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Greek Heritage and Florida's National Seashore
New Smyrna Beach and Mosquito Lagoon
View Summer, 9-11-2001 - and then the 2nd time down the ICW & 2005 Migrating by Mercedes & Bermuda on greatgrandmaR's travel map.
Since Bob thought he had fixed the Mercedes's problem, we returned the rental car to Enterprise. It cost $26.13 for the two days, which was pretty cheap (a half cent less than $13.07/day for those like me that are math challenged).
Then I went to find the Canaveral National Seashore office, which was on Julia Street in Titusville. It was there, but it looked abandoned - locked up tight and no sign of life, although we didn't ring the bell to be admitted. I had thought I could get some information there.
Canaveral National Seashore headquarters
I took a photo of the historic courthouse,
Titusville Courthouse
Historic theatre
and the steeples of some churches which I found out later that one of them has a Tiffany window so I want to go back and see that from inside.
St Gabriel's steeple
Bob got fuel in the car (diesel was only $2.099 there) and we started out for New Smyrna. I wanted to visit New Smyrna for two reasons.
1) I have been checking to see how the marinas fared. The New Smyrna Municipal Marina was a particularly unusual one, and I could see from the ICW that there was a CSY like our boat there. I couldn't see the name of it from our boat though, and thought I might find that out.
2) We have only been there once by boat, and I did not take any pictures of the waterfront or the historic markers.
Our only visit by boat
Flashback 2000, December 11-12 A Refuge for the Exhausted
In 2000, after we left Port Orange, where we had a hair raising experience with the current in a marina, I started calling Smyrna marinas. All of them were full except the yacht club which only took other yacht club members and the town marina, and that was a co-op. There is no dockmaster, and they don't monitor the radio. They had 2 transient slips. If we got there and they were open, we could stay there. If someone else got there first, we couldn't stay there. Then we would have to anchor behind Chicken Island, and I was chicken to do that. I found where the marina was on the chart, so that I could direct Bob there. We were behind another sailboat at the Coronado Beach Bridge just before New Smyrna Beach (named by Greek immigrants), and I was afraid they would go into the Smyrna Marina, but they didn't. So we tied up by noon after a very traumatic start and 11 miles at 5.4 mph for a total of 844 nm. We walked up to the office and registered (filled out a form envelope - put money into it and stuck it through a slot).
Municipal New Smyrna Marina from the river
Then we walked over to the Sea Harvest Seafood Restaurant which has only fried food. Service is quick and friendly. Food can be taken out or eaten on the deck outside. There is a big sign on the deck with reasons not to feed the birds, but the birds obviously ARE fed.
There was a sign warning against feeding the birds. It said:
Bird feeding sign
"To insure your dining pleasure while eating on the deck, Please DON'T FEED THE BIRDS!. After considerable thinking on our part we have come up with 7 good reasons why you shouldn't feed the birds. We could not think of 3 more to make 10 so 7 will just have to do.
-7 It's not good for humans to feed wild critters.
-6 They are really not that cute and cuddly.
-5 They don't pay taxes so why feed them.
-4 Don't you hate to sit down for dinner and have rude obnoxious guests show up.
-3 It's tough to carry on a conversation while being bombarded.
-2 Bird poop tasts really lousy on our fish. We provide Tarter sauce for that.
-1 They can mess up a really good hair day!
If you feel that you must feed the birds please go to the far end of the dock away from all the other guests."
RosalieAnn at the New Smyrna marina from the restaurant
They have fried chicken, shrimp, fish or seafood - either in a sandwich or in a basket with french fries and cole slaw. I had a good shrimp sandwich for lunch, and Bob had a seafood dinner in the evening. We ate out on the pier and the birds (gulls and grackles mainly) waited around to be fed. One of the grackles only had one leg.
I waylaid the postman and gave him post cards for our grandsons on the way back to the boat, and used the pay phone to get pocketmail. Bob as usual was too restless to just rest, so he walked over to a marine supply store and around Old Fort Park which was right by the marina. Then he cleaned the bimini curtains.
About 5 we walked back to the same place and got dinner there as neither of us felt like walking any more than that. I got chicken and Bob got a seafood dinner.
This time, there was a great egret and a bunch of plovers begging for food. The egret actually walked right up to the table.
On the way home, we saw the big orange full moon rise but my pictures of it didn't come out..
I saw a green heron on a dock line, and that night I saw a yellow crowned night heron walking around on the dock next to the boat. It also rained quite a bit.
December 12, 2000 Leaving New Smyrna Beach
Bob was up at 7, took up the trash and used the bathroom and I used the pay phone. Cast off at 8:15 without incident (high tide). Was a trifle foggy. Oops - Bob and I both forgot to put on our life jackets.
We motored under the fixed bridge just south of the marina (the place to go under isn't in the middle but way over on the end) on our way to Titusville.
End Flashback
I thought we might as well go I-95 up and come back on US 1, so as I was getting out the maps, Bob asked if 405 went to US 1, and it does so he turned on it. But it was the north end of 405 going south and took us on a long detour through the backside of Titusville including viewing the Titusville solid waste disposal area and the recycling plant. Whereas if we had taken 406, we would have cut about 10 miles off the trip. Oh well.
Skate Board Ramps
As we were getting to the route 44 exit for New Smyrna Beach, the car started to vibrate again, but Bob is convinced it must be the other tire. We got off and found the visitor's center from which we got a lot of maps and information. Visitor's Centers (when open) are a Good Thing. I asked them why the bridges in New Smyrna were painted pink, and they did not know.
Pink Bridge of New Smyrna from our boat in 2003
I asked if anyone had asked them that question before, and they said No.
Driving into New Smyrna Beach
Dunn Lumber store
I took this photo as we drove into New Smyrna. It seemed to be an early style building. It is actually Dunn Lumber, which has the Original Overhead Door of Daytona Beach and has been "Serving Volusia, Seminole, Orange, and Flagler Counties with building material needs since 1905.
Downtown Street
Then we saw a post office, so I stopped and mailed my package of lighthouse pictures off to Hatteras. We drove through the historic downtown
Historic site sign - no skateboarding
This site is best known for its "old fort" ruins. These are massive, intact coquina stone foundations of a building constructed by 18th-century colonists at New Smyrna's Turnbull settlement - the Old Fort name is a misnomer because it was not a fort.
"Old Fort" Ruins
Those people that don't actually know the history of the site think it is an old Spanish fort built in the 1500's by Menendez de Aviles (this was the speculation of John Detwiler, historian and first editor of the New Smyrna Breeze newspaper). Some say that Turnbull had started building a "palace" on a shell mound but only got as far as the "coquina" block foundation. Or was it the beginnings of a Catholic Church, or a Turnbull period warehouse? No one really knows. When we got to the Fort Historic site, we climbed up on it (it's about 6 feet above street level - just the foundations)
Bob walking up the Fort walls
And looked down to where the New Smyrna Marina was. It's completely gone. The ladies at the Visitor's Center prepared us by telling us that the Municipal Marina was gone. And indeed it was - nothing was there except the bulkhead, which they were working on. The whole thing had been wiped clean away.
Blank space at the bulkhead where the marina was
Waterfront WITHOUT the Municipal Marina
We walked across the square, past the library to the courthouse and where the monument to the original Greek settlers were.
City Hall across the square
Monument opposite the City Hall
This stone commemorates the 1769 colony of Dr. Andrew Turnbull, a Scot, who had recruited 200 Greeks, 110 Italians and 1190 Minorcans to homestead his royal land grant of 101,000 acres. This was the site of the largest single attempt at colonial settlement in what is now the United States up to that time (eight vessels with 1,403 people).
Dr. Turnbull was a physician and entrepreneur who obtained a grant of land from the British Crown, with a and he named the colony "New Smyrna."
The colonists came prepared to till the soil, bringing with them farming implements, seeds, and cuttings of mulberry, grape, olive, orange and fig. The settlement produced the bulk of the indigo of the world during the revolution. They also made red dye of cochineal, and Barilla from weed gathered on the sea edge. Their system of drainage canals, the ruins of stone wharves indigo vats, wells and home sites are still to be seen. Nine years after founding the colony, the colonists were released from their contracts and moved to St. Augustine.
The stone says:
TO THE PAST
... TO THE PRESENT
...... TO THE FUTURE
Dedicated On This
200th Anniversay
In Honor Of Those
Intrepid Hellenes
Who Came To The New World in 1769
As Settlers Of The Historic New Smyrna Colony Of Florida
By Americans Proud Of Their
Hellenic Heritage
Who Cherish Their Participation
In The Great Ideals
Of Democracy And Freedom
As Embodied In Our
So That Generations Yet Unborn
May Fulfull The Hopes
Engendered By These
Priceless Legacies
Presented by the
Order of AHEPA
American Hellenic Educational
Progressive Association
Church on town square
Banner on the Library
While we were looking at the Old Fort, I took this picture of the library. A website about it says:
"The New Smyrna Free Library (now the Connor Library Museum) was constructed by Washington Everett Connor in 1901. Mr. Connor, a New York stockbroker, personally maintained the building and paid the librarian's salary for 20 years. Originally located on the northwest corner of Faulkner and Washington Streets, the library was deeded to the City in 1924, with the stipulation that the City continue to maintain the building as a library.
"In 1940, the New Smyrna Free Library was moved into the newly completed Works Projects Administration (WPA) facility on Sams Avenue (now City Hall). After the relocation of the library, the New Smyrna Beach Garden Club used the original library building as its headquarters.
building would be allowed a graceful retirement. By 1990, the Connor Library stood abandoned and deteriorating and seemed a likely candidate
"Despite its illustrious beginnings, it did not appear that the for demolition. In 1991, the City of New Smyrna Beach moved the building to its present location in Old Fort Park. It remained in its dilapidated state in the park until 1994, when the building was completely restored and converted into a museum detailing the history of Southeast Volusia County."
In 2001, the Connor Library Museum celebrated its 100th anniversary. I did not know it was a museum, or I might have visited it-- or maybe it wasn't open at the time we were there - I don't really remember.
Museum with ADA wheel chair lift
By now it was about 11:45, and time to start looking for lunch.
Driving across the bridge
I directed Bob to drive across the bridge that used to be called the Coronado bridge which is a bascule bridge right by the Riverview restaurant and hotel which was the bridge tender's house. Originally, I had thought we might eat there - we tried to stay there on our boat one time, but they had no dock space except for some they were saving for a much bigger boat. But as the ladies at the information center had told us, they were only serving dinner. So we drove on out to the beach
Beach Buns Bakery/Cafe
I saw this place and thought it was a cute sign so I took a photo. I thought about stopping here for lunch, but it was on the wrong side of the street.
We were trying to get a view of the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse without going all the way north to get over to the other side. I did eventually see the top of it. We even went in the CG station, but could not see it from there.
Entrance to the Coast Guard Station
Possibly we could have seen it from the state park that was there, but we didn't go in there - the admission was more than we wanted to pay just to take a look at the lighthouse - which we've seen from the boat in any case.
We drove down the ocean side looking for a place to eat before we went to the Canaveral National Seashore which I knew would have nothing. Finally we passed the very LAST place (JB's Fish Camp and Seafood Restaurant which Bob didn't see because the sign was in the shade), and he turned around and we had lunch there.
Unattended Children will be used as Crab Bait
JB Fish Camp Restaurant menu - Southern Seafood with an Attitude
Stuffed deer in the Fish Camp restaurant
This is NOT Burger King
Drinks part of the menu
Outside seating
We ate inside, although there was outside seating available. Bob had half a pound of steamed spiced shrimp ($8.00)
Steamed Spiced Shrimp on the menu
Bob's shrimp
and I had a plain crabcake appetizer ($5.85).
Appetizer part of the menu
My appetizer crab cake
It was a reasonable sized crabcake and very good. That way I didn't have to have potato chips or a bun like in a sandwich. Then I had Florida orange cake.
Florida Orange Cake
According to the menu, they use Old Bay (which they described as a spicy crab boil for those that wouldn't know what it was) and Bob said the shrimp were very good, although he had some intestinal problems later. The place was pretty busy. It took us about an hour. It would have been less if we had gotten the bill sooner.
Our shrimp are guaranteed to catch a fish or die trying
Dock at the restaurant
Bob on the dock
They said that they were on the Indian River, and Bob and I were pretty sure it was Mosquito Lagoon,
Mosquito Lagoon
NOT the Indian River
as the Indian River is on the other side of the Haulover Canal. On looking it up later, I find that there seems to be a movement afoot to rename the Mosquito Lagoon as the Indian River Lagoon, just like Mosquito Inlet has become Ponce de Leon inlet.l
Mosquitoes are bad PR.
We got to the entrance of the park at about 1300, and got in free with our Golden Age passport. We went to the visitor's center first and saw a tape on the park. The Canaveral National Seashore is split into two parts - a northern part and a southern part. You can't drive from the northern part to the southern part because the road does not go all the way through. Today we have entered the northern section by coming from New Smyrna. When we are in the InterCoastal Waterway, we are actually in the National Seashore on the Mosquito Lagoon side as far as the Haulover Canal where the ICW transits to the Indian River.
Sign about the plants of the seashore
Then we drove all the way out to the end of the road.
National Park Service Map
Bob sat in the car
while I went out to take a picture of the beach. There are strict prohibitions about walking on the dunes.
Prohibited sign
Canaveral National Seashore
We went back to Eldora, where there is a house that is all that is left of the community of Eldora. On the walk in, we saw an armadillo (we saw one cross the road earlier and also saw a snake on the road). The armadillo kept sticking his head under the leaves.
They neither see nor hear very well, so he (or she) let us walk right up to him.
The house has been 'restored' and is called the Eldora State House. We saw another tape about the house and it's history with the last people
that lived there named Wells and about the restoration.
Eldora Village sign
Eldora information
Dolly's tombstone
Dolly the mule
Model of Eldora
Old photo of Eldora
Eldora house
Eldora
House at Eldora
There's no rational reason for it to be called the State House, as it was never the capitol. And the restoration has basically completely rebuilt the house - it looks like none of it is original except the floorboards downstairs, and maybe the cistern.
We used the toilets out by the parking lot - they were kind of like airline toilets only bigger with a lever in the floor to let the waste through to a reservoir. There was no water for handwashing - they supplied waterless hand cleaner.
We drove across to the mainland on the other bridge (the fixed bridge). and set off down US 1 toward Titusville.
Two rocket boosters outside the HS gate
The high school has two rocket boosters outside the gate. We got back to the unit about 4:30.
Shrimp statue outside the restaurant
For dinner, we went out to Dixie Crossroads.We had been warned to go early and that it would be extremely busy on the weekend, so we got there before 6 and there were a lot of people standing around outside. But we found a parking place and got seated right away.
Menu/placemat
I had the
Lobster dinner $14.95
which was a good sized lobster. Bob had a small order of the fish of the day which was grouper for $10.99 and also had a sweet potato which was served with both regular butter and cinnamon butter.
Bob's grouper and sweet potato
He said it was a little rubbery and said he should have had the lobster. We each had two sides with our dinners - I had
Shrimp Soup
(clear broth with a lot of potatoes and a few little shrimp) and a sweet potato. Bob had a salad (ordinary looking)
Bob's side salad
They served us corn fitters with powdered sugar as the bread,
and these were pretty good. The total including tip was a bit less than $38.00
Sign on the highway at night
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Meritorious Merritt Island National Wildlife Preserve
And the South Part of Canaveral National Seashore
Although Bob hasn't actually fixed the problem, after further consideration, he decided it was not a mechanical problem with the car, but was something with the tires. He decided this because the problem doesn't surface until the tires are warmed up (an hour or so of high speed driving). So we canceled our appointment with the Mercedes dealer because they don't "do" tires.
This morning, Bob started watching an old black and white Katherine Hepburn/Spencer Tracey movie on TV (the one where they are both lawyers), and I got to watching it too, so we had lunch in the unit before we started out. Because there's only one phone for me to plug my computer into, and it is in the kitchen, I mostly take the computer into the main bedroom and Bob watches the TV he wants to watch without disturbing me in the living room.
Left Red=Canaveral National Seashore: Dark Green=Merritt Island Refuge: Light Green=Cape Kennedy: Right Red=Cape Canaveral AFB
The Fernandina Beach, Jacksonville and St. Augustine are known as Florida's First Coast. Both because it was the first area settled by Europeans and because it is the first place you get to when coming south.
Titusville, Cocoa, Rockledge, Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, Cocoa Beach, and Melbourne are the Space Coast. The Phone area code for this area is 3,2,1 like the countdown for the launching of rockets.
We drove over to Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge. We stopped on the way to observe the opening of the TItusville swing bridge that we went through so often on our boat
Approaching the swing span on the road
Bridge swinging open
At the bridge gates
Anchorage from the bridge in 2005
Sailboat going through the bridge
Sailboat on the other side of the bridge - the NASA Causeway bridge up is open down the river
At the visitor's center, I bought a Florida bird book ($13 plus tax)
Title of the film at the visitor's Center
Visitor's Center from the boardwalk
and we walked out along the little 1/4 mile boardwalk at the visitor's center.
Vulture on an Osprey platform
looking down into the water from the boardwalk
Bass and bluegills in the visitor's center pond
Freshwater Ponds
A flower at the edge of a fresh water pond
Saw a big turtle on the road as we left the visitor's center.
Water turtle near visitor's center
After we visited the Visitor's Center, we drove out along the edge of the refuge that adjoins the space center (seeing wood storks and other birds)
Marshes along the road
until we got to the southern part of the Canaveral National Seashore (got in free with our Golden Age pass).
Crossing the RR tracks approaching ticket booth
Entrance gate to the seashore
Cape Kennedy vehicle installation
The old Cape Canaveral lighthouse is the tiny black and white thing in the middle of this photo.
This part of the seashore has undeveloped beaches and limited services. There are no designated picnic areas, phones, food, or drinking water. There is no public transportation in the park. You can tour the park via private vehicle, bicycle, or on foot. We went to Playalinda Beach. I got a stamp in my book at Merritt Island, but there's no Visitor's Center at the south side of the Seashore. They also apparently have the same kind of waterless toilets cum portapotty type facilities there that they do at Eldora.
Looking south toward Cape Kennedy
Looking north
Seagull riding the wind
Sign about turtle nesting on Canaveral Seashore
Warning sign on the dune line
Then we drove along the road to the Haulover Canal bridge
Road appoaching Haulover Bridge
Approaching the Haulover Bridge
Looking down the canal from the bridge
and stopped at the Manatee Observation area.
Haulover draw bridge from manatee area
Haulover Bascule Bridge and fishermen
Manatee in Haulover Canal
Dark shadow of a manatee
The manatees that I photographed in the marina in Titusville were more visible, although these came up to the surface fairly often.
Manatees in Titusville Marina on a previous visit
Then after we got fuel, we came back to the unit and had dinner here. We haven't spent much money today at all.
Wednesday, January 12th
Last night, when Bob asked me what we would be doing today, I hadn't made up my mind yet, but sometime last night I decided that I needed to get out the binoculars and that we should go back to the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and do Black Point Drive. This is an unpaved one way loop which we didn't take yesterday - partly because it seemed like it would rain (and did a little) and partly because it WAS unpaved. But some folks I met at the visitor's center boardwalk trail said they'd seen 52 species that morning. So I started regretting that I'd missed that.
I thought that the eco-tour that goes out of the Titusville marina might do some of the edge of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, but they stay in the Indian River. So I made a reservation for the 1330 tour, and then we drove over the Titusville bridge to the Refuge.
Birds at the start of Black Point Drive
Marshy areas along the road
Digging machine we met on loop road
At the third turnout, a guy came the other direction in an official truck and asked us to wait as they were doing some work and a dump trunk had overturned. The righted it and now they were bringing out the track vehicle they'd used. This was a very large backhoe type machine - about 2 stories tall with tank type treads. I thought the guy might drive it into the canal (he was using some kind of remote control device in his hand) because he went so far on the other side of the road to keep from hitting us, but he didn't. There were others on the road too - some stopped and just left all their car doors open to go look at the birds. Many of them had big cameras with tripods and long lenses. I took some pictures too.
Little diving duck
Heron fishing
Great white egret
Rosette Spoonbill and Wood Storks
Wood Stork coming in for a landing
Coastal marshes with a wading bird
Redwinged blackbird
Water control system
We saw white ibis, snowy and great white egrets, wood storks, rosette spoonbills, common moorhen, tri colored heron, double crested cormorant, osprey, red winged blackbirds, American coot, and brown and white pelicans. I think we also saw pintail ducks - there were a lot of ducks - a pied-billed grebe, little blue heron, and some curlews.
Rosette Spoonbills
Tricolor heron
Moorhen hiding in the mangroves
An Egret fishing
When we got about 2/3rds of the way around, I saw a clump of white birds which turned out to be pelicans. They were all in a clot feeding. Most of them had their heads down in the water, and then they'd stick their beak up and swallow and then stick their head down in the water again.
White Pelican's feeding
White Pelican coming in to a landing
Clump of White Pelicans
Some other white pelicans were coming in - quite comical the way the land - they would put their feet out in front of them, and sort of skid along the water into the clot of their brethren.
White pelican's landing
Wintering Birds - Year Round Alligators
A little later on I saw an alligator on the other side of the ditch, but he slid into the water before I could even point him out to Bob. I also saw one submerged with just his eyes out.
After we had done that loop, we drove back to the Coffee Shoppe which we had intended to have lunch on Saturday.
Sign on the street
Coffee Shop at lunch
I had a egg salad sandwich ($2.35 which came with chips) I was a little nervous about getting to the marina in time, so I didn't have the shepherd's pie lunch with 2 sides which would have been $4.99.
Specials menu on the wall
Bob had a hamburger ($2.39 also with chips). With iced tea, the total bill was $7.76, and we were finished in half an hour. During the week, they also serve dinner.
We went out to the marina and of course were there 45 minutes early. We walked around a bit and sat for a bit in the sun.
Marina office
There was supposed to be a rocket launch at 1345, but it was quite windy - there were whitecaps on the Indian River - so no one thought it would actually get off. The pontoon boat took us out under the Titusville swing bridge (without opening it).
Looking at launch from beside the Titusville Bridge
They say this bridge is going to be replaced because it doesn't work too well, and just as we got to the bridge, the shuttle was launched, so we got to see that.
Shuttle launch from the river
Second stage of the rocket kicks in
Shuttle going up
They took us around the three spoil islands - one - Spider Island
Spider Island with old rocket trail
which was named because it was infested with spiders before someone took a match to it and burned it over- on the south side of the bridge, and two (Secret Island and Fire Island) were on the north side.
Titusville bridge opening
End of the bridge
After the excitement of the rocket launch (it's the one that's going to crash into a comet), we saw a pod of bottlenosed dolphin feeding, with the brown pelicans trying to steal some of the fish. We watched that for quite a bit, but it was very hard to get pictures of the dolphins - they are so quick. Bob saw a tag on one of them - the research people come and tag and number them with liquid nitrogen.
The guide also told us how locals fish for shrimp (at night with a light and a net). You are allowed a 5 lb. bucket per boat with a fishing license. They run particularly well when there is a cold snap.
Boat Ramp on the Indian River
She said you could not crab from a boat unless you used traps - you can only do that from shore. We had a nice tour.
St. Gabriel's
After we got back to the marina (we didn't see any manatees), we drove over to the St. Gabriel church which is supposed to have Tiffany windows,
Stained glass window from the outside
End Windows
Historic marker about the church
Garden on the church lawn
St Gabriel's
but it was locked up tight with no indication that there would be any service at any time. I took some photos at the courthouse too
Flags over the courthouse-from the top: US Flag, Florida Flag and Brevard County flag
Courthouse door with Brevard County seal
And then we went to JC Penny and got Bob a windbreaker on sale - it was 70% off. Now he doesn't have to wear the old stained, faded and too tight blue one out in public anymore.
We came home and Bob did the laundry ($5.25) and we ate dinner at Porky's BBQ.
Photo of old Titusville in Porky's
I didn't write down what we had to eat. I think we had BBQ.
Brunswick Stew
My BBQ
Bob's chicken
Mosquito Inlet and Its Lighthouse - Pouncing on Ponce
Titusville to Orlando to Ormond Beach
13 January 2005 - Thursday
Today we didn't do anything except watch TV (Bob), do computing and take a nap (me). I can't seem to make the 'find' function of my mapping software work. Don't know why, but it is very annoying. I looked up the address of the JC Penny in Orlando on the internet because the shoe department guy at Penny's yesterday said that if anyone had the shoes I wanted, they would be the ones.
On Thursday night, we did go to El Leoncita for dinner.
This restaurant was recommended by another VTer, and it wasn't far from our condo. It started in California in 1977 as a Mexican restaurant and Cuban food was added when they moved to Titusville in 1995
Chips and Salsa
Huevas Rancheros ($6.95 with beans and rice)
and Bob had the
Taco platter
and had reflux problems afterwards. They didn't have fried ice cream- only flan, pecan pie, cheesecake and chocolate fudge cake. So we didn't have any dessert.
We looked at the pool. I thought I might swim, but haven't done so. The water is quite warm - I dipped my feet in it.
Bob went to bed (he had already packed), and then got up (because of the reflux) and sat in the living room watching TV while I packed. We finally got to bed about 1:45 in the morning.
Friday January 14th.
I got a shower, and finished up the chocolate chip ice cream for breakfast, and also finished up on the internet. We checked out about 9:30. It was raining like the dickens. We drove towards Orlando on Route 50 going through the wildlife preserve for the dusky seaside sparrow (there's no access to it), and passing through the town of Christmas. It was raining too hard to think about going to Fort Christmas which is has tours of an old fort that are free.
We got to the J.C. Pennys and they had no velcro athletic shoes at all. So we left. That section of Orlando is FULL of all kinds of Oriental business - Korean, Chinese, Thai etc.
Now - originally I had thought we'd go to Lake Wales, but going to Orlando had used up some time, so our next objective was Ponce lighthouse. First hurdle was to get onto I-4. The sign said to turn right to go north, but it didn't look like that road went to the on-ramp, so we didn't Then the next turn was to the ramp going south. So we wandered around a bit until we found our way onto I-4. It was still raining, but not as hard.
I didn't have an actual map of the area I wanted to go to, but I wanted to get off of I-4 and take Dunlawton Drive from Port Orange over to the beach. I figured that we could get off on 44 going to New Smyrna and then head up US 1 to Dunlawton rather than going all the way to Daytona on I-4. Wrong.
We did manage to get off on 44. But then when we got close to New Smyrna, there was a sign saying to turn left to get to US 1 in 1/4 mile. And Bob, having overshot the turn the last time, turned right away instead of waiting for the 1/4 mile to go by. Now we were on historic 4118 - Pioneer Trail. And even though 4118 was on the map, we couldn't tell what direction we were going on it. Eventually, we crossed back over I-95 and ended up back on 44.
So we had to do it over again. Oh well - we weren't in a hurry.
We stopped to eat at Blackbeards in New Smyrna Beach
Table with artifacts embedded in plastic
This apparently is a place that the local silver haired community goes for lunch. The people who sat behind us were greeted by name and the waitress asked if they wanted their usual chicken salad or if they wanted to order something else. They also have early bird specials which go from 11:30 am to 6 pm on weekdays. I don't quite understand that.
I had the special (fried fish sandwich with a choice of fries, Manhattan fish soup or new england clam chowder and I picked the clam chowder) for $5.99
Fried Fish Special
and Bob had a hamburger.
Bob's hamburger
I also had a brulee cheesecake for dessert.
Brulee Cheesecake
We finally got to Ponce (which is a village, AND an inlet AND a lighthouse), and parked - then we realized that the entrance to the lighthouse was a little ways away.
Where we originally parked - Not the lighthouse
We started to walk over, but I thought that it was a National Monument/Historic place, and so Bob went back to get the car, thinking we could get it with the Golden Age Pass which I had left in the car.
Sign outside the museum
Bottom of the lighthouse from the parking lot
Sign on the entrance door - No Water, No Food, No Backpacks
I can understand prohibiting food inside the grounds, but I can't quite see why they prohibit water (and it was raining when we were there) unless they want you to buy the water that they have for sale.
The Ponce de Leon Inlet was called Mosquito Inlet when the lighthouse was built in 1887. Ponce de Leon Light Station was designated a historic landmark in 1998. It is open daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m in the winter, and can be climbed for an excellent view of the surrounding countryside
Well it turns out that the lighthouse belongs to the county and is a Historic Landmark, but not administered by the NPS. So it was $5 admission for each of us (no discount for seniors) and $1 for a stamp for my passport. In order to get to the museum, you have to pass through the gift shop. This building was built in 1992 from blueprints drawn in 1883 by the architect of our lighthouse for a keeper's dwelling planned for construction at this light station but never built. The restrooms, and research library are here also. The Gift Shop is building #1 of the 11 buildings here
Gift shop where we paid our admission
It was still raining a little, so I took some film pictures in addition to the digital ones that I took inside out of the rain.
Ponce Inlet lighthouse in the rain
The whole lighthouse is the tallest one in FL and is 175 feet tall. After you pass through the gift shop and pay your admission, the second step in the museum is #2-Woodshed and Outhouse- now the video theatre. In many lighthouse museums, you can see the video without paying to go into the grounds, but that is not the case here.
#2-Woodshed and Outhouse (and now the theatre)
"Wood for the fireplaces and stove of the Second Assistant Keeper's family was kept in this building. In the Video Theater now housed here, you can travel back in time through a twenty minute video program to meet Keeper John Lindquist who tells about the life and history of the Light Station, when it was still called Mosquito Inlet Light Station. Around on the northeast side of this building, you will find the Assistant Keeper's privy, restored as it was when it served as his family's restroom." When we went in, there was a cat lying on one of the benches. He appeared later in the video.
Lighthouse cat
The #3 item on the Lighthouse grounds list is the boatyard[. We didn't bother with it. The lighthouse webpage says:
Boats in the 'boatyard'
"This area is reserved for the display of historic vessels. Currently on display is the 46-foot F.D. Russell tug boat which sailed for many years in this area. The vessel was built in 1938 on a creek bank of the St. Mary's River by Captain Frank D. Russell, whose high school shop project was the beautiful ship's wheel. The curved bow stem is from a live oak tree he cut down in Turnbull Hammock and hewed out himself. The frame is oak with two inch cypress hull planking."
The #4 building on the tour list is the Second Assistant Keeper's House. Quite frankly, I'm not sure if the building pictured is the First Assistant's or the Second Assistant's House - All I can read on the sign is the word "Memorial"
One of the Keeper's Cottages/Museums
The lighthouse webpage says that the second assistant keeper's home is "one of the three original buildings which served as dwellings for the families of the Keeper and his two assistants. Later, it served as the first Town Hall for Ponce Inlet. Today, it is our Lighthouse Museum. Featuring artifacts, photographs, charts, early uniforms, and documents, it tells the story of the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse and its place in the history of Ponce Inlet."
Restoration of the Ponce Light
Diorama of building the Mosquito Inlet lighthouse
Model Original Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse from 1887
The #5 building is the Principal Keeper's house. The museum calls this building the Museum of the Sea. The exhibits include ship models, navigation instruments, pirates' treasure, marine biology, oceanography, exploration, whaling and deep-sea fishing. There was also a video tape, and there was a place for me to sit down inside.
Exhibits in the museum
Entrance to the Lighthouse Gallery
According to the website: "The Principal Keeper's kitchen today serves as a special exhibits and display area. His bedroom today serves as our Lens Workshop where visitors can see our staff restoring rare, historic lighthouse lenses and other lighthouse artifacts"
Finally at #6, we get to the Lighthouse. By this time I was too tired to climb it to see the wonderful view which I'm sure there would be from the top. Also it was raining, and I was a little afraid that if there was lightening, we'd be evacuated from the lighthouse.
Door of the Lighthouse
The website specifics are:
"With a brick foundation 12 feet deep and 45 feet wide, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse soars to 175 feet, one of the tallest brick lighthouses in the nation. The tower is 32 feet in diameter at the base and tapers to 12-1/2 feet at the top. The brick walls are 8 feet thick at the bottom and 2 feet thick at the top. One and a quarter million bricks were used to build the lighthouse, and the work took more than four years to complete. In the center of the Italian marble ground floor is the weight well, a standard feature of lighthouses, designed to catch items falling down the tower. Including the seven granite steps at the entrance to the Lighthouse, the iron, spiral staircase leads you 203 steps upwards to the lighthouse gallery (balcony)..."
Lighthouse in the rain
The Pump House is the #7 building - sort of an anticlimax after the lighthouse. Not much to see here.
Pump House
From the website: "Over a well dug in 1907, this building was constructed to house a water pump which was operated by a windmill built on a tower over the building. Water was pumped upwards to a 600 gallon cypress-wood water tank on the windmill tower. An electric generator was installed in 1925, bringing electricity to the Light Station. A year later, an electric water pump was also installed, and the windmill was taken down. Today, the well is still in use to supply water for the irrigation of our lawns"
#8 is the First Assistant Keeper's Dwelling which is restored and furnished as it would have been at the turn of the century (1900) It is named for Gladys Meyer Davis, whose father was the last civilian principal lightkeeper. She was born here and is/was a lifelong resident of Ponce Inlet.
Living room in the keeper's quarters
In the kitchen, at the rear of the house, can be seen the china cabinet which was part of the original furnishings of the house when it was completed in 1887. The table and chairs are from the Meyer family. Laundry was done in wash sheds at the rear of each dwelling.
#9 Generator/Radio Shack Building
Oil Storage House
Exhibits in the Generator building
"Originally a woodshed and privy for the First Assistant Keeper's family, two electrical generators, like the one still here, were installed in the woodshed room in 1940, when a radio beacon was established at this Light Station.
In 1943, the Coast Guard built the "Radio Shack" addition on the front of the woodshed to house a new radio room. Today, tools and equipment used by the Keepers and a collection of photographs of lighthouses from around the world are displayed here."
Number 10 on the list is the Ayres Davies Lens Exhibit Building This is a new building, built in 1995, and not one of the historic buildings on the site although it was designed to blend in with them.
Looking in the window at the lights
Inside is a collection of lighthouse lenses (and an explanation of what makes a lens a First Order, Second Order etc.) and exhibits explaining the history and technology of Lighthouse Illumination including the biography of Augstin-Jean Fresnel the French engineer who invented the Fresnel lens c 1822. (Fresnel is pronounced Freh-NELL (without the S))
Orders of lenses
History of lighthouse illumination
At the front is the story of the restoration of the lens that was used in the Ponce lighthouse from 1933 to 1970
First Order Fresnel Lens from Ponce Light
Details of the Ponce Light Lens
Cape Canaveral Light
Also on display is the First Order Fresnel lens that was used in the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse from 1868 to 1993.
Looking down on the Canaveral lens
Top of the Canaveral light
24" Rotating Spotlight
and in that building was a panoramic view of Ponce Inlet. I wanted to climb up a couple of stories to see the inlet, but I didn't have the energy. I took photos of the photos and that will have to do for me.
Museum photo of the inlet
Picture of the inlet from museum display
This inlet is now called Ponce de Leon Inlet (Ponce for short). It seems Mosquito Inlet does not resonate with developers. It is not a class A inlet, but I've been unable to find out what class inlet it is. The lighthouse publicity says it is 'feared' by mariners.
The USLHS Bell is listed at #11 on the lighthouse museum list of things
USLH Bell
From the museum website: "This 600-pound bronze bell was cast by the E.A. Williams Bell Founders, Jersey City, NJ, in 1911. Bells like this were used by the United States Lighthouse Service as fog signals at lighthouses and on lightships. This particular bell was mounted on a sea buoy at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, but sank in a storm soon afterwards. Recovered by the United States Coast Guard in 1987, it was donated to our Light Station.
We drove down A1A through Daytona, and got to the condo (Plantation Island) at about 4:15. They've had some damage from the hurricanes and not all of it is fixed yet. The parking lot is quite small - Bob joked that we would have to walk everywhere once we got a good parking place. It took two trips with the little luggage trolleys to get everything up to the room after it stopped raining.
It is cold and Bob has gotten out his new windbreaker that we got him, and he's also gotten out the sweater we got in Bermuda. There is heat in the unit, but it has obviously not been run before as it stinks.
This is about the same size as the New Orleans unit except there is a TV in the bedroom and a couple of bedside tables. We are in the high rise part which is 6 stories, and there is an elevator (since the hurricanes - only one of them works). There are laundry facilities - $1.50 for the washer and $1.50 for the dryer. There are two TVs. There isn't much storage space for clothing - a tiny closet and one chest in the bedroom, and a broom closet in the hall. The closet is about 1/3rd the size of the one in NOLA which means that there's no place to put the suitcases, let alone the coolers. There is a full kitchen which is quite compact. It seems like the units are pretty well soundproofed.
Beach in the rain
Our room looks out on the ocean and beach and one of the pools.
View from our window
The patio pool is heated (the ocean one is not). There are a lot of mirrors to make it look like there's more space.
Me reflected in the mirror - ocean behind me
We are on the 4th floor. Local calls are 25 cents and I am using dial-up. So I may just leave the computer on line. We'll see how they like that.
IHOP from the condo
We walked across A1A to the IHOP for dinner. The harried waitress said she could seat us but she was by herself and there was a soccer team having dinner so it might be awhile before we got served. There was one cook, and two busboys and that was all to wait on the whole place.
Eventually, I had 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon hash browns and 2 pieces of toast and Bob had French toast. We had hot tea, and the bill was
$15.40. He left the exact change on the register.
Bill for our meal
That was because the single waitress was seating people, taking orders, instructing the cook, taking the food and beverages out, totaling the checks and running the cash register. There were 8-12 tables all with multiple people that she was taking care of, and we left the money on the register because otherwise if we waited for her to ring us up, we might still be there.
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The industrial revolution 4.0 is shifting the balance from in-store to online selling for both retail and commercial businesses. There are several strong reasons why you should be tailoring the online model to work for your business. Especially if you're focused on equipment-driven rental and services. Along with increasing rental revenues, you can expand customer reach. You can uncover new opportunities. Furthermore, it also fits organically into the digital Marketplace. Which is becoming the first and only shopping place for millions of consumers and businesses.
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You'll attract customers from the start. By treating equipment rental as an online commodity. Much like retail, you're moving into the mindset of today's customer. They want the speed and ease that comes with an online, mobile shopping experience.
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Online shopping is one of the heartbeats for the Industrial Revolution 4.0. There's no reason why you can't look at equipment rental as a selling commodity. And put out your shopping basket.


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From machine shops to manufacturing plants, passenger cars to commercial trucks and everywhere in between, contamination control is a challenge that must be met in any application where lubricants are needed.
Contaminated lubricants can lead to long term damage to systems, greatly reducing their effective life. For a business, this can mean repairs, equipment replacement and unnecessary down time.
All of these things cost money and time. However, simple steps can be taken to control contamination and keep everything running smoothly.
Particle and Abrasive Contamination – It isn't uncommon for particles of dust or dirt can get into a lubricant in transit. These often microscopic particles can reduce the life of the lubricant and damage equipment. Once the lubricants are added to equipment, metal shavings, rust particles and other abrasives can lead to even further contamination and damage.
Water – Water can greatly reduce the life of a lubricant and cause damage to equipment. Water in load zones can lead to increased surface to surface contact and water in a lubricant sump can produce sludge. It can also lead to rust. Water can be broken down into three forms: dissolved, emulsified and free/pure. Emulsified water is the most damaging to a system.
Lubricant Mixing or Choosing the Wrong Lubricant – Mixing different types of lubricants together can result in compatibility issues between additives and cause long term damage. Choosing the wrong lubricant is also problematic, as each piece of equipment will require unique properties from a lubricant. It is particularly important to choose the correct viscosity, but having an incorrect additive package can also be a problem.
Now that we have some background about contamination, how do we prevent it? There are a number of ways to do so, ranging from simple procedure changes to complex remediation. Here are a few quick, easy ways to ensure lubricants stay cleaner, longer.
1.Store, transport and handle properly – It might seem simple but following proper storage protocol can go a long way towards preventing contamination. A lot of different particles can get into a lubricant before it even ends up in equipment if it isn't stored or handled correctly.
3.Testing, testing and more testing – You won't have any idea your system is contaminated unless you test regularly. Oil and lubricant analysis are a necessity to ensure everything is running as it should be. Choose the analysis program that is right for you, establish some sampling guidelines and get started.
4.Look at the whole picture – When trying to determine what is causing contamination, be sure to take all potential problems into account. You may have stored your lubricant properly, chosen the correct product and taken steps to prevent water infiltration, only to find out your lubricant is still contaminated. Be sure to check every part of your equipment. You may have antifreeze or another fluid leaking into your lubricant. You may have excessive water buildup somewhere you didn't think of. Check everything, and then check it again.
5.Clean and Filter – If you are switching to a new product, make sure to thoroughly clean out equipment. Even trace amounts of a lubricant left over after draining can cause contamination. It is also important to make sure any and all filters are clean so they are removing any particles they should. If possible, filter new lubricants as well.


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Eine Ionisationsröhre ist wesentlicher Bestandteil eines Luftionisators zur Ionisierung der Umgebungsluft und Bildung von freien Sauerstoffradikalen mit dem Ziel der Luftaufbereitung. Die Ionisationsröhre besteht aus einem zylindrischen Isolator in Form eines dünnen, nicht leitenden, einseitig geschlossenen Glaskolbens, in dessen Hohlraum sich eine hülsenförmige metallische Innenelektrode anlehnt und der außerhalb von einer hülsenförmigen metallischen Außenelektrode umschlossen wird. Durch Anlegen von Hochspannung zwischen 1,5 kV und 2,85 kV entstehen Koronaentladungen, die eine diffuse Elektronenemission an die Luft abgegeben.

Es gibt zahlreiche externe und interne Steuer- und Regelsysteme für Ionisationsgeräte mit Ionisationsröhren, die mit Betriebsspannung von 1,5–2,85 kV auf der Ionisationsröhre betrieben werden. Je nach Ionisationsröhrentyp wird hierbei eine sehr geringe Leistung von 1 bis 7 W benötigt. Der Übergang von einer Ionisationsröhre zu einer ozonbildenden Ionisationsröhre, typisch sind Betriebsspannungen über 3 kV, ist fließend und nur von der Höhe der Betriebsspannung, an der Röhre selbst, bestimmt.

Geschichte
Die erste Ozonröhre wurde 1857 durch Werner von Siemens entwickelt und diente der reinen Ozonerzeugung, um im großtechnischen Stil die Trinkwasserqualität in Städten sicherzustellen und somit Erkrankungen, durch verunreinigtes Trinkwasser, zu vermeiden.

Aufbau
Der klassische Aufbau einer Isolatorröhre, in Form einer Ionisationsröhre, bestand aus einem sehr dünnwandigen, einseitig geschlossenen Glaskolben zumeist aus Bergkristall oder Borosilikatglas, in dem sich innerhalb eine gelochte metallische Elektrode befand. Die angelegte Hochspannung gelangt vom Transformator über einen Gewindezapfen in der einseitigen Abschlusskappe des Glaskolbens und einem inneren Stehbolzen mit stirnseitigem Kontaktfederkranz zum inneren Lochblech, welches als Elektrode diente.
Die bei der auftretenden stillen elektrischen Entladung entstehenden Koronaren auf der Isolatorröhre leuchten leicht grün. Glaskolben und Abschlusskappe werden dauerhaft miteinander verklebt. Die Verklebung ergibt nach dem Aushärten eine Dichtlippe, die das Eindringen von Feuchtigkeit, Fett und Schmutz verhindert. Diese geschlossene und dichte Bauform minimiert die innere Oxidation aller Einbauteile und ermöglicht den langlebigen und kurzschlussfreien Dauerbetrieb, auch bei hoher Luftfeuchtigkeit. Herkömmliche Ionisationsröhren verloren im Dauerbetrieb bereits nach 10.000 Betriebsstunden an Ionisationsleistung, da die innere Elektrode aus reinem Aluminium war und rein physikalisch, als Opferanode, in Lösung ging. Auch die mit Edelgas gefüllte Isolatorröhren verlängerte die Dauerbetriebsleistung nicht wesentlich. Neuere Bauformen verwenden heute hochwertige Verbundstoffe, Edelstahl und spezielles Industrieglas.

Entwicklung
Der Hauptausfallgrund einer Ionisationsröhre ist der Glasbruch des dünnen Isolatorglaskolbens, der bereits bei kleinen Haarrissen zum elektrischen Kurzschluss führt. Verunreinigungen im Glas sind sehr selten, können jedoch auch zu einem punktuellen Durchschlag führen. Herkömmliche Quarzgläser als Isolatorglas altern in ihrer Struktur, welches in Folge der Weiterentwicklungen in der Glasindustrie durch ein modernes Industrieglas ersetzt wurde. Diese Industriegläser verfügen heute über ganz besondere elektrische Eigenschaften, wie diese im Rohrleitungsbau der Chemischen und Pharmazeutischen Industrie gefordert werden. Die Elektrische Leitfähigkeit dieser Glasrohre entspricht < 10−8 S/m, wobei der Spezifische Widerstand von 1·1016 bis 1021 Ω·mm2/m beträgt. Gleichzeitig werden Alterung, UV-Beständigkeit, Vergilbungen, Schlagfestigkeit, Haarrisse und die elektrische Durchschlagsgefahr von diesen modernen Seriengläsern sicher vermieden.

Bei den heutigen Ionisationsröhren wird als innere Elektrode zunehmend, statt einem reinen Aluminium-Lochblech, ein Verbundmetall aus Edelstahl und Aluminium mit 0,2 Millimetern Dicke verwendet und somit die Standzeit der Ionisationsröhre auf sichere 24.000 bis max. 48.000 Betriebsstunden verlängert.
Einige Hersteller verwenden statt eines Lochbleches aus Verbundmetall z. B. Borstenkontakte, Streckmetall, Spiraldraht, Metallfedern oder eine Silberbeschichtung, aufgebracht auf der Innenwand des Glaskolbens, als Innenelektrode.

Die äußere Elektrode um den Glaskolben, in Form einer Hülse, bestand anfangs aus einer starren Drahtmatte, die längsseitig als scharfkantige Naht punktgeschweißt wurde. Diese wurde im Laufe der Zeit durch ein langlebiges, unempfindliches, weiches Edelstahlgestrick ersetzt, welches wartungsfrei ist. Schmutzablagerungen, Verfettungen und Silikatbildungen im Drahtgeflecht, können bei Wartungsarbeiten leicht ausgewaschen werden. Die äußere Kathode kann selbst nach dem Defekt des Isolators weiter verwendet werden. Die spätere Entsorgung aller Metallteile kann ganz normal über den Metallhandel erfolgen.

Ionisationsröhren heutiger Bauart bestehen aus Materialien, die insgesamt der Armaturenklasse UL94 (IEC/DIN EN 60695-11-10 und 60695-11-20), dem strengen UL-Standard (USA) entsprechen und in der Schutzart IP54 eingebaut werden können.
Die im Inneren eingesetzten Werkstoffe aus Aluminium, Verbundmetallen und Edelstahl, sind ebenso Serienteile und entsprechen der DIN-Norm.

Die Abschlusskappe am Isolatorkolben ist ein Spritzgussteil aus Glasfaser verstärktem Polypropylen PP mit formstabilen und brandmindernden Eigenschaften. Der Anschluss-Gewindezapfen in der Abschlusskappe ist ein Edelstahl-Drehteil oder auch Stanzteil nach DIN-Norm, das in beliebiger Form und Dimension eingepasst werden kann. Je nach Hersteller variieren diese Anschlusszapfen und sind abhängig vom Bautyp des dazu passenden Ionisationsgerätes. Alle Gewindezapfen sind weitestgehend wartungsfrei.

Typen

Jede Ionisationsröhre definiert ihre Leistungsabgabe über die in ihr verwendeten Materialien und über die äußere Fläche der Korona auf dem Isolatorkolben im Bereich der äußeren Elektrode. Verschiedene Längen werden unter verschiedenen Typenbezeichnungen definiert. Ein weiterer Aspekt, ist der Durchmesser des Isolatorkolbens und dessen minimale Wandstärke. Ein dritter Aspekt sind unterschiedliche Gewindezapfen in der Abschlusskappe der Ionisationsröhre, die je nach Hersteller metrisch M5 oder M6 sein können.

Ionisationsröhren mit lediglich einer Abschlusskappe und einseitig geschlossenem Glaskolben verfügen über einen Anodenanschluss und benötigen eine lose Kathodenklemme. Ionisationsbipolröhren mit zwei Abschlusskappen an einem Stück Glasrohr, werden beidseitig gelagert und verfügen sowohl über einen Anodenanschluss als auch über einen Kathodenanschluss.

Lebensdauer

Die Lebensdauer der Ionisationsröhre hängt im Wesentlichen vom Handling bzw. Transport der gesamten Ionisationsröhre und im Besonderen des Glaskolbens vor dem eigentlichen Einbau ab, da es zu Haarrissen oder Schmutzablagerungen kommen kann. Luftfeuchtigkeit, Fettablagerung und Schmutzablagerung auf der Ionisationsröhre, verursachen oftmals ungewollt Kriechströme bis in das Ionisationsgerät und zerstören die Ionisationstechnik. Es kommt ebenso zum Kurzschluss im Hochspannungstrafo. Diese Kriechströme hinterlassen sichtbare Brandspuren (wie ein Blitz) an der Abschlusskappe der Ionisationsröhre, am Ionisationsgerät bzw. im Transformator. Während des elektrischen Dauerbetriebs wirken Schwingungen an der Ionisationsröhre durch Luftströmung ein.

Normen
DIN EN 61010 Sicherheitsbestimmungen für elektrische Mess-, Steuer-, Regel- und Laborgeräte
 Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen - (IEC 61010-1:2010 + Cor.:2011); Deutsche Fassung EN 61010-1:2010

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Klimatechnik
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Having a rustic design this rural cottage near of Santo Adriano, would not dazzled you, but you will be satisfied if you are looking for somewhere to stay without great luxury. All rooms include services like telephone and full bathroom. Ideal place for enjoying a destination in an economical way. This hotel offers a wide variety of possibilities for practising outdoor activities. Ideal place for enjoying the regional cuisine and the local festivals.


When you wander down Adelaide's streets and through its laneways you'll come across many old buildings that have now changed hands. The signs remain long after the businesses have vacated. This Gerard & Goodman factory is one such place, revealing a peak back into Adelaide's history.
This corner of Adelaide was a Mecca for electronics enthusiasts in Adelaide in the 70's. Gerard & Goodmans catered for larger corporate buyers, while Mack's electronics a few doors down sold individual components such as transistors and resistors to the more thrifty minded.
For used equipment such as military surplus radios and other components, these old time geeks would scour Robby's Electronics on Long St Port Adelaide, or Louis Cann's on the Parade in Norwood.
Yep, I bought many bits and pieces to build my radios and other electronics projects. Remember Thodays? They were the days.


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Recently I've been getting all my junk together for college. (Yeah, I'm still in high school) I wanna work in animation some day, so I want to go to art college. I've been doing my portfolio for the last year or so. It's a real pain in the neck. I really want to get to SVA (or my far-fetched "reach" school CalArts) but I'm not sure if I'll be good enough. So when I was taking a break from RPG World last month I spent most of the time getting stuff together. And my portfolio is pretty okay thus far. I'm just a little scared.
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Elizabeth Lev's experience studying and teaching art has led her to believe that when we encounter something beautiful, we are made vulnerable and opened to the truth.
Art historian Elizabeth Lev became captivated by Rome while completing her graduate studies. She writes and lectures on Renaissance art in the Eternal City, but is most at home in the Vatican Museums, founded in the 16th century to house the trove of art amassed by centuries of Popes. She has spent 15 years studying the vast collection, which contain not only Christian-themed works but art from virtually every other culture in the world. She consults with the Vatican Museums and wrote the film Vatican Treasures. She also wrote A Body for Glory, examining how the papal collection of Greco-Roman nudes grew into the Sistine Chapel.


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The Autostadt is presenting the 17th edition of the Movimentos Festival from 19 July to 25 August 2019. Five international dance companies will be performing nine different choreographies, including one world premiere, a European premiere, and six German premieres. Audiences can also look forward to seeing young dancers from the Movimentos Academy performing four different choreographies.
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Report: Islamic State Morality Police Torture 10-Year-Old Girl to Death
The UK Daily Mail relates a tale of Islamic State depravity from Russian news sources, in which a 10-year-old Iraqi girl living in occupied Mosul was tortured to death with Iron Fangs in front of her mother for the crime of going outside without an escort.
The little girl, whose name was Faten, was confronted by a squad of women working as hisbah (morality police) for the Islamic State's all-woman Al-Khansaa Brigade while she was helping to clean her house and accidentally stepped outside.
The enforcers reportedly pronounced this a transgression of Islamic law and told her mother the penalty would be suffering a certain number of "bites" and asked if she wanted to endure the punishment on behalf of her child.
The mother declined this offer and let her daughter take the punishment, at which point the Al-Khansaa brigadiers whipped out a medieval torture device shaped like a set of iron fangs and went to work on little Faten. The girl ultimately bled to death from the wounds inflicted by the knife-like "teeth" of the torture implement.
This and other horror stories of life under the Islamic State in Mosul came from a woman who fled the city and spoke to Russian propaganda outlet Sputnik News. According to Sputnik, she claimed to know of at least two young girls killed with the iron fangs. She also spoke of the morality policy whipping women in the streets for failing to wear the mandatory full-body covering. According to the escapee, at least one woman died after taking 30 lashes for such an offense.
This single-source account of lurid depravity echoes reports of similar torture using a device referred to by other sources as a "biter." As early as 2014, reports surfaced of the hisbah "causing severe pain and wounds [which] may lead women in some cases to be transported to the hospital" with the biter apparatus.
In December 2015, a similar story to Faten's surfaced of the morality police killing a woman for breastfeeding in public with the torture device. Previous accounts have also pointed to the role of the Al-Khansaa Brigade in enforcing sharia law against women living under Islamic State occupation. Some of those accounts specifically referred to the use of the "biter" torture device against women, for such offenses as breastfeeding in public.
Escapees have also smuggled video of the hisbah attacking from the Islamic State's Syrian capital of Raqqa, in which they are seen enforcing the strict requirements for women's clothing, among other things.
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TopDevz Named Most Disruptive Tech Company of the Year
February 20, 2020 at 06:58 AM EST
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TopDevz, one of America's fastest-growing software development companies, today announced that it has been highlighted as one of the "Most Disruptive Tech Companies of the Year 2019" by IndustryWired Magazine.
Those included on the distinguished list of the Most Disruptive Tech Companies earn a spot by generating revolutionary products that have a significant impact on daily life. TopDevz has excelled in 2019 by offering software solutions designed by elite-level developers, designers, project managers and QA testers in the United States and Canada. TopDevz has excelled in the design of its own suite of products developed specifically for software development initiatives, from recruiting technologies to day-to-day operations management.
Ashkan Rajaee, Founder and CEO of TopDevz, is thrilled about the achievement and credits of his amazing team. "I think the single, most influential factor in our business' success is the willingness and ability of my team: the team's eagerness to take on different roles and projects and really putting in an effort to make that role and project a success. Our team is dedicated to developing the best technology for our customers."
IndustryWired Magazine, a brand of Stravium Intelligence, covers innovative technology companies who are on the cutting edge of reshaping our world. The issue highlights companies' unique value propositions and emphasizes the executives who have worked diligently, making their disruptive technology impossible to ignore. IndustryWired magazine is a dependable resource that provides insights, analytics, and opinions from business leaders, C-suites, founders, and entrepreneurs.
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LOUIS VAN GAAL has warned his Manchester United stars he will not change a winning team.
The United manager will again leave about £180million worth of talent on the sidelines today (Sat) because he wants to keep faith with the players who produced back-to-back wins over Tottenham and Liverpool.
It means record buy Angel Di Maria, Radamel Falcao, Luke Shaw, Marcos Rojo and Adnan Januzaj will have to be content with a place on the bench for the home clash with Aston Villa, while Robin van Persie has not been rushed back into the squad even though he is fit again following an ankle injury.
After a season of chopping and changing personnel and formations, Van Gaal believes he has finally found a team with what he calls "the right balance" - and is now loathe to change it.
He said: "Of course when you play the way we did at Anfield then, as a coach, you are not willingly looking to change your team. I'm always analysing the data, the quality of our opponents and then, with my staff, I make a decision on the line up.
"But there is an English expression I believe that you never change a winning team and that's true."
Rejuvenated Marouane Fellani is one of the players Van Gaal says he simply cannot leave out because of his recent performances.
Fellaini has resurrected his United career with impressive displays in the last two games and continued his good form during the international break with three goals in two games for Belgium.
Fellaini endured a dismal debut season at Old Trafford following his £27.5m move form Everton but Van Gaal says he is not surprised that David Moyes' much-maligned first signing during his ill-fated 10 months in charge at Old Trafford has emerged as a key figure in United's chase for a top four place.
"I had heard a lot of stories about him," said Van Gaal. "But from the first training session he did what I asked. He was open and he wants to perform so I am not surprised [at his form].
"He had an unlucky time earlier this season because he was injured and then ill but when he has been fit he has always played for me because I was looking for a balance and he can give a lot of balance.
"When he plays as he is doing now I cannot change him."
Van Gaal may have to make one change today if Chris Smalling fails to recover from the sickness bug that forced him to be substituted during England's friendly in Italy on Tuesday.
Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood, meanwhile, is aiming to make it back-to-back wins at Old Trafford today as he comes face to face with the man he claims was "earmarked" to succeed him at Tottenham.
Sherwood insists his relegation-threatened Villa team are capable of springing a surprise against a United side aiming to cement their top-four ambitions - and says he will take encouragement from the 2-1 triumph he masterminded on their opponents' territory with Spurs in January 2014.
Sherwood admits it was pace and a counter-attacking threat that worked for him against United, then managed by Moyes and said: "They are beatable, they have only lost two games at home all season, they have a terrific record at Old Trafford but every team can beat anyone in this division."


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What Makes a City First-Tier?
It's often more a matter of perception than a rigid set of criteria.
by Michelle Russell
"Cityscape," illustrated by Brian Whelan.
There is probably no other question that we've been asked more often at Convene than what's the methodology behind the first-, second-, and third-tier city designations."It's a topic," agreed Terri Roberts, DMAI empowerMINT's director of training and communications, "that fascinates and confuses many planners."
Over the years, we've asked meeting industry leaders about the classifications (in a cover story from four years ago, for example), and all agree that it's more a matter of perception than a rigid set of criteria. So late last year, we asked meeting professionals to share those perceptions and tell us how they size up cities for their meetings.
The top attribute necessary for planners to consider a city a first-tier destination is air access, according to our 300 or so survey respondents — almost 70 percent said this is a first-tier city's calling card. Nineteen percent said ample air access was necessary for a destination to be considered a second-tier city.
The attribute that came in second for first-tier destinations is hotel inventory — including major hotel brands. It was more important that second-tier cities, however, offer abundant dining, entertainment, and local attractions than hotel stock.
Surprisingly, a quarter of planners said it made no difference if they held their largest annual meeting in a first-, second-, or third-tier destination. Thirty-two percent consider only first-tier destinations, 6 percent will go only to second-tier destinations, and for 34 percent, third-tier destinations are off the table.
To see the full list of attributes and rankings for first-, second-, and third-tier cities, take a look at this blog post from DMAI's empowerMINT, which sponsors our quarterly surveys.
Hungry for more? Email me at mrussell@pcma.org for more detailed results. Better yet, listen to one of the smartest minds in the business, Christine "Shimo" Shimasaki, CDME, CMP, present a complimentary webinar on the topic on June 18. She'll be drawing from the results of the survey — and no doubt asking you to join in the conversation.
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Michelle Russell is editor in chief of Convene.


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As a veteran producer of over 35 years, Lannie understands the competitive market place within the industry and meets the high demand for innovation and authenticity. He earned his degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, majoring in Music Arranging, Composition & Film with piano as his primary instrument.
Through his career, he has spear-headed the production, composition, and arrangements of over seventy albums spanning sixteen genres, including three of his own Latin Jazz Albums. His original arrangements are known for their powerful fusion of popular mainstream Jazz with the style of authentic, Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz, a unique combination that trademarks each composition as his own.
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Breaking Investigation: Queen's Pigeons Die in Smash Death Race
PETA US has exposed the suffering and deaths of thousands of birds at the gruelling South African Million Dollar Pigeon Race (SAMDPR). The undercover exposé shows that in 2020, only 44 of the 373 pigeons sent to South Africa by British fanciers – including the Queen – survived.
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Young Birds (and Germs) Sent From All Over the World
Pigeons from 36 countries are sent to compete in the SAMPDR, in which the vast majority of them will die. Baby birds as young as 4 weeks old are quarantined for a month in their own countries before being airfreighted to South Africa in cramped crates. When they arrive at their destination, these stressed birds from all corners of the world are quarantined again. As they're all housed together in the same loft, it's easy for them to transmit pathogens to one another as well as to wild and farmed birds. These pathogens include viruses that can infect humans, such as those that cause avian flu and Newcastle disease, which also poses a catastrophic threat to birds in the meat and egg industries.
More than 1,000 pigeons who were quarantined together, died before training and racing had even begun.
The managing director of the SAMDPR admitted that at the 2020 race, "We had a terrible virus that decimated our loft." And the head trainer said that up to 1,200 pigeons perished in quarantine: "[Y]ou can do nothing. You go with a bag in. You take them. You throw them in the dustbin."
All eight birds sent by the Queen to participate in the SAMDPR in 2020 died during the quarantine period in South Africa.
Massacres Masquerading as 'Sport'
Pigeons who survive quarantine are forced to participate in daily training flights and races under the blazing South African sun. These flights become progressively longer and harder, building up to the main race. Many die en route and never make it back to the loft.
Some birds become disorientated or succumb to the exertion and the sweltering conditions and endure a slow death from exhaustion, dehydration, or starvation.
Others hit power lines or are attacked by predators.
On average, only 22% of the birds entered into the competition survive to the end of the final race. Pigeon fanciers have a term for this kind of event – they call it a "slaughter race". In 2020, the organisers made a last-minute decision to extend the race to over 370 miles, despite forecasts of extremely high temperatures, and only three birds in the championship race managed to return to the home loft on the day of release.
In the pigeon-racing industry, if birds don't rank well in races and aren't selected for breeding, breeders break their necks. Hundreds of thousands of birds who don't make the grade are killed this way every year. One pigeon fancier told the PETA US investigator, "If you can't kill a pigeon, you will never be a pigeon fancier and you will never become a top pigeon fancier. If you can't wake up in the morning saying, 'What pigeon am I going to kill this morning?' you will never be a top [pigeon fancier]."
The 'Winners' Lose, Too
The "winning" birds who make it to the end of the race are auctioned off to become what the industry calls "prisoners". They'll be bred repeatedly in pigeon-breeding mills – often inbred with their own offspring and siblings. The Queen also keeps "prisoners" and auctions them off to other breeders.
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These birds are never allowed to fly out of the loft and are killed as soon as they stop producing "good" offspring. The poet William Blake wrote of the cruelty of this captivity:
A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons
Shudders Hell thr' all its regions
The Queen Is Patronising This Cruelty
The Queen has long been a pigeon fancier and a patron of many UK pigeon-racing associations, and she has around 200 pigeons in her loft at the Sandringham Estate.
The Royal Loft sends six or eight birds to the SAMDPR every year. Out of the 42 birds sent in the last six years, just 23 survived quarantine and only five finished the competition alive.
The Queen's birds are also entered into other extremely cruel races in the UK and Europe. One race from France to the lofts at Sandringham is around 680 miles long. These races include a harrowing portion in which the birds must fly over the English Channel – known as the "graveyard" because deaths are so commonplace.
Pigeons flying over the channel are forced to fly low over the water to avoid strong headwinds, and many are struck by waves or, exhausted and disorientated, try to land on the water and drown. The Queen's birds will also be entered into the next edition of the Barcelona International One Loft Race, a 795-mile "ultramarathon" in which they'll have to cross the Channel in the last 100 miles.
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At the SAMDPR, pigeon racers gamble extensively and apparently illegally on the preliminary races and the main race. Participants have also admitted to alleged tax evasion, money laundering, and violating exchange-control rules. The winner of the 2011 race stated that the pigeon trade is "better than diamonds" for evading authorities when moving money between countries.
PETA US is submitting legal complaints about these alleged financial crimes. Its previous exposés of illegal gambling on pigeon races in the US and Taiwan resulted in criminal charges for 242 organisers and racers.
The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, plans to enter the SAMDPR in the future and potentially host his own pigeon race. He is building a loft and has bought pigeons to breed. He wants to keep this hidden from the media, according to his loft manager, who told PETA US, "[L]ots of things I do on the phone … are under the radar. Because we don't want to be in the newspaper – 'The president buy[s] a dove for a million rand …. He don't feed the poor and now he buys a dove for a million rand.' … Ya, none of the things he buys can go under his name."
Call on the Queen to end her involvement in this cruel "sport"! Ask Her Majesty to end her involvement in pigeon racing and to convert her Sandringham loft from a pigeon-breeding mill into a sanctuary for lost, injured, and unwanted pigeons.


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at November 8, 2010 6:54 am .
The season finale of Eastbound & Down was the best episode of the season.
Why? Because Kenny Powers was back in America. The idea of Kenny Powers works best when he' dropped into the middle of American suburbia, where people are disgusted and offended by his behavior. The charm of the show, the allure of series, is the duck out of water syndrome, eloquently captured by Danny McBride.
While Mexico served its purpose, I felt the Kenny Powers' soul-searching storyline really began to wear thin after about five episodes.
All season, we watched the Kenny we know and love to hate offend and degrade people that we didn't know or care about. What made the first season so successful were the supporting characters, the normality of the town in which they resided, the cookie cutter lives they lived.
Kenny was a thorn in their side, not only upsetting their apple cart, but destroying it with his arsenal of obscenities.
In the season finale, that cast was back and it was great to see them. It was wonderful to see Kenny's family, his friends, and most of all, April. While we guessed it was Kenny's baby pretty much from the start, the show didn't drag out the reveal.
They gave it up right at the end of the episode, when they could have waited until next season. It took all season for Eastbound & Down to get its groove back, but I am finally starting to feel like the series might be back in the majors again soon.
We'll leave you with a trio of Kenny Powerisms from the finale:
Kenny: It's better to be strangled by a necklace of Mexicans than to be strangled by no one. | permalink
Kenny: Down there I fought and f**ked my way to being the greatest gringo that country has ever seen. | permalink
Kenny: Chapter Nothing: The F**king Epilogue. | permalink
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Down there I fought and fucked my way to being the greatest gringo that country has ever seen.
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package org.opencb.opencga.catalog.db.mongodb;

import org.junit.Test;
import org.opencb.commons.datastore.core.QueryOptions;
import org.opencb.commons.datastore.core.QueryResult;
import org.opencb.opencga.catalog.exceptions.CatalogDBException;
import org.opencb.opencga.catalog.models.DiseasePanel;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Collections;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

/**
 * Created by pfurio on 01/06/16.
 */
public class CatalogMongoPanelDBAdaptorTest extends CatalogMongoDBAdaptorTest {

    @Test
    public void createPanel() throws CatalogDBException {
        long studyId = user3.getProjects().get(0).getStudies().get(0).getId();

        DiseasePanel diseasePanel = new DiseasePanel(-1, "panel1", "cancer", ".....", Arrays.asList("BRCA2","PEPE","JUAN","RET"),
                Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList(), new DiseasePanel.PanelStatus());

        QueryResult<DiseasePanel> panel = catalogPanelDBAdaptor.insert(diseasePanel, studyId, new QueryOptions());
        assertEquals(1, panel.getNumResults());
    }

    @Test
    public void getPanel() throws CatalogDBException {
        long studyId = user3.getProjects().get(0).getStudies().get(0).getId();
        DiseasePanel diseasePanel = new DiseasePanel(-1, "panel1", "cancer", ".....", Arrays.asList("BRCA2,PEPE,JUAN,RET"),
                Collections.emptyList(), Collections.emptyList(), new DiseasePanel.PanelStatus());
        QueryResult<DiseasePanel> panel = catalogPanelDBAdaptor.insert(diseasePanel, studyId, new QueryOptions());

        QueryResult<DiseasePanel> panel1 = catalogPanelDBAdaptor.get(panel.first().getId(), new QueryOptions());
        assertEquals(1, panel1.getNumResults());
    }
}