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Persistent the Favor


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Sunday "Radio Spike" showed up at the Eddystone "ready to play"

We risked asbestos based lung cancer together, (lol)

while trying to help a "Excellent Man" change careers, and start a new life.

He even did me a favor and snapped a few excellent shots of "The Hideous American." (thx)

This was the only photo I had time to grab of him
I hope he can use this…

C.C.

‘Persistent the Favor’ On Black
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Please see the color translation next door & tell me what you reckon.

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Chance Asbestos


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JGTexture_Asbestos Fence


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2009 Referring Attorney Retreat (1788)


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Randolph Minor Hall


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Ancient Randolph Minor Hall after asbestos abatement – ready to get torn down

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Hayden Flour Mill, meet the prospect


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The 135-year ancient Hayden Flour Mill is on the right, and has been empty for seven years. Two of the new condos going up in downtown Tempe are pictured on the left, representing the clash between ancient and new that is going on in Tempe today. The picture was taken from the north side of "A" Mountain, next to the Arizona State University and Tempe Town Lake.

From www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/1020mill20.html :

As Tempe’s bigwigs broke ground on yet another sleek lakeside high-rise Wednesday, across the street one of the city’s most recognizable buildings remains empty. There’s no question the stark white silos of the Hayden Flour Mill are an area icon. They’re the downtown district’s namesake, a historical landmark, an archeological site. City leaders call the mill the linchpin of development in a blooming urban center because of its location between the Town Lake and Mill Avenue. But the city-owned mill has baggage: It’s saddled with a pending million lawsuit. It’s been vacant for seven years. There are use restrictions, building restrictions and view restrictions. There is a lack of parking, electricity and water. By no means mind the asbestos or that it’s on an odd, ladle-shaped piece of land.

That doesn’t deter city leaders who say the right project could make it the pride of the city once over again. "The interest is out there, but once those know the level of challenge that this material goods poses, they often start looking elsewhere for something that’s simpler to do," Mayor Hugh Hallman said.

Mill was Arizona fixture
Unlike the Hayden Ferry Lakeside project where a 12-tale tower is soon going to rise, the mill dates to Tempe’s beginnings. It’s been more than 135 years in view of the fact that, legend says, Charles Hayden, climbed the butte that would later bear his name , surveyed his surroundings and chose the area below him would be a excellent place to live. "Charles Hayden is the business founder of Tempe," said John Akers, curator of the Tempe Historical Museum. "He opened the initially store, brought commodities to the farmers; opened the mill and became the largest employer for a very long time." Over the years there were three Hayden Mills. The initially was a water-powered, two-tale adobe building. It opened for business in 1874, and burned down about 15 years later. A second adobe mill burned in 1917. Over again the mill was rebuilt – part of this structure is what still stands at the site east of Hayden Butte, on the north end of Mill Avenue. The grain elevator and seven silos were extra in 1951. Three generations of the Hayden family ran the mill, using Tempe-grown wheat to roil out cloth and later paper bags of baking and tortilla flour. Newspaper accounts from the era report Hayden processed very nearly the entire Arizona wheat crop.

Silent in view of the fact that 1998
After 107 years of Hayden ownership, the mill was sold to the Bay State Milling Company of Massachusetts. But in 1998, the mill fell silent. The choice finished production at the Valley’s highest-running manufacturing plant. In view of the fact that then transients and teens who found their way into the building even with fencing left their marks in graffiti and urine. Meanwhile, it changed ownership. The material goods was sold to MCW Holdings in 2001. MCW wanted to place lofts, shops and offices on the site. But the city says they didn’t start the project within a promised two-year time limit, even with million in incentives. In 2003, Tempe bought the material goods after claiming MCW defaulted on its contract, but MCW Holdings is suing the city for more than million in Maricopa County Superior Court because it disagrees.

Variety of proposals
Even with that, city leaders entertain thoughts on what to do with the mill at least monthly. The suitors range from neighbors with no real financial backing to serious investment firms with development experience. Yet the many restrictions ordinarily scare developers off. Some businesses have pitched hotels; others not compulsory apartments, stores and boutiques. Some of the most recent suitors met with Hallman on Monday, a courtesy he says he and other city leaders give to all potentially serious proposals. Constellation Material goods Group envisions condos in the silos and artsy retail on the ground. The Australian-based company has twisted a set of Sydney silos into a modern, chic place to live. They are considering doing the same in Tempe, according to Eugene Marchese, managing director. He is also looking at nine other potential sites in Phoenix and Tempe, he said. For the possible mill project, Constellation wants to team up with the Lab, a California-based group that has built two "anti-malls" – one art- and fashion-based, the other focused on sports and recreation – in Orange County. The Lab could start a similar non-corporate approach to retail in the Mill. "We like the historical integrity of the building and the location," said Shaheen Sadeghi, the creative juice in the rear the anti-malls. "And from a cultural standpoint, the area has a lot of potential … our approach with specialty art and polish focus would do well there. There are certainly already enough Wal-Marts and Gaps and Banana Republics."

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Asbestosis- Asbestos bodies


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Asbestos fibers (not seen) coated with iron, resulting in production of characteristic dumbell-shaped asbestos (ferruginous) bodies. Similar structures may be inducted by other fibrous minerals.

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STREET PROTEST: EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS CAUSES CANCER – 42nd ST, cor 6th AVE, Manhattan NYC – 04/19/11


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STREET PROTEST: EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS CAUSES CANCER – 42nd ST, cor 6th AVE, Manhattan NYC – 04/19/11

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St Dominic c1970 St Andrews Dock


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This was the star of a 1959 BBC Schools film documenting the activities of the Hull Fishing industry. See the site www.lincsfilm.co.uk/listings/listing361380.html for full listings of archived Hull & Grimsby sidewinder films.

St Dominic was indeed my favourite of all the Hull trawlers.

Subsequent Note : ArcticCorsair’s note about his Grandad prompts me to add a further note about my Dad. He worked for Cook, Welton and Gemmell and Broady’s as an electrician on fitting out and refits, initially at the Beverley Yard and subsequently at Princes Dock until it’s closure.
I recall he told tales of going on sea trials (incl St Dominic) and remembering his being ‘missing’ for a couple of weeks at a time occasionally when I was very young. Sadly, these graceful workhorses were to be the cause of his demise. Much of his work was deep in the bowels of the vessel below the boilers while they were being lagged (generally by Broady’s). He would tell a tale of ‘playing snowballs’ with the fibres that would hang heavy in the air and form a carpet at their feet. Of course these fibres were asbestos and he died slowly from asbestosis / mesothelioma in 1992 over 20 years after his last contact with that infernal mineral. But he would always talk fondly of his many years with the trawlers, of the acquaintances he made and the pride he took in his work – I did see some some photographs once of his work – a manufacturing work of art – and wish that I had them today.

Note : ( Highly cropped due to using Canon350D with a 35mm Slide Copier – when I can afford a full size CCD camera – I’ll redo them. For now I’m glad to have had the opportunity of seeing some of these for the initially time ever as many by no means got printed )

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Not a Hypnotoad


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No, it’s a northern leopard frog, Rana pipiens, in Burleigh County, North Dakota. I often rescue frogs and salamanders from a local bait shop when they accidentally come in with their minnows.

The northern leopard frog produces specific ribonucleases in its oocytes (immature egg cell). Those enzymes are potential drugs for cancer. One such molecule called ranpirnase (onconase) is in clinical trials as a treatment for mesothelioma and lung tumors. Another called amphinase was recently described as a potential treatment for brain tumors.