The Marksman (2021)

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Last updated: March 24, 2023


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(From imdb) Leading a lonely, almost hand-to-mouth existence, Jim Hanson, a financially hard-pressed rancher on the Arizona-Mexico border and decorated former scout sniper for the U.S. Marine Corps, is on the ropes. Still reeling from the loss of a dear one, Jim spends his days with his inseparable companion, Jackson, the sheepdog, unbeknownst to him that his already complicated life is about to take an unexpected turn. Now, as desperate Rosa entrusts Jim with the life of her young son, Miguel, an inadvertent, all-out war with the brutally violent henchmen of the murderous cartel leader, Mauricio, breaks out. Suddenly, Hanson has one more problem to deal with, and the road to Chicago, where Miguel's relatives are, is long and fraught with danger. Can the grizzled protector carry out one last mission?

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Jesus Statue and Neighborhood

Fair/Market

Bridge

Mountains

Ranch House (35.148052°, -107.052396°)

New House Under Construction - ~ 6964 Dusty Dr. NE, Rio Rancho

Cattleyard - Looks like south of Los Lunas

U Lounge

Shootout

U.S. Customs and Border Protection - 310....

Railroad - Resembles south 2nd St. in ABQ

Overcrossing

Highway 550 - driving - (35.397421°, -106.639489°)

"Pueblo Rocks" - Red Rocks Gas Station - Jemez Valley Market - (35.643748°, -106.725261°)

Sierra Vista, AZ - 7137 and 7141 Lookout Rd. NE, Rio Rancho

View looking up Mountain Trail Loop

Otto's Auto Shop - 6014...

Bar/restaurant - Becker St. Grill, Belen, NM

Town view - Looking west on NM-309 (Reinken) from pedestrian overpass

Pedestrian Overpass

Tewa Lodge, ABQ

etc.

Wellington Music, Wellington, OH

Blackwood Motel - 

Church

Big Barn

Liquo Store

Farm

etc. - Harpers Farms and Ohio Turnpike listed in credits

That's a Moray

Tornadoes and Their Kind Aren’t Common in California

@lenyyboo First post on TikTok !! Me at work witnessing my first tornado 🌪️🌪️#montebellotornado #weather #weatherreport #tornado #montebello #firsttiktok #CA ♬ original sound - Lenyyduhh

Need a Third Hand

The only thing worse than fumbling with the iPhone in order to get enough illumination on the pooper scooper as Jasper does his business in the darkness and rain? Dropping the iPhone in the pooper scooper, of course.

Tonight's Exciting Weather!

The meteorology was jamming this evening as the low pressure center approached San Francisco. Not only was "bombogenesis" (a rapid reduction in pressure) going on, but the low pressure center resolved itself into two (and possibly three) low pressure centers, all rotating around each other (called the "Fujiwhara Effect"). 

Here is a GOES-West visible picture from about 5:51 PDT, showing two centers spinning around each other like figure skaters. Thunderstorms and high winds occurred over a wide area! Rather rare for the greater Bay Area. 

The main thrust of the storm is still in Southern California, however. More here:

On Tuesday afternoon, as the storm approached the Bay Area, the system developed two “eyes,” or areas of low pressure, resulting in a “doubled-barreled blow” to San Francisco and Santa Cruz, said Bay Area National Weather Service meteorologist Brian Garcia. 

The rare occurrence, known as the Fujiwhara effect, intensified winds as the low-pressure areas danced around each other. 

Rick Canepa, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Monterey County, cited the two low-pressure centers “and possibly a third one that are just kind of rotating around each other.” 

The phenomenon was contributing to peak gusts upward of 60 to 75 mph in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Canepa said, with 50- to 60-mph winds across Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties.

Telltale Signs of an Equatorial Glacier on Mars

This is cool:

“What we’ve found is not ice, but a salt deposit with the detailed morphologic features of a glacier,” lead study author Dr. Pascal Lee, a senior planetary scientist with the SETI Institute and the Mars Institute, said in a statement. 

“What we think happened here is that salt formed on top of a glacier while preserving the shape of the ice below, down to details like crevasse fields and moraine bands.” 

The researchers believe the glacier was 3.7 miles (6 kilometers) long and 2.5 miles (about 4 kilometers) wide, with an elevation between 0.8 to 1.1 miles (1.3 to 1.7 kilometers). 

Scientists have an idea of how the imprint of the glacier came to be, based on evidence of volcanic material in the region. When mixtures of volcanic ash, lava and volcanic glass called pumice react with water, a hard, crusty salt layer can form. 

“This region of Mars has a history of volcanic activity. And where some of the volcanic materials came in contact with glacier ice, chemical reactions would have taken place at the boundary between the two to form a hardened layer of sulfate salts,” said study coauthor Sourabh Shubham, a doctoral student of geology at the University of Maryland, College Park, in a statement.

Someone Tried To Steal a Helicopter at Sac Exec Airport?

This boggles the mind:

The break-in occurred around 5 a.m. at the general aviation airport in the 6100 block of Freeport Boulevard, according to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration, which is also investigating along with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Sacramento Police Department. 

Officers who were called to the tarmac after 6 a.m. said someone broke into multiple helicopters on the tarmac before the Bell 429 helicopter was operated, resulting in the crash. 

Authorities found the helicopter on its side with major damage including the shearing of the aircraft’s rotor blades. Destruction of an aircraft is a federal felony, according to the FBI.

They Use Wooden Water Pipes in Truth or Consequences?

This boggles the mind:

But amid a worsening regional drought, the town with the curious name is losing 200 million gallons of potable water a year because of antiquated underground pipes that leak, spit and sometimes gush 30 feet into the air, putting not only its nearly 6,000 residents at risk of having their water shut off but also threatening operations at the city's five public schools and its only hospital and nursing home. 

Schools have already been forced to close without warning several times over the last year as water is shut off while repairs are made, city officials said. 

The system is so old it includes wooden pipes built in the 1800s and is patched up by one worker from the city’s Water Department and two others on loan from the sewer department. Last week, they were responsible for fixing 14 broken lines, 11 of which occurred on a single day, wastewater director Arnulfo Castañeda said. 

Resident Susan Abts, 72, said her water was abruptly cut off last month after a break near her home caused a gusher to shoot 30 feet into the air. 

“I’m concerned where this is going,” she said.

Jane (2022)

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Last updated: March 29, 2023


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(From imdb) Olivia is a young woman who gets deferred from her dream college and experiences frightening panic attacks. In an attempt to regain some sense of control, she embarks on a social media-fueled rampage against those that stand in her way.

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Coastal bluff (presumably California)

Jane runs past house used in "The Man With Icy Eyes" (1971)

Olivia's House - 1605 Park Ave. SW

Izzy's House - 1601 Park Ave. SW

School - I'm immensely frustrated that I wasn't able to figured out where the school is located.  Nevertheless, I am informed, via Facebook, that the campus is the Bosque School, 4000 Bosque School Rd. NW.  

Coffeehouse - Modern General Feed and Seed, 1720 Central Ave. SW, Suite B (now apparently closed)

Thrift Shop - Avenger's Vintage, 4011 Central Ave. NE

Swimming pool - Not at Izzy's House, but elsewhere.

Frat House

Stanford?

Jane (2022)

In my effort to watch all movies filmed in Albuquerque, tonight I watched the psychological drama "Jane" (2022) on Amazon Prime. An excellent movie! Glad that I don't have the pressure anymore of applying to colleges. It just leads to trouble....