Scenes from the Avengers movie were shot here. I have re-edited all photos from this set and added new ones, enjoy!



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The ISS crew grabs the Dragon space capsule, making it the first commercial vehicle to be docked to the ISS. Here's Dragon and the ISS's robotic arm.

(Well, getting it berthed is in progress as I type...)

May 23, 2012 - The official LiveJournal Release 92 has been deployed. Here’s what you’ll find in this latest site update:

NEW

• Particularly long comment threads now collapse with the alert “...and [#] more comments.” Just click on that alert to see the rest of the comments. Here’s what this looks like:


• Notification emails now hide any content that was already placed inside an lj-cut instead of displaying the entire entry.


• Social Capital is now displayed for all communities on the profile page.


• You can now embed the Spotify player into your journal or community style.


• Personal userheads are now available for purchase. A personal userhead is of your own design and is unique to you, unavailable to anyone else. Purchase as many personal userheads as you like; each costs 5,000 LJ FunBux™, and is good for five years. Learn more.

BUGS, FIXED

• Scheduled entries should no longer return errors or double-post.


• Domain mapping should no longer force redirection to the LiveJournal login page.


• The format=light URL modifier works on entry pages again.


• Comment notification emails will send even if the entry has a poll.


• The "Music" section on the edit entries page will let you delete the entire text field.


• The help link next to “Do not add to friends pages and RSS” on the update page now links to the correct FAQ.


• The list of journals and communities added by default for new users has changed to news and lj_releases for non-Cyrillic users.


• Missing navigation items in the Classic journal style have re-appeared.


• Notifications about expiring add-ons will now have correct subject lines.


• The bold/italic/strikethrough buttons in the site default commenting scheme should no longer cause cursor positioning problems in Chrome.


• The Calendar feature will now update properly when you edit an entry and change its date.

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Release #92 is live!

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What is modern day Camp Evans, in Wall, NJ, started life long ago and has operated under several different banners since its opening.
Begun in 1912 and completed in 1914, Belmar Station was created by the Marconi Company, as one of their bases in a “wireless girdle” that
spanned around the globe. The Marconi Company, founded by Guglielmo Marconi, was at the cutting edge of wireless communications,
and was arguably the leader of the field during their time. The company was responsible for many of the major advancements in the field,
including the first transatlantic wireless communications, covering a distance of some 2,000 miles.

At the onset of WWI, the Marconi Company's Belmar Station was seized by the United States military... for obvious reasons.
At the conclusion of the war, the property was once again returned to the Marconi Company, who shortly thereafter was purchased by General Electric.
General Electric went on to create RCA, utilizing the assets they gained through the purchase of the Marconi Company. In 1924 RCA sold off the property
after they consolidated their receiver stations to Riverhead Receiver Station, in Long Island, NY. From there the property switched hands a couple times,
first to the “Monmouth County Pleasure Seeker's Club” (which had close ties to the Ku Klux Klan). This lasted until 1936, when King's College purchased
the land and established a school on the property.

In 1941 the United States Army purchased the land for use as a top-secret research and development center. Great advancements in radar technology
were made here, and Camp Evans is often cited as a major factor to the victory of the United States in WWII. After the war, Camp Evans was kept on
as a military research facility. The base had an active role in Project Paperclip, wherein German scientists were brought over to the United States
at the close of the war - an effort not only to gain the knowledge of Germany's leading minds, but to keep said intelligence from the USSR and the UK.
The scientific advancements made here gave us the ability to transmit through the ionosphere, allowing for communications between the earth and space.
Other notable creations to come out of the base were LED lights, nigh-vision goggles, and many advancements in things from nuclear dosimetry to silicon transistors.

Modern-day Camp Evans once again finds itself under new ownership. Titled “InfoAge”, this non-profit organization is currently at work turning the old
grounds into a kind of public museum. A place one can visit, and see first-hand the history which had unfolded here throughout its century of existence.


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A few weeks ago we officially announced the plan to overhaul Scrapbook, LiveJournal’s exclusive photo-hosting feature for Plus, Paid and Perm accounts. Today we’re letting you know that the new Scrapbook will release early next week; in anticipation, we want to give you a bit more information on some additional changes that have been made. The newest additions to the FAQ are under the cut; the original FAQ about the new Scrapbook is in the previous post.

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May 21, 2012: Three weeks ago we officially announced the plan to overhaul Scrapbook, LiveJournal’s exclusive photo-hosting feature for Plus, Paid and Perm accounts. Today we’re letting you know that the new Scrapbook will release this week; in anticipation, we want to give you a bit more information on some additional changes that have been made. The newest additions to the FAQ are under the cut; the original FAQ about the new Scrapbook is in the previous news post.

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The original buildings were built in the early 19th century, although the site was later extended. It was run as a colourworks from 1973, up until its closure in 2006. The industrial site is accompanied by a row of terraced cottages, some used as accommodation for workers and some as offices for the business.



Welcome to the dyeworks! Please wipe your feet.

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This house was built in 1905 and ended up being run as a boarding school. It's a huge house with several outbuildings (and tennis courts) so there is a lot here that didn't end up in the photographs.



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Yesterday a crew of friends and I went out to Teufelsberg, which is an old abandoned listening station located in the Grunewald forest, on the west edge of Berlin.

Standing in the middle of the domes and speaking was like talking into a microphone; everything was wildly amplified and sounded like my own words were beind spoken directly into my ears by an outside source – a very strange sensation.



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Hello all,

I'm looking for some good ideas of places to go- I'm living mostly in western Oklahoma and have easy access to New Mexico, Kansas, and Colorado. Just start driving on random country roads and see what happens? Research old mining and oil areas that aren't in use? I need somewhere interesting to go when I'm not at work.

Our fundraising campaign is going live starting now, beginning with this new kickstarter:

Please pass the word. it's only 45 days long. We're hoping that it'll reach even those who aren't able to go this year, but who may have been touched by the temple in previous years and want to help make it happen again.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thetemple2012/the-temple-2012

I am sure you all know how much David has effected all of us with his Temples though out the years, so if you can please pledge. Even if it is just $20, every little bit will help! If he doesn't get the full amount of pledges in 42 days he gets nothing from any of the pledges already made.

Love and Hugs
Kim

PS please pass this on!!

(Someone replied to my LJ post that it would make a good post for this community. So, here it is.)

I begin with: And this, too, shall pass.

( Saying goodbye to a childhood home. )
I'm a little sad to see it die... and much relieved that the rotting deathtrap and all its junk will soon be out of my life.

This was a quick visit on the way home from somewhere else and I didn't have a torch with me so didn't look around the house - it actually operated as a restaurant prior to its abandonment. The mill building is very rotten inside, there are a lot of holes in the wooden floors. If I'm heading over that way again I'll stick a torch in the car and have a look inside the house too.



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Just 10 days left! We're doing flexible funding, so every little bit helps! Please consider donating, or sharing the word - both are deeply appreciated! And, a huge thank you to everyone who has donated so far - you have no idea how much we appreciate it!
Incendiary Intent on Indiegogo

Some pictures from our last camping trip:


Our friend Lili -rocking- the challenge....with a Clamato??? So disgusting. She's my new hero.


There's a certain bit of terror in his eyes....but he made it through!

The last vacant house in an almost-empty town awaits demolition. More Photos

www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/magazine/last-ones-left-in-treece-kan-a-toxic-town.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

Treece, Kansas, former mining town, is so polluted that the last residents have left; it's about to be wiped off the maps for good.

I hope I'm not reposting old news; this link came around on my Facebook feed today and I found it interesting. Apparently these folks were (or still are?) hoping to make a documentary series on the old Catskills hotels.

This entry is primarily (like 90%) about the video which can be found behind the cut...
It's been a long time since Christina and I have been to the old finishing school, and during that span we have both learned a great deal.
I, of course, shot a couple pics of the place upon our revisit, but Christina went on two different occasions to film it.
Once was pre-dawn (hence the golden sunrise hues throughout the video), and another time to wrap up all the shots she couldn't get that day.
And now, onto the entry...


Constructed in 1890 as a resort, this grand hall only served for a brief time in its original role.
By 1900 it was in use as an the upper class finishing school for young women. Built of wood and stone, the structure is equal parts elegance and frailty.
Intricate carvings can still be seen adorning corners and peaks, reminding passers-by that it must once have appeared a palace on its hilltop. Today, it more
closely resembles the classic image of a haunted mansion, the long lines of its architecture bowed and uneven as its windows stare blankly to the horizon.

The students here would likely have been the daughter's of industrialists, bankers and other members of society who's wealth permitted such an education.
Here, young women would learn fine arts and languages, and be schooled in all the lessons of societal behavior and etiquette that would make them
successful in their future roles as the wives of future bankers and industrialists.

As time progressed, such an institution began to seem more and more archaic. As the once-radical ideas of feminism became mainstream, finishing
schools became a symbol of sexism and a greater number of women began attending true colleges. In the 1970's, the school made a last-ditch effort to
modernize by expanding to a four year college, but the expanded curriculum only delayed its inevitable close in 1977.

Some places keep time differently from the rest of the world. Within these halls, it is still an era of floor-length dresses, horseback riding,
etiquette lessons and the long forgotten art of the curtsy. The very fibers of the decaying wood excrete these ideals, and cast them in long shadows across
the filth covered floors. The smell of lavender and the sound of a softly played piano are almost expected, even among the damp and dimly lit hallways
which have so gently replaced them.



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i don't know if Russia know about this movie or not but "Chernobyl Diaries"
could lead to some bad tourist in other abandoned places around the would.
we might need to be vigilant in our neck of the woods to keep those sites we love clean