@skier07 said:
Lake Mission Viejo, South Orange County, Ca. yesterday after a cold rain. The snow level got down to 2500 feet.
Don't see Saddleback mountain with snow very often.
I don’t know what the name of that mountain is but it’s not Saddleback. Saddleback is in the middle of the picture slightly to the left above the power pole.
@1northcoin said:
On this week's travels, took a detour to take in a reminder of the Wild Wild West, Pioneertown in California's Yucca Valley - a preserved Western themed Movie set from the 40's.
Funny thing. The town had been taken over entirely by masked bandits and banditos.
@hammer1 said:
I saw him here three times. No singer before, or since comes close to his live performances when he was in his prime.
Agreed!
My father and Elvis were stationed together in Germany. We have many 8mm movies and photos of him and my father together along with numerous letters he had written to my aunt whom was ill at the time. He was a very caring person. My favorite pictures are the ones of him in his jeep, cigar in his mouth and a comic book in his hand. We have all the SpearHead books and albums published by the Army with platoon pictures of him. I was always a big fan of his because of the connection he had with my father in the service.
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Although this original remains locked away in the Kremlin Armory Museum in Moscow, thanks to Google, EBay, and Epsy Royal Imperial Faberge Egg Replicas made in Russia can be had for a modest sum.
Having taken Russian in collegeII had contemplated as a student taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow. I guess that is why I found this particular Faberge Egg so intriguing when I chanced upon it in the Kremlin Armory. It was created in 1900 as a gift for Easter to the Empress by Nicholas II in conjunction with the nearing completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Inside the egg was a working miniature train and a railway map was engraved on the exterior of the egg.
The Armory is in the same vicinity as Red Square and is within the Moscow Kremlin.
And this is the replica I ended up taking home from Russia as a souvenir:
I'm remembering my MS thesis dissertation [many decades ago] concerning 2 node 3 degree of freedom finite elements for use in designing thin shells of revolution, specifically hyperbolic paraboloids [aka nuclear cooling towers]
PS This was a computer program before computers had keyboards, mice or monitors........man I'm getting old]
OK, its some hours away, but here for this Friday are some added views from last week's travels with an emphasis on Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the coyote and Big Horn Sheep encountered there.
Looking down from the "new" highway bridge that now connects Nevada and Arizona supplementing the road on top of Hoover Dam from decades past.
And now down at the level of the top of Hoover Dam including views from the original crossing road on top of Hoover Dam.
And the Spillway built to prevent the Colorado River waters feeding Lake Mead from ever reaching the top of the Dam. There is one on each side and they empty into huge tunnels that allow the waters exit to the river below the Dam.
Once crossing on the road on top of Hoover Dam from Nevada, Arizona welcomes.
Just up the hillside above Hoover Dam is the Lake Mead lookout.
With a coyote welcoming us at the lookout.
And then a short time later as we exited the Hoover Dam site, Big Horn Sheep made their appearance.
Call it a playground for Bambi and G-Men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators.
The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of America's best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places for deer during hunting season
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I don’t know what the name of that mountain is but it’s not Saddleback. Saddleback is in the middle of the picture slightly to the left above the power pole.
There was snow above the Red Rock mountains just north of Las Vegas this week as well as pictured in this photo as I headed to the airport.
Some added views at the airport in Las Vegas to include nostalgic murals there depicting Las Vegas of yesteryear:
And here is a separate mural of Fremont Street as it once was:
Then it was ready to board:
My Isle of Man photo book:
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Mmmm fudge.
Jim
Funny thing. The town had been taken over entirely by masked bandits and banditos.
Agreed!
Saw some dolphins and sea lions this morning. No gray whales though.
Radiant Collection: Numismatics and Exonumia of the Atomic Age.
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Looks like you went out from Balboa Island
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Pulled this out of the metal bin at our town dump today.
Jim
An Osprey flying above Camp Pendleton with the Pacific Ocean in the background while driving on I-5.
Happy Pi Day.
We celebrated with a home baked Coconut Cream Pie.
(Hint: Someone in the household is a math teacher.)
Saw one of those last year here in N.E. Tenn. Fun to watch.
When Joe really needed just the facts...
Photo from yesterday's Pi Day added, any math majors here to translate?
Moscow Memories with Easter Approaching:
Looking for a unique Easter egg to place in the basket?
Although this original remains locked away in the Kremlin Armory Museum in Moscow, thanks to Google, EBay, and Epsy Royal Imperial Faberge Egg Replicas made in Russia can be had for a modest sum.
Having taken Russian in collegeII had contemplated as a student taking the Trans-Siberian Railway to Moscow. I guess that is why I found this particular Faberge Egg so intriguing when I chanced upon it in the Kremlin Armory. It was created in 1900 as a gift for Easter to the Empress by Nicholas II in conjunction with the nearing completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Inside the egg was a working miniature train and a railway map was engraved on the exterior of the egg.
The Armory is in the same vicinity as Red Square and is within the Moscow Kremlin.
And this is the replica I ended up taking home from Russia as a souvenir:
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Not a math major but pretty easy.
sqrt -1 = i
2 cubed = 8
sigma = sum
pi = pie
I ate some pie
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you have a typo
Square root of -1 is 1, not i
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i x i = -1
so the square root of negative one is i
1 x 1 = 1 not -1
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the square root of -4 = 2i
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I'm remembering my MS thesis dissertation [many decades ago] concerning 2 node 3 degree of freedom finite elements for use in designing thin shells of revolution, specifically hyperbolic paraboloids [aka nuclear cooling towers]
PS This was a computer program before computers had keyboards, mice or monitors........man I'm getting old]
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This one also with the Pacific Ocean in the background - but looking Eastward rather than Westward.
Some added views from that same earlier this year evening at Waikiki's Ala Moana Beach Park:
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OK, its some hours away, but here for this Friday are some added views from last week's travels with an emphasis on Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and the coyote and Big Horn Sheep encountered there.
Looking down from the "new" highway bridge that now connects Nevada and Arizona supplementing the road on top of Hoover Dam from decades past.
And now down at the level of the top of Hoover Dam including views from the original crossing road on top of Hoover Dam.
And the Spillway built to prevent the Colorado River waters feeding Lake Mead from ever reaching the top of the Dam. There is one on each side and they empty into huge tunnels that allow the waters exit to the river below the Dam.
Once crossing on the road on top of Hoover Dam from Nevada, Arizona welcomes.
Just up the hillside above Hoover Dam is the Lake Mead lookout.
With a coyote welcoming us at the lookout.
And then a short time later as we exited the Hoover Dam site, Big Horn Sheep made their appearance.
Thanks for the pics @northcoin
As a civil engineer I love dams
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I have been to Hoover Dam twice. So cool!
From pictures I took at the Getty Center museum a couple of years ago 🌞
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Try sleeping in their tent, during a thunder storm passing through the badlands.
How was I to know there was a part missing. (The top cover)
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Did you know Lego's new Roman Colosseum doubles as a $549.99 cat bed?
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Deer find safe home at FBI firing range, academy
Call it a playground for Bambi and G-Men, where imaginary criminals are hunted and deer are the spectators.
The 547-acre FBI Academy, where some of America's best marksmen fire off more than 1 million bullets every month, happens to be one of the safest places for deer during hunting season
full story here
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna45790893
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One of the safety images from the archives;
"Long hair and drive shafts do not go well together".
If I remember correctly, that is a drive shaft from a H-57 Chinook
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