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Some 25 blind and visually impaired golfers will compete in the 67th annual United States Blind Golf Association National Championship in Oceanside, N.Y., on Long Island from Aug. 6-7.
Competitors will include Michael McKone of Warwick. Other golfers will come from as far away as California and Oregon to vie for the title of "best blind or visually impaired golfer in the nation." The USBGA National Championship tournament will run from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Monday and 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday at Middle Bay Country Club, just 26 miles from New York City's Times Square. Hall of Fame and tournament trophy presentations will occur at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Members of the general public may observe the games at no charge.
"Every place we go, people tell us they had no idea blind people could play golf," said USBGA President David Meador, who lost his eyesight in an automobile accident at age 18. "Playing in the nation's largest city gives us the opportunity to educate the public about blindness issues and also show that anything is possible."
Golfers will compete in categories ranging from totally blind (B-1) and little usable vision (B-2) to better usable vision (B-3).
Winners in those categories will receive trophies designating them as the best blind or vision-impaired golfers in the nation. To be eligible to compete on the national level, a blind golfer must have impaired vision worse than 20/200 and have scored 125 or less (B-1), 110 or less (B-2) or 100 or less (B-3) in three qualified rounds of golf.
All 25 U.S. competitors will be accompanied by coaches who "act as their eyes." The coaches meet their blind partners for breakfast, drive them to the golf course, manage their equipment, develop game-playing strategies and provide directional advice for each hole. The golfers do all of the swinging, putting, slicing, blocking and birdying. Several USBGA golfers, including competitor Sheila Drummond of Lehighton, Penn., have hit holes-in-one. Drummond was the first blind female player to accomplish that feat.
"For someone like me, playing in a tournament like this is an opportunity to connect with the game of golf," said tournament organizer and USBGA member Ted Fass, who lost his sight at the age of 11. "I am honored to chair the championship as I enjoy the competition along with the ability to increase the awareness of blind golf."
The competition will be stiff. Four of this year's national tournament competitors placed in the top five in various categories of the 2012 World Blind Golf Championships in Truro, Nova Scotia. Jim Baker and David Meador placed fourth and fifth, respectively, in the B-1 Men's Gross category. Baker also placed second in the B-1 Men's Net category. Defending world net champion Jeremy Poincenot placed second in the B-2 Men's Gross category. Scott Wilson took third place in the B-3 Men's Gross category and second place in the B-3 Men's Net category.
To make the national tournament possible, the organizing committee had to raise more than $40,000 from businesses, organizations and individuals. Company tournament sponsors include The Gilbert Co., The Mineola Lions Club and Creative Staffing. The funds pay for green fees, lodging and meals for 50 golfers and coaches from across the nation. Competitors pay for their own transportation.
The United States Blind Golf Association was founded in 1953 by blind golfer and lawyer Bob Allman. Today, the organization conducts three annual tournaments and holds more than a dozen clinics for blind and vision-impaired children through its junior blind golf program. The USBGA also has a Hall of Fame that honors legendary players and contributing organizations.
"Yes, we're about golf, but what we're really about is demonstrating for adults and children alike that absolutely nothing's impossible through partnership," Meador said.
For more information about the USBGA National Championship tournament, call (615) 385-0784, send an email inquiry to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit http://www.USBlindGolf.com.


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The following information has been correlated from information accquired and added to by Joseph Longstaff's Grand-nephew, Gallipoli Association member Rischard Longstaff. My thanks go to Richard for the information and the photograph.
Joseph Longstaff's service shows us the story behind the campaign and those who served at Gallipoli and went on who went on to serve in other theatres (many to die in those Theatres).
Simply by reading this young man's record one can see the effects that the war had on him and his health. The constant admissions to Hospital and return to front line duties.
Joseph apparently was a prominent subscriber to a local newspaper sending in reports of his war service and Richard is currently rearching this submissions.
Able Seaman Joseph William Longstaff, Tyneside Z/2953, Nelson Bn. R.N. Div. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Anson Bn. Cap Badge. Nelson Bn. Cap Badge
This photo shows the youthful looks of Joseph during his service, I believe that this may have been taken in 1915.
Age: 20 (?) (Born 6/3/1895)Date of Death: 03/01/1918 Cause: Killed in action
Family notes: Son of John and Margaret Ann Longstaff, of 11,
Trade/profession: Prior to enlistment: table Boy.
Military Service: Enlisted Benbow Bn. 7/1/15; M.E.F. 5/3/15. Promoted Able Seaman 15/5/15, transferred to Anson Bn. 12/6/15-2/9/15 attached 134th Fortress Company Royal Engineers at Anzac, Invalided to UK 19/2/16 Diarrhoea ; Draft for BEF 25/9/16, joined Nelson Bn. 25/11/16-3/2/17 to hospital, rejoined Nelson Bn. 15/2/17-3/1/18. Promoted to Able Seaman (Higher Grade) 23/12/17.
Grave Reference V. C. 9.
Other Memorials: Able Seaman Longstaff is commemorated on the Willington War Memorial Cross, Willington, Co.
Special Note: The CWGC shows his age at the time of his death as being "20" yet his enlistment records show his date of birth as "6/3/1895" which would imply that he was almost 23 when he died.
Service Details:
Enlisted: 7/1/1915 – Joined 4th Bn.
05/03/15 – Joined Benbow Battalion.
24/04/15 - Benbow Battalion, Blandford. (Checked for Disc (presumably I.D. Disc).
12/06/15 - Transferred from Benbow Battalion to Anson Battalion (Divisional Order 40).
Notes regarding the Benbow Battalion:
2nd Bn. 1st RN Brigade 1914. During their retreat from
02/09/15 – Attached to the 134th Fortress Co. Royal Engineers, Anzac.
13/02/16 – Admitted to Hospital Mudros with Diarrhoea and pyrexia.
13/02/16 – Admitted to Hospital Mudros with Diarrhoea and pyrexia.
14/02/16 – Transferred to Hospital Ship "Rewa" Invalided to
29/02/16 – Admitted to
16/03/16 – Transferred from
22/03/16 – 20/4/16 (Anson) Invalided to
03/05/16 – (3rd Res.) Transferred to Anson Battn.
10/05/16 – 7th Reserve Battalion, Blandford. Transferred to 2nd Reserve Battalion.
23/06/16 – (2nd Hawke Bn.) Transferred from 2 Reserve Battn. 22/6/16.
31/07/16 – (4th Res) Transferred from (Late 2nd Hawke Bn).
26/09/16 – Entrained at Blandford on night of 24/25 Sept. 16 from 4th Res. Bn to Nelson
Battn. B.E.F.
05/10/16 – Admitted 3rd Canadian General Hospital Boulogne.
07/10/16 – Disc to
19/10/16 – (Nelson) Disembarked at
22/10/16 – From Base Depot to Hospital on Disembarkation at
25/10/16 – To Base Depot 29/9/16.
08/12/16 – Joined Nelson Battalion from 6th Ent. Battalion 25/11/16.
17/03/17 – To Hospital 3/2/17, rejoined Battn 15/2/17.
23/08/17 - General Hospital Hardelot 16/8/17, Scabies Mild.
11/09/17 – Disc to
18/09/17 - Joined Base Depot from Hospital 8/9/17.
05/10/17 – Rejoined Battn from Base Depot
10/11/17 – Leave to
08/01/18 - Promoted A.B. H.G. (Able seaman Higher Grade) 23/12/17.
16/01/18 – Report received from Base, Killed in Action 3/1/18.
12/02/18 – Director of
C.F. attached Drake Battalion.
24/09/19 – Report received from Director Graves Registration. Buried 63rd Div. (Small
Cem.) 7 ¼ miles South West of Cambrai. N.O.K. informed 25/9/19.
08/06/20 - Exhumation. Buried
of Cambrai, Plot r Row C, Grave 9. N.O.K. informed 10/6/20.
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Mal you don't know how much this means to me and all the Longstaff family. This is the first time anyone beyound family knows of Joe and his time at Gallipoli. Thank you so much for all your efforts so far. Joe's story will be in FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE, JULY ISSUE for anyone who wants to read it.
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Joseph's service records make reference to him serving at Anzac and being admitted to hospital in Mudros in 1916.
The following information expands somewhat on those entries and adds to the service record of the Anson Battalion.
Brief Service record Anson Battalion
Motto: Nil Desperandum (Despair of nothing)
8th Bn. 2nd RN Brigade, RND 1914.
Gallipoli, MEF (
MEF (Mudros & Stavros, Salonica) Jan.-May 1916
Served with 2nd Brigade, RND at Stavros,
BEF (France &
188th Brigade, 63rd (RN) Division 19/7/1916-May 1919.
Extract from the Australian Official History of WWI (may be viewed in full here; http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/records/awmohww1/aif/vol2/awmohww1-aif-vol2-ch29.pdf).
On the Helles beaches the British used a proportion of hired Greek labour, and an effort was now made by the lines-of-communication staff to obtain a corps of Maltese for Anzac. The men were raised, but on reaching Mudros a large number were found unwilling to face the danger. Some 200, however, under Captain Stivala and four other Maltese officers, volunteered to undertake the service, as did about the same number of an Egyptian labour corps. But neither Maltese nor Egyptians proved well suited for working under the conditions of Anzac. The following personnel were eventually obtained at various times for the work of the Anzac base:-
Sept. 10 & 21 . . Anson Battalion (Roy. Nav. Div.) . ... . 84
Sept. 15 . ............. Part of 37th Fortress Coy., R.E........ . 54
Sept. 20 . . ............ 1st Essex Garrison Bn. . . . ........... 207
Sept. 2 1 t o 28 . Egyptian Labour Corps . . . .......... 221
Sept. 28 . . ............ Maltese Labour Corps . . . . ............ 212
Nov. 8 . . . . .......... 27th Labour Coy., A.S.C. . . ... ..... 539
This labour was not adequate for the works in hand, especially as winter approached and the weather grew more severe and the work heavier and more pressing. The Egyptians could not work in the cold, and the British labour company consisted of men who, though their spirit evoked the admiration of the other troops were hardly fitted for the work at Anzac. Recruited in
The following information was supplied by Steve Chambers (author of Suvla, The August Offensive, Anzac the Landing and Gully Ravine).
The 'Anson Battalion at Suvla & Anzac' was the subject of an article in Len Seller's magazine 'RND' No.6, Sept. 1998; see pages 464-478. Len's article was based upon the Ansons' War Diary and is worth tracking down.
At Suvla on 21st August there were Officers 7, Other ranks 458; and at Anzac, Officers 6, Other ranks 432.
"29th August 1915 – The men were now working in three shifts of 4 hours each in a system of 4 hours on and 8 hours off both day and night on West Beach [Suvla]. By this time it was becoming the principle beach. Each shift now comprised of 2 platoons containing 75 to 80 men.
Water had to be indented for and was drawn in dixies, no water carts being then obtainable. The ration of water per man was set at one gallon."
"30th August to 2nd September 1915 – Fatigues continued as before but the number of men being transferred to hospital now assumed large proportions, especially at Anzac. This was chiefly with bowel complaints and during the proceeding week some 30 men were hospitalized."
"3rd September 1915 – Orders were received to shift bivouac in a few days from just west of West Beach to a site further inland next to 33rd Field Ambulance. Fatigues continued as normal.
5th to 9th September 1915 – All available men employed in digging dugouts and constructing shelters in the new bivouac area but the normal fatigues also continued but with reduced numbers. However the following special duty men were supplied:
2 Orderlies to Base Commandant A Beach
5 Orderlies to M.L.Os on West Beach
1 Clerk to M.L.O. on C Beach
2 Water Clerks on C Beach
1 Clerk to N.T.O. on West Beach"
Len's article finished on 20th October 1915. He makes the point that even though the battalion was not in the front line here, "taking note of replacements, one would have about a one in three chance of becoming a casualty or being hospitalized."
Brief History -Nelson Battalion (Joseph served with Nelson Bn from 1916).
5th Bn. 2nd RN Brigade 1914.
Gallipoli, MEF (
First landed at ANZAC Beachhead 29/4/15. Transferred to
MEF (Mudros) Jan.-May 1916.
BEF (France &
189th Brigade, 63rd (RN) Division 19/7/1916-Feb.1918.Disbanded in France February 1918; personnel absorbed by remaining Naval & RMLI Battalions.
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What a fantastic update Mal, thank you for all your efforts.
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The Borussia Dortmund striker, who moved to the Bundesliga from Colo-Colo in 2009, has been linked with a move to England in the past, with Liverpool claimed to hold an interest in the player back in August.
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All questions and answers are based on the 2011 NEC.
Q. What is the NEC requirement for a maintenance disconnect at a pool, outdoor spa, or outdoor hot tub?
A. A maintenance disconnecting means is required for the permanently installed pool, storable pool, outdoor spa, outdoor hot tub, or fountain equipment, other than lighting for these water bodies [680.12]. The maintenance disconnecting means must be readily accessible and located within sight and at least 5 ft from the permanently installed pool, storable pool, outdoor spa, outdoor hot tub, or fountain equipment, unless separated from the open water by a permanently installed barrier that provides a 5-ft reach path or greater. This horizontal distance is measured from the water's edge along the shortest path required to reach the disconnecting means, as shown in the Figure. According to Art. 100, "within sight" means it's visible and not more than 50 ft from one to the other.
Q. What are the acceptable wiring methods for Class I locations according to the NEC?
A. Only the following wiring methods are permitted within a Class I, Div. 1 location [501.10(A)(1)]:
- Threaded rigid metal conduit or intermediate metal conduit with explosionproof fittings [501.10(A)(1)(a)].
- MI cable terminated with fittings listed for the location [501.10(A)(1)(b)].
- In industrial establishments with restricted public access where only qualified persons will service the installation,
MC-HL cable listed for use in Class I, Zone 1, or Div. 1 locations, with a gas/vaportight continuous corrugated metallic sheath, an overall jacket of suitable polymeric material, a separate equipment grounding conductor(s) in accordance with 250.122, and terminated with fittings listed for the application. Such cable must comply with Part II of Art. 330 [501.10(A)(1)(c)]. Article 100 defines a "Qualified Person" as one who has skills and knowledge related to the construction and operation of the equipment and has received safety training on the hazards involved.
- In industrial establishments with restricted public access where only qualified persons will service the installation, ITC-HL cable terminated with fittings listed for the location [501.10(A)(1)(d)].
- Explosionproof flexible metal connection listed for the location are permitted in a Class I, Div. 1 location when necessary for vibration, movement, or flexible cords for difficult bends in accordance with 501.140, if terminated with cord connectors listed for the location [501.10(A)(2)].
- Boxes and fittings must be approved by the AHJ for Class I, Div. 1 locations [501.10(A)(3)].
Only the following wiring methods are permitted within a Class I, Div. 2 location [501.10(B)]:
- Wiring methods permitted in Class I, Div. 1 locations by 501.10(A) [501.10(B)(1)].
- Enclosed gasketed busways and enclosed gasketed wireways.
- PLTC and Type PLTC-ER cable terminated with listed fittings in accordance with Art. 725.
- ITC and ITC-ER cable terminated with listed fittings as permitted in 727.4.
- Types MC, MV, or TC cables, including installation in cable tray systems and terminated with listed fittings.
- Where metallic conduit doesn't provide sufficient corrosion resistance, reinforced thermosetting resin conduit and Schedule 80 PVC conduit can be used, but only in industrial establishments where maintenance and supervision ensure only qualified persons service the installation.
If flexibility is necessary, the following wiring methods are permitted [501.10(B)(2)]:
- Listed flexible metal fittings.
- Flexible metal conduit with listed fittings.
- Liquidtight flexible metal conduit with listed fittings.
- Liquidtight flexible nonmetallic conduit with listed fittings.
- Flexible cords listed for extra-hard usage, containing an equipment grounding conductor, and terminated with listed fittings.
Comment: See the definition of "Grounding Conductor, Equipment" in Art. 100. If flexible cords are used, they must comply with 501.140.
501.10(B) Informational Note: See 501.30(B) for equipment grounding requirements where flexible conduit is used.
General-purpose enclosures and fittings are permitted, according to 501.10(B)(4), unless the enclosure contains make-and-break contacts for meters, instruments, and relays [501.105(B)(1)], switches, circuit breakers, or motor controllers [501.115(B)(1)], signaling, alarm, remote-control, and communications systems [501.150(B)]. See the definition of "Controller" in Art. 100.
Q. Does the Code require the bonding of metal skin on wooden frame "pole buildings?"
A. Exposed structural metal that forms a metal building frame that's likely to become energized must be bonded to the [250.104(C)]:
- Service equipment enclosure,
- Service neutral conductor,
- Building/structure disconnecting means for buildings or structures supplied by a feeder or branch circuit,
- Grounding electrode conductor if of sufficient size, or
- Grounding electrode system.
This rule doesn't require the bonding of sheet metal framing members (studs) or the metal skin of a wood frame building.
The bonding jumper must be sized in accordance with Table 250.66, based on the area of the ungrounded supply conductors. The bonding jumper must be copper where within 18 in. of the earth [250.64(A)], securely fastened to the surface on which it's carried [250.64(B)], and adequately protected if exposed to physical damage [250.64(B)]. In addition, all points of attachment must be accessible, except as permitted in 250.68(A).
Section 250.24(C)(3) addresses bonding of conductive materials in more general terms. Conductive materials, such as metal water piping systems, metal sprinkler piping, metal gas piping, and other metal-piping systems as well as exposed structural steel members likely to become energized, must be bonded together in a manner that creates a low-impedance fault current path that's capable of carrying the maximum fault current likely to be imposed on it [250.4(C)(3)].
The phrase "likely to become energized" is subject to interpretation by the AHJ.
Q. What are the requirements for SE cable if used for feeders and branch circuits, and what conductor temperature rating is used when sizing the SE cable?
A. Type SE service-entrance cable is permitted for branch circuits and feeders where the circuit conductors are insulated [338.10(B)(1)]. SE cable is permitted for branch circuits and feeders if the insulated conductors are used for circuit wiring, and the uninsulated conductor is only used for equipment grounding purposes [338.10(B)(2)].
Exception: In existing installations, uninsulated conductors may be used for the neutral conductor if the uninsulated neutral conductor of the cable originates in service equipment.
SE cable must not be subjected to conductor temperatures exceeding its insulation rating [338.10(B)(3)].
SE cable used for branch circuits or feeders must comply with (a) and (b) [338.10(B)(4)].
SE cable used for interior branch circuit or feeder wiring must be installed in accordance with the same requirements as Type NM Cable — Art. 334, excluding 334.80.
The maximum conductor temperature rating can be used [310.15(B)(2)] for ampacity adjustment and correction purposes. But when installed in thermal insulation, the conductors must be sized in accordance with Table 310.15(B)(16) 60°C rated conductor column.
Caution: Underground service-entrance cable (USE) is not permitted for interior wiring, because it does not have a flame-retardant insulation. It would only be permitted in interior wiring when dual-listed as wire type in accordance with Table 310.104, such as RHW.
In exterior applications, the cable must be supported in accordance with 334.30 and — where run underground — the cable must comply with Part II of Art. 340.
Q. What is the NEC requirement for an emergency shutoff switch for a spa or hot tub?
A. In other than a single-family dwelling, a clearly labeled emergency spa or hot tub water recirculation and jet system shutoff must be supplied. The emergency shutoff must be readily accessible to the users and located not less than 5 ft away, but adjacent to and within sight of the spa or hot tub [680.41].
Either the maintenance disconnecting means required by 680.12 or a pushbutton that controls a relay located in accordance with this section can be used to meet the emergency shutoff requirement. The purpose of the emergency shutoff is to protect users. Deaths and injuries have occurred in less than 3 ft of water because individuals became stuck to the water intake opening. This requirement applies to spas and hot tubs installed indoors as well as outdoors.
Q. What is the Code rule regarding tap conductors to a recessed luminaire?
A. Fixture wires installed in accordance with Art. 402 and protected against overcurrent in accordance with 240.5(B)(2), are permitted to run from the luminaire to an outlet box located at least 1 ft away from the luminaire, as long as the conductors aren't more than 6 ft long [410.117(C)].


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The wait staffs were rude all around town when we tried to go out and eat. You cant find a cold Budweiser or Bud Light on draft anywhere. Heads up, Durango, not everyone likes that locally brewed beer. Sure, it may be local and fun to try once in awhile, but dont forget that the people who spend the most money in your town are the tourists. Tourists will try the Durango beers once, but we want to go back to our old-fashioned Buds.
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"Coordination problems" delayed German Chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival in India for a trade visit when Iran refused her plane entry into Iranian airspace for two hours while it was en route to India (see route).
The plane was forced to wait over Turkey until it eventually received permission to pass through Iran, which has not given a reason for the refusal.
The Iranian ambassador to Germany was summoned to the German foreign ministry to explain his country's "disrespect towards Germany which we cannot accept," said German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, German newspaper Der Spiegel reports.
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India and Pakistan's rivalry is a tense one that has spurred nuclear weapon development in both countries, intended as a deterrent – or eventual defense – to each other.
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Adventure Thriller. Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone...and anything. Having survived death, Jonah's violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the "other side." His only human connection is with Lila (Megan Fox), whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. Jonah's past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can't refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah's oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead. Based on the legendary character from the graphic novels, Jonah Hex is an epic adventure thriller about one man's personal quest for redemption against the vast canvas of the battle between good and evil.
Jonah Hex Release Date
In Theaters June 18, 2010
Jonah Hex Credits
Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon
Written By: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Directed By: Jimmy Hayward
Produced By: Akiva Goldsman, Andrew Lazar,
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
External Info: Jonah Hex Official Website
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Two years ago, we set out to use the Games to focus and sharpen young people's STEM skills. We wanted to inspire budding scientists, entrepreneurs, engineers, designers and tomorrow's big thing. We knew students seeking to further their studies in STEM-based subjects could be boosted with a little imagination and creative thinking – plus some incentives. The debate continues, as the BBC reports a call for immediate action to boost student numbers in science, technology, engineering and maths.
What we achieved together
The stats speak for themselves, which proves the point:
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Really neat pictures and info! Did you stop in any ghost towns along the way, or did you just go to the mine? I bet it was fun to see that up-close in person!
It was mid August and I had to drive about 5 hours to pick my Dad up. Spent the night there and early the next morning we left. We routed through Iowa and stopped to look at a couple covered bridges in Madison County. I prefer to avoid interstates in case you are wondering. We spent the first night out at Valentine NE. Took back roads up through the Badlands with a detour to the Aladdin Tipple near Aladdin WY.
It was for coal mining and something to wet the taste buds for better things to come. Dad had never been to Devil's Tower so we continued on to it. The rest of the day was spent doing a somewhat monotonous drive to Big Timber and another motel room for a night. I had bought a new pop-up that only had one bed so we rented a pop-up up in Bozeman MT. We arrived at the rental place the next morning and headed towards the Neihart area of MT. Arriving in the afternoon I had time to do some re-con on my Suzuki DR650.
We camped in a nearby FS CG.
Relics along the way to finding the Silver Dyke Mill.
I could see the mill but could not figure out how to get there.
I'm keeping the pictures small to reduce bandwidth on the site they are hosted.
to be continued
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Really neat pictures and info! Did you stop in any ghost towns along the way, or did you just go to the mine? I bet it was fun to see that up-close in person!
Brad, Great write up and pictures. It's nice you were able to make the trip with your Dad.
Thanks for sharing it, I look forward to more!
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I really didn't know which forum to post this under. It might take a week or month to finish this report. Dad came along on a trip back in '99. He's been on several since. Often he stays at camp while I explore on the motorcycle. I think he turns 77 this summer.
I had to explore several roads as there was private property up what I thought was the obvious way to the mill. This is where the mapping GPS comes in real handy. Above the Silver Dyke adit there is a large fenced off hole. Too small to be a strip mine but still a pretty big hole with very unstable sides. I finally head down the road to find the mill. I realize that the last half mile was the haul road for the ore cars. The adit below the big hole had collapsed or been sealed. I decided to come back in the morning with my tripod and film camera to take some good shots. These are all done on my old point and shoot digital.
Looking down at the mill remains. In upper right you can see the road I shot the previous picture from.
Turn 180 and we see the tipple remains.
You can see my motorcycle in the distance. The adit was about a half mile through the woods.
Below the ore bins.
Next is the other side of the ore bins. The rest of the mill had fallen in.
The software only allows 4 pictures so I just wasted about 10 minutes of stuff I had to delete. All pictures are on my smugmug photo website under Vacation 2006. They are in chronological order.
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Note top of metal tank in this picture.
The Silver Dyke Mill has seen better days.
Back to camp and we head down the road. This is just outside Neihart next to the highway.
to be continued
Brad..............Thanks for posting the Montana photos. I never mabe it out to the Neilhart area, even though I lived not too many hours away. Maybe on our next trip back to Montana. .
I'm glad everyone is enjoying the report. After Neihart we headed towards Monarch and turned off heading to Hughesville. I was able to take the truck all the way there. I think we dumped the camper off somewhere and picked it up on the way back.
A mine adit near the road in Hughesville. I got a handheld mirror from the truck to shine back in it.
Storage bins at Hughesville
A mine shaft that was missing its headframe.
Hughesville again.
After Hughesville we headed to Great Falls then down to Helena. We stopped at a small FS CG that was on the way to Rimini but it was just rough looking, including the campers and only one site empty. With little daylight left we took a gamble and headed on up the mountain to Macdonald Pass FS CG. Only two other sites occupied and a real gem compared to the other one. The next morning I took a gamble that the roads would be ok for the truck. We took a back route to Marysville that is part of the Continental Divide mountain bike route. We headed down through Helena and then on up to Rimini. Rimini is under reclamation so we were turned back at the town site. So I scratch that off the list and on to the next campsite near the Basin MT area. I did some re-con late that afternoon and then returned to camp. The next morning we headed to Comet which I had checked the night before.
This appeared to be a spring house and yes the spring was still flowing.
Comet MT
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Great pics, Brad. Thanks so much for sharing them.....Speedy
Lots of old houses in Comet with one newer home stuck off to one side. Dad stayed at Comet while I headed of on my motorcycle to the west portal of the Wickes RR tunnel. On a previous trip we had visited the East portal. This tunnel is over a mile in length.
Outside the west portal it seemed to be the local graveyard for elderly vehicles.
I love this old truck.
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By LYNN UNDERWOOD, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere," wrote Dr. Seuss in the classic "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish."
In Minnetrista, Minn., there's a funny-looking house that could have dropped straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.
The dwelling is made almost entirely of polyurethane foam. Its quirky appearance -- drooping rooflines, domed top and organic shape rising from the earth -- has inspired many nicknames, including "the Mushroom House," ''the Foam House" and "Hobbit House."
Owner Ronald Hietala likens the house to a futuristic UFO. "When the ring around the top is lit up at night, it looks like a spaceship," he said.
Winslow Wedin, the architect who designed and built the house on eight rural acres in 1969, called it the "Ensculptic House." "It's short for 'environmental sculpture in plastic," said Hietala. "It's very innovative."
Hietala and his wife, Janis Bren, were living in Virginia and bought the house "sight unseen" -- except for photos that appeared with the online real estate listing.
The couple are originally from Minnesota and had been searching for a getaway home or possibly a retirement retreat.
At first, they decided to buy the house for its $170,000 list price because Hietala estimated that the land was worth that much. "I thought, 'We can't lose,'" he said. "We would probably tear it down and build new or sell it when land values went up."
But when Hietala stepped inside the home before the closing, he gave the owner, Jayme Littlejohn, a big hug. Her parents, now deceased, had built the house 40 years earlier.
"I admired the architecture, and it was an amazing accomplishment," he said. Bren came to Minnetrista a few months later and was drawn to the home's unexpected open and airy feeling inside, as well as its artistic sculptural qualities.
"It's a natural form that looks like a frozen spider web," she said. The couple decided to save the home and fix it up.
Littlejohn's parents, James and Letabeth Littlejohn, had hired architect Wedin to build an experimental polyurethane home for their family after they saw models of his ensculptic designs in his studio.
Wedin and his architecture students spent the summer of 1969 in Minnesota constructing the dwelling from nylon cables strung in a spider-web pattern and then layered with custom-cut burlap panels.
The last step was spraying the polyurethane foam, which dried into a durable hard material, over the structure.
Jayme, a teen at the time, recalled that summer in a 2010 Minneapolis Star Tribune article. "It was totally far out," she said.
After Ensculptic was completed, a Life magazine reporter spent the night and described it as a "giant mushroom with portholes."
The interior is "light and airy and wonderfully unpre-
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dictable," wrote Joan Downs in Life's photo feature, published in 1970. The Littlejohns even organized public tours of their far-out residence in the 1970s.
But by 2011, the foam home, vacant for some time, had fallen into disrepair, with broken windows and water damage caused by teens who took advantage of the home's emptiness and turned it into a funky party venue.
To make the house livable, Hietala invested $50,000 to fix the geothermal heat pump, install new windows, wiring and plumbing and add a layer of polyurethane foam over the leaky fiberglass roof. "The 8-inch-thick walls are pretty sound -- poly doesn't decay," said Hietala, a retired industrial organization psychologist.
Inside, the multilevel home still boasts a groovy '60s vibe, with free-flowing dips and swoops surrounded by curved gallery-white walls. "I love the random forms," Hietala said. The Ensculptic's approximate 4,000 non-square feet -- it's all curves and round rooms -- includes two bedrooms, three bathrooms and a walkout lower level.
Skylights carved into the ceiling of almost every room draw in lots of daylight. At the center, the mushroom-shaped dome holds seven narrow windows.
"The original owners had no fear of color," said Hietala, referring to the kitchen's funky red-orange cabinets and purple Formica countertops.
As for living in the offbeat home, simple tasks such as positioning furniture, installing closet doors and hanging artwork are a challenge because of the curved design. But with seating sculpted out of the walls, such as inside a cozy sunken fireplace room, little furniture is required.
Hietala often settles in front of a 28-foot wall of glass facing the backyard, where he watches wild turkeys and other wildlife. "At night it's very quiet," he said. "Now and then, I hear a coyote or raccoon run across the roof." That's because it's easy for critters to climb on the drooping parts of the roof that extend to the ground.
Hietala and Bren, who still lives in Virginia but visits regularly, are glad they preserved the experimental sprayed-on polyurethane home, although they aren't sure what its future holds.
"It's a remarkable piece of architecture, and it's still standing after 40-plus years," said Hietala. "But innovation is always difficult. There's still the possibility that unexpected things will happen."
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It seems that there is a bit of hoo-ha as to the originality of crab porridge in Nibong Tebal but we are not that concerned for that moment we just wanted good food before we continue our journey back home. N.T. Cheang Kee seems a good place to eat crab porridge.
Our first order was the "Too Boo Sui" @ poached baby octopus. I like it very much & to be eaten with the peanut topping chilli sauce. Look at those juicy & succulent tentacles….yummy yummy.
Teow Chew Nang eating Teow Chew steamed Pomfret fish. It was a big fish, the gravy was so sweet & tasty and the gravy went dry before the empty plate was taken away.
Fried Prawns were also gorgeous, juicy & fresh. I don't have to peel the shell because they were so crispy and nice to chew. Drool drool ……
Tofu fried with seafood & meat was a normal dish but a good balancing dish.
Fried "Boi Leng" veggie (sounds like dragon tail) with black dried fungus (Mok Nee) was an interesting dish.
A German Pork Knuckle nearly knocks off everyone on the table, suddenly we were afraid of food it seems huge. A crispy meat with hidden onion pickles found underneath the knuckle was part packed back to Kuala Lumpur.
Fried La La clams were fresh and delicious.
Finally the highlight of this place …. introducing the great Crab Porridge prepared by the Teow Chew nang of Nibong Tebal. Very very good.
Everyone gets their equal share of the delicacy. Look at the fresh crabs with red roe in the porridge too… ain't it attractive… wait till you taste it.
All uncles & aunties have forgotten the danger of uric acid during such food adventure like this. Eat first think later……. New Year is approaching maybe we will draw out a good resolution for ourselves…. HapPy hAppy NeW YeaR.
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I often poke fun at listers I perceive as being more interested in ticks than birds. (Listing ticks I mean, I have yet to meet a birder who is really interested in icky parasites). Not that I don't enjoy seeing new species myself, it's just that they are an easy target and I am nothing if not lazy and mean spirited. But there is one kind of tick that I genuinely do enjoy, and as I do more and more birding it becomes harder and harder to get; new families.
Getting entirely new families is easy when you start birding. It is also a fun aspect of birding in new countries and continents for the first time. I remember my first sunbird (Nectariniidae, seen near Carins) my first auks (Alcidae, near my parents home in North Wales), my first finfoot (Heliornithidae, in a lake in Uganda), stone-curlew (Burhinidae, same lake as it happens), wood swallow (Artamidae, on the wires near Nadi airport in Fiji), tinamou (Tinamidae, Tikal in Guatemala), sugarbird (Promeropidae, drove past one in a protea farm in South Africa, obviously), or pitta (Pittidae, on a river trail high in the hills of Vietnam). Sometimes you gain armchair big ticks, like the White-tailed Blue-flycatcher I saw in Uganda in 2005 which later turned out to be in the Stenostiridae, a recently erected family. Sometimes you may even lose them, like the aforementioned woodswallows which are probably no longer a family. But as you do more and more birding and go to more an more places it gets much harder to get new family ticks.
I got my first Emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae), family Casuariidae, in West Australia back in 2000.
There are just two left for me in the Sibley Guide to Canada and the bits of the USA that count (Hawaii need not apply) – the Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)and the silky-flycatchers (Ptilogonatidae). I'm fairly sure the only family I'm missing in Europe is the Wallcreeper (Tichodromadidae), assuming you don't lump it with the nuthatches. Here in New Zealand te only potential big tick would be a lost vagrant painted snipe, and we've already established that I don't enjoy that kind of vagrant hunting. Last year was a decent year for me and new families, I finally knocked off three problem families for me, the broadbills (Eurylaimidae), the leafbirds (Chloropseidae) and the Bearded Reedling (Panuridae). The Long-tailed Broadbill, the last one I got, was particularly satisfying, and was my bird of the year last year. The year before I only got one, the shrike-tits (Falcunculidae), although if you include mammals also I finally got my lifer wombat (Vombatidae) too. They year before that were kiwis (Apterygidae) and diving-petrels (Pelecanoididae). At this point if I want to make any dent on the remaining families I haven't seen I'd really need to go to either Madagascar or South America.
This particular Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus), family Vombatidae, was the first I ever saw of the species and family.
I was thinking about this because I am currently planning my Christmas break, where I'll be staying with family in Sydney, as well as escaping for a hot and damp week to Cairns in tropical Queensland. It's been a long time since I was last in Cairns, and while I had fun there I wasn't really much of birder. The only birds I recall seeing were Olive-backed Sunbirds, Red-necked Crakes, Orange-footed Scrubfowl (my first megapodes as it turns out) and Brahminy Kites (remember what I said about not really being a lister? It turns out that if you keep really sloppy notes you can go back to a site and get all the birds again as lifers a second time!). A lot of the stuff I'm really hoping to see are from families (and even species) I've seen before but haven't seen in a long time (bustards, stone-curlews, jacanas, cranes, magpie-geese, pittas). But as I read about what was possible up there it occurred to me that I could also get quite a few new families. I've done a descent amount of birding in Australia, but there is a lot of ground to cover and a lot of species and families with quite small ranges. There is a good chance I'll finally get my first bird-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae), boatbill (a recently split family, Machaerirhynchidae), logrunner (Orthonychidae), platypus (Ornithorhynchidae), rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodontidae) and bettong (Potoridae). There is a smaller chance I could get my first owlet nightjar (Aegothelidae), Australo-Papuan babbler (Pomatostomidae) and buttonquail (Turnicidae). There is even a theoretical but frankly unlikely chance I could get a painted snipe (Rostratulidae). At any rate, there are plenty of big ticks to try for.
So, rather than this just being about me going "neanerneanerneaner I'm going to Cairns!", what was the last new family that you got? And how far from home did you have to go to get it?
My last "family tick" was Tichodromidae, the Wallcreeper, in January 2010. I saw it not far from home, in Salzburg/Austria, 225 miles as the crow flies. But as I have mentioned in my beat writer blogposts about the experience here on 10,000 birds, it doesn't really count because it was a nemesis species and thus completely ridiculous to get this late into the game.
Before that, it was the Least Flycatcher of the Tyrannidae that I saw in Ontario in May 2005, a bird for which I had to travel 4,150 miles onto another continent (Europe to North America).
For me it was the Alcidae with a Common Murre at Machias Seal Island in June of 2009. That's according to my official life list. Technically, I saw Alcids with my ex wife in 2004, but I wasn't a birdwatcher then and I've gotten a new (birding) wife, so the life list was started at zero in 2007. If we're going to count old sightings, it would be Sulidae with a Northern Gannet (actually 5,633 of them) at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland, in July 2009.
My last family tick was Alaudidae, with a Horned Lark that I saw in December 2007. I was thinking it might have been Calcariidae, with the Lapland Longspur I saw this January, but then I saw that Snow Bunting is in the same family. At this point, I think it would be hard for me to pick up new family ticks without a lot of traveling.
Speaking of ticks, I was morbidly excited to get bitten by a lone star tick for the first time this May since it meant that I'd finally been bitten by all three of New Jersey's tick species. I'd previously been bitten by dog ticks and deer ticks.
My last family is whatever family Wrentit is currently placed in, Sylviidae I think, this past August in California. I was 2600 miles from home, in the middle of a 4000+ mile roadtrip. I got a few other new families on that trip too – Peucedramide, Remizidae, and Aegethalidae at least.
My latest family tick was Grallariidae (antpitta), which came on a recent trip to Peru. Also new on that trip was Thamnophilidae (antbirds). Prior to that, a trip to Chile brought several new families, as well as 2 new orders (Sphenisciformes and Phoenicopteriformes), which are becoming even more difficult to get.
I ticked Conopophagidae (Gnateaters) with Slaty Gnateater on Manu Road, Peru in August. That was the last of several new families for me on that trip, my favorite probably being Psophiidae (Trumpeters).
Painted Snipe are everywhere at the moment! Seriously you do have a good chance, better than any year for years. They have even been beside the roads in puddles, so keep an eye out!
Good Luck!!
Our most recent family was Hoopoe and we drove 30 kms to see it-4 people in a vehicle! Still got people flying up here to see it as it is still here, but they do put the effort in to see the Semipalmated Plover while they are here, as also a first for Australia!
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This question turned out to be harder to answer than I thought it would be. None of the new species I've seen over the past couple years were from new families. I think I have to go back to the Little Penguins I saw in Australia in 2009 to find my last new family of birds.
I have to say I'm jealous of you for getting to go to Cairns. I spent just enough time there to really, really want to go back.
You've inspired me to want to find a new family near me. Unfortunately, I can't imagine what it would be. Unless I'm totally forgetting something, I'd have to go at least 1,000 miles to get to someplace where a member of a new family lives. (I live on the east coast of North America. Texas, California, and Alaska have members of families I haven't seen, but they're all a long way away.) That's what comes of spending thirty-odd years birding in the same general area. I can't even think of a stray that might be reasonably likely to show up here that would belong to a new family. I'll have to settle for the occasional new species. A Northern Wheatear showed up an hour away earlier this fall and that was nice.
@ Katrina – Seeing as you're from Eastern NA, Muscicapidae (the wheatear) wasn't a new family?
@ Nick – If my understanding of current classifications is correct I saw a couple of Muscicapidae when I was in Japan – Daurian Redstart and Siberian Bluechat. Japan is another place I'd love to go back to. Spending a week there with non-birders was just short of torture. To see birds, I ended up going out wandering around alone while everyone else slept in the morning, something I was informed was just not normally done by western women.
Penguins, two Humboldt Penguins in Peru last fall.
My last new family was from 4 years ago, a Highland Tinamou (Tinamidae) in Monteverde, Costa Rica, in July of 2007.
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Design brief: According to Marcel Breuer, there was no time to decide upon the building's design ahead of his selection. (New York Times, "Whitney Museum Finds a New Home" June 18, 1963.)
The initial program requirements included: 3991sf of service and work space; 29,817 sf of gallery and exhibition space; 2,926 sf of office space, 1,050 sf of library space; 1,584 sf of lounges and meeting rooms, 950sf of supply closet and coat check space; 1,500 sf of lobby space. The building committee consulted Philip Johnson on building costs. He confirmed that $50 per sf was reasonable and the total cost was estimated at $1,598,100. The finished building had a gross floor area of 82,000 sf; net gallery area 26,700 sf; sculpture court 3,100 sf, storage area 21,500 sf, office space 12,200 sf.
The main volume of the building is approximately 81 feet wide, 125 feet deep and 97 feet high. The building is stepped away at and below grade, creating a void approximately 28 feet wide and 11 feet deep between the sidewalk and the building that is crossed by an entry bridge. The building progressively moves back towards the street in three steps as it rises. Breuer described it as an inverted ziggurat. Next to the main volume on the south side is a smaller secondary volume, approximately 12 feet wide and 97 feet high, the upper portion of which slopes back away from street. It contains the main stair as well as space for the museum's restoration service. This secondary volume is made of exposed concrete. The building is constructed primarily of concrete and clad with granite panels. Split slate flooring is used throughout large portions of the building. Precast concrete coffers are hung above the second, third, and fourth floor galleries. An array of circular light fixtures hangs above the lobby. The main façade, which faces west along Madison Avenue, has one large trapezoidal window which protrudes from the building at approximately 20 degrees. The north façade has six smaller windows which have a shape similar to the large window. The building is set off from the townhouses on the block by two thick concrete walls, one on south side of the building and the other on the east side. The south wall has "break though" panels which allow the main building to be connected to adjacent buildings on the block. The building has two floors below grade. The lowest is primarily used for storage and service. The next floor up contains a restaurant, gift shop and public restrooms. The ground floor primarily contains a lobby. The second, third, fourth and fifth floors are primarily gallery space. Most of the space with was added (connected) to the museum by Gluckman Mayner Architects is contain in buildings that have maintained their townhouse appearance. However, a tall masonry building was constructed behind the building at 33 East 74th Street at that time to provide a physical connection between it and the main building. This new construction has a minimal presence from the street.
Name(s) of surrounding area/building(s): The Whitney is located within walking distance of the "Museum Mile" section of 5th Avenue including: El Museo del Barrio at 104th Street; Museum of the City of New York at 103rd Street; Jewish Museum at 92nd Street; Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design at 91st Street; National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts at 89th Street; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum at 88th Street; Metropolitan Museum of Art from 82nd to 86th Streets; Goethe House German Cultural Center at 82nd Street.
Visual relations: Many have noted the similarity between Breuer's Whitney and Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim as both share the rough form of an inverted ziggurat.
Functional relations:The Whitney was expanded into the building located at 33 East 74th Street as well new construction between the two buildings in 1998. The annex includes a library, archives and offices. The building at 943 Madison Avenue contains storage and administrative space for the museum and previously contained the museum's "Store Next Door," The museum also operates the "Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria" which is located at 120 Park Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, New York 10017.
A comprehensive architect's report detailing the design was prepared in November 1963. It notes that the north and south wall was reinforced concrete bearing walls. The east and west walls act has deep concrete trusses that span the 81 feet between the bearing walls. The precast concrete coffers, arrayed in a two foot by two foot grid provide power and lighting over the galleries. The ceilings are 12 feet 9 inches above the 2nd and 3rd floor galleries and 17 feet 6 inches above the 4th floor gallery.
The design of the museum was in part a response to the state of modern art at the time. Breuer purposely minimized the use of windows to better showcase the work within. The galleries can accommodate the large sculptures that were emerging at the time.
Public and critical response to the building has been mixed. The void in front of the museum as well as the walls on the south and east sides of the building have been considered hostile to the urban environment. Moreover, the visual solidity of the building's mass has proved inscrutable to many. However, these same tactics allow the building to define a space for its remarkable form within a dense urban framework. At the same it, it allows patrons to view works of art with a sense of remove from the distractions of the city. Instituitionally, the Whitney has come to be so deeply associated with its building. Canonical status: Built at a time when transparent high modernist buildings were very much in vogue, Breuer's brutalist design distinguished itself with its primitive opacity. There are few works of this style left in the city. The only one other works by Breuer in New York City are at Bronx Community College.
Breuer's use of the south and east walls to set off the building and define the block's corner continues to be a source of inspiration to modern architects. Notably, Zaha Hadid used a similar strategy in her design for the Contemporary Art Center in Cincinnati.
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The "finding aid" from the Whitney Archives lists the following documents related to the original construction: Whitney Museum of American Art Archives
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General, 1962-69; Marcel Breuer and Associates, 1963-68; Building Committee, 1963-67; Construction, 1964-69, n.d.; Dunnington, Bartholow & Miller, 1963;
B.H. Friedman, 1963-67; HRH Construction, 1964-66; Michael Irving, 1963-68; Property, 1962-63; Correspondence and Reports, Wood and Tower, 1964-66, n.d.;
4 Correspondence and Memoranda, Cafeteria and Friends Lounge, 1964-66; Mock-up, 1964; Stationary and Architectural Graphics, 1965-68; US Plywood Corporation, 1965-66; 2 Memoranda General, 1963-68, n.d.; Building Committee,1963-71; n.d., Property Offers, 1963; n.d., Architect's Report, 1963; Contractor Bids, 1964; Furnishings, 1966; n.d.Building Information, 1978-81.
Box 2, 3, A Program for the New Whitney Museum; Correspondence and Notes, 1964-65; n.d., Newsletters and Brochures, 1964-66; In the Service of American Art, n.d., 2 Membership Applications, Correspondence and Memoranda, 965-66, n.d.; WMAA & Other Museums, 1966-67, n.d.; Cornerstone Ceremony, 1964; 10 Opening Correspondence, 1966; Correspondence – Congratulations, 1966; Memoranda, 1966; Schedule- Meeting Minutes, n.d.; Dedication, 1966; Invitation Lists, 1966, n.d.; Dinner Parties, 1966, n.d.; RSVPs, 1966; Invitations and Tickets, 1966; Placecards, n.d.; Outside Group Parties, 1966; Preliminary Announcement and Report, 1963, n.d.; Press Releases, 1963, 1964; 7 Press Clippings, 1956-Aug. 1966, 1956-66, Sept.-Oct. 1966, 1966, Nov. 1966-Feb. 1986, 1966-86; Jacqueline Kennedy's visit to construction site 1965; The New Yorker, 1966, n.d.;
General,1963-66;General, Publicity, 1966, n.d.; Breuer correspondence, 1963-66; Reviews; n.d.; Note: Building photographs are in Photo archives
5. 2 principal publications (in chronological order):
Breuer's Whitney An Anniversary Exhibition, New York, 1996.; Ezra Stoller, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2000.; Whitney Museum Finds a New Home, New York Times, June18, 1963.; Plans Shown for New Building for Whitney Museum, New York Times, December 12, 1963.; Cornerstone of New Whitney Museum Laid, New York Times, October 21, 1964.; Madison Avenue Now Has a New Castle, New York Times, July 23, 1966.; Whitney Museum Holds a Preview, New York Times, September 8, 1966.; Harsh and Handsome, Ada Louise Huxtable, New York Times, September 8, 1966; Whitney Museum has Gala Opening, New York Times, September 28, 1966.; Art: The Whitney Museum Shows What it Can Do … In the Right Building, New York Times, October 2, 1966.; Norman Foster (proposed addition, unbuilt); Whitney Museum of American Art extension, 1979, Architectural record 1979 Mid-Aug., v.166, n.3, p.54-55.; Michael Graves (proposed addition, unbuilt); Paul Spencer Byard, The Architecture of Additions, New York, p.151-53, 1998.; Michael Graves tackles the Whitney, Roger Kimball, Architectural record 1985 Oct., v.173, no.12, p.113,115.; Growing pains, Metropolis 1987 May, v.6, no.9, p.22-23.; Third time's a charm, maybe?, Architectural record 1989 Mar., v.177, no.3, p.43.; An Appraisal; A Daring and Sensitive Design, Paul Goldberger, New York Times, May 22, 1985.; Whitney Addition Planned, New York Times, May 22, 1985.; Architecture View; For the Whitney, Adding Less May Result in More, Paul Goldberger, New York Times, August 11, 1985.; Neighbors Criticize Plan to Expland Whitney, New York Times, November 14, 1985.; Expansion at the Whitney: The Debate Broadens, New York Times, November 26, 1985.; The Whitney Unveils Smaller Expansion Plan, New York Times, March 11, 1987.; Architecture View; Adding a Little Less to the Whitney, New York Times, March 15, 1987.; Whitney Expansion Raises Preservation Issue, New York Times, May 24, 1987.; Whitney Proposal Wins Backing of Local Board, New York Times, June 19, 1987; Review/Architecture; 3d Try on an Expansion Design for the Whitney, New York Times, December 20, 1988.; Architecture View; The Whitney Paradox: To Add is to Subtract, New York Times, January 8, 1989.; Considering the Once and Future Whitney, New York Times, November 17, 1996.; Richard Gluckman (addition built 1998); Revamping the Whitney, Philip Nobel, Metropolis 1998 Feb.-Mar., v.17, n.6, p.50.; Let the Sun Shine In, New York Magazine, April 6, 1998.; Expanding an icon, Allan Schwartzman, Architecture 1998 June, v.87, n.6, p.108-113.; Inside Art, New York Times, August 5, 1994..; Postings: Project Leaves the Exterior Unchanged; Whitney Planning $13.5 Million Expansion, New York Times, August 20, 1995.; Inside Art, New York Times, September 20, 1995.; Art Review; Whitney Whittles Intimate Corners, New York Times, April 3, 1998.; OMA (proposed addition, unbuilt) Newhitney - scheme A, A + U: architecture and urbanism 2003 Nov., n.11(398), p.9-74.; Newhitney - scheme B, A + U: architecture and urbanism 2003 Nov., n.11(398), p.75-98.; Inside Art, New York Times, February 16, 2001.; Whitney Scraps Expansion Plans, New York Times, April 15, 2003.; Whitney Museum Cancels Koolhaas-Designed Expansion, Architectural Record, April 16, 2003.; Renzo Piano Building Workshop (proposed addition, unbuilt); Renzo Piano chosen to design Whitney Museum expansion, Sam Lubell, Architectural record 2004 July, v.192, n.7, p.21.; Whitney Museum unveils model for its expansion, Sam Lubell, Architectural record 2004 Dec., v.192, n.12, p.32.; Once Again, the Whitney is Planning to Expand, New York Times, May 19, 2004.; Whitney Hires Renzo Piano to Design its Expansion, New York Times, June 16, 2004.; Piano to Design Whitney Museum Expansion, Architectural Record, June 16, 2004.; Whitney's New Plan: A Respectful Approach, New York Times, November 9, 2004.; Whitney Museum Unveils Models of Renzo Piano's Museum Expansion, Architectural Record, November 12, 2004.; Whitney's Expansion Plan Concerns Preservationists, Architectural Record, February 14, 2005.; Whitney Wants Plan A, but Says it Has Plan B, New York Times, May 24, 2005.; Modified Whitney Expansion Plan Wins Approval, Architectural Record, May 25, 2005.; Arts, Briefly; Green Light for Whitney Expansion, New York Times, January 13, 2006.; Whitney Museum May Move Expansion to Downtown Site, New York Times, October 31, 2006.; Architecture; Uptown or Down? The Whitney's Identity Crisis, New York Times, November 2, 2006.; Whitney Museum Considers Nixing Piano Expansion, Architectural Record, November 22, 2006.; Whitney's Expansion Plans are Shifting South, to the Meatpacking District, New York Times, November 28, 2006.; Whitney Inks Conditional Deal for the High Line, Architectural Record, November 28, 2006.


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Currently awaiting delivery of my Apollo 500.
Could somebody who owns one (or a 600) please do me a little favour?
I need a 'sample' SSS (.sss) file downloaded from an Apollo 500 or 600.
If somebody could please email one to me at firstname.lastname@example.com I'd be really grateful.
Thank you.