The year is 1988. Steven Hawking publishes “A Brief History of Time.” The Winter Olympics are held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Austin Company designs and constructs a chilled-food plant in England for R.F. Brookes.
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New Orleans History Lessons... * I was curious what commerce looked like in the early 1800s. * After a four-month voyage from Pittsburgh down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, a steamboat named New Orleans arrived in its namesake city on the 12th of Jan. 1812. This event - the first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi - marked a revolution in commerce and travel on the #river, allowing for movement both upstream and downstream to begin. Two-way steam driven boat traffic on the river led to significant growth and prosperity for the city of New Orleans over the next 50 years. * The Mississippi River, which is approximately 2,350 miles long from its source in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, where it empties, has been vital to colonial European and, later, American interests since Hernando de Soto set his eye upon it in 1541. (a story for another time!) * With the development of steam technology in the early 19th century, New Orleans became one of the #largestports in the #world. The city handled #trade from the #mississippirivervalley as well as the Eastern seaboard, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America. * Pretty impressive that the shipping industry on the Mississippi began in 1812, OFFICIALLY! * PHOTO: This photo is from ca. 1860, at the Port of New Orleans, which was a bustling hub of steamboat traffic. (THNOC) * #steamboats #waterways #earlyhistory #neworleanshistory #louisiana #ships #thegenealogyinvestigator #history #news #learnsomethingnew
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Check out this #fundingopportunity! In 2024, 10 biosphere-focused projects were funded under the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership's Conservation and Community interpretive theme. In 2026, the Making of Nations interpretive theme encourages multi-jurisdictional or regional projects that focus on concepts, innovations, or movements that have had lasting regional, national and global effects in addition to projects that support the interpretation and commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution in 2026. What #revolutionaryideas do you have for the biosphere region?
The Patrick Leahy Lake Champlain Basin Program (LCBP) seeks pre-proposals for projects and programs to protect, restore, interpret, and showcase the historical resources and cultural heritage of the Champlain Valley and the Lake Champlain Basin. The projects supported through this process will advance the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership’s (CVNHP) Making of Nations interpretive theme in 2026, emphasizing the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. For more information on the pre-proposal process, please visit https://lnkd.in/gvUAMd6P
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Thanks for this conference which covered all the topics related to swelling, from microstructure to dams.
Thanks AAR community of all theses days together! The walking tour in Ottawa was particularly interesting! Great time checking for cracks in downtown Ottawa!
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Located between Carbonton and Carthage on the Deep River which makes a Horseshoe bend around this historic Alston House.
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Nice touch by the Empire State Building last night. RIP James Earl Jones ❤️🖤
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You are King of the Britons. You want to be a good King and help your subjects. You want to provide them with housing. Affordable homes. For all tenures. Beautiful houses. Houses like we used to build, traditional homes made in Georgian times; not those high-rise monstrosities they build today. Built in nice, real neighbourhoods, with green spaces and parks, local shops and services, and a cricket green. A genuine sustainable community, with new jobs, using renewable energy and increasing bio-diversity. You do everything right. You appoint a design team that spend six years - six years - engaging the local community through charettes and ‘enquiry by design’ to work up a design that will complement the unique historic character of the local area and its rich history. One day, you will be able to look back proudly at your contribution, and unlike some of your predecessors, know that you treated your people well and generously. Surely, your people will be grateful, appreciative and thank you for everything you are doing. Surely……. Er……. “It seems there’s no end to the greed of Prince William and King Charles!! It’s a disgrace that they pose as environmentalists when in fact they’re like all developers and it’s purely about the money! “And what about food security?? All this Grade 1 and 2 farmland being concreted over.” “My family are very proud 3rd-generation Duchy farmers and they feel ashamed and betrayed. No honour, just greed. We were hoping the Royals were maybe oblivious to it all, with good intentions, but it’s all a gloss.” Ouch. What an ungrateful lot. And what was the point of that six years? All that time, effort and money. And what do you have to show for it? There’s got to be a better way. And there is. Start engaging those that want to see new homes. Those that want to see new homes for themselves and their family. You might not know it, but a majority of people support housebuilding in their area. Let’s start talking to them. When will our industry learn that you’ll never convert a NIMBY? Faversham shows you can spend years talking to them, giving them everything they want, and they still oppose you. When something doesn’t work, you should stop doing it. But our industry, with its head in the sand, keeps doing the same old thing. Let’s start talking to supportive audiences. And make sure their voices start to balance the public debate. It’s only then, that Councillors will be confidently able to support your plans. How the world has changed. In 2024, even the King of the Britons needs approval from the local planning committee. That would never have happened in Henry VIII day. https://lnkd.in/e3BbNj8B
Anger at King Charles' plan to build an 'ideal town' in Kent
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The American white ibis (Eudocimus albus) is a species of bird in the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is found from the southern half of the US East Coast (from southern New Jersey, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia), along the Gulf Coast states (Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas) and south through most of the Caribbean coastal regions of Central America.
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The historic nature of our main streets is often overlooked and underutilized in the realm of economic development, particularly within the municipal planning world. Historic preservation planning can be a game changer to invigorate rural downtowns and small business communities. And contrary to popular belief, historic preservation planning doesn't mean major restrictions on property redevelopment, down to the paint color of trim. What it is is the creation of a flexible plan to fit the needs of your community, a plan that creates a commitment and belief in the importance of maintaining the character of your community. #mainstreetmatters #downtownplanning #historicpreservation #adaptivereuse #heritagetourism #economicdevelopment #planningiscool
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Understanding your market is key to successful property management! 🏘️ Join us in Oxford, Mississippi, a small resort town where the University of Mississippi, SEC sports, and Oxford Square drive our rental cycle. Learn why our leases run from August to July and how we cater to the university's schedule. 📆 #PropertyManagement #OxfordMS #RealEstate #RentalCycle #UniversityofMississippi #SECsports
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