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Friday, 31 December 2010

Old and New

Posted on 21:29 by andrew symond

Elberon, Iowa's Main Street features this building - housing a once typical old time general store that is no longer in use. Today the building is enhanced with a cell tower in its backyard. This wood framed building was probably built before telephones came through Elberon. Now modern day cell reception is the talk of the town. Know that.
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Thursday, 30 December 2010

Sunset Near Keystone, Iowa

Posted on 18:06 by andrew symond



Two days ago the three day old snow cover made for interesting photography near 42N's Keystone, Iowa. On December 28th within 30 minutes of local sunset the sky conditions changed so much between sun angle and cloud cover as evident in these 42N team photos of farmland. This particular area of the country is largely used for grain production and livestock feedlots. Many farmhouses and barns can be dated to the beginning of the last century. Silos at these farms often date to the mid-1900s. Windmills like those seen in the last photo are quickly fading from the landscape after years of neglect following rural electrification in the late 1940s which made water pumping easier than wind powered pumping. Know that.
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Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Cardinal Alignment on Main Street Elberon, Iowa

Posted on 11:38 by andrew symond

42N's Elberon, Iowa is laid out on a cardinal point grid. Elberon's main roads align north-south and east-west like so many Midwestern towns. This photo looks south along Main Street and includes the United Methodist Church. At this time of year the sun sets around 4:30 PM and creates long shadows across the landscape and compass point orientated roads. Following any of these town roads or country dirt roads will eventually get you to paved highways which in turn lead to more signs indicating your position on the map - a paved GPS system built years ago before geo-positioning, satellite-based technology was even a concept. Know that.
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Monday, 27 December 2010

Christmas Lights in Motion

Posted on 22:01 by andrew symond

Got a Christmas tree with lights? Got a shutter controllable camera? Got 15 seconds? Set up and zoom in while the 15-second exposure is underway. Here's what you can get - a highly overexposed image of white lights reflecting off red garland and red ornaments, against the green tree. Pure seasonal motion while travelling at warp 6. Know that.
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Sunday, 26 December 2010

Paul McCartney's British Invasion Concludes On Sirius XM Radio...For the Moment

Posted on 22:32 by andrew symond

For past month Sirius XM Radio has broadcast McCartney Radio to celebrate the 20 millionth satellite radio subscriber. The Paul McCartney Band performed at the historic Apollo Theater in NYC on December 13th with a live broadcast to celebrate the re-issue of his Band on the Run album, the 75th anniversary of the Apollo Theater and the 20 millionth subscriber. The month long commercial free channel featured a vast array of McCartney catalog material and interviews. McCartney's appearance on Sirius XM is a part of the station's limited run, artist branded broadcasting.

For those who follow the ex-Beatle its another way to connect with the groundbreaking musical force from all those years ago. And as for the concert - read the review here and watch a few videos. The complete 2 hour long concert (in mp3 format) is available from various sites on the Internet. McCartney's performance included a wide selection of old and new songs and was both gear and fab - complete with microphone failure and restarts.

Magical Mystery Tour, Jet, Drive My Car, All My Loving, One After 909, Let Me Roll It, Long and Winding Road, Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five, Maybe I’m Amazed (restart), Blackbird, I’m Looking Through You, And I Love Her, Petrushka, Dance Tonight, Eleanor Rigby, Hitch Hike (multiple restarts), Band On The Run, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da, Back In The USSR, A Day In The Life; Give Peace A Chance, Let it Be, Hey Jude

Encore: Wonderful Christmastime, I Saw Her Standing There, Get Back,


Encore 2: Yesterday, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise), Carry That Weight, The End

Live radio - you can't beat it. Know that.
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No Picnic Today At Wapsipinicon State Park

Posted on 17:52 by andrew symond



Blue skies finally returned to Iowa after two days of gray and snow. In 42N's eastern Iowa the storm dumped up to 8 inches of snow. Here at the Wapsipinicon State Park near Anamosa, Iowa the Christmas Eve snow covered the picnic area making outdoor eating cumbersome - in fact no one was using the tables or grills. Today snowboarders and sledders made use of the park's hilly golf course.

This park is one of Iowa's oldest state parks (dedicated in 1923) and features caves and cliffs made of sandstone and limestone. Dutch Creek (above) flows through the park and into the Wapsi River. Fishing is good where the two meet - so I am told - since I haven't caught any fish there to date but have lost tackle. Know that.
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Friday, 24 December 2010

Snowy Christmas Eve in 42N Country

Posted on 15:40 by andrew symond



Seven inches of snow fell today ensuring a white and merry Christmas...and more shoveling close to guest time.
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Monday, 20 December 2010

Cobra Gunship Hovers in Honor Over Ryan, Iowa

Posted on 20:53 by andrew symond


In 2004 the 42N town of Ryan, Iowa received a Cobra Gunship via local VFW 6637 - Manchester and the US Department of Defense. Today the impressive static display can be seen as part of an all military branches memorial near the center of town. Some of these US Army airships served in Vietnam and in the more recent conflicts before being replaced by the Apache helicopter. US Marines however still utilize a variation of the two engine Cobra gunship fitted with modern avionics and weapon systems. An inscription located at the apex of the memorial park in Ryan reads, 'Freedom is not free.' Know that.
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Sunday, 19 December 2010

Truth or Consequences' Hubert C Smith - An Unexpected Christmas Radio Classic

Posted on 18:09 by andrew symond
Today Sirius/XM's Radio Classics channel ran the December 20, 1947 broadcast of Truth or Consequences radio program featuring Hubert C. Smith, a paralyzed U.S. Navy veteran who was recovering at the Long Beach Naval Hospital in California at the time of the live broadcast near Christmas.

Radio's Truth or Consequences set up a minor technical extravaganza complete with links between the radio studio and live audience, the Long Beach Hospital where Hubert was a patient, and many of his hometown friends in Greeneville, Tennessee. This was a multi-location, live broadcast which ran flawlessly during the show's time constraints and advertising breaks - with Hubert's comments being unscripted.

Show host, Ralph Edwards picked out Hubert to answer a question in the format of Truth or Consequences. This was the means to secretly involve Hubert in a radio reunion with friends and family in Tennessee including teachers, store owners and clergy. As a surprise to Hubert (who preferred to be called H.C.) and the audience, he was reunited with his parents and girlfriend, Lyla as they appeared at the hospital on-air. Edwards guided the show to a close and thanked H.C., the various on-air participants and the radio engineers and production staff who must have spent an incredible amount of time to pull off this broadcast.

Radio Classics host, Greg Bell commented after the airing today that so many people have asked about the outcome of Hubert and Lyla. Greg reported that Hubert left the hospital paralyzed, he went to college, bought a farm and eventually married Lyla. H.C. died in 2006. He left an endowment to Greeneville's Tusculum College for scholarships:

"THE HUBERT C. SMITH, JR. '53 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUND was established in 2008 through the estate of Hubert C. Smith, Jr. '53. Mr. Smith was a lifelong supporter of his Alma Mater, which he attended after serving in the U.S. Navy and suffering a serious injury that limited his mobility for the remainder of his life. However, that injury did not hinder him from having an active life and operating a successful farm. Scholarship preference will be given to able and deserving students."

Today was the first time that I ever heard this particular broadcast, let alone even knew of the storyline. While the show's dialogue and music seem a bit sugary by current standards, this broadcast is worthy of any Christmas classic collection. The Hubert C. Smith episode can be purchased on CD as part of various old time radio broadcasts or heard seasonally on Sirius/XM and other radio stations. Search for it - you will not be disappointed. Know that.

12/10/2011 UPDATE: Here is a link to the Truth or Consequences Hubert C. Smith radio broadcast and a 1988 interview with him. Have fun.
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Friday, 17 December 2010

Lovely Time of Year on Earth and ...Mars

Posted on 19:02 by andrew symond

Following any snowfall in 42N country is the aftermath of frozen water cleanup. Included in the plowing is a brown colored snow formed from a combination of snow removal chemicals and who knows what from auto traffic. Here on Blairs Ferry Road in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is a glimpse of the recent five inch snow fall and lunch time traffic. Pretty appealing right? Well its not our best look for the year.

At the lower right in the photo is a sign for the El Kahir Shriner's building. That organization helps sick kids at hospitals through their money raising fez events within our community. I am told that El-Kahir is Arabic for... Mars. Hmm. Know that.
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Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Government of Canada at Quaker Oats

Posted on 17:36 by andrew symond

The Quaker Oats plant in 42N's Cedar Rapids, Iowa is one of the world's largest cereal production facilities. On some days throughout the city of five seasons you can smell which cereal is being made - some say Cedar Rapids is the city of five smells. Anyways, behind the plant are railroad tracks which deliver raw material to Quaker for processing. On this day the Government of Canada's railroad freight car was in position for unloading. Many rail cars left in accessible areas display artwork of graffiti painters - some good and others pure crap. Too bad these artists can't direct their talent towards something positive like updating the 1970s-ish logo of grain haulers for the Canadian Pacific Railway. Know that.
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Monday, 13 December 2010

Orange Crush at the Blue Room Lounge

Posted on 21:27 by andrew symond

42N country has it all. Here in Cedar Falls, Iowa - on Main Street no less, you can relax from holiday shopping and driveway shoveling at the Blue Room Lounge. What to have? Hmm how about mixing something orange and blue together?  That will make a brownish color liquid. Lovely. Know that.
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Friday, 10 December 2010

A Calm Late Fall in Manchester, Iowa

Posted on 14:47 by andrew symond

Snow is already on the ground in 42N country and more is on the way tomorrow (a blizzard watch is in effect.) However during a time when no snow was around last month near Manchester, Iowa was this scene of leafless trees and calm waters. Looks cold - it was. Know that.
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Imagine: John Lennon 1940 - 1980

Posted on 19:48 by andrew symond
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Tuesday, 7 December 2010

Remembering Pearl Harbor and the Iowa Class Battleships

Posted on 13:06 by andrew symond

Photograph at left is from the DoD photo by: PH1HILTON Date Shot: 15 Aug 1984 http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/Defens

Today is the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii. The USS Arizona was sunk at the harbor and lies there today as a monument to the attack, and to the those who fought Japanese imperialism. A few yards from the ship's wreckage is the floating museum of the USS Missouri, the battleship where the Japanese later signed cease fire documents in 1945 at Toyko Bay. In essence the beginning and the end of the World War II in the Pacific theater is enshrined at Pearl Harbor.

The USS Missouri is an Iowa-class battleship, and part of a group of six fast attack battleships - Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois and Kentucky. The first ship built of that class was the USS Iowa which served both theaters of war, the Korean War, and later conflicts through the 1980s. It currently lies in Suisun Bay in California as part of the decommissioned ghost fleet, awaiting being made into a museum or another fate. Find the USS Iowa and other decommisioned ships at this map link. Know that.
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Saturday, 4 December 2010

Gettysburg Battlefield Boulder in Lisbon, Iowa

Posted on 09:35 by andrew symond


Its hard to believe that not everything in the world lies on the 42 North parallel. However within just a few degrees either way of the famous latitude there are actually more interesting people, things and places.

Located in nearby Lisbon, Iowa (41.92 N, 91.39 W) is something from half a country away. In 1916 the Womans Relief Corps obtained a large boulder from the Gettysburg, PA (39.83N, 77.23 W) battlefield and had it moved to eastern Iowa's Lisbon Cemetery. The apx. five foot tall boulder is sheltered from the elements and contains a bronze plaque. The battlefield remnant is made of the same rocky material as the current day stone walls found around the historic battlefield. At the base of this stone are bronze markers with the names of America's wars.

Just a few feet away is this concrete triangular base. I suspect it held 10 canon balls like those found at many military displays. Either that or its a buried golf ball from Dwight Eisenhower who maintained a house adjacent to the battlefield and was known to play much golf after serving as President. Know that.
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Friday, 3 December 2010

Iowa's Temporary Mountains of Corn

Posted on 08:35 by andrew symond

What happens to the corn harvest when it is too plentiful for local storage capacity? Grain goes old school - on the ground.

In 42N country there are a variety of open air, temporary storage areas for corn and soybeans used during the harvest season. In this case the temporary storage area is a concrete floor and wall structure located in Manchester, Iowa. Skid loaders or tractor powered augers later move the harvest to grain transportation semi-trucks for further distribution.

One important development lately is a expandable, tent-like structure used by grain elevators to cover large grain heaps during harvest. The cover keeps the grain dust down, the elements and critters out, thus preserving the product for later sale. Know that.
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