canceled/postponed:
• Boys basketball vs. North Mason, Jan. 17; vs. Bremerton, Jan. 20
• Girls basketball at North Mason, Jan. 17; at Bremerton, Jan. 20
• Boys swimming/diving vs. Bremerton, Jan. 19
• Wrestling vs. North Kitsap, Jan. 18.
Minus any more rescheduling dates, here's what is in store for Sequim High School teams in coming weeks.
Sequim's boys basketball squad (8-2 in Olympic League play, 11-3), now receiving votes in the most recent AP poll (see box), was scheduled to play in Silverdale against Klahowya on Jan. 24 — results of the game were not available at press time. After the North Mason game on Jan. 25, Sequim finishes the regular season with three home dates: North Kitsap on Jan. 27, Kingston on Feb. 3 and Port Angeles on Feb. 7.
The Sequim girls (1-9, 3-11) have the same schedule, only playing home games when the boys are on the road and vice versa. The one exception is the Feb. 7 showdown with Port Angeles, when both Sequim varsity squads play at home.
Sequim's boys swimming and diving teams (0-4) take on Kingston on Jan. 26, then look to make a splash at the Olympic League meet, set for Jan. 31. Several athletes already have qualified for the West Central District meet, slated for Feb. 9 at Hazen High School in Renton.
Depending on results from the league tourney, Sequim's bowlers compete at the West Central District tourney in Tacoma on Jan. 28.
Sequim's wrestling squad (0-4) is at Port Townsend on Jan. 25, hosts Olympic on Jan. 26 and hosts North Kitsap on Jan. 31 to round out the regular season. The postseason begins Feb. 4 with the Olympic League subdistrict tournament in Port Angeles, with top wrestlers advancing to the subregional tourney Feb. 11 in Silverdale.
Sequim's five bowlers qualified for the district tourney in Tacoma after the Olympic League tournament on Jan. 23. Mikayla Ahlin bowled a three-game series of 368, followed by Megan McAndie (343), Danyelle Wilson (338), Kelsey VanDyken (332) and Christin Egert (311).
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Hells Gate State Park
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It's possible to stay overnight in furnished park facilities, ranging in theme and price from rustic to elegant. Overnight fee use for the simplistic park yurts is $45 a night, while the four-bedroom Ranch Manager's house is appointed with a modern kitchen, a rustic knotty-pine living room with a stone fireplace and an enclosed sun porch. The Ranch Manager's house can be reserved for $190 a night with a minimum stay of two nights.
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News of Future Exhibitions:-
This year we plan to mount at least three exhibitions during the following periods:-
1. Saturday 5th - Saturday 19th May 2012: Mixed Exhibition by Selected Gallery Artists inc. DAVID HAY, NORIKO McTAVISH, SUZANNE MITCHELL-HENRY, JULIA NICHOLSON, SHEENA PHILLIPS, MAY SNADDON & JAMES SUTHERLAND. The paintings will be in a variety of media, including oils, watercolours, acrylics and mixed media, covering a range of subjects such as Edinburgh cityscapes, Highland landscapes, seascapes, harbours, still life and the occasional figurative work. There will also be a small number of works from the gallery's stock of paintings & prints. Please refer to our Blog Page on the left for updated details. The above exhibition will be held this year over 2 weeks at:-The Laurel Gallery, 41 St. Stephen Street, Edinburgh EH3 5AH, Tel 0131-226 5022, www.laurelgallery.co.uk
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3. 16th - 18th November, 2012: The Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 Newmarket Road, EH14 1RJ www.artedinburgh.com Our third visit to this cornucopia of original contemporary art with another wide-ranging selection of collectible yet affordable Gallery Artists – further details to be announced via the blogsite.
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We regret that due to last year's exhibition schedule it has been difficult to update the website until now, as we were using our new 'Blog Page' to keep customers informed of our Exhibition news and developments. However, we now hope to be changing the selection of works every 3 months or so; this is the new selection from May to July 2012. A feature of this period is a larger selection of smaller works which were always popular in our gallery.
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Six things you need to know about Magic!:
*The quartet, led by frontman Nasri, is based in Los Angeles now, but the members are from Toronto.
*The band, who shares management with Pitbull, will release its full-length debut, "Don't Kill The Magic" on July 1.
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*The song's theme—of his girlfriend's father turning him down when he asked for his girlfriend's hand in marriage— came to Nasri: "I had this picture in my head of a guy asking a father for his marriage blessing and getting rejected."
*Magic! is featured on Shakira's current self-titled album on the track, "Cut Me Deep," and is also on the "One Love, One Rhythm: The Official 2014 FIFA World Cup" compilation with the song "This Is Our Time (Agora e a nossa hora)"
*When he's not in Magic!, Nasri is one half of the writing and production team, The Messengers, who have worked with Christina Aguilera, Pitbull, Justin Bieber and Chris Brown. Nasri won a Grammy for Best R&B Album for his work onBrown's "F.A.M.E."
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