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Wandering
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Interact Egypt Website
Interact Egypt Twitter Account
Interact Egypt facebook Fanpage
Interact Egypt Linkedin Page
Egypt Innovation Entrepreneurs Linkedin Group

Nice Business Checking photos

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Morrisonville IL - Business District, Looking N. on Carlin St. from 5th St.
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Image by myoldpostcards
This view to the north shows the heart of Morrisonville's business district on Carlin St. between 5th and 6th Sts.

Morrisonville is a village in Christian County, and is located about 45 miles SSE of Springfield. . The population of Morrisonville was 1,068 at the 2000 Census.

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For more photos of Morrisonville, check out my "Morrisonville IL (Set)" on the right.

Interested in Central Illinois? Here are my collections and sets relating to the middle section of the Land of Lincoln:

Central Illinois (excluding Springfield)

Springfield and ONLY Springfield

All About Abe (Lincoln)

All Things Political

And for locations beyond Central Illinois, look here:

Beyond Cenral Illinois

Lastly, here are a few more "topical" sets that may be of interest to you:

Barbers & Barber Shops

Vintage Cars & Trucks - Junkers to Classic Collectibles

Everything Wheaten (as in Wheaten Terriers)

Small Town Churches

Things that are Abandoned, Neglected, Weathered, or Rusty

Thank you for visiting my photostream - myoldpostcards


Panel on games and business in SL
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Check this out!

slurl.com/secondlife/Business%201/11/30/26

Sharon Aby

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Sharon Aby
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Image by SCORE Chicago


Ron Balsbaugh
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Robert Fader
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Image by SCORE Chicago

Cool On Line Business images

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Lined up @sapmentors on duty
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Image by Martin Gillet


Business Card Doodle 4
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Image by iandavid
Max and I went to see Deer Tick, Castanets and Phosphorescent at the Silent Barn in Brooklyn on Sunday night, but I forgot my camera so I had to improvise. It was an amazing show.


Lined up @sapmentors on duty
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Image by Martin Gillet

Nice Buy Business photos

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2010 Buy The Big O! Show
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Image by S C Hargis Photography
2010 Buy The Big O! Show


2010 Buy The Big O! Show
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Image by S C Hargis Photography
2010 Buy The Big O! Show


2010 Buy The Big O! Show
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Image by S C Hargis Photography
2010 Buy The Big O! Show

Business Card

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Business Card
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Image by Murat Ertürk
I've been working upon a new identity. This business card and logo were prepared for Papyrus Agency. I will add the other identity samples soon.

www.muraterturk.com


Business Card
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Image by ▲Macie Kim
My photography business card. I've been meaning to get one done and I finally have it. c':


Business Card
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Image by *King of the Ants*
First commercial venture...that never got used. :-( It was a business card for a friend's real estate agency.

Cool B To B Business images

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Premier Welcomes Virgin Atlantic Airways to B.C.
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Image by BC Gov Photos
Premier Christy Clark welcomed Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic Airways to British Columbia for the airline's inaugural flight from London, U.K. to Vancouver, B.C. that landed at YVR today.

Watch the video:
youtu.be/hH_qaAR4O0k

Learn more:
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/05/premier-welcomes-virgin-at...


Premier Welcomes Virgin Atlantic Airways to B.C.
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Image by BC Gov Photos
Premier Christy Clark welcomed Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic Airways to British Columbia for the airline's inaugural flight from London, U.K. to Vancouver, B.C. that landed at YVR today.

Watch the video:
youtu.be/hH_qaAR4O0k

Learn more:
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/05/premier-welcomes-virgin-at...


Premier Welcomes Virgin Atlantic Airways to B.C.
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Image by BC Gov Photos
Premier Christy Clark welcomed Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Atlantic Airways to British Columbia for the airline's inaugural flight from London, U.K. to Vancouver, B.C. that landed at YVR today.

Watch the video:
youtu.be/hH_qaAR4O0k

Learn more:
www.newsroom.gov.bc.ca/2012/05/premier-welcomes-virgin-at...

Business of Software - Sanjay Singhal

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Business of Software - Sanjay Singhal
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Business of Software 2010, Boston - businessofsoftware.org/


Business of Software - Lerone Wilson
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Business of Software 2010, Boston - businessofsoftware.org/

Nice Business Consulting photos

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_IGP7886
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Nice Business Review Weekly photos

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Downey Victorian Home
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Image by canonxsi79
James C. Rives (1898-1902) was born in Atlanta, Georgia and came to Los Angeles as a young child with his family in the late 1860s via oxcart. He dropped out of school at age 14 to help support his family following the death of his father, a pioneer doctor in Los Angeles. Rives never went to college and started a printing business at age 16. At 21 he owned and published the Downey Weekly Review newspaper, which he ran while studying law. He joined the bar at age 23, became a successful lawyer and served two terms as district attorney, from 1898 to 1902, before becoming a superior court judge for nearly two decades. Rives was a pioneer of Downey, where his mansion stands today, registered as an historical site. Rives Avenue bears his name.


Case 2 of Under the Shield: The Federal Occupation of the Historic Triangle
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Image by W&M Swem Library
Shown here is an image of Case 2 of the "Under the Shield: The Federal Occupation of the Historic Triangle" Exhibit located in the Marshall Gallery (1st Floor Rotunda) of Swem Library at the College of William & Mary, on display from February 7th 2013 to August 13th 2013

The following is a transcription of the labels in this case:

Edward R. Yoder, Freedman’s Store, Yorktown, Va. to E. J. Ransom, 25 October 1864

Yoder, possibly a Quaker teacher, described a school in Yorktown, Va. for contraband (freed blacks). He mentioned helping to raise a bell into the school house that once belonged to a Yorktown church. This may have been Grace Episcopal Church whose bell was taken to Philadelphia and later returned to the congregation.

Slabtown: the African-American Presence at Yorktown

As soon as Yorktown (which became known as Fort Yorktown) was abandoned by Confederate forces on May 4, 1862 and occupied by Federal troops, slaves began coming into the Union lines. Although the Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect in January of 1863, did not free slaves in occupied areas such as Yorktown, blacks, referred to as contraband of war or simply contrabands, continued to flock there. In the fall of 1863, United States Colored Troops (U. S. C. T.) arrived.

After Isaac Wister took command, he ordered quarters for blacks built three-quarters of a mile from Fort Yorktown. Three communities were set up: Slabtown, Acretown (now Lackey) and Slab Richmond at Gloucester Point. Shiloh Baptist Church in Lackey was founded by contrabands in 1863 and is still active today.

The Quakers (Friends Freedmen Relief Association) sent supplies, tools and teachers. They also opened stores.

The National Cemetery in Yorktown where the remains of U.S.C.T. soldiers are interred, is located near Slabtown. The National Park Service maintains a permanent exhibit relating to the contraband settlement in a building near the cemetery.

Grace Episcopal Church

Grace Episcopal Church was built in 1697 and burned in 1814. Rebuilt in 1848, it suffered damage during the Civil War. The church with the original marl walls still stands in Yorktown today. The church bell (1725) was removed, and perhaps placed in a schoolhouse where contrabands were taught. It later made its way to Philadelphia, was recast in 1882, and then returned to the church.

Yorktown Artifacts

Eagle breastplate, eagle uniform button and shoulder scales (a type
of epaulet), all found at Yorktown. The breastplate was supposed to
cover a soldier’s heart and was worn on the strap of an ammunition box that would cover the chest. The eagle insignia was indicative of the style issued to Union forces.

Cavalier (Newspaper), 12 May 1863

Newspaper published by Union troops first at Williamsburg and later at Yorktown during the occupation of the historic triangle. It was printed on the press of the Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser Weekly Review. The letter of John A. Dix to Henry A. Wise was not only printed in the Cavalier, but also received wide circulation in Northern papers.

Business is Booming in Yorktown

The federal occupation of the port town led to small businesses springing up to serve the troops. Advertisements were published in the Cavalier, a paper printed by the troops.

John Jacob Astor Telegram, 4 May 1862

John Jacob Astor served as aide-de-camp to Gen. George McClellan. Immensely wealthy, he moved to England after the war. In this telegram from Yorktown, he signaled that the rebel army had evacuated Yorktown, leaving eighty cannons behind. This evacuation would pave the way for the occupation of the town, made famous by Cornwallis’s surrender in 1781.

Aerial View of Jamestown, 1998

While there was no engagement at Jamestown, it was considered a strategic defense point on the James River and, after Confederate forces abandoned it, it was occupied for the remainder of the war by Union troops. But for a brief time, no military presence was there and in late summer or early autumn of 1862, the Ambler House at Jamestown was burned by former slaves. The ruins are still visible today.

Murder at Jamestown, October 1862

Jacob Morton Shriver, the uncle of Mrs. William Allen (wife of the owner of Jamestown Island) and two blacks, Littleton (slave) and Gilbert Wooten (free black) went to Jamestown along with Joseph A. Graves and his nephew George Graves (child). Seven armed slaves (formerly owned by Allen) first captured Wooten and later the rest of Wooten’s party. A crowd of about 100 blacks gathered. Joseph Graves, George Graves, Shriver, and Wooten were shot. Wooten, though shot three times, escaped, but the others were killed.

Federal Troops Occupying Jamestown
1st New York Mounted Rifles
1st U. S. Colored Cavalry
1st New York Mounted Rifles
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
76th Pennsylvania Infantry
100th Pennsylvania Infantry
16th New York Heavy Artillery
20th New York Cavalry

From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/research/special-collections for further information and assistance.


Case 2 of Under the Shield: The Federal Occupation of the Historic Triangle
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Image by W&M Swem Library
Shown here is an image of Case 2 of the "Under the Shield: The Federal Occupation of the Historic Triangle" Exhibit located in the Marshall Gallery (1st Floor Rotunda) of Swem Library at the College of William & Mary, on display from February 7th 2013 to August 13th 2013

The following is a transcription of the labels in this case:

Edward R. Yoder, Freedman’s Store, Yorktown, Va. to E. J. Ransom, 25 October 1864

Yoder, possibly a Quaker teacher, described a school in Yorktown, Va. for contraband (freed blacks). He mentioned helping to raise a bell into the school house that once belonged to a Yorktown church. This may have been Grace Episcopal Church whose bell was taken to Philadelphia and later returned to the congregation.

Slabtown: the African-American Presence at Yorktown

As soon as Yorktown (which became known as Fort Yorktown) was abandoned by Confederate forces on May 4, 1862 and occupied by Federal troops, slaves began coming into the Union lines. Although the Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect in January of 1863, did not free slaves in occupied areas such as Yorktown, blacks, referred to as contraband of war or simply contrabands, continued to flock there. In the fall of 1863, United States Colored Troops (U. S. C. T.) arrived.

After Isaac Wister took command, he ordered quarters for blacks built three-quarters of a mile from Fort Yorktown. Three communities were set up: Slabtown, Acretown (now Lackey) and Slab Richmond at Gloucester Point. Shiloh Baptist Church in Lackey was founded by contrabands in 1863 and is still active today.

The Quakers (Friends Freedmen Relief Association) sent supplies, tools and teachers. They also opened stores.

The National Cemetery in Yorktown where the remains of U.S.C.T. soldiers are interred, is located near Slabtown. The National Park Service maintains a permanent exhibit relating to the contraband settlement in a building near the cemetery.

Grace Episcopal Church

Grace Episcopal Church was built in 1697 and burned in 1814. Rebuilt in 1848, it suffered damage during the Civil War. The church with the original marl walls still stands in Yorktown today. The church bell (1725) was removed, and perhaps placed in a schoolhouse where contrabands were taught. It later made its way to Philadelphia, was recast in 1882, and then returned to the church.

Yorktown Artifacts

Eagle breastplate, eagle uniform button and shoulder scales (a type
of epaulet), all found at Yorktown. The breastplate was supposed to
cover a soldier’s heart and was worn on the strap of an ammunition box that would cover the chest. The eagle insignia was indicative of the style issued to Union forces.

Cavalier (Newspaper), 12 May 1863

Newspaper published by Union troops first at Williamsburg and later at Yorktown during the occupation of the historic triangle. It was printed on the press of the Weekly Gazette and Eastern Virginia Advertiser Weekly Review. The letter of John A. Dix to Henry A. Wise was not only printed in the Cavalier, but also received wide circulation in Northern papers.

Business is Booming in Yorktown

The federal occupation of the port town led to small businesses springing up to serve the troops. Advertisements were published in the Cavalier, a paper printed by the troops.

John Jacob Astor Telegram, 4 May 1862

John Jacob Astor served as aide-de-camp to Gen. George McClellan. Immensely wealthy, he moved to England after the war. In this telegram from Yorktown, he signaled that the rebel army had evacuated Yorktown, leaving eighty cannons behind. This evacuation would pave the way for the occupation of the town, made famous by Cornwallis’s surrender in 1781.

Aerial View of Jamestown, 1998

While there was no engagement at Jamestown, it was considered a strategic defense point on the James River and, after Confederate forces abandoned it, it was occupied for the remainder of the war by Union troops. But for a brief time, no military presence was there and in late summer or early autumn of 1862, the Ambler House at Jamestown was burned by former slaves. The ruins are still visible today.

Murder at Jamestown, October 1862

Jacob Morton Shriver, the uncle of Mrs. William Allen (wife of the owner of Jamestown Island) and two blacks, Littleton (slave) and Gilbert Wooten (free black) went to Jamestown along with Joseph A. Graves and his nephew George Graves (child). Seven armed slaves (formerly owned by Allen) first captured Wooten and later the rest of Wooten’s party. A crowd of about 100 blacks gathered. Joseph Graves, George Graves, Shriver, and Wooten were shot. Wooten, though shot three times, escaped, but the others were killed.

Federal Troops Occupying Jamestown
1st New York Mounted Rifles
1st U. S. Colored Cavalry
1st New York Mounted Rifles
85th Pennsylvania Infantry
76th Pennsylvania Infantry
100th Pennsylvania Infantry
16th New York Heavy Artillery
20th New York Cavalry

From the Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. See swem.wm.edu/research/special-collections for further information and assistance.

CALREK NANSEN : Hard Tech

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CALREK NANSEN : Hard Tech
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Image by rafeejewell
THE A LIST! is the best of the best in Second Life.

Calrek Nansen is a hard tech dj who plays at several venues on the grid. His sets are powerful and alluring with a pounding beat.

Calrek and his fellow dj's are in a genre called hardstyle, hard trance or hard tech.

Hardworking, Calrek is also a gentleman and friend to the music in Second Life.

Nice Business Times photos

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sunday new york times and coffee, december 17, 2006 (chick lit)
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Cool Business Name Search images

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: south hangar panorama, including Air France Concorde, Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud", De Havilland-Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk Pennzoil Special, Monocoupe 110 Special among others
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Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Monocoupe 110 Special:

Air show pilot and aerobatic champion W. W. "Woody" Edmondson thrilled audiences with his Monocoupe 110 Special throughout the 1940s. Edmondson, who named the airplane Little Butch for its bulldog-like appearance, placed second to "Bevo" Howard and his Bücker Jungmeister in the 1946 and '47 American Aerobatic Championships, but he won the first International Aerobatic Championship in 1948.

The Monocoupe 110 Special was a clipped-wing version of the 110, part of a line that began with Don Luscombe's Mono 22 and continued with the 70, 90, and 110 models. The sport coupes of the 1930s, these fast and maneuverable aircraft were ideal for racers Phoebe Omlie and Johnny Livingston. Ken Hyde of Warrenton, Virginia, restored Little Butch prior to its donation to the Smithsonian.

Gift of John J. McCulloch

Manufacturer:
Monocoupe Airplane Co.

Date:
1941

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 6.9 m (23 ft.)
Length: 6.2 m (20 ft. 4 in.)
Height: 2.1 m (6 ft. 11 in.)
Weight, empty: 449 kg (991 lbs.)
Weight, gross: 730 kg (1,611 lbs.)
Top speed: 313 km/h (195 mph)
Engine: Warner 185, 200 hp

Materials:
Fuselage: steel tube with fabric cover

Physical Description:
High-wing, 2-seat, 1940's monoplane. Warner Super Scarab 185, 200hp engine. Red with white trim. Clipped wings.

• • • • •

Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | De Havilland-Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk, Pennzoil Special:

De Havilland originally designed the Chipmunk after World War II as a primary trainer to replace the venerable Tiger Moth. Among the tens of thousands of pilots who trained in or flew the Chipmunk for pleasure was veteran aerobatic and movie pilot Art Scholl. He flew his Pennzoil Special at air shows throughout the 1970s and early '80s, thrilling audiences with his skill and showmanship and proving that the design was a top-notch aerobatic aircraft.

Art Scholl purchased the DHC-1A in 1968. He modified it to a single-seat airplane with a shorter wingspan and larger vertical fin and rudder, and made other changes to improve its performance. Scholl was a three-time member of the U.S. Aerobatic Team, an air racer, and a movie and television stunt pilot. At air shows, he often flew with his dog Aileron on his shoulder or taxied with him standing on the wing.

Gift of the Estate of Arthur E. Scholl

Manufacturer:
De Havilland Canada Ltd.

Pilot:
Art Scholl

Date:
1946

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 9.4 m (31 ft)
Length: 7.9 m (26 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 717 kg (1,583 lb)
Weight, gross: 906 kg (2,000 lb)
Top speed: 265 km/h (165 mph)
Engine: Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp

Materials:
Overall: Aluminum Monocoque Physical Description:Single-engine monoplane. Lycoming GO-435, 260 hp engine.

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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Press Release: National Air and Space Museum Receives Boeing S-307 Stratoliner for Display at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, the Museum's New Companion Facility at Dulles Airport:

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum welcomed today (Aug. 6) the sole surviving Boeing S-307 Stratoliner to its new home when the silver pioneering airliner arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia for display at the museum's new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The museum's companion facility, adjacent to the airport, opens to the public Dec. 15.

The luxuriously appointed Stratoliner, built in the late 1930s, was the world's first passenger airplane to be pressurized, allowing it to avoid rough weather by flying at unprecedented altitudes (20,000 feet) for transports of the era.

The airplane has been in the museum's collection since 1972 but because of its size and weight could not be displayed at the museum's flagship building on the National Mall. A team of volunteers and Boeing staff performed extensive restoration work on the airplane in Seattle.

"Visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center will take one look at this airplane and be transported back to a glamorous age when the world became smaller for the traveler who required speed and luxury," said Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dailey, director of the National Air and Space Museum. "We are indebted to the Boeing restoration team for turning back the clock on this beautiful aircraft."

The Stratoliner arrived in Northern Virginia following an appearance at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual Fly-In at Oshkosh, Wisc. The airplane flew from Allegheny County Airport near Pittsburgh, where it landed August 5th because of bad weather.

With a wingspan of 107 feet and a cabin nearly 12 feet wide, the Clipper Flying Cloud will be exhibited at ground level in the Udvar-Hazy (pronounced OOD-var HAH-zee) Center aviation hangar.

[...]

The Clipper Flying Cloud was delivered to Pan American Airways with two others in 1940. The aircraft carried 33 passengers and a crew of five. The Pan American Airways airplane was reconfigured to seat 45 passengers. Stratoliners included space for berths for overnight travel; paneling in the cabin and lavatory; wall fabric featuring the Pan Am logo, world map and exotic animals; and eight divans.

The Clipper Flying Cloud began service flying Caribbean routes for two years. During World War II, it flew in South America under the direction of the U.S. Army Air Forces. In 1946, it made daily runs between New York and Bermuda. Throughout the next two decades it passed through the hands of several owners, and once served as a presidential plane for the notorious Haitian leader "Papa Doc" Duvalier. After its Haitian sojourn, the Clipper Flying Cloud landed in Arizona.

In 1969, a visiting National Air and Space Museum curator spotted the airplane in Arizona and immediately recognized its historic significance, even while its then-owner planned to convert it into a fire bomber. The Smithsonian subsequently acquired the aircraft and later made arrangements with the Boeing Company for the restoration, dubbed "Operation Flying Cloud," at the Seattle plant where the Stratoliner was originally built.

Boeing technicians and former Pan American employees voluntarily spent six years completely restoring the Stratoliner before it made an emergency landing in Elliott Bay in 2002. Since then, the restoration team has performed additional work so that visitors to the Udvar-Hazy Center will have the opportunity to view the aircraft as it looked the day it rolled off the assembly line more than 60 years ago.

• • • • •

Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Concorde, Fox Alpha, Air France:

The first supersonic airliner to enter service, the Concorde flew thousands of passengers across the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound for over 25 years. Designed and built by Aérospatiale of France and the British Aviation Corporation, the graceful Concorde was a stunning technological achievement that could not overcome serious economic problems.

In 1976 Air France and British Airways jointly inaugurated Concorde service to destinations around the globe. Carrying up to 100 passengers in great comfort, the Concorde catered to first class passengers for whom speed was critical. It could cross the Atlantic in fewer than four hours - half the time of a conventional jet airliner. However its high operating costs resulted in very high fares that limited the number of passengers who could afford to fly it. These problems and a shrinking market eventually forced the reduction of service until all Concordes were retired in 2003.

In 1989, Air France signed a letter of agreement to donate a Concorde to the National Air and Space Museum upon the aircraft's retirement. On June 12, 2003, Air France honored that agreement, donating Concorde F-BVFA to the Museum upon the completion of its last flight. This aircraft was the first Air France Concorde to open service to Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C., and New York and had flown 17,824 hours.

Gift of Air France.

Manufacturer:
Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale
British Aircraft Corporation

Dimensions:
Wingspan: 25.56 m (83 ft 10 in)
Length: 61.66 m (202 ft 3 in)
Height: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Weight, empty: 79,265 kg (174,750 lb)
Weight, gross: 181,435 kg (400,000 lb)
Top speed: 2,179 km/h (1350 mph)
Engine: Four Rolls-Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 Mk 602, 17,259 kg (38,050 lb) thrust each
Manufacturer: Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale, Paris, France, and British Aircraft Corporation, London, United Kingdom

Physical Description:
Aircaft Serial Number: 205. Including four (4) engines, bearing respectively the serial number: CBE066, CBE062, CBE086 and CBE085.
Also included, aircraft plaque: "AIR FRANCE Lorsque viendra le jour d'exposer Concorde dans un musee, la Smithsonian Institution a dores et deja choisi, pour le Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace de Washington, un appariel portant le couleurs d'Air France."


His name is Hamed
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Image by ~Aphrodite
A friend of mine showed me a picture of a Palestinian boy she is sponsoring. His father was killed by the Israeli forces before he was born by a few days. His mother now has to take care of him and his other siblings, and the situation there is only worsening. This is the state of many families in Palestine.

I am writing this because I was like everyone else. What I heard of the Arab-Israeli conflict was what I saw through the media. Both sides were equally to blame- only I probably saw the Palestenians’ suffering more because I was exposed to both Arab and Western media. I started looking over some UN documents online, talking to different people and saw that the reality is very, very different to what I saw on my screen at home. The real wake up call came when my Portuguese friend took the initiative and went to Palestine. This is what he had to say:

++++++“I think it's my duty to report on the awful situation one finds in Palestine.

It has been a very intense experience in the last 2 weeks not the least that two brothers were shot in my street by the criminal troops without a single headline in the western media.

Anyway, despite the degrading situation it is overwhelming to see the immense hospitality of the Palestinian people. They are just amazing people and they are always smiling. If I don't ask they do not complain. It made me feel bad that I dare to complain about the weather in the UK whereas they face appaling abuses by the oppressors with a lot of pacience. It is really something we should take as an example.

Starting with their day to day lives. The Palestinians are by and large peaceful. They just want to get on with their normal lives and with their businesses. However this is impossivel. For a start I cannot stand the troops and I do have to contain myself when I am approached with all of their arrogance. They get tamed when they see my passport but the same does not happen with the Palestinians.

They are constantly provoquing them, (we treat dogs in Europe better). All the provocations are with the objective of making their lives miserable and either hoping for a violent reaction or drive people off the country. I call this a genocide sponsored by the west.

In Jerusalem for instance the israelis sponsor Haxixe and other hard drugs for the Palestinians. So it's heart breaking to see the dependency on drugs in the old city - they get it for free! Everyone knows what israel is doing but no one, including the media dares to say anything.

Everytime I cross the wall of hate, there wasn't a time that the Palestinians weren't hold back by the troops for hours, I try to complain but with no avail.

The settlement expansion is also worrying. The Palestinians can't build but the settlements are ever growing.

They [the Palestinians are] always speak about Allah and one thing I've notice which is unique, they value knowledge, all types of knowledge. They are highly educated, always studying, reading a lot. They are not narrow minded at all, and very aware of society at large.

Ramallah is a buzzing town and Al-Aqsa, no words to describe. Unfortunately even the access to Al-Aqsa is limited. The Apartheid policies only allows for the people with a blue ID to get in. Thanks to God I've been spending time there too.

Please pray that everthing goes well and do pray for the Palestinians.

Remember, trust God but also tie in your camel at night. Pray but we need to start doing something.

Missing you all

**

P.S. I have extended my ticket and will now be returning on the 1st of July”+++++

This is not a Muslim problem; it is not an Arab problem; it is a humanitarian crisis. We all need to wake up and look past the mainstream media and start searching for answers ourselves. The lands are not called “Occupied Territories” for nothing. If you believe I am biased, then don’t take my word for it; just view the UN documents on it.

For example:

“The building of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory began soon after the 1967 War. That policy has accelerated since the beginning of 1990. The Israeli Government encourages settlers to make their homes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem. The establishment of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has been the subject of various resolutions of the Security Council and the General Assembly. For example, in its resolution 446 (1979) the Security Council determined that the Israeli policy and practice of establishing settlements had no legal validity and constituted a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. That position was reaffirmed in Security Council resolution 465 (1980) which determined that Israel's policy and practices of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, constitute a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The Tenth Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly in February 1999 recommended in an overwhelmingly adopted resolution the convening of a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and to ensure its respect in accordance with common article 1.” www.un.org/Depts/dpa/qpalnew/glossarycollapsible.htm

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Nice Business Idea photos

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2011 Ideas Challenge
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Image by Mays Business School
[Photo: Michael Kellett/Michael Kellett Professional Photography]

Cool Business Card Size images

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My new Moo cards
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Image by Pedro Moura Pinheiro
The best business cards a photographer can have. I think I finally settled on a design I'm happy with for the back (yes, that's me flying). :-)
Original uploaded size

My portfolio


tiny envelopes set: blossomy
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Image by pillowhead designs
*business card sized envelopes made from magazine pages
*each contains a coordinating tiny card
*can hold 3-4 business cards (including tiny card)
*self-adhesive

see profile for details


tiny envelope set: winter wonderland
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*business card sized envelopes made from magazine pages
*each contains a coordinating tiny card
*can hold 3-4 business cards (including tiny card)
*self-adhesive

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Nice Sell A Business photos

A few nice sell a business images I found:



People sell their goods in a market
sell a business
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People sell their goods in a market. Photo: Flore de Préneuf / World Bank

Photo ID: Armenia-08019600038 World Bank

Nice Business Marketing photos

A few nice business marketing images I found:



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business marketing
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Keys: Social Media Marketing, Mobile marketing, Online Marketing, Strategy and planning, Online Video Marketing programs, Local directory marketing programs, Automated follow up systems and campaigns, Lead capture systems and campaigns, Facebook Marketing, Linkedin Marketing, Twitter Marketing, YouTube Marketing, Business to Business Marketing, Business to consumer marketing

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Nice Insurance Business photos

Some cool insurance business images:



Market
insurance business
Image by glenmcbethlaw
Stores at a market in Tagayatay Cavite Philippines.

Cool Business Analysis images

A few nice business analysis images I found:


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business analysis
Image by Michael Dawes
HI Great story- just a couple of things.
Seppeltsfield is now back in private hands- the Seppeltsfield Estate Trust (Kilikanoon\'s owners and Warren Randall) acquired it from Foster\'s
in 2007. Also happy to say the the magnificent 1888 Gravity Flow winery is back in full operation!

Nathan Waks (proprietor, executive director)
Seppeltsfield is more than just a place that is steeped in over 150 years of Australian wine history; this is a unique, living, breathing museum and probably the most historically important wine site in Australia
. The owners, Penfolds and then subsequently Southcorp are to be commended for not only leaving this site alone, but for wearing the cost of maintaining it. Since our visit, readers will know that Fosters now owns the operation. Reliable sources have informed me that no sooner was the ink dry on the deal the bean counters went to work seeing how they can best utilise this site. It is crucial that these accountants and business analysis not just look at a return on investment; if they have no social conscience and desecrate what is a national wine shrine that can never be replaced, they deserve, as a company, and as individuals to rot in hell.



Strong words indeed and this is no rant. Whilst many people will have tasted many of the fine Seppelt fortified wines, there is so much more to this place than what is found in the bottle. Yes, the bottles contents can be anything from good to the ultimate sensual wine experience, but it is what is behind the bottle that makes it so special and if Fosters screw with that, they will not only have raped the product, Fosters will have pillaged and plundered a unique part of our wine heritage that can never be replaced.



Our appointment was with the God Father and custodian of this unique enterprise, James Godfrey who is also known as the fortified wine maker but lets go back to the beginning.



Hop in the time machine and head back to 1851. It took forward thinking and guts to leave your homeland and venture off into the unknown in those times; even if things were not exactly rosy in the “old country”. Joseph Seppelt, an immigrant from Poland, was just such a person; he purchased land in the Barossa, named it after himself, and decided to grow a few grapes. In those times, families had to be as self sufficient as possible. None of this popping down to the supermarket for a few spuds and bit of rump steak; you wanted it and you either had to grow it, or barter for it, with your own produce, so old Joseph had a mixed farm. At that time, there wasn’t any such thing as “the pill” or synthetic condoms, so old Joe prolifically produced more than just grapes.



Now young Benno (with a name like that, it looks like the uniquely Australian way of bastardising and changing names started early ) was a pretty smart chip of the old block and wound up being “the main man” of the family. By 1878 he was doing his own thing, and had a radical idea. He went to the Mrs and said, “Hay Mrs S, we have mucho barrels of good port every year; why don’t we put down a barrel every year and leave it for a 100 years?”



Many people think about putting down a few bottles for their kids 21st but I told you Benno was a forward thinker like his old man; why settle for 21 years when you are dealing with top port? Much better to think long term, (they not worried about maximising quarterly stock market yields in those days;) let the great, great, great grandkids have something incredibly special to celebrate their family heritage.



And so a tradition was born. As time went on, it quickly became apparent that one barrel would not be enough, they needed extra material for topping up purposes so three barrels became the norm, at the end of 100 years there is only the one barrel left, the other two have replace thed evaporation from the "master" barrel, no wonder it has a syrupy consistency and concentrated flavour. Like all great traditions, it is continued today, long after the last family member has left the firm.



Benno was a pretty eccentric dude, none of your baseball caps, or even an Akubra for this guy. Like the American Express card of today, legend has it that Benno never left home without “it”; it being a violin and an umbrella. Even stranger, when you consider that he used to get around the place on the white horse, what a sight he would be galloping off to do the weekly shopping.



Benno’s eccentricity didn't end there. Towards the end of the 18th century, there was a severe economic depression and Benno’s philanthropy came to the fore. Workers mightn't have had the unions to stand up for them in those days, but those working for Seppelt didn't need one; old Benno didn't lay off a single worker. Workers decided that a good way of prettying the joint up was to plant a few trees (there were even greenies back then,) and they propagated the date palm seeds from the two trees next to the Homestead. By way of saying thanks, over a period of time, two trees became two thousand. If you visit Seppeltsfield, you will see most of them are still there today.





But Seppelt's is so much more than 100 year old port and date palm trees. Once we met James Godfrey and exchanged pleasantries, we hung a left out of the office, walked past the original Seppelt family home; then we were surrounded by elm trees and a rainforest like garden. We proceeded over the small bridge that spans the creek; up the hill, and finally the padlocks were removed from the huge, old, sliding winery door. If you ever drive past the south side of Seppeltsfield, you will notice a large, (frankly bloody ugly) old structure, painted in some revolting shade of “heritage yellow” that has been built on terraced levels. The design of this building is no accident and was a very practical and cunning bit of design work, especially so when you consider how long ago it was built.



Built way before there were modern fandangled conveniences like electricity, this working winery was designed to take advantage of the technology of the time, gravity, and when available, a bit of steam power and chain drives. Although the winery is no longer used, it could become fully functional again with ease, all the basic structure is there, and only some of the furnishings would be required.

Nice Business Partners photos

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business partners
Image by bthoem


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business partners
Image by bthoem

Corner On Bleecker Street - IMG_4503

A few nice on line business images I found:


Corner On Bleecker Street - IMG_4503
on line business
Image by catchesthelight
This was a clairvoyant's space! So we took the "N" subway line from Astoria to the Prince St. stop in Soho & started walking NW mostly along Bleecker St.


My Slant on Wood
on line business
Image by cobalt123
Early morning in California light, an exterior stairway shows great style and warmth in the rails and slats. At the bottom left see the ringer as an ironwork railing from the neighboring business contrasts with the home.

Finally I have enough images featuring wood and bark to have a new set devoted to them: Wooden. It be Loverly.

Nice Business To Business photos

Some cool business to business images:



Business Rules Excel Template, how to define a business rule
business to business
Image by IvanWalsh.com
A Business Rules is a set of activities designed to produce a specific output. It is used to capture the specific ordering of work activities, including inputs, outputs, triggers and actions.

www.klariti.com/business-rules-templates/

Cool Business Article images

A few nice business article images I found:


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business article
Image by L. Marie
More here.


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business article
Image by L. Marie
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business article
Image by L. Marie
More here.

Nice Business Directory photos

A few nice business directory images I found:




Rain Nightclub - Palms Casino - Las Vegas
business directory
Image by Kaloozer
The Social Media Business Directory for The Woodlands, Texas - socialwoodlands.com

Facebook - facebook.com/socialwoodlands

Twitter - twitter.com/sowoodlands

Nice Business Information photos

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Business Analytics Forum: Expo Grand Opening Reception
business information
Image by scott_oakley
Business Analytics Forum: Expo Grand Opening Reception

Investor Forum

A few nice business investors images I found:


Investor Forum
business investors
Image by LunaWeb
The Second Annual LaunchMemphis Investment Forum was held at the Fedex Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis


Investor Forum
business investors
Image by LunaWeb
The Second Annual LaunchMemphis Investment Forum was held at the Fedex Institute of Technology at the University of Memphis

Khadija's business is smelling sweet

A few nice loan for business images I found:


Khadija's business is smelling sweet
loan for business
Image by DFID - UK Department for International Development
Khadija's candle making business has been extremely successful, and continues to grow. She now experiments with using perfumes and natural elements such as rose petals in her products.

"I am really satisfied in my life and I think I am good successful women, I am happy in my life.

"I am feeling very good that I am making money with my own hands and my work is very good for my children.

"Thirty years of war has made Afghans very poor and they are not able to give each other loans so this Ariana loan system really helps us a lot."

UKaid from the Department for International Development is supporting the microfinance scheme that is helping Khadija lift herself out of poverty. To find out more, visit: www.dfid.gov.uk/afghanistan


Image © Development Pictures / Department for International Development

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