this started out as a stogy 28ct. + emerald cut that was useless as a piece of jewelry. It was re-cut into a precision faceted barion cut with no window at all and has a 1/2ct. diamond on top. The mounting was hand-made in 18kt. yellow gold with the diamond set in a platinum three prong setting. The scale is metric.

Still as busy, and still not too bad. The dumpling skins are still smooth, but perhaps a bit less chewy than they used to be. The 上海粗炒面 Shanghai Fried Noodles were rather tasteless too and quite greasy.

There is a shop across the road also called David & Camy, but rather quiet on Friday night. Used to be ok!

凯密水饺店 David & Camy Noodle Restaurant

(03) 9898 8398

605 Station St

Box Hill VIC 3128

Status as on 8.2.2017

video www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkvBxUy9DAo

Foundation stone was laid by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari

Union Ministers Manohar Parrikar and Shripad Naik, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and others were present on the occasion

Goa Velha Football ground on 1.1.2016

Rs 2,700 crore cable-stayed parallel bridge over Zuari river in Cortalim - Agassaim.

(Rs.27000,000,000 or $410 millions or £278 Millions)

The main bridge will be joined by flyovers / Elevated bypass as follows

1. Bambolim to Agassaim (8.2 kms)

2. Cable stayed bridge 640M and approach roads on both sides ( Total 1.084 kms)

3. Cortalim to Verna (4.3 kms)

The bridge will pass over the existing Railway bridge at Cortalim.

Overall Cost of the project is around 3000 crores

Expected to complete in 3 years from March 2016

More info, pics and video updates visit here

joegoauk.blogspot.in/2016/01/new-zuari-bridge-8-lane-cabl...

as long as it was mutton kebabs and round flat bread

As above.

..as in looking...or make 7UP yours...

it's a rescue squad ambulance

As a result of "Z" Type carriage bogies having cracks discovered in them, to make up the shortfall N car sets are being marshalled in either 3 or 4 and 5 car sets (and reportedly 6) made soley of N cars.

N462-VN9 (ACN-BRN-BN-ACN-BRN) -PH van at Roxburgh Park (Patullos Lane) on the up Shepparton V/line service

As escolas e Unidades Municipais de Educação Infantil (Umeis) da Prefeitura de Belo Horizonte já estão recebendo o Kit Escolar 2012, que será entregue aos estudantes matriculados na Rede Municipal de Educação na volta às aulas. “Conseguimos concluir um processo licitatório no qual foi terceirizada toda a logística de recurso material da Secretaria Municipal de Educação, incluindo os 214 mil kits escolares que serão distribuídos em 2012. Como a licitação inclui também a disponibilidade de galpões, o almoxarifado da secretaria está com novo espaço, permitindo o armazenamento, montagem e distribuição de forma mais eficaz”, comenta Wanice Beatriz de Lima, gerente de Recursos Materiais da Educação. Foto Lélio Brasil

Para mais informações acesse: portalpbh.pbh.gov.br/pbh/ecp/noticia.do?evento=portlet&am...

Tri Postal

Lille

December 2010

"Nous devons apprendre a vivre ensemble comme des frères sinon nous allons mourir tous ensemble comme des idiots"

"We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools."

Martin Luther King

Monsieur Cana Copyright 2010

GAIUS CALIGULA. 37-41 AD. Æ As (11.21 gm). Struck 37/38 AD. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head left / VESTA, S C across field, Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC I 38; BMCRE 46; Cohen 27. For more on Caligulan Numismatic Articles see: Coins courtesy cngoins.com

Related Articles of Caligula from American Numismatic Society Library Search

Library Catalog Search (Preliminary Version)

Full Record: Barrett, Anthony A. The invalidation of currency in the Roman Empire : the Claudian demonetization of Caligula's AES. (1999)

Full Record: Bost, Jean-Pierre. Routes, cits et ateliers montaires : quelques remarques sur les officines hispaniques entre les rgnes d'Auguste en de Caligula. (1999)

Full Record: Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information de Grenoble. Grenoble : Bibliothque Municipale d'Etude et d'Information : catalogue des monnaies. II. Monnaies romaines. Monnaies impriales romaines. 2. Caligula - Neron . Index. / Bernard Rmy, Frdric Bontoux, Virginie Risler. (1998)

Full Record: Gainor, John R. The image of the Julio-Claudian dynasty from coins / by John R. Gainor.

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Monete romane imperiali del Museo G. B. Adriani. Parte 3, Caius (37-41 d.C.) / Rodolfo Martini. (2001)

Full Record: ACCLA privy to presentation by Richard Baker on Caligula. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 1. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 2. (2002)

Full Record: Wend, David A. Caligula, the emperor as autocrat. Part 3. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. Caligula on the Lower Rhine : Coin finds from the Roman Fort of Albaniana (The Netherlands) / Fleur Kemmers. (2004)

Full Record: Estiot, Sylviane. Le trsor de Meussia (Jura) : 399 monnaies d'argent d'poques rpublicaine et julio-claudienne / Sylviane Estiot, Isabelle Aymar. (2002)

Full Record: Gocht, Hans. Namenstilgungen an Bronzemünzen des Caligula und Claudius / Hans Gocht. (2003)

Full Record: Gomis Justo, Marivi. Ercavica : La emision de Caligula. Estimacion del numero de cunos originales.

Full Record: Sayles, Wayne G. Fakes on the Internet. (2002)

Full Record: Kemmers, Fleur. The coin finds from the Roman fort Albaniana, the Netherlands / Fleur Kemmers . (2005)

Full Record: Lopez Snchez, Fernando. La afirmacion soberana de Caligula y de Claudio y el fin de las acunaciones ciudadanas en occidente / Fernando Lopez Snchez. (2000)

Full Record: Besombes, Paul-Andr. Les monnaies hispaniques de Claude Ier des dpôts de la Vilaine (Rennes) et de Saint-Lonard (Mayenne) : tmoins de quel type de contact entre l'Armorique et la pninsule ibrique ? / Paul-Andr Besombes. (2005)

Full Record: Catalli, Fiorenzo. Le thesaurus de Sora / Fiorenzo Catalli et John Scheid.

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Faux deniers de Caligula de la Renaissance.

Full Record: Vermeule, Cornelius. Faces of Empire (Julius Caesar to Justinian). Part II(B), More young faces : Caligula again and Nero reborn / Cornelius Vermeule. (2005)

Full Record: Geranio, Joe. Portraits of Caligula : the seated figure? / Joe Geranio. (2007)

Full Record: Aguilera Hernandez, Alberto. Acerca de un as de Caligula hallado en Zaragoza / Alberto Aguilera Hernandez. (2007)

Full Record: Butcher, K. E. T. Caligula : the evil emperor. (1985)

Full Record: Fuchs, Michaela. Frauen um Caligula und Claudius : Milonia Caesonia, Drusilla und Messalina. (1990)

Full Record: Faur, Jean-Claude. Moneda de Caligula de Museo Arqueologico Provincial de Tarragona. (1979)

Full Record: British Museum. Dept. of coins and medals. Coins of the Roman Empire in the British museum. Vol. I: Augustus to Vitellius / by Harold Mattingly. (1976)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. A Caligula Isotope of Hadrian. (1968)

Full Record: Conrad, Edwin. The Metamorphosis of an Allegad 'As of Hadrian.' (1968)

Full Record: Bendall, Simon. A 'new' gold quinarius of Caligula. (1985)

Full Record: Cortellini, Nereo. Le monete di Caligola nel Cohen.

Full Record: Guey, Julien. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula "Immensi Avreorvm Acervi (Sutone, Cal., 42,3).

Full Record: Guey, J. Les "bains d'or" de Caligula : Sutone, Cal. 42, 3.

Full Record: Curry, Michael R. The Aes Quadrans of Caligula. (1968)

Full Record: Jonas, Elemr. L'emploi dar "damnatio memoriae" sur l'un des "dupondius" de Calgula. (1937)

Full Record: Julian, R. W. The coins of Caligula. (1994)

Full Record: Donciu, Ramiro. Cu privire la activitatea militara a lui Caius (Caligula) in anul 40 e.n. (1983)

Full Record: Hansen, Peter. A history of Caligula's Vesta. (1992)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Augustus, Caligula oder Caludius? (1978)

Full Record: Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Die Organisation der Münzprgung Caligulas. (1987)

Full Record: Johansen, Flemming S. The sculpted portraits of Caligula. (1987)

Full Record: Carter, G. F. Chemical compositions of copper-based Roman coins. V : imitations of Caligula, Claudius, and Nero / G. F. Carter and others. (1978)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. L'atelier de Lyon sous Auguste : Tibre et Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Les missions d'or et d'argent de Caligula dans l'atelier de Lyon. (1976)

Full Record: Giard, Jean-Baptiste. Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon des origines au rgne de Caligula (43 avant J.-C. - 41 aprs J.-C.). (1983)

Full Record: Nony, D. Quelques as d'imitation de Caligula trouves a Bordeaux (Gironde). (1981)

Full Record: Levy, Brooks Emmons. Caligula's radiate crown. (1988)

Full Record: Poulsen, Vagn. Un nouveau visage de Caligula. (1972)

Full Record: Price, Martin Jessop. Elephant in Crete? New light ona cistophorus of Caligula. (1973)

Full Record: MacInnis, H. Frank. Ego-driven emperor commits excesses. (1979)

Full Record: McKenna, Thomas P. The case of the curious coin of Caligula : a provincial bronze restruck with legend-only dies. (1994)

Full Record: Mowat, Robert. Bronzes remarquables de Tibre, de son fils, de ses petits-fils et de Caligula. (1911)

Full Record: Koenig, Franz E. Roma, monete dal Tevere : l'imperatore Gaio (Caligola). (1988)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. Caligula's coins profile despot. (1993)

Full Record: Kollgaard, Ron. A numismatic mystery : "the Caligula quadrans." (1994)

Full Record: Martini, Rodolfo. Osservazioni su contromarche ed erosioni su assi de Caligula. (1980)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Moneta Imperii Romani. Band 2 und 3. Die Münzprgung der Kaiser Tiberius und Caius (Caligula) 14/41 / von Wolfgang Szaivert. (1984)

Full Record: Boschung, Dietrich. Die Bildnisse des Caligula. Kaenel, Hans-Markus von. Jucker, Hans. Deutsches Archaologisches Institut. Das Romische Herrscherbild. 1. Abt., Bd. 4, Die Bildnisse des Caligula / Dietrich Boschung ; mit einem Beitrag von Hans-Markus von Kaenel ; auf Grund der Vorarbeiten und Marterialsammlungen von Hans Jucker. (1989)

Full Record: Rosborough, Ruskin R. An epigraphic commentary on Suetonius's life of Gaius Caligula. A thesis...for the...Doctor of Philosophy. (1920)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. A propos de l'aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Richard, Jean-Claude. Un aureus de Caligula dcouvert Saint-Colomban-des-Villards (Savoie). (1982)

Full Record: Ritter, Hans-Werner. Adlocutio und Corona Civica unter Caligula und Tiberius. (1971)

Full Record: Kumpikevicius, Gordon C. A numismatic look at Gaius. (1979)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. La coerenza di Caligola nella gestione della moneta / Adriano Savio. (1988)

Full Record: Savio, Adriano. Note su alcune monete di Gaio-Caligola. (1973)

Full Record: Stylow, Armin U. Die Quadranten des Caligula als Propaganda-münzen.münzen" aus der stdtischen sammlung zu Osnabrück. (1971)

Full Record: Schwartz, Jacques. Le Monnayage Snatorial entre 37 et 42 P.C. (1951)

Full Record: Rodolfo Martini, ed. Sylloge nummorum Romanorum. Italia. Milano, Civiche Raccolte Numismatiche Vol. 1 Giulio-Claudii / a cura di Rodolfo Martini. (1990)

Full Record: Szaivert, Wolfgang. Zur Julisch-Claudischen Münzprgung. (1979)

Full Record: Vedrianus. The Roman Imperial series. V. Gaius. (1963)

Full Record: Tietze, Christian M. Kaiser Cajus Caesar, genannt Caligula. (1979)

Full Record: Wood, Susan. Diva Drusilla Panthea and the sisters of Caligula / Susan Wood. (1995)

Full Record: Sutherland, Carol Humphrey Vivian. Coinage in Roman imperial policy 31 B.C.-A.D. 68. (1951)

Full Record: Sutherland, C. H. V. The mints of Lugdunum and Rome under Gaius : an unsolved problem. (1981)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Familienpropaganda der Kaiser Caligula und Claudius : Agrippina Maior und Antonia Augusta auf Münzen. (1978)

Full Record: Voirol, August. Eine Warenumsatzsteuer im antiken Rom und der numismatische Beleg inher Aufhebung : Centesima rerum venalium. (1943)

Full Record: Trillmich, Walter. Zur Münzprgung des Caligula von Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza). (1973)

Variações para nossos tão queridos fuxicos!!!

Beijos em todas!!

"Que seja doce..."

Odd as it may be, I look forward to rainy days. Colors and textures are all enhanced - the sheen of wet stone, the naturally over-saturated colors. Wildlife takes on a stoic appearance, defiant in the face of weather that would keep us humans indoors. A reminder of the routine challenges endured in the wild.

As some of you know, I don't particularly like Cadillacs,but I do take photos of them.

What I remember about this vehicle was the joy and pride that the apparent owner or owners had as I photographed this vehicle. That's what I like and remember.

Compartilho com vocês as minhas primeiras imagens realizadas com a surpreendente câmera Sony A99, de sensor fullframe. As fotos foram realizadas no centro histórico da cidade de Olinda - Brasil, usando unicamente uma lente Sony 85mm f/2.8.

O link com as imagens em resolução original de 24mb, sem ajustes, estão aqui, na íntegra, com variações de ISO, em diversas situações de luz e sombra.

Como usuário da marca Canon por mais de 10 anos - "e continuo usando", venho parabenizar a marca Sony por este lançamento. Uma das câmera mais completas que já vi, tanto para fotografar ou filmar, com recursos essenciais que facilitam o manuseio pelo fotógrafo.

Façam os download, analisem e tirem suas conclusões.

Grande abraço,

MAX LEVAY

As The Sun Goes Down

Constant ringlight

As a tribute to Shinji San, I visited his university and sketched.

Okuma auditorium

Fountain pen and Kuretake gansai watercolor on Rhodia A5 watercolor hot press sketchbook.

Sketched live on location from 11:29 AM to 12:04 PM

Saturday December 2 2023

Dawn was breaking as our continent-spanning red-eye from Oakland was rolling out after landing. I waited for the light to improve, and it did. The sky looks cold but not freezing, and that was the case- rain some days, no snow, no snow on the ground.

Jet Blue charmingly names their planes (they are vessels, after all) and the closer one, N639JB, is "A Little Blue Will Do". The far one is marked as Jet Blue's 100th A320 and appears to be named "Blue 100", but that's at the limit of resolution. I'll check it.

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Chathill is as far north as Northern's services get - not far short of Berwick (and only franchising lunacy stops it going thus far), the service and hence the station sees just two services a day - one at a ludicrously early hour, the other at tea time.

So when staying on holiday nearby, this sunny morning found me at Chathill at 0645 awaiting the first service of the day. It arrived with no passengers, terminated and then departed on a trek several miles further north to Crag Mill loop where it could be crossed over.

Nikon D80. As usual, shot at Medium (5MP) setting and Normal quality JPEG. WB fixed at 5300K. These are the settings I almost always use. You can shoot Large (10MP) and Fine and end up with a JPEG four times as big that looks the same.

This is another one of my wife's masterpiece cake creations. I decided to play with the plain white background theme a little. The cake was so regal it seemed to need a slightly more special treatment.

This shot is with my cheap plastic 70-300G zoom. I have another shot almost the same made with my exquisite 180mm f2.8 lens but the colour balance is slightly nicer in this one. At 100% on screen you can see ever so slightly nicer fine detail and texture in the version made with the expensive lens but I'm posting this one because the colour is better here and that is what you will notice on Flickr.

Strobist info: SB-600 through snooted grid fired down at central medallion. SB-26 in optical slave mode fired at one of the foamcore walls surrounding the cake.

Deer on the side of the road in Qualicum beside the sign which says they should be there. Sometimes that sign can lead to disappointment, but not today!

As seen at the INTERMOT 2010 show in Cologne (Köln), Germany.

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Weather radar in stained glass. Image taken from weather radar as eye of Hurricane Hugo passes over Charleston Harbor. Stained glass detail from one of the side panels for the new arched door, an expansion of the original stained glass model for the chapel, both of which were added in 1993 to the restored St. Luke's Chapel.

This is an example of the extensive restoration work performed on the chapel after it was severely damaged during Hurricane Hugo in September 1989. The chapel windows were originally installed in the late 19th century with a few additions made as memorials just after the First World War. With the decision to rebuild the chapel after it was all but destroyed by the hurricane, an opportunity was presented to restore the windows which were already in need of repairs before the storm. This detail is from a side panel located in one of the memorial windows on the south wall.

The Medical University of South Carolina acquired the chapel when the Board of Trustees of the state medical college purchased the former US Arsenal and Porter Military Academy campus in 1964. MUSC has since expanded onto the 11 acre downtown campus leaving a few reminders and some evidence of the early 19th century Army installation and post Civil War orphanage, training school and finally a 20th century prep school.

Porter Academy was founded in 1867 and ceased to exist in its original form in 1964 when it was merged with two other private schools. In 1965, after its first year, the new Porter-Gaud School moved from this campus to a new;y constructed one, where it still is, in the West Ashley suburbs of Charleston, having sold the old campus to what is now MUSC. The chapel was one of three buildings to survive the plan to demolish most of a 19th century academic complex that had included ten historic buidings. MUSC has in recent years made a significant and fairly successful move to restore and incorporate the remaining historic fabric into the mainstream and image of the nearly 200 year old medical college.

St. Luke's Chapel, renamed in 1965 for the patron saint of medicine, f/k/a St. Timothy's Chapel for the patron saint of children who according to tradition was the devoted student of St. Paul, is now part of the campus of the Medical University of South Carolina, Ashley Avenue at Bee Street, Charleston, SC. Photo taken July 2010.

Photo and text posted: 5 July 2010

Revised text: 11 December 2010

Copyrights reserved: hdescopeland

As smart as it's much younger sister, a Volvo B10M with Jonkheere Mistral bodywork in the Grayway of Wigan fleet arrives at Aintree.

As Christians, our battle line is drawn clearly.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

3 For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. 4 The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. 5 We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.

As a visitor to Prague , one of your main destinations will be Prague ’s Old Town Square (known as Staromestske Namesti in Czech).

Click here for information about accommodation near Old Town Square

As identified by John Tewell, "Revellin del Parian looking towards the Metropolitan Theater." Intramuros.

(Photo from the Quezon Family Collection.)

Thank you to the kind chaps at the BMS for trying to identify this species - as yet no luck!

I actually had a person ask me when i became engaged :

"Are you going to try to lose weight for your wedding? You know, a picture lasts a lifetime!"

my response:

" Actually i'm trying to GAIN weight . It's my wedding. I plan on taking up the whole frame."

As seen from historic downtown Corsicana, Texas, this former municipal jailhouse was erected in 1908.

It is a contributing property to the Corsicana Commercial Historic District, which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Yes, it was time for some action as automotive journalists were able to experience the full breadth of the baddest electric utility roaming the streets right now. The immersive program showcased the true lifestyle and authentic capabilities of the 2022 GMC HUMMER EV Super Truck, from daily driving to 4x4ing to showing off its superpowers such as Watts to Freedom. But, of course, you saw the commercials already, so the highlight for Automotive Rhythms was CrabWalking the Arizona desert with grace.

The Patrouille Acrobatique de France, also known as the Patrouille de France or PAF, is the precision aerobatic demonstration team of the French Air Force. Originating in 1931, it is the world's oldest and one of the most skilled demonstration teams. Pilots currently fly the Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet. In 1931 France's first aerobatic demonstration took place over Étampes-Mondésir. It was performed by the instructors from the local flying school with Morane-Saulnier MS-230 planes. In the period 1932-1939, under the command of Captain Pierre Fleurquin, the team received considerable praise and was chosen to represent France at international events. Over in Dijon the "Weiser" team, consisting of 18 planes (Morane-Saulnier MS-225 and SPAD 510) gained fame for their team displays in which the planes were tied together.

The Patrouille d'Étampes team relocated to Salon-de-Provence in 1937, adopting the name Patrouille de l'École de l'air ("Flying school Patrol"). The Second World War interrupted the operations of both teams. Stampe SV.4C of the Patrouille de France in 1951

In 1947, the Minister for the Air created an aerobatic team from the Air Force. Led by Captain Perrier, a former pilot from the Patrouille d'Étampes team, it initially consisted of twelve Stampe SV.4 aircraft. Following the increasing popularity of their performances, a number of similar units were formed within the Air Force. In 1952, Squadron Leader Delachenal, a pilot from the 3rd combat division stationed at the airbase at Reims-Champagne, formed a team of four F-84 aircraft. In 1953, during an aerial event at Maison Blanche in Algeria, the show's commentator, carried away by the spectacle he had just witnessed, gave the team the name "Patrouille de France".

Over the following decade four separate aerial display Air Force units (12th unit – Cambrai-Épinoy; 4th unit Bremgarten; 2nd unit – Dijon-Longvic; 7th unit – Nancy-Ochey) continued to perform at both national and international events. In 1964 however, budget cuts led to reductions throughout the Air Force, including the dissolution of the Dassault Mystère IV team. Nonetheless, a few months later, keen that the Patrouille de France name should not be lost, the Ministry of Defence decided to create an official "Patrouille de l'École de l'air". Its team of six Fouga Magister aircraft stationed once again at Salon-de-Provence and became France's premier aerial display team for the next 16 years.

The final display involving the Fouga Magister, now nine in number, took place on September 16, 1980 at their home base of Salon-de-Provence. They were replaced by seven Alpha Jet, with an additional plane added in 1982. The aircraft, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Bernard Inge, has remained unchanged to this day. In 1986, the team took part in an historic fly-past above New York City. In 2009, the Patrouille de France achieved a world premiere when Commandant Virginie Guyot was appointed leader, becoming the first woman in history to lead a demonstration team.

Cambodia officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in Southeast Asia that borders Thailand to the west and northwest, Laos to the northeast,Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The geography of Cambodia is dominated by the Mekong River Tonlé Mékong and Tonlé Sap lake.

The kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with King Norodom Sihamoni as head of state (reigned since 2004) and prime minister Hun Sen as head of government. Phnom Penh is the kingdom's capital and largest city, and is the center of political, commercial, industrial and cultural activities. Siem Reap is the gateway to the Angkor region, a main destination for tourism in which are located the temple of Angkor Wat and other Angkorian temples.Battambang, the largest province in northwestern Cambodia is known for its rice production, and Sihanoukville, a coastal city, is the primary sea port and beach resort.

Cambodia has an area of 181,035 square kilometres (69,898 sq mi) and a population of over 14 million people. A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as "Cambodian" or "Khmer", although the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Theravada Buddhism is the official religion of Cambodia, which is practiced by around 96% of the Cambodian population. The country's minority peoples include Muslims, Cham, ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and various hill tribes.

Agriculture has long been the most important sector to the Cambodian economy, with around 59% of the population relying on agriculture for their livelihood (with rice being the principal crop). Other important sectors include garments, construction and tourism - foreign visitors to Angkor Wat numbered more than 4 million in 2007. In 2005, oil and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, and once commercial extraction begins in 2011, the oil revenues could profoundly affect Cambodia's economy.

And so we come to the first of the Kent churches visited this month. Well, not quite true, as the very first church I tried to enter, St Mildred's in Preston, was locked fast as usual. Being the heritage weekend as well as ride and stride, and being on the latter list, one really hoped that the church would have made an effort, it being so remote and all.

But, they put a trestle table out, placed a rock on top of the check in sheet to stop it blowing away, and left the church for the day, despite arrangements having been made by another church the day before for it to be open.

This really is not good enough.

Anyway, St Mildred's was the first of three that were locked, but I managed to gain entry to seven previously closed churches to me. So, on the whole, I was pleased.

St Nicholas is a large and imposing church, with a huge churchyard, showing that it is one of the larger and better populated parishes in the area of east Kent.

There was a warden sitting at the table in the large doorway, and after a warm welcome we entered inside.

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The present parish of Ash, more than 7,000 acres in extent and one of the largest in Kent, was once only a part of the great manor of Wingham. Originally a royal manor, Wingham was given by King Athelstan of Kent to the See of Canterbury about 850 : it covered the present parishes of Ash, Goodnestone, Nonington, Wingham and parts of Staple and Womenswold.

In a list of churches probably made in 1071, in which 'Aesce' is said to belong to Wingham, mention is also made of an apparently more important church 'de Raette', as well as one at 'Fleota' belonging to the manor of Folkestone. If, as seems likely, 'de Raette' refers to Richborough, this is the only record of that church; but the chapel of Fleet, actually within the 3rd century Roman walls of Richborough Castle, continued in use until the 16th century. Leland in the time of Henry VIII wrote that 'withyn the castel is a lytle paroche Chirch of S. Augustine'.

It was believed that when St. Augustine first stepped ashore in England in 597 the impression of his foot was miraculously left upon a stone. This relic was afterwards kept in this chapel dedicated to him, and pilgrims flocked there upon the anniversary of the landing to pray and to recover their health. Excavations have uncovered the ground plan of the chapel, and confirm that it was pre-Norman in origin. Excavations in the northwest comer of the Roman fort have also, revealed the foundations and font of an even earlier church of c.400, one of the earliest Christian structures known in Britain.

By the 13th century there was another chapel in the northwest of the parish, at Overland, where complaint was made in 1294 that 'there used to be a baptistery and seven years ago it was taken away and is at Esse'. Edward Hasted, writing about 1790, said that the chapel had been 'for some time in ruins ... having been desecrated about the beginning of this century'. Its exact site has now been lost : some carved stonework which may come from it is at Knell; a few more pieces are in the church.

In 1282 Ash became a separate parish. In the deed founding a College of Canons at Wingham and dividing that parish into four, Archbishop Peckham explained, 'We have turned our eyes to the church of Wingham as it were to a fruitful vineyard..... which cannot be easily cultivated by the labours of one husbandman... from the great extent of the parish as well as its numerous population'. He assigned to Wingham parish church the chapel of Overland; to Ash he gave the chapel of Fleet. It was the duty of the canons of Wingham College, to whom the tithes of Ash were paid, to provide a vicar. In 1535 the parishioners of Ash complained: 'There has always been a vicar here to serve the cure till for the last 22 years the said Canons have usurped the vicarage to their own use ... within a quarter of a year we have had seven curates, which has caused much strife as we are 500 residents.'

In 1547 Wingham College was suppressed by Henry VIII, and its possessions forfeited to the Crown. In 1549, "the late chapel called Richborough Chapel in Ash Parish with its burial ground, buildings, lead, glass, iron, stones and tiles except the bells and leaden roof", and "the late Chapel of Overland in Ash parish next Sandwich in width 22 feet in length 34 feet, with its burial ground of half a rod, buildings, etc.", were both sold to William Hyde and Hugh Cartwright.

The right of presentation to the benefice of Ash was granted by Queen Mary to the Archbishop in 1558, and three years later Queen Elizabeth I gave the rectory - the right to the great tithes - to the See of Canterbury. The Archbishop is still the patron of the living today.

In the 19th century the need again arose for chapels in the more distant parts of the parish. In 1842 Holy Trinity Church at Ware was built, and Westmarsh was formed into a separate ecclesiastical parish in 1849. The corrugated-iron mission room of St. Augustine's, Richborough, was opened in 1888. It was followed in 1892 by a similar room at Goldstone, rebuilt in 1904. But by the 1960s the motor car had made these separate buildings less necessary. In 1967 the parish of Westmarsh was re-united with Ash; St. Augustine's, Richborough, was closed in 1969, and Holy Trinity Church in 1970.

An unusual feature of the church is the south chancel, whose axis is out of alignment with the nave. It was once supposed that this architectural oddity represented the inclined head of Christ on the Cross, but a structural fault caused by rebuilding and restoration is a more likely explanation.

(Bygone Kent, 1985, Michael David Mirams.)

In recent years the Parish of Ash with Westmarsh has been linked to the parish churches at Goodnestone and Chillenden through a united benefice. Further pastoral reorganisation in the East Bridge Deanery means that a new canonry benefice is to be formed of the parishes of Ash, Chillenden, Elmstone, Goodnestone, Preston and Wingham. This is expected to be undertaken between 2012 and 2014.

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Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 528,497 as of July 1, 2009, according to U.S. census estimates, and ranks as the 34th-largest city in the U.S. As of June 2007, the city was the sixth fastest-growing in America. It has a metropolitan population of 869,684, as of June 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Albuquerque is the 57th-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho, one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. Roughly half the people in New Mexico live in the Albuquerque area.

Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, and Petroglyph National Monument. The Sandia Mountains run along the eastern side of Albuquerque, and the Rio Grande flows through the city, north to south.

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As I was driving to my planned cemetery visit, I passed this little cemetery. I came back and didn't even see a sign naming it. It had such fabulous stones. Still, no name. I came home and did some research. Here are two articles I found on this little cemetery located in Palmyra, Pennsylvania:

The cemetery that no one wants.

April 10, 2008

BY MONICA VON DOBENECKÂ

No one wants the Cherry Street cemetery in Palmyra, where about 1,000 people are buried, including veterans of the War of 1812, the Spanish-American War and the Civil War.

The cemetery is supposedly owned by a private corporation started in 1867 and run by a board of trustees elected by lot owners. But the trustees are long gone and nobody can find lot owners. A bank account has $30,000 for maintenance, but no one is authorized to write checks. Volunteers have been mowing the grass, but they're tired of the work.

At a news conference today, representatives of two churches that have taken care of the cemetery for the past 140 years said will do so no longer and are turning their records over to the Borough of Palmyra.

Borough manager Sherry Capello said she has no intention of accepting them. "For 140 years, the churches accepted care of the cemetery," she said. "We feel they have the responsibility."

The cemetery began in 1867, when six people who were members of the predecessors to Palm Lutheran Church and Trinity United Church of Christ formed the Palmyra Cemetery Association. Trustees were elected by lot owners, but at some point the annual elections stopped. Church members continued to manage the cemetery.

According to Palm Lutheran church member Harry Fox, the churches got a letter from the borough in 2003 saying the sidewalk next to the cemetery needed repairs. The churches hired attorney John Feather to check into their legal authority and their obligation to care for the cemetery. Feather concluded they had neither.

Capello said the borough contacted the churches when neighbors started complaining that grass and weeds were getting high.

For a while, volunteers from the Brethren in Christ church agreed to take care of it because their church was across the street. But the dozen or so volunteers decided at the end of last year they wouldn't do it any longer.

In the meantime, Feather tried to find people who would act as temporary trustees to get the cemetery association going. He was unsuccessful. He also couldn't find lot owners, although a woman was buried there as recently as a year ago.

Fox said in a written statement Thursday, "The churches have concluded that their mission and ministry is not to operate and maintain a cemetery."

Feather said he would leave the cemetery records with the library or the historical society if the borough does not accept them. He said the Pennsylvania Borough Code and the Pennsylvania Burial Grounds Law give the courts the right to direct the borough to take over neglected cemeteries.

According to Capello, that can happen if a majority of a borough's property owners agree. The code limits the amount a borough can pay for cemetery maintenance yearly to $3,000, she said.

Bob Stewart, director of the Pennsylvania Cemetery Funeral and Cremation Association, said there are hundreds of abandoned cemeteries in the state, many of them started in the 1800's. "The state doesn't have anything for abandoned cemeteries," he said. "I don't know what you do in that situation."

Capello said the situation is sad. "You can't just walk away because you don't want to do it any more and throw it at the borough," she said. "What's really sad is that it is a cemetery, and it's like disrespecting the dead."

and an update from May 2009:

Borough to mow cemetery for now

Friday, May 01, 2009

BY BARBARA MILLER arbmiller@patriot-news.com

PALMYRA - Palmyra Borough Council will mow the "orphan" cemetery on West Cherry Street this summer, while the borough and two churches say they are hoping for resolution of the dispute over care of the site.

Council agreed April 27 to mow the cemetery through Oct. 1 and bill the cemetery's trust fund for the cost, which is estimated at $1,000 per mowing.

"Council concluded it's the right thing to do for the appearance of the community in general," said Keith Costello, council president. "And it doesn't put us in a bad position if we need to proceed with litigation."

Care of the cemetery is in dispute, because its board of trustees no longer exists. While members of two churches that once had representation on the trustees cared for the cemetery for 140 years, last year they said they will no longer do so.

After the borough tried to get the churches to repair sidewalk along the cemetery in 2003, the churches researched ownership and concluded this was not their responsibility.

The borough last year filed a petition in Lebanon County court asking the churches to be held responsible for care of the cemetery.

Josele Cleary, borough solicitor, said borough officials met recently with representatives of the churches. No agreement was reached, but they will continue meeting, she said.

Representatives of Palm Lutheran and Trinity United Church of Christ met Monday and agreed on a proposal to work with the borough on this issue, said the Rev. Mike Beynon of Trinity.

"I'm glad the cemetery is going to be maintained, and I'm glad for the increasing amount of camaraderie working with the new officials in the borough," Beynon said.

Established as a brewery by Chuck Hahn in 1986, a handsome conversion of a 19th century factory building, today it is owned by Lion Nathan. Hahn previously worked for Lion Nathan when it was New Zealand Breweries, in New Zealand, and is credited with developing the highly successful Steinlager brew.

Today Hahn is brew master of Malt Shovel, which occupies a similar market positioning to Coopers although with less capacity.

On San Jose Avenue at 22nd Street...

When I first saw this, I kept walking as I had but one frame left on the roll of film in the camera and I knew I wanted to shoot this in two frames. I walked up Valencia Street a bit, found something to photograph a couple of blocks away, then decided to load up the camera again and make my way back to the Volvo. Shortly after arriving, a guy got into the car immediately behind the Volvo and I got excited about having an empty spot behind it. He sat for what seemed like five minutes texting and probably checking facebook before he finally started the car and began to pull out. Before he was halfway out of the spot, I metered the light and began composing the shot. In less than a minute, another car pulled alongside and I knew I'd not been quick enough. I then had to wait for the new car to park and for the people to get out of and on their way before I could shoot.

otel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across the San Diego Bay from San Diego, California. A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian beach resort—it was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970[4] and a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It is the second-largest wooden structure in the United States (after the Tillamook Air Museum in Tillamook, Oregon).

When the hotel opened in 1888, it was the largest resort hotel in the world. It has hosted presidents, royalty, and celebrities[6] and been featured in numerous films and books.

Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotel_del_Coronado

Taken early one morning on Miami's South Beach, my photo turned out very very foggy/misty due to the condensation and humidity in my lens from coming into heat from airconditioning. This couple looked so much in love, I just had to save the photo and I think the editing program lifted the fog and it turned out pretty nicely.

28/6/2022 - TJDFT - O 3º Mutirão de Atendimento às Pessoas em Situação de Rua – PopRuaJud

Foto: Katiane Caetano

For those of you who follow my photostream, you know that I'm a huge fan of photographing wildife in their natural habitat. Mammals, of an assorted variety, are on my list of favorites - generally the bigger, the better.

A highlight of any given day though is capturing through the lens a mama taking care of it's young.

On this day, Annette (skippyanne) and I were lagging behind the others while driving through Dinner Island Ranch WMA in Hendry County, Florida. It's quite a remote place - so much so that even seasoned visitors must be careful driving through the usual dense fog to even arrive at our meeting location, very early in the morning. We usually attempt a sunrise first, then begin our journey into what lies ahead.

As a rule, the first car down the path gets to scout out the wildlife first, and we had several cars ahead of us, so we weren't sure of what we would find. We decided to lag behind a bit, thinking maybe something would have been spooked by the earlier cars and run out after them and in front of us. As we drove we spotted several red shouldered hawks, feral pigs, turtles, then we took sight on the bend in the road coming up. As we turned, we spotted a doe standing not far off the road nursing it's fawn. We stopped the car and I positioned myself nearby an opened car door, while Annette was able to get out and position herself behind a standing tree. The doe knew that we were there (the fawn was obvilious), but it stood there watching us and our every move. We continued to snap of images and as it began to get a bit anxious the fawn could sense it and tried to hang on as best as it could, as it clearly wasn't done feeding. However, after about 3 minutes, the doe had enough and decided to trot off, leaving the poor little fawn dangling at first, then trotting off behind it. It was such a joy to see.

The doe clearly knew that we meant no harm as it approached us again quite inquisitively, with it's fawn in tow. I remember thinking that I hope that it would learn not to do that once hunting season was opened.

Wildlife (mammals - birds excluded) can sometimes be a challenge in Florida, but are quite rewarding when they present themselves, in good view & light, especially when they are caught in the most natural behavior such as this.

On this day, being the last car paid off, as no one else had this same encounter. We both felt truly blessed. There were other wildlife sightings for us that day, but for us this is as good as we could have hoped for. Seeing a panther, a primary predator of the white-tailed deer, out there would have been awesome too, but I think that would have spoiled the tranquil moment for us.

:-)

Thanks so much for all of your comments and views.

I hope that you're having a wonderful weekend!

Cornwall, Vermont USA. Second blizzard settles in, thick & cold.

• The Emerald Gypsy (eGypsy) is a 1949 Ford F-5 Wayne shortbody schoolbus, motorhome conversion. It first served as a rural elementary schoolbus in Hemet, California. In the early 1960's it had its first conversion to a motorhome.

I bought it on eBay in May, 2007. It was my home • office • studio until August 2009. It is currently parked in Cornwall, Vermont USA.

For Sale, Where Is / As Is: 2015. (New Zealanders, I'm talking to YOU!) – Make me an offer.

Presenting 'Cheese Grilled Sandwich' as 4th in the series of documenting the best & the most popular 100 food of my city 'Mumbai' be it from Restaurants, Stalls or Street | Humayunn Peerzaada for Humayunn FoodOgraphy

'Lucky Sandwich & Pizza Corner', Vile Parle (W) is hardly a min from Vile Parle station under skywalk.

The heavenly taste of the sandwiches at Lucky Sandwich Corner is sure to bring out the glutton in you.

Grilled sandwich is a must try, loaded with veggies and butter.

Each bite is a sinful blend of cheese and butter that just melts in your mouth effortlessly.

Pocket-friendly, must visit!

As the Missouri river continues to rise, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other partners volunteer to fill sand bags and take other preemptive measures to protect lives and property below Garrison Dam in the Bismarck/Mandan area in North Dakota. With planned releases from the dam expected to nearly double the river’s flow in the next two weeks, more flooding is expected.

Photo Credit: USFWS

Pinky serves as a camera test subject.

Taken with Rokinon 24mm 1:1.5 Cine ED AS IF UMC on Sony ILCE-7M2

This fellow was sharing his experiences as a navigator aboard a B-24 in WWII. Here he is recounting his two encounters with German Me-262 jet fighters. Bomber crews were not told that the Germans had fighters that screamed like banshees and flew too fast for turrets to track until they returned to base with a UFO sighting.

From www.collingsfoundation.org:

Preliminary restoration work started in 1985, led by Massachusetts volunteers, most of whom were former crewmen, or sons of crewmen, on B-24's. When Collings decided to make the plane a flying restoration, he contacted Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft in Kissimmee, FL to do the work on the airframe and powerplant. Volunteers restored the turrets, armament, radios, oxygen system, and cosmetic details. The original builders sponsored work on the Emerson Electric nose turret, PPG Industries of Pittsburgh supplied turret glass, and United Technologies of Hartford, CT donated a Norden bombsight. General Dynamics, a successor to Consolidated Aircraft, the original manufacturers of the B-24 in Fort Worth, TX, was a major sponsor of its restoration.

Collings said the restoration involved complete disassembly of the plane and work on about 80% of the B-24's 1.2 million parts. There was some corrosion and minor damage "plus the desire to make all the systems (engines, props, hydraulics, and electrical) one hundred percent right".

The entire hydraulic plant was replaced or overhauled, and every pulley was replaced. All cables and hardware, the bearings, an electronic strobe system, the batteries, and the radios were donated, along with installation advice and assistance.

The fuselage was in reasonably good shape, but twenty percent of its skin still had to be replaced. More than 420,000 rivets were replaced, as well as fuel cells, brake tubes, tires, and windows. Most of these parts were donated.

Now, it’s time to honor the 8th Air Force and all who served in England and in the ETO [European Theater of Operations]. We have selected “WITCHCRAFT”, a B-24 assigned to the 467BG, 790BS that compiled an amazing record of 130 combat missions. WITCHCRAFT is an olive drab aircraft, with red and white nose bowls, red and white rudders, 130 bomb markings and a cartoonish witch flying a broom as nose art. All the names of our Dedicated Crew, Lead Crew, Plane Sponsors and DFC Members will be proudly displayed on the co-pilot’s side of the aircraft. Honor Crew and aircraft names will continue to be on the bomb bay doors.

America's only flying B-24 continues soaring through its native skies as part of the annual Wings of Freedom Tour with its sister ship, the B-17 Flying Fortress. A living history museum seen at over 130 cities per year, the B-24 brings memories for the many who flew others like it during WWII. For a younger generation, it brings enlightenment--a glimpse of the conditions in which it served, and an appreciation for the freedom we all share because of its role in the Second World War.