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Every time I take Thaniel out I fall in love all over again. He's beautiful in every way. I can't believe I almost passed him up <3
Nathaniel is a Soom The Crow
Promotion banners at the facade of the Asian Civilisations Museum for Batik Kita: Dressing in Port Cities exhibition.
Adult Asian citrus psyllids on the leaf of a citrus plant.
Deadly citrus greening disease is on the move.
Named for its green, misshapen fruit, citrus greening disease has destroyed millions of acres of citrus plants around the world. It is spread by a disease-infected insect, the Asian citrus psyllid, and has put the future of America’s citrus at risk. Help stop the spread of this deadly plant disease. Don’t risk citrus. Don’t move citrus plants.
Understand the threat; Asian citrus psyllid insect & citrus greening symptoms
Tracking its progress; Citrus greening & psyllids in Florida, California and more
High-risk activities; Infected citrus trees (orange, lemon and lime Trees)
Honestly, I thought this was a joke but it's on McDonald's website. Remind me to add tags for "stupid"!
Een hanengevecht is een duel tussen twee hanen. Typisch aan een hanengevecht is dat het pas ophoudt als een van beide partijen dood is, of afdruipt.
The European green woodpecker is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs in most parts of Europe and in western Asia. Wikipedia
ערך זה עוסק בספורט עממי. אם התכוונתם למשחק ילדים, ראו קרב תרנגולים (משחק ילדים).
"קרב התרנגולים" מאת ז'אן-לאון ז'רום, 1847קרב תרנגולים הוא סוג של ספורט עממי, שבו משסים תרנגולים זה בזה בתוך זירה עד מות אחד המתחרים.
מקורו של קרב התרנגולים בסקוטלנד במאה ה-12. בעל התרנגול הזוכה היה מקבל את גופת התרנגול המת, למאכל. אופן בידור זה היה נפוץ בין שכבות העם העניות באחוזות רבות בדרום המדינה, וכן היה מקור הכנסת מזון לפיהן של משפחות רבות באותה תקופה.
קרבות התרנגולים עדיין נפוצים במקומות רבים בעולם, ובמיוחד בדרום מזרח אסיה.
האנתרופולוג הנודע קליפורד גירץ חקר את קרב התרנגולים הבאלינזי והסיק ממנו מסקנות לגבי השלכת רגשות אנושיים על בעלי חיים ואופי הפולחן במקום.
בכמה ממדינות ארצות הברית הוצאו קרבות התרנגולים אל מחוץ לחוק. הקריאות לאשר מחדש את הקרבות כוללות הצעות מקוריות כמו ציוד התרנגולים בכפפות אגרוף וחליפות המצוידות בחיישנים אלקטרוניים המזהים פגיעה, כמו בסיף.
בשפה העברית, הביטוי קרב תרנגולים מתאר מריבה שמטרתה להרשים את הקהל.
קרב תרנגולים הוא גם שמו של משחק ילדים נפוץ.
Here's another shot from the the mythical Kingdom of Anandapur. I really love this area of Animal Kingdom.
(Walt Disney World -- Animal Kingdom -- Asia)
I've been off a Flickr for a bit busy directing play that opened over the weekend. Hope to catch up soon! If you're in the DC area check out The 39 Steps at The Little Theatre of Alexandria (www.thelittletheatre.com).
Thanks for stopping by!
The Filipinos are a religious people, Catholic for the most part. On Sundays, especially in the provinces, many attend church followed by a trip to the market. Also devotees of sport, cockfighting is a Sunday observance as well and many town parishes have a well-worn path from the side door of the church to the cockpit.
The ritual is much the same today as it was in 1887 when the Philippine National Hero, Jose Rizal, wrote a chapter called "The Cockpit" in his novel "Noli me Tangere."
Yên Bình district, Yên Bái Province.
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Kontorhaus 1900/1909
Der Architekt Georg Radel errichtete dieses Kontorhaus für den Kaufmann Theodor Lind in zwei Bauabschnitten 1900 und 1909. Martialisch anmutende Maskenmotive in der reich verzierten Fassade verweisen auf den Handel mit Fernost. Die Sanierung und behutsame Restaurierung durch die Architekten Joachim Rottgardt und H. G. Ockelmann bewahrte viel Originalsubstanz im Jugendstil-Treppenhaus und auf den Korridoren; Wandfliesen wurden nach historischem Vorbild nachgebrannt. Noch heute haben in diesem typischen Hamburger Kontorhaus viele alteingesessene Firmen ihre Büros.
Mir (Urdu: مير) Hindi: मिर) is a tribe which has descended from the Butt tribe in Kashmir Valley of Baramulla. It is also in Sindh Gilgit and Punjab provinces of Pakistan and India.
The family name Mir can also be found in Spain, due to the Romani people's migration from North India toward Europe.
Mir are actually a clan of Bhatt along with Khawaja. Mir are also known as Butt today because they are actually descended directly from the Butt bloodlines. Mir became a clan somewhere around 1850. The Mir clan originates from the Kashmir Valley. Its origin is from the Butt tribe. Its fellow tribesmen are the Butt, Dar, Lone, Khawaja and Malik clans.
The mosaic of ethnic groups in Kashmir is complex and the race structure cannot be explained without understanding the pre-historic movements of people. The racial composition of the province was also influenced by waves of immigrants from the Central Asia and Middle East.
Puri, the holy land of Lord Jagannath, has many names. It is mentioned in Puranas as Srikshetra, Shankhakshetra, Neelāchala, Neelādri, Purusottama Dhāma, Purusottama Kshetra, Purusottama Puri and Jagannath Puri. The word "Puri" in Sanskrit means 'town', or 'city' and is cognate with polis in Greek. It is possible that Puri is a shortened name for Jagannath Puri or Purusottama Puri. In some records pertaining to the British rule, the word 'Jagannath' was used for Puri. It is the only shrine in India, where Radha, along with Lakshmi, Durga, Sati, Parvati, and Shakti abodes with Krishna, also known as Jagannath.[
Work in Progress of my Asia Town. The whole town stands on a wooden board with a wall made of LEGO BLURBs. Under the board is a shadow Station with five railway sidings for 12V trains, but not completed at the moment. On the left side there is a small city built of Xingbao houses of the Zhong Hua Street series. The entry to the city leads through the Korean Sungnyemun Gate from Oxford Blocks. The train station from LEGO is the 2150 in a MOD version. The place in front of the buildng is not finished, so still a lot of work to do. On the right there is the Glory Hotel from the Korean Netflix TV series Mr. Sunshine and also both other sets (bakery and tram) are there. The big market with a lot of food stalls from Sembo follows. The LEGO gate leads to the Korean Palace, the Gyeonghoeru Pavilion. There is the Ninjago temple from LEGO 70751 and the special set from 2019 New Years Eve Dinner 80101 at the right end.
De meest folkloristische staten. De Maharajas hebben hier veel invloed gehad. Later na het terugtrekken van de Engelsen is het land geevolueerd, maar achter gesloten muren. Het casten systeem is sterker dan ooit. Verboden, ja, zoals corruptie en sati. De rijkdom en de armoede komen op. Een reis naar India laat niemand koud. Hier is cultuur en verbazing. Delhi wordt moderner dan het westen, De taj mahal is eindelijk een wereld wonder en de Goden blijven opper machtig.
Iedereen hoe vrijgevochten ook, grijpt hier ooit wel eens naar zijn fotoapparaat. Er is geen dag zonder verbazing mogelijk. Een synomiem van het huidige Rajasthan zou kunnen zijn chaotistan. Alles is er anders en niets gebeurd in onze logica, maar uiteindelijk komt alles weer op zijn pootjes terecht.
De paleizen en de forten, de grandioze verhalen maken ieders verbazing nog groter. Een straat oversteken is een avontuur op zich, een locale bus nemen een uitdaging voor velen, en een lokale eettent uitproberen een wens naar krampen vervullen.
Tempels en goden in overvloed, ieder dorp heeft weer nieuwe goden. Maar Ganesha blijft de geliefde van alle hindoes. Ganesh de god van geluk, en wijsheid. tevens de god van en voor alle kinderen. Hoe lieftalig is het niet een klein meisje op haar knieen Ganesh te zien aanbieden. Hoe vreemd is een land waar een apengod zijn eigen tempels heeft.
Het land van de geloven en sadhus, 6 religies komen er samen, met bijna geen conficten. De ene helpen de andere soms, en respect voor de koe komt er van allen. Gandhi zei: " men kan zijn gelovigheid meten aan de verering(respect) die men voor de heilige koe heeft".
India is kinderen, overal komen er kinderen wel een groetje brengen, sommige in de vorm van 'one pen' of ' one roepie', maar de meeste gewoon om iets te beleven, om de buitenlanders te zien.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator, in the Southeast Asian region of the Asian continent. It is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north, and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. Singapore is the world's fourth leading financial centre and a cosmopolitan world city, playing a key role in international trade and finance. The port of Singapore is also amongst the top five busiest ports in the world.
Singapore is an immigrant country with a long history of immigration. It has a diverse population of close to 5 million people made up of Chinese, Malays, Indians, Asians of various descents and Caucasians.42% of the population in Singapore are foreigners and foreigners make up 50% of the service sector in Singapore.The country is the second most densely populated in the world after Monaco. A.T. Kearney names Singapore as the most globalised country in the world in its Globalization Index.
Prior to independence in 1965, Singapore was a vibrant trading port with a GDP per capita of $511, the third highest in East Asia. After independence, foreign direct investment and a state-led drive for industrialization based on plans by former Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Goh Keng Swee created a modern economy.
The Economist Intelligence Unit in its "Quality-Of-Life Index" ranks Singapore as having the best quality of life in Asia and eleventh overall in the world. Singapore possesses the world's ninth largest foreign reserves. The country also maintains an armed forces that is technologically advanced and well-equipped.
After a contraction of -6.8% in 4Q2009, Singapore claimed the title of fastest-growing economy in the world, with GDP growth of 17.9% in the first half of 2010.
Rajasthan is a state in the northwest of India. It is mainly arid and its western border is adjacent to Pakistan. The main attraction for travellers is the vast Desert of Thar and one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world - Aravalis - and the Rajput heritage which is apparent in the forts, temples and palaces established by the Rajput Kings like Bappa Rawal, Rana Kumbha, Rana Sanga and Rana Pratap.