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Yesterday and today I heard about a few New Year's Day traditions that
were new to me, via Twitter and Facebook. Social media is a great way
to learn about other cultures and places. One previous year an online
friend tipped me off to a webcam in a Zen temple in Japan and I
listened to the New Year bells all day. That was lovely. Today, the
new things I heard were (1) it is lucky to have someone come into your
home before you leave it on New Year's Day, and (2) it's lucky to eat
blackeyed peas and greens. With #2 there was some variation about
whether the blackeyed peas should have ham jowl, bacon, ham, or go
meatless, and whether the greens were exclusively collard greens or
whether other greens are acceptable.
Oddly enough, we ended up not going to my son's drum lesson as planned
because we couldn't raise the teacher to verify if class was on or
off, and so we did end up having someone enter the house before we
left. That tradition really doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It
sounds kind of like musical chairs, with someone guaranteed to lose.
While it doesn't make sense to me to stay home until someone visits,
it does explain those places that have a tradition of running around
from house to house visiting everyone right after midnight and BEFORE
you go to bed. That shares the luck pretty fairly all around the town.
Sometimes I think the book Cows,
Pigs, Wars and Witches" sank into my brain perhaps too much. I
like to look at traditions and try to figure out logical origins for
them. While the "don't leave the house" tradition doesn't make sense
to me, the blackeyed peas really works beautifully.
Many of the New Year's traditions I've encountered have focused on
drawing wealth & love & luck to you during the coming year. Most of
them have done this by indulging in items or acts that symbolically
represent those concepts — eating lots of grapes fast, cakes with
money in them, shortbread stuffed with butter, rice, doughnuts, honey,
kissing someone, rings, telling fortunes, you get the idea. While I've
been dutifully and playfully going along with these much of my life,
they never really did much for me. I kind of get the idea, but I've
never known it to make a difference and am fairly dubious about the
whole idea.
So when I was pondering the idea of blackeyed peas and greens, what I
thought was along the lines of this. "Hmmm, pretty much everyone can
afford beans, peas, things like that. Even folk who can't afford ham
often have a bit of bacon drippings saved up. The greens were often
bitter greens that folk could pick wild. This is stuff that you can
celebrate with and not need to be rich or pretending you are rich." I
like this. I like having a holiday tradition that doesn't mean
breaking the bank. I like the idea of being inclusive, having a
holiday tradition that can be achieved equally well by all classes. I
like the idea of attracting wealth by being FRUGAL (nice way to start
the year, eh?). I like having a holiday tradition that is respectful
of others who perhaps have less, that allows and embraces the dignity
of those who don't have as much.
I've been there. Right now, I spend more on food, but I spent a lot of
years doing without and pinching to get by. Lately, I've been cleaning
cupboards and seeing what is getting old, needs to get used up, is
about to expire, and making sure things do get used. I'm in a thrifty
frame of mind these days.
Anyway, I set a pot of blackeyed peas and crowder peas to simmer,
chopped some pork that had been in the freezer too long, threw in some
bacon drippings, onions, rice ... Made a ton. Invited folk over. Had
the blackeyed peas with greens, corn relish, homemade chutney,
biscuits. Dirt cheap dinner, and we were all completely stuffed. I
even sent leftovers with folk. Still have so much I'll be eating this
for at least a week.
BedHead Productions 001
1. Matchbox
2. It Don`t Come Easy
3. Wings
4. Hello It`s Me
5. Evil Ways
6. Rosanna
7. Kyrie
8. Don`t Pass Me By
9. Bang On The Drum All Day
10. Boys
11. Yellow Submarine
12. Blackmagic Women
13. Anthem
14. I Am The Greatest
15. You Are Mine
16. Africa
17. Everybody`s Everything
18. I Wanna Be Your Man
19. I Saw The Light
20. Broken Wings
21, Hold The Line
22. Photograph
23. Act Naturally
24. With A Little Help From My Friends/
Give Peace A Chance
Daisyfield 220223 X-T4 50mm f2
I took Ted for a walk around Daisyfield woodland area on Wednesday. The morning was generally overcast although the sun broke through quite often. I took my X-T4 out for a change, using a 50mm f/2 lens rather than my usual 23mm f/2. It’s amazing to me how the change of focal length makes you see things in a different way. One difference though that I didn’t need a change of lens to see was that the forestry people have obviously been round with a billhook slashing tree branches. I assume that it’s to promote growth. Another change is that I passed the RAF files through DxO Pure RAW Deep Prime before passing the huge 100 Mb plus files to Lightroom Classic. What a difference – there was hardly any need to use Lightroom at all.
This skirt was planned around the buttons, which I *think* I bought nearly a year ago from Stitch 56 (side note.. I just love Stitch 56!!! They have the best customer service!)
This one's another make for my sister, Eva who wanted a cotton skirt with buttons down the front which fell below the knee. Using the Zinnia pattern, I used the length and buttons from Version 1 and added the pleats from Version 2. It came together pretty easily and I think it looks cute!
Pattern: Zinnia, Colette Patterns (combined Ver 1 and Ver 2)
www.colettepatterns.com/sewing/zinnia
Fabric: Cotton voile with small scale blue floral print from Hobby Sew and lined with a white lightweight cotton. Blue imitation ceramic buttons from www.stitch56.com
This was my test film for FED Micron 2. It's a very nice camera, bought for $7, except that it has a nasty light leak.
Great crested grebe description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPodicipediformes
FamilyPodicipedidae
GenusPodiceps (1)
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is the largest grebe in Europe (2). It is a graceful bird, with its long neck, long bill and slender outline. In summer, the adults of both sexes are adorned with beautiful head-plumes (2), which are reddish-orange in colour with black tips (5); there is also an erectile black crown (2). The sexes are similar in appearance, but great crested grebe juveniles can be distinguished by the possession of blackish stripes on the cheeks (2).
French
Grèbe huppé.
Size
Wingspan: 59-73 cm (2)
Length: 46-51 cm (2)
More »
Related species
Junín grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii)
Junín grebe
(Podiceps taczanowskii)
Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi)
Hooded grebe
(Podiceps gallardoi)
Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Horned grebe
(Podiceps auritus)
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Great crested grebe biology
The great crested grebe dives for fish, insects and invertebrate larvae, chasing prey under water by strongly swimming with its feet (6).
Pairs begin to form during the middle of winter, and nesting can start in January, providing that conditions are mild (6). The great crested grebe is well known for its elaborate courtship display, in which pairs raise and shake their head plumes, and approach each other with weed in their bills, rising up breast to breast in the water and turning their heads from side to side (5). The nest is either a hidden mound of reeds and other vegetation or else a floating platform anchored to vegetation (5). After May (5), between one and nine (but usually four) eggs are laid (7), which take 27 to 29 days to incubate (7). Both great crested grebe parents are involved in incubation; when they leave the nest they cover the eggs with rotting vegetation to keep them warm (5). After hatching, the stripy chicks are carried around on the backs of their parents, they fledge at around 71 to 79 days of age (8).
Top
Great crested grebe range
The great crested grebe has a wide distribution in Britain, but occurs sparsely (3). Breeding occurs in Europe from Britain, Spain and Ireland across to Russia, but the distribution is rather patchy (3).
More »
Species with a similar range
Common scarlet-darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
Common scarlet-darter
(Crocothemis erythraea)
Sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
Sago pondweed
(Stuckenia pectinata)
Holly-leaved naiad (Najas marina)
Holly-leaved naiad
(Najas marina)
You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
Top
Great crested grebe habitat
In Britain, the great crested grebe breeds in large shallow water bodies, where there is a fringe of vegetation (3). In winter it can also be found in gravel-pits, estuaries, deep lakes, coastal pools, reservoirs and off the coast in inshore waters (6).
More »
Species found in a similar habitat
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)
African manatee
(Trichechus senegalensis)
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Striated heron
(Butorides striata)
Top
Great crested grebe status
The great crested grebe is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). Receives general protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (3). Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Green List (low conservation concern) (4).
IUCN Red List species status – Least Concern
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Great crested grebe threats
The attractive great crested grebe was persecuted in Britain during Victorian times to such an extent that it was reduced to just 42 pairs in 1860 (9), and was on the brink of extinction (10). The breast plumage, known as 'grebe fur', and the head plumes were highly prized in hat trimmings and other clothing (9).
The Old House is a well-preserved half-timbered Jacobean building in the centre of Hereford.[1] It was built in 1621 as part of Butchers' Row. In 1816, other buildings on the row started to be demolished.[2] It has been has been used by butchers, ironmongers, and bankers during its existence. Old House is now the only remaining house in the original row, surrounded by more modern buildings
Since 1929, the Old House has been a museum presenting life in Jacobean times. The house is furnished in the style of the period. Objects on display include baby walkers, beds, and wall paintings.
Mount Hope Cemetery is a historic cemetery in southern Boston, Massachusetts, between the neighborhoods of Roslindale and Mattapan. It was established in 1852 as a private cemetery, and was acquired by the city five years later. It is the city's first cemetery to be laid out in the rural cemetery style, with winding lanes. It was at first 85 acres (34 ha) in size; it was enlarged by the addition of 40 acres (16 ha) in 1929. Its main entrance is on Walk Hill Street, on the northern boundary.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 2009.
Wikipedia
The History Of Porthleven In Cornwall
The History Of The Name, Porthleven.
There are two theories of how the name Porthleven came about:
1. It came from the Cornish words "porth" meaning port and "leven" meaning smooth.
2. It came from "porth" meaning port and "Elvan" from St Elvan the 5th century saint who landed on these shores to spread the word of Christianity. There was originally a settlement nearby called St Elvan.
Early maps showed a settlement called Porth Leuan and in 1714 the name Port Leven first appeared in legal documents. The modern parish of Porthleven was formed in 1846 taking some of its land from Breage to the west and some from Sithney to the east.
Early Settlements - The History Of Porthleven
Originally Porthleven was a marshy cove fed by a stream which marked the boundary of the Breage and Sithney parishes. There was a shingle bar at the mouth of the cove which rather like a miniature version of Loe Bar.
Porthleven was not a very important place as at the time the Cober valley was navigable as far as Helston. The continual silting up of of the Cober valley estuary however led to the formation of the Loe Bar sandbank. This resulted in the Cober valley and Helston being cut off from the sea, probably during the 12th century. By the 14th century a small hamlet of fishermen settled around the cove which is now Porthleven.
During the 1700's the fishermen in Porthleven were joined by farmworkers and miners, many of whom worked in the silver & lead mines in Penrose Estate near Loe Bar.
The History Of Porthleven And
The HMS Anson Tradegy of 1807
The 44 gun frigate, HMS Anson was shipwrecked at Loe Bar in 1807 and reportedly 130 people were drowned. This tragedy gave rise to 3 events:
1. The Henry Trengrouse life saving apparatus. Rocket fired rope line and cork filled life jackets invented by the local cabinet maker Henry Trengrouse.
2. The Thomas Grylls Act of 1808. Thomas was a local solicitor who drafted the act which sets out the procedures regarding burial of bodies cast up by the sea.
3. The Act Of Parliament signed by King George III in 1811 "for constructing a harbour, in Mounts Bay in the county of Cornwall". Porthleven was chosen because if its central location in Mounts Bay. The Act established the Porthleven Harbour Company that was responsible for building, maintaining and operating the the harbour.
Pictured below, divers examining the remains of HMS Anson in 2005:
Constructing Porthleven Harbour
The construction of the harbour was a tremendous and dangerous engineering achievement. The shingle bar with its stone bridge at the mouth of the south west facing valley had to be removed so ships could enter. Napoleonic War prisoners were used but the construction took 14 years and was not completed until 1825.
The granite pier and quays were constucted by 1825 but it was still an open harbour. The harbour was purchased in 1855 by Harvey and Co of Hayle in Cornwall, who built the inner harbour which was completed in 1858. The huge timbers (baulk) that seal the inner harbour in storms are still in use today. The population of Porthleven increased to well over 1000 by 1858.
The Inner Harbour Completed In 1858
The harbour housed a large fishing fleet that harvested the huge shoals of pilchards & mackerel that swam in Mounts bay. The economy involved fishing, boatbuilding, net and rope making, fish smoking and packing in the village. Ships brought in coal, and lime for building work and timber for use in boatbuilding and the local mines. Exports included fish locally mined china clay, tin, and other minerals. Also Kitto & Sons of Porthleven built fishing boats, clippers, schooners and yachts used in ports all round the world. By 1900 the population was nearly 2000 people.
1900 To Present Day
Porthleven's traditional wooden sail boat building industry went into gradual decline due to the trend towards using steel boats with engines and later on smaller craft being made of fibre glass. Sail rope and net manufacture also declined. The local china clay production at Tregonning Hill declined under fresh competition from St Austell, which is also on the south coast of Cornwall. New methods of transportation and unloading ships lead to a reduction in traffic through Porthleven.
Although the economy in Porthleven has changed it continued to grow. The population of Porthleven was 3190 people in 2001. Fishing still continues from Porthleven with crab, lobster and crayfish being caught locally. Some of this seafood is sold at the award winning Quayside Fish in Porthleven and in the local cafes, restaurants and inns. There are sea angling trips from Porthleven harbour which can be booked through Porthleven Angling Centre.
Tourism is now very important to Porthleven and people are attracted by the history, the scenery, the excellent restaurants, pubs, real pasty and fish and chip shops. Porthleven has managed to strike exactly the right balance, being largely unchanged and unspoilt by tourism yet offering everything that visitors require, including a warm welcome. There is a thriving artistic community that has found inspiration in Porthleven and their works can be seen in the local shops and galleries.
I took the Sigma 35 F1.2 out for an official spin at my local park, with my lovely wife and daughter whom is always gracious enough to pose for me.
My quick thoughts, coming from the Sony Camp and using the Zeiss 35mm F1.4za, the Sigma is more sharper, even at 1.2, The Zeiss may have just a bit more punch of color, but the Sigma isn't far off. The build goes to Sigma, so does the heft. You can get very creative with the F1.2, it's fun. AF is actually pretty good, S and C, the Eye focus was good as well. The MFD is very good, I can get pretty close.
For me it is worth the price tag. How tack sharp this lens is wide open is unbelievable. My favorite lens in my bag was the 50 S Pro and followed by the Sigma Art 85, the Sigma Art 85 has been bumped to 3rd place by the Sigma 35mm F1.2. The Panny 50 S Pro is still a special lens and my favorite and it does surpass the Sigma 35 1.2, but not by much. However, if I had to take one lens, it would be the Sigma 35 F1.2 because of it's versatility.
I am not a professional, just a highly enthusiastic photographer who loves everything photography.
Most are shot wide open and very little post, if any.
Traded in the Pinto wagon and repurchased some street cred with this Chevy Monza 2+2. It had a 305 V8 and scooted pretty good.
Back in the still warm says of late summer/early autumn, we took a trip over to Flanders to visit two of the war cemeteries, Tyne Cot and the Menin Gate.
After visiting both, we went into the centre of Ieper (Ypres) to find somewhere to eat, and after that, we visited the cathedral, which was on the opposite side of the square in the centre.
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St Martin's Cathedral (Dutch: Sint-Maartenskathedraal), also called St Martin's Church (Dutch: Sint-Maartenskerk), is a church and former cathedral in the Belgian city of Ypres.[1][2] It was a cathedral and the seat of the former diocese of Ypres from 1561 to 1801, and is still commonly referred to as such. At 102 metres (335 ft) tall, it is among the tallest buildings in Belgium.
Construction started on the church in 1230, and was finished in 1370. There had previously been a Romanesque church in the area, dating from the 10th or 11th century.
The diocese was originally part of the Diocese of Thérouanne, which had been established in the 7th or 8th century. In 1553 Charles V besieged the city of Thérouanne, then a French enclave in the Holy Roman Empire, in revenge for a defeat by the French at Metz. After he captured the city he razed the city. In 1557, as a result of the war damage to its see, the diocese was abolished. This led to a reform of sees at the Council of Trent, Council of Trent, and the bishopric of Thérouanne was split between the Diocese of Saint-Omer, the diocese of Boulogne and the Diocese of Ypres. With this, Saint Martin's Church was elevated to cathedral status, as it became the see of the new diocese.
After the Concordat of 1801 between Napoleon and Pope Pius VII, Ypres was incorporated into the diocese of Ghent, and Saint Martin's lost its status as a cathedral. As with many former cathedrals (proto-cathedrals), it is often still referred to as a cathedral by locals.
It was heavily damaged during the First World War. Subsequently (1922-1930) the ruin was cleared and the church was entirely rebuilt following the original plans, although the tower was built with a higher spire than the original.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Martin%27s_Cathedral,_Ypres
What is left of the shelled ruins of St Martin’s Cathedral from Word War I can be seen at the side of the reconstructed cathedral just off the Vandenpeerboomplein in what is known as the ‘lapidarium’, place of stones. Here large pieces of masonry, some with their original decorative features, have been placed as physical reminders of the destruction of what Ypres historian, Vernon de Deyne, writing shortly after 1918 described as ‘one of the most important religious monuments of its period’. St Martin’s was begun in 1254 and built to completion over the next two centuries. During the war Captain James Dunn of the Royal Welch Fusiliers watched as some locals tried to make a dollar from the ruins:
A long search of the fallen masonry of the Cathedral for a volute or some such ornament was bootless … A party of Belgian troops, sent to salve a bell, armed with hammer and chisel offered chips at a price. I saw no buyers.
he destruction of St Martin’s was widely reported in Australian newspapers and used for propaganda purposes. In the Sydney Mail of 5 May 1915 a large picture of the ruined cathedral carried the caption:
All that is left of the nave of the cathedral – Nothing but the bare walls is now left of Ypres Cathedral’s magnificent nave. The ruins remain as a disgraceful testimony to Germany’s petty policy of ‘frightfulness’ and vengeance.
Sydney Mail, 5 May 1915, p.17
In the cathedral interior are many echoes of war, ancient and modern. Photographs at the back of the altar display the cathedral in ruins and its rebuilding. And the tombs along the choir are originals saved from the shells. A side chapel is dedicated to the patroness of Ypres, Our Lady of Thuyne, a ‘thuyne’ being a sort of palisade fort. A lavishly carved wooden altar screen shows scenes from 1383 when the English Bishop, Spencer of Norwich, led an army to besiege Ypres in order to suppress the town’s rich cloth trade which was so competitive with English cloth from East Anglia. Our Lady is in the middle of the screen with the Christ child and protected by a ‘thuyne’, while other scenes portray the siege. Fervent prayers to Our Lady supposedly kept the town safe from spirited assaults by English and other Flemish troops:
It was believed in Ypres that the town had been saved by the intercession of the Virgin Mary, its patron saint. In the Cathedral Church of St. Martin the citizens set up an image of Notre Dame–de–Thuine, that is, Our Lady of the Enclosures, an allusion to the strong barrier of thorns which had kept the enemy at bay; and a kermesse [church mass], appointed to be held on the first Sunday of August every year in commemoration of the siege, received the name of the ‘Thuindag’, or Day of the Enclosures.
George W T Ormond, Bruges and West Flanders, 1906
On a wall under the organ in the north transept is a memorial to the million or so British and British Empire soldiers who died in World War I. This is one of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s ‘cathedral tablets’ placed in cathedrals in cathedral towns in France and Belgium where British troops were stationed in World War I and there are five in Belgium, at Brussels, Malines, Mons, Antwerp and Ypres. They were placed in these public spaces to emphasise to local people the contribution and sacrifice of the British Empire to victory over Germany. What is curious about the inscription in St Martin’s is that it is in English and Latin. In France, these memorials are in English and French, the French language being used, one assumes, with respect to the local language. As Belgium is officially a triple–language country – Dutch, French and German – perhaps it was too hard to consider having three translations!
www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/ieper/a-walk-around-ieper/st-m...
Test shot with Nikon D700 + Zeiss 2/50 Makro Planar T* ZF.2 50mm f/2, @ f/2.
It is tragic that elephants (and tigers) continue to be ruthlessly poached to the point that many Asian species are now nearing complete extinction.
My flickr friend Kam Hong Leung sent me this link at which anyone who feels about poaching can sign an online petition at this link:
www.flickr.com/photos/16999050@N00/4611174057/ ( www.flickr.com/photos/16999050@N00/4611174057/ )
Mrs. Kam took the 4 photos used for this photo-poster at the famous "Green Park" of London. The link to the online petition is below the photo poster.
Please also see this site by elephant enthusiast Petra Prager, and support it any way you can:
www.elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/index.php?seite=startseite ( www.elefanten-fotolexikon.eu/index.php?seite=startseite )
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Great crested grebe description
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPodicipediformes
FamilyPodicipedidae
GenusPodiceps (1)
The great crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is the largest grebe in Europe (2). It is a graceful bird, with its long neck, long bill and slender outline. In summer, the adults of both sexes are adorned with beautiful head-plumes (2), which are reddish-orange in colour with black tips (5); there is also an erectile black crown (2). The sexes are similar in appearance, but great crested grebe juveniles can be distinguished by the possession of blackish stripes on the cheeks (2).
French
Grèbe huppé.
Size
Wingspan: 59-73 cm (2)
Length: 46-51 cm (2)
More »
Related species
Junín grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii)
Junín grebe
(Podiceps taczanowskii)
Hooded grebe (Podiceps gallardoi)
Hooded grebe
(Podiceps gallardoi)
Horned grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Horned grebe
(Podiceps auritus)
Top
Great crested grebe biology
The great crested grebe dives for fish, insects and invertebrate larvae, chasing prey under water by strongly swimming with its feet (6).
Pairs begin to form during the middle of winter, and nesting can start in January, providing that conditions are mild (6). The great crested grebe is well known for its elaborate courtship display, in which pairs raise and shake their head plumes, and approach each other with weed in their bills, rising up breast to breast in the water and turning their heads from side to side (5). The nest is either a hidden mound of reeds and other vegetation or else a floating platform anchored to vegetation (5). After May (5), between one and nine (but usually four) eggs are laid (7), which take 27 to 29 days to incubate (7). Both great crested grebe parents are involved in incubation; when they leave the nest they cover the eggs with rotting vegetation to keep them warm (5). After hatching, the stripy chicks are carried around on the backs of their parents, they fledge at around 71 to 79 days of age (8).
Top
Great crested grebe range
The great crested grebe has a wide distribution in Britain, but occurs sparsely (3). Breeding occurs in Europe from Britain, Spain and Ireland across to Russia, but the distribution is rather patchy (3).
More »
Species with a similar range
Common scarlet-darter (Crocothemis erythraea)
Common scarlet-darter
(Crocothemis erythraea)
Sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
Sago pondweed
(Stuckenia pectinata)
Holly-leaved naiad (Najas marina)
Holly-leaved naiad
(Najas marina)
You can view distribution information for this species at the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
Top
Great crested grebe habitat
In Britain, the great crested grebe breeds in large shallow water bodies, where there is a fringe of vegetation (3). In winter it can also be found in gravel-pits, estuaries, deep lakes, coastal pools, reservoirs and off the coast in inshore waters (6).
More »
Species found in a similar habitat
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goldeneye
(Bucephala clangula)
African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)
African manatee
(Trichechus senegalensis)
Striated heron (Butorides striata)
Striated heron
(Butorides striata)
Top
Great crested grebe status
The great crested grebe is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List (1). Receives general protection under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (3). Included in the Birds of Conservation Concern Green List (low conservation concern) (4).
IUCN Red List species status – Least Concern
Top
Great crested grebe threats
The attractive great crested grebe was persecuted in Britain during Victorian times to such an extent that it was reduced to just 42 pairs in 1860 (9), and was on the brink of extinction (10). The breast plumage, known as 'grebe fur', and the head plumes were highly prized in hat trimmings and other clothing (9).
Those like me, who dare to make short videos and find it difficult, and I'm just a beginner, crawling. Just imagine a feature film in which you have parts 1 and 2, it takes a lot of delivery and commitment to all the details that involve a project like this.
In addition to witnessing the pre-release, which was excellent, it's really nice to know that the care and attention were taken to create a space for visitors with an exhibition of photographs from various moments of the film and even sets, allowing us to personally immerse ourselves in scenes from the film, as per the photos below. Congratulations to all people involved! Incredible work! Watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMJ_kA62ko0
* Oh! The Exhibition Waarheid will be open the whole month of December!
St. Joseph Plantation is a historic plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the town of Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States of America. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
St. Joseph Plantation is located at 3535 Hwy 18 Vacherie, LA 70090, adjacent to Oak Alley Plantation and up-river from Laura Plantation. The plantation was first owned by Josephine Aime Ferry in 1830, but the Ferry family sold it to Joseph Waguespack (1802-1892) in 1877 (Waguespack's son, Aubert Florian, owned Laura Plantation). In 1890 Saturnine Waguespack merged St. Joseph Plantation with Felicity Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation and Manufacturing Company.[2] It is today maintained by descendants of the Waguespack and Simon families.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was completed in early 1929, initially with one runway and was the fourth airport built in the city. Scenic Airways, lacking funds after the stock market crash that year, sold the airport to Acme Investment Company, which owned the airport until 1935, when the city of Phoenix purchased Sky Harbor airport for $100,000.
The airport's master plan was redesigned in 1959 to eliminate the cross runway to make room for new terminals. American and TWA began jet service to Phoenix in 1960 and 1961 respectively, and Terminal 2 opened in 1962. It was designed by the Phoenix architectural firms of Weaver & Drover and Mahoney. Terminal 1 was demolished in 1991 and is now the site of the cellphone lot. Terminal 2 featured a 16-foot-high and 75-foot-wide mural composed of 52 different materials, including mosaic glass, gemstones, shells and vintage toys. In November 2006, a Military and Veterans Hospitality Room, sponsored by the Phoenix Military and Veterans Commission, was opened in Terminal 2. It has since relocated to Terminal 4 as the new USO. This terminal underwent two renovation projects. The first was completed in 1988. The second project, which cost $24 million and was designed by DWL Architects + Planners, Inc., was completed in 2007. The city elected to keep the designations for Terminals 3 and 4.
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The Set Dinner B for two, again at Nam Loong 2. It's still good value for AUD30! Set Dinners for 2 used to be AUD29.
This time we got for mixed vegies with tofu instead of beef. Julia thought the fried tofu was a bit off, but i thought they were ok.
永隆茶楼二 Wing Loong Restaurant
03-966209388
11-13 Heffernan Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
2008.08.19 Nam Loong 2 Set Dinner B for two AUD30:
- Stir-fried Mixed Vegetables and tofu
Reviews:
For images of Evan, see comments section further below
In loving memory
of
Evan Devereux REES
Died January 11th 1931
Aged 87 years
Also
His wife
Elizabeth
Died March 16th 1931
Aged 87 years
Augustus SOLI
Beloved husband of Martha Mary REES
1870-1935
Evan and Elizabeth died 2 months apart.
Also in plot but not on headstone:
Their grand daughter Kate Alicia REES
Died 11 May 1984 aged 83, Spinster [9]
and
Martha May REES, wife of Augustus.
Died 11 June 1958 aged 89, widow [10]
Evan:
Block 3 Plot 455 [1]
Occupation: Boat builder [1]
Years in NZ: 70 [1]
NZ Truth, 12 January 1924, Page 11
“Judge a violin by its tone and a man by his principle,” is a motto of Evan Devereux Rees, the pioneer boat builder of the Avon, whose home and boating shed near the Fitzgerald Avenue bridge and adjacent to the club houses, have constituted a landmark to the wayfarers on the river for about five decades past. Mr. Rees, who is a native of Montgomery, North Wales, arrived in Wellington by the Robert Small in 1858. Thereafter a two years’ sojourn in Nelson and the lad from Wales came to Canterbury in 1861 settling in Christchurch. At the time of its acquisition his estate by the riverside was a paddock waste enclosed by a wire fence. A lagoon or so nearby lent variety to the vista. In the early day Mr. Rees was connected with the Union Rowing Club – which developed from the Railway Rowing Club – and also with the Canterbury Rowing Club and for these two institutions he built many fine pleasure and racing craft. In the latter days of his boat-building activities, Mr. Rees was principally associated with the Canterbury Rowing Club. A prominent feature on his property to-day is one of the U.R.C.’s first boating sheds, a real old-fashioned structure. Mr. Rees did not take an active part in rowing contexts, but won one aquatic event – a canoe race at Sumner, in a canoe made by himself. With rowing men in general he regrets the gradual shallowing of the Avon – when he first knew the stream there was deep water at every corner of it, and in his opinion the decrease in the depth is due to mud blocking up many of the springs in the river-bed. By the hour the old river man can talk of the oarsmen of days gone by, but he hazards no opinion as to whether they were ahead of the present-day devotees of the sport. A notable oarsmen of whom he talks is Billy Hearne, who brought a crew from the West Coast and annexed the £150 stake at an old-time Kaiapoi regatta. Hearne later went to Wellington and a Canterbury crew stroked by Pat Duncan, decided to test his mettle then. Duncan’s crew secured the loan of the Sabina, a coxwainless boat, from the U.R.C. and to Rees was allotted the task of fixing the self-steering gear. He journeyed to Wellington to see the race, which took place at Petone, and had the pleasure of seeing Canterbury win and take the stake of £150. “They were good times in those days.” states Mr. Rees. Other clubs with which Rees was associated in course of business were the Kaiapoi, Lyttelton and Heathcote, the last-named now faded out. Subsequent to boat-building, Mr. Rees took up “fiddle,” guitar and mandolin making and in respect to violins is accepted as an expert by leading musicians and an authority whose opinion is worthy of every respect. At times fancy has wafted him to the collection of stamps, coins, and Maori curios, and for many years he was a leading light in the homing pigeon fancy, both as a judge and an exhibitor. Truly is Mr. Rees, “a man you don't meet every day.” May his innings long continue to be played on as good and peaceful a wicket as up to date. [3]
OBITUARY:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19310129.2.22?ite...
ACCOUNT OF HIS FUNERAL:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19310114.2.47?ite...
Evans's probate. Note the alternate spelling - Deveraux:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
Evan’s Will was contested by daughter Edith and son Augustus along with executors and were granted £250. [8]
Elizabeth:
Years in NZ: 82 [2]
Death notice:
On March 16th, 1931 at the residence of her son Mr A.S. Rees, 28 Bangor street, Christchurch, Elizabeth widow of the late Evan Devereux Rees; in her 88th year; mother of Mrs. E. HARRISON (Christchurch), Mr A. S. REES (Christchurch), Mrs F. JACOBS (Melbourne), and Mr R.E. REES (Westport). [7]
Elizabeth - probate:
ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
Augustus:
Note name spelling difference.
Death notice:
On July 10th, 1935 at his residence, 28 Bangor street, Christchurch, Augustus Soley, dearly loved husband of Martha Mary REES and eldest son of the late E.D. Rees, Oxford terrace; in his 68th year. (Suddenly). [5]
Augustus is mentioned in an obituary for his father as also being involved in the boat making trade
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19310113.2.87?ite...
Further information:
Seventy-five years of rowing, Celebration by Canterbury Club, Early days on the river-bed
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19341027.2.37?ite...
1919 Advert for Evan as being violin expert and valuer with 40 years experience
Rees street in Christchurch is named after him. Interesting information on this PDF via the Christchurch libraries website. Select street names R when link is open - my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/christchurch-place-names/
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19191220.2.70.4?it...
Evan and Elizabeth’s children - they married brother and sister HARRISON’s:
daughter Edith Harriet’s marriage information to David HARRISON (m 29 April 1899)
son Augustus Soley and Martha Mary HARRISON (m 17 October 1893)
on this page
transcriptions.nz/Library.BMDs/HARRISON.Christchurch.City...
Daughter Nellie JACOBS died 1945
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19451019.2.3?items...
Headstone: O. Smith Co.
sources:
[1]
Christchurch City Council online cemeteries database
heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interme...
[2]
Christchurch City Council online cemeteries database
heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interme...
[3]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTR19240112.2.90?it...
[4]
Image of older E.D. Rees
National Library of New Zealand, Paperspast portal; Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20135, 14 January 1931
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19310114.2.91.1?e...
[5]
National Library of New Zealand, Paperspast portal; Press, 12 July 1935; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19350712.2.2.2?it...
[6]
Image of younger E.D. Rees
National Library of New Zealand, Paperspast portal; Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21306, 27 October 1934; paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19341027.2.37.4?i...
[7]
National Library of New Zealand, Paperspast portal; Press, 18 March 1931;
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19310318.2.4?end_...
[8]
National Library of New Zealand, Paperspast portal; Press, 27 June 1931, Page 12;
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19310627.2.48?end...
[9]
Christchurch City Council online cemeteries database
heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interme...
[10]
Christchurch City Council online cemeteries database
heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interme...
The station was built in 1847, in a neo-Tudor style to the designs of William Tite.[2] It was then one of a number of stations in the city - the others were at Crown Street (Maryport & Carlisle Railway) and London Road (Newcastle and Carlisle Railway) - but had become the main one by 1851; it was expanded and extended in 1875-1876, with the arrival of the Midland Railway (who became the seventh different company to serve it).
The Beeching Axe fell with very significant rail closures including the former North British Railway lines to Silloth (closed on 7 September 1964) and Edinburgh via Galashiels (the Waverley Line, closed on 6 January 1969). The axe cut off the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway and Portpatrick Railway in 1965 resulting in an adverse mileage increase via the Glasgow South Western Line to reach Stranraer Harbour and thus Northern Ireland
This is the south portal of tunnel 2. It was a timber portal, that is now hidden by years of slides. The cut on this side is by far the longest and deepest of the two tunnels. These two tunnels were on the CH&D RR Wellston to Ironton branch. Built in 1881-82, and abandoned in 1917. The route was originally built as narrow gauge. There was another tunnel to the south, near Dean, in the Dean State Forest, but it has been totally covered and is no longer visible at all. I found the location, but not the portals.
From top row down:
Sega/THQ's "The Pinball Of The Dead" (A pretty damn good pinball-themed variation on House Of The Dead 2 - It'll give Alien Crush and Dragon's Fury a run for their money.),
Square Enix's Final Fantasy I and II: Dawn Of Souls (The sagas get the 16-bit treatment, though without the cinemas),
Capcom's Breath Of Fire II (Still have not finished that game on either GBA SP or SNES),
The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past (A brilliant port from the SNES, plus the added "Four Swords" game),
Konami's ESPN: Final Round Golf 2002 (Rather addictive, and if you're an ESPN junkie, expect the style of presentation from the early 2000s in the game.),
Sega/THQ's "Phantasy Star Collection" (PS 1, 2, and 3),
The Legend of Zelda (Near pixel-perfect port of the NES classic!),
River City Ransom EX (Technos' classic level-up brawler for the NES, based off their Kunio-Kun series, with a few extra features for the GBA SP),
Metroid Prime (Still need to finish this game - Story of my life!),
Mario Golf: Advance Tour (I've always had a golf game or one kind or another for every one of my systems, Game Boy series included - I have a set of clubs in real life, but I suck at golf for real - 36 handicap! - Anyway, I think you could transfer your GBA SP Mario Golf player into the GameCube "Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour"),
Activision Anthology (A damn good assortment of Activision's Atari-era games, plus one or two extras (Beamrider!!)),
Konami Collector's Series: Arcade Advanced (Frogger, Yie-Ar Kung Fu, Gyruss, Time Pilot, Rush'N Attack/Green Beret, and Scramble, in handheld format!)
Buchanan Castle
Sat just off the A811 near Drymen, Buchanan Castle is a shadow of its former self. Originally built between 1852 and 1858, it was the grand home of the Montrose family. With beautiful turrets and a sweeping entrance, it resembled more a grand house than castle, but was still an impressive building.
In 1925 it was sold and converted into a hotel and golf course. But that didn’t last long as it was then converted into a hospital during World War 2. It is known as the hospital that received Rudolph Hess, Hitler’s Deputy Furher when he landed in Scotland to attempt to make peace. His next accommodation was the Tower of London.
In 1954, the roof of Buchanan Castle was removed in order to avoid paying taxes, and the inevitable decline of the building began.
My very first piece of "Fan Art".
When it comes to drawing things, i try to stay clear of drawing people or faces, because I used to have it in my head that I would be terrible at it.
First time I tried doing a face drawing was my created "Fem Shep" (Mass Effect 2)...it was awful! It put me off from drawing faces.
Then along came Dragon Age 2. I fell in love with the game, and the character I created - an apostate mage called Freyja hawke. (Freyja is the name i made up for her).
I was even sad enough replay Dragon Age: Origins by creating her distant circle mage cousin and Hero of Ferelden, Annwn Ameil.
Along with Dragon Age 2, I had the Limited Edition of their guide book. It contains stunning pieces of art work which I very much admire.
After playing the game for a100th time, and admiring other people's art work online - I decided it was time not to be a coward, and practice drawing faces.
After a tree's worth of paper with very bad scribbles, I came up with this.
Duck Da Rules
Hood Velo Story
Player 1 Player 2 - it is you vs you
Fake Friends Erase Them
What Is On Your Mind Right Now?
My Love, Take It Like Some Medicine + Love
Hood Art Story Loading 95%
Love Who - Love You
Great Minds Create
Young Wild and Free
You Need You More Than You Need Them
Don't Stop - Start Now
So Many Dreams
The Future Is all Yours
Break My Heart for Art
Don't Be Scared To Be Yourself
Wild Young and Free
Feed Your Soul
@HoodArtStory
The one that started it all, 59001 at Wabtec, Doncaster 26th of July 2003.
In the light of Foster Yeoman's dissatisfaction with the availability and reliability of British Rail's Class 56 diesel freight locomotive and their satisfaction with their EMD SW1001 shunter, four Class 59/0s were ordered from EMD and arrived in 1986. A new design to the British loading gauge and specifications, derived from the EMD SD40-2, it used the cab layout of the British Rail Class 58 to aid driver assimilation (taken from wikipedia).
Raptors. Bateleur. Arathusa Safari Lodge. South Africa. Sep/2020
Bateleur
The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae. Its closest relatives are the snake eagles. It is the only member of the genus Terathopius and may be the origin of the "Zimbabwe Bird", national emblem of Zimbabwe.[2] It is endemic to Africa and small parts of Arabia. "Bateleur" is French for "street performer"
The average adult is 55 to 70 cm (22 to 28 in) long with a 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) wingspan. The wing chord averages approximately 51 cm (20 in). Adult weight is typically 2 to 2.6 kg (4 lb 7 oz to 5 lb 12 oz).[4]
The bateleur is a colourful species with a very short tail (ecaudatus is Latin for tailless) which, together with its white underwing coverts, makes it unmistakable in flight. The tail is so small the bird's legs protrude slightly beyond the tail during flight. The bateleur is sexually dimorphic; both adults have black plumage, a chestnut mantle and tail, grey shoulders, tawny wing coverts, and red facial skin, bill and legs. The female additionally has tawny secondary wing feathers. Less commonly, the mantle may be white.[5] Immature birds are brown with white dappling and have greenish facial skin. It takes them seven or eight years to reach full maturity
Source: Wikipedia
Águia Nailarina
A Águia-nailarina (Terathopius ecaudatus) é uma águia de tamanho médio da família Accipitridae. Seus parentes mais próximos são as águias de cobra. É o único membro do gênero Terathopius e pode ser da origem da "Zimbábue Bird", emblema nacional do Zimbábue. É endêmico na África e em pequenas partes da Arábia. "Bateleur" é francês para "artista de rua"
O adulto médio tem 55 a 70 cm (22 a 28 polegadas) de comprimento e uma envergadura de 186 cm (6 pés 1 in). O acorde de asa mede aproximadamente 51 cm (20 pol). O peso adulto é tipicamente de 2 a 2,6 kg (4 lb 7 oz a 5 lb 12 oz).
O bateleur é uma espécie colorida com uma cauda muito curta (o ecaudatus é latim para o rabo sem cauda) que, juntamente com os seus mantos de asa branca, o torna inconfundível em voo. A cauda é tão pequena que as pernas da ave se projetam ligeiramente para além da cauda durante o vôo. O bateleur é sexualmente dimórfico; ambos os adultos têm plumagem negra, um manto castanho e cauda, ombros acinzentados, coberturas de asas amareladas e pele vermelha facial, bico e pernas. A fêmea também tem penas de asa secundárias tawny. Menos comumente, o manto pode ser branco. As aves jovens são marrons com dappling branco e têm pele facial esverdeada. Leva sete ou oito anos para atingir a maturidade plena
Fonte: Wikipedia (tradução livre)
Arathusa Safari Lodge
Arathusa Safari Lodge is unique and highly sought-after by visitors because of its prime location within the Sabi Sand Reserve, adjacent to the unfenced Kruger National Park. Together these two areas comprise one of South Africa’s most incredible and pristinely preserved wilderness sanctuaries.
Arathusa offers an exceptional safari experience – expect a high concentration of an assortment of game, including the Big Five, and frequent leopard sightings. A large waterhole is situated in front of the lodge ensuring interesting game and bird viewing from the comfort of the camp.
Add to this the private luxury accommodations, exceptional service, great value for money and decadent spa treatments, and you have just a few of the things that put Arathusa Safari Lodge in a league of its own.
Source: arathusa.co.za
Arathusa Safari Lodge
O Arathusa Safari Lodge é único e muito procurado pelos visitantes devido à sua localização privilegiada na Reserva Sabi Sand , adjacente ao Parque Nacional Kruger sem vedação. Juntas, essas duas áreas formam um dos santuários selvagens mais incríveis e preservados da África do Sul .
Arathusa oferece uma experiência de safári excepcional - espere uma alta concentração de uma variedade de animais selvagens , incluindo os BIG 5, e avistamentos frequentes de leopardos. Um grande represa está situada em frente aos chalés, garantindo avistamentos interessantes e observação de pássaros no conforto do acampamento.
Adicione a isso as acomodações de luxo privadas , serviço excepcional , excelente valor para o dinheiro e tratamentos de spa, e você tem apenas algumas das coisas que colocam o Arathusa Safari Lodge em uma categoria à parte.
Fonte: arathusa.co.za (tradução livre)
Muztagh Tower (also: Mustagh Tower; Muztagh: ice tower), is a mountain in the Baltoro Muztagh, part of the Karakoram range on the border of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan and the Xinjiang Uygur region of China.[2] It stands between the basins of the Baltoro and Sarpo Laggo glaciers.
Contents
[hide]
1 Early prominence
2 First and second ascents
3 Notable ascents and attempts
4 See also
5 Notes
[edit] Early prominence
The Mustagh Tower was made famous by a spectacular but somewhat misleading photograph taken by Vittorio Sella during the 1909 Italian expedition to K2. Taken from the upper Baltoro, due southeast of the mountain, the twin summits were perfectly aligned and the mountain was seen as a slender tooth, and looked impregnable. In 1941, the photograph was featured in a popular book on mountaineering with the caption "The Last Citadel".[3]
[edit] First and second ascents
Nearly fifty years after Sella's photo was taken, in 1956, his photograph inspired two expeditions to race for the first ascent. Both teams found their routes less steep than Sella's view had suggested.[4] The British expedition, consisting of John Hartog, Joe Brown, Tom Patey and Ian McNaught-Davis, came from the Chagaran Glacier on the west side of the peak and reached the summit via the Northwest Ridge first on July 6,[5][6] five days before the French team (fr:Guido Magnone, fr:Robert Paragot, André Contamine, Paul Keller) climbed the mountain from the east.[7] The doctor François Florence waited for the two parties at the camp IV during 42 hours without a radio, when they went, reached the summit and came back to this camp.[8]
[edit] Notable ascents and attempts
1984 Northwest Ridge 2nd of route, 3rd of peak by Mal Duff, Tony Brindle, Jon Tinker and Sandy Allan (all UK).[9][10]
1990 The fourth ascent was made by Göran Kropp and Rafael Jensen.[11][12]
A lower summit, 7,180 m (23,560 ft) was first climbed in 1984 by the northeast ridge.[citation needed]
2008 On 24 August 2008, the Northeast Face was climbed by two Slovenian alpinists, Pavle Kozjek and Dejan Miškovič. They bivouacked on the crest after 17 hours of climbing. They decided not to go to the summit because of strong wind. Just after they started descending, Kozjek fell to his death.[13]
OM
Auṃ or Oṃ, Sanskrit: ॐ) is a sacred sound and a spiritual icon in Indian religions.[1][2] It is also a mantra in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism.[3][4]
Om is part of the iconography found in ancient and medieval era manuscripts, temples, monasteries and spiritual retreats in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.[5][6] The symbol has a spiritual meaning in all Indian dharmas, but the meaning and connotations of Om vary between the diverse schools within and across the various traditions.
In Hinduism, Om is one of the most important spiritual symbols (pratima).[7][8] It refers to Atman (soul, self within) andBrahman (ultimate reality, entirety of the universe, truth, divine, supreme spirit, cosmic principles, knowledge).[9][10][11] The syllable is often found at the beginning and the end of chapters in the Vedas, the Upanishads, and other Hindu texts. It is a sacred spiritual incantation made before and during the recitation of spiritual texts, during puja and private prayers, in ceremonies of rites of passages (sanskara) such as weddings, and sometimes during meditative and spiritual activities such as Yoga.
Vedic literature
The syllable "Om" is described with various meanings in the Vedas and different early Upanishads.[19] The meanings include "the sacred sound, the Yes!, the Vedas, the Udgitha (song of the universe), the infinite, the all encompassing, the whole world, the truth, the ultimate reality, the finest essence, the cause of the Universe, the essence of life, theBrahman, the Atman, the vehicle of deepest knowledge, and Self-knowledge".
Vedas
The chapters in Vedas, and numerous hymns, chants and benedictions therein use the syllable Om. The Gayatri mantra from the Rig Veda, for example, begins with Om. The mantra is extracted from the 10th verse of Hymn 62 in Book III of the Rig Veda.These recitations continue to be in use, and major incantations and ceremonial functions begin and end with Om.
ॐ भूर्भुवस्व: |
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यम् |
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि |
धियो यो न: प्रचोदयात् ||
Om. Earth, atmosphere, heaven.
Let us think on that desirable splendour
of Savitr, the Inspirer. May he stimulate
us to insightful thoughts.
Om is a common symbol found in the ancient texts of Hinduism, such as in the first line of Rig veda (top), as well as a icon in temples and spiritual retreats.
The Chandogya Upanishad is one of the oldest Upanishads of Hinduism. It opens with the recommendation that "let a man meditate on Om".[26] It calls the syllable Om as udgitha (उद्गीथ, song, chant), and asserts that the significance of the syllable is thus: the essence of all beings is earth, the essence of earth is water, the essence of water are the plants, the essence of plants is man, the essence of man is speech, the essence of speech is the Rig Veda, the essence of the Rig Veda is the Sama Veda, and the essence of Sama Veda is the udgitha (song, Om).[27]
Rik (ऋच्, Ṛc) is speech, states the text, and Sāman (सामन्) is breath; they are pairs, and because they have love and desire for each other, speech and breath find themselves together and mate to produce song.[26][27] The highest song is Om, asserts section 1.1 of Chandogya Upanishad. It is the symbol of awe, of reverence, of threefold knowledge because Adhvaryu invokes it, the Hotr recites it, and Udgatr sings it.[27][28]
The second volume of the first chapter continues its discussion of syllable Om, explaining its use as a struggle between Devas (gods) and Asuras (demons).[29] Max Muller states that this struggle between gods and demons is considered allegorical by ancient Indian scholars, as good and evil inclinations within man, respectively.[30] The legend in section 1.2 of Chandogya Upanishad states that gods took the Udgitha (song of Om) unto themselves, thinking, "with this [song] we shall overcome the demons".[31] The syllable Om is thus implied as that which inspires the good inclinations within each person.[30][31]
Chandogya Upanishad's exposition of syllable Om in its opening chapter combines etymological speculations, symbolism, metric structure and philosophical themes.[28][32] In the second chapter of the Chandogya Upanishad, the meaning and significance of Om evolves into a philosophical discourse, such as in section 2.10 where Om is linked to the Highest Self,[33] and section 2.23 where the text asserts Om is the essence of three forms of knowledge, Om is Brahman and "Om is all this [observed world]".[34]
Katha Upanishad
The Katha Upanishad is the legendary story of a little boy, Nachiketa – the son of sage Vajasravasa, who meetsYama – the Indian deity of death. Their conversation evolves to a discussion of the nature of man, knowledge,Atman (Soul, Self) and moksha (liberation).[35] In section 1.2, Katha Upanishad characterizes Knowledge/Wisdom as the pursuit of good, and Ignorance/Delusion as the pursuit of pleasant,[36] that the essence of Veda is make man liberated and free, look past what has happened and what has not happened, free from the past and the future, beyond good and evil, and one word for this essence is the word Om.[37]
The word which all the Vedas proclaim,
That which is expressed in every Tapas (penance, austerity, meditation),
That for which they live the life of a Brahmacharin,
Understand that word in its essence: Om! that is the word.
Yes, this syllable is Brahman,
This syllable is the highest.
He who knows that syllable,
Whatever he desires, is his.
— Katha Upanishad,
Maitri Upanishad
The Maitrayaniya Upanishad in sixth Prapathakas (lesson) discusses the meaning and significance of Om. The text asserts that Om represents Brahman-Atman. The three roots of the syllable, states the Maitri Upanishad, are A + U + M.[39] The sound is the body of Soul, and it repeatedly manifests in three: as gender-endowed body - feminine, masculine, neuter; as light-endowed body - Agni, Vayu and Aditya; as deity-endowed body - Brahma, Rudra[40] and Vishnu; as mouth-endowed body - Garhapatya, Dakshinagni and Ahavaniya;[41] as knowledge-endowed body - Rig, Saman and Yajur;[42] as world-endowed body - Bhūr, Bhuvaḥ and Svaḥ; as time-endowed body - Past, Present and Future; as heat-endowed body - Breath, Fire and Sun; as growth-endowed body - Food, Water and Moon; as thought-endowed body - intellect, mind and pysche.[39][43] Brahman exists in two forms - the material form, and the immaterial formless.[44] The material form is changing, unreal. The immaterial formless isn't changing, real. The immortal formless is truth, the truth is the Brahman, the Brahman is the light, the light is the Sun which is the syllable Om as the Self.[45][46]
The world is Om, its light is Sun, and the Sun is also the light of the syllable Om, asserts the Upanishad. Meditating on Om, is acknowledging and meditating on the Brahman-Atman (Soul, Self).[39]
Mundaka Upanishad[edit source]
The Mundaka Upanishad in the second Mundakam (part), suggests the means to knowing the Self and the Brahman to be meditation, self-reflection and introspection, that can be aided by the symbol Om.[47][48]
That which is flaming, which is subtler than the subtle,
on which the worlds are set, and their inhabitants –
That is the indestructible Brahman.[49]
It is life, it is speech, it is mind. That is the real. It is immortal.
It is a mark to be penetrated. Penetrate It, my friend.
Taking as a bow the great weapon of the Upanishad,
one should put upon it an arrow sharpened by meditation,
Stretching it with a thought directed to the essence of That,
Penetrate[50] that Imperishable as the mark, my friend.
Om is the bow, the arrow is the Soul, Brahman the mark,
By the undistracted man is It to be penetrated,
One should come to be in It,
as the arrow becomes one with the mark.
— Mundaka Upanishad, 2.2.2 - 2.2.4[51][52]
Adi Shankara, in his review of the Mundaka Upanishad, states Om as a symbolism for Atman (soul, self).[53]
Mandukya Upanishad
The Mandukya Upanishad opens by declaring, "Om!, this syllable is this whole world".[54] Thereafter it presents various explanations and theories on what it means and signifies.[55] This discussion is built on a structure of "four fourths" or "fourfold", derived from A + U + M + "silence" (or without an element).[54][55]
Aum as all states of time
In verse 1, the Upanishad states that time is threefold: the past, the present and the future, that these three are "Aum". The four fourth of time is that which transcends time, that too is "Aum" expressed.[55]
Aum as all states of Atman
In verse 2, states the Upanishad, everything is Brahman, but Brahman is Atman (the Soul, Self), and that the Atman is fourfold.[54] Johnston summarizes these four states of Self, respectively, as seeking the physical, seeking inner thought, seeking the causes and spiritual consciousness, and the fourth state is realizing oneness with the Self, the Eternal.[56]
Aum as all states of consciousness
In verses 3 to 6, the Mandukya Upanishad enumerates four states of consciousness: wakeful, dream, deep sleep and the state of ekatma (being one with Self, the oneness of Self).[55] These four are A + U + M + "without an element" respectively.[55]
Aum as all of knowledge
In verses 9 to 12, the Mandukya Upanishad enumerates fourfold etymological roots of the syllable "Aum". It states that the first element of "Aum" is A, which is from Apti (obtaining, reaching) or from Adimatva (being first).[54] The second element is U, which is from Utkarsa (exaltation) or from Ubhayatva(intermediateness).[55] The third element is M, from Miti (erecting, constructing) or from Mi Minati, or apīti (annihilation).[54] The fourth is without an element, without development, beyond the expanse of universe. In this way, states the Upanishad, the syllable Om is indeed the Atman (the self).[54][55]
Shvetashvatara Upanishad
The Shvetashvatara Upanishad, in verses 1.14 to 1.16, suggests meditating with the help of syllable Om, where one's perishable body is like one fuel-stick and the syllable Om is the second fuel-stick, which with discipline and diligent rubbing of the sticks unleashes the concealed fire of thought and awareness within. Such knowledge, asserts the Upanishad, is the goal of Upanishads.[57][58] The text asserts that Om is a tool of meditation empowering one to know the God within oneself, to realize one's Atman (Soul, Self).[59]
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The Bhagavad Gita, in the Epic Mahabharata, mentions the meaning and significance of Om in several verses. For example, Fowler notes that verse 9.17 of the Bhagavad Gita synthesizes the competing dualistic and monist streams of thought in Hinduism, by using "Om which is the symbol for the indescribable, impersonal Brahman".[60]
I am the Father of this world, Mother, Ordainer, Grandfather, the Thing to be known, the Purifier, the syllable Om, Rik, Saman and also Yajus.
— Krishna to Arjuna, Bhagavad Gita 9.17, [60]
The significance of the sacred syllable in the Hindu traditions, is similarly highlighted in various of its verses, such as verse 17.24 where the importance of Omduring prayers, charity and meditative practices is explained as follows,[61]
Therefore, uttering Om, the acts of yajna (fire ritual), dāna (charity) and tapas (austerity) as enjoined in the scriptures, are always begun by those who study the Brahman.
— Bhagavad Gita
Yoga Sutra
The aphoristic verse 1.27 of Pantanjali's Yogasutra links Om to Yoga practice, as follows,
तस्य वाचकः प्रणवः ॥२७॥
His word is Om.
— Yogasutra 1.27,
Johnston states this verse highlights the importance of Om in the meditative practice of Yoga, where it symbolizes three worlds in the Soul; the three times – past, present and future eternity, the three divine powers – creation, preservation and transformation in one Being; and three essences in one Spirit – immortality, omniscience and joy. It is, asserts Johnston, a symbol for the perfected Spiritual Man (his emphasis).
nrhp # 88002474- US Post Office-Corning is a historic post office building located at Corning in Steuben County, New York. It was built in 1908-1909 and is one of a number of post offices in New York State designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, James Knox Taylor. It is a rectangular, one story building faced with pressed yellow brick in the Classical Revival style. The exterior features elaborate terra cotta decoration.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it first entered service with the Navy in 1961 before it was adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, and by the mid-1960s it had become a major part of their air arms. Phantom production ran from 1958 to 1981 with a total of 5,195 aircraft built, making it the most produced American supersonic military aircraft in history, and cementing its position as an iconic combat aircraft of the Cold War.
The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was initially designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record.
The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. It served as the principal air superiority fighter for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and became important in the ground-attack and aerial reconnaissance roles late in the war. During the Vietnam War, one U.S. Air Force pilot, two weapon systems officers (WSOs), one U.S. Navy pilot and one radar intercept officer (RIO) became aces by achieving five aerial kills against enemy fighter aircraft. The F-4 continued to form a major part of U.S. military air power throughout the 1970s and 1980s, being gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon in the U.S. Air Force, the F-14 Tomcat in the U.S. Navy, and the F/A-18 Hornet in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
The F-4 Phantom II remained in use by the U.S. in the reconnaissance and Wild Weasel (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) roles in the 1991 Gulf War, finally leaving service in 1996. It was also the only aircraft used by both U.S. flight demonstration teams: the United States Air Force Thunderbirds (F-4E) and the United States Navy Blue Angels (F-4J). The F-4 was also operated by the armed forces of 11 other nations. Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in several Arab–Israeli conflicts, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms, acquired before the fall of the Shah, in the Iran–Iraq War. As of 2021, 63 years after its first flight, the F-4 remains in active service with the air forces of Iran, South Korea, Greece and Turkey.
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Pithecellobium dulce is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Pacific Coast and adjacent highlands of Mexico, Central America, and northern South America.[2] It is an Introduced species and extensively naturalised in the Caribbean, Florida, Guam as well as in India, Bengal and the Philippines. It is considered an invasive species in Hawaii.
P. dulce is a tree that reaches a height of about 10 to 15 m (33 to 49 ft). Its trunk is spiny and its leaves are bipinnate. Each pinna has a single pair of ovate-oblong leaflets that are about 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) long. The flowers are greenish-white, fragrant, sessile and reach about 12 cm (4.7 in) in length, though appear shorter due to coiling. The flowers produce a pod, which turns pink when ripe and opens to expose an edible pulp. The pulp contains black shiny seeds that are circular and flat.
The bark and pulp are astringent and hemostatic. The indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica use the pulp and bark against gum ailments, toothache and hemorrhages in general. A bark extract is also used against dysentery, chronic diarrhea and tuberculosis. An extract of the leaves is used for gall ailments and to prevent miscarriage. The ground seed is used to clean ulcers
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The Oregon Zoo was founded in 1888, making it the oldest North American zoo west of the Mississippi.[2] It all began with two grizzly bears purchased by Richard Knight.
A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park).
Care and feeding of the bears, however, still fell to the Knight family and friends. It wasn't long before Knight addressed the city council again regarding the bears. Just five months later, he offered to donate the young grizzly, along with its cage (it is unclear what happened to the second bear) to the city. Portland City Council accepted his offer on November 7, 1888, and began the Portland Zoo.
By 1894 there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In 1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese Garden, and moved again in 1959 to its current site, designed by Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann.[7] The zoo was renamed the Portland Zoological Gardens in 1959.[2] At this time, Washington Park and Zoo Railway was constructed to connect the zoo to its former site, and the other attractions in Washington Park.
The zoo became popular locally in 1953, when Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired. The zoo became world-famous in 1962 when the Asian elephant "Packy" was born. He was the first elephant born in the western hemisphere in 44 years and is (as of 2010) the tallest Asian elephant in the United States at 10.5 ft (3.2 m) tall. A total of 28 more calves have been born at the Oregon Zoo, including seven sired by Packy (two of which still live with him), making it the most successful zoo elephant breeding program in the world. On August 23, 2008, Rose-Tu, the granddaughter of the zoo's first elephant Rosy, gave birth to a son named Samudra. This makes Samudra the first third generation captive born elephant in North America.[8]
In 1971, management was given to Metro, which continues expansion projects, aided by donors, sponsors and volunteers.[2] The zoo was renamed in 1976 as the Washington Park Zoo after a naming contest.[2] The Metro Council changed the zoo's name from the Washington Park Zoo to the Oregon Zoo in April 1998.[3] In September of that year, the zoo became accessible by the region's MAX light rail system, with the opening of a Westside MAX line featuring an underground Washington Park station.[9] In 2003, the zoo began participation in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo. The program is designed to breed California condors to be released into the wild and save them from extinction.[10]
In November 2008 regional voters approved a $125 million bond measure to improve infrastructure, enhance older exhibits and increase access to conservation education and the degree of sustainability.[11] Attendance at the zoo reached a record 1.6 million visitors for their 2008 to 2009 year.[6] The record was due in part to the birth of another baby elephant.[6] A new record was set the following year with 1,612,359 people visiting the zoo.[12]
For more: www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/history.htm
Mariposario de Benalmádena
www.mariposariodebenalmadena.com
Calle: Muérdago s/n
29639 - Benálmadena, Málaga, España
E-mail: mail@mariposariodebenalmadena.com
Teléfono.: (+34) 951 211 196
El Mariposario de Benalmádena es con 2.000 m2 el espacio más grande dedicado a las mariposas en Europa.
El edificio del mariposario se ha construido en estilo tailandés lo que ha supuesto una dificultad añadida a la complejidad inherente del proyecto.
Para dotar al edificio de autenticidad muchos de los materiales de construcción así como los elementos decorativos fueron traídos directamente de Tailandia. Las tejas de color azul de la pagoda que cubre el hall de entrada fueron fabricadas en ese color expresamente en Chiang-Mai para el mariposario, y es la teja original que se usa tradicionalmente en los templos de Tailandia.
La elección del estilo tailandés para el edificio ha sido motivada por varios factores
1.- Armonía estética y conceptual con el Templo Tibetano situado junto al Mariposario. La filosofía budista concuerda con lo que las mariposas nos sugieren (belleza, serenidad, silencio). En Asia las mariposas simbolizan el alma y la espiritualidad.
2.- Fue en Asia, concretamente en China donde se inició hace 4.000 años la cría de mariposas para la producción de seda y posteriormente en Tailandia, Malasia e Indonesia para su exhibición en cautividad.
El área de vuelo del Mariposario es un jardín tropical acristalado de mas de 900 m2 de superficie y 8 m de altura en el que vuelan entre 1.500 y 2.000 mariposas de especies exóticas originarias de las áreas tropicales de todo el mundo. A lo largo del año se pueden ver más de 150 especies distintas. El 70% de los ejemplares que
vuelan en el mariposario son de producción propia y el 30% se importa de sus lugares de origen.
Hemos puesto especial interés en la naturalización del jardín para que el visitante se sienta inmerso en el hábitat de estas especies. El jardín se ha concebido como un espacio diáfano para proporcionar una visual limpia lo mas natural posible.
La principal dificultad que implica este proyecto es la climatización, ya que para la vida de estas especies se requieren condiciones ambientales muy especiales (24-28 ºC y 70% de humedad relativa) difíciles de mantener en estas dimensiones.
El mantenimiento del jardín es también difícil ya que al no poder utilizar ningún producto fitosanitario el control de las plagas ha de realizarse de forma manual o mediante lucha biológica.
El Mariposario es una iniciativa privada que ha contado desde el principio con el apoyo del Ayuntamiento de Benalmádena mediante la cesión del suelo. Imago Dracaena S.L. es la entidad promotora del proyecto y esta integrada por José Antonio Plaza (empresario) y Asunción Gómez (veterinaria). La empresa posee además otro mariposario y la única granja de mariposas de Europa, el Centro Entomológico del Norte, ambos en Canarias.
El mariposario es un zoológico en toda la extensión de la palabra. La principal diferencia con otros parques es que trabajamos con animales que tienen una vida media de dos semanas, por tanto es un zoo muy dinámico en el que la población se renueva por completo cada 15 días.
El otro aspecto que nos diferencia de otros zoológicos es lógicamente el contacto directo con el público. Las mariposas están volando alrededor de los visitantes y es posible observar directamente su comportamiento. Esto es lo que se denomina zooinmersión que significa que el visitante se sumerge en el hábitat de los animales, se pretende minimizar o camuflar las barreras visuales entre el público y los animales.
Como parque zoológico tenemos un compromiso con la conservación y con la educación y por eso vamos a trabajar muy estrechamente con los colegios preparando aulas de naturaleza y seminarios en el propio mariposario.
El mariposario viene a completar la amplísima oferta de parques existente ya en la Costa del Sol y confirma a Benalmádena como un destino clave de ocio familiar y de naturaleza.
Horario:
Lunes a Domingo de 10:00 a 19:00 h.
Benalmádena Butterfly Park
www.mariposariodebenalmadena.com
Muérdago Street n/n
29639 - Benálmadena, Málaga, Spain
E-mail: mail@mariposariodebenalmadena.com
Phone: (+34) 951 211 196
The Butterfly Park of Benalmádena is over 2,000 m2 the largest space dedicated to the butterflies in Europe.
The building was built in butterfly thailand style what has been an added difficulty to the inherent complexity of the project.
To give the building authenticity many building materials and decorative elements were brought directly from Thailand. The blue tiles covering the pagoda entrance hall were made in that color expressly in Chiang Mai for the butterfly, and is the original tile that is traditionally used in the temples of Thailand.
Thailand style choice for the building has been motivated by several factors
1.- Aesthetic and conceptual harmony with Tibetan Temple located near the Butterfly. The Buddhist philosophy is consistent with what we suggest butterflies (beauty, serenity, silence). In Asia, the butterfly symbolizes the soul and spirituality.
2.- It was in Asia, particularly in China where it started 4,000 years ago butterfly farming for silk production and later in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia for display in captivity.
The flight of the butterfly area is a tropical garden conservatory of over 900 m2 and 8 m in height where they fly between 1,500 and 2,000 butterflies of exotic species originating in tropical areas worldwide. Throughout the year you can see more than 150 different species. 70% of individuals that fly in the butterfly are produced in-house and 30% is imported from their homelands.
We paid particular attention to the naturalization of the garden so that visitors feel immersed in the habitat of these species. The garden is designed as an open space to provide a clear visual as natural as possible.
The main difficulty of this project is the climate, because for the life of these species require very specific environmental conditions (24-28 º C and 70% relative humidity) difficult to maintain in this size.
Garden maintenance is also difficult because it could not use any plant protection product pest control must be performed manually or by biological control.
The Butterfly is a private initiative that has, from the outset with the support of the City of Benalmádena by transferring the soil. Imago Dracaena SL is the entity behind the project and is composed of José Antonio Plaza (employer) and Asunción Gómez (veterinary). The company also has another unique butterfly garden and butterfly farm in Europe, North Entomology Centre, both in the Canaries.
The butterfly is a zoo in every sense of the word. The main difference from other parks is that working with animals that have a lifespan of two weeks, so it is a very dynamic zoo where the population is completely renewed every 15 days.
The other aspect that sets us apart from other zoos is logically direct contact with the public. The butterflies are flying around visitors and it is possible to directly observe their behavior. This is what is called zooinmersion which means that the visitor is immersed in the habitat of animals is meant to minimize or conceal the visual barriers between the public and animals.
As zoo we have a commitment to conservation and education and so we will work closely with schools preparing classrooms in nature and seminars in their own butterfly.
The butterfly adds to the vast range of existing parks and on the Costa del Sol Benalmádena confirmed as a key destination for family leisure and nature.
Hours:
From Monday to Sunday: 10:00 to 19:00 h.
This was my test film for FED Micron 2. It's a very nice camera, bought for $7, except that it has a light leak at the upper right.
Even today, almost 2000 years after its construction, the breathtaking pantheon is a remarkable building to see. The spectacular design, proportions, elegance and harmony are a striking reminder of the architecture of the great Roman Empire. When Michelangelo saw this wonder for the first time he said that it looks more like the work of angels, not humans.
1 The word Pantheon is a Greek adjective meaning “honor all Gods”. In fact the pantheon was first built as a temple to all gods.
2 It is the best preserved Ancient Roman monument. It is a bit of a mystery how the Pantheon managed to survive barbarian raids when all the rest of Roman monuments had been shattered. Its turning into a church in 609 AD has a lot to do with it in later time, but also the structure itself is way ahead of its time. In fact, the exact composition of the material is still unknown and appears to be structurally similar to modern day concrete! Whatever the reasons are, the Pantheon is the only structure of its age and size that has successfully survived the damage of time and gravity, still intact with all its splendor and beauty.
3 The exact age of the pantheon remains unknown. The Roman legend tells that the original Pantheon was built on the very site and was dedicated to Romulus, their mythological founder, after he ascended to heaven from that site. Most historians claim that Emperor Augustus right hand, Agrippa, built the first Pantheon in 27 BC. It burned in the great fire of 80 AD, was rebuilt by Emperor Domitian, but was struck by lightning and burned again in 110 AD. The Pantheon as we know it today was built in 120 AD by Emperor Hadrian Who was passionate with architecture and designed it together with Apollodorus of Damascus, a famous Greek architect of the time who unfortunately was executed by order of the Emperor, because of an argument about the design of the temple…
sundial-rome-on-segwayA lighting effect can be viewed on April 21when the midday sun strikes a metal grille above the doorway, saturating the courtyard outside with light
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4 The most fascinating part of the Pantheon is its giant dome, with its famous hole in the top (The eye of the Pantheon, or oculus). The dome was the largest in the world for 1300 years and until today it remains the largest unsupported dome in the world! The diameter of the dome is 43.30 meters or 142ft (for comparison, the United States Capitol dome is 96 feet in diameter) and is in perfect proportion with the Pantheon by the fact that the distance from the floor to the top of the dome is exactly equal to its diameter.
The great architectural achievement was due to the massive weight of the large dome. Roman engineers lightened the dome as much as possible; not only its thickness progressively decreases, but the materials used in the upper part of the dome were lighter with internal spaces within the dome walls. The decrease in thickness has the effect that while the interior of the ceiling is spherical, its exterior is slightly “flattened”. It is larger than the dome of St. Peter’s basilica but since it seems flattened from the outside it is hard to get a full sense of its dimension. The hole (oculus), 7.8 meters in diameter, is the only source of light and is the connection between the temple and the gods above. Rain occasionally fall through it, but the floor is slanted and drains the water if it manages to hit the floor. In practice, rain seldom falls inside the dome.
5 The interior has the shape of a cylinder covered by a half of a sphere; the height of the cylinder is equal to the radius of the sphere, and is 43.3 meters (142ft) . There are no windows inside but the large oculus! The Pantheon now contains the tombs of the famous artist Raphael and of several Italian Kings and poets. The marble floor, which features a design consisting of a series of geometric patterns, is still the ancient Roman original. The history of Pantheon was forever changed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, who melted down every scrap of bronze located upon the ceiling, outraging a great deal of Roman citizens.
6 The 16 massive Corinthian columns supporting the portico weigh 60 tons each. They are 39 feet (11.8 m) tall, five feet (1.5 m) in diameter and brought all the way from Egypt. These columns were dragged more than 100 km from the quarry to the Nile river on wooden sledges. They were floated by barge down the Nile River when the water level was high during the spring floods, and then transferred to vessels to cross the Mediterranean Sea to the Roman port of Ostia. There, they were transferred back onto barges and pulled up the Tiber River to Rome. The Columns support a triangle pediment with an inscription attributing the Pantheon to Marcus Agrippa (“M•AGRIPPA•L•F•COS•TERTIUM•FECIT” meaning “It was built by Marcos Agrippa in his third consulate”). It is the only remain from the original temple built by Agrippa and it is believed that Hadrian left it as a gesture to his predecessor when he rebuilt the pantheon.
7 A lighting effect can be viewed on April 21 when the midday sun strikes a metal grille above the doorway, saturating the courtyard outside with light. The Romans celebrated April 21 as the founding date of the city, and the impressive sight of their Emperor standing at the entrance of the Pantheon surrounded by light coming from inside the pantheon might have been seen as something that, in effect, raised their emperor to the level of the gods and invited him in to join them.
8 In the year 609 The Pantheon was the first pagan temple to be transformed into a church and therefore it was saved from being destroyed during the middle Ages. Today it is a church dedicated to St. Mary of the Martyrs. None the less it is called the Pantheon by virtually everybody and it seems to exist independent of religious rule but more of a tribute to the past.
9 In front of the Pantheon is the beautiful “Fountain of the Pantheon”. It was designed by famous architecture Giacomo Della Porta in 1575 and sculpted out of marble by Leonardo Sormani. In 1711, Pope Clement XI requested that the fountain be modified and had Filippo Barignoni design a new layout, which included a different basin, made of stone, and the obelisk of Ramses II set in the centre on a plinth with four dolphins decorating the base.
Logos (/ˈloʊɡɒs/, UK /ˈlɒɡɒs/, or US /ˈloʊɡoʊs/; Greek: λόγος, from λέγω lego "I say") is an important term in philosophy, psychology, rhetoric, and religion. Originally a word meaning "a ground", "a plea", "an opinion", "an expectation", "word," "speech," "account," "reason,"[1][2] it became a technical term in philosophy, beginning with Heraclitus (ca. 535–475 BC), who used the term for a principle of order and knowledge.[3]
Ancient philosophers used the term in different ways. The sophists used the term to mean discourse, and Aristotle applied the term to refer to "reasoned discourse"[4] or "the argument" in the field of rhetoric.[5] The Stoic philosophers identified the term with the divine animating principle pervading the Universe.
Under Hellenistic Judaism, Philo (ca. 20 BC–AD 50) adopted the term into Jewish philosophy.[6] The Gospel of John identifies the Logos, through which all things are made, as divine (theos),[7] and further identifies Jesus as the incarnate Logos.
Although the term "Logos" is widely used in this Christian sense, in academic circles it often refers to the various ancient Greek uses, or to post-Christian uses within contemporary philosophy, Sufism, and the analytical psychology of Carl Jung.
Despite the conventional translation as "word," it is not used for a word in the grammatical sense; instead, the term lexis (λέξις) was used.[8] However, both logos and lexis derive from the same verb legō (λέγω), meaning "to count, tell, say, speak".[1][8][9]
Philo distinguished between logos prophorikos (the uttered word) and the logos endiathetos (the word remaining within).[10] The Stoics also spoke of the logos spermatikos (the generative principle of the Universe), which is not important in the Biblical tradition, but is relevant in Neoplatonism.[11] Early translators from Greek, like Jerome in the 4th century, were frustrated by the inadequacy of any single Latin word to convey the Logos expressed in the Gospel of John. The Vulgate Bible usage of in principio erat verbum was thus constrained to use the perhaps inadequate noun verbum for word, but later romance language translations had the advantage of nouns such as le mot in French. Reformation translators took another approach. Martin Luther rejected Zeitwort (verb) in favor of Wort (word), for instance, although later commentators repeatedly turned to a more dynamic use involving the living word as felt by Jerome and Augustine.[12]
The History Of Porthleven In Cornwall
The History Of The Name, Porthleven.
There are two theories of how the name Porthleven came about:
1. It came from the Cornish words "porth" meaning port and "leven" meaning smooth.
2. It came from "porth" meaning port and "Elvan" from St Elvan the 5th century saint who landed on these shores to spread the word of Christianity. There was originally a settlement nearby called St Elvan.
Early maps showed a settlement called Porth Leuan and in 1714 the name Port Leven first appeared in legal documents. The modern parish of Porthleven was formed in 1846 taking some of its land from Breage to the west and some from Sithney to the east.
Early Settlements - The History Of Porthleven
Originally Porthleven was a marshy cove fed by a stream which marked the boundary of the Breage and Sithney parishes. There was a shingle bar at the mouth of the cove which rather like a miniature version of Loe Bar.
Porthleven was not a very important place as at the time the Cober valley was navigable as far as Helston. The continual silting up of of the Cober valley estuary however led to the formation of the Loe Bar sandbank. This resulted in the Cober valley and Helston being cut off from the sea, probably during the 12th century. By the 14th century a small hamlet of fishermen settled around the cove which is now Porthleven.
During the 1700's the fishermen in Porthleven were joined by farmworkers and miners, many of whom worked in the silver & lead mines in Penrose Estate near Loe Bar.
The History Of Porthleven And
The HMS Anson Tradegy of 1807
The 44 gun frigate, HMS Anson was shipwrecked at Loe Bar in 1807 and reportedly 130 people were drowned. This tragedy gave rise to 3 events:
1. The Henry Trengrouse life saving apparatus. Rocket fired rope line and cork filled life jackets invented by the local cabinet maker Henry Trengrouse.
2. The Thomas Grylls Act of 1808. Thomas was a local solicitor who drafted the act which sets out the procedures regarding burial of bodies cast up by the sea.
3. The Act Of Parliament signed by King George III in 1811 "for constructing a harbour, in Mounts Bay in the county of Cornwall". Porthleven was chosen because if its central location in Mounts Bay. The Act established the Porthleven Harbour Company that was responsible for building, maintaining and operating the the harbour.
Pictured below, divers examining the remains of HMS Anson in 2005:
Constructing Porthleven Harbour
The construction of the harbour was a tremendous and dangerous engineering achievement. The shingle bar with its stone bridge at the mouth of the south west facing valley had to be removed so ships could enter. Napoleonic War prisoners were used but the construction took 14 years and was not completed until 1825.
The granite pier and quays were constucted by 1825 but it was still an open harbour. The harbour was purchased in 1855 by Harvey and Co of Hayle in Cornwall, who built the inner harbour which was completed in 1858. The huge timbers (baulk) that seal the inner harbour in storms are still in use today. The population of Porthleven increased to well over 1000 by 1858.
The Inner Harbour Completed In 1858
The harbour housed a large fishing fleet that harvested the huge shoals of pilchards & mackerel that swam in Mounts bay. The economy involved fishing, boatbuilding, net and rope making, fish smoking and packing in the village. Ships brought in coal, and lime for building work and timber for use in boatbuilding and the local mines. Exports included fish locally mined china clay, tin, and other minerals. Also Kitto & Sons of Porthleven built fishing boats, clippers, schooners and yachts used in ports all round the world. By 1900 the population was nearly 2000 people.
1900 To Present Day
Porthleven's traditional wooden sail boat building industry went into gradual decline due to the trend towards using steel boats with engines and later on smaller craft being made of fibre glass. Sail rope and net manufacture also declined. The local china clay production at Tregonning Hill declined under fresh competition from St Austell, which is also on the south coast of Cornwall. New methods of transportation and unloading ships lead to a reduction in traffic through Porthleven.
Although the economy in Porthleven has changed it continued to grow. The population of Porthleven was 3190 people in 2001. Fishing still continues from Porthleven with crab, lobster and crayfish being caught locally. Some of this seafood is sold at the award winning Quayside Fish in Porthleven and in the local cafes, restaurants and inns. There are sea angling trips from Porthleven harbour which can be booked through Porthleven Angling Centre.
Tourism is now very important to Porthleven and people are attracted by the history, the scenery, the excellent restaurants, pubs, real pasty and fish and chip shops. Porthleven has managed to strike exactly the right balance, being largely unchanged and unspoilt by tourism yet offering everything that visitors require, including a warm welcome. There is a thriving artistic community that has found inspiration in Porthleven and their works can be seen in the local shops and galleries.
It seems one Marvel-based film franchise isn’t enough for Josh Brolin.
The actor plays the supervillain Thanos in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Infinity War and in just under a month will hop across some (soon-to-be nonexistent) intellectual property lines to play Nathan Summers AKA Cable in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men film, Deadpool 2.
The sequel to Ryan Reynolds’s R-rated hit will be the first of four films that Brolin has signed on for.
Brolin has had an illustrious film career that only really hit full-speed in the mid aughts, with the actor admitting that he was put off film work for years after watching his second feature film, Thrashin’.
In 2018 Josh Brolin plays supervillain Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War and Cable in Deadpool 2
‘It’s a skateboard movie, and when I went to the premiere, I was crushed. I thought my acting was horrendous,’ the actor told the New York Times while promoting his 2010 film, Jonah Hex.
‘It was the worst acting I’ve ever seen in my life. I moved to New York after that. And I devoted myself to the theater.’
Here is all you need to know about Josh Brolin including what his net worth is, his roles in The Goonies and as Thanos and Cable in Infinity War and Deadpool 2.
Who is Josh Brolin?
Josh James Brolin was born in Santa Monica, California to Jane Cameron and James Brolin.
Brolin’s mother was the assistant casting director on the 1960s Batman TV series and met Brolin’s father, the actor James Brolin on the show’s set.
Brolin’s parents divorced when he was 16 and in 1998 James Brolin married the Oscar-winner Barbra Streisand.
Brolin’s first big role came in 1985’s cult-classic The Goonies, acting alongside future Lord of the Rings star Sean Astin, and Corey Feldman.
He followed that up with Thrashin but then took a break from films until 1993’s The Road Killers, in-between missing out on a lead role in 21 Jump Street to Johnny Depp.
After Brolin’s mother died after a car crash in 1995, on the actor’s 27th birthday, he started drinking and using again, only getting treatment after a close friend from AA staged an intervention.
After getting sober, Brolin’s acting career resumed, albeit very slowly. ‘I was the last-resort guy,’ the actor told Esquire.
Brolin’s life and career turned around in 2006, when he landed the role in the Coen brothers’ film, No Country for Old Men. At the time, Brolin was in Robert Rodriguez’s film Grindhouse.
He was having breakfast with the American playwright and actor Sam Shepard, who told him about the film.
Despite believing he had no chance of getting a role, Brolin made an audition tape – directed by Quentin Tarantino, who was visiting the Grindhouse set that day – and landed the role of Llewelyn Moss.
A string of increasingly big films followed including American Gangster, George W Bush biopic W. and Milk, for which Brolin was nominated for an Oscar.
Brolin’s industrious approach to acting continued through to the 2010s. High-profile films such as True Grit, Men in Black 3, Guardians of the Galaxy and Sicario consolidated Brolin’s status as a Hollywood star.
In 2018 alone, Brolin will star in Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2, Sicario: Day of the Soldado and The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter.
Brolin has been married three times, to actress Alice Adair between 1988 and 1994 and with whom he has two children; Diane Lane between 2004 and 2013; and former assistant Kathryn Boyd in 2016.
What is Josh Brolin’s net worth?
Josh Brolin’s net worth is estimated to be $35 million (£25.3m), according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Most of Brolin’s net worth is bolstered by his salaries in huge films such as Marvel’s Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, and his four-film deal with 20th Century Fox to play Cable in the X-Men series.
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The Oregon Zoo was founded in 1888, making it the oldest North American zoo west of the Mississippi.[2] It all began with two grizzly bears purchased by Richard Knight.
A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park).
Care and feeding of the bears, however, still fell to the Knight family and friends. It wasn't long before Knight addressed the city council again regarding the bears. Just five months later, he offered to donate the young grizzly, along with its cage (it is unclear what happened to the second bear) to the city. Portland City Council accepted his offer on November 7, 1888, and began the Portland Zoo.
By 1894 there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In 1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese Garden, and moved again in 1959 to its current site, designed by Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann.[7] The zoo was renamed the Portland Zoological Gardens in 1959.[2] At this time, Washington Park and Zoo Railway was constructed to connect the zoo to its former site, and the other attractions in Washington Park.
The zoo became popular locally in 1953, when Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired. The zoo became world-famous in 1962 when the Asian elephant "Packy" was born. He was the first elephant born in the western hemisphere in 44 years and is (as of 2010) the tallest Asian elephant in the United States at 10.5 ft (3.2 m) tall. A total of 28 more calves have been born at the Oregon Zoo, including seven sired by Packy (two of which still live with him), making it the most successful zoo elephant breeding program in the world. On August 23, 2008, Rose-Tu, the granddaughter of the zoo's first elephant Rosy, gave birth to a son named Samudra. This makes Samudra the first third generation captive born elephant in North America.[8]
In 1971, management was given to Metro, which continues expansion projects, aided by donors, sponsors and volunteers.[2] The zoo was renamed in 1976 as the Washington Park Zoo after a naming contest.[2] The Metro Council changed the zoo's name from the Washington Park Zoo to the Oregon Zoo in April 1998.[3] In September of that year, the zoo became accessible by the region's MAX light rail system, with the opening of a Westside MAX line featuring an underground Washington Park station.[9] In 2003, the zoo began participation in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo. The program is designed to breed California condors to be released into the wild and save them from extinction.[10]
In November 2008 regional voters approved a $125 million bond measure to improve infrastructure, enhance older exhibits and increase access to conservation education and the degree of sustainability.[11] Attendance at the zoo reached a record 1.6 million visitors for their 2008 to 2009 year.[6] The record was due in part to the birth of another baby elephant.[6] A new record was set the following year with 1,612,359 people visiting the zoo.[12]
For more: www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/history.htm
Ras al-Jinz (رأس الجنز) located in Oman, is the easternmost point of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a nesting site for green turtles, as also is the beach at the local village of Ras al Hadd.[1][2] It is home to the famous 'RAS AL JINZ TURTLE RESERVE'. (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
St Peter's Church, Prestbury, Cheshire.
St Peter's Church is the parish church of Prestbury, Cheshire, England. It is probably the fourth church on the site. The third, the Norman Chapel, stands in the churchyard. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] The Norman Chapel,[2] the lychgate and west wall,[3] the Hearse House,[4] and the sundial in the churchyard[5] are listed at Grade II. It is a Church of England parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Macclesfield.[6]
There is compelling evidence that there was a church at Prestbury ("priest’s enclosure") in the Anglo-Saxon era. After the Norman conquest of England, the church, probably the second on the site, came into the possession of the powerful baron Hugh Kyvelioc who gave it to the Abbey of St Werburgh in 1170-1173.
The monks demolished the Anglo-Saxon church and built what is now called the Norman Chapel.[7] The chapel served as a place of worship for the vast Parish of Prestbury until after the Magna Carta and the deaths of King John and Pope Innocent III in 1216.
In 1220, the monks, supported by the Davenports of Marton (and later Henbury), the Piggots of Butley and the family de Corona (predecessors of the Leghs of Adlington) started to build what became the chancel and nave of the present church. Rather than incorporate the chapel into the new building, as was often done, they left it in the churchyard. Some time later, it was given to the Davenports for use as a place of burial and perhaps as a private chapel.
During the next three centuries, the church was enlarged and the tower was erected. As a Roman Catholic church, worship in Latin was conducted at the high altar behind the rood screen. Rich vestments and ornaments were in use.
With the dissolution of the monasteries, the Abbey of St Werburgh ceased to exist. The newly created Diocese of Chester (1541) administered Prestbury until Sir Richard Cotton purchased the manor and advowson in 1547. A few years afterwards, in 1580, Thomas Legh of Adlington acquired the manor and advowson and became Lay Rector of Prestbury. The Legh family has held the manor and advowson of Prestbury ever since.
St Peter's Church before the general restoration
Public worship in Latin was abolished by the Acts of Uniformity. A pulpit was erected in 1560. The high altar and the rood loft were taken down during the years 1563-72 and a moveable Communion table was set up.
The church was transformed during the Georgian period to suit the contemporaneous style of worship. Pews (1707) filled the building. In 1710 a canopied three-decker pulpit was erected in the nave. Between 1711 and 1712, a large gallery was built at the western end of the church, with access from external staircases on both sides of the tower. A ceiling was put up in 1719 and decorated in 1720. In 1741-1742, the north aisle was rebuilt.
In a general restoration designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott which took place between 1879 and 1888, the pews were replaced, the three-decker pulpit was dismantled, the gallery and the ceiling were removed and the north aisle was again rebuilt.
Further changes took place during the 20th and the first few years of the 21st centuries and no doubt will continue to take place.
Churchyard[edit]
The Lychgate was built in 1715 and re-sited to its present position in 1728.
St Peter's Churchyard
The outstanding feature of the churchyard is the Norman Chapel.[8] Dating from 1175-1190, it began to fall into disrepair a few years after the present church came into use. In 1747 it was rebuilt by Sir William Meredith of Henbury so that his son Amos and other members of his family could be buried there. Restored in 1953, it is now used for a variety of church purposes.
Fragments of a cross of late Saxon origin were discovered in about 1880 built into the wall of the church. At one time they were thought to date from the late seventh or early eighth centuries, but are now believed to be 10th or 11th century. Pieces of the cross have been put together and now stand in the churchyard near the Norman Chapel. It has been registered as a scheduled monument.[9]
Yew trees in the churchyard date from the time of the Hundred Years' War.
The sundial (needed to correct the church clock) dates from 1672. It was improved in 1771 but the gnomon is missing.
The forerunner of the Hearse House was built in 1728. The present Hearse House dates from 1852. It is used to store garden tools.
The churchyard contains the war graves of twelve Commonwealth service personnel, seven from World War I and five from World War II.[10]
Church building[edit]
Ground plan
The nave is twenty-two feet wide. The north aisle and the south aisle are twenty-one and ten feet wide respectively. The chancel is nineteen feet wide. The south porch is fifteen feet square. The tower is twenty-three feet square with walls four feet thick. It is seventy-two feet high.
The main body of the church (the nave and chancel) was built during 1220-1230 in the Early English style. The south Aisle and the first north aisle were added in 1310.
The tower and south porch were built around 1480 and are the only parts of the building to survive in essentially their original form.
The clerestory with four windows each side and the bell-cot are early sixteenth century.
In 1612 three of the four fourteenth century windows in the south aisle were replaced by square windows.
The 1741-2 north aisle had five round-headed windows which contrasted with the windows of the south aisle. Two of the round-headed windows survived the general restoration of 1879-1888.
The vestry to the north of the chancel was added during the general restoration of 1879-1888.
South Porch and South Aisle
Interior[edit]
The main west door leads through the West Porch, the Parish's memorial to the dead of the two World Wars.
Above the porch is the ringers’ gallery (1637). It was formerly an organ loft. The bells date from 1820. They were recast in 1968.
Nave[edit]
Warden’s pews at the west end of the nave survived the general restoration.
The roof (1675) [11] replaced an earlier one. The timbering is rough as it was not designed to be exposed.
The nave chandelier is dated 1814. Electric lighting replaced acetylene gas in 1936. Ancient candle brackets remain on the pillars and the south wall.
Paintings above the pillars represent the twelve apostles and the twelve tribes of Israel. They were executed in 1719 by the travelling painter who had decorated the eighteenth-century ceiling which was removed as part of the general restoration.
The pulpit is Jacobean (1607). It was found in 1858 encased in the three-decker pulpit which had been made in 1710. It had replaced the 1560 pulpit.
A fragment of heraldic glass from an early window in the Legh chapel (1601) is now kept in an illuminated cabinet at the west end of the nave,[12] near a memorial book remembering those who lost their lives in the two World Wars.
In 2001 a three-manual Allen Renaissance Digital Organ was installed to replace the pipe organ. At the same time a dais was installed with space for a nave communion table.
Chancel[edit]
Incised slab commemorating Reginald Legh
The chancel is entered through a screen which had been erected in 1740 for the Legh Chapel. It has borne the Hanoverian Arms since 1787.
A memorial slab built into the north wall of the sanctuary is the oldest memorial in the church (1482). It commemorates Reginald Legh who helped to build the tower and south porch. This and other slabs were built into the walls when the church was cleared of altar-tombs.
The two-tier chandelier in the chancel is dated 1712.
The east window (1915) represents the river and tree of life as described in Revelations, 22: 1-2. It replaced an earlier window which was had been inserted sixty years previously.
A thirteenth century three-light window in the north side of the chancel is filled with simulated organ pipes.
The main window in the south of the chancel has a representation of Christ’s call of St Peter. It was inserted in 1981. Most of the other glass in the church dates from 1882-1896.
North aisle[edit]
The 13th century font at the west end of the aisle was refaced and recut in 1857. The sculptured heads may represent monks or lay brothers from the Abbey of St Werburgh.
At the east end of the north aisle is the Legh Chantry Chapel,[13] separated from the rest of the aisle by a heavy oak screen.
South aisle[edit]
At the east end of the south aisle, the Tytherington Chantry Chapel, dedicated to St Nicholas, was created in 1350. A 14th century piscina with a carved head typical of the period projects from the wall.
A small figure of St Nicholas at the top of the east window of the south aisle is 14th Century, the oldest piece of glass in the church.[14]
Juliet's Log
7th – Sunday
Am – left for a reconnoiter of the closest part of the Sierra Nevada and to explore a group of 3 villages that were recommended. The drive of 50 km was tortuous due to a very windy, though substantial, road. We stopped for a picnic lunch on the way. The countryside was of scrubby mountains, beautiful but not as beautiful as the Pyrenees. The first stop was Pamenteira, a village of white houses with quirky chimney pots and narrow winding streets at different levels up the mountainside. The main craft of the village was colourful woven rugs, basketware and ceramics. Pretty squares were lively but not crowded, we foind an info. Centre and bought a map of the mountains.. We drove through Bubion and on to Capileira; the second highest village in the Sierra Nevada at 14450m. The temperature here was 13C where it had been 17.5C when we left.
We wandered around the village for an hour or so particularly in the back streets and climbed to the top of the village to see if there were any obvious walks; it was clearly a centre for walking. A local food shop was signposted and we descended about ½ km to find a very dark room with a strong stench of cheese with hams and dried pimientos hanging from the rafters, wines, local biscuits and honey for sale. We bought a kilo of honey for 6.25€. When I came to pay I realized that my camera was not on my belt nor in my bag. I had made an essential stop just off the path at the highest point we reached and must have lost it when I undid my belt. Puffing and panting we rapidly retraced our steps up very steep paths and found it exactly in that spot. Phew!
We wandered back to the car past a porch that had very artistic ways of supporting sagging beams – see photos. On the road back we stopped for a sack of oranges for 2€. It was very noticeable that the leaves had suddenly burst within the time we had been up the mountain. At about 300m it was a luscious spring green colour where we had left the trees in bud.
The Oregon Zoo was founded in 1888, making it the oldest North American zoo west of the Mississippi.[2] It all began with two grizzly bears purchased by Richard Knight.
A former seaman turned pharmacist, Knight began collecting animals from his seafaring friends. He kept his collection in the back of his drug store on Third & Morrison streets. When caring for the animals became too large a responsibility he sought to sell them to the city of Portland. Instead of buying the animals, the city offered to give Knight two circus cages and allowed him to place the caged bears on the grounds of City Park (now called Washington Park).
Care and feeding of the bears, however, still fell to the Knight family and friends. It wasn't long before Knight addressed the city council again regarding the bears. Just five months later, he offered to donate the young grizzly, along with its cage (it is unclear what happened to the second bear) to the city. Portland City Council accepted his offer on November 7, 1888, and began the Portland Zoo.
By 1894 there were over 300 animals in the zoo’s collection. In 1925, the zoo moved to the site of the present Portland Japanese Garden, and moved again in 1959 to its current site, designed by Lawrence, Tucker & Wallmann.[7] The zoo was renamed the Portland Zoological Gardens in 1959.[2] At this time, Washington Park and Zoo Railway was constructed to connect the zoo to its former site, and the other attractions in Washington Park.
The zoo became popular locally in 1953, when Rosy the Asian elephant was acquired. The zoo became world-famous in 1962 when the Asian elephant "Packy" was born. He was the first elephant born in the western hemisphere in 44 years and is (as of 2010) the tallest Asian elephant in the United States at 10.5 ft (3.2 m) tall. A total of 28 more calves have been born at the Oregon Zoo, including seven sired by Packy (two of which still live with him), making it the most successful zoo elephant breeding program in the world. On August 23, 2008, Rose-Tu, the granddaughter of the zoo's first elephant Rosy, gave birth to a son named Samudra. This makes Samudra the first third generation captive born elephant in North America.[8]
In 1971, management was given to Metro, which continues expansion projects, aided by donors, sponsors and volunteers.[2] The zoo was renamed in 1976 as the Washington Park Zoo after a naming contest.[2] The Metro Council changed the zoo's name from the Washington Park Zoo to the Oregon Zoo in April 1998.[3] In September of that year, the zoo became accessible by the region's MAX light rail system, with the opening of a Westside MAX line featuring an underground Washington Park station.[9] In 2003, the zoo began participation in a California condor recovery program started by San Diego Wild Animal Park and Los Angeles Zoo. The program is designed to breed California condors to be released into the wild and save them from extinction.[10]
In November 2008 regional voters approved a $125 million bond measure to improve infrastructure, enhance older exhibits and increase access to conservation education and the degree of sustainability.[11] Attendance at the zoo reached a record 1.6 million visitors for their 2008 to 2009 year.[6] The record was due in part to the birth of another baby elephant.[6] A new record was set the following year with 1,612,359 people visiting the zoo.[12]
For more: www.oregonzoo.org/AboutZoo/history.htm
I am obsessed with the Sims 2. It was a tragic day when my hard drive crashed and had to be erased and I lost 2.5 years of Simming. Well, maybe that was just a little dramatic but I was still sad at all the progress lost. Some of my families had 4 or 5 generations already. So it was a little bit of a bummer. But trust me, I'm working hard and fast to get my neighborhoods back to where they were before...can we say gamer nerd?
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